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Nintendo had a program to get discounts on his games. Have decided to say enough

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It was one of the best and most followed Switch functions, and one that decidedly placed it ahead of other rival platforms. But as of March, it closes this system that allowed us to use the gold points that were won when buying digital software at the ESHOP or through download codes, and that allowed to obtain discounts on future purchases. Nintendo He has officially announced that will withdraw them on March 25, 2025 Since 2016. More than eight years ago, Nintendo’s rewards system had caused thousands of players to benefit from the points that were obtained by spending on the ESHOP. The possible benefits in the Nintendo digital store were divided into two: platinum points (they were obtained when playing mobile games such as’Super Mario Run‘or’ Fire Emblem Heroes’ and complete missions related to the My Nintendo service) and gold points (as we commented, are achieved with digital points). The latter are the ones that will disappear. They can still be used. The good part is that the points can continue to be used until they expire and past on March 25. The points have a validity of 12 months from the moment they were achieved, and if physical copies of games acquired before March 25 are recorded, the points will be obtained equally. Similarly, any anticipated order made before the deadline also generates gold points, although the game is officially launched later. In this way, players who reserve titles can still benefit from this system. Possible reasons. Nintendo has not specified the reasons for this decision, but in all likelihood it is linked to the launch of Nintendo Switch 2scheduled for this year, and of which more details will be known a week after the discontinuation of the gold points. Nintendo has already declared its intentions to maintain its virtual store system with the same characteristics as the current Eshop, so maybe Switch 2 be matched a new type of currency or set a substitute system of the gold points. 5% very juicy. The discount that was obtained thanks to the gold points was 5%: that amount could be deducted from future digital purchases (and 1% in physical purchases), which is not a crazy amount, but very useful if you frequent The indie of the store, where there are usually releases between 3 and 5 euros. It was a great way to access and even try free economic games. We will always have the others. The Gold Points system is not the only discounts for points of the console panorama (another reason to think that Nintendo is not eliminating, but only adapting it to Switch 2). In PlayStation is the system PlayStation Stars And in Xbox, the Microsoft Rewards. There are, however, significant differences: Sony’s case is the most recent, the awards are achieved by making very variable complexity missions in the titles of the console catalog. The points can be redeemed by digital collectibles. In the case of Microsoft, they are also achieved with missions and games, and can be exchanged for varied awards, even Game Pass subscriptions. Header | Nintendo In Xataka | Patents linked to Switch 2 show the operation of the Joy-Con as if they were computer mice

It’s time to face that we can’t pay attention to things, we don’t really want to do it

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“I can’t do anything for more than fifteen minutes without looking at the mobile.” A while ago, in Xataka we published A very interesting report about how we had become an eternally decentralized generation. In it, a good number of testimonies and several experts talked about one of the common places of our time: the feeling that we are losing our ability to pay attention. But is it true? The question is not absurd, of course. Especially since the debate is not so much whether memory (attention or other cognitive abilities) changes with the use of mobile devices. Of course they change. They change functionally and do so at a structural level. As Manuel Sebastián explained to usResearcher at the Cerebral Cartography Unit of the Complutense University, “we know that the text that includes links (hypertext) seems to be remembered worse in general, which is totally logical because they constitute distractors and the role of attention is critical in memory” . However, as Sebastián reminded us, “the fact that information is processed differently is not necessarily bad.” The question is whether the changes are worse, if they are leaving us more helpless in the face of certain phenomena of the world. What about our attention? A few months ago, a team from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Vienna this question was askedbut it is not something to answer. After all, to do so we need to be able to go beyond personal sensations and find attention measurements in numerous contexts, times and ages. Measurements, in addition, that they were not theoretical but were vinvulated to solve concrete problems. Where could they find such data? There was only one answer: in Intelligence tests. That huge tailor drawer that are intelligence tests. For decades, psychologists have been passing intelligence tests to millions of people and, thanks to this, we have a huge base of psychometric evaluations. Well, among that huge amount of data: there is attention tests. Once they realized this, the Researchers gathered 179 Studies with 287 independent samples from 32 different countries over 31 years: that is, they gathered evidence of more than 20,000 people and examined whether throughout these three decades a decay of attention was identified. The results are … counterintuitive. When they examined children, adolescents and young people, They realized that their scores remained stable over the years. When they examined adults, they found that, in fact, The scores improved. Yes, you have read well: our attention has been improving for years. So we are not losing attention capacity? As Adam Grant saidProfessor of Organizational Psychology at Wharton, the problem has never been attention, it is motivation. If we want to use our attention we have the ability to do it, the problem is that we usually do not want. We are so surrounded by interesting and attractive things that we end up letting us fall into multitasking. And, of course, that has consequences. In fact, it is likely that these consequences are the most notice and those that produce the feeling that we are losing the ability to pay attention. Come on, we are “cheating” ourselves. For example, we know that “pay attention” to various media at the same time (watch a movie while we consult the mobile) It has a negative effect on memory. That is, we remember worse what we see while we do other things. The fact is that when we begin to remember the movies worse, we attribute it to our attention and not to the way we saw the movie. Everything is confused. And you have to be careful with that, because if we do not start from reality, it will be impossible Dominate again Our attention capacity. Image | Cristofer Maximilian In Xataka | An eternally decentralized generation: “I can’t do anything for more than fifteen minutes without looking at the mobile” In Xataka | Do not leave for tomorrow what you could do today has left us a hidden problem: Precrastication *An earlier version of this article was published in February 2024

