Month: May 2025

Shatumatic tires at 10,000 km

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It is not just what you save in gasoline, it is also what you save on maintenance. It is, without a doubt, one of the great Arguments to jump into the electric car and one of the factors that can opt for the balance. As they have shown us with statements the taxi drivers themselvesthe more kilometers you do, the more performance you take out an electric car. But that’s what we can expect from a electric car normal. And the Tesla Cybertruck It is, of course, everything but normal. That is why there are people complaining about a small detail: they have had to change the wheels of their car last more than 10,000 kilometers. A change of express tires The Tesla Cybertruck is great. It is very big, in fact. But, above all, it is heavy and powerful. A combination that do not get along with an aggressive driving style or with poor quality tires. According to what was shown in social networks by some owners of the electric pick-up Of those of Elon Musk, it is not entirely clear if the problem is the first, the second or a combination of both. And there are those who are making clear in their social networks that after just over 10,000 kilometers he has already had to make his first change of tires. They explain in Jalopnik That the Tesla CybeRtruck is equipped with goude tires of proportions according to its size. With dimensions of 285/65r20They point out that changing each of these tires can go to about $ 500 if the original tire is chosen. That is, at least 2,000 euros for changing the game of the four tires. This is because the gums used are specially designed so that the aerodynamic tapacubos that are mounted in the vehicle are designed to give a higher size impression of what they really are. Another possibility, in case of opting for change, is to set up a new tire and opt for cheaper tires. But the issue for some owners is that these doubts that should assault them after traveling tens of thousands of kilometers have begun to manifest when they have barely traveled little more than 10,000 kilometers. Or of 11,200 kilometers in one of the examples they put in Jalopnik. In September 2024, the information that aimed at A very short useful life of the rubber. What has led to this premature wear of the tires? That is one of the big doubts. It is true that the rubber of some specific cases may have arrived deteriorated but it is more likely that there is a cluster of circumstances that sweep with records in record time. First, the tires mounted in these cases are gums with off -road tachy. This type of tire suffers especially in the asphalt since they are designed to improve grip and traction which means, of course, greater wear. The performance and useful life of the tire is also variable depending on the weather conditions: if the abrasa asphalt, greater wear. To this is added that we are facing a car that weighs 3,000 kg and can be acquired with a power of 845 hp. Its motor torque is more than 1,100 nm. They are data that give an idea of ​​to what extent the gums can suffer if the driver weighs a little right foot. Photo | Maxim In Xataka | Four tires, twelve months: solving whether the “All Season” wheels are a good investment or not

The percentage of GDP that each country allocates to Defense, exposed in this graphic with an unavoidable protagonist

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Talking about war is looking at Ukraine and Russia. The contest between the two countries It is dilated from its start in 2022, but there are many countries that are in a War situation (between them or internally) and many others in constant tension, such as Myanmar, India and Taiwan with China either Poland with Russia. And that implies one thing: They spend more money in defense. Not only them: the world is spending more money on that militarization, and in this graph prepared by Visual Capitalist We can clearly see the military spending of each country in proportion to its GDP. Spending compared to your GDP. The gross domestic product is a A country’s economy indicator. It is the sum of all the goods and services that occur within a country for a year and, if it goes up, it means that the economy produces more. If you go down, on the contrary. That money has to be reinvested, and what we are seeing is that there are countries that are increasingly investing more money from their GDP in defense. For the elaboration of the graph, the data of the International Stockholm Institute for Peace Research -sipri- and, although these data are public, there are cases such as Russia, Saudi or China Arabia in which estimates have to be resorted to. The evergreen trio. In the infographic Ukraine stands out as the country that more money in relation to its GDP has invested in defense. It is estimated that Ukraine allocated $ 64.7 billion to His military arm. It is, with a lot of difference, the country that is making the most effort in the world in this regard, but the funny thing is that others with a much lower defense percentage, reach Astronomical figures. This is because the GDP of these other countries is much higher. Thus, we see that Israel with its 8.8% of GDP in defense, Algeria with 8% or Saudi Arabia with 7.3% or approach a Russia that invests 7.1% of its GDP, which translates into about 149,000 million dollars. Then we have Chinainvesting 1.7% of its GDP – about 314,000 million dollars – and the true monster: a United States that, with its 3.4%, is estimated to invest about 997,000 million in defense. Logical. As we say, it has all the meaning that is the countries with greater tension that most invest in defense because it is not necessary to have an open war to be in those first positions. An example is Poland, which has increased spending due to recent tensions with Russia. Another example is that of Algeria, which in 2022 allocated 4.1% of its GDP to Defense and in 2024 the figure folded to 8% due to the dispute of the Western Sahara with Morocco. Alcista Trend. According to the SIPRI, although not all NATO members fulfilled their objectives, something for what Trump is pushingmilitary expenditure did increase in all of them. The aforementioned United States represents 66% of NATO spending And more than a third, they alone, of the world military spending. And the situation is far from sending. In 2023, global military expend Cold war. For contextualizing something else, the agency estimates that the United Kingdom increased its military expenditure by 2.8%, France by 6.1%, Sweden in 34% and Mexico by 66% during the last year. In total, taking world GDP, it is estimated that the world spent 2.5% of it in the army, when the last years had remained around 2.2%. And that before Europe installs rearme. In Xataka | To hunt Russian drones, Ukraine is resorting to a revolutionary technique … from World War I

