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A Big Mix Up: Streaming Service Mixer Shutting Down

The streaming platform Mixer, formerly known as Beam before its acquisition by Microsoft, will be shutting down on July 22 of this year. Microsoft cited difficulties and shortcomings in "scaling…

By themadprogramer June 27, 2020NewsNo Comments

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Weekly Summary 06/08/2020

Updates Unable to settle their differences peacefully, a number of publishers have decided to take legal action against the Internet Archive for their National Emergency Library initiative. https://datahorde.org/?p=693 If anything…

By themadprogramer June 8, 2020Weekly SummaryNo Comments

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Internet Archive in Trouble

So, you might have heard, but in case you haven't, the Internet Archive is being sued. https://datahorde.org/a-timeline-of-the-national-emergency-library-controversy/ This is a problem. IA is not only the best means we have…

By glmdgrielson June 6, 2020News1 Comment

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Weekly Summary 06/01/2020

It's the first day of June. Some might see today as an opportunity to turn over a new leaf, others as just another Monday... Either way, we can only wish…

By themadprogramer June 1, 2020Weekly SummaryNo Comments

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Weekly Summary 05/25/2020

Imgur's forums shut down, Street Fighter April Fool's games are back and a new tool to identify lost YouTube videos! Shutdowns Imgur's Community forums shut down on May 22, following…

By themadprogramer May 25, 2020Weekly SummaryNo Comments

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Weekly Summary 05/18/2020

When one door closes, another door opens. Cardcast dead, Google Play Music dying; 8tracks back from the dead! Shutdowns For starters Google is preparing to shelve Google Play Music. In…

By themadprogramer May 18, 2020Weekly SummaryNo Comments

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Weekly Summary 05/11/2020

Before we start, in case you haven't noticed, we've been going through some design changes. Most notably you should now be able to see a link to our Discord Server…

By themadprogramer May 11, 2020Weekly SummaryNo Comments

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Weekly Summary 05/04/2020

Wunderlist shutting down, Flashpoint 8.0, a lost Sega Genesis game and more! ShutdownsAs a reminder, Wunderlist the planning app will be shutting down in a matter days. The app has…

By themadprogramer May 4, 2020Weekly SummaryNo Comments

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Justice For All

So guess what what just declared public domain? Everybody's favorite source of reading material: legal documents! So some context: a guy by the name of Carl Malamud runs a site…

By glmdgrielson May 2, 2020NewsNo Comments

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Weekly Summary 04/27/2020

This week, we're talking about Fanfic Scavangers and The Eye going to see an Ophthalmologist... A small circle of fan fiction writers/enthusiasts have set out on a mission to archive…

By themadprogramer April 27, 2020Weekly SummaryNo Comments