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Its price is in historical minimums

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

Not only the market coffeehe cocoa or the Matcha It crosses turbulence. Analysts and authorities They check that there is another much less orthodox merchandise that is suffering a considerable pricing, at least in the wholesale channels, with the kilo collapsed from the More than 30,000 euros They got to pay only a few years ago at less than 20,000 or even 15,000. Which? Cocaine The price decrease is so pronounced that There are those already esteem that in Galicia the white dust has reached its historical minimum. The big question is … why? The kilo, getting cheaper. It is not easy to talk about prices and cargoes of cocaine because the merchandise (obviously) does not move in a regulated market, but a quick review of the newspaper library arrives to make a clear idea: a kilo costs less today less (quite) than just a decade ago. The voice of Galicia He published Sunday A chronicle that accounts for that collapse, especially in the Baixas estuaries. If in 2015 a kilo brick was paid between 27,000 and 29,000 eurosnow moves at 14,500, its historical minimum, according to the newspaper. In other parts of the country, such as Valencia, Barcelona or the great ports of Andalusia, the kilo would also be at least, charging about 17,000 euros, far from the more than 30,000 to those that were quoted ten years ago. A fact: 30,000 euros. It is not the only clue about the bassist drift of the price of wholesale coca, a trend that the authorities They would have been Noting. In 2023 the CEP police union already spoke of a reduction of the merchandise in the large channels. The figures are only references, but they are eloquent: of a maximum of up to 36,000 euros, the kilo had become quoted in a fork of Between 18,000 and 23,000. Last year the UDYCO He went further And he already spoke of between 21,000 and 22,000 euros, with even lower periods, of around 16,000. Price question and something else. The drift of prices coincides with greater activity on commercial routes and market saturation. And that is something that is confirmed with another equally relevant indicator: the police also hunt more vs. 2023 closed with a Seizure record of cocaine Transported by sea and an operation for memory, the interception of a historic stash in Spain: 11 tons from Ecuador distributed between Valencia and Vigo. “The kilo is between 18,000 and 20,000 euros, lower than ever. A year and a half ago it reached 25,000 or 26,000 euros. If you have more drugs you risk more, you send huge shipments,” explained in 2024 Police al ABCmonths before the authorities fell another stash of 13 tons camouflaged between bananas. In your latest report Insight Crime warns: “The record seizures became the norm worldwide, but it is likely that those confiscated tons only made a small dent in what has become one of the most lucrative and violent industries for crime in Latin America.” A relative cheaper. The most curious thing is that this price drop does not seem to have moved to the street. In wholesale channels perhaps the kilo of white dust costs now half That a few years ago, but the cheaper does not seem to have moved to the end of the chain. The gram of coca continues to pay between 50 either 60 euroswithout experiencing great variations in recent years. The phenomenon is not exclusive to Spain and extends to other parts of Europe. “In Belgium, 17,000 per kilo are being paid, but that contrasts with the price paid by the final consumer. It remains stable, in the order of 60 euros the gram. That greatest margin between one price and another could be the one that allows the entry of the greatest amount of links in the distribution chain. In addition, that decrease in the wholesaler could be the cause that organizations make larger shipments to maintain the benefit,” Explain Customs a The voice of Galicia. And what is the reason? The million dollar question. And it does not have a single answer. Those who have tried to explain the fall in the price of coca point to the effects of the signing of the peace agreement between the Colombian State and the guerrillas In 2016what would have released hectares of jungle that have taken advantage of for cultivation, or The effect which has had the veto of toxic herbicides in the plantations. The reason? The Colombian authorities find it very difficult to eradicate the hidden plantations in the jungle acting from the ground, where they meet former guerrillas and mines, so for years they resorted to air fumigation with glyphosate, an effective resource to end illegal crops. The problem is that this herbicide is carcinogenic and polluting, so the authorities They stopped using it in his fight against cocaine. Now, in a scenario of Overproduction which explains the fall in prices, the country already He is thinking If you must recover it. Are there more factors at stake? Yes. Although There are analysts that suggest that everything is a Overproduction issue In countries of origin, others also point out the influence of pandemic. “Farmers continued to produce as always, about three crops a year, and the warehouses of the most powerful organizations were filled with cocaine at such a level that we are still receiving that surplus,” explained In 2024 a UDYCO inspector to The reason. “That is why two of the three largest apprehensions in Spain have been in 2023. We also see that ships bring a lot more than they brought,” adds the inspector. In summary: a simple matter of supply, demand and exit of an accumulated stock at low prices to get rid of the material. New actors at stake. Recently The confidential He slipped One more key: an attempt by the Albanian clans that operate from South America to flood the market, a strategy that would go through “bombarding” with shipments of cargo … Read more

