Twee ondernemers sloten renteswaps af in de verwachting dat de rente zou stijgen. De bank rekende wél op een daling, maar zei dat niet. Schending van de zorgplicht? Niet volgens het Amsterdamse hof. De Hoge Raad ziet het toch iets anders. Het gerechtshof in Den Haag gaat de zaak opnieuw bekijken.

Na het ontslag van hoofdtrainer Robin van Persie vertrekken René Hake en Brian Pinas ook bij Feyenoord. Beide trainers waren afgelopen seizoen onderdeel van de technische staf. Clubicoon John de Wolf en de recent aangestelde Said Bakkati blijven bij Feyenoord.

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Make sure to cancel apps that use Gen AI, and be vocal that that's why you're canceling.

I thought Qlango was an ethical alternative to Duolingo. But not only do they engage in Duolingo's shitty naggy notifications, they also give an "ask AI!" option, even when you answer a question correctly.

If you want to learn Japanese without supporting technofascism and destroying our dying planet, these are apps that are completely without "Gen AI" and will never nag you with notifications. I have months and years of experience to back that up:

Renshuu
MaruMori
WaniKani

Those are good apps. 👆🏻

These are bad apps. 👇🏻

Duolingo
Qlango
Bushuu

Share! #NoAI

Hyper-commercialism is nothing new, in music or anywhere else. (See, for instance, the band KISS' officially licensed Kiss Kasket). People who bemoan our era of "late capitalism" rarely realize that phrase is 100 years old. The only thing that's unprecedented about these craven cash-ins is how well they seem to be working. Selling out no longer carries a stigma—if anything, fans are excited for tie-ins between their favorite bands and their favorite brands, no matter how shameless. Experimental History's Adam Mastroianni offers thoughts on selling out.

The Chromatica Oreos reportedly flew off the shelves, earning a thumbs-up even from the Washington Post's food critic. Some people complained about the texture and the color, or how it was simply a re-release of the much-hated "golden" Oreo, but they did not complain that it is cringe, perhaps even depraved, for a musician to collaborate with an international food conglomerate to stick her name on a million mass-produced sandwich cookies. And if that doesn't send Kurt Cobain spinning in his grave, wait until he finds out that Gen Z thinks Nirvana is a clothing brand.

peaceful-jp-scenery posted a photo:

Hinatakoba view spot, North Alps
日向木場展望台・北アルプス

This is a view of Kurumayama Plateau from National Route 299, with the Northern Alps in the background.

国道299号から眺める車山高原と、背景は北アルプスです。

Chino city, Nagano pref, Japan

The surveillance company Leonardo wants more data:

A surveillance company plans to add sensors to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that would mean the devices, as well as capture the license plate of passing vehicles, would also sweep up unique identifiers of mobile phones, wearables, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices in those cars, potentially letting law enforcement identify specific drivers or passengers.

The technology, called SignalTrace, would turn ALPR cameras from devices focused on tracking cars to ones that can more readily track the location of particular people. ALPR cameras have become a commonly deployed technology all across the U.S.; SignalTrace would make some of those cameras capable of collecting much more data.

Yes, it’s bad that more companies are collecting this level of surveillance data. But all of this pales in comparison to the type and quantity of data our smartphones already collect about us.

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ROSMALEN (ANP) - Titelverdedigster Elise Mertens is uitgeschakeld op het grastoernooi van Rosmalen. De als derde geplaatste Belgische verloor in twee sets van de Roemeense Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-3 6-3.

Mertens won het toernooi vorig jaar door Ruse in de finale te verslaan. Dat was haar tiende toernooizege en ook de laatste titel die ze won.

Kremlin-installed authorities recently restricted commercial and passenger traffic along major roadways leading to Crimea.

Guardian review finds group tied to Cleta Mitchell and Heather Honey funded misleading ads in swing states

As the 2024 election approached, advertisements began popping up in key swing states suggesting local officials had discretion not to certify elections.

The advertisements, reported at the time by ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch, were misleading. Certification is not optional, and officials are required to certify the vote once the proper process for any election challenges are complete and an official challenge is complete. The warnings, nonetheless, arrived at a moment when Donald Trump and allies seemed to be gearing up to contest the election results if he lost.

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To put it plainly, nitrogen hypoxia kills by starving someone of the oxygen needed to sustain life

The eighth amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment is among the most noble and valuable constitutional protections. It is the only provision of the constitution that recognizes the dignity and humanity of everyone, even those who commit the vilest crimes.

But in the last several years, this great legal and moral achievement has taken a beating at the hands of conservative judges and justices. They have done much to empty it of its meaning by tethering it to the views of the people who wrote it more than two centuries ago.

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