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The light of the light has risen a lot and the electric ones blame it for the blackout. Facua has something to say about it

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May 2025 promised to be the cheapest month thanks to the renewable generation in spring. However, consumers They have ended up paying more In the light of the light for the blackout of April 28, since they have had to activate emergency mechanisms or reinforcement systems. Now it seems that that should not have been so high. Short. Facua-Consumnadores in Action has warned the electricity marketers of the free market, In a press releasethat they cannot raise their rates unilaterally for the blackout of April 28 if that change is not provided for in the contract. A specific case. The association has loaded directly against Energía, a commercialization of the Repsol Group that has notified a 6% surcharge (about 73 euros per year), alleging an “increase in technical costs of the system” for the electricity network reinforcement system. However, like He recalled Facuaadjustment services are not part of the regulated costs (such as tolls and charges) and, therefore, do not justify a rise in the price agreed in free market contracts. The law is clear. According to the Civil Code, contracts must be fulfilled as agreed and cannot be modified according to the will of a single part (Arts. 1256 and 1258). Exceptions would only be accepted if the contract explicitly includes a clause that allows the marketer to apply these increases by extraordinary situations such as the lived. From the other part. The employer who brings together Iberdrola, Endesa and EDP, AELEC, is pressing to distribute or contain the overrages derived from the blackout. Its proposal is to transfer these extraordinary expenses – given to operate the system in “reinforced mode” to avoid new blackouts – to other concepts of the invoice, such as regulated charges, where costs by renewable or extrapeninsular are also included, according to Finch access has had access. There are more. The employer has calculated that the reinforced security strategy has meant an extra cost of 200 million euros in just one month and requires that there be an extraordinary regulatory response, so that neither consumers nor marketers assume that impact alone. As has detailed Fifodies, are in search of a “transient and exceptional” measure that relies on operation procedures 8.2 and 14.4, already provided for in the current regulatory framework. So is it valid? Legally, the key point is the type of contract that each consumer has. In free market contracts, prices are agreed for a year and cannot be modified unless the contract expressly allows. If there is no clear and specific enabling clause, the climb would be illegal, and it could be considered an abusive clause, even if there is a notice. From Facua they support this thesis in the Civil Code and in Article 65 of Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007 on consumer defense, which establishes that contracts must be interpreted in favor of the user and according to the objective good faith. That is, although the company affirms that the surcharge is justified, if you did not sign it and is not in transparent conditions, it cannot impose it. Any forecast? Today, neither Red Eléctrica nor the Ministry for Ecological Transition have clarified how much this reinforced security operation will last, nor how its costs will be distributed. From AELEC and other associations, an intervention of the regulator or the Ministry to temporarily redesign the cost distribution is expected. The objective: avoid an irreversible impact on the electrical marketing market and contain the price escalation. Image | Seoane Prado Xataka | Broady in April, more expensive invoice in May: thus has affected the system reinforcement

