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That the DGT is going to fine you with 135 euros for driving only in your car sounds bad. The only problem is that it is false

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It has become a small classic. From time to time, the news about the DGT points to new fines, sanctions or restrictions (each one more rare or unexpected) that, of course, does not exist. The last bulus points to the obligation to circulate with more than one person in the car. And if not … fine? Of course not. It is the first thing that has made us clear the DGT. To questions from Xatakafrom the organism they tell us that the DGT “will never fine to go alone in the car.” Because, indeed, that has been the last rumor that has been popularized in social networks and of which some media echoed dropping that this measure is being valued. What do we talk about? In recent days, The voice has run that the DGT works to carry out a regulation that forces us to circulate with more than one person inside the car. It has even been said that there will be fines of 135 euros if this supposed new regulation is breached. Where does all this come from? The last bulus that involves the DGT is born from a few words expressed by Pere Navarro, director of the agency, last November during the Global Mobility Call. In him he affirmed that “The future will be shared or will not be”. With this, the director of the DGT wanted to make clear the importance of sharing vehicle to save in resources and consume and pollute less. However, “one thing is to foster and another fine,” they tell us from the DGT. And the words of the director of the DGT seem to go along this line unless they want to strangle to generate noise and clicks. There is a reason. And for the DGT that reason is that, according to their data, 85% of the displacements carried out every day in Spanish cities between home and work are done with a single occupant in a vehicle. This way of moving is obviously not very efficient. “We must make a collective change of mentality that allows us to encourage the high occupation of the vehicles, because we cannot afford 1,500 kg every day to displace a single person. Increasing the occupation of the vehicles is a challenge and a necessity,” Navarro said in his speech. The “case” of France. And we could use many, but many quotes. To ensure that the fine for breaching this alleged DGT standard will be 135 euros, some media have come to say that this measure is already applied in France and that heat cameras are used to warn if there is more than one person on board. But this is not true. Vao. What has been launched in some French cities is A high occupation lane. That is, a lane like the Spanish bus-life by which only vehicles with more than one person can circulate inside. Lanes that in the Spanish case are already controlled with the use of traffic cameras and whose Fine for using it improperly is 200 euros. For the control of these lanes, indeed, In France thermal radars are being used. The objective is to prevent some stratagems from being used that deceive the cameras. In Spain, for example, cases of using dolls in the passenger seat so that, disguised, pass a companion. And one last detail. To all of the above we must add that the DGT has no competences to regulate traffic in cities. Regulate the functioning of low emissions areas (ZBE) falls on the side of the municipalities. In fact, it is something that has been complaining for a long time and using as endorsement not to establish these zbe which are mandatory since 2023 in the municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants. Photo | Kindel Media and DGT In Xataka | The DGT wants to generalize the airbag on motorcycles. Your shortcut: make it mandatory to get the card to

This master and explosive mixture of drama, action and thriller, signed by the director of ‘The Raid’, is already in streaming

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Gareth Evans is one of those little prolific creators but to those who should follow the track very, very closely. He drew the attention of the less complexed action cinema fans with the two incredible deliveries of ‘The Raid’, those epic of Thai brutality that revolutionized the martial arts cinema. After an interesting landing in Netflix with the unclassifiable ‘the apostle’, he focused his efforts on billing, ‘Gangs of London‘, a British gangster thriller who does not respond to the viewer. The series will premiere its third season on April 14 in Skyshowtime, so it is time to recover its first two vibrant In Skyshowtime (That at the moment it only has the first year available, although it is assumed that it will not take long to arrive the second) as In Movistar Plus+that does have the two initial seasons. An explosion of absolute violence, portraits without compassion, drama between characters to the limit and a visualization of completely revolutionary action. The series starts with the death of an important London mafia who has governed in the city’s underworld for two decades. His son takes the throne, which triggers a wave of violence, with even international repercussions. In this context, an undercover policeman begins to gain the trust of the organization, while the question of who has killed the king of organized crime floats in the environment. A starting point that we have already enjoyed on many other occasions, but exposed in a more vibrant way than ever: the intensity of the action (sometimes with unusual technical virguerías in a series of average budget such as this), the overwhelming of interpretations and scarce concessions that are made to the topics of the genre They give fruit a first thriller. Now you have the opportunity to discover why everyone speaks wonders of ‘Gangs of London’. In Xataka | The secret to succeed in organized crime is simple: the University, Factory of Successful Mafiosos

