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It is so hot in Granada that there has been one of the most extreme phenomena of the weather: thermal burst

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This Sunday on the Tropical Costa de Granada An unusual phenomenon has been recordedbut it has caused great ravages. While people were trying to pass in the water the heat wave in which we are now, in a few minutes everything changed to have a hurricane and scorching wind on top. It reached such a speed that made the umbrellas and chairs shot as projectiles. And it was not a simple summer storm, but a phenomenon known as thermal burst. What happened on the Granada coast. The sequence of the facts was dizzying. Shortly before 19:45, 112 emergency services The first calls began to receive Notice. The alerters, from different points of the Tropical Costa, talked about hurricane winds that even threw palm trees of the promenade. The climax of the phenomenon, According to the Aemet, It was recorded at 19:50 with a temperature that shot sharply until 40.1 ° C. Jointly, wind gusts reached a speed of 86.8 km/h officially, although in different social networks users suggest that these speeds They reached 100 km/h. A phenomenon that concentrated in different municipalities such as Motril, Salobreña, Torrenueva, Carchuna and Almuñécar. Click on the image to access the publication. Chaos on the beach and bailouts in the sea. Shared testimonies on social networks paint a collective horror picture. A citizen He reported: “I was there on the beach and the situation has been horrible, I have not had worse in my life.” The disseminated images In social networks they showed people running to their cars, which caused traffic jams on the exit roads of the coast. Although the greatest danger materialized in the water. The rapid evolution of this meteorological phenomenon caused people to practice aquatic sports, and the wind caught several people who saw how they crawled inside and preventing returning to the shore by their own means. This triggered an operation where Seven people had to be rescued in front of the beaches of Torrenueva Costa and Carchuna. A rescue that was carried out by maritime rescue, but also by private vessels that prevented this situation from becoming a great tragedy. A rapid official response. Given the violence of such an unpredictable phenomenon, the beaches of the affected municipalities They had to be evacuated. At 20:20, the mayor of Motril, Luisa García Chamorro, launched an urgent notice Through its social networks which reflected the seriousness of the situation, asking not to go outside and have a lot of caution. A term comfort does not arise from nothing. They require an atmospheric configuration Very specifica “recipe” that this Sunday was perfect in Granada. The main ingredient was The extreme heat accumulated during the prolonged heat wave. This heat not only affected the surface, but created a deep layer of very hot air, and crucially very dry at the average levels of the atmosphere, several kilometers high from where the burst was given. Meanwhile, on the sea, the air in contact with the water was comparatively cooler and more humble. This stratification with a very hot and dry air in height on a cooler and more wet layer near the surface is the ideal culture broth. The scenario was completed with the formation of convective storms on the mountains of the interior of Granada, which acted as the trigger for the process. Of the rain that never falls to the scorching wind. The process of formation of a thermal burst is a fascinating paradox of thermodynamics, where a process that begins with an external cooling culminates in a burst of scorching heat. It can be broken down into four key steps According to the Aemet technical guides: The descendant current: everything begins within a storm cloud where a powerful current of descending air is generated that drags rainfall. Sudden evaporation: As this column of air and rain plummets, it meets the extremely dry and hot air layer that had been formed before. The dry air ‘absorbs’ voraciously all precipitation, causing it to evaporate completely before reaching the ground, something that is known as ‘virga’. Evaporation is a process that consumes energy, abruptly cooling the air of the descending column. This air, now much colder and dense than the one that surrounds it, collapses towards the ground at a dizzying speed. Compression warming: Once all the water has evaporated, the cooling process ceases. The air column, and if “refrigerant”, continues its free fall. When descending, atmospheric pressure quickly increases by compressing the mass of air. This compression is client at an extraordinary pace, known as dry adiabatic gradient. The impact or burst. Finally, this extremely hot, dense and dry air bubble violates the ground, like an invisible hammer. Unable to continue descending, it expands horizontally in all directions at high speed, generating destructive and sudden wind gusts and intense temperature rise that characterizes the phenomenon. It is not the same as a tornado. Sometimes this phenomenon can be confused with a tornado, but There are differences. While in the tornado the wind revolves around a vertical axis, in the bursting the winds are descending and linear. Climate change will make them more frequent. Thermal bursts are a natural phenomenon, but climate change is causing them to be more frequent. The report of the IPCC scientific experts It is unequivocal: heat waves are now more frequent, more durable and more intense due to global warming. The Granada event was no exception. It was the culmination of a historical heat wave in Andalusia. As explained before, the temperature is the fundamental ingredient that creates and dry the necessary atmospheric layer for the thermal burst to activate. An ordinary storm, in a less extreme environment, could have generated a cold front that refreshes the environment. However, when interacting with an “prepared” atmosphere by anomalous heat, the result was the violent explosion of scorching air. More energy and more extreme. The connection goes beyond heat waves. One of the most direct consequences of the increase in global temperatures is that the atmosphere can retain more … Read more

