It is the key to ending superbacteria

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The antibiotic resistance It is one of the greatest threats facing humanity together. Bacteria that were previously harmless They are becoming ‘superbacteria‘Immune to our most powerful medications. In this counterreloj career, science is looking towards the past to find a solution of the future: bassoonrapy. A new step to face a big public health problem. A known technique. This technique, which Use bacteria annihilate virusit could be our best asset, but a new study reveals that bacteria have an ace under their sleeve: a sophisticated defense mechanism that seems taken from a science fiction film. Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Melbourne They have discovered An unpublished bacterial strategy that have baptized as “excluding and surviving.” This mechanism allows a bacterium infected with a virus (a bacteriophage or phage) quarantine the invaderamputate the infected section and continue living as if nothing. Understanding how they do is the first step to be able to counteract it. Microscopic scale. To understand the importance of this finding, you must first understand how the Passopotherapy. The phages are the natural predators of the bacteria and only seek to infect them to take their control. Literally these phages adhere to the bacterial surface, inject their own genetic material and kidnap cell machinery to create thousands of copies of themselves. Finally, the bacterial cell, full of new viruses, explodes (a process called lysis), releasing the army of phages to infect their neighbors. A process that in the end is exponential and is also used with our own human cells to infect them when we have a virus inside. The biological process. The problem, as in every arms career, is that bacteria do not stay with crossed arms. The new study, focused on bacteria Bacillus subtilishas identified protein Yjbh as the orchestra director of an ingenious defense. Specifically, it has been seen that when a bassoon injected its DNA into the bacteria the bacteria andjbh detects it immediately, it joins it and confines it in a tiny area of ​​the cell, usually near one of the poles. Next, the amazing occurs: Yjbh recruits the cell division machinery to build a wall or septum right next to the infected area. From here the cell is divided asymmetrically, creating a small “mini -free” without a future that contains all the infection and expels it, while the stem cell, now free of the virus, follows its life. The study. Researchers have used various fluorescent dyes to visualize this process in real time, such as the DAPI, which dyes the DNA, and the FM4-64, which marks the cell membranes, allowing to observe the formation of these exclusion compartments. The future. This discovery is a perfect example of the evolutionary arms race between bacteria and viruses. And it is that understanding exactly as it can defend a bacteria can anticipate us to create next -generation treatments that attack this type of machinery. A target. The fact that the YJBH protein is in a wide range of gram-positive bacteria, including notorious pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria Monocytogenesshow that we are not facing an anecdote, but before a very widespread defense mechanism. And now that we know him, we can begin to design strategies to overcome it. The idea would be to develop modified or “cocktails” of phages that can evade or inhibit YJBH’s action, making therapy much more effective. Although there are still challenges ahead – as the possible response of the human immune system to the phages – this type of research is fundamental. The era of antibiotics could be coming to an end, and we need urgent alternatives. “We hope that when reactivating phage therapy we can contribute to non -antibiotic treatments for infections,” concludes Ghosal. “After 100 years, it is time to reconsider the benefits of phage therapy.” Images | CDC In Xataka | The AI ​​has opened a chest that had been closed almost 4,000 million years: the salvation of antibiotics

The European Union will impose a new CO2 tax in 2027. And that means one thing: more expensive gasoline

