Jay Graber’s story, the CEO that is breaking the silicon valley mold

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When Jay Graber went up to the stage of Techcrunch In December 2024his message was overwhelming: Bluesky It is built “billionaire proof”. “The armor is in the design,” he said. “If someone bought Bluesky or broke, everything is open source. What happened to Twitter could not happen to us.” With more than 24 million users after the US elections of 2024, Bluesky has become a serious alternative to X. It is not necessary to exaggerate and say that it is already at its height because it is not even much less, but at least there is one Alternative where there was practically only empty. The story of how to get led this little revolution is singular and contextualize your vision of social networks. The origins Born in 1991 in Tulsa, according to Forbeshis mother – a acupunturist who fled from the Chinese cultural revolution – gave him the second name “Lantian” (蓝天), “blue sky” in Mandarin. As he revealed Vanity Fairthis name represented a desire for “freedom without limits” for his daughter, born of his own experiences under an oppressive regime. His father, a professor of mathematics of Swiss origin, completed this multicultural environment that would mark his vision of the world. The coincidence with the name of the company that now directs is casual, Jack Dorsy had already baptized the project as “Bluesky” before. However, it seems a something prophetic, especially considering the vision of freedom and openness that Graber would bring to the project. After graduating in science, technology and society from the University of Pennsylvania, where I monde He reports that he co -founded a student time bank, Graber worked as a engineer in Skuchain and in a factory welding Bitcoins mining equipment, before joining ZCASH in 2016. As revealed in Decode, This early experience with decentralized technologies was fundamental: “I have worked a lot of time in decentralized technologies and I have seen its limitations, but I also believe that there are many limitations in centralized systems.” Bluesky’s birth In 2019, while running Happening Inc., she was invited to a group of experts convened by Twitter. “He was one of the experts in a small chat room,” he recalled during An interview in Decode, the podcast of The Verge “I was very excited. At that time I worked in my own social app, and had been building decentralized social protocols, playing with them, doing a lot of research.” In 2021 It was named CEO of Blueskyalready as an independent company. This independence was a key decision that she promoted. As she revealed, “I insisted that we separate as an independent company. If the captain changed or if that support disappeared, it would lose institutional support for Bluesky, and I really wanted this project to exist.” “Jack had a vision of something better for social networks,” he explained to CNBC. “We are building an open source social network that anyone can take and build on it. No one has been so open or put so much control in the hands of users.” In your conversation with DecodeGraber deepened this vision: “We want this to be the last social identity that you will have to createbecause you can move it between applications and services. You can carry your identity, your relationships and your data with you. “ According to data provided by Emily Liu, spokesman for Bluesky, to Newsweekthe platform added five million new users after the 2024 elections, mainly from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. This explosive growth, as reveals The country“after the escaped flight of many users of X was intensified, once the news was made public that Elon Musk had been appointed co -director of the Donald Trump government efficiency department. “It is not entirely clear if there was a stampery as such and what magnitude, but that The dates of the rebound of users of Bluesky coincide with the post -electional. Monetization and leadership The challenge is now monetization. In “The Big Interview” of Wired, Graber announced premium subscriptions For high quality and customization videos. The company has raised 36 million dollarsincluding 15 million capital blockchain. And sooner or later he will have to return that money. “We are not going to build an advertisement algorithm that encloses users,” he told CNBC. With Twenty employees and one hundred moderatorsBluesky bets on an alternative model. As explained in depth to Decode, The platform is developing a “componable moderation” system which will allow users and communities to create their own rules and filters. “We think about the ‘bus problem’,” he explained to Forbes. “We have blocked everything so open that we cannot degrade the experience because we have opened the market to entrepreneurs.” This approach reflects The unconventional leadership style of Graber that, according to The country“He communicates directly with users, he is close and accessible. From his personal account, he writes threads explaining tricks to use better bluesky and usually reveals curious data with a sense of humor.” Rose Wang, Bluesky Operations Director, who met Graber in 2018 during a car trip to Lake Tahoe, describes her way of leading: “What does Jay so special is that in addition to being collaborative is a visionary, capable of anticipating ten steps to what is to come. “ The future Investor Mark Cuban told Forbes That Bluesky sees as a “really social” experience, although he made a nuance: his account in X has ten times more followers, a way of throwing a darting to the low penetration of the first against the second. This disparity does not seem to worry about Graber, who in Decode emphasized that the objective It is not to replicate the model of traditional social networks, but to create something radically different. Well. The future is about to be written. As Graber he told Wired: “We are focused on offering a good experience while we climb.” In Decodeexpanded this idea: “We have to show the first people that this vision can work, which is fun, useful, better than the … Read more

