Stratasys rejects Nano Dimension acquisition offer, agrees to talk to 3D Systems
Some of the biggest names in additive manufacturing are about to merge — we’re just not entirely sure who. One name we can say for certain is Stratasys — long one of the top names in 3D printing. As for with whom the company will eventually merge, there are three
Read moreWits Innovation Bridge Inspires Hope for a Better Future
A bridge to represent a concept of the ‘inner spine’ linking the Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP), multiple Wits Engineering schools, and the revamped Geosciences building was unveiled on 12 July 2023. The bridge links Wits’ East and West campuses – and arcs through the FEBE building and the
Read moreYouTube is testing a new ‘Stable Volume’ feature across its mobile apps
Some YouTube users may soon come across a new feature that will help keep the volume of their videos at a more consistent level. After a Reddit user discovered a yet-to-be-announced setting titled “Stable volume,” YouTube has since confirmed the experiment is now in testing with global users. As the
Read moreMoments of Tukey’s g-and-h distribution
John Tukey developed his so-called g-and-h distribution to be very flexible, having a wide variety of possible values of skewness and kurtosis. Although the reason for the distribution’s existence is its range of possible skewness and values, calculating the skewness and kurtosis of the distribution is not simple. Definition Let
Read moreAre software companies good businesses?
We’re back to talking about profitability. A technology-finance podcast recently talked about software company valuations, the impact of interest rates, and just how profitable well-known tech companies can become. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. Riffing
Read moreModulus Introduces Innovative Borrowing and Lending Technology
Modulus, a renowned US-based developer known for its ultra-high-performance trading and surveillance technology, has announced the introduction of its crypto lending and borrowing technologies. These innovative solutions will be made available to all clients of Modulus’ white-label exchange by the end of the quarter. Empowering Traders with Interest Earnings The
Read moreChris’ Corner: More Like CSBest
We gotta talk about CSS! That’s my favorite thing! It’s always on the table for a good Chris’ Corner edition, but sometimes focusing on it entirely is best. Klint Finley called it “The modern web’s underrated powerhouse” for GitHub’s publication The ReadME Project back in February, and I’m inclined to
Read moreMukesh Bansal seeks over $100M valuation in new venture’s maiden funding
Mukesh Bansal of Indian fashion e-commerce giant Myntra and fitness platform Cultfit fame is evaluating a new venture. Even though he hasn’t yet decided on his exact plans for the new offerings – or their sequence – he already has a potential price in mind. Bansal, who stepped back from
Read moreHouse Republicans probe Threads in ongoing social media investigation
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has expanded his wide-ranging investigation of big tech and social media companies to include Threads, Meta’s new Twitter competitor. Representative Jordan subpoenaed Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft in February to learn about “how and to what extent the Executive Branch coerced and colluded with
Read moreDebugging Crashes and Deadlocks in Python using PyStack
Using PyStack’s “forbidden magic” to debug deadlocks, segmentation faults, crashes, and other difficult bugs in PythonContinue reading on Better Programming »
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