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Nintendo Switch 2 had one of its battle horses in retrocompatibility. Has resolved it in the Nintendo style

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We had to wait, but after the official announcement of Nintendo Switch 2 Almost three months ago, Nintendo has finally celebrated the long -awaited Direct in which he has spoken long and lying about the successor of one of the most successful consoles in history. We already know the price, date and launch catalogbut there is a detail that makes a crucial difference with respect to its predecessor: Nintendo Switch 2 is retrocompatible. And although that was confirmed on January 16, its relevance goes far beyond what it seems. Supposes the return of a historical characteristic in Nintendo that disappeared, precisely when Switch It was launched in 2017. Now: It’s not like many expected. Or, well, seeing the direction of the industry, it may be exactly as we imagined … Fragmented history Let’s rewind a little historical review. Nintendo is a company that laid the foundations for the video game as we know it now, not only in desktop, but in laptop. Nintendo Switch was the union of the two ways of playingbut until his arrival, we had desktop consoles, on the one hand, and laptops on the other. Nes, SNES and Nintendo 64 were independent products. Each console had its own guts and none worried about looking at the past. There were unofficial accessories to play NES in SNES and the same in Nintendo 64, but when the Japanese launched a desktop console, they only looked at the future. It is logical: make a console retrocompatible implies that the new machine must carry the original circuitry of the previous machine. The first PS3 model carried a PS2 inside, something they eliminated with later versions to save costs. It could also be emulation by software as Xbox 360 did with the original Xbox, but it was not the same. That retrocompatibility was no stranger to the Nintendo laptops line. Game Boy Color was compatible with Game Boy games, Game Boy Advance admitted Game Boy Color and Nintendo DS games even had Port for Game Boy Advance games. In desktop, however, the villantazo arrived with Wii. After the commercial failures of Nintendo 64 and Gamecube, the ‘Great N’ opted for a Wii that DVD read, but also the disc format of its previous console. Wii was a Gamecube who could not only read his games, but to which we could connect his peripherals as controls and memory cards. It was a total retrocompatibility. And Wiiu, despite its failure, could also execute Wii games native. Nintendo Switch and his poor “virtual console” Ok, Wii and Wiiu read albums, but … What happened in laptops? Well, Nintendo 3DS lost retrocompatibility with Game Boy Advance cartridges, but admitted the huge DS catalog, thus being a very, very complete console. But 2017 arrived, Nintendo Switch was launched and retrocompatibility was lost. It was logical for two reasons. The first: I had no record slot, since its format are memory cards -I still call them cartridges, and I don’t get off this ship. The second: although it had a USB accessory to read albums, Switch’s architecture was ARM while the previous ones were PowerPC. Switch virtual console is a nintendo online section Come on, you could not play the previous games in a switch that totally broke with the past. But … And for software? In recent years we have seen how this software emulation has advanced a lot (especially thanks to Microsoft’s efforts), but Nintendo already had its Virtual console both in Wii and Wiiu, allowing generations such as NES, SNES and N64. He was one of his bastions, in fact, and did not need to have the circuitry of the previous machines to work. And there were even mega drive or PC Engine titles. It was a jewel for the nostalgic and you could buy for little money the title you would like. Switch 2 cartridges have the same format, but different color Switch, with his Nvidia Tegra chip, could do that perfectly. And yes, he did, through the ‘virtual console’ of the Nintendo Online subscription. It was not the same concept that we saw in Wii and the catalog, although it has been expanding, it is smaller (apart from the fact that the games do not belong to you, since you do not buy them individually, but that they are within the subscription), but at least it was shown that Switch could treasure part of that legacy of the company. The controversial retrocompatibility of Nintendo Switch 2 And here we are, eight years later, and getting closer to the launch of A Switch 2 that will not paste that door to the past. It is compatible with Nintendo Online, but the most important thing is that the machine repeats the play we saw in Game Boy and Nintendo DS: you can put the cartridge of a switch game and enjoy perfectly on Switch 2. There were only two details that we should know: what would be the improvements and if it would be free to put the game that you already had to enjoy. And yes, but no. In the Direct, Nintendo has mentioned that we can put our cartridge of a switch game and enjoy the new console, but the title will not have first changes. Now, some like ‘Kirby and the Forgotten Earth’, ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ and ‘Tears of the Kingdom’, among others, will have a new version: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition calls. They will be launched in physical format as if it were a new version, but you can also enter the cartridge we have and buy a package that will unlock extra content or improvements for that game. Come on: a payment update to enjoy those improvements/new content. In the ‘Zelda’, they have confirmed that we will have a more stable second rate, as well as a higher resolution and HDR compatibility. In the title of ‘Kirby’, apart from better graphics, we will have a new exclusive story. Finally, GameCube retrocompatbility will arrive. … Read more

