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Saturday, 24 October 2026

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Iceland gathers user stories to press Apple to add Icelandic

The ministry has already shared Icelandic language data with Apple after an April meeting, and now wants accessibility cases from disabled users to make the argument concrete. A government lobbying a platform, not passing a law.

Government of Iceland (Stjórnarráðið)

Tech

Uttar Pradesh voter-roll software translated names into Hindi sentences

The state election office's first digital roll for Legislative Council polls translated 158 of 1.48m names instead of transliterating them, and officials have been asked to explain. A clear case of why names need transliteration, not machine translation.

The Indian Express

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