Month: March 2026

China has turned OpenClaw into a viral phenomenon. And then it has prohibited its officials from using it

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The appearance of the AI ​​agent OpenClaw has meant that we are living in a kind of second “DeepSeek moment“They know it well in China, where its use has exploded in such a way that the Government has had to act. And it has probably done well. An absolutely viral AI. The OpenClaw project has caused a real earthquake in China. In cities like Shenzhen there are queues to physically install it and people paying for others to install it remotely or in person. The AI ​​agent is breaking all popularity records for programming projects, and for example has already surpassed two legends such as React or Linux in terms of stars awarded on GitHub, a measure of the popularity of open source projects. In just three months, OpenClaw has managed to surpass the legendary leaders of this ranking in GitHub stars: react and linux. Source: Star-History.com Solution to Chinese fragmentation. The secret of this success in the Asian giant is not based only on the curiosity of users, but also on the fact that OpenClaw provides a striking solution to an endemic problem in the country: the fragmentation of business software. With an average of 150 independent IT systems per company and 60% of them without APIs or documentation, AI integration seemed to be an insurmountable wall. OpenClaw solves the problem because you can take control of the machine, “see” buttons and text boxes, click and type in browsers, and operate as if you were a human. Tokens everywhere. That ability has turned this project into an absolute “token hole.” Unlike a conventional chatbot like ChatGPT, OpenClaw works continuously and autonomously, and it is not uncommon to see an advanced user consume 50 million tokens daily. The impact has been massive: at the end of February, Chinese models such as Kimi 2.5 or DeepSeek were already devouring 61% of the global OpenRouter tokens, a platform that allows you to easily use APIs from dozens of AI models. The fever has been such that Kimi has generated in 20 days more income than all expected by its creator, Moonshot IA, by 2025. Alarm. The problem is precisely that: when software has the ability to “see” everything that happens on a screen and execute commands by itself, the security risks are enormous. This has made the Beijing government go from enthusiasm—cities like Shenzhen offer million-dollar subsidies for their development—to a policy that is now totally restrictive. Government agencies, state-owned companies and large national banks have received urgent notices prohibiting the installation of OpenClaw in office devices and even in mobile phones that are used in this type of segments. Be careful with your data. Practically since it went viral, many have warned of the cybersecurity risks involved in using OpenClaw. An initial audit of the skills available on ClawdHub detected hundreds of them as malicious. That was the germ of the OpenClaw alliance with the Spanish cybersecurity firm VirusTotalpart of Google. The risk with this project is threefold: You have access to private data Can communicate with the outside You are exposed to untrustworthy content and attacks from prompt injection One of lime and one of sand. For large Chinese technology companies, the government’s measures are bittersweet. On the one hand, they have rushed to offer one-click OpenClaw deployments in their clouds for interested users. On the other hand, state restriction has meant that some of the AI ​​startups such as Zhipu (Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC Ltd.) or MiniMax Group have quickly fallen on the stock market for the news. China and control. There is another key element in that political movement: the loss of control. The Beijing government has already fought a battle in the past to curb the power of giants like Alibaba, and that caused the “Asian Jeff Bezos”, Jack Ma, came out very badly. An autonomous AI agent that operates outside of that government control represents a challenge to the mechanisms that China has been perfecting, especially with its Great Firewall. An uncertain future. These new restrictions pose a complex future for the project in China. The Asian giant has embraced AI more than anyone else, but the security risks in this case are so clear that limits had to be set before things got out of control. Even so, the project is Open Source, which will make it difficult for its deployment to be halted by end users and enthusiasts, no matter how much the Chinese Government wants it. Image | OpenClaw | Paul Kagame In Xataka | Every time Facebook had a competitor, it bought it: it is exactly the same thing that OpenAI is doing