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The European Union has a new tax to punish fuel consumption. And that implies, without any doubt, a increase in the price of gasoline and diesel that we use in our day to day. But also in which carriers need to work. And that has consequences. EMISSION RIGHTS. It is not really new, because it is part of a package of measures whose reform It was already approved in 2018. We talk about EU trade emission rights trade regimealso known as the ETS2 that will change in 2027 to impose a new tax on the consumption of fuels emitted CO2. This new tax applies to the fuel consumed in homes and, of course, to transport (both particular and merchandise) that until now had been left out. And that has a clear result: the price of gasoline will rise. How does it work? With the change that will arrive in 2027, it will be the fuel suppliers that have to buy emission rights for carbon dioxide of the products they sell. For each ton of CO2 generated by that fuel, a price will be paid to the European Union. The main problem is that we do not know what increase we face. EMISSION RIGHTS They will be bought by auction So the price fluctuates. At the moment, the most optimistic estimates indicate a price of about 48 euros per ton of CO2, according to The Energy Newspaperbut Bloomberg Nef Bet on a substantial increase in the coming years and aim at 122 euros per ton of CO2 in 2030. These increases can reach an increase in demand but also by speculation with their price, with companies buying emission rights to have them reserve when considering that they will be more expensive in the future. What can we expect? When we go to the gas station, a rise in the fuel price, of course. How much? That is the big doubt. Obviously, this new cost for the supplier should fall in cascade to the final consumer. The doubt is whether something of it will be absorbed along the way or, on the contrary, it will affect completely. According to the European Commission, the expected increase with those 48 euros/ton of CO2 is 0.11 euros/liter of gasoline and 0.13 euros/liter of diesel. That is, in a 50 -liter deposit we talk about an increase between five and six euros. Other sources point to a larger cost. As we have seen, everything will depend on how much the supplier costs the right of issuance and how much the client can affect without the competition. Distributor companies point to ABC that the price will be between 0.15 and 0.25 euros/liter. The hidden climb. But beyond the cost for The driver who fills his carthe new tax points to another problem: a general increase in the cost of life. In that same article of ABC, Transport associations point to wait for an increase of up to 45 cents/liter of CO2. It would be necessary to see if the increase reaches these levels but what is certain is that the cost of fuel It has a direct impact on inflation. Because if moving the product is a greater expense, the ultimate seller has to raise the price to continue maintaining the profits … In greater or lesser average depending on the product, what is certain is that both increases usually go hand in hand. Keep in mind that ETS2 also affects the price of gas, so it is an extra cost than adding to the equation. Worry. As is logical, the first accounts have already begun to look for solutions. From the Bank of Spain they point out that inflation can rebound in 2027 to 2.5% after a year 2026 more restrained. In Belgium they calculate That an average home will pay between 250 and 400 euros more a year. At the moment, the system will have a market stability reserve. The idea is that if the price shoots, the European Union can release emission bonds to control the price and cushion the increase. In addition, it has been designed has designed the Social Fund for Climate (SCF), a fund of at least 86.7 billion euros between 2026 and 2032 to surrender to the most vulnerable families and small businesses. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | Yes, the EU knows what our car consumes and the speed at which it circulates. And none of that has to do with an alleged espionage

“Cancel Netflix for the health of their children”

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Since Elon Musk bought X, His influence of influence Several integers have grown globally. To put it in context, the data suggests that X has about 415 million users, of which 227 million follow Elon Musk. That is, when Musk publishes a message on his social network he does it for an audience that actively listens. The last thing that He has asked To his followers: to cancel his subscriptions to Netflix as a boycott for an animation series in which his protagonist is a trans teenager. His followers have not doubted it and have canceled their subscription immediately. Netflix sin. The trigger for this boycott call has been the broadcast of the animated series “Dead End: Paranormal Park“, Based on the books of the British Hamish Steele. The series includes a transgender teenage character as the protagonist and is classified as suitable for over 7 years. Musk and a part of the users criticized the content to promote, according to them, a transgender agenda directed to the youth audience. Your message in X He quickly went viral: “Cancela Netflix for the health of your children”, which motivated thousands of users to share captures demonstrating how they discharged their accounts. After calling Elon Musk’s boycott came a wave of Messages on the same line of influencers related to the postulates of Trump and Maga. The series and the debate for the LGTBI+ representation. “Dead End: Paranormal Park” is a British series that mixes comedy, terror and fantasy. Its protagonist, Barney, is a young trans that, along with other neurodiverse characters, lives adventures in a haunted park. This series, recognized with international awards as British Animation Award and the Glaad Media Awardhas been placed in the center of the controversy for its representation of LGBTI+ characters in an area for children under 7 years, which has generated reactions among the most conservative users. However, the real origin of the entire controversy was not the content of the series, but the author of the books on which it is based: Hamish Steele. The author criticized that the British prime minister published a message of condolences for the Death of Charlie Kirkthe Republican influencer that was recently killed during a public event. His message ignited the wrath of the most conservative sector that began canceling his subscription to Netflix as a protest measure. Touch the image to access the original message Elon Musk’s answer To one of those messages in which it was indicated that the reason for the cancellation was that the author celebrated the murder of Kirk unleashed the cancellation chain. The controversy LGTBI+ He joined later In a perfect storm encouraged by Musk. Fall in Netflix actions. The financial impact of Musk boycott call Not waiting. On October 1, Netflix shares already fell by 2%, and repeated that fall the next day, accumulating a 4.4% decrease in 48 hours. Despite these figures, Netflix has not issued any official statement on the situation, nor has it clarified the real effect on its subscriber base these days. The personal history behind the controversy. Musk’s position on this subject has A family background. Xavier, one of the trillions he had with his first wife Justine Wilson, began to identify himself as a trans woman, becoming called Vivian Jenna Wilson and legally requesting get disconnected of the surname Musk. “I no longer live with my biological father or want to be linked to him in any way,” said Vivian before the press. The relationship between the two has deteriorated considerably since then, to the point that Musk published: “My son, Xavier, died. He was killed by the ‘Wake’ mentality virus. His daughter did not hesitate to respond to her father with A challenging message and in one recent interview for Teen voguethe young woman said: “I only find out about him by networks or for what the media publish. Sometimes I see what he says and think: ‘What a shame of others, I would have to say something’ and I have already done it several times.” In Xataka | Trans people do not have a life expectancy of less than 35 years, no matter how much the media say Image | Unspash (Thibult Penin), Flickr (Gage Skidmore)

