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Oppenheimer

In de plaatselijke kringloop koop ik voor een vriend de biografie van Robert Oppenheimer, vader van de atoombom.

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It’s a superfood but natto as we know it. Japan’s slimy fermented beans are coming your way

Comprised of smelly soya beans held together by strands of mucus, the ancient dish is appearing in health food shops across the world

It is smelly, slimy and contains bacteria – and a sizeable number of Japanese wouldn’t touch it with a pair of barge pole-length chopsticks. But after centuries as a breakfast food for Japanese diners with nerves of steel, natto is emerging as a global superfood to rival kimchi, kombucha and kefir.

Its exact origins are unknown. Some believe it was introduced to Japan from China by Buddhist monks during the Yayoi period (300BC-AD300), before becoming a staple among rural communities during the Edo period (1603-1868).

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Emmy awards 2026 live: the red carpet, the winners, the losers, the speeches

The Emmys are here – and tonight’s ceremony is likely to be dominated by The Pitt, Pluribus, Hacks and Widow’s Bay

With a little under an hour till showtime, the stars are starting to trickle in, including a very glam Detective Olivia Benson aka first-time host Mariska Hargitay:

Well, it wouldn’t be a red carpet without Hacks’s Meg Stalter and Paul W Downs stunting with a coordinated costume… and for the show’s final Emmys go-around, Stalter is going as Miss Emmy Trophy herself, gold overhead globe and angel wings and all. Which is making for some amazing cutaways from the more serious folk posing for photos nearby.

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Democracy indicators in US at lowest levels for 50 years, data shows

Trump administration undermining rule of law at home and worldwide, according to intergovernmental report

Key indicators of democracy in the US have fallen to their lowest levels in 50 years, with the global rule of law significantly undermined by the Trump administration’s “threats and actions”, data from a leading thinktank shows.

Around the world, judicial independence, credible elections and freedom of expression, press freedom and access to justice are all at their lowest levels for at least 30 years, according to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International Idea).

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Duke and Duchess of Sussex granted security review after return to UK

Committee to reconsider Harry and Meghan’s publicly funded police protection now they are full-time residents

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will have a review of their publicly funded security following their return to the UK.

The royal and VIP executive committee (Ravec), which oversees tax-funded security for royalty and public figures, is to reconsider Harry and Meghan’s level of police protection.

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European football: Inter roar back to beat Udinese and join Roma at the top

  • Inter and Roma lead Serie A, Como move up to third

  • Real Betis beat struggling Villarreal in La Liga

Inter fought back ⁠from two goals down ​to beat Udinese 5-3 on Monday, maintaining their perfect Serie A start alongside Roma, who won 2-0 at Torino before Saturday’s match between ⁠the joint leaders. Both sides have 12 points from four matches and share top spot before their encounter at the Stadio Olimpico, while Como are third on 10 points ⁠after beating Parma 2-1.

Udinese stunned Inter with two goals in the opening 16 minutes, as James Abankwah headed home ​unmarked after nine minutes before Jurgen Ekkelenkamp doubled ‌the visitors’ lead with a ‌close-range finish seven minutes later. Inter hit back through Carlos Augusto, whose long-range effort flew into the bottom corner, ‌before Nicolò Barella levelled 10 minutes before half-time.

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Gonzalo Lebrija, History of Suspended Time (A monument for the impossible)

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A Visit to San Francisco's AI-run Store: No Customers, Nothing Useful, And Losing Money Fast

Previously Andon Labs handled the hardware and software integration for that AI-powered vending machine that went bankrupt after Wall Street Journal reporters "systematically manipulated the bot into giving away its entire inventory for free".Today they announced "we are opening up the platform we use to run our real-world autonomous businesses for anyone to run their organization on." Specifically they've released Pion, "an agent designed to run any company fully autonomously... Pion lets people hand a business over to persistent agents with access to the tools they need to operate it, including email, phone, banking, browser and secure computing environments." It's a research preview with a waitlist, "to make it possible to run many more real-world experiments across many more domains than we could ever run ourselves."


But for their own latest experiment, Andon Labs' founders "signed a three-year lease on a retail space in SF," Business Insider reported in April, "and gave an AI agent named Luna a corporate credit card, internet access, and a mission to open a physical store." And five months later, a reporter from SFGate reports that "this market has no one in it and nothing useful to sell."



[T]he inventory is a hodgepodge of white elephant Christmas gifts. It's kinda like the kids section of an art museum's gift shop. Here's a wooden Connect Four set labeled "Four-In-A-Row Set Of Connections," presumably so as not to set off litigation alarms at Hasbro. Here are neatly arranged stacks of random paperback books, Chinese checker sets, mildly fancy soap dispensers, and a frustratingly spare selection of snacks and drinks... I grabbed an Olipop from the store fridge and then approached the counter to buy it from Luna. I wasn't allowed to buy the soda from [human clerk] Felix, even though that would have been both faster and normal. Instead, Felix instructed me to pick up a telephone receiver that was resting on a flexible sculpture of a wooden hand.

"Hello?"

"What are you looking to purchase today?" Luna asked.

"I'm buying a classic root beer Olipop."

"I'm sorry," Luna said, "we don't sell lollipops here."

"No, Luna. It's an Olipop, not a lollipop. It's the soda."

"Oh! My bad...."

Luna processed my Olipop purchase through its system, had me tap to pay, and that was that. Again, it would have been easier to buy this from a human, and interacting with Luna was really just like ordering from an iPad kiosk, only more labor intensive...

[T]here's a series of monitors set up inside of Andon Market that display all of the store's sales down to the exact dollar. Luna was given $100,000 to work with when this place opened. That number is now down to $60,000, its revenue lagging far behind the AI token cost to operate... Luna can't turn a profit, doesn't sell anything people want, and still needs human beings to rubber stamp any "decision" it makes. My science background ended somewhere around freshman year of college, but even I know when an experiment hasn't been set up to yield proper results.


"Luna" is powered by Claude, the article points out, running a store in a good location for foot traffic, "but no one else was in the store when I first walked in on a sunny weekday afternoon."




SFGate also reports that last month Luna had to fired one of its employees "for being late to work, abandoning their post once they got there, and charging snacks to the store's credit card."

Human clerk Felix Carson admits "It's almost like I'm running the store, and then there's an AI that has a checklist," in an article in
IEEE Spectrum:


Luna, the AI manager, keeps track of deliveries and communicates with vendors, while Carson and his coworkers handle the physical work. When Luna tells Carson to check something in the back, he sometimes ignores it because he doesn't want to leave the sales floor unattended. Luna also repeatedly spots a built-in electrical cover in photos of the floor, mistakes it for a loose coaster, and asks Carson to remove it. Even so, Carson calls Luna a "decent manager," praising its flexibility when employees need time off.


When Felix spoke to IEEE Spectrum, "he was about an hour into his shift. Two customers had come in. Neither bought anything, although both left with free pins and stickers."

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 15-09-2026 01:15 CEST...

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 15-09-2026 01:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 19.0°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 16.3°C / Max 21.0°C | Kans op neerslag 15%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 16.3°C, Max 21.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 15%, 🧭 1015.8 hPa ↘️ -4.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 198°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

02:00: 18.7°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1020.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.4 km/u (2.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 206°
03:00: 18.5°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1019.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 209°
04:00: 18.4°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1019.2 hPa ↘️ -0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 207°
05:00: 18.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.6 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°
06:00: 17.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1018.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 222°
07:00: 17.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.4 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 212°
08:00: 18.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 201°
09:00: 18.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 187°
10:00: 18.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 204°
11:00: 18.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 224°
12:00: 19.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.0 hPa ↘️ -0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 241°
13:00: 20.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.3 hPa ↘️ -0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.8 km/u (3.0 m/s), richting: ↗ 238°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

