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🚨 Watch live: US defending encryption? 🚨

👉 youtube.com/live/QJgwA8tkJ-U

US Congress is having a hearing right now (3:00 UTC) on UK demanding Apple to backdoor its cloud encryption.

The aim? Members of Congress will discuss if and how they can actually uphold #encryption. 🔒 💪

Out of the loop? Here's some background info: 👉 tuta.com/blog/uk-demands-apple…

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Apple removes cloud encryption for UK users - but there's a grain of hope | Tuta

UK demanded Apple to remove its cloud encryption and Apple complied, but only partially.
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#AudioMo day 5: A Quick Look At The Nintendo Switch 2 TTS Accessibility youtu.be/xt5sPvaoshc

I've just gotten a hold of this console so I know nothing much yet, but I will learn more over the coming days and weeks.
This is a quick demo with me only having had access to it for about 30 minutes if that.
#Nintendo #Switch2 #ScreenReader #TTS #Accessibility


A Quick Look At The Nintendo Switch 2 TTS Accessibility

Reupload with fixed audio.Nintendo surprised me by releasing a console with any kind of screen-reader functionality, and I always said that if they released ...
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#Accessibility #screenreader #nintendo #tts #audiomo #switch2
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🚨 We've opened another call for BOFs and Workshops for GUADEC2025!

Submit your session idea now: events.gnome.org/event/259/sur…
Deadline: June 15


GUADEC 2025

Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.
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NV Access are pleased to advise that Beta (and alpha) versions of NVDA are once again available. To celebrate, we've released Beta 10 of NVDA 2025.1: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1b…

Beta 10 includes:
* Updates to translations
* Correct context help navigation for Remote Access dialogs

Thank you everyone for your patience and support, and as always with pre-release builds, please do file any issues on GitHub: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News #PreRelease #FOSS #Beta


Issues · nvaccess/nvda

NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - Issues · nvaccess/nvda
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#foss #screenreader #nvdasr #News #nvda #beta #prerelease
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Brandon Tyson

Thanks for getting this back online. Prior to the server outage, to get to snapshots and what not, I always went to download.nvaccess.org in my browser and then clicked on Snapshots, but going there now just takes me to NV Access's home page. Is this the intended behavior, or is there another place the snapshots are linked to? Typing in download.nvaccess.org/snapshots or download.nvaccess.org/releases does take me to the correct section. Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to any input you may have. Thanks!

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Flock to Fedora 2025 is streaming live from Prague.

It's on YouTube @ youtube.com/@fedora/streams with a stream per room.

The schedule is @ cfp.fedoraproject.org/flock-to…

The official website is @ fedoraproject.org/flock/2025

There's also a Matrix channel @ matrix.to/#/%23flock:fedorapro…

And there are general announcements @ matrix.to/#/#flock-announce:fe…

#FlockToFedora #Fedora #Flock


Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication

You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation
matrix.to
#fedora #flocktofedora #flock
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🎨 "Designing GNOME"
with Allan Day & Cassidy James Blaede
📅 24 July 🕒 11:05 CEST 📍 Brescia
🖌️ A year of design updates: notifications, UX patterns, Adwaita fonts & more.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #UX #Design #Adwaita #GUADEC2025

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GUADEC 2025

Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.
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#gnome #UX #design #adwaita #guadec2025

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"what we can't measure"

curl's ambition is to do internet transfers right and securely with the features “people” want. But how do we know if we do this successfully or not?

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/06/05…


What we can’t measure

The curl project is an independent Open Source project. Our ambition is to do internet transfers right and securely with the features "people" want.
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Matt Campbell

> they are making a practical argument that I cannot, despite my best efforts, find compelling evidence to refute categorically

If you believe that the ethical problems trump the purported practical benefits regardless of whether those benefits are real, then that is a kind of categorical refutation. Perhaps that's a way to have a definitive resolution rather than the inconclusive surrender at the end of the post.

