<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li><strong>Microsoft faces backlash over AI data centers</strong>: Microsoft is responding to public opposition against its AI data center expansion by pledging to cover full electricity grid costs, minimize water usage, and create local jobs. This ‘community-first’ approach comes after protests in 24 states and the withdrawal from a Wisconsin project, as reported by multiple sources. The company aims to retain public trust amidst projections that global data center electricity demand will more than double by 2030, according to the IEA. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jqtBl3Jnb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Critical Windows 0-day actively exploited</strong>: Microsoft has released an urgent patch for CVE-2026-20805, an information disclosure vulnerability in Windows that is already being actively exploited. This flaw could allow attackers to leak memory addresses, potentially bypassing ASLR as part of larger attack chains. CISA has added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, mandating federal agencies patch by February 3rd, emphasizing the immediate risk. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/Kwy6WAbQP" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Iran shuts down internet during protests</strong>: Iran implemented a nationwide internet shutdown starting January 8, 2026, coinciding with widespread protests. Cloudflare Radar data, a highly reliable technical source, recorded a near-zero drop in internet traffic and a 98.5% reduction in announced IPv6 address space. This technical action suggests deliberate control and censorship during civil unrest. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/qK9rDriVO" 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 invests in Python open source security</strong>: Anthropic is committing $1.5 million over two years to the Python Software Foundation to enhance security across the Python ecosystem, focusing on CPython and PyPI, including automated malware detection. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/yCHi0TB7q" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>New Linux Mint release focuses on GUI and tools</strong>: Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” has been released with a redesigned, customizable application menu, an on-screen keyboard, enhanced Wayland support, and new system information and administration tools. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/ecK1ViBJk" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Node.js releases security fixes</strong>: Node.js versions 20.20.0 (LTS) and 25.3.0 (Current) have been released with security fixes addressing multiple CVEs, including improved error handling and stricter permission checks for symlink APIs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/DwsoMgMKH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Advanced Linux malware targets cloud and containers</strong>: Check Point Research identified VoidLink, an advanced malware framework written in Zig, designed to target Linux cloud and container environments like Docker and Kubernetes with modular plugins for credential harvesting and evasion. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uJaIfhgHH" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Meta closes VR studios, shifts to AI glasses</strong>: Meta is closing three VR studios and laying off about 10% of its Reality Labs staff, pivoting its strategy from metaverse/VR initiatives to focus on AI glasses and wearable technology after significant financial losses. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/7ystcAQPc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Quantum technology security and commercial developments accelerate</strong>: Penn State researchers highlight security vulnerabilities in cloud-based quantum computers, while IBM announces early cloud availability of its 120-qubit Nighthawk processor, and New York plans to expand quantum commercialization hubs. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=JmIuGeLwy&amp;id=MkzC4PEYB&amp;id=QPb7M1IyK&amp;id=dtnIdUSBt&amp;id=f8i188R5R&amp;id=hhNibwkwa&amp;id=yjM5va3Id&amp;id=Lx6jVDI9P&amp;id=RONvWGnCv&amp;id=bD5nKoPwD" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Rust in production for smart door locks</strong>: Achilles has been using Rust for 4-5 years in production for smart door lock firmware, leveraging its safety features, efficient code size, and the Embassy async runtime for interrupt-driven programming on 25,000 deployed devices. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=SVl4BYYw0&amp;id=U09VghD1S" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li><strong>Slackbot gets a shiny new AI coat</strong>: Salesforce has ‘rebuilt’ Slackbot as an AI agent for its higher-tier enterprise customers. Apparently, it can now answer questions and schedule meetings, which sounds suspiciously like what chatbots have been doing for years. No word on whether it’ll actually make your workday less painful, but hey, it’s ‘generative AI’ now, so it must be revolutionary, right? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/VpXLIsjSp" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>Pentagon embraces Grok AI, because what could go wrong?</strong>: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing to integrate Elon Musk’s Grok AI into Pentagon networks, despite its recent history of generating inappropriate images. Clearly, the DoD is prioritizing ‘AI acceleration’ over, you know, not having its classified systems hallucinate cat pictures. What’s a few controversies when you can have cutting-edge, potentially unhinged AI? <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=KoB4l9TcK&amp;id=jRGkCZr4W" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li><strong>AI-generated books: the future of technical documentation nobody asked for</strong>: HiTeX Press has managed to publish over 800 AI-generated technical books in a year, complete with fabricated code and features that don’t exist. Selling for 8€ a pop on platforms like Amazon, this industrial-scale spam operation is making it harder to find legitimate information. Because nothing says ‘expert knowledge’ like a book written by an algorithm that just makes stuff up. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/feed-by-ids?id=ILAkYeoup&amp;id=PmK6l9z8J" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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