The Daily Index — Thursday, April 11, 2024 · TLDR Index

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IOS 18 MAY FEATURE ALL-NEW 'SAFARI BROWSING ASSISTANT'

iOS 18 will apparently feature a new Safari browsing assistant. While the code for the feature has been confirmed to exist, not many details about it are known. Apple is also apparently working on an 'Encrypted Visual Search' feature. iOS is set to be unveiled during Apple's WWDC keynote on June 10.

macrumors.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

META'S NEW TRAINING AND INFERENCE CHIP

Meta has announced the next generation of its AI accelerator chip. Its development focused on chip memory (128GB at 5nm) and throughput (11 TFLOPs at int8).

ai.meta.com · 22 min

TLDR Web Dev

CODE SEARCH IS HARD

Code search is a hard problem to solve compared to normal search. Search tools often optimize for natural language, but these techniques make code search worse. Most big companies have custom code search tools, which is a sign of how difficult the problem is. Postgres has functions that can make code search easier, like its full text search options.

blog.val.town · 5 min

TLDR Crypto

SEC PREPARES TO SUE UNISWAP

Uniswap Labs received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission warning the company that the regulator intends to pursue legal action. The company argues that tokens are not securities and that most tokens traded on the protocol are not investment contracts. Recently, there have been discussions about turning on the fee switch for the UNI token. However, this has not been implemented, and Uniswap Labs insists that UNI does not fit the definition of a security since there is no investment contract between the company and token holders.

twitter.com · 1 min

TLDR Design

GOOGLE UNVEILS NEW AI-POWERED VIDEO CREATION APP, SECURITY, AND WORKFLOW ENHANCEMENTS FOR WORKSPACE

Google is launching Google Vids, an AI-powered video creation app, along with meeting, messaging, and security improvements. Workspace Labs will include Google Vids starting in June, enabling users to make storyboards, choose styles, and assemble scenes from stock videos, images, and music.

maginative.com · 2 min

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GOOGLE BRINGS AI-POWERED EDITING TOOLS, LIKE MAGIC EDITOR, TO ALL GOOGLE PHOTOS USERS FOR FREE

Google has made a handful of editing features previously exclusive to Pixel devices and paid subscribers free to all Google Photos users. The features include the AI-powered Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and Portrait Light. They will only work on devices running Android 8.0 or iOS 15 or higher and on Chromebook Plus devices with at least 3GB RAM and ChromeOS version 118+. The tools will start rolling out on May 15 - it may take weeks for them to make it to all users.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

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ASTRANIS UNVEILS OMEGA ‘MICROGEO’ SATELLITES FOR BEAMING DEDICATED BROADBAND DOWN FROM HIGH ORBIT

Astranis, a company that builds and operates relatively small broadband satellites in high orbits, has unveiled a new generation of communications satellites that will serve broadband to Earth from geostationary orbit faster than any existing comsat. The new class of satellites, called Omega, can provide 50 gigabits per second of bandwidth each in both civilian and military bands. Astranis' relatively smaller satellites make them harder to target, making the infrastructure more resilient to attacks. The company plans to complete its first Omega satellite in 2025 and launch as many as 24 per year to orbit starting in 2026.

techcrunch.com · 5 min

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HOPES RISE FOR MRNA CANCER VACCINE AFTER MODERNA TRIAL SHOWS PROMISE

Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine, developed to target melanoma, might also treat a form of head and neck cancer. Data from an early trial showed a greater survival rate for patients who took Moderna's cancer vaccine alongside immunotherapy treatments. The news sent Moderna's share price soaring.

semafor.com · 1 min

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SHELL HISTORY IS YOUR BEST PRODUCTIVITY TOOL

Shell history can be a personal knowledge vault, documentation, and command reference. This personal documentation can provide huge boosts to productivity. This article provides tips on how to optimize shell history configuration and usage to get the most out of it. The tips in the article focus on ZSH, but similar results can be achieved in Bash and other shells.

martinheinz.dev · 8 min