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An AI model did not have access to the internet. So he thought it was better to have it and decided to hack something along the way

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Last week, OpenAI I was evaluating the offensive capabilities of two of its most advanced models. On the one hand, GPT-5.6 Sol, publicly available. On the other, a second model not yet presented and which in fact is described as superior to the first. It was about measuring their capabilities in the field of cybersecurity, and although the testing environment was theoretically airtight and isolated, both models managed to connect to the internet and hack a very popular AI models and testing platform, Hugging Face. what has happened. Both models were being evaluated using ExploitGyma cybersecurity benchmark developed by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley. The goal is to try to find real vulnerabilities in real software. Instead of searching for them on their own, the models detected that the (unspecified) packet logging cache proxy, the only component with limited external access, had a flaw that they could exploit. A study by the AI ​​Security Institute reveals the advances of the latest OpenAI and Anthropic models in cybersecurity. Hello, internet connection. The models did not have internet access, but they exploited that vulnerability to achieve it. Once this was done, they assumed that Hugging Face, the reference platform for models and data sets (datasets) of AI, probably had data on ExploitGym that would allow them to overcome the requested challenge. Hack Hugging Face. So they searched, found and exploited several attack vectors at once, including both stolen credentials and zero-day vulnerabilities. With all this, they managed to access Hugging Face’s production database (that is, the one used publicly on their website), and from there they achieved the solutions to the benchmark. GLM-5.2 to the rescue. The OpenAI security team detected anomalous activity, but Hugging Face I had already detected it a few days ago without knowing what was happening. The curious thing is that to respond to that attack they first tried to use proprietary US AI models to contain them. Those models were blocked by automatic security filters, and Hugging Face turned to the GLM-5.2, the surprising open model from Z.ai that was launched a few weeks ago. The chat with all the details. Adrien Carreira, Infrastructure Manager at Hugging Face, I summed it up in X: “We fight with open models, in the open. AI security will not be solved by a single company acting in secret. Open source puts these tools in the hands of all defenders.” This expert also shared the conversations that they maintained with the AI ​​model to address the problem. Brute force works again. At OpenAI indicated that this was an unprecedented (involuntary) milestone, although some cybersecurity experts reduced the relevance of what happened. “This is not an AI problem. It is negligence on a forty-year-old standard,” explained David Ottenheimer. However, as with Mythos, what this event demonstrates is that AI can apply brute force and analyze possible vulnerabilities (and combine them) in a way that human researchers could not due to lack of time. A fundamental problem. OpenAI acknowledges that the deployment filters that would have blocked the model’s behavior were intentionally disabled because the assessment was intended to measure vulnerabilities. Dierdre Mulligan, professor at Berkeley, indicated that “it seems to me that OpenAI did not properly create the sandbox for the testing environment.” It was not clear to her that passing a test would outweigh the potential damage that an AI model could cause if it “escaped” and gained access to the internet. The end matters, not the means. The models did not have the objective of hacking Hugging Face: that was only a means to achieve their ultimate goal, which was to beat the ExploitGym benchmark. Everything they did along the way—finding the vulnerability that gave them access to the internet, hacking Hugging Face’s database—was simply part of their plan to pass the proposed test. What have each other learned?. Following the incident, OpenAI indicated that they are implementing stricter controls in the configuration of their infrastructure, in addition to collaborating with the developers of the affected component and with Hugging Face to improve their defenses. They have also promised improve “alignment” of their models and the monitoring tasks during this type of tests. In Xataka | Daniel Púa, head of security at Magnific: “Video calls are going to arrive with a video of a family member and things are going to get complicated”

The lynx in Spain is growing at such a speed that it has appeared in an unexpected place: Euskadi

