Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/silver-gold-fall-price-usd-dollar-fed-warsh-chair-trump-metals.html
CNBC
Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles as Warsh pick eases Fed independence fear
Gold and silver prices plunged on Friday, following weeks of gains as investors poured money into safe havens.
Disrupting the largest residential proxy network https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network
Google Cloud Blog
No Place Like Home Network: Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network | Google Cloud Blog
IPIDEA’s proxy infrastructure is a component of the digital ecosystem leveraged by a wide array of bad actors.
Painless Software Schedules (2000) https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/03/29/painless-software-schedules/
Joel on Software
Painless Software Schedules
Last October, the Northeast US was plastered with ads for something called Acela, a new express train running from Boston to Washington. With TV ads, billboards, and posters everywhere, you’d…
Iran rounds up thousands in mass arrest campaign after crushing unrest https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-rounds-up-thousands-mass-arrest-campaign-after-crushing-unrest-sources-say-2026-01-29/
Reuters
Iran rounds up thousands in mass arrest campaign after crushing unrest, sources say
Plainclothes Iranian security forces have rounded up thousands of people in a campaign of mass arrests and intimidation to deter further protests after crushing the bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, sources told Reuters.
Vitamin D supplements cut heart attack risk by 52%. Why? https://www.empirical.health/blog/vitamin-d-heart/
Empirical Health
Vitamin D cuts heart attack risk by 52%. Why?
A new randomized control trial tested personalized vitamin D supplementation based on blood test results.
Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon https://wilsoniumite.com/2026/01/27/surely-it-has-to-be-soon/
The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-100-billion-megadeal-between-openai-and-nvidia-is-on-ice-aa3025e3
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has privately played down the likelihood the original deal will be finalized, although the two companies will continue to have a close collaboration.
Show HN: I trained a 9M speech model to fix my Mandarin tones https://simedw.com/2026/01/31/ear-pronunication-via-ctc/
SimEdw's Blog
A 9M-parameter Mandarin pronunciation tutor
A tiny on-device speech model to grade Mandarin pronunciation and tones.
Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018-2026 https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-design-convergence-review-2018-2026/
Emojipedia - The Latest Emoji News
Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018 - 2026
Just under eight years ago, we here at Emojipedia hypothesized that 2018 would be a year of emoji design convergence. Today, we look back at the major emoji updates made since early 2018, covering both design convergence and purposeful design divergence.
Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking languages https://apps.apple.com/us/app/talkbits-speak-naturally/id6756824177
App Store
TalkBits – Speak Naturally App - App Store
Download TalkBits – Speak Naturally by Omar Muhammad Omar on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like TalkBits –…
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Court Filings: ICE App Identifies Protesters; Global Entry, PreCheck Get Revoked https://viewfromthewing.com/court-filings-ice-uses-mobile-fortify-to-identify-protesters-global-entry-and-precheck-get-revoked/
View from the Wing
Court Filings: ICE Uses “Mobile Fortify” To Identify Protesters — Global Entry and PreCheck Get Revoked - View from the Wing
ICE is using a smartphone app called “Mobile Fortify” to scan faces and capture contactless fingerprints, instantly pulling back names and biographical data — and court filings say the same encounters are being followed by revocations of Global Entry and…
I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fNYj0EXxMs
YouTube
I trapped an AI model inside an art installation
Latent Reflection, 2025
About: https://rootkid.me
Music: Drastik - Terence Fixmer
About: https://rootkid.me
Music: Drastik - Terence Fixmer
Email experiments: filtering out external images https://www.terracrypt.net/posts/email-experiments-image-filtering.html
P vs. NP and the Difficulty of Computation: A ruliological approach https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/01/p-vs-np-and-the-difficulty-of-computation-a-ruliological-approach/
Stephenwolfram
P vs. NP and the Difficulty of Computation: A Ruliological Approach
A new look at what can be discovered about questions of computational complexity theory that have arisen in theoretical computer science--including the P vs. NP question.
Stonebraker on CAP theorem and Databases (2010) https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2010/04/stonebraker-on-cap-theorem-and-databases/
Target director's Global Entry was revoked after ICE used app to scan her face https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/ice-protester-says-her-global-entry-was-revoked-after-agent-scanned-her-face/
Ars Technica
ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.
How to explain Generative AI in the classroom https://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=5847
dale lane
How to explain Generative AI in the classroom
Generative AI is fast becoming an everyday tool across almost every field and industry. Teaching children about it should include an understanding of how it works, how to think critically about its risks and limitations, and how to use it effectively. In…