about 100 euros per title

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He takes so much speaking that ‘GTA VI‘It will cost $ 100 that almost nobody is surprised by the figure. It is normal: the launches of the large titles of the sector often are around 70 or 80 euros, and although the debate on that price increase without brake continues, there is something that we did not see coming: a Mario Kart at 90 euros. ‘Mario Kart World’ for Ricos. The presentation of the new Nintendo Switch 2 He has left a lot of open debates, but one of them revolves around the price of his video games. The first of its exclusive titles is a promising ‘Mario Kart World’ in which the graphics and options are more striking than ever, but there is a problem: the physical edition will cost 90 euros. A new ribbon. Nintendo responsible have clearly indicated in the official store of the company, which distinguishes between the digital edition (79.99 euros) and physics (89.99 euros). The other great Nintendo game for this launch, ‘Donkey Kong Baniza’, will cost 10 euros less in both formats, and the message is clear and crystalline: Nintendo’s exclusive will not come out cheap. If you want better graphics, it’s time to pay. The same will happen with the Remasterizations of ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ and ‘Tears of Kingdom’, which return with improved versions that take advantage of the new and promising hardware of the Nintendo Switch 2. If however to enjoy them they will not serve the games we already had: We will have to buy them again. A hook to buy the switch 2 in ‘pack’ format. You also have to keep in mind that there will be two versions of the Nintendo Switch 2. The first, without the ‘Mario Kart World’, will cost 469.99 euros. The second, which includes that game, will cost 509.99 euros. That is a difference of 40 euros, although it is not clear if the version included is digital or physical. Be that as it may, savings in the price of the game is at least 50%, a very succulent offer that can shoot the sales of that first exclusive title. They are lentils. Little can players do in this case, and here Nintendo acts as a de facto monopoly because their games are absolutely exclusive and enclose you in the firm’s ecosystem. In other video games there is the possibility of opting for versions of other platforms (PC, Xbox, PS5), but with exclusive ones such as ‘Mario Kart World’ there is only one option. Something like this happened with the Price climb of game pass, very criticized by the FCC but that has been implemented anyway. Sony already did the same with the PS5. The arrival of the PS5 also marked a before and after in the price of video games. On that occasion the firm made it clear that the price of AAA games It would become $ 80 in its standard versions. But friends, inflation must be taken into account. However, price increases are reasonable when we adjust them to these times. As can be seen in the image, the average price adjusted to inflation at that time makes it clear that those of the PlayStation 5 were among the most expensive of the last 20 years, but there were still worse times. And above, tariffs. The tariff war initiated by the Trump administration probably aggravates the problem. China and Mexico have an important weight in the manufacture of games in physical format, and the measures imposed by the US probably cause physical games more expensive than ever. Nintendo may simply adapted to this new and reality. In Xataka | Nintendo Switch 2 had one of its battle horses in retrocompatibility. Has resolved it in the Nintendo style In Xataka | Nintendo Switch 2: The new Nintendo console is larger, more powerful and is willing to win the generation

