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On March 19 we wait for you in the great event on generative artificial intelligence applied to the company

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Xatakeros, next day March 19 The event is celebrated in Madrid AI2030which will have as its central theme the real use and application of the generative AI in the business environment and of which Xataka is Mediapartner. If it is an issue that, like us, is passionate about or that you would like to know more to apply it to your professional environment, keep reading because this will interest you. AI2030 is a different event for format and content, and now you will understand why. As for the format, on the one hand there will be a place for people who want to learn and listen to how various leaders in the sector are working with generative artificial intelligence in their business fields, with practical and real cases of generative in action But also with all the challenges (and opportunities) in its implementation, in addition to a review of the trends of what we expect in the coming years. All accompanied with a small huequecito for networking. Here you can consult the full agenda. All these cases will be presented by first level speakers. Among those already confirmed is Jimmy Klein (Diageo Product), María José Barrera (Global Cdo & E -Commerce director of Massimo Dutti), Sofia Benjumea (Head of Google for Startups – EMEA) and Carlos Rivadulla (manager and lawyer in Écija) , among many others. The event organizes it Miraikureference sign in the development of generative, and is sponsored by Google Cloudso we will also have some of its executives. On the other hand, there will also be a more practical session, which will take place on March 20 in Hackaton format. This opportunity is reserved for a few selected startups but you are still in time to present as a candidate for yours if you are interested. Would you like to accompany us? Keep reading and we give you all the details. For all types of professionals and also for startups If you are passionate about the subject or dedicate yourself professionally to this: On March 19, from 10 in the morning until eating, numerous talks will take AI in business environments and various business sectors in particular. You can request your entry as an assistant here. If you have a startup: You can request to join the Hackaton that is organized on March 20. In that session, first -line companies such as Kia, Massimo Dutti, Estrella Damm or Diageo, among others, will raise a challenge to the participating companies and together they will work to give them a solution. You can get more details and register your startup selecting “Join As a startup” here. We are waiting for you! And if you can’t accompany us or you can’t follow streaming that day, don’t worry, because We will tell you the best of the event in Xataka And in our networks. As our friends from AI2030 say, “the future begins here!” More information and inscriptions | AI2030.AI

Brave New World ‘seems that it hasn’t helped

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The Marvel From Disney had a golden opportunity to make blur and new account. The circumstances of his last films and the last year were the perfect springboard for a blur and new account. But the result has finally been the most conservative possible, and has opted for continuity and the inherited problems of the last MCU, in a film that has good box office forecasts but that is still a real hot potato for Disney. Bad omens. 2023 ended bitterly for Disney: ‘Quantumania‘ and ‘The Marvels‘They had results at the box office, if not disastrous, of course less lucid than the entire MCU. It was corroborated that since ‘Endey me‘, Disney had not known how to wear the Marvel universe, and that had failed when continuing the legacy of the Avengers: infinitely less charismatic characters (‘Eternals‘), new deliveries of heroes who lived better times (‘Thor: Love and Thunder‘,’Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘) … phases four and five (which will end the imminent’ Thunderbolts’) have been pure wet gunpowder for Marvel. Marvel, 2024. At that time, Marvel stopped. Last year it only premiered Sony’s Spider-Man villains films (which did not work, but that does not affect Marvel too much, although it is true that They add up to some weariness to the public not versed in the rights limits of each other characters) and ‘Deadpool and Wolverine‘, which does not belong to the MCU. And yes, it was based on the promise of “rest this year, which will come the X-Men ‘. The return has been far from a return to the great Marvel greatness:’ Captain America: Brave New World ‘. A dazzled lap. It is difficult to list the problems of this new installment of ‘Captain America’, when there were problems from the same origin: the intervention of Harrison Ford was not planned, but the death of William Hurt (General Ross in the first Hulk film, the of Edward Norton of 2008) forced to look for a substitute. Since then, continuous rewriting and rethinking (the terrorist embodied for giancating him Esposito, for example, was intended for another actor) that have as a fruit a film full of patches and patches and Reshoots that visually, they are very noticeable (there are dialogues and more filling dialogues, very clearly shot in front of a green screen). The Marvel technique to start shooting with half writing and fixing them on the march had never settled with such a loose result. The worst MCU movie? ‘Quantumanía’ and ‘The Marvels were irregular films, but they had indisputable moments more than salvable: in the first one was modek, the design of the quantum kingdom, the presence of Kang; In the second, the cat gag, the moment of Indian musical, the action sequences … Here the fights, for example, are among the most reluctant ever seen in the MCU, the climax with the red hulk is. .. Well, anti -limitic. And the very scarce dramatic substance and charisma of the two protagonist heroes makes long combat sequences such as the confrontation against the airplanes of the army they take without hooking the viewer. Where it points. The referents of the MCU in which its plot base is ‘Brave New World’ is significant: a film that many do not know that it belongs to the MCU (‘The incredible Hulk’); the first Marvel box office failure (‘Eternals’); And one of the worst series of the company (‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘, which despite its unattractive, has some combat sequences that would already want’ Brave New World ‘). Significantly unattractive precedents for a film whose greatest sin is its very scarce sense of risk. Little risk. Among all the decisions that Marvel could have made, opt for continuism, to resume semi -pidered plot lines and for resorting to an aesthetic and plot springs that already begin to sound expired was the least risky. They could have made a real blur and new account, taking into account that the multiverse provided it on a tray, but no: The year that Robert Downey Jr. returns to Marvel It is also the year in which it is clear that Disney is not willing to part with old and exhausted customs. Header | Marvel In Xataka | The lesson that ‘Deadpool y Lobezno’ leaves Marvel: his fans no longer want to “do their homework” to understand their films

