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This Spider-Man’s animation fan is not official, but recovers a villain that we have always wanted to see in the movies

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The Fan-Filmslike any other form of fiction born of the fan culture, it is an abyss where the best and the worst place has a place. The lack of technical and economic means often compensates with enthusiasm, imagination and impudence, and in many occasions the results rival in ambition and findings with official adaptations. This is the case of ‘Spider-Man: Mask of the Chameleon’. The chameleon mask. This animated film of Spider-Man whose footage is around two hours and what can you see Free on YouTube It is a production made by a single animator and completely outside Disney. And the point is that the result is not bad: with an animation style that takes good game of its limitations, with a style Cel-Shading which reminds that of many video games a few years ago, however they enjoy a certain expressiveness and iconic forcefulness. The action sequences are well planned and openly inspired by Sam Raimi’s films trilogy, and dubbing work, although it has an amateur point, defends itself. The chameleon returns. The film takes up one of the most iconic villains of the Marvel Lanzes: the chameleon, which here executes a plan that replaces, with its skills to clone any foreign physique, to the mayor of New York. Other MCU characters such as Hulk and, of course, all the usual secondary peaplia of Spider-Man, such as JJ Jameson and even in a post-Credit sequence, a villain who anticipates future appearances. A villain with history. Interestingly, the chameleon was the first villain that Spider-Man faced, nothing less than in number 1 of his collection, in 1963. Since then he has been part of villain galleries such as the six incidents and twelve claims, but he has never had an adaptation of importance in the cinema: he was fleeting, almost like a cameo, In ‘Spider-Man: Far from home‘, as in’Kraven the hunter‘, since he is half the brother of the protagonist, but without confrontation with Spider-Man and winning his physical imitation powers only at the end of the film. It has appeared, yes, in innumerable animation series and in a handful of video games, including a fleeting cameo on a secondary mission of ‘Spider-Man 2‘. World fan. Spider-Man is one of the Marvel characters with more activity within the fan world. If we look out This IMDB list that lists a more or less definitive list of fan-films of the character (and that starts no less than in 1969, with a short), we will find 265 titles. If you stay wanting more after ‘Mask of The Chameleon’, we advise you ‘Spider-Man: Lotus‘(two spectacular times in real image),’The Green Goblin’s Last Stand‘(A character of the character’s fan-films) or’Spider-Man: Cake Day‘(Only eight minutes, but with great special effects). Abbiselafa Pictures. The head of ‘Mask of The Chameleon’ is Rasmus Ziegler, a Danish who on his channel Abbiselafa Pictures He has presented a few animation projects, although this ‘Spider-Man’ is the most ambitious to date. In your catalog we can find ‘Nightfall‘, a Batman fan-film focused on a group of thieves who are being persecuted by the dark gentleman; and one Episodic adaptation of ‘Dracula’ From Bram Stoker who, unfortunately, was unfinished. In Xataka | All spider-man games ordered worse to better

