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# Daily headlines

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

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1.   2026-10-31
2.   [32](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50315047)43

     [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.fr45 minutes ago

3.   [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314699)14

     [We Took over ChatGPT Accounts](https://www.parameter.ai/labs/we-found-a-gap-at-openai)

     HNparameter.ai1 hour ago

4.   [5](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313127)18

     [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.com8 hours ago

5.   [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50311505)24

     [The 'Moylan Arrow' Is One of Ford's Best Contributions to Car Design](https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-moylan-arrow-is-one-of-fords-best-contributions-to-car-design)

     HNthedrive.com12 hours ago

6.   [12](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50291812)46

     [Show HN: I rebuilt Kubernetes for ESP32 microcontrollers](https://github.com/arterialist/kube32)

     HNgithub.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

7.   [6](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313257)15

     [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.com7 hours ago

8.   [3](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313484)14

     [Cursed cruise: how the dream of never-ending luxury at sea became a nightmare](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/31/mv-odyssey-cruise-passengers-nightmare-stranded-cambodia)

     HNtheguardian.com6 hours ago

9.   [4](https://lobste.rs/s/soosuu)25

     [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.com11 hours ago[historical](/search?q=historical&appearance=system)

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

10.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50313976)10

     [Why Do I Sometimes Hate Myself](https://tomaszdziurko.substack.com/p/why-do-i-sometimes-hate-myself)

     HNtomaszdziurko.substack.com4 hours ago

11.  [2](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314728)5

     [GDPR: France imposes 27x more in fines per resident than Spain](https://www.legiscope.com/blog/europe-data-protection-fines-per-capita.html)

     HNlegiscope.com1 hour ago