Wikimedia stories
Lydia Pintscher wins European Open Source Award 2023
Yesterday
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Lydia Pintscher has received the inaugural European Open Source Award in Brussels for her pivotal role as Wikidata Portfolio Manager at Wikimedia Deutschland.
DataStax partners with Wikimedia for AI knowledge project
Wed, 4th Dec 2024
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DataStax and Wikimedia Deutschland are collaborating on an AI initiative to enhance open data accessibility, processing over 10 million entries in just three days.
HPE donates refurbished equipment to Tonga via non-profit Heilala
Mon, 26th Nov 2018
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Following HPE’s Sydney office refurbishment, the company donated workstations and furniture to organisations in Tonga through non-profit Heliala.
Review: Blue Mic's Lola and Ella headphones
Wed, 24th Oct 2018
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Blue Microphones is working on branching out into the headphone market. A reviewer checks out two of the companies offerings.
Check Point discovers critical vulnerability for Wikipedia.org and other ‘Wiki’ sites
Fri, 31st Jan 2014
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Check Point has revealed a critical vulnerability allowing remote code execution on Wikipedia and other ‘Wiki’ sites, prompting an urgent software patch.
US$500k donation kicks off Wikipedia funding drive
Mon, 21st Nov 2011
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Wikipedia's fundraising drive starts strong with a US$500k donation from Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, targeting US$28.3m in spending.
FBI and Wikipedia stand-off over logo
Wed, 4th Aug 2010
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The FBI has demanded that Wikipedia remove its seal from their website and has threatened legal action if it is not taken down.
Your data, as you want
Sun, 1st Aug 2010
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It seems everyone is ‘on’ Facebook, whether you are a government department, telecommunications business or simply someone with funny cat photos to share.
Power outage strikes Wikipedia
Mon, 5th Jul 2010
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A power outage at Wikimedia Foundation’s Florida data centre caused Wikipedia to go offline for several hours but it has since been restored.
Wikipedia tackiling 'vandals'
Thu, 1st Oct 2009
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Wikipedia is experimenting with tighter controls on its pages, to stop the posting of inaccurate, untrue or defamatory material.