Monday Tech Tip: Irie-AT’s Refreshable Braille Displays - Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads
During the 2024 ATIA Conference, Cody Mitchell from Irie-AT, showed us some of their refreshable braille systems. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/zbXWonX0SFY Click this link for more information about Irie-AT's refreshable braille displays.Nikol Prieto (Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads)
Announcing Aira’s Meta Ray-Ban Giveaway! - Aira
Aira is announcing a giveaway of four pairs of Meta Ray-Ban glasses in August! Learn all of the details and how you can enter here.Hannah Griffin (Aira)
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Montreal byelection expected to be a tight race between Liberals, NDP: analyst
The countdown is on for the byelection in the Montreal riding of LaSalle-Emard-Verdun and it's shaping up to be a close race between the Liberals and the NDP, according to one political analyst.Montreal
After reading Google’s announcement that they no longer plan to deprecate third-party cookies, we the @tag wanted to make our position clear.
Third-party cookies have got to go.
We have updated our TAG finding “Third-party cookies must be removed” to spell out our concerns.
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Hadley Beeman (@hadleybeeman@w3c.social)
This is NOT good for personal data rights on the web. #privacy “Instead of deprecating third-party cookies, we would introduce a new experience in Chrome that lets people make an informed choice that applies across their web browsing.w3c.social
it's been a while since I taught Advanced Compilers and this time I thought I'd start out having the class read a few big-picture papers about the field.
some ideas I had include:
- Reflections on Trusting Trust
- Impact of economics on compiler optimization
- Death of Optimizing Compilers
cr.yp.to/talks/2015.04.16/slid…
what else should be on this list?
ok so @yosh suggested "A Catalog of Optimizing Transformations" which of course I should have thought of clear.rice.edu/comp512/Lecture…
then there are a few fun things to read about Proebsting's Law such as gwern.net/doc/cs/algorithm/200…
🚀 Cinny v4 Update! 🚀
We’re excited to roll out Cinny v4 with amazing new features and fixes:
Lobby feature for easier space management
Organize spaces into folders and customize room order
Multi-room message search with filters
Redesigned Explore Community section and new Notification Center
Key-based account registration and password reset support
Check out the update at app.cinny.in/
Cinny
A Matrix client where you can enjoy the conversation using simple, elegant and secure interface protected by e2ee with the power of open source.app.cinny.in
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusionInclusive Design 24 (#id24)
#WhatsApp for #Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning
Granted, Python needs to be installed on the system prior.
Meta says they will not bother to fix this, despite maintaining a built-in list of potentially dangerous file types (ex: .exe)
@xogium apparently this has been reported before. 
You would think they’d just add these to the list they already use, it’s low hanging fruit. But seems like it’s not worth the effort because it’ll “only” affect a handful of users.
I got my partner - who is non-technical - a Windows laptop for Christmas in 2023. A fancy one with Windows 11, TPM blah blah. Clean install.
It has Defender, Smart App Control enabled etc so I wasn’t concerned about the security.
Anyhoo, just looked at 7 months later and Defender is disabled, a ‘free’ AV called RAV is registered which appears to be a fake Chinese AV, Smart App Control is disabled, her traffic is routed to a Chinese VPN, her browser is Opera GX (a Chinese owned one).
Gajim 1.9.3 has been released 🎉
This release fixes an issue with the MS Store installer and brings some improvements. Thank you for all your contributions!
gajim.org/post/2024-07-29-gaji…
Gajim 1.9.3
Gajim 1.9.3 fixes an issue with the MS Store installer and brings some improvements. Thank you for all your contributions!cal0pteryx (https://gajim.org/)
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"3.1.1 Web pages
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"3.1.3 Code
Code data is obtained from license-filtered[1] […] repositories on GitHub. The bulk of the code data covers 14 common programming languages, including: Swift, Python, C, Objective-C, C++, JavaScript, Java, and Go.
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🤖 Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models "We present foundation language models developed to power Apple Intelligence features, including a ∼3 billion parameter model designed to run efficiently on devices and a large server-based language mo…Mastodon
The number of CNAs over time (#CVE Numbering Authorities). At 385 right now. Over 20,000 CVEs published in the first half of 2024.
From the "CVE Program and CNA Quarterly Report"
#trurl 0.14 is here. github.com/curl/trurl/releases…
Works best with libcurl 8.9.0 (and later)
Release 0.14 · curl/trurl
What's Changed remove a suprious trailing newline from a warning by @bagder in #309 trurl.1: document the exit codes by @bagder in #308 add "strict:" as prefix to a get component casecompare: a st...GitHub
Thunderbird Is My Favorite Linux Email App Again, Here's Why
Thunderbird stagnated for years, but now it feels like a phoenix.Bertel King (How-To Geek)
«Damit die Attacke gelingt, muss allerdings Python auf dem Zielgerät installiert sein. Daher sind in erster Linie Softwareentwickler und Poweruser anfällig für diese Sicherheitslücke.»
— oder Schüler, die an die Materie "Programmierung" herangeführt werden. Potentiell mögliche Opfer also
#Whatsapp-Sicherheitslücke erlaubt Skript-Ausführung | heise online heise.de/news/Whatsapp-Sicherh… #Bug #MetaPlatforms #Python 
Whatsapp-Sicherheitslücke erlaubt Skript-Ausführung
Eine Sicherheitslücke in WhatsApp für Windows erlaubt das Versenden von Programm-Anhängen, die beim Öffnen direkt ohne Vorwarnung starten.Ulrich Schmitz (heise online)
Hello Jamers 🙂,
For those who missed it or didn’t have the time to click on the Dev update #10 link, no worries! We've got the highlights for you!
If you're curious and want to dive deeper, here's the link: jami.net/dev-update-10/
#Jami #opensource #P2P #App #PrivacyMatters
Dev update #10
Our team focused on bug fixes, UI enhancements, unit tests implementations.jami (Jami)
If you could speak to the future, what would you want to ask?
Some matters might just be idle curiosity, but others are life and death. If you only got one question, what would you most desperately want to find out?
Well, good news: the future has just gotten in touch.
My first fiction piece for the rebooted OnlySky!
10 simple security actions that keep you much safer online
These everyday online security tips are simple, fast, easy, and free.Chris Hoffman (PCWorld)
Brave Browser - Accessible Android
Browse faster on Brave Browser. Get a lightning fast, safe and private web browser with AI, Adblock, and VPN.Accessible Android
puri.sm/posts/purisms-pureboot…
Purism's PureBoot is Not Affected by UEFI Key Leaks (Again) – Purism
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Important Apple-focused accessibility site to shut down
AppleVis is shutting down. The site has been a crucial resource for blind and visually-impaired Apple users since iOS accessibility was new, though it’s alway covered all Apple platforms. It&…Six Colors
President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law.
1. Constitutional amendment - No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office
2. Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices of 18 years, with new appointments every 2 years
3. Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court
This will require Congress to pass appropriate bills.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/s…
Opinion piece behind paywall at washingtonpost.com/opinions/20…
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FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law | The White House
From his first day in office—and every day since then—President Biden has taken action to strengthen American democracy and protect the rule of law. InThe White House
Sources: HPE is expected to secure unconditional EU approval for its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks; the EC is scheduled to decide on the deal by Aug. 1 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
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Sources: HPE is expected to secure unconditional EU approval for its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks; the EC is scheduled to decide on the deal by August 1
By Foo Yun Chee / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
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