airlines that throw the towel

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The arrival of AVE Ha Galicia has completely changed flights between Santiago de Compostela and Madrid. The increase in frequencies and the possibility of reaching the city in three hours has made the train a more than attractive option to travel in the day. That has its direct consequences on the plane: less squares and more expensive. Four more times. Right now, traveling from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid and returning in the day is up to four times more expensive by plane than by train. According to The voice of Galiciaflying with Iberia early in the morning from Galicia and returning the next day, also early in the morning, you can shoot at 480 euros. However, going out with Avlo at 5:47 hours and returning to Santiago at 10:19 p.m. on the last train that leaves Madrid to Galicia costs about 123 euro. That is, choosing the plane would be up to four times more expensive than traveling by train. Not only in the short term. In Xataka We wanted to check if the situation is repeated in the long term. Using the flight comparator Skyscanner To find the cheapest combinations and look for the lowest pricing days, we have gone to Tuesday, July 15. That day, go by plane From Galicia to Madrid with departure early in the morning and further at night, at least 217 euros is always combined with Iberia and Ryanair. Of course, we would arrive at least at 11:35 to Madrid. To arrive an hour earlier to the capital you have to disburse 311 euros if you travel with Iberia and 395 euros if it is done with Vueling. Nor is it cheap for those who work in Madrid and want to enjoy the weekend in Galicia. Thento leave Monday early in the morning and return on Friday at the last minute costs a minimum of 169 euros (combining Ryanair and Iberia). If we fly alone with Iberia, it’s 240 euros. Day and back comparison on the day by plane and train And by train? With an eye on the long term, go and return in the day by train from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid costs on Tuesday, July 15, 76.40 euros, both trips with avlo. If we chose to leave a Monday early and return Friday in the late afternoon, everything stays at 98 euros. That is, the round trip on the day is much cheaper by train (76.40 euros compared to the, minimum, 217 euros) but it is also cheaper if we choose to spend the whole week in Madrid and travel to Galicia on the weekend, with options that are at least 71 euros cheaper. Comparison Airplane and train on Monday and return on Friday What happened? In The voice of Galicia They explain that the price of traveling with Iberia has triggered because they have delegated the service on Air Nostrum, which use aircraft with 80 less seats, which significantly reduces the offer of seats by plane. This makes them more expensive and, they emphasize, more complicated to get. In Santiago de Compostela they do not understand the change. Carlos García, from Civic Forum, points to the local newspaper that “it is not understood that Iberia’s first flight with Madrid, which was going to the flag every day, become operated by Air Nostrum (…) We are paying the most expensive locations than ever. “ Two business models. To the reduction in the places offered that the plane has lost competitiveness of schedules in front of the train, especially for those who aspire to spend a work day in Madrid in a timely manner but want to return to Galicia that same day. Right now, the first flight that lands in Madrid from Santiago de Compostela does so at 10:35 am, when the working day is already well advanced. To this you have to add the time of displacement From the plane touches land until you arrive from Barajas to the city. And the time in advance that must be used to get to the airport adds to the last flight of Iberia leave at 19:50, significantly reducing the possibility of taking advantage of the full day. The train, however, comes out and reaches the city itself. It has an exit from Santiago de Compostela before six in the morning, arriving in Madrid before nine. That is, more than an hour and a half before (to which the subsequent displacement must be added). Although the last avlo leaves at 8:23 p.m., it is also more competitive because it requires less logistics to arrive. More competitive. Although the plane, in theory, takes an hour and a half less than a journey, the train has become the ideal means of transport for those who aspire to have a work day in Madrid and return that same day. If the time spent to get to the airport is added, pass the security control and embark, the three hours of train are already compensated. And, in addition, they allow you to take better advantage of time on board if we need an internet connection because, although they continue to have connection problems, On the plane it is completely disconnected If you want to work with some fluidity. Cases that are repeated. The Santiago de Compostela-Madrid case is another example of how high speed can be eaten to the plane. The reduction of seats and the renunciation of trips early in the morning reflects how airlines have thrown the towel on this concrete route. At least to look for that “worker” audience. In China they have experienced a very similar case With their high -speed trains that, despite having routes of more than 1,000 kilometers away, have caused airlines to ask for help because they have fewer and fewer travelers. Good Internet connections and the possibility of reaching the center of cities have caused passengers to prioritize this option in front of the plane. Photo | Miguel Ángel Sanz and Nelson Silva In Xataka … Read more

