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Wow, this is super-clever!
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What's this buzz about Alexa Plus? My Alexa didn't get any smarter. It doesn't even know what Alexa Plus is. #WhatGives
Gerard Cunningham ✒️
It's so painful to experience the inaccessible software, like, say, Melodyne or even some native Instruments stuff knowing well that we could now “fix” it if we only had access to their source code. OK, Melodyne is a difficult case because of their rendering engine. but I am sure we could hack something…
Simon WillisonThe CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/
kottke.orgThe CIA has deleted the CIA World Factbook (a popular almanac about the countries of the world) from the web. Fuck this. All these assholes do is pillage & destroy. https://apnews.com/article/cia-world-factbook-ratcliffe-trump-fbec61ce16c4b3db59db9cefce0da043
The CIA World Factbook is no more
The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual. The agency announced the decision Wednesday but gave no reason for it. It comes as CIA Director John Ratcliffe has promised to return the agency's focus to its core missions. First launched more than 60 years ago as a classified reference manual for CIA officers, the Factbook went on to be a reference manual cited by journalists, trivia experts and college essayists alike. A message seeking comment from the CIA about the decision to end publication of the Factbook was not immediately returned.
Steve HermanBBC World Service launches a temporary emergency lifeline radio program on medium wave and shortwave for Iran in response to the ongoing turmoil in the country and the unprecedented crackdown on protests. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/bbc-launches-emergency-lifeline-radio-programme-for-iran
TylerWant to select text on iOS or iPadOS but find the two-finger expand and pinch gestures awkward? Just add "Text selection" to the rotor in Settings > Accessibility > VoiceOver > Rotor > Rotor items. Then, whenever you want to select text, focus on the text, turn the rotor to text selection, swipe up or down to choose the level you want to select by, and swipe left or right to select and deselect the text. #TipTuesday https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/quick-tip-using-text-selection-rotor-select-text-ios-ipados
Every New Aira Access Partner Added in December & January! https://aira.io/dec-jan-access-partners/
MarketWatchTrump and Warsh aren’t holding a joint press conference. What this says about the Fed’s next chapter.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-and-warsh-arent-holding-a-joint-press-conference-it-could-signal-a-new-era-of-less-fed-talk-e8b47a42?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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