Twitter has updated its hate speech policies to cover tweets that make dehumanizing remarks, which are remarks that treat “others as less than human,” on the basis of disability, age or disease. The changes follow updates to the company’s policies made last July that said Twitter would remove tweets that dehumanize religious groups.
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How To Let You Know When Alexa and Google Assistant Start and Stop Listening
You can set your Amazon Echo and Google Home or Nest devices to give you audio cues when they start and stop listening for commands.
Google Assistant Feature Now Reads and Translates Websites on Android
Google Assistant can now read articles and other text directly from a website on any device running the Android operating system.
How To Turn On Dark Mode in iOS and Android
How to turn on dark mode in iOS / iPadOS
First, you’re going to need to make sure you’ve updated your iPhone or iPad to iOS or iPadOS 13, at minimum. For the former, that means you’ll need at least an iPhone SE or iPad Air 2. To update your device to the most modern version of iOS you can get, select Settings app, select General, and select Software Update.
What Do Alexa Ring Colors Mean?
Amazon Echo devices are known for their distinct Alexa ring colors. These look very cool in the dark, but their purpose expands beyond cool aesthetics.
City of Milwaukee Announces New Program to Make Navigating More Accessible to Visually Impaired Transit Users
The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) has announced a new pilot program that visually-impaired riders say has potential to change lives.
AccessiBuild Indoor Navigation App Launches for People with Vision Loss
AccessiBuild, developed by Marc Rayner and Jeff Godfrey, is an indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments.
Google Assistant Now Has Interpreter Mode on Android and iOS Devices
Google has announced an Interpreter Mode for Smart phones. The real-time translation tool is now coming to Assistant for Android and iOS with a new Smart Replies capability.
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Design New Tool Making Memes Accessible for Blind and Visually Impaired People
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have come up with a method that will automatically identify memes and will apply pre-written templates to add descriptive text making them intelligible via existing assistive technologies.
Lazarillo GPS App accepted to Tech Accelerator Program
Originally from Chile, the app — which means “guide dog” in Spanish slang — was brought to the Tampa area two months ago.
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