how to check if it is down or if it is your problem

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Let’s tell you how to tell if claude is down and it doesn’t work because of a bug that is happening to everyone. Like any other online service, artificial intelligence as Claude They can also have problems and fall. They can be specific errors that are solved immediately or larger ones that take hours to solve. When this is the case, there is always a moment of confusion in which you doubt whether it is a general error or just your fault, and we are going to tell you how to do this check. These crashes can be due to problems with the servers, a cyber attack and many other reasons, but the first thing is always to check if it has really crashed or if the problem is yours. How to check if Claude is down To check if Claude suffers a general fall, you will have to use one of the websites specialized in detecting these problems that can occur. These are websites in which users report drops, and you can see the level of these reports in a graph. When the graph goes up a lot, it’s because there is a massive problem. It’s not you, everyone is reporting these bugs. The best option on Claude’s profile on Down Detector, which you can access on the web downdetector.es/problemas/claude-ai. Here you can see in real time the number of problems reported by users in the last 24 hours. The higher the reporting curve, the bigger and more people the fall will be affecting. You can also search for information on some social networks such as Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon or When you see that the fall is general, there is nothing you can do to solve it. You will have to wait for Claude’s owners or the downed service to fix the problem. It is also convenient that pay attention to a possible communication after solving it in which they give some kind of explanation. In these communications they should clarify the type of error they have had, and even warn if it is due to a hack that has exposed user data. In Xataka Basics | The best prompts to save hours of work and do your tasks with ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

If the question is why the US has not yet attacked Kharg Island, the answer is simple: fear of the second later

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With the US and Israel attacking thousands of targets Iranians, including shipsdefense systems and oil facilities and supply, Kharg island It is a paradox in itself. Most analysts agree that it is the great Achilles heel of the Islamic Republic, a point at which Washington could cause considerable damage to the ayatollah regime. However, despite this strategic value and the intense US and Israeli offensive, after more than a week There is no record of Kharg being damaged during the war. The question is obvious: Why? On a distant island… Iran may be in a privileged position to control the Strait of Hormuzplace of passage almost 20% of the planet’s crude oil and gas; But on a geographic level, Tehran also has some disadvantages. The main one, its coast. It is not the best for maritime traffic. It is too silty and lacks the draft necessary for docking oil tankers. More than six decades ago, this handicap led Iran, with the help of the American company Amoco, to create a huge oil terminal on the neighboring island of Kharg. Although it is a tiny island, just over 20 km2its waters are deep enough to accommodate large ships. Since registering its first major shipment, in 1960Kharg has been gaining weight in the Iranian oil industry until it has become its nerve center. The island of black gold. The “nerve center” in this case is more than justified. Despite its small size, Kharg has been equipped with an enormous infrastructure, with loading docks, oil pipelines and warehouses, which allow it to channel about 90% of Iran’s oil exports. It is estimated that they pass through the island every day between 1.3 and 1.6 million of barrels of crude oil, although it has capacity for much more. JP Morgan estimates that in February, when war drums were already sounding, Tehran increased the flow to three million barrels a day. There are those who say that if he put his mind to it he could reach seven million. Added to them are its reserves, estimated at another 18 million. A perfect target. With such numbers, Kharg has become two things. A central piece in Iran’s oil network. And a perfect target for the US and Israel. A certain blow would come to cause considerable damage to the island and, consequently, to the finances of the Islamic Republic, contributing to its destabilization. Its strategic value is so clear that Israeli politician Yair Lapid recently insisted in the advantages that a direct offensive would have. To be more precise, Lapid has advocated for “destroying all of Iran’s oil fields and energy industry on Kharg Island.” “That is what would cripple the Iranian economy and topple the regime,” he reasoned. In the last days Tel Aviv has hit the country’s oil infrastructure, damaging deposits and crude transfer centers in Tehran and Alborz. However Kharg remains intact. And that on Saturday Axios wakefulness that Israel and the US have discussed the possibility of controlling the island as part of a greater deployment in Iran. Why don’t they attack her? That is the question that several analysts have asked themselves over the last few days, including Dan SabbaghDefense and Security editor of Guardian. The advantages of attacking Kharg are evident for the US and Israel (it would hit the heart of Iranian industry, destabilizing their regime), so… Why does the island seem immutable, at least today? To understand it you have to handle several keys. Some geopolitics. Other economic ones. About the latter was pronounced on Monday JP Morgan, which reminds that an offensive on Kharg would cause an earthquake in the oil market. Not only for hitting the Iranian industry. It could also trigger a violent response from Tehran that extends to the Strait of Hormuz and the oil infrastructure of other neighboring Gulf countries. It’s not crazy. Iran has already punished them. “A direct attack would instantly halt most of Iran’s crude oil exports, likely triggering severe retaliation in Hormuz or against regional energy infrastructure,” the bank warns. Beyond oil. “We could see the $120 per barrel price that we saw on Monday rise to $150 if Kharg were attacked,” warns Neil Quilliam, from the Chatham House think tank. “It is crucial for global energy markets.” It may sound exaggerated, but it is worth remembering several facts. Iran is not just any country. It occupies one of the top positions in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and pumps 4.5% of supply world. Much of its production goes to China, but if its supply were knocked out, the shock wave would spread to the entire market, influencing prices. Especially at a time of deep instability in Hormuz. We’re not just talking about oil. As remember In France24 Sonia Martínez-Girón, ITSS analyst, its market is closely connected to other very sensitive economic sectors, such as transport or food. And then… what? That is the other question that analysts ask. If Kharg is hit, the Iranian regime is hit, but… What comes next? What would be the next step? Richard Nephew, of the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, recognize that attacking the island would represent an escalation in the war, especially since it could require a ground deployment. “The US and Israel are aware that, if they attack it, they run the risk of Iran attacking the oil infrastructure of the Gulf countries,” warns. Not only that. Rebuilding Kharg would take time, so the coup would affect any hypothetical new Iranian regime, complicating the country’s stability. “Kharg Island is so important to the Iranian economy that destroying its facilities would mean abandoning any pretense of waging war to create a better future for Iran,” points out in Guardian Lynette Nusbacher, former British Army intelligence officer. Added to this handicap is the cost it could have within the US, where Trump’s interventionist is already causing a fracture of the MAGA movement in the middle of an election year. Images | POT, Natalya Letunova (Unsplash) and … Read more

