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Openai has just launched his new programming agent. The interesting thing is what you can do when nobody looks

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Artificial intelligence (AI) currently presumes a leading place in the world of programming. More and more software developers resort to AI systems to write code, correct errors or automate repetitive tasks. Openai is betting again for this area with Codexhis new agent. It is a prior view phase tool that acts as a virtual collaborator. Its engine is Codex-1, a variant of O3 adjusted to better understand the needs of modern development. Among their promises are to generate more orderly code, follow instructions with greater precision, among other advantages. How does Codex work? Codex is not a simple assistant that suggests fragments of code. It is a software agent that operates in the background from the cloud. Once connected to your account GITHUByou can access your repository, read files, propose changes and execute tasks such as writing new functions, correcting errors or throwing tests. All this does it autonomously and safely, within an isolated environment (a kind of virtual cloud computer) that simulates your development environment. This should not only protect your system, but also allows Codex to execute tasks without affecting your local workflow. While he works, you can continue using your computer normally. The interesting thing is that it does not execute a single action in turn: it can take care of several tasks at the same time. For example, you can ask you to check a part of the code or Look for mistakes In another section of the project. Each task is managed separately and Codex will inform their real -time progress, allowing the user to review them. The tool is designed to adapt to the way of working of developers. In fact, it can be guided by specific files called agents.md, a kind of instruction manual that allows you to indicate what style follow, how to launch the tests or what practices should be respected within the project. Although Codex has just launched in preview, it is not an unfilming experiment. Openai engineers themselves have been using it for months as part of their workflow. So that? For Automize repetitive tasksrename variables, write tests or outline documentation. The system is also being tested in companies such as Cisco, where they seek to accelerate the development of new ideas, and in temporary, which uses it to purify errors, write automated tests and reorganize large code bases. OpenAi’s recommendation after this first round of tests is clear: assign well -defined tasks, launch several in parallel and experiment with different types of requests. Because the key is to find the exact point where the agent can display his full potential. Codex works remotely, but does it within a controlled environment. As we said above, each task that executes takes place in an isolated virtual machine, without direct Internet connection or access to external services. It can only interact with the code that the user provides and with the tools that are pre -installed using a configuration script. In addition, Openai ensures that he has trained Codex to identify and reject instructions oriented to the creation of harmful software, as tools for Hacking or malware. In any case, we must not lose sight of the fact that this proposal remains a product in research phase, with many aspects to improve. And it is still a generative AI: you can make mistakes or misunderstand certain instructions if the context is not well defined. Openai plans to introduce gradual improvements, such as the possibility of interacting with the agent during tasks, receiving more detailed updates or integrating it with tools such as incident managers. If you want to start trying Codex from today, you must keep in mind that it is not yet available for all users. For now, OpenAi has begun to deploy the tool Among the subscribers of the plans PRO (200 dollars per month)Enterprise and Team. According to the company, the users of the plans Plus and Edu will have “soon” access. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | Saudi Arabia has signed a check of 7,000 million dollars for Nvidia. Jensen Huang is now 12,000 million richer

Tesla trusts the Robotaxi as his next Milmillonario business. China is already in conversations to get ahead in Europe

