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The questions you have sent us (and your answers) about this phone

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Let’s answer YOUR DOUBTS ABOUT THE VIVO V50the new premium mid -range mobile with which the company wants to stand out above the competition. We have been testing it several days, and now we bring you a video with all the answers to the questions that you have been sending us about it in Our Instagram profile. Q & A DEL VIVO V50 5G We are talking about a mobile phone that seeks to stand out for its big screen, its camera module signed by Zeiss, and by its gigantic 6,000 mAh battery. The first questions we answer are the related With artificial intelligence. The AI ​​comes mostly in the photographic section, to edit photos, delete elements and improve the quality of the catches. We also answer the questions about the screen and its characteristics, one of the most enjoyable sections with its 6.67 -inch panel. We also tell you all other brightness characteristics, and our impressions when using it outdoors and interior. Another aspect of what we are talking about is your performance, telling you our experience when using it to play, and talking about its storage and RAM. In general they are very good impressions. Then we continue with a quick round talking about characteristics such as its 189 grams of weightits dual SIM, the fast charge and its characteristics, its IP69 and its resistance, the update policy and its biometric safety system. Then we go to talk to you thoroughly of your camera system and all the possibilities it offers, with the ways it has and all the characteristics, highlighting about all how good the photos with natural light are in automatic mode. Then, we also mention autonomy. But it is best to watch the video to watch all the answers. This content is a collaboration and sponsorship between Xataka and the brand, but there is no pact on the script or the selection of the issues. The editorial content is prepared entirely by Xataka.

Australia has executed 750 Koalas with snipers uploaded to helicopters. Even if it seems, it was for its good

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The Koalas are one of the most recognizable (and probably beloved) symbols in Australia and in part of their territory, such as New South Wales, Queensland or the Territory of the Australian capital They are considered in danger of extinction. Neither one nor the other has prevented a group of snipers being killing hundreds and hundreds of these marsupials in the BUDJ BIM National Parka wide nature reserve located to the south of the country. They do it from helicopters, with the support of the government and supposedly for “Humanitarian reasons”. The big question is … why? Snipers, helicopters and koalas. A priori are three concepts without too much relationship with each other, but those are the protagonists of the controversy that has shaken in recent days the Victoria statesouth of Australia, where the Budj Bim National Park is located. Local press days ago He started informing that hundreds and hundreds of koalas were sacrificing there. If the news was not surprising (and sad) already won even more impact When it transcended How the killing is carried out: animals are dejected From helicopters with the aid of snipers. All this of course with the PLACET of the Department of Energy, Environment Climate (DEECA), The conservation authority, as confirmed recently The ABC chain. Click on the image to go to Tweet. How many koalas have they dejected? The exact encrypts can dance based on the source that is consulted, but they all agree on something: the campaign is ending hundreds and hundreds of koalas in the region, more than half a thousand. In the middle of the month, as the news progresses, Yahoo News assured that had sacrificed between 600 and 700 marsupials. There are activists who raise However, the total balance of the measure above the 700 copies And in the last hours Europa Press (AP) rounded the figure talking about “Up to 750 koalas”. And what is the reason? Humanitarian reasonsaccording to The authorities allege of Victoria. The sacrifices are part of a precipitated euthanasia campaign in turn, the government insists, for The forest fire that devastated in March around 2,200 hectares of the Budj Bim National Park. The flames would have affected part of the fauna (including the koalas) and also devastated 20% of the Natural Reserve. The result: injured animals, abandoned and have seen how much of the eucalyptus they need to feed. No other options? Although the use of helicopters and snipers can be striking (and unorthodox), the Victoria government assures that the decision was adopted after “exhaustive evaluations” and that the koalas that are being down are “severely affected” by the forest fire. Moreover, Deseca claims that he has not found other alternatives to face the problem beyond hiring professional shooters and uploading them to helicopters. “All other methods considered are not adequate given the impossibility of safely accessing large areas of the affected landscape due to the remote location of the animals, which are often found at the top of the treetops, the extremely rugged land and the safety risks that lead to work in an area affected by fire and with damaged trees,” James Todd explainshead of Deca, to Vox Magazine. Do you all think the same? No. and good proof is that the news about the campaign has unleashed an intense controversy in the state of Victoria, the Australian team and beyond even the country. The reason: the scope of the measure. The Animal Justice Party He has denounced that local authorities “are not making any effort” to verify whether females dejected from the air have, for example, young. AND Alliance for the Koalas It even goes further and denounces that technicians have no way to check from the heights if the specimens they deduct are really in “bad conditions.” “It seems very indiscriminate,” Rolf Schlagloth agreesresearcher at the CQUNIVERSITY Australia specialized in Koalas. “The rescue should always be the first option if possible.” Beyond shots and helicopters. Among the activists and experts, not only has the selective koala slaughter bothered. Throughout the last days, voices have also been raised that they see in what happened in Budj Bim An example More than “the poor management of the species and its habitat” and warn of the effect of eucalyptus felling or the threat of global warming and fires. “We cannot eliminate forest fires completely, but more healthy forests and with greater continuity they can help reduce the risk and severity of the fires. The Koalas habitat must be extensive and be connected, and the management of the blue eucalyptus plantations must take into account the koalas,” SCHLAGLOTH ZANJA In a recent interview with Vox Magazine. Taller slopes. That last nuance is important. In Another article Posted in The conversation By Liz Hicks and Ashleight Best, two law experts at the University of Melbourne, remember that Budj Bim National Park is surrounded by commercial eucalyptus plantations, hectares full of foliage that end up receiving koalas in search of food. The problem is that this availability of the sheet leads to the populations of the marsupial to increase. And once the plantations are talked, those same animals return to the protected park. The result: greater pressure in the area and greater vulnerability to fires such as March. “Animals point out that logging is one of the reasons why Budj Bim had so many koalas,” They add. Images | ART WARRIOR (Flickr) and NGHIA NGYEN (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | The US wants more reindeers to be in Alaska and has an idea to achieve it: to reduce wolves and bears from helicopters

