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trains lasted a century

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Amazon has promised to invest 100,000 million dollars in AI data centers in 2025. Microsoft, 80,000. Google, 75,000. Goal, 65,000. The figures are absolutely dizzy, and are only part of the global investment that many other companies are carrying out in this area. The situation begins to be comparable to what occurred more than 140 years ago, when another investment fever conquered the United States. In that case it was the railroad. But there are crucial differences between one and the other. We are spending as if there were no tomorrow. Investor Paul Kedrosky did That interesting comparison Between spending on AI data centers and the one that was done on railroads more than a century ago. According to him, Capex’s figures (capital vessel, capital expenditure) for the United States in 2025 in the AI scope are absolutely fired and could represent according to their data between 1.2% and 2% of the Gross Domestic Product of the US. What is that? A lot. Lot. Source: Paul Kedrosky. More investment than with the Puntocom. The situation seems to overcome even the one that was lived with the investment in telecommunications companies both during the Puntocom bubble and during the era of the 5G networks, in which there was also a shotx fired. According to Kedrosky, the percentage of the US GDP on that occasion was 1%, but the capex for AI already round data centers (as little) 1.2%. A WSJ chart recently showed the situation: Capital spending (capex) quarterly of the Big Tech does not stop growing. And everything is for AI. Source: WSJ. Only the railroad attracted more investment. There has only been a situation that exceeds the current one. It occurred in the 1870-1880 decade, with the railway fever that made CAPEX shoot up to 6% of the US GDP at that time. The investment in AI data centers is still somewhat far from that figure, but it is still amazing, and above all, it does not seem to go less. Comparison between the capex dedicated to telecommunications and the one that is now being dedicated to data centers and IA. And 2025 will go further. Source: Paul Kedrosky. Money everywhere. As this analyst explains, the CAPEX set is not based only on the capex of the large technology companies that we mentioned at the beginning of this article. In addition to these gigantic investments there is a growing debt issuance to support these investments, private capital and new “Special investment vehicles“(SPVS) that are created precisely to support these massive capital flows. Even Xi Jinping is scared. The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has warned of the danger of excessive investment in data centers. In your country there are More than 250 data centers Under construction, and last week he warned of the risk of betting without brake on AI and electric vehicles: “With regard to projects, there are some important aspects: artificial intelligence, computer power and new energy vehicles. Should all provinces in the country develop industries in these directions?” Do not invest in other things. That extraordinary investment in AI data centers – or talent, tell them to the finish line– It is making any other segment much more difficult to capture money to continue developing. According to Kedrosky, the situation is analogous to which it was lived with fever for telecommunications and investments in other types of infrastructure, something whose effects continue to place. Bubble danger. Faced with this unbalanced obsession with Big Tech to create more and more data centers there is a reality: AI, although useful for certain scenarios, still does not prove to be really revolutionary. Openai’s commitment, Google, Microsoft or goal is absolute, but it is almost more for the fear of getting too late to the market than by the fact that this market makes sense in itself. All this has made it talk for a long time AI bubblethat It could be comparable (or more worrying) than the bubble of the Puntocom. Better spend now than regret it later. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, He already reflected About the situation with a clear message: “It is very likely that many companies are oversizing (their investments in AI). But, on the other hand, I think that all the companies that are investing are making a rational decision, because the disadvantage of being left behind is that you could stay out with the most important technology of the next 10 to 15 years.” They are still spending little. While many think that companies are spending too much money on AI, some analysts think they are spending little. Jim Cramer, from CNBC, affirmed That “these companies are not spending more in AI, they are missing. Maybe they are not investing bad. The expert Noah Smith Analyze in your Newsletter Noahpinion The situation and remember important details: The telecos boom in the 90s and that overinversion led to the bubble of the Puntocom The railway boom led another gigantic crisis in 1873. In both cases, companies created too much infrastructure and bet more. The expectations were exaggerated, and the companies could not meet the loans they had asked. But be careful: in both cases something more important happened. Those who invested extraordinarily did not invest badly, but invested too soon. The railroads were disruptive, as were the telecommunications. There are those who defend that in fact Bubbles are good For innovation. But it is not the Railroad (for the moment). Kedrosky concludes with a comparison that serves as a warning: what is being built with these AI data centers are not railroads: The train tracks have lasted more than a century and their cost-benefit ratio It has not been reduced just after the passing of the decades (although there has been investment to renew them) Data centers are short -term facilities, and the expensive GPUS on which they are based have a much shorter life cycle. Your cost-benefit relationship is much more debatable Inflating the economy. This analyst has one more revealing data: without that … Read more

