China is the country where more cars are sold. And that is why it is filling with “used cars” that nobody has led

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The car market in China has exploded. Their companies register figures never seen, registration records work at full performance and their exports are marking records. There is only one problem: the figures are swollen. Record sales. In China, a total of 31.44 million cars. Of these, 12.89 million were represented by the “new energy” vehicles. That is, electric cars and plug -in hybrids. The growth of the latter was excessive (35.5% more than in 2023) but it is that the total figure also grew to add 4.5% more than the previous year. Is it a lot? A lot, no. Lot. To get an idea, usually In Spain Some more million vehicles for sale. During the crisis after 2008, sales fell until falling below 900,000 units, after a year in which 1.6 million cars were placed on the market. Since then, we have not exceeded 1.2 million vehicles bought. Compared to Europe, the figure collected by the continent pales. In our continent, 10.6 million cars were sold throughout 2024. That is, it is time to look at the world market. According to Acea74.6 million cars were sold last year. That is, more than 40% of the cars sold throughout the globe were recorded in China. To the world market! The figures are so impressive that, obviously, they put on the map the great Chinese manufacturers. At the moment, Toyota remains the great world manufacturer with 10.69 million cars registered in 2024, followed by Volkswagen in the distance, with 8.69 million vehicles. Hyundai and Kia, with 7.23 million cars in the streets, close the podium, according to Jato Dynamics data collected by Motor1.com. From here, we enter some figures that will leave us an interesting fight in 2025. Stellantis was the fourth world manufacturer, with 5.64 million units but between the fifth position of General Motors (4.69 million) and the seventh of ByD there are only 420,000 units. Geely also slipped among the 10 manufacturers that sold the most cars worldwide last year. And the trend is positive. So positive that of the 10 manufacturers that sold more cars in 2024, only three grew compared to the previous year. One is Ford but only sales increased by 1%. The others, of course, are the Chinese representatives. Geely improved his figures from the previous year by 20%. And Byd stretched up to a growth of 41%. The figure promises to be even higher in 2025, the year in which a Objective of 5.5 million cars. That would put her on the way to overcome Stellantis and place himself as The fifth or, in the best case, fourth producer World Cup. Tightening the accelerator. Byd is doing everything possible to get those figures to continue growing. To do this, his landing in Europe will continue. He Byd Dolphin Surf It is raised as a key vehicle to gain ground among low -price electric vehicles, its Byd Seal U DM-I (plug -in hybrid) is being a success and very soon will begin to produce in Hungary. For now, now has exceeded Tesla sales in Europe. And he is also doing it in China. Over there has launched an aggressive price war To continue keeping sales at high, put the rivals against the ropes and, above all, give out a stock of vehicles difficult to sell now that they promised that Your autonomous driving capabilities They would reach all their vehicles, regardless of the price. And all these cars? It is what the Chinese government seems to be saying to its manufacturers. Reuters It points exclusively that those responsible for the State have called a meeting to manufacturers. They are worried, according to the agency, what can happen if the number of automatures is faded. Thus, they have asked all companies responsibility but in Reuters They put the focus on Byd and Dongfeng Motors. Its dealers are selling as “used vehicles” cars that nobody has really used. Wei Jianjun, president of Great Wall Motor, assured in an interview with Sina Finance that there were between 3,000 and 4,000 dealers acting in this way. Km 0. That formula is what we know in Europe as “Kilometer cars 0”. They are cars that manufacturers enroll or force dealers to buy to keep the business with them. These cars count on records such as sales of new vehicles and, subsequently, in the sales count as used vehicles. The manufacturer can use this strategy for several reasons. The first is an answer to regulations. If activated, for example, the obligation to sell serial cars with A broad security equipment or one NEW EMISSION REGULATION And the company has them standing in a warehouse, it is better to enroll them and try to give them out as used vehicles. Another issue is that of dealers who may have minimal sales quotas against manufacturers. This leads to the obligation to get cars that has not managed to sell and give them out later. The advantage and disadvantage for the client is evident: a cheaper car but without the possibility of choosing anything of its equipment. A price war with direct consequences. Wei Jianjun, president of Great Wall Motors, came to ensure in the interview that the automobile sector was living His own “Evergrande”comparing the industry with the collapse that occurred in the real estate sector with the bankruptcy of this company. Without giving names, he said that some of China’s “main manufacturers” had rushed to improve their image and, with it, the market value. That same market value has fallen generalized since Byd opened a new price war with great discounts on more than 20 models offered. Investors fear that these discounts will destabilize an industry that is already especially competitive. Why is it a problem? But, above all, it is feared that the numbers are too swollen, that in the fever to grow as quickly as possible, they are playing in excess with automatrications and, therefore, a stock of vehicles is accumulated to which it is very difficult to give … Read more

