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There is a roundabout collapsing access to Granada. The City Council wants to fix it by putting the traffic lights

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Spain is A country of roundabouts. And although they are born to relieve traffic circulation, it is common manage to generate the opposite effect. This is the case of the roundabout that joins the highway of the GR-30 Circunvalación with Fernando de los Ríos Avenue, in Granada. A quite complex point of union between key points of the city such as the highway itself, the Nevada shopping center, the hospitals area and several of the most inhabited peoples of the city. This point, located in the municipality of Armilla, will be the second in Spain to incorporate traffic lights with artificial intelligence. Its objective is clear: replace the work of the Local Police for hours. The Rotunda del Chaos. Imagine a roundabout that joins the main highway of your city with the most busy shopping center of it, the university access zone, one of the main hospitals (not only of the city of Granada, but of the surrounding villages), and the main towns of the city. Insured chaos. This roundabout, located at the foot of the GR-30 highway, is famous for the amount of traffic jams that are generated at peak hours, from morning to the afternoon. It is usual to find local police officers regulating traffic at critical moments of the day, but now the City of Armilla wants to go one step further. Traffic lights with AI. The mayor of the town of Armilla, Loli Cañavate, explains to Granadahoy That the implementation of traffic lights with artificial intelligence is scheduled to replace the work of these mobility agents during tips. How will it work. The traffic light system will allow them Adapt in real time to vehicle flow. How will they do it? First, several traffic lights will be installed at the different access points to the roundabout. A total of five tickets distributed in the GR-30 descent, the departure of the Albán Park area, the departure of Fernando de los Ríos Avenue in the Granada direction, the departure from the Health Technology Park and the departure of Fernando de los Ríos Avenue Direction Armilla. The traffic camera system will collect updated information about traffic, and this data will be used so that traffic lights can regulate the circulation opening and closing the tickets to the roundabout according to the congestion zones. A little step towards the inevitable. The case of Granada is particular, since this roundabout will end up in a underground process to completely avoid this decongestion. However, the implementation of smart traffic lights begins to gain more and more strength. Neighboring countries, such as Germany, They started with pilot tests More than two years ago. The result? An improvement between 10 and 15% in the fluidity of traffic, with a scheduled improvement margin up to 30%. Without going as far, in cities like Córdoba There are already traffic lights with artificial intelligencealthough in this case with a system aimed at that pedestrians with reduced mobility can cross more easily. Specifically, if the traffic light detects that we have mobility problems, it is open for a longer time. In Xataka | Spanish traffic lights are more dangerous than the rest for a peculiarity. And the DGT knows Image | Eliobed Suárez

Siri is not the only broken toy in the world voice attendees. Their rivals still do

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Apple is still choking artificial intelligence implementation. The company confirmed at the end of the week that Siri’s advanced functions would take “More than expected” In arriving, without giving a specific date but advancing that until 2026 we will not have news. The company is late, but it is not the only one in trouble with its intelligent assistant. The great alternative to Siri is Gemini, a solution that most Android manufacturers are beginning to implement in collaboration with Google and that follows very, very green. Don’t wait for the new Siri soon. One of Apple Intelligence’s reasons was The new Siri. Native integration with chatgpt, Natural language understandinganalysis of the content of our phone to meet in detail … recently we could Test Apple Intelligence beta And the conclusion was clear: everything was half building or, directly, it wasn’t. Weeks later, Apple confirmed that Siri’s smartest version “will take longer than expected.” His artificial intelligence is still in beta and the arrival of all the news from this spring was expected. It won’t be so. Apple decided not to get into the AI ​​car when its main rivals were at a point of relative maturity, and These delays They have taken her to the current situation. His rival rubs his hands. Meanwhile, the answer on Android is being clear. This operating system is owned by Google, and Google has Gemini as vitamin assistant with artificial intelligence. Thus, most phones (Oppo, Samsung, Xiaomi, etc.) that are sold in Europe, arrive from Gemini. This is the agent that replaces the classic Google (OK, Google) assistant that we have been using on our phones for so many years, with the main difference of being a Google response to tools such as Chatgpt. Not everything that shines. Gemini has improved, and much, Since we tried it in February 2024. Gemini Live now It is completely freehas no problem to execute simple actions (alarms, searches, etc.), but it is still very far from being a natural assistant. One of its main problems is precisely that the distinction between Gemini and Gemini Live dilutes the use we want to give as an assistant. If, for example, I ask Gemini what I can do today, he will give me an especially extensive answer. If I want to stop talking (in addition, Gemini’s tone is quite robotic and unnatural) I cannot do it comfortably, since the only way that allows interruptions is that of Gemini Live. In other words, in an independent app (such as Gemini or Chatgpt) this distinction between conversational modes makes sense. In a fast and native assistant, everything should be available in the most accessible way. And no, if you tell Gemini if ​​you can speak using Gemini Live, do not activate this mode, start talking without stopping what this way is. Gemini also does not have access to native applications (it only works by extensions and, today, there are very few. It is not even able to make adjustments as simple as lowering/uploading the brightness of the phone, and the same happens with the volume. Much less can change basic system adjustments if we ask. There are no more rivals in sight (still). The only Android manufacturer who bet on a conversational assistant was Samsung with Bixby. This assistant is still alive in One UI 7, but it is so secondary that Samsung herself preinstall Gemini on her phones and its extensions are key to the operation of Galaxy AI. In China, the great manufacturers are beginning to integrate Depseek as the native but, for the moment, there is no advanced voice or native integration. Honor wants to change everything With its AI agent, one capable of performing all kinds of requests, including the most important, those of native adjustments. Image | Apple In Xataka | The new Siri forgets the devices where it is more important: the Homepod and Apple Watch