In Spain there is a “black triangle” of fires between Ourense, Zamora and León. And it is not explained only by heat

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The drawing is bleak. If you open Google Mapsactivate the “fire” function And you take a look at the map of Spain you will see that much of the flames that are devouring the mountain of the country (and some populated areas) seem to concentrate on a particular ‘triangle of fire’ between the provinces of Ourense, León and Zamora. There are the fires of Mozyuelas de la Caballea, Yeres or that of Queixa Chandrexawhich have already razed thousands and thousands of hectares. It is not the only region of Spain punished by the flames, but the big question is … Why do forest fires seem to be primed right in that region? The Spain that burns. It is not being a good August for the mountains of the country. According to The last report of the Ministry of Environment (Miteco), still incomplete because its technicians do not have the data of the large active fires, so far this year the flames have devastated 138,800 ha. And that is the calculation to August 10, so it does not include the devastated surface during the last week. To better understand what this data is, remembering that between January and the first week of September 2024 the forest fires burned 43,655 ha or that throughout 2023 they had calcined 89,000. If we look back, at the last decade, there was only one more disastrous exercise than the current one: 2022, when at this point of the year they had burned Around 215,000 hectares. Is the whole country the same? No. The flames have punished to a greater or lesser extent Andalusia, Estremadura, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia and the regions of Valencia and Madridto quote only some examples, but there is a specific area of the Peninsula that is suffering from the dentelladas of the fire with special virulence: the triangle formed by the provinces of Ourense, León and Zamora. Tan a Fast look To Google Maps to check it. There is Chandrexa de Queixa, which has affected more than 17,000 ha And it is already considered The most destructive of the history of Galicia. Also that of Mozyuelas de la Carballedathat passed from Zamora to León and has calcined several dozens of hectares. Looking for the causes. The big question is … why do that region hit so much fury? What are the causes? The question is interesting because it is not an isolated phenomenon: there are populations, like Castromil’sbetween Ourense and Zamora, who have resigned themselves to deal with fire every year. For the impact of the flames on the ‘triangle’ between Zamora, León and Ourense He wondered Recently in X Francisco M. Azcárate, professor of ecology, biology and environmental sciences. And its entry response is interesting: the succession of forest fires in that region of the Peninsula cannot be attributed to pyologists or negligence. Or that is not the only cause at least. In the background there are more complex structural reasons that have to do with the characteristics of that area or changes in the use of the territory. Meteorology earrings. “Climatically, the area fits perfectly with ecosystems that, naturally, have a high frequency of important fires,” Azcárate starts Before aiming the influence of the rainy season, during which biomass accumulates, and dry, marked by the mass of dry and very flammable vegetation. To this factor is added the frequency of fires in humid Mediterranean climates or the effect of climate change, which influences extreme temperatures and “extends the risk season.” The fire wave has in fact coincided with Another heat which began in early August and that already stands out as one of The most durable Since at least the 70s, which is when the historical Aemet starts. Although it is not an inflexible guideline, experts have not been warning that the fight against forest fires is especially complex when the known as the known as ‘Rule 30-30-30’: Temperatures above 30ºC, wind gusts of more than 30 km/Hy a humidity of less than 30%. Click on the image to go to Tweet. The perfect cocktail. Not only do climatic conditions or heat wave influence, which has spread far beyond the Ourean-Leon-Zamora triangle. Another of the keys that explains the impact of fires in that concrete area of the Peninsula must be sought, Azcárate points out, on the ground and orography. “The region has acidic and little fertile soils. This favors more flammable plant communities, due to the composition of plants’ tissues,” The expert reflects. At stake also enters the orography of that region, marked by an “abrupt relief” that hinders the access of “erratic and strong” seals that can abruptly change the direction of the flames. A few years ago Civio analyzed The main fires recorded in Spain throughout the 2007-2016 decade and discovered that in almost 80% of cases (153 of 196) the gusts exceeded 30 km/h, which could influence the evolution of fire. Something more than weather and orography. Not everything is climate, meteorology, orography or soil characteristics. In the fires it is influencing another factor than You are talking a lot During the last days: the depopulation of the rural one (which is usually accompanied by the abandonment of fields and a change in forest management), something that starts from the provinces of Ourense, Zamora and León They know well. “In general in Spain there has been rural, population and peoples abandonment and depopulation is a food for fires,” Celso Coco warnsfire expert and forest management in The opinion-the mail of Zamora. And what does that suppose? “The consequence is that in those areas where it was worked, it was grown, it was granted, natural vegetation has been installed and there is no use of them, which has increased the forest area greatly. This continuity of vegetation, without management, results in a vulnerable landscape,” duck. In their opinion, forest fires “have existed, exist and exist” and constitute “a natural process”, but changes in the landscape have affected their impact: where they were previously found with land … Read more

