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1. The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/us-boat-attacks-law.html

3 points by: perihelions 13.01.2026 01:55 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 03:03 UTC

2. FCC revises Verizon phone unlocking rules after significant fraud issues

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/fcc-revises-verizon-phone-unlocking-rules-after-significant-fraud-issues-2026-01-12/

2 points by: petethomas 13.01.2026 01:49 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:54 UTC

3. Great code doesn't matter if you can't sell it

https://platformtoolsmith.com/blog/senior-engineer-part-3/

2 points by: sharp-dev 13.01.2026 01:49 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:57 UTC

4. A 'Holy Grail' Sleep Apnea Pill Could Be on the Market Next Year

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2026/01/12/a-holy-grail-sleep-apnea-pill-could-be-on-the-market-next-year/

6 points by: cebert 13.01.2026 01:49 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 03:00 UTC

5. Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/fcc-lets-verizon-lock-phones-for-longer-making-it-harder-to-switch-carriers/

6 points by: DefineOutside 13.01.2026 01:49 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 03:03 UTC

6. Show HN: Minimal type-safe language for software architecture

https://github.com/tesserato/Tect

2 points by: tesserato 13.01.2026 01:48 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:51 UTC

7. Canada's Scaling Problem Isn't Compute, It's Coastlines

https://zeitgeistml.substack.com/p/canadas-scaling-problem-isnt-compute

2 points by: sjosh003 13.01.2026 01:48 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:54 UTC

8. Bug 55867 – Doesn't know how to tag XI_TRACKBALL

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?__goaway_challenge=meta-refresh&__goaway_id=bdd4239d39da8143a5c3bd5b1de37e61&id=55867

1 points by: rballpug 13.01.2026 01:43 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:51 UTC

9. From Starbase: Pete Hegseth and Elon Musk [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRm9tCT0Ug

2 points by: 0xWTF 13.01.2026 01:41 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:51 UTC

10. Meta shakes up its review system with 'stronger rewards for top performers'

https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-performance-review-system-stronger-rewards-top-performers-2026-1

4 points by: ryandrake 13.01.2026 01:35 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:51 UTC

11. Paramount Wants Warner to Show Its Work

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-01-12/paramount-wants-to-warner-to-show-its-work

1 points by: feross 13.01.2026 01:33 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:48 UTC

12. Turning Agents into Learning Machines

https://twitter.com/ashpreetbedi/status/2010781132418064750

1 points by: bedify 13.01.2026 01:31 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:45 UTC

13. DJT Says Microsoft to Make Changes to Curb Data Center Power Costs for Americans

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-01-12/trump-says-microsoft-to-make-changes-to-curb-data-center-power-costs-for-americans

1 points by: schmuckonwheels 13.01.2026 01:23 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:39 UTC

14. Living with LLMs Everywhere – How Ambient LLMs Negate Security Policy

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46596317

1 points by: djwide 13.01.2026 01:23 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:36 UTC

15. Apple: You (Still) Don't Understand the Vision Pro

https://stratechery.com/2026/apple-you-still-dont-understand-the-vision-pro/

2 points by: feross 13.01.2026 01:18 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:33 UTC

16. Who Companies Call When They Want to Become a Bank

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/fintechs-call-klaros-group-when-they-want-bank-charters

1 points by: petethomas 13.01.2026 01:18 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:36 UTC

17. Show HN: Idlen.io ($IDL), the first privacy-first AI ad network is launched

https://www.idlen.io/fr/

4 points by: paulefizelier 13.01.2026 01:18 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:30 UTC

18. Show HN: I built a tool to calculate the True Cost of Ownership (TCO) for yachts

https://yachtvaluereport.com/

2 points by: todaycompanies 13.01.2026 01:12 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:18 UTC

19. Ask HN: How are you using AI to self-augment?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46596243

1 points by: almostlikemagic 13.01.2026 01:12 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:21 UTC

20. Sherlock MCP server so you can use AI to do OSI research

https://github.com/Burnsedia/sherlock-mcp

2 points by: Burnsedia 13.01.2026 01:11 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:18 UTC

21. Picao AI Landing Page

https://picaoai.com

2 points by: Kathrine_Oduah 13.01.2026 01:09 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:15 UTC

22. Meta Taps Trump Alum as New President

https://thehill.com/newsletters/technology/5685457-meta-taps-trump-alum-as-new-president

5 points by: 650REDHAIR 13.01.2026 01:08 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:12 UTC

23. Ackman Pitches Prepayment Penalties as Way to Cut Mortgage Rates

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/ackman-pitches-prepayment-penalties-as-way-to-cut-mortgage-rates

1 points by: petethomas 13.01.2026 01:06 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:09 UTC

24. Mystery: Why do some LLMs produce more coil noise on Mac Studio M3 Ultra?

https://twitter.com/OrganicGPT/status/2010879700785373437

6 points by: behnamoh 13.01.2026 01:05 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:09 UTC

25. I'm a Happy Engineer Now

https://blog.denv.it/posts/im-happy-engineer-now/

5 points by: denysvitali 13.01.2026 01:03 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:03 UTC

26. Spy Shots Catch the Strangest New Car We've Seen Since Cybertruck

https://carbuzz.com/ceer-suv-spy-shots-january-2026/

1 points by: gnabgib 13.01.2026 01:00 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:03 UTC

27. Phind Is Shutting Down

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46596149

1 points by: wilsonjholmes 13.01.2026 00:59 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 02:03 UTC

28. Is life a game?Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen argues that play is the meaning of life

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/is-life-a-game

2 points by: bookofjoe 13.01.2026 00:54 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 01:57 UTC

29. Court says Trump admin illegally blocked billions in clean energy grants

https://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-democrats-blue-state-hydrogen-9269a5a839122e1b3fd487787747d47e

9 points by: mickle00 13.01.2026 00:50 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 01:24 UTC

30. Malicious Chrome Extension Steals MEXC API Keys for Account Takeover

https://socket.dev/blog/malicious-chrome-extension-steals-mexc-api-keys

2 points by: feross 13.01.2026 00:49 UTC Last Updated: 13.01.2026 01:54 UTC