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Microsoft unveils new Xbox wireless gaming headset and updates accessibility guidelines

GeekWire

In a big news day for Microsoft’s Xbox division, the company announced a new wireless headset for the Xbox Series X|S and an upgrade of its gaming accessibility programs. (Microsoft image). To be continued. ” . ”

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Microsoft starts new program to help make more accessible games

The Verge

Microsoft is expanding its accessibility efforts with a new program for evaluating Xbox and PC games. The program was announced alongside updates to the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines that were released in early 2020.

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Microsoft's new testing program helps devs make their games more accessible

TechSpot

Microsoft in January 2020 launched the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs), a set of best practices used to validate the accessibility of a game. The idea was to assist designers in coming up with ideas to help drive accessibility efforts forward.

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Rudy Giuliani just lost his YouTube privileges for two weeks

The Verge

YouTube has suspended Rudy Giuliani’s YouTube channel for the second time this year for making false claims of fraud in the 2020 US presidential election and has issued a strike against his channel. It’s Giulani’s second strike within 90 days, according to Bloomberg , meaning that Giuliani cannot upload videos for two weeks.

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YouTube will let Steven Crowder run ads after year-long suspension for harassment

The Verge

YouTube is allowing conservative pundit Steven Crowder to monetize his YouTube channel again, more than one year after Crowder was removed from the company’s Partner Program following complaints of homophobic and racist harassment from another creator. Crowder was suspended from June 5th, 2019 until August 12th, 2020.

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Seattle-area tech exec pleads guilty in scheme to obtain and launder $5.5M in PPP loans

GeekWire

million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and launder the proceeds pled guilty on Monday. In truth, Mohan purchased Mahenjo on the internet in May 2020 and, at the time he purchased the company, it had no employees and no business activity. Mohan was charged in July 2020 and is scheduled for sentencing on July 20.

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YouTube has paid more than $30 billion to creators, artists, and others over the last three years

The Verge

The number of new channels that joined the company’s Partner Program , which allows creators to earn advertising revenue, more than doubled in 2020. Wojcicki noted that at the “scale we operate, it’s hard for creators to keep up with changing Community Guidelines.”. YouTube also “contributed approximately $16 billion to the U.S.