It is sold for the same thing that cost to create it

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Naver, the company that owns the Messenger Line APP, has bought 100% wallapop for 600 million euros. It is the same amount that investors have contributed during their twelve years of history. Why is it important. This operation reveals a unique paradox in the Spanish ecosystem: a startup is sold at the best operational moment in its history but in its worst market assessment in a long time. And return exactly the money invested without generating added return for its financial founders. The facts. The Shareholders Board approved last Friday the sale to the South Korean multinational Naverfor 600 million euros. The figure is a 206 million discount compared to the February 2024 assessment, when It was tasted at 806 million. During his twelve years of life, Wallapop had raised approximately 600 million in seven rounds of financing. The startup is literally sold, so it cost to build. The panoramic. Wallapop was going through his best moment from the business perspective: Income of 90 million in 2023, a 25%growth. Reduced losses to 30 million, compared to 50 million 2022. 19 million active users. Consolidated presence in Spain, Italy and Portugal. However, the market context has played against him. The inflated assessments of 2023-2024 have been corrected abruptly, and Wallapop has not been an exception. Between bambalins. Naver, who already controlled 30% of the capital since 2021, has taken advantage of its internal shareholder position to force a purchase at the opportunity price. The South Korean multinational used the clauses of Drag Along to drag even dissident partners. The US Fund 14W, with 18% of the capital, He opposed the operation frontally. Your leader, Alex Zubillagacame to threaten legal actions and presented a 450 million counterofferte in March. The irony: protested by an assessment 150 million higher than yours. In figures. The numbers of this operation are a reflection of the complexity of the moment: 600 million: Sale and total capital price historically. 206 million: Discount regarding the last round. 1.5x: Approximate return for the most veteran funds such as Accel and Insight. 0x: added return for the set of investors. Yes, but. He Ico, who entered the last round With 20 million (3% of the capital), it will not lose money. He negotiated a preferential liquidation clause that guarantees the full return of his investment, a armor that other funds do not have. Turning point. The operation marks a before and after in the Spanish ecosystem. It shows that reaching valuations that touch the unicorn does not guarantee returns for investors, especially when the Timing At the entrance it is not the luckiest. Naver takes one of the most promising Spanish startups just when she began to demonstrate her real potential. For investors, twelve years of patience are caught with a technical draw: they recover the invested, but without the expected profitability in a high -risk bet. Deepen. The Startup, founded in 2013 by Agustín Gómez, Miguel Vicente and Gerard Olivé, now becomes part of the Naver Technological Empire, which includes the leading search engine in South Korea and the aforementioned Line Messenger application. Rob Cassedy continues as CEO with a template of 300 employees. In Xataka | I am a seller with five stars in Wallapop. Thus surviving in this second -hand jungle Outstanding image |

The strangest phenomenon of every summer is also an industry of 500 million euros: the “Mermaiding”

