How the World Wide Web led to an internet revolution

As the world thanks Tim Berners-Lee for making the web public some 25 years ago, here's a look at a few key developments that resulted in how we use the internet today.

WWWorries? Inventor of Web laments coming-of-age woes

Speaking to reporters at CERN, the physics research center outside Geneva where he invented the web, Berners-Lee said users of the web had found it “not so pretty” recently.

Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse

Credited with laying the groundwork for the web – the universe of multimedia webpages accessible via the internet – in 1989, the computer scientist has since last year been developing the so-called Contract for the Web.

Hong Kong Protests: Protest leaders reject Lam's offer for dialogue

Protest leaders in Hong Kong have rejected an inquiry into police violence during weeks of anti-Beijing rallies. They say the investigation has no independence and lacks credibility. And as Liz Maddock reports, they've pledged to continue a peaceful path...

World Wide Web celebrates its 30th anniversary | Money Talks

The inventor of the World Wide Web has called for more control over his creation. Tim Berners-Lee has spoken at the 30th anniversary of the web at CERN, the physics research centre outside Geneva, where he invented the web that changed humanity. Julia Lyu...

Japan hit by the strongest typhoon in decade

At least 40 people have been killed and hundreds wounded after Japan was hit by one of the strongest storms the country has seen in decades. Typhoon Hagibis left a trail of destruction across eight prefectures after it made landfall on October 12. #typhoo...

NewsFeed – 30 years of the world wide web, what will the next 30 years bring?

- The Internet has not become what its inventor wanted. Is it too late to change? - Indian soap advert leaves some in a lather - #trashtag challenge. Cleaning up the Earth, one post at a time - Whale eats man. Man survives to tell the tale #Newsfeed #...