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Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack
By Craig Hale published
Wikipedia's consensus is to blacklist Archive.today after the site was involved in DDoS attacks launched against a blogger.

Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
By Craig Hale published
Wikipedia reminds us how important it is for AI training, which is why many tech firms pay for enterprise subscriptions.

Case dismissed – Wikipedia loses UK Online Safety Act legal challenge, but it may still be safe from age checks
By Chiara Castro published
The Wikimedia Foundation has lost its legal challenge against the Online Safety Act, but it may still be on the right track to resist new rules.

Watch out - sharing a Wikipedia link on Slack could be a serious security no-no
By Sead Fadilpašić published
What if a Wikipedia link preview in Slack was malicious? There could be a way...

DuckDuckGo's new DuckAssist may give Bing and ChatGPT a run for their money
By Cesar Cadenas published
The DuckAssist beta summarizes search results using OpenAI tech to pull information from Wikipedia.

Roll out your own Wikipedia clone with MediaWiki
By Richard Sutherland published
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We show you how to install the open-source content management software that powers the world’s largest free online encyclopedia.

Meta wants to fix broken Wikipedia citations for good
By Will McCurdy last updated
New Meta project seeks to use AI to clean up Wikipedia's citations.

Wikipedia says it's done with cryptocurrency
By Max Slater-Robins published
Cryptocurrencies are "extremely risky investments", says a prominent Wikipedia contributor.
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