Banks spent years criticizing cryptocurrencies. The BBVA will soon allow to operate with Bitcoin and ETH from its app

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Almost exactly four years ago that the Bank of Spain (BDE) and the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMV) published a joint statement. In it They warned of the risk of investing in cryptocurrenciesespecially due to its “extreme volatility, complexity and lack of transparency.” Thus, they qualified them as a “high -risk commitment.” Four years later it seems that the opinion of these experts has changed. And a lot. BBVA will allow Buy and Sell Bitcoin and Eth. As the entity indicatestoday the CNMV has approved the BBVA “to provide custody and execution services of cryptoactive sale orders in Spain.” This will initially make the bank offer the possibility of operating with Bitcoin and ETH (Ethereum). The EU opens the door to the crypts in traditional banking. The notification of the CNMV is one of the procedures necessary by the regulation on cryptoactive markets (Mica for its acronym in English). This regulation was activated on December 30, and regulates this type of services in the European Union. This allows BBVA to offer those services, something that has already begun to do In 2021 in Switzerland and in 2023 in Türkiye. All from the app. As they point out in BBVA, customers in Spain can operate directly from the app that they now use to see their accounts, their investments and its traditional bank operation. Thus, they will unify both conventional and those dedicated to cryptocurrencies in the same application that was used so far, and that will have an area dedicated to these efforts. Key custody. The new service will feature an own cryptographic custody platform. In the BBVA they point out that this will allow to maintain control without depending on third parties, and thus be able to safeguard the cryptoactives of its customers. But the responsibility is from the client. In the BBVA they clarify, of course, that the bank will not advise customers, but will focus on facilitating these operations. Thus, although they will offer the ability to buy cryptoactive, they will not make recommendations to customers, thus avoiding possible responsibilities to the well -known volatility of these cryptodivises. It remains to know if the BBVA will warn customers of possible risks in investments like these. Caixabank and Bankinter do not trust. While BBVA takes that step, other entities prefer not to launch to this market. Gloria Ortiz, CEO of Bankinter, He declared recently that “it is impossible to advise anyone about something that has no value” referring to cryptocurrencies. While Gonzalo Cortázar, his Caixabank counterpart, indicated that “Bitcoin has a volatility that we all know and other cryptocurrencies, too. It is difficult to advise on the fundamentals of Bitcoin. I would not know how to do it and our teams, at this time, either.” Bankinter will not offer to operate with crypts to its customers. Caixabank yes, but not proactively. To repudiate them to hug them. In recent years we have lived a 180º turn of the position of financial institutions on cryptodivises. Many continue to show their reservations, yes. The International Payment Bank (BIS) He described This market of a “self -referential” system and highlighted how “no real economic activity” does not finance. Even so, in the US, the approval of the cryptodivisas ETFs already laid the foundations for the general public to access these assets. He strategic cryptoring project Donald Trump makes clear the position of the US government, and more and more banks want to take advantage of this new institutional perception of cryptocurrencies. Image | Bbva | André François McKenzie In Xataka | A British did not let his album search with Bitcoins in the trash for years: now he considers buying the landfill