It is another proof that they have the pan by the mango

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Despite the recent agreement between the United States and China, after which the country led by Xi Jinping has made the concession of rare earth export licenses more flexibletensions between the two countries continue to climb. On May 29, the Office of Industry and Security of the US Department of Commerce gave a clear order to its national EDA software companies (Electronic Design Automation): They were forced to stop selling their advanced solutions to Chinese groups. China’s responses are being exemplary. The context. United States and China are in full trade warand one of the key elements to win it is in the semiconductors. The US government has been Limiting China access to its most advanced technology. One that, so far, was mainly focused on the necessary equipment to develop chips with the most advanced lithographic processes. On May 29, the country led by Donald Trump was one step further, and ordered its national EDA software companies Stop selling your advanced solutions to Chinese groups. In the process of manufacturing a semiconductor, automation software is key to basic processes such as logical design, problems, validation and simulation about its real behavior. Without this software, there are no semiconductors. The backlash. China has just given its first great backlash to this restriction, and has done so blocking the merger worth $ 35,000 million. State Administration of Mercado Regulation of China has postponed the approval of the proposed agreement between Synopsys, the main American giant in EDA and ANSYS software, current leader in multifysical simulation processes (mechanical, thermal, electromagnetic, acoustic, etc.) Synopsys has simulation tools, but not at the ANSYS level. Synopsis focuses its efforts on simulation at the silicon level, within the chip itself. Ansys takes these results and simulates its interactions with physical environments on a lot of larger scale. The merger is key for the United States to remain a leader in this type of processes, and already had the approval of the national and European authorities. Not so fast. There is a logical question to the blockade of the agreement: why it is in the hands of China stop it. Although Synopsys and Ansys are US companies, their fusion directly affects the Chinese market, and therefore requires approval of the state administration for market regulation (SAMR). These types of mergers need green light in all large markets where companies operate or have customers, and there are three keys here. And is that China’s negotiating power is not alone in rare earths. Blocking an agreement of 35,000 million dollars is a message to the United States: if you do not relax access restrictions on your automation software, you will not be able to continue advancing in its development. China continues to progress. This week, China responded to the United States uploading a document to Github academic in which he showed part of his advances in EDA software. Qimeng is an Open-Source project that nothing against the closed and deprived nature of this type of software, and has already proven to be able to design advanced chips in record time. On the other hand, those responsible for the three main automation software companies (Technology, Primarius Technologies and Semitonix) are rubbing their hands. Yang Lianfeng, president of Primarius, He counted In an interview that the American restriction movement was “the best development opportunity in history.” And it is that China’s position to win this commercial war is far from copying their rivals: if they deprive them of a technology, they will try to develop a better. In Xataka | The SOC Kirin 9020 of Huawei demonstrates how much China has advanced with the chips. And also how much you have to do