We thought that oil was a thing of the past. But the oil companies that have remained faithful to raw live their golden age

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While the rise of renewables continues full -potato wind, as can be seen in projects such as GLOBAL RENEWABLE Watchthe big refineries are starring an unexpected return to the center of the energy stage. The commitment to hydrocarbons. Unlike other companies in the sector, French TotalEnergies did not turn completely in an energy conversion. Yes, he invested in renewables. Yes, he developed liquefied natural gas projects. But he never abandoned his base: oil and gas. According to Reutersthe company has increased its UPSTREAM production (crude and gas extraction) compared to the first quarter of 2024. Although oil prices are below the level of a year ago, gas sales have improved, and fuel production is returns to be profitable. Refinement in recovery. The situation is dragging the effects of a profitability drop that has affected the entire industry. According to the company, the profit margins in the oil refining in Europe have increased in the last six months, but there are still 59% below the levels of a year ago. All this is due to multiple reasons, such as a weak demand, the growth of New refineries in Asia and Africa, OPEC+ overproduction and Trump’s tariff war. Even so, as the news agency has detailed, Totalenergies has increased fuel production, partially benefiting from that slight recovery on the margins. The strategy. According to Ahmed Ben Salem, an analyst at Oddo BHF, among the greats of the sector, Totalenergies is “the most resilient in a weaker macro environment, backed by diversification towards liquefied natural gas and renewable energy.” And it is not the only one that has found a new balance between transition and profitability. While Timenergies clings to a hybrid strategy, its Anglo -Saxon rivals are also adjusting the course. BP, for example, has trimmed His green ambitions to focus again on hydrocarbons. Exxonmobil He has opted strong for carbon capture. Together, all of them seem to be converging in the same idea: crude has not yet said his last word. The paradox of the transition. In the decisive decade for climate action, refining recovery sounds almost to Anatema. Can the energy sector continue to win time with fossil fuels without losing the decarbonization train? This dynamic does not occur in a vacuum. As I know He explained The tariff war and the firmness of the OPEC+ to continue producing the barrels has caused a drop in oil prices, with the Brent and the WTI stabilized around 60 dollars a barrel. This scenario impacts directly on the refineries, which try to balance fossil profitability with the growing stark pressure. Image | Pexels Xataka | The US plan to reduce oil is about to derail what worked best in its economy