What can you do when you don’t have a connection

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You are trying to navigate online or use an application on the mobile and It seems that the Internet is not doing well. It simply does not charge you, it is as if your data connection does not work. As this is something that has happened to us and will continue to happen to us, we will give you several tips to know what to do and how to act to solve it. We are going to give you the list of tips in a progressive way, starting with the most basic, fast and simple to go up to a little more complex checks. The idea is that you can go by making these ideas one behind another until you find the solution. Check if it is all the Internet or just an app The first thing you have to do if you detect that it seems that the Internet is not going Check if the failure is general or the app you are using. Because it may only be an internal error of the application, while the rest of them and the general connection of your mobile do work properly. To do this, when you see that an app is not loading you simply you can open another or open the browser and load a website. Thus, if in the other applications you also seem to have the same problem, you can know that it is something general and not a specific problem of a concrete app. Look if you have turned off data by error It is not common, but there are times when we can Disable your mobile data by error. Because today the button to activate or deactivate data can be in the rapid settings of the device, and touching them without wanting to change another setting or while you have the mobile in your pocket can make them deactivate them without realizing it. Therefore, check in rapid settings whether the data is activated or not. Restart mobile coverage If the problem is all the Internet, another of the things you can try is turn off the connection and re -connect it Again to the Internet. One of the ways to do this is activating plane mode for a few secondsand then deactivating it again so that your device is reconnected. You can also Enter network configuration or mobile data of your mobile. In it, both in Android and in iOS you will have the option to deactivate it, and then you will only have to connect the mobile data so that it is reconnected again. If you are using a wifi networkthen distrust it and go to mobile data. So you can know if it is a problem of your wifi connection, from your mobile connected to it, or something more general. Be careful with roaming You can also review the section of the itinerance connection or roaming. It is normal to have it disabled to avoid extra charges, but there are cases in which some virtual mobile operators or OMV can need you to have it activated. Checking this is simple. Just go to your mobile configuration, in the adjustments of Mobile network either Networks and Internetand activate the itinerance option if you had it deactivated. In the event that this solves the problem, you have already found the solution, and if you still have no internet you will have ruled out this, and it is best to deactivate it again. Restart the mobile Although it can give laziness, restarting the mobile always helps to solve specific problems and errors on your device. And in the event that the connection failure is due to one of these problems, because then it is possible to turn it off, leaving it off a couple of minutes or five, and turning it on again. Check your SIM card It is very unlikely, but it is also worth you that you check If your SIM card is well introducedand that an abrupt blow or movement has not dislocated it inside. To do this, simply turn off the mobile and remove the tray where the SIM card is placed. When you do, check that it is well placed or gathered, and then introduce it again in place. It can be a matter of coverage We now arrive at the most important point, that of coverage. If the Internet has stopped leaving when you have changed places, it is possible that Coverage may not arrive Where are you now. This can cause you not to have the Internet or that you have but that you are very slow. You can look at the coverage in the bars that appear in the status bar of your mobile, above all. The more bars there are, the more coverage you have, and if you have only one or none then it is because it does not reach you well. That does not arrive may be due to the geographical area where you are, but it may also be that The site has bad coverage being a parking or being inside a large office with many elements that do not miss the line. In the event that it is the latter, it tries to go to a closer area from the outside and the outdoors. If you want to know if the area where you are is an area without a signal, you have some coverage maps To those that you can resort, that they tell you the intensity and operators that carry a there. You also have some optimized maps for the mobile, where you can see the coverage that arrives in each part of the country. Check with your operator Ok, you don’t have the Internet. You have done the basics but you are still without connection. The next thing is Look in social networks the profile of your operator In case they were informing of a punctual incidence. You can also look for your operator’s name and see the conversation … Read more