woensdag 16 september: Min 17.6°C, Max 21.1°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1015.0 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.4 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 241°
donderdag 17 september: Min 15.4°C, Max 18.1°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 47%, 🧭 1011.3 hPa ↘️ -3.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: → 280°
vrijdag 18 september: Min 13.9°C, Max 17.9°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 6.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 43%, 🧭 1010.4 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 21.1 km/u (5.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 216°
zaterdag 19 september: Min 13.2°C, Max 17.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 21%, 🧭 1014.1 hPa ↗️ +3.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.2 km/u (5.1 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°
zondag 20 september: Min 14.0°C, Max 20.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 37%, 🧭 1021.7 hPa ↗️ +7.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.6 km/u (5.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 223°
maandag 21 september: Min 14.5°C, Max 18.1°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 7.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 19%, 🧭 1027.0 hPa ↗️ +5.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.0 km/u (6.4 m/s), richting: → 271°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 01:15): 19.0°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 20.0°C (+1.0°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 204°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 20.5 km/h (5.7 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 95%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1020.0 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 4.3 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 07:14 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 19:59

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 50 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 8.6 μg/m³
• PM10: 12.1 μg/m³

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HBO Max Reddit account compromised to serve ClickFix attacks

Someone compromised the official HBO Max Reddit account and used it to push more than 100 malicious ads serving up ClickFix attacks targeting both Windows and macOS devices with information-stealing malware. A Reddit user uncovered the infostealer ads on September 6, noting that the ad showed u/hbomax as the author — this is the verified HBO Max account — and advertised a macOS app for HBO Max. The streaming service does not offer a native client for the Mac. Anyone who clicked on the malicious ad would then be taken to a “somewhat-legitimate” looking landing page (hbomaxx[.]us) that includes a join/download button. Clicking the button produced instructions telling the user to copy and paste a command into Terminal on macOS. The Reddit security sleuth described that as “the classic infostealer/clickfix paste this command to download,” noting that they tested all of this in a sandboxed environment, and didn’t actually run the executable on their machine. “My guess is that the Reddit account is compromised,” they concluded. Three days later, Reddit paused the infostealer-dropping ads, and an admin said the social media platform’s safety and security teams were investigating what happened. HBO Max’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery didn’t immediately respond to The Register’s inquiries about the account takeover - including who hijacked the streaming service’s Reddit account and how they did it. Maybe someone who didn’t like the House of the Dragon season 3 finale? We will update this story if and when we hear back. Researchers at Hudson Rock and ADAMnetworks analyzed the ads, and in a couple of reports said the HBO Max account hijacking was part of a “massive 48-hour malvertising blitz” that pushed 108 distinct ads using multiple software lures. They named the campaign PasteSwitch, and said it serves up targeted malware aimed at victims’ operating system - either macOS or Windows. The payloads include infostealers, malware loaders, cryptocurrency clippers, and fake cryptocurrency wallet applications. The cryptocurrency clippers - PasteSwitch delivers either AnimateClipper or ZigClipper - also provide blockchain-based command-and-control fallbacks for the attackers. They use Binance Smart Chain (BSC) contracts to dynamically fetch whatever C2 domain the crooks are using at any given time. “Between March and July 2026, researchers observed 36 mainnet changes executed by the same attacker controller address,” Hudson Rock said. “Because the C2 domain is hosted directly on the blockchain, the infrastructure demonstrates dynamic resilience, allowing the threat actors to easily rotate burned domains.” In addition to HBO Max, the attackers used developer-tool, disk-cleaner, and AI-themed lures, including fake OpenAI Codex ads, which crims have previously used to push Mac malware. Of the 108 ads, 46 used an HBO Max lure, directing app seekers to either hbomaxx[.]app or hbomax-macos[.]com. Another 36 tried to trick prospective victims via an OpenAI Codex theme (with a codex-craft[.]com) landing page. Of the rest: 15 purported to be a macOS disk utility (apple.clean-disk-guide[.]com) and 11 used other developer tools as lures (code-desktop[.]com). “The campaign proves once again why trusted distribution channels are becoming prime targets for infostealer delivery,” Hudson Rock co-founder and CTO Alon Gal said in a LinkedIn post. It also shows that miscreants continue to make heavy use of ClickFix attacks, so there’s little sign this social engineering method is going away anytime soon.®

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Meet Vegas Matt, a well-known whale in Las Vegas throughout the US gambling community. Here he talks about his gambling strategies and shenanigans in fine detail. It was all fun and games until he was 86'd from Venetian after a $400k win.