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# Daily headlines

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

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-29
2.   [36](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287898)174

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

     HNtext.npr.org3 hours ago

3.   [209](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285714)94

     [Cuba is skipping its November 1, 2026 clock change and staying on DST until 2027](https://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/cuba-keeps-dst-until-nov-2027.html)

     HNtimeanddate.com8 hours ago

4.   [57](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50286987)121

     [Chained PHP2Shell Exploit Roots 25 Servers, Including US Government Servers](https://dreamgroup.com/blog/chained-php2shell-exploit-roots-25-servers)

     HNdreamgroup.com5 hours ago

5.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289859)119

     [DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for $17B](https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-to-acquire-instacart)

     HNabout.doordash.com1 hour ago

6.   [71](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287599)90

     [NetBSD adds a new beginner-friendly text editor called atto](https://mastodon.sdf.org/@netbsd/117518160563539748)

     HNmastodon.sdf.org4 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 13 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/m6fw0x "16 points")

7.   [48](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284089)95

     [Richest 0.1% (8M) produce more carbon pollution than 3.5B](https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ultra-rich-01-produce-more-carbon-pollution-nearly-half-humanity-while-cashing)

     HNoxfam.org13 hours ago

8.   [54](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284329)87

     [The Milwaukee Brewers win the first World Series title in franchise history](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/28/sport/live-news/game-5-world-series)

     HNcnn.com12 hours ago

9.   [64](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50281826)86

     [AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/ai-execs-may-be-too-out-of-touch-to-build-for-the-general-public/)

     HNtechcrunch.com17 hours ago

10.  [106](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285154)58

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

     HNborretti.me10 hours ago

11.  [59](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282538)72

     [The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/xreal-aura/)

     HNblog.google16 hours ago