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Google makes Bard available in English in 180 countries and territories, promises AI image generation with Adobe, and integration with services like Instacart (James Vincent/The Verge)

theverge.com/2023/5/10/2371806…
techmeme.com/230510/p30#a23051…


Google drops waitlist for AI chatbot Bard and announces oodles of new features

Google has announced a bevy of new features for its AI chatbot Bard at its I/O conference. These include a new visual search mode, support for new languages, dark mode, and promises of much more to come.
James Vincent (The Verge)

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Nick Clegg reiterates that Meta will end news content in Canada if C-18 passes, says he pulled out of a scheduled committee hearing after a session title change (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
techmeme.com/230508/p21#a23050…


Meta May End Facebook, Instagram News Content in Canada

Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass legislation to force social-networking platforms to pay media publishers to feature their work.
Lynn Doan (Bloomberg)

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This is a bot to show NVDA add-on updates available at github.com/nvaccess/addon-data…
For now it should be considered alpha quality. It looks for updates sent to the views branch, (views/en/latest folder), every 5 minutes, trying to process individual submissions.
If multiple submissions are found, this bot will inform about the number of add-ons updated. For single submissions, the add-on display name, version, channel, homepage, download URL and SHA-256 to verify its integrity will be provided.
All this may be changed or improved, and, if I detect that something is wrong, will reply to the bot providing more details.
This is built using just GitHub Actions and for now removed add-ons will be considered just updates, but I'll address them separately if needed.
Noelia
cc: @NVAccess
@ChrisDuffley

GitHub - nvaccess/addon-datastore

Contribute to nvaccess/addon-datastore development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
@NV Access @Christopher Duffley - KC1WXP

reshared this

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Cachondeo en Twitter con Feijóo: intenta burlarse de Sánchez y acaba diciendo Sprinter en vez de Springsteen publico.es/tremending/2023/04/… #External

Cachondeo en Twitter con Feijóo: intenta burlarse de Sánchez y acaba diciendo Sprinter en vez de Springsteen

El líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, tiró de ironía este sábado en una romería organizada por su partido en O Pino
Tremending (Público)
#external

ActivityPub - Link to source

Planned:

- MAS-129: Fix search being hard to find on mobile
- MAS-48: Quote posts
- MAS-137: Sorting options for threads
- MAS-136: Add server setting for default discoverability of accounts
- MAS-134: Privacy settings as an onboarding step
- MAS-133: Display followed hashtag above posts in home feed
- MAS-132: Synchronize boost and favourite counts for remote posts
- MAS-131: P…

joinmastodon.org/roadmap #mastodon #roadmap


Public Roadmap

Learn what we are working on in Mastodon
joinmastodon.org
#Mastodon #roadmap

mastodon - Link to source
Debian Project Leader Election 2023, Jonathan Carter re-elected bits.debian.org/2023/04/dpl-el…

Debian Project Leader Election 2023, Jonathan Carter re-elected

The voting period for the Debian Project Leader election has ended, with all of the votes tallied we announce the winner is: Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for the forth time. Congratulations! The new term for the project leader started on...
Debian Project

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This dumb password rule is from Banco Mercantil.

8 to 15 chars. No special chars allowed but requires special chars. Also
requires lowercase, uppercase, and numbers. Consecutive chars are
prohibited. Did I mention the page hangs while you type? That eye icon
tho.

dumbpasswordrules.com/sites/ba…

#password #passwords #infosec #cybersecurity #dumbpasswordrules


Banco Mercantil - Dumb Password Rules

8 to 15 chars. No special chars allowed but requires special chars. Also requires lowercase, uppercase, and numbers. Consecutive chars are prohibited. Did I mention the page hangs while you type? That eye icon tho.
dumbpasswordrules.com
#infosec #cybersecurity #passwords #password #dumbpasswordrules

mastodon - Link to source

Florida students say they’re walking out and teaching themselves banned history lessons to protest censorship and anti-LGBTQ laws in education

inquirer.com/education/florida…

#florida #lgbtq


Florida students say they’re walking out and teaching themselves banned history lessons to protest censorship and anti-LGBTQ laws in education

