<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft Intune enforces mandatory app updates</strong>: Microsoft Intune will soon require all iOS and Android enterprise apps to update to the latest SDK versions by January 19, 2026. Failure to comply means apps, including Microsoft’s own Outlook and Teams, will be blocked from launching. This move, reported by multiple tech outlets, aims to enhance security with features like PIN enforcement and biometric authentication, but unprepared organizations risk significant service interruptions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PNEoUht10" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AMD Zen processors vulnerable to StackWarp attack</strong>: A new hardware vulnerability, StackWarp (CVE-2025-29943), affects AMD Zen processors (generations 1-5), including EPYC 7003, 8004, 9004, and 9005 series. This flaw allows privileged attackers to execute arbitrary code within SEV-SNP protected confidential virtual machines, bypassing memory encryption. AMD has issued microcode updates, with more scheduled for April 2026, and advises disabling hyperthreading on critical systems as a temporary mitigation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9DURDnZX3" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding tools impact junior developer skills</strong>: AI and low-code platforms are reshaping the demand for junior developer skills, shifting focus from framework-specific knowledge like React or Vue to foundational JavaScript, APIs, data flows, and system design. While AI can handle boilerplate code, developers need strong fundamentals to guide these tools effectively. This trend, highlighted by Stefan Mischook, means junior developers must adapt to AI-assisted workflows rather than relying on traditional entry-level coding tasks now automated by AI. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/6PqxqIHlh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft open-sources XAML Studio</strong>: Microsoft has open-sourced XAML Studio under the .NET Foundation, making its lightweight prototyping tool for XAML UI development available on GitHub for community contributions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hUJrXK08w" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GitLab launches Duo Agent Platform for AI orchestration</strong>: GitLab 18.8 introduces the Duo Agent Platform, enabling orchestration of multiple AI agents across the software development lifecycle, including a Planner Agent and a Security Analyst Agent for automated vulnerability triage. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/R9WyVAVPv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Intel updates LLM-Scaler-Omni for Arc Graphics</strong>: Intel released an update to its LLM-Scaler-Omni, enhancing support for ComfyUI and SGLang on Intel Arc Graphics hardware for multi-modal generative AI tasks like image, voice, and video generation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/XBX3pzO5M" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New language models GLM-4.7-Flash and Differential Transformer V2</strong>: GLM-4.7-Flash, a 30B-A3B Mixture of Experts (MoE) model, and Differential Transformer V2, with a revamped attention mechanism, are new language models focused on efficient deployment and improved training stability. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0sHlXeafO&amp;id=a35LKDHC2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust expands platform support and redefines value</strong>: Socket now offers General Availability for Rust and Cargo support, providing dependency analysis and SBOM generation, while a keynote by Helge Penne argues Rust’s primary value lies in program correctness enforced by its static type system, not just memory safety. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=O8W5FyqYs&amp;id=UzbpNQhI8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>jQuery 4.0 released after 10 years</strong>: jQuery 4.0.0 has been released, marking its 20th anniversary with a major cleanup that removes deprecated features, drops support for older browsers like Internet Explorer 10, and aligns with modern ES module standards. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=5SOCKxGlX&amp;id=dThF1vPz2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Apple and Google Find My networks exploited for data transmission</strong>: Researchers reverse-engineered Apple’s Find My and Google’s Find Hub networks to create a custom protocol for transmitting arbitrary data via Bluetooth Low Energy, demonstrating critical security implications of unauthenticated device acceptance in crowdsourced location networks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/p9Dsdz3Eb" 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: productivity booster or quality killer?</strong>: Some folks are touting AI coding assistants as the next big thing, promising 10-100x productivity gains for ‘well-defined tasks.’ Yet, others, like Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson, are calling them unreliable and inconsistent, barely matching a junior developer’s understanding. GitHub Copilot, for instance, reportedly boosts velocity by 55% but also increases security vulnerabilities by 322%. So, are we building faster, or just building more insecure garbage? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0fzwUL3Um&amp;id=15Mjf12HP&amp;id=2IKuR9DJZ&amp;id=3DI7vnha4&amp;id=3sM5oeueQ&amp;id=AJzG7x8FZ&amp;id=AS53pzdrZ&amp;id=ATZPMmQn8&amp;id=DdiXGTqPN&amp;id=EqMZfdLoq" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-generated content: the new frontier of misinformation</strong>: Wikipedia is launching ‘WikiProject AI Cleanup’ to combat the flood of unsourced, inaccurate AI-generated content, while West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford retired after Microsoft Copilot fabricated a report that led to banning Israeli fans from a football match. Apparently, AI can’t tell the difference between a real event and a hallucination, and some humans can’t tell the difference between AI output and reality. Who knew? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=1G2Nqa8sb&amp;id=NJTPuA1ik" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI for everyone: coding without the pesky ‘coding’ part</strong>: <a href="http://Pythagora.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Pythagora.ai</a> promises to generate full-stack applications from text prompts in hours, and a new book teaches ‘vibe coding’ for games using AI assistants like Gemini and Copilot, even for complete beginners. It seems the tech industry has finally cracked the code: why learn to code when AI can do it for you? Just type your dreams, and voilà, instant app! What could possibly go wrong with a generation of ‘developers’ who’ve never actually written a line of code? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LklGkgpse&amp;id=LpF1NSIQw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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