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How the perception of your arrival varies depending on the country, explained in a graph

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Seeing the vertiginous rate at which it is evolving artificial intelligence, it is difficult to look back to realize that, just over two years ago, all that technology did not exist. The rapid evolution of AI models and the wide range of uses that are being given to them is making them obsolete all forecastsand increases the fear that, sooner rather than later, a AI can replace humans in their jobs. The impact of AI on employment according to experts The Report ‘The Future of Jobs Report 2025’which the World Economic Forum prepares every year for its meeting in Davos, has put figures at the impact of AI on the labor market. According to this report, it is expected that by 2030, the process automation that AI will facilitate, will generate the destruction of some 92 million jobs. The majority of these positions will be administrative, financial management, cashier or telephone service personnel positions, which will be replaced by specialized AI systems or AI agents. On the other hand, the same study indicates that the arrival of AI in the workplace will generate 170 million new jobs in professions that They are already beginning to emerge and many others that do not yet exist. However, these are the data provided by economic specialists and technology analysts. But what does the population really think about the impact of AI on employment? a study prepared by Ipsos in 33 countries, asked 23,721 citizens if they believe that artificial intelligence will generate new jobs in their country. The portal VisualCapitalist.com has collected all those answers and created a graph explanatory with them. Will AI create new jobs in your country? The Chinese were the most optimistic when answering this question, to which a 77% who believed that AI would create new jobscompared to 20% who thought that the arrival of AI would leave a negative balance in employment. China is all a superpower in AIso the development of your own chips and AI modelswill place them in a prominent position in the strategic career of this technology, which is why a large increase in the demand for professionals with technological profiles is expected in the coming years. The citizens of Indonesia and Thailand move along the same lines, who believe that the arrival of the will be positive for job creation in their countries. In the case of these two countries, optimism about the arrival of AI in the workplace is not given by their role in the development of this technology, but rather as countries large data center hosts who will need this technology. Microsoft has already announced a $1.7 billion investment in data infrastructure in Indonesia. It is striking that the United States, the country What more are you investing? in this technology, it fails to convince its citizens. 49% of those surveyed do not believe that AI will create new jobs in their country, compared to 36% who trust that it will. In Spain we are a little more optimistic with the forecast for the creation of new jobs. 38% of those surveyed in our country believe that it will be a positive factor for the labor market, compared to 48% who do not believe so. The results show that European countries are the most pessimistic regarding the arrival of artificial intelligence, highlighting Hungary with 65% of respondents disagreeing with the question about job creation, followed by Germany with 59% and a tie between Italy, Poland and Belgium with 58% of its citizens believing that AI will destroy more jobs of those who will create. This perception coincides, although to a lesser extent, with the global average, which is around 46% of the population perceiving that the arrival of AI will have a negative impact on the labor market, while 43% believe that arrival of AI will be positive. In Xataka | “I have three years of work left”: more and more AI managers believe that AI will end up taking their jobs Image | VisualCapitalist.com

In 1956, the US published two maps that showed the contamination of atomic bombs. And they were key to spying on the enemy

