Month: August 2025

More than 18,000 kilometers between Portugal and Singapore without the need for CAM

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Trains lover, we have your plan for summer. It is very possible that we are late but as you will see it is better to prepare it with time, carefully and, above all, asking for all the necessary permits that you will need. Because yes, you will need them. Permits, about 1,200 euros and time. Three weeks, specifically. It is what is needed to cover the railway line that, linking trains and companies, allows all of Europe and much of Asia to reach its southern end. With departure in Laos (Portugal) and arrival in Singapore, we talk about the longest train trip in the world. This is the world’s longest train trip It all depends on how much money we want Euronews than the longest train trip in the world You can take about 1,200 euros and 21 days of journey, taking into account some breaks in the city to rest or the time to be used in visas. At least that was the estimate in 2021, the year in which the Opening of a new section Railway between Kunming (China) and Votián (Laos) allowed to add the kilometers enough for the line to end in Singapore. The change is so relevant that it allowed to reach 18,755 kilometers to which the total journey amounts to. At that time, Russia had not yet decided to invade Ukraine so the trip has been complicated since then. The idea is to enter Russia prior to Germany, Poland and Belarus so communication should be assured. Of course, we should not lose sight that whoever is determined to carry out this railway odyssey is entering a country at war. To have all the details by hand, in the SUBDDIT R/MAPPORN They have drawn The whole route exposed on a map of Europe and Asia. In it we see how the route begins as we said in Laos (Portugal) at the southern end of our continent. Next to the Algarve begins an adventure that can end in another paradisiac environment, the Best Singapore Beaches. Following the proposal of Reddit users forces to put Madrid aside and choose to cross all of Castilla y León. From there, one goes to the Basque Country and crosses France for Perpignan. Once in the Gallic country, European capitals will be linked: Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Minsk and, already in Russia, Moscow. Once in Russia is the longest section of the trip within the same country. Overcome Moscow, it continues a little further north taking two of the most famous lines that make up the trip. First, much of the route of the Transiberiancrossing the entire Russian steppe but before reaching the end it is about deviating to Mongolia. Entering Mongolia in the north, now another famous train is taken, the Transongolianwhich serves as a railroad between Moscow and Beijing. Here, we cross the Chinese border that we will only leave behind when we travel south. It is time to return to Laos (this time phonetically), Thailand and Malaysia. Chinese influence is notable here, even after having overcome the borders of the country since if we are traveling through train, it is because China built the line that UNE Bangkok with Beijing. It is, in fact, Laos’s first railway line that does not end in the sea. Overcome the almost 19,000 kilometers of train is time to enjoy the destination. Relax and, why not, try to imitate Willy Fog. If Smith’s estimates do not fail, we have half the world to go and 59 days ahead to match the feat of the character of Julio Verne. Photo | Giulia de Santis and OpenrailwayMap In Xataka | Renfe has just published his first punctuality report. Result: the bird is not punctual

There are people so obsessed with getting brunette in summer who are turning to something