What is it, how does this Chinese artificial intelligence of open source do for the creation of videos

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Let’s explain What is Goku Aia new artificial intelligence model of video generation. When we were still recovering from the irruption of Deepseek In the sector, the Chinese technology company Bytedance has launched a totally revolutionary model fear. We are going to start this article telling you what exactly Goku AI is, and the two reasons why this model is so revolutionary. Then we will try to explain how it works inside, and we will end up telling you the possibilities offered This new model. What is Goku ai Goku ai is a new artificial intelligence model trained to be able to Generate video from the text. It becomes something like the AIs that generate images, you tell him what you want it to appear in the video, and this will generate one from scratch. This model is completely revolutionary for two things. The first is by The incredible quality of its results. The IA of videos creation has not yet reached the general public, and we have been seeing how realistic mediocre results pass. This AI is positioned among the most realistic in what can be generated with it. But the most disruptive is that it is again An open source model Available for everyone in GITHUB. As with others such as Deepseek, this means that anyone can access it and replicate it, and you can also use your code to settle for free on devices. Of course, there is currently no distilled models of Goku that can be used in normal computers, and the complete model needs very powerful GPUs and technical knowledge to settle. Even so, we should soon see the arrival of distilled models that you can use with Some of the free tools To install an AI on your computer. But come on, for you to get the idea, so far the most popular artificial intelligence models were closed and could only be used paying. Meanwhile, Goku arrives in this new wave of China with open source models that can be used for free. How Goku AI works This artificial intelligence model works as a video generation model based on flow and fed by a rectified flow transformer (RTF), which helps Improve your quality and efficacy. With this technology you can refine the images and each frame of the video progressively, making movements transitions soft and have a high visual fidelity. The video creation process begins when a user writes in text format what he wants to see, or even when he shares images. Then, the model understands what you are asking for with your natural language and converts these elements into structured representations. Then use a rectified flow dynamic to improve photograms interpolation, reduce noise, and try to guarantee good continuity. As a final step, Goku synthesizes coherent video sequences with fluid transitions. As for its technologies, the RFT allows you to maintain a good quality minimizing the computational load of the process. The process also uses A neural rendering with which to guarantee that the generated video has realistic movements and fluid transitions, and that there are no grotesque results. An architecture based on transformers is also used to model temporary units in video sequences. With all this, the resulting videos should be very realistic, and even static images can be encouraged. What can this AI do The main function that can be expected of this AI is the possibility of Generate videos from text. You write what you want the video to have, and generate an animated video with natural movements and realistic environments from nothing. It can also be used to convert images into animated clips. You can give you an image that will analyze and understand, and then you will describe what you want me to generate from it and make you an animation. This can be a real revolution in many areas, because the resulting people are realistic, the effects of clothing and textures are also, and objects move normally. Everything you can think of you can ask for it, and as it will be open source it is logical to think that it will have fewer restrictions. In Xataka Basics | Deepseek guide: 36 functions and things you can do for free with this artificial intelligence

