Month: January 2026

All the nominees for the 2026 Oscars and where to see them

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We already know the Oscar nominations 2026among which ‘Sinners’ stands out, which has become the film with the most nominations in history. Of course, the nominations are one thing and the final awards are another, which will be awarded on Sunday, March 15. And in case you want to take the opportunity to catch up with them, we are going to tell you the list of films with nominations and where to watch themhighlighting those that are most nominated. But in addition to that, we will also tell you the complete list of all the nominations. Sinners has become the most nominated film in history of the Oscars with 16 nominations. Set in the 1930s, it is the story of two twins who return to their hometown in Mississippi fleeing from a past full of mistakes and violence, only to discover that an evil but when they return they realize that even greater evil awaits them. Nominated in: Best film, best director, best lead actor, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best photography, best makeup and hairstyling, best original song, best production design, best sound, best visual effects, best original screenplay, best soundtrack, best editing and best casting. You can see it in Movistar+ and HBO Max Frankenstein The magical adaptation of the literary classic by Guillermo del Toro It has also received no less than 9 nominations. With its fantastic and gothic horror setting, it is a story about human nature, kindness, and love. Nominated in: Best film, best supporting actor, best photography, best costume design, best makeup and hair, best production, best sound, best adapted screenplay and best soundtrack. You can see it in Netflix Hamnet No less than 8 nominations for this film about William Shakespeare. Because before writing Hamlet he had a child named Hamnet, and his death forever scarred the author, and gave rise to one of the most profound tragedies ever written. The film talks about art as a refuge from the unbearable, but also about love and loss. Nominated in: Best film, best director, best lead actress, best costume design, best production design, best adapted screenplay, best soundtrack and best casting. You can see it in theaters Marty Supreme With 9 nominations, this film follows the life of Marty Mausera young American scammer who seeks fame in the world of ping-pong, and becomes a legend of the discipline. The film does not offer us the typical motivational sports story, but rather shows us the athlete’s entire ego, his ambition, his obsession and his excesses. Nominated in: Best film, best direction, best lead actor, best photography, best costume design, best production design, best original screenplay, best editing and best casting. You can see it in theaters One Battle After Another No less than 13 nominations for this film that follows the story of a former radical activist who, years after fleeing with his daughter and leaving that life behind, lives between drugs and paranoia. But everything changes when his daughter disappears and he sets out to look for her in a film full of unexpected twists. Nominated in: Best film, best direction, best lead actor, best supporting actor (two nominations), best supporting actress, best photography, best production design, best sound, best adapted screenplay, best soundtrack, best editing and best casting. You can see it in Movistar+ and HBO Max Sentimental Value This story about family, memory and how art can rebuild ties worn by time has earned 9 nominations. Nominated in: Best film, best direction, best lead actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress (two nominations), best international film, best original screenplay and best editing. You can see it in theaters Other nominees and where to see them Now we leave you with the list of the rest of the feature films that have received some Oscar nominations. Most of them are still in theaters, but we’ll tell you which ones are available in streaming with the link to the platform and its file. There are some that are not in cinemas and are not yet streaming, something that will change when they start to arrive. Bow: In cinemas. Avatar: Fire & Ash: In cinemas. Blue Moon: In Prime Videobut only for rent. Bugonia: In cinemas. Diane Warren: Relentless: Still on no platform. Elio: In cinemas. F1: In AppleTV. KPop Demon Hunters: In Netflix. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: In cinemas. It Was Just an Accident: Still on no platform. Jurassic World Rebirth: In Movistar+ and SkyShowtime. Kokuho: Still on no platform. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain: In cinemas. Sirāt: In Movistar+. Song Sung Blue: In cinemas. The Lost Bus: In AppleTV. The Secret Agent: In cinemas. The Ugly Stepsister: Still on no platform. The Voice of Hind Rajab: Still on no platform. Train Dreams: In Netflix. Long live Verdi!: Still on no platform. Weapons: In Movistar+ and HBO Max. Zootopia 2: In cinemas. All the nominees for the 2026 Oscars best movie Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams Best address Chloe Zhaoby Hamnet Josh Safdieby Marty Supreme Paul Thomas Andersonby One Battle After Another Joachim Trierby Sentimental Value Ryan Cooglerby Sinners Best Leading Actress Jessie Buckleyby Hamnet Rose Byrneby If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Kate Hudsonby Song Sung Blue Renate Reinsveby Sentimental Value Emma Stoneby Bugonia Best lead actor Timothée Chalametby Marty Supreme Leonardo DiCaprioby One Battle After Another Ethan Hawkeby Blue Moon Michael B. Jordanby Sinners Wagner Mouraby The Secret Agent Best supporting actor Benicio del Toroby One Battle After Another Jacob Elordiby Frankenstein Delroy Lindoby Sinners Sean Pennby One Battle After Another Stellan Skarsgardby Sentimental Value Best supporting actress Elle Fanning by Sentimental Value Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas by Sentimental Value Amy Madigan by Weapons Wunmi Mosaku by Sinners Teyana Taylor by One Battle After Another Best animated film Bow Elio Kpop Demon Hunters Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Zootopia 2 Best animated short film Butterfly Forevergreen The Girl Who Cried … Read more