The megaindios of Ourense, Zamora and León have paralyzed the Galician bird. It is the nth setback in a horrible year for Renfe

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The Madrid-Galicia bird had become an oasis for Renfe. The Spanish company, objective of all kinds of criticism during 2025 had seen how the Galician corridor was even bending the arm to the airlines. The fires are, now, the last unexpected twist that leaves a trail of cancellations, delays and travelers desperate to find an alternative route to the train. Fires. They are, without any doubt, the news that marks the rate of today in Spain. When we write these linesthere are more than 40 active fires in our country. Of these, two out of three foci They are located in Castilla y León. In addition, only in Ourense (Galicia) have burned more than 60,000 hectares. Lack of resources, forests that are lacking maintenance and one heat wave that seems to have no end They have been the perfect fuel to find ourselves in a situation that has been out of control. Click on the image to go to the original tweet Cut. With the provinces of Zamora, León and Ourense surrounded by the fire, the bird has stopped completely. This morning, Renfe confirmed in his X account that the circulation was interrupted “until the competent authorities allow resumption.” It is the fifth day that Renfe keeps the high -speed line between Madrid and Galicia suspended since Last Thursday, August 14, it would be suspended For the first time the rail service. The previous day, Wednesday, August 13the company already had to suspend some of the paths during the afternoon. Click on the image to go to the original publication From Madrid to Zamora. At the moment, the only solution that Renfe has given is to open a train that makes the journey between Madrid and Zamora. With an eye on the evolution of the fires, for the moment the only alternative they keep open is the one mentioned in the image superior. In the responses to the publication, Renfe confirms that There is no alternative plan For travelers who had tickets bought for any of the Galician cities. Bus alternatives have not been established, For example, and they don’t guarantee When can you return to normal. The nth problem. The interruption of traffic in the Galician corridor is the nth bad news for the company that is living a 2025 to forget. If we make a list of everything that has happened in the previous seven months that we have throughout the year we find the following: A flying line. The situation is even more complicated, taking into account that the Galician corridor was being the line that was best working at Renfe. As high speed has been settling, the data says There is a traveler transfer from the plane to the trainwhich is offered as a more flexible and interesting alternative if you want to spend less than 24-36 hours in Madrid. Besides, The particularities of the line and orders saturation to manufacturers have caused Renfe to have a dominant position on competitors. Although the line is liberalized and any company can operate, the truth is that companies such as Ouigo lack adequate rolling material and They do not expect to have it in the short term. What can the traveler do? At the moment, little if I planned to use the high speed line between Madrid and Galicia. As we have seen, Renfe is only partially offering, between Madrid and Zamora. Once there, there is no other than taking a car or a bus to continue the trip. Options for traveling tomorrow, August 19, between Santiago de Compostela and Madrid Shot prices. The other option, of course, is to fly from Madrid to one of the Galician airports. Of course, from one day to another, flying from Madrid to Vigo, to Coruña or Santiago de Compostela forces to invest more than 100 euros per ticket (there are only three options for less than that money and Vigo does not have them) and in some cases the prices per trip exceed 300 euros. But the trip is very complicated in the reverse sense. From one day to another, the cheapest option to travel between Vigo and Madrid forces to disburse 369 euros, from A Coruña you can travel from 272 euros and from Santiago de Compostela you have to disburse 379 euros. All data have been taken from the flight search engine Skyscanner. Photo | Hugh Llewelyn and Ume In Xataka | Each new data we know about the AVE in Spain points in the same direction: it is winning the game to Barajas

