top 10 hacker news stories for 2026-01-24

BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp

https://www.birdy.chat/blog/first-to-interoperate-with-whatsapp

7 months ago

Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

7 months ago

How I Estimate Work as a Staff Software Engineer

https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-i-estimate-work/

7 months ago

MS confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare

7 months ago

Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms

https://twitter.com/NicerInPerson/status/2014989679796347375

7 months ago

Doing Gigabit Ethernet over My British Phone Wires

https://thehftguy.com/2026/01/22/doing-gigabit-ethernet-over-my-british-phone-wires/

7 months ago

Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands

https://comma.ai

7 months ago

I added a Bluesky comment section to my blog

https://micahcantor.com/blog/bluesky-comment-section.html

7 months ago

Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology

https://theconversation.com/europe-wants-to-end-its-dangerous-reliance-on-us-internet-technology-274042

7 months ago

Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/wiper-malware-targeted-poland-energy-grid-but-failed-to-knock-out-electricity/

7 months ago