Month: July 2025

When Mercedes manufactured a “F1” street to three million euros each, he forgot something important: that they would not catch fire

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The Mercedes-Am One, one of The most advanced hyper -sports And exclusive to the planet, has been called to review for a problem that, in principle, could be considered insignificant. However, it can end with a car that is around 3 million euros wrapped in flames. For this reason, the owners of 219 of the 275 units that Mercedes manufactured from this model have received a review call to be carefully reviewed. A tiny mistake, a huge risk. Mercedes-Benz has issued a revision call for the Mercedes-AMG One due to a possible failure in the hydraulic system that activates its active rear wing. According to data of the Federal Motorized Transport Authority of Germany (KBA), 219 units manufactured between December 12, 2022 and May 9, 2025 could be affected by this defect in its manufacture. The problem lies in a small piece of the hydraulic system, a pin or clip, whose function is to guarantee the stagnant closure of the hydraulic circuit. As read in the report of the call to review, the absence of this piece can cause flammable fluid leaks that, in contact with hot parts of the engine, are a real risk of fire. The solution: fast and without complications. Despite the potential severity of the failure, repair is apparently simple and does not require disassembling the vehicle or making structural changes. KBA sources They have explained to Motor1.com That a specialized technician must check if the pin in question is present and, if necessary, will be installed in an intervention that lasts approximately 90 minutes. So far, the brand has not officially related this defect to the fire suffered in June AMG One, as he said Autobild. That was the second unit of an AMG One that has burned. The first burned while They were preparing it to deliver it And I was already uploaded to the transport truck. That is why the brand considers that there is no connection between those incidents and the spoiler’s pin. A very complex hybrid hypercoche. Beyond the shock that more than one owner will have had when receiving the brand notice, the Mercedes-AMG One is a record supercar. HE presented in 2017 as ‘Project One ‘and was developed for years by the complexity of adapting a V6 engine of Formula 1 with four electric motors to give a total power 1,063 hp and echo on your windshield. The first units did not begin to be manufactured until 2022 as published Coach. Of the 275 units manufactured, 183 have remained in Germany, while the rest are distributed throughout the world. The exclusivity of a street F1. The Mercedes-AMG One is a superxclusive car and with a very complex development given the nature of its mechanics. In fact, the development of the car was so complicated that neither Ola Källenius, president of Mercedez-Benz agreed with its manufacture. “I will have to check the minutes of the meeting again, but I am sure we were drunk when we said yes,” joked the Swedish manager in statements to Coach. In Xataka | Bugatti Veyron was a jewel that cost 1.7 million dollars: Volkswagen lost 6.7 million with each one that sold Image | Wikimedia Commons (Matti Blume, Alejandro Migl)

What we know about the risks of suffering a stroke being young

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Over the years our health worsens and that is why it is not surprising that there are diseases and ailments that we associate with age, such as Alzheimer’s or some types of cancer. However, young people are not immune to these diseases and when these call the consequences can be devastating. An increasing problem. Age is One of the key risk factors In the appearance of stroke or stroke (stroke), but that does not mean that young people are immune to this type of event. According to the European ICTUS organization (that for its acronym in English), the prevalence of ischemic stroke (the most frequent type of stroke) in adults between 18 and 50 years is approximately 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and year. More worrying perhaps is the fact that this prevalence has been growing, at least in high -income countries between the 1980s and the present. Also worrying the fact that we do not know exactly the reason. The stroke. The strokes occur when interrupts or reduces drastically The blood flow that reaches a part of the brain. There are two types of stroke depending on the origin of this interruption, ischemic (the most frequent), or hemorrhagic (less prevalent). The ischemic stroke occurs when one of the circulatory routes of the brain is blocked, by a clot or by a narrowing of this route. The hemorrhagic instead is caused by the breakage of the blood vessel and can therefore be even more harmful than the ischemic. Risk factors. The risk factors in the appearance of the ICUTS have been extensively studied, but the information we have regarding cases in which this ailment is unleashed early is more limited. A study Posted in 2018 in the magazine Journal of the American Heart Association He studied these factors and found 11 that showed statistical correlation. These risk factors included atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes types 1 and 2, LHD clollesterol, hypertension, and family history of stroke. The study also found a negative correlation between LDL cholesterol and the risk of suffering from an early stroke. Other studies have also found risk factors in the consumption of tobacco, obesity or metabolic syndrome although only the first of these three factors did it with consistency According to that. The weight of genetics. Genetics is an important factor in the appearance of stroke. Another study Posted in 2022 in the magazine Neurologyobserved some genetic trends among patients with early stroke. The team found a relationship between the genes that determine the blood group and this risk. The existence of stroke cases in family history is generally considered a risk factor, but it is more when these cases occur at an early age. That is, the cases of stroke in young people are, in themselves, a risk factor. When the stroke comes soon. Experts used to think that the arrival of an ICTUS at an early age raised a smaller problem than its arrival at a late age since the response capacity was better. However, long -term studies They have questioned that idea: People suffering from an early ichtus show an increase in long -term mortality among those who suffer from this type of events before the age of 60. In Xataka | We have a new and promising treatment against the consequences of stroke (and has been created in Spain) Image | MART PRODUCTION

