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It was practically impossible for a satellite to “ruin” the photo of another satellite. With Starlink already go twice

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Until recently, the idea that a terrestrial observation satellite accidentally captured another satellite in the flight was as an unlikely coincidence as finding a needle in a haystack. Space is an immense emptiness and The satellites move very quickly. But in the last year we have witnessed this phenomenon twice. And on both occasions, the protagonist has been a Spacex Starlink satellite. In a secret military base in China. On August 21, one of the new Satellites WorldView Legion of Maxar It passed over the Gobi desert, in China, with the aim of photographing the Dingxin Air Base: a high secret installation where China proves its most advanced fighters. The satellite achieved the image, but an unexpected intruder appears in it. A silver ship with two large solar panels and three spectra of colors cross Maxar’s photo, creating what an executive of the company described on LinkedIn as “accidental art.” What we see is actually a single satellite, the Starlink 33828immortalized in different wavelengths on one of the most sensitive places of the Chinese army. The trick is in the camera. The curious multicolored image is explained by how observation satellites and the incredible speed at orbit move. These satellites do not take a single image, but a series of images in different spectral bands almost simultaneously: a high resolution (panchromatic) and several in different colors (red, green, blue …) of lower quality. Then, an algorithm merges all this information to create the final photo, already clearly color. The problem of that “almost simultaneously” is almost. When the objective is the earth, which is relatively still with respect to the satellite, the system works perfectly. But when another satellite crosses in the field of vision at a relative speed of almost 1,400 meters per second (about 5,000 km/h), the camera captures it in a slightly different position in each of the color layers. The result is that spectral effect with several colored shadows. The Google Maps Starlink. This is the second time that a Starlink satellite accidentally sneaks into an alien photo. As We count in April 2025a Reddit user discovered a very similar effect on a Google Maps image on a rural Texas area. On that occasion, the photo was taken by a Pleaiades European satellite, and the result was even clearer: five silhouettes of the same object, corresponding to the close, red, blue, green and pancromatic infrared bands. The enormous amount of satellites in low orbit is turning an astronomically unlikely event into a new normality. Why are Starlink satellites. Because they are a majority. Spacex already has More than 8,300 Starlink in orbitmore than all other satellite constellations together. With its plans to expand the network to more than 30,000, the probability that one of them is crossed in the viewfinder of another satellite is growing. But also, they fly low. To offer a low latency internet connection, the Starlink operate about 500 km altitude in the low terrestrial orbit. This is the same orbital “highway” that most use the earth’s observation satellites, such as the Worldview Legion of Maxar (which are 518 km). His paths are destined to cross. Beyond the visual anecdote, these images are the symptom that the low orbit is increasingly congested, which forces perform constant evasion maneuvers To prevent collisions. Image | Maxar In Xataka | What types of satellites exist: guide not to get lost in a gigantic network of which we are increasingly dependent

We thought that Chatgpt was used mostly to work. Openai herself has just demonstrated otherwise