iPhone 16E vs iPhone 16. What Apple’s mobile choose according to your tastes and needs

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After numerous leaksit has already been announced. He iPhone 16E It is a reality and we have already been able to know, through Apple’s announcement, some of the characteristics and specifications of the new “cheap mobile” of those of Cupertino. Therefore, what better than comparing it with the base model of the current generation, the iPhone 16to know What are your differences, and also what are your similarities. IPhone 16E and iPhone 16 specifications table iPhone 16E iPhone 16 Dimensions and weight High: 14.67 cm Width: 7.15 cm Thickness: 0.78 cm Weight: 167 g High: 14.76 Width: 7.16 Thickness: 0.78 cm Weight: 170 grams Screen 6.1 -inch OLED 60 Hz of soda 800 nits brightness (typical) 1,200 nits peak brightness (HDR) 6.1 -inch OLED 60 Hz of soda Resolution of 2,556 x 1.179p 460 pixels per inch HDR True Tone 1,000 nits brightness (typical) 1,600 nits peak brightness (HDR) Maximum 2,000 nits brightness (outdoor) PROCESSOR Apple A18 Apple A18 STORAGE 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB AUTONOMY Audio reproduction: Up to 90 hours Video reproduction (offline): Up to 26 hours Video reproduction (streaming): Up to 21 hours Audio reproduction: up to 80 hours Video reproduction (offline): Up to 22 hours Video reproduction (streaming): up to 18 hours Rear cameras 48 MP Major: 48 MP Ultra wide angle: 12 MP Front camera 12 MP 12 MP Operating system iOS 18 iOS 18 SOUND Double Stereo Speaker Double Stereo Speaker Connectivity Wifi 6 5g Bluetooth 5.3 USB-C NFC GPS Wifi 7 5g Bluetooth 5.3 USB-C NFC GPS OTHERS IP68 certification Face id Action button Compatible with Apple Intelligence IP68 certification Action button Camera control button Compatible with Apple Intelligence PRICE From 709 euros From 885 euros The differences between the iPhone 16E and the iPhone 16 Two mobiles with two particular designs and … changes in relation to the battery Little or nothing has to do with the iPhone 16E with respect to the iPhone Se 3: neither in hardware, nor in software nor in design. The arrival of the new generation has meant a very large change at the aesthetic level, eliminating the home button of the equation and betting on something closer to what we could see with respect to the iPhone 14; introducing a notch. Instead, Both the size and the screen type is practically the same as the one that comes with the iPhone 16. The rear has also undergone changes to approach, in this case, to what is seen in the current generation with the iPhone 16, although saving the distances. On the 16E iPhone we have a single main camera of 48 MP (with Zoom X2)while the iPhone 16 incorporates an ultra -angular sensor of 12 MP. In this way, choosing Apple’s new mobile phone we would lose the ultra -angle sensor. In addition, we cannot ignore one of the great deficiencies of the iPhone 16E with respect to other Apple models (not only if we compare it with the iPhone 16, but with mobiles from the previous generations). The 16E iPhone is not compatible with MAGSAFE load technologyalthough it does have a wireless load Qi. The camera control button remains exclusively on the iPhone 16 One of the great novelties that Apple introduced with the launch of the iPhone 16 range (also Plus, Pro and Pro Max) is the so -called camera control buttonwhich allows you to adjust different parameters related to photography and video. A useful element if we take advantage of. And in this case Apple has decided that this camera control button It will be an exclusive element of the iPhone 16. Apple has not included it in the 16E iPhone, a rather logical decision taking into account that the new mobile does not stand out precisely for its photographic section. The most differential point: the price In order to choose between one mobile or another, The most decisive will be the price. The great claim of Apple’s line was precisely the price at which they have launched their terminals, and in the case of the iPhone 16E, although it is more expensive than we expected, it is cheaper than the iPhone 16. In this way, if what we are looking for is to pay less for having some of Apple’s new Its launch price is 709 euros. On the other hand, if what we are looking for is a more complete phone, even more expensive, we may be more interested in making the jump to the iPhone 16 that currently has a price of 885 euros. The similarities between the iPhone 16E and the iPhone 16 The arrival of Apple Intelligence It is clear that Brands want to bring artificial intelligence to their mobilesthus allowing us as users to make use of some of their functions. Apple has also embraced artificial intelligence with Apple Intelligenceand although it has not yet arrived completely in Spain, it will do it sooner rather than later. The iPhone 16 were announced with several claims, being Apple Intelligence one of them. Apple has also wanted to address the announcement of the 16E iPhone focusing on the artificial intelligence functions that it will incorporate, so In this sense we will have no differences between both mobiles. And … what about the processor? To use artificial intelligence, it is necessary for a mobile to offer good performance. To do this, Apple made the jump of chip A16 iPhone 15 to the Chip A18 From iPhone 16. This chip offers good performance in virtually any task, allowing Apple Intelligence to use without any problem. Therefore, knowing that the 16E iPhone will also have the functions of Apple Intelligence, it is not surprising that Apple wanted to introduce the same iPhone 16 chip into this generation. In this way, Both mobiles have the same processor, chip A18. 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We already know how big the hole that Ryanair will leave in the small cities of Spain will leave: 640,000 squares

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He will leave Jerez and Valladolid. And will drastically reduce its operations in Vigo. It will also offer less flights at the airports of Santiago de Compostela, Zaragoza, Asturias and Santander. That is Ryanair’s decision made In response to AENA rates that consider excessive and the lack of incentives to maintain airlines. In total, it is estimated that 643,000 seats will be lost With the departure of the company Low-Cost of these airports or the reduction of their activity from this summer. The company’s numbers point to a reduction in the offer of 800,000 places But a small part of these seats will be compensated with the arrival of other airlines or the increase in their activity. Incentives and rates in the center of the conflict With Ryanair’s departure, it is also confirmed that it is the minor airports that more will suffer from summer. Valladolid is undoubtedly the city that in relative terms more passengers loses. This summer will have 96,000 seats less. It will go from the 154,000 seats offered in 2024 to just 60,000 places, which represents a reduction of 61%. However, in absolute terms, Santiago de Compostela airport is the one that will lose the most passengers from all over Spain. Next summer will have 334,000 less places, which is a reduction of 11.4% compared to last year’s programming. A blow to a city that has in the summer a wave of tourism arrived from the Camino de Santiago. Among the most affected airports, Zaragoza is another of the places where its departure will most be noticed, losing 113,000 seats that represent 18.5% of the operations. Santander, with 88,000 lost places, will lose 10% of its passenger volume compared to last year. Jerez will stay at 7%, with 52,400 places offered less. Other airports, however, manage to hold the stick that supposes the exit of the Irish company. Vigo, where Ryanair announced a reduction of 61% of its operations, will grow and offer this summer 64,700 seats more than in 2024, 8.8% higher than last year. Asturias will not run so much luck but cushion the impact with a reduction in the volume of travelers that is barely reflected in a 1.8% decrease (27,000 places less). In general terms, AENA will lose 643,000 places offered with the departure of Ryanair from some of its airports and the descent of its operations. An output that occurs after the company indicated AENA’s rates as abusive and incentives to operate in small insufficient airports. For their part, in Aena they have seen this movement as blackmail, according to Five days. Although in recent days the Irish company has generated even more noise with an aggressive advertising campaign in which Call “clown” to Pablo Bustinduy, Minister of Consumptionusing the fine receivable in the cabin As a claim, it was the operating rates in AENA and the lack of incentives in small airports that motivated the exit of these places. The rates charged by Aena are designed to guarantee the proper functioning of an airport, is the price to be paid for a company to provide the security or cleaning service, among others. On average, Companies pay 10.35 euros per passenger in Spain But in smaller airports they barely reach two or three euros because some incentives are applied to operate in these lines. For example, 100% of the rate of reduced mobility travelers or 100% of the safety rate is reimbursed, to make these spaces more attractive from the big cities. Decisions that are not enough for Ryanair who ask “A substantial reduction” Of the same or that, even, “if there is a regional airport with 500,000 passengers, which is given a discount to all the 50% airlines on the existing traffic and free for the next 50,000 passengers”, in the words of Eddie Wilson , CEO of Ryanair, during an interview with Five days. What Wilson does not do in that interview is one of the economic incentives from low -cost airlines that provide services at these airports and receive subsidies from institutions in the form of advertising to maintain their flights. They are contracts that, with its departure, the airline is breaking and that allowed, for example, that In Vigo a fluid line was maintained with London airport. Photo | Marty Sakin In Xataka | Ryanair’s breakdown is a warning for world tourism: plane tickets are very expensive

