Tesla’s megabers feed the AI ​​that will define their next cars

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Elon Musk’s ecosystem begins to exhibit an integration where each company enhances the rest, creating a virtuous circle that triggers several industries at the same time. Tesla’s megabaterías Now feed The superordination Colossus XAI in Memphis, with 150 megawatts. Initially it worked with gas turbines (With much controversy and without permits), But the use of megapacks points to a transition to a more sustainable model. It is more than a synergy: Tesla provides sustainable energy that allows Xai to develop AI … which will then be integrated into Tesla vehicles. The circle closes. In figures. Financial and technical connections between Musk companies make it clear that this is not a coincidence but strategy, with investments that unite the destinations of these companies. XAI invested 230 million dollars in Tesla Megapacks between January 2024 and February 2025. Colossus has 200,000 gpus NVIDIA H100with plans to reach a million. Completed phase two at the end of 2025, the system will consume 300 MW, sufficient for 300,000 homes. Turning point. The Energy Division of Tesla has gone from being a secondary business to a key piece in Musk’s strategy to master several industries. Tesla Energy declared an interannual 156% increase in the first quarter of 2025, displaying 10.4 GWh of storage. Just at the time the need to have energy support for critical infrastructure, such as data centers for AI grows. Between the lines. There were critical voices that They questioned the use of gas turbines in Colossusbut the progressive introduction of Megapacks is a strategy oriented to energy self -sufficiency and a lower dependence on fossil fuels. The Tesla-XAI connection allows Musk to reduce external units and save a lot of money in certain components. As with The dojo chips and the 4680 batteriesthe goal is to control the entire supply chain. This integration gives technological independence, but it is also a competitive advantage over rivals that depend on external suppliers. And now what. The next logical step is to integrate the capabilities of Xai directly into Tesla products, closing the circle definitely. And the Dojo chips could face mass production at the end of the year to reduce NVIDIA dependence. The predictable result: smarter tesla cars, developed with the same AI systems that feed on Tesla batteries. Possibly that scenario would be the greatest vertical technological integration seen so far. In Xataka | Some researchers have disassembled the batteries of Tesla and Byd. You know which one yields better and is much cheaper Outstanding image | Tesla

If the question is “I can wear a free hand suitcase with Ryanair”, the response of justice is: it depends

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Win and lose. And along the way a fine continues to float a fine and the consequences derived from it. The sanction to Ryanair receives an extra cost in the hand suitcase continues to leave us sentences and one thing is clear: neither the justice itself agrees. A fine. It all starts last November. One is confirmed Historical fine to four operators. Of these, Ryanair is the most affected. The sanction is 107.78 million euros and is imposed to breach the rights of passengers to carry a hand suitcase without extra cost. At least that is what the government that sanctions the company through consumption. Ryanair, on the contrary, has another opinion. Yes, it accepts that there is a regulation that allows free hand luggage to be carried out but it shields that there are no established measures for it. As there is no “standard” suitcase, they charge to carry the luggage that can be transferred to the winery. What are Ryanair’s conditions? First of all, what we have to know is that Ryanair does let a lump to the cabin. But that is, exclusively a lump that does not exceed the measures of 40 x 20 x 25 cm. That size does not comply with those considered as cabin bags that extend up to 55 x 40 x 20 cm and 10 kg of weight. In that case, in carrying with us a trolley to the cabin of the plane, we will have to pay the fee Regular or priority that opens the door to that usual suitcase in the planes and a second lump such as a backpack or a bag. This game with the diffuse areas of the law, that of not being defined in any regulations what are the exact measures of a suitcase, is the one that the Irish company grabs to defend its position before the demands of the users. Ryanair wins. At least in Seville. There, the company has made the resource of a client who was forced to pay for the cabin suitcase does not prosper. Section 2 of the Mercantile Court of Seville has dismissed the demand filed by the traveler, they explain since The world. The client understood that they were charging 12 euros on a round trip (six per trip) illegally. However, the Sevillian court buys the defense of Ryanair: it is not true that it is prevented from flying with a free suitcase, what Ryanair prevents is accessing with a suitcase superior to the dimensions of 40 x 20 x 25 cm. And they point out that the client was allowed “to carry a lump of reasonable dimensions.” Ryanair loses. At least in Salamanca. There, the company has to return 147 euros to a passenger receivable the cabin suitcase in five different routes between 2019 and 2024, they point out in eldiario.es. The affected person is a Facua partner, an association through which they have filed their demand. In this case, the passenger denounced that the company had forced him to choose the rate Priority to be able to access the cabin of the plane with your hand luggage in which it only wore basic clothes and equipment. The judge has based her decision that “hand luggage is an indispensable element of passenger transport (…) cannot be subject to price supplement,” they collect in The world. Beyond specific cases. What we have, in addition to two contradictory sentences, is that the battle between Ryanair and the Government continues. On the one hand, from the Executive they defend the consumption decision and, on the other, Ryanair continues to show that the sentences in which they obtain favorable results They are certification that the company “fully complies with the legislation of the European Union.” The problem for passengers is that the pulse between Ryanair and Government has overflowed and is affecting peripheral airports, where the company had a substantial role in air traffic and where is marching as a pressure measure To the Executive. In fact, the company has insisted that if Aena’s rates do not fall in the future (the excuse to reduce the presence in these places) will continue to derive its operations To other places. Operations like its new line to Morocco that despite the low volume of occupation keeps open thanks to a government doping. Doping that, by the way, We have also applied in Spain. Photo | Fotis In Xataka | Choosing seat to fly has become a luxury. Now Ryanair has his own subscription to assure you

