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Bill Gates is Gifting Everyone With the Company’s Original Source Code
Image: Bill Gates/YouTube Fifty years ago, Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded a company called “Micro-Soft” in a strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Half a century later, the company has cemented its place among tech giants and ranks as the world’s second-largest company. Currently, the only company with a higher market cap is Apple, maker of…
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MSPs face scrutiny in Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
The UK government has called out managed services providers (MSPs) as critical to the UK’s cyber defenses in its proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. A policy statement released on 1 April contains a section dedicated to the role and regulation of MSPs, stating that as they “play a critical role in the UK economy by offering core IT services…
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Fears Grow Over Delay of UK AI Safety Bill to Appease Trump Camp
Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee. Image: UK Parliament/Flickr/Creative Commons Legislation that mandates safety testing of artificial intelligence technologies is at risk of being pushed aside by the U.K. government, the head of the tech select committee says. Labour’s Chi Onwurah warned that the delay may reflect political efforts to align more closely with the…
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Your T-Mobile Bill Might Be Going Up
T-Mobile is raising prices on more legacy plans, with some subscribers seeing a $5 increase per line. Some of those plans were advertised as having a ‘Price Lock’ guarantee. T-Mobile is sending a text message to some subscribers explaining, “For the first time in nearly a decade, we’re making an update to the price of some of our older monthly…
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AT&T will let you split your bill with people on your plan
AT&T has introduced SplitPay, a new payment option that lets those sharing a phone plan with others split their payment line-by-line, so no one person has to pay the entire bill. The company says the program is available for “select postpaid wireless plans,” and that those using SplitPay can still get multi-line discounts. It sounds like a nice idea, especially…
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What is the Data Use and Access Bill?
The Data Use and Access Bill is a piece of legislation introduced by the UK government to allow for a greater level of data sharing and data exchange within both public and private sector organizations. Introduced to parliament towards the end of 2024, the government says this bill could save millions of hours for many public sector workers as well…
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Prime Video top 10 has 3 must-watch movies — including a classic Bill Murray comedy
Prime Video’s top 10 is a great place to start when looking for something to watch on the popular streaming service. But just because a movie ranks high on the ever-rotating list doesn’t guarantee its quality. Case in point, Prime Video’s original comedy “You’re Cordially Invited” has held the No. 1 spot all week, but its 34% audience score on…
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Bill Gates’ nuclear energy startup inks new data center deal
TerraPower, a nuclear energy startup founded by Bill Gates, struck a deal this week with one of the largest data center developers in the US to deploy advanced nuclear reactors. TerraPower and Sabey Data Centers (SDC) are working together on a plan to run existing and future facilities on nuclear energy from small reactors. Tech companies are scrambling to determine…
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Wyden proposes bill to secure US telecoms after Salt Typhoon hacks
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon announced a new bill to secure the networks of American telecommunications companies breached by Salt Typhoon Chinese state hackers earlier this year. Wyden’s “Secure American Communications Act” will order the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue binding cybersecurity rules and implement the security requirements demanded since 1994 by legislation that instructs telecom providers to…
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Your Verizon Bill Just Got a Little More Expensive
If you pay close attention to your Verizon bill this month, next to the nebulous “Administrative and Telco Recovery Charge,” you’ll notice that you’re paying 20 cents more per voice and data line than before, as confirmed by Verizon spokesperson Greg Koroneos to The Verge. The increase, meager as it seems on the surface, takes the total administrative fee for…
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