<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple partners with Google for AI features</strong>: Apple has struck a multi-year, non-exclusive deal to integrate Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud infrastructure into Siri and other AI features, with a revamped Siri expected later in 2026. This move, reported by multiple sources, follows Apple’s evaluation of other models and comes amidst Google’s rising market cap. Despite the partnership, Apple emphasizes its commitment to privacy and the non-exclusive nature of the agreement, allowing both companies to pursue other AI collaborations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/joVK7B34Z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic and OpenAI battle for AI tool market dominance</strong>: Anthropic recently restricted OAuth access for third-party coding agents like OpenCode to its Claude Pro/Max subscriptions, forcing them to use higher-cost API access. This move, seen as an attempt to control its value chain, has alienated some users. In response, OpenAI publicly announced official support for using ChatGPT subscriptions with OpenCode, positioning itself as a more open alternative and intensifying competition in the LLM tool market, as noted by various tech news sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=8dtXe7P09&amp;id=eRi1VQ5SP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Hyperscale AI data centers drive energy demand and nuclear innovation</strong>: The rapid expansion of hyperscale AI data centers, housing hundreds of thousands of GPUs from companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, is creating an unprecedented demand for electricity, often exceeding a gigawatt per facility. This surge, with over 50% of current energy from fossil fuels, is driving significant interest in advanced nuclear options like small modular reactors (SMRs) to provide cleaner, more efficient power, as reported by industry analysts. These data centers also bring community concerns over water usage, noise, and air quality. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=bf0xB32y7&amp;id=qk040xtMi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents face new security threats</strong>: AI agents, increasingly using tools to achieve goals, are introducing novel security challenges like prompt injection and zero-click exploits, which traditional security measures struggle to address, necessitating external, deterministic controls and real-time semantic inspection. <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>Microsoft retires MDT, shifts Windows deployment to cloud</strong>: Microsoft abruptly retired the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) after 20 years, ending support and updates, and pushing users towards cloud-integrated solutions like Windows Autopilot and Configuration Manager, which are more complex and lack MDT’s independence. <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>Laravel introduces AI-assisted development documentation</strong>: Laravel 12.x now includes official AI Assisted Development documentation and the Boost toolset, designed to help AI understand and manipulate Laravel applications, integrating with major AI tools like Claude Code and Gemini. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=12lyQYsSm&amp;id=Y3JXeC4bN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic launches agentic AI file management for non-coders</strong>: Anthropic released Cowork, a research preview feature in the Claude Desktop app for macOS, allowing Claude Max subscribers to use agentic AI to autonomously manage files, organize data, and draft reports via a chat interface without requiring command-line knowledge. <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 acquired Fern, a startup specializing in automating API documentation and SDK generation in nine programming 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 enhances scheduling and workload management</strong>: Kubernetes v1.35 introduces workload-aware scheduling, including gang scheduling for simultaneous pod starts and opportunistic batching for faster identical pod deployment, alongside improvements in service account token handling and persistent volume 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>MuddyWater APT deploys new Rust-based malware</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>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI code generation: cheap code, expensive reliability</strong>: LLM tools like Claude Code make generating code fast and accessible, even for non-developers. But apparently, building <em>reliable, maintainable, and scalable</em> software still requires actual expertise. 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 effectiveness. 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>India’s smartphone security demands: source code or bust?</strong>: India is proposing 83 new security standards for smartphone manufacturers, including demands for source code access and 12-month device log retention. While the IT ministry publicly denies seeking source code, leaked documents reportedly contradict this. Manufacturers like Apple and Google are, predictably, resisting, citing proprietary tech and lack of international precedent. Because nothing says ‘global best practices’ like demanding the keys to the kingdom and then denying it. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C0BEamxdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Interview Coder: leaking user data, one offer letter at a time</strong>: Interview Coder, an AI-powered job interview platform, managed to publicly leak user data, including full names and compensation figures, via poorly redacted PDFs on its homepage. This isn’t their first rodeo, as they’ve previously leaked API keys on GitHub. It seems their AI might be great at interviews, but their human-powered security is still stuck in the ‘oops’ phase, potentially blacklisting users from the very tech employers they’re trying to impress. <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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