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❗️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
I want to ban the word "controversial" from headlines and articles as if actual harm to human beings doesn't matter and what's being done being masked in controversy is the only objective measure.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed several controversial bills this week that target several aspects of daily life for some LGBTQ community members, including criminalizing the use of bathrooms that don't align with a person's sex at birth.
#news
DeSantis attacks LGBTQ+ community with "slate of hate" laws
He signed four bills Wednesday that touch several aspects of daily life for the LGBTQ+ community.Yacob Reyes (Axios)
Access Information News for Monday, May 8, 2023 - Volume 909
https://accessinformationnews.com/ain2023/05082023/
The Week's News in Access Information
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#news #trends #access #technology #ain #a11y #blind
Access Information News for Monday, May 8, 2023 - Volume 909
Access Information News. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access information. Access Information refers to informational topics that directly affect the lives of people with disabilities.Access Information News - A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, May 4, 2023 - Volume 909
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The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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#news #trends #access #technology #toptechtidbits #a11y #blind
Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, May 4, 2023 - Volume 909
Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in adaptive technology. Adaptive Technology refers to items that are specifically designed for people with disabilities.Top Tech Tidbits - A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
Access Information News for Monday, May 1, 2023 - Volume 908
https://accessinformationnews.com/ain2023/05012023/
The Week's News in Access Information
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Access Information News for Monday, May 1, 2023 - Volume 908
Access Information News. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access information. Access Information refers to informational topics that directly affect the lives of people with disabilities.Access Information News - A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication
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.
🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/30/1172276538/world-wide-web-internet-anniversary
#technology #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa
The weight bias against women in the workforce is real — and it's only getting worse
Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.
🔗 https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1171593736/women-weight-bias-wages-workplace-wage-gap
Montana Republican implies she'd rather her daughter die by suicide than transition
A state lawmaker in Montana is saying that hypothetically, between letting her daughter transition and letting her daughter die by suicide, she'd choose the latter, reported The Daily Beast on Friday."Republican Rep.Matthew Chapman (Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism)
#News: In Kenosha, Wisconsin, 43% of Black ninth graders were labeled “high risk” of dropping out by an algorithm.
Just 11% of White ninth graders got that same label.
@tfeathers investigated the risk scores that every student in the state gets before high school:
#Bias #Equity #Tech #Wisconsin #School
https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2023/04/27/false-alarm-how-wisconsin-uses-race-and-income-to-label-students-high-risk
False Alarm: How Wisconsin Uses Race and Income to Label Students “High Risk” – The Markup
The Markup found the state’s decade-old dropout prediction algorithms don’t work and may be negatively influencing how educators perceive students of colorthemarkup.org
Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Volume 908
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The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Volume 908
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Access Information News for Monday, April 24, 2023 - Volume 907
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Access Information News for Monday, April 24, 2023 - Volume 907
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#CANPoli #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #News #CBC
Now that #NPR left #Twitter and many on #Mastodon are calling for it to come to the #Fediverse, maybe it's time for a recap, what we https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline did?
Our first account on mastodon.social was registered ("claimed") years ago, but left dormant until #ElonMusk bought #Twitter. Then I started to post a couple of links to #news articles every day. Our web-devs (namely @entropie) verified the account days later by adding a link to it on heise.de, giving it the green link.
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Plenty of people here use screen readers. Don't shut them out from being able to take part in the discourse. I can assure you they have a lot of interesting stuff to say.
