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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.   [179](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287001)260

     [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.co10 hours ago

3.   [109](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291054)244

     [H.264 Is Magic (2016)](https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/)

     HNsidbala.com5 hours ago

4.   [169](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287448)208

     [How 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.com9 hours ago

5.   [225](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287775)200

     [If IPv4 were land](https://iptrust.co/blog/if-ipv4-were-land)

     HNiptrust.co9 hours ago

6.   [73](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287898)249

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

     HNtext.npr.org8 hours ago

7.   [109](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50286987)241

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

     HNdreamgroup.com10 hours ago

8.   [216](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285154)142

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

     HNborretti.me15 hours ago

9.   [105](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50293047)170

     [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.com3 hours ago

10.  [118](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287599)148

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

     HNmastodon.sdf.org9 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 18 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/m6fw0x "29 points")

11.  [223](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50286197)116

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

     HNbbc.com12 hours ago