IPS blocks that affect Cloudflare are the new Internet condemnation. Spain Italy, and the United Kingdom already suffers them

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The situation we are living these days in Spain with the Internet is worrying. Indiscriminate IPS blockages caused by the fight against illegal soccer broadcasts have made Complaints about Movistar’s service, O2 or Digi multiply: When these sporting events are held, various web sites and services cease to be accessible. The measures are resulting to have notable collateral effects, but this is not only in Spain. The situation. In recent days we have seen how Movistar clients, O2 or Digi have criticized the cuts in the service in networks that prevented them from accessing various sites and platforms on the Internet. The reason has been the blockade of IPS to fight the illegal broadcasts of football matches. In several cases, blocked IPS, some of which belong to Cloudflare, are not linked to a single service, but thousands, and not make a selective block – which is complex, but feasible – causes numerous problems. Italy was also a pioneer in this crusade. In Spain LaLiga keeps a crusade Against the illegal broadcasts of football matches, but Italy also has been fighting this type of problem for years. Already in November 2022 the iutalian authorities They identified thousands of subscribers to IPTV channels to which he later sent fines. Shared IPS. Giorgio Bonfiglio, Amazon Web Services engineer, already explained the problem of IPS blocks In a thread in x. As he highlighted, in many cases the blocked IPS are shared IPS, although it is very difficult (or impossible) to find out if they are shared. The IPV6 protocol has facilitated that service providers can access a colossal number of addresses, being able to change them dynamically and even assign one for each request. During IPS blocks, connectivity in various parts of Italy was very affected. Source: Torrentfreak The selective block is very complex. “Block one by one would not be possible. You would have to block the entire class, but that is not feasible because it is almost never possible to determine how many IPS are owned by a certain client,” He added. And that is what is happening with these indiscriminate blockages. The Italian Parliament raised a law proposal precisely for that in July 2023. It ended up approved and was baptized as “Piracy Shield” or “Privacy shield.” AGCOM acts in Italy. The Transalpino country has AGCom communications regulator (authoritá per le Garanzie Nelle Communicazioni), which is the one that manages the privacy shield blocking system. In February 2024 there happened there exactly what is beginning to happen here: the indiscriminate blockages of IPS that belong to Cloudflare OA services like Zenlayer (another CDN) e even Google They caused hundreds, perhaps thousands of legitimate and lawful websites were inaccessible while those blockages were active. Even the ISP, forced to comply with those blockages, also They criticize the situation. United Kingdom adds to the crusade. The use of dynamic IPTV emissions blockages is becoming the norm also in the United Kingdom. Over there They started working in a regulation in respect in 2017, and have collaborated with specialized companies in illegal emission struggle such as FRIENDMTS. Content suppliers such as Sky obtained in July 2023 block illegal streaming services sports. Those blockages, of course, too They caused What legitimate services will cease to be accessible. And more problems in Austria. These types of problems have also been lived in Austria. At the end of August 2022 Cloudflare clients began to complain about sites on their network that were not accessible in the country. As They told later Those responsible for Cloudflare, everything was due to an IPS blockade executed by the Austrian ISP. Austrian authorities They reacted later To avoid IPS blocking for the protecting neutrality in the network. But the locks are everywhere. These types of situations are being suffered around the world. Judicial orders that force ISPs to block IPS denounced for illegitimate contents have occurred in countries such as Canada, Holland either Franceand in those cases once again the impact is not only for those illegitimate services, but for users and companies that lose access due to the blockade of IPS. Image | Tourettes In Xataka | If you get a letter from LaLiga, it is not necessary to pay what they ask: this is what the lawyers recommend

