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that the US has its “nuclear” information

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Since the Mao timesperiodic purges have been a common tool of power in China to reassert Party control over the military and eliminate real or potential threats. In fact, every generation of leaders has turned to them in moments of internal tensionalmost always wrapped in accusations of corruption or disloyalty, as a reminder that in Beijing political stability has always outweighed military continuity. Unknown territory. If these military purges have been part of the DNA of the Chinese system, the Zhang Youxia’s falluntil now the most powerful general in the country and historical ally of Xi Jinping, marks an unprecedented turning point. It is not only the breadth of the cleaning (the deepest in decades) nor the fact that it has left practically dismantled the leadership of the army, but the strategic context in which it occurs, with China facing the United States in a systemic rivalry and with Taiwan as a backdrop permanent. The radically new element. But what makes this purge something different from all the previous ones is the accusation, leaked in internal briefings, that Zhang had given the United States critical information about the chinese nuclear program. If even partially confirmed, the scandal would not be a simple case of corruption or political disloyalty, but a direct breach in the core of strategic deterrence from Beijing, something unprecedented in the modern history of the PLA and potentially devastating for the balance of power between the two superpowers. Decapitation of commanders. I remembered the BBC that the simultaneous purge of Zhang and Liu Zhenli has reduced the Central Military Commission to an almost empty structure, with Xi and a single active general, with a political rather than an operational profile. That emptying breaks the model collegiate body designed to plan and direct war, creates a leadership vacuum recognized even by Chinese and foreign analystsand leaves millions of soldiers under a weakened chain of command at a time of maximum external pressure. Corruption and power. Officially, most of the media agree a simple summary: explained by corruption and violation of party discipline, but how do we count a few months ago, recent history suggests that the anti-corruption campaign also functions as a mechanism to eliminate rivalsdismantle personal networks and guarantee absolute loyalty to the leader. The result is a almost total control of Xi on the army, comparable only to that of Mao, but at the cost of generating a climate of suspicion that can translate into paralysis, extreme caution and less professional military decisions. Taiwan in the background. In the short term, the elimination of experienced commanders (including some of the few with actual combat experience) seems reduce capacity of the Chinese military to carry out complex operations such as an invasion of Taiwan. However, the experience of previous purges suggests that the replacements tend to be younger, more ideologized and dependent on Xi, which could lead, perhaps in a few years, to a less professional force but more aggressive and less able to question risky orders. The final message. There is no doubt, by sacrificing even a personal ally and “red prince”, Xi sends an unmistakable sign at the forefront: no position, relationship or history protects against suspicion of corruption, disloyalty or, of course, leaking of strategic secrets. If you want, also project a disturbing image abroad: if Washington has had access to chinese nuclear information (that remains to be seen), the rivalry between both powers would enter a much more dangerous and unpredictable. That is why this purge is not just another episode of internal control, but an event that introduces the Chinese armed forces (and the global geopolitical pulse) in a truly unprecedented setting. Image | President of Russia, US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE In Xataka | China’s military is becoming one of the largest in the world. The only problem is the purges In Xataka | 200 drones in the hands of a single soldier: China is advancing very quickly in a type of war that seemed like science fiction

