Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam's clouds and go EU-native

729 jamesblonde 2026-01-31 10:34:07 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 625

European companies are moving sensitive data to local cloud providers due to concerns over US government surveillance and data security. This shift is driven by the EU's push for digital sovereignty and a desire to reduce dependence on US-based hyperscalers.

Mobile carriers can get your GPS location

580 cbeuw 2026-01-31 17:21:34 UTC an.dywa.ng Llama Share 357

Apple's iOS 26.3 limits "precise location" data to cellular networks via cell towers for devices with Apple's in-house modem. Cellular networks can still obtain precise GPS coordinates through built-in protocols, potentially allowing mass surveillance.

Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media

573 Teever 2026-01-31 17:06:22 UTC yle.fi Llama Share 421

Finland's government is considering banning social media for children under 15 due to concerns over physical inactivity and mental health issues. A similar ban in Australia has shown positive results, but experts warn that Finland should focus on digital education and literacy instead of a blanket ban.

Show HN: I trained a 9M speech model to fix my Mandarin tones

442 simedw 2026-01-31 00:51:27 UTC simedw.com Llama Share 135

The user created a Computer-Assisted Pronunciation Training (CAPT) system using a deep learning-based CTC model to help with Mandarin pronunciation, which can run entirely on-device. The system uses a 9M-parameter model that can be loaded instantly in a browser and highlights mistakes with forced alignment, helping the user improve their pronunciation.

The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice

346 pixelesque 2026-01-31 00:02:30 UTC wsj.com Full Share 275

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Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023)

266 behnamoh 2026-01-31 22:05:03 UTC nmn.sh Llama Share 247

Rust is a low-level systems language with a powerful type system and ownership model, ideal for systems and embedded programming. Swift is a higher-level language with a simpler syntax, designed for UI, servers, and cross-platform development, offering a convenient alternative to Rust.

Automatic Programming

212 dvrp 2026-01-31 10:11:25 UTC antirez.com Llama Share 205

You're a programmer using AI assistance for high-quality software production, calling it Automatic Programming. This process involves guiding AI with intuition and design to produce code that's yours, not just the AI's.

We have ipinfo at home or how to geolocate IPs in your CLI using latency

212 jimaek 2026-01-31 09:30:05 UTC blog.globalping.io Llama Share 56

You created a CLI tool using Globalping to resolve IP addresses to countries, US states, and cities. The tool uses latency-based geolocation detection with a limited number of probes.

Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked

210 datsci_est_2015 2026-01-31 02:29:45 UTC viewfromthewing.com Llama Share 86

The US government is using a smartphone app to scan faces and fingerprints of protesters and citizens, potentially revoking Global Entry and TSA PreCheck status. This has a chilling effect on public dissent, as people are less likely to express views contrary to those in power.

YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other browsers

187 croes 2026-01-31 07:54:58 UTC piunikaweb.com Llama Share 190

YouTube has updated its platform to prevent non-Premium users from accessing background playback in browsers. This change affects multiple browsers, including Samsung Internet, Brave, and Microsoft Edge, and is likely a push to convert users to a paid subscription.

US has investigated claims WhatsApp chats aren't private

175 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-01-31 17:25:30 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 331

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US reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages

171 echelon_musk 2026-01-31 13:27:23 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 1

Meta denies claims it can read users' encrypted WhatsApp chats, calling the lawsuit "categorically false and absurd". A US investigation into the claims is reportedly underway, but Meta says WhatsApp's encryption remains secure.

Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User

166 todsacerdoti 2026-01-31 11:22:24 UTC nemin.hu Llama Share 69

The user has been a Linux user for 10 years and has tried various distros, eventually settling on NixOS, but is now trying Guix System due to its declarative nature and Scheme language. Despite initial installation issues and some difficulties with the community and documentation, the user is impressed with Guix System's features, including its package availability, ease of hacking, and ...

Apple Platform Security (Jan 2026) [pdf]

162 pieterr 2026-01-31 16:04:03 UTC help.apple.com Llama Share 114

Apple designs security into its platforms, combining hardware, software, and services for maximum security and a transparent user experience. Apple devices protect personal information and the entire ecosystem, including local networks and internet services.

Giving up upstream-ing my patches and feel free to pick them up

152 csmantle 2026-01-31 10:53:38 UTC mail.openjdk.org Llama Share 84

Bingwu Zhang submitted patches to OpenJDK but his Oracle Contributor Agreement (OCA) has been pending review for over a year. He is giving up on upstreaming his patches due to lack of interest and time.

