The Daily Index — Wednesday, June 26, 2024 · TLDR Index

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GOOGLE IS KILLING INFINITE SCROLL ON SEARCH RESULTS

Continuous scrolling on Google search results, which was originally introduced in October 2021, has been removed from desktop search results and will be removed from mobile results in the coming months. It has been replaced with Google's classic pagination bar, which allows users to jump to a specific page of search results or simply click 'Next' to see the next page. A 'More results' button will be shown at the bottom of searches on mobile. The change will allow Google to serve search results faster.

theverge.com · 1 min

TLDR AI

ETCHED RAISES $120M SERIES A TO BUILD AI CHIPS FOR TRANSFORMERS

Etched has announced a $120M round led by Primary Venture Partners and Positive Sum Ventures, as well as angel investors including Peter Thiel, Stanley Druckenmiller, and David Siegel. It is working directly with TSMC's Emerging Business Group to produce chips on their state-of-the-art, 4 nanometer node. Its chips can achieve 500K tokens/second. One 8xSohu can replace 160 H100s.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

UUIDV7 IN 33 LANGUAGES

UUIDv7 is a 128-bit unique identifier designed to be time-sortable with 1 ms precision, making it suitable for use in databases, including distributed systems. Unlike its predecessor UUIDv4, UUIDv7 integrates both timestamp and random components, ensuring sequential ordering based on time. This makes UUIDv7 a great option for generating unique identifiers for database records that require precise chronological ordering.

antonz.org · 25 min

TLDR InfoSec

TURKEY'S LARGEST CRYPTO EXCHANGE HACKED

BTCTurk, Turkey's largest crypto exchange, was hacked. One analyst claims that the stolen currency amounted to nearly 51M euros. BTCTurk reported that the attack was caused by a vulnerability that allowed uncontrolled withdrawals to be processed. The exchange halted withdrawals and deposits to investigate the attack.

euronews.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

BITWISE CIO PREDICTS SPOT ETHEREUM ETFS WILL ATTRACT $15 BILLION OF NET INFLOWS IN 18 MONTHS

Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise, predicts Ethereum ETFs will see $15 billion in net inflows in their first 18 months of trading. In a note sent to clients, he cited ETH/BTC market cap comparisons, international ETF data, and spot/futures arbitrage trading. He believes the lack of staking rewards is a “rounding error” that will not impact demand.

theblock.co · 3 min

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E.U. CHARGES MICROSOFT WITH ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS OVER TEAMS BUNDLING

EU regulators have charged Microsoft with breaking antitrust rules by bundling its Teams video conferencing software with a suite of other productivity tools, giving it an unfair advantage over rivals. Businesses essentially had little choice but to use Teams if they wanted other software made by Microsoft. Competitors also faced challenges in making their services work with other Microsoft software. Microsoft says it has already taken steps to resolve the dispute, having unbundled Teams from other Office products last year.

nytimes.com · 3 min

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RESEARCHERS UPEND AI STATUS QUO BY ELIMINATING MATRIX MULTIPLICATION IN LLMS

Researchers claim to have developed a method of running AI models more efficiently that involves eliminating matrix multiplication from the process. A fundamental redesign of the neural network operations that are currently accelerated by GPU chips, the method could have deep implications for the environmental impact and operational costs of AI systems. It challenges the prevailing paradigm that matrix multiplication operations are indispensable for building high-performing language models. The approach may outperform traditional large language models at very large scales, but this has not been tested due to computational constraints.

arstechnica.com · 6 min

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RESEARCHERS INVENT 100% BIODEGRADABLE 'BARLEY PLASTIC'

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have created a biofriendly material made from barley starch blended with fiber from sugarbeet waste. The material is strong and can completely decompose within only two months if left in nature. It can be used for food packaging, among many other things. The material can be easily made in many places in the world. The researchers are now processing a patent application for the biocomposite material.

phys.org · 5 min

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NOTION SITES TAKES NOTION SITES UP A LEVEL

Notion has launched Notion Sites, a tool that turns Notion pages into publicly-facing websites. It has features like custom favicons, the ability to build navigation bars with links, and breadcrumb navigation. Notion Sites can be easily published under custom domains. It has basic SEO features and a Google Analytics integration. More details about Notion Sites are available in the article.

techcrunch.com · 3 min