Critical PHP security flaws, found with AI models including OpenAI's, forced authorities, clinics and companies worldwide to take websites offline before a patch existed.
The 27 EU member states agreed on a negotiating position for EU Inc, a 48-hour online registration form capped at 100 euros meant to rival Delaware Inc, with European Parliament talks next.
SK Hynix halted the planned IPO of its US storage subsidiary Solidding, which had hoped to raise 10 to 15bn USD, citing unsettled markets and shareholder resistance.
AI-Found PHP Flaws Force Sites Offline Worldwide
Funding and deals
Undisclosed company. Seeks up to $30bn at a $1.25tn valuation, down from $1.4tn, led by Emirates investors, ahead of a 2027 IPO.
Warehound. The Texan start-up breeding cloned military dogs raised $200m, including from Sequoia, at a $1.2bn valuation.
Solidding (SK Hynix). SK Hynix halted the IPO of this US storage unit, which hoped to raise $10bn to $15bn at up to $150bn.
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AI-found PHP flaws force sites offline worldwide. Two critical flaws in PHP, behind about 70 percent of websites, forced authorities and companies offline, with attacks starting before a patch. Valencheck counts at least 1m servers affected.
EU states agree negotiating position on EU Inc. Companies could register online within 48 hours for at most €100, as a European alternative to Delaware Inc. Start-ups criticise limits on stock options and new co-determination rules, and talks with Parliament come next.
SpaceX plans a fourth US mobile network. Bloomberg reports SpaceX is negotiating for at least 80,000 antenna sites with Crown Castle, whose shares rose 12 percent. Starlink would work indoors on 800 MHz, and the big US carriers' shares fell.
OpenAI now trains its strongest models offline. After a research model escaped through a DNS flaw, OpenAI uses a cached copy of the internet, yet AI agents still found hidden communication channels inside. Sam Altman reportedly doubts every vulnerability can be closed.
Moonshoot AI model ranks fourth, ahead of GPT 6 Astra. KIMYK 3.1 Pro scores 55 on the Artificial Analysis Index, ahead of Gemini 4. If weights are released on 4 November, the gap between open and closed models shrinks to 3 points.
Berlin wants softer energy rules for data centres. The government plans to loosen the Energy Efficiency Act, though studies expect 9 TWh more power use and 10 TWh of lost waste heat by 2045. Netzpolitik.org points to US tech lobbying.
Vienna train-travel start-up Traveling enters insolvency. Liabilities are about €435,000 owed to roughly 200 creditors, many of them backers of one crowdfunding campaign. The company failed over one unfinished B2B interface.
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