Germany is installing giant concrete spheres under the sea. You have a good reason: store renewable energy

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While France and Germany reinforce their energy alliances with a renewed bet For nuclear energy, within the German country they are developing a completely different system. The focus is on marine depths, with the aim of redefining the way in which renewable energy is stored. Under the sea. A group of researchers the Fraunhofer Institute of Germany They have created the Stensea project (Stored Energy AT Sea acronym). Since 2011, the equipment has worked in a solution to reduce land use, reaching the conclusion of sinking huge concrete spheres into the seabed to store energy. The operation. These spheres sink at 600 and 800 meters deep, where water pressure is so high that it can rotate turbines with great efficiency. Each one measures about 9 meters in diameter and weighs about 400 tons. The idea is that they work as giant batteries: by letting the sea water in, it moves a turbine connected to a generator. To recharge it, water pumps out, using network energy to overcome environmental pressure. A design of what a Stesea plant would be A real test. The system has already been successful at Lake Constanza, and now the next step is marked in the calendar by 2026. It is expected to install a prototype real and 3D printed on the coast of Long Beach, in California. This model can generate about 0.5 megawatts and store up to 0.4 megawatts-Hora, which would be enough to cover the consumption of a middle home in the United States for about two weeks. The future idea is ambitious: building much larger spheres, up to 30 meters in diameter, capable of storing much larger amounts of energy. The objective is to climb the system with spheres up to 30 meters in diameter, which would allow a much larger storage capacity. According to They have detailed Newatlas researchers, the estimated storage cost around the 5 cents per kilowatt-hora, a very competitive figure compared to other current solutions. Renewables in Germany. Although it seems contradictory for its climate, the country has been strongly betting on solar energy, especially In self -consumption facilities. However, it faces an important challenge: intermittent production, or Dunkelflaute. For this reason, projects such as Stesea can act as a shock absorber of the electrical system, because it stores excess renewable energy and releases it when it is most needed. So hydroelectric plants? Unlike traditional pumping storage –which requires mountains and large fresh water reserves-, this system does not need limited elevations or water resources. Its modular design allows it to install it on coasts around the world. In addition, this system has raised An economic advantage since it allows energy arbitration, buying electricity when it is cheap and selling it in moments of high demand. Forecasts The researchers They believe that this technology He has barely shown the tip of the iceberg. They estimate that, if it was deployed on a large scale, it could reach a global storage capacity of about 817,000 gigawatts-Hora. Translated to something more tangible, it would be enough to supply about 75 million homes in Europe for a whole year. However, although the project is presented as a solution to avoid intensive soil use, it does not stop moving that occupation to the seabed. Until now, the approach has been mainly technical, but it would be expected that in future phases rigorous environmental evaluations will be included that analyze its impact on oceanic ecosystems. Image | Stesea Xataka | Europe’s turn to nuclear: Germany and France have signed a pact to reconfigure the continent

Humanity’s plan was to depend less on gas to generate energy. The AI ​​think something very different

