TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Today Is Wikipedia Day

By TechTaffy Desk

Wikipedia

Thirteen years ago on this day, Wikipedia went public after spending five days on Nupedia, an English-language Web-based encyclopedia also founded by Jimmy Wales. You can read more about Wikipedia Day here. 

The English Wikipedia has 4,425,000 articles, and 30,600 editors who had made five edits or more (user stats from November). There are 30.3 million articles and 69,500 active editors across all languages. 

Here’s wishing Wikipedia a happy thirteenth!

[Image courtesy: Beko/Wikipedia]

Just in

Series E

Corelight raises $150M

San Francisco-based network detection and response (NDR) company Corelight has raised $150 million in a Series E funding round.
AI

Anthropic introduces team plan, iOS app for Claude AI

Anthropic announced two updates for its AI assistant, Claude: a new Team plan and an iOS app.
Industry

Tencent, Mercedes-Benz, EA partner for in-car gaming

Tencent, Mercedes-Benz, and Electronic Arts (EA) announced their partnership at Auto China 2024 to bring in-car gaming to Mercedes-Benz vehicles in China.
AI

Amazon Q generative AI chatbot now generally available

Amazon Web Service (AWS) has announced the general availability of Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant that leverages companies' internal data.
Fundings

Island raises $175M

Dallas, Texas-based enterprise browser company Island raised $175 million in Series D funding, raising the company's valuation to $3 billion.