In the summer of 1991, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett bonded over a marathon conversation at a family getaway, sparking a deep friendship that saw them become iconic philanthropic partners. Their bond led Buffett to donate billions to Gates’ foundation, shaping global philanthropy. However, recent years have revealed cracks in
Delta Air Lines faced a colossal $500 million hit due to a major IT outage earlier this month that stranded thousands of passengers. The outage, caused by a flawed software update from CrowdStrike, led to the cancellation of over 4,000 flights and massive daily costs for compensation and hotels. The
Australia’s bold move to make Google and Facebook pay for news content they share turned into a high-stakes drama when the tech giants threatened to pull out of the country. But instead of leaving Google and Facebook cut deals worth $166 million annually with local news outlets, avoiding the full
When a major Windows update went haywire, causing a global tech disaster that disrupted flights, banks, and public services, China barely felt the impact. Thanks to its push for technology independence, China’s systems, including airports and payment networks, stayed mostly unaffected. Experts are using this incident to highlight the risks
Costco is making waves with its “apocalypse bucket,” a $80 emergency food kit that claims to last 25 years. This survival bucket includes 150 servings of freeze-dried and dehydrated meals like teriyaki rice, pasta Alfredo, and apple cinnamon cereal, all requiring just water to prepare. The kit offers a whopping
The nefarious agenda sweeping across the world under the guise of “climate change” through “sustainable development” is a two-edged sword. One is the anti-animal/anti-human ideology, and the other is the corporate takeover of our global food supply. At a certain point, they became interwoven, the “war on beef” was born
YouTube is tightening its grip on gun-related content by not only demonetizing firearms channels but also banning them from featuring any gun-related sponsors, even those not affiliated with Google. This move comes despite previous claims that advertiser complaints were behind the action. Instead, it appears that the crackdown is politically
A faulty update from CrowdStrike has caused widespread chaos, rendering hundreds of thousands of Windows computers and servers unusable across the globe, affecting major sectors like transport, broadcasting, finance, and retail. The glitch triggered an endless blue-screen-of-death loop, forcing IT teams to manually intervene, often needing to work through the
AT&T paid $400,000 to a hacker to erase vast troves of call and text logs stolen from its customers. This ransom, discovered through blockchain analysis, sparked concerns over national security and privacy breaches, especially given the magnitude of the data involved. The hacker even provided a video claiming to show