Month: April 2025

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The International Space Station, that orbits the earth since 1998it does not go through your best moment. In fact, according to the Security Committee that advises NASA, it is entering a critical phase that threatens to put its last years of life at risk. Maximum concern. The experts of the Aerospace Security Advisory Panel (ASAP), an independent committee created to advise NASA on security issues, expressed their “deep concern” for the aging orbital station at a public meeting on April 17. “The International Space Station has entered the riskiest period of its existence,” said Rich Williams, a member of the Committee, According to the SpaceNews chronicle. Williams did not refer to new problems, but to an accumulation of technical problems and budgetary deficits that now pose a critical threat to operations aboard the station. Cracks that do not close. One of the persistent problems we have covered in Xataka They are the air leaks in the Russian module Zvezda. Specifically, in a small transfer tunnel (called PRK) that connects the main module with an coupling port. The cracks were detected in 2019, but the air leak has been increasing since then, reaching its highest level in April 2024. Despite the years of joint research between NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, there is still no clear solution, or consensus on the root cause of leaks. A meeting in Moscow. The Committee considers leaks one of the “most concern” points of the ISS, with a Risk level “5 of 5”the most serious of the classification, since August 2024. Williams said there is a meeting in Moscow this month to discuss new mitigation measures. For now, the space agencies have limited the repairy of the affected tunnel and keep the hatch that connects it with the rest of the station. Fear of unexpected fall. The current plan is that the International Space Station be withdrawn in 2030 or 2031. NASA has commissioned Spacex The development of a special ship (the USDV) to tow the station to the Pacific, where it will resent the atmosphere safely. The Security Committee indicates that there is no emergency plan to exorbit the ISS before that this vehicle is ready. “If the exorbitous international space station before Spacex delivers the USDV, the public risk for the disintegrated remains of the ISS will increase several orders of magnitude,” Williams said. Let’s not forget that we talk about a structure of about 450 tons. Other age aches. To these “main” concerns we must add the lack of spare parts. Keeping enough spare parts for critical systems, such as vital support, becomes increasingly complex, since some components are about 30 years old, and their original suppliers no longer exist. Similarly, space costumes for extravehicular activities, some designed in the 70s, are also giving problems. In June 2024, A refrigerant leak forced to cancel a space walk for fear of repeating the 2013 incident in which Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned When his helmet began to fill with water. To these we must add the scares of the spacecraft that supply the station, such as the Boeing Starliner ship failure, the nauseabundo smell detected after the arrival of the MS-29 shipthe delays of the Dream Chaser of Sierra Space and the cancellation of the Mission Cygnus NG-22 of Northrop Grumman for the damages suffered during the transport of the ship. A matter of money. According to the ASAP panel, all these risks have a common denominator: “a great budget deficit.” Although experts did not detail the exact nature of the deficit, the data shows a slight reduction in the budget of operations and maintenance of the International Space Station (from 1,030 million dollars in 2023 to 993 million in 2024). Already in its 2024 annual report, the Committee had warned that the costs of the exorbitant vehicle (the USDV) and the financing of future commercial stations could exert pressure on NASA’s capacity to safely carry out the normal and contingency operations of the ISS. Elon Musk proposed as a solution exorbiting it early, in 2027. Image | POT In Xataka | “Did you say, from Irigoyen?”: When an Argentine taxi signal sneaked into the International Space Station

