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• British rider moves into fourth in general classification

• Schmid claims first Tour win after mass breakaway

Tom Pidcock leapt up the overall standings in the Tour de France, briefly climbing as high as second place, after a fulminating stage to Belfort ended in a first Tour win for Switzerland’s Mauro Schmid.

Pidcock was one of the key instigators of a mass breakaway that formed on the rolling roads of the Jura and Doubs, on the long approach to the 9km climb of the Ballon d’Alsace, overlooking Belfort.

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Radio and TV presenter, who recovered from cancer in 2024, announces she has smouldering myeloma

Lauren Laverne has announced she has been diagnosed with a blood and bone marrow disorder, less than two years after recovering from cancer.

The radio and TV presenter revealed she has smouldering myeloma, a condition characterised by an abnormal level of blood plasma cells in bone marrow, and said she made her diagnosis public out of a desire to help others. In August 2024, she announced she had been diagnosed with cancer, and received the all-clear three months later.

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Christopher Nolan’s star-studded take on Homer’s Odyssey has received rave reviews from critics and is one of the most hotly anticipated films of the year. The three-hour Imax blockbuster has an estimated budget of $250m and a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Zendaya and Tom Holland. But will it live up to expectations? Annie Kelly speaks to film editor Catherine Shoard

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Larkin, Harrison and Shakespeare shaped Labour’s leader. Now comes the harder task: turning language into lasting change

Andy Burnham is finally Labour leader. After trying – and failing – twice to be elected by party members, he took the top job on Friday without a contest. Sir Keir Starmer remains prime minister until Monday, when he will tender his resignation to King Charles, who will invite Mr Burnham to form a government. Then the future that Mr Burnham has long imagined will cease to be a promise and become a test.

Much will be written about the man. But why does Mr Burnham believe what he believes? One clue lies in the Guardian’s letters page in 1991. Fresh from graduating in English at Cambridge, the 21-year-old Mr Burnham defended an “uncouth and uncultured” Philip Larkin from critics who dismissed him as “too parochial”. Larkin – a bigoted curmudgeon – is difficult to admire, but his poems are not.

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The lack of diversity in the latest film is a backwards step. Adaptations of Tolkien’s epic must reflect our times

There is trouble in Middle-earth – again. So far, all of the actors announced for the latest The Lord of the Rings film instalment, The Hunt for Gollum, to be released next year, are white. Kate Winslet, Jamie Dornan, Anya Taylor-Joy and Leo Woodall join a cast that has already been criticised for its lack of diversity. “Tolkien himself was influenced a lot by Norse mythology,” the film’s director, Andy Serkis, who plays Gollum, said. “The Shire feels very white.”

Ironically, Serkis invokes fidelity to Tolkien to defend the casting, yet his “modern film version” of Animal Farm, which came out this week, plays fast and loose with Orwell by replacing the novel’s crushing conclusion with a hopeful one.

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Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 17-07-2026 19:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 21.6°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 18.4°C / Max 24.3°C