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The fever for ‘La Sernita’ that you lived in your childhood is nothing compared to the movement known as Mermaiding: a swimming style inspired by sirens and tritones and that is already trend, and it could almost be said that Lifestyle. Conventions, courses, exhibitions … There are people who live very happy without the lower extremities to replace them with a fish tail, even temporarily. And they have very convincing reasons. To move the tail. He Mermaiding It consists of swimming using a siren or triton tail, usually manufactured in silicone or synthetic fibers (and that can cost $ 5,000 in the most sophisticated cases), simulating the undulating movements characteristic of these creatures. It can be done in swimming pools or open waters, and its practice combines Swimming, apnea and some synchronized. In the last decade, the Mermaiding It has become In official sports Since 2019 in countries such as China and the United States, but we talk about it every summer for its quirky visual characteristics, which obviously include a fish tail. Mermaiding: A typology. There is Many variants and forms of practicing diminishing. Perhaps the most popular is the one oriented to the entertainment of profane in Sirenism. It provides the possibility of swimming experience with a siren or triton tail, and there are academies that are responsible for organizing Events to learn to do it. On the other side of the spectrum is the Mermaiding Deportivo: To officially practice it, specific courses are required with certifications such as SSI Mermaid either Padi Mermaidin which techniques such as the kick of dolphin, undulation and aquatic coordination are perfected. In a middle ground between them there is a variant of Mermaiding For shows, aquatic and thematic parks, hotels, as well as participations in spots, video clips and varied performances. It’s a use of Mermaiding More artistic and not oriented to competition. Mermaiding No: Sirenism. In Spain, mass conventions of sirens such as the Mermagic with that takes place every year in the United States, but for example, the Sirenas Mediterranean Academy It has been standing since 2014, giving courses and organizing private parties with sirens included. And there are organizations like Sirénida, a Professional Sirens and Triton Catalog Contractable for shows of all kinds. At the moment it is becoming, cursillo and of Cuqui Experiencein a more leisure option. Professional sirens. The Netflix documentary of 2023 ‘Sirena people’ details what the day -to -day life of these Sirenism professionals is. Because yes, it is not a handful of eccentric with silicone tail: in the United States it is a business with abundant ramifications in the entertainment world, with interventions in aquariums, musicals underwater and a long etcetera. The documentary shows parts of the job of mermaid as little glamorous as castings to work as a siren in a show, and you can see that it is completely legalized and normalized. According to the program, the Sireno world already moves 500 million dollars in the United States. Not so secret origins. From professional mermaid associations They certify that they have experienced an explosion of interest and an increase in applications in recent times, which link to the premiere of the Netflix documentary series. In it you can see those who were sirens in the park of Sirens Weeki Wachee, a theme park created by a royal sailor, Newton Perry, in 1947. In it there was a tiny scenario and a spring where the sirens made a show: the venerable precedents of the current sirens in aquariums and thematic shows. Illustrious predecessors for a business that comes out again. Header | Photo of Michael Hystead in Unspash In Xataka | 24 board games and agile and fun hobbies to play in summer anywhere

