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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)

Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-31
2.   [104](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316103)70

     [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.com3 hours ago

3.   [80](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315776)64

     [Why Did Meta Suspend a US Senate Candidate's Instagram in the Middle of a Rally?](https://newrepublic.com/post/217281/meta-suspend-democratic-candidate-angie-nixon-instagram-account)

     HNnewrepublic.com4 hours ago

4.   [40](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316531)105

     [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.com2 hours ago

5.   [18](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315990)73

     [AI startup hacks Anthropic, gains access to employee details, internal messages](https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/ai-startup-hacks-anthropic-in-12-hours-gains-access-to-employee-details-and-internal-messages-3025452-2026-10-26)

     HNindiatoday.in3 hours ago

6.   [65](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315574)47

     [Why Anthropic's filing crushed tech stocks](https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-anthropics-filing-crushed-tech)

     HNthebignewsletter.com4 hours ago

7.   [14](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50312739)86

     [Flock camera searches fell 95% after a dispatcher's misconduct was caught](https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/flock-camera-searches-fall-95-percent-highland-heights-dispatcher-misconduct-caught/95-94b18f33-60e2-4bc7-a00f-d71d1e1fdd5e)

     HNwkyc.com14 hours ago

8.   [20](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314872)57

     [Shiny Object Syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiny_object_syndrome)

     HNen.wikipedia.org6 hours ago

9.   [17](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314243)51

     [How long do you need to hold down the power button to turn off a PC?](https://www.osnews.com/story/146273/how-long-do-you-need-to-hold-down-the-power-button-to-turn-off-a-pc/)

     HNosnews.com8 hours ago

10.  [38](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316760)57

     [Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Deleted It 'Due to Litigation'](https://torrentfreak.com/ex-meta-researcher-torrented-pirated-books-dataset-deleted-it-due-to-all-this-litigation/)

     HNtorrentfreak.com2 hours ago

11.  [32](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315039)27

     [Halloween is a crass American import – I'll never indulge it](https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/halloween-crass-american-import-never-indulge-4862206)

     HNinews.co.uk5 hours ago