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Tesla mired in chaos, x fall, starship exploiting and other successive misfortunes

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We are all likely to have A bad daybut when you are someone with So many open fronts Like Elon Musk, a series of chained misfortunes can turn a bad day into A terrible week in which the entire universe conspires against you. Wall Street and the street against Tesla. Tesla has become the Objective of protests against the role of his CEO at the head of the cuts in the Trump administration. The week began with investors hardly punishing the value of Tesla’s shares that 15% collapsed Only last Monday. As the days have passed, investors have been relaxing their movements giving a break to the manufacturer who He is recovering part of the lost in recent days. However, Tesla’s actions have not been the only target of protests. According The published by ABC Newssome vehicle facilities of Tesla have suffered attacks and vandalism, generating concern about the safety and image of the brand. Donald Trump himself highlighted the escalation of Protests towards the brand qualifying protesters as “domestic terrorists.” “If you do it to Tesla or any other company, we will catch you and go through a hell,” said Trump in collected statements by the BBC. X suffered a cyber attack. X has become the main speaker of Elon Musk and much of the US government, as Marco Rubio, which Use the social network to make public your institutional agenda. In that context, the social network experiment successive traffic falls during May 11. Elon Musk soon pronounced announcing that X was suffering a cyber attack. “There were (there are still) a massive cyber attack against X. They attack us every day, but in this case many resources were used. It is a large and coordinated group or a country,” wrote The millionaire in his social network. According to published Wired, the cyber attack was claimed from Telegram by the Proportian hacker group Dark Storm Team. However, after an analysis of the traffic that generated the attack, the experts denied that Ukraine was behind him, like Musk said In an interview. The researchers They concludedthat not all X servers had safety layers against these ddos ​​cyberbrains Cloudflareso they were exposed. Starship has flown, but not as he wanted. The prelude to a disastrous week for Elon Musk was the Eighth flight failure Starship proof, which followed the same path as its predecessor disintegrating over the Atlantic. As happened with the seventh flight test, after the explosion the fragments of the ship fell generating a rain of debris that interrupted air traffic of Florida and a good part of the Caribbean, affecting more than 240 commercial flights. As if that were not enough, Musk has seen how, 40 minutes from the take-off of the CREW-10 mission that was going to put a relief team for ISS and Bring back to astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, which They were trapped In the International Station after a failure in The Boeing Starliner I had to bring them back. If everything goes as planned, the Falcon 9 that will put the Dragon and its orbit crew will take off on March 14. Chief problems: tensions in Washington. Elon Musk’s influence on Trump administration also seems to be supporting many pressures. One of the most revealing events was the tense encounter between Elon Musk and key figures of the Republican Party, including former president Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio during a meeting at the White House on the Doge cuts policy. According to him Published article by The New York TimesMusk proposed significantly cutting the budgets for specific federal programs, including those related to the Department of Transportation. Marco Rubio, Florida senator, openly criticized Musk, describing his proposals as “ignorant” and arguing that Musk I was prioritizing corporate interests instead of the needs of citizens. In Xataka | A government “Extremely Hardcore”: Elon Musk is applying to the US the same recipe that has applied to all its companies Image | Flickr (Ted Eytan, Gage Skidmore)

