On This Day in Tech History

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Historic Tech Events

New York City Loses Power

New York City Loses Power

1977

A 25-hour blackout hit the New York City area, affecting millions of people and causing widespread looting and arson. The event led to increased investment in power grid infrastructure and more reliable backup systems.

John F. Kennedy Nominated for Presidency

John F. Kennedy Nominated for Presidency

1960

Senator John F. Kennedy was officially nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency. He later won the election, becoming the 35th President of the United States.

Live Aid Concert Organized

Live Aid Concert Organized

1985

Live Aid, a globally televised charity concert organized by musician Bob Geldof, took place in London and Philadelphia, featuring performances by some of the biggest names in music. The event raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Stories Published in 2025

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Can Your LLM Handle an Invoice? I Tested 5—Here’s the Truth

July 13, 2025

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Complete Gemini CLI Setup Guide for Your Terminal (7/13/2025)

July 13, 2025

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Kasada Anti-Bot Bypass Techniques: Save Money with These Open-Source Solutions

Pierluigi Vinciguerra

Pierluigi Vinciguerra

July 13, 2025

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#SUPERINTELLIGENCE

LLMs: How to Build AI Superintelligence? [Hint: Storage]

July 13, 2025

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#QUANTUM-MECHANICS

Understanding Quantum Mechanics: A Tour Through Its Most Bizarre Interpretations

July 13, 2025

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What Do Students Think of Wisconsin’s Dropout Algorithm?

July 13, 2025

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Refactoring 030 - How to Avoid Accidental Redundancy

Maximiliano Contieri

Maximiliano Contieri

July 13, 2025

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You Are Literally Hired, If You Have This One Skill

July 13, 2025

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#POLICE-IN-AMERICA

In This LA Neighborhood, Residents Are Turning to Doorbell Cameras Instead of Calling the Cops

July 13, 2025

Stories Published in 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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#FUTURE-OF-WORK

Do Job Seekers Deserve Pay for Going on Job Interviews?

July 13, 2022

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#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

CVPR 2022 Best Paper Honorable Mention: Dual-Shutter Optical Vibration Sensing

July 13, 2022

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GameFi’s Potential Future Beyond the Blockchain

July 13, 2022

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Your Children's Data Is Being Collected by Educational Technology Companies

July 13, 2022

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Best Browsers for Gambling Tested & Reviewed

July 13, 2022

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Building the Next Metaverse with Metropolis World

Limarc Ambalina

Limarc Ambalina

July 13, 2022

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The First Crucial Steps for an Entrepreneur

July 13, 2022

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#PUBLIC-RELATIONS

3 Main Reasons Why TechCrunch Won't Feature Your Startup - Part 2

July 13, 2022

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Creating a Grouped Bar Graph using Jetpack Compose

July 13, 2022

Stories Published in 2021

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I almost quit my job until I learned from these mistakes.

July 13, 2021

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5 Ways That AR and VR Support Remote Workers

Rebecca Barnatt-Smith

Rebecca Barnatt-Smith

July 13, 2021

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#MACHINE-LEARNING

The AI Infrastructure Alliance and the Evolution of the Canonical Stack for Machine Learning

Daniel Jeffries

Daniel Jeffries

July 13, 2021

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This Week on Planet Internet: The Investor Next Door

July 13, 2021

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Why Didn’t Google Acquire Shopify?

Sahana Basapathi

Sahana Basapathi

July 13, 2021

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How We Used an E-mail Campaign to Bring Traffic to our Website

July 13, 2021

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The Advantage of Hiring Older Workers

July 13, 2021

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

An Essential Guide to Angular User Login and Registration (Cookies and JWT)

July 13, 2021

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How a Customer 360 and Dgraph Cloud Can Help Improve User Retention

July 13, 2021

Stories Published in 2020

Stories Published in 2018

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NEO: the Rolls Royce of crypto-tokens (and that’s a bad thing)

David Gilbertson

David Gilbertson

July 13, 2018

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How Can Esports Get Any Bigger? Here Are 10 Ways

July 13, 2018

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Why Bitcoin Can be Forked But Not Replicated

July 13, 2018

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5 Reasons Why We Need To Define Security of Blockchain

July 13, 2018

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OSINT investigation based on GAO report about firearm sales in Dark Web + Bitcoin tracking with…

July 13, 2018

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Why education system should not simply teach solutions, but the fundamental problem solving skills.

Rajasekar Elango

Rajasekar Elango

July 13, 2018

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3 Artificial Intelligence Cryptos Set to Start Trading!

Alexander Westin

Alexander Westin

July 13, 2018

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Elastic Stack — A Brief Introduction

July 13, 2018

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#CRYPTOCURRENCY

13/07/2018: Biggest Stories in the Cryptosphere

July 13, 2018

Stories Published in 2017

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5 Things You Should Know About ES8

Nicolas Charpentier

Nicolas Charpentier

July 13, 2017

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Removing that ugly :focus ring (and keeping it too)

David Gilbertson

David Gilbertson

July 13, 2017

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Quick Review of Google Blocks

July 13, 2017

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Three Options for Creating ARKit Applications

July 13, 2017

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Industrial Design from Zero to Product

July 13, 2017

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#SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT

The idea behind MVC a.k.a MVO

Houssain Amrani

Houssain Amrani

July 13, 2017

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XML vs JSON Shootout: Which Should I Use in SQL Server?

July 13, 2017

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Twitter & 3 Product “what ifs”

July 13, 2017

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Learn from Folly source code the new C++11 features.

July 13, 2017

Stories Published in 2016

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#ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Entrepreneur Nirvana: Working With Your Friends

July 13, 2016

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How to Get Up to Speed on Any Subject

July 13, 2016

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Reverse engineering visual novels 101

Masumi Nakamura

Masumi Nakamura

July 13, 2016

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#DIGITAL-TRANSFORMATION

Why Does Omni-channel Experience Matter to Your Customers

July 13, 2016

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