The Daily Index — Monday, November 25, 2024 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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FOURSQUARE'S 104M POINTS OF INTEREST

Foursquare recently made its Points of Interest dataset freely available. This post looks into the dataset. Foursquare was likely earning a good amount of revenue from the dataset as there isn't a lot of competition from the freely available data sets. Companies that produce these datasets can charge yearly rental fees that run into the six-figure territory.

tech.marksblogg.com · 17 min

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BLUESKY IS ON THE VERGE OF OVERTAKING THREADS IN ALL THE WAYS THAT MATTER

The Bluesky app has exploded to 3.5 million daily active users. Its user base has increased by 300% since Election Day. Journalists, academics, and companies are fleeing X and going to Bluesky instead of Threads possibly due to Threads' decision to downplay political content on the platform. Bluesky is quickly becoming the platform for political and cultural debate.

mashable.com · 2 min

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AMAZON TO INVEST ANOTHER $4 BILLION IN ANTHROPIC, OPENAI'S BIGGEST RIVAL

Amazon is investing an additional $4 billion into Anthropic. Its total investment into the artificial intelligence startup is now $8 billion. Amazon will retain its position as a minority investor. Anthropic will use Amazon Web Services as its primary cloud and training partner.

cnbc.com · 3 min

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THIS WEBSITE IS HOSTED ON BLUESKY

This post explains how to host a website on Bluesky.

danielmangum.com · 14 min

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‘I HAVE NO MONEY': THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS SEE THEIR SAVINGS VANISH IN SYNAPSE FINTECH CRISIS

The situation highlights the risks of fintech startups.

cnbc.com · 10 min

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THE DEAL

The return you get from making bets and investments in people you admire and work well cannot be measured in dollars and cents.

jared.xyz · 2 min

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HOW DECENTRALIZED IS BLUESKY REALLY?

Bluesky is currently not meaningfully decentralized nor federated - to claim that it is moves the goalposts of both those terms.

dustycloud.org · 58 min

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AI EATS THE WORLD

Slides from Benedict Evans' yearly presentation on macro and strategic trends in the tech industry.

ben-evans.com · 50 min

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EMERGING DETAILS OF CHINESE HACK LEAVE U.S. OFFICIALS INCREASINGLY CONCERNED

Chinese hackers closely linked to the country's Ministry of State Security were lurking undetected inside the networks of the biggest US telecommunications firms for more than a year.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 12 min