Quadrature rules and an impossibility theorem
Many numerical integration formulas over a finite interval have the form That is, the integral on the left can be approximated by evaluating the integrand f at particular nodes and taking the weighted sum, and the error is some multiple of a derivative of f evaluated at a point in
Read moreThe mugshot that launched a thousand memes
Memes can happen in the blink of an eye, like a Jeopardy! contestant who accidentally makes a sexual innuendo under the pressure of stage lights, or a kid who randomly gets interviewed on a playground and professes his undying love for America’s most plentiful crop, corn. But as soon as
Read moreFive takeaways from Instacart’s S-1 filing
On-demand grocery delivery giant Instacart has finally dropped its much anticipated S-1. The company, actually named MapleBear, is one of the best-known unicorns on the IPO shortlist. Instacart’s public-offering filing has been long awaited due to not only its massive fundraising history, but also its sheer anticipated heft. Instacart is,
Read moreBitcoin startups remain undercapitalized as funding drought drags on
The crypto industry has not had a great run over the past year. Along with increasing regulatory scrutiny and skeptical investors, capital deployment has pulled back significantly from the highs of 2021, which has left many young startups struggling to raise funds. This capital crunch is affecting the Bitcoin ecosystem
Read moreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 25, 2023
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 25th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. I had internet trouble this week when construction crews laid down a new driveway, knocking me offline
Read moreHow founders raised money so far in 2023
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week, DocSend dropped a big load of statistics about the VC activity over the past half year or so. For TC+, I did a deep dive into the trends that are starting to show
Read moreVFX artists show that Hollywood can use AI to create, not exploit
Hollywood may be embroiled in ongoing labor disputes that involve AI, but the technology infiltrated film and TV long, long ago. At SIGGRAPH in LA, algorithmic and generative tools were on display in countless talks and announcements. We may not know where the likes of GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion fit
Read moreBuilding Production-Ready LLM Apps With LlamaIndex: Recursive Document Agents for Dynamic Retrieval
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Read moreWhatsApp rolls out support for HD video
Last week, WhatsApp announced it was adding support for HD photos, allowing the messaging app users the option to preserve the high-def resolution of the phones they wanted to share with friends and family. At the time, the company said support for HD videos was coming soon. Today, the company
Read moreThe 6 most important things to know about SaaS+ product architecture
Justin Kaufenberg Contributor Share on Twitter Justin Kaufenberg is the managing director at Rally Ventures and co-founder and former CEO of SportsEngine. Greg Blasko Contributor Share on Twitter Greg Blasko is co-founder of Monoline and co-founder and former CTO of SportsEngine. Whether you want to build a SaaS+ company from
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