On This Day in Tech History

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Historic Tech Events

First Special Olympics Organized

First Special Olympics Organized

1968

The first Special Olympics games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver. It provided a competitive sports platform for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

Wiley Post Flies Solo Around the World

Wiley Post Flies Solo Around the World

1933

Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world, using a Lockheed Vega aircraft equipped with advanced radio and navigation equipment.

Mac OS 8.0 Was Announced

Mac OS 8.0 Was Announced

1997

Apple released Mac OS 8, a significant update to its operating system, which included major improvements in user interface and performance.

Stories Published in 2025

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Here's How You Can Use AI to Teach You Rust - 15 Projects To Impress MAANG Recruiters

Thomas Cherickal

Thomas Cherickal

July 22, 2025

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Here's How AI Is Changing Hiring and Recruitment

July 22, 2025

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A Simple Way to Build a Progress Bar for Your Website’s Image Uploader Using Filestack

July 22, 2025

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CARV Advances AI Beings Roadmap With Hackathon And 12+ Ecosystem Partnerships

July 22, 2025

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Ethereum Based Meme Coin PEPETO Raises Above $5.5M In Presale

July 22, 2025

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MultiBank Group's $MBG Token TGE Is Live On MexC, Gate.io, Uniswap And Multibank.io.

July 22, 2025

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Forget Prompt Engineering — The Real Skill Is Specification Writing

July 22, 2025

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We Timed It: How Long Does It Really Take to Buy Crypto in the Top 5 Wallets?

July 22, 2025

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TOMI App launches The Super App Of Web3

July 22, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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Creathievity: Can Your Ideas Be Stolen? (& What to Do)

July 22, 2024

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#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

AI: Powering the Future of Electronics

July 22, 2024

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The Growing Importance of Patient Surveys

July 22, 2024

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How to Create a Transcription Feature in a Web App Using AWS Transcribe

Suyambukani Lakshmanan

Suyambukani Lakshmanan

July 22, 2024

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#PERSONAL-FINANCE

I Grow My Money Using 5 Personal Finance Principles

July 22, 2024

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Stay Safe: Critical Information Your Employees Should Know Following the Crowdstrike IT Chaos

July 22, 2024

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My Top 4 AI Picks for June 2024: Cool Tools You Should Check Out

Vladislav Guzey

Vladislav Guzey

July 22, 2024

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Azure's Perfect Storm: Unraveling the Biggest Cloud Disaster of 2024

Vladislav Guzey

Vladislav Guzey

July 22, 2024

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Duplicating a Database Record in Laravel

July 22, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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#LEARNING-TO-CODE

A Philosophy of "Learning By Doing"

Steven Reubenstone

Steven Reubenstone

July 22, 2022

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Metaverse Summit: From Shared Virtual Experience to Real Value

July 22, 2022

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What Happened to Terra Luna?

July 22, 2022

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Maryana from Decentraland: I want to Contribute to Something Revolutionary

July 22, 2022

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At the Metaverse Frontier – Redefining the Future of Play-To-Earn, and Integrating E-Sports in Block

Ted Chantarawanick

Ted Chantarawanick

July 22, 2022

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3 Things That You Should Do Before Even Trying to Be Productive

July 22, 2022

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#CRYPTO-PAYMENTS

How to Accept Crypto Payments for e-Commerce Projects

July 22, 2022

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How to Authenticate a User via Face Recognition in Your Web Application

Hrishikesh Pathak

Hrishikesh Pathak

July 22, 2022

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Build a Solana Crowdfunding App using React

Anatolii Kabanov

Anatolii Kabanov

July 22, 2022

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Stories Published in 2016

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#FUNCTIONAL-PROGRAMMING

How to log in Apache Spark, a functional approach

Nicolas A Perez

Nicolas A Perez

July 22, 2016

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Things I Learned Using The Pokemon Go API

July 22, 2016

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#ENTREPRENEURSHIP

From The Classroom to The Valley

July 22, 2016

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#FUTURE-OF-WORK

I don’t need access, I already have it.

July 22, 2016

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