Claude just demonstrated it with Firefox

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For years, finding serious vulnerabilities in complex software has been a task reserved for specialized researchers who spend weeks or months examining millions of lines of code. That scenario is beginning to change. Artificial intelligence models are no longer limited to generating code or helping to debug it, they are also beginning to detect security flaws on their own. A recent example has been shown by Anthropic with Claude Opus 4.6its most advanced model, when put to the test with Firefox. The experiment is especially striking because Firefox, managed by Mozilla and used by hundreds of millions of people, is one of the most audited open source projects in the web ecosystem. Analyze the Firefox browser code. During two weeks of testing, the system identified 22 different vulnerabilities, according to information published by both organizations. Mozilla assessed 14 of them as high severity flaws, meaning they could have served as a basis for attacks if someone had developed the appropriate exploit code. According to those responsible for the project, most of these problems have already been solved in Firefox 148, the version published in February, while the rest will be corrected in future versions. Inside the experiment. Claude’s work was not a simple automatic search for errors. According to Anthropic, the team first used the model to try to reproduce historical vulnerabilities recorded in Firefox, a way to test if it was able to recognize real failure patterns. Then they moved on to the most interesting part of the experiment: asking it to analyze the current version of the browser to locate problems that had not yet been reported. The process started in the JavaScript engine and then expanded to other areas of the code. In total, the analysis covered thousands of files from the project, including several thousand C++ files, generating a long list of findings that were subsequently reviewed by the researchers. A striking fact. Claude found more high-severity bugs in two weeks than the browser usually receives in about two months through its usual investigation channels. During the process, the Anthropic team submitted 112 unique reports to the project’s bug tracking system, although not all were confirmed vulnerabilities. Part of Mozilla’s job was precisely to review, debug and classify those findings before determining which ones had real security implications. The experience ended up becoming a direct collaboration between both organizations to review the results and prioritize corrections. The other half of the problem. The Anthropic team also wanted to see how far the model could go beyond detecting errors and turning those failures into real attacks. To do this, they asked him to develop exploits capable of taking advantage of the discovered vulnerabilities. The experiment included hundreds of runs with different approaches and cost approximately $4,000 in API credits. Still, the result showed a clear difference between the two capabilities: Claude only managed to generate two working exploits in a simplified test environment, without some of the defenses present in a real browser. Beyond the specific case of Firefox, the experiment reflects a change that is beginning to worry and interest the security community at the same time. AI-based tools are rapidly improving at detecting vulnerabilities in complex software, which could help developers fix bugs more quickly. Images | Anthropic | Rubaitul Azad In Xataka | iPhones were supposed to be the most secure cell phones in the world. It was supposed

Huawei arrived at MWC as if the European blockade attempt had not happened. And he left as one of the great protagonists

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There are images that summarize geopolitical tension better than any official document. One of them occurred in Barcelona during the last Mobile World Congress. While several European capitals debate how to reduce the presence of suppliers considered high risk in telecommunications networks, Huawei appeared at the sector’s largest fair with a presence that is difficult to ignore. The Chinese company arrived at the event with one of the most visible spaces in the venue and left as one of the most notable presences at the congress, a scene that helps to understand the current relationship between Europe and the technology giant. The image. When touring the pavilions of the Barcelona exhibition center, it was quickly understood the weight that Huawei had decided to exhibit. As Politico tells itthe company installed one of the largest exhibition spaces at the event and located it in one of the busiest areas of the complex, a location usually reserved for the most powerful actors in the industry. During the days of the fair, that stand became a constant crossing point for executives, operators and analysts who toured the congress. Prominence also on the agenda. Beyond its deployment within the venue, Huawei also took up space in the official MWC programming. Company executives participated in different sessions of the congress and the company was among the actors present in the debates on network infrastructures and technological evolution of the sector. That role was reinforced with a recognition at the Global Mobile Awardsthe awards that are presented every year during the event. The award for one of its network infrastructure developments served as a reminder that, despite the political climate surrounding the company in part of Europe, its technological weight within the industry remains relevant. The European contrast. The scene left by the MWC contrasts with the political climate that has surrounded Huawei in part of Europe for several years. The European Commission has been toughening its discourse for some time on suppliers considered high risk in critical telecommunications infrastructure and has encouraged Member States to reduce their dependence on them. In parallel, several European countries have taken measures to limit or withdraw their technology from sensitive networks, especially in the deployment of 5G, with decisions in countries such as Germany, which has prompted the withdrawal of Chinese components in critical parts of the networkor Sweden, that banned Huawei from its 5G networks. The result is a fragmented map in which regulatory pressure coexists with a more complex industrial reality. Spain has not been immune to the European debate on Huawei either, although its evolution has followed a less abrupt path than in other countries. The Government has not decreed a formal ban, but the company’s role in critical infrastructure has been progressively decreasing. In the deployment of 5G, the large operators have been replacing their technology in the network corethe part that manages user communications and data. The result is an intermediate scenario: Huawei is still present in the technological ecosystem, but its weight in the most sensitive points of the networks has been significantly reduced. A resilience already known. The Barcelona scene fits a pattern that Huawei has been repeating for years. Following the sanctions imposed by the United States in 2019, many analysts assumed that the company would be relegated to a secondary role in the global technology industry. However, the company quickly refocused its strategy: strengthened its domestic market in China, developed its own chips and opted for an independent software ecosystem after losing access to Google services. This adaptation process allowed the company to remain present in numerous segments of the sector, even in markets where its position had been weakened. The image that Huawei left at the MWC. We can interpret it as a moment within a longer story. For years, different actors have tried to stop the advance of the Chinese giant in the global technology industry. However, the company has continued to reorganize its strategy and maintain a presence in the sector. What happened in Barcelona suggests that this process is far from over. Quite the opposite: we are watching a new stage unfold in real time. Images | Huawei In Xataka | The US has decided to shoot itself in the foot and destroy one of the best AI companies in the country

How does not having enough magnesium impact our body?

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For society and science, aging healthily and having a good quality of life in the last years of life It is a goal that we want to reach little by little. Gene therapies, evidence that do exercise of strength is the best and even having a good diet These are some of the keys we know to be able to have very healthy aging. But to this list now we must add the magnesium. On everyone’s lips. The magnesium supplementation It is something that is quite fashionable right now in society in general due to the supposed benefits that having optimal levels of this mineral can have. But now it is being seen that magnesium deficiency is not only tremendously common as we age, but it acts as a catalyst for our body to age worse and faster. There are studies. To verify the effect of magnesium on our old age, we have to look at the research that science has done on the matter. In this case, in the biology of aging they are guided by what they call the ‘hallmarks of aging’that is, marks of aging in the genetic material that dictate how and why our cells deteriorate. Here is a review from 2024 put on the table that magnesium is directly related to each and every one of these markers. We are talking about DNA instability, shortening of telomeres, which are essential to protect the genetic material, dysfunction of the mitochondria, which are the ‘energy factories’ and the dreaded chronic inflammation. And it has been seen. Studies done in the laboratory had already warned us of this. In 2008 It was shown that when a type of human cell was cultured in a magnesium-poor environment, it entered programmed senescence. That is, they age suddenly. Here it was seen how tissue aging markers began to increase and telomeres shortened rapidly. Basically, the cell loses its ability to repair itself and goes into an “early retirement” mode. Its consequences. This accelerated cellular aging not only remains in the microscope, but has great consequences in the human body that results in what is known in medicine as ‘inflammation‘, that is, the chronic low-grade inflammation that is associated with age. In this way, chronic magnesium deficiency favors the production of free radicals and pro-inflammatory cytokines, and this oxidative cascade has a direct impact on protein. Klothopopularly known as the “anti-aging protein.” And it is that this protective protein of our cells, without magnesium, it seems to function much worse. In the day to day. Here science suggests that having low levels of magnesium in the blood increases up to 24% the risk of dementia and cognitive decline. And in the case of muscle, it occurs a loss of muscle mass and strengthwhich is one of the great dangers in the elderly. Why is there a deficit? As we age, our body becomes inefficient at processing this mineral, which results in the The intestine absorbs less magnesium from food and the kidneys excrete more through urine. Yes to this we add diets which may be poorer at certain ages, along with more typical age-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, the result may be a drop in magnesium. The supplementation. Although it may be very easy, given all this, to start taking magnesium pills daily, the truth is that it is not necessary. In this case, the clinical approach proposed is to have personalized supplementation with a diet rich in magnesiumwith more green leafy vegetables and legumes. But in addition, it is also important to measure how much magnesium we have in our blood with an analysis to decide whether to take supplementation or not. The problem is that today having a magnesium supplement is within everyone’s reach, finding it on supermarket shelves. But we must insist that, before starting to take a pill, we must see if we really need it. Images | MIND FAVOR Daniel Franco In Xataka | Which dietary supplements really work and which don’t, in a great graph

A single company is going to buy 20% of all the footwear manufactured in Mexico. Their goal: confront China

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These are not easy times for the footwear industry in Mexico, a sector that generates tens of thousands of jobs, moves million-dollar investments and has its headquarters in the state of Guanajuato. main bastion. In a market highly conditioned by Asian competition, the local industry has experienced setbacks and job lossstaying far below of its production capacity. With this backdrop, the sector has received curious news: a single Mexican company is willing to buy 20% of all national production. Shoe addict. Grupo Coppel is a heavyweight in the Mexican economy. He holding companywhich a year ago announced its plans to invest almost 700 million of dollars in the country throughout 2025, has a long experience in the financial services and retail sector, with hundreds of points sales distributed throughout the country. All in all (and despite its enormous size), it is surprising the advertisement what it just did: in 2026 the company plans to buy no more and no less than 42 million pairs of shoes produced in Mexico. That’s a lot of shoes, right? Yes. To be precise, this is one million more pairs than those already purchased in 2025. However, the figure is striking for another reason. With this enormous volume of purchases, Coppel will account for a fifth (about 20%) of all formal national footwear production. The operation is part of a “strategic alliance” reached with the Chamber of the Footwear Industry of the State of Guanajuato (CICEG) and, according to calculations from the firm itself, will allow “contributing to the livelihood” of the more than 100,000 families that depend directly on the footwear industry in Guanajuato. “This alliance promotes the growth of our companies and strengthens the Mexican footwear industry in an environment of legality, transparency and respect for market rules. By choosing the formal national supplier, you contribute to the construction of a more solid and competitive sector,” celebrated a few days ago Juan Carlos Cashat, president of CICEG. For shoe manufacturers in Guanajuato, the news is a valuable breath of fresh air. Footwear ‘made in Mexico’. His output It is far from that of countries like China, India or Vietnam, but Mexico is a prominent footwear manufacturer. In fact there are rankings that place it as the tenth worldwide and second in Latin America, only behind Brazil. In 2024, the country’s companies produced around 214 million of pairs of shoes, which explains why the sector contributes million dollars to the Mexican GDP (especially in Guanajuato, the heart of the sector) and also maintain thousands of jobs. Despite this footprint, the sector has not had easy years. “The impact of the pandemic was severe. Before 2020 we had 64,000 jobs registered with the IMSS. During the pandemic that figure fell to 49,000,” recognized two years ago the CICEG. Since then the situation has changed, but the sector stay away to be at 100%. Beyond market fluctuations, the industry has had to deal with competition from low-cost merchandise from Asia. Click on the image to go to the tweet. The Government, to the rescue. The data quoted by the local press are eloquent. In 2022, Mexico imported 136.4 million pairs of footwear valued at 1,843 million dollars. Two years later, the Import Trade Balance showed that this flow had already reached 185.5 million pairs with a value of 2,163 million dollars. On average each pair cost $11.6. The problem was not so much the arrival of products manufactured in Asia as the competition it exerts on national firms, especially due to suspicions of price manipulation. To clear up doubts, the authorities responded with an investigation antidumping and in September 2025 they decided to impose a system of compensatory duties on imports from China. It was not the only support from the Government to the industry. In November the Executive advertisement a Textile and Footwear Promotion Plan to finance small and medium-sized businesses. The objective: inject around 6.5 billion dollars to improve the competitiveness of the industry and reactivate 50,000 jobs, recovering part of the lost production muscle. How does the future look? Optimistic. At least that is what the CIEG recognized in December. “Despite a challenging economic and commercial environment, the industry in Guanajuato is beginning to show signs of recovery, especially in terms of employment and productive capacity,” indicates the sectorwhich recalls that between the month of September and October it registered a small rebound in employment. The increase was modest (256), but it is the first recovery “in many years.” The employers’ association also detected a change in the international market. “Total imports remain high, with more than 141 million pairs imported from January to September 2025, although relevant progress in the fight against unfair practices stands out,” celebrates CIEG“Imports from China, corresponding to tariff items with quota, decreased by 81%.” Images | Irfan Simsar (Unsplash) and Phil Desforges (Unsplash) In Xataka | Mexico City is already noticing the economic effect of the World Cup: it is losing homes and gaining Airbnb apartments

Ben Affleck had been secretly setting up an AI company for filmmakers for four years. Netflix just got it

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Netflix has acquired InterPositivethe post-production AI tools company that Ben Affleck founded in 2022 and that was quietly developing tools. Its 16 employees go to work for the platform and the actor and director takes on advisory roles. The operation occurs just a week after Netflix will abandon the bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. What InterPositive is NOT. It is worth starting with what InterPositive does not do: it does not generate movies from a prompt of text. It’s not soraor anything similar. InterPositive starts from the already shot material of a series or movie (in any production, what is known as the dailiesthe raw footage that is recorded each day) and trains a specific AI model according to the characteristics of each production. This model then allows manipulate material during post-production: correct color, relight shots, add visual effects, reframe shots or redo shots that were not filmed. The company’s first model, for example, was trained to understand what Affleck calls “visual logic and editorial consistency”, respecting the real conditions of a shoot: the model solved common problems such as missing shots, details in the backgrounds that need to be corrected, incorrect lighting… All oriented towards filming techniques, not the actors’ performances. AI yes, but with nuances. At a conference in 2024, Affleck argued that AI “will eliminate the most laborious, least creative and most expensive aspects of filmmaking,” reducing barriers to entry. His stance is born from a specific concern for preserving what he calls “judgment”: the ability to make creative decisions that are only built with decades of experience. Affleck spoke to Netflix executives from InterPositive for the first time last fall, and acknowledged initially feeling “scared” at the idea of ​​computers playing a central role in production. Netflix, in favor. The acquisition fits into a strategy that Netflix has been defining with some consistency since 2024. At that time, the Argentine ‘El Eternauta’ included the first AI-generated scene in the final footagea sequence that was completed ten times faster than it would have been possible to do it with conventional effects. In ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ they used AI to digitally rejuvenate actors, and in ‘Pedro Páramo’ as well, with a total budget equivalent to what the visual effects of ‘The Irishman’ alone cost five years earlier. That timing Well. It’s very curiousand it is not clear if it means anything, that the purchase of InterPositive is announced just a week after Netflix withdrew from the bidding for the studios and streaming from Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix saved, in the words of its financial director, “2.8 billion dollars.” The acquisition of InterPositive, although certainly of much smaller dimensions (although nothing is known about figures), indicates where it can direct part of those resources: basically, its own production. Disney, on the other side. Meanwhile, one of Netflix’s biggest competitors, Disney, has signed a three-year license agreement with OpenAI which allows Sora users to create short videos with more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars. One billion dollars of investment that goes in the opposite direction to what Netflix intends, which is to make its own productions cheaper. Regardless of the position of each player in this game, Hollywood experiments more and more openly with AI in all phases of production, from pre-production to visual effects. A new landscape is opening up for film production and Affleck’s company is just one of the first chapters. In Xataka | ‘Critterz’ will be much more than the first AI-animated film: welcome to the new era of machine-made cinema