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For months, many of us assumed that Chatgpt It had become the perfect tool for the office work and also to program. OpenAi has published His first detailed study about what users really do and who they are, and the portrait breaks that intuition: most conversations do not work. Personal use dominates and grows. The data reflect a notable change in the type of use of ChatgPPT: in June 2025, 73% of the conversations were not work, when in June 2024 the percentages were almost tied. And there are other interesting data: the public is mostly young, with about half of the messages sent by people between 18 and 25 years old. To this is added a turn in the gender profile: the first records showed predominance of male names, but in 2025 52% corresponds to female names. More than work: chatgpt shows your most personal face The company classified more than one million conversations in seven major categories. The most common, “practical orientation”, supposes 28.3% of all interactions and includes help requests for daily tasks, academic consultations or training tips. The study also draws a curious panorama: it points out that adoption grows faster in less rich countries, although it does not list uses by country. The second major block are requests related to writing, which highlight the edition or criticism of texts and personal communication. The programming also appears, which concentrates only 4.2% of the analyzed chats. A trend that gains strength is the search for information. Openai states that these types of consultations have become a nearby substitute for web search engines. Between May and June 2024, it grew constantly, until it was placed as the second most common use. In this section, questions about products also appear, which suppose 2.1% of the consultations within that category. These data plan questions about the future of searches and how the company led by Sam Altman He is challenging Google. Another relevant block is that of personal advice and intimate conversations. The report indicates that 1.9% of the interactions are related to reflections and relationships, And 0.4% are role -playing games, including the use of chatgpt as virtual “companion”. Although the study insists that they are small figures, The issue is in the spotlight in several countries due to the impact of this technology on the mental health of some people. reflections and relationships, The study has 62 pages and covers the period from May 2024 to June 2025, with data from 1.5 million users and a sample of 1.1 million conversations. If the question is how Openai has achieved to obtain this information, the company says it has used its own models to analyze the messages, preventing human researchers from reading individual conversations. Demographic information comes from the data that users provide when registering. Images | Solen Feyissa | Levart_photographer In Xataka | China is selling us a future full of humanoid robots. We have (many) doubts

He has just taken an outstanding Openai researcher, according to Bloomberg

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What are the ingredients to win the artificial intelligence career or, at least, to ensure a place in the elite? There is no magical recipe, but there are three key elements: Leadership, talent and investment. All are intimately related, and the companies that compete in this field spare no resources to ensure them. It is no accident that Google and Meta have offered millionaire conditions to reinforce your artificial intelligence teams. This context has caused the output of outstanding profiles of OpenAIwho have found accommodation in the competition. But to the threats representing the American technological giants now adds a new actor: Tencent. A OPENAI jump to Tencent that does not go unnoticed Bloomberg says that the Chinese conglomerate He has signed the reputed researcher Shunyu Yao, in what he describes as “One of the most notorious defections from the United States AI sector to China. ”The information comes from sources close to the case that spoke with the environment under anonymity. When reviewing the Yao LinkedIn profileit is observed that he worked almost five years at Princeton University before joining Research Intern A OpenAI in February 2024. Four months later he was promoted to Research Scientistposition that continues to appear as his last position. One of the sources cited by Bloomberg points out that Tencent offered Ya a compensation that could reach the 100 million yuan (about 11.9 million euros), although the necessary conditions to reach that figure have not been specified. The medium also emphasizes that Yao is a graduate of the University of Tsinghuaconsidered the reference institution in science and engineering in China, and which later completed a doctorate in the United States. A report from the Information and Innovation Technologies Foundation It reflects how the panorama has changed in just a few years: in 2019, 35% of the highest level researchers (2% higher worldwide) were originally from the United States, compared to 10% of China. However, in just three years, the US fee fell 7%, while China grew 16%. If the rumors are confirmed, we would not be facing a talent formed in the United States that emigrates to China, but before a Chinese researcher who, after acquiring first level experience In the North American country, he returns to his country with that background. China seeks to compete from you to you with the United States for leadership in artificial intelligence. Tencent is not any actor: he is one of the world’s largest technological groups, owner of Wechat —The most used messaging application in China – and the social network QQ. In addition, he is a giant in video games, both as a developer and editor and investor in global studies. According to the sources, his goal when signing Yao is to strengthen the integration of AI in their products and services. It remains to be seen if this movement is an isolated case or the beginning of a trend. What is clear is that the career for the development of AI is no longer just a matter of technological innovation: a war is also fought for attract the best talent. And Chinese companies have no intention of being left behind. Images | Donald Wu | In Xataka | Alibaba has just demonstrated that Openai spends 78 million to do the same as them for $ 500,000

The digital detox has been fashionable for years. It’s time to start talking like what is: a myth

