As Wikipedia nears its 25th anniversary, the once-doubted online encyclopedia stands as a cornerstone of global knowledge, ...

"I'm not sure anybody's going to trust an encyclopedia that has a thumb on the scales," Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales told ...

In my opinion, Wikipedia is one of the last good websites on the internet. Outside of the occasional fundraiser, there are no ads, no dark patterns, and no clickbait—it’s just information. Which ...

Wikipedia is under attack — from accusations of bias, from AI scrapers, from Elon Musk — but the encyclopedia’s founder believes that transparency is the key to survival.

The next time somebody famous dies, head to Wikipedia. It’s likely that the entry for that individual will have already been updated to acknowledge the death. It’s a small example of the big success o ...

Wikipedia has often faced criticism for accuracy, but now the attacks are becoming political. One reporter says that's putting Wikipedia at risk. With over 7 million English language entries, ...

Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales tells David Plotz why trust, purpose, and transparency can make the internet — and our institutions — ...

Wikipedia’s co-founder sparked MAGA outrage by naming news sources the site has “blacklisted.” “The blacklisted sources are Breitbart, Daily Caller, Epoch Times, Fox News, New York Post, The ...

For better and worse, Wikipedia is one of the places most of us go to when we want definitive information on a topic. But a recent scandal is highlighting one of the major pitfalls of the platform: ...

Errol Barnett is the anchor of the "CBS Morning News," streaming on CBS News 24/7, and CBS News national correspondent. He holds a distinct perspective on global events through a reporting career ...

For more than a century, the long, stately rows of Encyclopædia Britannica have been a fixture on the shelves of many an educated person's home—the smooshed-together diphthong in the first word a ...