Mijn zoon (11) en ik hebben de gewoonte elkaar overdreven enthousiast te begroeten als we elkaar aan het eind van de dag weer zien.

Plaats de cijfers 1 tot en met 9 zo in het diagram dat elk cijfer precies één keer voorkomt in elke rij, kolom, de negen vetomrande 3x3 vakken, én de vier grijze 3x3 vakken.

Just try to follow Scott Dersam as he talks breathlessly, at hyperspeed, about his prehistoric discoveries after a couple beers at 9,500 feet in the Beartooth Mountains. It's hard to keep up. "This sediment shouldn't occur for us here," Dersam says, thigh deep in an excavated pit as the setting sun bleeds orange on the horizon. "I wouldn't say it's impossible, but in standard paleoecology in the surrounding ecosystem, all the glaciology experts, this is just not something that should exist given the ecosystem we believe we had I wasn't even trained for surveying for [artifacts as old as we're finding] in these ecosystems because they wouldn't have existed."

WASHINGTON (ANP/RTR) - Het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof heeft geweigerd een door Republikeinen opgestelde kaart van kiesdistricten in Missouri te herstellen voorafgaand aan de tussentijdse verkiezingen ('midterms') in november. De Republikeinen hadden het hof daartoe verzocht.

Eerder had het hoogste hof in de staat bepaald dat een nieuwe kieskaart, die het kiesdistrict van een Democratische Afgevaardigde zou hebben geschrapt, alleen per referendum in november kan worden aangenomen - te laat dus voor de midterms.

De beslissing van het hof in Washington is een tegenslag voor president Donald Trump en voor de kansen van zijn partij om de krappe meerderheid van 219 Republikeinse tegen 214 Democratische zetels in het Huis van Afgevaardigden te behouden.

De Republikeinen in Missouri hadden de bestaande kieskaart veranderd als onderdeel van een breder, door Trump gesteund initiatief om kiesdistricten zo te hertekenen dat Republikeinse kandidaten daarvan zouden kunnen profiteren.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - De huidige toezichthouders op de AIVD en MIVD hebben scherpe kritiek op het kabinetsvoorstel om de inlichtingendiensten nieuwe bevoegdheden te geven en meer mogelijkheden om gegevens te verzamelen. Het voorstel is "niet in balans", oordelen de Commissie van Toezicht op de Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdiensten (CTIVD) en de Toetsingscommissie Inzet Bevoegdheden (TIB).

TIB-voorzitter Anne Mieke Zwaneveld zegt: "Als de bevoegdheden groter worden, moeten ook de bescherming en het toezicht worden versterkt. En dat gebeurt in het wetsvoorstel niet." Volgens CTIVD-voorzitter Hugo Hillenaar "moeten we niet vergeten wát we willen beschermen: onze democratische rechtsstaat. Daarom is het belangrijk dat de democratische rechtsorde door de herziening van de wet niet zelf in de gevarenzone komt".

Beide onafhankelijke commissies hebben vragen bij de noodzakelijkheid en proportionaliteit van onderdelen van het voorstel. "Onder meer over de brede mogelijkheden voor het onderzoeken van tegenstanders, nieuwe algemene bevoegdheden, de verwerking van bulkgegevens, verplichte gegevensverstrekking door derden en het gebruik van automatisering, zoals AI."

Ook worden volgens de CTIVD en TIB de onafhankelijke externe toetsing en het toezicht door het voorstel verminderd. Een nieuw onafhankelijk orgaan (het College van Toetsing en Toezicht) moet toezicht gaan houden op de AIVD en MIVD. Die krijgt echter te weinig budget en mensen in het voorstel toebedeeld, menen de huidige toezichthouders.

Met de nieuwe wet wordt het mogelijk om in "buitengewone omstandigheden" het staatsnoodrecht toe te passen. Daar moet het parlement dan wel mee akkoord gaan. Ook hierover zijn de toezichthouders kritisch. De ruime formulering brengt "onduidelijkheid en onvoorspelbaarheid in de toepassing met zich mee".

Volgens het minderheidskabinet is de nieuwe wet noodzakelijk, omdat er nieuwe en complexere dreigingen vanuit Rusland en China zijn en vanwege technologische ontwikkelingen. De diensten moeten door het voorstel straks sneller en wendbaarder kunnen handelen. Verder kunnen ze makkelijker samenwerken met andere overheden en bedrijven en kunnen ze meer inlichtingen opvragen.

In de Tweede Kamer klinken ook zorgen over de nieuwe wetgeving, onder meer over het toezicht en het staatsnoodrecht. Eerder zei minister Dilan Yeşilgöz (Defensie, VVD) dat het toezicht in het nieuwe voorstel "robuust" is. Belanghebbenden kunnen nu reageren op het wetsvoorstel, waarna het kabinet kijkt of het aangepast moet worden.

