<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI coding agents are a security nightmare</strong>: AI coding agents, now integrated into chat platforms like Slack, are democratizing code creation but introducing severe security risks. With 85% of developers using AI tools and 41% of code being AI-generated, prompt injection attacks, credential exposure, and unreviewed deployments are rampant. Organizations need strict governance, tiered permissions, mandatory human approval, and comprehensive audit trails to manage these new threats, as highlighted by Security Boulevard. The shift from IDEs to chat-based coding fundamentally alters security postures, demanding zero-trust architectures adapted for AI interactions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3wv1aKzIr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Hardware wallet social engineering scam nets $282M</strong>: A single victim lost approximately $282 million in Bitcoin and Litecoin to a hardware wallet social engineering scam on January 10, 2026. The attacker quickly converted most of the stolen funds to Monero and bridged Bitcoin across multiple blockchains via Thorchain, making recovery difficult. This incident, revealed by blockchain investigator ZachXBT, underscores the persistent threat of social engineering despite advancements in security measures, even as overall crypto exploit losses have declined. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/1fY01VpIR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA B200 GPU driver bug causes system hangs</strong>: NVIDIA’s open GPU kernel driver (versions 570.133.20 and 580 series) is causing indefinite <code>nvidia-smi</code> hangs on B200 GPUs running Linux kernel 6.6.0 after about 66 days of uptime. The issue, attributed by community investigators to a jiffies-based timer wrap-around affecting NVLink communication, impacts cross-GPU operations. NVIDIA has acknowledged the bug and is working on a fix, but no ETA or workaround is available, forcing reboots to restore functionality. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xhTAzdzCR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Gmail spam filters went rogue</strong>: Gmail experienced widespread spam filtering issues, misclassifying legitimate emails as spam and flooding primary inboxes with junk, which Google publicly acknowledged and resolved by January 25, 2026. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=I3okAWLUY&amp;id=O7yWprwoz&amp;id=cmKovtCRR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>European cloud sovereignty efforts intensify</strong>: Europe is pushing back against its reliance on US cloud providers, with initiatives like Germany’s shift to open-source and EU plans for a Cloud and AI Development Act to ensure data localization and digital autonomy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/BxeJ5ByjW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google tightens Android sideloading</strong>: Google is implementing a ‘high-friction’ sideloading process for Android, adding extra steps for unverified apps, which they call an ‘Accountability Layer’ but users fear will diminish Android’s openness. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ICjHMVGeX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding tools face consolidation</strong>: The AI coding tool market, exemplified by Anthropic’s Claude Code and emerging open-source alternatives like OpenCode, is seeing intense competition and is expected to consolidate in 2026, driven by debates over foundational models versus application quality. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/9XKw67enr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PostgreSQL as a dead letter queue</strong>: Wayfair is using PostgreSQL as a Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) for its event-driven systems, redirecting failed Kafka events to a PostgreSQL table for improved visibility and management through scheduled retries. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/eKm9n1imv" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PHPStan 2.1.34 delivers major performance boost</strong>: PHPStan 2.1.34, a static analysis tool for PHP, has been released with 25-40% faster analysis times and up to 50% runtime reduction, significantly shortening CI pipelines, though memory usage is currently higher. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/hEVb27hAV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux 7.0 gets Qualcomm Snapdragon support</strong>: The upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel will include support for Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 display hardware and Adreno 225 GPUs, thanks to updates from Rob Clark, enhancing graphics and display functionalities for Qualcomm-powered Linux systems. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/LVxtNaVxq" 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 agents: the creativity bottleneck is you</strong>: Apparently, the real limitation of AI coding agents isn’t the tech, it’s <em>your</em> lack of imagination. An unnamed ‘expert’ claims programmers just don’t have enough ‘ideas for innovative uses’ for these tools, reducing their impact. So, next time your AI assistant churns out boilerplate, remember: it’s not the AI’s fault for being uncreative, it’s yours for not thinking outside the box enough to make it do something truly groundbreaking. Maybe try asking it to write a novel, then you’ll really unlock its potential. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=3vC5OgaHL&amp;id=gov03HPhm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Quantum cloning breakthrough: because no-cloning theorem was just a suggestion</strong>: Physicists have supposedly developed a ‘new quantum protocol’ that enables ‘encrypted cloning of quantum states,’ claiming to ‘circumvent the no-cloning theorem.’ This foundational principle of quantum mechanics, which states you can’t copy unknown quantum information, was apparently just waiting for someone to slap ‘encrypted’ on it. No specific researchers, institutions, or technical details on how this magic trick works, but hey, ‘potential impact areas include quantum data storage and secure communications.’ Sounds legit. Just trust them, it’s a ‘breakthrough.’ <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/z7OYuDS7t" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI will write all the code, say the guys who wrote a lot of code</strong>: Ryan Dahl (Node.js creator) and Linus Torvalds (Linux creator) are now telling us the ‘era of humans writing code is over,’ with AI taking over direct code generation. They say our new job is ‘system architecture and code quality assurance.’ It’s always reassuring when the people who made their careers writing code tell everyone else that writing code is dead. Don’t worry, junior devs, just pivot to ‘AI whisperer’ or ‘prompt engineer’—it’s definitely a stable career path, not a temporary fad. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=lMnVwtEMR&amp;id=otuC5YedQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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