Denzel Washington is op het filmfestival van Cannes geëerd met een Gouden Palm voor zijn bijdrage aan de filmwereld. De zeventigjarige acteur kreeg de onderscheiding voor een “uitzonderlijke carrière”, zei de organisatie. Washington was in Cannes voor de première van Highest 2 Lowest, waarin hij een van de hoofdrollen speelt. Hij verscheen samen met medespelers […]
AVROTROS and the NPO are advocating for a fundamental discussion with the European Broadcasting Union about “the basic principles” of the Eurovision Song Contest. They argue that the event is increasingly under pressure from social and geopolitical tensions. In a joint statement, AVROTROS and the NPO emphasize that they value the apolitical and unifying character
The former US President Joe Biden is grateful for all the support he has received after it was announced on Sunday that he has metastatic prostate cancer. “Cancer affects us all,” he writes on X. “We are at our strongest in moments when things are not going well,” reads the short statement from the 82-year-old
De Nederlandse overheid wil minder zeggenschap over de bedrijfsvoering van ABN AMRO en verlaagt het belang in de bank van 40,5 naar ongeveer 30 procent. ABN AMRO werd tijdens de kredietcrisis in 2008 genationaliseerd door de overheid. Omdat de staat meer dan een derde van de bank bezat, had het veel zeggenschap over het bedrijf.
A chatbot, with some information about its opponent, can debate better than most people. This is according to a new study in Nature Human Behavior. According to scientists, it raises questions about how AI can manipulate opinions online. For the study, three hundred participants were paired with human opponents in an online debate. Another group
Are you cooking ahead to take to the office, or are there leftovers? Plastic containers come in handy then. Or should you be careful with them? NU.nl readers wondered how harmful it is to your health to store and heat food in plastic. Chances are you sometimes use plastic containers to store food. But what
The plastic soup is getting thicker and bigger, so since 2024, we pay a small amount for, among other things, the disposable cup you get your coffee in. Investing in a good travel coffee mug is a worthwhile choice, but which one do you choose? Every day in the Netherlands, we throw away nineteen million
Rihanna visited the Cannes Film Festival on Monday evening. The singer attended the premiere of Highest 2 Lowest, which stars her partner. Rihanna and A$AP Rocky posed together for the press, shortly after it was announced that they are expecting their third child. The 37-year-old singer appeared earlier this month at the Met Gala in
Als een chatbot wat informatie krijgt over zijn tegenpartij, kan die in een debat met betere argumenten komen. Dat blijkt uit een nieuwe studie in Nature Human Behavior. Volgens wetenschappers roept het vragen op over hoe AI online meningen kan manipuleren. Voor het onderzoek werden driehonderd deelnemers gekoppeld aan menselijke tegenstanders in een online debat.
The desire to buy remains remarkably low among Dutch people. Consumer confidence did not change in May and is at its lowest level in a year and a half. However, Dutch people have gained some hope for a better economy in the coming twelve months. According to statistics agency CBS, consumer confidence is now at