Month: May 2025

There is a non -proliferation pact of nuclear weapons. In 2025 what we need is one that avoids murderous robots

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In 1139 Pope Innocent II prohibited The use of the crossbow. He then described it as “a detestable weapon for God and unworthy for Christians,” although he considered it valid to fight the infidels. The measure was not taken into account, and the crossbow continued to be used in later centuries. The history of weapons has always been linked to these prohibitions, and now there is a especially delicate: the one that affects the so -called “murderous robots.” Prohibited weapons. That example of the crossbows ended up being just one of the many that have surrounded the evolution of the military weapons and its application to war conflicts. In 1970 the Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty To avoid the use of nuclear weapons, but international law also prohibits the use of chemical, biological or antipersonnel mines. These agreements are not usually ratified by all countries of the world, but by the vast majority. Beware of autonomous weapons. As indicated In ReutersThe United Nations Organization has called a meeting to regulate the segment of autonomous weapons controlled by artificial intelligence. This type of armament is increasingly used in modern war conflicts, and experts warn: it is time to put limits to the use of this lethal technology. The Ukraine War as an example. What is being lived in the Ukraine war is a sign of how this type of autonomous weapons are being used. The drones and robots They are being used Notable form against Russian troops, and there is already drones throwing drones to attack other drones. The relevance From this type of weapons it has been even affected by the commercial war between the US and China, which makes DANGER PRODUCTION AND EXPORT of these autonomous vehicles. In The New York Times They already warned of the rise of the fearsome “kamikaze drones” and their use in this conflict. Ten years talking about prohibiting murderous robots. In Xataka we have been talking about the danger of weapons with AI and drifting towards the famous “murderous robots”. He debate On the potential prohibition of murderous robots It comes from afarand organizations like Human Rights Watch has been trying to ban them since 2015 before it’s late. The researchers themselves already They warned of that danger In 2017 and Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, claimed that these murderous robots They are “unstoppable”. However, there are many countries that They have continued developing them, and there is no consensus when putting limits in this dangerous area. Deadline. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has established that 2026 is the deadline for all countries to establish clear rules in the use of weapons with artificial intelligence. His words are clear: these autonomous armament systems are “politically unacceptable, morally disgusting” and should be prohibited. “ There is no consensus. What is missing is the aforementioned consensus: Alexander Kmentt, head of armament control in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, explained it: “Time is pressing to stop the nightmares that some of the most prestigious experts warn,” he said. Some great personalities of the technological world such as Elon Musk or Demis Hassabis They already warned of the problem in 2018 and asked the UN to ban autonomous weapons. The military resists. Diplomatic efforts face military controls, which according to Reuters resist regulation because that could blur the advantages posed by these technologies on the battlefield. This last meeting of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCWfor its acronym in English) is the last edition of some meetings that have been held since 2014. Participants have been necessary “a legally binding treaty” for UN countries. But some countries prefer to go to their rhythm. Many countries support that general agreement, but USA, Russia, China and India prefer to have national regulations or that existing international laws are applied, according to Amnesty International. A US Pentagon spokesman said in Reuters that “we are not convinced that existing laws are insufficient” and stressed that autonomous weapons could raise a lower risk for civilians than conventional weapons. And since there is no regulation, there is proliferation. The lack of these limits is causing a clear development of this type of autonomous weapons. The experts of Future of Life Institute They have monitored the deployment of about 200 autonomous weapons systems in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. Russian forces have deployed some 3,000 kamikaze drones Veter in Ukraine, according to that data, and as we have indicated in several occasions In Xataka, that country has in these drones one of its Critical elements To attack Russian goals. Duality. As my partner Javier Jiménez said In a fantastic theme That he prepared in 2018, another of the problems with this debate is that “it is very difficult to determine what to prohibit and what not in a world as strongly computerized as the war.” The key is not so much in technological and ethical, and here we are facing a dual technology capable of being used for civil and military purposes. Here the reflection was clear: “No one is going to give a strategic military asset for an ethical issue,” he said. He added as a conclusion that “beyond alarmism, we need tools” to identify, monitor and control the development of these weapons because “neither good intentions nor self -control have worked well in the past.” A lot of money at stake. But as always, one of the factors of this industry is that there is a lot of money at stake, and more when there is a renewed fever for Increase defense budgets. Laura Nolan, of the Stop Killer Robots activist organization, made it clear that there is no guarantee that technology companies will be responsible when developing these systems: “In general, we do not trust that industries are self -regulated … there is no reason why defense or technology companies must be more worthy of trust.” In Xataka | Ukraine has found a solution to China’s veto in drones: it’s called Hell, it’s a “home” missile and … Read more

