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Historic Tech Events

Frickin’ Laser Beams Patented

Frickin’ Laser Beams Patented

1960

The first patent on a laser is issued to Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes, who assign it to Bell Telephone Laboratories. Still, no one has figured out how to attach these “lasers” to the heads of sharks. Throw me a frickin’ bone here!

Stories Published in 2025

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How to Implement the State Design Pattern in JavaScript and Integrate It With React Hooks

anonymouswriter

anonymouswriter

March 22, 2025

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Everyone’s ‘Ditching’ the Cloud—But Here’s Why That’s a Lie (3/22/2025)

March 22, 2025

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A Quick Recap of AI Systems

March 22, 2025

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The Art of 'No': Navigating Stakeholder Expectations in Agile Teams

March 22, 2025

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The Most Disappointing Movie Sequels Of All Time

March 22, 2025

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Want to Buy Ed-Tech That Isn't Evil? Here's How

March 22, 2025

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#CLOUD-SECURITY

Everyone’s ‘Ditching’ the Cloud—But Here’s Why That’s a Lie

March 22, 2025

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The TechBeat: Can ChatGPT Predict the Future? (3/22/2025)

March 22, 2025

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#ALGORITHMIC-REASONING-IN-LM

Generated Pseudocode Prompts During Our Think-And-Execute Experiment

Transcompiler: Learn How to Translate Code

Transcompiler: Learn How to Translate Code

March 22, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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Web3 : The Decentralization Dilemma: Are We Going to Be Free as Expected?

Verlaine j muhungu

Verlaine j muhungu

March 22, 2024

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Anyone Can Add Beautiful Interactive Images in ChatGPT 4 (in 30 Seconds): Here's How

March 22, 2024

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A Trustworthy Cross-Border Interoperable Identity System for Developing Countries: The Beginning

Interoperability in Software Publication

Interoperability in Software Publication

March 22, 2024

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#PRECIOUS-METALS

Unveiling The Rise of Real World Asset Tokenization: Exploring Trends in Art, Real Estate, and Metal

March 22, 2024

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How to Choose The Best Office Tech For Your Business

March 22, 2024

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#SOLID-PRINCIPLES

SOLID Principles In Java: A Beginner's Guide

March 22, 2024

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Blockchain Beyond Coding: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Education

Gabriel Mangalindan

Gabriel Mangalindan

March 22, 2024

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Revolutionizing Web3: How Entangle's Partnership with Consensys Unlocks New Frontiers

March 22, 2024

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#PREDICTIVE-MAINTENANCE

How to Implement Predictive Maintenance in Your Business

March 22, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

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Foreign Private Equity Hooked New England’s Fishing Industry: Here's How

March 22, 2023

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#SCIENCE-FICTION

THE ASTEROIDS, A FAMILY OF DWARF WORLDS

Garrett P. Serviss

Garrett P. Serviss

March 22, 2023

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#HISTORICAL-FICTION

Outlaw’s fighting men

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

March 22, 2023

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#SCIENCE-FICTION

THE GARDEN OF EDEN

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

March 22, 2023

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THE ENGLISH CLAIM TO AMERICA

Richard Hakluyt

Richard Hakluyt

March 22, 2023

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How to Check If Your Point Is Reachable: A JavaScript Algorithms Guide

Arman Murzabulatov

Arman Murzabulatov

March 22, 2023

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Technical Approaches to Keep Health Data Secure

March 22, 2023

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THE MAGICIAN OF SCIENCE

Garrett P. Serviss

Garrett P. Serviss

March 22, 2023

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THE MOON, THE PLANETS, AND THE SUN

Garrett P. Serviss

Garrett P. Serviss

March 22, 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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What is the Best Web Hosting Option For Me?

March 22, 2022

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What Are the Best Practices for Triaging Software Bugs

March 22, 2022

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6 Must Buy Graphics Cards for Cryptocurrency Mining

March 22, 2022

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7 Reasons Why Your MVP may Never Launch

March 22, 2022

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A Case Study of ZK-Rollups-Based Layer 2 NFT Platforms: ZKSea vs. Immutable X

March 22, 2022

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A Better Introduction to AWS Lambda

March 22, 2022

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What is the Future of Crypto Wallets?

Marvellous Kalu

Marvellous Kalu

March 22, 2022

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Clean Stale branches with Github Actions

March 22, 2022

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How to Build a Slack App That Changes Salesforce Records Within Slack

March 22, 2022

Stories Published in 2021

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Bethesda Softworks Unveils New 2021 Roadmap for Fallout 76

March 22, 2021

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#WEB-APP-SECURITY

Web Application Security Explained: Why Is It Important and What Does It Include?

