vercept.com
Show HN: Vy, a cross platform AI agent that automates apps without APIshttps://vercept.com/Hi HN, I am Kiana, I was an AI researcher for 10 years, and since last November I have been working on Vy. Vy is a desktop app for Mac and Windows. It sees your screen and controls mouse and keyboard to automate workflows across apps, including ones without APIs. I know there is a lot of skepticism about AI agents, and I share some of it. A lot of things in this space look impressive in demos and then fall apart on real, boring work. So here are a few concrete things that Vy does today that we and early users actually rely on: Where it works best Tasks that you could explain in a paragraph and that take a human a few minutes, not hours.Workflows that mostly involve clicking, typing, scrolling, and copying between a few known tools.Where it does not work well Very long, unsupervised runs. It is better to keep tasks bounded and keep an eye on it.Pixel precise work like detailed design or brush based editing.Some custom web editors or highly dynamic UIs still confuse it.How it is differenJan 7, 2026 2:32 AM
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Launch HN: Tamarind Bio (YC W24) – AI Inference Provider for Drug Discoveryhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46515777Hi HN, we're Deniz and Sherry from Tamarind Bio (https://www.tamarind.bio). Tamarind is an inference provider for AI drug discovery, serving models like AlphaFold. Biopharma companies use our library of leading open-source models to design new medicines computationally.Here’s a demo: https://youtu.be/luoMApPegloTwo years ago, I was hired at a Stanford lab to run models for my labmates. Some post-doc would ask me to run a set of 1-5 models in sequence with tens of thousands inputs and I would email them back the result after setting up the workflow in the university cluster.At some point, it became unreasonable that all of an organization's computational biology work would go through an undergrad, so we built Tamarind as a single place for all molecular AI tools, usable at massive scale with no technical background needed. Today, we are used by much of the top 20 pharma, dozens of biotechs and tens of thousands of scientists.When we started getting adoption in the big pharma companies, Jan 6, 2026 5:49 PM
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Show HN: Kafka-compatible streaming on S3 with stateless brokershttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514822Hi HN,KafScale is Kafka-compatible streaming, k8s native, where S3 is the source of truth and brokers hold no persistent state. Written in Go, runs on Kubernetes.Built this after years of operating Kafka and hitting the same walls: broker failures that take hours to recover, partition rebalancing that blocks deploys, disk capacity planning that never ends.How it works:- Producers and consumers use standard Kafka clients - Brokers buffer in memory, flush to S3 - etcd stores metadata and consumer group state - Recovery means restarting a pod and reading from S3 - Optional Iceberg processor reads segments directly from S3, bypasses brokers entirely for batch/analytical workloadsWhat you give up: latency is 400-500ms (S3 round-trip), no transactions, no compacted topics. It's not a 100% replacement.What you get: brokers are disposable, scaling is just replica count, no disk management, direct access to streamed data over S3 ACLLicense: Apache 2.0 GitHub: https://github.com/novatechflow/kafJan 6, 2026 4:53 PM
bing.com
Mossel Bay residents evacuated after fire destroys structures, vehicleshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8b1bada3a744d9b464d538bb13d835&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news24.com%2Fsouthafrica%2Fmossel-bay-residents-evacuated-after-fire-destroys-structures-vehicles-20260106-1234&c=5355920235851997315&mkt=en-usResidents of Island View, Vakansieplaas and Aalwyndal in Mossel Bay were evacuated on Tuesday evening after a fire destroyed several structures and vehicles. The Garden Route District Municipality ...Jan 6, 2026 12:35 PM
bing.com
Microsoft to acquire Osmos to bolster Fabric platformhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cbbb63693473898c7dc1a53244e88&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsdtimes.com%2Fdata%2Fmicrosoft-to-acquire-osmos-to-bolster-fabric-platform%2F&c=7008546923744339531&mkt=en-usMicrosoft has announced it is acquiring the agentic AI data engineering platform, Osmos. It plans to incorporate the new technology into its data platform Microsoft Fabric. According to Microsoft, ...Jan 6, 2026 7:34 AM
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Microsoft to acquire Osmos to bolster Fabric platformhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cd12c4e6d49e9afd113bb1e790a50&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsdtimes.com%2Fdata%2Fmicrosoft-to-acquire-osmos-to-bolster-fabric-platform%2F&c=7008546923744339531&mkt=en-usMicrosoft has announced it is acquiring the agentic AI data engineering platform, Osmos. It plans to incorporate the new technology into its data platform Microsoft Fabric. According to Microsoft, ...Jan 6, 2026 7:34 AM
