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toothpaste and snow

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If a few weeks ago Sun Liang I would not have put a dentifric tube in the backpack before embarking on a trip between the Ao and Tai mountains may be dead today. Or at least he would remember his adventure for the icy riscos of northwest China as a more traumatic experience. After all, if Liang managed to survive in the middle of the mountain after getting lost, wandering between beasts and treacherous paths, it was because he endured how little he had at hand: the water he took from the river and snow and his toothpaste. Dental hygiene where appropriate served him for anything more than having healthy gums and a strong and shiny teeth. Mountain excursion. Sun Liang’s story have told her Jimu News and South China Morning Postbut it is so extraordinary, so rocambolesca, that it is not difficult to understand what is giving the return to the world And they have made echo of her media such as the Russian agency Tass. Logical. Not every day the story of a young adventurer who is lost track in a mountain in China is read and reappears after ten days, stating that he has basically survived swallowing toothpaste, snow and the water he took out of a river. Click on the image to go to Tweet. But … who is Sun Liang? A young Chinese mountaineer. And the young man is more than justified: he is only 18 years old. Despite his age and that he ensures that he developed his passion for hiking throughout the last year, in early February Liang decided to assume a draft challenge: he will travel alone 80 kilometers from the AO-TAI line, a route of around 170 km that connects the AO mountains and Taibaiin Shaanxi, northwest of the country. For two weeks he planned the expedition and invested Thousands of yuan In equipment. His adventure started on February 8. Alone, with no one to serve as a guide or support, the young man entered the mountain range Qinlinglocated in the province of Shaanxi, with an average altitude of around 2,500 meters. The trip soon twisted. Some versions They say that after two days he ran out of batteries (which among other things prevented him from communicating with his family), fell several times and fractured an arm. Othersthat on the fifth day of walking it rushed from a high height and in the fall lost the team with which it was oriented and its food. The accident left him unconscious one night and a doll broke. In desperate situations … Desperate measures, which is exactly what Liang sought. Only and incommunicado, the young man decided to walk down the river following a stream, took refuge after a large rock and an impromptu bed with what he had at hand was manufactured: dry grass and leaf litter. Another problem was how to feed in the middle of icy mountains, a challenge that Liang also threw a good dose of ingenuity. Especially since he did not want to risk eating moss or wild fungi that could poison him. Jimu News He recounts How to run out of food the young man survived with water from the river, melted snow and toothpaste. The first, the snow and the stream, allowed him to hydrate. The second, toothpaste, served as a sugar source, duck Straits Times. In any case it was not a pleasant experience. The dentifrum is not intended to serve as an appetizer and swallowed it nausea. A scare with a happy ending. The adventure ended well for Liang. More than a week after starting his adventure, while preparing a fire, he seemed to smell smoke and started screaming for help. Smell earned him as much as his obsession with dental hygiene. His voices alerted the rescue team that had come out in his search for the mountains. It was already February 17. And for the tranquility of Liang and his family the young man was finally able to return home. That the story will not end the worst forms does not mean that it had no consequences. The South China Morning Post remember That more than 30 people participated in the rescue operation and carried a cost of 80,000 yuan, around $ 11,000, for the young man’s family. That without having the implications that Liang’s recklessness could have. The Hongkonese newspaper recalls that since 2018 local authorities prohibit travelers from entering that area under the threat of sanctions. Why’s that? The area in which Liang decided to enter is especially dangerous. In fact, the AO-TAI line is one of the routes more demanding of the country for its changing climate, something that confirms a fact collected by the local press: over the last two decades more than 50 hikers have disappeared or deceased on the path by which Liang ended up wandering. “I felt terrified after the accident,” The young man confessed After the rescue, already safe at home. And in case someone wants to follow their steps, warns: “This area is not suitable for hiking. The wind was so strong that I could bare Remember Liang. “Moveing ​​the route is extremely difficult. In addition there are no good views and time changes abruptly.” Images | @Sofiadonnecke (Flickr) and The Humble Co. (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | In China there is a new upward and well -listed profession: the “Pei Pa”, colleagues to climb mountains

