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now your face is also needed

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Pokémon card collecting has been untied for a long time. Envelopes sold out in minutes, queues that start days before a launch and resale prices that multiply by ten or twenty the original value of a product. The Pokémon Company has decided that the only way to stop speculators is through something that until now seemed reserved for airports or border control: using facial recognition systems. What the company has announced. The Pokémon Company will implement a facial recognition system in its Pokémon Card Stores in Japan, the smaller establishments focused exclusively on the trading card game, which are distinct from Pokémon Centers. According to collect According to the company’s own official website, the goal is to “provide a safe shopping environment for all customers, prevent crime and ensure compliance with entry and purchasing regulations.” The measure will debut with the Japanese launch of the Storm Emeralda set, dedicated to the Pokémon Rayquaza. How it works in practice. Any customer ages elementary school and older must agree to have their face scanned in order to enter the store and receive a shift number. The system saves this facial record along with the number of visits of each person, so that if it detects that someone has entered more than once on the same day, or has tried to get several tickets, it denies access. Preschool children are exempt from scanning, but cannot enter alone as they always have to be accompanied by an adult. As the company explained, if staff detect repeated attempts to enter, “our staff can speak to you individually” to warn you that you are breaking the rules. Why do they go to this extreme? The problem is not new, but it has exploded in recent years. Scalpers buy boxes and envelopes in large quantities only to resell them later at much higher prices, leaving stores empty for the average fan in a matter of minutes. Some Japanese stores had already tried other formulas before reaching the facial scanner, such as removing the protective plastic from sealed boxes at the time of purchase so that they cannot be resold as a new product, or even ask customers to respond to a questionnaire about Pokémon to show that they buy to collect and not to speculate, according to collect VGC. None of these measures have been sufficient. It is not the only barrier they have put up. This is not the company’s first drastic measure. Earlier this year, The Pokémon Company in Japan began requiring identification with an official government document to purchase certain card products in its stores, according to they count from Polygon. And starting in August, according to collect PokéBeach, some purchases at Pokémon Center Online will also require official ID photo verification. Facial recognition therefore adds to an increasingly tight fence against resale. There is something else behind it: security. Beyond business, the company also talks about “security management.” In March, an employee of the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo store died on the premises at the hands of an alleged stalker, forcing the establishment to close, which will officially reopen in August, as confirmed by the company itself. Outside its waters, in the United States, the increase in the value of cards has gone hand in hand with an increase in violent robberies. In the last year alone, there have been multiple store robberies, including an armed robbery in New York in which employees and customers were detained, or the case of a man in Florida arrested for stealing letters valued at $12,000 using a chainsaw, according to they shared from IGN. What happens with that data. The Pokémon Company’s privacy policy contemplates the collection of a much wider range of data than merely facial data, whether photographs, audio recordings, email addresses, name of the educational center, occupation, place of work or numbers of official documents such as driver’s license or passport, according to they count from Polygon. The company ensures that the information collected in stores will be kept only as long as necessary and will be deleted afterwards, although it has not specified an exact period. And if you don’t want your face scanned. There is no middle ground, since anyone who does not give their consent to facial recognition will not be able to enter the store or receive their shift ticket. Of course, if a customer needs to leave the premises during their visit, for example to go to the bathroom, they can re-enter as long as they notify the staff first. And now what. At the moment, facial scanners are limited to Japan and there is no indication that it will spread to other countries in the short term. It is also not clear if it will reach the Pokémon Center, or will remain only in the Pokémon Card Store. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa had already announced this month that the company would take “measures” in the face of shortages and resale, without giving many details. Now we know what he meant. In Xataka | Microsoft wants to preserve Xbox games and has chosen an unexpected path: officially emulate them on Windows

Repsol already has its special gasoline called Nexa 95. One that is suitable for (almost) any vehicle

