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We are in 2026, but you will only see part of the World Cup in 4K because of DAZN: TV manufacturers are already rubbing their hands

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You have a 4K TV, you have contracted Movistar Plus, Orange TV or DAZN and you are ready to live the Soccer World Cup 2026 in the best possible quality so as not to miss any details. Well we have bad news for you: almost all the games will arrive on your screen with a 1080i resolution, even if your television platform can broadcast in 4K. The fuse was lit as a result of the message from a user from Movistar Plus on X, in which he asked if he could watch the World Cup in 4K HDR. The initial response from Movistar was “Yes, as long as you have the UHD disc you can watch the games that will be broadcast on DAZN in 4K HDR.” The problem is that, when asked by our colleagues Xataka Mobileboth Movistar Plus and Orange TV have discarded that those matches are going to be broadcast in 4K. The controversy is served. The World Cup signal comes in 1080i: that changes everything DAZN is the one who has the rights to broadcast the 104 matches of the tournament in Spain. The problem is that your DAZN World signal arrives in 1080i resolution, not 4K. Since Movistar Plus and Orange TV only limit themselves to distributing the signal, what they receive is what they give you. Both operators have confirmed it: there will be no 4K on their platforms for the World Cup matches. In Xataka The gap between Samsung and TCL in the television market seemed unbridgeable. Until it stops looking like it This represents a clear setback in terms of resolution and image quality since in Qatar 2022, World Goal It broadcast the 64 matches of the championship in 4K UHD both on Movistar Plus and on its own app. However, all is not lost. In a corner of the reviled DTT we have a glimmer of hope left for those of us who want to see the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada with the best possible quality: La 1 UHD (Ultra High Definition). Yes, on DTT RTVE took over the rights to World Cup broadcast and will offer 33 open matches, including the opening match, the two semi-finals, the third and fourth place and the grand final, in addition to all the matches in which the Spanish National Team participates. These 33 matches will be the only ones that can be seen openly and in 4K in Spain. However, this RTVE signal also has small print for television platforms such as Movistar Plus and Orange TV, since on its grid They carry La 1 HD, but not La 1 UHDso to watch the games in 4K it will be necessary to tune in to the La 1 UHD channel on DTT, not the platform. First impressions of the TCL RM9L with RGB MiniLED: the alternative to OLED for large format screens Only Vodafone TV customers, you just added the RTVE channel in 4K on your grill, and Digi TV They will be able to watch the matches broadcast by the public entity in 4K quality from their platform. In short: if you want the 33 games in 4K, you need DTT (free to air) or Vodafone TV and DigiTV (with subscription). If you want to see the rest, you’ll have to settle for 1080i resolution. All is not lost: your television can save the game This is where something that few people take into account comes into play. when buying a TV: he image processor and its algorithms image enhancement and scaling. No matter how good your TV is, it’s not going to convert a 1080i resolution signal into 4K by magicbut it can improve a lot quality in which you watch the World Cup. Current televisions apply a process called upscaling, in which they take the input signal and upscale it to the panel’s native 4K resolution by adding, through AI and other algorithms, data that was not in the original source. In fact, it is the same process used by 8K TVs to display content that is in 4K. {“videoId”:”x95se90″,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”How technology has changed football ⚽️”, “tag”:”webedia-prod”, “duration”:”708″} In this way, the processor “generates” an image that emulates 4K quality, improving the sharpness, color and motion processing of the original signal along the way. Therefore, how much the better the processor and the more refined the scaling and enhancement algorithms, the more convincing the result will be, reducing the difference between native content in 1080 and 4K. Amazon Prime Video, for example, has entire teams dedicated to ensuring make your signal look good on every type of screen and in every network condition. In practice, a high-end TV from Sony, Samsung or LG with a powerful processor can improve its quality when a 1080i game is displayed on a 4K panel. There is more detail, less noise, and the movement of the ball loses that artificial texture that poorly scaled signals have. On the other hand, with an entry-level television that does not have a reliable image processor and does not have optimized scaling algorithms, the signal is shown as it arrives: a 1080i expanded to cover the 4K panelbut without providing any improvement to the resulting image. In Xataka | Xiaomi castles in the QD-Mini LED in 2026: five new TVs and makes the leap to 98 inches with a knockdown price Image | Unsplash (Vitaly Gariev) (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 We are in 2026, but you will only see part of the World Cup in 4K because of DAZN: TV manufacturers are already rubbing their hands was originally published in Xataka by Ruben Andres .

