In Germany, a relatively unknown climate summit took place this week, while it may be the most important place for global climate agreements. At a time when crises and wars overshadow the climate, countries tried to come closer together – here and there with success. Between the NATO summit and the war between Iran and […]
In Screen Time, Tech reporter Rutger Otto writes on the internet every week. This time it is about the advice of the government about screen use by young people (and parents). Smartphones have been indispensable in our lives for years. Facebook has been around for 21 years, Instagram 15 years and ticks about 8 years.
Banks will ask customers fewer questions when they use cash. Criminals like to use cash because it is difficult to trace, but customers find the questions annoying. Banks need to better assess the risks of, for example, money laundering. If customers stay below a certain amount and there are no “risk-increasing factors,” they should not
FNV will face former chairman Ton Heerts as a temporary member of the supervisory board, the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled on Friday. The trade union has been in crisis for months. Recently, former minister Lodewijk Asscher, among others, joined the supervisory board as chairman, which must organize elections for a
Computer users will have seen it before: the blue screen indicating that something went wrong with the Windows operating system. After more than forty years, Microsoft is changing the error message: the iconic blue screen is turning black. It is a result of changes that Microsoft is implementing to the operating system. This should ensure
Schiphol has removed all misleading price tags from the perfume shops at the airport. Offers on the website and in folders have also been adjusted. The airport did this after complaints from the Consumers’ Association. The Consumers’ Association found after investigation that consumers were being misled with fake discounts on perfumes, alcohol and electronics. The
China reports that a preliminary trade agreement with the United States has been finalized. The precise details of those agreements have now been worked out, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce reported on Friday. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick also reported on Thursday that the deal was finalized and signed. China pledges to resume supplying
In Groningen komt een AI-fabriek waar bedrijven en kennisinstellingen kunnen experimenteren met kunstmatige intelligentie. Het demissionaire kabinet en de regio investeren 160 miljoen euro in het project. Ook Brussel is om een bijdrage gevraagd, waardoor de totale investering op 200 miljoen euro moet uitkomen, meldt demissionair minister Vincent Karremans (Economische Zaken) aan de Tweede Kamer.
The absenteeism rate in elderly care reached a record high of 9.4 percent last year. The high dropout rate of employees costs the sector 1.6 billion euros, Intrakoop has calculated. The purchasing cooperative of the healthcare sector points out that absenteeism is nowhere as high as in healthcare. In combination with a structural staff shortage,
Higher rents, more expensive stamps, but also rising minimum wages and benefits. A number of financial matters will change again on July 1. NU.nl lists the most important changes. Let’s start with the good news. Minimum wages will increase slightly next month. The hourly wage will increase from 14.06 to 14.40 euros per hour. The