The Daily Index — Thursday, October 5, 2023 · TLDR Index

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GOOGLE PIXEL EVENT 2023

Google announced the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Watch 2, and many other goodies at its Made By Google event yesterday. This article contains summaries of the most important part of the keynote. The main draw to this year's Pixel phone upgrades seems to be the camera specs and the new Tensor G3 processor. Android 14 has started rolling out to supported Pixel devices and will roll out to other Android devices later this year.

techcrunch.com · 6 min

TLDR AI

MICROSOFT CEO TESTIFIES ABOUT LIMITS OF AI AT GOOGLE ANTITRUST TRIAL

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified in the U.S. antitrust case against Google, claiming Google's dominance in internet search is maintained through unfair tactics, including default agreements with Apple. Despite investments in AI and new features for Bing, Microsoft struggles to break Google's market stronghold. Nadella hinted that even with AI advancements, changing default habits might remain challenging.

archive.ph · 5 min

TLDR Web Dev

YOU DON'T NEED A DEDICATED CACHE SERVICE - POSTGRESQL AS A CACHE

This article explores how to leverage the features of PostgreSQL to turn it into a fully featured, efficient caching service. By doing so, you can eliminate the need to operate and manage an additional service for a single task. While the performance may not match that of specialized cache services, the extent of performance degradation will vary based on your data type and usage patterns. The article also offers a set of queries to assist you in assessing system performance.

martinheinz.dev · 5 min

TLDR Crypto

CONTRACTS

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced it would be rolling out new blockchain-enabled features to improve operational efficiency on Stock Connect, an arm of HKEX that gives international investors access to mainland China equities. The product HKEX is rolling out to accomplish this is called “Synapse”. Synapse will be used to track and record the settlement of trades on Stock Connect, which should help make the process of recording trade settlement, a slow and complicated process, much more efficient.

cointelegraph.com · 2 min

TLDR Design

FRAMER ANNOUNCES AI-POWERED LOCALIZATION

Framer is rolling out new features that allow users to tailor website content to many languages and regions. Its AI-powered Localization covers text, UI controls, images, and CMS Variables. A video summarizing the new functionality is available.

framer.com · 1 min

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YOUR CONTACT INFO

NameDrop is a new way for iPhone users to share contact information with each other. It allows users to simply tap their phones together to swap information. The feature is available to all users with supported iPhones on iOS 17. Users will be able to select what information they share with other people. The feature can be turned off via a toggle in the settings.

cnet.com · 2 min

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LAUNCH

Amazon is gearing up to launch two demo internet satellites on Friday. The satellites will ride aboard United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Amazon aims to provide Internet service to both individual users and large corporations. It will safely deorbit the two satellites after the mission's conclusion.

gizmodo.com · 5 min

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TELESCOPE’S FINAL MIRROR FABRICATION BEGINS

The Giant Magellan Telescope aims to surpass current space telescopes in sensitivity and resolution, promising unparalleled astronomical insights by the decade's end. It has begun the four-year process of fabricating and polishing its seventh and final primary mirror. The mirror will complete the telescope's 368 square meter light collecting surface. Pictures showing some of the mirror fabrication processes are available in the article.

scitechdaily.com · 5 min

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IT

The Google Pixel 8 Pro has an ultrawide angle camera, a main wide-angle camera, and a telephoto camera. A new Video Boost feature improves videos taken in dim and dark conditions. Implementing the feature required a new image sensor technology in the main camera. The Tensor G3 GPU is responsible for preprocessing video for Video Boost. Video Boost relies on compute from Google's data centers to reduce noise, stabilize video, and sharpen low-light images.

cnet.com · 9 min