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Every summer, the desire to wear a golden skin is imposed again. In that race to reach the perfect tone, many people are looking for shortcuts. From whom They forget (deliberately) of the sun cream To “take more color”, to those who follow absurd remedies how to eat excess carrots. But now, in social networks It has viralized again A trend that promotes the use of MelanoTan II, popularly nicknamed as “the Barbie Malibu drug.” The Barbie drug? Better known as MelanoTan II is a synthetic peptide developed for medical purposes. Specifically, to protect the skin of people with rare diseases such as Erythropoietic protoporphyria. In essence, it helps the body produce more melanin, the pigment that gives color to the skin, without the need for sun exposure. The compound I mimic natural hormone: Alfa-Mshresponsible for activating tan or melanocortine receptors in the body. However, it also causes other physiological responses: loss of appetite, increased libido and, in some cases, priapism. However, it is not necessary to confuse it with its safer version: the melanote I, which remains under clinical study with the commercial name Scenesse. That is being investigated under medical supervision. But is it legal? No, it is not authorized by any security control agency, or by the European Medication Agency of Europe (EMA), Ni United States Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) and nor the administration of therapeutic products of Australia (TGA). It is neither marketed in pharmacies nor has approved clinical indications. In spite of this, its distribution is done irregularly through the Internet and social networks, where it is offered in presentations such as subcutaneous injections and nasal aerosols. Not being subject to health controls, there is a total lack of guarantees about its composition, concentration and possible pollution. Again in networks. On platforms such as Tiktok or Instagram, MelanoTan II has returned to circulate under hashtags like #tanning or #summerlow, despite the restrictions imposed on labels such as #melanoTan. Influencers and users promote it as a shortcut to the perfect tan, feeding an aesthetic that associates perpetual brunette with health, attractive or success. This type of content usually omit the possible side effects and legal risks. As He has warned the pharmacist “Fernández Pharmacist” on his Instagram account: “You inject something that is not approved, you do not know well what it takes … but everything is for being Moreno in March.” The price of tanning without sun. Far from being an innocent supplement, Melanotan II has serious side effects. According to various medical studies and health warningscan cause: Nausea, vomiting, tachycardia. Hormonal alterations and humor changes. Priapism (prolonged and painful erections). Changes in moles and appearance of new (some suspects). Increased risk of melanoma, more aggressive skin cancer. Hypertension, renal and muscular damage. Some studies They also mention Changes in the appearance of Nevus, something especially delicate in dermatology. There are no conclusive studies on long -term effects. Beyond being Moreno. Why does a person decide to inject an illegal substance to be more brunette? The answer can be more than an aesthetic desire. In an article for minutes They have explained That many consumers present dysmorphophobia, a psychological disorder that leads to excessive concern for imaginary defects of the body. In addition, as explained by Dr. José María Ricart, dermatologist at the Ricart Medical Institute (IMR), In statements to Xataka: “The tan is nothing more than a defensive response of the body. It is its way of saying: ‘I am damaging.” In addition, the specialist adds that many people continue to believe in the “healthy tan”, when in reality each without protection exposure is a cumulative aggression to the skin. The skin does not forget. The obsession with the tan has led many to make hasty decisions, without knowing the risks. The use of MelanoTan II shows how certain aesthetic practices can extend beyond regulated medical channels. Its illegal use, deregulated and promoted by social networks is a real threat. “The tan lasts a summer. The skin, all life”, The pharmacist Fernández concludes. Image | Unspash and Tiktok Xataka | Korea is exporting faces: how the South Korean aesthetic industry turned its beauty model into a global product

How to create a Power Point presentation with artificial intelligence

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Let’s explain How to create a Power Point presentation with artificial intelligence. In this way, you can create your slides quickly and easier, without having to have knowledge to design them manually. We are going to start the article with some previous tips that you must take into account before starting to create your slides. And then, we will tell you two or three ways to do it using different free tools. Before starting, some tips Before putting your PowerPoint slide designs, you must be clear of the presentation you are going to create. You will have to know the general idea of what you mean, the ideas you want to convey, and the tone you want to do with. Secondly, you must also Be clear about what you are going to put in each vignette that you generate for your presentation. It is not enough to know the objective and what you want to convey, you also have to order the ideas and plan the basic structure. Think of the classic introduction, development and conclusion schemes. An additional advice is that You can also use AI for planning. You can tell a generative AI as Chatgptalthough you can also use COPILOT, Deepseek, Gemini or similar that you want to make a presentation on a subject, and that helps you organize ideas on different slides telling you what you can put in each of them. It is also important Be clear about visual style What do you want to use. Think if you want a formal, creative, academic presentation or with a concrete personality, and then think of the colors or the type of images you want to use, so that you can then go to the AI in the creation process and that each vignette is not completely different from the previous one. Make the slides in chatgpt One of the things you can do is compose the presentation through images created with chatgpt or others capable of generating images. For example, you can use a Prompt like this: “I want you to create a PowerPoint slide. In it, the presentation title has to appear, which is” Xataka Basics “. Below, as a subtitle put” How to make your PowerPoint presentation with AI. “The slide must have the image of the face of a robot to one of the sides, and it must be the size of the PowerPoint slides.” Here, as you see, it is important to say what you want it to appear in the image. It is also important Specify size and dimensions. We, not to complicate much we have said that you use the size of the PowerPoint slides, so that I looked for and knows the exact dimensions. Although we have not included it, too You can mention a visual style with a description that you can then repeat in the other slides. Or if not, in the same AI chat that you are using asks to use the same style as in the previous slide to take into account. And finally, in the case of Chatgpt You can ask you to offer it in PowerPoint format. This will make the AI pass this slide to the PPTX format, which is the Microsoft tool officer. Copilot and Gemini can give you additional help Copilot is from Microsoft, the same PowerPoint company, and Google has another alternative called Slides, and Gemini’s AI. This means that They will give you extra facilities to create presentations or slides for these own tools. Even if you don’t know what to do, you can start with say you want to create a template or slide PowerPoint in Gemini, for example. Then, AI will guide you for the process and ask you questions to design everything to your liking. Make the slides with gamma Gamma is An application specialized in creating powerpoints using artificial intelligence. Your website is Gamma.appand after registering you will go to a creation screen where you should Choose between three creation options. With a free account you can make a presentation of up to 10 modules, and APRA make up to 60 you will have to go to the payment plan. If you choose the option of Paste textyou can create your presentation from a note, a scheme, or text content that you want to use. First hit the text, and then choose what you want to do. You can generate vignettes or loose ideas from notes or schemes, summarize the extensive text that you have put in several vignettes, or keep the text as it is and distribute it in vignettes. After configuring that, in the section of Paste textyou will go to A second screen to edit instructions. Here you can choose the subject and language, also the tone to be used. You can also choose the amount of text per vignette and many other elements to configure everything to your liking. If you choose the option Triggereverything is simplified to the maximum. First you have to choose the amount of modules, size and language, and then Describe the idea you want. When you have all that click on Generate scheme. Now, you will go to A second step with a scheme of what each of the slides will include. This scheme will be able to edit to your liking. When you have it click on the button Trigger that appears below, and then the slides will be generated. And if you choose the option of Import file or URLthen you will only have to choose a PowerPoint, Word, PDF or slides file, or directly a web page where you point to information, and will be used to create the slides from this material. Slides with Canva and its AI options Canva is possibly the simplest solution To make all kinds of designs, including presentations. The first thing you have to do is enter Canva.comand on the main page choose the option to create a presentation that will appear below. This will create … Read more

It is very likely that charging bar is more false than a wooden euro

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You get home after a long work day, you throw yourself into the couch, you turn on your console, you release the game you are already vitiating. Well, no, because before your avatar, the map and your mount appear before you There is a load bar that must be completed. It’s normal, you’ll think. You have to load the textures, the game or whatever, go to know, but that bar advances, so something will be doing. There is little left. A little less. Oh, how slow, will now be with something heavy, surely. Well, most likely no. Most likely, this load bar will be false and its only goal is to play with your brain. Charging… Load screens, with their bar, an illustration and perhaps a text with advice or some of LoreThey were necessary. They served to entertain the player while the machine was looking for, read and loaded the game information on a console whose power was not, from afar, the one that the current devices have. It was a normal solution, because the other was a black screen or showing a half -load level that would leave a bad impression. Load screen of ‘The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim’ | Image: The Elder Scrolls Wiki However, technology has evolved and, currently, the few bars of progress that we can find in video games have more customs and psychology than useful. That does not mean that there are no load screens, because there are even if they are very well camouflaged, but the speed of the components has allowed us to use alternative methods to avoid them. It is false. If we are in the tail of an attraction in Port Aventura, we calculate how much a trip lasts and we look forward, more or less We can estimate how much is left to ride. In a process that is happening on a computer without us seeing anything, that is much more complex not to say impossible. Load screens and progress bars are the only way that the software has to indicate that something is happening, that everything is going well, but they are false. Progress bars are the only way to tell us to indicate that it is doing something, even if we don’t see it Because? Because players They don’t trust fluid progress bars. A progress bar that moves slowly gives a feeling of bad optimization, but a bar that moves too fast or an instant load could lead to think that something has gone wrong or that is not well done. Mike Bithell, developer and creator of ‘Thomas was Alone’, He already pulled the blanket in 2023 When he confirmed that the cargo bar is fictitious and that, really, it is the pulls that the bar gives that indicate that something is happening. Load screen of ‘Guild Wars 2’. Below right can the progress bar that, in this case, is circular | Image: Xataka Basically, the bottom of everything is that we expect to wait, if that makes sense. Rami Ismail, video game developer and well -known industry disseminator, confirmed In X that he had “worked on projects where we simulate load bars, we extended load times or made the load bars move artificially at unequal speeds.” Raúl Munárriz, executive director of the Now extinct Tequila Workshe also said that “I have never worked in a game that did not have a false load bar. The reais cause anxiety.” Is your whole life a lie? Yes and no. Making a progress bar is something complex because there are many processes that come into play during a load, as many as factors can make it more or less fast. We could make a progress bar based on how many files they have moved from x a y, but it would not be fluid because the files, surely, have different sizes. Nor would it work to do it based on the transferred data, since moving few heavy files is faster than moving many small files. And neither depends on how much it remains so that all the steps of the process are completed because it is enough for Chrome to open so that the state of the PC is altered and the times change. There is no perfect solution. The load screens are still there. Although they are not seen as such, many current video games continue to have load screens. More dynamics, more concealed, but visible. Normally, when a game artificially slows you it is a sign that, in the background, it is carrying what is coming later. A known example is that of the elevators of ‘Mass Effect‘, but we can also think about travel through the hyperspace of’Star Wars: Jedi Survivor‘, any medium of teleport, the time we run through Yggdrasil in’God of War‘, when we receive a call in’Gears of War‘That forces us to walk very slowly or in a kinematics that jumps at the right time to separate one level from another. The techniques for video games not to disappear with a load screen are wide and varied. It is very likely that the game is carrying elements in the background while we do something else without realizing it. Or to load and download the textures in real time depending on the distance and our position. Image | Xataka, VECTEZY In Xataka | The milling of a programmer made a fateful mistake of this classic video game into a congratulation message

