On This Day in Tech History

Stories Published|November 28|Throughout History

Historic Tech Events

Cuban Missile Crisis Ends

Cuban Missile Crisis Ends

1962

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba, effectively ending the Cuban Missile Crisis and easing tensions during the Cold War.

St. Louis's Gateway Arch is Completed

St. Louis's Gateway Arch is Completed

1965

On October 28, 1965, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a spectacular 630-foot-high catenary curve of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri.

Italy Invades Greece

Italy Invades Greece

1940

On October 28, 1940, Mussolini’s army, already occupying Albania, invades Greece in what will prove to be a disastrous military campaign for the Duce’s forces.

Stories Published in 2025

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QuickSwap Integrates Orbs’ Perpetual Hub Ultra, Bringing Institutional-Grade Perps Trading to Base

October 28, 2025

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Mutuum Finance (MUTM) To Launch V1 of Protocol in Q4 2025

October 28, 2025

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#VISION-LANGUAGE-MODELS

New Dataset PerSense-D Enables Model-Agnostic Dense Object Segmentation

October 28, 2025

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#VISION-LANGUAGE-MODELS

PerSense Delivers Expert-Level Instance Recognition Without Any Training

October 28, 2025

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#VISION-LANGUAGE-MODELS

PerSense: A One-Shot Framework for Personalized Segmentation in Dense Images

October 28, 2025

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Evaluating Systematic Generalization: The Use of ProofWriter and CLUTRR-SG in LLM Reasoning Research

The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us!

The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us!

October 28, 2025

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#WRITE-HEAVY-DATABASES

Optimizing Real-Time Write-Heavy Database Workloads: Key Strategies and Performance Tips

October 28, 2025

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Meta-Learning for Reasoning: Summary of RECKONING's Superior Performance and Future Impact

The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us!

The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us!

October 28, 2025

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 20-25, 2025 (10/28/2025)

October 28, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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#SPACE-EXPLORATION

NASA’s Post-ISS Plans May Not Add Up: Here's Why

October 28, 2024

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The Mind That Brings Success and Change

M Shehzen Sidiq

M Shehzen Sidiq

October 28, 2024

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These 12 Open Source Projects Will Leave You Amazed

October 28, 2024

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INE's Initiative To Optimize Year-End Training Budgets With Enhanced Cybersecurity And Networking

October 28, 2024

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How to Build a Database From Scratch: Understanding LSM Trees and Storage Engines (Part 1)

October 28, 2024

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EasyA x Polkadot Hackathon Winners Accepted To YCombinator To Secure Web3

October 28, 2024

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#TECH-COMPANIES

Object Remover Review: The Ultimate Tool for Flawless Photo Editing

October 28, 2024

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#LAYER2-SOLUTIONS

Lumoz RaaS Introduces Layer 2 Solution on Move Ecosystem

Lumoz (formerly Opside)

Lumoz (formerly Opside)

October 28, 2024

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Character AI Chatbot Lawsuit: Imaginary Friends and Real Guns

Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic

Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic

October 28, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

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ROBERT FULTON FUND

October 28, 2023

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THE CONSERVATIVE FIRM CALLED MATTER AND MIND GOD NEVER FORMED

October 28, 2023

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13 Tips for Better Pull Requests and Code Review

Sébastien Castiel

Sébastien Castiel

October 28, 2023

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#UNITED-STATES-V-META

Multi-State Coalition Accuses Meta of Harming Youth on Social Media

Save the Kids From Meta

Save the Kids From Meta

October 28, 2023

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MISS MELMOTTE DECLARES HER PURPOSE

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

October 28, 2023

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The Noonification: The State of Webhooks in 2023 (10/28/2023)

October 28, 2023

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#UNITED-STATES-V-META

Multi-State Coalition of Attorneys General Puts Meta's Social Media Platforms on Blast

Save the Kids From Meta

Save the Kids From Meta

October 28, 2023

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The Duke of St. Bungay in Search of a Minister

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

October 28, 2023

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The State of Webhooks in 2023

October 28, 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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Geological Distribution Part II

October 28, 2022

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#JAVASCRIPT-DEVELOPMENT

A Guide on How to Build a Blockchain with Javascript

October 28, 2022

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Building Efficient Crypto Trading Software With Python

October 28, 2022

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#ENTERTHEMETAVERSE

Exit the Internet, Enter the Metaverse : an Interview With Baban Mahato

October 28, 2022

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AppSec: SecDevOps or DevSecOps? Do We Need to Choose? Guide to the What and the Why

October 28, 2022

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#GROWTH-MARKETING

The Growth Marketing Writing Contest: Round 1 Results Announced!

HackerNoon Writing Contests Announcements

HackerNoon Writing Contests Announcements

October 28, 2022

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The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells - Table of Links

Best Public Domain Books For Learning Technology, via HackerNoon

Best Public Domain Books For Learning Technology, via HackerNoon

October 28, 2022

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Twelve Stories and A Dream by H. G. Wells - Table of Links

Best Public Domain Books For Learning Technology, via HackerNoon

Best Public Domain Books For Learning Technology, via HackerNoon

October 28, 2022

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The Noonification: Getting Your API Into Production (10/28/2022)

October 28, 2022

Stories Published in 2021

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Building an Arduino Time Tracker Cube with Toggl's Open API

October 28, 2021

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Argument Binding and Introspection In Python

October 28, 2021

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Retention Rate Essentials: Let’s Walk You Through Correct Measures

October 28, 2021

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What are the Noonies?

