Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail ...

Worldwide Web Day honors the profound impact of this groundbreaking invention that connects people worldwide and shapes our digital age. The World Wide Web (WWW), an integral part of modern life, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On August 6, 1991, in a little-known newsgroup–an early-days ...

There’s no doubt that the internet has made our lives far more convenient with messaging apps, video calls, shopping sites, streaming services and even remote working opportunities. However, the ...

Tim Berners-Lee may have the smallest fame-to-impact ratio of anyone living. Strangers hardly ever recognize his face; on “Jeopardy!,” his name usually goes for at least sixteen hundred dollars.

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You don’t have to be a Snow Crash or Tron fan to be familiar with the 3D craze that characterized the rise of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular. From phrases like ‘surfing the ...

is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. Today, I’m talking with a very special guest: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Tim ...

On this day in 1990, physicist Tim Berners-Lee circulated a memo for a relatively modest information sharing proposal that would go on to revolutionise commerce, writes Eliot Wilson At 35, Tim Berners ...

The 1957 launch of the satellite Sputnik revealed the technological capabilities of the Soviet Union, and Cold War rivalry encouraged the United States to gear up. President Eisenhower established the ...

After seeing the balance of power shift to large corporations and big tech companies, the founder of the World Wide Web is determined to give users control over their data again. When you purchase ...

Forward-looking: The original World Wide Web software platform was developed by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee while he was working at CERN. The novel information system was designed to promote ...