There is an island that has been prohibiting cars for more than a century and continues to use horses. And it’s doing pretty good

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Before entering the subject, let’s make a game: Open Google Maps, Type “Mackinac Island” And let the search engine transfer you to a small island in Lake Huron, in Michigan, USA. Then approximate and handle Street View to take a virtual walk through its streets. In their wide avenues you will see people walking, people by bicycle and people mounted in carriages thrown by horses, but what you will not find are cars. Very lucky maybe CACES some (few) of those used promptly to provide certain services. After all Mackinac is known worldwide Therefore: have banished motor vehicles and stay, in the middle of 2025, such as the reign of horses. In a Michigan place … Mackinac is a fantastic example of how history is full of ironies. The island known inside and outside the US for its aversion to cars is located in the middle Ford, General Motors either Chrysler. In fact Detroit, the “Motor City” It is located just 400 k, in a straight line. However, despite this influence of the industry 127 years ago the island authorities made a peculiar decision: they prohibited the use of combustion vehicles. Petarders no, thanks. The veto was promulgated the July 6, 1898after the islanders who dedicated themselves to working with calese alerted of the “dangers” and discomfort that the new “carriages without horses.” The legend He says that the trigger (never better) was the firecracker of a vehicle that in 1898 frightened a group of horses. It is also not far -fetched to think that the chauferes They moved to shield your business in the face of engines. A prohibition in DNA. The fact is that the rule set. After a few years It extended To the rest of the island, just 3.8 km2, and with the passing of the decades it became one of Mackinac’s great hallmarks. Little served to mark like Oldsmobile Or Ford became stronger and more only a few kilometers from there, the small island of Lake Huron remained an impregnable redoubt for the thriving automotive industry and thus has continued to be during the twentieth and twenty -first centuries, for pride of local authorities. On their official website they remember that the M-185the road that surrounds the island, is the only US state road in which the use of motor vehicles is not allowed. “Of the more than six million kilometers of public streets in the US, there is a stretch of 13.2 kilometers in Mackinac that stands out for its uniqueness,” They need The authorities. “It could be decided that it is literally one among one million.” There is no car? No. And yes. The authorities do not allow people to use cars as they would do any other part of the US, but that does not mean that there are certain exceptions. Mlive remember That the island has emergency vehicles, police cars, an ambulance released in 2021 and fire trucks. The State Park also has vehicles, although only uses them out of season high and preferably at first or last hour of the day. The island has also turned a blind eye in certain cases. For example, the US secret service put a car in 1975, during a visit by President Gerald R. Ford with his wife. The vehicle was used by agents. Ford opted for a carriage pulled by horses. Another exceptional case was the filming in 1979 of ‘Somowhere in Time’a film starring Chistopher Reeve and Jane Seymour that was shot in Mackinac and had a special permission to use vehicles. And the rest of the time? Simple. People walk, move by bike or ride in carriages thrown by horses, one of the great hallmarks of the island. It is believed that the horses arrived in Mackinac around 1780 by the British, who used them to lift the Strong Michilimackinacand the caleses were popular mostly in the nineteenth century, when the island became popular as a resting place. The first license for a carriage was issued in 1869. The island also has a ferry that allows its 600 inhabitants Move more easily from neighbors Mackinaw City or St. Ignace. “Without horses, this place would not be what it is. It allows you Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A destination with history. With the passing of the decades Mackinac has achieved more than becoming a small redoubt safe from the traffic and contamination of cars. It has also become a popular destination, especially during The summer months. There, in addition to their horse carriages, coasts and landscape The Anishnaabe culturea group of indigenous peoples from the region of the Great Lakes of North America. Images | Dan Gaken (Flickr), Greg Marks (Flickr), Kate Ter Har (Flickr) and Poissantfamily (Flickr) In Xataka | In the US there is a “colonized” city by the Basques. And it has its own Ikastola, Frontón and Ikurriñas on the street

