The computer program at the origin of the Internet sold at auction
10,000 lines of code that radically changed the world The source code at the origin of the Internet, written by the computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1990, was sold at auction for 5.4 million dollars. The money collected will be donated to associations.
No more polystyrene packaging for kebabs
Prohibited since 1 er as of January 1, 2021, polystyrene packaging used in fast-food restaurants was allowed to continue until January 1, 2021 er july for the exhaustion of stocks. The scheme is part of the anti-waste law that aims to eliminate single-use packaging by 2040.
Strike at the printing plant of the newspaper La Charente Libre
On Tuesday July 6, the newspaper La Charente Libre was not published either on newsstands or on digital media. The reason for this is the strike of the printing plant's employees and part of the editorial staff following the announcement of a plan to close the printing plant, which has been transferred to Bordeaux, reports the daily.
The Imprimerie Solidaire becomes the owner of its premises
The Imprimerie Solidaire in Martigné-sur-Mayenne (Pays de la Loire) will own its premises in September 2021. The building has been sold to the company by Mayenne communauté, Ouest France reports.
Controversy over the new BBC logo
According to the British tabloids Sun and Daily Mail The BBC has spent "tens of thousands of pounds" on a new visual identity, almost identical to the previous one. The BBC has defended itself in a statement to have invested in the creation of a font, allowing it to save money by not having to pay a license.
