Counts

The simple and compelling CountMin SketchPhoto by luis arias on UnsplashImagine a stream of incoming symbols a, b, a, c, a, …. We’d like to know how many times a certain symbol has arrived.This problem has many uses. To calculate the number of times a certain query was made to Google, a certain video watched on YouTube, or a certain song purchased from iTunes. And many others.We can solve this problem using a hashmap whose keys are the distinct symbols seen in the stream thus far and whose values are their frequencies.…

Rex Orange County has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman on six separate occasions in London earlier this year. The Sun reports Rex Orange County, born Alexander O’Connor, allegedly assaulted the woman twice in West End on June 1, as well as once in a taxi and three times at his Notting Hill residence the following day. The identity of the accuser was not disclosed. Authorities would only confirm that she is a woman over the age of 16. O’Connor faces six counts of sexual assault. “Alex is shocked by the…

The musician Rex Orange County, aka Alexander O’Connor, has been charged with six counts of sexually assaulting a woman, the Sun has reported.On 1 June, the 24-year-old allegedly assaulted the woman twice in London’s West End and then four times the next day, including once in a taxi and on three instances at his home in Notting Hill. The woman is reputedly over the age of 16.O’Connor appeared at Southwark crown court on 10 October. He pleaded not guilty to all six charges and was released on unconditional bail.“Alex is…

Musician Rex Orange County has been charged with six counts of sexual assault after a woman accused him of attacking her multiple times in London.According to reports from the Sun, the 24-year-old singer, born Alex O’Connor, allegedly twice assaulted a woman in London’s West End on June 1. The woman also accused O’Connor of assaulting her in a taxi and three times at his home in Notting Hill the next day.O’Connor denied all charges in a London courtroom on Monday, and a provisional trial date was set for January 3.“Alex…

via 20th Century Fox If there was an award to be given out for the most consistently inconsistent franchise in the history of cinema, then Predator would be a very strong contender to lift the trophy. We’ve seen the good, the bad, and the very ugly from the sci-fi saga over the last 35 years, but it’s hard to imagine anything worse than Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem emerging from the rubble. It was a bold call for sibling directorial duo The Brothers Strause to tackle the sequel to a crossover that also acted as…

When Nvidia introduced its Ada Lovelace family of graphics processing units earlier this week, it mainly focused on its top-of-the-range AD102 GPU and its flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. It didn't release too many details about its AD103 and AD104 graphics chips. Fortunately, Nvidia uploaded its Ada Lovelace whitepaper today that contains loads of data about the new GPUs and fills in many gaps. We've updated the RTX 40-series GPUs everything we know hub with the new details, but here's the overview of the new…

In an age where all fighting games are getting stronger netcode with rollback updates, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle had the potential to make an impact with an all-new updated port featuring new characters and mechanics. The original version that was released for the PlayStation 3 was plagued by a 30 frames per second (fps) frame rate and terrible online play. A new release has the potential to fix all those issues and give the game a second life. The frame rate is fixed in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure:…

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A federal jury convicted Ramesh “ Sunny” Balwani, the former top lieutenant to Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes, on all 12 charges that he helped perpetuate a yearslong fraud scheme at the blood-testing startup.The verdict is the second conviction against Theranos leadership and comes six months after a jury found Ms. Holmes guilty of fraud; it secures another major victory for the U.S. government, which brought the case against the pair…

Sunny Balwani arrives at a federal court in San Jose, California on March 16, 2022.Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)What could’ve gone wrong when 19-year-old Stanford dropout Elizabeth Holmes founded blood-testing company Theranos in 2003? Apparently everything, including Theranos ex-president and former COO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani being convicted of fraud in a federal court earlier today.Theranos promised a technology like no other: A medical device that could run countless tests using a single drop of patient blood.…

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A federal jury convicted Ramesh “ Sunny” Balwani, the former top lieutenant to Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes, on all 12 charges that he helped perpetuate a yearslong fraud scheme at the blood-testing startup.The verdict is the second conviction against Theranos leadership and comes six months after a jury found Ms. Holmes guilty of fraud, securing another major victory for the U.S. government, which brought the case against the pair in…