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You will have your own UVE lithography team to make chips in 2025

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We did not expect this. Neither we nor a good part of SEMICONDUCTOR EXPERTS that have been wet both and within China. And there are solid clues that argue that Huawei is already testing at its Dongguan facilities, in the province of Canton, the first team of extreme ultraviolet photolithography (UVE) Designed and manufactured entirely in China. The filtered photography that we publish a little lower in this article corroborates it. The leaks They assure That unlike the UVE machines produced by the Dutch company ASML, this Chinese lithography equipment uses an LDP ultraviolet light source (laser induced discharge), and not LPP class (plasma generated by laser). Presumably the development of this source of ultraviolet radiation emission is the milestone that has allowed Chinese engineers to develop a machine that Many experts did not see possible before five years in the best case. At the moment the most prudent is that we take this information with caution, but it seems solid enough to echo it. An interesting note is that on paper the LDP source is able to generate UVE light with a wavelength of 13.5 nm, so this Chinese prototype should be able to compete from you to you with ASML UVE photolithography machines. In addition, the leaks argue that China will begin the production of more test machines during the third quarter of this year with the purpose of launching the large -scale manufacture of these equipment during 2026. Why are the UVE photolithography teams so important to China The sanctions of USA and its allies They prevent ASML from giving their Chinese clients their most sophisticated integrated circuit manufacturing equipment. Its UVE machines belong to this category. The Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC have managed to produce 7 Nm chips using the deep ultraviolet lithography machines (UVP) of ASML that they have in their possession, but to make it possible they have had to resort to a technique known as Multiple patterning. The ‘multiple patterning’ perceptibly expensive chips and lies the production capacity This technique in broad strokes consists in transferring the pattern to the wafer in several passes with the purpose of increasing the resolution of the lithographic process. It works, but it has two big problems: it perceptibly expensive the chips and Merms production capacity. In addition, presumably will not allow to go beyond 5 Nm. Chinese manufacturers of integrated circuits have turned with mature chips production To sustain your business, but this strategy will not allow China to compete on equal terms with the US and its allies. An important note: mature semiconductors usually occur in nodes of 28 nm or less advanced, and are used in appliances, cars and electronic consumption devices. China needs to produce 3 NM chips or with even more advanced integration technologies to acquire the ability to develop semiconductors comparable to the most sophisticated that are currently manufacturing TSMC, Intel, Samsung or SK Hynix. The competitiveness of Huawei, SMIC and other companies is at stake. If this information is finally confirmed and China has its Commercial UVE machines in 2026, it will have taken a crucial step in its pulse with the US. Even so, Asml will continue to have The best lithography teams: The machines Haute Opening UVE that Intel is already testing, and that with all probability will soon verify TSMC and Samsung. Image | ASML More information | WCCFTECH In Xataka | TSMC acknowledges that it has been considered taking its factories out of Taiwan. It is impossible for a good reason

Prime video is becoming an “aggregator” of other platforms. And the arrival of Apple TV+ is the last example