It is so demanding that there have never been films that opt ​​for it

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If you think that the Oscar They have too many categories, you don’t even know half: there are even more than we see. What happens is that one of them presents such high demands so that the films are nominated that it has always remained deserted. This year, in fact, some main film could opt for it, but one more year will be empty. And behind its existence there is a long history related to Music in cinema. Recycled musicals. The problem of this strange category dates back to the thirties, when the usual custom for the soundtracks of the films was the use not of exclusive original bands, but of previous musical compositions. We have all seen films of the thirties in which ‘The Lake of the Swans’ or other pieces of classical music, and Hollywood sounded realized that it was a problem when in 1938 ‘crazy for music’, a film without original compositions and whose credits did not even appear a composer, received an Oscar for the best soundtrack. Therefore, since 1939 the best original soundtrack was also rewarded, which won the mythical ‘Robin de los Forests’. The musical devastates. The situation changed again with new categories in 1942, when musicals became common currency in cinemas. Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace won the best musical soundtrack for ‘Dumbo’, beating nine opponents. This category faced the best drama soundtrack, who won the great Bernard Herrmann for ‘The man who sold his soul’. For decades, soundtracks were rewarded according to these two distinctions, and suffering multiple variants (sometimes comedies and dramas were grouped in front of musicals, for example). Adaptations are over. Regardless of this distinction between musical and drama / comedy, in 1963 and until 1985 it went to a distinction between the best original soundtrack and the best adapted soundtrack, to reward the original compositions as it had been done in the thirties. In 1985, the adapted award was definitively dispensed with, and there was only one category, the best original soundtrack. The problem? Disney, always Disney. The Disney monster. Since 1989, with the premiere of ‘La Sernita’, Disney began razing, year after year, in the category of best soundtrack. Between 1989 and 1994, they won four times (in addition to that, ‘The Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Aladdin’ and ‘The Lion King’) and lost only two. To avoid Disney’s domination, in 1995 the category was divided into two: Best drama soundtrack and best comedy or musical soundtrack. The same was not missing: after change, Disney only won once again, with ‘Pocahontas’. The musicals, alone. Then, in 2000 a new distinction arrives: the academy decides that there are still two awards for original sound bands, but now we will have a better soundtrack and better original musical, an own category. To be part of that category, the film must include five original songs, and these must be “substantially reproduced, clearly audible and intelligible, and must contribute to the film’s argument. An arbitrary group of songs that are not essential for the argument will not be admitted.” Many films since 2000 have followed those requirements, but then … Why has the category remained unpublished? The durations, the quantities. To begin with, because the norms require a minimum minute for those soundtracks. For example, two musicals of 1999, ‘Tarzán’ and ‘South Park: larger, longer and without cuts’ had 45 -minute sound bands, insufficient according to the rules. And second and most important: at least ten films must be presented to the category so that it is open. An absolutely excessive amount for the moment that musicals currently live in the cinema. There are not enough musicals. And this is what has maintained the hidden category, despite successes (even within the Oscars) that show that gender lives good times, such as’LA LA LAND‘. We have had films like ‘Chicago’ (which would not have entered the category for proceeding with a theater musical) and this year, ‘WICKED‘. However, ten are too many: ‘The purple color‘,’Charm‘,’The great showman‘,’Vaiana‘… Great musical films, but you should add all of a decade to find enough tickets for one year in the category. According to They affirmed in Next Best Picturethe last time that amount was added was in 1963. Why follow. If the history of the Oscars is also the story of an endless list of dead categories (best dance direction, best black and white photograph …), Why is it officially active? Possibly because Hollywood does not want to miss the opportunity to reward a genre that is pure history of cinema. Maybe we would have to open something hand, allow type musicals to participate Jukebox as ‘Joker: Folie A Deux‘, Broadway adaptations such as’ Wicked’ or ‘Chicago’ or, finally, lower the minimum necessary nominated. The musicals deserve it. In Xataka | ‘The Brutalist’ is so long that it includes an intermediate of 15 minutes. And to the surprise of the director himself, people are delighted

