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IBM launches Digital Asset Haven, a digital assets platform built with crypto wallet provider Dfns for financial institutions, governments, and companies (Anna Irrera/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-2…

»Open-Source-Arbeit als Ehrenamt — Petition will rechtliche Anerkennung:
#OpenSource steckt in so ziemlich allem, was digital unterwegs ist: vom *Router daheim über #Server in Rechenzentren bis hin zu #Tools

Open-Source-Arbeit als Ehrenamt: Petition will rechtliche Anerkennung
Open Source steckt in so ziemlich allem, was digital unterwegs ist: vom Router daheim über Server in Rechenzentren bis hin zu Tools in ...

Free Software and Platform Regulation
The impact of the Digital Market Act on Free Software
https://media.ccc.de/v/2025-11-15-free-software-and-platform-regulation

»Millionen Gmail-#Passwort'er gestohlen: Ist eures darunter?
Laut dem #Cybersecurity-Experten Troy Hunt, der das #Datenleck aufgedeckt hat, könnten 3,5 Terabyte an

Millionen Gmail-Passwörter gestohlen: Ist eures darunter?
Laut dem Cybersecurity-Experten Troy Hunt, der das Datenleck aufgedeckt hat, könnten 3,5 Terabyte an Daten betroffen sein.

Just completed the disassembly of another two Siemens EWSD digital telephone exchanges, which are now in a truck on their way to the Telecom Museum Dresden (Fernmeldemuseum Dresden). Largest time sink was untangling the hundreds of cables (mostly with proprietary Siemens connectors).. #retronetworking #telecom

EU-Kommission wirft Meta unzureichende Meldesysteme bei Beschwerden vor | heise online
https://heise.de/-10854610

Alleging ‘secrecy,’ ACLU and Eugene resident sue city for Flock camera records - Route Fifty
https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2025/10/alleging-secrecy-aclu-and-eugene-resident-sue-city-flock-camera-records/409050/

I added 3 more pre-order options:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-order-digital-accessibility-ethics.html#CtA
If you have other suggestions, please share so I can update it. I tend to prefer non-Amazon options.
I also linked The S…

Pre-order “Digital Accessibility Ethics”
Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, and Chancey Fleet gathered 36 authors across 10 countries and a commonwealth to write 32 chapters about ethics in digital accessibility. I am one of those 36 authors. The painting on the cover was created by Ana Maria Vidalon, a Spanish-speaking artist with a disability originally…

Pave Bank, which lets businesses manage both fiat and digital assets in real time, raised a $39M Series A led by Accel, with Tether and others participating (RT Watson/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/375874/tether-joins-39-million-f…

Trump Admin Reinvents US Digital Services Program After Elon Musk Fired All Their Actual Tech Experts | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/23/trump-admin-reinvents-us-digital-services-program-after-elon-musk-fired-all-their-actual-tech-experts/

Paxos acquires Fordefi, a New York-based startup that helps customers store their digital assets, for $100M ; PitchBook: Fordefi was last valued at $83M (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/25/paxos-fordefi-acquisition-crypto-wallet-defi/

Stablecoin issuer Paxos to acquire wallet startup Fordefi for more than $100 million
Paxos provides crypto infrastructure for major institutions like PayPal and Mastercard.

Hey.
Pre-order “Digital Accessibility Ethics”:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-order-digital-accessibility-ethics.html
Or wait until it comes out if you have to. I’m not your dad / boss / spaghetti monster.