China has a new hydrogen pump. It is so destructive that it seems nuclear

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The hydrogen pump is The most terrifying weapon created so far by the human being. A conventional atomic bomb as the ones that launched the USA about the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and with which The Second World War concluded In 1945, it triggers a very powerful explosion and the release of a huge amount of energy by firing a uranium -235 or plutonium -239 nucleus. However, a hydrogen pump is even more devastating. It is also known as the thermonuclear weapon, and, very broadly, it uses a small atomic fission pump as a detonator device for induce fusion of the fuel composed of two hydrogen isotopes: deuterium and tritium. The energy that is able to release one of these bombs can be much higher than that of a conventional atomic weapon. In fact, the “Tsar bomb”which is the most powerful thermonuclear weapon so far, was thrown by the Soviet Union on the Barents Sea in 1961 and reached a power of 50 megatones. China has just tested a new type of hydrogen pump To understand with some precision how the bomb that China has developed works and why it is not a nuclear weapon it was necessary to briefly review what are the principles of operation of atomic bombs and thermonuclear weapons. The Complete Prohibition Treaty of Nuclear Essays approved by the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 1996 prohibits any type of nuclear test. Unfortunately, this agreement has not come into force because it has not been ratified by all countries that have nuclear weapons. This weapon uses magnesium hydride (MGH₂) because it is a chemical compound capable of storing hydrogen in a solid way In any case, as I mentioned, the bomb that China has tried is not a nuclear weapon. Unlike the hydrogen pump in which we have investigated a few lines above this weapon uses as a magnesium hydride fuel (MGH₂) because it is a chemical compound Able to store hydrogen in solid way. This fuel is stable from a thermodynamic point of view, but it has a peculiarity: it reacts in a violent way when it comes into contact with water or acidic substances, releasing hydrogen. Once its release has occurred, this chemical element enters into combustion, reaching a temperature of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius. However, its destructive capacity is not the consequence only of the temperature reached by the fireball it produces; His devastating power is also linked to the fact that he calls her lasts for more than 2 seconds. It may seem little time, but it is not. It is a long time. In fact, the flame of a TNT explosion hardly lasts 0.12 s, so its destructive capacity is much lower. Of course, the explosion of this hydrogen pump is approximately 60% less powerful than that of a TNT device in terms of pressure. What China has carried out for the moment is just a test, but this country already has a factory capable of producing 150 tons of magnesium hydride per year. It is evident that this nation is serious with this weapon. Presumably it can be used to destroy drone swarms, end objectives endowed with state -of -the -art shields or ravage a wide area of ​​land, among other possibilities. Hopefully neither China nor any other country decides to use this type of weapons in the future. One last note: we do not know what the appearance of this pump is, although it weighs 2 kg, so it is not very large. Of course, the explosion you can see in the cover image of this article is real. Image | 705 Research Institute | PFC Lukas J. Blom More information | SCMP In Xataka | In the Cold War, USA designed something more intimidating than the atomic bomb: a nuclear missile that pursued goals

We have discovered that cutting the consumption of an amino acid is related to more life expectancy. In mice, yes

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Virtually anything, in excess, can end up being harmful. Water is no exception and amino acids, the “bricks of life” are not. This was demonstrated by a study conducted from one of those compounds. In moderation. In study, conducted in mice, noticed that cutting the intake of isoleucine in the diet of animals helped increase the life expectancy of rodents by 33%. Isoleucine. Isoleucine is one of the essential amino acids. Amino acids are essential molecules for life as they represent The links from which proteins are created. We know thousands of proteins, all of them composed from about twenty amino acids. Our body can synthesize more than half of the amino acids that it requires to create proteins, but nine of these amino acids, the so -called essential, we must obtain them from our food. This is the case of isoleucine, an amino acid that we can find in a diversity of foods such as eggs, soybeans, meat and fish. A previous track. The study started from a Previous indication. A study conducted ten years ago in the state of Wisconsin observed that the diets of people with obesity were richer in this amino acid than the average population. In mice. For Study this correlationthe team went to the laboratory and studied its effect on mice. Laboratory animals divided into three groups: one control, to which no food restrictions were applied, another whose diet was altered to reduce the presence of amino acids, and another whose diet was normal in the presence of amino acids except in Isoleucine. The amount of isoleucine that this group received was ⅔ less than the standard. The mice were six months when they started these diets, which would be equivalent to an age of 30 years in humans. Analziating results. The team observed that the two groups of mice with amino acid restiring lost body fat at the beginning but those who had all the restricted amino acids lost it again soon. More important, the team observed that mice in this diet with less isoleucine increased their life expectancy: 7% in females and 33% in males. Another relevant detail that they observed is that the mice in this diet would ingest more calories. Possibly, they point out, to compensate for the lack of nutritional contribution of this component. Despite this, they also burned more of these calories, which led them to maintain a lower body mass than the rest of the study mice. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Cell metabolism. And what about humans? The team responsible for the study was likely that the restriction of this amino acid can have a similar effect on humans. For now that possibility is little more than speculative but the fact that the greatest presence of this amino acid in the diets of people with obesity is already observed implies another indication of the existence of some relationship. Beyond the biological differences between one species, the human diet is much less controllable than that of laboratory mice. The field of nutrition is extremely complex, with an infinity of nutrients, some of which interact with each other. He effect of other factors As our physical activity or tobacco consumption also affect our health and our life expectancy, making it difficult to elucidate the net impact of a nutrient on the human body. In Xataka | We believed that creatine was one of the most useful supplements to gain muscle mass. We are no longer so sure Image | Moerschy