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Robotaxi is the business of the future in urban mobility. At least that is what technological giants such as Tesla, Google or Baidu believe and what some analysts have been saying for years. Although for now it is a business where profitability does not seem to be in sight, expansionist plans continue. And the next battlefield is Europe. That is what they claim from The Wall Street Journal. The American media ensures that Baiduconsidered the Chinese Google, works to try its vehicles without driver in Switzerland. Türkiye would follow the deployment and would be the first step to hit the table and position himself as pioneers on European soil. The information comes after Baidu has opened conversations with Swiss Post for Postauto, one of its units that provides the public bus service, has vehicles of this type on the street. If everything goes ahead, the goal is to start testing at the end of this year. The project with Türkiye, internal sources have affirmed WSJ It is similar. Objective: Be the first Putting autonomous buses on the market that can make trips for themselves without the intervention of a driver is a shortcut to open the way to a future robotaxis business. While in the United States and China, this business is being tested for a long There are active tests with busesa horizon for a robotaxis service in the street has not been completed. The problem of these services is that, for the moment, they are not generating any profitability. In the United States, General Motors burned so many Cruise tickets that he has preferred Cancel the project Despite having squandered billions of dollars along the way. Waymo’s success is partial because despite working in various cities in the country, its reach is small. And, at the same time, Tesla has also put all the machinery in motion to enter the market. However, the company’s own shareholders They have expressed their doubts on whether this must be the path that the company has to take. The project seems to have surpassed a more affordable Tesla, which has generated doubts. As to ChinaRobotaxis are much more widespread. In fact, Baidu operates in 12 different cities with its apologue service but Face Weride competition that is already available in eight cities, Pony.ai either Momenta that are in full phase of expansion. Given the competition and the hard challenge of profitable services, these companies are in full expansion to third countries. For example, Weride has already reached an agreement with Uber to integrate into its platform and offer trips with autonomous robotaxis in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The objective is to take the service to 15 different cities in the future. In spite of everything, companies that want to enter the European market have it complicated. At the moment, European regulation is very demanding with autonomous vehicles and, in fact, Tesla herself has to save some functions In vehicles that are able to advance without a driver inside the park, offering a service cut in front of what they have on the street in the United States. For now, the closest thing to a robotaxi is what offers Mercedes. The company already has functions for the driver to completely disregard the car, as long as it circulates less than 60 km/h, the environment has previously mapped and the weather conditions are good enough. Despite doubts, as we say there are companies that see in this business a clear commitment to the future. Tesla has joined In the background to the business proposal of Waymo or Baidu, technological giants that aspire to develop their own software for autonomous vehicles and put them on the street associating with a large vehicle company that provides them with the hardware, that is, of the car in itself. The only difference with Tesla is that Elon Musk’s company can manufacture its own vehicles and with their own assembly chains and the acquired knowledge They aspire to earn more money working in vertical integration with proper vehicles and software development that stays at home. Photo | Baidu In Xataka | I have tried a totally autonomous taxi. This is traveling without driver

Iran, OPEC+ and electric vehicles

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Donald Trump has traveled to the Middle East to negotiate a nuclear agreement with Iran. If specified, the crude oil market fears an increase in supply in an already uncertain context. An increase in offer. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has reviewed Uploaded its world supply forecasts for this year, projecting an increase of 1.6 million barrels per day. This adjustment responds mainly to the increase in production by the members of the OPEC+, who have decided to dismantle their cuts in a more accelerated way. Respond to several factors. On the one hand, Saudi Arabia has The ability to increase Its production, while US producers face difficulties due to low prices. On the other hand, Russia has increased both its production and its exports, although its oil income has fallen to the lowest level since June 2023, According to Reuters. Do I go back? The possibility of a nuclear agreement could lift the sanctions on Iranian oil, allowing a significant increase in supply, According to Wall Street Journal. In addition, this expectation has dropped the Brent crude prices 3.31 % to $ 63.90 per barrel, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is around 61 dollars per barrel, barrel, barrel, barrel, According to eldiario.es. A disruptive factor. In the midst of the debate, the International Energy Agency has put the focus in the sustained growth of sales of electric vehicles (VE). According to Wall Street JournalVE sales are growing at a dizzying pace and already represent a room of world car sales. This trend begins to feel in the oil sector and if this expansion continues, the demand for crude could be reduced by 5 million barrels per day (BPD) by 2030. The forecasts. IEA has estimated that the oil demand will reach 103.9 million barrels per day (BPD), but this growth will decrease in the coming months. On the offer, countries outside the OPEC+ such as Brazil, China and Canada have planned to increase their production by 1.3 million BPD this year. If this trend continues, the market can go into surplus situation. Changes in the global market. As explained by a combination of factors, it could push the downward prices: the possible return of the Iranian crude, the increase in the supply of the OPEC+ and the unstoppable boom of the electric vehicles. This added pressure generates uncertainty in an already volatile market. In the midst of this scenario, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia will play a crucial role in the coming months. Their strategic decisions could tip the balance between supply and demand, marking the direction of the global market in a context of economic slowdown. Image | Unspash Xataka | China’s energy paradox: an ‘electrostate’ that continues to feed on coal