They already add 30,000 in just three months and at a time of record profits

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Amazon has confirmed the layoff of 16,000 workers worldwide, just three months after announcing the elimination of 14,000 positions. The company communicate the cuts as part of a plan to “eliminate bureaucracy” and streamline its organizational structure. The interesting thing is that the announcement comes at a time of record profits. Why it is important. This is the second large wave of layoffs at Amazon in just one quarter, bringing the positions eliminated to around 30,000. The figure becomes more relevant if we consider that next week Amazon will present its financial report, where Wall Street analysts expect revenues of more than $211 billion and profits of more than $21 billion, according to inform The New York Times. Cuts especially in the United States. The layoffs primarily affect Amazon corporate employees, who make up about 350,000 of the company’s 1.5 million total global workers. According to account BBC, most of the cuts will be concentrated in the United States, although some positions in the United Kingdom could also be affected. In the October wave, more than 1,500 positions were eliminated in California alone, most of them software engineers. How to the workers have found out. He official announcement It has arrived after an error. According to explains BBC, On Tuesday night, Amazon Web Services (AWS) workers received a calendar invite to a meeting the next day. A draft message signed by Colleen Aubrey, senior vice president of applied AI solutions at AWS, mistakenly appeared in that invitation, detailing the layoffs under the codename “Project Dawn” (Dawn is the name Amazon uses internally to refer to the layoffs). The message was quickly deleted, but the media had already covered it. It was hours later when Amazon published the official statement. Restructuring. Beth Galetti, senior vice president of people experience and technology at Amazon, wrote in the official post that the changes seek to “strengthen the organization by reducing layers, increasing ownership and eliminating bureaucracy.” He added that they do not plan to establish “a new pace” of reductions every few months, although he left the door open, adding that each team will continue to evaluate its structure “as appropriate,” especially “in a world that changes faster than ever.” Where the money goes. As Amazon cuts tens of thousands of corporate jobs, it is investing massive amounts in another direction: artificial intelligence. According to the NYTthe company spent $125 billion on new data centers and other capital investments last year, primarily to compete in the AI ​​race. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy already warned last summer to corporate employees that artificial intelligence would mean that, over time, the company would operate with fewer such workers. Contradictions. In autumn, Jassy told investors that the layoffs had less to do with AI or finance and more to do with reducing bureaucratic layers. However, according to point NYT, reductions in several divisions were based on specific goals to cut operating costs. All this while in the quarter from July to September, sales reached 180,000 million dollars and profits exceeded 21,000 million. Yocollateral impact. On the other hand, just before Amazon’s announcement, UPS also has communicated which plans to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs this year. Guardian share that UPS has been working to reduce the millions of low-value deliveries it makes for Amazon, since although it is its main customer, this large volume of shipments provides “little benefit”, referring to the fact that they are cheap packages that represent a high operating cost for the company. What happens to those affected? Just like share company, laid-off employees in the United States will have 90 days to look for an internal position at Amazon before permanently leaving the company, although the period varies by country. Those who do not find or seek a new position will receive compensation, outplacement services, and health insurance benefits. Cover image | Israel Andrade In Xataka | Something has broken between Europe and the US: France leaving Zoom behind and Teams in its administration points to something bigger

now remains the most difficult

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Spanish science has once again demonstrated the great talent we have in our country and of which we should feel proud. One of the most recognized names is undoubtedly Mariano Barbacid, who joins his team has achieved something unprecedented until now: leave no trace of the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaone of those with the worst prognosis. But there are nuances to take into account. A resistant cancer. If there is something that is feared in medicine, it is the diagnosis of a cancer that affects the pancreas due to its great mortality because it is difficult to diagnose it early and especially because of its resistance to treatments. Therefore, when the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) publish in PNAS who has managed to eliminate these tumors in micethe scientific world turns its head. The team led by Mariano Barbacid has achieved what is technically called a “complete and long-lasting regression.” Or in plain words: they have cured the mice. But before you throw the bells in the air, you have to read the fine print of biology: this is a preclinical milestone, not a ready-made therapy for humans. A triple therapy. Until now, attacking pancreatic cancer was like trying to stop a car by cutting a single cable, since the tumor had alternative routes available to evade treatment and continue developing. But now Mariano Barbacid’s team has focused on cutting all possible routes. To do this, they have created a therapy aimed at simultaneously attacking three critical points of the tumor. Technically, they have used three drugs to inhibit its growth pathway, such as KRASthe escape route in the EGFR protein and also the ‘shield’ it had by eliminating the STAT3 protein which is key for tumor resistance. The result. By combining the three, they were able to eliminate tumors in mouse models, including PDX models, which are mice implanted with tumor tissue from human patients. The most surprising thing is the durability: more than 200 days without a trace of the disease after completing the treatment, and without apparent toxicity. It won’t be ready for tomorrow. When this news emerges, the emotion is evident in different fields of science and also in society in general, since we are talking about a cancer that has destroyed many families. But the reality is that science does not move as fast as we would like and this treatment It still has a long way to go until it reaches the oncology units of hospitals. If everything goes well. Your main barrier. There are three fundamental barriers that explain why a clinical trial could take around three years to start for this triple therapy. The main one is that of the three components that are used in this cocktail, only one, which is afatinibis approved and marketed. And this is a serious problem. RMC-6236 It is the other drug that is currently in a clinical trial to test its safety and effectiveness. But the case of SD36, one of the most important drugs, is even more incipient since right now it is not approved by any regulatory agency. This reminds us that turning an experimental compound into a safe pill for humans takes time and a lot of regulatory bureaucracy. The problem of toxicity. But beyond this, we must keep in mind that a mouse and a human have many differences in their organism. This makes what a mouse tolerates, a human sometimes cannot. In this way, the real effect on humans of this triple therapy and the toxicity it presents remains to be seen, although the good result in mice opens a door to hope and the need to continue betting on science and Spanish talent. The shadow of resistance. Carmen Guerra, CNIO researcher and co-author of the study, has put her finger on the problem: have already identified mutations that confer resistance to this triple therapy. This means that even if it works in humans, it is likely not a definitive solution for all patients. And pancreatic cancer in colloquial terms has a lot of bad milk This makes it truly heterogeneous, so even if a treatment works for one patient, it is not the same for others. A Spanish milestone. Despite all these nuances that are necessary to come down to earth, what the CNIO team has achieved is extraordinary and reminds us how important it is to commit to science. made in Spain with greater financing. The fact that pancreatic cancer is a veritable graveyard of drugs that work in the laboratory and fail in the hospital gives a lot of weight to achieving a complete reversal in animal models. Patience. What are we waiting for now? You have to be patient. Science advances step by step, with a large amount of bureaucracy behind it that puts an extra brake on it. In this way, now it is time to seek funding, wait for the experimental drugs to reach their own regulations and design a clinical trial to demonstrate whether this miracle in animals is also developed in humans and without intolerable side effects. In short, it is a big step, yes. But the goal is still far away. Images | Louis Reed RTVE In Xataka | The most unexpected treatment against cancer is LED light, and it is giving good results

