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 code covering issues like harm, offence, accuracy and impartiality. But most streaming platforms do not. The government has announced a review into whether to strengthen…
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 cryptocurrency sell-off, writes the Financial Times. The non-fungible token (NFT) is described by Sotheby’s as “the first historical artefact” linked to the computer scientist's invention…
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 scientist will unveil a string of standards in Berlin on Monday, over fears of ever-increasing online threats, such as election interference, harassment, invasion of privacy…
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 birthday. Tim Berners-Lee urged governments, campaign groups and individuals to back a new plan from his foundation to make the internet safe, fair and accessible…
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 Cube Sir Tim Berners-Lee used to create the online application which has since grown to encompass nearly two billion websites. Google Doodles are animations or…
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 technology’s 30th anniversary. The founder of the World Wide Web Foundation said the internet had created opportunities for good but had also become a space…
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 CERN, Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for information management that would go on to transform the way people communicate and consume information. Here are…
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,…