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On July 16, 1945, it was a historic day: in Alamogordo, in the New Mexico desert, the First nuclear detonation in history. The Trinity test was a success that led to the development of the ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ bombs that, a few days later, They launched on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Before the test, the scientists bet on the results, with some bets that pointed to the destruction of the State of New Mexico, the ignition of the atmosphere and even the incineration of the planet. Obviously, that did not happen, but what did happen is that Each nuclear launch He sent a large number of particles to the atmosphere. And two maps published in 1956 reflected the consequences of these releases. Nuclear tests. Although the world was horrified by what happened in the two Japanese cities when the United States decided launch the only two nuclear bombs Used in combat so far, the powers continued to test the limits of the newly discovered technology. Thus, from the United States they continued with launches in Pacific Islands. Russia also quickly began to develop its nuclear program, with tests such as the ”Tsar pump‘That had about 3,000 times the power of the launched in Hiroshima. These launches by both countries were a muscle sample in full cold war, as well as a deterrent tool. ‘IVY Mike‘. One of the US test releases was that of ‘Mike‘, a bomb launched on November 1, 1952 that vaporized an island, leaving a crater of almost two kilometers and 50 meters deep. It was the first detonation of a hydrogen pump, causing a 3.3 -kilometer radio fire at the time of the explosion, with a fungus -shaped cloud that stabilized 41 kilometers high. Lookout Mountain studies immortalized the moment, adding later sound, since they recorded it without it. The rays were not part of the postproduction, but appeared just after the detonation: Disaster. The consequences for the Eneetak atolón in which it was launched were tremendous. The expansive waves devastated the vegetation not only of the objective island, Elaugelab, but of the closest. In addition, it caused a radioactive rain and ships almost 60 kilometers away saw how pieces of radioactive corals fell on the helmet. The area had remained seriously contaminated And, as we can see in these satellite images, Elfelab simply disappeared. THE ATOLON BEFORE AND AFTER IVI MIKE Atmospheric movement. With the rise of these tests, a team of researchers from the United States Meteorological Service published in the journal Science two maps that immortalized a historical fact: the trip of the radioactive particles around the globe. Declassified in 1956, the first one shows the global and relatively rapid atmospheric diffusion of radioactive particles. The explosion has a very clear starting point, but as soon as the particles enter the atmosphere, they continue their expansion through the rest of the globe thanks to the air currents. Radioactive particle dispersion. It was a very simple map, more than anything visual, but the second was much more explicit. It was a map of isoline Particles even to American and Canadian soil. In Europe, these radioactive particles had been largely diluted. Observation networks. It was not the first time that the movement of pollution had been studied, but it was somewhat reserved for great events, such as Krakatoa volcano explosion in 1883. With these maps, researchers wanted to demonstrate that, with the right tools, it was already easy to track volatile tracers in the atmosphere. And Ivy Mike’s were a good excuse to study. Researcher Sebastian Grevsmühl published the study A few years ago and comments that, apart from satisfying scientific curiosity, maps had a more pragmatic utility. On the one hand, they helped build the idea of ​​the world’s contamination on a global scale thanks to atmospheric movements, developing that everything has consequences. On the other, they were a tool that the nuclear powers had to monitor enemy atomic activities. Nuclear espionage. With these tools, Russian and American researchers could know if the opposite had detonated a nuclear artifact … even if he had not done it public, but also if they were using nuclear reactors or producing plutonium. So much so that, in 1949, the United States sought to determine the progress of the German nuclear bomb measuring Xenon-133 in the air. To do this, they used B-29 bombers and 24 land stations distributed by the planet to collect air samples that would determine if they were developing something. This is how, thanks to the collaboration with the British army, they discovered that, in 1949, the Soviet Union had successfully carried out a first nuclear test. Over the years, the tools evolved to cross radiological, seismic and sonic data that allowed to determine both the presence of radioactive elements and enemy nuclear bombs … and estimate their power. And much of that began with works like the one led to the two previous maps. Images | Sebastian V. Grevsmühl, Mit Press In Xataka | The amazing story of the man who survived the two atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

China set up its own “OPEC of solar panels” to avoid an internal price war. It came out regular

