The Daily Index — Wednesday, September 27, 2023 · TLDR Index

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MAINTAINS MONOPOLY

The FTC and 17 state attorneys general are suing Amazon, claiming that the company illegally maintains monopoly power. They claim that Amazon uses a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies. The lawsuit aims to hold Amazon accountable for its practices and restore competition. It could result in the breaking up of the company. Amazon claims that the lawsuit is wrong on the facts and the law.

arstechnica.com · 6 min

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ALTERNATIVE’

Apple says it made Google the default search engine because it believes it was the best choice.

theverge.com · 6 min

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BUN: LESSONS FROM DISRUPTING A TECH ECOSYSTEM

Large companies have some motivation to innovate, but also a strong disincentive as well, as innovation risks undermining existing products - Bun started with a clean slate and it can make decisions that Node doesn't have the luxury of making.

blog.pragmaticengineer.com · 5 min

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IS THIS THE PRODUCTION TESLA CYBERTRUCK?

A recent drone video shows new Cybertrucks coming out of Gigafactory Texas - the video is available in the article.

electrek.co · 2 min

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DOABLE BY 2030

John Carmack says that the present state of AI might only be possible due to his work on Quake as the game sparked the demand for GPUs.

theregister.com · 3 min

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EXEC DAVE LIMP

Bob Smith will remain with Blue Origin until January 2, after which Dave Limp will take over.

cnbc.com · 5 min

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MULTI-MODAL AI IS A UX PROBLEM

There's a huge opportunity to develop the user experience for multimodal AI.

matt-rickard.com · 1 min