The hope of the World Wide Web, according to its creator Tim Berners-Lee, was that it would make communication easier, bring ...

In the age of social media, the online landscape is more challenging than ever for civil society. It’s a far cry from what the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, intended to create. He ...

Tim Berners-Lee wanted the world wide web to spur global collaboration. Tech platforms have, instead, turned it into a data ...

What are the origins of the World Wide Web, and does it live up to the ideals of its creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee? Watch this video to learn more a project that begins with humble origins at CERN in ...

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

The man who invented the World Wide Web recaps its spectacular growth and ponders its uncertain future in this knotty memoir-cum-manifesto. Berners-Lee (Weaving the Web) begins by revisiting his ...

It’s now been 30 years since the internet and the world wide web undeniably entered mainstream consciousness. A remarkable variety of digital mainstays trace their emergence to 1995, an innovative ...

The history of the Internet can be roughly divided into three phases. The first, from 1969 to 1990, was all about the ...

Last week, the World Wide Web Foundation announced in an open letter (PDF) that it would be “winding down” and “closing [its] virtual doors” after 15 years of working to make the web safer and more ...

Long before the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web, there were other ways to go online, with Ohio-based CompuServe being the first to offer a consumer-oriented service on September 24, 1979 ...

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor the World Wide Web, criticized the state of the internet today for turning users into “consumable products” in a talk in Harvard Square on Wednesday evening about his ...

Sir Tim Berners-Lee discusses his new memoir, "This Is For Everyone." In the age of social media, the online landscape is more challenging than ever for civil society. It's a far cry from what the ...