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472 km/hy 3,000 hp to be the fastest in the world

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Byd has managed to get the speed record with an electric car. He has done it with the Yangwang U9, an electric supercard that is part of one of its luxury brands. The company has put all the meat on the grill with a car capable of jumping, circulating with three wheels … and, now, becoming the fastest electric car in the world. 472.41 km/h. It is the maximum speed reached by the Yangwang U9the electric supercard of the luxury firm of Byd. The company has confirmed that, on August 8, 2025, its electric car reached the aforementioned 472.41 km/h on the ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg (Germany) testing. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Until now, the record was held by the ASPARK OWL SP600a Japanese car that had reached 438.7 km/h. That is, the Yangwang U9 has swept it from the map. Before, The Nevera Rimacthat until recently it was the most advanced electric car in the world, it is far away with tip speed of 412 km/h. The latest technology. Byd uses the Yangwang brand to show Your most advanced technology. The electrical supercar that has broken the record uses the E4 Platform and the Disus-X architecture that mounts the street car that is sold in China. But it has been possible to raise the platform up to 1,200 V. This is what allows you to reach a combined total power of 2,200 kW (3,000 hp) thanks to four 555 kW (755 hp) engines. Although the battery weight raises the weight to the point that we would consider it an overweight supercar, the irrational power figure leaves the car at 0.82 kg/cv. The showcase. But not everything is power in Yangwang U9. As we said, Byd uses this company to show its latest technology. In the case of Yangwang U9, a body balancing control system that keeps the car always flat, to the point that it is possible three -wheeled. Can even jump To avoid a bump if necessary. To get all these tricks, the system controls the pair to deliver to each wheel more than 100 times per second. Beyond the figures or the striking, this has its direct impact on behavior at live speeds but also to eliminate balance in case of overcoming highlights or potholes. And the electric supercar is not the only model with which Yangwang shows his latest technology. The Yangwang U8 is a gigantic SUV of more than five meters that is only able to overcome streams or face important water vadeo steps. His power is so much that is able to float as if it were a boat using its four engines. A story. Beyond demonstrating how far they are capable of arriving as a company, this attempt by Byd demonstrates the need for large Chinese companies to create a story around their brands. In the absence of history and a past in competitions, as they have done European and American firms, they have opted for the latest technology. It is the same that happens to Xiaomi and the reason why The first objective of the Ultra It has been to beat the record in green hell. Traditionally, brands have used Nürburgring Nordschleife to show that their cars were the fastest and their effectiveness. It is no accident that the Chinese company was launched to the German layout To get your own hole as soon as it had the slightest opportunity. As it is not accidental His appearance in Gran Turismo 7. This type of collaborations shows that the company is trying to do everything possible to earn a hole in the collective imaginary of the engine fan. The video game has served to recreate us playing with cars that we can never drive but also to sow the seed that your brand plays with the most top of the industry and directly, publicize a company that you had never heard before. Photo | Byd In Xataka | We tried the eye of God with which byd wants to break the market: autonomous driving for a 9,000 euros car

See who is higher in an breathalimeter

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Among lamps, rebujitos and music in the booths, one of the surprises of the Malaga 2025 fair has not been in the concert program or in the attractions of the Cortijo de Torres. They have been six metal, discreet machines but with long lines in front: automatic alcoholic that, by one euro, allow anyone to know if it is in a position to take the car. The measure, designed as a road safety reinforcement, has ended up converted In a viral Tiktok challenge. Of prevention to networks in networks. The system is simple: a currency is introduced, a disposable nozzle is facilitated and in seconds the alcohol level in exhaled air appears on the screen. If it is green, it can be driven; If it is red, better leave the keys in your pocket and opt for a taxi. The motto of the devices summarizes it: “A euro or a fine?” But what was born as a awareness tool has become a show. “They go in a group and blow to see who gives more. Many drink from the cubata just before blowing and that makes the rate rise. I think it is because of the novelty,” explained Carlos Cecilia, creator of alcohol test, in statements to El País. In Tiktok videos multiply: From those who celebrate 0.0 with a “I had to be the driver”, to those who reach figures of 0.88 mg/l, levels that already constitute a crime. “More glasses than Atlético de Madrid”, shared a user that hung the tests of his friends. The phenomenon, According to the southern voicehas spread to become a viral trend that combines party, technology and risk. More than a hundred positive and two thousand assists. The other face of the fair, however, is less festive. According to the Balance of the City Council, collected by Europepressthe accident and crowded research group (GIAA) performed 2,352 breathalyzer and drug tests, with a result of 107 sanctioned positives, 16 criminal positives and 66 immobilized vehicles. In addition, the municipal health device attended to about 2,000 people, of which half for alcohol abuses. There were 60 hospital transfers, ten of them for ethyl poisonings. The fair, which combines tradition, music and gastronomy, also leaves an emergency reguero linked to consumption every year. The invisible face of the party. The viral challenges around the alcoholic are not harmless. Scientific evidence It is overwhelming: There is no level of alcohol consumption “without risk”. Even in small quantities, it is associated with cardiovascular problems, addiction and various types of cancer. For its part, A study published in Neurology He showed that excess drinkers have 133% more risk of cerebral vascular lesions than abstemious, and 60% more even who drink moderately. In fact, alcohol remains the first cause of avoidable traffic accidents: 33% of deceased drivers I had blood alcohol. A generation between two trends. The Malaga Fair reflects the contradiction of youth consumption. On the one hand, more and more young They say every day to day: Half of less than 30 claims to have reduced their consumption. Even at weddings, mocktails and alcoholless cocktails They gain groundwith couples who decide to eliminate alcohol from their celebrations. On the other hand, consumption in binge It is still very present in parties and bottles. Almost half of adolescents from 14 to 18 acknowledges having participated in a bottle in the last year. The fair, like the patron saint festivities in general, becomes one of those spaces where sober trends dissolve and resurface intensive consumption patterns. A mirror of alcohol culture in Spain. The history of the alcoholic of the Malaga Fair is, in fact, a mirror of the complex relationship of Spain with alcohol. On the one hand, a country that boast of wine traditionin which the celebrations are provided with cava, beer or liquor. On the other, a society in which consumption damage begins to make visible and in which young people explore alternative forms of alcohol without leisure. This year the fair has made it clear that it will be remembered not only by music or fireworks. Also for those queues to blow in an breathalyzer: prevention turned into a show, and show turned into a trend. Image | Tiktok Xataka | The last extreme idea in beer fermentation has nothing to do with alcohol. It has to do with murderous bees

It will allow you to squeeze your TV to the maximum, even if it is old

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The Amazon Fire TV Stick devices catalog is quite broad, although in the e-commerce giant, The best selling It is the most economical model: the Fire TV Stick HD. Above all, it is a perfect accessory if you want give a new life to an old TV That was going to end in the trash. Amazon Fire TV Stick HD (last generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review You don’t have to spend much to squeeze your TV It is true that all Fire TV Stick They have some common characteristics, such as coming with Alexa integrated, having Fireos Operating System and allow you to access streaming platforms (provided you are subscribed). Therefore, if the TV on which you are going to connect it is not of the latest generation, the ideal is that you choose this most basic model, since you could not explore or enjoy better characteristics than in the most expensive models. This model in question offers Full HD resolutionso it will be ideal for the old television of the bedroom or kitchen, or even that of your second residence. You just need to have an entry HDMI To connect and have an Internet connection. You can take it to all sites with you, since it presents a very compact size, which makes it an ideal accessory if you travel with children and want them to entertain during the holidays, since even You can download games. Finally, it is worth mentioning that your command is very intuitive and comes with direct access keys to the main streaming platforms. Other Fire TV Stick that may interest you Amazon Fire TV Cube (last generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (last generation) * 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. Image | Enrique Pérez (Xataka) and Amazon In Xataka | Best smart tv box. Which to buy and 10 top box recommended from 29 to 219 euros In Xataka | What Kindle Buy: Purchase guide with recommendations to succeed with Amazon electronic book readers

We have detected the gene that acts as a ‘switch’ of chronic pain. It is the principle of the analgesics revolution

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Chronic pain is one of the worst convictions of modern medicine. Affects one in five peopleis the main cause of world dependence And to top it off, Current treatments They are insufficient or come with devastating side effects such as Opioid addiction as fentanyl. But now, A great investigation Posted in the prestigious magazine Nature It has opened a door that could change everything. A gene as responsible for chronic pain. An international team of scientists has identified a gene, the SLC45A4as a key actor in the perception of pain by the human. And it is not another gene on the list. They are the necessary instructions to manufacture a protein that acts as a “guardian” of the membrane of Our sensory neuronscontrolling the passage of mysterious molecules called polyamines. When manipulating this protein, researchers have reduced the intensity of certain pain without affecting other sensations such as The touch. The finding not only solves an old biological enigma, but also opens the door to a new generation of analgesics for patients with pains that are not controlled with current therapies. Following the track in the DNA of 130,000 people. Find a small gene Inside the human genome It is not something simple, taking into account the large amount of information that can be found In a sequencing. That is why researchers have resorted to brute force with the processing of a large amount of data. To do this, they analyzed the genetic information and pain questionnaires of more than 132,000 people from the UK Biobankone of the world’s greatest repositories of medical and genetic information. Looking for patterns in all data. Using a Complete genome association study (GWAS), which is like crossing thousands of data to find patterns, researchers discovered that certain variants of the SLC45A4 gene were significantly associated with the intensity of chronic pain that people reported. Something that could also explain the different pain thresholds that each person has. To ensure that it was not a coincidence, they replied the finding in two other gigantic databases such as the Million Veteran Program from the United States and Finngen of Finland. The result in both was similar, so the evidence began to clarify. But once you have the name of the gene, the question is: what exactly does this gene do to modulate pain? The guardian of the polyamines: solving a neuronal enigma. This is where history becomes very interesting. It was known that the SLC45A4 manufactured a conveyor protein, a kind of rotating door on the surface of the cells. But nobody knew what he transported. The investigation revealed that its load is the Polyaminessmall molecules that, despite being crucial for almost everything in the cell (From the reading of the DNA to growth), they had a role that was not known in pain. What was known is that during a pain situation polyamines increased, but the mechanism of action was a mystery. The reason for the mystery is that the effect was different depending on whether they were outside or inside the neuron, but the ‘door’ was not known through which they could enter or leave. Until now. The SLC45A4 protein is that door. Using advanced verification techniques. Before announcing a discovery like this, it is important to be verified with different techniques. In this case the Electronic Creomicroscopy To obtain a 3D map at the atomic level of the protein. In this way, they saw their structure with an amazing detail. But seeing it is not just to have a very beautiful photograph hanging in the office, but it could be understood how it was able to recognize polyamines and even a Modulable domain That the protein itself uses to inhibit itself, as an integrated key in its own lock. And this is something that opens many doors to future research related to chronic pain. Mice with the lowest pain threshold. The fire test came with the experiments in animals. The team created genetically modified mice so that they did not have the SLC45A4 gene. These mice were, in appearance, completely normal. However, when they were subjected to pain proof, the results were amazing. Specifically, mice were subjected to different tests, such as being on a hot plate or receiving a formalin injection, which is a chemical that Causes pain at high doses. Here it is as they showed a much greater resistance to chronic pain. But when they were given a quick puncture (acute pain) the answer was identical to that of normal mice. A pain regulator. And this difference is crucial in the investigation. It means that SLC45A4 is not a switch that when we go out ‘we stop feeling any type of pain, but is a fine regulator for persistent and deaf pain, precisely the type that characterizes chronic pain. Because living completely without pain is not a good idea. The pain in the end is an organism alert system that something is not doing well, for example, that we have appendicitis. If we ‘turn off’ acute pain are many emergency situations that we would literally stop attending until it was too late. And reason is known. The absence of the protein made a specific type of pain receptors, the so -called Polymodal nociceptors C or fibers C (Those that detect chemical or thermal pain), were much less excitable. That is, it was necessary to expose the receiver to a much stronger stimulus so that the neurons ‘trigger’ an action potential that reached the brain and gave the feeling of pain. Literally, the threshold potential was much lower and, therefore, resisted from great magnitude pain. A new hope for millions of people. This discovery is more than a simple scientific curiosity. By identifying this protein as the polyamine transporter in neurons related to nociception, a completely new window for drug design opens. And it is that current analgesics act on receptors or block (such as the case of ibuprofen with COX-2). Now, the drugs designed to modulate the activity of … Read more