bet on your own chips

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China wants to lead the electric car industry, and plan to achieve it by dominating the chip supply chain that give them life. The country, in search of its technological self -sufficiency in an industry that represents about 10% of its national GDPhas urged its manufacturers to win in the semiconductor career for electric cars. A large -scale plan. Sources of Nikkei Asia They claim that the main groups of Chinese car, including Saic Motor, Byd, Li Auto and Geely are preparing to launch models equipped with 100% national manufacturing chips. From 2026, at least two Chinese companies are expected to produce semiconductors for automotive. It is something that has already begun to be seen, with movements such as Xpeng or child betting on your own manufacturing chips for its most recent electric vehicles. On June 13 we saw the XPEng G7, the first car of the Chinese company to replace Nvidia chips for own chips that promised a three -time performance. 2027 as a key year. With the start of mass production of vehicle semiconductors, China would be setting the most ambitious objective in 2027: 100% national manufacturing in each of the chips equipped in its vehicles. It is a project under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT)who would be summoning manufacturers regularly to know their national chip adoption rates. What is being done. Recently, Xpeng announced its Turing AI chip, with a computing capacity that, supposedly, triples to that of the Nvidia Orin. It is one of the most ambitious responses to Nvidia, and expects divisions such as Volkswagen in China to end up adopting this type of solutions. Why Volkswagen? Because Both have agreements for Manufacture electric cars. Other Chinese manufacturers, such as child, They announced their Shenji Nx9031your chip to boost autonomous driving functions. The problem? It was manufactured in the lithographic process of five nanometers, and that can only mean one thing. External agreements. China is in full Sprint stage with its semiconductors. Is about to have the ability to make 5NM chips and SMIC expects to reach 3NM lithographic processes in 2026 But, at least for the moment, the chips of their rivals are more advanced. This is why companies like Nio have opted for companies external to China (They do not detail who manufactures the Shenjibut its 5 nm process details that it is not national), and Xiaomi has allied with TSMC To manufacture your Xring 01the company’s first smartphones processor that competes directly with the A18 PRO of Apple and The best of Qualcomm. The company He has already announced that he will take his chips to carsand the big doubt is whether he will do it with TSMC as an ally. China has the ability to master this industry. There are three pillars that largely determine the success of an electric car that intends to sell anywhere in the world. Batteries (autonomy and load) Price Software (operating system, cabin functionalities, etc.) In the 2023 China Electric Vehicle Forum, the Institute for Market Economics Studies revealed that the external dependence of automobile chips was close to 95%. The key point is that cars chips are very varied: microcontrollers, memories, sensors … Most of them can occur with the current lithography teams that China has. In fact, there is a key here. Among the large chips suppliers for cars are already companies such as Huawei, Semiconductor and STM Microelectronics ByD. With the focus on the domain of the semiconductors, manufacturers outside China betting on Chinese software, and the country winning the battery careerChina has everything to end up dominating this industry sooner or later. A conquest outside and inside. The war that China is playing is not just internal. The country has the potential to dominate in markets such as the European. Spain is the best example, with brands like Mg heading the sales rankingsand giants like Chery disembarking in our country with Jaecoo and omoda. China no longer has the West as a mirror. His new heads in automotive fight with their own identity, a clear domain in areas where the European car has been left behind, and A deeper consumer understanding Regarding that of the brands they manufacture in Europe. Image | Geely In Xataka | Chinese cars no longer compete against the West. Compete against the future itself

23 years ago China gave the US a lesson. Thanks to it today dominates the battery industry overwhelmingly

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The German-American physicist John Bannister Goodenough patented the technology that allowed to manufacture Iron and lithium phosphate batteries (known as LFP for its English denomination) in 1997. In 2019, when he was no less than 97 years, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution for his contribution to the development of lithium ion batteries. However, Goodenough made a mistake. An important mistake: he failed to transfer his innovation to the American industry, so its impact on the West was minimal. Wang Chuanfu, the founder of the Chinese company Byd, did not make that mistake. In 2002 he perceived the potential of the technology that Goodenaugh had invented, so he asked his research and development team (R&D) to investigate the technology and capabilities of LFP batteries with the purpose of minimizing the dependence that China of the nickel and cobalt had. That decision I guide Byd towards the leadership position Shared with Catl currently occupied in the battery production industry. In fact, in 2008 he placed in the market The first car in the world Equipped with an LFP battery. China manufactures 57% of the batteries used by electric cars China is currently The largest electric vehicle market of the world. In 2025 in this country more electric cars will be sold for the first time than with combustion engine thanks to some extent to government subsidies. In addition, China is the largest electric car exporter on the planet. In 2023 he exported approximately 1.7 million electric vehicleswhich represents more than 30% of its total car exports. However, its international expansion is being seriously conditioned by the tariffs that are imposing USA or the European Union, among other regions with very serious difficulties to compete with the Chinese electric car. Finally, as we have seen, China is also a world leader in The production of lithium batteries. If we stick to electric cars the country led by Xi Jinping Fabrica 57% of batteries that these vehicles use. CATL and ByD are the largest lithium batteries on the planet with a market share in 2024 of 37.9% and 17.2% respectively, according to the consultant Sne Research. In 2017 for the first time the market share of NCM batteries surpassed that of LFP in electric cars China has reached this leadership position due to several factors. On the one hand it is The largest producer in the world of lithium and rare earths, which are the main raw materials used in the manufacture of batteries. In addition, it controls the processing of these materials and is capable of producing large -scale batteries and with a very competitive price. However, in this recipe there is one more ingredient that we cannot overlook: byd and Catl lead the global battery industry thanks to their capacity for innovation and adaptation. In 2017, Chinese government subsidies prioritized the development of Nickel batteries with greater energy density, so much of Chinese battery manufacturers opted for NCM technology. These lithium -ion batteries use a nickel (ni), cobalt (co) and manganese (mn) cathode, hence their name. And byd lagged. In fact, in 2017 for the first time the market share of NCM batteries surpassed that of LFP in electric cars. And in 2019 the NCM batteries already dominated the market. But Byd did not give up. Wang Chuanfu was convinced that the really important security was, and, therefore, the thermal stability of the batteries, so it launched a new R&D project that concluded with The tuning of Blade batteries. These devices are thinner, have modular structure and can be easily integrated into the chassis of electric cars. This bet went well to Byd. At the end of 2020 this company and catl They controlled 66% of the Chinese market of the LFP batteries for electric cars against 6% that added in 2019. This is the authentic strength of the two Chinese companies that lead the world battery industry. Image | Byd More information | Volt Rush In Xataka | Historic record for China: its chips industry has produced in 2024 more than ever despite the sanctions