Suddenly, the unbearable noise of the speakers has stopped

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The story between the two Koreas has been full of disagreements. Let’s put as an example the last twelve months: South Korea received a rain of balloons loaded with garbage, and reply to the “neighbor” arrived in drones and propagandato which “the north” replied marking the enemy in the very constitution. North’s revenge was a noise -shaped rumble, and the south was no less with an infinite playlist of K-Pop. And, suddenly, one of the two has taken the white flag, and the other has followed him. Silence on the border. In what could be considered as a historical fact, a symbolic and strategic turn towards reconciliation, South Korea has off the speakers of propaganda that during the last year transmitted K-pop songs without stopping next to ideological news and messages through the border with North Korea. The decision, taken by the New President South Korean Lee Jae-Myung, marks one of his first specific steps to lower tensions Between Seoul and Pyongyang, after years of deterioration Under his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol. The measure intends to restore Trust channels and dialogue in a peninsula that follows Technically at war Since 1953. As explained by its spokesman, the suspension seeks to “restore confidence in intercorean relationships and build peace in the Korean Peninsula.” The War of Sound. We already said it at the beginning. The previous policy had resulted in a peculiar climbingbut the most intense: while South Korea used high -power speakers to broad Sound equipmentgenerating disturbing noises that affected everyday life in border South Korean villages. He counted The New York Times That, to protect themselves from noise, many residents installed windows with double glazing and insulation systems. In turn, the conflict moved to heaven, with South Korean activists (many northern deserters) Sending balloons Loaded with critical pamphlets to Pyongyang, to which the North Korean regime replied with balloons Full of plillas and garbage. This dynamic of mutual reprisals further aggravated a relationship already marked by hostility and distrust. The Donghae Bukbu line on the east coast of Korea. This road and rail connection was built for the South Koreans visited the tourist region of Monte Kumgang in the north Change of course. The former president Yoon Suk Yeol, deposed after imposing Briefly martial law in December and accused of promoting conflict with North Korea, had promoted the Use of propaganda as a means to undermine Kim Jong-un informative control. His government not only defended the speakers, but also encouraged Balloon sending as part of an ideological offensive in the name of freedom of expression. In contrast, Lee Jae-Myung, chosen in part for his promise to reduce tensions, has asked activists to cease in launch of pamphlets, arguing that these actions do not improve North Korean access to external information, but also raise the risk of Armed reprisals and endanger the southern border communities. Strategic pragmatism. On the other hand, human rights organizations and activists They have criticized harshly the decisions of the new government, accusing him of giving in to Pyongyang and limiting freedom of expression in South Korea. They argue that, by interrupting the speakers and discouraging the balloons, citizens of the north of one of the few access as possible to outside world information. For its part, the South Korean government has indicated that it could resort Aviation laws and public safety to prevent these practices, considering that they raise the risk of direct confrontation and endanger local inhabitants, who in many cases have expressed their relief due to the recent sound calm on the border. There is truce, but fragile. It is the last of the legs to analyze. North Korea’s reaction to this gesture of distension has not been immediate, although the next day It also ceased Its own speaker transmissions, which suggests a positive response, at least momentary. However, the general context continues to be tense. Under the leadership of Kim Jong-un, the regime It has hardened his position to the south, openly declaring that does not seek reunification And that will treat South Korea As an enemy To defeat in case of war. In addition to cutting all land ties between the two countries, North Korea has intensified their essays With nuclear missiles and has rejected all kinds of dialogue with Seoul and Washington. A new attempt. What seems clear is that, although Turn off the speakers It will not resolve the multiple open fronts in the interorean relationship, it represents a significant gesture in a prolonged cycle of sound and symbolic confrontation. By unilaterally suspending these actions, Lee Jae-Myung seeks to establish the basis of a New political narrativebased on the reduction of tensions and the reconstruction of diplomatic channels. No doubt, the balance between democratic principles, national security and geopolitical realism remains delicate. But for now The silence reigns On the border, and it is possible that the future of this truce depends on whether the north or the south end up turning the decibels of their speakers again. Image | Driedprawns In Xataka | The day that USA invaded Panama at the rhythm of rock. He spent three days without stopping “bombing” the Vatican embassy In Xataka | North Korea has deployed a new psychological weapon against South Korea: an unbearable noise

Elon Musk asked for 80 hours per week to his workers. Tesla investors reproach him not to do 40

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Around Elon Musk the idea of incombustible worker Able to work more than 100 hours a week and even sleep In his office as TeslaTo save the bankruptcy. Proud of that image, the millionaire did not hesitate to demand the same to its employees. A group of Tesla investors has sent a surprising request to the Board of Directors of the company: that Musk dedicate at least 40 hours a week to direct the company. This application comes in a Critical moment for Teslawith the company crossing one of its worst crises, according to its own shareholders and with the figure of Musk more questioned than ever. Musk, focus. The debate on Musk’s commitment to Tesla has intensified after recent passage through politics. The signatory investors, among whom is the American Federation of Teachers, which has 7.9 million shares of Tesla, consider that its CEO has been too dispersed, and now require concrete measures to guarantee good governance and the Tesla stability. In her letter addressed to Robyn Denholm, president of the Tesla Board of Directors, the shareholders indicated that “the external activities of Mr. Musk seem to have diverted their time and attention from the active management of Tesla’s operations, as would be expected of any other executive director of a company that is quoted in the stock market.” Musk itself confessed I could barely dedicate one day To direct your companies. 40 hours a week and three -day week. The investor letter sent to the Tesla Board of Directors, requests that any New remuneration plan For Musk, include the obligation to dedicate at least 40 hours per week to the company’s management. Investors even suggest that Musk could group these hours in three days, leaving the other two to address their other business or political activities. “We just want to make sure that you can devote enough time to supervise and, in the case of executives, properly manage the company,” explained PATEL TABLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOC INVESTMENT GROUP (one of the signatory investors) to Fortune. A plan to replace CEO. Also, shareholders demand the elaboration of a clear succession plan for the CEO position. In this sense, investors do not propose the replacement of Musk as CEO as Yes they made their employees. Its demand is to identify “emergency” successors that can assume the leadership of Tesla in case Musk is not available, with the objective of “incorporating a new person with the right skills to execute Tesla’s business plans.” Some plans that, on the other hand, the Board of Directors must make public with a strategic schedule between 2 and 5 years. In this way, Tesla would have a succession protocol preventing the company from being “delayed” before an unforeseen event. Limitations for managers. In addition to asking for greater involvement from their CEO, investors also ask to limit the responsibilities of the members of the Tesla Board of Directors In other external companies. With this measure they intend to restrict simultaneous positions of managers outside Tesla to avoid conflicts of interest and ensure that the management is fully Focused on the company. “For many years, the amount of time that CEO Musk has dedicated to the management of Tesla has been limited by its multiple private companies and other external activities,” says the letter. Therefore, they ask that the company’s maximum manager can only hold a managerial position outside of Tesla. A BOARD FIELT TO TESLA. Investor requests do not focus only on the management of Musk, they also extend their criticisms to other members of their board of directors. They insist on the need to incorporate at least a “truly independent” vowel into the Board of Directors. This person should not have links with other council members or Elon Musk to avoid nepotism and conflicts of interest personal among the members of the Board. This request arises after the appointment of Jack Hartung, former executive of Chipotle, as a member of the Tesla Board of Directors. Investors They were worried For the professional connection that Hartung and Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon Musk, have cultivated for years. This petition seeks to eliminate servility when negotiating the salary remuneration of the Board of Directors so that the interests of the shareholders and Tesla over the personal ambitions of its members prevail. An example was the Salary Bonus Negotiation granted to Musk in 2018, by a board formed by friends, historical collaborators of Musk and even his own brother. In Xataka | A government “Extremely Hardcore”: Elon Musk is applying to the US the same recipe that has applied to all its companies Image | Unspash (Mark Chan), Flickr (Gage Skidmore)

