The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is often referred to as an "open-source" project because it is written, edited and policed by a global group of volunteers. However, the open-source label doesn't ...

Before he was recently banned from Wikipedia, Techyan was one of dozens of volunteers preparing to speak at last summer’s Wikimania, the free-knowledge movement’s annual conference. Born in China’s ...

Katherine Maher, the newly installed chief executive of National Public Radio, said she sought to crack down on the “free and open” ethos at her previous job running Wikipedia because it was based on ...

There have been rumblings in the Wikimedia community since last year that a better search engine is on the way and it looks like that’s true – but not everyone’s happy. In a $250,000 grant document ...

House Republicans announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27, that they have launched an investigation into Wikipedia, alleging that the internet encyclopedia has organized efforts to “inject bias” into its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katherine Maher, the newly installed chief executive of National Public Radio, said she sought to crack down on the “free and open ...