The Captcha had become an excellent tool to fight the bots. Until Chatgpt Agent arrived

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In 2003 a young Guatemalan named Luis von Ahn published a unique study along with two colleagues from the Carnegie Mellon University and an IBM researcher. That project described an automated test that was easy to solve for humans but practically insurmountable for artificial intelligence systems. Those researchers called that test Captcha. The concept was simple and focused on the already famous Moravec paradox: there are things that humans do effortlessly – such as solving the visual puzzles that the captcha propose – but that the machines fail to solve. The idea turned out to be one of those between one million. Von ahn He ended up creating an improved version to which He called recaptcha that not only verified that you were human: I did it helping Train and perfect OCR systems. That other complementary idea was another unique moment “Eureka!” De von Ahn, and in fact he ended up making him a millionaire in 2009, the year Google decided to buy his service. Then he would dedicate himself to another equally striking project (or perhaps more): Duolingo. A dizzying (and juicy) evolution While doing so, the captcha continued to grow and evolve. Putting it more and more difficult for machines that gradually stated that perhaps those tests were no longer so valid. From those basic captchas we ended up moving to recaptchas of all kinds in which visual puzzles not only challenged the abstraction capacity of machines, but also helped to train no longer OCR systems, but artificial vision systems to better recognize cars, buses, zebra crossings or, how not, fire mouths. But artificial vision and intelligence systems also improved, and that struggle between these tests (Captcha comes from Completely Automated Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) and the machines became more and more interesting. It was a Singular cat and mouse game with spambotsand when some AI system managed to overcome a captcha or any of its variants, the puzzles became more and more difficult. The story has repeated again. He did this Friday. It was then that a User of the R/OpenAI community in Reddit published captures of Chatgpt agent overcoming without apparent problems one of the recaptchas more popular and used today on the Internet. This is the system TURONSTIL from Cloudflare, which presents a small box with the text “I’M not a robot“(” I am not a robot “) to click on it. It seems very simple and simple, but it is not so much for the machines. As indicated in Cloudflare, this recaptcha variant analyzes various signals such as the mouse movement, the time we take to click, the “digital footprint” of our browser, the “reputation” of our IP or some Javascript execution patterns. With them determines whether the user is a human being or is suspicious of being a bot. And if there is suspicion, the system presents after that first captcha another in which we do have to solve some type of visual puzzle. AI does not know if it is human, it only tries to operate as such The funny thing here is that Openai’s agent solved the problem in an obvious way: seeing what was on the screen to act accordingly, something that had not been easy until now. The agent was even narrating what he was doing, and while doing that step he showed the following text: “The link is inserted, so I will click on the” verify that you are human “click to complete the verification in Cloudflare. This step is necessary to demonstrate that I am not a bot and be able to continue with the action.” Or what is the same: The machine was self -healing like a human being. It is something unusual, but perhaps not quite strange considering that 1) AI does not really know what it says and 2) has been trained to speak (and act, at least in a limited way) as a human being. Operator, Openai’s previous agriculture, passed it really bad With these systems. Does this mean that captcha are threatened with death? Probably not. This is nothing more than another battle of that war between the bots and the captcha. One that for example we saw Another AI victory In October 2024 but it did not involve the debacle of this type of user verification tests. As they point out In Ars Technicathe captcha systems have not stopped evolving. From those blurred and deformed texts we go to recaptcha in which we had to solve visual puzzles of all kinds that lately force us not to identify traffic lights, but to place an image in a specific orientation – a increasingly popular system called Arkose MatchKey– Oa having to identify some element of an image that does not agree on it. In fact, the most recent captchas are no longer so much to prevent bots from exceeding that barrier to slow them so much that making brute force attacks with bots does not compensate. Captchas not as a barrier, but as a bots brake An article of those responsible for Arkose Labs, creators of Matchkey, made it clear that “There is no completely impenetrable captcha“, and that with their proposal what they intended was” to introduce an economic deterrence or cost proof for the malicious behavior of the bots. “Or what is the same: than to develop a bot that exceeds those captcha was so expensive that It was not worth it. Thus, we should not worry much in case the agents of AI can overcome this test, because surely they will appear captchas that continue to assume an almost impassable barrier for these systems. It is precisely the same concept with which it works THE ARC-AGI 2 TESTwhich measures visual understanding and abstract reasoning of AI systems and that is so complicated that the best AI models, which are also very expensive, do not exceed 4% of cases in the best case (O3-Preview). Will there come a time when those agents of ia get … Read more

