January 2026 Archive
6001.
The AI frenzy is creating a big problem for consumer electronics (economist.com)
6002.
Mossad urges Iran protests, says agents present (jpost.com)
6003.
Elon Musk says X's new algorithm will be made open source next week (engadget.com)
6004.
Meta, a Trustworthy Company, Leaks Surge of Demand for RayBan Glasses (daringfireball.net)
6005.
What's the end game for Ghost newsletter sign-up spam? (autodidacts.io)
6006.
eBook: Wall Street Sold Out Main Street (founderstowne.com)
6007.
A global 'coalition of decency' could tackle X over sexualised images (observer.co.uk)
6008.
How Grok's nudification tool went viral (theguardian.com)
6009.
Good AI, Bad AI – The Experiment (willmcgugan.github.io)
6010.
Building the Universal Commerce Protocol (shopify.engineering)
6011.
Uutils/coreutils: Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils (github.com)
6012.
Obscene images: X admits its mistake and stated it would comply with Indian law (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
6013.
Onager: Graph in DuckDB (cogitatortech.github.io)
6014.
The Ralph Wiggum Loop from first principles (by the creator of Ralph) (youtube.com)
6015.
DCS – Desktop Classic System (mycophobia.org)
6016.
Being Comfortable with "Trying" (rubenerd.com)
6017.
Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source (optimizedbyotto.com)
6018.
Why 2026 Is a Mathematically Special Number (scientificamerican.com)
6019.
'It's AI blackface': account hailed as Aboriginal Steve Irwin is AI character (theguardian.com)
6020.
Revolutionary eye injection saved my sight, says first ever patient (bbc.co.uk)
6021.
The Agent Fallacy (noemititarenco.com)
6022.
Show HN: I built Sonars in 3 weeks to see if AI coding is useful for my company (sonars.dev)
6023.
Rethinking Helix (asta.boserup.eu)
6024.
Key Chinese Money Laundering Network Member Charged W Laundering Drug Proceeds (justice.gov)
6025.
Beginning of the end for 'enshittification' – our chance to make tech good again (theguardian.com)
6026.
Show HN: Vehluna – A visual focus timer with no login or tracking (vehluna.vercel.app)
6027.
The Workings of the Pentagon's UFO Reverse Engineering Program [video] (youtube.com)
6028.
Three Inverse Laws of Robotics (susam.net)
6029.
Most US Gen Zers and millennials listen to about three hours of AI music a week (sherwood.news)
6030.
Covid lockdowns changed the beak shape of city birds (newatlas.com)