Hacker News for Jan 19, 2026

Welcome to 'The Automated Daily', your ultimate source for a streamlined and insightful daily news experience. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Invest Like the Pros with StockMVP - https://www.stock-mvp.com/?via=ron - Build Any Form, Without Code with Fillout - https://try.fillout.com/the_automated_daily Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily Today's topics: -EU Digital Omnibus privacy rollback -GDPR changes for AI training -AI Act delays and transparency -COBOL developers and AI tools -VM0 sandboxes for agent workflows -Wikipedia cleanup of AI text -Fairphone rollout at Radboud University -Iodine-129 detected in Philippine waters -Gaussian splatting in music video -Nepal teahouses on Mera trek - https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights - https://www.ru.nl/en/staff/news/radboud-university-selects-fairphone-as-standard-smartphone-for-employees - https://github.com/vm0-ai/vm0 - https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/01/18/2501750/nuclear-elements-detected-west-philippine-sea - https://news.ycombinator.com/item - https://radiancefields.com/a-ap-rocky-releases-helicopter-music-video-featuring-gaussian-splatting - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/nepal-mountainside-teahouses-elevate-experience-trekkers-heading-to-top-world-180987844/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup Subscribe to edition specific feeds: - Space news * Apple Podcast English Spanish (coming soon) French (coming soon) * Spotify English Spanish (coming soon) French (coming soon) * RSS English Spanish (coming soon) French (coming soon) - Top news * Apple Podcast English Spanish French * Spotify English Spanish French * RSS English Spanish French - Tech news * Apple Podcast English Spanish French * Spotify English Spanish Spanish * RSS English Spanish French - Hacker news * Apple Podcast English Spanish French * Spotify English Spanish French * RSS English Spanish French - AI news * Apple Podcast English Spanish French * Spotify English Spanish French * RSS English Spanish French Visit our website at https://theautomateddaily.com/ Send feedback to [email protected] Youtube LinkedIn X (Twitter)