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Microsoft unveils new Xbox wireless gaming headset and updates accessibility guidelines

GeekWire

Meanwhile, the improvements in the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs) make them “a comprehensive set of best practices to support the game industry in driving accessibility efforts forward,” wrote Brannon Zahand, senior gaming accessibility program manager at Microsoft, in a post on Xbox Wire on Tuesday morning.

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The simple solutions to better games

The Verge

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla , released in 2020, has more than 30 accessibility options , including closed captions and subtitles with adjustable sizes, backgrounds, and the option to display speaker names. For these players, Brotherhood , like many games of its time, fell on a spectrum from frustrating to completely unplayable.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

You might compare that to Elon Musk, who in 2019 promised a fleet of 1 million Tesla robotaxis on the streets by the end of 2020. I spoke to you in February of 2020 on The Vergecast , and then the whole world flipped over, but I’m glad to have you back on Decoder. Is it the Ford program manager for a car? I’m optimistic.

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Apple’s fortress of secrecy is crumbling from the inside

The Verge

The tension might have stayed at a low simmer were it not for a Slack channel — #remote-work-advocacy — created in September 2020 to promote a more flexible working environment. Facebook employees seemingly spent all of 2020 leaking their discontent to the press. Amazon warehouse workers attempted to unionize. she asked. “Do

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