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OpenAI's Sora now sits at #71 in the US App Store and #108 on Play Store

https://spencerdailey.com/2026/01/14/openais-sora-sits-at-71-in-the-us-app-store-and-100-on-play-store-what-just-happened/
11•spenvo•1h ago

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ryanSrich•1h ago
Like a lot of other apps that go viral, it's a novelty that wears off in a few weeks (if that). There's nothing that keeps people on the platform. How many goofy AI generated videos does someone actually want to make? 10? 20? After you've done that, what else is entertaining or amusing? Any _really_ good Sora videos are posted on TikTok or Reels anyway. There's nothing tying you to the platform.
endymion-light•1h ago
i think similiar to the metaverse, it shows an abstract decoupling between tech CEO's and reality. SORA is a platform that probably looked fantastic on a pitch deck - X amount of $ per AI video compared to Y amount of $ per human video, and you can generate 10 million more!

But focusing an app on the most low effort things is always going to limit it's reach

justapassenger•1h ago
Explicit AI slop isn’t very desirable. But tricking people into thinking that AI slop is real is, sadly, mostly desirable.

Sora fading may just reinforce that companies need to continue to focus on sneaking in AI slop manifesting as content to drive adoption.

4d4m•1h ago
Nailed it!
dfajgljsldkjag•52m ago
I guess the novelty finally wore off after everyone tried it out for a week. It is definitely cool technology, but I honestly do not see a reason for a normal person to use it every day.

So, You've Hit an Age Gate. What Now?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now
136•hn_acker•1h ago•92 comments

Why some clothes shrink in the wash – and how to 'unshrink' them

https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2025/08/why-some-clothes-shrink-in-the-wash-and-how-to-unshrink...
270•OptionOfT•3d ago•146 comments

Find a pub that needs you

https://www.ismypubfucked.com/
106•thinkingemote•3h ago•51 comments

Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?

87•susam•2h ago•290 comments

East coast. Verizon outage in US

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/nation-world/verizon-outage-reported/507-ef3cb3d0-f59...
16•Scubabear68•19m ago•4 comments

The Unbearable Frustration of Figuring Out APIs

https://blog.ar-ms.me/thoughts/translation-cli/
43•ezekg•2h ago•20 comments

Show HN: A 10KiB kernel for cloud apps

https://github.com/ReturnInfinity/BareMetal-Cloud
38•ianseyler•3h ago•4 comments

Show HN: HyTags – HTML as a Programming Language

https://hytags.org
33•lassejansen•1d ago•17 comments

Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines (2020)

https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art22.html
78•mosura•4h ago•6 comments

Starlink roam 50GB is now 100GB with unlimited slow speed after that

https://starlink.com/support/article/58c9c8b7-474e-246f-7e3c-06db3221d34d
139•bahmboo•3h ago•145 comments

I built Vector. Now I'm answering the question your observability vendor won't

https://usetero.com/blog/the-question-your-observability-vendor-wont-answer
64•binarylogic•3h ago•32 comments

I’m leaving Redis for SolidQueue

https://www.simplethread.com/redis-solidqueue/
257•amalinovic•9h ago•105 comments

How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5638908/walmart-prices-inflation-affordability-shrinkflation
99•srameshc•2h ago•52 comments

Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales

https://electrek.co/2026/01/13/ford-f150-lightning-outsold-tesla-cybertruck-canceled-not-selling-...
179•MBCook•1h ago•188 comments

Xoscript

https://xoscript.com/history.xo
33•gabordemooij•3h ago•29 comments

Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3385zrrx73o
108•FridayoLeary•3h ago•50 comments

GitHub should charge everyone $1 more per month to fund open source

https://blog.greg.technology/2025/11/27/github-should-charge-1-dollar-more-per-month.html
63•evakhoury•2h ago•74 comments

Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and Ghostwriter?

https://lithub.com/virginia-faulkner-writer-editor-and-ghostwriter/
10•samclemens•5d ago•1 comments

I Hate GitHub Actions with Passion

https://xlii.space/eng/i-hate-github-actions-with-passion/
290•xlii•8h ago•234 comments

Lago (Open-Source Billing) is hiring across teams and geos

1•Rafsark•6h ago

A Brief Introduction to the Basics of Game Theory

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1968579
45•7777777phil•2d ago•7 comments

System Programming in Linux: A Hands-On Introduction "Demo" Programs

https://github.com/stewartweiss/intro-linux-sys-prog
74•teleforce•9h ago•4 comments

1000 Blank White Cards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Blank_White_Cards
333•eieio•16h ago•59 comments

Show HN: Tiny FOSS Compass and Navigation App (<2MB)

https://github.com/CompassMB/MBCompass
106•nativeforks•8h ago•34 comments

You Can Just Buy Far-UVC

https://www.jefftk.com/p/you-can-just-buy-far-uvc
7•surprisetalk•4d ago•6 comments

There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape

https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html
678•abnercoimbre•2d ago•597 comments

A 40-line fix eliminated a 400x performance gap

https://questdb.com/blog/jvm-current-thread-user-time/
347•bluestreak•20h ago•75 comments

Every GitHub object has two IDs

https://www.greptile.com/blog/github-ids
313•dakshgupta•1d ago•69 comments

ASCII Clouds

https://caidan.dev/portfolio/ascii_clouds/
316•majkinetor•16h ago•56 comments

FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/fbi-raid-washington-post-hannah-natanson
731•echelon_musk•4h ago•434 comments