Apple has chosen to be the Microsoft of the 90s. They are good and bad news at the same time

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

They are late for the AI revolution, but compensate Apple Intelligence in Invisible and indispensable infrastructure. There was a particularly revealing moment in the Keynote of the WWDC 2025: While the technological world lives its greatest revolution since the arrival of the Internet, Apple dedicated fifty -two seconds to talk about Apple Intelligence. The rest of the time spent talking about things such as the new telephone app or personalized funds for Imessage. Then they spent more time talking about Foundation Models and integrations, but the most explicit Apple Intelligence for the user was relegated. It is as if in 1996, in the middle of the Internet explosion, Microsoft had focused its Keynote on improving the Windows Paint and lonely. The analogy is not accidental because Apple is repeating part of the Microsoft strategy of the nineties: Arrive late to a technological revolution and compensate with deep integration what they lack in pure innovation. When the Internet began to change the world, Microsoft did not create the best browser, protocols or web servers. But Internet integrated so deeply in Windows that it became impossible to avoid. They did not lead that technology, but made it indispensable within their territory. Apple is executing the same pattern, although with a nuance of the size of Alicante: they have developed their own models for Apple Intelligence. And now they translate into new specific functions: Machine translation. Calling spam. Personalized sports motivation. Your Foundation Models gives developers direct access to that local intelligence. But when you need real conversation, complex reasoning, advanced creativity … there they turn to Chatgpt. The Current Siri Without Openai remains the usual: appropriate for basic commands, but it is lost as soon as you leave the script. For the conversational and productive jump that defines this era, Apple depends on others. Your strategy is intelligent: Controlling the everyday and routine where integration matters more than gross power. Subcontracting the advanced where they still cannot compete. They do not sell as a product, but make it a kind of digital oxygen. You breathe it without realizing it. Google, Openai or Anthropic compete to create the best chatbot and surround it with functions that underpin it. Apple opts to integrate intelligence in each basic interaction of its devices. You do not need to open chatgpt to translate a message, it simply occurs. You don’t look for an app to filter spam calls, your iPhone takes care of that. It is the difference between selling electricity and selling appliances that work with electricity. Amazon executed a similar strategy when he arrived late to the conversational. They cannot compete with chatgpt in headlines, but they are making Its AI is the easiest option for companies that already live in AWS. They do not define the future of AI, but they do domesticate it within the infrastructure they live. The problem is that This defensive strategy comes with expiration date. The Microsoft of the nineties had serious problems when it lost the train that took him from the PC to the mobile. His domain by integration evaporated as soon as the dominant platform changed. Apple did manage to reinvent himself with the iPhone and with the Wearablebut AI is moving much faster than previous transitions. The PC Revolution → Mobile took a decade, the AI revolution is happening in less than a five years. Apple Silicon took another decade of internal development to Apple. To lead the conversational that defines this era they would need a similar investment in research. The question is if they are ten years old. The window closes every time Openai presents a more capable modelevery time Google Integra Gemini more deeply in Androidevery moment they lose defining what the conversational means for the end user. Apple, for the moment, is playing the perfect letter for the short term. Its integration is superior, its most credible privacy, its most polished experience. They control infrastructure and experience, but they subcontract the intelligence that really differentiates this era from all the above. It’s like perfectly controlling iPhone’s hardware but depending on Google for apps that people really want to use. And this is especially paradoxical coming from Apple, A company that has invested decades and billions in controlling fundamental technologies: They developed their own operating systems so as not to depend on Microsoft or Google. They created Apple Silicon not to depend on the cycles and limitations of Intel. They are developing their own modems so as not to depend on Qualcomm and The C1 already debuted with the iPhone 16E. Apple understands better than anyone who controls base technologies controls the future. But with the generative AI they have chosen to be the best integrators instead of competing frontally for creating the best models in the world. It is a conscious resignation to that ‘big’ competition that defines the technological ages. “ Apple Intelligence works, and it works better the less explicit it is. It shines in the subtle, in the rear layer. But the history of technology teaches us that defensive strategies have limits. Microsoft dominated the nineties with superior integration, until a platform came where that integration no longer matters. The question is not whether Apple can continue to be the best integrator of others. The question is yes, when the redefine completely how we interact with technology, it will be enough to have been the perfect host of a revolution that others wrote. In Xataka | Four AI companies are monopolizing the intellectual future of humanity. They are not good news Outstanding image | Apple

