De Van Brienenoordbrug (A16) vanuit het zuiden is dit weekeinde grotendeels afgesloten. Dat betekent dat het verkeer wordt omgeleid via de Beneluxtunnel (A4) en dat het druk is op de Rotterdamse ring. Ook op de A15 en de A27 zijn werkzaamheden.

FLENSBURG (ANP/DPA) - Skoda roept wereldwijd zo'n 1,7 miljoen auto's terug vanwege een schroef die kan afbreken en daardoor de besturing kan beïnvloeden. Het gaat om de modellen Kodiaq, Karoq, Octavia en Superb. In de garages worden de schroeven vervangen door andere exemplaren.

Het Tsjechische Skoda is een dochteronderneming van Volkswagen. Vorige week riepen Volkswagen en dochterondernemingen Audi en Seat al miljoenen voertuigen terug vanwege hetzelfde probleem.

Made for kids 7-13, the Freckle phone is designed with limited AI access and no social media to help kids explore the world around them safely. As I was browsing new products incorporating AI, I was struck by this new Freckle phone (product website). It is designed to be minimally invasive while providing kids with options such as texting and calling. Parents can post nature scavenger hunt missions for their kids and it comes with kid-friendly maps and the option for prepaid credit to purchase items. The product is supposed to bridge the gap between independent play outside with an AI technology product.

Olivia Colman and Lisa Bonet are among the stars going silver – but workplace ageism means many women still fear ditching the dye

To dye, or not to dye. That is the decision many people, particularly women, face when their hair starts to grey.

This week Olivia Colman joined the growing ranks of women embracing grey hair and ditching the dye. Appearing at Zurich film festival, Colman had swapped her dark signature pixie cut for a grey, curly mane swept to one side.

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Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyivans can no longer pretend it is ‘peacetime’ amid strikes on school, hospital and bridge

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Valeriya Tkachenko was dropping her son off at school in central Kyiv when the air raid alert sounded. Staff hurried the children and parents into the shelter, where the frightened lawyer spent the next two hours with her son.

“I’m scared to death all day about what could happen to my son,” she said as she emerged from the shelter, already late for work.

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St. Lucie County in Florida discovered (alt link) a dozen Flock cameras whose ownership it can’t identify, and that the county government had not permitted.

I am reminded of the decade-old story of StingRay cell phone surveillance devices in Washington, DC, whose operators were also unknown.

My guess is that in the StingRay case, the devices were operated by foreign actors. This Flock case is more likely some local government entity that didn’t bother getting approval. Were I a foreign actor, I would rather hack the existing Flock network—like Israel did with Tehran’s surveillance cameras—than risk installing my own.

Regardless, once we normalize a surveillance infrastructure, both friends and foes will take advantage of it.

Omdat Rusland nauwelijks meer vorderingen maakt op het slagveld zou president Poetin de Oekraïners met een luchtoorlog tot capitulatie willen dwingen. Ondertussen baart Oekraïne opzien met een onbemand offensief in de Donbas, operatie Vivaldi.

Kabinet en vakbonden ruzieden maandenlang over bezuinigingen in de sociale zekerheid. Nu die formeel van tafel zijn, kan het gesprek in de polder woensdag eindelijk beginnen.

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2026年8月8日に開催された第4回ぎふ長良川花火大会から、第4章、菊屋小幡花火店によるスターマイン「逆境を越える希望の虹」。The 4th chapter, Starmines by Kikuya-obata hanabiten from the 4th Gifu Nagara-gawa Fireworks Festival on 8 August 2026.

ELCAN KE-7A has added a photo to the pool:

2026年8月8日に開催された第4回ぎふ長良川花火大会から、第4章、菊屋小幡花火店によるスターマイン「逆境を越える希望の虹」。The 4th chapter, Starmines by Kikuya-obata hanabiten from the 4th Gifu Nagara-gawa Fireworks Festival on 8 August 2026.