Gemini's real-time voice chat is here, with a Pixel benefit in tow
Gemini Live, Google’s AI voice chat feature, has launched alongside the Pixel 9 series, but you will need a Gemini Advanced subscription.Calvin Wankhede (Android Authority)
Major Google Magnifier update adds text search & more - Android Authority
With the release of the Pixel 9, we're getting a major Google Magnifier update that includes text search, new camera options, and a lot more.Stephen Schenck (Android Authority)
I tried Gemini Live, and it was so good that it was kind of scary - Android Authority
At the Made by Google event in Mountain View, I tried Gemini Live. It was really good...almost too good for comfort.C. Scott Brown (Android Authority)
Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?”
It is not uncommon for someone to message, call, email, or carrier pigeon me to ask if something is accessible. They almost invariably want a “yes” or “no.Adrian Roselli
Accessibility of Ticketmaster
Let's look at what Ticketmaster does well in terms of digital accessibility and what it could do better.www.accessibility.com
Google Taps AI to Improve Accessible Camera Features, Live Transcribe
Features like Guided Frame and Magnifier on Pixel get smarter -- and easier to use.Abrar Al-Heeti (CNET)
Gemini AI, Pixel 9, More Surprises Announced at Google's Pixel Event
The Made by Google event showed off new Pixel 9 phones, a Pixel Fold, Pixel Watch 3 and lots (we mean lots) of Gemini AI.David Lumb (CNET)
Audio Described - Listen to the Universe
NASA is famous for beautiful space images, but did you know you can listen to them? Go behind the scenes with the team that creates “sonifications,” translat...YouTube
I just retired #Python 2.7 from #Fedora Rawhide. This concludes a transition we started 10+ years ago.
From bsky: "Hey everyone, Consumer Reports wants to hear how software obsolescence has affected you. We're gathering stories as part of a future push to get companies to disclose their plans to support a product before you buy it. Share your story here:
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Elon Musk’s preferred judge recuses himself from X’s case against advertisers
Judge who had stock in Tesla and Unilever drops X case over alleged ad boycott.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
A former Apple engineer discusses their Google culture shock experience:
> My director wore an Apple Watch and had an iPhone ... my VP too. Nobody was expected to eat the dog food and so few did. This was crazy to me coming from Apple ... several internal sites would ask you to file [a bug report] on why you switched to chrome [if you used chrome]. So many crazy issues I saw and reported didn’t actually matter to many high ranking members of the pixel team because they didn’t use the devices
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My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch.
Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you need to rotate your wrist down (if it is up) and then up again (impossible if you are carrying something). Then you have to wait for it to recognize the gesture. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to an intermediate screen that shows half of the information about the notification. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to the final screen that actually shows the notification text. And if you lower your wrist at all during or after this process, the notification disappears instantly and won't come back without the use of both hands to activate the touchscreen or crown. And in many cases the information shown is useless, like "so-and-so sent a picture." Show me the goddamn picture then!
It boggles the mind that anyone could think this is a good experience to ship at all, let alone for three generations! Especially when Pebble had it right 10 years ago. You show the notification on the screen first, then you vibrate the watch, then you leave the notification there for at least 30 seconds so it can ...](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/580847 "modeless 1 hour ago | next [–]
My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch.
Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you need to rotate your wrist down (if it is up) and then up again (impossible if you are carrying something). Then you have to wait for it to recognize the gesture. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to an intermediate screen that shows half of the information about the notification. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to the final screen that actually shows the notification text. And if you lower your wrist at all during or after this process, the notification disappears instantly and won't come back without the use of both hands to activate the touchscreen or crown. And in many cases the information shown is useless, like \"so-and-so sent a picture.\" Show me the goddamn picture then!
It boggles the mind that anyone could think this is a good experience to ship at all, let alone for three generations! Especially when Pebble had it right 10 years ago. You show the notification on the screen first, then you vibrate the watch, then you leave the notification there for at least 30 seconds so it can ...")