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Social networks have helped us in many aspects of our life, allowing us for example to strengthen some social relationships, or taking a way to express our creativity. But all this has come with a price to pay. A cost that has noticed our mental health, which has led many to try with a time to “digital detoxification.” The problem is that it may not be too useful strategy. Not so effective. Withdraw a time from social networks It is not an effective “disconnection strategy”according to a meta -analysis carried out by a Belgian team of researchers from the universities of Antwerp and Gante, at least if we are looking to improve Our well -being. The good news: at least we do not have indications that disconnection does us badly. “The findings (…) suggest that temporarily separating ourselves from social networks may not be the approximation (…) optimal to improve individual well -being,” Write the teamwhich also points out in his study the need to continue research on alternative disconnection strategies. Ten studies. The new work is a meta -analysis, that is, a “quantitative study of studies.” The team conducted a systematic search for scientific literature that addressed the relationship between social media abstinence and one or more than three variables: positive and negative affections, and vital satisfaction. They found 10 quantitative works with a total sample of 4,674 participants. The analysis showed no significant effects of refraining from social networks in any of the three variables studied. The team also did not find indications that the duration of the period of “Digital detoxification“It will be relevant. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Scientific Reports. Need to investigate more. The team emphasizes the need to advance in research on this issue. According to the team itself, the study presents one of the usual problems in the meta -analysis, and is the diversity in the methodologies followed by the works included in it. A radical change. Social networks have remarkably changed how we interact with technology, for better and for worse. The problems that this poses have appeared so suddenly that our ability to adapt, to look for solutions with which to repair the possible damage has exceeded in many contexts. In Xataka | How to recover the concentration that social networks and multitars have taken us Image | Xataka with Gemini

A very rare element of the periodic table is unleashing a new geopolitical battle with China: Germanio

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China has been weaving, little by little, a network of power around critical minerals: first Rare earthsafter Copper And now Germanio. Although its name barely says anything to the general public, this metal is essential for the defense industry – from the night vision systems of the fighters to the satellites – and for the optical fibers that support the Internet. Today there is almost no market, its price has been quintupled in two years and the origin of the collapse has a clear name: Beijing. The origin of the crisis. Two years ago, China announced controls At the exit of Germanio, Gallium and Antimony in response to the restrictions of the United States and the Netherlands on advanced semiconductors. However, the real blow arrived at the end of 2024: Germanio’s exports collapsed, leaving merchants without supply. Terence Bell, from Strategic Metal Investments, I recognized Financial Times That had been able to buy a gram six months. “The situation is desperate,” he said. Aaron Jerome, from Lipmann Walton & Co, described a devastated market: “Before we could buy 100 kilos; now we are lucky if we got 10, and the triple price.” And Christian Hell, from the Tradition Commercial House, added to the same medium that the demand was “for the clouds” and that he received desperate consultations of companies from the United States and Europe. The figures confirm the collapse. According to a Policy Accelator Silverado analysis cited by Financial Timesbetween January and July of this year, Germanio imports to the United States from China fell 40%. The result has been an unprecedented price escalation: just $ 1,000 in 2023 to almost $ 5,000 in September this year. This is the highest level registered since 2011. A strategic role. The importance of Germanio is not in its geological rarity, but that it is very difficult to extract, since it is obtained as a zinc and coal byproduct. In addition, its use in defense is irreplaceable for thermal image systems in fighters, drones and satellites. In the civil sector, it is used in optical fiber, solar panels and chips. “Finding substitute materials is complicated, because it would imply a complete redesign and a loss of unacceptable precision in military applications,” explained the analyst Caroline Messecar in Financial Times. For these reasons, According to estimates from the Fastmarkets agencyworld demand is around 180-200 tons per year of Germanio. One more piece of a much wider board. In Beijing they have converted critical minerals into geopolitical weapons. At the end of 2024, They prohibited export from Gallium, Antimony and Germanio to the United States, and shortly after added Scandio and Disposioessential in chips, telecommunications and storage. The strategy behind the Asian giant is to monopolize the control of the entire chain. To name a few examples, China has 4% of world copper reserves, but controls 49% of the global refining. “More than accumulating raw materials, China is building an intentional bottleneck in the supply chain,” My partner has detailed in Xataka. The same goes for the Tungsten, where it controls 83% of the world supply and tightened the export controls in February 2025, What fired prices 55%. In simple words: Beijing seeks to be essential. It controls the most valuable link – the defendant – and with it conditions global access to strategic metals of the 21st century. However, its power is not absolute: it depends on importing concentrates from countries such as Chile, Peru or Mexico. If any of those partners change position – Mexico, for example, 50% tariffs have already imposed Chinese products in 2025-, Beijing risks a cut of vital supplies. In addition, this control strategy has a price: Chinese copper foundations work with negative margins and some have had to close. A movement to counterreloj. Before the blockade, Germanio’s great consumers try to move quickly. On the one hand, in the United States, defense giant Larkheed Martin signed in August a direct agreement with the South Korea Zinc to ensure supply, something unpublished so far. Lightpath Technologies, with government support, works in optical alternatives, although its director Sam Rubin warns in ft: “No one is going to redesign an existing system until it is inevitable.” On the other hand, the options are scarce. Umicore in Belgium and Teck Resources in Canada produce some Germanio, but insufficient. Germany He already warns thatif the crisis lasts, its automotive industry could stop part of the production in a matter of weeks. The European Chamber of Commerce has even asked Beijin to release supplies for chips factories. The historical supplier, Russia, has also been out of the board. For years it was one of Germanio’s main sources for the West, thanks to its production associated with zinc and coal mining. However, international sanctions for the Ukraine War cut that flow almost completely. Moscow continues to produce, but its exports are now directed to China and countries that do not participate in the sanctions, According to FT. For the United States and Europe, that means having lost another supply route in the worst possible time, which has further reinforced Beijing’s domain. Looking to the future. In Germany, a group of researchers from the Technical University of Freiberg Work in a method surprising: extract Germanio from plants after fermentation processes for biogas. At the moment, they only achieve some milligrams per liter, but they aspire to reach a gram, which would open the door to a sustainable and local production. From anonymity to key element. Germanio has become a symbol of a new era: that of minerals as strategic weapons. As Financial Times has pointed outdemand does not stop growing while the offer narrows. And the lesson is clear: in an electrified and militarized world, who controls critical minerals will control power. Image | Freepik and Unspash Xataka | Nickel’s paradox: West needs it more than ever for electrification, but China and Indonesia have market dominance

