Dutch news and milestones

Dutch economic growth improved more than estimated initially in the second quarter, the latest data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. Gross domestic prod…

The Hyves, which can be described as a Dutch version of Facebook, is making a comeback 22 years after it was founded. According to the owner, Mediahuis, there is demand for socia…

The minister and state secretary of defense delivered speeches this year that appear to have been almost fully written by artificial intelligence, according to an analysis by Nie…

Snapchat sued over addictive design in mass claim

Bank says gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily and the move will allow it to respond more rapidly in a 'crisis situation'

The Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) announced on Wednesday it relocated the equivalent of over 10 billion euros in gold from facilities in the United States and Canada over concern for…

Painting one wind turbine blade black cut bird deaths 72% at Norway's Smøla farm, but the fix failed at a cluttered Dutch industrial site.

On the politics of irreversible decisions

Generative AI has forced secondary schools in the Netherlands to rethink how they assign homework. Many schools are opting for oral assignments instead of written ones, or having…

A Dutch lawyer made an expensive mistake in a lawsuit concerning the sale of a company. The lawyer representing the buyer cited a Supreme Court ruling that does not exist. The se…

European regulators have imposed billions in penalties on US technology companies due to privacy, competition and digital market rules

Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently wit…

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has fined Uber €825 million for deactivating driver accounts through automated systems and without adequately informing them. This violat…

The streaming platform Twitch announced that Amazon is using Twitch users' personal data to train AI models. Users who do not want Amazon to use their streams, images and other p…

The Crime Anticipation System was discontinued in early 2026 after a devastating internal report concluded that its 'predictive' capabilities were extremely limited. The police w…

In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny…

Extreme heat is expected to largely wipe out projected economic growth in the Netherlands this year, according to a new report from the Dutch bank Triodos. The same conditions ar…

Shell sells Dutch solar farms in retreat from renewables

The two men, who are accused of favouring foreigners for their events, allegedly violated immigration laws.

Semiconductors ranked above maritime and aerospace in the government-funded risk assessment.

The Netherlands' education and research IT cooperative is running pilots with open source tools, placing working alternatives alongside existing Big Tech services.

Het Tulp Fonds dat in 2025 door OCW en NWO in het leven werd geroepen, biedt internationale toponderzoekers de kans om hun onderzoek in Nederland voort te zetten: enerzijds omdat…

Bijna driekwart van de Nederlandse reacties op een strengere EU-tabakswet is volledig door AI geschreven, en negen op de tien daarvan komen uit een tekstgenerator van tabaksprodu…

As my community modernized, we used Pennsylvania Dutch less and less. Now I

Robert 'Magyar' Brovdi commandant Oekraïense dronestrijdkrachten: Dankzij Nederlandse financiering slaagt Oekraïne erin met drones de Russische opmars tegen te houden. 'Drones ve…

Once a year, Dutch kids, parents and teachers take part in a walking festival, heading out for four nights in a single week to explore their neighbourhoods, exercise and make fri…

Microsoft has reportedly shared the names of Dutch civil servants working for two regulatory agencies with the U.S. House of Representatives. The agencies involved include the Au…

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