Donald Trump prepares to apply tariffs of more than 25% for chips and that means one thing: much more expensive laptops

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Donald Trump does not hesitate. At a press conference on Tuesday, the president of the United States Indian than your administration It could apply tariffs of about 25% to the car industry. But this is not the worst: the worst thing is that the pharmaceutical industry and The semiconductor They could be even more affected. In both cases, tariffs could be even greater than 25%. What are tariffs. Tariffs are taxes that apply to foreign products. They are paid by the importer of the product, which in this case are the US companies and consumers, but not for the exporter, which may be anywhere in the world. An example. Let’s give an example: Acer, Taiwanese company, wants to sell its laptops in the United States. Acer the factory in Taiwan, and sends them to the US. When those laptops reach the US Customs, a US -based company (the importer, which may be the Acer division in the US, or a wholesaler, for example) takes possession of them. The US customs applies tariffs. Let’s say it is 10%. The importer (which is not Acer Taiwan) pays those tariffs to the US government. If the order is one million, the importer would have to pay $ 100,000. It is then that the importer decides how to manage that extra cost. It can absorb the cost and reduce your profit margin, you can pass it to stores, which could increase the price for consumers, or you can negotiate with Acer Taiwan to make the original order come out something cheaper. More details on April 2. In the case of cars tariffs, the pharmacological industry and Trump chips Indian that “I will probably tell you on April 2, but there will be around 25%” when asked about tariffs on the car industry. For Farma and Chips, Trump said “it will be 25% or more, and will grow substantially in the course of a year.” The US president claimed to want to give companies “time to come (to the US)” before announcing new import tariffs. Manufacture here, or pay tariffs. All these measures are aimed at the same thing: avoid dependence on other countries to the maximum possible, boost companies to manufacture their products in the US (and make large investments in the country) and impose huge tariffs for those who do not. The impact will be colossal. The measures raised by Trump will have huge consequences. Among other things, will aggravate the historical crisis that the European car is experiencing. Last year about eight million cars and light trucks in the US were imported, half of all sales in that country. Manufacturers like Volkswagen They would be especially affectedbut also great Asian manufacturers (not only China) like Hyundai. We will pay more for (almost) everything. Experts are clear that these tariffs will have very important collateral effects, including the price increase for consumers and costs for these industries. Portable 10% more expensive. In the case of chips, among the many affected are laptops prices. Jason Chen, CEO of Acer, Indian that these tariffs will cause that “we have to adjust the final price to reflect these tariffs. We believe that 10% will probably be the default increase for the price for import rates. It is very simple.” Acer already considers manufacturing outside China. About 80% of the laptops that are imported in the US come from China. Trump imposed 10% tariffs in China this month, although they do not apply to products that abandoned China before February. Chen declared that they had already migrated part of the assembly of their computers outside China during Trump’s first mandate, when he imposed 25%tariffs. They are now looking for “different distribution chains beyond China”, and stressed that manufacturing in the US was “one of the options.” Much ado about nothing? The truth is that Trump has already announced important tariffs For Canada and Mexico. They had to go into force on February 1but They have not done soand also the tax and aluminum taxes have been modified –No exceptions– And that theoretically will be applied as of March 12. A series of “were also announcedreciprocal tariffs“Last week, but they will not take effect until April. There is a lot of ads of tariffs, but for the moment little start -up (or none) of such measures. Image | The White House | Laura Ockel In Xataka | All Big Tech wrapped Trump in his investiture. In return, 192,000 million dollars will be saved in taxes