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If there is currently a power in renewables, it is China. The country installs 60% of the world’s renewable capacity and has huge projects underway like his ‘Solar Great Wall‘, he largest wind turbine in the world and ambitious plans offshore energy both wind and photovoltaic. In the solar energy segment there are so many companies competing for the same piece of the pie that even the biggest ones are drowning. And with problems everywhere, the industry wanted to emulate the oil sector with a great self-control pact. The first attempt has gone wrong. Saturation. The storm began in 2021. It was the year in which China presented its net zero emissions plan for 2060 with a very ambitious goal: at least 1,200 GW of solar and wind capacity installed by 2030. Energy companies got down to business , but there were also companies not endemic to the energy sector that jumped on the bandwagon of what aimed to be a very lucrative business. The problem is that it was carried out without apparent control, with everyone fighting the war on their own. The result? Large projects throughout the country and such a beastly production of solar panels that it has stifled companies from outside Chinabut also an annual production capacity of around 1,200 GW of panels. So we don’t all fit. This might seem good, but it is not: it represents double global demand in 2024 and is more than expected for 2030. The situation pushed many companies to deduct prices, sometimes below costs, creating a kind of ‘Ice Age’ of the photovoltaic sector with companies such as GLC Tecnology – the second solar company in China and one of the largest in the energy sector– asking the state for help. The reason is that the prices of the entire production chain (from silicon to photovoltaic modules) had fallen below costs and companies were losing money with each sale. As we read In South China Morning Post, the China Photovoltaic Industry Association, or CPIA, estimates that prices in each segment of the panel supply chain fell between 60% and 80% in 2024 from their peak in 2023. Following in the footsteps of OPEC. The problem is that demand also did not follow the trend. According to the energy think tank Ember, global solar installations grew by 29% in 2024 compared to 87% in 2023. In China alone, the expected growth in 2024 was 28%, far from 55% the previous year. In addition, 39 of the 121 publicly traded photovoltaic producers, reported losses in Chinaand giants like Longo Green Energy had to lay off 5% of their workforce. It was necessary to take control of this unlimited production, and it is something that was attempted to be tackled at the CPIA meeting in December of last year. In the la, 33 of the main manufacturers signed a self-control commitment based, according to SCMP, on the agreements of the OPEC -Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries-. The idea was to agree on production quotas based on their capacity, respect the minimum recommended price established by the Association and, with this, wait for the market to regulate itself. First problems. It is curious that, just two weeks after the signing of that self-control pact, the CPIA issued an open letter criticizing a solar project in Xinjiang that was violating the agreement. The problem? The company, a subsidiary of the China Energy Investment Group, set a price “significantly lower” than the 0.68 yuan – about 0.09 euros – per watt stipulated by the CPIA. It is something that has weakened the morale of an industry that considered an OPEC-style pact as one of the last realistic resources to save solar-related companies and jobs in the country before taking actions that end with closures and layoffs. The Government puts its hand. This is something that worries government institutions and companies themselves because a negative climate in which companies are operating at a loss or without achieving financial objectives can have a disastrous consequence: compromising the quality of the panels and the industry, prevent innovation and, therefore, make China blur what has been achieved in recent years, disappearing the competitive advantage and causing the loss of talent. And the CPIA is not the only one that has tried to control the situation. The central government also imposed some measures to curb the expansion, such as increasing minimum capital requirements for new panel manufacturing projects from 20% to 30%, lower export tax rebates, and stricter limits on water and energy consumption. . For example, the permitted electricity consumption for existing manufacturers was reduced from 80 kWh/kg to 60 kWh/kg. It’s complicated. The problem is that the industry is, at this point, too big. With the new government measures on energy use, it is estimated that production capacity will be between 20% to 30%. But the problem is, as Jessica Jin – an analyst at S&P Global – points out, that the main obstacle will be controlling all the factories in the country to ensure that they comply with the measures. In the end, what is happening in China is something that has been brewing for months: they lead the solar panel market (by a lot), but they have grown without control and this accelerated boom is currently being regulated based on demand both internal and external. Images | Korea Aerospace Research Institute Xataka | China is regularly hit by typhoons. Now it has a mega wind turbine to take advantage of them

iPhone 14, iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 at the price of bargain

