<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Musk’s companies eye massive mergers</strong>: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, xAI, and potentially Tesla are reportedly in early discussions to merge, aiming to create a trillion-dollar super-company. This consolidation could combine rockets, satellites, AI, and electric vehicles, with a key driver being the plan for space-based AI data centers to cut training costs. Corporate filings in Nevada are cited as indicators of these discussions, as reported by multiple sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wMYF638eZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division hits a rough patch</strong>: Microsoft’s Q2 FY26 earnings show a 17% overall revenue increase, but its gaming division is the sole underperformer. Xbox console sales plummeted 32% year-over-year, marking the sixth consecutive year of decline, and gaming revenue dropped 9%. This follows price increases and layoffs throughout 2025, with Microsoft expecting continued declines despite record PC players, according to reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uKbAAElcM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes RCE flaw found in common permissions</strong>: Edera Advisory has identified a critical design flaw in Kubernetes that allows remote code execution (RCE) in any container on a node via commonly used <code>nodes/proxy GET</code> permissions. While the problematic permission is slated for removal in Kubernetes 1.36 (expected April 2025), many production clusters will take time to update, leaving them vulnerable. Organizations are advised to scan for RCE attempts and implement fine-grained authorization controls. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/phMyeDnVg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple acquires audio AI startup <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a></strong>: Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a> for an estimated $1.6 billion to nearly $2 billion, bringing its machine learning expertise in whispered speech recognition and audio enhancement in-house, with implications for AirPods and Vision Pro. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PknWg8Xks" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta doubles down on AI infrastructure investment</strong>: Meta plans to invest $115-135 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly doubling its 2025 investment, to support its Superintelligence Labs and integrate large language models across its platforms for revenue growth. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft deploys custom AI chip, still buys from Nvidia</strong>: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers for frontier AI models and OpenAI, but CEO Satya Nadella confirmed the company will continue purchasing AI chips from Nvidia and AMD, indicating a diversified supply chain strategy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kN85HgrLU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Container security practices show significant gaps</strong>: A BellSoft survey reveals 23% of developers experienced container security incidents in the past year, with human error being the primary cause, and many organizations prioritizing performance over security when selecting base images. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/I55IVTrKU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js affected by OpenSSL vulnerabilities</strong>: Three of the 12 OpenSSL CVEs released in January 2026 affect Node.js at low to moderate severity, specifically impacting TLS configuration related to PFX certificate files, with fixes planned for regular Node.js releases. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jITntLdtr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA GeForce NOW launches native Linux support</strong>: NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service now offers native Linux PC support in beta, providing RTX performance streaming on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later, distributed as a Flatpak. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RB8XUehQ7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New open-source API client emphasizes local development</strong>: Voiden is an offline-first, open-source API client that allows developers to define, test, and document APIs using Markdown and Git, without accounts, telemetry, or cloud lock-in, focusing on local development workflows. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Bw1AIOVzk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Google DeepMind’s Project Genie: infinite worlds, finite fun?</strong>: Google DeepMind just dropped Project Genie, an ‘experimental web prototype’ that generates ‘infinite, interactive environments’ using their Genie 3 world model. Sounds revolutionary, right? Except it’s limited to 60-second generations, struggles with photorealism, and apparently, game developers are already worried about AI negatively impacting their jobs. So, ‘infinite’ might just mean ‘infinitely buggy’ for now, as reported by #5WiIjyYNP and #cXEPGpaCA. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta’s Reality Labs: peak losses or just a new peak of delusion?</strong>: Meta’s Reality Labs managed to rack up $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 says FY25 will be ‘peak losses’ as they pivot to ‘glasses and wearables’ and integrate AI. Because clearly, throwing more money at a losing venture with a new buzzword is the path to profitability, as per Meta’s official statements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI’s Prism: more ‘scientific’ papers, less science?</strong>: OpenAI launched Prism, a free AI workspace integrating GPT-5.2 with LaTeX, supposedly to help researchers draft papers and generate citations. What could go wrong? Well, researchers and publishers are already panicking about a flood of ‘AI slop’ overwhelming peer review systems. Because nothing says ‘rigorous scientific inquiry’ like an AI churning out polished but potentially vacuous papers, as Ars Technica points out. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Rz7pKpx22" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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