Shopify moves back to Native from React Native

244 fnthawar2 2026-09-10 14:41:46 UTC shopify.engineering Llama Share 158

Shopify is moving from React Native to Swift and Kotlin due to advancements in coding models, allowing for faster development without sacrificing performance. This change will enable Shopify's teams to build mobile apps more efficiently with the help of artificial intelligence.

Rust Is Tier-1 Language at Microsoft

184 mmastrac 2026-09-10 13:41:46 UTC rustfoundation.org Llama Share 83

Microsoft has invested heavily in Rust, making it a Tier-1 language for internal development alongside C++, C#, and TypeScript. The company's MSVC backend, now connected to Rust via rustc_codegen_utc, enables seamless interoperability between the two languages.

Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls

173 thelastgallon 2026-09-10 11:41:46 UTC pv-magazine.com Llama Share 133

Hitachi introduces Y-series EcoCute CO2 heat pump water heaters in Japan with 370-liter and 460-liter models launching in November 2026. The new range supports daytime electricity tariffs and PV-linked energy management with a five-year manufacturer warranty.

Amazon pilots ad services in ChatGPT

64 thm 2026-09-10 14:41:46 UTC marketingdive.com Llama Share 49

Amazon and OpenAI partner to integrate ChatGPT Ads into Amazon's demand-side platform, allowing advertisers to reach users through conversational experiences. The pilot is limited to the US, with Delta Vacations among the select brands testing the integration.

Tell HN: OpenAI keeps re-enabling the 'allow training' setting

291 jacquesm 2026-09-10 13:41:46 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 107

User reports that a checkbox they disabled months ago is still active, raising concerns about OpenAI's data handling practices. The user questions the company's integrity and suggests others may have experienced similar issues with their settings being re-enabled.

What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?

236 soheilpro 2026-09-10 09:41:46 UTC devblogs.microsoft.com Llama Share 113

Windows XP uses a one-pass random selection algorithm to choose the initial profile picture, utilizing RtlRandomEx with GetTickCount() as the seed. This approach is efficient and avoids complications if directory contents change during execution.

List of references on Sony websites to players "owning" their digital games

168 haunter 2026-09-10 12:41:46 UTC consumerrights.wiki Llama Share 50

Four California PlayStation buyers sued Sony Interactive Entertainment, alleging they received a limited license rather than ownership for hundreds of dollars spent on digital goods. The complaint claims the store's checkout language violates California's digital-goods transparency law.

To write non-fiction, draw the trunk, then the rest of the tree

35 DanielVZ 2026-09-10 12:41:46 UTC devz.cl Llama Share 3

The author shares their struggles with staying awake in class and writing skills, but credits reading and writing for helping them succeed in history despite poor attendance. They offer advice on structuring essays by identifying a central theme, thesis, and supporting arguments to engage readers.

Another researcher says OpenAI trained on conversations, then claimed breakthrou

221 ColinWright 2026-09-10 13:41:46 UTC bsky.app Full Share 105

another researcher accuses OpenAI of training on conversations and then claiming a breakthrough

iPhone Duo

1319 thecosmicfrog 2026-09-09 18:41:46 UTC apple.com Llama Share 2287

The iPhone Duo offers a spacious display, multitasking capabilities, and compact design. It features essential controls on the side for easy access and comes with various accessories like a 100% fiber-based box for packaging.

Stockfish 19

171 atiedebee 2026-09-10 07:41:46 UTC stockfishchess.org Llama Share 111

Stockfish 19 has been released with improved strength and features, offering a stronger play and more accurate analysis. The new release brings an Elo gain of up to 44 points and is available for download at stockfishchess.org/download.

Show HN: I couldn't afford interview prep, so I built a free alternative

29 cdnsteve 2026-09-10 14:41:46 UTC learningto.co Llama Share 33

This is a 2Sum problem, where you need to find two numbers in an array that add up to a target value. The solution involves using a hash table or dictionary to store the indices of the numbers as they are encountered, allowing for efficient lookups and avoiding duplicates.

DeepSeek v4.1 Flash

698 Liwink 2026-09-10 06:41:46 UTC twitter.com/deepseek_ai Full Share 375

🚀 Introducing DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: smarter, faster, more efficient. 🔹 Introducing the smallest model in our new architecture family, with native visual understanding. 🔹 Designed for greater capability, faster inference, higher throughput, and scaling to larger models. 1/6

Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

507 dmitrybrant 2026-09-10 02:41:46 UTC rivendell.dmitrybrant.com Llama Share 212

User controls a park where the speed of light is 5 km/h, demonstrating relativistic effects like length contraction and time dilation. The user can accelerate, stop, and observe these effects by moving around the park with W A S D keys and mouse.

The first drink-driving conviction may have happened in London

7 beardyw 2026-09-10 14:41:46 UTC ianvisits.co.uk LocalLLM Share 2

In 1897, George Smith became the first person convicted of drink-driving in Britain, operating an electric taxi. The case highlighted early challenges in regulating motor vehicles and alcohol impairment.