They don’t stop arriving tourists to swim with wild orcs

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That clamor in many enclaves that has ended up calling as “tourist” He had reached the most remote places on the planet. They were no longer just the paradisiacal beaches, the “adventurer” went much further entering into areas such as Afghanistan, Iraq either Albania. In fact, Even Antarctica He had been the subject of the hordes eager for new experiences. What surely few ventured was that swimming with Orcas was going to become “must.” Dancing with cetaceans. I told it in A report the Guardian this week. Every morning in the window, a quiet coastal town of Baja California Sur, dozens of tourists in neoprene costumes go up Guided boats by local fishermen or by tourist operators from large nearby cities such as Cabo San Lucas or La Paz. Your goal: swim with wild orcs. An ecological crisis: What began as a unique and inspiring experience has become, according to many veteran experts and operators, into an uncontrolled activity that threatens both the safety of people and the well -being of animals. In absence of formal regulationup to 40 vessels can converge on the same group of orcs, especially between May and June, the months of greatest activity. The popularity of the phenomenon has exploded since 2019driven by networks, and has exposed A legal vacuum In Mexican legislation: although there are laws that protect threatened marine species, none explicitly prohibits swimming with dentated cetaceans such as … orcs. Invisible risks. Although there has never been a wild orca attack on humans, marine biologists warn that excessive and messy contact can cause defensive reactions. Plus and even more worrying: the cumulative effect of engines’s noise and the constant human presence on resident orc interferred by tourist activity. According to He explained to the Guardian Captain Juan Vásquez, with more than two decades at sea, these animals “will remember being harassed” and could stop visiting the area. Despite this, economic pressure is high: marine life tourism is a crucial source of income and few wish to limit it. Even vessels without insurance or license participate in these excursions, competing with better established operators that even guarantee meetings with orcs to ensure reservations. A pioneering plan. Given the lack of clear regulations, a group of responsible scientists and operators (including the Marine Biologist Georgina Saad and the documentary filmmaker Erick Higuera) have proposed the First Management Plan of Orcas in Mexico based not only on numerical fees but on the behavior of animals. The plan, which expects government approval this summer, would limit the interaction to Three boats per group of Orcas, with a maximum of nine daily vessels, and would require official permits. In addition, it states that guides and captains learn to identify Stress signals In cetaceans to know when to retire. Each Orca can be recognized by its unique dorsal fin, which would facilitate a record of sightings and interactions. Plus: Part of permits income would finance local patrols and training, establishing a sustainable model that prioritizes both conservation and education. Local tensions. However, the implementation of the plan is not exempt from controversy. Many captains and local families feel that they have not taken into account. Accuse that permits will end favoring large companies of Cabo and La Paz, displacing those who have lived from marine tourism for generations. In addition, they criticize that the plan is focused exclusively on The windowwhen both orcs and tourists already move throughout the peninsula. For SaadHowever, concentrating the regulation on the window is key to establishing a legal and operational precedent. “We can send the message that this is the only place where you can swim with orcs, and that is how it should be done. Everything else would be illegal.” A fine line. In summary, and despite the divisions, in the report they concluded that a large majority agrees that the solution is not to prohibit, but educate. Evans Baudinpioneer in this type of experiences and critic with the current “circus”, insists that the essential thing is to do things well: protect the orcs and continue offering respectful and safe encounters. For its part, the window is at a crossroads: either it becomes responsible tourism model or symbol of how a viral fashion can even damage the most imposing giants of the ocean. The success of the plan will depend not only on the rules imposed, but on the collective will to take care of what everyone says they want: creatures. Image | CICESE, Rennett Stowe In Xataka | Gladis orcas have been “attacking” ships in the waters of Spain since 2020. There is a new hypothesis: they get bored In Xataka | After expanding throughout the planet, touristification has reached Antarctica. And it is already taking its toll