the third country in South America with the shortest day

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Reduction of working hours to 40 hours per week It is already a reality in Mexicoafter his approval and publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF). Now, the country begins a period of progressive adaptation that will end in 2030 with a 40 hour work day weekly. This milestone places Mexico in an advantageous position with respect to the rest of the continent, being the third country in South America with the shortest working day. This change comes in a context in which the majority of Latin American countries still maintain a 48-hour work week, while only Ecuador and Chile have until now had a 40-hour regulation like the one Mexico now faces. Mexico joins the 40-hour “club”. With the reform, Mexico joins Ecuador, a regional pioneer in reducing the working day since 1997, and Chile, which is already in the process of transitioning from 45 to 40 hours with closure planned for 2028. The International Labor Organization (ILO) points out in its report ‘Reduction of working hours: global evolution and challenges for Latin America‘ that 48-hour work weeks remain the norm in Latin America, although some countries have moved towards shorter limits. The report highlights that reducing working hours can improve health, well-being and productivity, but clarifies that the impact depends on the economic context, the design of the reform and of complementary policies that each country adopts. Other countries with days of less than 48 hours. Beyond the aforementioned examples of Ecuador and Chile, other Latin American countries have already reduced their working hours to below 48 hours, although without reaching the 40 hours of the Mexican project. The Dominican Republic, Brazil, Venezuela, El Salvador and Honduras maintain a 44-hour day, while Colombia established it at 42 hours per week, after a gradual reduction that began in 2023 and concluded this year. In contrast, most of the economies in the region, including Mexico until now, continue with the 48-hour limit, which reflects a certain degree of immobility in the face of international recommendations and the experiences of reducing working hours that have already been carried out. in other countries. How the reduction will be applied in Mexico. Taking the example of other countries that have already followed the path of reducing working hours, in Mexico, the change will be carried out gradually, with the goal of going from 48 to 40 hours weekly without altering the scheme of a single day of rest, something it shares with the recent reforms in Chile and Colombia. The adaptation will be carried out progressively at a rate of two hours per year, so that in January 2027 the working day will become 46 hours per week; In January 2028 it will go to 44 hours and by January 2029 it will be reduced to 42 hours. In January 2030, the cycle ends and the working day will be established at a 40-hour work week. All this without applying a salary reduction. The labor challenges of Latin America. The ILO report highlights that the reduction of working hours in Latin America faces specific challenges, such as high levels of informality in contracting, limited coverage of collective bargaining and a tendency to underground economywhich conditions the scope of the reforms. Furthermore, sectors such as domestic work, moonlighting and gender gaps They require specific regulatory frameworks for their respective labor markets and not a simple copy of the models that have worked in high-income countries. In Xataka | If the question is how to do your job without extending the working day, the answer is simple: avoid “time traps”

Xiaomi is testing the mother of AIs for its cars, mobile phones and home. And there is no trace of Google or OpenAI

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Xiaomi long ago stopped being simply a mobile brand and became one of the giants of the Chinese technology ecosystem. The company It no longer goes to volume, it goes to aspirationand to achieve this they want a remarkable user experience. A deep integration of artificial intelligence is inevitable to achieve this, and that is where MiClaw comes to life. Mike? Xiaomi has published on its website the details about MiClaw, your next step in exploring AI agents. It begins as a small-scale closed test, but it represents the pillars of what we will see in the near future on the company’s devices. What is. Xiaomi is testing with MiClaw the execution capabilities of its large AI models (MiMo) within the mobile-car-home ecosystem, both at the conversational level and in terms of execution capacity. It is a deep model, one with full access to every single event on the device, and able to reason for itself what action needs to be taken. What are you doing. The agentic AI prepared by Xiaomi follows a four-step model: Perception Association Decision Action In the text itself, Xiaomi gives us some examples of how its agent can make our lives easier. A refrigerator that can automatically check which consumables are missing at home, connect to our calendar and create a reminder that we have to make the purchase. You buy a train ticket, the agent reads the confirmation SMS, consults our calendar, and automatically prepares and schedules the trip. Why is it important. That Xiaomi is redoubling its efforts in AI is no coincidence. The company wants to be a benchmark in the ecosystem and conquer regions like Europe. Leading in artificial intelligence will be key for any of its product pillars: cars, home devices and mobile phones. Xiaomi wants to move away from the current interpretation-execution proposal, to integrate an agent capable of carrying out up to 20 consecutive and independently executed actions. At the moment, MiClaw works under closed beta on devices like the Xiaomi 17 Ultrabut Xiaomi’s idea is to develop an agent capable of working on any of its devices. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Is the newest the best for you? We compare the Xiaomi 17 Ultra against the Xiaomi 15 Ultra to see which is a better buy in 2026

