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Historic Tech Events

Hotmail Launches as a Free Email Service

1996

On this day, the email service Hotmail launched as a free email service. It was one of the first web-based email services and was acquired by Microsoft in 1997.

Lou Gehrig's Retirement Speech

Lou Gehrig's Retirement Speech

1939

Lou Gehrig's famous retirement speech, in which he declared himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth," was broadcast on radio and filmed for the newsreels. The event helped to popularize the use of film and radio in sports broadcasting.

Scientists Discover the Higgs Boson Particle

Scientists Discover the Higgs Boson Particle

2012

The Higgs boson particle, also known as the "God particle," is discovered at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The discovery was made possible by massive computing power and data processing capabilities.

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#STARTUP-ADVICE

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

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Valhalla, FLOKI's Flagship Browser-Based, Play-to-Earn MMORPG, Officially Launches On Mainnet

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phi-3-mini's Triumph: Redefining Performance on Academic LLM Benchmarks

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#MICROSERVICE-OBSERVABILITY

Microservices Observability: Leveraging OpenTelemetry in Real-World Systems by Gajinder Sharma

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#ZERO-TRUST-ARCHITECTURE

Beyond the Perimeter: Architecting Trust in the Cloud-Native Era by Mohit Kumar Singh

July 4, 2025

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#MICROSERVICE-OBSERVABILITY

Microservices Observability: A Comprehensive Guide by Brajesh Kumar

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Asic Marketplace Celebrates 3 Remarkable Years Of Excellence In The Mining Industry

July 4, 2024

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Zebu Live 2024: The UK’s Premier Web3 Conference Returns With Steven Bartlett, Coinbase, Solana, etc

July 4, 2024

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Venom Expands Into India With Dual Listings On WazirX And CoinDCX

July 4, 2024

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#TECH-WHAT-THE-HECK

Is OpenAI Stealing Your Content?

July 4, 2024

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The Noonification: At the Forefront of AI Research: Multimodality, Agents, Open-Source LLM, and Beyond (7/4/2024)

July 4, 2024

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Your Ideal Coworker: How To Develop an Innovative Product With a Help of Generative AI

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#DECENTRALIZED-VIDEO-STREAMING

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How I Built An AI App To Help Busy (Lazy) People Improve Their English Speaking Skills

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The Journey From A Failed Video Game To $26 Billion Dollars: The Slack Story

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July 4, 2021

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Mohammad Musharraf

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#CLIMATE-CHANGE-AND-BLOCKCHAIN

The Undeniable Importance Of Climate-Neutral Blockchains

July 4, 2021

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The Down-Low on Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Where Does The Money Come From?

July 4, 2021

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ERC20 Infinite Approval: A Battle Between Convenience and Security

July 4, 2021

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Building Android Apps with Agility: Continuous Integration

July 4, 2016

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