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On Sunday the Future Library, a project dreamed up by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson, was opened to the public in Oslo. After eight years, manuscripts penned by some of the world’s most famous living authors were delivered to “The silent room” on the top floor of the Deichman library, where they will remain for the next 92 years.Four of the Future Library’s eight authors travelled to personally slide their manuscripts into one of the 100 glass drawers in the room constructed from 100 layers of undulating carved wood.…

Photo by Kamil S on UnsplashMaking use of data analytics in daily lifeData Analytics is a professional domain. As a Data Analyst, my daily activities are emphasizing the needs and importance of it, digging through it to uncover insights for the entity I’m working on. I’m too used to deep-diving data for work and business benefits and didn’t realize how it can also be utilized to improve my own life.The fitness tracker has been an emerging trend in the past few years. I started using it in the past year and it’s been…

Blondie are opening their archive to create their first box-set release, featuring 36 tracks that have never been previously heard.Drawn from a hoard of master tapes and ephemera that lay in a barn belonging to the band’s Chris Stein in Woodstock, New York, the set – entitled Blondie: Against the Odds 1974-1982 – totals 124 tracks. Their first six studio albums are included, appended with demos, outtakes, alternate versions and rarities.These include a recording of the band’s first-ever recording session in 1974,…

Over 50,000 items already vaulted Embracer Group, the holding company that plays host to THQ Nordic, Gearbox Entertainment, and, most recently, Eidos Montreal, has announced the formation of a new games preservation archive that hopes to curate the world’s largest collection of video games, consoles, computers, and related chicanery. The Embracer Games Archive, which is housed in the company headquarters in Karlstad, Sweden, already boasts a collection of over 50,000 software and hardware items, from the oldest of video…

Relaxed and sunny, Mick Jagger went through the tracks on Exile on Main St with me the other day. The double album is about to be released (Rolling Stones records, COC 2-900). You know that the Sweet Black Angel (also the B-side of the Stones’ new single) is Angela Davis? he asked. In what sense? I said. We were set to play at home in France, he said. There was a poster of Angela on the wall, looking at us. So I wrote the song to her (or her image.) “She ain’t no singer, she ain’t no star,” Jagger sings, as the music zips…

Four Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked the CEOs of YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook owner Meta to archive content that could be used as evidence of suspected Russian war crimes in Ukraine.Ukraine and the West say Russian troops have committed war crimes in its 11-week invasion of its neighbor, in which thousands of civilians have been killed. Russia denies the allegations and says it does not target civilians.In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the lawmakers, including the leaders of the House Oversight…

If you're leaving Twitter or just spring cleaning your account, you may want to download an archive of your tweets first. Just because you're cleaning up your social media presence or quitting the bird app for good, that doesn't mean you have to give up your entire Twitter history. If you want to download an archive of your tweets, Twitter will provide one, and we can show you how to request and download it. Here's how to download an archive of your tweets. How to request an archive of your tweetsThe following…