Hacker News

The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun Code is cheap now, but software isn't This game is a single 13 KiB file that runs on Windows, Linux and in the Browser iCloud Photos Downloader Which programming languages are most token-efficient? Don't fall into the anti-AI hype I'm making a game engine based on dynamic signed distance fields (SDFs) [video] Gadget Exposed a Spy Camera [video] Sampling at negative temperature FUSE is All You Need – Giving agents access to anything via filesystems I'd tell you a UDP joke… Show HN: An LLM-optimized programming language Elo – A data expression language which compiles to JavaScript, Ruby, and SQL Gentoo Linux 2025 Review Moving Scratch generation to Python on browser Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola [video] Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication Insights into Claude Opus 4.5 from Pokémon The Taming of Collection Scans Show HN: Voice Composer – Browser-based pitch detection to MIDI/strudel/tidal Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026) Rare Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard found A set of Idiomatic prod-grade katas for experienced devs transitioning to Go I Cannot SSH into My Server Anymore (and That's Fine) Show HN: What if AI agents had Zodiac personalities? Poison Fountain Show HN: Engineering Schizophrenia: Trusting yourself through Byzantine faults Garbage collection is contrarian “Food JPEGs” in Super Smash Bros. and Kirby Air Riders

Bleeping Computer

Instagram denies breach amid claims of 17 million account data leak California bans data broker reselling health data of millions Microsoft is retiring 'Send to Kindle' in Word BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts Spain arrests 34 suspects linked to Black Axe cyber crime Ireland recalls almost 13,000 passports over missing 'IRL' code Anthropic: Viral Claude “Banned and reported to authorities” message isn’t real ChatGPT tests a new feature to find jobs, improve your resume, and more Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot Hackers target misconfigured proxies to access paid LLM services Illinois Department of Human Services data breach affects 700K people Email security needs more seatbelts: Why click rate is the wrong metric Illinois man charged with hacking Snapchat accounts to steal nude photos

Ars Technica

Conservative lawmakers want porn taxes. Critics say they’re unconstitutional. SpaceX gets FCC permission to launch another 7,500 Starlink satellites Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing Wi-Fi advocates get win from FCC with vote to allow higher-power devices Grok assumes users seeking images of underage girls have “good intent” Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount’s $108B bid “illusory” Letting prisons jam contraband phones is a bad idea, phone companies tell FCC News orgs win fight to access 20M ChatGPT logs. Now they want more. Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs Ørsted seeks injunction against US government over project freeze The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin Anna’s Archive loses .org domain, says suspension likely unrelated to Spotify piracy X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced xAI silent after Grok sexualized images of kids; dril mocks Grok’s “apology” Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled DOGE did not find $2T in fraud, but that doesn’t matter, Musk allies say NJ’s answer to flooding: it has bought out and demolished 1,200 properties US can’t deport hate speech researcher for protected speech, lawsuit says China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence

Slashdot

More US States Are Preparing Age-Verification Laws for App Stores Italy Fines Cloudflare 14 Million Euros For Refusing To Filter Pirate Sites On Public 1.1.1.1 DNS Lawsuit Over OpenAI For-Profit Conversion Can Head To Trial, US Judge Says Illinois Health Department Exposed Over 700,000 Residents' Personal Data For Years French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses 'Cloudflare-First' Defense Samsung Hit with Restraining Order Over Smart TV Surveillance Tech in Texas Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides California Lawmaker Proposes a Four-Year Ban On AI Chatbots In Kids' Toys Founder of Spyware Maker PcTattletale Pleads Guilty To Hacking, Advertising Surveillance Software Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Insider Trading On Prediction Markets An AI-Generated NWS Map Invented Fake Towns In Idaho NYC Wegmans Is Storing Biometric Data On Shoppers' Eyes, Voices and Faces Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads The Nation's Strictest Privacy Law Goes Into Effect Anna's Archive Loses<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Org Domain After Surprise Suspension

Events

The Verge

Instagram says it fixed the issue that let someone send all those password reset emails Betterment’s financial app sends customers a $10,000 crypto scam message Ring’s Mobile Security Trailer provides 360-degree coverage anywhere Reolink made a local AI hub for its security cameras Ugreen is expanding into AI-powered smart home surveillance Anker adds features and style to its smart home security You can unlock SwitchBot’s first deadbolt smart lock with your face Two cybersecurity employees plead guilty to carrying out ransomware attacks

The Cipher Brief

Agentic AI and the “Human-in-the-Loop” Luxury in Modern Defense The Kremlin Files: Russia, the Modern Surveillance State Iran’s Supreme Leader Should Listen to the People The U.S. Says it Will “Run” Venezuela. What Will That Mean? I've Tracked Terrorist Networks for Decades. I've Never Seen Anything Like 764. Venezuela’s Key Takeaways for the World High Risk in Venezuela—To What End? Human Agency in a Technology-Mediated World After Venezuela, What Is Next in 2026? Venezuela was a Surprise. What Could be Next?

Blogs

Cory Doctorow

Predistribution vs redistribution bunnie's piggyback hack Where did the money go? Writing vs AI Code is a liability A world without people The Post-American Internet A perfect distillation of the social uselessness of finance Happy Public Domain Day 2026! America's collapsing consumption is the world's disenshittification opportunity