In the last 20 years, colorectal cancer has doubled among young people and we didn’t know why. Now we have a track

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In the last 20 years, the incidence of colorectal cancer has doubled in young adults and that has fired all alarms. Above all, because while this type of tumor shoots, we have no idea why. Now, a study headed by Spanish researchers has found a suspect: it is called colibactin and a bacterial toxin produced by some strains of Escherichia coli. The colorectal epidemic. The term is “epidemic”, yes. As Manuel Anse explainedthe alarm jumped in the US in the late 2000s: while colorectal cancer decreased in people over 70, growth rates in children under 50 grew at a rate of 1.5%. In Europe, the data suggests that it has arrived to grow to the rhythm of 8% Between twenty -year -old. It was a huge public health problem. But, above all, it was a mystery. What could be behind all this? The first track. In 2020, a research team from the Netherlands discovered that certain strains of Escherichia coli They produced colibactin and that toxin could produce cancer mutations In the children’s DNA. It was an interesting, promising way; But there were too many conditional in the idea. Those conditionals are those who have tried to eliminate the investigation that It has just been published in Nature. What have they done? They have analyzed the DNA of almost a thousand tumors of this type of 11 different countries (and three continents). Not only that: they have examined varieties, typologies and demographic features. And what they have found is more than interesting. To begin with, there are two genetic brands related to the toxin in question that are 3.3 times more common in tumors of young people (compared to those of people over 70 years old). To continue, “they are especially prevalent in countries with a high incidence of colorectal cancer in young people.” What does this mean? “Mutational firms are a kind of historical record in the genome; they point out that exposure to colibactin in early stages of life promotes colorectal cancer of early appearance,” Ludmil Alexandrov explainedfrom the University of California in San Diego. Everything seems to indicate that the harmful effects of this toxin begin soon (in the first 10 years of life). That is, “if someone acquires one of these driving mutations at 10 years, decades could be advanced in the development of colorectal cancer and suffering from age 40 instead of 60, “explained Alexandrov. It is great news. No, it’s excellent news. Insufficient, preliminary and still precarious: but if we are clear, it is that to contain the epidemic we must understand where it comes from. And, for now, it seems that it comes from the modern world. “In the most industrialized countries there is an increase in cases of infection with this strain of Escherichia coliwhich leads us to think about changes in lifestyle “, Díaz Gay says in the country. How can we use it in our favor? We do not know, but we will discover it. Image | JC Gellidon | National Cancer Institute In Xataka | We have found a cure for more aggressive colon cancer: this is how the drug is referred to

These are the best sets you can buy

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As every year, on May 4 it is celebrated The Star Wars Day. This date, indicated for all fans of this special saga, is an ideal time to revive movies or series again or to get products related to it. There is everything, although there is a brand that stands out for having variety and quality: LEGO®. This Danish firm usually takes advantage of these dates to launch new Star Wars sets, something that will also happen this year. On the occasion of Star Wars Day, we are going to recommend some interesting sets, in addition to The two novelties that we will have this year: LEGO® SHEET SHIP FIRESPRAY FETTwhich can be purchased from May 1, for 299.99 euros. Lego® Star Wars Logowhich will arrive on May 1, by 64.82 euros. Lego® Star Wars R2-D2one of the most iconic characters in the original films saga, by 66.66 euros. LEGO® GROGU, with aerocuna and customizable, by 99.23 euros. LEGO® BARCAZA VELERA DE JACBAone of Star Wars’s most spectacular sets, by 499.99 euros. LEGO® SHEET SHIP FIRESPRAY FETT The jewel of Lego®’s novelties is this Jango Fett ship that we could see in ‘The attack of the clones’. They are 2,970 pieces that we can place in an exhibitor to place it wherever we want. In addition, it comes with two minifigures. If we want to be one of the first to get her, we just have to register, for free, In the Lego® Insiders programwhich is completely free. Doing this, we can access the purchase of this exclusive set on May 1 by 299.99 euros LEGO® Star Wars logo The other novelty, which is already available to pre-computer on Amazon and Lego® is this set of the Star Wars logo. It is a set composed of 700 pieces that will reach stores on May 1. And eye: hides a small surprise inside one of its lyrics. Right now it costs 64.82 euros. Lego® Star Wars R2-D2 Talking about R2-D2 is doing a whole Star Wars icon. The first time we could see it on the screen was during ‘A new hope’, although he won more prominence in the following films. It is composed of 1,050 pieces and has A head that can be turned 360 degrees. He does not lack a single detail and we can get him for 66.66 euros If we apply the discount coupon on the Set page on Amazon. LEGO® GROGU Grogu has made a hole in our heart for his passage in the series ‘The Mandalorian’. This set not only allows us to ride this character, but also to its aerocuna. His head and body allow us to change his appearance of many different ways, ideal to change it from time to time. Right now it comes out of 99.23 euros. LEGO® BARCAZA VELERA DE JACBA We close this selection of sets with a jewel such as this sabba vest bar. This ship, which appears at the beginning of ‘The return of the Jedi’, is composed of about 4,000 pieces. Besides, comes with 11 minifiguras where Hutt himself is included. It is available by 499.99 euros. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | LEGO® In Xataka | Lego constructions to another level: the Technic series has the models with which any collector would dream In Xataka | Your favorite series, comics and movies also in Lego: 15 ideal construction kits to mount yourself or give away