The misuse of AI has made them a guirigay

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With the ‘Abalos Case’ we are attending one of the most relevant corruption cases of recent years, but in the Supreme Court there has been a rocambolesque situation. The transcripts of the statements of Judge Leopoldo Puente or the former Minister José Luis Ábalos, among others, have become a division of the statement in a gallimatisms. Incomprehensible statements. He Diari de Tarragona or the Diario de Navarra They have had access to documents with the transcripts of the statements of those involved in the ‘Abalos Case’. These transcripts seem to demonstrate an “uncontrolled and without supervision” use, they say in the Diario de Navarra, the AI ​​tools to transcribe these texts. The lawyer of the Supreme Administration of Justice has sent those written copies, but in them there are incomprehensible paragraphs. Terrible transcripts. These documents show several examples of disastrous transcripts. When answering Ábalos about his alleged presence in flats related to prostitution, it seems to say “it really is that in Madrid not from Madrid.” In another question of the judge, he answers according to the transcription “I do not remember right now, because on that date he already has but regardless of this you do not remember that it is compressible that he cannot remember the dates.” To the question about the illicit use of a villa in the line of conception, the transcription indicates that the answer was “occasionally because a time of the time that we were not, but it was caused, it was fixed if that 2 with that I have completed my income did not have any other income.” AI or correctly identifies witnesses. This disaster extends to the identification of the witnesses. In the Diario de Navarras they comment on what happened with Claudio Rivas, “Víctor de Aldama’s greatest partner in the Macrofude de los Hydrocarbos.” The transcripts documents show that the AI ​​called this witness “Claudia Arribas”, “Claudia up” or “Claudio Arribas”. Also in one of his answers about his activity is equally absurd according to the transcription of AI: “A group of companies that is dedicated to the hydrocarbons of hydrocarbons, for the sale of hydrocarbons.” But the remedy that the disease. As indicated in the Diari de Tarragona, it was decided to use AI for transcripts when to avoid leaks, access to the original videos of those interrogations was limited. The misuse of AI has caused the only way in which parties can now analyze the statements is to request the court to vision of those original recordings. Misuse of AI. Here we have a worrying example of what can happen to a misuse of AI in official organizations. The problem is not known, and the AI ​​system may not be thought for transcripts in Spanish, for example, but what is clear is that no one reviewed the transcription made by AI, something that must be an essential part of the management of these systems. The propensity of the chatbots to invent data and hallucinar is already known, and here those limitations were clear. It cannot be left alone. A El País article From November it reminds us how these types of situations are common when using translation tools that often apply literal translations that make no sense. It happened with the embarrassous translation of the Official Tourism Website of Santander, which in 2018 translated the name of the Botín Center as “Loot Center” (center of the looting “or the historic center as” Historic Helmet “(Helmet It is a helmet in English, but referring to the protective helmet of the motorists, for example). Be careful with whisper and transcripts by AI. Researchers at the University of Michigan They analyzed Whisper transcriptsa popular and remarkable OpenAI application for audio transcripts. Hallucinations (errors and invented phrases) were detected between 38% and 80% of the cases analyzed. As they point out in the country, already an OpenAI spokesman recognized the limitations and stressed that “the tool should not be used in high -risk environments.” CLATIGPT CLAKES. A few months ago we attended another unique case of a misuse of AI. A lawyer He filed a complaintbut to save time and resources he turned to the use of chatgpt for his initial brief. The problem is that AI had included erroneous references to Colombian legislation instead of applicable Spanish regulations. The lawyer realized the error and quickly presented a letter assuming responsibility and excusing himself for that improper use. The Superior Court of Justice of Navarra decided not to impose a sanctionbut again that risk of using these tools in inappropriate forms and without reviewing the texts or content they generate was evident. Spain has Aesia precisely for this. Last year we talked about the Spanish Artificial Intelligence Supervision Agency (Aesia). This agency has precisely as a mission to investigate and fine those who misuse AI from 2025. Research began theoretically on February 2, and on August 2 this agency will assume full sanctioning power. We will see if they take letters in this misuse of AI in the ‘case Ábalos’, but of course it would be a clear example of a inappropriate and even dangerous use of AI. Image | Ministry of Transport In Xataka | The companies of AI have been jumping the copyright for years. They have just suffered a disturbing legal defeat

