<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li>European Parliament bans AI on devices: The European Parliament has banned AI tools on lawmakers’ corporate devices due to data security and privacy concerns, as their IT department can’t guarantee data security when AI assistants use cloud services. This temporary ban highlights broader European concerns about relying on U.S. tech companies for sensitive data, especially given recent U.S. government demands for user information from tech companies. The move prioritizes security over convenience, reflecting institutional unease about AI handling critical legislative data. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/NW6nIRqB9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>New AI models from Anthropic and Alibaba: Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.6, an upgraded model offering near-Opus 4.6 intelligence at a lower cost, excelling in coding and agentic workflows. It features a 1M token context window in beta and new API updates including enhanced web search tools with automatic code execution. Meanwhile, Alibaba launched Qwen3.5, a new multimodal AI model for enterprise agent workflows, claiming benchmark improvements over GPT-5.2 and Claude 4.5 Opus, and expanding language support to 201 languages. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=TzfkywkQu&amp;id=UOocLbfK4" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Quantum threat accelerates crypto changes: Quantum computers pose an imminent threat to current encryption standards like RSA and ECC, leading attackers to employ “Store-Now-Decrypt-Later” tactics. NIST has standardized post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms, and organizations are advised to adopt hybrid cryptography. Concurrently, SSL/TLS certificate validity periods are shrinking from years to weeks, forcing crypto agility and necessitating automation for certificate management to prepare for quantum threats and improve overall internet security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LeywTm39V&amp;id=RomlDzZE9&amp;id=duMdZgpLR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li>AI FOMO drives questionable investments: AI FOMO is driving 60-70% of tech leaders’ AI investments, often leading to poor strategic decisions and unmeasurable returns, with CIOs facing pressure to demonstrate ROI by mid-2026 or risk budget cuts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=ErBrh9iYd&amp;id=LPebsCRmA&amp;id=T8PHWMs0E" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over AI use: The Pentagon is threatening to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk due to its refusal to permit unrestricted military use of its Claude AI, specifically regarding mass surveillance of Americans and autonomous weapons without human oversight. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/sX4nQIjj6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>GitHub API for billing reports now in preview: GitHub has introduced a REST API for enterprise administrators to programmatically request and download billing usage reports in CSV format, currently in public preview. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kHtdtQBlk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>VC shifts focus to hard tech sectors: Venture capital is shifting investment from software-only to “hard” sectors like government, defense, energy, and manufacturing, driven by AI, geopolitical pressures, and infrastructure needs, with AI lowering development costs for startups. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=37tulfpLX&amp;id=JtohUf1Jp&amp;id=N0K5y1csn&amp;id=O8JxF8bMJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Linux Foundation moves to real-time analytics: The Linux Foundation migrated its LFX Insights platform from Snowflake to Tinybird for real-time analytics, reducing a 12-hour batch sync delay to near real-time data freshness and cutting costs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LqfC5JQvs" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Cisco offers free training and AI certifications: Cisco has launched extensive free training programs, including ethical hacking courses and AI certifications, alongside updated certification tracks covering automation, cybersecurity, and wireless networking. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/FqTT8p4ap" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Android 17 gets lock-free MessageQueue: Android 17 introduces DeliQueue, a new lock-free MessageQueue implementation, to eliminate lock contention on the UI thread, resulting in 4% fewer missed frames and 9.1% faster app startup times. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KWMcNe91A" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li>The one true AI-proof tech job: Apparently, architecture and system design are the only tech jobs that will survive AI, according to an article titled “The Only Tech Job That Survives AI.” Because, you know, AI can do everything else, but it just can’t quite grasp integrating platforms or negotiating contracts. Good to know our careers are safe if we just focus on the truly irreplaceable skill of… evaluating vendor solutions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/smOggDoX8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>AI humanizer to bypass AI detectors: A new tool called “Free AI Humanizer” promises to rewrite AI-generated text to bypass AI detectors, claiming to preserve meaning while making it sound more human. Because what we really need is more AI-generated content pretending to be human, further blurring the lines and making it even harder to trust anything online. Peak innovation, folks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/p5aBiNTGV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Toilet manufacturer is an AI play: An activist investor, Palliser Capital, is claiming that Japanese toilet manufacturer Toto is an “AI play” because its advanced ceramics division makes electrostatic chucks for memory chip manufacturing. So, apparently, if you make anything that might eventually touch a component used in AI, you’re an AI company. Next up: the AI-powered toilet that flushes your investment worries away. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/08TkDSLKo" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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