I flipping love RSS - getting content I choose, rather than being force-fed by an algorithm, and reading it when I choose. In version 7 last week, we've improved Vivaldi's built-in Feed Reader https://vivaldi.com/features/feed-reader/

New Values and Functions in CSS https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68062/new-values-and-functions-in-CSS - gob-smacking things coming in CSS, detailed in this v nice article by @alvaromontoro

'The Verge said that the iPhone is now “more fun” in the EU. Noted iOS expert Federico Viticci wrote that the EU version of iOS “is the version of iOS I’ve wanted for the past few years,” and that “we can finally use our phones like actual computers.”''
https://www.macstories.net/linked/the-risk-to-apple-of-os-envy/

I found this (provenance unknown) in my 'temp' folder and it made me chuckle.

'Apple doesn't oppose regulation; Apple loves regulation, so long as they're the ones doing the regulating. They want to be able to shape and define the digital market, backed by the power of the state, but without any input from the state. In modern corporate orthodoxy, the state is an enforcer for corporate will." https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/15/private-law/#thirty-percent-vig

Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead

Enjoy these two concentric circles