top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-01-23

Bugs Apple Loves

https://www.bugsappleloves.com

1 week ago

1117 upvotes – 537 comments

Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/microsoft-gave-fbi-a-set-of-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-unlock-suspects-laptops-reports/

1 week ago

1040 upvotes – 660 comments

European Alternatives

https://european-alternatives.eu

1 week ago

809 upvotes – 511 comments

Heathrow scraps liquid container limit

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1evvx89559o

1 week ago

631 upvotes – 816 comments

Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem

https://dbushell.com/2026/01/22/proton-spam/

1 week ago

556 upvotes – 424 comments

Ghostty's AI Policy

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/AI_POLICY.md

1 week ago

501 upvotes – 273 comments

I built a light that reacts to radio waves [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moBCOEiqiPs

1 week ago

482 upvotes – 105 comments

Proof of Corn

https://proofofcorn.com/

1 week ago

474 upvotes – 307 comments

Unrolling the Codex Agent Loop

https://openai.com/index/unrolling-the-codex-agent-loop/

1 week ago

456 upvotes – 208 comments

Gas Town's Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale

https://maggieappleton.com/gastown

1 week ago

401 upvotes – 430 comments
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