The war between the Azores anticyclone and Iceland depression will have a clear winner in the coming weeks: Spain

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If there is any field in which what was said by the famous physicist Niels Bohr that “it is difficult to make predictions, especially of the future“That is meteorology. Although it is not always the case. There are times that, with all the uncertainties we want, “we see them come long before normal.” And that is what just happened: the main prediction models in the world They say we are going to a negative nao stage. Something that, in the face of spring, can be excellent news. What is NAO? ‘Nao’ are the acronym in English of ‘North Atlantic oscillation‘And basically refers to the’ dance ‘between the Azores anticyclone and the loss of Iceland, the two great atmospheric phenomena that govern the meteorology of the North Atlantic. When the index we use to “measure who is winning” is negative, the anticyclone of the Azores is weaker than normal and, therefore, cannot block the deep storms of the Atlantic. The direct consequence is that, they circulate further than normal: in our latitudes. Kristian Strommen et als. (2021) The news is that, indeed, it seems that we are going to Noa negative. Both the NOAA American and the European ECMWF They coincide in which “we are at the gates of a Nao phase in descent.” And what consequences would this have? The combination of a negative nao and a large mass of stagnant polar air in the continent would cause the circulation of deep storms to pass us over and, therefore, the weather conditions are stirred. A summary of the situation. In the short term, we are in the midst of that cyclogenesis festival that we have already talked about, but when the stability will be installed again. That means that nocturnal temperatures will lower, the frost will return and the fog will return. From then on, if the NOA phase change is confirmed, the situation becomes difficult to predict. The good part of this type of diagnoses is that it is very solid (that is, it is quite likely to pass); The bad is that the details become more complex: it can be triggered from a sudden stratospheric warming that froze everything that caught its path to almost nothing. It is reasonable to wait for rain in one way (deep storms) or another (retrograde danas), however the prognosis is in the air. Image | Tropical tidbits In Xataka | In the next few days, Spain will be in the middle of a hall of Atlantic storms. It is good news, but not for everyone

“Eye of God” is your autonomous driving system and will be free in all your cars

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Do we want our cars to drive alone? It is one of the great questions about which the automotive market seems to turn. Companies, of course, seem to be clear about the answer: yes. Beyond the obligations of the European Union in security matters (which already forces to ride assistants such as emergency braking or lane change alert), it is clear that efforts for Offer highly assisted systems in driving They are there. The manufacturers have been highlighting the functions for an automated vehicle parking for some time. From Online parking lotsuntil they square the car in a minimum space Based on burning wheelthrough vehicles that Remember the path they have circulated and thus save really narrow spaces or cars that They function like a robb In a parking lot. But it is Tesla and especially Chinese manufacturers who seem to be more interested in demonstrating to what extent they have the best semi -automatic driving systems. They believe there is a huge business to explode and Byd has just knew an important blow to Tesla. Autonomous driving as a differential value From Tesla they have tired of selling us autonomous driving as the great business of the future for the company. His Tesla Cybercabthe attempt to put a completely autonomous robotaxi on the street that lacks flyers and pedals, is the most obvious attempt. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. The company has been selling its semi -automated driving functions for years with promiseseven that now they see very complicated to fulfill and that They will cost Tesla a good money. Elon Musk has made his Autopilot and the Full self driving Be a sufficient value to opt for Tesla rather than for the competition. In the United States, promoting the system is key because they aspire to make vehicles themselves in automatic mode (under supervision) help them improve the system they are developing for their robotaxis. They believe that they can get a huge database to which Cruise or Waymo never arrived. But where there really is a really bloody battle in economic terms it is in China. In fact, Musk himself has made all possible efforts For Tesla to be allowed to map the streets to develop their autonomous driving systems. They are aware that in a market where the price is being differential and Chinese brands continue to tighten stronglya good performance of these systems is differential to sell as a key incentive before a future purchase. Obviously, they are not the only ones who believe it. During the presentation of Xiaomi Su7the Chinese company focused an important part of its efforts on demonstrating the autonomous capabilities of its car. Not only taught how the car reads the environment, they came to demonstrate how the vehicle It worked with absolute autonomy within a public parking lotI found a space where to park and maneuver between different obstacles. That same demonstration of strength (or higher) is what has made byd with the presentation of its “Eye of God”. The most surprising thing has not been that they sell the automated driving functions of their cars, they have also made an important announcement: incorporate it for free to all their vehicles. A missile in Tesla’s flotation line that sought to make these systems a business added to its vehicles, A way to profitable with permanent subscriptions or purchases at high prices these services. Until now, Byd only had this service in its middle and high -end vehicles but The company has announced which will be available for free in all its electric cars, from the economic Byd Seagullone of the electric models best selling in the country. During the announcement, Wang Chuanfu, founder of Byd, mentioned That automated driving functions have become basic safety equipment, at the seat belt or airbag level. The Chinese company also confirmed that it was integrating models of Deepseek in its functions controlled by artificial intelligence to improve the autonomous capacity of vehicles. The announcement is A bomb within the Chinese market. The local market is leaving aside the classic characteristics that have attracted cars to focus on advanced functions such as deeper infotainment systems or autonomous driving. Xpeng either Child They have tried to position their products as advanced vehicles in this regard without achieving profitability. Xiaomi, as we said, He showed these functions in the presentation of its first electric car. Incorporating these services in an electric car that, at direct change, is sold for less than 10,000 euros in China is a declaration of intentions and can be an important impulse to sales, something that the Chinese state seeks that has continued to expand the aid to the purchase of these cars with the aim of keeping alive an industry that is manufacturing much more of the vehicles you can buy while trying to continue promoting the consumption of citizens Faced with the slowdown in growth. Photo | Byd In Xataka | Byd’s growth is unstoppable. Now he is at the gates of overcoming annual sales to Ford and Honda

