1.13.26 | Cowork's Claude Code enhances productivity, Apple chooses Gemini for Siri, Floppy disks serve as ideal kids' TV remotes cover art

1.13.26 | Cowork's Claude Code enhances productivity, Apple chooses Gemini for Siri, Floppy disks serve as ideal kids' TV remotes

1.13.26 | Cowork's Claude Code enhances productivity, Apple chooses Gemini for Siri, Floppy disks serve as ideal kids' TV remotes

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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jan 13, 2026.

Feel free to leave feedback on Github: https://github.com/denolfe/hacker-news-highlights

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:19) - Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
  • (01:31) - Apple picks Gemini to power Siri
  • (02:37) - Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids
  • (03:44) - TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875
  • (04:53) - Postal Arbitrage
  • (05:53) - Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
  • (07:03) - Date is out, Temporal is in
  • (08:08) - LLVM: The bad parts
  • (09:16) - Unauthenticated remote code execution in OpenCode
  • (10:27) - Anthropic made a mistake in cutting off third-party clients
  • (11:38) - Outro

Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46593022

Apple picks Gemini to power Siri
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/apple-google-ai-siri-gemini.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46589675

Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids
https://blog.smartere.dk/2026/01/floppy-disks-the-best-tv-remote-for-kids/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587934

TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875
https://github.com/haykgrigo3/TimeCapsuleLLM
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46590280

Postal Arbitrage
https://walzr.com/postal-arbitrage
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591708

Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/12/ozempic-changing-foods-americans-buy
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587536

Date is out, Temporal is in
https://piccalil.li/blog/date-is-out-and-temporal-is-in/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46589658

LLVM: The bad parts
https://www.npopov.com/2026/01/11/LLVM-The-bad-parts.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46588837

Unauthenticated remote code execution in OpenCode
https://cy.md/opencode-rce/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581095

Anthropic made a mistake in cutting off third-party clients
https://archaeologist.dev/artifacts/anthropic
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586766

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