characteristics, price and technical file

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Google has just announced the launch of the Google Pixel 9a. It is a device that, maintaining the inheritance of the range A, is committed to more modest, but quite competent already lower price than his brothers. With A of Asequible? It may be, but in any case this terminal is the pixel for those who want the Pixel experience without paying what a high -end pixel is worth. And this mobile can be purchased for 549 euros. It arrives with a renewed design, an engine that we already know and a technical file that, without being the most top of the market, promises good performance and much, a lot of artificial intelligence courtesy of Android 15Google and Gemini. That said, we will know him better. 10 Google applications that could have triumphed Google Pixel 9A Technical Card Google Pixel 9a dimensions and weight 154.7 x 73.3 x 8.9 mm 185.9 grams screen Poled acts of 6.3 inches FullHD+ resolution (2,424 x 1,080 pixels) Format 20: 9 Refresco rate: 60-120 Hz Brillo: 1,800 nits (HDR) Pico brightness: 2,700 nits Gorilla Glass 3 PROCESSOR Google Tensioner G4 RAM 8 GB Internal storage 128/256 GB Rear camera Angular: 48 MP, F/1.7, FOV 82º, Super Res Zoom 8x, OIS GREAT ANGULAR: 13 MP, F/2.2, FOV 120º Video: 4k@60 fps Front camera 13 MP F/2.2, FOV 96, º Video: 4k@30 fps BATTERY 5,100 mAh Fast charge 23W Operating system Android 15 Years of updates: 7 connectivity USB Type C 3.2 Dualsim (Nanosim+Esim) WIFI 6E Bluetooth 5.3 NFC GPS 5G NSA/SA, Sub 6GHz OTHERS Stereo speakers IP68 resistance Footprint reader 2D facial unlock Car shock detection FUNCTIONS OF IA PRICE 549 euros This is the Google Pixel 9a Google Pixel 9A | Image: Google New design. Google has implemented a design that, keeping the pixel design lines, bets on a flat rear (without The huge modules of camera that we had seen so far), the flat corners and a lot of color. The weight of almost 186 grams and the thickness remains at the gates of the nine millimeters. The terminal is made of plastic and aluminum, in its vast recycled majority in the case of both materials More shine. The terminal incorporates a Poled screen 6.3 inches with FullHD+ resolution and up to 120 Hz of refreshment rate. However, what most attracts attention is its brightness. Without getting into the car of the 4,000 and 5,000 nits that we are starting to see, Pixel 9a reaches the 2,700 peak shine nits, a very competent figure and the largest in a device of the Pixel A. range. It should also be noted that the panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 3. Google Pixel 9A | Image: Google Moderate power. Google Tensioner Processors They do not seek to be the most powerful in the marketbut to offer a balance between benefits and efficiency. He G4 tensioner It does not reach the Snapdragon 8 Elite And Mediatek flagships, but is able to offer a correct experience. They accompany him eight Gigas of RAM and up to 512 GB of internal storage. Made By Google Chamber. Where Google has known how to stand out is in the camera and in this case it was not going to be less. Google offers the fair and necessary for a terminal of this price range, namely a main sensor of 48 megapixels, a great angle of 13 and a selfie camera also 13. Leaves in the hands of the AI ​​everything related to the zoom and the postprocessing and, giving ourselves to previous tests, we can expect great results. We will see it in the review. Google Pixel 9A | Image: Google Android with Extra de ia. The Google Pixel 9A arrives with Android 15 as standard and seven years of updates by the brand. The key, however, is in the deep integration with Google Gemini, Google’s AI, which includes the functions already seen in other terminals, such as photo editing, but also Gemini Live. Battery to throw the day. Finally, it should be noted that Google Pixel 9A has a 5,100 mAh battery capable of offering, according to the company, more than 30 hours of autonomy. However, we already know that this will depend on the use we make of the terminal. As for the load, the new Pixel is far from its main competitors offering a power of only 23W. Versions and price of Google Pixel 9A Google Pixel 9A | Image: Google He Google Pixel 9a It is available in black, cream, pink and lilac and in a single version of eight Gigas of RAM. Its price is 549 euros and can be purchased from April. Images | Google In Xataka |

