Former Mayor Eric Adams Hijacked 'NYC Token' Concept, Startup Claims
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams' token is off to a shaky start, with fresh allegations levied against the project....
14hDecryptPolitics
Former Xbox Comms Director Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb Says He's Unlocked a '0G Achievement' as He's Laid Off by Unity
Larry Hryb, better known to legions of fans as Xbox's former communications director Major Nelson, has reported being laid off from his new role at Unity. In a post on Twitter/X, Hryb shared an image ...
20hIGNTechnologyImpact
Bobby Kotick Claims Activision, Call of Duty, and Consoles Are Doing So Poorly It Proves He Was Right to Sell Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $69 Billion
Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick has made a number of claims about the state of his former company, Call of Duty, and the console market as part of a response to a lawsuit. Kotick, who left Activis...
2hIGNeconomics
Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, yours forever
Reddit's API is effectively dead for archival. Third-party apps are gone. Reddit has threatened to cut off access to the Pushshift dataset multiple times. But 3.28TB of Reddit history exists as a torr...
21hHacker NewsTechnologyImpact
'I'm Sure There Will Be More Death Threats Again' — Former Bethesda Dev Wonders How The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Meet Expectations After 'Top 10 Game of All Time' Skyrim
A former veteran Bethesda developer has said the studio may end up with “hateful comments” even if The Elder Scrolls 6 ends up just being as good as Skyrim, which he considers to be one of the top 10 ...
1dIGNTechnology
Meta’s metaverse layoffs apparently include some of its VR studios
Marvel’s Deadpool VR. Meta is laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts apparently include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. It "appears" Twisted Pixel...
18hThe VergeTechnologyImpact
Visa taps BVNK to power stablecoin payouts on Visa Direct
Visa has chosen BVNK to power Visa Direct pilots using stablecoins, enabling pre-funded cross-border payouts to wallets in select markets....
2hCoinTelegrapheconomicsImpact
SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026....
1dSpace.comTechnology
UK launches investigation into Musk's Grok amidst global backlash
Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...
23hFrance 24TechnologyImpact
Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue
The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...
16hThe VergePoliticsImpact
The Third Harry Potter Full-Cast Audiobook Is Now Available
Audible's new Harry Potter full-cast audiobook series has already received its third entry. This new form of the Harry Potter books kicked off back in November 2025 with a unique interpretation of The...
18hIGNEntertainmentImpact
China's much-hyped radars appear to have been of little help when the US launched its massive air assault against Venezuela
China's JY-27A radar didn't appear to be effective during the US raid on Venezuela. US Air Force Photo Venezuela's Chinese air defense radars weren't game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro...
3hBusiness Insiderworld_newsImpact
'One Person Can Perform the Work of 100 People' — Boss of Stellar Blade Developer Says It Needs to Use AI to Compete With Overwhelming Manpower of China and U.S. Studios
Stellar Blade director and CEO of Shift Up Hyung-tae Kim has stated that without the use of AI, developers in smaller nations will struggle to keep up with studios in places like the U.S. and China. A...
1dIGNTechnologyImpact
From humanoid robots to agentic AI, I learned what retail insiders are buzzing about at a major industry conference
I went to NRF 2026. Jordan Hart/Business Insider AI dominated this week's discussions at Retail's Big Show, a leading industry conference. I attended for the first time and saw retail leaders showcase...
2hBusiness InsiderTechnology
Anthropic wants you to use Claude to ‘Cowork’ in latest AI agent push
Anthropic wants to expand Claude's AI agent capabilities and take advantage of the growing hype around Claude Code - and it's doing it with a brand-new feature released Monday, dubbed "Claude Cowork."...
1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact
Show HN: Microwave – Native iOS app for videos on ATproto
Hi HN — I built Microwave, a native iOS app for browsing and posting short-form videos, similar to TikTok, but implemented as a pure client on top of Bluesky / AT Protocol. There’s no custom backend: ...
20hHacker NewsTechnologyImpact
Show HN: SnackBase – Open-source, GxP-compliant back end for Python teams
Hi HN, I’m the creator of SnackBase. I built this because I work in Healthcare and Life Sciences domain and was tired of spending months building the same "compliant" infrastructure (Audit Logs, Row-L...
1dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact
The $LANG Programming Language
This afternoon I wrote some tips on how to present a new* programming language to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46608577 . It occurred to me that HN has a tradition of posts called "The {na...
13hHacker NewsTechnologyImpact
Why AI is becoming the hottest cost-cutting tool in corporate legal departments
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI In-house legal teams are moving faster with artificial intelligence. Teams now have access to tools that draft legal documents and compare terms across deals. The efficiency ...
3hBusiness InsiderTechnology
A new American missile-mounted buggy has already scored over 20 kills against Russian Shaheds in Ukraine, crew says
The Tempest fires into the night sky in this video provided by Ukraine's Air Command Central. Screenshot via Facebook/Ukraine Air Command Central Ukraine has deployed an off-road buggy mounted with gu...
8hBusiness Insiderworld_news
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