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Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
'Time Is Now a Medium': Academics Ponder NFTs at Oxford University Conference
Decrypt Media via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoOxford University opened its doors to NFTs last week with its inaugural OxBAT (Oxford Blockchain,...
Average Joes Who Married into Royalty
MediaFeed via AOL· 4 weeks agoDepositPhotos Happily ever after Royal families used to have a strict "equal marriage" rule for the monarch and heirs; royals married other royals....
‘Fluffle’ Was a Joke Name for a Group of Bunnies. Then It Multiplied.
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoWORD ON THE STREET Eastertime naturally evokes thoughts of rabbits, and this Easter, you might...
The Workers Behind AI Rarely See Its Rewards. This Indian Startup Wants to Fix That
Time via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoRajeshwari N., 29, left her job as a garment factory worker because of health issues. Now she is...
AI is already better at lip reading than we are
Engadget· 2 years agoThey Shall Not Grow Old, a 2018 documentary about the lives and aspirations of British and New Zealand soldiers living through World War I from acclaimed...
Ghana’s most popular language will be available to more people online
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoIn Ghana where English is the official language for education and commerce, four in five people...
This Chinese virologist shared crucial Covid-19 data. Then his research hit hurdles
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoScientist was lauded for his 2020 disclosure, but in the years since, people who know him say he has...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...