Constant Internet blockages by LaLiga

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Today, there is LaLiga First Division game. There is also Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Friday no (there is second division), and the weekend, of course, there is both Saturday (the classic, end of the Copa del Rey) and Sunday. That will have a more than likely consequence: indiscriminate blockages of IPS Almost all week. Or all. The situation does not change. The indiscriminate blockages of LaLiga IPS continue. One weekend after another legitimate companies and users are suffering the collateral effects of these measures, which try to combat illegal soccer broadcasts through IPTV services. Today, there is a game of day 32, and tomorrow the 33rd day begins. There are matches every day of the week (Copa del Rey on Saturday, day 34 Sunday). Source: LaLiga. From Cloudflare to Vercel. The cuts have especially affected Cloudflare, a gigantic CDN that makes use of IPS that shares thousands of websites, and all of them are affected by these IPS blockages. In recent days we have seen how other similar suppliers have also been affected, and Vercel is the clearest example. Vercel against LaLiga. Guillermo Rauch, Ceo de Vercel, indicated last week How your company had been affected by these IPS blockades: Spain is censoring the Internet by blocking the IPS of the CDN of @sercel, which is the entrance door of millions of applications and websites. We are working hard to mitigate the problem and restore freedom of expression as much as possible, since they are not very communicative, reserved and are not intimidated by user complaints. “They have blocked us without further ado”. The chief engineer of this company, Matheus Fernandes, explained how the blocking process It had been confusing – “They have blocked us without more telling us why” explained in x– And he had affected legitimate companies again. Meanwhile, Javi Velasco, another company engineer. He tried to clarify How communication with LaLiga had been strange. What LaLiga says. Our mobile Xataka companions They received a series of communications of LaLiga in which they said the following: LaLiga detected a very important pirate broadcast brand with streaming website, which also offered IPTV services, hosted in Vercel. From LaLiga a notification was sent to said company to be deactivated. However, this request was not processed until 24 hours later. With the Vercel company, LaLiga has followed the same process as with any other company where pirate soccer broadcasts are housed. Numerous contact requests that have not been attended have been sent and then working with the Internet service providers, the IPS blockade has been requested where illegal content retransmission has been detected. LaLiga summons any technological company, whose infrastructure is used by cybercriminals to perform illegal retransmissions, to get in touch to reach a collaboration agreement. In the end this gets worse. Which is passing between LaLiga and Vercel —The versions of both parties do not block – it is a replica of what has already happened with Cloudflare. Be that as it may, that fight of LaLiga against those emissions that violate intellectual property are affecting many users. They continue to pay fair for sinners. Blockades that do not end when the games end. These blockages, which should not exist in this indiscriminate format, also last much more than they last from the parties. As Velasco explainedthey received a first report from LaLiga on April 12 and requested more data – often there are reports of illegal websites that are not real – but LaLiga did not answer. Instead, their IPS were blocked without more. The two Vercel IPS remained blocked for days even though matches were no longer issued. Quic.cloud is in the same. Another CDN provider called Quic.cloud has also been affected by the blockages and is in the same situation as Cloudflare and Vercel. On your website have published a statement indicating that “we have tried to contact LaLiga to be able to discuss the situation, but we have not been successful.” This week will be problematic. All these blockages that already affect other CDN service providers seem to indicate that LaLiga measures are not less, but more. That all this week there are broadcasts of First Division football matches propose continuous blockages again, which can make thousands of websites again inaccessible and that many users cannot access them. #Laligagate. Protests for all these problems They are starting to get together in a hashtag In social networks, #laligagate. Ofelia Tejerina, president of the Association of Internet users, recommended those affected by LaLiga blockages to aim the affected domain To this listwhich also shows an estimate of laliga losses. Image | LaLiga In Xataka | Rootedcon is willing to reach the Constitutional if he has to do it: “LaLiga has hacked the law” with IPS blocks

