PS Plus’ latest free games include Resident Evil 3, Midnight Suns and NBA 2K24

PS Plus’ latest free games include Resident Evil 3, Midnight Suns and NBA 2K24

On Wednesday, Sony unveiled the latest catalog of games for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers. The latest batch of titles includes the Resident Evil 3 remake, Marvel’s Midnight Suns and NBA 2K24 (among others). You can play the games for free starting on Tuesday, March 19. Capcom’s Resident Evil 3 remake (PS5 / PS4) … Read more

Keurig’s new K-Rounds coffee pods are plastic-free and could finally make single-serve coffee-making sustainable

Keurig’s new K-Rounds coffee pods are plastic-free and could finally make single-serve coffee-making sustainable

Keurig, the company that got us all hooked on single-serve coffee systems and has helped us churn through billions of plastic throwaway K-cups, just reinvented its single-serve system in what may be the most sustainable way: K-Rounds. K-Rounds are plastic and aluminum-free, highly-compressed coffee ground pods held together by an ultra-thin layer of plant-based material … Read more

Three actions PhD-holders should take to land their next job

Three actions PhD-holders should take to land their next job

Many skills that PhD-holders acquire in the lab are useful in the corporate world.Credit: Getty When I finished my PhD in physical chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK, 11 years ago, I didn’t expect to become a director in financial consulting, advising businesses on how to secure investments. But that’s what happened, and to … Read more

PS5 system update that makes your controller sound better is rolling out today

PS5 system update that makes your controller sound better is rolling out today

Sony is rolling out a new PlayStation 5 system update that makes your controller sound better, your screen sharing more immersive and your power indicator adjustable. System Update 9.00 entered beta over a month ago and is available in the public software pushed to PS5 owners on Wednesday. PS5 system software version 24.02-09.00.00 enhances DualSense … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro review: Samsung’s MacBook killer gets Intel’s latest CPU

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro review: Samsung’s MacBook killer gets Intel’s latest CPU

Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro: Two-minute review If you like the look of Apple‘s MacBooks but prefer or simply require the Windows ecosystem, well, you can do a lot worse than the new Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro. Like its predecessor, the very similar Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro, it owes its overall look and feel to the … Read more

Researchers call for a major rethink of how Alzheimer’s treatments are evaluated

Researchers call for a major rethink of how Alzheimer’s treatments are evaluated

Credit: Taj Francis In January 2023, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved lecanemab — an antibody medication that decreases β-amyloid protein build-up in the brain — as a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Pivotal evidence came from a large, randomized trial of people with early-stage Alzheimer’s, which afflicts around 32 million people worldwide. By … Read more

Vanguard VEO 3T+ 234CB travel tripod review

Vanguard VEO 3T+ 234CB travel tripod review

Two-minute review Travel tripods typically follow a fairly standardized set of features, with simplicity, size and weight at the forefront of designers’ minds. The Vanguard VEO 3T+ 234CB travel tripod bucks this trend with a feature that’s much more common in larger full-size tripods – an articulating center column. This undoubtedly makes the tripod stand … Read more

Four change-makers seek impact in medical research

Four change-makers seek impact in medical research

SIRI ELDEVIK HÅBERG: Lines of enquiry Siri Eldevik Håberg studies whether environmental factors such as smoking are linked to subtle changes to the human genome.Credit: Fredrik Naumann/Panos Pictures for Nature As a medical student, Siri Eldevik Håberg became fascinated with how the health of a baby can be affected during pregnancy. Smoking, for example, is … Read more

The 10 best sleep apps and gadgets for a better night’s sleep in 2024

The 10 best sleep apps and gadgets for a better night’s sleep in 2024

Whatever challenges come your way in a day, you’ll be better prepared to deal with them if you’ve had a restful night. According to the NIH, sleep experts recommend no fewer than seven hours of sleep each night, but some tech, like scrolling through social media or obsessively checking your email, can actually impair your … Read more