I have tried Apple Creator Studio and it is clear to me that Adobe has a problem. The key: its price

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Prove Apple Creator Studio It is relatively simple because, in one way or another, the subscription includes applications already known in the creative world. Apple has been smart and has come up with a package that allows access to Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro and Logic Pro. That’s for starters. And finally, more tools like Motion, Compressor, MainStage, and even AI tools in your office suite. In any case, the real value of the subscription is provided, at least for me, by Final Cut Pro and Pixelmator Pro. Although my time as a TikToker is now a thing of the past, I still use photo and video editors for my things and my daily life and, after having been playing around with the apps included in Apple Creator Studio, I can only conclude that Adobe has a problem. One that costs 12.99 euros and that expands throughout the Apple ecosystem. This is not about YoTO. As much as one of the interesting additions to Apple Creator Studio is AI, the truth is that the utilities based on it, which are useful in some cases, take a backseat in practice. The key to the subscription is the price and the comparison with its direct rivals. And for example, a button: monthly price apple creator studio (Includes Final Cut, Pixelmator Pro and Logic Pro, among other apps) 12.99 euros Creative Cloud Pro (includes entire adobe suite) 118.96 euros Adobe photography (includes photoshop and lightroom) 24.19 euros adobe photoshop 26.43 euros adobe premiere 26.43 euros adobe audition 26.43 euros capcut pro 29.99 euros canvas pro 12 euros The separate purchase of all the apps included in Apple Creator Studio would amount to around 800 euros, but it is possible to access them for 12.99 euros per month. Not one of the rival subscriptions, not a single one, is capable of matching what Apple offers in price, features and simplicity. Pixelmator Pro | Image: Xataka In few contexts something else comes to light. The Adobe subscription that includes all its tools costs 119 euros per month. Almost ten times what Apple’s costs. The problem is that this subscription contains apps that not everyone will take advantage of. Anyone who wants to access Photoshop and Premiere has no choice but to go through either Creative Cloud Pro (119 euros per month) or combine photography and video plans whose cost would amount to more than 50 euros. The question is whether the 119 euros per month subscription offers the user 119 euros in value, because probably not. Anyone who wants to edit photos and videos probably has no interest in Audition, InDesign, or Fresco, so by choosing Adobe you will be paying more for tools you don’t use. Apple goes simple. Because Apple knows that this is not about great creators with teams behind them, but from aspiring/small influencerscreators who cook it and eat it. If you already have an iPad (undisputed king of the tablet world) or a Mac (historical favorite in the world of creativity), the integration, familiarity and communication between apps achieved by Apple is unrivaled, and neither is the price. Some of the Apple Creator Studio apps | Image: Xataka The apple firm has not warmed up by offering very niche products, quite the opposite. You have taken the four key tools that you know work, some AI tools for office automation, you have put them in the blender and served them to the user. Will there be cases in which Adobe is more worth it? Possibly at the studio or company level (or if you have a Windows PC, of ​​course), but at the user level and in the Adobe environment, CapCut and Canva in particular are against a rock and a hard place. AI Utilities. At the office automation level, I consider that a lot and at a very extreme level you have to use Pages, Number and Slides for Apple Creator Studio to be worth it to you. Beyond certain utilities such as rescaling a photo, accessing premium templates and generating images (with OpenAI models in the background, by the way), office automation remains more or less the same. It is not the strong point, of course, and if you use these apps for university work you can survive without the subscription without any problem. Here you can see the search by transcript. When searching for “iPhone Air”, Final Cut Pro returns only the parts where that word is mentioned | Image: Xataka Little lifesavers. Where AI does play, or can play, an interesting role is in editing. Apple’s approach is not so much to have the app edit for you, but to assist in the process. There are a couple of features that have caught my attention and I find particularly useful. They are not even half of those included and that puts another reality on the table to which we will return shortly. Search by transcript: If you have followed a script and you are clear about the phrase you are looking for, you can reach the exact moment by simply entering that phrase in the search engine. For a TikTok maybe not, but for a half-hour YouTube video, an interview or a podcast I find it super useful. beat detection: One of the first things they teach you when you edit video is to change shots to the rhythm of the music so that there is coherence and dynamism. Until now, the best guide was the peaks in the audio track. At each peak, plane change. Final Cut Pro is now able to flag those changes to make docking faster and more intuitive. I like it. Montage Creator: I don’t edit on iPad because the day they distributed patience I fell asleep, but having the ability to make quick montages by importing several video clips and an audio track seems quite useful to me, especially for typical reels or TikTok which are just resourceful shots happening to the rhythm of the music. 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Is the AirTag 2 worth buying? Key differences from the first generation of Apple