March 22, 2021

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Dependencies, Entity Classes, and Configuration for Jinq to Create Database Queries in Java

Fedor Yaremenko

Fedor Yaremenko

March 22, 2021

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How To Convince Your Employer to Host An Internal Hackathon

Helder Vasconcelos

Helder Vasconcelos

March 22, 2021

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5 Features To Consider When Looking For a Reliable Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Software To Buy

Ejiofor Francis

Ejiofor Francis

March 22, 2021

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#MICROSOFT-DYNAMICS

Advantages of Microsoft Dynamics 365 business central over NetSuite, Tally, QuickBooks, and SAP

Techcronus Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Techcronus Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

March 22, 2021

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How To Harden And Simplify Urlopen Function In Python

Jonathan Bowman

Jonathan Bowman

March 22, 2021

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Kids and Tech: What We Know, What We Don't, And What Parents Can Do

Andrej Kovacevic

Andrej Kovacevic

March 22, 2021

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Creating an Image Recognizer on Golang Telegram Bot

March 22, 2021

Stories Published in 2020

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5G is Here: How The Dynamics of Mobile Apps Will Change

March 22, 2020

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Online Learning: 3 Initial Experiences at Microverse

Kubilay Caglayan

Kubilay Caglayan

March 22, 2020

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Helpful Tips for Writing Clean Code

Dmytro Pogribnyy

Dmytro Pogribnyy

March 22, 2020

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5 Great JavaScript Projects to Code During Quarantine

Eva Veskova Jackson

Eva Veskova Jackson

March 22, 2020

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#CONTENT-MARKETING

How to Combat Reader Fatigue to your Content Marketing Campaigns

March 22, 2020

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Data Location Awareness: The Benefits of Implementing Tiered Locality

March 22, 2020

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#SOFTWARE-ENGINEERING

The Markets Are Out of Order. How To #BreakTheCycle

March 22, 2020

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#BLOCKCHAIN-INDONESIA

Could Blockchain Innovation Be The Source of Prosperity for Nation?

March 22, 2020

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Building Websites and Webpages With Centred Around PageSpeed

PageSpeed Green

PageSpeed Green

March 22, 2020

Stories Published in 2019

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#MACHINE-LEARNING

The Game Changing Factors — Sentiment Analysis For Cryptocurrencies

sudhanshu kumar

sudhanshu kumar

March 22, 2019

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#PRODUCT-MANAGEMENT

3 Success Principles For Novice Product Managers in Startups

March 22, 2019

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Comparing three popular wallets. The differences are greater than you might think.

March 22, 2019

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Work Faster With Git Aliases

March 22, 2019

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Crypto markets show signs of a turnaround

March 22, 2019

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1 Key Reason Crypto Startups Fail!

Victor Ugochukwu

Victor Ugochukwu

March 22, 2019

/yelp-meets-instagram-how-blockchain-will-revolutionize-the-food-tech-ecosystem-bc9d246052dc feature image

Yelp Meets Instagram: How Blockchain Will Revolutionize the Food Tech Ecosystem

March 22, 2019

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What Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” Can Teach Us About Blockchain Mass Adoption

March 22, 2019

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#BLOCKCHAIN-TECHNOLOGY

Is Blockchain Really Immutable?

March 22, 2019

Stories Published in 2018

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The Waves of Time

Abhishek Kothari

Abhishek Kothari

March 22, 2018

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#CLOUD-COMPUTING

Decentralized Infrastructure is a Moral Imperative

March 22, 2018

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How to Build a Simple Crypto Trading Simulator, Part 1

Febin John James

Febin John James

March 22, 2018

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HodlBot — Cryptocurrency Investing on Autopilot

March 22, 2018

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How To Proxy Payments During Charity Donation Campaign

March 22, 2018

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What’s the best website for EOS token holders to keep updated about Airdrops, Token Registration…

March 22, 2018

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The Dark Side of Data (Confessions of a Former Data Hitman)

Founder Collective

Founder Collective

March 22, 2018

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#SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT

How post-mortems improved our sleep quality

Žilvinas Kilius

Žilvinas Kilius

March 22, 2018

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The Outdated Industry Costing UK Companies $7bn a Year

March 22, 2018

Stories Published in 2017

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A Majestic Monolith in Clojure

March 22, 2017

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#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

Why a robot tax won’t work!

March 22, 2017

/the-view-from-inside-block-world-af6519e1621b feature image

#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

The view from inside block world

March 22, 2017

/creative-coding-using-the-microphone-to-make-sound-reactive-art-part1-164fd3d972f3 feature image

Using the Microphone to Make Sound Reactive Art in Javascript

March 22, 2017

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Inside Ai Part II: Implementing an Agile Engineering Organization

March 22, 2017

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Server-side React Rendering From non-Node Environments

Musawir A. Shah

Musawir A. Shah

March 22, 2017

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PySpark Cheat Sheet: Spark in Python

Karlijn Willems

Karlijn Willems

March 22, 2017

/entrepreneurs-why-you-need-this-advice-for-your-next-vc-pitch-e4312e064356 feature image

Entrepreneurs — Why you Need This Advice for your Next VC Pitch

March 22, 2017

/the-search-for-a-new-selenium-7256e6df78d8 feature image

The search for a new Selenium

March 22, 2017

Stories Published in 2016

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#SELF-IMPROVEMENT

5 Distinctions of Extremely Motivated People

March 22, 2016

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Lifting the weight off your shoulders: 6 natural ways to relieve stress

March 22, 2016

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Redux For Dummies

March 22, 2016

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That Funky IKEA Lamp on Your Desk May Have Just Been Recalled

Your Legal Source

Your Legal Source

March 22, 2016

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