The Daily Index — Friday, June 21, 2024 · TLDR Index

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Today’s Index

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ANTHROPIC HAS A FAST NEW AI MODEL — AND A CLEVER NEW WAY TO INTERACT WITH CHATBOTS

Anthropic's newest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, is reportedly equal to or better than OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini across a wide variety of tasks. The model performs well in benchmarks, suggesting that Anthropic has built a legitimate competitor in the space. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available now to web and iOS users and will be available to developers as well. Anthropic is introducing a new feature called Artifacts that will allow users to see, interact with, and edit the results of their Claude requests.

theverge.com · 4 min

TLDR AI

ANTHROPIC LAUNCHES CLAUDE 3.5 SONNET

Claude 3.5 Sonnet passes Opus in performance at 1/5 the cost. It is also the best vision model available now. This highlights the improved capabilities of the frontier models.

anthropic.com · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

SO WE'VE GOT A MEMORY LEAK…

This developer tackled a memory leak in his high-traffic Rails app by analyzing heap dumps and using tools like rbtrace, heapy, and sheap. The root cause was traced to a combination of an issue in ActiveSupport::Subscriber and invalid URIs processed by the Bugsnag gem. He goes over his debugging process throughout the article.

stevenharman.net · 13 min

TLDR InfoSec

KRAKEN CRYPTO EXCHANGE HIT BY $3 MILLION THEFT EXPLOITING ZERO-DAY FLAW

Crypto exchange Kraken disclosed a critical zero-day flaw exploited by a security researcher to steal $3 million in digital assets. The vulnerability allowed artificial balance inflation by initiating deposits without completion. Kraken fixed the issue within 47 minutes and has stated that no client assets were at risk.

thehackernews.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

GERMANY BEGINS SELLING ITS BITCOIN BILLIONS, TRIGGERING VOLATILITY FEARS

The German government has begun selling the $3 billion of Bitcoin it seized from a movie piracy website. It has sold over $195 million in BTC in the past day and moved coins between wallets. Analysts believe this demonstrates bearish sentiment from the government and could cause short-term market volatility.

decrypt.co · 4 min

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DELL SAID RETURN TO THE OFFICE OR ELSE—NEARLY HALF OF WORKERS CHOSE “OR ELSE”

Dell announced a return-to-office initiative earlier this year that involved workers having to classify themselves as remote or hybrid. Those who chose to classify themselves as remote had to agree that they could no longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the company. Nearly 50% of Dell's workforce opted to stay remote. Many interviewed employees admitted that they were looking for work at other companies that weren't trying to force employees back to the office. Many other companies are struggling to restore in-person work.

arstechnica.com · 2 min

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SPACEX UNVEILS BACKPACK-SIZED ‘STARLINK MINI' SATELLITE INTERNET ANTENNA FOR $599

SpaceX is rolling out a mobile option for its satellite internet customers. Starlink Mini is a backpack-sized kit designed to provide high-speed, low-latency internet on the go. SpaceX is offering a limited number of the antennas for $599 in an early access release. Service for the Starlink Mini will be effectively $150 a month and capped at 50 gigabytes of data per month. SpaceX has not announced when Starlink Mini deliveries will begin.

cnbc.com · 3 min

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GILEAD'S TWICE-YEARLY SHOT TO PREVENT HIV SUCCEEDS IN LATE-STAGE TRIAL

Gilead's lenacapavir was 100% effective in preventing HIV in roughly 2,000 women in a late-stage trial. The results will need to be replicated before Gilead can seek approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Lenacapavir could be on the market as soon as late 2025 if trial results continue to be positive.

cnbc.com · 3 min

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NEW IOS 18 API BRINGS AIRPODS SETUP EXPERIENCE TO THIRD-PARTY ACCESSORIES

AccessorySetupKit is a new API in iOS 18 that gives third-party accessories the same setup experience as Apple accessories such as AirPods and AirTag. Devices running iOS 18 will show a pairing confirmation popup when the right app detects a compatible accessory. The system will automatically handle all the Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connectivity required by the accessory. A video showing what the new feature will look like is available.

9to5mac.com · 1 min