The Daily Index — Monday, July 28, 2025 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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IT'S TIME FOR MODERN CSS TO KILL THE SPA

Modern CSS can provide seamless navigation without the need to build an app. New capabilities enable fading between pages, animating shared elements, maintaining persistent elements, and more, all with real URLs, real page loads, and without JavaScript routing hacks. This article discusses how. Most websites don't need to be apps - build a site like a site.

jonoalderson.com · 10 min

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THE NEW CHIPS DESIGNED TO SOLVE AI'S ENERGY PROBLEM

The estimated growth in energy required for AI is currently unsustainable. Several startups and companies are experimenting with new kinds of chips that have the potential to be much more energy efficient than current industry leaders at the all-important task of inference. While Nvidia chips will continue to be used for AI training for the foreseeable future, more efficient inference could collectively save companies tens of billions of dollars. The intensity of these chip development efforts shows how desperate the tech world is to provide AI to customers without paying the 'Nvidia tax'.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 6 min

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ELON MUSK INTERVIEW: X TAKEOVER EVENT

Elon Musk recently sat down for an interview at the X Takeover 2025 event held in San Mateo, California. During the interview, Musk spoke candidly about Tesla's Optimus robot, Neuralink's potential medical applications, and more, offering wide-ranging insights into his companies. Despite regulatory and logistical hurdles, Tesla's roadmap remains ambitious and far-reaching. A video of the interview is linked in the article.

teslanorth.com · 2 min

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ANTHROPIC SEEKS $150 BILLION VALUATION IN NEW FUNDING ROUND

Anthropic is looking to raise at least $3 billion and possibly as much as $5 billion.

pymnts.com · 2 min

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TESLA PLANS ‘FRIENDS AND FAMILY' CAR SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA, REGULATOR SAYS

Tesla CEO recently teased an expansion of Tesla's robotaxi service to the San Francisco Bay Area, but California regulators say the company is not authorized to carry passengers on public roads in autonomous vehicles.

cnbc.com · 5 min

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HEREDOCS CAN MAKE YOUR BASH SCRIPTS SELF-DOCUMENTING

Heredocs allows developers to add Markdown to bash scripts for inline documentation.

holdtherobot.com · 3 min

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SAUDI ARAMCO WANTS A GOOGLE SPINOFF TO TURN ITS WASTE INTO WEALTH

SandboxAQ will use Quantum AI to help Aramco transform captured carbon dioxide into valuable products such as advanced materials and plastics.

restofworld.org · 7 min

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AN AI-GENERATED PROTEIN HELPS T CELLS KILL CANCER

A data scientist and an immunologist used AI to design de novo T cell receptor-like proteins that helped kill cancer in vitro in a process that only took several weeks, in contrast to the typical one-and-a-half years.

the-scientist.com · 4 min

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THE RISE OF SHIPPABLE MICROFACTORIES

Microfactories aim to capture the benefits of off-site fabrication without the drawbacks of centralized production by making factories shippable and goods more locally produced.

thesisdriven.com · 20 min