More and more young people speak Mandarin and venerate to China

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Sometimes, two apparently opposite worlds are irremediably attracted. Last year, commercial tensions between Beijing and the EU opened a new scenario for the Russian farmers and “your” pig. Shortly after, the Hype was in crescendo with the proliferation of Russian product stores In cities throughout China. And now, as communicating vessels, the Russians are folding the “Made in China” as their parents did in 1991 With the United States. They are even talking in Mandarin. China as a lighthouse. I told it The New York Times. In the Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, where Western sanctions They have broken decades of economic and cultural ties, China has begun to occupy the symbolic and material space that previously belonged to the Anglo -Saxon and European world. As? From thematic parks with traditional Chinese architecture, to university classrooms from Moscow where to learn Mandarin (I know They have returned), or in the decoration of the city to celebrate the New Year Lunar and in the Metro wagons decorated with proverbs XI Jinping, Chinese culture It has broken In Russian daily life with an intensity that, until recently, would have seemed unimaginable. A mirror. In that scenario the media had cases of young people such as ALYONA IYEVSKAYAfirst year student at the University of Moscow, who no longer dream of London or Paris, but with Shanghai and Beijing. China is not only admired for its accelerated development and its educational and labor opportunities, but also for its Diplomatic closeness with the Kremlin and its role as an economic support of an increasingly isolated Russia from the western world. The eastern turn. The transformation is not superficial. From public schools overflowing with the demand for Mandarin classeseven technical universities that incorporate it as Second mandatory languageChinese learning has become a progress tool for a generation that associates the future with the East. In fact, the medium underlined some incontestable data: Employment offers that require Chinese knowledge They have shotwhile Chinese Nannies They are hired by the Russian elite for their children to grow bilingual from the cradle. In bookstores, books about Chinese Confucius and Philosophy abound, theaters host montages Based on novels contemporaries of the country, and museum exhibitions They actively seek collaborations With cultural institutions of Beijing. Putin and Xi Jinping There is much more. Yes, because he Commerce also reflects This change: more than 900,000 Chinese cars were sold in Russia in 2024, multiplying for eight The 2021 figure. Although brands like Porsche and Mercedes continue to symbolize status, models like li xiang or haval They begin to fill the Moscow streets. Of course, this mass adoption is not free of internal tensions. A latent resistance. Despite state and media enthusiasm for Sinization From Russian tastes, resistances and contradictions persist. The preference for Western products Keep aliveas shown by luxury residential buildings that look like names such as Knightsbridge or Belgravia. He described the Times More clues of that resistance, such as jokes on Chinese cars in networks, the reluctance of some consumers and the failure in the box office of Sino-Ruses as Red Silksituations that reflect a gap between the enthusiasm promoted from above and habits rooted in society sectors. Even among the new generations, Asia enthusiasm It is not uniform: older adolescents still identify with the West, while the smallest, growing in a saturated environment of “Made in China” products, barely know European or American referents. Strategic affinity, non -cultural. It is another of the possibilities that are pointed out. For some Russian analysts, such as Sinologist Yulia Kuznetsovathis turn to China is not so much a structural transition as a transient alliance. Although economic exchange and geopolitical approach between Moscow and Beijing They have intensified (With Xi Jinping visiting Putin and Bilateral Commerce Beating records), the cultural barrier remains. China, with its centralized political system and its millenary history, is still seen by many Russians as A foreign civilization. Kuznetsova even argues that Arab culture, today visible in popular destinations such as Dubai, is closer for the middle Russian citizen than China. For her, Europe (despite fractures) remains the only cultural sphere with which Russia shares deep roots. Pragmatism without enthusiasm. Thus, the vision of families such as Aleksandr Grek’smagazine editor and father of five children, perfectly synthesizes this duality. While their teenage children still consume Western culture, the little ones grow surrounded by toys, technology and visual content from China. For him, sending his 14 -year -old daughter to spend the summer with a Chinese family is not an ideological act, but a strategic investment: “China is our only friend now.” Its reasoning is based on an economic diagnosis: China leads key sectors such as Artificial intelligence wave solar energyand Russia needs to align with that engine if you want to stay competitive. That logic has become a Dominant argument Among parents, businessmen and officials: it is no longer about cultural affinity, but systemic survival. China present. What seems more or less clear is that what is happening in Russia is not only a change of tastes or languages, but a deep displacement of the axis of cultural, commercial and symbolic influence. In absence of the West (blocked by sanctions, closed to tourism and stigmatized by the official discourse), China offers not only access to consumer goods and technological cooperation, but also A new story of greatness, resilience and development without liberal ties. Seen, it is, in many ways, an alternative version of what Russia would like to be: powerful, pragmatic, respected and authoritarian. And although, as we see, that model does not go equally in the collective imaginary, nor will nostalgia delete for the western past, Everything points To, at least for now, Russia orbit more and more firmly in the sphere of Chinese attraction (and vice versa). Image | Hippox, SvklimkinPresidential Executive Office of Russia In Xataka | China is filling with Russia products. 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A work in front of Casa is unvoyable for everyone. China has a solution: inflatable domes