The five best boundary offers of El Corte Inglés in Technology during the first weekend of August

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The English Court has started the month of August in style launching its campaign again Limit offers. There is everything, so in this article we have gathered the five best chollos in technology, choosing quite varied devices with top discounts on projectors, headphones, smart watches and ereader. Of course, the boundary offers will only be available until next August 3. Sony Wh-1000xm5 by 254.99 eurosone of Sony’s most top headphones with a very tight price. XGIMI MOGO 2 PRO by 254.15 eurosan excellent projector that comes with Android TV operating system. Pocketbook inkpad color 3 by 299.90 eurosa 7.8 -inch color screen ereader. Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro by 152.15 eurosSamsung TWS Top headphones at demolition price. Huawei Watch Fit 4 by 149 eurosan excellent watch that comes with gift headphones. Sony Wh-1000xm5 Although Sony has already launched the WH-1000XM6the truth is that the previous generations have a better value for money, especially when they are offer. The Sony Wh-1000xm5for example, they have dropped to 254.99 euros and mainly stand out for their comfort (even when using them many hours), for their excellent audio quality, for their Spectacular noise cancellation and for its battery that offers an autonomy of approximately 30 hours. In case you are more interested, the Sony Wh-1000xm4 by 194.65 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review XGIMI MOGO 2 PRO In addition to televisions, we also have been watching good prices in projectors for a while. Now, the English Court has lowered the price (45%) of the XGIMI MOGO 2 PRO: by 254.15 euroswe talk about a model that comes with Android TV operating system that works with Chromecast and Google Assistanthas DLP technology, allows you to adapt the image from 40 to 200 inches and is compatible with HDR10. In addition, their speakers are compatible with Dolby Audio and Dolby Digital Plus and has HDMI, Bluetooth, USB-C, USB-A, 3.5 mm and Wi-Fi jack. * Some price may have changed from the last review Pocketbook inkpad color 3 Beyond Kindle O Kobo, there are other very interesting ereader for the price at which they usually move. He Pocketbook inkpad color 3finally, it has dropped in price in El Corte Inglés 299.90 euros. It is a reader with 7.8 -inch color screen —A more in line than 6 or 7 inches to read comics, “is water resistant thanks to the IPX8 certificationBluetooth connectivity has and is compatible with 25 file and audiobook formats. Pocketbook inkpad color 3 * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro They do not usually lower much price, but this time the English Court has launched a very good offer in the Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Prosome TWS headphones that have dropped to the 152.15 euros. Samsung headphones stand out, among other things, because They are very comfortable and the case is quite lightaudio quality is very good, noise cancellation is up to its price and autonomy is up to 26 hours with active noise cancellation. * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Watch Fit 4 Finally, we find one of the Top offers in Huawei watches. Unlike other stores, the English Court still has the Huawei Watch Fit 4 along with the headphones Huawei Watch Freebuds is 2 giftand also the pack is on the same price as only the clock (in other stores). All this for 149 euros. The clock stands mainly for its design and its rotating crown, but also for its shine up to 2,000 nits And because it includes a good assortment of sports modes and sensors to monitor physical activity. Huawei Watch Fit 4 + Huawei Watch Freebuds Se 2 * 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 | The English Court and Buying (header), Sony, Xgimi, Pocketbook, Samsung, Huawei In Xataka | Best electronic books. What ebook buy and 11 recommended models In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which to buy and 21 models from 15 euros to 470 euros