A QD-OED TV that the witness of the best Sony OLED panel collects

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The novel technology RGB LED From Sony was not the only thing we could discover recently at the European headquarters of the firm in Weybridge. And it is that the reason for our visit was rather knowing Your new TV line for this 2025which we knew very little or nothing. This year three new Smart TVS arrive that complete the range that the firm presented in 2024: Bravia 8 II, Bravia 5 and Bravia 3. In this article we have wanted to offer you Our first contact about Bravia 8 IIsince we had the occasion to mess with her more carefully and ended up looking like one of the most interesting models, especially for the return of the panels QD-OED From Samsung to the most up -to -date TV line of Sony. Sony Bravia 8 II, Technical Card Sony Bravia 8 II panel 4K UHD, QD-OED, 120 Hz HDR Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG Sizes 55 and 65 inches Processor Cognitive Processor XR Operating system Google TV sound Voice Zoom 3, Acoustic Surface Audio+, Dolby Atmos, Imax Enhanced, DTS: X Main characteristics Triluminos Max, XR contrast Booster 25, XR Clear Image, XR OLED MOTION, ENVIRY OPTIMIZATION PRO 6, GAME MENU 2, PS REMOTE PLAY ANDEco Dashboard 2 price To be confirmed More shine and back to the QD-OED panel to give cane this 2025 When Sony launched its exceptional in 2024 Bravia 9his strategy left us somewhat bewildered. The firm launched a panel with MINILED TECHNOLOGY after an outstanding A95L With QD-OED panel. The change of sight now makes more sense We know that the company intends to focus on the near future on RGB LED technology, its proposal to improve the minned through a backlit matrix capable of reproducing the three primary colors (red, blue and green). New Sony televisions for 2025, with Bravia 8 II to the head However, it seemed rare for Sony to abandon QD-OED technology, even more so knowing the exceptional 2022 and 2023 models that they said to become our favorite OLED models of their respective years. Recently they implied that this was not so, but that the firm has opted for A two -year launch to complete its entire Bravia range. Although by the name we can assume that Bravia 8 II is the successor of the previous Bravia 8 of 2024, the truth is that both Sony’s documentation, and our experience with the TV, made it clear that This model comes to the Sony A95L of 2023both for benefits and for the type of panel. Sony takes chest from its image algorithms with its XR processor and calibrated engineering Brief review: This Sony Bravia 8 II has a state-of-the-art QD-OED panel of Samsung that, according to the documentation provided by Sony already lack of taste it in our most exhaustive analysis, offers A maximum peak brightness level that exceeds the Sony A95L by 25%. Despite being another panel technology, Sony also compares it with Bravia 8, this time with a maximum peak brightness difference that reaches 50%. During our tests at Sony offices We were able to test it in front of Sony A95L and also next to the HX3110 reference monitor. As we could see at that time, the calibration against A95L is very similar (already outstanding in the 2023 model), although we could clearly identify that improvement in the delivery of brightness, highlighting even more that difference in certain scenes. The content we had by hand to try the TV were films in Bluray UHD as’The reborn‘,’Jumanji: next level‘And other tapes. Although it is still from the experience that a reference monitor can give us in terms of image quality, Sony takes chest from its image algorithms and calibrated engineering Offering an image with this Bravia 8 II that, in the absence of spending more time with him, gives us clues of the great work that this house has done to move the experience of that reference monitor to the home. The differences are also palpable against the high -end units of other manufacturers that Sony placed in the room next to the Bravia 8 II, especially in color reproduction through the different ‘standard’, ‘cinema’ and ‘and’ image modes.FilmMaker‘. While we did not have the opportunity to get in the room with televisions from the rest of the manufacturers, Our first impressions with Bravia 8 II give us a very good flavor from Boca in the face of the experience obtained over the last months with the rest of the televisions. Although as we have made clear before, this model is still examined in more detail in our in -depth analysis. From left to right: Sony A95L, Sony HX3110 and Sony Bravia 8 II. The image does not do justice to the real experience, but at this time we perceive a better reproduction of the color that can be seen in the tone of the skin and more shine Here the secret is again its XR processorresponsible for optimizing the contrast in the image, of reproducing the colors so that they feel alive but without reaching the feeling of being ‘artificial’, offering images that eliminate the noise without softening the scenes too much and obtain the maximum possible detail of each frame both in the regions with more shadow and in the brightest. Therefore, the processor, in addition to the calibration, are the main reasons why, although Sony mounts the same Samsung panel, there is a reasonable difference. Both for brightness, as for colorimetry and capacity of its processor, the Sony Bravia 8 II leaves us good feelings Colorimetry ends up highlighting for its way of offering ‘living’ images without being artificial or supersaturated, as we have mentioned. In the test in front of the A95L that improvement is already noticeablealthough in truth, the difference between the A95K and the A95L was more palpable and obvious at first glance. Subsequent brave connections 8 II Another outstanding television feature is its construction, offering an elegant and fine design, with only 34 … Read more

One of the Starliner ship astronauts has revealed that Houston skipped the regulation to save them: “They are heroes”