The reality will be much more decaffeinated

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Parliamentary failure in the Voting of the reduction of the day at 37.5 hours a week was an important setback for a measure that appeared as one of the Flags of the Legislature Agreement. However, in that parliamentary session the reduction of day was lying. Indirectly, the Hours registration system reform that accompanied to that measure and the regulatory changes that allowed the sanctions to harde and fight against labor exploitation. Without parliamentary force. The initial design contemplated two key pieces: 37.5 hours workday and a mandatory digital hourly registration, immediately accessible for the Labor Inspection and the unions. If approved, both measures would have been reinforced in the eradication of the extra hours not paid. Without the legislative instruments that allowed its approval in Congress when modifying the Baremo de Sanctions, the Ministry of Labor has been forced to reorient your strategynow putting the focus on the reform of the time registration by decree law. That forces the measure with a proposal that applies minor changes to The current regulations. A reform reduced. The difference between what was raised in Congress and what now is submitted to public consultation It is evident. Such and As I pointed out The economistwith the parliamentary proposal it included a mandatory and integrated digital system, while the decree maintains flexible options and leaves out a reinforced sanctioning regime. Yolanda Díaz, second vice president and head of the Ministry of Labor, He has defended than the current day record It is “absolutely violative of community regulations and the Court of Justice of the European Union has condemned Spain for not meeting the demands. “ Despite this forcefulness by the government, even its union allies admit that the proposal for the reform of the time registration has been diluted with the change of road for approval. “From CCOO we will demand the literalness of the text agreed in social dialogue,” demanded Javier Pacheco, secretary of trade union action and transitions of CCOO, in statements collected by The world. The proposal to public consultation. The draft of Royal Decree placed in public consultation proposes to strengthen the principles that were already in the regulations. The document establishes that the records must be carried out personally and directly by the workers themselves, detailing the pauses and times of availability, thus differentiating the ordinary hours of the extraordinary. The proposal opens the door for electronic registration mechanisms with authenticity guarantees – such as time seals or identity verification systems – although it is not specified that digitalization is mandatory in all cases, which leaves margin to keep the manual records and with it part of the limitations indicated By courts and Europe. It also contemplates the control of the modifications made on the registration and the obligation to ensure immediate access by the Labor Inspection and the legal representation of the workers, as well as remote access in the case of electronic records. No changes in sanctions. One of the measures that fell during the vote was the possibility of modifying the Smooth articles (Law on infractions and sanctions in the social order) that regulates the sanctioning regime for companies that fail to comply with the obligation to register the working day, in order to discourage fraud in the time registry. At present, the sanction for offending companies is a maximum of 7,500 euros per company, while in the proposal that was voted together with the Law of Day Reduction It increased up to 10,000 euros for each worker (not by company) affected by an infraction. Work for free. The EPA data From the second quarter of 2025 estimates that in Spain more than 7 million overtime weekly are made. Of these, 2,821,300 hours They are not remunerated They are not compensated. That is, the worker gives the employer 40.21% of those hours. Despite these figures, the decree that the Government processes leaves the structural cracks that allowed the evasion of the norm Not registering real time worked by employees, when easily manipulable methods are used such as paper schedule records. In Xataka | Signing with the fingerprint at work was legal. In Europe they have decided that they are no longer and threaten to fine Image | Unspash (Erik McLean)

We talk about how new generations are reported and we try the new XPEng in Crossover 1×21

