County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/county-pays-600000-to-pentesters-it-arrested-for-assessing-courthouse-security/
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/county-pays-600000-to-pentesters-it-arrested-for-assessing-courthouse-security/
Ars Technica
County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.
Networks Hold the Key to a Decades-Old Problem About Waves
https://www.quantamagazine.org/networks-hold-the-key-to-a-decades-old-problem-about-waves-20260128/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/networks-hold-the-key-to-a-decades-old-problem-about-waves-20260128/
Quanta Magazine
Networks Hold the Key to a Decades-Old Problem About Waves | Quanta Magazine
Mathematicians are still trying to understand fundamental properties of the Fourier transform, one of their most ubiquitous and powerful tools. A new result marks an exciting advance toward that goal.
Why "The AI Hallucinated" is the perfect legal defense
https://niyikiza.com/posts/hallucination-defense/
https://niyikiza.com/posts/hallucination-defense/
Niyikiza
The Hallucination Defense
Why logs make 'The AI Did It' the perfect excuse
Slopaganda: AI images posted by the White House and what they teach us
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/the-slopaganda-era-10-ai-images-posted-by-the-white-house-and-what-they-teach-us
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/the-slopaganda-era-10-ai-images-posted-by-the-white-house-and-what-they-teach-us
the Guardian
The slopaganda era: 10 AI images posted by the White House – and what they teach us
Under Donald Trump, the White House has filled its social media with memes, wishcasting, nostalgia and deepfakes. Here’s what you need to know to navigate the trolling
Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/apple-buys-israeli-startup-q-ai-as-the-ai-race-heats-up/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/apple-buys-israeli-startup-q-ai-as-the-ai-race-heats-up/
TechCrunch
Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up | TechCrunch
Q.ai is an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments.
iPhone 16 Best-Selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top Models
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/iphone-16-worlds-best-selling-smartphone-in-2025-apple-takes-7-spots-in-top-10-models
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/iphone-16-worlds-best-selling-smartphone-in-2025-apple-takes-7-spots-in-top-10-models
Counterpointresearch
iPhone 16 World’s Best-selling Smartphone in 2025; Apple Takes 7 Spots in Top 10 Models
Apple and Samsung continued to capture the Top 10 spots. These 10 models contributed 19% of annual smartphone sales.In terms of comparisons with predecessor models, the iPhone 17 base model registered the highest growth while jumping up four spots.Samsung’s…
Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models/
https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models/
Openai
Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
On February 13, 2026, alongside the previously announced retirement of GPT‑5 (Instant, Thinking, and Pro), we will retire GPT‑4o, GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini from ChatGPT. In the API, there are no changes at this time.
EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/eff-close-friday-solidarity-national-shutdown
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/eff-close-friday-solidarity-national-shutdown
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown
On January 30, EFF will be closed as part of the national shutdown in opposition to ICE, CBP, and the brutality and terror they and other federal agencies continue to inflict on immigrant communities
What the Success of Coding Agents Teaches Us about AI Systems in General
https://softwarefordays.com/post/software-is-mostly-all-you-need/
https://softwarefordays.com/post/software-is-mostly-all-you-need/
Software for Days | AI, Functional Programming & Philosophy
Software is Mostly All You Need
Robust AI architectures avoid neural networks at runtime, using them at buildtime instead.
The Dank Case for Scrolling Window Managers
https://tedium.co/2026/01/29/niri-danklinux-scrolling-window-managers/
https://tedium.co/2026/01/29/niri-danklinux-scrolling-window-managers/
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
The Dank Case For Scrolling Window Managers
My favorite UX metaphor, the scrolling window manager, is having a moment thanks to innovations like Niri and Dank Linux.
I built VanCamera: FOSS, secure, zero-config Android webcam for Windows
https://github.com/danielbolivar/vancamera
https://github.com/danielbolivar/vancamera
GitHub
GitHub - danielbolivar/vancamera: Turn your Android into a webcam for Windows. Open source, secure, zero-config.
Turn your Android into a webcam for Windows. Open source, secure, zero-config. - danielbolivar/vancamera
Photoroom (YC S20) Is Hiring a Head of Cross-Platform (Rust) in Paris
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/photoroom/dc994a7c-e104-46e1-81c3-b88d635398b9
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/photoroom/dc994a7c-e104-46e1-81c3-b88d635398b9
Ashbyhq
Head of cross-platform (Rust)
About us
Photoroom https://www.photoroom.com launched in 2020 after being accepted into Y Combinator and has become the world's most popular AI photo editor over the past four years. Our goal is to create the technology allowing anyone create studio-level…
Photoroom https://www.photoroom.com launched in 2020 after being accepted into Y Combinator and has become the world's most popular AI photo editor over the past four years. Our goal is to create the technology allowing anyone create studio-level…
GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client
https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-a-native-client/
https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-calls-linux-the-next-major-frontier-for-gaming-as-it-works-on-a-native-client/
XDA
GOG calls Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client
Good for Good Old Games.
Tesla's Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
https://electrek.co/2026/01/29/teslas-own-robotaxi-data-confirms-crash-rate-3x-worse-than-humans-even-with-monitor/
https://electrek.co/2026/01/29/teslas-own-robotaxi-data-confirms-crash-rate-3x-worse-than-humans-even-with-monitor/
Electrek
Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
BoldVoice (YC S21) Is Hiring Fullstack and Machine Learning Engineers
https://boldvoice.notion.site/careers-page?p=2e871a9bf729806c81f6e47f32e32622&pm=s
https://boldvoice.notion.site/careers-page?p=2e871a9bf729806c81f6e47f32e32622&pm=s
boldvoice on Notion
Fullstack Engineer | Notion
Tech stack: React Native (iOS & Android), React (CMS, Webapp), Node / Express, PostgreSQL