From Around the Web

A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=39jsstmmUUs

AI Slop Will Save The Internet… Seriously.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_QlsGkDvVHU

Verge Motorcycles with the Donut Lab battery appear to have slipped delivery from Q1/26 to Q4/26 (use Chrome browser to translate):

https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/a/5460f06d-27b5-4c8e-bb7f-8fc03f5294f5

Is Porsche really pulling the plug on the all-electric Boxster?

https://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/cayman/208484/is-porsche-really-pulling-the-plug-on-the-all-electric-boxster

NASA’s Perseverance rover has "just made" history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A vision-capable AI analyzed the same images and terrain data normally used by rover planners, identified hazards like rocks and sand ripples, and charted a safe path across the Martian surface. [The rover drove 'er almost 2 months ago, so maybe JPL should use that same AI to navigate getting its press releases out faster?] 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260131084555.htm

Anthropic cements its position as the not-OpenAI with no-ads pledge. As profit-starved AI companies scramble to monetize chat interactions, Claude bets on trust.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/04/anthropic_no_advertising_in_claude/

Royal Navy Called His Engine a “Toy” — Then His 100-Foot Boat Outran Every Warship at 34 Knots

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LfsImHXAZ7o