<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 talks to merge, aiming to create a trillion-dollar super-company. The primary goal appears to be consolidating rockets, satellites, AI, and electric vehicles, with a key rationale being the development of space-based AI data centers to cut training costs. This comes as SpaceX plans an IPO, potentially as early as this year, according to TechCrunch. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=wMYF638eZ&amp;id=n9USqOv7M" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft’s Xbox division takes a hit</strong>: While Microsoft’s overall revenue surged, its Xbox gaming division saw significant declines in Q2 FY26, with console sales dropping 32% and gaming revenue down 9% year-over-year. This marks the sixth consecutive year of declining console sales, following price increases for Game Pass and consoles, and multiple rounds of layoffs and studio closures throughout 2025. Despite these setbacks, Microsoft expects Game Pass growth to partially offset future declines. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uKbAAElcM" 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 could allow remote code execution (RCE) in any container on a node. The vulnerability stems from commonly used <code>nodes/proxy GET</code> permissions, posing a significant risk if monitoring tools or network overlays are compromised. While a fix is slated for Kubernetes 1.36, many production clusters may not update for months or even years, necessitating immediate mitigation strategies like 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>Meta’s AI infrastructure spending skyrockets</strong>: Meta plans to nearly double its AI infrastructure investment to $115-135 billion in 2026, focusing on Superintelligence Labs and ‘personal superintelligence’ agents, while also signing nuclear energy agreements to power future data centers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Apple acquires audio AI startup</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, bringing in expertise in whispered speech recognition and audio enhancement, likely to bolster AirPods and Vision Pro capabilities. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PknWg8Xks" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft deploys in-house AI chip</strong>: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers, claiming superior performance over competitors, but will continue purchasing 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 AI to BigQuery</strong>: Google Cloud launched Conversational Analytics in BigQuery, an AI-powered agent that uses Gemini models to enable natural language data analysis, generating and executing SQL queries without users needing to write code. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2YKMeABdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Apiiro launches AI code security tool</strong>: Apiiro released Guardian Agent, an AI security tool designed to prevent AI coding agents from generating vulnerable code by rewriting developer prompts 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>NVIDIA GeForce NOW now on Linux</strong>: NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service launched native Linux PC support in beta, offering RTX performance streaming up to 5K resolution at 120fps on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RB8XUehQ7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Container security still a mess</strong>: A BellSoft survey reveals nearly a quarter of developers experienced container-related security incidents, with human error being the primary cause, and many organizations prioritizing performance over security when choosing base images. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/I55IVTrKU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Google’s ‘infinite’ AI world generator</strong>: Google DeepMind launched Project Genie, an ‘experimental web prototype’ that supposedly generates ‘infinite, interactive environments’ in real-time. While Google frames it as a step toward AGI and a game prototyping tool, sources like #cXEPGpaCA note it struggles with photorealism and object interaction, and has a 60-second generation cap. So, ‘infinite’ with a timer, got it. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta’s Reality Labs still bleeding money</strong>: Meta’s Reality Labs reported another $19.2 billion in operational losses for FY25, bringing its total losses to a cool $83.6 billion since 2020. Mark Zuckerberg, ever the optimist, expects FY25 to be ‘peak losses’ as they pivot to AI-integrated wearables. Sure, just keep throwing money at it, eventually something will stick, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ALCffHVkc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GDC organizers are ‘tracking in line with expectations’</strong>: Despite reports of international developers skipping GDC due to US immigration concerns and confirmed non-attendance from UK/European publishers, GDC organizers claim attendance is ‘tracking in line with expectations.’ They also haven’t ‘seen cancellations reflected in ticket sales yet.’ Must be nice to live in a world where reality doesn’t impact your expectations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=dX5Rur1jC&amp;id=REyf1LA3H" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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