Na jaren ontdekte mijn dochter (9) gisteren dat ‘het zont’ geen gebruikelijke uitdrukking is. „Het is geen Nederlands”, had iemand tegen haar gezegd.
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HOUSTON (ANP) - De supertanker Skipper, die de Verenigde Staten deze week in de buurt van Venezuela in beslag hebben genomen, is onderweg naar de Amerikaanse stad Houston. Dat zeiden twee bronnen vrijdag tegen persbureau Reuters.
De Amerikaanse minister van Justitie Pam Bondi zei deze week dat er een bevel tot inbeslagname van het schip lag. Volgens de Amerikaanse regering maakt de olietanker deel uit van een schaduwvloot die olie levert aan de Revolutionaire Garde in Iran.
De inbeslagname heeft de spanningen tussen de VS en Venezuela verder opgevoerd. Washington is van plan meer schepen in beslag te nemen. Een vermindering van de Venezolaanse olie-export zou de financiën van het land onder druk zetten. Olie is de belangrijkste inkomstenbron voor de regering van president Nicolás Maduro.
De Venezolaanse oppositieleidster en Nobelprijswinnares María Corina Machado drong deze week aan op het afsnijden van deze inkomstenbron om Maduro tot opstappen te dwingen.
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Venezolaanse oppositieleidster en Nobelprijswinnares María Corina Machado wil meer druk van de Verenigde Staten om de Venezolaanse president Nicolás Maduro te bewegen op te stappen. Dat zei ze tegen de Amerikaanse televisiezender CBS.
"Ik sta open voor toenemende druk, zodat Maduro begrijpt dat hij moet gaan. Zijn tijd zit erop", zei de oppositieleidster in het programma Face the Nation. Het interview wordt zondag volledig uitgezonden. Volgens Machado is er geen sprake van een traditionele 'regimechange', omdat volgens haar al meer dan 70 procent van de Venezolanen voor politieke verandering heeft gestemd. "We hebben steun nodig om die beslissing af te dwingen."
Gevraagd of haar Nobelprijs voor de Vrede valt te combineren met militair optreden, zei Machado: "Om vrijheid te behouden en te verkrijgen, heb je kracht nodig. We vechten voor vrijheid om democratie te hebben, en voor democratie om vrede te hebben."
Machado zei dat de oppositie niet betrokken is bij Amerikaanse plannen om ook op land aanvallen te doen.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon has quietly added a new AI feature to its Kindle iOS app -- a feature that "lets you ask questions about the book you're reading and receive spoiler-free answers," according to an Amazon announcement.
The company says the feature, which is called Ask this Book, serves as "your expert reading assistant, instantly answering questions about plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements without disrupting your reading flow."
Publishing industry resource Publishers Lunch noticed Ask this Book earlier this week, and asked Amazon about it. Amazon spokesperson Ale Iraheta told PubLunch, "The feature uses technology, including AI, to provide instant, spoiler-free answers to customers' questions about what they're reading. Ask this Book provides short answers based on factual information about the book which are accessible only to readers who have purchased or borrowed the book and are non-shareable and non-copyable."
As PubLunch summed up: "In other words, speaking plainly, it's an in-book chatbot." [...] Perhaps most alarmingly, the Amazon spokesperson said, "To ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on, and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out."
The company says the feature, which is called Ask this Book, serves as "your expert reading assistant, instantly answering questions about plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements without disrupting your reading flow."
Publishing industry resource Publishers Lunch noticed Ask this Book earlier this week, and asked Amazon about it. Amazon spokesperson Ale Iraheta told PubLunch, "The feature uses technology, including AI, to provide instant, spoiler-free answers to customers' questions about what they're reading. Ask this Book provides short answers based on factual information about the book which are accessible only to readers who have purchased or borrowed the book and are non-shareable and non-copyable."
As PubLunch summed up: "In other words, speaking plainly, it's an in-book chatbot." [...] Perhaps most alarmingly, the Amazon spokesperson said, "To ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on, and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon Prime Video has pulled its AI-powered video recap of Fallout after viewers noticed that it got key parts of the story wrong. The streaming service began testing Video Recaps last month, and now they're missing from the shows included in the test, including Fallout, The Rig, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Upload, and Bosch.
The feature is supposed to use AI to analyze a show's key plot points and sum it all in a bite-sized video, complete with an AI voiceover and clips from the series. But in its season one recap of Fallout, Prime Video incorrectly stated that one of The Ghoul's (Walton Goggins) flashbacks is set in "1950s America" rather than the year 2077, as spotted earlier by Games Radar.
The feature is supposed to use AI to analyze a show's key plot points and sum it all in a bite-sized video, complete with an AI voiceover and clips from the series. But in its season one recap of Fallout, Prime Video incorrectly stated that one of The Ghoul's (Walton Goggins) flashbacks is set in "1950s America" rather than the year 2077, as spotted earlier by Games Radar.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Exploit hasn't been picked up by any malware detection engines, CEO tells The Reg
A Microsoft zero-day vulnerability that allows an unprivileged user to crash the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service now has a free, unofficial patch - with no word as to when Redmond plans to release an official one - along with a working exploit circulating online.…
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