Some eagle-eyed folks noticed Flathub recently passed 2 billion downloads, but here are some more interesting milestones from 2024 so far:
• 70% of the most popular apps are verified
• Over 100 curated quality apps
• 4 million active installs (up 4× in the past 6 months!)
Read more about it on the blog: docs.flathub.org/blog/2-billio…
#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource
2 Billion Downloads & Other Milestones from 2024 So Far
It's been a busy year, and our platform and developer community-building efforts are paying off. Let's take a look at what we've been up to over the last six months, and measure its effect.Cassidy James Blaede (docs.flathub.org)
Also, it saves your passwords if you use the browser! Yay! Who needs bloated apps anyway!
Also Apple is total bullshit!
For those who are interested in alternative ways to use a Linux interface, there are things even lighter than desktop environments, called window managers. There's one called I3, and @storm has made an accessibility plugin forit, which also adds other cool stuff like the ability to control audio playback and such. It's called I38.
Old Habits Die Hard – Russian Troops Loot Abandoned Villages in Kursk
Discipline seems to be breaking down among some of Moscow’s forces that are still reeling after Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region a week ago.Kyiv Post
5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people
privacy.thenexus.today/start-m…
- Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voices
- Post less – and think before you post
- Call in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see it
- Support Black people and Black-led instances and projects
- Approach it intersectionally
The article also has links to anti-racism resources and appendices with a list of common mistkes to avoid and blocklist resources for moderators.
Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on earlier drafts!
Read on for some excerpts (1/N)
#fediverse #mastodon #antiracism
5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people
Draft! Work in progress! Feedback welcome!Jon (The Nexus Of Privacy)
The frontend community is in crisis. I know, because I could spend every waking hour helping e-commerce and productivity apps fix the *unbelievably* bad performance that is now the hallmark of contemporary, JavaScript-first web development.
But it's worse than that. This stuff has infected public services; the sorts of sites that have to serve *everyone*, iPhone or no.
Part 2 of this series is the hardest to watch, but essential to understand how far we've fallen:
infrequently.org/2024/08/objec…
Reckoning: Part 2 — Object Lesson
SNAP benefits sites for more than 20% of Americans are unusably slow. All of them would be significantly faster if states abandoned client-side-rendering, and along with it, the legacy JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, etc.Alex Russell
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 1 added apps:
* YAM Launcher: a minimal android launcher with weather integration – and a #reproducibleBuilds 😃
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
"Removing focus indicators for keyboard users is like hiding the cursor for mouse users." - @matuzo in Web Accessibility Cookbook
Brilliant comparison!
In fact, it made me wonder... can you hide a cursor for mouse users? Yep, you can set it to a custom png file that's completely transparent.
If you want to see for yourself how annoying that is, visit nonvisualwebsite.com/ #a11y
You can see my brodalisques at Artistry in Bloomington, MN now through June 30th, 2024. #brodalisque #art #painting
Klaire Lockheart, Brodalisque Reclining in the Garage. 2021. Oil on Canvas. 24x36”.
Klaire Lockheart, Dude on a Panther Skin. 2021. Oil on Canvas. 20x30”.
Klaire Lockheart, Brodalisque Reclining in the Basement. 2021. Oil on Canvas. 20x30”.
Reminder that my book—Rust Atomics and Locks—is freely available online: marabos.nl/atomics/ 😊
(If you read it, please leave a review on goodreads.com/book/show/632918…)
Rust Atomics and Locks by Mara Bos
Low-level Concurrency in Practice. This practical book helps Rust programmers of all levels gain a clear understanding of low-level concurrency. You'll learn everything about atomics and …marabos.nl
GitHub - WebAssembly/128-bit-arithmetic: WebAssembly proposal for 128-bit arithmetic
WebAssembly proposal for 128-bit arithmetic. Contribute to WebAssembly/128-bit-arithmetic development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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