ios 26 has a very hard path ahead

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

Apple celebrated its WWDC 2025one in which the Redesign of iOS was even above artificial intelligence implementations. At least, as far as speech is concerned. Liquid Glass It is the new interface shared among all Apple operating systems, starting from the design language we saw for the first time in Vision Pro. iOS 26the operating system of iPhonehas been updated in your beta for developers. And a server has been testing it since yesterday. I’m going to tell you what I found in This first betaone with a lot of work ahead and that sets the foundations of a new era for Apple. One in which curves come. Liquid Glass in iOS 26 Blocking screen notifications are practically illegible, for the moment. iOS 26 has completely changed the design we had in iOS 18and absolutely all the elements of the interface are starring transparencies. When it is more or less aesthetic I will not enter, it is subjective. What leaves no mistake is that … There is a serious problem with contrast. It is a first version, but Apple has a challenge ahead with transparencies: readability The elements of the blocking screen and notification screen, if we have a clear background (the one that comes by default), present important readability problems. It does not depend on having a more or less large panel, it is barely seen as soon as the notification lands in a darker element of the wallpaper. If it falls to a darker area, the improvement visualization (something). That the elements of the UI have the transparent edges do not help, that absolutely everything is transparent, does not help. This is the first beta for developers, so it is convenient to be cautious. The first Dark theme implementation in iOS was simply terrible. Now it works perfectly. Which We are seeing right now is the sketch on which Apple is going to workand these readability problems, at least on paper, should be resolved. I am especially concerned with Glow that have the edges of some apps. This brightness is sought, but ends up achieving that apps with white background are perceived quite blurred and little defined. Apple will have to seek balance between respecting this new visual identity, and that everything is readable under any circumstance. The redesign affects all native appswhich now have a dynamic bar at the bottom. Perhaps, too dynamic, to the point that the camera app seems completely broken when you open it, and you have to be you who intuits that, sliding on the photo icon, the rest of the options are displayed. Very little Apple, even for a first beta version. The system is loaded with details, such as the remaining load time in settings (it does not appear on the lock screen, as on Android). On the positive side, There are very careful elements: sickly refined animations, improvements on the blocking screen with the automatic adaptation of the clock to the main element and, although it is missing, a cohesion at the level of native apps and system that was not so deep before. The animations are half cooking, there are broken elements in the interface, and it shows that everything is still quite green. It is not something that worries me in excess, it is the first beta for developers of the greatest design change in the history of the iPhone. An AI that continues behind its rivals Do not expect great changes in Apple Intelligencebecause there are no. Screen recognition through chatgpt does not work yet, the news to generate Genmojis in Image playground They are insignificant, and automatic translation does not work for the moment, it is frozen. Yes I have been able to try the new call filter, one that comes to compete with Google’s and that is much more aggressive. Apple filters absolutely all unknown calls: Siri pauses them, ask who he is and what he wants, to show us later. Only there we will decide whether we want to take the phone or not. It is a solution that ends radically with spam, but that kills gunflows. There is nothing of Google’s intelligent detection, just an aggressive filter that ends all the calls of numbers that we do not know. If we have any urgency or the person who calls us is special has a hurry, we can end up losing the call in the process. The key in Apple’s AI is working locallywith its own model that does not need a constant cloud connection. Apple will open these Apple Intelligence tools to third parties so that developers can use them in their apps, always running in local models. His second big point is silence. Apple wants AI to be there to help us in day to day, not to modify by system elements. It is a discreet implementation, although insufficient. Nothing that Apple has presented is new or exclusive: Google and Samsung have leading the AI career in mobiles for more than two years. The translation of calls live, the call filters (although less aggressive), and functions with which Apple does not have the audio draft, navigation assistant or sharing screen with Gemini Live (the assistant sees the screen in real time and interacts by voice, not only text) in models such as the Samsung Galaxy S25they show that Apple is still far from the throne. Apple continues to the defensive Apple has decided to follow a strategy in which its AI controls the everyday, and the advanced is subcontracts to companies such as OpenAi. The changes that, at some point, They will arrive in Sirithey are drawn as something irrelevant at this point. We already know what Apple’s position is with AI, and makes some sense. The problem is that it is not an AI that comes to win. And Apple seems to be clear that this race is no longer yours is worrying. The local approach is plausible, but not enough. Regarding the change of design, my point in this … Read more

