<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>TSMC sees endless AI chip demand, plans massive investment</strong>: TSMC reported record Q4 earnings for 2025, with revenue up 25.5% year-over-year, driven by what CEO C.C. Wei calls an “endless” demand for AI-related chips. The company forecasts 30% revenue growth for 2026 and plans $52-56 billion in capital expenditures, primarily for advanced 7nm and smaller process nodes. TSMC expects its 2nm manufacturing process to ramp up quickly, with 30% of production slated for the USA, as reported by TSMC’s official financial statements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/aTc9ls9yL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI to introduce targeted ads for free ChatGPT users</strong>: OpenAI is starting to test targeted ads for free and Go tier ChatGPT users in the U.S. beginning January 16, 2026. These ads will appear at the bottom of conversations, contextually relevant to the discussion, but OpenAI assures they won’t influence chatbot responses or sell user data. This move aims to support free access and generate revenue, with the Go tier expanding to the U.S. at $8/month, according to OpenAI’s official statements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DQh9IAXNl" 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. The flaw, with a CVSS score of 10.0, is due to faulty API routing logic. Active exploitation has been detected, and over 40,000 sites are 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 in public preview</strong>: GitHub Copilot now features agentic memory in public preview for all paid plans, allowing it to learn and retain repository-specific insights to improve code assistance, with memories expiring after 28 days and offering user/admin control. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nCmOnsQS3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI invests in Sam Altman’s brain-computer interface venture</strong>: OpenAI participated in a $252 million seed funding round for Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, focusing on non-invasive BCI systems using molecular neuron interfacing and ultrasound. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/rYkFwNLz3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google previews natural language to SQL in BigQuery</strong>: Google is testing a “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>ClickHouse acquires Langfuse, launches native Postgres service</strong>: ClickHouse acquired Langfuse, an open-source LLM observability platform, to enhance its AI application monitoring and launched a native Postgres service in partnership with Ubicloud for unified transactional and analytical workloads. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=7DDF3YQda&amp;id=BqVJ6XPkS&amp;id=kU2RvmlCw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Palo Alto Networks patches critical DoS flaw in PAN-OS</strong>: Palo Alto Networks released patches for CVE-2026-0227, a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in PAN-OS firewalls with GlobalProtect enabled, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to force devices into maintenance mode. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MtreEtTLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft releases Windows 11 Beta Build with UI upgrades</strong>: Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7653 to the Beta Channel, introducing UI improvements in Account Settings (including dark mode), instant Copilot prompt suggestions, and .webp desktop background support, alongside various bug fixes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/f8KtKj6ie" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Eurail customer data breach exposes sensitive personal info</strong>: Eurail BV reported unauthorized access to its customer database, exposing names, contact details, and passport data for general users, with DiscoverEU participants potentially having ID document copies, IBANs, and health information compromised. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/SkuYRBlp7" 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 tools: still not a magic bullet, who knew?</strong>: Apparently, some developers are still surprised that AI-powered coding tools aren’t a silver bullet. While one developer gushes about building a Python CLI tool in an hour with Claude AI, they conveniently gloss over the fact that Claude couldn’t handle a robust resume function, requiring manual intervention. It seems the ‘productivity gains’ often come with the asterisk of ‘some assembly required’ and ‘don’t trust it with anything complex,’ as noted in firsthand developer accounts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=SqdiiasJQ&amp;id=YfWBhNQB7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI’s mission: for-profit or nonprofit? Jury to decide</strong>: Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging a breach of OpenAI’s original nonprofit mission, is heading to a jury trial. Both OpenAI and Microsoft failed to get the case dismissed, so now a jury gets to decide if prioritizing billions in profit over a stated mission is, you know, a problem. It’s almost like the ‘open’ in OpenAI was more of a suggestion than a commitment, as reported in various legal news. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pwpD2QRjm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-generated code: the gift that keeps on giving… maintainers headaches</strong>: Open-source maintainers are apparently drowning in low-quality, AI-generated code submissions, leading to increased review burdens. While some developers are ‘vibe coding’ their way to quick, disposable projects, the real-world impact is a flood of unmaintainable, unpredictable code. It’s almost as if offloading the grunt work to an LLM doesn’t magically make the code good, just faster to produce, as highlighted by critical analyses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=H6Mp947gD&amp;id=laMxMdAYV&amp;id=EuNu5at2M" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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