The Daily Index — Friday, July 11, 2025 · TLDR Index

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FOLDABLE IPHONE DISPLAY PRODUCTION BEGINS AHEAD OF LAUNCH NEXT YEAR

Apple's first foldable iPhone OLED displays have begun production ahead of an expected launch next year. The phone is expected to feature an inward-folding OLED display and be refreshed annually in the fall, just like the other models. Apple plans to produce six to eight million foldable iPhones in 2026. Samsung Display has secured an agreement to provide Apple with foldable displays as the sole supplier for several years.

macrumors.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

AWS IS LAUNCHING AN AI AGENT MARKETPLACE NEXT WEEK WITH ANTHROPIC AS A PARTNER

AWS will launch an AI agent marketplace next week at the AWS Summit in New York City, with Anthropic as a partner. The platform will enable startups to offer AI agents directly to AWS customers, potentially boosting Anthropic's reach and revenue. This move follows similar initiatives by Google Cloud and Microsoft, aiming to streamline AI agent distribution.

techcrunch.com · 3 min

TLDR Web Dev

POSTGRES LISTEN/NOTIFY DOES NOT SCALE

Recall.ai experienced Postgres downtime due to heavy write loads from thousands of meeting bots. An investigation showed that Postgres' LISTEN/NOTIFY feature acquired a global database lock during transaction commits, serializing them and causing a bottleneck. Load tests confirmed that removing LISTEN/NOTIFY allowed the database to fully utilize CPU cores and handle load spikes effectively.

recall.ai · 10 min

TLDR InfoSec

ATOMIC MACOS INFOSTEALER ADDS BACKDOOR FOR PERSISTENT ATTACKS

Malware analysts discovered a new version of the Atomic macOS (AMOS) infostealer, which includes a backdoor that offers attackers persistent access to compromised systems. The new version of the malware features an embedded backdoor, utilizes LackDaemons to survive reboots, implements ID-based victim tracking, and introduces new C2 infrastructure. The embedded backdoor allows threat actors to execute commands remotely, log keystrokes, introduce additional payloads, or probe for lateral movement opportunities.

bleepingcomputer.com · 2 min

TLDR Crypto

BITCOIN BREAKS RECORD, TOPPING $113,000

Bitcoin surged past $113,000 for the first time, breaking out of its months-long trading range with a 3.7% 24-hour gain. The rally has been fueled by robust ETF inflows, ongoing corporate adoption by crypto treasury firms, and an increasingly accommodating regulatory backdrop, with some analysts forecasting a climb to $140,000 by year-end. The broader market also enjoyed gains, as Ethereum rallied over 5% above $2,800 and the CoinDesk 20 Index rose 3.4%. Together, these moves underscore continued institutional demand and bullish momentum across digital assets.

coindesk.com · 3 min

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ROBINHOOD CEO'S AI MATH STARTUP VALUED AT NEARLY $900 MILLION

Harmonic AI is an artificial intelligence startup focused on building AI systems that can solve complex math problems. Co-founded by Robinhood's CEO Vlad Tenev, the startup recently raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and Paradigm. Harmonic plans to make its flagship AI model available to researchers and the general public later this year. Its ultimate goal is to solve major unsolved mathematical problems and expand that to problems in physics and computer science.

bloomberg.com · 3 min

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ROBOT SURGERY ON HUMANS COULD BE TRIALLED WITHIN DECADE AFTER SUCCESS ON PIG ORGANS

An AI-trained robot recently completed eight operations on pig organs with a 100% success rate. The robot, armed with tools to cut, clip, and grab soft tissue, successfully removed pig gall bladders without human help. They were trained on video footage of human medics conducting operations using organs taken from dead pigs. The success opens up the possibility of replicating, en masse, the skills of the best surgeons in the world.

theguardian.com · 4 min

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TESLA MOVES TO EXPAND ROBOTAXI TO PHOENIX, FOLLOWING RIVAL WAYMO

Tesla has applied to test and eventually deploy its robotaxis in Phoenix, Arizona. A decision on the application is expected at the end of July. Tesla began a pilot test of its robotaxis in Austin, Texas, in June. Those vehicles are remotely supervised by employees in an undisclosed operations center, and they each include a human safety supervisor, who rides with the passengers.

cnbc.com · 3 min

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AI IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AT GOOGLE: PROGRESS AND THE PATH AHEAD

This post discusses Google's newest AI-powered improvements and discusses further changes the company expects to see in the coming five years. It also presents a methodology for building AI products that deliver value for professional software development. Improving these surfaces can directly impact developer productivity and satisfaction.

research.google · 6 min