The Swiss invention that wants to revolutionize how you consume caffeine

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Preparing that daily coffee has become a ritual for many. The choice of a good coffee, prepare it in the Coffee maker that we like the most and with accessories that we have been buying Little by little they are part of a process that goes beyond the pragmatism of “making coffee.” However, we do not always have the time or the possibility of doing so, and that is where canned coffee comes into play. Tube coffee, to be more exact. Travel coffee. For those who cannot spend a day without a couple of coffees, traveling is a headache. You do not know if you will find a good cafeteria and, if you load with the equipment, as you can carry something like an aeropress or a Portable coffee makera coffee bag already ground (which is losing properties) and you will need hot water to perform the process. And that’s where the Swiss company ‘non -normal’ has seen a hole to do business: sell coffee in paste. Not normal. The idea It was the work of two passionate about coffee and adventure that “reject mediocre coffee” and that, due to their excursions, needed to find a way of having instant coffee, good taste and easy access. They occurred to them to create a coffee paste that is stored in a tube, such as toothpaste. It is a coffee extract that, according to them, can be prepared directly next to water or hot or cold milk. Depending on the amount of liquid used, we will have a more or less long coffee, but we must bear in mind that the roasting of the grains is strong, which moves it away from many palates. The color of the pasta itself or coffee is ready is a fairly clear indicator. Coffee to chew. Not being a dust, this coffee can give game to experimentation, and those responsible have put some examples that have made me lift my eyebrow: spreading it in a toast (in the comments someone has tried this, as we will see later), combining it with banana or chocolate … and mixing it with yogurt and oatmeal. There is also a photo on its website on which it consumes it directly from the tube, as if it were an energy gel. By the way, these are your ingredients: 46% of Arabica coffee from Colombia. 15% of Colombia’s Arabica ground coffee. Swiss beet sugar, water and thickening. Specialty price. They affirm That it is tastier than most instant coffee because it is concentrated coffee, retains the flavors of newly prepared coffee and have selected roasted grains so that the product is the best possible. As for the price, there is only one option right now: the strong tums. Each tube costs 17.95 euros (more than 10 euros of shipping to Spain) and gives for 20 cups if we apply five grams services each time. There are options such as three pipes for 53.85 euros or six for 86.16 tubes, these two free shipping options. Caffeine. The tubes have a useful life of up to 12 months if it closes correctly and does not need a refrigerator for its conservation. And, at this point, something you can ask yourself is how much caffeine has a “coffee concentrate” like this. Caffeine is still A concern For many people, although there is evidence that it is needed take a huge amount So that we notice any consideration, and each service of five grams has about 47 mg of caffeine. On the web, They clarify that a conventional espresso have about 63 mg of caffeine and that the teaspoon of its pasta has more … or less. In the end, it is something that depends on both conventional espresso and the coffee variety or, if we talk about the non -normal coffee, the amount of pasta we use. What seems, at least much of the advertising that accompanies this coffee so, is that the target user is athlete and mountaineer, who is the one who has most complicated would have access to caffeine a hot coffee during their activities. Flavor? That is the big question. The commercial video makes me funny for the face that one of those responsible for the coffee puts after trying it, but it is obviously impossible to judge something like that until it is proven. I am not one of those who trust the assessments of the users within the websites of the owners of a product, but it is curious to see the difference in criteria when assessing its flavor. Most of the Scores They are very positive -logical-, but beyond that detail, it is interesting to see that there are several comments that claim that it is a bit sweet for their standards … and others comment that too strong. There are those who say that it has too much sugar and others that have very little. They also emphasize that “she knows horrible” smeared in a toast (I have to try that) and there are those who comment that it is a good idea, but that he would like to see a model with an average gang. As I say, it is funny to see the difference in opinions due to the variety of palates and the sensations before the same product, but what stands out is something that, regardless of the flavor that may have, seems evident: its practicality. Images | Not normal In Xataka | The first step to improve coffee you drink is to grind it yourself. Science has the explanation

There was a time in which the big oil companies raised “transition” to renewables. BP just kill the plan

