After 18 months of gestation, Godot and SwiftUI had a baby!
Xogot is out now on the AppStore:
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We’re thrilled to announce that Xogot, our native port of the Godot game engine for iPad, is now available on the Apple App Store! Xogot brings the full power of Godot 4.Joseph Hill (La Terminal Blog)
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After 20 years of delays, the REAL ID Act is going into effect on May 7th. The TSA and DMVs across the country are preparing for chaos.Gaby Del Valle (The Verge)
Diferentes maices nativos en feria agroecologica en #Tlaxcala #Mexico #Maiz #Agrobiodiversidad es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AD… es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zea_mays
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This story bundle with many African scifi books, including mine, ends in 16 days. If there are any "book influencers" here, or perhaps you want to run a campaign of some sort and need to give people a gift or bonus or something, let me know and I can get you gift codes.
@bookstodon #writing #writingcommunity #sffbooks #sff #africa
See our in-progress draft accessibility Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile). It describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps, and hybrid apps using web components inside native mobile apps.
To comment on this draft via email or GitHub, see links in the 'Status of This Document' section.
This document describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 [WCAG22] principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps and hybrid apps using web component…www.w3.org
I'll be presenting a review of some metadata protections implemented by instant messengers at Pass the Salt 2025!
The studied messengers are @signalapp @olvid_io @matrix and @simplex
cfp.pass-the-salt.org/pts2025/…
I'll be in touch with the vendors to share with them what I'm gonna say about them, to give them the chance to respond to my observations.
This talk covers the obvious issue of long-term identities and the construction of the social graph and how some protections supposed to thwart the social graph recovery are flawed.cfp.pass-the-salt.org
Bangkok, 6 May 2025 – LG Electronics (Thailand) has received the prestigious TAB Digital Inclusive Award 2025 from the Thailand Association of the Blind (TAB), recognising the company’s commitment to accessible innovation.Bangkok Post
Explore the benefits of password managers for the blind, with accessible options like 1Password and Bitwarden to keep your accounts secure.Tim Dixon (TIM DIXON)
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Amazon has some Kindles and Kindle bundles on sale for Mother's Day, and some of the bundles are cheaper than buying a Kindle by itself. Here's the full list.Nathan (The eBook Reader Blog)
PureOS Crimson Progress Update
Since July 2024, we’ve built a strong foundation—now climbing the stack!
New developments:
• Faster USB charging
• Speedier storage access
First alpha release coming soon.
Learn More Features Here: puri.sm/posts/pureos-c
Turns out, presidents − just like the rest of us − sometimes say embarrassing things. Or mean things. Or clueless things. Certainly things they regret.The Conversation
I speak and write about design, front-end code, leadership, and (occasionally) math.matthewstrom.com
I have never laughed quite so maniacally at a video before, but this takes the... Well, biscuit. You'll see what I mean. Probably should avoid drinking when you get to it though.
Thanks @MoonCat for alerting me to this.
Minty Biscuit - The Funniest Phone Call Ever youtube.com/watch?v=MDzVnkh_-E…
The infamous Minty Biscuit call by Barry from Watford to Iain Lee's show on BBCWM. This is the most famous call ever made to a radio station.YouTube
#WritersCoffeeClub 6 May: What does your usual workspace look like? Share a picture.
Prepare to be horrified!
Nobody has ever accused me of being a neat freak. (And yes, the shiny things in the top right of the pic are Hugo awards.)
Ars cited in two SanDisk SSD failure lawsuits filed yesterday.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
Public Service info from the volunteer chief archivist at datamuseum.dk:
NEVER use flash-based storage for archival purposes.
Not CF, not SD, not USB-sticks, not SSD, not NVME, nor any other flash-technology based storage media.
Flash is simply not a stable storage mechanism: Just like Dynamic RAM it will eventually forget your bits.
Unfortunately there are no good choices for long term data storage, but flash is a particular bad choice.
Po dlouhá léta podepisujeme DNS zóny pomocí vestavěné funkce nejznámějšího DNS serveru BIND 9. Aktuální verze přinášejí novější plně automatizovaný přístup, který původní postup nahrazuje.Petr Krčmář (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
On April 26, 2025, the Estácio University Center in Brasília – Taguatinga-DF Unit, was the stage for a remarkable moment in the promotion of technological freedom in Brazil.Olivier Hallot (The Document Foundation)
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How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.Ryan Hecht (The GitHub Blog)
A supply-chain attack targets Linux servers with disk-wiping malware hidden in Golang modules published on GitHub.
Today's #SongInMyHead
🎵 Violet's Tale
⭐ Ren
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The #PeerTube mobile app is upgraded to v1!
Log on to your account(s), comment and (dis)like videos, manage your subscriptions & playlists, get your watch history and in-app notifications.
All the info: joinpeertube.org/news/app-v1
Today, our not-for-profit (Framasoft) is proud to present v1 of the PeerTube mobile application, 4 months after its first release! It's the work of a ...JoinPeerTube
💡 #EmailTip 💡Do legit emails send to spam? You might need to whitelist them!
Learn how to whitelist an email in popular mail providers 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-whitelist…
Whitelisting an email address in popular email providers on iPhone, Android, & desktop ensures emails from this sender do not end up in spam. Learn how this works in our guide.Tuta
I'm on the way to the Nextcloud Enterprise Day in The Hague. Looking at the agenda and even more important at the list of attendees, I'm really excited, and I'm looking forward to an intense day full of great discussions.
nextcloud.com/enterprise-day-t…
#TheHague #Netherlands #Nextcloud #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #DigitalSovereignty
cURL-Maintainer: "Habe die Nase voll" – wegen KI-Bug-Reports
Bereits im vergangenen Jahr hat cURL-Entwickler Daniel Stenberg gegen KI-Bug-Reports gewettert. Nun hat der die Nase voll davon.
Mit einer neuen App ermöglichen die Wiener Linien die kontaktlose Steuerung ihrer Aufzüge per Bluetooth. Das soll Menschen mit Mobilitätseinschränkung das Einsteigen erleichtern.ORF.at
"Bluetooth und Standort müssen allerdings aktiviert sein"
Wieso muss ich den Standort angeben um eine Bluetooth-Verbindung mit einem Lift herzustellen? 🤨
I enjoy trying new books and the #Litrpg genre regularly sucks me in.
But can I really take a book seriously if it's written by someone going by the nom de plume Kamikaze Potato?
Google is on a mission to sell you larger and larger screens while showing you less and less information on them.
If this screenshot were satire, it would actually be pretty hilarious.
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A now-deleted blog post from Google suggests that the company is getting ready to roll out Material 3 Expressive, an Android design change that’s supposed to make the interface easier to use.Emma Roth (The Verge)
#curl up 2025 is over
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/06…
James Fuller was our man on the ground in Prague. He found the venue, organized most of the event and made it another curl up success.daniel.haxx.se
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