What is it, how will it work and when will you get

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Let’s explain What is the digital eurowith all the information we have until the date of this new currency that wants to boost the European Central Bank. It is a digital version of El Euro that will not arrive to replace cash, but to coexist with it, but without depending on banking entities or private companies as with the current digital payments. We are going to start the article explaining what the digital euro, its concept and what is expected of it is. Then we will explain to you How will it work This technology, and we will end up talking about the times and when it can come. We will update this article according to new information and there are advances. What is the digital euro The digital euro is An electronic version of the conventional euro that we use in cash in our day to day. Therefore, it is a virtual currency, although It is not a cryptocurrencysince the technology behind it is totally different. This digital currency is being developed directly by the European Central Bank. Its value will be the same as that of tickets and coins, and will be considered public and safe money. Its value will remain the same as that of the digital euro, so you will not have to worry about the ups and downs of alternatives such as cryptocurrencies. Nor can it be used to speculate Not to invest, it will simply be a digital version of normal money. What this currency is looking for is Facilitate Internet paymentseither through the mobile as the browser. Therefore, it becomes a kind of alternative to the debit cards that you give when paying online, so that we no longer depend in Europe on the big brands of these, such as Visa or Mastercard. The digital euro will not replace the euro in cashbut both versions of the same currency will coexist. When paying in person, you can do it with conventional currencies or with the digital euro, and time to pay online you can do it with this digital version. It will also help you to give money to friends or family. How the digital euro works You will be able to use the digital euro from any device, including your mobile phone. With him, you will be able to pay safely In any country in the euro zone. Therefore, if you are going to travel to these countries, you will have both the option of getting cash and using digital. We will arrive with us on a card or in a digital wallet or wallet. This technology has not yet been developedbut the idea is that you can create one with your bank for free. You can also create your loading in establishments such as Correos. The idea of ​​technology is that There are no technological barriers To be able to use it, since you will not need a mobile by force by also having a physical card to save your money. Another of your keys is to be a free service that you can use whenever you want. There will be two ways to put money in your purse Digital euro. You can do it by sending money from your banking entity, or depositing cash. Once you do, you can use the digital euro for the transactions you want, without depending on the bank or private companies to pay or save your money. This means that the idea is to have a payment method with an alternative card to those used by banks, and that they are normally from US companies. But with a system that also has mobile application or digital purse, just like your bank’s app. In addition to this, You can also send money to your contacts Just like you do with Bizum. Another characteristic that are pursued in this phase of development of the digital euro is that can work without internet. Come on, if you are in an area without coverage or network connection, you can use the NFC technology of your mobile and the safe element chip to make payments. The ECB says that Privacy will be the same as paying in cash. They can only access the details of the transaction people and businesses who have participated in it. When the digital euro will arrive There is still no date for the launch of the digital euro. The project was presented at the end of 2023, and at the time of writing these lines, in mid -2025, we are still in a “preparation phase” according to the European Central Bank. The foundations of how you want it to be, but have not yet been carried out. Developing this digital currency is a technological challenge in which many elements intervene that must be controlled and regular, and you have to take many things into account. Come on, they go slowly to try to do well, and we are still in a phase of tests, experiments and information exchanges to decide the final path to follow. One of the last steps of the project is to create an innovation platform where 70 companies, including 3 Spanish, can do tests and experiments in search of the best technology to carry it out. Therefore, Several years will still spend Until we see this project in our mobiles, and the card or wallet in our pockets. In Xataka | The European Central Bank has been fighting for five years to literally create a “European Bizum”. Now has taken a key step

The global tension cannot with ASML. It will build a huge campus equivalent to 50 soccer fields