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It has been since October in countries like the United States or the United Kingdom, but as of today, Apple TV+ will be available within the offer of prime video in other European countries, such as Spain, Germany and Italy. The fate of the Apple platform is still a peculiar symbol of how things are going to the business of streaming… and how Amazon is raised. Amazon friends. Like so many other channels of the Prime Video offer, to access the Apple TV+ programming, an extra (9.99 euros) that adds to the rate that the client already pays for Amazon Prime is added. The offer includes many of the most outstanding series of the Apple platform, such as’Separation‘,’ Silo ‘,’ The Morning Show ‘,’ Slow horses ‘,’Ted Lasso‘, movies like’Wolfs‘ either ‘The secret abyss‘And sporting events such as Major League Soccer and Major League Baseball. Another channel. Apple TV+ thus adds to The offer of prime video channelswhich has become a remarkable reponent of other people’s catalogs, almost forty, although all need the client to pay an additional rate. Among the most outstanding are some of cinema and series such as Crunchyroll, AMC+, MUBI, Lionsgate+or the exclusive Amazon MGM+. There are also sports such as Dazn Pro or Laligatv, although it undoubtedly attracts three platforms that we know for their activity outside Amazon: Max, Skyshowtime and, now, Apple TV+. Apple’s fluctuations. Leaving Skyshowtime aside, a recent platform and of which there are still no data on failures or successes, Max and Apple TV+ coincide in a trajectory of astronomical losses. Warner has spent years old submerged in radical cuts What have Affected to your premiere calendar Already the production of Max and HBO. Apple TV+, meanwhile, has had to end renouncing its purpose of becoming a Major from Hollywood after failures as notable as those of ‘Napoleon’ or, above all, ‘argylle’, as well as vision figures that They pale next to competitors Like Netflix. Time to grow. This last detail is especially relevant: despite the undisputed quality of its catalog, the penetration of Apple TV+ is incomparable to that of its rivals, and hence the treatment with Amazon: geting that series as ‘separation’ or ‘Ted Lasso’ look more is essential to continue producing callity content. Apple TV+ is not collected to give control over its products, something that has always gone against its business philosophy, but in this case it needs it. An previous agreement. It is not the first time that Amazon and Apple reach an agreement related to the content of Apple TV+, since its films were available for rent in Prime Video. What Amazon got in 2020 It was that Apple did not force the spectator to leave prime video and to enter its platform and make him pay 30% commission of the App Store. It was a favor treatment that had an unusual bridge between Apple and a rival company, and made Amazon Partner Apple privileged, undoubtedly taking a first step for the appearance of Apple TV+ as a prime video channel. The transformation of streaming. What is also clear is that the appearance of a channel as relevant as Apple TV+ in Prime Video, adding to Max and Skyshowtime, demonstrates not only Amazon’s financial muscle, which will have had to pay their own for that privilege, but also allows us to advance to a possible streaming panorama transformation. We will stop seeing in the future, perhaps, islets of exclusive content that do not communicate with each other, such as Netflix or Disney+, and we will see more platforms that intersect their catalogs, leaving in the viewer field the possibility of choosing one or another service according to offers, prices or temporary exclusive. Although in that sense, few can shade the splendid offer of Amazon channels. In Xataka | Prime Video has a plan to differentiate from its competition: become a repository of foreign channels

How to send a video from Telegram to Chromecast or Google TV

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Let’s explain How to send Videos from Telegram to Chromecastsomething will also serve with Google TV and that is possible with a new update of the messaging app. Currently this option is available in the Telegram version for Android, although it is a matter of time that also arrives at iOS. To be able to use this function, you just need to have updated Telegram to your latest version. Then, you will simply have to look for the option when you are watching a video inside the application. Castea Telegram videos The first thing you have to do is enter that message where there is a video that you want to broadcast on a device with Google Cast. Then, click on the video To see it on full screen. Once you start watching the video on full screen, give it a pulsation so that the playback bar appears down and up several buttons. Here, Press the options button or configurationwith the tooth wheel icon. An options screen will open where you can configure the reproduction speed. In it, click on Chromecast That will appear down at all. In doing so, you will look for the device compatible with closer chromecast and you can choose it to send the video. In Xataka Basics | Google TV vs chromect: differences and what types of device are each

