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How to Choose Colors for Your CLI Applications (2023)
blog.xoria.org
Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
techcrunch.com

Sean O'Kane - The child, whose age is not public, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating.

Claude Code Daily Benchmarks for Degradation Tracking
marginlab.ai

Track Claude Code's daily performance on SWE-Bench-Pro. Monitor for degradation with statistical significance testing.

A lot of population numbers are fake
davidoks.blog
Does running wear out the bodies of professionals and amateurs alike?
theconversation.com

Sylvain Durand - Amateur runners and professional athletes differ greatly in demand and support, yet both remain vulnerable to running-related injuries.

TÜV Report 2026: Tesla Model Y has the worst reliability of all 2022–2023 cars
autoevolution.com
The tech market is fundamentally fucked up and AI is just a scapegoat
bayramovanar.substack.com

Anar Bayramov - The Tech Market is Fundamentally Fucked Up - AI is Just a Scapegoat

Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants
blog.ncase.me

A lay-friendly science explainer (⏱️ 22 min read)

AI on Australian travel company website sent tourists to nonexistent hot springs
cnn.com

Georgiana Ralphs - An AI-generated blog on a tour company’s website has landed tourists in hot water — and not the kind they were looking for — after it emerged the “tranquil” northern Tasmania hot springs it recommended don’t actually exist.

OpenAI’s unit economics
exponentialview.co

Azeem Azhar - Exponential View x Epoch AI

The only moat left is knowing things
growtika.com

Growtika - When everyone uses the same tools, differentiation comes from what you know that the tools don't. A framework for content that can't be replicated.

Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
esa.int

The first images from the Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder satellite have been shared at the European Space Conference in Brussels, showing how the mission will provide data on temperature and humidity, for more accurate weather forecasting over Europe and northern Africa.

Why do RSS readers look like email clients?
terrygodier.com

https://indieweb.social/@tg - Why RSS readers look like email clients, and what that's doing to us.

Microsoft's Azure Linux
github.com/microsoft

Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances - microsoft/azurelinux

We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)
web.mit.edu
Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome
blog.google

Learn more about new agentic capabilities coming to Chrome, powered by Gemini 3.

Meta's crawler made 11M requests to my site in 30 days
reddit.com/r/webdev
Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105
theguardian.com

Virginia ‘Ginny’ Oliver, had entered the business when she was eight and liked ‘being along the water’

Render Mermaid diagrams as SVGs or ASCII art
github.com/lukilabs

Contribute to lukilabs/beautiful-mermaid development by creating an account on GitHub.

Show HN: Shelvy Books
shelvybooks.com
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Lovable - A beautiful, shareable bookshelf to track your reading journey.

Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k
townandcountrymag.com

“I do not believe that financial insecurity should stop our nation’s elite athletes from breaking through to new frontiers of excellence,” he said.

I reverse-engineered Netflix's 4K restrictions
github.com/Pickle-Pixel

Chrome/Edge extension to force Netflix 4K streaming on unsupported browsers/devices - Pickle-Pixel/netflix-force-4k

Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in
mcsweeneys.net

“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo - - — Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a s...

In 6 violent encounters, evidence contradicts immigration officials' narratives
reuters.com
State Department confirms federal censorship shield law incoming
prestonbyrne.com

Today, Sarah Rogers, United States Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, confirmed that the US is poised to forever block foreign censorship of US citizens under laws like the UK Online Saf…

UK Government’s ‘AI Skills Hub’ was delivered by PwC for £4.1M
mahadk.com

Or, as they like to call it, the 'AI Skills Hub'. Which was built by PwC because of course it was

Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots
theverge.com

Andrew J. Hawkins - So long!

Tesla ending Models S and X production
cnbc.com
IBM Mainframe Business Jumps 67%
newsroom.ibm.com

IBM today announced fourth-quarter 2025 earnings results.

Bf-Tree: modern read-write-optimized concurrent larger-than-memory range index
github.com/microsoft

Bf-Tree is a modern read-write-optimized concurrent larger-than-memory range index in Rust from MS Research. - microsoft/bf-tree

Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance
alecmuffett.com

This, if it is still visible: Via: Next up, age verification for ADSB?

Jellyfin LLM/"AI" Development Policy
jellyfin.org

The rise of LLMs as a useful development tool over the last year or so has been significant. The power and flexibility of tools like Claude Code and ChatGPT have given a lot of functionality both to experienced developers and new developers alike. But there are trade-offs.

Tesla profit plunges as sales fall and AI expenses pile up
axios.com
Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025
techcrunch.com

Sean O'Kane - The company's sales fell for a second year in a row, as Tesla looks to AI and robotics, including a new $2 billion investment in CEO Elon Musk's company xAI.

Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
macrumors.com

Apple has set a new deadline of November 1, 2026 for all Patreon creators to switch from Patreon's legacy billing system to the App Store's in-app purchase system in the Patreon app on the iPhone and iPad, as reported by TechCrunch. Note: This image has been edited to include a pile of cash. Patreon is a platform where creators such as YouTubers can receive payments from fans, which can be a valuable revenue stream a

Native Linux VST plugin directory
linuxmusic.rocks
Native Instruments enters into insolvency proceedings
engadget.com

Music gear manufacturer Native Instruments has entered into preliminary insolvency proceedings. This leaves the future of the company uncertain.

Show HN: Cursor for Userscripts
github.com/chebykinn
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Coding agent for user scripts. Contribute to chebykinn/browser-code development by creating an account on GitHub.

Show HN: A MitM proxy to see what your LLM tools are sending
github.com/jmuncor
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Intercept LLM API traffic and visualize token usage in a real-time terminal dashboard. Track costs, debug prompts, and monitor context window usage across your AI development sessions. ...

LM Studio 0.4
lmstudio.ai

Server deployment, parallel requests with continuous batching, new REST API endpoint, and refreshed application UI

That's not how email works
danq.me

A confusing letter from HSBC informed me that I've not been receiving their emails, and I have to change the email address they use to contact me. Except I've been receiving all of their emails just fine! The problem, it turns out, is that surveillance capitalism is now so-widespread that the bank cannot conceive that their own attempts to spy on their customers might not be 100% reliable...

Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Collection
computerhistory.org

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 21, 2026 – The Computer History Museum (CHM), a leader in decoding technology—its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity—announced the launch of OpenCHM, a new digital portal providing global access to its unparalleled collection. “OpenCHM is designed to inspire discovery, spark curiosity, and make the stories of the digital age […]

Mousefood – Build embedded terminal UIs for microcontrollers
github.com/ratatui

embedded-graphics backend for Ratatui. Contribute to ratatui/mousefood development by creating an account on GitHub.

Amazon One palm authentication discontinued
amazonone.aws.com

The fast, convenient, contactless way to use your palm to identify.

Spinning around: Please don’t – Common problems with spin locks
siliceum.com

Clément GRÉGOIRE - Embark on a journey about why you should sometimes trust your OS more than yourself.

Will AIs take all our jobs and end human history, or not? (2023)
writings.stephenwolfram.com

Stephen Wolfram explores some of the science, technology and philosophy of what we can expect from AIs. From how ChatGPT works to the cycle of technology, to the concept of progress and preparing for an AI world.

Oban, the job processing framework from Elixir, has come to Python
dimamik.com

Dima Mikielewicz - Oban, the job processing framework from Elixir, has finally come to Python. I spent some time exploring it, and here is how it works.

Amazon cuts 16k jobs
reuters.com
Dole Kemp 96 Web Site
dolekemp96.org
Airfoil (2024)
ciechanow.ski

Bartosz Ciechanowski - Interactive article explaining the physics of an airfoil and what makes airplanes fly

Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
himthe.dev

Bogdan - Broken updates, Copilot shoved everywhere, and my system bricking itself. Here's why I finally escaped to Linux.

When Every Network is 192.168.1.x
netrinos.com

Solving the conflicting subnet problem with overlay addressing, WireGuard, and 1:1 NAT.

Show HN: I built a small browser engine from scratch in C++
github.com/beginner-jhj
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Contribute to beginner-jhj/mini_browser development by creating an account on GitHub.

Amazon confirms 16,000 job cuts after accidental email
bbc.co.uk

The technology giant confirmed the redundancies hours after it told staff in an email sent in error.

Aside from That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie?
spyglass.org

Let them eat popcorn...

If you tax them, will they leave?
theatlantic.com

Rogé Karma - A California wealth-tax proposal makes a high-stakes bet on billionaire psychology.

ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
bmj.com
Show HN: SHDL – A minimal hardware description language built from logic gates
github.com/rafa-rrayes
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A minimalist HDL built entirely from logic gates for education and experimentation. Compiles circuits to C so that they can run anywhere - rafa-rrayes/SHDL

SoftBank in talks to invest up to $30B more in OpenAI
wsj.com
Sweden weighs Franco-British nuclear weapons cooperation
breakingdefense.com

Jonas Olsson - "I say that when we joined NATO, we are fully involved in all discussions, including those in Europe revolving around nuclear weapons," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said.

Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees
aboutamazon.com

Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon - The following message was shared with Amazon employees earlier today.

He Leaked the Secrets of an Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
wired.com

Andy Greenberg - A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.

Google just gave us an accidental first look at Android's PC future
androidauthority.com

Google has accidentally given us a look at Aluminium OS, which unifies Android and Chrome OS for PCs and Chromebooks.

Show HN: The HN Arcade
andrewgy8.github.io
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A directory of games from Hacker News Show HN posts.

