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They are the last hope of an ecosystem on the brink of collapse

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Under the waters of the Mar Menor, a tiny army has just deployed on a pyramid of biodegradable clay bricks. There are 55,000 flat oysters —Ostrea edulis— born in a hatchery of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) and today converted into hope to filter and regenerate a system on the brink of collapse. The operation, carried out by the IEO team and the Association of Southeastern Naturalists (ANSE) with the logistical support of the WWF solar boat, It is the first experimental reef native oyster from the Mar Menor. A deep project. The project is called RemediOS-2, and it doesn’t come out of nowhere. Its first phase, RemediOS-1demonstrated in 2022 that it was possible to produce oyster seed from native specimens of the Mar Menor. In just four months, the IEO hatchery in Lo Pagán produced 60 million larvae from just 36 broodstock. Now, the second phase makes the leap to the open sea. The idea is simple, but ambitious: oysters are natural biofilters. A single oyster can filter five to ten liters of water a day, removing organic matter and nutrients. The researchers estimate that a well-established culture will retain up to 20% of the nitrogen that enters the lagoon each year, and that the entire oyster population would be able to filter the entire Mar Menor in just 23 days. But how does it work? The experimental reef is located near Isla del Barón, one of the most sensitive areas of the Mar Menor. There, 175 blocks of biodegradable clay designed by the company Oyster Heaven were anchored. Larvae settled on them, which now grow feeding on excess nutrients in the water. Each block functions as a “temporary home”: the material slowly degrades while the oysters attach themselves to the bottom and form their own natural reef. In total, the system occupies about 12 square meters of seabed, but represents a key experiment in ecological restoration. Scientific monitoring is carried out by ANSE under the direction of the IEO-CSIC. Technicians analyze the survival, growth and stress level of the oysters, in addition to measuring their sexual maturation and the accumulation of contaminants such as bacteria. E.coli or marine biotoxins. An extra help. To monitor this entire process they need even more hands. So the project counts too with technological support from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT). Its researcher Francisco López Castejón used a remote underwater vehicle (ROV) to inspect the reef and see how this technology can monitor underwater habitats where diving is difficult. With science and technology working together underwater, the next question is inevitable. Why oysters in the Mar Menor? For decades, this sea has suffered from the accumulation of nitrates and phosphates from intensive agriculture. These nutrients feed an excess of phytoplankton that clouds the water and depletes oxygen, causing massive episodes of anoxia and death of fauna. The goal of RemediOS-2, in the words of the Department of the Environment of the Region of Murciais that the flat oyster acts as a natural regeneration tool. Its filtering helps reduce eutrophication and its shells, rich in calcium carbonate, contribute to carbon storage, an added benefit in the face of climate change. Beyond restoration. The project is also a test bed for a new blue economy. According to the Pleamar Program, The project aims to involve the local fishing sector, organize marine spaces for future restoration actions and demonstrate that regenerative aquaculture can be compatible with environmental recovery. The third phase of the project will include genetic studies to check whether local oysters are better adapted to climate change, with the aim of producing resistant “seeds” that can be reintroduced both into the lagoon and the Mediterranean. Forecasts. For now, oysters continue to grow under the gaze of researchers and underwater robots. The third part of RemediOS is already in planning. Perhaps these 55,000 oysters alone cannot save the Mar Menor, but they can demonstrate that environmental restoration can start with a mollusk, a handful of biodegradable bricks and a simple idea: let nature repair itself. Image | IEO Xataka | The reservoirs in the Segura basin are at their limit. The question is whether the new rains can save them

