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We tried switch games on Nintendo Switch 2. The surprise is capitalized in games that were crawled before

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Nintendo Switch 2 It arrives with a bestial launch catalog. It is true that, perhaps, The games that come from start They are not very numerous or really new. Beyond ‘Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Nintendo Switch Welcyome Tour‘, games like the surprising’Cyberpunk 2077‘,’Hogwarts Legacy‘ either ‘Street Fighter 6‘They were already available for other consoles. However, the key to this console is that it is backward with most physical and digital games of Nintendo Switch. Simply insert the switch game cartridge you would not have played so far … enjoy. I’m already testing switch 2 In the face of the analysis and one of the first surprises that I have found is that there are Nintendo Switch games that They improve a lot in Nintendo Switch 2 without the need for a patch Payment. And another thing that has caught me by surprise is that Nintendo has launched some totally free improvement patches. But let’s see what it is, since there is crumb. Quality of life vs. Visual quality: The key of the retrocompatibles of switch 2 As I say, Switch 2 retrocompatibility It is as simple as introducing or downloading the game of the previous console and starting to enjoy. There is an obvious improvement as soon as we start with the game thanks to the screen. Have improvements or not, simply by the greatest contrast and saturation of the new panel -despite being LCD -, the games look “better. But here you have to talk about improvements that the new Nvidia chip can offer. That extra power is already noticeable in exclusive titles of the new switch, as a ‘cyberpunk 2077’ that is halfway between the versions of PS4 and Xbox Series Sor the new ‘Mario Kart’ which is a visual delight. In games that have improvement patch, such as ”The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild‘ either ‘Tears of the Kingdom‘, there is also a higher image resolution and textures, better shadows and, above all, a yield at 60 fps when the original fought in some moments with the 30 fps. Ok, we talk about games that have been ‘spoiled’ for the new console, but … what about a ‘Bayonetta 3‘, a ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2‘or a’Super Mario Odyssey‘? This is where the thing gets interesting and each of them allows me to comment on the sensations with the focus of this retrocompatibility of Switch 2. ‘Bayonetta 3’ This game is a visual wonder in Nintendo’s hybrid. It has a section very similar to that seen in previous deliveries, but also the goal of moving to 60 frames per second. The problem is that this figure does not always achieve And, although the character’s response and the feeling to the controls is good, nailing the frame rate per second in 60 is something very interesting for these action games. In fact, in this game, video scenes are blocked at 30 frames per second, as confirmed by the Foundry digital mediumand they feel softer than the scenes in which we take the controls, which range between those 60 and 30 frames per second, with jumps that transmit greater roughness in the controls. I have tried to explain it in a simple way, but the summary is that it is a situation that was not ideal. With Nintendo Switch 2, the situation changes. The game has a fragment rate unlocked with 60 as a limit and the new Nintendo console, thanks to that greatest gross power, PErythe you carry the game scenes to very constant 60 frames per second. Now, playing ‘Bayonetta 3’ is a delight, also because the response time between our button and the character’s movement is lower, and everything feels softer. It is something that also happens in other titles such as a ‘Deadly Premonition‘I had a subochorous performance on switch or’Batman Arkham Knight‘, that Nor was I left over of fluidity in the nintendo hybrid. As I say, there are several games in which the performance was unlocked and the youtuber Modern Vintage Gamer It allows us to see the before and after. Summary: The games with frame-unlocked or that had problems in Nintendo Switch, even if they do not have improvement patch, they feel better to the controls, much softer. ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’ This game is one of the largest in the previous console and that implied, especially in portable mode, that developers introduced a dynamic resolution system for prioritize at all times to reach acceptable performance to 30 frames per second. It resulted in a game that was at an extremely low resolution, keeping a long time in 360p when the 1st 720p switch screen. Other games that prioritized performance against sharpness were ‘Doom‘ either ‘Wolfenstein: The New Colossus‘, among others. What happens when we introduce them in Nintendo Switch 2? Well … there are good and bad news. The good news is that the performance, when there were some downturn, is better, as is the case in ‘Bayonetta 3’. The bad news is that the resolution was dynamic, but there were limits that could not happen and if on a 720p screen they already looked blurred, in a larger and with more resolution such as Nintendo Switch 2, the problem is accentuated. ‘Doom’ looks somewhat more clear in the portable mode of Switch 2, just like ‘Wolfenstein’, but the textures have the same definition as those they had on Switch and the result is a somewhat washed general image. With vaseline effect, as they say. In ‘Xenoblade Chronicles 2’, now I don’t notice so many dowersbut the resolution is still very low and the ‘jaggies’, or saw teeth, are more accentuated in Nintendo Switch 2. It is a game that would come from pearls a patch. Summary: The games that were already blurred on the Nintendo Switch screen, will continue to see blurred on Switch 2, despite the highest general quality of the new panel. Free patches Apart, there are games that do not have any type of patch and that, despite … Read more

