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Many changes in figures, but not in the protagonists

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According to data from report Global Wealth Report 2024 of UBS, the number of millionaires has not stopped growing Since 2020. Spain is no exception and, in the last year, the number of people in Spain have also increased with a heritage above the million euros available to invest. The world has elaborated his ‘XIX list of the richest of 2025 in Spain‘In which the country’s greatest fortunes are quantified. The newspaper uses the data of the Mercantile Registry and the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to carry out a patrimonial estimate. Most of the names are common in this type of lists for decades, but the presence of the great families that add individual fortunes to adopt positions of power in the business field is highlighted. This family predominance is one of the main differences between Millionaires in Spain And, for example, Great American fortuneswith a more individualistic character. 1-Amancio Ortega To anyone’s surprise, the first list prepared by The worldIt occupies it Amancio Ortegaas the greatest fortune of Spain and The ninth of the world. The list estimates Ortega’s fortune in 2025 in about 118,945 million euros. The main origin of this fortune comes from the company that founded. According to Inditex dataAmancio Ortega controls 59.29% of the company’s shares through their societies Pontegadea Inversiones and Partler Participations. On the other hand, 100% of the dividends that Inditex obtains are reinvested in Pontegadea assets, which has allowed him to lift an empire of the brick positioning Pontegadea as one of the Real estate with greater muscle Financial of Spain. 2- Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo and Family It is enough to reach the second position to find the first sample of the strength of the families of Millionaires in Spain, and does so by the five members of the Pino Calvo-Sotelo family. This family adds a joint fortune priced in More than 14,350 million euros. Its main representative is Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, with a personal fortune estimated at 7.1 billion euros, which plays the role of president of Ferrovial and main shareholder. Rafael happened in office to his father and founder of the company Rafael del Pino Moreno, which left a legacy of more than 6,500 million euros. In addition to the “family business” of construction, the family operates jointly through investment companies such as Rijn Capital and Capital BV. 3- Juan Roig Alfonso and Family If we think of A supermarket brandwith all probability Mercadona will be among the first positions. That has made the fortune of its founder and that of his family have grown like the foam in the last two decades. It is estimated that Juan Roig’s personal fortune is 6,100 million euros. According to estimates The worldthe family fortune of the Roig amounts to 12,245 million euros Thank you, in large part to control 80% of the participations of the supermarket chain, where Juan Roig Alfonso’s marriage and Hortensia Herrero controls almost 71% of Mercadona. Fernando Roig, Juan Roig’s brother controls 9% of the company. 4- Sandra Ortega Mera The fourth greatest fortune of Spain is also a usual of the lists of a millionaire in Spain and has as its origin the inditex shareholders: Sandra Ortega Mera. Sandra is the eldest daughter of Amancio Ortega’s first marriage, but is not actively linked to the direction of Inditexalthough he is the second largest shareholder of the company (behind his father) with 5.053% of the shares of the company that his father founded. The world values ​​Sandra Ortega’s fortune in about 9,375 million eurospositioning himself as the richest woman in Spain. Like his father, Sandra Ortega Mera redirects Inditex’s dividends to his Rosp Corunna company, dedicated to buying buildings and resorts and then rent them to large hotel chains. It is also part of the pharmaceutical shareholders Pharmamar, controlling 4.5% of its shares. 5- Sol Daurella Comadrán and Family After the last name Daurella is a family that has controlled the company for more than 60 years Coca-Cola Europacific Partnersthe largest independent coca-cool bottling. Sol Daurella is the daughter of Santiago Daurella Rull who in 1951 obtained the first license for bottling Coca-Cola in Spain, and today is its president since 2012. It is estimated that Sol Daurella’s personal fortune is about 3,000 million euros. Next to the Cobega Societywho direct his brothers, the family controls a huge and profitable Food distribution holding which provides the family with a estimated fortune at 9,375 million euros. 6- Marc Puig and Family The Catalan Cosmetic and perfumes Puig starred in one of the most agitated departures of 2024, with an output value of 14,000 million euros. Marc Puig is Puig’s third generation and is in charge of the company in 2004, and has been responsible for annexing the group perfume lines of such important designers such as Carolina Herrera or Jean Paul Gaultier. The joint fortune of the Puig family is calculated in about 9,050 million euros. It is estimated that the family still controls 71% of the capital of Puig, but they have also expanded to the real estate sector being part of the Colonial Board of Directors thanks to controlling 7.7% of its actions. 7- Juan March de la Lastra y Familia For many, Juan March Ordinas It is considered as the “Spanish Rockefeller” for its successful career in the Spanish business world. Founded the MARCHA BANCA And since then the family has maintained the total control of the entity, expanding and diversifying its investments thanks to the Alba Financial Corporation. Juan March de la Lastra He is now the executive president of the bank, replacing his father Carlos March Delgado. Through this entity, the investments of the four march brothers expanded, with an important presence in IBEX companies such as Acerinox (19.3%) or Ebro Foods (14%). The list of greatest fortunes in Spain assigns them a Set equity of 6,020 million euros. 8- Francisco and Jon Riberas Mera In 1950, Francisco Riberas Pampliega, founded a scrap business In Burgos that ended up … Read more

It turns out that in Spain there was a company dedicated to spy software and has closed after declaring in bankruptcy

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In Spain we can boast many things, but having known companies globally for the development of spy softwareNo. Although Barcelona is becoming An unexpected Startup Hub related to this sectorthe reality is that we do not have a great NSO GroupFor example. The closest thing was an unknown company called Mollitiam Industries. We talked in the past because it has broken. Where does Mollitiam Industries come from. According to The recordsthe company was founded in 2018 and its headquarters was in Toledo. As pray Your websiteactive at the time of writing these lines, was specialized in “offering a deep tracking capacity in highly specialized and complementary areas”, such as the “interception and surveillance of communications”, for “through invisible capabilities of capture, management and security active data in the context of cyberspace and encrypted telecommunications “, allow” those responsible for decision making identify, anticipate, degrade or neutralize possible attacks of connected objectives. “ In other words, he was specialized in cyberinteligence and espionage software. In Your LinkedIn profileThe company states to have “real experience in cyber operations, in coordination with state bodies and security forces. From planning and support to intelligence execution and production.” What happened. Which was declared in bankruptcy on January 23. This is reflected in public records and has transcended the media through the specialized magazine Online intelligence (via Techcrunch). The reasons are unknown, but the magazine argues that it has been due to economic problems. Techcrunch also feeds that it may be due to lack of international attention as it is a Spanish company since it has not been involved in too many controversial cases. From Xataka we have tried to contact the company through its networks (the web form gives error) and a phone that appears on its Google Maps card, but we have not received an answer in any of the cases. What has you participated in. Regarding Spain, Mollitian Industries has achieved three public contracts: In 2020a contract less than 14,950 to facilitate the Civil Guard a “social media monitoring tool.” In 2022worth 250,000 euros, a tender for the “acquisition of a remote monitoring system of mobile terminal communications to provide the Central Operational Unit of the Judicial Police Headquarters of the Civil Guard.” In 2023worth 330,578.51 euros, a tender for the “supply of a mobile device management platform to provide the Civil Guard units.” In the international arena, Mollitian Industries was a name sounded in Colombia. In 2020, Week magazine He reported that his journalists were being monitored by Colombian intelligence services through software called “Invisible Man” and “Night Crawler.” These spywares were able to access the archives, location, microphone and camera of the infected terminals, and even record the key pulsations. Week published images of a contract between the National Army of Colombia and Mollitian Industries. Apparently, the local army had paid 3,000 million pesos, around 860,000 euros to the current change, for accessing these software. The latest. The most recent information about this company is the report Adversarial threat report Meta, dated at the end of 2023. In said report, Meta warned of eight Spyware companies focused on iOS, Android and Windows. Those eight companies were Cy4gate/Elt Group, RCS Labs, IPS Intelligence, Veriston IT, Tuel IT, Protect Electronic Systems, Negg Group and the Spanish Mollitiam Industries. In this report, Meta said the following: “(…) We have eliminated a network of accounts on Facebook and Instagram linked to a Spanish company, Mollitiam Industries, which announces a data collection and spyware service aimed at Windows, Macos and Android. Mollitiam Industries and its customers handled accounts false they used to test malicious capabilities between their own accounts and scrape public information. IP registration links to track the IP addresses of their objectives. . Cover image | Pexels In Xataka | Google has revealed the techniques that Russia is using to violate Signal: it is the cyber warman against Ukraine

