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Future of the Internet
The internet has the potential to benefit all humankind, but this needs better global collaboration. How?
The internet has been a principal contributor to evolution and growth in the global economy over the past decades. It continues to have the potential to propel societies, help business leaders develop innovative business models, and help governments address legitimate policy concerns related to a networked future as long as the essential integrity of the digital ecosystem remains intact. Read more here.
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Partnering for Cyber Resilience
Cybersecurity is a high-level item on leaders' agenda across all sectors. Business, governments and individuals are rapidly taking advantage of faster, cheaper digital technologies to del...
Governance on the Internet
The Governance on the Internet project, launched by the World Economic Forum in 2015, is a multi-year engagement with the main objective of considering the new governance mechanisms neede...
Digital Transformation of Industries
The Digital Transformation of Industries (DTI) project, launched by the World Economic Forum in 2015, is a multi-year engagement with the aim to analyse the impact of digital technologies...
Internet for All
Internet for All, as part of the Future of the Internet Global Challenge initiative, catalyses new models of public-private collaboration in initially up to three countries, with the aim ...
Articles
This is what the internet looked like when it was first invented
In the days before Google, Facebook and a multitude of cat videos, this is what connectivity looked like.
What does the internet of things mean for our personal privacy?
Lorrie Cranor, of Carnegie Mellon University, explains how the internet of things could threaten our privacy, and what we can do about it.
The latest high-speed internet breakthrough? Balloons
Google’s balloon-powered high-speed internet service is part of an effort to get remote parts of the world online.