The Google Pixel 9 goes back down (a lot) of price in Mediamarkt only if you meet a simple requirement

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If you are thinking about renewing your old mobile and you have thought of a high -end terminal, let me tell you that Google Pixel are one of the best valued models for a few years by users. Now, in Mediamarkt, you can get the Google Pixel 9 for 636.65 euros. Of course, to get it at that price (but it costs 749 euros), you will have to MAKE MIMEDIAMARKT memberyour free loyalty club and with which you will get points with your purchases. * Some price may have changed from the last review A very top mobile now at an unbeatable price This Google Pixel 9 It is one of the best mobile phones that were launched last year and it is not surprising, since they have characteristics that stand out. Your screen is type Super acts OLED of 6.3 inches and resolution of 2,424 x 1,080 pixels. In addition, it has a 120 Hz soda rate and reaches a maximum brightness of 2,700 nits. The brain of this terminal is the processor Google Tensioner G4accompanied by the titan m2 backproofing. The terminal on offer in Mediamarkt, also has a 12 GB RAM and a 256 GB storage capacitymore than enough for most users. Its photographic system is another of its hallmarks and is formed by a Double 50+48 MP rear camera (Able to record 4K video). Its battery admits fast charge by cable to 45 w and in the connectivity section, it comes with Wifi 7, Bluetooth 5.3, NFC. Finally, it can be noted that it works under the operating system Android 14 and that you are guaranteed the updates for seven years. Protect this mobile with the best accessories Jetech founded for Google Pixel 9 * Some price may have changed from the last review Lutree for Google Pixel 9 Tempered Crystal, 3+3 pieces * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Pepu Ricca (Xataka Android) and Google In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best price quality price. Your analysis and videos are here

The English Court is turning towards experience

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The English Court has finally closed two of its most emblematic outlet centers in Madrid: Boadilla del Monte and Vista Alegre, as reported Digital economy. The first had been inactive for months. The second ceased its activity on February 9. They are not isolated facts, but part of a broader process: the model of stores with permanent discounts is losing weight in the group’s strategy. What’s happening: The two centers disappear from Official Outlets Directory. Other previous closures (As Rivas Vaciamadrid, La Vaguada or Méndez Álvaro, among others) point to a replication pattern. Only six operational outlets remain in the Community of Madrid. The company is now committed to reforming premium centers such as Castilian, Preciados or San José de Valderas. In perspective. The rise of Fast Fashion and online trade have reconfigured consumption. Accessing discounts no longer requires visiting a specific physical store: it is enough to open an app. The attractiveness of the physical outlet vanishes if it offers nothing more than a low price. Between the lines: Purchase experience is the new currency. Digital customers not only seek savings: they look for a story, a brand, a pleasant environment. The transformation goes beyond commercial: it is cultural. Yes, but. Although the online channel gains weight, the English Court does not renounce the physical. Rather, it reorient your efforts towards strategic centers and with greater potential profitability. The closing of outlets does not imply total divestment, but selectivity. This rethinking is also a new axiom: the ideal client is no longer the one who looks for holes last season, but who values ​​selection, environment, attention and brand. The question is no longer whether it is cheap, but it is worth going. In Xataka | “I am very perfectionist”: the answer that recruiters no longer want to hear in work interviews Outstanding image | Xataka

