The Daily Index — Thursday, May 9, 2024 · TLDR Index

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JOHN TERNUS EMERGING AS THE MOST LIKELY SUCCESSOR TO TIM COOK AS APPLE CEO

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who has held the title since 2011, turns 64 this year. While there is no reason to assume that a change at the helm is imminent, there are multiple possibilities for who may eventually take over. Apple's board will likely want someone who will stick around for at least a decade. This makes 49-year-old John Ternus, Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, the most likely successor.

9to5mac.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

ALPHAFOLD 3

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs have developed the 3rd generation of AlphaFold, a powerful protein folding prediction model. It is launching AlphaFold Server, which is a free way to interact with the model. AlphaFold 3 is 50% more accurate than previous generations. It correctly predicted the folded structure of the spike protein on Coronavirus OC43.

blog.google · 6 min

TLDR Web Dev

LOST IN TRANSLATION: THE BUG THAT SPOKE RUSSIAN AND CRASHED MY APP

This author was debugging a seemingly random crash in their app, Lipo Manager, which occurred only after certain users updated their phones. They found the crash only happened if the device language was set to Russian due to an encoding issue with SQLite. The fix was simple: manually set the device locale to 'ru' specifically for Russian users. The root cause of this bug on the developer's side was because they used ORMs for data persistence on Android.

imzaldih.com · 8 min

TLDR Crypto

NEARLY ALL FTX CREDITORS WILL GET 118% OF THEIR FUNDS BACK IN CASH, ESTATE SAYS IN NEW PLAN

Former crypto exchange FTX has proposed a plan to see 98% of creditors receive 118% of their claims. Other non-governmental creditors would get 100% of claims plus up to 9% interest if the bankruptcy court approves the plan. The money was accrued by selling various FTX assets, like its stake in AI company Anthropic. FTX's lack of BTC and ETH holdings at the time of bankruptcy prevented it from seeing asset appreciation due to recently rising prices.

coindesk.com · 4 min

TLDR Design

GOOGLE BRINGS A VARIATION ON ‘CIRCLE TO SEARCH' TO IPHONE USERS

Google has introduced a shortcut for iPhone 15 Pro users to perform visual searches using Google Lens by pressing the Action Button, circumventing iOS limitations on gesture-based interactions. To utilize this feature, users must install the Google app and assign the visual search shortcut to their iPhone's Action Button.

techcrunch.com · 1 min

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TESLA QUIETLY TOOK DOWN ALL U.S. JOB POSTINGS AFTER WEEKS OF ELON MUSK'S 'HARDCORE' LAYOFFS

Tesla had 3,400 job postings across the US, Mexico, Canada, and Puerto Rico on May 1, but it has since removed almost all of them. The bulk of the positions were in California, Texas, and Nevada, where the company has its gigafactories. This is the second time that Tesla has almost entirely wiped out its job postings since it began laying off workers on April 16. The company entered its fourth consecutive week of layoffs this week. At least six high-profile executives have either already resigned or plan to later this year.

qz.com · 2 min

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GOOGLE DEEPMIND'S NEW AI CAN MODEL DNA, RNA, AND ‘ALL LIFE'S MOLECULES'

Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 can predict the structure of all of life's molecules. Previous versions of the model could only predict the structures of proteins. AlphaFold 3 can model DNA, RNA, and ligands. It shows a 50% improvement in prediction accuracy compared to its previous models. DeepMind is making the AlphaFold Server research platform, powered by AlphaFold 3, to some researchers for free for academic and noncommercial use.

theverge.com · 4 min

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NEURALINK'S FIRST BRAIN-CHIP IMPLANT IN A HUMAN APPEARED FLAWLESS. THERE WAS A PROBLEM

Neuralink encountered a problem with the implant in its first human patient that reduced the amount of data the device could capture from his brain. Some of the implant's threads have come out. Neuralink has not disclosed the reasons why the threads retracted unexpectedly. Despite the implant's degraded capabilities, the patient is still able to navigate around his computer screen and play games. Challenges with the first test in a human patient were expected and the Neuralink team remains optimistic that this problem can be solved.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 6 min

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HOW CONTRIBUTING TO OPEN SOURCE HELPED YOU BECOME A BETTER DEVELOPER OR LANDED YOU A JOB (LOBSTERS THREAD)

This thread discusses the different ways open source work can help in one's career. For those without certificates from higher education, open source can work as a CV, demonstrating work to potential employers. Contributing to open source can also widen your network and help you find employment. Working with open source can help develop the ability to jump into other people's codebases very quickly, allowing you to become more efficient quickly. It also shows that you can complete tasks/projects without anyone telling you exactly what to do.

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