“Vox Product Accessibility Guidelines”
“According to the WCAG, the contrast ratio between text and the text’s background should be at least 4.5 to 1.”
21
Jul
Monthly Archives: July 2016
19
Jul
“Does Crime-Predicting Software Bias Judges? Unfortunately, There’s No Data”
“For centuries judges have had to make guesses about the people in front of them.”
Read: Does Crime-Predicting Software Bias Judges? Unfortunately, There’s No Data
15
Jul
“Why do Pokemon avoid black neighborhoods?”
“The crowdsourced database that was use to seed locations to catch Pokemon in Pokemon Go came from early augmented reality games that were played by overwhelmingly affluent (and thus, disproportionately white) people, who, in an increasingly racially segregated America, are less and less likely to v”
15
Jul
“Why do Pokemon avoid black neighborhoods?”
“The crowdsourced database that was use to seed locations to catch Pokemon in Pokemon Go came from early augmented reality games that were played by overwhelmingly affluent (and thus, disproportionately white) people, who, in an increasingly racially segregated America, are less and less likely to v”
13
Jul
“The Six Main Stories, As Identified by a Computer”
“A machine mapped the most frequently used emotional trajectories in fiction, and compared them with the ones readers like best.”
13
Jul
“The Six Main Stories, As Identified by a Computer”
“A machine mapped the most frequently used emotional trajectories in fiction, and compared them with the ones readers like best.”
11
Jul
“This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22”
“Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has never been one for limitations. She was born 15 weeks early, weighing just under two pounds. Her grandfather could hold her in the palm of his hand, and could even slide his wedding ring along her arm and over her shoulder.”
Read: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22
11
Jul
“This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22”
“Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has never been one for limitations. She was born 15 weeks early, weighing just under two pounds. Her grandfather could hold her in the palm of his hand, and could even slide his wedding ring along her arm and over her shoulder.”
Read: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22
08
Jul
“Marvel’s new Iron Man will be a 15-year-old black girl”
“Riri Williams is 15 years old. She’s black. She wears her hair naturally. She’s a genius, enrolling at MIT. And when the dust settles after Civil War II, Marvel’s latest crossover comic book event, Riri Williams will be Iron Man.”
Read: Marvel’s new Iron Man will be a 15-year-old black girl
08
Jul
“Technology: Report: NYC’s Google-Backed Wi-Fi Kiosks Are A Privacy Nightmare”
“Earlier this year, The Village Voice’s business department got a bright idea: why not put Bluetooth beacons on their red distribution boxes to keep tabs on how they’re doing? So they called up Gimbal, a company that specialized in such beaco”
Read: Technology: Report: NYC’s Google-Backed Wi-Fi Kiosks Are A Privacy Nightmare