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# Daily headlines

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

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-29
2.   [168](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287448)206

     [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.com8 hours ago

3.   [69](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287898)247

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

     HNtext.npr.org8 hours ago

4.   [207](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287775)183

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

     HNiptrust.co8 hours ago

5.   [98](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50286987)224

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

     HNdreamgroup.com9 hours ago

6.   [102](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291054)211

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

     HNsidbala.com4 hours ago

7.   [207](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285154)134

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

     HNborretti.me14 hours ago

8.   [113](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287599)142

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

     HNmastodon.sdf.org8 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 17 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/m6fw0x "27 points")

9.   [230](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285714)99

     [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.com12 hours ago

10.  [99](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287359)119

     [Perspectiva Kogui: A message on artificial intelligence from the Kogui people](https://sonidoselva.com/perspectiva-kogui)

     HNsonidoselva.com9 hours ago

11.  [192](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50286197)103

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

     HNbbc.com11 hours ago