Rutgers Undergraduate Rewrites Hash Table Rules, Disproving 40-Year-Old Conjecture In the autumn of 2021, Rutgers University undergraduate Andrew Krapivin stumbled upon a research paper titled “Tiny Pointers”. He initially dismissed it. Two years later, curiosity piqued, he revisited the paper. This seemingly casual act would reshape a fundamental tool in computer science: the hash table.…
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Listening to the Ocean Floor: The Rise of Sabotage Detection in Undersea Cables Undersea fibre optic cables form the backbone of global communication, carrying over 99% of intercontinental internet traffic. These cables, often thousands of kilometres long, act as arteries, transmitting vast amounts of data at incredible speeds. Cable landing stations act like capillaries, connecting…
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lsMinimising Your Online Presence: A Growing Trend Anita Smith, name changed for privacy, always valued online discretion. A stalking incident after an abusive relationship intensified this need. Following police involvement, she left Britain and drastically reduced her digital footprint. Smith purged almost all her online information. This included deleting location details from past posts and…
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