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Facebook’s Early Decisions: How It Beat Friendster and MySpace
Friendster and MySpace made social networking mainstream before Facebook existed. Facebook launched later, at Harvard in February 2004, and won with a…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7: The Unfolding Battery Crisis Timeline
Launched in August 2016, the Samsung Galaxy Note7 was withdrawn within weeks after its batteries began catching fire. Replacement phones failed too,…
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First iPhone Unveiling: Apps, Anniversaries, and Evolution
Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone on 9 January 2007 and it went on sale on 29 June 2007. The timeline of…
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AI Regulation Timeline: Key Laws, Global Frameworks and the Fight to Govern AI
From the 2017 Asilomar principles to the EU AI Act, China's generative AI rules, India's seven Sutras and the US executive orders…
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ChatGPT Launch Anniversary: Google’s Code Red and the AI Race
ChatGPT launched on 30 November 2022 and reached a million users in five days. How Google's reported Code Red led to Bard,…
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Orbital Data Centres: The Future of AI in Space — A Timeline
From HPE's servers on the ISS to Starcloud's H100, Axiom's nodes, China's computing constellation and Google's Project Suncatcher TPU satellite: what has…
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Safer Internet Day: India’s Data Protection Law Journey (2000-2027)
India's data protection law timeline from the IT Act of 2000 and the 2017 Puttaswamy privacy judgment to the DPDP Act 2023,…
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MySpace’s Downfall: How MySpace Lost to Facebook
How MySpace went from the most visited US website in 2006 to a USD 35 million sale in 2011: News Corp's USD…
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Nokia’s Fall: How Nokia Lost the Phone Revolution It Owned
How Nokia went from 39% of world phone sales in 2008 to selling its handset business to Microsoft in 2014: Symbian, the…
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ENIAC Unveiling: How Computing Power Went From 5,000 Additions a Second to Exascale
How computing power grew from ENIAC's 5,000 additions a second in 1946 to 2.198 exaflops on the June 2026 TOP500 list: transistors,…
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Mobile World Congress Timeline: The Phone Features That Actually Survived
A Mobile World Congress timeline of the phone ideas shown in Barcelona from 2001 to 2026 and what happened to them: cameras,…
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Indian Railways Electrification: How India Wired Its Railways, From One 16-km Line in 1925 to 99.6% in 2026
How Indian Railways electrification grew from a 16-km, 1,500 V DC line between Bombay VT and Kurla in 1925 to 99.6% of…
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AMD’s Comeback: How a $660 Million Loss Turned Into a Challenge to Nvidia
How AMD went from a $660 million loss and sub-$2 shares in 2015 to $34.6 billion revenue in 2025 and a $1…
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Meta’s AI Chips: Every MTIA Generation, From a 2020 Design to a Chip Every Six Months
Meta's in-house AI chips from the first MTIA design in 2020 to MTIA 300, 400, 450 and 500: Broadcom's 1 GW deal,…
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Tata Dholera Fab: Every Stage of India’s First Commercial Chip Plant
Tata Electronics' Dholera fab, India's first commercial semiconductor plant, from the 2024 approval to SEMICON India 2026: Rs 91,526 crore, PSMC and…
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AI Investment Boom: Where the Trillions Are Going, and Will It Pay Off?
Corporate AI investment more than doubled to US$581.7 billion in 2025 and Big Tech plans US$720–745 billion of 2026 capex. Where the…
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BlackBerry: Rise, Fall and Legacy of a Smartphone Icon
How Research In Motion’s BlackBerry conquered mobile email, peaked at US$19.9 billion in 2011, lost to iPhone and Android, and became a…
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Boeing 737 MAX Nosedive Survival: A Timeline of Resilience
How a flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 survived a 14,125 ft plunge in 29 seconds on flight FZ1073, lost part of its…
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