AI saves you eight hours of work a week. As long as you’re the boss and you don’t have to use it yourself

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The AI ​​that was going to change everything and revolutionize our work He doesn’t seem to be doing any of that at the moment. What there is is a great polarization between those who believe in that promise and between those They do not see it at all clearly or they fear it. And if there is a place where this love-hate for AI is palpable, it is in companies, where CEOs see things in one way and employees in a quite different way. what has happened. The consulting company Section has conducted a survey of 5,000 workers and managers in US companies with a fundamental question: How many hours of work per week is AI saving you? Survey results, displayed in The Wall Street Journalsay a lot about the vision of CEOs and employees about the impact of AI tools. Source: WSJ. CEOs love her, employees not too much. According to data from that survey, two out of three employees indicated that AI does not save them time at work or that at most it saves them less than two hours a week. These responses contrast with those of managers and CEOs: one third affirm that it saves them between 4 and 8 hours, another third affirms that it saves them 8 or more hours, and the other third affirms that it saves them 4 hours or less. The big difference is precisely in this negative view: 40% of employees say that they do not save any time, and only 2% of CEOs agree with that opinion. AI screws up more than anything else, some say. A user interface designer named Steve McGarvey indicated in that text how managers “automatically assume that AI is going to be the savior (of the business).” His experience is different, however, and he tells how “I have lost count of the times I have looked for a solution to a problem, asked an LLM, and they gave me a solution to an accessibility problem that was completely wrong.” And it’s not that big of a deal. This professional also indicates that he uses Perplexity as an assistant to research on various projects and that it has saved him time. However, part of their job is to ensure that visually impaired users can access websites, and chatbots have not been of help in that task. The employees are somewhat afraid. There’s another important aspect to the findings: Employees were much more likely to report feeling anxious or overwhelmed by AI than excited by it. That 40% who responded that it did not save them time added that because of them they would never use AI again. Employees are the ones who are most overwhelmed by AI, managers are the ones who are most excited about it. Source: WSJ. For now AI is used like Google. But there is another problem and that is that many of these professionals are using AI as an alternative to the traditional search engine from Google. They do not use it for practical applications of their work—perhaps because they do not know how—and, for example, it was used much less for topics such as code generation or data analysis. It saves me time, but like it doesn’t. Software companies like Workday participated in the survey and pointed out an interesting fact: this technology imposes an “AI tax” in terms of productivity. Although 85% of its 1,600 employees surveyed indicated that they save between one and seven hours a week thanks to AI, that doesn’t help them much: Much of that saved time ends up being used to correct errors made by AI or modify content generated by AI. AI isn’t much use (yet). An additional and also recent survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers focused on 4,500 CEOs. The result: only 30% of them were confident that there would be an increase in revenue thanks to AI, although they admit that having a good AI foundation can help boost that return on investment. The adoption of AI, however, at the moment is not compensating them too much, and only 12% of companies claim to have obtained benefits in revenue or costs, while 56% claim to have “not obtained anything” with that investment. These data are in line with those of the MIT study of August 2025 according to which 95% of pilot projects with generative AI were not paying off to companies. But. The data is negative, but there may be factors that point to a change in trend. The surveys do not indicate how much time users are spending learning how to use AI versus the time it saves them. The benefit may be negative now, but in the long term it will be positive. Furthermore, there are sectors in which AI has clearly become a clear tool to assist workers, as in the field of programming. Although there is, of course, a necessary phase of code review that AI generates, the massive use of these tools indicates that productivity may have gained in whole. Image | Redd F In Xataka | “We will lose social permission”: the CEO of Microsoft knows that either they do something valuable with AI or it will have little progress

