🔗 From today, EU regulation around labeling AI generated content goes into effect. The Commission provides icons that can be used digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/...

🌿 A new version of the Web Sustainability Guidelines is out! www.w3.org/TR/web-susta... Updates include: - Impact Measurement + Impact API - Lots of small tweaks following peer review - Improved tone of voice and readability, new introduction Changelog: github.com/w3c/sustaina...

Now that WCAG-EM 2 is out, I did some more PRs: - to update the docs on the WAI website (github.com/w3c/wai-webs...) - to update the WCAG-EM Report Tool with the new terminology (github.com/w3c/wai-wcag...) Thanks W3C for making this stuff so easy to contribute to, and yay open source!

Summer is here which means WDC2026 is just around the corner! Tickets are just £99! We have an awesome lineup of speakers including @hidde.blog , @amyhupe.bsky.social , @cjforms.bsky.social @joshtumath.uk, @paavandesign.com and @duncanpetrie.com (more TBC!) webdevconf.com

WDC2026 - October 9 2026, Watershed, Bristol, UK | Web Developers Conference

WDC is the web design and development conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year.

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TIL that ETSI has a tool to convert Markdown into ETSI-compatible Word documents! Like ReSpec or Bikeshed, without HTML output. It's a step towards making the authoring of their specs more accessible, and possible on lower end devices.

📣 Today is the day: WCAG-EM 2 is officially out as a W3C Note! w3.org/TR/WCAG-EM New: - name; it's now simply “WCAG Evaluation Methodology” - instead of 'websites', it's about 'digital products' (of which websites and apps are examples) - better readability (content, layout) - better examples

wrote about the AB's Web Meetup on the W3C blog www.w3.org/blog/2026/cs... (with shoutouts to and pictures of @level-level.com @cydstumpel.nl @cyns.bsky.social @torgo.com!)

CSS animations, human rights, and big accessibility at the AB Web Meetup

On 2 July 2026 , the W3C Advisory Board organised a meetup around the web and web standards. It featured three talks and had time to mingle.

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Very pleased to see that AGWG, aka the W3C group that makes WCAG, decided to publish WCAG-EM 2, an update to the WCAG evaluation methodology that me, @stevefaulkner.eurosky.social and Jeroen worked on for the past year lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...

the top layer lets you put elements on top of everything else, it's great stuff. I don't know if the possibility of balloons blocking link usages was sufficiently considered 🎈

Woohoo, I am speaking at Smashing Conference in Freiburg about a Web that serves us all! (smashingconf.com/freiburg-2026) And I'm doing a full-day workshop, to learn all about Modern CSS, anchor positioning to z-index! there's two options: be there, be square

SmashingConf 2026, September 7–10 — Friendly, inclusive, practical event for web designers and developers. — Freiburg in Germany, September 7–10.

The 13th SmashingConf Freiburg — in our lovely hometown in Germany — will be taking place in the Historic Merchants’ Hall on September 7–10. With one track, two days, 12 speakers and 300 attendees, ex...

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🔗 Ketan Joshi analysed Google's latest sustainability report, and yes, energy consumption went up (a lot). Adding up the numbers, Joshi concludes it's not because of manual Gemini use, it's because Google's search engine shows AI results by default ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat

Google’s latest report reveals a completely unprecedented rise in energy consumption – more than any of us expected. Generative AI is a climate carbon bomb.

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loved everything about the Web Meetup! The W3C AB was in town for a F2F, so we thought we might as well run a meetup, to chat about web and standards. Thanks to @cydstumpel.nl @cyns.bsky.social and @torgo.com for their great talks, @level-level.com for hosting and Rotterdam/NL for showing up!

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The joy I felt when I met someone who brought position sticky to browsers🫶 @tess.oconnor.cx

The joy I felt when I met someone who brought position sticky to browsers🫶 @tess.oconnor.cx

“AI and greener choices” by @hidde.blog hidde.blog/ai-greener-c...

AI and greener choices

AI, especially generative AI, impacts the planet. How can better choices help us reduce our impact?

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✏️ AI and greener choices hidde.blog/ai-greener-c... Full write-up of my first AI + sustainability talk, that I gave yesterday at the AI & Government conference.

AI and greener choices

AI, especially generative AI, impacts the planet. How can better choices help us reduce our impact?

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Had a lovely chat with @bradfrost.com about music, sustainability, AI, standards, and accessibility. in a podcast near you soon

🔗 “Earlier this month, we officially stood up Mozilla.org: a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit created to steward the long term success of the Mozilla Project” blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/n...

Internet for people, not profit

Mozilla is the not-for-profit behind the lightning fast Firefox browser. We put people over profit to give everyone more power online.

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Want to learn more about motion on the web, human rights and standards, and the making of accessibility standards from someone who worked on WCAG 1? Join us at the Web Meetup in Rotterdam (W3C AB, Fronteers, Level Level). 3 talks + time to chat! Last few tickets: ti.to/w3cab/rotter...

Dutchies, on Thursday I will be presenting a new talk about Sustainability and AI, with 5 choices* that can reduce the climate impact of your org's AI usage. platformaioverheid.nl/event/save-t...

🔗 The report from the W3C/IAB workshop on age-based restrictions was just published. It calls for identifying common roles and vocabulary, and different possible architectures, and lists attendees' thoughts on potential impacts and possible solutions. www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9998....

🔗 Amnesty on the UK social media ban: ‘right diagnosis, wrong prescription’ www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

UK: Social media ban for under 16s ‘right diagnosis, wrong prescription’

UK government’s decision to ban children under 16 from accessing social media is a case of the right diagnosis but the wrong prescription.

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You might be wondering if EN 301 549 is used anywhere in the world outside Europe? It is! This map shows where (as far as ETSI's HF group know) hf.etsi.org/eu-accessibi...

On 2 July, The Web Meetup in 🇳🇱 Rotterdam has 3 great speakers on web standards, and an opportunity to mingle with fellow lovers of the web. If you're planning to attend, please register here, it's free (just a handful of tickets left): ti.to/w3cab/rotterdam-web-meet

off to the south of France for ETSI group meeting on EN 301 549 among other things

we found the hotel cat! #CSSDay

@cydstumpel.nl bravely live coding to show us how to animate popovers with `@starting-style` and friends at The Web You Want

WDC is back! WDC2026 is taking place on October 9, 2026! We return to The Watershed in Bristol, UK. With awesome speakers: @joshtumath.uk @amyhupe.bsky.social @paavandesign.com @cjforms.bsky.social @duncanpetrie.com @hidde.blog AND MORE TBC! Tickets are just £99! webdevconf.com

WDC2026 - October 9 2026, Watershed, Bristol, UK | Web Developers Conference

WDC is the web design and development conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year.

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It's 2026, why can't I set the language of content I'm writing on LinkedIn? This has been a requirement since WCAG 1.0 (published 27 years ago) www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#g...

Findings from this week's UN report on AI vs climate: 🌿 80-90% is not in training models, but in day-to-day use. 🌿 Generating an image is 1450⨉ more energy intensive than text, generating video much worse. 🌿 We need to monitor water and land footprint, as well as carbon. unu.edu/inweh/news/e...

Rising Emissions, Depleting Water and Vanishing Land—UN Scientists: AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions

By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns

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Just launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe