DEN HAAG (ANP) - De Tweede Kamer stemt ook in met het voorstel om in box 3 belasting te heffen op de winst uit vermogen. Behalve de coalitie stemden ook rechtse partijen JA21, SGP en BBB voor. Daarmee lijkt het wetsvoorstel ook op een meerderheid te kunnen rekenen in de Eerste Kamer.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Een meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer stemt in met het pakket aan belastingen voor 2027. Coalitiepartij VVD stemde tegen, nadat een voorstel van PRO en Volt voor een hogere belasting op vermogens eerder die avond aan dat pakket werd toegevoegd.

Uiteindelijk stemden 76 Kamerleden voor, een nipte meerderheid. Behalve coalitiepartijen CDA en D66 en oppositiepartijen PRO en Volt steunden ook ChristenUnie, DENK, Partij voor de Dieren en 50PLUS de wet.

Volgens Christine Teunissen van de Partij voor de Dieren was het een keuze tussen "chaos of samenwerken". Ze wees erop dat miljonairs meer gaan betalen door de aanpassingen aan het belastingplan. "Het is niet perfect, het is een begin."

BERLIJN (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Duitsland wil zich inkopen in de verrijkingsfabriek voor uranium Urenco, meldt de Duitse krant Welt op basis van ingewijden. De Duitse regering zou 4 miljard euro overhebben voor het belang dat nu nog in handen is van de energieconcerns RWE en E.On.

De Duitse energiebedrijven RWE en E.On hebben samen een derde van de aandelen in Urenco. De Nederlandse staat en het Verenigd Koninkrijk bezitten ieder ook een derde van de aandelen.

De Duitse ministeries van Financiën en Economische Zaken weigerden commentaar te geven tegenover Welt. RWE en E.On verklaarden niet te reageren op marktgeruchten.

Het in Almelo gevestigde Urenco ontstond in 1993 als fusie van Nederlandse, Britse en Duitse ondernemingen. Het bedrijf is een van 's werelds grootste leveranciers van verrijkt uranium, dat uiteindelijk wordt gebruikt voor kernenergie. Het strategische belang van Urenco is de laatste jaren toegenomen, onder andere doordat Europa sinds het begin van de Oekraïneoorlog minder afhankelijk wil worden van verrijkt uranium uit Rusland.

Figures highlight spread of virus, officially declared eliminated in US in 2000, but CDC does not identify which states accounted for deaths

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported six measles-related deaths in the US this year, according to figures published on its website on Thursday, as the country faces its most severe resurgence of the disease in decades.

The newly reported total is twice the number of deaths recorded in 2025, highlighting the spread of the highly infectious virus, which was officially declared eliminated in the US in 2000.

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Star Wars, a globally celebrated film skilfully co-edited by Marcia Lucas, is almost 50 years old. Deadline: "Screenings of the original 1977 version of Star Wars will begin on February 19. In addition to the IMAX 70mm screenings, the film will also be presented in Digital IMAX, Digital Cinema, 70mm, 35mm, and 4DX." License Global: "Consumer products and licensed experiences lead a year-long celebration marking five decades since the original "Star Wars" debuted in 1977." Variety: "On May 4, Lucasfilm will also release a new documentary, "The Hero Awakens," from esteemed filmmaker R.J. Cutler on Disney+. Detailing the making of "Star Wars," the film will exclusively feature archival footage and audio captured during and around the making of the historic film in 1977."

Het spionageschandaal rondom Nvidia-topman Jensen Huang raakt de economie en beïnvloedt de technologiestrijd tussen de VS en China. En heeft dus ook gevolgen voor ASML.

Lego-owned marketplace BrickLink has been offline for almost a week after identifying "unusual activity on the platform," leaving fans unable to buy and sell spare bricks and minifigures. The company initially described the outage as "necessary work" and said the site would return on November 9. That deadline has come and gone. Visiting BrickLink's domain automatically serves the platform's maintenance page, which was last updated on November 11. "We took BrickLink offline after identifying unusual activity on the platform," the website states. "Our immediate priority was to secure the site, protect our members and ensure the integrity of BrickLink. "Before bringing the site back online, we need to fully understand what has happened. That means containing the issue, investigating how it happened and checking for related issues. "This work is still ongoing and we appreciate your patience while we work to get things back online as soon as possible." The references to security, containment, and investigation suggest something beyond routine maintenance, although BrickLink has not confirmed whether it suffered a cyberattack. The Register asked Lego for more information, but it did not immediately respond. Some adult fans of Lego (AFOL) have criticized the lack of information since the outage began on Friday, November 6. "Imagine how much better this would have been received if they were transparent from day one instead of pretending they have control over something they clearly don't," said one disgruntled Legohead via Reddit. "They don't even need to say what went wrong," said another. "Just an email acknowledging the issue would be appropriate. The entire site is down, and has been for days. That warrants more than a splash page." BrickLink was launched by Dan Jezek in June 2000 as an independent marketplace for enthusiasts to buy and sell Lego sets and individual pieces, including discontinued parts and rare minifigures. The Lego Group acquired BrickLink and Sohobricks from investment outfit NXMH in 2019 for an undisclosed sum. NXMH had bought BrickLink in 2013 and also owned Sohobricks, a South Korean manufacturer of unofficial but Lego-compatible bricks. Lego shuttered Sohobricks in 2020. At the time of Lego's acquisition, BrickLink had more than 10,000 storefronts on its marketplace selling Lego sets, parts, and minifigures. The AFOL community was initially concerned about Big Brick's intention with the acquisition, fearing that it would lead to high prices closer to those on Lego's own Pick a Brick parts-ordering service. For now, buyers and sellers would probably settle for a marketplace that's actually online. ®

Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang has been ousted after nearly two weeks of controversy that, at times, felt more like a soap opera than reality: a wealthy businessman, reported affairs, and an alleged Chinese spy and GPU smuggler. For Nvidia’s board, it seems there was no question Huang had to go. The man behind what was recently the most valuable company in the world proved too big a liability to retain in any capacity. He was too toxic even for a demotion from CEO to chairman, a vantage point that would have retained Huang as the face of the company even if he could no longer be trusted to run it. Replacing him won’t be so easy. Nvidia now faces an identity crisis. Huang, who has led the company for more than three decades, has no clear successor. The GPU slinger has no shortage of brilliant engineers, but executives capable of wrangling one of the biggest and most influential brands in the world, not so much. Ian Buck, father of CUDA and Nvidia’s VP of hyperscale and HPC is currently favored by many to be Huang’s successor. Buck has taken on a more public role within Nvidia in recent years headlining keynotes at events like Supercomputing and the AI Infra Summit. CFO Colette Kress, a bean counter who’s kept Jensen’s ambitions grounded for more than a decade, now takes the reins as interim CEO while the board searches for its next figurehead. And while Kress fights to contain the chaos, others will no doubt capitalize on Huang’s controversial choice of consorts to advance their own agendas. A marred reputation One need only ask a few inconvenient questions to cast doubt on Nvidia’s loyalties. How deep does China’s influence in Nvidia go? Can Nvidia’s hardware still be trusted? You get the idea. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time Nvidia’s and, by extension, Huang’s loyalties have been called into question. In late 2023, Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman blasted rival Nvidia for supplying GPUs to China in spite of US export controls, calling the behavior “un-American” and likening the graphics titan to an AI arms dealer. Nvidia has also faced criticism from US government officials, including former commerce secretary Gina Raimondo, for failing to take a hint and trying instead to limbo under US export controls in order to continue selling chips to the Middle Kingdom. After the Trump administration's short lived blockade of H20 sales early last year cost the company some $10.5 billion, Huang spent much of the 2025 lobbying the Trump administration to reverse export bans on the sales of older Hopper generation GPUs to China, an endeavor which ultimately proved successful. One could make the case that Huang’s ongoing efforts to sell Nvidia’s chips to China were financially motivated. But that argument is undermined by Huang admitting to having an extramarital affair with Megaspeed exec Alice Huang (no relation), a woman that US intelligence has accused of moonlighting as a Chinese spy and helping to smuggle GPUs into the country. The consequences of controversy When technology and politics collide, the appearance of impropriety is often more damning than the impropriety itself. Uncle Sam has forced Chinese companies out of the United States for the mere possibility that they could be coerced into planting back doors in critical infrastructure. Just ask Huawei whether the truth counts for anything once Washington has decided that you’re a national security threat. Huang’s affairs may not just cost him his job, but could cost Nvidia key government contracts and make the company’s hardware less attractive, particularly in highly-regulated and notoriously risk-averse industries. Rival chipmakers will no doubt capitalize on Nvidia’s bad optics if Huang’s departure doesn’t pop the AI financing merry-go-round bubble first – Nvidia's stock lost about 25% of its value in the few days after news about Huang started breaking, only recovering slightly after his ouster. Regardless, with Nvidia’s reputation marred and its future shrouded in uncertainty, once loyal customers may be more willing to explore alternative providers. There are certainly plenty to choose from. Amid a surge in custom AI chips from the likes of Broadcom, Marvel, and others, Nvidia’s main advantage wasn’t so much technological as it was simply considered a safe bet. AMD is the most obvious winner here. As we reported earlier this year, the House of Zen’s GPU tech has already surpassed Nvidia’s, at least on paper. What’s more, the company has a long and unblemished relationship serving the US government. AMD’s chips now power two of the Department of Energy’s three largest and most sensitive supercomputers. Meanwhile, hyperscalers with sufficient cashflow – think Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta – may seek to insulate themselves from Huang’s fallout by investing more heavily in homegrown silicon and offering it to customers. Then there's the threat from the man himself. Huang's ambitions and influence are such that he's unlikely to fade into obscurity. He may disappear from the spotlight while things blow over, but it’s a pretty sure bet that he’ll pop up at a new company eventually, and will still have enough sway to poach some of Nvidia’s top engineers. ®

Well it finally happened. I was falling asleep to some dumb action movie and it was riddled with obvious AI-generated bullshit.

This is "Scorpion (2026)" where Beard Man is living a quiet life until The Agency finds him, except this time Aaron Eckhart plays Jason Statham.

I did not expect much from a movie like this, but that expectation dropped to the center of the Earth once the producers demonstrated their utter contempt for visual effects artistry at both the creative level ("we don't value your work") and at the financial level ("and we're definitely not paying you for it").

Even the fake Google Maps displays on their phones were slop, as they crossed the Northern border into "Calyda".

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