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In-Process is out! Featuring some more NVDA 2023.3 goodies, a few other things we've been up to, a sneak peek at something in NVDA 2024.1 AND a HUGE walkthrough of Object Navigation. If you're not familiar with how object navigation works after that, I'll give you a refund on the cost of your In-Process subscription! 🤑: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-4…

#NVAccess #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News #Tutorial #A11y #Accessibility


Youtube's tantrum escalates.

Forced to concede that they cannot outpace ad blocking extensions, parent company Google artificially limits the rate of extension updates in Chrome.

No justification for the user experience is given, and in fact this makes chrome users more vulnerable to attacks injected via ads.

#tech #news #enshittification

arstechnica.com/google/2023/12…


Pipewire: freies Multimedia-Framework reift zur Version 1.0

Nach sieben Jahren Entwicklungsarbeit erreicht das Multimedia-Framework Pipewire die Version 1.0. Auf dem Linux-Desktop soll es Pulseaudio und JACK ersetzen.

heise.de/news/Pipewire-freies-…

#OpenSource #Multimedia #news


Inside the Chaos at OpenAI theatlantic.com/technology/arc… #news
#News


How Warren Buffett Privately Traded in #Stocks That Berkshire Hathaway Was Buying and Selling
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Buffett has long said such trading would be a conflict of interest, and Berkshire policies prohibit it.

But confidential records show that, on at least three occasions, he sold millions of dollars of shares in stocks that Berkshire was #trading.

#IRS #WarrenBuffett #Investing #News #Business #Money #BerkshireHathaway

propublica.org/article/warren-…


In-Process is out! Featuring all the news about the new NVDA 2023.3, automatic Braille display detection, corporate giving, Seeing Differently's Tech Fest and more! Read now at: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-6… #NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blog #News #Blind


NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2023.3 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. We encourage all users to upgrade to this version, which is the last version compatible with Windows 7.

This release includes audio updates and refreshable OCR. There are fixes for Braille, the add-on store, Office, Edge, Calculator and more!

Read the full details and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2023-3/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #News #Accessibility


Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Outshines Nividia With 220% Gain This Year - "GBTC is the gift that keeps giving," one observer said. - coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/2… #markets #bitcoin #news #gbtc #nvda


In-Process for the 19th October is out! Featuring updates on 2023.3, including the new audio settings and refreshable OCR, an update from the NASA Space Apps Challenge, and an important head's up for Windows 7 users. All that and more at nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1… #NVDA #ScreenReader #Blog #News #Accessibility


EL PAÍS USA: Wendy Guevara: ‘Trans people are normal. We love, feel and cry just like everyone else’
#news #GoodNews #TransNews #trans
english.elpais.com/people/2023…


Good grief. In the light of #LaurenceFox's comments on #GBNews, #Sky #News decided to do a piece on the #GenderPayGap. They had a man and woman on to argue about it.

It came out, live on air, that he was being paid and she wasn't. Sky apologised and offered her £75, the standard fee for such an appearance. Then they offered to increase it to £200, the same as they'd paid him.

tiktok.com/@novaramedia/video/…

ETA: @MichaelPorter linked to a longer video: youtube.com/watch?v=d_nT-yQZZc…

#misogyny #feminism


Martin Lewis says deepfake scam of him is 'frightening'

The consumer finance expert said he has been the subject of fake adverts for years, but this was the first in video.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66131229

(c) #BBC #News

#News #bbc


Thames Water fined £3.3m over river sewage

The firm pumped millions of litres of sewage into rivers, turning them black and killing fish.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suss…

(c) #BBC #News #England


New features are coming in #LibreOffice 7.6, in August, thanks to our community! Highlighting for styles, better tables of contents, improved keyboard navigation, compact layout for pivot tables, and much more: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re… #foss #opensource #news


Trump Says His Hand-Picked Chief of Staff Was ‘Born With a Very Small Brain’
The former president is appealing to voters by explaining how he appointed a bunch of incompetent losers the last time he was in the White House
#News #GOP #Politics #USA #Trump #MAGA #Republicans

rollingstone.com/politics/poli…


BREAKING NEWS!

❗️The US and its allies plan to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets as part of long-term efforts to strengthen Kyiv's security, — a senior White House official commented to NBC News
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Russian #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey #Finland


30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world

On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web was released into the public domain. It revolutionized the internet and allowed users to create websites filled with graphics, audio and hyperlinks.

🔗 npr.org/2023/04/30/1172276538/…

#technology #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa


NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/… Follow NPR on Mastodon! #NPR #news #elonmusktwitter #twitterFail


Prepare your ears for Wikipedia’s ‘sound of all human knowledge’ theverge.com/2023/3/29/2366143… #news
#News


OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web and more theverge.com/2023/3/23/2365359… #news
#News


Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify’s Podcast Colonization Flops techdirt.com/2023/02/24/someti… #news #proprietaryaudio #gimletmedia #protocols #podcasts #spotify #silos


Spotify’s new AI-powered DJ will build you a custom playlist and talk over the top of it theverge.com/2023/2/23/2361036… #news
#News


Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI arstechnica.com/?p=1918743 #news #syndication #Biz&IT #AI #go


Canonical Announce Availability of Real-Time Ubuntu

omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/real-t…

#News

#News


This wearable navigation system assists visually impaired individuals with walking coolblindtech.com/this-wearabl… #Navigation #LOWVISION #Wearable #Gadgets #Apps #NEWS


OneButtonPIN improves security for blind and low-vision users coolblindtech.com/onebuttonpin… #LOWVISION #Android #Apps #NEWS


TransLink launching accessibility pilot project using NaviLens coolblindtech.com/translink-la… #Navigation #LOWVISION #Android #Braille #Apps #NEWS #iOS


Panasonic announces ‘smart glasses for the visually impaired at CES 2023 coolblindtech.com/panasonic-an… #Navigation #LOWVISION #Wearable #Gadgets #NEWS


I know there is a lot going on at Twitter right now, but here's one more thing. Twitter is ignoring #GDPR requests from people to delete their DMs.

At the moment, when you press delete on a Twitter DM (an individual message or conversation) the DM isn't actually deleted from Twitter's servers, just your inbox view.

So people in Europe have been making requests for Twitter to blitz all their messages. It hasn't properly answered them. And now regulators are looking at it

Full story here: wired.com/story/delete-twitter…

#Twitter #gdpr #infosec #technology #news #wired


Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Will Bring Wayland Support

linuxtoday.com/developer/xfce-…

#desktopenvironment #Developer #Xfce4.20 #release #support #Wayland #News


Google’s new AI turns text into music theverge.com/2023/1/28/2357457… #news
#News


Biden Administration Declares War On The Internet, Clears Path For Offensive Hacking Efforts By Federal Agencies techdirt.com/2023/01/27/biden-… #news #nationalcybersecuritystrategy #cybersecurity #cyberwarfare #hackback #joebiden #doj #fbi #1


I mean there's free speech and then there's free speech.

ELON MUSK CAVES TO PRESSURE FROM INDIA TO REMOVE BBC DOC CRITICAL OF MODI

Officials from India’s ruling right-wing party said American tech companies like Twitter and YouTube complied with demands to remove the documentary.

theintercept.com/2023/01/24/tw…

#sensorship #modi #news #India


Apple’s Music and TV apps for Windows are now available in preview theverge.com/2023/1/11/2355102… #news
#News


Elon Musk’s Biggest Success Story: Convincing People To Try Out An Open, Distributed Social Network techdirt.com/2022/12/28/elon-m… #news #underpantsghomes #disruption #elonmusk #mastodon #twitter