There is an F-35 stranded in Japan and nobody manages to start it

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In the middle of July a news began To “get ball” in the United States and the United Kingdom. A brand new F-35b by Lockheed Martin and belonging to the British Navy was stranded more than a month In India. Since then until now, the almighty American company has happened to the problems: Negative of Spain For the purchase of a lot of fighters, the doubts from other countries And finally, a Second F-35 stranded. The problem is that there continues, without leaving Japan. An emergency detour. A F-35B of the United Kingdom, deployed aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales within the framework of the Highmast operation, Continue stranded In Japan after having forced an emergency landing at Kagoshima airport on August 10 due to a technical failure in flight. The device was transferred to a shooting street and no injuries were reported, although six commercial flights They suffered delays. Engineers of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force have already inspected it and confirmed that it is waiting for spare parts to be repaired, reviving doubts about the fragility of the global supply chain of the supplies of the supplies of the supply of F-35 programdespite the fact that both the body of American Marines and Japan operate the same model in the region. A problem history. As we said at the beginning, the episode occurs shortly after another detour, This time in Indiawhere a second F-35b British was stranded for more than a month, and adds to the long list of incidents associated with the furtive plane. Although the British Ministry of Defense insists that both failures They are not related and that these types of situations are part of the routine of naval operations (where it is often safer to take land in nearby airfields than to try a risky apontaje on the aircraft carrier), the truth is that the coincidence has intensified the Public and political scrutiny About the program. The memory of 2021 accidentwhen an F-35B of the HMS Queen Elizabeth crashed in the Mediterranean for the obstruction of an air intake, it is still weighing on the reputation of the hunt. The operation and strategic role. The Highmast operation It represents one of the most important deployments of British naval aviation in the Indo-Pacific, with 18 F-35b embarked, from RAF squadrones and Royal Navy, to which at least one device of the US Marines body is added. The campaign already included maneuvers in Australian waters during the TALISMAN EXERCISE SABREand later joint exercises in Japan and South Korea under the name of Hightower. One of the milestones was the first operation of British fighters from a Japanese ship, the Kagaadapted to receive Stovl aircraft such as the F-35B, a symbolic gesture of the growing naval cooperation in the region against China. A “of all” hunt. For Lockheed Martin, the story puts them again in the Diana in a month of August complicated where the news has happened with the hunt as the protagonist. The funny thing is that we talk about a combat plane that, being “made in USA”, is actually built under A multinational program. Yes, the F-35 Lightning II is actually the most international combat program in history, with more than 1,900 suppliers spread over a dozen countries. Conceived since its origin as a multirrol plane for the three branches of the country’s armed forces and for strategic allies, established association levels: The United Kingdom as the only partner of Level 1, Italy and Netherlands at level 2, and Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway at level 3, to which Japan and Israel are added through special agreements. Most devices are assembled in Fort Worth (Texas), but there are assembly and verification centers in Cameri (Italy) and Nagoya (Japan), with production lines adapted to regional demand. The European contribution. The United Kingdom is the Major foreign taxpayerresponsible for about 15% of each plane and 10% of development costs. Companies such as Rolls-Royce (manufacturer of the F-35B lifting system) and Martin-Baker (ejectable seat supplier) complement the decisive participation of Bae Systemswhich produces rear fuselages, queues, electronic warfare systems, antennas and much of the mission software. Italy, through from Leonardonot only manufactures optical components, radios and motor parts, but also hosts the only European final assembly line. The Netherlands, With GKN FokkerThey produce flaperones, braking systems, electrical wiring and manage spare parts for more than 500 European fighters. The rest. Australia manufactures Vertical lines, actuating systems and more than 700 components in the state of Victoria, with more than 70 local companies involved. Norway provides air-air pylons and vertical edges, while Finland supplies front fuselage sections. Japan assembles its own F-35a in Nagoya and produces some pieces domestically, although it is not clear how many are exported. Israel, unique case, not only manufactures components valued at more than 2,000 million dollars (such as external wings, fuel deposits and electronic warfare systems), but also The F-35i Adir operatesthe only authorized version to be deeply modified, with plains, weapons and its own communications. Contractors in the USA. In the United States, Lockheed Martin coordinates and assembles airplanes, but the bulk of the content comes of associated giants. Northrop Grumman produces central fuselage, AN/APG-81 radar and communications systems, with a participation between 20 and 25% per device. RTX, through Pratt & Whitney, supplies the F135 engines, while Raytheon provides armament and advanced sensors. Other actors such as Honeywell, L3harris or Curtiss-Wright have key papers in specific systems. The great absent is Boeing, whose X-32 lost the contest in front of Lockheed X-35; Today its role is limited to minor work as a subcontractor, while concentrating its efforts in the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the F-15Ex and its F/A-XX future. Between symbolism and fragility. Back to the case in Japan, that two fifth generation fighters have been out of service during the same cruise does not constitute an operational disaster, but it does feed the Vulnerability perception in a program already controversial for their cost overruns, … Read more

How to see them on Google Maps, other maps and pages to have all updated information.

