PSV, Bridge, Train Ticket, AI, and Pride (Saturday, August 1)

PSV Women won the Supercup for the first time on Friday at the Philips Stadion with a 3-0 victory. Before kickoff, there was a minute of silence for Rob Dieperink. After halftime, Chimera Ripa, Sara Thrige, and Liz Rijsbergen scored against FC Twente.

According to Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management), 8,141 trucks and coaches still drove over the Merwedebrug (Merwede Bridge). About 80 percent had a foreign license plate and did not receive a camera fine. Transport companies complain, the judge extended pretrial detention in Vogelwaarde, and thirty farmers protested along the A7.

This summer, 365,000 travelers are using the pass, and NS (Dutch Railways) sold 550,000 monthly tickets. Friday is the last sales day for the Netherlands ticket. Travel was only possible outside peak hours, and the ministry is considering a nationwide fixed version.

OpenAI says it has more than 1 billion active users worldwide. This concerns ChatGPT, Codex, and ChatGPT Work. NU.nl reports that AI from Anthropic passed the test and entered three companies.

Around Pride, LGBT+ people are more visible, but discrimination and violence are also increasing, says NRC. For that reason, safer spaces now exist in Amsterdam, says NRC. Trouw writes that heterosexual people must defend the freedom of the LGBT+ community.