No one has been aware of the danger of some commercial flights in the US. A phone off three years is to blame

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The scene is still remembered for the unlikely. On January 29, a mobile camera recorded what seemed unthinkable. In the middle of the night, on the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, a military Black Hawk helicopter approached until face a plane American Airlines Commercial. 67 people died becoming the most deadly plane crash in the United States since 2001. It has now been known that the danger was much greater. Dead line and silence. The American media They have launched A news shocking. For more than three years, a direct (and criticism) communication line between the air controllers of the Reagan National Airport and the Pentagon Heliport Tower has remained completely inoperativea without the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to know. This disconnection, confirmed by A senior FAA official Before the Senate, it came to light only after an incident that occurred on May 1, when two commercial planes were forced to abort their landing due to the presence of an army helicopter that flew in circles on the Pentagon. The line, managed by the Department of Defense, had disconnected in March 2022 And it was not detected until after the event, which reveals an alarming lack of coordination between the agencies responsible for the most restricted and sensitive airs He left 67 dead. Bureaucratic clashes. What’s doubt, the finding has unleashed visible tensions Between the FAA and the Department of Defense, with mutual accusations on whom it breaches the security protocols. While the Secretary of Transportation has pointed out violations by the military, they insist that they have respected the current restrictions. In the Senate, figures like Tammy Duckworth, former Black Hawk pilot, and Dan Sullivan expressed their outrage at the Lack of clear answers and the apparent institutional passivity. The commission listened to how the airport drivers, both the day of the January accident and in the recent May incident, assumed multiple functions simultaneouslya practice that increases the workload and reduces operational safety margins. FAA’s own air traffic deputy director, Franklin Mcintosh, acknowledged that the agency He did not know that the line was dropped and that it should have detected it much earlier. A chain of failures. Apparently, after the January accident, the FAA restricted the routes Helicopters near the airport, but military, police and doctors flights have continued to operate, causing more conflicts with commercial traffic. According to McIntoshthe agency came to suspend the agreement that allows military helicopters to fly without prior authorization from FAA, but the army announced on its own the suspension of flights to the Pentagon while reviewing their procedures. The problem? That the May incident showed that the problems persistand that the army continues to operate on compromised routes without full coordination. The lack of transparency by the army, referring to the sensitive nature of its missions, has hindered supervision efforts, and former NTSB researchers and FAA warn that this opacity It is no longer sustainable Under the current scrutiny. Errors and more errors. Explained the post That the situation in the Washington area is not an isolated case. During the same audience, the Senate also addressed the technical and personnel problems at Newark airport, which has suffered days of delays due to lack of controllers and unreliable technology. Despite the statements of the Secretary of Transportation ensuring that the airport is safe, it transpired that He diverted a flight from his wife In Laguardia, which sowed doubts about the confidence in air infrastructure. But there is much more. Fortune told that a commercial flight had to perform an evasive maneuver after approaching dangerously Four military fighters that were directed to a ceremonial act in Arlington, and all because of a coordination error between regional controllers and the Reagan tower. In total, at least have been registered 85 quasi collisions In that same airspace during the three years prior to the January clash, a figure that should have activated at least institutional alarms much earlier. A system under pressure. In summary, the prolonged disconnection of a critical line between two maximum risk facilities, combined with the slowness in institutional responses and the fragmentation of the command between civilians and military, seem to evidence A system under stresswhose fissures, as has already happened In JanuaryThey may have mortal consequences if urgent measures are not taken. That direct line between the Pentagon and Reagan became, by omission, in symbol of a fractured command chain. That without having something that many means of the country also pose: the fact that on the most powerful capital in the world, in a scenario of growing tension like the current one, it continues to depend on ordinary telephones to avoid another air tragedy. Image | Bigbirdz In Xataka | The incredible history of Kansai’s Japanese airport: was built on an artificial island and has been sinking for years In Xataka | We have been waiting for years at airports for years. 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There is a great threat to the US if you send thousands of advanced chips from AI to the Middle East. That end in China

