The Daily Index — Tuesday, September 19, 2023 · TLDR Index

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IOS 17 AND IPADOS 17 ARE NOW AVAILABLE

iOS 17 and iPadOS17 bring new features such as Contact Posters, Live Voicemail, and upgraded autocorrect. iOS 17 will have a feature called StandBy that turns iPhones into a display while charging. iPadOS 17 allows users to personalize their lock screens and add interactive widgets. Apple has also released tvOS 17.

theverge.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

WRITER NETS $100M FOR ITS ENTERPRISE-FOCUSED GENERATIVE AI PLATFORM

Writer, who is developing a "full-stack" generative AI platform for businesses, has secured $100M in Series B funding led by ICONIQ Growth. The funds will advance its "industry-specific" text-generating AI models. Differentiating itself in a competitive market, Writer focuses on non-copyrighted business writing, cost-effective models, transparency, and ensuring that no training is done using customer data.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

HOW PAYPAL SCALED KAFKA TO 1.3 TRILLION MESSAGES A DAY

Apache Kafka is used to move messages between backend components. Paypal’s Kafka fleet consists of over 85 clusters that process over 100 billion messages per day. This article goes over how Paypal introduced Kafka-specific client libraries, config services, and more, in order to scale Kafka to such a large number of clusters. Furthermore, its Kafka clusters are able to handle peaks in usage smoothly, with Black Friday bringing in 1.3 trillion messages a day.

blog.quastor.org · 14 min

TLDR Crypto

SEC-BINANCE DOCUMENT DISPUTE

In the much anticipated hearing yesterday between Binance and the SEC, a US judge refused to grant either side their petitions. Instead, the judge urged both sides to manage discovery requests together rather than coercing the other side to produce documents. The judge asked the SEC to reduce its broad demands for information but granted permission to question certain shareholders. On the other side of the fence, Binance was asked to share further information about its relationship with its service provider, Ceffu.

coindesk.com · 2 min

TLDR Design

IN UX DESIGN

The nonprofit Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs (CROP) helps formerly incarcerated individuals reintegrate into society and the workforce through a year-long Ready 4 Life program. The program focuses on personal development, career training, employment services, and stable housing while equipping participants with UX design skills.

figma.com · 5 min

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THE CABLE BUNDLE OF THE FUTURE IS OFFICIALLY HERE

Charter and Disney have agreed on a package that will provide subscribers with Disney Plus Basic when they pay for Spectrum's TV Select package. Subscribers who choose Spectrum TV Select Plus will also get ESPN Plus. Spectrum cable customers will soon be able to bundle multiple streaming services on their bills.

theverge.com · 4 min

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REUSABLE ROCKET

Stoke Space has successfully completed a key test of its second stage prototype. The space startup is now one step closer to flying a fully reusable launch vehicle. It plans to conduct its first orbital flight test in 2025. A video of the second stage prototype test is available in the article.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

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ROBOFAB IS READY TO BUILD 10,000 HUMANOID ROBOTS PER YEAR

Agility Robotics is building a factory in Oregon that will be able to manufacture more than 10,000 of its Digit humanoid robots per year. The 70,000-square-foot RoboFab facility is set to open later this year. Digit robots will be used in the factory to produce more Digits. A video announcement from Agility Robotics about the factory is available in the article.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

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INSIDE NEW QUERY ENGINE OF MONGODB

MongoDB is releasing a new query engine in version 7.0. The change completely overhauls the way the engine executes the strategy picked by the query optimizer. While the classic engine was mature and it served customers' needs, its data model and approach resulted in suboptimal performance and a serious maintenance burden. This article shares some technical details about the new engine.

laplab.me · 20 min