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# Daily headlines

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

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1.   2026-10-31
2.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313257)5

     [Britain Narrowly Escaped a Grid Blackout in June 2026](https://hackaday.com/2026/10/30/how-britain-narrowly-escaped-a-grid-blackout-in-june-2026/)

     HNhackaday.com1 hour ago

3.   [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312342)5

     [Rewriting Copyright Law for Generative AI Would Hurt Everyone](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/rewriting-copyright-law-generative-ai-would-hurt-everyone)

     HNeff.org4 hours ago

4.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313127)6

     [Visit Iceland Will Send a Real Knitter to Your Dumb Meeting So You Can Skip It](https://matadornetwork.com/read/iceland-ai-notetaker-knitting/)

     HNmatadornetwork.com2 hours ago

5.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312013)6

     [OpenAI slashes funding target by $10B as tech anxieties mount](https://www.ft.com/content/7a3ad950-1b3b-4d9e-8c15-65a61ae6180f)

     HNft.com5 hours ago

6.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312555)5

     [I don't think AGI is right around the corner (2025)](https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/timelines-june-2025)

     HNdwarkesh.com4 hours ago

7.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312408)5

     [Postgres 19 is late, and it's AI's fault](http://rhaas.blogspot.com/2026/10/postgres-19-is-late-and-its-ais-fault.html)

     HNrhaas.blogspot.com4 hours ago

8.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50310582)9

     [Wolfenstein 3D on the Atari 2600](https://forums.atariage.com/topic/394015-wolfenstein-3d-atari-2600-port-for-pluscartunocart/)

     HNforums.atariage.com8 hours ago

9.   [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311672)6

     [Googling Firebase got me a phishing page hosted by Google](https://volodymyr.smirnov.im/writing/google-firebase-phishing/)

     HNvolodymyr.smirnov.im6 hours ago

10.  [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50308222)5

     [Show HN: Fishoid: an ambient fish tank for your screen](https://fishoid.net/)

     HNfishoid.net11 hours ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=light)

11.  [1](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311562)5

     [U.S. approves $2.1B sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine](https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/us-approves-21-billion-sale-patriot-interceptors-ukraine-rcna606641)

     HNnbcnews.com6 hours ago