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Matt Campbell

> to wit, I want to have everything in the computer be orderly and make sense,

This! In the Lobsters discussion about Steve Klabnik's post, he said that a lot of non-programmers are already comfortable with treating computers as magic boxes. I tried to push back, but I don't think he got it, and I haven't yet tried again.

lobste.rs/c/ogzsae


I am disappointed in the AI discourse

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Matt Campbell

> my quirky[21] constraints

Don't hesitate to characterize these as principled, carefully considered ethical objections. Sure, that makes us feel like a tiny minority in the current, noisy tech discourse. Whether we are such a tiny minority is debatable. One anecdote: My sister is a graphic designer, and she objects to genAI because of the energy use, the stealing, and of course, the deliberate intent to take away work from artists.

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Matt Campbell

> Sure, I even sincerely agree, intellectual property really has been a pretty bad idea from the beginning.

Perhaps, just as we've had to, possibly reluctantly, move beyond the simplicity of free-speech absolutism because of the weaponized hate and disinformation out there, we might also need to move beyond the simplicity of "information wants to be free" because of the massive power asymmetry, which precedes genAI (e.g. megacorps exploiting unpaid open-source maintainers).

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Glyph

@matt yep. “You should be able to use technology for good things and to help people and you should not be able to use technology for bad things and to harm people” is not a double standard, it’s just … a standard. There are obviously big complicated questions about who gets to choose and what criteria they can use, but “billionaires” and “because it seems cool to them” are not the correct answers to those questions
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Glyph

@matt the problem is that the proponents are doing a pascal’s mugging. The ones at the top aren’t promising a 15% marginal return on investment in developer productivity. They’re promising an end to cancer and a technological solution to climate change. Brain microchips and arcologies, full luxury automated space communism, an end to work and an end to lack. If it could actually do half the stuff they claim at the limits, the ethical tradeoffs might actually be worth it.
@Matt Campbell

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The SwiftUI team is hiring a senior engineer!

Come help us make UI code feel good, readable, and even… magical. <confetti toss> Also: come argue about names with very awesome people! jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2…

This is SUCH a fun team to work on! Join us! (Role is in Cupertino)


SwiftUI Frameworks Senior Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple

Apply for a SwiftUI Frameworks Senior Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
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This is one example showing how @unifiedpush is important.

404media.co/apple-gave-governm…

#selfhosting


Apple Gave Governments Data on Thousands of Push Notifications

Push notification data can sometimes include the unencrypted content of notifications. Requests include from the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Israel.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)
#selfhosting @UnifiedPush

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Vatican News - Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone this afternoon, focusing especially on the war in Ukraine. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/20…

Pope Leo XIV speaks by phone with Russian President Putin

Speaking by phone with President Vladimir Putin, Pope Leo XIV urges Russia to take a step that favours peace, underlining the importance of dialogue.
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New Fourth Doctor Adventures out now! bigfinish.com/news/v/new-fourt…

New Fourth Doctor Adventures out now!  - News - Big Finish

Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Survivors, The Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Legends, The Prisoner, Adam Adaman…
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45 Years Ago Today The Final Episode of “The Waltons” Aired, Marking the End of a Beloved Era cordcuttersnews.com/45-years-a…

45 Years Ago Today The Final Episode of "The Waltons" Aired, Marking the End of a Beloved Era | Cord Cutters News

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the final episode of the iconic television series The Waltons, which aired on June 4, 1981, bringing to a close a nine-season run that captured the hearts of millions.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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Hey Jamers! :ablobcool:

Did you miss Developer Update #13?

No stress! We’ve wrapped up all the key takeaways for you! 👇

Stay up to date with what’s happening behind the scenes.