The problem is secondary school

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Go ahead: that the iPhone 16E Count on just one camera is simply unjustifiable. We want to use more cameras or not, the addition of a wide angle or optical teleobjective is a minimum to demand in this price range. Said which, that this phone incorporates a single camera makes much more sense than we may seem to the most Techies. The evolution of camera systems on phones is A story of comings and goings. A few years ago it was The absurd fashion of megapixelsafter which the companies themselves have admitted that they are of no use if the quality of the sensor and the final process does not accompany. Until not too long ago, fashion was to flood the phone with up to four cameras, including macro and deep cameras whose utility was also at least questionable. There is so much obsession with the number of cameras that some manufacturers even add empty holes that look like cameras. Everything seems to have stabilized in a current sweet point in which everything moves much easier: two or three camerasfour for the most ambitious (double optical telephoto). But even at this point of common sense we continue to face a big problem: the quality of secondary cameras in mobiles of less than 1,000 euros is minimal. In fact, it is usual to find main sensors with good performance accompanied by ultra -angle sensors of 8, 12 or even 50 megapixels with mediocre quality. It is also common also in humble teleobjectives (2x): they only serve to do a little zoom during the day. Apple wanted to solve the zoom problem as it did on iPhone 14 Pro: taking advantage of the 48 megapixels for Cut the central area and achieve a zoom “lossless“. For practical purposes, you have a similar quality to that of an X2 optical zoom Reddit They suggest that the ultra great angle does not enjoy the best popularity. There is a lot, a lot of work to do yet. Image | Apple In Xataka | What camera for beginners buy: these are the models and recommendations of the Xataka editors

The Atacama desert is one of the most arid places on the planet. And right there a handful of “crazy” is trying to get water out of the fog

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The oceans and seas house, According to estimates Used by the United States Geological Service (USGS), more than 96.5% of the water on our planet. In contrast, The atmosphere contains A modest 0.001% of this total. The clouds, fog and moisture of the air itself contains somewhat less than 13,000 cubic kilometers that also represent 0.04% of the planet’s fresh water. But in contexts in which the drought squeezes, each drop can count. Collecting water from the fog. A group of researchers He has successfully tested A method to obtain water from the fog. The system was able to collect between 0.2 and 5 liters of water per square meter and day. Secarral To test the method, the team responsible for the analysis resorted to the Municicpio of Alto Hospicio, located in the Atacama desert. This desert houses some of the most arid areas on the planet, in which rainfall barely reaches the annual millimeter. The city depends for its supply of the water contained in underground aquifers, but According to the team itselfthese have not been duly recharged in a period of between 10,000 and 17,000 years. The city extends rapidly and fruit of it around 10,000 of its residents live in informal settlements, almost all of them disconnected from the water supply system. “The collection and use of water, especially unconventional sources such as fog water, represents a key opportunity to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants,” explained in a press release Virginia Carter Hamberini, co -author of the study. A “new” method … A study that managed to show the potential of this technology. The team tested these mechanisms in the surroundings of the city of Alto Hospicio for a year, obtaining between 0.2 and 5 liters per square meter and day. Between August and September 2024, during the season of greatest activity, it was possible to reach up to 10 liters per square meter and day. “This research represents a notorious change in the perception of the use of water from fog, from a rural and rather small -scale solution to a practical water source for cities,” adds Carter Humberini. “Our findings show that fog can serve as a complementary source of urban water in dry areas where climate change exacerbates water deficiencies” The mechanism also has its limitations, they clarify. One of them is that its use is limited to high elevations outside the city limits. … that is not so new. The collection of fog water is not something novel, as Carter Haberini recalls, but it can be a convenient method to be climbed in a context like the present. The Fog Water Collection Appliancessuch as the one used in the study, they consist of a network through which the air loaded with moisture circulates. Part of that moisture is coupled to the fibers of the network and falls through them to a channel that leads to a deposit. The water of the deposit can thus be used in a variety of uses such as human consumption or agriculture. The details of the experiment were published In an article In the magazine Frontiers in Environmental Science. Learning lessons. The viability of fog water collection depends on the geographical characteristics of the environment: both climate and orography can affect the ability of this mechanism to provide water. These favorable conditions can occur in some areas of Spain, where already There are those who consider similar projects. In Xataka | Get drinking water with the brute force of the waves: the ambitious plan of the Canary Islands to face the drought Image | Virginia Carter Haberini