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Now that Apple has launched the new AirTag 2it is good to ask yourself if it is really worth buying it or staying in the first generation. Therefore, in this article we are going to review the key differences between AirTag and AirTag 2. AirTag 2 design and precision AirTag (left) and AirTag 2 (right). Broadly speaking, the design of the AirTag 2 is the same as the first generation AirTag, although there is a small difference that allows us to differentiate them when purchasing them: the silkscreen on the AirTag is in lower casewhile on the AirTag 2 it is capitalized. But if there is a significant change between both generations, it is related to the search, especially in precision. Specifically, the new generation offers a elderly precisionwhich means that it can be found from a greater distance (50% more). Additionally, Apple Watch support is added. There is also a increase in sound volume that we can reproduce to locate it quickly. Two very similar prices Although initially the first generation AirTag was launched at an official price of 35 euros, over time it has risen to reach 39 euros. However, some supplier stores tend to keep it on sale for long periods of time, as is the case with Amazon, which right now has it as 30.99 euros (one unit) or by 89.99 euros (four units). The price could vary. We earn commission from these links On the other hand, the AirTag 2 is not too far from what we currently see in the first generation, since it has officially been launched at a price of 35 euros (one unit) or 119 euros (four units), something that is attractive if we want to have the improvements of the AirTag 2 for a price similar to that of the AirTag, at least if we buy a single unit. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Is it worth it? To assess whether it is really worth buying the AirTag 2, we can open three fronts. The first is if it is our first Apple locatorand in this case we may be interested in betting on the new, with the improvements that this entails, for a price very similar to that of the first generation. The second front is If we already have an AirTag. In this case, the differences really are not so great as to justify making the jump to the new generation, especially if the locator works perfectly. Finally, it may also be the case that you want buy the pack of four AirTag or AirTag 2. The new generation is also available in this pack at an official price of 119 eurosso if you want to have several Apple locators, it is worth opting for the previous generation pack, since its price is currently 89.99 euros. You may also be interested in these other locators SATECHI FindAll Key Finder with Apple Find My, Wireless Charging, Forgotten Alert with Powerful Sound, GPS Keychain Key Locator for iPhone 17 16 15 Series, iPad, Mac and More – Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links SATECHI FindAll Air Tag Card GPS for Wallets with Apple Find My, Forgotten Alert, Powerful Sound, Wireless Charging, Lightweight GPS Card, Wallet Locator for iPhone, iPad, Mac – Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Anna MartiApple In Xataka | The best Airtag for Android. Which one to buy? Tips and recommendations In Xataka | Apple AirTag, Tile, Samsung SmartTag and more: Bluetooth locator buying guide with recommendations and differences

Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores seemed like the future of commerce. Now they all close

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Amazon has announced the definitive closure of its 57 Amazon Fresh stores and its 15 Amazon Go establishmentsending a decade of experiments to reinvent physical shopping. Fresh They were classic supermarkets, but with technological touches. Go They were stores without cashiers where you entered, took products and left: sensors and cameras charged you automatically. The only staff was the replacement staff. Why is it important. This is Amazon’s most visible failure in its attempt to move its e-commerce dominance to the physical world. A company that has made a success of selling everything online has not been able to sell basic products in physical stores while being profitable. The context. Go opened in 2018, Fresh in 2020. Both represented the futuristic vision of retail: cutting-edge technology, extreme automation and a clear obsession with eliminating friction. Amazon has admitted that it “has not created a distinctive customer experience with the right economic model.” An elegant way of saying that they have not found enough clients willing to pay the extra cost of all that innovation. Yes, but. Amazon is not abandoning the food sector. Now it’s going to convert some locations into Whole Foods, the chain he bought in 2017. Whole Foods has more than 550 stores, has grown 40% in sales and will open one hundred new stores. In addition, Amazon is also already delivering food at home in 5,000 cities in the United States. Between the lines. These closures say a lot about the impressive technology that these stores had: not even it can compensate for a mediocre proposal. Amazon Go eliminated queues, but perhaps that did not solve much if its real competitors did not have a problem there. Of course, “Just Walk Out” technology now operates in 360 third-party stores and more than 40 Amazon fulfillment centers. As is often the case, innovation survives where it makes economic sense. The failure of Go and Fresh was seen coming for a long time. The pattern. History repeats itself. Amazon has closed physical bookstores, stores pop-up and now also these concepts. Each closing tells the same story: mastering online does not make you a good offline seller. Especially if you aim for profitability. Bezos built his empire by eliminating intermediaries and friction at Amazon, but the physical supermarket has friction for a few reasons: people want to touch the fruit, compare products, decide on the fly… Human behavior cannot always be improved by algorithmic efficiency. Go deeper. The failure contrasts with that of other technological giants that in one way or another have managed to dominate the retail. Apple dominates its stores because it sells an experience, not just its products. And Tesla controls its points of sale because the electric car requires a certain evangelization. Amazon tried to apply its e-commerce formula (full automation, speed, elimination of staff) to a business that simply has other dynamics. A supermarket is not a logistics warehouse. And not even an entire Amazon, with all its resources, can impose its vision of the future if the customer does not buy it. In Xataka | I have decided to become independent from all US technology and embrace European technology. This is how I’m getting it Featured image | Simon Bak

