Combinatorics and Computing Weekly Seminar Title: Approximating Prize-collecting Variants of the Traveling Salesman Problem Speakers: Morteza Alimi, University of Augsburg, Germany Date: 19 FEB 2025 Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Combinatorics and Computing Weekly Seminar Title: Approximating Prize-collecting Variants of the Traveling Salesman Problem Speakers: Morteza Alimi, University of Augsburg, Germany Date: 19 FEB 2025 Time: 14:00 - 15:00
You may recall that, back when Facebook started changing WhatsApp’s terms of service, a number of news outlets reported on, and even recommended, switching to Telegram. Pavel Durov even said that users should delete WhatsApp “unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day.” But Telegram can’t be described as a more-secure version of WhatsApp. Now safely in France with his spouse and three of his children, Kliuchnikov scrolls through Telegram to learn about the devastation happening in his home country. WhatsApp, a rival messaging platform, introduced some measures to counter disinformation when Covid-19 was first sweeping the world. Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. And while money initially moved into stocks in the morning, capital moved out of safe-haven assets. The price of the 10-year Treasury note fell Friday, sending its yield up to 2% from a March closing low of 1.73%.
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