Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb without ropes or safety net
https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/taiwan-alex-honnold-climb-taipei-101-01-25-26-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/taiwan-alex-honnold-climb-taipei-101-01-25-26-intl-hnk
Why is it legal and ok when big corp. straight tries to scam a user?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750577
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750577
TikTok is officially US-owned for American users, here's what's changing
https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/23/tiktok-is-officially-us-owned-for-american-users-heres-whats-changing/
https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/23/tiktok-is-officially-us-owned-for-american-users-heres-whats-changing/
9to5Mac
TikTok is officially US-owned for American users, here’s what’s changing
TikTok’s future in the US has reached a major milestone today, as the new US-owned spinoff for American users has officially launched.
Palantir has no place in UK public services
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sutlana-palantir-no-place-uk-public-services-ministry-of-defence/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sutlana-palantir-no-place-uk-public-services-ministry-of-defence/
openDemocracy
Zarah Sultana: Palantir has no place in UK public services
From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts?
Like digging 'your own grave': The translators grappling with losing work to AI
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/tech/translation-language-jobs-ai-automation-intl
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/tech/translation-language-jobs-ai-automation-intl
The coming war on Car Ownership
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/01/25/war-on-car-ownership.html
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/01/25/war-on-car-ownership.html
the singularity is nearer
The Coming War on Car Ownership
But George, surely you’ll still be allowed to own a car. They aren’t going to make that illegal. Of course they won’t, but they didn’t make general computation illegal either. And yet, who has root on the computer you are reading this on?
German economists push for gold repatriation from U.S. vaults
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4542254-german-economists-push-for-gold-repatriation-from-us-vaults
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4542254-german-economists-push-for-gold-repatriation-from-us-vaults
This paper has been cited more than 6k times. It's fatally flawed.
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/aking/
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/aking/
Accept_language 2.2 – RFC 7231/4647 compliant Accept-Language parsing for Ruby
https://github.com/cyril/accept_language.rb
https://github.com/cyril/accept_language.rb
GitHub
GitHub - cyril/accept_language.rb: A lightweight, thread-safe Ruby library for parsing Accept-Language HTTP headers as defined…
A lightweight, thread-safe Ruby library for parsing Accept-Language HTTP headers as defined in RFC 2616. - cyril/accept_language.rb
Alarm overload is undermining safety at sea as crews face thousands of alerts
https://www.lr.org/en/knowledge/press-room/press-listing/press-release/2026/alarm-overload-is-undermining-safety-at-sea-as-new-research-shows-crews-face-tens-of-thousands-of-daily-alerts/
https://www.lr.org/en/knowledge/press-room/press-listing/press-release/2026/alarm-overload-is-undermining-safety-at-sea-as-new-research-shows-crews-face-tens-of-thousands-of-daily-alerts/
www.lr.org
Alarm overload is undermining safety at sea as new research shows crews face tens of thousands of daily alerts | LR
Analysis of more than 40 million alarm-related events shows most alarms offer little operational value, disrupt rest and push crews toward risky workarounds.
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30k, According to Local Health Officials
https://time.com/7357635/more-than-30000-killed-in-iran-say-senior-officials/
https://time.com/7357635/more-than-30000-killed-in-iran-say-senior-officials/
TIME
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000, According to Local Health Officials
At least 30,000 people were killed on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health tell TIME.
UN Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of 'Global Water Bankruptcy'
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/united-nations-declares-that-the-world-has-entered-an-era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-180988045/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/united-nations-declares-that-the-world-has-entered-an-era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-180988045/
Smithsonian Magazine
United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of 'Global Water Bankruptcy'
We're living beyond our hydrological means and need to focus on long-term recovery, according to a new report
White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/white-house-posts-altered-arrest-photo-to-make-it-appear-ice-critic-was-sobbing/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/white-house-posts-altered-arrest-photo-to-make-it-appear-ice-critic-was-sobbing/
Ars Technica
White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"
Lawyer calls it "outrageous that the White House would make up stories."
ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds on Medicaid Data
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/report-ice-using-palantir-tool-feeds-medicaid-data
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/report-ice-using-palantir-tool-feeds-medicaid-data
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
What Is Starlink Mesh? – Starlink Help Center
https://starlink.com/ca/support/article/57f4bd5c-4125-2210-8bb2-30c90b558b7b
https://starlink.com/ca/support/article/57f4bd5c-4125-2210-8bb2-30c90b558b7b