Intel has a bullet in the bedroom. A bullet capable of helping you compete from you with TSMC

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The possibility of Intel ending chopped and its semiconductor factories become part of TSMC production infrastructure It is on the table. As we explained two days ago, this producer of Taiwanese integrated circuits and the American chip designer Broadcom are interested in getting two fundamental parts of Intel. TSMC is preparing an offer that would allow you to control Intel integrated circuit manufacturing plants with the purpose of developing your manufacturing infrastructure Beyond Taiwan’s borders. On the other hand, Broadcom is also preparing an offer to get the integrated circuit design and marketing divisions of Intel. In any case, if the TSMC initiative will finally prosper will stumble The opposition of the government led by Donald Trump. Currently it is unlikely that the administration approves the purchase of such an important division of an American company by a foreign company. Discordant voices are being raised within Intel Ben Sell, Vice President of Intel Technology Development, confirmed At the end of last September that the 18A node already has the maturity necessary to enter large -scale production in 2025. and also assured that it will benefit from the resources that have been reallocated since the 20A node. In the current scenario the 18A node will be the true protagonist. In fact, and this is really important, Intel has confirmed which will receive a maximum of 3,000 million dollars within the framework of the ‘Chips and Science Act’ program to manufacture semiconductors for the US government in a reliable way. The 18A node is the best opportunity that Intel has to resume the course and improve its competitiveness The name of this plan, “Safe Enclave”, reflects one of the requirements required by the Administration: Chips must occur in the strictest confidentiality. And, as we can intuit, these integrated circuits will be manufactured in the 18A node. Definitely this integration technology is the best opportunity that Intel has for resume course and improve your competitiveness. In fact, voices are being raised within the company itself that demand a little patience to give this node the opportunity to place Intel on the path of recovery. This statement by Joseph Bonetti, main manager of Intel engineering programs, expresses this vision very well: “Intel leaders, Board of Directors of Intel and Donald Trump’s administration, please do not sell or give the control of Intel Foundry to TSMC just when Intel is taking the technological front and starting to take off. It would be a terrible and demoralizing error” . Bonetti also maintains that Intel is not lagging for its competitors, and that the advances that their engineers are achieving in the field of chips production are very important. At the current situation there is no doubt that the 18A integration technology is the best Intel asset to recover health, but it is important that we do not overlook that its technicians have been calibrating more than a year and adjusting their first lithography equipment of extreme ultraviolet (UVE) and haute opening manufactured by ASML. Intel has them in its Hillsboro plant (USA). The first tests with this machine presumably carried out them at the end of 2024, and in 2025 the preliminary tests that pursue to manufacture circuits integrated in the 14A node will begin. It sounds exciting. We will follow the track to this machine very closely to keep you aware of all progress. Image | Intel More information | Tom’s hardware In Xataka | Bill Gates has radiographed Intel. And his diagnosis is overwhelmingly accurate

The most millionaire form of Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson to save a slope