The world’s largest passenger plane does not stop breaking

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Airbus has to the, for the moment, the largest passenger plane in the world: the Airbus A380. This bug is able to transport in its entrails up to a maximum of 853 passengers (in very specific conditions). In fact, only the Antonov AN-225 He shadowed him, but he was neither produced in series nor currently exists, since It was destroyed during the Ukraine War. The A380 is, in short, a huge and very important passenger plane for certain airlines, but has a problem: it does not stop breaking. A complex machine. That is what a plane is, and more if we talk about one like this. So that Let’s get an idea Of its complexity, the Airbus A380 is made of four million individual components manufactured by 1,500 companies distributed throughout 30 countries. Inside the fuselage there are inserted 19,000 screws that join each of the three main parts, in addition to the 4,000 screws used to join both wings. It has 220 windows, 16 doors and only exterior paint weighs 531 kilos, there is nothing. Airbus A380 of Air France | Image: Maarten Visser with license CC by-SA 2.0 The problem. That does not stop breaking. According to slide from Bloombergsince 2020 (the plane flew for the first time in 2005), the European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued 95 aircraft directives for the Airbus A380, twice as many as received by Boeing homologues: the 787, 777 and 747. Among the problems mentioned are the breakage of the axis of the landing gear, cracked joint Evacuation ramps. Some of these problems come from time to time These aircraft passed on land during the pandemic. These directives are, in a nutshell, corrections, inspections or modifications that must be carried out in an aircraft or a component to solve potential security problems. Its fulfillment is mandatory and not only can not only put the safety of passengers at risk, but to assume sanctions or the disqualification of the plane. Lufthansa’s first Airbus A380 | Image: WO St 01 With license CC By-SA 3.0 Keep it or … keep it. The Airbus A380 is 20 years old. As a general rule, airplanes usually withdraw Once between 25 and 30 years old. What does that mean? That the Airbus A380 is too young to remove it and too old to keep it at the same time. The underlying problem is that there is no alternative: The Airbus A380 ceased to occur in 2021so airlines that need a large capacity for long journeys should look for an alternative. Airbus It is not capable To produce the A350s, the largest aircraft of the Airbus catalog after the A380, with enough quickly to meet the demand. The supply chain, in particular everything related to cabins and engines, still having pandemic problems. He Boeing 777xBoeing’s proposal has not stopped having problems. The plane was going to be delivered to customers in 2020, but it has been delayed so much that the first deliveries are not expected until at least 2026. Image | KRZYSZTOF KACZALA WITH CC BY-SA 3.0 License A bottomless well. Airlines therefore have some airplanes whose maintenance will go to more. Reviewing these aircraft not only consumes an absurd amount of time (60,000 hours distributed among all workers, according to Bloomberg), but a lot of space in facilities that are not precisely abundant. That a plane like this failure is a high expense: not only have to be repaired, but to delay flights, relocate passengers, etc. All sum. Be that as it may, Airbus intends to continue operating and offering support: “Airbus undertakes to provide full technical assistance to customers to ensure that they can optimize operations with their A380 fleets, and this will continue while the plane remains in service,” they say from the company. The largest fleet. Emirates is, by far, the airline that has the most Airbus A380: 116 aircraft of which 21 are on land. The operator intends to continue using them at least until the end of the next decade (the investment has been high and few planes move so many passengers at once). Singapore Airlines and British Airways are followed from afar with 12 units each. Other operators, such as Qantas, Lufthansa and Qatar Airways also have some units, but intend to replace them with A350 at the beginning of the next decade. Cover image | N509FZ licensed CC by-SA 4.0 In Xataka | Europe has a message for tourists who are going to fly: prepare for a summer of delays and historical cancellations

ESA prepares for a hypersonic leap. Invictus is his letter to compete with China and the USA on extreme flights

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Just a couple of decades ago, take off from a conventional track and fly five times faster than sound seemed reserved for science fiction. Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) He wants to pave that path with Invictusa Experimental hypersonic platform that could transform the way the old continent accesses space. Invictus is not a missile neither a military plane nor a vertical pitcher. It is an aircraft concept conceived to fly to Mach 5, take off horizontally and return intact to be reused. Its modular structure – you must exchange materials, motors and software – will allow to test very different configurations throughout several campaigns. We are talking about a program funded through instruments such as General support technology program (GSTP) and the Element of Technological Development (Tde) of ESA. The key is to provide Europe with its own technological base on a land dominated by the United States and China. The great enemy is not speed: it is the scoring temperature Reaching Mach 5 does not depend only on engine power. The great obstacle is thermal: friction on the fuselage raises the external temperature to Extreme levels and converts incoming oxygen into a gas that cannot be compressed or used directly. In this sense, Invictus will integrate an engine Early Hydrogen fed, whose thermal exchanger will be able to cool air at more than 1,000 ° C in dozens of milliseconds. “It will provide an invaluable opportunity to test the entire motor flow route, from air intake to the postquemor, at a real scale in an integrated aircraft,” David Perigo, chief engineer of ESA said. Technology does not start from zero. Reaction Engines developed KNOWan atmospheric-aorbital hybrid engine supported in its day by ESA. After the entry in company administration in 2024, part of its team and intellectual property went to Frazer-NASH, which now moves that know-how To Invictus. What were previously laboratory tests will be integrated for the first time into a complete and reusable aircraft, a key step towards European space aircraft. The strategic background is clear: if Invictus demonstrates its viability, Europe could move towards orbital planes capable of carrying out civil and military missions with a difficult rapid and flexibility to match conventional vertical rockets. The Consortium —frazer-NASH in front, together with Spirit Aerosystems and Cranfield University-has 12 months and 7 million euros of initial financing to deliver the complete preliminary design of the vehicle, indispensable step before programming the testing campaigns in flight. The internal calendar points to a first demonstration flight around 2031. While the United States and China compete to dominate hypersonic flight, Europe does not want to stay in the barrier. With Invictus, that spears a clear message: the continent intends to design the future access to space in its own terms. Images | THAT | Frazer-Nash In Xataka | Jeff Bezos’s space company has advanced Spacex in a key milestone to go to the moon and Mars: zero evaporation

