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<h2>Must know</h2>
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<li>Musk’s companies eye trillion-dollar merger: Elon Musk’s SpaceX, xAI, and potentially Tesla are in early talks to merge, aiming to create a trillion-dollar super-company. The consolidation could combine rockets, satellites, AI, and electric vehicles, with a key rationale being the development of space-based AI data centers to cut training costs. This move, indicated by recent Nevada corporate filings, could significantly impact the tech landscape, as reported by sources like TechCrunch. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/wMYF638eZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Microsoft’s gaming division takes a hit: Microsoft’s Q2 FY26 results show a 17% overall revenue increase, but its Xbox gaming division is the sole underperformer. Xbox console sales plummeted 32% year-over-year, marking the sixth consecutive year of decline. This follows price increases and layoffs throughout 2025, with Microsoft expecting continued declines despite record PC player engagement, according to their official earnings report. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/uKbAAElcM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Apple acquires audio AI startup <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a>: Apple has acquired Israeli audio AI startup <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a> for an estimated $1.6 billion to nearly $2 billion. <a href="http://Q.ai" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Q.ai</a> specializes in machine learning for audio, including whispered speech recognition and audio enhancement, with patents for detecting speech via facial micromovements. This acquisition, Apple’s second-largest after Beats, aims to bolster its AI hardware capabilities, particularly for AirPods and Vision Pro, as reported by TechCrunch. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/PknWg8Xks" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Good to know</h2>
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<li>Google DeepMind launches Project Genie AI world generator: Google DeepMind launched Project Genie, an experimental web prototype powered by the Genie 3 world model, generating interactive environments in real-time for Google AI Ultra subscribers. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/iit38VC43" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Meta escalates AI infrastructure investment: Meta plans to invest $115-135 billion in AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly doubling its 2025 investment, to support Superintelligence Labs and integrate large language models with its recommendation systems. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/JHGPGk0MW" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Microsoft deploys custom AI chip, still buys from Nvidia: Microsoft has deployed its Maia 200 AI inference chip in data centers, claiming superior performance, but CEO Satya Nadella confirmed the company will continue purchasing AI chips from Nvidia and AMD, indicating a diversified supply chain strategy. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/kN85HgrLU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Kubernetes RCE flaw identified: Edera Advisory identified a critical design flaw in Kubernetes allowing remote code execution (RCE) in any container via <code>nodes/proxy GET</code> permissions, commonly used by monitoring tools, with a fix scheduled for Kubernetes 1.36. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/phMyeDnVg" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Google Cloud introduces Conversational Analytics in BigQuery: Google Cloud launched Conversational Analytics in BigQuery (preview), an AI-powered agent integrated into BigQuery Studio that enables natural language data analysis, eliminating the need for SQL knowledge by leveraging Gemini models. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/2YKMeABdR" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>NVIDIA GeForce NOW launches native Linux support: NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service launched native Linux PC support in beta, offering up to 5K resolution at 120fps or 1080p at 360fps on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later versions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/RB8XUehQ7" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>CodeQL 2.24.0 expands language and framework support: CodeQL 2.24.0 adds support for Swift 6.2 and .NET 10/C# 14, improves minified JavaScript handling, and expands framework coverage for Next.js 16, React hooks, Python, Java, C/C++, and Rust, while reducing false positives in vulnerability detection. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/vbDhmAtWr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Framer boosts performance with Rolldown bundler: Framer migrated to the Rolldown bundler, achieving a 41% LCP improvement for large sites and a 36% median JavaScript size reduction, optimizing chunking and leveraging oxc-minify for better compression. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/P0rwqYL8o" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Native CSS is catching up: Native CSS now includes features like variables, calculations, and nesting, previously requiring preprocessors like Sass, making utility-first frameworks like Tailwind CSS even more efficient when combined with custom CSS for complex components. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/MBaQzuYbU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Node.js affected by OpenSSL vulnerabilities: Three OpenSSL CVEs, assessed at Low to Moderate severity, affect Node.js versions, specifically impacting TLS configuration within Node.js related to PFX certificate file processing, with fixes planned for regular releases. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/jITntLdtr" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Formae IaC platform adds multi-cloud support: Platform Engineering Labs announced beta multi-cloud support for its open-source IaC platform, formae, now including Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and OVHcloud, alongside a Plugin SDK for custom extensions. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/bqzmDPKsL" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>freeCodeCamp releases relational database design course: freeCodeCamp released a 6-hour video course on relational database design, covering SQL basics, entity-relationship modeling, and normalization forms, based on the book ‘Grokking Relational Database Design’. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/xdwl0QPIc" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Qt Canvas Painter for 2D rendering: Qt Canvas Painter is a new imperative 2D rendering API built on QRhi, offering hardware-accelerated rendering across multiple backends and aiming to combine performance with modern features inspired by HTML Canvas 2D context. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/HUYota205" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Ruby ecosystem updates: Ruby Weekly Issue 785 reports on recent developments including a RubyConf startup pitch competition, tutorials on optimistic UI in Rails and AI-assisted Rails development, and releases of Devise 5.0, Rails 8.1.2, and the Mudis in-memory cache library. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/p4p5rYaQJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Basis Universal v2.0 texture compression guide: Richard Geldreich’s Blog announced a comprehensive usage guide for Basis Universal v2.0, covering ASTC and XUASTC LDR texture compression formats, available on the project’s GitHub wiki. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/NYuwd9yE1" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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<h2>Bullshit police</h2>
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<li>AI coding agents: more code, more problems: Apiiro launched ‘Guardian Agent’ to prevent AI coding agents from generating vulnerable code, claiming enterprises generate 4x more code and expand attack surfaces 6x after adopting AI coding agents. So, AI is supposed to make us more efficient, but now we need another AI to clean up the mess the first AI made? Sounds like a fantastic business model for security vendors, not so much for actual productivity. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/5AaMXyHJd" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>Container security: still a dumpster fire: A BellSoft survey found nearly a quarter of respondents had container-related security incidents, with human error causing 62% of mistakes. Developers prefer pre-hardened images, yet 55% use general-purpose Linux distros. Organizations prioritize performance over security. It’s 2026, and we’re still making the same mistakes. Maybe if we stopped chasing shiny new tech and focused on the basics, we wouldn’t need another survey to tell us we’re bad at security. <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/I55IVTrKU" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
<li>GDC attendance concerns vs. organizer optimism: GDC organizers are optimistically reporting attendance is ‘tracking in line with expectations,’ despite many international developers expressing reluctance to attend due to US immigration concerns and confirmed non-attendance from UK/European publishers. It’s almost as if organizers have a vested interest in painting a rosy picture, completely ignoring the actual sentiment on the ground. Nothing to see here, folks, just keep buying those tickets! <a href="https://app.daily.dev/posts/dX5Rur1jC" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Read more</a></li>
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