Conversational search and hazard reporting and more detailed maps, all thanks to AI.
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TekSavvy Fires Back at CRTC Over Internet Rates: This Isn’t Competition | iPhone in Canada
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TekSavvy Fires Back at CRTC Over Internet Rates: This Isn’t Competition • iPhone in Canada Blog
Independent internet service provider TekSavvy has expressed disappointment over the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) new interim wholesale fibre rates, stating they fall short of expectations.Austin Blake (iPhone in Canada Blog)
Apple has announced its new MacBook Pro featuring the M4 family of chips and Apple Intelligence. The updated laptop promises improved performance and efficiency, along with new capabilities driven by Apple's custom silicon technology. The M4 MacBook Pro aims to provide users with a powerful and intelligent computing experience.
Link: apple.com/newsroom/2024/10/new…
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Apple’s new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence
Apple today unveiled the new MacBook Pro, powered by the M4 family of chips: M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max.Apple
A case ruled that Google's terms of service do not eliminate a user's Fourth Amendment rights. The court found that Google is a government agent when collecting and analyzing data for the government.
Link: ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions…
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"SimpleQA is a new question-answering system developed by OpenAI that can rapidly retrieve answers from a wide range of text sources. It uses a simple, efficient architecture and achieves high accuracy on various benchmarks, making it an effective tool for information retrieval."
Link: openai.com/index/introducing-s…
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Neat book that will be on my bookshelf
Research Software Engineering :
A Guide to the Open Source Ecosystem
by Matthias Bannert
A look at VMware one year after Broadcom's acquisition: some customers say costs have risen 300%, Broadcom stopped selling perpetual VMware licenses, and more (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)
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300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals
Ars Technica speaks with users and channel partners disgruntled by Broadcom’s changes.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
#curl source code age
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(what happened live here on mastodon converted into a blog post)
curl source code age
In every software project that has been around for a while there is of course newer code and older code.daniel.haxx.se
The Linux Directory Structure, Explained
If you're coming from Windows, the Linux file system structure can seem particularly alien.How-To Geek
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CRTC Approves Google’s $100 Million Online News Act Exemption Deal - Michael Geist
The government’s deeply flawed attempt to force tech platforms to pay Canadian news outlets for linking to news is nearing its payout.Michael Geist
Dropbox is laying off 20% of its staff | TechCrunch
Dropbox is laying off 20% of its staff as the cloud storage company undergoes what CEO Drew Houston calls a "transitional period."Kyle Wiggers (TechCrunch)
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Dot Pad | Innovative Tactile Graphics & Braille Display
Explore the Dot Pad, a revolutionary tactile graphics and Braille display for the visually impaired. Perfect for education and creativity!Florida Vision Technology
note_x - Accessible Android
The app provides the ability to read text files smoothly with several features that readers need. Key Features include:Accessible Android
The Amazon Echo graveyard
Amazon’s extensive Echo ecosystem helped bring its Alexa smart assistant into many homes, but not every Echo product was a success story.Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)
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V sobotu 2. listopadu se už tradičně zúčastním 9. ročníku konference OpenAlt pořádané na Fakultě informačních technologií VUT. Hlavními tématy budou otevřená data a software, IT bezpečnost, DIY a IoT. V rámci konference nabídnu hned dvě své přednášky.
👉 V 11:00 Si povíme něco o DSŘ a nejasnostech kolem ní.
👉 Ve 13:00 si projdeme hlavní úspěchy digitalizace za poslední 3 roky, rozjeté projekty ale i chybky, ze kterých je třeba se poučit.
Odkaz na stránky konference dávám do komentářů ⬇️
ARIA is great. /s
If aria-current had an HTML equivalent, this person probably wouldn’t have found aria-activedescendent and used it wrongly. It’s one of the main reason I want stuff that works well to get HTML equivalents. This should be a no-brainer.