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Let’s tell you How can you follow the state of fires With all the information, and also seeing them on the map. In this way, if you have a fire near your location or if you just want to stay informed or informed, you will have the best ways to do it. We are going to start telling you how to follow the evolution of these events with some fire mapswith which you can see in real time its progress and current state. Then, we will tell you some additional sources with which to know all the information. Look at the fires on Google Maps You can look at active fires and information on them on Google Maps. To do so, on the main screen click on the layer button or mapswhich appears with the icon of two squares or overlapping pages. This will open a screen where you can choose between several types of maps to visualize. On this screen, click on the map of Forest fires that will appear with the icon of a flame. This will take you to a maps screen where all active maps will appear in red. You can click on the icon of any of the firesand a page will open with all the information, where you can see the size of the fire in red, and you have links to access the news or to inform that there is a road cut in the area. NASA Fire Map Another tool you have available is NASA’s fire map. To see it enters the web WorldView.earthdata.nasa.govwhere on the left you can activate the filter so that fires from around the world are displayed. This map can be confusing, but Below you can choose a date concrete, and then the fire map of that specific day will be shown worldwide, being able to navigate and zoom in specific areas. Here, what you should know is that The map is not updated in real timebut take a world capture every day, so that you can sail for evolution, and even create animations with this evolution of fires in an area. Other pages to have the information Now, let’s tell you other pages where you can get Updated information about fires that is in Spain. Thus, you can follow the last hour of the evolution of those that interest you most, or everyone in general. Copernicus system: Copernicus is the European Forest Fire Information System, and you have a map where you can activate the visualization of all active fires in Europe. This visualization is in the left column. Link: forest-fire.emerncy.copernicus.eu/apps/effis_current_situation/index.html Online newspapers: Almost all newspapers in Spain have launched in their online versions pages dedicated to the last hour of all fires in general in Spain this summer. You can see those of, for example, The newspaper, Zero wave either The country among many others. Civio Fire Map: This page collects the information of all the fires that has been, and the sample on a map so you can get the idea of the total area that the fires have been covering in Spain since there is data. Each point is a fire, and when passing the mouse on it it gives you all the information about it. Link: Civio.es/medio-ambiente/mapa-de-incendios-forestry. Official statistics: You also have the Historical Statistics page of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. In it, you can see all kinds of fire statistics since there are data, at the end of the 60s. Link: miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversity/temas/incendios-forestales/estadisticas-datos.html. In Xataka | The culprit of fires in Spain is found months ago: the lack of firefighters working in winter

Australia has analyzed teleworking since before pandemic. His conclusions disassemble the reasons for the return to the office

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Although teleworking is no longer the preferred option by companies, or at least not their full -time variant, remote work continues to maintain much higher values that those who registered before pandemic. That shows that, in a way, teleworking does arrive to stay in Very specific contexts. Australia has been observing the real impact of teleworking for four years and consolidated data contradict old prejudices. “Working from home makes us happier,” The authors assure of a study by the University of Southern Australia, ciming a new more flexible and productive labor model. Time flexibility: the new office fruit. The Australian study is especially revealing because it began before the pandemic and the rise of teleworking and has been extended for four years, which leaves a much more defined photo of how remote work has impacted on the way of working and its consequences. According to the study, the possibility of choosing from where to work has allowed to improve both the mental and physical health of workers, although there is still a certain friction from corporate culture. According to A report of the International Labor Organization (OTI), the flexibility provided by teleworking is already equal to The emotional salary with which companies try to capture and retain the best employees, replacing other benefits. Most satisfied employees with their work. The data collected by the study reveal that before the pandemic, the Australian worker used about 4.5 hours per week only in displacements to the office. That time optimization It makes those who work from home enjoy “ten extra days of free time a year against those who go to the office”, dedicating 33% of that time to leisure, which implies “more opportunities to be physically active and less sedentary.” A factor that also highlighted the Academic Study which was carried out in Spain from the Lacaixa Foundation. According to the authors, these data “usually go hand in hand with worse mental health and with lower scores in the assessment of our own health.” Thanks to teleworking, employees have gained “hours of rest to sleep and, for example, breakfast more peacefully”, which helps reduce levels of template stress. In turn, this recovered time also has a reflection in healthier habits, such as home preparation or the increase in the consumption of fruits, vegetables and dairy. The result has been a more varied and healthy diet, with less dependence on ultraprocessed foods that require less preparation time. Positive whenever it is by choice. If something has shown us the experience of “forced” teleworking during the confinements of 2020 is that the teleworking It is not for everyone. Since this study allows to contrast the situation of employees before and after the massive arrival of teleworking, it also reveals how it affects that change of work model in workers The researchers found that the well -being and mental health They improved especially when teleworking was voluntarily chosen, while “when employees work from home for obligation, mental health and well -being tend to get worse.” Productivity in evidence. One of the main arguments of companies for the return to the office has been the alleged fall in productivity that was associated with teleworking. In this sense, researchers blame the problem more to an inability to assign tasks and New model management not in a direct casuistry of teleworking. “In many cases, managers who claim that teleworking reduces productivity responds more to a lack of management than a real performance problem,” says researchers in their conclusions. The conclusion after four years of monitoring is unequivocal: work performance and productivity seem to stay stable or, in most cases, improve when working from home. These results coincide With other research that They disconnect the decrease in productivity of the company with the teleworking. The distance does affect the cohesion of the equipment. Great corporations like Amazon wielded The argument of the cohesion of the equipment To impose The return to the office. In that sense, the study prepared by Australian researchers recognizes that “the connection with the classmates is difficult to reproduce at a distance,” admit those responsible for the study, and alert about the risk of loss of cohesion in the work teams. But, as has been demonstrated with some strategies back to the office, the problem can be mitigated by facilitating efficient communication channels. A Recent study Posted in the magazine Naturerevealed that this Team cohesion problem It currently persists with the hybrid day model, provided that consistent communication patterns are not established. In Xataka | A Barcelona company wanted to try the four -day week. He ended up firebaging an employee for having two jobs Image | Unspash (Rodeo Project Management Software)