It is a strategy that we know well

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China has recorded one of the fastest growth in its manufacturing industry. batteries for electric vehicles in recent years. Between January and September 2025, the total production reached 1,122 GWhwhich represents an increase of 44% compared to the same period in 2024, according to data from the Chinese Passenger Car Association (CPCA). collected by CLS. In September alone, 151 GWh were manufactured, 50% more than in the same month of the previous year. Why it is important. We have been seeing this exponential growth for years and it does not take us by surprise, since it is an industrial strategy that China has been running for years in multiple sectors. Flood the product market with dozens of manufacturers competing simultaneously, gain global share based on volume and price, and gradually expel foreign competitors. The goal: dominate the entire electric mobility value chain before Europe, South Korea, Japan or the United States can consolidate their own industrial alternatives. More figures. The sector remains robust thanks to increasing sales of electrified vehicles within China and growing international demand. In September, 50% of total production was installed directly on vehiclessix percentage points more than at the beginning of the year. Of that volume, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries They represented 52%, their highest level of the year, while the ternary type remained at 44%. An increasingly atomized market. Although CATL maintains its leadership with 41.7% of the market in the third quarter and BYD occupies second position with 21.4%, both have given up quota: 3.6 and 3.4 percentage points respectively compared to 2024. Who is gaining ground? Manufacturers such as EVE Energy, CALB, Sunwoda, REPT, SVOLT, Gotion High-Tech (backed by Volkswagen) and Jidian New Energy. The list does not stop growing, and it is a characteristic that reflects China’s strategy: multiply manufacturers, increase installed capacity and compete by volume until margins are compressed for everyone. Between the lines. Although this energy ecosystem is booming, it can also be a ticking time bomb due to overcapacity. And when you produce more than the market can sustainably absorb, prices plummet, margins disappear and a war of attrition begins. China has already experienced it in sectors such as solar or steel. In the short term, this allows you to gain global share based on price. In the medium term, many of these manufacturers will end up disappearing or merging. This is a calculated sacrifice that China has been making for years in multiple sectors: losing profitability today to control the market tomorrow. Technological change as a commercial weapon. The replacement of ternary batteries with LFP also works in China’s favor. LFPs are cheaper, safer and less reliant on critical materials such as nickel or cobalt, whose supply chains are more fragmented. Only 7% of models In the third quarter of 2025, they installed batteries with a density greater than 160 Wh/kg, compared to 11% the previous year. The most common range is between 125 and 160 Wh/kg, sufficient for most applications. The shift to LFP, where China dominates, reinforces its competitive advantage over Korea and Japan, more specialized in ternary chemistry. The context of the electric vehicle. Production of new energy vehicles in China reached 9.59 million units in the first nine months of the year, 29% more than in 2024. Of them, 5.8 million were pure electric vehicles (+44%), 3.28 million plug-in hybrids (+10%) and 460,000 electric commercial vehicles. As it could not be otherwise, this growth fuels the demand for batteries, and China continues to be the main world market, both in electromobility and export. In Xataka | The throne of the fastest car in the world already belongs to China. BYD has swept Xiaomi on the most famous circuit in the world

Ukraine has opened Russia’s cruise and ballistic missiles. War is impossible if your allies make weapons for you

