ARPAbet and the Major mnemonic system
ARPAbet is a phonetic spelling system developed by— you guessed it—ARPA, before it became DARPA. The ARPAbet system is less expressive than IPA, but much easier for English speakers to understand. Every sound is encoded as one or two English letters. So, for example, the sound denoted ʒ in IPA
Read moreTwitter rebrands to ‘X,’ hackers infect Call of Duty, and foreign visitors to China go cashless
Hey, friends, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s roundup of the week in tech news. Life getting in the way of your daily TechCrunch habit? Not to worry. WiR will get you caught up in no time. This week, WiR covers the improving quality of AI porn generators and
Read moreIn AI-enabled drug discovery, there might be more than one winner
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. Today, a look at Israel from three different angles: drug discovery, AI-enabled cybersecurity threats, and investor reactions to
Read moreRuzsa distance
A few days ago I wrote about Jaccard distance, a way of defining a distance between sets. The Ruzsa distance is similar, except it defines the distance between two subsets of an Abelian group. Subset difference Let A and B be two subsets of an Abelian (commutative) group G. Then
Read moreAbundant opportunities for founders at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
“Founders first” is the TechCrunch credo — this is the way — and you’ll find the very best and brightest minds in the startup ecosystem gathered at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, taking place September 19–21 in San Francisco. This year, our programming spans nine stages, seven industries and dozens of breakout
Read moreDeal Dive: Cutting through the noise in a category clouded by catastrophic failure
Building a startup is hard enough but growing one in a category marred with Theranos-sized stigma is a new level of challenge. Vital Bio seems up for the test. The Toronto-based startup is building a machine, VitalOne, that can perform more than 50 blood tests — covering nearly all of
Read moreTop React Testing Libraries in 2023: A Comprehensive Review
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Read moreEtsy sellers say a fraud protection program is destabilizing their businesses
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge D., a carpenter and Etsy seller of several years, recently sold a piece of custom, made-to-order furniture for around $150. The sale itself was business as usual for their shop — but it came with a sense of exasperation. Their earnings would be
Read moreCISA’s security-by-design initiative is at risk: Here’s a path forward
Trey Herr Contributor Trey Herr is the director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Maia Hamin Contributor Maia Hamin is an associate director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Will Loomis Contributor Share on Twitter Will Loomis is an associate director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Stewart Scott Contributor Stewart
Read moreIf it hadn’t been for them meddlin’ kids
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Not to get all GrumpyManYellsAtCloud.gif, but I’m getting pretty tired of the myth of the dropped-out-of-college founders. Investors — and the broader ecosystem — have known for a long time that while there are some
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