Pre-order “Digital Accessibility Ethics”
Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, and Chancey Fleet gathered 36 authors across 10 countries and a commonwealth to write 32 chapters about ethics in digital accessibility. I am one of those 36 authors. The painting on the cover was created by Ana Maria Vidalon, a Spanish-speaking artist with a disability originally…

The #EU Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847) has now an Implementing Act:
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/cyber-resilience-act-imple…

»Anonyme E-Mails versenden — So schützen Sie Ihre Privatsphäre im Netz:
Anonyme E-Mails können Ihre Privatsphäre schützen. Verschiedene Tools und Methoden bieten effektive Möglichkeiten, um die eigene Identität zu verschleiern.«
Die meisten Menschen hier kennen und nutzen es sicherlich schon. Schade, dass die nicht auch OpenPGP für E-Mail Verschlüsselung erwähnen. Es geht ja immer darum wie was wann weshalb mensch es einsetzt.
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Privatsphäre und Identität schützen: So senden Sie E-Mails ganz anonym
Anonyme E-Mails können Ihre Privatsphäre schützen. Verschiedene Tools und Methoden bieten effektive Möglichkeiten, um die eigene Identität zu verschleiern.

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Analysis: as crypto sheds $1T , the Trump family's fortune has fallen to ~$6.7B from $7.7B in early September; President Trump's TMTG stake fell by ~$800M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Bitcoin Crash Hits Crypto Wealth of Donald Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital currencies.

Self-OH: Digital Naïves
#DigitalNatives

I haven’t tuned into CBS since its morning news promoted that interview (and Weiss) last week. This latest announcement validates my decision.
“CBS News launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop”
https://www.indep…

CBS News launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop
Following the Bari Weiss-moderated sitdown with Erika Kirk that was a massive ratings flop, CBS News has doubled down on the format and is launching a new town hall series in partnership with Weiss’ “anti-woke” digital media outlet that the network’s parent company recently purchased.

Deblock, an app that lets users manage fiat and digital assets in one place by linking a bank account with a self-owned crypto wallet, raised a €30M Series A (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/11/19/deblock-secures-eur30m-series…

Deblock secures €30M Series A to expand on-chain banking in Europe
French crypto-banking startup Deblock has secured €30 million in Series A funding led by Speedinvest, alongside CommerzVentures and Latitude. Existing investors 20VC, Headline, Chalfen Ventures, and Kraken Ventures also participated in the round. Deblock offers a fully on-chain banking solution in Europe that combines features of a traditional bank account with on-chain self-custody. By linking a euro current account with a personal, self-owned crypto wallet, the platform allows users t…

»Bitcoin bricht weiter massiv ein:
Die älteste Kryptowährung stürzt gerade ab und ist weit unter 100.000 Dollar gefallen. Auch andere Digitalwährungen brechen ein.«
😎🍿 P.S. kein weiteren Kommentar von mir diesbezüglich ausser dass dies bei jeglicher Finanz-Hoffnungen geschieht, egal vom Trump & Co. unterstützt oder nicht.
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Bitcoin bricht weiter massiv ein
Die älteste Kryptowährung stürzt gerade ab und ist weit unter 100.000 Dollar gefallen. Auch andere Digitalwährungen brechen ein.

Digital 2026: Internet users pass 6 billion, social media users become a 'supermajority', and AI use tops 1 billion | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/digital-2026-internet-users-pass-6-billion-social-media-users-become-a-supermajority-and-ai-use-tops-1-billion

Many digital accessibility practitioners are used to searching for stuff about NVDA and getting results for Nvidia instead, but today I see Nvidia’s earnings tending and I glance at it and think, “Whoah, when did NV Access get such a big donation?”

Sources: Vox Media's board has discussed spinning off its podcast network due to active interest; Penske may be interested in Vox's digital publishing assets (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/vox-media-explores-sale-podcast-publishing…

Scoop: Vox Media board has discussed spinning out podcast network
Vox Media has received active interest in its podcast network from strategic and financial sponsors.

