US national emergency library to provide digitized books – News
The Internet Archive has decided to suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million books in its lending library by creating a National Emergency Library.
The Internet As A Media And a Medium
The Internet Archive has decided to suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million books in its lending library by creating a National Emergency Library.
NETFLIX will reduce the video quality on its services in Europe for the next 30 days in an attempt to lift the strain on internet service providers. This follows an appeal by the EU to OTT platforms to prevent the Net from breaking. Report: ZDNet.
On this occasion, Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee reflects on the challenges that still exist on the journey of a Web for all.
A decade ago, there were 225 million Websites only, & Internet users were less than 2 billion. There were barely any phone apps, & Facebook & YouTube were not even teenagers. Today, there are over 2 billion Websites & about 5 billion Internet users. That’s the incredible journey this Website has covered.
Inrupt, a project he began in 2016, wants to radically transform & reinvent the www into something more compliant with his original vision.
Most Internet users think that when they opt in for the “incognito” mode in their browsers, their Online activity cannot be tracked. They couldn’t be more wrong. Report: MakeUseOf.