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ARIA attributes are used not according to spec · Issue #1 · swiegmann/kirby-menu
In the example code in the README, it shows the following code:GitHub
Connect the world.
Reflect the world.
Vivisect the world.
Fly Delta ✈️
Have you ever heard of an undecillion? It's a truly staggering amount, a number followed by 36 zeros. And Google has just been fined that amount by Russia.
Sky News: Russia fines Google more than world's entire GDP for blocking YouTube accounts.
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Russia fines Google more than world's entire GDP for blocking YouTube accounts
The US firm can reportedly only return to the Russian market if it complies with the court decision.Sky News
Watch: Hands-on with M4 MacBook Pro, iMac and the new Mac mini - 9to5Mac
YouTuber Brian Tong brings us a nice video of Apple’s Los Angeles hands-on showroom event on Wednesday, which let creators...Benjamin Mayo (9to5Mac)
Our not so spooky Halloween In-Process blog post is out - No tricks, but plenty of treats - particularly from NVDA 2024.4, including all the highlights, and the new options for reporting font attributes. Plus a big walkthrough of NVDA's stability in the leadup to 2025.1. All that and more, here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News
In-Process 31st October 2024
It’s that spooky time of year for all those who celebrate Halloween. And it’s also Diwali for our Indian friends. Whether you participate in either of these or not, there is something we defi…NV Access
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Interview with Newly Certified LibreOffice Developer Rafael Lima - The Document Foundation Blog
The LibreOffice Engineering Steering Committee (ESC) has appointed Prof. Rafael Henrique Palma Lima, from Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPr) as the newest certified LibreOffice developer. Prof.Olivier Hallot (The Document Foundation)
Chinese sanctions hit US drone maker supplying Ukraine
Move by Beijing leaves California company rushing to find new battery providersFinancial Times
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Vyšel Thunderbird pro Android
Před více než dvěma lety vývojáři Thunderbirdu oznámili, že plánují převzetí projektu K-9 Mail a jeho proměnu na Thunderbird pro Android. Cesta trvala…Petr Krčmář (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
ABOUT GEORGE W. BUSH
Dubya's grandda, Prescott, most likely bought his way out of a life in prison when his bank was closed down by FDR because he was the main banker to the Nazis.
this from the Guardian, back in 2004:
"How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power"
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the Senator for Connecticut got away with it and that ushered the era of USA nazis hiding in plain sight, in and outside the government.
The Bushes are literal architects of American #Fascism
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's…Duncan Campbell (The Guardian)
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Exploring Samsung Galaxy AI's Live Translate: In-Call Translation Put to the Test - Accessible Android
This is the AI Era. Companies are racing to incorporate as many AI features as possible into their devices. While some features may seem like gimmicks, othersSalih Kunduz (Accessible Android)
AppleVis Extra 101: Future Echoes - In conversation with the team behind Echo Vision smart glasses | AppleVis
Welcome to AppleVis Extra 101, where Dave Nason is joined by Xiaoran Wang and Huasong Cao from Agiga, the team behind the upcoming Echo Vision smart glasses. Check out some early demos, with more to come, on their YouTube channel at: https://www.applevis.com
Trying an accessible way of shopping with Innosearch | AD - My Blurred World
There are one too many barriers when online shopping as a vision impaired person, here's what I think of Innosearch which promises an accessible experience.Elin (My Blurred World)
As an active federal contractor, Coinbase is prohibited from making political contributions, including to super PACs. This makes $50 million that they have contributed in violation of pay-to-play laws for contractors.
#Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
See my reporting on their previous violation, which is being reviewed by the FEC: citationneeded.news/coinbase-c…
#Coinbase #crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol
Coinbase appears to have violated campaign finance laws with a $25 million super PAC donation
Actively involved in contract negotiations with a federal government agency, Coinbase was likely prohibited from making its $25 million contribution to the Fairshake cryptocurrency-focused super PAC in May 2024.Molly White (Citation Needed)
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