»So bekommst du ein weiteres Jahr Gratis-Updates für Windows 10:
Der letzte Tag von Windows 10 ist angebrochen. Doch das ist kein Grund zur Panik. Microsoft bietet einen verlängerten Support an. Mit wenigen Klicks können sich User ein weiteres Jahr mit Sicherheitsupdates sichern.«
Falls wer von euch oder eure Bekannte und Verwandte weiterhin Windows 10 benötigt, könnt ihr es nun weiter aktiv halten — nur so als Hinweis.
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So bekommst du ein weiteres Jahr Gratis-Updates für Windows 10
Der letzte Tag von Windows 10 ist angebrochen. Microsoft bietet aber weiterhin kostenlos Updates für Windows 10 an. User müssen sich aber registrieren.

Galaxy Digital reports Q3 net income of $505M and total assets up 27% QoQ to $11.5B, including $1.9B in cash and stablecoins and $3.2B in equity (Blockworks)
https://blockworks.co/news/galaxy-posts-505m-profit

Hey! @…, Reginé Gilbert, and @… gathered 36 authors to write about ethics in digital accessibility.
Chapters, authors (I’m one of them), pre-order:

Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion
Prices are rising across Netflix, Spotify, and their peers, and more people are quietly returning to the oldest playbook of the internet: piracy. Is the golden age of streaming over?
— by @…
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Ownership of Digital Content Is an Illusion—Unless You Self‑Host
Prices are rising across Netflix, Spotify, and their peers, and more people are quietly returning to the oldest playbook of the internet: piracy. Is the golden age of streaming over?

Robot Learning from Any Images
Siheng Zhao, Jiageng Mao, Wei Chow, Zeyu Shangguan, Tianheng Shi, Rong Xue, Yuxi Zheng, Yijia Weng, Yang You, Daniel Seita, Leonidas Guibas, Sergey Zakharov, Vitor Guizilini, Yue Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22970

Robot Learning from Any Images
We introduce RoLA, a framework that transforms any in-the-wild image into an interactive, physics-enabled robotic environment. Unlike previous methods, RoLA operates directly on a single image without requiring additional hardware or digital assets. Our framework democratizes robotic data generation by producing massive visuomotor robotic demonstrations within minutes from a wide range of image sources, including camera captures, robotic datasets, and Internet images. At its core, our approach …

Investors pulled $523M from BlackRock's IBIT bitcoin ETF on Tuesday, its largest single-day outflow since launch; BTC fell ~30% from its October all-time high (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Bitcoin (BTC) Slide Spurs Record Withdrawals From BlackRock’s IBIT
Investors pulled more than half a billion dollars from BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, the largest single-day outflow since the fund’s debut, marking the latest blow to a digital-assets market already short on confidence.

Digital ID – The New Chains of Capitalist Surveillance
[…] From passports to colonial passbooks, from welfare cards to border regimes, the apparatus of identification has always been tied to domination. Digital ID is simply the latest iteration of this long history, but with a scale and sophistication that makes its dangers even more profound. […]
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Digital ID – The New Chains of Capitalist Surveillance - Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement
The world is entering an era where identity is no longer a matter of personal relationships, lived experience, or even paperwork. Increasingly, it is reduced...

I regularly warn that content on Forbes is pay-for-play.
Here an overlay vendor shares prompts to feed an LLM for testing code, demonstrating LLMs on their own can’t do it without extensive coaching _and_ that coaching needs to be correct (the examples have issues):
https://www.

AI Prompts For Web Accessibility Testing
Accessibility should never be treated as just a compliance checkbox; it should be about creating digital experiences that work for everyone.

