<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Yann LeCun launches new AI lab for ‘world models’</strong>: Yann LeCun, a prominent figure in AI, has launched AMI Labs, a new startup focused on developing ‘world models’ for intelligent systems. The company aims to offer an alternative to large language models (LLMs) by emphasizing persistent memory, reasoning, and safety. AMI Labs, co-founded with Alex LeBrun, is reportedly seeking funding at a $3.5 billion valuation and plans offices in Paris, Montreal, New York, and Singapore, as reported by various tech outlets. They’re targeting high-stakes sectors like healthcare and robotics, but no actual products or tech demos have been shown yet. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/CvMr0F9gc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Oracle’s Orasort patent expires, opening doors for open source databases</strong>: Oracle’s patent for the ‘Orasort’ sorting algorithm has expired after 20 years, making it available for open-source adoption. This algorithm, which combines common prefix skipping, adaptive quicksort/radix sort, and key substring caching, reportedly offers up to a 5x performance improvement. According to inventor Mark Callaghan, the open-source database community, particularly MySQL and PostgreSQL developers, are already considering integrating it to boost efficiency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/aheyA2T6F" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>TikTok’s new privacy policy expands data collection</strong>: TikTok’s updated U.S. privacy policy now explicitly includes precise GPS location tracking for U.S. users, formalizes the collection of AI interaction data (prompts and outputs), and expands its ad network’s use of user data for targeting ads across the web. Users must accept these terms to continue using the app. While concerns about ‘immigration status’ collection arose, privacy lawyers clarified this disclosure is legally mandated by state laws like CCPA and isn’t a new data collection practice, as reported by multiple sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BFPMM0rX7&amp;id=nbFKCoxnX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding tools get a ‘Swarms’ feature in Claude Code</strong>: An undocumented ‘Swarms’ feature in Claude Code reportedly elevates the AI to a team lead role, generating specialist agents that coordinate via an internal task board to write code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BCMHZegjN&amp;id=LMNhcIFC9&amp;id=kVmMac2gZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Newelle AI assistant for GNOME adds local LLM support</strong>: Newelle, the AI assistant for the GNOME desktop, now supports local large language models (LLMs) via llama.cpp and can execute system commands, expanding its utility and reducing cloud dependence. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Au9UNs8LJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Wix releases React Native UI component library</strong>: Wix has launched React Native UI Lib, a new UI component library offering pre-built, customizable components with integrated theme management and modifier-based styling for React Native applications. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3XpEcphch" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rails gets performance and maintenance updates</strong>: Rails introduced a 2x speed improvement to <code>String#squish</code>, enhanced error handling for stream rendering, and improved <code>insert_all!</code> performance for composite primary keys, among other updates. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=WT6Ixi3bR&amp;id=WT6Ixi3bR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 6.19 kernel adds ASUS Armoury driver</strong>: The Linux 6.19 kernel now includes the ASUS Armoury driver, providing enhanced support for ASUS ROG gaming devices, including ROG Ally handhelds and various ROG laptops. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/rvv41Cn0C" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GNU C Library 2.43 released with C23 features</strong>: GNU C Library version 2.43 expands support for the C23 standard, introduces new system call wrappers like <code>mseal</code> and <code>openat2</code> for Linux, and improves FMA performance on AMD Zen processors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/4kkaXLeFv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Servo 0.0.4 brings new features and stability</strong>: Servo 0.0.4 introduces multiple window support, HTTP proxy configuration, enhanced security with system root certificates, and expanded web platform features like CSS <code>contrast-color()</code> and improved SubtleCrypto API implementations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/72B89BNSg" 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 educational app for kids: because what could go wrong?</strong>: Sparkli, a startup by ex-Google employees, just secured $5 million in pre-seed funding for an AI-driven app that generates multimedia content for kids aged 5-12 in two minutes. They claim ‘built-in safety features’ and ‘teacher modules,’ but there’s no mention of independent third-party assessments of educational value or safety. So, we’re just trusting the folks who brought us ‘don’t be evil’ to educate our children with AI-generated content? What a time to be alive. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/CoMIJ1Dxu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Software estimation is ‘fundamentally impossible,’ say the experts</strong>: Apparently, software project estimation is ‘fundamentally impossible’ because it’s all just unpredictable, unknown work. The real kicker? Estimates are merely ‘political tools’ for managers to negotiate resources, not actual engineering aids. So, next time your boss asks for an estimate, just tell them it’s a political act and you’re too busy being an engineer to play games. That’ll go over well. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=HxseyW07U&amp;id=vTe4dHYnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding tools: the hype vs. the reality</strong>: One developer, after wrestling with a pattern-matching library that bloated to 1.5 million lines of auto-generated code, noted that generative AI has utility for routine tasks but expressed skepticism toward its ‘broad application hype.’ It seems even when AI can churn out code, it still needs a human to clean up its mess and deal with the actual engineering problems. Who knew? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/URQxVAqw6" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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