The Daily Index — Wednesday, July 17, 2024 · TLDR Index

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AFTER TESLA AND OPENAI, ANDREJ KARPATHY'S STARTUP AIMS TO APPLY AI ASSISTANTS TO EDUCATION

Andrej Karpathy, former head of AI at Tesla and researcher at OpenAI, has launched an 'AI native' education platform called Eureka Labs. The company aims to create AI teaching assistants to guide students through course materials. These AI assistants will work with human teachers to allow anyone to learn anything. The venture's first product will be an undergraduate-level class that will help students train their very own AI. Eureka Labs will run both digital and physical classes.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

ANDREJ KARPATHY'S NEW COMPANY

Eureka Labs is a new education-focused AI company designed to change how we learn new things.

eurekalabs.ai · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

REBUILDING A 10 YEAR OLD IOS APP WITH EXPO

This developer rebuilt a 10-year-old iOS app using Expo, adding Android and TV support along the way. They successfully replicated the original app's functionality using Expo and React Native packages, avoiding the need for custom native code. The new UI design used responsive layouts for different devices, and the app was built and submitted using EAS Build and Submit.

expo.dev · 9 min

TLDR InfoSec

RITE AID BECOMES RANSOMHUB'S LATEST VICTIM AFTER DATA BREACH

Rite Aid reported a "limited cybersecurity incident" in June. A threat actor impersonated an employee, gaining unauthorized access to company systems. The breach exposed customer information including names, addresses, and IDs. The RansomHub gang claimed responsibility, alleging it obtained 10GB of data affecting 45 million customers.

darkreading.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

LI.FI HIT BY $8M EXPLOIT

The LI.FI bridge has been hacked for at least $8M. This has resulted in unauthorized withdrawals of up to $5.8M in ether and various stablecoins. LI.FI has advised users against interacting with its dapps while the issue is investigated. Users who did not set infinite approval should not be at risk.

coindesk.com · 2 min

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GIANT PIXEL 9 LEAK GIVES US OUR FIRST REAL-WORLD LOOK AT THE FOLD, FASTER CHARGING SPECS, AND MORE

The Taiwanese version of the FCC has leaked photos and details of the entire Pixel 9 series. The photos confirm that Google is moving the Pixel Fold's inner selfie camera to the corner of the screen and adding a new square camera arrangement. The Pixel 9 series will feature faster charging speeds and Thread support. It is expected to launch at the Made by Google event on August 13. The leaked pictures are available in the article.

androidauthority.com · 5 min

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AIR-DEFLECTING SHIELD ALLOWS ATHLETES TO RUN LIKE THE UNIMPEDED WIND

The Airshield is a device that allows runners to train without experiencing any air resistance. Currently a prototype, the Airshield allows athletes to run faster than they are able to unaided, allowing their bodies to learn the neuromuscular sequences required to run at that speed. The wedge-shaped open-backed cart is towed behind an electric go-kart, which is steered along a running track by a human driver. Pictures and a video of the Airshield being used are available in the article.

newatlas.com · 3 min

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STARTUPS ARE BUILDING BALLOONS TO HOIST TOURISTS 100,000 FEET INTO THE STRATOSPHERE

France-based Zephalto, Florida-based Space Perspective, and Arizona-based World View are just three of the startups currently building balloons to hoist tourists to the stratosphere. Most of these balloons will reach heights of 15 to 19 miles above the Earth's surface. At that height, the outside of the capsules will be essentially a vacuum and the sky will be a deep black. Passengers will not experience weightlessness. There will be no physical requirements for passengers to board the balloons. Seats on the balloons range from $50,000 to around $184,000.

cnbc.com · 2 min

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DECENTRALIZING DEVREL

This article looks at how Hugging Face approaches developer relations. Hugging Face is well known for being a startup whose large online community also translates to massive multi-thousand-people meetups all over the world. The community-centric company prioritizes giving the spotlight to community members and collaborators as much as possible and provides compute and no-strings-attached cash grants to community members and communities. It also helps maintain open-source libraries and closely collaborates with other tools. The company aims to always take a collaborative approach to working with other groups, open-source platforms, and libraries.

dx.tips · 14 min