Monotxt FEED – August 29, 2025

Tech & AI

  • Microsoft debuts first in-house models – MAI-Voice-1 (rapid speech gen) and MAI-1-preview (foundation LLM), now powering Copilot and undergoing public testing on LMArena. (theverge.com)
  • OpenAI eyes GPT-4.1 release – Rumors suggest upcoming launch of GPT-4.1, plus mini and nano variants. (techcrunch.com)
  • xAI drops Grok-Code-Fast-1 – Elon Musk’s xAI releases a speedy, affordable agentic coding model. (siliconangle.com)

Infrastructure & Dev

  • Kubernetes v1.34 is live – Official release (Aug 27), featuring new stable, beta, and alpha features. (kubernetes.io)
  • Bitnami stops free images – As of Aug 28, most free container images go legacy-only; only select latest-tag images remain free. (medium.com)

Security

  • Active NetScaler zero-day patched – Citrix patches critical RCE (CVE-2025-7775) plus two high-severity flaws. (thehackernews.com)
  • New Citrix NetScaler zero-day exploit – CVE-2025-7775 enables unauthenticated RCE in active use. (socprime.com)

Productivity & Tools

  • Google Workspace adds AI sparkle – AI-powered summaries in Chat, Meet note-taking via Gemini, video clip generation in Vids, PDF editing, and more. (androidcentral.com)

Spain / Local

  • Spain’s inflation steady at 2.7% – August EU-harmonized inflation holds at 2.7%, with core inflation at 2.4%. Food prices falling quicker, electricity price rises easing. (reuters.com)


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