Only 18% of Wikipedia's biographies are about women. Volunteers from the 'Women in Red' project are on a mission to change that.

Enterprise contracts would transform Wikipedia's relationship with corporations and level the playing field with tech giants like Apple and Amazon.

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopaedia featuring openly editable content created and sourced by users from around the world. Wikipedia is a volunteer service, powered and maintained by a full-time staff and thousands of contributors who work for free. Many facts on Wikipedia are supported by cited sources; however, Wikipedia […]

Anyone can sign up for a Wikipedia account and create a unique article or contribute to an existing one. Wikipedia has notability and core content requirements it considers before allowing a page to be published, such as the subject’s history of publication in legitimate sources. To help you create a […]

An American has been writing and editing thousands of articles on the official Wikipedia page for the Scots language, according to Motherboard. AmaryllisGardener, an administrator of Scots Wikipedia, has been misspelling English words on the site to imitate a stereotypical Scottish accent since 2013. The incident has angered some people […]

Twitter is testing a new feature that would show warnings below tweets from politicians and public figures that have been flagged as misleading by users, according to NBC News. Large, brightly coloured labels would appear below tweets reported as “harmfully misleading,” according to NBC. One version being considered would also […]

Wikipedia announced 2019’s most popular articles, and almost all were about the biggest stories in entertainment and pop culture. Marvel films (and superhero flicks in general) as well as HBO shows and celebrity deaths all featured prominently in the top spots. The singer Billie Eilish was the celebrity to rank […]

Elon Musk has been perusing his Wikipedia page and suggesting edits. The billionaire tweeted Sunday taking issue with being described as an investor on his Wikipedia page, saying he did “basically zero investing.” His page was edited to remove the word “investor” later that day. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to replace Wikipedia with a “Big Russian” version of the online encyclopaedia which he said will house “reliable information,” according to Deutsche Welle (DW). The proposal was made at the Russian Language Council meeting in the Kremlin on Tuesday. A project set in motion to […]

The US has blacklisted a slew of Chinese companies this year, including major tech entities like Huawei, from doing business in the country. On the flip side, China has long blocked major US tech companies, including Facebook and Google, from operating in the country. Here are the major tech companies […]

Reddit, Wikipedia, and Pornhub are all protesting against a new EU copyright law due to be put to a vote next week. Wikipedia has blacked out some of its European sites, while Reddit and Pornhub are displaying windows asking users to lobby lawmakers in European Parliament. The proposed copyright reform […]

For years, “High School Musical” actor Corbin Bleu has had one of the most-translated Wikipedia pages of any person in history. His page has more translations than anyone else alive except for Barack Obama. It’s bewildered people for years, since MIT analysed Wikipedia data in 2016. A Reddit user may […]

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wants to rewrite China’s censorship laws. He said he would stick the US First Amendment into the Chinese system, or failing that, introduce judicial reviews when China wants to ban websites. His comments come as Google is plotting a censored search engine in China, something Wales […]

So, you just got a new iPhone X, XS, or XS Max. Congratulations! Unless you’re coming from Android, this might be your first OLED smartphone. OLED technology shows more colours and greater contrast compared to LCD screens, resulting in a more vivid experience. Earlier this year, Apple put together a […]

The European Parliament has rejected sweeping proposed changes to copyright law that threatened to tear the internet apart. The proposals, which could have required the likes of Reddit to filter content and imposed a so-called link tax on firms including Google, have been sent back to the drawing board. The […]

Wikipedia’s Spanish, Italian, and Polish language versions was blacked out in protest against new EU copyright reforms being voted upon on Thursday. The new laws could force websites like Reddit to filter user content for copyright breaches and impose a “link tax” on companies including Google for linking to publishers. […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old member of the Democratic Socialists of America, just won the Democratic primary for the New York congressional race. She defeated the incumbent Democrat, Joseph Crowley, in what’s being described as a huge upset and shake-up for the Democratic party. What’s also surprising is that she didn’t […]