A Spaniard has patented a mast that transforms wind and waves into electricity. His invention challenges diesel in ships

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A mast shaken by the wind, the waves pushing without rest: usual scenes in any maritime journey. The interesting thing is that the same movement can serve to generate electricity. A canary who is one step away from being an engineer has designed a system that converts the strength of the ocean into usable energy, with the ambition to reduce the dependence of the diesel in the ships. It is an idea that takes the everyday of the sea and makes it a concrete technical proposal, simple enough to intrigue and ambitious enough to demand validation in the sea. “In the end it is a three -dimensional generator,” Juan Francisco Sarmiento Medina said in an advance of the Podcast of the Stier Groupand described the mechanism with simple images: “Let’s imagine that my arm is the mast. When the wind comes in front, it clashes, as the mast of a flag, and begins to oscillate. The keel works as a piston of a combustion engine (…) then movement occurs in the x, y y y z axes, all under Faraday’s law,” he explained. That narration of the inventor itself forms the technical spine of the project. What exactly is the e-mast. In its LinkedIn account the project appears as E-MAST (Energy Mast System) and is presented as a technology that transforms the structural vibration of the mast into clean electrical energy. According to the textthe system integrates an encapsulated rotor without exposed parts, linear generators and piezoelectric elements to convert oscillations into electricity, and can direct part of the induced air under the keel in the form of microburbujas. The advantages of the inventor are clear: “Without diesel engines, or maintenance. The owner of the boat, as there are no mechanical parts that have to be maintained with oil or that are broken, also reduces costs in that sense,” He pointed to El Español. The inventor also underlines the operational silence due to the absence of external propellers and the total structural integration into existing masts. These benefits, in any case, will require trials to measure power, autonomy and acoustic signature. Of production patent. The applications of applications published by the author encompasses autonomous marine surveillance, oceanographic research, defense and ecological navigation platforms in protected areas. According to Sarmiento Medina, the e-mast is protected by two patents, ES202430338 and ES202430339, with a favorable report according to the promoter. According to the newspaper La Provinciathe promoter figure around half a million euros international protection and development and has conversations with shipyards in France and the Netherlands to explore production. The sea still has the last word. Sarmiento says that he is a neighbor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and recognizes that part of his learning and opportunities come from the Stier Group, which has supported his training. This local support, added to the intellectual protection that it declares in its public profile, has allowed to convert a daily element of any ship at the base of an ambitious technological proposal. Now the most difficult part remains: validate the system in the sea. But the idea has already demonstrated something important: that there is still margin to imagine new things, even in an environment as old as navigation. Images | Juan Francisco Sarmiento Medina In Xataka | A “Roomba” to clean rivers: the ship that the three throats has launched in China

A group of young people has become Milmillonario in less than three years: their lottery ticket is called Ia

