The Daily Index — Monday, June 17, 2024 · TLDR Index

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YOUTUBE LOOKS TO BE TESTING SERVER-SIDE AD INJECTION TO COUNTER AD BLOCKERS

YouTube is currently experimenting with server-side ad injection. It is making ads part of the video being streamed instead of delivering them separately, resulting in them being indistinguishable from videos. The implementation breaks extensions like SponsorBlock, which depend on timestamps to mark video sections. Server-side ad injection is still in testing and not yet widely rolled out.

9to5google.com · 1 min

TLDR AI

NVIDIA LAUNCHES GPT-4 QUALITY MODEL

NVIDIA's Nemotron-4 340B is a family of open models that developers can use to generate synthetic data for training LLMs for commercial applications. The state-of-the-art reward model matches the original GPT-4 model and can run on 8 H100s.

blogs.nvidia.com · 8 min

TLDR Web Dev

THE STORY OF REFORMATTING 100K FILES AT GOOGLE IN 2012

In 2012, Google embarked on a project to reformat all Bazel BUILD files, which was tough because of inconsistent formatting and a variety of developer preferences. A new tool called Buildifier, which strictly enforced a unified style, was developed to automate this process. The rollout was successful - it allowed for better code maintenance and enabled large-scale changes that were previously considered impossible.

laurent.le-brun.eu · 6 min

TLDR InfoSec

ASCENSION SAYS PERSONAL, HEALTH INFORMATION STOLEN IN RANSOMWARE ATTACK

US healthcare organization Ascension has revealed that a recent ransomware attack led to the theft of patient PII and PHI data. The attack disrupted Ascension's EHR, phone systems, and medical ordering, forcing patient diversions. While restoring systems, Ascension found attackers exfiltrated files from 7 of its 25,000 servers containing patient data.

securityweek.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

SPOT ETHEREUM ETFS MAY BEGIN TRADING BY JULY 2

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas has moved up his over/under date for the ETH ETF launch to July 2nd. He cites the SEC's minimal comments on S-1 applications and its presumed desire to finish work before July 4th.

cointelegraph.com · 2 min

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SAM ALTMAN SAYS OPENAI COULD BECOME A FOR-PROFIT MEANING IT COULD EVENTUALLY IPO

Sam Altman is reportedly considering making OpenAI a for-profit company that the current non-profit board wouldn't control. One possible option being considered is making the company a for-profit benefit corporation. This would mean the company will have to consider its impact on society and the environment and balance the interests of its shareholders with the interests of employees, customers, the community, and the environment. Becoming a for-profit could open up the path to an initial public offering that would give the public a chance to own its shares.

neowin.net · 2 min

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SPACEX'S FIFTH STARSHIP TEST FLIGHT TIMELINE REVEALED BY MUSK

SpaceX aims to fly its full stack Starship rocket for the fifth time in late July. The rocket was able to make a successful soft splashdown during its fourth test, giving the company the confidence to try a tower catch for the fifth test. Another area SpaceX will be testing is the second stage ship's heat shield, which is made of thousands of tiles. Many of the tiles fell off in the previous test even when the ship was on the ground.

wccftech.com · 3 min

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‘SON OF CONCORDE' COMPANY'S SUPERFACTORY WILL PRODUCE 33 SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT A YEAR

Boom Supersonic's Overture airliner can reach New York from London in just 3.5 hours. The company's superfactory is set to be finished by the end of the year. Boom is aiming to produce 66 supersonic aircraft every year and totally revolutionize air travel. It plans to start carrying passengers by 2029. The Overture will carry up to 80 passengers at a cruising speed of Mach 1.7 up to a range of 4,250 nautical miles.

supercarblondie.com · 3 min

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APPLE ANNOUNCED RCS WITH A WHIMPER WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A BANG

Apple skipped over RCS during its keynote, making it seem like the company didn't think it was worthy enough to show off. RCS implementation in iOS is a massive improvement for both Android and iPhone users. Both platforms will now be able to exchange high-resolution media with each other without having to download a third-party messenger.

theverge.com · 3 min