Young programmers no longer know how to program. AI is now causing the same as the calculator caused half a century ago

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Myron Aub was a boiler man from the egg head, but all that did not matter. I had discovered how to do something that humanity had forgotten: I knew how to multiply without the help of a computer. After demonstrating it, the members of the new Pentagon were amazed: someone was able to multiply with a paper and a ball! All that imagined Isaac Asimov in his short novel ‘The feeling of power‘, originally published in February 1958. History, in just 3,700 words, is simply prodigious – I encourage you to read it – and raise a future in which human beings do not know how to perform mathematical operations and depend on computers for computers all. When AUB performs reverse engineering of this calculation process, it creates an extraordinary situation. One that leads to an equally surprising conclusion … and sadly predictable. I read that story about 30 years ago and then I found it fascinating – I am an absolute fan of the ‘Foundation’ saga of Asimov, but I hated the Apple TV+ series for betraying that legacy. The prolific author transmitted a clear message: perhaps it is not so good idea to depend too much on the machines. Or maybe yes? The programmers who did not know how to program It is what is certainly happening in the world of programming, which is undoubtedly the segment most affected by the arrival of artificial intelligence. The AI ​​models have proven to be valuable attendees when programming, and just six months after the chatgpt launch nine out of ten professionals used AI to program. The de facto models have become increasingly capable in this type of task, and the popularity of Tools as cursor has shown that The conquest of “effortless programming” Tab-Tab-Tab is increasingly clear. Even those who did not know how to program or knew, but not in certain programming languages, they are now capable of creating surprising applications. AI is not perfect, of coursebut one thing is clear: it is getting better. That, of course, raises a risk: let’s forget how to program. It is just what a developer named Namanyay Goel denounces, which In his blog he explained How “New Junior developers are not able to program.” The AI ​​allows developers to deliver more code than ever, but these young programmers do not know why that code works or if there would be another way to do things. According to their experience, the new generation of programmers use chatgpt or co -pilot or Claude at all hours. That, he says, allows them to deliver more code than ever, but according to this developer, These young programmers do not know why that code works or if there would be another way better to do it. “We are sacrificing deep understanding (of the code) by fast patches, and although that makes us feel good now, we will pay later.” Goel highlighted how not much places like Stack Overflow were a much better source of information for programmers. They asked things, but when they got answers they used to learn why those answers were valid. That knowledge was there for free, and also in many cases veteran developers and experienced people became involuntary teachers for new generations. “The AI ​​gives you answers, but the knowledge you acquire is superficial. With Stackoverflow, you had to read multiple expert discussions to get a complete vision. It was slower, but you ended up understanding not only what worked, but why it worked.” Of course, not everyone thinks the same and a commentator in Slashdot He pointed out How “Stackoverflow has been a source of terrible programming tips and an overdependence of copying and hitting for much longer.” However, Essste developer believes that not yet everything is lost. AI can help you, without a doubt, but you can also continue learning with it. “When you give you an answer,” he advised, “Ask him for her. Ask why (he has given that solution). “He also recommends debating that code with your team of developers to discuss and be able to get new ideas, or perhaps do so with developers who go to platforms such as Reddit, Discord or Mastodon. The calculator teaches us the future The reflection of that developer is undoubtedly striking, but for many it is a useless debate. In Slashdot a user named Zak3056 He affirmed Take two decades interviewing Júnior developers. “A surprising percentage of them did not understand basic concepts (…). AI has nothing to do with this. It is the state in which education is, many schools are creating graduates that simply do not understand the field they have chosen “ Other comments coincided with him, and the situation reminds other industrial and technological revolutions in which a profession or discipline have ended up being completely conquered by machines. We continue learning to perform mathematical operations, but after school there are not many people who do operations at hand: It is much faster to use the calculator. The calculators may cause some workers who performed that task to be displaced at the beginning, but their impact in the long run has been greatly positive. The calculators may cause some workers who performed that task to be displaced at the beginning, but their impact in the long run has been greatly positive To begin with, there are still mathematicians, but they are dedicated to much more complex problems than the machines are not yet able to solve – of the moment either – and the calculators made them even more valuable: they could focus on those problems, and Not in the calculations that could also be wrong because we assume it, the margin of human error is there. In addition, the calculators productivity and efficiency improved significantlysaving all kinds of professionals those most repetitive tasks to focus on others that other non -substitutable capacities (at least, for the moment) by the machines. Will something like this happen with AI and programming? It is very likely. AI has … Read more