You need extra help to concentrate

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Find parking in a large city It is many times a challenge, so when you find, you place the car in position, you put the intermittent and lower the volume of music just before starting the maneuver. Have you ever wondered why the volume of music instinctively lows when you are trying to park in A complicated space? It’s not just a strange mania. This common habit has a fascinating explanation from the perspective of neuroscience and reveals How the brain optimizes concentration In critical moments. The effect of music and other stimuli on our attention Victoria Bayón, Neurocoach specialized in brain optimization, explained in The avant -garde that our brain has a limited capacity to process information. When we try to perform a task that requires precision, such as parking in a narrow place or deciphering information from an Excel cells, the brain needs to reduce stimuli to concentrate to the fullest in that task. The music, although it seems that it is only in the background to create atmosphere, occupies a valuable space in the “bandwidth” of the brain, being a cognitive stimulus that should be processed, subtracting potential to the main task. In fact, Researchers from the University of Georgiathey discovered that it is not the same to listen to instrumental music than songs with lyrics, being the latter much more demanding for the brain. Even when you don’t understand your language. Everything adds and processed equally. “When we park, our brain needs to focus all its attention, and music, although it seems not, is occupying a valuable space that could be better dedicated to the task we have ahead,” says Bayón. When an important task begins that requires great precision, the brain prioritizes that “bandwidth” of information, eliminating everything superfluous at that time. For that reason, instinctively we lower the volume Or we stop hearing the background conversations when we are very focused on a certain task. Attention is a limited resource Different Psychological studies have demonstrated something that basically We already knew But we insist on applying: The brain is not multitasking and cannot perform multiple tasks efficiently at the same time. When trying several things at once, the brain only changes the focus of attention, which decreases The quality of our concentration. In the case of the parking lot, that attention must be divided between the music, the noise of the environment and the maneuvers with the car. A Hal Pashler studyProfessor of Psychology at the University of California, demonstrated the interference that occurs when the brain has to divide its attention between simultaneous tasks (listen to music, process the space information of the parking lot and activate the car controls), demonstrating that the brain processing capacity is limited When faced with multiple stimuli. Strategies to maximize concentration If you usually turn off the music or lower the volume before parking, it is a symptom that you Attention capacity is already saturatedso you should reduce all the cognitive noise around you to be more efficient in the main task. Understand how your brain works allows you to design strategies to Improve your ability to concentrate. One way to prepare the environment to reduce concentration problems is minimize cognitive stimuli. Avoid putting music or environmental noise, if possible, avoid having corridors or passage areas in your visual range. That releases space in your brain and will help you concentrate on what really matters. The use of Noise cancellation headphones It can be an excellent option even when you are not reproducing anything thanks to its insulating characteristics, especially in noisy environments such as those of an office. The attention is A skill that is exercised And little by little you can improve, so that the brain is able to isolate those stimuli alone reinforcing selective attention. In Xataka | We are losing the capacity to concentrate, according to a study. The ‘focus blocks’ are the solution to recover it Image | Pexels (Gustavo Fring)

Chichén Itzá has been the queen of tourism in Mexico for decades. He has competition with the new “Egypt of the Maya”

