<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Google Gemini AI faces extraction attempts and malicious use</strong>: Google’s Gemini AI is facing serious challenges, with over 100,000 prompts attempting to extract its proprietary reasoning capabilities. Nation-state actors are also integrating Gemini into attack operations for social engineering and phishing, and new malware families like HONESTCUE are embedding Gemini’s API to generate and execute malicious code, bypassing safety filters. This highlights the dual-use dilemma and security risks of advanced AI. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/OQLlwLpSw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 7.0 integrates quantum-resistant cryptography</strong>: The Linux 7.0 kernel is integrating ML-DSA, a quantum-resistant signature algorithm, for module signing, replacing SHA-1. This move is a direct response to the threat quantum computers pose to current cryptographic standards like RSA and ECDSA, aligning with NIST’s post-quantum cryptography standards. It’s a significant step towards future-proofing kernel security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=6DJe6t3uU&amp;id=Ukr75F53X&amp;id=Vay0ocYOF&amp;id=Vh5TboDqs&amp;id=m5L4rWAXQ&amp;id=ppwBwOuN5&amp;id=uGdXnDZH4&amp;id=xVcPYGmKq" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>HBM4 memory enters mass production for AI accelerators</strong>: Samsung and Micron have begun mass production and shipping of HBM4 memory, the next generation for AI accelerators. Samsung’s HBM4 boasts 11.7 Gbps processing speed and 40% better energy efficiency than HBM3E. Micron’s entire 2026 HBM4 output is already pre-sold, indicating massive demand and a shift in production capacity towards high-margin AI memory, which is impacting consumer memory prices. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=OUBYQ2PHL&amp;id=gpkg8awYO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Minimax launches M2.5 AI model</strong>: Minimax launched its M2.5 frontier AI model, claiming it’s over 90% cheaper than Claude Opus or GPT-5 models and excels at software engineering tasks, with OpenHands benchmarking it as the top open model for coding. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VQt2ETdNG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>TypeScript 6.0 beta is the last JavaScript-based release</strong>: TypeScript 6.0 beta is the final version built on JavaScript, with TypeScript 7.0 transitioning to a Go-based compiler for improved performance and efficiency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/62kNn8zlZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Go 1.26 released with Green Tea GC and performance boosts</strong>: Go 1.26 has been released, featuring the Green Tea garbage collector enabled by default, a 30% reduction in <code>cgo</code> call overhead, and experimental SIMD operations support. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=1ObNpwyIZ&amp;id=mj2oUwkea" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Threat actor exploits bossware for ransomware and crypto theft</strong>: An unnamed threat actor is exploiting employee monitoring software and remote management tools to deploy Crazy ransomware and steal cryptocurrency, leveraging legitimate applications to evade detection. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ZxyPtzJpI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Odido data breach affects 6.2 million customers</strong>: Dutch mobile operator Odido disclosed a data breach affecting 6.2 million customers, with attackers accessing their customer contact system and stealing names, addresses, phone numbers, and bank account details. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3j2lBB9LH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Orchestra: a new self-hosted PaaS for bare metal</strong>: Orchestra, a new open-source, self-hosted PaaS, automates server provisioning, cluster orchestration, and application deployment for bare metal infrastructure without requiring agents on nodes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0nUdXf1b9&amp;id=C2t5MyKnp&amp;id=jNBhBoH4V&amp;id=nwGZvk6OS&amp;id=sjdf7M4Ia" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Argon ONE UP laptop built around Raspberry Pi CM5</strong>: The Argon ONE UP is a new laptop built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, offering Framework-level repairability but suffering from poor power management due to the lack of proper sleep mode support in Raspberry Pi systems. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=3wCwWKkn1&amp;id=ZgsqtzNBI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>OpenAI’s new coding model prioritizes speed over depth</strong>: OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a coding model running on Cerebras CS3 accelerators, claiming over 1,000 tokens per second. They’re prioritizing ‘speed over depth’ with a $10 billion contract for Cerebras silicon. Because who needs accurate, deep understanding when you can just generate code really, really fast? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2DKu3o06c&amp;id=2G5oHg0oJ&amp;id=A9s0KznyU&amp;id=CacFMCP2L&amp;id=PFJ429xnc&amp;id=TgVTzT7ZG&amp;id=dqsxZt8l5&amp;id=f8bwmVFOm&amp;id=iVwXrkdSj&amp;id=yYXkpJGbb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic’s AI-generated C compiler: more hype than substance</strong>: Anthropic’s AI-generated C compiler, built by 16 Claude Opus agents in two weeks, is being touted as a breakthrough. However, it reportedly fails basic tests and relies heavily on existing tools. It seems the marketing department is working overtime, while the actual AI is still struggling with the fundamentals of ‘novel development.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0wFgrbFqP&amp;id=78oOrNVDz&amp;id=B3N2Icy7Y&amp;id=BKJ8NHw6d&amp;id=DcSKM9BQA&amp;id=GManH4sq3&amp;id=GnwSkM7qk&amp;id=HHMxTl4yN&amp;id=JgHE2Ywe8&amp;id=MPMZLgvp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>US immigration agencies deploy flawed facial recognition app</strong>: ICE and CBP deployed NEC’s Mobile Fortify facial recognition app, despite knowing it couldn’t verify identities as claimed and without required Privacy Impact Assessments. They even used it on US citizens, protesters, and observers. Because nothing says ‘robust security’ like deploying a flawed surveillance tool by dismantling privacy reviews and ignoring departmental limits. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=ab5QuRrVe&amp;id=cxpq72Re5&amp;id=lLSTCWQDZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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