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Showh HN: Microjax – JAX in two classes and six functions

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 12:41:55

Microjax: JAX in two classes and six functions or Read on Github (I recommend actually running the notebook, either on your own computer or Colab). This is inspired by Andrej Karpathy's Micrograd, a PyTorch-like library in about 150 lines of code. Despite PyTorch's popularity, I prefer the way JAX works because it a more functional style. This tutorial borrows heavily from Matthew J Johnson's great 2017 presentation on the predecessor to JAX, autograd: Video / Slides / Code. My main contribut

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TikTok reportedly developing new version of app ahead of planned US sale

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-08 14:20:12

In Brief TikTok is developing a new version of its app for U.S. users ahead of an expected sale of the app to a group of investors, according to a report from The Information. The company reportedly plans to launch the new app on September 5, while the existing app will stop working in March of next year. The timeline may shift, the report notes. TikTok users in the U.S. would have to download the new app to continue to use the social network. The report comes two days after President Donald

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Showh HN: Microjax - Jax in two classes and six functions

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 18:41:55

Microjax: JAX in two classes and six functions or Read on Github (I recommend actually running the notebook, either on your own computer or Colab). This is inspired by Andrej Karpathy's Micrograd, a PyTorch-like library in about 150 lines of code. Despite PyTorch's popularity, I prefer the way JAX works because it a more functional style. This tutorial borrows heavily from Matthew J Johnson's great 2017 presentation on the predecessor to JAX, autograd: Video / Slides / Code. My main contribut

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US TikTok users will get their own American-owned version of the app

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-09 10:34:07

The ongoing TikTok saga rumbles on, but a new report claims that we may be close to a resolution. It says US TikTok users will get their own version of the app, which will be owned by an American company. The latest development happens shortly after we got sight of the letter sent to Apple to persuade the company to return TikTok to the App Store despite it being illegal to do so … A quick recap Under a law passed by Congress, TikTok has been banned from the US since January 19. The law has

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US TikTok users may soon have to switch to a new version of the app

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-09 10:00:13

ByteDance is said to be building a new, US-only version of the TikTok app that it will release on September 5. According to The Information , the company is moving ahead with this plan to comply with legislation requiring it to sell its TikTok business in the US or face a nationwide ban . The report suggests that folks in the US will have to switch to the new app (dubbed "M2") in order to keep using TikTok. It's said that ByteDance will remove the existing TikTok app (which the company internal

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Exclusively for Prime Members, Amazon Drops the 2025 MacBook Air to Its Lowest Price Ever

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-02-09 10:45:50

Amazon has turned Prime Day into its biggest annual affair, even overtaking Black Friday and Cyber Monday with huge discounts on the most popular items. This year, the most exciting offer is on the new 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch with M4 chip. For a short while, Prime members can get this latest MacBook Air 256GB at the reduced price of $849, which is a massive cut from the usual $999. Apple is known for sticking by its prices, so having such a deep discount on something that only just showed up i

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These are the best new MacBook deals this July: options starting at $649

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-02-09 06:33:35

In the Apple Silicon era, MacBooks have become more affordable than ever – with brand new models starting as low as $649. With looming tariffs on China, these great deals could potentially be coming to an end soon – so if you’re in the market for a new MacBook for any reason, now may be one of the best ever times to purchase. Apple’s upcoming macOS 26 update is also rumored to drop support for some additional Intel Macs, so if you’d like to stay on the latest and greatest Apple software, nows a

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Overclocking LLM Reasoning: Monitoring and Controlling LLM Thinking Path Lengths

news.ycombinator.com Roy Eisenstadt 2026-02-08 18:53:13

This work investigates how large reasoning models internally track their thinking progress and how such processes can be monitored and controlled. We focus on reasoning models that explicitly segment their computations using <think> and </think> tokens (e.g., DeepSeek-R1), allowing us to study the internal dynamics of the "thinking phase." 1. Monitoring the Thinking Phase We hypothesize that hidden states encode a token's relative position within the thinking phase. To test this, we collect hi

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TikTok’s Escape Plan May Be a Brand New App

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-09 05:59:45

TikTok’s time in the U.S. may be running out, but the company has a dramatic plan to save itself. The social media giant is reportedly building a completely new version of its app for users in the United States, according to a report from The Information on Sunday, which cited anonymous sources. This new app, reportedly codenamed “M2,” is being developed ahead of a planned sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a group of American investors. According to the report, the company has a tentative pla

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TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2026-02-09 02:34:07

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Even with the TikTok divest-or-ban law officially in effect since January, the app has only shut down service in the US for one day. Now, The Information reports that an agreement for a sale satisfying the law’s requirements is close and would come with a new, separate version of the app. Any deal, however, would need approval from the Ch

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GameStop Might've Sold Your Purchase Data to Facebook: How to Claim a Piece of the Settlement

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 22:00:00

There's still time to claim part of GameStop privacy settlement. Have you bought something from video game retailer GameStop in the past five years? Did you have a Facebook account when you did so? According to an email I received awhile back, that includes me. If it includes you as well, you can claim your own piece of a brewing settlement from the company, and you've still got a few weeks to do so. Last month, GameStop agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it o

