The Daily Index — Friday, February 2, 2024 · TLDR Index

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ELON MUSK SAYS TESLA WILL HOLD A SHAREHOLDER VOTE TO INCORPORATE IN TEXAS AFTER DELAWARE PAY SNUB

Tesla is holding a shareholder vote on whether the company should transfer its state of incorporation to Texas. The company is currently incorporated in Delaware. The vote comes after a Delaware judge voided Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package granted in 2018. A decision to reincorporate could be challenged by shareholders as a breach of fiduciary duty according to Delaware law as it could be seen as a choice made for selfish reasons.

cnbc.com · 1 min

TLDR AI

NOUS RESEARCH RELEASES HERMES DATASET

OpenHermes-2.5 data has been used to train some of the best open models out there. The dataset contains 1M+ examples of high-quality data points. It has now been released.

huggingface.co · 3 min

TLDR Web Dev

HOW WE BUILT OUR CUSTOMER DATA WAREHOUSE ALL ON POSTGRES

Tembo built its customer data warehouse with only PostgreSQL using foreign data wrappers (FDWs) and other PostgreSQL extensions to simplify the process. It needed to pull data from various sources, including Postgres, Prometheus, and Clerk, into a single location to create dashboards for tracking customer usage and behavior. Instead of introducing new tools and technologies, Tembo utilized FDWs to connect PostgreSQL to these data sources, creating two new FDWs, clerk_fdw, and prometheus_fdw, for Clerk and Prometheus respectively. It also used pg_cron for scheduling updates and pg_partman for partitioning to improve performance and automate data retention.

tembo.io · 10 min

TLDR InfoSec

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threatspike.com

TLDR Crypto

OPNX, THE EXCHANGE BUILT BY FOUNDERS OF DOOMED HEDGE FUND THREE ARROWS, IS SHUTTING DOWN

OPNX, an exchange established by the founders of the collapsed cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, is set to close down this month. Customers have been advised to resolve their positions by February 7 and withdraw all funds by February 14. This comes in the wake of both co-founders, Zhu Su and Kyle Davies, being barred from running any sort of financial firm in Singapore for 9 years and Su doing a stint in prison.

coindesk.com · 2 min

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THE ARC BROWSER IS GETTING BETTER BOOKMARKS AND SEARCH RESULTS, ALL THANKS TO AI

The Browser Company has made some big AI-powered changes to its Arc desktop browser. The new features turn search queries into bookmarks and keep users up to date on things they care about. The Browser Company aims to make some of the many-step processes of using the internet simpler, faster, more intuitive, and more useful. A video explaining Arc's new features is available in the article.

theverge.com · 2 min

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FOR THE FIRST TIME NASA HAS ASKED INDUSTRY ABOUT PRIVATE MISSIONS TO MARS

NASA is taking its first steps towards opening a commercial pathway to Mars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a new solicitation titled 'Exploring Mars Together: Commercial Services Studies'. The request asks for proposals from the US space industry on how they would complete one of four private missions to Mars. The missions include delivering small satellites to orbit and providing imaging services around the red planet. NASA plans to award multiple contracts of $200,000 for one study or up to $300,000 for a maximum of two studies. Details about the studies are available in the article.

arstechnica.com · 3 min

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NEW TYPE OF CHERRY TOMATO SELF-DRIES WHILE STILL ON THE VINE

Supree, a food tech company, has created tomatoes with microscopic cracks in their skin that allow moisture to naturally evaporate from within them, resulting in tomatoes that have lost 80% of their original weight by the time they're packed. The tomatoes can be dried further after harvest to tweak their content, but that process doesn't involve the use of any additives. The dried tomatoes can be reportedly kept for a year after being frozen for shipping and storage without any negative effect on their taste, texture, or nutritional value. Supree will sell its product directly to corporate clients for now.

newatlas.com · 2 min

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WHY TIM COOK IS GOING ALL IN ON THE APPLE VISION PRO

When Tim Cook first experienced the Apple Vision Pro maybe eight years ago, it needed a supercomputer in the other room to run. Over the years, Apple engineers shrunk the device to a pair of goggles that weigh a little more than a box of spaghetti. This article talks about what using the Vision Pro is like. The device's high-resolution displays can overlay digital objects that look real.

vanityfair.com · 22 min