<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>DHS uses AI for public videos, new privacy standard emerges</strong>: The US Department of Homeland Security is using Google’s Veo 3 and Adobe Firefly to create public-facing videos, including social media content for immigration enforcement. This revelation, reported by MIT Technology Review, comes amidst controversy over potentially AI-generated content from DHS and raises questions about tech companies’ stance on such uses. Meanwhile, a new IEEE standard, MyTerms, aims to replace cookies by allowing users to control their privacy through machine-readable agreements, which could be particularly relevant for AI agents in automated commerce. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FI7F6hXcB&amp;id=wTFul1JlX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents get new tools for SwiftUI and content management</strong>: A new open-source SwiftUI Agent Skill has been released to help AI coding assistants build and refactor SwiftUI views, aiming to reduce technical debt by embedding best practices upfront. This comes as developers are increasingly integrating AI into content management, with a new MCP plugin allowing Claude AI to manage blog content on Grav CMS directly from the terminal. These tools highlight the growing trend of AI agents taking on more autonomous functions in developer workflows. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LlEDXwb6h&amp;id=fBtDP8BjG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Tesla robotaxi crash rates raise transparency concerns</strong>: Tesla’s robotaxi fleet in Austin recorded a crash rate three times worse than human drivers overall, and nine times worse for police-reported incidents, despite having safety monitors in every vehicle. This data, which shows Tesla redacting all crash narratives in NHTSA reports, contrasts sharply with Waymo’s better safety record and full transparency with truly driverless vehicles. This raises significant ethical and transparency concerns regarding autonomous vehicle deployment and reporting. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/M8WkrOIKM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Cloud security startup raises big funding</strong>: Upwind Security, a cloud security platform using an “inside-out” approach, secured $250 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $1.5 billion, with plans to expand AI security capabilities. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LGgCBPA2D" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>European tech sees new unicorns</strong>: Five European startups achieved unicorn status in January 2026 across diverse sectors like cybersecurity and cloud optimization, indicating a maturing ecosystem where investors prioritize traction and revenue over hype. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LlUY1VUGn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New Lisp for numerical computing</strong>: A new systems programming Lisp called <code>sysp</code> has been developed for numerical computing and GPU work, compiling to readable C code with features like homoiconic macros and automatic reference counting. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MDUxtkqJk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux binary compatibility solution</strong>: A technical solution combining <code>musl libc</code> with a custom <code>dlopen</code> implementation aims to provide “Holy Grail” binary compatibility for Linux, allowing single static binaries with hardware-accelerated graphics to run across any distribution. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/M4zcYDS4K" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes ingress NGINX faces deprecation</strong>: Kubernetes Ingress NGINX will stop receiving security patches in March 2026, affecting roughly half of cloud-native environments, due to maintainer burnout and a push for faster deprecation by Kubernetes leadership. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wK9Dxbori" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google Cloud Spanner becomes AI hub</strong>: Google Cloud Spanner has evolved into an intelligent context hub for AI applications, offering multi-model support, AI-powered operations, and unified analytics, handling 6 billion queries per second at peak. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/TRihFu0x6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GNU gettext adds LLM features</strong>: GNU gettext, after 30+ years, reached version 1.0, introducing new programs <code>msgpre</code> and <code>spit</code> that implement machine translation through locally installed Large Language Models for PO files and individual messages. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BIMxqlkoo" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI-powered driving instructor: because human judgment is overrated</strong>: Discovery Insure launched an AI-powered Advanced Driving Instructor (ADI) that uses telematics and generative AI to create personalized driving goals and rewards. Because nothing says “safe driving” like an AI telling you what to do, and then giving you points for it. It’s basically a gamified surveillance system for your car, but hey, at least you get Discovery Miles! <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LsXY4pcoJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI reviews its own AI code: the circle of life</strong>: GitHuman, a new local-first tool for reviewing AI-generated code, was entirely written by Claude Code, an AI model, and every commit was human-reviewed using GitHuman itself. So, an AI wrote a tool to review AI code, and then used it to review its own code. It’s a self-congratulatory feedback loop, and they’re calling it “innovative development.” I’m sure the code is just <em>chef’s kiss</em> perfect. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/M78k9F0lW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Armored Core V: realism through degradation</strong>: The Armored Core V production team motion-captured a real cameraman holding a camera for its opening cinematic to achieve realistic handheld footage. Then, they deliberately degraded the footage by using 24 fps instead of 30 fps and compressing HD to SD and back to HD. Because nothing screams “realism” like intentionally making your high-definition footage look worse. It’s a bold strategy, Cotton, let’s see if it pays off. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LSMSmazxL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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