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web.dev

New to the web platform in February

Discover some of the interesting features that have landed in stable and beta web browsers during February 2024.

adrianroselli.com

Jakob Has Jumped the Shark

The saga of Jakob Nielsen.

chriscoyier.net

Where I’m at on the whole CSS-Tricks thing

It was March 2022 when I sold CSS-Tricks to DigitalOcean. So it’s been just about 2 years now.

9to5mac.com

iOS 17.4 won’t remove Home Screen web apps in the EU after all

Last month, Apple confirmed that iOS 17.4 would remove support for Home Screen web apps in the European Union.

webkit.org

An HTML Switch Control

We’re very excited to introduce a new HTML form control as part of Safari 17.4: a switch.

letter.open-web-advocacy.org

Open Letter to Tim Cook: Sabotaging Web Apps Is Indefensible

We write to express our concern at Apple’s decision to remove Web Apps (PWAs) from iOS and Safari in the European Union.

metalab.com

Metalab Redesign

Today design firm Metalab launched a major rebrand.

figma.com

Behind the Feature: Inline Device Frames

Bringing designs to life for mobile, tablet, and watch interfaces directly in the editor.

gov.uk

GOV.UK launches new official crown logo for His Majesty The King

The new official GOV.UK logo featuring the chosen crown of His Majesty King Charles III has launched today across the site.

blog.google

Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5

Gemini 1.5 delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long context understanding across modalities.

openai.com

Sora: Creating video from text

Sora is an AI model that can create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions.

wired.com

Developers Are in Open Revolt Over Apple’s New App Store Rules

European app makers are seething, comparing Apple to “the Mafia” and piling pressure on lawmakers to act.

solomon.io

Designer News is Dead

Designer News is dead. Designer News was an online community for product designers. For years it was the best forum to discuss designing software.

apple.com

Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the EU

Apple announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the EU to comply with the DMA.

techradar.com

Adobe Firefly is doing generative AI differently and it may even be good for you

In generative AI imagery’s short lifespan it's been on a rollercoaster ride from excitement to pillory and back to excitement.

plasticbag.org

How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse

Just before Christmas I was lucky enough to be invited to a Data Dialogue event at Meta’s offices in San Francisco.

platformer.news

Why Platformer is leaving Substack

We’ve seen this movie before — and we won’t stick around to watch it play out.

theverge.com

The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you

Rabbit is trying to one-up Alexa and Google Assistant, and invent a new kind of gadget in the process.

invisionapp.com

InVision design collaboration services shutdown

We have made the difficult decision to discontinue InVision’s design collaboration services.

hypebeast.com

Leaked File Shows the Artists Midjourney Has Used to Train Its AI Models

Names include Yayoi Kusama, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, and even a six-year-old child.