Month: June 2025

Participate in our draw and earn 20 double entries to see ’28 years later ‘in cinemas

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’28 days later ‘is one of those films that feel precedent in a genre and that never go out of style. It is considered one of the masterpieces of horror and science fiction cinema, and its “infected” proposal (not so much “zombie”) has permeated to this day. After a successful sequel released in 2007, in just a few days, on June 20, it will be screened exclusively on cinemas’28 years later‘, the Third installment of the saga. Well, with a little luck, you and a companion can go see her completely free. The reason? That from Xataka, and by the hand of Sensacine, Let’s overcome 20 double entries. Participating is very simple and you can have not one, but two awards. We tell you more right away without any spoiler of the new film. How to win 20 double tickets to see ’28 years later ‘ Getting one of the 20 double tickets to go to the cinema to watch the new Danny Boyle movie is very easy: you just have to Point to the Scream Club of our Sensacine companions Through this form. The members of this club will have the opportunity to attend special and advanced projections of the latest premieres of horror movies, among many other advantages. Legal bases here. With just signing up, you will participate in the raffle of the tickets, but it goes more. One of the keys of the Scream Club is that, after each film session, the members can score the movies, give their opinion and, among all, grant the seal of “masterpiece”. Well, those who belong to the club, go see the movie and score it in Scream Club can also participate in the draw for two headphones Sony Ult Wear. Legal basis available in this link. About ’28 years later ‘ Attention: Spoilers of the first two films below. As you already know everything in horror cinema, ‘28 days later‘It places us at the beginning of this zombie apocalypse, when a group of activists enters a British laboratory and releases primates infected with a modified rabies virus. This virus, which is transmitted by saliva and blood, infects people and makes them violent and thirst for blood. In just one month, all the United Kingdom ends up succumbing to infection. In the absence of new dams, the infected end up starving. Six months, or ‘28 weeks later‘(Name that received the sequel), the outbreak is considered content. NATO forces enter London and begin an attempt to repopulation that is frustrated when an infected person, but asymptomatic, causes a new outbreak. In the end, the virus manages to cross the puddle and reach Europe. The film ends with a horde of infected running around the Eiffel Tower. ’28 years later ‘will tell us how survivors have adapted to a world full of infected And we get to ‘28 years later‘. This film, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jodie Eating and Ralph Fiennes, will premiere exclusively in cinemas on June 20 and tells us how some people have managed to adapt and survive in a world full of infected. A group of these survivors inhabits a small island connected to the continent by a single highly protected and guarded road. One of the members decides to venture in the continent, discovering all kinds of horrors and secrets related not only to those infected, but to other survivors transformed because of the virus. It is a movie that will be Visceral, terrifying and that will delight fans to scream in a movie theater. Cover image | Sony

