China Extends Didi’s Ban to 25 Apps Operated by the Ride-Hailing Giant
Chinese regulators on Friday ordered mobile stores to take down 25 more apps operated by the ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, saying that the apps violated local...
Plush Butts, Star Wars Aliens, and Star Trek Army Men Lead the Week’s Best Toys
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular post celebrating the end of the week by looking at all the silly toys that will make us willingly...
Yes, we can reverse gray hair. No, we don’t know why it works. Just chill.
There are so many news stories this year that seem likely to give us gray hairs, you’d be forgiven for missing one that gives us hope...
Biden’s Sweeping Economic Executive Order Sets Eyes on Big Tech
President Joe Biden, today signed an executive order aimed at promoting competition in the U.S. economy. Citing decades of industry consolidation that has weakened competition in...
Snake Eyes Jokes About Who Is (and Isn’t) in His Movie
Opening later this month, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is a brand-new reboot of the famous franchise. So Channing Tatum’s Duke? Dwayne Johnson’s Roadblock? Those guys...
Daily Crunch: European Union demands $1B penalty from VW, BMW for hiding emissions
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What If… We Looked at New Marvel Disney+ Pops From Funko?
In the vast multiverse of maddening possibilities—where Lokis can be beloved character actor Richard E. Grant or Literally Just a Computer Generated Alligator, where Peggy Carter...
7 Epic Epochs of Earth, Ranked
Life on Earth is a lot like that song by Chumbawamba. It gets knocked down, but it gets up again, often in a very different way....
This Toilet Turns Your Crap Into Crypto
In 2021, joke cryptos seem to be in a never-ending turf war to see which one can be the most ridiculous. Aside from the classic DogeCoin,...
Cloud security platform Netskope boosts valuation to $7.5B following $300M raise
Netskope, focused on Secure Access Service Edge architecture, announced Friday a $300 million investment round on a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion. The oversubscribed insider investment...
