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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.   [381](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294702)1889

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

     HNnytimes.com3 hours ago

3.   [224](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284255)557

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

     HNgist.github.com19 hours ago

4.   [322](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291945)378

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

     HNkadoa.com6 hours ago

5.   [240](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50288019)324

     [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.ai10 hours ago

6.   [158](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290177)299

     [LLM Voice](https://martinfowler.com/bliki/LLM-Voice.html)

     HNmartinfowler.com7 hours ago

7.   [174](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285452)310

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

     HNsmsofdeath.com15 hours ago

8.   [184](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287001)262

     [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.co12 hours ago

9.   [161](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293047)243

     [Alleged Chinese spy had 'close relationship' with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang](https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/business/alleged-chinese-spy-had-close-relationship-with-nvidia-boss-jensen-huang-report/)

     HNnypost.com5 hours ago

10.  [234](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285154)148

     [We won't "just hang out"](https://borretti.me/article/we-wont-just-hang-out)

     HNborretti.me16 hours ago

11.  [264](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50286197)130

     [What we know so far about Spain train crash](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm8xz7pkd0jjo)

     HNbbc.com14 hours ago