Dutch get their skates on in Amsterdam before the thaw
Dozens of skaters took to the frozen surface of Amsterdam's historic Prinsengracht canal Saturday as the deep freeze gripping Europe briefly made it possible to skate on a small section of the canal for the first time since 2018......»»
Samsung hit with lawsuit over battery prediction algorithm
It appears that a Dutch company isn’t too happy with the algorithm that Samsung uses to predict battery life in its Android smartphones, leading to them filing a lawsuit against the company. The post Samsung hit with lawsuit over battery prediction.....»»
Engineer Who Fled Charges of Stealing Chip Tech in US Now Thrives in China
ASML has pressed IP theft allegations against two firms created by 'flagbearer' for China's semiconductor industry. From a report: Few companies are better positioned to benefit from the crippling shortage of computer chips than ASML, a Dutch manufac.....»»
Makerspaces in Libraries in The Netherlands
The first ten years of this century Dutch public libraries moved their focus from collections to connections. Building makerspaces within libraries has been a central part of this change. The post Makerspaces in Libraries in The Netherlands appeared.....»»
TomTom To Cut 500 Jobs Because of Automation Advancements
The Dutch consumer technology firm TomTom announced on Wednesday that it is "resetting" the organization as a result of improvements in its mapmaking technology. The firm said: Engineering investments have resulted in an advanced automated mapmaking.....»»
New route to build materials out of tiny particles
Researcher Laura Rossi and her group at TU Delft have found a new way to build synthetic materials out of tiny glass particles—so-called colloids. Together with their colleagues from Queen's University and the University of Amsterdam, they showed t.....»»
Beats Studio Buds get special edition with Daily Paper collab
Released last summer, Beats Studio Buds just got a new special edition, this time in partnership with the Amsterdam clothing brand Daily Paper. In this version, the Buds have a graffiti-looking case with white earbuds and a Daily Paper sign in red......»»
Apple"s Beats & Daily Paper collaborate for special edition Studio Buds
A special Beats Studio Buds edition featuring an hip hop graffiti case design has been launched in collaboration with Amsterdam fashion house, Daily Paper.It's not like you have to look really closely to make out the subtle designFollowing the recent.....»»
Dutch Police Create Deepfake Video of Murdered Boy In Hope of New Leads
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Dutch police have received dozens of leads after using deepfake technology to virtually bring to life a teenager almost two decades after his murder. Sedar Soares was shot dead in 2003 while thro.....»»
Investing more in cycling far outweighs the costs
The Dutch have long been recognized as leaders in cycling. Denmark is not far behind, with more bikes than cars in its capital Copenhagen. This is the result of many years of investment. Even the U.K., with less of a cycling tradition, is investing a.....»»
New measurements from Northern Sweden show less methane emission than feared
It is widely understood that thawing permafrost can lead to significant amounts of methane being released. However, new research shows that in some areas, this release of methane could be a tenth of the amount predicted from a thaw. The research was.....»»
Dutch veterans feel misunderstood
Veterans experience social stereotyping and disinterest, concludes anthropologist Yvon de Reuver, who will receive a Ph.D. for her research from Radboud University on 23 May. Veterans are known to suffer from psychological problems they developed dur.....»»
Data centers on steel wheels: Can we trust the safety of the railway infrastructure?
In this interview for Help Net Security, Dimitri van Zantvliet Rozemeijer, CISO at Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways), talks about railway cybersecurity and the progresses this industry has made to guarantee safety. Critical infrastructure has s.....»»
China ODM Wingtech taps deeper into semiconductor sector
China-based ODM Wingtech Technology has seen semiconductor sales significantly bolster its profits since acquiring in late 2019 Nexperia, a Dutch supplier of discrete and MOSFET components as well as analog and logic chips, and is on track to expand.....»»
Apple"s dutch dating app proposals still fail to please regulator
A Dutch regulator says Apple's proposal to enable third-party payments for dating apps in the regional App Store isn't sufficient enough to abide by its order, though it admits some improvement was made on the matter.Apple has been trying to adhere t.....»»
IPTV, Usenet and Comic Book Pirates Agree To Pay Up and Shut Down
Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN says it has reached cash settlement and abstention agreements with a pirate IPTV seller and a person linked to a pirate comic uploading community. BREIN also reached an agreement with a large-scale Usenet release 'spotte.....»»
Crime blotter: Amsterdam mayor honors survivors of Apple Store hostage standoff
In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, Rudy Giuliani unlocks phones for prosecutors, iCloud evidence catches man who threatened Congresswoman, and multiple iPhone thefts from Walmart.The Apple Store in AmsterdamThe latest in an occasional AppleInsider se.....»»
How to design safe and sustainable chemicals
With many human-made chemicals, problems regarding public health and the environment become apparent only years after their widespread use. A team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Utrecht University now propose a way to change that.....»»
Bigger Sound In Smaller Packages, As Sonos Buys Mayht For $100 Million
Sonos has acquired Dutch startup Mayht for approximately $100 million in a cash-only deal. "Mayht created a new type of speaker technology that makes it possible to pack a lot more oomph into much smaller spaces, with power savings as a nifty side-ef.....»»
Urgent action needed to meet 1.5 degree Celsius goal
The goal of the Paris climate agreement—to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius—will be out of sight unless countries collectively show more ambition and take immediate action. This is the view of Heleen de Coninck and four other Dutch cli.....»»
How can local policies contribute to global sustainability goals?
The challenges of building a sustainable society are unprecedented. But the Dutch municipalities cannot be faulted for their commitment. They are working hard, conclude Professor Eefje Cuppen and Lian Merkx, program manager for energy at the Associat.....»»