veto purchases to foreigners

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Australia has had an idea to solve (or alleviate) housing crisis that has been dragging for a long time: it makes it difficult for foreign investors interested in their real estate market. Both those who want to monopolize soil and those looking for already built houses. The restriction is already looking with a certain restlessness From India, origin of a good part of Australian immigration, but beyond Oceania or Asia interests for another reason: its approach and objectives. After all, or Australia is the only country to deal with a residential crisis or yours is the first government to consider foreigners. In Spain itself there is already talk of limiting the purchase to investors of out of the EUmeasure that in Barcelona They propose to extend to community citizens who do not intend to establish themselves in the city. What happened? That Australia has decided to adopt “drastic measures” against the purchase of houses and land by foreigners, In words of his government. A few days ago, just a few months after The elections to Parliament and with the house turned into one of the Great concerns from the country, Anthony Albanese executive announced A “energetic” plan to prevent operations from abroad from complicating (even more) access to housing to Australians. Its bet is based on two measures: limit or directly veto purchases from outside the country. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What exactly do they pose? That foreign investors cannot buy houses or apartments in Australia, although the measure has an important small print. To start because it focuses on buildings already existingnot in the new constructions. Another key is that it has an expiration date. The veto will last only two years, between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2027, although Australian authorities They already advance That the time will “review” to assess whether to extend for a longer time. “So far investors have generally been forbidden to buy existing properties, except in specific circumstances, such as when they come to live to work or study,” he recalls A statement issued by the Department of Clare O’Neil, Housing Minister. “As of April 1, foreign investors will no longer be able to buy an existing home in Australia while the veto is in force, unless an exception is applied.” Will there be exceptions? In case there were doubts about the scope of the measure, the Australian authorities Remember that the prohibition will also be extended to temporary residents and foreign property companies. In fact the veto already He has aroused suspicion In India, where it is common for young people to move to Australia with the claim to train and seek employment. As remember The O’Neile office the norm contemplates certain exceptions, but in a “limited” way and oriented to a very specific profile: local authorities recognize that what they have in mind are the investments that “significantly increase” the housing park or favor their availability. That is, the balance of the supply of houses for the Australians themselves is always positive. Is it the only measure? No. The Albanese team progresses that will reinforce the controls to ensure that the regulations are met and provide special attention to the “land hoist” in foreign hands. “We are taking energetic measures against the purchase of land by foreign investors to release land and build more homes more quickly,” The Executive points outwhich guarantees to be “striving” to “identify” investors who buy empty land, urban them while the prices upload and then take them up for sale. And what is the reason? “This activity violates the standards and causes delays in the development of residential and commercial urbanizations that are essential,” insist from the department of O’Neil. In the same statement they presume in fact the investment dedicated to auditing and detecting this kind of movements in the sector. “Foreign investors who have already acquired or propose to acquire vacant, residential or non -residential land will be subject to greater scrutiny to ensure that they meet the conditions of development.” What is the goal? Facilitate access to housing between Australians themselves and “guarantee” that foreign investment in housing responds to “national interest.” “The ban will mean that Australians can buy houses that would otherwise have been acquired by foreign investors,” presume From the Ministry of Housing. “It’s about relieving pressure on our real estate market while built more houses.” But … will it work? That is the great unknown, if the measure will help decongest the Australian market. Authorities are confident that he will release some 1,800 properties a year that will be available to local buyers, but The Telegraph He quotes experts They estimate that the new policy will not reach 0.4% of the real estate market. Moreover, in 2022 foreign investors starred in 5,360 purchases of residential real estate and only a small part of them (one third) were already existing homes. How serious is the problem? To understand the plan of the Albanese government, it is as important to understand its details as the context. First because the plan is announced in a Pre -election atmosphere and with the house turned into one of the problems that More restless To the Australians. Second because the country dealt with a complex scenario in residential matters, marked by the Price risehe maladjustment Between supply and demand, difficulties to access to a home and The fall in investment In social housing. 2024 said goodbye with a very slight 0.1% drop In housing prices, but from the sector it is noted that it is probably a “superficial and short duration” decrease. In fact, it manages studies that point in the opposite sense. Last spring reuters made A poll Among analysts that revealed that the increase in housing prices will probably be maintained until 2026. Images | PAT WHELEN (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | The problem of buying a house in Spain is no longer just its price. Is that you have less than 73 days to decide

