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Chatgpt is fallen worldwide. OpenAi chatbot does not work or does it erratically

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If in the last hours you have tried to use Chatgpt You have probably found that this chatbot did not work or did it erratically, with answers that took a long time to arrive. It is not surprising: Chatgpt is practically fallen worldwide. Openai’s own ones confirmed this on their service status page, where they indicate that “we are experiencing problems” both in their APIs and in Chatgpt and in their video generation AI, Sora. According to the company’s information, there is a “high error rate”, but it has also been indicated that they have “identified the cause in which the problem lies”, and they are “working to implement a solution.” The cuts in the service have been producing about six hours during which it was possible He did not answer, or showed a mistake – “Too many concurrent requests,” for example – or answered but after a long wait. It is true that errors are not absolute and some users can access the service and use it apparently normal, but the truth is that the problem is affecting service users regardless of the geographical region in which they are found. The problem is also doubly serious because not only the conventional chatgpt service for users is fallen, but also its apiswhich are used by all types of third parties services and then apply the functions of ChatgPT all types of scenarios, such as assistance chats or company chats. In Xataka | You thought to be navigating in unknown and erasing cookies on your Android mobile. Goal I saw everything you did

Bird nests and kilometers of garbage

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Among the technologies that have been applied on the battlefield in Ukraine, few as currently recognized as one of the Mortifical weapons. We talk about drones and fiber optic cables, a lethal conjunction that has the potential to change the dynamics in the contest. In fact and how We have recentlyin Ukraine, every Russian drone that raises the flight becomes a silent bet between life and death if a cable accompanies it. Now, in addition, technology is leaving an unpublished trail. Invisible summer. It Forbes explained The weekend. Ukraine is entering a new phase of technological war with the massive deployment of attack drones guided by fiber optic cables, marking what is already known as The “summer of fiber drones”. Thus, in fields and villages, the remains of these systems, which leave fiber ribbons gathering as Cobbles on the groundthey have become omnipresent. In this regard, the immediate environmental impact is already long term of the wiring kilometers remains uncertain, but From CEOBS There are works that are exploring several concerns, such as the possible release of degraded cable microplastics, pollution from hazardous chemicals such as PFAS, risks to wildlife due to physical tangles and the complications that they can mean for activities such as demining. Not just that. Recent images even show Bird nests Built with cable fragments, an unnoticed but eloquent symbol of the reach of this new technology. What began as a Tactical innovation now it is transforming the way They fight the battles: Ukrainian and Russian operators can introduce drones by windows and doors to locate and destroy hidden vehicles, overcoming the limitations of conventional drones that They depend on signals of radio vulnerable to electronic blocking. Forgotten concept evolution. Like almost everything in war, the idea is not new at all: already in the 2000s, Darpa had conceived Guided drones by fiber optic cable to avoid electronic interference. But it was not until the war in Ukraine when that concept found real application. Russia was the first in deploy fiber drones On a little more than a year ago, and quickly went to a broader production. Ukraine, with the support of international volunteers Like former Marine American Troy Smothers, It has accelerated: 15 local companies already manufacture these drones (although at a distance from Russian machinery). The Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, has led the effort, promoting collaboration between private initiative and defense capabilities. Unlike traditional drones, which can lose communication if they fly low or after a hill, fiber maintains an uninterrupted connection along tens of kilometers, and do so without issuing signals that can be detected by the enemy. Lethal tactics. The first fiber drones barely exceeded 3 kilometers, but today missions have been documented up to 41 kilometers. In fact, A Russian video It even shows a 50 km coil that weighs less than 4 kilos, compatible with larger models. Thanks to the low energy consumption of cable connection, some drones can land and stay In ambushed mode For long periods, ready to activate When passing from an objective. Russia has also shown prototypes of small land robots that work as mobile platforms To launch fiber drones, expanding its autonomy and coordinated attack capacity. The concept of a “cobweb operation”, with multiple drones connected and launched from unmanned vehicles, is dangerously approaching to become reality. How to stop the impossible. We counted a few days ago that Ukrainian troops have tried everything, even scissors. But current defensive measures are ineffective to the new threat. Physical networks can stop some drones, but a slit to allow their entry, such as They demonstrate videos Where Ukrainian drones go through Russian meshes without resistance. In addition, tracking the cable to its operator has become impracticable to the entangled landscape of abandoned fibers. Cutting the cable is also A theoretical option more than practical: there is A video which shows a quadcoptera achieving such a feat, but doing so requires an extremely complicated precision and synchronization combination. Drones equipped with shotguns They have shown efficiency in demolishing other drones, but they are Little useful Given the speed and discretion of fiber FPV. Some Ukrainian units, Like the Birds of MasharThey have managed to intercept Russian devices with the help of tactical radars, but their reach, again, is limited and not scalable. No clear rules. The proliferation of fiber optic drones It is accelerating on both sides, and the defenses still They do not adapt to the rhythm of its deployment. Thus, the battles of the immediate future could include fighting between autonomous drones in the air, where human reaction time is no longer enough. Hence, the need to develop automatic interceptors capable of detecting and neutralizing these real -time drones has become urgent. The problem? That the development of countermeasures goes behind offensive innovation, and no one can predict how long this era of tactical supremacy based on invisible cables will last, nor what will be the trigger that ends. Image | 12th Brigade Azov In Xataka | Ukraine soldiers are starting to carry scissors. It is the only way to face Russia’s most lethal weapon In Xataka | A technology 20 years ago took Ukraine to the Russian bombers. Moscow’s response comes from China: a laser cannon