What is happening and why you can’t suddenly send content

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Let’s explain What about the chromecast who have stopped workingan extended mistake that many users around the world are reporting. Simply, using several Chromecast models have stopped being able to do it, and not even restart them. We are going to start this article explaining what exactly this error is and what is happening. Then we will specify the models to which it seems to be happening, and we will end up talking about what you can do about it. What’s happening Suddenly, there seems to be an error that is affecting some Chromecast models around the world. Simply, cannot send content to the devices. This means that when you enter the mobile in a video or content and the option to send to the Chromecast is chosen, this does not work simply. In addition to the chromecast becoming pisapapeles, another problem is that You cannot access your configuration through the Google Home application that serves to manage them from the mobile. It is as if they had stopped working. Apparently, an error that says that You cannot identify the chromecast. This error occurs although so far it had worked. In other cases, the error seems to point to an old firmware. What devices affect This error seems to be affecting To the oldest Chromecast modelssuch as the second generation or the Chromecast Audio. The most modern models such as the Google TV or the Chromecast Ultra work without any problem, only affects the old. How to solve the problem The worst of this problem is that Currently you can’t solve it. If you throw for classic solutions such as restoring the device or restarting it, this does not fix anything. Chromecast will still not work and nothing can be done. It is normal to think that In a few hours or days, google throw an update that serves to solve this problem. Therefore, you must pay attention to the updates of the Google Home OA app that your chromecast can receive. In Xataka Basics | Seven unusual things for which you can use your chromecast with Google TV

iPhone 16E vs iPhone 15. What mobile apple buy based on your tastes and needs

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He iPhone 16E It was presented with two main claims: its price and its chip, which is compatible with Apple Intelligence. But … is your price as good as it seems? In this article we will compare Apple’s phone with the iPhone 15 taking advantage of that currently Both models can be found at a similar price. Technical sheet of the 16e and iPhone 15 iPhone 16E iPhone 15 Screen OLED 6.1 “Super Retina XDR 2,532 x 1,170 px (460 pp) Up to 1,200 nits True Tone, HDR OLED 6.1 “Super Retina XDR 2,556 x 1,179 px (460 PPP) Up to 2,000 nits True Tone, HDR Processor Apple A18 Bionic Apple A16 Bionic Storage 128/256/512 GB 128/256/512 GB RAM 8 GB 6 GB Dimensions and weight 147,67x 71.5 x 7.8 mm 167 g 147.6 x 71.6 x 7.8 mm 171 g Software iOS 18 Apple Intelligence iOS 17 Rear cameras 48 MP, 26 mm, f/1.6 Main: 48 MP, 26 mm, F/1.6 Ultra wide angle: 12 mp, 13 mm, f/2.4 (12x teleobjective of 12 MP thanks to the Quad Pixel sensor) 2x optical zoom Front camera True Dept 12 MP, F /1.9 True Dept 12 MP, F /1.9 Battery ND ND Connectivity USB-C USB-C Others Face id Dynamic Island IP68 resistance Emergency calls Accident detection Face id Dynamic Island IP68 resistance Emergency calls Accident detection Apple Magsafe Price From 687 euros From 749 euros * Some price may have changed from the last review * Some price may have changed from the last review Differences between iPhone 16E and iPhone 15 Processor, Apple Intelligence and Unified Memory iPhone 16E (left) and iPhone 15 (right) The most notable difference between Apple’s mobiles is found in its chip. While the iPhone 15 comes with processor A16 Bionicthe 16e iPhone rides the A18 Bionic. This translates to that The 16E iPhone will have greater power and better performancebut we also find the compatibility of one of the most important functions of the current panorama of those of Cupertino. Apple Intelligence will arrive on the iPhone 16E, but not to the iPhone 15. Artificial intelligence will be available on some of Apple’s most recent devices, except for iPad (2025). Without a doubt, it is one of the great claims for those who want to make the most of this functionality. On the other hand, Apple has increased the unified memory of its most current devices – something we have seen with recent ads such as the MacBook Air M4-, and it is something that we can also see on the new iPhone. While the iPhone 15 comes with 6 GB of unified memory, the 16E iPhone has 8 GB. Rear cameras module One of the most notorious differences is found in the cameras of the back of both mobiles. Unlike what we usually find in the current mobile panorama – not only Apple— The 16E iPhone comes with a single sensor, while the iPhone 15 comes with two sensors. In this way, on the iPhone 15 we find a main sensor of 48 MP (26 mm, f/1.6) and a Ultra wide angle of 12 MP (13 mm, f/2.4)while on the iPhone 16E we will only find a 48 MP sensor (26 mm, f/1.6); the same one that comes on the iPhone 15. Apple Magsafe But, without a doubt, one of the biggest shortcomings that we are in the iPhone 16E is that it does not come with wireless load technology Apple Magsafe. Yes, it offers wireless load, but it is not magnetized To use no compatible accessory. The iPhone 15, despite being an earlier model, does come with Apple Magsafe. Nevertheless, Buying certain accessories we can use Apple Magsafe. Simply have a cover or a ring on hand that allow you to use different accessories, although that is: it is time to go through the box if we want to take advantage of Apple technology. Why choose the 16e iPhone He iPhone 16E It has been launched with an attractive price for those who want to use some of the latest functions of the brand for a lower price than the iPhone 16. It can be found by 687 euros And where the most stands out in: Your processor. The chip that we can find on the 16E iPhone is more powerful and offers a better performance than that of the iPhone 15. Apple Intelligenceyour main claim. Apple’s artificial intelligence will be available on the 16E iPhone, and not on iPhone 15. * Some price may have changed from the last review Why choose the iPhone 15 He iPhone 15 It is still a mobile to take into account, especially considering that in stores it is usually at a very good price. We currently have it for 749 euros And where the most stands out in: Its price. Currently, the price difference between both mobiles is small (of just over 50 euros). Its photographic sectionyour main claim. The iPhone 16E has a single rear camera, while the iPhone 15 also includes an ultra -wide sensor. * 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 | Freepik, Pedro Aznar In Applesfera, Apple In Xataka | MacBook Air M4 vs Mackbook Air M3: These are the main differences between the two models In Xataka | iPad (2022) vs iPad (2025): how they look like and how the two models of Apple’s economic tablet differ