Instead of cars they will produce tanks

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To economic pressures and commercial confrontations, an element has been joined that has ended up dynamiting the already convulsive geopolitics in the old continent. Russian invasion in Ukraine and that Chess game that is fought with the arrival of Trump made Europe speak A few days ago “Rearme”understanding itself as the need to invest again in “security” for what can happen. It was not a lantern, and Germany has already begun. Ahead of VW at the pace of tanks. Few data to understand what is happening as the one offered this week. Rheinmetallthe largest defense contractor in Germany, has overcome value Market to Volkswagen, the company with the highest income in Europe, reflecting a structural change in the German economy towards a greater investment in the military industry. While Volkswagen Face challenges In demand, reduction of foreign costs and competition, Rheinmetall has tripled its value from Donald Trump’s choice as president of the United States promoted by the expectation of an increase in European military spending. Trump’s position to distance Washington from his role as guarantor of Western security has encouraged That “rearme” of NATOgenerating a boom in the European defense industry. From car factory to tanks. And as a great symbol of that German industrial change, Volkswagen and Rheinmetall are negotiating an agreement that until a few years ago would have seemed a real dystopia: The sale of the Osnabrück plant that Volkswagen plans as part of its restructuring. Although Rheinmetall’s CEO, Armin Papperger, has indicated that it has not yet been closed, he has talked about using the plant To manufacture tanks and other military systems, thus avoiding the costs of building a new installation. Moreover, it would not be the first or the only factory they are buying. More factories. Because Rheinmetall is in the process of reconverting two other automotive plants In Germany for the production of military equipment, reflecting the impact of the increase in defense expenditure in the region. Apparently, two Berlin and Neuss factories, currently dedicated to the production of auto parts, will be redirected to the Rheinmetall weapons and ammunition division, although They will still keep a part of its capacity for automotive manufacturing. This transition illustrates how few the weakness of the German sector and the rise of military spending are redefining the industrial landscape of the nation. One More Thing. Recently, the Defense Group Knds announced the acquisition of A plant in eastern Germanypreviously operated by the French Alstom, for the manufacture of Leopard 2 tanks and combat vehicles Puma. These conversions, again, show a change in approach to German manufacturing, where industrial infrastructures are being reconfigured for military production. The decline of a sector. It We have counted before. Historically, Germany has been a pillar of the global automotive industry, with Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz as sector giants. However, the combination of factors such as cost up for the War in Ukrainethe Chinese competitionthe demand drop and the slower adoption The expected of electric vehicles (EVS) has significantly weakened the industry. Volkswagen, who in 2023 headed the Fortune 500 Europe With 348 billion dollars In income, he has seen how its market value has fallen to only 60 billion, placing it in position 46 among the most valuable companies on the continent. The company has also had a Hard battle with unions which has resulted in production reductions and template cuts To mitigate your losses. Meanwhile, defense manufacturers such as Rheinmetall have seen their orders and their market value grow exponentially. The impact of military spending. All this culture broth has led the European Union to design a plan to rear. 800 million euros. Germany, meanwhile, has taken even more aggressive measures, allocating 500 million dollars to the modernization of infrastructure and flexible its indebtedness policy to exclude spending in defense of its strict fiscal limits. In total, the country could invest up to 1.3 billion dollars In economic measures, many of which will be linked to the military industry. Hence, the unprecedented impulse in European military spending has benefited defense contractors like Rheinmetall, Thales and Bae Systemswhose valuations have grown significantly. The demand for military team has led to an increase in the production of, for example, tanks, artillery systems and ammunition, reinforcing the German tendency towards a war economy. A challenge. Thus, while the (until nothing) almighty Volkswagen struggles for survive the crisis That the sector lives, the defense industry has become the unexpected growth engine of the German industry and seems to become the symbol and shuttle of That European “rearme” which is presented as a key challenge for the old continent. Image | 270862 In Xataka | Europe before its time of truth: we have entered the era of “rearme” and the EU has a plan not to be behind In Xataka | In the middle of the Cold War, France designed a nuclear rearme plan for Europe. Now sound strongly

China’s robots represent an existential threat to the US, according to semi -health experts