They will change how we consume energy at home

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The gas counters we have at home are about to retire. Appliances that until now needed a technician’s visit to write down consumption – and that in most cases they have already overcome their useful life – will be replaced by intelligent others. The Government has set date: between 2028 and 2032, eight million homes must adapt to this transformation. The measure promises more transparency and control, but also an inevitable increase in the invoice. Let’s go in parts. Because talking about More increases in the invoice It is a headache. The draft of the Order of the Ministry for Ecological Transition Mark a demanding calendar: In 2028 it will have to have been renewed 20% of the devices, in 2030 half and in 2032, eight out of ten. Only 2% can be fought, and with justification. And it is not a thing of a few: the measure will affect almost all homes, anyone who consumes less than 50,000 kWh per year. How will it affect your pocket? The change will not be free. Today a home pays about 58 cents per month for the rent of its gas counter; With the new intelligent the figure will go to 1.10 euros, According to the CNMC. In practice they are between 46 and 52 more cents every month, about six euros a year, According to the ministry draft. It is not the first time that happens. In 2017 the rental already dropped from 1.25 to 0.58 euros, and now rises again. The Government defends that the additional cost is lower than continuing to install analog counters and that, in the medium term, it will be compensated with savings: up to 800 million in 25 years, 586 million retail consumption of gas and 229 million for less CO₂ emissions. A new way of consuming energy at home. Beyond the invoice, the new devices will transform the relationship of homes with energy. The new intelligent counters will allow remote and real -time reading, which will avoid visiting technicians and there will be no more invoices based on estimated consumption. Everything will be digitized, so each consumer can consult their consumption through a website or application, as already happens with electricity. In addition, you will have immediate information will facilitate reducing consumption and better plan the use of energy. Finally, and more importantly, teams will include manipulations and automatic notices detection functions. In the words of Joan Batalla, president of Sedigas, cited by Forbesit is “a decisive step towards the digitalization of the gas system, with direct benefits for consumers in terms of control of their consumption, safety, energy efficiency and service quality.” The pulse between Sedigas and the Government. The employer of the sector, thirsty, He has presented allegations to the ministerial draft. Although he supports the measure, he has put several challenges on the table. First, the cost since they estimate that the substitution will involve 200 million euros that are currently not recognized in the regulatory framework. Second, they ask that the monthly rate not only apply to homes, but to the entire Park of Digital Accountants, also in large consumption. They have also contemplated that a more flexible calendar is necessary, with reviews every three years to adjust to the availability of equipment and the reality of the deployment. Finally, they have requested more forceful measures against equipment manipulation, with deterrent mechanisms and advanced detection systems. The Ministry, however, defends its calendar and has suggested the possibility of sanctions, since the draft mentions “Potential penalties” for users who do not allow the replacement of their accountant. The new star of the house. The accountant who has gone unnoticed in a corner of the kitchen or the portal is about to become a key piece of the energy transition. For homes, it will mean paying a few euros more a year, but also having much more precise control over its consumption. For distributors, a logistics and economic challenge of 200 million. And for the country, the opportunity to modernize the gasist system and move towards a more efficient and sustainable model. As Forbes has summarized“With a balanced regulatory framework, Spain can be placed at the European avant -garde in digitalization of energy consumption.” The challenge will be, now, to distribute who pays that invoice. Image | Unspash Xataka | Emptied Spain has been filled with solar mills and panels, but waste energy for a simple reason: there are no cables

His next mission for this year is to divert an asteroid

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We may not finally need Bruce Willis, but Armageddon It is no longer a movie as unlikely as it seemed. After the United States managed to divert an asteroid for the first time in history, China prepares to launch its own planetary defense mission this year. Of course, with something that NASA did not have: a second probe to record everything live. A little context. In 2013, NASA and the European Space Agency created the AIDA program to demonstrate the asteroid deviation close to Earth. He NASA Dart Kinetic Impactor It would crash at high speed over a small asteroid called Dimorfo, and the AIM orbiter developed by that would record the event live to measure the effects of impact. ESA ended up abandoning the development of AIM due to the lack of financial support of the Member States. But NASA continued with the development of Dart and, on September 26, 2022, the asteroid successfully diverted, with a small Italian Cubesat (Lyciacube) as the only witness of the feat. The hera mission of ESA, AIM spiritual successor, is traveling to Dimorfo to take data From his arrival in December 2026, four years after the impact. Now it’s China. Although NASA-that collaboration did not materialize as conceived, China has its own version of AIDA. For now it is known as “experimental test of the asteroid defense system close to Earth”, but is very close to becoming a reality (probably with a less aseptic name). Wu Weiren, designer of some of the most important missions of the Chinese space program, commented at a conference in Heféi that the launch is scheduled as this year aboard a CZ-3B rocket. If it succeeds, the mission will make China the second country in the world deliberately against an asteroid to modify its orbit. And what is better: with a second probe loaded with sensors to record the live impact. Two ships instead of one. Unlike NASA’s mission, which sent a single Kamikaze probe with the Italian Cubesat inside, China’s plan contemplates the launch of two ships: an impactor and an observer that will make an exhaustive recognition. As for the asteroid, The chosen one is 2020 pn1located in an orbit of horseshoe to dozens of millions of kilometers from the earth. As details Wu Weirenthe observer will come first to map and obtain precise physical data. Shortly after, the impact ship will collide at high speed against the asteroid under the watchful eye of the observer, in addition to a combined network of telescopes on land and space. The objective is to accurately measure changes in orbit, morphology and material expelled by the clash of the ship, to evaluate the effectiveness of the impact. The goal is even more modest than that of Dart: produce an orbital deviation of between 3 and 5 centimeters. More difficult than it seems. The ship will have to travel for months, adjusting its course to hit an object of just a few hundred meters in diameter, with a minimum margin of error. To which you have to add uncertainty about the composition of the asteroid: it is not the same to collide with a solid rock than against an amalgam of loose rubble. The challenge is immense. “How to hit a fly from tens of millions of kilometers away”, PUBLISH THE GLOBAL Times. But NASA showed that it is possible, and now China has the opportunity to confirm that humanity is able to defend itself from one of the greatest existential threats faced by the Earth: the impact of a nearby object. The first test of a long -term plan. This mission is just the first piece of an ambitious puzzle with which China plans to establish a complete detection and defense system against asteroids. The country already has a land surveillance network, which includes the telescope of the Purple Mountain Observatory and the “China Compound Eye” project, a set of radars capable of obtaining high -precision images of asteroids to millions of kilometers. The plan is to complement this terrestrial network with a fleet of observation satellites in space and have a catalog of options to act as a threat is detected. It is not science fiction, but a real and urgent plan. In early 2025, in the midst of the growing concern for asteroid 2024 YR4, China opened a recruitment process In search of experts in astrophysics and international cooperation to create their own planetary defense force. Space muscle demonstration. This new mission comes at a time when China’s space program advances at a dizzying pace in contrast to NASA’s scientific cuts. China’s experience in handling deep space is growing, and has already achieved milestones that the United States does not possess, such as bringing samples of the hidden face of the moon. In May of this year, China also launched the Tianwen-2 probe, which is directed to the quasi-satellite Kamo’oalewa to collect the first samples of this peculiar object, A probable fragment of our moon. The samples would arrive to the Earth in 2027. Subsequently, the ship will continue its trip to a cometr of the main belt, in the farthest mission ever undertaken by the country. The next step: bring the first samples of Mars with Tianwen-3, something that seems to China will also get Before the United States and Europe. Image | THAT In Xataka | We already know that Asteroid YR4 will not collide with the earth. The probability of impact with the moon, on the other hand, has risen to 4%

Kim Jong-un’s health has become a state secret. So on your trips something is never missing: your personal toilet

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When one travels normal, it is that a suitcase full of clothes, perhaps a camera, a laptop, a few books or a tablet to watch a couple of movies during the flight. In the case of Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea, things are somewhat different. His luggage incorporates something that the common of mortals does not usually carry with us: A trusted wader ‘. Sounds weird, but it has its logic. Visit to China. The visit a few days ago Kim Jong-un made China to participate in the ceremony of the 80th anniversary From the surrender of Japan, he left a good handful of photos and the occasional headline for the story. After all, he agreed with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, among others world leaders. The appointment allowed Beijing to make a blunt military power and (equally important) diplomatic influencebut it will be remembered for something else: the zeal with which Kim Jong-un assistants cleaned the chair in which their leader had sat down while chatting with Putin. In A video Disseminated by CNN and allegedly taxed by an accredited reporter in the Kremlin, an operator is seen passing a cloth to the table and the armchair that had used Kim shortly before. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Cleaning … and something else. The news about the zeal of Kim Jong-un to erase any trace of its passage (literally) by China coincided with another that goes in the same line. A few days ago Nikkei He revealed something curious: North Korean travels with personal toilet. One has one in Taeyangchothe luxurious train that usually uses to move and to which He has resorted too During his visit to Beijing, but it is not strange that when Kim must travel far, he does it with a ‘trusted’ bath. Beyond what happened in China, where Kim had the bathroom of his train-fortress, Nikkei assures that there are precedents. According to its sourceswhen the supreme leader visits factories or even military bases in North Korea, a personal toilet usually has available. Something similar happens on your trips abroad. When in 2018 he participated in A summit On the South Korean side of the border, his team took a toilet. And something similar happened that same year in The meeting With the US held in Singapore. A toilet for Kim was also mobilized. And why do you do it? The big question. Why does Kim Jong-un demand that wherever there is a toilet for his trust? Are you related to the zeal of your employees for meticulously cleaning the chairs in which you feel or the tables on which you support? The key was given It makes popco Reuters: where we see fingers, hairs, grooves and dust (also feces) North Korean power sees a valuable source of information that is not willing to leave available to intelligence services of other nations, no matter if friends or enemies. Is it something exceptional? No. such security measures (applied with greater or lesser rigor) are not exclusive to Kim. Reuters remember That the protocol dates back to his father’s times and in recent days have not lacked media that ensure that there are other leaders who share the same zeal. Financial Express assures That Putin moves with a team whose mission is to recover and eliminate his waste while abroad. And he is not the only one who has echoed that rumor, widely collected by means of everyone. The Latest news On the alleged team responsible for watching Putin’s detritus start from the summit he had recently maintained with Trump. The power of feces. Maybe it sounds crazy or eccentricity, but it has its logic. A button, a cup of dirty coffee or a hez are waste, but also a potential source of information that could reveal data on the physiology of its ‘owner’. Perhaps unknown diabetes, hypertension or perhaps a hobby not revealed by alcohol. And that, in cases like Kim’s, on whose health they have run ink rivers (and speculation), is something to take into account. “The special toilet and the garbage bags necessary for waste, waste and butts serve for a foreign intelligence agency, even a friend, cannot obtain a sample and analyze it” Explain A Reuters Michael Madden, expert in North Korea of ​​the Stimson Centerbased in the US. “It would provide information on any medical condition that affects Kim Jong-un.” “He worries especially”. North Korea seems to have taken that effort to erase traces (for small or more inconsequential that seems) to a new level. In 2019 it went viral A brief video in which Kim is seen smoking while the train on which he was traveling in Nanning, to the south of China. The reason? It shows how her sister holds an ashtray to allegedly prevent the ‘DNA) from the’ beloved leader ‘to end up in unwanted hands. During the summits It is not strange either See how your staff disinfects furniture or North Korean uses your own pen to sign agreements. “The health and biometric information of the supreme leader are a very well -stored secret and are associated with their safety,” Confirm to South China Morning Post (SCMP) Peter Ward, a researcher at the Sejong Institute specialized in North Korea, who is not surprised at the image that was seen a few days ago in China. “Probably what they were cleaning were sweat skin cells, in addition to other possible biomarkers that could reveal health problems.” Images | Trong Khiem Nguyen (Flickr) 1 and 2 In Xataka | We knew that North Korea has been infiltrating workers in companies in the West. Now we know how they do

The 1,000 kW chargers of Byd will be a reality in Europe in 2026. Their challenge is to show us their true utility