This map distributes the “heart” of Europe over the Iberian Peninsula. And reveals the key to the success of the region

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Maps are useful, fascinating and sometimes almost almost An art form. However, they do not always allow us to understand real dimensions and distances well. Especially when we talk about broad territories. A map published in Urbanity.one (and shared by Madrid projects) With a peculiar approach: its author has taken some of the main cities of Central Europe, the metropolis of the one known as “Blue Banana”and has distributed them on a plane of the Iberian Peninsula respecting The real distances. The result reminds us of two things. The first, the considerable size That has Spain. The second, how close the cities of Central Europe, a crucial factor to understand the history and economic development of the region. As a picture is worth more than a thousand words, at the end of the 1980s the Geographer Roger Brunet decided to invent A visual metaphor to refer to the most populous and urbanized region in Europe. He called her The “Blue Banana”. Maybe it sounds strange, but it makes enough sense when a map is taken. If the cities of the European industrial axis are connected, covering from England to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and northern Italy, that is: the drawing of A huge banana Located more or less between Manchester, Munich, Zurich and Rome. How big is that “Banana” imaginary? The first response to mind is obvious: very much, right? In Madrid it projects They have shared However, a map that helps to understand that this abstract axis is actually much smaller than what intuition suggests. At least if we compare it with Spain. The reason is very simple. Its author has selected the metropolis that are distributed by that theoretical axis that structures Europe Central and has arranged them on a map of the Iberian Peninsula respecting the real distances between them. The result It shows that Cambridge would be more or less where Vigo is, Rotterdam would stay up to Valladolid, Bremen in Pamplona, ​​Stuttgart almost where Alicante is and Paris would more or less occupy the place of Badajoz. In the center of the Peninsula, in Madrid, it would be located (kilometer up, kilometer down) Düsseldorf and the Barcelona space would occupy by Linz, an Austrian city. The cast may be striking, but it arrives with pulling Google Maps and its measurement tool for Check the distances. Between London and Paris there are about 340 km in a straight line, just under those that separate Madrid and Granada. If we pull a straight line from Rome to Munich would measure approximately 700 kilometers, a little less than Barcelona to Córdoba. Comparisons are interesting for several reasons. The main one is that they remind us The great size of Spain. The Iberian Peninsula measures just over 583,000 km2 and Spain occupies approximately 505,000taking into account the 12,500 km2 of island surface. That makes our country one of the most extensive of the community club, together with France and Sweden and Germany. A wide disposition of land is both an opportunity and a challenge in aspects as a distribution of the population or provision of services. The other great conclusion left by the map Shared by Madrid projects It is the close thing that are actually the Central European metropolis and their main industrial poles, population centers and strategic axes of political decision -making, a proximity that has influenced the development and integration of Europe. Images | Urbanity.one and Madrid projects (x) In Xataka | The demographic debacle in Europe, exposed on this map with a misleading guest: Monaco

