Energy extraction can awaken dormant faults causing earthquakes after millions of years

For years, textbooks taught that shallow faults—cracks in the Earth’s upper crust—were too stable to cause earthquakes. Once they began to slip, they supposedly resisted further movement, a property known as “velocity strengthening.” In theory,...

Sportway acquires Eyecons to bolster Dutch sports coverage

The acquisition of the Dutch OTT platform aims to broaden strategic partnerships and boost the reach of rightsholders and sports federations across the Netherlands, further building on Sportway's global growth plans Sportway has announced it has...

ColDesi Opens Netherlands Showroom with Open House Event

A New European Hub for Printing and Customization Innovation ColDesi unveils its Netherlands showroom, inviting businesses to an open house from October 21–24 to explore cutting-edge digital printing and embroidery solutions. ColDesi, a global...

Bonaire v Netherlands: The island suing for climate protection

The Dutch state has been accused in court this month of violating the rights of people on the Caribbean island of Bonaire by failing to properly engage with its responsibility for curbing climate change. Bonaire is a former colony of the...

GA-ASI and Dutch Ministry of Defense Sign Agreement To Develop New Defense Capabilities

On October 16, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed an agreement to develop innovative defense capabilities starting with a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) designed to provide...

Jamaica is a ‘disaster area’ after Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica’s prime minister has warned that his island is a “disaster area” after Hurricane Melissa ripped a path of destruction on Tuesday. The storm, one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, made landfall on Tuesday afternoon and lashed the...

REMEDY: Redefining architecture through Engineered Living Materials

The REMEDY project is pioneering a transformative approach to architecture. It merges microbiology, biotechnology, materials science, and design into a combined vision of living, responsive, and sustainable buildings. REMEDY proposes a...

New Tech Could Make Utah Roads Glow in the Dark

Australia has been trying out glow in the dark paint for dark roads that don’t have streetlights. This could be a solution that would make driving a lonely highway in Utah safer without the cost of putting up expensive light poles. The Development...

Northsea raises €660K pre-seed to reinvent customer research with AI

Dutch AI-native platform for customer research, Northsea, has raised a €660,000 pre-seed funding round led by early-stage VC firm CapitalT, alongside a group of experienced business angels. Founded by Geart van Dam (CEO) and Nick van Zanten (CTO),...

The Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity 2025 Outline Top 10 Emerging Technologies for the Planet

H.H. Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President & CEO of UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators, was present at the session. The 10 technologies were outlined in a World Economic Form report titled ‘10 Emerging Technology...

Top 10 emerging technologies for planet: WEF report

As climate disasters continue to cause disruptions across industries, the Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity 2025 convened experts in Dubai to pinpoint the most promising emerging technologies that can strengthen the...

Type 2 diabetes costs Dutch economy over €1 billion a year

October 16, 2025 Photo: Depositphotos.comType 2 diabetes costs the Dutch economy more than €1 billion a year, mainly because people with the condition are less able to work or earn lower wages if they do have a job, according to a new study by SEO...

Netherlands, Tanzania partner to boost poultry sector

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA is seeking to modernise and expand its poultry sector through a strategic partnership with the Netherlands, aimed at improving productivity, sustainability and technical expertise among local farmers. This was the focus of...

After Four Decades In Silicon Valley, This Engineer Is A New Billionaire Thanks To The AI Boom

John Colgrove—who still goes by his childhood nickname of Coz—dials in to a Zoom call from a hotel room in Vienna where he’s taking a brief respite ahead of meeting with Pure Storage’s European clients and speaking at conferences across London,...

Trump’s tariffs cancel Christmas: New York town forced to cancel annual celebration because of rising costs

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Arthur den Hartog is the New Ambassador of the Netherlands to Bulgaria

H.E. Arthur den Hartog is the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Bulgaria. Today he was accepted by the President Mr. Rumen Radev to whom he handed his letters of credence. Ambassador Den Hartog brings over 30 years of diplomatic...

What Climate Tech is Overhyped and What’s Not

(Bloomberg) -- There's always big ideas in the climate technology space, but it can be hard to get your head around all the different types of technologies making waves. What’s real and what’s low-carbon smoke and mirrors? This week on Zero,...

Supermicro Expands Collaboration with NVIDIA and Strengthens Compliance, Data Integrity, and Quality of U.S.-Based Manufacturing of AI Infrastructure Solutions Optimized for Government Applications

Deepening collaboration with NVIDIA to bring NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL144 and NVIDIA Vera Rubin CPX platforms to market in 2026 to provide more than 3x AI attention acceleration vs. Blackwell Ultra Powered by Data Center Building Block Solutions®,...

Future industry will be driven by new breed of digitally led engineers, expert tells NCE

For a long time, platforms and software have helped handle complex projects, but the focus is increasingly on productivity. Mark Coates – Bentley Systems vice president of infrastructure policy advancement That’s the view of Bentley vice president...

Dutch Buy for SAMY

October 9 2025 Madrid-based social-first marketing agency SAMY has acquired team5pm, a data-driven social marketing agency based in Amsterdam Founded in 2012, SAMY helps clients with social-first marketing strategies, using a combination of...