There are people recommending to sew the leg on albal paper. There is zero evidence to work

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

From vinegar with bicarbonate to garlic under the pillow, home remedies have been for generations a popular resource for calming pain and treating discomfort. Today, those beliefs travel faster than ever: they have passed from the whisper between neighbors to the Tiktok algorithm. Between viral recipes and striking promises, there is one that stands out for how strange it is: wrapping body parts with aluminum foil to relieve pain. The phenomenon. On platforms such as Tiktok and Instagramthe tips that recommend using aluminum foil on the body to relieve pain or improve circulation have become viral. Often these publications are presented as secrets that conventional medicine He doesn’t want to reveal. Some people claim that the effect is more powerful if combined With ointments like Vicks Vaporubwhile others simply describe it as a “natural remedy”. The trend has caught so much attention that various digital media echoed, either to explain How has it popularized either Explain how to do it without major contrast. It is another example of how contents without scientific basis propagate easily thanks to short videos, personal testimonies and a language that sounds convincing. Hence half the world, stunning the leg on aluminum foil there is only one scroll away. The science behind this. There is no scientific evidence that supports the use of aluminum foil to relieve pain. Only in an investigation Published in Journal of Inflammation Research The use of different materials between this aluminum is mentioned, but the conclusion is that it has no therapeutic effects proven in humans. It is mentioned that the relief that some people They claim to experiment It is probably due to the placebo effect. For his part, Dr. Ubaid Ur Rahman, in statements to Thip Media, It is clear about it: “I want to clarify the confusion about a recent statement that wrapping body parts with aluminum foil can relieve pain. This is not backed by scientific evidence.” And add an important warning: “Using aluminum foil can be harmful, since it can cause tissue damage and allergic reactions. It is essential not to delay proper treatment or replace it with unseed methods.” A relief that is not. The placebo effect can explain part of these experiences. From Harvard Health They explain that it is not about “positive thinking”, but a response from the body that can relieve symptoms when we believe we are receiving a treatment. But that does not turn aluminum foil, nor justify its use as a substitute for medicine. Belief can generate a temporary improvement, but the risk is in what is stopped in the meantime. He no longer catches us by surprise. In social networks, other trends are not to be amplified that, under the pretext of “natural”, are implying real risks. Such as Apple vinegar consumption As a “morning suck”, promoted as “fat burning” or “purifying”, which ends up damaging tooth enamel and causing gastrointestinal irritations. Another example is the fashion of Eat placenta After childbirth, which has gained popularity in some circles even though there is no evidence of benefits and sanitary warnings. The amplification. In social networks, remedies are amplified quickly, many times without filter or context. Some may have a valid background; Others, such as the use of aluminum foil against pain, lack scientific support and can distract effective treatments. The key is to discern: question, contrast and, above all, not replace evidence with virality. Informing well is also a way to take care of yourself. Image | Tik tok Xataka | The industry that wants to sell “youth” powder: how collagen has become a global obsession

