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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-31&limit=10&q=&appearance=light)[Top 20](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&appearance=light)[Above median](/headlines/first?date=2026-10-31&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=light)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [387](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314654)670

     [Serbia just elected the world's brainiest parliament](https://www.science.org/content/article/serbia-just-elected-world-s-brainiest-parliament)

     HNscience.org8 hours ago

3.   [138](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314666)221

     [Molly (Signal fork) has not been updated since 3 months and is vulnerable](https://piefed.world/post/1503394)

     HNpiefed.world7 hours ago

4.   [168](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313661)230

     [Digital minimalism](https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2026/10/31/digital_minimalism.html)

     HNvitalik.eth.limo12 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 2 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/y81ppi "6 points")

5.   [111](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314699)233

     [We Took over ChatGPT Accounts](https://www.parameter.ai/labs/we-found-a-gap-at-openai)

     HNparameter.ai7 hours ago

6.   [171](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312922)174

     [OpenAI raises less than half of $30B target](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-raises-less-than-half-of-30-billion-target-in-latest-round-91aecdc5)

     HNwsj.com14 hours ago

7.   [76](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316531)169

     [Malware uses LLMs to rank victims by how much they're worth](https://blog.talosintelligence.com/appraisal-by-ai-model-driven-victim-prioritization-in-the-volta-infostealer/)

     HNblog.talosintelligence.com3 hours ago

8.   [91](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315226)145

     [Prospero: A new coding harness for a more civilized age](https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/10/31/)

     HNnullprogram.com6 hours ago

9.   [107](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316103)73

     [Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. Will do it again](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/31/us/philadelphia-woman-delivery-robots-cec)

     HNcnn.com4 hours ago

10.  [41](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317363)94

     [Casio Watches of the 1980s](https://www.casio.com/us/watches/50th/Heritage/1980s/)

     HNcasio.com2 hours ago

11.  [65](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316760)84

     [Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Deleted It 'Due to Litigation'](https://torrentfreak.com/ex-meta-researcher-torrented-pirated-books-dataset-deleted-it-due-to-all-this-litigation/)

     HNtorrentfreak.com3 hours ago