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SEVENTEEN YEARS AFTER A SEVENTEEN-YEAR CAREER: Alexander Mogilny is finally a Hockey Hall of Famer.
A FEW YEARS OLD, BUT JUST READ IT TODAY: How an attempt to win a TV Guide contest for a screening of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s finale episode, “All Good Things…”, took down the UCLA mainframe in 1994.
FLIGHTRADAR24 BLOG: Following the fuel: how the world tracked the B-2 diversion flights. Aviation enthusiasts went bonkers Saturday following US Air Force aerial refueling aircraft, speculating what it could mean with regards to possible bombing operations in Iran. Meanwhile, the real mission was taking place thousands of miles east.
BLEEPING COMPUTER: No, the 16 billion credentials leak is not a new data breach. Reports of a newly-circulating trove of credentials are accurate, but they’re not from fresh hacks — they’re a new compilation of prior leaks. If you changed your password the last time there was a big Facebook, Google, or Apple leak, you’re probably fine. If you didn’t, and/or if you use the same password for multiple things, you should 1) stop doing that, 2) use two-factor or multi-factor authentication (2FA/MFA) whenever it’s available, and 3) consider using passkeys if a site offers one.
FORMER HP CTO PHIL MCKINNEY: I Convinced HP’s Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days.
Man, I remember those days. I (along with the rest of the world) was three years into iPhone, but my phone prior to that was a Treo 650, and I’d owned a Palm IIIc in college. I was curious to see where Palm would go… just to see it spectacularly flame out under new ownership.
FROM HOLLYWOOD STAR TO THE SKIES OVER THE DAKOTAS: She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world - Ars Technica.