Payment Handler; CAPTCHAs; AI for WAI; Description Computation; Wendy Seltzer at iipcWAC18; EU Copyright; WebDriver; WebRTC and IoT; WebAuthn; Strategic Highlights Report

This is the 18 June - 9 July 2018 edition of the "weekly digest  of news and trends" that the W3C Communications Team prepares for the W3C Membership and public-w3c-digest mailing list [1]. 

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-w3c-digest/



1) W3C, Web and HTML5 related Twitter trends
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[What was tweeted frequently, caught my attention, etc. -  with most *popular* first]


25 June 2018
@ahopebailie
The @w3c Payment Handler API is coming to Chrome. Kudos to @Google for supporting an open ecosystem. Hoping @Microsoft and @Apple follow soon behind. (@mozilla plan to implement in @firefox when roadmap allows) Thanks @justmoon for the help writing this: https://t.co/ODwyDMChwR
https://twitter.com/shs96c/status/1004000995511275521
(230 Retweets, 466 Likes)


5 July 2018
Soy ciego y los captchas para mí son una barrera muchas veces infranqueable. ¿Y para vosotros? ¿Me resolvéis este captcha? ;)  ("I am blind and the captchas for me are a barrier often impassable. And for you? Do I resolvéis this captcha?")
@w3c https://www.programad.me/los-captchas-y-el-concepto-de-discapacidad/ … 
https://twitter.com/kastwey/status/1014893854334562305
(25 Likes, 24 Retweets)


1 July 2018
@sabouzah
Artificial Intelligence for Web Accessibility – Conformance Evaluation as a Way Forward? Communication Paper by @w3c_wai for #w4a2018. @w3c #a11y #accessibility https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/116479 …
https://twitter.com/sabouzah/status/1013687378819547136
(24 Retweets, 26 Likes)


19 June 2018
@LeonieWatson
The @W3C Accessible name and Description Computation 1.1 is an @W3C Candidate Recommendation https://www.w3.org/TR/2018/CR-accname-1.1-20180619/ …
https://twitter.com/LeonieWatson/status/1009037708092739584
(15 Retweets, 24 Likes)


20 June 2018
@NetPreserve
We are delighted to announce the first keynote for #iipcWAC18 Wendy Seltzer @wseltzer, Strategy Lead and Counsel for @w3c, will be presenting a plenary session to the conference at @NLNZ in Wellington http://netpreserve.org/ga2018/keynote-speakers/ … #WebArchiving #digitalpreservation 
https://twitter.com/NetPreserve/status/1009422634805874690
(14 Retweets, 16 Likes)


19 June 2018
@marcosc
In case things get any worse, the @w3c has this. Give the state of things, I’ll tempted just to pull it now.
https://twitter.com/marcosc/status/1009167124760317953
(11 Retweets, 38 Likes)




2) Other news: (open web and net neutrality
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*  Controversial copyright law rejected by EU parliament
5 July 2018
BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44712475

excerpt: [[A controversial overhaul of the EU's copyright law that sparked a fierce debate between internet giants and content creators has been rejected.]]

*  “I WAS DEVASTATED”: TIM BERNERS-LEE, THE MAN WHO CREATED THE WORLD WIDE WEB, HAS SOME REGRETS
1 July 2018
Vanity Fair
by KATRINA BROOKER
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/the-man-who-created-the-world-wide-web-has-some-regrets

excerpt: [For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it,” Tim Berners-Lee told me one morning in downtown Washington, D.C., about a half-mile from the White House. ]]


3) W3C and W3C technologies in the Press (or blogs)
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8 articles
[Most recent first. Find keywords on our Press clippings page: http://www.w3.org/Press/Articles ]

*  Against privacy defeatism: why browsers can still stop fingerprinting
29 June 2018
Freedom to Tinker
by ARVIND NARAYANAN
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/06/29/against-privacy-defeatism-why-browsers-can-still-stop-fingerprinting/

*  Microsoft Edge Now Supports W3C WebDriver Recommendation
26 June 2018
InfoQ
by Dylan Schiemann
https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/06/microsoft-edge-w3c-webdriver

*  Where WebRTC and the IoT Meet
26 June 2018
IoT Evolution
by Shrey Fadia
http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/iot/articles/438585-where-webrtc-the-iot-meet.htm

*  WebAuthn, Passwordless Authentication
22 June 2018
Security Boulevard
by Marc Handelman 
https://securityboulevard.com/2018/06/webauthn-passwordless-authentication/

*  W3C Rolls Out Strategic Highlights Report
19 June 2018
Information Today
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Digest/W3C-Rolls-Out-Strategic-Highlights-Report-125717.asp

*  Accessibilità web e mobile, le regole in Europa e in Italia ("Web and mobile accessibility, rules in Europe and in Italy”)
19 June 2018
Agenda Digitale
by Roberto Scano
https://www.agendadigitale.eu/cittadinanza-digitale/accessibilita-web-e-mobile-le-regole-in-europa-e-in-italia/

*  Merchants must avoid getting lost in e-wallets’ diversity
15 June 2018
Payments Source
by  Ralph Dangelmaier
https://www.paymentssource.com/opinion/merchants-need-to-choose-carefully-among-digital-wallets

Received on Tuesday, 10 July 2018 14:13:44 UTC