There are less and less marriages. The good news is that they last much more than before

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We got married lessWe married laterBut … do we get married worse? Are our more weak marriages? Do we divorce more today than at the time of our parents or grandparents? There is studies that ensure that more than 50% of the couples who give the ‘yes I want’ in Spain end up separating, but New research American has just delved into that data with a curious revelation: today it is much more rare than a newly married couple to separate after ten years of conjugal life than those that joined 50 or 60 years ago. The big question is … why? Condemned to divorce? Recently he Institute for Family Studies (IFS), an American institution that is dedicated among other things to conduct studies on families and marriage, it was done An interesting question: Is the old mantra true that half of the marriages end up in court signing their divorce? It is not a minor issue. First, because at least in the US it looks like a popular mantra. Second, because that bulky percentage equals the chances of succeeding in conjugal life with those of launching a currency and that is expensive. What did you discover? For his investigation, the IFS took advantage of the data of the US Census Officeso his conclusions are basically a relay of what happens on the other side of the Atlantic. Making clear that starting point, it is not unreasonable to think that the patterns and trends that it has identified are more or less transferable to Europe. The reason? His experts discovered a very clear phenomenon: although it is true that every time We get less marriedcouples who give the ‘yes I want’ today create unions much more solid than those of a few decades, when there were many more people who formalize their relationship. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What do the figures say? That alone 18% of marriages formalized between 2010 and 2012 divorced after ten years. It is a percentage somewhat higher than that of the couples who married in the 1950s, but it is below those who gave the ‘yes I want’ in the 60, 70, 80 and 90. Ifl has not published their data in detail, but it has prepared a revealing graph that shows that the percentage of marriages of the 1970s dissolved after ten years was around 30%. Moreover, according to their data it is not correct that half of the marriages end up breaking. Taking into account its most recent records, that percentage Round 40%. And his forecast is that he descends as time passes. What does that mean? “The new marriages are more solid today than in any other decade since the 50s. Although the new marriages in the 2000 collect the report. “We have verified an increase in stability since the late 1970s. And so far the marriages formed in the 2010 maintains.” Are there more readings? After accounting the IFL discovered that the percentage of dissolved marriages after ten years of relationship varied considerably depending on when the couples had married. Among those who did in the 50s represented 14%, among those of the 60s 18%, in the case of married couples in the 70s the divorce percentage reached 30%and those of the 80s, 27%. Since then that indicator has decreased to 18%. If we talk about the risk of rupture, among the official marriages in the decade of 2000 the culminating point is five years of relationship. From that moment the risk is slowly decreasing. In the case of marriages created in the 70s the “high point of instability” occurs at age eight. What about gray divorce? The IFL points out that curiously what seems to gain relevance is the “Gray Divorce”the one that occurs between couples over 50 years after decades of relationship. It is nothing new, nor exclusive to the US. In 2022 the INE scored 80,000 divorces In Spain, of which 33% occurred between marriages that had more than two decades together. The IFL however recalls that most married people over 60 years of age went through the altar in the 70s and 80s. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What does all that mean? That the resistance of marriages seems to have evolved with society itself. The percentage of divorces was low in the 50s, increased after “the cultural transformation of the 1960s and 1970s radically changed the stability of the unions” and has been reconfigured as couples did, less and less prone to marry. “The most recent marriages have already shown greater stability, which could be due to the fact that they are more selective,” the study slides. They are valuations in the light of US data, but Spain has experienced its own drift. In our country a milestone was marked by the approval of the Divorce law In 1981. Have couples changed? Yes. And that is something that The study American also reflects clearly. If in the 1980s 80% of the people married before they turn 30, between 2000 and 2012 that percentage had declined to 64%. The trend is transferable to our country. Last year the CEU demographic observatory published A report It shows that the probability of ceasing to be single before the age of 50 has gone from representing almost 100% to move between 43 and 47%, depending on whether we talk about men or women. Do we get married later? Yeah. The analysis CEU also confirms that in the 70s between 85 and 90% of the people who married they did it before 30 years. Today that percentage does not even reach 20%. In 1976 the Spaniards who were married for the first time had average 26.7 years (24.1 if we talk about women). In 2022 the figure was already 36.8, or 34.9 in the case of brides. The report, however, reaches a different conclusion from that of the IFS on divorces: according to their accounts, 50% of the unions end up in rupture, … Read more

