Kagi Small Web is an initiative by Kagi, a privacy-focused search engine company, designed to surface and promote content from the "small web." The "small

Frederico planned to celebrate the new year with friends at the exotic international tourist haven of Molvania. When visiting the area, one could buy and use a MolvaPass (The Most Passive Way About Town!) for free or discounted access to cultural sites, public transit, and more. MolvaPasses were available for 3, 7, or 365 days, and could be bought in advance and activated later.

It may cover other things too, things that also are not “emergencies.”

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Environment Canada had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Ottawa area and said the storm could produce wind gusts of up to 90 km/h.

Recently, while scrolling on Tik Tok, I saw a video from Tab Buddies where they were promoting their product, aptly named the Tab Buddy. It’s a small gadget that helps you open soda cans, and…

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The Nuance Audio hearing glasses offer a fresh take on over-the-counter hearing aids, offering a stylish and discreet option to assist with your hearing and vision.

by Tonya R. Moore The latest Ace Double features stories by two authors who both write under pseudonyms. John Rackham is the pen name of electrical engineer and author, John Thomas Phillifent, whose works include three novels from the popular American spy fiction universe series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Phillifent was a prolific author, the … Continue reading [May 28, 1970] A pair of Saras: Flower of Doradil and A Promising Planet →

3Play Media releases its 2025 State of ASR Report, testing and comparing the top speech-to-text technologies.

Our anonymous submitter, whom we'll call Craig, worked for GlobalCon. GlobalCon relied on an offshore team on the other side of the world for adding/removing users from the system, support calls, ticket tracking, and other client services. One day at work, an urgent escalated ticket from Martin, the offshore support team lead, fell into Craig's queue. Seated before his cubicle workstation, Craig opened the ticket right away:

Google's Play Integrity API is making it harder for users with rooted phones or custom ROMs to access certain apps. Here's what's changing.

It's a holiday in the US today, so we're taking a long weekend. We flip back to a classic story of a company wanting to fill 15 different positions by hiring only one person. It's okay, Martin handles the database. Original - Remy

A curious email arrived in Phil's Inbox. "Windows Support Engineer required. Must have experience of the following:" and then a long list of Microsoft products.
Phil frowned. The location was convenient; the salary was fine, just the list of software seemed somewhat intimidating. Nevertheless, he replied to the agency saying that he was interested in applying for the position.

by Arturo Serrano When I was appointed, in recent weeks, as a cultural attaché of the Colombian embassy in Bonn, I was beside myself with excitement about the prospect of imbibing from the richness of Teutonic civilization, whose light was but briefly obscured during the war. I say this without intending in any manner to … Continue reading [May 26, 1970] A Regrettable Case of Runaway Apophenia (Erich von Däniken's Memories of the Future) →

Windsor's new blind darts league is bringing blind and partially-sighted people together — offering both a sense of inclusion and joy.

Anthropic publish most of the system prompts for their chat models as part of their release notes. They recently shared the new prompts for both Claude Opus 4 and Claude …

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Hey, Alphabet or Google or Chrome or whomever in that illegal monopoly continues to release things to the web platform that are full of accessibility barriers, I have what I think is a straightforward request. My Request Please, if your team cannot explain how the thing satisfies all WCAG Success…

More information about the end of support for Pocket.

For AI to be beneficial in accessibility tech, the people who use it must be involved in its development.

After years of growth, industry turmoil has left the accessibility community at a standstill.

Bell apologized to customers for the massive internet outage that hit Ontario and Quebec Wednesday morning, and detailed the underlying cause.

Adaptation Ventures wants to fill the persistent funding gap for early-stage startups building accessibility tech.

What Keyboard Layout is better Dvorak and Colemak. Compared with the QWERTY - expert opinion - everything you need to know.

The QWERTY keyboard layout, the defacto standard derived from the Sholes layout popularized by Remington in the early 20th century,…

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This article was discussed on Hacker News. Introduction This was a fun nostalgia trip. But it ended up being an attempt to collect and preserve some retro computing history as well… and I als…

Environment Canada has been tracking a storm system Saturday that could bring hail and heavy rain to the region.

Microsoft quietly and without any announcements started rolling out a new "Advanced Settings" section for Windows 11. However, it is not enabled by default; here is how to make it work.

One year is not a long time. Yet, from GAAD 2024 to GAAD 2025, it feels as if we have crossed an entire era in AI. What once seemed distant, experimental, even niche, has quietly become essential.

In this installment: stupid transit crimes, Darth Vader’s management style, and it’s overtime for the “ChiefsAholic.”

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We are excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new community bug tracking initiative at AppleVis. Since at least 2012, AppleVis has regularly published lists of new and fixed accessibility bugs in Apple software impacting blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users. As an independent editorial organization, we see the tracking and reporting of these bugs to be one of the more impactful ways in which we live out our mission to serve and empower our community.

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Apple’s ‘Accessibility Nutrition Labels’ will put investments in inclusive design in the spotlight. But Cory Joseph says companies don’t need to be huge to embrace accessibility.

Over 20 years, AbleGamers has become synonymous with the accessibility movement as its presence and influence grew across the industry. However, new reports from former employees and members of the accessibility community describe abuse, financial mismanagement from leadership, and a board that failed to protect its employees.

Over the years, I've had a bunch of ideas on how to move the Fediverse forward. This article highlights the culmination of what I'd like to build.

Audible has announced that it is adding new audiobooks to its library using narration technology powered by AI from Amazon.

Visible Voices is part magazine, part gallery, and part curated e-shop. As a whole, it’s a cultural rebrand.

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), which takes place this Thursday, is a worldwide initiative dedicated to raising awareness about digital access and inclusion.

Donna J. Jodhan is pleased to share her latest ask an expert feature with you. Each month, Donna shares 10 tips on various pieces of software that are common, popular, and important to persons who …

Microsoft is about to cut a big chunk of features from its browser. Here is what is getting the axe.

Users can control AI DJ with voice commands.

Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Apple is offering a preview of accessibility features coming to its platforms later this year; including Accessibility Nutrition labels for App Store apps, Magnifier for Mac, Braille Access, and more.

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"If y'all are truly allies, do the work."

Bell has started a marketing campaign against the CRTC because it hates sharing its infrastructure with Telus.

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CBC News has identified several North American-based organizations that have relocated upcoming conferences, either partially or fully, from the U.S. to Canada. Conference organizers who spoke with CBC said travel concerns were a decisive factor.

Testing Deque's axe Assistant for accuracy and ability.

There is once again international competition for my attention in the anthology release, another New Writings facing off against new fiction from the USSR.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released Bluetooth 6.1 as part of its new bi-annual update schedule. The update introduces Randomized...

It actually wasn’t the screaming, it was the choice to do it at 5:30 a.m.