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Accessibility Widgets and Plugins: What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know

Nonprofit Tech for Good

First of all, thank you for trying to make your nonprofit website more accessible. What is accessibility? Mirriam-Webster dictionary defines “accessible” as “easily used or accessed by people with disabilities, or adapted for use by people with disabilities”. That’s important! That’s a lot! What is an overlay, anyway?

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

Thorleifsson has experienced such access barriers to public spaces throughout his life, but the turning point came on a late-night walk with his family in downtown Reykjavk, when he couldnt join his son in a corner store because of a single step at the entrance. Now, the team plans to expand the initiative to Paris and Lviv, Ukraine.

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An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Ars Technica

Robert Taylor was the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agencys Information Processing Techniques Office. In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that youre using right now, was created because one man was annoyed at having too many computer terminals in his office.

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It’s a Sign: AI Platform for Teaching American Sign Language Aims to Bridge Communication Gaps

NVIDIA AI Blog

NVIDIA, the American Society for Deaf Children and creative agency Hello Monday are helping close this gap with Signs, an interactive web platform built to support ASL learning and the development of accessible AI applications. Most deaf children are born to hearing parents.

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Apple's Find My has finally launched in South Korea

Engadget

The company never explicitly stated why it limited access to Find My in South Korea, but it appeared to be related to local laws that could have allowed the government access to the location data. Without Find My, they are basically just puck-shaped paperweights. The service first appeared during a beta test of iOS 18.4,

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23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and CEO Anne Wojcicki has stepped down

Engadget

The Board of Directors' Special Committee previously rejected a proposal from Wojcicki. "We But, the largest hurdle came in 2023 when hackers accessed the information of 6.9 It was once valued at $6 billion , but this month that number was less than $50 million. The company also laid off over 200 employees late last year.

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A Solution for Nonprofits Dealing With Rising Energy Costs

NonProfit PRO

Organizations facing skyrocketing energy costs need to actively work with their development director and executive staff to access available tools to lower utility costs, create savings, and utilize the savings for programs and services. Here is a strategy that may help your organization to do so.

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