the cloud will have a neighborhood version

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Telefónica has deployed a network of 17 mini data centers in Spain that changes the architecture of cloud computing. Instead of sending information via submarine cable to a server in Virginia for processing there, the data stays in your city, possibly in your neighborhood. Why is it important. This infrastructure edge computing brings computing, storage and AI capacity to the end user. It reduces latency and keeps data under local jurisdiction, two critical requirements for applications that require immediate response or have some regulatory sensitivity. The panoramic. The telecom has already activated ten nodes in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Seville and Bilbao, and will add another seven before June. In a period of five to seven years it could reach a hundred locations, all of them taking advantage of telephone exchanges that are no longer in use. copper quenching after 140 years. Each node has between 1 and 2 megawatts of power and is equipped with NVIDIA accelerators for AI inference. The network adds 3 MW added starting, expandable according to commercial demand. The context. European telecoms are desperately seeking new business models in the face of the ‘commoditization’ of connectivity. Telefónica has found a way to turn legacy infrastructure into a new product to sell. After all, their plants already have electricity, fiber and a direct connection to the 5G core. The project received 93 million euros of European funds. Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Telecom Italia and 4iG already deploy similar networks in their countries: France, Germany, Italy and Hungary respectively. What is happening. Telefónica does not compete against AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Their commitment is complementary: solving use cases that large cloud providers do not serve at all well because they require processing alongside the user. In fact, it negotiates with those same hyperscalers to offer their services over this distributed network. The objective is to combine connectivity, security and computing in a kind of ‘premium offer’ for those who need ultra-low latency. In detail. Low latency is key in usage applications that do not support delays: Real-time video analysis. Management of drones or autonomous fleets. Digital twins industrial. Assisted or autonomous driving. Medical image processing. Yes, but. The question is whether there is enough commercial demand to make one hundred mini-centers profitable. Many applications operate perfectly with the latency of a classic data center. The success of the model depends on many great use cases that require that ultra-low latency coming to fruition. The autonomous car would be the most obvious, but its real deployment in Spain has not yet gone beyond a green shoot. And now what. Commercial services will start shortly after the testing phase with clients. The real test will come when we see if companies and institutions are willing to pay a premium for that ultra-low latency. If it works, Telefónica will have found an ingenious second life for assets that seemed destined for scrapping or Idealista. If not, it will be another failed experiment by telcos to escape the data pipeline business. In Xataka | Vodafone negotiates with Telefónica and Orange to create a common front: a RANco Featured image | Telephone

The Zapotecs have been fascinating archaeologists for years. A 1,400-year-old tomb in Mexico has revealed how they viewed death

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“It is the most relevant archaeological discovery of the last decade in Mexico.” Who is speaking It is Claudia Sheinbaum, president of the country, and although it is not unusual for authorities to resort to superlatives when presenting historical findings, in this case the enthusiasm of the Mexican leader seems more than justified. After all, it is not every day that we find jewels like the one that the INAH just located in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca: a tomb from 1,400 years ago that promises to reveal new secrets about one of the most fascinating pre-Hispanic cultures of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica. Who is it? The Zapotecs. What has happened? That Mexico has shown (one more time) that still hides first-class archaeological treasures. Your Government has just announced the discovery of a 14-century-old tomb decorated with exceptional paintings and sculptures in the south of the country, in San Pablo HuitzoOaxaca. There the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH) has documented a Zapotec tomb dated around the year 600 AD, a large and ornate mausoleum that stands out for its good level of conservation. Its structure and sculptures are so well preserved, in fact, that experts hope they will shed new light on the civilization that erected it. Is it so relevant? Yes. Perhaps the best proof is that the Mexican authorities have not spared congratulations and flattery when referring to the discovery, which the president herself has been in charge of presenting. “We are very proud of the most relevant archaeological discovery of the last decade in our country,” he said. claim Sheinbaum on social networks. Similar words have been used by the Secretary of Culture, Claudia Curielthat has emphasized that same idea: it is not just that the Oaxaca tomb is spacious or rich in decoration, it is that a good part of its structure has managed to remain intact for 1,400 years, so today it offers a valuable ‘historical window’ to historians dedicated to the study of the Zapotec civilization. “This is an exceptional discovery due to its level of conservation and what it shows about the Zapotec culture: its social organization, its funerary rituals and its worldview, preserved in architecture and painting.” What does the tomb show? A combination of murals and sculptures surprising. At the entrance to the antechamber we find a sculpted owl, an image that in the worldview of its pre-Hispanic creators symbolized night and death. The figure is fascinating because its beak hides another surprise: the stuccoed and painted face of a Zapotec lord. Because of this position it stands out, right at the entrance to the mausoleum, archaeologists suspect that it could be a portrait of the ancestor to whom the tomb was dedicated and to whom his descendants turned as an intercessor before the gods. Is there more? Yes. As we move forward we find a decorated lintel with a frieze made up of stone tombstones engraved with “calendrical names”. If we look towards the jambs, another surprise: the figures of a man and a woman dressed in headdresses. Once again, their position has led archaeologists to speculate on their possible role, which in this case would be that of guardians. Already inside the funerary chamber, the walls preserve parts of “an extraordinary mural painting” with ocher, white, green, red and blue colors. In them, their authors portrayed a procession of characters with bags of copal. What do we know about the tomb? Researchers will have to continue studying it to understand it better, but they already have some clues. For example, the dating: they believe that the tomb dates from the late Classic period, around the year 600. They have also come to the conclusion that its sculptures and mural evoke “symbolic representations associated with power and death.” Now it is their turn to continue deciphering its iconography and (just as important) to advance conservation efforts. INAH himself explains that its experts are working to stabilize the mural, which is in a “delicate” state after 14 long centuries exposed to changes in time and the advance of roots and insects. Who were the Zapotecs? If the tomb has generated so much expectation, it is not only because of its good general state of conservation. The tomb is also valuable because it opens a new window to the Zapotecsa pre-Hispanic civilization from Mesoamerica that called themselves Binniza (“people who come from the clouds.” As remember the Mexican Archeology platform, constitute the oldest group in the Oaxacan region and since at least 1400 BC they mainly inhabited the Central Valleys and their surroundings. Its peak was reached between the 4th and 10th centuries AD, with its settlement of Monte Albán standing out above all, one of the most relevant cities in Mesoamerica at its time. It is estimated that it hosted some 35,000 people. The region has such relevant historical and heritage value that in 1987 UNESCO declared the historic center of Oaxaca and Monte Albán as a world heritage site. In recent decades, archaeologists they had already found Zapotec tombs. Images | INAH In Xataka | If Spain believes it has a problem with droughts, it is because it does not know what led the Mayans to collapse: 150 extreme years