Bitcoin boasts decentralization. But a third is already in the hands of large centralized actors

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Bitcoin’s “whales” are getting bigger. This is what it indicates A recent study of Gemini and Glassnode in which there is talk of the great “centralized treasury of Bitcoin”, which already control 30.9% of the bitcoins that currently circulate. The data is striking, but it is not entirely conclusive, and the decentralization of cryptocurrency remains high. 216 Ballenatos. In 2021 we talked about how Bitcoin’s 10,000 most important investors They controlled more than a third of all cryptocurrencies in circulation. They were the great whales of the market, people or entities that had accumulated huge amounts of cryptodivisas. That concentration was already worrying, but now it is more: According to the data From the aforementioned study, there are now 216 large centralized entities that controls a third of all bitcoin in circulation. An upward trend. The report indicates how the total number of bitcoins that have ended up acquiring the great institutional and custody entities has grown up to 6,145,207 bitcoins. That represents an increase of 924% in the amount of bitcoins that such entities had a decade ago. Of hate to institutional love. During the past decade the vast majority of the institutions remained away from Bitcoin, but in recent times we have lived a unique change in the mentality of these entities. Companies and governments have begun to invest in Bitcoins in an extraordinary way, and Institutional love It is now a clear exponent of the situation – and the price – of Bitcoin. Companies that bet strongly. Bitcoin’s value does not suffer great changes weeks, but the enthusiasm on the part of the great entities continues. Strategythe firm led by Michael Saylor, Keep buying as if there were no tomorrow and already has 592,000 of these cryptodivises. Far away are others such as Mara Holdings (49,179) or Twenty One Capital, which It already has 37,230 bitcoins. Tesla, by the way, has 11,509 bitcoins, although that unusual interest seems to have stopped. Companies such as Exchange Coinbase (9,267) or the “Mining” Hut 8 mining corp (10,273) group also demonstrate that interest in monopolizing more and more bitcoins. And the countries, too. Not only are companies: some governments have also made strong investments in this cryptocurrency or have obtained it from seizures. The US is a good example: almost all of its 207,189 bitcoins come from the operations carried out against Silk Road or what He recovered In 2022 after the Bitfinex hacking In 2016. The North American country is the one that has the most BTC ahead of China (194,000) or the United Kingdom (61,000). El Salvador, who was especially notorious to end up becoming Bitcoin into legal tender and then backwardyou have much less, 6,089 bitcoins. They are still many. A misleading concentration. Although Gemini’s data are striking, they are also somewhat confused, especially because in their definition of large entities the large markets for the sale of cryptodivisas and The ETF and Bitcoin -based financial products. But it is that in reality the cryptocurrencies that accumulate these centralized entities – which are certainly – are not one of those entities in their vast majority, but of the investors that use them and operate in this market through such financial products. A more realistic figure. Similar studies such as Made by Bitmex Research in April reveal a somewhat less worrying concentration. Of the 21 million bitcoin that will end up producing, 11.9% are in the hands of companies and governments, but above all of ETFs and funds, as well as Indicates Bitcintreasuries. The vast majority (69.4%) are in the hands of independent investors, and especially surprises how 7.5% of all bitcoins that have occurred have ended up being lost forever. That percentage was even higher in 2017but since then it seems that those who invest in them have taken many measures to avoid losing them. Outstanding image | Erling Løken Andersen In Xataka | A man threw his hard drive and lost 700 million euros in Bitcoins. Now you will have your own series