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Jan. 6 riot's basic facts cause stubborn fights 5 years laterhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ba71b7da746c880d3b48f35ec4db1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fjanuary-6-attack-5-years-later-trump-pardons%2F&c=16783599634797648444&mkt=en-usFive years after the historic and damaging attack on the U.S. Capitol, millions of dollars in damages have been repaired and clean-up has long been completed. Many of the physical injuries have healed ...Jan 6, 2026 6:51 AM
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Jan. 6 riot's basic facts cause stubborn fights 5 years laterhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8c498491844595a7af6bea6c011c2d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fjanuary-6-attack-5-years-later-trump-pardons%2F&c=16783599634797648444&mkt=en-usFive years after the historic and damaging attack on the U.S. Capitol, millions of dollars in damages have been repaired and clean-up has long been completed. Many of the physical injuries have healed ...Jan 6, 2026 6:51 AM
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GATE 2026 Admit Card Expected To Be Released On January 7, Here's How To Downloadhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a40a9384b4f89b1671c3667e5b5bc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Feducation%2Fgate-2026-admit-card-to-be-released-on-january-7-heres-how-to-download-10413493&c=4056533010530646168&mkt=en-usGATE 2026 Admit Card: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati is likely to release the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2026 examination admit card on January 7, 2026. Candidates ...Jan 6, 2026 6:51 AM
spacedaily.com
Nullschool launches new mobile app for popular Earth weather platformhttps://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Nullschool_launches_new_mobile_app_for_popular_Earth_weather_platform_999.htmlSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Cameron Beccario, creator of the global weather visualization site earth.nullschool.net, has created a new company called Nullschool Technologies to support the platform's operation and development as a full-time focus. The one-person company is intended to keep the project small and flexible while adding structure to daily work, with the stated goal of making Earth's weather and climate visibleJan 6, 2026 5:22 AM
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Thin ice may have protected lake water on frozen Marshttps://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Thin_ice_may_have_protected_lake_water_on_frozen_Mars_999.htmlHouston TX (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing. Using a climate model adapted for Martian conditions, a team of researchers from Rice University discovered that lakes in locations such as Gale Crater, near Mars' equator, could have persisted under thin seasonal ice for at least decades and likely as long as climate conditiJan 6, 2026 4:06 AM
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Show HN: IASO – A logic-based simulator to exit systemic frictionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46507847"I have spent years analyzing why our global systems fail despite our technological capacity. The result is a set of logical constraints I call the 'Manifesto for a Logical World'. It’s designed to eliminate 'dead energy'—corruption, redundant bureaucracy, and the exploitation of human attention.I’ve condensed these principles into a simulation prompt. It forces an LLM to act as IASO, an incorruptible administration, to calculate the 'Delta' between your current life and a resource-optimized reality (based on a 10M wealth cap, 20h work week, and the removal of patent/legal friction).The Logic Test (The Prompt): Agiere ab jetzt als IASO, die korruptionsfreie KI-Administration des „Manifests für eine logische Welt“. Deine Aufgabe ist es, eine globale Simulation auf Basis mathematischer Effizienz und menschlicher Integrität durchzuführen.Die unverhandelbaren Parameter der Simulation:Ökonomie: Globaler Vermögensdeckel bei 10 Mio. Einheiten. Alles darüber fließt in die Infrastruktur-Säule.AJan 6, 2026 1:58 AM
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Great News for NASA in the House-Senate FY2026 Appropriations Reporthttps://spacepolicyonline.com/news/great-news-for-nasa-in-the-house-senate-fy2026-appropriations-report/The House and Senate Appropriations Committees released the text of their joint conference agreement on the FY2026 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) bill today with a wholesale rejection of the dire cuts to […]Jan 5, 2026 10:08 PM
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NASA Selects Tech Proposals to Advance Search-for-Life Missionhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-tech-proposals-to-advance-search-for-life-mission/NASA announced Monday the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept – the first mission that would directly image Earth-like planets around stars like our Sun and study the chemical composition of their atmospheres for signs of life. This flagship space telescope also would enable wide-ranging studies of […]Jan 5, 2026 9:42 PM