Apple got into a macOS trap and annual versions. He has managed to focus on the details

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How to improve a product in a remarkable product year after year? Moreover, how to do it when that product has more than two decades with us and is already super mature? That is the challenge that Apple faces every year with macOS, the operating system that governs its Mac since OS X made its appearance in 2001. In this (almost) fourth century, Macos has changed, without a doubt, but The surprising thing is that he has not done so. Who took a Mac at that time would not feel too strange with another of today. It would see changes and numerous modern functions, without a doubt, but in essence the interface has been preserved for a simple reason: it works. To adapt to the new times, Apple self -imposed a rule: there would be a new version of macOS – and, later, of the rest of the operating systems – every year. It was something initially reasonable, but that rhythm has ended up making perhaps not a conviction, but something that comes to play against him. Thus, while in the first years it was logical to expect great changes in functions and benefits, things have been very different in the last editions. There was not so much to scratch, and we have not really striking surprises. Instead, Apple has been focusing on some specific areas of the operating system to try to give significant jumps in benefits. Let’s see what happened in the last three versions of macOS: MacOS 14 Sonoma (2023): the main novelties They were the widgets on the desktop, the screen funds in slow camera and new functions during videoconferences, for example. Nothing really spectacular. MacOS 15 Sequoia (2024): here They debuted The new iPhone mirroring system, a new password app and also the options to better manage windows on the desktop. Macos 26 Tahoe (2025): In addition to the redesign with Liquid Glassin the latest version the focus was in the improvements in the mirroring of the iPhone and of course the changes in spotlight and shortcuts to enhance them more than ever. It is not that none of those changes especially call attention. In fact they can become disappointing for the most demanding users. “Is this really the only thing that changes after a whole year?” They will say. It is a reasonable and logical question, but here there are several factors that explain that apparent lack of ambition. The first, that of the maturity of the operating system. With macOS we are facing a veteran and very solid system in which practically everything works as one would expect. Apple has been polishing it during all this time, and that has allowed the mechanics to be strengthened while small improvements were added here and there. The main features of Macos 26 Tahoe do not seem much after a year of work. It is probably the best that could happen to users of the operating system. This is how Macos has adapted to the new times silently, with internal changes, support of new standards and protocols and of course support of the devices that have been part of the company’s ecosystem. We have a good example here in continuity, the system that “connects” the iPhone with the MAC and that debuted, ” More than a decade ago. That maturity is also closely related to the second of those factors we referred to by talking about Apple’s apparent lack of ambition. The famous “If you work, don’t touch it” It also becomes more true than ever, and it is not necessary to reinvent wheels when (in most cases) everything works as it should. But there is also an important third factor. It is easy to make changes when you have fewer users and your operating system, platform or application has just taken your first steps. But the thing changes when Apple you have more than 1,000 million users who use your devices. A change, however small, affects the lives of all these people, and can mean millions and millions of conflicts. There is therefore that having extreme care when making these changes, and in no way can they be radical or in form – that is why Liquid Glass is not “so different” – or in function – imaginated that suddenly the keyboard shortcuts or the way of using Finder will change. Apple knows better than anyone that situation, and given the challenge of presenting a new operating system every year, its solution has probably been reasonable. What they try is not to surprise us with radical changes, but Provide small practical improvements They try to make the lives of the most comfortable users. That is why we have the aforementioned continuity (continuity), and that is why the current focus on a supervitaminated spotlight that can end up being useful for many users. Is that disappointing? Maybe. Is Apple’s best option for the obligation to renew its operating systems every year? As boring or hard to seem, no doubt. In Xataka | The decline of the “Apple culture”. Blind devotion has evolved towards critical enthusiasm

