Tag: World Wide Web
Tech Digest daily roundup: Streaming services to face tighter regulation
Services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ could face tighter regulation in the UK under government proposals. Traditional broadcasters like the BBC and ITV have to comply with regulator Ofcom’s […]
Sir Tim Berners-Lee auctions web source code as NFT
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning his original source code for the web in the form of a non-fungible token, as digital collectables continue to fetch millions of dollars despite recent […]
Tim Berners-Lee action plan to prevent ‘digital dystopia’
World wide web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned of a “digital dystopia” as he launches a global action plan aimed at tackling misuse of the web. The British computer […]
Tim Berners-Lee warns internet’s power for good ‘under threat’
World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee has warned that the internet’s power for good is being “subverted” by those spreading hatred and threatening democracy, as the technology marked its 50th […]
Google Doodle marks World Wide Web’s 30th anniversary
Google has dedicated its home page Doodle to the World Wide Web to mark the technology’s 30th anniversary. The animated illustration shows a 1980s-style computer – similar to the NeXT […]
Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee calls to stop misuse as it marks 30th anniversary
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has called on the public and politicians to “come together” to end its misuse in a letter to mark the […]
Happy 30th Birthday World Wide Web! 7 things you didn’t know about the Web
March 12 marks a significant milestone in British technology with the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web. In 1989, working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as […]
Internet godfather Sir Tim Berners-Lee denounces government web spying
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, co-founder of the World Wide Web and the godfather of the modern day internet, has slammed governments using the internet to snoop and spy on their citizens. Berners-Lee, vocally pro-internet freedom and anti-web regulation, warned that society…
Internet as human right and the evolution of technology
The internet should be seen as a basic human right, according to to Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web. Speaking at the 20th International World Wide Web Conference in India, Berners-Lee emphasised the importance of…
Tim Berners-Lee calls Facebook "a threat to the web"
Facebook may be the Number 1 online destination for many citizens of the web, but there is one key figure who's still more than a little sceptical: web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Rather than an open world wide web,…
