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Top 10 — News
- Fintech firm Marquis blames hack at firewall provider SonicWall for its data breach Perimeter-device incidents can cascade: one vendor compromise can expose many customers.
- New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research AI-assisted papers are already straining peer review—new tooling may accelerate the flood.
- The AI Hype Index: Grok makes porn, and Claude Code nails your job Everyone is panicking because AI is very bad; everyone is panicking because AI is very good.
- It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers Data-center electricity demand is reviving gas build-outs—an AI boom with climate consequences.
- OpenAI clarifies it won’t claim ownership of user discoveries following confusion over monetization plans OpenAI researcher Kevin Weil says the company has no plans to claim a share of individual users' discoveries, and that CFO Sarah Friar's co…
- ‘Uncanny Valley’: Minneapolis Misinformation, TikTok’s New Owners, and Moltbot Hype On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into the news that's held our attention this week: ICE activity as it's been unfolding in Minnes…
- The Dank Case for Scrolling Window Managers Article URL: https://tedium.co/2026/01/29/niri-danklinux-scrolling-window-managers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4682…
- Moltbook Article URL: https://www.moltbook.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820360 Points: 12 # Comments: 4
- Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level Article URL: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46819809 Points: 52 # Comments: 42
- Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says
Even with custom silicon, Microsoft still needs Nvidia/AMD capacity to meet AI demand.
AI tools & model updates
- ChatGPT Agent reportedly lost 75% of its users because nobody knew what it was actually for OpenAI may shelve ChatGPT Agent just months after launch.
- We gotta talk about AI as a programming tool for the arts A thoughtful take on AI as a programmable component—using live-arts automation as a concrete use case.
- BerriAI/litellm: v1.81.0-patch2 If you rely on LiteLLM routing/proxy behavior, patch releases can matter—scan the changelog before upgrading.
- Announcing increased 1 MB payload size support in Amazon EventBridge Bigger event payloads simplify event-driven architectures that previously needed chunking or external storage.
Full list — News (54)
Perimeter-device incidents can cascade: one vendor compromise can expose many customers.
Even with custom silicon, Microsoft still needs Nvidia/AMD capacity to meet AI demand.
AI-assisted papers are already straining peer review—new tooling may accelerate the flood.
Everyone is panicking because AI is very bad; everyone is panicking because AI is very good.
The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI video generators from Google and Adobe to make and edit content shared with the public,…
Comcast overhauled Internet plans to stop customer losses.
A $50B check would reshape OpenAI’s alliances—and escalate the hyperscaler AI arms race.
With ACA tax credits gone, more people are turning to high-deductible plans.
The JUMPSEAT satellites loitered over the North Pole to spy on the Soviet Union.
Windows 11 clears a milestone as Windows 10 continues its slow fade.
Anthropic's latest paper on "user disempowerment" has some troubling findings.
Project Genie lets you generate new worlds 60 seconds at a time, but only if you pay for AI Ultra.
Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner shipping out hundreds of abortion pills each month.
Social density increases likelihood of sticking with a location.
Infections had turned his lungs to soup and had to be cleared before transplant.
Data-center electricity demand is reviving gas build-outs—an AI boom with climate consequences.
The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.
Apple’s cash engine is still iPhone—and a record quarter buys time for its AI strategy.
One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments.
A Tesla/SpaceX/xAI consolidation would create a vertically integrated AI+hardware stack—and new governance risk.
Activists behind the general strike are calling for "no work, no school, and no shopping" amid a push to defund ICE, which has escalated ra…
With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.
Apple keeps buying niche AI startups to shore up on-device features—especially audio.
Airport access is a robotaxi milestone—but safety and city politics will decide scale.
Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S.
Apple says the iPhone had its "best-ever" quarter, with revenue hitting more than $85.3 billion over the past few months.
There's never a shortage of weird tech debuting at CES every year.
A foldable phone isn’t for the faint of heart.
Elon Musk-led SpaceX may merge with another company helmed by Elon Musk.
Apple's biggest acquisition ever is still its $3 billion Beats buy in 2014, but now the second biggest deal is bringing in Q.ai, a four-yea…
Webcam company Obsbot recently launched two new gimbal-equipped webcams, the $349 Tiny 3 and the $199 Tiny 3 Lite.
Prediction markets will let you bet on just about anything, from how many tweets Elon Musk will post this week to the next president of the…
Spotify is expanding its in-app messaging feature with group chats.
While generative AI is being adopted at various levels of game development, a new survey suggests that developers increasingly think the te…
OpenAI researcher Kevin Weil says the company has no plans to claim a share of individual users' discoveries, and that CFO Sarah Friar's co…
Microsoft posts record cloud revenue but the stock is down double digits.
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into the news that's held our attention this week: ICE activity as it's been unfolding in Minnes…
Across Instagram and Facebook, AI-generated videos show people of color putting ICE agents in their place.
Google Deepmind opens Project Genie to its first users.
Kids’ AI products are racing ahead of basic security and privacy controls.
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/county-pays-600000-to-pentesters-it-arrested-for-assessing-courthouse-security/ Comme…
Article URL: https://tedium.co/2026/01/29/niri-danklinux-scrolling-window-managers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4682…
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Article URL: https://www.moltbook.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820360 Points: 12 # Comments: 4
Article URL: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/017-2026 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46819809 Points: 52 # Comments: 42
Article URL: https://softwarefordays.com/post/software-is-mostly-all-you-need/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46818154…
Article URL: https://grid.space/stem/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817813 Points: 212 # Comments: 67
Article URL: https://campedersen.com/tessellation Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817764 Points: 35 # Comments: 6
Article URL: https://blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-software/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817452 Points: 37 # Comme…
Article URL: https://predr.ag/blog/wifi-only-works-when-its-raining/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46816357 Points: 12…
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Article URL: https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46815297 Points: 149 # Comments:…
Article URL: https://redgamingtech.com/playstation-2-recompilation-project-is-absolutely-incredible/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator…
Article URL: https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-chatbot-china-sick/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46814569 Points: 152 #…
Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/project-genie/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinato…
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Full list — AI tools & model updates (6)
OpenAI may shelve ChatGPT Agent just months after launch.
A thoughtful take on AI as a programmable component—using live-arts automation as a concrete use case.
If you rely on LiteLLM routing/proxy behavior, patch releases can matter—scan the changelog before upgrading.
As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence…
Bigger event payloads simplify event-driven architectures that previously needed chunking or external storage.
Server-side tool calls reduce client complexity and bring OpenAI-style tool APIs to Bedrock.