The fashion giant closes its website while adding the incident

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If you visit the website right now www.victoriassecret.comyou will not see catalogs or special offers. Instead, a warning appears that reports a cybersecurity incident. Victoria’s Secret has temporarily closed its website and has suspended some services in store while investigating what happened. A preventive measure. According to the company, the closure is part of a series of preventive actions adopted after detecting the incident. In the message they explain that they are “working tirelessly to completely restore operations”, although it is not specified when the page will be available again. The closure does not affect all countries. Although Victoria’s Secret’s main site remains closed, the measure is limited to the international version with .com domain. The website for the Spanish market Follow operational, as we have been able to check, and shows no messages related to the incident or limited operation signs. Many unknowns on the table. According to Bloombergin addition to the closure of the web and certain services in store, Victoria’s Secret has stopped part of its office operations. Some employees were left without access to their email accounts after password blocking, and customer service has also been paralyzed. The executive director, Hillary Super, recognized in an internal note seen by the aforementioned means that the recovery “will take time.” Meanwhile, we know that the company works with experts to clarify what happened, but has not provided details about the type of attack, the actual scope of the incident or if any data gap has occurred. It is not an isolated case. In recent weeks, several major brands of the textile and retail sector have also recognized cybersecurity incidents. Dior recently confirmed unauthorized access to customer data in China, Adidas noticed a gap In an external customer service provider, and Harrods, Marks & Spencer and Co-Op HIt has been the target of similar attacks in the United Kingdom. Of course, it is not clear if these cases are related, Images | Screen capture In Xataka | How to change all our passwords according to three cybersecurity experts

All the questions and doubts that remain to be resolved from the Nintendo Switch 2 to a week of its launch

