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I've joined the Xteink X4 team and took this opportunity to write the only post of this month. Just in time ;)
#blog

Oh, I see that news.google.com is now re-writing headlines. Or at least synthesizing them from URLs. Whatever the method, what Google shows in its news is not the same as on the article if actually viewed by a reader.
For instance in the following article the actual headline is:
"Iran Claims It Struck American AWACS Aircraft In Saudi Airbase Strike"
But Google news rewrote that to be (or pulled it from the URL):
"Images Show Crucial American E-3 Sentr…

San Sebastiano: l’immagine di un santo tra arte, letteratura e cultura visuale
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Last week I updated my post about where to put focus when opening dialogs with extra details about how the role may be exposed to users:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/06/where-to-put-focus-when-opening-a-modal-dialog.html
Then added anot…

Where to Put Focus When Opening a Modal Dialog
TL;DR: blanket statements about where to put focus when opening a modal dialog are wrong, including this one. This post is meant to help you, an intelligent and thoughtful and empathetic reader, figure out where you should set focus. The scenarios are non-exhaustive. Messages I’m artificially breaking these into three…

heise | Xteink X4 im Test: Kompakter E-Book-Reader, großer Lesespaß
Mit 4,3 Zoll passt das E-Book-Lesegerät von Xteink in fast jede Hosentasche. Mit der richtigen Firmware lässt sich das Potenzial des schwachen ESP32 ausreizen.

Is there such a thing as best e-book reader?
I am thinking about replacing my Kindle 2021.
Please share what you are using. Multiple choices possible.
Poll limited to 4 options for reasons unknown so please use a reply if yours is not in the list.
Kindle
Kobo
XTEINK
Boox

Amazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier won't be able to access the Kindle Store from May 20; downloaded books can still be read (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)

Amazon is ending support for older Kindles and Kindle Fires
Amazon is ending support for several Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier, including the original model from 2007.

#EON #Glasfaser in #BadOeYnhausen
um Sommer sollte das eigentlich hier bei uns laufen. Ich habe in den letzten Monaten allerdings nicht den Eindruck, dass irgendwo etwas passiert.

Amazon says Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier won't be able to access the Kindle Store from May 20; downloaded books can still be read (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/908302/amazon-…

Amazon is ending support for older Kindles and Kindle Fires
Amazon is ending support for several Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier, including the original model from 2007.

While it is fun having the progress shown as 3500 / 13488 with The Complete Wheel of Time ebook, I wanted to enjoy the individual covers as well.
Luckily Calibre with the epub-split plugin made that rather painless, just some metadata adjustments.
Also kudos to TOR publishing for intentionally providing a DRM-free epub, making this possible (without having to remove it beforehand)
#book

I would also like the crowd to consider that in 2007 when the Kindle was released there was no Calibre and there was no Kobo (you could get a Sony e-reader but these got discontinued over a decade ago); plus Kobo is just another commercial brand and Calibre is now pushing LLMs, which are sort of the opposite of reading.

Water main broke up the street, so decided to read at the 1970s-themed bar that was thankfully empty. Free bathroom (for the cost of drinks) and no mask necessary (for the absence of humans).

Adobe patches a zero-day in Acrobat DC, Reader DC, and Acrobat 2024, which hackers have been actively exploiting for at least four months (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/adobe-fixes-pdf-zero-day-sec…

Adobe fixes PDF zero-day security bug that hackers have exploited for months | TechCrunch
It's not clear how many people were compromised by this hacking campaign, but a security researcher said the hackers were targeting victims since at least November 2025.

OK, I got a new toy and get obsessed with it... again. Nonetheless, I'm digging quite a lot to keep the focus on the less obvious hack you can do on your X4.
Today, we’ll explore how practical it is for reading manga or comics before you start throwing stones!
https://www-gem.codeberg.page/cli_x4_m

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CFP: Sexual Violence in Judaism (all aspects)
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Member book announcement: Slaymaker, _Wild Lines and Poetic Travels, a Keijiro Suga Reader_ …
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