It is not that the war has entered its Mad Max phase, is that Ukraine is using the trucks we saw in the movie

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In the month of June some began to arrive disturbing images From the war in Ukraine. We had previously seen how First and second World War were recognized in Some practicesbut the last was radical: waves offensive of Russian troops on two wheels, in motorcycles as a main tool to move towards the Ukrainian lines, in an attempt to avoid the destruction of their armored Modern to the power of drones. To that phase He has followed another almost traced to Miller’s movie. An improvised armor. Yes, the war in Ukraine has turned the battlefields into stages that remind of Mad Max universewith military vehicles covered by improvised shields seeking to resist the scourge of explosive drones. A recent image Taken in Kostiantynyaivka, north of Donetsk, showed a Humvee American used by Ukraine surrounded by a huge metal cage with networks and sticks protruding from its structure, an extreme example of solutions of fortune That both Russians and Ukrainians develop to try to protect themselves from an increasingly lethal enemy: the small drones that, with costs of just a few hundred dollars, are capable of destroying armor of millions. Origin and evolution. These protective screens, popularly known as “Cope Cages”began to be seen months ago, when the proliferation of drones transformed the land war. Initially they were installed only in combat cars and armored vehicles, but soon They spread to a wide range of systems. Your designs They vary greatly: Some structures are crude and heavy, others are better planned, incorporating metal cages, steel plates, chains, skewers, camouflage networks and even reactive armor to reinforce the most vulnerable areas. In the Russian case, some tanks have become completely coveredwhat has earned them the nickname “Tortuga tanks” for its resemblance to the shell of these animals. Industrial adaptation What began as improvisation of the soldiers themselves has evolved towards a more organized production. In fact, the Russian army already distributes official instructions for the construction of these cages, while in Ukraine several companies have developed versions adapted to different models, since T-64 and T-72 tanks of Soviet origin to the Abrams and Bradley supplied by the United States, even through Patriot antiacere systems. Despite this, the real effectiveness of these devices is the object of debate. The reason? Although they can offer some protection against FPV drones and some anti -tank weapons, Its weight and volume They usually hinder mobility and vehicle operations. The omnipresent drone. It We have counted many times. He drone boom low cost, used massively by both sides, has consolidated its role as asymmetric factor Decisive: They are able to neutralize high -value vehicles or eliminate entire crews with a minimum investment. The proliferation of this type of weapons has forced the last resort defenses as These “Cope Cages”but it has also promoted the development of more sophisticated technological measures. Electronic countermeasures. Both Ukraine and Russia resort to extensively to The electronic warblocking communications between operators and drones or interfering with your systems GPS navigation. In response to this, new generations of drones resistant to these techniques have emerged, such as connection models by optical fiberthat maintain a direct physical link with the operator and leave behind cable kilometers in the field. Outside, drones endowed of artificial intelligence They begin to be used more frequently, capable of completing their missions even if the connection is interrupted. Race between attack and defense. If you also want, the image of vehicles covered by improvised cages is the visible materialization of the New war dynamics In Ukraine: a constant career between the offensive capacity of cheap drones and the defensive creativity of soldiers and engineers. Although, as we said, some of these shields offer limited protection, their expansion reflects the urgency with which both armies try to adapt to an environment where the main threat does not always come from a long -range missile, but from a small artisanal drone that, thrown by an operator kilometers away, can decide the fate of a combat car that costs a fortune. Image | Special Kherson Cat, Heute, X, Аinform In Xataka | Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. Now they know what the key to their power is: nvidia In Xataka | Ukraine has hunted an “invisible” drone of Russia. The surprise has been capitalized when opening it: it is “made in USA”

