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☆ The non-profit behind Wikipedia and a crypto exchange are among the top companies for work-from-anywhere jobs, with some paying over $100,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

However, a 2023 Bankrate survey of over 2,000 adults in the US found that 64% of those already working prefer full remote work, instead of fully working in-person. Related storiesEvidently, remote work remains popular despite the pushback from companies. Companies that made the full list included cyrpto exchanges like Binance and Kraken, mobile payments firm CashApp, and Wikipedia's parent company, the Wikimedia Foundation. A director of engineering role with the Wikimedia Foundation pays between $167,046 and $260,066. Another Wikimedia Foundation role as a senior global movement communications specialist offers between $87,130 and $134,270.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, X, FlexJobs Organizations: Service, Business, Google, Meta, Twitter, Deloitte, Wikimedia Foundation, Media, Chainlink, Invisible Technologies, Foundation

☆ Katherine Maher Named C.E.O. of NPR
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Benjamin Mullin | More About Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

NPR announced on Wednesday that Katherine Maher would be its next chief executive, picking a leader with an extensive track record in the nonprofit world but without one in the realm of public radio. Ms. Maher was previously the chief executive of the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the popular online resource Wikipedia by raising money and providing technology infrastructure, among other services. She is the chief executive of Web Summit, an organization that holds technology events around the world. Jennifer Ferro, the chair of NPR’s board, said in a statement that Ms. Maher stood out because of her experience tackling “issues around reliable and accessible information,” adding that the search focused on candidates who could “reach audiences on new and existing platforms.”Ms. Maher, 40, will take over at NPR during a critical period. Listenership of traditional radio is waning as Americans adopt alternatives like Spotify and other on-demand services, pressuring NPR to reach its audiences in new formats.

Persons: Katherine Maher, Maher, Jennifer Ferro, Ms Organizations: NPR, Wikimedia Foundation, Web

☆ 10 companies that will let you work from anywhere and are hiring right now—some jobs pay over $100,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Companies in the marketing, education and gaming sectors are also hiring for more remote, flexible roles, FlexJobs lead career expert Toni Frana tells CNBC Make It. FlexJobs has identified the top companies hiring for work-from-anywhere jobs in 2024 by analyzing its database and seeing which companies had the highest volume of remote, location-flexible job postings between January and December 2023. All of the companies included in FlexJobs' ranking offer full-time or part-time remote jobs that don't have a location restriction and require no time in the office. Many work-from-anywhere jobs offer salaries well over $100,000. Check out:The biggest change coming to remote work and RTO in 2024, according to a tech CEO

Persons: FlexJobs, Toni Frana, Frana, that's Organizations: FlexJobs, Companies, CNBC, Technologies, Chainlink Labs, Wikimedia Foundation, Invisible Technologies

☆ ChatGPT, Oppenheimer and Indian entertainment top the most-viewed Wikipedia pages in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Sergio Padilla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Given its massive surge in popularity, the page about OpenAI’s virtual chatbot ChatGPT was the most viewed page on Wikipedia this year, amassing more than 49.4 million page views. The Wikipedia entry about the series drew more than 38 million page views. Virat Kohli of India bats during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 Final between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19, 2023 in Ahmedabad, India. The page for the league itself received more than 32 million views and the 2023 season receiving more than 20 million views. Chris Pizzello/APThe Oppenheimer film received more than 28 million page views, the page about real-life physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer himself received 25.6 million views while the Barbie film received 18 million.

Persons: New York CNN —, ChatGPT, ”, Anusha Alikhan, Alikhan, It’s, “ Oppenheimer, Virat Kohli, Narendra Modi, Gareth Copley, Jawan, Pathaan ”, Barbie ”, ” Barbie, Oppenheimer, Chris Pizzello, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Taylor Swift, Elon Musk, Lionel Messi, Andrew Tate, misogynist influencer, Tate, Barbie, Cristiano Ronaldo, Matthew Perry, Lisa Marie Presley Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York CNN — Wikipedia’s, Wikimedia Foundation, CNN, Indian Premier League, Cricket, ”, United Nations, Internet, Mobile Association of India, eventual, Australia, ICC Men's Cricket, Narendra, Getty, Men’s Cricket, Warner Bros, Los Feliz Theatre, Major League Soccer, Inter Miami, Premier League Locations: New York, ” India, India, United States, United Kingdom, China, Australia, Ahmedabad, Wikipedia’s, Los Angeles, Gaza, Ukraine, Hamas, Israel, Romania, ChatGPT, Water

