Virgin Media customers across the UK were again left scrambling for connectivity after a fresh outage knocked Wi‑Fi and TV services offline in several areas, underscoring ongoing reliability questions for one of Britain’s largest broadband providers.
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The most recent disruption was...
Microsoft’s Copilot is no longer a novelty tucked behind a lab door — it’s become a working layer inside Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint that promises to reshape how claims teams do the daily work of workers’ compensation: triaging emails, summarizing medical records, analyzing...
Microsoft’s announcement that Puget Sound employees who live within 50 miles of a Microsoft office will be expected in the office three days a week by the end of February 2026 is a decisive reset of hybrid norms at one of Big Tech’s most consequential firms — and it changes the framing of...
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A recent internal compensation leak has pulled back the curtain on Microsoft’s pay structure, exposing dramatic gaps in base salary, cash bonuses, and equity awards across engineering levels and product teams and reigniting debates about pay transparency, hiring practices, and the real value of...
The evolving legal landscape surrounding marijuana in the United States represents one of the most profound shifts in recent social policy, impacting not just personal liberties but also how businesses operate, both locally and on a national scale. From the early days of Washington state’s...
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Microsoft’s evolution from a software-centric behemoth into an artificial intelligence powerhouse is reverberating not just through its product lines, but also throughout its internal compensation structures. The dramatic pay scale reshuffling within Microsoft offers a compelling lens on the...
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Microsoft is currently facing a significant class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom, alleging that the company has overcharged consumers and businesses for its software licenses since 2015. The legal action, spearheaded by barrister Alexander Wolfson, claims that Microsoft's pricing practices...
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I read this in the online edition of my local newspaper. I don't know what was expected by the woman who reported the story to the press but if she was looking for sympathy - the comments from readers appended to the story sum it all up nicely and as the comedy rather made my day I thought I'd...
It seems someone was so pissed off at being forced to upgrade she took Microsoft to court and won!
Microsoft pays 10,000 after automatic Windows 10 installation
The 2016 Global Knowledge IT Skills & Salary Survey report contains a fairly comprehensive roadmap of the current employment landscape (both and out of IT) and what will improve anyone's chances of retaining a job or increasing their compensation.
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Compensation plans to persuade users back to the Playstation Network have been met with a mixed response.
Sony has offered incentives to return to the network after it was hit by a major hack attack, exposing details of 77 million users.
It includes two free PS3 games from a choice of five...
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man who had his penis chopped off by his best friend Lyubomir while he was demonstrating his martial arts skills, is to help him get a new job - so he can pay for a new manhood.
The painful incident happened at 61-year-old Mr Lozanov's flat just outside the city of Plovdiv, where the two...
A learner driver attacked his examiner after he refused to accept a cash bribe in exchange for letting her pass.
Jin Su reportedly handed the examiner a red envelope which contained between £400 and £500 during her test and said: 'This will be good for you – and for me.'
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Bird lover Eva Hueber could be forced to pay compensation for 'irresponsible feeding' and might even face prison for the mess the birds caused in the Austrian city of Villach.
The property management company on the estate where Ms Hueber lives is taking action for 'many years of irresponsible...
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