Wikipedia at 25: Of collective knowledge and its fault lines
From utopian origins to AI-driven rivals, the "people's encyclopedia" has been shaped by debates over neutrality, expertise and the future of shared knowledge....
From utopian origins to AI-driven rivals, the "people's encyclopedia" has been shaped by debates over neutrality, expertise and the future of shared knowledge....
Marvelâs Deadpool VR. Meta is laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts apparently include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. It "appears" Twisted Pixel...
Mercedes-Benz is pausing the roll-out of Drive Pilot, an "eyes off" conditionally automated driving feature that was available in Europe and the US . As first reported by German publication Handelsbla...
British Airways announced a deal with Starlink in November. Courtesy of British Airways Lufthansa is the latest airline to sign up for Elon Musk's Starlink WiFi. 31 carriers have announced deals for t...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai (right) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (left). Anna Moneymaker—Getty Images/Reuters Apple enjoyed a long run at the top of the tech supply chain. Now, this prized position is be...
Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app Illustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Meta is switching off Horizon Workrooms as a stand-alone...
The Wikimedia Foundation said it has inked agreements with Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta to use its content for training LLMs....
Amazon's data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that's leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon Web Services will be the first...
Microsoftâs headquarters in Redmond, Washington. | Image: Getty Images Microsoft's library of books is so heavy that it once caused a campus building to sink, according to an unproven legend among emp...
It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies' skin - and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities ...
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Following the proliferation of the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on X, the platform has detailed changes to the Grok account's ability to edit images of real people. They match the changes reported o...
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Pendle will begin to slowly phase out its governance token vePENDLE and replace it with sPENDLE this month, offering a more flexible model it hopes will boost adoption....
CD Projekt has confirmed it issued a DMCA strike on a paid Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, after its creator refused to make it free for everyone upon the studioâs request. The R.E.A.L. VR mod for Cyberpunk 20...
Natural Cycles, the company behind a controversial FDA-cleared birth control app, is replacing its thermometer with a wristband that measures skin temperature, heart rate, and movement during sleep. T...
It's been 25 years since the launch of Wikipedia on January 15th, 2001, and it's come a long way from housing just 100 pages to becoming a behemoth of online knowledge with more than 65 million articl...
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FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said regular humanoid robots aren't sufficient for his warehouses. AP Photo/Eric Risberg FedEx's CEO said regular humanoid robots won't make the cut for work at his warehouse...