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Seven things we learned from the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

And breathe. Formula 1's 24-race marathon is done, dusted, and to be firmly ensconced in the history books; it's already gone from present to past tense on Wikipedia.

Autosport · Dec 9, 2024

Most Visited Wikipedia Pages In 2024: Trump, Harris, Musk, Swift, Politics And Netflix Dominate List

Wikipedia has released a list of the top 25 visited pages in 2024. A look at the list and trends like politics and entertainment dominating the list.

Benzinga · Dec 7, 2024

Exclusive: Corpora.ai unveils a new AI 'research engine'

It's among a growing crop of AI tools aimed at researchers. But inaccurate summaries remain an issue.

Fortune · Dec 5, 2024

Yawnoc is a new wave-based roguelike where killing your enemies the wrong way could send them growing out of control, and it's dirt cheap right now

I'm just as bad at the Game of Life as I am at the game of life.

PC Gamer · Nov 13, 2024

People do care about extinct species, but not for long – new study

Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in June 2012. Overnight, George had taken not only his final breath but the final breath of his entire species, the Pinta Island tortoise, as it faded into extinction.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2024

Wikipedia ‘put on notice’ by centre over ‘bias’ amid ANI defamation hearing

While the Delhi High Court is hearing ANI’s defamation suit against Wikipedia, several media reports citing anonymous sources have claimed that the centre has put “Wikipedia on notice” over “many complaints of bias and inaccuracies” and a small group’s control over its editorial. 

Newslaundry · Nov 5, 2024

The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality

There’s a certain allure to the notion that some of the world’s brightest stars burn out at the age of 27. The so-called 27 Club has captivated the public imagination for half a century. Its members include legendary musicians Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.…

The Conversation · Nov 4, 2024

Heretic review: even Hugh Grant can't save this horror hokum

2/5 The foppish national treasure has been lumped in with a wave of English stars vying for Oscars glory, but this tedious horror nonsense surely isn’t his vehicle to victory

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

We analysed 35,000 Wikipedia entries about Australian places. Some of them sanitise history

Wikipedia articles related to Australia are overwhelmingly centred on cities, new research has found, with negative aspects of a place sometimes “sanitised” in articles by editors – avoiding mention of discriminatory Australian government policies or violence against First Nations peoples.

The Conversation · Oct 27, 2024

Going down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? Science says you’re one of these three types

If you’ve ever gone to look up a quick fact and just kept browsing from one article (or page, or video), to another, to another – then you know the feeling of “going down a rabbit hole”. This experience of curiosity-led online wandering has become synonymous with the free, user-created…

The Conversation · Oct 25, 2024