Tech

AI & LLMs

Anthropic files for listing: rapid growth, heavy losses

The prospectus combines explosive revenue growth with a heavy loss and an ethical narrative. Chip stocks on Wall Street rebounded.

03:207 sources · De Standaard, De Tijd, Het Nieuwsblad +

Tech giants raise hundreds of billions for AI: Meta through shares, SpaceX through debt

Money keeps flowing into AI infrastructure. Microsoft offers 60,000 employees a voluntary redundancy scheme.

ma6 sources · De Tijd, De Standaard, Tweakers

Publishers push back against AI firms using Flemish novels without permission

Publishers say AI companies used Claus, Spit and Lanoye without consent. Europe debates digital sovereignty.

06:204 sources · Het Nieuwsblad, VRT NWS, De Standaard

Apple

Apple kicks off a busy product week with an OLED iPad mini, new Macs expected Wednesday

The smallest iPad gets an OLED screen and a higher price. On Wednesday Apple is expected to show new MacBook Pros and an iMac in Los Angeles.

ma4 sources · MacRumors, Macworld, 9to5Mac +

Programming languages

PHP2Shell: two flaws in PHP put a large part of the web under pressure

The PHP Foundation released patches on 21 October, but attackers were active earlier. Anyone running PHP needs to update now.

za4 sources · TechCrunch, De Tijd, Datadog Security Labs

Java: JDK 28 gets a release date, October patches close dozens of flaws

Oracle is aiming for general availability of JDK 28 on 9 March 2027. The quarterly patches for all supported Java versions arrived at the same time.

di 20/103 sources · InfoQ, Charlie Arehart, SmartScope

Other tech

Breach at e-signature software supplier puts Flemish municipalities on alert

Vanden Broele's digital signing platform was hacked. Municipalities warn of fake GAS fines and phishing.

ma6 sources · VRT NWS, Het Nieuwsblad, Het Belang van Limburg +