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Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back

Quick background: I used to code. Studied it in school, wrote some projects, but eventually convinced myself I wasn't cut out for it. Too slow, too many bugs, imposter syndrome — the usual story. So I...

Jan 19Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

An OpenAI-backed humanoid robot startup says it's moving away from using humans to train its Optimus rival

1X's humanoid robot, Neo, will cost $20,000 or $500 a month via subscription. Camille Cohen for The Washington Post via Getty Images Humanoid robots often require human "teleoperators" to trai...

Jan 16Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

A Skadden veteran's uneasy take on smarter machines

Philip Vukelich for BI Three years out of law school , in 1990, David Goldschmidt landed the kind of assignment most young corporate lawyers only dream of: taking a company public. When a senior partn...

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World’s most powerful literary critic is on TikTok

Article URL: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2026/01/the-worlds-most-powerful-literary-critic-is-on-tiktok Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751231 Points: 11 # Comments:...

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Vibe coding is a blight on open-source

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1qcxres/vibe_coding_is_a_blight_on_opensource/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46655702 Points: 11 # Comments: 0...

Jan 17Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Execs at Davos say AI's biggest problem isn't hype — it's security

AI cybersecurity is a top concern for some execs right now. Donato Fasano/Getty Images Business leaders at the World Economic Forum highlight AI security as a top concern. Executives like Raj Sharma a...

Jan 20Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

The author of 'Sapiens' says AI is about to create 2 crises for every country

Yuval Noah Harari was a speaker at the 2026 World Economic Forum Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images The author of "Sapiens" Yuval Noah Harari said AI is going to cause two crises for every c...

6dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

'I Don't Like It. I Would Prefer That It Not Be Done' — Master Chief Actor Steve Downes Says Deceptive AI Reproductions of His Voice 'Cross a Line'

Steve Downes, the actor behind Master chief’s iconic voice, has said deceptive AI reproductions of his voice “cross a line that gets into an area I am uncomfortable with” — and he wants it to stop. Sp...

4dIGNTechnologyImpact

Leak: Nvidia is about to challenge ‘Intel Inside’ with as many as eight Arm laptops

This is not an Nvidia Arm laptop, but the old image seemed thematically appropriate. Intel and AMD have split the Windows laptop market for years, but the x86 players may be getting outnumbered. It's ...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

AI labs wage a reputational knife fight at Davos

Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer of DeepMind Technologies Ltd., during a panel session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. | Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images This is an ex...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Show HN: Netfence – Like Envoy for eBPF Filters

To power the firewalling for our agents so that they couldn't contact arbitrary services, I build netfence. It's like Envoy but for eBPF filters. It allows you to define different DNS-based rules that...

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The Pentagon is going to Silicon Valley for its next recruits

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Pentagon has a new pitch for young adults: skip the Army, and write code instead. Undersecretary of Defense Emil Michael said on the No Priors podcast...

4dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Sony’s first clip earbuds don’t quite hit the mark

The Sony LinkBuds Clip can be customized with different colored covers for the case. The Sony LinkBuds Clip are the company's first clip earbuds. They follow the innovative donut-hole LinkBuds and Lin...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Here's How The Office's Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute Look in Fortnite

Fortnite fans have gainded a first look at how The Office characters Michael Scott and Dwight Scrute will appear in the game, when they become available later tonight. The pair of new Fortnite skins i...

3dIGNEntertainmentImpact

Chinese banks join the space race with satellite launches and rocket backing

Banks do not usually build space assets, but in China, lenders are increasingly leasing satellites, funding rocket firms and even launching spacecraft of their own. While banks elsewhere typically use...

5dSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

What a Sony and TCL partnership means for the future of TVs

I'm not sure anyone saw this news coming, but the TV landscape as we know it could change considerably over the next year or two. Sony, the storied Japanese TV brand, has announced that it has signed ...

6dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Show HN: OSS AI agent that indexes and searches the Epstein files

Hi HN, I built an open-source AI agent that has already indexed and can search the entire Epstein files, roughly 100M words of publicly released documents. The goal was simple: make a large, messy cor...

Jan 14Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Truth and AI in Minneapolis

When federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, video of the shooting - from lots of people, and lots of angles, with wildly varying levels of quality - immediately began to...

51mThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Grok stops users from making sexualized AI images after global backlash

Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...

Jan 15Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now

The last-gen Apple Watch Ultra 2 is on sale starting at $549, matching its lowest price to date. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In September, Apple launched its latest fleet of smartwatch...

Jan 16The VergeTechnology
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