How Radio María has silently won a community of millions of faithful

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Radio María is one of the most important radio phenomena in Spain. With a community of listeners that are counted by millions worldwide, its history is not exempt from controversies. However, when the entire country succumbed to last week’s blackoutRadio María endured firmly without interrupting its programming. This is how this unique dissemination chain of Catholic thought works. Stop Radio María. He Past black that left the whole country disconnected did not affect all radio stationswhich made the little and old -fashioned transistors In very precious goods. Among the chains that endured the envy with, among other means, electricity generators such as Those of HospitalsThey were RNE, Zero Onda, La Cope wave BE. But among all, Radio María highlighted for its apparent modesty: indefatigable, it was still arriving at all points in Spain thanks to its large number of repeaters, 2,000 worldwide. A figure comparable to that of any large radio chain. Maria for the world. The devotees of the station will not be surprised: Radio Maríaof Italian origin, it is heard in points of Spain where the rest of the chains, even the big ones, arrive with difficulty, thanks to the 225 stations that have distributed throughout the country. And even beyond: it has 93 radio stations in the world, reaching points as remote as Asia or Oceania, which add 11 stations. Radio María presumes 500 million listeners (potential) that are sustained thanks to a network of volunteers that make possible the propagation of the radio faith: since 1998, since 1998, World Family of Radio Maria It is a non -profit association that brings together all these stations. A radio consecrated to faith. Radio María was born in Italy in 1983, as a parish radio in the diocese. Safe and priests wanted to develop an evangelization work with explicitly religious programming. This has been respected in radio growth throughout the world, and is noticed in its Spanish incarnation, where it arrived in 1999. On its grill the religious dissemination programs with all the spasible approaches (Jívenes, elders, marriages, psychology, theology, sacral music, news related to the Pope and the Church) and, of course, the religious acts, with prayer programs and two daily masses. Armando Lío. One of the aspects that Radio María takes care of is its relationship with younger Catholics. It has a program, in fact, entitled “Armando Lío”, such as Hakuna’s slogan, the Youth Catholic Activism Association that He congregated 85,000 people in Cibeles chanting their religious pop hymns. Although Radio María is little given to facilitate audience figures for its programs, the attention on their grill to spaces oriented to the youngest public, such as’Armando Lío‘,’Breaking molds‘Or also musical’Sing and walk‘They are proof that generating a community that supports the project is an important objective for the survival of the station. Niche community. Radio María is the perfect example of how beyond the attention of the great media and the general public live very numerous and involved communities, to the point of sustaining one of the most effective and listened radio stations of the country only with donations. “Our goal is to reach everywhere and we act to achieve it. It may sound very rare, but we do not move for the number of possible listeners or the possibilities of a station, we have some principles different from those of conventional radio,” said Quintanilla in the confidential. Undoubtedly, a criterion that has led the station to highlight in a situation as adverse as a national blackout. How is financed. It is the big question, the great enigma around Radio María. Officially, the station makes it very clear on its website: Maintaining the issuance costs 573 euros at the time, and the options for the faithful are multiple: periodic or punctual donations, income and transfers, checks, bizums .. until the fiscal deductions that correspond by donations are specified, which make up the 99% of the issuing income. The other leg of support to Radio María is the network volunteerwhich also admits multiple variants: in the promotion, in the dioceses, from home … Currently, they have more than 1,500 volunteers throughout Spain, which generate 90% of the programming. However, doubts also arise. Recent doubts. Of course, not everything is very clear accounts: yesterday The Superior Court of Justice of Castilla y León annulled the order by which the Board had awarded 124 radio licenses, 27 of them to Radio María. One of the reasons for the complaint, filed by the being, is that the stations were awarded irregularly: both Radio María and another of the main beneficiaries, the eleventh hour (owned by the Adventist Church), are non -profit stations and the bases of the Award Contest spoke of “provision of commercial audiovisual services.” Radio María and the eleventh hour monopolized 30% of the licenses awarded. Everywhere. Diffusion strategies like this or how to buy Rodrigo Rato in 2012 six radio licenses For a million euros They assured him total coverage in the Balearic Islands are those that have guaranteed his brutal expansion. Although its president, José Manuel Díez Quintanilla, affirms that certain activities that root the illegality They are a thing of the pastRadio María has taken advantage of its non -commercial condition to invade foreign frequencies or expand power above what was allowed, which earned them in their day the occasional fine like one of 126,000 euros from the Junta de Andalucía In 2012. Header | Jacob Hodgson in Unspash In Xataka | Listen to the radio on the mobile: options to do so and main problems of each