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He fed up with Ukraine with the hole that exists around international sanctions it is palpable and numeric. kyiv intelligence has hundreds of reports in your possession that reveal that Russian drones have passed those sanctions for the lining. And not just drones, even in the tanks. The latest: Ukraine has begun analyzing parts of Moscow’s latest cruise and ballistic missiles. And what they found is a deja vu. Clandestine circuit. Three and a half years after the start of the invasion, Ukraine continues to dismantle the last Russian missiles and drones and find tens of thousands of parts inside made in the westthe majority of his “allies” (microcontrollers, sensors, connectors, converters) from countries that have theoretically embargoed the supply: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan. Of course also, Moscow’s allies like china. In fact, Zelensky put in more than 100,000 the foreign components found only among 550 vectors used in a single recent bombing, confirming that the sanctions have not turned off the tap: if anything they have made it more expensive and slowed down, but not dried up. The escape mechanism. It we have counted before. The mode of entry does not require sophisticated espionage, but rather exploiting loopholes in global trade: pieces “dual use” sold to civil actors who then they deviatecomponents placed on the market before sanctions, networks of shell companies and brokers in lax jurisdictions, and triangulated purchases via third countries that do not apply or execute controls. The sanctions gave the West three years to close the gaps, but they also gave Russia (and those who traffic for it) the same time to learn to get around them. In practice, it is a market: if you pay more, there is always someone willing to move the merchandise with layers of opacity sufficient to break traceability. Iran and North Korea. Moscow relies on two veterans of the sanctioning regime: Iran (which has spent decades refining the engineering of commercial border hopping) and North Korea (capable of moving components and complete systems despite being formally embargoed). Cooperation with both not only transfers material: it transfers method. Both logistical routes and corporate and financial camouflage techniques now migrate to the Russian military supply chain. What is possible and what is not. They remembered on Insider that the West hardens the perimeter: compliance guides for companies, “catch-all” to block sensitive exports (even if they are not listed), border inspections, criminal threat to repeat offenders, closures of loopholes when Ukraine identifies specific pieces. But even so, the regime is not airtight: global trade in components is massive, triangulation via third countries It is structural and already exists “pirate” production replacement that replicates or falsifies sanctioned parts. By design, control is reactive: it is as if each new closure encourages Moscow to seek an alternative route. Partial effectiveness. Plus: just because embargoes haven’t cut off the flow doesn’t mean they’re irrelevant. London estimates that the sanctions have deprived Russia of at least 450,000 million of dollars and have multiplied by up to six the price of dual pieces, draining war liquidity and adding temporary friction to the Russian military chain. This, a priori, penalizes rhythms, quality, scaling and maintenance, even if it does not prevent the material from arriving. The structural limit. If you want, the export control It is an instrument of soft power: its real power depends on what the rest of the world is willing to do and tolerate. It can raise the cost, strangle necks, penalize intensities, but it can hardly seal an economy-state Russian size connected to global intermediaries willing to charge for the risk. The result is an industrial war where the blockade is never binary (flows / does not flow), but rather marginal: raising the cost per Russian shot, reducing the cadence, pushing failures due to logistical stress and buy time, but hardly prevent a chip made for a laptop I ended up controlling the guidance of a kamikaze drone over a Ukrainian city. Image | Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation In Xataka | After Cubans and North Koreans fighting alongside Russian troops, new guests have appeared in Ukraine: Chinese In Xataka | In 2023, a pilot from Ukraine had an idea for Star Wars. Not only did it go well: his kamikaze plan has rewritten the war manual

Science is moving creatine from the gym shelf to a more relevant one: cardiovascular health

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When we think of creatine, the mental image It is almost always that of a gym: someone shaking a white powder in a shaker to get more strength or a faster sprint. However, science has greatly expanded the focus on this compoundand its applications are reaching unexpected places, such as cardiology consultations. Opinion of cardiologists. The surprise recently popped up on the podcast I have a plan where cardiologist Aurelio Rojas claimed that creatine “is one of the most essential supplements” that he uses in his patients with a dose of between three and five grams daily. This statement, which may seem shocking at first, is actually the tip of the iceberg of a large body of scientific literature that attempts to explore how apply creatine in daily clinic of a doctor with his patients. But what does a sports performance supplement have to do with the heart? And does science support this enthusiasm? Muscle motor. To understand the connection, you first have to understand what creatine does. Simply put, creatine is key in cellular bioenergetics, especially by facilitating rapid production of ATP, which is essential for muscle and heart function. Creatine monohydrate is most researched and recommended way for supplementation, as an improvement in muscle contractility, performance and exercise tolerance has been seen. in the heart musclecreatine acts by stabilizing energy metabolism and may have a relevant role in situations of heart failure or ischemic diseases. Within the scientific literature It is highlighted that creatine and phosphocreatine depletion is characteristic in failing hearts, and exogenous administration can contribute to the metabolic protection of the myocardium.​ Furthermore, there is scientific interest in the potential role creatine protector on the vasculature in risk populations, by reducing chronic inflammation and contributing to better control of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.​ Beyond the gym. All this means that the interest of cardiologists goes beyond gyms and the number of repetitions they can do in a specific exercise. One of the first diseases where emphasis is placed is heart failure and its supplementation with creatine. Although it is not a cure, the findings suggest which can improve muscle strength, endurance and exercise capacity in these patients. By improving the energy efficiency of the musculoskeletal system, the overall workload of the heart is reduced. Sarcopenia. A medical term that refers to the loss of muscle mass and strength related to age and chronic illness. It is a silent enemy that drastically worsens the prognosis of cardiological patients. and here is where creatine shinessince it is essential to increase muscle mass, especially when combined with resistance training. For a 70-year-old patient who has lost muscle mass after a cardiac event, regaining the strength to get up from a chair or climb stairs is essential. Creatine, in this context, is not an aesthetic supplement, it is a therapeutic tool to improve quality of life as they point out. the studies. It doesn’t work for everything. Creatine is not perfect. It is excellent for very intense, short-duration exercises that need immediate energy such as sprinting or lifting weights. But in low-intensity and long-duration exercises such as a marathon it is of no interest, since the aerobic metabolism of the muscle that maintains constant ATP production endogenously. The myths. Despite being a really studied supplement, creatine continues to spread myths. The ISSN is categorical about this In his review, he gives the following points: Does not damage the kidneysas long as the doses recommended by scientific evidence are followed. Obviously, if there is an underlying kidney problem, you should consult your doctor. It is not known if it causes baldness, or at least the scientific evidence has not been able to state it categorically. This is something that points to a study that showed an increase in DHT, but its relationship with hair has never been proven. It is not a steroid. It is a natural organic compound, made up of three amino acids, that the body produces and that we also ingest when eating meat or fish. In this way, science has moved creatine from the bodybuilding shelf to the general health shelf. Its ability to manage cellular energy makes it a valuable tool not only for athletes, but also, as Dr. Rojas points out, for clinical populations struggling with muscle weakness and energy depletion. Images | Alexander Saks Alexander Red In Xataka | When we stop sleeping our brain is irremediably damaged. Research believes that creatine fixes it

