<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Meta pivots from metaverse to AI infrastructure</strong>: Meta is closing three VR studios and laying off 10% of its Reality Labs workforce, totaling about 1,500 employees, after losing over $70 billion since 2021. The company is shifting its focus and massive investment towards AI-powered glasses and wearable technology, and has announced ‘Meta Compute’ to scale up its AI infrastructure to tens of gigawatts of power capacity. This marks a significant strategic reorientation away from the metaverse, as reported by multiple sources, including Meta’s own disclosures. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=7ystcAQPc&amp;id=2S31ZjKRT&amp;id=NEGZugNBg&amp;id=kwRMqebwB&amp;id=qjYQj2ENJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare fined by Italy over DNS blocking refusal</strong>: Italy’s communications regulator, AGCOM, has 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 argues compliance is technically infeasible without impacting all users and threatens to withdraw its servers from Italy. CEO Matthew Prince is seeking U.S. government support and has notified the International Olympic Committee about potential cybersecurity risks for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, according to Cloudflare’s public statements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Q0IbcQd4P" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft AI data center expansion faces backlash</strong>: Microsoft’s ‘Community-First AI Infrastructure’ initiative, promising to cover power costs and minimize water usage for its U.S. data centers, is a direct response to widespread public backlash. Activist groups in 24 states have protested the environmental and social impacts of these centers, leading Microsoft to abandon projects in Wisconsin and face resistance in Michigan and Ohio. The IEA projects global data center electricity demand will more than double by 2030, intensifying scrutiny on energy and water consumption, as detailed in various reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jqtBl3Jnb" 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 commits $1.5 million to Python Software Foundation</strong>: Anthropic has pledged $1.5 million over two years to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) to enhance Python ecosystem security, focusing on automated malware detection for PyPI packages and supporting CPython core development. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yCHi0TB7q" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Slackbot relaunches as AI agent for enterprises</strong>: Salesforce has redesigned Slackbot as an AI agent for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, leveraging context from Slack and third-party tools to answer questions, organize work, and schedule meetings, with future updates planned for voice interaction and internet browsing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VpXLIsjSp" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<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 (AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, 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 plans to discontinue support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 in the upcoming WordPress 7.0 release, with a meeting scheduled to finalize details and call for volunteers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xho5u0zys" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js releases address security vulnerabilities</strong>: Node.js 20.20.0 (LTS) and 25.3.0 (Current) have been released with security updates addressing multiple CVEs, including disabled futimes with permission model, default TLSSocket error handlers, 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>Apple unveils Creator Studio subscription bundles</strong>: Apple is launching Creator Studio, a subscription bundle for creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro, priced at $12.99/month, with a student discount and AI-driven features in its pro apps. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/gpfpGVE8Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Laravel Simplifier plugin released for Claude Code</strong>: Taylor Otwell released the Laravel Simplifier plugin for Claude Code, adapted from Anthropic’s Code Simplifier, to review code commits for 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>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI code generation: the verification bottleneck is real</strong>: Turns out, AI generating code faster doesn’t mean developers are more productive. A whopping 96% of developers don’t trust AI-generated code, leading to a ‘verification bottleneck’ where they spend more time fixing AI’s mess than they save. So, the toil hasn’t shrunk; it’s just shifted from writing code to babysitting an AI that can’t quite get it right, as The New Stack so eloquently points out. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=SVMT3qR0j&amp;id=1lxfdifYi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Anthropic’s token restrictions: ‘open’ AI, closed ecosystem</strong>: Anthropic, in its infinite wisdom, decided to enforce token restrictions on Claude Code, effectively locking users into their ecosystem or charging them significantly more for third-party tool integration. This, of course, sparked outrage among developers who had built workflows around these integrations. It’s almost as if ‘open’ AI is just a marketing ploy until they figure out how to monetize every single interaction, as detailed in various developer discussions. <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>AI for ecology: replacing fieldwork with algorithms</strong>: Ecologists are now replacing actual fieldwork with AI, machine learning, and automated sensors. Because, you know, nothing says ‘understanding nature’ like staring at a dashboard instead of, well, nature. While it promises ‘broader data collection,’ some scientists are worried about losing hands-on understanding. Who needs to get their boots dirty when an algorithm can tell you what’s happening, probably with some ‘potential biases’ and ‘algorithmic errors’ thrown in for good measure? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=YsLIINgTC&amp;id=dHxdm7wPU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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