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It is expected for the second quarter of 2026 with “200-300 stations”, in Byd words. The Chinese company has taken advantage of the Münich IAA Mobility to confirm that next year its expansion of 1 MW chargers (or 1,000 kW) in Europe will begin. Is there any reason for it? 400 kilometers in five minutes. It is the great promise of byd: get a recharge for an electric car to be so or faster than filling the deposit of a combustion vehicle. Those who use their 1 MW chargers and those who do so in Europe from the second quarter of 2026 can be done in China. Because Stella Li, vice president of the company, has taken advantage of her presentation in the last Münich Motor Show To confirm that next year the deployment of what they call will begin Flash charge with a first landing between 200 and 300 recharge points. Denza. This initiative will be focused on the arrival of Devza, one of Byd’s luxury firms. The company already presented us a few months ago Denza z9gtthe first car with which they will arrive in Europe (in our case we tested the plug -in hybrid). A commitment to maximum luxury without giving up sportsmanship. In their presentation, in Byd they did not get wet with the volume they expect to attract nor confirmed the price that could easily exceed the border of the 100,000 euros. In that price range, a new and China company has it really complicated, so the denza launch is understood within a strategy in which it is committed to demonstrating the latest innovations of the brand. Flexibility. Right now, in Europe there is no car capable of loading the famous power of 1,000 kW. And, in fact, Byd herself has barely two models in China that are capable of admitting those 400 kilometers of autonomy in five minutes. The proposal we see there is based on the use of two 500 kW plugs, allowing the loads to be more flexible. With 1,000 kW you can load an advanced electric car but also an electric truck or two cars that, again, have the last market technology. Dead? The big doubt is whether these chargers are born or not dead. In Europe there is no car that can assume these load powers. However, the latest releases of the Mercedes GLC and the BMW IX3 They have shown that manufacturers and public are especially interested in shortening waiting times. The Mercedes can recharge its batteries at 330 kW and the BMW will leave to 400 kW. He Mercedes Cla He also appeared with the incentive of being able to recharge to 320 kW. The most advanced cars are starting to leave behind the border of the 300 kW … but for now there are not many plugs that offer this possibility. In Spain, companies such as Zunder or Repsol already offer 400 kW load points. And Ionity has announced that it begins to display 600 kW loaders. They are powers that, as we see, almost no car can use but its goal is to take advantage in what is to come. Reference. Putting chargers of 1 MW of power that, in addition, become two 500 kW plugs, byd intends to position themselves as a reference firm. At the moment, it is an investment that should not generate a great economic revenue, because they will be oversized for European cars, but it does position the company among the best. In addition, having the cars that can recharge to this power exclusively will serve to make visible the brand. Probably, he will not turn his models into supervants (within the segment, of course) but will add to make himself known among the less interested public in the car market. One more challenge. With everything and although we think of the ultra -grape loaders of ByD as in a long -term investment, the company has the need to attract the public. And that will be achieved only in two ways. The first thing is becoming visible in applications of the mobile phones of the users of the electric car and, second, in the Google browsers for the cars that work with them or that of the rival companies. And, for this, you will have to have a price according to the market. With a completely oversized load power, Byd cannot press above since the client whose cars are left in 300 kW or less will be underutilizing the station. There are more and more chargers of this type that fit more to the real performance of the car and break the market above will not help its deployment. On the contrary, proposing a payment system similar to that of Tesla or opening the hand with their own customers, knowing that the denza cars will not be large supervants, will allow the company to create brand image and generate interest on it. Photos | Byd and Xataka In Xataka | Byd wants to challenge European hybrids with Seal 6 DM-I: promises 105 km electric and up to 1,505 km of total autonomy

A patch updates the debate on difficult games

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The high difficulty of ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong‘One of the issues that to those of the players has once again put in the arena: The very high difficulty. Is it necessary? Should titles such as SOULIKE or this same ‘Silksong’ your demands to be more accessible, or if it is a design decision, the right thing is that they remain as its creators have decided? In any case, Team Cherry has heard the complaints of the players and will be predicted to the desperate difficulty of its successful Metroidvania. Difficult that you spend. Many players, even experienced adventurers who were already tanned from the original and quite demanding ‘Hollow Knight’ have noticed that ‘Silksong‘proposes a considerably higher challenge: from fighting (already overcome the first Boss final It is a challenge that has given to speak) to the platform mechanics, through more lethal enemies, a more complex combat system and, above all, a structure that does not forgive failures and that can force the painful player to repeat paths that he has already traveled. But why. It is no longer that enemies do more damage with their blows or have more resistance to the player’s envies. It is rather that ‘Silksong’ demands to be very cautious since the same start of the game, where they are already on the advanced mechanical table of the genre Metroidvaniaand above all, that there is a combat design that hinders things. As Polygon saidfor example, the protagonist hits down diagonally, which makes it more difficult to control her blows in this direction. It is not a matter of skill: we have to relear mechanics that we take for grasses in the genre. Team Cherry recognizes it. However, the creators of the game recognize that The game could be more balancedespecially at the first levels. Therefore Team Cherry announces that will launch an update of the game that will arrive in the mid -week and that will adjust the difficulty of the start. Of course, the game is not going to become a walk, something that would make him lose his personality, but the Australians pretend that no one despairs in those first measures. The players will see the rewards of rosaries and reduced the damage inflicted by some enemies. Difficulty and damage to the Moorwing and Sister Splinter (a key enemy, since it provides the ability to jump bouncing on the wall, essential to advance) will also be moderated. PC users already have the patch available in Steam and GOG. If you like to suffer. Do not worry if you have masochistic trends: Silksong includes a secret mode, ‘Steel of steel‘, which is played to the highest level of difficulty and with permanent death. This mode is unlocked at the end of the game, but the wasp community has discovered a combination of buttons (legendary and easy to guess, everything must be said) that allows you to activate it from the beginning, offering an extreme challenge for the most skilled. Neither patch nor parcha. The eternal debate. He debate about high difficulty in video games It is recurring: on the one hand, there are those who defend the unique difficulty that the creator sets so that the game is a challenge, looking for the satisfaction that generates overcoming difficult obstacles. On the other hand, there are accessibility apologettes that demand adjustable modes for all audiences to enjoy the game, regardless of their level of skill. This debate also involves how difficulty peaks affect the experience: some players consider them a bad design that frustrates, while others look for these peaks as treasures that create memorable challenges. In Xataka | This game dared to go on sale the same day as ‘Silksong’. All he got was attracting 12 players in his debut

