Er zijn antistoffen van het vogelgriepvirus aangetroffen bij een melkkoe bij een melkveehouderij in de gemeente Noardeast-Fryslân in de provincie Friesland. Er zijn geen aanwijzingen gevonden voor actieve viruscirculatie van het vogelgriepvirus onder de melkkoeien op dit bedrijf. Ook zijn er geen signalen van verspreiding van vogelgriep bij andere melkveebedrijven.
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Je reist tientallen keren in je eentje met dezelfde luchtvaartmaatschappij. Nooit wordt er een probleem gemaakt van de beperking die je hebt en dat je alleen vliegt. Tot afgelopen woensdag. Dan krijg je van de bemanning van de vlucht te horen dat je niet zelfredzaam bent en blijf je teleurgesteld achter bij de gate van Rotterdam The Hague Airport.
Individual feathers and beady eyes glint in the light in Marvin Heinzel’s up-close bird portraits. Capturing high-resolution details of a wide range of avians, from diminutive European robins to elegant swans, the Brandenburg-based photographer illuminates expressive features and coloring with a level of detail we don’t typically have the opportunity to experience in the wild.
See more of Heinzel’s work on Behance and Instagram.
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Apple has accused the European Commission of using "political delay tactics" to postpone new app marketplace policies and create grounds for investigating and fining the iPhone maker, a preemptive response to reports that the commission plans to blame Apple for the announced closure of third-party app store Setapp.
MacPaw, the developer behind Setapp, said it would shut down the marketplace next month because of "still-evolving and complex business terms that don't fit Setapp's current business model." The EC is preparing to say that Apple has not rolled out changes to address key issues concerning its business terms and their complexity, according to remarks seen by Bloomberg.
Apple said it disputes this finding. The company said it submitted a formal compliance plan in October proposing to replace its $0.59 per-install fee structure with a 5% revenue share, but the commission has not responded. "The European Commission has refused to let us implement the very changes that they requested," Apple said. The company also claimed there is no demand in the EU for alternative app stores and disputed that Setapp is closing because of its actions.
MacPaw, the developer behind Setapp, said it would shut down the marketplace next month because of "still-evolving and complex business terms that don't fit Setapp's current business model." The EC is preparing to say that Apple has not rolled out changes to address key issues concerning its business terms and their complexity, according to remarks seen by Bloomberg.
Apple said it disputes this finding. The company said it submitted a formal compliance plan in October proposing to replace its $0.59 per-install fee structure with a 5% revenue share, but the commission has not responded. "The European Commission has refused to let us implement the very changes that they requested," Apple said. The company also claimed there is no demand in the EU for alternative app stores and disputed that Setapp is closing because of its actions.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Anthropic has a problem that most companies would envy: its AI model keeps getting so good, the company wrote in a blog post, that it passes the company's own hiring test for performance engineers. The test, designed in late 2023 by optimization lead Tristan Hume, asks candidates to speed up code running on a simulated computer chip. Over 1,000 people have taken it, and dozens now work at Anthropic. But Claude Opus 4 outperformed most human applicants.
Hume redesigned the test, making it harder. Then Claude Opus 4.5 matched even the best human scores within the two-hour time limit. For his third attempt, Hume abandoned realistic problems entirely and switched to abstract puzzles using a strange, minimal programming language -- something weird enough that Claude struggles with it. Anthropic is now releasing the original test as an open challenge. Beat Claude's best score and ... they want to hear from you.
Hume redesigned the test, making it harder. Then Claude Opus 4.5 matched even the best human scores within the two-hour time limit. For his third attempt, Hume abandoned realistic problems entirely and switched to abstract puzzles using a strange, minimal programming language -- something weird enough that Claude struggles with it. Anthropic is now releasing the original test as an open challenge. Beat Claude's best score and ... they want to hear from you.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.