<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 staff, 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, with a new ‘Meta Compute’ initiative aiming for tens of gigawatts of power capacity. This marks a significant strategic reorientation away from the metaverse, as reported by multiple sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=7ystcAQPc&amp;id=2S31ZjKRT" 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, as required by 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>Anthropic commits $1.5 million to Python security</strong>: Anthropic has pledged $1.5 million over two years to the Python Software Foundation (PSF) to enhance the security of the Python ecosystem. The funding will primarily target automated malware detection for PyPI packages and support core CPython development and community grants. This initiative aims to bolster software supply chain security, as reported by the Python Software Foundation News. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yCHi0TB7q" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Linux Mint 22.3 enhances accessibility and GUI tools</strong>: Linux Mint 22.3 ‘Zena’ introduces a redesigned Mint Menu, an on-screen keyboard for improved accessibility, and new graphical tools for system hardware information and GRUB editing, all based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ecK1ViBJk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js releases critical security updates</strong>: Node.js 20.20.0 (LTS) and 25.3.0 (Current) have been released, addressing multiple CVEs by disabling futimes with the permission model, enforcing full read/write for symlink APIs, and improving TLSSocket error handling. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DwsoMgMKH&amp;id=Zr0Dv9dwZ&amp;id=Wy4br4Zyw&amp;id=37PkHkE8t" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Advanced 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 team is preparing for the 7.0 release, which will discontinue support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3, and is seeking volunteers for the upcoming development cycle. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xho5u0zys" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Compose Multiplatform 1.10 launches with 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 productivity. <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>Haiku OS updates FreeBSD drivers and features</strong>: Haiku OS has updated its FreeBSD compatibility layer to version 15.0, enhancing Ethernet and WiFi driver support, improving the Nemo file manager, and introducing an EFI loader installation tool. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xTuptkMAr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Astro 6 Beta adds Cloudflare Workers support</strong>: Astro 6 Beta introduces a redesigned development server, native support for Cloudflare Workers, stable live content collections, and enhanced Content Security Policy (CSP) support, requiring Node 22 or newer. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/a23rECuU6" 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 for everything: because humans are just too slow</strong>: LangSmith just announced the general availability of its Agent Builder, promising to let you create AI agents for ‘complex, multi-step tasks’ like daily briefings and competitor research, all with ‘no coding required.’ Atoms also launched a multi-agent AI platform for full-stack app development. Apparently, we’re all just waiting for AI to do our jobs, and now we don’t even need to know how to code to make it happen. What could go wrong with autonomous agents running wild? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=VkDnavm3j&amp;id=sDf9ENrg4&amp;id=hE2tQMzYx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft’s AI data center promises: trust us, your bills won’t go up</strong>: Microsoft, facing backlash over its energy-hungry AI data centers, announced a ‘Community-First AI Infrastructure’ initiative, promising to cover all power costs and minimize water usage. This comes after community opposition forced them to abandon projects in Wisconsin. They’re basically saying, ‘We’ll take all the power, but don’t worry, your electricity bills won’t rise.’ Sure, because massive new demand for electricity never impacts prices. I’m sure the IEA’s projection of global data center electricity demand more than doubling by 2030 is just a minor detail. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jqtBl3Jnb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI verification bottleneck: because generating bad code faster is progress</strong>: Turns out, AI code generation has created a ‘verification bottleneck’ where developers spend more time fixing AI’s mistakes than they save writing code. While 72% of developers use AI coding tools daily, 96% don’t trust the code. So, we’re just shifting toil from writing code to debugging AI’s ‘creative’ interpretations. Progress, right? It’s like getting a faster car that constantly breaks down. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=SVMT3qR0j&amp;id=1lxfdifYi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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