<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Xbox sales continue to tank</strong>: Microsoft’s gaming division is hitting a rough patch, with Xbox console sales plummeting 32% and overall gaming revenue down 9% in Q2 FY26. This marks the sixth straight year of declining console sales, despite the company’s overall revenue growth. It seems price hikes for Game Pass and consoles, along with studio closures and layoffs, aren’t exactly winning over the masses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uKbAAElcM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Musk’s companies eye massive merger</strong>: Elon Musk’s various ventures—SpaceX, xAI, and possibly Tesla—are reportedly in early talks to merge into a single, trillion-dollar entity. The idea is to combine rockets, satellites, AI, and EVs, with one scenario focusing on a SpaceX-xAI merger to build space-based AI data centers. Because, you know, AI models need cheaper training costs, and what better place than orbit? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wMYF638eZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Apple acquires audio AI startup</strong>: Apple just shelled out an estimated $1.6 to $2 billion for Israeli audio AI startup <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a>. This company specializes in machine learning for audio, including whispered speech recognition and enhancing sound in noisy environments. Expect to see this tech pop up in AirPods and the Vision Pro, as Apple continues its quest to dominate the ‘AI race’ with more acquisitions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PknWg8Xks" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Meta’s massive AI infrastructure push</strong>: Meta is doubling down on AI infrastructure, planning to invest a staggering $115-135 billion in 2026, nearly twice its 2025 spend, to develop ‘personal superintelligence’ agents. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft’s hybrid AI chip strategy</strong>: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers, claiming it outperforms Amazon’s Trainium and Google’s TPUs, but will continue buying chips from Nvidia and AMD. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kN85HgrLU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Container security gaps persist</strong>: A new survey reveals that nearly a quarter of developers experienced container-related security incidents last year, with human error being the main culprit, and many still prioritize performance over security when choosing base images. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/I55IVTrKU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>BigQuery gets conversational AI</strong>: Google Cloud launched Conversational Analytics in BigQuery, allowing users to analyze data using natural language queries powered by Gemini models, eliminating the need for SQL knowledge. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2YKMeABdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI security tool prevents vulnerable code</strong>: Apiiro launched Guardian Agent, an AI security tool that rewrites developer prompts in real-time to prevent AI coding agents from generating vulnerable code, addressing the increased attack surface from AI-assisted development. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AaMXyHJd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GeForce NOW comes to Linux</strong>: NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service now offers native Linux PC support in beta, providing RTX performance streaming up to 5K resolution at 120fps on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RB8XUehQ7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes RCE flaw identified</strong>: A critical design flaw in Kubernetes allows remote code execution in any container on a node via <code>nodes/proxy GET</code> permissions, a common permission for monitoring tools, with a fix not expected until Kubernetes 1.36 in April 2025. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/phMyeDnVg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Google’s ‘Project Genie’ conjures up infinite AI worlds</strong>: Google DeepMind just dropped ‘Project Genie,’ an ‘experimental web prototype’ that supposedly generates infinite, interactive AI worlds. Because what we really need is more AI-generated content, especially when 52% of game developers already think AI is ruining their industry. Google says it’s a step toward AGI and game prototyping, but it struggles with photorealism and object interaction. So, another AI tool that’s great at whimsical claymation but can’t quite nail reality. Shocking. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GDC report highlights industry woes, organizers remain optimistic</strong>: The 2026 GDC State of the Industry Report claims game industry layoffs are up to 17%, with 52% of respondents believing generative AI harms the industry. Yet, GDC organizers are optimistically reporting attendance is ‘tracking in line with expectations’ despite international developers expressing reluctance to attend due to US immigration concerns. So, the industry is in turmoil, AI is a threat, but hey, GDC is doing just fine, apparently. Nothing to see here, folks, just keep buying those tickets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=REyf1LA3H&amp;id=dX5Rur1jC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta’s Reality Labs continues to bleed money</strong>: Meta’s Reality Labs, the division behind the metaverse dream, just reported $19.2 billion in operational losses for FY25, bringing its total losses to a cool $83.6 billion since 2020. But don’t worry, Mark Zuckerberg expects FY25 to be ‘peak losses’ as they pivot to glasses and wearables. Because clearly, throwing more money at a losing venture and rebranding it will magically make it profitable. Good luck with that, Mark. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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