that and more in the new crossover episode

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The tariffs threaten our pockets, but who will probably be first will be the American public. It is there where price increases are already beginning to cause debates on in areas of all kinds, including technological. Are people prepared for an iPhone of 2,000 dollars? That is what Crossover’s companions have asked in a series of interviews in the streets of Miami, and that has given rise to responses of all kinds. Young Americans seem It will happen with the Switch 2. But in this new episode of Crossover there is room to talk about other current issues, including the new Nintendo console. There is also a place for the ‘Un Popular Opinion’ section, which as always comes full of controversial questions. For example, if Android is poor or if the electric car is a luxury. This week there is a special surprise: Mario Arroyo, from the Xataka team, arrives with a different section: a challenge between him and Jaume Lahoz. Specifically, both face a frantic career in electric karts and then count their impressions. Thus, an episode of the most complete we expect. You can share your impressions, suggestions and ideas about this and future episodes both on YouTube and here, in your home. Thank you! On YouTube | Crossover

Only five people in the world have seen this new color. The trick: laser in the retina

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It is estimated that the human being is able to see around ten million different colors, According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. This is what we know as a visible spectrum, that is, those wavelengths to which Our eyes respond. Although there are exceptions, we all see more or less the same, but since last Friday there are five people in the world capable of seeing a color that the rest of mortals cannot see. The key: very precise laser surgery to stimulate concrete retin cells. Context: How do we see? As we said before, our eyes see the visible spectrum, that is, the wavelengths between 380 and 750 nanometers. Below the 380 we have ultraviolet light and above 750 infrared. This is possible thanks to some cells located in our retinas called cones, photoreceptors that react to concrete wavelengths and send signals to our brain, which is responsible for processing everything: Cones S: short wavelengths, that is, the blue. Cones M: Medium wavelengths, that is, the greens. Cones l: long wavelengths, that is, the red ones. S, M, L and all together. The cones do not react only to a concrete and exact wavelength, but their ranges overlap. The M cones will react to the longest blue wavelengths, as well as the S s will react to the shortest green zone lengths. According to Ren NG, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computing Sciences of the University of California, “there is no light in the world capable of activating only Mons M. If they are activated, be sure that one or two more types will be activated too.” The experiment. In the above is the key to the experience whose results were published last Friday in the Science Advance Magazine. What if we manage to stimulate concrete cones alone and exclusively? That was what the researchers from the University of California did: map the retina, look for cones m and excite them with small doses of light, laser. It is a technique baptized as Oz, in honor of ‘The Oz Wizard‘And the Emerald city. This is the closest representation to the “Olo” color that can be made on a screen | Image: Xataka OLO. After undergoing the experiment, the study participants were able to see a new color they called “Olo.” Of the five participants, three of them were co-authors of the study (the aforementioned Ren NG was among them) and two were colleagues from the University of Washington. This “Olo” is defined as “a bluish green with unprecedented saturation.” According to NG, the closest way to represent “Olo” on a screen is with the Hexadecimal #00FFCC, but with saturation that we cannot understand why, literally, our brain has never received that signal. The closest way to represent “OLO” on a screen is with the Hexadecimal #00FFCC How to verify it? To verify that all participants saw an alien and hidden color to the rest of mortals, made chromatic correspondence experiments comparing “Olo” with a bluish green laser that saturated or unraveled by adding white light. Everyone agreed that adding white light to “Olo”, Ergo unleashing it, the color of the laser was achieved, thus confirming that “Olo” is outside the visible spectrum of the human eye. And for what? It is an excellent question. The reality is that, for the moment, it does not have a practical utility beyond demonstrating that the procedure works. In Scientific American They collect the testimony of the principal researcher and his team, which imagines some screens capable of scanning retinas and broadcasting images and videos in impossible colors. However, it may make more sense in other lands. For example, allow the blind people to see certain colors or “simulate”, in quotes, how you see an animal in our own eyes. The problem, of course, is that the Oz effect is temporary, not permanent. Cover image | Amanda Dalbjörn In Xataka | All the colors you see on the web are wrong. And your browser has the fault