has AI in its favor

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During the first two months of 2026, China exported integrated circuits worth $43.3 billion, according to SCMPwhich represents an increase of 72.6% compared to the same period in 2025. This information comes directly from Chinese customs records, so it is presumably reliable. However, the most astonishing thing is that all of this country’s exports has grown by 21.8% during January and February, so it is evident that the semiconductor industry has been stimulated with much more intensity than other sectors. This behavior largely responds to the very high demand for chips for artificial intelligence (AI) that extends across a good part of the planet. The US and its allies have worked hard over the past five years to prevent China from achieving the photolithography equipment of the Dutch company ASML that it needs to manufacture cutting-edge chips, which has caused the country led by Xi Jinping to be forced to achieve self-sufficiency throughout the semiconductor production chain. Domestic demand has stimulated the growth of the Chinese chip industry in recent years, but the figures I have collected in the first paragraph of this article show that external demand is also very strong. Huawei, Moore Threads either Cambricon Technologies They are some of the Chinese companies that already have AI GPUs with competitive features, so it is reasonable to assume that these chips are being acquired by foreign companies that are most likely having difficulties accessing the solutions that the Taiwanese company TSMC produces for NVIDIA or AMD. Mature chips remain one of the pillars of the Chinese industry SMIC (Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp), the producer of integrated circuits most important in the country led by Xi Jinping, has the capacity to manufacture 7nm semiconductors. And maybe also 5nm. In this process it uses the UVP lithography equipment that it purchased from ASML before the US and Netherlands sanctions prevented it from acquiring more units of these machines, but to produce these chips, as we have explained In other articles, you are using a technique known as multiple patterning. Presumably SMIC doesn’t make 7nm chips on a large scale. And possibly a good part of them are bought by Huawei This strategy broadly consists of transferring the pattern to the wafer in several passes with the purpose of increasing the resolution of the lithographic process. The problem is that it has an impact rise in the cost of chips and a decrease in production capacity, although it works. In practice this means that SMIC presumably does not manufacture 7nm chips on a large scale. And possibly a good part of them are bought by Huawei. In that case it is reasonable for us to ask ourselves what type of integrated circuits are being mass produced by Chinese manufacturers. And the answer is very revealing: these are chips derived from mature integration technologiesusually 28 nm or less advanced. After all, the semiconductors that we mostly find in electronic devices, household appliances or cars, among other products, have been produced using them. Many Chinese chip manufacturers, such as Hua Hong Semiconductor, China Resources Microelectronics or Guangzhou ZenSemi, are manufacturing 28 nm integrated circuits or with even more mature technologies. And the Beijing Yandong Microelectronics (YDME) company is going to build a 4.6 billion dollar plant expressly to produce 28nm semiconductors on 300mm wafers. It is evident that these companies would not focus on the manufacturing of mature chips in this way if it were not a profitable strategy, and, above all, necessary to sustain the Chinese integrated circuit industry at a time as critical as the current one. Image | Generated by Xataka with Gemini More information | SCMP In Xataka | China is preparing for the worst scenario: it fears that the US will prevent TSMC from delivering chips for cars and smartphones

