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

AsteroidOS 2. There is a Linux-based operating system for smartwatches. And the second version has just been released.

Chrome gets split viewing and PDF annotations. Does anyone here still use Chrome?

Hello, Mario! A Nintendo app for kids to play with the face of the famous Mario. (Reminiscent of the Super Mario 64 home screen, right?) Free for Android and iOS.

CleanSweep. Private and offline app to review photos from your gallery in a Tinder-style UI. FOSS, for Android. I haven't tested it; use at your own risk.

CSS optical illusions. They're kind of obvious (I guess?), but it's cool to see them implemented in CSS.

WikiCommute. Enter your commute time (or anywhere else) and this site returns Wikipedia entries that can be read in that time. Just don't do it while driving!

I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here every Thursday. 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.

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

Sony WF-1000XM6 review: Facing tougher competition (in English), Engadget. Billy Steele, from Engadget, was not impressed with the new version compared to its competitors. And it got more expensive, USD 330.

App for Google Messages. Clarissa (my business partner at Célere) created a wrapper around Google Messages that puts it on system tray to monitor unread messages and opens the service's website in a window outside the browser. Tested only on Windows 11.

Voice on duck.ai. DuckDuckGo's private AI chatbot, duck.ai, can now receive voice commands.

Roomy. An open alternative to Discord, compatible with ATproto (Bluesky) and, soon, ActivityPub. Still in alpha, though.

Mouse Finder. Set the parameters and this site will return mouse models compatible with the size of your hand. (The recommendations are for the US market, but some are available in Brazil.)

Fediverse Near Me. A filter for OpenStreetMap that displays instances of the fediverse (ActivityPub) around the world.

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

Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.3, MacRumors. I’ve heard those silly misaligned anchors to resize windows are fixed. All other Apple’s OSs were updated as well.

Information Superhighway. A super simple app that displays random Wikipedia entries for you to read. Just words, nothing else. Free for all Apple platforms.

Backgroundese. A typographic font that makes no sense, suitable for use in games. Free and with a permissive license, even for commercial use.

The Startup Graveyard. A directory of startups that would change the world, but went bankrupt before they could.

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

Selfie video: a new, simple, and secure way to recover your Google Account (pt_BR). Is it worth handing over your soul, I mean, your face to Google to make it easier to recover your account if something bad happens to it? Brazil is the first country to get this new feature.

Telegram: New design, gift making, and more. The “massive redesign” is for the Android app, which has been given a Liquid Glass revamp. The gifts, on the other hand, have to do with the NFT scheme — the questionable part of Telegram. If you can, avoid it.

Digital Carrot. Another app that promises to tame digital compulsions, but with a different approach: it grants access upon completion of tasks, such as walking a certain number of steps or finishing your daily to-do list. Available for various operating systems.

CSS Stats. Enter a website URL and the system returns a super detailed objective analysis of the CSS files. (My goodness, the Manual's is a mess!)

Tone3310. Web editor for composing and recalling ringtones from the old Nokia brick phones.

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

Busy months in KDE Linux. The KDE project is about to release the beta version of KDE Linux, their own distribution. The post reports on several developments, highlighting delta updates and the new plasma-setup and plasma-login-manager packages.

Discord launches teen-by-default settings globally. Starting in March, adults will have to confirm that they are of legal age (what age? The press release does not specify) to use Discord without the limitations intended for teens. Verification can be done through facial recognition or by sending ID documentation.

The biggest update ever for Ente Photos. The flagship feature is the ability to comment and like photos. There are several other useful new features, such as downloading albums in a compressed file and the shared album administrator function.

Jellyfin for Samsung TVs with Tizen. The official app is now available in the Samsung store.

NetNewsWire 7.0 for iOS. After the macOS version, now it's iOS (and iPadOS) turn to receive the revamped NNW with Liquid Glass. Free and FOSS.

Mecha Comet, Omg! Ubuntu. A modular, pocket-sized device that runs Linux. Available for pre-order — through crowdfunding — starting at USD 189.

Brazilian Alternatives. Directory of Brazilian technology services — LGPD compliant, customer service in Portuguese, payments in Brazilian real.

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

Google confirms that AirDrop compatibility will come to more Android phones, Android Authority. So far, the feature (which I've used with a friend, it's really cool!) only works with Pixel 10 phones. Google has not provided any dates or information on which models will be eligible.

Hotspot Peek. Track the amount of data consumed in real time in the macOS menu bar when using your phone as a hotspot. One-time purchase of USD 4.99.

CreepyLink. A URL shortener that makes your links look very suspicious.

pandoc in the browser. Pandoc 3.9, released on Thursday (5^th), brought support for Web Assembly, which enables its direct use in the browser.