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Repsol now has its first gasoline “of 100% renewable origin on an industrial scale” available. It is, they say, a fuel with which all the emissions that come out of the exhaust pipe are compensated during its production. It is known as Nexa 95 and is now available at some gas stations in Spain. What is Nexa 95? As our colleagues point out Motorpassion Motorcycleit is possible that if you have gone to a Repsol gas station this summer you have noticed that they have a new pump. In it you can find what is known as Nexa 95, a fuel that was presented last October but its availability has been increasing. This gasoline is the fruit of development that tries to find an alternative option for combustion engines. The idea is simple: compensate during production for the polluting emissions that are produced during the burning of fuel in the engine. Specifically, you can find this new gasoline in more than 30 service stations throughout the national territory. How renewable? At Repsol they assure that these fuels are renewable because, to begin with, they reduce the emissions that come out of our car’s exhaust pipe by 70%. However, their information does not specify what these data are based on nor do they offer more specific estimates or figures. The company points out that not only the fumes that come out of the exhaust pipe must be taken as a reference. To understand why it is considered renewable You have to look at the entire production process, from its generation to its distribution. And, of course, they focus on the possibility that it offers for combustion cars to generate fewer emissions and remain competitive despite emissions restrictions. How do they do it? It is one of the big questions because Repsol barely gives any information in its information. In the case of gasoline, they point out that Nexa 95 is produced in Tarragona and the diesel version, Nexa Diesel, is produced in Cartagena. The leap forward is that they use hydrogenation to subject used cooking oils and other organic waste to the action of hydrogen. With this they eliminate impurities and oxygen from the waste, producing “molecules very similar to those of conventional fuels.” These fuels are compatible with current combustion engines. When this new gasoline was presented last October, Repsol did not want to give more details about the formula with which they achieve this result. In fact, in Car and Driver They pointed out during a first test of it that those responsible for the product had refused to share any information about the formula used. And synthetic fuels? When we talk about these fuels Do not confuse them with synthetic fuels.. The latter are born in a laboratory, applying hydrogen to the mixture but also using CO2 captured from the atmosphere. A synthetic fuel, such as those that Porsche is trying to produce on an industrial scale, is obtained by separating hydrogen molecules from water through electrolysis. During this process, a station captures CO2 from the atmosphere through a filter that “cleans” the air. When the CO2 filter is clogged, it is heated so that the CO2 is stored in a tank. Combining the latter with hydrogen produces methanol. While renewable fuels claim to be carbon neutral because they are recycling waste organic matter and reducing polluting tailpipe emissions, synthetic fuel producers argue that the CO2 captured during the process is so high that combustion engine emissions are offset. The problems. The main problem with this last fuel is that the energy that must be used to produce it is enormous. In fact, it is much less efficient than the use of electricity in an electric car and that means that its price right now is exorbitant. The advantage is to be able to keep historic cars and great sports cars alive and that is why Germany and Porsche are fully involved in the project. Renewable fuel, as would happen with these synthetic fuels, comes with a higher price than conventional gasoline. This is another of the major drawbacks for its implementation since, given the choice, the customer is likely to prioritize savings over reducing emissions with their own car. And can it be used with any car? Yes and no. In general terms, the answer is positive because, in fact, it is designed precisely so that it can be used by the largest possible number of vehicles. If your car can refuel with 95 gasoline (the vast majority of gasoline cars) it can use this Repsol fuel. However, the colleagues of Motorpassion Motorcycle Remember that there are very old motorcycles for which it is not advisable to use this type of fuel. It is also not the best for engines where it is recommended to use 98 octane gasoline. Not, at least, if you want to get the most out of it. Photo | Repsol In Xataka | Porsche is very clear about where its survival lies: synthetic fuel and classics

“I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script”

