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# Daily headlines

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

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [184](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314654)307

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

     HNscience.org2 hours ago

3.   [100](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312756)256

     [Tell HN: Scribd Breached](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312756)

     HNnews.ycombinator.com10 hours ago

4.   [4](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)28

     [The support case of a customer who said that all they could see was a black screen](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20261029-00/?p=112808/)

     LBdevblogs.microsoft.com11 hours ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=system)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300039 "6 points")

5.   [151](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312922)160

     [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.com9 hours ago

6.   [57](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311686)200

     [Show HN: To Honor Sir Patrick Stewart, Enjoy the TNG Episode Guessing Game](https://tng.episodle.com/)

     HNtng.episodle.com13 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

7.   [1](https://lobste.rs/s/wd4ye5)13

     [Clojure/Conj 2026](http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAkHRk3lgU_Q)

     LByoutube.com6 hours ago[clojure](/search?q=clojure&appearance=system)

8.   [3](https://lobste.rs/s/dtvr7y)6

     [Defending the patch gap against automated attackers](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/privacy-security/defending-patch-gap/)

     LBblog.mozilla.org15 hours ago[browsers](/search?q=browsers&appearance=system)

9.   [1](https://lobste.rs/s/95quqz)6

     [Tactical-Retreat: a freely available, multi-platform QuakeC-based Counter-Strike v1.5 port](https://www.frag-net.com/project_tacticalretreat.html)

     LBfrag-net.com10 hours ago[games](/search?q=games&appearance=system)

10.  [87](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315047)75

     [French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/comptes-rendus/seance/session-ordinaire-de-2026-2027/premiere-seance-du-vendredi-30-octobre-2026)

     HNassemblee-nationale.fr1 hour ago

11.  [64](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313661)97

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

     HNvitalik.eth.limo6 hours ago