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ASML is going to expand. And he will do it in a very ambitious way. This company of the Netherlands has been a lot of pressure by Dutch and American governments because it is The only manufacturer of planet’s lithography equipment capable of producing extreme ultraviolet machines (UVE). These equipment are those used to manufacture the most advanced semiconductors that exist with integration technologies of 7 nm or less. The tension held by the US and China has seriously compromised ASML business in the country led by Xi Jinping. In fact, the sanctions that US administration has deployed and that the Netherlands government has supported them have prevented him from giving his Chinese clients his UVE teams. In addition, since the beginning of 2024 he can not sell in China either Your deep ultraviolet lithography machines (UVP), nor can you provide some support and maintenance services to your Chinese clients. ASML trusts its future despite the delicate situation in which it is located In 2022 the sales of this company in China amounted to 2.9 billion euros, which represented 13.8% of its annual sales. At that time Taiwan was a more important market for Asml than China. In fact, in 2023 the clients of the island bought lithography equipment for a total value of 8,100 million euros, while its Chinese clients disbursed 7.3 billion euros. And, curiously, in 2024 China consolidated as the largest market for ASML with total sales of 10.2 billion euros. ASML has no competition in the manufacture of avant -garde lithographic equipment To understand where this figure comes from, we need to keep in mind something important. As we have seen, ASML cannot sell its most advanced teams to its Chinese clients, such as extreme ultraviolet lithography machines (UVE) or deep ultraviolet (UVP), but at the moment you can give them the solutions that allow them produce chips with mature integration technologies. These are the semiconductors that are mostly used in cars, appliances or electronic devices, among other products, and usually occur in nodes of 28 nm or less advanced. Whatever it is evident that the commercial and technological war that are pouring the US and China in full struggle for world supremacy It is seriously harming both the ASML business and that of many other technology companies, such as Nvidia, AMD, Applyed Materials or Tokyo Electron. In these circumstances it seems reasonable to think that the future of this Dutch company is uncertain, but it is very important that we do not overlook something that we have already addressed in this article: ASML has no competition in the manufacturing market of vanguard lithographic equipment. This favorable circumstance has caused its capacity to produce UVE machines and Haute Opening UVE Be lower than demand, so ASML managers have made a decision: they will build a new campus near Eindhoven (Netherlands) that will allow them continue growing and responding to the growing demand They have their semiconductor manufacturing equipment. According to the newspaper Edthat, precisely, it is housed in Eindhoven, initially these facilities were going to be ready in 2030, but will finally be prepared for the first 20,000 additional employees to be installed in them in 2028. Image | ASML More information | Ed In Xataka | Japan wants to recover leadership as a manufacturer of lithography equipment. And he has a plan to end the Asml monopoly

We are increasingly sure that Mars hides a lot of water underground. The last track has been given to us an earthquake

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There was a remote time in which Mars, today desert, had rivers and seas. We know some of the remnants that have remained, such as the Jezero river delta that explores the Rover Perseverance But that water may have been more than mere traces. A lot more. New tests. A geological study conducted thanks to the propagation of seismic waves on the red planet has obtained new evidence of the existence of water on Mars. Although the study itself does not imply a definitive test, it joins the list of studies that indicate that the neighboring planet is not as dry as it seems. A wet past. The Martian oceans had a short duration In geological terms. According to estimates, these would have disappeared between 4,100 and 3,000 million years ago (our solar system has about 4.6 billion years), in periods called Noeic and Hesperic. The lower gravitational attraction and the lack of a magnetic field that protect the Martian seas of the solar wind left Mars without superficial oceans. But from that water there was more than a handful of marks in the geography of the red planet: the water in solid state lasts ice -shaped either Integrated into its minerals. The enigma of the missing water. Some researchers detected a problem, and it is the difficulty that the sum of evaporated water, frozen or embedded in minerals could represent the total water that was once on Mars, they explain In an article for The conversation Hrvoje Tkalčić and Weijia Sun, co -authors of the recent geological study on water on Mars. Insight, to the rescue. In his recent study, the team took advantage of the data captured by the seismometer that the probe Insight He kept operating on Mars during his activity. During this period, Mars suffered an earthquake and received the impact of several meteorites, events whose seismic waves were recorded by the instrument aboard the now deceased probe. Studying the spread of these leads, the team identified an “anomaly” in a layer of the Martian subsoil located between 5.4 and 8 kilometers under the surface. It is a “low speed layer” that, according to the hypothesis proposed by the equipment would correspond to a layer of porous rock stuffed with water, “like a saturated sponge” or “something similar to the aquifers of the earth.” A lot of water. This layer could hide a significant amount of water, enough to house the water that dfalta in the accounts of the experts. “We have calculated that the ‘aquífera’ in Mars could house enough water to cover the planet in a global ocean of a depth of between 520 and 780 m, several times more water that keeps the Antarctic ice layer.” The details of the study will be published In an article In the magazine National Science Reviewbut for now we have to settle for a draft. Tests accumulate. This It is not the first time that we get evidence of the existence of vast amounts of water in the Martian subsoil. A little over a year agoa study conducted from the data of the European probe Mars Express reached a similar conclusion, that of the existence of huge amounts of water, enough to create an ocean of several hundred meters deep, in the Martian subsoil. In Xataka | We had little doubt that Mars was a habitable planet. The Curiosity Rover has just cleared them Image | POT/GSFC