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Although it is something that we already see in virtually all brands, Apple mobiles They have always made themselves known for innovation and the very high prices they have had throughout the many generations. But sometimes they can find cheap in specific offers and especially in reconditioned. In this article we have gathered the best offers in those most interesting models; of course, All of them have a good quality And they enjoy their own guarantees of Mediamarkt, Back Market and Phone House stores. iPhone 14 Pro by 620.28 eurosa great purchase option if we want to pay less for a mobile that offers good performance. iPhone 14 pro max by 739.69 eurosa great leap of size, but also in its specifications. iPhone 15 by 685 eurosthe base model of the previous generation has a most interesting price. iPhone 15 pro max by 999.99 eurosthe most complete mobile of Apple’s previous generation. iPhone 16 Pro by 1,095.65 eurosa good price for one of the best mobiles of the Apple catalog. iPhone 14 Pro Although the iPhone 14 are already being withdrawn by the mandatory European Union to include a USB-C port in mobiles (and other devices), the iPhone 14 Pro It is still a great purchase option. By 620.28 euros We have it in Back Market in an excellent state and if there is something for which it stands out it is for its great 6.1 -inch XDR XDR screen and for its Chip A16 Bionic. In addition, its rear cameras module offers a very good experience. iPhone 14 Pro (128 GB) – Excellent * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 14 pro max However, if what we want is a mobile with general specifications similar to those that the iPhone 14 Pro has, but we prefer a mobile with a larger screen, another option that may interest ourselves – and that is not much more expensive – is the of the iPhone 14 pro maxwhich can be found in Back Market by 739.69 euros In excellent state. In this case, internally we also have the A16 Bionic chip and its cameras module also offers a very good experience, but Its XDR super retina screen grows to 6.7 inches. iPhone 14 pro max (128 GB) – Excellent * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 15 Giving a generational leap we find a good price in the iPhone 15. Its price in the 128 GB version is 685 euros In Back Market, although Phone House also has it with a very good value for money, since it costs 739 euros; Both options in excellent state. Your screen Oled Super Retina XDR is 6.1 inchescomes with the same processor as the iPhone 14 pro and pro max (A16 Bionic) and includes a port USB-C. Of course, its rear cameras module also offers a very good experience when taking pictures and recording video. iPhone 15 (128 GB) – Excellent * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 15 pro max But if what we are looking for is the most complete mobile of the last generation, the iPhone 15 pro max It is the best purchase option. Its 256 GB version can be found in Back Market by 999.99 euros And it is in an excellent state. Its Super Retina XDR screen is 6.7 inches and changes the base of the base model by the A17 Pro of Applewhich is much more powerful and offers better performance. iPhone 15 Pro Max (256 GB) – Excellent * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 16 Pro And making a leap again, but this time to the current generation, we have in the outlet of Mediamarkt, which is located in the Ebay store, the iPhone 16 Pro 256 GB per 1,095.65 euros. It is worth mentioning that it is an exposure mobile: it is used, but it works perfectly. The iPhone 16 pro stands out mainly for having the Chip A18 Probut also for its excellent design and for its magnificent rear cameras module. iPhone 16 Pro (256 GB) – Used, Exhibition article * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Pedro Aznar In Applesfera, Apple In Xataka | What iPad Buy. Apple tablets catalog analysis with recommendations depending on the use and budget In Xataka | MacBook Air vs MacBook Pro: We explain which one to choose

At 15 he won 400,000 euros in Fortnite tournaments and his mother took him out of school. This has been since then

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Fortnite catapulted the Fury for electronic sports to unimaginable levels, turning this discipline into a multi -million dollar industry that Drag masses in your events and delivers true fortunes to the winners of their tournaments. In that situation, a 15 -year -old British boy was seen in 2019, when he won a Fortnite tournament, taking a whopping 11,300 euros in one afternoon. This achievement served to make the dream of many teenagers around the world come true: convince their mother of leave classes at school and professionally devote to Fortnite. Five years later a doubt shakes us: will it have already become a millionaire based on harvesting victories in tournaments? Benjyfishy, ​​the British who changed the school for Fortnite competitions The eSports industrylike Hollywood’s, it is closely linked to the United States time strip. Therefore, the young Benjy soon had to choose between participating in the American tournaments late at dawn or following the schedule of his school. The solution was leave schoolopting for a personalized education from home that allowed him to continue gaining fame and experience in Fortnite while continued his training. That same year he managed to accumulate 392,447 dollars to rise with the first positions in the different tournaments of the Epic Games titleusing alias Benjyfishy. A year later, he added $ 147,000 to his current account, although, being minor, the prize was in custody until his age. In 2021, interest by Fortnite lowered its intensity, but the Twitch boom and other streaming platforms They facilitated that the Benjyfishy channel achieved large audience data. The average at that time was 24,000 spectators and almost 20 million hours seen, which allowed the adolescent to continue receiving a good amount of income. Benjy’s career He took a radical turn in 2022. Seeing that the audience levels and the amount of the awards in the tournaments no longer did so profitable, he decided Change Fortnite by Valorant. The change was an immediate fall in the traffic figures of Your Twitch Channelto date based on Fortnite content, but Valorant’s competitive was being created, so the young man considered that it was the right time to make the leap. The beginnings were not simple and the figures of their channel were fallen with 53% falls in audiences and almost 70% in the metric views. However, Benjyfishy’s ability in the Riot Games Shooter soon had its reward. In 2023, that ado Professional Valorant player. In the summer of 2023 he left the American NRG team to join the ranks of Spanish Team Heretics to play for the title of Riot Games. At 19, the Young player has a contract until 2025 With one of the most prominent teams of the international competitive and, although its Twitch channel has not managed to match your stage with Fortnite, it is among the 150 most seen about Valorant. Although he has managed to earn a lot of money with the competition, Benjy has not become a millionaire, but at least he has fulfilled his dream. In Xataka | Mrbeast is one of the most successful youtubers. It is also an example of the excesses of self -exploitation In Xataka | For some reason, Castilla-La Mancha wants to promote himself in metavers. So now it will appear in ‘Fortnite’ Image | Benjyfishy *An earlier version of this article was published in January 2024

