<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>New AI models from TII and Intel for reasoning and math</strong>: The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) launched Falcon H1R 7B, a 7-billion parameter model, claiming reasoning performance matching models 2-7x larger, and Falcon-H1-Arabic, an Arabic language model family with extended context windows. Both use a hybrid Transformer-Mamba architecture for efficiency. Separately, Intel’s DeepMath introduces a lightweight agent that improves LLM mathematical reasoning by generating and executing Python scripts, showing significant performance gains on math benchmarks, according to InfoQ. These developments highlight continued advancements in specialized AI capabilities and architectural efficiency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=diITnIiA3&amp;id=2Pl3339VL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OWASP releases security framework for autonomous AI agents</strong>: OWASP has launched its first security framework for autonomous AI agents, the Top 10 for Agentic Applications 2025. This framework addresses critical vulnerabilities like prompt injection, identity abuse, and privilege abuse in agentic AI systems, citing real-world attacks on Microsoft 365 Copilot and ChatGPT. It provides mitigation strategies and signals an increase in bug bounty opportunities for AI agent deployments, reflecting the growing security concerns as these technologies proliferate. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/CPHTOg3z1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS boosts GPU pricing, Gmail drops POP3</strong>: AWS has increased EC2 Capacity Block GPU pricing by about 15%, citing supply and demand, marking its first significant upward price adjustment in two decades. This move could set a precedent for further cloud infrastructure price hikes. Meanwhile, Google will discontinue Gmail’s POP3 mail fetching feature and Gmailify in January 2026, affecting users who consolidate third-party email accounts within Gmail, likely due to security concerns with POP3’s plaintext password transmission. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=hAzXVlWId&amp;id=hVgcMosLT" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>AI is fading into the workflow, driving new devops trends</strong>: AI is moving from experimental chatbots to deeply integrated workflow tools, with new DevOps trends emerging like context engineering, ‘vibe coding’ for single engineers managing entire workflows, and ‘shift-up’ roles where natural language supervision replaces traditional programming, as highlighted by All Things Open and Fatbobman. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=WTOGJgLnn&amp;id=9ShAzhXVM&amp;id=Ez9ZxI3bx&amp;id=JLaF7tZM5&amp;id=ohS8VvGjb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>VLLM semantic router v0.1 iris released for LLM systems</strong>: vLLM Semantic Router v0.1 (Iris) is a new production-ready intelligent routing platform for LLM systems, featuring a Signal-Decision Plugin Chain Architecture for making routing decisions based on six signal types, modular LoRA architecture, and a HaluGate hallucination detection pipeline. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/u850AoltJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Linux GPU drivers get major updates, new AI hardware from AMD and Qualcomm</strong>: Intel is proposing patches for Transparent Hugepages in its Xe Linux kernel driver for better performance, while AMD’s open-source Linux kernel graphics driver patches reveal integration of a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) in upcoming Radeon hardware, and Qualcomm announced Snapdragon X2 Plus laptop chips with 80 TOPS NPU for budget laptops. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0VfxkTPZh&amp;id=NUNdWfc1L&amp;id=lVnDAlEFf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>California’s DROP platform and Debian’s GDPR gaps highlight data privacy pressures</strong>: California’s new DROP platform allows residents to delete personal data from over 545 data brokers with one action, creating compliance challenges for B2B SaaS companies, while Debian currently lacks a Data Protection Team, leaving it unable to address GDPR compliance issues. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=OI1ZmZ9f5&amp;id=kbieqoz62" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New ACME validation method for persistent DNS records</strong>: DNS-PERSIST-01, a new ACME domain validation method, is set for 2026 deployment, allowing domain owners to authorize a Certificate Authority once with a persistent DNS TXT record, simplifying certificate renewals by removing the need for repeated DNS changes. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=088gbJeif&amp;id=yqIOzOa7R" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>SDL 3.4 released with enhanced graphics and PNG support</strong>: SDL 3.4, a cross-platform low-level library used by Valve and thousands of Steam games, has been released with improved GPU and 2D rendering API integration, native PNG support, enhanced Emscripten support, and expanded game controller compatibility. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/KH6fW95E7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Stardew Valley creator donates to MonoGame framework</strong>: Eric Barone, creator of Stardew Valley, donated $125,000 to MonoGame, the open-source C# framework that has powered his game since 2021, and pledged ongoing monthly support to ensure its viability and enable improvements like accessing more than 4GB of RAM for mods. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/HTxoM5V95" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft CEO’s AI advocacy sparks ‘microslop’ backlash</strong>: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s recent blog post defending increased AI adoption for 2026, urging a move ‘beyond arguments of slop vs sophistication,’ was met with widespread backlash. Social media users, who apparently have nothing better to do, made ‘Microslop’ trend on Twitter, criticizing Microsoft’s AI focus amidst unresolved Windows 11 issues and rising RAM prices. Because, clearly, the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company should be personally fixing your Windows bugs instead of, you know, setting strategic direction. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0gQQISDHu" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI pilot projects: 95% failure rate, but let’s keep trying!</strong>: Apparently, 95% of generative AI pilot projects fail to deliver measurable business impact, joining the illustrious ranks of blockchain, metaverse, and NFTs in the ‘overhyped and underperforming’ club. The reasons? Security friction, workflow gaps, lack of observability, and those pesky high GPU costs. But don’t worry, the solution is to just ‘focus on technology adoption that directly solves identified business problems,’ which, you know, is exactly what everyone was doing with blockchain and NFTs, right? It’s almost like chasing buzzwords without a clear ROI is a bad idea. Who knew? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=k0ZafiUw8&amp;id=wC2JD8ghw" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>CES 2026: more smart home gadgets you don’t need</strong>: CES 2026 is here, bringing us groundbreaking innovations like Samsung’s voice-activated fridge doors (because pushing a button is too much effort), LG’s CLOiD home robot (which will totally fold your laundry, eventually), and Xthings’ Ultraloq Bolt Sense smart lock with palm vein authentication (because fingerprints are so last year). And let’s not forget the Lego Smart Brick with embedded computers and Bluetooth mesh networking, because what every child needs is a Lego brick that can communicate its position and orientation. Truly, the future is now, and it’s mostly about making simple tasks unnecessarily complex. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=AGq2Dm1ig&amp;id=nAteRrqnl&amp;id=0UNnKMG6q&amp;id=fBSGmmeof&amp;id=m8e7T4TlI" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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