Going down the price of Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, one of the best mobiles with Android

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

If you are thinking about renewing your old mobile and want to move on to a high -end and with pure Android, the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL It is the terminal that I would recommend right now. In addition, you can now take it cheaper. In Amazon, now, it has a 25% discount and is available for 897 euros. This price is for the 128 GB version, although if you want more capacity and, in addition, you are a partner of Mimediamarktyou can take this terminal with 256 GB of storage by 823.65 euros. Google Pixel 9 Pro XL 128GB * Some price may have changed from the last review A mobile with excellent value for money This Google Pixel 9 Pro XL stands out for having a screen Super acts OLED of 6.73 inches and resolution of 1,344 x 2,992 pixels. Its soda rate is 120 Hz, it reaches a maximum brightness of 3,000 nits and is compatible with HDR10+. The brain of this terminal is the processor Google Tensioner G4accompanied by the titan m2 backproofing. The RAM is 16 GB and its battery has a capacity of 5,060 mAh and admits fast charge at 37 w. Another of the main identity of this Google mobile is its photographic system, formed by a Triple 50+48+48 MP rear camerawhich is capable of recording video at 8k/30fps. On the other hand, the front camera is 42 MP and in the connectivity section, this terminal also stands out: it comes with Wifi 75G, Bluetooth 5.4 and NFC. It works under the Android 15 operating system and you have the Updates to Android 21. Other high -end mobiles that might interest you Realme Smartphone GT 7 Pro 5g mobile phone 12+256gb * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi 15 Ultra – 16+512GB smartphone * 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 | Iván Linares (Xataka) and Google In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best price quality price. Your analysis and videos are here

Without knowing very well how, two KIA employees have stolen 1,000 engines in five years. And the hole is 2.3 million dollars

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

“In this plant there are missing engines.” Something like that must have said in the plant Kia in India where an audit discovered that there were missing engines. Specifically 900 combustion blocks that nobody had news and that They would have disappeared during the last three years. With the passage of time the investigations have followed their course and, with them, they have discovered that the hole was even greater than expected. They point out in Motorpasion that the last investigations suggest that the engines would have disappeared because, during five yearstwo employees have stolen them from the factory itself. And, specifically, it has been a total of 1,008 combustion blocks that have raffled the safety of the plant at some point throughout it. 2.3 million in combustion engines The investigations, evidently, wondered how two operators could get more than a thousand engines out of the Kia plant without anyone noticing. And the answer seems obvious: they were not alone. According Police have unraveled what happened have discovered that, at least, they calculate that Six people They were involved. Two of them inside the factory, two others who worked on their transport and one last couple were in charge of their distribution. The workers had positions of responsibility within the motor line and point to The Economic Times that falsified company documentation as invoices and papers in which the output of the engines was registered to transfer the doors. One of these workers is detained and is being investigated but the second is missing. Once this first control is over, it is believed that engines They were transferred in a truck to Nueva Dheli. That is, a trip of more than 2,000 kilometers since it is necessary to cross a good part of the country. Trucks used false registration plates and indicate in Reutersalready in the city they were distributed selling them as they had left the factory. That is, completely assembled. The money that points to a hole in KIA accounts of 2.3 million dollars, according to the police, was used for personal expenses, purchase of homes and solve past debts. The robbery realized in Kia following some strange movements registered by the security and documentation cameras that did not square. Regarding punishment, in Motorpasion They point out that the two employees They have not yet been accused of a specific crime for which they will have to wait for the trial. However, Local media They point to sentences that could exceed 10 years in prison once the process ends. Photo | Kia In Xataka | After the theft of 12,000 cars in a year, the police in this city have given a neighborhood council: leave the keys in sight

