The Internet Archive plans further action, too. It's promising to check more Wikipedia versions and speed up its ability to fix links. You'll also see it investigate the use of this process for other media, such as e-books and academic papers, and test methods that encourage writers to use links to archives instead of live sites.This may be more important than it seems at first … [Read more...] about Wikipedia fixes 9 million broken links thanks to the Internet Archive
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Internet Archive is saving all your favorite handheld LCD games
Announced Today: The @internetarchive is now emulating handheld toys and games, building on the work of the @mamedev_org team. These are not "remakes" but emulations of the original circuits. Announcement is here: https://t.co/yuKihutxVs spread the word widely. pic.twitter.com/fCjzNCMFBR— Jason Scott (@textfiles) March 18, 2018Archivist Jason Scott explains the … [Read more...] about Internet Archive is saving all your favorite handheld LCD games
Facebook promises to delete unpublished videos
New York Magazine. "We discovered a bug that prevented draft videos from being deleted. We are deleting them and apologize for the inconvenience." It's not clear how widespread the issue is, nor whether there is a way to make sure that videos have been deleted. We've reached out to Facebook and will update this post when we hear back. … [Read more...] about Facebook promises to delete unpublished videos