Wayback Machine
Coverage of Wayback Machine in the Nexus archive.
- Troy Jackson deletes past X posts about Graham Platner
Troy Jackson removed X posts about Graham Platner, including an endorsement and campaign event announcements. A spokesperson confirmed Jackson rescinded his endorsement of Platner. Our Revolution, a Sanders-aligned group, shifted its endorsement to Jackson, while some Maine Democrats criticize Platner's campaign tactics.
- Mindgems photo dupe scanner bait and switch???
A user purchased a duplicate file scanner for HEIC files, but later discovered HEIC support was excluded from the base version despite not being clearly noted in the comparison table. The company accused the user of lying, offered a pro version to delete a negative Trustpilot review, and updated their site to add unsupported features, which the user claims were not present in a screenshot taken three days prior.
- A Tough Day for NPR
NPR erroneously published a report claiming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had retired, later retracted it after the Court denied the claim. The error stemmed from reporter Nina Totenberg mishearing a statement and using a prewritten story, which included a typo. The mistake caused widespread retraction efforts and amplified media chaos during a busy ruling day.
- Tell NYT, Atlantic, USA Today to Keep Wayback Machine
The article discusses the importance of preserving online archives and suggests that news outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today should maintain their own Wayback Machines. This would help to preserve historical online content. The article is hosted on the savethearchive.com website.
- This was the second Bitcoin logo created by Satoshi Nakamoto in mid 2010, and used in Bitcoin node software (commit 86). Surprisingly, before yesterday, this logo found in the original Sourceforge Bitcoin repo, was not saved to the waybackmachine archive. So I took a snapshot for history.
Satoshi Nakamoto created a second Bitcoin logo in mid 2010, which was used in Bitcoin node software and recently saved to the Wayback Machine archive. The logo was found in the original Sourceforge Bitcoin repository. A snapshot was taken for historical purposes.
- The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
The Wayback Machine, a key internet archiving tool, faces threats as major news outlets cut access. Journalists and advocacy groups are working to protect the Internet Archive's web page collection.