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Elon Musk Among Tech Billionaires Aiming to 'Defund' Wikipedia, Calling It 'An Extension of Legacy Media Propaganda'

Elon Musk and a cohort of tech billionaires are rallying together to delegitimize Wikipedia.

Latin Times · Jan 22, 2025

Elon Musk’s daughter gives fiery response to ‘Nazi salute’ accusations

Vivian Wilson, who often criticizes her estranged father, has responded to Elon Musk’s controversial gesture at Trump’s inauguration rally

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his controversial gesture a ‘Nazi salute’

‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted on his social media platform X

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages

With half of all languages predicted to die out in decades, activists are turning to online tools to preserve them

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025

'No More Donations to Wikipedia': Elon Musk Slams Site Over Alleged Erroneous Deletions to Bill Clinton's Page

Musk quote-retweeted a video from the user @BGatesIsaPyscho and stated, 'No more donations to @Wikipedia until they start being truthful'.

International Business Times UK · Jan 1, 2025

Can animals make ‘art’? These examples from nature suggest so

According to Britannica, “art” can be described as something “consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination” – whereas Wikipedia defines it more narrowly as a human activity. But are humans the only species that makes art?

The Conversation · Jan 1, 2025

'Father of ...': Sam Konstas' Wikipedia page gets doctored after onslaught against India at MCG

Australia's 19-year-old batting prodigy, Sam Konstas, stole the spotlight on the opening day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Thursday with a scintillating half-century on debut. The teenager's fearless strokeplay and audacious attitude left fans in awe and sparked an unusual flurry of activity on…

The Times of India · Dec 26, 2024

Fact check: Misleading Google search results on UK asylum seeker crime rate

Full Fact has seen what appear to be screenshots of Google results on this topic shared on social media in recent months.

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024

Ferns’ ability to evolve ‘backward’ offers insights into the meandering path of evolution

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You’d see a resemblance, but each generation would look distinct from its predecessors. This is the process of evolution in its simplest form: descent with modification.

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2024

How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens – and what we can learn from it

Stars are born, live and die in spectacular ways, with their deaths marked by one of the biggest known explosions in the Universe. Like a campfire needs wood to keep burning, a star relies on nuclear fusion — primarily using hydrogen as fuel — to generate energy and counteract the…

The Conversation · Dec 12, 2024