The most compelling rumors surrounding Google’s next budget phones. …read more Source:: CNet

Just as 3D printers around the world have been churning out face shields, the thread injectors of home sewists have been stitching up fabric masks. Over the past several weeks, [Becky Stern] has made them for friends, family, neighbors, and anyone in her community who happens upon the box of free masks she’s left at…

Every rumor we’ve heard about the 2020 Apple Watch. …read more Source:: CNet

If you’re looking for a phone for $200 or less, check out the ones we’ve reviewed and several new ones we’re excited about. …read more Source:: CNet

New submitter penandpaper shares an excerpt from a NASA press release: NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable…

Whitehat and blackhat next? The British government’s computer security gurus have announced they will stop using the terms whitelisting and blacklisting in their online documentation.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

It took seconds to do, but it’s made my Macs so much better and easier to use. …read more Source:: ZDNet

With the easy and cheap availability of parts by Internet mail order, it’s easy to forget that acquiring electronic components was once a more tedious process, and it was common to use salvaged parts because they were what you had. Scouring a panel from a dumpster-find TV for the right resistor may now be a…

I’ve noticed that no matter whether I’m setting up a new iPhone or iPad, or a new Android device, it’s the same five apps that I install first. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Pioneering Australian scientist Robert May, whose work in biology led to the development of chaos theory, has died at age 84. The Guardian reports: Known as one of Australia’s most accomplished scientists, he served as the chief scientific adviser to the United Kingdom, was president of the Royal Society, and was made a lord in…