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Watch TikTok Sensations Savannah Bananas Free on Your Roku Screen

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 22:00:05

There's a chance your TikTok feed has slipped in a few clips of the Savannah Bananas, an exhibition baseball team whose antics and gameplay style may remind you of the Harlem Globetrotters. In a league of their own, -- they play Banana Ball and no longer belong to other leagues -- the team can be seen dancing, singing and throwing curveballs on social media and your TV screen. This weekend, you can stream a game for free on the Roku Channel. If coordinated choreography for songs like the Cupid

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Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 review: the new king of Chromebooks

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2026-02-09 00:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. The world of Chromebooks has its MacBook Air. Lenovo’s latest Chromebook Plus 14 is an Arm-based thin-and-light with good specs, excellent battery life, a great keyboard, all-around solid build, and a fantastic OLED screen. But the best part is that its bright and punchy 14-inch panel comes standard on the base $649 configuration or as

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Yet Another Zip Trick

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-04 17:01:59

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Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook, but will it matter?

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-02-08 18:21:00

This week, we heard some news from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo about Apple entering a new segment of the laptop market. The company is reportedly working on a new MacBook at a lower starting price point than the MacBook Air, and it’ll apparently pack the A18 Pro chip found in iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. While a cheaper MacBook is certainly a welcome add, the question truly stands: will Apple do it properly, or will it serve as another decoy model? Rumor refresh To quickly recap, the cheaper

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Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook, but will it stick the landing?

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-02-09 00:21:00

This week, we heard some news from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo about Apple entering a new segment of the laptop market. The company is reportedly working on a new MacBook at a lower starting price point than the MacBook Air, and it’ll apparently pack the A18 Pro chip found in iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. While a cheaper MacBook is certainly a welcome add, the question truly stands: will Apple do it properly, or will it serve as another decoy model? Rumor refresh To quickly recap, the cheaper

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How to Share Games on Nintendo Switch 2 (Spoiler: It's Easier Than You Think)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-08 20:00:04

If your household has more than one Nintendo Switch 2, you don't have to purchase the same game again and again for every console. Instead, Nintendo offers two ways to share a single copy of a game you've purchased between multiple Switch 2s, using a new feature called Virtual Game Cards. I'll walk you through both. Before we get started however, you may have heard of a feature called GameShare, which is also found on the bottom row of the home screen. I'm not talking about GameShare here. Con

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This Weird Pyramid Always Lands on the Same Face, Confirming 40-Year-Old Theory

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2026-02-08 23:00:57

“Bille” is the first-ever monostable tetrahedron, or a pyramid-like shape with four triangular faces that has one stable resting position. What this means is that Bille, no matter how you throw it and how it lands, will flip back on exactly the same side every single time. In a recent preprint submitted to arXiv, mathematicians revealed the first physical model of Bille, closing a decades-old theory proposed by the renowned British mathematician John Conway. Made of lightweight carbon fiber and

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Chasing Lost Languages

news.ycombinator.com Laura Spinney 2026-02-05 00:03:17

If humans have been talking for 200,000 years—for most of our species’ existence, that is—then an estimated half a million languages might have been spoken in all. To put that number in perspective, around 7,000 languages are spoken today. And because writing was only invented about 5,000 years ago, the vast majority of those half a million languages are lost to us, having been spoken in a preliterate world and died before they could be recorded. That’s half a million distinct systems of knowled

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Air pollution may contribute to development of lung cancer in never-smokers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-09 04:33:45

Now, a study published on July 2 in Nature has uncovered compelling genomic evidence that points to air pollution—and other environmental exposures—as a potential major factor behind this growing public health concern. The study was jointly led by researchers at the University of California San Diego and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “We’re seeing this problematic trend that never-smokers are increasingly getting lung cancer, but we haven’

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Air Pollution May Contribute to Development of Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-09 22:33:45

Now, a study published on July 2 in Nature has uncovered compelling genomic evidence that points to air pollution—and other environmental exposures—as a potential major factor behind this growing public health concern. The study was jointly led by researchers at the University of California San Diego and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “We’re seeing this problematic trend that never-smokers are increasingly getting lung cancer, but we haven’

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This is the letter Donald Trump sent Apple to keep TikTok on the App Store

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-02-10 11:29:01

Tony Tan, a Google shareholder, has obtained and published a set of letters the Trump administration sent to multiple tech companies, essentially saying: don’t worry about the law, the president has your back, keep TikTok online. However, Mr. Tan disagrees. And he’s taking legal action to prove it. A bit of back story The TikTok ban has had more ups and downs than any busy person would care to follow. For today’s news, here’s the part that matters: Towards the end of his term, President Bide

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Ninja 4-in-1 Air Fryer Pro Already Matches Last Prime Day’s Price, Stock Is Running Out Quickly

gizmodo.com Brittany Vincent 2026-02-10 14:40:50

If you’ve ever stood in front of your oven, waiting for it to preheat while the kitchen heats up around you, you know how frustrating cooking can be when time and energy are short. Weeknight meals turn into a juggling act, and even reheating leftovers can feel like a hassle. The solution? A multi-function appliance like an air fryer. And we’ve got just the one for you right now. The Ninja Air Fryer Pro 4-in-1 is something you’ll definitely want to snap up now while it’s on sale, especially for s