A Hierarchical Agentic Framework for Autonomous Drone-Based Visual Inspection
Ethan Herron, Xian Yeow Lee, Gregory Sin, Teresa Gonzalez Diaz, Ahmed Farahat, Chetan Gupta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00259

A Hierarchical Agentic Framework for Autonomous Drone-Based Visual Inspection
Autonomous inspection systems are essential for ensuring the performance and longevity of industrial assets. Recently, agentic frameworks have demonstrated significant potential for automating inspection workflows but have been limited to digital tasks. Their application to physical assets in real-world environments, however, remains underexplored. In this work, our contributions are two-fold: first, we propose a hierarchical agentic framework for autonomous drone control, and second, a reasoni…

The US CFTC launches a pilot program allowing BTC, ETH, and USDC to be used as collateral in US derivatives markets (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/12/08/cftc-launches-digital-assets-pilot-allowing-bitcoi…

BTC, ETH, USDC as Collateral in CFTC Crypto Pilot
Acting Chair Caroline Pham has unveiled a first-of-its-kind U.S. program to permit tokenized collateral in derivatives markets, citing "clear guardrails" for firms.

»Menschenrechte — Das Grundrecht auf digitale Integrität und sein Erfolg in der Schweiz:
In immer mehr Kantonen in der Schweiz wird ein neues Grundrecht auf digitale Integrität verankert. In Zürich wird darüber am 30. November abgestimmt. Bislang verfängt das Konzept, welches das Persönlichkeitsrecht um das Digitale erweitern will, allerdings nur in der Schweiz.«
Da weiss ich was ich abstimme!
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Menschenrechte: Das Grundrecht auf digitale Integrität und sein Erfolg in der Schweiz
In immer mehr Kantonen in der Schweiz wird ein neues Grundrecht auf digitale Integrität verankert. In Zürich wird darüber am 30. November abgestimmt. Bislang verfängt das Konzept, welches das Persönlichkeitsrecht um das Digitale erweitern will, allerdings nur in der Schweiz.

Section 702 Debate: A Call for Digital Privacy Rights
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5543090-congress-must-defend-privacy/

Surveys…
GAAD / WebAIM Global Digital Accessibility Salary Survey #2 (closes 2 Jan 2026):
https://webaim.org/projects/salary2/
Intopia’s Australia / New Zealand Assistive Technology Survey (closes 6 Feb 2026):

The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Senate Confirms Selig as Chief of CFTC and Hill to Run the FDIC
The US Senate on Thursday night confirmed Michael Selig as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Travis Hill as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., installing permanent chiefs of two agencies that play critical roles overseeing financial markets and banks.

»Wird Twint von Apple schikaniert? Jetzt ermittelt die Weko:
Die Behörde reagiert auf Warnrufe des Zahlungsdienstleisters Twint. Das könnte Folgen für die Schweizer Konsumenten haben.«
Ich bin kein Apple Fan und auch nicht vom digitalem Bezahlsystem Twint, doch mal sehen welchen der Beiden nun Recht bekommt unter welchen Argumente.
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Wird Twint von Apple schikaniert? In der Schweiz ermittelt wie Weko
Die Behörde reagiert auf Warnrufe des Zahlungsdienstleisters Twint. Das könnte Folgen für die Schweizer Konsumenten haben.

Kalshi integrates its event trading platform into the popular crypto wallet Phantom; Dune: in November, Kalshi's trading volume hit $5.8B vs. Polymarket's $3.7B (Nina Bambysheva/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.co…

Kalshi Challenges Polymarket’s Crypto Connections, Launching Tokenized Event Trading Via Phantom Wallet
As Kalshi’s trading volume surpasses Polymarket’s, it will now offer prediction market access to Phantom’s 15 million users on Solana.

»Why Shortened URLs Pose a Security Risk«
On Mastodon / Fediverse, shortening the URL is not necessary at all, because they are not marked in their full length. Apart from the shorter tracking, their data collection frenzy as well as their timing is also very inconvenient.
🚫 https://…

Why Shortened URLs Pose a Security Risk - Acer Corner
Shortened URLs are widely used in the digital world. They are small, concise links that replace long web addresses, making them easier to share across social media, emails, and text messages. Popular services like Bitly and TinyURL have become household names for this reason. Despite their convenience, shortened URLs also…

Kraken raised $200M at a $20B valuation, after raising $600M at a $15B valuation in Sept.; prior to the two rounds, Kraken raised only $27M in venture capital (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/18/kraken-citadel-securities-ken-griffin-…

Exclusive: Crypto exchange Kraken raises $200 million from Ken Griffin’s Citadel to notch $20 billion valuation
Once skittish about digital assets, Citadel has warmed towards the crypto business in 2025.

