[Link] Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45m Visits Per Month Makes No Money

Read: 21/3/2023 torrentfreak.com

After almost 17 years online, file-hosting veteran Zippyshare will shut down at the end of the month. Founded in 2006, Zippyshare was known for its free, no-nonsense, no-frills approach to storing files online.

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[Link] A Treasure Trove of Furry History Is Available on the Internet Archive

Read: 4/11/2021 www.vice.com

The Internet Archive is full of gifts: malware museums, secret public domain books, random VHS tape collections, basically any esoteric interest you can think of, there's probably an archive collection of it, built by volunteers who are just really into that thing.

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[Link] The Gamers Who Regularly Stream to No One

Read: 14/10/2021 www.vice.com

Alex has been streaming for an average of six viewers for nearly three years. Alex, who goes by cobaltgear on Twitch, has been streaming mostly pre-2010 games from his California home since 2017.  The numbers tend to vary.

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[Link] Lindsay Lohan Has a Fursona NFT

Read: 1/10/2021 www.vice.com

Lindsay Lohan has stepped into the NFT game, in case you're in the market of buying her fursona.

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