Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

Conservative commentator Benny Johnson says the American dream is at risk—not because of policy—but because of a growing lack of "basic human decency and sympathy" from the political left. Johnson ...

British prime minister Keir Starmer on Friday appointed foreign minister David Lammy as deputy prime minister in a major cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Angela Rayner over a tax ...

The border wall built during the Trump administration now stands along roughly 190 miles of Arizona's border with Mexico. • It's 30 feet tall in most places. • Its steel bollards are six inches wide ...

Christopher Nkunku has reached an initial agreement to join AC Milan as the Serie A club prepare a bid to sign the Chelsea forward, according to reports in Italy. The 27-year-old has struggled to ...

Conservative commentator Benny Johnson says the American dream is at risk — not because of policy — but because of a growing lack of “basic human decency and sympathy” from the political left. Johnson ...

When Angela Rayner, the now-former deputy prime minister and housing secretary, was caught underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat, it was widely expected that she would step down. The ...

Angela Rayner's explanation for her failure to pay the correct stamp duty on her home in Hove rests on a claim that she was wrongly advised about her tax exposure when buying the property earlier this ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Angela Rayner has stepped down from her position in the UK government following an investigation into tax dealings surrounding the purchase of her new home. The deputy prime minister, who has been Sir ...

In the UK, levies are charged on property purchases, with higher charges due on more expensive homes and second homes. The UK's deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, resigned on Friday after an ...