It is the advance of Yuan Digital

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China has won The rare earth pulse to the United States granting limited licenses. Trump has celebrated it as a diplomatic victory and his country congratulates himself for ensuring the supply of critical raw materials. Meanwhile, China is using these concessions as a screen for its strategy: consolidate a parallel financial system that can break the hegemony of the US dollar, especially in three key regions. Why is it important. The numbers say what negotiations are not: China is artificially maintaining the yuan against the dollar (1 dollar = 7.19 yuan today) through discrete interventions of the Central Bank. Meanwhile, its trade with Africa is at historical maximums: 295.6 billion dollars in 2024. And at the same time, it is deploying the infrastructure of the Yuan Digital in 16 countries of Asia and the Middle East. Pure geostrategy. The context. Rare earths are lure. China dominates 85% of the chain of these minerals, fundamental in technology and defense. Each negotiation on them generates headlines and concerns, but their great bet is in the payment systems. The United States is focused on tariffs and commercial scales. Meanwhile, China is building financial rails so that its currency circulates around the world without dollars in between. The facts. China already connected its CIP cross -border payment systems with 170 banks in 119 countries. The Yuan Digital Procesa Transactions for more than 7 billion annual yuan and expands by Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Africa, whose commercial growth with China reached 5% in 2024it seems the next great objective. More than isolated figures is a financial ecosystem that allows to trade without going through the system dominated by the dollar. What’s happening. The Chinese strategy follows the maximum of Deng Xiaoping: “hide the brightness, nourish the dark.” Avoid direct confrontation, but build robust alternatives. Each step is a brick in another parallel financial architecture. Between the lines. Rare earth concessions are calculated. China get a double benefit: Softens commercial tensions that could cause premature reprisals against their financial infrastructure. Project a reliable partner image towards countries that seek alternatives to the system dominated by the dollar. Each geopolitical crisis that erodes even if the confidence in the dollar is a bit – saunciones, Threats of default– Accelerate the search for options. And that is where China presents itself as the answer. Yes, but. The dollar continues to have structural advantages too large to ignore them from good to first: Yuan only reaches today 4% of world payments and has limitations such as Chinese capital controls. This transformation is underway, but it will not happen overnight. The threat. Therefore, the risk for the United States is not an abrupt substitution, but a gradual erosion. If 20% or 30% of world trade have migrated to alternative systems, the country would lose a decisive privilege: to be able to finance “cheap” and exercise geopolitical power through sanctions. A world with a double financial circuit (the western one with the dollar, the sin-centric with Yuan) would reduce the American capacity to isolate its adversaries. The turning point. China is doing something that carries in its DNA: replace without confronting. USA Rare earth negotiations To project cooperation, but at the same time consolidates the infrastructure that can change the monetary map of the world. It is also very Chinese: a decades strategy. Prepare the land so that when the dollar loses credibility, Yuan is ready to earn space. Mandarin patience to draw the financial future of Medio Planeta. Outstanding image | Eric Prouzet and Nuno Alberto in Unspash In Xataka | “In Europe they need seven years. We three”: China has understood better than anyone than the car industry advances at a new rhythm

We have been binding to the suitcases to identify them at the airport for years. Your employees warn that it is a bad idea

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I do it. And you may too. Arrives with the billing zone of any airport in the world to verify that we are many, manywho tied tapes, scarves or cords to our bags to differentiate them. A striking colorful color. An old bracelet. A loop with a name. It doesn’t matter. The idea is that we can clearly identify our suitcase of those of the rest of the passengers. Mark it in an unmistakable way (or so we believe) so that according to Asome by the conveyor belt we know that it is ours. It turns out that it is not as a good idea as it seems. Well on paper … But not so much in practice. Although we are many who add tapes to our Trolleys Billed to identify them at a glance, that trick has its weak points. And the most curious thing is that it is the airport employees themselves who They are warning it. Hanging a tape or handkerchief of the ASA may help you locate your suitcase and expedite billing, but workers in charge of managing luggage can be a real complication. One that ends up lengthening the security controls of your suitcase … and affecting your Planning travel. “It can cause problems”. The warning was released recently John, in charge of luggage at Dublin airport, a huge infrastructure for which only last year they paraded near 32 million passengers. With their respective suitcases, of course. In statements To the Irish magazine RSVP Magazinethe airfield employee warns that, at least in certain cases, the signals we use to differentiate our invoiced luggage complicate the controls. To the manual. “The tapes that people bind to their bags to help identify them can cause problems when scanning them in the luggage room,” Clarifies the employee Dublin, and warns: “If the suitcase is not able to scan automatically, it can end in manual processing, which could mean that it does not reach the flight.” Result? A trick that seeks to speed up the trip and avoid losses at the airport would end up becoming the opposite: a big problem. Adds and continues of advice. It is not the only advice left by the employee of the Dublin terminal. So that the passage through the airfields is the most comfortable, fast and quiet as possible RVSP Magazine leaves three other ideas almost as easy to apply as unleashed the ties that we have been able to hang from our Trolleys. The first is in fact very simple: also remove the stickers of old flights. “They can cause confusion with the scanning process,” says John. The second is to place the wheels of the suitcase up to prevent damage while driving it. And the third, somewhat more picturesque but equally crucial: avoid the mazapanes in the travel bags, no matter how fond of these sweets based on almond. The reason? “It has the same density as some explosives, so they will remove the suitcase and call it from the plane.” Travel with luggage … and tricks. John’s is not the first advice on airports and luggage. He is not even the first to expedite the tedious process of waiting for our suitcase to appear for the conveyor belt. The newspaper a year ago The Sun published Two others to get your suitcases and other packages to appear in the luggage collection room: The first It is to place a sticker that identifies them as “fragile”, which will help them to be of the first to be discharged; The second is to make the Chek in and bill Later as possible. The latter, of course, is not suitable for cardiac … and can lead to more than one scare if the traveler does not calculate the times well. Images | Gary Bembridge (Flickr) and Friend Jad (Flickr) In Xataka | The airlines continue to charge for the hand suitcase despite the historical fine and they already warn: they will raise prices *An earlier version of this article was published in June 2024