Hermès already has an answer to the US tariffs and the Chinese offensive: to manufacture more in Europe

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The luxury products market is living a silent transformation marked by counterpoints such as fever by Hermès bags as an active financial, and the uncertainty of tariff policies imposed by the US. The French house has experienced such a high demand that, even with endless waiting lists, its bags remain desire on all continents. Given such success, Hermès has drawn her strategy for the coming years: to open four new workshops in France, increase your production of bags and transfer to the US client the cost of tariffs. The anti -barred shield: “Made in France”. Unlike other industries, the luxury industry has not considered transferring its workshops to the US to avoid tariffs. Far from that, Hermès maintains her commitment to “fact in France” and European artisanal manufacturing announcing the opening of four new factories in France in the next four years. With this decision, Hermès is positioned with other luxury brands such as Ferrari, which Does not contemplate In no scenario move its production outside Italy, or Rolls-Royce, which also You will expand Your Goodwood facilities. William Susman, managing director of the Cascadia Capital Investment Bank, assured to The New York Times That this same reaffirmation in its essence is common to many other European luxury brands: “In each conversation that I have had with customers during the last five to ten days, not a single person talked about building a factory in the United States.” Common Front: Money is not a problem. Both Hermès and Ferrari and Rolls-Royce have a client profile with high purchasing power and enormous appreciation for the quality of luxury products. That has made the three brands have adopted the same position on the scenario of uncertainty: maintain production in Europe and transfer the extra cost caused by tariffs to their customers. Assume that an increase of 10% or 20% in the final price will not be an obstacle to its millionaire customers. “The price increase that we are going to implement will be only for the US, since it aims to compensate for tariffs that only apply to the US market, so there will be no price increases in the other regions,” said Eric du Halgouët, Executive Vice President of Finance of Hermès, in statements collected by CNBC. Four factories and thousands of jobs. The new Hermès workshops will be located in different regions of France: Colombelles, isle d’Eguegnac, Loupes and Charleville-Mézières. Each of these workshops will have about 260 specialized artisans, which means the creation of more than 1,000 New jobs In the coming years. Hermès forms these artisans in their own school, the École Hermès des Savoir-Fairewhich qualifies them to manufacture their boring bags and products. According to The specialized medium Wwd, The Colombian workshop, the factory will be built on an old industrial land and is expected to be operational in 2028 and will be especially dedicated to producing its Kelly and Constance bags. The Isle d’Eguegnac plant will open its doors at the end of this year, while those of Loupes and Charleville-Mézières will do so in 2026 and 2027, respectively. The delicate balance of scarcity. Hermès’s sustained growth is reflected in her Financial results of the first quarter of 2025. The company billed 4,129 million euros, 8.5% more than the previous year and registered a 10% increase in sales of leather items compared to the previous year. This performance has allowed Hermès to overcome LVMH as The most valuable luxury company in the worldwith a capitalization of 276.3 billion dollars. The strategy of maintaining limited production, based on exclusivity, has proven profitable and sustainable in the luxury sector, which has used it in all its versions. For this reason, Hermès cannot simply manufacture its products and must very carefully monitor the increase in units that puts on the market to preserve the value of those that have already been sold. “We try to increase production at a fast pace, but we stay in the artisanal model, which in our opinion is synonymous with quality. We are not going to start looking for increases in productivity,” said Wwd Guillaume de Seynes, executive vice president of the manufacturing division and capital investments of Hermès. Deminting myths: production is not in China. If you have opened Tiktok or Instagram in recent weeks you will have seen any of the thousands of Chinese influencers videos They have risen to their profiles, ensuring that Hermès and LVMH bags are manufactured in China by $ 1,400, but these brands multiply their price by ten. This is an argument widely used by the imitations market and the “top blanket”, which is A whole industry in China. The reality is very different. The true added value of these brands lies in artisanal production in Europe. Hermès manufactures your leather bags and products in The 20 workshops that he has in France. LVMH, meanwhile, He does it in workshops located in France, Spain, Italy and the United States. Their watches are manufactured exclusively in watch workshops in Switzerland, while the jewelry lines of the signature of Bernard Arnault are created in France, Italy and Switzerland. In Xataka | Luxury brands hoped to land in the US after their fall in China: tariffs have cut their wings before taking off In Xataka | How Louis Vuitton makes money: of the unattainable luxury to mass luxury Image | Hermès (Alfred Piola, Kevin Scott)