»Passwortmanager — Test offenbart Sicherheitslücken bei Nutzerdaten:
Passwortmanager im Test - Nur drei von zehn Produkten verschlüsseln alle Daten komplett. Bei einigen können Hersteller auf Passwörter zugreifen«
Ein Argument mehr um dem Open-Source Passwort-Manager @… & Co zu vertrauen. Immer noch wird dis verhältnismässig von wenigen priv. &am…

Sicherheitslücken bei Passwortmanagern: Viele Anbieter verschlüsseln Daten unvollständig
Passwortmanager im Test: Nur drei von zehn Produkten verschlüsseln alle Daten komplett. Bei einigen können Hersteller auf Passwörter zugreifen.

Crypto exchange HashKey closed flat in its Hong Kong debut, after rising as much as 6.6% before falling 8.4% intraday, amid a weakness in digital assets (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/crypto-exchange-hashke…

'Don't even consider' Microsoft?
To digital natives, Microsoft's IT stack makes Google's look like a model of sanity. A millennial does battle with Redmond's enterprise tools and comes away reeling.
[…] Probably the single most common argument against switching to Linux is the absolute non-negotiable requirement of many organizations to have Microsoft Exchange. […]
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To digital natives, Microsoft's IT stack makes Google's look like a model of sanity
Comment: A millennial does battle with Redmond's enterprise tools and comes away reeling

»Die KI informiert uns aufgrund seltsamer Quellen, das enthüllt eine Schweizer Analyse:
Wenn es um Schweizer Politik geht, sollte sich ChatGPT & Co. bei Schweizer Webseiten schlaumachen – würde man denken. Wie es wirklich ist, zeigt eine aktuelle Auswertung.«
Zum x-ten mal zeigt ein Artikel, wie vertrauenswürdig (manipulierbar) KI ist und weshalb ich dem nicht traue.
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KI: Schweizer Analyse enthüllt seltsame Quellen auf
Man würde erwarten, dass ChatGPT bei Schweizer Politik Schweizer Quellen nutzt – eine neue Auswertung zeigt ein anderes Bild.

»Elektronisches Gesundheitsdossier
Digitalexperten warnen: "Der Bundesrat macht leider alles falsch"
Das neue elektronische Gesundheits­dossier stösst auf harsche Kritik der @…. Diese hat bereits bei der E-ID eine entscheidende Rolle gespielt. Das Bundesamt für Gesundheit kontert.«
Das es nun digital ist heißt nicht, dass es besser ist. …

E-Gesundheitsdossier: Digitale Gesellschaft kritisiert BAG
Das neue elektronische Gesundheits­dossier stösst auf harsche Kritik der Digitalen Gesellschaft. Diese hat bereits bei der E-ID eine entscheidende Rolle gespielt. Das Bundesamt für Gesundheit kontert.

»Phishing — Gen Z besonders gefährdet durch Betrugsmaschen:
Eine Umfrage zeigt alarmierende Erkenntnisse über die Anfälligkeit jüngerer Menschen für Phishing-Angriffe. Vor allem die sogenannte Gen Z ist häufiger betroffen.«
Seid mal ehrlich, wir sind alle jung geblieben und können anfällig auf Phishing sein. Es gibt immer psychische Momente bei denen mensch anfällig ist.
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Neue Umfrage zeigt: Diese Altersgruppe ist überraschend anfällig für Phishing
Eine Umfrage zeigt alarmierende Erkenntnisse über die Anfälligkeit jüngerer Menschen für Phishing-Angriffe. Vor allem die sogenannte Gen Z ist häufiger betroffen.