From basic models to artificial intelligence functions

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On many occasions it is difficult to follow the rhythm that the teacher has to take notes in class, so voice recorders They can serve as support methods. But … which one to buy? In this article we will review several models, from the most basic to others with artificial intelligence functions. It is worth mentioning that, when using a voice recorder, You always have to ask for permission from the teacher To avoid any problem with the Data Protection Law, regardless of being recorded audio or audio and video. And, eye, even if the purpose is to serve as a support method for the study. Mini soxoi recorder by 43.99 eurosa compact recorder with noise reduction and up to 90 hours of autonomy. Nekside by 43.99 eurosanother very small recorder that allows to store up to 1,600 hours of audio. Dittybuy CR1 by 79.99 eurosa model that is capable of automatically summarizing thanks to Chatgpt. Sony ICD-UX570B by 115.69 eurosa recorder that has many assessments on Amazon thanks to its audio quality. Plaud Note by 169.90 eurosanother recorder with AI that has a transcription function. Mini soxoi recorder One of the most basic recorders of this list is the Soxoi, whose price at Amazon is from 43.99 euros. It is a very compact format model that offers a Autonomy of up to 90 hours of use and comes with 64 GB of internal storage. It includes a magnet in the back, can be activated by voice and comes with noise reduction. * Some price may have changed from the last review Nekside Following the basic recorders, Neeside is also another model that first stands out for its ultracompact format. Its price is 43.99 eurosaccording to the brand Its autonomy is up to two daysis capable of recording up to 1,600 hours of audio and has an integrated small carabiner to facilitate its transport, although it also comes with a ring with string to hang it to a backpack, bag or belt. * Some price may have changed from the last review Dittybuy CR1 For the price of 79.99 eurosthe recorder Dittybuy CR1 It is interesting because it has some artificial intelligence functions through Chatgpt 4. Supports 102 languages, You can automatically summarizeIt is also able to translate and have noise cancellation. On the other hand, its autonomy, according to the brand, is up to 1,000 hours and can be connected to a smartphone. Of course, as usual in this type of recorders, the brand offers 1,800 minutes free. To continue using it, it is necessary to subscribe to your service. * Some price may have changed from the last review Sony ICD-UX570B Although it does not have artificial intelligence functions, the Sony ICD-UX570B It is a recorder that has a good assortment of valuations at Amazon. By 115.69 eurosWe talk about a model that, as mentioned by the stores of the store, stands out mainly for their audio quality. It comes with several ways to adjust the sensitivity of the microphone, incorporates an SD card reader and comes with an OLED screen. * Some price may have changed from the last review Plaud Note Finally, one of the most interesting voice recorders is the Plaud Note. Its price is 169.90 euros And between what we offer we find a very thin format, artificial intelligence functions based on GPT-4.1, Claude 4.0, Gemini 2.5 Pro and O3-mini. It is able to transcribe, translate into 112 languages, summarize and edit text from the mobile. Its autonomy is 30 hours of recording and has 64 GB of internal storage. In the same way that the case at the Dittybuy recorder, in this case the brand offers 300 free audio recording minutes. To use it without this limit, you have to subscribe to your service. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Soxoi, Nekside, Dittybuy, Sony, Plaud In Xataka | Best laptops in quality price. Which to buy depending on the use and eight recommended models In Xataka | The definitive guide to record videos as a real professional (iOS + Android)