The world’s most popular video platform is giving failures (updated)

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Update 06/06/2025 21:08: The video platform has re -operated normally If you were planning to finish the week watching videos in YouTube And you are not getting it, calm: the problem is not on your computer or in your Internet connection. The world’s most popular video platform is experiencing failures at the moment, with several users reporting errors to access or reproduce content. In our tests from Spain, trying to enter YouTube.comthe page loads partially but shows no miniatures or content. The only thing that appears is the usual skeleton of the interface: gray blocks where videos should go, without images, without titles and without descriptive text. It is not a punctual failure: the interface directly does not work. Reports about YouTube failures too They are appearing in Downdetectora platform that includes incidents in digital services from the alerts of the users themselves. According to visible data at this time, the peak of problems began few minutes before 20:00 (Spanish peninsular time), with more than 5,000 notifications in a very short time. For now, the origin of the failures that are affecting YouTube is unknown. Neither the platform itself nor its parent company, Google (owned by Alphabet), have offered explanations about what happened nor have any official statement issued. There is also no technical information that allows us to understand whether it is a specific problem on servers or a global fall of the system. At the time of publishing this article, The official YouTube account in X (formerly Twitter) has not done No mention to the problems that are affecting the service. The last message posted dates back approximately 24 hours. The falls of this type may be due to multiple factors: from errors on the servers of the platform itself to service denial (DDOS) attacks or failures in fundamental third party services for the operation of the Internet, such as the content distribution network suppliers (CDN) or DNS. In Xataka | There are thousands of people hooked to True Crime documentaries on YouTube. The only problem is that they are generated by AI

Byd pays up to 600,000 euros for unmasking defamatory campaigns

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The electric car market has become something suffocating in China. The competition has shot to the point that some of the fashion companies are denouncing defamatory campaigns against them. The last to do so has been byd. “We accept media criticism and public supervision, but we will not tolerate defamatory content or false accusations.” With these words, Li Yunfei, general manager of the BYD brand and public relations department, has referred to statements collected by Carnewschina. The hard tone comes after Byd has denounced 37 influencers for what he considers a campaign against the company. According to the company, these accounts would have poured misinformation content to damage their sales. More than 150 accounts under suspicion In addition to these 37 accounts that he has already denounced, the Asian giant monitors the activity of another 126 accounts that could, according to their opinions, be misinforming and launching harmful information against the company. This has been confirmed by the company itself a statement in Wechat, according to Carnewschina. In its announcement, the company specifies the number of accounts reported and on which it maintains their attention but also emphasizes that anyone who gives clues about accounts that are organizing these alleged discredit campaigns will be rewarded. Specifically they talk about delivering between 50,000 and 5 million yuan (between 6,000 and 600,000 euros, approximately). It also coincides with A publication in Weibo where they presume past and good reputation. It is in this social network and others like Tiktok where the company seeks who, they assure, to defame their work. Nor is it the first time that Byd carries out a similar action. Last year the company has already taken similar measures and did in 2021. In its messages they emphasize that it will be rewarded “whenever you can clearly sign up for relevant individuals, advertising companies or relevant automobile companies. We will resolve it and inform the public”, can be read in this notice last year. Although, by size, Byd is the one that has the most speaker is the only company that has denounced similar practices. In SINA FINANCE We can read that Nio also suffered similar discredit campaigns. And more recently Xiaomi too denounced a discredit campaign Hours before showing in public its Xiaomi Yu7. In the case of Byd, in Carnewschina They collect some examples that the brand has published. Among them is a Weibo user who It has been sanctioned by the Chinese courts with the payment of 100,000 yuan (more than 12,000 euros) for ensuring that the company manipulates influencers. The same amount will have to pay another user who insulted the company and its executives. And a third will have to disburse about 8,000 euros for giving false information on the safety and quality of Byd cars. All are cases that have already been investigated or that are in the hands of justice, as accounts reported by, according to Byd, to give false information about explosions of vehicles or false financial data that pointed to a possible bankruptcy. Photo | Byd In Xataka | An unexpected war has opened in China: Byd, Catl and Huawei fight for having the final electric car charger

AI is turning software programming into a assembly chain

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AI is not only transforming the labor market, but also It is changing the nature of the work itself and the tasks that They make up every position. What was previously a highly Specialized and well paidlike that of Software Engineernow Run risk If becoming much more routine, segmented and, above all, accelerated. Something closer to an operator in a assembly chain. According to The New York Timessome Amazon engineers already begin to feel like that. From the industrial revolution to digital automation The impact of AI is already beginning to be noticed among the Technology template. Not so much for the destruction of jobs, as for the transformation of Those who already existed. Often It is equated The arrival of AI with the Industrial Revolution for the change of technological paradigm that was lived. The History has demonstrated that, in the medium term, the automation was not linked to the destruction of employment, but to A displacement and transformation of labor tasks. During the industrial revolution, and then with the passage to Model ‘Fordist’ Mass production with assembly chain, no jobs were destroyed. Its nature was changed. With the Ford assembly chain, the manufacture of cars in workshops was replaced in an artisanal way, by workers located in A assembly line They specialized in doing a very specific task. That was the key to Increase productivity and reduce costs. Automation allowed workers to will focus on specific functionswhile the machines assumed the heaviest or repetitive work. According to A study conducted by MIT researchers and the University of Pennsylvania, Amazon, Google and Microsoft are using their AI tools in a similar way. Software operators With the As a co -pilotlarge technological ones are automating certain tasks of their software engineers that previously required working hours. That liberated time dedicate it to Improve existing products or get new products in less development time. That is, this process is taking a new level, where IA begins to play the role equivalent to industrial machinery of the nineteenth century. Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon, acknowledged in A LinkedIn post That thanks to this automation with AI, the company had “saved the equivalent of 4,500 years of development work.” Amazon Robotic Warehouse Amazon logistics centers can serve as an example of what is happening now in their software development offices. Some years ago, the employees who prepared Amazon shipments had to travel the long halls of their stores to gather the products of each order. However, now technology It has robotized This whole process to eliminate that search task. With the automation of its centers It has not been dispensed with of those jobs, but are now dedicated to specific tasks. of packaging, the number of orders that each employee can process and His work has been devalued. That warehouse staff now assures that his work is monotonousrepetitive and poorly paid. The same that happened with the operators of the assembly chains. Software engineers begin to notice the same symptoms, with an acceleration of their workflows and greater automation. “If they tell you that you have to review the code, it is never a fun part of work. When you work with these tools (of AI attendance), it is most of the work,” assured Simon Willison, veteran programmer and blogger. The consequences of this automation are already beginning to be noticed in the Junior positions of different sectorsand the programming is exempt. The agents of Which generate code They do the task that the Junior previously developed and, of that practice, acquired the experience that allowed them to ascend. Without this learning, senior engineers will not be trained that tomorrow can review the code generated by an AI and detect errors, or face adequate development strategies. In Xataka | No one is considered a working class in Spain: the percentage has fallen from 50% to 16% in twenty years Image | AmazonUnspash (Adrian Sulyok, Global UI UX Design Agency procreator, Kseniia Ilinykh)

For years we peel fruits by habit. It seems that we were throwing the best according to science