Israel has responded as Ukraine

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Of the data that are known in the conflict between Israel and Iran there are a question I know He is sliding These days: the sophisticated anti -mile air defense of Israel, amplified by the publicized Iron domeAre you showing fissures? The truth is that there is a background explanation about the use (or not) of this Israeli defense system. Also a weakness that is exploiting Iran. Helicopters against swarms. In the middle of the rise of Iranian air attacks with Shahed dronesthe Israeli armed forces have begun to display a solution as striking as effective: the systematic use of combat helicopters AH-64 Apache to intercept unmanned aerial vehicles that manage to cross the sophisticated antimile framework of the country. Equipped with 30 mm cannons and aiming systems integrated into the gunner’s helmet, these helicopters, known in Israel as “Saraf”They were not conceived for anti -aircraft, but they have turned out to be a decisive tool to destroy drones at a short distanceonce they exceed medium and long -range defense systems. The captured videos They show the apaches by down drones propelled in full flight, an image that encapsulates the evolution of modern air combat and the urgent need for tactical solutions dynamics in a prolonged war context. The economic dilemma. We already said it at the beginning. Israel has one of the most advanced defensive architectures in the world, structured in layers: Arrow For long -range ballistic missiles, David’s sling (David’s Honda) for intermediate threats, Thaad for high altitude threats and famous dome For short -range projectiles. This network, sustained by highly coordinated sensors and radars, managed to intercept about 99% of the more than 300 missiles and drones launched by Iran on the offensive of 2024. However, and here is the quid of everything, maintaining that efficiency involves An immense cost: a single tamir interceptor of the dome costs near $ 40,000while the Arrow missiles easily exceed one million. Before drones that barely cost a few thousands, each anti -aircraft shot becomes a strategic profitability problem. Save missiles. In a wear war, as has demonstrated in Ukraineexhausting interceptors reserves in low value targets can end weakening the defense Faced with much more lethal threats. Therefore, like kyiv, Israel has begun to Reserve your missiles For priority objectives, and has delegated cheaper and more flexible systems, such as helicopters, the mission of containing drones waves. Shahed 131 Saraf vs Shahed. He Apache Ah-64Din his Saraf Israeli variantit can fly to more than 300 km/hyg carrying missiles and automatic cannons with a cadence of 10 shots per second. Your aim system, based on the gunner’s lookallows you to acquire targets with great precision. In front of drones like the Shahed, which fly in a straight line without evasive maneuvers, the Apache should have an advantage. Nevertheless, Some videos They suggest that clashes are not always immediate or effective. There is Drones reports evading for several minutes the persecution of four helicopters. If true, it would suggest the real difficulties of demolishing these objectives, especially when they are equipped with self -evil systems, Like the Russian Ukhylyontwhich performs automatic maneuvers when detecting other aircraft. A fatal error. In addition, the danger of friendly fire is real: helicopters flying to the level of drones can be confused by terrestrial defense systems, and an error could lead to the loss of a platform. It is not trivial, we speak of 50 million of dollars compared to a goal of just 30,000. Wear guerrillas. The threat is also not limited to current drones. Iran has already demonstrated a Shahed model with a reaction engine, The Shahed-238Able to exceed 480 km/h, an impossible speed to intercept for conventional helicopters. If these models begin to deploy in mass, the Apache would cease to be useful as an interceptor. In the short term, however, the Saraf remain an immediate and effective resource to protect civil areas, key facilities and military columns. In case of A prolonged campaign as lived by Ukraine, where Russia has come to launch More than 470 drones In one night, the tactical response capacity becomes more important than technological perfection. They remembered in Forbes That Israel, unlike Ukraine, has the ability to directly attack the manufacturing and storage facilities of drones in Iranian territory, which could mitigate part of the problem since its origin. Even so, while that does not happen, the tactical defense in the Israeli sky itself is in the hands of hybrid solutions: helicopters, light weapons, and possibly, in the near future, interceptor drones. Adaptation and evolution. He use of helicopters of attack against drones is a clear sample of how armies are adapting their doctrines against unconventional threats. As We have counted with Ukraine al develop an ecosystem of Anti -Didrone Weapons (from mounted machine guns In trucks up double cannon shotguns or portable missiles), Israel is exploring multiple fronts to mitigate a threat that, although cheap and rudimentary, can erode even the most advanced defenses if it occurs in sufficient number. If the conflict does not cease in the short term, it would not be surprising that in the coming months we will see a boom in the development of technologies dedicated to it, from low -cost smart ammunition to autonomous anti -urmon systems. Meanwhile, Israel’s defense against Iranian drones It will rest In the eyes and cannons of its crews of Apache helicopters. Image | Nehemia Gershuni-AylhoAlexpl In Xataka | What Israel looks in Iran is not in sight: it is called Fordow and hides under a practically impenetrable mountain In Xataka | An image has triggered the alarms in the Middle East. A giant armed has set for the Atlantic … from the US

