Beta7 of NVDA 2024.1 is now available for download and testing. Changes from the previous beta include:
- When copying text in Microsoft Word with NVDA’s browse mode enabled, formatting is now also included
- Updates to documentation, Native selection mode, errors when session is locked / unlocked and translations.

Read more & download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Beta #News

#Nevada Republicans’ Caucus Adds Chaos and Confusion to the State’s Presidential Primary
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While legal, the party’s decision to host a competing contest to the Feb. 6 primary election has angered #GOP voters and provided fertile ground for #misinformation to take hold, experts say, undermining voters’ trust in the process.

#Republicans #Elections #News #Politics #Voting #Voters

propublica.org/article/nevada-…

Nevada Republicans’ Caucus Adds Chaos and Confusion to the State’s Presidential Primary

While legal, the party’s decision to host a competing contest to the Feb. 6 primary election has angered GOP voters and provided fertile ground for misinformation to take hold, experts say, undermining voters’ trust in the process.

^ProPublica

Spain set to slash work week to 37.5 hours

Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz has said her ministry will soon reduce the working week by two and a half hours, a decision which will improve the work-life balance of 12 million employees across the country.

thelocal.com/20240123/spain-se…

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Spain

Spain set to slash work week to 37.5 hours

^{Alex Dunham (The Local)}

#FTC Orders Maker of TurboTax to Cease “Deceptive” #Advertising
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The federal agency, after an investigation prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, blasted #Intuit for misleading customers about its “free” tax-filing program and directed the company to take specific steps to fix its ads.

#Taxes #IRS #IncomeTax #TurboTax #News

propublica.org/article/ftc-int…

FTC Orders Intuit to Cease “Deceptive” TurboTax Ads

The federal agency, after an investigation prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, blasted Intuit for misleading customers about its “free” tax-filing program and directed the company to take specific steps to fix its ads.

^ProPublica

NVDA double release day! NVDA 2023.3.2 fixes the fix that wasn’t fully fixed in the first fix. Please do read the full announcement and download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2023-3-…

And to go with it, NVDA 2024.1 Beta 5 includes the fix from 2023.3.2, as well as documentation, logging and translation updates! Read more and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1b…

#NVDA #ScreenReader #News #Update #NVDAsr #A11y #Accessibility #Patch #Patchday

NVDA 2023.3.2 Released

NV Access is pleased to announce that version 2023.3.2 of NVDA, the free screen reader for Microsoft Windows, is now available for download. This is a security patch release to fix a security issue…

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It's a double release day!

For those on 2023.3 we have a security point release, NVDA 2023.3.1. We encourage all users to update to this stable release. Full info & download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2023-3-…

For those on the 2024.1 betas, we have a new one - 2024.1 Beta 4 includes the security patch above, plus more - read all the info and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1b…

#NVDA #NVDASr #ScreenReader #A11y #Accessibility #News #Breaking

📫GREAT Reason To Both Use / Support @thunderbird #Thunderbird

New Microsoft #Outlook Collects / Shares Your Data w/Over 772 Parties

#email #communication #FOSS #Microsoft #Thunderbird #Mozilla #encryption #crypto #e2ee #infosec #Proton #surveillance #cybersecurity #privacy #News

proton.me/blog/outlook-is-micr…

Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service

The new Outlook now appears to be a data collection service for Microsoft’s 772 external partners for targeted advertising.

^{Edward Komenda (Proton)}

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Gerald Hartig as the new Chief Technology Officer at NV Access.

Please read the full announcement by Michael Curran, NV Access founder at nvaccess.org/post/welcoming-dr…

Please join all of the NV Access team in welcoming Gerald into our community!

#NVAccess #NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Accessibility #A11y #Software

NVDA 2024.1 Beta 3 is now available for download and testing!

Changes introduced in Beta 3:

- Bug fixes for excluding speech modes from the cycle speech mode command from settings

- Improved battery time reporting message to pluralise hours/minutes/seconds correctly

- Updates to translations

Read the full details and download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #A11y #News

cURL-Maintainer: KI liefert "Scheiß-Berichte" als Bug-Reports

Mit sehr deutlichen Worten hat sich cURL-Maintainer Daniel Stenberg zu KI geäußert: Sie werde bei der Bug-Bounty missbraucht und liefere falsche Ergebnisse.

heise.de/news/cURL-Maintainer-…

#KünstlicheIntelligenz #Security #news

cURL-Maintainer: KI liefert "Scheiß-Berichte" als Bug-Reports

^{Dirk Knop (heise online)}

"... the website loads in a special browser built into the app, rather than your phone’s default browser. In 2022, privacy researcher Felix Krause found that Meta injects special “keylogging” JavaScript onto the website you’re visiting that allows the company to monitor everything you type and tap on, including passwords. Other apps including TikTok do the same thing."

What the hell?? This is so creepy.

#Meta #JavaScript #Privacy #web #SocialMedia #News #Threads

gizmodo.com/meet-link-history-…

Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit

Facebook introduces a confusing new setting as the walls close in on Zuckerberg’s data machine.

^{Thomas Germain (Gizmodo)}

The final In-Process blog for the year is out! Featuring all the news on NVDA 2024.1 Beta 1, a note about our Christmas trading hours, a guide for Gmail users, an update on web accessibility overlays & activities to keep you busy over the holidays!

nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

We are taking a break over Christmas, so please be patient if you don't get a response as fast as normal! For anything urgent, please email info@nvaccess.org Have a very happy, holy & safe Christmas and New Year! #News

In-Process 21st December 2023

The last In-Process of the year is here! But we’re already well-advanced preparing for a big 2024 with the first beta of 2024.1 now available, so this is a long one: NVDA 2024.1 Beta 1 As we reach …

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NVDA 2024.1 Beta 1 is now available for testing. Highlights include a new on-demand speech mode, the ability to drop speech modes from the NVDA+s command, a new "native selection" mode for Firefox, bulk actions in the add-on store & ability to review add-ons & more!

Note this release breaks add-on compatibility and only works on Windows 8.1 and newer.

Full info and Download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Update #Beta #NewVersion #A11y #Accessibility #News

NVDA 2024.1beta1 available for testing

Beta1 of NVDA 2024.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome yo…

^{NV Access}

The government is looking into whether the ongoing energy crisis fulfils the legal requirements for the measure, Ramaphosa said in closing remarks at the ANC’s strategy meeting on Monday.

“Work is already underway within govt to establish whether the legal requirements of a national state of disaster are met and what specific actions we would be empowered to undertake,” he said.

#CarteBlanche #SouthAfrica #Loadshedding #News

mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/…

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…

Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

When ad blocking is a cat-and-mouse game, make the mouse slower.

^{Ars Technica}

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

Pipewire: freies Multimedia-Framework reift zur Version 1.0

^{David Wolski (heise online)}

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-…

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

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

Watch: 'Frightening' Martin Lewis deepfake scam

^{BBC News}

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

Thames Water fined £3.3m over river sewage

^{By Tanya Gupta & PA Media (BBC 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…

Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU as energy transition hits ‘hyperdrive’

The EU is on track for a 'huge collapse' in fossil fuel power this year, says energy think tank Ember.

euronews.com/green/2023/06/08/…

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #FossilFuels #Renewables #GreenEnergy #ClimateChange

Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU as energy transition hits ‘hyperdrive’

^{Rosie Frost (Euronews.com)}

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