Temu and Shein at the moment they get rid, the Big Tech breathe

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After the storm, some calm. At least, temporary. The feared tariffs from the United States to imports from China products They threatened The world economy, but in recent days we have seen the Government of Donald Trump has paused these measures. In fact, he has just done the same with the measures that especially affected Temu and Shein. What happened. Donald Trump has applied A remarkable cut to tariffs that apply to small value packages that arrive from China and Hong Kong to the United States. Thus, the new tariffs on those packages of up to $ 800 of value go from 120% to 54%. The reduction is important, but tariffs continue to impose remarkable rates for this type of products. Temu and Shein breathe (a little). Chinese online trade giants such as Temu or Shein have been benefiting from The exemption called “Minimis” To be able to send low -cost products directly to consumers in the United States without paying import rates. That rule It was canceled by the Trump administration a few days ago, and that caused A domino effect which affected the Big Tech of the US. WOMAN FOR META AND GOOGLE. The decision also relaxes the pressure on Meta and Google, which were great beneficiaries of this commercial exchange. Temu and Shein They sold big in the US Thanks to the exemption of Minimis, but to achieve it they spent true fortunes in advertising that hired giants such as Meta and Google. By deactivating that exemption, advertising income immediately They diverse. These ads are expected to reactivate that advertising expense in the Big Tech. But be careful. Although the situation improves for Temu and Shein, the pause has a small print. Trump changed the minimis rule for a flat rate of $ 100 per package with value of less than $ 800, and that flat rate would amount to $ 200 in June. These rates are maintained despite the 90 -day truce agreement for other tariffs and make it sell directly from China to consumers (very) expensive for Temu or Shein. Temu dodges the measures selling from the US. To avoid the application of these tariffs as far as possible, Temu began to fill gigantic warehouses in the United States of their products to be able to send their “locally” products before they were affected by tariffs. That measure is temporary, because those warehouses will end up needing to fill again and it will be then when they will face these new tariffs. Plan B: No direct sale. Precisely at that time is when Temu has an escape with this announcement of the Trump administration. With the direct sale of products to consumers punished for tariffs and flat rates, the solution is not to sell directly, but fill their warehouses with large orders (no packages below $ 800) and then serve consumers locally. In this way “only” the new reduced tariffs (30%) apply and not those of 54% that affect these value packages of less than $ 800. It is certainly a respite for businesses like Temu, which have the United States as their large sales market. Trump continues to back. The month of April we lived a unique burst of ads in which the US decided to raise their tariffs to China and the Asian giant responded with equivalent climbs. The situation on April 11 reached absurd ends: US tariffs to Chinese imports reached 145%, and China’s to US products to 125%. Neither seemed to move token, but Trump ended up yielding Any was he who started hostilities. Yesterday both countries announced a 115% reduction in these reciprocal tariffs, which has been a real relief for the world economy. Image | Alain G. Shumbusho In Xataka | Spain acts where Europe doubts: the strategy that is paying fruits in China

The English Court reduces more than 1,000 euros this macbook pro m3 in one of its maximum configurations

