Below, some older news on the topic.
Looking for an online article from 2013? It may have disappeared, new study says | Euronews
Looking for an online article from 2013? It may have disappeared, new study says | Euronews:
If you’re looking for an online article from 2013, there’s a chance it may have disappeared.
New research from the Pew Research Centre in the US concludes that 38 per cent of all web pages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible due to a phenomenon they call “digital decay”.
When researchers extended the time frame, they found that roughly a quarter of all web pages created from 2013 to 2023 no longer exist. Of that number, 8 per cent of those webpages were created in 2023.
Super cool: how can you read news on websites you frequently visit—without being disturbed by various visual elements of a specific site?
Let’s say you often visit news sites or blogs.
And, let’s say you would prefer not to see certain sections (the top of the site, the sidebar, the footer).
Maybe there are sections that bother you—”see more news,” “similar articles,” “subscribe to our newsletter,” “follow us on social media.”
I have a solution that allows you to customize the content of a page highly—you can choose not to display certain sections.
Here I’ve posted some filters that can be used ».
A tool that might be useful for HTML formatting: https://www.freeformatter.com/html-formatter.html
The solution is uBlock Origin – Chrome / Firefox.
See the video below.
Google Drive users are reporting the loss of months of data
If you have a Google Drive account, it’s probably worth backing up your files.
Details: Google Drive users are reporting the loss of months of data | Tom’s Hardware.
Google to begin deleting Gmail accounts in December
Google is all warning users that their Gmail accounts could be scrapped but there’s are ways to avoid it
Details: Google to begin deleting Gmail accounts in December – here’s how to save yours – Dublin Live.