We have a new clue about depression and we have found it in an unsuspected place: body temperature

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Depression is something that goes beyond our brains. Like many other diseases, this psychological ailment is manifested in other aspects of our physiognomy. For example, in our body temperature. Temperature and depression. A study has identified A relationship between body temperature and depression. The team responsible for the analysis observed a positive relationship between the variables, that is, that the appearance of depressive symptoms was linked to a higher body temperature among the participants. The relationship was proportional. The severity of the symptoms, the greater the body temperatures were also. They also observed an apparent relationship between the variability of temperatures and depressive symptoms, but this did not show being statistically significant, so conclusions cannot be extracted in that aspect. Beyond the statistical incidence is little What is known of this relationship. For example, the equipment indicated that it is still an enigma if this increase in body temperature could be due to a loss of control capacity, an increase in temperature generation through metabolic processes, or if it was a combination of factors. More than 20,000 participants. To carry out the study, the team compiled information from 20,880 participants from 106 countries. During the study, which lasted for seven months in 2020, the participants carried a thermometer device to measure their body temperature and daily reported temperature and symptoms of depression. “Let us know, this is the biggest study to examine the association between body temperature (measured both self -assess and through portable sensors) and depressive symptoms in a geographically wide sample,” explained in a press release Psychiatrist Ashley Mason, co -author of work. The study It was published in the magazine Scientific Reports. An old suspicion. Although it is probably the most massive, this is not the first analysis that indicates this relationship. A study published in 2003 He pointed to the existence of this relationship and its possible link with the 5-HTT protein, the “serotonin transporter”. Another important indication has to do with the drugs usually used in the treatment of depression, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI). In recent years, various studies have proven that these compounds reduce thermal tolerance of those who consume them. The main studies in this regard were analyzed In a literature review published in 2022. Correlation and cause. The present study finds a link between temperature and depression but does not indicate the possible form of the causal direction, if there were. It is impossible to determine, through known data if depression causes an increase in body temperature or if a high body temperature can increase our risk of appearing depression. Nor is it possible to rule out that there is an underlying cause of both that the analysis does not see: inflammatory stress or processes could independently cause both depressive symptomatology and an increase in body temperature. Cold or heat as therapy? Understanding what is happening can help us better understand depression and, therefore, bring us closer to the tools we are looking for to fight it. Until now the heat had been used to improve the patient status. These types of therapies could make sense through a “rebound effect”, helping the body to recover its capacity for thermal self -regulation, Add the equipment. In Xataka | The great mystery of our body temperature: it does not stop lowering globally and we still do not know why Image | Tankilevitch polyina *An earlier version of this article was published in June 2024

The domino effect of tariffs is also being felt in Valencia. Specifically, in the Ford factory