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When I bought my first MacBook, the price was decisive to opt for the most basic version, with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. It is true that this configuration is usually small when a time of use passes. So if you are thinking of buying an Apple laptop, this El Corte Inglés offer It will interest you. Now, you can get on your website, the MacBook Pro 14 inches And in one of its most top configurations: 36 GB of RAM and 1 TB of memory, by 2,899 euros. There are few units, since it is difficult to find an Apple device with almost 30% discount, as in this case. Although if it gets to run out in El Corte Inglés, do not worry because in PCComponents They have matched the offer. Apple – Apple Macbook Pro 14 (2023), M3 Max, 36GB, 1TB, 14 ‘, Macos. * Some price may have changed from the last review An Apple laptop with power and storage In addition to Preciazo you have This Apple laptop at this time (taking into account the configuration it presents), there are many more characteristics that are worth considering of this MacBook Pro M3. Its screen is one of its main buzas. It is of Liquid Retina XDR type, with a diagonal of 14.2 inches and is capable of offering up to 1 billion colors. It is, therefore, an ideal laptop for design tasks or to become a multimedia center. Integrates six high -fidelity speakers compatible with Dolby Atmos And it comes with Magic Keyboard Keyboard Keyboard, Facetime HD and Touch ID camera. It also has a Wide connectivity sectionwith Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, Magsafe 3, HDMI port, USB-C ports, 3.5 mm jack for headphones and SDXC card reader. You may also be interested in Apple’s laptops Apple 2025 13 -inch MacBook Air with M4 16 GB Chip of Unified Memory, 256 GB SSD * Some price may have changed from the last review Apple MacBook Pro portable with 10 -core CPU and GPU: 16 GB of unified memory, 512 GB of SSD * 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. Images | Pedro Aznar (Applesfera) and Apple In Xataka | MacBook Pro M3 vs. MacBook Pro M4. What APPLE portable computer chooses according to your tastes and needs In Xataka | MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro: We explain which one to choose

The possibility that quantum entanglement rewrites gravity is the most shocking thing that physics proposes us

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In the exotic world of Quantum physics There are probably few strangest phenomena than entanglement. This quantum mechanism does not have an equivalent in classical physics, and is that the state of the quantum systems involved, which can be two or more, It is the same. This means that these objects, in reality, are part of the same systemeven if they are physically separated. In fact, the distance does not matter. If two particles, objects or systems are intertwined through this quantum phenomenon, when we measure the physical properties of one of them we will be instantly conditioning the physical properties of the other system with which it is intertwined. Even if it is on the other tip of the universe. It sounds for science fiction, it is true, but however strange and surprising that this phenomenon seems empirically proven. In fact, it is, together with the overlap of states, one of the fundamental principles of Quantum computing. This study suggests that gravity is a consequence of quantum information A way of defining quantum gravity requires observing it as the theory of physics that aspires to unify gravity as described The General Theory of Relativity of Einstein and quantum mechanics. It is, in short, a theory of all that attempts to explain what are the mechanisms that lead the behavior of gravity in the scale of subatomic particles. The problem is that so far gravity as we understand it from Einstein It only works well in the macroscopic world with which we are familiar. Physicists have been trying to clarify the relationship between gravity and quantum physics. In this context there is no doubt that each new contribution counts, and the one made One of the most surprising How many have emerged in recent years. And is that what he proposes in the scientific article he has published in Annals of Physics It is objectively revolutionary. Neukart argues that quantum interlocation has the ability to directly condition the geometry of the space-time continuum Its text raises the possibility that gravity is not a fundamental force, but the result of the way quantum information in the universe is organized. The reason why I have dedicated the first lines of this article to quantum interlacing is that Neukart argues that this phenomenon has the ability to condition directly The geometry of the space-time continuum. This means that gravity could be the result not only of the curvature that propitiate objects with mass or energy in space-time, but also of quantum interlocation. To reach this conclusion, this scientist has developed Einstein’s equations by adding a variable that represents quantum information. The effects of their prediction are so tiny that They are currently undetectable From an experimental point of view, but there is the possibility, if finally Neukart’s theory is confirmed, that their theoretical framework helps cosmologists to better understand the extreme phenomena that take place, for example, in The interior of black holes. In addition, this physicist suggests that quantum entanglement could explain where the value of the cosmological constant comes from. A form not quite precise but affordable to understand what this constant is is to observe it as a uniform and continuous force that stretches the space that contains everything. Anyway, Neukart’s theoretical proposal has several limitations that we should not overlook. On the one hand its effects are presumably noticeable only near the Planck scale. And, in addition, it does not solve the quantum gravity, of which we have spoken a few lines above. Even so, this proposal is very interesting for a reason: it suggests that, in reality, the space-time continuum It could be a manifestation of quantum information which contains the universe, so it invites physicists to address new lines of research. Image | Xataka with Dall-e More information | Annals of Physics In Xataka | The CMS experiment of the CERN has signed up an order: it has measured a crucial parameter of the standard model

The United States national dish faces a worrying future if tariffs are maintained: hamburgers

