Luke Durant, 36, ex-Nvidia employee, found the new largest prime number, a modest 41 million digits long. He used 24 data centres in 17 countries, buying computing power. It took a year of work and $2,000,000 of Luke’s own money. The guy will receive a $3,000 prize. Miscalculated, but where?!

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