SpaceX wants to reach a capitalization of 1.75 trillion dollars. Analysts are clear that it is worth less than half

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SpaceX’s is the first of the record-breaking IPOs that are expected this year: it will take place on June 12, 2026 under the symbol SPCX. This operation promises to be the most important public offering of shares in history, and the company has already indicated that its objective is to obtain funds worth $75 billion to achieve an astronomical valuation of 1.75 billion euros. But how SpaceX is valued is one thing, and how analysts value it is quite another. Overrated. The financial analysis firm Morningstar has carried out an analysis of SpaceX’s financial accounts and have reached a striking conclusion: “We believe the company has been significantly overvalued and investors will have the opportunity to buy the shares at more attractive levels after the IPO.” Or what is the same: they advise not participating in that initial IPO, and waiting because they anticipate that the stock will fall in the first days on Wall Street. It’s only worth half. In these conclusions, Morningstar establishes that the valuation discounting SpaceX’s cash flow is $780 billion. That represents 48% than the valuation of the private market, which is 1.5 trillion dollars, and 44.5% less than the valuation attributed to the company itself, which amounts to 1.75 trillion dollars. Is it really more promising than Nvidia? Dan Coatsworh is one of the main analysts at the firm AJ Bell, and he commented on CNBC how that theoretical internal valuation of $1.75 trillion would mean that the value of SpaceX (P/E, Price to Earnings ratio) is 67 times its sales, two times more than, for example, happens at Nvidiathe most valuable company on the planet today. Beware of xAI. One of SpaceX’s theoretical strengths is its artificial intelligence division, xAIbut analysts explain that in reality its theoretical advantage is “undetermined”, and in fact they pose it as “a material threat of value destruction” for the parent company, SpaceX. Morningstar believes that the AI ​​division is worth $170 billion, and that what really matters is something else. The Starlink engine. SpaceX’s real argument for going public and its real strength is not the reusable Falcon 9 rockets, but the profitability of Starlink. The company’s satellite constellation has achieved sustained cash flow in recent months, and its global customer base is growing at an enviable pace. It is undoubtedly SpaceX’s great recurring revenue generation machine. Morningstar values ​​it at $611 billion. The double class trick. SpaceX plans to sell shares at a fixed price of $135 per share, but they will only list 3% of the total shares. In addition, Elon Musk will continue to maintain tight control of the vote with 85% of the total through a dual-class share system. Class A shares, those that go public, allow the right to one vote per share. Class B shares go to the founder and the first key investors. They are not sold on the open market, and each one usually gives 10, 20 or more votes. Institutional dependency. The value of the company, however, is supported by the contracts it has with the US government. Specifically with NASA and with the Department of Defensewhich depend entirely on SpaceX systems for their critical missions. That not only guarantees long-term income, but is a compelling argument to attract more conservative investment funds. Either you believe Elon, or you don’t. We are facing an operation that will test Elon Musk’s real power over the markets. Although SpaceX is an extraordinary company, it is overvalued due to its founder’s habit of selling hype. The tactic of coming out as an indivisible package (Starlink + xAI + Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | Elon Musk knows that TSMC is overwhelmed: Terafab is his idea to completely change the global chip industry

Adidas has managed to get all of Spain to wear the National Team shirt. It has also managed to get almost no one to buy it from Adidas

