Astronomers have completed the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy so far and created a 417-megapixel panorama. The massive 42,208 by 9,870-pixel panorama took over a decade to create and includes more than 600 photos. It is the largest photo mosaic ever created using Hubble Space Telescope observations. The photo shows 200 million stars, a fraction of the estimated one trillion stars in the system. It will help scientists learn more about Andromeda's history. A video showing highlights from the mosaic is available in the article.
2025.01.22·petapixel.com·4 min read·TLDR The volume of questions asked on StackOverflow fell quickly after ChatGPT's release in November 2022. The drop continues into 2025 at an alarming speed. The site has not seen so few questions asked monthly since 2009. Its decline actually started before ChatGPT - the release of the chatbot merely sped up the decline. StackOverflow's lack of innovation may have resulted in the initial drop in questions. The drop in questions indicates that trouble is ahead.
2025.01.22·links.tldrnewsletter.com·8 min read·TLDR Perplexity's Sonar API allows developers to build generative AI search tools into their applications. There is a base version that is cheaper and faster and a pricier version that's better for tough questions. Developers will be able to customize the sources that the AI search engine pulls from. Perplexity claims to be offering the cheapest AI search API on the market. Its models reportedly outperform leading models on a benchmark that measures factual correctness.
2025.01.22·links.tldrnewsletter.com·3 min read·TLDR Instagram is offering creators $10,000 to $50,000 a month to exclusively post Reels. Meta has also launched the Breakthrough Bonus program, which lets TikTok creators earn up to $5,000 over three months for posting Reels to Facebook and Instagram. The company has extended the maximum length of Reels to three minutes. It is working on a new video editing and creation app designed to compete directly with ByteDance's CapCut.
2025.01.22·theverge.com·3 min read·TLDR Stripe has cut about 3.5% of its workforce, mostly in product, engineering, and operations. Despite this, the company plans to continue hiring and increase its headcount by 17% by the end of the year. The payments company is currently valued at about $70 billion in private markets. Stripe's founders have intentionally steered clear of public markets and have given no indication of whether an offering is on the near-term horizon. Total payment volume at the company passed $1 trillion in 2023.
Streaming services commanded 43.3% of all TV viewing in the US in December.
2025.01.22·hollywoodreporter.com·2 min read·TLDR Ross Ulbricht operated the Silk Road marketplace on the dark web between 2011 and 2013.
Microsoft will have the 'right of first refusal' when OpenAI seeks additional capacity.
One in 11 developers reported new layoffs in the past year.
2025.01.22·links.tldrnewsletter.com·17 min read·TLDR Meta wants to tap into Oakley's cult-like following among various athlete groups.
2025.01.22·techcrunch.com·1 min read·TLDR Many of the early predictions about cloud computing were wrong, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't a transformative technology.
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2025.01.22·pages.dataiku.com·Sponsor·TLDR AI Mistral, a French AI startup, plans to take the initial public offering route instead of being acquired. It has raised substantial capital and is well positioned to continue providing service globally, and specifically to European companies.
2025.01.22·finance.yahoo.com·4 min read·TLDR AI NVIDIA presents a novel approach that combines foundation models with stereo matching techniques to enhance 3D perception for robots and autonomous vehicles.
2025.01.22·nvlabs.github.io·5 min read·TLDR AI DeepSeek is one of the only open model providers that seems to be innovating solidly on the underlying architecture of its generative models. Specifically, its research improvements are not the result of brute force, but instead come from minds that clearly understand what the Transformer does and operate in that paradigm.
2025.01.22·epoch.ai·7 min read·TLDR AI This paper introduces "landmarker," a Python package built on PyTorch that offers a flexible toolkit for developing and evaluating landmark localization algorithms.
2025.01.22·arxiv.org·12 min read·TLDR AI UniAct is a new embodied foundation modeling framework that operates in the Universal Action Space.
2025.01.22·2toinf.github.io·5 min read·TLDR AI The new Dolphin model, built on Llama 3.1 8B, was trained to take instructions via the system prompt. This means that it is exceptionally good at various personas and roleplay while maintaining much of the power of the base Llama model itself.
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2025.01.22·advertise.tldr.tech·Sponsor·TLDR AI SurgeNet is a novel surgical foundation model that sets a new benchmark in surgical computer vision.
2025.01.22·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI This project offers an intuitive web interface to make tracking workouts easier and more effective.
2025.01.22·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI DETRIS enhances visual feature propagation for misaligned encoders in multimodal tasks that employs dense interconnections and text adapters.
2025.01.22·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR AI AI query engines enable enterprises to effectively utilize vast amounts of both structured and unstructured data, bridging the gap between raw data and AI-powered applications. They offer advanced features like diverse data handling, scalability, accurate retrieval, and continuous learning, enhancing the capabilities of AI agents. Companies like DataStax are already leveraging these engines to support applications in customer service, video search, and software analysis.
2025.01.22·blogs.nvidia.com·5 min read·TLDR AI Sam Altman discusses his unexpected firing from OpenAI's board and reflects on its impact on governance and his leadership. He addresses critiques about OpenAI's strategy, emphasizing the company's goal to safely iterate towards AGI, while acknowledging high-profile departures. Altman shares his thoughts on the potential risks of AGI and hints at AI workforce integration by 2025, asserting that OpenAI remains focused on building superintelligent systems for future prosperity.
2025.01.22·thezvi.substack.com·9 min read·TLDR AI Stanford researchers created AI agents that replicate human behavior with 85% accuracy by interviewing 1,052 people using a purpose-built interface. The study, in collaboration with Google DeepMind, suggests these agents could help decision-makers understand public opinions by simulating responses to policies and product launches. While AI agents performed well on personality tests, they struggled with replicating human decisions in economic games.