Japan has found the three most serious problems of the massive arrival of tourists. And none has to do with tourists

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Summer has confirmed two things around Japan’s tourist success: avalanche has been bigger than expected, and the nation I wasn’t so prepared As I believed. In fact, they have even had the idea of give away flights to foreigners to encourage them beyond the congested Tokyo. In contrast to tourist hordes, Japanese They barely travel To other countries. And that explains many of the evils that the country is finding quite well. The shadow of discomfort. Japan has passed in just two decades of being considered a expensive destination and reserved for a few to become one of the main tourist poles World Cups The number of foreign visitors has grown from 6.7 million in 2005 to almost 37 million in 2024with 2025 on the way to beat a new record. The government aspires to reach 60 million in 2030supported by the global manga popularity, anime and Japanese culture, as well as events such as Tokyo Olympic Games and Osaka’s Expo. The problem? That what I know promoted how A “Inbound Tourism Boom” has become qualified by many as “tourist”, with agglomeration scenes at famous crosses such as Kamakurakomoe’s or in Kyoto’s temples. The initial enthusiasm has given way To growing complaints On noise, strange manners, garbage and pressure on housing and hospitality prices. The weight of the economy and demography. However, when the nation has counted the evils of such discomfort, it has been found that the main problems He has them at homeit was not. Behind that discomfort underlies a psychological element linked to the relative decline of Japan. The strong devaluation of Yen It has made the country cheap for foreigners, but at the same time it has reduced the ability of Japanese young people to travel abroad. For a population that ages quickly (With 16% of over 75 years old) see tourists who marvel at how cheap it is everything A humiliating contrast With the eighties, when Japan was the most expensive country in the world and its own boomers they toured the planet with the latest generation cameras. He Hotel increase (more than double since 2021) and the pressure On rentals In cities such as Kyoto generate the feeling that the economic benefits of tourism do not translate into real improvements in the life of residents. Kyoto redefinition. If there is a place that embodies the debate, it is Kyoto. The old capital, famous for its temples and their geishas, ​​is so congested that many Japanese today consider it an awkward destination and even avoid traveling there. School excursions, once a passage rite, They deviate to cities such as Kanazawa or Nagasaki due to delays, agglomerations and increasing costs. For the inhabitants, the avalanche has raised rentals and Modified social fabricto the point that some experts ensure that the city already meets the definition of Overtourism: When the normal life of its residents is compromised. Historical memory and new tensions. It is not the first time that Japan faces a tourist saturation problem. In the sixties and seventies, internal prosperity generated OLADAS OF DOMESTIC TRAVELS that transformed cities such as Kyoto or Nara, with complaints similar to the current ones. Remembered the Financial Times that then There was talk of “Tourist pollution”, and some anthropologists warned that residents ran the risk of becoming “strangers of strangers” in their own land. Today that Speech resurfacesamplified by social networks with viral tourist videos chasing geishashanging of toriis or violating rules of coexistence. A new term has even coined, “Touristphobia”to describe the mixture of tiredness, irritation and rejection that generates the massification, sometimes dyed of a xenophobic background. Tourism as a political weapon. The issue has entered fully into Japanese politics. In full leadership election of the Democratic Liberal Party, figures as healthy takaichi They have turned the issue into a flag, linking the discomfort of tourists with the Immigration debates and the arrival of foreign workers, increasingly necessary for the shortage of labor. The rhetoric against the “tourist abuse” intermingles with warnings about an alleged threat to national identity. Thus, the debate on tourism ceases to be just a matter of urban management to become a symbol of deeper anxieties about the future of the country. The forgotten of the map. Meanwhile, they remembered In the Financial Times What regions like Fukui show the other face of the currency. With a recently extended bullet train from Tokyo, a world -class dinosaurs museum and outstanding cultural enclaves remains one of the prefectures less visited For foreigners. Their hotels and transport fail to attract enough travelers and their problem is not excess, but The lack of tourists. There, the mayor admits that they have not yet seen or a trace of the hordes. This contrast reflects a central dilemma: Japan needs to better distribute the benefits of tourism, encourage repeated visits and direct the flow to still non -saturated areas, but lacks the infrastructure and political vision necessary to achieve it. A nation mirror. The debate on tourism is ultimately a mirror of Japanese society. Talk about a country agingwho feels the pressure of A weak currencywhich recalls with nostalgia the times of its economic preeminence and that faces the Challenge of managing The massive arrival of foreigners in cities that are exceeded. The challenge is not only to limit agglomerations, but in redefining the relationship between residents and visitors, between their own economy and coexistence, between opening and identity protection. Thus, Japan, which in the past exported millions of tourists, is now seen in the difficult position of learning to manage their own attraction. Image | Pexels, Pexels In Xataka | While Japan is crowded with tourists, the Japanese barely travel to other countries. The reason: only 17% have a passport In Xataka | In Japan tourism has become a problem. So have an idea: give away flights to foreigners