Millennials and generation Z are already its main clients

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Having a Ferrari waiting for you in the garage continues to be the desire of many young people, especially when money It is not a problem. The young people are revolutionizing the market of luxury cars, and Ferrari is the proof of this. The legendary Italian brand is seeing how its clientele rejuvenates by leaps and bounds. The reason: the new generations are receiving the millionaire inheritances of their relatives. The new profile of “Ferrarista”. As they point out from FortuneTraditionally Ferrari has been synonymous with older men, successful entrepreneurs and engine -love collectors with years of experience and a bulky wallet. But times are changing. According to recent statements by Benedetto Vigna, executive director of Ferrari, collected By CNBC, millennials and generation Z already represent 40% of the new Ferrari buyers. A generational turnaround that has surprised its own and strangers, and that shows that the luxury industry is facing a generational relief. This means an increase in the percentage of customers with less than 40 years of Ferrari, which in 2023 was 30%. Benedetto Vigna said that: “We are seeing a great interest on the part of younger customers,” and indicated that this demographic change is a global trend that is transforming the way in which luxury brands are related to their customers. Having a Ferrari goes beyond having money. This change in the profile of the buyers of Ferrari cars is due to different factors that converge in time. On the one hand, the success of influencers and young celebrities that exhibit their luxury cars on social networks, and that the brand has taken care of nails and teeth for preserve your aura of exclusivity. On the other hand, Ferrari has managed to adjust the policy of “scarcity marketing“That Enzo Ferrari established, who assured that” he would always deliver a car less than what the market demands, “which increases the desirability of his cars. Vigna says that The waiting lists For one of his cars they are about two years old. In his interview, the Ferrari CEO said that a 37 -year -old told him that he was anxious to receive his first Ferrari before he turned 40. “Do not worry, you will get it when you are 39 years old,” Vigna explained to CNBC. Faithfulness to Ferrari. As published Fortunemost of Ferrari’s client portfolio has been forged over decades, affecting the idea that It is not enough to have money To drive a Ferrari: you have to deserve of it. In 2024, Ferrari sold approximately 81% of their new cars to owners who already had a Ferrari and 48% of them to buyers who already had more than one Ferrari in their garage. That reinforces the attachment of young people for a brand that does not make their customers easy access one of your cars. However, one of the great triumphs that the Maranello brand has recently achieved is that, when they get it, its clients can customize it to their liking in the Ferrari Atelierdivision that the brand has created to respond to the exclusive requests of its customers. “The great wealth transfer.” But if there is a key factor that explains the rejuvenation of Ferrari’s clientele, it is the call “Great wealth transfer“. It is estimated that a good part of world wealth is currently In the hands of the Baby Boomers. Due to demographic aging, it is estimated that, until 2045, millennials and generation Z will be the beneficiaries of an estimated wealth transfer in about 84 billion (European billion) of dollars. These first signs of generational change are already being seen, with data such as the one that revealed the list of 2024 Millionaires of Forbes, in which most of the new Millionaires under 30 years old They were for having received a millionaire heritage. A generalized trend. Although those responsible for other luxury brands have not expressed themselves with the clarity with which the CEO of Ferrari has done, everything indicates that this is a trend that they are experiencing the set of luxury cars manufacturers. According to statements From Stephan Winkelmann, world general director of Lamborghini to Drive: “There are more and more people, compared to a decade ago, which at an early age already have so much money that our type of cars can easily buy.” Porsche, meanwhile, has managed to adapt to the new times adapting its public sales channels younger to stay as an attractive option for new millionaires. In Xataka | While the European automobile industry is bleeding, a brand has found a gold mine: Rolls-Royce and its tuned cars In Xataka | A millionaire ran out of a card and unable to use its supercar: its own nürburgring was built in the garden Image | Ferrari

This Alavesa company dominates mobile phones, and the 2G blackout transformed it into something much more interesting

