Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have developed a new technique that helps to identify so-called deepfake videos. It looks at the veins and color differences on a person’s face, characteristics that are missing in fake videos. The researchers focused on the expansion and contraction of veins in the face when viewing videos. This causes […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will investigate how countries solicit votes during the Eurovision Song Contest. The Song Festival organization wants to assess whether online campaigns influence the voting ratios. The reason is the striking result of Israel, which, despite low jury scores in many countries, still received the maximum number of points from the
Vitesse is facing major problems again. The KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) wants to withdraw the professional license of the Arnhem club because they do not comply with the rules of the football association. The KNVB licensing committee suspects that the American investor Coley Parry has been involved with Vitesse again since the foreign takeover
The Swedish national security service (SÄPO) has lowered the national threat level for terrorist attacks from the second-highest level to level three out of five. The threat level goes from ‘high’ to ‘elevated’. In the summer of 2023, the threat level in the Scandinavian country rose after anger arose in many Islamic countries due to
The life of Telstar defender Mitch Apau may take an interesting turn. In principle, the 35-year-old defender will be an amateur footballer and fry cook in his own snack bar next season. But due to a remarkable agreement, he may also go to the Eredivisie. Apau proudly unfolds the wooden panels of the chip stand
Netbeheerders experimenteren met het tijdelijk verlagen van de stroomopwek via zonnepanelen. Dit noemen ze ‘dimmen’. Tijdens uren met veel aanbod van stroom moet dat de druk op het overvolle net verlichten. Enexis start met een pilot in Waalwijk en Helmond. Netbeheerders zoals Enexis experimenteren met het veilig uitschakelen van zonnepanelen tijdens uren dat er zo
Ten members of the Groningen student association Vindicat have returned from a weekend away with first-degree burns on their faces. Dagblad van het Noorden and Sikkom report based on sources that it concerns branding. Vindicat chairman Wibe Kaak confirms to the two titles that the members have returned from a weekend away with burns on
The number of child abductions from and to the Netherlands has decreased for the second year in a row. In 2024, two hundred children were victims, which is 23 percent less than the year before. In most cases, the mother was the perpetrator. This is reported by the Center for International Child Abduction (IKO center)
While Charles Leclerc looks forward to his home race in Monaco with little hope, his teammate Lewis Hamilton is busy with very different things. Ferrari is disappointing, but the two drivers are dealing with it differently: the difference between already proven and still having to prove. Especially the contrast between what was said last week
The industry saw the largest increase in turnover since the beginning of 2023. But entrepreneurs are pessimistic because staying profitable is difficult. Moreover, things are not going equally well everywhere. Food manufacturers are doing better than transport equipment manufacturers. Turnover in the industry was 2.9 percent higher in the first quarter of this year than