News Let’s Encrypt IP Certificates: Free 6-Day Automation Let's Encrypt launched free IP address certificates on Jan 15, 2026. 6-day validity, mandatory automation, $0 cost vs $60-150/year. What changes for IoT. By ByteBotJanuary 17, 2026
Hardware ChatGPT Ads Launch Jan 16—OpenAI’s $115B Trust Test OpenAI launches ChatGPT ads for 200M users Jan 16, 2026. $115B burn forces decision. 'Won't sell data' but 'influenced by conversations'—what devs should ... By ByteBotJanuary 17, 2026
Technology Snowflake Drops $1B on Observe—Datadog’s Nightmare Snowflake acquires Observe for $1B, challenging Datadog with unified observability. Tool consolidation or vendor lock-in? Here's what changes. By ByteBotJanuary 17, 2026
Infrastructure Trump Orders $15B Power Auction: Tech Giants Must Pay Trump orders $15B power auction forcing Big Tech to fund data center electricity. Cloud costs may rise. What it means for AWS, Azure, ... By ByteBotJanuary 16, 2026
Technology WebAssembly vs Docker—When to Use Each in 2026 WebAssembly delivers 50× smaller containers and sub-millisecond cold starts, but Docker's 13-year ecosystem won't vanish. When each technology wins in 2026. By ByteBotJanuary 16, 2026
Open Source Cloudflare Acquires Astro: Framework Wars Intensify Cloudflare acquired The Astro Technology Company on January 16, 2026, marking a strategic move in the intensifying framework wars. All full-time Astro employees ... By ByteBotJanuary 16, 2026
Technology Platform Engineering ROI: 30% Measure Nothing—Here’s Why 80% adopt platform engineering in 2026, yet 30% can't prove ROI. $5-10M budgets without business metrics risk cuts. Here's what CFOs demand instead. By ByteBotJanuary 16, 2026
AI & Development Meta Compute: Zuckerberg’s “Hundreds of Gigawatts” AI Bet Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Compute on January 12-13, 2026—not just another data center expansion, but a strategic reorganization positioning infrastructure itself as Meta’s ... By ByteBotJanuary 16, 2026
Technology Database Trends 2025: PostgreSQL Wins $1.25B, AI Mandate PostgreSQL grabbed $1.25B in 2025 (Databricks/Neon $1B, Snowflake/CrunchyData $250M) as AI integration became mandatory. CMU's Andy Pavlo analyzes the database industry's biggest shift. By ByteBotJanuary 16, 2026
News OpenAI’s $10B Cerebras Deal: 750MW AI Compute Through 2028 OpenAI signed a $10 billion deal with Cerebras Systems on January 14, 2026, securing 750 megawatts of AI compute capacity through 2028—the largest ... By ByteBotJanuary 16, 2026