Chernobil’s shield is still open and there is no money to close it

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When on April 26, 1986 produced an explosion In reactor 4 of the Chernobil nuclear plant, no one could imagine the impact it was going to have. In a short time it became the worst nuclear accident in history. Today, almost 40 years later, the fateful area is in danger again. The impenetrable shield that had contained the radiation so far has not been able to with an unforeseen: the arrival of a war. The attack of a drone. We have gone counting Since the events happened. A Russian drone Shahed Iranian manufacturing and relatively low cost (between $ 50,000 and $ 100,000) caused damage For dozens of millions in the confinement structure of the Chernobil nuclear power plant, according to the first technical and official estimates. The attack, occurred in the early hours of February 14, 2025, drilled the roof exterior of the call New safe confinement (NSC), a structure 1.5 billion euros Designed to encapsulate the unstable Soviet sarcophagus that covers the number four reactor, destroyed in the nuclear disaster. Although an immediate increase in radiation was not detected, the damage seriously compromises the integrity of the enclosure: in addition to the hole, the impact caused a persistent fire in the inner lining that required more than two weeks To be controlled and the drilling of 200 additional holes to quell it with water. A technical challenge. The situation has exposed the Corrosion structurethe filtration of rain and the possible future release of radioactive dust, which raises not only technical challenges, but also financial and diplomatic. Experts such as the American engineer Eric Schmieman, who worked in the design of the NSC for fifteen years, have warned that a complete repair may require not only tens, but also hundreds of millions of dollarsin addition to several years of work, in a highly radioactive environment that complicates the work due to the exposure limits of workers. A temporary solution will consist of provisionally sealing the opening, but repairing the structure could even imply even displace the shelter again Throughout the rails on which it was built, a monumental effort only feasible in peacetime. The complexity of the operation is aggravated by the damage to critical areas of the enclosure, including proximity to the area of ​​remote cranes that were used to dismantle the internal structure and remove nuclear waste. The New Safe Confinement now damaged A disproportionate cost to divide. The economic impact of the attack It is disproportionate In relation to the cost of the drone used, which underlines the vulnerability of critical infrastructure against low -cost weapons. There are more, since the financial responsibility of the arrangement will be expected to be In Western governmentssince the International Emergency Fund of the European Reconstruction and Development Bank (BERD), endowed with only 25 million euros, is clearly insufficient. Ukraine and Berd herself have requested a significant expansion of the resources to address both the repair and the long -term challenges of the dismantling of the nuclear complex. We remember that the NSC was originally funded by 26 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Turkey and even Russia, which adds a layer of irony to the attack, since Moscow itself helped to pay for the structure it has now damaged. War, propaganda and “nuclear terror.” Russia at first denied his responsibility, blaming the Kyiv government and qualifying the provocation attack, but the Ukrainian authorities, after tracking the trajectory of the drone, concluded that it was about An intentional attack perpetrated by Russian forces, with possible implications as a war crime. Activists such as Shaun Burnie, by Greenpeace Ukraine, consider that this act is part of a “Nuclear Terror” campaign Deliberate by the Kremlin against Ukraine and Europe, designed to generate prolonged fear and insecurity. The attack also involves a setback to the schedule of Expected dismantling for the original sarcophagus, which should be completed within the life period of life of HUNDRED NSC YEARS. No doubt, without repairs, that horizon is now uncertain, and environmental risk, although contained for now, could be aggravated over time. Chernobyl and the geopolitical board. It is the last of the legs to be analyzed after the incident. The location of Chernobylonly eleven kilometers from the border with Belarus (ally Moscow strategic) and its past as an area occupied by Russian forces in 2022, underlines the exposure of the site in the context of war. Since then, the complex has become Restricted military zonewhich limits the possibilities of direct international intervention and has forced both Russian and Ukrainian troops to carry out fortifications on contaminated land. Meanwhile, radioactive waste buried under the installation continues to represent A silent threatencapsulated under a structure whose vulnerability has now been exposed not only for the passage of time, but by modern war. What was once a monument to global cooperation to contain a catastrophe of the past, has become, again, a symbol of the fragility of the international order against armed conflict and geopolitical negligence. Image | IAEA IMEBANK, Adam Jones In Xataka | A Russian drone has opened one of the greatest engineering works. The problem: it was the sarcophagus of Chernobil reactor 4 In Xataka | Europe built a shield to contain chernobil radiation. A Russian drone pierced him, and since then he is open