These are Sihoo’s Halloween offers

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Those of us who spend many hours sitting know more than enough how important it is to choose the seat we use well. If we are looking for a new chair for our desk, we have a great opportunity with Sihoo’s new Halloween sales. These allow us tosave us up to 250 euros on some of their best chairsquite a bargain. We tell you more about this promo. Discounts with Sihoo’s Halloween sales This manufacturer has chairs that are very interesting and fit perfectly in any room or desk. The Halloween sales, which are already available, will last precisely until this holiday ends, that is, until October 31. Taking this into account, we still have a few days left to go for one of these chairs. The best part is, logically, the discounts. It will depend on the model we choose, but there are active discounts right now on the Sihoo website that go up to 250 euros. Also, if in our purchases we use the code ‘SihooXT6%‘We will get an additional 6% discount that will allow us to get one of these chairs at a great price. Sihoo Doro C300 As the first option in the Sihoo catalog we place one of its best-selling models, the Sihoo Doro C300. This model stands out for many things, its lumbar area possibly being one of its main key points. It has a body tracking system thanks to which we will always have this area well supported, regardless of how we sit or move. In addition to having a very elegant design, it also comes with a high quality mesh fabric. It is a material that better resists stains and the passage of time, and is also perfect when it is hot. In addition, it has 4D armrests that we can adjust very easily to place them according to our needs. The normal price of this chair without promotion is 309.99 euros, but right now we have it reduced to 269.99 euros (there is also a version with footrest that costs 299.99 euros). If, as we said before, we use the code ‘SihooXT6%‘, the price will remain more than attractive 253.79 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sihoo Doro S100 The next chair that we put in this selection is the Sihoo Doro S100. It is a model with a very interesting ergonomic design, no matter if we want it to work, study or even play, avoiding gaming chairs. In this case, its lumbar area is divided into a double support that is adjustable and independent of the backrestwhich allows it to be configured to the millimeter. This model, which is also made of mesh fabric, has a backrest that can be reclined up to 135 degrees and a 5-wheel base that is very easy to move around the room. Can be adjusted in height and its armrests are configurable in 4Dso we can adjust them in four directions. This Sihoo Doro S100, like the previous one, has a RRP of 309.99 euros, but right now it is reduced to 269.99 euros. If we use the code ‘SihooXT6%‘we can lower the price even further to 253.79 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sihoo M59AS Finally, we have the Sihoo M59AS, a slightly cheaper option than the previous chairs, but which does not have much to envy of them either. Like the previous one, this model also has double lumbar support and armrests that, in addition to being configurable in 3D, can be completely folded down in case we want to sit without them. In addition to having mesh fabric, it also comes with a double-jointed headrest, which allows you to adjust it from top to bottom, as well as its inclination and position. In this case, your support can be folded up to an angle of 125 degrees and the cushion is shaped like a saddle to have more space and to correctly distribute pressure between hips and thighs. The RRP of this chair is 239.99 euros, but Sihoo’s Halloween sales leave it at 214.99 euros. Of course, on this occasion we can also use the code ‘SihooXT6%‘, so its price would remain at 202.09 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | sihoo In Xataka Selection | Which chair to work and play to buy: recommendations for ergonomics, comfort and 13 gaming and office chairs from 80 euros In Xataka | How to set up your home office: buying guide for stands, monitors and other peripherals, cables, headphones and more