Perseverance has found what, according to NASA’s director, is “the clearest indication of life we ​​have seen on Mars”

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That NASA conveque without warning a press conference related to Rover Perseverance can only mean that it has found something interesting. And indeed, that is what the acting administrator of the NASA, Sean Duffy, has announced today. What, I quote textually, “could be one of the clearest signs of life we ​​have seen on Mars.” Short. The scientific community has finished analyzing A rock with a leopard spots pattern that NASA’s Perseverance Rover found on Mars in July last year. A complete study Posted in Nature magazine It confirms that the surface of the rock has a combination of chemical, mineral and textural characteristics that are difficult to explain without, at least consider the intervention of biology. Although scientists cannot confirm it without physical access to the rock, It could be the first biofirma found on Mars. That is, a geochemical characteristic that is associated with microbial life on earth and that, casually, has been found in a place where water ran. Cheyava Falls. The epicenter of this finding is an area of ​​the edges of the Marciano Jezero crater baptized as Bright Angel, an old river bed about 400 meters wide. It was here that, in July 2024, the Rover Perseverance ran into a rock -shaped rock of approximately one meter long that was baptized by NASA scientists as “Cheyava Falls”. The analysis of this rock has revealed some tiny structures to which researchers refer, colloquially, as “poppy seeds” and “leopard spots.” They are not simple rocks with curious shapes, they are the product of chemical reactions. Poppy seeds are nodules between 100 and 200 microns, probably a mineral called Vivianita, and leopard spots are the reaction fronts: more complex structures of up to 1 mm with a dark edge of Vivianita and a clearer core rich in iron sulfide, probably of Greigita. What is special. The truly interesting thing about these mineral structures is that they are next to organic carbon, detected by the Perseverance Sherloc instrument through its spectral Band G. To understand the striking of this finding, you just have to see what causes these structures on Earth. And yes, microbial life is an option. “On Earth, sometimes things are formed in sediments where microbes eat organic matter and ‘breathe’ oxide and sulfate”, explains the geobiologist Michael TiceProfessor of the University of Texas A&M and co -author of the study. They were the microbes. Oxide-reduction reactions (better known as redox) start from electron transfer, which is a fundamental process for living beings to obtain energy. Therefore, an option is the biological scenario: microorganisms that lived in the mud of an old Marciano Lake more than 3,000 million years ago caused these structures. As? They used organic matter as food. When “breathing”, they used oxidized iron and sediment sulfate as electrons acceptors, producing the reduced iron minerals that we see today: the vivianita and the greek. This process occurs at low temperatures and perfectly explains the combination and disposition of minerals and organic matter. Not so fast. Purely geochemical processes, without biological intervention, could also have created these structures. Organic matter (which can have a non -biological origin, such as a meteorite) was also able to react with rock minerals. But in this abiotic scenario there is a problem. The reactions that the Vivianita form can occur at low temperatures, and the geochemical processes known to form the Greigite from sulfate require very high temperatures (greater than 150-200 ° C) or very acidic. Bright Angel’s rocks show no evidence of having experienced either. The definitive test? Not far, but a promising first step. Perseverance instruments are powerful, but it has its limits. The rover drilled the rock “Cheyava Falls and stored a nucleus, nicknamed” Sapphire Canyon “, in a sealed sampling tube. It is one of the 27 tubes that the rover has filled to date and one of the highest candidates to be brought to the earth, where a much more exhaustive analysis could be done. This is where emotion collides with reality. The Mars Sample Return mission, designed to collect these samples and bring them home, is de facto canceled after the original mission budget was shot up to 11,000 million dollars with delays until 2040. The situation has forced NASA to look for faster and cheaper alternatives. That is, to ask for alternative proposals to the private industry and the JPL. But there is still no defined path. The cake widge. There is another surprising factor that raises the importance of this discovery. Until now, the dominant hypothesis suggested that possible signs of life should be sought in the oldest rocks of Mars. However, Bright Angel’s lodolites are among the younger sedimentary rocks that the mission has investigated. This opens a new and fascinating possibility: that Mars could have been habitable for a longer period of time or at a later stage in its history of what was thought. Image | NASA, JPL That NASA conveque without warning a press conference related to Rover Perseverance can only mean that it has found something interesting. And indeed, that is what the acting administrator of the NASA, Sean Duffy, has announced today. What, I quote textually, “could be one of the clearest signs of life we ​​have seen on Mars.” Short. The scientific community has finished analyzing A rock with a leopard spots pattern that NASA’s Perseverance Rover found on Mars in July last year. A complete study Posted in Nature magazine It confirms that the surface of the rock has a combination of chemical, mineral and textural characteristics that are difficult to explain without, at least consider the intervention of biology. Although scientists cannot confirm it without physical access to the rock, it could be the first biofirm found on Mars. That is, a geochemical characteristic that is associated with microbial life on earth and that, casually, has been found in a place where water ran. Cheyava Falls. The epicenter of this finding is an area of ​​the edges of the Marciano Jezero crater … Read more

