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The quest to keep organs alive outside the body (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-24 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: cryopreservation, organ preservation, alcor

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Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement” (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: kidney transplant, supercooling, organ preservation

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Xbox Brings OG Console Games to PC, and There’s a Good Reason Why (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: xbox, game preservation, original xbox

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PlayStation just struck a hammer blow to game preservation (engadget.com)

2026-07-03 | by Kris Holt | tags: playstation, sony, ps5

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Video Game History Foundation founder says piracy remains the only viable game preservation method (techspot.com)

2026-07-03 | tags: video game history foundation, frank cifaldi, piracy

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Computer-Aided Language Development in Nonspeaking Children (1968) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Language Development Software → | tags: internet archive, cultural heritage, libraries

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Flavor Graveyard (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Flavor Graveyard Mug → | tags: flavor, graveyard, food

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AI's Affordability Crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | get AI Development Kit → | tags: digital preservation, david rosenthal, affordability crisis

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AI's PR Problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get AI Ethics Book → | tags: digital preservation, david rosenthal, pr problem

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‘The Closet’ Is the Next Best Thing to Actually Getting an Invite to the Criterion Collection’s Fabled Closet (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-19 | get Criterion Collection Blu-ray → | tags: criterion collection, the closet, film preservation

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“The Closet” Is the Next Best Thing to Actually Getting an Invite to the Criterion Collection’s Fabled Closet (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-19 | get Criterion Collection Blu-ray → | tags: criterion collection, the closet, film preservation

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Stop Killing Games fails to secure EU law despite 1.3M signatures (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-17 | tags: stop killing games, european commission, video game industry

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The EU won't pursue a mandatory game preservation law (engadget.com)

2026-06-16 | by Anna Washenko | get RetroGame Preservation Kit → | tags: stop killing games, ubisoft, the crew

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Jeffrey Epstein’s Biopreserved Sperm Is Missing (futurism.com)

2026-06-02 | by Frank Landymore | tags: jeffrey epstein, california cryobank, coopercompanies

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Stop Killing Games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | tags: game preservation, california ab 1921, proprietary software

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The California State Assembly Has Passed the 'Protect Our Games Act' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | get Gaming Privacy Protection Kit → | tags: protect our games act, california state assembly, ubisoft the crew

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What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-28 | by Gwendolyn Rak | get Floppy Disk Data Recovery Kit → | tags: floppy disks, data preservation, cambridge university

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The Group Behind the Recovered ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes Gives a Hopeful Update (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-26 | get Doctor Who DVD Collection → | tags: doctor who, film is fabulous, television preservation

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What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-05-26 | by Gwendolyn Rak | get USB Floppy Disk Drive → | tags: floppy disks, data preservation, cambridge university

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FiveThirtyEight articles on the Internet Archive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get Internet Archive Book Scanner → | tags: five thirty eight, internet archive, web preservation

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Ben Welsh made an index of all FiveThirtyEight articles on the Internet Archive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get Internet Archive Digital Library → | tags: five thirty eight, internet archive, ben welsh

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Someone Dropped This Notebook in a Medieval Toilet 700 Years Ago—and It’s Still Legible (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get Antique Leather Notebook Preservation Kit → | tags: notebook, medieval, latrine

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California lawmakers are working on a bill to preserve access to online games (engadget.com)

2026-05-15 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Gaming Access Preservation Kit → | tags: protect our games act, stop killing games, entertainment software association

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The Remains of at Least 7 Probes May Still Exist on This Hellish Planet (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-12 | get Mars Rover Model Kit → | tags: venus, space archeology, probes

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Internet Archive Switzerland (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-09 | get Internet Archive Swiss Collection → | tags: internet archive, switzerland, sankt gallen

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Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the AI boom — Wayback Machine and Wikimedia punished by stratospheric storage pricing and stricter anti-scraping measures blocking the wrong bots (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Hassam Nasir | get Seagate External Hard Drive → | tags: wayback machine, wikimedia foundation, hard drive shortages

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Here’s how technology transformed babymaking (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jessica Hamzelou | get Smart Baby Monitor → | tags: vitrication, ivf, embryo freezing

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Does Your Fridge Keep Freezing Your Veggies? Here's How I Fixed It (cnet.com)

2026-04-28 | by See Full Bio | get Fridge Temperature Controller → | tags: fridge, temperature, food preservation

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Here's How Much Detergent You Realistically Need to Use (cnet.com)

2026-04-22 | by See Full Bio | get Laundry Detergent Measuring Cups → | tags: detergent, kasbah tamadot, clothing care

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A brief history of instant coffee (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Benjamin Stubbing | get Instant Coffee Starter Kit → | tags: instant coffee, coffee compounds, john dring