Google has a lot to worry about

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OpenAI does not stop launching new products. After the virality of the Sora 2 videosa few hours ago they announced Atlas, the new browser with integrated ChatGPT that wants to change the way we navigate and represents a great threat to Google’s monopoly. I have been testing Atlas with the free version from ChatGPT and these are my impressions. Goodbye Google, hello ChatGPT The AI ​​is changing the way we browse the internet and Atlas is the most forceful step in this direction. As soon as you open the browser there is no trace of Google or a search engine, ChatGPT only. We can Google it, but it’s a bit hidden. If, for example, we type “best movies”, we will see that a lot of suggestions appear to complete our search and At the bottom the option to search with Google. We can also type or paste a URL and the specific website will open, but the search takes center stage entirely from ChatGPT. OpenAI doesn’t want you to search like you did until now, you want each tab to be a prompt to open the corresponding conversation with ChatGPT. Let’s see what he’s capable of. Ask ChatGPT One of the star functions is that, while we browse other pages, ChatGPT is always available from the button in the upper right corner. Pressing it opens a sidebar where we can consult details of the page we are visiting, such as giving us a summary or helping us better understand a concept. Helping me know if the router will be compatible with the ones I already have. This button is especially useful, for example, if we are making purchases. We can ask for specific details of a product and ChatGPT will give us the answer, understanding the context. For example, I want to buy an additional router to add to my mesh system, but I am not sure if this model will be compatible. No problem, I ask ChatGPT without even having to leave the page. Sambas run small and ChatGPT knows it. We can also ask other types of questions, such as whether a pair of shoes fits small and much more. On the website I was consulting there were no shoes in the size that ChatGPT was recommending, so I asked him to find that size for me in other stores. He did, although the first time he suggested different models of Adidas Samba that were not that color. I had to specify that I wanted the “Black Green Leopard” model. He found them cheaper for me. It is a good support when organizing a trip. Another use case is preparing a trip. Although agent mode can help us book hotels and search for flights, it is only available in the Plus version. With the free version we can also take advantage of ChatGPT’s capabilities when searching for trips. In my case, I have been looking at accommodation in Andorra for the December long weekend, but in view of the prices and low availability, I asked him to find other destinations that were close to Valencia by car. You can also ask them things like what places to visit or restaurants near the accommodation. Memory and tab management The ‘Ask ChatGPT’ button is fine, but beyond the fact that we have it more at hand, it is not far from what ChatGPT already does by itself. The really interesting thing is that the browser has memory, so we can go back to previous tabs just using natural text. No more browsing through history looking for that website we visited and whose name we don’t remember. Very useful for revisiting pages. In the case of the sneakers, I didn’t even need to remember what the specific model was called, just by telling him that they were leopard he understood it. If you don’t give it enough information, it will ask you for more references such as the date you saw it or if you remember any images. I have tested it with more complicated examples, being less specific, and there have been a couple in which it has not been able to locate the page I asked for, but in general it works very well. I can finally close tabs without worrying about having to dig around to find them. Perhaps the most useful use I have found for this memory is that we can ask it to open the tabs that we visited when we were doing research on a specific topic. I had to tell him twice, but I managed to get him to open all the websites he was visiting to prepare an article. It can also be useful if, for example, you were looking for computers a couple of weeks ago and you want to review all the models you consulted again. Another practical use if you have digital Diogenes like me, is to ask it to “clean” the tabs you have open. I usually open a lot of tabs while I work and leave them there “just in case.” In the end I end up having dozens of tabs open, many of them unrelated to what I’m doing at that moment. Writing these lines, I have asked him to close all the tabs that were not being useful to me at the moment. The result is that I have gone from almost twenty eyelashes to only six. The RAM memory of my computer has thanked it. Of course, I have had some difficulties with this function and on several occasions it has gotten stuck or told me that it had closed the tabs when in reality they were still open. Yeah AI hallucinatesit is evident that browsers with AI are going to do it too. And my privacy? Default, ChatGPT sees everything we do in the browser. It’s great to summarize a page or clarify a concept, but perhaps we don’t want you to see sensitive content such as our password manager or our … Read more