El Niño is coming back in a big way

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Since mid-2025, we had no news on the front: the equatorial Pacific has been governed for months by a tremendously weak, decaffeinated and boring La Niña. But things end. And this La Niña is, in fact, ending very quickly. As I write, Kevin waves are transporting heat into the eastern Pacific and major seasonal models are signaling with unprecedented fixation that El Niño is just around the corner. What’s more, they point out that the next episode of ENSO is going to be between strong and very strong before we know it. First of all… what is El Niño in 127 words. What we know as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (or ENSO) is a cyclical (although somewhat irregular) climate phenomenon that has large effects on the global climate. During the warm phase (during El Niño itself), the lack of trade winds to cool the surface causes the temperature of the Pacific waters to skyrocket. And that, precisely that, disrupts all the Earth’s weather systems, causing the thermometers of the entire planet to skyrocket. As explained from AEMET“El Niño, through different atmospheric teleconnections, gives rise to drier than normal conditions in certain parts of the world; while in others it causes more precipitation. Some countries have to deal with significant droughts and others with torrential rains.” What happened now? Something quite curious, really. In just one week, we have gone from the most absolute tranquility (60-70% chance of neutral conditions) to 80% of a strong or very strong El Niño before summer ends. What has changed, as I said above, are the ocean signals: NOAA have found signs of significant subsurface warming, and that warming is the classic first sign that something is starting to change. Basically, since the beginning of the year there have been three episodes in which warm water from the western Pacific has been moving eastward. Changes in the wind pattern have also been detected. And why does it concern experts? Because these rapid changes are very similar to what happened in 1997. The super El Niño of 97-98 was one of the strongest ENSOs in recent years and caused numerous problems: the estimates say that he alone caused damage to global economic growth of around 5.7 trillion dollars. Obviously, many things They can go wrong between now and summerbut we would be wrong if we do not pay attention to the Pacific. We are at the doors of a global food crisisthe last thing we need is for El Niño to hit the Southern Hemisphere hard during the last months of the year. Image | NOAA In Xataka | Long periods of drought are going to become more and more normal. It’s time to get used to them

Volkswagen is going to eliminate 50,000 jobs by 2030: it is the price it pays for having fallen asleep

