Subj : TikTok discusses sale to Elon ¨, RedNote tops app store ¨, o1 in practice ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Jan 14 2025 11:37:57 --C0EHobJk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chinese officials will face tough negotiations with the Trump administrat= ion - the TikTok negotiations are a potential area for reconciliation= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR= =09=09TOGETHER WITH [QA Wolf] [4] TLDR 2025-01-14 = =E2=9C=82=EF=B8=8F CUT YOUR QA CYCLES DOWN TO MINUTES WITH QA WOLF (SPONSOR= ) [4]=20 If QA is a bottleneck on your software engineering team and yo= u're releasing slowly because of it, you need to check out QA Wolf. = Their fully-managed service gets engineering teams to 80% automated end-t= o-end test coverage [5] and their AI-native platform helps dev teams SHIP= 5X FASTER by reducing QA cycles from hours to minutes. 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Chinese officials are evaluating a pote= ntial option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok.= The plan involves X taking control of the platform and running the busines= ses together. It is unclear whether Musk, TikTok, or ByteDance have held an= y talks about the terms of any possible deal. TikTok may no longer be in By= teDance's sole control. Chinese officials recognize that they will face tou= gh negotiations with the Trump administration, so they see the TikTok negot= iations as a potential area for reconciliation.
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Chinese social media app RedNote is at = the top of Apple's app store. RedNote is often thought of as the Chinese eq= uivalent of Instagram. The company was founded in 2013 and had about 300 mi= llion monthly active users in July 2024. It was valued at $17 billion in Ju= ly - it has raised over $900 million in total funding and has more than 2,0= 00 employees. Many TikTok creators are rushing to find an alternative platf= orm where they can keep posting videos while waiting to see what happens wi= th TikTok, which faces a potential ban on January 19.
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Starlink, now available in more than 10= 0 countries, is cheaper than the leading fixed internet service provider in= at least five of the 16 African countries where the service is available. = The company does not offer fixed rates - it instead adjusts prices to refle= ct market conditions. Its satellites are able to provide services where gro= und-based internet infrastructure is sparse or nonexistent. Starlink has di= srupted the existing internet service provider industry in Kenya, where it = became so popular that the company had to pause new subscriptions due to ne= twork overload.
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Blue Origin was scheduled to lift off y= esterday morning but the mission was scrubbed right before it was scheduled= to launch. The company is now troubleshooting a vehicle subsystem issue an= d reviewing opportunities for its next launch. Blue Origin still has until = January 16 to launch before the currently approved launch window elapses. I= ts New Glenn rocket has faced many setbacks during its over a decade of dev= elopment.
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JAX is a high-performance numerical com= puting library with a NumPy-like API. While many PyTorch users have heard a= bout JAX, there are not that many straightforward, easy-to-follow tutorials= .. This tutorial helps readers understand the basics of JAX by connecting it= s concepts to PyTorch building blocks. It explores the basics of the JAX ec= osystem from the PyTorch user and guides users through how to train a simpl= e neural network with JAX and PyTorch.
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Automattic has announced that it will r= estrict its contributions to the open source version of WordPress - it will= now put in about 45 hours a week in total, down from nearly 4,000 a week. = The company is aiming to match the estimated hourly contributions of WP Eng= ine as a response to WP Engine's legal response after actions by WordPress = co-creator Matt Mullenweg. While usually, having the community take the lea= d would be fine, Mullenweg has the final say over some very important parts= of the WordPress community. While it is fair for Automattic to focus on fo= r-profit projects, Mullenweg still holds all the keys to WordPress. A fork = is possible, but it will require new community-driven infrastructure.
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