Calling Gulf of America to the Gulf of Mexico was just an occurrence of Trump. Until Apple changed its maps

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The 1953 edition was the last one published in the volume Limits of Oceans and Seasthe text internationally accepted to name the seas and oceans of our planet. It is managed by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), But the curious thing is not that. The curious thing is why more than 70 years ago it has not been edited. The reason, they explain In The Conversationwe find it in the conflict between Japan and South Korea by the name of a sea. Specifically, by the Japan seaits best known and popular name. In South Korea they do not agree to call it that, and since then they try to change the name to “Mar del Este”. South Korea took the problem that created a East Sea Society 30 years ago, but the problem never solved. The IHO came to create a revised edition of its volume in 2002, but was never published. That is the clear demonstration of how difficult it is to change the name to any geographical element in our day. At least, to change it so that it is universally accepted. And that is what is happening these days with the controversy (another) created after Donald Trump’s decision, which He issued an executive order to call Gulf of MexicoGulf of America. That decision could have gone unnoticed, but it has become something especially significant. Not for the decision itself, but because to make it a standard de facto (no of iure) has forced Google Maps —which announced the change Monday— And above all Apple Maps Change the name on their maps. And if Google and Apple maps say it, the thing changes. He does it at least for the hundreds of millions of people who use these maps, who will end up seeing how that Gulf is no longer “from Mexico”, but “of America.” The popularity of these applications is exceptional, and if something changes its name in them, users They can end up accepting it as the official name. The problem is that it is not, because it is only in the US. But both Google and Apple have already introduced that change in their applications when they are used by US citizens there, and soon we will see all. That, of course, does not mean that the rest of the world accepts that new denomination and continues to use the name that that Gulf has always had. They will not probably do so in Mexico, where they responded with a sneer to the decision of the US president. His Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sherinbaum Pardo, did At a recent conference that maybe then we should Change the name to the United States to call it Mexican America. It was then that he showed a map of 1607 in which not only the Gulf of Mexico appeared as such: it is also the region now occupied by the United States was called Mexican America. The answer is absolutely valid. Sherinbaum probably does not propose that change in Google and Apple maps for Mexicans, and even if I did, Apple and Google are North American companies and would probably not accept the change. Be that as it may, the truth is that this change of names demonstrates how today changing the name to such important geographical areas is not easy, although Have Google and Apple from your side help. The question, of course, is what will happen within four years, when Trump’s mandate ends. Will the Gulf of Mexico return to be the Gulf of Mexico? Image | Daniel Torok In Xataka | When King Carlos III commissioned a map of South America and then prohibited it because it was too precise

