After retiring cached results at the start of the year, Google is now, as reported by The Verge, adding embedded Internet Archive links to search results so we can still view older versions of websites.
You’ll find the new Wayback Machine links right where the cached links used to be by clicking the three dots next to a link in the results and selecting “More about this page.” The option to “See previous versions on Internet Archive” should be at the bottom of the page. Changes to the search engine can take a while to consistently show up for everyone, so keep checking back if you can’t see it yet.
When Google Search liaison Danny Sullivan confirmed the retirement of cached links in February, he added a personal hope that they could be replaced by Internet Archive links.
Hey, catching up. Yes, it's been removed. I know, it's sad. I'm sad too. It's one of our oldest features. But it was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn't depend on a page loading. These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to…
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 1, 2024
It seems the idea reached the right people, and now the collaboration has been successfully implemented — the Internet Archive has detailed the feature in a blog post. The nonprofit has been around since 1996, archiving over 150 billion web pages to keep them preserved and accessible for researchers, historians, and anyone else who wants to have a look.
You can search the archive directly, but this new collaboration with Google will make it much easier and more convenient to access archived versions of websites as you’re going about your daily browsing.
As cool as the Wayback Machine links are, however, they’re not replacements for the lost cached links. These allowed people to see a webpage exactly how Google sees it, including all the edits and changes made. It was used for debugging, news gathering, and even as a VPN alternative.
Admittedly, most of these tasks can be completed through other methods now, and its original intended purpose to provide access to a different version of a page that wouldn’t load is almost completely unnecessary. The Internet Archive links are an interesting replacement that’s a helpful addition to the search ecosystem.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.