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The German giant closed 2025 with the worst result in almost a decade. It is no wonder, because right now Volkswagen is in the middle of several open fronts, among them China’s pressure and USAwave transition to electricwhere it is putting special focus. But the context has not been the only reason. The blow in figures. The Group had a profit of 6.4 billion euros in 2025, 44% less than the previous year. In fact, it is the lowest since 2016, the year of the diesel scandal. Total revenue remained stable at around €322 billion, but operating profit fell almost by half to €8.9 billion. On the other hand, the group’s operating margin stood at 2.8%. Why is this happening? Context doesn’t help, but it’s not just context either. Volkswagen has had structural problems for years that the current crisis has amplified: your internal software it is expensive and slow; China, its largest market, it slips out of your hands; The Trump administration’s tariffs hit its sales in the US and Europe is buying fewer cars than before the pandemic, specifically some two million fewer vehicles per year than in pre-pandemic. In Xataka The electric car revolution has an absolute winner: the Chinese battery giant is becoming more and more giant The adjustment plan. Oliver Blume, CEO of the group, communicated in his annual letter to shareholders that “in total, around 50,000 jobs will be eliminated before 2030 in the Volkswagen Group in Germany.” The cut exceeds 35,000 positions that had already been agreed with the unions at the end of 2024 within the restructuring pact ‘Zukunft Volkswagen’ (The future of Volkswagen). This agreement, signed with the IG Metall union and the works council, prohibits the reduction of staff and guarantees employment until the end of the decade, but in exchange it freezes salaries in 2025 and 2026 and reduces productive capacity by 734,000 units per year. The company estimates that these measures can generate up to €15 billion in annual savings by 2030. The additional 15,000 positions now announced come from brands such as Audi and Porsche, and software subsidiary CARIAD. What’s wrong with China. Volkswagen was the best-selling manufacturer in China for decades. In 2024 lost that position to BYD; in 2025 it fell to third place, also surpassed by Geely. The group’s total sales in the country fell 8% in 2025, and those of electric vehicles plummeted more than 44%. To answer, the group works with XPeng on a specific electrical architecture for the Chinese market, the CEA platform, which is now ready for series production. Blume described the process as transforming “an idea into cutting-edge architecture in just 18 months.” {“videoId”:”x9tnvi4″,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”Why YOUR NEXT CAR WILL SURELY BE CHINESE”, “tag”:”Webedia-prod”, “duration”:”614″} The software problem. One of the group’s most expensive burdens has been CARIAD, its internal software division in which it invested around 12 billion euros without the expected results. The group has pivoted, with CARIAD now primarily managing external alliances. The most important is the one it maintains with Rivian, the American manufacturer of electric vehicles, in which Volkswagen has committed 5.8 billion dollars. Rivian’s technology, its zonal architecture and its software, will debut in the VW ID.1scheduled for 2027. Last week, Rivian CFO Claire McDonough told investors that the relationship is “very strong” and that work is progressing faster than VW could have done alone. In Xataka Renault has encountered a problem: it does not know how to grow. And he believes that his solution is to become premium Porsche, the other source of tension. The Stuttgart brand, usually the most profitable of the group, has also been affected. Its commitment to electric power has cost it nearly 4.7 billion euros, a figure that has practically absorbed its entire operating profit. Sales in China have also suffered. What’s coming now? “We can only achieve this if we continue to rigorously reduce costs. That is what we will focus on in the coming months,” counted the group’s CFO, Arno Antlitz. The group also is studying cuts of 20% in the costs of all its brands before the end of 2028. However, there are signs of improvement: the fourth quarter of 2025 was better than the previous ones, and the group foresees an operating margin of between 4% and 5.5% for 2026. Cover image | Volkswagen In Xataka |Renault wants to become bigger than ever before 2030. And to achieve this they are going to copy the philosophy of the Chinese brands (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news Volkswagen is going to eliminate 50,000 jobs by 2030: it is the price it pays for having fallen asleep was originally published in Xataka by Antonio Vallejo .

