Tag: wikipedia
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter threatens legal action over Meta’s Threads
Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform, accusing the social media giant of poaching former employees to create a “copycat” application. On Wednesday, Instagram parent company Meta introduced Threads, a text-based companion to Instagram that resembles Twitter and other text-based social platforms. Just hours later, a lawyer for…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Britishvolt collapses into administration
The battery startup Britishvolt has collapsed into administration after talks about a rescue bid from several investors failed, putting 300 jobs at risk. Britishvolt filed notice to appoint an administrator in the insolvency courts on Tuesday. The Guardian understands that professional services firm EY is waiting in the wings to handle the administration. Staff were…
Tech Digest daily roundup: NASA satellite to fall to Earth after 38 years in space
Image: NASA A NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth this weekend after nearly 40 years in space. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was launched in 1984 aboard the space shuttle Challenger. It was initially sent into space with a lifespan of just two years to study how the…
World’s ‘dirtiest’ websites: biggest carbon footprint revealed
A new report by energy comparison site Uswitch has analysed the carbon footprint of the world’s most popular websites to highlight the environmental impact of our digital lives. From sending emails and streaming content, to internet shopping and posting content on social media, everything we do online uses electricity. In turn, this produces carbon which negatively affects…
Turkish court considering Wikipedia appeal
Turkey’s highest court is scheduled to review Wikipedia's appeal against a ban on the online encyclopaedia for over two years. Turkey blocked access to Wikipedia from the country in April 2017 over the website’s refusal to remove content that the government said was part of a “smear campaign” against Turkey. The ban was implemented under…
Does Wikipedia have a European bias? And why does this matter?
Could Wikipedia be changing the way we think about the world? Check out this map from the Oxford Internet Institute. The map is really interesting: Analysts at the University have plotted 3,336,473 geo-tagged Wikipedia articles (in 44 languages) on a map, and as you can see - there are more articles inside the circle than…
The internet is a better teacher than a school – here’s some reasons why.
Today is GCSE exam results day here in the UK, when teenagers across the country will be nervously open envelopes to learn how they did - after spending the past couple of years putting in all that effort. Here's the thing though: School's a bit of a boring way to learn. So here's some hi-tech…
Wikipedia starts accepting Bitcoin donations
That's right - there's now something else you can spend your magic beans on! I guess trading your cow for them doesn't seem so stupid after all, now that you can support such a worthy project. Pic from here. According to the Coinbase Blog the company is helping the online encyclopaedia…
Jimmy Wales says he'd go "ballistic" if NSA tried to gain backdoor into his new mobile operator
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has told TechDigest that he will go "ballistic" if the NSA try to gain backdoor access into The People's Operator, the new mobile phone network that it has just been announced Wales will become co-chair of….
Top 20 Best Free Kindle Fire HD Apps – Temple Run 2, Pinterest and more!
Amazon's Kindle Fire HD is one of the best value 7-inch tablets on the market. Kicking off at £159 for the 16GB version, it's got a vibrant 1280×800 resolution screen and a bag-sized form-factor that make it a great on-the-go…