#A11y #Fediverse #News
Prepare your ears for Wikipedia’s ‘sound of all human knowledge’
After an exhaustive search via “Sound of All Human Knowledge” contest, Wikimedia thinks it’s found a sound logo to use across branded content from the likes of Wikipedia.Jon Porter (The Verge)
OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web and more
OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT can now access real-time data from the web via new plug-ins. These plug-ins can also connect the bot with third-party sites like Expedia and Instacart to help the user perform actions.Mitchell Clark (The Verge)
Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify’s Podcast Colonization Flops
We wrote a few times about the problems of Spotify’s attempt to colonize the podcast market. While it was, perhaps, an understandable move driven by the economics of our totally broken copyri…Techdirt
Spotify’s new AI-powered DJ builds and commentates on custom playlists
Spotify has launched an AI-powered “DJ” feature that curates and provides radio-style commentary on a custom playlist as you’re listening to it.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI
Amateur exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated grandmasters.Ars Technica
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-legal-action-employee-source-boosted-tweets-bug-2023-2
#narcissism #news #Twitter #Elon
Musk: Twitter will take legal action against source of 'bogus' article
Elon Musk said media sources were incorrect and a bug had briefly caused replies to have the same prominence as primary tweets.Kate Duffy (Insider)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/real-time-ubuntu-kernel-general-availability
#News
Canonical Announce Availability of Real-Time Ubuntu
Got a time-sensitive workload that would benefit from the reliability and security of Ubuntu? Well, you're in luck – Real-time Ubuntu is now available.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
This wearable navigation system assists visually impaired individuals with walking - COOL BLIND TECH
In Japan, the number of people with visual impairment including low vision was estimated to be 1.64 million as of 2007, and the number is forecast to increase to nearly 2 million by 2030.Nelson Régo (COOL BLIND TECH)
Panasonic announces 'smart glasses for the visually impaired at CES 2023 - COOL BLIND TECH
Panasonic and Biel Glasses have announced a new pair of smart glasses to aid mobility for the visually impaired Panasonic is partnering with Barcelona-based start-up Biel, the two companies have announced a pair of ‘life-changing’ smart glasses for a…Nelson Régo (COOL BLIND TECH)
OneButtonPIN improves security for blind and low-vision users - COOL BLIND TECH
Researchers at the University of Waterloo and the Rochester Institute of Technology have developed a new authentication method that could help blind and low-vision (BLV) users more securely access their devices.Nelson Régo (COOL BLIND TECH)
TransLink launching accessibility pilot project using NaviLens - COOL BLIND TECH
New Westminster and Vancouver are part of a TransLink pilot project to help customers with sight loss.Nelson Régo (COOL BLIND TECH)
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: https://www.wired.com/story/delete-twitter-dms-gdpr/
#Twitter #gdpr #infosec #technology #news #wired
Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That
People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them.Matt Burgess (WIRED)
https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/xfce-4-20-desktop-environment-wayland-support/
#desktopenvironment #Developer #Xfce4.20 #release #support #Wayland #News
Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Will Bring Wayland Support
Work on Xfce 4.20 kicked off earlier this month with the release of libxfce4windowing, a new dependency for the Xfce desktop environment.LinuxToday
Apple’s leaked email about stopping leaks violated labor laws
US National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have determined that Apple has been violating labor rights based on comments made by company executives, as well as policies imposed on employees.Filipe Espósito (9to5mac)
Google’s new AI turns text into music
Google’s MusicLM is like a DALL-E that generates snippets of songs, or even minutes-long compositions, based on text inputed by the user.Mitchell Clark (The Verge)
Biden Administration Declares War On The Internet, Clears Path For Offensive Hacking Efforts By Federal Agencies
It’s impossible to be the “aggressor” of the free world. Those words just don’t make sense together. “Defender of the free world,” maybe. If you’re going o…Techdirt
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.
https://theintercept.com/2023/01/24/twitter-elon-musk-modi-india-bbc/
#sensorship #modi #news #India
Apple’s Music and TV apps for Windows are now available in preview
Plus an app for managing your iPods and iPads, since you can’t use iTunes with the apps installed.Mitchell Clark (The Verge)
Elon Musk’s Biggest Success Story: Convincing People To Try Out An Open, Distributed Social Network
A few months ago, I attended a wonderful conference put on by the “Global Freedom of Expression” program at Columbia University discussing decentralized social media and regulations aro…Techdirt