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Historic Tech Events

Twitter Launches

2006

Twitter, a social media platform that enables users to post and interact with short messages called "tweets," was launched. The service was created by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams.

Nintendo Launches the NES in Japan

Nintendo Launches the NES in Japan

1983

Nintendo released the Family Computer (Famicom) gaming console in Japan, which later became known as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in other countries.

The Code Red Virus First Observed

The Code Red Virus First Observed

2001

The Code Red (WORM) virus was first detected on the internet. This virus targeted websites running on Microsoft's IIS web server and defaced websites with the message "Hacked By Chinese!, affecting over 250,000 sites before a patch was released.

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

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#INSIDER-THREAT

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#IMAGE-OPTIMIZATION

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#CRYPTO-TRADING

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#IMPOSTOR-SYNDROME

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#VIRTUAL-REALITY

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