The Daily Index — Friday, December 1, 2023 · TLDR Index

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TESLA CYBERTRUCK DELIVERY EVENT: EVERYTHING ELON REVEALED ABOUT THE EV PICKUP

Elon Musk handed the first Cybertrucks over to a select group of customers at Tesla's Cybertruck delivery event. The event, which went for around 30 minutes, featured pomp and pump music, VIP guests, and Musk. This article shares everything known about the Cybertruck so far. The Cybertruck is a lot more expensive than the targets Musk shared in 2019.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

SAM ALTMAN RETURNS AS CEO, OPENAI HAS A NEW INITIAL BOARD

Sam Altman is back as CEO of OpenAI, and the new initial board consists of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.

openai.com · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF API PROTOCOLS IN 2023

REST remains the most popular API protocol in 2023 due to its simplicity, scalability, and web integration ease, despite a slight decrease in usage. GraphQL is rising in adoption for its precise data retrieval and flexible queries. Webhooks, WebSockets, and gRPC are increasingly used too. Other protocols like MQTT, AMQP, SSE, and EDI, each serve specific use cases, such as IoT and enterprise messaging.

blog.postman.com · 12 min

TLDR InfoSec

DOLLAR TREE IMPACTED BY ZEROEDIN DATA BREACH AFFECTING 2 MILLION INDIVIDUALS

Workforce analytics services provider ZeroedIn is notifying roughly two million individuals that their personal information was compromised in an August 2023 data breach. The leaked data includes names and social security numbers.

securityweek.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

MICROSTRATEGY BUYS $593.3 MILLION IN BITCOIN, MAY RAISE UP TO $750 MILLION IN NEW STOCK SALE

Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy announced it has bought an additional 16,130 bitcoins for $593.3 million, its biggest purchase in over two years. This brings the company’s total holdings to 174,540 bitcoins. The firm has announced plans to potentially raise an extra $750 million by selling new Class A common stock to buy more bitcoin. The company's average price per bitcoin in this purchase was $36,785.

theblock.co · 1 min

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APPLE UNVEILS APP STORE AWARD WINNERS, THE BEST APPS AND GAMES OF 2023

Apple has unveiled the winners of the 2023 App Store Awards. This year's winners were chosen by the App Store's Editorial team for providing users with meaningful experiences and inspiring cultural change. The 14 winners were selected from nearly 40 finalists for delivering exceptional technical innovation, user experiences, and design. This article contains the list of winners.

apple.com · 7 min

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MACBOOK AIR GETS SOLID-STATE ACTIVE COOLING IN INTRIGUING DEMO

Frore Systems, a California-based startup, has developed what it describes as the first solid-state active cooling chip. It recently equipped the M2 15-inch MacBook Air with three of its chips, bringing MacBook Pro-comparable performance to sustained heavy workloads on the device. Frore has no publicly disclosed deals with any laptop vendors, but it is in collaboration with a number of the major laptop OEMs. The company is getting interest from various consumer segments and the industrial, data center, and automotive spaces.

arstechnica.com · 5 min

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THE FUTURE OF AVIATION

Human aviation is one of the most improbable of all human achievements, yet we live in a world with a global fleet of airplanes in the tens of thousands. There is still much to be desired in the aviation industry, but progress seems to be difficult to achieve. This article looks at the principles upon which the aviation industry was built and the challenges holding it back today. The incredibly large sonic booms produced by going supersonic made supersonic travel unacceptable. Several organizations, including NASA, are working on ways to quiet the boom.

contrary.com · 23 min

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FIREFOX DEVELOPER EDITION AND BETA: TRY OUT MOZILLA’S .DEB PACKAGE!

Mozilla Firefox's .deb package is now available for Developer Edition and Beta. A new APT repository has been set up for users to install Firefox as a .deb package. These packages are compatible with the same Debian and Ubuntu versions as Mozilla's traditional binaries. The .deb package provides better performance, faster updates, more security, and convenience when upgrading.

hacks.mozilla.org · 3 min