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“This is a call to action for the US and West. We are on the threshold of a non -linear transformation of The industrial societybut the basis on which US is intense is unstable. Automation and robotics They are going through a revolution which will allow the total automation of all strategic and manufacturing industries. These Smart robotic systems They will be the first industrial piece that will not be complementary, but completely additive: work 24/7 with a performance higher than any human being (…) “. “Currently the only country positioned to capture this level of automation is China, and, if it achieves it without the US to follow the same path, the expansion of production will be exclusive to China, which will represent an existential threat to the US when it is overcome in all its abilities.” This text is signed by Dylan Patel, Reyk Knuhttsen, Niko Ciminelli, Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Joe Ryu and Robert Ghilduta, six experts from SEMIANALYSIS. This American consultant specializes in the analysis of the semiconductor industries and the artificial intelligence (AI), and their studies are usually reasonably accurate. China’s technological and scientific development rhythm is overwhelming The lines of the semi -toalysis report that I just mentioned contain a lot of interesting information, but without a doubt the most forceful reflection of how many they put on the table is none other than the great capacity that China has in the technological, scientific, and, of course, economic. It is evident that they all go hand in hand, but this attention call will hardly take off the US administrations and Western countries. We can be sure that their slow reflexes is not caused by ignorance. China has the necessary capacity and resources to dispute its world leadership position to the US The US government led by Joe Biden openly recognized the document that collects its National Security Strategy October 2022 that China has the necessary capacity and resources To dispute the US Its world leadership position. The social, economic, military and technological development that the country led by Xi Jinping has experienced during the last two decades supports this conclusion. The following literal extract of this document reflects very clearly why the US government considers China a threat: “The Popular Republic of China (RPC) is the only competitor that has both the intention of remodeling international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military and technological capacity to do so. Beijing has the ambition to create a wide sphere of influence in the regions of the Indian and the Pacific, as well as to become the leading world power.” These lines perfectly condense the background history that has triggered The international situation in which we are. Anyway, as we have just seen, semi -health experts emphasize the development of robotics and automation technologies in China. In their text they do not speak of the possibility that the country of Xi Jinping use Robots for military applications; What they maintain is that this technology represents an existential threat to the US Due to its ability to radically transform the industrial model of which not only the country currently led by Donald Trump, but also Japan, South Korea, Taiwan or a good part of European countries, among other nations. At the current situation, staying behind in strategic field like this is not an option. Image | Generated by Xataka with Dall-e More information | SEMIANALYSIS In Xataka | Chinese scientists claim to have created something groundbreaking: the fastest and most efficient transistor that exists

To win the AI ​​race, OpenAi wants the US to forget about laws. Specifically, those of Copyright

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OpenAi is immersed in one demand seriesand all of them for the same thing: the alleged violations of the copyright that he has committed when training his AI models. Now a unique idea has occurred to get rid of all those problems. No copyright for AI. In one Proposal published by OpenAIThe company suggests the US government to consider a “copyright strategy that promotes the freedom to learn” and that “preserves the ability of American models to learn from materials with copyright.” Or what is the same: that copyright laws are not applied. IA companies have done what they wanted. We have been in which the demands for copyright rape to AI companies have been frequent. Companies that develop these models have shown no shame in this regard, and The funny thing is that there is still no consequences. What OpenAi now asks is that there are definitely not and that those works can work without legal concerns. China steps on our heels. The main argument to recommend something like that is to compete with more guarantees against China. The Asian giant has demonstrated striking advances, and in fact in Openai indicate how “although America maintains its leadership in Ia today, Deepseek It shows that our leadership is not broad and is narrowing. “ Fair use. As usual, the excuse of a “fair use” of the contents with copyright appears. According to the proposal: “If the developers of the People’s Republic of China have unlimited access to US data and companies, they run out of fair use, the AI ​​race will have finished. United States loses, just as democratic AI does. Ultimately, access to more data from the widest possible range of sources will guarantee greater access to more powerful innovations that provide even more knowledge.” “AI Action Plan” in sight. In January Trump revoked The Executive Order on the Biden He had signed In October 2023. Shortly after he issued a new one And he proposed an “Action Plan” that should be ready in 180 days. Openai’s intentions are that this plan includes such concessions. But the relationship with Trump is delicate. It is true that Openai is the great fencer with softbank of the Stargate projectand that is an initiative that Trump has presumed a lot. However, the relationship of Sam Altman’s company with the current president is complex, especially since Openai is In full legal battle With Elon Musk, the main advisor Trump. White letter. In Openai they seek to have white letter to train their models with works protected by copyright. Not only that: they also want to get their tools to help modernize government agencies being approved more quickly. Experts have not been warning that a too premature adoption of these tools could have dangerous consequences, for example in terms of possible leaks and information security. OpenAi commercialized Chatgpt Gov In January precisely with the idea that government employees had access to this type of services. China’s AI models should be revealed. The company’s proposal led by Sam Altman goes further and indicates that the AI ​​models of the People’s Republic of China are prohibited. According to them, models like Depseek They are “financially supported and controlled by the State”, and pose national security risks. Companies such as Microsoft, Perplexity or Amazon stay on their servers from the Deepseek service, but the data stay on US servers, so it seems difficult for the China Government to have access to them. Image | Flikr (Techcrunch) In Xataka | 5,000 “tokens” of my blog are being used to train an AI. I have not given my permission