An electric C-HR, a redesigned BZ4X and a lexus that comes with surprise

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Toyota has given so many laps with the strategy related to the electric car that it is easy to get lost in what has happened in recent times and what are its future plans. Let us remember that In 2021 They advanced the launch of 30 electric models throughout the decade. Later, delays and bad results of the TOYOTA BZ4X doubts began to sow their leaders and have even pointed out that the electric car It will only be another piece of the puzzle that composes its offer but not much less will be the essential piece. And, already in the last third of 2024, They returned to the load pointing out that in 2026 they expected Manufacture less electric Of those who had initially raised but the bet was still firm. So much that they plan to produce a million electric cars next year (10 times more than those sold in 2023). Along the way they also presented their road map with new batteries and its position with solid state batteries. Now, the company has presented the first dish of the electric car menu for Europe. The second is expected more overwhelming and we should know it today, with a new completely electric model. At the moment, this is what the Japanese have advanced. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Three cars converted to electric and a surprise In the absence of knowing more details about a new completely electric model that is about to be revealed, Toyota has decided to update its supply of the electric car for Europe with three existing models but that are updated with a zero emissions option. Toyota C-HR+ Without a doubt, it is the most attractive option of the three electric car conversions that Toyota has presented. It is because that ideal car practicality will join for day to day but with two batteries that can give a lot of play to get out of the city and not have long -trip problems. It will be sold with three mechanics that are associated with two battery sizes. The first is from 57.7 kWh And it arrives next to a 123 kW (165 hp) engine to deliver an autonomy approved according to 455 kilometers WLTP cycle. In the absence of own evidence, we can advance that we would talk about an open road autonomy of about 300-320 kilometers, which may be sufficient if we do not make many long trips a year or usually make a stop every two hours. Above, the most capable option will come with 77 kWh battery. This is combined with a 165 kW (221 hp) engine that will provide the greatest autonomy of all (600 km according to WLTP cycle) and with a 252 kW engine (338 hp) that provides total traction (the other two options are front traction) and an acceleration of 0 to 100 km/h in 5.2 seconds. Of course, the expected autonomy falls to 525 kilometers that, on the road, will approach about 400 kilometers. The car will arrive in the second half of 2025 but there are no confirmed prices. TOYOTA BZ4X Toyota’s first electric SUV is updated with what should be an impulse to a model that has sold very little. With this relaunch, which will also arrive in the second half of 2025 and for which we have no prices, the Japanese claim that They have won more than 70 kilometers of autonomy in the large battery option by improving the efficiency of its electric motors. In addition, battery pre -conceptioning of up to 30 minutes is also now available to offer better performance and load more quickly. The mechanical offer will be very similar to that offered in the Toyota C-HR+. There will be a small 57.7 kWh battery model associated with a 123 kW (165 hp) engine that will deliver a homologated autonomy of 445 kilometers (20 kilometers more than the above -mentioned model) and two options for a battery that in this case remains at 73.1 kWh. One of them with 165 kW (221 hp) engine and autonomy of 573 kilometers and another with 252 kW (338 hp) and 520 kilometers autonomy. Toyota Urban Cruiser With much less details, Toyota has also advanced that he will put on the street El Toyota Urban Cruiser, a model designed for the urban environment but with a battery option that will allow you to travel without many inconveniences. At the moment, we only know that it will have 49 and 61 kWh batteriesso we can expect autonomies on the highway and highway that will move between 250 and 300 kilometers between load and load. Toyota has announced that they will use LFP batteries, so we expect a more content price. Of course, the latter has not been confirmed. Neither does your release date. The Urban Cruiser is a new compact SUV developed from the urban SUV prototype presented in 2023. While its compact exterior dimensions give it a great maneuverability in urban environments, the cabin maximizes the space for passengers with a system of sliding rear seats. It has two battery options (with gross capacity of 49 and 61 kWh), and both use ferrophosphate lithium technology (Lifepo), which offers advantages such as durability, safety and reduced cost, as well as the front or total traction option. Lexus Rz With a much more sporty concept, the Lexus RZ adds more completely electric options to its range designed to increase the sensations at the wheel. In this case, we talk about a car that will arrive in autumn of 2025. From Lexus they claim that the car has improved its total traction system, which will include the new management system that we already talked about in this article and that it will have a “New Interactive Manual Unitwhich provides a more attractive and pleasant driving experience. “That is, we can expect some gear change simulation system, something that has also been talking about. As for their mechanical abilities, … Read more

