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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.   [409](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314654)710

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

     HNscience.org9 hours ago

3.   [151](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314666)250

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

     HNpiefed.world9 hours ago

4.   [102](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316531)193

     [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.com4 hours ago

5.   [173](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312922)175

     [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.com16 hours ago

6.   [109](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315226)158

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

     HNnullprogram.com7 hours ago

7.   [116](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318189)148

     [UK Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/05/green-party-nuclear-power-policy)

     HNtheguardian.com1 hour ago

8.   [67](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317363)147

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

     HNcasio.com3 hours ago

9.   [112](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316103)79

     [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.com5 hours ago

10.  [9](https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j)42

     [Jepsen: ParticleDB 1.1.4](https://jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4)

     LBjepsen.io5 hours ago[databases](/search?q=databases&appearance=system)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 44 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100 "90 points")

11.  [7](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)46

     [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.com18 hours ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=system)

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