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When I was little, there was a girl in my class that did something that produced us between laughter and repulsion: he ate orange with skin. Without peeling it, without dividing it into segments, I bit her whole as if it were an apple, and we all looked at her incredulous. I remember that it seemed strange to me, and I think someone told her not to eat like that, to what she ignored. Today I wonder if, without knowing it, that girl was not closer to the truth than the rest of us. A popular trend. In recent years, eat fruits with skin, such as kiwi, has become In a viral trend in the networks. Everything exploded when Jenna Ortega, the actress who gives life to Wednesday, A story uploaded eating a kiwi without peeling. In a matter of days, thousands of users They have dared To site the tooth to the skin of this fruit, but it has turned out that it is recommended by some experts. Science behind. According to A Heathline analysisfruits and vegetables usually concentrate more nutrients than pulp. The example that uses is a raw apple, which, with the skin, contains much higher nutritional values, such as 115% more vitamin C. Another reference that makes is with a boiled potato, if the skin is maintained, it can be 115% more potassium. The most important point is that the shells contain much of the total fruit or vegetable fiber. In addition, that fiber, especially the so -called viscous fiber, Help reduce appetite by slowing down gastric emptying and stimulating hormones that promote satiety, According to a study. There is much more. As for antioxidants, such as has underlined in its column The doctor Mahammad Jube, are mostly on the skin. These compounds help combat cell damage and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer. All peeled. If until now it has always peeled, it is partly because of its texture or flavor. In the case of Kiwi’s skin it can be rough, that of bitter citrus, and that of some pumpkins too hard. However, the fear of pesticides also influences. As have explained in an investigationpesticide residues can be found in fruits cultivated both conventional and organic; Most stay in the outer skin. Washing fruits eliminates 41% of these waste on average, while peeling can eliminate double. Can you know all fruits and vegetables? Not all skins are the same. Some, such as apple, grapes, plum or eggplant, are perfectly edible and nutritious. Others, such as melon, pineapple, avocado or papaya, are too hard or fibrous. Healthline offers a useful list to distinguish between edible and non -edible skin. In the case of Kiwi, that many people will be rejecting, such as has detailed Cleveland Clinic, it is possible to eat your skin, and is a fiber and vitamin E source, although it is recommended to wash it well and, if desired, choose more fine skin varieties such as golden kiwi. However, it should be noted that fruits such as Durián or the Japanese loaf The conversation. I wasn’t so wrong. Today we know that many fruit skins are not only edible, but also rich in nutrients. That the rejection of them has more to do with custom, texture or perception than with an objective reason. Science supports it, but the habit weighs. Maybe it’s not about eating it all, but looking twice before throwing what we discarded. Image | Pxhere Xataka | The “potato diet” ignores something: that we can subsist on potatoes does not mean that it is a good idea

half a century later, his flames are going out

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In the heart of Karakum deserta vast extension of dune burned by the sun that covers about 70% of Turkmenistanthere is a place that breaks with the monotony of the landscape. There, between sand crests and without asphalting roads, the Darvaza cratera cavity of 70 meters in diameter known as the ‘Hell door‘. Its origin, like many episodes inherited from the Soviet era, is wrapped in contradictory versions and incomplete documents. The most cited theory holds that in 1971 a team of Soviet geologists pierced in search of oil when he found a natural gas bag. The land gave in and several sinks were formed. To avoid a methane leak, they would have decided to set fire to one of them. They thought it would be extinguished in a few days. Half a century later, the flame is still alive. Half a century later, the flame begins to extinguish Now, no version is confirmed. According to the Canadian explorer George Kouounis, First person to explore the crater in 2013not even local geologists agree. Some place training in the sixties and ignition in the eighties. Others talk about a grenade or even neighbors of a nearby town who preferred to light the crater to avoid bad odors or risk of poisoning. There are no public documents of the Soviet era that clarify the event, and the existing records could continue to be confidential. The truth is that, regardless of its origin, the crater has become the main tourist claim of a country that I barely receive 15,000 visitors a year. Every night, the glow of the flames illuminates the sky of the karakum and attracts travelers willing to travel four hours from Asjabad on a double -meaning road and sand roads. Visits have been professionalized: today there are several camps, such as Garagum, with housing in yurts, solar lighting and outdoor dinners next to the edge of the crater. But that fire could go out. In recent years, the Turkmenistan government has shown interest in extinguishing it. This week, During the TESC Environmental Conference held in Ashgabad, Irina Luryeva, director of the Institute for Natural Gas Research, reported concrete progress: previously sealed wells have been reactivated, drilled new to capture the residual gas, and The volume of flames has decreased visibly. The British Capterio company, specialized in satellite data, confirmed that combustion intensity has been reduced more than three times since 2013. Darvaza’s flames, which for decades have symbolized both the power and unpredictability of the country’s energy resources, have begun to diminish. And it is no accident. Turkmenistan, frequently indicated for its lack of transparency and authoritarianismhas begun to move internationally with concrete environmental promises: reduce its methane emissions by 2030. As part of that commitment, the authorities have activated a technical roadmap to contain the gas flow in the area. Images | Richard Mortel (1, 2, 3) CC by 2.0 In Xataka | We invented the asphalt for a simple reason: at the beginning of the 20th century European roads were a dust hell

The European Union takes another step to make it legal to charge us for hand luggage