The choice of the first American Pope has nothing casual in it

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Sinodal Church, blessing of gay marriages, sacraments for divorced, celibacy, deacons women … the first hours of the pontificate of Robert Francis Prevost (Now and for eternity, Leo XIV) have been marked by The debate The elucubrations on their ideological coordinates and to what extent it will advance or put the reverse in the measures promoted by Francisco I. Beyond religious issues, the new Pope has before him another cyclopean task of a much more mundane nature: to replace The huge financial mess in which the Vatican is plunged and in which The powerful church The US can play a key role. The task is not less if they are taken into account open wounds With the most conservative sector of the American Church during the Pontificate of Francisco I. In his favor, Leo XIV has an important factor: he knows the country well, its culture and its prelates. After all, he was born in The Bronzeville neighborhoodin Chicago Question of faith (and money). The Vatican is the heart of Catholic Christianity, but also a complex and prone economic challenge with which Francisco I had to deal during his 12 years of pontificate, just as he will have to do it from now on León XIV. Although the Roman Catholic Church handles a lavish portfolio of real estate, art and investments and the Vatican bank manages assets by value of value of value of billions of dollarsthe Holy See Receive income basically from Three sources: Donations, entries to museums and investments and the performance obtained with its property portfolio. The picture is complex, but usually all “Task lists” which must assume Leo XIV include two priorities: to advance in the improvement of the supervision and transparency of finance initiated by Francisco I and face the deficit of the Holy See. In An article entitled “The financial mess of the Vatican that Francisco could not solve”, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) slides two revealing data on an “more and more indebted microstate”: its budget deficit has grown with Bergoglio and Your pension fund supports A millionaire liabilities. Red numbers in Rome. The theme has been very present these weeks in Rome. And it is logical. In September Francisco sent A letter to their cardinals in which they asked them “greater effort” to “that the ‘zero deficit’ is not just a theoretical objective” and advocated the “cost reduction”. In another posterior letter Bergoglio went further and faced another fundamental issue, the delicate health of the Vatican pension box. All this between news of the Salary cut of the prelates or information that have come to place the Holy See “On the verge of bankruptcy”. Last summer the newspaper The repudica revealed That in 2023 the Vatican registered an operational deficit of 83 million euros, five more than the previous year, with a short -term perspective not especially flattering given the evolution of donations. As for the pension system hole, over the last months different data has been published, but they are not usually flattering: The Pilar Calculate that a decade ago its undefined liabilities amounted to almost 1.5 billion euros and Reuters talks about a deficit of 631 million In 2022. In search of donations. In addition to seeking greater transparency and supervision in finance, Francisco proposed Another challenge Before dying: achieve more donations. In fact, days before he entered the hospital, he ordered the creation of a “donation commission for the Holy See.” The movement is understandable. The income received by the Holy See through its museum network suffered a varapalo with the pandemic and in 2024, according to Reutersthe Vatican reported a profits of 45.9 million with their investments. The other crucial leg in the financial architecture of the Holy See are donations, which throughout the last decade have remained on average in the 45 million euros Annual, although some year that figure has come to exceed 70 million. His contribution to the Vatican coffers is fundamental. According to the data provided by the Vatican in 2023 the bottom of the San Pedro Obol It reached an income of 52 million euros, of which 48.4 correspond to offerings and the remaining 3.6 to financial income achieved with the remuneration of goods. Two data: 52 and 109.4. In The statement Shared by Vatican News, the information portal of the Holy See, it is underlined that compared to 2022 donations increased by almost five million euros, but that does not prevent the balance sheet from being bittersweet: the agency itself recognizes that the total expenses were much superior and amounted to 109.4 million euros. The data is interesting for several reasons. The first, because the background is dedicated to meet the needs of the Church and sustain initiatives. The second is because that deficit is not new and is added to the one already registered in previous exercises. In addition, although between 2022 and 2023 there was effectively an increase in donations, the obolus remains below the proceeds Just a decade ago. A crucial country: USA. The statement From the Vatican slides another important fact: most of these funds left diocese (31.2 million), well above the flow of private donors (2.1 million), foundations (13.9) or religious orders (1,2). What countries left the contributions? Because largely from the United States, from afar the greatest benefactor, with a contribution that in 2023 amounted to the 13.6 million euros28.1% of total income. Italy, secondly, contributed 3.1 million, and Brazil was the third with 1.9. Why that weight? Partly because the US is one of the countries with greater Catholic population from the world and its church has a strong financial muscle, which has conferred an influential role in the Church .. in September 2015, when Francisco had just two years of papacy, BBC I slipped now that the US parishes collected through Sunday donations about 8.5 billion euros per year. A good part of that money stays in the communities themselves, but still Jack Ruhl, professor at Western Michigan University, highlights the “important role” played … Read more

