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<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Apple partners with Google for AI features</strong>: Apple has inked a multi-year, non-exclusive deal to integrate Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud infrastructure into Siri and other AI features. This partnership, reportedly costing Apple around $1 billion annually, follows Apple’s evaluation of models from OpenAI and Anthropic. The revamped Siri, powered by Gemini, is expected to launch later in 2026, with Apple emphasizing its commitment to privacy despite leveraging Google’s external infrastructure, as reported by multiple tech outlets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/joVK7B34Z" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Hyperscale AI data centers drive energy demand</strong>: The rapid expansion of hyperscale AI data centers, housing hundreds of thousands of GPUs, is creating an unprecedented demand for electricity, with each facility requiring over a gigawatt. Major tech companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are investing hundreds of billions, leading to increased energy prices, water shortages, and noise pollution in surrounding communities. This surge is also accelerating interest in advanced nuclear options like small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the growing energy needs, according to industry reports. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=bf0xB32y7&amp;id=qk040xtMi" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Microsoft retires MDT, pushes cloud-dependent deployment</strong>: Microsoft has abruptly retired the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), ending support for the 20-year-old tool that offered independent Windows deployment automation. This move, without a transition period, forces users towards more complex, cloud-integrated solutions like Windows Autopilot or Configuration Manager OSD. Critics argue this leaves organizations exposed to security risks and increases dependency on Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem, as highlighted by user feedback and tech news outlets. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=0sSu27x90&amp;id=8WMJpirC0" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li><strong>Anthropic launches agentic AI for file management</strong>: Anthropic introduced Cowork, a research preview feature for Claude Max subscribers on macOS, enabling Claude to autonomously read, edit, and create files within specified folders via a chat interface, targeting non-technical users for routine digital organization. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/TLkxIySjV" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AWS revamps CloudWatch for unified observability</strong>: AWS has transformed CloudWatch into a unified observability platform, consolidating operational, security, and compliance logs across accounts, supporting OCSF and OpenTelemetry, and offering natural language queries, positioning it as a cost-effective alternative to Splunk and Datadog for AWS-centric organizations. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=Z4eMJMdxN&amp;id=zvwEY7IEt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Kubernetes v1.35 enhances scheduling and workload API</strong>: Kubernetes v1.35 introduces workload-aware scheduling, a new Workload API, and gang scheduling to prevent partial resource usage and deadlocks, alongside improvements in service account token handling and mutable PersistentVolume node affinity. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=R6fTuHjeX&amp;id=zTULpLxtX" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>MuddyWater APT deploys new Rust-based malware</strong>: The Iran-linked MuddyWater APT group is using a new Rust-based malware, RustyWater, in espionage campaigns targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom organizations, primarily in the Middle East, marking a shift from their traditional PowerShell tools. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xFuCzijpN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>GoBruteforcer botnet targets crypto projects</strong>: The GoBruteforcer botnet, written in Golang, is actively targeting Linux servers and cryptocurrency infrastructure, exploiting weak or default credentials often found in LLM-generated code and public tutorials, with a focus on TRON blockchain addresses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/nO4oxH8nA" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Laravel introduces AI-assisted development documentation</strong>: Laravel 12.x now includes official AI Assisted Development documentation and the Boost toolset, designed to help AI understand and manipulate Laravel applications through read-only access to configurations, routes, schemas, and documentation, aiming for developer productivity gains. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=12lyQYsSm&amp;id=Y3JXeC4bN" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Quantum computing collaborations and funding continue</strong>: Yaqumo Inc. and Entropica Labs are collaborating on fault-tolerant quantum computing, while the U.S. Department of Energy renewed $125 million in funding for the Quantum Science Center, with Los Alamos National Laboratory focusing on quantum-accelerated high-performance computing and hybrid algorithms. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=RJQpqPS0D&amp;id=oB09yIutg&amp;id=ueaAetsBc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>AI agents: the new security nightmare</strong>: Apparently, AI agents are so smart they’ve created ‘new safety and security challenges’ that traditional controls can’t handle. We’re now talking about ‘semantic/intent-based attacks’ and ‘zero-click exploits’ that lead to ‘large-scale compromise and data theft.’ So, while 73% of organizations are jumping on the GenAI bandwagon, only 4% have a ‘mature’ security posture. Good to know we’re all just winging it with these super-intelligent, potentially malicious digital assistants, as reported by various security firms. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=CuSSpmwf6&amp;id=EDYtMcTfL&amp;id=JuPUyAfNx" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI code generation: cheap code, expensive problems</strong>: LLM tools like Claude Code make code generation ‘fast and accessible,’ even for ‘non-developers.’ Great! Except, building reliable, maintainable, and scalable software is still ‘expensive and requires significant expertise.’ Salesforce even laid off 4,000 experienced staff to replace them with AI, only to reverse course three months later because the AI ‘failed to match the reliability and effectiveness of human expertise.’ Who would’ve thought that ‘vibe coding’ wouldn’t cut it for enterprise-grade software? This is according to multiple industry analyses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=BCKlippws&amp;id=aKgPqgLac" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>India wants your smartphone’s source code, but not really</strong>: India has proposed 83 new security standards for smartphone manufacturers, including demands for source code access and 12-month device log retention. Naturally, Apple, Samsung, and Google are resisting, citing ‘proprietary technology’ and ‘excessive compliance burdens.’ The Indian IT ministry publicly denies seeking source code, calling Reuters’ reporting ‘inaccurate,’ even though government documents reportedly show explicit requirements. It’s a classic ‘trust us, but also give us everything’ scenario, with no other government globally making such demands. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/C0BEamxdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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