Police Invested Millions in Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software Won't Say How Used
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/
The Texas Observer
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.
CD Projekt issue DMCA takedown notice against popular Cyberpunk VR mod
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Show HN: AWS-doctor – A terminal-based AWS health check and cost optimizer in Go
https://github.com/elC0mpa/aws-doctor
https://github.com/elC0mpa/aws-doctor
GitHub
GitHub - elC0mpa/aws-doctor: Diagnose AWS costs, detect idle resources, and optimize cloud spending directly from your terminal.…
Diagnose AWS costs, detect idle resources, and optimize cloud spending directly from your terminal. 🩺 ☁️ - elC0mpa/aws-doctor
Show HN: Intent Layer: A context engineering skill for AI agents
https://www.railly.dev/blog/intent-layer/
https://www.railly.dev/blog/intent-layer/
Railly Hugo
Context Engineering Skills: Intent Layer
A skill that sets up hierarchical AGENTS.md files so AI agents navigate your codebase like senior engineers.
Anthropic disabled my account after payment cancer patient/medical data trapped
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46675740
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46675740
A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth
https://bitchat.free/
https://bitchat.free/
MTOTP: Wouldn't it be nice if you were the 2FA device?
https://github.com/VBranimir/mTOTP/tree/develop
https://github.com/VBranimir/mTOTP/tree/develop
GitHub
GitHub - VBranimir/mTOTP at develop
mTOTP is an experimental, manual variant of TOTP designed to be computed by a human without electronic devices. It explores the limits of time-based authentication under strict human constraints an...
Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees
https://www.ru.nl/en/staff/news/radboud-university-selects-fairphone-as-standard-smartphone-for-employees
https://www.ru.nl/en/staff/news/radboud-university-selects-fairphone-as-standard-smartphone-for-employees
www.ru.nl
Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees | Radboud University
Radboud University has decided to choose Fairphone as its standard company smartphone model for reasons of sustainability, cost efficiency and management support.
Greenpeace pilot brings heat pumps and solar to Ukrainian community
https://www.pveurope.eu/power2heat/greenpeace-pilot-brings-heat-pumps-and-solar-ukrainian-community
https://www.pveurope.eu/power2heat/greenpeace-pilot-brings-heat-pumps-and-solar-ukrainian-community
PV Europe
Greenpeace pilot brings heat pumps and solar to Ukrainian community
Together with the city of Trostianets and Green Planet Energy, the environmental organisation has completed a sustainable heating pilot that could serve as a model for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian homes.
RISC-V is coming along quite speedily: Milk-V Titan Mini-ITX 8-core board
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/milk-v-titan-mini-ix-board-with-ur-dp1000-processor-shows-risc-v-ecosystem-taking-shape-m-2-ddr4-and-pcie-card-support-form-a-kit-that-you-can-use-out-of-the-box
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/milk-v-titan-mini-ix-board-with-ur-dp1000-processor-shows-risc-v-ecosystem-taking-shape-m-2-ddr4-and-pcie-card-support-form-a-kit-that-you-can-use-out-of-the-box
Tom's Hardware
Milk-V Titan Mini-IX board with UR-DP1000 processor shows RISC-V ecosystem taking shape — M.2, DDR4, and PCIe card support form…
RISC-V is coming along quite speedily.
Fire Shuts GTA 6 Developer Rockstar North, Following Report of Explosion
https://www.ign.com/articles/fire-shuts-gta-6-developer-rockstar-north-following-report-of-explosion
https://www.ign.com/articles/fire-shuts-gta-6-developer-rockstar-north-following-report-of-explosion
IGN
GTA 6 Developer Rockstar North 'Open and Operational' After Fire Crews Rush to Explosion - IGN
Fire services attended the offices of Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar North this morning and secured "structural damage" following a reported boiler explosion.
West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/19/copper_chief_cops_it_after/
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/19/copper_chief_cops_it_after/
The Register
Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination
: Craig Guildford banned Israeli fans based on Microsoft's match report, told MPs 'we don't use AI,' then discovers... they did
"Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?"
https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
https://twitter.com/beneater/status/2012988790709928305
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Ben Eater (@beneater) on X
Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?
Kiel Institute Analysis: US Americans pay 96% of tariff burden
https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/americas-own-goal-who-pays-the-tariffs-19398/
https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/americas-own-goal-who-pays-the-tariffs-19398/
www.kielinstitut.de
America’s Own Goal: Who Pays the Tariffs? - Kiel Institute