China is a sleeping giant of AI and has many companies competing with each other

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It seems that US companies and startups are the great competitors of the AI ​​segment, but Chinese companies are demonstrating that rivalry is also formidable. He Deepseek impact Of course it has been noticed especially there. And if not, tell Baidu. Ernie was closed and paid. Considered “La Google China”, Baidu was one of the first to launch its own chatbot. Ernie launched In March 2023 and in September I was already available to All audiences. However, the company’s approach was always clear: his generative chatbot was closed, and was paid. But it will soon be free. This week those responsible for Baidu have announced two important changes in their strategy. To start, Baidu will have a free version As of April 1which will allow access to the company’s LLMs. The company had been trying to monetize the service for 17 months, which in China had a monthly price of 49.90 yuan (6.56 euros). And besides, Open Source. But it is also that the company has confirmed that the next generation of its LLM Ernie will use an Open Source license on June 30. It is a turn of the events, because as we have commented from the beginning Baidu adopted a model and license owned for its chatbot. Even Openai seems consider a similar movement. Deepseek changes everything. The reason for these strategy changes is probably due to what has happened with Deepseekthe Chinese startup that launched Deepseek v3 in November and After Deepseek R1 In January. These models were not only free, they were also Open Source, which triggered their popularity by demonstrating that they were really competitive even when comparing them with the best LLM of their competitors in the United States. There, by the way, Depseek’s impact has also been formidable: several of those US rivals have already offered their reasoning models free of charge. Fierce competition in China. Baidu’s decision shows how in China there is also a particular war to lead in AI. Alibaba, without going any further, has just presented The promising Qwen2.5-Maxand Bytedance, who does not conform to Tiktok, is beginning to become a surprising power in the. Other companies such as Tencent or Startups such as MoNshot and O1.AI They are also in that fight, however much their models have to be very socialists. The important thing is that they use you. Baidu seems to recognize that in this battle one of the keys is to achieve some popularity. According to Reuters The most successful chatbot in China is currently Doubao (Bytedance) with 78.6 million monthly users. Deepseek is the second with 33.7 million while Ernie has only 13 million. Ernie 4.5 will arrive soon, but what about the reasoning? In Baidu they currently have ERNIE 4.0, which competes with GPT-4, but will soon launch Ernie 4.5, which will be precisely the one that adopts that license Open Source. What does not seem to have a model of reasoning as Deepseek R1, something surprising again considering that Baidu is a giant with many more resources. One that yes, will surely be moving card so as not to let this juicy market escape. Image | Baidu In Xataka | Deepseek has given the starting gun in the race for a cheaper AI. And China starts with advantage

Barcelona is the city of Spain with more motorcycles. Now the Generalitat considers limiting its circulation

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Spain has a mobile park of 4,162,850 motorcycles. Of these, 22.8% are registered in Catalonia. In total, there are 947,895 motorcycles that circulate through the streets of the Autonomous Community, according to Statistics Institute of Catalonia. The figure shows the enormous weight that the motorcycle represents In Catalonia. No other vehicle is so popular if compared to the total cars volume of the country. While motorcycles, as we said, exceed 20%, Catalonia has 13.8% of cars registered. Buses (14.5%) and vans and trucks (14.1%) are also far from the previous figure. Of the almost million motorcycles that Catalonia has registered, 713,033 of them are counted in the province of Barcelona. Anyone who walks through the city can verify that it is a boiler of two -wheeled vehicles. According to RACC data of 2022in the city about 450,000 motorcycle displacements occur every day. AND Already in 2019 it was alert of the difficulties that the city had to park all two -wheeled vehicles that circulate through its streets. For all of the above, the IMPULSE PLAN TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE 2025-2030 presented by the Generalitat de Catalunya herself in which a Reduction of combustion motorcycles with measures that facilitate their limitations. A plan that has been sold as the prohibition of motorcycles with combustion engines from 2030 (although this is not true) and that has raised blisters in the world of motorcycle who are considered discriminated against in front of any other type of vehicle. What happened? A controversial plan Presented by the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Salvador Illa, and collected on the official website of the agency, the IMPULSE PLAN TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE 2025-2030 It has been presented as the master lines to be followed in the coming years to transform the Catalan mobile park and gradually clean the pollutant emissions of the same. In that plan we can read initiatives such as TRIPPLY the penetration of electric vehicles In Catalonia to be at the middle levels of Europe, bend the number of public loaders (especially the rapids) and electrify 90% d the fleet of the Generalitat of Catalonia. In the program, which has five key points of action, there is no talk at any time to remove vehicles from the circulation or references to the low emissions areas of the Catalan cities and their restrictions by environmental label. Tours, buses, trucks or vans are completely omitted in the aforementioned plan. However, there is a clearly indicated type of vehicle: motorcycles. Literally, the plan includes in its second point that it will work on the following: “Promotion of the gradual limitation of combustion motorcycle. Parallel to the implementation of gradual restrictions on combustion motorcycles with environmental labels B and C, an industrial transition program will be established to promote the production, distribution and repair of electric motorcycles Although from some media and on social networks it can be read that Catalonia will prohibit combustion motorcycles from 2030, the truth is that this is not true. There is no established date in which it is specified that these vehicles will not be able to circulate through the streets. However, the warning that “the gradual limitation of combustion motorcycle” will be promoted, it gives an idea that the intentions of the Generalitat of Catalonia is to end motorcycles with environmental labeling B and C. Of course, Specifies that the intention is to promote the sale of motorcycles with cleaner labeling. The measure is controversial because, as they point out from Anesdor (National Association of Companies of the Sector Two Wheels), in the program No mention is made to other types of vehicles such as cars, buses, vans or trucks. That despite the fact that motorcycles are not contemplated in the prohibition of combustion engines for vehicles that are still going (we will see if definitively) in the European Union from 2035. They also emphasize that, at the moment, 58.1% of the motorcycles circulating in Spain have environmental labeling C. is another of the label paradoxes designed by the DGT. Collect in The confidential that the average data of Nox emissions of a Euro 5 motorcycle (DGT tag) reach 0.0156 gr/km. However, they point out in the digital medium, the environmental labeling is controversial. A Euro 6 car emits, average 0.3137 gr/km of Nox. That is, they have the same sticker despite having contaminated much more. That if they do not have Soft hybridization that has a minimum impact on the accounts but automatically delivers the DGT echo label. They also have Echo more polluting vehicles that the aforementioned motorcycles such as the CNG and LPG (0.0350 gr/km of NOX on average). Only gasoline hybrids They reflect better data but the difference is minimal (0.0133 gr/km of Nox). That is, no one has forbidden that motorcycles with combustion engines can circulate in Catalonia but the intention of the Generalitat is to promote those actions that limit their movements and press so that consumers jump to electric vehicles. Photo | Nan Zhou In Xataka | Runrún returns about changes in DGT labels: this is all we know

65% of workers believe they charge little for their work

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With the debate about the Up of the minimum interprofessional salary Still hot, a recent study reveals that most employees in Spain feel inframing with respect to Your professional responsibilities. According to The data collected In the ‘Labor Market Guide 2025’ published by Hays, that discontent has grown with respect to 2023, despite the fact that SMI increases have improved the salary conditions of many employees. The problem is that average salaries. A ADECCO report It ensures that real average salaries in Spain, adjusted by inflation, have remained stagnant during the last thirty years. Dissatisfied employees. The study of the Human Resources consultant, prepared on a base of 5,600 companies and professionals in Spain, reveals that the Salary dissatisfaction It is still an important problem in the Spanish labor market. 65% of professionals feel that their salary does not correspond to the work they do. It is the same figure that was recorded in 2023, but represents a worsening of 5% compared to 2024, and 9% compared to 2021. Only 46% say they are satisfied with their salary (although I can consider it insufficient for their responsibilities). One of the factors that contribute the most to employees in their current salary is the complement of time flexibility associated with their position. Flexibility and teleworking as accessories. 54% of respondents prioritize time flexibility above other benefits, such as additional holidays or medical insurance with more coverage. In addition to flexibility, 63% of respondents highlight the good work environment as complementary factors to salary. 42% place teleworking as one of the important accessories to the salary. So much so that they would even renounce the 25% of your salary By teleworking. Christopher Dottie, regional general director of Hays in southern Europe, stood out in his report The importance of teleworking For talent retention “with the reduction of the maximum working day of 40 to 37.5 hours, whose application is still delayed, and the impulse of teleworking is put in the hands of professionals the opportunity to demonstrate their value in terms of production , being free to choose where and how to work. With one foot on the street. Salary dissatisfaction is one of the main arguments To change jobs. In 2025, the intention of changing jobs is stated for the dissatisfaction of not obtaining adequate salary or working conditions. 69% of respondents claim to find themselves in an active search situation of a job. This data significantly improves with respect to 2024 that registered 70% of employees willing to leave your job For one with better conditions. However, it remains above 63% that was recorded in 2023. SALARIAL ASCOME EXPECTATION. Despite the situation of salary dissatisfaction that portray Hays’s data, the salary perspectives By 2025 that draws this report are optimistic. 48% of the professionals interviewed believe that their annual salary will increase above 5%, while 17% think it will do it between 2.5 and 4.9%. Less optimistic are the companies that have participated, 27% bet on rank increases of 2.5% and 4.9%, followed by which, with 26%, they think they will remain or, at most, they will increase below 2.4% (24%). Source: “Labor Market Guide 2025”. Hays Dottie says that 2024 has been a decisive year in the fight against job precariousness, but has also meant an additional economic effort for companies. “With the recent increase in the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) and the resolutions of the Labor Reform of 2021, there is talk of a certain improvement of labor precariousness. Although these measures positively impact the well -being of many professionals, they at the same time important important Challenges for Spanish business fabric, which must be adjusted in its cost structures. “ In Xataka | Ask for a salary increase is a negotiation art: as in any battle, you have to be prepared with a strategy Image | Unspash (Jakub żerdzicki, Cemrecan Yurtman)

It also protects you from phishing and data leaks

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Internet has become a vital tool, to the point that we spend several hours a day sailing. Doing doing it as surely as possible is vital to safeguard our data, especially now that there are so many data leaks or identity supplantations. Common sense can help us, although going to an additional tool is A movement that can save us more than one problem. One of the most outstanding is Kaspersky, especially its premium plan, reduced right now to the 34.99 euros a year. Kaspersky Premium – Annual * Some price may have changed from the last review Your safety and your family, at another level with Kaspersky Premium Kaspersky is a company that has been a reference for years in Internet security. It is true that its antivirus facet is almost always taken into account (both for PC and MacOS, iOS and Android), But the reality is that it offers much more. Especially if we take into account its Premium Kaspersky Plan, the most complete of all. One of the key points of this service is your call ‘Identity protection‘. Thanks to it, the service will detect when anyone tries to access our data remotely. In addition, we can also have a kind of Wallet Digital where to store our ID, the card or delicate information to avoid any type of identity theft. And that is not all, because we will also receive a notification if our data or telephone number appear in some data filtration. Speaking of identity and impersonation, it is also worth highlighting its’Antiphishing‘. It has a system capable of identifying links Phishing In emails or on web pages, automatically blocking those that it detects as fraudulent, thus avoiding clicking on one for an oversight. Kaspersky Premium – Annual * Some price may have changed from the last review This Kaspersky service normally has a price of 79.99 euros per year, but right now A 56 % discount that leaves it in the 34.99 euros a year we have mentioned previously for the first year. In addition, this subscription includes a free year of Kaspersky Safe Kids, ideal if we have children at home and we want their internet navigation and experience to be as sure as possible. And eye Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Kari Shea in Unspash (with edition), Kaspersky In Xataka | Wi -Fi, configuration fund guide: everything you have to know to improve your connection In Xataka | These are the two things I recommend doing if you want to improve the safety of your accounts and you are not sure how to start

As in any battle, you have to be prepared with a strategy

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Ask for a salary increase is one of the most tense moments for employees, especially in Latin culture, where salary negotiation It is almost a taboo. However, it is a moment that, sooner or earlierall professionals face throughout their career regardless of WHAT IS YOUR POSITION. Coaling the moment correctly, and the attitude with which that request is addressed, is a important part for your success. To ask for an increase, look at the calendar According to Nicola Weatherhead, vice president of people’s operations and talent acquisition at The Stepstone Group, in An interview For the British Dailymaila petition for salary improvement can never be the result of improvisation. The first step is to choose the right time for both the person in charge of human resources, and for the company. For example, if you have evidence that the company A bad financial moment passesit is less likely to have Ability to increase your salary. Instead, a good moment can be just after making a positive economic balance public. On the other hand, regardless of the financial health of the company, it is also important to choose well the date on which the increase is proposed. For example, many companies prepare their annual budgets at the end of the year, and close at the beginning of the year. Therefore, the first months of the year may not be the best to request a salary increase because the budget items are already assigned. On the other hand, the perfect moment to request it will be just before the company begins to prepare those budgets for next year. In this way, your request may be taken into account and included in the accounts of the following year. Appointment to talk about your salary From the indeed labor platform, They point How important as choosing the right time for the company, is to choose it to speak with the head of human resources that manages it. Have one Conversation about your salary next to the coffee machine It is not the best of ideas, so the ideal is to set an appointment enough to ensure that whoever should collect your request is paying all their attention to a quiet and private environment. During that meeting, he speaks safely and assertively, but avoids aggressive or too shy. A balanced tone It generates empathy and facilitates establishing open and respectful negotiation. Companies may have quarterly or annual evaluation programs, and that can also be a good time to address the salary increase, since your performance data will be on the table to endorse it. That takes us to the next point. Do not compare yourself, let your work speak “Prepare a detailed summary of what you have achieved during the last year and what you plan to contribute to the future,” said Weatherhead. Take this List with your achievements It allows you to show, objectively and based on results, the worth of your work and the added value you contribute to the company. It mentions concrete figures, such as increases in sales or improvements in operational efficiency, if you have led new projects or everything that is relevant in your position or that has contributed to the team. The personal economic situation should never be the reason that justifies the request for salary increase. One of the most frequent errors is compare with other colleagueseven with those with similar tasks. Each employee fulfills their function and their metrics can be oriented to different objectives, although similar functions are apparently done. “In addition, refrain from making demands or ultimatums, since this can tighten your relationship with your employer,” says the expert. The last thing you want is to be a focus of problems for those who must manage their salary increase. On the other hand, involve a supervisor to validate your work, it is a good strategy since it is someone whose objective is precisely to report your performance. This confirmation of your results will have more weight than your statements when considering a salary increase. “They will need evidence and, if you have a high -ranking manager in the company to help you defend your position, the bosses will be convinced much more easily among them,” says Weatherhead. Investigate and ask accordingly Another important aspect is not to leave in the air the percentage of salary increase that you have in mind. Therefore, it is convenient to make a previous investigation of the average salary of your position in the sector, in your region and in the type of companysince wages vary depending on these factors. Knowing that data will allow you to present A reasonable proposal. Use tools such as salary comparators, Consult colleagues or review job offers similar to your profile and knowledge to obtain An adequate salary range. Avoid asking for an exact amountit is more appropriate to talk about salary ranges or increase percentages. That gives margin to negotiate and shows flexibility on your part. For example, you can say: “I have investigated and I think that an increase within the range of X A and would be fair considering my responsibilities and performance within the team.” A negative is not a defeat One of the communication strategies in this type of negotiation is not to propose the increase as a question of whether or not. If you do, the easiest thing for the company is to stand in the No. Instead, you can raise it as a goal to achieveIn that way, even if at that time you receive a negative, a schedule is drawn for a new request in the future. In an assertive and calm way, he asks the person in charge of what objectives and improvements he considers to achieve to obtain that increase in the future. That not only denotes a positive attitude of growth, but also highlights the commitment to the company. In fact, even in case of obtaining a salary increase, it may be below your initial expectations. Knowing that roadmap can serve … Read more

So far Arm only designed chips. Now you will manufacture one for data centers, and goal will be your first big client

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There is a lot of money invested in data centers. Maybe too much. And that is a juicy cake in which many companies want to enter. One of them is ARM, which throughout its history He had limited himself to designing chips that others then licensed and manufactured. Now they will go further, and AI is the main reason. THE FIRST CHIP ARM. As revealed In Financial TimesARM will reveal his first chip this summer. Until now, Arm had remained outside a career in which Intel, AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm or Apple have been the protagonists, but now they want to enter that fight. Data centers in the spotlight. SoftBank, which has a majority participation in ARM, has ambitious plans in the data centers segment. It has allied with Openai and other companies for the colossal Stargate projectwhich will make them theoretically invest 500,000 million dollars in data centers in the US. And the company wants ARM to be part of that project with own chips that govern the servers of those data centers. Goal as a great first client. This chip is expected to be a CPU for servers and that it is created so that it can then be customized by companies as a goal. In FT they indicate that in fact the company of Mark Zuckerberg is already the first big client of ARM in this initiative. TSMC could be in charge of the production of chips, according to sources close to the plans. Acquisition of ampere in sight. We speak these days of the alleged advanced negotiations that They could end SoftBank buying ampere. The firm specializes precisely in the use of ARM architecture in multinuk chips Oriented to data centers. Threat to Intel and AMD. These two companies (especially Intel) and architecture X86 have always dominated the segment of servers and data centers. However, chips with ARM architecture have begun to be an interesting option, and the alleged appearance of these Arm’s own chips could further boost their market share. And Varapalo for Qualcomm. Qualcomm socate are references in our mobiles, but the company also takes time Working in chips for servers. In the last months Qualcomm and Ar had maintained a litigation that finally closed a few days agoand it is about to see what is the impact of this ARM project on the Qualcomm roadmap, which apparently He was also in negotiations with goal to provide chips for their data centers. Image | ARM In Xataka | West tries to block China in technology while giving him his greatest opportunity in decades

Apple will present ‘a new family member’ next week. Everything points to the iPhone se 4

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Tim cook has announced An Apple launch for next Wednesday, February 19. “Prepare to meet the new family member,” he says in the publication he has made through social networks. And, yes, we are also thinking about the iPhone Se 4, a model that was rumored for this week or next. It will not be a keynote to use. In fact, there will not even be a presentation that we can follow through YouTube or the Apple page. It is expected that, throughout the day, the company will surprise both in its Newsroom as in the device section. Rumoring the iPhone is fourth generation for weeks, all eyes point to the fifth family member. We expect a phone with a single camera, the front of the iPhone 14 and the processor of The iPhone 16 with 8 GB of RAM to be able to execute Apple Intelligence. This phone, with 6.1 -inch OLED screen, action button, and focused as the access iPhone, has a rumored price of 599 euros in Spain. We can meet it on the Apple website between 14 and 17 Spanish time. Image | Xataka In Xataka | iPhone 17: All the information we think we know so far

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

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