The Nvidia IA supercomputer costs three million dollars. And to function wears a switch with three km cable

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When Nvidia presented her new AI chips, The B200 with Blackwell architecturetook the opportunity to present an AI accelerator called GB200. And by joining 36 of those accelerators created its AI server, the monstrous DGX GB200 NVL72, which also keeps some spectacular surprises. Each node is bestial. Each of those GB200 accelerators has a CPU Nvidia Grace with 72 ARM Neaven V2 nuclei and two B200 GPUS. By combining its power we end up having a kind of bestial GPU combined with a power of 1.44 Exaflops in precision FP4. A closet that weighs a quintal. The appearance of the GB200 NVL72 DGX is that of a small and narrow closet that is above all very dense: this rack weighs 1.36 tons. Inside there are 18 Bianca computing nodes in 1u format, and each of them has two GB200, or what is the same, with four B200 GPUS (hence 18 x 4 = 72). He estimated cost of this AI server is about three million. Liquid cooling is key. The heat dissipated by these components is remarkable, which makes in this case the best option to cool those elements is the liquid cooling. This system not only applies to the CPU Grace or in the B200 GPUS, but in the NVLink chips of the switches, which can also be heated a lot due to the massive transfer of data between the accelerators. Interconnections everywhere. For all these GPUS to work together, each of the 36 GB200 has specialized network cards with NVLINK support of fifth generation that allow each of the computer nodes to be connected to others. For this there are nine switches that provide that huge amount of interconnections. 3 km cable. The system allows you to enjoy a bidirectional bandwidth of 1.8 TB/s between the 72 server GPUS. But as they point out In The Registerthe really surprising thing is that in total inside that “closet” there are 3.2 kilometers of copper cable. Only the module with the switches weighs more than 30 kilograms due to both these components and the more than 5,000 cables that are used so that all Nvidia GPUS work together and in perfect synchrony. Why copper? It may be able to opt for copper cable seems strange, especially taking into account the needs in terms of bandwidth imposed by this machine. However, the solution with fiber optic cables imposed clear problems: we would have to use electronic components necessary to stabilize and convert optical signals. That would have increased not only the cost, but the consumption of the final system. Can Crysis run? The performance of each B200 chip It is already brutal on its own: Its power is the triple than that of the GeForce RTX 5090, and the entire server includes 72 of these specialized GPUSs for AI, which demonstrates the computing capacity that said machine possesses. It also has RT (Ray-Training) nuclei of the fourth generation, which would theoretically allow you to use these AI chips to play video games, although of course that is not even its purpose. In fact your performance in this area will probably be almost as poor as the Nvidia H100. Cloud consumption. Although new chips are much more efficient than H100 –25 times less, says Nvidia – this AI server has an estimated TDP of 140 kW. Since the average consumption of an average home in Spain round The 3,000 kWh per year, in an hour of use of the Nvidia server we consume the same as an average Spanish home in 17 days. Have it on and running all year raises a consumption similar to 415 middle homes throughout the year in Spain. In Xataka | AMD has a splendid roadmap for its AI chips. The problem is still in your software

We have found in the Philippines the remains of an advanced culture of navigators about 35,000 years old

