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Facebook shares its Time Card atomic clock tech to speed internet services

Facebook on Wednesday shared hardware and software designs for its Time Cards, the devices it uses to keep its massive data centers working at peak efficiency. The timekeeping technology, based on ultra precise atomic clocks and navigation satellites, ultimately helps speed up services running at enormous internet scale. Just about every digital device has to know what time it is, …

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Want a new Z Flip 3 or Z Fold 3? Be prepared to hold onto it for a while

In the early days of the modern smartphone two-year contracts were standard. In exchange for a device, you’d agree to stay with a wireless provider for two years. In more recent times, as contracts were abolished and device costs rose, installment-plan financing has emerged. You’d pay down the price of the phone over the course of 18, 24 or 30 …

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