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Is it Cheaper to Buy a Phone on Contract or Outright?

If you’re upgrading to a new phone, you have two main options. The traditional way is to buy one from a mobile operator or carrier and take out a contract. This allows you to pay for the device over a number of months, typically lasting two years. As well as the phone your contract includes mobile data, calls and texts. The other options is to buy the phone from a retailer and pay all of the cost up front, paying separately for a mobile data plan. With flagship phones being very expensive these days, the…

105 Of The Most Disappointing And Outright Cruel Christmas Presents Ever Received

My ex got me, a 6’3” guy, a women’s medium white hoodie. I was so mad about it. She has a habit of getting others gifts that are really for her. I wore the s**t out of that hoodie. Time to mow the grass, time for the white hoodie. Need to fix the car, yep time for the white hoodie. She was so mad. Glad she’s an ex. smilingembalmer , RDNE Stock project/pexels Report First Christmas with my dad, his new wife, and her kids. They opened designer handbags, DVD box sets (this was almost 20 years ago),

Massachusetts weighs outright ban on selling user location data

The Massachusetts state legislature is considering a bill that would ban the sale of users’ phone location data. If passed, the Location Shield Act would be the first such law in the nation as Congress stalls on comprehensive user privacy solutions on a national scale. The state’s proposed legislation would also require a warrant for law enforcement to access user location data from data brokers. Today, The Wall Street Journal published a report with numerous details on the proposed legislation, following earlier…

Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Jack Dorsey’s claims of India threatening to shut down Twitter is an “Outright Lie”

Just hours after a shocking video interview of Twitter cofounder and former CEO Jack Dorsey was posted online, where he made allegations against the Indian government and said they threatened to shut down Twitter offices in India if they did not block accounts that were critical of the government during the farmer's protest, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has responded in a tweet, and called the claims an “outright lie”. He also said that Dorsey and his team were found in repeated and continuous violations of Indian…

TikTok faces outright ban in first U.S. state

TikTok received more bad news on Wednesday after Montana Governor Greg Gianforte (R) signed into law a bill banning the popular app from January 1, 2024. While more than half of U.S. states have already issued TikTok bans on government-issued devices, Montana’s action against the Chinese-owned app is significant as it’s the first state to impose a total ban on the app. “Today, Montana takes the most decisive action of any state to protect Montanans’ private data and sensitive personal information from being harvested…

Not Intolerance Anymore, It’s Outright Dictatorship: Nayantara Sahgal

Reacting strongly to veteran actor-director Amol Palekar being interrupted during a speech at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Mumbai when he criticised the government and was prevented from completing his speech, multiple award-winning author Nayantara Sahgal has said that the country is not facing intolerance anymore but is under outright dictatorship. "It's becoming a habit of this government to stop people from speaking freely. It's not intolerance anymore, it is outright dictatorship. We have all…