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The Internet
From a Pentagon experiment to the world's nervous system.
8 events · 6 ▲ · 2 ▼ · by community · added 12 June 2026
2023
AI era beginsGenerative AI democratises content creation.
2007
iPhone launchedThe internet goes into every pocket.
Dot-com bubble burstsHundreds of billions in value erased overnight.
2001
1998
Google launchesInformation becomes universally searchable.
1991
World Wide WebTim Berners-Lee publishes the first website.
First internet wormMorris Worm infects thousands of machines.
1988
1971
Email inventedRay Tomlinson sends the first email; @ symbol chosen.
1969
ARPANET first messageFirst message sent between UCLA and Stanford.
The Internet
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