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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.   [82](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317363)162

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

     HNcasio.com4 hours ago

3.   [134](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315047)94

     [French lawmakers approved a tax of €0.055 for every gigabyte of internet traffic](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/comptes-rendus/seance/session-ordinaire-de-2026-2027/premiere-seance-du-vendredi-30-octobre-2026)

     HNassemblee-nationale.fr8 hours ago

4.   [114](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.com6 hours ago

5.   [69](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316760)88

     [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.com5 hours ago

6.   [50](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316100)112

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

     HNjepsen.io6 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 9 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/drwd4j "53 points")

7.   [93](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315776)69

     [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.com7 hours ago

8.   [38](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50318401)60

     [The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported (2025)](https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3706598.3713778)

     HNdl.acm.org2 hours ago

9.   [34](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50317429)66

     [What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on](https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/voyager-1/voyager-1-what-is-a-light-day/)

     HNscience.nasa.gov4 hours ago

10.  [70](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315574)49

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

     HNthebignewsletter.com7 hours ago

11.  [18](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315990)74

     [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.in7 hours ago