Wikipedia has been working on new ways to bring its 25 million articles to more users in developing markets, where smartphones and internet connectivity are still sporadic. The latest plan is let ...
During the previous century, as recently as a couple of decades ago, we would consult multi-volume encyclopaedias to find information, but today’s students are more likely to turn on their computers ...
Wikipedia as a classic text adventure: this “game” now exists, and it’s thanks to a London developer who figured out a clever way to interpret the gushing fountain of data that is Wikipedia’s API. The ...
Wikipedia is an invaluable repository of information on the web, but until now it’s been nearly impossible to access offline without leveraging a third-party app or extension. To solve this problem, ...
Wikipedia really is for everyone, and that now includes people whose vision is not sufficient to allow them to read printed text (or who are unable to read for other reasons). Thanks to a new open ...
Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process? Credit...Illustration by Erik Carter Supported by By Jon Gertner In early 2021 ...