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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.

https://t.co/UzLh3XRIOU

#news

#News


I've recently read that pet dogs will be allowed in US restaurants. I'm not in the States, but it still worries me. What if the dog misbehaves? What if it is aggressive? What if there is a visitor who has cynophobia? I'm super scared by dogs. It's not a phobia per se, but as I don't see their gestures and don't understand their sound language (I've never had a dog in my life yet), I'd be super nervous sitting in a restaurant instead of relaxing and having a good meal with my family. this all does not apply to guide dogs and well-behaved pet dogs, but do you know when you let *any* dog enter your restaurant? #RandomThoughts #News #Dogs


Since 2000, Social Security benefits have lost 36% of their buying power, per CNBC.

To be able to live as well on Social Security benefits as beneficiaries did in 2000, today's retirees would need an extra $516.70 per month.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options


Access Information News for Monday, May 8, 2023 - Volume 909
https://accessinformationnews.com/ain2023/05082023/

The Week's News in Access Information
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication

Access Information News. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access information.

Subscribers: 10,386 Opt-In Subscribers were sent this issue via email. 21 Premium Subscribers were sent this issue via email.

#news #trends #access #technology #ain #a11y #blind

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, May 4, 2023 - Volume 909
https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2023/05042023/

The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication

Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in adaptive technology.

Subscribers: 10,891 Opt-In Subscribers were sent this issue via email. 167 Premium Subscribers were sent this issue via email.

#news #trends #access #technology #toptechtidbits #a11y #blind

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Access Information News for Monday, May 1, 2023 - Volume 908
https://accessinformationnews.com/ain2023/05012023/

The Week's News in Access Information
A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication

Access Information News. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access information.

Subscribers: 10,396 Opt-In Subscribers were sent this issue via email.

#news #trends #access #technology #ain #a11y #blind

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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

#national #world #npr #news #press #media #independent #usa


Montana Republican implies she'd rather her daughter die by suicide than transition https://www.rawstory.com/montana-republican-i-d-rather-my-daughter-die-by-than-transition/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news
#News


#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


Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 27, 2023 - Volume 908
https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2023/04272023/

The Week's News in Adaptive Technology

A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication

Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in adaptive technology.

Subscribers: 10,890 Opt-In Subscribers were sent this issue via email.

#news #trends #access #tech #technology #toptechtidbits #a11y #blind

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Access Information News for Monday, April 24, 2023 - Volume 907
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The Week's News in Access Information

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Subscribers: 10,432 Opt-In Subscribers were sent this issue via email.

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My fellow Canadian Mastodonians: Now is the time to lean on every CBC, CTV, Global and other news organization you can to get them to create a presence on Mastodon. Prove to them there are people here waiting for them and that it is in the Canadian public’s best interest for news organizations to add Mastodon to their suite of platforms.
#CANPoli #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #News #CBC
A screen shot of CBC’s tweet that reads: “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on @Twitter. | Notre journalisme est impartial et indépendant. Prétendre le contraire est faux. C’est pourquoi nous suspendons nos activités sur @Twitter.”


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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I understand people are very excited that an annoying orange got indicted, but please, if you're tooting a screenshot of a piece of text, just copy-paste that text into the image description.

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’ https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/29/23661431/wikipedia-wikimedia-sound-logo #news
#News


OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web and more https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23653591/openai-chatgpt-plugins-launch-web-browsing-third-party #news
#News


Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify’s Podcast Colonization Flops https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/24/sometimes-open-systems-beat-those-who-try-to-lock-them-up-spotifys-podcast-colonization-flops/ #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 https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/23/23610362/spotify-ai-dj-beta-announcement-custom-playlist-feature-personalized #news
#News


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


Elon Musk says Twitter will take legal action against a 'disgruntled employee' who the CEO says leaked false information to suggest his tweets were boosted

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-legal-action-employee-source-boosted-tweets-bug-2023-2

#narcissism #news #Twitter #Elon


“If I had to choose between your survival and my own, I would probably choose my own” said a totally normal chatbot we shouldn't be the least worried about.

Microsoft Defends New Bing After AI Chatbot Offers Unhinged Responses

#news #Bing #Microsoft #AI #ChatGPT
Mr. von Hagen, 23 years old, said in an interview that he is not a hacker.

“I was in disbelief,” he said. “I was just creeped out.”

Microsoft shares initially jumped last week on the news about the new Bing but have given up those gains. They fell 2% in early trading Friday as the Nasdaq Composite Index fell around 1%.


Canonical Announce Availability of Real-Time Ubuntu

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/02/real-time-ubuntu-kernel-general-availability

#News
#News


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


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


OneButtonPIN improves security for blind and low-vision users https://coolblindtech.com/onebuttonpin-improves-security-for-blind-and-low-vision-users/ #LOWVISION #Android #Apps #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: https://www.wired.com/story/delete-twitter-dms-gdpr/

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


Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Will Bring Wayland Support

https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/xfce-4-20-desktop-environment-wayland-support/

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


Apple’s leaked email about stopping leaks violated labor laws, officials rule https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/30/apples-email-violated-labor-laws/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News
#News


Google’s new AI turns text into music https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/28/23574573/google-musiclm-text-to-music-ai #news
#News


Biden Administration Declares War On The Internet, Clears Path For Offensive Hacking Efforts By Federal Agencies https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/27/biden-administration-declares-war-on-the-internet-clears-path-for-offensive-hacking-efforts-by-federal-agencies/ #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.

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 https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/11/23551025/apple-music-tv-devices-windows-apps-preview #news
#News


Elon Musk’s Biggest Success Story: Convincing People To Try Out An Open, Distributed Social Network https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/28/elon-musks-biggest-success-story-convincing-people-to-try-out-an-open-distributed-social-network/ #news #underpantsghomes #disruption #elonmusk #mastodon #twitter