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News Flash: Kongregate is Fading
I remember playing a lot of Flash games. Good way to get entertainment on a budget of zero. One of the big sites for those, Kongregate, though, is beginning to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…