Florida students are participating in Walkout 2 Learn: a walkout across schools in protest of anti-LGBTQ censorship of underrepresented communities in education.
Emily Bloch (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
#LGBTQ #Florida

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Executives, inventors, investors, and lawyers accuse Apple of copying their ideas after talks about partnerships or integrating their tech into Apple products (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)

wsj.com/articles/apple-watch-p…
techmeme.com/230420/p8#a230420…


When Apple Comes Calling, ‘It’s the Kiss of Death’

Aspiring partners accuse tech giant of copying their ideas; Apple says it plays by the rules
Aaron Tilley (The Wall Street Journal)

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WhatsApp rolls out a handful of new verification and protection features, including defenses against SIM jacking and social engineering attacks (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

engadget.com/whatsapp-makes-it…
techmeme.com/230413/p29#a23041…


WhatsApp rolls out a handful of new verification and protection features, including defenses against SIM jacking and social engineering attacks

By Igor Bonifacic / Engadget. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme

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Substack tells writers Twitter "unexpectedly restricted access to embedding tweets"; Twitter seems to have disabled likes and RTs for tweets with Substack links (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

theverge.com/2023/4/6/23673043…
techmeme.com/230406/p24#a23040…


Twitter cuts off Substack embeds and starts suspending bots

Substack users are currently unable to embed tweets into their stories. That’s just the tip of the iceberg for the problems being caused by Twitter’s API changes.
Mitchell Clark (The Verge)

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The Tor Project partners with VPN maker Mullvad to launch the Mullvad browser, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux, seeking to reduce a user's "fingerprint" (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

theverge.com/2023/4/3/23665477…
techmeme.com/230403/p12#a23040…


The Mullvad browser protects privacy using standard VPNs

Mullvad VPN has teamed up with the Tor Project to release a browser focused on privacy, and making you harder to track via browser fingerprinting and third-party trackers.
Mitchell Clark (The Verge)

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First 2023 translation workshop from the pt_BR team debianbrasil.org.br/blog/first…

First 2023 translation workshop from the pt_BR team — Debian Brasil

The Brazilian translation team debian-l10n-portuguese had their first workshop of 2023 in February, with great results: The workshop was aimed at beginners, working in DDTP/DDTSS. Two days of a hands-on workshop via Jitsi. In the follo...
debianbrasil.org.br

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MiniDebConf Brasília 2023 - de 25 a 27 de maio debianbrasil.org.br/blog/minid…

MiniDebConf Brasília 2023 - 25 a 27 de maio — Debian Brasil

Nesse ano a MiniDebConf Brasil está de volta! A comunidade brasileira de usuários(as) e desenvolvedores(as) Debian convida a todos(as) a participarem da MiniDebConf Brasília 2023 que acontecerá durante 3 dias na capital federal. Nos dia...
debianbrasil.org.br

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Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turned out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal (Chloe Xiang/VICE)

vice.com/en/article/qjvppm/the…
techmeme.com/230330/p28#a23033…


The Open Letter to Stop 'Dangerous' AI Race Is a Huge Mess

The letter has been signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Andrew Yang, and leading AI researchers, but many experts and even signatories disagreed.
Chloe Xiang (VICE)

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Bloomberg sponsors curl with 10K USD
url: mastodon.social/@bagder/110102…

discussions: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
48 minutes ago|26 points|3 comments

summary: Bloomberg has donated $10,000 to sponsor #curl, according to a tweet by daniel:// stenberg://.

Bloomberg sponsors curl with 10K USD | Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com

daniel:// stenberg://

2023-03-28 21:09:10


Bloomberg sponsors #curl with 10K USD. Thank you!

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/03/28…


a Bloomberg donation | daniel.haxx.se

daniel.haxx.se

#curl
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