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Next week we will attend the launch of Nintendo Switch 2the new Nintendo laptop and successor of a console that not only conquered the past generation, but completely changed the way we understand gaming. The new model, bigger, more powerful and more complete, will be officially launched on June 5. However, despite its proximity and I could try it a few weeks ago in Paris, There are still many questions to answer. Nintendo Switch 2 is still unknown in many sections. So, and while we wait to put the glove as soon as possible, here is a compilation of questions, issues, issues and things that Nintendo has not yet clarified and that, except for surprise, we will have to wait for the launch to solve. Is there any improvement in Nintendo Switch 1 games that have no patch for switch 2? Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Image: Nintendo It is, perhaps, one of the most relevant aspects. Nintendo intends to launch patches that improve the performance and graphic quality of certain games (patches that are paid separatelythere is plenty of saying), but it remains in the air if Nintendo Switch 1 games that will not receive patch (think of ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘) They will benefit in some form of the extra power of Nintendo Switch 2. It does not necessarily have to be in textures, but, for example, in the frame rate per second or in the drawing distance. This is something that would improve, and not precisely little, the experience when playing certain titles like ‘Pokémon’, without going any further. What will it be exactly backward? State of retrocompatibility as of May 27 | Image: Nintendo Nintendo is Testing of their games and those of their partners to shed light on retrocompatibility. At the moment, most games can be played without problem or have problems that will be fixed for launch (PDF), some can be launched and are tested (PDF) and a tiny minority present problems when starting or are not compatible, directly (PDF). It remains to solve what these errors are, to what extent there are guarantees that a backward game can be played from beginning to end and if there will be any solution for games that are not compatible today or cannot be launched. What happens if I put a Nintendo Switch 2 cartridge on Nintendo Switch? We know that Nintendo Switch 2 uses the same cartridges as Nintendo Switch and that we can put a cartridge of the previous generation in the new console. The question is, and the otherwise what happens? Does it give an error without more? Does the console show more information to the user? How does DLSS work? Nintendo Switch 2 | Image: Nintendo This confirmed That Nintendo Switch 2 mounts a NVIDIA processor (it is not known which, at least officially) with GPU, also NVIDIA, with Dedicated RT and tensor nuclei. That means, mainly, one thing: compatibility with DLSSthe Reacalado with AI technology How popular it is on PC. According to Nvidia and Nintendo, Switch 2 will admit 4K resolution in TV mode and up to 120 fps in Fullhd in portable mode. The thing is, will the user know that DLSS Is it activated? Can it be deactivated or adjusted in some way? Something tells us no, that the operation will be totally transparent to the user and this will not be able to touch graphic configurations, but we will see. Can I use the Nintendo Switch dock with Nintendo Switch 2 and vice versa? Not because Nintendo Switch 2 does not come with its dock, which includes it, but because it never hurts to know that if the new one breaks, we can use the ancient console. In the event that you can, will you win or lose something with respect to using the original dock? Can I play in 4K if I connect the TV 2 switch 2 using the original switch dock? Do Nintendo Switch’s joy-with Nintendo Switch 2 work well? Joy-Con de Nintendo Switch 2 | Image: Nintendo It is evident that we will not be able to hook Nintendo Switch’s joy-with the Nintendo Switch 2 because the system is different, but it would be a real point that could be connected wirelessly to take advantage of them and play with friends. We know that it can be done, but not if there will be any limitation in terms of latency or connectivity. What we do know is that nothing of loading them with the Switch 2 and that we will not have button C, for obvious reasons. Does the Pro Command in Nintendo Switch 2 work? Nintendo has not let the opportunity to announce a New Pro command for switch 2. However, it has not spoken about the command of the previous generation. It can be expected that, being a wireless command and knowing that old joy can be connected wirelessly, we can continue using our pro command. There is no official information about it, in any case. Can Bluetooth launch headphones be used? It looks like a question without further injury, but the truth is that Nintendo Switch was launched in 2017 and it was not well entered 2021 which was updated to admit Bluetooth headphones. We do not know if Nintendo Switch 2 will offer this launch capacity or if, on the contrary, Nintendo will leave it for later. Can I load the console for either of the two USB ports type C? Nintendo Switch 2 | Image: Nintendo And now that we talk about connectivity, Nintendo Switch 2 has not one, but two USB type C. ports we know that one admits load and another is for accessories, but not if we can load the console in either. That possibility would be great, since the positions of the cables and loaders are usually capricious and it is not always comfortable to play while carrying the console. Having that possibility would give more options and improve the experience. Does … Read more

Vapers have lived a decade of freedom in Spain. The honeymoon ends

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Spain is about to set the ten years of ambiguity. The vopemers, which were sold in the early last decade as the “intelligent” version of tobacco, will be treated exactly the same as the lifelong marlboro. Why is it important. The New anti -tabaco law that prepares health normatively equate electronic cigarettes, Heated tobacco and vapers to conventional tobacco. The regulatory limbo is over. That liminal space is over in which it seemed acceptable to vap but not smoking. Health wants to prohibit the use of cigarettes, and also of vapes, in terraces, marques, labor vehicles, university campuses and external leisure areas. The same restrictions that conventional tobacco already had. The context. During a decade, vopes users have enjoyed a kind of undeclared privilege. Technically they did not smoke, but “vapeed.” It was steam, not smoke. A semantic difference that translated into real freedoms: vaping in places where smoking was prohibited, avoiding – not always – the social reproach looks, maintaining the perfect alibi being “leaving tobacco.” The final blow. The prohibition of flavorings marks the end of that golden age. Not only lose spaces: they lose their identity. The flavors were what most differentiated the vaping of traditional tobacco. Without mint, fruits or sweets, vapes are reduced to simple nicotine dispensers with USB-C load. Yes, but. The resistance is real. CNMC (National Commission of Markets and Competition) has challenged the prohibition of flavoringssomething unthinkable already with traditional tobacco. The classic tobacco companies have stopped fighting for years: they know they lost that war. Vapes still have faith in which they can win. Between the lines. This comparison says something deeper about how Spain manages this type of innovations. The vapes followed the classic pattern: Technological grace period. Social normalization Regulatory awakening. Total comparison. It is the same route they made (saving the health distances) VTC with the taxitourist apartments with hotels or cryptocurrencies with traditional currencies. The threat. For Vaper industry, this is more than a regulation: it is a declaration of war against its business model. Without flavoring and no differentiated spaces, what competitive advantage is left to the traditional tobacco? Technology, perhaps. But that seems insufficient to maintain the growth of an industry that grew precisely because it was not “real tobacco.” Deepen. The draft must still go through the Council of Ministers and subsequently through Congress, where you will need agreements with other political forces. Restrictions can change, but direction is irreversible: vapes have lost their special status. Outstanding image | Stephen Noble in Unspash In Xataka | The ‘vaping’ reaches adolescents and lights alarms

