Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds

362 meetpateltech 2026-01-29 18:03:43 UTC blog.google Llama Share 182

Google is releasing Project Genie, an experimental web app that lets users create and explore interactive worlds using Genie 3, a world model that simulates real-world scenarios. The app allows users to create characters, worlds, and define how to explore them, with features like real-time path generation and world remixing.

PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible

136 croes 2026-01-29 19:03:43 UTC redgamingtech.com Llama Share 45

A new tool called PS2Recomp is being developed to recompile PS2 games for modern platforms, allowing for native ports and improved visuals. This project aims to give game developers more freedom to enhance and modify classic games, potentially leading to remasters and community remakes.

Claude Code daily benchmarks for degradation tracking

477 qwesr123 2026-01-29 14:03:43 UTC marginlab.ai Llama Share 246

The tracker detects statistically significant degradations in Claude Code with Opus 4.5 performance on SWE tasks. It uses daily evaluations with 50 test instances and aggregates weekly and monthly results for reliable estimates.

Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer

181 axiomdata316 2026-01-29 17:03:43 UTC drugtargetreview.com Llama Share 87

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Flameshot

66 OsrsNeedsf2P 2026-01-29 20:03:43 UTC github.com/flameshot-org Llama Share 25

Flameshot is a screenshot tool that can be launched with or without parameters, and it provides a tray icon for configuration and management. It supports various hotkeys and shortcuts for capturing screenshots and saving them to a file.

Compressed Agents.md > Agent Skills

64 maximedupre 2026-01-29 20:03:43 UTC vercel.com Llama Share 31

We embedded a compressed 8KB docs index in AGENTS.md to improve coding agents' accuracy. This approach achieved a 100% pass rate, outperforming skills-based retrieval.

Launch HN: AgentMail (YC S25) – An API that gives agents their own email inboxes

97 Haakam21 2026-01-29 17:03:43 UTC news.ycombinator.com Llama Share 120

Haakam, Michael, and Adi built AgentMail, an email inbox API for agents, providing a universal protocol with identity and authentication. AgentMail allows developers to create email agents that can autonomously complete tasks and interact with users through email.

Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images

640 saubeidl 2026-01-29 08:03:43 UTC esa.int Llama Share 91

The Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder satellite has shared its first images, providing data on temperature and humidity for more accurate weather forecasting over Europe and northern Africa. The satellite's Infrared Sounder instrument captures data on temperature and humidity, enabling the creation of three-dimensional maps of the atmosphere.

Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT

111 rd 2026-01-29 22:03:43 UTC openai.com Llama Share 153

OpenAI will retire GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, and GPT-4.1 mini on February 13, 2026, due to low usage. Improvements from user feedback are now in GPT-5.2, which most users prefer.

The Value of Things

39 vinhnx 2026-01-29 20:03:43 UTC journal.stuffwithstuff.com Llama Share 15

The user reflects on the value of generative AI, concluding that while it can produce useful things, it cannot generate meaning and can drain the personal significance from creative endeavors. They propose a personal approach to using AI, focusing on efficiency for utilitarian goods and human connection for meaningful creations.

The Hallucination Defense

32 niyikiza 2026-01-29 20:03:43 UTC niyikiza.com Llama Share 75

The current logging and authorization systems for AI agents are insufficient as they rely on session tokens and logs that can be tampered with or deleted, making it hard to prove human authorization. A durable cryptographic proof like Tenuo warrants is needed to bind humans to specific agent actions and provide a verifiable delegation chain for accountability.

County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security

224 MBCook 2026-01-29 19:03:43 UTC arstechnica.com Llama Share 115

Two security professionals, Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn, received $600,000 to settle a lawsuit after being wrongly arrested for an authorized security assessment at an Iowa courthouse. The settlement confirms their work was legitimate and done in the public interest.

A lot of population numbers are fake

213 bookofjoe 2026-01-29 14:03:43 UTC davidoks.blog Llama Share 201

Papua New Guinea and Nigeria are two countries where population numbers are highly uncertain due to a lack of reliable census data and potential biases in official estimates. Despite the use of satellite imagery and other technologies, accurate population counts remain elusive in many countries, particularly in Africa, where the numbers may be significantly off from official estimates.

Grid: Forever free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer

4 cyrusradfar 2026-01-29 22:40:43 UTC grid.space Prefix Share 1

No software installations, no licenses to purchase, no accounts to manage. Students simply open a browser and start creating. All student work stays on their device. No data collection, no cloud uploads, no privacy concerns. COPPA and FERPA friendly. No per-seat licensing, no subscription fees, no "educational discounts" that expire. Free forever for everyone. Chromebooks, tablets, ...

Show HN: Kolibri, a DIY music club in Sweden

23 EastLondonCoder 2026-01-29 21:03:43 UTC kolibrinkpg.com Full Share 6

Resident DJ duo with live guests. Underground club nights at Mitropa the last Friday of every month. Kolibri is run by Maria and Jonatan in Norrköping. We focus on intimate nights with proper sound and a tight bill. We’re not trying to be big — we’re trying to be good.

