Tiktok and download again in the United States. The question is what will happen after

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Tiktok is again available for download in the United States. The application He stopped working on January 19 as a result of the prohibition framed in the “Act of protection of Americans against applied applications by foreign adversaries“It was something that had been warning weeks beforesince the Supreme Court determined that Bytedance had to sell the application to an American company or cease its operations in the country. Immediately after disappearing from application stores (App Store and Google Play Store), Trump granted a 75 -day extension through an executive order. Almost a month later, the app is again available. What happened to Tiktok. On January 19 Tiktok disappeared from Android and iOS Application Stores. The Supreme Court ratified the decision of VETAR TIKTOK In the country, encouraging Bytedance to look for a buyer to avoid permanent prohibition. Despite the Court’s decision, Trump approved an executive order hours after the prohibition (and only one day after taking office), in order to grant a 75 -day extension that left the situation of the situation in the air The social network. This decree ordered the Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Justice not to apply sanctions or measures that comply with the regulations approved under the mandate of the previous president. What has changed. Although the extension allowed Tiktok to continue operating in the country, application stores had struck the social network of their repositories. In other words, It was not possible to download it officially From App Store or Google Play Store. Now, the social network is again available for download in these two main platforms. They are not safe. Despite the oxygen ball thrown by Trump, Tiktok is still forced to look for a buyer. In fact, Trump assured the press that “There are a lot of interested people” In buying the app, and an extension a priori has no purpose than granting more time to Bytdance to close an agreement. However, Tiktok’s algorithm is almost sacred to Chinaand the company is not willing to get rid of it. It is not unreasonable to raise a scenario in which Bytedance sells Tiktok to an American company with a completely different algorithm in order to overcome the prohibition. However, raising completely different operation in one of its main markets will not be so simple. Only time will say. Cover image | Cottonbro Studio In Xataka | A chocolate bar stuffed with pistachio has become the most desired viral in Tiktok: Dubai’s “chocolate”

now imposes a difficult condition to back down

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Elon Musk launched earlier this week An offer of 97.4 billion dollars for the non -profit organization that controls Openai. The unexpected acquisition proposal became a Potential problem For the plan set by Sam Altman to transform the startup commercial arm In a public benefit corporation (PBC)freeing it in addition to the control of the entity Nonprofit. Now, so that this restructuring can come true, Openai should have to compensate for the organization without profit. As we pointed out a few days agothe point is that it is not known how much the Nonprofitalthough Openai has pointed out in the past that as part of the process he would receive “PBC actions on a fair assessment determined by independent financial advisors.” Elon Musk’s movement and the value of the Nonprofit Bloomberg points out that Openai has been studying the organization without profit with a 25% participation of its commercial arm. Taking into account the valuation of 157,000 million dollars, the aforementioned percentage would result in some 40,000 million dollars. In other words, it is an amount of money much smaller than that offered by the group of investors led by Musk. Altman’s legal team It soon expose Musk’s movement before the Tax, and assured that the owner of X cannot try to buy the aforementioned organization when he is also trying to avoid by the judicial route OpenAi becomes a PBC. Recall that both entrepreneurs are wrapped in a judicial battle that has given many laps, but without a conclusion in sight. Musk’s lawyers, meanwhile, They have said that Your client will withdraw the acquisition offer if the Openai Board of Directors undertakes to “Preserve the mission of the beneficial and stipulate organization that the sign of ‘is sold’ of its assets stopping its conversion ”. This movement also exerts pressure on Altman, who probably did not expect to find himself in this situation. In New York Times they highlight Openai’s need to continue with the plan drawn. According to documents seen by the American newspaper, the conditions of its last financing round establish that the conversion must be completed within a shorter than two years. If it does not occur, the financing will become debt. Musk is also willing to increase its offer if there are equivalent proposals. Images | Village Global | Steve Jurvetson | Techcrunch (CC by 2.0) In Xataka | GPT-4.5 It is the demonstration that using more GPUS and more data is no longer useful