To no one’s surprise, the fanciful tunnel that aspires to join the Strait of Gibraltar under the sea will not be ready by 20230

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The idea of ​​connecting Europe and Africa with a direct channel that allows us to do without ships and planes is so attractive, so damn sexy, that it takes more than a century warming the imagination of engineers. The same time they have been seeing the Strait of Gibraltar as the ideal point for a Spain-Morocco tunnel. After decades of idling, in recent years the project seemed gain momentumat least as far as the political sphere and the public interest. A few months ago even transcended that one of the leading companies in tunnel boring machines sees the infrastructure as technically viable. He hype around the tunnel it grew so much (and so strong) that there were those who trusted that the 2030 Soccer World Cupcelebrated mainly in Spain, Morocco and Portugal, it would serve you of ultimate lever. They were even read headlines that suggested that it would be executed with a view to 2030. To no one’s surprise, everything indicates that it won’t be like that. Strait Slopes. About a century ago, around 1929engineer Fernando Gallego Herrera a question was asked: Why not ‘suture’ the gap between Europe and Africa with an underwater tunnel in the Strait of Gibraltar? He was not the first to consider the issue, but he did so with a seriousness, a degree of technical level and a vocation, which gave visibility to the approach. Since then the idea of ​​creating a megastructure that allows Spain and Morocco to ‘touch each other’ has continued with comings and goings on the table. And not only on a theoretical level. The idea of ​​establishing a “fixed link” between Spain and Morocco even led to the creation of two entities: SECEGSAon the Spanish side, and the Societé Nationale d’Etudes du Detroit (SNED) on the Moroccan side. In recent years, the project has also attracted headlines that echoed the degree of political commitmentthe investment in studieshis time horizon and even his technical feasibilitya key aspect considering that we are talking about a structure of several dozens of kilometers in a difficult geological area. A small (big) step. In 2024 the project gave one step forwarde that (although very initial) was revealing. At the request of SECGSA, INECO commissioned a study for the “cross-strait fixed link project”. Its objective was basically to analyze “the feasibility” of excavations in the area, especially in the most critical points, such as the Camarinal Threshold that separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic basins. The task fell to a famous company in the sector: Herrenknechta leading German firm in the world of tunnel boring machines related, among other works, to the Brenner Tunnel or that of Saint Gotthard. Viable yes, although not cheap. The conclusions of their analysis have been known in recent months. First in October Populi Voice revealed that the German firm has confirmed that, although extremely complex, the Spain-Morocco pipeline would be viable from a technical point of view. The same media reported that the purpose of Spain and Portugal would be to decide in 2027 whether or not to tender an exploratory tunnel and provided a provisional calendar: just shaping the reconnaissance gallery would require between six and nine years. Regarding the cost of infrastructure, slid that the base bidding budget of the Spanish side would exceed 8.5 billion euros, a figure that includes everything from the base gallery to the tunnels, the terminal and other facilities. The sum is considerable but there is talk of diversifying its origin, including everything from community funds to formulas (concessions, fees) inspired by other megaprojects, such as the Eurotunnel wave Figueras-Perpignan line. Has there been more progress? It seems so. Although again in an initial phase still. At the end of November Populi Voice revealed again that, after the technical endorsement of Herrenknecht, SECEGSA entrusted INECO to complete the updating of the preliminary project of the structure. A deadline was even included: summer 2026. Around the same time, the Government of Spain and Morocco held a summit in Moncloa during which a memorandum was signed to “promote scientific cooperation in the study of seismicity and geodynamics in the Strait area.” In the statement released by Transport there is no mention of the tunnel, but there were those who saw in the agreement a positive nod for infrastructure. Question of deadlines. The tunnel is not only interested in its technical details and cost. Another key aspect is your calendar. Especially since already in the autumn, when the first touches of Herrenknecht’s analysis became known, slipped that the first progress of the project could arrive by 2030, the year of the Soccer World Cup in which Spain and Morocco participate as host countries. The coincidence of dates made it create expectation about how the Cup could influence the project and even if it would act as a stimulus for the subway. It was even raised if I could arrive on time. In recent days those expectations have received a jug of cold water. One more and unsurprisingIn fact. Why’s that? Because 2030 is four years away. And that is a ridiculously short time for a work that, beyond being viable on a technical and logistical level, is more than notable in complexity. First for its ambition and dimensions (more than 40 kmbetween the underwater and terrestrial section). Second because it must be developed in an area highly conditioned by its geology. Although there may be some progress towards 2030, Populi Voice mentioned in October sources close to the project that pointed to 2035-2040 as a “more realistic horizon” to see significant milestones. The idea would be to have gallery design recognition in June to put out to tender the infrastructure starting in 2027. As a reference, the construction of the Eurotunnel (50 kilometers) required some seven years (from 1988 to 19949 and Saint Gotthard (57 km) around 17. Moderating expectation. In recent weeks (and days) media like Huffington Post The reason either ACE They have echoed, citing the technical feasibility study, that the tunnel between … Read more