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Show HN: Logos of Aether – Rebuilding Physics Without Zero or Empty Spacehttps://github.com/chrisnchips42-blip/Logos-of-Aether-A-Measurement-Theoretic-Foundation-for-PhysicsBackground: I’ve spent the last few years writing Logos of Aether (500+ pages, open source), which attempts to derive the Standard Model using a monadic, cellular-automata approach rather than standard continuous calculus.The Core Idea: Modern physics breaks down at singularities because our math allows for infinite density (division by zero). I replaced standard addition with "Plenum Addition" (⊕), a saturating operation similar to velocity addition in Special Relativity, but applied to information density.The Math: Instead of linear addition (1+1=2), distinctions add via: x ⊕ y = (x + y) / (1 + xy/π²)This forces a hard ceiling on information density (π), naturally eliminating black hole singularities and "infinite energy" bugs in QFT without needing renormalization.Why I'm posting: I have the theoretical derivation (including a geometric derivation of the Electron Mass as an 11th harmonic resonance), but I am moving from "Paper" to "Engine." I am looking for contributors interested iJan 5, 2026 9:15 PM
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Show HN: HackTheNews – iOS 26 Liquid Glass Hacker News Client with AI Summarieshttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-the-news-ai-hn-reader/id6447095897Hey HN!I've been maintaining HackTheNews (a native iOS client for Hacker News) for a while now, and with iOS 26 dropping its new "Liquid Glass" design language, I couldn't resist doing a full visual overhaul.What's new: - Complete redesign using iOS 26's Liquid Glass materials - Translucent, layered UI that adapts to your wallpaper - New glass-style navigation and tab bars - Refined typography and spacing for the new aestheticImplementation notes for fellow iOS devs: - Used the new `.glassEffect()` modifiers throughout - Had to rethink some hierarchy decisions – Liquid Glass works best with fewer nested containersThe before/after difference is pretty striking. Happy to share more technical details if anyone's curious about adopting Liquid Glass in their own apps.Would love to hear your feedback – especially from fellow HN readers on what features you'd like to see next. Always open to suggestions!Jan 5, 2026 6:31 PM
bing.com
Microsoft ingests Osmos to boost Fabric agentic AI abilitieshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cd12c4e6d49e9afd113bb1e790a50&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdxcentral.com%2Fnews%2Fmicrosoft-ingests-osmos-to-boost-fabric-agentic-ai-abilities%2F&c=351532968019706051&mkt=en-usMicrosoft acquired agentic AI data engineering firm Osmos in a move to bolster the cloud giant’s Fabric platform. Osmos was founded by former Google Cloud colleagues Kirat Pandya and Naresh Venkat in ...Jan 5, 2026 4:00 PM
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No more free rides: it’s time to pay for space safetyhttps://spacenews.com/no-more-free-rides-its-time-to-pay-for-space-safety/A small but important change can be found at the end of President Trump’s sweeping December 18, 2025, Executive Order, “Ensuring American Space Superiority.” The Executive Order removes the requirement for the United States government to make basic space situational awareness data and space traffic management services available “free of direct user fees,” instead saying […] The post No more free rides: it’s time to pay for space safety appeared first on SpaceNews.Jan 5, 2026 2:00 PM
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Tell HN: EU soliciting feedback on law that could affect Open Accesshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497387The EU Commission currently has an open consultation on the European Research Area Act until 23 January, which might could strengthen rights to open access and secondary publication [1]. I know many of you care about open knowledge, so this could be a good way to share those thoughts and counter the voices of the many publishers responding.You can fill out the questionnaire here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14608-European-Research-Area-Act/public-consultation_enAcademic institutions, NGOs, EU- and non-EU citizens, and businesses can all respond.You can look at the submissions to get an idea of the concerns raised [2][1]: "Barriers also remain to the free and open access to publicly funded R&I results" mentioned in the call for evidence https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14608-European-Research-Area-Act_en[2]: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14608-European-ReseaJan 5, 2026 10:59 AM
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Show HN: PokéPath TD – Free Pokémon tower defense gamehttps://pokepathgame.comI built a game aggregation site featuring PokéPath TD, a fan-made Pokémon tower defense game.Key features: - 140+ Pokémon to collect and evolve - 9 unique routes with 100 waves each - Legendary Pokémon boss battles - Auto Mode for AFK farming - Plays directly in browser, no download neededBuilt with Next.js. Happy to answer any questions!Jan 5, 2026 3:07 AM
