The Daily Index — Monday, October 2, 2023 · TLDR Index

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GALAXY S24 LEAKS SHOW SAMSUNG’S USUAL LOVE FOR THE IPHONE

Details about Samsung's Galaxy S24 devices, expected to be out in early 2024, have been leaked. The CAD-derived renders for the S24 Ultra, S24, and S24 Plus show the important parts of the device down to the millimeter. The Plus and base models will share a design that features a flat metal band that wraps around the perimeter. The Ultra version has the same Ultra design used since the S22. It is rumored to have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, a 5000 mAh battery, and 2TB of max storage.

arstechnica.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

VISION TRANSFORMERS NEED REGISTERS

One of the coolest and simplest vision papers in recent weeks. Vision Transformers use "useless" pixel values as places to store global information. This makes attention maps uninterpretable. However, if you add a simple [reg] token to the vocabulary, the model will use it and won't store information in pixel values.

arxiv.org · 30 min

TLDR Web Dev

CLEAN LAYOUT ARCHITECTURE FOR VUE APPLICATIONS

Vue projects need clear rules and requirements for their layout architecture, such as declaring layouts and components for each page, ensuring changes to one page do not affect others, and handling common layout elements efficiently. This article provides examples, with code provided, of creating different layouts: three-column, two-column, and blank. It offers practical insights for managing layouts in Vue applications.

fadamakis.com · 6 min

TLDR InfoSec

MILLIONS OF EXIM MAIL SERVERS EXPOSED TO ZERO-DAY RCE ATTACKS

A zero-day vulnerability in all versions of Exim mail transfer agent allows unauthenticated attackers to gain remote code execution on Internet-exposed servers. The vulnerability is due to an Out-of-bounds Write weakness found in the SMTP service, which can lead to software crashes or corruption of data following successful exploitation.

bleepingcomputer.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

VANECK TO DONATE ETF PROFITS TO ETHEREUM CORE DEVS

VanEck is planning to launch an Ethereum Strategy ETF (EFUT) and has committed to donating 10% of its profits to Protocol Guild for at least a decade. Protocol Guild is a funding mechanism that supports the maintenance and development of Ethereum's core protocol. The company says this donation is both a recognition of Ethereum builders' contribution and an investment in its future adoption.

twitter.com · 2 min

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APPLE CONSIDERS HUGE BID FOR GLOBAL FORMULA 1 STREAMING RIGHTS

Apple is rumored to be eyeing Formula 1 as its next big sports investment. The company is reportedly considering an offer worth about $2 billion per year that would make it the exclusive streaming rights holder of Formula 1 racing. Apple will not be able to secure global rights for a while due to existing contracts. The company is also rumored to be considering deals with various other sports leagues, including the NBA, English Premier League, and NFL Sunday Ticket.

9to5mac.com · 1 min

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INSIDE THE SMALL WORLD OF SIMULATING OTHER WORLDS

Space scientists study the physiology and psychology of people living in the Antarctic and other remote outposts due to their similarities with other worlds. There are around 20 analog space facilities around the world that host volunteers for isolation studies over weeks or months in polar stations, desert outposts, and even sealed habitats inside NASA centers. The research helps scientists test medical and software tools, enhance indoor agriculture, and address the difficulties analog astronauts face.

undark.org · 26 min

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PETROCHEMICAL’ – WITHOUT USING FOSSIL FUELS

Ethylene, the world's most widely produced and used petrochemical, is used to make products lightweight, durable, or waterproof. Conventional ethylene production releases enormous amounts of greenhouse gasses. CERT Systems Inc. has developed a technology that removes fossil fuels from the process of producing ethylene. The technology works at ambient temperatures, uses renewable energy, and produces no harmful emissions. CERT's process could be used to make other carbon-based building block chemicals.

theguardian.com · 6 min

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DATABASE MIGRATIONS

Database migrations can be one of the most annoying problems to deal with for a software engineer. There are a ton of things to consider when doing database migrations. This article discusses the complexities that arise during database migrations. It covers why they can be hard, why nobody wants to work with them, different scenarios, downtime, and more. The article concludes with a list of best practices.

vadimkravcenko.com · 16 min