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These days we have seen how Donald Trump has reached a series of unique agreements with countries in the Middle East. In them the protagonists are the advanced chips of AI that the US will export to Saudi Arabia or United Arab Emirates. The problem is who will really use those chips. Data centers in the desert. These countries announced projects for the construction of large data centers, although It is not too clear that they can complete them or that their dimension is what they promise. Even so, the agreements are very significant and promise the sale of thousands of Nvidia or AMD chips that will end up arriving in the countries of the Middle East. Internal doubts. As they point out in Bloomberg, some members of the Donald Trump administration are trying to slow these agreements. In the opinion of these politicians, the United States has not imposed enough barriers to prevent these chips from ending where they should not. China. According to that newspaper, agreements include clauses that theoretically They prohibit China You can access these chips through countries in the Middle East. However, US government officials believe that there have been too many details without closing and that the agreements should not be announced without being totally defined in that and the rest of the senses. Middle Chinese relationships. The company that leads in AI in the United Arab Emirates is G42, and the problem is that this company has historical ties with Huawei. It is true that it ended theoretically cutting those ties To get close to US companies much morebut there are suspicions by some US government officials about whether there is still a relationship with China. And there are other risks. Trump’s policies were supposed to reserve the vast majority of these most advanced AI chips for this country, but this agreement raises a danger: that Middle East nations have access to toe technology would give them an important competitive advantage. But better to make the agreements than them. Sources close to the situation reveal that if the US does not reach these agreements, those countries – and others in the future – could reach those same agreements with China. The Asian giant has been advancing in the development of AI chips, and although it still cannot compete with those of the US, its proposals They are increasingly promising. A strategic issue. David Sacks, advisor to AI for the White House, is the one who defends that argument the most. That would allow to avoid or at least mitigate the phenomenon of “shrinking” of the US advantage over China in advanced chips. It is something that Jensen Huang has spokenCEO of Nvidia, who believes that with all the measures to prevent China from having access to those chips what has ended up causing is that this giant activates its machinery to get rid of the dependence he had of the US. The great winner. Meanwhile, the truth is that Nvidia will be one of the great beneficiaries of the agreement, because it has closed an agreement with Saudi Arabia valued at $ 7,000 million. The impact on Nvidia’s shares has been immediate: the company’s stock market capitalization grew by 12,000 million dollars in a single afternoon. Image | The White House In Xataka | The United States prevents Huawei from manufacturing more Windows PCs. Your answer: launch your first laptop with Linux

The iPhone 15 is still a good purchase option currently and more with this offer that Mediamarkt has

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If you have been thinking for a while to renew your old iPhone or want to make the leap to iOS, you don’t have to spend a pasture in the last model launched into the market. Now, in Mediamarkt you can take the iPhone 15a good phone, with excellent value for money, by 709 euros. In Amazon You can also buy it at the same price. * Some price may have changed from the last review The iPhone 15 is still a good high -end phone Although the iPhone 15 It was released in September 2023, still It is still a good Apple terminal To buy today without having to spend the almost 1,000 euros that the last model launched into the market usually cost. Your screen is type Super Retina XDR OLED of 6.1 inches. It offers a resolution of 2,556 x 1,179 pixels, it reaches a maximum brightness of 2,100 Nits and has a 60 Hz soda rate. It comes with True Tone technology and with a feature that (until its launch) only enjoyed the iPhone 14 Pro: the Dynamic Island. As for the brain of this terminal is the Apple A16 Bionic Chipaccompanied by a 6 GB RAM and an internal storage capacity of 128 GB. Factory works with the operating system iOS 17although it can be updated to the latest version. Your photographic system is composed of a Double rear camera of 48+12 mp. Finally, it can be highlighted that another of the things that this terminal stands out is because it is the first device of the apple signing that has incorporated the USB-C port, leaving the lightning connector behind. Some accessories for this iPhone that may interest you Iniu fast wireless charger stand * Some price may have changed from the last review Jetech found for iPhone 15 * 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 | Iván Linares (Xataka) and Apple In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | iPhone 16 vs iPhone 15: What Apple Smartphone Choose according to your needs