📖 Read Dev Update #13 now: jami.net/de/dev-update-13/

#Jami #DevUpdate #PrivacyMatters #opensource #P2P #App

Image illustrating Jami's Development Update #13. In the foreground, a motorcycle taxi driver wearing a high-visibility vest looks at his phone, surrounded by other riders and pedestrians on a busy street. The Jami logo with the text 'a GNU package' appears in the top right. A 'Dev update' badge and the text 'Dev update #13' are overlaid on the image.
Jami core update displayed on a photo of a busy street with motorcycles and billboards. The text highlights improved management of users' online presence and fixes to compiler dependencies.
Update for the Desktop version of Jami, illustrated by a street scene with colorful minibuses. The text informs that Jami now works without a connected screen, with better audio/video detection, and the addition of a spell checker on Linux.
Android TV update from Jami presented on a sunny street image with women in traditional dress on a motorcycle. The text indicates that it is now possible to export one's account from the TV interface and to mute the sound during a call.

Dev update #13

Welcome to this new Jami development update! Over the past few weeks, we've focused on stability, maintenance, and some key feature improvements across both the core and platform-specific components. Let’s dive into what’s new.
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#app #opensource #DevUpdate #p2p #privacymatters #jami

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You brought your questions to our team, and in the latest State of the Thunder, we're bringing the answers! This discussion covers a wide range of topics, from bringing the new monthly Release channel to Flatpak and Snap to accessibility to UI.

#Thunderbird #Development #OpenSource

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#opensource #thunderbird #development

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Who says you can’t have #privacy and #security in an OS?

Meet PureOS — the #Linux OS that respects you.

No ads
No trackers
No #surveillance
No terms of service traps

PureOS supports Purism’s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.

More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…


What Is PureOS? A Beginner’s Guide for iOS, Android, and Windows Users – 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.
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#linux #privacy #security #surveillance

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated and 1 added apps:

* Clerotri: a client for client for Upryzing and Revolt instances 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
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#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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Dneska jsme brutalne slapli do vyvoje Volebni Kalkulacky.

Kafe v Laznich
Jidlo v Mikyne
Kafe v Palaci
Zmrzlina u Ledy
Pivo ve Vokne

Mame velke plany k podzimnim volbam a potuneny repozitar k zapojeni vice lidi. Pripojte se k nam na talk.kalkulacka.one a muzete se vrhnout na nejake to React kodovani.

Radi zapojime i ne-kodovaci lidi na rozsirovani Kalkulacky, domlouvani zapojeni v mediich nebo projektove rizeni.

#liberec #it #neziskovka #react #volby


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#IT #react #liberec #volby #neziskovka
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Martin Wenisch

@segedacz Urcite, ja budu ve Vokne v nedeli tak od 5 do 7. Tak se klidne stav.

Ted se mi jinak blbe planuje hospoda, kdyz se szivame s prirustkem v rodine. Ale jsem otevren i kavarnam (hlavne Jedno) v tydnu kolem obeda.

Jinak aktualne pracujeme na:
github.com/kalkulacka-one/kalk…

kde zatim nic neni. A bezici kalkulacky ve spouste zemi tu:
github.com/kalkulacka-one/vole…

a tu:
kalkulacka.one/cs

Pro predstavu, co to obnasi.


GitHub - kalkulacka-one/kalkulacka: The one voting advice application used by millions of voters in four countries

The one voting advice application used by millions of voters in four countries - kalkulacka-one/kalkulacka
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June 4, 2025 marks the First Annual World Day for Assistive Technology. awarenessdays.com/awareness-da… Devices that help #Disabled folks live more fulfilling, independent lives have come a tremendously long way over the years, so let's hear your stories. What's the first piece of #AssistiveTech you remember using? (yes, mobility devices count.) What's been your favorite? Least favorite? Most helpful? Most Fun? And what are your AT dreams for the future? We can't wait to hear about them. #WorldATDay #Blind #Accessibility

World Day for Assistive Technology 2025

What is World Day for Assistive Technology? World Day for Assistive Technology aims to raise awareness of the importance of assistive technology\n
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#Accessibility #blind #Disabled #assistivetech #worldatday
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