Spotify prepares a new subscription option, according to Bloomberg. Music Pro will come true the ancient Hifi audio promise

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It seems that this time is serious. Spotify could be closer to comply His former promise to offer higher quality audio to its users. Bloomberg points out that the Swedish firm is preparing a subscription option called Music Pro that will include this and other improvements for those who seek an experience a step beyond Premium. The sources consulted by the aforementioned medium say that Spotify is still working on the price and in the schedule, but they hope to launch the new level at the end of this year for additional $ 5.99 in the United States. At this time it is not clear if the supposed novelties will expand to other markets, including the European Union. Good news for audiophiles In the best case, paying a subscription and listening through the application, Spotify offers sound in AAC format with a quality equivalent to 320 kbps. Taking into account that the loss -less audio bits rate begins around 1,411 kbps, this shows how compressed are Spotify files. And while the service created by Daniel EK has the largest number of planet users, several less popular alternatives offer higher quality audio. There are Apple Music, Amazon Music HD or Tidal, who have been betting on this ideal possibility for audiophiles for a long time. Spotify will seek to make a difference with its new proposal. In addition to offering better quality audio, streaming service will allow subscribers to mix songs by different artists. For this characteristic it will use artificial intelligence, but it will not be the only thing. The additional payment of $ 5.99 The door will open to buy tickets for pre -sale concerts or access better seats. In any case, there is no official confirmation, so we will have to wait to know if this will end up materializing. Even having an official confirmation the ideal would be to wait. In its 2021 Stream On event, Spotify announced with bombs and dishes that would offer “Music with CDs without losses” at the end of that year. Four years have passed since that announcement, and not only the promise is still not fulfilled, but the video in which Billie Eilish participated, which was originally on YouTube, It has disappeared (Now it is private). In addition, la page with more details also It has been eliminated. Over time we will know what will really happen. Images | @felipepelaquim | Sound Tools In Xataka | Huawei Freebuds Pro 4, Analysis: The best way to summarize these headphones is with a word and that is “Chapó”

is leading the creation of a memory standard for the PCs with AI

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Jensen Huang, the co -founder and general director of NVIDIA, is convinced that in the future most users will have a “supercommer of artificial intelligence (AI) Personal “. At the beginning of last January he led the presentation in the CES of Las Vegas (USA) of Project Digitsa very compact personal computer capable of executing models of up to 200,000 million parametersand therefore bigger than GPT-3. This computer is mainly intended for researchers, developers and students, although a good part of the latter can hardly invest the $ 3,000 (about 2,870 euros) that costs the most economical review of this machine. His heart is a soc GB10 that integrates a GPU with Blackwell architecture and a 20 -core CPU grace with ARM architecture. He works side by side with 128 GB of unified DDR5X type and low consumption type, although NVIDIA available memory standards do not seem to convince him for this scenario of use. Nvidia leads the development of the Socamm memory standard Projects Digits is just the spearhead. Presumably in the future NVIDIA will launch other personal computers even with greater capacities in The field of AIbut it seems that they will not use any of the memory technologies currently available. According to Sedailythe company headed by Jensen Huang has allied with South Korean companies Samsung and Sk Hynix, and also with the American Micron Technology, to develop a new memory standard known as Socamm (System on Chip Advanced Memory Module). Nvidia, Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron for the moment are not having Jedec These three companies are The biggest memory chips manufacturers of the planet, so there is no doubt that they are the best allies to which Nvidia can resort. Especially if the Socamm standard is being devised without Jedec’s participation (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council), which is the global organization that It is responsible for the development of standards used by the semiconductor industry and microelectronics. Apparently it is just what is happening: Nvidia, Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron for the moment are not having Jedec. In any case, what we know right now about Socamm memories, beyond the fact that they will be used in the next batch of personal computers for AI, paints very well. Although this information has not been officially confirmed by any of the companies involved in their development, it seems that the Socamm modules are being designed on the basis of LPCAMM memories (Low-Power Compression Attached Memory Modules). According to Sedaily, the Socamm standard will be very efficient from an energy point of view; It will have more I/O ports than conventional LPCAMM and DRAM memories (up to 694 ports); will allow to easily expand memory initially installed in the equipment for AI; And finally, these modules will have a physical size, which not storage capacity, much more restrained than conventional dram modules. If this standard contributes to the hardware for the most accessible to all, welcome. However, it is still early to trust that it will be so. Image | Nvidia More information | Sedaily In Xataka | The 20 most important personal computers in the history of technology

