Author: Zach_Wilson

These apps helped me tame the chaos of a sudden move

When you’re moving during the competitive summer months, time is of the essence. And I totally squandered it when I moved last year for one simple reason: I was living in a pigsty. My place was a mess and my digital space was even worse. Granted, I was going through…

Read More

The Morning After: NASA’s year-long Mars simulation volunteers return to the real world

NASA’s Mission 1 crew — all volunteers — have left their 1700-square-foot habitat at the Johnson Space Center. Since last June 25, they’ve conducted a fair few simulated Mars walks, grown vegetables and performed other tasks designed to support life and work in that environment. They also faced (a simulation…

Read More

NHS at risk of being hit again as NCSC exec says IT systems “out of date”

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is at risk of even more devastating cyberattacks, since parts of its IT infrastructure are outdated. Professor Ciaran Martin, the first CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warned about the state of the NHS after a major cyberattack that struck the organization…

Read More

Nothing’s budget-friendly brand CMF announced three new products, including a $200 smartphone

CMF, a budget-friendly sub-brand Nothing announced last August, has officially unveiled a trio of new products. There’s a smartphone, a watch and earbuds, all of which seem to be modest in both price and features. Let’s start with the smartphone. Nothing made a splash with its original smartphone, the Nothing…

Read More

Asus is adding RGB Windows Dynamic Lighting support to its latest motherboards

Asus is planning to support Microsoft’s new Dynamic Lighting feature that allows Windows 11 users to control a motherboard’s RGB lighting without needing a separate app. Asus has started testing new beta BIOS updates for both of its AMD 600 and Intel 700 series motherboards that include the Dynamic Lighting…

Read More

Boeing accepts guilty plea deal over 737 Max crashes

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge related to a pair of crashes of its 737 Max planes, as part of a plea deal with the US Department of Justice. Lawyers for the victims’ families plan to object to the deal, which was forged on Sunday…

Read More