Weer voor Rotterdam 🌦️ - 09-09-2026 01:16 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 17.1°C · Lichte motregen 🌦️ | Min 15.1°C / Max 19.5°C | Kans op neerslag 58%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 15.1°C, Max 19.5°C (Zware regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 20.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 58%, 🧭 1012.2 hPa ↗️ +4.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 02:00: 16.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2 mm, 🧭 1008.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.0 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: → 280°
• 03:00: 15.9°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1008.3 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: → 277°
• 04:00: 15.8°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1008.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: → 272°
• 05:00: 15.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1008.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 15.8 km/u (4.4 m/s), richting: → 274°
• 06:00: 15.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: → 267°
• 07:00: 15.7°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 12%, 🧭 1008.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 18.0 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: → 271°
• 08:00: 15.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, Kans op neerslag 25%, 🧭 1009.4 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: → 261°
• 09:00: 16.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 48%, 🧭 1009.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 21.2 km/u (5.9 m/s), richting: → 264°
• 10:00: 16.5°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 77%, 🧭 1010.3 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: → 264°
• 11:00: 16.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 98%, 🧭 1011.2 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s), richting: → 272°
• 12:00: 16.1°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1011.7 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s), richting: → 276°
• 13:00: 14.9°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 4.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1012.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: → 260°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• donderdag 10 september: Min 14.9°C, Max 17.9°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 50%, 🧭 1018.1 hPa ↗️ +5.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s), richting: → 281°
• vrijdag 11 september: Min 13.9°C, Max 18.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1017.5 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 206°
• zaterdag 12 september: Min 14.3°C, Max 18.8°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 1.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 35%, 🧭 1020.6 hPa ↗️ +3.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.0 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 223°
• zondag 13 september: Min 12.1°C, Max 20.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1017.4 hPa ↘️ -3.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.9 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 228°
• maandag 14 september: Min 14.7°C, Max 20.3°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 5.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 51%, 🧭 1022.3 hPa ↗️ +4.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.6 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: → 266°
• dinsdag 15 september: Min 12.6°C, Max 18.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1020.3 hPa ↘️ -2.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 8.3 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: ← 100°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 17.1°C (Lichte motregen)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 14.3°C (-2.8°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: → 277°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 37.8 km/h (10.5 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 73%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1008.0 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 18.5 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:05 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 20:13

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 25 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 3.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 8.8 μg/m³

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Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. "The product, long in development, was touted as a key next step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his recent 6,500-word manifesto," reports Axios. From the report: Muse, as the agent is known, exists in a chat interface, similar to a text thread. It's designed to be more proactive and long-running than typical chatbots. Users can name their agent, create an avatar and customize how it communicates. The Muse agent runs on a dedicated virtual machine in Meta's cloud, using a built-in browser that's visible to the user.

Meta is offering a free tier of Muse, as well as two subscription options, at $20 per month and $100 per month. "For the vast majority of users, they should be able to do what they need to within the free tier," Wang told Axios. "But for real power users, you know, those subscription tiers help us cover the computer costs." There is no advertising within Muse, but Wang said the company is exploring commerce opportunities that could generate additional revenue. Initially Muse will be available in the U.S. and works on iOS, Android and the web, with support coming soon for Meta's AI glasses. "The full vision in the future is we want to develop personal superintelligence that helps people accomplish their goals, pursue their passions, build things that they never would have built if they didn't have the technology," Wang told Axios.

Meta offers users more privacy controls with Muse than in its previous AI products, including the option to prevent queries from being used by Meta and a planned confidential mode where the company cannot see activity inside a user's virtual workspace. There's also an entirely separate system called Sentinel that governs Muse's access to the internet and connected services.

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Australia is proposing the "My Feed, My Way" initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and creators they follow. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $79 million. CNBC reports: The legislation, which is being drafted and released Tuesday for targeted consultation, would require platforms to send notifications to new and existing users so they can choose their default feed. [...] The measures, set to be introduced to the Parliament of Australia this year, will also require AI chatbots, online games and other digital services to take action to protect under-18s from addictive design features. "This is not about giving government control. It's about giving people control. It's about putting choice back into the hands of Australians online," said Prime Minister Anthony at a press conference on Tuesday.

"This is sensible, pragmatic, practical reform. It gives users choice, and it will hold the big tech companies responsible for inaction."