that of white brands

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Silent but overwhelming, White marks They have been gaining weight in the Spanish purchase basket for years. Also in summer. A report Recent of Kantar reveals that the teaching linked to large distributors, such as Mercadona or Alcampo, have become more and lighter in an industry until not so much linked to large manufacturers: that of ice cream. So much so that according to Kantar, white brands almost monopolize 70% of the market value. The big question is … How have they achieved it? A percentage: 68.5%. White brands, those associated with distribution chains such as Mercadona, Carrefour, Aldi or Alcampo, have more and more weight in one of the most visited supermarket sections in summer: that of ice cream. It shows it clearly a Kantar report revealed by The economist which reflects that the badges of the distributors have been imposed on brands with a long journey in the sector, such as frigo, dairy, maxibon or häagen-dazs, already monopolizing 68.5% of the market value. A key: the price. To understand the growing weight of white brands in the ice market, several keys must be handled. One of them, fundamental, is the price. A box can cost more or less depending on whether it is a brand associated with chains such as Carrefour or Mercadona or a traditional firm of the sector. For example, A tarrine Belgian chocolate Häagen-Dazs of 460 mml costs 7.29 euros while another of Carrefour Sensation with the same flavor and 500 ml is announced by 2.65. An American manufacturer boat with 460 ml of cheese cake with strawberry syrup slope 6.29 euroswhile a similar Eroski Seleqtia option of 390 g is sold by 4.35with what the kilo comes out 2.5 euros cheaper. The article may not be exactly the same and time to decide the purchase, other factors beyond the cost, such as the quality or perception of the brand, but the price difference plays a crucial role. Last year Aecoc ShopperView conducted a study that shows that rates are still the factor that opts for purchase decisions for 73% of the interviewees. Beyond ice cream. That white marks have gained land to large manufacturers such as Unilever, Nestlé or General Mills until almost 70% The market value is not explained only by the drift of the ice cream sector. The trend coincides with another equally important: the General expansion of the distributor brands in the shopping baskets. Other Recent reportalso of Kantar and disseminated by Expansionshows that in two decades, between 2003 and 2024, its value quota has been duplicated. Of supposing 20% ​​it has been touching 44%. That weight gain has come accompanied by A change in role of brands such as Auchan or Landing. After years of crisis and price increase, the distributor’s badges have managed to make a hole thanks to their aggressive cost policy, winning a quota that has not yielded either with inflation or the exit of the crisis. Ice cream leave an example, but not the only one. In 2023 A ALIMARKET study He showed that white brands had made almost 82% of the volume of sales in drugstore and perfumery. It matters what … and where. Another important factor is where we buy ice cream. The report De Kantar shows that last year 81.6% of the market value was monopolized by organized distribution chains, especially supermarkets and self -service stores. It is an overwhelming percentage and also shows a clearly ascending trend. Just four years ago that same footprint was 78.5%, several points lower. The operators specialized in discount gain ground and the hypermarkets, which monopolize 12.2% of the ice cream business. The phenomenon is interesting because that growing weight of supermarkets coincides with an expansion within the chain sector that stands out precisely for their commitment to white brands, which is known as specialized operators in short assortment. In 2024 Mercadona was the main market share signature of the country, with A weight of 26.6% in food distribution. IFA, Carrefour, Lidl, Eroski and Dia also stand out in the sector, with a wide range of distributor brands. The backdrop. Beyond what or where customers buy, the refrigerator industry faces a complex scenario at the doors of summer. The sector has been watching with concern months The increase of the coconut oil due to environmental factors in Southeast Asia, a challenge to which the climbing of the price of cocoa is added international A record speed In Spain. According to The latest data of the INE, ice cream are now 3.8% more expensive than a year ago, a percentage that almost doubles the general CPI, which last month stayed at 2%. If we look further back, before the pandemic, the average price of the liter of ice cream has become more expensive 33%. Images | Michel Stockman (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | A squirrel could cross Spain jumping from supermarket in supermarket: how we have obsessed with the purchase

Five offers to take advantage of the iPhone, IMAC campaign, accessories and more

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Mediamarkt has launched new Apple Days, a store campaign that focuses on Apple’s devices and accessories and that, on this occasion, we can see very good prices in certain products. It is worth mentioning that the campaign will be active Until next June 20 at 09:00 hours. iPhone 16E by 599 eurosthe most economical Apple mobile has dropped even more price at its configuration of 128 GB. IMAC M4 by 1,369 eurosa powerful desktop computer that mounts the m4 chip. iPhone 16 by 939 eurosthe mobile of the current Apple generation has dropped in price in its 256 GB configuration. MacBook Air M4 by 1,039 eurosa potent and thin portable computer that mounts the m4 chip. AIRTAG by 99.99 eurosThe Apple locator now has a good discount on its pack with four units. iPhone 16E Although it has certain shortcomings, the iPhone 16E It is the cheapest mobile of the current Apple generation and a good entrance door to access its ecosystem. It is not compatible with Magsafe and only comes with a main sensor in the back, but in return it is compatible with Apple Intelligenceincludes the same chip as the iPhone 16 And it is a very compact mobile. In addition, it has now dropped even more price during Apple Days. The best value for money is in its base configurationbut the others also have a discount: * Some price may have changed from the last review IMAC M4 Although many prefer MacBook for their portable format, IMAC are a very good purchase option. During the Apple Days we can find the IMAC M4 which was launched in 2024: includes the M4 chip Apple, so it is compatible with Apple Intelligence, has both 16 GB of unified memory and 256 GB of SSD and includes a 4.5K retina screen 24 inches and a mouse and an Apple Magic keyboard. All this for 1,369 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 16 If the iPhone 16E does not convince you, the iPhone 16 is also a very good purchase option, especially if we take into account that it has dropped in price during the Apple Days of Mediamarkt. It is a powerful mobile that mounts the A18 Bionic chip and has a compact 6.1 -inch compact format. Despite what The best quality-price configuration is 256 GBit should be mentioned that it has also dropped in price in other configurations: * Some price may have changed from the last review MacBook Air M4 Apple laptops could not miss. In the Mediamarkt campaign we can also find offer the MacBook Air M4 that this year has been launched: it is quite thin, it rides a 13.6 inches screeninternally comes with the M4 chipso it offers good power and compatibility with Apple Intelligence. Although in the 256 GB configuration it is cheaper in Amazon (1,019 euros), It should be mentioned that the laptop has dropped price in Mediamarkt in two configurations: MacBook Air M4 (2025, 256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review AIRTAG He AIRTAG It is a quite useful Apple accessory to have the wallet, a backpack or suitcase and even the keys. It integrates with the search network, it has good autonomy, Your battery can change And during the Apple Days of Mediamarkt we can find this locator, although the pack with four units has a better value for money: Apple 4 AIRTAG package * 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 | Mediamarkt and Buyardation (header), Apple In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price In Xataka | GPS locator purchase guide: tips and recommendations to succeed and seven models from 30 euros