the cheapest laptop in Apple history with iPhone chip

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It was expected like May water by fans of the firm with the bitten apple and, last week, Apple finally cleared up the rumors and presented the MacBook Neothe cheapest laptop in its entire history. Now, you can buy from 699 euros. This is the price for the 13-inch model with 256 GB, although the 512 GB variant with touch ID is available for 100 euros more: 799 euros. Apple MacBook Neo 13-Inch with A18 Pro Chip, 256 GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Apple MacBook Neo 13 Inch with A18 Pro Chip 512 GB and Touch ID The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A cheap Apple laptop perfect for less demanding users It is true that for an Apple laptop, the MacBook Neo It is modest in specifications, but it is true that it presents a excellent value for moneyideal for those who want a computer from the firm of the bitten apple without having to pay 1,000 euros for the base model. The MacBook Neo is perfect for those who want enter the Apple ecosystem without paying more. This is a move in which Apple has been trying to succeed for a long time with the launch of cheaper devices such as the iPhone 17e or the Apple Watch SE 3. This MacBook Neo is designed for everyday use, with more than enough features for a standard user. Its screen is type 13 inch IPS LCDwith a resolution of 2,408 x 1,506 pixels and a brightness of 500 nits. The surprise of this laptop is that, unlike all other Apple models, it mounts the chip Apple A18 Prothe same as the iPhone 16 Pro and that is more than enough for browsing, checking email, editing an image and everyday work tasks. Its light weight 1.2kgmakes it an inseparable companion for those who have to carry the office on their backs every day. In addition, it stands out for its battery that, according to company data, lasts up to 16 hours, so you can forget about charging it while you work. Of course, despite some advantages, it is true that there is an unwritten agreement by which you assume that by buying a MacBook for 699 euros you have to give up some things. For example, The keyboard does not have a backlight nor does it come with a wall charger. In terms of connectivity, it only has two ports USB-CWiFi 6E, Bluetooth 6.0 and 3.5 mm headphone jack. Finally, one of the things that is also striking about this cheap Apple laptop is that you can buy it in four different colors. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: macbook neo laptop ✅ THE BEST The price: It is the first Apple MacBook for which you have to pay less than 700 euros at launch. Very light and portable: Weighing only 1.2 kg, it is a perfect laptop to take with you every day to the office or university. ❌ THE WORST Oh, the RAM… 8 GB of RAM may be a bit short for intense multitasking and the worst thing is that it cannot be expanded. Yesand they miss some things… With no backlit mouse, no wall charger and only two USB-C ports, these are some of the things you have to sacrifice if you want to pay little for a MacBook. 💡 BUY IT IF… You want a cheap Mac for studying, browsing, watching videos or even everyday work. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… You are a person who wants a laptop to edit video, program many apps or who wants a device that will last for many years. Some accessories that may interest you for this MacBook Neo BENFEI Laptop Stand with Docking Station USB C 6 in 1 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links tomtoc 360° Case for 13 Inch 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 | Pedro Aznar (Applesfera) and Apple In Xataka | MacBook Air M4 vs MackBook Air M3: these are the main differences between the two models In Xataka | MacBook Air Vs MacBook Pro: we explain which one to choose

is dismantling ‘made in China’ faster than we expected

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One in four iPhones is already assembled in India. Apple has delivered in 2025 exactly what JPMorgan forecast in 2022but it has done so at a speed that has surprised the sector. Why is it important. This is perhaps the clearest sign to date that China has lost its status as an irreplaceable player in high-end consumer electronics manufacturing. If Apple can make this move, others can too. In figures: 55 million of iPhones made in India in 2025, up from 36 million in 2024 (a 53% increase in a single year). 25% of world production, for a total of between 220 and 230 million units. 9 billion dollars in iPhone sales in India last year, a record. 14 million of units sold in the country, with a growth of 9% year-on-year. The backdrop. Apple has been around for years trying to reduce its dependence on Chinabut the Chinese supply chain was so efficient and so dense that the movement moved slowly. Then came Trump’s tariffs, and what was a long-term strategy became an emergency. In May 2025, Trump himself called Tim Cook to ask him to stop expanding production in Indiawhich gives an idea of ​​the scale and speed of the transfer. Between the lines. Tariffs have been the perfect excuse to do what Apple has wanted to do for a long time. The company has not only transferred volume: it has also transferred its most profitable models. India now assembles the entire iPhone 17 lineincluding the Pro and Pro Max. That is not outsourcing cheap, it is entrusting India with the jewel in the crown. Yes, but. Manufacturing in India is still more expensive than in China or Vietnam. The Modi government’s incentives (the export-linked production program) have been the glue of this strategy, and they expire imminently, on March 31. Apple, like Samsung, is negotiating with the government for a new round of subsidies. If these do not arrive and the incentive agreement expires without anything to relieve it, India’s attractiveness becomes more complicated. In Xataka | Apple has only found one option to make a cheap laptop: make it a mobile Featured image | TejjXataka with Mockuuups Studio

Thousands of people were following the Iran war with satellite images from Planet Labs. So the US has closed it

