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Be sure to tune in tonight at 7PM Pacific for a terrific Science Fiction Theater! by Gideon Marcus It shouldn't happen here (or anywhere) It was a scene out of Saigon or Prague.  It shouldn't be happening in Middle America.  On May 4, Ohio National Guardsmen, shot four Kent State students dead, wounding ten more.  … Continue reading [May 8, 1970] Tower of Glass (June 1970 Galaxy) →

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A senior Microsoft engineer has explained how the Windows team has designed the native clipboard such that it does not hog the system.

The Accessibility Task Force of the W3C Publishing Community Group has announced the release of the Accessibility Metadata Display Guide for Digital Publications 2.0. […]

This is a follow-up to my prior post: "AI is the future of accessibility". There are market changes that will be materializing in the coming years that will be hugely impactful for all white collar jobs. Some say that time period is 3-5 years, others say it is more like a decade. Regardless of timeline,

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Rogers has apparently begun enforcing stricter identity checks for new mobile activations, according to an internal notice seen by iPhone in Canada. The updated process, which took effect on May 6, is part of the company’s push to strengthen customer security and reduce fraud. Although the system and submission process remain unchanged, Rogers employees are

The latest update for UniGetUI brings another big performance boost thanks to TRIM support. There are many other changes too. Check the full list here.

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…Unless you want to fail all the WCAGs, create litigation risk, close off opportunities in Europe, engage in reputational harm, and oh yeah, throw up barriers to your customers and users. What am I talking about? Figma announced Figma Sites, letting you publish your Figma designs directly to the web.…

In this episode of A11y Insights, Thomas Logan and Ken Nakata welcome Nicolas Steenhout, a veteran in the field of digital accessibility with over 30 years of experience. The conversation delves into the early days of digital accessibility, highlighting how personal experiences with colleagues who had disabilities inspired Nicolas to champion accessible web design. From […]

The team at Fordhall Organic Farm, England’s first community-owned farm, in Shropshire are excited to have introduced a ‘Braille Trail’ on-site, providing a tactile experience for visually impaired visitors.

I was in the city a few weeks ago and exclusively used Waymo for the entire trip. My biggest complaint? I needed to walk four minutes to a pick-up spot. Other than that, the car just showed up, traversed San Francisco streets easily, and the cost was reasonable1. Sitting in the back seat watching t

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by Brian Collins For those who don’t know, the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) was founded five years ago in what would become the first successful attempt at forming a professional writers’ association for science fiction writers—at least here in the States. With the SFWA came the Nebula, an award made to be on … Continue reading [May 6, 1970] Wondrous and Astounding (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, Part One) →

Apple has released RC beta versions of upcoming updates including tvOS 18.5, visionOS 2.5, and more.

3DES has been around since 1978, but today, it's considered far less secure than modern standards. Google apps such as Chrome have already dropped support, and now Gmail is following suit.

Comment: Windows 11's hardware requirements: Sales ploy or security play?

: Lead dev likens flood to 'effectively being DDoSed'

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The early 1970s were some of the most tumultuous years in Australian politics. The Australian Labor Party, defeated since 1949, finally regained power in 1972. Gough Whitlam took the spot of Prime …

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Notes on a revolution in slow motion.

A reflection on control, burnout, and the strange weight of technical fluency.

Kaspersky found 7 percent of data compromised between 2019 and 2024 contained information linked to work email addresses.

We're still misunderstanding AI and how it works.

Who, Me?: Fake it till you make it doesn't cut it for mission-critical workloads

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Today Microsoft shut down Skype, a company that helped revolutionize phone calls online. To commemorate the death of Skype, we’re running a recent “Pessimist’s Archive” arti…

TwinMind, an iPhone app, functions like 'JARVIS in your pocket,' according to founder and artificial intelligence veteran Daniel George.

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If you used specific wallpapers on your Windows 7 PC, the system could take an extra 30 seconds to load.

Exclusive: Too much hot air brings down Manchester Uni based neural network project

Microsoft has confirmed that M365 services have gone down. The company is investigating and has released preliminary details.

For anybody who's been putting video on the web for a long time and cares about accessibility, Able Player has been the feature leader for accessible

After hearing about ChatGPT o3 ability at geo-guessing we decided to run some tests and the tested AIs didn't fail to amaze us

How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.

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Nate is a kid from Sydney, Australia who spends his free time indulging in his one true love - art. Graffiti specifically. That is until his 'hobby' catapults him into a new world filled with danger and magic.
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An engineer from Earth blends science and magic to achieve greatness in another world where skills and levels reign supreme.
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Mercy has a secret: she sees things. Not in a needs-to-take-meds kind of way; she actually sees otherworldly beings – and tries to ignore them. But when she slips up, she catches the attention of a particularly striking being. It turns her life upside-down, and thrusts her into a new world of magic and wonder. Mercy must learn to spread her wings and (...)

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In the blink of an eye, the world as we know it is shattered when Earth is abruptly integrated into the cosmic System. Recognized for its unique tenacity and will to survive, Earth faces an unprecedented challenge: redesign and adapt, or perish.

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Xen is not your average Joe. In fact, he isn't even Joe. He just looks and acts like the newbie Hunter who died a horrible death in one of the many beginner dungeons that have littered the Earth since the System's arrival decades ago.
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Abducted by the government. Forced to enter data into an old computer. When the command prompt came up Felix pressed it. [EXECUTE]. Time froze, and he was ripped out of his Universe by the System. Given the title of Versewalker by an Observer, and a fallen angel as a constant companion, he has only three tasks: travel the Multiverse solving Crises, (...)

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An unnamed reincarnated person wakes up as a dungeon. Everything was alright at first until the outside world discovers his anomalous nature. Join the MC as he builds his dungeon, fight off pesky gods and strike fear and awe into all who delve his dungeon!

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