Who People Talk to When They're Struggling

53 toomuchtodo 2026-09-10 13:41:46 UTC graphsaboutreligion.com Llama Share 40

The article discusses the US loneliness epidemic and how people turn to their spouses, close friends, or mental health therapists for support. Most Americans feel comfortable talking about their mental health with family members but struggle to open up to co-workers or neighbors.

>10x More Efficient Pretraining

9 ronfriedhaber 2026-09-10 14:41:46 UTC magic.dev LocalLLM Share 1

The team achieved >10x compute efficiency in pretraining, outperforming open models with ~50x fewer FLOPs. They plan to scale long-context RL and alignment techniques for superhuman coding agents.

Shopify acquires Tailwind

1104 EdwinHoksberg 2026-09-09 15:41:46 UTC tailwindcss.com Llama Share 428

The Tailwind CSS framework is being joined by Shopify to provide a stable long-term home for its development and maintenance. This partnership will enable the creation of complex applications solving real-world problems, while maintaining open-source licensing and community support.

Who Dung It? (Turdle.fun)

10 nb_quant 2026-09-10 14:41:46 UTC turdle.fun Full Share 9

Hints compare body size using length and breadth. Bigger, smaller, or similar.

Discrete Dipole Approximation Code Ddscat 7.2 (2012)

7 doener 2026-09-10 13:41:46 UTC arxiv.org LocalLLM Share 1

DDSCAT 7.2 is an open-source Fortran-90 tool for electromagnetic scattering calculations using the discrete dipole approximation. It supports complex geometries, MPI/OpenMP, and provides near-field electric field data.

Show HN: Filament – Fast data movement engine in Go

5 ikswolzok 2026-09-10 14:41:46 UTC github.com/galaxy-io LocalLLM Share 0

Filament replicates data between sources and sinks with durable progress and verification. It's flexible, deployable as a service or embedded in Go apps, with support for Kubernetes and multiple runtimes.

What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks

613 evakhoury 2026-09-09 16:41:46 UTC tautology.town Llama Share 373

Visa and Mastercard are card networks that facilitate transactions between cardholders, issuers, and merchants. They don't issue cards or manage point-of-sale systems, but instead connect these parties to enable secure transactions.

Liesegang Rings

18 surprisetalk 2026-09-10 11:41:46 UTC chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com Full Share 3

Show HN: Art – draw one stroke, let symmetry complete it

57 cyb0rg0 2026-09-10 09:41:46 UTC mrdee.in Full Share 23

Recolour keeps the geometry and re-runs the palette. Inks below are for drawing — metallics and gradient inks shift colour as the stroke travels outward.

Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

411 bookofjoe 2026-09-09 17:41:46 UTC spectrum.ieee.org Llama Share 722

Researchers found that self-driving cars crash significantly less often than human drivers, with evidence showing a 27% reduction in pedestrian crashes and up to 39% fewer property-damage claims. Studies also show that Waymo's robotaxis have given millions of paid rides with a 92% reduction in fatal or serious-injury crashes compared to human drivers.

Larger Pacific Striped Octopus

105 olalonde 2026-09-10 05:41:46 UTC en.wikipedia.org Llama Share 53

The Pacific striped octopus, also known as the Harlequin octopus, is a social species that forms groups of up to 40 individuals and exhibits unique mating behaviors. It has been found in tropical waters of the Eastern Pacific and can reproduce multiple times throughout its life.

No Man's Sky Cosmos

426 Limb 2026-09-09 16:41:46 UTC nomanssky.com Llama Share 430

New features have been added to No Man's Sky, including a star system map, deep-space points of interest, and the ability to mine resources from asteroids. The game also includes new player titles and rewards for accomplishments at these points of interest.

GPT-6 Astra, looped transformers, and hidden reasoning

488 ModelForge 2026-09-09 15:41:46 UTC magazine.sebastianraschka.com Llama Share 158

The author discusses OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model, highlighting its exceptional performance in 3D rendering and animation tasks. The model uses a looped transformer architecture, which allows it to reuse transformer blocks multiple times without adding more weights. This technique improves modeling performance at a fixed compute budget but may not significantly impact the reasoning trace or ...

Samsung Debuts zHBM Prototype, Stacking Memory Directly on AI Accelerators

46 peter_d_sherman 2026-09-10 06:41:46 UTC thelec.net Llama Share 11

Samsung Electronics unveiled next-generation 3D memory technologies, including zHBM and zNAND-O, to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing AI market. The company showcased mockups of these technologies at the FMS 2026 conference in California.

AirPods 5

495 awad 2026-09-09 17:41:46 UTC apple.com Llama Share 431

Apple has announced AirPods 5 with improved Active Noise Cancellation and sound quality, starting at $129. The new model features a multiport acoustic architecture and Adaptive EQ for immersive sound.