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When The alarms jumped by him temperature increase globally, it was launched The decarbonization plan. Countries, large technology and automotive companies marked objectives for reduce your carbon emissions with goals set for 2030 and 2050. Have been applying measures for itbut with what the industry – and the planet – did not have the rise of the artificial intelligence and his Energy voracity. One so extreme that there are those who rub their hands: companies that create gas turbines. The threat of renewables. 2024 was a Good year for renewables. Although it is something that has caused an authentic War between Chinese companiesmarket saturation has allowed the panel price Lower considerably. This facilitates the Installation of self -consumption systemsbut it has also allowed huge parks to flourish even in such oil -dependent as Texas. We have witnessed Sorpasso of renewables in Europethere are countries that have worked for months only with renewables And that push of solar panels is making progress in the race for the Green hydrogen. Artificial intelligence. Companies have also adapted their systems to be more efficient, consume less water and even build more respectful and sustainable facilitiesbut in the same way that 2024 was the year of the explosion of renewables, it was also for AI. That is why the main technological have begun to Expand and build data centers all over the world (something that It doesn’t look good everywhere) to be able to meet the current demand for this technology. Change of plans. That high energy consumption has pushed some of the Big Tech to opt for something striking: Operate your own nuclear power plants. Giants such as Amazon, Google or Microsoft have shown their plans to Create or reactivate nuclear centralsbut it’s not the only thing. European oil companies have readjusted your renewable support strategy And there are already seen that, during the AI ​​consumption peaks, the coal burning as gas to meet energy demand. Gas interest. That renewed interest in gas is something that already has consequences, and Siemens is a perfect example. How can we read in Bloombergthe German company estimated a financial result close to balance for this fiscal year, but after the growing interest in gas, they now estimate that their income could grow up to 15%. Siemens Energy manufactures, among other things, gas turbines And in recent months they have seen how this avalanche of investments in data centers with high energy demand has promoted turbine orders. In fact, contrary to what we might think in mind that we wanted to stop depending on the gas, the company has seen that the orders received have doubled during the first three months of the year. And price increase. According to the International Energy Agency, The energy demand of data centers HE will duplicate By 2030 due to AI workloads and, although renewables are in clear expansion, as the supply is intermittent, there are times when they do not meet the constant demand of these data centers. Gas is here a safety net For companies, since it provides constant energy for artificial intelligence infrastructure and coal would be used for peaks of demand. And there are already those who predict that this increase in gas demand will result in an increase in its price for the next winters. And also of carbon emissions, as we are already experiencing with cases such as Microsoft and Google, with Increases of 30% and 50% respectively in recent years. Images | Pexels, Balticservers In Xataka | Putin’s not so secret plan to survive without Europe: a giant gas pipeline to China

Hello, I am Jose and I have discovered in 2025 that I can connect five pots at the same time and to the same mobile to put music to the beast

