2482
950
It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
7 months ago
941
449
There were BGP anomalies during the Venezuela blackout
https://loworbitsecurity.com/radar/radar16/
717
192
Databases in 2025: A Year in Review
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2026/01/2025-databases-retrospective.html
673
358
Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension
https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-org-domain-after-surprise-suspension/
542
287
Google broke my heart
https://perishablepress.com/google-broke-my-heart/
507
274
Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%
https://brave.com/privacy-updates/36-adblock-memory-reduction/
504
293
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die/
454
88
RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499976
452
420
I switched from VSCode to Zed
https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/i-switched-from-vscode-to-zed/
365
272
Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”
https://www.office.com
347
168
Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android
https://donotnotify.com/
335
572
X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/x-blames-users-for-grok-generated-csam-no-fixes-announced/
315
321
All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025)
https://idiallo.com/blog/all-ai-videos-are-harmful
142
A spider web unlike any seen before
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/science/biggest-spiderweb-sulfur-cave.html
280
28
Show HN: Tailsnitch – A security auditor for Tailscale
https://github.com/Adversis/tailsnitch
279
512
Jensen: 'We've done our country a great disservice' by offshoring
https://www.barchart.com/story/news/36862423/weve-done-our-country-a-great-disservice-by-offshoring-nvidias-jensen-huang-says-we-have-to-create-prosperity-for-all-not-just-phds
275
269
Donut Lab’s all-solid-state battery delivers 400 Wh/kg of energy density
https://www.donutlab.com/ces-battery-announcement/
256
38
Sega co-founder David Rosen has died
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies
237
387
Why didn't AI “join the workforce” in 2025?
https://calnewport.com/why-didnt-ai-join-the-workforce-in-2025/
228
197
ICE is using facial-recognition technology to quickly arrest people
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-facial-recognition-app-mobile-fortify-dfdd00bf
220
70
Strange.website
https://strange.website/
186
119
How Y Combinator made it smart to trust founders
https://elbowgreasegames.substack.com/p/when-good-actors-can-trust-each-other
172
52
Decorative Cryptography
https://www.dlp.rip/decorative-cryptography
159
76
Pentagon moves to punish Democratic senator over 'seditious video'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8039wg1rdo
154
223
CSS sucks because we don't bother learning it (2022)
https://idiallo.com/blog/learn-css
26
Cigarette smoke effect using shaders
https://garden.bradwoods.io/notes/javascript/three-js/shaders/shaders-103-smoke
153
68
Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/gatekeepers-of-law-inside-the-westlaw
42
So, you want to chunk really fast?
https://minha.sh/posts/so,-you-want-to-chunk-really-fast
149
83
GOG Patrons- Join gamers keeping classics alive
https://www.gog.com/en/patrons
148
53
Dealing with abandonware (2024)
https://blog.hris.to/./dealing-with-abandonware.html
144
30
Pipe Dreams – The life and times of Yahoo Pipes (2023)
https://retool.com/pipes
143
146
Novo Nordisk launches Wegovy weight-loss pill in US, triggering price war
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/05/novo-nordisk-launches-wegovy-weight-loss-pill-us-price-war
130
65
I used Lego to design a farm for people who are blind – like me
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4zlyqnr0o
111
101
How wolves became dogs
https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2025/12/18/how-wolves-became-dogs
110
44
Singularity Rootkit: SELinux bypass and netlink filter (ss/conntrack hidden)
https://github.com/MatheuZSecurity/Singularity
95
Boston Dynamics and DeepMind form new AI partnership
https://bostondynamics.com/blog/boston-dynamics-google-deepmind-form-new-ai-partnership/
92
58
Building a Rust-style static analyzer for C++ with AI
http://mpaxos.com/blog/rusty-cpp.html
85
57
Favorite Tech Museums
https://aresluna.org/fav-tech-museums/
73
On Getting Hacked
https://ahmeto.com/post/on-getting-hacked
79
29
Observability's past, present, and future
https://blog.sherwoodcallaway.com/observability-s-past-present-and-future/
75
Imagine 130M Washing Machines
https://scottsumner.substack.com/p/imagine-130000000-washing-machines
74
97
Show HN: A simulator for engineers transitioning from IC to management
https://apmcommunication.com/scenario/backchannel-vp
107
A web developer posted a payment shaming message on their client's site
https://joseph-smith.co.uk/
71
10
Keeping Syria connected during war: Surviving ISIS and Intelligence
https://syriauntold.com/2025/12/27/keeping-syria-connected-during-war/
How GitHub monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem
https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html
21
Utopian Scholastic
https://wol.fm/blog/utopian-scholastic.html
31
Show HN: Make audio loops online
https://makeloops.online/
11
Sorted string tables (SST) from first principles
https://www.bitsxpages.com/p/sorted-string-tables-sst-from-first
16
Reading Without Limits or Expectations
https://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-without-limits-or-expectations/
Sandboxing Untrusted Python
https://gist.github.com/mavdol/2c68acb408686f1e038bf89e5705b28c
Solo ASIC tapeout on a budget: detailed write up
https://essenceia.github.io/projects/blake2s_hashing_accelerator_a_solo_tapeout_journey/
Lego announces Smart Brick, the 'most significant evolution' in 50 years, no AI
https://www.theverge.com/tech/854556/lego-announces-smart-brick-the-most-significant-evolution-in-50-years