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Digital accessibility refers to designing and developing digital products, such as websites, mobile apps, and electronic documents, so all users can easily use and interact with them — including users with disabilities. For example, developers provide alternative text for images for visually impaired users, place captions on videos for hearing-impaired users, and ensure those with motor disabilities can navigate websites using only a keyboard.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a comprehensive set of digital accessibility standards published by the Web Accessibility Initiative and the World Wide Web Consortium. These guidelines are the foundational benchmark against which digital accessibility is measured. WCAG consists of thirteen guidelines organized around the four principles that web content must be Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust for users with disabilities. 

These principles and resulting checkpoints provide the basis for three tiers of conformity to its standards: A, AA, and AAA. The A level is the minimum level of conformance, AA is the standard for most websites, and AAA is the highest level of conformance. The criteria for each rating are cumulative, meaning that products must fully adhere to A requirements to be considered AA, for example.

Only one part of the picture

However, digital accessibility guidelines like WCAG are only one part of the picture. As digital interactions become increasingly integral to our lives, companies must do more for ethical, legal, and practical reasons. WCAG should be seen as the floor not the ceiling in terms of building accessible applications. The best brands go beyond compliance and strive for true inclusivity, understanding that features designed for accessibility can significantly enhance the user experience for everyone, not just those with disabilities.

This focus on inclusivity matters because an estimated 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the world’s population, experience significant disabilities, according to the World Health Organization. These disabilities include a wide range of conditions, including vision impairment, mobility, auditory, neurological, cognitive, medical, and psychological, all facing unique challenges regarding digital accessibility.

The Olympic Games in Paris featured 329 events across 35 venues, all streamed live, making it essential that the games were inclusive for everyone. That said, NBCUniversal led the way in Olympic accessibility coverage by including features such as enhanced closed captioning, extended audio descriptions, and improved digital content accessibility. This implementation set a new standard for the Games and raises the bar for inclusive broadcasting year-round.

Despite these efforts, individuals with disabilities continue to face significant digital accessibility barriers in their daily lives that hinder their ability to participate fully. From inaccessible mobile login portals to filling out electronic documents, the challenges are endless and highlight the urgent need for continuous improvements in accessibility.

Know your customer

Developers cannot create great user experiences by reading guidelines and standards. Especially when it comes to creating truly inclusive products, success starts by talking to Persons with Disability (PwD). Enable teams to communicate with and gain an understanding of PwD, be they sight, hearing, or mobility impaired, in both the design and testing phase of projects. This is not just a good practice, it's a necessity for creating truly inclusive digital products. Including all voices in design and implementation are a source of innovation to design products better.

Also, more and more companies are implementing empathy labs, but are forgetting to recognize that these simulations are not an adequate substitute for engaging with PwD. Empathy labs, which aim to simulate various disabilities through interactive experiences designed to help people better understand and empathize with the challenges faced by PwD, often fall short of capturing the full spectrum of these challenges.

While building empathy labs is a good step for companies, involving PwD in every stage of the software development cycle to directly hear and involve them is highly recommended. It’s a way to directly work with them instead of attempting to walk in their shoes. Integrating lived experience feedback into the product design process gets to the point quickly in terms of product decision making.

Empower your teams

Companies that excel in delivering quality digital experiences for PwD have established a culture of inclusivity by making accessibility an operational priority. They are committed to continuously educating developers about best practices for accessibility. They may ask simple questions, like how often developers think of accessibility and how much they already know, before investing in the training needed to fill the gaps. 

Part of this involves making sure developers recognize the need for an ongoing program for accessibility testing rather than thinking of accessibility as a box to tick when convenient. Regular testing of digital products for accessibility should use multiple tools, including automated and manual testing and user testing with people with disabilities. It also means maintaining an ongoing commitment to accessibility by regularly reviewing and updating digital products to ensure they remain accessible as technologies and standards evolve.

Creating digitally accessible content

The post-COVID shift toward delivering digital-first experiences, where digital platforms and tools are the primary means of interaction, made digital accessibility more of a priority than ever — and improvements still need to be made. Digital accessibility requires an ongoing commitment to building inclusive experiences, starting in the product development and code-writing phase. Most importantly, it requires input from PwD in design and testing, without whom truly inclusive digital experiences are unattainable.

