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World Wide Web

Sotheby’s Just Sold an NFT Version of the World Wide Web’s Source Code

The NFT includes the signature of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the computer scientist known for being the World Wide Web's inventor.
By Helen Holmes
Cloistered nuns in the Monastery of Saint Clare in the western Mediterranean Sardinian city of Oristano.

Before the Digital Age, How Religious Groups Increased the Numbers in Their Order

A key to the successful growth of Jesuits were handwritten letters – transported through trade ships from India.
By Bruce T. Morrill
A geographical map depicting hotbeds of dark web activity related to illegal products. Larger circles indicate more activity.

Searching Deep and Dark: Building a Google for the Less Visible Parts of the Web

The deep and dark web can be a scary place, but modern open-source technologies funded by the Defense Department can help explore it.
By Christian Mattmann
An undersea fiber optic cable brings broadband Internet to East Africa in 2009.

Websites Can Probably Guess Your Identity With Three Basic Data Points

By Brady Dale
PASADENA, CA - MAY 04: A Blackberry Curve 8310 is seen in a photo illustration on May 4, 2009 in Pasadena, California. With help from an aggressive promotional campaign, the BlackBerry Curve passed the top-selling iPhone in the first quarter of 2009 in sales. Between January 1 and March 31, the five top-selling smartphones were the BlackBerry Curve, the Apple iPhone 3G, the BlackBerry Storm, the BlackBerry Pearl (not including the Pearl Flip) and the T-Mobile G1 with the Android operating system, according to a survey by the NPD Group. (Photo illustration by David McNew/Getty Images)

The Impact of Technology on Political Communication

By Steve Cohen
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