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# Daily headlines

[Top 10](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-30&limit=10&q=&appearance=dark)[Top 20](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-30&limit=20&q=&appearance=dark)[Above median](/headlines/second?date=2026-10-30&limit=20&q=&mode=median&appearance=dark)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-30
2.   [13](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50301717)21

     [How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole?](https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-do-you-take-a-picture-of-a-black-hole-20261029/)

     HNquantamagazine.org2 hours ago

3.   [2](https://lobste.rs/s/f4aqog)20

     [How curl was accidentally Turing-complete for nine months](https://seriot.ch/computation/curl.html)

     LBseriot.ch4 hours ago[compsci](/search?q=compsci&appearance=dark)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 0 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300011 "12 points")

4.   [3](https://lobste.rs/s/qsvspv)14

     [Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 4 2.98.0 has been released](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-4-2-98-0-has-been-released/445)

     LBdiscourse.imfreedom.org7 hours ago[release](/search?q=release&appearance=dark)

     Also discussed: [Hacker News · 2 comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50299712 "6 points")

5.   [3](https://lobste.rs/s/2matgw)19

     [C2PA's eMudhra Moment](https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/c2pa-four.html)

     LBda.vidbuchanan.co.uk15 hours ago[cryptography](/search?q=cryptography&appearance=dark)

6.   [10](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50299004)31

     [Show HN: Lasm – Write formally verified webapps in Lean for Node/serverless/edge](https://github.com/Millillion/lasm)

     HNgithub.com9 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=dark)

7.   [2](https://lobste.rs/s/qqelq1)12

     [Design the interface for functionality not familiarity](https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/10/10.html)

     LBlapcatsoftware.com10 hours ago[mac](/search?q=mac&appearance=dark)

8.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300644)19

     [North Korea Steals USD 6.36B from Binance in the Largest Hack in History](https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/north-korea-steals-usd-6-36-billion-from-binance-in-the-largest-hack-in-history)

     HNtrmlabs.com4 hours ago

9.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300683)18

     [Official Claude Code extension compromise](https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise/)

     HNphorion.io4 hours ago

10.  [3](https://lobste.rs/s/u7dsbx)5

     [What are you doing this weekend?](https://lobste.rs/s/u7dsbx)

     LBlobste.rs1 hour ago[ask](/search?q=ask&appearance=dark)

11.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300112)17

     [Trojanized Claude Code Extension Plants an SSH Backdoor](https://opensourcemalware.com/blog/trojanized-claude-code-extension-plants-persistent-ssh-backdoor)

     HNopensourcemalware.com6 hours ago