China became famous for its eternal working days. The solution has been to throw employees at their time

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The Reduction of the working day It seems to be a path of no return that many countries have proposed to move. Some, Like GreeceThey do not do it with a determined step. Instead, others whose self -denial It seemed immovable, they are surprising the world with day reduction measures. China is one of those countries that, unexpectedly, has proposed to cut its workday. Labor culture 996. While in a large part of the West the eight -hour workday begins to be seen as a vestige of the last century and fights for the reduction of working hours, in China the culture 996 still continues: work from nine in the morning to nine o’clock at night and six days per week. Such and as they tell In ethic, that pace of work is taking Chinese society to the extreme, pulling on the soils The birth rate in a country that for years has sinned just the opposite. Chinese authorities have been trying for years Eliminate the culture of 996 of the workplace, but Without too much success. Dji has seriously proposed. According to The published by SCMP, Since the end of February something very curious is happening in DJI, the Chinese drone manufacturer. When the clock marks nine o’clock at night, a squad of human resources managers travels through the brand’s central offices in Shenzhen. Their mission is to make sure that all employees without exception leave their jobs and go home as if it were a fire drill. Instead of evacuating the building for security, employees are “guests” to leave their cubicles to meet a new rule: no one can work beyond their day. The fault is “Neijuan”. No, Neijuan It is not the name of the company’s Human Resources Manager. The term could translate to something as “involution” and, as they explain in SCMP, It refers to the need to reduce excess competition in certain areas of the economy. The measure is imposed as a New economic policy of China in which it is intended to reduce the excess of competence that makes companies in certain sectors such as The technological either Renewable energiesinvest an unnecessary amount of resources without obtaining an improvement in their profitability or in their R&D in return. Therefore, it implies outbound templates without registering a significant advance generating inefficient competition. It is something unpublished in China. Until recently, it was common to see the offices of DJI illuminated until the early hours of the morning with employees who lengthened their days until infinity. Now, the image is very different and has impacted many who have commented on social networks. The Asian media highlighted the publication of a worker surprised by the measure that commented “it was the first time they threw me from the office.” Other technological giants are adding. Although the work culture 996 has the support of prominent names of the Chinese technology industry Like Jack Mamore and more international companies such as Haier or Measure They are adding to the call of the Chinese government of limit the days of its employees. According to sources of SCMPHaier would have ordered all the staff of his headquarters to respect the breaks of two days of the weekend, while Midea has begun to demand that the workers file their departure at 6:20 p.m., instead of 9 pm. In Xataka | Working more than 60 hours a week is not healthy: Japan is starting to learn by force In Xataka | To motivate its Chinese workers, it has opted for a prize. His name is Caracol, and it is a public humiliation Image | Unspash (Duc Dao)

In 1759 pirates bought a US island. Since then they speak such an English version of English that nobody understands them