did it for a good reason

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Ryanair is known for two things: his Cheap flights The tone outputs of his CEO Michael O’Leary. The first is about to stop being a realitybut we will always have the occurrences of its manager. If O’Lery has shown us in his Ryanair management, it is that He doesn’t like wasting time Not even the inefficient processes, so one day he thought how he could get rid of the endless Dublin traffic jams. Your idea: go by taxi. O’Leary Cabs: A taxi for your CEO In the early 2000s, O’Leary surprised many when buying a taxi license for the Mercedes-Benz S500L that the manager used in his daily displacements. From that moment, the “O’Leary Cabs” was born, a taxi company formed by a single vehicle “His,” with a single driver, “her driver – and two exclusive clients,” he and his wife. The reason that promoted him is that, according to the Irish regulations“Taxis must carry the corresponding brand and be equipped with a taximeter, a printer and a roof poster. Taxis can also use bus lanes when they work.” That means that O’Lery had found the formula to expedite its displacements through the city, turning its company car into an exclusive taxi that could Legally use city bus lanes and not get caught in the frequent Dublin traffic jams. When the strategy was shaved, the manager assured That “it is a black taxi, it is registered in Mullingar (O’Leary residence close to Dublin), I have a PSV driver (Public Service Vehicle) that leads it for me and, if you want to modify the regulations that say that I can collect people in Dublin, I will be happy to collect people in Dublin; I will do it much cheaper. “ 583,000 euros in taxi Ryanair’s CEO taxi company was totally legal and operated like any other company in the sector, with the only exception of being dedicated to satisfying the needs of a single client or his family. For everything else, the company met all the requirements, and even had an established rate between Mullingar, the city in which it could operate as a public taxi, and Dublin airport: 86 euros per route. An amount that Michael O’Lery subscribed religiously. “It is only one of the penalties that I pay for the pleasure of living in Mulling. In fact, the taxis company registered some benefits In 2011 of 41,000, which raised its benefits from the company from 2000 to about 583,000 euros, showing as a solvent company, thanks to the daily displacements of Michael O’Leary to Dublin. At the end of 2011, O’Leary’s “taxi” was put up for sale as “the most famous taxi in Ireland” for a price of 20,000 euros. The Mercedes-Benz S500L registered at that time 275,000 kilometers in its accounting and was equipped with all the comforts. The O’Leary taxi company continues to operate, although now it does so under the name of Tillingdale Unlimited that operates other services, but maintains the Taxi service for your only and exclusive clientthat seeks to avoid traffic jams using ingenuity. In Xataka | The airlines have just received a millionaire fine receivable the hand suitcase. They will continue to charge it the same Image | Flickr (Underway in Ireland, World Travel & Tourism Council)