The Chinese company Alibaba has an AI to detect pancreatic cancer. It is so good that the US has accelerated its approval

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The applications of the artificial intelligence (AI) They go far beyond what models such as Chatgpt, Deepseek or Dall-E offer us, among many others. These services are already part of the day -to -day life of many people, but AI is present in many other areas in which is already making a differencesuch as The design of new materialsthe development of drugs or medical diagnosis. The innovation in which we are about to investigate belongs to this last scenario of use. And it is that the Damo Academy, which is the branch dedicated to the investigation of the gigantic Chinese company Alibaba, has developed an AI tool that is capable of detecting in an early phase and in asymptomatic patients one of the types of cancer with the worst prognosis: that of pancreas. The figures of this disease are shocking. Is The seventh cause of cancer death globally even though the twelfth type of this most frequent evil. And survival after diagnosis, unfortunately, does not exceed 10%. The FDA is accelerating the approval of this Alibaba technology When the protagonist is the health of the people it is encouraging to verify that two superpowers faced with The virulence with which they are Currently USA and China are able to leave their differences aside. The first contact with AI developed by the Damo Academy to identify pancreas cancer in November 2023 thanks to an article published in the Medicine magazine Nature Medicine. Some treatments have taken between 10 and 12 years to be approved by the relevant agencies The approval of an innovation of these characteristics by the European Medicines Agency, known as EMA for its English denomination (European Medicines Agency), or the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) of the USA, requires investing a lot of time. Some treatments have taken between 10 and 12 years to be approved if we count the time elapsed from the moment the initial idea arose until it received the final blessing from these agencies. However, this alibaba presumably will be able to be used with patients in much less time. And is that, according to SCMPthe FDA has initiated the process of accelerated review and approval of Panda (Pancreatic Cancer Detection with Artificial Intelligence), which is what is the name of the model developed by Alibaba. This deep learning model It has been trained with computerized abdominal tomographies without contrast of 3,208 patients with pancreatic cancer. And, according to preliminary tests, it is 34.1% more sensitive than radiologists when identifying this disease. Alibaba has already used Panda to examine 40,000 people in a hospital in NOBO (China), and identified six cases of early pancreatic cancer. Two of them were overlooked by radiologists during routine exams. Image | MART PRODUCTION More information | Nature Medicine | SCMP In Xataka | We did not know why some superbacteria were resistant to antibiotics. This AI has found it in two days