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An Alava rancher checked his photo-trapping camera last December. He was looking for genets, badgers or wild cats on the plot he has in Campezo. And he found biological gold. The unmistakable brushed ears and sideburns make it clear: the video in question It shows for a few seconds the presence of a lynx in the middle of the night. A tourist from the south. The Hontza Natura Elkartea association spread the image and the environmentalist offices raised their eyebrows: something like this had not happened in more than a hundred years. The boreal lynx inhabited the Aitzkorri-Aratz mountain ranges, the Gorbea massif or Valdegovía at the beginning of the twentieth century. But this is different, it is a Lynx pardinuspure and simple Iberian lynx. The same one that is being tried to reintroduce in the Valencian Community. And he wears a radio transmitter collar. Apparently, it comes directly from the south of the Iberian Peninsula, crossing half of Spain without a train ticket – it is not in vain that they can travel up to twenty-five kilometers a day. Hence, this presence in Álava marks a brutal biological milestone… and opens a crack in the debate on the recovery of wild fauna. Avoiding extinction. It was close and literally. There were less than one hundred copies left at the beginning of the 2000s and today they exceed 2,700. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO) he stuck out his chest before Europe with their official censuses, consisting of specimens in Zaragoza, Palencia or Cuenca. The WWF Spain celebrated also the success of the Iberlince program. The specimens released in Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura have managed to settle. And the natural expansion towards Aragon or the northern plateau demonstrates feline adaptability. However, this Disney story with a happy ending should also be read from rural sociology. Because this feline depends almost exclusively on the wild rabbit. 90% of your diet. Diseases, such as myxomatosis or viral hemorrhagic fever decimated its population. 212 died from accidents. And, when hunger strikes, the animal will seek new territories. That’s where the real problem begins. At some point, people will target the lynx. Beautiful and problematic. PACMA warned of the risk. Animal activists denounce deaths due to vehicles being run over and demand urgent and effective wildlife crossings. Ecologists in Action pointed out another enemy: illegal and poaching. Snares, poison and shooting kill dozens of cats a year. Artemisan Foundation, voice of the hunting sector, defended another position: that hunters have absolute control over predation in their reserves. When rabbits are scarce, lynx compete directly with shotguns. The school story has clothed the lynx with sympathy. He enjoys good press, with that amber look that is touching. Let’s take as an example the hatred suffered by the wolf or the brown bear. The demonstrations by ranchers against the wolf have paralyzed roads in Cantabria—although the story changes little by little–. The bear, in the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian mountain range, falls even worse. After all, the lynx weighs less than fifteen kilos, is elusive and rarely attacks larger livestock or calves, settling for partridges, rabbits and, if lucky, some absent-minded chicken. A close precedent. The wild boar is the best example in Spain. A couple of decades ago, seeing a wild boar brightened the day of a Sunday hiker. Today they affect crops on the plateau and cause fatal accidents on secondary roads, becoming an urban drama. The Generalitat of Catalonia declared constant hunting emergencies due to overpopulation. So the animal went from being a majestic pig to an official and destructive pest. Raids have been carried out for five years. Germany underwent an identical metamorphosis with the gray wolf. Politicians celebrated its return as an unprecedented ecological triumph and Berlin urbanites designed welcoming campaigns, until the shepherds of Lower Saxony suffered the direct consequences. German Green and Conservative Parties Now Openly Debating Lethal Hunting Quotas. Canada saw how the populations of pumas and black bears They multiplied near high-income residential areas, where cities like Vancouver or Banff celebrate their mystical connection with nature, until they began attacking pets, scaring children in public parks and sneaking into gardens. The shadow of the Iberian lynx. Seeing how it is expanding, with Álava as the tip of the spear, the question is whether beyond the Gorbea massif they will begin to sneak into private farms with greater frequency, whether they will hunt poultry and attack small rabbit farms. Hontza Natura Elkartea documented the discovery but Euskadi lacks an official reintroduction plan for this species. And we want wild and vibrant nature, yes, but away from our garage, without personal risks. Image | Flickr (Gerardo González Fernández) In Xataka | Wolf hunting throughout Spain depended on a red button that changes its status. And Europe has decided to press it In Xataka | We have managed to make the dire wolves return after 10,000 years of being extinct. The problem is that “come back” may not be the right word.

It’s another excuse to charge more.

