<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple taps Google Gemini for Siri and AI features</strong>: Apple has partnered with Google to integrate Gemini AI models and cloud infrastructure into Siri and other AI features, a multi-year, non-exclusive deal reportedly costing Apple around $1 billion annually. This move follows Apple’s evaluation of models from OpenAI and Anthropic, ultimately choosing Gemini as the foundation for its own AI. A revamped, highly personalized Siri is expected to launch later in 2026, with Apple emphasizing its commitment to privacy standards while leveraging Google’s external models, as reported by multiple tech outlets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/joVK7B34Z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>India proposes strict smartphone security rules, including source code access</strong>: India has proposed 83 new security standards for smartphone manufacturers like Apple, Samsung, and Google, including requirements for source code sharing, prior notification of major software updates, and 12-month device log retention. While the IT ministry publicly denies seeking source code access, internal government documents reportedly contradict these statements. Manufacturers are resisting, citing concerns over proprietary technology exposure and excessive compliance burdens, according to Reuters. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C0BEamxdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Hyperscale AI data centers demand next-gen nuclear power</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 is driving significant interest in advanced nuclear options, such as small modular reactors (SMRs) and new reactor designs using alternative coolants, which promise safer, faster, and cheaper deployment. Major tech companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are investing hundreds of billions into this infrastructure, highlighting the urgent need for grid modernization to support AI’s energy appetite. <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>Rust-based malware targets crypto projects</strong>: A new Rust-based malware, GoBruteforcer, is targeting Linux servers and cryptocurrency infrastructure, particularly the TRON blockchain, by brute-forcing weak credentials often found in LLM-generated code and public tutorials. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nO4oxH8nA" 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, gang scheduling for simultaneous pod starts, and a new Workload API, 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>
<li><strong>Rust-analyzer improves performance and trait support</strong>: Rust-analyzer version 0.3.2753 brings performance boosts to obligation evaluation and better trait import support across crates, along with fixes for proc macro spans and recursive derive expansion. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Tkr0CGRRU" 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 languages, aiming to streamline the API lifecycle and enhance developer experience. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9UqlZV9z7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 6.19-rc5 released with NVIDIA and RISC-V fixes</strong>: Linux 6.19-rc5 includes fixes for newer NVIDIA GPUs in the Nouveau driver, addresses a RISC-V security vulnerability, resolves a Rust Binder bug, and adds 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 components, and Budgie 11 will be re-architected with the Qt6 toolkit for improved modularity and maintainability. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/peCpqhbhc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS CloudWatch revamped for unified observability</strong>: AWS has revamped CloudWatch into a unified observability platform, consolidating operational, security, and compliance logs across accounts, supporting OCSF and OpenTelemetry, and offering natural language queries. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Z4eMJMdxN&amp;id=zvwEY7IEt" 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 expensive and requires actual 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 couldn’t match human effectiveness. So, while code might be cheap, the real value is still in the judgment and domain experience AI can’t quite replicate yet. Who knew? <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, in a move that surprised absolutely no one, restricted OAuth access for third-party coding agents like OpenCode, forcing them to use higher-cost API access. This, of course, is framed as ‘controlling the value chain’ rather than, you know, locking users into their ecosystem. OpenAI, ever the opportunist, immediately announced official support for ChatGPT subscriptions in OpenCode. It’s almost like these companies are more interested in market share than ‘democratizing AI.’ <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>Microsoft’s MDT retirement: ‘modern’ means ‘cloud-only’</strong>: Microsoft abruptly retired its 20-year-old Deployment Toolkit (MDT), a tool beloved for its independence and lack of cloud dependencies, with no transition period. Their recommendation? Use Windows Autopilot or Configuration Manager OSD, which are, surprise, more complex and require cloud integration. It’s almost as if Microsoft is subtly nudging everyone towards their cloud services, leaving organizations using MDT exposed to security flaws. Who needs choice when you have ‘modern’ solutions? <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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