It cannot be allowed penalizing with Asml tariffs

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The commercial agreement signed by Donald Trump, the US president, and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, at the end of last week states that the majority of the products imported by the US and manufactured by Europe will have a 15% tariff. However, strategic products will not be subject to any tariff. And the photolithography equipment that designs and manufactures The Dutch Company ASML They have a strategic role for both Europe and the US. “We have agreed to zero tariffs for zero for a series of strategic products,” Clarifies the European Commission statement. “In this agreement all aircraft and their components are included, as well as some chemicals, generic components, semiconductor equipment, agricultural products, natural resources and critical raw materials. And we will continue working to add more products to this list.” The US is a very important market for ASML, so this exemption from tariffs benefits it. Intel, Globalfoundries, Micron Technology, Texas Instruments, Samsung and TSMC are some of its clients in the country led by Donald Trump. These last two companies are not Americans, but They have chips factories in the US. In fact, the exemption of tariffs is so important for these companies as for ASML because the latter is the only company that produces extreme ultraviolet lithography machines (UVE). And they need them in some of their plants to produce avant -garde chips. For Asml your effective monopoly is everything ASML has no competition since its first UVE photolithography team placed on the market. Japanese Canon and Nikon companies, their natural competitors, also tried to develop this machine, but failed in the attempt. The technical and economic resources that were necessary to make it possible were so large that they decided to retire from the struggle with ASML. Free road. Today the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing machines that we can find in the TSMC, Intel, Samsung or SK Hynix plants It produces them ASML. Currently his reign seems imperturbable. Canon has developed a team of nano -impression lithography that it seeks to compete from you to you with the UVE machines of ASML, but for the moment it is not clear that this technology will be able to rival The most advanced team of the Dutch company: the machine of High Opening Photolithography (UVE). Presumably thanks to it they can produce chips of less than 1 nm before this decade expires. The most advanced chips manufacturing machines that we can find in the TSMC, Intel, Samsung or SK Hynix plants produce ASML UVE photolithography equipment is extraordinarily sophisticated. The GPUs for artificial intelligence more advanced from Nvidia; The most powerful soc that Apple or the CPUs with the highest AMD performance are possible thanks to them. Of course, none of these companies make their own chips. They design them, but they are produced by the Taiwanese company TSMC using ASML UVE lithography machines. However, this European Corporation has not developed solo all innovations that have made its most advanced integrated circuit production equipment possible. One of its most important allies is the American company Cymer. This company founded in 1986 specializes in the manufacture of lasers and deep ultraviolet light sources (UVP) and extreme (UVE). It has a very close relationship with ASML for many years; In fact, the role that Cymer manufactures in lithography machines is so relevant than in 2013 ASML bought this company of San Diego with the purpose of investing in it to accelerate the development of the technologies involved in UVE lithography. Anyway, the transport of ultraviolet light from the fountain that produces it to the wafer is only possible thanks to the intervention of the mirrors that the other great ally of ASML designs and manufactures: the German company Zeiss. The role of Zeiss’s optical elements in these lithography equipment is crucial. And it is because they are responsible, leaving aside the most complex details, of moving the UVE light with a wavelength of 13.5 nm from the source that is responsible for its emission to the mask contained in the geometric pattern that is necessary to translate into the silicon wafer. Image | ASML More information | European Commission In Xataka | The US is softening its pressure on China. He has realized that the margin has ended with his maximum rival