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Artificial intelligence is starring An economic revolution unprecedented that is generating one of the greatest jumps In wealth creation In recent history, something that Such and as stood out Bloomberg, The exponential growth of this developing sector has resulted in the accelerated appearance of New billionaires. Most of them are young entrepreneurs who have seen His fortunes multiply Thanks to the assessment of their AI companies for risk capital investors. A magnet for investments Andrew Mcafee, MIT principal researcher, pointed to CNBC that this generation of wealth “is not preceded” in the last 100 years of which there are records. In Xataka Jensen Huang presumes more than chips for AI: he has created more billionaires than any other CEO According to data of CB InsightsThere are 498 companies dedicated to AI with valuations above 1,000 million dollars and more than 1,300 startups valued at more than 100 million dollars. Estimates From the study they set that, together, these companies have a value of 2.7 billion dollars. The most curious thing is that, at least 100 of those unicorns of more than 100 million dollars were founded after 2023, which makes the phenomenon even more striking for its effervescence. This AI boom has become An economic engine which already exceeds the investments generated by other technological revolutions such as Internet, electronic commerce or social networks, whose companies are also betting strongly on AI. However, unlike what happened with the Puntocom at the beginning of 2000. Companies that are providing huge fortunes to their founders are not public contributions, but are maintained as main source of wealth for Its founders and managers for maintaining greater control over your participation percentage. In Xataka In silence, the engineers specialized in AI are becoming the best paid workers in history THE NEW MAIN VETA TO MAKE MILLIONARY In the last decade, social networks or the different electronic commerce formulas marked the pattern as the main ways of creating millionaire fortunes. They abound The examples In the current list of millionaires with names such as Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg. However, now it is the AI ​​who is rapidly replacing these sectors as the fastest source for generating a substantial fortune. According The published By Bloomberg, the development of AI has led to the raising of at least 15 Milmillonarios entrepreneurs, with a combined heritage of 38,000 million dollars. Companies such as Anthropic, Openai, Safe Superintelligence or Anysphere have starred in millionaire financing that have led their founders to reach fortunes of more than 1,000 million dollars in a very short time. A remarkable example is Anthropic, which negotiates an investment round that could place its valuation at 170,000 million dollars, almost tripling its value in a few months. Openai, has become the startup with greater assessment reaching 500,000 million dollars in its last investment round. The previous one stayed at 300,000 million, which leaves an idea of ​​the speed of Growth of these companiesand with them, the fortunes of its founders. {“videoid”: “x8jpy2b”, “Autoplay”: fals, “title”: “What is behind it like chatgpt, dall-e or midjourney? | artificial intelligence”, “tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “1173”} Alexandr Wangco -founder and exco from the startup Scale AI, he became at 28 years the youngest billionaire in history, with an estimated fortune at approximately 3.6 billion dollars. Wang is just one of the many young entrepreneurs converted into millionaires that have emerged from this booming industry. Lucy Guoco -founder of Scale AI with Wang, and now the leader of Passes, is also part of this elite with a fortune that exceeded 1,000 million dollars. Other outstanding names include Dario Amodei, co -founder of Anthropic, with more than 1.2 billion dollars in wealth, and Michael Intora, CEO and co -founder of Coreweave, valued at 10,000 million, as well as Michael Tuelll of Anysphere and Brett Adcock, founder of Figure AI, whose company is valued at more than 39,500 million dollars. In Xataka | “I don’t believe in billionaires.” Image | Scale ai, LinkedIn, Wikimedia Commons (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news A group of young people has become Milmillonario in less than three years: their lottery ticket is called Ia It was originally posted in Xataka by Rubén Andrés .

Deepseek has suggested that Nvidia chips no longer needs. We believe to know who is buying them