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When did the human being thrown into the sea? The human being has had a close relationship with the maritime environment from the dawn of history, but we know that this link comes from beyond what our collective memory reaches. We knew that in the stone age our ancestors were able to throw themselves into the sea. Now we began to see that perhaps their techniques were even more advanced than we thought. Advanced technology. A team led by Filipino researchers has found remains that would correspond to a prehistoric culture With advanced maritime technologies. This culture would have reached Mindoro, one of the Philippines that never in recent geological history has been linked to Continental Asia, at least 35,000 years ago. A variety of artifacts. The team’s conclusion is based on a series of objects found in Mindoro deposits, a medium -sized Filipino island located north of the archipelago. Among the objects found are human and animals, including marine animal shells; as well as tools made with stone, bone and the shells themselves. The team The existence stands out of a culture that will use shells as raw material in the manufacture of tools within the temporal framework of the finding. The deposits, which cover objects of various ages, also include azuelas made of the shells belonging to specimens of the genus Tridacnathe “giant clams.” The inhabitants of Mindoro would have reached this climax of their maritime manufacturing between 7,000 and 9,000 years ago. Dominating the seas. The fact that humans reached this island already implies an indication of a certain relationship with the marine environment, but the team also found rudimentary hooks made of bone, as well as objects that would have been used as weight in fishing networks. A “maritime network.” The team also found a more modern grave, about 5,000 years old. As explainedthe burial could be linked to others found in various parts of Southeast Asia, which would suggest “shared ideological and social influences and an emerging social complexity throughout a vast area from the continent to the distant islands.” The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Archaeological Research in Asia. A different map. The last glacial period began about 120,000 years ago and would not end until about 11,500 years ago. During that period the volume of ice in the polar areas was greater, so the sea level was lower. Environments like Mindoro They serve as an important reference To know better how, where and when the human being achieved owner of the sea. The Pacific conquest. The discovery fits with the predominant hypotheses indicating that the human being began its expansion through the Pacific Ocean about 45,000 years agostarting from Southeast Asia to New Guinea and Australia. Of course, it would not be until many millennia later (about 3,500 years ago) that humans would begin to expand their habitat to more remote archipelagos such as Samoa or Hawaii. The new study gives us therefore valuable information about how the humans of that era achieved the inhabitants of Asia to achieve the necessary dominance of the sea to undertake the most recent and perhaps the most surprising of the great migrations, the conquest of the Pacific. Millennia sailing. We began with the question of when the human being was thrown into the sea. It is a difficult question to answer since technologies such as navigation could appear in different historical moments and in different geographical and cultural contexts. It may even that the first humans to navigate did not belong to our species, the Homo sapiens. Who then? Probably some species closely linked to ours as Neanderthals (Homo Neanderthalensis); or the mysterious “flowers of flowers” (Homo Floresiensis), more related to the H. erectus. The older indications What do we have and that date back about 700,000 years ago They are linked precisely with this group that would have inhabited the island of Flores, in Indonesia, not so far from the Filipino archipelago where we have now discovered a new piece in the puzzle of human navigation. . In Xataka | We have found 21 human remains of 6,000 years ago in Colombia. They do not look like any current living population Image | Manila / Gebco Athenaeum

Participate in our draw and earn 20 double entries to see ’28 years later ‘in cinemas

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’28 days later ‘is one of those films that feel precedent in a genre and that never go out of style. It is considered one of the masterpieces of horror and science fiction cinema, and its “infected” proposal (not so much “zombie”) has permeated to this day. After a successful sequel released in 2007, in just a few days, on June 20, it will be screened exclusively on cinemas’28 years later‘, the Third installment of the saga. Well, with a little luck, you and a companion can go see her completely free. The reason? That from Xataka, and by the hand of Sensacine, Let’s overcome 20 double entries. Participating is very simple and you can have not one, but two awards. We tell you more right away without any spoiler of the new film. How to win 20 double tickets to see ’28 years later ‘ Getting one of the 20 double tickets to go to the cinema to watch the new Danny Boyle movie is very easy: you just have to Point to the Scream Club of our Sensacine companions Through this form. The members of this club will have the opportunity to attend special and advanced projections of the latest premieres of horror movies, among many other advantages. Legal bases here. With just signing up, you will participate in the raffle of the tickets, but it goes more. One of the keys of the Scream Club is that, after each film session, the members can score the movies, give their opinion and, among all, grant the seal of “masterpiece”. Well, those who belong to the club, go see the movie and score it in Scream Club can also participate in the draw for two headphones Sony Ult Wear. Legal basis available in this link. About ’28 years later ‘ Attention: Spoilers of the first two films below. As you already know everything in horror cinema, ‘28 days later‘It places us at the beginning of this zombie apocalypse, when a group of activists enters a British laboratory and releases primates infected with a modified rabies virus. This virus, which is transmitted by saliva and blood, infects people and makes them violent and thirst for blood. In just one month, all the United Kingdom ends up succumbing to infection. In the absence of new dams, the infected end up starving. Six months, or ‘28 weeks later‘(Name that received the sequel), the outbreak is considered content. NATO forces enter London and begin an attempt to repopulation that is frustrated when an infected person, but asymptomatic, causes a new outbreak. In the end, the virus manages to cross the puddle and reach Europe. The film ends with a horde of infected running around the Eiffel Tower. ’28 years later ‘will tell us how survivors have adapted to a world full of infected And we get to ‘28 years later‘. This film, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jodie Eating and Ralph Fiennes, will premiere exclusively in cinemas on June 20 and tells us how some people have managed to adapt and survive in a world full of infected. A group of these survivors inhabits a small island connected to the continent by a single highly protected and guarded road. One of the members decides to venture in the continent, discovering all kinds of horrors and secrets related not only to those infected, but to other survivors transformed because of the virus. It is a movie that will be Visceral, terrifying and that will delight fans to scream in a movie theater. Cover image | Sony

