Hacker News with Generative AI: Belgium

OpenDNS Quits Belgium Under Threat of Piracy Blocks or Fines of €100K per Day (torrentfreak.com)
In a brief statement citing a court order in Belgium but providing no other details, Cisco says that its OpenDNS service is no longer available to users in Belgium.

OpenDNS, Belgium, Piracy, Censorship, Legal Issues

12 points by akyuu 8 days ago | 1 comments

Belgian teens arrested with 5k smuggled ants (cnn.com)

Crime, News, Animals, Belgium

8 points by mooreds 10 days ago | 7 comments

Belgium plans mandatory eID for social networks (techpulse.be)
Minister van Digitalisering Vanessa Matz wil dat socialemedia-apps zoals Facebook, Instagram en TikTok een identiteitscontrole gaan uitvoeren als je een nieuw account aanmaakt, om zo misbruik via anonieme accounts terug te dringen.

Privacy, Social Media, Belgium, Government Regulation

33 points by zoobab 39 days ago | 11 comments

Automatically tagging politician when they use their phone on the livestreams (driesdepoorter.be)
Automatically tagging Belgian politician when they use their phone on the daily livestreams. With the help of AI.

Politics, AI, Automation, Belgium, Livestreams

267 points by driesdep 51 days ago | 147 comments

FOSDEM 2025 has exceeded my expectations (valatka.dev)
This weekend, I participated in FOSDEM 2025, which impressed me more than I had imagined. Boy, was it big—over 1,000 talks! Here are a few notable takeaways:

FOSDEM, Conferences, Technology, Open Source, Belgium

20 points by astronautas 83 days ago | 0 comments

FOSDEM Hospitality Tips from a Local (ycombinator.com)

FOSDEM, Conferences, Belgium, Hospitality, Travel

15 points by BaudouinVH 87 days ago | 1 comments

Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes (npr.org)
Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

Public Health, Environment, E-Cigarettes, Belgium, European Union

179 points by geox 117 days ago | 122 comments

Train conductor's bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium (theguardian.com)
A ticket inspector’s bilingual greeting to a Flemish train passenger has created a political war of words – and an official complaint – in language-divided Belgium.

Belgium, Language, Politics, Culture

7 points by impish9208 125 days ago | 0 comments

Belgian sex workers get unemployment, maternity leave, and health insurance (abc.net.au)

Social Issues, Belgium, Labor Rights, Sex Work

4 points by speckx 143 days ago | 0 comments

Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law (bbc.com)

Social Policy, Belgium, Sex Work, Labor Rights, Europe

8 points by impish9208 146 days ago | 0 comments

A skeleton made from the bones of at least eight people thousands of years apart (smithsonianmag.com)
Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study

Archaeology, History, Belgium, Anthropology, Human Remains

111 points by mhb 167 days ago | 43 comments

FOSDEM 2025 (fosdem.org)
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.

Software Development, Conferences, Open Source, Belgium

22 points by edward 216 days ago | 12 comments

Andrée Geulen – Hid Jewish Children from Nazi's in Belgium (wikipedia.org)

Holocaust, History, Belgium, Resistance

4 points by rmason 238 days ago | 0 comments

The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece (historytoday.com)

Art, History, Theft, Belgium

48 points by benbreen 314 days ago | 1 comments

Volvo Is Shifting EV Production to Belgium from China (bloomberg.com)

Electric Vehicles, Manufacturing, Belgium, China

21 points by belter 320 days ago | 2 comments