<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Musk’s companies eye massive merger for space-based AI</strong>: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, xAI, and potentially Tesla are in early talks to merge, aiming to create a trillion-dollar super-company. The primary driver for this consolidation appears to be the ambitious plan to build space-based AI data centers, powered by solar energy, to drastically cut AI model training costs. This move, reported by multiple sources, could also strengthen Pentagon contracts and military AI integration, though building data centers in space is noted as a risky proposition given AI’s rapid evolution. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wMYF638eZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google DeepMind launches Project Genie AI world generator</strong>: Google DeepMind has unveiled Project Genie, an experimental web prototype powered by the Genie 3 world model, capable of generating interactive environments in real-time. While it excels at whimsical styles like claymation and anime, it struggles with photorealism and object interaction, according to #cXEPGpaCA. Google frames it as a step toward AGI and a game prototyping tool, but the gaming industry is wary, with 52% of developers now believing AI negatively impacts their field, as reported by #5WiIjyYNP. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" 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 months or years to update, leaving them vulnerable. Organizations are advised to scan for RCE attempts and implement fine-grained authorization controls to mitigate this significant risk. <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>Meta’s AI infrastructure investment skyrockets</strong>: Meta plans to invest a staggering $115-135 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly doubling its 2025 investment, to support its Superintelligence Labs and develop ‘personal superintelligence’ agents. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<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 to $2 billion, strengthening its AI hardware capabilities with technology specializing in whispered speech recognition and audio enhancement for products like AirPods and Vision Pro. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PknWg8Xks" 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, 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>Google Cloud brings conversational analytics to BigQuery</strong>: Google Cloud has launched Conversational Analytics in BigQuery (preview), an AI-powered agent integrated into BigQuery Studio that uses Gemini models to enable natural language data analysis, 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>Apiiro launches Guardian Agent for AI code security</strong>: Apiiro introduced Guardian Agent, an AI security tool that rewrites developer prompts into secure ones in real-time within IDEs and CLIs, aiming to prevent AI coding agents from generating vulnerable code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AaMXyHJd" 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 up to 5K at 120fps 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>Laravel 12.49.0 adds <code>hasSole()</code> and subquery support</strong>: Laravel 12.49.0 introduces the <code>hasSole()</code> collection method for checking unique matches, adds subquery support for <code>whereBetweenColumns()</code>, and includes a fluent <code>preserveKeys()</code> method for resource collections. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/mWv1N7sg0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Meta’s Reality Labs still bleeding money, pivots to ‘wearables’</strong>: Meta’s Reality Labs reported another $19.2 billion in losses for FY25, bringing its total losses to $83.6 billion since 2020. Mark Zuckerberg, ever the optimist, now claims FY25 will be ‘peak losses’ and is pivoting the division to ‘glasses and wearables’ with AI integration. Because clearly, throwing more money at a problem and slapping ‘AI’ on it is the ultimate solution, as reported by Meta’s official statements. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GDC organizers in denial about attendance</strong>: GDC organizers are confidently stating attendance is ‘tracking in line with expectations’ and they ‘haven’t seen cancellations reflected in ticket sales yet.’ This is despite many international developers expressing reluctance due to US immigration concerns and confirmed non-attendance from UK and European publishers. It seems GDC’s optimism is as robust as a game developer’s work-life balance, as noted by various industry reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/dX5Rur1jC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI’s Prism: more ‘AI slop’ for scientific research</strong>: OpenAI launched Prism, a free AI-powered workspace integrating GPT-5.2 with LaTeX for scientific writing, which is apparently designed to help researchers draft papers and generate citations. Critics are already worried it will accelerate the flood of low-quality, AI-generated papers, overwhelming peer review systems. Because what the scientific community really needs is more polished garbage, as reported by Ars Technica. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Rz7pKpx22" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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