<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Motorola and GrapheneOS partner for privacy</strong>: Motorola is teaming up with the GrapheneOS Foundation to bring the hardened, privacy-focused Android operating system to its flagship devices like the Razr and ThinkPhone starting in 2027. This marks the first time a major manufacturer has officially supported GrapheneOS, which was previously limited to Google Pixel hardware. While current Motorola phones don’t yet meet the strict hardware security requirements, the partnership aims to bridge that gap for enterprise and government buyers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/InYjzvxra" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cyber threats escalate amid Middle East tensions</strong>: The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and security firm SentinelOne are warning organizations to harden their defenses as Iranian state-aligned cyber activity intensifies. While direct threats to the UK remain low, any organization with regional ties is at risk of wiper malware, infrastructure disruption, and sophisticated phishing campaigns. Experts recommend auditing all internet-exposed assets and treating any claims of successful attacks on social media with extreme skepticism. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/1ChXx41Ct" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI agents are taking over the office</strong>: New data from Stripe and Jefferies shows AI agents are now capable of autonomously completing 92% of real-world API integrations and slashing research tasks from weeks to minutes. Major players like Google and Postman are launching new toolkits to help these agents navigate corporate data and codebases more effectively. However, early adopters warn that while productivity is up, the human cost is rising as engineers face higher cognitive loads and fatigue from managing these autonomous systems. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0WS6eeeYL&amp;id=4By6NwmBB&amp;id=Cb4G1PTli&amp;id=DXaRPn5u9&amp;id=OPb6cuaH2&amp;id=Ohlum3qh6&amp;id=PRvGHydkW&amp;id=TY9kcpwXm" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple refreshes iPad Air with M4 power</strong>: The new iPad Air starts at $599 and features the M4 chip, making it significantly faster than previous models for on-device AI tasks. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=JiFSBsNyC&amp;id=MBNK9L9FC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>OpenAI strikes a deal with the Pentagon</strong>: OpenAI will allow the US military to use its AI for classified work, provided it isn’t used for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=WNUStVFJw&amp;id=YzS181cNy" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>DDR5 RAM prices set to skyrocket</strong>: Scalping bots are aggressively targeting the DDR5 supply chain, with prices expected to double this quarter due to AI infrastructure demand. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=FguvJtzTY&amp;id=rnH6nALwy&amp;id=vtIrb0DTU&amp;id=xW6jc9SaR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>South Korean tax agency leaks crypto seed phrase</strong>: A press photo of a tax evasion bust accidentally included a wallet seed phrase, leading to the immediate theft of $4.8 million in tokens. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/EXddY4TNt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Amazon satellites to power rural 5G</strong>: Vodafone is using Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network to bring high-speed mobile connectivity to remote areas in Europe and Africa. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=40QcUY1WH&amp;id=DdIp4pXYK&amp;id=zgjr089j8" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google AI Overviews are surfacing scam numbers</strong>: Scammers are planting fake contact numbers on low-profile sites that Google’s AI then helpfully provides to users looking for customer support. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=K2gzUHaRE&amp;id=LVFsVyPGh&amp;id=dFiCxvS1Q&amp;id=irJq1Tshh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Mercury 2 model claims 1000 tokens per second</strong>: Inception Labs launched a new diffusion-based AI model that generates text up to 10 times faster than current industry leaders. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Vqh5XymdW&amp;id=X9MtYJ6uL&amp;id=XN8gJNuhc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>The fake critics of Metacritic</strong>: Metacritic had to scrub reviews from ‘Videogamer’ after realizing the publication replaced its laid-off staff with AI personas like ‘Brian Merrygold,’ whose profile picture was literally named ChatGPT-Image. It turns out that when you fire all your humans, the ‘critics’ you replace them with tend to lack a pulse and a valid opinion. Metacritic has severed ties, proving that even in 2026, people still prefer their reviews written by someone who actually played the game. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/3uOO98HUG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Atlassian claims a 60 minute meeting fixes AI alignment</strong>: Atlassian’s ‘Teamwork Lab’ is boasting that a single one-hour retrospective can increase AI alignment by 34%, a suspiciously specific number derived from their own internal experiment. They suggest that ‘socializing AI learning’ is the magic bullet, ignoring the reality that most employees are just trying to figure out if the chatbot is going to replace them. It’s a classic case of a software vendor inventing a ‘ritual’ to make their product seem more essential to corporate culture. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/s9jeiAAAG" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>The myth of the 1-pizza team</strong>: Hype-merchants are pushing the idea of ‘1-pizza teams’—tiny groups enabled by AI to do the work of dozens—while conveniently ignoring the massive burnout reported by actual engineers. Studies from Harvard and Wharton show that while AI helps you do more, it actually increases cognitive load and fatigue because you’re now ‘orchestrating’ instead of just ‘doing.’ Calling it efficiency is a stretch when you’re just trading human sanity for a slightly faster Jira ticket closure rate. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=8xZMOicbk&amp;id=YVSjgbrYH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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