In 1958 France approved a nuclear plan to defend itself without the US. Russia has turned the plan into a reality for Europe

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It happened in 1958, but now it cannot be more relevant. Then, General Charles de Gaulle had a vision of the need for France to maintain some strategic dependence by launching the Nuclear deterrence policy Sovereign, a kind of nuclear umbrella arguing that, although the United States was an ally, its interests may not always coincide with those of Europe. It has spent more than half a century and, suddenly, the continent has set the French nuclear doctrine against American uncertainty. The possible extension of the shield. It was French president Emmanuel Macron who He raised the possibility to associate French nuclear deterrence with the defense of other European countries. Although its ad It could explicitly spread To other nations. In this regard, the French Defense Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, reiterated that the nuclear arsenal will remain completely Frenchunder the only authority of the president. However, the key issue is whether France could assume a more active role in the continent nuclear defense. The (in) definition. Historically, French nuclear doctrine has been ambiguous with the threat of a massive response if France’s “vital interests” were in danger. However, these interests have never been defined precisely. From the presidency of De Gaulle, France has suggested that some European countries were already de facto, Under your protection. In fact, in 1964 De Gaulle declared that a Soviet attack against Germany could be interpreted as a threat to France. We remember that France and the United Kingdom are the only European nations with nuclear weapons. France counts With almost 300 eyeletsdeployed in airplanes and submarines, while the United Kingdom has approximately 250. Thus, there is a crucial difference: France maintains total independence in the development and operation of its arsenal, while the United Kingdom depends on US technology. Europe thinks about it. Actually, what has really changed in this debate is not the French proposal, but the attitude of the rest of Europe. Until recent United States and NATO. This idea has jumped through the air with the second mandate of Donald Trump, added to his current rhetoric of reduce military support To Europe, which has generated a change of perspective. Countries Like Germany They have seriously considered the option of a European nuclear shield. Moreover, the next German chancellor Friedrich Merz, surprised his allies by suggesting that it was time to open a dialogue with France and the United Kingdom about the possibility of reinforcing European nuclear deterrence. Scenarios for the alleged nuclear shield. Analysts have become more or less according to the time of summarize the options. There is talk of a deployment of French airplanes with nuclear weapons in other countries, Like Germany or Poland. The decision to use them would continue to be in the exclusive hands of the French president, but his presence would send a disjection message. Also of patrol of French nuclear bombers in European borders, as they do in French airspace, and the creation of air bases in other European countries, allowing a rapid deployment of French nuclear forces in case of crisis. The importance of eyelets. We would say that key for obvious reasons. The number of eyelets is a crucial factor. As we said, France has 300 nuclear heads, and together with The 250 of the United Kingdomthe total number would reach 550. The problem: which is significantly lower than Russian Arsenalwhich exceeds approximately 6,000 eyelets (the majority in reserve), although it is often clarified that the deterrence does not depend only on the amount of weapons, but on the credible and fast response capacity. Another aspect under discussion is if France should modify its nuclear doctrine to explicitly include the defense of its European allies within its “vital interests”. Some analysts argue that maintaining strategic ambiguity is part of the deterrence itself, but others argue that a clear statement of commitment would strengthen trust among European allies. The Russian threat. Although France has M51 missilescapable of reaching Moscow and other great Russian cities with enormous destructive power, Moscow’s ability to respond is, what is much greater. According to estimates in Russian media, a single Missile “Satan II” It could “atomize Paris In 200 seconds“, which underlines the risks of a direct confrontation. The problem lies, in addition, that Russia, given its geographical extension, could resist a prolonged nuclear exchange, while France lacks that strategic advantage. This asymmetry in the ability of mutual destruction raises doubts about the effectiveness of French deterrence in case of a conflict with Russia. If the “yes” occurs. In any case, what seems clear is that if France manages to expand its nuclear role within Europe with the support of the United Kingdom, this would represent a crucial step towards the strategic autonomy of the EU. The deployment of combat aircraft with nuclear capacity in Eastern Europe would not only strengthen the defense of the continent, but would send a clear political sign of unity and determination to Russia. It would be to see, of course, what would be Moscow’s reaction. Image | James Vaughan In Xataka | Europe rescues an old plan to defend Ukraine without a third World War: Sky Shield and its 120 combat planes In Xataka | Ukraine will lose his most powerful weapon in the US. That will give Russia an unprecedented advantage: attack more than 30 kilometers