Russia plans to manufacture its own 28 Nm chips in 2030. It will continue to be light years from the US and its allies

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The relationship sustaining USA and Russia is disturbing. The interests of the administration led by Joe Biden They seemed hardly reconcilable with those of the Government of Vladimir Putin, but Donald Trump’s return to the White House The rules of the game have changed. It had been many years that the interests of Russia and the US were not as aligned as they seem to be now. At this situation it would not be strange for Trump -led administration to Advanced lithography equipment. At the moment it is only an elucubration, but in the current circumstances it is not a far -fetched possibility. Anyway Russia has a plan to reinforce your semiconductor industry and reduce their dependence on foreign technologies. In October 2024 the Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced that it will invest 2,540 million dollars until 2030 in the development of own photolithography machines that allow it to become independent of foreign powers. Within the framework of the Russian economy it is an important expense that in the medium term seeks to develop the ability to make chips of 28 nm. Russia says you are already making chips with its first UVE lithography team At the end of May Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation, advertisement During the conference “Industrial Russia Digital Industry” that your country already has prepared its first team of extreme ultraviolet photolithography (UVE). In addition, Shpak confirmed that its construction is entirely Russian, and, more importantly, it also anticipated that this first UVE machine is capable of manufacturing integrated circuits of 350 nm. In 2026 Russia should have a prototype of UVE equipment capable of manufacturing 130 nm chips The really important thing is that Russia apparently already has the necessary technology to tuning these photolithography machines. From here their engineers and physicists can gradually refine their technology to make possible the production of more advanced integrated circuits. In fact, it is fair What the Russian government plans to do. And its itinerary establishes that in 2026 Russia should have a prototype of UVE lithography equipment capable of manufacturing 130 nm chips. And in 2028 another similar one trained to produce integrated 7 nm circuits. However, it is important that we do not overlook that this itinerary does not describe the moment in which Russia will acquire the ability to manufacture these large -scale integrated circuits. This will be the really relevant milestone. Whatever the Russian medium COMNEWS He has collected statements from Konstantin Trushkin, the deputy director of development of the MCST CPU Design Company, in which this engineer argues that Russia will have plants capable of producing large -scale integrated circuits of 28 Nm between 2028 and 2030. This purpose is credible, but by then presumably TSMC, Intel and Samsung will already have the capacity to manufacture in a massive way 1 Nm semiconductor. More information | COMNEWS In Xataka | China needs to develop a new type of immune chips to US sanctions. And their scientists have just achieved it

Desperate for competing with Chatgpt, Google has a plan for Gemini to be everywhere: pulling wallet

