<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple taps Google Gemini for Siri’s AI brain</strong>: Apple is reportedly partnering with Google to integrate Gemini AI models into Siri and other AI features, with a revamped Siri expected later in 2026. This multi-year, non-exclusive deal, estimated at $1 billion annually, follows Apple’s evaluation of models from OpenAI and Anthropic. While Apple emphasizes maintaining its privacy standards, the move comes as Google’s market cap briefly surpassed Apple’s, and amidst survey data suggesting low consumer enthusiasm for current AI phone features, as reported by Mac-centric and business tech outlets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/joVK7B34Z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Hyperscale AI data centers demand next-gen nuclear power</strong>: The explosion of hyperscale AI data centers, housing hundreds of thousands of GPUs, is creating an unprecedented demand for electricity, with each facility requiring over a gigawatt. Major tech players like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are pouring hundreds of billions into this infrastructure, which currently relies heavily on fossil fuels. This energy crunch is accelerating interest in advanced nuclear options like small modular reactors (SMRs) using high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), promising safer, faster, and cheaper power to fuel the AI boom, according to industry reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=bf0xB32y7&amp;id=qk040xtMi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>India’s smartphone security demands spark industry resistance</strong>: India has proposed 83 stringent security standards for smartphone manufacturers, including requirements for source code access, prior notification of software updates, and 12-month device log retention. Companies like Apple, Samsung, Google, and Xiaomi are pushing back, citing concerns over proprietary technology exposure and excessive compliance burdens. Despite the IT ministry publicly denying demands for source code, government documents reportedly show explicit requirements, creating a conflict that Reuters and other outlets are closely watching. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C0BEamxdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Anthropic launches agentic AI for file management</strong>: Anthropic introduced Cowork, a new feature in the Claude Desktop app for macOS, allowing Claude Max subscribers to use agentic AI to autonomously read, edit, and create files in specified folders via a chat interface, though it’s still in research preview with documented risks like prompt injection. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/TLkxIySjV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Postman acquires Fern for API documentation and SDK automation</strong>: Postman has acquired Fern, a startup specializing in automating API documentation and generating client SDKs in nine programming languages, aiming to reduce developer friction and support costs by providing a seamless, end-to-end API lifecycle platform. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9UqlZV9z7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft retires MDT, shifts Windows deployment to cloud</strong>: Microsoft abruptly retired the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) after 20 years, ending support and updates without a transition period, pushing users towards more complex, cloud-integrated solutions like Windows Autopilot or Configuration Manager OSD, which users find less accessible. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0sSu27x90&amp;id=8WMJpirC0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes v1.35 enhances scheduling and workload APIs</strong>: Kubernetes v1.35 introduces workload-aware scheduling with gang scheduling to prevent partial resource usage, and a new Workload API, alongside improvements like exec plugin allowlists and mutable PersistentVolume node affinity. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=R6fTuHjeX&amp;id=zTULpLxtX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 6.19-rc5 brings NVIDIA and RISC-V fixes</strong>: Linux 6.19-rc5 has been released, featuring a fix for newer NVIDIA GPUs in the Nouveau open-source driver, addressing a RISC-V security vulnerability, resolving a Rust Binder bug, and adding support for the Logitech MX Anywhere 3S mouse. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MbuLWzK6Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Budgie desktop moves to Wayland and Qt6</strong>: The Budgie 10.10 desktop environment has transitioned to native Wayland support, dropping X11 compatibility, and Budgie 11 is being re-architected with the Qt6 toolkit for improved modularity and maintainability, potentially leveraging KDE Frameworks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/peCpqhbhc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Laravel 2025 survey reveals developer sentiment</strong>: A Laravel developer survey for 2025 shows mixed adoption of new features like Starter kits and Laravel Cloud due to complexity, pricing, and TypeScript requirements, while also highlighting new official AI Assisted Development documentation and tools like Laravel Boost. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=12lyQYsSm&amp;id=Y3JXeC4bN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI code generation: cheap code, expensive problems</strong>: LLM tools like Claude Code make code generation fast and accessible, even for non-developers, but apparently, building <em>reliable, maintainable, and scalable</em> software is still a job for actual engineers. Salesforce learned this the hard way, laying off 4,000 experienced staff to replace them with AI, only to reverse course three months later when the automated systems couldn’t match human expertise. Who knew that ‘vibe coding’ doesn’t magically solve complex enterprise demands? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BCKlippws&amp;id=aKgPqgLac" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic’s OAuth restrictions: the ‘open’ AI that isn’t</strong>: Anthropic, in a bold move to control its ‘value chain,’ has restricted OAuth access for third-party agents like OpenCode to its Claude Pro/Max subscribers, forcing them onto higher-cost API access. This, of course, alienated some users who enjoyed the flexibility of integrating Claude with other tools. OpenAI, ever the opportunist, immediately announced official support for using ChatGPT subscriptions in OpenCode, effectively saying, ‘Come to us, we’re not trying to lock you in.’ It’s almost like they’re competing or something. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=8dtXe7P09&amp;id=eRi1VQeSP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Interview Coder’s data leak: because security is for other people</strong>: Interview Coder, an AI-powered job interview platform, managed to publicly leak user data, including full names, offer letters, and compensation figures, right on its homepage. Apparently, poorly redacted PDFs in their ‘offer gallery’ were just begging to be copied. This isn’t their first rodeo either, with a prior leak of API keys on GitHub. It’s almost as if they’re trying to prove that ‘vibe coding’ with LLMs can lead to some truly spectacular operational security failures. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=UnvBaUcPK&amp;id=wA63z9DYQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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