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Languages ​​(and their dialects) are possibly one of The great wonders of our civilization. There are, for example, those Latinos in southern Florida who have been mixing English and Spanish for years creating a new language. Not far from there, but some centuries earlier, some pirates arrived to establish what was never seen in the United States: the Isabelino English. Centuries later they still do not understand them. Ocracoke’s language. The story told Recently the BBC. In the remote Ocracoke IslandNorth Carolina, survives a unique dialect in the United States: the Hoi Toidera mixture of Isabelino EnglishIrish and Scottish accents of the 18th century, and the slang of the pirates who invaded the island several centuries ago. This is the only variant of English in the United States that is not identified as American, a linguistic relic that has remained thanks to the geographical isolation of the island and its singular history. The pirates. Ocracoke, an island of 24.9 km square, was for centuries A pirate shelterEnglish and native sailors American Wocconwho interacted and created a community with their own cultural and linguistic collection. One of the most emblematic characters was William Howardex-pirata and old crew of the Barbanegra shipwho, after receiving a real pardon, bought the island in 1759 and helped establish a society that, in almost total isolation, preserved his own dialect. The isolation of the island not only influenced language, but also in the way of life. Until 1938, the enclave It had no electricityand the Ferry service did not begin until 1957. This allowed the community to remain largely oblivious to changes in the outside world, preserving its traditional way of life, its culture and its dialect. A language in danger. The story remembers In the case of Erromintxela In Spain. The Ocracoke dialect, the Hoi Toider, is easily recognizable for its characteristic phonetics. For example, the sound “I” is pronounced as “OI”, which transforms “High Tide” in “Hoi Toide”, origin of the name of the dialect. In addition, the vocabulary includes words and phrases inherited from the first British and Irish settlers, such as “Mommuck” (disturbing), “quamish” (dizzy) and “Pizer” (Porche). Plus: Many terms were brought from Europe, but others emerged inside the island, Like “Meehonkey”a hiding game inspired by the sound of the geese when flying. There is also “dingbatter”, a term that locals use to refer to strangers. The problem? That the arrival of television, internet and tourism accelerated that possible disappearance of the hoi toider. According to The linguist Dr. Walt Wolframless than half of the 676 current inhabitants of the island speak with the traditional accent, and within one or two generations could disappear completely. Live on your back to everything. Beyond the language, the Ocracoke community continues to keep a way of life Unique and self -sufficient. On the island there are no large supermarkets or commercial chains, so residents depend on small local stores, artisanal markets and fishing. Instead of cinemas, there are Outdoor theater groupsand many islanders still work as fishermen, carpenters and owners of small breweries. The scenario is so picturesque that one of the most emblematic culinary traditions It’s Fig Cakecreated in 1964 when an inhabitant replaced the dates of a cake with canned figs. Today, the cake is part of the local identity, and every August the Festival of the figwith pastry competitions, dances and traditional games such as Meehonkey. The Quid: Change or not. Of course, Ocracoke continues to attract new residents and touristswhich has generated a debate about the future of its cultural identity. Some fear that the arrival of outsiders dilute local customs, while others see growth as a natural evolution, similar to the diversity that the first settlers led to the island. Be that as it may, what seems clear is that the Ocracoke community remains an increasingly rare example of solidarity and tradition. Finally, people help each other and, although the dialect can disappear, the spirit of the island It remains intact. “Words can change, but the meaning behind them will remain the same”, The islanders assure. Meanwhile (and last), they will continue talking so English that the rest of the country does not understand them. Image | Nicolaas Baur, bobistraveling In Xataka | The Latinos of the south of Florida have been mixing English for years. And they have created a new dialect In Xataka | The most unknown language in Spain is in danger. The 500 gypsies who speak it just want them to leave them alone

The ideal accessory to give to parents who go out and want a day -to -day clock is a Samsung Galaxy