What cars can circulate and which ones rest on January 25

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Progress January and we arrive at the last weekend of the first month of the year. A weekend that, of course, does not get rid of the Sabatino does not circulate today. The restrictions to improve the quality of the air we breathe are active again. Because, theoretically, for that the measures that the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema) where all restrictions of the Sabatino does not circulate today. Restrictions that, as you know, are rotating. These obligations apply only where the does not circulate today is active. That is, in the 16 mayors in Mexico City and in the following conurbation municipalities of the State of Mexico: Atizapán de Zaragoza Coacalco de Berriozábal Cuautitlán Cuautitlán Izcalli Chalco Chicoloapan Chimalhuacán Ecatepec de Morelos Huixquilucan Ixtapaluca La Paz Naucalpan de Juárez Nezahualcóyotl Nicolás Romero Tecámac Tlalnepantla de Baz Tultitlán Chalco Valley What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today All these details have to be taken into account because, who are the ones who can circulate and when? The does not circulate today makes it clear … at least among diary. In the superior image, in fact, you have all the details. As you can see, it is the hologram and the last number of the plate number that define who and when they stay at home. But the thing is complicated on Saturday, since the restrictions are changing. To understand what we are talking about, it must be taken into account that yes, it is the combination of hologram and plaque that decides who can or may not move with your car but the following three assumptions are established: Cars that can circulate every Saturday Cars that have to rest every Saturday Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another Of course, keep in mind that these restrictions only apply between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without taking into account any type of restriction. Given all this, what is clear is that cars with hologram 0 and 00 have no problems. Every Saturday can circulate without any problem. And neither will those of Hologram 2. In that case, what must be clear is that they will not be able to move. Cars with Hologram 1, however, must remain attentive. The latter, depending on the week in which we are, will be the ones who decide who can continue to use their car on Saturday. The restrictions are rotary and this time, January 25 and fourth Saturday of the month of January will be cars with hologram 1 and plaque finished in even number those that will have to stay at home. Next week, that we will be in the first weekend of February, it will be those of Hologram 1 and odd number that cannot be moved. However, we cannot forget that there are some restrictions. Beyond the time control, the following cars can move with total freedom: Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid Those who have disabled plate All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals) Those who offer school or passenger transport Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection In case of breaching these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the unit of measurement and update (Uma), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos. Image | Alex p In Xataka | Contamination is not only making you live less and worse. You are also making you darker

