{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hacker News Highlights","title":"1.25.26 | BirdyChat is first European WhatsApp-interoperable app, Claude Code introduces Swarms feature, EV adoption linked to reduced air pollution: study","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5a28f0de\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":718,"description":"This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 25, 2026.\nFeel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights\nBirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp\nhttps://www.birdy.chat/blog/first-to-interoperate-with-whatsapp\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46746476\nClaude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms\nhttps://twitter.com/NicerInPerson/status/2014989679796347375\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46743908\nAdoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study\nhttps://keck.usc.edu/news/adoption-of-electric-vehicles-tied-to-real-world-reductions-in-air-pollution-study-finds/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749198\nGoogle confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android\nhttps://www.androidauthority.com/google-sideloading-android-high-friction-process-3633468/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688804\nPostmortem: Our first VLEO satellite mission (with imagery and flight data)\nhttps://albedo.com/post/clarity-1-what-worked-and-where-we-go-next\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46747119\nAsk HN: Gmail spam filtering suddenly marking everything as spam?\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46744807\nRaspberry Pi Drag Race: Pi 1 to Pi 5 – Performance Comparison\nhttps://the-diy-life.com/raspberry-pi-drag-race-pi-1-to-pi-5-performance-comparison/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46745922\nNvidia-smi hangs indefinitely after ~66 days\nhttps://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/issues/971\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750425\nSecond Win11 emergency out of band update to address disastrous Patch Tuesday\nhttps://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-second-emergency-out-of-band-update-kb5078127-released-address-outlook-bugs\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46750358\nDeutsche Telekom is violating Net Neutrality\nhttps://netzbremse.de/en/\nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751899","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nmCVUJ5pUFbIsTy4mvxtFFdN3d3RgMGSU08kiDg2ac/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NWYy/MGY3NDk0MDRhZjdh/MzljNmM4MTE4YzU0/MDNlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}