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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)

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1.   2026-10-29
2.   [201](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289418)750

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

     HNmistral.ai4 hours ago

3.   [217](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284255)541

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

     HNgist.github.com15 hours ago

4.   [306](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50288867)382

     [‘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.com5 hours ago

5.   [481](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287919)264

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

     HNabout.doordash.com6 hours ago

6.   [163](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285452)290

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

     HNsmsofdeath.com11 hours ago

7.   [163](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287001)254

     [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.co7 hours ago

8.   [183](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290668)187

     [Mexico has a growing fleet of new vehicles from Chinese brands](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/10/27/i-saw-future-driving-mexico-its-off-limits-americans/)

     HNwashingtonpost.com3 hours ago

9.   [158](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287448)193

     [How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth (2008)](https://publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2008/04/how-google-determines-names-for-bodies.html)

     HNpublicpolicy.googleblog.com6 hours ago

10.  [66](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287898)238

     [Hackers expose the identities of more than 40k DHS employees](https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-6021497)

     HNtext.npr.org6 hours ago

11.  [226](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291945)284

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

     HNkadoa.com1 hour ago