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It is just one more step but it is very relevant if we take into account the battle that Government and Ryanair are fighting in Spain for this reason. Europe has taken another step for airlines to charge for hand luggage through a modification in the regulations to which travelers accept when they fly inside the European Union. And it is not the only relevant change. What has been approved? The European Union Council, formed in this case by the Ministers of Transportation of the Member Countries, has voted in favor of modifying the regulations with which the airlines have to comply within the European Union. The text is about the collection of the hand suitcase but also compensation in case of delay. According to the Information sent by the Council of Europeit is about defining better “with lighter and more direct rules” the rules to which passengers have to submit. And they emphasize that “they will bring more than 30 new rights to aerial passengers, applicable from the moment they buy the ticket, until they reach their destination, and in some cases even beyond. It is a historical milestone, since an agreement could not have been reached in the last 12 years.” Are all countries agree? No, the proposed text has been approved with the opposite votes of Spain Germany, Portugal and Slovenia. Austria and Estonia have refrained. In eldiario.es They point out that the meeting has extended much more than expected since there was no consensus on some points such as the times that must be overcome before compensating passengers. Click on the image to go to the original post Why does Spain complain? Spain has voted against the proposition because, According to Pablo BustinduyMinister of Consumption, “the Council has adopted a new regulation for aerial passengers that ends with the free of hand luggage that enters the cabin and reduces the right to claim for the delays of airlines.” The new text specifies that “additional rates applied by the transport of billed and not invoiced luggage” can be charged. That “not invoiced” is the key because it reinforces Ryanair’s thesis that there are no maximum required measures in which the size of the handbag is specified and, therefore, they will have a totally free way to maintain their current policy. From the government they point out that it is a mistake and that the measure has been promoted by “the airline lobby.” And Bustinduy emphasizes: “This new text confirms what we already knew: to charge for the hand luggage that enters the cabin or for the companion seat of a dependent person is illegal with the current legislation. That is why airlines have pressed both to legitimize this abusive practice with a new regulation” Not just luggage. In addition to hand luggage, the new text opens a new path for the right of passenger rights in case of delay. If the text is maintained until its final approval, the times that must pass before compensation will also be changed that, until now, was applied when the delay was greater than three hours. So, You want to approve new conditions: Trips of less than 3,500 km and trips within the EU: Compensation for delays of more than 4 hours (€ 300) Trips of more than 3,500 km: Compensation for delays of more than 6 hours (€ 500) Why is it relevant? The Government and Ryanair maintain an intense dispute in Spain. Ryanair only allows Free access to a lump of a maximum of 40x20x25 cm. That barely leaves space for a brief backpack and There are those who are doing business with it. For the Government, this way of acting is illegal because they ensure that it does not meet the minimum taxes by the European Union that talks about companies are obliged to allow the entry of “essential” luggage. This led the government to impose a fine that added 179 million euros to five airlines (Ryanair, Vueling, Easyjet, Norwegian and Volotea). Ryanair, the most punished, took a fine of more than 107 million euros. However, Justice has not shown preference Clara for any of the actors. In Spain, some courts have failed In favor of the user When it comes to claiming the money charged by the hand suitcase but others have proved the right To the Irish company. The Government-Ryanair battle. From the application of the fine, Ryanair and the government live an intense battle that has left us all kinds of scenarios: Remember that Ryanair is the company that greater volume of flights has in Spain And, therefore, its departure from some regional airports has seriously injured the activity that moved there, Like Valladolid’s. Is everything said? No, the text now has to pass the European Parliament Filter and it remains to be seen to what extent there is consensus. The change in the European Union Council has been approved by little (more than 15 countries that represent more than 65% of the population) and explain in eldiario.es that there have been differences when approved the increase in the necessary times before compensating passengers due to delays, this being the most thorny point. Photo | Niels Baars and Anastasiia Nelen In Xataka | Ryanair’s CEO is about to pocket 100 million euros. His merit: Make shareholders join him