The only bugatti you can buy costs only 211,000 euros. The problem is that you can never drive it

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Luxury does not know limits and Bugatti has just proved it once more. At least in regard to purchasing power of its customers. Not happy with manufacturing some of the most exclusive cars on the planet, now Bugatti has allied with a crystal artisan and a jeweler to continue exploring Other areas of luxurybeyond that including its supercar. Your last piece: a craft jewel that You will not be able to get out of the garagebut it costs the same as a Porsche 911: A board watch With the bugatti seal. The passage of time in the history of Bugatti To give life to this clock, Bugatti has joined forces with two reference names in the world of luxury: the artisan of the Lalique glass and the prestigious jeweler Jacob & Co. Together they have created the Bugatti Calandre, a piece inspired by the design of the mythical Bugatti Type 41 Royalea sports limousine built between 1927 and 1933 by Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean, of which only six units were produced worldwide. The Bugatti Type 41 Royale It is considered One of the most exclusive and luxurious cars in the history of the brand, and its spirit and design lines are now moved to this board watch. One of the characteristics more distinctive of Type 41 Royale It was the sculpture of an elephant located on the radiator cap, work of Rembrandt Bugatti, brother of the brand’s founder. This figure became an emblem of elegance and refinement of the brand, and now comes back to life in the Bugatti Calandre. The clock has two statues of erect elephants on their hind legs, which faithfully mimic the historical Type 41 Bugatti supercar. Bugatti Type 41 Royale A Bugatti Tourbillon on the table In the center of La Calandra are the clock handles, while a little below you can admire the mechanism of the clock developed by Jacob & CO, which had already collaborated with the car manufacturer in Your wrist watches. The mechanism is discovered from Tourbillon type Formed by 189 components, which hooks with its hypnotic movement. The clock has an eight -day march autonomy, and has an exclusive rope mechanism integrated in its rear of carefully polished steel. In the upper part, Bugatti’s macaron stands out in the same way that looks in the brands of the brand, highlighting for its characteristic red color. Coroning the assembly, a carved precious stone using the exclusive Jacob & Co cut system in the form of a ball with 288 facets that increase the reflection of the light on its surface. It’s watch, it costs like a car Although its design can be a matter of tastewhat does not admit discussion is that Bugatti Calandre is a piece reserved for very few. At least for its price. Following the scarcity strategy Bugatti, manufacturers trio has agreed to manufacture only 99 units of this exclusive clock whose price amounts to $ 240,000, which is equivalent to something More than 210,000 euros to the current change. For that price, there is a wide variety of jewels on wheels but, as they highlight in Motorpasiona lot approaches what a Porsche 911 would cost. This board watch thus becomes a new exclusivity symbol, designed for those looking for something More than a luxury car: a work of art that can only be admired in the intimacy of a private room … always that you can afford it. In Xataka | In Austria, a radar has hunted a bugatti chiron at 123 km/h: the driver ran out of card and without a car Image | Unspash (Nejc Soklič), Wikimedia Commons (Johannes Maximilian), Jacob & Co

I have taken less than a week to deactivate the star function of iOS 26. The filter called is to kill flies to guns