Israel has responded as Ukraine

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Of the data that are known in the conflict between Israel and Iran there are a question I know He is sliding These days: the sophisticated anti -mile air defense of Israel, amplified by the publicized Iron domeAre you showing fissures? The truth is that there is a background explanation about the use (or not) of this Israeli defense system. Also a weakness that is exploiting Iran. Helicopters against swarms. In the middle of the rise of Iranian air attacks with Shahed dronesthe Israeli armed forces have begun to display a solution as striking as effective: the systematic use of combat helicopters AH-64 Apache to intercept unmanned aerial vehicles that manage to cross the sophisticated antimile framework of the country. Equipped with 30 mm cannons and aiming systems integrated into the gunner’s helmet, these helicopters, known in Israel as “Saraf”They were not conceived for anti -aircraft, but they have turned out to be a decisive tool to destroy drones at a short distanceonce they exceed medium and long -range defense systems. The captured videos They show the apaches by down drones propelled in full flight, an image that encapsulates the evolution of modern air combat and the urgent need for tactical solutions dynamics in a prolonged war context. The economic dilemma. We already said it at the beginning. Israel has one of the most advanced defensive architectures in the world, structured in layers: Arrow For long -range ballistic missiles, David’s sling (David’s Honda) for intermediate threats, Thaad for high altitude threats and famous dome For short -range projectiles. This network, sustained by highly coordinated sensors and radars, managed to intercept about 99% of the more than 300 missiles and drones launched by Iran on the offensive of 2024. However, and here is the quid of everything, maintaining that efficiency involves An immense cost: a single tamir interceptor of the dome costs near $ 40,000while the Arrow missiles easily exceed one million. Before drones that barely cost a few thousands, each anti -aircraft shot becomes a strategic profitability problem. Save missiles. In a wear war, as has demonstrated in Ukraineexhausting interceptors reserves in low value targets can end weakening the defense Faced with much more lethal threats. Therefore, like kyiv, Israel has begun to Reserve your missiles For priority objectives, and has delegated cheaper and more flexible systems, such as helicopters, the mission of containing drones waves. Shahed 131 Saraf vs Shahed. He Apache Ah-64Din his Saraf Israeli variantit can fly to more than 300 km/hyg carrying missiles and automatic cannons with a cadence of 10 shots per second. Your aim system, based on the gunner’s lookallows you to acquire targets with great precision. In front of drones like the Shahed, which fly in a straight line without evasive maneuvers, the Apache should have an advantage. Nevertheless, Some videos They suggest that clashes are not always immediate or effective. There is Drones reports evading for several minutes the persecution of four helicopters. If true, it would suggest the real difficulties of demolishing these objectives, especially when they are equipped with self -evil systems, Like the Russian Ukhylyontwhich performs automatic maneuvers when detecting other aircraft. A fatal error. In addition, the danger of friendly fire is real: helicopters flying to the level of drones can be confused by terrestrial defense systems, and an error could lead to the loss of a platform. It is not trivial, we speak of 50 million of dollars compared to a goal of just 30,000. Wear guerrillas. The threat is also not limited to current drones. Iran has already demonstrated a Shahed model with a reaction engine, The Shahed-238Able to exceed 480 km/h, an impossible speed to intercept for conventional helicopters. If these models begin to deploy in mass, the Apache would cease to be useful as an interceptor. In the short term, however, the Saraf remain an immediate and effective resource to protect civil areas, key facilities and military columns. In case of A prolonged campaign as lived by Ukraine, where Russia has come to launch More than 470 drones In one night, the tactical response capacity becomes more important than technological perfection. They remembered in Forbes That Israel, unlike Ukraine, has the ability to directly attack the manufacturing and storage facilities of drones in Iranian territory, which could mitigate part of the problem since its origin. Even so, while that does not happen, the tactical defense in the Israeli sky itself is in the hands of hybrid solutions: helicopters, light weapons, and possibly, in the near future, interceptor drones. Adaptation and evolution. He use of helicopters of attack against drones is a clear sample of how armies are adapting their doctrines against unconventional threats. As We have counted with Ukraine al develop an ecosystem of Anti -Didrone Weapons (from mounted machine guns In trucks up double cannon shotguns or portable missiles), Israel is exploring multiple fronts to mitigate a threat that, although cheap and rudimentary, can erode even the most advanced defenses if it occurs in sufficient number. If the conflict does not cease in the short term, it would not be surprising that in the coming months we will see a boom in the development of technologies dedicated to it, from low -cost smart ammunition to autonomous anti -urmon systems. Meanwhile, Israel’s defense against Iranian drones It will rest In the eyes and cannons of its crews of Apache helicopters. Image | Nehemia Gershuni-AylhoAlexpl In Xataka | What Israel looks in Iran is not in sight: it is called Fordow and hides under a practically impenetrable mountain In Xataka | An image has triggered the alarms in the Middle East. A giant armed has set for the Atlantic … from the US

