The perpetrator calls his father to report his achievement. That the perpetrator was motivated by a desire for his father’s admiration and positive regard is indicated. In enacting the role of ...

Lorenzo Rovagnati, CEO of the renowned Italian cured meats company Rovagnati, has died in a helicopter crash. The accident ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Valentine's day comes but once a year but its sentiments can be enduring. Sending readers goodwill this week and always!

I created a viral infinite scrolling Wikipedia page in just hours. I think this shows people may be tired of highly curated ...

WikiTok users can swipe through an endless stream of Wikipedia article stubs, discovering random facts and interesting ...

WikiTok, a website created by software developer Isaac Gemal, lets you scroll endlessly through excerpts of Wikipedia entries.

New York-based software engineer made 'WikiTok' by fusing Wikipedia and TikTok to counter opaque social media algorithms that ...

The Wikimedia Foundation will likely soon have to contend with “the rising noise of criticism from Elon Musk and others,” as founder Jimmy Wales recently put it. It’s already taking measures to ...

There is a moment every week dedicated to placing my face in front of my phone screen: my children's karate practice. While they are learning their kicks and punches, I mindlessly scroll through ...

A developer named Isaac Gemal spent a few hours coding using Anthropic’s Claude last week to make WikiTok, a site with a ...

In the latest episode of the Alan Smithee podcast, hosts Scott Simmons, Michael Kammes and Katie Hinsen reconvene after a ...