<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Musk’s companies eye trillion-dollar merger</strong>: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, xAI, and potentially Tesla are 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 rationale being the development of space-based AI data centers to reduce training costs. Corporate filings in Nevada suggest these discussions are progressing, as reported by multiple sources. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wMYF638eZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes RCE flaw identified</strong>: Edera Advisory has uncovered 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 not a CVE, this poses a significant risk, especially since the problematic permission is slated for removal only in Kubernetes 1.36, which many production clusters won’t adopt for months or years. 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>
<li><strong>Microsoft’s hybrid AI chip strategy</strong>: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers, claiming superior performance over competitors. Despite this in-house development, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed the company will continue purchasing AI chips from Nvidia and AMD, indicating a diversified supply chain strategy. The Maia 200 will initially support Microsoft’s Superintelligence team and OpenAI’s models on Azure, as reported on January 29, 2026. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kN85HgrLU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Laravel 12.49.0 adds <code>hasSole()</code> and more</strong>: Laravel 12.49.0 introduces the <code>hasSole()</code> collection method, subquery support for <code>whereBetweenColumns()</code>, a fluent <code>preserveKeys()</code> method, and expanded enum support in session and cache methods. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/mWv1N7sg0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>PHP script optimization for 11 million rows</strong>: A PHP developer dramatically improved a script processing 11 million database events from days to seconds by combining SQL inserts, moving calculations to PHP, using raw arrays, and avoiding JSON deserialization. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/oqF9cnFsn" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Apiiro launches AI code security agent</strong>: Apiiro’s Guardian Agent aims to prevent AI coding agents from generating vulnerable code by rewriting developer prompts into secure ones in real-time within IDEs and CLIs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AaMXyHJd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Native CSS is catching up to preprocessors</strong>: Native CSS now includes features like variables, calculations, and nesting, making preprocessors like Sass less necessary, especially when combined with utility-first frameworks like Tailwind CSS. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MBaQzuYbU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>formae IaC platform adds multi-cloud support</strong>: Platform Engineering Labs released beta multi-cloud support for its open-source IaC platform, formae, now including Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and OVHcloud, along with a Plugin SDK for custom extensions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bqzmDPKsL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>CodeQL 2.24.0 supports Swift 6.2 and .NET 10</strong>: CodeQL 2.24.0 adds support for Swift 6.2 and .NET 10/C# 14, improves handling of minified JavaScript, and expands framework coverage for Next.js 16, React hooks, and Python’s <code>compression.zstd</code> library. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/vbDhmAtWr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Privacy-first browser-based developer toolkit</strong>: Privacy-First Toolbox is an open-source collection of 60+ browser-based utilities (image converters, JSON formatters) built with Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, processing files client-side for data privacy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yYtG2YDHU" 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, limited reality</strong>: Google DeepMind launched Project Genie, an ‘experimental web prototype’ that generates ‘infinite, interactive environments’ using the Genie 3 world model. While it’s great for whimsical claymation, it struggles with photorealism and object interaction, and is currently limited to 60-second generations. Google frames this as a step toward AGI and a game prototyping tool, but game developers are already seeing layoffs, with 52% believing AI negatively impacts their field. So, ‘infinite worlds’ for Google, ‘finite jobs’ for everyone else, apparently. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta’s Reality Labs: still burning cash, now with ‘strategic pivots’</strong>: Meta’s Reality Labs reported another $19.2 billion in losses for FY25, bringing its total to a cool $83.6 billion since 2020. CEO Mark Zuckerberg, ever the optimist, declared FY25 the ‘peak losses’ year and announced a ‘strategic shift’ towards glasses and wearables, along with bringing Horizon to mobile. Because nothing says ‘we’ve learned our lesson’ like closing VR studios and cutting staff while pivoting to <em>more</em> hardware and a platform nobody uses. It’s almost like they’re trying to find new ways to lose money, but with AI this time. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta’s AI infrastructure: spending like a small country, for ‘personal superintelligence’</strong>: Meta plans to invest a staggering $115-135 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly doubling last year’s spend. This expenditure, comparable to Kenya’s entire GDP, is supposedly for ‘personal superintelligence’ agents and integrating LLMs with recommendation systems to ‘boost revenue.’ They’re even signing nuclear energy agreements. It’s a bold strategy, Cotton, let’s see if it pays off, or if they just build the world’s most expensive ad-serving machines. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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