Berners-Lee
Britishnoun
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A typical paperback book accounts for around 1kg of carbon dioxide, according to sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
The platforms insist regulation goes against the spirit of the open internet, a point backed by the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in 1989 as a tool for collaborating and for sharing information.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024
Berners-Lee, back in 1997, was too optimistic about the possibility of accumulating and distributing a shared reality in the future.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2022
The concept of a World Wide Web—a system for creating, organizing, and linking documents so they could be easily browsed over the Internet—was developed by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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