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We're delighted to announced that entries for the CES Picks Awards 2025 are now open!

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Some of the biggest antivirus software providers around today have warned users to update their platforms immediately to stay safe from worrying security threats.

Bitdefender and Trend Micro have both released high severity notices to update after Man-in-the-Middle and Local Privilege Escalation vulnerabilities were found to be leaving customers exposed.

In total, six Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) were listed, five relating to Bitdefender and one for Trend Micro Deep Security Agent - users of Bitdefender Total Security have been advised to use version 27.025.115 or newer to protect themselves, and Trend Micro Deep Security Agent users are advised to be on product version 20.0.1-17380.

Keep up to date

Although Trend Micro is only addressing one vulnerability, it is a serious cybersecurity issue - as Local Privilege Escalation means standard users can gain system-level access, stemming from insufficient control over authentication processes.

The five vulnerabilities patched by Bitdefender stemmed from the HTTPS scanning function, which failed in proper certificate verification. This could allow threat actors to intercept the communications between users and sites by inserting themselves into internet connections in a ‘Man-in-the-middle’ attack.

Cyberattacks have become more frequent since the pandemic, and CVE is expected to grow 25% this year - which means roughly 2,900 new vulnerabilities per month. Shockingly though, around 45% of all CVEs reported in 2023 were unpatched, leaving users exposed.

Security flaws happen, and they’re always going to. The best thing you can do to keep your systems and your business safe is to patch as soon as you can and ensure you run the newest version of your software to mitigate the risks.

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De'Longhi has launched a new manual coffee machine that gives you full control over the coffee-making process, helping you make your drinks exactly the way you like them, and do so consistently.

The company is best known for its bean-to-cup coffee makers, but its new La Specialista Opera machine offers only a light guiding hand. It has a smart grinder that automatically adjusts the grinding duration and dose for a single or double espresso, and a smart tamping station that helps you apply even pressure (up to 20kg) for a well formed puck.

That's important - cracks or irregularities in the puck will affect the way water is passed through the grounds, and therefore the flavors that are extracted (if you ever see a friend knock their portafilter on the table after tamping, cracking the puck, feel free to stop them).

The La Specialista Opera will also pre-infuse your coffee to one of three temperature profiles, so you can pick the option that gives the taste you prefer. Pre-infusion involves saturating the coffee puck in the portafilter before brewing. Like proper tamping, this helps ensure the bed of coffee is perfectly level, allowing water to flow through at a steady pressure during the brewing process. Different temperatures will have different effects on the flavor profile of the extracted coffee, so experiment to find out what you like best.

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Many of the best coffee makers have automatic milk foaming systems that work fine with certain types of milk, but not others, and often product large bubbles rather than a silky microfoam. The La Specialista Opera has a manual steam wand so you can steam dairy or plant milk exactly the way you like, and adjust your technique depending on how well it's stretching and warming in the jug. The wand is cool-touch, so you can safely position it in the jug without burning yourself.

Answering the age-old question of how you should store your coffee beans, the La Specialista Opera comes with a vacuum sealed canister to keep them fresh after they've been opened, and a hot and cold glasses collection (so you can see if you've got the right balance of coffee, steamed milk, and foam), and a knock box for removing used pucks from the portafilter in the most satisfying way possible.

The La Specialista Opera is available now direct from De'Longhi and from third-party stores for £799.99 (about $1,000 / AU$1,600).

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Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving construction giant Odebrecht that became synonymous with corruption in Latin America.

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Dell’s Inspiron 14 Plus is currently the cheapest Copilot+ PC around, but if that’s still too much and your heart is set on an AI PC, then the PCSpecialist Lafité AI AMD may be the answer.

Rather than featuring one of AMD’s new Ryzen AI 300 series chips, PCSpecialist saves a chunk of cash by opting for last year’s AI hotshot, the Ryzen 8845HS. Its NPU offers 16 TOPS compared to the 55 TOPS of the Ryzen AI 370 HX in the trio of Asus laptops on review this month, which means no Recall or Cocreator built into Windows, but you can take advantage of third-party software enhanced for NPUs. So far, that mainly means video-editing and photo-editing software (think removing background noise), plus blurring effects in video calls.

