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A major project undertaken by the San Francisco-based Internet Archive has helped to restore some nine million broken links on Wikipedia. The ongoing work to re-establish the links has helped to improve the usability of the site and also boost its credibility in the process.

What's white, features the WIkipedia logo, and has the words "internet master" emblazoned on one side? Why, it's a shirt designed to raise funds for the internet's most popular encyclopedia. The $85 top is the result of a collaboration between Wikipedia and an L.A.-based streetwear brand.

Far be it from us to tell you to read less Wikipedia, but now, the online encyclopedia is making it a bit easier to stay on track and not get too distracted by the plethora of knowledge available on the internet -- page previews. It's the biggest change Wikipedia has made to its platform since 2010.

How do you present objective information about a news source? Crowdsource it. That's why Facebook is using Wikipedia entries in a new fake news tool.

After a conspiracy theory video that was later removed made it to YouTube's trending section, the platform is making changes to help cue viewers in to potentially false content.

In an effort to promote freedom of information, a cybersecurity expert has created a version of Wikipedia accessible via the Tor browser.

Wikipedia: The Text Adventure lets you explore Wikipedia articles as if they were part of an adventure right out of the '80s.

Burger King's new TV ad might be a whopper of a bad idea. It triggers Google Home speakers into reading the Whopper's Wikipedia entry.

Wikipedia and Asiacell announced a partnership that will see the carrier grant 11 million Iraqi customers free access to Wikipedia.

Wikipedia's list of its most-edited pages this year highlights the loss of some big-name stars over the last 12 months, as well as the most bitterly contested U.S. presidential election in living memory.

Wikiverse, a web-based interactive 3D visualization of Wikipedia displays the encyclopedia of the internet as a web of information to explore with a mouse.

Wikipedia really is for everyone, and that includes people who, whether due to visual impairment or for other reasons, are unable to read printed text.

Wikipedia has refreshed its app for iOS, putting an emphasis on personalization, ensuring that users can quickly and easily find content they want to read.

The Wikimedia Foundation has just launched the Wikimedia Endowment, which will serve as a “permanent safekeeping fund."

Last year, Wikipedia logged more than 5 million articles in English. These were the 25 most-researched topics of 2015.

As the U.S. presidential election looms, Wikipedia is becoming a major battleground for partisan politics.That inevitably brings conflict between editors.

The Wikimedia foundation has officially filed suit against the NSA in hopes of dismantling the agency's mass surveillance programs.

Wikipedia and its associated sites are going encrypted, making it much harder for anyone to spy on your browsing patterns.

Wikipedia has pulled together a ton of site contributions from over the past 12 months to create a video offering a lightning look at 2014 and to celebrate all the effort that goes into building and maintaining the popular online encyclopedia.

Potentially a case for the legal system, a British wildlife photographer is in a dispute with the owners of Wikipedia over the validity of a copyright on a picture that was taken by a primate.

After Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down from the skies on Thursday, the debate continues to rage over who was responsible — and part of that debate is playing out on Wikipedia.

A new Twitter account reveals all of the Wikipedia edits made anonymously from within the US Senate and House of Representatives, an attempt to improve transparency according to its creator.

A new Wikipedia project aims to record the voices of notable figures so that future generations can hear what they sounded like. Stephen Fry has contributed one of the first clips to the site.

The top searches on Wikipedia for 2013 have been revealed, with TV shows such as Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead proving popular. Movies, celebrities and politicians also appeared high up on the list.

At this rate, Wikipedia and Wiki-PR reps might appear on an episode of Maury soon.

Wikipedia editors have gone after paid "sockpuppet" users allegedly hired by a company called Wiki-PR, which charges hundreds of dollars to write articles.