Blue Origin will cut 10% of your workforce

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Blue Origin has managed to put into orbit The imposing rocket New Glenn And, according to Jeff Bezos, It could become bigger than Amazon in the future. But for now, its priority is to reduce costs and increase the number of releases. To achieve this, the space company has announced the dismissal of “about 10 percent” of its workforce. With a template of about 14,000 employees, Blue Origin will cut about 1,400 positions, According to Reuters. The layoffs will be concentrated especially in Florida, Texas and Washington. In these last two locations, respectively, the suborbital launch installation of the New Shepard rocket and the company’s headquarters stand out. Blue Origin cuts The most affected areas are engineering, R&D and project management, in addition to a reduction in the management team. The announcement has surprised manyespecially after the recent advances of the company. However, the decision seems to respond to the need to make some adjustments to continue sailing in this complex business. Dave clean, CEO of Blue Origin, held a meeting with the employees and pointed out that “there is no easy way to communicate this.” The executive also talked about the successes that the firm has had in recent months. However, he reflected on the necessary steps they must take to guarantee their operation during the next three to five years. “We realized, with great regret, that we are not in a position to achieve the success that we really aspired to achieve,” he added. With these measures underway, Blue Origin hopes to have greater agility To, among other things, climb the manufacture of the New Glen, financed largely by Bezos, and turn it into an operational launch system. Today, access to space to “low cost” is a land dominated by Spacex. The company founded by Elon Musk has no rival and takes most of the military and commercial contracts. Blue Origin wants her piece of the cake and, although she still has her way to go, she seems completely deciding to get it. Images | Jeff Bezos (Instagram) In Xataka | NASA is developing a Hubble super telescope capable of observing exoplanets. And only two rockets can launch it

Today Steve Ballmer is richer than Gates

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If one thing has been clear in the 50 years of Bill Gates’s professional career, he has Good smell for businessalthough sometimes he has failed in his decisions. That has led him to remain for almost four decades in the Top 10 of the biggest fortunes. In his biographical book ‘Source Code: My Beginnings‘, the millionaire remembers what was his biggest bet: Sign Steve Ballmer and offer a good piece of the Microsoft cake. United for Harvard’s halls Bill Gates remembered in his book his years as a student at Harvard University in Autumn 1976, where the millionaire forged a close friendship with someone who, two decades Later he would replace him under Microsoft. Gates met Ballmer through a common friend in a harvard economy postgraduate class. “Steve looks a lot like you,” said his friend. Unlike the rest of the math students, Gates was impressed with the personality of his new friend. “Steve had incredible energy and a unique ability to motivate people,” Gates said. Then I didn’t know, but that Combination of skills He made Ballmer the ideal candidate to help transform Microsoft from a small startup to a global corporation. In those years, Ballmer already pointed ways in the sports direction. He was responsible for the University’s football team, supervised the advertising of his student newspaper and was the president of Harvard’s literary magazine. Gates describes in his book how he remembered having attended a football game and seeing Ballmer “spending so much energy walking from one place to another and jumping on the side of the field” like any of the players they were playing. Both partners They connected rapidly And they became inseparable, chatting about the future, the power of business and how to revolutionize the world. Of course among their great plans, they developed their particular strategy for success: to skip the economy classes, and study in a hurry at the last minute just before presenting the exam … and approve it “triumphant.” The millionaire tells his biography that the charismatic Ballmer was responsible for expanding the social circle of Gates during his time in Harvard, and introduces Bill Gates in the Fox Club. As described by the Millionaire in his book, this club was known for his “Tag parties, secret hands and other archaic rules and rituals”, the founder of Microsoft would have avoided not being for his effusive friend Ballmer. Steve, Vente to Microsoft In 1980, Bill Gates made a decision that would change Microsoft’s course and of the technology industry. Gates needed a strategist, a partner who could handle the commercial department to sell the product, while he concentrated on technology. This is where Gates recalled Ballmer’s good social skills. In principle, young Microsoft founders were willing to offer up to 5% of their new company’s shares to recruit Steve Ballmer as manager. Finally, and thanks to the undeniable Ballmer’s negotiating talent, Gates ended up accessing him to deliver the 8.75% of Microsoft’s actions. Gates reflected on this decision years later: “Giving Steve those actions was one of the best decisions I have made.” Microsoft’s success in the following decades demonstrated the wisdom of this election, consolidating the company’s position as leader in the technology industry. The founder of Microsoft recognized the importance of having someone like Ballmer, who had a business vision complementary to his. “We needed someone who could help us grow as a business,” Gates explained in his memoirs. This decision demonstrated the long -term vision of Gates and his willingness to sacrifice immediate profits for a major future benefit. Ballmer’s incorporation had a deep effect on Microsoft’s trajectory, beyond showing the energy that conquered Gates Sweating the shirt on stageor doing that Gates lost his shame in order to increase your sales. Ballmer’s leadership years at the head of Microsoft cannot be considered the brightest of the company, who did not know how to get on Mobile telephony train. Ballmer returned to his passion After leave the world of technology and with 8.75% of the actions of a Microsoft catapulted to financial success by Satya NadellaSteve Ballmer has been able to devote himself in body and soul to his passion: basketball. He bought the team of the NBA Los Angeles Clippers and that has led him to become the thirteenth fortune in the world according to the Forbes Millionaires Listwith a patrimony of 121.3 billion dollars, overcoming in wealth To his friend and mentor Bill Gates. In Xataka | Bill Gates won 5,545 million dollars sleeping. This is what implies having a fortune of 130,000 million Image | Flickr (Wired Photostream, World Bank Photo Collection)

