Daily Edition · Page 1

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

Across today’s newsletters

Today’s Index

INTRODUCING A NEW DESIGN FOR MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT

Microsoft 365 Copilot has been redesigned to move with how work actually happens — cleaner, faster, and better connected across apps. The updated app, which loads over 50% faster, features a task-aware prompt workspace and a "Work IQ" layer that draws on emails, files, chats, and meetings. Since rolling out the new in-app experiences, Copilot usage rose 27% in Word, 33% in Excel, 43% in PowerPoint, and 30% in Outlook.

MODERNA GETS $50 MILLION TO DEVELOP MRNA EBOLA VACCINE AGAINST BUNDIBUGYO

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has pledged a little over $60 million to accelerate the development of three vaccine candidates against the Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV). There are currently two licensed vaccines against Ebola, but they both target a different strain. The lack of medical interventions is allowing the virus to spread out of control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The disease is spreading in an area with armed conflict, large population mobility, and significant need for humanitarian assistance.

BYD PLANS TO BRING ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERIES TO EVS BY 2027, BUT IT'S NOT ALONE

Several EV manufacturers plan to deploy vehicles with all-solid-state batteries in just a few months. The technology enables a driving range of over 1,000 kilometers. The first models to launch with the new battery technology will likely come from BYD's high-end sub-brands before trickling down to mass-market vehicles. Other manufacturers racing to introduce next-generation EV batteries include SAIC Motor and Changan Automobile.

RETHINKING SEARCH AS CODE GENERATION

Perplexity's Search as Code (SaC) is a new search architecture that empowers models to reach into the search stack itself rather than merely consume the final outputs. It exposes the components of the search stack as primitives within an SDK that can be assembled on demand through code generation and execution within a secure sandbox into retrieval pipelines tailored to specific requests. This article describes SaC's design and implementation and provides benchmark results. SaC establishes a new cost performance frontier for agent search.

TLDR IndexPage 1