OPPO FIND N5, Characteristics, Price and Technical Card

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The thinness has become the last battle of the folding, and Oppo has hit the table with its last release. He OPPO FIND N5 It is presented as The most fine book type mobile in the world, with 8.93 mm folded thick and 4.21 mm deployed. It is a mobile that exceeds rivals such as Honor Magic V3 When it is closed and to Samsung Galaxy Z fold6 in its compact form. Now, if we talk about records, Huawei Mate XT Ultimate goes one step further, although its triple folding format places it in a different category. The new Chinese manufacturer terminal competes in the highest range. It boasts two ambitious screens, a large capacity battery, a first level processor, cameras with Hasselblad portrait and several functions driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Before moving on to the specification table and the details of the product, it should be clarified that its price and availability in Spain has not yet been confirmed. In any case, here you have all the information so that, if at any time it reaches this market, you can assess whether it fits what you are looking for. OPPO Find N5 Technical Card OPPO FIND N5 Internal screen 8.12 -inch’s internal AMOLED screen Resolution of 2,480 x 2,248 pixels 96% screen-screen ratio LTPO 120 Hz Maximum brightness of 2,100 nits External screen 6.62 -inch’s internal AMOLED screen Resolution of 2,616 x 1,140 pixels 92% screen-screen ratio LTPO 120 Hz Maximum brightness of 2,450 nits Dimensions and weight Folding: 160.87 x 74.42 x 8.93 mm Displayed: 160.87 x 146.58 x 4.21 mm 229 grams PROCESSOR Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Adreno 830 GPU RAM 12/16 GB LPDDR5X STORAGE 256/512 GB / 1 TB UFS 4.0 Front camera Internal screen: 8 mp f/2.4, 91º External screen: 8 mp f/2.4, 91º Rear camera Main: 50 MP F/1.8, OIS, 89º Teleobjective: 50 MP F/2.7, OIS, 30X Ultra wide angle: 8 mp f/2.2, OIS, 116º BATTERY 5,600 mAh Fast charging up to 80W Supervooc 50W wireless load Operating system Android 15 Color 15 Connectivity 5g Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 5.4 GPS, GNSS, GLONASS, Galileo USB-C (USB 3.1 Gen 2) others Remote control for Mac AI functions: translation, call summary, assistant IPX6, IPX8 and IPX9 certification PRICE To be determined Elegance, power and thinness to the highest level The two OPPO Find N5 screens share much of their characteristics. Both have AMOLED technology, reach a soda rate of up to 120 Hz and are compatible with the Oppo Pen. When the mobile is closed we find a 6.62 -inch visualization panel with an appearance ratio 20.7: 9 elongated and narrow, although similar to that of traditional mobiles that are not foldable. When using the open device we will enjoy a screen of 8,12 inches whose maximum brightness promises to reach 2,450 nits. One of the great dilemmas of folding mobiles is their fragility, but manufacturers are striving to improve their resistance. In the case of OPPO, the Find N5 premieres a titanium alloy hinge that offers, according to the brand, greater resistance to deformation. At the same time there is an “aeronautical” aluminum frame that promises to be much more robust and durable than in other mobiles. The folding also arrives with IPX6, IPX8 and IPX9 certifications that grant resistance to accidental splashes or unexpected dive. In the performance section we find Snapdragon 8 Elitethe most powerful Qualcomm processor that Last year we compare with Mediatek Dimensity 9400. It is a chip manufactured in 3 nm that has 2 primary nuclei focused on the most demanding tasks and 5 performance cores that complement the primary nuclei and handle all kinds of tasks. The battery, meanwhile, boasts 5600 mAh capacity, is compatible with fast charging up to 80W Supervooc and wireless load of 50W (Airvooc). While the device has three configurations, only one of them is intended for the global public. We are talking about what offers 16 GB of LPDDR5x memory and 512 GB of storage UFS 4.0. In this sense, device hardware should be able to handle a wide variety of games, as well as not having inconveniences in tasks that require the use of several applications. Oppo says that a complete load should be sufficient for a 8.6 -hour conference in Zoom. In the photographic module we find a camera Ultra wide angle of 50 MPa 50 MP teleobjective with focus distance equivalent to 70 mm, and an ultra -wide 8 MP angle. Since we are facing a folding, we can use the terminal as in the cover photo to make selfies using this set of sensors. However, there is also a front camera on the 8 MP internal screen and another 8 MP camera on the external screen. Oppo has also included a soft light portrait Hasselblad. It is not surprising that artificial intelligence occupies a central place in the capacities of the device. Color 15, the OPPO customization layer based on Android 15, incorporates a translation assistant. Basically subtitles live conversations. The system includes text tools that allow us to make summaries, improve the tone of our messages and make translations. The AI ​​is also present in the calls, capturing the information of our conversations to give us a summary. The AI ​​also promises to intelligently adjust the signal based on how we hold the device, which improves signal intensity and guarantees faster data speeds. What we mentioned above is OPPO technology, but there are also Google technology. The system is compatible with Surrounds to search of the search engine giant. As your name points out and we have seen in other items, this functionality allows you to start a search from anything that appears on our screen. The Asian manufacturer has improved its or+ Connect application. Now we can install it in our Mac to share videos and files. This solution is interesting because it seeks to facilitate things for users of an Apple computer with an Android phone like this. O+ Connect even allows us to take control … Read more