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The British giant BP has announced a radical turn in its corporate strategy: from the green commitment to fossil fuels again. Short. A year after be appointed CEO of BPMurray Auchincloss has dismantled the plan to reduce the production of hydrocarbons that had promoted his predecessor, Bernard Looney. Auchincloss described his new strategy as a “fundamental restart” In the company’s plans: to cut the investment in renewable energy to increase the production of oil and natural gas. A turn in the middle of the investment pressure. The latest BP results did not excite their investors. During the fourth quarterthe net profit of the group fell to 1.2 billion dollars, less than half as in the same period of the previous year. With a collection of dividends of just eight cents per share, Elliott Investment Management, which accumulates a participation Of almost 5,000 million dollars in BP, it has intensified the pressure on the group to improve the return of its shareholders. Given this scenario, BP has decided not to get away from fossil fuels, but to enhance its production. When your neighbor’s beards see cut … Shell, Exxonmobil and Totalenergies, three of the main competitors of BP, They have been improving results Thanks to its commitment to the production of hydrocarbons, whose demand continues to increase slightly despite the energy transition. As the divergence in the performance of both strategies became more noticeable, BP shareholders, especially Elliott, have been demanding drastic improvements in the structure and strategy of the company. How this affects renewables. It is not encouraging news. BP plans to increase its investment in hydrocarbons to about 10,000 million dollars annually until 2027, with the aim of produce between 2.3 and 2.5 million barrels Petroleum and natural gas newspapers by 2030. To be able to do this while returning capital to shareholders, BP will substantially reduce spending on less profitable projects, such as renewable energies. The group will adjust its investments in these areas with a very selective approach, prioritizing transition projects that require a lower disbursement. Its Offshore wind division will become independent from the group. Even so… BP says to continue committed to its goal of achieve carbon neutrality by 2050a legal objective established by the United Kingdom government, which was one of the first to formalize and support with legislation the commitment to reduce net greenhouse gases to zero emissions. BP’s change of strategy can help her be more profitable in the near future, but only a transition. It will clearly be inevitable If climatic policies are maintained or become more aggressive. With the improvements in efficiency and safety of nuclear energy, advances in electrification and increasingly cheaper renewables, excuses are over to continue betting on fossil fuels. Image | BP In Xataka | European oil companies readjust their strategy: they leave aside the green transition before market pressures

Good news for China, not so much for the western technology industry

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) has established a measure that will affect cobalt exports. No more cobalt? The market regulation and control authority of strategic mineral substances (Arecoms) has announced that cobalt exports will be detained for at least four months. According to He explained Its president, Patrick Luabya, the decision seeks to control the supply of cobalt in an international market that is facing an overproduction of metal. The importance of cobalt. There is a common metal that both electric vehicles and mobile devices and other technologies share: cobalt. In this century, I know has promoted its demand. However, the production of cobalt in the RDC, which represents around 70% of the world supply, has fallen together with the lithium. This has caused other cobalt producers, such as Russia and Australia, to win more prominence. The reason for the oversupply has been the increase in production by From the Chinese company CMOCsince he has doubled his extraction in two large mines in the country. This situation has had an impact on supply and demand, causing a price drop. In fact, according to Fastmarkets data, cobalt reference prices They have dropped out of 10 dollars per pounda level that had not been seen in more than 20 years. The current impact on the global market. Despite this fall, the markets have entered into tension with the measure taken by RDC. But they have been able to breathe calm because the suspension of exports have not meant an immediate change in the price of cobalt. However, market experts consider that, in the short term, this action could generate a market stiffnesssince cobalt stocks will accumulate in the RDC instead of going to Chinese deposits, as is often the case. China. Although the suspension of exports has not yet affected prices, this can benefit the Asian country. Chinese companies, which They already control A significant part of the offer and cobalt production may be strengthened from this crisis. In fact, China It has access to other cobalt sources Like Australia, Russia and Indonesia. Particularly the latter has great cobalt reservations and has experienced significant growth in its production. In addition, the Congo decision has reinforced China’s domain, while the West faces greater difficulties in ensuring essential materials for technological and energy sectors. In this way, the Asian country has taken a dominance position in front “The war of tariffs” against Donald Trump. It should be added that the latter You will need many materials That has China. The western technology industry. The measure has directly affected the technological sector of Europe and the United States, since they depend on the cobalt to make batteries of electric vehicles and electronic devices. However, the Democratic Republic of the Congo seeks to redefine its role in the global market And he has asked Europe and the United States for help through an agreement. In this approach, the African country has established an agreement by which they offer strategic minerals in exchange for support for the stability and development of the country. This proposition starts from the RDC is facing internal tensions. In particular, the east of the Congo is being the scene of armed conflictssome with alleged relationship with Rwandawhich has intensified the violence in rubber and bukavu, both border cities with Rwanda are known for their mines rich in different elements. With this proposal, the RDC expects to attract Western investment and reduce its dependence on China in the mining sector. It remains to be seen if the United States and Europe will accept the agreement, which would allow them to ensure more stable access to these strategic resources. Copper. It should be noted that the cobalt is mainly extracted as an byproduct of copper in the Congo. The suspension of cobalt exports It will not affect Production or copper exports, another key mineral that Congo also produces in large quantities. This means that, although the export of cobalt is limited, copper exports will follow its normal course, without important changes. The suspension of exports will continue for three more months and will be revalued. During this period we will have to be attentive to future actions of the West and as China will redraw the energy map. Image | The International Institute for Environment and Development (IED) Xataka | The cobalt is what triggers the price of batteries. Japan has just found a much cheaper alternative