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Deepseek shook at the beginning of 2025 the foundations of the industry of the artificial intelligence (AI). This Chinese model developed by the specialized quantitative coverage fund trading High-Flyer algorithmic monopolized all the attention because He gave us free of charge an AI with a quality similar to the comparable solutions of Openai or Google. However, this was not all. And it is that for three weeks the debate about the hardware used by this company to train its model. High-Flyer, who specializes in addressing investment decisions using advanced mathematical models and computational algorithms, says he trained Deepseek R1 using 2,048 chips H800 of Nvidia. Several analysts They soon react ensuring that he had actually used 50,000 GPU H100which are more powerful, bought through intermediaries. The sanctions of the US government prevent Nvidia According to SCMPDeepseek’s next iteration will dispense with the GPUs of this American company. High-Flyer has suggested that everything you need already finds it in China Last week those responsible for the Deepseek development published on the Wechat platform an entry in which they hinted that next generation GPUs for China They will launch soon. This comment has unleashed endless speculation about the name of the Chinese company that is going to make this announcement, but, above all, it has put on the table the possibility that High-Flyer is preparing the following Deepseek iteration using these chips. A priori does not seem at all crazy. According to SCMP The five GPU designers for the Chinese who have the ability to deliver to High-Flyer the hardware they need are Huawei Technologies, Cambricon Technologies, Moore Threads, Hygon Information Technology and Metax Integrated Circi. Any of them could be responsible for the announcement anticipated by Deepseek developers in Wechat, but we We bet on the first three Because, in our opinion, they are Those who are “in a better way”. Cambricon Technologies is one of the companies specialized in the design of GPU for AI with greater growth potential Although it is not as well known as Huawei or Moore Threads, Cambricon Technologies is one of the companies specialized in the design of GPU for AI with greater growth potential. In fact, he has received the approval of the Shanghai bag (China) to raise 560 million dollars. Will allocate them to the design of four chips for training and inference of AI models, and also to the development of an alternative to CUDAfrom Nvidia. On the other hand, Moore Threads He has developed several GPU for AI applications that, on paper, rivaize some of the advanced solutions that have placed in the Nvidia, AMD or Huawei market. MTT S4000 and MTT S3000 cards They are its most interesting proposals right now, although, curiously, in its porpholio the MTT S80 card also appears, a proposal for games and content creation that, according to Moore Threads itself, has a calculation capacity of 14.4 Tflops in single -precision floating coma operations. The other indispensable actor in the Chinese chips industry for IA is Huawei. His most ambitious proposal right now is the chip Ascend 910dwho seeks to overcome the performance of the GPU NVIDIA H100. However, this Chinese company has also recently presented its chip Ascend 920a solution that is clearly destined to occupy in the Chinese market the gaps that the NVIDIA H20 GPU is going to leave. This proposal will enter large -scale production during the second half of 2025 using 6 NM integration technology that have presumably developed elbow with Huawei elbow and SMIC (Semiconductor manufacturing international corp). More information | SCMP In Xataka | Nvidia has to deal with the absolute distrust of several US legislators. His plan in China is in danger In Xataka | The US wants to end the chips for the Chinese that are sold abroad. And China knows how to defend oneself

In addition to getting it, the best thing has been good that goes

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The tradition of work on any device With screen continues to surprise us. And throughout all these years we have seen the Software ID video game executed in increasingly extravagant pots. This time, the classic shooter has found a new home in a completely unexpected place: a Power Bank. And the most impressive thing is that it works much better than one would expect. What happened. Aaron Christophyl, creator of content known for his experiments with hardware, He has achieved Execute Doom in an Anker Prime Charger charger in 250W. This device, which is normally used to load multiple devices at the same time, has a 2.26 -inch color screen. And of course, for what but the screen of a Power Bank was going to take advantage of to run Doom. Why it works so well. The secret is in the bowels of the charger. The Anker Prime Charger incorporates a SYNWIT SWM34S processor with ARM Cortex-M33 nucleus to 150 MHz, 8 MB of RAM and 16 MB of internal storage. These specifications, although modest for current standards, are more than enough to execute a game designed in the 90s, when domestic processors worked at 25-33 MHz. Peculiar controls. The most ingenious part of the project are controls. The charger only has a rotating wheel next to the screen, but Christophyl has managed to map all basic functions From the game: turn the wheel to advance and go back, press and turn to move laterally, and click to shoot and open doors. Although it is certainly not the most comfortable method to play Doom, the truth is that it takes advantage of the wheel that incorporates the charger. No hardware modifications. The most remarkable thing is that this implementation does not require any physical modification of the device. Christophyl only used the purification port to load the game software, while the operation of the charger continues as is. In this way, you can continue loading any other device while adding the possibility of playing Doom. More and more crazy ideas. This case is added to the long list of unusual devices in which Doom has been executed over the years. From calculators and pregnancy tests until Specifies and Word documentsthe popular novelty shooter has become the final test bench for years to demonstrate the capabilities of any hardware with a processor. And what remains. Cover image | Aaron Christophyl In Xataka | The AI ​​entered video games as an experiment. Today more than 80% of developers no longer know how to produce without it

