<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Spree commerce vulnerabilities expose user data</strong>: Two critical vulnerabilities were found in Spree Commerce, an open-source e-commerce platform. One allows unauthenticated guest users to access other guests’ personal information during checkout due to an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR). The other lets unauthenticated users view completed guest orders without token validation, risking PII disclosure. Patches are available, and users should update immediately to prevent data leaks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Fb8vvabWN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Intel updates QATlib, discontinues SDS program</strong>: Intel’s QuickAssist Technology (QATlib) received an update (version 26.02) introducing new APIs for zero-copy Direct Memory Access (DMA), which should enhance performance for cryptographic and compression operations by cutting down on data copying. Meanwhile, Intel seems to have quietly dropped its “On Demand” Software Defined Silicon (SDS) program, which allowed users to activate extra hardware features on Xeon processors via software licensing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LA5nVlV55&amp;id=LPtFvSMC9&amp;id=lJuyIXZKX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Windows apps break due to cloud dependency</strong>: Microsoft’s cloud-dependent ecosystem is causing headaches, with a Windows 11 user reporting that basic apps like Notepad and Snipping Tool became inaccessible due to Microsoft Store’s cloud authentication requirements. This highlights a growing concern that Windows is becoming overly reliant on online services, turning it into more of a thin client and reducing user control over fundamental offline functionalities. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KEuw7GCav" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Autonomous AI hacker finds exploits in web apps</strong>: Shannon is an open-source autonomous AI penetration testing tool that uses a multi-agent architecture to find and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications, achieving a 96.15% success rate on the XBOW benchmark. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3D8UEk4xc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New AI model pony alpha rivals claude opus 4.5</strong>: Pony Alpha, a new free stealth model on Open Router, reportedly matches or exceeds Claude Opus 4.5 performance with a 200K token context window and strong tool-calling accuracy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cIFgh6gRR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub introduces agentic workflows for automated repo management</strong>: GitHub Agentic Workflows enable automated repository management via AI agents in GitHub Actions, using markdown for workflow definition and supporting multiple AI engines with a security-first design. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BFb40CqB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>LocalGPT offers a privacy-focused AI assistant</strong>: LocalGPT is a lightweight, Rust-written AI assistant that runs entirely on your local machine, featuring persistent markdown-based memory, autonomous background tasks, and support for multiple LLM providers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/WndaKmd4O" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Emacs tramp-rpc boosts remote file access speed</strong>: TRAMP-RPC is a high-performance Emacs remote file access backend that uses a Rust-based RPC server over SSH, delivering 2-57x faster file operations by replacing shell parsing with MessagePack-RPC. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/zK6s1F9QI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>QEMU 10.2 simplifies hyper-v vm creation</strong>: QEMU 10.2 introduces a new MSHV accelerator, allowing virtual machines to be created within Microsoft Hyper-V guests without needing nested virtualization, simplifying VM deployment. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JVYrtE9nU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Imgstat embeds image dimensions into filenames for AI context</strong>: imgstat is a Bash CLI tool that embeds image dimensions directly into filenames (e.g., photo-1920x1080.jpg) to provide visual context for AI tools and developers, recursively scanning directories with zero configuration. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/20UYHtcg9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>GitHub copilot billing bypass discovered</strong>: A security vulnerability in GitHub Copilot reportedly allows users to bypass billing for premium AI models like Claude Opus 4.5 by using a free model to launch subagents. Apparently, even AI can’t escape the lure of a good old-fashioned loophole, proving that if there’s a system, someone will try to game it, even if it’s just to save a few bucks on their AI bill. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=99RvVncrQ&amp;id=SVJSQF1SS" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI framework boosts developer productivity by 40%</strong>: The Software House claims their open-source AI framework for GitHub Copilot increased developer productivity by 30-40% for over 220 engineers, especially in greenfield projects. Because, you know, nothing says ‘innovation’ like a 40% boost in churning out more code, regardless of whether it’s actually good or just more of the same AI-generated mediocrity. Let’s see how that ‘productivity’ translates to actual craftsmanship. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=9kAZfg0YQ&amp;id=tZA0R168h" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI partners with UAE for government-aligned chatgpt</strong>: OpenAI is partnering with Abu Dhabi’s G42 to develop a specialized ChatGPT version for the UAE government, fine-tuned for local Arabic dialects and aligned with the country’s political outlook and speech restrictions. Because nothing screams ‘open AI’ like tailoring your models to government censorship and specific political agendas. I’m sure this will be a beacon of unbiased information and free expression. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/l4yo9VPjl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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