Wikipedia

For the first time in 10 years, Wikipedia has received a new look to its desktop interface, but it is not something very dramatic or over the top. What Happened: Wikipedia, one of the world's most visited websites, has, after a decade, made some changes in its desktop interface. These include a...

Wikipedia may be host to significant misinformation around the Russia-Ukraine War due to some malevolent editor accounts, according to new research. What Happened: Wikipedia has blocked 86 editors who accounted for 681 edits — 8.6% of the total — on the war between the two nations,...

Free community based online encyclopedia Wikipedia allows users to update sites with information and facts. Sometimes users take things too far and post funny items or inaccurate information. In the case of the word “recession,” multiple attempts to change the definition led to the page...

Wikipedia will no longer accept Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as donations. What Happened: Wikipedia editor and software engineer Molly White said on Twitter Sunday that the Wikimedia Foundation...

Tom Holland is best-known for his role in the massively successful Spider-Man movie franchise, dating back to 2016. Holland’s portrayal of the web-slinger has included several movies from both Sony Group (NYSE: SONY) and Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). Holland is currently starring as...

A non-fungible token (NFT) representing the first-ever edit made on a Wikipedia page was sold for a staggering price, as well as another NFT representing the pink iMac that the online encyclopedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales used to create the website. What Happened: Christie’s completed an...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Sunday dismissed allegations that he "stole" the automaker from chief executive Martin Eberhard, claiming that more of the workers at the electric vehicle company would have left with Eberhard if that was the case. What Happened: “When...

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk went on Twitter Sunday and encouraged his followers to “trash” him on Wikipedia. What Happened “History is written by the victors … except on Wikipedia haha,” the chief executive observed on Twitter — ...

The United States Department of Justice held a workshop discussing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act on Wednesday that grants technology companies immunity from legal actions arising from content published by third-parties on their platform. The Takeaways Attorney General William...

After a brutal couple of weeks, the cryptocurrency market bounced back a bit on Tuesday, with most major cryptocurrencies trading higher by more than 3 percent. Here’s a look at some of the headlines that were moving the cryptocurrency market today — and which currencies were on the...

Countering the fake news threat has become a real challenge for social media platforms, which also serve as avenues of news dissemination along with the traditional media outlets. When Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) recently said it, along with a consortium, is investing $14 million into the creation...

This week’s bitcoin news included Overstock’s (NASDAQ: OSTK) continued innovation, free processing from BitPay and one U.S. representative encouraging regulatory engagement from the bitcoin community. Overstock Wants To Issue Stock Via Bitcoin Technologies Overstock CEO Patrick...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) confirmed its acquisition of artificial intelligence startup, Cognea, via a blog post Tuesday. Cognea offers a stable of virtual assistants that communicate with people via relatable personalities. Depending on the user, IBM said, Cognea’s virtual assistants would focus on “...

After asking Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Siri and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google Now a series of 800 questions on a variety of topics, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster concluded both are ever so slightly above average, with each achieving an overall grade of C+. Asking questions both indoors and...