They preferred to retain talent rather than hire again

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The data indicates that salaries have not stopped rising in recent years. However, inflation has caused workers have not seen that rise as an improvement in their purchasing power due to the general increase in the price of the shopping basket. A recent study carried out by Randstad ensures that Spanish companies are responding to the rise in prices with salary increases with the aim of retaining their workers and avoiding a greater evil: the talent shortage. Keep employees happy. According to the report ‘Workmonitor 2026’ prepared by the Randstad employment platform, 63% of Spanish companies have increased the salaries of their employees to counteract the increased cost of living in recent years. This figure exceeds the global average of 56% of companies. This percentage indicates a greater sensitivity of Spanish companies towards loss of purchasing power of their templates. According to the report ‘Salary evolution 2007-2025’ prepared by Eada Business School of Barcelona and the consulting firm ICSA Grupo, small companies are those that have presented the largest salary increase during 2025, with an estimated increase of 5.50% for their employees, and 1.59% for their managers. For 59% of workers in Spain, salary continues to be the main factor when choosing a company, in a context of general increase in the price of the shopping basket. The priority is talent retention. The Randstad report explains that companies prefer to raise the salaries of their current employees even above the CPI in order to retain them, instead of losing them and having to hire new staff. 69% affirm that retaining an employee is cheaper and more efficient than hiring a new one. The report highlights that this commitment to retaining internal talent helps to stabilize staff in the face of economic pressures, thus avoiding having to incur additional expenses with the selection and training of new employees in a context of shortage of trained personnel. Flexibility as the key to staying. Beyond the economic factor, flexibility and autonomy when working have a great weight in permanence of employees in a company. Randstad estimates that 42% of professionals have left a job because their schedules did not fit with their personal life, and 24% did so due to a lack of independence in making decisions about their work.​ The data indicates that 43% of workers would not accept a job that did not have flexibility in schedule or the possibility of teleworking some days. On the other hand, 74% of the companies consulted consider that giving more autonomy increases the commitment and productivity of their employees by making them responsible for the organization of their work. According to Oriol Mas, CEO of Randstad Enterprise, “the ability to decide how, when and in what way you work increasingly outweighs job stability.” More than one job to survive. Despite the salary increases indicated by the study, the data also indicates that 34% of Spanish talent has accepted or is looking for a second job to face the rising cost of living. This figure rises to 48% among young people aged 18 to 26 and is below the world average of 40%, reflecting the economic pressure they are suffering. the new generations. According to the ‘Balance of the labor market in 2025’ elaborated According to the USO union, some 886,800 people in Spain are in a situation of multiple employment, continuing with the upward trend in the need to have several jobs to survive that has been emerging since the COVID-19 pandemic. To put it in context, in 2022 there were less than 450,000 people with multiple jobs. In Xataka | Venezuela has set a new record: that of new Social Security contributions in Spain Image | Unsplash (Sigmund)

This Google Pixel has dropped (again) in price, but in a big way. New historical low in El Corte Inglés

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If there is a mobile phone that has not stopped receiving offers in recent months, that is the Google Pixel 10although his older brothers have not been spared either, especially the Google Pixel 10 Pro. Now, El Corte Inglés, during its Save the VAT, has launched what is the best offer in the store with good prices in its two configurations: The price could vary. We earn commission from these links New historical minimum price of El Corte Inglés He Google Pixel 10 It is a very complete mobile phone for those looking for a small size, a good camera system and an exquisite design. Its OLED screen is 6.3 inches and offers a refresh rate of 60 to 120 Hz and a good resolution of 2,424 x 1,080 pixels. Maybe your processor Google Tensor G5 It may not be the most powerful currently, but it offers good performance for daily use. And said processor is accompanied by 12 GB of RAM and 128 or 256 GB of internal storage, depending on the configuration we take into account. The Google Pixel 10 battery supports both fast charging and wireless charging and the operating system will be updated for many years. But If there is a strong point in this mobile it is its photographic section; Beyond the camera app, it has a 48 MP main sensor, a 13 MP wide angle and a 10.8 MP 5x telephoto. You may also be interested in these accessories for the Google Pixel 10 Spigen Ultra Hybrid MagFit Case for Google Pixel 10/10 Pro Compatible with Pixelsnap and MagSafe – Clear White The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Spigen Glas.tR EZ Fit Optik Camera Protector for Google Pixel 10, 2 Units, Transparent, Crystal Clear, Full Coverage, Installation Kit, 9H Hardness, Anti-Scratch The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Pepu RiccaGoogle In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here

