The Daily Index — Thursday, May 1, 2025 · TLDR Index

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MUSK, TESLA CHAIR SLAM REPORT SAYING ITS BOARD WANTS TO REPLACE HIM AS CEO

Elon Musk and Tesla's chair have denied a report that the company's board had launched a search process for a new CEO. The report said that Tesla's board had reached out to several executive search firms to work on a process for finding Tesla's next chief executive. Musk criticized the Wall Street Journal for publishing the article, saying that Tesla's board of directors had unequivocally denied its claims beforehand. The outlet had reported that Musk had not responded to requests for comment.

axios.com · 4 min

TLDR AI

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developer.paypal.com

TLDR Web Dev

GOOD VS GREAT ANIMATIONS

Using origin-aware animations, selecting the right easing (often ease-out or custom curves), and using spring-based interactions gives animations a more natural feel. Understanding CSS properties like clip-path is also necessary for precise control and impactful effects. These techniques when used together help create animations that surpass "good" to look and feel "great."

emilkowal.ski · 5 min

TLDR InfoSec

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TLDR Crypto

BITCOIN MINING NEARLY UNPROFITABLE ON AVERAGE

Bitcoin mining has become nearly unprofitable, with major public miners spending over $82,000 per BTC and smaller U.S. operations over $137,000—well above Bitcoin's current market price. In high-cost regions like Germany, the cost climbs to nearly $200,000 per coin. To adapt, large mining farms are deploying energy-efficient rigs and leasing excess computing capacity for alternative revenue streams.

pcgamer.com · 3 min

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GOOGLE EYES GEMINI-IPHONE AI DEAL THIS YEAR, PICHAI TELLS COURT

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during court proceedings that he hopes that Google Gemini will be added as a built-in option for iPhones this year. Pichai has held a series of conversations with Apple CEO Tim Cook and hopes to have a deal completed by the middle of this year. Apple's annual developer conference will be held on the week of June 9 - if a deal is agreed to, it will likely be announced then.

bloomberg.com · 2 min

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SAM ALTMAN'S WORLD UNVEILS A MOBILE VERIFICATION DEVICE

Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World human verification project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has unveiled a mobile device designed to help people determine the difference between humans and AI agents. The Orb Mini looks like a smartphone, but it has two large sensors on the front to scan users' eyeballs. The data is used to create a unique identifier on the blockchain to verify that users are human. It is still unclear what the ultimate functionality of the Orb Mini will be, but its current main purpose is to verify more people.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

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CHINESE ROBOT DOES JOB OF THREE TO FOUR HUMANS INSTALLING THOUSANDS OF PANELS AT AUSTRALIAN SOLAR PROJECT

Chinese tech company Leapting's AI-controlled robot successfully helped install 10,000 solar modules at its first commercial deployment in Australia. The 2.5-meter-high robotic arm sits on a crawler that can adapt to different terrain and environmental conditions. Its use increased efficiency by three to five times compared to manual operations. The robot will be deployed to another Australian solar farm to start work in May to install around 500,000 panels.

reneweconomy.com.au · 4 min

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BEST PRACTICES FOR USING CURSOR

This thread contains a list of best practices for using Cursor, an AI-powered code editor. It contains advice such as using .cursorrules to tell broad rules, encouraging chain of thought in prompts, using git to version control frequently, and more. The list is designed to ensure developers are not overwhelmed by complexity.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 2 min