Now everything points to a megaconstellation with a different ambition

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When we think on the Internet by satellite, the first name that usually comes to mind is Starlink. And it’s no accident: The network promoted by Elon Musk He has achieved something that, until a few years ago, seemed unattainable for most. Take broadband connectivity to rural areas, remote or directly forgotten by traditional infrastructure, With reasonable latency and prices that millions of users can assume. Starlink did not invent the satellite Internet, but he did bring him the general public as never before. In that process, it also activated a second less visible layer. Because Starlink is not just a civil service: It is also a strategic piece that the United States has already begun to integrate into its military architecture. What was born as a commercial service has become a tactical advantage that other countries are not willing to ignore. One of them is China. In recent years, the country has accelerated the development of a satellite constellation in low orbit. Some present it as “the Chinese Starlink”a label that sounds good but simplifies in excess. Do we talk about a commercial alternative aimed at offering the Internet in rural areas? Or are we facing something more ambitious, more oriented to strategic capacities? That network is called Guowang (国网), and this is what we know so far. Guowang, more than a satellite network Guowang is the name with which the satellite constellation is known that China is deploying in low terrestrial orbit. Its formal name is 中国星网, which could be translated as “China Satellite Network”, and its most common abbreviation is 国网, or Guowang. Although the reference has become common in international media, behind the project there is no private company or an open ecosystem, but a state company: China Satellite Network Groupknown as China Satnet. The headquarters were established in the new Xiong’an area, a city planned from zero by the central government to become New innovation poleand the presence of China Satnet there is not less. In 2024, The company completed its transfermarking a symbolic milestone as the first large state -owned company fully operational in that area. For Beijing, this project is as technological as political. As we said, since it began to talk about Guowang, many have labeled it as “the Chinese Starlink.” And although it is easy to understand why the comparison arises, the reality is more complex. In basic terms, both constellations seek the same: a network of thousands of satellites in low orbit to offer global connectivity services. But everything that surrounds the Chinese project points in another direction. While Starlink is consumer oriented, Guowang does not present, at least for now, hiring channels, or commercial catalog. China Satnet in Xiong’an Today, it is not clear if Guowang intends to offer direct connectivity to users, as Starlink does, or if your vocation is more structural: provide data coverage to critical infrastructures, government networks or defense systems. This ambiguity contrasts with the parallel development of Qianfan (千帆)a second constellation that does seem designed to offer commercial services, with flat satellites and international approach. The coexistence of both projects suggests that China has opted for a double track: a visible and open constellation for the civil world, and another more discreet, with a potentially strategic role. Today, it is not clear if Guowang intends to offer direct connectivity to users, as Starlink does. The documentation presented by China before the International Telecommunications Union contemplates a megaconstellation of 12,992 satellitesdivided into two layers: one between 500 and 600 kilometers of altitude and another around 1,145 kilometers. It is precisely this second layer that has starred all the releases made so far. Since December 2024, the activity rate has been constant, but has gained speed in the second semester of 2025. Only between July and August at least four satellite releases have been madea cadence that begins to remember Starlink’s first steps. Even so, The total orbit number remains modest. The most recent estimates speak of about 70 operational satellitesa minimum fraction if compared to the declared objectives. But this first deployment does not seem improvised. One of the great unknowns that surround Guowang has to do with what their satellites can do. Unlike Starlink, the Chinese project has barely given technical details. However, Guawang satellites could be equipped with technologies that go beyond traditional connectivity. One of Guowang’s many releases Among the capacities that are considered are laser communications terminals, optical sensors, synthetic opening radars (SAR) and high capacity data broadcasting systems. This type of instruments would allow the network to perform monitoring, monitoring or logistical support functions in complex operation environments, whether civil or military. The way in which constellation is built reinforces this idea: satellites are not manufactured in a single center, nor are they thrown with a single type of rocket, but involve several different contractors and platforms. That Modular architecture It gives rise to a network designed to integrate multiple functions, and not exclusively to offer the Internet. Satellites are not manufactured in a single center, nor are they launched with a single type of rocket, but involve several different contractors and platforms In the military field, American analysts have already begun to draw parallels between Guowang and Starshieldthe satellite system that Spacex is developing for the United States Department of Defense. Although there is no official confirmation, the comparison reinforces the hypothesis that Guowang is not simply a commercial project, but a network with much broader functions than has been communicated so far. It may seem like a remote project, but Guowang has a lot to do with European interests. At a time when the European Union promotes initiatives such as Iris2 stalleffort your connectivity autonomythe advance of a constellation such as Guawang, completely controlled by the Chinese state, introduces a relevant variable in the global technological map. The political component is also important. Unlike Starlink, which operates under a private company with commercial interests, Guowang, as we say, is designed, financed and operated by the state apparatus. … Read more

