The internet has turned fringe belief into mainstream politics and policy from authoritarianism to vaccines. With democracy itself threatened, is it time to go back to a previous world of landlines, letters and face-to-face-contact, audiotapes and Ansaphones? What would we miss about the online world that is worth the risk to liberal culture and basic freedoms? Should we turn the internet off?
It's also important to know that some of the vibes come with intentional signalling. Plenty of people whose views you can find online have a financial interest in one product over another, for instance because they are investors in it or they are paid influencers. They might have become investors because they liked the product, but it's also possible that their views are affected and shaped by that relationship.
AI-driven personalization, microlearning, improved accessibility, and smarter learning analytics are becoming essential pieces of every successful eLearning ecosystem. As the industry moves quickly, it is crucial to start the year with a clear plan. Fresh strategies can make a big difference in a project, a learning culture, or an organization's training methods.
The iGaming industry has evolved rapidly over the last decade, driven by innovations in software, regulation and player expectations. Operators now compete not only on game libraries and bonuses but on user interface quality, fairness, and mobile-first delivery. A sophisticated approach to product design and customer care is essential for any brand that wants to retain players and expand into new markets.
Every year, TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield pitch contest draws thousands of applicants. We whittle those applications down to the top 200 contenders, and of them, the top 20 compete on the big stage to become the winner, taking home the Startup Battlefield Cup and a cash prize of $100,000. But the remaining 180 startups all blew us away as well in their respective categories and compete in their own pitch competition.
The resonant, abrasive drone of an electric can opener was a staple sound in kitchens around the country. Perplexingly loud, this innovative kitchen tool let you power through cans of any size by holding down a lever, assuming the cutting blade was lined up correctly. But they've fallen out of style in recent years, and if you still use one, there's a good chance you're a Boomer or a member of Gen X raised by can-opener diehards.
The projects - costing a combined $1.75 billion - are among the first round to be funded by revenue raised from congestion pricing, which was first implemented nearly a year ago. The state program raises funds for the MTA by charging drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street a $9 base toll.
Accessibility isn't a "nice-to-have" feature it's a fundamental pillar of user experience. For those of us working within the Adobe ecosystem whether you're building responsive modules in Adobe Captivate or designing resources in Illustrator here are the seven non-negotiables for your accessibility checklist. 1. Semantic Heading Structure Think of headings as the skeleton of your course. Screen reader users often "skim" a page by jumping from heading to heading to understand the hierarchy of information.
Figuring out how to prepare for a home inspection before you list your home comes down to three things: make every major system easy to access, knock out small but telling maintenance fixes, and set the house up so the inspector can work safely and efficiently. A little prep now helps the inspection reflect your home's true condition, reduces the chance of preventable red flags, and keeps your sale on track
Unexpected repairs force TfL to shut Barons Court tube station's platforms through 2026 ianVisits Apprentices join Siemens' Goole Rail Village to build London Underground trains Hull Live Gunnersbury Station has taken one tiny step forward towards getting step-free access, but there's a very long way to go before it arrives. ianVisits There will soon be an Elizabeth line train through the core section of the network every three minutes on Saturdays, as TfL prepares to increase the service. ianVisits
If you want to know who won what (and who lost) at the 2025 Game Awards, we've got you covered. Perhaps you didn't watch the awards this year? Maybe you did, but missed the rapid-fire announcement of certain winners? It can be tricky to keep up with how fast awards are handed out at this show. Geoff needs more time for pricey trailers!
Because we're products of a system that excludes certain people, it's surprisingly easy to do the same. Unless we've experienced exclusion or someone has pointed it out to us. Gradually, this exclusion seeps into design, and not only through inaccessible interfaces. Ableist design shows up in the user needs we forget to anticipate, who we don't invite for user research, and how we deprioritise tasks of a project.
And since we already rely on Playwright for visual regression testing and our end-to-end suite, adding accessibility checks right on top of that felt like the obvious next step. No new tools to learn, just extending a setup we know well with Axe's engine running inside the same Playwright workflows. Configuration First, we created a helper to get a pre-configured Axe instance. Our configuration focuses on WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA criteria.
The best restaurants in New York are not the places that cater to foodie tourists and billionaire gastronomes - not necessarily and certainly not exclusively. They're the ones that balance quality, utility, and ambience in a way that makes them places to go once or go often with an acknowledgment that sometimes it's your anniversary and you need to ball out, and sometimes it's just another Wednesday.
The plan, set to happen in phases, remodels everything: support structures, decking, railings, utilities and adjacent infrastructure. The proposed new boardwalk would stretch to 80 feet wide for much of its length, providing a wider, sturdier promenade that can handle both peak summer foot traffic and everyday bustle. What's more, accessibility upgrades are part of the deal, meaning there will be better access points and ramps that make the boardwalk easier to navigate for everyone.
Last year, during the Central APA, I was teaching at an institution that no longer had a philosophy major. In my Modern Philosophy class we had the unique opportunity to join a public session at the APA. None of these students could be philosophy majors at this institution even if they wanted. Yet, thanks to the 2+1 program, they could participate in the ISEE public panel on Indigenous Environmental Ethics.
Apple's Liquid Glass UI for iOS 26 is getting a lot of attention. Beyond the visual hype, it is also raising questions about accessibility and usability. Developers, however, are already trying to recreate the effect for the web and mobile interfaces. On iOS, Liquid Glass is backed by a rendering engine designed to generate high-fidelity, physics-like glass patterns efficiently. Web browsers do not expose this kind of native abstraction, but we do have SVG filters, which are powerful enough to approximate the same effect.
My own sleepless thoughts on why the future of learning must go beyond crash tutorials and tackle ethics, accessibility, and human-centered design. It's 3:47 AM. I should be asleep. Instead, I'm lying here, staring at the ceiling, replaying a single restless thought: We don't need more courses. We need better ones. Everywhere I look, someone is launching a "Learn Figma in 5 Days" crash course or a "Top 10 AI Hacks for Beginners" tutorial. And don't get me wrong - those courses aren't useless. They scratch an itch, they help you pick up a tool, and sometimes they even get you a quick win.
But Jane and Finch resident Butterfly GoPaul worries about the new line having fewer stops than the previous 36C Finch West bus line, which offered 35 stops between Finch West subway station and Humberview Boulevard at View Green Crescent. Finch West is made up of a lot of highrise buildings, families, folks that have disabilities, and elders, she told CBC Toronto. We've already lost a lot of stops along the way. So people are going to have to walk [farther] to their closest stop.
The resort town of Banff, in southwestern Canada's Alberta province, is the heart of Banff National Park, a 2,500-square-mile adventure haven beloved in summer for its sparkling alpine lakes, wildflower fields, and scenic hiking trails that crisscross the mountainous landscape. But in this stretch of the Rockies, where ski season can last up to late May, resorts, hotels, and tours are adding winter appeal on and off the slopes.
The pace of online gaming evolution has been tremendous - from single-player browser-based games to multiplayer immersive digital worlds. Online gaming is now an indubitable cornerstone of the entertainment industry and has fundamentally transformed how individuals engage with, consume, and learn digital content. As the advancement of technology continues to evolve, the impact of online gaming will continue to propel gaming to heights of modern entertainment that were inconceivable two decades ago.
As demonstrated by this clip, new update adds a "Music Volume" option in the racer's settings that lets you adjust how loud the music is while you're driving around and throwing blue shells at each other. However, the only options you have in this setting are "Normal" and "Loud." You can't tweak these presets at all, and most people who adjust the music volume in video games aren't making it ; they're usually trying to balance it so they can hear audio cues, voice acting,