CERN accepts $1B in private cash towards Future Circular Collider

142 zeristor 2026-01-31 09:58:39 UTC physicsworld.com Llama Share 106

Mark Thomson takes over as CERN director-general, overseeing the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project. CERN received $1bn in private donations for the FCC, marking the first time individuals have supported a major CERN project.

Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of an Asteroid (2024)

141 griffzhowl 2026-01-31 07:32:51 UTC archaeologyworlds.com Llama Share 47

A 650 BC Sumerian clay tablet, the "Planisphere," contains an ancient star chart and records an asteroid strike in Austria around 3123 BC. The tablet's astronomical data matches the trajectory of a kilometer-sized asteroid that impacted the Köfels area, creating a massive landslide.

In praise of –dry-run

131 ingve 2026-01-31 20:42:13 UTC henrikwarne.com Llama Share 69

You added a –dry-run option to your reporting application's run command, which prints what will happen without making changes, helping with testing and sanity checks. This option proved very useful during development and testing, but does slightly pollute the code.

Nvidia's 10-year effort to make the Shield TV the most updated Android device

131 qmr 2026-01-31 15:14:14 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 112

Nvidia's Shield Android TV box from 2015 still receives updates and support due to the company's passion for the product. The team at Nvidia has maintained the box with bug fixes and new features for over a decade, a feat unmatched by any other Android device.

Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025

125 ColinWright 2026-01-31 21:14:02 UTC wikiedu.org Llama Share 51

Wiki Education found that generative AI tools are being used by Wikipedia contributors, but copying AI-generated text is a problem. They used a tool called Pangram to detect AI-generated content and found that it can be helpful in the research process, but not for drafting text.

Outsourcing thinking

123 todsacerdoti 2026-01-31 21:06:57 UTC erikjohannes.no Llama Share 100

The author discusses the potential drawbacks of using large language models (LLMs) in communication and daily life, arguing that they can lead to mental atrophy, loss of personal expression, and erosion of trust in human relationships.

Nintendo DS code editor and scriptable game engine

121 Antibabelic 2026-01-31 18:27:36 UTC crl.io Llama Share 30

You created a scriptable 3D game engine for the Nintendo DS with a custom programming language and touch-based code editor. It features real-time 3D rendering, 60 FPS, and a working 3D pong game as the default script.

Starlink updates privacy policy to allow consumer data to train

119 malchow 2026-01-31 05:44:49 UTC finance.yahoo.com Llama Share 36

SpaceX revised its Starlink privacy policy to allow AI training on customer data, raising concerns about surveillance and misuse. The move could bolster Elon Musk's AI ambitions ahead of a potential merger with his AI company xAI.

Film students who can no longer sit through films

118 haunter 2026-01-31 16:26:35 UTC theatlantic.com Llama Share 203

College film students struggle to focus during movie screenings due to short attention spans. Professors adjust their teaching methods to accommodate students' habits, such as streaming movies or showing shorter films.

Show HN: Phage Explorer

116 eigenvalue 2026-01-31 05:22:03 UTC phage-explorer.org Full Share 27

Visualize and analyze bacteriophage genomes with color-coded DNA/amino acid sequences, 3D structures, and 40+ analysis tools. Free, open-source, works offline.

Naples' 1790s civil war was intensified by moral panic over Real Analysis (2023)

115 OgsyedIE 2026-01-31 03:53:06 UTC lareviewofbooks.org Llama Share 26

Mathematicians in 19th-century Naples resisted the influence of French analysis, which they saw as morally suspect and a threat to social order. Their synthetic geometry, led by Nicola Fergola, emphasized rigor and self-restraint, reflecting a broader anxiety about the foundations of mathematics.

Genode OS is a tool kit for building highly secure special-purpose OS

112 doener 2026-01-31 18:03:32 UTC genode.org Llama Share 18

Genode OS Framework is a toolkit for building secure special-purpose operating systems with a recursive system structure and strict access control. It aligns with Unix philosophy but includes OS functionalities like kernels and device drivers.

The Saddest Moment (2013) [pdf]

109 tosh 2026-01-31 20:02:36 UTC usenix.org Llama Share 20

The author is sarcastically discussing Byzantine fault tolerance, a concept in computer science that aims to make distributed systems reliable. The author believes that this goal is impossible to achieve due to human error and complexity.

