Wikipedia turns 25, still boasting zero ads and over 7 billion visitors per month despite the rise of AI and threats of government repression
As reported by Tom's Hardware, the ubiquitous, nonprofit, user-driven reference site Wikipedia celebrated its 25th anniversary on January 15. Though threatened by AI and censorious repression in the US and UK, Wikipedia remains a staggering achievement and a rare bright spot on the modern internet.
As Tom's Hardware pointed out, Wikipedia founder and public face Jimmy Wales made the site's first edit on a deliciously era-appropriate iMac G3 on January 15, 2001. That's the really cute, all-in-one...