How I learned to use several email addresses to keep all my protected digital accounts

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A few years ago, when I dedicated myself to repair home computers, it occurred to me to print some professional visit cards so that my clients could easily contact me. In addition to including my phone number, which only allowed to send text messages because WhatsApp was barely taking its first steps, I added my email. I still remember leaving the printing press with a handful of cards in my hands, excited to start distributing them. But as soon as I cross the door, I realized that I had made a mistake: I used my main email. Until that time, it had remained relatively “secret”, but that changed at the moment it was printed on my cards. And it was the same email that I used as an access door to my digital life. I had just exposed it without realizing it. A concern invaded me instantly, accompanied by several questions about the associated risks. What if someone tried access my accounts without permission? Could I use the mail that was on my cards along with the information about me on Facebook to try to guess my security response? And what would happen to the services I had linked? The risk was minimal, I should not expose my main email. My immediate reaction was to create an exclusive secondary account for other services, while the direction printed on the card was only for professional contact. If your security was compromised, the impact would be limited. My accounts on electronic commerce platforms, social networks and other services would continue to have a recovery account other than the main one. Having a single email address for everything was a mistake To better understand why this caution is important, let’s put us for a moment in the mind of a cybercrime. If as an attacker he can access the main mail of a victim, I can easily explore his entrance tray to discover what other services he uses. For example, when you find Amazon emails or social networks, you could request restore passwords directly. If the victim also made the frequent mistake of reusing the same password – and somehow I have achieved it – I would not even have to strive a lot: it would be enough to try that key to accessing multiple platforms, generating a serious domino effect. The aforementioned solution was only temporary. It served me for a while, but we live in such a dynamic world that forces us to evolve, not only to take better advantage of technology, but also to guarantee our safety and privacy. Over the years, keep a contact email and another “secret” ceased to be enough. I discovered that my contact email was not so public or the “secret” so private. Although the latter was not on my card, I trusted any online service that asked me to register. And, as we know, companies, no matter how big they are, do not always protect the data of their users. There have been notorious cases of leaks, Like Yahoo’s 2016 o The Quora of 2018. Although I had never shared it directly with other people, the amount of spam and fraudulent emails that I received made me suspect that my email address had been filtered on the Dark Web, That dark internet area where personal information circulates as a currency. After all, my email was probably part of some database sold to the highest bidder. Of course, among the undessed emails there were also classic scams Like the Nigerian Prince. LinkedIn, at that time, publicly showed the email address of the users who enabled that option in the privacy settings. In addition, there were those who collected this data for mass shipments, which explained the amount of newsletters and unre requested messages that came to be connected to certain people. I soon understood that I needed more than my own emails, because, like many, I had had others assigned by third parties, such as the University or those of work, which are usually deactivated by disconnecting from the institution. I decided to take the necessary measures to improve this aspect of my digital life, which meant Create other mail accounts. Thus were structured: Contact email: Public address so that anyone can write to me. Private mail for services: Exclusive for login and recovery of accounts. Work mail: For everything related to my professional activity. Mail for Newsletters: To receive and manage subscriptions without saturating other accounts. Mail focused on privacy: Proton mail account with end -to -end encryption and tracker lock. In all I tried to apply the maximum security measures: two steps verification, Passkeysrecovery keys, robust passwords, etc. In addition, I incorporated the use of a password manager to avoid the risk of reusing credentials and to generate unique and safe keys for each service. I opted for a reputed manager who allows me to store them safely without depending on memory or physical annotations that can be violated. I also started using “Log in with Apple”With my private email for services, which allows me to hide my real address through random emails (@privateatelay.com). To this I added the Temporary ICloud+ Correos (@icloud.com), Ideal for records on platforms that do not inspire me confidence or whose data protection policy raises doubts. To reinforce security, I implemented multiple recovery methods. Thus, if a method does not work, I always have another access road. This is essential because any recovery method can give problems. If I lose my mobile phone and it is my only access road to my account, I would be in a serious inconvenience. However, having both a telephone number and an associated email, I can recover access without depending on a single factor. The same goes for alternative verification codes: if I do not have immediate access to my phone, I can use one of those previously stored codes to log in safely. Having multiple access recovery methods is not a luxury, but a necessity. In a world where everything … Read more