An American who wants to dedicate him to tourism

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For years Castro Saltoa town in the municipality of Fonfría, west of Zamora, stood out above all for two reasons: its idyllic Natural environmentin full reserve of the Iberian plateau biosphereand above all his link with the neighbor of Castro. In fact the village It was created to welcome employees who work in the hydroelectric installation and was injured in death In the late 80s when he was automated and his presence there ceased to be indispensable. Now Salto de Castro is famous for something else: it has become one of the great symbols of The emptied Spain. After a complex recent story, marked by abandonment and its Departure and reentry In the real estate market, an entrepreneur claims to have bought it to dedicate it to tourism. The most curious thing is that the businessman is from the US, he barely speaks Spanish and never had Europe before. In a place of the line … Salto de Castro is part of the municipality of Fonfría, Zamora province, but is closer to Portugal than from the Zamora capital. Located next to the line this small town formed by 44 homeslodge, bar, pool, church, sports facilities and a barracks was driven In the mid -twentieth century by Iberduero To welcome the workers (and families) who worked in the Castro dam, located right next to each other. From Iberduero to Idealista. In 40 Salto de Castro welcomed the workers who raised the dam and during the following decades it worked as a hydroelectric town, just like others many distributed For Spain. TO late 80s That changed. His employees and the Civil Guard post were relocated and the town was touched, converted into A ghost town that attracted curious … and occasionally to some businessman who dreamed of taking advantage of his idyllic environment to turn him into A tourist complex. For a time the town was owned by a Galician society. Then, in 2022, He went to hands of the person responsible for a construction company of Toledo for 300,000 euros. Neither with one nor with the other came to take off. Shortly after idealist announced that the town was on sale for 580,000. Although then I know slid that there were interested buyers from Saudi and Miami, in the end Everything points that its owner has not left the Middle East or Florida, but from the west coast of the US. “I knew it was my future”. The last name to sneak into the history of Villa is that of Jason Lee Beckwitha Californian with a profile quite different from that of the previous owners of the town: Jason is from the US, he spent a large part of his professional life in a printing press, a business of Bed & Breakfast In your country and at least until recently He barely spoke Spanish nor had Europe stepped on. Neither one thing nor the other threw back in his last project: to become the owner of Salto de Castro. The reason? One day, while looking for options to continue with his hospitality vocation on the other side of the Atlantic, he learned that there was a town for sale right on the border between Spain and Portugal. “It was as if a switch was lit on my head”, He reported Recently to the EFE agency. His wife, Brazilian, did not seem too excited about the idea, but Jason had just decided when visiting the town in person. “I knew that this was my future,” he says. From plans to euros. Throughout the last months the name of Jason and his sudden love for Salto de Castro has starred news in means from all over the country, regional, state And even foreigners. In them the Californian has been renovating his plans for the town and has also given brushstrokes of something equally crucial: the economic part. In January Jason He confirmed the mayor of Fonfría that he had already made a first payment to “acquire the town to the former owners.” This same week, in one of his Last interviewsgranted to Efe, went further and slid that he would have already bought the town by about 310,000 euros. Of course, recovering the old buildings and carrying out the project you have in mind will cost you much more. Jason estimates that the total investment could stem the five million of euros. There is talk about eight million To restore the entire area. A project, a Crowdfunding. For now there is already active A campaign of microenazgo to his name in Gofundme with an ambitious objective: to raise $ 300,000. “With this first collection of funds it is intended to complete the acquisition of the village and the land that surround it, hire a specialist in subsidies and aid, complete the studies on the main systems of the village, prepare a precise general budget/calendar and start working in the church,” Point out The campaign. At the moment he has managed to gather 500 dollars with half a dozen contributions, even far from the 300,000 marked as a goal in Gofundme, where other sources of income are needed that consider their drivers to continue with the project, including subsidies and subsidies. A few days ago Jason Lee explained to The newspaper which is about to “complete the paperwork” to complete the transfer of the town, which could be closed “even several months earlier.” And what is in mind? Basically return to life Saltro, orienting it to tourism Without ruling out The possibility of rentals for long stays. In An interview granted in February Zamora’s opinionJason explained that he had in mind to offer different types of accommodation: “luxury villas”, “Boutique Apartments” and “A shelter with several bedrooms” for travelers with more tight budgets. Another market in which it aspires to fishing is that of the Digital nomads. “My goal is to open a hotel, shelter and there will also be short and long -term apartment rentals for those who want to change the … Read more

The effect of interest rates on their results

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Juan Roig has found in recent years a new and lucrative source of income for Mercadona that goes beyond the sale of products in its stores: the management of your treasury He reported 180 million euros in 2024, 13% of its total benefits. The context. The increase in interest rates has turned the Mercadona Treasury into a machine to generate benefits, going from contributing only 5 million in 2022 (0.7% of the benefit) to 180 million in 2024 (13% of the benefit). This phenomenon is directly related to the supermarket business model, where customers pay at the time of purchase, generating surpluses of liquidity that can be deposited in banking entities. Simpler: Mercadona charges its customers instantly but pays its suppliers to installs, allowing you to accumulate billions in the bank generating interest. In figures. Mercadona closed 2024 with benefits of 1,384 million euros37% more than in 2023, with 5,692 million in cash and liquid assets equivalent to the end of the year. The financial result has multiplied by 36 in three years: 5 million in 2022 to 180 million in 2024. The total turnover reached 38,800 million, 9% more than in 2023. What has happened. He End of the negative types cycle in 2022 It was a turning point in the financial management of the Valencian company. Although the Euribor ranged between 3.7% and 2.4% for 2024, Mercadona was improving its financial margin through more efficient management. Roig’s company has increased its financial benefits even when interest rates have shown a downward trend. That demonstrates active management. Between bambalins. This improvement in financial income coincides with the culmination of the process of transformation of its supermarkets. Mercadona invested 419 million in 2024 to adapt stores to Efficient model “Store 8” (Diaphanous spaces, prepared dishes section, term and acoustic insulation …), 231 million less than in 2023. The combination of savings in investments (231 million) and the improvement of the financial margin (additional 92 million compared to 2023) explains much of the increase in the benefit. Deepen. The Phenomenon of Mercadona is an example of a trend among large retail companies with a lot of cash generation: diversification towards financial activities taking advantage of their liquidity surpluses. This “hidden bank” within the supermarket company has become an extra competitive advantage against chains with lower financial muscle. By 2025, Mercadona provides for a more moderate growth in sales (3.5%, up to 40,100 million) and a consolidation of the benefit. If we read the latter between the lines we can intuit that they anticipate a lower interest rates scenario in the future. Outstanding image | Mercadona In Xataka | Mercadonia: What is it, what is it for and how to use this GPT trained with the prices and data of Mercadona products

