The HackerNoon Newsletter: Can ChatGPT Outperform the Market? Week 23 (1/5/2026)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 5, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Construction on San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge began in 1933, All U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam got suspended in 1972, AOL acquired Time Warner & became … Read more

Anker put a screen on its smallest 45W charger

Anker’s new Nano Charger is optimized for iPhones and iPads. | Image: Anker Anker has announced three new charging solutions at CES 2026 including an update to its compact Nano Charger. For the first time it now features a small screen on the front providing details on power delivery and your connected phone’s charge level. … Read more

8BitDo’s new wireless Xbox controller has swappable ABXY button switches

8BitDo’s second officially licensed wireless Xbox controller is also its most expensive gamepad to date. The 8BitDo Ultimate 3E Controller for Xbox follows last August’s Ultimate 3-mode Controller for Xbox – Rare 40th Anniversary Edition with some excellent upgrades, less branding, and a big price hike. It’s got tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) joysticks, Hall effect triggers … Read more