It is a problem for the entire PL

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Scientists who measure the position of the earth in the universe with a millimeter precision have been experiencing a growing problem in their measurements for years. The exponential increase in wireless traffic, which goes from WiFi connections to the Internet by satellite and mobile data network, is interfering with astronomical observations that allow to locate our planet in the cosmos. This is not turkey mucus, because without these measurements, everyday services such as GPS, online banking or global supply chains could collapse. Black holes measurements. For satellites to work properly, we need to know exactly where they are at every moment. This task depends on Geodesya science that establishes precise reference frameworks using astronomical objects such as anchor points. The most stable and distant we know are the Supermasive black holes located in the distant galaxies center. When stars and gas devour, they emit radiation jets that radio telescopes can detect by means of a technique called Interferometry very long base. An increasingly saturated network. Radiolescopes need specific frequencies of the Radioelectric spectrum To capture these weak signals from deep space. For decades, this “traffic” was scarce and scientists could use bands not reserved exclusively for astronomy. But the situation has changed dramatically. Six generations of mobile telephony, increasingly powerful wifi networks and thousands of satellites sending the Internet The spectrum has satiated directly to Earth. Terrestrial signals are now so intense that they prevent geodesic observatories “see” through them. Collapse. The “global geodetic supply chain“Sustains modern technological infrastructure. Without precise measurements of the earth’s position, satellite navigation systems They would lose accuracyelectrical networks could be unconpired and international trade would be compromised. Hence the importance of radio telescopes and the rest of precise measurement technologies can continue to function without problems thanks to the work of geodesists. Release more frequencies. The geodesists They claim more frequencies Dedicated to astronomy within the radio spectrum, and for this international treaties must be reviewed in world conferences. Solutions such as radio silence areas are also studied around essential telescopes and agreements with satellite operators to prevent their emissions from these instruments. An example is The people of Green Bankwhich prohibits mobile networks because there are civil and military radio. Any solution must be global, since geodetic measurements require connected telescopes from all continents. The first step, however, is to become aware of the problem. Cover image | Juan de Dios Santander Vela In Xataka | NASA ignores Harvard’s study on an alleged extraterrestrial ship: “It is an interstellar kite”

Hertz hired an AI company so that his clients felt safe by returning cars. Are more insecure than ever