Telefónica wants to be the leader of telecommunications in Spain. The fastest way to get it is to buy Vodafone

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

We listen to it almost 20 years ago: Telefónica is interested in buying Vodafone. A rumor that acquires more and more strength and to which a last minute news points: Telefónica has hired Az Capital servicesa movement that paves the way to one of the most important possible acquisitions in its history. Why is it important. Az Capital is a Spanish independent investment bank, with a high degree of specialization in mergers and business acquisitions. That telephone hires its services is not something trivial: it is a not very silent statement that The horizon is basting For a complex operation. This public movement is not a direct translation on the purchase of Vodafone. It is a rumor not yet confirmed that it acquires strength after the movement and that continues to draw the one that looks like the inevitable destiny of a path that Telefónica has been willing to travel: that of mergers. Vodafone’s complex situation. Despite being the third Spanish operator, Vodafone Spain’s financial situation is critical. The company It has been dragging falls in income for more than four yearsand Zegona’s possession It was translated into almost 1,200 layoffs in Spain. 2024 started with THE GOVERNMENT GIVING GREEN LIGHT to the purchase of the Spanish subsidiary of Vodafone by the British Fund Zegona, a purchase that closed for an amount of 5,000 million euros after being able to get THE BRUSTELAS CONTAMB and the approval of the CNMC. Downward customers. It is no secret, Vodafone is losing mobile lines After the rise of operators as Digi. It is the one that falls the most in the annual accumulated, and the fusion of emerging as one of the few possible scenarios to restructure an increasingly fragmented and competed Spanish market. THE DOORS TO THE FUSION. The new Murtra Telefónica wants to be a leader in the European telecommunications market, and has not hidden when raising national and cross -border mergers to Europe. Vodafone and Digi are two of their potential objectives, without fixing the look in OMVs with less position in the Spanish telecommunications market. Murtra’s statements About his interest in local mergers came to shoot Zegona’s actions in 18% more than two weeks. A market reaction that makes clear the interest of investors to a possible acquisition. The telephone scenario + Vodafone. An acquisition of Vodafone by Telefónica would result in the main objective of the giant led by Murtra: The dominant market share operator. In combined, both would exceed 45% of the market. The acquisition would be subject to small print. Spain and Vodafone have a joint share of more than 80% in the B2B business, a dominant position that neither the CNMC nor Brussels would see with good eyes. I would touch the monopoly. Summer of 2026. The main Spanish unions give the operation by closedwaiting for an absorption of 3,000 workers by telephone. The most popular date is summer of 2026, something that neither Telefónica nor Vodafone wanted to answer. The new Murtra Telefónica progress, but don’t take off. Is going up in income and increasing margin, but Operators like Digi manage to capture all eyes And they aspire to conquer a Spanish Top 3 that, until now, seemed inaccessible to anyone beyond Massage, Telefónica and Vodafone. The merger is a perfect plan as a retaining wall in this advance, and its only possible way to compete the throne with a massage that exceeds 40% market share. Image | Telefónica, Vodafone In Xataka | Digi premieres rates with incredibly cheap unlimited data: so you can hire them from 6 euros

Japan expired its nuclear power plants after Fukushima. He has just reversed with a overwhelming law