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Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-11 04:16:09

In the early 2000s, we used to write a lot of CGI programs. This was the primary way to make websites dynamic at the time. These CGI programs were usually written in Perl, but sometimes in C or other languages to increase performance. The CGI mechanism is conceptually simple but powerful. When the web server receives an incoming request for a CGI script (e.g. /~jakegold/cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi ), it: Sets up environment variables containing request metadata (HTTP headers, query parameters, requ

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Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-11 10:06:30

More than six months after TikTok was briefly banned, we still don't know exactly what its fate in the US will be. But we do have new insight into the legal wrangling that has allowed Apple, Google and other platforms to continue to support the app. If you remember, TikTok was only "banned" for a matter of hours shortly before President Donald Trump took office in January and delayed enforcement of the law. The app's service was promptly restored January 19, 2025, but the app didn't return to A

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OpenAI Warns You Not to Buy Its Fake Stock

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-11 12:55:34

OpenAI has a message for anyone who thinks they’re about to cash in on the AI boom by buying a new “OpenAI token” on Robinhood: Don’t. But in a chaotic turn, Elon Musk just suggested that even the company’s real equity might be an illusion. The maker of ChatGPT, in a rare public warning posted on X (formerly Twitter), disavowed any involvement with crypto-like financial products claiming to offer a piece of its business. “These ‘OpenAI tokens’ are not OpenAI equity,” the company wrote. “We did

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xAI prepares Grok 4 Code as it plans to take on Claude and Gemini

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-12 00:00:18

xAI is preparing the rollout of Grok 4, which replaces Grok 3 as the new state-of-the-art model. Ahead of the rollout, testers on X have again spotted references to a few new Grok 4 models. One of the models is called "grok-4-prod-mimic," which reportedly excels at enterprise use cases like data extraction, coding, and text summarisation. It also possesses deep domain knowledge in finance, healthcare, law, and science. But "grok-4-prod-mimic" isn't the only new model coming to Grok. Another

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Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2026-02-12 03:26:55

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. A Freedom of Information Act request has produced letters that the US Department of Justice sent to Google, Apple, Amazon, and several other companies in order to assuage their concerns about breaking a law that banned US web services from working with TikTok. The documents — obtained by Zhaocheng Anthony Tan, a Google shareholder

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Why I'm switching to the MacBook Air M4 from my Windows laptop (and you should too at this price)

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-12 09:00:19

MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET The MacBook Air M4 (13-inch) is on sale at Amazon starting at $850 ahead of Prime Day, while the 15-inch is also $150 off, starting at $1,049. Also: The best Prime Day laptop deals we've found When Apple announced the MacBook Air M4 earlier this year, it was clear that the laptop would be an incremental upgrade from last year's model, with the latest in Apple silicon and a host of software and AI-powered features. The fact that the 13-inch versi

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Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

wired.com Paresh Dave 2026-02-12 09:48:41

US attorney general Pam Bondi has told at least 10 tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, that they have “incurred no liability” for supporting TikTok despite the federal ban on providing services to the popular video-sharing app, according to letters disclosed on Thursday. Under orders from President Donald Trump, Bondi has refused to enforce a law passed by Congress last year that classifies TikTok as a national security risk because of its ties to China and bars comp

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Showh HN: Microjax – JAX in two classes and six functions

TikTok reportedly developing new version of app ahead of planned US sale

Showh HN: Microjax - Jax in two classes and six functions

US TikTok users will get their own American-owned version of the app

US TikTok users may soon have to switch to a new version of the app

Exclusively for Prime Members, Amazon Drops the 2025 MacBook Air to Its Lowest Price Ever

These are the best new MacBook deals this July: options starting at $649

Overclocking LLM Reasoning: Monitoring and Controlling LLM Thinking Path Lengths

TikTok’s Escape Plan May Be a Brand New App

TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale

GameStop Might've Sold Your Purchase Data to Facebook: How to Claim a Piece of the Settlement

Watch TikTok Sensations Savannah Bananas Free on Your Roku Screen

Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 review: the new king of Chromebooks

Yet Another Zip Trick

Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook, but will it matter?

Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper MacBook, but will it stick the landing?

How to Share Games on Nintendo Switch 2 (Spoiler: It's Easier Than You Think)

This Weird Pyramid Always Lands on the Same Face, Confirming 40-Year-Old Theory

Chasing Lost Languages

Air pollution may contribute to development of lung cancer in never-smokers

Air Pollution May Contribute to Development of Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers

This is the letter Donald Trump sent Apple to keep TikTok on the App Store

Ninja 4-in-1 Air Fryer Pro Already Matches Last Prime Day’s Price, Stock Is Running Out Quickly

Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin

Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban

OpenAI Warns You Not to Buy Its Fake Stock

xAI prepares Grok 4 Code as it plans to take on Claude and Gemini

Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online

Why I'm switching to the MacBook Air M4 from my Windows laptop (and you should too at this price)

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

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