Wikipedia Is Putting a Price Tag on Its Content for Big Tech Companies

Wikipedia is looking to charge big tech for use of its service, according to new reporting from Wired. The search tools and virtual assistants operated by Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook tend to rely on the crowd-operated encyclopedia; if you ask Alexa or Siri question, they will often times source Wikipedia in answer. And as of now, Wikipedia enjoys a sort of symbiotic relationship with these sorts of organizations; Google, for instance, has done much to boost Wikipedia in the algorithm as a...