The Wikipedia-themed sale at Christie’s also featured an iMac used by Wales to create Wikipedia, which sold for $187,500. After celebrating its 20th anniversary in January, the free internet ...

Following in the footsteps of Tim Berners-Lee and others, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is auctioning off a piece of internet history. Starting today, you can bid in a Christie’s auction to obtain ...

The personal computer that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales used when programming the online reference resource 20 years ago is going under the hammer, along with an NFT memorializing his first edit on ...

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Wikipedia's first edited work, the "Hello World" section, has been sold as an NFT (No-Fungible Token). Aside from this, the very first iMac used to create the giant online encyclopedia was also ...

Online sneaker marketplace The Edit Ldn is opening the digital doors to its first premium store in the metaverse. The shop will operate within Bloktopia, a VR skyscraper with 21 floors to represent ...

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has auctioned off a non-fungible token (NFT) of the first edit ever made on the site. Wales typed the words “Hello, World!” after launching Wikipedia on January 15, ...

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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has auctioned off a non-fungible token (NFT) of the first edit ever made on the site. Wales typed the words “Hello, World!” after launching Wikipedia on January 15, ...

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has auctioned off a non-fungible token (NFT) of the first edit ever made on the site. Wales typed the words “Hello, World!” after launching Wikipedia on January 15, ...