Tinder’s app gets more social by letting friends play matchmaker
Dating app users will often sit with friends as they swipe through their matches in order to gain feedback, or even hand over their phone and let their friends swipe for them. Now, that real-life experience is becoming a part of Tinder’s product, as the company today is introducing a
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Read moreBuilding a Python Package with C Extensions using Poetry
Python is an incredibly versatile language that can be used in a variety of applications, from web development to data science and more…Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreIntegrating AWS Security Hub With Jira Cloud Using Step Functions
Photo by Julia Morales on UnsplashAWS Security Hub makes your cloud workload visible and can continuously compare your configuration to best practices. Topcoder has been using AWS for nearly a decade, and a lot has changed with Topcoder and AWS.Some legacy practices used in AWS are no longer in line with best
Read moreHashtag Trending Oct.23 – Major corporations announce tech layoffs; IT contractors have covertly funnelled millions of U.S dollars to North Korea; IBM and AWS have expanded their partnership
Tech layoffs continue to hit hard, remote IT workers in US companies are sending millions of dollars and some trade secrets to North Korea, AWS is training 10,000 IBM consultants as part of a growing partnership between the two giants to deliver AI services and when does a photo clean
Read moreJavaScript Decorators: An In-depth Guide
Learn about decorators in JavaScript: what they are, how they work, what they're useful for, their pros and cons, and how to use them. Continue reading JavaScript Decorators: An In-depth Guide on SitePoint.
Read moreWhile tech companies play with OpenAI’s API, this startup believes small, in-house AI models will win
ZenML wants to be the glue that makes all the open-source AI tools stick together. This open-source framework lets you build pipelines that will be used by data scientists, machine-learning engineers and platform engineers to collaborate and build new AI models. The reason why ZenML is interesting is that it
Read morePeak XV’s latest Surge batch is 77% AI and deeptech startups
AI and other deep technologies are the prevailing themes in the new early-stage cohort from Peak XV Partners, as the largest India and Southeast Asia-focused VC fund intensifies its search for opportunities in a sector garnering international frenzy. Ten out of 13 startups in the latest cohort of Surge, Peak
Read moreRivian R1T is the first EV to win the longest off-road competition in the US
Motorsports and off-road competition isn’t the typical fodder over here at TechCrunch — unless, of course, there also happens to be a podium-winning team driving an all-electric 2023 Rivian R1T. The Rebelle Rally, the longest off-road map-and-compass rally in the United States, wrapped up Friday evening with a new EV
Read moreStability of a superegg
Three weeks ago I wrote about supereggs, a shape popularized by Piet Hein. One aspect of supereggs that I did not address is their stability. Looking at the photo above, you could imagine that if you gave the object a slight nudge it would not fall over. Your intuition would
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