<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>EU accuses Meta of WhatsApp AI antitrust violation</strong>: Meta is facing antitrust accusations from the European Commission for allegedly blocking third-party AI assistants like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot from WhatsApp. The EU regulator is considering emergency measures to force Meta to restore access, arguing that Meta’s policy changes in October 2025, making Meta AI the sole assistant on WhatsApp, could seriously harm the AI assistant market. Meta, however, disputes these claims, stating that AI assistants have multiple distribution channels and that the WhatsApp Business API is not a key one. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/w9RLQf8YH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust Foundation sets strategic goals for 2026-2028</strong>: The Rust Foundation has outlined its strategic goals for 2026-2028, addressing infrastructure challenges like higher-than-expected AWS costs for <a href="http://crates.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">crates.io</a> CloudFront traffic. They are prioritizing an accreditation program for Rust training providers and have several initiatives underway, including GitLab support for Trusted Publishing entering public beta and a vulnerability scanning RFC in its final comment period. RustConf 2026 planning is also ahead of schedule, with visa letters, sponsorship prospectus, and the Call for Proposals already live. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Rvs7vPPfT" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon Redshift boosts automatic optimizations with dedicated compute</strong>: Amazon Redshift has enhanced its automatic optimization features by allowing the allocation of dedicated compute resources. This means autonomics like Automatic Table Optimization, Auto Vacuum, and Auto Analyze can now run without impacting user workloads, even during high-activity periods. The update, available in all AWS Regions where Redshift is supported, also includes cost controls for provisioned clusters and a new system table, SYS_AUTOMATIC_OPTIMIZATION, for better observability. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/7o3DKKn6E" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Laravel package leverages pgvector for semantic content</strong>: Laravel Related Content is a new package that uses pgvector and vector embeddings to find semantically related content across different model types, pre-computing relationships for fast lookups. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pbNBFv5P5" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Zscaler acquires SquareX for browser-native zero trust security</strong>: Zscaler acquired SquareX to integrate browser-native threat protection into its Zero Trust Exchange platform, aiming to secure unmanaged BYOD devices against phishing and AI data leakage. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cYMDggZgc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Toyota releases open-source game engine Fluorite for automotive</strong>: Toyota Connected North America announced Fluorite, an open-source game engine built with C++ and an ECS architecture, designed for automotive digital cockpits and optimized for low-end hardware. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/FTwlzGL8G" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta builds gigawatt-scale AI clusters with backend aggregation</strong>: Meta’s Backend Aggregation (BAG) layer is a centralized Ethernet-based super spine network interconnecting multiple data center fabrics to build gigawatt-scale AI clusters like Prometheus. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/L6vqc64qy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AMD’s openSIL project ported to AM5 motherboards</strong>: AMD’s openSIL open-source CPU silicon initialization project is being ported to modern AM5 consumer motherboards by 3mdeb, aiming to replace proprietary AGESA firmware with Coreboot. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/O7AGCFgNw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New GeoPandas tutorial on RealPython</strong>: A new GeoPandas tutorial on RealPython covers fundamental geospatial tasks, including creating maps, understanding projections, building interactive maps, and performing spatial joins. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0nZHWqg8R&amp;id=PuaaXOtow" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Sudo maintainer seeks help</strong>: The sole maintainer of <code>sudo</code> needs help after 30 years, highlighting a broader challenge in cultivating the next generation of core Linux utility maintainers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/j4bnStI4p" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Anthropic’s new plugins ‘wipe out’ tech stocks</strong>: Anthropic just dropped Claude Co-work with industry-specific plugins, and some article titles are screaming that this “Wiped Out $400 Billion In Tech Stocks.” Because, you know, a new plugin system is definitely the sole cause of market fluctuations, not the usual tech stock volatility. Apparently, the future of SaaS is now in question because AI can do some tasks, which is a bit of an overreaction, don’t you think? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QnkkrfiEd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI embraces ads, because money talks</strong>: OpenAI is reportedly introducing advertising to ChatGPT, a complete 180 from Sam Altman’s previous stance. Apparently, losing billions annually and needing to raise $100 billion by 2030 will make you reconsider your principles. They’ve even hired a former Facebook mobile advertising executive, so get ready for some “unbiased” AI recommendations that just happen to align with their advertisers’ products. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=5kN0YzGRy&amp;id=BoDPkFq8Y&amp;id=cX7pVnhKE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Discord’s sudden age verification push</strong>: Discord is rolling out global age verification, defaulting unverified accounts to “teen-by-default” settings. This, of course, comes after lawsuits alleging minor exploitation and just as they’re preparing for an IPO. Nothing says “we care about safety” like a sudden, mandatory verification push right before you go public, especially when previous implementations had data breaches. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/J7jpcebnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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