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Bahrain's WTC construction is completed

Bahrain's WTC construction is completed

2008

This is the world's first skyscraper integrated with wind turbines. The twin tower complex with 50 floors has received a number of awards, with the turbines supplying 11% to 15% of the building's power.

Windows XP End of Life

Windows XP End of Life

2014

Released in 2001, Windows XP was the most used operating system, till it was overtook by Windows 7. It's standard end of life was reached on April 8, and is no longer supported.

Stories Published in 2025

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#HACKERNOON-TOP-WRITERS

Meet the HackerNoon Top Writers: Nebojsa Nesha Todorovic - Upwork, Freelancing, and Future of Work

HackerNoon Writers Spotlight

HackerNoon Writers Spotlight

April 8, 2025

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#FACT-CHECKING-AI

Why LLMs Are More Accurate and Cost-Effective Than Human Fact-Checkers

Language Models (dot tech)

Language Models (dot tech)

April 8, 2025

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#FACT-CHECKING-AI

SAFE: A New AI Tool for Fact-Checking Long-Form Responses

Language Models (dot tech)

Language Models (dot tech)

April 8, 2025

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#FACT-CHECKING-AI

How LongFact Helps AI Models Improve Their Accuracy Across Multiple Topics

Language Models (dot tech)

Language Models (dot tech)

April 8, 2025

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#FACT-CHECKING-AI

The AI Truth Test: New Study Tests the Accuracy of 13 Major AI Models

Language Models (dot tech)

Language Models (dot tech)

April 8, 2025

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Mastering Project Clarity: How The Power of the RACI Matrix Can Improve Your Teamwork

April 8, 2025

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What If All Global Trade Was In Crypto?

Yaroslav Kalynychenko

Yaroslav Kalynychenko

April 8, 2025

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#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

Code Red: Why China Is Well Positioned to Win the AI Race

Thomas Cherickal

Thomas Cherickal

April 8, 2025

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How to Deploy a Scala Play Application to Heroku

April 8, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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Luddites, WarGames, and the Lost Battle for Autonomy

April 8, 2024

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Fundamental Docker Commands You Should Know

April 8, 2024

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Primex Finance Announces Community Rewards Campaign With CoinList

April 8, 2024

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The Future of Work: Embracing Autonomy in Decentralized Organizational Structures

April 8, 2024

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The Path to Resonant Autonomy: Navigating Autonomy and Social Freedom in Web3

April 8, 2024

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#SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT

Building a Custom Homebrew Formula: A Case on tfblueprintgen

Krishna dutt panchagnula

Krishna dutt panchagnula

April 8, 2024

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#ACCOUNT-ABSTRACTION

Account Abstraction Helps Web3 Founders Create Brands Users Love

April 8, 2024

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Apple is Fighting the US Government, and the US Government is Right

April 8, 2024

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Creating a 2D Platformer in Unity: The Beginning

Denis Kondratev

Denis Kondratev

April 8, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

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SEXUAL INVERSION IN WOMEN

April 8, 2023

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NAVIGATING OVER DROWNED EUROPE

Garrett P. Serviss

Garrett P. Serviss

April 8, 2023

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Modesty is a complexus of emotions

April 8, 2023

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THE ART OF MORALS

April 8, 2023

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THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN IN RELATION TO ROMANTIC LOVE

April 8, 2023

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The Noonification: An Unexpected Reunion: Confronting Demons of Memory (4/8/2023)

April 8, 2023

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Smart Contract Audits with ConsenSys Diligence Fuzzing - Fuzzing as a Service

April 8, 2023

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AVIATION IN DREAMS

April 8, 2023

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THE OBJECTS OF MARRIAGE

April 8, 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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What Role Does Cryptography Play in Blockchain?

Sipho Hlatswayo

Sipho Hlatswayo

April 8, 2022

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How Does the Adversarial Cycle Apply to Coding and Security?

April 8, 2022

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#TIME-MANAGEMENT

Discover the Truth About Time Management

April 8, 2022

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#ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Miki Agrawal Highlights The Importance Of Authenticity in Business

April 8, 2022

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#CRYPTOCURRENCY

Differences Between Proof of Work and Proof of Stake Network When Buying Ethereum

April 8, 2022

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Future of Edge Computing with the Fusion of AI + IoT

Trigma Solutions

Trigma Solutions

April 8, 2022

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#CONTENT-STRATEGY

An Indepth Look at Content Engineering and its Importance

April 8, 2022

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How to Successfully Invite Yourself to a Meeting That Was Unsuccessfully Rescheduled

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

April 8, 2022

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#DECENTRALIZED-INTERNET

Hackable DAOs Follow Hackable Protocols, and the Internet Has Noticed

April 8, 2022

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Stories Published in 2016

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How To Create A Gif

April 8, 2016

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#SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT

Just started in a project, how to be productive on the day one?

April 8, 2016

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dPumba — Chaos Testing for Docker

April 8, 2016

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