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On March 19, Father’s Day is celebrated. If you are still looking for a gift for yours, but you are clear that it is something that serves you when exercising, this Samsung Galaxy Watch7 It is now a bargain in El Corte Inglés. Its usual price is 349 euros but, now, it is available almost halfway, 199 euros. Samsung Galaxy Watch7 Bluetooth 44 mm * Some price may have changed from the last review An ideal clock both to train and day to day This Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 It is a smart watch with a 44 mm sizeso it is ideal for larger dolls and became one of the most balanced models of last year. One of the main assets of this clock of the Korean firm is its 1.5 -inch Super Amoled screen with resolution of 480 x 480 pixels. In addition, this panel incorporates a mode Always on Display totally renewed with respect to previous generations. It is made of aluminum and its frame is straight metallic; In mind your screen is circular and is protected with sapphire. Of its design, it can also be noted that it has two physical buttons that will allow you to navigate, in a simple way, by the menus. The processor that mounts is the Exynos W1000which is accompanied by a RAM of 2 GB and 32 GB of internal storage. Regarding the operating system under which it is One UI 6.0, which is based on Wear Os. Finally, it can be noted that it incorporates more than 100 sports modes. Other perfect smart watches to give on Father’s Day Xiaomi Redmi Watch 5 Active * Some price may have changed from the last review * 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 | Samsung In Xataka | Better smartwatch in quality price: which to buy and 14 recommended smart watches In Xataka | Smartwatch with NFC: the best smart watches to pay what we have analyzed (2024)

If the question is when the rain is going to end, Aemet has bad news. Especially for Andalusia

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It has been raining in Andalusia since February 28. That is to say, As they said from Storm Málagathat is “15 consecutive days registering precipitation at some point.” But the thing does not end there, because it looks like this streak “could be extended for at least 8 more days.” What is happening in Andalusia? What is happening in Spain this March? The great Atlantic game. In recent days, Aemet Special fact emphasis In what we have been repeating for days: that a “anticyclone, displaced to northern Europe and another to the south of the Azores, (created) a wide corridor that allows the entrance of Atlantic storms from west to this.” On the one hand, the anticyclone to the north facilitates the circulation of these storms to low latitudes; On the other, the South Anticyclone facilitates the transport of humid and warm air from the Caribbean. Actually, it is nothing mysterious. In fact, it is A phenomenon relatively common that usually gives us great joys. What is happening now is that the pieces have conceded perfectly: the storms are powerful, they are well directed and the hall is lasting a more than considerable time. So much time that many farmers have already activated panic protocols. As we said a few days ago, “too much water suddenly creates problems.” The best example is Huelva: Strawberry crops can begin to rot (or infect with fungi) in full campaign. Yes, they are small problems if we compare them with the years of drought that we have been dragging, but They are problems after all. Problems that point out that, as usual, We do not have the necessary infrastructure nor well thought out plans. And what can we expect in the next few days? On paper and although it will continue raining in some areas of the country, the time time will give us a small truce. However, As Marta Almarcha points outthe latest updates suggest that new storms will arrive. The same Monday, without going any further, a new one will enter the southwest. And so again and again until at least next Friday (which is when). What we know from Monday. I would not want to close the subject without commenting what we know about the Borrasca on Monday; of Laurencethe twelfth storm of high impact of the season. Above all, because (in the Atlantic aspect) the rains can become very intense. In points of Huelva, Cádiz and the central system more than 100 l/m² can be collected in 24 hours. Again. We also have to keep in mind that all this water must be added a problem: the thaw. The subsidiary fronts of Konrad have left (or leave) enough snow in low levels. The rain will help melt that snow and that will be a “more problem” In the river flow. Image | ECMWF | Sami Ullah In Xataka | Aemet special notices are just the beginning: everything points to an extremely rainy March in Spain