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NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are already at home After nine months of extended mission In the International Space Station. Although they have avoided participating in the political controversies surrounding your caseWilmore had a revealing interview with Ars Technica in which he explains that the failure of the Starliner ship was more tense than they had told us. The delays prior to the launch. Everything was ready to launch the Starliner ship in early May. Butch and Suni had begun their quarantine, a usual practice to reduce the risk of infecting a virus or infectious disease to other crew members of the International Space Station. However, a problem with a valve in the Centaur stage of the Atlas V and A helium leak in Starliner herself They delayed the launch for weeks. Butch Wilmore, ship’s pilot, asked NASA to return to Houston to continue practicing in the simulator, because he felt that his knowledge was no longer fresh. Finally, they took off on June 5, 2024. Cold aboard the ship. The launch of the Starliner was soft and very precise. Even more than the astronauts expected, since it did not require the typical trajectory corrections they had seen in the simulator or in previous experiences such as NASA astronauts. Butch and Suni felt, on the other hand, something for which the simulator had not prepared them: a booth too cold. Designed to carry four astronauts (or up to seven crew In missions outside NASA), the temperature aboard the Starliner, with only two inhabitants in this first test mission, fell below the 10 ºC, Wilmore recalls. Both went cold and ended up sleeping with their space costumes to heat a little. They begin to lose propellants. The problems that would mark the fate of the mission began on the second day. While approaching autonomously to the International Space Station, the Starliner began to lose propellants. The Boeing ship has 28 reaction control propellants to maneuver in orbit. Oriented backwards, forward and in three radio directions, they control their position and guidance both to secure a port of the ISS and to exorbit, on its return, towards the landing place. A tense approach to ISS. There were some problems with the performance of the propellants during A crew test in May 2022and Butch Wilmore worried him that they could reappear. It was just what happened. In its final approximation to the ISS, the ship lost two thrusters and Butch had to take manual control to maintain its trajectory. The thing would not end there. With Wilmore at the controls, the ship lost a third propeller and shortly after the room. At that time they stopped being able to promote themselves in one of the directions necessary for the approach. A decision against the regulation. According to official procedures, at that point they had to abort the approach to the International Space Station and return to Earth, since the attempt to coupch was too risky. Not only for them, but also for the ISS crew and for the orbital laboratory of 100,000 million dollars. At the same time, Butch and Suni thought that turning with so much failures would be equally dangerous. “I don’t know if we can return to earth,” said Butch Wilmore. “In fact, I think we probably can’t.” To top it off, they had been below the ISS, so they were traveling faster than the station and were moving away from it. Then, NASA’s mission control center, and more specifically flight director Ed Van Cise, decided to move forward with the coupling, against the manual. Heroes. “These people are heroes,” says Wilmore in the interview. “The heroes put on the tank, run to a flame building and take people out of there. The heroes also spend decades in their cubicles studying their systems and knowing them perfectly.” “And when there is no time to evaluate a situation, to talk to people and ask them what they think, they know their system so well that they devise a plan on the march. That is a hero. And there are several of them in mission control.” Have you tried to turn it off and turn it on? Houston informed Wilmore of the Plan, he released the controls and, immediately afterwards, the mission controllers sent a command to the Starliner to restart their systems. Turn off and turn on the ship resulted. They managed to recover the propelants and the control of the Starliner, Although then a fifth propeller failed that never recovered. With the help of the Mission Control Center, the ship managed to return to the autonomous mode and attach to the International Space Station. Now NASA’s decision is understood. If Butch had lost the fifth propeller while sailing manually with four less, the ship would have run out of the redundant maneuver necessary to control its reentry. It would have been potentially catastrophic. Even if Boeing collaborated with the investigation in the later months and expressed his confidence in the Starliner, the decision that the ship returned empty and the two crew remained in the ISS until the next rotation of astronauts In a spacex crew dragon It makes a lot of sense. The future of Starliner. The ship is still not certified for manned flights to the International Space Station. Boeing has lost $ 1.6 billion in its developmentbut NASA has hired six flights and maintains its intention to certify it for operational trips to the ISS next year. Although helium leaks seem solved with new stamps, propulsion failures are still not closed, so NASA and Boeing engineers will perform a series of exhaustive tests at the agency’s facilities in White Sands (New Mexico) to validate possible modifications, such as thermal barriers or changes in propulsion pulses. The next flight of the CST-100 Starliner ship to the International Space Station will not occur until the end of this year or principles that come, According to NASA. A new demonstration is needed in flight because Boeing could … Read more

400 kilometers loads in five minutes of ByD are as impressive as it is not very useful. At least they think of Mercedes

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“Probably, no.” With that forceful response, Andrew Cornelia, CEO of Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging and therefore the head of the company’s recharge systems, explained his opinion on the Awesome recharge system presented by byd A few days ago. The answer has arrived in Plugged-in podcastthe radio space of Insideevs. There, Cornelia explained that the exercise for having such a rapid recharge under the arm obeys the need to give a backup to users than to the real utility of the same. The origin of these comments must be sought in the presentation of ByD a few days ago. The company confirmed that it has two cars ready and a load platform that allows recharging up to 400 kilometers of autonomy in five minutes. They get it, on paper, Delivering 1 MWh of sustained power. At the time we explain that it would be necessary to do to what extent it is true to recharge 400 real kilometers in five minutes. Keep in mind that the Chinese homologation cycle is much more lax than the European WLTP that, in fact, It does not completely reflect consumption From electric cars at highway speeds 120-130 km/h in the vast majority of European countries. With such a power, yes, the data is almost irrelevant because to fill 400 kilometers in five minutes it is possible that very little more time is needed. Of course, you have to have some conditions into account. The first is that, Assuming a consumption of 20 kWh/100 kma figure that is not especially good or exceptionally high, it would be necessary to fill the battery with 80 kW to make those 400 real kilometers of autonomy. This implies that a much larger battery is needed. Keep in mind that the loading power decays substantially when the battery goes from 80% capacity to protect from excessive degradation. The usual thing is that the cargo peak arrives, at least, after the first 10%. Therefore, filling 80 kW from 10 to 80% of the battery capacity would imply having about 115 kWh capacity under the body. In addition, the charger must be able to supply this power during those five minutes without resenting the least. The load should be, at least with a power of 960 kW. An absolutely unknown figure currently in European loaders. For Mercedes it makes no sense And they are probably right. Although those 400 kilometers of autonomy in five minutes sound especially good, what they say in Mercedes is that a stop to fill a gas tank involves stopping about 10-12 minutes on average. And that is where you have to point. In order to load that amount of kilometers, huge infrastructure is needed around each electric car. Byd will have to display your own loaders And only a few cars can assume that stream of electrical power. To get an idea, a Tesla Model and Juniper It has the capacity to recharge its batteries at 270 kW (about three times) and a Porsche Taycan, one of the models with the best figures on the market, “only” admits 320 kW of power in a recharge. With 320 kW of power, Porsche Taycan only needs 18 minutes to move from 0% battery to 80%. With that 80% battery, which has a useful capacity of 97 kWh, it should be able to make the aforementioned 400 real kilometers. If we add that the driver will never arrive with 0% battery to the load point … it is expected that with the appropriate charger the Porsche Taycan receives that amount of energy in 15 minutes more or less. According to Mercedes accounts, there is hardly any difference with what would take time to fill the deposit. In fact, I encourage anyone to think how long it takes to make a stop during a long trip with a combustion car. I do not talk about sitting down to eat, maybe or to ask for coffee, enough to go to the bathroom. I doubt that the driver has to “wait for the car” in that case, it is very likely that little by stretching his legs he has the battery ready to continue again. And we are not talking about 200 kilometers, we talk about replenishing 400 kilometers in just over 10 minutes. However, Mercedes gives relevance to the development of this type of rapid recharges. “It’s key,” says Cornelia in the podcast. “It’s an amazing advance, The industry will follow its example“, But stressed that” there is only a limited number of use cases in which such a fast recharge really makes sense (…) If you go to the cinema, you do not need a 1,000 kW load. You need something that lasts two hours. If you go to a cafeteria, you may want something faster, but it is still a 15 -minute stop to enter and leave. “ In spite of everything mentioned above and although Mercedes has recognized us That they prefer to focus on efficiency and low consumption or a greater and better density of their batteries, it is true that Byd’s advance is very interesting. First for the company that allows you to have an added value in the process of purchase of the next electric car of a potential customer, As the Tesla charger has meant in the United States. But, also because it offers support and security to the customer. You may never use it very counted throughout the useful life of the vehicle. What happens with these extremely powerful chargers is the same that happens with the Autonomies of 1,000 kilometers In an electric car (exist or not). In practice they are not necessary but help strengthen the security of those who adopt the new technology because blur your barriers With what it is to drive a combustion car. In spite of everything, one thing must be very clear. Until now, what is presented by ByD is an advance for China with two very specific models, it is not something that will reach Europe … Read more

Nintendo Switch 2 will have “Key cards”. And the big question is what it is for the future of physical format