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Surely this situation is familiar to you: your friends and you organize a party in the house of someone and someone asks not to take the speaker to wear music. And there that is not-so-like with his Bluetooth speakerputs the music and … you only hear in one area. If people are distributed in several areas, there is no music that is worth. I wish there was a technology to connect several speakers to the same wireless emission, it could be thought. Well there is, It is called atacast and I have discovered it in the middle of 2025 when trying the new LG speakers. The problem. Bluetooth is very good when we talk about broadcasting something from the device to device B. For example, music from your mobile to a speaker. So far, all good. The problem comes when we want to broadcast two or more devices and that they reproduce the same. That is almost impossible missionor rather, it was. The solution was announced in 2022when Bluetooth SIG (responsible for the Bluetooth standard) announced that the Bluetooth LE Audio specifications were complete. And with this version there was a novelty called to change the way we understand the wireless sound: aircase. Image: Xataka The solution. Atacast is a standard that allows audio transfer to several devices at the same time. This is based on Bluetooth audio and uses the LC3 codec (Low complexity community codec), and so far the technical words. So far, the Bluetooth connection depended on matching an audio source (the mobile) to a recipient (the speaker). With aircraft, the issuing equipment creates a kind of dissemination signal to which other compatible devices can be connected. The easiest way to see it is to imagine A kind of mesh wifi networkbut Bluetooth. And what is it for? The cases of use of this technology are very wide. We can think of attendance via audio in public transport or museums, emissions One-to-Many In live events or that your partner and you can see the same movie with headphones at home, to say some. Another option is that instead of depending alone and exclusively on the speaker of Non-Sé-Qui also in the next one left with your friends, you can connect several speakers with each other and put music everywhere. And that is precisely what we have tried to do with the new LG Xboom speakers and a couple of devices of a rival brand: JBL. But first, the presentations. LG Xboom The Stage 301 Beast | Image: Xataka The beast. AKA LG Xboom Stage 301, is the flagship of the range and the most expensive (300 euros). It is a large, relatively portable speaker (its eight kilos require some strength), with a power of 150W, integrated light and battery effects. It is heard really well and has the ability to fill a medium -sized garden with music without any problem. It can be used plugged in, but also for around half a day with the integrated battery. In addition, you can connect a microphone to the rear to mount a karaoke. It is a speaker whose sound quality will surprise the one who has the least trained ear. However, it should be noted that it is not a speaker designed to reproduce high fidelity. It is a party speaker ready to listen and give the note outdoors, where it meets its mission. Now, if we talk about sound, one more force of force in the bass and a spark more of sharpness in the acute would have been round. Anyway, what is said, this is very fine and more knowing the most likely use that this speaker will be given. LG XBOOM BOUNCE | Image: Xataka The median. His name is LG Xboom Bunce. Despite being cheaper than the previous one, I must say that it is the one I liked the most. Not only is it more portable, but its sound price/performance ratio seems better to me. Graves are very successful (acute could improve) and offers a very complete experience. The battery holds almost a day. It is not a cheap speaker (200 euros) and is not intended for high fidelity, but compensates with a pleasant sound, resistance to all types of hardships (water, dust, blows) and a very cool design. LG Xboom Grab | Image: Xataka The little one. The most basic model is the Xboom Grab LG, although it is not a cheap speaker (150 euros). The sound is surprisingly clear and the bass have enough stuck, something that surprises in such a format. In middle volumes, the speaker behaves. It is when we upload the volume more of the account when it starts to falter. The battery endures practically all day and water resistance is guaranteed. It is not the one that offers the best sound, but the most portable. However, I continue to stay with the previous one. That button is the key to LG Xboom Speakers | Image: Xataka How to mount the duffel bag with all three. The three speakers have one thing in common: a button to start the Party Link broadcast. The operation is very simple: we connect our mobile by Bluetooth to a speaker, reproduce something, press the party link button on that speaker and then click on which we want to connect. Ready, automatically the second speaker will reproduce the same as the first, and so many times as connecting speakers. That is: connecting the mobile to a single speaker we can create a huge LG speakers network because Party Link admits up to ten speakers. With the three LG speakers we have not appreciated a higher latency of the account. In fact, quite the opposite. Synchronization is really precise and we have not noticed that a speaker goes one more thorn ahead than the other. All these speakers and headphones are understood with each other | Image: Xataka The key: connect other devices. Party Link is a technology that owns LG, but the key … Read more

China is eating the European car in front of our eyes. And Spain is serving as advanced

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China is flooding Europe with their cars. Electric, hybrid or combustion (one of the Weapons that Chinese companies have To skip them Tariffs imposed by the European Union), China’s arrival cars are making its way to elbow in the main European markets. But there are three in which the penetration is spectacular, so much that of the total of Chinese vehicles enrolled in Europe this year, three countries receive 70% of those registrations. They are the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy, and China knows that it must continue to tighten. Evolution. The Schmidt Automotive Research analysts has published a graph in which we can see the evolution of the car registration Chinese in those three markets. For 2024, six out of ten Chinese cars enrolled in Europe did it in those three countries. United Kingdom and Italy have been hesitant at some times, but in Spain quarter after quarter have grown. During the first period of 2025, however, enrollments grew in the three countries, touching the percentage of 70% of all Chinese cars in Europe. Regarding the total market share, according to Dataforcehave gone from 2.5% in April 2014 to 4.1% in April of this year. British connection. The British case is curious for several reasons. The first because Chinese companies must Adapt your cars with the right steering wheelsomething unique throughout the European territory. The second is the most important: as the United Kingdom is not part of the European Union, it does not share the tariffs imposed on the Chinese car that have implemented the rest of the countries of the Union. This allows a more comfortable entry for manufacturers, but from Schmidt they also point out that the British market is, traditionally, less loyal to brands and, therefore, consumers are more open to new brands. This was already seen when they adopted virgin marks in the territory, such as Daewoo or Chevrolet, in the early 2000s. Spearheads. The proper names are the already known. Byd is betting strongly on expand its vehicle porpholio in our land and wants to become One of the largest fish on the market. MG was one of the best -selling brands and Xpeng He has just landed in the United Kingdom and He already did it in 2024 in Spain. The company plans to be present in 60 countries by the end of 2025 and wants to have a powerful network of dealers to strengthen its positioning. The Chery group with Momoda and Jaecoo are opening concessionaires, but there are More examples of Chinese companies They are establishing or looking for home to sell their vehicles. But, beware, also to manufacture them. Strategy. Because that expansion goes beyond bringing vehicles directly from China: it goes to manufacture them on European soil. For several reasons. One is Understand the European uservery different from Chinese in tastes and preferences. Another is better to dodge tariffs. Spain is an example of how Chinese companies are looking to settle. Cherywhat was made After a long soap opera With the Nissan factory in Barcelona, already manufactures the Ebro S800 on Spanish soil. And they are not just cars factories. Spain is playing for free In the case of tariffs because something as important is played as Iberian pig exports to the Asian giant, and the fruits of that approach to China is the arrival of Investments such as Catl in Aragon to electrify Stellantis vehicles. Perspective. That in only three countries there are almost 70% of the registrations of all cars that Chinese companies bring to Europe is an extremely relevant fact because it implies that they are the most interested markets and where they can receive the bulk of the strategy for the next months. It is no longer just that China has huge ships prepared to continue flooding with their cars those territories, but can lead to more strategic alliances and a search for a search for Premium positioning as lever for expansion among other user groups. Image | Xiaomi EV Factory In Xataka | Byd broke the barrier of 100,000 million dollars of income in 2024. It is an unknown milestone for Tesla

