Outage January 21st

Outage January 21st

• Main cluster outage on Jan 21 disrupted Pine64 services, prompting immediate investigation. • Users can still access information via a temporary beta website, though bugs are exp

Open Hardware · January 21, 2024 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 176 words

Declarative Feature Engineering at PayPal

• PayPal uses declarative, config‑based feature engineering to streamline ML workflows. • Data scientists declare feature specs, leaving construction to engineering teams. • Approa

Engineering Blogs · December 11, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 171 words
Amazon Debuts 4th Gen Graviton

Amazon Debuts 4th Gen Graviton

• Graviton4, AWS’s 4th‑gen custom server CPU, unveiled at re:Invent 2023, built by Annapurna Labs. • It packs 50% more cores and 75% higher memory bandwidth than Graviton3. • Perfo

The AR Measuring Box: Etsy's answer to Big Tape Measure

• Etsy’s new iOS AR feature lets users visualize wall art in their rooms using Apple’s ARKit. • Initially beta‑only for wall art, the team plans to extend the tool across Etsy’s di

Engineering Blogs · September 18, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 3 min · 617 words 📰 5 sources

The So-fine Real-time ML Paradigm

• Etsy’s CodeMosaic hackathon fuels rapid prototyping of bold tech ideas across teams. • Team tackled stateful and online ML to update models in near real‑time. • Current pipelines

Engineering Blogs · September 5, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 3 min · 627 words 📰 5 sources
August Update: Kept You Waiting, Huh?

August Update: Kept You Waiting, Huh?

• Community updates now collaborative, featuring multiple contributors and public input. • Reworked community website and logo enhance brand identity and usability. • megi released

Open Hardware · August 15, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 203 words
Quick update: What's going on?

Quick update: What's going on?

• Pine64 community update delayed due to authors’ busy schedules, not inactivity. • New community update in progress, expected soon, thanks to volunteer contributors. • Pine Store

Open Hardware · August 12, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 173 words
Package Exports Support in React Native

Package Exports Support in React Native

• React Native 0.72 introduces beta support for package.json ’exports’ field in Metro. • Enables React Native projects to work seamlessly with a wider npm ecosystem. • Packages can

Mobile Development · June 21, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 170 words
TSMC N3, And Challenges Ahead

TSMC N3, And Challenges Ahead

• TSMC launches 3‑nanometer N3 process family, entering mass production in December 2022 at Fab 18. • Two main flavors: Base N3B and Enhanced N3E, treated as separate lineages with

A new design

A new design

• Pine64 unveils beta of community website redesign at beta.pine64.org, inviting early feedback. • Old WordPress site had heavy JavaScript, third‑party links, and admin‑required ty

Open Hardware · April 13, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 180 words
PineTab-V and PineTab2 launch

PineTab-V and PineTab2 launch

• Pre‑orders for PineTab2 & PineTab‑V launch April 13, priced at $159. • 10.1″ 1200×800 IPS LCD, metal chassis, dual USB‑C, digital video out, 6000 mAh battery. • Detachable backli

Open Hardware · April 10, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 184 words
March Update: Tablet Bonanza!

March Update: Tablet Bonanza!

• Star64 available April 4 in 4GB and 8GB LPDDR4 variants, priced at $69.99 and $89.99. • PineTab2 and PineTab-V launch April 11, bringing improved performance and new features to

Open Hardware · April 1, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 191 words
New Video Podcast: fAQ

New Video Podcast: fAQ

• Launch of new video podcast ‘fAQ’ featuring casual chats on quantum physics and AI. • Co-hosts: author and Adam Green, a biologist and former Khan Academy academic director. • Ta

Mathematics · March 28, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 169 words
What is Superposition, Really?

What is Superposition, Really?

• Superposition is simply a linear combination of states, like adding vectors in linear algebra. • The concept can be visualized without math using everyday analogies, such as over

Mathematics · March 28, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 191 words
Modeling Sequences with Quantum States

Modeling Sequences with Quantum States

• Introduces quantum-inspired methods for modeling sequential data via tensor networks. • Uses bipartite graph representations of matrices to visualize linear maps. • Applies quant

Mathematics · March 16, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 162 words
Understanding Entanglement With SVD

Understanding Entanglement With SVD

• SVD decomposes any matrix M into UDV†, revealing singular values and vectors. • Singular values, arranged in D, indicate the importance of each concept in M. • Left and right sin

Mathematics · March 16, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 181 words
What is Quantum Technology?

What is Quantum Technology?