NASA decided to bombard the moon with low -budget commercial missions. The results are being bleak

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The image above was sent by the Athena Machines lunar module before running out of energy. Like his predecessor, he was horizontal, which prevented him from deploying his loads. To top it off, he did it in an orientation and an orography that did not allow him to recharge his batteries. Athena (IM-2) is one of the many Missions of the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload (Clps) Commercial Program. Announced in 2018, It is the return of the United States to the lunar surface after more than 50 yearssince NASA stopped doing lunar missions (manned or not) after Apollo 17. CLPS hires private companies to transport NASA scientific experiments To the moon. These companies develop commercial spaces that finance with NASA contracts and other agencies or companies interested in sending load to the Moon. For NASA it is a very low cost approach, since the contracts revolve around 100 million dollars per mission, while the alunizas of the Surveyor program of the 1960s cost 10 times more (adjusting their value from then on inflation). It is also a high -risk approach, how they are demonstrating the first results. NASA pays the agreed amount and does not cover cost overruns, transferring to companies a huge technical and financial challenge. For NASA a failure represents a manageable loss, so it is bombing the moon of CLPS missions. For companies, the pressure is increasing. A difficult beginning The CLPS missions had to start launching in 2020. The Orbitbeyond company canceled its contract in 2019 for financial problems, renouncing before starting. Masten Space, another selected, broke in 2022, canceling his mission planned by 2023. Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines ended up delaying their releases, but they are still in the race. However, of the four CLPS missions launched to date, only one has achieved a completely successful moon landing: ❌ Astrobotic pilgrim. The first CLPS mission. He received NASA 79.5 million dollars to transport 14 useful charges to the Moon. It was launched on January 8, 2024 with a Vulcan Centaur rocket of Ula. The ship suffered a propellant leak shortly after the launch that left it without possibilities to reach the lunar surface. He went down in history as First American attempt of moon landing from the Apollo missions, but the fuel escape left it unusable. First failure.❌ Odysseus of intuitive machines. The IM-1 mission received 77.5 million dollars from NASA to send six scientific instruments to the moon. It was launched on February 15, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Spacex. Unlike pilgrim, the Nova-C ship “Odysseus” reached the lunar surface, But it was sidewayswhich prevented deploying many of its useful charges. Even so, it continued to work for seven days before running out of energy.✔️ Blue Ghost of Firefly Aerospace. The mission received a contract of 101.5 million from the NASA to take 10 useful charges to the moon. It was launched on January 15, 2025 in a Falcon 9 rocket in Spacex. The ship alunicized smoothly and vertically on March 2, 2025. It was the first completely successful mooning of a private company on the moon. Among other instruments, the mission deployed a heat probe under the lunar regol.❌ Athena of intuitive machines. The second mission of Intuitive Machines received 47 million dollars from NASA to display the prime-1 ice prospecting experiment on the moon. It was launched on February 27, 2025 in a Falcon 9 rocket. Like Odysseus, the Athena ship managed to descend to the Mons Mouton region, near the South Lunar Pole, but it was left aside again due to problems with its navigation sensors. Consequently, he could not recharge his batteries and died prematurely after transmitting images and some initial data. The NASA trailblazer lunar orbiter ran the same fate launched next to Athena as part of another agency’s low cost program: the Simplex missions. NASA lost contact with the orbiter shortly after its deployment. Its predecessor, the Cubesat Lunah-Map launched next to the Lunar Artemis I mission, also ended in failure due to a propulsion failure. Another moment that dazzled the Clps missions was the cancellation of the Viper Rover when it was already built. NASA’s rover, designed to search water in the South Lunar Pole, was going to be launched with the Astrobotic Griffin module, but was canceled by NASA so as not to have to take delays and cost overheads. Of course, instead of dismantling it, the agency has ended up making it available to private companies interested in operating it. The following to try Astrobotic, with the Lunar Griffin module, scheduled for the end of this year Intuitive Machines, with the IM-4 missions (which will take the prospect drill of the European Space Agency to the South Lunar Pole) and IM-3 (which will travel to an enigmatic lunar swirl, Reiner Gamma), in 2026 Firefly Aerospace, with the Blue Ghost 2 missions, next year, and Blue Ghost 3, in 2028 (using an orbiter and a landing module to investigate the Gruithuisen domes, a lunar territory never explored) And Draper, aboard the Apex module of the Japanese company Ispace, with the aim of alunizar on the hidden face of the moon The half full glass Image: Firefly Aerospace Despite these setbacks, each ship of the Clps program has helped the development of the companies involved. Although the scientific value of these missions is much lower than that of more advanced programs, such as those of the Chinese space agency, CLPS offers NASA a more economical and flexible path to explore the moon and start energizing a lunar economy. The program has had a difficult start (after all they were high -risk missions), but has fulfilled the objective of involving private industry in lunar exploration, lowering access to the moon and delivering some scientific results to a comparatively low cost. If the next missions manage to improve the success rate, CLPS will be the scientific support that the artemis man -manned program needs. Image | Intuitive machines In Xataka | Elon Musk has … Read more