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 18.4°C, Max 24.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.3 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.3 km/u (4.8 m/s), richting: ↘ 329°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 20:00: 21.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1014.4 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 16.2 km/u (4.5 m/s), richting: ↓ 340°
• 21:00: 20.7°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1015.0 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↓ 341°
• 22:00: 19.9°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, 🧭 1015.6 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.0 km/u (3.6 m/s), richting: ↓ 347°
• 23:00: 19.4°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1016.1 hPa ↗️ +0.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↓ 343°
• 00:00: 19.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.0 km/u (2.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 332°
• 01:00: 19.0°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.2 km/u (3.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 307°
• 02:00: 18.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 308°
• 03:00: 18.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.8 km/u (4.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 314°
• 04:00: 18.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 14.4 km/u (4.0 m/s), richting: ↘ 314°
• 05:00: 18.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.8 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 313°
• 06:00: 18.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.7 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.6 km/u (3.5 m/s), richting: ↘ 310°
• 07:00: 18.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 11.9 km/u (3.3 m/s), richting: ↘ 310°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zaterdag 18 juli: Min 17.6°C, Max 20.6°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 3%, 🧭 1016.4 hPa ↗️ +1.1 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.4 km/u (5.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 323°
• zondag 19 juli: Min 16.3°C, Max 21.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1020.0 hPa ↗️ +3.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: ↘ 329°
• maandag 20 juli: Min 15.0°C, Max 20.2°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1023.9 hPa ↗️ +3.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 17.0 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↓ 347°
• dinsdag 21 juli: Min 13.8°C, Max 21.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1025.1 hPa ↗️ +1.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.8 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↘ 325°
• woensdag 22 juli: Min 15.4°C, Max 20.1°C (Lichte buien) 🌧️, Neerslag 10.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 52%, 🧭 1017.4 hPa ↘️ -7.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 22.0 km/u (6.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 302°
• donderdag 23 juli: Min 14.3°C, Max 18.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 19%, 🧭 1020.7 hPa ↗️ +3.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 16.4 km/u (4.6 m/s), richting: ↘ 332°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 21.6°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 20.4°C (-1.2°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 16.9 km/u (4.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 330°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 34.2 km/h (9.5 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 67%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1014.4 hPa ↗️ +1.2 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 21.2 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 1.4
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:43 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 21:53

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 47 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 6.8 μg/m³
• PM10: 10.6 μg/m³

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Pim Hesselmans (27) is uitbater van de dorpskroeg, runt een wijngaard én is gemeenteraadslid. Zijn vriendin Lieke Lambregts (27) is al net zo actief in hun dorp: het Brabantse Esbeek. „Een dorp verderop stonden ook huizen te koop. Maar nee, het móést Esbeek zijn.”

Zijn ict- en softwareconcerns slachtoffer van de razendsnelle opkomst van AI? Veel beleggers vrezen dat hun bedrijfsvoering bedreigd wordt, wat dit jaar al neersloeg in beurskoersdalingen van 30 procent of meer. Ceo Krithi Krithivasan van de Indiase ict-gigant TCS denkt dat zijn bedrijf juist kan profiteren. „Bedrijven hebben hulp nodig om in te zien hoe ze met AI groei kunnen bereiken.”

Toepassingen van biotechnologie zijn volgens het kabinet „cruciaal” voor voedselzekerheid tijdens een oorlog of klimaatcrisis. Een verbond van wetenschappers en bedrijven wil planten verbeteren zodat die onder extreme omstandigheden kunnen overleven.

Stilletjes is de Amerikaanse overheid begonnen ondernemers miljarden aan ten onrechte geïncasseerde importheffingen terug te betalen. Fabio Tesei, die Italiaans voedsel importeert, is er blij mee, al leidt het ook tot discussies met klanten. En zijn blijdschap is van korte duur: twee dagen later is een van zijn medewerkers opgepakt door ICE.

Vuurwerkliefhebbers mogen ook in groepsverband geen vuurwerk afsteken tijdens de jaarwisseling. De burgemeesters van de Veiligheidsregio Rotterdam-Rijnmond trekken één lijn en hebben besloten dat er geen ontheffingen worden gegeven aan clubs en verenigingen, zegt de Rotterdamse burgemeester Carola Schouten. Er is wel ruimte voor een professionele vuurwerkshow.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Het Haagse openbaarvervoerbedrijf HTM heeft vrijdagavond de busdienstregeling gestaakt omdat bij enkele bussen een "ernstig technisch mankement" is gevonden. Uit voorzorg worden nu alle bussen geïnspecteerd, meldt de vervoerder.

"De overlast voor reizigers is groot en dat vinden we erg vervelend", aldus HTM. "Onze eerste prioriteit is nu om het technisch mankement bij die bussen te verhelpen waar dat nodig is. Zodra er meer duidelijkheid is volgt nadere informatie."