The SS United States was the largest and most rapid transatlantic of the ocean. Now it will be a gigantic submarine reef

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A transatlantic of 301 meters in length. It is a figure that perhaps does not impose today when we talk about cruises, especially having moles such as the Oasis of the Seas of more than 316 meters or the Harmony of the Seas With its 362 meters, but if we go back to 1950, the thing changes. In the middle of the last century it is when the SS United States was over, an imposing transatlantic that did not go to the History like Titanicbut it should. Merits are not missing, but after a more than remarkable service, it was abandoned in a shipyard in which it was gradually oxidizing without anyone paying or attention. And so for almost 30 years … until now, since he will be given a deserved tribute at the bottom of the sea. The other cold war missile. During the Cold warcountries like the United States invested a lot, a lot of money in Improve your weapons. Specifically its nuclear arsenal that, together with that of Russia, grew uncontrolled. But other things had to be done and, in 1950, in the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyards in Virginia, the world’s largest transatlantic was being cooked: the SS United States. A ship postcard A Burrada. Its construction term In 1952 and that was when the world knew an absolute beast of 301 meters in length, a 31 -meter sleeve and a displacement of more than 47,000 tons. The Titanic, as colossal as it was, measured 269 meters in length and a couple of meters less manga. Interestingly, he displaced practically the same tonnage, but the protagonist is now the American ship. Not only was it the largest built in the United States: it also moved like a fish in the water. It had a cruise speed of 39 knots (about 59 km/h) and I reached A surprising maximum speed of 38.38 knots (70.97 km/h). Its deposits allowed to travel more than 18,500 kilometers at a sustained speed of 64 km/h, which allowed rescue or long -distance missions to be carried out if there was any emergency. It was much faster than current cruises. The Titanic II. Its construction cost about 78 million dollars, but there was a trick: the United States contributed 50 million because the ship could be used in military missions, moving until 15,000 soldiers if the situation required it. It was never used for that purpose, but that the government entered the equation not only allowed to finance most of the ship, but also to improve construction materials. On his inaugural trip in 1952 he showed what pasta he was made, getting the speed record in both directions when completing the trip in three days and ten hours. He continued to carry out passengers until 1969, being the pride of the United States during the Cold War. Retirement without gallons. His iceberg, however, came in the late 60s. The rise of transatlantic commercial aviation caused no sense to invest money in the maintenance and operation of a ship so huge that it took much longer to bring passengers from one destination to another. After just 17 years of service, he was removed from it and was lying from one port to another until, in 1996, he tied in the port of Philadelphia. Interestingly, in view of the whole world while their helmet was more and more oxidizing. Since then, I know tried Give a second life to the pride of the nation, which went through several owners, but attempts to turn it into a hotel or a floating museum did not prosper. Oscar posthumous. It was a sad end to a symbol like this, but the SS United States Conservancy achievement become with the ship and have planned to remove it the way it deserves. After 28 years, a few days ago he undertook his last trip helped by several tugs and, after a journey of about 3,000 kilometers, arrive to the coast of Mobile, in Alabama. Recreation of the SS United States for the Terrestrial Museum. The radar tower and other elements will be the originals The plan, now, is to sink it at some point in 2026, and will be at the bottom of the sea where it will become a huge artificial reef that will delight the submarine. On the coast there will be A museum and visitors center in which the story of a ship that marked a naval era will be remembered and was sadly set aside due to progress. Now, you can rest with dignity. Images | Ssusc, Chuck Homler D/B/A Focusonwildlife In Xataka | The largest passenger ships in history, ordered in a fabulous infographic