Openai is already worth half dollars, its employees are selling shares … and the San Francisco Explorado real estate market

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OpenAI has closed a secondary sale of shares of 6,600 million dollars that places its valuation at 500,000 million. In addition to a financial milestone, this is also an earthquake in the San Francisco real estate market, where employees more than two years old are monetizing part of their participations to buy properties. Why is it important. The operation allows current and old workers to sell Equity to investors eager to access the company’s shareholders or increase its presence in it. They are actors like SoftBank, Thrive Capital or MGX of Abu Dhabi. Openai had authorized sales for more than 10,000 million, although it finally only materialized 66% of that amount. A year ago, its valuation was 157,000 million. It rose to 300,000 million in March 2025, and now reaches 500,000 million, surpassing Spacex (456,000 million). The context. San Francisco real estate agents They are seeing something they had not seen before: Buyers who sell shares of private companies to pay tickets of $ 375,000 (the average in certain neighborhoods of the city) or directly buy in cash. Neighborhoods like Hayes Valley (renamed ‘Valley brain‘For the concentration of AI startups), Noe Valley and Mission Bay are receiving direct pressure from these new buyers with a deep pocket. Mechanics. OpenAI and other AI companies remain private (that is, without going to be traded in the stock market) much longer than the technological startups of previous generations. Employees cannot wait years in an IPO to access their paper wealth. So secondary markets, where private shareholders sell to institutional investors, have become the fast road to convert cash actions. Between the lines. This secondary sale fulfills two functions: On the one hand, it is a retention tool in the middle of a brutal war for talent: Goal has signed at least seven OpenAi Top engineers This summer, often with millionaire bonds. On the other, it allows Openai to keep employees happy who could be frustrated by the lack of liquidity, without having to go over or dilute the control. Yes, but. The OpenAI conversion into a profit company It has not been reversed by a final sentence. In March 2025, a federal judge rejected Elon Musk’s request to issue a precautionary measure to block that change, although he allowed several of his claims to proceed to trial. On the other hand, some investment conditions linked fund commitments (for example of softbank) to which OpenAi advanced with its restructuring, so that if certain milestones were not fulfilled, those commitments could be affected. Musk, who co -founded Openai and left the organization in 2018, sued Openai and Altman arguing that they had breached foundational commitments by moving away from his original non -profit mission. The impact. The consequences in San Francisco go beyond buyers with a lot of money: AI companies such as OpenAi, Anthropic and company are causing An increase in housing demand in neighborhoods close to their work. The cycle features: more well -paid employees generate more demand, more pressure on prices, and more need for immediate liquidity to compete in a market where cash offers have an advantage. Real estate professionals point out A change with respect to previous booms technological: Buyers not only have a high heritage, but also have access to immediate liquidity through secondary markets. They sell just enough for entry and closing expenses, and maintain their exposure to the company, but ensure a tangible asset that diversifies their risk. The big question. Is this sustainable? Openai right now is The most valuable startup in the worldbut loses money while competing in an AI infrastructure race that needs almost unlimited money. If the valuation bubble is deflated, thousands of employees with huge mortgages based on overvalued shares could be seen in trouble. At the moment, the secondary market is creating a new class of owners in San Francisco: AI engineers who have turned code into houses without waiting for the Wall Street bell to sound. In Xataka | Openai’s new social network is hilarious and addictive. So much that it is easy to forget what hides behind Outstanding image | Joshua Sortino