Cutting Up Curved Things (With Math)

3 ecto 2026-01-29 22:36:43 UTC campedersen.com Prefix Share 0

It knows triangles! That's it. Three points, maybe a color. The entire vocabulary of graphics hardware fits on an index card. So before any curved surface can be rendered, someone has to chop it into triangles. Lots of them! Arranged just right so the illusion holds. Vertices are points in space, and indices say which three points form each triangle. That's the entire data structure! ...

Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

248 voxadam 2026-01-29 15:03:43 UTC techcrunch.com Llama Share 442

Waymo's robotaxi struck a child at 6mph after braking from 17mph, with the child suddenly entering the road from behind a stopped SUV. The NHTSA is investigating the incident, which occurred near an elementary school during drop-off hours.

Reflex (YC W23) Senior Software Engineer Infra

0 2026-01-29 17:03:43 UTC ycombinator.com Llama Share

Reflex is a unified platform for building, deploying, and managing applications end-to-end. It replaces the fragmented enterprise stack with a single platform, empowering teams to own the entire lifecycle of their apps.

Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts?

84 neelc 2026-01-29 16:03:43 UTC fourplex.net Llama Share 105

The AI surge is causing DRAM producers to focus on HBM, potentially killing small VPS hosting businesses like mine due to high costs. This mirrors the 2000s when small ISPs died due to Big Telecom lobbying and lack of line sharing.

EmulatorJS

79 avaer 2026-01-29 16:03:43 UTC github.com/emulatorjs Llama Share 11

EmulatorJS is a rewritten project with a new version system and CDN for cores and files. Use releases or CDN for production, and consider funding to remove demo ads.

Where to Sleep in Lax

7 surprisetalk 2026-01-29 22:03:43 UTC cadence.moe Prefix Share 0

My 11:30 pm connecting flight out of Los Angeles International Airport was delayed by 24 hours, forcing me to rest in the airport. All my bags were checked, so I had no luggage or spare clothes available. Here's where I tried sleeping and how it went. All of these places are in Terminal B, the Tom Bradley International Terminal. I did pass the time by walking to every other terminal, but ...

The WiFi only works when it's raining (2024)

14 epicalex 2026-01-29 21:03:43 UTC predr.ag Llama Share 1

A college student returns home to find his dad claims the Wi-Fi only works when it's raining. After investigation, they discover a tree in the neighbor's yard is blocking the Wi-Fi signal, and the rain weighs down the branches, temporarily clearing the path.

EFF to Close Friday in Solidarity with National Shutdown

33 8organicbits 2026-01-29 22:03:43 UTC eff.org Full Share 9

The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30 as part of the national shutdown in opposition to ICE and CBP and the brutality and terror they and other federal agencies continue to inflict on immigrant communities and any who stand with them.

How to choose colors for your CLI applications (2023)

135 kruuuder 2026-01-29 15:03:43 UTC blog.xoria.org Llama Share 79

The user tested various terminal themes including macOS Terminal.app, Tango, and Solarized to find suitable colors for syntax highlighting.

Box64 Expands into RISC-V and LoongArch territory

27 ekianjo 2026-01-29 19:03:43 UTC boilingsteam.com Llama Share 2

Box64 now supports LoongArch and RISC-V architectures, enabling Steam and GOG games on these devices. The latest version 0.4 improves performance, adds new features, and enhances compatibility with various architectures and games.

Deep dive into Turso, the "SQLite rewrite in Rust"

92 unsolved73 2026-01-29 15:03:43 UTC kerkour.com Llama Share 87

Turso is a new database engine written in Rust that is compatible with the SQLite database file format, offering a more modern and scalable alternative to SQLite. It addresses SQLite's limitations, such as lack of concurrent writes and weakly typed columns, and provides a seamless transition from in-process to networked database.

My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek (2025)

106 kieto 2026-01-29 19:03:43 UTC restofworld.org Llama Share 71

My mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient, uses China's leading AI chatbot, DeepSeek, for medical advice due to her busy doctor's schedule and lack of trust in the healthcare system. She finds DeepSeek's guidance helpful but also receives contradictory and potentially harmful advice from the bot.

AI's impact on engineering jobs may be different than expected

67 rbanffy 2026-01-29 18:03:43 UTC semiengineering.com Llama Share 128

AI is expected to automate repetitive tasks, but engineers will focus on higher-level problem-solving and critical thinking. New graduates may start at higher levels, working on more advanced projects.

Run Clawdbot/Moltbot on Cloudflare with Moltworker

120 ghostwriternr 2026-01-29 15:03:43 UTC blog.cloudflare.com Llama Share 44

Cloudflare has developed Moltworker, a middleware that allows running Moltbot, an open-source AI agent, on Cloudflare's Sandbox SDK and Developer Platform APIs. Moltworker uses Cloudflare's features like Browser Rendering and R2 for persistent storage.

US cybersecurity chief leaked sensitive government files to ChatGPT: Report

361 randycupertino 2026-01-29 17:03:43 UTC dexerto.com Llama Share 189

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's acting head uploaded sensitive government files into ChatGPT, triggering security alerts and a federal review. The incident raises concerns about sensitive data leaving internal networks as the US government pushes AI adoption across federal agencies.