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You’re also buying an eight-core, 16-thread processor, and one that typically stands up well compared to Intel’s Core Ultra 7 155H. You can see that in the single-core performance in Geekbench 6, with a result of 2,532 above the 2,349 of the LG gram Pro. I saw the same in Cinebench 2024, where the Lafité scored 105 to 99 of the LG, and it also performed in the multicore section: 871 versus 660. It was only in Geekbench 6’s multicore test that PCSpecialist’s machine came second, with 9,875 to the gram Pro’s 12,646.

PCSpecialist provides 16GB of RAM, leaving one SODIMM socket free. That hampers gaming performance, which you can see in the Lafité’s 1,749 return in 3DMark Time Spy – the Radeon 780M graphics here typically return a score closer to 3,000 – and our gaming benchmarks. At 1080p Low settings, the Lafité returned averages of 28fps in Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Cyberpunk 2077, and 36fps in Dirt 5.

These frame rates should jump by around 50% if you install a second SODIMM.

It’s easy to do this yourself as just a few crosshead screws keep the base in place. You can also replace the 512GB SSD, a budget SolidIGM drive that offers fast 3,515MB/sec sequential reads but 1,606MB/sec writes.

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The budget again shows in the chassis, which is made of metal but doesn’t exude the class of its big-name rivals. It’s also a porky 18.5mm thick and weighs 1.4kg. The 100W power supply is similarly chunky and adds 330g of weight, but it does its job quickly: the Lafité went from empty to 93% in an hour. Battery life is strong for such an affordable gaming laptop, lasting for 12hrs 2mins in our light-use test, but that’s an area where Qualcomm powered laptops are far superior.

You can’t expect a top-grade panel at this price, but PCSpecialist makes a much better pick than Dell with the Inspiron. Not only does this IPS panel produce great whites, it covers 99% of the sRGB gamut with excellent accuracy (an average Delta E of 0.29), and brightness peaks at a respectable 375cd/m2. Add a 120Hz refresh rate and pin-sharp 2,880 x 1,800 resolution and it’s an undoubted highlight. The speakers are again good for the price.

The chunky chassis is made of metal but doesn’t exude class (Image credit: Future)

I’m less enamored by the keyboard, which feels like someone forgot to add the springs, but it’s functional, includes a backlight and suffers from no obvious layout issues. The touchpad is similarly basic, and the buttons too “clicky” for my liking, but again I guide your eyes to this laptop’s asking price. I’m less forgiving about the woeful webcam, with a fuzzy image I’d be embarrassed to use on a call. At least it supports Windows Hello.

The keyboard and touchpad are basic but functional (Image credit: Future)

While I would like more than one USB-C port, which is needed for charging, it is at least USB-C 4. And there are three USB-A ports, two of which support 10Gbits/sec transfers. A 3.5mm jack and full-size SD card slot complete the hardware, with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 covering the wireless side.

I have my criticisms, but the price is simply exceptional. Add in the three-year warranty – even allowing that parts are only covered for the first year – and it’s impossible to argue with. I would immediately buy and fit a matching 16GB Corsair DDR5-4800 SODIMM to give gaming a boost, but otherwise this is a great laptop for those who prioritize specs over slick design.

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PCSpecialist’s Quantum Goliath R is an outlier in this group test of workstations, as one of two systems supplied with consumer-grade rather than professional graphics. But that doesn’t mean it’s just a gaming PC. Certain types of content creators – particularly game developers – prefer this anyway.

The GPU in question is an incredibly potent Asus TUF GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition. This sports 16,384 CUDA cores, which is almost as many as the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Generation and more than any other Nvidia card here. There’s 24GB of GDDR6X memory with 1,008GB/sec of bandwidth, which is also the highest in the Labs.

