HEERENVEEN (ANP) - Jenning de Boo is voor de derde keer op rij Nederlands kampioen geworden op de 500 meter. De 21-jarige wereldkampioen op deze afstand bleef met een tijd van 33,98 op de tweede 500 meter Sebas Diniz en Stefan Westenbroek in het klassement over twee ritten voor.

De Boo had op de eerste 500 meter met 34,44 de tweede tijd neergezet achter Diniz, die zijn persoonlijk record verbeterde naar 34,34. Met 33,98, de eerste 500 meter in Thialf onder de 34 seconden, was hij daarna ruim sneller. Diniz kwam in de tweede rit tot 34,66 en moest daarmee de titelverdediger alsnog voor zich dulden.

Achter De Boo en Diniz werd Stefan Westenbroek na een tweede rit van 34,48 derde in het klassement.

Joep Wennemars reed met 34,62 in de eerste rit de vierde tijd. Tim Prins reed met 34,68 in zijn tweede rit de vijfde tijd. Merijn Scheperkamp en Dai Dai N'tab grepen daardoor naast een plek bij de beste vijf.

Tone'o Down-Under has added a photo to the pool:

It's a big sleek car.
As seen in Alkimos. Perth, Western Australia.

Stueyman has added a photo to the pool:

Hotham Valley Railway, Dwellingup, WA

Stueyman has added a photo to the pool:

Collie River, WA

Amazon will begin blocking sideloaded piracy apps on Fire TV devices by cross-checking them against a blacklist maintained by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. The company will, however, continue to allow legitimate sideloading for developers. Heise reports: In response to an inquiry, Amazon explained that it has always worked to ban piracy from its app store. As part of an expanded program led by the ACE, it is now blocking apps that demonstrably provide access to pirated content, including those downloaded outside the app store. This builds on Amazon's ongoing efforts to support creators and protect customers, as piracy can also expose users to malware, viruses, and fraud.

[...] The sideloading option will remain available on Fire TV devices running Amazon's new operating system, Vega OS. However, it is generally limited to developers here. In this context, the company emphasized that, contrary to rumors, there are no plans to upgrade existing Fire TV devices with Fire OS as the operating system to Vega OS.

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Disney's channels, including ESPN, ABC, FX, and NatGeo, have gone dark on YouTube TV after Google and Disney failed to renew their carriage agreement before the October 30 deadline, with each side blaming the other for using unfair negotiating tactics and price hikes. YouTube TV says it will issue a $20 credit to subscribers if the blackout continues while negotiations proceed. Engadget reports: "Last week Disney used the threat of a blackout on YouTube TV as a negotiating tactic to force deal terms that would raise prices on our customers," YouTube said in an announcement on its blog. "They're now following through on that threat, suspending their content on YouTube TV." YouTube added that Disney's decision harms its subscribers while benefiting its own live TV products, such as Hulu+Live TV and Fubo.

In a statement sent to the Los Angeles Times, however, Disney accused Google's YouTube TV of choosing to deny "subscribers the content they value most by refusing to pay fair rates for [its] channels, including ESPN and ABC." Disney also accused Google of using its market dominance to "eliminate competition and undercut the industry-standard terms" that other pay-TV distributors have agreed to pay for its content.

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Shiinamachi, Tokyo, Japan

Een meerderheid in de nieuwe Tweede Kamer wil doorgaan met de invoering van gratis kinderopvang vanaf 2029. Maar het plan is duur en kent grote risico’s.

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