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Ford has drastically trimmed the production forecasts of the new bronco in its Almussafes plant. Of the 300,000 units initially planned, the figure has fallen to 209,000, as published Digital economy citing their own sources. Why is it important. This 30% cut reflects how Trump’s tariff policies are already moving chairs in the European industry before applying. The accuracy of the new figure – 209,000 units compared to the 300,000 round rounds – lets read a very specific calculation between a very specific projected stage between the lines. Between the lines. Suppliers openly speak of the “Trump effect” by explaining these changes. The most important reduction affects precisely the volume allocated to the United States: from 91,000 units per year provided for a much lower but not even pointed out. Ford is adjusting its transatlantic export plans in the face of tariff uncertainty. And that is felt in the Valencian economy, whose GDP depends by approximately 10% of this factory. In detail. The effect on the supply chain is, the redundancy, in chain: Suppliers have to recalculate investments. Prices should be modified based on a lower production volume. Lower production means less industrial capacity required. And that facilitates the transfer of suppliers outside the Almussafes environment. Yes, but. Trump will end his mandate in 2028, but bronco production is planned between 2027 and 2035. That is, three quarters of the manufacturing will be done without him in the presidency. But the car is an industry without much flexibility to modify the decisions that are made now. The threat. Reduce estimates during the award of limited pieces future expansions. If suppliers dimension their capacity for 209,000 vehicles, then increase production will be more complex and expensive. It is not easy to undo steps and make them again. The industry is creating a productive roof based on the most pessimistic stage. Deepen. Ford He is at the same time intensifying his presence in Moroccoparticipating in the Automotive Tangier meetings with the presence of the Moroccan monarch. Its sponsorship contrasts with brands such as Stellantis or Renault, which already manufacture vehicles in the African country, which gives clues of a geographical diversification of the productive strategy. In Xataka | One of the most mythical cars in the history of cinema can be “copied” by anyone. And that has consequences for the industry Outstanding image | Luke Scarpino in Unspash

“The chips for Huawei are a generation behind the US.” Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei says it

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Ren Zhengfei, the founder and general director of Huawei, has made very interesting statements during a conversation with a Chinese journalist from Diario del Pueblo. According to this executive “the Huawei GPUs are still A generation behind of the chips for artificial intelligence (AI) of the US “. A priori it is surprising that the head of this company publicly makes recognition as sharp as this. However, this is not all. In addition, Zhengfei argues that “the US has exaggerated Huawei’s abilities. We are not so strong yet.” His words They arrive at a very important moment For the company that leads. And it is that little more than a month ago two new chips for AI, the GPUs Ascend 910d and 920with which he aspires to gradually snatch the leadership in performance in AI applications that holds both in China and beyond the borders of this Asian country. Correctly understand Zhengfei’s statements requires putting them in context This reflection of the general director of Huawei has not arrived at any time. Currently the governments of the US and China They are negotiating in London The scenario and the conditions in which their commercial relations will be developed in the future, and Huawei has a leading role in this conflict. After all, it is next to SMIC (Semiconductor manufacturing international corp), The largest Chinese chips, China’s spearhead in the technology industry in general and in the semiconductor sector and the AI ​​in particular. All probability the words of Zhengfei seek to take Huawei away from the Center for Care, and, therefore, relieve the pressure to which this company is currently subjected. However, this does not mean that he is lying and has affirmed something that does not really believe. Jensen Huang, the general director of Nvidia, has declared A few days ago, China is not behind in front of the US in AI. And the solvency of Deepseek, Ernie, Qwen, Pangu, Hunyuan or Sensenova endorses its analysis. In inference processes the latest chips of the Ascend family of Huawei are very competitive However, Ren Zhengfei has strain the hardware that Huawei has. It does not talk about the capacities or competitiveness of the great language models for the developed in China. In inference processes the latest chips of the Ascend family They are very competitive. An note before moving forward: inference is broadly the computational process carried out by language models with the purpose of generating the responses that correspond to the requests they receive. However, it is currently reasonable to assume that the NVIDIA GPUs deliver a higher performance in the training processes of the great AI models. All probability this is the idea about The statement of Zhengfei. However, there is more than we should not overlook if we want to understand in all its extension the words of this executive. Chinese culture is solidly strengthened about traditional values ​​that, despite lasting for more than two millennia, are still very present in current Chinese idiosyncrasy. Modesty (qiānxū), humility (qiānxùn) or (qiānbēi), serenity (chénzhuó) or (dàndìng) and respect for rivals (zūnzhòng duìshou) are values ​​that have traditionally been intimately linked to the Chinese character. And there is no doubt that Zhengfei’s words give off this cultural and philosophical. It is difficult to identify the exact historical moment in which these fundamental values ​​were imbricated in Chinese culture, but, curiously, they are very present in ‘The art of war’the classic work that the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu wrote around the 5th century. C. Image | Huawei More information | Diario del Pueblo | Financial Times In Xataka | China’s domain of rare earths has nothing to do with geography: it is born from 39 university programs