PCSpecialist has also gone for the best with the CPU, an Intel Core i9-14900KS. That’s one rung up from the 14900K provided by InterPro. The 14900KS similarly provides eight P-cores (with multithreading) and 16 E-cores (without) and has the same 3.2GHz base clock for the P-cores, with 2.4GHz for the E-cores. However, the P-cores go all the way up to 6.2GHz in Thermal Velocity Boost mode, compared to 6GHz for the 14900K, and the E-cores will hit 4.5GHz instead of 4.4GHz.

The memory allocation is also surprisingly high for a system in this price bracket – 192GB in total, made up of four 48GB DDR5 DIMMs running at 5,200MHz. That leaves no room for upgrades on the Asus ProArt Z790-Creator WiFi motherboard, but you won’t need to anyway.

Like PCSpecialist’s more expensive entry this month, the Quantum Goliath R opts for a fast boot drive and slower but more capacious data drive. In fact, they’re the same drives as the Zircon Extreme. The 4TB Samsung 990 Pro NVMe M.2 device for operating system and apps runs at PCI Express 4 speeds to deliver sustained reading of 7,132MB/sec and sustained writing of 6,846MB/sec with CrystalDiskMark 8. The larger 10TB data drive is a Seagate IronWolf Pro, aimed at business-grade use. This 7,200rpm SATA disk provides reading at 268MB/sec and writing at 264MB/sec – fast for a mechanical disk but pedestrian compared to any SSD.

The Corsair 5000D Airflow chassis is designed for maximum airflow (Image credit: Future)

These components are integrated into a Corsair 5000D Airflow chassis. This is a nice-looking case but relatively orthodox in design, with a tempered glass side. It’s designed for maximum airflow (hence the name) and has mounts for up to four 2.5in SSDs and two 3.5in drives. PCSpecialist has included a 1,000W Corsair RMx Series PSU, which is reassuring considering how much electricity the graphics card on its own will draw at full pelt.

The Quantum Goliath R makes good use of its Intel Core i9’s performance. The PC Pro media benchmarks score of 841 isn’t far off that provided by the 32-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper systems this month, and way ahead of other PCs in the £4,500 price category. The image-editing result of 306 was second fastest, while 816 in video encoding was only beaten by the monster 64-core Armari system. A multitasking score of 1,035 was very close to 32-core systems. With 24 cores and 32 threads, the Core i9 managed only 2,092 in Maxon Cinebench 2024 multi-CPU rendering, but that was the best in this price category, although the Blender Gooseberry render took 318 seconds, notably behind Armari’s £4,500 system.

The consumer-grade graphics have strengths and weaknesses. With the 3D animation workloads in SPECviewperf 2020 it flies, delivering 308 in 3dsmax-07 and 893 in maya-06. However, it’s not so great for CAD or engineering. While 166 in catia-06 and 162 in creo-03 are good, and 738 in solidworks-07 is superb, 54 in snx-04 is about ten times slower than a professional card.

The GPU compute tests show the full power of this accelerator, however, with a massive 34,082 in the Geekbench ML AI inference test and 31,154 with LuxMark 3.1 OpenCL. The Blender Gooseberry frame rendered in just 61 seconds with CUDA, which is the quickest we’ve ever seen.

The PC Specialist Quantum Goliath R is best avoided with this graphics choice if you run Siemens NX software. But if you’re a game developer, SolidWorks CAD creative or 3D animator, the performance, huge memory and capacious storage make it highly recommended.

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The Premier League is a cut-throat environment where even minor advantages can mean the difference between glory and disappointment (new Manchester United board member and serial sporting winner, Sir Dave Brailsford, for example, is known for his ‘marginal gains’ theory).

Now Artificial Intelligence (AI) is helping football clubs to get ahead of the competition, offering teams a powerful tool to gain a competitive edge through data-driven insights.

Here's how AI tools are transforming top-level football in England:

1. Tactical superiority

AI can analyze mountains of data from past matches, including player movements, formations, passing patterns and shot locations. This match analysis allows coaches to identify weaknesses in their own team's play and exploit vulnerabilities in their opponents' tactics. Earlier this year, Google DeepMind unveiled its prototype AI football tactician, developed in collaboration with Premier League club, Liverpool, that recommends positional changes for players standing at corners – potentially leading to fewer goals conceded.

