The Rise of the Internet

OpenAI released ChatGPT, igniting the generative AI boom.

s, cloud computing and big data matured, and artificial intelligence began to make headlines.

Apple released the first iPhone, kicking off the mobile Internet era.

Facebook launched, turning social networks into a central part of online life.

Amazon and eBay were founded, ushering in the era of e-commerce.

the first website was made publicly available.

s, the rise of browsers and personal computers brought the Internet to households around the world.

British scientist Tim Berners-Lee proposed the World Wide Web at CERN, and by

TCP/IP became the standard protocol of ARPANET, laying the foundation for the modern Internet.

when the United States Department of Defense funded ARPANET, the first packet-switching network, primarily for research and military communication.