Russian drones bother for $ 2,400

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From a time to this part the Shahed word an important hole has been made in the Military scope. We talk about a Iranian combat drone that in the Ukraine War has erected as important actor in Moscow’s offensives. In fact, Russia has such a capacity that even the technology for North Korea for add it to your army. Meanwhile, in Ukraine an unprecedented decision has been made: civilians can go armed in search of the Shahed. The reward is up to $ 2,400. Volunteers and weapons of another time. I counted this week The New York Times A live scene on the periphery of Kyiv. While the night fell on the Ukrainian fields, a group of civilians armed with old machine guns and tablets prepared to face one of the greatest challenges of modern conflict: the Drones swarms Russians Yes, they are volunteers (teachers, journalists, construction workers) who travel rural roads in trucks, With rudimentary equipment and tons of determination, to protect the capital of Ukraine from unmanned air attacks that They intensify every week. In one of the surveillance points in the city of Pereiaslav, about 80 kilometers from Kyiv, the led group By Mykhailo and Sofia It is organized every night with a mixture of military routine, camaraderie and resignation before a threat that does not give truce. Invisible fear. While latest generation anti -aircraft systems such as Patriot missiles They defend urban nuclei, Kyiv’s exterior protection is based on a network of mobile units Like Pereiaslav. These operate in the rings farther from the capital, with the task not only to tear down drones, but also to alert the interior layers of the defense system on imminent attacks. The volunteers, formed very basically by the army and supplied with armament of past times as Maxim machine guns From World War II or Czechoslovacos models of the 50s, they patrol areas where enemy drones are detected that try to evade radars following the course of the Dnieper River. In their twelve shiftswhich combine with day work, trust coffee, the acquired experience and a strong coordination with other units to survive. Sophisticated threat. And here that old man appears again acquaintance. Russia has perfected your aerial strategy through the massive use of Shahed and imitations droneswhich uses in waves to exhaust Ukrainian defenses before launching cruise or ballistic missiles. In recent attacks there have been record figures for Up to 472 drones and lures in one night. These tactics include flights, unpredictable trajectory changes and a Increasing use of Decoyswhich greatly complicates the defense work of poorly equipped units. Despite its limitations, the Pereiaslav unit He told the Times which has managed to demolish more than 30 drones since its creation in 2024. its weapons, although “vintage”, remains effective against low -height objectives, while it is increasingly frequent that drones fly to altitudes that their weapons cannot reach, leaving volunteers in a role of observation and coordination. Civil resistance. We talked about volunteers who even received any economic stimulus. The protagonists of this improvised defense are citizens who have transformed their lives into A double day: During the day they teach, they work in works or write reports, and when the night arrives they become sentinels. Yaroslav, For exampleHe is a University Professor of Computer Science and examines his students during the day, but at dusk he monitors the sky with night vision prismatic. Sofia, experimentist, has dedicated her life to work with unity after witnessing how Russian drones flew over her city without opposition. Without salary or stable logistics support, the group depends on Personal donations to acquire from bulletproof vests to fuel. They told the Times They now have Browning machine guns Americans mounted in a vehicle … who are still learning to drive. The reward comes. In recent weeks something has changed, as They explained in Insider. In a bold attempt to reinforce their defensive capacity in the face of Russian drones, the Ukraine government has approved a new program that allows these civilians to actively participate in the interception of unmanned aircraft in exchange for a remuneration that can reach The 2,400 dollars per month. The measure was formalized by the Ukrainian Parliament and Announced by Taras Melynchukrepresentative of the Cabinet before the Supreme Rada, who stressed that the main objective is strengthen aerial defense of the country at a time when Shahed drones waves They punish Ukrainian infrastructure and cities too often. A fortune in the face of salaries. The figure is not trivial. The economic incentive offered by the Government amounts to 100,000 grivas per month, equivalent to approximately $ 2,426, a figure that represents a very income superior to the average salary of the Ukrainians before the war, located at just 14,577 grivnas (about $ 353) according to Official data of January 2022. Even taking into account the increase registered by employment portals as work.uawhich place the current salary average in about 24,241 grivnas, the payment for collaborating in anti -aircraft tasks represents considerable remuneration for a population that has seen its deeply affected economy after three years of conflict. It is worth everything to break down. The plan contemplates the integration of non -mobilized civilians who can act independently Under military supervision, allowing them to use not only equipment provided by the Ukraine Armed Forces, but also their own private vehicles, hunting weapons, light weapons and other available means. This decision is aligned with the tactics that have already proven to be effective and that place us in a dystopia that approaches a civil War scene: mobile units of civilians who patrol at night armed with machine guns mounted on trucks or personal cars, shooting against Russian drones from the ground. Although officially these units have heavy armament as the M2 browningit is not unusual that I also know Use shotguns To tear down FPV drones in combat areas. Supervision for volunteers. To the big question, where the money will come from for the Rewardsthe Government has explained that … Read more