Trump’s blow to the wind and steel

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On his first day as president, Donald Trump signed an executive act in which he canceled wind projects and announced new oil perforations. Now, Spain has been harmed. Short. The United States International Trade Court (CIT) has imposed a 28.55% tariff for exports from Spanish companies Siemens Gamesa and Windar renewable. The court has ruled that these companies were selling wind towers manufactured in Spain at lower prices of the market value, which constitutes a practice of dumping. The decision was made on January 28, but has been published on February 11 in the Federal Registry. This new rate represents an update with respect to the tariff Antidumping Provisional of 73% established in 2021. The sentence. Four years ago, the Cit discovered that some Spanish companies sold wind towers at prices below the right value in the US. Siemens Gamesa challenged the initial decision that imposed a tariff of 73%, claiming that it was illegal. In a new review, the Commerce Department reduced the margin of Dumping to 28.55%. Finally, the judge confirmed this decision, rejecting the allegations that Siemens Gamesa should not be investigated or that there was an illegal fusion with Windar. He also dismissed the claim that the export price was determined incorrectly. The real impact of the tariff. Although the anti -dumping tariff has alerted more than one, it is expected that it has no impact for the sector, since the export strategy to the US was already influenced by the administration’s protectionist policies. In the case of Siemens Gamesa, the imposition of this rate would not affect him, since He stopped exporting Torres manufactured in Spain to the United States two years ago, after a provisional tariff of 73% in 2021 that made competitiveness unfeasible. In this way, Spanish companies of wind towers have been reoriented towards closer and more stable markets, mainly in Europe. The answer from Spain. The affected companies have not issued an official statement, but they have done so from the political sphere. In the Congress of Deputies, President Pedro Sánchez has expressed Its rejection of the imposition of tariffs by Trump in important sectors such as steel, aluminum and wind towers. In addition, Sánchez has declared that, in case others initiate a commercial war, the country will support the European Union in the defense of its economic interests. More tariffs. In addition to wind towers, Donald Trump’s administration has imposed more rates On steel and aluminum imports, a measure that had already been implemented during its first mandate. As stated by the US president himself, This 25% tax Its objective is to protect national producers, but has generated tensions with allies and increased costs for US manufacturers who depend on these metals. Statements from Europe. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has issued a statement in which she rejects the Trump policies related to the imposition of tariffs on European exports of steel and aluminum. The president has stressed that these measures are harmful to both companies and consumers. In addition, he has warned that the European Union will take countermeasures to safeguard the economic interests of the block. Image | Unspash and Daniel Torok Xataka | The future of Temu and Shein in the United States has two problems: tariffs and doctrine “of Minimis”

In 1972 the US returned to Japan the islands that China claims since 1895. A buoy recalled that the conflict is not over