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I’m sorry I can’t link it but the other day I read a tweet that said something like: “In these moments of extreme polarization, there is only one thing that unites all of Spain: the fake National Team shirt.” In cascade, there were the answers. One after another, fans fed up with the abusive price of football shirts, an accessory that It is already transversal to the sport itself but for which many are not willing to pay more (much more) than 100 euros for a product that you can have at home for just over 20 euros. At the gates of a World Cup, with a Spanish team that excites and a shirt that has had a deep impact since its presentation, the team’s second kit, the white one, can already be seen everywhere. And, of course, it’s not always official. It complicates your month According to Bankinter datathe median salary in Spain for a man was about 26,000 euros in 2024, the latest data published. That of women was just over 22,000 euros. That leaves us with a gross salary, of course, in 14 payments of just over 1,800 euros for them and less than 1,600 euros for women. With that salary, whoever wants to buy the official shirt of the Spanish National Team, replicating all its details, will be dedicating around 15% of the money that enters their account at the end of the month. Official Authentic T-shirt: 150 euros Player name: 20 euros FIFA patch: 10 euros Euro champion patch: 7 euros The accounts come out quickly and easily: 187 euros It is what it costs to wear the same shirt with which Lamine Yamal will take the field in Atlanta (United States) on June 15 at 6:00 p.m. (peninsular time) to face Cape Verde. That, of course, if you manage to get your hands on any of the t-shirts that They have already flown from the Adidas website. For much less, just 23 euros, you can have a replica at home in less than two weeks. It’s not that I asked one of the many in my close circle who have already gotten one. There is simply a website that ranks ahead of Adidas itself on Google. The German company says that “Spain’s away shirt pays tribute to this country’s incredible literary legacy, with intricate prints inspired by manuscripts, a nod to the cultural depth of the Spanish language that connects culture and football.” Let’s say that that other website does not offer such a literary description but what is certain is that there must be plenty of clients. The (pen)last example The second Adidas kit has highlighted the rise of fake t-shirts replicas and the enormous popularity they have garnered in recent years. Sid Lowea British sports journalist welcomed by the Asturian community, echoed this article in Digital Freedom in which the enormous popularity of Spain’s second shirt is mentioned. The one that no one seems to have paid at the price that Adidas lists on its website. Click on the image to go to the original tweet The responses criticizing the high price of the official set and the defense of getting one, let’s say, less official are repeated one after another. Click on the image to go to the original tweet The answers seem to concentrate each and every one of the issues surrounding the underworld that football shirts have become in recent years. Those of us who have dressed Saturdays, Sundays and summer holidays in football shirts and shirts know that replicas do not have the same feel as an original. No? Sure? Without a doubt, it looks a lot like him. It’s something I’ve known from conversations with friends and because… well, he who is free from sin… An example: Real Madrid shirt 99/00. Pushed by the nostalgia effect dosmilerothe aftershocks multiplied their presence in the streets. To the point that Adidas took advantage of the pull to reissue them and make good money. At least, to get mine and that of enough fans who spend our 110 euros to buy a shirt with more than a quarter of a century of history. In my case it was because I wanted to have the shirt with which Raúl dribbled past Santiago Cañizares to score Real Madrid’s third goal in the Champions League Final in Paris. He wanted “the one on Eighth”, the black one. Because the white one had already been given to me a few months before and this one was not entirely true. And, despite this, I had to go to the closet to rescue the shirt that I was wearing when I was eight years old and had an R. Carlos (3) on the back to certify that it did not have the same shiny patina that the official one had. Nor was the stitching of the shield the same, of course. No, it wasn’t the same, but it was almost identical.. And that is enough for many, many of us to wear the shirt of our childhood on the street again. It doesn’t matter if the shirt is from Raúl’s best years, Djalminha wearing Feiraco on the chest of Deportivo de la Coruña or Maradona carrying Buitoni to levels of popularity they never imagined. They all share a single code: they are fashionable. So much so that Adidas has not hesitated to reissue iconic designs from the nineties and 2000s. Without going any further and taking advantage of the return of the World Cup to the United States, For 110 euros you can dress like Clemente’s Spain in 1994. At least, the Germans have had the detail of not reissuing the second kit, forever anchored in a Luis Enrique bloodied. The football shirt phenomenon has become a transversal fashion that transcends genres, decades and teams. They are there when you go to buy bread, when you have a party with friends and when you go to the summer music festival. That has also created a … Read more

Microsoft believed it would take decades to have a useful quantum computer. Majorana 2 just pushed that deadline to 2029

