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.
Meet Kit, your companion for a new internet era. Mozilla has officially unveiled Firefox’s new mascot. This “new internet era” is, according to Mozilla, “shaped by AI and a web that’s harder to trust.” I believe the two phenomena are deeply connected.
Free VPN, split window, and more: new features coming to Firefox 149. The free VPN will use Mozilla’s infrastructure, has a 50 GB data cap, and, unfortunately, will initially be available in only a few countries — US, France, Germany, and UK. Two split-screen sites in the same window and tab notes are the other two new features coming to Firefox 149, which is set to launch on March 24th.
Samsung to stop selling USD 2,899 TriFold phone after three months, Bloomberg. You could say it flopped, but that argument is hard to sustain given that Huawei is selling its dual-fold screen phone well in China.
Garmin gets a WhatsApp app. The app offers features common to other smartwatch OSs, such as reading and replying to messages, reacting with emojis, and viewing recent message history. Compatibility is limited to the most advanced/expensive models. Link to the app in the Garmin store.
Affinity Updates: From the Light UI to Smoother Workflows. The first major update to Affinity under Canva’s umbrella highlights the new light interface. Since when is dark mode the default/priority?
Tumblr: Chain reblogs now have their own notes. Automattic stirred up a hornet’s nest by changing Tumblr’s note system (likes, comments, and reblogs). The backlash was so strong that, within two days, company leadership decided to reverse the change.
RMF. An interactive map of Brazil showing the locations of ERBs, radio/TV antennas, and fiber-optic cables.
Scroll speedometer. Scroll the page as fast as you can, in the same direction, for five seconds. On the MacBook Air trackpad (cheating, I know), I managed 4,419 pixels per second.