<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple M5 chips arrive amid global RAM shortage</strong>: Apple announced new MacBook Air and Pro models featuring the M5 chip family, claiming up to 4x faster AI performance for LLM processing and image generation. The Pro models utilize a new Fusion Architecture merging two dies into a single SoC, though prices have increased by up to $400 due to surging global demand for AI-grade RAM. Asahi Linux developers note that native Linux support for these new chips is likely years away given the current state of M3/M4 drivers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/FGAdSpUhd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>North Korean StegaBin campaign targets developer environments</strong>: The Lazarus-linked group Famous Chollima is deploying 26 malicious npm packages that typosquat popular libraries to deliver a multi-stage infostealer. Dubbed StegaBin, the attack uses Pastebin steganography to hide command-and-control infrastructure and specifically targets SSH keys, VS Code configurations, and cryptocurrency wallets. Developers on Linux, Windows, and macOS are at risk, with a particular focus on those working in Web3 and financial sectors. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/QDsiIqiel" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google Chrome shifts to fortnightly release cycle</strong>: Starting September 2026 with version 153, Google Chrome will move from a four-week to a two-week stable release cadence for desktop and mobile. This accelerated schedule aims to ship security fixes and web platform capabilities faster to compete with emerging ‘agentic’ AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. While enterprise users can remain on an eight-week extended cycle, Google recommends the fortnightly channel for security-sensitive environments. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/SAMWZskhL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Unity Asset Store to delist all Greater China publishers by 2026</strong>: Unity is severing ties with publishers in China, Hong Kong, and Macau due to a codebase schism between the global engine and the localized ‘Unity China’ fork. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/HcJsvKbOc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Google patches critical SSRF and header injection in Angular SSR</strong>: The vulnerabilities allow attackers to steal authorization headers or access internal services by exploiting flawed URL reconstruction logic in Server-Side Rendering. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uyb72ug6C" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Helm 4 adopts WebAssembly for plugin isolation</strong>: The new Wasm-based system replaces the legacy Helm 3 model, offering better cross-architecture portability and up to 40% lower latency. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/W9pY3Qv5R" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust iterator abstraction causes 60x performance hit in Turbopuffer</strong>: A deep dive revealed that ‘zero-cost’ recursive next() calls prevented compiler vectorization, requiring a shift to batched iterators for a 60x speedup. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/U3pwVYd72" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Laravel Cloud launches programmable API and CLI</strong>: The new API allows for programmatic management of deployments and resources, specifically designed to enable AI agents to provision infrastructure. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BrFOlId9r&amp;id=VdpPnPzs7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js 25.8.0 adds SQLite limits and permission auditing</strong>: The latest release introduces a --permission-audit flag and exposes worker IDs in the test runner to improve concurrent execution tracking. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RjnXphTRh" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Tech publications lose 58 percent of search traffic to AI overviews</strong>: Data shows major tech sites like The Verge and ZDNet have seen massive traffic drops as Google’s AI Overviews directly answer how-to queries. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/WJtfKmFcP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>The two tier valuation shell game for AI unicorns</strong>: Startups like Aaru and Serval are using ‘headline’ valuations of $1B to lure talent while lead VCs actually buy in at less than half that price. It is a desperate attempt to maintain the illusion of unicorn status in a tightening market, creating a massive debt trap for future funding rounds. This mirrors the exact same ‘fake it till you make it’ patterns seen right before the last three tech bubbles burst. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/cRCbCFvQ5" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Cognition Lab claims the death of the human DevOps engineer</strong>: The creators of the Devin AI agent are now shouting that human DevOps engineers are ‘the exception rather than the default’ because their bot is so good. It is a classic case of a startup grading its own homework using junior-level benchmarks to justify replacing entire departments. In reality, most teams are just finding that AI generates ‘slop’ faster than humans can review it, creating a denial-of-service attack on senior engineers’ attention. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=LfBawqtwk&amp;id=q7ODcgpTd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Floating wind turbine data centers are the new NIMBY solution</strong>: Startup Aikido Technologies wants to stuff data centers into the ballast tanks of offshore wind turbines to avoid land-use complaints. They claim the cold ocean water provides ‘free’ cooling, conveniently ignoring the nightmare of salt-water corrosion, underwater sabotage risks, and the environmental impact of dumping heat into the North Sea. It is a high-seas engineering fantasy designed to distract from the fact that we still haven’t solved the basic power density problem on land. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/WmjXhKLWe" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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