top 20 hacker news stories for 2026-01-28

Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

https://www.himthe.dev/blog/microsoft-to-linux

6 months ago

Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut from All Patreon Creators in iOS App

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/28/patreon-apple-tax/

6 months ago

Amazon axes 16,000 jobs as it pushes AI and efficiency

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-cuts-16000-jobs-globally-broader-restructuring-2026-01-28/

6 months ago

Please Don't Say Mean Things about the AI I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/please-dont-say-mean-things-about-the-ai-that-i-just-invested-a-billion-dollars-in

6 months ago

Tesla ending Models S and X production

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/tesla-ending-model-s-x-production.html

6 months ago

Somebody used spoofed ADSB signals to raster the meme of JD Vance

https://alecmuffett.com/article/143548

6 months ago

Airfoil

https://ciechanow.ski/airfoil/

6 months ago

ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants

https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s168

6 months ago

The UK paid £4.1M for a bookmarks site

https://mahadk.com/posts/ai-skills-hub

6 months ago

Show HN: The HN Arcade

https://andrewgy8.github.io/hnarcade/

6 months ago

ASML firing 1700 people, mostly managers

https://www.ed.nl/binnenland/asml-wil-veel-managementbanen-schrappen-rekent-op-1700-ontslagen~a04807f1/

6 months ago

That's Not How Email Works, HSBC

https://danq.me/2026/01/28/hsbc-dont-understand-email/

6 months ago

Scientist who helped eradicate smallpox dies at age 89

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smallpox-eradication-champion-william-foege-dies-at-89/

6 months ago

My Ridiculously Robust Photo Management System (Immich Edition)

https://jaisenmathai.com/articles/my-ridiculously-robust-photo-management-system-immich-edition/

6 months ago

Android's full desktop interface leaks: New status bar, Chrome Extensions

https://9to5google.com/2026/01/27/android-desktop-leak/

6 months ago

Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out

https://www.moltbook.com/

6 months ago

Super Monkey Ball ported to a website

https://monkeyball-online.pages.dev/

6 months ago

Oban, the job processing framework from Elixir, has come to Python

https://www.dimamik.com/posts/oban_py/

6 months ago

Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp

https://engineering.fb.com/2026/01/27/security/rust-at-scale-security-whatsapp/

6 months ago

In 6 violent encounters, evidence contradicts immigration officials' narratives

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/evidence-contradicts-trump-immigration-officials-accounts-violent-encounters-2026-01-27/

6 months ago