<h2>Must know</h2>
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<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. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 10.0, is actively being exploited. Site administrators are urged to update to version 2.5.2 immediately and audit for unauthorized accounts, as reported by vulnerability intelligence sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/D6wKV3WK1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Palo Alto Networks patches critical DoS flaw</strong>: Palo Alto Networks has released patches for CVE-2026-0227, a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in PAN-OS firewalls with GlobalProtect enabled. This flaw could allow unauthenticated attackers to force firewalls into maintenance mode, causing network outages. Given the existence of public proof-of-concept code and past zero-day exploits in similar PAN-OS vulnerabilities, immediate patching is crucial for NGFW users, as stated by Palo Alto Networks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MtreEtTLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Eurail customer data breach exposes sensitive info</strong>: Eurail BV reported unauthorized access to its customer database, exposing personal information including names, contact details, and passport data for general users and DiscoverEU participants. For DiscoverEU, this also includes ID document copies, IBANs, and health information. While there’s no evidence of misuse yet, Eurail advises customers to change passwords and be vigilant against phishing and fraud. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/SkuYRBlp7" 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 kernel Rust concurrency policy diverges from C</strong>: Rust kernel developers are opting for explicit Rust Atomic module operations with memory-ordering semantics over directly porting C’s <code>READ_ONCE()</code> and <code>WRITE_ONCE()</code> macros, aiming for clearer intent in concurrent access, though this creates different conventions between Rust and C code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/HzOMjNSLX" 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, bringing security fixes for <code>archive/zip</code> and <code>Request.ParseForm</code>, 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>
<li><strong>Flutter refactors for modularity</strong>: Flutter is undergoing a significant refactoring to decouple Material and Cupertino design systems from its core SDK, moving them to independent packages to enable leaner applications and independent versioning. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/T07WzSMOC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Databricks and Snowflake face market maturation</strong>: Databricks and Snowflake are reportedly facing growth saturation in their core data platform markets, pushing both companies into AI and application development to sustain high valuations amidst increasing competition and customer demand for open data formats like Iceberg. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Kv2NZR8R1&amp;id=LnOTpvngc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New open-source database tools released</strong>: Portabase, a new self-hosted backup and restore tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB, has been released, featuring Rust-refactored agents for performance, alongside credcheck v4.4, a PostgreSQL extension update for credential rule enforcement. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=5HNbhZxB9&amp;id=7mmyYg2vc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Laravel dev tools get Docker support</strong>: Laravel VS Code Extension v1.4.2 and Laravel Boost v1.4.2 both now include Docker support for containerized development environments, addressing Pint formatter issues in DDEV and adding configuration options to disable artisan make commands. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/SUaYBzDS2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Windows 11 beta build with UI upgrades</strong>: Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7653 to the Beta Channel, introducing UI improvements in Account Settings with dark mode, instant loading for Copilot prompt suggestions, and .webp support for desktop backgrounds, alongside various bug fixes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/f8KtKj6ie" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>OpenAI’s targeted ads: for the users, by the users (and our wallets)</strong>: OpenAI is rolling out targeted ads for free and Go ChatGPT users in the U.S., claiming it’s to ‘support continued free access’ and ‘expand affordable AI access globally.’ They assure us ads won’t influence responses and user data won’t be sold. It’s almost as if they’re trying to convince us that turning a profit is a philanthropic endeavor, and their ‘five guiding principles’ are just a fancy way of saying ‘trust us, bro.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DQh9IAXNl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cursor AI’s browser: a triumph of marketing over functionality</strong>: Cursor published a blog post touting autonomous AI agents building a web browser in a week, generating over a million lines of code. The only catch? The codebase doesn’t compile, has 34 errors and 94 warnings, and no recent commit actually builds. It seems ‘meaningful progress’ now means ‘we generated a lot of broken code and made some pretty screenshots.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/V3KHuMgUU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-powered coding: the fast track to… more debugging?</strong>: Developers are raving about AI tools cutting development time from a day to an hour for simple CLI tools. Yet, the same developers admit they still have to manually implement ‘robust resume functionality’ because the AI couldn’t handle it. So, AI helps you write code faster, but you still need to be a human to make it actually work reliably. Progress! <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=SqdiiasJQ&amp;id=YfWBhNQB7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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