The World Fruit Fair

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Above and below the ground. It doesn’t matter. Madrid is collapsed. Every morning, going to work is a headache. It doesn’t matter taking the car, the subway or vicinity. The city has divered in gigantic improvement works That they will bear fruit to their neighbors but the city has taken the calendar leaves, has wrinkled them and threw them with all their forces in the trash. A funnel The capital is reforming the entrance to the same for the A-5, the north of the Paseo de la Castellana (one of its main arteries), covering the sales passage on the M-30. All while public transport faces a Remodeling in Chamartín which seems to always be about to end, the complete remodeling of the Count of Casal exchanger and the Modernization of Metro Line 6another of the great paths for those who take this means of transport. In order not to put more pressure on the express pot in which Madrid has become, the City Council has decided delay the works in the surrounding area to the door of Alcalá. And the result is a funnel with a public transport that It fails to absorb the cuts for their own remodeling And, of course, he has problems to serve those who have chosen to park the car and take transport underground. Videos and Collapsed Metro photosthe company Deriving workers to manage entry to the vehicles and stations in which access to waves is controlled to avoid massifications at the foot of the way. The Madrid subway has said enough. And the lace to this unsustainable situation has not been put by a macroconcierto reahíla. Nor football. The last event that has ended up filling the subway and that has caused waiting times to at least reach the platform of the Metro lines of the Nuevos Ministries Station (exchanger with five nearby lines and three subway lines of which one of them is cut) has been the World Fruit Fair. And it is that those who aspire to reach IFEMA by subway from the city have to pass yes or yes by this station, which connects line 8 with access to the fairgrounds with line 10, one of the most used in the suburban because it crosses from north to south the city. They explain in The confidential that Fruit Attraction, as this fair is called, has attracted 2,200 companies from 150 countries different between September 30 and October 2, days in which the Metro has been especially collapsed and when those videos that demonstrate the problems to manage the accesses have been recorded It will not be so much, you can think. Well, in total the fair has occupied 10 of the 12 pavilions that IFEMA has available and accumulating 120,000 visitors. In total, those who went to IFEMA had 70 km2 of exhibitions. The event organization itself Explain in this video that special accesses had been enabled for the entry of visitors. The event, although punctual, demonstrates that the city is having important problems to absorb the demand for trains in its hours and that continuing to add pressure to the system even if it is promptly ends up overwhelming it. Beyond the circumstances 715 million travelers. That was the figure that moved the Madrid subway in 2024. Absolute passenger record with a growth in demand of 8% compared to the previous year. According to Metro data, four out of 10 displacements in the Community of Madrid add their company. The figure is slightly higher than 2007 when the previous record had been registered, when 100,000 passengers were added. Since before the 2008 crisis, the Madrid Metro had not added so many Displacements. They were years in which the trips multiplied. In 2000, 525 million passengers had registered according to the Madrid City Council. But the figure exploded in the later years. In 2000, the Madrid subway had 201 stations and in 2007 it added a total of 285 stations. It was those years in which line 12 was opened, known as Metro Sur, which serves all the southern belt peoples of the capital, adding 28 stations and more than 40 kilometers of travel. Of course, those inaugurated between 2006 and 2007 (42 stations) corresponded mostly with the Three light subway lines They move a very low passenger figure. And shortly after line 7b, which also adds stops and kilometers but its performance has been very low by the constant closures and reopening motivated by structural problems that, in fact, He has forced some neighbors to leave their homes. Once it was done That huge investment (Of which part were peripheral lines that have not added a large number of travelers) The infrastructure of the Madrid Metro has stagnated. Public transport It has not grown at the same pace than the city. Since then adds 17 new stations and 10 kilometers more of tracks but there are a lower number of cars available 2,083 in 2024 facing 2,157 in 2005. Nor does the same number of people live in the city. Last year the capital exceeded the barrier of 3.53 million people, which is also an absolute record. In 2006, the figure was 3.12 million inhabitants. And the population of the metropolitan area He has shot in a million inhabitantsmoving from the six million almost 20 years ago to the more than seven million. And to this we must add that Madrid lives a tourist explosion. 2024 has also been the year in which the city has received the most visitors, accumulating 11.19 million visitors. To get an idea of ​​the explosion, There are almost 800,000 people more than in 2019 and the 7.3 million that were recorded in 2007the year in which the last works of the Madrid Metro were completed. The problem is that the last part of the expansion of the 2000s focused on lines that have fattened the infrastructure but It has not served to absorb the number of travelers. In fact, the company is undertaking … Read more