Review with characteristics, price and specifications

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Realme 14 5g, Analysis: The 6,000mAh batteries have reached economic mobiles. This realme is the best proof of this After a year in style with its flagship, the Realme GT7 Prothe Chinese firm continued its particular path in which it is committed to balanced smartphones in power, design and cameras. He Realme 14 pro+ forms the mid -range (with serious premium aspirations) and His little brother has just arrived to be company. More appropriate for those looking for a good experience without emptying their pocket. I have been with the Realme 14 5G for a few weeks, which has surprised me for its performance at all levels, not exempt from any paste and, above all, Focused on gaming With good finish accessories. Realme gives relief to its realme 12 with a daring exterior and a silicon anode battery capable of Host 6,000 mAh. How about the experience aboard this Android? I tell you. Realme 14 5g Technical Card Realme 14 5g dimensions and weight 163.15 x 75.65 x 7.97 mm 196 grams screen 6.67 inches AMOLED FullHD+ resolution (1,080 x 2,400 pixels) Refresco rate: 120 Hz 111% DCI-P3 Pico shine: 2,000 nits PWM Dimming: 480 Hz processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 Adreno GPU RAM 12/12 GB Virtual RAM Internal storage 256 GB rear cameras Angular: 50 MP, F/1.8, OIS Bakeh: 2 MP Front camera 16 MP F/2.4 battery 6,000 mAh Fast charge 45W Operating system Android 15 with Realme UI 6.0 connectivity Dual Sim 5G NSA/SA Wifi 6 Bluetooth others IP69 certification Steam camera Artificial intelligence Stereo speakers price From 349 euros As “Gaming Mobile”, meets note Simple, but compliant design. It is a relatively economic mobile, which is committed to polycarbonate in a daring rear of Gaming style in the unit I have tried. Flat songs, such as the rear and the frontalwith a construction that despite the chosen material, feels very good in hand. It is not heavy, and good feelings are also due to a good cast of this weight. Realme varies your image with this model. The screen glue is that it does not take advantage of the entire back, and has a lower chin that breaks the symmetry with the rest of the bevels. It shows that we are not facing a premium terminal, the inch-fontal relationship is not the most optimal. And its cameras module, opts for that oval rectangle (seen in many occasions and signatures) instead of the central circular format that gave some cohesion in the brand portfolio. Good screen for gaming. The panel is of Amoled type, large with 6.67 inches, and 120 -kicus soda rate. No complaint: the mid -range has reached a great level. In addition, it ensures a good touch response, apart from the benefits that we all know about these screens: vivid colors and deep blacks. I really liked Realme’s color calibration, with very warm tones. To play, it provides a very good experience. It is not the cleanest sound. Realme has put emphasis on these stereo speakers that resonate as a thunder: without volume complaints, or in general of audio quality, which yes, could have a sound of greater sharpness. Now, beyond that search for excellence, they meet at the same level as the screen. It is appreciated that both speakers sound the samenot as in other economic smartphones. In terms of Bluetooth codecs, without compatibility problems: its Qualcomm chip allows you to enjoy the most recent headphones. It looks with advanced graphics, it is not so fast in daily use A mobile to play, with limitations. Traditionally, mobile phones that focus on playing video games choose the most advanced Qualcomm or MediaTek processors, but Realme wanted a price content. Realme 14 5g rode a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 MODERN: The user experience by the system is good, in gross power it is behind the Snapdragon 7 last year. He is accompanied by a good dose of RAM that allows multitasking without too many delays or apps in the background. How to see the seams? As a general rule, it would be squeezing the GPU in games, such a thing does not happen here thanks to the powerful Adreno 810 that it includes. However, the CPU itself seems to ballast the fluidity and speed of Android: I have tried Dimensity and Snapdragon 7 fasterwithout impacting too much on the price. A GPU that surprises for good. It is appreciated during the gaming sessions with demanding titles in the graphic that this adren rises the level of the views in the Snapdragon 6 (it is the same as the realme 14 pro+): ‘Genshin Impact’ It works at 60 FPS with few dosage and the graphic quality at high-very high. Meanwhile, experience with ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ and ‘Free Fire’ It is even better and allow you to take more advantage of the screen soda. In the last one, related to the edition that I have analyzed, it is possible to use the «Ultra» configuration. Realme 14 5g CMF Phone 2 Pro Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Realme 14 pro+ PROCESSOR Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 MEDATEK DIMENSITY 7300 PRO Mediatek Helio G99-Ultra Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 RAM 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 12 GB Geekbench 6.0 (single/multi) 1,081 / 3,068 1.006 / 2,950 727 / 1,965 1.176 / 3,171 3D Mark (Wild Life Unlimited) 3,803 – 1,220 4,181 PCMark Work 3.0 13,198 12,555 10,605 8,877 For tastes, accessories. If something differentiates the special edition of this Realme 14 5g is the addition of two quite nice accessories: a fan to cool the mobile and a wireless load battery. It is curious that the second is included (ok, it can be loaded by cable) when the mobile does not support technology. In relation to the fan, I have not needed it, or with ‘Genshin Impact’ for more than an hour. Even so, they are two well -built accessories and that are always appreciated as extra when betting on the ‘Free Fire’ edition. Realme UI 6.0 … Read more