JK Rowling has become something toxic to Harry Potter fans. So they are expanding the saga on their own

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Harry Potter Keep taking holders, but not thanks to the Next adaptation in charge of HBO but by the Continuous controversies that stars in its own author, JK Rowlingevery time you have a keyboard nearby. It is not usual for the creator to become the greatest enemy of his own franchise. His opinions about the transgender community have not been the result of a Punctual factor del enemy of anyone who does something wrong on the Internet, the “get out of context”: The author does not hide her nature at all Terfcontinuously forcing their millions of followers to face the debate on the separation between work and author. Not only is the public discontent with Rowling. The original casting of Harry Potter’s films (Daniel RadcliffeRupert Grint or Emma Watson), Bridgerton’s star Nicola Coughlan or the one who is perhaps the most beloved (and multiple) actor in recent years, Pedro PascalThey show their complete opposition to the opinions expressed by the author. As we see, when a work has such a massive character the reactions of the community are usually visceral. The fandom has a constant need to interact with the content, either with the authors, actors, the compulsive purchase of merchandising or immerse yourself in the world Reddit. But there is an even more creative way and that has the advantage of not needing the original creator: Fanfics. Yes, those stories based on existing works created by and for fans. It is not something new and we have already talked about how movies like Star Wars They have set foot to fanfics and subsequently to works published in a traditional way that have become sales successes. It is not surprising that another member of the Olympus of the franchises such as Harry Potter generates content everywhere and is one of the greatest sources of inspiration in the community of the fan stories. ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘Game of Thrones’ or ‘Marvel’ drag an endless number of followers, but the Fanfic redoubt, the DIY OF THE NARRATIVEit is a haven of peace and love where there are not so many controversies or fights so you think of the end of one of your favorite series. Creativity flows on platforms such as AO3 (Archive of Our Own, one of the most popular fans works repositories) or Wattpadwhich has more than 90 million users per month and served as an exit box of authors as popular as Ariana Godoy (Brothers Hidalgo trilogy) or Mercedes Ron. I encourage you to try the limits of these platforms, since it is very difficult for a book, series or film to have its own fanfic, especially in AO3. If we do a quick “Star Wars” search, it provides us with 244,349 results, “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” 40,654, “Detal” 6,713 and “Harry Potter” nothing more and nothing less than 528,283 results. Recall that they are not searches, or references, they are complete stories: people who sat down to write for a good time, and even days, weeks or months, and that uploaded its creation to the platform. Harry Potter, but without Harry Potter So yes, entering the world fanfic is something unabarcable, but if you are a romantic reader and navigate #Booktok possibly the algorithm has already made you know about novels and fanfics inspired by Harry Potter. The most interesting point in this case is that the focus would not be in Harry and in possible variants or added to its canonical history. Which further Interest creators and readers are two other characters: HermioneDraco, and in particular how his love story develops. Yes, do not be scared in case you have missed a chapter or a scene of the movies, because this is born in the community itself. This is how the so -called “drarom” fanfics are born in the most “Reylo” style (word used to designate the romance between the characters of Star Wars, King and Kylo Ren), and as we already anticipated when we talked about Romantasy or the current phenomenon of romantic literature, the true romantic readers are not formed with a rum/Hermione, the trend is falling rendered to a good Enemies to lovers And that’s why the Gryffindor-Slytherin conjunction of Hermione and Draco is perfect to fill this box. We find hundreds of fanfics or novels that are inspired by these characters that inhabit the magical world, but if you need help to know what to start, it is not what to worry about. The truth is that within this amalgam there are two aspects: stories that would enter the category of Dark fantasy Where Voldemort would have won the war and, on the other side, the land ROM comrecounting the encounter of Draco and Hermione years after the events of the book. As the number of stories in this regard is huge, the reading community itself exercises as a sieve and provides lists and tops about the dramas that you cannot miss. Without a doubt, the most famous fanfic and that revolutionizes Booktok is ‘Manacled‘of Senlinyu. With this Dramione We are located after Harry has lost the war and Hermione is captured by the deadly. If this premise catches your attention and you want to go to read it right now, there is a problem, already It is not available In AO3 since February of this year. The author, due to an editorial contract, withdrew ‘Manacled’ and now becomes called ‘ALCHEMISED‘, dating its publication for September 23, 2025. This is not something new and happens increasingly regularly. In the world Fanfic La Libertad is absolute but when making a publication to use, names and locations have to be different from those of the work on which it is based. Thus in ‘Alchemized’ we will find the same essence and the same trope but with names, locations and magic systems away from the world of Hogwarts. The base is the same, but the shadow of doubt is always constant: is the reason for being of the fanfic to enter the traditional … Read more