Now that we know what is going to happen in Greenland, the most surprising thing is the name of the winners: Russia and China

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If the Trump’s words in Davos are confirmed, it seems that “nothing” is going to happen in Greenland. This leaves another reading that is beginning to gain strength among analysts: that the threats from the United States to force control of Greenland they have opened a crack which, without needing to fire a single shot or lift a single finger, immediately benefits two nations. The geopolitical gift. While Washington has presented the move as a maneuver to stop your rivalsin Europe it is interpreted as a direct threat to the sovereignty of an ally and to the very credibility of NATO. Meanwhile, in Moscow and Beijing it is read as proof that the Western order no longer holds about shared rules, but about impulses, blackmail and force. In this climate, the simple debate about “who’s in charge” and “how far the American umbrella extends” erodes the cohesion that for decades had been the main strategic brake (at least on paper) for Russia in Europe and the biggest structural obstacle for China in its global struggle. Russia far ahead. It we have counted before. In the Arctic, Russia is not starting from scratch or playing for the future: it is already installed and has been operating for years with a material and geographical advantage that the United States can’t match quickly. Moscow has a consolidated military presence in the north, with bases, infrastructure, operational experience and an integrated defense logic around its sea routes, its resources and its strategic deterrence, in addition to key assets such as its Northern Fleet and the symbolic and technical weight of having used the region as a space for testing and projection since the soviet era. So when Washington turns Greenland into an open crisis, Russia watches. two things at the same time: the opportunity to weaken Western unity and the risk that the Arctic will go from being a terrain of contained competition to a zone of direct confrontation, one in which any miscalculated move accelerates militarization and possible escalation. The Russian method. The Russian reaction to the tension over Greenland has been marked by a combination of irony, enthusiasm and cold calculation, like someone who suddenly finds a perfect lever to improve your position without visible effort. The message that is repeated around the Kremlin is transparent: the best thing that can happen to Russia is for the United States and Europe to dedicate themselves to fight among themselvesbecause that, first of all, distracts from Ukraine, poisons cooperation and pushes allies to distrust American leadership. In that framework, they counted in AP that Russian propaganda allows itself the luxury of celebrating that “Atlantic unity is ending,” of joking that Europe has no real tools against Washington and to present the entire episode as a didactic scene in which Russia’s rivals tangle themselves. Greenland as a smoke screen. One of the most immediate benefits for Moscow is that focus shift political and media: when the European agenda is filled with Greenland, Ukraine loses diplomatic oxygen and negotiation space. The tension is forcing European leaders to put out internal fires rather than focus on the war, and that rreduces pressure collective action on Russia just when Moscow is seeking concessions or relief in any negotiation process. Furthermore, the simple fact that NATO is discussing whether or not to “block” American expansion introduces a disturbing idea: that the alliance is not an automatic pact of trust, but rather a kind of club where the strongest can change the rules if it suits them. Putin and Trump. Russia, furthermore, seems to be watching your tone with the White House because his priority is not to clash with Trump while he tries to obtain advantages over Ukraine and rebuild his relationship with Washington. That is why he avoids openly condemning the pressure on Greenland (a few hours ago Putin said that they care about “zero”) and, instead, wraps it in a comfortable ambiguity. It is a position that, although passive, in reality It’s strategicbecause it lets the conflict cook within the Western camp without Moscow appearing as the instigator. At the same time, introduce a dangerous idea in the debate: that international legality is secondary to the will of a great power, something that Russia knows well and cynically exploits when it suits it. China doesn’t need Greenland. From Beijing, the opportunity is not so much in “winning” Greenland, but in observing how the United States fights with its allies and devalues ​​the system that gave it a strategic advantage over China. They remembered in the Guardian that, in Chinese eyes, the ideal scenario is not to conquer Arctic territory, but see how it breaks the discipline of the Western bloc, because the great multiplier of American power has always been its network of alliances. China may have interests in polar routes, research and resources, but its biggest prize It’s political: a Europe more distrustful of Washington, open to its own balance and more tempted to take refuge in trade as a lifeline in a world of tariffs and blackmail. The Polar Silk Road. It we have counted before. China has been building an Arctic story for years that presents it as a legitimate actor, with official roles where it defines itself. as “almost arctic” and with the promise of a Polar Silk Road supported by melting ice, new sea routes and faster transport between Asia and Europe. There is concrete signs of that ambition, such as the use of Northern Maritime Route to drastically shorten travel timesalthough that route depends largely on Russia and its control over the corridor. In that sense, each crisis between the United States and Europe is not only a political problem: it is an economic window for Beijing, because it messes up rules, pushes Europe to look for alternatives and gives China room to present itself as a “stable” trading partner, although that stability may be more rhetorical than real. Davos and a resignation. He clash over Greenland It is aggravated … Read more

