FBI Alert, China Chips & SDL Update

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language." - Alan Kay

️ IN THE NEWS

• FBI urges encrypted apps amid cyberattack threat. Devs, check your security practices. Read more
• China declares US chips unsafe, pushes domestic semiconductors. Global supply chain shakeup incoming. Read more
• SDL adds async I/O APIs with IO_uring on Linux. Potential performance boost for game devs. Read more
• Russian Hydra darknet marketplace kingpin gets life. Cybercrime crackdown intensifies. Read more

UNDER THE HOOD

• Google's Veo AI: 1-minute videos from text. Implications for video content creation. Read more
• Veo now on Vertex AI for businesses. 1080p outputs, built-in safeguards. Read more
• Windows 11's TPM 2.0 requirement "non-negotiable". Older hardware left behind. Read more

TOOLS YOU'LL ACTUALLY USE

iVerify Mobile Threat Hunting: Scans for Pegasus spyware. Found 7 infections in 2,500 devices. $ iverify scan --deep Read more

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