Behind police surveillance technologies there is a very lucrative business. A business that Amazon wants to conquer

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Artificial intelligence technologies have broken in such a way that, today they can be given endless uses. According to A FORBES investigationAmazon would be deploying an aggressive commercial strategy to position themselves in the market of the Police surveillance technologya segment valued at 11,000 million dollars, according to the medium. The company would not only be offering its own artificial surveillance and intelligence tools, but also act as an intermediary for a complete ecosystem of companies that operate on their cloud infrastructure AWS. What is happening. Electronic Correos obtained by Forbes through requests from public records reveal That the Amazon police and school security team, led, according to the media, by a former Washington state police officer, is actively contacting police departments throughout the US west coast. According to the investigation, the company would be promoting from weapons detection technologies to IA to massive surveillance analysis software, through tools to write automatically police reports. A whole Surveillance Catalog. According to They report From the middle, among the technologies that Amazon has been offering, there are registration monitoring systems of FLOCK Safety, Zeroyes weapons detection software, applications for real -time surveillance centers of companies such as C3 AI, or Veritone technology capable of identifying and tracking individuals in recordings of security cameras and social networks. Leo Technologies tools also appear that monitor and transcribe calls from practically “real -time” prisoners for AI analysis. The method of sale. As They assure From Forbes, emails show a particularly insistent commercial style. In one of them, a Amazon manager writes to the department of the San Diego County Sheriff on Lucidus Tech (company now owned by Flock). “It is one of the most amazing tools that I have seen for the forces of the order (…) I think that your prison intelligence group would lose your head,” you could read in the investigation. In another message to King County Police Chiefs, in Washington, it promotes a meeting to “talk about strategy on how to introduce Zeroeyes in your schools.” The research shows how Amazon even offered help to request public grants to finance these technologies. The concerns. Activists advocating privacy, such as Jay Stanley, of ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), express Your concern. “It is discouraging to see one of the largest and most powerful companies promoting authoritarian surveillance technology in this way,” he told Forbes. Amazon has had a long history of setbacks in terms of violating the privacy of users. From your employees listening and transcribing Echo device recordings to improve Alexa a The accusations towards Ring for not applying basic protections that enabled hackeos in their systems. Both cases recognized by the company itself. Amazon’s response. The company defend which is simply providing its public sector customers “tools to protect the rights of citizens and comply with applicable laws.” On subsidies, Amazon points out that it is not unusual to “educate” customers about the aid available for them. And now what. As assures The media, Amazon Web Services plans to attend the Conference of the International Police Chiefs Association in Denver in October, the most important police event of the year in the United States, where AI is the main theme. The lounge is a whole offer of surveillance technology, technology that is executed on Amazon servers. Cover image | Michał Jakubowski In Xataka | Amazon new do not compete against Google Home. Compete against indifference

Goodbye to the official Windows 10 support is bad news for users. Hackers already rub their hands