block everything to protect the football business

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It seemed inevitable, and so it has been: football has returned, and with it, LaLiga IPS blocks in Spain. On Friday, the 2025/26 season began, and since then numerous users have been able to verify how those indiscriminate and massive blockages of IPS have also started. The nightmare does not seem to have a solution in sight. The League returns, the blockages return. The beginning of the season last Friday led the beginning of the IPS mass blocks. The first game, held on Friday at 7:00 p.m. It will start To show the message “HTTP 451 – File unavailable for legal resons” on various websites. Blockages, as they point out In Bandanchathey have continued producing throughout the weekend, but in fact they have intensified. Blackhole: We don’t even know what happens. Normally when the operators followed LaLiga’s “orders” when blocking IPS offered some type of message like that to inform users that a certain IP or website was not accessible. This weekend we have seen how Movistar went to the “Blackhole” type blocking in which traffic to that IP address is discarded without more, as if it fell into a “black hole.” There is no error message and the browser or apps are waiting until the “Timeout“And the waiting time is exhausted to respond to the request. The impression for the user is that this server simply does not exist. What operators have blocked. As indicated by various users affected in X, the blockages seem to have expanded: Movistar continues to perform them, but also both Masorange and Vodafone seem to have begun to block strictly. In Vodafone, they point out in Bandancha, a message is now showing that “for reasons outside Vodafone this website is not available.” Complaints everywhere. Several users HE They complained precisely from Those blockages of This operatoras happened in other cases in other competitors. Digi also seems have applied these blockages. After a critic of a user, the operator responded in X Explaining that these blockages are not “a decision of ours, but in compliance with a sentence in favor of LaLiga.” Others that until now did not seem to have applied these blockages, such as lowi, also seem to have initiated this type of actions According to affected users. Just for sinners. As it was happening since March, the impact of the blockages is difficult to measure, but There are many Users With business and legitimate websites on the Internet that have been affected by All sides. The attacks focus especially on CDN platforms how to see or cloudflarewhich make use of shared IPS: when operators block one of those IPS, they not only block the IPTV service that is pursued with that concrete IP, but hundreds and even thousands of websites that share that same IP address. LaLiga FUD. In recent days LaLiga had paid to publish editorial articles In several general media in addition to promoting The video “You have pirate football. They have you.” In these contents the objective was the same: to disseminate the message that those who use IPTV services of illegal streaming end up being potential victims of malware. To these statements were added others that pointed out that these types of activities could also serve to finance drug trafficking. The biter bit. At no time are evidence of this cause-effect relationship, and we are facing a clear chaos of the commercial strategy known as FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, in Spanish fear, uncertainty and doubt) that disseminates negative, vague or bewoman information in order to harm a competitor. The truth is that anything has never been demonstrated in that regard, but LaLiga was fined a few months ago with a million euros by Collect biometric data Of the spectators without permission. The case is in the Constitutional. Both rootedcon and cloudflare have started various legal actions separately to try to stop the blockages, but for now those attempts They have not paid fruit. At this time these cases have been presented before the Constitutional Courtbut it is not expected that in the short term a resolution will occur. The blockages are going to be a nightmare, but they can dodge. The beginning of the season has therefore demonstrated what we all feared: that LaLiga will maintain (or intensify) those indiscriminate blocks of IPS. This first day has caused Fridays, Saturday, and Sunday, but there will also be left today and tomorrow, which means that predictably There will be more blockages these days. There is a way to avoid them: Use a VPN that allows us to have normal Internet access. In Xataka | “Every time there is football, the website falls”: the collateral effects of LaLiga blockages in thousands of users

The divorce of China and Nvidia is a fact. The Xi Jinping government no longer recommends Chinese chips: it demands them

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China is touring a path that has no going back. US sanctions and their allies prevent Chinese companies and public institutions that are dedicated to the development of models of artificial intelligence (AI) access the most advanced GPUs that design NVIDIA, AMD or brains, among other Western alignment companies. And in these circumstances the government led by Xi Jinping only has one option: minimize China’s dependence of technologies from abroad. In early October 2024 The administration arrived To the companies of Chinese a recommendation in which it asked them to use chips produced in China as much as possible. Ten months later, According to SCMPthis recommendation has become a demand. And it is that the Chinese government is already forcing data centers that belong to the State throughout the country to use at least 50% of Chinese integrated circuits on its servers. This scenario clearly favors a company: Huawei. Huawei has a unique opportunity, but also a monumental challenge Huawei invests more than $ 25,000 million annually in The development of your hardware for AIso presumably it will not take long to match the benefits of the GPUs produced by NVIDIA or AMD. 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 it will leave The H20 GPU of Nvidia. 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). Nevertheless, Huawei faces a huge challenge that probably in the short term it will prevent you from satisfying the demand for chips for Ia from the Chinese market. In the middle of last June Jeffrey Kessler, the Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce, He made this statement In Congress: “Our evaluation indicates that the production capacity of Huawei Ascend “Our evaluation indicates that the production capacity of Huawei Ascend by 2025 will be 200,000 units or less, and we foresee that the majority or all of that production will be delivered to companies within China.” This prediction about the production capacity of avant -garde chips for Huawei is sustained on an irrefutable fact: the mate of the integration technologies used by the Chinese manufacturer of SMIC semiconductors to produce the Huawei GPUs has a very wide margin of improvement. SMIC already has the ability to manufacture 6 Nm integrated circuits, and soon it can also produce 5 Nm semiconductors, but is limited by the performance of the deep ultraviolet lithography equipment (UVP) you have in your possession. It is meritorious that SMIC and HUAWEI engineers have managed to refine their integrated circuit manufacturing processes what is necessary to produce 5, 6 and 7 nm chips With ASML UVP teams, but a priori it is very unlikely that with these machines they will be able to go beyond the 3 Nm. And it is because the technique of Multiple patterningwhich is what they are using, imposes important limitations. A note: This strategy in broad strokes consists in transferring the pattern to the wafer in several passes with the purpose of increasing the resolution of the lithographic process. His problem is that he usually has an upward impact on the cost of chips and the decline in production capacity. For Huawei it is a big problem not to have the necessary technology to produce avant -garde semiconductors comparable to those who manufacture Intel, TSMC or Samsung, so it is working on the development of its own team of extreme ultraviolet photolithography (UVE). 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

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