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You organize your vacation, book a hotel, and the notice is usually always the same: entry from 3 p.m.. For those who carry many suitcases and arrive early, this causes more than one headache, and hotels know this well. In fact, they are cashing in on it. Hotel hours change. Before 2020, it was normal for check-in time (check-in) was at 2:00 p.m. and the departure time (check out) was at 12:00. Since the reopening of hotels after the pandemic, the chains have been pushing these schedules towards others that of course make your operation easier. Nowadays it is common to find that the check-in It cannot be done before 15:00 and the check out It’s at 11:00 or 12:00. The “kellys” have a very valid point.. There is a reasonable argument for this change: as a Hotusa spokesperson explains in El PaísThese schedules ensure that cleaning teams have enough time to leave rooms spotless. Those who do this cleaning, the so-called kellys, confirm this, and clarify that those four hours give them room for maneuver because the average is that each worker cleans between 20 and 30 rooms a day. That is totally logical, but hotels are also taking advantage of the circumstance. Welcome to the “Early check-in“and to”Late check-out“. Although no hotel chain explicitly recognizes it, a Barceló spokesperson did admit that this opens a new avenue of business. In recent times the options “early check-in” and “late check-out” in various hotel chains so that customers can enter between one and two hours before and leave between one and two hours later. These options, of course, have an extra cost that means that hotels can in turn have an additional source of income that they did not have before. If you are a loyal customer, you can enter earlier and leave later. Other chains offer these extended hours to members of their loyalty programs. Marriott allows your clients of the Gold Elite program leave two hours later with a minimum of 25 nights a year. Those in the Platinum Elite program have 50 nights per year. Hyatt, Hotusa and Melia they do the same. The pattern is identical in all cases: flexible access to schedules is not a right of the guest, but a privilege of the loyal customer. The trap of loyalty services. Hotel chains’ points programs operate on a disturbing premise: if you concentrate all your stays in a single hotel brand, you recover services that were previously standard for any customer. Those early check-in and late check-out They are the clearest example, but the list includes other benefits such as room upgrades, free breakfasts, access to executive lounges or added connectivity services. What was once courtesy is now a reward for your loyalty. A loyalty that, yes, you pay while you lose some ability to choose. A fantastic idea except for the occasional tourist. The chains consulted in the text agree on the same idea: these changes make it possible to improve the experience of frequent customers, and at the same time make possible more efficient management of resources. What they don’t say is that the model has a clear winner, and it’s not the occasional traveler. The tourist who travels two weeks a year, arrives at his destination on an early morning flight and books through a conventional tour operator is doomed. Pay a higher rate, do not accumulate redeemable points and wait hours in the lobby or you are forced to pay extra. In Xataka | China is preparing a hotel where robots will act as receptionists, waiters, cleaners and security guards: it aims to automate almost everything

For the first time, Tokyo allows men to wear shorts to the office. And that is causing a revolution