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To read the newspaper Let’s see Tiktok. The new generations seem to reject the traditional media – prensa, radio, television – and for a long time there has been a clear tendency to seek information on social networks. That is precisely what he tells us Emilio Doménech (@Nananisimo), journalist who lived in the first person the US elections or the assault on the Capitol and now reflects on how we consume information In Tiktok era and artificial intelligence. To accompany him they are as always Jaume Lahoz and Carlos Santa Engracia, with whom he discusses that media transformation. Not only that: we also talk about how AI – which more and more floods social networks dangerously – it can end up influencing the way of informing us and the risks that it entails. Although this interview occupies much of the episode, we have two special sections. On the one hand, a section of impossible technological anecdotes. On the other, Jaume has gone to Munich and has tried the XPEng G6 and G9 for Tell us everything. Enjoy Crossover! On YouTube | Crossover

Chinese researchers believe they have discovered a simple “trick” to lose weight: eat raw vegetables

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For decades, scientists have discussed the effects of vegan and ovo -vegetarian diets on weight loss and heart disease prevention. Without much success, really. Not because The clues in favor have not accumulatedbut because something was missing. A common link, a thread that organized all that scientific evidence and gave meaning. In recent years, a team of doctors from the Qilu Hospital of the University of Shandong He thinks he found That piece that was missing. And it’s an important piece. Above all, because obesity is becoming The great epidemic of the 21st century. 1.9 billion overweight peoplesome 600 million people with obesity and up. Something that would not be a problem if it wasn’t because, like They wrote Yani Xu and his team in their research, “obesity and its associated complications not only lead to an increase in morbidity and mortality, but also to a reduction in quality of life.” Finding simple weight loss strategies goes beyond aesthetics or fashion: it is an investment in quality of life. But did not solve Ozempic? It is true that the arrival of Ozempic (and the rest of New agonist medications from LPG-1) has radically changed our way of seeing overweight: as Antonio Ortiz said, these medications are helping us understand that Metabolism and appetite are biological facts, not moral elections. Biological facts that, as we see, bring huge social consequences. Plan b. Therefore, although the “new ozempics” are being revolutionary, they are far from being the solution to all our problems. Not only is these very expensive medications (and obesity shows a clear correlation with greater rates of poverty and precariousness economic); They are not substitutes for healthier and more balanced habits. That’s where Yani Xu and his team enter. In search of lost evidence. Tracking in the previous bibliography, Chinese researchers found 24 studies that followed more than 2,000 people. They were quite quality studies (randomized clinical trials) and that has allowed them to conclude that there was a detail that showed very strong links with a lower risk of obesity and heart problems: raw vegetables. In fact, this is true even when they eliminated the effect of genetic factors from the equation. Something not too common and, therefore, very interesting. “The vegetarian diet is a viable option for people who wish to control their body weight and (prevent) metabolic diseases,” They explain. How is it possible? The researchers They shuffle some ideas: From its high content of phytosterols and fatty fats to its role in reducing inflammation and oxidative stress. However, it is not too clear: we have a statistical explanation, but we still lack a mechanism of action. We may have solved one of the big problems when establishing a clear relationship between weight loss and veganism, but not at all. However, with the data that Let’s have on the tableit seems that the idea of ​​progressively increasing the weight of vegetables (and raw vegetables) seems like a positive strategy. More positive than we thought. Image | Elena Mozhvilo In Xataka | Ozempic to lose weight: its effects and risks beyond controversy, according to science *An earlier version of this article was published in September 2024

