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Arts
fromArtforum
3 hours ago

Material Matters

Preserving variable and time-based media artworks requires urgent, specialized conservation practices to balance access, responsibility, redundancy, and defining what to save.
fromConsequence
1 week ago

Suzanne Somers' Widower Built "AI Twin" of Late Actress

"Obviously, Suzanne was greatly loved, not only by her family, but by millions of people," he said. "One of the projects that we have coming up is a really interesting project, the Suzanne AI Twin."
Artificial intelligence
Law
fromLawSites
2 weeks ago

As Typepad Shuts Down, LexBlog Launches Rescue Operation To Save Nearly 600,000 Legal Blog Posts

LexBlog preserved 579,162 legal blog posts and migrated more than 150 Typepad-hosted sites, rescuing legal commentary and pushing its archive past one million preserved posts.
Writing
fromhttps://daniel.feldroy.com
1 month ago

Over Twenty Years of Writing Tools

Over twenty years of online publishing used many platforms; hosted services caused content loss, prompting a preference for Markdown files in Git repositories for preservation.
#internet-archive
fromFuncheap
1 month ago
SF music

Del Sol Quartet "The Vast Blue We" Live at Internet Archive (SF)

Del Sol Quartet and Internet Archive present The Vast Blue We, a musical celebration marking the Wayback Machine's archive of one trillion web pages.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago
Music

Internet Archive's big battle with music publishers ends in settlement

A confidential settlement resolved the lawsuit between the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project and major record labels over preservation and alleged copyright infringement.
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Apple
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

All 54 official iPod clickwheel games have been preserved and are accessible together for the first time through a community-maintained master library.
Privacy professionals
fromNieman Lab
2 months ago

It just got easier to make an archival copy of that website you're digging into

Reddit has blocked the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from archiving its content, raising concerns over link rot and the availability of web history.
from48 hills
3 months ago

Why beloved drag club Oasis is closing-and how its spirit must live on - 48 hills

"We need a Heklina Criterion 4K Blu-Ray edition," my friend quipped.
SF LGBT
Video games
fromGameSpot
4 months ago

A Really Fun Game Is Leaving Steam Soon But Costs Less Than $1 Right Now

Supermoves: World of Parkour is being delisted from Steam on June 30, but it's currently on sale for $0.79.
Video games
fromKotaku
6 months ago

Many Physical Switch 2 Games Don't Contain The Game At All

Switch 2's 'Game Key Card' cartridges will require digital downloads, triggering concerns over game preservation and environmental waste.
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