#websitedeath — Public Fediverse posts

Mashable: Ask.com shuts down after 30 years. “Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead. ‘As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026,’ the homepage now reads.”

Mashable: Ask.com shuts down after 30 years. “Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead. ‘As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026,’ the homepage now reads.”

Mashable: Ask.com shuts down after 30 years. “Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead. ‘As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026,’ the homepage now reads.”

Mashable: Ask.com shuts down after 30 years. “Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead. ‘As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026,’ the homepage now reads.”

Mashable: Ask.com shuts down after 30 years. “Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead. ‘As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026,’ the homepage now reads.”

Tom’s Hardware: 385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been ‘100% backed up’ and validated, torrents being generated. “A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been ‘100% backed up!’ This retro-gaming resource was on the precipice of collapsing last month after collection admins revealed that insufficient funding, rising […]

Tom’s Hardware: 385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been ‘100% backed up’ and validated, torrents being generated. “A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been ‘100% backed up!’ This retro-gaming resource was on the precipice of collapsing last month after collection admins revealed that insufficient funding, rising […]

Tom’s Hardware: 385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been ‘100% backed up’ and validated, torrents being generated. “A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been ‘100% backed up!’ This retro-gaming resource was on the precipice of collapsing last month after collection admins revealed that insufficient funding, rising […]

Tom’s Hardware: 385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been ‘100% backed up’ and validated, torrents being generated. “A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been ‘100% backed up!’ This retro-gaming resource was on the precipice of collapsing last month after collection admins revealed that insufficient funding, rising […]

Tom’s Hardware: 385TB video game archive saved by fans — Myrient has been ‘100% backed up’ and validated, torrents being generated. “A member of the Save Myrient community has announced that the colossal video games archive has been ‘100% backed up!’ This retro-gaming resource was on the precipice of collapsing last month after collection admins revealed that insufficient funding, rising […]

Hackaday: Video Game Archive Myrient To Shut Down On March 31. “Recently the Myrient game video archive announced that they’re shutting down on March 31st of this year, for a couple of reasons, but primarily the skyrocketing financial costs of hosting the archive. One advantage of Myrient over e.g. Archive.org is that – per the FAQ – every game on the site is curated and checked against a […]

Hackaday: Video Game Archive Myrient To Shut Down On March 31. “Recently the Myrient game video archive announced that they’re shutting down on March 31st of this year, for a couple of reasons, but primarily the skyrocketing financial costs of hosting the archive. One advantage of Myrient over e.g. Archive.org is that – per the FAQ – every game on the site is curated and checked against a […]

Hackaday: Video Game Archive Myrient To Shut Down On March 31. “Recently the Myrient game video archive announced that they’re shutting down on March 31st of this year, for a couple of reasons, but primarily the skyrocketing financial costs of hosting the archive. One advantage of Myrient over e.g. Archive.org is that – per the FAQ – every game on the site is curated and checked against a […]

Hackaday: Video Game Archive Myrient To Shut Down On March 31. “Recently the Myrient game video archive announced that they’re shutting down on March 31st of this year, for a couple of reasons, but primarily the skyrocketing financial costs of hosting the archive. One advantage of Myrient over e.g. Archive.org is that – per the FAQ – every game on the site is curated and checked against a […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

CBC: Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns. “In a statement, the National Trust for Canada said Parks Canada told provincial and territorial partners in December 2025 that the register ‘would be taken down in spring 2026.’ It said the reason given by Parks Canada was that the database had become technologically obsolete with security vulnerabilities and […]

CoinDesk: One of the oldest NFT trading platform which facilitated over $300 million in sales at its peak shuts down. “Nifty Gateway, an NFT platform, will shut down on February 23, 2026, and has entered withdrawal-only mode, allowing users one month to move their NFTs and funds. The platform, which once facilitated over $300 million in sales, had shifted its focus to building onchain creative […]

CoinDesk: One of the oldest NFT trading platform which facilitated over $300 million in sales at its peak shuts down. “Nifty Gateway, an NFT platform, will shut down on February 23, 2026, and has entered withdrawal-only mode, allowing users one month to move their NFTs and funds. The platform, which once facilitated over $300 million in sales, had shifted its focus to building onchain creative […]

CoinDesk: One of the oldest NFT trading platform which facilitated over $300 million in sales at its peak shuts down. “Nifty Gateway, an NFT platform, will shut down on February 23, 2026, and has entered withdrawal-only mode, allowing users one month to move their NFTs and funds. The platform, which once facilitated over $300 million in sales, had shifted its focus to building onchain creative […]

CoinDesk: One of the oldest NFT trading platform which facilitated over $300 million in sales at its peak shuts down. “Nifty Gateway, an NFT platform, will shut down on February 23, 2026, and has entered withdrawal-only mode, allowing users one month to move their NFTs and funds. The platform, which once facilitated over $300 million in sales, had shifted its focus to building onchain creative […]

Everything Typepad: Typepad is shutting down. “After September 30, 2025, access to Typepad – including account management, blogs, and all associated content – will no longer be available. Your account and all related services will be permanently deactivated. Please note that after this date, you will no longer be able to access or export any blog content.” Get information on exporting […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/30/everything-typepad-typepad-is-shutting-down/

Everything Typepad: Typepad is shutting down. “After September 30, 2025, access to Typepad – including account management, blogs, and all associated content – will no longer be available. Your account and all related services will be permanently deactivated. Please note that after this date, you will no longer be able to access or export any blog content.” Get information on exporting […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/30/everything-typepad-typepad-is-shutting-down/

PC World: Digg founder pitches Mozilla to save Pocket. “Pocket’s imminent demise has been bemoaned across the industry. Now, one entrepreneur has expressed interest in keeping it alive. Kevin Rose—who founded Digg.com, became a venture capitalist, and is now trying to bring Digg back—has petitioned Mozilla to let Digg take over Pocket.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/28/pc-world-digg-founder-pitches-mozilla-to-save-pocket/

PC World: Digg founder pitches Mozilla to save Pocket. “Pocket’s imminent demise has been bemoaned across the industry. Now, one entrepreneur has expressed interest in keeping it alive. Kevin Rose—who founded Digg.com, became a venture capitalist, and is now trying to bring Digg back—has petitioned Mozilla to let Digg take over Pocket.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/28/pc-world-digg-founder-pitches-mozilla-to-save-pocket/

PC World: Microsoft shuts down website for Windows themes and desktop wallpapers . “Microsoft plans to soon remove its official web page for Windows themes and desktop wallpapers. The company has not given an exact date for when this will happen. The site, which Microsoft says is outdated, has previously offered visitors downloadable theme packs for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/28/pc-world-microsoft-shuts-down-website-for-windows-themes-and-desktop-wallpapers/