Reddit has become the best human data source. AI is trying to prey them

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Everyone wants Reddit data. And they want them why they are data humans. That is the Great value of a platform which has become the crown jewel of AI companies. They want to use that data To train their AI modelsand Reddit is tired of trying without asking for permission … and without paying. Reddit demands Anthropic. The social network, fed up with this type of behaviorhas registered a lawsuit against Anthropic, the creators of Claude, so consider a contract violation and for participating in “illicit and unfair commercial acts” when using the platform and data of the social media company without authorization. Or what is the same: for stealing the data for your AI. Blunt criticism. In The demand Reddit’s legal managers begin strong: “Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company of late flourishing that proclaims the white gentleman of the artificial intelligence industry. It’s anything but that.” According to Reddit, Anthropic shows a public face in which he presumes his respect for the law and doing things legitimately, and another private “that ignores any rule that interferes with his attempts to fill his pockets even more.” Human data treasure. Reddit has become In a valuable source of human information. If someone looks for answers, experiences and opinions in raw, this is the platform that has ended up becoming an absolute reference. In Reddit they know it. His legal manager, Ben Lee, explained in The Verge the following: “Reddit’s humanity has a unique value in a world flattened by AI. Now more than ever, people seek authentic conversations between humans. Reddit houses almost 20 years of rich and human debates about practically all imaginable topics. These conversations do not occur anywhere else and are fundamental to train linguistic models such as Claude.” Reddit began to protect himself very soon. Knowing that his “human data” were that great treasure with which to make box, Reddit began to make movements for take advantage of that data very soon. A few months after the launch of ChatgPT, it appeared that He made his APIas shortly before I had done Elon Musk with X/Twitter. He controversial movement It was clearly aimed at protecting the platform from those birds of prey in which IA companies had become. Then the demands would begin. If you want my data, pay. Reddit’s policy has been clear from the beginning, and there have been companies that have assumed the message. Google was one of the first to reach an agreement with Reddit and paid 60 million dollars to the platform To train your AI models with that data. OpenAi ended up doing the samealthough the amount that was paid to Reddit has never been revealed. Anthropic Discrepa. An Email from Anthropic to CNBC reveals that “we disagree with Reddit’s complaints and we will defend ourselves vigorously.” Interestingly, Anthropic herself has blocked the access of her Claude model to Windsurf, the newly acquired programming startup by Openai. One of its co -founders He affirmed that “it would be rare for us to sell (the API of) Claude a OpenAi.” It is a reasonable argument – and debatable – but it does not seem to be equally logic in the case of Reddit. But it already has other pending demands. That statement contrasts with two other demands that Anthropic has received in the last two years. Last August, three authors sued it in a Federal Court in California for having “built a billionaire business stealing hundreds of thousands of copyright“Before, in October 2023, Universal Music also sued her in Tennessee for a” systematic and generalized violation of the copyright of the lyrics of his songs. “The record giant He lost that battleHowever, which meant a disturbing victory for the technological ones. Internet looting continues. It is another case of that Absolute looting that AI companies are carrying out on the Internet. None of them savealthough of course there are flagrant cases such as perplexity or the recent scandal of Goal downloading books from books with copyright to train their models. If there are data that can be used to improve the quality of these models, companies try to get them, and it is just what happens with Reddit. The IAS do not want copyright. This whole process is part of a worrying phenomenon: there is still not punishment for all these companies despite being violating copyright. Openai already asked for a white letter to operate In that field, but other companies They joined that unusual proposal to eradicate copyright lawsat least for their AI models. The argument of “fair use” remains its great shield in front of these demands, but the reality is that the months go by, we insist, there is still no consequences for this flagrant robbery of the internet content. Image | Anthropic | Reddit edited with chatgpt In Xataka | After 19 years, Reddit is finally a profitable company: he has achieved it with a peculiar strategy

There is already an autonomous community taking note of the blackout and putting measures to avoid it: Catalonia

