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The Latest Breaking News from Tim BernersLee

Chatbots are social media on steroids – trapping us in an even more tangled web

Big tech now has even more to answer for. But salvation could come from an unlikely source

The Guardian - UK

The old cowshed in rural Wales where the world’s most influential people meet

'If you can find work that means something to you, then you’ll find a way to get good at it, and then if you get good at it, you’ll have a nice life'

Wales Online

What is the 'splinternet'? Here's why the internet is less whole than you might think

“Splinternet” refers to the way the internet is being splintered – broken up, divided, separated, locked down, boxed up, or otherwise segmented.

The Conversation

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The World Wide Web was released to the public 30 years ago. Feel old yet?

April 30 marked the 30th anniversary of the moment the World Wide Web was handed to humanity, and look how far it's come.

PC Gamer

30 years ago, one decision altered the course of our connected world

On April 30, 1993, the World Wide Web was released into the public domain. It revolutionized the internet and allowed users to create websites filled with graphics, audio and hyperlinks.

WEKU

What exactly is the internet? A computer scientist explains what it is and how it came to be

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

The next phase of the internet is coming: Here's what you need to know about Web3

The rapid growth of cryptocurrencies and virtual non-fungible tokens have dominated news headlines in recent years. But not many may see how these modish applications connect together in a wider idea being touted by some as the next iteration of the internet — Web3.

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Everyone will have a personal ChatGPT-style assistant in the future, says world wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee

He said the applications of the A.I. as an assistant "could be sweet."

Fortune

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