Why the UN waiting for May to act

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NASA has raised to 3.1% the probability that the Asteroid 2024 YR4 falls on our planet. The Coordination Center of objects close to the Earth of ESA also has adjusted its upward calculationsestimating a 2.8% impact probability for December 22, 2032. Let us not lose sight of the fact that bets are still in our favor. 1 Between 32 possibilities means that there is a 96.9% probability that the asteroid will pass by. But as astronomers have incorporated new data and observations to calculate their trajectory, The impact options have been increasing. Why does this happen? We have asked Juan Luis Cano, planetary defense coordinator of ESA The busiest man of that Juan Luis Cano, planetary defense of the ESA Aeronautical Training Engineer, Juan Luis Cano He specialized in orbital mechanics and celestial mechanics, which are the basis for calculating the movement of objects in the outer space. 20 years ago it was part of the Don Quixote projecta mission of the European Space Agency to divert an asteroid with a kinetic impactor. Led by the Spanish company Deimos, Don Quijote did not prosper, but was the precursor of the NASA dart probewhich successfully diverted the Dimorfo asteroid, and the ESAthen launched to analyze the impact. As coordinator of the Information Service of the ESE Planetary Defense OfficeCano is especially busy these days. For the first time They have activated planetary defense action protocols established in 2018, which implies coordinating as many observatories as possible to follow the asteroid carefully. “These action protocols were established after the UN promoted the creation of the International Asteroid Alert Network and the Advisory Group for Space Missions Planning,” says Cano. “It is the first time that they are officially invoked, although this asteroid is the most relevant of the last 20 years, after Apofis at the end of 2004.” At the moment, the Space Missions Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) has decided to wait for May to assess, based on new more definitive observations, if the asteroid continues to assume a real danger. Why the impact probability has risen The Uncertainty Zone of 2024 YR4 As they obtain more data and observations from 2024 YR4, astronomers reduce the uncertainty of their trajectory, but their calculations are still focused on the impact probability with earththat does not change size. If the Earth remains within the area of ​​uncertainty, the probability of impact rises because uncertainty becomes smaller, but our planet remains in the middle. “It’s as if you’re going around in a championship,” explains Juan Luis Cano. “You don’t know if you are going to win, but after 32 teams to 16, your chances increase.” It can also happen that the probability distribution is “sliding” and the earth moves away from the central part of the graph, which happened when The estimate dropped from 2.3 to 2.1% A few days ago before going back up. European scientists They use the Turin scale to categorize the risk posed by asteroids and comets near Earth. With a qualification of 3 out of 10, 2024 YR4 exceeds the 1% probability threshold of causing a destruction located on Earth. However, the new observations are most likely to reduce that estimate to zero. It was what happened with the asteroid apofis. Apofis reached a level 4 on the Turin scale, the highest ever registered. But astronomers extended their observation arc and ruled out the impact after a few days. Now the NASA OSIRIS-APEX He goes to him to study it when he passes only 38,000 km from the earth. It is the same ship as collected the samples of asteroid Bennuwhich demonstrates the importance that missions are acquiring these small bodies close to Earth. Cano bets that the Earth will leave the probability distribution when we have webb data and other observatories in the coming weeks. What is the protocol to follow in both cases There are things that astronomers know for sure about 2024 YR4, such as the plane in which it moves and The Earth Strip in which it could fallThe case is: a “corridor” that extends through the Eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Arabic Sea and the south of Asia. The risk of different asteroids There are others that are complicated. The asteroid was discovered in its approach to the Earth and Now he is moving awayso, every day that passes, it becomes more dim and costs more to see it. For April, not even the great Canary Islands telescope (10 meters in diameter) can detect it. Nor is there a precise measurement of its size because its albedo is unknown, the amount of light that your body reflects. It could be an object of 40 meters very reflective or an object of 90 meters very dark. To get out of doubt, astronomers have reserved hours of emergency use of the powerful James Webb Space Telescope. The Webb will be able to observe the asteroid until May and You can obtain a more accurate measurement of your size and temperature Discerning if it is at the lower or upper end of the estimated size range is crucial to evaluate the consequences of its unlikely but possible impact. While it is too small to end human civilization, the asteroid could destroy an important city, especially if it explodes in the air. As for its destructive capacity: “We cannot speak of a single value, but of a range that goes about 5 to 50 megatones, depending on whether the object measures 40 or 100 meters,” says Juan Luis Cano. “The greater the diameter, the more the volume and potential energy of the impact is multiplied. So there is no exact figure until we know its diameter better.” And what would we finally go to Earth? “If the object is less than 50 meters, it is considered preferable Evacuate the impact zone; If it is greater, a deviation mission would be assessed, “Cano explains.” Even so, we think that, with 90% probability, in … Read more

The crazy plan of Scotland to save forests

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If science is not wrong, and We have decades of examples To believe that does notthe climatic emergency is increasingly important to try to go some step ahead of that elephant in the room that is made to us with the climate of our planet. In recent years we have seen proposals of all kinds, since Fill the diamond dust stratosphereuntil cause desert rains with solar farms. The United Kingdom has just added one that nobody saw coming. Reintroduce the wolves in the highlands. Now, A study by the University of Leeds suggests that The reintroduction of wolves in the highlands of Scotland could promote the expansion of native forests and contribute significantly to carbon capture. According to researchers, this process It would allow to store up to 1 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per yearwhich would represent approximately 5% of the carbon elimination objective of the United Kingdom in its forests. Context: The impact of running out of no wolves. Over the centuries, the wolves have been persecuted throughout Europe due to its impact on livestock and the direct orders of monarchs. Namely: in England, King Eduardo I (1272-1307) ordered his total eradicationprocess that culminated under the reign of Enrique VII (1485-1509). In Scotland, due to its mountainous geography and low population density, The wolves managed to survive until the seventeenth centuryalthough with constant persecution. Already in 1283, rewards were paid for lobos hunters in Stirling, and In 1427, King Jacobo I of Scotland promulgated laws for extermination. However, His final disappearance occurred approximately 250 years ago. For all these reasons, the eradication of the wolves generated ecological consequences, one of the most serious being the overpopulation of red deer, a creature out of control right now. In fact, Today it is estimated that there are 400,000 red deer in Scotlanda figure that has grown without control in the absence of natural predators. This increase has led to A serious overpair problemsince deer feed on young tree shoots, preventing the natural regeneration of forests. How can the return of these creatures help. The study used A Markov predator-prison model to analyze the effects of the reintroduction of wolves on the ecological dynamics of Scotland. The findings suggest that A population of approximately 167 wolves would reduce the density of deer to less than four deer per square kilometerallowing trees to grow again naturally. They count on their study that among the ecological and climatic benefits of this measure they include The expansion of native forestswhich currently cover only 4% of the Scottish territory, making it one of the less forested regions in Europe. Also carbon capture, with a potential of one million tons of co₂ per year Thanks to the increase in forest mass. And finally, the economic value of reintroduction, since Each wolf would contribute to the absorption of 6,080 tons of annuals, which is equivalent to 154,000 pounds per wolf in terms of carbon capture value. The main author speaks. In this regard, Professor Dominick Spracklen, principal author of the study, stressed the need to address the climatic crisis and biodiversity crisis jointly. He stressed that natural processes, such as species reintroduction, can play a key role in the recovery of degraded ecosystems and generate benefits for both biodiversity and climate. Challenges of the proposal. Of course, such an idea is not new. In fact, now We have seen other cases in the past where it was sent to predatory enclaves to tartar to limit or exterminate other animals, Sometimes with disastrous results. In addition, although the proposal has great ecological potential, the reintroduction of the wolf in Scotland remains a controversial issue and would require careful management, especially in areas close to human settlements and livestock areas. The authors point out how problems to take into account Conflicts with farmers and farmerswho fear attacks on cattle, The resistance of deer hunterswhose activity could be affected by the reduction of the population of dams, and Public perception and social acceptancesince the presence of wolves generates concern in some rural communities. In this regard, the study co -author, Lee Schofield, emphasized that before considering any reintroduction, It would be essential to carry out a public consultation and involvement process of the parties interested. He also stressed that conflicts between humans and predators are common, so any strategy must include policies that mitigate the impact on the population and economic activity. The future of the wolf in Scotland. At European level, the wolves have managed to recover part of their historical territory, with an estimated population of 12,000 individuals in Western Europecurrently occupying 67% of its original area. In countries such as France and Germany, the reintroduction of the wolf has generated intense debates, and in some cases, Compensation programs for affected farmers have been implemented. That said and how we indicate, if Scotland decides to move forward with the measure, it would join a growing global movement that seeks to reintroduce predators stop as a tool to restore ecosystems and face climate change. The success of this project would depend on the implementation of adequate management strategies that balance ecological conservation with the needs of local communities. Image | Pexels, ISK In Xataka | Japan sent the wrong creature to eradicate the snakes of an island. The disaster was so great that it has taken half a century to solve it In Xataka | In 1940 Japan eliminated this island from the maps to keep their activities secret. Now his creatures are dying

The “hypercarnivore” that lived 30 million years ago and today focuses the attention of paleontologists

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The Egyptian paleontologist Shorouq al-Ashqar and her team were about to conclude their work in the archaeological site where they worked when they noticed something that caught their attention. As explained by Al-Ashqar, it was teeth of considerable size that stood out from the rock. Bastetodon Syrtos. The teeth belonged to the fossilized skull of a mammal of about 30 million years old and belonging to a species so far unknown. The team responsible for the finding has cataloged the new species He has given him a name: Bastetodon Syrtos. The “almost complete” skull found has allowed the team to obtain valuable information about This new species. For example, let’s heal the animal would have had a size similar to that of modern leopards. B. Syrtos would have belonged to the order of the hyitodontes (Hyaenodonta), an already extinct group of mammals related to that of carnivores (Carnivora), The group in which there are species present such as cats and hyenas. The name Hyaenodonta It makes reference to these animals since, despite not having a direct relationship, the shape of the teeth of the extinct order is similar to that of the teeth of the modern species. Hypercarnivorous diet. The skull It has even served to get an idea of ​​what this animal ate. The team indicates that B. SyrtosIt would have been what we know as a “hypercarnivore” (this time in a non-taxonomic but strictly food sense), an animal whose diet would have consisted of at least 70% of meat. This species would have been, their discoverers believe, on the cusp of the “food pyramid” in its ecosystem. The team presented its finding Through an article In the magazine Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Etymology of a name. The choice of name is a wink in the history of the country in which it has been discovered. The Egyptian goddess Bastet embodied, Explain the teamprotection, pleasure and good health. Bastet was represented well as a cat well as an anthropomorphic figure with a feline head, similar to that that members of the newly discovered species could have had. “-Oode,” on the other hand, it is a usual suffix in zoology that means “tooth.” The fayum. Thanks to its oasis, the fayum is one of the few areas where the water dyes green the land beyond the Nile Valley, which makes it a key region for agriculture in Egypt. But there is another characteristic that makes this environment interesting: its deposits, both archaeological and paleontolocic. The new finding, in fact, has served to give context to some remains found in the region 120 years ago. From the skull found and fossils discovered in 1904 in the region belonging to hyitodars of a size even larger than that of B. Syrtos. They classify these remains into a different genre to what they have called Sekhmetops. Bastetodon and Sekhmetops. Until now these animals (whose new name also refers to an Egyptian god, Sekhmet) had been classified in the same group as European hyenodontes. The new classification places the origin of the two new genres, Bastetodonand Sekhmetopsin the African continent itself. According to the new study, these two genres would have expanded in successive waves from Africa to the adjacent continents and even to North America. In Xataka | They looked like mice, but they didn’t live as mice. This is what the denture of the Jurassic mammals has told us about them Image | Ahmad Morsi

Montoya is now translated into Japanese or German thanks to AI

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It seemed that it was going to be one day flower, and well, in a way it has been: ‘The island of temptations’ has continued, but has not been able to find a viral hook from Montoya’s caliberthe contestant of the eighth edition of the reality that has starred several memes that have made him famous worldwide. His ridiculous jealousy attack, his possibly scripted race by the beach Bramano during the night and an exhausted Sandra Barneda shouting his name a few meters have made history in these first months of 2025. Astronomical audiences. Thanks to the meme that has generated not only messing in abundance, but also all kinds of variations, imitations and parodies, the audience of ‘the island of temptations’ He has shot. Last week, when the phenomenon exploded, it reached on Monday a 14.9% screen share, surpassing ‘El Hormiguero’ and not reaching ‘La Revuelta’ for a tenth. Later the audience shot, reaching 21.4%. On Wednesday (a unfolded program on Monday) it reached a decant 14.2%. And yesterday, with a new program, he swept 20.6%, now, beating his rivals in the coincidence strip. International fame. From the moment when Goldberg It was a trend in Spain Because in his morning debate program he spoke with his Montoya Meme contestants, we began to realize that he was reaching international draft. Community Managers of commercial brands They began to exploit it from around the world, Sporting events and shows around the world mentioned Montoya and its tortured Latin blood. Only one step was missing: making Montoya expressed in other languages. The AI ​​is in charge. It was a matter of time for someone to spend the video of Montoy Our Sensacine Companions Link and that he is already achieving his own viralization thanks to the multilingualism of our hero. Arab, Italian, Chinese, English, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, German and French happen to that legendary, still insurned video of Don Pico Pato in which Montoya was expressed in the Donald Duck dialect. Even so, the grace of the original is insurmountable, since although the literal words that Montoya said, the Andalusian grace of the original, absolutely impossible to move to other languages. The bullshit, the use we like about AI. Translation to other languages ​​is a use of artifgicial intelligence that is among the most achieved and useful of the different versions of the prepared for it. And in this case, the possibilities are multiplied, since the purpose is humorous and the failures are deaciles to forgive. Humor, for the moment, is The infallible use of AI. @Sensacine This is a fantasy! Can you imagine how the amount sounds in Russian or Chinese? #TeleentikTok #Quever #HumorentikTok #Montoyaporfavor #Sabiasquetiktok #Laislaslashotentaciones ♬ Original sound – Sensacine The best, the most human. None of these translations, however, can overcome, however, the Japanese dubbing that the dubbing actor and digital creator has done Hugo Carrascowhich has translated into Japanese the complete video (something that is doing with different memes and fragments of series such as ‘there are no one who lives’), achieving an absolutely hilarious effect for its likelihood. Spanish words pronounced in Japanese (“Papafurita”, “Sandora”) and a flashing “Montoya-San” to close the party. Header | Mediaset In Xataka |

That implies more regulation in the European Union

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Everything seems to indicate that another goal application will face greater control by the European Union (EU). This is because WhatsApp already brings together the conditions to be designated a very large online platform (Vlop), A status that Facebook and Instagram have since April 2023. What are the Vlop? The Digital Services Law, that entered into force about two years agoclassify search platforms or engines with more than 45 million monthly users in the EU as Vlop. Consequently, important platforms for European users such as Amazon Store, Booking, Tiktok or YouTube are included in this category, but not WhatsApp. Why is WhatsApp now a Vlop and was not at first? While the finishing messaging service had more than 2,000 million users globally And more than 100 million users in the EUit did not enter the Vlop category. Now, A function introduced at the end of 2023 He has made things change. We are talking about the channels, which are comparable to a social network. The number of users of WhatsApp channels has been growing steadily since its launch in the EU and is currently estimated at 46.8 million. We know this because all the platforms that operate in the community block are obliged to make public this information at least twice a year, and goal has complied with the current legislation by publishing A document recently. The growth of the channels, those that we find in the News of the application and that we use to follow the media or public figures, has not gone unnoticed in Brussels. “WhatsApp has published user numbers above the threshold for designation as a very large online platform under the Digital Services Law,” said Thomas Regnier, spokesman for the commission, In a statement to Bloomberg. Vlop platforms have to face more responsibilities. The commission itself indicates that the platforms that have been designated as Vlop must comply with “the strictest standards of the DSA”. These obligations include the realization of risk assessments on the dissemination of illegal or harmful content and the implementation of strategies to mitigate these risks. In addition, they must be audited by an independent auditor at least once a year and act according to the recommendations you receive. To guarantee adequate supervision, the platforms must share their data with the commission and the national authorities, which will allow to evaluate whether they comply with the standard. They must also give access to researchers so that they can study the platform data. Waiting for formal designation. Meta now meets Vlop’s criteria, but its formal designation has not yet occurred. Once the commission of this step, the company led by Mark Zuckerberg will have four months to meet the new obligations that emerge from the DSA. If an infraction is confirmed to this strict European regulatory framework, fines can reach up to 6% of the firm’s annual billing. The regulatory ambition of the EU has been criticized both by US technological giants and the new White House administration. Tim Cook already complained with Trump Before his election, to which the then candidate replied that he would not allow abuse against US companies. Amazon, meanwhile, has rejected his designation as Vlop. In parallel, We are witnessing an unusual turn in the regulatory policy of the block. Images | Christian Lue | Goal | European Commission In Xataka | The battle between LaLiga and Cloudflare is charging many victims. Now those victims are joining strength

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