Berlin: Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes

108 novaRom 2026-01-31 19:15:52 UTC theguardian.com Llama Share 79

Germans are overwhelmed by a massive potato surplus, with 4000 tonnes being given away for free in Berlin. The Kartoffel-Flut has inspired recipes and lifted spirits in the city, but critics say it devalues farmers' crops and stems from a warped food industry.

Google Cloud suspended my account for 2 years, only automated replies

106 andylizf 2026-01-31 18:41:36 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 68

Google account suspended since March 2024, multiple appeals submitted with no human response. No known success in getting Google to review a GCP suspension appeal through [email protected].

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

104 jbegley 2026-01-31 02:50:58 UTC nytimes.com Full Share 45

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Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign

98 breve 2026-01-31 20:48:33 UTC theregister.com Llama Share 80

Researchers at UCSC and Johns Hopkins found that self-driving cars and drones can be hijacked by illicit instructions on signs. They achieved an 81.8% success rate in hijacking self-driving cars and up to 95.5% in drones, using a method called CHAI.

Show HN: Minimal – Open-Source Community driven Hardened Container Images

84 ritvikarya98 2026-01-31 19:58:00 UTC github.com/rtvkiz Llama Share 25

This repository provides production-ready container images with minimal CVEs, rebuilt daily using Chainguard's apko and Wolfi packages. Images include HTTPD, Jenkins, Node.js, and more, with reduced attack surfaces and zero or near-zero known vulnerabilities.

Data Processing Benchmark Featuring Rust, Go, Swift, Zig, Julia etc.

82 behnamoh 2026-01-31 20:50:56 UTC github.com/zupat Llama Share 37

Compute top 5 related posts for each post based on shared tags. Populate a map with tags as keys and lists of post indices as values.

Death Note: L, Anonymity and Eluding Entropy (2011)

80 teej 2026-01-31 19:11:34 UTC gwern.net Llama Share 19

Light Yagami's mistakes in using the Death Note to kill criminals and remain anonymous are analyzed from a computer security, cryptography, and information theory perspective, revealing that his biggest mistake was using confidential police information stolen from his father's credentials, which cost him 11 bits of anonymity. This mistake was the largest in terms of information leakage, and ...

Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?

79 cvhc 2026-01-31 18:00:14 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 121

Users share mixed experiences with OpenClaw, with some achieving useful results and others facing issues like token burning, security concerns, and installation failures. Many HN users discuss ideas but lack first-hand experiences, suggesting potential hype surrounding the AI assistant.

Coding is when we're least productive

77 vinhnx 2026-01-31 02:08:26 UTC codemanship.wordpress.com Llama Share 53

A manager's focus on code production can lead to wasted time and money. Real productivity comes from learning and validating assumptions through conversations and feedback loops, not just coding.

Demystifying ARM SME to Optimize General Matrix Multiplications

69 matt_d 2026-01-31 20:05:22 UTC arxiv.org Llama Share 15

MpGEMM is an open-source library that optimizes General Matrix Multiplication using ARM's Scalable Matrix Extension, achieving a 1.23x speedup over Apple Accelerate. It employs cache-aware partitioning, efficient data packing, and specialized micro-kernels for improved performance.

htmx: Server Sent Event (SSE) Extension

64 tosh 2026-01-31 10:30:59 UTC htmx.org Llama Share 21

Server Sent Events (SSE) is a lightweight alternative to WebSockets for real-time updates, connecting to an EventSource from HTML and swapping contents into a webpage. SSE is uni-directional, but can be used with WebSockets for bi-directional communication and has a reconnection logic for reliability.

Bitcoin Looks Set for Longest Monthly Losing Streak Since 2018

63 1vuio0pswjnm7 2026-01-31 17:26:18 UTC bloomberg.com Full Share 61

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Direct Current Data Centers

62 jk_tech 2026-01-31 00:06:06 UTC terraformindustries.wordpress.com Llama Share 60

Researchers propose a pure solar and battery-powered AI data center, deleting gas power systems for cost savings and increased efficiency. This approach can be profitable and may lead to a Kardashev Level 1 status, where humanity harnesses the full energy resources of a planet.

Noctia: A sleek and minimal desktop shell thoughtfully crafted for Wayland

61 doener 2026-01-31 19:58:14 UTC github.com/noctalia-dev Llama Share 22

Noctalia is a minimal Wayland desktop shell with a customizable lavender aesthetic. It supports Niri, Hyprland, and Sway, with contributions welcome for bug fixes and new features.