Cosgrave resigned as CEO last month, saying his personal comments on the conflict had become a distraction from Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon. Web Summit appointed former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher as the chief executive. The Web Summit said more than 300 of its partners were coming to the event and that some "who were deliberating have come back on board and reversed their decision". The event attracts about 70,000 participants every year, drawing speakers from global tech companies and startups, as well as politicians. Reporting by Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira; Editing by Andrei Khalip and Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Paddy Cosgrave, Cosgrave, Katherine Maher, Maher, Gonzalo Calvo, Chelsea Manning, Kuo Zhang, Catarina Demony, Miguel Pereira, Andrei Khalip, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Web, Palestinian, Hamas, Google, Meta, Siemens, Web Summit, Wikimedia, Reuters, Ellanoor, WikiLeaks, Thomson Locations: LISBON, Lisbon, Israel, Irish, Gaza, Netherlands, Spanish

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. A magistrate at Moscow's Tagansky district court fined Google 15 million rubles (about $164,200) after the company repeatedly refused to store personal data on Russian citizens in the country. Google was previously fined over the same charges in August 2021 and June 2022 under a Russian law that obliges foreign entities to localize the personal data of their Russian users. Russia can do little to collect the fine, however, as Google's Russia business was effectively shut down last year after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine. Since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russian authorities have taken measures to stifle any criticism of the military campaign.

Persons: Vladimir Kara, Murza, Sasha Skochilenko Organizations: MOSCOW, —, Kremlin, Google, Apple, Wikimedia Foundation, Prosecutors Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Moscow's Tagansky, Russia, St . Petersburg

☆ Web Summit appoints new CEO after predecessor quit over Israel-Hamas comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Web Summit has appointed former Wikimedia Foundation CEO Katherine Maher as chief executive following the resignation of Paddy Cosgrave, whose comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict prompted some companies to withdraw from an upcoming conference. Cosgrave, who founded Web Summit, resigned as CEO earlier this month, saying his personal comments on the conflict had become a distraction from Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon, one of the world's largest tech conferences, which is due to start on Nov. 13. "In recent weeks Web Summit has been at the centre of the conversation, rather than the host. "Today Web Summit is entering its next phase." Maher led Wikimedia Foundation, the global nonprofit behind Wikipedia, for five years and is chair of messaging platform Signal Messenger, a Web Summit statement said.

Persons: Katherine Maher, Paddy Cosgrave, Cosgrave, Maher, Cosgrove, Conor Humphries, Louise Heavens, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: DUBLIN, Summit, Wikimedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Palestinian, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Israel, Lisbon, Gaza

☆ 7 companies hiring now that will let you work from anywhere—some jobs pay over $100,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In a work-from-anywhere job, employees are 100% remote, independent of location or time zone. FlexJobs has identified the top companies hiring for work-from-anywhere jobs right now by analyzing its database and seeing which companies had the highest volume of remote, location-flexible job postings between January and June 2023. The expanding marketplace for work-from-anywhere jobs stems, in part, from the "unprecedented" demand among working professionals for such flexibility, Flexa Careers reports. Many work-from-anywhere jobs offer salaries well over $100,000. Check out: The 10 most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs companies are hiring for in 2023

Persons: Keith Spencer, FlexJobs Organizations: Education, Wikimedia, Labs Magic Media, Entertainment, Wikimedia Foundation, Cash, Invisible Technologies Locations: U.S

☆ Russia fines Reddit for first time over 'banned content,' RIA says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationAug 15 (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting "banned content" that it said contained "fake" information about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court. Reddit joins a list of sites under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow deems illegal, including Wikimedia, streaming service Twitch, and Google (GOOGL.O). RIA said the court had fined Reddit 2 million roubles ($20,365). Wikipedia is one of the few surviving independent sources of information in Russia since a state crackdown on online content intensified after Moscow sent its armed forces into Ukraine. Wikimedia has previously criticised the penalties as "part of an ongoing effort by the Russian government to limit the spread of reliable, well-sourced information in the country".

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Reddit, RIA, Alexander Marrow, Kirsten Donovan, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Wikimedia, Google, Reddit, Wikimedia Foundation, Moscow, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian

☆ Apple and Wikipedia fined by Russian court for hosting 'inaccurate' news about the war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia has fined Apple and the publisher of Wikipedia for hosting "inaccurate" news. They were penalized under a law that holds companies responsible for hosting "untruthful" content. A Russian court has fined Apple and the publisher of Wikipedia for hosting "inaccurate" content about the war in Ukraine. The court fined both companies under a 2020 law that requires internet companies to block access to information banned in Russia. The Wikimedia Foundation was also found guilty of the same offense, per Reuters, and assessed a fine of 300,000 rubles, or just under $32,000, for hosting "inaccurate" content.