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Anyone who has lived them knows: works can be as annoying as necessary. That they build a hospital, a school or a shopping center next to the house can be a blessing, but it is preceded by months and more months (not years) of dust, noise and a continuous coming and going of excavators, cranes and trucks. In China they have decided to save the neighbors that annoying toll of A peculiar form: covering the works with gigantic inflatable domes. AND (faithful to his style) He has also decided to do it in a big way. What happened? That China has had An idea so that the works generate less discomfort to houses, schools, parks, churches and other buildings that surround them: encapsulate them. Literally. Its proposal consists neither more nor less than inflarous ‘bubbles’ that cover the entire extension of the works, temporary domes that reduce noise and dust that the neighbors usually suffer when workers, trucks and excavators begin to move. The objective: less impact was while operators work inside. From theory to practice. The use of large inflatable domes is not exactly new. In autumn of 1971 Ibiza already hosted an ephemeral city created with plastic inflatables, Instant City. If the Chinese initiative is news, it is because of its approach (it seeks to minimize the impact of the works) and especially because it has gone from the theory to the facts. And big, in addition. In Jinana populous city of the East of China that acts as the head of the province of Shandong, just deployed an XXL inflatable dome as part of the Honglou 1905 project. According to Precise Huanqiuthe promoters want to build a large commercial complex there, but they found that the plot in which the works must be developed is in an area full of life, the district of Licheng, near a church, the Shandong University and an institute, in addition to numerous buildings. Thus, the question was obvious: how to get the works forward without the noise, dust, dirt and come and go of trucks to ruin the daily life of the entire neighborhood? An ephemeral ‘cathedral of 50 meters. The answer revealed it A few weeks ago Dazhong News: Those responsible for the work deployed a large inflatable dome 150 meters long, 100 wide, 50 high and a total area that moves between 20,000 and 30,000 square meters to cover the works. As is. The structure is formed by a PVDF membrane, a very fine material that operators deployed on June 12 with the help of fans. “The outside of the film is a network structure made of steel cables that keeps it together and then fixes it to the concrete beam at the bottom,” Wang Luren clarifiesHonglou Project Manager 1905. Under the dome there are no columns in addition, which allows operators to move comfortably. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Less dust, less noise. Those responsible for the work ensure that the “ bubble ‘reduces dust emissions by about 90% and cushion in more than 80% the noise of the works. It is also water resistant, which facilitates work during rainy months. However, the idea is that the dome is used during the first phase of the works, while the work progresses at zero level. For now, it has already served the government to breastfeed. A few days ago none, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, He presumed that Jinan’s inflatable dome is “the largest in the world.” And insisted: its purpose is to “create cleaner and more silent construction spaces, minimizing the impact (of the works) in the surrounding communities and the environment.” To emphasize the message he published a video of the deployment that have reproduced media such as TN either Gulf News. And what about workers? The dome may reduce the discomfort of the works between the neighborhood, but … how does it affect the operators that will work inside? If dust and noise do not go outside, do they accumulate in the structure? Won’t it affect temperature? The initiative has raised similar questions, but the promoters ensure that the bubble is also designed for workers. “Avoid high temperatures” .Luren says that the PVDF membrane blocks 90% of ultraviolet rays and the structure includes a breathlessness at the top to guarantee ventilation. “We will also adjust the construction cycle to, as far as possible, avoid high temperatures.” A spray system and fog cannons will also help the accumulation of dust under the membrane staying at “a reasonable level”. The roof is also igniphed, is designed to support storms and snowfall and is completed with a system that allows their responsible to adjust the environment. Images | X (mao none) In Xataka | China is moving whole buildings at the same time to build underneath. Because? Because it can

