The Daily Index — Thursday, November 9, 2023 · TLDR Index

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EXCLUSIVE LEAK: ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT HUMANE’S AI PIN, WHICH COSTS $699 AND HAS OPENAI INTEGRATION

Humane's AI Pin is schedule to launch today. This article contains leaked details about the device. The AI Pin will basically be a wearable smartphone without a screen running on a Humane-branded version of T-mobile's network with access to AI models from Microsoft and OpenAI. The device will cost $699 with a $24 per month subscription fee. It uses a camera, department, and motion sensors to track and record its surroundings. Many more details about the device are available in the article.

theverge.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

GOOGLE ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF AI PARTNERSHIP WITH ANTHROPIC

Google has expanded its partnership with AI safety startup Anthropic, leveraging Google's Cloud TPU v5e chips for AI, enhancing AI security and safety standards, and utilizing Google's technological infrastructure for large-scale data handling and analysis.

finance.yahoo.com · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

WHY YOU WANT REACT QUERY

React Query is a library for managing asynchronous states in React applications. While simple data fetching can be done without React Query, there are five potential issues when fetching data using the traditional approach with useEffect and useState. These include race conditions, lack of loading and empty states, data and error state not resetting when the category changes, and the useEffect firing twice in StrictMode. This article shows how React Query is able to fix these issues by simplifying data fetching, improving code quality, and handling these issues more efficiently - with code examples.

tkdodo.eu · 8 min

TLDR Crypto

THE SEC HAS OPENED TALKS WITH GRAYSCALE OVER ITS BID FOR A SPOT BITCOIN ETF CONVERSION

The SEC has reportedly restarted discussions with Grayscale Investments regarding its proposed conversion of its flagship fund into a spot bitcoin ETF. This follows a court ruling requiring the SEC to reconsider Grayscale's application, which is now being reviewed by the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets and the Division of Corporation Finance. The outcome could potentially impact similar applications by BlackRock and Fidelity.

theblock.co · 2 min

TLDR Design

INTRODUCING AI TO FIGJAM

Figma has introduced new AI features in FigJam to enhance visual collaboration. These features aim to lower the entry barrier for users and offer assistance in generating templates, summarizing brainstorming sessions, and automating tasks, making FigJam more accessible and productive.

figma.com · 5 min

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SAMSUNG UNVEILS ITS GENERATIVE AI MODEL SAMSUNG GAUSS

Samsung has unveiled its own generative AI model called Samsung Gauss. The model is currently being used on employee productivity within the company but will be expanded to product applications in the future. It can be applied on-device to protect private information. Samsung is working to ensure safe AI usage through its own AI Red Team.

zdnet.com · 2 min

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST AIRCRAFT BREAKS COVER IN SILICON VALLEY

Google co-founder Sergey Brin's Pathfinder 1 prototype electric airship is set to embark on a series of test flights over Silicon Valley. It will take increasingly ambitious flights until it moves to Ohio, where an even larger airship is being built. Pathfinder 1 is the largest aircraft to take to the skies since the Hindenberg. Brin's company, LTA Research, hopes to use the airships to provide disaster relief where roads and airports are damaged and provide zero-carbon passenger transportation.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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EUCLID'S FIRST IMAGES: THE DAZZLING EDGE OF DARKNESS

The ESA's Euclid space mission has revealed its first full-color pictures of the cosmos. The Euclid mission aims to create the most extensive 3D map of the Universe yet and uncover its hidden secrets. It will investigate how dark matter and dark energy made the Universe look like it does today. The five images from the mission are available in the article along with a summary of what each image is showing.

esa.int · 6 min

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10 HARD-TO-SWALLOW TRUTHS THEY WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT SOFTWARE ENGINEER JOB

Many people enter the software engineering role because they see good pay, remote work, team building, and pizza parties - no one is telling them about the real things that software engineers actually do. This article aims to give those planning to enter the industry a dose of reality about the role. Some of the hard truths it covers include the fact that college doesn't prepare you for the job, developers rarely get greenfield projects, no one cares about clean code, and you will sometimes have to work with incompetent people.

mensurdurakovic.com · 12 min