Reliance’s 5G hotspot Jio AirFiber to hit stores next month in broadband push
Jio Platforms on Monday launched the AirFiber, a wireless plug-and-play 5G hotspot, as the top Indian top telecom operator races to make a dent to the broadband market. With the Jio AirFiber, first showcased last year, Reliance plans to expand its 5G user base and replace wired broadband connections. The device
Read moreReliance appoints Ambani’s children to board, wife resigns
Reliance Industries said Monday it has appointed the three children of billionaire Mukesh Ambani — Isha Ambani, Akash Ambani and Anant Ambani — as the directors to its board, the latest in the succession plan at the country’s largest company, which operates the nation’s largest telecom operator and retail chain.
Read moreSwift: High-Performance Dictionary Keys
I improved Factory’s dictionary lookup performance by over 500%! Can you do the same in your app?Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreAfter Threads, Bluesky also adds a way to see your own likes
Bluesky introduced a bunch of updates on Friday to its mobile apps and website including a new tab to see your own likes, notification support for apps, and an emoji picker for the web composer. Earlier this month, Bluesky’s rival Threads added a new tab in settings, called “Your Likes,”
Read moreTesla’s China rival Xpeng buys ride hailing giant Didi’s smart EV assets for $744M
Chinese electric vehicle upstart Xpeng is acquiring the smart EV assets of ride hailing giant Didi for $744 million, marking another significant alliance that the Tesla challenger has struck in recent months. In an announcement on Monday, Didi said the duo is forming a strategic partnership to “promote the global
Read moreCurvature at Cairo
I was flipping through Gravitation [1] this weekend and was curious about an illustration on page 309. This post reproduces that graph. The graph is centered at Cairo, Egypt and includes triangles whose side lengths are the distances between cities. The triangles are calculated using only distances, not by measuring
Read moreCalculating the intersection of two circles
Given the equations for two circles, how can you tell whether they intersect? And if they do intersect, how do you find the point(s) of intersection? MathWorld gives a derivation, but I’d like to add the derivation there in two ways. First, I’d like to be more explicit about the
Read moreThe battery business is booming and Zeekr kicks off it IPO roadshow
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Read moreNever express your ‘use of funds’ slide as percentages
When investors look at a startup slide deck, they are looking for something very specific. Yes, they want to know if the team is great and the market is huge and the problem is worth solving and the solution makes sense. Of course. But another thing they are looking for
Read moreLooking for your next book? These 9 authors have reading recommendations for you
What’s the hardest part of reading? More often than not, it’s picking a good book. “L’embarras du choix,” as we say in French: Presented with infinite options, it becomes very hard to make a decision. That’s why recommendations are so helpful. And who’s best placed to recommend books than people
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