We analyze the big question in video after the Apple event

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Less than 24 hours have passed since Apple presented the new iPhone and, as usual, doubts arise: ¿It is worth renewing the mobile for any of the new models? Does it make sense to make the leap to iPhone Air or is it better to go directly for one of the Pro Line? You may even be valuing a third way: take advantage of discounts from previous models. We return with one of our favorite formats, the Versus. In it we have already compared watches for less than 200 euros, Tables for the Tour of Class And even some of Amazon’s best selling fryers. This time it is the turn of the iPhone. Although we still don’t have the new models in our hands, our partner Samuel Oliver He has put them face to answer the big question: Which one to choose from? Buy a new generation iPhone or take advantage of a previous model? For a long time, the pro models have monopolized all the prominence. This year, the situation has changed. “I think this year’s stars are the base models: we are finally Promotion with those 120 Hz and the 48 MP sensor In your main camera. He iPhone 17 He has inherited a lot from last year’s pro models and receives new chip, the A19 along with important improvements in the Selfie Chamber, ”says Samuel. In the video, our partner describes some of the key assets of the new entrance models, two elements that can be decisive for many users. “Pro models this year are more decaffeinated with potentYou like video and photography”, He adds in front of the camera, and launches a forceful appreciation on the iPhone Air. So far, what is the most difficult mobile to recommend? We will discover it. Samuel also raises several scenarios, including a very common one: those who are thinking of getting an iPhone of the previous generation. “It is Apple’s best telephone until the arrival of the new one, with all the camera news, processor, the camera control button, prepared for Apple Intelligence,” he says about one of the models that has been in the market for a while. In addition, it highlights some of its most relevant characteristics. In the video it is also explained what alternatives we have when Apple discourages models of your store. And here there is good news: It is possible to find interesting devices at lower pricesa more than valid option if you are looking for an iPhone without leaving a fortune. As always in VersusSamuel reviews the strengths and weaknesses of models such as iPhone 15 or the iPhone 14and leaves us not only with its winning option, but with clues for each type of user to find their best choice. The video It is now available on the Xataka YouTube channel. We invite you to see it and, of course, to leave your impressions in the comments. Images | Xataka In Xataka | iPhone Air, iPhone 17 and 17 Pro, Apple Watch Series 11, Airpods Pro 3 and all the News of Apple’s Keynote

Renfe has had a record summer of delays, and more than two million AVE travelers have run out of refund for changes

