Horizontaal 5. Uitzendbase in het ziekenhuis (9)8. Lelijk water, echt ongelofelijk (4, 4, 4) 9. Schrijfmateriaal proberen te verkopen, dat is iets voor zielige mannen (13) 10.

Hyundai komt met een nieuw merk naar Nederland: Genesis. De G80 heeft sfeer en het comfort is fantastisch, schrijft Bas van Putten. Maar voor hier is hij te duur, te ongewoon.

Lalla Weiss

Spreker 4 mei-herdenking

Als jongste kind van haar vader Hannes werd Lalla Weiss zijn ‘uitlaatklep’: hij vertelde haar wat er in de oorlog met de Sinti en Roma was gebeurd. Ze beloofde hem die verhalen door te vertellen. Op 4 mei spreekt ze op de Dam.

Regeringspartij Labour wordt waarschijnlijk hard afgestraft bij de verkiezingen van volgende week. Het traditionele stelsel waarin Labour en de Conservatieve Partij in het Verenigd Koninkrijk afwisselend aan de macht zijn, lijkt voorbij.

The Pentagon says it has reached deals with seven AI companies -- SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection AI, Microsoft, and AWS -- to deploy their tools on classified Defense Department networks. The odd one out is Anthropic, which remains excluded after being labeled a supply-chain risk amid a dispute over military-use guardrails. Reuters reports: SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), several of which already work with the Pentagon, will be integrated into its secret and top-secret network environments, providing more military access to their products for use on sensitive topics, the Pentagon said in a statement. The lesser-known Reflection AI, which raised $2 billion in October, is backed by 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm in which Donald Trump Jr. is a partner and investor.

Since the Pentagon deemed Anthropic's products a "supply-chain risk" in March and the two sides became embroiled in a lawsuit, the military has expressed increasing interest in AI startups. Since the blow-up, newer AI entrants have said the military has sped up the process of incorporating them onto secret and top-secret data levels to less than three months. The process previously took 18 months or longer.

By expanding AI services offered to troops, who use it for planning, logistics, targeting and in other ways to streamline huge operations and perform more quickly, the Pentagon said in its statement it will avoid "vendor lock," a likely nod to its overdependence on Anthropic or other dominant service providers. [...] AI has become increasingly important for the U.S. military. The Pentagon's main AI platform, GenAI.mil, has been used by over 1.3 million Defense Department personnel, the agency noted in its release, after five months of operation. Further reading: Google and Pentagon Reportedly Agree On Deal For 'Any Lawful' Use of AI

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ICANN has opened applications for new generic top-level domains for the first time since 2012. The Register reports: ICANN hasn't offered new gTLDs since 2012, but on Thursday opened applications for new domains in 27 scripts. A 439-page Applicant Guidebook explains the process. The Register suggests paying attention to the string evaluation FAQ, which explains which gTLDs are valid, and those ICANN will likely frown upon. An FAQ describes this round of applications as giving "businesses, communities, and others the opportunity to apply for new top-level domains tailored to their community, culture, language, business, and customers."

"A TLD can be a branding opportunity for a business, but the commercial opportunities are endless, allowing businesses in countries, entire sectors, or niche markets to develop a unique label on the Internet." ICANN also sees this round as a chance to "create a more multilingual Internet for the billions of people who speak and write in different languages and scripts and are yet to come online." If you fancy a gTLD, you'll need to pay a $227,000 application fee by August 12th ... and then wait, possibly until 2030 when this process ends.

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 02-05-2026 01:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 17.5°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 10.9°C / Max 24.8°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 10.9°C, Max 24.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.1 hPa ↘️ -2.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 136°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 17.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↑ 165°
• 03:00: 16.5°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1019.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 152°
• 04:00: 15.6°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.9 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↑ 173°
• 05:00: 14.7°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1018.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ↑ 191°
• 06:00: 15.1°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 15%, 🧭 1018.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: → 256°
• 07:00: 15.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 36%, 🧭 1018.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: → 248°
• 08:00: 15.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 49%, 🧭 1018.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: → 255°
• 09:00: 16.6°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 46%, 🧭 1018.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 228°
• 10:00: 16.5°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 35%, 🧭 1018.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 218°
• 11:00: 18.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 24%, 🧭 1018.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 226°
• 12:00: 19.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 16%, 🧭 1018.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 228°
• 13:00: 20.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 234°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zondag 03 mei: Min 14.7°C, Max 23.2°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 27%, 🧭 1010.1 hPa ↘️ -7.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 200°
• maandag 04 mei: Min 15.0°C, Max 19.4°C (Zware motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 50%, 🧭 1011.7 hPa ↗️ +1.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.0 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 196°
• dinsdag 05 mei: Min 11.1°C, Max 17.9°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.4 mm, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1011.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: → 290°
• woensdag 06 mei: Min 8.5°C, Max 14.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 11%, 🧭 1010.4 hPa ↘️ -1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.8 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↙ 37°
• donderdag 07 mei: Min 8.2°C, Max 13.4°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1019.1 hPa ↗️ +8.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.2 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↓ 353°
• vrijdag 08 mei: Min 7.8°C, Max 13.9°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, Kans op neerslag 7%, 🧭 1021.0 hPa ↗️ +1.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.8 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↙ 38°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 17.5°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 14.6°C (-2.9°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 146°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 13.7 km/h (3.8 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 42%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1019.6 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:12 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:06

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 43 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 8.4 μg/m³
• PM10: 13.4 μg/m³

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A mother cougar and three 8-month-old kittens have been filmed in Northern Minnesota. This marks the first time in over 100 years that cougars have been confirmed to be breeding in the state, and only the second modern instance this far east anywhere in the USA. Researchers at the Voyageurs Wolf Project discovered a deer carcass that the cats had buried under some leaves, and set up a trail camera to investigate.

Other notable cougars in the Eastern US:

• Mystery solved: Elusive cougar cubs documented again in Michigan, December 2025
• Connecticut mountain lion likely came from the Black Hills, July 2011
• America's cat is on the comeback, November 2018 (includes a "cougar or not?" quiz at the end

Previously: the Voyageurs Wolf Project