<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Mistral Forge challenges OpenAI with full model training</strong>: Mistral announced Forge at Nvidia GTC, an enterprise platform that allows companies to train custom AI models from scratch using proprietary data rather than just relying on RAG or fine-tuning. The platform targets high-stakes sectors like government and finance, offering ‘agent-first’ pipelines where autonomous agents manage training jobs using natural language. Early partners include the European Space Agency and ASML, signaling a shift toward deep model ownership for the enterprise. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/6pejPwPmX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GNOME 50 Tokyo drops X11 and mandates Wayland</strong>: The latest GNOME release marks a definitive end to X11 support, transitioning entirely to a Wayland-only architecture. Key technical updates include official fractional scaling, Variable Refresh Rate support enabled by default, and significant NVIDIA performance fixes via enhanced frame scheduling. This version will be the default for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44, pushing the Linux desktop ecosystem toward modern display protocols. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Xg0Exf55t" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft reshuffles AI leadership as Copilot growth stalls</strong>: Mustafa Suleyman is stepping back from overseeing Copilot to lead a new five-year superintelligence initiative focused on world-class model development. Jacob Andreou now takes the reins of Copilot, reporting directly to Satya Nadella, as the product struggles to achieve significant market impact despite aggressive integration. This move follows multiple rounds of layoffs and a temporary pause on automatic Copilot deployments for Microsoft 365 users due to IT admin backlash. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=jTMZOA2Fr&amp;id=w3Je7Auua" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Fedora Asahi Remix 43 brings Linux to M1 and M2 Mac Pro models</strong>: The release includes KDE Plasma 6.6, 120Hz support for MacBook Pros, and microphone functionality for M2 Pro/Max chips. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/585WUMr9y" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Firefox 149 integrates a free 50GB browser VPN</strong>: Launching March 24, the built-in VPN uses Mozilla’s own servers to protect browser-only traffic in the US, UK, France, and Germany. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nPBbJz5BW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Stripe and Tempo launch Machine Payments Protocol for AI agents</strong>: The new open standard enables autonomous agents to handle microtransactions and recurring payments without human intervention. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/4ahl3L1s9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Bun v1.3.11 adds native OS cron job scheduling</strong>: The update introduces Bun.cron for cross-platform task scheduling and fixes critical bugs in HTTP/2 and Windows ARM64 shims. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DuG54Q8tB" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Zeroboot enables sub millisecond VM sandboxing for agents</strong>: The open-source project uses Firecracker and copy-on-write forking to launch isolated KVM sandboxes in under 0.8ms. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/0KZTYS81s" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>WordPress 7.0 standardizes AI integration with Connectors API</strong>: The new API provides a unified framework for managing keys and discovering providers like Anthropic and OpenAI within the CMS. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/6us9IvcEV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Mastercard acquires stablecoin firm BVNK for 1.8 billion dollars</strong>: The deal accelerates Mastercard’s entry into blockchain-based cross-border remittances and business-to-business payments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iSeQmqe4L" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>The 200,000 dollar AGI hackathon is just a taxonomy exercise</strong>: Google DeepMind is offering six figures for people to help them define ‘metacognition’ and ‘social cognition’ in AI. It’s a classic move: when you can’t actually build AGI, you spend a fortune on a Kaggle contest to build a ‘cognitive taxonomy’ so you can move the goalposts later. It’s essentially paying the community to help them figure out what they’re even trying to build. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/fQqO6quTV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Alibaba Cloud blames the AI boogeyman for 34 percent price hikes</strong>: Alibaba is jacking up prices for GPU instances by a third, citing ‘global AI demand’ and ‘supply chain costs.’ This is pure opportunism from a provider that previously bragged about its superior resource efficiency and custom silicon. Apparently, ‘efficiency’ in the cloud world means rationing access to the highest bidders while the rest of us pay a 5% ‘standard compute’ tax for the privilege. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/8JNWgjxHp" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The 1.7 billion dollar leaderboard that everyone is gaming</strong>: Arena, the ‘hard-to-game’ LLM leaderboard, is now a UC Berkeley spinout valued at nearly two billion dollars. It’s a brilliant business model: get funded by OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to tell the world which of their models is the best this week. It’s not a benchmark; it’s a high-stakes popularity contest where the judges are also the sponsors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cfcvH5CLm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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