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The Anthropic Economic Index report for January 2026 analyzes key economic indicators and trends, providing insights into the overall state of the economy and potential future developments.

The article examines the prevalence of a 'broligarchy' in Silicon Valley, where a small, interconnected group of individuals dominates the tech industry. It explores how this concentration of power affects the diversity and innovation within the education and technology sectors.

Scala 3.8 introduces significant improvements, including a new metaprogramming system, enhanced performance, and expanded support for Java 17. The release aims to further enhance the language's capabilities and developer productivity.

The article presents a novel algorithmic approach for improving the efficiency and performance of decentralized blockchain networks. The proposed solution aims to optimize consensus mechanisms, enhance transaction processing, and address scalability challenges in distributed ledger technologies.

Founder here. We killed our agent builder and rebuilt around conversational workflow development.

Last year we built agents coordinating agents. Users asked for it. Demos looked great. Then we watched them not use it.

Nobody knows what an agent actually is, and nobody wants to configure them. What they wanted was simpler: "pull reports from my CRM and send them to me every day at 8am."

We scrapped it and built V3 around a ginle interface: describe what you need, it gets built. The agent (Nira) helps you build - you don't build agents.

Under the hood we're orchestrating across MCP servers - intent classification, dynamic tool loading, state management, scheduling. MCP registry is open source: https://github.com/NimbleBrainInc/mcp-registry

Free tier has all integrations unlocked.

Happy to answer questions about the architecture or why we killed agents.

The article provides an overview of the current status of Microsoft's cloud services, including information on ongoing incidents, resolved issues, and upcoming maintenance activities. It serves as a real-time status update for users to stay informed about the availability and performance of Microsoft's cloud offerings.

Micron Technology has broken ground on a new semiconductor fabrication facility in the United States, marking a significant investment in domestic chip production to meet growing demand for memory and storage products.

Brex and Capital One have announced a strategic partnership to provide a comprehensive suite of financial products and services for businesses. The collaboration aims to offer customers enhanced capabilities, streamlined financial management, and access to a wide range of financial solutions through the integration of Brex's innovative fintech platform and Capital One's banking expertise.

I moved from the US to Finland a few years ago and have been slowly learning the language. One of the things I found myself yearning for when I started was a reliable source of easy to read, high-quality Finnish; YLE's Selkouutiset (Clear News) was a perennial recommendation, but when I tried to figure out how to binge read a week's worth of its articles at a time I couldn't figure out a straightforward way to do that using the URLs they provided.

So I started my own daily archive with a very simple YYYY/MM/DD format, and I've kept it going ever since. The architecture is a little nonstandard as it uses Git submodules pretty liberally, but it means I have never lost a day's scrape since starting, and it's super easy to both host and hack on as a result. I use the static site generator Hugo to ultimately generate the Github Pages site. Simplicity begets longevity.

Tonight I added a small new feature to let my fellow language learners generate Anki cards on the fly for any article they care to. I have more such little tools at https://finnish.andrew-quinn.me/ for anyone who's interested, as well as what probably has a claim to fame as the world's fastest Finnish-English dictionary program at https://taskusanakirja.com/. It's a silly little niche but it's mine and I'm having fun.

The article presents a novel method for generating high-quality synthetic images using a generative adversarial network (GAN) architecture. The proposed approach achieves state-of-the-art performance on several benchmark datasets, demonstrating the effectiveness of the technique for image synthesis tasks.

Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved medieval ship in Copenhagen, Denmark, dating back to the 13th century. The discovery provides valuable insights into the maritime history and trade activities of the region during the Middle Ages.

The Problem: > Traditional formats like JSON and YAML carry a high "Syntax Tax". In a human-to-machine world, braces and quotes are fine. In a token-based economy, they are expensive overhead. Furthermore, implicit typing leads to "Type Hallucinations" (e.g., a model parsing "NO" as a boolean).

The Solution: > SONA uses "Symbol-Locked Safety." Every value’s type is declared by its first character (# for ints, $ for floats, ? for booleans). This makes parsing unambiguous for the LLM and the parser.

