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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=10&q=&appearance=light)[Top 20](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=20&q=&appearance=light)[Above median](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-26&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=light)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-26
2.   [157](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215997)378

     [Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261019-birdwatching-rewires-the-brain-and-slows-cognitive-decline)

     HNbbc.com2 days ago

3.   [88](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228115)252

     [Show HN: A Truly Modular Keyboard](https://github.com/notaroomba/keybytes)

     HNgithub.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light)

4.   [63](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237224)177

     [Attention Is Not What You Need (2025)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19428)

     HNarxiv.org17 hours ago

5.   [107](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237896)140

     [iPhone Duo Teardown](https://www.ifixit.com/News/119895/iphone-duo-teardown)

     HNifixit.com16 hours ago

6.   [44](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237379)160

     [Steal My Bitcoin CTF PoC](https://github.com/KillaBoi/StealMyBitcoin-PoC)

     HNgithub.com17 hours ago

7.   [101](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243061)104

     [The new iPad mini](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-gives-ipad-mini-its-biggest-update-ever/)

     HNapple.com4 hours ago

8.   [56](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243762)124

     [DOJ says presidents should be able to sell secrets on eBay](https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/doj-says-presidents-should-be-able-to-sell-secrets-on-ebay/)

     HNfreedom.press3 hours ago

9.   [96](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242843)113

     [Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI](https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-10-26/ai-data-workers)

     HNbrown.edu4 hours ago

10.  [158](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245385)88

     ['It's offensively cheap': Solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261023-how-solar-became-bigger-than-nuclear)

     HNbbc.com2 hours ago

11.  [46](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238884)138

     [US Wages Share of GDI at 75 Year Low](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W270RE1A156NBEA)

     HNfred.stlouisfed.org13 hours ago