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I’ve been from the night of the WWDC 25held on June 9 using the beta of iOS 26. This is the largest redesign of the Apple operating system in years, and the first real approach to how the company will implement its local artificial intelligence in native applications. One of the most commented functions was that of Anti spam protection. A system that comes to rival some already existing, like Google’sbut in a more aggressive and less intelligent way. So much so that I had to deactivate it just a week later. How the Apple filter works. Within the Apple Telephone App, from iOS 26, there are new ways to filter unknown numbers. Filter incoming calls: the incoming calls of unknown numbers are filtered. Whoever makes the call has to identify and, once we have that information, we can choose to pick up or not. Send all calls from unknown numbers to the voice mailbox. Automatically silence all calls of unknown numbers. The second and third option are quite aggressive (in addition to the second one was already present in previous versions of iOS). The great novelty is in How Apple Applies Ia Upon receiving calls, since it is Siri who attends the person, not us. The first day, the first notice. I receive many calls a week, more than I would like. Mainly, of messaging companies that contact me to know if I am at home. I analyze smartphones in Xataka and the different parcel companies call practically daily. From numbers that I don’t have saved, of course. It soon realized that they were calling me from a parcel company, and the delivery man was not answering the questions of Siri. How do I know? For how this new feature works. Thanks, don’t hang up. When someone with an unknown number calls us, Siri asks him to identify and explain the reason for the call. It is not necessary to be too explicit: it is enough to say “I am Ricardo, it is important.” But here there are two issues. The first is that the iPhone notifies discreetly when the filter is active, with a minimum vibration that we will not notice. The second is that, if the person does not identify, the phone does not start sounding until 20 seconds. A filter that does not filter so much. Yeah The call is urgentit is more than likely to hang. It is just what happened to me this week, both with the deliveries and with a call that I received from my health center. After a robot (Siri) ask you what you want, if you are not willing (or you cannot) answer at that time the question, it is difficult to be 20 seconds waiting for the phone to begin to sound to the other person. I saw perfectly how the delivery man hung before he started sounding and, after asking him (I had to call him later), he told me that he did not know if it was some type of fraud. Normalize that Siri takes it. It will not be easy to normalize that Siri takes the phone. It would be necessary for practically all Apple users to activate this function, and that users understand that every time you call an iPhone, you have to go through Siri. The most important factor of the urgent call is also lost: immediacy. A accident cases in which they call you with unknown numbers, medical consultations … No one likes calls of unknown numbers, but filtering them all, regardless of whether they have advertising purposes or not, is to kill flies to cannon. Google makes it much better. Google Filter suspicious calls of fraud or spam has been filtering years indicating precisely that the calls are spam. If we call us a number for commercial or fraudulent purposes, Google uses its AI model to analyze in the cloud where that number comes from. In the event that we are not clear who calls us, we have nothing but to filter so that the Google assistant does exactly the same thing that Apple does: ask the interlocutor who he is and the reason for his call. It is a practically infallible filter for commercial and fraudulent calls but in which at all times we are finding out whether or not they call us. Image | Xataka and Xataka Android In Xataka | What is the Robinson list and how to sign up for it to avoid unwanted advertising

Huawei wants cars to drive alone in the future. So he is already devising how to hide the steering wheel

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China wants Lead the car race of the futureand for this he will need to win in Battery developmentimplementation of own semiconductorsvehicle software and … Autonomous driving. The country led by Xi Jinping is doing Check In several of these pillars, and Huawei assumes a good part of these victories. The company has been working for years to lead technologies associated with electric cars, and autonomous driving is one of the keys that characterize it. Related to it (and related to how Huawei understands luxury in cars that have their technology), we have clues about what their future proposals will be like. A steering wheel that hides. On June 6, Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., LTD (subsidiary mostly participated by Huawei) registered a design patent before the National Office of Intellectual Property of China. This application refers to a retractable steering wheel, capable of being hidden in the command post. Once hidden. The patent does not refer to the exact operation, but shows a key related to its purpose: how the seat moves back when the steering wheel folds. The possible uses. Huawei has not detailed the scenarios of use, but there is a quite clear one: that when entering and leaving the vehicle, the steering wheel folds. Although the first thing that comes to mind has to do with Autonomous driving, The objective of the patent would also be related to the gain of space in the cabin. Relaxing the autonomous driving steering wheel is possible, but reserved for a very specific group of vehicles: those that have capabilities Autonomous conduction of type L4 and L5. Currently, there is not a single car in the world with these capabilities that we can buy as private users. In China, it is reserved for robotaxis like Baidu Apollo Goor the Waymo Alphabet in the United States. Vehicles with very restricted circulation and closed fleets. What is Yinwang and what does it do. Founded in January 2024, Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., LTD is a subsidiary of Huawei under its majority participation. The remaining 20% ​​is in the hands of Avat (An independent manufacturer that is sold in Huawei’s own stores in China and has Huawei Harmonyos and Technologies) and Group beings. Born to transform the Huawei Intelligent Automotive Solution (Hias) division into one of the main technology providers for electric and autonomous cars. Yinwang is responsible for manufacturing and supplying smart systems for vehicles: algorithms, sensors, integration of harmonyos adapted to automotive, control of car elements such as thermal management, suspension or braking, etc. Among his clients are brands such as Aito, Luxeed or Avat, who enjoy Huawei technologies. How house with Huawei’s strategy. Huawei’s role in the world of electric car is different from rivals such as Xiaomi. Huawei does not make electric carsdevelops the necessary technologies for China to lead them. Ren Zhengfei, founder of the company, showed his rejection of commercial terms such as “Huawei Aito”, and made it clear that his plan is to associate with different companies to provide them with their automotive solutions. At the moment, he has managed to associate with giants like Chery to provide the Luxeed S7 of autonomous parkingfight to win the career of faster electric car loaderand collaborate with Aito To provide him with his software. Patents, patents are. It is important to clarify that the registration of a patent does not have to translate into an exact materialization of the idea collected. Image | Luxeed In Xataka | China has traced another technological field in three years where a sidereal front: the robotaxis