more and more Spanish artists look to the Catholic

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We cannot fully analyze the religious implications of an album that hasn’t been released yet. But we can put an unanswerable question on the table: aesthetically, and quite possibly also thematically, Rosalía has taken a turn towards Catholic iconography. It is an element to which she is not at all alien from previous works, but ‘Lux’ seems to have a deeper impact on it. Let’s see what it can mean and, above all, why it is not so much a whim of the artist or a marketing maneuver as swimming in a current that is very favorable at the moment: the modern and youthful vindication of the majority faith in Spain. Rosalía the pious. Little by little, Rosalía is slipping elements of Catholic iconography into this new album beyond the enigmatic title, also with a clear spiritual component. We have seen it biting a rosary in the presence of an orchestra that was playing, perhaps, his famous score ‘Berhghain’. On the cover of the album she appears with a kind of white elastic habit, like that of the Cistercians or the Dominicans, but with her arms under the cloth (something that does not point to a straitjacket, as has been said, but to the tendency of the 19th century veiled sculptures). That’s it, although fans are already finding parallels in the most diverse places. Well, almost everything: in the CD cookie we can find a reference to the philosopher and activist Simone Weilthe quote “Love is not comfort, it is light.” Weil’s spiritual aspect constitutes the core of his existential thought, characterized by a ceaseless search for truth, universal compassion and union with the divine outside of religious dogmas. For her, work, suffering and attention constituted forms of prayer and knowledge of God. But that’s not all. At the moment, Rosalía is being accused of using religion as an advertising tool, but the truth is that Catholic iconography has always made small appearances in the visual section of her creations. His debut ‘Los Angeles’aside from the title, was full of references to religious rituals surrounding death. ‘The evil will‘ It was a thematic work that abounded in liturgical references, and had on the cover the image of Rosalía characterized as a Catholic Virgin. There are constant references to religion in choruses, psalms or prayers in the lyrics, versions of classics of sacred poetry such as the ‘Although it’s night‘ based on Saint John of the Cross and visual nods such as the famous Nazarene on a scooter from the video clip of ‘Badly‘. And observers like the journalist Carlos Primo have seen more: for example, his collaboration with Bernat Vivancos for his appearance at the Goya ceremony covering Los Chunguitos with a choir. Vivancos has not only directed the liturgical choir of the Escolanía de Montserrat, but also released an album, ‘Blanc’, with sacred content. ​ It’s not the first. Whether it is an aesthetic or marketing maneuver or comes from a genuine personal feeling (of course, in the first interviews is giving everything in terms of spiritual dedication), it is not the first (as Noel Ceballos said, every pop artist is destined for a Catholic Era). There are those who even look back to the eighties and to Madonna, who with her ‘Like a Prayer’ stirred up Catholics from half the worldalthough the religious themes in his album came from both a personal conviction and a calculated turn in his career to move away from a frivolous image. Lady Gaga also carried out a similar transformation in recent yearsalthough here it was more due to experimentation with the religious aesthetics. There is criticism. Some of the most visceral criticism it is receiving in this regard comes from content creators with progressive ideology. like skinnybangbangwhich relate nun habits to a conservative wave that has also reached pop artists. This is a turn that had already been noted when Rosalía left behind the overproduction of kilometric eyelashes and shrimp nails and hugged the nuncoreaesthetic neopuritanism and the voluntary celibacyas he has stated in recent interviews. A turn that journalists like Noemí López Trujillo They have been read more as an approach to mainstream schools of thought that criticize artists like Sabrina Carpenter for being excessively brazen and promiscuous. This is the youth of the Pope. That is to say, Rosalía is part of a current trend of interest in the Catholic faith as a narrative and symbolic background. It is not so much a devotional return as an artistic and emotional approach to the religious experience, used to explore identities, family wounds or searches for meaning. The most striking and media examples of this trend are Los Javis and Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (apart from the creators who already make openly propagandistic creation, such as hakuna and Effetaand whose almost massive interest among a large sector of young Spaniards we have already talked about), but they are not the only ones. To fame for being Catholic. Since ‘The Call’ in 2017, Los Javis incorporates Catholic symbolism passed through a pop filter (nuns, divine apparitions, prayers, songs) into many of their works. In ‘the messiah‘They explored it from a darker turn, but still without losing the spirituality, which is also seen as a therapeutic relief for those seeking to be comforted. ​On the other hand, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, with ‘Los Domingos’ (recent Concha de Oro in San Sebastián) proposes an unusual story in Spanish cinema: that of a teenager who wants to be a cloistered nun. Far from ironizing faith, the director portrays the religious vocation from a respectful perspective, allowing characters with faith to speak on their own terms, with an austere and contemplative tone. They are not the only ones. Multiple Spanish artists have entered into the theme of the Catholic faith and its impact on Spanish society, absolutely inescapable after forty years of dictatorship and imposition. Among the young people who, just as they are rediscovering the bulls rediscover Catholic icons, we could highlight Pilar Palomero (in … Read more