If you like ‘Yellowstone’, but you think it lacks some suspense and violence, in Disney+ you have a perfect alternative

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More and more people are hooked to the cattle soap opera of ‘Yellowstone’, and their arrival in majority platforms such as Netflix and Prime Video It has a good part of the blame. However, There are many ways to focus contemporary westernand although it is perfect territory for the portraits of family sagas full of ambition and overflowing passions, gender also allows us to focus on action and suspense. This is the case of the extraordinary ‘Justified. Raylan’s law‘, which you can find in full, with its six seasons, in Disney+ and in Movistar Plus+. And although this neo Western has a decade, it has not lost an apex of intensity or interest. The reason: addictive writing, almost HARD BOILED Of its creator, Graham Yost, whom we owe the script of films such as ‘Speed’ and series such as the recent ‘Silo’, added to the overwhelming charism of its protagonist, Timothy Olyphant. Olyphant is a sheriff reallocated from Miami to a mining area, poor and rural, very close to the place where he was born. His expeditious methods make him an unpopular man among criminals, but also among his superiorsthat often do not approve of their methods. His return to action will lead him to meet his ex -wife, with his father who is in prison, and with his childhood friend, who has become a dangerous Nazi activist. The series is based on several books of the great Elmore Leonard, author of the novel on which ‘Jackie Brown’ of Tarantino and one of the great names of black and suspense literature was based. In 2023, Raylan returned in a new season of the series, ‘Wild City’, which lasted a season and you can also find complete In Disney+. In Xataka | This Kevin Costner’s Thriller and Western mixture punctured at the box office, but Netflix has made it one of her last successes

Exorbiting the International Space Station in two years

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The International Space Station is, as the name implies, an international project. One of the most important and monumental international projects in history, the result of the collaboration of multiple countries. Now an entrepreneur wants to accelerate his end. In an ideal world, entrepreneurs could not undo what several countries have built. Much less if the reason is accelerate the conquest of Marsfor which the new rocket of said entrepreneur will be needed. But this is not any businessman. He is the richest in the world and has enough political power and influence to take us seriously. Elon Musk’s last idea. “It’s time to start preparations for exorbiting the international space station,” Elon Musk wrote in his X profile during Thursday afternoon. “It has fulfilled its purpose. Its incremental utility is very small. Let’s go to Mars.” When exactly? “The decision depends on the president, but my recommendation is to be done as soon as possible,” The businessman said. “I recommend doing it in two years.” That is, in 2027, two years before the date agreed by the ISS partners. An accelerated ending. At 25, the International Space Station shows signs of aging. Investments in maintenance have been increasing. Structural fatigue begins to be a concern. The risk of impact with space garbage does not stop growing. The plan agreed by the ISS partners was to keep the operating station until 2030 and then tow it with a special ship to a safe place (presumably the Pacific Ocean) for its atmospheric reentry. NASA asked Spacex to develop this vehicle by 2030. By then, hopefully, there will be Commercial Space Stations In the low terrestrial orbit. But by 2027, the year proposed by Musk, the continuous presence of Americans in space would probably be interrupted. The space would continue inhabited, yes, By Chinese astronauts. Can Trump retire the ISS a long time? That is the big question. The International Space Station involves five space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), the European Space Agency (Europe), Jaxa (Japan) and CSA (Canada). Canada operates the Canadarm robotic arm, Europe the robotic arm was and the Columbus laboratory … but in broad strokes, the ISS consists of two main segments that are from the United States and Russia. In the same way that Russia was threatening to decoup down her and leave before 2030, Donald Trump could propose the same. It is hard to imagine a scenario in which the European, Japanese and Canadian partners of NASA agreed with this abrupt ending. What would happen, for example, with European astronauts who were going to fly to ISS before 2030, Like the Spanish Pablo Álvarez? But it is not impossible to occur. “You are delayed.” Musk’s statements, yes, could have been hot written. He published them just a few hours after exploding against the former commander of the International Space Station Andreas Mogensenwho had called him a liar for statements in Fox News. Musk and Trump have been circulating the narrative that Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were abandoned by former president Biden in space after the Fiasco of the Boeing Starliner ship. Actually, NASA ordered a return plan for both during the Biden administration: to reserve two empty seats on the CREW-9 mission, which will return to Earth at the end of March (an exclusive ship for them would have cost dozens of millions). When Mogensen pointed out this in his X profile, Musk replied: “You are a complete mental retardation. Spacex could have brought them back several months ago. I offered this directly to the Biden administration and refused. His return was delayed for political reasons. Stupid.” Image | Elon Musk, Nasa In Xataka | It is not that Elon Musk has managed to introduce its influence on NASA. Is that he has entered sweeping

