ned, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to accessibility

Why is this not a thing always? #accessibility

"Japanese brewers include braille on their beer cans to prevent the blind from mistaking alcohol for soft drinks."

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to random

Generative AI Has Ushered In the Next Phase of Digital Spirituality - From the astrology software of the 1970s to the Co-Star app, spirituality has proliferate... - https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-spirituality-tarot/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to random

AI Chatbots Are Learning to Spout Authoritarian Propaganda - Regimes in China and Russia are rushing to repress what chatbots can say. It's an early w... - https://www.wired.com/story/chatbot-censorship-china-freedom-house/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to random

Pretty Soon, Your VR Headset Will Know Exactly What Your Bedroom Looks Like - Meta and Apple have zeroed in on mixed reality headsets and augments as their next fronti... - https://www.wired.com/story/virtual-reality-meta-wearables-privacy/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to random

Your Internet Browser Does Not Belong to You - On streets and in malls, browsing was a way of withholding commitment. But online, no act... - https://www.wired.com/story/browser-online-search-surveillance-psychology/ #thenewtechlexicon #ideas

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to random

How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet - Testimony during Google’s antitrust case revealed that the company may be altering billio... - https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 7 months ago to random

Your Project Management Software Can't Save You - Do-everything workplace managers like Asana and Trello promise organizational utopias. Bu... - https://www.wired.com/story/project-management-software-productivity/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

The WGA's AI Wins are Good—But They're Not Enough - In its upcoming negotiations, SAG should fight for even more specific and protective lang... - https://www.wired.com/story/writers-strike-hollywood-ai-protections/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Immersive Tech Obscures Reality. AI Will Threaten It - AI could supercharge augmented and virtual reality, making online manipulation and disinf... - https://www.wired.com/story/immersive-technology-artificial-intelligence-disinformation/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Is the Physics of Time Actually Changing? - Days seem to be rushing ahead in a disturbing blur, or else slowing painfully down. Maybe... - https://www.wired.com/story/physics-of-time-actually-changing/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Why Aren't Disabled Astronauts Exploring Space? - Journeying into the future will require embracing disability—and recognizing its power in... - https://www.wired.com/story/ashley-shew-disability-space-exploration/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Why Tech Bros and Politicians Can’t Really Connect - There are two ways to compute, and two ways to see the world. It’s batch vs. loop—and we ... - https://www.wired.com/story/why-tech-bros-and-politicians-cant-really-connect/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

The Hypocrisy of Judging Those Who Become More Beautiful - Normally, correcting disadvantages beyond our control is seen as laudable. So why do peop... - https://www.wired.com/story/lookism-beauty-philosophy-cosmetics/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

In a Battle Between Harassment and Censorship, the Choice Is Clear - Abuses on Kiwi Farms have sparked debate about harassment, safety, and free speech, with ... - https://www.wired.com/story/kiwifarms-tech-ethics-networked-harassment/ #ideas

helenczerski, 8 months ago to science

The next episode of our Cosmic Shambles podcast series “They’ve Made Us”, is out now. This week, Robin Ince and I talk to Kwame Asante and Prof Chris Jackson to find out about the people who influenced them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=i45MI4zawD8

#science #ideas #podcast

nando161, 8 months ago to philosophy

#People are so #propagandized under #capitalism that they'll reinvent #leftist #ideas without knowing it. I've seen a "right libertarian" describe what he wanted for his #economic #system, and it was #degrowth.

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

There’s an Alternative to the Infinite Scroll - It’s easy to feel like there’s no escape from doomscrolling. The classical Chinese handsc... - https://www.wired.com/story/lexicon-scroll-doomscrolling-mindfulness-linguistics/ #thenewtechlexicon #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

ChatGPT Isn't Coming for Your Coding Job - New technologies have long promised to make human software engineers redundant. But devel... - https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-coding-software-crisis/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Welcome to Halal Hinge - In my community, mums and aunties are joining WhatsApp matchmaking groups to find spouses... - https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-matchmaking-dating-ghosting/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Will the Real David Sosa Please Stand Up? - Police arrested and detained the wrong David Sosa—twice. Advances in technology should ha... - https://www.wired.com/story/data-warrants-policing-scotus/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Marie Kondo and the Manhattan Project - What does the author and lifestyle guru have in common with the mathematician Stan Ulam—a... - https://www.wired.com/story/optimization-math-history-coco-krumme/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

AI-Powered ‘Thought Decoders’ Won’t Just Read Your Mind—They’ll Change It - “Mind-reading” neural decoders could spell the end of privacy. But the full ramifications... - https://www.wired.com/story/ai-thought-decoder-mind-philosophy/ #ideas

tuxedocomputers, 8 months ago to linux German

We get visitors every now & then - currently @bosborn Osborn from #Linux Magazine came by on his motorcycle. We had a very inspiring #chat & shared some #ideas! Let's see where the journey will go! :) But: For the next #visit please don't wait 5 years! 😉

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Everyone Is a Girl Online - NPC influencers, "girl dinner," angels, bimbos—the internet is a girl's world now, whethe... - https://www.wired.com/story/girls-online-culture/ #ideas

itnewsbot, 8 months ago to random

Super Apps Are Terrible for People—and Great for Companies - Apps that offer to "do it all" will subject users to even more exploitation and surveilla... - https://www.wired.com/story/super-app-musk-x-wechat-regulation/ #ideas