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

14 years after Fukushima disasterJapan has pressed the reset button in its nuclear policy with a new law that It has just come into force and will allow the nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years. Energy Pendulazo. Behind him 2011 disasterJapan imposed a strict limit to the useful life of nuclear power plants: they could operate for 40 years, with a possible extent to 60 years if they exceeded rigorous security tests. Now, that barrier has vanished as a solution to the energy challenges facing the country. Stop the clock. The law introduces an ingenious formula To extend the useful life of Japanese nuclear centrals: the periods in which a reactor has been inactive due to “unpredictable circumstances” will now not count in their operating age. This includes stops for security reviews or judicial suspensions, provided they are not due to a negligence of the operator. The clearest example is that of reactor 1 of the Central de Takahama. Inaugurated in 1974, he is the oldest in the country. After Fukushima, He was standing for about 12 years. With the new law, that time “does not count”, which would allow it, in theory, to continue working until 2047, reaching a useful life of 72 years. Of course, the new law is accompanied by a strengthening of supervision. The reasons for change. The 180 degree turn in Japanese nuclear policy responds to a perfect geopolitical storm. The Russian invasion of Ukraine shook world energy markets, evidencing the dangerous Japan dependence on imported fossil fuels. On the other hand, the government provides for a massive increase in electrical demand promoted by artificial intelligence and the manufacture of semiconductors, two strategic sectors for the future of the country. As a fourth world economy and fifth CO2 issuer, Japan has the ambitious objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Nuclear energy, free of direct emissions, is now an indispensable tool to achieve it. The new Japanese energy mix. The road map is clear: Japan aspires to Renewables are the main source of energy By 2040, but nuclear energy will play a fundamental role. For that same date, the country expects atomic energy to represent about 20% of the country’s energy supply, a gigantic leap from 5.6% of 2022. Image | Hirorinmasa (CC by-SA 3.0) In Xataka | The largest nuclear power plant in the planet is a beast with seven reactors. Is ready to return after Fukushima

Spain and Portugal demand connection to a Europe that still isolates them

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

From the blackout of April 28 that affected the entire Iberian Peninsulatechnical and political meetings have occurred to analyze what happened and seek solutions. Until now, the facts are still not clarified and there is no firm commitment, but the latter seems to change. An Iberian call. Spain and Portugal have sent a petition to France to commit to concrete deadlines and binding actions to advance electrical interconnection corridors. In the letter signed by ministers Sara Aagesen and Maria Da Graça Carvalho, seeks to end a situation that qualify as a systemic vulnerability for European energy security, according to has had EuropePress access. A very concrete problem. Although progress has been made in renewable energies, the Iberian Peninsula remains An “Energy Island”with a level of interconnection of just 3%. The problem that has a Iberian Peninsula is the impossibility of sharing energy with Europe when it is left over or when it is missing. This weakens the resilience of the system, makes prices more expensive for reinforcement systems, and forces more polluting sources in moments of shortage. A political gap. While one day after the incident, France claimed to be “better protected than Spain” against generalized blackouts, evidenced the clear distance in terms of shared responsibility According to EFE. At this point a structural problem of the European Union was evidenced, that is, attempts are made to boost projects with European framework for joint network, but national decisions are allowed that slow down or block strategic projects. The clearest example is that France has excluded from its 2025-2035 Electrical Development Plan Two key projects For the Iberian Peninsula, the Aragon -Pyrineos Interconnections and Navarra – Los Landas, as both ministers and has collected Montelnews. It is deeper. Spain has shown that it can reach 100% renewable generation peaks. In some moments, supply exceeds domestic demand. But when he can’t export that surplus neither Storing it efficiently, becomes a problem. The most recent example: The negative prices of lightwhich reflect a saturated system that cannot take advantage of all the clean energy it produces. This phenomenon not only represents a market distortion, but also a wasted opportunity. If there were sufficient interconnections, Spain could become a European energy hub, exporting clean energy to countries more dependent on gas or coal. I could also boost your rEindustrialization, attracting electrointensive industries thanks to cheaper and sustainable electricity. But without a truly integrated European network, the peninsula is trapped in a paradox: it produces a lot of clean energy that cannot use well. The investigation is still ongoing. Not only in Spain and Portugal They are investigating the reasonsthe European Network of Electricity Transmission Systems Operators (ENTSO-E) continues to investigate the blackout. His experts are analyzing what failed in the cross -border coordination and why the defense mechanisms did not avoid the cascade of the system. The conclusions of this report will be key to understanding what happened and strengthening the pressure on France and the EU to accelerate the interconnections. Time is a valuable resource. Spain and Portugal not only demand energy justice, but European coherence. Interconnections cannot continue to be postponed promises. The blackout of April 28 was a warning, and the answer cannot be immobility. If the European Union wants a true union of energy, it must begin by ensuring that no Member State remains an energy island in 2025. Image | Pxhere Xataka | A month after the blackout in Spain, we continue to drag the same problem that led us to him: electric networks

