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This Week In Archiving 07/05/2021
Nexus Mods introduces mandated archiving for long-time storage of game mods, the scramble for unlisted videos rages on and VG preservationists manage to read a rare 2002 e-Reader card!
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This Week In Archiving 06/28/2021
Long time SNES manual preservationist, author and contributor to numerous emulation projects and friend to many game preservationists Near/Byuu has passed away on June 27, 2021.
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How to Archive or Scrape MediaFire Files using mf-dl
A tutorial on how to grab MediaFire files using Pyxia's mf-dl tool...
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YouTube will Private Old Unlisted Videos Next Month
YouTube is privating Unlisted Videos uploaded before 2017, starting on July 23....
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WhatsApp Steps Back From Locking Un-Updated Accounts
A few weeks ago we had reported on WhatsApp’s controversial Terms of Service update. Users who did not accept the new ToS would have had vital features and access to…
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How to recover your Yahoo! Groups from the Internet Archive
It's not too late to recover your old Yahoo! Groups. Read on to find out how to navigate through the Yahoo! Groups collections on the Internet Archive!
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WhatsApp’s Latest Feature is Holding Your Chats for Ransom!
Why and How you should backup your WhatsApp chats before May 15.
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Why Do We Need Proactive Archiving? Yahoo! Answers
Yahoo! Answers might be shutting down in a few days, but internet archivists are already prepared!
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The Legacy Of MadV, The YouTuber Time Forgot
MadV was an early YouTuber whose videos included music, illusions and collaboration videos. Notably, he organized the "One World" collab which was at one point the most responded video on YouTube.
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Community Spotlight: The Cutting Room Floor
The Cutting Room Floor is an online community who collect cut or unused content in video games. Assets hidden in inaccessible locations or the code itself, shortcuts used by the developers, unusual easter eggs, incomplete levels — you name it!