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Finding the Majorana particle would be the best thing that could happen to them. quantum computers. The Italian physicist Ettore Majorana mathematically described its existence in 1937, and since then many researchers have become obsessed with it because it has a characteristic that makes it unique: it is both a particle and its own antiparticle. What makes it very attractive for quantum computing is that, when it appears, it does so in pairs and its topological nature gives it a resistance to external noise that conventional qubits do not have. This distribution of information at two separate points means that local errors triggered by vibrations, temperature or radiation cannot easily erase it. The coincidence of this duplicity and its stability suggests that these particles could be used to make qubits that are more stable and less prone to external perturbations than the qubits used in current quantum computers. Or that, at least, is what Microsoft is pursuing, although with an important nuance: it sounds very good, but after the cold water of 2021 physicists are extraordinarily careful when dealing with them. Microsoft promises to have a functional quantum computer in 2029 Microsoft does not work with Majorana fermions in the strict sense of the elementary particle predicted by Ettore Majorana. What you are looking for are Majorana modes or Majorana quasiparticles: collective excitations that emerge in certain topological superconducting materials and that behave as if they were Majorana fermions. They are not fundamental particles; They are emerging phenomena in the field of condensed matter. This strategy allowed Microsoft officially present in February 2025 Majorana 1, the first topological quantum processor. However, the scientific community received it with skepticism. And it did so because the Redmond company claimed to have created a state of matter in silicon that until then it only existed in theory. His proposal was to use Majorana modes as a basis for more stable quantum computing. Majorana 2 has been developed with the help of Discovery artificial intelligence The problem is that Microsoft had tried to demonstrate something similar before, in 2018, and the scientific article that supported it ended up being retracted by Nature three years later. Majorana 1 was, in that sense, both a technical advance and an attempt to regain credibility. And now Majorana 2 arrives. Microsoft has confirmed that this new quantum processor has been developed with the help of its artificial intelligence (IA) Discovery, and has also explained that it incorporates new materials with the purpose of accelerating the arrival of an error-resistant, and therefore fully functional, quantum computer. Chetan Nayak, CTO and Corporate Vice President of Quantum Hardware, has explained that the Microsoft Quantum team has improved the materials stack used in Majorana 1 for the purpose of create a more stable topological phase. Majorana 2 replaces aluminum with lead, and upgrades the semiconducting active region to a combination of indium arsenide and indium arsenide-antimonide. This change in materials has triggered, according to Microsoftsignificant performance improvements. And it also helps protect the fragile qubits of cosmic disturbances that can destabilize them. Be that as it may, this statement from Nayak summarizes the impact that Microsoft believes Majorana 2 will have on its roadmap: “Based on this rapid progress, we are accelerating our plan toward a scalable and practical quantum computer: we have cut our schedule in half and now aim to reach this goal in 2029.” It is an ambitious promise. And with Microsoft’s track record in quantum computing, the scientific community has reason to continue to be demanding when evaluating it. Image | Microsoft More information | Microsoft In Xataka | 38% of AI experts in the US have been trained in China. They are essential to sustain your leadership

Last hours to participate in the draw for a Dreo Humidifier 713S! Only for Xataka Xtra members

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Last day to participate! If you want to anticipate the arrival of the heat (more heat, I mean), the Dreo Humidifer 713S that we raffle in Xataka Xtra It’s a great idea. And today, xatakeros, is the last day to sign up and have the option of taking it home. The draw is reserved for members of the Xtra Community, a community that you can join by only 30 euros a year and enjoy, in addition to exclusive draws, many other advantages. The winner will be revealed tomorrow, Friday, June 4, at 11:00. You will be notified by email and it will be announced both in the original article and on our dedicated Discord server. How to enter the draw for a Dreo Humidifier 713S This giveaway is reserved for members of the community of Xataka Xtra. If you are already inside, you just have to go to your subscriber area and check that you have checked the box to participate in raffles. If you already activated it in a previous draw, you don’t have to do anything else. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you still don’t know Xataka Xtra, you can join for only 30 euros a year (or from two euros per month) and access more exclusive giveaways like thisEl Consultorio, the Discord server, discounts on a growing catalog of digital services and monthly meetings with editors. The winner will be chosen at random from all participating subscribers, along with two alternates. If the winner does not respond within the period indicated in the legal bases, the first substitute will be contacted, and if he/she does not respond either, the second will be contacted. Winning a giveaway does not exclude you from participating in the following ones. You can consult the complete legal bases here. In Xataka | Subscribe now to Xataka Xtra

Antimatter has a property that has taken physicists decades to measure. CERN just did it a hundred times better than anyone else

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Antimatter is fascinating not only because of its essence; It is also due to the still enigmatic role he played in the origin of the universe. Scientists still do not have the necessary tools to understand with any precision the role of this form of matter in the formation of the cosmos and the mechanisms that govern the tenuous line that delimits the imbalance between matter and antimatter. Fortunately, what they do know are its constituent elements and some of its properties. Understand what is antimatter It’s not difficult. And we can observe it as an exotic type of matter that is made up of antiparticles, which are particles with the same mass and spin as the particles we are familiar with, but with the opposite electrical charge. In this way the antiparticle of the electron is the positron or antielectron. And the antiparticle of the proton is the antiproton. Antimatter has a surprising property: when it comes into direct contact with matter, both annihilate, releasing a large amount of energy in the form of high-energy photons, as well as other possible particle-antiparticle pairs. It is currently being studied in many of the most important research centers specialized in particle physics in the world with the hope that knowing it better will help us understand some of the mysteries of the cosmos that remain out of our reach. The hyperfine cleavage of antihydrogen has been revealed CERN’s antimatter factory produces this form of matter by firing high-energy protons from an adjacent synchrotron at a metal block. This process generates a cascade of secondary particles, and among them antiprotons arise. These latter particles can then be cooled to be used in the facility’s experiments. ALPHA (Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus or antihydrogen laser physics apparatus), which is one of them, is specialized in producing antihydrogen by fusing antiprotons with positrons. Researchers then use magnetic fields to trap the antihydrogen for further study. An antihydrogen atom is composed of an antiproton in its nucleus and a positron orbiting around it, in the same way that a hydrogen atom contains a proton around which an electron orbits. Deuterium and tritium, the two isotopes of hydrogen, also have one or two neutrons in the nucleus respectively. The researchers of the ALPHA experiment have achieved something amazing: have measured hyperfine division of the ground state of the antihydrogen atom with a precision of 4 parts per million, improving the previous result by two orders of magnitude. This milestone is very important because it allows very rigorous tests to be carried out in the field of quantum electrodynamics. Hyperfine splitting of the ground state of the antihydrogen atom is the small splitting of the lowest energy state of the atom due to the magnetic interaction between the antiproton and the positron. According to the fundamental symmetries of nature, this measurement should be identical to the equivalent effect observed in hydrogen. Be that as it may, this milestone is very important because it allows very rigorous tests to be carried out in the field of quantum electrodynamics, which is the most precise theory that explains the interactions that occur between charged particles and light. Jeffrey Hangst, the spokesperson for the ALPHA experiment, explains that “the hyperfine splitting of the ground state of hydrogen is the origin of the so-called 21 centimeter lineso prized by radio astronomers and researchers searching for extraterrestrial intelligence (…) When the antimatter factory was conceived in the 1990s, the hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen was one of the key measurement objectives justifying the construction of the facility.” “The current measurement represents the culmination of many years of effort,” Hangst pointed out. “We have pursued the precise determination of the hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen since we demonstrated how to trap antimatter atoms in 2010. And now another group in the antimatter factory, the ASACUSA collaboration, is also trying to study this very important transition. Their technique, if demonstrated, has the potential to achieve even greater precision.” Thanks to ALPHA’s high level of precision, the measurement of hyperfine cleavage is sensitive to the effects of the internal structure of the antiproton at the center of the antihydrogen atom. In any case, this result is a very important step in the effort to further explore the nature of antimatter. Image | CERN More information | CERN In Xataka | European science gets serious: EUROfusion and CERN will work together on nuclear fusion and new colliders

China is taking away all its scrap paying up to five times more

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The scene seems like something out of an industrial espionage thriller, but it takes place in broad daylight. As anticipated Financial TimesChinese buyers are making appointments in the parking lots of stores like Home Depot in the United States to discreetly purchase lots of scrap metal valued at more than $20,000. This is the front line of a silent war for global resources. According to this same media, Asian intermediaries are sweeping up American scrapyards and paying up to five times the usual price, snatching the material from local recyclers. The director of a recycling company in Texas sums it up bluntly: “it’s a secret war that no one talks about.” Why so much interest in residual remains? The answer lies in the metal that makes them up. As explained The Conversation, Tungsten – whose name means “heavy stone” in Swedish – has the highest melting point of all known metals, reaching 3,422 °C. Furthermore, its extreme hardness and resistance to thermal shocks make it an absolutely irreplaceable material for manufacturing everything from aerospace technology to armor-piercing military ammunition. Market strangulation. China currently controls almost 79% of global tungsten production. As detailed in an analysis by expert John Connortension erupted in February 2025, when Beijing tightened its export controls in retaliation for US tariffs, cutting its shipments to the West by a drastic 40%. The economic impact of this decision was devastating. The restriction caused a strangulation of the market and a brutal increase in prices, which shot up 557% to reach $2,250 per metric ton. The great paradox is that, while the global shortage of virgin tungsten is caused by Beijing’s quotas, it is China itself that hoards recycled American scrap—such as worn-out industrial drill bits—to take it back to Asia through third countries such as Canada or Dubai. Industry analysts warn of imminent danger: If China officially reopens its doors to direct imports of scrap metal, the result will be a disaster for supply in the rest of the world. The global board. Today, almost absolute control of these supply chains gives China immense commercial and geopolitical power. This dominant position allows Beijing to use critical technologies and materials—so-called “bottlenecks”—as a lever of international influence that it can pull at will. Faced with this drain on resources, the debate has reached the highest levels. The report of Financial Times collect voices within the recycling industry and the US Congress demanding an immediate ban on the export of tungsten scrap to China to protect national security. However, the United States faces a temporary impasse: the country currently lacks the processing capacity necessary to convert all that exported scrap into useful finished products for its industry. In search of extraction. As Connor explainsthe solution inevitably involves diplomacy and investment abroad. The expert points out that Kazakhstan, which has the largest reserves of tungsten outside China (estimated at about two million tons), has become the center of the US strategy, attracting government-backed investments to develop local mines. But the race is head to head and Beijing has not sat idly by. In fact, China has already moved ahead in the Central Asia region, having started commercial production at the gigantic Boguty mine in Kazakh territory. At the same time, new Western actors are trying to close the gap. The financial portal Trading View informs that companies such as the Canadian mining company Allied Critical Metals are committed to revitalizing historic European projects, such as Borralha in northern Portugal. The company has a clear objective: to start the production of tungsten concentrate before the end of 2026 to meet the urgent demand in the West. Industrial ingenuity versus dumping. The middle The Conversation provides a historical parallel extremely interesting: during World War II, faced with the critical shortage of molybdenum caused by attacks by German submarines on maritime convoys, engineers from the British company Vickers managed to innovate by recycling the metal directly from mining drill bits. Today, that same logic applies to tungsten, which has a very high recycling rate of 42% globally. In Western markets this figure shoots up to an impressive 70%, driven precisely by the need to compensate for Chinese dominance over the primary mineral. In addition to technical innovation, state protection strategies gain prominence. In March South Korean Sangdong mine opened; Once at full capacity, this facility could produce more than 80% of the world’s non-Chinese tungsten. The most notable thing about this project is that the Seoul government has established a guaranteed minimum price for the mineral, thus protecting the operation from possible practices of dumping. Flooding the market to artificially depress prices is a tactic China has used successfully in the past to bankrupt Western investors in the critical minerals sector. An imminent warning for the West. The clock is ticking and the consequences of inaction could be fatal. An imminent and dangerous reality stalks the West: the Third Gulf War has consumed munitions at a staggering rate and depleted US stockpiles of tungsten-dependent missiles such as the Patriot and THAAD systems. taking them to historic lows. Without a stable and massive supply to quickly replenish these arsenals, the US military risks a true military disaster should a larger conflict break out, such as a direct confrontation over Taiwan. As a final reflection, andThese restrictive tactics from Beijing should be read as a stern warning. The current tungsten crisis should force Western governments to wake up once and for all and “de-risk” (de-risk) urgently their supply chains. Only by building an independent industrial network can the Western world avoid making its security and economy dependent on the monopoly of a single country. Image | Unsplash Xataka | The US is withdrawing soldiers from Europe. His plan to reassure her is to leave something much more disturbing in front of Russia.

everything we think we know so far about the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system

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Let’s tell you everything we think we know about iOS 27based on all the leaks and rumors around the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system. Like every year, the months leading up to the imminent presentation of the new version of the system have left us with a whole collection of rumors and leaks that we are preparing to review. Here, what you should know is that everything we are going to tell you is based on the rumors and leaks that have been released about iOS 27. When it is officially presented we will update the content so that you can know with certainty all the official changes. When do we expect iOS 27 to be released The new iOS 27 will be presented on June 8 this 2026, during the long-awaited WWDC 2026. This is the annual event organized by Apple to announce its upcoming software news, where the new versions of the rest of its operating systems will also be presented. That same day the first beta is expected to be releasedalthough for now it will be for developers. This is at least what Apple usually does, although we will have to wait for official confirmation to be clear. After several developer betas, it is expected that Starting in July, public betas begin to arrive that any user can download by simply registering in the beta program. Normally the final version of iOS 27 will arrive in September along with the presentation of the new iPhone 18. But here the leaks outline some possible changes. Specifically, it is possible that only the iPhone 18 Pro and a new folding iPhone will be presented in September, while the “normal” iPhone 18 may not arrive. until spring 2027. However, there are no confirmations on this either, only rumors. What news do we expect from iOS 27 Let’s tell you what they are the rumored news of iOS 27. According to rumors and leaks, everything seems to indicate that after having finished with the aesthetic innovations of iOS in recent years, now it will be the turn of stability and performance. This is what we know to date. More performance and more stability As they point out in Applesferaleaks from the renowned Mark Gurman aim to eliminate the “technical debt” that has been accumulating after years of adding layers of software. Now it’s the turn to polish the system inside to optimize it as much as possible. This means that a restructuring of the internal code is expected so that iOS 27 is much faster and smootherthat bugs that consume battery are eliminated, and that it flies regardless of the age of the iPhone. There will be no new icons, there will be no flashy redesigns, but there will be noticeable differences in fluidity. An even smarter Siri We’ve been talking for several versions of iOS about Siri being smarter and using AI, but so far everything has been delayed. However, we hope that the new Siri finally arrives with iOS 27and that this Siri will also have an artificial intelligence model based on Gemini. The agreement between Apple and Google gives those from Cupertino full access to Gemini. With this, it is suggested that Apple could try to distill Gemini and create smaller adapted versions that can work locally on your mobile. With this, in addition to offering greater privacy, they will also have more efficient and faster operating models. Come on, Apple privacy and Google intelligence. The leaked renders This new Siri will show dark background and will be integrated within the dynamic island. When you launch Siri, it will tell you that you can search or ask whatever you want. The interface will be different from the old Siri so that they are unmistakable. Siri will also have a live conversational mode like Gemini, to be able to chat by voice, as well as multitasking that allows you to do several things at the same time. You will also have full control over iPhone apps and settings, and possibly a new way in the camera carousel to use visual intelligence and analyze what you point at. The new smart Siri will also have advanced writing tools such as Grammarly-style grammar check, AI wallpaper generator within Image Playground, or camera options with which to change the perspective of an already taken photo or expand photos. They will also include shortcuts with natural language which will mean that you no longer have to configure several steps, a smart wallet to create digital passes by scanning the physical object, smart tab management in Safari, and additional functions for the Health app. Additionally, there are leaks indicating that Siri in iOS 27 could also let you choose what a task is solved by Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT in case it is necessary. Thus, Apple’s new AI will not seek to be the best, but rather to solve your problems and serve as a gateway for other models on the iPhone if necessary. Lastly, if you don’t like any of this it is also expected that there will be a switch in settings to be able to deactivate the new Siri with AI. This, by the way, arrived in Beta status. Other news And now we leave you the list with the rest of the news that has been leaked to date. In addition to the novelty, we will also include a small description so you know what it is about. Perfecting Liquid Glass: There have been internal changes at Apple with the departure of the head of design and the rise of a veteran to top manager, so it is uncertain how much Apple’s Liquid Glass will be improved. At the moment we are talking about Liquid Slider, a slider that allows you to choose the intensity of the transparency. Undo and redo when rearranging widgets or apps: The arrival of a system that allows you to reverse accidental changes when organizing desktop apps and widgets has been leaked. … Read more

“The need to actively capture CO₂ is increasingly evident”

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Nations’ current climate commitments are not enough to meet the trajectories needed to maintain global warming below the limit of 1.5 ºC that we have marked. The solution to the climate crisis It is no longer just about stopping broadcasting greenhouse gasesbut requires direct action to literally collect them from the atmosphere and store them in some way. A warning. As he warns the third edition of the report State of Carbon Dioxide Removalhumanity would need to expand technology to eliminate CO₂ at a rate comparable to, or even greater than, the expansion of solar energy and electric vehicles. The biggest audit. This report is truly important as it is the first global, independent and accessible scientific assessment of how carbon dioxide is being removed. This edition has been prepared by an interdisciplinary team composed by more than 50 scientists from highly prestigious institutions, including the University of Oxford and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To ensure transparency, this assessment includes an open data portal detailing performance indicators. CDR and allows you to monitor where, how and how much CO₂ is actually being eliminated around the world. Where are we? Although we are already working to eliminate carbon dioxide from our atmosphere, the figures indicate that we are very far from the goal that would allow us to breathe a little easier. To be clear about the numbers, global CO₂ removal levels are around 2.2 gigatonnes per year. And although it seems like a gigantic figure, the reality is that 99.9% of this elimination is carried out through conventional methods. This fits with the histories compiled in the 2024 edition led by the University of Oxfordwhich already indicated that the world removed about 2,000 million tons per year, depending almost exclusively on reforestation and land management. The objective. In order to meet the 1.5 °C objective that we have set for ourselves as a society, it is essential to multiply our capacity, since it points to the need to eliminate 5 gigatonnes of CO₂ by the year 2050. And for this, the strategies that different governments are following are not designed to even come close to this figure. Technology. Achieving this massive expansion will require a true technological revolution. Methods evaluated for their potential and costs include bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, direct air capture, and advanced afforestation techniques. In addition to large-scale implementation, science continues to look for cutting-edge solutions and, in Spain, for example, CSIC research centers They study novel methods such as the photoactivation of CO₂ using titanium dioxide and copper clusters. The experts. Here Science Media Center has collected the impression of different critical voices, such as that of Raffaele Bernadello, researcher in the Climate Change group of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, who points out that “the need to actively capture CO₂ is becoming increasingly evident as a complementary measure to the rapid and marked reduction in emissions” On the other hand, Ana Hernández, biodiversity and natural resources planner at the Climate Research Foundation, also points out that “temporarily exceeding the 1.5 °C threshold is practically inevitable, given that the remaining carbon budget will be exhausted around 2030.” Images | Chris LeBoutillier In Xataka | The easiest way to understand global warming, in this climate map with data from 1940

China has launched an underwater creature into the sea that defies naval engineering

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Year 1953, the US Navy launches USS Albacorean experimental submarine whose “water drop” shape seemed so strange that it broke with decades of naval design. Many officers doubted the concept, but it ended up being just as effective underwater. that ended up influencing in practically all modern submarines built since. More than seventy years later, another image of a submarine with an unconventional silhouette once again raises the question of whether we are seeing the beginning of a new revolution. The creature that breaks the rules. The satellite images captured in a Shanghai shipyard have revealed something extraordinary: a large Chinese submarine that looks like dispense with the sail or tower command, the structure that for more than a century has been considered an almost mandatory piece in underwater engineering. The appearance of this design has attracted attention because it challenges one of the most established conventions of modern naval warfare. It is not a small experimental prototype, but rather a platform for about 120 meters in lengthlonger than many nuclear attack submarines currently in service, suggesting that China is exploring concepts much more ambitious than a simple technology demonstration. Designed to perform underwater. The main advantage of removing the candle is purely hydrodynamic. When that large structure that protrudes from the hull disappears, the submarine reduces resistance As it advances, it improves its fluidity in the water and can optimize speed, maneuverability and acoustic discretion. The less noise a vessel generates, the more difficult it is to detect it using sonar, a fundamental aspect of modern underwater warfare. Added to this is the possible incorporation of an X-shaped tailassociated with greater navigation agility and safety, as well as the probable use of an encapsulated propeller pumpjet typea technology intended for reduce further the noise during submerged operations. Images of the new submarine at the JN Shipyard in Shanghai on June 1, 2026. The importance of what is missing. Precisely because the sail has been a universal feature on modern submarines, its absence raises numerous questions. Traditionally this structure houses periscopes, sensors, antennas communications, electronic masts and ventilation systems. It also provides an elevated position for surface navigation, improves the crew’s situational awareness and can even be used in certain logistics missions or operations under the polar ice. Giving it up means accept limitations important operational functions, so Chinese engineers must consider that the benefits obtained compensate for these sacrifices or that there are technological solutions capable of replacing part of their functions. Images of the new submarine at the JN Shipyard in Shanghai on June 1, 2026. Eight years of silent experimentation. Because as they remembered TWZ analysts, The appearance of this submarine has not arisen from nowhere. The same shipyard already built in 2018 a much smaller vessel that also lacked a sail and likely served as a test bed to validate design concepts. That prototype practically disappeared from the public spotlight for years, but it now seems clear that it was part of a broader research program. The progression from a model measuring just 45 meters to a platform that rivals nuclear submarines in size shows that China has spent years perfecting this idea before taking the next step. Images of the new submarine at the JN Shipyard in Shanghai on June 1, 2026. The link with the submarines of the future. The initiative also fits with other signals recently observed in the Chinese shipbuilding industry. In 2024, the CSSC state corporation presented a concept of a large unmanned underwater vehicle whose silhouette was remarkably reminiscent of these low-profile designs. That project contemplated missions as diverse as attacks against ships, laying mines, supporting special forces or even acting as a mother ship for other underwater drones. Although the new submarine detected seems too large to be completely autonomous, the similarity between both concepts suggests that China could be developing a family of platforms based on the same design philosophy. An army in full transformation. We have been counting it. The appearance of this submarine coincides with a profound modernization of the Chinese submarine force. Beijing is incorporating increasingly advanced models, developing new submarines nuclear weapons and even experimenting with hybrid designs capable of combine different shapes of propulsion. US officials have recognized on several occasions that the quality of Chinese submarines is progressively approaching that of the most modern Western models. In parallel, the People’s Liberation Army Navy continues to expand to a higher pace that of any other navy in the world, driven by the need to project power in the Pacific, the South China Sea and other strategic regions. More questions than answers. Of course, the official name of the submarine, its internal systems or the exact mission for which it was conceived are still unknown. However, satellite images have left an impression hard to ignoreA: China appears to be testing an idea that for decades was relegated to theoretical studies, experimental prototypes and laboratory concepts. If he project prosperscould mark the beginning of a new generation of submarines where the traditional command tower ceases to be an unquestionable necessity and becomes another option within the evolution of underwater warfare. Image | X, Vantor In Xataka | The US has always been the largest nuclear power on the planet. 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