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The commercial war between China and the United States showed a problem for Beijing: they like, much, the American soybeans, to the point that each year they import Millions of tons With the direction of Asia. Of commercial conflict a Unexpected winner: Brazil. Now, the actors themselves appear in another scenario derived from the commercial war. Americans can pass For many things, but do not take away a good barbecue. The commercial war has opened an uncertain scenario for devour meat. Global hamburger in war. Told this weekend The New York Times that, curiously, most of the hamburgers consumed in the United States are not thence. Despite his image as a national emblem, the American hamburger is, in fact, the result of a very wide international supply chain. The ground meat that feeds barbecues, school canteens and fast food chains usually combine local meat with imports, especially and first of Brazil, today The greatest exporter of beef in the world. This interdependence has been exposed after the imposition of generalized tariffs by Trump, whose measures have reconfigured the World Meat Trade And the basic products that millions of Americans consume daily. Brazil, between two giants. In the midst of this commercial war, Brazil emerges (again) as a great beneficiary. Its meat, produced at low cost thanks to huge extensions of grass and cheap labor, has seen shoot your demand both in the United States and China, two economies that alone fail to satisfy the appetite Growing for lean proteins. The imports of Brazilian meat by Washington grew more than 50% In a single year, reaching a record of 1.3 billion dollars, even despite the 10% tariff that raises the final price for consumers. Meanwhile, China, also facing US tariffs, has reduced your purchases There and redoubled his commitment to Brazil, where almost half of his beef is already from the South American country. Molina meat in the eye of the hurricane. This (re) accommodation of commercial flows has caused a Price increase In the global market: Brazilian flesh has become more expensive about 20% Only since April. American meat companies, trapped between the need to maintain affordable prices and the rise in costs, have begun to Mix pork In their hamburgers to reduce the impact to the consumer. Meanwhile, Brazilian producers such as Grupo Fribal plan expand your herds In tens of thousands of heads to take advantage of a demand that, although buoyant, demands time and resources to materialize, in a context of recurrent droughts and logistic saturation in Brazilian ports. Usa dependence. The key in everything is that, although the United States remains a great producer of beef, its specialization is In the premium cuts like him Rib-Eye or the Filet Mignonnot in the type of lean and economic flesh that feeds mass consumption. Therefore, to make their hamburgers, US processors need to mix local meat more fat with imported lean varieties, and Brazil appears. As The economist explains Agrícola Glynn Tonsor in the Times, “in the United States we consume more ground meat than we produce.” The problem? That this structural dependence leaves exposed consumers: ground meat prices have increased 43% in five yearsand they are expected to continue going up while inflation forces homes to leave expensive cuts and return to the basics. All this, at a time when the American livestock census is in minimum of 73 years for droughts and rise in the price of the feed. Brazil and the consumer. Explained the NYT That while China reinforces its ties with Brazil after revoking licenses of more than 390 US processors in retaliation, President Lula tries to maintain diplomatic balances between his two main commercial partners. However, his advisor Celso Amorim Lets meridianly clear: China today offers “more opportunities and less risks” than the United States. Before the new scenario, Brazilian producers prepare to Fill the void left by Americans, although they recognize that expanding production requires time. With a Chinese middle class increasingly fond of the steak and The Hot Pots of beef, and an American demand that does not find substitutes on the same scale, Brazil is positioned as the winning epicenter of a meat trade in full transformation. Of course, with a “but” in the result that summarize very well The president of the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters, Roberto Perosa: the ranchers are winning, but it will be US consumers who literally “eat the invoice.” Image | Pxhere In Xataka | The price of beef has shot. And that threatens to turn hamburgers into the new seafood In Xataka | The great crisis of “false flesh”: McDonald’s has renounced the McPlant and Beyond Meat is sinking

You think your flight is managed by an airline, but in reality it sends a silent giant from Linear City: Amadeus