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The MWC was a brutal hive of technological and telecos from all over the world … with America and Asia in a prominent place, something that results paradoxical and expected at the same time in an event organized in Barcelona: Error 404, Europe Not Found. But in one of the Halls Yes there was European presence, because there There was the huge Spanish pavilion, that of Red.es, and in turn there was, in one of its fifty spaces, SPC (Smart Products Connection), an Alava technology that has turned the technological needs of the elderly into their small gold mine. And we were able to talk to his CEO, Teresa Acha-Forea, an old acquaintance of Xataka: A decade ago We interviewed her in her stage with Wikowhich was a mark of that same matrix. Of telephone liberalization to leadership in a specialized niche SPC’s story begins with The beginning of the process of liberalization of telecommunications At the end of the eighties, when Telefónica lost the monopoly of the sale of telephones. It was then that this company Alavesa jumped to start marketing landlines. It looks like a gray and little activity sexy (And it is), but it was his germ. For years it was your main business (They still have a presence in him), But with the slow agony of the fixed this leg is more in the consulting of conference terminals for companies than in the sale of the telephone itself. Red.es pavilion in the MWC 2025. In one of its fifty spaces was SPC. Image: Xataka. A little after that was when the adventure that has taken them here began. “Twenty years ago we began to make adapted phones for blind and people with special needs“, explains Teresa during our interview at the Mobile World Congress 2025.” We also had a Portfolio of telephone numbers for seniors, with large, first fixed and then mobile keys. “ What began as a specialized line has led the company to a dominant position in Spain: “We have become the first Spanish telephone brand for seniors, we have 50% of that market,” says the directive. The silent revolution: from 2g to 4g While the technological world revolts around The latest ©SPC has demonstrated the ability to evolve without losing its essence. Its catalog has been growing with the decades, but always maintaining the focus on a type of accessible and easy -to -use devices. That approach also has its own technological risks. In this case, a question of networks: “These devices are 2g, but you have to change to 4g by The blackouts that are going to be done. All these devices will stop working, so we decided to launch the catalog in 4G. ”What was cost savings because it made no sense to aim at ultra -granted speeds also finds its expiration date. This technological change has meant a great change for the company: “We went from transmitting voice to transmit data. That makes a ‘silly’ device have some intelligence. With the 4G we saw that we could exchange data, that is, send orders.” And that forced paradigm change led them to A much deeper change: the hardware for the service. Taking advantage of the 4G jump, SPC has developed a platform called SPC Carelaunched at the end of last year. “It is an app that is usually downloaded a responsible, a child,” explains the CEO. “It allows to manage the entire device menu, contacts, volume, brightness … It also has functions for the child, such as locating the father’s mobile by GPS or seeing his SMS.” The latter, he points, not so much to invade his privacy and to prevent The frauds that have found in the SMS a great ally. In it MWC 2025 The company presented new functions for this platform: “We have incorporated new actions, for example, a medication reminder. We have an agenda in which to schedule days and hours for a specific message to arrive, which we can write, and thus will come in a personalized way.” The most interesting thing is how this reminder is delivered: “That message will not come as SMS, because they do not usually read them, but as a voice call.” A detail that demonstrates the company’s knowledge about the real needs of its target audience. This evolution represents a paradigm change for SPC, as its directive acknowledges: “This is being a small great revolution for the company. We have gone from being a hardware company very specialized in the development of the PCBA with engineering in China, to manage applications and data.” Between design and manufacturing Although SPC is presented as a Spanish manufacturer, its productive model reflects the reality of the contemporary technology industry: Design in any country, manufacture in China. Nothing on the other Thursday, nothing we don’t know. However, the degree of involvement of the company in the development of its products varies quite according to the category. It is not a black or white. “It depends on each category, we intervene more in the conceptualization or less,” explains Acha-Forea. “The person in charge is the one who has contact with the manufacturer of the Chipset. The manufacturer of Chipset Sells specific engineering that are the ones that develop the PCBA “. In the most strategic products, the personalization level is very high: “In the tablets, we do everything with engineering in China. From speaking with engineering, and telling him that this is the PCBA, this is the type of plate, we want this type of battery here, this here, this here …”. The CEO is clear on which products they have more intervention: “Tablets and smartphones for seniors are own molds, they are ours. When it is its own mold, it is its own PCBA and its own engineering.” Current Catalog of SPC smartphones. Image: SPC. At the opposite end are the smallest or generic products: “Some headphones … Well, you choose the headset and say, well, because I want you to change this, … Read more