They are your best chance against China

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The Japan government has announced that it will invest 200,000 million yen (about 1.5 billion dollars) to accelerate the development and commercial production of Perovskita solar panels, a technology of Japanese origin that could be their best opportunity for Challenge China in the global market of renewable energies. The bet is monumental. With this strong public investment, the Japanese authorities seek that the production of photovoltaic cells of Perovskita is equivalent to the capacity of 20 nuclear reactors by the year 2040. To achieve this, the Perovskita would mean a paradigm shift in the energy economy of Japan and the global geopolitics of clean energy. Light, flexible and very Japanese. Perovskita is a crystalline material with the ability to absorb a lot of light which can be manufactured in ultrafine layers based on raw materials more affordable than silicon. Perovskita’s solar cells were invented by Japanese scientist Tsutomu Miyasaka while working in Fujifilm. Japan Bet on movies of approximately one millimeter thick. One of the greatest values ​​of this type of panel is its versatility. Due to their fine thickness and reduced weight, they can be installed on complex surfaces, such as roofs with little load capacity, buildings walls, transport stations or even vehicles. In a country with such little flat and usable land as Japan, these advantages could be decisive to boost solar energy beyond the large traditional photovoltaic parks. The equivalent of 20 nuclear reactors. Japan has marked a very demanding calendar. The goal of producing energy equivalent to 20 nuclear reactors by 2040 is framed in the commitment that between 22% and 29% of the country’s total electricity generation comes from solar energy by then. At present, solar energy represents only 10% of its energy mix. To fulfill this road map, the government has granted subsidies of up to 1 billion dollars to Sekisui Chemicalone of the leading conglomerates in the development of Perovskita. They add up to the 500 million dollars already invested in the research and development of technology and other funds that would ensure the supply chain. Iodine is an essential component in the manufacture of Sovskita and Japan solar cells is one of the world’s world producers. The technical and economic challenges. One of the biggest technical challenges for Perovskita solar panels is moisture degradation. Sekisui He says he developed a sealed with specialized resins to prevent water between and accelerate deterioration. As for the economic challenges, the main unknown is how long it will take to lower manufacturing costs to competitive levels, taking into account that producing flexible Perovskita panels is between three and four times more expensive than making crystalline silicon panels, which have been lowering the price year after year thanks to the Huge production capacity of China. Japan hopes that thanks to mass production, the price of these new panels will become comparable to that of traditional ones. Reduce China dependence. In the end, it’s about that. China leads overwhelmingly the manufacture of solar panels conventional silicon, concentrating about 85% of the global production of photovoltaic cells and about 80% of the polysilic that they use. Japan, like other countries, depends largely on Chinese technology. The defenders of the Japanese bet see in the Perovskita a historical opportunity to break that hegemony. This material dispenses with silicon and uses iodine, whose main world producer, next to Chile, is Japan, thus reducing bottlenecks and dependency risks. Not only Japan develops Perovskitas. China too He is trying to win Japan In his own game. There are different variants of Perovskita and, while Japanese laboratories put all their efforts in ultrafine and flexible films, China has quickly advanced in hybrid models (more efficient silicon-butrovskite tandem cells) with thicker glass coated glass modules. Although both regions compete with the same material in mind, the market could end up segmented in applications: in Japan, covered and facades; In China, large solar parks or double -layer panels for urban environments. Image | Toshiba In Xataka | On their way to mass implementation, Perovskita cells have taken another step: 10 times more resistant

The true crown jewel in Apple is not its products, but its credibility. And they just torpedo her