AI models can now go beyond analyzing past performance with predictive analytics. By factoring in player fitness, weather conditions, and even psychological factors, AI can predict how opponents might react to different strategies, allowing coaches to develop tailored game plans that maximize their chances of success.

AI can also simulate different tactical scenarios during a match, allowing coaches to test formations and substitutions before they’re implemented on the pitch. This "what-if" scenario planning helps coaches to make informed decisions in the heat of the moment.

2. Performance optimization

AI is already assisting with scouting and recruitment through its ability to analyze data on young players from around the world, identifying hidden gems who might have been flagged up by traditional scouting methods. This helps clubs recruit talent that fits their playing style and fills the necessary gaps in their squad.

AI can analyze a player's technical skills, physical attributes, and even psychological data to predict their future performance. This performance prediction helps clubs when it comes to deciding on contract renewals, playing time and potential loan deals.

AI can also analyze player data from training sessions to identify areas for improvement. With squad sizes increasing, this allows coaches to create a personalized training program that targets each player's specific weaknesses – ensuring that each member of the squad gets the attention they deserve.

3. Injury prevention

AI is playing a significant role in risk assessment. It can analyze training data, such as heart rate and movement patterns, to identify if a player is at risk of injury or burnout. This early detection allows teams to implement preventative measures that keep their star players on the pitch.

In their own way, Premier League footballers are finely tuned machines and – as with any other machines – they need to be looked after and have their workloads managed. AI can help to optimize player training schedules, ensuring they aren’t overtrained or underprepared. This reduces the risk of injuries and keeps players at peak performance throughout the season.

4. Enhanced fan engagement

Personalized content is now taking off in numerous walks of life. AI chatbots can interact with fans, answering questions, providing personalized content and offering exclusive, behind-the-scenes access. AI is also being used to enhance things like Premier League fantasy football, which engages many thousands of football lovers on a weekly basis. 

These developments foster even deeper connections with fans and increase revenue streams. AI-powered tools can also provide fans with in-game tactical analysis, in real-time, helping them understand the game beyond just the score line and increasing their overall enjoyment.

5. Organizational change: AI-assisted draws

This year’s Champions League, featuring Premier League teams Arsenal, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool, has seen an expansion, from 32 to 36 teams, with a new more complex format – and this means that the traditional manual process of drawing teams ‘from a hat’ can no longer be relied upon.

The old group stage, where eight groups of four teams would play each other ‘home’ and ‘away’, has been replaced by a single 36-team league phase. This means that clubs will now play eight different teams. This year’s draw, in August 2024, saw the teams seeded and put into four pots of nine – with AI then used to select the appropriate fixtures, based on multiple variables. This data-led approach increases the propriety of fixture selection, and has reduced the draw time, from around four hours to just over half-an-hour.

AI is not a silver bullet

There are still a number of limitations to consider around the technology. The effectiveness of AI models heavily relies on the quality and quantity of data they’re trained on. Biased or incomplete data can lead to inaccurate insights, so it’s vital that clubs consider data quality. And, while AI can provide valuable data, human coaches and analysts are still essential for interpreting this data, making decisions, and adapting to unforeseen circumstances during a match – sometimes a coach’s intuitive feel for a match situation or the potential impact a player might have will be far more effective than an AI’s cold, data-driven approach.

Then there are the ethical considerations. There are some concerns about the potential for AI to widen the gap between rich and poor clubs who have access to vast amounts of data and resources. At the moment though it seems that, in the Premier League, it might be that those smaller clubs are actually the ones using new technology to elevate their status.

Artificial intelligence in football is here to stay

AI is revolutionizing the Premier League by providing data-driven insights that give teams a competitive edge. While a number of clubs are using the technology, some are guarded about exactly how they are employing it. This is likely because – in the case of smaller clubs like Brighton and Brentford – it is allowing them to punch above their weight to maintain their position in the top-flight. While some limitations exist, AI is here to stay, continuously evolving and offering new possibilities for the beautiful game.

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Marcelo Pérez continued to work as a peace activist despite threats. Advocates say he did not receive the government protection he needed.

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The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man who was fatally shot by eight police officers, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the mayor's office said.

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