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Even before its release, ‘The Odyssey’ had a huge burden: that of being Christopher Nolan’s new film. The director has as many critics as followers, and it is undeniable that, along with others like Villeneuvehas become a synonym for “cinema”, despite the ‘freaks’ that the author usually has in terms of formats. gives birth enormous and very careful visual experiencesbut if something has been criticized at times, it is the script part. For his version of Homer’s poem, Nolan has based himself on a very specific version of ‘The Odyssey’, the translation of Emily Wilson. And Emily herself has done one of the fiercest criticisms of the filmbut also one that, despite everything, celebrates that something like what Nolan has created exists. A good portion of sticks (and a little recognition to Nolan) Despite all the controversies, both those that made sense as those that don’t‘The Odyssey’ i. It is Nolan’s most successful film in its opening weekend, something that has merit when the director has to his credit ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘Tenet’ and ‘Oppenheimer’, films whose anticipation before the premiere was brutal. His adaptation of the journey of Ulysses has given a lot to talk about in recent days, but despite all the criticism from moviegoers and viewers, a very specific one must be highlighted. Emily Wilson published her translation of ‘The Odyssey‘. It was a different version from the previous ones because it was a modernized version of the story, and it was praised in its day for being agile, little ornamented and perhaps a little dry, but another translation of the story perhaps more suitable for our times, after all. Furthermore, it is the version that Nolan himself took as an example to prepare the script for his film. “I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script” – Emily Wilson As you can imagine, being the translator of the poem and the inspiration for the film gives Emily a stepping stone from which she can express her opinion about the film. and the conclusion in his criticism is that he didn’t like it, considering it to be “a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display, and with roughly the same level of narrative and emotional depth.” Wilson’s extensive criticism It is supported by three pillars. That of superficiality and lack of substance is one of them, since it considers that the film is an audiovisual spectacle loaded with impressive traditional effects, but without emotional, psychological depth and devoid of the ethics of Homer’s original text. Wilson points out that the characters are flat, blurred and have no convincing motivation. Ulysses is an “action hero” like Batman could be, a guy devoid of any type of humor, tormented and who is the Western and current vision of that vision of the tragic hero. Without getting into spoiler territory in case you haven’t seen them, too criticizes the dehumanization of enemiesfaceless even in cases fundamental to the plot and, furthermore, the lack of divine elements to make the film more realistic while showing mythological creatures. For Wilson, “Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ lacks many of the elements that make the poem great. It has nothing compelling to say about time, memory, history, war, or about the relationship between a warrior’s glorious return and the lives of his family, adversaries, comrades, friends, and neighbors. It lacks psychological, emotional, political, and ethical depth. Its narrative structure is a trick and the writing is abysmal.” He also doesn’t miss one of the film’s recording scenarios.: the occupied territory of Western Sahara. This is something that also earned Nolan criticism in the past and, for Wilson, it is something that normalizes the continued violence against the Sahrawi people by Morocco. Far from being an empty criticism, the author expresses that “it is particularly irritating that Nolan used this land simply as a visually striking background for a film that centers, aggrandizes and redeems the hero of a turf war due to his late and partial recognition of his own guilt.” The second part of the criticism focuses on how Nolan adapts the story to contemporary sensibility and ideology, but falling into moral inconsistencies by justifying violence depending on who exercises it, as well as maintaining stereotypical film roles. In fact, he mentions how many of the non-white actors they are simply there as versions of the “black best friend” who helps the white protagonist. And, obviously, if something has been criticized about Nolan’s films, it is the role of women, who in ‘The Odyssey’ does not fare better. “There are more female characters than in most Nolan films, thanks to the source material. But none of them have much to say, in contrast to the characterizations in the poem” – Emily Wilson Wilson’s criticism is extensive, harsh and touches practically all areas, relating what Nolan puts in the film with the Western and American version of the filmmaker, as well as the representation of both the characters’ motivations and the conflicts. However, and here is the interesting thing about the criticism, Wilson considers that, despite its flaws, it is a positive cultural impact. “Despite all this, it is an event to celebrate”says Wilson. “In what we are told is the age of streaming, this epic is bringing audiences back to theaters. In what we are told is a time of declining literacy and the “death of the humanities,” translations of ‘The Odyssey,’ including mine, are flying off the shelves. Some of those who buy the book or show up at theaters to see Tom Holland may even study ancient Greek.” For this, and for considering that such a mammoth adaptation could encourage the general public to return to reading, Wilson is grateful to Nolan. And, although I agree with much of what Wilson says, and many other criticisms of Nolan for ‘The Odyssey’, adapting a work like this is as complicated as Ulysses’ own journey. And, even if it is for the audiovisual part, it is … Read more

ONCE and the Ministry of Science give away 2 million glasses for the solar eclipse: this is how you can get them

