The Daily Index — Thursday, June 26, 2025 · TLDR Index

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ANTHROPIC NOW LETS YOU MAKE APPS RIGHT FROM ITS CLAUDE AI CHATBOT

Anthropic has added a new feature to its Claude AI chatbot that lets users build AI-powered apps right inside the app. It builds on Anthropic's Artifacts feature, which lets users see and interact with what they ask Claude to make. The feature has been used to build things like AI-powered games, learning tools, data analysis apps, writing assistants, and agent workflows. A video demo showing how the feature works is available in the article.

theverge.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

ANTHROPIC LAUNCHES AI-POWERED ARTIFACTS PLATFORM WITH APP SHARING

Claude users can now build, host, and share web apps created by Claude in a dedicated “Artifacts” space. Artifacts can now make calls to the Anthropic API as well.

anthropic.com · 2 min

TLDR Web Dev

LIQUID GLASS, BUT IN CSS

This article explains how to recreate Apple's new “Liquid Glass” design language from WWDC25 using CSS and SVG filters. The effect can be broken down into layers with box-shadows, backdrop-filter blur, color adjustments, and complex SVG displacement maps for refraction simulation. However, the implementation shown only works in Chrome, requires a lot of GPU resources, and is only practical for hero elements rather than full UI due to performance constraints.

atlaspuplabs.com · 12 min

TLDR InfoSec

NEW WORDPRESS MALWARE HIDES ON CHECKOUT PAGES AND IMITATES CLOUDFLARE

The May 2025 WordPress Core malware campaign, discovered by Wordfence, has three versions: one steals credit card data from checkout pages while mimicking Cloudflare security screens, another hijacks Google Ads and steals login credentials, and the third spreads more malware by replacing website links. Since September 2023, all have been disguised as legitimate plugins and employ advanced anti-detection methods, including hosting management systems on infected sites.

hackread.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

FHFA DIRECTS FANNIE & FREDDIE TO CONSIDER CRYPTO IN MORTGAGE RISK ASSESSMENTS

The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive requiring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider cryptocurrency as a borrower asset in single-family mortgage risk assessments, marking a major step in legitimizing crypto within traditional housing finance. The move enables crypto, if held on regulated U.S. exchanges, to count toward reserves without needing to convert to USD. Enterprises must account for volatility and risk-adjust appropriately.

threadreaderapp.com · 2 min

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SPANISH MATHEMATICIAN JAVIER GÓMEZ SERRANO AND GOOGLE DEEPMIND TEAM UP TO SOLVE THE NAVIER-STOKES MILLION-DOLLAR PROBLEM

The Navier-Stokes equations are one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems - the US-based Clay Mathematics Institute has offered $1 million for the solution. Google DeepMind and mathematician Javier Gómez Serrano claim the problem will be solved soon with the help of AI. The challenge dates back to the 19th century. Several great mathematical minds have devoted the best years of their academic lives to solving the problem only to find themselves stuck in a dead end.

english.elpais.com · 6 min

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SPACEX LAUNCHES 4 PEOPLE INTO ORBIT ON AXIOM SPACE AX-4 MISSION

SpaceX launched a private space crew of four people on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday. The mission was brokered by commercial space company Axiom Space. The Ax-4 mission will catch up with and dock to the International Space Station in a SpaceX Dragon capsule on Thursday morning. The crew will be conducting research that spans biology, material, and physical sciences, as well as technology demonstrations during their 14-day stay. They will engage with students around the world to share their experiences. The Dragon capsule will remain docked at the station during the mission.

npr.org · 4 min

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ALPHAGENOME: AI FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE GENOME

AlphaGenome is a new unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function. It is now available via API for non-commercial research. The tool can predict how single variants or mutations in human DNA sequences impact a wide range of biological processes regulating genes. It can help scientists better understand genome function and disease biology and drive new biological discoveries and the development of new treatments.

deepmind.google · 15 min

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CONTAINERS ARE AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC BETA FOR SIMPLE, GLOBAL, AND PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTE

Cloudflare Containers are now available in beta for all users on paid plans. The feature enables developers to run new kinds of applications alongside Workers, opening up a world of possibilities. Containers are tightly integrated with Workers and the rest of the developer platform. This article provides a tour of Containers for developers to get started.

blog.cloudflare.com · 6 min