<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Meta and Google double down on AI infrastructure and multimodal models</strong>: Meta is launching ‘Meta Compute,’ a massive AI infrastructure scale-up aiming for tens of gigawatts of power capacity, directly competing for generative AI cloud dominance. Simultaneously, Google released Gemini 3, a multimodal AI platform processing diverse data types with a 1M+ token context window, and Veo 3.1, which now produces native vertical videos. These moves, reported by company communications, signal an escalating arms race in AI capabilities and the underlying infrastructure required to support them. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2S31ZjKRT&amp;id=NEGZugNBg&amp;id=kwRMqebwB&amp;id=qjYQj2ENJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic restricts Claude Code tokens, sparking developer backlash</strong>: Anthropic has begun strictly enforcing its terms of service, preventing the use of Claude Code subscription tokens with third-party tools like Cursor and Open Code. This move, which requires users to pay significantly higher API prices for external access, has triggered controversy among developers who built workflows around these integrations. Sources suggest the policy shift is driven by technical debugging challenges, competitive pressures, and unsustainable infrastructure costs, pushing developers towards Anthropic’s full ecosystem. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DEqFrm707&amp;id=jcpFkjQkx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Apple launches Creator Studio subscription for creative pros</strong>: Apple is rolling out Creator Studio, a new subscription bundle for creative applications, priced at $12.99/month or $129/year, with a student/educator discount. The bundle includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro (now on iPad), Motion, Compressor, and MainStage, along with premium iWork features. This initiative, announced by Apple, aims to provide a comprehensive suite for creative professionals, integrating AI-driven features in Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/gpfpGVE8Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>New Linux malware targets cloud and containers</strong>: Check Point Research identified VoidLink, a new Linux malware framework written in Zig, designed to infiltrate cloud and container environments like AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes, using advanced rootkit techniques and a modular plugin system for credential harvesting and lateral movement. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uJaIfhgHH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>WordPress 7.0 to drop PHP 7.2/7.3 support</strong>: The WordPress core development team is preparing for the 7.0 release, which will discontinue support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3, aligning with ongoing platform updates and potentially impacting developers and hosting providers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xho5u0zys" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Compose Multiplatform 1.10 brings stable hot reload</strong>: JetBrains released Compose Multiplatform 1.10.0, featuring a stable Compose Hot Reload 1.0.0 that allows developers to dynamically update running applications without losing state, significantly boosting UI development productivity across platforms. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=qzPVbng9O&amp;id=y1ZFPOP5i" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js releases security updates</strong>: Node.js 20.20.0 (LTS) and 25.3.0 (Current) were released, addressing multiple security vulnerabilities, including disabled futimes with permission model enabled, improved TLSSocket error handling, and tightened symlink API permissions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DwsoMgMKH&amp;id=Wy4br4Zyw&amp;id=Zr0Dv9dwZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Laravel Simplifier plugin for Claude Code released</strong>: Taylor Otwell released the Laravel Simplifier plugin for Claude Code, an open-source tool adapted from Anthropic’s Code Simplifier, which reviews code commits for adherence to Laravel standards and PSR-12 guidelines, detecting missing return types and potential silent failures. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Z70ay5WSd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Bun v1.3.6 introduces tarball handling and performance boosts</strong>: Bun v1.3.6 launched with Bun.Archive for tarball creation/extraction, a JSONC parser, and significant performance improvements, including 3.5x faster Response.json() and 15% faster async/await operations, alongside 45 bug fixes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Wx4br4Zyw&amp;id=Yy5NFIIOM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GCC 16 and JDK 27 to bring major updates</strong>: GCC 16, expected in March-April 2026, will introduce an Algol 68 frontend, C++20 as default, and support for AMD Zen 6 and Armv9.6-A CPUs, while JDK 27 (September 2026) will feature post-quantum hybrid key exchange support for TLS 1.3. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=MZNI2dhHP&amp;id=fybiaWluM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents are unreliable and insecure, says Signal (but Microsoft disagrees)</strong>: Signal’s Meredith Whittaker warns that agentic AI systems, like Microsoft’s Recall, are ‘unreliable and insecure by design,’ citing vulnerabilities to malware and prompt injection. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, however, continues to push aggressive AI rollouts, emphasizing ‘productivity gains’ that research apparently disputes. So, either AI is a security nightmare waiting to happen, or it’s just another feature that needs a few more patches and a lot more marketing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=TJt6uaOsV&amp;id=XnmeLgefE&amp;id=rjeAcjlYe" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare fined for not playing piracy police, threatens to leave Italy</strong>: Italy’s AGCOM fined Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver, citing the Piracy Shield law. Cloudflare, naturally, claims it’s ‘technically and operationally infeasible’ and would ‘increase latency for all users.’ CEO Matthew Prince is now calling the IOC, warning of cybersecurity risks for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Because nothing says ‘we care about user experience’ like threatening to pull out of a country over a fine. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Q0IbcQd4P" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Open source maintainers now battling AI-generated ‘contributions’</strong>: Apparently, AI is now so good at coding that it’s overwhelming open-source maintainers with ‘low quality’ contributions, forcing projects to tighten rules and shift licensing. Tailwind CSS even saw an 80% revenue drop due to AI-driven documentation caching. So, the machines are not only taking our jobs, they’re also ruining our open-source communities and making it harder for developers to get paid. Progress! <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=2a8HRxzCb&amp;id=Ml47Y2Hd6&amp;id=g50WJmopi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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