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Looking ahead to the next solar eclipse on August 12, something as important as find a good location to see it is to get hold of good approved glasses. X-rays and photographic negatives are not valid, as has traditionally been said. It is also not safe to look at the eclipse with conventional sunglasses. Such acts, such as looking with the naked eye, can cause serious eye problems. This is something they know a lot about. ONCE. That’s why, they just launched next to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of the Government of Spain a campaign aimed at raising awareness about the importance of protecting eyesight at these types of events. And since there is no better way to raise awareness than by giving access to solutions, an important part of the campaign will be the distribution of 2 million free eclipse glasses throughout the country. ¿Where can you find the ONCE eclipse glasses? The glasses will begin to be distributed completely free starting next Monday, August 3. 1,700,000 units will be distributed through ONCE points of sale throughout Spain. The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) will be responsible for the rest, which will distribute them among research centers, science museums and other public entities in the field of science, innovation and universities. Specifically, this is the list of museums and scientific centers that the Ministry of Science has shared: Interactive Museum of Music of Malaga – MIMMA Andalusia Science Park – Granada Aragonese Museum of Paleontology – Teruel Museum of Science and the Cosmos – Tenerife Elder Museum of Science and Technology – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Eyes to the sky – La Palma Science Museum of Castilla-La Mancha (MCCM) – Cuenca Museum of Paleontology of Castilla-La Mancha (MUPA) – Cuenca The Light Factory. Energy Museum – Ponferrada Valladolid Science Museum – Valladolid Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona Mathematical Museum of Catalonia – MMACA – Cornellà de Llobregat Montsec Astronomical Park – Lleida National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) – Alcobendas National Museum of Natural Sciences – Madrid Royal Botanical Garden – Madrid FORAL COMMUNITY OF NAVARRA University of Navarra Science Museum – Pamplona Big History. Scientific and environmental dissemination center – Aras de los Olmos City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia Alicante Water Museum Museum of Natural Sciences of Valencia Didactic and Interactive Museum of Sciences of the Vega Baja del Segura (MUDIC-VBS-CV) Castellón Planetarium National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) – A Coruña Coruña Scientific Museums – A Coruña House of Sciences of Logroño Eureka! Zientzia Museoa – San Sebastian Bioparc Aquarium of Gijón Museum of Science and Water of Murcia As for the ONCE points of salethe glasses approved for the eclipse will be distributed at ONCE points of sale throughout Spain. If you want to know which one is closest to your home, you can use the application My Seller ONCEwhich features a very easy-to-use drop-down map. In total there are 35,000 points of sale throughout the Spanish territory, so you are sure to have one quite close by. Other initiatives The coupon for August 12, 2026 from the ONCE draw will be dedicated, as it could not be otherwise, to the solar eclipse. It is another of the initiatives that have emerged from this project between ONCE and the Ministry of Science, but not the only one. The agreement was signed yesterday at the National Museum of Science and Technology of Spain (MUNCYT) in A Coruña. The signatories were the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities, Juan Cruz Cigudosa, and the first vice president of Institutional Coordination, Solidarity and External Relations of the General Council of ONCE, Alberto Durán. Together, they announced the initiative to distribute eclipse glasses and sell a special coupon, but also many other activities. And with this signature, it has been decided to incorporate the ONCE Social Group into the meetings of the Interministerial Commission for the preparation, organization and coordination of actions related to the Trio of Eclipsesas well as to provide resources and educational materials that can be adapted, to guarantee the inclusion and cultural development of people with visual disabilities in particular and other disabilities. As Alberto Durán explained during the presentation, his goal is that after the eclipse no more people arrive at ONCE with vision problems. For this, awareness is a key point. Guaranteed approval To check that eclipse glasses are suitable, they must be approved according to the standard. EN ISO 12312-2:2015 and have the CE seal. The positive part is that these are distributed by two totally reliable institutions, such as ONCE and the Ministry of Science, so it is guaranteed that they have said seal. It is a nice initiative with which ONCE wants its clients to be very well protected in the face of the astronomical event of the year. And the best thing is that, well stored to avoid scratches or deterioration Otherwise, they can also be used to the solar eclipses of 2027 and 2028. An exciting time is coming for astronomy lovers in our country. Let’s enjoy it with protection. Images | ONCE and Ministry of Science In Xataka | Leo Hernández, eclipse hunter: “I knew that whenever I could or life allowed me, I would try to travel to see more”

Unitree has a robot dog that moves at full speed through seemingly impossible terrain. His trick: legs with wheels

