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RIP, Xbox Live (2002-2021)

Gizmodo

The name “Xbox Live” is dead. You’ll still be able to play Xbox games online, but the suite of Xbox’s online services will now be known as “Xbox network,” Microsoft confirmed today to The Verge. Read more.

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A GPS-Based Bug Could Roll Back Your Devices to 2002

Gizmodo

No one needs low-rise jeans to come back. Or capri trousers. And though they were supremely comfortable for their time, the Juicy Couture tracksuit can stay in the vault we put it in. Time has to stay synced precisely to the second, to prevent there from making a comeback. But a bug in the time rollback checking code… Read more.

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Older Honda and Acura models hit by Y2K22 bug that resets clocks 20 years in the past

The Verge

My @Honda 2007 CR-V clock now useless in 2022; resets to 2:00 MST on 1/1/2002 after every startup. As spotted by Jalopnik , reports of digital clock issues have been popping up in Honda and Acura forums all over the internet, with the issue only affecting older vehicles with navigation. 32-bit signed integer overflow of yymmddHHMM?

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Twenty Years of Blogging

Phil Windley

I started blogging in May 2002 , twenty years ago today. I wouldn't have started Internet Identity Workshop or been the Executive Producer of IT Conversations. I often think "Oh, I get this" and then go to write it down and find all kinds of holes in my understanding. I write to understand. Consequently, I write my blog for me.

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Study highlights concerns over satellite interference with Hubble observations

GeekWire

The images used in the study, which is the subject of a paper published today by Nature Astronomy , largely predate the deployment of Starlink broadband internet satellites. SpaceX has more than 3,700 Starlink satellites in orbit , providing broadband internet access to subscribers around the globe. That figure rose to 4.3%

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This DIY ultracompact computer has a mechanical keyboard

The Verge

It could very well have existed as a working sci-fi movie prop in the ’90s or an R&B video plot device in 2002. Small laptop designs have gone through phases; at various points, manufacturers raced to build compact and affordable internet-focused netbooks or joined Intel’s war on the MacBook Air with Ultrabooks.

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Amazon picks the rocket that’ll launch the first Kuiper satellites — and it’s not from Blue Origin

GeekWire

United Launch Alliance says it’s struck a deal for a series of nine launches of its Atlas V rocket to send satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation. In contrast, the Atlas V has successfully executed more than 80 launches since 2002.

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