that of white brands

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Silent but overwhelming, White marks They have been gaining weight in the Spanish purchase basket for years. Also in summer. A report Recent of Kantar reveals that the teaching linked to large distributors, such as Mercadona or Alcampo, have become more and lighter in an industry until not so much linked to large manufacturers: that of ice cream. So much so that according to Kantar, white brands almost monopolize 70% of the market value. The big question is … How have they achieved it? A percentage: 68.5%. White brands, those associated with distribution chains such as Mercadona, Carrefour, Aldi or Alcampo, have more and more weight in one of the most visited supermarket sections in summer: that of ice cream. It shows it clearly a Kantar report revealed by The economist which reflects that the badges of the distributors have been imposed on brands with a long journey in the sector, such as frigo, dairy, maxibon or häagen-dazs, already monopolizing 68.5% of the market value. A key: the price. To understand the growing weight of white brands in the ice market, several keys must be handled. One of them, fundamental, is the price. A box can cost more or less depending on whether it is a brand associated with chains such as Carrefour or Mercadona or a traditional firm of the sector. For example, A tarrine Belgian chocolate Häagen-Dazs of 460 mml costs 7.29 euros while another of Carrefour Sensation with the same flavor and 500 ml is announced by 2.65. An American manufacturer boat with 460 ml of cheese cake with strawberry syrup slope 6.29 euroswhile a similar Eroski Seleqtia option of 390 g is sold by 4.35with what the kilo comes out 2.5 euros cheaper. The article may not be exactly the same and time to decide the purchase, other factors beyond the cost, such as the quality or perception of the brand, but the price difference plays a crucial role. Last year Aecoc ShopperView conducted a study that shows that rates are still the factor that opts for purchase decisions for 73% of the interviewees. Beyond ice cream. That white marks have gained land to large manufacturers such as Unilever, Nestlé or General Mills until almost 70% The market value is not explained only by the drift of the ice cream sector. The trend coincides with another equally important: the General expansion of the distributor brands in the shopping baskets. Other Recent reportalso of Kantar and disseminated by Expansionshows that in two decades, between 2003 and 2024, its value quota has been duplicated. Of supposing 20% ​​it has been touching 44%. That weight gain has come accompanied by A change in role of brands such as Auchan or Landing. After years of crisis and price increase, the distributor’s badges have managed to make a hole thanks to their aggressive cost policy, winning a quota that has not yielded either with inflation or the exit of the crisis. Ice cream leave an example, but not the only one. In 2023 A ALIMARKET study He showed that white brands had made almost 82% of the volume of sales in drugstore and perfumery. It matters what … and where. Another important factor is where we buy ice cream. The report De Kantar shows that last year 81.6% of the market value was monopolized by organized distribution chains, especially supermarkets and self -service stores. It is an overwhelming percentage and also shows a clearly ascending trend. Just four years ago that same footprint was 78.5%, several points lower. The operators specialized in discount gain ground and the hypermarkets, which monopolize 12.2% of the ice cream business. The phenomenon is interesting because that growing weight of supermarkets coincides with an expansion within the chain sector that stands out precisely for their commitment to white brands, which is known as specialized operators in short assortment. In 2024 Mercadona was the main market share signature of the country, with A weight of 26.6% in food distribution. IFA, Carrefour, Lidl, Eroski and Dia also stand out in the sector, with a wide range of distributor brands. The backdrop. Beyond what or where customers buy, the refrigerator industry faces a complex scenario at the doors of summer. The sector has been watching with concern months The increase of the coconut oil due to environmental factors in Southeast Asia, a challenge to which the climbing of the price of cocoa is added international A record speed In Spain. According to The latest data of the INE, ice cream are now 3.8% more expensive than a year ago, a percentage that almost doubles the general CPI, which last month stayed at 2%. If we look further back, before the pandemic, the average price of the liter of ice cream has become more expensive 33%. Images | Michel Stockman (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | A squirrel could cross Spain jumping from supermarket in supermarket: how we have obsessed with the purchase