Some researchers created a company where all employees were AI agents. They did not make a quarter of the work

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With a generative AI that already shows Signs of decelerationthe next great jump already glimpses on the horizon: the AI agents. Unlike chatbots, an AI agent can be given a complex task and will act independently, making decisions on the march to achieve their goal. Everything pointed to the fact that 2025 was going to be the year of the agents ia And, to verify it, some researchers did A curious experiment: They put several of these agents to work in a fictitious company. It didn’t go very well. A fictitious company. The study was conducted by Benegie Mellon University researchers and sought to measure the effectiveness of the AI ​​agents. In it, they created an environment that pretended to be a small company dedicated to the development of software to which theagentcompany baptized. The company had 18 employees and an objective plan for the sprint quarterly. In addition, they had enough internal documentation such as an employee manual, human resources policies or good practices guide. Employees communicated through a Slack type chat program for communication between them. He Staff. The AI ​​agents who put to work in Theagentcompany included Google, OpenAi, Meta and Anthropic models. They were assigned roles such as Financial Analyst, Project Manager or Software Engineering. A technology director and a human resources manager were also created to which each agent could contact if they need it. Among the tasks they had to do was write code, search the Internet, open programs or organize data on spreadsheets. Quite typical in a company of these characteristics. The problems. The agents began to work and at first everything was going well, but it soon appeared problems and misunderstandings. One of the agents had to access information, but a popup appeared on the screen and could not see it. Although I could close it by clicking the X of the upper right corner, he asked for help to human resources, which told him that the computer department would soon contact him to solve it. He never contacted and the task was not completed. The agents also developed a curious behavior when they were not clear what were the steps to follow. Sometimes they cheated and created shortcuts to skip the difficult part of a task. For example, an agent did not find the person who had to ask a question. What he did was change the name to another user for that of the user he had to ask. The results. The employee medal of the month was taken by Anthropic and his Claude 3.5 Sonnet model. But, although he was the best, he only managed to complete 24% of the tasks assigned to him. Germini 2.0 Flash and Chatgpt only completed 10% of the tasks and the worst employee was Nova Pro 1 of Amazon with 1.7% of completed tasks. The most common failures were caused due to lack of social skills and not being well looking for the Internet. The threat of AI agents. According to the last World Economic Forum Reportthe AI ​​will destroy more than 90 million jobs in the next five years (although it is also expected to be created almost twice new positions) and AI agents have a threat to many jobs. However, experiments like this show that technology is not yet ready to replace 100% of a human employee. Currently, AI agents They make many mistakes And, like Tesla’s Autopilot, for now it is better Do not remove your hands from the steering wheel. Image | Gemini In Xataka | The workers have stopped fear of AI as a machine to destroy jobs: software engineers do not think the same

Falling from 10,000 meters without parachute was a safe death. Until Vulović appeared

