Should taxi platform Uber hire drivers, or is it fine that they – as now – continue to work as self-employed? According to the FNV trade union, the construction the company uses is not good and most drivers earn less than the minimum wage. The union today asks the judge to force Uber to adjust…
Month: June 2021
Day recipe: This is how you quickly put together a Spanish gazpacho
There is no onion in this recipe by the way; whoever likes it can add some. Roughly chop all vegetables. You can leave the seeds of the peppers and tomatoes because the whole thing still goes through a sieve. Place the vegetables, garlic, bread, sherry vinegar, water and salt in a large blender and whiz…
Tampering with CoronaCheck is not ‘just sharing a screenshot’
Minister Hugo de Jonge showed the CoronaCheck app last Thursday.Image ANP ‘Just make a screenshot of the test’, says a man with a can of beer in his hand in the evening in the center of Amsterdam, ‘share it with all your mates and then you can all go inside.’ Last weekend, the QR code…
Facebook monopoly charges dismissed, market cap by 1 trillion
A US judge has dismissed two charges alleging that Facebook’s market power is too great. This is a case of the FTC competition authority and one of American states. The FTC will have a chance to change the charge again, but the states will not. The news has been received with great enthusiasm on Wall…
6 x practical tips to make a small space look bigger
1. Transparent furniture and elements The more you can see, the bigger the room seems. Transparent furniture is the solution for this. Not only is it super stylish, such furniture also immediately gives the room a less heavy, but ‘airy look’. 2. Furniture on legs You can also achieve the same airy look by choosing…
NCTV: Ransomware is a threat to national security
Ransomware has now become such a big problem that national security is at risk. The National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism warns about this. Important parts of the infrastructure could fail if they are hacked by ransomware attackers. That happened recently in the United States, when a large mega pipeline was hacked. A large international…
After Arizona, Trump also wants votes in other states to be recounted, to prove ‘fraud of the century’
An employee of the controversial company Cyber Ninjas is busy with the recount.Image The Washington Post via Getty Images Under pressure from Trump, the Republican-majority Arizona Senate ordered control of the more than two million votes in Maricopa, the state’s main district, in April. That’s where the most votes came from Joe Biden, who just…
If your company is down due to ransomware: ‘Customers were on the doorstep with clubs’
Anger, but most of all, helplessness. The personal suffering after such an attack is sometimes great, says cybersecurity expert Joost Gijzel of DataExpert-Interstellar, who assists companies if this happens. He often finds chaos when his help is called in. “Then I try to get an overview of the attack and the consequences, and at the…
The Dutch can’t go on holiday without their pet
All bookings that Belvilla has received for 2021 so far show that 18% of Dutch holidaymakers bring their pet to their holiday home. That is 64% of all European pets registered with the holiday home landlord. On average, one pet is taken per pet booking. Last year, 45% of the total of 29,000 European pets…
New TV king takes on Netflix and Amazon
He realized early on that watching TV online is the future and quickly made a career in the media world. Sven Sauvé is now more powerful than his former boss John de Mol. Hassan BaharaJune 27, 2021, 22:04 Sparkling white teeth in a broadly smiling mouth. A hairstyle that is perfectly modeled. Sparkling blue eyes…