Persons: Apple, Timur Vakhrameev, — Organizations: Apple, Morning, Wikimedia Foundation Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow

☆ Russia fines Apple for not deleting 'inaccurate' content on Ukraine conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple Store in downtown Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoSummaryCompanies This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in UkraineMOSCOW, Aug 3 (Reuters) - A Moscow court fined Apple (AAPL.O) 400,000 roubles ($4,274) on Thursday for not deleting "inaccurate" content about what Russia calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported. The TASS news agency said it was the first time Apple had been fined for that offence. The company paused all product sales in Russia shortly after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, and limited its Apple Pay service in Russia. Moscow has clashed with Big Tech for years over content, censorship, data and local representation in disputes that escalated after Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine.

Persons: Yves Herman, Apple, Alexander Marrow, Gareth Jones Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Russia, TASS, Big Tech, Federal Antimonopoly Service, FAS, Wikimedia Foundation, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Russia, Ukraine MOSCOW, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Wikipedia’s Moment of Truth
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Jon Gertner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

At the moment, it goes against the grain to bet against A.I. The big tech companies, wagering billions on the new technologies and largely undaunted by their shortcomings or risks, seem intent on forging ahead as fast as they can. While Wikipedia’s licensing policy lets anyone tap its knowledge and text — to “reuse and remix” it however they might like — it does have several conditions. Mixing Wikipedia’s corpus into a chatbot model that gives answers to queries without explaining the sourcing may thus violate Wikipedia’s terms of use, two people in the open-source software community told me. In April, Reddit announced that it would not make its corpus available for scraping by big tech companies without compensation.

Persons: Theo, Joseph Reagle, Reagle, Reddit, Nicholas Vincent, Selena Deckelmann, Vincent, ‘, ’ Organizations: Northeastern University, A.I, Getty, Wikimedia Foundation, Google Locations: TikTok, California

☆ Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in UkraineMOSCOW, June 1 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday fined messenger service WhatsApp three million roubles ($37,080) for not deleting banned content, its first fine in Russia for that offence. Other Meta services, Facebook and Instagram - now banned in Russia - have been fined over content, as have the likes of Twitter and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google. WhatsApp, however, has previously been fined for its alleged refusal to comply with Russian data law and store Russian users' data on servers in the country. It has previously said information that Russian authorities complained about was well-sourced and in line with Wikipedia standards. Moscow has for years clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in disputes that escalated after Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

Persons: Meta, Alexander Marrow, Guy Faulconbridge, Gareth Jones Organizations: Meta, Inc, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Wikimedia Foundation, Russia, Wikimedia, Big Tech, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine MOSCOW, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ 10 in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs companies are hiring for now—many pay over $100K
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

While the concept of working wherever you want might sound too good to be true, with the right remote job, that dream can become a reality. In a work-from-anywhere job, employees work "100% remotely, are independent of location and, in many cases, are also independent of a specific time zone," says Toni Frana, a lead career expert at FlexJobs. Most remote jobs have geographic requirements, whether it's a specific country, state or city, mainly due to state and federal regulations that dictate where companies can hire people and do business. FlexJobs also identified the 10 most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs companies are hiring for right now by analyzing its database for the roles that had the highest volume of work-from-anywhere listings between January and April 2023. These two skills, along with time management and communication, are some of the most important qualifications companies are looking for in work-from-anywhere job candidates.

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CNN —A Moscow court has fined the Wikimedia Foundation for refusing to remove an article on Russian-language Wikipedia called “The Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia region,” according to state media. The foundation — which owns Wikipedia, a site with pages in around 300 languages, including Russian — has been fined 2 million rubles ($24,500), Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported Thursday. The court documents allege that Wikimedia refused to remove “material” about the hostilities “within the framework of the special military operation” in Ukraine and about the country’s Zaporizhzhia region becoming part of Russia, TASS said. Wikimedia had also been fined in Russia last week and in February, TASS reported. Asked about the possibility of shutting down the website in the country, the Kremlin said last week that a Russian alternative needed to be developed first.

☆ Russian court fines Wikipedia over military 'misinformation'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 2 million roubles ($27,000) by a Russian court on Tuesday after the authorities accused it of failing to delete "misinformation" about the Russian military from Wikipedia, the courts service said. Wikimedia, which owns Wikipedia, was already fined last year after it failed to delete two articles related to the war, including one on "evaluations of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine". The latest fine was imposed after the authorities accused Wikipedia of "spreading misinformation" in articles about Russian military units, Wikimedia Russia said. "So far, in the history of courts in Russia, Wikipedia has only had one successful experience of appealing court verdicts," the head of the foundation's Russian chapter, Stanislav Kozlovskiy, told Reuters. ($1 = 74.72 roubles)Reporting by Filipp Lebedev; Writing by Caleb Davis; Editing by Kevin LiffeyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/2] A man is silhouetted near logos of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Wikipedia in this photo illustration taken in Sarajevo March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Dado RuvicWASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by the operator of the popular Wikipedia internet encyclopedia to resurrect its lawsuit against the National Security Agency challenging mass online surveillance. The NSA, part of the Defense Department, is the agency responsible for U.S. cryptographic and communications intelligence and security. The U.S. government has said the NSA's surveillance targeting is authorized by a 2008 amendment to a federal law called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Wikimedia compared the interception by the NSA of its communications to the "seizing and searching the patron records of the largest library in the world."