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Summer has been hard for rail transport in Spain. Four out of ten high speed trains They arrived late at their destinationbut only three out of 100 passengers were able to claim some kind of compensation, according to The world. The data comes after hardening Refund conditions of Renfe in 2024, the main reason why the figures contrast both with the data prior to the reform. Change of conditions. In July 2024, Renfe reformed Its ‘punctuality commitment’, multiplying the minimum delay time necessary to claim half of the ticket. If 15 minutes were enough to get 50% of the amount, now a full hour is needed. For total refund, the threshold went from 30 minutes to an hour and a half. The company justified this tightening as an “update” to continue being “the most advantageous for the traveler”, as the medium collects. Summer figures. As They point From the world, between June and August, 6,554 long -distance trains and AVE arrived with delays exceeding 15 minutes, affecting 2.5 million passengers. However, with the new rules, only 444,000 travelers were entitled to compensation. This means that more than 2 million users who would have received a refund with the previous criteria were left without it. This, according to the medium, would mean a saving of about 79 million euros only in these three months. Context. The reform is covered in the European Parliament Regulation of 2021, although at that time, Renfe offered much more generous compensations than the minimum required by European regulations. And while the EU forces to compensate with 25% of the ticket after 60 minutes late, the Spanish operator gave 50% with only 15 minutes. Now he has hardened his measures just when more delays are recorded. Problems that follow there. Minister Óscar Puente acknowledged in September that the rail system will continue to have incidents “at least two more years”, according to collect The world. The problems range from Fissures in Talgo S106 trains (which forced to withdraw the low cost services from AVLO on the Madrid-Barcelona route) up to infrastructure deficiencies caused by fireaccording to the medium. The alternative to service, the conventional bird, costs up to 34% more than the economic option eliminated. What comes now? Bridge has traveled to Germany To look for new trains in factories such as Siemens, recognizing that without renewing the fleet it will be impossible to improve the service, as collect The world. “We must not launch the bells on the fly, but if we do not renew the fleet, it is evident that we will not be able to improve in any case the service we are providing to the citizenship,” admits bridge. And in addition to having been a summer to forget in terms of ferroviar delays, it has also agreed that reimbursement conditions have also worsened. Cover image | Falk2 In Xataka | Renfe has a new and gigantic project in progress: a night train to connect Europe from this to west

Zuckerberg already has his superintelligence team. It also has many employees angered by the abysmal salaries difference

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Imagine that you have been working in a company for many years and hire a new team, which is dedicated to the same as you, but charges much more. I wouldn’t make any grace. This is what is happening in goal after the arrival of the new superintelligence team and its millionaire salaries. Zuckerberg has spent summer hiring the best talents of AI And now that he has them, he faces a problem: get everyone to be happy. Page more. As reported in the Wall Street Journalone of the consequences after the formation of the superintelligence team has been that the most veteran employees have begun to compete for new positions and salary increases. An employee who achieved a millionaire bonus left anyway because he thought the new ones continued to win more than him. Privileges. The new team, to which TBD Lab have baptized, works at the finish line in Menlo Park, in a restricted access zone very close to the office of Zuckerberg himself and their names do not even appear in the organization chart of the company. The secretism surrounding the project and these security measures are creating the perception that there is a distinction between employees. Counteroffertes. Some unhappy employees went to the competition in search of new opportunities and got a counterofferte by the goal to stay. According to the Wall Street Journal, some got important increases and even moved to the TBD Lab team. Meta has denied it, ensuring that they already planned to move those employees. Resignations. We recently talked about The first side effects of these millionaire hiring. They counted In Wired that at least three of the new signings had resigned just a few weeks after starting in their new positions. Ruben Mayer, who came from Scale AI left the company for personal reasons. Avi Verma and Ethan Knight went to Openai, and Rishabh Agarwal He did not make clear what his destiny would be. There are more. Chaya Nayak, product director of the generative and goal employee for more than eight years, has also gone to OpenAi. Volatility. The case of Shengjia Zhao illustrates very well the volatility of the IA labor market. He reached the finish line as part of the Superintelligence Team and, according to Wireda week he decided to return to OpenAI. Meta got his salary tripling, in addition to offering him the position of chief scientist. Again, goal denies it and In the announcement They affirmed that Zhao had been the chief scientist since the first day, but they had not made it official until then. Image | Wikipedia In Xataka | The new AI star is Alexandr Wang: Zuckerberg has given the keys of the future to a child prodigy of 97

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