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On June 5 it will be launched Nintendo Switch 2. In a one -hour event, the Japanese company has Clear almost all doubts That there was on its new console, but beyond being a celebration and although the presentation has been an avalanche of games, the aftertaste that has left among users is bittersweet. Nintendo Switch 2 will be retrocompatible with Siwtch 1 game cards, but to enjoy improvements We will have to pay. The price of the console will start from 470 euros in Europe (but in Japan it will be much cheaper so that more people can buy it, saying by Nintendo). And physical games They already go to 90 euros. In social networks, the conversation revolves around something else: the ‘Key or’ Game Key Card ‘Nintendo Switch 2. And it is a concept … controversial, at least. The “Key Key Card ‘Game Cards” Nintendo Switch 2 During the presentation, there were elements that Nintendo did not detail. For example, to know the price we had to enter the Nintendo Store, the same for the price of the games. And when he talked about the formats, the company just said two things: That the game cards will be the same size as those of Switch, but will be red and will read data at a higher speed. That normal microSD cards will not be compatible, since it will be necessary to buy microSD Express cards that read data at a speed, again. It is logical, because more demanding games at the visual level need storage support with a higher reading speed to be able to do streaming of data without interruptions. What did not say anything is one of the ‘game key cards’. Again, it is after the presentation when we find out about this matter, and it is the one that is raising blisters among users on social networks. In the Nintendo Support Pagethey say the following about this third alternative format to the physicist and digital: Game key cards are different from normal game cards since they do not contain complete game data. Instead, the game key card is your “key” to download the full game to your console through the Internet. After completing the download, you can insert the game key on your console and play as you do with a normal physical game card. They also show an example of the notice that will be in the physical cover: The operation is simple: we buy a box with this cartridge-lave, we introduce it in the console and we are given the possibility of downloading the game associated with it. The cartridge has no informationso the game is saved in the MicroSD Express that we have bought separately and will be from where it is executed. When we want to play that game, we will have to put the corresponding cartridge-lave, be connected to the Internet the first time we start it (subsequent starts do not need the Internet, but the cartridge-llave is already playing. It is a mixture between physical card and digital game. What is the point? The only one that occurs to me is that it is for games that have a higher weight to the maximum of the game cards or for small editors who want to have physical pretence in stores (although more caught with tweezers this). But of course, it also gives rise to another interpretation: Nintendo kills the conventional physical format. . Too much fog, but with precedents on switch Nintendo says clearly: “The game key cards are different from normal game cards, since they do not contain the complete game data” and “This is a box of a game key.” There are no need to clarify it, but these phrases would imply that, on the one hand, the normal game cards will be and, on the other, the key cards. There will be games that come inside the card and others whose card is simply an ‘activator’ For the game that you download from the eShop. Nintendo has said that Siwtch 2 game cards have a higher reading speed. If they are just an activator, it wouldn’t make sense, right? Supporting this theory, we have ‘Cyberpunk 2077’. Your responsible They affirm The following: “Nintendo Switch 2 owners can buy the game on a 64 GB game card or by digital download in the Nintendo Eshop.” The other interpretation, however, is that the “game key cards” are those of Switch 2 and the “normal game cards” those of Switch 1, which would imply a death of the ‘pure’ physical format on the new machine. And that is why it is mandatory to use MicroSD Express cards in Switch 2, because everything will go on them. That is the reading that is being done in networks and the one that gives rise to the company itself due to the diffuse messages. Currently, Nintendo already offers boxes that do not wear the game. An example is the ‘code in a box’ like that of ‘It Takes Two‘ either ‘Final Fantasy VII‘, Boxes that are in physical format, but do not have a game card: only a code to download them from eShop. On the other hand, titles like ‘Noire‘They have a giant notice of “requires Internet download.” I had not done the test until now, since I always had my connected switch, but I have put the game on the console, I have removed the connection to the network and … I can’t play. Basically, at least that is what it seems, that new notice of the Nintendo Switch 2 boxes makes it more clear that, or you have the Internet, or do not play that specific game. With the case of ‘La Noire’ I thought it was a certain additional content or some chapter that did not enter the ‘cartridge’. And it may be so, but the truth is that it does not let me play without downloading the data before. Other cases, such as the ‘Heritage Pack’ … Read more

The controversy of the Safe Transfer

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The heavy rains of the month of March They have increased Reservoir levels. This news could be good news, but this relief It has not resolved Territorial conflicts around water. The controversy of the Tajo-Segura transfer returns again. A recurring conflict. Since its inauguration 46 years ago, the transfer has allowed water supply In the area of ​​Southeast Spanishknown for your water shortage. However, climate change and growing demand They have generated Tensions between the receiving regions and the Tagus basin, which defends the need to conserve their own resources. By regulations. The reservations in the reservoirs of the header of the Tagus, Entrepeñas and Buendía They have risen to level 1. so, According to the lawthis allows an automatic 60 Hm3 transfer to the Spanish southeast, benefiting Alicante, Murcia and Almería. According to Valencia Plaza has advancedEntrepeñas and Buendía reservoirs have accumulated 1,395 hm3, confirming level 1 and authorizes the maximum possible transfer according to current regulations. But there will be some changes … However, the minister for ecological transition and demographic challenge, Sara Aagesen, has announced imminent changes in the operating rules of the transfer. Although it has not specified the details, the concern in the Levante is evident: they fear that these modifications will return access to water again, According to the Spanish. And return to the controversy. Again, the irrigators of Alicante, Murcia and Almería have expressed their concern about the possibility that changes in the exploitation rules reduce the transfer even though the reservoirs have reached level 1, According to Valencia Plaza. In addition, Lucas Jiménez, president of the Central Irgent Union of the Tajo-Segura Aqueduct (SCRATs), has criticized in the same medium that, just when the maximum possible transfer is confirmed, the government wants to make modifications that could restrict the supply of water to the southeast. The other face. From Castilla-La Mancha, the reaction is different. According to a study to which Spanish has had accessThe Chair of the Tajo of the University of Castilla-La Mancha has stressed that, although the reservoirs have reached level 1, it is essential to ensure sustainability of water resources for local communities before transferring water to other regions. Likewise, the Minister of Sustainable Development, Mercedes Gómez, has insisted that the reservoirs of Entrepeñas and Buendía should not be maintained in a situation of “exceptionality”, as established by the current regulations of the Tajo-Segura transfer, but must go to a situation of “normality”, As explained the truth. In addition, the Manchega counselor has reiterated, that the exploitation rules of the transfer must be focused, mainly, supplying people with water, and not so much to industrial or agricultural development. In this sense, it has stressed that infrastructure has already been built in the receiving areas, Like desalinationwhich are available and have been financed by all Spanish citizens. Forecasts. The future of the transfer remains uncertain. Although current regulations allow 60 HM3 sending in April, the possible modification of the rules could alter water management in the medium term. In addition, tensions between different regions show that the problem of water distribution in Spain is still unresolved. The debate on sustainable water management and adaptation to the effects of climate change will continue to mark water policy in the coming months. Image | Flickr Xataka | “Thank you so much, reservoirs.net”: Spanish men are developing a peculiar obsession with swamps