the enormous shell of the dome has been completed

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He Canary Islands Great Telescope It is, today, the largest optical and infrared telescope in the world. However, if everything goes according to plan, that position will go to the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in 2028. The project, under the orbit of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is being developed on Cerro Armazones, in the Atacama Desert, in Chile. Photographs taken earlier this year show the progress of the works. The framework of the enormous dome, with a diameter of 93 meters, has been completed, so the tasks now focus on the assembly of the outer cover of aluminum plates. This cover will act as a “shell” that will protect the equipment from the adverse climate of the location. Construction of the world’s next largest telescope advances The main protagonist of the material shared by ESO is high altitude metal structurewhich will be responsible for supporting optics and instruments during astronomical observations. This 50-meter-high piece will contain the five mirrors of the ELT and will have to be moved so that the telescope can point to different parts of the sky. To talk about ELT is to refer to several milestones. The primary mirror of 39 meters in diameter will be made up of 798 individual hexagonal segmentsand it will be the largest ever built. The secondary mirror will reflect the light from the primary mirror onto the tertiary mirror. The three mirrors should offer better observations over a wide field of view. Image: ESO/G. Vecchia | ELT under construction in January 2025 But there is more. The fourth mirror is very interesting because it is an “adaptive” mirror. It has been designed to deform to correct atmospheric turbulence and vibration of the telescope structure and its movement. Thousands of actuators intervene to give life to this feature that will deliver sharper images. Image: ESO/G. Vecchia | ELT under construction in January 2025 The fifth mirror is the smallest, but not the least important. It is a very light and rigid optical piece that moves with great precision to ensure that the images arrive stabilized to telescope instrumentsthat is, its multiple spectrographs and cameras that will receive the light to analyze it in detail. Image: ESO/G. Vecchia | ELT under construction in January 2025 It’s been a long time since this project took its first steps. The preliminary design of the telescope was published in 2006 and in 2010 Cerro Armazones was selected as the ideal place for its construction. The reason was very simple: it is a place whose climatic conditions greatly favor the observation of the cosmos. Image: ESO | ELT render The hill is far enough from cities to suffer considerable light pollution. There is also a small percentage of precipitable water vapor. Have you ever wondered why stars blink when we look at them? It is due to the conditions of our atmosphere, such as density, temperature and wind. The signing of the agreement between Chile and the ESO came in 2011, which included the donation of an area of ​​189 square kilometers for the installation of the telescope and the concession for 50 years of the surrounding area. Construction began in March 2014. The project has a budget of 1.45 billion euros and, as we say, it should be operational in 2026. The ELT promises to capture 15 times more light than the Gran Telescopio Canarias and offer sharper views than the Hubble Space Telescope, observatory aiming to retire soon. As we have noted, the ELT will have a 39-meter diameter mirror, key to achieving its objective: obtain direct images of exoplanetsanalyze their atmospheres and measure the expansion of the universe. Images | ESO/G. Vecchia In Xataka | James Webb has just shown us waves of star dust so colossal that they would make our solar system small

He has also sued the European Commission for tariffs, according to Politico

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Elon Musk star in a confrontation with the European Commission (CE). On this occasion, the conflict does not revolve around alleged breach of the Digital Services Law (DSA) with Xbut the focus is on tariffs affecting the electric car. Political points out that Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the executive arm of the community block before the Court of Justice of the European Union (TJUE). The automotive company adds, in this way, to the legal actions initiated by the Chinese giants Byd, Saic and Geely against the commission. The American renowned explains that the demands aim to leave without effect Compensation rights, that entered into force in October last year. If the ruling is favorable for the plaintiffs, they could initiate a loss claim. Tesla’s case against the EU It should be noted that Tesla has not made comments about it. The information comes from two sources from the demanding sector, which have preferred to remain anonymous. Politic adds that the commission has approximately two months to prepare your strategy of defense against the multiple cases presented in Luxembourg in recent months. Although there have been no reactions on the demand for Tesla, the Commission has issued public comments regarding the demand of Chinese manufacturers. Olof Gill, spokesman for Economic Security, Commerce and Financial Services, said they were prepared to respond to attempts to challenge the courts, making it clear that they have no intention of yielding to the pressures. As we have indicated above, the good course of the case could allow the plaintiffs to request compensation for the money paid in compensatory rights. Now, Tesla has been The least affected manufacturer. The American company has production plants in different parts of the world, although Model 3 that are marketed in the European market come from the Shanghai gigafactoría. MG4 Electric Tesla, who actively collaborated in the anti -subvent research of the community block, received a 7.8%”tariff”, the lowest among all manufacturers. Byd’s was 17%, Geely’s of 18.8%and SAIC’s reached 35.3%. In all cases, these compensatory rights are added to the 10% rate that the EU already applies to the importation of vehicles, a lien that has been in force. Unlike Tesla, which has the Berlin gigafactoría To manufacture the Model and And batteries, Byd still has no factories in Europe, although it is already planned to open one in Hungary. For its part, Saic, that Markets MG cars like him MG4 ElectricNor produces vehicles inside the EU. Instead, Geely, who acquired Volvo in 2010, does have production lines in Sweden and Belgium. Manufacturers that produce electric vehicles inside the EU can dodge tariffs. However, as we have pointed out, none of the Chinese companies affected by this anti -subvention measure manufactures vehicles in European territory. Now it’s time to wait to see what effect the demands will have. They may not achieve an absolute victory, but they could negotiate better tariff conditions. Images | Alexey Larionov | Tesla In Xataka | The Renault 5 has entered as a sales missile in France but something very simple has stopped it: a bug that prevents moving the car

‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ on PS5 or on PC? We talked to the director of this one to clear the doubts

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He Remake of ‘Final Fantasy VII’ In three deliveries it is one of the most ambitious projects that Square Enix has faced throughout its history. A Reformulation of the classic RPG that recovers his legendary characters and that unforgettable story through which everything happened, but that adapt your mechanics to the new times and open your world admirable. A year ago the second installment, ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’, arrived at PlayStation 5, and this week finally lands on PC. We have had the opportunity to talk to the game director, Naoki Hamaguchi, so that this renewed version for PC works and what we contribute to what we already saw in console. And of course, our first question could only be what it feels like to see legendary characters in the world of PlayStation on computers and what personal relationship has with the franchise. Hamaguchi tells us that he has “been a fan and player of ‘Final Fantasy VII’ ‘when I was a child. If I look back now that more than twenty years have passed, I am still surprised by the fact of having developed’ Final Fantasy VII Remake ‘ , ‘Rebirth’, and now the third and last game of the trilogy. “ But let’s enter into technical level, Does this version for PC elements contribute to the game that were omitted in consoles? Hamaguchi tells us that they have varied, above all, “the rendering parameters, so that they can adjust to graphic quality and the processing load in a more flexible way. Specifically, ‘Final Fantasy VII Remake’ kept LOD’s gradations limited ( level of detail) of the modeling, with a few different degrees. what keeps stable the FRAME RATE“ This novelty is important to adapt to all types of PCs: “This allowed us Enjoy a stable game that maintains a good level of quality, and if you have a team that meets the requirements of the ultra level, you can enjoy a graphic quality even higher than that of the PS5. Steam Deck And we have been verified by Valve. “ More than technology So, is the technical part as relevant to this PC adaptation? Many times, computer ports stay in mere technological muscle exhibitions and we wanted to know if this is also the case. Hamaguchi clarifies: “It should say that the highest resolutions, the highest frame speeds and the improvements in the quality of resources are part of the appeal of the PC version, but what I really want people to see It is how We have redesigned the lighting with respect to the PS5 versionwhich has greatly improved the charts of the characters. “In fact, these changes will follow the reverse path:” PS5 players have asked us to update lighting as on PC, and although I cannot promise anything definitive by the moment, we are studying possible updates. “ Another of the essential differences between the console and PC version is in the controls, of course. Hamaguchi also enters that matter, telling us that the game “has many different mini -games, so we had to think a lot about how to adapt the configuration of the keys. For example, the minigame to touch the pian form that they imitate the keyboard of a real piano. “The PS5 version continues to offer you a complete and satisfactory experience, but it is true that the PC version is The best way to enjoy ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ with the highest graphic quality Possible, “concludes Hamaguchi. Now the decision is in the hands of the players: Punta technology or classic formats? We already have something to think about until the arrival of the third installment. Header | Square Enix In Xataka | Someone set out to record a whole ‘final fantasy’: he got it three years later and just before the closing of the game

In full era of extreme heat waves and saturation, Spain has found an engine to boost its tourism: winter

