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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.   [434](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314654)746

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

     HNscience.org10 hours ago

3.   [7](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)53

     [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.com20 hours ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=system)

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

4.   [14](https://lobste.rs/s/rpiu3w)23

     [The Kluever Maneuver](https://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/the-kluever-maneuver/)

     LBjordi.inversethought.com6 hours ago[testing](/search?q=testing&appearance=system)

5.   [159](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314666)275

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

     HNpiefed.world10 hours ago

6.   [119](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312756)331

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

     HNnews.ycombinator.com18 hours ago

7.   [205](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313661)276

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

     HNvitalik.eth.limo15 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 6 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/y81ppi "9 points")

8.   [139](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314699)284

     [Do the math: How we took over ChatGPT accounts](https://www.parameter.ai/labs/we-found-a-gap-at-openai)

     HNparameter.ai10 hours ago

9.   [205](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318189)184

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

     HNtheguardian.com3 hours ago

10.  [4](https://lobste.rs/s/k508we)19

     [Avoid Public Functions Calling Other Public Functions](https://matklad.github.io/2026/10/29/pub-calls-pub.html)

     LBmatklad.github.io3 hours ago[api](/search?q=api&appearance=system)

11.  [116](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316531)214

     [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.com6 hours ago