<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple partners with Google for AI, sidelining OpenAI</strong>: Apple has officially partnered with Google to integrate Gemini AI models into Siri and other AI features, a multi-year, non-exclusive deal reportedly costing Apple around $1 billion annually. This move, confirmed by multiple sources, follows Apple’s evaluation of OpenAI and Anthropic models, ultimately choosing Gemini as the foundation for its own AI. The revamped Siri is expected later in 2026, with Apple emphasizing its commitment to privacy despite leveraging Google’s cloud infrastructure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/joVK7B34Z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Hyperscale AI data centers drive energy demand and nuclear interest</strong>: The rapid expansion 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. This surge, primarily funded by tech giants like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, is pushing the energy sector towards advanced nuclear options like small modular reactors (SMRs). These SMRs, designed for faster and cheaper deployment, aim to provide the necessary clean, reliable power, as reported by industry analysts. <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>Microsoft abruptly retires MDT, pushing users to cloud-dependent tools</strong>: Microsoft has unexpectedly retired the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), ending support and updates for the 20-year-old Windows deployment tool. This abrupt shutdown, without a transition period, forces users towards more complex, cloud-integrated solutions like Windows Autopilot or Configuration Manager OSD. The move has sparked user frustration over increased cloud dependency and the loss of MDT’s independent, telemetry-free deployment capabilities, as noted by user community feedback. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0sSu27x90&amp;id=8WMJpirC0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Linux kernel 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, and resolving a software bug in the Rust Binder. <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, IceWM sticks with X11</strong>: The Budgie 10.10 desktop environment has transitioned to native Wayland support and will use the Qt6 toolkit for its upcoming Budgie 11 re-architecture, while IceWM 4.0 continues active development focused on the X11 display server protocol. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/peCpqhbhc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GoBruteforcer botnet targets crypto projects via weak server credentials</strong>: The GoBruteforcer malware, written in Golang, is actively targeting Linux servers and cryptocurrency infrastructure, exploiting weak or default credentials often found in publicly available tutorials and LLM-generated code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nO4oxH8nA" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Postman acquires Fern for enhanced API documentation and SDK automation</strong>: Postman has acquired Fern, a startup specializing in automating API documentation and SDK generation in nine programming languages, aiming to reduce developer friction and support costs by providing a seamless API lifecycle platform. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9UqlZV9z7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>MuddyWater APT deploys new Rust-based malware in Middle East espionage</strong>: The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group is using a new Rust-based malware, RustyWater, in espionage campaigns targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom organizations primarily in the Middle East, marking a shift from their traditional PowerShell tools. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xFuCzijpN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS CloudWatch revamped, Cloudflare advances IaC security</strong>: AWS has revamped CloudWatch into a unified observability platform with Apache Iceberg-compatible access and OpenTelemetry support, while Cloudflare is scaling its infrastructure deployment with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and shift-left security using Terraform and Open Policy Agent. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Z4eMJMdxN&amp;id=zvwEY7IEt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes v1.35 released with workload-aware scheduling</strong>: Kubernetes v1.35 introduces workload-aware scheduling, including gang scheduling to prevent partial resource usage, and opportunistic batching for faster scheduling of identical pods, alongside improvements in service account token handling 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>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>India wants smartphone source code, but denies it, obviously</strong>: India’s government has proposed 83 new security standards for smartphone manufacturers, including demands for source code access and 12-month device log retention. Naturally, they’re publicly denying the source code part, calling Reuters’ reporting ‘inaccurate,’ despite internal documents reportedly showing explicit requirements. Because nothing says ‘global best practices’ like demanding proprietary tech secrets and then pretending you didn’t. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C0BEamxdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents: the new security nightmare, but don’t worry, we’ll just ‘box’ them</strong>: Apparently, AI agents are creating ‘new safety and security challenges’ that traditional controls can’t handle, with incidents like ‘GeminiJack’ and ‘CometJacking’ causing widespread data theft. The brilliant solution? ‘Deterministic security boxing’ in network-isolated environments with ‘gateway-enforced Cedar policies.’ Because if we just put the AI in a little box, it can’t possibly exploit semantic vulnerabilities or interpret prompts maliciously, right? It’s not like we’ve seen this movie before. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=CuSSpmwf6&amp;id=EDYtMcTfL&amp;id=JuPUyAfNx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI code generation: cheap, fast, and utterly unreliable for anything important</strong>: LLM tools like Claude Code are making code generation ‘fast and accessible,’ even for ‘non-developers.’ Great! Except, building reliable, maintainable, and scalable software still requires ‘significant expertise.’ Salesforce even laid off 4,000 experienced staff to replace them with AI, only to reverse course three months later because the automated systems ‘failed to match the reliability and effectiveness of human expertise.’ So, code is cheap, but good software? Still priceless, apparently. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BCKlippws&amp;id=aKgPqgLac" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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