The Daily Index — Friday, June 13, 2025 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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SUPPRESSIONS OF SUPPRESSIONS

Developers will sometimes need to suppress rules in build processes because those rules are wrong or unnecessarily strict. However, as people get used to suppressing rules, they might run into another problem - some rules are really bad to suppress as suppressing them might cause unforeseen issues. One way to deal with suppressions is to introduce a lint rule that forbids developers from suppressing some other lint rules.

overreacted.io · 4 min

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WAYMO RIDES COST MORE THAN UBER OR LYFT — AND PEOPLE ARE PAYING ANYWAY

Waymo's self-driving car rides are consistently more expensive compared to offerings from Uber and Lyft. The company's average price at peak hours is about $11 more expensive than Lyft and nearly $9.50 pricier than Uber. The price difference shows excitement for the technology and a real preference to sometimes be in a car without a driver. Shorter trips tend to cost more than longer ones - the pricing gap shrinks as rides get longer.

techcrunch.com · 5 min

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VISIONOS 26 KEEPS PUSHING APPLE'S NEWEST PLATFORM TOWARD THE FUTURE

Several substantial feature improvements have rolled out to visionOS since its launch. This article looks at these feature improvements and what it is like to use them. visionOS 26 continues to push toward the future of wearable devices, with improved Personas, geographic persistence, Immersive Environments, and more. The update provides robust evidence that work on the OS remains ongoing.

sixcolors.com · 7 min

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APPLE TARGETS SPRING 2026 FOR RELEASE OF DELAYED SIRI AI UPGRADE

Apple plans to bring the revamped Siri to iOS as part of the iOS 26.4 software update - Apple's '.4' updates are typically released in March.

bloomberg.com · 5 min

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AOSP ISN'T DEAD, BUT GOOGLE JUST LANDED A HUGE BLOW TO CUSTOM ROM DEVELOPERS

Google has made it harder to build custom Android ROMs for Pixel phones by omitting device trees and driver binaries from the latest AOSP release.

androidauthority.com · 4 min

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MACOS TAHOE BRINGS A NEW DISK IMAGE FORMAT

ASIF allows Apple silicon Macs to achieve near-native speeds.

eclecticlight.co · 4 min

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TAPE, GLASS, AND MOLECULES – THE FUTURE OF ARCHIVAL STORAGE

DNA and other molecular technologies are still a distant prospect.

theregister.com · 12 min

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INSTAGRAM WILL FINALLY LET YOU REARRANGE YOUR GRID

Instagram is also testing a way for users to quietly post to their profiles without having the content appear in users' feeds.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

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GOOGLE CLOUD OUTAGE BRINGS DOWN A LOT OF THE INTERNET

The Google Cloud outage on Thursday affected a range of services, including Cloudflare and Spotify.

techcrunch.com · 2 min