<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Yann LeCun launches AMI Labs to build ‘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, targeting applications in healthcare, robotics, and industrial automation, as reported by various sources. <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, claims to offer up to a 5x performance improvement. The open-source database community, particularly MySQL and PostgreSQL developers, are reportedly keen to integrate Orasort, a development confirmed by the algorithm’s inventor, Mark Callaghan. <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, tracking of AI interactions (prompts and outputs), and expanded use of ad network data for targeted advertising across the web. Users must accept these terms to continue using the app. While concerns about ‘immigration status’ collection were raised, privacy lawyers clarify this is a legal disclosure requirement, not a new collection practice, as detailed in various reports. <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>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>Open-source Craft Agents GUI offers Claude Code alternative</strong>: Craft Agents, an open-source desktop GUI for AI agent interactions, has launched as an alternative to Claude Code, featuring an inbox-style interface, multi-file diff viewer, and integration with MCP server for third-party connections. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ClAzJhvfM" 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, enhancing support for ASUS ROG gaming devices like the 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>Firefox on Linux gets HDR video and fractional scaling improvements</strong>: Firefox 147.0 on Linux now supports HDR video playback via Wayland’s color-management-v1 protocol and features reworked fractional scaling for cleaner 125% display, with an asynchronous rendering pipeline introduced in Firefox 149.0. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=EAailnS1Q&amp;id=L52fmdTI4" 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 is out, bringing expanded support for the C23 standard, new system call wrappers for Linux (mseal and openat2), and improved 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>Mobile MCP platform enables cross-device AI automation</strong>: Mobile MCP, a Model Context Protocol server, allows LLMs and AI agents to automate and interact with native iOS and Android apps across simulators, emulators, and real devices using a platform-agnostic interface. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/F3rJpKxUE" 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 UI component library offering pre-built, customizable components with integrated theme management and modifier-based styling, supporting React Native version 0.73. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3XpEcphch" 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 tools: the new ‘skilled new engineer’ that needs hand-holding</strong>: Apparently, AI coding assistants are now ‘skilled new engineers’ that require ‘targeted, relevant inputs’ and ‘minimal context’ to avoid being overwhelmed, according to some experts. So, instead of a magical code-generating oracle, we’ve got a digital intern that still needs you to do most of the thinking. And if you give it too much context, like, say, an entire codebase, it just throws its hands up. Sounds like progress. <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>Sparkli’s AI app for kids: because who needs human teachers?</strong>: Sparkli, a startup by ex-Google employees, just secured $5 million to build an AI-driven app that generates educational content for kids aged 5-12 in two minutes flat. Because nothing says quality education like on-demand, algorithmically generated multimedia, especially for ‘financial literacy’ and ‘entrepreneurship.’ No independent assessment of educational value or safety, but hey, it’s got ‘built-in safety features’ and ‘former Google employees’ credibility, so what could go wrong? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/CoMIJ1Dxu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Software estimation: still a political game, not engineering</strong>: According to some seasoned engineers, software estimation is ‘fundamentally impossible’ and merely a ‘political tool’ for managers to negotiate resources, not a genuine planning aid. So, all those hours spent trying to scope out projects? Just a charade. The real trick is to ‘build trust’ with management through ‘pragmatic compromise,’ which sounds a lot like just telling them what they want to hear, but with more steps. Who knew engineering was just advanced diplomacy? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=HxseyW07U&amp;id=vTe4dHYnt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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