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Yahoo, cornerstone of pre-2000 old web, is bouncing back
Nilay Patel, writing for The Verge: After a long series of mergers and spinouts and an extremely odd moment where it was part of Verizon, Yahoo is once again an independent, privately held company. And it has big properties in sports and finance, and, against all odds, email, where it's growing with young people. Gen Z loves Yahoo Mail, people. You heard it here first. If we want a return — at least in part — to the ethos of the so-called "old web", a period — debatably — spanning […]https://disassociated.com/yahoo-cornerstone-pre-2000-old-web-bouncing-back/
🔖 Bookmarked: GeoCities, webrings, and the cozy connectedness of the ‘90s internet https://www.mic.com/impact/how-geocities-webrings-made-the-90s-internet-a-cozier-place-19638198
How GeoCities webrings made the ‘90s internet a cozier place.
🔥 Read more: https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/geocities-webrings-and-the-cozy-connectedness-of-the-90s-internet/
Believe it or not, the internet used to feel a lot cozier. In the early days of the World Wide Web, as many of us called it back then, going online was like exploring the Wild West. In those days, seeking out the content you wanted online wasn't…
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....
Blocking Internet Archive Won't Stop AI, but Will Erase Web's Historical Record
#HackerNews #BlockingInternetArchive #AI #Ethics #WebHistory #DigitalPreservation #InternetAccess
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....
**Blocking the Internet Archive Won't Stop AI — It Will Erase the Web's Historical Record**
#InternetArchive #AI #DigitalPreservation #WebHistory #Censorship
Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....
Internet Infrastructure Walks #LDN in April, May, and June.
https://rifio.dev/events/by/Internet%20Infrastructure%20Walks
#WebHistory #WWW #InternetHistory #Infrastructure #Maintenance
Who remembers this website? My wife did not!
https://web.archive.org/web/20250704192401/http://blackpeopleloveus.com/
1997 Nintendo: Iconic Vintage Drop
Dive into the 1997 digital frontier with this Nintendo 64 magazine feature, reviewing pioneering fan websites like 'N64 Code Centre' and 'Bowsers Pipeline.'
#nintendo #nintendo64 #n64 #internetguide #1997 #90s #retrogaming #retrotech #earlyweb #digitalfrontier #gamingwebsites #nostalgia #n64codecentre #bowserspipeline #webhistory #vintagegaming
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