His first data revalidates Einstein and put the dark matter on the map

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The Euclid telescope, launched in 2023 by the European Space Agency, has finished overwhelming its first great task. Designed to make a map in detail of the universe To help us understand dark matter and energy, Euclid has been analyzing three regions of heaven from point L2 of Lagrange. Despite being just the First mission data setwhich will extend at least until 2030, the European space telescope has already detected 26 million galaxies, some of which are 10.5 billion light years. Now the team, aided by volunteers and learning algorithms for reinforcement, has begun to publish the most complete and detailed map of the distribution of objects of the universe, which includes huge clusters of galaxies, bright quasars fed by supermassive black holes and gravitational lenses that divert the light of farthest objects. A first look at the Cosmic Network A deep field image of the Euclid space telescope Galaxies are not randomly distributed. They form a structure called Cosmic Network, similar to a web, whose filaments are made of ordinary matter and dark matter. Dark matter does not emit light, but affects the way galaxies are formed and evolved. Euclid accurately measures the shape, size and distance of galaxies to understand how the cosmic network is organized. He map that is makingwhose first three pieces have just completed, will be key to finding out what dark matter and dark energy are really. We know that dark matter exists because it gravitationally affects galaxies (it turns them faster than expected). And we know that there is a dark energy responsible for accelerating the universe. But they are a mystery. Different types of galaxies classified by human volunteers and the AI ​​of ESA Since its deployment, Euclid has sent 100 GB of data daily. It is impossible to manually classify each image, so scientists resorted to artificial intelligence and citizen science to classify 380,000 galaxies. 10,000 human volunteers collaborate in galaxyzoo.org To teach a so -called Zoobot to identify the different forms of galaxies. The volunteers classify the objects (“spirals”, “with arms”) and their responses are used to reset the AI ​​or readjust the accuracy of the algorithm. 5,000 strong gravitational lenses Gravitational lenses detected by Euclid One of the aspects that most excite scientists in the first Euclid data set are gravitational lenses. Euclid has already detected about 5,000 possible strong gravitational lenses, very rare objects that form obvious visual effects, such as arches or Einstein rings. These curvatures of space-time, predicted by the theory of general relativity, allow to observe distant objects that would otherwise be invisible, helping to understand how dark matter is distributed. It is expected that at the end of the mission, Euclid has identified about 100,000 strong lenses, multiplying the amount we currently know. Questions to solve The Euclid space telescope had a complicated deployment due to the accumulation of ice in its lens, but the ESA engineers managed to solve any setback. The results published today demonstrate the very high sensitivity of the telescope. During the next few years, Euclid will observe between 30 and 50 times these regions of the cosmos, accumulating more and more information and discovering new galaxies and phenomena. Added to the observations of the newly released NASA Spherex Telescopethe information we will have of the universe will increase exponentially. With the most detailed map of the universe, scientists will try to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95% of the universe, and how they relate to each other, while solving other transcendental questions: what is the structure and history of the cosmic network? How has the expansion of the universe changed over time? Is the theory of the gravity of Einstein complete, or does it need large -scale modifications? Images | THAT In Xataka | 110 years later, Einstein continues to win bets: the Euclid telescope has discovered a ring in space-time

The future will be full of robots, says Nvidia. And just launch a tools to win that race

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The event GTC 2025 Nvidia began yesterday with an inaugural talk in which Jensen Huang machine -gunned us with a real Building burst. Among them, especially those focused on an area in which the company is especially optimistic: robotics. Foundational model. In March 2024 NVIDIA He already told us about his Project Grootand now said project has crystallized in the call Isaac Gr00t N1which qualify as the first open foundational model for humanoid robots. That is to say: the model is pretended, but it can be customized for all types of scenarios, both “domestic” and industrial. “The era of generalist robotics is here”. Huang declared how this new era began with this launch, and pointed out that thanks to Isaac Gr00t N1 and new data generation systems and learning for robots, developers can create much more capable robots. Robotic labor. The CEO of Nvidia highlighted how “it is very likely that this is the largest industry of all. At the end of this decade, at least 50 million workers will miss in the world. We would be more delighted to pay $ 50,000 to each one to come to work; we will probably have to pay the robots 50,000 dollars a year (instead).” Humanoid robots in sight. In The last part of your presentation Two and a half hours, the Nvidia CEO focused precisely on robotics, and for example showed videos of humanoid robots Neo gamma of the company 1x, which are based on Isaac Gr00t N1 and that already show their Potential as domestic robots. Other companies like Boston Dynamics –Creators of Atlas-, Quesoe Robotics and Neura Robotics are also developing this type of robots and have enjoyed preliminary access to the Nvidia robotic platform. Think quickly, think slowly. This foundational model uses a double architecture inspired by human cognition. Thus, system 1 is “a fast thinking action model” similar to what humans have with reflexes and intuition. System 2, enhanced by a vision model, is “a model of slow thought” that reasons about its environment and the instructions he receives and then raised his actions. Learning to move. This model therefore raises a pillar to develop robots (humanoids or not) that can operate in the real world. Thus, GR00T N1 can generalize and adapt to common tasks such as taking objects, moving them with one or two arms or carrying them from one place to another. Basic and limited operations are at the moment, but they are an important first step for the robots of the future. Basically these robots are learning to walk. A customizable model. Nvidia offers large information so that developers can start working with this model. Thus, we have both the Technical information Like project files available in Github. And data to train robots. Robots need huge amounts of data to be trained and learn to interact in the physical world. Nvidia ACBA to offer A huge and available data set in Hugging Face for this area. They are 15 TB of data that represent “more than 320,000 trajectories for robotic training”, in addition to 1,000 “scenarios” Scene Description (Openusd) to contribute to that training. Collaboration with Disney and Deepmind. Another of the robotic projects is the alliance with these companies to develop Newtonan Open Source physics engine that allows robots to learn how to manage tasks of all kinds with greater precision. Disney will be one of the first to use these robots, and in fact Huang finished the demo with a unique co -presenter: a robot that he called Blue and that was inspired by the BDX droids of Star Wars. It is something that Disney already pointed out years agoand it is likely that this type of entertainment robots will end in their attraction parks. Image | Nvidia In Xataka | We believed that Atlas was the pinnacle of modern robotics. Boston Dynamics has just killed the famous hydraulic robot

