<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Musk’s companies eye massive merger for AI and space dominance</strong>: Elon Musk’s companies, including SpaceX, xAI, and potentially Tesla, are reportedly in early merger discussions to form a trillion-dollar super-company. The primary scenarios involve SpaceX merging with Tesla or SpaceX combining with xAI, with the latter aiming to consolidate Grok chatbot, X platform, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets. This consolidation is driven by plans for space-based AI data centers to reduce AI model training costs and strengthen Pentagon contracts, according to various reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wMYF638eZ" 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 billion to nearly $2 billion. <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a> specializes in machine learning for audio, including whispered speech recognition and audio enhancement in challenging environments, and holds patents for technology detecting speech via facial micromovements. This acquisition is expected to bolster Apple’s AI hardware capabilities, particularly for products like AirPods and Vision Pro, as Apple continues to compete in the AI race. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PknWg8Xks" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<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. This massive expenditure, comparable to Kenya’s GDP, is aimed at supporting Meta’s Superintelligence Labs and developing “personal superintelligence” agents. Mark Zuckerberg intends to integrate large language models with recommendation systems across Facebook, Instagram, and ad platforms to boost revenue, with the company already doubling GPUs for its generative ads model in Q4 2025. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Google DeepMind launches AI world generator</strong>: Google DeepMind launched Project Genie, an experimental web prototype powered by the Genie 3 world model, allowing users to generate and explore interactive environments using text and image prompts. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Xbox gaming division sees significant declines</strong>: Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division reported significant declines in Q2 FY26, with console sales down 32% and overall gaming revenue dropping 9% year-over-year, marking the sixth consecutive year of declining console sales. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uKbAAElcM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes RCE flaw identified</strong>: A critical design flaw in Kubernetes was identified by Edera Advisory, allowing remote code execution (RCE) in any container on a node via commonly used <code>nodes/proxy GET</code> permissions, though a fix is slated for Kubernetes 1.36. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/phMyeDnVg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google Cloud brings conversational AI to BigQuery</strong>: Google Cloud launched Conversational Analytics in BigQuery (preview), an AI-powered agent integrated into BigQuery Studio that enables natural language data analysis without requiring SQL knowledge. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2YKMeABdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft deploys in-house AI chip while still buying from Nvidia</strong>: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers, claiming superior performance over competitors, but 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>Apiiro launches AI code security agent</strong>: Apiiro launched Guardian Agent, an AI security tool designed 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>Meta Reality Labs reports massive losses, shifts focus to wearables</strong>: Meta’s Reality Labs division reported $19.2 billion in operational losses for FY25, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a strategic shift towards glasses and wearables, expecting FY25 to be the peak loss year. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Container security: still a dumpster fire</strong>: A BellSoft survey found that nearly a quarter of developers experienced container-related security incidents last year, with human error being the primary cause. Despite this, 86% of organizations prioritize performance over security when choosing base images, and only 43% use vulnerability scanning tools. So, we’re still building fast and breaking things, just now with more containers and less security. What could go wrong? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/I55IVTrKU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Game industry layoffs and AI concerns, but GDC is ‘optimistic’</strong>: The 2026 GDC State of the Industry Report reveals that 33% of US game workers were laid off in the past two years, and 52% of respondents believe generative AI harms the industry. Yet, GDC organizers are optimistically reporting attendance is “tracking in line with expectations” despite confirmed non-attendance from UK and European publishers. It seems the industry is in a state of denial, or perhaps they’re just hoping AI will fill the empty seats. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=REyf1LA3H&amp;id=dX5Rur1jC&amp;id=oGEUIr93w" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-generated code now powering crypto pump and dump schemes</strong>: Apparently, some developers are using AI to generate barely functional code for “pump and dump” crypto scams, hyping projects with astroturfing and tokens before abandoning them. This is the pinnacle of innovation, folks: using advanced AI to automate the age-old practice of fleecing gullible investors. Who needs real products when you have AI-generated hype and crypto tokens? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=f4e21BWnt&amp;id=u5ZNIwu0E" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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