Alibaba has new Open Source to generate videos. The problem is that it is being used to generate pornographic deepfakes

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Last week Alibaba launched Wanx 2.1a new AI model for video generation that competes with others such as Sorafrom OpenAi, or I see 2from Google. The tool ended up becoming 24 hours later the person responsible for dozens of pornographic videos They will be published on the Internet. Wanx 2.1 is also an Open Source model whose code It is available in github. Very soon users fond of pornographic content and who also possessed the appropriate technical knowledge took advantage of that fair model for that: to generate porn videos. They told it in 404 averagewhere they indicated how in communities dedicated to producing and sharing pornographic deepfakes without the consent of the people represented, the users were “salivating” because of the advanced Alibaba model. Some of those videos were shared in Civitai, A platform in which users share images and videos generated with AI tools, but in which such images are also bought and sold. The statistics that we can find in the pages of the AI ​​models used to create those images and video show how These models have already been downloaded hundreds of times by users. There are already dozens of pornographic videos created with WAN 2.1, indicate in 404 average. In Civitai, users are allowed to share AI models, but unseeled pornographic content is not allowed. That does not prevent users from discharging the models and use them to produce these models themselves, they affirm in this medium. The problem is once again the use of tools that, of course, allow perfectly appropriate and spectacular videos, but can also be used for uses such as these. We already saw how this type of Deepfakes They can become very profitableand the advance of these tools makes it difficult to control this type of content. In Xataka | In South Korea, Deepfake Porn has become a nightmare. Your solution: three years in jail for those who see it

Tokyo has four times more population than Madrid and traffic jams are non -existent. The secret is called Shako Shomeishho