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If a while ago they had asked us (to you, to me or any) where we had to pass the vacations, we would have responded that Bali, Italy either Barcelonadepending on the tastes and budget of each one. What is almost certain is that wherever we imagine we would imagine in short sleeve, wearing shirts, with cap and sunglasses. Normal, right? Except for the Snow loversvacations has always been synonymous with summer and high temperatures. In a Spain that deal chronically with Heat waves, droughts and saturation Of his great island destinations and the Mediterranean coast that is no longer so. On vacation with a scarf. With the sector in record levels and increasingly foreigners in hotels, in Spain the flow of tourists grows throughout the year. In the cold months. And of course in the warm, the most associated with the offer of “Sun and Beach” that so well worked for years to the hospitality industry. The INE data and independent studies They show however that more and more travelers are, when planning their vacations, they look for dates in winter. What do the figures say? That in Spain tourism not only grows during the summer months. He also does it in winter. And at a good pace. Between October and December 2024 The INE counted 24.5 million travelers in their hotel occupancy survey, 35% more than during the same months of 2014 and 72% higher than the same balance of 2004. Between January and March the flow of travelers was 20.6 million, which also leaves increases of 43 and 74%, respectively. Growing more in percentage terms is “easier” when you start from low data, so it is normal for tourist increase percentages to be more bulky during the cold months than summer. Even so, the differences between them are interesting. In 2024 the INE registered 38.1 million tourists between July and September, 25% more than a decade before and 56% above 2004. In both cases they are increased increases than those of winter. The cold weight of the cold. The observatory shows that despite the Increased tourists That Spain has registered over the last years, winter has not lost weight in the sector. On the contrary, they have been reinforced as a holiday period. If in 1999 the coldest months (December-February) brought together 21.7% of the total number of travelers counted by the INE throughout the year, in 2024 that portion of the cake was somewhat larger, of 22.2%. It is not a great increase, but significant. In the specific case of foreign tourists, arriving from other countries, the increase was even greater: the contribution from winter to the annual balance passed in that case from 18% of 1999 to touch 20% in 2024. The data is extracted from the Hotel occupation survey of the INE, with which other types of accommodation exclude. When do you travel? A few days ago the economist Ángel Talavera shared in x Another study, with cross data from Oxford Economics and Aemet, in which it is appreciated how tourism grows at a good pace in winter and autumn, even more than during the “peak” summer weeks. Reading is the same: in a stage of general tourism growth, new travelers who move in Spain do not focus only on the warmest months. They also look at the scarf months. In favor of the flow of tourists in winter he has played The bet of some Spanish cities for Christmas, especially cities such as Madrid, Badalona or Vigo, which have made it one of its main tourist claims. This year the Galician city even launched a promotional campaign with posters in New YorkLondon, Rome or Paris in which he presumed from his Christmas decoration. Not everything is positive factors. Winter tourism has had to deal with The crisis of skiing stations, conditioned (and in many cases forced to reinvent themselves) Before snow shortage and “lightning” seasons. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Great ally to great threat. The data collected by the INE and Oxford Economics are interesting because they are framed in a broader phenomenon and that over recent years have analyzed other organisms, such as European Travel Commission (Etc) or Caixabanck Researchsand that can also be followed with the help of The international press: The heat that for decades served as an ally to the Spanish tourism sector and made Spain a destination coveted by citizens of countries more north now threatens to become an enemy. The reason is simple. Between heat waves and chronified droughts, added to the saturation of Great destinations of the Mediterranean or the Canary Islandsforeign travelers have begun to look with more temperate alternatives. Rethinking the holidays. The data From etc. they are revealing: 33.7% of Europeans avoid places where they are exposed to extreme meteorological phenomena, such as heat waves, and 17.3% directly discards the regions in which mercury can rise too much during Your trips. Moreover, 8.5% of respondents recognize that they have begun to change the months in which they travel. And etc is not the only one to detect that trend. The United Kingdom Tourist Operators Association (ABTA) suggests That the months of “middle season”, such as October, May or June (either icy or achicharrantes) have become the most popular among the British who plan a vacation abroad. One and no more. The relationship between the thermometer and tourism was analyzed a while ago CaixaBank Researchs in A broad study in which he slid another interesting idea: foreign visitors who have to live a heat wave during their vacations are less likely to repeat destiny. To be more precise and in the case of Spain, its willingness to return falls from 14 to 12.1%. And that is the average. The percentage varies between nationalities. Americans, for example, do not seem willing to sweat during their vacations. Among those who have touched a heat wave in Spain the inclination to repeat fate falls 42.5%. Even the foreign press has criticized Sometimes … Read more

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