The Daily Index — Wednesday, June 4, 2025 · TLDR Index

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BEYOND 2NM: APPLE'S A20 CHIP TO INTRODUCE NEW PACKAGING BREAKTHROUGH

Apple's A20 chip, built on TSMC's second-gen 2nm process, will be used in the iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max, and iPhone 18 Fold. The processors use Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module packaging, which allows different components to be integrated directly at the wafer level. The technique, which connects the dies without needing an interposer or substrate, brings both thermal and signal integrity benefits. This is a big leap in chip design and shows how technologies once reserved for data center GPUs and AI accelerators are making their way into smartphones.

9to5mac.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

NOTEBOOKLM NOW SUPPORTS PUBLIC SHARING

Google's NotebookLM now lets users share notebooks publicly via links. Viewers can interact with AI-generated summaries and questions while source content remains read-only.

blog.google · 2 min

TLDR Web Dev

ADOPTING DOCS-AS-CODE AT PINTEREST

Pinterest Engineering adopted a "docs-as-code" strategy. This involved treating documentation like code, using Markdown, version control, and CI/CD pipelines. They built PDocs, a centralized static site generator, to host documentation across multiple repositories and improve the developer experience.

medium.com · 11 min

TLDR InfoSec

THE NORTH FACE WARNS CUSTOMERS OF APRIL CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACK

The North Face says hackers stole customer information in a cyberattack in April. The attack happened because many people reused passwords from other sites. This is the fourth data breach for the company since 2020.

bleepingcomputer.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

PUMP.FUN PLANS $1B TOKEN SALE AT $4B VALUATION

Pump.fun is preparing a $1 billion token sale at a $4 billion valuation, with tokens offered to both public and private investors and a launch teased within the next two weeks. The Solana-based memecoin launchpad has generated over $700 million in cumulative revenue and enabled nearly 11 million tokens with a total market capitalization of about $4.5 billion. In response to rising competition, Pump.fun recently introduced its own AMM, ending an unofficial partnership with Raydium, and rolled out a mobile app alongside a reinstated live-streaming feature.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 5 min

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MUSK SAYS SPACEX REVENUE WILL NEAR $16 BILLION IN 2025

SpaceX is on track to generate about $15.5 billion in revenue in 2025. The startup is privately owned, so information about its performance is rare. SpaceX's two main business lines are its launch operation and Starlink. Elon Musk claims that commercial revenue at SpaceX will exceed NASA's entire budget next year. A large part of the startup's cash is flowing toward Starship.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 2 min

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HUMAN BRAIN CELLS ON A CHIP FOR SALE

Australian startup Cortical Labs' CL1 is a code-deployable biological computer that fuses human brain cells on a silicon chip to process information via sub-millisecond electrical feedback loops. A tool for neuroscience and biotech research, the CL1 offers scientists a new way to study how brain cells process and react to stimuli. It uses live human neurons capable of adapting, learning, and responding to external inputs in real time. The CL1 will begin shipping in the summer at $35,000 each, or $20,000 when purchased in 30-unit server racks.

spectrum.ieee.org · 5 min

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NEURALINK COMPETITOR PARADROMICS COMPLETES FIRST HUMAN IMPLANT

Neurotech startup Paradromics implanted its brain-computer interface in a human for the first time on May 14. The patient was already undergoing neurosurgery to treat epilepsy. The brain-computer interface was implanted and removed from the patient's brain in about 20 minutes during that surgery. The procedure demonstrated that Paradromics' system can be safely implanted and record neural activity. The startup plans to kick off a clinical trial later this year to study the long-term safety and use of its technology in humans.

cnbc.com · 5 min

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WHY GUIS ARE BUILT AT LEAST 2.5 TIMES

Your mental model for 'what making software is' is extremely important when trying to figure out how to 'manage' it. A lot of what is essential for making great products will look like 'waste' when viewed through a manufacturing lens. When 'making software' is viewed as a process of discovery, developers behave completely differently - they might try to get something into users' hands as fast as possible or run parallel experiments in production with different versions. The goal isn't just to produce, but to find out what should be built.

patricia.no · 25 min