The Daily Index — Tuesday, January 16, 2024 · TLDR Index

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TESLA OPTIMUS ROBOT CAN’T BUILD CARS YET, BUT IT IS FOLDING CLOTHES

Elon Musk has shared a video of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot folding a shirt. The project has come a long way since a very early prototype was shown at Tesla AI Day 2022. Tesla aims to eventually have the robot in people's homes performing a wide range of tasks, but it first plans to have them in its own manufacturing operations for repetitive and or dangerous tasks. The video of the robot folding a shirt is available in the article.

electrek.co · 3 min

TLDR AI

MICROSOFT LAUNCHES COPILOT PRO

Microsoft has launched Copilot Pro, a premium version of its Bing Chat experience, priced at $20 per month per user. This advanced version integrates across devices, offers access to Microsoft 365 apps, features the latest AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo, and includes enhanced AI image creation.

searchengineland.com · 2 min

TLDR Web Dev

EXPLICIT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: EXPLORING JAVASCRIPT AND TYPESCRIPT'S NEW FEATURE

The new feature of explicit resource management in JavaScript and TypeScript reduces boilerplate when handling the lifecycle of various resources. The feature is implemented in TypeScript 5.2.0 with the “disposablestack” polyfill and it covers both sync and async resources, including event subscriptions, open files, mutexes, and task queues. This article also highlights a non-obvious mistake in the code and provides a corrected implementation.

iliazeus.github.io · 9 min

TLDR Crypto

JPMORGAN SEES SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL FROM EXISTING CRYPTO PRODUCTS POURING INTO NEW SPOT BITCOIN ETFS

JPMorgan is forecasting that the newly approved spot bitcoin ETFs could siphon off up to $36 billion from other cryptocurrency products like the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. While the bank is skeptical about new capital entering the crypto market, it predicts this significant migration from existing crypto products to the new spot ETFs will be primarily driven by lower fees.

coindesk.com · 2 min

TLDR Product

FUTURE OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT: WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2024

In 2024, PMs will focus on user-centric and AI-enhanced approaches, embracing Product-Led Growth, data-driven strategies, and ethical product development. Key trends include integrating AI for decision-making, prioritizing cybersecurity, and collaborating closely with Customer Success teams, while also addressing personal challenges like imposter syndrome and burnout.

medium.com · 3 min

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YOUTUBE APPEARS TO BE REDUCING VIDEO AND SITE PERFORMANCE FOR AD-BLOCK USERS

YouTube appears to be slowing down the site for ad-block users. Turning off ad blockers immediately improves loading performance for affected users. The ad-block detection causes strange issues, like a lag that makes full-screen and comments not work or Chrome being unable to load other webpages while YouTube is open. The slowdowns may be due to ad blockers altering YouTube's code and unrelated to YouTube.

arstechnica.com · 1 min

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NEW SOLID STATE BATTERY CHARGES IN MINUTES, LASTS FOR THOUSANDS OF CYCLES

Researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson SEAS have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged in minutes and lasts at least 6,000 charging cycles. Lithium metal batteries offer far better energy density and much lower weight than their lithium-ion counterparts. The team has a list of other materials that could potentially yield similar performance. The technology has been licensed through a Harvard spinoff company that has scaled it up to build a smartphone-sized pouch cell battery.

pv-magazine.com · 4 min

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ID OF FIVE SUBTYPES OF ALZHEIMER'S HAS HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT

An international team of neuroscientists has identified five distinct subtypes of Alzheimer's disease. The finding has breakthrough implications for treatment approaches and efficacy. The subtypes can be identified by the categories of fluid surrounding the brains of patients. Each of the five subtypes is linked to a unique genetic risk profile. They reveal different molecular pathways to what has traditionally been considered as one overall disease.

newatlas.com · 5 min

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SLASHING DATA TRANSFER COSTS IN AWS BY 99%

One of the easiest ways to accidentally spend too much money on AWS is by carelessly transferring data. Any application that involves sending data between resources in different availability zones will incur such charges. These prices easily add up and are an extremely high-margin source of profit for cloud providers. This article looks at how to set up cross-availability zone infrastructure without paying for data transfer costs. It suggests using S3, which already replicates data between availability zones as part of its service.

bitsand.cloud · 8 min