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Year 2018. A buoy appears in the exclusive economic zone of Japan in the Eastern China Sea. The Boya, strategically installed, is near the Diaoyu Islands (Senkaku in Japan), and carries the Chinese “flag”. Since then, the buoys have been multiplying in a clear message to the past. The islands, according to China, They have belonged for centuries. The historical context. The tensions between China and Japan by the Diaoyu Islands (called Senkaku in the Japanese nation) They date back to the nineteenth centurywhen Japan attached them in 1895 after the First Sin-Japanese War. Later, at the end of World War II, The United States administered the islands until 1972, when it returned them to Japanwhich It generated protests from China and Taiwanthat claim them based on historical records dating from the Ming dynasty. Not just that. The dispute intensified in 2012 when Japan nationalized some of the islands, causing strong reactions in China, manifestations and deterioration in bilateral relations. Over the years, military presence and maritime patrols in the area have been increasing, with frequent incidents between Chinese and Japanese ships, which maintains the dispute as a voltage focus on East Asia. The case of the Boya (s) has raised tensions. A diplomatic gesture in a context with tensions. Last Monday, China withdrew one of the buoys that had placed in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Japan Near the disputed Senkaku Islands, a movement that seemed to be able to pave the path for the summit among the leaders of both countries this year. The Japan Coast Guard confirmed that the Boya, installed in July 2023 within the Japanese EEZ in the Eastern China Sea, It was withdrawn and is now in a new location outside the Japanese jurisdiction. As we said, The installation of buoys in waters close to the Senkaku is part of a Chinese strategy to reaffirm his territorial claim on the islands, known in the nation as Diaoyu. Tokyo has repeatedly protested against these actionsdemanding the withdrawal of the devices. What does China say. China’s Ministry of Foreign Relations assured that The buoy had “completed its task on the site”suggesting that his retirement was voluntary and for technical purposes. Beijing argues that these devices They only have hydrometeorological endsand that serve to monitor ocean currents and climate, although analysts warn that the information collected, such as water temperature, could have military applications. Impact on relationships. The withdrawal of this last buoy is produced in A context of diplomatic approach between China and Japan. In December, the visit of the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Takeshi Iwayaya, to Beijing resulted Treated waters of the Fukushima nuclear plant. In fact, these gestures are those that have promoted the possibility of a summit between Japanese prime minister, Shigeru Ihiba, and President Xi Jinping, a summit that could be done in May. One of the buoys placed by China And after the retreat of the buoy, more tension. However, the situation in the Eastern China Sea is far from finishing: in the same 2023, ships of the Chinese coast guard were sighted near the Senkaku for 353 days, a historical record. In addition, a few hours ago the Japanese coast guard reported that Four Chinese government boats briefly ventured into Japanese territorial waters. According to Chinese authorities, these operations seek to protect China’s rights and interests in the area in accordance with the law. There are more. In December 2023, Japan detected a new buoy near Yonaguni Islandin the southwest of its territory, and demanded its withdrawal. Beijing has always rejected demand, insisting that its use is strictly meteorological. The chief secretary of the Japanese Cabinet, Yoshimasa Hayashi, has avoided specular about the reasons behind the retreat of the buoy in the Senkaku, but reaffirmed that Japan will continue to demand the elimination of the one located in Yonaguni. Distance Japan from USA. Boya’s retreat could be interpreted as an effort from China to improve its ties with Tokyo and at the same time weakens the alliance between Japan and the United States. No doubt, the growing rivalry between Beijing and Washington has intensified after the victory of Donald Trump in the presidential elections, which has led China to search New diplomatic strategies in the region. Meanwhile, in Washington, Ishiba and Donald Trump held their first meeting last Fridaywhere they reaffirmed their commitment to deal with “Chinese aggression” in the southern and east seas of China. In a joint statement, both leaders They defended the stability in the Taiwan Strait and supported Taiwan’s participation In international organizations. China reacted with indignation, qualifying these statements as an open interference in their internal affairsand presented diplomatic protests against the United States and Japan. So? In this “Take and Daca” between the two nations, where there is a step forward and then retreat, the distancing seems to be maintained. Although the withdrawal of the buoy near the Senkaku could be interpreted as a gesture of approach between Beijing and Tokyo, the reality in the Eastern China Sea remains marked by the territorial dispute. The constant presence of Chinese ships in the area and The refusal to remove the buoy in Yonaguni They do not leave many doubts, and suggest that China is still committed to strengthening its control over these strategic waters. Image | Al Jazeera, GNOLIZXChinese Academy of Science In Xataka | South Korea has found a great structure in the waters that is disputed with China. It is the second time, and Beijing does not deny it In Xataka | If China is shown again in front of Taiwan in the next two years a surprise will be found: the US Army

After 24 years of saga, it seemed impossible to reinvent the wheel. ‘Civilization VII’ has achieved it

