Q&A with Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web, AI, his decentralization startup Inrupt and its open-source web protocol Solid, his new memoir, and more
Today, I'm talking with a very special guest: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Tim is a legend in the history of the internet. LinkedIn: Juan Francisco Diez . Bluesky: @glynmo...
Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt trials its digital wallet in Belgium to let 7M citizens receive social services and share data with businesses, as he worries about AI
The inventor of the World Wide Web is on a laudable mission to give everyone control of their online data. He's fighting an uphill battle. X: @noyesclt . Forums: Hacker News X: Tom Noyes / @noyesclt ...
Web3 notes from a sci-fi writer and “enemy” of the tech: it shows new protocols are still possible, but is expensive, undemocratic, and impedes ephemerality
he's an enemy and, full disclosure, so am I. https://society.robinsloan.com/ ... Gabe Rivera / @gaberivera : “The money thing confounds evaluation; it's like trying to look at a star next to the sun. ...
Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt, which helps people control their data, has raised ~$20M to date and is piloting projects with UK's National Health Service and others
Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Tweets: @gilestremlett , @tprstly , @snazzyazzy , @donelson52 , @mikemongo ...
With troubles at Mozilla and dominance of Chrome, Android, and AdWords, Google is close to replicating the WeChat and Facebook walled garden model on the web
Looking at Mozilla's finances, it's reasonable to conclude that Google is keeping them on life support to keep the anti-trust hounds at bay. Tweets: @apyth , @dankogai , @gullevek , @randfish , and @u...