<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI solves a previously unsolvable math problem</strong>: GPT-5.2 Pro has reportedly solved Erdos problem #281, a mathematical challenge that human mathematicians couldn’t crack. Terence Tao, a highly respected mathematician, called it “perhaps the most unambiguous instance” of AI solving an open problem, according to reports. This marks a significant milestone for AI in mathematical research, showcasing its growing capabilities beyond traditional applications. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/pRkd3CPEF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>China’s massive satellite constellation plans raise eyebrows</strong>: China has filed requests with the ITU for two new satellite constellations, CTC-1 and CTC-2, totaling an astounding 193,428 satellites—four times more than SpaceX’s Starlink plans. The US FCC views this expansion as a national security concern, accelerating approvals for domestic satellite networks. While China’s current deployment is limited, these filings, reported by various sources, could be a strategic signal rather than an immediate operational blueprint. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9Dqo8zul1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Snap Store domain hijacking leads to malware distribution</strong>: Scammers are exploiting the Canonical Snap Store by registering expired domains of legitimate publishers to hijack their accounts. This allows them to push malicious updates to trusted snap applications, specifically targeting cryptocurrency wallet users for recovery phrase theft. This escalation, reported by cybersecurity outlets, undermines trust in Snap’s publisher reputation signals and highlights significant security risks for users. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/8RJLmL5a0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Physical AI and AV industry shifts at CES 2026</strong>: CES 2026 highlighted Physical AI, merging AI with real-world control, with strong Chinese presence in AV tech, Mobileye acquiring Mentee Robotics for $900 million, and Motional shifting to an “AI-first” AV development process. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MtQzzuuIN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Iran disrupts Starlink internet with GPS jamming</strong>: Iran successfully used military-grade GPS jammers to disrupt Starlink internet, cutting performance by up to 80% during a nationwide internet shutdown, raising concerns about Starlink’s reliability in conflict zones. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VVK9EFJ8w" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New CLI tool integrates AI and developers with Figma</strong>: The <code>dannote/figma-use</code> command-line tool offers full read/write access to Figma, enabling AI agents and developers to programmatically create and modify designs using JSX syntax, optimized for token efficiency. <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 exclusive ‘cathedrals,’ formally governed ‘megachurches’ like the Linux Foundation, and the vast majority of ‘bazaar’ projects, which are often single-maintainer and critically underfunded. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/rr8Vo8FaG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Scalability isn’t just about traffic, it’s about cost</strong>: Developers often overlook the financial sustainability of scaling, as third-party services like OpenAI can become prohibitively expensive at scale if usage patterns and pricing models aren’t carefully considered. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yaSSI8AJO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Vertex AI pricing for 2026 services</strong>: Vertex AI pricing varies significantly across its 16 core services, with Gemini models ranging from $0.10 to $120 per million tokens and GPU training instances costing $0.64 to $105 per hour, emphasizing the need for cost optimization strategies. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/AslvqVnql" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Southeast Asia CISOs predict 2026 cybersecurity trends</strong>: CISOs in Southeast Asia anticipate 2026 priorities will include hardening cloud and AI infrastructure, treating identity as the active perimeter with continuous verification, and operationalizing resilience against AI-driven threats. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wO8kWafAK" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI companies measuring scale by electricity consumption</strong>: Apparently, some AI companies are touting their ‘scale’ by how much electricity they consume, as noted by Justin Searls. This is a brilliant metric, almost as insightful as a steel company bragging about its CO2 emissions. What happens when more efficient AI comes along? Will they suddenly be ‘less scalable’ because they’re not boiling the oceans as fast? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/OHMKEG36O" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The joy of coding vs. AI agents</strong>: A developer on Hacker News is lamenting that AI coding agents are now ‘good enough’ to make them question the joy of mastering tools like awk and sed. Oh, the horror! It’s almost like technology evolves and makes some manual tasks obsolete. Perhaps the ‘joy’ was in the struggle, and now that struggle is automated, we’re left with… actual productivity? What a tragedy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/vFzyyNK3z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub contribution graphs mean nothing, apparently</strong>: Someone out there is bravely declaring that GitHub contribution graphs, LinkedIn profiles, and LeetCode challenges are ‘poor indicators of developer worth.’ Well, duh. It’s almost like a simple green square grid can’t capture the nuanced brilliance of a neurodivergent coding genius or the intricate dance of networking in the Italian job market. Who knew? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/WQGtqJsDu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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