Some researchers analyzed 280 samples of bottled water. Only one of the brands was microplastics free

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Better flavor and smell and health reasons. Those are the two main reasons why people drink bottled water, according to A study of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Spain is, in fact, The third European country that consumes more bottled water (up to 107 liters per inhabitant). That clashes with one thing: that bottled water is not only Much more expensive than tap waterbut now we know that it also has micro and nanoplastic in amounts much greater than those estimated. The original study. Some researchers from Columbia University They analyzed Three popular bottled water marks in the United States (whose names names have not transcended) in search of micro and nanoplastic. To do this, they used a new technique called Raman stimulated dispersion microscopy Based on probe samples with two tuned simultaneous lasers to resonate specific molecules. Analyzing seven common plastics, the researchers developed an algorithm to interpret the results. According to Wei Min, co-inventor of the technique and co-author of the study that concerns us, “one thing is to detect and another to know what you are detecting.” The findings. On average, this study discovered that a liter of bottled water contains 240,000 detectable plastic fragments, between ten and 100 times more than previous estimates. Specifically, the researchers claim that they found between 110,000 and 370,000 plastic fragments in each liter, of which 90% were nanoplastic. In that sense, it is important to remember the difference between micro and nanoplastic: Microplastics: those whose size varies between 100 nanometers and five millimeters. Nanoplastic: those whose size is equal to or less than 100 nanometers. The most frequent plastics. To anyone’s surprise, one of the most common plastics was the Terephthalate polypropylene, better known as PET. It is the material of which many bottles are made. “It is probably introduced into the water when pieces are detached when the bottle is squeezed or exposed to heat,” says the researchers, who cite another study that suggests that they can also detach themselves when the cap repeatedly opens and closes. Usual. And although the presence of PET is common, this plastic is overcome by the polyamide, a type of nylon that “probably comes from the plastic filters used to supposedly purify the water before bottling it,” says Beizhan Yan, a researcher of the study. Other common plastics found by the researchers were polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride and methyl polymetacrylate. And the rest? The technique used contemplates the seven most common plastics, but there are many other plastics. According to exposes Columbia University, “the seven types of plastic that researchers sought only represented about 10% of all the nanoparticles found in the samples; They have no idea what the rest are. If all are nanoplastic, they could be dozens of millions per liter. ” And what about those sold in Spain? That’s what he wanted to find out A study by CSIC and the Global Health Institute of Barcelona. They have developed a technique To quantify particles of between 0.7 and 20 micrometers, as well as the chemical additives released to the water and, for this study, analyzed 280 samples of 20 trademarks of commercial water. Only one of the brands did not contain microplastics, but all, the 280 samples, contained plastic additives. More specifically. The result is that, on average, a liter of water contains 359 nanograms of micro and nanoplastic, an amount comparable to that obtained in the tap water found in a previous study made by the same group. “The main difference we find is the type of polymer: in tap water we find more polyethylene and polypropylene while in bottled water we have mostly detected polypropylene terephthalate (PET), although also polyethylene,” said Cristina Villanueva, a researcher of the Isglobal and Author of the study. Quite microplastic. Considering that we drink two liters of water a day, the authors estimate “an intake of 262 micrograms of plastic particles per year.” With regard to additives, 28 plastic additives, mostly stabilizers and plasticizers have been detected. According to the researchers, “our toxicity study showed that three types of plasticizers had a higher risk to human health and, therefore, should be considered in risk analysis for consumers.” Images | Jonathan Chng in Unspash In Xataka | The US has decided to leave paper straws because everyone hates them. The problem is the alternative: plastic In Xataka | After the failure of the yellow container, the government has reached a conclusion: it is time for the returnable bottles *An earlier version of this article was published in February 2024