They actually signed North Korean cybercounts

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Finding technological talent has become a career with more expected obstacles. For many companies, expanding their teams is no longer just a matter of publishing an offer: it is to deal with processes that often lengthen and with the possibility of not having chosen the right person. And when, finally, an incorporation closes, The high rotation of the sector threatens to return everything to the starting point. But what many companies probably do not imagine is that, without knowing, they could be hiring North Korean cybercounts. This threat, that began to gain strength in the United Stateshas begun to spread. According to Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG)the environment has become more hostile for these actors in US territory, and are now displacing their attention to Europe. A threat in Europe. GTIG details the case of one of the workers linked to North Korea, whose modus operandi reflects the usual pattern of this type of operations. This individual used at least 12 different identities to run for jobs in Europe and the United States. In addition, it resorted to other identities controlled by himself to provide false references and gain credibility to recruiters. List of countries affected by North Korea’s workers Objective companies. Although the range of companies that hire IT profiles is broad, North Korean actors have focused their efforts on very specific sectors: above all, companies linked to the industrial defense base and government agencies. To achieve this, they took advantage of the rise of remote work and infiltrated false identities carefully prepared to overcome security filters. Income for North Korea. Every time the North Korean regime exhibits a new military advance, the same question returns: Where do you really finance it? Although the data on their economy are scarce and deeply opaque, it is clear that the international sanctions have been trying to stop the war machinery of one of the most isolated and hermetic countries on the planet. There are several investigations that point to at least two revenues for the country led by Kim Jong-un. One of them is the theft of cryptocurrencies: North Korean attackers have perfected their techniques and now hit high -value international objectives. The other is the deployment of false workers, such as the one we are seeing at this time, to carry out data theft and extortion practices. Not only attempts. Real cases. Although there is no exact figure of false workers hired by European companies, the GTIG notes that it has detected a diverse portfolio of projects in the United Kingdom executed by employees linked to North Korea. Among them include web developments, bots, content management systems (CMS), advanced artificial intelligence and applied blockchain technology. Images | Tai Bui | Xataka with chatgpt In Xataka | North Korea’s military tactics that prevents defections. Pyongyang’s “trick” to maintain the loyalty of his army