TSMC is willing to take control of Intel chips factories. What you don’t want is to do it alone

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The administration led by Donald Trump has asked TSMC to help rescue intel semiconductor factories. This is at least what media support almost always as well informed as Reuters either SCMP. If so, This initiative of the US government It changes everything. If the Trump administration did not agree with this strategy, its viability would be very small, but its support invites us to take this possibility very seriously. According to these TSMC media, it is preparing a proposal that will present both Intel and the US government to take control of Integrated circuit production plants of this American company. However, this Taiwanese chips manufacturer does not want to face this solo challenge; He prefers to do it with other companies that presumably also interested in participating in the management of Intel factories. According to the sources of ReutersTSMC managers are talking to their Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom and Qualcomm counterparts with the purpose of constituting a joint company that is responsible for plant management. TSMC would not have a participation in any case greater than 50% in this Joint Venture. At the moment there has been no official confirmation that supports these negotiations, but at the current situation this information is very credible. In any case, this plan will not come to fruition if it does not have the approval of the Donald Trump government. Some Intel relevant employees want to keep control of factories Ben Sell, Vice President of Intel Technology Development, confirmed At the end of last September that the 18A node already has the maturity necessary to enter large -scale production in 2025. and also assured that it will benefit from the resources that have been reallocated since the 20A node. In the current scenario the 18A node will be the true protagonist. In fact, and this is really important, Intel has confirmed which will receive a maximum of 3,000 million dollars within the framework of the ‘Chips and Science Act’ program to manufacture semiconductors for the US government in a reliable way. Lithography 18a is the best opportunity that Intel has to resume direction and improve its competitiveness The name of this plan, “Safe Enclave”, reflects one of the requirements required by the Administration: Chips must occur in the strictest confidentiality. And, as we can intuit, these integrated circuits They will be manufactured in the 18A node. This integration technology is definitely the best opportunity that Intel has to resume course and improve its competitiveness. In fact, voices are being raised within the company itself that demand a little patience to give this node the opportunity to place Intel on the path of recovery. This statement by Joseph Bonetti, main manager of Intel engineering programs, expresses this vision very well: “Intel leaders, Board of Directors of Intel and Donald Trump administration, please do not sell or give the control of Intel Foundry to TSMC just when Intel is taking the technological front and starting to take off. It would be a terrible and demoralizing error.” Bonetti also maintains that Intel is not lagging for its competitors, and that the advances that their engineers are achieving in the field of chips production are very important. At the current situation there is no doubt that the 18A integration technology is the best Intel asset to recover health, but it is important that we do not overlook that its technicians have been calibrating more than a year and adjusting their first teams of lithography of extreme ultraviolet (UVE) and haute opening manufactured by ASML. Intel has them in its Hillsboro (USA) plant. The first tests with this machine presumably They made them at the end of 2024and in 2025 the preliminary tests that pursue to manufacture integrated circuits in the 14A node will begin. It sounds exciting. We will follow the track to this machine very closely to keep you aware of all progress. Image | Intel More information | Reuters | SCMP In Xataka | Bill Gates has radiographed Intel. And his diagnosis is overwhelmingly accurate

