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Portrait of Sir Tim Berners-Lee in a rack of the CERN Computer Centre Date: 11-03-2019

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‘Most of it is good’: Tim Berners-Lee on the state of the web now

The man who invented the web is aware of the many issues it faces, from problematic social media use to the rise of unfettered AI. He also has a plan to remedy the situation

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Inventor and founder of World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee
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How to fix the web, according to the man who invented it

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2H4G74E Lisbon, Portugal. 2nd Nov, 2021. Vice President of Global Affairs and Communications of Meta (Facebook), Nick Clegg addresses the audience (via web transmission) at Altice Arena Centre Stage during the second day of the Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon.This is one of the largest technology conferences in the world and also a meeting point for the debate on technological evolution in people's lives. This year, around 40.000 participants are expected to attend the Web Summit. (Credit Image: ? Hugo Amaral/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)

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Nick Clegg says nothing at all in new book How to Save the Internet

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a teenager holding a cell phone in his hand

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We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI

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We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

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Should we preserve the pre-AI internet before it is contaminated?

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Your passwords have probably been stolen and sold on the dark web

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Can we stop big tech from controlling the internet with AI agents?

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2Y74H8B TransPacific undersea communication cables on the ocean floor off the island of Guam, Micronesia.

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New 杏吧原创 recommends Colum McCann’s new novel Twist

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How buried cables are revealing Earth鈥檚 interior in incredible detail

The globe is criss-crossed by unused fibre-optic cables. Now, researchers are using them to defend against earthquakes and produce an unprecedented map of the underground world

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Reddit users were subjected to AI-powered experiment without consent

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Can Amazon’s soon-to-launch Kuiper satellites rival Musk’s Starlink?

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AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia

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NATO tests satellite internet as backup to sabotaged undersea cables

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