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The electrical invoice It has risen After the blackout for the reinforcement system, but the real challenge is not only in reinforcing the system, but in transforming it. Catalonia has understood and got to work. Short. The Government of Catalonia has approved by urgent a new decree-law with the aim of increasing the resilience of the electrical system. The standard introduces reforms both in energy legislation and urban regulations to facilitate energy transition. Specifically, it modifies Decree Law 16/2019, oriented to climate emergency, and adapts the regulatory framework to accommodate energy storage through batteries. A double purpose. On the one hand, it streamlines the administrative process of renewable energy projects. On the other hand, and pioneer, regulates the installation of high -power batteries, both independent (Stand Alone) as hybridized with solar and wind farms. In addition, the Catalan Government has decided to grant these infrastructure the condition of higher public interest, which allows them to be installed even on non -urbanizable land, by legally equating them with technical services of public utility. This measure responds to an old demand for the energy storage sector in Spain, As it took place in the AEPIBAL Day. Treading the accelerator. The Generalitat has processed 94 Energy storage projects through batteries. Of these, 87 are independent and add up to 920 MW, while the other 7 are hybridized with renewable facilities and provide additional 22 MW. Catalonia thus becomes one of the first communities to create a specific regulatory framework for these technologies. The rest trapped in an obsolete framework. As experts in the energy sector pointed out To Xatakathe storage problem is not only technical, but also regulatory and economic. Today, batteries that are not linked to self -consumption cannot participate in balance markets, which hinders their profitability and slows its mass implementation. However, beyond the regulations, the future of storage will also depend on technological and economic evolution. Technologies like him Grid formingwhich allows batteries to stabilize the network imitating the inertia of traditional centrals, or the development of local micro -redes Able to operate autonomously, they are already being successfully tested. Criticisms have jumped. Battery deployment has also aroused social and critical resistance resistance. According to publicsome groups have warned of the risk that the energy transition becomes a new form of extractivism, without rethinking the consumption model. Specifically they have accused the project of the Korean company Lotte in Mont-Roig of the Camp. In addition, organizations such as the Observatori del Deute in Globalització (ODG) have remembered the same medium as the extraction of materials such as lithium, tungsten or sodium depends on mines in countries such as Chile or Australia, which reinforces the dependence of external resources and raises environmental and geopolitical dilemmas. A map yet to define. Catalonia wanted to advance with a strategy that seeks to combine energy resilience, administrative agility and technological impulse. Storage by batteries is not just a technical solution: it is an essential piece to balance an increasingly decentralized, renewable and exposed crisis system. The road is drawn. The question is whether the rest of Spain will know – and want – follow it on time. Image | Unspash and Unienergy technologies Xataka | The surprising thing is that the light is still on 99% of the time: the blackouts of Spain and London are a good example

In case the chips war did not have enough contestants, a new company has joined the race: Spacex

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Spacex does everything big. Last year he opened in Bastrop, a small town in Texas (USA), The manufacturing plant of largest printed circuit plates in the country. The company of the company led by Elon Musk consists in producing all components, or, at least, most of them, involved in the manufacture of their satellites For the Starlink Network. This strategy will allow Spacex to save costs and reduce its dependence on the distribution chain. However, this is just the beginning of the path you will travel. And is that, according to Digitimes Asiathis company plans to expand its Bastrop facilities with the purpose of tuning the equipment you need to package semiconductors. Before moving forward we are interested in reviewing what the two concepts are in which we have just inquired. A printed circuit plate or PCB for its English denomination (Printed Circuit Board) It is a sheet manufactured in an insulating material, such as fiberglass, which contains on its surface the copper tracks through which electricity will circulate in an integrated circuit or electronic component. On the other hand, Chips packaging It is the process that seeks to protect the integrated circuit by introducing it into an encapsulated or protective housing. In addition, it incorporates the necessary connections to install it into a printed circuit plate and allow it to communicate with other electronic components. Spacex’s irruption in the integrated circuit industry is underway The administration led by Donald Trump has proposed to develop the semiconductor industry as much as necessary for the US to not depend on any other country. Currently this nation Buy 92% from its avant -garde semiconductors to TSMC in Taiwan. And the US government intends to manufacture 28% of avant -garde chips of the planet in 2032 considering as advanced integrated circuits those produced with a more sophisticated integration technology than that of 10 Nm. Currently the chips that Spacex uses are packaged by stmicroelectronics and innolux The steps that Spacex is taking support the strategy that the US government is deploying, but, as I mentioned a few lines above, first of all they pursue save costs and minimize its current dependence on the distribution chain. At the moment Most of the chips That this company from Elon Musk uses in the manufacture of its satellites are packaged by the Franco-Cabalian company Stmicroelectronics and the Taiwanese innolux. Presumably when the expansion of the Bastrop Plant is a list of the packaging will be commissioned by Spacex itself. From that moment on, this company will manufacture its own PCB and package its integrated circuits, so its next logical movement will be in all likelihood to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant. The SpaceX satellite network currently brings together about 7,700 devices in orbit, and this company intends to launch over the next few years 32,000 more satellites with the purpose of giving coverage to the entire planet. In addition, some of these satellites are used by the US government, so controlling the entire production chain of these devices will allow Spacex to optimize the performance of their business and guarantee the safety and integrity of its satellite network. More information | Digitimes Asia In Xataka | China has the CPU ARM for faster servers on the planet. It is from Alibaba and its performance is supported by IEEE

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