The two are from Spacex

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On March 30, 2017, Spacex launched the European Ses-10 satellite with a rocket that had previously flown and landed with its own engines. It was the first time something similar happened, and it was a transcendental moment in history which has chealed access to space, leading to the megaconstellation of Starlink satellites. Eight years later, there is a second rocket capable of doing the same. The striking thing is that it also belongs to Spacex. From Falcon 9 to Starship. Since that historical moment of 2017, the early stages of the Falcon 9 rocket of Spacex have landed 434 times, taking off again 404 occasions. The propeller that has fly more times has the b1067 serial number. Last May 13 He successfully completed Its mission number 28. 17 of them have been launches of Starlink satellites. Unlike Falcon 9, The gigantic rocket starship It is designed to be totally reusable, but for now it has only demonstrated this capacity for its first stage, the Super Heavy propeller. It is just the second orbital rocket that, eight years after that transcendental mission of Falcon 9, has fly again after a propulsive landing. Goodbye Booster 14, you have made history. The first Super Heavy to reuse has been Booster 14, which first took off on January 16 as part of the Starship Test Flight 7. The 70 -meter high rocket stage returned to the launch tower after separating from the ship, maneuvering with its engines until they were caught by the arms of the tower itself. This May 27, after a restoration process, has flown for the second and last time during the Ninth Starship test flight. Its 33 engines worked perfectly in takeoff, despite the fact that 29 of them were used. Spacex did not plan to reuse the propeller a third time, and took the opportunity to test a new maneuver of stages separation, which went well, and a more aggressive attack angle in the descent, which came out regular. The rocket exploded after re -desencing 12 engines to stop on the Gulf of Mexico. Why it is an important milestone. Although Starship’s ninth mission did not achieve its objectives, the reuse of the super heavy is one more milestone in the program. Such a large rocket had never been reused, in the whole history of space flights, which brings us closer to a new cheaper of satellite throws, since Starship can put in orbit much more more load than a falcon 9 (when Spacex manages to fix the door). Of course, while the complete reuse of the propeller now seems a matter of time, the reuse of the ship remains a challenge for Spacex. The company has to continue it to the design of its thermal shield before it can also catch the starship with the tower. It is something that Spacex hoped to get on flight 10, but now he will have to wait. Special mention for Jeff Bezos. The first stage of Falcon 9 and the first stage of Starship, that is, the Super Heavy propeller, are the only “orbital rockets” with “propulsive landing” in reusing successfully. These dimensions are necessary because the first rocket capable of landing with its own engine that flew twice Little New Shepard from Blue Origin. It is a suborbital rocket, without the capacity to launch load to the terrestrial orbit. In addition to A patent struggle That Jeff Bezos with Elon Musk enhancing, Bezos was responsible for promoting that his rocket had been the first, congratulating Spacex in 2017 to achieve the “second suborbital rocket with reuse capacity”, referring to the fact that, although the Falcon 9 is orbital, its first stage does not reach the orbit before launching the second. Time has played against Blue Origin, whose orbital new Glenn obital debuted with years of delay and without having yet demonstrated its ability to land. The Rocket Lab company also deserves a separate mention, which “fish” its electron rockets in the sea after soft ametering with parachutes. NASA also used parachute to Recover solid accelerators rockets of the space ferry. But none of these technologies is comparable to the rapid and total recovery that Spacex seeks with Starship. Image | Spacex In Xataka | The race to become the “China Spacex”: who is who in their private space releases sector

From batteries and supports to SSD units

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From the launch of the PlayStation 5 More and more compatible accessories have come. There are many who are quite interesting, and not only to have a better experience but because it also offers good comfort when using the console. In this article we will review five very useful accessories to accompany the PS5. Remote5 by 24.95 eurosan external battery for the dualsense that offers an autonomy of up to 12 hours. Crucial SSD by 145.99 eurosa 2 -TB SSD with a dissipator compatible with the PlayStation 5. Universal Razer Quick Charging Stand by 29.95 eurosa load base for the dualsense that is available in various colors. KDD Support by 24.95 eurosa wall support in which two dualsense can be placed, some headphones and several accessories. Disc reader by 79.95 eurosthe official record reader that allows you to reproduce videogames in physical format. Remote5 The PlayStation 5 dualsense battery can last more or less depending on whether a video game makes use of haptic vibration functions and adaptive triggers. Therefore, one of the most interesting accessories is the Remote5which can be found in PCComponent for a price of 24.95 euros. The Remote5 is an external battery that is attached to the dualsense through the port USB-C. The interesting thing is that it offers a Autonomy of up to 12 hours – In practice, it is similar to the autonomy that the command has – and also its design is ideal for the least possible space to occupy and that is not uncomfortable if used while we play video games. * Some price may have changed from the last review Crucial SSD Many video games occupy a large portion of the internal storage of the console, so on certain occasions some video game must be removed to install another. Therefore, internal SSDs are ideals of the console. Among them, a very good purchase option is Crucial SSD P310 whose price at Amazon is from 145.99 euros. The crucial SSD P310 that we can find in Amazon comes with a dissipator – very eye because in other stores it comes without it. It is a SSD PCIE GEN4 NVME M.2 of 2 TB which offers speeds of up to 7100 MB/s. Of course, it is compatible with PlayStation 5 and install it It is quite simple, you just need to follow a few steps. Crucial SSD P310 (2TB), PCIE GEN4 NVME M.2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Universal Razer Quick Charging Stand If you do not usually play the console for many hours in a row, instead of an external battery it is possible that you are more interested in a load base. In stores like Amazon there are many, but one of the most popular is the Universal Razer Quick Charging Standwhich can be found by 29.95 euros and that is available in various colors. Its operation is very simple: The dualsense control should only be placed at the top of the load base. It has a fairly compact design and also, as the brand mentions, it is able to recharge the Dualsense battery in less than three hours. Universal Razer Quick Charging Stand * Some price may have changed from the last review KDD Support If you have several dualsense and you also want to use headphones and the occasional accessory, in Amazon there are many supports that have a fairly adjusted price. One of the most interesting-due to its value for money-is the KDD brand supportwhose price is 24.95 euros. This support is placed on the wall by means of screws – yes, the paste is that the wall must be drilled. It is quite interesting because It has a support to place two dualsense controlscomes with another support for headband headphones and also in the upper part includes a box in which different accessories can be placed, such as the TV command. * Some price may have changed from the last review Disc reader If you have one PlayStation 5 Slim Digital or one PlayStation 5 Proit is possible that at some point you are interested in Disc reader Because you have seen a good offer in some physical game in physical or simply because you want to play a physical game in the PlayStation 4. The official price of the record reader dropped a few months agoso you can currently be found in stores like XTralife by 79.95 euros. The record reader is Compatible with both PS5 Slim Digital and PS5 Pro. It is interesting not to be limited to buying only video games in digital format, but it is also to play video games in the PlayStation 4 (if we have them, of course). Disc reader (PS5 Slim and PS5 Pro) * Some price may have changed from the last review 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 | John Tones and Juan Carlos López (header), Sony, PlayStation In Xataka | PlayStation 5 Pro vs PlayStation 5: These are all the differences between the two Sony consoles In Xataka | Two years ago I bought a PS5. I wish someone would have told me that I also needed these accessories

