Dam Daily w/ Chris | 29 Aug

From the nearby Formula 1 buzz to the hotels vs Booking.com: here’s a whole load of news and chat out of Amsterdam, and Chris’ 🎶 music picks.

Listen back on the mixcloud player above to this edition of our Dam Daily show. Also rerun on our radio station 17-19h, Friday.

Stories included:

• F1 in Zandvoort this weekend – vrooom – extra trains between Amsterdam and Zandvoort-by-the-Sea but no bikes allowed.
• Over 1000 Dutch hotels have joined a mass action claim against Booking.com. 
• Helmets for fatbike and e-bike users under the age of 18 but not until 2027.
• The data breach at Clinical Diagnostics is worse than first thought with a further 230,000 women affected.
• BYD – Chinese e-car maker is gaining market share at Tesla’s cost.
• Russian drones detected over Germany yesterday: it’s believed they were reconnaissance drones checking out military installations
• Big attack by Russia on Kyiv this week – been in the news a lot. International community reacting strongly to it and Trump also saying he’s “not happy” about the attack. Is this Putin giving Trump the finger?
• Australian bank downsizing told some people that they’d need to hand their company laptops and phones back in on a certain date. Normal practice, except normally you let the people know that they’re being fired first! There’s going to be a court case of course.
• Bits of Freedom – taking META to court over privacy again. They say you should be able to turn off the personalisation yourself. Meta do offer a service but you have to pay for it.

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