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With the boom of humanoidsit seems that the quadruped robots They have taken a backseat, but Unitree has just shown that they can still leave us speechless. during this weekend a video has gone viral of his latest invention: a wheeled robot dog traversing terrain through which no other robot could move, and all at brutal speed. It is called Unitree As2-W and what distinguishes it from other quadruped robots is that its legs have wheels. This allows you to overcome obstacles more easily and move very quickly. So much so that Unitree itself warns that the video is not acceleratedbut it is the real speed. Up to 6 meters per second and 30km of autonomy Many of the comments on networks refer to the speed at which it moves. A user in X says “Imagine trying to escape that thing”, another on YouTube comments “You can’t escape them now, guys!” Specifically, the robot can reach a speed of 3.7 meters per second, although it is capable of reaching peaks of 6 meters per second. This is equivalent to 13.3 km/h with sprints of 21.6 km/h, but if we take into account that the video shows how it descends very steep slopes, the speed it reaches is much higher. It has a 15,000 mAh battery that allows you to walk non-stop for 3 hours, which translates into a total autonomy of 30 km. If the robot is loaded, the autonomy is reduced to 2 continuous hours and about 25 km. Speaking of weight, the robot weighs only 25 kg and is capable of moving 16 kg of load while walking, but supports up to 150 kg statically. The secret is in the wheels (and their flexibility) At a design level, the Unitree As2-W is the same as many of the robot dogs we have seen, with the main difference that it does not have pads on its legs, but rather wheels. These wheels have 7 inches in diameter which, combined with the wide range of movement of their joints, allows them to adapt to all types of terrain, reaching overcome obstacles 80 cm high and slopes of 45º inclination. Regarding the flexibility of its legs, its body can rotate between -45º and 45º, the thigh between -115° to 200° and the calf between -159° and -47°. They are wide ranges that allow you to fold and extend the leg to absorb impacts after falling from great heights, adopt open postures for climbing, and reposition yourself very quickly after a jump. In addition to being able to go down mountains and cross rivers (it has IP54 water resistance), in the video they also show how does stunts because of course, if not It wouldn’t be Unitree. Your hiking companion or your worst nightmare In the video, Unitree shows that its new robot is the perfect hiking companion that carries your backpack and always stays by your side thanks to its intelligent tracking system. However, while Unitree sells it to us as a kind of “sherpa”, A good part of the comments on networks point towards a very different use: its potential in military environments. One of the comments with the most ‘likes’ on YouTube says “Imagine this dog chasing you through the jungle with weapons”, another points out that “Millions of soldiers are rethinking their lives after seeing this”, along with others like the one who jokes with a manhunt or mentions of the Black Mirror episode ‘Metalhead’. These are the typical comments that usually appear in robot videos, but it is still striking how the company’s marketing collides with the interpretation made by the networks. Image | Unitree In Xataka | If you have 500,000 euros spare, Unitree has a gift for you: a manned mecha robot weighing 500 kilos

It already flies and its design has a very specific explanation

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On the Internet, seeing is no longer enough to believe. Between videos generated by artificial intelligence, digital recreations and cropped recordings, distinguishing a real machine from a fantasy has become especially difficult when what appears on the screen looks like a flying saucer. That is exactly what has happened with a strange Chinese vehicle that has gone viral in recent days. Its silhouette invites distrust, but this time we have something more solid than a succession of images shared without context. The device is the EFC1200, an eVTOL developed by the Chinese company E-Hawk Technology. It completed its first flight in July 2025 and, according to the information published by the Wuhan Government on March 2, 2026had already accumulated more than 130 test flights. Nor does its existence depend on recordings of uncertain origin:We have a photograph released by the municipal government and with a flight video published by the company itself. This confirms that the aircraft exists and flies. Its peculiar silhouette begins to be understood when we look at where the rotors are. Instead of leaving them exposed around the cabin, as is the case in many eVTOLs, the company has enclosed eight ducted fans within a continuous structure and has distributed them between the four ends of the vehicle. That approach eliminates visible arms and propellers and turns virtually the entire fuselage into one large propulsion platform. Its futuristic appearance is, therefore, not a simple visual attraction, but a direct consequence of that architecture. The problem that E-Hawk aims to solve appears when we move these aircraft to the urban environment. The company maintains that exposed propellers can hit facades, balconies or corners and that the currents generated by a helicopter make it difficult to hover next to buildings. Their proposal consists of protecting the propulsion inside the fuselage to reduce these risks and gain margin in narrow spaces. According to the manufacturer, the EFC1200 can take off and land in about 30 m², approach walls and maneuver between buildings. To move, the vehicle separately regulates the power of its eight fans. E-Hawk explains that by flying next to a facade, reduces thrust on the nearest side and increases it on the opposite side to maintain a stable distance from the building. The company attributes about 150 to each unit kgf of thrust and places the maximum takeoff weight at 1.2 tons. It also announces a payload of up to 450 kg, more than 20 minutes of flight and a configuration designed for four occupants. Captures from the Weibo social network where E-HAWK’s eVTOL can be seen at various events Images posted on Weibothe large Chinese microblogging social network that is often compared to X, add another piece, but they do not close all the doubts. They show an exposed unit with a four-seat cabin and extensive glazing. Hubei Daily explained that the model shown on February 24, 2026 incorporated changes to the fuselage and an interior update compared to a previous test. The sources, however, do not clarify whether that specific configuration was the one that flew or what equipment the aircraft used in the tests had. Just because the EFC1200 exists and can fly does not mean that it is already a commercial air taxi. The company itself recognizes that it still must obtain the necessary authorizations before using it in tourism or passenger transport services. The Chinese model that has completed the chain of airworthiness and operation certifications is another: the EH216-S from EHang. Two operators received their air operator certificates on March 28, 2025, although at the moment they continue to carry out internal test operations and prepare the sale of tickets. The EFC1200 is part of a much broader industrial commitment. China included the low-altitude economy among its new growth drivers in 2024, and E-Hawk imagines this vehicle working next to buildings, transporting goods, supporting rescues or moving passengers. For now, all these uses belong to a future phase. The prototype has already resolved the most striking question, because it exists and flies, but it still has the most difficult one ahead: demonstrating that it can do so safely and in a viable commercial operation. Images | E-HAWK | 长江云官方微博 (Weibo) In Xataka | China is already experiencing a fever for ultra-technological electric caravans and the reason is simple: they are better than combustion ones