Sam Altman has shown how to offend a Jaén oil producer

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The Economic newspaper Financial Times interviewed to the founder and CEO of OpenAi while preparing the food that they later were going to “enjoy” while still talking with the newspaper of the newspaper. Two details in the preparation of the dish caught the attention: the huge amount of garlic that I was going to use to season the pasta dish that was cooking and, worse, the type of olive oil he used and how he used it. The Jienean producers soon put the cry in the sky in the face of such an offense: the millionaire was using a Best quality olive oil To fry the garlic. A simple consultation to Chatgpt would have avoided it. Best CEO than a cook. Sam Altman has become a millionaire thanks to his role in the development of Chatgpt, but he has definitely not asked his chatbot how to cook a paste with garlic and, above all, with what type of oil cook it. The amount of garlic used caught the attention of the reporter who, fearing the indigestible disaster that was coming, said: “It seems that there is a terrible amount of garlic here. I think I have never seen so much chopped garlic.” All this while Altman cheerfully poured a good stream of premium olive oil on a pan. The company that bottles the oil that Altman used in his recipe He has reproached To the Millionaire the use of a top quality product that requires a great production effort for something that could do with another cheaper oil that also had right next to it. “Imagine being the CEO of the world’s largest company … and cooking pasta with Drizzle,” the oil manufacturer published. Touch the image to access the original message The best oil in the world is not for frying. The oil that Altman used in his recipe is the graza Drizzle, an oil considered by The New York Times as one of The best in the US market and that, for more signs, it is produced based on the picual variety that is cultivated In the olive grove of Jaén. The price of a 500 ml bottle of this liquid gold is $ 21, according to Your website. The curious thing is that, right next to Graz 16 dollars the bottle. According to brand information and product label, Sizzle is especially indicated to saute vegetables and pasta. A risky decision. Beyond the affront to liquid gold Jienense, only comparable to Add chorizo ​​to the paella either MANCILLAR THE PATHROOMA TOrtillathe use of drizzle oil to fry can be harmful to health. As the brand indicates, Drizzle, unlike Sizzle, has a very low smoke point. That is, “it burns” and smokes at a lower temperature than that of your counterpart for friedness. That makes the oil begin to oxidize already generate acroleínafree hydroperoxides and radicals in greater amount than an oil with greater heat resistance, as well as the appearance of trans fatty acids (AGT), which increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, as noted A study of the University of Australia. Luckily for Altman, extra virgin olive oil It is considered One of the least harmful when that smoke point is reached. An OpenAI metaphor. There are few who see Altman’s “kitchen” like A metaphor of his management at the head of OpenAI. Techcrunch establishedA parallelism of the carefree He recently raisedwhile Keep burning money (and oil) to sport. On the other hand, and as They pointed out from The confidentialthe carefree use of a very expensive oil First quality in an inadequate task it can also be interpreted as a metaphor for the use of resources for the development of its AI by Sam Altman, something that he put in question with Deepseek’s appearance. Cooking your own food is a superpower. Beyond any metaphor between Altman’s culinary skills and his management in Openai, which really reveals The interview analysis The Financial Times is that Sam Altman does not usually cook. The journalist Cas Piancey stressed on social networks “There is absolutely no possibility that Altman, Zuck or any of these billionaires will ever cook their own food.” Piancey assured that cook your own food It is so empowering that it is impossible to contextualize it properly. The fact that millionaires such as Altman want to give that appearance of competition in the stove and normality in the preparation of simple dishes, only demonstrates that, in reality, they seek to generate an image of closeness with their audience. Something that We have already seen In other millionaires. In Xataka | Spain faces the problem contrary to a year ago: an olive oil so cheap that it is no longer profitable for farmers Image | Flikr (Techcrunch), Graza