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We already know how many monthly users GEMINI has: the same as chatgpt in a single week. 350 million people using Google AI compared to the almost one and a half of OpenAi. And if we know something about Google, it has never liked to have competitors. He Progressive replacement of the Google Assistant By Gemini it was a statement of intentions: Google wanted Gemini to be in absolutely all phones. And no, the pulse has not shaken to get the wallet and force the pre -installation of this app. Google, Gemini and Samsung. A profitable exchange. Samsung is, by far, the manufacturer who More is betting on artificial intelligence in mobile territory. And the vast majority of these functions are behind Google, responsible for the Gemini Nano model of which it uses One UI 7. The a priori agreement could seem the classic Google-Manfabricaro android relationship, but Monopoly trial who is facing Google has made it clear that there is something else in between. Google paid Samsung to pre -install Gemini. Peter Fitzgerald, vice president of platforms and associations of Google devices, testified in the Federal Court of Washington as part of the antimonopoly case of the Department of Justice, According to Bloomberg. In his statements, he acknowledges that Alphabet Inc. paid Samsung Electronics Co. to preinstall Gemini on the company’s phones and devices. This contract, with a minimum duration of two years, establishes fixed monthly payments for each device with pre -installed Gemini, and a percentage of the income obtained by Google with the subscription to Gemini’s payment modalities. Paying to install is not legal. One of the keys to this case is in the precedents. In the past Google paid its partners so that its search engine was predetermined, something that was declared illegal. Since 2020, Neither Google Chrome nor the search for Google are the default options on Android. Google also paid Samsung 8 billion dollars for Google Search, Play Store and Google Assistant to be predetermined in Galaxy mobiles. The federal jury analyzed the case ruled that Google I was abusing his power with these policies. The judge will now have to determine whether Gemini’s pre -installation in exchange for money was legal or not. Gemini, Gemini, Gemini. Gemini is not just Google’s artificial intelligence, it is one of the largest doors at the income level that has been opened to the company in recent years. Although Sissie Hsiao herself is still a service without advertising, charge on Google at the head of Gemini, she has acknowledged that Google is the company to “monetize Gemini with ads as soon as possible. “Motorola cannot get rid of its obligations with Google and that is why they cannot change the predetermined assistant on the device.” Similar practices with other brands are reflected in the framework of the same antitrust judgment. Google’s contract with Motorola (Lenovo Group Ltd.) prevented perplexity AI as predetermined assistant on its devices. “A gun in the temple” according to Dmitry Shevelenko, business director in Perplexity. A trial that can change everything. The American justice, together with the constant persecution of Europe to Google for monopoly practices, have managed to make Android a somewhat more open system to third -party developers. If it ends up declaring illegal that Google Preinstal Gemini as an assistant, Google’s plan to compete from you to you with a GPT that quadruples its active users will be difficult to execute. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Google Lanza Gemini 2.0 with a gift for users: free access to its reasoning model

How excess clean energy has tested the electricity grid in Spain

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This Holy Week has achieved a historical milestone in the energy sector in Spain: for the first time 100% could be covered of the electrical demand with renewables. However, behind this success there is a shadow that does not benefit the electricity grid: the Curtailment. Short. The phenomenon Curtailmentor “renewable cut”, occurs when there is an excess of electric production. Then, the system operator – in this case, the Spanish electricity grid – is forced to temporarily reduce or stop wind turbines or solar panels to maintain the stability of the network, According to EDP Energy. The root of the problem. Although there are optimal wind or sun, the REE must stop the renewable generation for two reasons. On the one hand, there may be excess production over hours that do not coincide with consumption peaks. On the other, As was already being discussedan energy inequality persists in the country: the “emptied Spain” produces and is far from the large consumption centers. As has detailed At eldiario.es, electrical networks were not designed to transport current volumes, creating bottlenecks that force production to stop. The waste. He Curtailment It is causing consequences that alert experts. According to Aurora Energy Researchlast year in Spain, 1.7 Renewable Energy TWH was wasted, sufficient to supply 600,000 homes for a full year. The worrying, as the study has indicated, this figure represents 13% more than in 2023, confirming an upward trend that, if not corrected, can be intensified in the coming years. An opening of solutions. Despite the cut there are different devices to be able to keep the network stable. First, continue building more large -scale storage systems through batteries either reversible hydroelectric plantsallowing to save the surplus to release it when necessary. Another system comes with an innovation of fingering by implementing Intelligent networks that combine IoT sensors with AI algorithms, capable of predicting excess production. These systems, complemented with digital twins that virtually replicate the behavior of the network, allow to optimize energy flows and reduce up to 30% spills, According to data collected by strategic energy. Crossing borders. Looking towards the neighbors, interconnections could be improved with France and Portugal to channel surpluses. As has pointed out In the school environment, these connections will allow the export of energy to be planned in advance, although currently its capacity remains limited. Forecasts Curtailment represents one of the greatest practical challenges of the Spanish energy transition. While Spain continues to beat records in renewable installation, the ability to take advantage of every kilowatt will make the difference between a truly sustainable energy model and another that, paradoxically, continues to waste part of its green potential. Image | Joan Grifols and Pexels Xataka | The production of renewables in Europe is so strong that it is forcing nuclear power plants to work

