An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: EBay on Tuesday rejected a $56 billion takeover bid from the much smaller GameStop over financing doubts, calling the proposal "neither credible nor attractive." EBay, which has roughly four times GameStop's market value, also underscored that its turnaround efforts under CEO Jamie Iannone have boosted growth, with its stock returning 201% since Iannone took the position six years ago.

"We have concluded that your proposal is neither credible nor attractive," eBay Chairman Paul Pressler said in a statement. "eBay's Board is confident the company, under its current management team, is well-positioned to continue to drive sustainable growth." He also pointed to concerns with GameStop's bid, including its financing, its impact on eBay's long-term growth and the leadership structure of a potentially combined company. Last week, GameStop's CEO Ryan Cohen delivered one of the most memorable CNBC interviews in recent memory... initially disinterested, then increasingly hostile, with little eye contact, few real answers to basic questions, and repeated robotic deflections to "check the website." It's worth a watch if you have a few extra minutes.

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The FCC has softened its ban on foreign-made consumer routers, allowing vendors to keep issuing broader software and firmware updates for devices already in use in the U.S. through at least January 2029. Dark Reading reports: Under the original FCC ruling, foreign manufacturers were permitted to provide only limited maintenance and security patches to US customers through March 2027. In a public note (PDF) on May 8, the FCC extended that deadline to at least January 2029 and also expanded the scope of permissible updates. The FCC will now allow foreign manufacturers to provide not just minor security fixes and changes, but also more major software and firmware updates that could affect router functionality, which previously required additional FCC review. The agency described the revisions as intended to ensure the continued safety of already deployed foreign-made consumer routers in the US. "The FCC likely issued this revision in response to the operational realities of network security and the slow pace of equipment replacement," says Jason Soroko, senior fellow at Sectigo. "Replacing millions of embedded devices across national infrastructure requires immense time and capital, and abandoning existing systems to a completely unpatched state would create an immediate vulnerability."

"This waiver significantly alleviates the most pressing fears tied to the initial ban by preventing a sudden and dangerous security vacuum," added Soroko.

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Researchers at Columbia demonstrated the first real-time brain-controlled hearing system that can identify which speaker a listener is focusing on in a noisy environment and automatically amplify that voice while suppressing others. "This breakthrough addresses the 'cocktail party effect,' a major limitation of conventional hearing aids, which often struggle to distinguish between overlapping conversations in noisy settings," reports Neuroscience News. From the report: In the new study, Columbia researchers teamed up with surgeons and their epilepsy patients who were undergoing brain surgery to better pinpoint the sources of their seizures. The hospital patients, who volunteered to be part of this study, already had electrodes implanted in their brains. [senior author Nima Mesgarani's] system used the electrodes to measure the brain activity of the patients as they focused on one of two overlapping conversations played simultaneously. The system then automatically detected which conversation a patient was paying attention to and adjusted the volume in real time, turning up that conversation while quieting the other. For one volunteer, the experience of controlling the system with her brain was literally unbelievable. She accused the researchers of secretly adjusting the volumes. Others told stories about friends and family with hearing impairments who could benefit from such a technology. One person said: "It seems like science fiction."

[...] The scientists developed real-time machine-learning algorithms that could examine the brainwaves and identify which conversation the patients were paying attention to. Once deployed, their system could rapidly deduce which conversation each listener was paying attention to and make it easier for them to hear it. This happened both when the researchers guided the subjects toward a particular conversation, and when the subjects chose freely, as would be necessary in a real-world conversation. "For this to work in real time, the system has to be very fast, accurate and stable for the experience to feel pleasant for the listener," Dr. Mesgarani said. The scientists found their new system correctly identified which conversation the volunteers paid attention to. This dramatically improved the intelligibility of the speech the volunteers focused on, reduced listening effort, and was consistently preferred by the volunteers when compared to conversations the system did not provide assistance with. One volunteer recalled her uncle, who had hearing problems. "Can you imagine if this technology existed in a world [where] ... he could access it? He might actually live a much more peaceful... life." The research has been published in Nature Neuroscience.

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Het is natuurlijk een groot wonder om geboren te worden, maar wat nog een veel groter wonder is: langzaam de leeftijdsladder opklimmen en gezellig oud worden. Hoe wij, volwassenen, het al zover hebben geschopt blijkt dus een waar godswonder, want onderzoek van de GGD Amsterdam leert dat baby- en kindervoedsel hartstikke ongezond is: "Zo bevatten de meeste fruitpotjes, babypap en kindertoetjes te veel suiker. En de meeste maaltijdpotjes blijken helemaal geen volwaardige maaltijd te zijn." Al die jaren voor de gek gehouden, er is helemaal niemand groot en sterk geworden van die broccolibende of walgelijke wortelwirwar op een lepeltje vermomd als tweelingen vernietigend vliegtuig, we deden het allemaal op eigen oerkracht. Als baby- en kindervoeding, waarbij je toch de meeste prudentie verwacht, al zo ongezond is, hoe zit het dan wel niet met volwassenenvoer? Ja hoor eens, wij nemen vanaf nu geen enkel risico meer en houden het oud, vertrouwd en lekker bij moeders tiet.

