Thirty years ago, listeners tuning into Morning Edition heard about a futuristic idea that could profoundly change their lives. "Imagine being able to communicate at-will with 10 million people all ...

A reclusive tribe in the Amazon finally got hooked up to the internet, thanks to Elon Musk — only to be torn apart by social media and pornography addiction, elders complain. Brazil’s 2,000-member ...

When it was invented in 1991, the World Wide Web connected together an Internet that was overrun with many thousands of individual, fragmented digital documents. HTML, hypertext markup language, ...

On April 30, 1993, the European research organization known as CERN released Tim Berners-Lee’s code for the World Wide Web into the public domain. The internet has many components but this innovation ...

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 ...

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 World Wide Web might sound metaphorical, but it’s actually grounded in a physical web of translucent glass filaments crisscrossing the globe. These fiber-optic cables transmit internet data ...

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.

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 ...