A retiree and his children have stolen millions of dollars to Ford in office material. Indeed, lights, caps and bumper

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Although in February this year Audi closed its Brussels plant After 75 years in operation, the road was not simple. In the middle of the workers’ protests, someone had an idea: take the keys of 200 cars, put them in a box and remove them from the factory. Clean, simple and with 200 kidnapped cars whose unit value was around 100,000 euros. As simple as keep a box under the jacket and go through the door. More complicated seems to steal the entire engine of a car. This is what was discovered A few months ago in India. For five years, up to 900 Kia combustion engines were stolen from their plants and has not been clear to what extent some worker of the company itself is involved. However, and although large, one can understand that engines from a factory have been steal if they manage to partially disassemble. But how can one take a car cap? And a bumper? This is what they wonder in Ford where a retiree and two children, company workers, have committed a “billionaire” robbery for more than two years. Hello, dad, I bring you a bumper The information, which comes from Detroit Free Pressa police note echoed in which it was confirmed that four people have been arrested for the theft of pieces of different Ford assembly chains that later sold on Ebay. Among those arrested is a former Ford employee but the identity of any of them has not been revealed so far. The pieces were stolen from three Ford plants, one in Deabane, another on a mounting plant in Michigan and one last in Flat Rock. In Motorpasion and The Drive They point out that three of these four men were family. One of them was a retired father and the other two were his children who had contact with a Ford employee. The extracted pieces were taken to stores where they accumulated for sale. A robbery that, according to the local police, is encrypted in “multimillionaire”. And it is that the four employees would have been subtracting and selling pieces for more than two years. The most curious thing is that it is not small or easy to hide pieces. Among the products found were car headlights but also Bumper and Capóslarge pieces therefore. An agent pointed to Fox That the stores where the pieces were stored were covered to the roof. The investigation is analyzing how these pieces could be taken out of the plant without attracting attention from other employees and will have to discover how they were eliminated from the inventory so as not to attract attention since all the pieces in a mounting plant usually have some type of code that identifies each piece. In addition, from the police they point out that they are still looking for new indications that take them to ships or warehouses where the suspects could save the pieces, taking into account the volume of them and the economic damage that it seems to have caused. Photo | Ford In Xataka | The “Sowing Method” alerted by the Civil Guard: this is the new scam popular in the great parking lots

