The Daily Index — Thursday, June 12, 2025 · TLDR Index

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HP REVEALS FIRST GOOGLE BEAM 3D VIDEO CONFERENCING SETUP, PRICED AT $25,000

Google's Project Starline was reborn as Google Beam at Google I/O last month. The 3D conferencing system, which uses a lot of advanced hardware, makes users look like they're in the same room as each other. HP has revealed the first Beam setup - the HP Dimension will be available later this year for $24,999. It will come with a 65-inch display (Beam systems will have displays of various sizes) and also support regular 2D chats using Zoom and Google Meet. Google Beam's video model requires a lot of intense cloud processing, so customers will also have to pay for a Google Beam license on top of the hardware - prices for the licenses have not yet been released.

arstechnica.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

PHYSICAL WORLD MODEL BY META

Meta has announced V-JEPA 2, a new visual world model that enhances physical reasoning for AI agents. The company also introduced three benchmarks to assess model performance on real-world video-based reasoning tasks.

about.fb.com · 3 min

TLDR Web Dev

HOW LYFT USES ML TO MAKE 100 MILLION PREDICTIONS A DAY

Lyft processes 100 million ML predictions daily through LyftLearn Serving, a platform that replaced a problematic monolithic service with isolated microservices where each team owns their own model serving infrastructure. The system handles real-time predictions for ride pricing, fraud detection, and ETAs using a Flask/Gunicorn HTTP layer with custom predict/load functions that support any ML framework.

blog.bytebytego.com · 15 min

TLDR InfoSec

SALESFORCE TAGS 5 CVES AFTER SAAS SECURITY PROBE UNCOVERS MISCONFIG RISKS

Salesforce assigned 5 CVEs after a security report revealed 20+ configuration weaknesses in Flexcards, Data Mappers, and core components. These vulnerabilities could expose customers to unauthorized access and session hijacking. 16 other flaws were classified as customer misconfigurations. Admins have been urged to review and secure configurations to prevent exploitation.

theregister.com · 3 min

TLDR Crypto

SENATE BEGINS PASSAGE OF STABLECOIN BILL

The Senate cleared a 68-30 cloture vote on the GENIUS Act, virtually guaranteeing final passage of the first US stablecoin bill and ending years of Senate gridlock on crypto policy. The legislation, which aims to strengthen dollar dominance, will let state- or federally-supervised entities issue dollar-backed tokens under a unified framework. Parallel momentum in the House saw the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act pass through both Financial Services and Agriculture Committees, setting up potential coordination or reconciliation between the bills. Together, the advances mark the strongest bipartisan push yet toward comprehensive U.S. crypto regulation.

coindesk.com · 6 min

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NINTENDO'S SWITCH 2 IS THE FASTEST-SELLING GAME CONSOLE OF ALL TIME

Nintendo sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 units in the console's first four days, making it the fastest-selling home video game console yet. The company was able to meet the demand by having ample inventory on hand in key markets. Preorders sold out across major retailers in the US ahead of the launch. The threat of price increases from tariffs likely boosted demand. Nintendo aims to sell 15 million Switch 2 consoles by the end of March 2026.

theverge.com · 3 min

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WE'RE SECRETLY WINNING THE WAR ON CANCER

While cancer is still a terrible health threat, the tide in the war against cancer is turning. Thanks to breakthrough treatments, cancer is no longer the death sentence it once was. While there are certain areas where the story isn't getting better, the future of cancer treatment is improving. This article tells the story of three revolutions that caused the dramatic bend in the curve of cancer deaths.

vox.com · 6 min

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THE AUDACIOUS REBOOT OF AMERICA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM

Standard Nuclear has made Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the base of a project to power up America's next nuclear era. It is developing meltdown-resistant fuel for a smaller, safer type of nuclear reactor. Standard Nuclear is the largest source of tristructural isotropic (triso) fuel outside of China. Triso fuel, which is in high demand for use in small modular reactors, is known for its durability and safety.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 7 min

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ANNOUNCING MULTIGRES: VITESS FOR POSTGRES

Vitness is a database clustering system for scaling MySQL that adds sharding, connection pooling, query routing, resiliency and failover, and cloud-native orchestration. Multigres is a proxy that sits in front of Postgres databases. It shares the same goals as Vitness but is focused on the Postgres ecosystem. One of the co-creators of Vitness recently joined Supabase to build on the open-source Multigres project.

supabase.com · 4 min