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“I only have one problem, I am too perfectionist.” No, if you have thought about saying this in your next job interview, I would say you park the idea aside. And I would say that it is not the best idea if you want the work to move forward efficiently. It can be very effective but very little efficient. If you have doubts, ask Hertz. What happened? Hertz is one of the large rental cars companies. In his search to clarify the possible conflicts with customers about whether or not that scrape was before taking the car keys, the company associated with Uveye in April and since then it has been deploying verifier tunnels in the airports that analyze the state of the car. In its statementHertz pointed out that “AI -driven camera systems and Uveye automatic learning algorithms allow automated inspections in real time of the body, glass or tires.” The ultimate goal is to give “greater precision to our maintenance process, so that we can focus on our vehicles being ready when and where our customers want them.” Too much precision. And what if they have achieved precision. As soon as a few months have passed before the company has to face its first controversy. At the International Airport Hartsfield-Jackson From Atlanta, in the US, the system has already been mounted and one of the clients already knows what it is to face the scrutiny of the AI. Patrick, a client who had rented a Hertz car, found a $ 440 sanction by the company. This alleges that the customer marked the car with a scratch of 2.5 centimeters. With the contract signed by Patrick, the company defends that the driver must pay almost half of that amount for the repair of the car and, in addition, pay $ 125 for the processing and another $ 65 to administrative expenses. This reached the sum of more than 400 dollars. Nail clients. The client, they explain in The Drivehe refused to pay for the damage after seeing the images provided by the company that, through an application they advanced that, as if it were the soon payment of a fine of the DGT, he would receive a bonus of 50 euros. But Patrick’s case is not the only one. Carscoop He explains that more than one client has had problems with the artificial intelligence system that Hertz’s cars is reviewing. The problem, they say, is that the system is failing on some occasions, either ignoring friction in cars or by giving bodies that do not have any damage. There is nothing. This last medium echoes a client who has told his Reddit experience (Akkasca of user name). There he presented his case. Before leaving the car at Houston airport, Texas, she checked that everything was in order. The tunnel passed without novelty but when he already set up to the terminal, a notification came to the mobile phone that there was a body damage. Strange, he went to the car again and found that the detail shown by the AI should only be a reflection. He decided to record a video and, subsequently, present it as proof to Hertz. However, he says, the rent is washed and says that she has to talk to those responsible for the company of AI who, in turn, have dismissed the video in which nothing is seen. This is not. Chaos has also been followed by New York Post. The media indicates that among the few solutions that are there is, obviously, not to rent a Hertz car where they have implemented the tunnels with AI. The problem: at the end of the year they hope to have 100 operating tunnels distributed throughout the United States. The problem would be such if it were not for the small detail that the AI is not only being extremely careful on some occasions or making errors for the incident light in the body. As if that were not enough, there are friction that does not contemplate and, therefore, the next client runs the risk of being accused of touching a car that was already damaged. The solution should be to record a video in which the status of the car is shown before getting on it but we have already seen that in case of error Hertz’s clients are not obtaining the best response from the company. In fact, The New York Times It tells the story of a client who was sanctioned by the AI with more than $ 100 dollars despite the fact that a Hertz employee had verified that the car had been delivered correctly. Photo | Uveye In Xataka | We are less and less owners of our cars. The renting in Spain accelerates even between individuals