keep all the gasoline you produce

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The news of the week has been, without a doubt, the conflict between the United States and Israel against Iran, which has led to the Strait of Hormuz It will be practically sealed. According to a monitoring report of Morgan Stanleytraffic in the strait has plummeted by more than 95%, with only one oil tanker managing to cross on March 3. Given this scenario, the shock wave has not taken long to reach Asia, and the first major domino effect is already here. As he advanced BloombergChina’s government has ordered its largest oil refineries to immediately suspend gasoline and diesel exports. It is not a minor decision. Although the immense Chinese refining machinery produces mainly for its voracious domestic marketthe country It is the third largest fuel exporter by sea from Asia, only behind South Korea and Singapore. Suddenly withdrawing your product from the international market means, by pure law of supply and demand, less fuel available and rising prices for everyone. The execution of this measure has been as lightning-fast as it is opaque. According to industry sources cited by Reutersthere was no official public decree. Officials from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) — the country’s top economic planning body — met with executives from state-owned giants such as PetroChina, Sinopec, CNOOC and Sinochem, as well as private refiner Zhejiang Petrochemical. The demand was verbal and clear: immediately suspend shipments, stop signing new contracts and negotiate the cancellation of those already agreed upon. In fact, Chinese diplomacy has played the distraction. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied having knowledge of this suspension when asked at a press conference. as reported Euractiv. However, there is small print in this export blackout. According to Business Standardrefueling of aviation fuel (kerosene) for international flights will be maintained, marine fuel stored in customs warehouses is exempt, and vital supplies to the Hong Kong and Macau regions will not be affected. As for deadlines, the international market will feel the real blow starting in April. As pointed out LiveMintmost March exports (estimated at a combined 3.8 million tons) were already closed and shipments are difficult to remove at the last minute. The reason for this drastic measure? Pure national survival. Although China has been trying to diversify for years, 57% of its direct imports of crude oil by sea come from the Middle East, according to the analysis firm Kpler. If the Persian Gulf tap is closed, Beijing prioritizes ensuring that its internal tanks do not empty. Asia in panic and runaway prices The consequences of China’s move are already shaking the global economy, hitting its neighbors first. Financial Times details how the great Asian technological powers They are activating emergency protocols. Taiwan, South Korea and Japan – highly dependent on Middle Eastern crude – are desperately seeking to secure alternative routes and coordinate mutual supplies due to fear of being left in the dark. In financial markets, panic translates into money. With less Chinese fuel available, refining margins in Asia have hit three-year highs. According to LSEG pricing data collected by APA Newsthe diesel margin has touched $49 per barrel, while that of aviation fuel (jet fuel) has shot up above $55. Paradoxically, Beijing’s order has also heated up its domestic market. Chinese wholesalers, anticipating shortages, have started hoarding product. Business Standard explains that the price of diesel wholesale jumped 13.5% and 92 octane gasoline jumped 11% in just one week. In this troubled river, independent refiners (known as “teapots” in Shandong province) are taking advantage to squeeze margins. “We are busy raising prices, hoping to maximize our profits,” one trader told the financial publication. Even so, the physical lack of raw materials is undeniable. At least two large plants—Zhejiang Petrochemical and the Sinopec refinery in Fujian—already have begun to reduce their volume processing this month. Beijing’s masterstroke To understand China’s position of strength today, we must look to the recent past. As we analyze in Xatakathe Asian giant is not improvising. In 2025, while the world feared an oversupply, Beijing spent $10 billion buying heavily sanctioned and cheap oil (Russian, Venezuelan and Iranian) that it did not immediately need. Thanks to this, its Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) are estimated between 1,100 and 1,400 million barrels, enough to cover about 140 days of internal demand. Furthermore, the closure of Hormuz will force a new geopolitical realignment. According to Financial TimesXi Jinping’s government will rely even more on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. There are already increases in shipments of Russian crude oil, and Beijing plans to revive refineries in the northeast (such as Dalian) to process it, in addition to accelerating the construction of the gas pipeline. Siberia power 2. On the other hand, the real Chinese insurance policy is not fossil, but renewable. As analyzed by Professor Hussein Dia in The Conversationthe country’s massive commitment to electric vehicles (which accounted for 50% of new car sales last year) and solar energy is, at its core, a national security strategy. Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, physical collapse is a reality. The increase in logistics costs is wild. The charter of a supertanker on the route to China has risen 600%touching $200,000 a day, and insurers have raised war risk premiums by up to 50%. And the problem with ships not sailing is that oil accumulates at source. Iraq has already been forced to cut its production by 1.2 million barrels a day simply because its inventories have reached a critical level and it has nowhere to store the crude. In this context, OPEC+’s promises to inject 206,000 additional barrels per day are, as the expert John Kemp describes in the Financial Timesa mirage: that excess capacity is within the Persian Gulf; If the ships do not leave, that oil does not exist for the rest of the planet. While the West hyperventilates at the possibility of a barrel at 100 dollars and looks into the atavistic terror of reliving the inflationary crisis of 1973reality shows that interdependence … Read more