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Spain has an extension of 506,030 square kilometers And they live 48.35 million people. Japan has an area of 377,974 square kilometers where 124.5 million people live. In the city of Madrid it is calculated that they live 3.23 million peoplewhile in Tokyo a total of 14.22 million people. The difference is even more striking if we take into account population density. In Madrid they live 5,265.91 hab./km², while Tokyo rises to 6. 501.58 hab./km². Which of the two cities is hell to drive? If you throw one eye to photographs of Japanese citiesyou will have realized that there are a lot, many people walking and in public transport. But how many cars do you see on the street? The answer is simple: very few. If we attend to the 2020 dataSpain had in use 29,875,896 million cars, while in Japan 76,702,773 cars were counted. How can it be that a country with a much lower surface and that walks to triple our population Don’t be a car hell If you have a car density per person very similar to ours (629 cars/1,000 inhabitants for Spain for the 609 cars/1000 inhabitants for Japan)? They have achieved, of course, limiting to the force the number of cars that can be possessed in the big cities where, by logic, a greater number of cars should accumulate. As? The secret is Shako Shomeishho Although the density of car per inhabitant is very similar to the Spanish, the truth is that it collapses if we focus on large cities. In Japan it is estimated that each home has 1.06 cars of the total. That figure collapses to the 0.32 vehicles per household In Tokyo. The great Japanese city is, in fact, the rich city where the car is used. According to Deloitteonly 12% of the daily journeys in Tokyo are carried out by car, while 17% are bicycle. Figures that are not understood without two express prohibitions: that of parking on the street and buying a car … without space to park it. And a little luck. Andre Sorensen, professor of urban planning at the University of Toronto, says that part of Tokyo’s success to get this low vehicle density begins by a chance. At the beginning of the 20th centuryjust 15% of the Japanese lived in cities. That figure is now 91%. Tokyo (above) and Rotterdam (below) two examples of cities rebuilt after World War II. Source: Google Maps The explosion came with the end of World War II. The cities were razed and the growth in Tokyo was so chaotic that the buildings began to grow without control, some glued to others. You can compare with Google Maps photographs how Tokyo grew, completely uncontrolled with countless tiny plots, and how Rotterdam grew, with a planning studied to combine green areas in residential areas. Sorensen explains that this population explosion caused the flowering of narrow streets that hindered the passage and storage of the vehicles themselves. The wave of workers to the cities forced the institutions They will turn off with public transport And in 1957 the first measure was taken to regulate the use of the car in cities. And, with rebound, a good reason to discourage its use. Since then a law is applied that prevents the car on the street. What is usual in any European city, in Japan it is strictly prohibited. The fine is also no nonsense. They apply sanctions of up to 200,000 yen for leaving the car irregularly parked what is a fine of more than 1,200 euros. Just a few years later, in 1962 the Shako Shomeishho. This name refers to the certificate that the buyer of a car has to present when acquiring the vehicle. With him it is guaranteed that this person has a place to park the car. That is, it has a parking space to park the car every night. If you don’t have a garage, you will be forbidden to buy a car. The Kei Cars, like this Daihatsu Copen, do not need to have a parking certificate except in Tokyo and Osaka This Shako Shomeisho does not apply to Kei Carsthe small Japanese cars that measure less than 3.4 meters in length, 1.48 meters wide and 2.0 meters high and with motors of less than 660 cc that cannot exceed the 64 hp of power. Of course, in the larger cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, the obligation to have the garage certificate to get a vehicle is also applied. The Shako Shomeishho has triggered the price of the land of parking lots. In fact, the expensive thing is not to buy a car, the expensive thing is to get the possibility of buying a car. Is Something similar to what happens in Singapore With a subtle difference: there are spaces available to park cars in Tokyo that are sold for more than one million euros and in the ads themselves the yield that can be taken out allowing the rental of vehicles per hour is reflected. And you have to keep in mind that Not all parking lots are valid. The garage to save the car must be less than two kilometers from the usual residence and to get the certificate, it must be able to corroborate this with plans or even require the entry and exit measures of the garage. If the car is too large, the buyer can have problems for the authorities to approve the certificate and have nowhere to park … or rent it. The solution can go through rent the garages But there are neighborhoods where monthly rentals can easily go above 500 euros (about 77,000 yen). In some very specific places in the most expensive neighborhoods, the spaces They are quoted with rents above 700 euros (110,000 yen). How could it be otherwise, the houses for sale are offered with triggered prices when the “central” combiance and “parking space” shake hands. With offers that exceed 3.5 million euros (550 million yen) … Read more

BMW does not want to hear about solid state batteries

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Have an electric car with the Autonomy of a conventional diesel It is one of the objectives of the industry. The technology of the current batteries does not allow that without including huge modules and without harming load times, but there is something on the horizon that promises to fulfill the dream: the solid state batteries that They promise to change the rules of the game. The goal is to achieve the 1,000 kilometers of autonomy and there are already companies like Saic -Dueña de Mg- They claim to have lists. It is not the only one: Mercedes says he has a that already endures those 1,000 kilometers, Byd wants to start implementing Short -term solid state batteries and Honda has just opened a megafactory of 270 million euros to manufacture them. Other greats like Ford and BMW They began to show interest For this technology a few years ago, but it is precisely the current BMW that has launched into the air that, although those of solid state are the future, the current lithium -ion batteries still have much to say. Lithium left kilometers away The interest in solid state batteries is due to multiple factors. They are smaller and light than those of Lithium ionsbut also denser, so they can store more energy. They are also loaded at a much higher speed, it is estimated that it has a useful life of between 8,000 and 10,000 cycles before starting to degrade and are safer because the flammable liquid electrolyte is replaced by a solid one. Toyota the ha qualified as “what can change the future of electric cars” and it is evident that all the main companies have interest in technology. However, in a recent interview To the Middle Autocar, the vice president of next -generation battery technology in BMW, Martin Schuster, has calmed the spirits a bit. Like so many things, money is what the singing voice carries in the passage to new solid state batteries, and Schuster has commented that BMW is eight years after needing to have an option with this battery in the market. “The most important thing is now the lithium -ion battery. It is not finished and improvements are still observed. There is no single definitive battery and will not arrive, but at this time, the lithium -ion battery can constantly improve. ” More than an improvement in performance, the real challenge is to reduce costs. For Schuster, the “main and most important” objective is to reduce costs. The manager commented that they can make solid state battery now, “but the cost makes no sense. There is still a long way to go with lithium -ion batteries. ” BMW is clear that lithium -ion batteries are present and future. A key is to improve on the existing, but above all to lower development and packaging costs Thus, plans such as Byd’s to start riding them in 2027, it seems that they do not fit what BMW has in mind because, in the end, who will pay those first batteries will be the users. “Would you be a customer willing to pay a much higher price for a solid state battery just for a load perhaps a little faster? The price is one of the most important points in the decision -making of electric vehicles, ”he added. Schuster confirmed that his GEN6 battery will be the one they use in the immediate future because they have not observed ways of manufacturing millions of solid state batteries at a low price, with high efficiency, an obvious improvement of quality and a simple integration into current cars. But, of course, Mercedes has that aforementioned battery with 1,000 kilometers of autonomy and from Autocar they asked him about the matter. “They are in a price range that is not competitive,” he replied. “That is the reality today and, when we see that they compete against lithium -ion batteries -in that cost/price relationship -then we will take note,” said the manager. For Schuster’s words, it seems that BMW has a decade ahead To think about the introduction of solid state batteries in their vehicles and Neue Klasse With that battery Gen6 They are the bet of the German house. And these batteries will also be integrated into other models, such as the SUVs, being the X5 of 2026 the first in receiving them. We will see if they maintain that bet at the time when the rest of the brands are launched by those of solid state, since it is not only the traditional marks that are in the fight: The Chinese They are very interested and giant like Huawei either Samsung They are developing their own. Images | BMW, 天然ガス In Xataka | The new great hope to reduce electric cars is sodium (and there are advances to create it)