It was hired by Spacex at age 14. Now, with 16, the young genius has turned his back on Elon Musk to go to Wall Street

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His history turned the world. Kairan Quazi graduated at the University of Santa Clara with 14 years. Almost immediately, He was signed as Spacex software engineer. Now, the young prodigy has abandoned Elon Musk’s space company to work in finance. The youngest employee of Spacex. He was not a fellow they sent for cafes. For two years, Kairan was one of Starlink engineers, the Spacex satellite Internet network. His work was critical: he designed the software that determines where the satellites point their beams to offer a stable connection. “I had a very broad field of work and a lot of responsibility, especially for a junior engineer,” Count the boy to Business Insider. Spacex expected him to lead projects from beginning to end: develop ideas, present them to other engineers and address, implement them and supervise the deployments. With 16 years, I needed a change. After two years at the aerospace avant -garde, Kairan Quazi felt prepared to “assume new challenges and expand their skills” in a different high performance environment. The young prodigy received offers from the most leading artificial intelligence laboratories, but it was a proposal of Citadel Securities, a trading giant, which finally convinced him to leave Spacex. Now work as quant unaveloper developing financial models. Quants, the elite of programming. The decision to change rockets for financial algorithms is not accidental. For the best mathematicians and software engineers, only artificial intelligence competes in attractiveness with the world of finance specialized in quantitative analysis. With millionaire wages, the Quants sector combines the complexity and intellectual challenge of other sectors with a much faster rhythm, measurable in days, not in months as in many research environments. In algorithmic trading, an idea is tested, implemented and gives results (for better or worse) in a matter of hours. For the rest, a teenager. Kairan valued that Citadel Securities did not take into account his age or his years of experience when offering opportunities. But sometimes he has to remember that he is a teenager. During his stage in Spacex, his mother had to take him to work every day because, with 14 years, he had no driving license. The episode in which LinkedIn erased the account for not having fulfilled the minimum age of 16. From Silicon Valley to Wall Street. Kairan was born in the San Francisco Bay area and He began his university studies with nine years. After his early entry into the working world, he now moves to Manhattan, where he will live 10 minutes walk from the office. This Bangladesí-American, fond of reading, video games, escalation and piano, lands in a city that already knows for its family roots in Queens. Wall Street will mark a new chapter for a young man who seems to have no limits. Image | Scu In Xataka | What Spacex has achieved with Starship is incredible. The only problem is that he has done it at the expense of the health of his employees

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