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Discover the new PAC 2026 Beta, the world’s first free PDF accessibility checker with built-in AI. Automatically detect and evaluate semantic structures like headings, paragraphs, and tables to make your PDFs truly accessible.

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Milestones in the History of PDF | Chrome’s newest feature | JPEG 2000 turns 25 | Windows 11 October 2025 Update breaks PDF | ETSI third AI and Data Conference | ICC v4.4 now ISO 15076-1:2025 | OpenAI ChatGPT learns from ARIA Semantics | PDFacademicBot

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The PDF industry is preparing for the quantum era by adopting post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. Following key developments at PDF Days 2025, vendors are integrating quantum-resistant digital signatures to ensure long-term trust and security in PDF documents.

At the PRINTING United Expo, October 22-24 in Orlando, Florida, Crawford Technologies will address industry challenges such as rising print costs, labor challenges and supply chain constraints, all of which are pushing the need for efficiency improvements.

Datalogics has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification as audited and attested by Prescient Security.

pdfRest’s newest innovation is the Summarize PDF API Tool, an AI-powered REST API that uses OpenAI technology to intelligently analyze, extract, and summarize PDF content.

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