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Cloudflare claimed they implemented Matrix on Cloudflare workers. They didn't
tech.lgbt

Cloudflare just published a vibe coded blog post claiming they implemented Matrix on cloudflare workers. They didn't, their post and README is AI generated and the code doesn't do any of the core parts of matrix that make it secure and interoperable. Instead it's littered with 'TODO: Check authorisation' and similar https://blog.cloudflare.com/serverless-matrix-homeserver-workers/

Windows 11 January Update Breaks Notepad
winbuzzer.com

Markus Kasanmascheff - Microsoft's January 2026 security update has broken Windows 11 apps like Notepad and Snipping Tool, introducing dual bugs affecting app launches and cloud storage

The age of Pump and Dump software
tautvilas.medium.com
Show HN: We Built the 1. EU-Sovereignty Audit for Websites
lightwaves.io
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Lightwaves - Free EU independence check for websites. Analyzes Google Fonts, Analytics, CDNs and more. Score from 0-100 for GDPR compliance.

TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues
cnn.com

Scottie Andrew - Some TikTok users are accusing the app of censorship after they attempted and failed to upload videos about ICE. TikTok says the ongoing glitches are related to a power outage.

Xfwl4 – The Roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor
alexxcons.github.io
India and EU announce landmark trade deal
bbc.com

The long-awaited deal comes as both Delhi and Brussels contend with economic and geopolitical pressure from the US.

Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II
news.ycombinator.com
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I made my own Git
tonystr.net
Celebrities say they are being censored by TikTok after speaking out against ICE
pride.com

The shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents prompted celebs to speak out, and now they say they are paying the price.

We Do Not Support Opt-Out Forms (2025)
consciousdigital.org
Is OpenAI Dead Yet?
isopenaideadyet.com

Tracking the demise of OpenAI. Is it dead yet? Check here to find out.

The state of Linux music players in 2026
crescentro.se

Reviewing Linux desktop music players in an escape from Spotify.

Russia using Interpol's wanted list to target critics abroad, leak reveals
bbc.com

A leak exposes for the first time the extent of Russia’s misuse of Interpol to request the arrest of critics.

France passes bill to ban social media use by under-15s
rte.ie

French politicians have passed a bill that will ban social media use by under-15s, a move championed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to protect children from excessive screen time.

Kimi Released Kimi K2.5, Open-Source Visual SOTA-Agentic Model
kimi.com
A list of fun destinations for telnet
telnet.org

Telnet Admin - A list of fun destinations for telnet

Hacker News: Savage Edition
dosaygo-studio.github.io
Heathrow drops the liquids rule
flymag.com

John Cushma - London Heathrow has eliminated carry-on liquids limits, making airport security easier for all travelers from January 2026.

US administration to require app, social media, possibly DNA for travelers
infosec.exchange

We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International: "Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)." "If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government

iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch
macrumors.com

Alongside iOS 26.2.1, Apple today released an updated version of iOS 12 for devices that are still running that operating system update, eight years after the software was first released. iOS 12.5.8 is available for the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 6, meaning Apple is continuing to support these devices for 13 and 12 years after launch, respectively. The iPhone 5s came out in September 2013, while the iPhone 6 launched i

TikTok removals up 150% following U.S. joint venture
cnbc.com
TikTok disallows DMs with the word "Epstein"
twitter.com
Y Combinator website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in
betakit.com

Alex Riehl - Y Combinator has revised its standard deal terms to exclude Canada as a permitted site of investment, implying that Canadian startups aspiring to join will have to incorporate elsewhere.

You have to know how to drive the car
seangoedecke.com
Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?
news.ycombinator.com
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I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data, then I called my doctor
msn.com
Toy implementations of the 30 foundational papers recommended by Ilya Sutskever
github.com/pageman

Sutskever 30 implementations inspired by https://papercode.vercel.app/ - pageman/sutskever-30-implementations

Judge order bars feds from altering or destroying evidence in Pretti shooting
mprnews.org
State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?
ntdotdev.wordpress.com

Hi! Long time no see, huh? :) It’s been three years since my last State of the Windows article, which was about the inconsistencies in the Windows 11 user experience. Since then, Microsoft (a…

Refusing to Use Twitter
blog.korny.info

Korny Sietsma - I’ve completely stopped using Twitter (now called X) and I wanted to post something explaining why. I stopped posting or reading the feeds quite a while ago, but despite most people I know agreeing it’s a terrible place, friends persist in sharing X posts and I get lured in to reading them. But no more. If you send me a Twitter/X link, I’ll either ignore it or politely ask you to share the content another way; or fl

People who know the formula for WD-40
wsj.com
AI Lazyslop and Personal Responsibility
danielsada.tech

Daniel Sada - A love letter on owning AI generated code and the importance of personal accountability in code reviews

Dithering – Part 2: The Ordered Dithering
visualrambling.space

Understanding Threshold Map in Ordered Dithering.

ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files
simonwillison.net

Simon Willison - One of my favourite features of ChatGPT is its ability to write and execute code in a container. This feature launched as ChatGPT Code Interpreter nearly three years ago, was …

When AI 'builds a browser,' check the repo before believing the hype
theregister.com

Opinion: Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter

Show HN: TetrisBench – Gemini Flash reaches 66% win rate on Tetris against Opus
tetrisbench.com
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Notice of collective action lawsuit against Workday, Inc.
workdaycase.com

Workday Case Website

Godot 4.6 Release: It's all about your flow
godotengine.org

With the stability gained over the past five Godot 4 releases, it's time for polish and quality-of-life improvements for everyday development.

Show HN: Ourguide – OS wide task guidance system that shows you where to click
ourguide.ai
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Ourguide Team - Click-by-click guidance on your screen for any task. Step-by-step assistance for learning new software and completing any workflow.

Google Books removed all search functions for any books with previews
reddit.com/r/google
AI code and software craft
alexwennerberg.com
House of Lords Votes to Ban UK Children from Using Internet VPNs
ispreview.co.uk

Mark Jackson - Last week saw the House of Lords pass a vote that would, if approved by the Government, introduce an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (CWS

Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3
bsky.app/profile/did:plc:okydh7e54e2nok65kjxdklvd

On Apple M3, a Linux KDE plasma desktop under Fedora Asahi Remix is now WORKING! Super excited to share this update and happy to answer any questions! Co-credits to noopwafel and Shiz. :)

JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back
nproject.io

JuiceSSH used to be the best SSH client available on Android until December 2025. Since then, the purchase made in 2019 is not recognized anymore, and the price went up by 20$. Some users complain in review that after buying it again, the application doesn't get activated. Support is unresponsive,

The Adolescence of Technology
darioamodei.com

Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI

DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
arstechnica.com

Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.

The mountain that weighed the Earth
signoregalilei.com

Suppose you want to find out how much you weigh. It’s easy enough – get a scale, stand on it, and read the number. Now suppose you want to know how much the Earth weighs. You get out a scale and…hm…

Is It Time for a Nordic Nuke?
warontherocks.com

Grace Parcover - Moscow’s “Oreshnik” strike on January 9, 2026 is best understood as strategic signaling designed to shape what NATO will and will not do. Russia’s use of

Georgia leads push to ban datacenters used to power America's AI boom
theguardian.com

Southern state becoming ground zero in fight against rapid growth of facilities using huge amounts of energy and water

France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
twitter.com
RIP Low-Code 2014-2025
zackliscio.com

Agentic coding presents an existential threat to a broad set of low-code tools.

What “The Best” Looks Like
kuril.in

A startup CTO's guide to what "the best" really means—how to spot non-obvious high performers and the traits that make early-stage teams win.

There is an AI code review bubble
greptile.com

Today everybody's doing AI code review. Here's how Greptile's viewpoint is differentiated - independence, autonomy, and feedback loops.

Qwen3-Max-Thinking
qwen.ai
Cop-assisted extortion of DWI arrestees in New Mexico include getting them drunk
reason.com

Jacob Sullum - A recent guilty plea reveals a new wrinkle in a long-running corruption scheme that involved bribing police officers to make drunk driving cases disappear.

Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse
windowscentral.com

Microsoft has posted an online bulletin confirming that the company is investigating reports that state Windows 11's latest security update has rendered some PCs unbootable.

OracleGPT: Thought Experiment on an AI Powered Executive
senteguard.com
AI will not replace software engineers (hopefully)
medium.com
OSS ChatGPT WebUI – 530 Models, MCP, Tools, Gemini RAG, Image/Audio Gen
llmspy.org

Major release focused on extensibility, expanded provider support, and enhanced user experience.

Exactitude in Science – Borges (1946) [pdf]
kwarc.info
Television is 100 years old today
diamondgeezer.blogspot.com
Kubernetes Remote Code Execution via Nodes/Proxy Get Permission
grahamhelton.com

An authorization bypass in Kubernetes RBAC allows for nodes/proxy GET permissions to execute commands in any Pod in the cluster.

Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries
theguardian.com

Exclusive: German research into responses to health queries raises fresh questions about summaries seen by 2bn people a month

Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
apple.com

Apple today unveiled the new AirTag, now with an expanded finding range and a louder speaker.

Porting 100k lines from TypeScript to Rust using Claude Code in a month
blog.vjeux.com
After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand
atmoio.substack.com

Mo - Agents write units of changes that look good in isolation. They are consistent with themselves and your prompt. But respect for the whole, there is not.

