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Daily Edition · Page 1

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

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Today’s Index

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HANDLING BILLIONS OF INVOCATIONS – BEST PRACTICES FROM AWS LAMBDA

Lambda manages asynchronous requests using internal queues and addresses challenges like noisy neighbors and traffic spikes through techniques like simple queueing, consistent hashing, and shuffle-sharding. Shuffle-sharding, which randomly assigns tenants to multiple queues, is quite effective for workload isolation and fault tolerance. The AWS team has multiple methods in practice for smooth Lambda function operations, including proactive detection, automated isolation, resilience, failure handling, and many observability metrics.

aws.amazon.com · 12 min

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GOOGLE'S BUDGET-FRIENDLY PIXEL 9A IS FINALLY HERE, AND IT COMES WITH A BOLD NEW LOOK

Google has finally launched the Pixel 9a. Starting at $499, the device, which comes in four colors (Peony, Iris, Porcelain, and Obsidian), is powered by the Google Tensor G4, Google's most efficient processor so far. The Pixel 9a has a 6.3-inch display with 2,700 nits of peak brightness and a 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate. It has a battery life of 30 hours - over 100 hours with Extreme Battery Saver enabled. The device has a 13 MP ultra-wide camera and a 48 MP main camera. It is the first Pixel A series device that features Macro Focus.

xda-developers.com · 3 min

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AMAZING NEW TECHNOLOGY CAN 'BEND' SOUNDS INTO YOUR EARS ONLY

Scientists have discovered a way to create localized pockets of sound isolated from their surroundings, creating sound exactly where it needs to be. The technique involves using ultrasound as a carrier for audible sound - ultrasound transports sound through space silently, becoming audible only when desired. The ultrasonic beams can bend as they travel, allowing for the creation of curved sound paths that can navigate around obstacles and meet at a specific target location. Many more details about how this technology works are available in the article.

sciencealert.com · 6 min

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NOT EVERYONE IS CONVINCED BY MICROSOFT'S TOPOLOGICAL QUBITS

Microsoft's quantum team made waves last month by announcing its first topological quantum chip, the Majorana 1. Quantum computers run on qubits valued at 0, 1, or some superposition of the two - topological quantum computing is a fundamentally different approach to building a qubit that would be theoretically less fragile. Proving the claims that it has created at least a single topological qubit remains difficult for the Microsoft team. Despite difficulties, topological quantum continues to be a very promising approach.

spectrum.ieee.org · 6 min

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