divide Spain into three price areas for light

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It has been a month since a mass blackout left millions without electricity on the peninsula. What caused it It is not yet clear. What has emerged again is an uncomfortable question for the electrical system: should you continue working with a single price zone? The current model. The blackout made it clear that the current model of a single price zone does not always conform to how electricity is generated, transported and consumed. Following this, proposals have sounded again They ask to review the price fixing system. Among them, a strength gains: divide the territory into several areas with differentiated prices, as already do other European countries. The Nord Pool case. One of the most cited examples, the electrical market of the Nordic and Baltic countries. This system divide its territory In offer areas (Bidding Zones), which may have different prices based on local generation availability, demand and capacity limitations in the transport network. In other words, if there is abundant renewable generation in an area (for example, in northern Norway) and very remote demand (for example, in southern Sweden), but the transport network between the two is congested, the price of electricity will be lower in the generating and higher area in the consumer. This difference pushes batteries where it is already consumed to improve the network where it collapses. According to Nord Pool’s own official siteprices are calculated every day depending on the balance of supply and demand in each area, taking into account the physical restrictions of the system. The result is a more realistic market, where prices are not artificially uniform and bottlenecks are directly reflected in the price. And is it possible in Spain? The proposal to divide in several areas has not been officially raised by the Government or by Red Electric (REE). Even so, the imbalance is evident: Much of the renewable generation is concentrated in rural areas of the southern and interior (such as Andalusia, Castilla-La Mancha or Aragon), while consumption triggers mostly on the Mediterranean axis and in Madrid. This asymmetry generates bottlenecks, cost overruns and, as has been seen in the blackout, critical vulnerabilities. In fact, Spain could be pressed to change its model if these structural limitations persist. Besides, Ree report data On the electrical system they show that only in 2024, the cost of adjustment services – which include redisarking and other measures to balance the network – amounted to 2,668 million euros. These costs represented 15 % of the final average price of energy, with an impact of € 11.43/MWh. That is, they are invisible cost overruns for the consumer, but that could be reduced if the system offered more realistic and differentiated price signals. Future scenarios. The recent electrical crisis has only underlined a reality that many experts have not been warning: the Spanish electrical system, as designed, is not able to absorb renewable growth No structural adjustments. The question about whether we must move from a single price zone to a zonal model is not only technical, but deeply political and territorial. Faced with a model that artificially uniforms prices and hides network imbalances, a well -designed zoning could become a useful tool to direct investments, reduce system costs and increase their resilience. But it also raises a complex political challenge: how to explain to a community that its electricity will be more expensive than that of another region? How to guarantee that the transition is fair and that does not increase territorial inequalities? Image | Pexels Xataka | The more you know about the blackout in Spain, the less guilty the lack of inertia seems to be renewable

Bitcoin encryption and other cryptocurrencies will fall. And those responsible will be quantum computers