• SandboxAQ spun out of Alphabet, focusing on AI and quantum technologies. • Founder Jack Hidary explains what quantum technology means in new YouTube videos. • The team emphasizes

Mathematics · March 16, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 177 words
Symposium at The Master's University

Symposium at The Master's University

• Symposium at The Master’s University, Santa Clarita, California, June 9-10, 2024. • Math3ma Institute hosts event, inviting scholars, industry, and government scientists. • NASA

Mathematics · March 14, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 155 words
February update: things are taking shape

February update: things are taking shape

• Nestflash section full of new releases, boosting community hardware options. • PineTab2 pricing and SKU variants announced, offering more affordable tablet choices. • Star64 expe

Open Hardware · March 1, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 178 words
React Native 0.71-RC0 Android outage postmortem

React Native 0.71-RC0 Android outage postmortem

• 0.71‑RC0 released Nov 4 2022, introduced Maven Central artifact publishing to speed builds. • Dynamic Gradle dependency (implementation(‘com.facebook.react:react-native:+’)) caus

Mobile Development · January 27, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 195 words
A New Perspective of Entropy

A New Perspective of Entropy

• Introduces a novel link between Shannon entropy and topological simplices via operad derivations. • Explores how entropy functions satisfy a Leibniz-like rule on simplicial struc

Mathematics · January 10, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 165 words
The Yoneda Lemma

The Yoneda Lemma

• Yoneda lemma states that an object is fully determined by its hom‑functor relationships. • Yoneda embedding maps each object X to functor hom(-,X), fully faithful. • Morphisms f:

Mathematics · January 1, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 179 words
A Look At AMD's 3D-Stacked V-Cache

A Look At AMD's 3D-Stacked V-Cache

• AMD’s 3D-Stacked V-Cache adds extra L3 cache via vertical stacking. • Improves gaming and compute performance by reducing memory latency. • Uses HBM2e-like interposer to connect

December Update: Merry Christmas and Happy New PineTab

December Update: Merry Christmas and Happy New PineTab

• PineTab2 announced, marking a major leap in Pine64’s tablet lineup for 2023. • Year‑end recap highlights 2022 successes and previews upcoming 2023 projects and releases. • Commun

Open Hardware · December 15, 2022 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 196 words
November Update: Tune(d) in

November Update: Tune(d) in

• PineBuds Pro, Ox64, Star64 hardware releases expected in coming weeks, subject to COVID logistics. • Pinecil V2 launch dates: Nov 14, 19, 24, 29, and December restock. • Communit

Open Hardware · November 15, 2022 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 205 words
InfiniTime 1.11

InfiniTime 1.11

• 59 pull requests merged over 3.5 months, adding new watch faces and bug fixes. • Two fresh watch faces now available, expanding visual customization on PineTime. • External 4 MB

Open Hardware · October 18, 2022 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 182 words
October update: An Ox, no bull

October update: An Ox, no bull

• Ox64: $8 RISC‑V SBC, Linux‑ready, under $10 price point, new entry for makers. • Star64 now boots Linux, GPU works, but USB‑3.0, Wi‑Fi, Ethernet still need fixes. • QuartzPro64 a

Open Hardware · October 15, 2022 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 200 words
Introducing The Math3ma Institute

Introducing The Math3ma Institute

• Math3ma expands into a new research hub, the Math3ma Institute, on TMU campus and online. • Visiting professor at TMU collaborates with math, science, engineering faculty to laun

Mathematics · February 22, 2022 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 191 words
Math3ma: Behind the Scenes (3B1B Podcast)

Math3ma: Behind the Scenes (3B1B Podcast)

• Grant Sanderson shares early inspirations that sparked his passion for math and physics. • He reflects on his graduate school journey and key learning moments. • The conversation

Mathematics · November 1, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 159 words
Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 3

Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 3

• Introduces enriched category theory framework for modeling language expressions and their relationships. • Builds on Part 2’s set assignment to words, extending to statistical co

Mathematics · September 27, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 192 words
Monotone Convergence Theorem

Monotone Convergence Theorem

• The Monotone Convergence Theorem (MCT) allows interchange of limit and integral for increasing nonnegative functions. • MCT requires pointwise a.e. convergence, measurability, an

Mathematics · August 16, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 184 words
Dominated Convergence Theorem

Dominated Convergence Theorem

• DCT states limit and integral commute under pointwise a.e. convergence with integrable dominating function. • Requires measurable functions and existence of integrable g bounding

Mathematics · August 16, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 194 words
The Borel-Cantelli Lemma

The Borel-Cantelli Lemma

{ ‘summary’: [ ‘• The Borel‑Cantelli Lemma applies to any finite‑measure space, not just probability spaces.’, ‘• It states that if the sum of measures of sets (E_n) converges

Mathematics · August 16, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 320 words