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Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 4:11 a.m.

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A Reminder About the New Times for Tech Monday and Exploring Tech Webinars

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Tech Monday replaces Tech Friday and is now on at 1930 to 2030 Sydney time.

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The exploring tech webinars are still on the last Wednesday of the Month, but are now on at 1930 to 2030 Sydney time as well.

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Some Notable Things from CES

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1. Update to the Ember Temperature Controlled Mug: will work with Find My. One thing I will be upgrading this year.

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https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/05/ember-mug-with-apple-find-my/

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2. New Health Sensors, test your Urine. Another biometric to check on your health.

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3. Rings Home security Drone. Probably only want to have it flying around when you are not home.

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4. Graphics Braille displays. Looking forward to the displays from Dot and APH hopefully coming out this year.

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5. Of course, lots of robots, TVS, laptops, smart home stuff etc.

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Celebrating Louis Braille DOB of for Jan 4 1809

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https://www.firstpost.com/world/world-braille-day-2023-history-and-significance-11916972.html

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New Apps for the Blind Shell Classic 2

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Chess, Currency converter, File manager, and Translation.

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https://shop.visionaustralia.org/blindshell-classic-2-mobile-phone-black.html

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Apple Introducing Human Generated Text to Speech Voices for Audio Books

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Actually, it doesn\\u2019t sound to bad, so Don\\u2019t Panic.

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/04/apple-artificial-intelligence-ai-audiobooks

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Apple Patents an Apple Pencil that can Detect Colours and Textures

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Possible implications if this becomes a thing for blind or low vision folks.

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https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/03/apple-pencil-patent-real-world-color-sampler/

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Millions of Twitter Users Email Address\\u2019s Stolen in Data Hack

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64153381?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

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