Twitter Finally Adds Alt Text Reminders

Twitter brought the alt text feature earlier this year. This allows people to add alt text- written descriptions- to the images that they upload. With that, people who are blind or hard of seeing can actually have the descriptions of images read with screen reading applications. When you’re posting a picture to the platform using your browser, you’re given the option to add the alt text. You’ll need to click on the edit button on the image and the go to the tab named ALT....

March 17, 2023 · 2 min · 263 words · Benjamin Reyes

Ubisoft Is Remaking The Original Splinter Cell

According to Ubisoft, development will be helmed by Ubisoft Toronto (which developed the most recent game in the series, Splinter Cell: Blacklist from 2013), and is going to be “built from the ground up.” That means players can probably expect a true reimagining of the game. Ubisoft is also using its own in-house Snowdrop Engine as the foundation. Compared to every other Splinter Cell game in the franchise which has used various generations of Epic’s Unreal Engine....

March 17, 2023 · 2 min · 306 words · Stephanie Johnson

Upcoming Xiaomi Flagship May Include An Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner

The Xiaomi 12 Ultra may be the first phone from the company with an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner The Xiaomi 12 Ultra may be the first phone from the company with an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner The company has been using in-display fingerprint scanners for quite some time now, though those were optical ones. Optical fingerprint scanners are known to be less safe than ultrasonic ones, even though they tend to be faster to unlock, at least those good ones....

March 17, 2023 · 2 min · 331 words · Amanda Anderson

Valve Opens Up Its Steam Deck Repair Centers

If users encounter an issue, Valve will take a look and determine whether or not there is anything that needs to be fixed. The after diagnosing the device and doing any needed repairs, the fixed device will be sent back. Naturally, users can send in Steam Decks that are both covered by the warranty and not covered by the warranty. Valve says it won’t charge for repairs if the warranty covers the problem....

March 17, 2023 · 2 min · 311 words · Alyssa Turner

Whatsapp Starts Rolling Out Message Reactions But Not To Everyone

Dates back to January, we reported that WhatsApp is working to bring iMessage-like message reactions to its app. At the time, a Reactions Notifications toggle was added to version 22.2.72 of WhatsApp on iOS. Now, the feature is rolling out to Android users. Of course, it is still a limited release, and it will be available to more users in the coming months. As per the WABetaInfo report, six reactions, namely Like, Love, Laugh, Surprised, Sad, and Thanks, are available for reacting to messages....

March 17, 2023 · 2 min · 327 words · David Kennedy
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