<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI accelerates AWS breach to full admin in 8 minutes</strong>: Threat actors leveraged large language models to breach an AWS environment, escalating from initial access to full admin privileges in just 8 minutes. The attack started with credentials found in misconfigured S3 buckets, demonstrating how AI can automate reconnaissance, code generation, and real-time decision-making in cyberattacks. This incident highlights the critical need for robust security practices, especially concerning cloud configurations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/6mJxFRcx6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic and OpenAI intensify AI agent competition</strong>: Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI countered with GPT-5.3 Codex, both within an hour, signaling a fierce battle for enterprise AI adoption. Claude Opus 4.6, available in Microsoft Foundry, boasts a 1M token context window and excels in complex coding and agentic workflows. OpenAI’s Codex is a first-party coding agent app, bringing them to parity with competitors, though some tests suggest Opus 4.6 performs better on agentic tasks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=6vLfIe4vv&amp;id=8HMA0hoKL&amp;id=B4HtIccoU&amp;id=BQ8poB6iB&amp;id=CWUtlxYzI&amp;id=D8NcAVvwq&amp;id=EmRFinQYK&amp;id=LVl8sC9Gk&amp;id=YIoiLTXiE&amp;id=gP03wq1GE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Snowflake integrates pg_lake for open data standards</strong>: Snowflake has integrated <code>pg_lake</code>, an open-source PostgreSQL extension, into its Snowflake Postgres service. This allows users to work directly with data lakehouses and Apache Iceberg tables via SQL, with automatic versioning and data type conversions. Snowflake also expanded its Horizon Catalog for Iceberg table governance, emphasizing interoperability and open standards to prevent vendor lock-in, according to Snowflake. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kBWxo6cQz" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft open-sources Rust-based sandboxing project LiteBox</strong>: Microsoft open-sourced LiteBox, an experimental library OS written in Rust, designed for application sandboxing with a minimal attack surface, offering stronger isolation than containers without VM overhead. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jIlb9nmzq" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>FBI unable to access iPhone data due to Lockdown Mode</strong>: The FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team was unable to extract data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone that had Apple’s Lockdown Mode enabled, demonstrating its effectiveness against forensic tools. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PXLqFkE9O" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Ubuntu expands RISC-V support with K3 and K1 processors</strong>: Canonical will support SpacemiT K3 RISC-V processor with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, targeting one of the first commercially available RVA23-compliant chips, which includes security extensions and vector computing for AI workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C9IUbBaRM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Qodo launches AI-powered code review platform with specialized agents</strong>: Qodo launched version 2.0 of its AI-powered code review platform, introducing multiple specialized AI agents that use recall and memory to review code at a senior engineer level, aiming to address the bottleneck of AI-generated code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=4Pp2U3N5Y&amp;id=PAc5sU2Jg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PureRef 2.1 released with new design tools</strong>: PureRef released version 2.1, its first update since 2024, introducing a background grid with snap-to-grid, shape drawing tools, and support for six new languages. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=EOJeYNj9E&amp;id=L091whE3h&amp;id=M4E3Sbe0D&amp;id=lA6Q9OrWc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Mesa 25.3.5 released, 26.0 coming soon</strong>: Mesa 25.3.5 is now available with Vulkan driver fixes and minor updates, while the stable Mesa 26.0 version is expected soon. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Try8l5WJj" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Gaming industry sees union contracts and layoffs</strong>: Blizzard QA workers ratified a union contract with Microsoft, including wage increases and AI protections, while Ubisoft faces internal turmoil and Sumo Digital announced more layoffs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bJOyJRDtb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft’s AI spending spree: all sizzle, no steak?</strong>: Microsoft is apparently blowing $277 billion on AI infrastructure since 2022, yet Azure’s growth has flatlined and capital expenditures now eat up 117% of Azure revenue, according to Where’s Your Ed At. CEO Nadella has overseen 80,000+ layoffs while transforming Microsoft into an ‘asset-heavy behemoth’ betting on AI returns that haven’t materialized. Sounds like a solid plan, just keep throwing money at it until something sticks, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KnPqyDsHi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI will make money obsolete, says Elon Musk, who is definitely not biased</strong>: Elon Musk, a man who has accumulated an $800 billion net worth, now predicts ‘Absolute Abundance’ by 2040-2045, making money obsolete as AI collapses production costs. He suggests we stop saving for retirement and embrace Universal High Income. Because who needs financial planning when a billionaire tells you money is going away? Just trust the process, and maybe buy some more Tesla stock while you’re at it. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Cp2YesK6H" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI is making developers 3x faster, but projects are still slow. Shocking.</strong>: NVIDIA deployed Cursor AI to 30,000 developers, claiming a 3x increase in committed code with flat bug rates. Yet, overall development velocity hasn’t proportionally increased because the bottleneck has shifted to ‘coordination, reviews, and handoff wait times.’ So, we’ve made coding faster, only to discover that humans are still the slowest part of the process. Who could have possibly seen that coming? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=1S4Xqhe7b&amp;id=3IeScMbvD&amp;id=B8X6JProz&amp;id=E1ox8iVPF&amp;id=LhvqzBiXd&amp;id=MGWWK0MWO&amp;id=Q6UJ6Gq9Z&amp;id=VHT8GfR8U&amp;id=Wbu0BhyXh&amp;id=hDRUbmwfg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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