the questions you have sent us (and their answers) about this television with FireTV

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We will respond to your doubts about the Panasonic OLED Z90Ban OLED TV with FireTV that doesn’t need a sound bar. We have been testing it for several days, and now we bring you a video with all the answers to the questions that you have been sending us about it to our Instagram profile. Panasonic OLED Z90B Q&A We begin by answering your questions by focusing on image quality, telling you about OLED Pro technology with its intense blacks, very good color performance, high contrast and visual precision. In addition, we explain what equips an HCX Pro AI MK II processor to improve image fidelity with artificial intelligence. We continue talking to you about our user experience watching different types of content, taking the opportunity to mention that it has a 4K Ultra HD resolution, a refresh rate of up to 144 Hz, making it perfect for next-generation video game consoles. In fact, it has a mode designed to get the most out of video games, which we will explain to you. Another question you ask us is how many HDMI inputs it has, and we clarify that it has four, two of them HDMI 2.1 designed precisely for high refresh rates. In addition, we explain game control modewith several settings that you will be able to configure to your liking. A television designed for gamers. We also explain the different image modes that the television has, which are quite a few, including two specially adjusted for specific streaming services. In addition, it supports Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG. Other questions we answer have to do with the dimensions of the television and its different size versions, the differences between the two, in addition to its weight. In addition, we talk to you about its Fire TV operating system compatible with Alexa and many applications. And we ended up talking about its integrated sound and the price. The sound is the one that stands out the most, since it has an integrated sound bar whose characteristics we tell you. But the best thing is that you watch the full video to see all the answers we give to the questions you have sent us. This content is a collaboration and sponsorship between Xataka and the brand, but there is no agreement on the script or the selection of the topics. The editorial content is created entirely by Xataka.

OpenAI has become the “Fast Food” of AI. And that means that for Sam Altman the business is attention, not AGI

