Technology

September 1 has been a day of remarkable historical events across millennia, ranging from ancient religious ceremonies to modern technological breakthroughs. In the ancient and medieval eras, it saw the dedication of Rome's Temple of Juno Regina (396 BC), the crowning of Byzantine Emperor Isaak Komnenos (1057), and the...

Hurricane hunters are specialized aircrews, primarily from the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and NOAA, who fly directly into tropical cyclones to collect vital weather data. The practice began in 1943 when a pilot flew into a Category 1 hurricane near Galveston, Texas, on a bet, and whil...

The National Weather Service Boston/Norton is a vital forecast office that monitors and warns for most of Massachusetts, northern Connecticut, and all of Rhode Island, despite being physically located in Norton, about 30 miles south of Boston. It issues critical alerts for phenomena like tornadoes, severe thunderstorms...

The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season was well below average, producing only nine tropical cyclones, eight named storms, six hurricanes, and two major hurricanes—making it the most recent season with fewer than ten named systems. Although forecasters predicted a strong El Niño would suppress activity (which only developed...

Dave McNally (1942–2002) was a left-handed pitcher who anchored the Baltimore Orioles dynasty, helping the team capture four American League pennants and two World Series titles between 1966 and 1971. A three-time All-Star, he won 20 or more games for four straight seasons (1968–1971), and in 1971 he w...

YouTube TV is Google's subscription-based streaming service for live television, launched in April 2017 and designed for cord cutters. It offers over 100 live channels, a cloud DVR, and is available exclusively in the US, where it has grown to over 10 million subscribers as of November 2025. The service began in just f...

Eric Swalwell (born November 16, 1980) is a former Democratic U.S. Representative from California who served from 2013 to 2026, having previously worked as a deputy district attorney and Dublin City Council member. He first made headlines in 2012 by defeating 20-term Democratic incumbe...

Fidelity International is a major global investment manager, founded in 1969 as a subsidiary of the Boston-based Fidelity Investments before becoming an independent, employee-owned firm in 1980. It manages mutual funds, pensions, and platforms for clients across Europe, Asia, and beyon...

Fundraising is the process of gathering voluntary financial contributions from individuals, businesses, and foundations, primarily to support nonprofit organizations, though it can also apply to for-profit ventures seeking investors. While traditional methods like face-to-face door-knocking remain, modern approaches no...

The iPhone 17, announced on September 9, 2025, and released on September 19, is Apple's nineteenth-generation smartphone, succeeding the iPhone 16 with a larger 6.3-inch LTPO OLED display that finally brings the smooth 120Hz ProMotion and always-on technology to a non-Pro model. Availa...

Tyler Lepley (born March 24, 1987) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin "Benny" Young on Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots, the first scripted series to air on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, as a biracial child of Italian and Jamaican descent, he init...

The PlayStation 3 system software is the console's updatable firmware and operating system, built on a fork of FreeBSD and NetBSD known as CellOS (or GameOS), and uses the XrossMediaBar (XMB) as its graphical shell. Updates can be installed via direct ...