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Wolfgang Porsche, president of the Porsche Board of Directors and grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, is raising controversy among the residents of Salzburg (Austria). The millionaire has proposed to build An underground tunnel deprived of about 500 meters under the mountain where one of its seventeenth century is located. The most striking of all, is the reason why he wants to build this tunnel: avoid a brief section of road that winds down the slope of Mount Kapuzinerberg by joining it with the urban center of the city. The new Millionaire neighbor. According to The published By the German newspaper DerstandardWolfgang Porsche bought in 2020 the villa Paschinger-Schlössl for about 8.4 million and is currently under rehabilitation works. That is, it is not even about Millionaire’s main house 81 years. The village of a palatial nature is located on a slope of the mountain of Monte Kapuzinerberg, which acts as one of Salzburg’s green lungs, and had belonged to the writer Stefan Zweig. “Complicated” access. As usual in the places built on a mountain, the narrow road with only access lane to the place, runs through the side of the mountain saving a slope with about 50 meters of unevenness. Apparently, the president of one of the largest manufacturers of German supercar distracks him to travel a brief section of mountain to reach his residence. According to local sources, the narrow access through a 16th -century wall tends to collapse due to the difficulty of access, it can be dangerous in winter. The least is the tunnel. According to published Spiegelto avoid the stretch of road, the millionaire believes more appropriate to build an underground tunnel under its mansion, so that the landscape value of the place would not be altered. This work would allow to communicate a private parking for nine cars that will be built next to the town, with urban parking located at the base of the mountain. The bureaucratic procedures for the execution of the work are already very advanced and even the millionaire would have already paid about 40,000 euros in concept of access to the existing urban parking. The neighbors see it as a privilege for rich. The Bürgerliste Local Party has questioned the modest access rate that the millionaire has paid. While the amount of your personal fortune is not publicly known, it is estimated that the fortune of the Porsche/Piëch family whose fortune is estimated in about 38.8 billion dollars. Beyond the protests for the supposed privilege of access to the new neighbor, there is legal level they have nothing to object. According to “Kellerrecht“or” Bodega Law “, the property of Wolfgang Porsche is not limited to the land and the town built in it, but also to everything under the town.” Theoretically, these lands could be used even to the core of the Earth, “said a report by the municipal technical entity. In Xataka | There are only two units of this exclusive Porsche 911. One of them was abandoned and taking dust in Dubai Image |Porsche

We have centuries contaminating the seas with mercury. We did not expect the solution to be genetic engineering

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There is something that have volcanic eruptions, oil combustion, waste incineration, chemical substances or gold extraction: they release mercury in the environment. A mercury that ends up deposited in the waters, transformed into methylmercury for millions of microorganisms, stored in fish and, finally, served in our houses at lunchtime. We have a problem with methylmercury. That is obvious. The problem is that it is very difficult to solve. And that is not forcing ideas in another place. What exactly is methylmercury? Mercury is already a global concern due to its persistence in the environment, its ability to bioaccumulation in ecosystems and their important adverse effects on human health. But methylmercury, the most frequent organic form in the marine environment takes the palm. None of this would be a problem if it were not because, in addition, methylmercury is the form “more toxic and the most easily absorbable For living organisms, since it is highly liposoluble and has a great capacity to fix proteins and also shows a high degree of bioaccumulation. “ Is it dangerous? Well yes. High doses of this compound They are very toxic to the central nervous system and especially “for the brain in development of the fetus and in early childhood.” It can cause “mild behavioral problems, language disorders, memory losses, vision and auditory, learning difficulties and development delays.” And we do nothing to avoid it? Yes, we have tried several approaches. In 2013, governments around the world adopted the Minamata Agreement to try to control the “anthropogenic liberations of mercury and other compounds” derivatives. In fact, in the last decade the European Food Security Authority (and its national equivalents) They have been establishing increasingly strict criteria for food with risk of exposure to these compounds. The problem is that it is not easy to control that release and, for now, we cannot do much more than reduce risks. A solution … original. Now, some Australian scientists say they have discovered a new effective way to clean the methylmercury. The Macquarie University Research Team and the Australian Csiro has managed genetically fruit flies and zebra fish to transform methylmercury into a much less harmful gas that is dispersed in the air. The team has modified the DNA of these two animals to insert variants of bacteria genes that make them create two enzymes that can convert the methylmercury into elementary mercury. In general terms, we could say that they inactivate it. It does not become harmless, but its toxicity and bioaccumulation falls very significantly. Oh really? “It still seems to me that we can use synthetic biology to convert the most harmful form of mercury and evaporate it,” Kate Tepper explainedsynthetic biologist and main author of the article. And, indeed, almost science fiction sounds. It must be said that, obviously, we talk about an investigation in the early development phases and much remains to be checked. However, it is a very interesting result. Very dangerous and very loaded with ethical issues, but very interesting for the development of the genetic engineering of the future. Another thing is that we dare to get so far. Image | John Cameron In Xataka | This researcher has been poisoning a lake with mercury for 15 years to see what happens to the fish living inside: now, he finally has an answer