China has launched the largest military deployment of 2025 against Taiwan. Taiwan has just responded with the same currency

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A few days ago the news in Taiwan was not around the island, it was somewhat further. A series of images next to a video showed that, in an unidentified coast, China had displayed artificial platforms that they remembered too much to Mulberry ports with those who the allies invaded Normandy. The island has been found in the last 24 hours with a Chinese military army in the surroundings, and this time they have decided to replicate. A phrase as a trigger. China held on Monday The greatest military exercise On a large scale so far this year, and he faced Taiwan mobilizing 59 aircraft and drones, along with nine vessels, in a clear sample of force in response to the recent comments of President Taiwanés, Lai Ching-Te, who He described Beijing as a “foreign hostile force” and promised to strengthen national security against its infiltration attempts. The unusual in this case is that Taiwan has responded To the exhibition deploying aerial and maritime patrols, in addition to defensive missile systems, while its Minister of Defense, Wellington Koo, accused China of being the “disturbing of peace and stability” in the region. Increase tension. Last Thursday, Lai hardened his speech After a national security meeting, accusing China of seeking Taiwan’s annexation through influence tactics. In response, he announced stricter measures to regulate trade, travel and residence of Chinese citizens on the island. Beijing, who considers Lai and his party, the DPP, as separatists, reacted with virulence: the spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of China, Chen Binhua, He described it of “destroyer of peace in the Strait” and accused him of pushing the island “towards a scenario of war and conflict.” Since the inauguration of Lai last May, China has intensified its military pressure. We have been counting it: in December, it deployed more than 90 ships from the Navy and the Coast Guard in an operation that Taiwan described as Its greatest maritime mobilization In recent history. The growing military activity China reinforces that fear that Beijing is preparing a direct confrontation scenario. The Described bridges A few days ago it is a “spicy” more to tension. The “Gray Zone”. The truth is that all these military activities of the Popular Liberation Army (EPL) of China around Taiwan is what experts describe as a “Gray Zone” strategythat is, coercion tactics that do not reach the direct armed conflict but that wears out the defensive capacity of the adversary. So that? This campaign would seek to increase the Psychological pressure On Taiwan, force their Armed Forces to operate in a constant state of alert and weaken the perception of security on the island. The United States position. Irremediably, the situation leads to Washington. Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency has added A layer of uncertainty To the equation. In the middle of the commercial war with China, Trump seeks increase your investment In defense. In addition, its administration has expressed discomfort for the impact of the island on the American semiconductor industry, threatening new tariffs to strengthen local production. No doubt, contradictory signals from Washington have generated restlessness in Taiwan. While the island’s government has expressed Your willingness to collaborate With Trump in the construction of a “democratic supply chain”, key companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have promised investments up to 100,000 million of dollars in the United States to relieve tensions. Attempts of calm (and commitment). Amid all this uncertainty, the director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), Raymond Greene, tried to reassure Taipei. In a statement Posted on FacebookHe said that the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, has reiterated his commitment to Taiwan, ensuring that Trump seeks world peace and strengthening deterrence in the Indo-Pacific to avoid conflicts. Greene emphasized that Washington cannot guarantee security of the region alone and needs allies like Taiwan to reinforce its defensive capacity. He also stressed that a conflict in the Taiwan Strait would have devastating economic consequences, with an impact greater than 10% of global GDP, “more serious than World War II,” he said. Be that as it may, the current increase in Chinese military activity and the surprise Taiwanese response mark a new critical point in the already tense relationship between both parties. With a most unpredictable Trump, the future of American support to the island is still uncertain. Meanwhile, Beijing continues to press with demonstrations of strength and rhetorical threats, in a context where any calculation error could serve as a fuse to trigger a conflict of unpredictable proportions. Image | 總統府 In Xataka | China has a plan with six options if things “twist” with Taiwan. World War II advocates all In Xataka | Taiwan lives an unprecedented situation in three decades: there is an army of 53 planes and 90 Chinese ships in front of the island