The massive bombings of Iran threaten something essential to Intel: its facilities in Israel

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A good part of Innovations that Intel has introduced In its microprocessors during the last twenty -two years it comes from IDC (Israel Development Center), The development center that the company has in Haifa (Israel). This subsidiary was responsible for tuning in 2003 the microarchitecture P6 (banias), One of the most successful Intel has launched in the last three decades. The high performance/watt ratio of the Pentium M processors used on the centrine platform was largely due to this microarchitecture, which represented a very overwhelming break with the netburst microarchitecture used in Pentium 4 processors. The weight that the Israel Development Center currently has in Intel infrastructure is huge, and it all started thanks to the success of Pentium M processors and the centrine platform. Israeli engineers had the ability to “cut the healthy” with the Netburst microarchitecture of the Pentium 4 and take as a starting point the P6 implementation of the Pentium III. And they were right. Intel realized that this was the path he had to follow, so he certified the end of the Pentium saga as we knew it at that time, ending a reign that began in early 1993. Intel has a lot to lose in the war between Israel and Iran The war conflict currently supporting Israel and will threaten the lives of many people in these two countries because both are using a huge amount of missiles with a great capacity for destruction. One of the Israeli cities that are being bombarded with greater intensity by Iran is precisely haifa. According to Israel’s defense forces (FDI) During the night of June 13 to 14 they fell on this city and other regions of the north of this country about 150 Iranian ballistic missiles, and some of them reached several urban areas of Haifa. The size of missile attacks that are carrying out both countries is such that no civil installation is safe Israel has adopted a very opaque position that prevents knowing precisely from outside this country What damage are the attacks of Iran. For this last country the Intel facilities in Haifa They have no strategic valueso right now it seems unlikely to attack them expressly. Even so, the size of missile attacks that are carrying out both countries is such that no civil installation is safe, especially if it is close to a government building or a military installation. In any case, the Haifa Development Center is not the only thing Intel can lose in Israel. In the center of the country, about 50 km south of Tel Aviv, resides its manufacturing plant of Kiryat Gat avant -garde. I have had the opportunity to visit so much HAIFA facilities as those of Kiryat Gat On two occasions (2019 and 2022), and the latter are equipped with a multitude of photolithography equipment made by ASML, Tokyo Electron and other companies. Intel manufactures a good part of the processors that we can buy PC users, so it is evident that it has a crucial role in its production infrastructure. At the moment Iran has concentrated its missile attacks in the northern half of Israel, so the most affected cities are Haifa, Tel Aviv, Bat Yam and Ramat Gan. It seems that the region in which Kiryat Gat is not bombarded, but right now it is very difficult to foresee How will this conflict evolve and to what extent the integrated circuit manufacturing plant of Intel is or not at risk. Of course, it has something important in its favor to remain safe: it is housed in a relatively isolated industrial zone and far from any military or government installation. To damage it a priori Iran would have to consider it a priority objective and express it expressly. Image | Intel In Xataka | Intel has a bullet in the bedroom. A bullet capable of helping you compete from you with TSMC In Xataka | Intel and TSMC lead the revolution of photonic chips. His problem is that China has just done fully in this war

