<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple taps Google Gemini for Siri and AI features</strong>: Apple and Google have inked a multi-year, non-exclusive deal for Apple to integrate Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud infrastructure into its AI features, including Siri. This partnership, reportedly costing Apple around $1 billion annually, follows Apple’s evaluation of models from OpenAI and Anthropic. A revamped, highly personalized Siri is expected to launch later in 2026, with Apple emphasizing its commitment to privacy despite leveraging Google’s external infrastructure, 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 energy demand, with each facility requiring over a gigawatt of electricity. This massive consumption, currently over 50% fossil-fuel-based, is driving a push for advanced nuclear options like small modular reactors (SMRs) to provide cleaner, more efficient power. These SMRs, designed for faster and cheaper deployment, aim to meet the escalating energy needs of AI while addressing climate goals, 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>Microsoft retires MDT, pushes cloud-dependent deployment</strong>: Microsoft has abruptly retired the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), ending support for the 20-year-old tool that offered independent Windows deployment automation. This move, without a transition period, forces users towards more complex, cloud-integrated solutions like Windows Autopilot or Configuration Manager OSD. The decision has sparked user frustration over increased cloud dependency and the loss of MDT’s simplicity, leaving organizations exposed to potential security risks due to the lack of updates, as noted by user community commentary. <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>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 for autonomous file management, organization, and data analysis via a chat interface. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/TLkxIySjV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic and OpenAI battle for healthcare AI market</strong>: Anthropic launched Claude for Healthcare, targeting US providers with administrative automation, days after OpenAI announced ChatGPT Health, intensifying competition in the healthcare AI sector. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=WF5GxdsgD&amp;id=onDwwtUKE" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Postman acquires Fern for API documentation and SDK automation</strong>: Postman acquired Fern, a startup specializing in automating API documentation and SDK generation in nine languages, aiming to reduce developer friction and enhance Postman’s 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>Kubernetes v1.35 introduces workload-aware scheduling</strong>: Kubernetes v1.35 is out, bringing workload-aware scheduling with gang scheduling to prevent deadlocks and opportunistic batching for faster pod deployment, alongside various other improvements for persistent volumes and service accounts. <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>MuddyWater APT deploys new Rust-based malware</strong>: The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group is now using RustyWater, a new Rust-based malware, in espionage campaigns targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom organizations, primarily in the Middle East, marking a shift to more sophisticated tooling. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xFuCzijpN" 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 fixes for newer NVIDIA GPUs in the Nouveau driver, addressing a RISC-V security vulnerability, 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>AWS CloudWatch revamped for unified observability</strong>: AWS has transformed CloudWatch into a unified observability platform, consolidating operational, security, and compliance logs across accounts, supporting OCSF and OpenTelemetry, and offering natural language queries, positioning it as a cost-effective alternative to Splunk and Datadog. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Z4eMJMdxN" 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 your smartphone’s source code, publicly denies it</strong>: India’s government is reportedly demanding smartphone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung provide source code access and 12-month device logs, all while publicly denying these requirements. Manufacturers are, predictably, resisting, citing proprietary tech and compliance burdens. It’s a classic ‘do as I say, not as I do’ scenario, where transparency is apparently a one-way street, according to Reuters. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C0BEamxdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI code generation: cheap code, expensive problems</strong>: LLM tools make code generation fast and accessible, even for non-developers, but apparently, building reliable, maintainable, and scalable software is still hard. Salesforce learned this the hard way, laying off 4,000 experienced staff to replace them with AI, only to reverse course months later when the automated systems failed to deliver. Who knew human judgment and domain expertise were still valuable? <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: ‘open’ AI, closed ecosystem</strong>: Anthropic decided to restrict OAuth access for third-party coding agents like OpenCode, forcing them to use higher-cost API access. This move, framed as an attempt to control their value chain, has predictably alienated some users. Meanwhile, OpenAI, ever the opportunist, publicly announced support for using ChatGPT subscriptions in OpenCode, making them look like the good guys. It’s almost like they planned this. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=8dtXe7P09&amp;id=eRi1VQ5SP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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