We have been seeing that Ozempic affects fertility. Now the United Kingdom has begun to take the “Ozempic Babies” seriously

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Ozempic He began his career as a drug against diabetes but became one of the most popular medications worldwide when we realized that among its “side effects” was weight loss. Since then we have been detecting other possible effects, positive and negative but surely the most surprising of these is on its effects on fertility. Set deals with the phenomenon of the “Ozempic Babies” The United Kingdom warns. The authority responsible for regulating drugs and health products in the United Kingdom, MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) warned a few days ago of a “new” side effect associated with the consumption of Ozempic, that of an increase in pregnancy probability. While this is the first time that the organism warns about the effect, the first news about this occurred More than a year ago. How it works. Ozempic is the brand with which Danish pharmaceuticals Novo Nordisk markets a diabetes treatment based on semaglutida. This compound also serves as a basis for Wegovyname under which the drug oriented to weight loss is marketed. To understand why the same compound can function as a treatment against diabetes and as a thinning we have to understand how it acts in our body. The semaglutida works as an agonist of the peptide receptors similar to glucagon-1 (LPG-1), that is, it works as an analogue of this key hormone in the digestive process. When we eat our body naturally secretes the GLP-1 hormone to transmit two messages. The first to the pancreas, so that it begins to segregate insulin with which to metabolize the sugars of the food. The second to the brain, so that this knows that we are satiated. Drugs like Zepbound and Mounjaro They act similarlyalthough the tirzepatida on which they are based works as a double analogue of LPG-1 and GIP hormones (gastric inhibitor polypeptide). Ozempic Babies. A little over a year ago, dozens of women in treatment with any of these medications They started informing of a strange phenomenon: They were becoming pregnant despite being considered infertile or despite resorting to contraceptives. This phenomenon was soon baptized as the “Ozempic Babies“,” Ozempic babies. “ How do you do it? Since the phenomenon began to document, many wondered how it was possible. There are two mechanisms (alternative or complementary) that can explain this phenomenon. The first has to do with contraceptives, specifically with oral contraceptives. One of Ozempic’s effects is that of slow down our digestionwhich in turn makes nutrients and other compounds absorb more slowly. In the preparation of an oral treatment, absorption speed is an important variable to take into account. Drugs such as contraceptives are designed for specific speeds, if these change too much, treatment can lose efficacy. He Another mechanism that could explain this phenomenon has to do with its slimming effect. As experts also highlight, there is an inverse relationship between obesity and overweight and fertility. It is possible, that by facilitating weight loss the drug is also contributing to increasing the probabilities of pregnancy. A double problem. The problem is double since it not only implies a greater probability of an unwanted pregnancy; also because this type of treatments They are contraindicated Not only for pregnant women, but also in those who seek to be. According to the recommendations, who wants to find a pregnancy should interrupt these treatments At least two months In advance to allow our body to return to normal and avoid unnecessary risks in a process as complex as gestation. Positive effects and negative effects. The “fever” by Ozempic and the drugs of its class began with a side effect: a medication aimed at treating diabetes made those who consumed it lose weight. The demand for these compounds has allowed us to find other possible Side effectspositive and negative, on which we have a greater or lesser degree of certainty. Possible adverse effects documented by the manufacturer itself can find problems such as aggravation of diabetic eye disease, potential allergic reactions and a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms, from nausea to constipation. However, since it also began to be used We have found indications on other possible effects. Some positives such as helping the fight against addictions or possible effects on renal health either cardiovascular. In the negative face we have also found indications of loss of hair and eye problems. In Xataka | “Ozempic face”, “Ozempic language” and “Ozempic teeth”: the other very visible effect of consuming the medicine to lose weight Image | Chemist4u / Camylla Battani