Spain will fine those who do not flute the contents generated with AI. It is a colossal technical and regulatory challenge

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If you have generated a text, an audio or a video with AI, it will be better than tagged. Otherwise you could expose yourself to a really important fine. It is the conclusion of the draft law that the Council of Ministers approved yesterday, and is especially oriented to avoid the risks of The Deepfakes. The Pope and the Alarms. In March 2023 it became viral An Deepfake of Pope Francis carrying a theoretical coat of Balenciaga. That triggered the alarms of the European Union, which launched the AI ​​law, approved by the European Parliament on March 13, 2024 and that He entered into force Months later, on August 1. Now Spain adapts that law for a clear purpose. Spain against the Deepfakes.The Minister of Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, explained that “AI is a very powerful tool, which can be used to improve our lives or to spread bulos and attack democracy.” Do not tag AI contents, severe infraction. This bill considers as a serious infraction not comply with the labeling of texts, videos or audios generated with AI to identify them of adequate froma. It is something that the EU has been insisting since June 2023, but there are two problems: that almost no one is doing it at the moment. Colossal fines. The minister did not specify how to perform that labeling, and according to his words, It will be Aesia the one that puts the rules for that labeling. As already established by the AI ​​Law, breaching the regulations raised fines of up to 35 million euros and/or between 5 and 7% of the worldwide turnover of the offender company. Initiatives to label: have them, there are. The need to label texts, images, videos and audios is evident, but for now there is no universal and accepted alternative. Google proposed its own solution In May 2023 and I rowed it in October 2024 With Synthidwhich can be applied even in short texts and is already used by Gemini. Adobe too He threw himself soon To try to solve the problem. Goal has its own Water marks for audios generated by Ia. Even Openai joined the effort With a combo of a Cr symbol (“Content credentials“, also driven by adobe) visible and an invisible water mark in the images generated with AI. The C2PA standard architecture makes it clear how each content adds metadata that indicates the steps in which it has been edited and how, including possible uses of AI. Source: C2PA. The C2PA standard and the search for consensus. The most remarkable proposal in this regard is that of the standard C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity). This coalition manages technologies such as the aforementioned Content Credential Specification To label content generated spor ia. Many of the main companies are in that group, including Openai, Amazon, Google, Meta or Microsoft, but there is a great absence: Apple, which (inexplicably) does not seem to pronounce on this regard. Where are AI labels? Although the labeling technology is there, it has not just been widely used. There are isolated cases: goal began to label images On Instagram or Facebookbut that’s having problems To perform that labeling, which is tried to apply to already published content. YouTube too He has taken steps In that sense and Google begins to implement it In your search engine and your ads. Even manufacturers such as Sony or Leica label their photos in some of their cameras. Label everything, whether or not done with ia. Ideally (utopia?) It would be that any content was labeled in two ways: either it is made with the assistance of AI, or is it a content in which the AI ​​has not helped. We have the perfect example in the camera apps of our mobiles with Android or iOS: those images and videos should be labeled with something similar to a “content without ia”, for example. This is what Sony or Leica cameras pose, but imposes a huge problem for the entire hardware and software segment. We need adoption to shoot. Companies seem to be clear that something like this is necessary and reasonable, but starting it is being a especially long and complex process. Cryptographic labeling is probably the best option to prevent Deepfakes from becoming an even more important threat, but here is a decisive step: that companies adopt these measures. Even if it is little by little. In Xataka | The companies of AI have been jumping the copyright for years. They have just suffered a disturbing legal defeat

I have got on a driver without a driver in Barcelona and I have not noticed many differences in the trip. That says a lot