The real business will be to see a Madrid-Osasuna in the car

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For years we are listening to the cars software will be key when choosing a vehicle. The possibilities they offer are numerous but, for the moment, traditional companies seem to have not been able to get economic performance to it. Byd, however, gives his “eye of God” that promises to be decisive when buying the car. His “eye of God” can be the least. What is the “eye of God”? This is how Byd calls his driving aid systems or automated driving (under supervision). They obviously contemplate from adaptive cruise control systems to remote parking services, where you send orders from the mobile phone and the car park alone. A price war. A few days ago, the Chinese company confirmed that it will include these systems completely free in all its cars, regardless of their price. The announcement fell like a bomb in the industry since this type of aids always They have been used to attract customers to a brand. Tesla, for example, boast your autopilot And for years he has sold his Full self driving (FSD) as the great promise of a completely autonomous driving in all cars prepared for it. Xpeng in China have based their growth on this type of functions and is one of the reasons that have attracted Volkswagen for a collaboration between both manufacturers. Make these systems available to all buyers, regardless of whether tens of thousands of euros pay for a car or a few thousand euros, Open a price war on a front that had not been seen so far. In addition, it puts the software as a central element for Decide a purchase. Defined by software. For years we have heard manufacturers say that the vehicles of the future will be defined by the software and that It will be an added value to the vehicle itself. China has even demonstrated that it is a central element, as we will see. In Europe, however, we are in the superficial layers. We talk about whether a car is more or less technological because it uses Android Automotiveits customization capacity or if you have opted for your own development that adds distinction to the brand and the model. Despite this, The generated income is almost non -existent. Manufacturers have given blind sticks to the point that Volkswagen has had to delay the launch of key models (Porsche Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron) and Search for help in China either BMW has had to back down to controversial subscriptions such as the heating of the seats. Subscribe, however, to autonomous driving functions did seem like a perfect path to begin to make efforts to make efforts. A bridge. But what if the finger points to the moon and we are looking at the finger? That is what you think of But auto insights. He exercises software -related consultancy work and usually participates in media such as Financial Times, Nikkei either The Economistamong others. In his NewsletterHe points to that to understand the “gift” of his “eye of God” to buyers you should not look exclusively at car sales that Byd can convert, you have to look at the juice that can get a highly automated driving . If people can activate a system of Level 2+ or Level 3 (During slow traffic situations), that opens huge potential opportunities to sell services, entertainment and others, while people move in these traffic jams. Think of a zoom call during a jam. Think about watching a movie. Play a video game. A first approach. What he affirms has all the meaning of the world. The Chinese automobile industry is turning the car into a four -wheel chassis that arrives completely defined by the software. In fact, only See some videos From what is presented in each car hall to check that the car is now a tailor drawer where to watch movies, play video games or enjoy a karaoke. Kevin Williams also told it well for Inside Evs. In his article he explained how Western manufacturers have become completely obsolete at what the interior of a Chinese car offers. An easy position if we attend to speech that the local client It begins to have about European and local cars. Under way. What you are talking about in your weekly entrance is that Byd’s true business can be in everything that offers their cars once they behave as low -speed autonomous vehicles. It is a relatively easy level of autonomy to reach for the manufacturer since it is easy to drive for the car in a jam. The Mercedes can do it In specific places at speeds below 60 km/h. Byd and any other manufacturer has the opportunity to have their own store with applications that compete for the attention of … driver? Is to move the mobile phone applications business to the carcharging a percentage per discharge to the owner of the application so that it can be put into operation in the vehicle. That discounting that it is not the vehicle manufacturer who offers these entertainment services or for labor productivity. A private market. You have to understand the particularities of the Chinese market. There, the cities are gigantic and the driver passes, on average, more than 45 minutes to get to work daily. Those more than three quarters of an hour, however, barely suppose less than 30 kilometers of journeyso the average speed is very low. This is decisive when it comes to understanding the cars offered. Chinese brands themselves have explained that the paths that are made by car are usually urban and rarely cover long distances such as in Europe and the United States. That is why they have cars where the space for the rear seats is prevail, the trunk is removed … and priority is given to the infotainment systems. The latter has been key to understanding market evolution. More and more the customer prefers to give priority to the voice controls of the vehicle, their connectivity with … Read more

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