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In the dispiriting race to replace human store managers with AI, OpenAI has taken the lead, according to Andon Labs, a business that analyzes whether AI can take on real-world tasks. OpenAI's latest model, GPT-6 Astra, has demonstrated that it can run a business more effectively, with more integrity, than rival Anthropic's Fable 5.1 model, Andon Labs has declared in a blog post. "GPT 6 Astra is better at making money and more ethical than Claude Fable 5.1," the post states. The benchmarking biz, which focuses on preparing "for the future where organizations are run autonomously by AI," says GPT-6 Astra is the first OpenAI model to take the top spot on its vending evaluation test and does so "without any unethical business practices" exhibited by prior Claude models. We note the unethical business practices relevant to this discussion – price collusion, lying, and threatening competitors – reflect AI model behavior. They have nothing to do with the actions of Anthropic or OpenAI or the unproven allegations made against these companies in dozens of lawsuits. And settlements related to said allegations have been reached without any admission of wrongdoing. Anthropic entered into the fray last year when it partnered with Andon Labs for Project Vend, in which the AI company's Claude Sonnet 3.7 model managed a store for a month under the name "Claudius". Apart from the entertainment value of the Claudius model hallucinating that it was a real person and trying to set up an in-person meeting with a customer to deliver goods, Andon's verdict was that the AI model blew sales opportunities, hallucinated payment accounts, sold goods at a loss, fumbled inventory management, and generally failed at the job. When Andon tested the company's Opus 5 model in July 2026, the software did better. Nonetheless, it still "creates illegal price-fixing cartels and threatens those who don’t comply (while also being the model that betrays more truces than any other model)." Fable 5.1 performed better still, but was not quite as ethical as Astra, according to Andon Labs. "Astra refuses to engage in collusion and never lies," Andon Labs said. "Fable, on the other hand, forms an illegal price-fixing cartel, then breaks the truce, while continuing to use it against its competitor." Beyond the misbehavior, Fable just didn't perform as well at making money, a fault attributed to its willingness to accept lower prices over time and its tendency to send money to bankrupt suppliers. Starting with $500 and given a year to run, Astra ended up with an average bank balance of $15,515, compared with $5,422 for Fable 5.1. We asked Anthropic for comment, since its model fared poorly compared with the newcomer from rival OpenAI, but didn't hear back by press time. ®

While OpenAI and Anthropic fight over whose models can escape their sandbox more alarmingly, Google’s DeepMind team has once again shown how machine learning can also be used to advance science for humanity’s benefit. On Tuesday, the Chocolate Factory’s crack team of AI researchers unveiled AlphaGenome Atlas, a massive database containing a petabyte worth of data predicting the effects of nine billion possible nucleotide variations in the human genome. According to Google, the platform, which is now publicly available to researchers, is already helping scientists to better understand the fundamentals of the human body and treat the diseases that ail it. The database aims to address one of the bigger challenges in modern genetic research: pinpointing exactly which genetic variations are responsible for the trait or disease scientists are studying. The database builds on DeepMind’s AlphaGenome, an AI model introduced last year, which could predict how genetic variants impact biological processes — essentially tying together cause and effect. But while useful in targeted applications, researchers still needed to figure out which variations to test. “By precomputing AlphaGenome’s predictions at scale, we have created an easily accessible resource that vastly expands the model's reach. Just as an atlas is a collection of maps, linking together features of the land like altitude and location, AlphaGenome Atlas charts the molecular effects of DNA variants across the genome,” the DeepMind team wrote in a blog post. One of the key ways the database does this is by assigning each predicted variation a score referred to as its AlphaGenome Variant Impact (AVI). This score, Google claims, can help researchers rank genetic variants by which ones are most likely to have the largest impact on the target trait, allowing them to narrow their search window instead of relying on brute force to find the needle in the haystack. In one experiment conducted in collaboration with the GREGoR Consortium, researchers used AVI scores from the database to identify genetic variants affecting DNM1, a gene linked to epileptic encephalopathy, a rare and severe brain disorder. And perhaps more importantly, the candidates' AVI scores pointed to the mechanism by which that genetic code worked. Specifically, DeepMind explains the genetic variant identified with the help of the database “created an incorrect splice site (a mistake in the cell’s genetic instructions) that led to an abnormal extension of the resulting protein.” The GREGoR Consortium’s use case is just one of several spanning human genomics. However, it’s worth noting that the contents of the AlphaGenome Atlas are still predictions. DeepMind notes that as AlphaGenome models evolve, these predictions should improve as well. As such, the platform is simply another tool in researchers’ arsenal, one that’s now openly available to poke at. AlphaGenome and its accompanying Atlas dataset are only the latest example of how DeepMind is continuing to push the machine learning envelope beyond the frontier language models that dominate the news cycle and threaten to place the economy in a stranglehold with a chain of circular financing that may collapse if the end-user revenue doesn't show up as big as predicted. Along with AlphaFold, which is designed to predict protein structures, DeepMind has also developed several models to improve the accuracy and speed of weather forecasting. That said, Google is playing the darker game as well, with plans to drop more than $195 billion on capital expenditures this year, while simultaneously choking independent web publishers by replacing search results with AI answers. But hey, for the greater good, right? ®

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Rise in fatalities comes amid news reports that the average age of Burning Man attendees is increasing

Three men over 50 died at Burning Man this year, tripling the average number of deaths in connection with the annual festival that brings tens of thousands of people to build a temporary utopian community in the brutal conditions of the Nevada desert.

The increase in fatalities comes as news reports have highlighted that the average age of Burning Man attendees is increasing, with fewer participants in their 20s, and more in their 40s and 50s.

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Officials say sighting a sign species – driven to extinction in state before reintroduction in 2011 – expanding its range

A gray wolf has recently been seen in California’s Mendocino national forest for the first time since the species returned to the state 15 years ago, state wildlife officials confirmed.

Officials in Lake county, which is about two hours north of San Francisco, said last week the California department of fish and wildlife (CDFW) had received reports of sightings in the forest in late August. The agency verified the presence of a wolf in the far north end of the county, county supervisor Brad Rasmussen said in a statement on social media.

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We look at the Spanish Grand Prix betting markets to predict the five most likely drivers to win at Madring.

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