Transfering Files with gRPC
kreya.app

Is transfering files with gRPC a good idea? Or should you still use REST? This blogpost compares the two technologies.

Vibe coding kills open source
arxiv.org

Generative AI is changing how software is produced and used. In vibe coding, an AI agent builds software by selecting and assembling open-source software (OSS), often without users directly reading documentation, reporting bugs, or otherwise engaging with maintainers. We study the equilibrium effects of vibe coding on the OSS ecosystem. We develop a model with endogenous entry and heterogeneous project quality in whi

Water 'Bankruptcy' Era Has Begun for Billions, Scientists Say
bloomberg.com
EU investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
bbc.com

The Commission will assess whether "manipulated sexually explicit images" have been shown to users in the EU.

US Government wants DNA and social media from visitors
privacyinternational.org

Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP).

TSMC Risk
stratechery.com

If hyperscalers and chip companies don’t build up a TSMC competitor they are set to forego billions of dollars in revenue and stunt the AI revolution.

Show HN: Only 1 LLM can fly a drone
github.com/kxzk
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📸 gotta find 'em all; spatial reasoning benchmark for LLMs - kxzk/snapbench

MapLibre Tile: a modern and efficient vector tile format
maplibre.org

MapLibre - The MapLibre Organization is an umbrella for open-source mapping libraries.

Being a Canadian in America
ericmigi.com
San Francisco Graffiti
walzr.com
Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking
theconversation.com

Nicole M. Bennett - Federal agents have pepper-sprayed, tackled and detained people recording their actions. If you post your recordings of agents, you also risk the feds tracking you and those around you.

Apple, What Have You Done?
onlinegoddess.net

I've been an Apple user for over a decade and generally very happy with that life choice, but since iOS / iPadOS 26 and MacOS Tahoe were released a few month...

UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
reclaimthenet.org
Anyone Can Clone Your Voice Now
huggingface.co

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

The Holy Grail of Linux Binary Compatibility: Musl and Dlopen
github.com/quaadgras

I guess using Go + Godot to build native & installable Android & iOS binaries (without any proprietary SDKs) was too easy. So it's time for a real challenge... Linux Binary Compatibility (some back...

The browser is the sandbox
simonwillison.net

Simon Willison - Paul Kinlan is a web platform developer advocate at Google and recently turned his attention to coding agents. He quickly identified the importance of a robust sandbox for agents to …

Iran's internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only
restofworld.org

The regime is testing a two-tier internet where access becomes a vetted privilege. Its economic cost could be staggering.

Running the Stupid Cricut Software on Linux
arthur.pizza

Arthur Pizza - Getting the Cricut Software to run on Linux, under WINE

Environmentalists worry Google behind bid to control Oregon town's water
sfgate.com
Tech CEOs attend Amazon-funded "Melania" screening at White House
hollywoodreporter.com

McKinley Franklin - Sources say nobody outside of Melania Trump, director Brett Ratner and a very small group of their associates has yet seen the movie, including the president and his advisors, who are seeing it Saturday night for the first time.

You can just port things to Cloudflare Workers
sigh.dev

Scott Cooper - Vibecoding, Vibeporting?

ICE tells legal observer, 'We have a database, now you're a domestic terrorist'
reason.com

C.J. Ciaramella - The video is the latest example of federal immigration authorities labeling anyone who opposes them a "domestic terrorist."

Microsoft suspects some PCs might not boot after Windows 11 January 2026 Update
windowslatest.com

Mayank Parmar - Microsoft is aware of an alleged issue that leaves PCs unable to boot and requires manual recovery after Windows 11 January Update.

Video Games as Art
gwern.net

Gwern - Video games are art, but a strange art: their essence is transformation of the player, not description to the player. This makes meaningful criticism nearly impossible—you can point at the moon, but it’s not the moon, and once someone sees it, they no longer need the pointing.

Open letter from more than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies
mnchamber.com
Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
iranintl.com

Iran International's Editorial Board - More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents reviewed by Iran International's Editorial Board.

Tell HN: I cut Claude API costs from $70/month to pennies
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Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant
github.com/clawdbot

Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞 - GitHub - clawdbot/clawdbot: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞

Scientists identify brain waves that define the limits of 'you'
sciencealert.com

Michael Irving - At what point do "you" end and the outside world begins? It might feel like a weird question with an obvious answer, but your brain has to work surprisingly hard to judge that boundary.

"We're aware of the DMCA takedown notice of julialang logo by an OF creator"
twitter.com
Show HN: A small programming language where everything is pass-by-value
github.com/Jcparkyn
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A simple interpreted programming language where everything is a value - Jcparkyn/herd

Ask HN: DDD was a great debugger – what would a modern equivalent look like?
news.ycombinator.com
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Case study: Creative math – How AI fakes proofs
tomaszmachnik.pl

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