Amazon has doubled up on its commitment to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, as a new $1 million gift from the tech giant to the Wikimedia Endowment was announced on Monday.… Read More
Amazon has donated $1 million to the Wikimedia Endowment, a fund that keeps the online encyclopedia Wikipedia running. In a press release, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia,… Read More
The Arch Mission Foundation is partnering with Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic to have a miniaturized library sent to the moon’s surface aboard a lunar lander in 2020. The Lunar Library will include… Read More
Monika Sengul-Jones is, more or less, she says, “a professional thinker.” With a background in social theory and a focus on gender and technology, Sengul-Jones said she is concerned with… Read More
You may be surprised to learn that BlackPast.org, the most comprehensive African American and African history website in the nation — and perhaps the world — is based in Seattle.… Read More
The Seattle office of the Online Computer Library Center has been awarded $250,000 as one of the winners of the Knight News Challenge on Libraries for a project aimed at… Read More
Everyone’s got a pet peeve when it comes to grammar, but one man’s quest to rid Wikipedia of the phrase “comprised of” has made him into something of an Internet sensation.… Read More
While it’s fun to think about all the ways technology helps us lead better lives, it’s also fun to take a ride on the dark side once in a while.… Read More
It sure has been a busy couple of weeks for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. From squashing rumors about the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers to donating $300 million to… Read More
Sorry students, journalists, Internet researchers and just about everyone else looking for a tidbit of information related to, well, just about anything: Wikipedia is now officially dark. “For over a… Read More
The campaign to kill the Stop Online Piracy Act has lots of support from some of the Internet’s biggest names, including Wikipedia, Cheezburger and other big sites that plan to… Read More
Yes, kids, there was a time when Wikipedia didn’t exist, and it looks like we’re going to be transported back to it on Wednesday, courtesy a 24-hour blackout of the… Read More