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Experts Quantum computing They have known for several years that quantum computers will end classical cryptography. One of them, Juan José García Ripoll, a researcher at the Institute of Fundamental Physics of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) who develops his research activity within the quantum information group and foundations of quantum theory, He warned us During the conversation we had with him in October 2019. That moment arrived in May 2024. A team of researchers from the University of Shanghai (China) led by Professor Wang Chao used a D-Wave quantum computer for I successfully violate the SPN encryption (Substitation-Permutation Network), which is a cryptographic algorithm that is used to encrypt information. This encryption is the cornerstone of, for example, the AES standard (Advanced Encryption Standard), which is used a lot. These scientists published the result of their research in An interesting article entitled “Public Cryptographic Attack Algorithm based on quantum processing with the advantage of D-Wave”. Interestingly, Professor Wang Chao and his team used two strategies to carry out their attack on cryptographic algorithms. The first one consists of broad strokes to deliver to the quantum computer the combination of an optimization problem and another search. Quantum machines are very effective when solving these challenges. And the second strategy consists in combining Schnorr’s algorithm, Babai rounding and a quantum method of optimization. In any case, the most interesting thing is that these Chinese scientists concluded that AES-256 and other military degree encryption algorithms are closer than ever to be violated. Google says that quantum machines will break the encryption of cryptocurrencies During my conversation with Juan José García Ripoll I did not let the opportunity to ask what would happen when quantum computers were able to violate the most advanced encryption technologies we currently use. “In principle, quantum computers will make the encryption algorithms that we use. For this reason there is a research area in mathematics and cryptography: cryptography resistant to quantum computers. It is a very difficult field of work. The alternative to the fact that many codes can break with quantum computers is to use quantum systems for cryptography,” Ripoll holds. An RSA integer of 2,048 bits can be factor in less than a week with a quantum computer of less than one million cubits The course of time has proved him right. And it is that several Google researchers less than a week ago They published an entry In the blog dedicated to the security of this American company in which they support a crucial premise: an integer RSA (Rivest – Shamir – Adleman) of 2,048 bits can factor in less than a week with a quantum computer of less than one million cubits. One of the most advanced quantum processors that currently exist, IBM Condor Chipagglutina 1,121 superconductor cubits, so it is evident that we still do not have quantum machines with the necessary power to violate RSA encryption. However, they could be ready before we suspect. The quantum machine described by Google researchers use noisy cubits, and IBM’s official itinerary argues that ‘Starling’, its first quantum hardware endowed with the ability to correct their own mistakes, It will arrive in 2029. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and the other modern cryptocurrencies use a cryptography technique known as elliptical curve that is more robust, efficient and difficult to break than RSA, but its mathematical foundations are similar to those of the latter encryption algorithm. In fact, according to Google scientists signed by the article that I have mentioned above, if the future quantum computers will cost them less than initially breaking the RSA encryption, the cryptography of elliptical curve will also fall with relative ease. It is still not clear What capabilities will have to have quantum machines which will be able to violate this encryption technique, but According to a research group from Kent University (United Kingdom), Bitcoin can update the encryption of the entire network without “turning it off” in approximately ten months. Image | IBM More information | Google In Xataka | China manufactures quantum computers as if it were life in it. Its best plant is capable of producing eight at the same time

Desperate to find his stolen motorcycle, he ended up locating a container with another 25 about to sail. It wasn’t thanks to GPS

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In Spain a motorcycle is steal every six minutes. It is enough with a van and two or three people willing to make it disappear. It is not the only country that this scourge suffers. In the United Kingdom Motorcycles are stolen worth three million each monthsomething that leads to a curious story. One in which the London police could find much more than he was looking for. Biketrac It is a company specialized in GPS tracking devices based in the United Kingdom. Next to the police, and after investigating the theft of a client, he has been able to locate many more motorcycles than he had planned. One of the company’s clients called those responsible for the service, desperate after the theft of their BMW R 1200 GSone of the stars in the German house. Biketrac, which offers a tracking service by combining both GPS and radiofrequency, located the motorcycle at a point of Essexa small county that may sound to you if you like Viking history. They soon realized that the motorcycle was still moving, getting closer and more to a load spring near the port. They were quite clear that thieves wanted to send the motorcycle abroad, and that time ran against him. According to the company, the authorities could be indicated to the exact container that contained them thanks to the radio frequency, and not to the GPS. Within a container, GPS ceases to be a precise technologyand that is where the radiofrequency You can emit small radio pulses that, tracked with appropriate portable receptors, can determine locations exactly. Simply approach the container and check the signal intensity. When it reaches its maximum, you are facing it. With the police authorization, readings were taken in the area to triangular the exact position of the container, identifying its corresponding number to subsequently inform the authorities. Location and number in hand, the police requested permission from the port to access the container. Bingo. Inside it was not alone the BMW R 1200 GS, there were a total of 25 motorcycles stacked in the container, ready to leave the country. This was how, in the task of finding a single motorcycle, almost thirty of them, thanks to radio frequency technology. An unusual in most trackers sold in Spain. Image | BMW In Xataka | Electronics has started a war to kill the most sacred piece of motorcycles: the traditional clutch

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