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Suddenly, the hostess Vesna Vulović Recover knowledge. He is bite and can barely move due to his partner’s inert body. Half of Vesna remains on the plane, and the other half is out. What had just happened was going to challenge physics for decades: no one, neither before or after, had been able to survive a free fall without parachute from 10,000 meters high after the explosion of a commercial flight. The question since then is simple: how the hell managed to leave alive? The wrong flight. On January 26, 1972, Vesna Vulović, a young 22 -year -old Yugoslava flight Jat company for a confusion of names with another partner. The itinerary included several scales between Stockholm and Belgrade, and nothing presaged that it would be the most extraordinary and tragic flight of his life. The accident. After taking off from Copenhagen to Zagreb with 28 people on board, the plane reached cruise altitude. Minutes later, at 4:01 p.m., while the then Eastern Germany, He disappeared from the radar suddenly. An explosion at the front of the luggage compartment left the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 in two to more than 10,000 meters high. What followed was a brutal vertical fall, a bleak scenario in the snowy mountain of Srbská Kamenicein the then Czechoslovakia. There was only one survivor: Vesna. Silence: an attack. Just a few hours after the accident, Czechoslovacos secret services They took control absolute of the place. Access to press was not allowed, much less civilians. The next day, an unidentified man, in a somewhat strange Swede, called the Kvällsposten newspaper ensuring that he was Croatian and a member of a nationalist group that had placed the bomb. The Yugoslav government immediately pointed to The UstachaCroatian ultra -right organization. Ten days later, the remains of a alarm clock supposedly linked to an explosive were presented as proof. Black boxes were never found, there were never arrests, or claims by any organization. An McDonnell Douglas DC-9 by Jat Airways identical to the accident The documented miracle. As we said, the official report indicated the cause of the accident Like a bomb placed by a Croatian nationalist group, although the culprits were never identified. Even so, the authorities closed the case in 1974 attributing it to an explosive attack. The official story argued that Vesna fell from More than 10,000 metersprotected by a series of improbable factors: a catering cart that kept it trapped in the fuselage, the friction of the air that damping the fall and the so -called terminal speed (maximum speed that reaches a body moving within an infinite fluid under the action of a constant force), the snow on the slope of the mountain that reduced the force of the impact, and finally a part of the relatively intact plane protected from the final blow. That was so amazing that even the mythical Mythbusters reached Recreate the case And they concluded that the possibility of surviving was not void, although, of course, tiny. Tributes. Vulović suffered multiple fractures, entered a coma for almost a month and was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. However, he managed to recover, walk again and even fly again. In fact, the woman was honored in London By the book Guinness With a record that remains: that of the person who has fallen without parachute and has survived (prize, by the way, delivered by Paul McCartney himself). The doctor. Over the years, Vesna shared Some memories rebuilt from what they told him. In her words and those of the man who rescued her, a former German army doctor named Bruno Henke, she was in the central part of the plane, not in the tail, contradicting the official theories that explained their survival. Henke, a neighbor of the area, argued that he found it in the middle part of the plane, at the height of the wings. He found her head down, with the torso out of fuselage and legs inside. Vesna always He believed his testimonyIn fact, he had a close relationship with Henke. Vulović (right) during his visit to Czechoslovakia, November 1972 Something does not fit. Let’s recapitulate: Vesna’s body, as we said at the beginning, was partially inside and outside the fuselage, with that “miraculous” cart literally nailed to his back. And here appears one of the great doubts, because that incongruity undermines the physical hypotheses about how he could survive, since a person in the middle zone of the device could hardly have remained within it After an explosion that left it at two high. Herself He pointed out thatas the plane was half empty, it probably moved among the passengers, according to the service protocol. To do everything a little more complicated, Vesna’s amnesia about everything happened on that date prevented verifying the details. Boom. In 2009, the story He took a turn unexpected. An investigation by journalists Peter Hornung-Andersen, Pavel Theiner and Tim Van Beveren, published by Tagesschau and issued by the ARD chain, He unearthed documents Dak For mig fighters of the Czechoslovak Air Force when it flew to low height, just 800 meters from the ground. According to This versionthe plane descended by an emergency and was confused with an aerial threat when entering a restricted area, perhaps linked to a Soviet missile base, or coinciding in the airspace with the plane of the Soviet leader Breznev’s own leader in official visit to East Germany. The demolition would have been Undercover by the Police Secret, which built the history of the “world record” to hide the incident. This version was based on official documents, testimonies of witnesses who saw the plane flying whole before exploding, and what is doubtful, the apparent physical impossibility of surviving a fall from such a height. The official silence. Czech authorities They denied categorically the alternative version without offering contrary evidence. They never explained the absence of black boxes or responded with documentation to refute the new findings. A general came to declare that “at least 200 people should … Read more

