When the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) launched in 2015, the goal was to make the web more permanent and resilient. Today, it’s not just a concept, it’s being used to keep important knowledge online when traditional hosting fails. During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers used IPFS to mirror and share critical datasets and preprints, ensuring global access even under heavy demand. Groups like the Internet Archive and Libre Space Foundation have explored IPFS to safeguard everything from satellite telemetry to cultural artifacts, creating copies that can’t just disappear if one server goes offline.

This is the real power of IPFS: keeping data alive, whether it’s life-saving research, space science, or the history we don’t want erased. It’s a glimpse of a web where the important things stay accessible no matter what.

#IPFS #Decentralization #DataPreservation #OpenScience #FutureWeb

✨ The Web in 2035: A Keynote Panel on the Future of the Web

On 15 October at #DrupalConVienna, Aikaterine Tsiboukas will moderate a keynote panel with Sebastian Bergmann, Derick Rethans, Ondřej Mirtes and Sachiko Muto. Together, they’ll explore how today’s choices shape tomorrow’s internet, from AI and decentralization to digital sovereignty and the role of open source.

👉 https://buff.ly/e82D06D

#DrupalConEur #OpenSource #FutureWeb #Keynote

🚨 The way you browse the internet is about to change forever!
OpenAI just launched an AI-powered browser that thinks, remembers, and executes. No more tabs. No more typing. Just tell it what you want — it does the rest.
Is this the end of Chrome's empire?

🔗 Read now:
https://medium.com/@rogt.x1997/youll-never-browse-the-same-way-again-openai-s-ai-browser-is-the-first-real-threat-to-chrome-s-e6222dd228aa

#AIbrowser #OpenAI #FutureWeb
https://medium.com/@rogt.x1997/youll-never-browse-the-same-way-again-openai-s-ai-browser-is-the-first-real-threat-to-chrome-s-e6222dd228aa

You’ll Never Browse the Same Way Again: OpenAI’s AI Browser is the First Real Threat to Chrome’s Empire

William Gibson may have been talking about cyberspace, but his words now hang heavy over a browser war heating up in 2025. The battlefield? Your internet browser. The main contenders? Google Chrome…

Medium

🚀 The intelligent web is not just about tech — it’s about people.
With AI as our partner, we’re designing digital experiences that are more meaningful, immersive, and responsive than ever.

Read our blog for more insights: https://digitalnomadventures.com/the-ai-ml-revolution-reshaping-website-design-and-development/

#HumanCenteredAI #FutureWeb #AIUX #WebDevelopment #NextGenTech #AIForGood

@wiredprairie I wonder what the final bundle for Lit + the signals polyfill will be?

https://github.com/lit/lit/pull/4615

#futureWeb #signals

Add @lit-labs/signals package by justinfagnani · Pull Request #4615 · lit/lit

WIP: Still some rough edges with trying to sync watch() updates and regular updates.

GitHub
“…this is a battle over information — over who makes it, how you access it, and who gets paid.” https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23773914/ai-large-language-models-data-scraping-generation-remaking-web #ai #futureweb
AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born

AI language models and chatbots show that AI can generate content cheaply but at a lower quality. These characteristics mean AI will remake the web as we know it — from Google Search to Wikipedia and more.

The Verge
The Future of the Web is VNC

Many gallons of digital ink spilled at Google's plans for "Web Environment Integrity" which - depending on who you believe - is either an entirely reasonable proposal to protect users or a devious plan to add DRM to the entire web. (It's the latter, obviously.) We'll never know exactly whether users want this because Google [...]

Terence Eden’s Blog

Been dabbling into Rust + WebAssembly and I'm loving it!

Will release a little project + blog post soonish!

#rust #webassembly #wasm #futureweb #webdev

Metaverse or Metaverses?
"Chinese tech players push their version." VR headset makers race for market share, with exclusive content offers. Some love cryptocurrencies and the mirage of de-centralization." #metaverse #VR #FutureWeb #meta https://www.netopia.eu/metaverse-or-metaverses/
Metaverse or Metaverses? - Netopia

Sci-fi fans know about this. You might say Ready Player One, but the really cool kids point to Neal Stephenson’s 1994 novel Snow Crash for the original concept of the metaverse. It’s one of these concepts where the meaning is different depending on who you ask. It’s online, it’s 3D (maybe VR), it has other […]

Netopia
Metaverse or Metaverses?
"Chinese tech players push their version. VR headset makers race for market share, with exclusive content offers. Some love cryptocurrencies and the mirage of de-centralization." #metaverse #VR #FutureWeb #newpost https://www.netopia.eu/metaverse-or-metaverses/
Metaverse or Metaverses? - Netopia

Sci-fi fans know about this. You might say Ready Player One, but the really cool kids point to Neal Stephenson’s 1994 novel Snow Crash for the original concept of the metaverse. It’s one of these concepts where the meaning is different depending on who you ask. It’s online, it’s 3D (maybe VR), it has other […]

Netopia