Microsoft will end OneDrive synchronization support next month for older versions of Windows 10, leaving users without client updates, fixes, or technical assistance. According to a post on the company's Message Center, OneDrive sync app updates will continue on Windows 10 22H2 until October 10, 2028, but will stop for earlier versions from August 15, 2026. No support means no more updates, fixes, or security patches, although the service itself won't suddenly stop working. However, users running into problems cannot expect Microsoft to fix them. The move should not come as a surprise. Support for Windows 10 21H2, the last official release before the final 22H2, ended on June 13, 2023. The message mentions Windows 10 22H1, although this was never officially released by Microsoft – the company switched to an annual release cadence after 21H2. According to Microsoft, "this change aligns OneDrive support with the Windows lifecycle policy and helps Microsoft focus ongoing investments on supported operating systems." Microsoft 365 file synchronization services will also be affected, although, again, nothing will necessarily stop working immediately. Microsoft stated: "Existing installations may continue to function, but future functionality is not guaranteed." Users still clinging to Windows 10 versions before 22H2 will have to use the web interface to access OneDrive, which is a good deal less convenient than desktop synchronization. Alternatively, there's always the upgrade to Windows 11 that Microsoft would dearly like users to make, although OneDrive synchronization on Windows 10 22H2 should be fine until 2028. There are plenty of alternatives for cloud synchronization. For organizations looking for something a little more sovereign, there are always options like Nextcloud, which told The Register that its synchronization software would work on Windows 10 1809 or later. As with Microsoft, Windows 11 is the recommendation. However, unlike Microsoft, Linux is also an option. ®

Your AWS billing estimate might look just a little inflated right now. If you woke up to find an email from Amazon Web Services this morning telling you that you’d gone over your billing threshold by a few hundred million dollars, don’t panic: Something’s gone wrong in the AWS Billing Console, the company admitted. An open issue on the AWS Health Dashboard (archived copy at the time of writing) popped up at 1:33 am Pacific time on Friday informing users that Cost Explorer was “reflecting inaccurate estimated billing data.” As of writing, the issue is still unresolved despite AWS trying several different things to get it fixed. The company apparently identified the root cause within an hour and a half of beginning its investigation, only describing it as “an issue with unit pricing within the estimated billing computation subsystem.” AWS followed up by pausing estimated bill updates, saying customers would continue to see the inflated figures already displayed, but that those estimates would not increase further. “The displayed billing estimates do not reflect actual usage and charges,” AWS explained, noting that customers don’t need to take any action, like, we imagine, flooding the help portal with tickets telling them what they already know, for instance. “Once the issue has been mitigated, we expect full resolution to take multiple hours as we work through recomputing the estimated billing data,” AWS added. The company said it was working through multiple mitigation paths in parallel, including “reverting to the last known good estimated bill computation,” and “rolling back a recent change to the billing computation subsystem.” We owe HOW much? Users took to Reddit and Hacker News this morning to report they’d received overage emails for massive amounts - we weren’t exaggerating with that hundreds of millions opening line. If anything, it was an understatement. Screenshots posted in the Reddit thread showed one user whose AWS charges totaled just $0.19 last month receiving an estimated bill of nearly $2.5 billion. Others in the thread claimed to have received estimated monthly charges ranging from $126,000 to as much as $2.5 trillion. Hacker News users similarly reported estimates in the billions. Amazon said the figures shown in customers' accounts were inaccurate estimates rather than actual charges. As for when users might see their billing portal reflect an accurate number, that could take a while. AWS’ most recent update to the thread said that the billing computation subsystem change rollback “did not resolve the issue,” and that it’s still trying to figure out what to do. AWS declined to explain the issue aside from pointing us to the dashboard page linked above. We'll be keeping an eye on this developing story and update it as we learn more. ®

Can you draw your country? Or any country?

A fun little game from Pauline Wee (1, 2). Found via Bluesky.

I wrote down a little story from long long time ago about a little fuck up a client once had with our financial interface and they were supposed to pay over 6 million dutch guilder to some hotel.
https://xiffy.nl/blog/the-day-the-client-went-broke-for-a-day/
#broke #preEuro #accounting #exchangeRates

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