iOS 26.6 fixes 78 security holes

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It is not the same to receive an update with new features that one can try on the phone than another one where the changes go internally. The latter are the boring ones, those that you leave until the end and that you only install when you get tired of seeing the notification. Paradoxically, the important ones tend to be the latter, because They are the ones that fix phone problems. This is the case of the recent update released by Apple. A patch to fix serious threats. The recent iOS 26.6 (and versions of other devices) is already in full distribution for compatible iPhones. In the update notice, Apple emphasizes that the software prepares the system for iOS 27although what is important are the problems it corrects. Among them, 14 entries aimed at one of the most critical areas of the system: the kernel. As stated in the changelog released by Applethe latest security update fixes serious windows to malicious code execution on devices. In total, there are 78 individual vulnerability entries linked to 87 CVE logs unique. There are more CVE records than entries because some of them group together several vulnerabilities. iPhone 17 pro Max One of the most important updates. It might seem that 26.6, released for all families of Apple devices, is a minor update, but the opposite is true: not installing it puts the use of our device at risk. Even though Apple is not aware that any of the vulnerabilities have been usedif exploited these would allow: An image that executes code alone. The devices allowed the processing of manipulated images to execute arbitrary code, without the user touching anything. Something similar to what NSO exploded in 2023 with BLASTPASS. CVE-2026-43818 From ordinary application to total control. One bug gave root privileges to an app, another, code execution with kernel privileges. A malicious application could take control of the device. CVE-2026-43723, CVE-2026-64747 Skip isolation between apps. Game Center and libc They allowed an application to escape its isolated execution environment. Another bug circumvented code signature checking, the mechanism that prevents unauthorized binaries from running on iOS. CVE-2026-64740, CVE-2026-28973, CVE-2026-43813 Fake contacts for telephone scams. An app could add contacts without authorization. For example, it would make it possible to add a fake bank number to the phonebook so that the user could trust when receiving the call. CVE-2026-64746, CVE-2026-64734 Bypass firewalls, VPN and parental controls. A remote attacker could bypass the system’s network filters. CVE-2026-64735 Access to a locked iPhone. The vulnerabilities would allow access to sensitive user information, even close to them: memory could be corrupted via WiFi. CVE-2026-43753, CVE-2026-64726 Advertising tracking without user knowledge. Several components made it possible to persistently identify the owner of the device in order to track him without his knowledge. CVE-2026-64741, CVE-2026-64733, CVE-2026-64713 Phishing with spoofed browser interface. Attackers could exploit vulnerabilities discovered in WebKit to spoof the Safari interface. This would allow the bank’s website to be imitated to trick the user into leaving their passwords on a false form. CVE-2026-64730 Despite the serious risks of all the vulnerabilities discovered, and patched in the recent update, we must emphasize that Apple found no evidence that they have been exploited to access the devices. Despite this, the advice is clear: updating costs nothing and can prevent a lot. Boring, but essential. Comes without the new Siriwithout changes to the interface and, as an improvement beyond the security fixes, iOS 26.6 and company prepare Spotlight indexing for iOS 27. Even so, this “boring” update is the only one that ensures the proper functioning of the devices. Which is exactly the main value to protect. Cover image | Montage with photo of Alejandro Alcolea and capture of Álvaro García In Xataka | The new Siri AI is here: two years later and with the help of Google, this is what Apple’s AI assistant does