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Pre -Hispanic presence is omnipresent in Mexico. We are getting more and more about the past of cities as Mexico Citybut if we have to talk about seeing cities and constructions of the Maya, Yucatán is the power. It is where are the most relevant archaeological sites. And, among all, a proper name stands out: Chichén Itzá. By far, It is the great Mayan power of tourism in the Yucatan Peninsula. But that crown jewel has just left a tough competition: Ichkabal, also known as the ‘Mesoamerican Egypt’. Ichkabal. In the state of Quintana Rooa few kilometers from La Laguna de Bacalar, the Maya raised an older city than others as famous as the aforementioned Chichen Itzá. HE esteem That it began to populate at some point in 400 BC and was inhabited until 1500 AD was the most important administrative city of the Maya, something that is believed due to the imposing size of some of its constructions. The problem is that, for centuries, the area was totally forgotten by the nature of nature, whose green opulence swallowed practically every trace of the buildings of the Maya except the main temple and some more construction. And, as is usually the case, its discovery was almost by accident. Fluke. In 1995, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History was in the area searching A much smaller archaeological territory known as ‘Las Higueras’ when they ran into something different and much larger. Thus, they ran into an imposing pyramid, but also with mounds of land and vegetation that covered different buildings. They immediately realized the importance of the site, so a path was built that can be seen perfectly in Apps such as Google Earth –This link-. In addition, in the application we can understand how the site had gone totally unnoticed due to that vegetation. The Mesoamerican Egypt. But well, there was no doubt that they were facing something big. In Ichkabal, the Maya built several small and medium buildings, but also other colossal. For example, an open square of about 300 meters, a couple of small pyramids and the crown jewel: a building 46 meters high and a 200 -meter plant. There is also a 60 x 8 -meter lagoon that could have supplied the population. And that proximity to a source of water and the ocean itself is what could have given Ichkabal the administrative importance that is estimated, had. Due to the size of these constructions, the Mesoamerican Egypt ‘has been called to the area. Rivaling with Kukulcán. To get an idea of ​​the size of that construction, the Kukulcán Temple that is the main Mayan attraction of Mexico as part of Chichén Itzá and indisputable protagonist of the equinox Spring and autumn, it has a height of about 30 meters and a base of 55.5 meters. The base of the main building of Ichkabal is four times larger and the height reaches 15 meters more. Now, the state of conservation is not the same, something logical considering that restoration work in both places did not run the same fate. But this is something that changed relatively little thanks to the goal of converting Ichkabal into one of the key stop stops of the Mayan train. Mayan train. With this railway network, the previous Mexican president -manuel López Obrador- wanted to create a transport system that value the archaeological sites of the country, connecting them better with the municipalities and the most tourist areas in order to facilitate it would arrive from one point to another. With that idea of ​​revitalizing the cultural heritage, the opening of Ichkabal once the objects of cataloging objects, other elements and restoration was finished, it was linked to the Mayan train project. So much so that, from INAH and as we read in The nationthey consider that Ichkabal has potential to unseat other archaeological sites, at the tourist level, such as Chacchoben either Kohunlich. Open to the public. And, after all the work of archaeologists, Ichkabal is the pre -Hispanic archaeological site number 194. As reported by himself INAHyou can visit from Monday to Sunday and it is located a distance from the stations of the Mayan Train of Bacalar and Chetumal, since the road we commented on a few lines has about 23 kilometers. And cruises. We said that Ichkabal is in Quintana Roo, a state in which yes, there are Mayan ruins XCARET-, but where tourism is otherwise. Is where the famous beaches of Cancun and the Rivera Mayawith all those kilometers of beach occupied by large resorts and hotel complexes. The ports of Xcalac and Mahahual are crucial for the arrival of cruises and is something that, together with the Mayan train, the state hopes that allows a high influx of visitors to the new Mayan city. Without a doubt, taking into account the dimensions of the archaeological site and the tourist magnet that is the state coast, Ichkabal has many ballots to be placed among the top of the most visited Mayan ruins in the country. We will have to be attentive to the list next year to see if the applicant can play the crown to Chichen Itzá and the Kukulcán temple. In Xataka | When the Spanish conquerors arrived in Tenochtitlan were fascinated by a technology: the Mexican canoes

Astronauts launched by Boeing are returning to Earth nine months later, in a Spacex ship