How to manufacture five million tires every year

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Between the Plaza Mayor of Valladolid and the Bibendum roundabout there are 4.1 kilometers and thousands of distance lives. Exactly those who work, have worked or work at the Michelin factory in the city of Pisuerga who, Like Renaultis one of the great engines of the city. The union with the city is so great that “in fact, the idea of ​​calling Bibendum Glorieta at the entrance of the factory left the City Council. We had a generic name of industrial polygon. We wanted to change it and they themselves proposed the name,” they point to us from the company whose doors proudly look its famous Pet in a gigantic size. And it is that 2,200 workers pass every day (almost 1,700 of them are part of the workforce and another 500 work in maintenance or cleaning, among other functions) that keep the plant to full performance, with three eight -hour shifts that keep alive an annual production of five million tires. The objective is clear: fill the 50 trucks that come out every day. Valladolid is not one more factory for the company. It is one of the so -called “digital factories” for the high investment that has been made in all types of systems to carry out a controlled production to the extreme. This investment is manifested in the machinery that gives life to gums for cars, trucks and tractors that are manufactured there but also for the control of the entire assembly line. It is there, exactly, where our visit begins. A control tower We could say that the Valladolid machine room is the opposite of what we could imagine. The Castellanoleonese plant moves to the rhythm of two operators that supervise everything that happens locked in an office. By hand they have two computers with multiple monitorson the wall the screens are multiplied with cameras distributed throughout the facilities, colored notices of all kinds and a volume of numbers, names and information for profane eyes. Our guide points to a side wall in which we had not repaired given the communicative epilepsy we had in front of us. Simply, lines and bulbs. This worked before and thus still controls the management of the inventory or the situation of the machines in some plants. Valladolid, they explain to us, have some of the most advanced control and supervision systems and, in fact, have worked to implement some of the solutions in other plants of the company. The intention is clear: all unforeseen must be controlled at the time for the production chain to stop the minimum and essential. From a breakdown to the shortage of a product. We leave that luck of control tower to put the feet on the mainland. In front we have the compounds that give life to a rubber. They are so simple that they look like a children’s game. Rubber, a metallic ring, the fabric that structures the wheel and the rolling band. So simple that it seems a lie that we talk about a product capable of resisting the force exerted by a car that rolls more than 100 km/h, a truck that transports tons of merchandise or a tractor that, with the agricultural tires More advanced, it can circulate at 80 km/h. “In the United States it is legal for a large tractor to circulate at that speed.” What is unthinkable here “creates a problem when thinking about how to face wear. So we have a system so that, from the tractor itself, the tire pressure is increased so that a smaller surface touch the ground when it moves through the asphalt. And, on the contrary, you can lower the pressure to gain trace when it gets into the field,” they explain. This way of working, without leaving from the tractor cabin, is a solution like the one that They use the pilots in the Dakar Rally That, from inside the car, they put pressure if they want to gain speed on a fast track or remove it if they need to cross a dune since it requires greater contact with the ground to have greater traction capacity. From the rubber to the road This is the key to everything. With the hand, our guide holds the tire rubber. “Each rubber has its own mixture and is secret,” they point to us. It is about making the most balanced rubber for each vehicle and moment. Not only is it a matter of offering the best grip, you also have to get the slightest rolling resistance (lower consumption) or less noise. And those concepts are enemies of braking, traction and, of course, performance. Join those Three pillars In a single tire is the biggest challenge, prioritizing with each type of product one or another game. For example, a Michelin Primacy 5the tire that we have come to know and that is designed for great general performance and good behavior in summer, that a Michelin CrossClimatedesigned to replace the chains in case of Nevada, or a Michelin Pilot Sportfor sports driving. The heart of each has its own mixture of ingredients (they add up to 200,000 tons of rubber per year). And that mixture enters through a machine that is in charge of flattening and shaping the compound. The mixture is heated, flattened and forms the heart of the tire. That already ironed rubber is painted with brands to facilitate the subsequent process management. As if it were a very long plasticine without principle or end, the machines are cutting into strips and barrels serve to generate the rounded shape. This is where the metallic ring and textile meshes are inserted in charge of structuring and supporting the vehicle pressures. The heavier, the greater the resistance the mesh should exert, so in the specific models for SUV or electric cars, two meshes are usually included. Finally, everything is covered with a last layer that will form the rolling band. This is drawn in the process of Vulcanizedat which time the tire … Read more

