<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>OpenAI’s ad push and Musk’s lawsuit drama</strong>: OpenAI is rolling out targeted ads for free and Go ChatGPT users in the U.S., claiming it’s to support free access and generate revenue, according to OpenAI’s official statements. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging a breach of its nonprofit mission, is heading to a jury trial. A federal judge rejected motions to dismiss, meaning a jury will decide if OpenAI prioritized profits over its original commitments, as reported by multiple sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=DQh9IAXNl&amp;id=pwpD2QRjm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>TSMC sees endless AI chip demand, plans massive investment</strong>: TSMC reported record Q4 earnings for 2025 and forecasts 30% revenue growth for 2026, driven by what CEO C.C. Wei calls an “endless” demand for AI chips. The company plans $52-56 billion in capital expenditures for 2026, with most going to advanced 7nm and smaller process nodes, and expects its 2nm manufacturing to ramp up faster than previous generations, according to TSMC’s official financial reporting. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/aTc9ls9yL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability grants admin access</strong>: A critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-23550) in the Modular DS WordPress plugin, affecting versions 2.5.1 and below, allows unauthenticated attackers to gain instant admin access. With over 40,000 sites estimated to be vulnerable, administrators are urged to update to version 2.5.2 immediately and audit for unauthorized accounts, as detailed in vulnerability reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/D6wKV3WK1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>GitHub Copilot gets agentic memory</strong>: GitHub Copilot now has an agentic memory feature in public preview for paid plans, allowing it to learn and retain repository-specific insights to improve code assistance, with memories expiring after 28 days and configurable by users and organizations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nCmOnsQS3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cloudflare boosts resilience, acquires Astro</strong>: Cloudflare launched ‘Code Orange: Fail Small’ to prevent global outages through phased configuration rollouts and acquired Astro Technology Company, an open-source framework for content-centric websites, which will remain MIT-licensed. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=OdNHxfcwg&amp;id=Q4Q57JyYL&amp;id=yRAOJZmiR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>ClickHouse acquires Langfuse, MongoDB open-sources mongot</strong>: ClickHouse acquired Langfuse, an open-source LLM observability platform, and launched a native Postgres service, while MongoDB open-sourced its search and vector engine, mongot, under the SSPL license, both aiming to enhance AI infrastructure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=7DDF3YQda&amp;id=kU2RvmlCw&amp;id=BqVJ6XPkS&amp;id=Ycyvr9ct2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google BigQuery AI translates comments to SQL</strong>: Google is testing a new ‘Comments to SQL’ feature in BigQuery, powered by Gemini, which translates natural-language instructions within SQL comment blocks into executable queries to accelerate data analysis. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AcBUpc2i" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Flutter refactors for modularity</strong>: Flutter is undergoing a major refactoring to decouple Material and Cupertino design systems from its core SDK, aiming for independent versioning, leaner applications, and positioning Flutter as a universal rendering layer. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/T07WzSMOC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux kernel enables Intel TSX by default on secure CPUs</strong>: The Linux kernel 7.0 will enable Intel TSX by default on newer CPUs not affected by TAA vulnerabilities, such as Cooper Lake and Ice Lake, to improve performance, while keeping it disabled on vulnerable processors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=kVF0lIVI4&amp;id=l4qet2HfG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Go 1.26 RC2 released with security fixes</strong>: Go 1.26 Release Candidate 2 is out with security fixes for archive/zip and Request.ParseForm modules, with identical updates also released for Go 1.25.6 and Go 1.24.12. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DFYbtJ1rQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI-powered coding: the new ‘vibe’ for disposable projects</strong>: Apparently, Linus Torvalds used ‘vibe coding’ with AI for a hobby project, and now everyone’s doing it for ‘quick, disposable’ apps. While it might speed up development from a day to an hour, as one developer claims, these AI-generated masterpieces often lack maintainability and robust error handling. So, if you’re into building things that break easily and are impossible to debug, AI is your new best friend. Just don’t expect it to write anything you’d actually want to keep. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=H6Mp947gD&amp;id=h6ZJabZ0D&amp;id=laMxMdAYV&amp;id=SqdiiasJQ&amp;id=YfWBhNQB7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI firms: copyright infringement is just an ‘operational cost’</strong>: Schneier on Security points out that AI firms are systematically scraping copyrighted material without consent, treating multi-million dollar settlements, like Anthropic’s $1.5 billion, as mere operational costs. It’s almost as if they believe ‘ask for forgiveness, not permission’ is a viable business strategy when you’re big enough. This approach not only raises ethical questions but also concentrates control over public knowledge in the hands of a few tech giants, because who needs fair use when you have deep pockets? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=ETkKEZbZ4&amp;id=dpcmbDROy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Enterprise AI: still mostly a money pit, apparently</strong>: A survey by DDN and MIT research suggests over half of enterprise AI projects are delayed or canceled due to ‘infrastructure issues,’ and 95% yield ‘zero measurable returns.’ It seems all that hype about AI transforming businesses is mostly just that—hype. Turns out, throwing AI at a mountain of technical debt and complex environments doesn’t magically make it productive. Who would’ve thought that foundational operational issues matter more than shiny new algorithms? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=k12AAd1Ej&amp;id=tr8ZpGHVk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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