In 1832 Britain realized that it didn’t have much sun. Since then, a law requires that houses have good light

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If there is something that the United Kingdom could blame for its geography and climate, it is the gray days. Rare is the moment when the sun is not covered by clouds in Mary Poppins’ country, where natural light has become a scarce commodity to fight for. So much so, that there is a “right to light” by which homeowners can legally prevent new construction that obstructs natural light rays into their homes. This law is actually an easement established in 1832 by which the owner of a building with windows that have received natural light for more than 20 years has the right to prohibit adjacent constructions that limit it. That is, historically, a person was entitled to this if natural light and air had passed freely through their windows during that time and been enjoyed without disturbance. And these homes protected by the ordinance were marked with the “Ancient Lights” sign. Therefore, if a neighbor tried to violate this by building a structure or planting trees, the owner had the power to sue him for the “nuisance”. Of course, it is important to note that these do not only affect direct sunlight. But it gives the right to a minimum level of natural lighting, not direct rays of the sun. Although this urban planning law has undergone quite a few changes since its inception, the power of property owners to demand natural light continues to be debated in British cities. Nowadays, These “Ancient Lights” signs are still found on buildings around London and other counties such as Dorset and Kent. And the law, more than 100 years later, continues to be the protagonist of all types of litigation, becoming a headache for judges, lawyers and construction companies. The idea of ​​”having the right to light” Let’s go into more detail. A question that arises from this concept is: how much natural light does a person have the right to? And that is precisely where this law has several legal loopholes. Because a building owner’s windows don’t even have to be completely blocked by a neighboring obstruction for that right to be invoked. You simply have to maintain the same level of lighting that the owner has experienced for twenty years, something that is quite diffuse. In the 1920s, Percy Waldram, an expert in this law, proposed a system to standardize the sufficient amount of light that people could claim. He suggested that “common people” required at least one foot-candle (a measure of light intensity) for reading and other work. If the builder, including a homeowner planning an extension, identifies a risk affecting light rights, they must notify the affected homeowner and engage with them to reach an amicable agreement. This could be as compensation or a redesign to rectify or mitigate the problem. However, if there is a dispute, There are two ways to take legal action: damages and/or a court order. The first consists of granting a sum of money to compensate for the loss. The second may require demolition of part or all of the new building unless some other structural change can remedy the problem. The latter is usually too expensive. The idea for many years was that if a property owner did not take immediate steps to obtain a court order, the only remedy available to them was damages. However, a 2010 case left builders stunnedas the court held that it was possible to obtain an injunction even after the completion of the new building. In another more recent case from 2020the court granted an injunction to a property owner two years after the completion of the infringing work. The court found that the builder had proceeded with full knowledge of the risk he was taking. Is there a similar law in Spain? The easements They also exist in Spain. It is the right that the owner of a property has over the adjoining property that limits the proprietary powers of the owner thereof. In fact, it is not so uncommon to find cases in our country (especially in individual homes), in which Your neighbor has one or more windows that face directly onto your property. Is it legal? As regulated by the Civil Code in article 580no party wall can, without the consent of the other, open any window or opening in a party wall. Otherwise, the owner of a wall that is not a party wall and that is adjacent to the back of another owner may open windows or openings in the same wall. to receive lightsas long as it complies with the premises established in article 581 of the Civil Code. Furthermore, as stipulated in the article 582 of the Civil Code: “You cannot open windows with straight views, nor balconies or other similar overhangs, over the neighbor’s property, if there is not two meters of distance between the wall on which they are built and said property. Nor can you have side or oblique views over the same property, if there is not 60 cm of distance.” In Xataka | If your renovation is a pain, think about the house that cost 120 times more than its original cost: a masterpiece In Xataka | If the question is whether they forgot the elevator shaft in the tallest residential skyscraper in Spain, the answer is simple: it was much worse Image | Chris Flexen

