We all use the internet every day, at all hours, our smartphone has become an active prosthesis of our body, but have we ever wondered who invented the World Wide Web? Today we talk about Timothy Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist, who received the prestigious Turing Award in 2016 for the invention of the World Wide Web together with Robert Caigliu. The big idea But let’s proceed in order. In 1989, at CERN in Geneva, the most important European physics laboratory, Berners-Lee was struck by how some Italian colleagues were using a telephone line to transmit information from one floor of the

Hundreds of millions of smartphone users have faced blocking of pornographic websites and mandatory age verification. The UK has introduced mandatory identity verification on adult websites , and similar laws are being introduced in some US states and Italy . In response to all of this, VPNs, services that allow users to hide their real location and bypass restrictions, have seen exponential growth. VPN service sales are skyrocketing As the BBC points out, since the Online Safety Act came into force in the UK, Proton VPN registrations have increased by over 1,400%, while NordVPN has seen a 1,000% increase in subscriptions. According

It was April 20, 1998. Microsoft was so embarrassed by the iconic Windows 98 blue screen of death on stage that it decided to change plans for building a new headquarters on its Redmond campus. The goal was to ensure such an incident never happens again during public presentations. This memorable moment occurred at the massive COMDEX trade show, several months before the official release of Windows 98. Bill Gates was giving the keynote presentation, and Microsoft employee Chris Capossela was demonstrating a new feature: plug-and-play support for USB devices. While connecting a scanner, which was supposed to automatically download drivers, the

With over 100 million daily active users , Roblox attracts countless children around the world. Nearly half of its audience is under 13, and in Australia, young players spend an average of 137 minutes a day in the virtual world. However, behind the vibrant image of square avatars and millions of user-generated games lies a disturbing reality, as revealed by a Guardian journalist who decided to immerse herself in this world for a week, posing as an eight-year-old girl. The experiment began with registration, which turned out to be extremely simple: all it took was a username, date of birth, and a

November 9th marked the 21st anniversary of Firefox 1.0. In 2004, it was the first stable release of Mozilla’s new browser, which quickly positioned itself as a simple and secure alternative to Internet Explorer . Initially, it boasted tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, a flexible extension system, and intuitive privacy settings, quickly attracting both the public and the press. Before its release, the browser underwent several name changes. The experimental branch of the Mozilla Suite was initially called Phoenix , then Firebird , and, in February 2004, Firefox . It was chosen for its uniqueness and lack of conflict, and the red fox

HAEA, a subsidiary of South Korean Hyundai Motor Group and headquartered in California, USA, provides customized IT solutions and services for the automotive industry, particularly to Hyundai and Kia subsidiaries. These solutions include vehicle telematics, over-the-air (OTA) updates, mapping, vehicle connectivity, embedded systems, and autonomous driving systems. The company also provides enterprise systems for automotive plants, including sales and ERP systems, as well as digital manufacturing platforms. HAEA reported that attackers successfully breached its network on February 22 and maintained unauthorized access to the system for 10 days before being discovered on March 2. An internal investigation revealed that hackers accessed parts

Researchers discovered several libraries in the public NuGet registry containing code that will be activated in 2027 and 2028. The infected packages target three popular .NET data storage engines (Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and SQLite) , and one component is specifically disguised as a library to work with Siemens S7 controllers. Socket analysts found nine packages posted by the shanhai666 account. At first glance, the libraries appeared to function normally: almost all of the code ( about 99% ) performed useful functions, so the developers might not have noticed anything suspicious. However, each library contained a small piece of malicious logic ,