Review with characteristics, price and specifications

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LG has launched what, without a doubt, is one of its great bets of the year. In collaboration with American singer and rapper LG Xboom Budssome completely wireless headphones that move in the fork of 100 euros and seek to conquer those who want a decent sound, but without paying more than the account. After having tried them, this has been our experience. Are expensive headphones always better than economic? Technical file of the Xboom Buds LG LG Xboom Buds dimensions and weight Headphones: 25.3 x 20.8 x 23.9 mm – 5.3 grams Case: 63.0 x 32.8 x 31.2 mm – 36 grams diaphragm unit 10 millimeters Graphene coated diaphragm Noise cancellation Cancellation of active noise Up to 35 dB battery Headset: 70 mAh Case: 475 mAh Codecs AAC, SBC connection Bluetooth 5.4 compatibility iOS, Android, PC Extras IPX4 resistance Google Assistant Siri Multipunto connection Equalizer Tactile controls USB-C load 6x Microphones price 98.86 euros LG, Xboom Buds, wireless headphones, noise cancellation, Bluetooth wireless helmets, wireless headphones, bluetooth headphones, black * Some price may have changed from the last review LG Xboom Buds, our experience LG Xboom Buds | Image: Xataka Light and comfortable. The new Xboom Buds of LG are built in plastic and available in black or white. They are button headphones that fit well in our auditory channel and that have a kind of Silicone Superior Bridge that improves support. I am not very friendly with these implementations (I refer to the tests), but LG has embroidered. Their Xboom Buds are comfortable, do not move the least when walking or running and, in addition, they are more disguised than other headphones of their category. It should be noted that each headset has a tactile surface that allows us to control reproduction or calls by touches and that the pads are interchangeable. In that sense, it never hurts to prove all pads included not only to find the best adjustment, but because the performance of active noise cancellation will depend on our auditory channel being well sealed. LG Xboom Buds | Image: Xataka The case. LG has not thrown the house out the window with the case. It is small, it is made of plastic (which is touched and damaged too easily) and has the fair and necessary: ​​USB-C port for load, the holes to fit the headphones and a LED that will indicate the load status and// or connection. It is light, small and the lid is magnetized. Simple and at the foot. What is important to point out is that it has no wireless load or a button to reset or force reconnection. Experience of use. The Xboom Buds are compatible with iOS, Android, PC and, really, any device that uses Bluetooth. The application is very simple and offers basic adjustments, such as a customizable equalizer, different sound modes, noise cancellation control, experimental adjustments, a function to find headphones and aircraft, technology with which these headphones are compatible. Image | Xataka However, the most interesting and, for me, something that is worth assessing when we buy some headphones, is that they admit multipoint connection. We can connect the Xboom Buds to as many devices as we want and jump with each other interchangeably. That, for productivity, is vital and we do not always find it in the range of 100 euros. Nor have we had latency problems or micro cuts, even in more busy areas. But one of lime and one of sand. If the multipoint and latency we have liked a lot, that it is not possible to invoke Google Assistant with the voice has had the opposite effect. Although it is a function that should be there, the truth is that we have not been able to use it during the time we have been testing the headphones. The application to control the headphones from the mobile can be downloaded from Google Play and App Store. LG Xboom Buds | Image: Xataka How they are heard. LG has implemented in its new headphones some ten mm driver whose diaphragm is “graphene coated.” In practice, we can say that headphones are listened well for their price range. They are not the best headphones, or from afar, but they do offer a very good experience that, for those who seek sharpness, stuck and clarity without spending more, it will be more than enough. The serious ones are well achieved, with a powerful glue but without rumble. The same with the average frequencies, which are not masked. However, in the most pronounced acute we can appreciate a slight distortion, especially when the volume exceeds 70-80%. We will notice this if we have the most trained ear, but the global experience is balanced and more than correct. LG Xboom Buds | Image: Xataka In any case, it is always possible to adjust the equalization manually through the app. If we do not know what we are playing, my personal recommendation is to use the “immersive” mode for day to day and “bass boost” for more urban genres or for when we want something more stuck. Anyway, these headphones are not designed for audiophiles. They are not compatible with high definition codecs or Dolby Atmos, which will not matter too much if we listen to music through Spotify or YouTube Music. Noise cancellation. According to LG, headphones are capable of canceling up to 35 dB. In practice, the truth is that active noise cancellation works well, but does not reach what high -end headphones propose such as the Huawei Freebuds Pro 4 or Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3. On the street it is possible that the noise of the cars is sneaky or that we listen to nearby conversations, although my cotton test is the three 3D printers that I have a few two meters from my position. LG Xboom Buds | Image: Xataka These machines make a very monotonous and relatively serious noise, which is precisely where the ANC knows how to breastfeed. The Xboom Buds of LG … Read more