The amount of snow that is accumulating in the Pyrenees can only be defined in one way: truly crazy

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If this piece had to be summarized in a single concept, this time it would be easy: lots of snow. A huge amount of snow. Every week, the Ebro Hydrographic Confederation publishes a snow reserve estimate in the basin. Analyzing this week’s data is surprising and, if the forecasts are right, next week is going to be spectacular. So much snow? A lot, yes. As They explained in Northern Meteo“the snow reserve on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees reached the 75th percentile of the 2002-2026 series on January 19.” That means that “in 15 out of every 20 years” there is less snow than what accumulates on the summits right now. Just see how Port del Comte is in the Solsona Pyrenees (or the Puerto de la Ragua in Almería), to realize that this is not normal. After years with a negligible snow reserveseeing the mountains like this is a joy that reminds us of the good times. But, as I say, this is the parrot’s chocolate: taking into account the impact of Storm Harry and the carousel of fronts that comes (with Ingrid at the helm), the models predict that the 90th percentile will be reached throughout this week. If so, “we would touch 1500hm3 of water in the form of snow.” And there is a lot of water coming. It’s better don’t beat around the bush: “the next two weeks will bring very heavy rain, strong winds, snow and rough seas.” But, in addition, it comes accompanied by cold and that, as we have explained, is going to collapse the snow level. In the coming days, it is very likely that we will see snow in most of the inland provincial capitals. It will only take hold in the mountains, but this gives a fairly graphic image of what is coming our way. What can we expect? Since Friday, when the first front knock down the thermometers of the northwest halfwe can expect cold, rain and snow. For Friday Snowfall warnings have already been activated in the interior of Galicia, most of Castilla y León, the Cantabrian mountain range and the Picos de Europa, Guadalajara, Cuenca, the Iberian system, the Central system, the Betic system and the Pyrenees. The accumulated will be more than 20 centimeters in Sanabria, the Ourense mountains and the León mountain range. on saturday are expected snowfall in Navarra, the Basque Country, Cuenca, Aragon, the Betic system and the Pyrenees. Here, as I say, they will be especially intense. Sunday is back, the snow can reach areas of the northern half, and some points of Castilla-La Mancha or Andalusia The great panorama. But beyond all that, what awaits us is an exceptional snow season. Although the rest of the winter will be much calmer, warmer and drier: we will have reserves of snow like we haven’t had in a long time. And that’s a lot more than we thought we could say at this point. Image | Tropical Tidbits In Xataka | Something comes “from the bowels of the Atlantic” to Spain and AEMET is clear about its impact: alert in 14 autonomous communities

The Vitruvian Basilica is the “holy grail” of Roman architecture. Also a huge enigma that we have finally solved