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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are returning to Earth after nine months at the International Space Station. It is not an unusually long stay for an astronaut (the Russians They have come to spend three times longer in orbit), but Wilmore and Williams originally rose for a test mission just over a week. What followed was one of the most controversial decisions that NASA has taken in recent years. Express rotation Although How Elon Musk and Donald Trump tell himNASA’s two astronauts have not been really abandoned. The Boeing Starliner ship, with which they went up to the ISS in June, returned empty to Earth for a failure in the propulsion system that caused NASA managers to lose confidence in a safe return for their astronauts. Wilmore and Williams were reassigned, first, to the CREW-8 mission of Spacex. If there had been an emergency in the ISS between August and September, they would have returned in that ship under the seats of the other four crew, without the right suit. In September, the CREW-9 mission reached the ISS with two empty seats and two costumes for both, which regularized its situation. Since then, Wilmore and Williams have had a firm return plan: as soon as the four relay astronauts (the Spacex Crew-10 mission), they would return to Earth together with their two companions of the CREW-9 mission. There were some delays for technical issues (the Crew Dragon ship initially assigned to the CREW-10 mission was not ready and had to be replaced), but political tensions ended up accelerating things. Crew-10 arrived at the ISS during the early hours of Monday. 24 hours later, in the early hours of Tuesday, the CREW-9 mission was decoupling to enter the atmosphere and return to the earth. Normally astronauts spend more time together to catch up on the details of the orbital station, but this time it has been an express rotation. The return flight Dressed in their Spacex costumes, very different from those of the Boeing Starliner ship with those who were thrown into space, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said goodbye to their peers and entered the Crew Dragon ship with Nick Hague of NASA and Aleksandr Gorbunov of Roscosmos, the other two crew of the CREW-9 mission. At 5:05 UTC, the Spacex ship decoupled from the ISS autonomously and quickly moved away from the laboratory in orbit using its propellants. The Crew Dragon has been maneuvering to reduce its altitude. It is expected that Amerize near the Coast of Florida at 9:57 p.m. UTC, 17 hours after its departure. The most delicate maneuver will occur 12 minutes before shocking. The ship will detach from its trunk and turn on its engines to exorbitar. Then he will perform his atmospheric reentry, being surrounded by plasma by the speed at which he will cross the gases of the Earth’s atmosphere. When it reaches 5,500 meters of altitude, the two pilot parachutes will open to stop the ship, followed by four main parachutes to 1,950 meters to cushion the shocking. The Dragon ship will play the Atlantic Ocean at a speed of 7.6 meters per second, detaching from its parachutes and bringing back to Butch and Suni after nine months of scientific work and maintenance aboard the ISS. The soap opera will have finished. Images | POT In Xataka | “Stranded” astronauts in space say goodbye to the ISS with a script turn: supporting Elon Musk’s version

RTVE wants to win the war of audiences at any price. Although that price is the 55 million of the World Cup

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On February 18, the Contest for the Rights of the World Cup in 2026 in the US ended. According to the worldRTVE has made the rights paying 55 million for the matches that will be distributed with Midopro, which can create your own channel to sell the rights to platforms. A very expensive bet for sport, but also a safe value for audiences. And in the new stage of the public entity competing with the private ones, it is a strategic play. A lot of sport. Traditionally, RTVE has had under its mantle the channels to go to consume sports, especially the1 for more importance competitions. And it is clear that the public chain knows well that it is a reference in that sense, because it has invested 360 million euros in sports rights. Some of them: Eurocup 2028 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028 and Brisbane in 2032 Winter Olympic Games D’A Ampezzo, in Italy, in 2026 20 selection matches and 20 games of other selections at the Nations League The Champions Finals between 2025 and 2027 Copa del Rey 2024-2025 League summaries in 2025 FIBA competitions between 2025 and 2029 Cyclist return to Spain. The search for the audience. RTVE knows that the front row competitions have no rival: Spain’s parties of the Eurocup They reached 56% of Share and certain sports of the Olympic Games in Paris, such as tennis, They were put at 37.5% quota. Figures capable of saving TVE audiences in the months in which they are issued. The purchase to the FIFA of the rights of the next World Cup makes it clear that RTVE wants to continue in this line. 100 million extra. Precisely these last two sporting events, the Eurocup and the Olympic Games, required an extra impulse. The government had to inject 100 million extra euros to the entity to finance the purchase of these rights, as reported by the then Cascajosa Conception in her first appearance before the Mixed Budget Control Commission. To compete. RTVE has been since the middle of last year, but especially with the arrival of its new president, José Pablo López, competing from you to you with the private ones. Broncano and ‘La Revuelta’ They are the clearest case, Equing with audience to ‘El Hormiguero’ And at the same time, damaged by the successes of Tele5as if it were a private one. And the thing does not end there: among the next plans of the new director of public television, Sergio Calderón (with long experience in mainstream production and Mediaset management), is A magazine for the afternoons where Belén Esteban and María Patiño will be, and the signing of great entertainment names as Buenafuente. Money is not a problem. RTVE is in a singular situation, since although its budgets are closed (and immovable: The same money has been allocated since 2009), is entering the signing market and betting of private ones. A movement that He has won criticismalthough it is convenient to be clear that TVE does not directly compete with the private ones in a very clear aspect: it does not put advertising (although it does have sporadic sponsorships in the programs, which has given it the occasional legal disgust). Therefore, its budget remains public, its expenses too … but its intentions seem linked to the destination of private ones. In Xataka | Cristiano Ronaldo would love to score all the goals of the World Cup. There is a technology that prevents it