It is not infallible, but we have a trick to protect the mobile against invisible malware: a reset on time

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Putting the shoot after the wound is not optimal, but it is something we usually do in the digital world. When our accounts or passwords – or those of someone close – are violated, is when we start worrying about cybersecurity. We change the passwordsWe add Two -step verification systems And we see what we can do so that Our accounts and devices are safer. And, between All types of malwarethere is a tremendously annoying and dangerous one: the spy software that performs Zero-Click attacks. The good thing is that we can protect ourselves by acquiring a simple habit: restart the mobile. Zero click. When we talk about such vulnerability, we refer to a security failure that allows someone to enter malicious software on our device without having to perform any action. Taking advantage of a mobile safety failure or PCs, hackers are capable of ‘strain’ software on the device without having downloaded anything or punctured in strange links. That is why it is called ‘Zero Click’, since, to open the doors of our device to another type of malware -like phishing, for example -we do have to perform an action. This is something that has been used recently in apps such as Outlook or in him iPhoneand the same thing always happens: failures in the safety of the app or the system opens the door torque to the click zero malware. Pegasus. These vulnerabilities usually occur the same day to launch a new version of an app or an operating system. Taking advantage of possible programming failures and safety gaps, malware can go through a back door without us knowing. And these attacks usually go hand in hand with spy software, very difficult to identify by the user, but that has almost ease access for our device. Surely sounds to you Pegasusthat spy software developed by the Israeli company that He infected mobiles of thousands of journalists, politicians and other personalities. Using capacities similar To those who attack taking advantage of the Zero-Click, it allows to see, even, conversations in encrypted apps. Through WhatsApp. But it is not the only one, since recently, spy software known as Graphite infected the mobile of several people using a WhatsApp failure. Rocky Cole is the co -founder of a cybersecurity company and has commented A ZDNET that Graphite sneaked into the mobile through an image or a PDF sent by WhatsApp To the mobile of the victims, and the underlying processes that are activated when files are received in the app are the ones that the attackers explode to infect the device. It is not known, at least publicly, if Graphite can move to the core of iOS or only operate on WhatsApp, but could take advantage of an “escalation of privileges” – a vulnerability of the app – to move outside the messaging application. Cole states that this attack was aimed at concrete people, but comments that it is an emerging threat to all. “And the world is not, at all, prepared to deal with something like that,” he says. Tract it as a computer. In the report, Cole leaves the wedge of the advertising of its application Iverify, but also two tips that are not unknown, but it is worth remembering. The first is that we should acquire the habit of restarting or off the mobile every day. The reason is that many of these vulnerabilities exist only in memory and, not being files, in theory the malware should be eliminated when cleaning the memory after a restart. The bad thing is that it is easy for the spy software to return to the device, so something that it also recommends is to install the updates as soon as they are available. These patches usually cover the vulnerabilities found by both companies and external groups, such as Mozilla Security Groupwho analyzes the software and warns those responsible to patch it. Better turn off. Although several security experts agree that we should not leave the mobile on 24/7, not everyone agrees that a simple restart can solve these problems. The reason is that, when restarting the device, some mobiles try to maintain everything as it was before, storing certain data in memory and these being the ones that would take advantage of the hackers. The NSA – the United States National Security Agency – commented that It is best to turn it off completely and wait a few seconds before turning it on again. In this way, all applications have to start from scratch again. And, according to the NSA, it is something we should do once a week. Beyond security. The NSA itself coincides with school that restarting or turning off the mobile is not a magical solution against this type of malware, but it can stop cybercriminals and make them engineer new ways to maintain access, perhaps being these more visible for device safety systems. But well, apart from security, both on iPhone and, above all, in Android mobiles, make a restart every so often Close processes and release RAM. It happens, as we say, especially in Android, where the system code can ‘fight’ against the manufacturer’s customization layer, making the mobile not do well that we should have been without restarting/off because there will be many waste in the RAM. Bad? That is something that forces us to acquire a new habit. Turning it only takes us for a few seconds, but if we are not used, the easiest thing is for us to forget. The good thing is that many mobiles already include restart and off options programmed in their adjustments. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The rear door that the United Kingdom wants in Icloud is a nightmare for all: Apple has just taken an unprecedented measure

