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Historic Tech Events

White House Cornerstone was Laid

White House Cornerstone was Laid

1792

In 1792, work began on the neoclassical White House building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by a construction team comprised of enslaved and freed African Americans and European immigrants. Irish American architect James Hoban oversaw the design and President George Washington chose the site.

The first US cellular network was launched

The first US cellular network was launched

1983

The first US cellular network was launched in Chicago by Ameritech Mobile Communications.This marked a significant milestone in the development of mobile communication.

Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground

Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground

2010

On October 13, 2010, the last of 33 miners trapped nearly half a mile underground for more than two months at a caved-in mine in northern Chile, are rescued. The miners survived longer than anyone else trapped underground in recorded history.

Stories Published in 2025

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Learning About GANs Showed Me Why AI Needs More Local Data

October 13, 2025

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Understanding Parallelism and Performance in Databricks PySpark

mahendranchinnaiah

mahendranchinnaiah

October 13, 2025

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#BLOCKCHAIN-ORACLES

Abundant Oracles: How Much Data Is Too Much Data?

October 13, 2025

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What Reddit’s “Hug of Death” Taught the Internet About Scaling

October 13, 2025

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#PRODUCT-MARKETING

The Psychology of Scarcity Messages: Lessons from Real-World Experiments in Travel UX

October 13, 2025

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#BLOCKCHAIN-ECONOMICS

Why “Immediacy Bias” Might Be the Secret to Faster, Smarter Blockchain Transactions

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

October 13, 2025

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#BLOCKCHAIN-ECONOMICS

How the Greedy Algorithm Shapes Miner Rewards in Blockchain Networks

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

October 13, 2025

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#BLOCKCHAIN-ECONOMICS

How Auction Theory Shapes Smarter Blockchain Transaction Fee Models

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

October 13, 2025

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#BLOCKCHAIN-ECONOMICS

The Algorithmic Evolution of Blockchain Fee Design

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

EScholar: Electronic Academic Papers for Scholars

October 13, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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Testing the Depths of AI Empathy: Q3 2024 Benchmarks

Simon Y. Blackwell

Simon Y. Blackwell

October 13, 2024

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#TEXT-TO-IMAGE-MODELS

Holistic Evaluation of Text-to-Image Models: Human evaluation procedure

Auto Encoder: How to Ignore the Signal Noise

Auto Encoder: How to Ignore the Signal Noise

October 13, 2024

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#TEXT-TO-IMAGE-MODELS

A Deep Dive Into Stable Diffusion and Other Leading Text-to-Image Models

Auto Encoder: How to Ignore the Signal Noise

Auto Encoder: How to Ignore the Signal Noise

October 13, 2024

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Next Frontier of Passive investing (10/13/2024)

October 13, 2024

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How to Build a Product Identifier AI Chatbot

October 13, 2024

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Powerledger Completes Integration With Solana, Accelerating The Pace Of Innovation In Sustainability

October 13, 2024

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How I Hacked a Colorfit Pro 4

Atul (iamatulsingh)

Atul (iamatulsingh)

October 13, 2024

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The Impact of HackerNoon's Startups of The Year: Reflections from Last Year’s Nominees

Startups of The Year

Startups of The Year

October 13, 2024

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The TechBeat: How Fortnite Creative and UEFN Is The Next Big Creative Moneymaker and Why (10/13/2024)

October 13, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

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Comparing Database Integration Approaches in Spring Boot: Spring Data JPA vs. Spring JDBC vs. jOOQ

Viacheslav Aksenov

Viacheslav Aksenov

October 13, 2023

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#PYTHON-PROGRAMMING

Simulating Infectious Disease Spread with Python: SIR and SEIR Models

Olaoluwa Afolabi

Olaoluwa Afolabi

October 13, 2023

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The Cordon

Carl Von Clausewitz

Carl Von Clausewitz

October 13, 2023

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How Web3 Can Empower Users and Communities in Social Media

October 13, 2023

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Amazon Offers Sellers Worldwide Unfettered Access to U.S Shoppers

Lina Khan (Finally) Sues Amazon

Lina Khan (Finally) Sues Amazon

October 13, 2023

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Namespace.gg: A Solution To The (Centralized) Identity Crisis

Decent Land Labs

Decent Land Labs

October 13, 2023

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#POPULAR-SCIENCE

The making for oneself of toys and other objects of a more or less useful character

Archibald Williams

Archibald Williams

October 13, 2023

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#POPULAR-SCIENCE

Things To Make by Archibald Williams - Table of Links

Best Public Domain Books For Learning Technology, via HackerNoon

Best Public Domain Books For Learning Technology, via HackerNoon

October 13, 2023

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Revolutionizing Web3 Infrastructure: The Zeeve and Cherry Servers Collaboration