They serve much more than store them

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The Password managers They have become essential tools for our security, especially taking into account the amount of services to which we are signed and their ability to generate Unique passwords and difficult. However, in addition to saving passwords, their customers offer much more useful services than we think. And it is that password managers can become the command center of all our digital identity, storing from banking data to official and safe way official documents. Increasingly essential. In general, our perception usually revolves around what they serve only for what its name says: manage passwords. However, applications such as NordPass1Password, Dashlane or Bitwardenamong many others, are designed as authentic digital strengths capable of protecting any sensitive information that we need to have at hand. The problem is that many users ignore these additional functions or that we do not completely trust to centralize such critical information in a single place. Beyond passwords. Modern managers allow to store virtually any data that requires safety and fast access. From credit card numbers and bank data to passport numbers, driving licenses, access codes or relevant medical information. They can also save complete documents: wills, birth certificates, property titles or insurance policies. In addition, the advantage is that we have everything very hand. And if we are doing any management and we want to access the information, everything is there with a couple of clicks. More than comfort: planning. Unifying all our information goes beyond personal convenience. And it is that a password manager can also become a fundamental tool for family planning and succession. In case of death or disability, relatives can access all critical information from a single point, avoiding the nightmare of tracking accounts, documents and data scattered into leaves and corners of the house. In addition, many managers include emergency access functions that allow you to designate trust contacts that can access the content after a verification period. The question of security. There is a generalized fear that makes all the meaning of the world: is it really safe to concentrate such sensitive information in one place? The answer, from the technical point of view, is resounding: yes. Professional password managers use zero knowledge architectures (Zero-Knowledge), which means that only your master password can decipher the content. Not even company employees can access your data. This protection far exceeds the assurance of having dispersed information in less safe applications or, worse, stored in mobile notes or unbridled documents. Of course, as we have been mentioning, it is completely logical to have doubts about whether to store all our critical information in a single place is safe. After all, it is a computer system, and like any other, It is not perfectso there can always be a risk that this system ends up violated, either through a security gap greater than the company, or through social engineering through a third party, among other causes. First steps. Although the transition to save all our relevant information in a password manager can take some time, the benefit once invested that time is immediate. Nor do you have to do everything on the pull, you can add information as you remember, start with things you use daily: card data, access codes, travel information, documents scanned in PDF, etc. The key is to use descriptive titles and take advantage of the categories offered by these applications to maintain everything organized and easily located. What manager to choose. In addition to those offered by companies such as Google or Apple in their own devices and browsers, there is a whole range of third -party password managers. I personally prefer to have a password manager than is not linked to my Google or Apple accountsimply as additional security layer. In addition, the manager’s master password would be convenient for you to never point or keep it anywhere, but always keep it in your head. We have already mentioned some such as NordPass, 1Password, Dashlane, Bitwarden, etc. They are very safe options that offer extra flexibility and functions. Some are more expensive than others, depending on whether or not they agree with those extra functions, but the truth is that they are highly effective. In addition, if we can have the manager on several devices, such as a PC and a mobile, better than better. Cover image | Flyd In Xataka | An American military seemed like a cybercrime genius. He was given his own searches on how to desert Russia

Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

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After 18 years palmando money, Spotify premiered its age this year with its first profitable exercise in its history. That milestone has been followed by good news as its latest quarterly resultsthat tell their own story. A story that goes far beyond its 696 million users – 276 million of them, Premium. It is that of a silent but beastial metamorphosis. Spotify has ceased to be a music player to become something different. It is a time to capture time. When Daniel EK says that “people arrive at Spotify and stay in Spotify” is subtly describing its strategy: Colonize more and more sound moments of our day to day. A few years ago, Spotify’s natural competitor was Apple Music. And YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal. Today their rivals are rather Tiktok, YouTube, Netflix, Instagram, and even your own concentration. Compete for your sustained attention. It is not worth being the one who puts background music. The growth in active users – 11% – is, more than more people listening to music, more people delivering fragments of their day to the same platform: Music to go to work. A podcast while you work. Another music while playing sports. An AUDS AUDIOLIBRO. Videoclips with which to kill dead times. Spotify has been weaving A network that catches routines, not a long time. That is the strategy: assault every moment in which we consume audio. And towards that the company goes, towards being much more than a modern Gramola. It wants to be the entity to whom we delegate the decision to hear in each context of our day. The audiobooks looked like a sweetbeard, something tertiary, but The decision to compete with Audible It seems more and more important. The reason: Spotify needs content that works at dead moments that music cannot fill out at all. Long journeys by car. Hours of cleaning at home. Night walks. The audiobooks, such as podcasts, turn Spotify into a company for all occasions, into the audio netflix they promised to be. Spotify detected that there was a silent war for the moments of “partial attention”. While we drive, we cook, clean, we close. Moments when music works, but where an interesting conversation can hook you more. That is why hundreds of millions were spent in Joe Rogan and company. To occupy temporary territories that escaped their control. With the audiobooks gaining weight, Spotify has completed its transformation. It is no longer a music app. Not a music app that has podcasts. Is A total audio platform that coincidentally also reproduces songs, homogenizing everything in that damn word called “content.” They have resigned to be perfect in something to be indispensable in everything. And it is working: almost 700 million people have decided to be in a space that serves as a unique sound universe and does not dispatch towards several specialized applications. Outstanding image | @felipepelaquim In Xataka | The problem is no longer that Spotify has been filled with artists AI: is that AI is “reviving” dead musicians

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