How Hightouch built their long-running agent harness
https://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/how-hightouch-built-their-long-running-agent-harness
https://www.amplifypartners.com/blog-posts/how-hightouch-built-their-long-running-agent-harness
Amplifypartners
How Hightouch built their long-running agent harness | Amplify Partners
A story of real context engineering: how Hightouch's engineers built a long running agent that smoothly handles sparse and open ended marketing tasks.
Much of the World Facing 'Water Bankruptcy,' U.N. Report Warns
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/water-bankruptcy-report
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/water-bankruptcy-report
Yale Environment 360
Much of the World Facing ‘Water Bankruptcy,’ U.N. Report Warns
Around the world, people are drawing down reserves of fresh water faster than they can be replenished. The heedless consumption of water, combined with worsening drought globally, has ushered in an era of “water bankruptcy,” according to a dire new U.N. report.
A scammer's blueprint: How cybercriminals plot to rob a target in a week
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SOUTHEASTASIA-SCAMS/MANUALS/klpyjlqelvg/
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/SOUTHEASTASIA-SCAMS/MANUALS/klpyjlqelvg/
Reuters
A scammer’s blueprint: How cybercriminals plot to rob a target in a week
Handbooks discovered in police raids detail how cyberfraud gangs groom victims for romance scams.
Steam "Offline" status leaks exact login timestamps (Valve: Won't Fix)
https://xmrcat.org/steam-invisibility-bypass
https://xmrcat.org/steam-invisibility-bypass
xmrcat.org
How to See If a Friend is Invisible on Steam (Real vs. Fake Offline)
Wondering if your friend is really offline or just invisible on Steam? Here is how the Steam 'Offline' status leaks exact login times and why Valve won't fix it.
Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/verizon-starts-requiring-365-days-of-paid-service-before-it-will-unlock-phones/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/verizon-starts-requiring-365-days-of-paid-service-before-it-will-unlock-phones/
Ars Technica
Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
Verizon changed prepaid brands' policy a week after FCC waived unlocking rule.
Anthropic's original take home assignment open sourced
https://github.com/anthropics/original_performance_takehome
https://github.com/anthropics/original_performance_takehome
GitHub
GitHub - anthropics/original_performance_takehome: Anthropic's original performance take-home, now open for you to try!
Anthropic's original performance take-home, now open for you to try! - anthropics/original_performance_takehome
Libbbf: Bound Book Format, A high-performance container for comics and manga
https://github.com/ef1500/libbbf
https://github.com/ef1500/libbbf
GitHub
GitHub - ef1500/libbbf: Bound Book Format: A high-performance, DirectStorage-native container format for comics and manga
Bound Book Format: A high-performance, DirectStorage-native container format for comics and manga - ef1500/libbbf
Infracost (YC W21) Is Hiring Sr Back End Eng (Node.js+SQL) to Shift FinOps Left
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/infracost/jobs/Sr9rmHs-senior-backend-engineer-node-js-sql
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/infracost/jobs/Sr9rmHs-senior-backend-engineer-node-js-sql
Y Combinator
Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js & SQL) at Infracost | Y Combinator
Help engineers fix what matters. You’ll work closely with PMs, designers, and engineers to build fast, reliable backends that power real-time infrastructure insights for thousands of engineers.
What we’re looking for:
GMT+2 to GMT-6 time zone. We work primarily…
What we’re looking for:
GMT+2 to GMT-6 time zone. We work primarily…
Director Gore Verbinski: Unreal Engine is the greatest slip backwards for movie
https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/director-gore-verbinski-says-unreal-engine-is-the-greatest-slip-backwards-for-movie-cgi/
https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/director-gore-verbinski-says-unreal-engine-is-the-greatest-slip-backwards-for-movie-cgi/
PC Gamer
Director Gore Verbinski says Unreal Engine is 'the greatest slip backwards' for movie CGI
Do visual effects look worse than they used to? The director of Pirates of the Caribbean says Unreal is the culprit.
EU chief says EU should abandon caution after Bessent calls Denmark 'irrelevant'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/21/europe-donald-trump-davos-speech-greenland-denmark-latest-updates
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/21/europe-donald-trump-davos-speech-greenland-denmark-latest-updates
the Guardian
EU chief says Europe needs to abandon caution after US treasury secretary calls Denmark ‘irrelevant’ – Europe live
Scott Bessent replied to a question on Danish investments by saying that ‘Denmark’s investment in US treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant’