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The US feared a boycott of its tourism sector. It already has a first calculation and shows a hole of 12.5 billion dollars

May 17, 2025 by usatoday24

He “Make America Great Again” promises get expensive To the American tourism industry. Fulfilled the first 100 days of Trump’s mandate and after a start of the year marked by the Tariff warthe aggressive immigration policy from Washington and his distancing from historical allies, such as Canada or the EU, US tourism faces turbulence. He last report of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), based in London, predict that distrust From foreign travelers it will cost the country around 12.5 billion dollars. And the figure goes with a message included. “This is a US government attention call”, warns The WTTC. What happened? That the WTTC, a forum that brings together the private tourism industry, has just thrown a jug of cold water at the expectations of the sector in the US. And the reason is very simple: according to the forecasts of its technicians the travel, hotels, restaurants and other businesses that depend on tourism will enter much less dollars out of foreign pockets. To be more precise the WTTC talks about a loss of about $ 12.5 billion in foreign visitors spending, an “amazing sum”, Apostille. Where does that data come from? The organism does not clarify how it has calculated it, but it does contribute some context. According to your data In 2024 international visitors who arrived in the US spent about 181,000 million dollars. If its forecasts are fulfilled, in 2025 the figure will remain in “just under 169,000 million”. It is a forecast that could vary if the circumstances that have motivated that collapse of spending, but a priori leaves two bad readings. The first is an interannual fall of almost 7%. The second is that the US tourism industry moves away from the data it handled in 2019, before the pandemic. He WTTC calculates that during that year foreign visitors generated a revenue flow of about 217.4 billion euros that promoted job creation in the country. “Today that legacy is in danger,” warns the organism in A statement in which he sends a couple of errands to Donald Trump’s executive. Why is it important? For the weight of tourism in the American economy and the threats it faces. The US is one of the main destinations of the world. His trade department estimates that last year he received some 72.4 million of international visitors who contributed to the tourism and travel sector contributing, as a whole, 2.36 billion of dollars to the national economy and generate more than 20 million jobs. The administration itself benefits from this activity via tax revenues. The problem is that the vast majority of that tourist expense (almost 90%) It did not start with visitors from other countries but from the domestic market, of travelers who moved nationwide, within the country. For the WTTC that percentage is somewhat a challenge. “This strong dependence on local tourism masks a serious vulnerability: true growth resides in the international market, and the US is losing its leadership,” They warn. Spain leaves a good example: the flow of foreign tourists moves in record levels while falls The domestic. Is there anything else? Yes. WTTC forecasts contradict those who handled It is not so much The US National Travel and Tourism Office (NTOO), which expected the flow of international visitors to the US to increase 6.5% between 2024 and 2025 to reach 77.1 million. In 2026 he even trusted to reach 85 million, which would exceed the data prior to the pandemic. By 2027 it provided for an expense level of 279,000 million Of dollars, quite above what the WTTC now forecasts for this year. Are all forecasts? No. The study of the WTCC cites data from March of the US Department of Commerce that already reveal a contraction in the flow of international tourists. Specifically, it shows an interannual “prick” of 15% in the British market, of more than 28% in Germany, almost 15% in South Korea and between 24 and 33% in “other key markets”, such as Colombia or Spain. “As expected, the Canadian market is exhausted: reserves in early summer have dropped more than 20% compared to last year,” Add the WTTCwhich ensures that in general the country is receiving fewer visitors from both its neighbors and distant nations, “a clear indicator that the global attractiveness of the United States decreases.” The agency ensures that it is the only destination of the 184 analyzed that faces the 2025 exercise with a downward forecast. And what is the reason? The newspaper The New York Times remember That in 2024 the spending of travel in the US already remained below the values prior to the health crisis, basically due to the strength of the dollar and its influence on the budgets of tourists from other countries. The situation is quite different today. Both in regard to The currency as to the geopolitical context, which explains for the WTTC what is happening to foreign tourism in the United States. “The world’s largest economy and tourism is on a bad way, not due to lack of demand, but action. While other nations extend the red welcome carpet, the US government hangs the ‘closed’ poster, closed ‘, Julia Simpson ditchExecutive Director of the WTTC. “If urgent measures are not taken to restore travelers’ confidence, the US could take several years to return to the expenditure levels of international visitors prior to the pandemic.” Is it something unforeseen? Not quite. The tariff war, Washington’s clash with Denmark, Canada or Mexico and especially arrests In the borders and the confusion with visas It has been affecting the flow of travelers to the United States for some time. In fact there is talk of A boycott that extends beyond tourism, industry and Commerce. The US International Trade Administration already registered in March that the number of European visitors who spent at least one night in the country had fallen 17% With respect to last year. The data could be explained in part for the effect of Holy Week … Read more

Now it is not available on iPhone in any country

May 17, 2025 by usatoday24

If you thought to play ‘Fortnite‘This weekend from your iPhone, you will find a surprise. Today, the popular Battle Royale of Epic Games It is not available In none of the applications for iOS available in the European Union. The withdrawal occurs just after Epic tried to relaunch the game in the American App Store. Epic itself He explained in His official X account that “Apple has blocked our Fortnite presentation, so we have not been able to publish it in the US App Store. UU. Not in the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union. We regret to announce that Fortnite will not be available for any of the world until Apple unlocks it.” “Fortnite” screen capture in Epic Store in iOS Behind the scene. The problem has arisen after a chain of decisions. May 9, as Epic communicated publiclya new version of ‘Fortnite’ was presented to review by Apple, an essential step to return to the App Store. Days later, CEO Tim Sweeney He affirmed that They had retired that first presentation and sent a new version on May 14, which included a global update with the aim of launching it simultaneously on all platforms. Apple responds: there is no blockade, but conditions. An Apple spokesman declared Bloomberg that The company has not blocked the game as such, but asked Epic Sweden (the European Epic Division) to send the app again without including the US store “not to affect Fortnite in other geographical areas.” Apple argues that it has not removed any already published version of ‘Fortnite’ in European alternative stores. Epic does not accuse Apple of withdrawing ‘Fortnite’, but of preventing the sending of its global update. From Cupertino they ensure that the refusal is because this version also included the US store, and that it had to be presented separately. The result has been that the game cannot be downloaded in Europe, Although it had been available for months thanks to European legislation and distribution by independent stores. A conflict that does not end. This episode is only the last in a long legal battle between both companies. The confrontation began in 2020, when Epic integrated its own payments within ‘Fortnite’, challenging the rules of the App Store and giving rise to its expulsion. Since then, the conflict has gone through several judicial phases, with partial resolutions on different fronts. At the end of April, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a sentence that Disassembles part of Apple’s business model: it ordered to eliminate commissions on external payments, among other measures. The ruling, very critical of the strategy followed by the company in recent years, has been key for Epic Games to reactivate his attempt to return ‘Fortnite’ to the American App Store after almost five years of absence. And now what? At the moment, it is not clear if Epic will decide to send a new exclusive version for Europe, which would allow to restore ‘Fortnite’ on the iPhone of the community block, or if Apple will finally accept its return in the US. Everything will depend on whether what Apple is fulfilled considers a technical requirement or if we are facing a new EPIC strategic pulse to press Apple publicly. What is confirmed is that, according to EPIC itself, ‘Fortnite’ cannot be played in iOS in any country. Images | Epic Games In Xataka | At 15 he won 400,000 euros in Fortnite tournaments and his mother took him out of school. This has been since then

We have been trying to recover the concentration for years using white noise. These researchers believe that we are self -taught

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

In 1984, the German director Philip Gröning He wrote to the prior of the Great Cartuja requesting permission to record a film about the isolated and lonely life of the Cartujos monks in the heart of the French Alps. That is, about the great silence. The monks told him they had to think about it and thought about it for 16 years. He left everything recorded in ‘Into the great silence‘And every time I cross the movie I think about the same thing: that this deep and dense silence is an endangered species. In the modern world We can only use noise cancellation And, if perhaps, put on white, pink or brown noise. Or we believed. But is it really for something? That is what Joel T. Nigg and his colleagues from Oregon Health & Science University have wondered. In A recent article They have systematized everything that is known so far and, although there is good news, their conclusions are a jug of cold water. To start because, although it is an issue that is spoken a lot, there is no quality research that is based. NIGG’s team He just found 13 Useful studies (with 335 participants in total). The sample was limited, but enough to explore how the different types of noise affect the attention and cognitive function in young children and adults. And what have they discovered? Indeed, as we thought“White and pink noise improve performance in tasks that require attention for those who have ADHD symptoms.” For going to the data, they found “a small but significant positive effect (improvement of between 8 % and 10 %) in the executive care” of these people. In addition, the results are surprisingly consistent. In fact, it seems, those who were not medicated, obtained better results. What is the problem, then? That the effect is reverse in the case of people who did not have ADHD. “In this case, white and pink noise negatively affected the performance in the task,” Emily Reynolds explained. A notice to navigators. Because on the one hand, it is a good sign that, often, the information we obtain online, from mouth and even the theoretically reliable sources. The evidence available in these fields is usually much more anecdotal than we would like to confess. However, we should not exaggerate the conclusions of this work. After all, as the authors themselves saidthe investigation is scarce and not as good as we would need. That allows us to draw some conclusions, discard some things; But do not unbrush all the pitch. So … we must stop putting white noise? At least we should rethink it if what we want is to concentrate. It can be used for other things and, who knows, there may be cases that are better than the alternative (listening to music, having the background TV …); But in general terms, it seems that it would be necessary to rethink it a bit. Image | ICONS8 TEAM In Xataka | Four experts explain what it really is like to have a good night: sleeping “of a pull” is a myth

What we know (and, above all, what we don’t know) so far

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

Espionage accusations have turned on the alarms in the West. Less than two months ago, Germany He accused China to install unauthorized communication devices in wind turbines, a case that unleashed a strong controversy. Now, it seems to be repeated in the United States. Short. The United States has denounced that it has found communication components not documented in some investors and batteries manufactured in China. According to ReutersAmerican energy officials are reassessing the risk of these devices. More in depth. As Reuters has collectedsome of these solar investors and batteries manufactured in China contained inexplicable communication devices, including cellular radios. These components were not listed in the official documents of the product, which has generated concern among American cybersecurity experts. The concern. In theory, according to cybersecurity experts and US officials asked by Reutersthese components could be used to avoid Firewalls and remotely access critical equipment, with potential catastrophic consequences for the electricity grid. In addition, the situation is complicated if these devices allow remote firmware updates, since they would allow unauthorized changes that go unnoticed in certification reviews, opening the door to potential vulnerabilities. Precautionary measures. The US Department of Energy has pointed to Reuters that certification and documentation protocols are being reviewed to ensure that all components are correctly registered. In addition, work is being done on the implementation of the “Software Materials” list (Bill of Materials or SBOM software) to identify each component integrated into critical devices. This measure seeks not only to prevent the installation of unauthorized components, but also control firmware updates. A blunt answer. Given these accusations, China has not taken to respond. A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington has told the Communication Agency: “We oppose the generalization of the concept of national security, distorting and defamed China’s infrastructure achievements.” A relevant history. In 2019, United States He accused Huawei of espionage through its telecommunications equipment without presenting conclusive evidence, based only on the proximity of the company with the Chinese government. However, it was later shown that NSA itself had massively spied through telecommunications teams worldwide. With tweezers. The details are scarce and there are no solid evidence in the report. According to experts consulted by PV Magazinethe lack of concrete details in the Reuters report, such as the number of affected devices or the names of the manufacturers involved, raises doubts about the veracity of the findings. More background. So, are we really facing a tangible threat or is it a new episode of the commercial war between the US and China? In a context where China Dominate the renewable sectorany accusation against its devices could have much broader implications. Is this an attempt to stop Chinese advance in a strategic sector or a legitimate warning about cybersecurity risks in critical infrastructure? Image | Pexels Xataka | China is improving both its wind turbines that Germany only finds an explanation: spies

Elon Musk asked for calm and endure the actions of Tesla. Its president did otherwise and has won 230 million dollars

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

While Tesla is going through one of the more complicated moments Of recent years due to a drastic fall in its sales, Robyn Denholm, president of the company’s board of directors has starred in a series of movements that have caught the attention of investors and analysts. In the middle of the Financial storm and of A reputational crisis That whips the manufacturer, Denholm has sold a significant part of his Tesla shares, obtaining about 230 million dollars, while Elon Musk asked his investors to maintain his shares. The paradox that Denholm raises is evident: while the company struggles to recover the market and customer confidencethe most responsible for the Council unchanges the fate that Employees can run and Tesla shareholders. Millionaire sales in full crisis. According to He informed Associated PressRobyn Denholm has sold more than 230 million dollars in Tesla shares since Elon Musk He expressed his support for Donald Trump After his attack. More than half of this amount was obtained in the first four months of 2025, just before the value of Tesla’s actions lost a good part of its value And that its benefits They will collapse 71%. Little attachment for actions. One of the reasons why the directors and members of the Board of Directors of the companies receive a good part of your salary in shares is to link its economic benefit with The prosperity of the company They represent. Therefore, when a manager sells shares during a crisis, investors perceive that something very bad happens. According to published by The New York Timessince Denholm assumed the presidency of the Tesla Board of Directors at the end of 2018, he has sold titles worth $ 530 million, undoing more than 1.4 million shares. That represents more than half of your participation in the company. According to the regulations of the US stock and values commission (SEC), most of these sales were made under Pre -established sales plans presented as of July 2024, coinciding with the Elon Musk’s political implication And the beginning of Turbulences for Tesla. Contradictions with Musk’s speech. Although the operation of shares by Denholm is completely legal, the chosen moment has generated doubts about his confidence in the future of Tesla. His mass sale of shares contrasts with the message that Elon Musk directed its employees Last March, when he explicitly asked them to “hold on to their actions” and not sell them, trusting in the “brilliant and exciting” future for the company, although the price of their shares did not stop falling. While Musk I tried to calm down To the workforce and the small investors with a categorical “what I am saying is that they keep their shares,” Denholm opted to liquidate part of their assets in the company, sending a signal opposite to the market and minority shareholders. Controversies in its management. Denholm’s management at the head of the Board of Directors of Tesla had already been subject to controversy before its massive sale of shares. Both Denholm and other council members were accused in court for not properly protecting the interests of shareholders, especially during the approval process of the Elon Musk’s salary package. Reuters It echoed In July 2023 that Denholm and other executives of Tesla had reached an agreement to return 735 million dollars, after being accused of having granted excessive compensation taking advantage of their position in the company, reinforcing the image of a more focused management on their own benefit than on the collective interest of the shareholders. On May 1, 2025, Tesla canceled the rights on Packages of Actions of Actions of Denholm and other executives of Tesla as payment of that sanction. In Xataka | The Tesla employees letter requested by Elon Musk’s cessation has generated layoffs. It has not been that of his CEO Image | Wikimedia Commons (Cebit Australia), Tesla

Less science fiction is being written than ever, and the fault does not have the lack of ideas or the lack of readers

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

Literary science fiction interests less than ever. Devoured by subgenres of fantasy with more popular pull, such as Romantasythe books that were previously guaranteed Best-Sellers are now only oddities, samples of a genre that is disappearing from libraries. Why has a genre that has been so popular now languishes? What has changed since a couple of decades ago was the king of the mambo of fantasy? Sales fall. In an article on reading habits, The Washington Post revealed A singular fact: only 12% of readers are interested in science fiction. The figures accompany that fall, to the point that in what we have been in, if we analyze the sales figures in the United States which provides publishers weeklyonly a gender book has sneaked into the top 10 of each year: ‘Ballad of singing birds and snakes’, very significantly the sequel to one of the great successes of the previous decade, ‘The Games of Hunger’. The power of Young adult. The science fiction had never sold as much as in the previous two decades, and all thanks to the dystopic and youth variants of the genre: 12 books sneaked into the best-sellers lists of the Decade of 10 and in the first ten years of the centurywith sagas such as ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘Divergent’, ‘The Host’ and ‘A Time Fold’. There was also space for adult science fiction, no doubt pushed by this receptive state for the genre, especially works of big names such as Stephen King or Michael Crichton. And now, al Romantasy. What makes all the meaning: simply the same readers who augated youth dystopias are now interested in genres such as light fantasy and Romantasy… And that is what occupies the highest positions. In the last two years, books and sagas of the genre such as ‘Alas de Blood’, ‘A court of roses and thorns’ or ‘blood and ash’ have almost totally dominated (especially the 2023 and 2024) lists. Authors such as Rebecca Yarros or Sarah J. Maas repeat, year after year, with a frequency that was only available to the aforementioned King or Crichton. Media avalanche. This change in interest within the fantastic genre of readers who propel sales is the most immediate reason for the descent of science fiction in sales lists, but there are other more endemic causes, not so apparent. One of them is the media ecosystem: The public’s taste for science fiction stories is satisfied with films and series, faster and less demanding to consume. As contradictory that may seem, the absolute relevance of fantasy and science fiction in the mainstream audiovisual has played against books: Who wants to read science fiction sagas if In the cinema it has it embodied more spectacularly? The dystopia is here. From a more sociological perspective, interest in science fiction may have dissipated because reality has advanced to any fiction. It is a recurring bitter joke to talk about how reality has exceeded before planned Future pessimistsas those presented at ‘Blade Runner’ or ‘The maid’s story‘. With the Truncated future sensation That it occurs to generation Z, it is normal for the romantic escapism of ‘blood wings’ to be preferable to reminders that ‘1984’ has come true by advancing on the right and without caught the irony. Creative crisis. To all this is added the creative crisis that crosses current culture and the fantastic genre in particular. Most of the productions that They triumph at the box office and in the book sales They are sequelae or belong to franchises. Science fiction has always been a genre that has fed on risk, innovation and new ideas and with this panorama, it is normal to be stagnant. A classic like Orson Scott Card (‘Ender’s game’) in an article entitled ‘Are we facing the end of science fiction?‘: It is said that “all the really good stories that were possible within science fiction have been written.” Is there salvation? Orson Scott Card himself details in that article that a possible problem of gender is that science gives rise to less narrative formats, such as space trips or stellar wars. Now science focuses more on “theoretical, or sub-psychopic, or trans-cosmic” aspects. But in those sections where authors such interesting and renovating such as Greg Egan arise, Liu Cixin either Ted Chiangperhaps away from the tastes of the general public, but more than trained to make the genre remain alive. And perhaps that is the key: what else does it give whether or not you enter the supervent lists, while the genre continues to innovate Header | Daniel in Unspash In Xataka | The 25 best science fiction books

Harvard bought a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in 1946. They just discovered that they had a treasure that is worth a fortune

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

Year 1946. Someone buys a cheap and no apparent copy of The Magna Carta After ending World War II. The article, dated in 1327, passes without penalty or glory for decades in some trunk of the Harvard Law School. Today, eighty years later, to the surprise of the entire world it has been discovered that it was actually one of The original writings. A medieval jewel. In other words: for eight decades, a very valuable original of the 1300 Magna Cart bad of 1327. acquired at the time for just $ 27.50 In 46, the document was bought from a London bookseller and, since then, lay in oblivion. It was not until December 2023 when David Carpenter, professor of medieval history at the King’s College in London, He identified it while sailing through the Harvard digital library. When observing the sheep skin scroll (labeled as HLS MS 172) it was dumbfounded: design, calligraphy, Latin use and the capital “E” characteristic of Edwardus coincided with The original specimens known He immediately alerted his colleague Nicholas Vincent, a professor at the University of East Anglia, who confirmed authenticity of the finding. With the discovery, they ascend to 24 The original specimens Known of the edition, the last officially issued by the Royal Foreign Ministry during the reign of Eduardo I. A 725 -year -old relic. The document, in remarkable state of conservation, was produced in the year 28 of the reign of Eduardo I and represents the culmination of a series of reference to the Carta Magna since their original conception in 1215, when the English barons, in open rebellion, forced the king to accept that even the monarchy had to submit to the law. The text was reissued several times for its successors and ended up consolidating as one of the pillars of the Western constitutional thinking. The authenticity of the Harvard specimen already It has been validated with spectral and ultraviolet image techniques (image below), which allowed to compare the text and paleographic marks with other authentic specimens. In contrast to the deteriorated document found in 2014 In Sandwich, England (which was incomplete, without seal and partially illegible), Harvard’s piece retains its integrity and clarity. The thoroughly examined letter Historical Genealogy. Harvard experts tell that the documentary trail suggests that the copy could be the Magna Carta originally sent to the municipality of Appleby-in-Westmorland, in northern England. It is presumed that it was delivered by Lord Lord William Lowther to the abolitionist Thomas Clarkson, one of the most influential figures in the eradication of British slave trafficking. Clarkson, author of The History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Tradehe retired to the area, and his family archive was subsequently inherited by the aviator and war hero Forster Maynard. In fact, it was he who He auctioned in 1945 Through Sotheby’s, where Harvard acquired it without noticing his true importance. Although there is still a conclusive evidence that confirms such documentary genealogy, the chain of custody is more than solid and plausible. Symbol I live in times of tension. The American media counted this morning that the rediscovery of the document also arrives at one time politically loaded: Harvard University faces direct pressures from the Trump government, which recently announced the Cancellation of 450 million dollars in federal financing after disputes over student protests related to war in Gaza and university autonomy. For Carpenterthe appearance of this founding letter in the midst of that conflict is not mere coincidence, but almost “providential”: a tangible reminder of the essential principle that power, even in its highest form, is subject to the law. “The Magna Carta says that the ruler cannot simply order your execution or appropriate your land: it must respect the law,” He pointed out. Constitutional inspiration. Finally, the relevance of the finding is not limited to its estimated historical value (there is talk of More than 20 million of dollars, considering that a 1297 version was sold in 2007 for 21.3 million), but also to its pedagogical and symbolic potential. In words From Amanda Watsonassociated dean of the Harvard Legal Library, the document offers a unique opportunity for future generations to understand the foundations of democracy, individual freedom and limited government. If you also want, that a medieval relic of this caliber emerges from the shelves of an American university In full struggle to preserve its academic autonomy against the impositions of state power, it gives an extra intangible to the finding, a weight that transcends the historical: a living lesson, written more than seven centuries ago, but more in force than ever. Image | Harvard Law School In Xataka | Abortion, a constitutional right: France opens the way to protect it in the Magna Carta In Xataka | Water is a very healthy drink. Harvard researchers have found another healthy equally: coffee

Openai has just launched his new programming agent. The interesting thing is what you can do when nobody looks

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

Artificial intelligence (AI) currently presumes a leading place in the world of programming. More and more software developers resort to AI systems to write code, correct errors or automate repetitive tasks. Openai is betting again for this area with Codexhis new agent. It is a prior view phase tool that acts as a virtual collaborator. Its engine is Codex-1, a variant of O3 adjusted to better understand the needs of modern development. Among their promises are to generate more orderly code, follow instructions with greater precision, among other advantages. How does Codex work? Codex is not a simple assistant that suggests fragments of code. It is a software agent that operates in the background from the cloud. Once connected to your account GITHUByou can access your repository, read files, propose changes and execute tasks such as writing new functions, correcting errors or throwing tests. All this does it autonomously and safely, within an isolated environment (a kind of virtual cloud computer) that simulates your development environment. This should not only protect your system, but also allows Codex to execute tasks without affecting your local workflow. While he works, you can continue using your computer normally. The interesting thing is that it does not execute a single action in turn: it can take care of several tasks at the same time. For example, you can ask you to check a part of the code or Look for mistakes In another section of the project. Each task is managed separately and Codex will inform their real -time progress, allowing the user to review them. The tool is designed to adapt to the way of working of developers. In fact, it can be guided by specific files called agents.md, a kind of instruction manual that allows you to indicate what style follow, how to launch the tests or what practices should be respected within the project. Although Codex has just launched in preview, it is not an unfilming experiment. Openai engineers themselves have been using it for months as part of their workflow. So that? For Automize repetitive tasksrename variables, write tests or outline documentation. The system is also being tested in companies such as Cisco, where they seek to accelerate the development of new ideas, and in temporary, which uses it to purify errors, write automated tests and reorganize large code bases. OpenAi’s recommendation after this first round of tests is clear: assign well -defined tasks, launch several in parallel and experiment with different types of requests. Because the key is to find the exact point where the agent can display his full potential. Codex works remotely, but does it within a controlled environment. As we said above, each task that executes takes place in an isolated virtual machine, without direct Internet connection or access to external services. It can only interact with the code that the user provides and with the tools that are pre -installed using a configuration script. In addition, Openai ensures that he has trained Codex to identify and reject instructions oriented to the creation of harmful software, as tools for Hacking or malware. In any case, we must not lose sight of the fact that this proposal remains a product in research phase, with many aspects to improve. And it is still a generative AI: you can make mistakes or misunderstand certain instructions if the context is not well defined. Openai plans to introduce gradual improvements, such as the possibility of interacting with the agent during tasks, receiving more detailed updates or integrating it with tools such as incident managers. If you want to start trying Codex from today, you must keep in mind that it is not yet available for all users. For now, OpenAi has begun to deploy the tool Among the subscribers of the plans PRO (200 dollars per month)Enterprise and Team. According to the company, the users of the plans Plus and Edu will have “soon” access. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | Saudi Arabia has signed a check of 7,000 million dollars for Nvidia. Jensen Huang is now 12,000 million richer

Tesla trusts the Robotaxi as his next Milmillonario business. China is already in conversations to get ahead in Europe