More than a decade ago, Seville created a system to defend against Guadalquivir waiting for not having to use it. Last night he had to activate it

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Anyone who was yesterday at the entrance to the Pava Charco, could see how the city’s firefighters They moved the huge gates of defense that shield the city of Seville of the floods of the Guadalquivir River. And it is likely not to know, but I was attending a historical moment: it is the first time since it was built that these steel plates (more than four of meters high and five tons of weight) have to close. Phase 1. Yesterday afternoon, the Hispanic City Council activated the emergency plan in phase 1 and brought together all emergency services (including Local Police, Civil Protection, National Police and 112) to coordinate the necessary measures. 30 people were evicted from a “chabolist settlement” that was in flood zone, control points were installed and It was decided to close The connection that connects La Vega de Triana with the city. That’s where the doors that have just closed are. He has also put the neighbors of Tablada, Valdezorras and El Gordillo on alert. But hadn’t it stopped raining? Yes, weather forecasts They do not show abundant rains In the area and in fact (although the red alert is maintained) the river flow has already begun to decrease in Córdoba. However, when we talk about Seville, the river is just one of the things to take into account. The tide. Although it is often difficult to imagine, the truth is that when the Guadalquivir arrives in Alcalá del Río (that is, 15 kilometers before reaching the municipality of the city of Seville) It is already at sea level. That makes that point more or less, the entire riverbed is subjected to the influence of the tides. And that is what worries the authorities: if the river flood coincides with the pleamar, the chances that the Guadalquivir will overflow begin to be huge. How historical is this really? Indeed, to say that the doors have closed for the first time is not saying too much: they settled in 2012 and the last time the city was on the edge of the debacle It was in 1996. However, the challenge is more than considerable. Because, like Díaz del Olmo explained years agoProfessor of Geography of the University of Seville, the reduction of the alluvial plain of the Guadalquivir (which has gone from 4 kilometers to 500 meters) adds risks to the situation. “It is worth that with the swamps that retain the water, so much alluvial plain is needed, but the current one is not much less sufficient,” he said. And not only for the plain itself, but because “If the river is wide and with meanders, the energy that the water carries is blurred; but if it is narrow and straight, the water acquires a great speed … like the flow of the river rises of the 4,000 cubic meters per second … we have a problem for which they do not serve neither the storm tanks or anything.” A monster called Guadalquivir. Luckily, we are not yet in that situation. However, this is a warning for navigators: taught by tons of concrete, rivers are sleeping monsters, but monsters after all. Just yesterday we talked about The great paradox of our time: Have to prepare for long periods of drought while we have to have infrastructure to contain torrential rains. Today we see that it is not something punctual, it is the true “new normality.” Image | Toni Pomar | ECMWF In Xataka | With the reservoirs to be overflowed with the rains of March, there is a reason for hope on the horizon: the light of the light

Segovia promised them happy as a tourist destination for balloon flights. Until he ran into the farmers

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The most famous are those of Capadociabut Spain is also an interesting destination for lovers of hot air balloon walks. They offer them in Andalusia, Majorca, Galicia wave Valencian Communityamong other regions, although there is a province in which they have become popular is In Segovia. There they even celebrated in September A festival that brought together about twenty of pilots The walks with a view to the aqueduct and the Alcazar have found themselves with a problem: the discomfort of the farmers. And that has generated a curious pulse. Globe walks through Segovia? Yes. Segovia is a province rich in landscapes and heritage, so … why not enjoy them in bird’s view, from the air, aboard a hot air balloon? A Fast search shows that there are different options to live the experience and from the Segovia balloons festival They claim In fact, it is “one of the best destinations in the world” for activity. “That is why about 13,000 travelers choose our city every year to enjoy this experience,” they say. Is there more data? Yes. A year ago The North of Castile investigated What supposes and how much money moves aerostatic tourism in Segovia. And their results are surprising. Apart from presenting the region as “one of the ten most demanded destinations in the world” for this type of walks, the newspaper ensures that only in 2023 1,334 flights were recorded with 14,568 travelers. At an average of 190 euros per session, that translates into about 2.6 million euros. It is estimated that there is almost a dozen of companies offering their services. Why are they news? For A few weeks Segovia’s hot air balloons are monopolizing headlines in the press regional and state And curiously it is not for its success among tourists, or their turnover, or The festival planned for this summer. No. The reason is another: The fight Among the companies and professionals of the sector and another of the key guilds for the Segovian province, the farmer. As the former gained popularity, the latter claim to have encountered a problem: low -rise flights cause them “Grave damages” In the field. Why’s that? The collective denounces that when flying near the balloons they bother the cattle and it is not strange that the pilots end up posing in their plots. “They cause stamps and stress in animals. They also land without permission in private farms, fences and occupied by cows and calves, as well as in sown lands,” He denounced A few days ago Union of Peasants of Segovia-UCCL after transferring his complaints to the subdelegation of the Government. “The balloons make low -term flights through the grass areas, operating the burner when they estimate convenient. The noise caused by this device causes serious stress to the animals, giving rise to stampeds,” The entity insists. “The scared animals jump fences, wired and break into the races with obvious risks to safety and unease for the farmer. In case they were not enough, they land unpunishedly in private farms.” Are they the only ones who complain? No. The Health Defense Group (ADS) Sierra de Segovia, which brings together just over a hundred extended cattlemen of the surroundings of the Sierra de Guadarrama and the Capital Segoviana, He complained recently to North Seville of the “legal vacuum” that entrepreneurs use to land on the plots. “They would have to be much clearer things,” Add your spokesman: “It is sinvivir, this cannot be a safari, you cannot fly over the cows to enjoy passengers.” What do businessmen say? For them the situation is quite different. In An interview with The Spanish newspaper Cristian Biosca, manager of one of the companies in the sector, acknowledged “not understanding” the controversy. “There is no novelty”, argues. The only incident that consists, says, happened “a few months ago” and Biosca clarifies that it had “nothing to do” with the companies that usually operate in Segovia. Moreover, the manager argues that the complaints that receive only three “particularly problematic” farmers. “We have tried to reach agreements with them, to come to fly and see it, but nothing.” “His complaint is that we fly low and frightened cattle, but ever none of those who fly have seen that the cattle run when we pass or break fences,” guarantees bioscawho points out that the cows have already become accustomed to the balloons. “Like the right over,” he concludes. Proof that his activity is “safe” and there is no evidence of the damages denouncing the farmers is that, he states, the complaints that have been filed to date have not prospered. What is the solution? Segovia-UCL peasants union It is clear: That the flights of the balloons stop “interfering” with the cattle breeding areas. It wouldn’t even be a new exit. The group recalls that years ago, in 2018, operators and livestock already agreed thanks to the mediation of the government’s subdelegation a “flight exclusion zone” that affected certain municipalities characterized precisely by the presence of pastures. That agreement worked for a while, but UCCL denounces that the companies that manage the balloons “are returning to Campar to their width through the grass areas.” “We understand that the tourist travel activity in globe is perfectly feasible in Segovia without invading cattle breeding spaces,” insists The collective: “It is enough to resume the pact reached in its day.” And that is feasible? UCCL Defend that yes And in fact he recognizes that for several years the agreement signed in 2018 was fulfilled “to a large extent.” “It is perfectly possible, since there is more than enough airspace so that both activities can be developed without mutual interference,” concludes. Biosca remember Also that in 2018 there were areas through which the pilots “try” not to pass, but clarifies: “The balloons cannot be directed (…) is not a matter of whim where we land, the wind takes us.” Images | Victor Iniesta (Flickr) and Segovia-UCL peasants union In Xataka | A town in León wanted to force … Read more

