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Wikipedia's desktop site is getting a revamp for the first time in 10 years
Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites in the world. And for over a decade, its desktop site's design has remained consistent. ...
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How to name your baby using machine learning
When I was young, I always hated being named Dale. This is mostly because my primary image of what Dales looked like was ...
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Can AI convincingly answer existential questions?
A new study has explored whether AI can provide more attractive answers to existential questions than history's most influential ...
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This tiny game runs directly in your browser's title bar — and it's kinda fun
TitleRun is a browser micro-game that exist entirely in your browser's title bar (not to be confused with the URL bar) — ...
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Vladmir Putin is extricating Russia from the world-wide-web
Tonight, if you live in Russia, it's time to party like it's not yet 1989. Soviet KGB agent President Vladmir Putin is ...
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Wikipedia's co-founder takes on Facebook with ad-free social network
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales thinks he can create a better social network. Called WT:Social, the network has no financial ...
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Internet Archive makes it easy to read books cited on Wikipedia
The Internet Archive this week announced it was partnering with Wikipedia to link the latter's book citations to the former's ...
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This site turns Wikipedia pages into 'legit' academic papers
M-Journal is a website that turns any Wikipedia entry into legitimate looking academic paper — and it even puts it behind ...
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Google tweaks algorithm to show less porn when searching for ‘lesbian’ content
Just last month, if you were to type ‘lesbian’ into Google, you’d be faced with a wall of pornographic imagery. However ...
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Wikipedia bios for women scientists are more likely to be flagged for removal
Currently, just 17 percent of the English-language biographies on Wikipedia are about women, and women scientists in particular ...
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How 'The Equal Edit' campaign is improving gender equality in Swedish history on Wikipedia
“The Equal Edit,” launched by the Wikimedia Foundation, recently partnered with Historiskan, the first journal in Sweden ...
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This physicist has written over 500 biographies of women scientists on Wikipedia
Physicist, Jess Wade, has spent the last year trying to improve the representation of women scientists on Wikipedia by adding ...
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Reddit's r/technology goes dark as part of #SocialMediaStrike
Reddit's r/technology subreddit has gone dark on Independence Day as part of a social media strike organized by Wikipedia ...
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Wikipedia titles you can sing to the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' theme song, tweeted
We all know the theme to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' is the world's greatest song. Somehow, it's been made even better. ...
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Larry Sanger will hide 'blockchain' on Everipedia to keep users comfortable
Larry Sanger says a better user experience is key to acheive full decentralization - but even the word "blockchain" might ...
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Futurist and filmmaker Ian Khan is live at TNW2019 – tune in now!
Welcome to the second day of TNW Conference 2019. We are kicking off our blockchain and cryptocurrency track, Hard Fork, ...
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Here’s why you’re having issues with Reddit and Wikipedia in the EU
The final vote on the EU's controversial Copyright Reform will take place on March 26. If it's passed it could have disastrous ...
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Wikipedia co-founder blocked from his Wikipedia account [Update: False alarm!]
Update: Turns out it was a simple misunderstanding. Larry Sanger told TNW he accidentally logged in with the wrong username ...
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Decentralized Wikipedia rival ditches Ethereum to launch on the EOS blockchain
Everipedia is the decentralized internet's new encyclopaedia, now live on EOS - despite developers admitting its blockchain ...
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Amazon Echo review: Alexa's a great listener, but is awful at search
Amazon Echo review: The nine-inch tall cylinder is designed to be a personal assistant but it still feels very much like ...