This week I read about why lock-in hurts consumers, Google's overpowering leverage of internet content, new CSS tips, and more.

Web Development

• On Web Components - Tom MacWright
• 12 Modern CSS One-Line Upgrades - Stephanie Eckles

The Internet

• Google Search may be the most powerful arbiter of internet content - Kai Ryssdal & Sean McHenry

Technology

• How lock-in hurts design - Cory Doctorow
• Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone - David Pierce
• Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It - Dhruv Mehrotra

Business & Finance

• Boeing Faces More Pressure as United CEO Vents Frustrations - Julie Johnsson, Siddharth Vikram Philip, Mary Schlangenstein, & Josh Wingrove

Health & Fitness

• Can’t sleep? Mattresses, masks and supplements say they can help. - Samantha Fields

Podcasts

• PodRocket: Engineering and innovation with CTO of SoundCloud, Matthew Drooker
• PodRocket: The React Core team talks React Forget and the future
• Darknet Diaries #133: I’m the Real Connor
• Software Engineering Daily: Bug Reporting is Broken and how Jam is Fixing that with Dani Grant & Mohd Irtefa
• Shop Talk Show #563: Getting Pulled by the Algorithm, AI Training Data, and SVG Drawing

A Song to Leave You With

Frank Turner - Do One