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Fact check: Wage claim confuses mean and median incomes from different years

The claim does not have any sources attached to it, but it seems likely that the poster is comparing very different figures

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2025

303 Ancient Geoglyphs Shrouded In Mystery Are Discovered, Thanks To Historians Teaming Up With AI

Archaeologists had a field day after stunning discovery of 303 floor carvings within 6 weeks in the Peruvian desert. Internet is floored by how they actually did it!

Bored Panda · Aug 18, 2025

Halle Berry’s Ex-Husband Said He Left Her Over Traditional Values, People Are Ruthless With Him

David Justice complained about his marriage to Halle Berry, who had filed a restraining order against him during their bitter breakup.

Bored Panda · Aug 13, 2025

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Case dismissed – Wikipedia loses UK Online Safety Act legal challenge, but it may still be safe from age checks

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.

TechRadar · Aug 12, 2025

Wikipedia loses challenge against UK Online Safety Act rules

A High Court ruling in the UK has quashed Wikipedia’s attempt to overturn part of the country’s divisive Online Safety Act. Judges dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to rules that could place the online encyclopaedia under the law’s strictest category of regulation.

Euronews · Aug 12, 2025

Wikipedia challenged the UK's new Online Safety Act and lost, but may have set a new precedent for fighting the rules all the same

The ruling "does not give Ofcom and the secretary of state a green light to implement a regime that would significantly impede Wikipedia’s operations."

PC Gamer · Aug 11, 2025

Wikipedia can challenge Online Safety Act if strictest rules apply to it, says judge

Wikimedia Foundation says it will be forced reduce access to site if it is classified as a category 1 provider

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

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Wikipedia loses Online Safety Act legal challenge

Wikipedia has lost a High Court challenge against the UK Government over verification requirements in the Online Safety Act.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 11, 2025

Wikipedia loses court challenge against Online Safety Act rules

The action sought to exempt the platform from new regulations

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2025

Wikipedia loses High Court challenge against UK Government

Mr Justice Johnson rejected the claims from the owners of the online encyclopaedia.

Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2025

Wikipedia’s ‘neutrality’ has always been complicated. New rules will make questioning it harder

Last month, the American non-profit organisation behind Wikipedia issued draft guidelines for researchers studying how neutral Wikipedia really is. But instead of supporting open inquiry, the guidelines reveal just how unaware the Wikimedia Foundation is of its own influence.

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2025

20 Ways To Slash Your Expenses and Simplify Life With Duct Tape

Wikipedia defines duct tape as a: “cloth- or scrim-backed pressure-sensitive tape – often coated with polyethylene.” Any way you define it, duct tape is a...

Saving Advice · Aug 8, 2025

YouTube's misinformation tools are applied inconsistently throughout Europe, report warns

YouTube labels to provide neutral information on topics laden with conspiracy theories are applied inconsistently throughout Europe, a new report says.

Euronews · Aug 7, 2025

The 10 biggest sites you didn't realise are impacted by age verification – and how each will verify your age

Millions of Brits must prove their age before accessing certain sites as age verification rules are enforced in the UK. Here are the online services that require these checks, which you may not expect.

TechRadar · Aug 3, 2025

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Reason · Jul 31, 2025

The U.K. Keeps Threatening To Censor American Tech Companies

X has begun restricting content related to Gaza for its U.K. users, and Reddit has implemented age-verification measures to view posts about cigars.

International Business Times · Jul 31, 2025

End Of $800 Duty-Free Rule Sends Shockwaves Through US Small Businesses

As the calendar turns to August, the impact of Trump's renewed tariff offensive is just beginning to ripple through the U.S. economy.

PC Gamer · Jul 29, 2025

UK secretary of state for science, innovation and technology says you're on the side of 'extreme pornographers' and 'predators' if you want the Online Safety Act walked back

Finally, we're safe from the nasty predators in (check notes) cycling forums.

Fortune · Jul 24, 2025

Google’s AI Overviews are cutting off the oxygen to the web

Google’s AI Overviews are fundamentally changing how users interact with search results, according to new data from Pew Research Center.

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TechRadar · Jul 23, 2025

Wikidata’s next leap: the open database powering tomorrow’s AI and Wikipedia

How a people-powered knowledge graph is reshaping enterprise IT, civic tech, and the future of trustworthy AI.

Bored Panda · Jul 22, 2025

Prove You’re The Reigning Champion Of Pointless Knowledge With This 25-Question Useless Fact Quiz

Think you know weird trivia? You’re about to find out because this quiz is packed with 25 of the strangest, funniest and most fascinating facts we could dig up.From cube-shaped wombat poop to laws about public flatulence and the president who allegedly kept an alligator in his bathtub. If you’ve…

Euronews · Jul 22, 2025

UK online legislation could threaten Wikipedia volunteer safety, group to argue in court

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia will argue this week that the UK’s Online Services Act could impact the safety and privacy of its volunteers.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2025

Is there any hope for the internet?

In 2001, social theorist bell hooks warned about the dangers of a loveless zeitgeist. In “All About Love: New Visions,” she lamented “the lack of an ongoing public discussion … about the practice of love in our culture and in our lives.”

Saving Advice · Jun 28, 2025

Banned In California: 14 Illegal Items You Can’t Have

California is known for its progressive laws, but some rules still surprise even longtime residents. From wildlife restrictions to everyday objects, the list of illegal...

Bored Panda · Jun 24, 2025

60 Times Wikipedia Articles Were So Scary And Unsettling People Just Had To Know More

Have you ever explored the weird side of Wikipedia?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025

The Mortician review – so queasy it will stay with you for ever

Even more staggering than The Jinx, this riveting documentary shows the truly atrocious lengths the manager of a California crematorium went to undercut his rivals. Absolutely not for the faint-hearted

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