Five offers to take advantage of the iPhone, IMAC campaign, accessories and more

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Mediamarkt has launched new Apple Days, a store campaign that focuses on Apple’s devices and accessories and that, on this occasion, we can see very good prices in certain products. It is worth mentioning that the campaign will be active Until next June 20 at 09:00 hours. iPhone 16E by 599 eurosthe most economical Apple mobile has dropped even more price at its configuration of 128 GB. IMAC M4 by 1,369 eurosa powerful desktop computer that mounts the m4 chip. iPhone 16 by 939 eurosthe mobile of the current Apple generation has dropped in price in its 256 GB configuration. MacBook Air M4 by 1,039 eurosa potent and thin portable computer that mounts the m4 chip. AIRTAG by 99.99 eurosThe Apple locator now has a good discount on its pack with four units. iPhone 16E Although it has certain shortcomings, the iPhone 16E It is the cheapest mobile of the current Apple generation and a good entrance door to access its ecosystem. It is not compatible with Magsafe and only comes with a main sensor in the back, but in return it is compatible with Apple Intelligenceincludes the same chip as the iPhone 16 And it is a very compact mobile. In addition, it has now dropped even more price during Apple Days. The best value for money is in its base configurationbut the others also have a discount: * Some price may have changed from the last review IMAC M4 Although many prefer MacBook for their portable format, IMAC are a very good purchase option. During the Apple Days we can find the IMAC M4 which was launched in 2024: includes the M4 chip Apple, so it is compatible with Apple Intelligence, has both 16 GB of unified memory and 256 GB of SSD and includes a 4.5K retina screen 24 inches and a mouse and an Apple Magic keyboard. All this for 1,369 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 16 If the iPhone 16E does not convince you, the iPhone 16 is also a very good purchase option, especially if we take into account that it has dropped in price during the Apple Days of Mediamarkt. It is a powerful mobile that mounts the A18 Bionic chip and has a compact 6.1 -inch compact format. Despite what The best quality-price configuration is 256 GBit should be mentioned that it has also dropped in price in other configurations: * Some price may have changed from the last review MacBook Air M4 Apple laptops could not miss. In the Mediamarkt campaign we can also find offer the MacBook Air M4 that this year has been launched: it is quite thin, it rides a 13.6 inches screeninternally comes with the M4 chipso it offers good power and compatibility with Apple Intelligence. Although in the 256 GB configuration it is cheaper in Amazon (1,019 euros), It should be mentioned that the laptop has dropped price in Mediamarkt in two configurations: MacBook Air M4 (2025, 256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review AIRTAG He AIRTAG It is a quite useful Apple accessory to have the wallet, a backpack or suitcase and even the keys. It integrates with the search network, it has good autonomy, Your battery can change And during the Apple Days of Mediamarkt we can find this locator, although the pack with four units has a better value for money: Apple 4 AIRTAG package * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Mediamarkt and Buyardation (header), Apple In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price In Xataka | GPS locator purchase guide: tips and recommendations to succeed and seven models from 30 euros

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