☆ It's not just you — Wikipedia looks different
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wikipedia got its first desktop interface update in over a decade that includes improved search. Here's how the old Wikipedia page for Taylor Swift looked:Screenshot of old version of Taylor Swift's Wikipedia page. WikipediaAnd here's how Taylor Swift's page looks like in the new redesign:Screenshot of Taylor Swift's redesigned Wikipedia page including a search bar at the top and a table of contents on the left side. Over 30 different volunteer groups around the globe worked with Wikimedia Foundation on developing and testing the new interface. The nonprofit used global research and feedback from Wikipedia users as well.

☆ 10 companies that will let you work from anywhere and are hiring right now—some jobs pay $100K
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

If you're hoping to travel the world while working — or just never commute to an office again — consider a work-from-anywhere job. Although remote work has become a standard option for many professionals since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, most remote work policies still fall short of offering total flexibility. About 95% of remote jobs have geographic requirements, whether it's a specific region, country, state or city, according to FlexJobs. FlexJobs has identified the top 10 companies hiring for work-from-anywhere jobs right now by analyzing its database and seeing which employers had the highest volume of work-from-anywhere job ads between August and November 2022. Some of the most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs included copywriter, executive assistant and software engineer.

☆ Meta avoids showdown over news content in US after journalism bargaining bill shelved
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a key architect of the news media bill, has argued that the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is necessary to help small, local journalism outlets survive in the face of Google and Facebook’s advertising dominance. The News Media Alliance, a supporter of the JCPA, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Among those that signed the letter were the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Wikimedia Foundation and Public Knowledge. The tech industry launched its own offensive to keep the JCPA out of the defense bill, with groups including NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association announcing ad campaigns targeting the measure. Meta, meanwhile, turned to a familiar playbook in threatening to remove from the platform.

☆ Meta threatens to remove news content over US journalism bargaining bill
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN Business —Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added controversial legislation favoring news media to the annual defense authorization bill. The warning highlights the danger that Meta perceives to its business model in the face of the proposed bill, known as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). CNN has not independently confirmed the change to the defense bill. Among those that signed the letter were the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Wikimedia Foundation and Public Knowledge. Digital Content Next, a trade association representing digital media companies, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Kids Online Safety Act may harm minors, civil society groups warn lawmakers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Ranking Member Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) speaks during a Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security hearing on Protecting Kids Online: Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube on October 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. Dozens of civil society groups urged lawmakers in a letter on Monday against passing a bill that aims to protect children from online harm, warning the bill itself could actually inflict further danger on kids and teens. The American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future and Wikimedia Foundation were among the groups that wrote to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., opposing the Kids Online Safety Act. Sites would have to let their young users know when parental tools are in effect. The KOSA opponents warned that prescriptive parental controls could be harmful to kids in abusive situations.

☆ Russia fines Wikimedia Foundation over Ukraine war entries
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday fined Wikipedia owner Wikimedia Foundation 2 million rubles ($32,600) over articles relating to the Ukraine war, the head of the foundation in Russia told Reuters. Stanislav Kozlovsky said the penalty was imposed for not deleting entries that Russia has demanded be removed. The two articles, in Russian, were titled "Non-violent resistance of Ukraine's civilian population in the course of Russia's invasion" and "Evaluations of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine". Russia describes its war in Ukraine as a "special military operation". On April 26, a Russian court fined Wikimedia Foundation a total of 5 million roubles for similar offences.

Here are 10 hiring companies where you can work from anywhere in the world. It has compiled a list of companies that posted the most work-from-anywhere job listings between January and June. It said the three industries that posted the most work-from-anywhere jobs over that period were marketing, IT, and writing-or-editing services. The most popular work-from-anywhere job titles included copywriter, social-media manager, front-end developer, executive assistant, and recruiter, Flexjobs said. Here are the 10 companies that offered the most full- or part-time work-from-anywhere jobs in the six-month period.

☆ 10 companies that will let you work from anywhere and are hiring now
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-22 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Still, true work-from-anywhere jobs are hard to find. FlexJobs found that about 95% of remote jobs have geographic requirements, whether it's a specific region, country, state or city. All of the companies on the list offer full-time or part-time remote jobs that didn't have a location restriction and required no time in the office. "But as companies adopt more flexible arrangements, including location independence and remote work options, we anticipate people will have more opportunities than ever before to work remotely — and from anywhere in the world." Some of the most in-demand work-from-anywhere jobs included social media manager, executive assistant and front-end developer.

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