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Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

"Rick Weiland and I (Bill Gates) wrote the 6502 BASIC," Gates commented on the Page Table blog in 2010. "I put the WAIT ...

Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...
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Microsoft open-sources the 6502 BASIC coded by Bill Gates himself

GOTO 1976 Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers.… As the software colossus explained in a Wednesday post, ...

Roblox to begin using 'facial age estimation technology' on its users, promises to 'limit communication between adults and minors unless they know each other in the real world'

The new system, combined with verified IDs and parental consent, "will provide a more accurate measure of a user's age" than what's available now.