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Published 25 May 2024 at 15.33 Foreign. For the first time in US history, more Americans smoke marijuana daily than drink alcohol daily, AP reports. Share the article TwittraShare Year In 2022, about 17.7 million Americans reported using marijuana daily or almost daily, compared to 14.7 million who drink alcohol equally often. When daily marijuana…

Published 25 May 2024 at 17.07 Cultural news. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has decided that the nature photographer of the year 2023 is Krister Berg. The prize is awarded for the 33rd year and the prize sum is SEK 25,000. Share the article TwittraShare – Krister Berg is the nature photographer of the year…

The Dutch House of Representatives wants the return of electricity by private individuals to not cost money at a time when there is a lot of supply. Energy suppliers may continue to charge a feed-in fee. The law now states that customers receive a 'reasonable compensation' and a majority of the factions in the House…

AMD has released a test version of Radeon Anti-Lag 2. The latency-reducing technology, unlike its predecessors, must be implemented per game. Counter-Strike 2 is the first game to support the feature. The company writes in a blog post that Anti-Lag 2 is an improved version of Anti-Lag+. The latter was released in September 2023, but…

Piriform has released version 6.24 of CCleaner. This program can clean up various parts of Windows. This includes temporary Windows and Internet files, but also unnecessary junk from a large number of other programs, including Windows Media Player, Google Toolbar, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, WinRAR and so on. In addition, the number of programs that CCleaner…

Xiaomi is said to be working on a new SoC for smartphones under the code name Ring. The performance should be close to last year's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, according to rumors. Xiaomi already made a mobile SoC. Xiaomi Surge S1 The Ring SoC is already well under development, reports Kartikey Singh. An earlier rumor…

Published 24 May 2024 at 18.55 Domestic. The situation in Stockholm's immigrant environment is very tense and now the police are pointing out five gang conflicts that are expected to lead to a “blood-red summer”, writes Aftonbladet. Share the article TwittraShare In particular, it is the conflicts around Stockholm that are expected to break records…

Published 24 May 2024 at 19.45 Foreign. President Vladimir Putin may consider negotiating a ceasefire with Ukraine – if the country recognizes the current front lines. This is what four Russian sources told Reuters. At the same time, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky's unclear status as head of state is a legal problem for Russia. Share…

Published 24 May 2024 at 21.20 Foreign. The International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ) orders Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah – while a genocide investigation is underway. Share the article TwittraShare It is South Africa which has accused Israel of violating the Genocide Convention. The country demands that Israel end…

Meta and Ray-Ban glasses will have the function to post photos directly as an Instagram story, without users having to pick up their phone. That was not possible until now. Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses A voice command 'share my photo on Instagram' is enough to post the photo as a story on Meta's social network…

Antec has unveiled its first gaming handheld with the Core HS. This is a renamed version of the Ayaneo Slide. Both consoles combine an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U processor with a sliding screen that covers a keyboard. Antec confirms that the device has an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U processor under the hood and runs Windows…

OpenAI has signed a deal with News Corp to use content and expertise from its media in services such as ChatGPT. As a result, OpenAI now has permission to generate answers based on articles from The Wall Street Journal, among others. News Corp will also provide expertise to ensure 'journalistic standards' in the answers from…

AMD spin-off GlobalFoundries has lost its third place in the chip manufacturing market to the Chinese SMIC, according to analyst firm Counterpoint Research. GlobalFoundries' market share shrank. TSMC remains by far the market leader. TSMC increased its market share from 61 to 62 percent, Counterpoint calculated. Samsung remains the global number two and went from…

Some large Dutch companies have a ban on digital meetings in the car, but others do not. This is evident from a tour by the NOS. Digital meetings are allowed, provided the telephone is in a holder. Many companies do not have a specific policy for meetings in the car, NOS reports. At Heineken, for…

Ethical hacker Inti De Ceukelaire managed to gain access to sensitive information of Belgian residents by registering expired domain names of government services. He bought 107 different domain names, including those of police zones, hospitals and legal institutions. De Ceukelaire bought the domain names for about eight euros each, he writes in a blog post.…

Leaf Node Monitoring is a program for monitoring the status of servers. It is open source, written in c++ and Qt, and available for Android, Linux and Windows. It's easy to set up, automatically detects running services and open ports, and displays everything in one clear screen. A small fee is charged for downloading, but…

The family of F1 driver Michael Schumacher receives a compensation of 200,000 euros from a German magazine. Last year, it published an alleged interview with the driver, who disappeared from public view after a skiing accident. It turned out to be generated by AI. The compensation of 200,000 euros will be paid by publisher Funke…

The IPO of Raspberry Pi Ltd is scheduled for June. This is confirmed by the London Stock Exchange, where the company is listed. The initial public offering will take place next month, where the first shares in the company will be sold. The Raspberry Pi 5

Version 3.25 of Tixati has been released. Tixati is a comprehensive and efficient bittorrent client for Windows and Linux with support for DHT, magnet links and RSS feeds. The program provides comprehensive information about all aspects of the download and incoming and outgoing network traffic. Downloads are available for Windows and Linux and the program…

Helldivers 2 maker Arrowhead gets a new CEO. Founder and previous CEO Johan Pilestedt announced this on Wednesday. Shams Jorjani, who previously worked at Paradox, among others, will fill that position. Pilestedt will focus more on making games within the studio. “I have decided to hire Shams Jorjani as the new CEO of Arrowhead,” Johan…

Loqed, a Dutch manufacturer of smart locks, has filed for bankruptcy. The company makes this known to users. According to Loqed, existing locks will remain online and the company is discussing whether the software can be made open source. Loqed confirms the bankruptcy application by email to users and on the Gathering of Tweakers forum.…

Google has paid 'preventive' compensation to the US government. The tech giant wants to prevent a lawsuit from the Ministry of Justice from being judged by a jury. It is not known whether the ministry will accept the payment. Google confirms that it has presented a check to the US government, although the tech giant…

Version 4.5 of Rufus has been released. Self-starting USB sticks can be created with this program. Useful, for example, to install an operating system, which is faster from a USB stick than from a CD or DVD, to update the BIOS or to access a system that no longer wants to start. There are a…

Published 23 May 2024 at 07.09 Foreign. Marine Le Pen's National Rally party in France says it will no longer cooperate with Alternative for Germany in the European Parliament. Share the article TwittraShare – We will no longer to sit with them during the next mandate, says National Assembly campaign manager Alex Loubet about the…