that of buying a plane ticket before it costs an arm and a leg

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If you were planning to buy a plane ticket, we have a warning: it is better that you do it as soon as possible. That’s what the price of jet fuel indicates. The cost of oil for this type of use has skyrocketed since a new war broke out in the Middle East. Following the US and Israeli attacks and Iran’s response, the supply chain has become so stressed and strained that it does not bode well for the future. 2$25.44. It is the figure that has set the record and that tells us about the nervousness that is beginning to be experienced with the supply of fuel for airplanes. Those $225.44 was the price that barrels of jet fuel reached last Wednesday in Asia, they point out in Reuters. That figure was an anomaly that ended up rebounding but it gives an idea of ​​how the market is working. “It’s absolute chaos,” June Goh, an oil market analyst at commodities company Sparta, told Reuters. Financial Times. “We never expected that jet fuel could be twice the price of crude oil,” he explained. years ago. Specifically, four. Since 2022, the price of jet fuel has not been so expensive in the case of Europe and two years if we talk about Asia and the United States. The problem is not so much that “equality” in price. The problem is that it seems that we have already put on the tie and now it is time to tighten the knot. Because it is calculated that 40% of jet fuel that reaches Europe does so through the Strait of Hormuz, currently collapsed between vessels seeking to avoid an enclave over which missiles, drones and fighters fly over in search of targets to bomb. Why is this happening? Jet fuel is more delicate than fuel intended for passenger cars, so it can only be processed in refineries. Europe has reduced its refineries in recent years, something that It already affected the rise in diesel prices in the early stages of the Ukrainian War. And Asian refiners are seeing crude oil supplies disrupted by fighting in Iran and nearby countries. In Saudi Arabia, some refineries have had to suspend operations due to the attacks, according to Barron’s. From China, furthermore, They are already limiting fuel exports outside the country to prioritize the internal market. And it is calculated that 13% of the oil that China buys abroad comes from Iran. That is to say, there is less oil reaching the refineries and some oil companies are considering taking enormous detours to avoid the dangers of Hormuz. Right now, it’s not just that oil is having more trouble getting there. The thing is there are deposits closing because there are no means to transport them to the refineries. In OilPrice They point out that Iran has already had to stop deposits because there is no outlet for its production. And Kuwait could be the next to enter the same situation, according to Financial Times. And most of the oil to be refined in Europe comes from Kuwait. And dwarf tanks. Another pressing problem is that the tanks that hold airplane fuel are small because they require very specific conditions, according to Goh of Sparta. This causes the need for replacement to be high and, therefore, the price of fuel affects this market more. Therefore, the perfect storm is forming. There is oil that does not leave the fields, countries limiting exports, companies looking for solutions to save the Strait of Hormuz and a storage space sensitive to any break in the supply chain. There are already notices. To all of the above we must add that part of this fuel is staying in the Middle East to try to provide service to all the planes that are looking for a space to take off from airports that, right now, are chaos. According to Financial Timesqueues to refuel are causing delays and some companies are choosing to refuel before reaching their destination so as not to do so in the busiest places. The most affected in Europe, everything indicates, will be the low-cost companies, which are the ones that play the hardest with their profit margins. In Bloomberg They report that WizzAir already points out that this increase in prices will make it lose 50 million euros. This means that in their forecasts for 2026 they would go from earning 25 million euros at the end of the year to losing it. Photo | Nicholas Susilo In Xataka | An airline has completed the first transatlantic flight using sustainable fuel. The problem: there is not enough

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