The radar satellite at a higher height ever created

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At 36,000 km altitude, in the geostationary orbit, China operates the “Ludi Tance 4-01” satellite. Released in August 2023is the first synthetic opening radar deployed at this point, which gives China a unique permanent observation capacity on a third of the earth’s surface. Freshly declassified. Chinese scientists have Recently revealed The design and capabilities of the Ludi satellite, which had been kept secret until now. Officially designed for weather observation, earthquake monitoring and natural disasters prevention, their details have put on alert to rival countries such as the United States. The United States Space Force rejects the Chinese narrative. Instead of a satellite for civil use, he believes that it is designed for high resolution recognition in the Asia-Pacific region: a powerful spy satellite that allows both civil applications and the collection of military intelligence. The reason for its height. Ludi is, Like the Spanish satellite Paza synthetic opening radar (SAR). But unlike peace, it is the first and unique Sar that operates in geostationary orbit. Located 36,000 km altitude, the Chinese satellite is synchronized with the terrestrial rotation to observe the same region continuously. And not optical, so it can cross the clouds and follow night objects. Ludi reaches a resolution of approximately 20 meters. While it is a lower resolution than the sub -metric of some spy satellites of the low orbit, from the geostationary orbit, Ludi can monitor around a third of the earth’s surface, specifically in the Asia-Pacific region. The technical details. The satellite was launched with its antenna initially folded. To achieve a useful resolution at so much distance, LUDI integrates numerous phase matrix emitters, which can be coordinated in unison. This “beam synthesis” technology allows multiple microwave beams to be combined in space to act as a single very powerful radar beam, which makes it possible to obtain high quality images. Only China. The launch of the Ludi in August 2023 marked the beginning of a new class of Earth’s observation platform. American scientists had pursued the idea of ​​radar surveillance from the geostationary orbit since the Cold War, but technical obstacles maintained all those plans on paper. China has succeeded. And Ludi is alone one of the Chinese satellites yaogan that operate in geostationary orbit. Image | Cast In Xataka | For the first time we have seen a photo taken by the US ultrasecreto space plane. But the most surprising is not the photo

is able to erase the water mark from the images

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If someone wants to protect their images to sell them or distribute them in a protected way, using water marks is usual. This protection could be useless to the new Google AI model, which has shown to eliminate those water marks in some cases. And the implications are important, of course. Generates images with Gemini 2.0 flash. The family of Gemini 2.0 flash models Google has been giving surprises in recent times. He did it certainly with his preliminary mode of reasoning, Flash Thinkingand now it does it again with its mode of image generation. In this case there are most striking options, but also one that is generating some controversy. It is available on Google AI Studio, where it is enough to select this mode in the “CREATE PROMPT” section deploying the “Model” drop -down on the right. There it is enough to choose “Gemini 2.0 Flash (Image Generation) Experimental”. Multimodal. One of the most striking characteristics of this model is its multimodal capacity. Normally to generate an image we write a text prompt to describe what we intend to achieve, but with Gemini 2.0 Flash and this new mode we can generate images through other images that we can modify (in a photo of someone with a white shirt, we could ask for for example something like “Make the shirt that is red”). Surprising but imperfect. We wanted to do a test With a starting image and then change the hair and jacket. He put his hair blonde as we asked, but in doing so he totally changed the girl’s factions. The result of the second transformation, turning the jacket into a blue shirt, was not entirely perfect, but from even that the final result is striking. Eliminating water marks. Much more surprising, but also controversial, is the ability of this model to eliminate water marks from the images. There are many Users that They shared their experiments In networks like X, and there it effectively showed how in those examples the water marks disappeared. In this example, not only did it not eliminate the water marks, but completely changed the face of the model. But it doesn’t work 100%. We wanted to try the service generating our own water brand In this image. Once generated, we ask Gemini 2.0 Flash to eliminate it, but as you can see in the image not only did not eliminate it, but also changed the face of the model and eliminated some elements, such as that small cone of pink ice cream that appears in the lower right part of the image. Here generative AI makes its own decisions, and these can be as unpredictable as erroneous. When it works it is amazing. We did more evidence, and there were cases in which the result was surprising. In this case we take An image with water brandwe cut it and try in the model. As you can see in the image headed by the article, the result is really good, but be careful: things like the bracelets of the model or the pendant disappear. Even so, the method works, and poses a problem. Back to the AI ​​and intellectual property debate. In recent days there has been much talk about how Openai asked the US government to Eliminate copyright restrictions For AI companies. In this way there would be no consequences for its indiscriminate use of works protected by copyright, and now this system adds more firewood to the fire: Google does not even consider this type of option when you designed its model, but the fact that it serves to eliminate these water marks is worrisome. Above all, for the big image banks that use them so that artists can make money with the contents they generate. What do they say in Google. From Xataka we have contacted Google, and a spokesman points out the following: “Use Google’s generative tools to incur copyright violations is a violation of our terms of service. As with all experimental launches, we are closely supervising and attentive to the comments of the developers.” In Xataka | 5,000 “tokens” of my blog are being used to train an AI. I have not given my permission

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