[$] Solid: a new way to handle data on the web

The development of the web was a huge 'sea change' in the
history of the internet. The web is what brought the masses to this
huge worldwide network—for good or ill. It is unlikely that Tim
Berners-Lee foresaw all of that when he came up with HTTP and HTML as part
of his work at CERN, but he has been in a prime spot to watch the web
unfold since 1989. His latest project, Solid, is meant to allow users to
claim authority over the personal data that they provide to various
internet giants.