Now Trump plans to remove it discreetly, according to Politico

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After the Trump’s electoral victoryElon Musk appeared as the arm executor of the “chainsier” Trump to cut waste in public administration. Just three months later, and with one controversy after anotherMusk could take a step to the side and abandon his role in front of Doge to redirects the situation of Tesla. Rumors on the output of Doge Musk. The American medium Political published an exclusive in which he claimed that Donald Trump would have communicated to his near circle the departure of Musk in front of Doge. Trump is satisfied with the work of “special government employee” that Musk has done in the administration since he arrived in the presidency in January. Despite that, he considers that it is a good time for the millionaire to return to his business and reduce the pressure that public opinion is exercising on the government for his presence in the White House. Musk and the government are racing the way. Last Thursday, In an interview of Elon Musk for Fox Newsthe millionaire claimed: “I think we will have completed most of the work necessary to reduce the deficit in a billion dollars within that period.” On the other hand, the head of Communication of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, assured in a publication since Your profile in X that: “Elon Musk and President Trump have publicly declared that Elon will leave the public service as a special government employee when he completes his incredible work in Doge”, while showing his rejection for the information published in Political. Plus a ballast than an ally. Trump’s imminent withdrawal as Trump’s right -handed hand arises at a time when some members of Trump’s government cabinet see Musk more as a political ballast than as an asset. According to sources cited by PoliticalTrump could take advantage of the end of the 130 days of validity of the special status granted to the millionaire to make the transition and keep it discreetly from the political sphere. These tensions within the Republicans were revealed with the heated conversation between several Trump cabinet members in the White House. Among them that Marco Rubio was, who reproached Musk for the methods used by Doge when cutting in certain strategic departmentsas published The New York Times. The drop that has filled the glass: Wisconsin. Trump would have already commented at the end of March his intention to relegating Musk to the background. However, the Last weekend defeat In the elections to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, in which Musk has invested about 25 million dollars, according to He affirmed The New York Timesit could have been the definitive proof that Republicans give Musk by amortized. Despite rumors, sources of Political They believe that Musk will maintain a role as an informal advisor and could be seen occasionally for the offices of the White House. However, others warn that it would be naive to think that Musk will move away completely from the Trump’s influence. A change in the relationship with Trump. Beyond political tensions with Republicans, or the growing reputational crisis that Musk’s participation in Doge is causing Tesla, this President’s movement reveals a change in the relationship between both millionaires. Just a month ago, the president said that Musk had come to stay. Instead, he is now organizing a quiet and discreet transition to move Musk away from political power positions. According to the information of PoliticalTrump would have declared about Musk: “I think it’s incredible, but I also think he has a great company to direct, so at some point he will return. He wants to do it. He would keep him while he could.” Tesla in flames by Musk. In any case, Musk’s exit from the political candlestick will contribute to the waters to return to their channel in Tesla, where the political exposure From his CEO he has caused protests and attacks on the concessionaires and vehicles of the brand. A Morgan Stanley survey to Tesla investors revealed that 85% thought that Musk’s political position was harming Tesla’s reputation. These protests have not remained at the local level. The sales of the brand worldwide have collapsed and, with them, the value of their actions, which they have lost in the last two months All won After the elections. In Xataka | A government “Extremely Hardcore”: Elon Musk is applying to the US the same recipe that has applied to all its companies In Xataka | Elon Musk’s father believed that his son had too many open fronts: Tesla’s wand has shown that he was right Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore)

Now the company has a plan to stop benefiting its rivals, according to FT

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Deepmind, the firm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that Google acquired in 2014 and officially integrated into a single division in April 2023it has been for years one of the great referents of the sector. Over time, he has earned that place for the quality of his scientific publications and for gathering some of the brightest researchers. But there are reasons to believe that this approach has begun to change. Several experts cited by Financial Times They ensure that Google Deepmind is delaying the publication of certain advances that it considers “strategic” or delicate in the field of generative AI. The measure is part of a strategy designed to preserve its competitive advantage and prevent its most recent and valuable developments from being exploited by rivals such as OpenAi. Transformers, star architecture Much of the development of generative artificial intelligence is not understood without Google’s advances. One of the most influential milestones was the publication in 2017 of the article ‘Attention is all you need‘, signed by eight researchers, who introduced the Transformers architecture. This approach, in general, allowed the models to process data more efficiently within large volumes of information. This architecture became the base of models such as Bert (bidirectional encoder representations from transformers), developed by Google itself and incorporated into its search engine in 2019 to improve the understanding of natural language. It was also key to the development of presentful systems such as GPT (Generative pre-trained transformers) of OpenAi, where the current ones are framed GPT-4 and GPT-4.5. Google is one of the world’s largest companies in the world. It has a huge financial muscle and access to key technology. Even so, the launch of Chatgptbased on GPT-3.5a model built on Transformers architecture, He took by surprise to the teams directed by L sundaria Pichai. The reaction was a “red code” and an urgent reorganization to compete again in an AI race that today leads OpenAi. It is no secret: when a company becomes a Big Tech, it loses part of the dynamism that defined it in its beginnings as startup. As we counted exactly one year agothey end up transforming into giants where the “move quickly and breaks things” no longer fits. They have too much to protect and a gear with thousands of pieces that cannot allow failures. Risking is not as easy as it seems. Even in this context, it surprises the speed with which the company of the search engine has managed to catch up. In a short time he has launched a AVALANCHA OF IA PRODUCTS based on advanced language models. There it is Geminihis direct rival of Chatgpt; Gemini Livedesigned to compete with Openai’s advanced voice mode; the Gemsthat work as Personalized GPTS; and amazing tools, such as Notebooklm. The new Google pulse The last years have forced the Mountain View company to introduce internal weight changes. One of the most significant affects the policy of publication of scientific articles: if the content is considered strategic, an seizure of six months is imposed before making it public. In addition, the group led by The Nobel Prize winner Sir Demis Hassabis He has hardened his internal processes, with a stricter review. One of the researchers who spoke on condition of anonymity with Financial Times was clear: today he cannot imagine Google by publishing a document like Transformers for general use. In this new dynamic, they say, “the company has become more concerned about the product and less for sharing the results of the investigation for the benefit of the common good ”, an address that can generate some discomfort in the community. Images | Boliviainteligent | Google Deepmind In Xataka | Openai has just lifted the greatest financing round in history: there is a blind faith in the AI ​​despite everything

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