Apple believed that I was conquering China. Actually China conquered her

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There are books that arrive at the right time to make you rethink what you thought were to know. ‘Apple in China: The Capture of The World’s Greatest Company‘, just published by Patrick McGee, he is one of them. Your central thesis It smells awkward truth: Apple did not conquered China. It was China who conquered Apple. For years we have seen this relationship from our perspective: not China and not American, but western. Apple brought innovation, jobs and modernity to China. Silicon Valley’s classic story exporting democratic values ​​through trade. But McGee turns that narrative around. And when he does, everything takes on another meaning. More uncomfortable. More real. On March 15, 2013, the exact moment in which Apple understood the rules. After a campaign orchestrated on Chinese state television, Tim Cook was forced to publish an apology letter in Mandarin for iPhone guarantee policies. That was a symbolic genuflection that revealed the true nature of power in that relationship. The CEO of which It was already the most valuable company in the worldPublicly forgiveness to an authoritarian regime. From the western perspective, he was humiliating. From China, it was probably logical: a multinational adapting to local customer service standards. The trap was perfect because Apple had fallen in love with something that only China could offer: ability to climb without limits. Pasa from zero to 200 million iPhone manufactured a year required impossible industrial coordination anywhere else. Apple was completely delivered: it formed 28 million Chinese workers, invested $ 7.3 billion in own equipment within foreign factories, sent its best engineers. McGee makes a devastating comparison: A private company investing in a country more than the greatest industrial effort of the American state. But Apple built that cathedral without understanding what land erected it. Without a single executive residing permanently in China. No diplomatic strategy. No contingency plan. While Apple taught its industrial secrets, Beijing did not trap, it simply applied state capitalism strategically. Used their advantage (giant market + industrial capacity) to achieve technological transfer and know-how That then be able to explode. It is not very different from what the United States does with Tiktok or Huawei. Over the years, the balance was reversed. In silence. It was no longer Apple who imposed conditions: Apple adapted. One after another. Noiseless. Without public protests. What was the alternative? Lose access to 20% of its turnover and dismantle a supply chain that had taken decades to perfect. No CEO would come out of a board of directors after proposing this idea. The book has an important weakness: It is deeply western in its sources: McGee builds his narrative mainly from Apple internal documents and testimonies of American executives. There is barely Chinese perspective. We do not know what Beijing really thought, what its internal strategy was, or how they see this relationship from the other side. It’s like counting the cold war only with pentagon files. Chinese workers appear more as a statistical resource than as actors of their own destiny. And there comes the paradox. Instead of transforming China, Apple ended up transformed by it. The most controversial decisions of the Cook era – centered, transfer of data, silence against repressions – are the calculated price of continuing to operate in the largest consumer market in the world: 1.4 billion. It is a price that Apple continues to pay each quarter. Tim Cook inherited an Apple admired for its creative independence. AND In his legacy It will be triggered financially, expand it towards the services and diversify catalog in vertical and horizontal. But will also leave an Apple cornered by its logistics units. Today Try to diversify towards India and Vietnambut structural damage is already done. Not only because most of its chain continues in China, but because Apple learned to bend. And to each market, someone else dictates the conditions. Especially when it has no alternatives. “Apple in China” is not really a book about Apple. It is a book about power in the global era. On how The company that believed that the excellence of the product guaranteed strategic independence discovered that in geopolitics, margins do not vote. Behind the iPhone that we carry in the pocket there is more than technological innovation. There are calculated assignments, silent adaptations, a reheilibrium of power so progressive that it was barely noticed until it was irreversible. If the Chinese market could redefine the rules for Apple, what multinational company really controls its destination? Outstanding image | Patrick Fore in Unspash In Xataka | The decline of the “Apple culture”. Blind devotion has evolved towards critical enthusiasm

The Accessibility Law enters into force this month and wants to change everything. From the ATM to Amazon

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As of June 28, many things will change, from the ATM menu, through the gas station’s payment terminal, to the website where you make your purchases online. The reason? It is the day that the European Directive on Accessibility. The objective of this standard is to facilitate the use of these elements, especially by people who have Some type of disability sensory or motor. Products and services it affects. The text details products that will have to adapt to the new frame. Banks automatic ATMs are an example, but will affect all types of hardware equipment and also at the software level. These are the main ones: Computer equipment for general use: computers, tablets, smartphones and their operating systems. Self -service terminals: ATMs, ticket vending machines, shift dispensers and their operating systems Telecommunications: smartphones and other equipment to access telecommunication services. Also telephone and internet services. Electronic readers Audiovisual Communication Services: As streaming or digital television platforms, Transport services: Websites, mobile applications, electronic tickets and real -time information about the trip. Electrical, water or gas services. Banking services for consumers. Electronic books and software for reading. Electronic commerce: online stores and sales platforms. Emergencies: 112 calls. The three commandments of accessibility. The regulations affect countless equipment and the requirements vary for each of them. However, all have a common framework that has three major objectives: that they are available by more than one sensory channel (visual, auditory or tactile), that are easy to understand and that can be perceived by all users. ATMs, payment terminals and the like. ATMs that meet the regulations must meet a series of specific requirements. For example, they will have to offer an auditory option for blind users, in addition to allowing the use of headphones for a matter of privacy. The keys and controls must be noticeable to touch and the screen and all its elements will have the proper contrast. Image: CaixaBank Web pages and online stores do not get rid. In this case, apply the UNE Standards 139803 and WCAG 2.2. The requirements A must meet (there are three levels, for example for public websites they will have to meet the AA level). Some of these requirements include that the page give us alternatives to the text (videos, images and audio), which can be navigated using only the keyboard, that the structure is easy to understand, with expansable texts up to 200%, well -labeled buttons and forms (nothing to ‘click here’, the user has to know where it goes) or that all the images have alternative text to be described to blind users. Online trade pages such as Amazon must meet the same requirements as web pages, but they must also make the purchase process accessible through a sound and visual notice, for example by adding something to the cart or paying the purchase. Another aspect is that they will have to facilitate details about the accessibility of the products they sell. Amazon already has a section where these requirements detail To their sellers, but we still do not know what changes will make on their website from the 28th. We have contacted them to learn more details and update when we have an answer. The hardware still has margin, the websites no. The application of the standard is June 28, but that does not mean that all affected products and services will change that day. In the case of ATMs and the like, those that were installed before that date may continue to be used “until the end of their useful life from the economic point of view, although without exceeding ten years after their commissioning.” There are 47,000 ATMs in Spain and the cost of updating each unit could amount to 3,000 euros. Of course, all who install new ones must comply with the regulations and also the entities must inform their users of which they are updated and which are not. However, according to SHOPPRESthis margin would only apply to hardware products that are already in the market, online stores must adapt on the 28th of this month, except for an exception: to be a microenterprise. To be considered microenterprise, it must have less than 10 people on staff, provided that less than 2 million euros per year is billed. Of course, online stores that are launched after June 28 must already meet the requirements. The magnifying glass of iOS There is already much advanced. Many companies have already integrated these standards in their products, so on the 28th we will not see a radical change everywhere. For example, in banking, Ing already meets The standard UNE 139803: 2012 on its website, although they do not mention anything of the ATMs and the attention offices. In the case of Caixabank, the entity highlights that Your ATMs are accessible (although without detailing whether they comply with the new standard). In the case of computer equipment or devices such as smartphones or tablets, operating systems such as iOS, Android either Windows They have numerous as a magnifying glass to expand the content, screen readers, contrast settings and size for the text and much more. Of course there are lags that must take advantage of the new standard if they do not want to face a fine. This is the case of state websites, if we look at the last Web Accessibility Observatory Reportthe thing did not paint well in the late 2024. More than half of the websites did not even comply with level A. Cover image | Pxhere In Xataka | Why the fines from Europe to Google are so relevant to the future of your privacy, we tell you in this video

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