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The completely autonomous driving It is one of the pending automotive subjects. Divided into levels, where the one is mere assistance and the five full autonomous, I have been able to get on a Level Bus Four. It is manufactured by Renault. And Barcelona lent its streets as an urban circuit. The experience was very positive. Surprising by its reduced size, by the amount of cameras and sensors that surround the vehicle and because, after climbing, All seats are from passenger. There was no driver. Of course, Renault reserved one for the security operator: this can take control of the autonomous bus if an incidence occurs. During my journey there was no smallest problem. Autonomous driving in the city and with traffic against Before going to the test I imagined that Renault and the City Council would have cordoned off a street piece to circulate the bus in a controlled way. Nothing is further from reality: contrary to what happened The first time we got on the busI made my journey on a circuit open to usual traffic. The center of Barcelona did not put it at all easy. Nothing better to test an eight -square robotaxi than to release it in the middle of the city with the rest of bus buses, the taxis crossing the lane, the pedestrians jumping in red by the zebra crossing and, ultimately, surviving the traffic of a city as large and chaotic as that of Barcelona. Renault’s autonomous bus faced obstacles each by responsible and with the maximum care. I already commented that he is small, Renault raises his autonomous transport as a shuttle or “shuttle” vehicle; Without this implying that technology is suitable only for minibuses, since it is scalable to larger shots (OA cars). The interior has several seats in rows and each of them has a belt. All passengers must fashed it, the “FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS” sounds for internal megaphony as in the airplanes. And the bus complains when you take it off. Soft, without accelerons and with a thousand eyes in the environment. Renault places two screens in the upper front area where the recognition made by the vehicle of the environment and the 3D representation of the circulation can be seen. The minibus has a complex recognition system that surrounds the outside with six Lidar, ten cameras, has four high -precision GPS RTK receptors and two 5G connection modules. Inside there are also cameras and sensors for the detection of passengers. Like the rest of the vehicles that circulate on the road, the Renault minibus signals the turns, maintains the safety distances, responds in advance to the rest of the moving elements and circulates through the lanes remaining through the preferred urban circuit. Since the test seeks to cover a traditional bus line, the circuit has stops where passengers can go down and get from the bus. The test is open to the public: anyone can get A real and open test to everyone. The one in Barcelona is the first test of an autonomous passenger vehicle in a Spanish city and out of controlled situations. In fact, not only could we get the journalists: anyone who is in Barcelona can take the bus between Passeig de Gràcia and Rambla de Catalunya. The tour lasts half an hour and has six stops. I appreciated a responsible, determined driving, without accelerons, the turns were soft and the speed according to the environment. I expected a somewhat more fearful driving, like someone who opens after taking the driving license. On the contrary: without losing safety for a moment, autonomous driving was very experienced. He even went through the narrow place that left a double row car: the bus did not hesitate for a second. I would have thought about it. Interior screens where real -time recognition (left) and 3D (right) route are seen In the end, the feeling of going on an autonomous bus does not move away from traveling in a conventional one. Only you look forward and you don’t see anyone piloting, this is something that, logically, attracts attention. More out than inside. The bus became a more tourist attraction. I was very surprised by the response of all the people who saw the bus. His feeling passed from the initial surprise to doubt, then to the intrigue. Many took their mobile and took pictures, greeted us, recorded us on video. And there was an answer that was recorded: the expectation of a group of taxi drivers when they saw the autonomous bus go ahead. I had to take the photo. Taxi drivers observing the passage of the autonomous minibus Having an experience that goes unnoticed once you get used to not seeing the driver is a success: autonomous driving is perfectly viable in the city, even with unpredictable traffic. Renault has developed a technology that responds perfectly and that can be anticipated even before a pedestrian that suddenly jumps to the road. The bus stopped almost dry when it perceived it several meters. And he resumed slowly once the pedestrian was on the sidewalk. You only need a 5G connection. I think it is the case of use of the 5G that I have experienced clearer to date: as explained by Renault, to display an autonomous bus line only a stable 5G connection is needed. The vehicle integrates two 5G modules that constantly send the information that the vehicle is collecting. They did not know how to tell me exactly the size in data of such information, it was huge. So much, that they had exhausted the rates of several SIM cards used during the tests. Emergency stop switch for passengers Renault uses 5G connectivity to manage the lines in real time from the control center, but the vehicle is completely autonomous at the local level: it has several computers that manage the information that collect cameras and sensors to act according to algorithms and training. To suffer a fall in the 5G network, or … Read more

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