A millionaire spent a money to paint an exclusive RUF CTR YellowBird. I didn’t expect them to return it by doing the pine

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Who plays with fire can burn, and who transports cars valued at millions of dollars also runs the risk of burning since the slightest carelessness can generate damage valued in thousands of dollars. This is what happened to a passionate owner of a RUF CTR ‘YellowBird’, one of the 80 more rare derivatives of Classic Porsche 911. After investing more than $ 150,000 in maintenance tasks and a total repainting of his painting, the valuable car It ended up rugged When downloading it from the truck that transported it before the stunned look of its owner. An icon of the 80s: the Ruf Ctr ‘YellowBird’ The RUF CTR ‘YellowBird’ is a modified version of the Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 and developed by the German firm Ruf, specialized in converting the sports firm’s sports car In authentic beasts. Specifically, only 29 units of this RUF CTR ‘YellowBird’ were built, which makes it one of the most coveted cars in classic auctions, and a usual of cars video games. His exclusivity has led him to reach historical figures: in March 2024, one of these units was sold for 6.05 million dollars, As reported Topgear. Despite being based on the chassis of the Porsche 911, the Ruf Ctr It was very different In specifications. Its weight was reduced to 1,170 kg thanks to the use of aluminum in several body panels and carbon fiber defenses. It mounted a six -cylinder boxer engine with double KKK turbocharger, double intercooler and a DME injection system derived from the Porsche 962 competition. All of the above granted 476 hp of power and a maximum torque of 553 Nm, capable of exceeding 342 km/h in official tests, surpassing Ferrari F40 by then. Of “yellow bird” to bright black Be that as it may, the Ruf Ctr ‘YellowBird’ protagonist of this story is one of these 29 unique copies that originally went on the market with a body painted in a striking yellow color, as indicated by its last name ‘YellowBird’. Looking for a more elegant appearance, the owner resident in California sent his unit to the RUF headquarters in Germany so that, in addition to making mechanical adjustments, the car in bright black was repainted. For many collectors, modifying the original color of such an iconic model may seem risky, but in this case, the change added an even greater touch of distinction. As you can imagine, neither the transfer nor the restoration process was at all cheap. In total, the owner disbursed more than $ 150,000, according to details Road & Track. These types of restoration operations are common between collectors of high -value cars, which do not hesitate to send their vehicles even to other continents to ensure that they are in the hands of experts accredited by the manufacturer. A very expensive carelessness The tragedy arrived just when the owner was about to receive his Ruf Ctr back and with his new body color. When downloading it from the truck in the transport gondola, the car tires were not correctly secured, which caused it to slide through the ramp without control. Deportivo fell painfully from an approximate height of 2.4 meters, hitting the ground on the rear bumper, while the front was raised at a 45 degree angle on the truck. Touch the image to go to the original message The images of a six million dollar car making the pine on a transport truck soon became viral on social networks, and accounts like @johnclaywolfeshowThey shared them on Instagram accompanied by messages such as “Guess how many millions this little bird was worth.” In these photos you can see the transport operator inside the car at the time of the accident, observing impotent how a newly restored collection piece suffered damage that has not yet been evaluated at all but that, without a doubt, will mean an important disbursement for the person responsible. In Xataka | A Ferrari F40 of $ 700,000 Image | RM Sotherby’s (Stephan Bauer)

