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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)

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1.   2026-10-26
2.   [147](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238763)238

     [Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office](https://exhibits.stanford.edu/menuez/browse/next-computer-inc?per_page=96&sort=pub_year_isi+asc%2C+title_sort+asc&view=masonry)

     HNexhibits.stanford.edu16 hours ago

3.   [230](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243646)153

     [OLED iPad Mini](https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-mini)

     HNapple.com6 hours ago

4.   [179](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215997)442

     [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

5.   [153](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242843)167

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

     HNbrown.edu7 hours ago

6.   [81](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238739)225

     [PaperPilot – Zero-Cloud, Pure-Rust PDF Engine with WASM and MCP](https://github.com/KrushnaVardhanReddy/PaperPilot)

     HNgithub.com16 hours ago

7.   [150](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248124)289

     [GPT-6.1 Terra](https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-terra/)

     HNopenai.com2 hours ago

8.   [182](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242734)139

     [Peter Thiel, the tech oligarch who believes in the Antichrist](https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-10-25/peter-thiel-the-tech-oligarch-who-believes-in-the-antichrist.html)

     HNenglish.elpais.com7 hours ago

9.   [119](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50237712)189

     [Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category](https://korindiehacker.bloffy.blog/en/removing-nextjs-got-my-blog-to-100-on-every-lighthouse-category)

     HNkorindiehacker.bloffy.blog19 hours ago

10.  [45](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241925)196

     [Pharo 14](https://pharo.org/news/2026-10-26-Pharo14Release.html)

     HNpharo.org8 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 2 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/1h5kuj "7 points")

11.  [93](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228115)264

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

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