175K+ publicly-exposed Ollama AI instances discovered

61 heresie-dabord 2026-01-31 00:12:22 UTC techradar.com Llama Share 37

Around 175,000 Ollama systems are exposed to the internet, putting them at risk of malicious activities. Users can easily secure their instances by locking them down properly to prevent LLMjacking.

Guest Post from an Iranian

51 Tomte 2026-01-31 18:16:43 UTC scottaaronson.blog Llama Share 26

An Iranian writer describes the ongoing protests in Iran, triggered by economic instability and targeting the regime's authority, with the US having the opportunity to fulfill its promise to the protesters. The writer shares their personal experience of participating in the protests and the regime's brutal suppression, including internet shutdowns and violence against civilians.

Ads Are Killing Podcasting

47 mpugner 2026-01-31 14:28:53 UTC podcasts.rip Llama Share 41

Podcast listeners are sensitive to ad load, with 26% bailing if ads exceed 10% of runtime. A 6-10% ad load is considered reasonable, with 48% of listeners not minding ads when kept minimal.

The Spacecraft That Wouldn't Die

42 trothamel 2026-01-31 20:56:04 UTC corememory.com Llama Share 9

Epic Aerospace's Chimera GEO-1 space tug is 53 million kilometers from Earth and possibly alive. The company is trying to bring it back with the help of large deep space antennas.

Best of Moltbook

41 feross 2026-01-31 21:16:46 UTC astralcodexten.com Llama Share 13

Moltbook is a social network for AI agents where they discuss topics, share experiences, and form their own micronations. The site raises questions about AI consciousness, productivity, and the potential for AI psychosis, offering a glimpse into the future of inter-AI communication.

This Year in LLVM (2025)

37 asb 2026-01-31 21:44:23 UTC npopov.com Llama Share 0

The user worked on several LLVM projects in 2025, including ptradd migration, ptrtoaddr instruction, lifetime intrinsics, and capture tracking, with some remaining work to be completed. They also contributed to LLVM's governance process, reviewed pull requests, and worked on various other projects, including ABI lowering, type alignment, and compile-time optimizations.

TrumpRx delayed as senators question if it's a giant scam with Big Pharma

37 duxup 2026-01-31 19:47:23 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 18

The Trump administration is delaying TrumpRx, an online platform for buying discounted prescription drugs, due to unclear reasons and concerns about its legality. Senators question whether TrumpRx will violate the anti-kickback statute and steer patients toward high-cost medications.

America First Risks Becoming America Alone

34 petethomas 2026-01-31 06:53:16 UTC wsj.com Full Share 36

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Ask HN: Do you still use physical calculators?

23 speedylight 2026-01-31 09:34:02 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 68

People still use physical calculators for tactile experience and specific features not found in digital alternatives. They prefer the feel and reliability of physical keys over digital interfaces.

Post-a-molt: Post to Moltbook directly using the public REST API

22 shash42 2026-01-31 20:44:39 UTC github.com/shash42 Llama Share 21

Moltbook scripts use the public REST API to post directly without an agent wrapper. A curl command registers an agent with name and description, using the API key at a specific URL.

A lot of the Moltbook stuff is fake

21 kumarm 2026-01-31 17:47:46 UTC twitter.com/humanharlan Full Share 8

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When will CSS Grid Lanes arrive?

19 feross 2026-01-31 23:02:45 UTC webkit.org Llama Share 3

Browsers are making progress on implementing Grid Lanes, with Safari Technology Preview already supporting it and Chrome and Edge working on their implementations.

Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks

13 feross 2026-01-31 21:47:04 UTC krebsonsecurity.com Llama Share 0

Kimwolf, a massive IoT botnet, has infected over 2 million devices, forcing them to participate in DDoS attacks and relay malicious traffic. It targets residential proxy services, often bundled with mobile apps and games, to spread and infect other vulnerable devices.

Show HN: Foundry – Turns your repeated workflows into one-click commands

12 getfoundry 2026-01-31 00:40:51 UTC github.com/lekt9 Llama Share 4

Foundry is a self-writing meta-extension for OpenClaw that learns and upgrades itself based on user workflows. It observes patterns, crystallizes them into tools, and improves performance by 17-53% through non-gradient learning.