Links of the day

I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive.

KDE Plasma 6.6. One of those updates full of small new features, fixes, and improvements. Coming soon to your favorite distro.

Apple begins testing end-to-end encryption for RCS in iOS 26.4 beta. e2ee messages will be identified by a padlock, which will also appear in iMessage.

macOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 bring back compact tab layout in Safari. Yes, please! We've been missing this layout. (Thanks for the tip, Gabriel!)

Current. The RSS feed app from the guy who asked a few weeks ago why all apps of this type look like email apps. Behind the scenes. For iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, one-time purchase of USD 9.90.

Searching for birds. One of the most beautiful and well-designed pages I've seen in recent times. “An interactive story about the birds that capture our curiosity, told through data, visuals and illustrations.”

Reaction time test. My record was 55ms. Tip: it's easier to lower your time using a computer keyboard.