Devuan – Debian Without Systemd
devuan.org

Free GNU+Linux base OS. Devuan is a fork of Debian without systemd. Devuan provides a safe upgrade path from Debian, to ensure the right to Init Freedom and avoid entanglement.

I stopped following the news
mertbulan.com

A personal reflection on the decision to stop following daily news and its impact on my well-being.

Virtual Boy on TV with Intelligent Systems Video Boy
hcs64.com
ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions
asml.com
Use "\A \z", not "^ $" with Python regular expressions
sethmlarson.dev

Seth Michael Larson - Two years ago I discovered a potential foot-gun with the Python standard library “re” module. I blogged about this behavior, and turns out that I wasn't only one who didn't know this: The article w...

Make.ts
matklad.github.io
Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp
engineering.fb.com

WhatsApp has adopted and rolled out a new layer of security for users – built with Rust – as part of its effort to harden defenses against malware threats. WhatsApp’s experience creating and distri…

Google to pay $68M over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
cbsnews.com
Android's desktop interface leaks
9to5google.com

Abner Li - A Google bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker today has inadvertently leaked the Android desktop interface for the first time.

Apple Workers Are Livid That Cook Saw "Melania" Hours After CBP Killed Pretti
theintercept.com

Sam Biddle - Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple's silence on Pretti's death.

Germany issued formal travel advisory for US
newsweek.com

Germany has advised citizens demonstrations can lead to clashes with migration and security authorities. 

Apple MacBook Pro order deliveries delayed until mid March
apple.com

Get a new MacBook Pro laptop with monthly financing options. Select a model or customise your own. Buy now at apple.com.

A verification layer for browser agents: Amazon case study
sentienceapi.com

Sentience API - Tutorials and insights on optimizing AI agents for web automation, visual cues, screenshot delivery, and reducing LLM costs.

Super Monkey Ball ported to a website
monkeyball-online.pages.dev
AISLE’s autonomous analyzer found all CVEs in the January OpenSSL release
aisle.com

AISLE's autonomous analyzer found all 12 CVEs in the January 2026 coordinated release of OpenSSL, the open-source cryptographic library that underp...

OpenStreetMap overwhelmed by bots scraping data
twitter.com
Transmission 4.1.0
github.com/transmission

Transmission 4.1.0 This is Transmission 4.1.0. We've been working on this release for over a year now, and we're excited to finally get it over the finish line! What's New in 4.1.0 Highlights Impr...

US population growth slows as immigration declines
reuters.com
Trinity large: An open 400B sparse MoE model
arcee.ai

A deep dive into Trinity Large, covering architecture, sparsity, training at scale, and why we shipped Preview, Base, and TrueBase checkpoints.

Neocities Is Blocked by Bing
blog.neocities.org
Did a celebrated researcher obscure a baby's poisoning?
newyorker.com

Ben Taub - After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.

How London became the rest of the world’s startup capital
economist.com
Some notes on starting to use Django
jvns.ca
Thief of $90M in seized U.S.-controlled crypto is gov't contractor's son
web3isgoinggreat.com

Molly White - Two crypto thieves decided to settle an argument over who was wealthier by screensharing as they transferred crypto between wallets to prove ownership. In doing so, one of them — known online as "Lick" — revealed a wallet address that crypto sleuth zachxbt quickly tied to the theft of around $90 million from US government wallets containing seized crypto assets, including a $20 million theft zachxbt reported in Octob

"IG is a drug": Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial
arstechnica.com

A loss could cost social media companies billions and force changes on platforms.

Show HN: I wrapped the Zorks with an LLM
infocom.tambo.co
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Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
wired.com

David Gilbert - Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.

Trump aides declared 16 DHS shootings justified before probes completed
washingtonpost.com
TikTok settles just before social media addiction trial to begin
bbc.com

Defendants include Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, and YouTube parent Google.

Parametric CAD in Rust
campedersen.com

import Image from 'next/image'; import plate from './plate.png'; import bracket from './bracket.png'; import mascot from './mascot.png'; import hub from './hub.

Time Station Emulator
github.com/kangtastic

Synchronize most radio-controlled ("atomic") clocks and watches using almost any phone or tablet - kangtastic/timestation

Ultraprocessed foods make up to 70% of the US food supply (2025)
cnn.com

Andrea Kane - Eating too much ultraprocessed food can be bad for us, yet they can be so hard to resist because they’re hyper-palatable. Here are 5 things to know to cut back.

Zuckerberg blocked curbs on sex-talking chatbots for minors court filing alleges
reuters.com
How many chess games are possible?
win-vector.com

How Many Chess Games are Possible? Here is a fun question: how many different games of chess are possible? Counting the number of possible chess games is quite hard, as the numbers are large and ch…

The bachelor tax – what it costs in taxes to be single
bachelor-tax.vercel.app

Estimate your income taxes for single and joint filers based on 2025 US Federal Tax Brackets

Try text scaling support in Chrome Canary
joshtumath.uk

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