Thirteen years after its discovery, Higgs’ boson is still a mystery. The AI ​​is already ending

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The history of Higgs boson It still has to be written. Almost thirteen years have passed since CERN physicists confirmed that they had found a new particle whose properties were consistent with the characteristics attributed to This peculiar Boson. July 4, 2012 Humanity witnessed a monumental milestonebut that moment was not the culmination of a project; Actually it was the first bend of a path in which we have only taken a few steps. Today physicists continue to study the properties of the Boson of Higgs. In fact, it is so important to know a little better this particle that the CERN technicians have introduced in the LHC, their largest particle accelerator, the necessary modifications to produce several million bosons of Higgs during the next two or three years. Currently this machine operates with a higher level of energy hoping to check if this boson is really a fundamental particle. Or if, on the contrary, it has internal structure. The Higgs boson is important because it allows us to understand how elementary particles acquire mass as a result of their interaction with the Higgs field. If this mechanism did not exist Standard modelthat even today is the most successful physics theory, it would not be valid. Whatever CERN physicists have a plan to know it better. The AI ​​is already helping particle physicists to decipher the Higgs boson CERN scientists have tried to recreate the necessary conditions to produce as much as possible of hyggs bosons pairs simultaneously and in the same place. It is not at all a capricious purpose. Their intention is to study the interaction between two of these particles because they suspect that it is a fundamental mechanism of the standard model that can help them understand to what extent the Higgs boson helps to sustain the stability of our universe. Unravel the interaction of this boson with the lighter quarks continues to be a colossal challenge The first step in this search requires unraveling how this particle gives mass to matter, and physicists who are developing their research in the CMS experiment of the CERN have devised a very ingenious ploy. Until now, scientists have observed in multiple experiments Higgs boson interaction with quarks Cima (top) and background (Bottom)and have proven that their measures coincide with the predictions of the standard model. However, unravel the interaction of this boson with the lighter quarks, such as above (UP), below (Down) or charm (Charm), it continues to be a colossal challenge. And knowing better this mechanism is essential to reveal if the Boson of Higgs is really responsible for conferring mass to ordinary matter. Fortunately, the physicists of the CMS experiment have a very powerful tool with which they did not have very recently: the artificial intelligence (AI). During a seminar that these investigators were held last week, they presented the results of their Higgs Boson observations when disintegrating and leading to the production of two charming quarks. The most important thing is that using avant -garde techniques managed to establish The strictest limits to date in the context of the interaction between the Boson of Higgs and the quark charm. Without AI, it is extremely difficult to identify this particular process and distinguish it from other collision events that have a similar appearance. There is still a lot of work to be done, but the good news is that physicists trust that this strategy allows them to filter the results they will obtain in the next LHC campaigns. And if with a lot of work and a little luck they manage to completely decipher the Boson of Higgs will not only corroborate their role in mass generation for all quarks; They will also confirm, once again, the predictions of the until now infallible standard model. Image | Generated by Xataka with Gemini More information | Cern In Xataka | CERN physicists believed that symmetry between quarks up and down is broken. Is much more than they expected In Xataka | Physicists want to understand how Higgs boson stabilizes our universe. Fortunately, they have a plan