He is already testing his 1.4 nm lithography and has announced when he will arrive

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2025 will be the year in which the 2 Nm chips will take off. During the next months TSMC, Intel and Samsung will start large -scale production of this type of integrated circuits. However, each of these companies is found in a very different situation. The Taiwanese TSMC leads the market with a fee of approximately 60% and has closed A very successful 2024. In addition, Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Mediatek, Intel and Qualcomm have already officialized their intention to formalize orders for their 2 Nm integration technology. Samsung’s starting point is less comfortable than TSMC’s. This South Korean company is reassessing your expansion plans and adjusting its template with the purpose of facing the future with the maximum possible guarantees. Of course, it is prepared to start large -scale production of 2 nm chips. Intel, meanwhile, is facing one of the most difficult stages Of all its history. Even so, Ben Sell, Vice President of Technology Development, confirmed At the end of last September that the 18A node already has the maturity necessary to enter large -scale production in 2025. Integrated 1.4 NM circuits of TSMC will arrive in 2028 TSMC has confirmed that the tests of its 2 Nm node are being successful, so you can start large -scale manufacturing of semiconductors using this photolithography during the second semester of 2025. However, its medium -term plans do not end here. Just a few hours ago this company has held its Technological Conference of North America and has anticipated which is also testing its next avant -garde integration technology. It will call it A14 (1.4 Nm), will enter large -scale production in 2028 and we already know some of its most interesting characteristics. TSMC has made public some figures that allow us to assess to what extent the arrival of the A14 node will be important One of its most important spots will consist that you will use transistors Nanosheet Gaa (Gate-alall-around) Second generation. The first generation will arrive next to the Lithography N2 (2 Nm) this year. In addition, this integration technology will land with the promise to make possible the manufacture of integrated circuits with higher performance, higher energy efficiency and a more flexible design. The usual. However, TSMC, fortunately, has been wet and in its event some figures have made public that allow us to assess to what extent the arrival of the A14 node will be important. And, according to this company, the integrated circuits produced with the A14 lithography will be 15% faster than the chips manufactured in the NEN N2 with the same consumption; They will reduce energy expenditure by 30% at the same speed, and, in addition, they will put on the table the possibility of increasing the density of logic by 20%. According to Kevin ZhangSenior Vice President and Deputy Director of Operations of TSMC, the A14 node will be attractive to make chips for consumption devices and for strictly professional applications, such as, for example, GPU for artificial intelligence (AI). As we have seen, TSMC hopes to start the large -scale manufacture of 1.4 Nm semiconductors in 2028, but at that time this integration technology will only have taken its first step. And it is likely that In 2029 a review of the lithography A14 is readyand presumably in 2030 the high performance and low cost versions of this node will arrive. This is the usual as long as TSMC sets a new integration technology. In fact, The nodes N4 nodes (4 NM), which is constituted by integration technologies N4, N4P and N4X, are improved Integration Technology N5 (5 Nm). Images | TSMC More information | TSMC In Xataka | Intel’s historical crisis continues to charge its price on the template: it will fire 20,000 people, according to Bloomberg

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