Anil Kochhar hopes textile graduates of North Carolina State can leave with ‘greater freedom to pursue goals’

Anil Kochhar, a North Carolina State University donor, gave graduates of the school’s Wilson College of Textiles a lot more than just words of wisdom when he delivered their keynote commencement address recently.

The Indian American entrepreneur also announced that he would pay off any student loans taken out by the college’s graduating pupils during their senior year.

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• Dutchman resigned in February due to daughter’s health

• Compatriot Rutten stood down from role on Monday

Dick Advocaat will lead Curaçao to their first World Cup and become the oldest manager in the tournament’s history after returning to the job. The 78-year-old was in charge when the Caribbean island reached the finals but resigned three months later because of his daughter’s health.

“Advocaat is returning,” the president of the Curaçao Football Federation (FFK), Gilbert Martina, said in a phone message.

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BRUSSEL (ANP) - Oekraïne ontvangt in juni het eerste deel van de EU-lening van 90 miljard euro, heeft EU-buitenlandchef Kaja Kallas dinsdag bekendgemaakt. Het geld gaat Oekraïne aan drones besteden. "Die vormen momenteel de belangrijkste capaciteit om de Russische troepen terug te dringen", zei Kallas na afloop van de vergadering van EU-ministers van Defensie in Brussel.

Met de 90 miljard euro voor 2026 en 2027 heeft Oekraïne nog onvoldoende geld om in zijn defensiebehoefte te voorzien, zei Kallas. "Bilaterale steun moet worden voortgezet. Hetzelfde geldt voor meer sancties en meer druk op Rusland."

De defensieministers steunen het idee om de 6,6 miljard euro uit de Europese Vredesfaciliteit (EPF) te mobiliseren. Dat geld kan nu niet worden gebruikt, omdat Hongarije dat tot nu toe blokkeert. Kallas gaat aan een voorstel werken om het geld te kunnen inzetten.

Vanuit dat EU-fonds worden lidstaten gedeeltelijk terugbetaald voor militair materieel en militaire steun die ze aan Oekraïne leveren.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☀️ - 12-05-2026 19:16 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 13.4°C · Zonnig ☀️ | Min 8.2°C / Max 13.9°C | Kans op neerslag 23%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 8.2°C, Max 13.9°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 23%, 🧭 1008.4 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s), richting: → 278°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 20:00: 12.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 21.2 km/u (5.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 240°
• 21:00: 12.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 34%, 🧭 1008.3 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 234°
• 22:00: 12.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 76%, 🧭 1008.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.6 km/u (4.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 246°
• 23:00: 12.2°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 98%, 🧭 1007.9 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 23.4 km/u (6.5 m/s), richting: → 267°
• 00:00: 11.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 80%, 🧭 1007.3 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: → 266°
• 01:00: 11.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 41%, 🧭 1006.7 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: → 254°
• 02:00: 10.9°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1006.0 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: → 286°
• 03:00: 10.6°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1005.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: → 266°
• 04:00: 10.4°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1005.1 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: → 262°
• 05:00: 10.1°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1004.5 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: → 262°
• 06:00: 9.8°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1003.9 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: → 269°
• 07:00: 10.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1003.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: → 257°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• woensdag 13 mei: Min 9.0°C, Max 13.2°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 8.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 59%, 🧭 1001.5 hPa ↘️ -6.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 25.2 km/u (7.0 m/s), richting: → 258°
• donderdag 14 mei: Min 7.9°C, Max 12.6°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 8.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 56%, 🧭 998.6 hPa ↘️ -2.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.6 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↘ 332°
• vrijdag 15 mei: Min 6.6°C, Max 11.6°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 4.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 50%, 🧭 1003.9 hPa ↗️ +5.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.1 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↘ 302°
• zaterdag 16 mei: Min 6.6°C, Max 11.9°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 32%, 🧭 1009.9 hPa ↗️ +6.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.5 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↘ 296°
• zondag 17 mei: Min 6.6°C, Max 14.5°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 25%, 🧭 1012.7 hPa ↗️ +2.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.5 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 194°
• maandag 18 mei: Min 9.1°C, Max 13.9°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 31%, 🧭 1016.9 hPa ↗️ +4.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.4 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: → 254°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 13.4°C (Zonnig)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 9.2°C (-4.2°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 18.0 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 242°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 40.0 km/h (11.1 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 71%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1008.9 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 19.3 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.5
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:52 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:24

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 43 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 7.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 11.5 μg/m³

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In het Sophia Kinderziekenhuis in Rotterdam kregen zieke kinderen bijzonder bezoek. De selectie van de Feyenoord Vrouwen ging langs op verschillende afdelingen om de kinderen en hun ouders een hart onder de riem te steken.