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On October 14, millions of computers worldwide will be helpless. That day The official Windows 10 support period endswhich means that users of equipment based on this operating system will not receive security updates. Problem. That raises a gigantic problem for end users, but especially for companies you can see their operation committed to future vulnerabilities that are discovered in said operating system. It is something that has happened in the past with ancient Microsoft operating systems, but the difference here is in the windows 10 dimension. Four out of ten pcs, with Windows 10. According to Statcounter Globalstats data, Windows 10 has currently a global fee of 40.84%. Four out of ten teams that use Windows, use Windows 10. That involves hundreds of millions of PCs, laptops and other devices – point of sale, interactive kiosks, industrial control systems – are exposed to new vulnerability that are discovered from that moment. In Spain, by the way, it is quota is even more worrying. Remembering what happened with Windows 8. In January 2016 Microsoft also marked the end of the Windows 8 support, but the market share of said operating system was much lower, which made the risk, even existing, it was much lower. The problem of the Windows 10 quota is now added that Ransomware and other malware threats They have multiplied. Party for cybercriminals. The “hackers” – or rather, the crackers, the cybercriminals – have before them a golden opportunity to discover and exploit new vulnerabilities that will not be corrected by Microsoft or whose updates will not apply in most cases. It is true that Microsoft has offered methods to extend updates in some cases, but as has happened in the past, many users will not take advantage of them and therefore will be vulnerable to those future cyber attacks. Update options. With the end of Windows 10, there are options for users. One of them is to update Windows 11 “Skipping” the technical requirements Taxes by Microsoft. The other, take advantage of the free extension of the update period, which they can receive for one more year With a simple process. There is also the most profitable option for Microsoft and manufacturers: update to a new PC that arrives with pre -installed Windows 11. And of course, we can opt for other operating systems: these equipment can remain useful (and insurance) installing some linux distribution. The condemnation of “Legacy” systems. Microsoft has always had the philosophy of maintaining compatibility back. That has advantages – can continue executing software for years even in modern hardware – but also that serious disadvantage of security commitment. Apple does not suffer so much. Apple, for example, has a much more drastic attitude in terms of updates and constant update is prioritized. And although it is possible to continue using old equipment with old versions, new functions that usually encourage users to update are excluded. Because it has it much easier. But of course, Apple has in its catalog a few tens of Mac and Macbook since they do not license their operating system, which makes it much easier have these updates under control. In the Windows world, with tens (hundreds?) Of manufacturers and millions of hardware and software combinations, conflicts may appear everywhere and control security is much more complex. In Xataka | The unexpected return of Windows 7: it reaches almost 10% of the market when Microsoft prepares to retire Windows 10

How to do them and ideas to be

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Let’s tell you How to create more fun and dynamic profile photos with the artificial intelligence of Gemini. Thank you To the Nano Banana model Integrate for free, Google’s AI is able to add elements to a photo, apply filters, or use the person’s face to create a different photo. We are going to wear some easy and fast examples, so you know that this can be done, and also for you to know several of its possibilities. We will accompany you every example of the Prompt that we have used. In all of them, in addition to the prompt you will have to upload the photo you want to use. Add elements to the photo You can ask Gemini to add elements to photography. For example, you can make an animal or an object appear, asking Look like you are posing together Or you are posing with the object, always respecting the rest of the image. The prompt would be something like this: “Put an alien in this photo as if we were posing for a joint selfie. Respect the rest of the image.” Specific elements attaching your photo If you want more precision, you can ask that Add a person, animal or thing that attached with a second photo. Come on, you upload your photo, and then you upload the photo of what you want me to add to it. Then in the Prompt you will have to explain well what photo stay and what elements to carry and in what way. The prompt would be something like this: “I want you to edit the first photo for me to appear with the cat that comes out in the second. Do it to make it look like we are posing together. Respect the rest of the image.” Apply filters to your photos Do you remember those apps that allow you to apply filters to the photos to make avatars? Well Gemini has made them history, because You can apply any filter to the photos by just asking for it and specifying the type of filter you want. It doesn’t matter if it is for the photo to be in black and white, that it looks like a drawing or made of charcoal, Gemini will apply it. The prompt would be something like this: “I want you to make this photo look like a portrait made with charcoal.” Create an avatar from scratch using your face Another option is to upload a photo of yours and change clothing and composition Using your face. You can ask to change everything and use your face as a reference of the scene you want to create. Here, be thorough when describing what you want, the results can surprise you. The prompt would be something like this: Draw the portrait of a person dressed as an executive. You must have the same facial features as the photo. It must be a photo like that of a great CEO, with the dark background and with a confident look. Change your photo hairstyle Another of the changes you can make to the photos is Change the hairstyle, makeup or facial beautifulso that you can have a different appearance. As we have told you, you can also change the clothing, but always keeping the rest of the image. The prompt would be something like this: “I want to have the pelazo of a heavy guitarist” Become an animated character Yes, although Gemini is more specialized in photographic retouching and maintaining or using your real face, you also have the option of Create a Ghibli style character With your photo, or with other different styles. You just have to specify the type of cartoon you want to be a character. The prompt would be something like this: “Become a character from the Simpsons” Concrete instructions for complex images And finally, you should know that Gemini will also allow you Give long and complex descriptions. With them, you will be able to ask for all the details of the image you want to create, from style details, where the changes are applied, to what appears in the background we must modify the environment or other details. As explained to us In Xataka Androidthe more details the better. Prompt could be something like this: “I want the image to be transformed as if it were in a Japanese park in spring, with flower cherry trees. Do not change my face or my clothes, just modify the back Chihiro or my neighbor Totoro’s trip films. In Xataka Basics | Gemini Image Editor: 16 forms and tricks to squeeze Nano-Banana with Google’s artificial intelligence

Openai is demonstrating to be able to overcome the goal in virality. His mission was not supposed to be that

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Openai has launched Sora, its social application with which it invites users to create short videos generated by AI and then share them on that network. The product has turned out to be an immediate viral success, extremely simple to use and highly addictive. So much that he has totally left the company that theoretically dominated this segment perfectly. What happened. Traditional social networks are being filled with videos generated with Sora 2the new and striking video generation model by IA. The expectation seems even to have exceeded what I already generated I see 3Google’s model, but it is that Openai has not been confirmed to offer this model, but has accompanied it with a mobile application that is actually a new social network. One in which all the content is those videos and images generated with Sora. Vibes goal, ridiculous. The first surprise is not so much that the application has been successful, but has left Meta Vibs in an absolute background. The company led by Mark Zuckerberg announced a few days before of Sora 2 its new social network totally dedicated to the content generated by the only days before OpenAi, but the impact, at least in terms of the “noise” generated on social networks, is minimal. There are those who criticize that Vibes is “half cook” and it’s “obtuse” for the difficulty when using it in front of Openai. What Altman’s company has achieved is to win in this New career for the economy of attention. OpenAI strategic turn. But the really remarkable thing about this launch is that it seems to raise a strategic OpenAI turn. The company led by Sam Altman has been promising that We will have an AGI in a few thousand days. That diffuse promise contrasts with a reality: GPT-5 is a good modelbut does not represent a specially striking leap regarding the state of the current art. And given that slow evolution and progression, the solution seems to be to offer AI toys. They already did it with the Studio Ghibli Style Imagesbut Sora 2 and Sora’s app go further. They are AI toys … dangerous. Ai Slop. This model contributes even more to that future in which the “spleen generated by AI” (AI Slop) becomes the most widespread type of content in social networks and the Internet. But there are also (among others) a potential and gigantic privacy problem with Sora’s “cameos”, which can end up helping the generation of deepfakes to shoot. The future was a meme factory. That viral success of the app Sora makes the line be blurred between creators and content consumers and does more than ever who consume it end up creating it and realiment the phenomenon. And that makes AI a meme factory, and not a technology that helps us solve real problems. It is true that there are sectors that are taking advantage of it in professional fields, but the danger is that the focus of AI ends in entertainment and content that can also end up being toxic. The Killer-App of the AI ​​was to create videos. Chatgpt and AI continue without having a “Killer App” definitive practice: they help (more and more, true) to programmers, summary documents and rewrite emails, but for now the current models seem to fall short in their promise to revolutionize our world. Openai has managed to market technology better than anyone, but not because cancer heals or solves economic inequalities: he has caused anyone to create absurd and irresistible videos. The chatgpt of the video has arrived. The truth is that despite whom despite, this is a unique time in the frantic evolution of AI. If Dall-E and Chatgpt were those inflection points for AI that generated images and text respectively, I see 3 and Sora 2 have shown that the video generated by AI is prepared for the mainstreamfor mass consumption, although its long -term value may be questionable. Of course its use as the center of a new era of entertainment is. In Xataka | Differentiating the AI ​​content on the Internet is increasingly difficult. The solution goes through something similar to fillets

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