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If there is one thing that abounds in the presentations of archaeological finds (no matter where, when or who makes them) they are superlatives. Each discovery is the most important, the definitive one, the last missing piece to complete the puzzle. Another thing is that it really is like that. In the province of Pesaro and Urbino (Italy) the authorities they just announced a finding in which the opposite occurs: yes, there are superlatives, but they fall short. In the end, what they have unearthed there is neither more nor less than the “holy grail” of Roman architecture. In a stroke of luck, archaeologists have found the basilica erected 2,000 years ago by Marcus Vitruvius, which concludes a search for more than five centuries. What has happened? That Italy has put an end to a 500 year adventurethe time that archaeologists, architects and historians have been searching for perhaps the “holy grail” of Roman architecture: the legendary Vitruvian Basilica. Scholars placed it in Fanum Fortunae (current city of Fano) and for decades they probed its soil in search of vestiges or at least some indication. In vain. things changed about three years agowhen during the renovation works of the market square they found themselves (shortly half a meter deep) some remains that, we now know, belong to the basilica. “Millimeter correspondence”. What we have found under the cobblestones of Fano are Roman columns. So far nothing exceptional considering that we are talking about an ancient coastal city in the Marche region of Italy. The curious thing is that these vestiges fit closely with the description that Marcus Vitruvius left us of the basilica in his famous treatise. ‘Of Architecture’. The columns, their arrangement, the shape and layout of the nave coincide. The “definitive confirmation”, clarify from the Italian Ministry of Culture, arrived after the discovery of a fifth pillar that confirms both the position and orientation of the property. A planimetric reconstruction based on the description left by Vitruvius finally provided the guide. The coincidence is so precise that the authorities speak of a “millimeter correspondence”. “Imposing structures”. “The columns, around five Roman feet in diameter (147-150 cm) and about 15 meters high, rest on pillars and pilasters that supported an upper floor,” points out the Italian Government, which recalls that in 2022 experts were on the trail after discovering some “imposing masonry structures and marble floors” on Via Vitruvio. The confirmation that the remains belong to the old basilica does not complete the work. In fact, Cultura is already advancing that it will continue researching with the support of community funds. “Everything necessary will be done to recover and promote this exceptional find,” guarantees the regional president, Francesco Acquaroli. “Like Tutankhamun’s tomb”. During the presentation neither Francesco Acquaroli, nor the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, nor certainly the mayor of the town, Luca Serfilippi, spared praise (and superlatives). “The column behind us changes the history of the region. It is a discovery comparable to that of Tutankhamun’s tomb,” celebrated the regional leader. Giuli has used similar effusiveness, for whom the location of the mythical Roman basilica, erected ago two millenniabrand “a before and after” in archaeological history. “History books and not just journalistic chronicles will document this day and everything that will be studied about this exceptional discovery in the coming years. The scientific value is of absolute caliber,” he emphasized the Minister of Culture. “The vestiges discovered clearly demonstrate that Fano was and is the heart of the oldest architectural wisdom of Western civilization.” Is it so relevant? Whether the discovery of the Vitruvian basilica is comparable to that of Tutankhamun’s tomb may perhaps be discussed, of course what is undeniable is that it is one of the great archaeological news of the year (and that at the very least). The reason is not only the value of the building but that of its creator, Marcus Vitruvius (1st century BC), architect, engineer, treatise writer and author of ‘Of Architecture’a fundamental manual to understand Renaissance architecture. In his treatise Vitruvius addresses the three axes that would mark architecture for centuries: firmitas (firmness), utilities (functionality) and venustas (beauty). His work influenced, among others, León Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio and Leonardo Da Vinci, who was inspired by its proportions to create one of the most iconic (and recognizable) drawings of all time: the ‘Vitruvian Man’. In ‘De Architectura’ the Roman architect does something else: he describes in detail the basilica that has now been found (finally) in Fano, a project in which was directly involved. In fact, the Ministry of Culture remember that it is the “only building attributable with certainty” to the Roman writer. Now we no longer need to imagine it. Images | Office Stampa e Comunicazione MiC In Xataka | We have discovered (again) the secret of Roman concrete. It’s less impressive than it seems