Key Technical Specs:

Token Efficiency: Up to 40% reduction compared to JSON (matches TOON in v1.1).

Performance: Designed for single-pass parsing (Rust implementation included).

Ecosystem: We already have Python/Rust/WASM implementations and a VS Code LSP.

I'm looking for feedback on the specification (SPEC.md) and the symbol-locking approach. Is the trade-off of learning a new syntax worth the token savings in production-scale AI agents?

Repo: https://github.com/fabiosleal/sona-structured-object-notatio...

The article discusses the concept of 'sovereign computing' and how it challenges the traditional power dynamics of the internet. It explores the idea of individuals and communities taking more control over their digital infrastructure and data, rather than relying on centralized platforms and services.

WhatsMyDepreciation.co is a website that provides users with a tool to calculate the depreciation of their assets, helping them understand the declining value of their investments over time.

The article discusses the author's experience with email comments that can become lengthy and run-on, leading to a desire for a better solution for providing feedback and engaging in discussions around blog posts.

The article traces the history of Google's search engine, highlighting its evolution from a simple search tool to a comprehensive platform that has transformed the way we access and utilize information online.

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Capital One Financial Corporation announced plans to acquire Brex, a prominent financial technology company that provides corporate credit cards and spend management solutions. The acquisition aims to strengthen Capital One's position in the small and medium-sized business banking market.

Every dollar moves the slider. The side with more money steers the face left or right, turning Trump for red and Mamdani for blue.

Capital One is acquiring startup Brex for $5.15 billion, the latest in a series of credit card firm acquisitions. The deal aims to bolster Capital One's commercial credit card business and expand its reach in the fintech space.

This article discusses the benefits of using a password manager to securely store and manage your online passwords, highlighting the importance of strong, unique passwords for each account to protect against cyber threats.

I wanted to run Claude Code in full autonomous mode (--dangerously-skip-permissions) but was terrified of what it might do to my system. One hallucinated rm -rf and my weekend is gone.

So I built YOLO Kingdom: a pre-configured Ubuntu VM (UTM/Apple Silicon) with Claude Code + Chrome DevTools MCP for autonomous browser testing. Share your project folders via virtiofs, SSH in, run `yolo`, and let it cook.

The VM is your sacrificial sandbox. It can delete everything inside and you just restore from snapshot.

V1 includes: Ubuntu 24.04, Claude Code, headless Chromium with DevTools protocol, smart welcome screen that guides setup.

Future plans: autonomous agents that can architect and build entire projects while you sleep.

https://github.com/pancakeInDev/yolo-kingdom

The ATS (Automated Talent Screening) Framework is an open-source project that provides a standardized approach for assessing candidate skills and qualifications during the hiring process. The framework aims to help organizations streamline their hiring practices and make more informed decisions about potential employees.

The article discusses the benefits and challenges of maintaining an open-source project for two years, including the importance of a dedicated community, the need for consistent updates and documentation, and the value of transparency in fostering trust and collaboration.

The article discusses a concurrency problem where Santa Claus needs to manage the simultaneous arrival of elves and reindeer to his workshop. It explores various solutions, including the use of semaphores and monitors, to ensure efficient coordination and processing of the different tasks.

Hi HN,

Over the past few years I kept running into the same problem while investing in crypto: most “sentiment” tools either lag price or quietly repackage price data itself.

I wanted something simpler and more honest — a way to see how the crowd actually feels, even when price is flat or misleading.

So I built FOMOmeter.

It’s a sentiment platform that analyzes real social signals (X, Reddit, etc.) and maps crowd mood.

What I’m testing right now: • Does pure crowd sentiment add value during uncertainty and sideways markets? • Can it help avoid emotional entries instead of chasing narratives? • Is this something experienced investors would actually use regularly?

There’s a free public version and an early Pro version. I’m mainly looking for thoughtful feedback — what feels useful, what feels redundant, and what’s missing.

Happy to answer questions and share how the sentiment model works under the hood if there’s interest.

Thanks for checking it out.