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The Bugatti Tourbillon is not a car, it is a declaration of purchasing power in the form of Hybrid supercard with zero label. The basic model of this Bugatti filigree has a base price of 3.8 million euros (without taxes), but the extras They can inflate the invoice end. An example: the New package “Equipe Pur Sang” Cuesta The same as a new Porsche 911 GT3. Bugatti justifies this additional cost with a clear philosophy: its customers not only look for speed, They seek absolute exclusivity. Bugatti said that only 250 units of the Tourbillon will be manufactured, so it is not known how many of those will leave the concessionaire with this “vitamin” equipment. That will turn these jewels of mechanical engineering into museum pieces very coveted by collectors that can afford to pay an invoice of almost 4.5 million euros since the personalization “Equipe Pur Sang” would have a estimated price of 230,000 euros. Eight exhaust tubes and carbon fiber in sight The check @bugattitourbillon.registry He has leaked the images of the “Equipe Sang” package mounted. This personalization visually transforms the Tourbillon by adding some elements that enhance the sporting character (in case it did not have it sufficiently marked). Without a doubt, their most striking feature are the Eight exhaust pipes Chrome that looks like its rear, in front of the four rectangular tubes in double tube configuration of the original model. The four added escapes do not improve performance, but the visual effect, creating an aggressive silhouette that dominates the rear. This configuration of four tubes on each side marks a milestone itself since it is the largest number of escapes that have ever ridden in a bugatti. Thus, the Bugatti Tourbillon “Equipe Pur Sang” would be overcoming the six -escape configuration that the Bugatti La Vaiture Noire. The details of this customization are not limited to the rear, the front has been modified by redesigning air inlets, leaving a more aerodynamic divisor. The impressive aspect of this beast with zero DGT labelIt is completed with carbon fiber finish exposed in the body, painted in Matt Vermillion tones (orange red) and Matt Red. Details such as the “Equipe Pur Sang” logo on the bumper, spoiled and dashboard underline their exclusivity. The personalization of the “Equipe Pur Sang” reaches the interior with a new airline color for the upholstery, which is finished with the logos of the limited series embroidered in the heads of the seats in the same colors Matt Vermillion and Matt Red that looks in the body. V16 hybrid with electric soul Under its hood no modification is known, so it is expected to maintain its atmospheric V16 propeller of 8.3 liters combined with three electric motors, delivering 1,800 hp and 3,000 Nm. This brutal combination allows to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2 seconds and reach 445 km/h, stratospheric figures for a 1995 kg car. To counteract Its voracity of fuelincludes a 24.8 kWh battery that offers up to 60 km of electrical autonomy. A technical paradox: the same car that burns fuel with eight tubes can move silently through the city. Bugatti demonstrates that even in the electric era, the show of a combustion engine continues to sell. In Xataka | Rolls-Royce wanted In Xataka | In 1984, Ford manufactured four RS200 s units in Ferrari red: today they cost the same as an authentic ferrari Image | Bugatti

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