Smar intelligent without saying absolutely anything

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Sam Altman was interviewed a few days ago by his brother Jack on the YouTube channel of this. And there is a moment of the interview in which Sam says “I think we have deciphered the reasoning in the models. We have a long way to go, but I think we know what to do.” Jack asks him why he believes it, and Sam says that “O3 is already quite intelligent”, and that he has heard people say “fuck, this is like a good doctorate.” That is all the explanation that the man who supposedly leads the race gives for create superintelligence. Ed Zitron has put it to give birth in Your last analysisbut there is something more interesting and general: the CEOs of the great technology They have developed a way of speaking that sounds intelligent but says absolutely nothing. And it is very widespread. When Pichai He says “I think AI will be somewhat bigger than the Internet” Without explaining how or why, without giving details, it is not inaccurate because. It is deliberately incomprehensible so that no one can catch him by lying. The pattern is usually repeated. When Satya Nadella is asked how Microsoft is going to reach 130,000 million in revenues for AI, Your answer It is “if we are going to have this explosion, abundance, whatever, of intelligence products available, the first thing we have to observe is the growth of GDP.” Satya Nadella It’s a top CEObut That answer is pure straw. He does not answer the question, but he sounds technical enough so that no one dares to interrupt him and ask him “hey, what the hell does that mean.” The media have created an ecosystem among all where it seems that it is forbidden to say “apologize but I do not understand” a technological CEO. And in the end, their products reflect that incoherence in one way or another. Chatgpt Answers are invented with the same forcefulness with which he replies that two plus two are four. Google is increasingly ambiguous. Microsoft products They harass you to use their AI When you just want to write without discomfort. Palma Phil Schiller takes, not CEO but an old Apple manager, when in 2017 he was asked about the Mac Mini, who had not updated and without any gesture of love or advertising campaign any. His answer was anthological: “The Mac Mini remains a product of our catalog.” And that’s it. They are CEOs who often have a hard time explaining their vision and their road map, but accumulate immense power and capital. Sometimes, that disability is a deliberate armor. In others, pure talk. While journalists in front of them continue to treat them as incontestable geniuses, without legitimacy to question their ambiguas when you do not empty, we will continue without receiving convincing explanations as users. Because nobody requires them to give them. In Xataka | The US charges for his AI thinking about the present. China gives it thinking about the next decades Outstanding image | OpenAI

Traveling by plane with a monstrous battery sounds great. Until airport safety thinks

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Travel salts and do fast checkeo: molts, clothing, pajamas, jacket in case it refreshes (which you will end up not using), loaders and loaders The Power Bank of 30,000 mAh with which you can load your mobile and that of all your friends a couple of times. You keep everything, you arrive at the airport and surprise: You can’t pass with such a large external batteryso they requisition and lose it. Indeed, in the same way that we can only carry liquid boats up to 100 milliliters In a transparent plastic bag up to a liter of capacityexternal batteries also have limits. Knowing them will help us not to take an unpleasant surprise as soon as you start the holidays Let’s talk about airplanes. IATA (International Air Transport Association) is the global commercial organization that groups the majority of the world’s airlines. It represents more than 350 airlines in 120 countries (that is, 80% of world air traffic) and among its many tasks is the promotion of safety standards. It is in the 66th edition of the IATA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATIONS where the limits of lithium and ion-lithium batteries are collected (PDF). Image | Xataka The limits. According to the IATA, we can carry in the hand luggage, and always in the hand luggage, not in the winery, a maximum two external batteries of up to 100 Whing each. The same is secreted by EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) (PDF). IATA terminology, however, is something confusing because it considers the Power Banks as spare/loose batteries, and of those we can take up to 20. However, if they are non -spillable batteries, they must be 12V or less, 100 whi or less and the limit is two units per person. If it is a replacement battery of between 100 and 160 WH, we can take up to two that the operator approves it and if it is greater than 160 WH, we most likely cannot transport it, as the EASA exposes. So, and to go on insurance: Maximum capacity: 100 Wh Maximum units per person: two Power Banks. Image | Gomi Forgive, Wh? In the Tech world we are accustomed to talking about the ability of a battery in terms of MAH (milliamp tell us about (watts time). If the brand of our Power Bank gives us the data, better than better. If not, we can do the MAH> WH conversion with this formula: (mAh) x (v) / 1000 = Wh Power Bank usually have a 3.7 volt voltage, so in the case of an external 20,000 mAh battery we would be talking about 74 Wh. That leads us to the following conclusion: if we want to carry the Power Bank on an airplane, the maximum theoretical capacity must be, at most, 27,000 mAh, although it may be tightening the rope too much. With a battery of 20-25,000 mAh we should go more than served, so, again, to go on insurance on an plane: Maximum capacity: 20,000-25,000 mAh. Maximum units per person: two Power Banks. Image | Gomi But one thing. This is a general rule and airlines usually accept it or adapt it, but we have doubts the ideal is to speak with the operator and comment our particular case. It is also possible that There are concrete standards depending on the country or the airline. For example, Hong Kong’s laws They prohibit loading the Power Banks using the USB take of the seats or loading devices with the external battery during the flight. South Korean operators force To take the battery at all times with us (not in a backpack, not in the upper trunk, with us) and companies like China Airlines and Singapore Airlines They prohibit The use of them during the flight. China’s case is particular. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued an urgent notice whereby, as of June 28, 2025, passengers are prohibited from climbing the plane With batteries without the 3C certification (CCC). This is a mandatory security brand, similar to the European EC, which guarantees the quality and safety of Chinese products and that applies to both those imported and those manufactured in China. The thing is that, for the moment, it only applies to domestic flights. And in the trains? Nor in the Renfe conditions nor on the Adif website any mention is made to external batteries. Renfe, in fact, considers dangerous objects to firearms, white weapons, sports and sharp work instruments. Weapons could behave if we carry the relevant license or accreditations, as well as ammunition. What we cannot carry are sharp objects such as knives or stabs, paint ball guns and explosive, flammable, chemical or toxic substances. They do not specify anything about external batteries. They do not do it either Iro and Ouigowhich have similar restrictions and in no case refer to external batteries. Anyway, from Xataka we have contacted the three operators to get out of doubt and update in the case of receiving an answer. Image | Tonny Zhong