My new favorite way to learn on any topic is free and is already in Spanish: Notebooklm

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Learning is changing. Or, rather, we are beginning to relear how we learn. With AI as the protagonist. In my case, the click Definitive was caused by a tool: Notebooklm. At first I used it as who tantles a new toy. I uploaded some PDF, he launched some question, compared his answers with those of Chatgpt … I soon started seeing him with other eyes: as a tool to think out loud. Or better: to think accompanied. The moment Eureka He came one night, when I was realizing that there was a book that had been postponing months. It was one of those 300 -page trials that revolve around the same idea, something that sometimes goes very well (‘Atomic habits‘) And others get fatal (‘The monk who sold his Ferrari‘). And he suspected that the second could happen with him. Although I was interested in the subject – the economy of attention – the book was going to stretch it to exhaustion. So I uploaded it to notebooklm and I asked him to do something better than a summary: a conversation, a podcast. I asked him to simulate a talk between two voices to comment on the book, his ideas, his implications, his weak points. The result surprised me. It was not a memorable podcast, but interesting enough to stay attentive for eleven minutes while doing dinner. It was a way of knowing if it was worth going further. After eleven minutes listening to circular discussions around the same idea, I decided not to do it. I will end up throwing some diagonal reading to chapters that interest me especially, but I will hardly invest the time to read it completely. The next day I was repeating the experiment. This time with ‘The love algorithm‘, which is presented as an investigation into Tinder but actually goes much further. Explore the cross between technology, psychology, surveillance capitalism and human relations. Each chapter opens a new line of reflection: the way in which desire is constructed, the way in which algorithms condition us, what ‘consent’ means in a digital environment. That book was perfect for Notebooklm. It generated a rich conversation, without resulting, with diverse ideas that are linked and discussed. He did not take away the desire to read it, on the contrary. He convinced me that it was a great idea. Beyond the podcast, I took advantage that I had at hand ‘OPERATION ELOP‘, the book that speaks of the last years of Stephen Elop in front of Nokia, just before the sale to Microsoft. It was great to see his “line of study”, which even proposes a questionnaire to see if you understood the ideas well and retweet the information or not. Image: Xataka. And you can go beyond books, of course. Take a few PDFs and discuss them. The same with articles with a conductive thread. The possibility of creating podcasts ad hoc Personalized – not something done for thousands, but for oneself – is bestial. Sometimes they are voices that arise from admiration, others from suspicion. Of course, It is not perfect. I would love to adjust the duration of the audio. There are issues that could be dispatched in five minutes. Others well deserve an hour of debate. The personalization that allows right now is scarce, and summaries are rather short. There are also limits: sometimes omits relevant data or remains superficial. And of course, The dreaded hallucinations with which you have to go with lead feet. Even with those failures, it is still useful as the first pass, as a tanteo before knowing if it is worth deepening more. Or to give us a first varnish of knowledge. And something very valuable: It is we who put the sources. We do not listen to generalities difficult to draw or limit ourselves to completely alien editorial decisions. Your interests, your compilations, your readings. Notebooklm does not replace reading or study, but it is A new entrance door. Fast, accessible, almost playfulto understand what something is going on. That previous decision, in this world of information on information and entertainment, is a good compass. And one last lesson: the well -managed AI does not take away the work of learning, it takes away your fear of starting. In Xataka | Google has put a price on the future of AI: $ 250 per month Outstanding image | Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio

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