TeraWave, Blue Origin’s satellite internet, is born

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Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space company, has announced this Wednesday the deployment of 5,408 satellites to create TeraWave, a satellite communications network that will compete directly with starlink from SpaceX. But there is a crucial difference: it is not intended for you or me. What Blue Origin proposes. TeraWave promises speeds of up to 6 terabits per second, both upload and download, anywhere on the planet, according to the company. Deployment will begin at the end of 2027 with a constellation that will combine satellites in low and medium Earth orbit, connected by optical links. The network is designed to serve a maximum of approximately 100,000 customers, not millions like its competitors. The big difference with Starlink. While the service deployed by Elon Musk’s company, with more than 9,000 satellites in orbit and some 9 million customers, focuses on offering internet to individual consumers, companies and governments alike, TeraWave is committed to an exclusively business approach. Blue Origin has made clear that its network is “designed specifically for enterprise customers,” targeting data centers, governments and enterprises that require reliable connectivity for critical operations. Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin and former head of Amazon devices, confirmed in the statement that this is an “enterprise grade” service. An increasingly saturated market. Bezos is not only competing with Musk, but also with his own creature: Amazon. The e-commerce company Leo is deploying (formerly Project Kuiper), a network of 3,236 satellites of which there are already 180 in orbit. Unlike TeraWave, Leo does target both businesses, consumers and governments, competing more directly with Starlink. In addition, several Chinese companies are rapidly developing similar constellations with low-cost reusable rockets, following the strategy that SpaceX established with your Falcon 9. Why do they aim so high in speed?. Those 6 terabits per second that TeraWave promises are extreme even by current enterprise standards, well above what rival commercial services offer. So yes, indeed, Blue Origin aims to meet the demand for data centers for AI. And the TeraWave announcement coincides with a career in the space industry for building data centers in space that can meet the growing demand for large-scale AI processing. Musk has already expressed his desire to build these space centers complementing Starlink, while Bezos already predicted that will be common in orbit in the next 10 to 20 years. The logistical challenge. To put 5,408 satellites into orbit you need a reliable and economical launch machine. This is where Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket comes in, which although it has completed two launches, has not yet reached the necessary flight rate. Last November, the company achieved an important milestone upon successful landing the New Glenn booster after the launch of two NASA spacecraft, becoming the second company, after SpaceX, to achieve this feat. Bezos’s commitment to space. The founder of Amazon has been preaching about the potential of Blue Origin for years. In 2024, during an interview at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit, Bezos stated who believes Blue Origin “will be the best business I’ve ever been involved in, but it will take time.” Founded in 2000, the company has been primarily known for its tourist flights to the edge of space. Last year he also took both his current wife, Lauren Sánchez, and to the singer Katy Perry or to our national survivor, Jesus Calleja. Cover image | Jeff Bezos In Xataka | SpaceX has made sending things to space very cheap. The problem is that now space is full of things

In 2009 Stephen Hawking hosted “the party of the century.” No one came precisely because Stephen Hawking organized it

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Bottles of the best French Champagne, tables full of canapés and cucumber sandwiches, balloons, banners and music. Stephen Hawkingthe famous theoretical physicist from the University of Cambridge, had everything ready to give the party of the century in June 2009. “I was waiting for a long time, but no one came,” explained a couple of years later. He wasn’t too surprised, especially since he only sent out the invitations after the party was already over. And not by mistake: Hawking’s party was the first major celebration dedicated specifically to time travelers. In 1992, Hawking had already proposed that time travel was impossible. So that afternoon party in the swamps of the River Cam was half an experiment to prove that the timetravelers They did not exist, half “trolling” all those theorists who thought that this type of trips could exist. In reality, it was a joke that is inserted into the historical controversy of time travel. For all we know, all the time travelers could be in the pub across the street laughing at poor Hawking and his old anti-travel ideas. It is not likely, there I agree with Hawking; but, today, we cannot rule out that working hypothesis. Everything (not) is on the internet I suppose that, therefore, that of the English physicist has not been the only attempt to search for time travelers. A few years later, in 2014, a team of physicists from the Michigan Institute of Technology used the internet and social networks to look for clues about possible trips. It was not about looking for people who defined themselves as “time travelers“, but to look for the trace of clairvoyance. That is, signs of people who knew things before they happened. The idea was to look for unequivocal messages, about things not previously known and significant enough to be recorded in the history books of the future. They chose two facts that met these three characteristics: Comet ISON and the name that Jorge Bergoglio would choose during his papacy, Francisco. The search, needless to say, was fruitless. Only in the case of Pope Francis did they find a prior reference to the choice of the name, but after analyzing it they discovered that it was a merely speculative text. Can you travel in time? The short answer is that we don’t know. The long answer is that, although it seems something banaldebates about the possibility of time travel continue to be a very controversial topic even today. And they remain so for a very simple reason: there is nothing in our scientific theories about the universe that prohibits per se this type of trips. Hence it is an exciting field full of theories, objections and counter-objections. Someday we will have to return to the topic and talk about the current controversies in time travel. But today, since it’s Sunday, I just wanted to remind you that if you ever pass through Cambridge on June 28, 2009, there is a party to which you are invited. Toast us. In Xataka | The most transformative event in modern cosmology is just around the corner, according to these physicists’ hypothesis In Xataka | Stephen Hawking made a prediction about black holes in 1971. A new signal has proven him overwhelmingly right

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