is that Europe has had nothing to do with

June 10, 2025 by usatoday24

If everything goes as planned, a Falcon 9 of Spacex will take off Wednesday from Florida to the International Space Station. On board the Crew Dragon ship there will be a very particular nationalities cocktail. Hungary goes free. In the Ax-4 missionoperated by the American company axiom spacean astronaut of Poland and another from Hungary, two member countries of the European Space Agency will travel. The logical thing would be to think that both fly under the flag of ESA, but one of them will not. While the Polish astronaut follows the “official” European path, Hungary has decided to go for free, hiring your own seat directly with Axiom Space And demonstrating that the rules of the game to go to space are changing at a vertigo speed, even in Europe. Two roads to space. AX-4 will have four crew members on board. NASA’s legendary astronaut Peggy Whitson, now Axiom Space employee, will command the mission. Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, just selected for the rear program of ISROwill serve as a pilot. The two mission specialists represent the curious European duality: The Polish Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will travel two weeks to the International Space Station as a project astronaut of the European Space Agency. Its mission, baptized as “Ignis”, follows the traditional model: a national agency, the Polish Polyse, collaborates with ESA to take an astronaut to space. Poland did not do it since 1978, under the Soviet Interkosmos program Hungarian Tibor Kapu represents the Hungarian space office. His mission is called “Hunor” (Hungary to Orbit) and has been developed completely independent of ESA, although Hungary is a Member State. The Hungarian government signed an agreement directly with Axiom Space in 2023, managing its own program with a budget close to 100 million dollars. Hungary did not send anyone to space since 1980, also under the Soviet program A new era. Hungary’s decision is symptomatic that it is no longer essential to go through the hoop of large space agencies such as NASA, Roscosmos or ESA itself to have a manned space program. The emergence of private actors such as Spacex, which manages transport, and axiom, which makes “travel agency”allows countries with budget, but without their own rocket, establish their national programs. Interestingly, ESA has not been left with crossed ones. He has signed a framework agreement with Hungary to support Tibor Kapu in his training and in the integration of Hunor mission experiments. It is the first time that ESE is associated with a Member State that implements its own National Astronaut program, a unique agreement that defines a new type of collaboration. The details. The launch of the axiom-4 is scheduled For Wednesday, June 11 at 2:00 p.m.Spanish peninsular time. The crew will roast at the International Space Station the next day for a 14 -day stay. For both India and Poland and Hungary, this will be his second astronaut in history and his first time aboard the International Space Station. Despite the short duration of the trip, its agenda is loaded: They will carry out more than 60 scientific experiments for 31 countriesincluding a study of how microgravity affects cognitive abilities using virtual reality and a new drug administration system for neuro-ocular syndrome associated with space flights. Image | Axiom Space In Xataka | Axiom launches its third private flight to the International Space Station. This is what your customers have paid

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