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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)

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1.   2026-10-29
2.   [89](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287448)104

     [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.com3 hours ago

3.   [46](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.org11 hours ago

4.   [59](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287599)69

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

     HNmastodon.sdf.org2 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 10 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/m6fw0x "11 points")

5.   [49](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50284329)85

     [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.com11 hours ago

6.   [104](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285154)58

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

     HNborretti.me8 hours ago

7.   [61](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50281826)82

     [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.com16 hours ago

8.   [104](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282766)55

     [New York Times adds more AI features to its Cooking app. Users aren't thrilled](https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-new-york-times-is-adding-more-ai-features-to-its-cooking-app-and-users-arent-thrilled/)

     HNniemanlab.org14 hours ago

9.   [59](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282538)69

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

     HNblog.google15 hours ago

10.  [70](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50282865)55

     [MicroZig to Adopt Strict No LLM / No AI Policy](https://github.com/ZigEmbeddedGroup/microzig/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

     HNgithub.com14 hours ago

11.  [76](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50286197)37

     [Spain train crash: What we know after two trains crashed with dozens feared dead](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm8xz7pkd0jjo)

     HNbbc.com5 hours ago