Month: June 2023
Harvard’s synthetic heart valve is designed to grow in step with the human body
Researchers have developed a promising synthetic heart valve that may eventually be used for growing children. Harvard’s Wass Institute and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) created what they call FibraValve. This implant can be manufactured in minutes using a spun-fiber method that lets them shape…
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Windows 11’s modern File Explorer UI and RGB lighting controls head to testers
Microsoft has started testing its new modern File Explorer UI for Windows 11 alongside built-in RGB lighting controls. The updated File Explorer UI includes a modern home interface with large file thumbnails and a carousel interface that can surface recent files and favorited ones. The subtle changes to the File…
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Samsung’s incredible Galaxy projector smartphone now has a heir: Meet the Tank 2
Unihertz is one of the more adventurous rugged smartphone vendors out there with outlandish models such as the BlackBerry-esque Titan (and Titan Slim), the lilliputian Atom, the two-faced TickTock and the huge Tank. Turns out there’s a Tank 2 and it comes with a unique feature, one not seen since…
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Apple Maps is finally getting offline navigation
Apple Maps is getting a feature that users have been wanting for years: offline maps. With the launch of iOS 17 later this year, you’ll be able to download portions of a map for offline access to turn-by-turn navigation. Just like when you’re using Apple Maps online, the offline map…
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The official NASA website has some out-of-this-world security flaws
For months, one of NASA’s websites was vulnerable to an open redirect flaw, allowing threat actors to redirect unsuspecting visitors to malicious third party landing pages. This is according to cybersecurity researchers from the Cybernews team, who said there’s no evidence of the flaw being abused in the wild, but…
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How to understand the Air Quality Index
Air quality levels in parts of Canada and the US have nosedived in recent days as winds have carried smoke from wildfires in Quebec and Nova Scotia across the continent. Things are bad enough that New York City was deemed to have the worst air quality of any major city…
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