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Weinig aantrekkelijk de komende acceptatieplicht voor contant geld, producten zullen met contante betaling ook duurder worden want contant geld kost een onderneming veel geld...
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/241544/nederlan…

Nederlandse overheid maakt uitzonderingen acceptatieplicht contant geld bekend
De Nederlandse overheid heeft uitzonderingen voor de acceptatieplicht voor contant geld bekendgemaakt. Winkeliers mogen door die uitzonderingen na de invoering van die plicht contant geld in bepaalde situaties blijven weigeren, bijvoorbeeld wanneer het tussen 22.00 en 06.00 uur is.

PSA about food labeling in the US
We have a gluten detection service dog because many things that should be gluten free/say they’re gluten free are not actually gluten free.
Stuff gets contaminated when growing (e.g. next to wheat field), by shared equipment, in factories, from packaging, during transport and in-store.
Every US consumer should know:
1. The list of ingredients on food isn't exhaustive
2. Allergen labeling:
a) limited to just some allergens
b) manufacturers don't actually have to test
c) "certified" foods are tested—but not continuously
d) testing only works with enough contamination
Some certifications may require batch-testing, but usually they don't.
A "certified gluten free" product may e.g. contain oats which sometimes are contaminated with gluten—but as not every batch is tested it's impossible to know unless you test yourself (hence the service dog).
Even if the product is properly batch-tested, you might get a part of the product that has the allergen in it, whereas the tested part didn't.
Or the threshold was too low (our dog can detect gluten better than any available lab testing equipment; yes, dogs are amazing).
Food products also contain ingredients that do not have to be included on the label when they're "incidental" (included in an another ingredient) or if they're considered part of the manufacturing process but not of the final product (e.g. various coatings on factory equipment).
Don't need to list flavors or specific spices either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As for allergens, only those responsible for ~90% of food allergies* have to be specifically declared, and they're not tested for as it's simply based on the ingredients list.
Good luck if you have other allergies.
*milk, egg, egg, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans

Wall Street clearinghouse DTCC selects the Canton Network blockchain as a real-world asset tokenization partner after receiving a No-Action Letter from the SEC (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/

Wall Street giant DTCC Picks privacy focused blockchain Canton Network for tokenization
Canton creator Digital Asset will help tokenize DTC-custodied U.S. Treasury securities.

📉 Record-Low Canadian Natural Gas Prices Prompt Production Curbs
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Record-Low-Canadian-Natural-Gas-Prices-Prompt-Production-Curbs.html

Record-Low Canadian Natural Gas Prices Prompt Production Curbs
Canadian natural gas producers are curbing output due to record-low negative pricing at the AECO Hub, driven by a warmer winter, sufficient storage, and increased production in anticipation of LNG Canada's export facility.

The Economist, the FT, and Dow Jones are licensing their archives and live content to enterprise clients for use in their private LLMs (Jessica Davies/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/the-economist-licenses-its-content-to-enterprise-clients-…

The Economist licenses its content to enterprise clients’ private LLMs
The Economist and Factiva are actively driving LLM licensing deals with enterprise clients' private large language models LLMs.

'Shameful' — Ukraine condemns Russia for jailing Zaporizhzhia power plant engineer for 16 years: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/17/shameful-ukraine-condemns-russia-for.html

"MPs condemn badger cull as ineffective – Badger Trust urges cattle-focused TB measures"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Badgers #Animals

MPs condemn badger cull as ineffective – Badger Trust urges cattle-focused TB measures
Badger Trust welcomes MPs’ condemnation of the badger cull and calls for urgent, cattle-focused action to tackle bovine TB

Meta launches a tool called content protection to let creators detect when their reels are reposted on Facebook or Instagram and take action (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/face

Facebook rolls out new tools for creators to track accounts stealing their content
Meta is rolling out a new tool that allows Facebook creators to more easily track when their videos have been reposted by others.

Oilfield service companies are moving into the data center business by supplying power and cooling tech as demand from traditional drilling customers weakens (Martha Muir/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bb16cda6-157b-4d23-9c3b-c2a699d919f3

European automakers warn of substantial disruption to production after China cut off Nexperia's outbound shipments following the Dutch seizure of Nexperia (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/91304da5-6537-4f80-955a-6cb1df05cbc8