What cars can circulate and which ones rest on August 2

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Saturday. August 2, specifically. Moment to rest … especially if you are a car that is part of the restrictions of today does not circulate Sabatino. Because, indeed, today some cars will have to stay at home. What we are talking about is the program today does not circulate, that designed by the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema) that forces to leave some cars at home with the idea of improving the quality of the air we breathe. With him, polluting emissions should go down. The system is simple: some cars, especially the most pollutants, have to stay at home. For them there are restrictions but the same Saturdays do not always stay at home. And, where it applies, some cars have to rest. And where is it applied? Specifically in the 16 mayors in Mexico City and in the following conurbation municipalities of the State of Mexico: Atizapán de Zaragoza Coacalco de Berriozábal Cuautitlán Cuautitlán Izcalli Chalco Chicoloapan Chimalhuacán Ecatepec de Morelos Huixquilucan Ixtapaluca La Paz Naucalpan de Juárez Nezahualcóyotl Nicolás Romero Tecámac Tlalnepantla de Baz Tultitlán Chalco Valley What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today Taking all this into account, who should stay at home? Daily, restrictions are simple to understand, you can clarify all the details in the superior image. But not every Saturday, for example, they have to stay home on Saturdays. And some of them can move with total freedom but others have more problems. Which is it? Specifically, those who have total freedom and other weeks cannot move. Because, indeed, there are restrictions that alternate week by week. Because, indeed, one day as the following conditions can be applied today. Cars that can circulate every Saturday Cars that have to rest every Saturday Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another no+ These restrictions, however, do not apply all day. At night they do not take into account and, therefore, are active between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without being afraid of fines. Clarified all this, should we take something more into account? Yes, as we told you, the Sabatino does not circulate today has the peculiarity that it does not always apply in the same way. Therefore, it does not always affect the cars themselves. First you have to look at the calendar (then we will see why it is important), then the hologram and, finally, the plate number. This is because Saturday is a special day in the program of today does not circulate Sabatino. It does not always affect the same cars in the same way. Those of Hologram 2, for example, cannot circulate any Saturday but those of Hologram 0 and 00 can do it every week. In that case, they have total freedom. And those of Hologram 1? Here is the crumb because a few weeks can move and others do not. In this case, the Saturday, August 2, 2025are obliged to rest those that the registration ends in odd number. This is because we are on the first Saturday of August and, therefore, it is these cars that must stay at home. Next week, the second week (PAR) will affect cars with a plate finished in torque. Of course, do not forget that there are some exceptions that allow some cars to move with total freedom. Are the following: However, there are some exceptions that must be taken into account because those cars can move with total freedom: Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid Those who have disabled plate All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals) Those who offer school or passenger transport Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection In case of breaching these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the unit of measurement and update (Uma), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos. Photo | Adrien Olichon In Xataka | Contamination is not only making you live less and worse. You are also making you darker

California will test a “co -pilot of AI” at one of the most sensitive points of its electricity grid. Can go very well … or very bad

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There is a less visible part of the electricity grid: the one that goes out on purpose. From time to time, whole teams must disconnect by maintenance. They are routine tasks, but their coordination and validation are decisive so that the system continues to work. In California, that work falls to the California Independent System Operator (Caiso) human team. Now, an artificial intelligence will begin to collaborate with them. Caiso has launched A pilot project with the firm Oati. The objective is to verify how a language model, similar to the one that drives Chatgptcan attend in a critical mission: manage requests – especially the scheduled – that come daily to perform maintenance in the network. Artificial intelligence to attend a task that cannot fail Many of these requests imply, although not always, temporarily disconnect key assets. If the information is incomplete or incorrect, the consequences can be felt in real time: from Network instability even alterations in the electricity market. Therefore, although part of the flow is already automated, the final review remains manual and exhaustive. Between 2020 and 2025, internal graphs show a high volume of applications, with clear spring and autumn peaks, the usual maintenance windows. That seasonality, added to the total number of requests, converts maintenance management into one of the most complex operating challenges in the system. The tool is called Oati Genie and is raised as a co -pilot of AI. Detect anomalies, extract operational information and suggest steps based on previous cases. To achieve this, it combines retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with a system of multiple agents: operators formulate questions in natural language and receive contextualized answers, with links to documents and records that support them. The operator can, for example, ask what work could affect a certain electric route and obtain a history, procedures and public data such as those of OASIS (Open Access Same-Time Information System), the regulated base that centralizes technical and market information in real time. That consultation, which previously demanded manual searches, now comes with much more agility. The co -pilot does not decide for itself, its role serves to reinforce and expedite the human decision. If everything is going as planned, the tool will enter internal tests before the end of the year. Those who use it may report failures, limitations or improvements and help profile their evolution. It is not an isolated experiment, but part of a broader strategy to Apply to other areas of the system. The plan is underway, but there is still knowing if Oati Genie will fulfill what he promises. It may become a daily ally for operators; Maybe it’s just a step on the road to a smarter network. The only sure thing is that the electricity sector already explores that address. Images | Caiso | Javad Esmaeili In Xataka | Harvest wheat or kilowatts? The new account that many farmers make in Spain

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