Numbers don’t typically have many prime factors
Suppose you select a 100-digit number at random. How many distinct prime factors do you think it would have? The answer is smaller than you might think: most likely between 5 and 6. The function ω(n) returns the number of distinct prime factors of n [1]. A theorem of Hardy
Read moreOceanGate fires a whistleblower, hackers threaten to leak Reddit data, and Marvel embraces AI art
Hello, lovelies, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week in tech. For many folks, this workweek was a day shorter, thanks to the Juneteenth observance on Monday. But plenty happened. We’ve got coverage on the OceanGate tragedy, and we’ve continued to closely track
Read moreKeep your UI test working when migrating from native Auth0 to WebAuth0 login
How we achieved that without any external libraryPhoto by Sigmund on UnsplashIntroductionsAuth0 is a popular identity and access management platform that provides developers an easy-to-use solution for securing their applications and APIs. With Auth0, developers can quickly add authentication and authorization to their applications without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure.
Read moreMixed Reality App Design Case Study
Use your curiosity to explore new design paths — step by step.Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreKeeping tabs on dry powder and university spinouts
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. The start of a new season is always a good time to revisit past predictions and look for
Read moreDeal Dive: Caraway shows what else digital health can do
Access to healthcare has long been an issue in the U.S., but the sheer magnitude of the problem became apparent during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous digital health startups stepped in to address the plethora of issues, and for a few quarters, VCs flocked to back them.
Read moreThis week in AI: Big tech bets billions on machine learning tools
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. If it wasn’t
Read moreHow one software engineer is turning Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse story into a musical
Mauricio Costa, a software engineer and music composer living in Atlanta, is creating a musical comedy out of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, called “The Valley.” Perhaps the wounds are still fresh, but Costa told TechCrunch while reading articles about the bank’s demise and trying to understand what was going
Read morePeople over process done right
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools – the agile manifestoContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreAmazon plans to invest another $15 billion in India by 2030
Amazon plans to more than double its investment in India in the next seven years, the e-commerce group said, joining a roster of other high-profile American giants ramping up commitment to the South Asian market after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week. The e-commerce group has invested about
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