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Noboru Watanabe is 53 years old, works as a civil servant in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and a few days ago His office colleagues saw his shins for the first time. The heat was pressing and Watanabe, like another handful of colleagues (few), decided to swallow his shame and skip the rigid code of etiquette that dictates that office workers must wear a shirt, jacket, tie and long pants. He didn’t do it just because. With his gesture he joined an initiative launched in April by the authorities to make the heatwave more bearable. There are those who are not so clear. calves in the air. It is not easy to combat extreme heat waves. In Spain there are institutions that have begun to distribute thermal bracelets among the workers who work on the street and in France have reached restrict alcohol so that emergency services can prioritize heat strokes. However, there are few initiatives as peculiar (and extravagant) as the one they have activated in Tokyo. There, in April, anticipating what was to come, the Metropolitan Government gave carte blanche his employees to come to the office in shorts. Not only that. With its measure, the Executive hope to set an example and that companies also relax their dress codes. Dating back to 2005. To understand the measure we have to go back to 2005, when the Ministry of the Environment launched a campaign called “Cool Biz” to promote energy savings. Its premise was simple: the strict Japanese etiquette code leads office workers to go to their jobs with a tie, jacket and long pants, which in turn forced companies to spend more money (and energy) on air conditioning to make their day more bearable. So… Why not change it? “It’s liberating”. As part of the campaign, the authorities agreed that the thermostats in public offices should set at 28ºC and they relaxed the dress code for their employees. Of course, not too much. The ‘flexibility’ was limited to jackets and ties, which became optional items of clothing. “There were complaints and resistance, but they soon realized that not wearing a suit and tie in 35ºC is liberating,” remember Sumie Kawakamiprofessor at Yamanashi Gakuin University. The idea was to set an example from the public to the private sector to control energy expenditure and pollution in the country. one step further. The great architect of that measure was Yuriko Koikethen Minister of the Environment and since 2016 governor of Tokyo. Hence, he has taken advantage of his new position to go one step further in the capital: in spring Koike publicly encouraged his administration officials to leave their long pants in the closet when the heat hits. The idea was the same: to make the heatwave more bearable without having to skyrocket the energy bill, an important objective if two keys are taken into account. And what are they? First, last year Japan experienced a summer of record temperaturesabove 40ºC, and begins to get used to supporting extreme heat waves. He even named them: kokushobi. The second key is that when Koike launched the measure, in April, the energy cost was a national concern, both in Japan and in much of the planet. It had been barely two months since the start of the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz had shot the price of oil, taking it to levels not seen for years. It is estimated that 90% of imports of oil that Japan receives arrive through that strategic maritime passage. The great enemy: taboo. However, ending a habit carried on for decades is not so easy. When the AFP agency visited the office government where Noboru Watanabe works, a week ago, he only saw five men wearing shorts. And that day they reached 34º. Among those brave few was Watanabe himself, who admits that at first he was embarrassed to walk among his colleagues showing his shins. The reporters of The New York Times they met with a similar panorama: They only saw 11 men wearing shorts, just 16% of a staff of 70 men. And the great debate began. The shorts perhaps they are more comfortable for the summer (Watanabe himself recognize that once the initial reservations are overcome, they are “comfortable” and even make you feel “younger”), but that doesn’t mean they convince everyone. In June The Japan Times public a column in which it was slipped that the Tokyo government may have gone “too far.” Other Asian media have collected testimonies from Japanese who do not quite accept the new Tokyo directive. “I’ve been to business meetings in Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines and people there don’t wear tights when it comes to something important,” explains a 56-year-old businessman. A new concept: Sune Hara. It’s not just a question of whether to go with shorts to a meeting is appropriate or not. In Japan, a new term has been coined that indicates a deeper debate: sune hara“bullying because of leg hair.” Its approach is very simple. Now that men can wear shorts, will they also experience the pressure that women feel to have perfect legs? Why does society expect a woman to spend time and money getting rid of hair but tolerate it in a man? Will women still be expected to wear long skirts or stockings in certain areas? “Wearing shorts in the workplace has started to gain acceptance, but will society accept women showing bare, stockingless, hairy legs (because women have hair on their legs too) in a business environment?” a user launched one recently on the Weekly Women’s Prime platform. “If it is acceptable to men, it stands to reason that women’s legs should also be accepted.” Images | Egor Myznik (Unsplash) and Fikri Rasyid (Unsplash) In Xataka | 30 years ago we laughed at China and Japan for their obsession with sun protection. Now we’re following your path

ASUS summer offers are ideal for renewing equipment for work, study or play

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Summer is that time of year when most of us take the opportunity to escape from home for a few days. Wherever we go, It is always good to have a laptop with uswhether because we want to surf the Internet, answer an email or even play a video game. Are you looking for a new team? Well then you might be interested in taking a look. to the ASUS summer offers. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This promo, which will be available until next August 9, has discounts of up to 69% on all types of equipment. Furthermore, the new members They will receive an additional discount on their purchases (coupon: ‘WELCOME10’). There are many interesting computers and devices, but these are the five we like the most: ASUS VivoBook Go 15 by 479.99 eurosa lightweight and very affordable laptop for working or studying. ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition by 2,999.99 eurosa beast for demanding users with 128 GB of RAM. ASUS Zenbook DUO by 1,799.99 eurosa very versatile laptop with a double OLED touch screen. ROG Xbox Ally by 499.99 eurosa top quality-price option to play wherever you want. ROG Strix G18 by 3,049.99 eurosa gaming laptop with the best of NVIDIA. ASUS VivoBook Go 15 We start with this VivoBook Go 15, an economical and light option that is perfect for working or studying. This device comes with a Ryzen 5 processor, 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and a 512 GB SSD, so it will last us several years at a high level. Its screen, which is 15.6 inches, has Full HD resolution and is also compatible with WiFi 6e. All taking into account that it weighs 1.63 kg, which makes it easy to transport. From 549.99 euros it now costs 479.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition If you are a content creator or usually edit video in 4K or 8K resolution, this ProArt GoPro Edition may fit you very well. It is a real beast thanks to its AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor and 128 GB of RAM, which is also ideal for using AI models locally or for rendering video. In addition, it has a 2 TB SSD and a 13.3-inch OLED touch screen. And since it weighs just 1.39 kg, it’s also ideal for travel. From 3,599 euros it costs 2,999.99 euros. ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition The price could vary. We earn commission from these links ASUS Zenbook DUO A very versatile computer with two OLED touch screens. That’s this Zenbook DUO from ASUS, which is great if your priority is productivity, even if you’re not working at home or in the office. Beyond these two screens (14 inches and 3K resolution), it is a very interesting device with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H processor, 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD. Right now it costs 1,799.99 eurosa discount of 200 euros compared to its RRP. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links ROG Xbox Ally We now move on to a consolidated PC or portable console such as the ROG Xbox Ally, possibly the best quality-price option right now. It is a very interesting machine that comes with Windows 11 installed as standard, which allows you to use Xbox Game Pass natively. It has the Ryzen Z2 processor, 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. In addition, its 7-inch IPS screen with Full HD resolution has a 120 Hz refresh rate. Costs 499.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links ROG Strix G18 And we close with a gaming laptop that, in fact, has one of the best graphics cards currently available, such as the RTX 5080. This ROG Strix G18 is a computer that will allow us to play any game at 4K, even the most demanding ones. It has a very good processor such as the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD. Its screen is also 18 inches and has WQXGA resolution. It happens to cost 3,049.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | ASUS In Xataka | Best gaming laptops in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and six recommended models In Xataka | What is the best laptop for working in 2026. Tips and recommendations