‘Operation Triunfo’ is the prime video tool to grow at full speed. The key is in Latin America

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Although the audience figures did not seem clear until Operation Triunfo 2023 concluded, the program He ended up throwing a very positive balancebecoming the most watched national premiere in the history of prime video in Spain. Therefore, the platform has decided to bet strongly on this new stage, seeking to maximize its scope, and devote itself especially as a cultural reference for generation Z and decisively reaching various Latin American countries. Some figures. Among the things that Prime Video has told is that it reached 3.5 million unique viewers during its 14 weeks of broadcast. A triumph that extended, as Amazon will certainly interest, Beyond the mere audience Of the platform: in its 14 weeks of broadcast, Amazon registered one million visits to the OT thematic store, 720,000 interactions with Alexa and 66 million votes through the app. They are additional business routes that corroborate why OT is so important for the digital store economy. Audience involved. The great triumph of the program (worth the redundancy) has been to earn to very involved spectators with the format: 8.6 million weekly votes and 1.6 million records in the app (the previous record was at 820,000) that add up to those mentioned 66 million; 5,000 million global visualizations and 80,000 publications in Tiktok; a peak of 180,000 users connected simultaneously on YouTube; And more than 27,000 attendees in disc firms, so that everything is not virtual. And in addition, of course, hashtags about the program after in the list of Twitter trends every Monday, on many occasions monopolizing the first ten positions and making the edition of constant conversation during its 14 weeks. For all of Latin America. ‘OT 2025 ‘premieres on September 15 at 10:00 p.m. in Spain with simultaneous live transmission for the first time in its history for six Latin American countries: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru. It is a Amazon response to the growing demand of the fans of the program and, above all, wants to take ‘OT’ beyond Spain, and that Prime Video impacts more globally. Undoubtedly, an ambitious intention but that if it is possible to give an extraordinary dissemination to the program. To increase this impact will bet on social networkswith 15 weekly minutes with which the contestants to generate content in a “Tiktok Corner” within the Academy, with live reactions on Fridays on social networks at 15. Again, as happened last year, social networks will form a primary part of the Amazon strategy. There will also be new weekly programs: ‘OT connection (Tuesday to Saturday at 8:00 p.m.) and’ Face B ‘(Sunday, also at eight in the afternoon). Technological investment To provide viewers A program at the heightAmazon has put on their feet the greatest scenario in the history of Prime Video, with 358 m² of LED screens, 10 cameras, including the Spderm, and more than 750 lighting devices. It is a considerable technological leap and as Amazon has revealed to the press, it is only the spearhead of a very ambitious project, where everything is integrated more organically than in previous stages. For example, the study where ‘connection ot’ is recorded just below the academy, so that there is immediate access to teachers and contestants. And there will be no post -grooves or videosumeros: everything will be part of the gala. Youth is sought. Therefore, expand borders, more programs and support determined to the possibilities of social networks. All with a very clear intention: to appeal to the interests of generation Z, which is able to make a fan phenomenon germinate that is the one that really gives life to this type of programs. In search of the youngest generations of spectators to get the format, which is already 24 years old, it remains fresh. Header | Amazon In Xataka | How Prime Video Use Chenoa and ‘Operation Triunfo’ to destroy the tired audiences of traditional TV