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The satellite images are a key piece for modern military intelligence. They are the eyes on the ground, they allow you to see where the enemy is, their supply routes, their defenses and plan more precise attacks. For the public, they are the direct window to the battlefield and in the Iran conflict there are two companies that are deciding whether to let us watch or not, one is American and one is Chinese. Guess who is who. The Planet Labs blackout. It is a satellite earth imaging company based in San Francisco. It operates a network of more than 200 satellites that allows them to provide global coverage of the planet, recording more than 300 million square kilometers of images collected every day. Planet Labs images have been key in conflicts such as the ukrainian war or the escalation of tensions between China and Taiwan. However, when it comes to a conflict in which the US is the protagonist, things change. The restriction: On March 6, Planet Labs announced a four-day delay in the publication of its images of the Middle East, a measure they described as “temporary and intended to protect personnel and operations.” The controversy: What is striking is that the delay affected countries with a US military presence (Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), while the images of Iran continued to be published almost in real time. This unleashed reviews on Xcalling it a measure to manipulate public opinion by hiding the damage to US bases, while only showing the damage caused to Iran. The extension: The company recently extended this delay to 14 days. According to statements to Reutersseek to ensure that your data “does not contribute in any way to attacks against allied, NATO personnel or civilian populations.” Mizar Vision. Given the Planet Labs blackout, there is a company that continues to offer satellite images almost in real time. It is about Mizar Vision, a Chinese startup based in Shanghai that does not have its own satellites, but instead purchases commercial images. Its value is that it applies an AI layer that detects, geolocates and tags military assets in almost real time and publishes them on Weibo, the Chinese social network. There is an account on X with the same name, but the company has already confirmed that It is not an official account. Attack prediction. Two days before the attack on Iran, Mizar Vision published images which showed planes lined up on the runway of the Diego García base, signaling that the attack was imminent. They were high resolution images in which details such as the model of the aircraft could be distinguished. They also identified other key infrastructures such as the anti-missile systems that the US has in Jordan and the al-Udeid base in Qatar, all of them. attacked by Iran days later. Mizar Vision is the open window to the battlefield, but we can all look, the Iranian army too. The shadow of Beijing. The images prior to the attack were shared by accounts with links to Chinese People’s Liberation Army. They count in The Country That analysts wonder to what extent the Chinese government is encouraging the publication of such detailed images, with such precision and in real time in a context of such tension. The company continues to publish images of US military movements in the region. In Xataka | A creepy sound is being repeated in the Middle East: it is called C-RAM, it comes from the US, and it is the prelude to a firestorm Image | Mizar Vision

If the question is how much OpenClaw is taking over, the answer is… in China they are lining up to install it

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One of the AI ​​phenomena of 2026 is OpenClawone of the most powerful tools (and at the same time dangerous) never released. In China, just a few days ago, nearly a thousand people queued in front of the headquarters of the Chinese technology company Tencent Holdings in Shenzhen. Reason: they wanted to install OpenClaw on their computers. OpenClaw fever. In less than 100 days, OpenClaw has conquered Asia. Of the more than 140,000 AI agents based on its technology, half come from China. Tencent issued an open invitation to its headquarters in Shenzen so that company engineers could install OpenClaw completely free of charge on the computers of those who came. Nearly 1,000 people physically turned out to install the software formerly known as Clawdbot and Moltbot. Because. The enthusiasm for OpenClaw comes from the combination of several key points. China’s early adoption of new technology Push by big technology companies to implement it (Tencent, Alibaba, Bytedance) Real agentic functions, far above what any chatbot offers. It’s not just OpenClaw. ArkClarw, MaxClaw, AutoClaw… The OpenClaw fever has triggered variants of the original, with derivative projects that seek to further specialize their work. It is a perfect storm that fits with the Chinese need to meet the massive demand for AI use while consuming few tokens. This matches perfectly with what China is looking for: cheap, Open Source models prepared for large volumes of use. Yes, but. Although Chinese consumers are demanding use of OpenClaw, the country’s authorities are moving in the opposite direction. As Bloomberg reports, state-owned companies and government agencies have received notices in recent days warning them not to install OpenClaw for security reasons. In the most extreme cases, and according to anonymous Bloomberg sources, the installation of this software has been banned in critical sectors such as banking and some government agencies. Lobster farming. There is a new buzzword creating a trend in China: “locust farming”. One that has to do with the OpenClaw logo and the tendency to install its variants. The project has already surpassed Linux on GitHub in terms of ratings, and despite doubts about its security, it has made something clear: agentic AI is not so far away from what we thought. In Xataka | Agentic AI was the new race for Big Tech and Meta was far behind. It has bought the company most capable of recovering

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