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It was sung that OpenAI was going to launch its browser, so the Yesterday launch of the Atlas browser It didn’t take us too much by surprise. What is important is the fact that the company does not stop constantly releasing products and services. The pace is the most extraordinary we have experienced in recent years, and the obvious question is, what is OpenAI pursuing with this strategy? OpenAI is the great machine churros AI products of the world. In recent weeks we have seen how OpenAI has not stopped launching new AI services and products that have managed to flood the market. Some examples: And that’s not counting the Recently announced agreements with NVIDIA, AMD and Broadcom which make it clear that the pace of OpenAI announcements is absolutely dizzying: too many new things too often. Because? The hype race as a business priority. That extraordinary flurry of releases suggests that OpenAI’s big corporate priority is not so much the vaunted pursuit of AGI as it is dominating the conversation and, above all, the attention economy. What OpenAI wants is for us to be constantly talking about it, and the truth is that these launches are not exactly small: they all pose notable changes in its ecosystem and in the technology industry itself. Smokescreen. And such frenzy also acts as a strategic smokescreen. With this bombardment of releases (browser, applications, SDKs, improved models), Altman and his team not only generate more hype, but saturate the competitive space. Rivals barely have time to assimilate or replicate a feature when the next one has already been announced. Towards an operating system. The launch of Atlas is an especially significant move. With it it seems to be clear that OpenAI no longer wants to be a simple layer, the engine of AI, but a complete operating environment in the style of WeChat or the App Store. In fact wants to be the Windows of AIbut either it turns out well, or it is going to be the mother of all bubbles. Expectations attract new users (and investors). These constant movements also mean that these products also generate new expectations, even if only temporarily. OpenAI has managed to partly conquer the attention economy with launches such as Studio Ghibli style images or more recently with Sora. This has allowed it to attract millions more free users, which the company then tries to convert into paying users. Not only that: its growth also helps investors want to participate in the company’s multimillion-dollar investment rounds. And the AGI, what? And while all these launches are taking place, we see how the holy grail of AI, getting a general artificial intelligence (AGI), seems to take a backseat. It is as if that speech had become an empty mantra or a long-term goal that is not credible in the middle of this chaos. Altman has achieved replace philosophical conversation —the one that caused the hypothetical arrival of the AGI— due to a consumer conversation. The Fast Food of AI. The AI ​​ecosystem that OpenAI is creating has adopted a consumption pattern similar to that we experience on social networks: fast and ephemeral, based on the latest viral news. The Studio Ghibli-style visuals were exciting for a couple of weeks, and the same has happened with Sora 2, but that “wow” effect fades quickly. What is OpenAI doing to revive the hype again? Launch a new product. Atlas is the latest example. Seeking to be a de facto monopoly. With all these movements, OpenAI continues to attract more and more users and dominate the conversation and gain attention. That may not get you what you really need (income) at the moment, but it solidifies your absolute benchmark position and helps make it what you’re really looking for: the de facto monopoly of AI. Image | Mariia Shalabaieva In Xataka | ChatGPT will let you have erotic conversations. Welcome to emotional intimacy with an AI

There are people buying land, farms and pig farms in Spain. And those people are investment funds

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If this were not an article by Xataka, if it were a novel by Michael Ende: the story would begin with a top-down shot of the Segrià fields. We would see farms and more farms, cereal fields, irrigated orchards, roads, the Segre winding through the plain. And, as we got closer to the ground, we would see a flood of little gray men with briefcases full of money. The argument would be obvious: the field is for sale and the funds have gone out to buy. 34 million pig heads. That is Spain: the undisputed leader of European pork, the third producer worldwide. A giant, no matter how hackneyed the metaphor may be, with feet of clay. And the Spanish countryside has many problems, but the most worrying (because it has no solution — neither easy nor difficult) is its exasperating lack of generational change. Thousands of farms are on the brink of disappearance simply because no one wants to take charge of them once the owner retires. And that “nobody” doesn’t include the funds? Not until very recently. Agriculture was an unsexy sector for financial capital, but now the situation has changed. We have seen it with agriculture: aggressive field management can generate a lot of income (even if it is at the cost of large negative externalities). Now, in addition, today two great factors have joined the celebration of capital: the first is that the mass of exploitations without relief is enormous. The second is that the processes of integration of farms with the meat industry have reached a point of no return — “the field” and “the industry” are now almost synonymous. A sea full of sharks. But, if that were not enough, the pressure on aquifers and international volatility are turning the agricultural world into a difficult place for small farms. Only large corporations have the lungs to dive into such tough markets. Is this bad news? If we look at the Spanish movements from a more international perspective, I’m afraid so. The Californian case is a warning for sailors: large funds are buying properties solely and exclusively for your water rights. And so, as seen in the last droughtit’s a huge problem. A problem that adds to environmental conflictsto rent captureto agricultural changesto the industrial dismantling of emptied Spain. A strange future. As I said before, Spain is the great agricultural power of the continent. In fact, little by little, it has become one of the great world powers in the marketing of agricultural products. But it will not be easy to stay there, the financial funds They are the best example and the problem is that everything seems to indicate that, along the way, the Spain we know will not be recognized by “not even the mother who gave birth to it.” Image | Annie Spratt | Markus Winkler In Xataka | The great paradox of Spanish olive oil: although it grows 15% a year, more than 500 olive oil mills will close in the next decade

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