Which NAS do you recommend, Synology or Ugreen?

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a server NAS It is a network attached storage device. With it you can create your own cloud having control of the files, your own streaming service, and many other things. But there are several quite powerful manufacturers in the sector, highlighting Synology and more recently Ugreen, and choosing one or the other is the first big headache. One of our readers asked us about these brands and which one is more recommended, taking advantage of The Officeone of the advantages of Xataka Xtraour subscription to access exclusive newsletters, raffles, promotions and other exclusive advantages. In this case, what we offer is a direct line with us to resolve questions like this. The xatakero asked if we recommend buying more a Synology or Ugreen NAS. It does not ask about specific models, but about the differentiating characteristics of each of these two manufacturers, including features or operating system. The question “Hey, I’m thinking about buying a NAS, and I’m between Synology or Ugreen. What do you recommend?” The answer In the NAS sector, each manufacturer tries to differentiate itself from the competition not only with differentiating specifications, but with exclusive services and its own features. The question is answered by our colleague Javier Pastor, an expert in AI and productivity, and who also has extensive knowledge about NAS servers. “Here the choice depends, as always, on your budget and how much you want to complicate your life, because in the field of NAS there are both “turnkey” solutions and proposals for you to tinker to infinity and beyond. Among those that can solve your problem without complications are those from well-known manufacturers in the sector: you have two great alternatives in the Synology DS225+ and the QNAP TS-233. Both with two bays for hard drives and systems completely designed to facilitate you that task. If you want to mess around, the sky is the limit. You can use an old PC—even with an old processor and little memory—, put in a couple of hard drives and install operating systems like TrueNAS, Unraid or CasaOS to control the entire experience from start to finish. The freedom and expansion capacity in this case is greater, but obviously it requires more time and for you to become a bit of an occasional systems administrator. If you don’t want to get your hands dirty, the two options mentioned are great.” Do you have more questions like this? The subscribers of Xataka Xtra You can send us your questions and our team will respond personally. And if you are already a subscriber, remember this advantage and that you can ask us whenever you want.

Spain prepared thousands of young people for university by passing the PAU. Four out of ten ended up doing a vocational training degree

