Report: Microsoft removes official offline activation method for Windows 10/11
TL;DR A Neowin report on Jan. 3, 2026 says Microsoft has ended the official way to activate Windows 11 and…
Midnight Raid in Caracas Raises Prospect of an American Protectorate
TL;DR A US operation in Caracas on January 3 removed Nicolás Maduro from power; President Trump announced the United States…
After Maduro’s Arrest, Trump Says US Will Hold Venezuela’s Governance
TL;DR Following a US military operation that led to Nicolás Maduro's capture, President Donald Trump announced that Venezuela will remain…
Xr0 verifier: compile-time checking framework to eliminate C undefined behavior
TL;DR Xr0 is a verifier for C that aims to detect and eliminate a range of undefined behaviours at compile…
DOESNT: a subtractive string-rewriting esolang inspired by LANGUAGE 18
TL;DR A developer published DOESNT, a new esoteric language built as a single-string rewriting system that describes what computations it…
As deep-sea mining race ramps up, mission will assess whether ecosystems recover
TL;DR Science reports that activity around deep-sea mining is accelerating, and a planned mission aims to evaluate whether affected ecosystems…
Xsight Labs E1 DPU: 64-core Arm Neoverse N2, PCIe Gen5 & 800Gbps
TL;DR Xsight Labs demonstrated its E1 DPU, a 64-core Arm Neoverse N2 device built on TSMC 5nm with two 400G…
Vibe-coding a static site on a $25 Walmart phone running Linux tools
TL;DR A how-to demonstrates turning a $25 Motorola Moto G 2025 into a portable Linux development and hosting environment using…
Indie App Spotlight: Backlot — unified discovery and watchlisting app
TL;DR Backlot is an ad-free iPhone and iPad app that centralizes streaming discovery, universal search and synced watchlists. The app…