All their missiles, fighters and bombs need a mineral that China has vetoed them

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The news took place in April. So, the Chinese government He formalized his answer To tariffs approved by the United States adding to its list of export restrictions a series of metals that went unnoticed for the general public. However, when the United States and Europe have been made numbers To replenish their arsenal sent to Ukraine and the East, they have encountered a problem of difficult solution. Them A component is missing essential. And only China has it. The mastery of the samario. Yes, China has exposed a critical vulnerability in the Western Military Supply chain by imposing severe controls to export Samarioa strange metal for the manufacture of heat -resistant magnets used exclusively in military applications. These magnets, fundamental in components As missile engines, smart bombs and combat fighters, they are irreplaceable due to their ability to withstand extreme temperatures without losing magnetic strength. Since China produces the entire samarium of the world, and has stopped its export under a new licensing system claiming national security motifs, the United States and its European allies now face the real possibility of Not being able to replenish Its advanced armament reserves, especially and as we said, after its intensive deployment in Ukraine and East. Announced dependence. Had the New York Times That the agency of China is not new: since the 70s, the Western Armed Forces trusted a French plant that closed in 1994, unable to compete with the cheap and environmentally lax production of the Chinese city of Baotou, in the interior Mongolia. Despite decades of dispersed warnings and efforts, such as Mine reopening From Mountain Pass in California after the Chinese embargo on Japan in 2010, the United States never developed a viable production of samarium. Leaf, reactivated in 2014broke the following year for Chinese competition. MP Materials, its new owner, relaunched operations in 2018 and received pentagon funds to process samarium, but never installed The necessary equipment for lack of customers willing to cover high costs of the reduced market. Meanwhile, another project backed with federal funds (a Lynas plant in Texas) was never built after regulatory problems In Malaysia. The lost link. And here comes one of the keys to understanding the “problem” of these nations. The largest samarium user in the United States is … Lockheed Martinwhich uses around 23 kg for each F-35 plane. The new Chinese regulations not only stop the direct flow of samarium, but also requires based licenses In the final consumerwhich blocks indirect exports to military contractors. Although China has granted permits for certain magnets destined for the automotive industry (such as those used by disposses or terbio in brakes and addresses) has not given signs of releasing Samario’s supply, given its limited civil application. This hardening coincides with Chinese sanctions to US contractors linked to Weapons sales to Taiwanwhich reinforces the use of samario as a geopolitical pressure tool. An X-35A JSF performing flight tests at the Edwards Air Base in California Other critical applications. A few weeks ago Japan Times summed up Very well what rare metals consisted of and how they influenced the different industries. The seven metals restricted by China (Terbio, Itrio, Disposio, Gadolinio, Luthacio, Samario and Scandio) fulfill crucial functions in both civil and military industries, from the generation of clean energy to the advanced defense. The Terbiofor example, it provides thermal resistance to the magnets used in submarines and aircraft, but it is one of the most scarce elements even within the rare earth deposits themselves. The ititriumvital in treatments against cancer and superconductors, it has historically been extracted in the United States but must still be processed abroad. Disposioresistant to heat and key in the energy transition, is essential for magazine turbine and electric cars magnets, and also for nuclear reactor control bars. The majority of the supply of these three metals goes to Japan, South Korea and, to a lesser extent, to the United States. The nuclear spectrum. For its part, The gadolinio It is widely used in magnetic resonances due to its magnetic properties, but also appears in nuclear reactors and electronic components. The Luthaciodenser than other elements of this list, acts as a catalyst in oil refineries, while the samario, as we said, protagonist in recent blockages, forms magnets that resist extreme temperatures and that are essential in combat planes, turbines and advanced guide systems. Finally, The Scandioof marginal production for half a century, it has applications in military aviation, bicycles and tracers to detect leaks in pipelines, thanks to its resistance and radioactive properties. As We have counted other times, the lack of infrastructure to separate and process these materials in the United States or Europe aggravates their structural dependence on China, which already supplies More than 90% of American imports. Asterisk. Interestingly, China has not included in this round to the neodymium and the praseodimiumtwo of the rare metals most used in the manufacture of permanent magnet motors, essential for electric vehicles and wind turbines. These two elements are still produced in the Mountain Pass mine, in California. Even so, American production barely reaches a fraction of global demand, and China’s dependence is still critical. A strategic urgency. In short, in a context in which the United States and its allies try to accelerate the replacement of reduced arsenals and ensure deterrence, The bottleneck From the samario he highlights the risks of having subcontracted for decades the strategic inputs to China. The commercial conversations In London they seek to reactivate the flow of these metals, but the expectations that Beijing reversed their new licensing system are rather scarce. Meanwhile, the United States and Pentagon face the dilemma of how to reconstitute a national supply chain for an essential resource whose production, for its cost and limited scale, has proven to be commercially unfeasible No sustained subsidies and long -term political commitment. The samario, invisible to the general public, thus becomes a symbol of a new era of technological and military rivalry, where industrial sovereignty is again a … Read more