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2025.01.22·aisera.com·Sponsor·TLDR AI Inworld AI, Streamlabs, and Nvidia are launching an AI assistant for streamers to provide real-time technical support and act as a game-aware cohost.
2025.01.22·theverge.com·2 min read·TLDR AI Microsoft has released its Phi-4 model as open-source on Hugging Face, with the model praised for its efficiency and high performance in reasoning tasks.
2025.01.22·links.tldrnewsletter.com·5 min read·TLDR AI AI can help stroke and Parkinson's patients communicate by interpreting throat vibrations.
2025.01.22·newscientist.com·1 min read·TLDR AI The launch of Trump-branded meme coins ($TRUMP and $MELANIA) has sent shockwaves through the crypto industry, which had hoped for regulatory legitimacy under his administration. Critics, including crypto insiders, warn that the speculative tokens undermine the sector's credibility, raise ethical concerns, and signal frothy market conditions.
2025.01.22·links.tldrnewsletter.com·6 min read·TLDR Crypto Switzerland's Crypto Valley achieved a cumulative valuation of $593 billion in 2024, a 55% year-over-year increase, and 50 projects in total. The ecosystem captured nearly a third of European blockchain funding with $586 million invested across 56 deals. Centralized financial services dominated the investment landscape with 34% in funding, followed by blockchain networks and DeFi platforms at 29% and 15% respectively.
2025.01.22·links.tldrnewsletter.com·2 min read·TLDR Crypto BeerMe, a new P2P payment app powered by USDC, eliminates platform restrictions and wallet address headaches by enabling users to send tokens via simple URL links. This innovative solution offers seamless, intuitive crypto transactions that eliminate platform lock-in, onboarding friction, and centralized intermediaries, fulfilling the promise of a truly open financial system.
Users on Optimism Mainnet spent approximately $9M in December 2024, with $8M on applications and $1M on L2 transaction fees, showcasing its Chain GDP metric, which measures total user spending on-chain applications over time.
This eight-point strategy to strengthen Ethereum's market position beyond its current trajectory toward a duopoly with Solana emphasizes the need to move beyond purely ideological decentralization arguments to attract mainstream developers and users. It calls for a council of industry leaders to direct resources and solve problems like liquidity fragmentation and poor user experience. The primary recommendation is to revive the “ultrasound money” narrative for ETH around blob fees while developing better infrastructure for app-layer development through accelerators and better branding.
The 2025 crypto market has shifted from synchronized altcoin rallies to meta-cycles driven by specific narratives like memecoins and AI tokens. With a flood of new projects and increased dispersion, success now demands active rotation, strategic hedging, and adaptability, leaving behind the simpler strategies of past cycles.
Vitalik Buterin says he is responsible for deciding the new Ethereum Foundation leadership, warning that public pressure campaigns create a toxic environment that drives away top talent and complicates reform efforts. He also defended Aya Miyaguchi, refuting misinterpretations of her views on competition.
The Ethereum Foundation faces criticism for operating in a way that does not strongly promote the Ethereum ecosystem. Concerns have been raised about its leadership structure, transparency, and $100 million annual spending. This article calls for a transformation of the Foundation with visionary leadership that understands both technical and socio-political implications while engaging more actively with the community and regulatory landscape. The Foundation should demonstrate practical applications of its own technical for organizational operations, improve user experience, and prioritize financial accountability to deliver measurable outcomes.
Dogecoin's logo has appeared on the new Department of Government Efficiency's website.
2025.01.22·links.tldrnewsletter.com·2 min read·TLDR Crypto The AI agent sector is becoming increasingly fragmented, with specialized agents and frameworks across dozens of categories similar to the L1/L2 liquidity fragmentation.
Though Trump did not mention crypto on his first day in office, he has pro-crypto leaders in charge of the SEC and CFTC.
MicroStrategy has acquired an additional $1.1 billion Bitcoin, marking the 11th week in a row of purchases.
Donald Trump's new White House logo for his second term is a bold departure from traditional designs that emphasizes intricate details and overt patriotism. Unlike the minimalism of previous administrations, this design features vibrant American flag accents and a stately appearance, symbolizing authority and reclaiming power. The branding shift reflects a darker, more assertive tone for Trump's leadership, marking a new era centered on patriotism and institutional strength.
Nintendo's Switch 2 introduces a new trigger mechanism for disconnecting Joy-Con controllers, demonstrated in a video on its website. While the detachment design is more transparent, the method for keeping the controllers attached, which potentially involves magnets, remains unconfirmed.
Meta is reportedly developing Oakley-branded smart glasses for athletes based on Oakley's Sphaera design, which features a centrally positioned camera. The move aims to broaden the appeal of smart glasses by leveraging Oakley's popularity among athletic groups like cyclists and runners. Meta is also working on various AI-powered devices, including camera-equipped earbuds, a smartwatch, and premium AR glasses with a display in the right lens.
Design maturity models often mislabel strategic design choices as “immature,” overlooking how businesses tailor design to their market needs. Instead of chasing an unrealistic ideal, companies should focus on aligning design with their strategic goals and recognize that different industries and business models require different approaches.
Success in the creative world is often tied to external validation, but true success is internal, driven by personal fulfillment, creative joy, and meaningful work. For many creatives, success includes financial stability, artistic purpose, and a balanced lifestyle. Redefining success means focusing on personal values and the intrinsic joy of creation.
Brad Frost emphasizes the value of durable, high-quality products, using his Olukai slippers as an example. He advocates for creating lasting digital products, similar to resilient web design by Jeremy Keith. Frost applies this philosophy throughout his work, including his book Atomic Design, courses, and consulting services, promoting longevity in design systems.
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