We have discovered the largest underground thermal lake in the world. It is at the bottom of a more than 100 meters aser in Albania

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Albania has just been crowned on the world geological map. And big. There, on the border with Greece, a tens of meters deep, an expedition has identified the largest underground thermal lake on the planet. His name, Neuron. Its figures: more than 183 m long, 42 wide and sufficient water to fill A few Olympic pools. The finding confirms the scope of a discovery that dates back several years ago but whose relevance has only been confirmed now, with the help of a Lidar scanner. Its history is as curious as its size. “A steam column”. To understand the scope of the discovery you have to go back a few years ago, at 2021 and 2002, when a team of Czech scientists launched Vromoner, in southern Albania, near the border with Greece. The area resulted especially interesting For geologists because for years the convulsive political context of Balkans had hindered that scientists could thoroughly examine it. There the experts found a vast underground system of thermal sources thanks to a curious track: a steam stream. “From the high vapor column that rose from the limestone massif we managed to locate a chasm of more than one hundred meters deep,” Marek Audy tellsHead of the expedition. They called her atmos. When exploring it, they took an even greater surprise (literally): they found an intense thermal activity and a “great lake.” How large and broad it was, however, it became an unknown that then, for technical issues, they could not clarify. A (huge) suspicion. Which I was clear Audy team was that it had found something big, huge. And again both words can be understood in their most literal sense. The team suspected that the water extension that had been located in Albania was the largest underground thermal lake in the world, at least among those known today. Hence, later the researchers returned to the Sima in a new expedition provided with a reinforced technical arsenal. Thanks to the support of the Neuron Foundation, which contributed funds, the geologists achieved a special lidar scanner and the software necessary to measure the area. The objective of the researchers –The Neuron Foundation reported Before the expedition left – it was to make a map, a 3D model of the underground cave and the lake and even collect samples of animals from the banks. The result of that incursion has been waiting, but it was worth it: today those responsible presume having identified the largest underground thermal lake in the world. A “unique” lake. In a wink to the foundation that supported the project to the lake, Neuron has been baptized. What surprises however is not its name, but its size: 138.3 meters in length by 42 wide with a circle of 345 m. Inside it hosts around 8,335 m3 of thermal mineral water and those who have had the opportunity to visit it highlight the show of its dome, three times greater than that of the main room of the Prague National Theater. “The phenomenon has been subject to a thorough hydrogeological study to confirm its singularity,” The Foundation stands outwhich emphasizes that it is a “unique” lake. And how did they measure it? The team did not start from scratch. Richard Bouda, photographer and member of the expedition, Explain to Euronews that during the first visit they had already prepared a “basic map” with the resources they had. When they returned they did it, however, with a mobile lidar scanner and the system Geoslam which allowed them to precisely probe the cave and the lake. Not just that. They also traced a detailed map of Atmos, including other caves, such as sulfur. “We believe that this discovery will help protect the area and to better understand hydrological flows. Until now, nobody knew precisely how these groundwater connect to the surface,” Bouda comments. The team also trusts that the finding has an impact on the hydrological and geological studies of the region. Images | Neuron 1 and 2 In Xataka | A cave in France hid a strange rock formation. Some researchers believe that it could be a 3D map

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