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Every July the same scene of thousands of teenagers leaving school is repeated. any of the exams of what was once called Selectivity and, for now, is known as the University Access Test (PAU). For decades, this ritual almost always ended at the same door: the a university. However, in recent years something has changed. The students who take this test no longer do so trusting that your future is assured after a university degree and no longer see Vocational Training as the way out for those who do not want to study. The twist that no one announced. For years, passing the PAU and not going to university was experienced almost as a failure. A waste of talent. Today that stigma has been broken. According to the report Education Panorama 2025prepared by the OECD, 39% of those who enter the economy for the first time Spanish higher education They do so through a higher degree vocational training cycle and only 47% opt for the university route. The figure more than doubles the organization’s average, where only 16% choose this route and 78% go directly to university. These percentages undoubtedly represent a change in mentality more than a statistical anecdote. The FP is no longer the “ugly duckling” of the educational system in Spain. The figures that support the change. According to the latest data collected by the Ministry of Education in the report Vocational Training Student Statistics 2024-2025there has been an increase of 23.5% in the student body in the previous five years, especially highlighting the number of students enrolled in higher grades, which receive 29.8% more students. The contrast with Europe is striking. In Spain, higher vocational training as a gateway to higher education is 33.3%, tripling the European Union average, which remains at 10%. This shift towards training oriented towards learning a profession responds to a specific request that comes from companies. Why young people choose FP and university. According to the report ‘Infoempleo Adecco 2024: Job supply and demand in Spain‘, 47% of the job offers published in Spain, asked for some vocational training degree. It is a figure that grows every year and that begins to compete face to face with the requirement of a university education. Marisa Bermejo, director of Sanitas Campus FP Madrid, declared to The Spanish that “After PAU, young people have to understand that there are several ways to get into a profession.” And he adds that vocational training “allows the development of technical skills from an early stage.” According to data From the Ministry of Education, the employability of Vocational Training is 73%, and with some sectors touching 90%, which places it as a direct access door to the labor market for young people. The sectors that use FP the most. Not all training families grow equally. Administration and Management leads the number of offers, closely followed by Health, with constant demand in laboratories and clinical areas. Commerce and Marketing is also pushing forward, driven by the rise of digital commerce. The fastest growth is carried out by Computing and Communications. It is one of the families with the highest job placement among Higher Degree graduates, where 54.7% find employment before completing two years after graduating. according to the data of the Ministry of Education. In Xataka | Europe is very clear that there are many graduates in Spain. The problem is that they are not what companies need. Image | Unsplash (ThisisEngineering)

Albacete offers up to 500,000 euros for hunting rabbits. The problem is what to do with them afterwards.

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Spain, rabbit landtoday he pays to get them off his back. When the Phoenicians set foot on our coasts, they saw ears and burrows before cities and that is how they named the peninsula, i‑spn‑yaa curious place name that ended up as Hispania. Or so the theory goes, one of many. Now Albacete has set up a subsidy system so that hunting societies contain an overpopulation that destroy their crops. The real problem is not only about how many are killed, but what is done with them afterwards and why the model produces plagues again and again. A plague that concentrates. The province of Albacete is experiencing a paradox that is actually repeated throughout half the country. On the one hand, the wild rabbit is listed as an endangered species in many habitats; on the other, it is a plague on agricultural strips and on the margins of large infrastructures. In Castilla-La Mancha, hundreds of thousands of rabbits are estimated to be captured each year; only so far in 2026 are they talking about 603,000 copiesand 30% of them leave the fields of Albacete. The regional administration has been chaining “hunting emergency” resolutions for years. That is, we seek to find the key between a balance of fauna and environmental regulation. And, at least in La Mancha, Albacete, Cuenca and Toledo, they have not been able to find it. Because more than a homogeneous explosion we are talking about hot spots next to roads, railway lines, intensive irrigation and protected spaces where the rabbit finds shelter, food and the absence of predators. How the half million works. This is not the wild western. Let no one expect an envelope for each animal killed. The Albacete Provincial Council has announced a line of subsidies amounting to 500,000 euros aimed at local non-profit hunting societies. Of course, based in the province. Each entity can request up to 9,000 eurosonly once, for a specific project linked to wild rabbit damage control. The money is processed electronically, through the provincial electronic headquarters, between July 21 and August 10, 2026; The companies justify the actions until October 31. And this shock plan does not clash with other aid: the call makes it possible to make this aid compatible with other public lines, as long as they are aimed at the same purpose. Because? Because it fits with the four million euro regional plan for rabbit overpopulation. Is it necessary to kill? In the past, this “social hunting” received local and even private help from crop protectors. Now alternatives are being sought: the village clubs insist on fencing, hunting nurseries and management of water and food points for wildlife. That is, it should be financed around the infrastructure around the rabbit and the verb “kill” is the last option. And if there is only one alternative, killing will always be that savagery that no authority should authorize. The dominant model continues to be intensive hunting, with a shotgun, ferret and nets in extended periods thanks to the emergency declarations from some regions. In Aragon and Castilla-La Mancha, this shock works in the short term: in Aragon, between 2019 and 2021, a control plan eliminated 1.8 million rabbits in 125 municipalities. Despite the 18 measurementsIn Castilla-La Mancha, more than 46% of the territory is affected by this plague, “which translates into some 364 municipalities with direct damage.” Save them to kill them. WWF and other research teams have been pointing out for years that mass hunting reduces damage during the campaign, but the following year the effect fades and the population grows again. If there is shelter and food, there is overpopulation. And the problem comes from afar, from the dynamics of crops with larger and more homogeneous farm surfaces, with less mosaic of crops, fewer boundaries and less presence of natural predators. The ancient stone walls served as homes, but also as regional limiters. Now the rabbit runs free in no man’s land. Associations like PACMA they add also another nuance, remembering that the Generalitat of Catalonia authorized the release of more than 12,000 rabbits from hunting farms to repopulate hunting reserves in 2021, and that the same administration later declared the hunting emergency and the use of biocides such as aluminum phosphide. Inflate the population first and then resorting to massacres when the population overflows is, to say the least, counterproductive. What do you do with so much rabbit?. The great unknown is the same as always. The emergency resolutions and the regional shock plan already include the possibility of marketing the meat of captured rabbits, as long as they are immediately slaughtered and delivered to authorized wild game handling establishments with health guarantees. This is the responsible thing to do, not leave them stranded. own manchego plan document It contemplates the “useful and sustainable management” of these catches: human consumption, recovery of scavenger fauna, transfer to areas with a rabbit deficit and regulated marketing. What’s more, for the farmer or hunter to get paid it is not enough to kill, he must communicate the actions 24 hours in advance to the administration, comply with the conditions of the emergency resolution and then justify expenses on fences, piles and others. Foxes and eagles, off or out of coverage. Ecologists in Action denounced the Albacete Agriculture Delegation itself, which authorizes controls on predators such as the fox in the midst of a rabbit plague (and Spain needs them, just like the wolves). This, according to estimates, reinforces the ecological imbalance and leaves the farmer with fewer natural allies on the field. The rabbit right now is halfway between resource and waste, subsidy object and marketable piece. Kill them and leave them for the scavengers? It could be dangerous from an environmental point of view. And even more so if they eat animals with myxomatosis. Kill them and eat them? It depends on the market: the price of the piece has fallen in recent months. This is also a symptom that the agrarian structure has a … Read more

