America didn't get around to really addressing child labor until the late '30s when Roosevelts New Deal took hold and the Public Contracts Act raised the minimum age to 16. Before then, kids could ...
A $3,000 podcasting kit, in this economy? That was my first thought when I learned about Nomono's portable recording setup last year . Since then, the price has dropped slightly to $2,490. But my ...
Viewers might see a new option in YouTube's dropdown resolution menu on the web if they're paying for the video hosting platform's Premium subscription service. According to The Verge , YouTube's ...
Threads users will soon get one of the most requested features for the text-based social network: A web version. Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg has announced on the app that in the next few weeks, ...
Biogen and Sage Therapeutics' collaboration to develop Zurzuvae has proved fruitful. The FDA approved the oral pill specifically for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD), making it the first ...
Google just won a partial reprieve in one of the antitrust cases leveled against the company . Federal Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and key states can't claim that ...
Devolver Digital has cultivated a name for itself over the years as a publisher with an offbeat approach to marketing games. To that end, it has announced a Devolver Delayed event, which it calls the ...
Google thinks it has a way to get more hybrid workers into the office : eliminate the commute when they do need to leave home. CNBC says it has learned of a summer promotion that lets full-time staff ...
Global ransomware attacks are on the rise, according to a report issued by Malwarebytes. The study shows a massive surge from July 2022 to June 2023, with the United States bearing the brunt of these ...
While Motorola’s pricier Razr+ beat Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5 to the punch with its expansive external display, the Razr (named the Razr 40 in other regions like the UK) was pitched as a ...
Coinbase has filed a motion to dismiss a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit in which the agency accused the company of illegally running an unregistered national securities exchange, broker ...
GameStop is pulling the plug on its crypto locker after only a year. An alert posted this week to the company’s website ( via Game Developer ) says GameStop Wallet will be no more after ...
Arturia has officially begun its annual summer sale, offering steep discounts on a vast array of digital instruments, effects and sound bank packs. The average discount is 50 percent, so you can pick ...
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Call of Duty cheaters are now being named and shamed in real-time when they're kicked out of a game. The latest season of CoD: Modern Warfare II and CoD: Warzone season five went live this week, and ...
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QuakeCon is returning to an in-person event on August 10th, and id Software might have a re-release to mark the occasion. Historically reliable leaker billbil-kun claims id will unveil a remastered ...
Βενετία, Ιταλία: Άνθρωποι διαμαρτύρονται κατά της εισαγωγής ενός συστήματος εγγραφής και της επιβολής τέλους στους τουρίστες που επισκέπτονται την πόλη για μία ημέρα, το οποίο προορίζεται για τη διατήρηση της λιμνοθάλασσας της πόλης. Manuel Silvestri/Reuters
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Στα Νησιά του Σολομώντα, μέχρι τον 20ό αιώνα, χρησιμοποιούσαν τα δόντια των σκύλων ως νομίσματα.
Πραγματοποιείται γενικά απεργία στο Σικάγο των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών με αίτημα την επιβολή του οκταώρου στο ωράριο εργασίας.
1930
Ο πλανήτης Πλούτωνας παίρνει επισήμως την ονομασία του
1931
Εγκαινιάζεται το Empire State Building στη Νέα Υόρκη.
1948
Ιδρύεται το κράτος της Βόρειας Κορέας.
1976
O αγωνιστής κατά της χούντας των συνταγματαρχών και βουλευτής της Ένωσης Κέντρου Αλέξανδρος Παναγούλης βρίσκει το θάνατο σε τροχαίο δυστύχημα στη Λεωφόρο Βουλιαγμένης, επιστρέφοντας στο σπίτι του
1983
Ο Μίκης Θεοδωράκης τιμάται με το βραβείο Λένιν για την ειρήνη.
1994
Ο άσος της Φόρμουλα 1 Άιρτον Σένα σκοτώνεται σε ατύχημα στο Γκραν Πρι της Ίμολα.
2004
Η Κύπρος μαζί με τις Εσθονία, Λεττονία, Λιθουανία, Μάλτα, Ουγγαρία, Πολωνία, Σλοβακία, Σλοβενία και Τσεχία εντάσσονται στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση.