Smar intelligent without saying absolutely anything

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Sam Altman was interviewed a few days ago by his brother Jack on the YouTube channel of this. And there is a moment of the interview in which Sam says “I think we have deciphered the reasoning in the models. We have a long way to go, but I think we know what to do.” Jack asks him why he believes it, and Sam says that “O3 is already quite intelligent”, and that he has heard people say “fuck, this is like a good doctorate.” That is all the explanation that the man who supposedly leads the race gives for create superintelligence. Ed Zitron has put it to give birth in Your last analysisbut there is something more interesting and general: the CEOs of the great technology They have developed a way of speaking that sounds intelligent but says absolutely nothing. And it is very widespread. When Pichai He says “I think AI will be somewhat bigger than the Internet” Without explaining how or why, without giving details, it is not inaccurate because. It is deliberately incomprehensible so that no one can catch him by lying. The pattern is usually repeated. When Satya Nadella is asked how Microsoft is going to reach 130,000 million in revenues for AI, Your answer It is “if we are going to have this explosion, abundance, whatever, of intelligence products available, the first thing we have to observe is the growth of GDP.” Satya Nadella It’s a top CEObut That answer is pure straw. He does not answer the question, but he sounds technical enough so that no one dares to interrupt him and ask him “hey, what the hell does that mean.” The media have created an ecosystem among all where it seems that it is forbidden to say “apologize but I do not understand” a technological CEO. And in the end, their products reflect that incoherence in one way or another. Chatgpt Answers are invented with the same forcefulness with which he replies that two plus two are four. Google is increasingly ambiguous. Microsoft products They harass you to use their AI When you just want to write without discomfort. Palma Phil Schiller takes, not CEO but an old Apple manager, when in 2017 he was asked about the Mac Mini, who had not updated and without any gesture of love or advertising campaign any. His answer was anthological: “The Mac Mini remains a product of our catalog.” And that’s it. They are CEOs who often have a hard time explaining their vision and their road map, but accumulate immense power and capital. Sometimes, that disability is a deliberate armor. In others, pure talk. While journalists in front of them continue to treat them as incontestable geniuses, without legitimacy to question their ambiguas when you do not empty, we will continue without receiving convincing explanations as users. Because nobody requires them to give them. In Xataka | The US charges for his AI thinking about the present. China gives it thinking about the next decades Outstanding image | OpenAI

Traveling by plane with a monstrous battery sounds great. Until airport safety thinks

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Travel salts and do fast checkeo: molts, clothing, pajamas, jacket in case it refreshes (which you will end up not using), loaders and loaders The Power Bank of 30,000 mAh with which you can load your mobile and that of all your friends a couple of times. You keep everything, you arrive at the airport and surprise: You can’t pass with such a large external batteryso they requisition and lose it. Indeed, in the same way that we can only carry liquid boats up to 100 milliliters In a transparent plastic bag up to a liter of capacityexternal batteries also have limits. Knowing them will help us not to take an unpleasant surprise as soon as you start the holidays Let’s talk about airplanes. IATA (International Air Transport Association) is the global commercial organization that groups the majority of the world’s airlines. It represents more than 350 airlines in 120 countries (that is, 80% of world air traffic) and among its many tasks is the promotion of safety standards. It is in the 66th edition of the IATA DANGEROUS GOODS REGULATIONS where the limits of lithium and ion-lithium batteries are collected (PDF). Image | Xataka The limits. According to the IATA, we can carry in the hand luggage, and always in the hand luggage, not in the winery, a maximum two external batteries of up to 100 Whing each. The same is secreted by EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) (PDF). IATA terminology, however, is something confusing because it considers the Power Banks as spare/loose batteries, and of those we can take up to 20. However, if they are non -spillable batteries, they must be 12V or less, 100 whi or less and the limit is two units per person. If it is a replacement battery of between 100 and 160 WH, we can take up to two that the operator approves it and if it is greater than 160 WH, we most likely cannot transport it, as the EASA exposes. So, and to go on insurance: Maximum capacity: 100 Wh Maximum units per person: two Power Banks. Image | Gomi Forgive, Wh? In the Tech world we are accustomed to talking about the ability of a battery in terms of MAH (milliamp tell us about (watts time). If the brand of our Power Bank gives us the data, better than better. If not, we can do the MAH> WH conversion with this formula: (mAh) x (v) / 1000 = Wh Power Bank usually have a 3.7 volt voltage, so in the case of an external 20,000 mAh battery we would be talking about 74 Wh. That leads us to the following conclusion: if we want to carry the Power Bank on an airplane, the maximum theoretical capacity must be, at most, 27,000 mAh, although it may be tightening the rope too much. With a battery of 20-25,000 mAh we should go more than served, so, again, to go on insurance on an plane: Maximum capacity: 20,000-25,000 mAh. Maximum units per person: two Power Banks. Image | Gomi But one thing. This is a general rule and airlines usually accept it or adapt it, but we have doubts the ideal is to speak with the operator and comment our particular case. It is also possible that There are concrete standards depending on the country or the airline. For example, Hong Kong’s laws They prohibit loading the Power Banks using the USB take of the seats or loading devices with the external battery during the flight. South Korean operators force To take the battery at all times with us (not in a backpack, not in the upper trunk, with us) and companies like China Airlines and Singapore Airlines They prohibit The use of them during the flight. China’s case is particular. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued an urgent notice whereby, as of June 28, 2025, passengers are prohibited from climbing the plane With batteries without the 3C certification (CCC). This is a mandatory security brand, similar to the European EC, which guarantees the quality and safety of Chinese products and that applies to both those imported and those manufactured in China. The thing is that, for the moment, it only applies to domestic flights. And in the trains? Nor in the Renfe conditions nor on the Adif website any mention is made to external batteries. Renfe, in fact, considers dangerous objects to firearms, white weapons, sports and sharp work instruments. Weapons could behave if we carry the relevant license or accreditations, as well as ammunition. What we cannot carry are sharp objects such as knives or stabs, paint ball guns and explosive, flammable, chemical or toxic substances. They do not specify anything about external batteries. They do not do it either Iro and Ouigowhich have similar restrictions and in no case refer to external batteries. Anyway, from Xataka we have contacted the three operators to get out of doubt and update in the case of receiving an answer. Image | Tonny Zhong

Its use is collapsing and nobody knows why

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Something weird happens with Windows. In 2022 Microsoft He presumed to have 1,400 of monthly active devices with Windows. A few days ago the figure danced, and in an official post There was talk Initially not 1,400, but 1,000 million monthly active devices with Windows. What happens? 400 million less? If we trust the original version From the Microsoft post, the company would have lost no less than 400 million active devices in these three years, a real collapse of difficult explanation. PC sales are still notable. According to IDC In 2024, 262.7 million pcs were distributed, for 260.2 million of 2023. In 2022 – even with a pandemic effect – yes, yes, yes They were distributed 301.5 million PCs and laptops. The feeling may no longer be sold PCs, but the consultants make it clear that they are sold. Something less, safe, but of course no 400 million less, that would help explain Microsoft’s data. And people are not going to Mac. We have no data sold by Apple MACs, but Yes we know that since 2022 the income of that division has dropped from 10,000 million dollars per quarter to about 8,000 million. If those 400 million inactive Windows devices had been motivated by the change to Mac, that would also have had a clear positive impact on Apple accounts. It has not been so. Two versions for the same story. The original article spoke of 1,000 million active Windows devices. The updated, of 1.4 billion. Queer. Where I said … The funny thing is that after the publication of that unique fall by ZDNET Something happened. Microsoft edited The original article —Aspononable at Archive.org— and In the updated version changed the 1,000 million for 1.4 billion. That is, in the last three years there had been no changes in the number of monthly active devices with Windows. But that is also strange, especially after the slight drop in PCs sales or the impact of the MAC. The company, by the way, indicated in April 2021 that there were 1.3 billion active Windows devices monthly. Did Microsoft 100 million grow in one year, and then there has been no movement in the next three? In the updated version Microsoft does indicate that that number was modified, but not why. Strange. A hypothesis. There is a certain thing that may have affected the number of active Windows devices: the fact that people simply do not use their PCs and laptops, or do not use them so much. The smartphone and tablet can be enough for many users, and that would make the figure again probably different. However, it still seems too much that in three years 400 million people have stopped using their PC regularly. But it is not normal for the updated figure (1.4 billion) to be the same as three years and has not changed so long. Source: Statcounter Globalstats. But Windows 10 ends. The period of Official Windows 10 support It ends next October, and that could have caused some impact among users, both final and business. The data provided by Statcounter Globalstats show that of course since 2022 there has been a significant change in the Windows 10 market share – which has gone from 81% to 48% – and in Windows 11 – from 8% to 48% -. Both systems are distributed right now in the same proportion the Windows device market, but that graph does not give all the information. It only tells us that there are much less Windows 10 and many more Windows 11, but we don’t know how many with certainty. Again, we have to trust what Microsoft says. Difficult to know what to believe. In Xataka we have contacted Microsoft to try to clarify the situation, but there is no clear explanation or in one case – which have lost 400 million “users” – or in the other – which everything remains the same as three years ago. And Windows 12, what? Rumors about a potential new iteration of the operating system have been running for some time. The hypothetical Windows 12 It seemed to make all the meaning of the world: it would be the first Windows of the AI ​​era and could take advantage of a much stronger co -ilot integration, for example. However, that launch has not only occurred, but Microsoft has already confirmed that it is preparing the next great Windows 11 update, The call Windows 11 25h2. And meanwhile, the mystery persists. In Xataka | The end of Windows 10 is approaching: How to install a modified Windows 11 with a trick to use it on a PC without support

A lysergic trip to the byd fever in China

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When I wanted to realize, two women were making selfies by my side. They were looking for, without dissimulation, the best way to frame me next to them. They did not, of course, for my beauty. I don’t believe it, at least. It is much more likely that the last thing to be expected to meet when they accepted byd’s invitation to attend the ceremony that the unit celebrated 1,000,000 Dolphin Surf It was seeing a group of European journalists. We were there to know some of the Latest Innovations of the Company But also cover what is his first great milestone. On his way to climb to be “one of the three major car manufacturers in the next five years”, Byd has put on the street a million units of the units of the Byd Seagull. Or, as we know him in Europe, Byd Dolphin Surf. A figure that they have reached in just 27 months and for which they had a great party prepared. Accompany me on this trip to the heart of the byd fever in China. A sometimes lysergic trip, sometimes incomprehensible and, of course, totally different from what we can expect from a European manufacturer. Lost among the metadata of a mobile to know who Byd had promised us that we would know the Xi’an factory. Considered the largest vehicle production plant in the world (according to the brand maturely 13.3 million square meters), the immensity seemed even greater with all the lines stopped. “On Sunday, you don’t work,” explain the workers of the company itself. Although they also pointed out that everything depends on demand and market requirements. It seems that in China, as in any other part of the world, the market sends. In fact, according to Reutersit seems that the company is going through a momentary break, raising the foot of the accelerator. Be that as it may, there I was in the middle of an empty plant that only filled the screams of a good handful of fans of the brand, attending how my face was immortalized in the memory of a folding phone of Huawei and a second mobile from Xiaomi. Someday, I imagine, the two women will no longer wear those two white shirts with bright letters in which it reads Super Seagull and they will ask with the same strangeness as who I was that kid of the screen. Clients invited by byd to celebrate the 1,000,000 unit of the Dolphin Surf Behind us, a handful of Byd Dolphin Surf on the light line, where the body defects are checked, and a sign in which it was indicated that we were before unit 1,000,000. A little over two years ago, this car or existed. Now, A group of enthusiasts They are the cornerstone of a party that would have its peak in a convention hall in the city of Xi’an. There we would arrive later, aboard a dolphin surf with which We tried your eye from Godthe most advanced autonomous driving system that, yes, for this car is limited to highways. What we found when we got off was a real party of brand enthusiasts. The entrance to the enclosure was guarded by more than a dozen personalized cars. They were vehicles from the clients who had wanted to contribute their grain of sand. Had returned to two thousand tunneros from Spain. But in Chinese slope. Byd Dolphin Surf of a brand client Byd Dolphin Surf from another client That is, in format Cute or eminently Friki. With some Byd Seagull/Dolphin Surf painted like a racing car, with its vinyl, its multicolored paint and a great presence of black and red. Toyo wheels with the registration painted on the side of them. A good spoiler in the back. But also a pink and blue unit in pastel tones. Easily questionable combination. Like the unit with dozens of Labubus tied in the trunk of the car with a chain in the purest skin shelter style of El Corte Inglés. Later, among the screams of the attendees claiming theirs would find out what this doll is It has also become fashionable in Spain. Swirling among cars, customers and brand fans. And influencers, of course. Influencers showing the event in the purest style of Chinese streamers that a couple of years ago They gathered on the bass of a bridge. Surprise, in fact, how easy it is to see a streamer on the street telling live God knows what. A crazy celebration That same was wondering that night. We had an hour and fifteen minutes of gala for when I made the decision to leave the living room for a moment to go to the bathroom. I had been delaying the inevitable for a while and after 75 minutes of talk in which the maximum responsible for the vehicle told their experience I understood that there was still a good time sitting there. I decided After the second musical issue. It was then, with the appearance of a group tributed to The Who that seemed taken from a parody of El Terrat, when I left the room. It was the second time that those singers, all of them from a Byd Dolphin Surf, appeared on the scene to encourage attendees. We were, of course, in the intermediate. Those who did not rest were the two influencers that, live in the immensity of the Hall of the Convention Center, showed on the screen what seemed like a kind of Teleth of Byd accessories. I don’t know how many would be following the event live, but surely one of them was inside. I checked it on my return. While attendees stirred colored sticks in a dark lounge singing and Dancing to the rhythm of seventies hymns and eighties of, Mies neighboring seats looked moved the screens of their mobile phones. There they were, at the same party that continued with great interest in a panel of less than seven inches. The lights … Read more

In the paradisiaca Tuvalu more than a third of the population has signed up for the same raffle. The prize: flee from the country

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In the world there are those who look at the future with pessimism, who does it with distrust and then is the island nation of Tuvalu, who looks at him underwater. Literally. If NASA’s projections give in the nail, in the middle of this same century Much of its territory it will be below the level of the pleamar, a scenario that will be Even worse In 2100. The panorama is so unhappy that the country has just lived an unusual situation: more than a third Of all its inhabitants have registered in a raffle to move thousands of kilometers from there. Its objective: start from scratch in Australia, free of the threat of the sea. Goodbye Tuvalu. Tuvalu is a small island nation of Polynesia, halfway between Hawaii and Australia, known for its long beaches and palm trees. For a few days, it is news for something that has little or nothing to do with its paradisiacal landscapes: a surprisingly high percentage of its population, just over a third, has registered in a raffle to get the “First Climate Visa” from the world and move 4,000 kilometers away, to Australia. A figure: 4.052. The data is eloquent. The deadline to opt for the new visa opened on June 16 and a few days 1,124 applications. If the direct relatives of the applicants are taken into account, including spouses and children, the total number of Tuvaluanos who aspire to make their bags and leave their homeland rises to more than 4,000, according to The data that handles the BBC chain. It is not bad if several factors are taken into account. First, that the registration period has not yet been closed (it ends in a few weeks) and the number of visas available is very small: only 280 are offered that will be distributed by a random raffle. Another fact that gives a way to the success of the raffle is that according to the official 2022 census in Tuvalu they live a little more than 10,600 peoplewith what they would choose to make the suitcase and move more than a third of its population. But what exactly do they choose? To climatic visas that allow the beneficiaries to move to Australia and, once there, enjoy a permanent residence permit with the right to work, health care, education, a system of subsidies for studies and care of children and student loans. All this also without renouncing Tuvaluana citizenship. In return those interested just have to register in the draw to opt for any of the visas, pay a small rate (16 dollars) and commit to paying the trip if they are chosen. “The first agreement of this type”. The visas are not distributed because yes. They are part of a much broader agreement signed by both nations last year, The false unionfor which Canberra promised to help Tuvalu before “Military aggressions”Pandemics or natural disasters. In addition (and this is one of the most interesting measures) Australia assumed the concession of 280 annual visas with the right to permanent residence that would be distributed by raffle. “This is the first agreement of this type in the world, it offers a way for mobility with dignity as the impacts of climate change worsen,” stands out The Australian Foreign Ministry. A paradise that makes waters. Tuvalu is a small paradise in the middle of the Pacific formed by reef and atolls, with very long beaches and a capricious geography. His future however is dark. The nation sinks. Literally. A while ago NASA published A report That demonstrates that the sea level has risen almost 15 centimeters throughout the last three decades and that, if nothing changes, the water will continue to rise several millimeters every year, gradually limiting the coast of the islands. In a few decades the process could even accelerate. Perhaps a few millimeters do not seem much, but Tuvalu has a peculiarity: in its territory there is no point that protrudes more than six meters On sea level, which leaves it in a delicate situation as climate change progresses. NASA Calculate That in 2050 “much of its earth’s surface” will be below the pleamar, including “critical facilities.” Other forecasts They go further and point out that in 2100 90% of the country will submerge regularly in the ocean, complicating life in the area. “It’s not an option”. The panorama is so complicated that Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Feleti Teo speaks without half inks of what future the island nation faces. “Internal relocation is not an option. We are totally stagnant. There is no option to move inside or higher areas because there are no higher areas,” I recognized Recently at the UN Conference of the UN of Nice. Australia appears as a possibility on the horizon, although with its pros and cons. “For many, especially for young families, it will represent an opportunity for education. For the government of Tuvalu, the new visa also seeks to boost the economy,” Reflect in The conversation Jane Mcadam, from the UNSW Sydney, after remembering that the money remittances that emigrants send to their countries of origin are already a key part of the GDP of nations such as Samoa or Tonga. The problem is that this exodus could also advise the complicated future of Tuvalu, subtracting labor from its economy. Images | 總統府 (Flickr) and Michael Coghlan (Flickr) In Xataka | Tuvalu runs the risk of disappearing due to climate change. Your solution: created a “digital twin”

The cooling bases for laptops were for an omnipresent time. Today they have disappeared without realizing

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The Digital photo framesYoplait yogurts, the Aquarius Cola. There are objects that disappear without warning, and in that list they may be entering the Refrigeration bases for laptopsthose armathes with fans that populated the desks a few years ago. And that now they seem to have vanished from stores without anyone saying goodbye to anyone. In the magic 2000, when Pentium 4 They turned any laptop into a reactor turbine, seemed almost mandatory, especially with the arrival of summer. Today they seem as anachronistic as the coves for disks. What happened? There are several theories that seem feasible together. One of them is the fifteen years of silent engineering. Manufacturers have refined the thermal design, optimized architectures and perfected the manufacturing process until heat a residual problem. Apple Silicon It marked a turning point, but even Intel and AMD chips have won in efficiency … although they continue to heat up with demanding tasks. But in everyday use they do not seem to need that external cooling. On the other hand, it is Our way of using computers. The majority of heavy software that required local resources has migrated to the cloud, especially consumer focused. We live in browsers, We consume Saaswe delegate in remote services. The laptops are no longer so much work stations to process as internet windows that do not require too much effort. Not the one before. Meanwhile, The mobile has absorbed a lot of screen timerelegating the laptop to specific tasks, but not to do so much and for so many hours as it is. The cooling bases are thus bind to the same accessory cemetery where the remains of Ninety liquid crystal screen protectorsthe organizing boxes of CDS, the silicone keyboard protectors, the box with lock and everything to save disks. Tempus fugit. Are The testimony of problems that technology has been solvingreminding us that real progress does not always arrive with fanfarrias. Sometimes we simply stop needing what it seemed essential. Even in full heat wave. In Xataka | The web has become a horrendous place for many people. So they are rebuilding their version 1.0 as a refuge Outstanding image | AmazonUnspash

Prime Day is just around the corner and Mediamarkt and El Corte Inglés know. Five offers available in the two stores

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There is less! He Amazon Prime Day 2025 It will arrive next week, so many stores have taken the opportunity to launch a large assortment of offers. Mediamarkt and El Corte Inglés have not wanted to miss the “fever” of the chollos, so in this article we have gathered five devices and accessories that we can find at a very good price. iPhone 16 Pro by 1,189 euroswith a 256 GB configuration is one of the best proposals in Apple mobiles. Lenovo Tab Plus by 209 eurosa good tablet to see multimedia content. IMAC M4 by 1,369 eurosa very complete Apple computer that comes with the M4 chip. SUPPORT FOR JOY-CON 2 by 34.99 eurosan accessory for the Joy-Con de Nintendo Switch 2 that can already be purchased at El Corte Inglés. iPhone 16E by 599 eurosa precious on the cheapest mobile of Apple’s current catalog. iPhone 16 Pro If we talk about Apple mobiles, during the Mediamarkt campaign centered on the brand, we can find one of the best models of the brand. It is about iPhone 16 Pro In its 256 GB configuration, whose price has fallen to 1,189 euros (From 1,349 euros). This mobile stands out so much for its power thanks to Chip A18 Pro as for your screen Super Retina XDR of 6.3 inches. It is compatible with Apple Intelligence And it comes with him camera control button. * Some price may have changed from the last review Lenovo Tab Plus Lenovo is a brand that has a good assortment of tablets at a very good price and the Lenovo Tab Plus It is very interesting if what we want is to reproduce multimedia content. Its price in El Corte Inglés is from 209 euros And riding an 11.4 -inch screen that offers a 2K resolution, its processor is the MediaTak Helio G99 and has MicroSD card slot. * Some price may have changed from the last review IMAC M4 During Apple’s offers in Mediamarkt, we can also find the IMAC M4 with the best discount that the store has launched to date. By 1,369 euros We are faced with a solvent team to study and work that rides a 24 -inch retinal screen that offers a 4.5K resolution. It has 16 GB of unified memory and 256 GB of SSD, its chip is the M4 and comes both with the Magic Keyboard and with the Magic Mouse. * Some price may have changed from the last review SUPPORT FOR JOY-CON 2 We can finally find the SUPPORT FOR JOY-CON 2 Beyond the My Nintendo Store store and in El Corte Inglés, as in virtually all stores, it has an official price of 34.99 euros. And it is really interesting if we want to use the joy-with the Nintendo Switch 2since, unlike the support that comes along with the console, this Includes a USB-C load port. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 16E We could not forget the cheaper mobile of the current Apple catalog that, during the MediaMarkt campaign, is even cheaper. For 599 euros we talk about a mobile that includes some specifications that we also see in the iPhone 16as is the case of Chip A18thus offering good performance. He iPhone 16E It is also compatible with Apple Intelligence and rid an OLED Super Retina XDR screen of 6.1 inches. * 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. Image | Mediamarkt, El Corte Inglés y Buyadicción (header), Apple, Lenovo, Nintendo In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price In Xataka | Best tablets (2025). Which to buy and 8 recommended models for all pockets and needs

Ferrari had been demanding a toy company for 10 years. Everything for Testarossa to be a car and not a bicycle

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To whom we already comb some gray hair, the name Testarossa transports us directly to the Miami of the late 80s, when Sonny Crockettand Rico Tubbs they jumped from the yachts of the drug traffickers and put themselves at the wheel of a Ferrari Testarossa Blanco in the Mythical corruption in Miami (Miami Vice). In a good part thanks to that series, Ferrari turned the Testarossa in a legend Departure from Pininfarina pencils, causing all the children of the time to sigh to see the unmistakable lateral air intakes (they were known as cheese gradators) of this model. However, in an act of monumental awkwardness by Ferrari, the Italian firm lost commercial control of the Testarossa brand. According The published by Reutersa judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (TJUE) has been returned after more than a decade fighting for them. “A toy” that one day set up a V12 The nightmare for Ferrari with the Testarossa brand began just over a decade ago. AUTEC AG, a German toy company, appealed to the expiration of the Testarossa brand registration proving that Ferrari had not used it in any product between 2010 and 2015. The European trademarks They establish that, although trademarks have been registered, they must use them within five years since their registration. This loophole allowed to request the rights of uses on the Testarossa brand before the Office of Intellectual Property of the European Union (EUIPO) that accepted the petition. From that moment, the name of the Ferrari engineering jewel of the 80s, which mounted a 390 hp V12 engine That allowed him to touch the 300 km/h, it could also be an electric bicycle, razor machinillas or a radio -controlled car. In the late 80s, the new Ferrari Testarossa had an approximate price of about 145,000 euros, which is equivalent to about 419,000 today. Today, some of those cars They have come to auction for up to 241,000 euros. Not bad for a car with more than 35 years. The Ferrari Testarossa are eternal According to assured Andrea Scioletti, director of Used Vehicles of Ferrari A Drivemore than 90% of the Ferrari who have left the Maranello factory They are still in circulation. Paradoxically, That reliability It is the one that has saved the Italian manufacturer from losing his most legendary brand. The 7,000 units of the Ferrari Testarossa were manufactured between 1984 and 1996. Since then, that model has only been marketed through second -hand concessionaires or Distributors authorized by Ferrarias well as that of its spare parts. According to The criterion of the Court of Justice of the European Union, those resale of products under that brand can already constitute an effective use of the brand, either directly through its distributors, or authorizing your sale When it comes to third parties. With This sentencethe European Court revoked an earlier ruling of the Regional Court of Düsseldorf that, according to The published In the German Spiegelgranted AUTEC AG the right of use of the Testarossa brand by denoting the argument of second -hand cars and the spare parts that Ferrari wielded. “The use of the brand to guarantee the identity of the origin of the products for which it was registered, by reselling second -hand products, can constitute effective use,” the new sentence details. The cultural imprint that left in the young people of the time the iconography of the series, made years after the end of its production, continue to sell figures at the Testarossa scale graduated by Ferrari. Which has also been considered by the TJCE as a form of use of the brand. In Xataka | The Rocambolesca History of Ferrari 512 TR of Michael Jordan: 15 years lost and has appeared among the ashes of a fire In Xataka | Ferrari will expand its blacklist prohibiting “tuning” and other extravagances: it is not for bad taste, they are just business Image | Ferrari, Wikimedia Commons (Janderk1968)

What are solar storms and why society has become so vulnerable to something that has happened millions of years

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“Understanding the space climate is not an option.” With this lapidary phrase summarizes its efforts to predict solar storms the European Space Agency. They occur since the sun exists, and some of the most powerful They are recorded in the trees rings. But they are not our ancestors, but we, the most dependent civilization of the technology that the earth has ever stepped on, the most vulnerable to them. But what exactly are solar storms? How are these energy outbreaks? And the million dollar question: can we predict when the next one will impact on earth? The answer is in a complex network of satellites, artificial intelligence models and constant surveillance of our star by space agencies. What is a solar storm 150 million kilometers away, the sun flushes with a magnetic activity so powerful that, from time to time, it goes out of hand. A solar storm is a sudden explosion of energy, plasma particles and magnetic fields that the sun releases towards the solar system. If the ejection occurs in the direction of the Earth, the solar storms can produce more intense auroraslike those that were seen in much of the world in May 2024. But they are not only a show: in our technological civilization, they are also a threat. To understand them, we have to differentiate their two main components. The guts or solar flares. They are a intense radiation outbreak: A whip of energy released when the magnetic fields of the sun tense and break. This radiation travels at the speed of light, reaching the earth in just eight minutes. They are classified according to their intensity by X -ray flow, measured in watts per square meter. The class A, B and C are the weakest, and those of class M and X, the most powerful, which usually cause interference in short wave radio communications. Coronal mass ejections. It is the ballistic part of the solar storms. While fulguration is the flash, the coronal mass ejections They are the “cannon bullet”: a gigantic bubble of loaded particles (plasma) and magnetic fields that are thrown into the space at speeds of millions of kilometers per hour. This massive cloud of solar material It takes between 18 hours and a couple of days in crossing the space to cross with our planet. Not all guts are accompanied by a coronal mass ejection, but when they occur together and in the direction of the earth, they are a powerful cocktail that can put astronauts at risk, knock down satellites (as happened during a Starlink deploymentor fry electrical installations on land (As in the Carrington event). How they form A Class M. Image: That The origin of the solar storms is the magnetic field of the Sun. A star is not a solid ball, but a sphere of rotation plasma. But it does not rotate uniformly: his Ecuador turns faster than his poles. This differential causes the magnetic field lines to twist, tangle and accumulate an enormous amount of energy, as if they were elastic gums twisted to the limit. These areas of intense and complex magnetic activity They usually manifest as sun spots on the visible surface of the sun. When the accumulated tension becomes unsustainable, there is a magnetic reconnection event: the lines are broken and violently reorganized, suddenly releasing all the stored energy. This release drives the guts and can launch into the mass of the solar crown. The intensity of its effects on Earth depends on its speed, its size and, above all, the orientation of its magnetic field. If the magnetic field of coronal mass ejection is oriented towards the south, it is aligned in opposition to that of the Earth, our protective shield, which allows a much more efficient and destructive energy transfer. How they affect the earth If we are here it is because the magnetic field and the atmosphere of the earth protect us from radiation. Solar storms are not a direct risk to the health of living beings on the earth’s surface. For astronauts it is another song. In 1972, shortly before the Apollo 17 mission, there was an intense solar storm that would have inoculated a mortal amount of radiation in astronauts if they had been on the surface of the moon. Today, astronauts who work in the low land orbit, even protected by the magnetic field, plan space walks according to the space climate. The really vulnerable to intense solar storms is our technological infrastructure. When a coronal mass ejection impacts the earth’s magnetosphere There is a geomagnetic storm. Extreme cases can induce electric currents in high voltage lines, overloading transformers and raising the risk of blackouts, especially now in summer, when the electricity grid is already very tension. The satellites, despite having mechanisms to avoid induced currents, usually carry the worst part. Solar storms expand the upper atmosphere of the Earth, increasing friction and accelerating the fall of satellites that orbit the earth at low height. This effect already is accelerating the fall of Starlink satellitesthe most large constellation of the low orbit. Even during moderate geomagnetic storms we can notice some effects, such as precision errors in GPS systems or that airlines deflect flights from polar routes to avoid failures in plane systems and protect passengers. The kind face of solar storms are the auroras: solar particles that when hitting our atmosphere They create a light show at the poles. During severe geomagnetic storms, dawn can also be seen in less common latitudes. When the next solar storm will occur Image: that The most severe geomagnetic storms occur Around solarthe period of more activity of the Sun in its 11 -year cycle. Now we are going through solar cycle 25, and we approach the maximum activity, planned by the NOAA and ESA by the end of 2025 or early 2026. This means that we are in a high probability phase of intense storms. Luckily, spatial meteorology is advancing by giant steps. To predict solar storms, … Read more

MANUFACTE POSEVSKITITA SOLAR PANELS

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China not only leads the world production of solar panels: practically has cemented its energy industry About them. After years of betting on The massive expansion of silicon panelsthe country has put its gaze on a more promising technology: Perovskita’s solar cells. The problem? Make them on a large scale It has beenuntil now, a huge technical challenge. However, solving that puzzle is, for China, a strategic issue, and everything indicates that it has just found the key piece that was missing. The missing piece. After three years of work, a group of researchers from the Institute of Applied Chemistry of Changchun – part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences— has found a solution that can make a difference: an ultrafine layer that improves how electricity flows in Perovskita’s solar cells. This is how they have managed to make panels better, last more and, above all, they can be manufactured massively. And that is the piece that was missing so that this technology can make the leap to the global market. More technical. The discovery, Published in Science magazinewhat he has achieved is to create a “self -assembly molecule of double radical”, which acts as a hollow transport layer (HTL). This intermediate layer is key for solar devices to work properly, since it facilitates the movement of the positive charges generated by the light. According to the tests of the Zhou Min team, the new material far duplicates the transport rate of carriers under simulated conditions. And the most impressive: the devices made with it show almost intact yield even after thousands of hours of continuous use. The Kit of the matter. Perovskita’s solar cells have been grabbing headlines for years. And it is not for less: they are cheap, light, efficient and so versatile that they can be placed in Facades, windows either fabric. Everything pointed out that they would be the natural relay of silicon. But there was a problem that did not finish solving: its fragility and how complicated it is to manufacture them on a large scale. In this way, this new material solves those two fronts. On the one hand, it produces improved stability that resists degradation over time. On the other hand, it can be manufactured in a simple and uniform way, even on large surfaces, without losing quality. In addition, the advance has been certified in terms of efficiency by the National Renovable Energies Laboratory. UU. (NREL), which gives it a crucial technical support beyond China’s borders, According to Interesting Engineering. Who seeks to find. China does not want to repeat saturation collapse who lived with silicon. This time, it points higher and further: not only dominate production, but also to improve the next generation of solar panels. With this advance, Perovskita ceases to be a distant promise to become a tangible reality. If technology manages to climb commercially – as the research teams are already planned – we could be witnessing the beginning of a new solar era: cleaner, more efficient and more accessible to all. Image | Chinese Academy of Sciences Xataka | All solar panel technologies that exist and which are more efficient, in a graph that goes 1975 until today

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