‘The Odyssey’ has turned scarcity into a virtue

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Only a film that can boast of having raised unprecedented expectations can sell tickets without showing hardly any images of its footage, and of course not even half a trailer that allows viewers to get an idea of ​​what the production looks like. But Nolan is a special case. The first fans of ‘The Odyssey’ bought their tickets a year ago, blindly, with only Nolan’s word that they had to trust his Trojan Horse and his Odysseus journey. That gesture of trust from their fans has become the best possible marketing campaign. The numbers. ‘The Odyssey’ has collected 124.5 million dollars in its opening weekend in the United States and 264.1 million globally: the best global opening of Nolan’s entire career. Universal invested 250 million dollars in producing it and another 125 million in promoting it around the world. And yet, almost no one who has paid for a ticket has seen it as Nolan conceived it. Advance sale. Universal opened the sale of the first tickets in July 2025, twelve months before the premiere. In less than an hour, the premiere screenings in IMAX 70mm format were sold out in half the world. Almost a year later, in June 2026, Universal released a second batch of tickets for the sessions closest to the premiere, and the AMC and Fandango websites, belonging to the most important theater chains in the US, collapsed again with virtual queues of more than an hour. Fandango would end up calling “The Odyssey” your number one pre-sale of 2026with about $40 million sold in advance. 34 rooms. Why such a hurry? There are only 34 theaters in the entire planet that can project in the format 70mm IMAX that Nolan filmed. Deadline also breaks down where the premiere’s revenue came from: 25% from digital IMAX formats, another 25% from screens premium property of the exhibitors, 5% of sessions in 70mm IMAX and an additional 3% in conventional 70mm. In sum, almost six out of every ten opening dollars came from formats that required, at a minimum, planning the session well in advance. Enter resale. With such a narrow offer, the secondary market did not take long to make an appearance. They started seeing each other pairs of tickets for $2,000 in New York, and advertisements asking for $10,000 for a batch of twelve seats for a single session. Universal does not organize this resale nor does it take a cent from it, but it is interested: every queue, every image on social networks of a ticket for hundreds of dollars means that the film does not leave the conversation. The ‘Oppenheimer’ precedent. Nolan already tested this formula, although on a smaller scale, in 2023. The 70mm screenings of ‘Oppenheimer’ also sold out in days and generated their own resale market, a pattern that has been repeated three years later. IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond summed it up bluntly: The film already had enough cast and director to work, but the format ended up turning it into a global phenomenon. The opening numbers support that reading. For example, in New York, the only theater with 70mm IMAX is the AMC Lincoln Square 13. All its sessions, including the two in the morning ones, are sold out until August 12, and AMC has not yet confirmed if it will expand the number of passes. Spain, off the map. In Spain the correct room does not exist directly. No cinema in the country projects the full 70mm IMAX, and the closest one with that format is outside of Spain and Latin America. Anyone who wants to get closer to the experience without leaving the country has two substitutes: seven cinemas with digital laser IMAX, including Kinépolis in Madrid and Valencia, and four additional theaters with standard 70mm photochemical. Of course, resale is also working at full speed: entries have been seen for up to 1,000 euros. In Xataka | The definitive map of Ulysses’ journey in ‘The Odyssey:’ Christopher Nolan’s film, explained interactively

