GadgetsApple Patent Suggests It's Borrowing Some Vantablack Tricks for Black MacBooksA new patent suggests Apple has come up with a way to give its latest MacBooks a matte black finish using a clever technique that traps and prevents light from bouncing off their surface.Andrew Liszewski
ReviewsPhilips Hue's Play Gradient Ain't Cheap, But It's the Lightstrip Your TV DeservesSam Rutherford
First LookRazer's Latest Wireless Earbuds Add Noise Cancelling and Keep the Incredible BassAndrew Liszewski
The InventoryFriday's Best Deals: Insignia Air Fryer, 48 AAA Batteries, Graco 4Ever DLX Car Seat, PlayStation Plus, Flocked Snow Christmas Tree, Daelman's Stroopwafels, and MoreThe Inventory Staff
The InventoryHoliday Shopping on a Budget? No Problem. Spend $50 or Less on Gadgets and Gaming Gifts That Don’t SuckAndrew Hayward
ReviewsThe Vizio Elevate's Rotating Speakers Are a Clever Dolby Atmos SolutionDolby Atmos soundbars have a problem: They struggle to simulate height. Regardless of how many drivers a speaker has or how fancy its room-tuning audio is, you can tell the sound isn’t coming from above you. That kind of sucks when you have a fancy…Victoria Song
NewsDr. Fauci Warns Americans to Stay Home This Christmas As U.S. Breaks New Covid-19 RecordsMatt Novak
Privacy and SecurityHackers Target Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution 'Cold Chain,' Though Motives Remain UnknownTom McKay
Year In ReviewThe Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or Horror Movies io9 Rewatched in 2020Twenty-twenty hasn’t been good for much, but it has been given us bountiful free time— time you hopefully used to finally make good on that statement “Oh, I’d love to watch that but I don’t have time.” Well, in 2020 you did. As a result, many of us…io9 Staff
Refresh WeekHow Biden Can Ensure Every Federal Agency Is Fighting Climate ChangePresident-elect Joe Biden has an unprecedented opportunity to walk the U.S.—and perhaps the world—back from the brink on climate change. After four years of harmful deregulation, his work is cut out for him.Brian Kahn and Dharna Noor
HealthThese Are the Ages When Alcohol Is Most Dangerous to the Brain, Researchers SayAlcohol has many well-known negative effects on our health, but a new paper this week highlights what are likely the most harmful periods during a lifetime to have alcohol in your system, at least when it comes to our brains.Ed Cara
Giz AsksWhy Do I Sometimes Feel Like I'm Falling for No Reason?To be alive is to feel fucking terrible, if not all then at least some of the time. Headaches, nausea, mysterious aches and pains—all conspire to make our short time on Earth something less than a nonstop thrill-ride. Worse than the routine ailments…Daniel Kolitz
Giz AsksWill It Ever Be Possible to Share Dreams?People say other people’s dreams are boring, but what if the problem is technology? As a sense-conveying device, human speech is subpar, prone to gaps, stutters and falsifications, intentional or otherwise. If you could just literally show someone…Daniel Kolitz
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