The Daily Index — Wednesday, February 7, 2024 · TLDR Index

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Today’s Index

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WHATSAPP IS WORKING ON SECURE CROSS-APP MESSAGING TO CONNECT USERS ACROSS PLATFORMS

WhatsApp has been working on an initiative for two years that will allow its users to send messages across different messaging applications using end-to-end encrypted methods. The initial phase of the interoperability rollout will enable basic functionalities such as text, image, voice message, video, and file sharing between individuals. Advanced features such as calls and group chats are expected to be introduced later. The feature will be opt-in. Third-party apps will have to encrypt their messages using Signal's encryption protocol and meet specific technical standards.

readwrite.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

OPENAI IS ADDING NEW WATERMARKS TO DALL-E 3

OpenAI is implementing watermarks in images generated by DALL-E 3, following standards from the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), to include invisible metadata and a visible CR symbol for provenance verification.

theverge.com · 1 min

TLDR Web Dev

LEARNINGS FROM OUR 8 YEARS OF KUBERNETES IN PRODUCTION

Urb-it uses Kubernetes to leverage container orchestration capabilities for its microservices architecture. Some of the lessons learned after using Kubernetes in production for over eight years include the importance of keeping Kubernetes and Helm up to date, backing up secrets, planning for disaster recovery, keeping certificates up to date to prevent cluster crashes, and going all-in with a cloud provider. Kubernetes allowed Urb-it to scale in a cost-efficient manner and develop new products and services faster.

medium.com · 12 min

TLDR InfoSec

DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR FORTINET CUSTOMERS AS PAIR OF CRITICAL VULNS FOUND IN FORTISIEM

Fortinet's FortiSIEM has two new critical RCE vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-23108 and CVE-2024-23109) that allow remote code execution by unauthenticated attackers. Though details are limited, they seem similar to an older OS command injection issue in FortiSIEM fixed in October 2022. The flaws enable the execution of unauthorized commands via crafted API requests. Update ASAP.

theregister.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

METAMASK DEAL WITH ROBINHOOD BROADENS CRYPTO ACCESS

MetaMask and Robinhood are rolling out a new integration that more closely ties the two services together to create a more seamless on-ramp and off-ramp user experience. This feature set allows MetaMask users to purchase crypto directly within the wallet utilizing Robinhood’s order flow. On Robinhood, it allows users to fund their accounts via balances in their MetaMask wallets and withdraw directly to those wallets as well.

coindesk.com · 2 min

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ADAM NEUMANN IS TRYING TO BUY BACK WEWORK

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, who stepped down in 2019, is attempting to buy the company out of bankruptcy. WeWork was once valued at $47 billion. It filed for bankruptcy last November, listing debts of over $18.6 billion at the time of filing. Neumann's current venture, Flow, is a residential real estate outfit focused on rentals. Flow received a $350 million investment from a16z in August 2022.

techcrunch.com · 2 min

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BLUESKY IS READY TO OPEN UP

Bluesky is removing its invite system and opening its doors to anyone who wants to sign up. It will start letting outside developers host their own servers on its underlying AT Protocol later this month. Bluesky users will be able to opt into experiences that aren't run by Bluesky and bring their profiles with them to rival apps on the network. The company plans to make money by charging users for additional features in its app, taking a cut of purchases for things like custom feeds (which developers will be able to charge for), and through a service that will help others manage servers on the AT Protocol.

theverge.com · 4 min

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IT'S CONFIRMED! LASER FUSION EXPERIMENT HIT A CRITICAL MILESTONE IN POWER GENERATION

A series of papers detailing the US National Ignition Facility's 2022 achievement of a break-even fusion reaction have passed peer review. In the breakthrough experiment of December 2022, lasers fired 2.05 megajoules of energy into a fuel source, which resulted in 3.15 MJ being released. Researchers have fired more energetic lasers and produced even more energy in several experiments since. Links to the five peer-reviewed papers are available at the end of the article.

sciencealert.com · 4 min

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THE FASTEST-GROWING COUNTRIES FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO GITHUB

GitHub releases data on developer contributions quarterly as part of its Innovation Graph project. The most recent batch of data, released on January 18, shows a jump in the number of developers from Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Pakistan. The data only measures registered accounts rather than code commits, so it's heavily skewed to less active contributors.

restofworld.org · 6 min