<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Musk’s companies exploring massive mergers</strong>: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, xAI, and potentially Tesla are in early discussions to merge, aiming to create a trillion-dollar super-company. The proposed consolidation, which could involve SpaceX and xAI before SpaceX’s IPO, seeks to combine rockets, satellites, AI, and electric vehicles. A key driver is the plan for space-based AI data centers to reduce model training costs, 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>Kubernetes RCE flaw identified, fix delayed</strong>: Edera Advisory discovered 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 a fix is slated for Kubernetes 1.36, expected in April 2025, many production clusters will take months or years to update, leaving them vulnerable. Organizations should scan for RCE attempts and implement fine-grained authorization controls to mitigate risk, as reported by Edera Advisory. <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 and in-house Maia 200</strong>: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers, claiming superior performance over competitors. Despite this, 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 by Satya Nadella. <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>Meta escalates AI infrastructure investment</strong>: Meta plans to invest $115-135 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly doubling its 2025 investment, to support Superintelligence Labs and integrate large language models with recommendation systems across its platforms. <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 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 <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a>’s expertise 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>Google DeepMind launches Project Genie AI world generator</strong>: Google DeepMind launched Project Genie, an experimental web prototype powered by the Genie 3 world model, capable of generating infinite, interactive environments in real-time using text and image prompts for Google AI Ultra subscribers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Container security practices show significant gaps</strong>: A BellSoft survey revealed that 23% of respondents experienced container-related security incidents in the past year, with human error being the primary cause for 62% of mistakes, and a preference for performance over security in base image selection. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/I55IVTrKU" 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 launched native Linux PC support in beta, offering up to 5K resolution at 120fps or 1080p at 360fps 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>formae IaC platform adds multi-cloud support and Plugin SDK</strong>: Platform Engineering Labs announced beta multi-cloud support for its open-source IaC platform, formae, now including Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and OVHcloud, alongside 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>Cloudflare introduces vertical microfrontends</strong>: Cloudflare introduced a Vertical Microfrontends template, allowing teams to deploy independent Workers under a single domain, each owning complete vertical slices by URL path, using service bindings for routing and CSS View Transitions for seamless navigation. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/P9DkFofPp" 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 operational losses for FY25, bringing total losses to a cool $83.6 billion since 2020. Mark Zuckerberg, ever the optimist, claims FY25 will be ‘peak losses’ and announced a strategic pivot to ‘glasses and wearables’ with AI integration. Because nothing says ‘we learned our lesson’ like throwing more money at a slightly different flavor of the same money pit, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI coding agents: the new security nightmare</strong>: Apiiro launched ‘Guardian Agent’ to prevent AI coding agents from generating vulnerable code, claiming enterprises generate 4x more code and expand attack surfaces 6x after adopting AI. Apparently, developers are blissfully unaware of the security holes their AI buddies are churning out. So, we’re now building AI to fix the security problems created by other AI. What could possibly go wrong? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AaMXyHJd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Game industry layoffs up, AI adoption up, developer sentiment down</strong>: The 2026 GDC report shows game industry layoffs increased to 17%, while generative AI adoption grew to 36%. Yet, 52% of respondents believe generative AI harms the industry, up from 30% last year. So, companies are laying off people, adopting AI, and developers are increasingly convinced AI is bad for them. Sounds like a perfectly healthy ecosystem, doesn’t it? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/REyf1LA3H" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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