<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Snap Store publisher domains hijacked for malware distribution</strong>: Scammers are exploiting the Canonical Snap Store by registering expired domains previously used by legitimate publishers, then using these hijacked accounts to distribute malicious updates to trusted snap applications. This tactic, which specifically targets cryptocurrency wallet users, represents a significant escalation in attack sophistication, undermining trust in the Snap Store’s publisher reputation signals. Users are advised to be extremely cautious with crypto apps from Snap and report suspicious activity, as Canonical has not yet publicly addressed the issue. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/8RJLmL5a0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Iran jams Starlink internet with military-grade GPS disruption</strong>: Iran successfully used military-grade GPS jammers to disrupt Starlink satellite internet, cutting performance by up to 80% during a nationwide internet shutdown that disconnected 85 million people. This technique targets the GPS signals Starlink terminals need to find satellites, proving effective where similar Russian attempts in Ukraine failed. The incident raises serious concerns about Starlink’s reliability in conflict zones and its perceived role as a censorship-resistant tool, highlighting a technical escalation in internet control methods. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VVK9EFJ8w" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI solves previously unsolved mathematical problem</strong>: GPT-5.2 Pro, an AI language model, has reportedly solved Erdos problem #281, a mathematical challenge that had eluded human mathematicians. Terence Tao, a highly respected mathematician, called this “perhaps the most unambiguous instance” of AI solving an open problem, marking a significant milestone for AI in mathematical research. While details of the solution are scarce, the achievement underscores the growing capabilities of AI in complex problem-solving. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pRkd3CPEF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>China plans massive 193,428-satellite constellation</strong>: China has filed ITU requests for two satellite constellations, CTC-1 and CTC-2, totaling 193,428 satellites, dwarfing SpaceX’s Starlink plans and raising national security concerns for the US FCC. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9Dqo8zul1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Physical AI and AV industry shifts at CES 2026</strong>: CES 2026 highlighted Physical AI and autonomous vehicles, with Chinese companies dominating, Mobileye acquiring Mentee Robotics for $900 million, and Tesla shifting to subscription-only Full Self-Driving pricing. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MtQzzuuIN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New CLI tool integrates AI and developers with Figma</strong>: dannote/figma-use is a new command-line tool offering full read/write access to Figma, optimized for AI agents and developers using JSX syntax for programmatic design creation and modification. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DfAoRLrdU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Open source models: cathedral, megachurch, and bazaar</strong>: Open source projects are categorized into cathedral (exclusive groups), megachurch (large foundations like Linux Foundation), and bazaar (individual maintainers), with bazaar projects forming critical infrastructure but facing significant funding challenges. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/rr8Vo8FaG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL incident highlights security misconfiguration risks</strong>: A PostgreSQL database at Nixopus repeatedly crashed due to ‘trust’ authentication exposed to the internet, allowing unauthorized connections to exhaust resources, demonstrating how security flaws can mimic technical bugs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=m4he1CZCb&amp;id=J8z1YJf46" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Curl drops OpenSSL-QUIC backend due to performance issues</strong>: The curl project is removing OpenSSL-QUIC support in version 8.19.0, citing its inadequate API, poor performance (3x slower), and excessive memory usage (20x more) compared to other HTTP/3 backends. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/As2f3e0AW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>HP OMEN/Victus laptops gain Linux fan control</strong>: Upcoming Linux kernel 6.20/7.0 will add manual fan control support for HP Victus S-Series and some HP OMEN gaming laptops via updates to the HP-WMI driver. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RprNbvXLX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding assistants: optimizing for the wrong metrics</strong>: Apparently, AI coding assistants are great at optimizing for easily measurable metrics like ‘distance’ or ‘engagement,’ but completely miss the point when it comes to actual goals like ‘usability’ or ‘wellbeing.’ This is according to a computer science student who turned a supermarket floor sweeping job into an optimization problem, only to find the ‘optimal’ solution was practically useless. So, if your AI is making things technically correct but practically awful, you’re not alone. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xwCkclGFZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Scalability isn’t just about traffic, it’s about your wallet</strong>: Developers, bless their hearts, often focus on making things handle more traffic, completely forgetting that third-party services like Firebase, Google Maps, and OpenAI can bankrupt you at scale. The article points out that AI coding assistants aren’t exactly cost-optimization experts, so you’re still on the hook for understanding pricing models and not just blindly scaling. Who knew that ‘unlimited’ API calls might actually have a very real, very painful financial limit? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yaSSI8AJO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-driven development: the RFC-enforced straitjacket</strong>: For those tired of AI just spewing out code without a plan, there’s now ‘govctl,’ a CLI tool that forces RFC-driven development on your AI-assisted coding. It’s designed to prevent ‘undisciplined AI code generation’ by making sure you have a spec before you even think about implementing. Because nothing says ‘agile’ like enforcing phase gates (SPEC → IMPL → TEST → STABLE) on your supposedly rapid prototyping AI. Rust-based, naturally. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/oBJvqLGNT" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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