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

Robotaxi is the business of the future in urban mobility. At least that is what technological giants such as Tesla, Google or Baidu believe and what some analysts have been saying for years. Although for now it is a business where profitability does not seem to be in sight, expansionist plans continue. And the next battlefield is Europe. That is what they claim from The Wall Street Journal. The American media ensures that Baiduconsidered the Chinese Google, works to try its vehicles without driver in Switzerland. Türkiye would follow the deployment and would be the first step to hit the table and position himself as pioneers on European soil. The information comes after Baidu has opened conversations with Swiss Post for Postauto, one of its units that provides the public bus service, has vehicles of this type on the street. If everything goes ahead, the goal is to start testing at the end of this year. The project with Türkiye, internal sources have affirmed WSJ It is similar. Objective: Be the first Putting autonomous buses on the market that can make trips for themselves without the intervention of a driver is a shortcut to open the way to a future robotaxis business. While in the United States and China, this business is being tested for a long There are active tests with busesa horizon for a robotaxis service in the street has not been completed. The problem of these services is that, for the moment, they are not generating any profitability. In the United States, General Motors burned so many Cruise tickets that he has preferred Cancel the project Despite having squandered billions of dollars along the way. Waymo’s success is partial because despite working in various cities in the country, its reach is small. And, at the same time, Tesla has also put all the machinery in motion to enter the market. However, the company’s own shareholders They have expressed their doubts on whether this must be the path that the company has to take. The project seems to have surpassed a more affordable Tesla, which has generated doubts. As to ChinaRobotaxis are much more widespread. In fact, Baidu operates in 12 different cities with its apologue service but Face Weride competition that is already available in eight cities, Pony.ai either Momenta that are in full phase of expansion. Given the competition and the hard challenge of profitable services, these companies are in full expansion to third countries. For example, Weride has already reached an agreement with Uber to integrate into its platform and offer trips with autonomous robotaxis in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The objective is to take the service to 15 different cities in the future. In spite of everything, companies that want to enter the European market have it complicated. At the moment, European regulation is very demanding with autonomous vehicles and, in fact, Tesla herself has to save some functions In vehicles that are able to advance without a driver inside the park, offering a service cut in front of what they have on the street in the United States. For now, the closest thing to a robotaxi is what offers Mercedes. The company already has functions for the driver to completely disregard the car, as long as it circulates less than 60 km/h, the environment has previously mapped and the weather conditions are good enough. Despite doubts, as we say there are companies that see in this business a clear commitment to the future. Tesla has joined In the background to the business proposal of Waymo or Baidu, technological giants that aspire to develop their own software for autonomous vehicles and put them on the street associating with a large vehicle company that provides them with the hardware, that is, of the car in itself. The only difference with Tesla is that Elon Musk’s company can manufacture its own vehicles and with their own assembly chains and the acquired knowledge They aspire to earn more money working in vertical integration with proper vehicles and software development that stays at home. Photo | Baidu In Xataka | I have tried a totally autonomous taxi. This is traveling without driver

Iran, OPEC+ and electric vehicles

May 16, 2025 by usatoday24

Donald Trump has traveled to the Middle East to negotiate a nuclear agreement with Iran. If specified, the crude oil market fears an increase in supply in an already uncertain context. An increase in offer. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has reviewed Uploaded its world supply forecasts for this year, projecting an increase of 1.6 million barrels per day. This adjustment responds mainly to the increase in production by the members of the OPEC+, who have decided to dismantle their cuts in a more accelerated way. Respond to several factors. On the one hand, Saudi Arabia has The ability to increase Its production, while US producers face difficulties due to low prices. On the other hand, Russia has increased both its production and its exports, although its oil income has fallen to the lowest level since June 2023, According to Reuters. Do I go back? The possibility of a nuclear agreement could lift the sanctions on Iranian oil, allowing a significant increase in supply, According to Wall Street Journal. In addition, this expectation has dropped the Brent crude prices 3.31 % to $ 63.90 per barrel, while the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is around 61 dollars per barrel, barrel, barrel, barrel, According to eldiario.es. A disruptive factor. In the midst of the debate, the International Energy Agency has put the focus in the sustained growth of sales of electric vehicles (VE). According to Wall Street JournalVE sales are growing at a dizzying pace and already represent a room of world car sales. This trend begins to feel in the oil sector and if this expansion continues, the demand for crude could be reduced by 5 million barrels per day (BPD) by 2030. The forecasts. IEA has estimated that the oil demand will reach 103.9 million barrels per day (BPD), but this growth will decrease in the coming months. On the offer, countries outside the OPEC+ such as Brazil, China and Canada have planned to increase their production by 1.3 million BPD this year. If this trend continues, the market can go into surplus situation. Changes in the global market. As explained by a combination of factors, it could push the downward prices: the possible return of the Iranian crude, the increase in the supply of the OPEC+ and the unstoppable boom of the electric vehicles. This added pressure generates uncertainty in an already volatile market. In the midst of this scenario, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia will play a crucial role in the coming months. Their strategic decisions could tip the balance between supply and demand, marking the direction of the global market in a context of economic slowdown. Image | Unspash Xataka | China’s energy paradox: an ‘electrostate’ that continues to feed on coal

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