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From its central offices in Linear City, to eastern Madrid, Amadeus controls the largest travel reservation system on the planet with an almost suspicious discretion. This technological colossus, which barely sounds in the Spanish daily conversations beyond salmon pages, It is the invisible technological brain of global tourism. When you reserve a flight, a hotel room or a rental car, it is very likely that Amadeus technology intervenes at some point in the process. Its software processes billions of daily transactions According to your own data —Ans consultations, reserves and technical efforts, and connects more than 2,500 airlines and 800,000 hotels with their clients in almost all countries in the world. The 2025 first quarter data confirm your strong position: Benefit of 364 million euros (+12.3%). Revenues of 1,632 million euros (+9.1%). Unseen. The really interesting thing is how Amadeus has built a global model without giving up its European identity: Madrid is still its strategic center. Nice (France) is its ideas laboratory. And Erding (Germany) processing data. In this way he has created a viable alternative to the Californian or Chinese model. And without making too much noise. The contradiction. While the company celebrates the historical results published on Friday, the Stock Exchange He punished his shares with a 5.3%drop. The company has recognized that aerial incidents, weather problems and government developments in the United States have affected its reserves, and has cut its growth forecast due to the impact of the dollar-European exchange rate. In perspective. In times where in Europe Technological sovereignty is increasingly worried – Another question is how in time this concern comes – Amadeus is practically an anomaly. It has shown that it is possible to build critical technology with Spanish DNA and compete worldwide. Growth has been especially strong in Asia-Pacific, where reserves rose 10% and embarked passengers increased by 12%, consolidating this region as its main expansion engine. The next. Its net financial debt is at 1,875 million euros, now equivalent to 0.79 times its ebitda Of the last twelve months, 23.7% less than a year ago. As He has pointed out his CEO, Luis Marotothe company is confident in counteracting current challenges with price increases, collection of new customers and extension of services, while keeping attentive to the global uncertainty environment. The elimination of your debt instead of taking advantage of good inertia to try to grow out of control leaves us another reading between lines: Amadeus, rather than for the next quarter, is preparing for the coming years. Outstanding image | Amadeus In Xataka | The Empire of the PowerBanks of rent everywhere: the Chinese solution that should not take to reach Spain

Freepik has just launched an Open Source model with a groundbreaking characteristic: licensed images

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The Spanish Startup Freepik is already one of the absolute referents in the segment of artificial intelligence, but its last launch is especially significant. It is a new model of its own generative called F lite which is a new blow to the table for several reasons, but especially for an especially striking. Licensed images. Freepik, in collaboration with Fal.AI, has presented F lite, a model of generative text in image that stands out especially for being trained “exclusively with high quality images, with legal support and copyright protected” thanks to an important detail. They come from the Freepik library. Inspired (partly) in Deepseek. In Xataka we have talked to Omar Pera (@ompemi), Product responsible in Freepik. He has explained to us how the Deepseek Chinese model served as inspiration by demonstrating that it was possible to create a small but very capable model with much less resources and data. F lite is trained with “only 80 million images, compared to more than one billion usual images” in models of the generative images of the competition. Open Source. As explained in the technical report that accompanies the launch, F Lite is also An Open Source model of 10 million parameters-diminuto if we compare it with the 1.76 trillion estimated GPT-4-which has been trained for two months in 64 GPUS NVIDIA H100. A sample of the result obtained with F lite via Fal.AI. The car does not resemble Renault 5, true, but at least at the level of photorealism the result is really decent. Small but solvent. As explained Iván de Prado (@ivanprado), one of the top people responsible for its development, F lite is a decent model to generate certain types of images despite its small size. It also has its limitations, and can show anatomical defects or not give good results in complex or text rendering. The model is available in two versions in Hugging Face (regular, Texture) and in Fal (regular, Texture). It is also possible Download the github and use it at home, for example via comfyui. Is just the beginning. The launch of this model raises the beginning of an especially striking project that could gradually make it an alternative that rival the most ambitious models, but always supported by that argument of being trained with licensed images and being Open Source. More options for users. The model is not part of the moment of the offer of models available on the Freepik web platform, yes, and does not compete directly with models such as FluxMystic or image 3. “The bet and strategy does not change,” Pear pointed out, and consists in “optimizing the user offer and offering the best technology to solve the problem” and the need of each user. Demands everywhere. We have been seeing how artificial intelligence companies make indiscriminate use of content protected by copyright to train their models. They usually do it without a license and without having permission to use those works, and that has caused numerous Copyright rape demands, especially in cases Like OpenAi. Freepik Enterprise. This announcement comes almost at the same time as its new business offer, called Freepik Enterprise. Omar Pera confirmed that the initial reception of F Lite has been remarkable since this new service. In this area it is precisely where using a model like this is especially interesting, because “companies are covered” when using a model trained with licensed images. A by adobe and other rivals. Pera also pointed us out in Freepik They do not compete With images, “we are going for professional use cases of marketing or design.” They are not compared to a Getty or a Shuttersock, and more “with the creative tools of Adobe, with Leonardo (part of Canva from a year ago) or with the professional services of Midjourney. “ Image | Freepik In Xataka | All the great AI have ignored the laws of Copyright. The amazing thing is that there is still no consequences

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