The Daily Index — Thursday, September 5, 2024 · TLDR Index

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THE DAWN OF A NEW STARTUP ERA

Purely Internet-based startups are approaching a saturation point. A new breed of startups that are willing to take on a lot more tech risk are starting to supplant the currently dominant species. The new startup era coming up will be heavier on technology and have longer incubation periods and likely higher capital intensity to fund ultra-specialized research that won't be easily commoditized. Investors will need to be more comfortable with tech slides and do more scientific due diligence.

giansegato.com · 31 min

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HACKING SALES AS AN INTROVERT

The sales process is just finding prospects, convincing them to talk to you, and getting them to buy. Sales is information theory and charisma can be systematized. Reaching out gives prospects more information - doing this well massively boosts the likelihood of success. Use questions as launch points to tell stories that portray what you want - this works because of how humans build rapport.

shwin.co · 7 min

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BLUETOOTH 6.0 BRINGS NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL HELP APPLE IMPROVE ITS FIND MY NETWORK

Bluetooth 6.0 features Bluetooth Channel Sounding, an innovation that unlocks centimeter-level location accuracy over considerable distances.

9to5mac.com · 1 min

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OPENAI CO-FOUNDER ILYA SUTSKEVER RAISES $1 BILLION FOR HIS NEW AI FIRM

Ilya Sutskever's new AI company, Safe Superintelligence has only one goal: to pursue safe superintelligence.

cnbc.com · 3 min

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INTERNET ARCHIVE'S E-BOOK LENDING IS NOT FAIR USE, APPEALS COURT RULES

The Internet Archive has been permanently barred from distributing all books available for electronic licensing after judges for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that its controlled digital lending service violated copyright law.

arstechnica.com · 9 min

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NVIDIA SAYS IT WASN'T SUBPOENAED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

Nvidia shares fell following news that it had been subpoenaed over complaints that the chipmaker was possibly violating antitrust laws.

qz.com · 2 min

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HOW AI DISRUPTS TECH INVESTING

With AI, startups will need to raise less money and there will be less reason to go public.

unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com · 23 min