What is it, what do you need, how to do it and what are the penalties for not having it?

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Let’s tell you what it is and the new mandatory registration of electric scooters or VMP, a new norm with which the Government of Spain intends to begin to control those who circulate on our streets. This is a rule for all owners of Personal Mobility Vehicles, and failure to comply with it can result in penalties of up to 800 euros. In addition to registering scooters, these vehicles They must have mandatory insurance of civil liability. With this, the aim is to protect users and possible victims of accidents, making the world of electric scooters finally begin to be regularized. Who is affected by this rule? This new norm affects all electric scooter driversboth those that are considered light personal vehicles and those that are motor vehicles. These are the minimum characteristics from which your scooter will be affected. Scooters weighing more than 25 kilos. Scooters whose speed exceed 14 km/h. From 2024, only scooters of this type can be marketed. If you have a different scooter, then you will only be able to continue riding with it until the January 22, 2027. From then on How to register your electric scooter To register your electric scooter you will have two methods. First you have the possibility of doing it on the official website of the DGT, whose address is headquarters.dgt.gob.es. You can also call the toll-free number 060where you will be helped with the registration process. When registering your scooter, These are the data that you are going to have to provide: Owner details: You will have to give your personal information, and if it is a minor, those of their legal guardian. Certificate and serial number: Your scooter has a serial number and certificate number, as unique identifiers, and this is what you will have to provide. Technical sheet: You will have to submit the characteristics of the vehicle with its technical sheet. Pay the fee: The amount has not yet been specified, but you will have to pay an administrative fee. From January 22, 2024, only VMPs that have this type of license can be sold. circulation certificate. These have a unique and permanent factory marking, which is what identifies your electric scooter, like an identity card. If you have a VMP that does not have a circulation certificateyou can continue using it until January 22, 2027but after this date you will no longer be able to circulate with them. That is, until then you must also register them and obtain mandatory insurance. When you register your scooter you can acquire a vital item an identification label that you will always have to carry in the VMPin the identifier holder designated for this purpose that your electric scooter will have. Come on, this label always has to be on the skate. You also need insurance Just registering your scooter is not enough. You also need take out compulsory civil liability insurance. Thus, in the event that there is an accident, both you as the user and the other person who may have been injured will be protected by it. Here, it will be your responsibility to choose the insurer you want and proceed to contract this civil liability insurance. If you don’t comply there will be a fine If your scooter is not registered, identified and you do not have the mandatory insurance, the same as would happen with a car or motorcycle, you will have a fine of between 202 and 800 euros. The amount of the fine will depend on the type of violation. In Xataka Basics | DGT map: how to use it to see ALL traffic incidents on Spanish roads in real time

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