October 13, 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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#GAMING-METAVERSE

A Comprehensive Guide on How to Buy Land on Sandbox

October 13, 2022

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Spring Boot with Apache Pulsar 101

October 13, 2022

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Query Ethereum MemPool using Node.js, Web3.js and Geth

October 13, 2022

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Remaining Anonymous on the Blockchain

Everythingblockchain

Everythingblockchain

October 13, 2022

/a-guide-to-understanding-blockchain-oracles feature image

A Guide to Understanding Blockchain Oracles

October 13, 2022

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Using Markdown Math in Github

October 13, 2022

/bitcoin-is-an-authentic-form-of-resistance-against-cbdcs feature image

Bitcoin is an Authentic Form of Resistance Against CBDCs

October 13, 2022

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Javascript Sets: An Essential Guide

October 13, 2022

/software-engineer-remi-denoyers-curiosity-propelled-his-career-at-mentoring-platform-plato feature image

Software Engineer Remi Denoyer’s Curiosity Propelled His Career at Mentoring Platform Plato

October 13, 2022

Stories Published in 2021

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Leveraging Salesforce Using Mobile Applications Written (Once) In React Native

October 13, 2021

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#LINKEDIN-CONNECTIONS

Top 10 Ways to Grow Your LinkedIn Network and Gain Stronger Connections

October 13, 2021

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DevOps vs. SRE: Which Career Direction is Right for You?

October 13, 2021

/postgresql-vs-mongodb-evaluating-database-structure-speed-and-more feature image

PostgreSQL vs. MongoDB: Evaluating Database Structure, Speed, and More

October 13, 2021

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Microsoft, The Unit of Deployment, and Win/Win Kubernetes with Co-Founder Joe Beda

Elizabeth Lvova

Elizabeth Lvova

October 13, 2021

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#MOBILE-GAME-DEVELOPMENT

How to Develop a Successful Gaming App in 6 Steps

Tatsiana Kirimava

Tatsiana Kirimava

October 13, 2021

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#ANDROID-APP-DEVELOPMENT

How to Make Big Money as an Android Developer

October 13, 2021

/why-learning-to-code-using-an-active-practicing-methodology-is-better feature image

Why Learning to Code Using an Active Practicing Methodology is Better

October 13, 2021

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#NINTENDO-SWITCH

9 Cheap Switch Games on Sale for Kids and Adults

October 13, 2021

Stories Published in 2020

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#FUTURE-OF-WORK

Smell Detection: Does Digital Scent Technology Pass the “Smell” Test?

October 13, 2020

/how-i-learned-html5-css3-in-446-hours-with-8-projects-ng3o3twi feature image

How I Learned HTML5 CSS3 in 446 Hours with 8 Projects

October 13, 2020

/agile-dna-the-genetics-of-digital-transformation-1q7x3wfy feature image

Agile DNA: The Genetics Of Digital Transformation

October 13, 2020

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Coding 101: Who is Json?

Steven Finkelstein

Steven Finkelstein

October 13, 2020

/how-to-fetch-data-from-apis-using-useeffect-react-hook-v51b3twa feature image

How to Fetch Data from APIs Using useEffect React Hook

October 13, 2020

/the-binding-concept-in-javascript-jk183twq feature image

The Binding Concept in Javascript

October 13, 2020

/how-to-remove-all-duplicate-files-on-your-drive-via-python-1q493t77 feature image

#PYTHON-PROGRAMMING

How to Remove all Duplicate Files on your Drive via Python

October 13, 2020

/how-covid-19-has-impacted-venture-capital-funding-vi593wep feature image

How COVID-19 Has Impacted Venture Capital Funding

October 13, 2020

/how-the-environment-is-paying-for-our-prime-day-discounts-3sn3tp1 feature image

#FIX-THE-INTERNET

How the Environment is Paying for our Prime Day Discounts

October 13, 2020

Stories Published in 2019

/how-to-prepare-customer-engaging-content-for-your-website-b5l332yy feature image

How You Can Prepare Customer-Engaging Content For Your Website

October 13, 2019

/python-vs-php-who-wins-the-ultimate-battle-dd75m32ly feature image

Python vs PHP: Who Will Win the Ultimate Battle?

