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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-29&limit=10&q=&appearance=system)[Top 20](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-29&limit=20&q=&appearance=system)[Above median](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-29&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=system)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-29
2.   [193](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294702)1074

     [Patrick Stewart has died](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/arts/television/patrick-stewart-dead.html)

     HNnytimes.com1 hour ago

3.   [269](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289418)956

     [We're releasing the weights of Mistral Large 4](https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large-4-oss/)

     HNmistral.ai6 hours ago

4.   [221](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284255)553

     [Claude Code regularly sends each background agent’s transcript to its model](https://gist.github.com/flamerix-ai/c3905705cc4205e5de3011fa2e74efce)

     HNgist.github.com17 hours ago

5.   [338](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50288867)396

     [‘You Are Done’: The letter sent to King by the F.B.I (2014)](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/magazine/what-an-uncensored-letter-to-mlk-reveals.html)

     HNnytimes.com7 hours ago

6.   [538](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287919)342

     [DoorDash to acquire Instacart](https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-to-acquire-instacart)

     HNabout.doordash.com8 hours ago

7.   [308](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291945)362

     [Google Search is now less than half of Alphabet’s revenue](https://www.kadoa.com/companies/insights/google-search-below-half)

     HNkadoa.com4 hours ago

8.   [235](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50288019)321

     [Gemini 4 Carbon is the new #1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5](https://artificialanalysis.ai/articles/gemini-4-carbon-new-number-1)

     HNartificialanalysis.ai8 hours ago

9.   [283](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290668)260

     [I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/10/27/i-saw-future-driving-mexico-its-off-limits-americans/)

     HNwashingtonpost.com5 hours ago

10.  [171](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285452)304

     [Zero click, silent, remote Android DoS](https://smsofdeath.com/)

     HNsmsofdeath.com13 hours ago

11.  [179](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287001)259

     [The US added a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in just 3 months](https://electrek.co/2026/08/31/the-us-added-a-record-20-2-gwh-of-battery-storage-in-just-3-months/)

     HNelectrek.co10 hours ago