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During the Cold War, the possibility of a nuclear attack was not a remote hypothesis. It was a scenario contemplatedcalculated and tested. It was estimated that An atomic explosion in the atmosphere could generate an electromagnetic pulse capable of Radares unusedcommunications, electrical networks and command systems. In that context, the United States launched an ambitious test program to ensure that its strategic aircraft could resist that type of threat. They could not afford an electronic failure to stop fighting a bomber like the B-52. Thus, Trestele (Atlas-I) was born, a colossal installation Raised near the Kirtland Air Basein New Mexico. Its purpose was as singular as its design: simulate, without the need for explosives, the effects of a nuclear detonation on real aircraft. As they point out in Motorpasionto create a reliable trial environment, it was essential to eliminate any interference. Even the platform itself had to become “invisible” to the phenomenon that was tried to reproduce. The solution was as radical as ingenious: build the main structure Almost without metalusing laminated wood, fiberglass bolts and more advanced civil engineering techniques. The result remembered a railway bridge suspended on a ravine in the middle of the desert. More than 35 meters from the groundthe airplanes were towed on a wooden track and exposed to gusts of controlled energy that imitated the behavior of an electromagnetic pulse. It was a way to recreate, with extreme precision and without a single nuclear explosion, the invisible effects of a war that should never occur. A colossal structure to protect the nucleus from US military power The mind behind the project was Carl E. Bauman electrical engineer of meticulous thought that dedicated more than four decades to the Air Force. It was he who proposed to build a high and non -conductive platform to simulate a realistic flight environment, free of interference. His proposal was not a heart, but the fruit of years of study on the effects of Electromagnetic pulses. At a time when computers could barely model complex phenomena, Baum defended that there was only a reliable way to understand the impact of an EMP on an airplane: apply it directly on a real aircraft, without computer shortcuts or synthetic recreations. He himself avoided the use of computers, although his team did use them. Decades later, super -touches like The Captain They are capable of simulating nuclear explosions in three dimensions with an unthinkable precision in the seventies. But then, neither the calculations were so sophisticated nor the models so reliable. Baum preferred Pencil, perforated paper and hand -drawn transparencies. While the world began to imagine a defense supported by simulations, he designed a physical environment, almost completely assembled in wood, to test with real energy what one day could decide the fate of a country. Building such an installation was not only a matter of size, but of intention. The complex Trestele It should be immense, but also not disturbing for experiments. To achieve this, almost all the metal materials of the test platform were removed: even the screws were made of wood or fiberglass. The main board measured about 61 meters sidealthough it was not a perfect square: its corners were cut to improve structural efficiency, which slightly reduced its useful surface. The whole set was held on a ravine in the Kirtland Air Baseso that the plane was suspended as if it were in full flight. The total length of the complex exceeded 300 meters. Each component was designed not to interfere with the reproduction of the phenomenon, although other parts of the installation, such as the Wedge building or the termination tower, they were made of steel. The Trestele test structure in the 1980s The airplanes were towed to the platform using a wooden ramp of about 120 meters. Once in position, they were subjected to discharges of very high intensity generated by an electrical system capable of loyalty replicating the conditions of a nuclear electromagnetic pulse. Two Marx generators, housed in sealed compartments, launched impulses of about 5 million volts each. It was not about destroying the plane, but to verify how their systems responded to an invisible threat, capable of burning unprotected circuits, with the aim of reinforcing them to continue working after a real attack. A B-52H Stratofortress at the Barksdale Air Base, Louisiana (2021) Some of the most strategic aircraft in the United States passed through the Platform of the Tressel. He BOMBARDERO B-52emblem of nuclear deterrence, was one of the first to submit to the tests. It was followed by models like the EC-135designed to maintain the chain of command in case of crisis, and the E-4also known as “the final judgment plane.” Everyone shared a critical mission: to follow operational even if the rest of the country was incommunicado. What was tested was not just the resistance of a cell or the integrity of a radar. It was the ability to preserve intact the core of military power in the worst imaginable scenario. For decades, TresTle was one of the largest wooden structures ever built. His scale was huge. To keep it standing, more than 60,000 dielectric bolts were used only on the board and the ramp, although more than 150,000 special bolts without metal were used throughout the installation. That is added millions of laminated wood pieces. Although today the Grand Ring of Expo 2025 in Osaka It has been officially recognized by Guinness as the largest wooden architectural structure in the world, the Tustle maintained that title in an unofficial way. Images | United States Air Force (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) In Xataka | Naples Airport has rejected a Boeing 787 with 200 passengers on board for a single reason: two meters long

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