An overwhelming cast with second season already announced, and already in streaming

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Eye to this cast: Michael Fassbender, Richard Gere and Jeffrey Wright, accompanied by secondary schools such as Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston and John Magaro. A luxury squad for one of the most anticipated thrillers of this 2025 start: ‘The agency‘, who has aroused so much expectation that his second season has already been announced and that you can see now In Skyshowtime and In Movistar Plus+. In it we will meet An undercover agent of the CIA who receives the order to abandon his normal life to return to work in London. But when he falls in love, he is willing to sacrifice his work and his own identity to safeguard his private life, which will precipitate an international intrigue where they are involved, among others, a veteran agent of the organization. Behind ‘The Agency’ are the brothers Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, screenwriters of ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’. Signing the first two episodes is Joe Wright (‘The darkest moment’), which makes it very clear that we are facing a high -budget product, which is noticed in its action sequences (although the series has a rhythm that is cooked over low heat, and where intrigues abound in offices than the thrilling persecutions) and cinematographic finishing. At the moment, Skyshowtime (which presumes this series, rightly, as one of the most outstanding elements among its premieres this month) It has only released the first two episodes of ‘The Agency’. The issuance of the same will last to the ten chapters, so we will have time to get the meticulous rhythm and the oppressive atmosphere of this new spy epic. Header | Skyshowtime In Xataka | This is how US spies cheated Russia in the 80s and sold savage chips to the Soviets

that does not return the cold

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In less than a week, the European giant Yara has announced The paralysis of its ammonia center in Hull, England, a decision that has been made by natural gas prices. And what do they have to do? Gas is an essential component within the FERTILIZANTS MANUFACTURE and with the increase in the price of gas are being affected. Short. The price of natural gas in Europe has firmed again, reaching values ​​that were not observed since the energy crisis of 2022. The analyst and energy expert Javier Blas has published In their X (formerly Twitter) account that European gas prices, according to the TTF reference index, have exceeded € 58/MWh. So that it can be understood, if we talk about oil, it would be equivalent to $ 100 per barrel. This situation has had a special impact on sectors that not only use gas as a source of energy, but also as raw material, such as chemical, metallurgical and fertilizers. Gas prices in Europe are triggered by their maximum in two years as demand increases. LSEG SOURCE In data. In the last month, gas prices in Europe have increased by 30%, driven Because of the coldest temperatures, a lower generation of renewable energy (Dunkelflaute) and low levels of storage. This increase He has evidenced That gas stores do not reach half their capacity, while last year they reached 67% at the same time. The analysts They have estimated That, if the demand follows this trend, prices could reach € 84/MWh. The graphic shows the volatility of gas prices from the beginning of 2023. The reasons behind the peaks come from the gradual reduction of Russian gas flows to Its total interruptiontogether with the growing competition with China for LNG, has intensified Pressure on prices, which has reduced the availability of gas for the European market. The critical point for the industry. The profitability threshold for many energy intensive industries is in gas prices between € 50 and 60/MWh. In 2022, when prices exceeded this level, companies like BASF decided to drastically reduce their production in the continent due to high costs. The reason is because the chemical industry is particularly vulnerable, since it uses gas not only as a source of energy, but also as raw material. Other affected sectors include the production of steel, glass and ceramics, where gas represents a significant cost. As analyzed in FTif the gas price remains high the industrial impact will be very large for all of Europe. In addition, the products we have mentioned could be more expensive, feeding inflation and reducing the competitiveness of European exports. The situation could also impact economic growth, especially in countries with strong industrial base such as Germany, France and Italy. Forecasts If winter is still cold, pressure on gas prices could be maintained. Europe will have to resort even more to its strategic reserves and Increase LNG importsalthough this will depend on the availability of supplies in the global market. At the governmental level, measures such as industry or incentives for consumption reduction could be taken. Price forecasts will depend largely on the climate in the coming weeks and the evolution of demand in Asia. Image | Pexels Xataka | Forget the industrial revolution: the fastest energy change in human history is happening now

Now Claudia Sheinbaum threatens to sue Google for her maps

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Google Maps shows different names for the Gulf of Mexico according to the country from where the application is accessed. In Mexico, it maintains the traditional denomination, while in the United States it appears as “Gulf of America” In Spain and other places, a combination is shown: “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)”. The change has not gone unnoticed. The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, He assured Thursday in a question and answers session that his government maintains a dispute with Google and that could take legal actions against the company if it does not reversed the changes implemented after Donald Trump’s decree. Sheinbaum challenges the American giant The controversy intensified on February 9, when the new president of the United States He signed a decree To “rename as ‘Gulfo de América’ the area of ​​the continental shelf of the United States ”. Then, Google Maps and Apple Maps updated their maps for users of some locations. Days before, the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico I had sent a letter to Google to avoid name changebut the answer was not expected. “They already answered the letter, and we already answered again. If necessary, we are going to a civil demand, ”said Sheinbaum, adding that the company” is not right. “ In Google Maps, US users now see “Gulf of America” ​​instead of the Gulf of Mexico “I am explaining not even President Trump is considering that the entire Gulf of Mexico is called Gulf of America but only his continental platform,” said the president. In communications with Google, as he explained, the Foreign Minister has included both Trump’s decree and reference to International standards. Sheinbaum also added that, although Google is a private company and can have agreements with different countries, its service has so much scope that it has become an international reference. It is time to wait to know if the company led by L succinity Pichai will step back and reverse the changes requested by the Mexican Executive. It is important to note that, although the decree specifies that the change of name applies only to the United States continental platform, The White House has celebrated its appearance in Apple Maps in X Without distinctions. In addition, Trump’s speech has presented the measure as a great victory, without clarifying his geographical scope. Images | The White House | Presidency of Mexico | Google Maps screen capture In Xataka | The US has decided to leave paper straws because everyone hates them. The problem is the alternative: plastic

We have new evidence that there is a “dark atomic force” capable of “deforming” in the nucleus of atoms

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The atomic nucleus might seem well explored in an era in which scientists focus their efforts on better understanding quantum mechanics and interactions between subatomic particles that star in this science, such as Quarks or gluons. However, perhaps we still have much to learn about how the protons and neutrons that structure it are organized in this nucleus. New clues. A new study, led by PTB researchers (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) German and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), He has revealed The existence of small “deformations” in the nucleus of atoms. This finding indicates the possible existence of a “dark atomic force” that governs interactions between neutrons and electrons within the atom. From dark matter to “dark force.” In 2020, a MIT team (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) observed something strange when comparing different isotopes of the ytterbiumelement number 70. The team examined changes in electronic resonance between isotopes of the element (different versions of an element that differ from each other in the number of neutrons) and ran into results that were not expected. That experiment could have been the first time that someone crossed with an still inexplicated phenomenon that some call “dark atomic force.” This means basically that we are facing an interaction between particles (in this case neutrons and electrons) still unexplored. A force in this sense analogous to the most studied “dark matter”, which only interacts with conventional matter through gravity. According to Explain the responsible team From the new study, there is the possibility that there are also “dark forces” that govern interactions between dark matter and conventional matter. In the same way, there is the possibility that these forces also affect matter within the same atoms. Measuring deformations. Finding these hypothetical interactions is not easy. To find its trail, the team responsible for the new study measured the frequencies in the atomic transition and the isotopic mass ratios between the different isotopes of the iterbio. Each of the two laboratories that led this research analyzed these changes using a different methodology, but in both cases these measurements involved much more precise measures than those carried out in previous experiments. The team thus confirm the existence of an anomaly in the observations. The details of the experiment and its results were published In an article In the magazine Physical Review Letters. From practice to theory. In its article, the team tried to theoretically base the anomaly observed in the experiments as a result of collaboration with researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt and other institutions. These data, They explainthey also allowed to extract direct information on the deformation of the nucleus in the different isotopes of the iterbio. This way of “looking inside” atoms could help us acquire a totally new perspective in the analysis of the heavy atomic nuclei and in the “matter rich in neutrons.” This line of research could, for example, help us better understand the physics of the neutron starsbut also establish new paths of collaboration in the search for the long -awaited “new physics”, they add. In Xataka | Milestone in Quantum Physics: MIT has measured for the first time the geometry of electrons in the quantum world Image | MPIK / PTB / Brookhaven National Laboratory

I have detected the exact moment in which things in Marvel began to fail and that has culminated in ‘Captain America’

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Until the weekend, when the public’s opinion begins to fly over the Internet (which in the end is the one who pays and the one that interests Disney, since the consensus of criticism and public they generated ‘Infinity War‘ and ‘Endey me‘It is unlikely to be repeated again), we will not know if’Captain America: Brave New World‘It is a failure or a triumph. What we can analyze is at what point in the history of MCU Things began to twist. The majority opinion. We can all be more or less agree that there is an MCU stage with a more or less positive balance (which goes from acceptable to the glorious, according to the fan’s enthusiasm) that begins in ‘Iron Man’ and extends until ‘ Endgame ‘. And from there, things began to twist, with stages 4 and 5 mainly disastrous that led to the first Marvel box office failures, to a possible “Superheroic fatigue“And at the time of current uncertainty. But there are nuances. Matiz one: Not the whole field is oregano. 23 films, which is said soon, make up the MCU from ‘Iron Man’ to ‘Endgame’ (well, to ‘Spider-Man: Far from home‘). It is statistically impossible for all to be round, and we cannot even agree on our appreciations. For example, for the signer ‘Iron Man 3’ it is one of the peaks of the MCU, many would say the opposite, and I think it was a mistake that Marvel did not continue to cultivate that way. And there are a multitude of bland films, which are celebrated just because they are in the context of very grossing productions and well considered: ‘Iron Man 2’, ‘Thor: The dark world’ or ‘Avengers: the era of ultron’ are some of them . Matiz two: Not everything is horrible from phase 4. And on the contrary, there are innumerable films (and series) to celebrate from ‘Endgame’: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of madness‘It is hilarious, and the generally hated’Quantumanía‘ either ‘The Marvels‘They are failed films but with a very claimable personality. And of course, there are multiple remarkable moments in ‘Wandavision‘,’Knight Luna‘ either ‘Agatha, who if not?‘ The authentic problem. The drama of phases 4 and 5 is that they do not have that very pleasant style of the first three stages of going in one direction and with a purpose. Perhaps it became like this, perhaps not, but the feeling that ‘Endgame’ is designed from the first appearance of the Avengers is there, and that does not exist in phases 4 and 5. Of course, there are threads that connect everything, like The theme of the multiversos, but there are many films (‘Shang-Chi‘,’Thor: Love and Thunder‘,’Wakanda Forever‘), which seem to air shots, as looking for new charismatic heroes that replace the Avengers. And as in ‘Brave New World’, the feeling that is a useless effort floats. The movie hinge. And Marvel’s first failure, ‘Eternals‘It is the key point. Marvel had loose films previously, and possibly any did not give up at the box office as they expected, but ‘Eternals’ is the first one that forced them to go back. They wanted the group to become a new avengers, but a team capable of supporting the weight of several films: they raised sub -brains that would last in other films, and new characters seen fleetingly, such as Starfox, of which we did not return namely. Marvel reculled in his plan, and the worst thing is that he saw that he could reculate and the public accepted it, which multiplied the test movies, the ideas that were isolated in a film and the failed experiments. A world that played the mirage of being compact and coherent became one where neglect and carelessness predominates. Header | Disney In Xataka | The first trailer of ‘The fantastic 4: first steps’ reveals the key ingredient for Marvel’s future: its villain

Apple’s folding sounds more and more strength. It is a golden opportunity to change the smartphones market

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We have been with the cantinela for years that “next year, Apple will present its folding smartphone.” And no, there is not always water in the river When it sounds. However, this start of 2025 starts with increasingly solid tracks About this project. The last They are related to Chinese manufacturer Lens Technology, who will supposedly manufacture the ultrafine glass that will supply 70% of Apple’s orders. Some of the company’s plans are also detailed to improve existing products. The problem? We have been with folding phones on the table for years, and they still do not be mature. Apple’s plan. Rumors are increasingly lighter, and everything indicates that in the first half of 2026 the company will make its folding iPhone known to the world. Apple would like to lose the closest part of the hinge, to achieve a greater thickness in the ultra -laced glass sheet and improve the durability of the product. Lens Technology would be the main glass manufacturer, with Samsung Display as a screen supplier itself. Technology to create a product that aspires to be the maximum reference in its territory. A little mature market. Foldables still do not democratize today. The price might seem the main reason, but we are strict, a Galaxy Z Flip6 it costs practically the same as a Galaxy S25+ And less than a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. The problem of folding, despite the fact that manufacturers promise thousands of folds, is that they continue to throw durability doubts. A quick walk by Reddit shows Samsung mobile problems, Huawei either Xiaomi. In fact, in my own particular case I have suffered the wear and tear of the occasional folding … in just one week of use. A Chinese crown. If they ask you who is the king of folding phones, Samsung may come to mind, but it is not. Huawei It is, by far, the most folding company sells worldwide, well above Samsung, Honor and Motorola. The success of its folding range in China will not be easy to replicate for Apple, who may seek to settle in Europe as the main reference and popularize this telephone concept. Despite these figures, the folding market is still a minority. The question is whether Apple’s proposal will continue to be a niche product or if it will make the turns change. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The dream of mass folding mobiles remains distant. They are still expensive and fragile

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