Elon Musk’s brother

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A miracle … of technology. On Saturday night, more than 3,000 drones illuminated the Vatican’s sky to recreate the best known works of Miguel Ángel or Pope Francis’s affable face. But the real surprise was under the swarm of drones. The head of the show was Kimbal Musk, Elon’s brother, who had the idea during a festival in the Nevada desert. A little context. As a culmination to the world encounter on human fraternity, the Vatican organized the Grace for the World eventwhich had a poster of stars such as Pharrell Williams, John Legend and Andrea Bocelli, who sang Duo with Karol G. The most commented of the night, in addition to that unexpected duet, was the synchronized flight of the 3,000 drones about the Basilica of San Pedro before 80,000 spectators. While the music sounded, the drones recreated with points of light “the creation of Adam”, which Miguel Ángel painted in the Sistine Chapel, or the “Piedad del Vaticano”, which Miguel Ángel Buonarroti carved in Marble 500 years ago. Nova Sky Stories. The company responsible for the show has as CEO and founder a man of unmistakable surname: Kimbal Musk. How is the brother’s brother who wants to take us to Mars ended, who says he felt the voice of God After trying the ayahuascaorganizing a light show for the Holy See? That is the best part of the story. Kimbal Musk with a Nova Sky Stories drone Kimbal founded Nova Sky Stories In 2022 when buying Intel Drone Light Shows, the Intel division for this type of shows. But he had the idea a year earlier during the “Free Burn” festival, which replaced Burning Man during the pandemic. It was there that an artist named Ralph Nauta used drones to recreate in the sky the effigy of the man who traditionally burns in Burning Man. What Kimbal witnessed, in your own words“He changed his life.” A year and a half of negotiations. Convinced of the potential of drones not as a simple substitute for fireworks, but as a new means to create large -scale art, Kimbal Musk approached the Vatican In early 2024, when Pope Francis still lived. After his death, the new Pope Leo XIV gave his blessing to continue with the event. A fleet of 9,000 drones. Like Elon Musk, Nova Sky Stories presumes a completely vertical ecosystem: they design and manufacture their own drones, and develop all software and firmware internally. This allows them an agility and problem solving capacity that, according to themselves, is unique in the sector. Although in the Vatican only 3,000 drones flew simultaneously, the company has an arsenal of more than 9,000. Each weighs 340 grams and can illuminate with a 24 -bit color depth. To orient, drones use satellite positioning technology “Real-Time Kinematics” that corrects real-time GPS data with centimeters accuracy. In a long -term show such as the Vatican, the drones are scheduled to return to their load bases, recharge and be replaced by others in the air, all without the public perceiving it. If a drone deviates from his route, he first tries to return to his position, then return to the base and, as a last resort, turn off your engine to fall to the ground. Substitutes of fireworks? The Vatican event confirms an upward trend: drones are replacing or complementing fireworks in mass events worldwide. From the Mega -spectacles in China to the most modest versions of the Malaga Fair or the Mercè festivities in Barcelona. They are safe, silent and reusable. But for Kimbal Musk the objective goes beyond simple substitution: “I do not idolize the technology. Idolate the result.” His mission is to consolidate drones as a legitimate artistic medium, capable of telling stories and, above all, of generating an emotional response: “If we can make the grandmother cry …”. Images | Elisabetta Piqué, x In Xataka | In full crisis of faith among young people, the Church has literally found a saint: the first Millennial Holy

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