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In the summer of 2008 Apple made a great launch, one colossal and one that was one of the greatest disasters in its history. You probably remember the first two (the iPhone 3G and, above all, the App Store), but perhaps not what was that disaster. It is normal: they got us almost forgotten about that. That disaster was mobilemethe email platform that sought to compete with Exchange or with the Blackberry systems. However, its operation was An absolute disasterwith service drops and unexpected charges to user credit cards. So terrible was what David Pogue, an known editor of The New York Times, changed the name to Mobilemess (playing with “Mess”, “mess” in English “). Two years later Mobileme was kaput. It was something later when we knew how that disaster was managed internally. In 2011 Fortune published an article in which they precisely told how shortly after the launch, Steve Jobs called the Mobileme team to a meeting: “According to a participant in the meeting, Jobs entered dressed with his characteristic black neck jersey and blue jeans, gathered his hands and asked a simple question: “Can anyone tell me what Mobileme is supposed to do?” After receiving a satisfactory response, he continued: “And why don’t you do it?”. During the next half hour, Jobs rebuked the group. “You have stained Apple’s reputation,” he told them. “You should hate them for having disappointed you mutually.” Public humiliation especially enraged Jobs. Walt Mossberg, the influential gadget columnist from the Wall Street Journal, had criticized Mobileme. “Mossberg, our friend, doesn’t write good things about us anymore,” said Jobs. In the act, Jobs appointed a new executive to direct the group. “ History showed how for Jobs that ruling, now practically forgotten, had a capital importance. But that was the Apple before. Something smells in Apple John Gruber, well -known analyst and responsible for the Dary Fireball blog, I published this week A worrying analysis of Apple’s situation. It was titled “Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino”, and in it explained how different this Apple is now to which at that time managed Steve Jobs. This expert focused on what happened with Apple Intelligence in general and with the new version of Siri enhanced by the particular. In Apple they are clear followers in generativeand it does not seem that this will change in the short term. Apple Intelligence functions are limited and very modest, and while the greats of technology and various startups do not stop surprising us with new advances and increasingly striking functions, in Apple they continue with an approach that seemed interesting (very focused on privacy) but that is being disappointing in its exasperating deployment. But the really worrying thing is what happened with Siri. After the wwdc last year They announced that “Siri will be able to offer intelligence adapted to the user and the information of his device. For example, a user can say:” Play that podcast that Jamie recommended you, “and Siri will locate and reproduce the episode, without the user having to remember if he was mentioned in a text or in an email.” But both that and other promising options of Siri were only part of an empty speech, because There was never a public demonstration of those options. The only place where we could see it was in a pre -recorded demo “Not live,” in which Siri did all that Apple said he could do. As Gruber explained: “What Apple showed about the next” personalized Siri “in the WWDC was not a demo. It was a conceptual video. Conceptual videos are shit, and a sign of a company in disorder, if not in crisis.” Not only that: in September They returned To promote that future theoretical with an advertisement in which Siri understood the personal context – in what situation we were – to respond to a request. A few days ago Apple announced without more than that option it would not arrive until at least next year. Apple not only did not demonstrate in public these new Siri options, even in a preliminary version: the only thing we could see were conceptual videos about how the characteristic should work. And that announcement with Bella Ramsey – actress famous for her role in ‘The Last of Us’— has been withdrawn from YouTube this week without more. Are Too bad signsand all point to the same: to a fiasco. One worrying, because Apple did not do these things. He has rarely promised the launch of products and then back. It happened for example With the famous wireless load basebut this was a minor accessory. Siri’s dimension had, which is a theoretically crucial component for Apple to compete in the AI ​​field. And that leads us to ask what is happening in Apple. In the last 30 years the company has managed to build an enormously solid reputation and extraordinary credibility. People choose their products because they “simply work” – with many quotes -, and despite some more or less important slips –Hello, butterfly keyboardhello Throttling-, their products continue to stand out for their reliability. Apple’s credibility begins to make waters But that credibility staggers now and joins other signals that can be worrisome. We have been waiting for years for Apple to throw its new disruptive product, but They have never achieved it. It was not his Apple Watch – despite being a very popular product, such as the airpods – and of course They have not been the vision pro. Supposedly They canceled their ‘Project Titan’ And its intentions – just officers – to develop an ‘Apple Car’, but it is even more striking that the fact that two years have arrived since Chatgpt arrived and the most powerful company on the planet can only boast an assistant who Rewrite the emails or that generates cartoons. It is terrible. Source: Trendline. Apple’s situation also seems to be reflected in sales that remain colossal, but also They seem to have stagnated … Read more

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