the great hoaxes about the fires that return every summer

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The recent fires that have devastated thousands of hectares in different parts of our country have left an undeniable ecological and social scar, but they have also left a long string of hoaxes that have permeated society. Some of these appear every year around these same dates and all they do is create social alarm. The reclassification of land burned is one of the most listened to on social networks, since it fuels the supposed “hidden interests” behind all these fires. This term is nothing more than a legal category that causes a forest land to be become developable to begin creating new homes. But the reality is that it is not as easy as you may think. Here the forestry law does not allow reclassifying land that has been burned until 30 years after the forest fire has been extinguished. Although there is an exception that It was introduced in 2015 and which indicates that this limitation can be bypassed if there are “compelling reasons” to grant it. But the reality is that since 2003 no public works have been carried out in areas that have been affected by fires. Solar panels. In an attempt to demonize renewable energies, there are several voices that suggest that right where the panels are going to be installed is where there will soon be a forest fire. But here, as Greenpeace points out, it is not necessary to reclassify the land from rustic to developable in order to be installed. This means that burned soil does not shorten or modify the environmental procedures that must be followed to make these installations, and that is why there is no advantage to burning the forest before carrying out this project. But in addition, photovoltaic installations need firm, accessible and safe ground, which is exactly the opposite of what a burned mountain offers. Your real problem. In Spain it is not precisely that ‘free’ land is needed to build this type of installation, but rather that the brakes we have in place It is in the electrical network itself and in the saturation that exists in the different nodes. Climate change For many people it is unimportant and has no relation to the increase in frequency of these forest fires. But the reality we are experiencing is that heat waves are becoming more frequent, intense and long-lasting. But logically this does not mean that climate change lights the spark that causes fires, but it does create the perfect breeding ground for them to be much more dangerous. They don’t let the mountains be cleaned. This is another hoax that points precisely to ecological policies so that nothing on forest land can be touched. But the reality is that current legislation allows clearing the forest and even imposes an obligation on the autonomous communities to have fire prevention plans. Here Greenpeace also points out that forest owners must keep their properties clean and in good condition and even impose the obligation on city councils to take care of this in the event that the owner does not comply with his obligation. There is a nuance. Although cleaning the mountains is not prohibited, it does require a bureaucratic process behind which delays the issuance of the necessary permits to carry out actions in the mountains. This can cause owners who are older or further away from their properties to desist from carrying out this permit application process and cause them to neglect their obligations. Images | dife88 In Xataka | The smoke from the fires in the center of the peninsula is crossing half of Spain: satellites already see it over Andalusia and Extremadura

Satya Nadella on the future of employment: “The fallacy of the fixed amount of work and the lack of imagination prevent us from moving forward”