The first bone toolbox

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We have been using tools for millions. Does more than three million years, and when the Homo sapiens I was not even on the horizon, sticks were used to those who shape to perform certain tasks. Subsequently, stone tools came to hit, cut or scrape and, more recently, bone. Bone tools were not only more elaborate, but also more versatile to be able to carve them to create more precise ways and The oldest bone tools dated about 500,000 years ago and were found in European deposits, but a new finding has staggered that belief system and rewored one million years. A milestone. Until now, we believed that the Homo sapiens He had the monopoly of the first industry of systematic bone size to create tools, but a team of CSIC researchers (the Higher Council for Scientific Research) has uncovered Something that puts that idea up. It was not half a million years ago when hominids began to systematically create bone tools, but 1.5 million years ago. The key to all this? The finding of the oldest bone toolbox “discovered to date. The toolbox. In a study published in NatureThe team details a set of 27 tools found in the Olduvai throat, in Tanzania. It is the region known as the cradle of humanity due to the numerous archaeological remains of tools that allowed the evolution of civilizations. In the study, researchers comment that before their finding, bone tools were considered episodic and not very representative of the first tools sets Homo. However, so many tools found in the same place exposes a totally different situation: they created them systematically and routinely. Swiss razor. Several of these tools have almond shape, presenting pointed ends, sharp edges and an oval intermediate zone. In statements a The avant -garderesearcher Ignacio de la Torre, from the CSIC History Institute, says they were authentic “Swiss knives” due to their versatility, since they used them “for all kinds of activities: both those that needed a shear edge and those that required a resistant tip.” Chance. The most curious thing is that, like so many times, in the discovery there was something that played a leading role: luck. De la Torre comments that the discovery was casual due. They were investigating the area due to their archaeological wealth when, suddenly, they found a tool. As it was so obvious that it was this type of gadget, they search between the collection of remains they already had and found a pattern. “If you don’t expect to find something, there are many times that you escape, since you are not looking with your eyes appropriate,” says the researcher. And, the result of that chance, we have been able to fill a historical void between the standardized use of stone tools millions of years ago and that of bone tools 500,000 years ago. Perception of animals. Beyond the archaeological importance of the tools themselves, this finding changes the perception we have of the civilizations of that moment. De la Torre comments that, thanks to this discovery, “we can say that humans already had primary access to meat resources” at the beginning of the Achelense period -when the site of the Olduvai throat was formed. For hundreds of thousands of years, hominids saw animals as a danger and a source of food. Also as competition, since they competed in hunting against hyenas and felines. However, De la Torre considers that, with this finding, those hominids no longer saw animals as food, “but also a source of raw materials with which to manufacture tools.” And those found are forged from bones of mammals as large as elephants or hippos. Uploading a civilization. And, of course, access to these tools is a better technology and, therefore, a series of crucial innovations for the evolution of civilization. “By producing technologically and morphologically standardized bone tools, the first Achelenses carver developed technological repertoires that were previously thought to have appeared more than a million years later,” says De la Torre. “This innovation could have had a significant impact on the behavioral and adaptive potential of the first humans, including improvements in their cognitive abilities, technological development and in the acquisition of raw materials,” he adds, pointing out the importance of tools to “upload a step” in civilization. And a mystery. Although the discovery, as researchers point out, is historical, there is an important issue that flies over this finding: it is not known who the toolbox was. The reason is that no human remains have been found together with them, which makes it impossible to identify the culture to which they belonged. It is known that Homo erectus and the Paranthopus Boisei They lived in Olduvai at that time, so it is likely that the box belonged to one of these species and those responsible for their technological development were, but it is something that cannot be assured. At least, of course, right now. The obvious is what we commented: apart from not knowing What species belongedwhat they show is that we start using sophisticated tools a lot, a lot before what was thought. Images | Nature, CSIC In Xataka | Our last discovery about Neanderthals is at the same time a warning: they worked too much

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