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Fact-checkers are facing severe challenges and political pressure while doing their “honorable” and “patriotic” work, one director warned. On Wednesday, International Fact-Checking Network Director Angie Drobnic Holan penned an op-ed for Poynter to mark “International Fact-Checking Day.” Though the day has been a time of celebration for her in the past, she wrote that the…
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal murder charges against three alleged MS-13 gang members or associates in connection to the brutal murder of a man in Florida. The three are accused of stabbing and shooting Gerson Vilelio Vasquez-Portillo, 22, in western Palm Beach County in 2015. He was believed to be an affiliate of a…
The original Microsoft logo | Image: Microsoft Microsoft was originally founded on April 4th, 1975, and the tech giant is now celebrating its 50-year anniversary. Microsoft started with a focus on personal computers, building the very software that helped it achieve an early goal of a PC on every desk and in every home. The…
Microsoft cofounders Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. | Image: Microsoft Fifty years ago today, Micro-Soft was founded by friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen. As the name implies, Microsoft was originally focused on microprocessors and software, and Gates and Allen created the company to develop software for the Altair 8800, an early personal…
In 2005, Microsoftâs leaders were starting to get worried. Windows and Office were doing well, but the companyâs lead software architect, Ray Ozzie, warned them that an emerging trend threatened Microsoft’s very existence. “A new business model has emerged in the form of advertising-supported services and software,” warned Ozzie in his famous memo. “This model…
General Timothy Haugh was nominated as head of the NSA and Cyber Command in 2023. General Timothy Haugh, the director of the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, was fired on Thursday, according to a report from The Washington Post. His removal reportedly occurred just one day after right-wing activist Laura Loomer pushed for…
Paul Allen (left) and Bill Gates (right) developed Altair Basic nine years before posing for this photograph together in 1984. | Image: Corbis via Getty Images Bill Gates celebrated Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary by sharing the source code that created the company’s foundation. The 157-page PDF available to download on Gates’ blog contains the origins of…
Former President Barack Obama told a crowd Thursday night that some sacrifice might be necessary in order to resist President Donald Trump’s policies. Obama spoke at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, on Thursday and accused the Trump administration of trying to destroy the post-World War II international order, according to the Washington Post. During…
Does your home have a ton of smart home devices running it? If you do, there’s a good chance that you’ve been out of the house when your internet has gone down and needed a way to quickly reset your router remotely to keep everything at home running smoothly. Tom from Carol Stream, Illinois, reached…
First things first, some exciting news: The Vergecast has been nominated for a Webby Award! This one means a lot to us, especially because itâs an award you get to vote on. Weâd be so grateful if youâd go vote for us once, or 40 times, or however many times the site will allow. (Also,…