October 13, 2019

/solutions-to-counter-sql-injection-attacks-on-a-software-while-security-testing-w526r22wl feature image

How To Prevent SQL Injection Attacks While Running Security Testing

Karishma Nimavat

Karishma Nimavat

October 13, 2019

/how-i-saved-120-hours-and-dollar600-on-xero-with-python-automation-and-zapier-qf4y30fi feature image

How I Saved 120 hours And $600 on Xero With Python Automation And Zapier

October 13, 2019

/how-to-protect-online-privacy-easy-steps-for-daily-activities-bet32a7 feature image

How You Can Protect Your Online Privacy: Easy Steps for Daily Activities

October 13, 2019

/how-to-implement-google-authenticator-two-factor-auth-in-javascript-091wy3vh3 feature image

How To Implement Google Authenticator Two Factor Auth in JavaScript

October 13, 2019

/hacktoberfest-2019-how-you-can-get-your-free-shirt-even-if-youre-new-to-coding-nb1o2wpm feature image

Hacktoberfest 2019: How you can get your FREE Shirt — even if you’re new to coding

October 13, 2019

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Bias in development and why it's dangerous

October 13, 2019

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Open Source is Broken

Don Goodman-Wilson

Don Goodman-Wilson

October 13, 2019

Stories Published in 2018

/announcing-zero55-a-security-tokenized-fund-for-investing-in-under-represented-founders-9ac5dbf65677 feature image

Announcing ZERO55 — a security tokenized fund for investing in under-represented founders

October 13, 2018

/how-will-smart-contracts-change-the-web-as-we-know-it-603a20f3fcdc feature image

How Will Smart Contracts Change The Web As We Know It?

October 13, 2018

/raise-billions-out-of-poverty-with-land-records-on-blockchain-f39ba9bf2242 feature image

Raise billions out of poverty with land records on blockchain

October 13, 2018

/micro-services-and-co-ordination-eed1fca963d4 feature image

Micro-Services, and Co-ordination

Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya

Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya

October 13, 2018

/weve-improved-the-elix-web-portal-a0349d32c649 feature image

We’ve Improved The ELIX Web Portal

October 13, 2018

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Bitcoin & Crypto market downtrend reasons explained | Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies Viability Analysis

October 13, 2018

/how-cortex-brings-ai-on-the-blockchain-86d08922bb2a feature image

AI on Blockchain — What’s the catch?

October 13, 2018

/augmented-random-search-one-of-the-best-rl-algs-what-i-built-e0e3e765808a feature image

#MACHINE-LEARNING

Augmented Random Search —One of the Best RL Algs + What I Built

October 13, 2018

/from-shipwreck-to-new-life-venture-capitalists-save-the-day-for-blockchain-companies-icos-d6fdb1463918 feature image

From Shipwreck To New Life: Venture Capitalists Save The Day For Blockchain Companies & ICOs

October 13, 2018

Stories Published in 2017

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Coordinators, Routers, and Back Buttons

October 13, 2017

/how-i-destroyed-the-staging-database-b435f98569ab feature image

How I destroyed the staging database

Marco Aurélio Deleu

Marco Aurélio Deleu

October 13, 2017

/announcing-winds-2-0-an-electron-app-with-support-for-rss-podcasts-d13dbe812477 feature image

Announcing Winds 2.0 — an Electron App with Support for RSS & Podcasts

October 13, 2017

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Practice Makes… Not Bad

Bonnie Foley-Wong

Bonnie Foley-Wong

October 13, 2017

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Eclipse Tips: Exception Breakpoints

October 13, 2017

/these-what-are-the-apps-you-would-love-to-have-c665b63b756c feature image

24 App Ideas I Can’t Get Out of My Brain!

October 13, 2017

/ive-just-solved-twitter-s-fake-news-and-bad-bot-problem-overnight-26cbd4a44306 feature image

I’ve just solved Twitter’s fake news and bad bot problem overnight.

October 13, 2017

/death-by-1000-layers-the-perils-of-over-abstraction-in-java-1ad7e58a7127 feature image

Death by 1000 layers: the perils of over-abstraction in Java

October 13, 2017

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My impressions about React Conf BR

October 13, 2017

Stories Published in 2016

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Redux Step by Step: A Simple and Robust Workflow for Real Life Apps

October 13, 2016

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Alphabetical Internet Ownership

October 13, 2016

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#IOS-APP-DEVELOPMENT

Apple’s iOS app developer academies around the world

October 13, 2016

/using-yarn-with-docker-c116ad289d56 feature image

Using Yarn with Docker

Martino Fornasa

Martino Fornasa

October 13, 2016

/ai-future-according-to-a-new-report-by-the-us-administration-ac5bcd58714b feature image

AI Future According to a New Report by The US Administration

October 13, 2016

/the-inevitable-disruption-of-real-estate-7689889a8438 feature image

The inevitable disruption of real estate

Arpit Choudhury

Arpit Choudhury

October 13, 2016

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devRant

sreenivas alapati

sreenivas alapati

October 13, 2016

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