The Daily Index — Wednesday, September 25, 2024 · TLDR Index

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OPENAI ROLLS OUT ADVANCED VOICE MODE WITH MORE VOICES AND A NEW LOOK

OpenAI is rolling out Advanced Voice Mode (AVM) to ChatGPT Plus and Team users. Enterprise and Edu customers will start receiving access next week. The upgrade makes ChatGPT more natural to speak with and gives the feature a revamped design. It also adds five new voices and adds some of ChatGPT's customization features, including Custom Instructions and Memory. Users will receive a notification in the ChatGPT app when AVM has been made available to them.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

TLDR AI

JAMES CAMERON JOINS STABILITY'S BOARD

Decorated filmmaker James Cameron has joined the board of generative media company Stability AI to guide its transition into visual storytelling.

stability.ai · 8 min

TLDR Web Dev

REDESIGN CASE STUDY 2024

This article goes over a complete frontend redesign of a website that involved creating a new header, a unique hero section featuring personalized hats drawn by the author's daughter, and a circular navigation for the hats section. It also incorporated interactive elements using Framer Motion and scroll-driven animations, along with the usage of CSS features like container queries, :has(), offset-path, and more.

ishadeed.com · 19 min

TLDR InfoSec

DELL INVESTIGATES DATA BREACH CLAIMS AFTER HACKER LEAKS EMPLOYEE INFO

Dell has announced that it is investigating a data breach after a hacker posted an alleged data dump to BreachForums. The data breach contains data of 10k employees' full names, unique identifiers, employee status, and internal identification strings. Neither Dell nor the hacker have disclosed how the data was stolen.

bleepingcomputer.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

TURKEY TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH CRYPTO TAXES

Turkey has decided not to introduce additional taxes on stocks and crypto trading profits, according to VP Cevdet Yilmaz. The decision comes after Turkey considered the economic impact and feedback from various stakeholders, shifting the focus to changing tax exemptions instead.

coindesk.com · 1 min

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STAR FTX WITNESS CAROLINE ELLISON SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON

Caroline Ellison, the former head of FTX's sister investment firm, Alameda Research, has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in one of the largest financial frauds in history. She pleaded guilty to seven fraud and money-laundering offices related to FTX's collapse but helped testify against her former boyfriend and boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, putting him in prison for 25 years. Ellison has been ordered to forfeit $11 billion and must give the government any income she receives from selling the rights to her story. The judge has requested that she be sent to a low-security prison near where her family lives. Her surrender date will be after November 7.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 8 min

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FOR THE FIRST TIME, BLUE ORIGIN HAS IGNITED AN ORBITAL ROCKET STAGE

The second stage of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket underwent a successful hot-fire test on Monday. This was the first time Blue Origin integrated and fired an orbital rocket stage. Blue Origin is tracking toward a November launch of its New Glenn rocket. Standing at 320 feet tall, New Glenn still has many potential issues that could delay its schedule, for example, a hurricane is likely to graze Florida's space coast later this week.

arstechnica.com · 4 min

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OCTOPUSES AND FISH CAUGHT ON CAMERA HUNTING AS A TEAM

Footage captured by divers shows how octopuses can collaborate with fish to hunt for meals. The different species adopt specific roles to maximize the success of the joint hunting expeditions. The octopus works as the decision maker, adapting and responding to different situations, while the fish provide options. In some cases, octopuses have been observed 'punching' fish to punish them or get them to leave a group.

nature.com · 3 min

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BUILDING A BETTER FIRST DRAFT FOR DESIGNERS

Figma's Make Designs feature has been renamed to First Draft. First Draft allows users to input design goals, then uses AI to select, arrange, and customize design system components, creating a starting point for designs. It aims to give designers more ways to explore their options and help bring ideas to life. First Draft is now available in a limited beta and will be rolled out to users gradually over the coming months.

figma.com · 2 min