It also offers an antivirus and other tools to keep our data safe

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The Internet is a wonderful window, but houses dangers. Press in a link that we should not or download a file with harmless appearance can end a virus or some type of malware on our computer. The best thing we can do is have an antivirus that protects us And one that offers a great value for money is Surfshark: It comes out by 2.49 euros a month and comes with VPN and much more. Surfshark One Subscription – Monthly * Some price may have changed from the last review Surfshark one comes with antivirus, vpn and much more As a general rule, when we usually refer to Surfshark we do it to talk about its VPN. On this occasion, we do it from its Surshark One Plan, which includes a good number of tools to protect our data or our Internet traffic. Among them, The one that highlights the most is your antivirus. This, in addition to working quite well in the face of all kinds, offers several additional features that are very interesting. One of them is that he has Additional protection for cameras and microphonesin such a way that it will always notify us in case some type of program is trying to access them. Ideal to ensure our privacy. In addition to this, it is also a very configurable antivirus and that has a good level of security against malware or spyware. Next to the antivirus, surfshark one brings other tools such as its VPN, Alternate ID (which allows you to create a virtual email so as not to have to record ours anywhere) and a system of alerts in case our data or information is filtered on the Internet. This plan, as we have said before, goes out to 2.49 euros a month thanks to the promotion for the anniversary of Surfshark. It is a temporary promotion that makes two full years of surfshark one come out for 67.23 euros, a discount if we take into account that, outside of promotion, they would come out for almost 485 euros. And eye: pOrque we will also receive three extra months. As we say above, we can get with the VPN and its alternative ID complement by 1.99 euros. To do this, we have to bet on its 24 -month plan, which means that we will have two years of the service for 53.73 euros. It is a considerable discount if we take into account that its price is 417 euros. And Eye: We will also receive three extra months. If we want to pay less, we have as an alternative the surfshark one plan. This plan is simpler because It only comes with the VPN and alternate IDbut despite this, its price is the most tempting: it goes out for alone 1.99 euros a month. Surfshark Starter Subscription – Monthly * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Surfshark In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public wifis and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | Antivirus in Windows 11: What are, differences between free and payment and the best for your PC

The existential battle between traditionalists and progressive for the control of the Church

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We have not even reached his Ecuador, but 2025 has made it clear since it will not be a year to get bored. At Geopolitical tensions who have followed the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the Rearm of Europe and one Commercial War That is aggravated between recession drums, a new front has just been added: the Vatican. Francisco’s death It opens the debate (latent for a long time) on who will happen at the head of the Catholic Church. And while the process is not new or unknown, it does arrive at a sensitive moment in the Vatican, with a clear (and indisposed) tension between the most reformist and the traditionalist wing. The big question is … What to expect from now on? Pope Francis (1936-2025). The news He advanced it This morning the Vatican. Pope Francis has died. He has done it at 88, at his Vatican residence, after 12 years of pontificate and one Last reappearance public during Holy Week celebrations. For history there is one of its last public appearances In company of the US vice president, JD Vance. His death activates the Funeral ritual Approved by Francisco himself in 2024: wake, funeral, burial and really important (at least for the future of the Catholic Church), the cardinal conclave that will decide who will happen to the front of the Vatican. A priori the summit should begin in 15 or 20 daysalthough the runrún of names and pools about who will be the new pontiff It takes time ringing. In fact, the succession even He has felt In online betting houses. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Who will relieve it? The million dollar question. And without an answer right now. What is handled are some names, figures and trends. For example, The BBC remembers That right now there are 252 Catholic cardinals, of which 138 meet the age requirements to be eligible in the vote of the new Pontiff. The rest can participate in the debate on who should take office. Another relevant fact is that of those 138 ecclesiastical highs that may exercise the right to vote during the conclave, much, much, about 110were named by Francisco himself and the group as a whole will be more diverse than the one who participated in previous summits. History also tells us that, although Francisco was of Argentine origin (it was The first American Pope) and a Polish and a German preceded it, most potatoes to date (217 of 266) They have been Italian. Names on the table. Beyond the figures (which are nothing other than that: figures), are the names. Throughout the last months already measure that Francisco’s health became more fragile, in papal pools a few names have sounded. There has been talk of the Filipino Luis Antonio Taglethe Ghanaian Peter Turkssonthe Portuguese José Tolentino de Mendonçathe Italians Pietro Parolin and Matteo Zuppithe Hungarian Peter Erdothe Dutchman Willem Eijkthe American R. Leo Burkethe German Gerhard Müllerthe Maltese Mario Grech or the Canadian Marc Ouellet. Some have sounded more strength, others with less, and it is expected that noise will increase throughout the next few days and weeks. Even with speculation about names of Spanish prelates. If there is something really important and that it can already be valued at this point in the process, it is that in that extensive list of possible candidates two different trends can be identified that also reflect the drive within the Church: there are names that connect with the most open and progressive current, such as Tagle’s, and other conservative profile, Burke’s case. There are those who even add A third group: The establishment Vatican. Of names … and currents. If the figures are just figures, the names are just that: names. Much more interesting (at least at this point in the process) is the current of thought in which they are framed within the Vatican and if they show a more conservative or opening profile. Especially since the new Pope will have to complete a lot of the initiatives initiated by Francisco and for years the Church clearly transparent the different sensibilities that live in the institution, with obvious frictions for example In Germany either USA. The scenario is so complex and so relevant will be the figure of the new pontiff, that there are those who already He wonders openly to what extent Francisco has been in charge of leaving “armored” the changes he promoted during his pontificate, in which the debate was opened on some of the hottest issues of the Church: the paperthe Women’s figurehomosexuality (both Your presence In the bosom of the Church as the blessing of Couples) and the fight against abuse. Two examples: Germany and USA. The above are some of the most controversial issues in the Church and with which Francisco I has had to Bregar in his pontificate. To understand to what extent they raise internal differences in the Vatican, to what extent different mentalities coexist in its bosom and (above all) the capital importance that the next Pope will have, it is good to remember the challenges raised in recent years by the bishops of Germany and the US. In Germany the progressive Catholic movement Synod road impulse years ago A reformist wave focused on issues such as the blessings of gay couples, the ordination of women such as deacons or the marriage of priests that caused Certain friction (some Very popular) Among some Germanic and Rome bishops. “You cannot continue as until now, it is about transmitting the message of the Gospel here and now, and not always looking at the past,” argued in 2022 The president of the German Episcola Conference, Georg Gaetzing, reluctant to stop blessing believers of the same sex despite the repairs of Rome. Eeuu earrings… Francisco has also had to deal with the opposition from the US Curia. Although for a different reason. There the one that has left headlines is the ultraconservative faction, headed by … Read more