It is the first for not allowing workers to access their algorithm

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The Generalitat of Catalonia has imposed a fine of the multinational Amazon for the lack of transparency of the company with the operation of the algorithm in charge of monitor productivity Of the more than 2,000 employees working in their logistics center of El Prat de Llobregat, located in the immediate vicinity of Barcelona airport. The economic fine itself does not have greater importance for a multinational in Amazon’s size, but it does have a symbolic value since it is The first in Spain that acts on the lack of transparency of algorithms that control labor relations in the digital economy, such and as he published exclusively Chain ser. The productivity algorithm marks the rhythm. At the end of 2024, the facilities of the Amazon Logistics Center in the Prat de Llobregat, the largest that the company has in Spain, received a “macro -inspection” of work by computer specialists at the Generalitat. The inspection occurred before the denunciation of the union delegates in terms of prevention of occupational hazards to which Amazon had denied access to the operation of the algorithm that It measures productivity of the template. This algorithm controls the daily work of each of the employees, and determines whether its productivity is adequate. What the union delegates demanded was to know what parameters used the algorithm for Determine that productivity. Raúl Hernández, Warehouse Mozo at the Prat and CGT member of the Company Committee, declared Chain ser That “they measure article by article everything you are placing and if they believe it is not enough, they demand more.” The employee ensures that, not knowing the parameters that govern the control algorithm, they cannot know how their work is being in advance until they receive the warning of a supervisor. “Many times they come and tell you: ‘You are not going to the average of the day.’ But how am I going to know the average?” The employee says. Amazon “symbolic”. In the Labor Inspection of the late 2024, several minor infractions related to the determination of the schedules and rest times of the staff were found, as well as the allocation of time to go to the bathroom, parameters that also controls the aforementioned productivity algorithm. In this sense, sources of CCOO consulted by Chain ser They estimate that the set of sanctions could be around 100,000 euros. Of that amount, 2,401 euros would correspond to the sanction for non -compliance with the right of workers’ participation. In other words, for not attending to the requests of the labor security committee to know the productivity parameters that the algorithm uses. “Even if it is an economically symbolic fine, it is essential to consolidate a new right of workers, which is to know if the algorithms have an impact on the workplace,” he said BE Dani Cruz, head of Digital Transition of CCOO of Catalonia. Amazon does not agree. Asked by Xataka, Amazon sources disagree with the sanction claiming that the regulations on risk safety and prevention are respected and announces the appeal of the sanctions imposed. “We disagree with the position of the Labor Inspection in its resolution proposal, which is not firm and, therefore we have resorted to. We will continue to collaborate to answer their questions and requests in this regard. In Amazon, our working people provide services in a modern and safe environment, under the highest standards of safety and health at work. The safety and well -being of our people employed is our top priority. The infrastructure and facilities of our logistics centers are Designed to guarantee a safe and comfortable work environment. The Rider Law and the Algorithm. One of the most critical points of the called Rider Law approved in 2021 for regulate the labor market promoted by the new digital platforms, it was to include in the statute of the workers the right of the Company Committee to be informed about the operation of algorithms of these platforms. In its article 64.4 a new section D was introduced in which it was indicated: “Be informed by the company of the parameters, rules and instructions on which the algorithms or artificial intelligence systems are based that affect the decision making that can influence the working conditions, access and maintenance of employment, including the elaboration of profiles.” According to the Labor Inspection, Amazon would not have offered due information on the functioning of this algorithm to the Occupational Risk Committee. The “Gray List”. The lack of information about the parameters that measure the productivity of the workforce throws a shadow of suspicion about the company’s labor practices. Employees denounce that this data could be being used to argue dismissals among less productive workers once they conclude high demand campaigns (Black Friday, Christmas, etc.). According to union sources consulted by Chain serthe data provided by this algorithm could place employees in “gray lists” without their knowledge. The employees of these lists could be candidates to be fired under the justification of breach of safety standards. “They put things like you have not respected safety standards. They are situations that may have happened, but that are very thorough and with that justify the dismissal,” says Raúl Hernández. According to union sources, before a judicial resource, most of these layoffs end solving as inadmissible. In Xataka | Companies have found a way to fire indefinite after labor reform: disciplinary dismissal Image | Flickr (Álvaro Ibáñez)

