The Daily Index — Wednesday, May 7, 2025 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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INTRODUCING HYPER — A SIMPLE REACT ALTERNATIVE (DEVELOPER PREVIEW)

Hyper is a simple markup language for building user interfaces that enables developers to generate complex UIs with clean syntax. It is a headless view layer focused on rendering. Hyper allows developers to ditch the hundreds of frameworks, tools, languages, idioms, libraries, and practices that attempt to solve problems within the idiomatic React stack. This post compares React to Hyper.

nuejs.org · 10 min

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UBER CEO SAYS CHANGING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ‘IS A RISK WE DECIDED TO TAKE'

Uber has announced that it will increase its in-office requirements and change benefits. Employees will be required to come into the office three days a week starting in June. The eligibility for Uber's month-long paid sabbatical benefit has been raised from five years at the company to eight years. Some employees who had previously been approved for remote work will be required to start coming in.

cnbc.com · 5 min

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HACKING GROUP THAT WREAKED HAVOC ON LAS VEGAS APPEARS TO BE BACK

UK retailers Harrods, Marks & Spencer, and Co-op have all reported cyber intrusions in the past two weeks. A group that calls itself Star Fraud (but more widely known as Scattered Spider) is suspected to be the culprit of the hacks. The attacks bear all the hallmarks of the group's attacks. Other retailers have been warned to harden their defences as the group usually works its way through a sector.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min

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APPLE HIT WITH CLASS ACTION SUIT FROM DEVELOPERS AFTER APP STORE RULING

A class action suit filed on behalf of developers claims that Apple's actions cost them revenue during the period it was found to have violated a court order to let developers sell subscriptions directly to customers.

engadget.com · 2 min

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FUNCTION CALLING USING LLMS

Function calling allows large language models to interact with external systems.

martinfowler.com · 31 min

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MICROSOFT INTRODUCES SURFACE PCS THAT RUN AI MODELS AND COST LESS THAN EARLIER VERSIONS

Microsoft has introduced a Surface Pro convertible tablet and a Surface Laptop, both of which can run artificial intelligence models without using the internet.

cnbc.com · 4 min

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A NEW BILL WOULD FORCE APPLE TO ALLOW THIRD-PARTY APP STORES

The App Store Freedom Act aims to promote competition and protect consumers and developers in the mobile app marketplace.

theverge.com · 2 min