Apple had already lost the battle of alternative apps. Altstore just knew the last blow

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The war between Altstore and Apple is a story of victories for alternative stores. In April 2024 we tried ALTSTORE PALthe first alternative to App Store that reached iOS after the entry into force of the European DMA. Although the store had been available since 2019, being able to settle from a computer. The app developers have just tightened the forearm on this pulse against Apple. The application store now allows you to install something even more curious than a console emulator: an app store. The beginnings of Altstore. To understand Altstore’s victory, it is convenient to meet his recent past. In 2019 Altstore was publishedan alternative store for the iPhone. The objective was clear and completely outside what Apple considered in its terms of use: allowing users to download emulators. The installation method was simple, although it required a PC. We had to download a .dmg in the MAC that acted as an installation server for the apps store. Made the process, and notifying Apple that Altstore came from “a non -reliable developer”, the application could be installed. One of its main limitations had to do with the development environment of the emulators. In iOS, JIT is needed (a compiler that allows optimizing its drastic performance), a tool that Apple did not allow in this type of apps. Apple responded with forcefulness. Apple didn’t take too long in Block some of the emulators that Altstore brought to his operating system. The company, since its inception, has been against emulation, Eliminating even your application store Those who have been published. With the arrival of the new digital market regulations, Emulators were no longer prohibited in App Store. Because, downloading a copy of a non -lawful game is illegal, but playing your own copies in an emulator does not violate any law. It is a ball that remains on each user’s roof. The first great victory. In the middle of the storm, Altstore managed to get a font after the entry into force of the DMA. The app could be installed without major problem From the iPhone and its developers signed alliances with giants like Epic Games. The latter allowed Altstore to become completely free. The door opened not only to emulators, but also to clipboard apps, apps for download torrents, and even virtualization of classic operating systems such as Windows 95. A store … that is installed from the store. When euphoria seemed to be able to go anymore, Altstore has moved again. At the beginning of this piece we talked about JIT, the key compiler to execute the Altstore apps. The app developers have returned the classic Altstore to iOS. An alternative store that can be installed … from the alternative store itself. In other words: Altstore Classic can be installed from Altstore. Beyond tongue twisters, this is one of the biggest victories of an Apple apps store. The reason? The classic Altstore allows the same thing that allowed the original app in 2019: install the apps that Apple did not want. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Alternative stores in iOS have an overwhelming advantage over Android. One that changes everything

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