Its use is collapsing and nobody knows why

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Something weird happens with Windows. In 2022 Microsoft He presumed to have 1,400 of monthly active devices with Windows. A few days ago the figure danced, and in an official post There was talk Initially not 1,400, but 1,000 million monthly active devices with Windows. What happens? 400 million less? If we trust the original version From the Microsoft post, the company would have lost no less than 400 million active devices in these three years, a real collapse of difficult explanation. PC sales are still notable. According to IDC In 2024, 262.7 million pcs were distributed, for 260.2 million of 2023. In 2022 – even with a pandemic effect – yes, yes, yes They were distributed 301.5 million PCs and laptops. The feeling may no longer be sold PCs, but the consultants make it clear that they are sold. Something less, safe, but of course no 400 million less, that would help explain Microsoft’s data. And people are not going to Mac. We have no data sold by Apple MACs, but Yes we know that since 2022 the income of that division has dropped from 10,000 million dollars per quarter to about 8,000 million. If those 400 million inactive Windows devices had been motivated by the change to Mac, that would also have had a clear positive impact on Apple accounts. It has not been so. Two versions for the same story. The original article spoke of 1,000 million active Windows devices. The updated, of 1.4 billion. Queer. Where I said … The funny thing is that after the publication of that unique fall by ZDNET Something happened. Microsoft edited The original article —Aspononable at Archive.org— and In the updated version changed the 1,000 million for 1.4 billion. That is, in the last three years there had been no changes in the number of monthly active devices with Windows. But that is also strange, especially after the slight drop in PCs sales or the impact of the MAC. The company, by the way, indicated in April 2021 that there were 1.3 billion active Windows devices monthly. Did Microsoft 100 million grow in one year, and then there has been no movement in the next three? In the updated version Microsoft does indicate that that number was modified, but not why. Strange. A hypothesis. There is a certain thing that may have affected the number of active Windows devices: the fact that people simply do not use their PCs and laptops, or do not use them so much. The smartphone and tablet can be enough for many users, and that would make the figure again probably different. However, it still seems too much that in three years 400 million people have stopped using their PC regularly. But it is not normal for the updated figure (1.4 billion) to be the same as three years and has not changed so long. Source: Statcounter Globalstats. But Windows 10 ends. The period of Official Windows 10 support It ends next October, and that could have caused some impact among users, both final and business. The data provided by Statcounter Globalstats show that of course since 2022 there has been a significant change in the Windows 10 market share – which has gone from 81% to 48% – and in Windows 11 – from 8% to 48% -. Both systems are distributed right now in the same proportion the Windows device market, but that graph does not give all the information. It only tells us that there are much less Windows 10 and many more Windows 11, but we don’t know how many with certainty. Again, we have to trust what Microsoft says. Difficult to know what to believe. In Xataka we have contacted Microsoft to try to clarify the situation, but there is no clear explanation or in one case – which have lost 400 million “users” – or in the other – which everything remains the same as three years ago. And Windows 12, what? Rumors about a potential new iteration of the operating system have been running for some time. The hypothetical Windows 12 It seemed to make all the meaning of the world: it would be the first Windows of the AI ​​era and could take advantage of a much stronger co -ilot integration, for example. However, that launch has not only occurred, but Microsoft has already confirmed that it is preparing the next great Windows 11 update, The call Windows 11 25h2. And meanwhile, the mystery persists. In Xataka | The end of Windows 10 is approaching: How to install a modified Windows 11 with a trick to use it on a PC without support

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