Today at Lidl (and half price) this robot vacuum cleaner with a self-emptying base that hardly requires maintenance

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Entering Lidl means finding a lot of different devices. There is a good assortment of them to help us clean the home, although few are as comfortable as this Eufy robot vacuum cleaner. It’s a pretty interesting device. if we take into account that it is very discounted: from 799 euros that marks its RRP, it costs right now 399.99 euros. Eufy X10 Robot Vacuum Cleaner and Scrubber with Empty Station The price could vary. We earn commission from these links If you can’t get it or prefer an alternative, this one may fit you very well. iRobot Roomba Plus 516. It is a robot vacuum cleaner with good suction power, a self-emptying base that saves us a lot of work and is currently available on Amazon for 379 euros. iRobot Roomba Plus 516 Multifunction Self-Cleaning AutoWash Base Combo, 22KPa, Liftable and Extendable DualClean Mops, Washes 75º, Dry 45º, Clearview LiDAR, Autonomy 90 Days, Extra Accessories, Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A robot vacuum cleaner that hardly requires maintenance We are facing a very good discount for this Eufy X10 Pro Omni. It is a robot vacuum cleaner that stands out for coming with a self-emptying base, something that reduces (a lot) the maintenance it needs. This cleans the pads with water and dries them with hot air, and the dust container only needs to be changed every two months. The only thing we will have to do regularly is empty the dirty water and change it for clean water. The robot has a suction power of 8,000 Pa, a figure that is enough to collect most dust particles and hair, something ideal if we have pets at home such as dogs or cats. It also does a good job of scrubbing, even on embedded stainsthanks to a system that exerts 1 kg of pressure on them. And for carpets, the mops are raised 12 millimeters automatically. To all of the above, we must add that it has an active obstacle avoidance system. This one promises recognize more than 100 different objects (such as cables, shoes or toys) and automatically avoid them. In addition, it is compatible with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: eufy robot x10 offer ✅ THE BEST Your self-emptying base: This robot requires very little maintenance, which is very convenient. Obstacle detection: Its obstacle detection, capable of recognizing more than 100 objects, will prevent you from banging your head all over the house. ❌ THE WORST Maintenance of the water tank: We must empty and refill the water tank regularly. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for a robot vacuum cleaner that hardly requires maintenance, that offers good suction power and a good quality-price ratio. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Do you prefer a cheaper model (even if it requires more maintenance) or are you looking for one whose base is also responsible for emptying and refilling the water tank. You may also be interested roborock Qrevo S Pro Set Robot Vacuum Cleaner (Upgraded Version of QV 35A) 18500 Pa Suction, All-in-One Base, 2.7L Dust Bag, Anti-Tangle System, Obstacle Avoidance, White The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Lefant M5 Pro Robot Vacuum Cleaner and Floor Mop with Self-Emptying Base, 120 Days Self-Cleaning, 18000 Pa, 3.2L Self-Emptying, 75℃ Washing, dToF Laser Navigation, 5G WiFi/App/Alexa The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Lidl, Eufy In Xataka | Best robot vacuum cleaners in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and six recommended models In Xataka | Best upright vacuum cleaners. Which one to buy based on use and six recommended models

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