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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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Ubisoft's next Splinter Cell game will be 'a more stealthy version of Assassin's Creed' with open-world elements

TechSpot

The first Splinter Cell title dropped in 2002 for Xbox, PC, Mac, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. Ubisoft went on to launch multiple other entries in the franchise for traditional gaming platforms and mobile, but all came to a halt in 2013 when the publisher launched Splinter Cell:

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Amazon board member Thomas Ryder to retire after 20-year run

GeekWire

Ryder joined the board in 2002. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide; and Virgin Mobile. Longtime Amazon board member Thomas Ryder is stepping down effective Dec. 31, the company announced this week. He was the former chair and CEO of Reader’s Digest Association and held various roles at American Express.

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Construction software company Procore acquires Seattle mapping startup Unearth

GeekWire

Founded in 2016 , Unearth sells mobile software called OnePlace , which aims to bring together construction project data within comprehensive maps by using geographic information system (GIS) technology. Unearth Photo) Founded in 2002, Procore offers a suite of construction software products to more than 15,000 customers.

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Cyber Safety Review Board finds Microsoft security culture ‘inadequate,’ calls for accountability

GeekWire

At one point, the report says Microsoft’s leaders need to consider refocusing its product development, prioritizing security features over new product features, effectively reviving the spirit of the “Trustworthy Computing” initiative that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates famously instituted in 2002.

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Seattle’s CenturyLink Field, home of the Seahawks and Sounders, to be renamed Lumen Field

GeekWire

The facility originally opened as Seahawks Stadium in 2002, and Qwest Communications took on the naming rights with Qwest Field in 2004. Across the street from Lumen Field is T-Mobile Park, the baseball home of the Seattle Mariners, where naming rights were taken over by the Bellevue, Wash.-based

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Your future brain chip is now $280 million closer

Dataconomy

Clarium Capital Management LLC was established by Peter Thiel in 2002 as a hedge fund that specializes in macro investment methods. Peter Thiel & Elon Musk ( Image credit ) eBay bought PayPal in 2002 after it had transformed online money transactions. We’re extremely excited about this next chapter at Neuralink.