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One more shift and I leave it. When we talk about a shift strategy game, specifically one of the saga ‘civilization’that phrase is a cliché. That is why it is less true, and something that I have discovered in recent days with the analysis of ‘Civilization VII’ is to what extent I missed that feeling that I had for months with the fifth installment and that lost some magic With the sixth. It is always difficult to talk about a strategy game because what it offers is very different from what we can live in an adventure or action title, these being more linear and anchored experiences, in general, to which developers want you to live. In a ‘civilization’, the strategy has to do, but it doesn’t matter the plans you make because the artificial intelligence of the game is there to punch. And from the last game of the remarkable saga of Sid Meier I have two things to say. The first is that I thought I was tired of the franchise formulasince I have been with this experience for many years and, despite being the VI in the market, I kept playing every time to V (For me, the best). The second thing I have to say is that I was wrong. I didn’t know to what extent. Who wants historical fidelity Every time a game with historical dyes is launched, there is no lack of those who argue that any detail that comes out of what is considered ‘historical fidelity’ is something that ruins the experience. I read some comments of this style when it was learned that in this game we could have Isabel I of Castilla as the leader of the Han of Chinabut let’s be serious: we are in a saga in which it is goal to launch the atomic bomb with Gandhi. We cannot come now with historical fidelity. I admit that it is shocking for those who carry several deliveries of the saga, but choosing leader and civilization separately is something that changes everything. If the saga already allowed us, more or less, to do what we would like, Now freedom is total. Each of the leaders has some attributes and their own tree, but each civilization also has its characteristics. Taking advantage of that mechanics is what will help us to have a better or worse in the game (not in fun, but in terms of frustration) but I think, otherwise, it is pure ‘civilization’. This is: to found the capital of our empire, building buildings of production, fun, research, economy or military in the adjacent boxes; Found new cities and try to conquer the map. All this in shifts and while we make crumbs with some neighbors who, many times, are quite touches noses. I think the best thing I can do is tell you about my first game. I started with the Vietnamese Trung Trắc, who faced the Han dynasty. Well, my civilization, precisely, was that of Han. Attributes: militaristic and scientific. “It serves me,” I thought, so … to work. As I knew it was the game for the analysis, I wanted to give it pepper (I regretted immediately) and I started in medium difficulty, with huge map and founded my capital next to a volcano (they enter into the erupting destroying buildings from time to time). I started expanding and soon I founded two other cities: one mining company and one agricultural, all with the sea, so it could happen in the future. I continued advancing my city and creating only some units, Until I met Benjamin Franklin. All good at first. Also with Machiavelli, whom I met shortly after. And with José Rizal things also like silk. “I am a pacifist,” I thought, although Trung is doing the military. To Machiavelli, no water When I followed my ball expanding and strengthening my relationship with the three, Machiavelli and Benjamin went their heads and declared the war mutually, also Rizal. He supported whoever supported, two were going to be angry, so I did what any militarist shark mind would do: I supported Rizal, who lived much further, and went into war with Machiavelli and Benjamin. Both. I wanted to stay its cities, so it came from pearls. I started to fortify my cities and reinforce the borders. I created a siege ballist and destroyed one of the cities of Machaiavelo. It was the one hundred and peak turn and my enemy were no longer two dead as Italian and the American, but … the crisis. I knew that crises were a mechanics of the game, but I was so concentrated that I didn’t see him coming. And it arrived, as if it were Lehman Brothers in 2008. Aid The crisis reached my empire with social discontent and an economic hole due to the number of units it had to maintain. I did what a leader does: look for oil in a foreign nation And keep pressing my enemies without paying attention to my people when, suddenly, everything ended. Antiquity came to an end and the era of discoveries came. It was necessary to decide what civilization to make the leap and chose the Norman (total, put to burst historical fidelity …) and discovered something curious: the crisis had vanished. My units had made the leap to their most current versions of the new age, the buildings had changed design, some that no longer served were gone and all the wars had vanished (although the relationship with the enemy leaders did not improve). He had to start over a new era, one that rewards you with juicy resources if you are going to explore new continents, where there will also be other factions with which to decide how to relate. And there I was, with the crisis resolved as if by magic, with a city of Machiavelli in my possession, having demonstrated to Benjamin how the Chinese are spent controlled by a Vietnamese and with a new … Read more

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