Links of the day
I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive.
25 years of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the most inspiring projects of our generation. Imagine if we could take the dynamics from there to other areas of life? The world would be a better place.
Wikimedia Enterprise's new commercial partners. A new wave of leech AI companies has decided to pay for access to Wikipedia's treasure trove of data and information. Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity join Google, Ecosia, Nomic, Pleias, ProRata, and Reef Media, which were already contributing.
ChatGPT Translate. The best application of AI is translation. OpenAI now has a Google Translate-style interface in ChatGPT. (You could already request translations in the standard interface.)
TranslateGemma: A new suite of open translation models. On the other side of the AI battlefield, Google has announced new translation-specific models that promise to be more efficient. You need to know how to run these models in the cloud or on a super PC at home.
Digg. The latest reincarnation of Digg, this time with founder Kevin Rose, opened its doors to everyone on Wednesday (14th). Access was by invitation only.
TickTick 8.0. Smart task suggestions for today, a new calendar view (annual), and several visual changes mark this update.
stegodon. A CMS for blogs accessible via SSH that communicates with ActivityPub. The published blog can be read on the web and generates an RSS feed.
Drone Photo Awards 2025. The winning photos of the Drone Photo Awards 2025 are, unsurprisingly, breathtaking. (I recommend viewing the photos on a large screen.)
WebTiles. Hundreds (thousands?) of personal websites arranged in squares. It has zoom and a space to exchange messages with those on the site. Caution: it's a bit heavy.