In Screen Time, Tech reporter Rutger Otto writes on the internet every week. This week he ends up in the world of Italian Brainrot. In my previous blog I wrote about my (half successful) month without social media. Not long after I returned to the platforms, I was confronted with Tralalalero Tralala, Ballerina Cappuccina, Tung […]
For a long time, the first birds were settled in the pool areas for the first time more than 45 million years ago. But after the find of new fossils, birds have been living there for much longer: they have even experienced the dinosaurs. The find in Alaska of more than fifty fossils of birds
People who do not want their data to be used to train the artificial intelligence (AI) of tech company Meta only have until Monday to object. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) points this out. The company will use the data of users of its platforms Facebook and Instagram from Tuesday, May 27 to develop
Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system. Far beyond Pluto, 2017 OF201 also orbits the sun in a (huge) orbit. The discovery makes it much less likely that a mysterious ninth planet exists in our solar system. 2017 OF201 is actually a piece of rock with a diameter of 700 kilometers.
Australian astronomers have found a potentially perfectly round object. It is a sphere in our own Milky Way that resembles a soap bubble. It is not clear what the sphere is made of or how it was formed. The object has been named Teleios by the astronomers, after the ancient Greek word for perfection. It
ABN AMRO experienced a major outage on Tuesday afternoon. Customers of the bank report that they are unable to use their cards in stores and at ATMs. Customers are also experiencing issues with online and mobile banking. The outage began around noon, according to outage reports on Allestoringen. The site received tens of thousands of
The Renewal and Improvement of the C2000 Communication System for the Police and Other Emergency Services has resulted in years of delays and technical problems. End users are disappointed because their expectations have not leg with, accordance to an evaluation. The C2000 Communication System, which is Used by Emergency Services Such As Police, Ambulance and
That KPN and Ziggo Together Divide the Market for Internet Connections is no longer self-evident. Ziggo’s Customer Base Has Been Shrinking for Years and KPN is Only Growing Through Acquisitions. Odido and Delta are the Laughing Third. In 2015, accordance to the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM), Ziggo and KPN Almost had A
Australian Maritime Archeologists Believe They have found a Dutch Ship Off The Coast of South Australia That Sank There in 1857. The King Willem The second Ran Into A Storm in June of That Year and was Lost. The Frigate was found in relatively shallow water, four hundred meters off the coast of the beach
Scientists have for the first time SEEN LEAD Turn Into Gold. In The World’s Largest Partic Accelerator, Atomic Nuclei of Lead Collided So Hard That They Changed Composition. This happened very briefly and produced a tiny amount of gold. Making Gold Requires Aldum to Amounts of Energy. Usually, Gold only Forms Turning Explosions or Collisions