reconditioned and rental products

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A decade ago it was Just an occasional exchange fair. Today, the repurchase and resale of sports material is one of the vertices that sustains the growth of Decathlon. The French chain has turned the circular economy into a commercial argumenta magnet of young customers in a country eager to Chollos in reconditioned And, above all, a visible profitability lever in its global accounts and – with special intensity – in the Spanish market. In 2013 the first ‘took placeTrocathlon‘In Spain, the first semiannual fair that had been celebrating in France from the eighties. It was the germ of the current strategy with a name that today sounds like archeology. Five years later, Decathlon was called occasion and its frequency was increased before moving on to the current nomenclature, ‘Second life‘. The project was formalized with donation, recycling and sale of returned products. Having had three different names in the last decade is more than evolution of sheet and paint: it is the passage of a specific and little transcendent event for the annual balance to a permanent service that already lives with the linear of novelties. And that weighs more and more in Excel. Not that Decathlon is alone here. IKEA has its ‘Preowned’ program, Patagonia launched ‘Worn Wear’ almost a decade ago. It is part of a trend in which the Zeitgeist which proclaims the green and sustainable helps to underpin the results account. Circular turn figures According to him 2024 results reportthe number of second -hand items reached 1.35 million units. It is not just a volume record: that implies that each of these products has generated a second life cycle with minimal marginal costs against the production of a new item. There are also the three million repairs made. There are two twin levers: operational capacity (1,730 workshops) and loyalty. Repair consolidated customer confidence, because the guarantee is prolonged and the perception of durability is reinforced, and incidentally, nourishes the information group on recurring failures or use patterns that can be reversed in design improvements for the following designs. In addition, almost half of the offer (48.5%) is born with criteria of “ecodesign”, ten points more than in 2023. That is: The circle does not begin in the after -sales, but in the design. Easy to disassemble, standardized parts, transparent repair manuals … All that lowers reconditioning and prepares the land for rental models and, of course, subscription. Even, as has happened in consumer technologyanticipates European regulations that will make that “ecodesign” a legal requirement. In the rental market, Decathlon has a 50%share, the same as in Spain. It is an example of how circularity convinces different audiences. In southern Europe there are many occasional practice athletes: The Holy Week skier. The summer cyclist. He camper of the August bridge. Etc. The type of user who sees the “payment per use” as a way to test, rotate and update your equipment Without having to make a great payment (bargain country) or have to store bulky objects (floor of the floor). This is another mine for the cross sale of accessories, insurance, maintenance services … Spain, outstanding laboratory Spain has a highly digitized type of consumer (be complex) and very familiar with the resale. Wallapop and Vinned are religion. In addition, the second -hand bike market has also raided the psychological land. Decathlon has capitalized this habit with Its 70 circular spaces inaugurated in the last two years: large areas in its large format stores that They exhibit reconditioned without sibling them, without removing dignity in front of the new ones. Its placement, by the way, is strategic, near autophagous boxes and counters. The perfect place for last -minute impulsive purchase. Second life space dedicated to cycling with the promotional image of Pedri. Image: Decathlon. Spain is also a good country for reverse logistics for its geography and connections. Makes easy to redistribute Stock to coastal or mountain stores depending on the station. To that we must add the Tarbes factory, south of France, specialized in reconditioning bikes. However, the album has a face B. or three: Delicate appraisal. The balance between what the seller receives and the margin that the retailer needs is unstable. Paying too much erodes the benefit and paying less brakes the product flow. Decathlon Test Algorithms of Pricing Dynamic that weigh local demand, seniority, aesthetic state and seasonality – a road bike is worth more in April than in October. It risks arbitrariness perceptions, something that reduces trust. Capacity of your workshops. The three million repairs are a force exhibition, but also a possible bottleneck. The workshops are concentrated by type of product (cycling, mountain), but other emerging sports such as paddle points require different pieces and skills. The specialized technician is key. Forming and retaining that profile will be key. Inverse logistics and data. Each extra kilometer in the collection of used product can neutralize a part of the savings in CO2 that Everyone proclaims in marketing. Hence the commitment to hubs urban. But the waterfall in the form of a breakdown, average time to the second sale or residual price is analytical gold … that the GDPR Maybe it does not allow you to squeeze as much as the company would like. And there can be no reputational stumble in privacy. Thinking about 2026 That Decathlon has uploaded ten points the “ecodesign” quota in its catalog lets intuit that within a year there will be another climb so important or more. AND That will require redesign entire families of product. Not only changing materials for others Ecofriendlybut modularizing components, normalizing the screws, publishing open repair guides. That will presumably raise the costs. It is the toll. Decathlon is also resorting to AI, according to his CIO in an interview with The Spanishto experiment with the Pricing or estimate the residual value, but the next step is to integrate external data (such as trends in Google) to anticipate, for example, the depreciation of a scooter depending on the weather, its … Read more

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