“He will go to Mars next year”

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Starship has suffered its greatest setback in years. Two consecutive explosions They have triggered rumors that something is wrong with the latest design improvements of the ship. Elon Musk He has just responded to these rumors in his own way, stating that the world’s largest rocket will be launched to Mars next year. “Starship will leave to Mars at the end of next year, carrying optimus as a load,” The businessman wrote in allusion to Tesla anthropomorphic robots. “If those landings went well, the landings with humans could start in 2029, although they are more likely in 2031”. The dates are optimistic, but not arbitrary. The launch windows between the Earth and Mars occur every 26 months, when the relative position of both planets allows more efficient trajectories, with a lower fuel expense. The next launch window will open in November 2026. Spacex plans to send around Five starship not crew to Mars during the next launch opportunity. The ships would arrive on the red planet six months later, shortly before the planned date For Artemis III, the first manned mission to the Moon since 1972. Starship is a fundamental part of NASA’s lunar mission, and in turn the largest public contract of the rocket, but Musk has said that the moon is “a distraction” and that Spacex’s priority is to colonize Mars, An objective that Donald Trump then adoptedso the future of the Artemis program is uncertain. Starship 34 filtered image with several less engines for the explosion Nor is Starship at his best. The 123 meter high rocket premiered a new version of its second stage, Starship Block 2in January. The ship has exploded on two consecutive flights since then: On flight 7, By “harmonic oscillations” which triggered a leakage of propellants, an engine fire and, finally, the disintegration of the ship On flight 8, for an “energy event” which caused the disappearance of several engines and caused the loss of ship’s control to its self -control The second ruling fired a trail of leaks and rumors that put into question the redesign of the ship. First, a mysterious source leaked an image of Starship 34, that of flight 8, with several missing engines after the explosion. After, The same source affirmed that the root cause of the problem had been the same as in the previous flight: vibrations in the tubes that carry fuel and oxygen to the Vacuor Raptor engines (RVAC), a garrafal design failure. According to this anonymous filter, Vibrations get worse As the tanks are emptied after the separation of stages. When the tanks are full, the liquid helps to cushion the vibrations, but when emptying, the vibrations increase to cause breaks in the pipes. If so, this problem occurs in the engines compartment, a non -pressurized part of the rocket that Spacex calls “AFT” (or stern) and that could be partially redesigned in upcoming versions of the rocket. Despite these rumors, Elon Musk said that flight 8 had been A lower setback and that Starship would be ready to fly again next month. Image | Spacex In Xataka | It is not that Elon Musk has managed to introduce its influence on NASA. Is that he has entered sweeping In Xataka | Elon Musk is willing to conquer Mars. His proposal to govern the planet: a direct democracy with nuances

The president of Mexico reveals how Apple told her about the attack

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The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, confirmed Monday that her mobile phone and email, both for personal use, were hacked by unknown attackers. As explained at his morning conferencethe alert came from Apple, which notified the Government about the violation of its safety. The attack occurs just when its administration has intensified its offensive against drug cartels in a context of growing international pressure, including that of the United States. The notice that uncovered the hacking. “They hacked my phone and my email account. Apple immediately called the Digital Transformation Agency”Sheinbaum said this morning before journalists. The aforementioned agency, created this year to unify the technological capabilities of the government and under whose orbit is the General Directorate of Cybersecurity, was responsible for managing the situation from the first moment. According to the president, “he took letters in the matter very fast.” An attack with Pegasus? When the attackers point to high profile objectives, it is easy to think about Pegasus. However, it has not been revealed what tools were used to compromise the security of the telephone and mail of the president of Mexico. Apple has been fighting this type of spy software for some time, with Pegasus of NSO Group at the point of view, and has developed an alert system which notifies the possible affected through their Apple account, email and imissage. The head of state, however, has pointed out that it was Apple who contacted the digital transformation agency, which suggests a different communication than usual. To clarify it, we have consulted Apple about the existence of specific protocols when attacks aimed at high profile figures, such as heads of state. Nor is it clear if the cyber attack committed at the same time the mobile and email of Sheinbaum or if they were separate incidents. For now, the government continues to investigate. Personal use media. Both the telephone and the email affected by cyber attack were for personal use of the president of Mexico. As he explained, his mobile number dates from 2008, when he worked at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and decided to keep it for attachment, although he almost did not use it. As collects group formulathis number had already leaked during the electoral campaign. “It was a (number of) phone that knew everyone” and that was published in a newspaper, said Sheinbaum on Monday. On her email account, the president explained: “I think it was the first account that I opened in Yahoo, so it is a very, very old address that a lot of people have. In addition, I have the government’s account, which does have all cybersecurity conditions and others. ” When consulted on possible measures, he affirmed that the government has security protocols in its official accounts and that, after the incident, now uses another personal phone number. A hacking after the delivery of drug traffickers. The hacking was known for the first time through Un article published by The New York Times last Friday. According to the medium, the attack occurred shortly after the Sheinbaum government completed the transfer of 29 drug traffickers to the United States and in a context of more aggressive measures against cartels, driven in the midst of the growing pressure of the Donald Trump administration. Images | Government of Mexico | Apple | Altumcode In Xataka | How to change all our passwords according to three cybersecurity experts

These two pillars will hold their transformation, according to Reuters

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If you have been following the technology for long, you have witnessed two key moments in the golden era of Intel. First, in the 90s, when the Pentium series cemented its domain in desktop processors. Then, in 2006, when, with an already consolidated brand, Intel inaugurated The era ‘core’. At that time, the company not only led the sector: It represented the avant -garde in innovation and quality. He demonstrated it with reference products and a clear brand identity, crowned by its slogan: LEAPS AHEAD (Jumps forward). But something changed. Intel’s domain ceased to be unquestionable. His brightness went out with the emergence of the mobile world, AMD’s resurgence in desktop computers, Apple Silicon’s thrust and his own delays in the development of advanced nodes. Pat Gelsinger tried to straighten the course, But between dismissals and cadastrophic quarterly results, His stage ended in an unprecedented crisis. Now, Intel’s future is in the hands of Lip-bu Tanwhich will assume command this Tuesday. Lip-bu so does not go with rodeos There are few hours left for Lip-Bu to officially become the new Intel CEO, but the veteran executive has already been preparing his strategy to take the reins without delay. It is not a surprise: Intel is going through a delicate moment and tan, ex-care of Cadence and member of the Board of Directors of Intel until 2023, it has been One of the toughest critics of the management of Pat Gelsinger. According to ReuterS, its plan for the company will revolve around two fundamental pillars that will mark the future of the semiconductor giant. Intel Foundry: The chips manufacturing division for third parties, created in 2021 under the IDM 2.0 strategy. In its launch, it was a statement of intentions: Intel wanted to become a key actor in the semiconductor industry and compete directly with TSMC and Samsung. However, the results have been irregular. Although the company has clients such as Microsoft and Amazon, its growth remains below expectations. The priority of such will be to promote Intel Foundry aggressively, attracting new partners and ensuring strategic contracts that reinforce their position in the sector. “Lip-Bu will spend a lot of time listening to customers, partners and employees to position the business for the future,” said an Intel spokesman for Reuters. Artificial intelligence: An area where Intel has been behind. Santa Clara’s company has seen how Nvidia has taken the lead in specialized hardware for AI, while her own strategy in this field has been erratic. So seeks to reorient Intel’s efforts in artificial intelligence, beyond servers chips. Its plan includes an impulse in software, robotics and language models, with the aim of returning to Intel a relevant role in one of the most disruptive technologies of the moment. But this transformation will bring template cuts, mainly in intermediate controls. So it has been pointing out that Intel has lost agility and that its structure has grown disproportionately, making decisions difficult and slowing down innovation. According to sources close to the company, it considers that the key is not only to reduce the size of the workforce, but also to change the corporate culture of Intel, eliminating the risk aversion that its competitiveness has hurt in recent years. The challenge is huge. The question is whether he will do what his predecessors could not: return Intel to the place he occupied for decades. Images | Intel | Rubaitul Azad | Martin Katler In Xataka | Apple has choked artificial intelligence. And the continuous delays of the new Siri are the best example

that fights in the world market

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If you think of Cyprus it is most likely to come to mind their beaches Mediterranean and archaeological treasuresmay even that its gastronomy, with stars such as FASOLADA or squid dishes. What may not be so famous is your sweet wine Commandaria. And that is one of the most ancient broths in the world (but the one that most) and the World Guinness Record He attributes him the oldest known. Now in Cyprus there are some wine wore on which all that changes and the Commandaria Recover the fame that I had centuries ago. In their favor they have a long (very long) story. A name: “COMMANDARY “. If you are wines lover, especially from sweet broths and with history, “Commandaria” It is a name to remember. This is how the drink elaborated in the southwest of Chipre with native grapes has been known for centuries (Mavro and Xynisteri) and following a traditional technique that results in a sweet and amber wine. Among other peculiarities, to enhance their flavor the grapes are left in the sun for more than a week. Why is it special? For several reasons. The main one, Its history. The legend ensures that the wine was baptized by the crusaders of the s. XIII, when the Cyprus area in which it occurs was known as ‘La Grande Commanderie’; But its origins date back much further. How much? There are those who say that it was already elaborated in the 800 AC Or even 5,000 yearsthat in antiquity was called “Nama” and that comes with reviewing the history books to find references about him. Does almost 3,000 years They already praised him Homer and Euripides And around his barrels a good handful of stories and legends have been generated, as in the thirteenth century won the first wine contest of which we have proof or that the king himself Ricardo Heart of León It served among his guests to celebrate his wedding in Cyprus, in 1191. And that between a long (very long) list of stories that at least show that the Commandaria Enjoy a rich tradition. A record wine. What is unquestionable is that Chilean sweet wine can boast of being one of the oldest on the entire planet. But the one that most. So assures it The Guinness World Records, which recognizes it as “the oldest elaborate wine”, tracing its origins to 2,000 AC “also holds the record of ‘Appelation d´origine’ older, “clarifies the record certifying organization. In 1223, in a gesture that demonstrates his fondness for CommandariaKing Felipe de France included came to designate him “The apostle of the wines.” A past splender. Neither his history nor having been a kings drink has served him to Commandaria to shine in the competitive wine market of the 21st century. AP requires that production reached its peak already centuries ago, Towards the XV and XVIwhen Cyprus was under the control of Venice, and during the last years the production has been around the 200,000 bottles. As a reference, of the 60,000 hectares of Do Rioja, more than 250 million of liters. Why’s that? There are several keys that help understand the recent drift of the Commandaria. A few months ago the specialized magazine The World of Fine Wine I remembered that the island managed to boost its exports after the 1930s with the one known as “Jerez Chipriot”, but The entrance of the country in the EU and the regulation on the denominations marked a first handicap. Nor has it helped drift from fashions in the market and loss of interest For the broths with sweet flavors, nor the little promotion that has been made outside of Cyprus. One of the Factors More recent that has harmed its demand is the Ukraine War. The western sanctions that followed the progress of the Russian troops in March 2022 affected the flow of Russian tourists, hitting a valuable market for the Chipriot wine. Years ago there were wineries who tried to expand to the Chinese market, but the attempt did not go well among other reasons because the producers themselves were unable to meet demand. Why is it news? Because in Cyprus a clear attempt is appreciated for relaunching the Commandaria. Both by institutions and the sector. Perhaps the clearest proof is that In 2024 Chipre presented his candidacy to register the Commandaria in the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The proposal can already be consulted in The official website of the organism together with the broad argument presented by its promoters, providing abundant information about the 14 territory They produce Commandaria. The idea of ​​the Cypriots authorities is that the candidacy can be reviewed this year. Both the agency AP Like the chain CNN They have echoed the attempts of small chipre wineries to recover traditional techniques and favor the resurgence of the Commandaria. In Ayios Mamas it has its facilities for example Revcca, a winery that produces about 3,000 bottles a year. “First we must guarantee the consistency of product quality and conquer the domestic market before making a collective effort abroad.” His advantage: tradition. A decade ago the most popular brand of Chipriotic wine, Keo St. John, produced just over 130,000 liters that were mainly directed to the national market, although at that time it pointed to its potential outside the country, with exports aimed at Russia, Scandinavia, France, Australia or the United States. “It has all the elements of Cyprus: honey, herbs, vanilla, spices and nuts like plums,” defended His senior winemaker. Now the strategy of the microbodegas chipriotas who want to boost the Commandaria It is to bet on its great differential value: the historical tradition. For that purpose they are recovering traditional elaboration techniques. “We focus on improving quality instead of obsessing the quantity.” Images | Secret Travel Guide (UNSPLASH), Yanay Rosen (Flickr) and Wikipedia In Xataka | If the question is what is the future of wine, more and more Bordeaux wineries are clear: the without alcohol

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