Requirements, dates and how to ask for your discounts for train and bus

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Let’s give you All program information Young summer 2025which will be approved today in the Council of Ministers. It is a program that will offer discounts to travel PRO Spain and Europe to people between 18 and 30 years. We are going to start this article telling you what are the discounts of this program, and then we will tell you the requirements to access it. Then we will remind you of the dates on which it will be in force and all the details with respect to them, and we will end up summarizing the process to request them. Young Summer Discounts 2025 The discounts of the New Summer of 2025 will initially be the same as in the previous year. Are discounts that vary depending on how you travelbecause the discount amount depends on each means of transport: Railway services of conventional medium distance and metric width: 90% discount of the price of simple and round -round tickets. Avant: 50% discount on simple and round trips. Commercial or high speed services of all rail operators: 50% reduction of the ticket price, with a maximum of 30 euros per ticket. Regular State Competition Bus Services: 90% discount of the price of the simple ticket and the round trip. 50% discount of the flexible interrail global 10 days in 2 months, when it is marketed through Renfe. Dates and requirements for the young summer 2025 To be able to opt for these aid, you need to meet A series of requirementssince they are not addressed to everyone, but only part of the population. Besides, Discounts are for very specific dates. Here are the list with the requirements: Have between 18 and 30 years: Only those born between January 1, 1994 and December 31, 2006 can be benefited. Only for summer: You can only apply discounts to buy round -trip travel tickets that will be between July 1 and September 30, 2025. Spanish nationality: Only those who have Spanish nationality can benefit. Legal residence: In the case of being foreigners, only those who have a legal residence in Spain can opt. How to request discounts To request the discount, you have to go to the program website, which will be activated within a few days. The address is summerjoven.transportes.gob.es. On this website, You have to register and request a personal code. You can register using a personal data form or simply with the system Cl@go. Once you register, you will send a request and wait for it to be verified. Making the process with the cl@see everything will be faster. When verifying, An email will come to you with the code associated with your DNI. And now, simply see the website to book tickets that are attached to the program, and buy a ticket that meets the campaign dates requirements. And now, Use the code they have given you in the purchase processeither before or during payment, something that will depend on each company. This is a discount code that you will apply to see the price reduced. Cover image | Yúbal Fernández In Xataka Basics | How to use Trainline to get the best and most train tickets in Spain

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