October 28, 2021

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Hacker Noon Launches the Third Annual #Noonies

October 28, 2021

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#EARN-CRYPTO-PASSIVE-INCOME

5 Platforms Rewarding Content Writers with Tokens

October 28, 2021

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#STARTUPS-OF-THE-YEAR

"Do what you love and love doing it": Colby Tunick, ReFocus AI Co-Founder

October 28, 2021

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#MOBILE-PRIVACY

Keeping Your Smartphone Data Safe in the Age of Remote Work

October 28, 2021

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#DECENTRALIZED-INTERNET

WTF is The Fediverse?

Mathias Hellquist

Mathias Hellquist

October 28, 2021

Stories Published in 2020

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President’s Promise to Limit 230 Immunity is Underway

Crowell & Moring

Crowell & Moring

October 28, 2020

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The Road to Defi 2.0

October 28, 2020

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#CRYPTOCURRENCY

What PayPal's Decision to Support Cryptocurrencies Means For Mainstream Adoption

October 28, 2020

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The Benefits of Amazon S3 Explained Through a Comic

October 28, 2020

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Are the days of Internet Freedom Numbered?

Julius Černiauskas

Julius Černiauskas

October 28, 2020

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#COLORADO-STARTUPS

The Data Behind Colorado's First-ever Rural Venture Capital Pitch Event

October 28, 2020

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#NEURAL-NETWORKS

Can I Grade Loans Better Than LendingClub?

October 28, 2020

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Introduction to My Computer Vision Project: ArtLine

Vijish Madhavan

Vijish Madhavan

October 28, 2020

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Effective Scaling Of Applications – Tips and Tricks

October 28, 2020

Stories Published in 2019

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Opinionated or Not: Choosing the Right Framework for the Job

October 28, 2019

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Building a Monte Carlo Markov Chain Pipeline Using Luigi

Emmanuel Sibanda

Emmanuel Sibanda

October 28, 2019

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Tina is not a CMS - It is Much More (feat. Hot Reloading for Editors)

October 28, 2019

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Approach Pre-Trained Deep Learning Models With Caution

October 28, 2019

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Crypto Singularity and Data Dignity: the Lowdown at Blockstack Summit

October 28, 2019

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Solving the Last Mile Problem for Continuous Delivery

October 28, 2019

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Breaking Down Apple’s Services Growth Strategy: The Case Against TV+

Aaron Childress

Aaron Childress

October 28, 2019

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Lets Try To Solve The Problem of Web Accessibility Together

October 28, 2019

/how-i-got-40-paying-customers-in-6-months-with-0-dollars-spent-t0r32lw feature image

#STARTUPS-ADVICE

How I Got 40 Paying Customers in 6 Months With 0 Dollars Spent On Marketing

Thomas Thelliez

Thomas Thelliez

October 28, 2019

Stories Published in 2018

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The Request Sent Bad Data; What’s the Response?

October 28, 2018

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#CRYPTOCURRENCY

It’s not too late to “break in” to crypto

Preethi Kasireddy

Preethi Kasireddy

October 28, 2018

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Scraping Google Suggestions with PHP at the terminal

October 28, 2018

/i-wanted-to-go-deeper-into-blockchain-development-so-i-built-a-school-8957ae6ada27 feature image

I wanted to go deeper into blockchain development. So I built a school.

October 28, 2018

/7-months-and-23-000-later-my-web-app-is-ready-a9a5ed6850bb feature image

7 Months And $23,000 Later My Web App Is Ready

October 28, 2018

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Let startups die.

October 28, 2018

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#PHP-DEVELOPMENT

Create simple inventory management from Laravel

Krissanawat Kaewsanmuang

Krissanawat Kaewsanmuang

October 28, 2018

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Bitcoin Cash Smart contract

October 28, 2018

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#MACHINE-LEARNING

AI in Action: Manufacturing & Distribution

October 28, 2018

Stories Published in 2017

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Atomic Swap — Why It’s a Game Changer for Exchanges

October 28, 2017

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#VENTURE-CAPITAL

Our Startup Fund is a Duck Not a Swan

October 28, 2017

/the-easiest-way-to-understand-ethereum-for-5-years-olds-d8c537a7c7b8 feature image

The easiest way to understand Ethereum (for 5-Years-Olds)

October 28, 2017

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What Will Bitcoin Look Like in Twenty Years?

Daniel Jeffries

Daniel Jeffries

October 28, 2017

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Moving from redux-thunk to redux-saga

Harkirat Saluja

Harkirat Saluja

October 28, 2017

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🚀Introducing electron-toolkit: The Electron app to build and launch Electron apps

Philipp Langhans

Philipp Langhans

October 28, 2017

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“What Will Happen to Our Jobs Tomorrow”?

Erik P.M. Vermeulen

Erik P.M. Vermeulen

October 28, 2017

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Best Practices for User Testing Artificial Intelligence Products

October 28, 2017

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The resurgence of a culture of makers: re-localizing production

Daniel Christian Wahl

Daniel Christian Wahl

October 28, 2017

Stories Published in 2016

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Venture Deals — Third Edition

October 28, 2016

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#ENTREPRENEURSHIP

How Tough-Minded People Thrive

October 28, 2016

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A HackerOne Story

October 28, 2016

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#PRODUCT-MANAGEMENT

How to create more effective product roadmap ?

October 28, 2016

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These 13 New Startups Were Born At Hackathons

October 28, 2016

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