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In addition to the cost and effects derived from its development, the biggest concern about the future of AI is knowing the impact that this technology will have on the labor market around the world. In fact, we are already beginning to see the first signs: it may not take away our jobs in the short term, but that’s it changing the way we work. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been interviewed by Fareed Zakari in the cnn and has told his vision of how AI will affect the future of employment. To describe the scenario, Nadella uses a phrase that can seem almost cryptic until its meaning is known: “The fallacy of the fixed amount of work and the lack of imagination prevent us from moving forward.” The fallacy that stops us. Nadella calls it the lump of labor fallacy. It’s an idea widely studied and argues that there are a certain number of tasks to be performed. Employment is defined by these tasks: there are those who build houses, others put pipes, others cables, other furniture, etc. If a machine (or an AI, in this case) automates one of those tasks, fixed quantity of work theory defines that a human has one less task left to do. That is, that job would have been destroyed. For Nadella, that calculation fails because it does not take imagination into account. The typist apocalypse. The CEO of Microsoft gave a fairly descriptive example of how this theory falters in the face of technological advances: “Imagine that in the early 80s, someone said to you: “You know what? Three billion people are going to wake up tomorrow and start typing. “We would have said: and why does the world need three billion typists?” joked the company’s top executive who, according to the CEO of Perplexitybuilt the concept of office work to sell more software and was mainly responsible for the computer implementation in companies. “In the last 40 years, the entire knowledge work economy was created, and all of us have worked in it in different roles,” Nadella concluded. That is, the CEO believes that the future of employment cannot be assessed from the perspective of current labor or work organization needs, because in the future, the needs of companies will be different and the roles of employees will also be different. The fact behind the anecdote is real. In 1980 there were almost a million typists in the US. Today it is a profession that is almost extinct. And yet, office employment remains more active than ever. He just changed the way he worked. Nadella bets that something similar will happen with AI. The process of change. We are already seeing this change in the way of working in some sectors such as software engineers or in the lawyers. “What it means to be a software engineer is changing,” Nadella said. Creating a document and creating a program have become, “to some extent, the same task”: enough ask the AI ​​agent appropriate. This change is already noticeable outside of computing. In the legal sector, some firms treat AI as a quick but unreliable intern. And lawyers, increasingly, as their AI supervisors. Nadella states that: “Our ability to discern what a human does with the output of AI will be the new quality we value.” The value is no longer in typing quickly, but in know what deserves to stay and what to throw away. However, the manager has no doubts about the difficulty that all of humanity will face to complete this change in the labor paradigm: “This process is going to have some changes and a significant displacement (of employment). Not everything is going to be rosy. But when we come out on the other side, I think there will be new jobs that we will value as human beings.” Macrodelegation and microdirection. To explain day-to-day work, Nadella coins his own term: macrodelegation and micromanagement. “Each of us will become better at managing through intentions (madrodelegation) and will have the ability to direct it exactly where we want it (microdirection),” he declared in his interview with the cnn. In other words, the role of employees will be that of conductor of the orchestra of AI agents. An employee would tell them what objectives to achieve, and would supervise that the results delivered by the AI ​​meet that objective and are precise in their execution. That is, AI would not play a substitute role, but rather a collaborative one. “Does that mean that, in some way, the specialized systems engineer that we need to be able to build distributed systems in Azure disappears? No way,” stated the Microsoft CEO. Nadella’s revolution. The manager closed his interview by pointing out one of the fears that Silicon Valley is stirring: that society does not accept the change implied by the arrival of AI and this process of job displacement. There Nadella draws a historical reference. “Revolutions are great, as long as there is a reaction.” The CEO prefers an orderly transition, like the one experienced in England in 1688in which the institutions did not lose control, to a violent rupture as the French Revolutionwhich made the heads of the country’s authorities roll. In Xataka | In 1993 Satya Nadella was a lanky middle man who introduced Excel to developers. Today he is the CEO of Microsoft Image | Microsoft

In just six episodes it goes further than other series in several seasons

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A lawyer dying of AIDS tells his doctor that he is not homosexual, that a homosexual “has no power” and he does. Remembering some of his great performances from the past, Al Pacino embroiders one of his best recent roles with phrases like that. And he is not the only one. ‘Angels in America‘, which you can see in HBO Max and Movistar Plus, not only is it one of the best series to marathon on HBO Maxbut one of the best miniseries of all time. Mike Nichols directed this adaptation of Tony Kushner’s play ‘A Gay Fantasia on National Theme’, which premiered on Broadway in 1993, winning awards such as a Pulitzer and a Tony for Best Play. HBO filmed it with 60 million dollars, a budget that in 2003 was close to that of a large film, and achieved its most awarded year until then: 11 Emmys from 21 nominations. Jeffrey Wright reprized in the television version the role for which he had already won a Tony on stage, to endorse the official nature of the adaptation. In it, Pacino plays Roy Cohn, the real lawyer of the McCarthyite witch hunt, who for two decades would be a mentor to a very young Donald Trump. A chilling journey told in six hours, only six chapters that take us to New York in 1985: AIDS that no one wants to name, an angel that crosses ceilings, ghosts that dialogue with the living… the tone is completely soaked in an almost theatrical fantasy, a direct inheritance from the original production. Its entire sensational cast plays various characters: Meryl Streep plays a rabbi, a ghost and an angel, and Emma Thompson goes from nurse to celestial creature. With its handful of episodes that allow you to watch it almost in one sitting, it is the perfect antidote to the current sad television formula of stretching a weak idea over ten episodes. There is nothing left over here. In Xataka | Mark Wahlberg continues to regret not having agreed to work for a legendary science fiction franchise

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