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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-27&limit=10&q=&appearance=system)[Top 20](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&appearance=system)[Above median](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-27&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=system)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-27
2.   [569](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257325)593

     [AI promised less work. I've never worked more](https://oioannou.com/blog/ai-promised-less-work/)

     HNoioannou.com8 hours ago

3.   [180](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50259604)544

     [US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans](https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-government-is-hiding-a-secret-court-ruling-about-how-it-spies-on-americans/)

     HNwired.com5 hours ago

4.   [243](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261319)435

     [Genie 4](https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-4-a-new-generation-of-world-simulation/)

     HNdeepmind.google3 hours ago

5.   [257](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50256985)433

     [Roblox downloaded 145GB models from us (including adult content) without asking](https://open3dlab.com/news/roblox-downloaded-145-gb-of-models-from-our-sites/)

     HNopen3dlab.com9 hours ago

6.   [270](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255298)384

     [The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI](https://j11g.com/the-mythical-man-month-in-the-age-of-ai)

     HNj11g.com13 hours ago

7.   [189](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257419)358

     [Python's experimental JIT to be removed](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/0c00e4d550f25f8c/)

     HNlwn.net8 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 13 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/cajuq6 "78 points")

8.   [169](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257326)363

     [Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content](https://spectrum.ieee.org/wikipedia-wikiproject-ai-writing-cleanup)

     HNspectrum.ieee.org8 hours ago

9.   [114](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50261998)331

     [Ghostty 1.4.0](https://ghostty.org/docs/install/release-notes/1-4-0)

     HNghostty.org2 hours ago

10.  [242](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50257548)270

     [Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible](https://www.bitlog.com/2026/10/27/software-may-be-getting-worse-but-it-used-to-be-horrible/)

     HNbitlog.com8 hours ago

11.  [280](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50258538)231

     [New iMac with M6](https://www.apple.com/imac/)

     HNapple.com6 hours ago