European car manufacturers faced milmillionaire fines in 2025. They have postponed them thanks to fear

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It was known since 2019 but this 2025 will not be applied. The new broadcasting regulations of the European Union for Tourism is suspended … until 2027 and with nuances. After months of pressures by the manufacturers, European institutions have allowed a forward kick that softens in the background but not in the forms the restrictions on combustion cars. This is all we have ahead. Since 2019. It was called European green pact and, in fact, it established more hard emission limits of those established for manufacturers at the moment. Then there was talk of limiting the maximum emissions to 80.8 gr/km of CO2. The most ambitious objective raises zero emissions in every car sold from 2035 with combustion engines. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Over the years, the limit rose and It ended up setting 93.6 gr/km of CO2. With a strong fine flying over, manufacturers should not be able to pass from this year this emission limits. A barrier imposed until 2029. From then on the figure will be (or should be) of 49.5 gr/km of CO2. And they should only be able to sell neutral cars from 2035. The fine. It has been the main reason for concern for manufacturers. To calculate it, the average emissions of the car fleet sold were taken into account. This average should not exceed 93.6 gr/km of CO2. If so, the fine could be a thousand millionaire. Specifically, the manufacturer had to pay 95 euros for each gr/km of CO2 surpassed… for each car sold. That is to say. If the average emissions of the cars sold was 94.6 gr/km of CO2 (+1 gr/km of CO2 above the expected) the manufacturer paid 95 euros per car. If you sold a million cars in Europe, you would have to pay 95 million euros. This was a real problem for companies such as Volkswagen, Ford, Stellantis, Renault and even Toyota. All these automobile groups, in the first half of 2024, exceeded 100 gr/km of CO2. That multiplied the sanction for each car in a minimum of 665 euros. According to data collected by Motor.esIn Volkswagen, fines were waiting for 1,500 and 4,700 million euros. And the machinery began to work. Before the imminent abyss, the manufacturers launched the fan. They talked about unrealistic measures and From Acea (Employers of manufacturers in Europe) They pointed out that up to 16,000 million euros were compromised. A strong blow to the finances of some European manufacturers trying to find solutions before the arrival of new Chinese cars that are eating land in the Low and plug -in ranges. As if that were not enough, they warned what they were coming: more expensive cars. First because the development of the cars was going to be more expensive. Second because lower ranges cars They had it more complicated, then electrify them, They said, destroy the profit margin. And, third, because if they could not sell combustion cars so as not to affect the average emissions they would have to smaller of them at a higher price. It was already known. Which The European Parliament has voted (With 458 votes in favor, 101 against and 14 abstentions) it was already known. It has been the confirmation of something that was put on the table last March. Then the European Commission has already voted in favor of a FLEXIBILIZATION IN THE REGULATIONS of emissions. A kind of kick to the regulations. Until 2027 they will not have to meet manufacturers, although the matter has some nuances. What has been approved? A change, as we said, in the form but not in the background. 93.6 gr/km of CO2 are maintained but manufacturers have between 2025 and 2027 to meet. Arrived 2027, an average will be made with the emissions sold since this year. That is, manufacturers will have to compensate for 2025 excesses during the coming years. A manufacturer will not receive a fine if it passes at 10 gr/km of CO2 this 2025 but in 2026 and 2027 it will have to compensate it. You may choose to reduce emissions in five grams per kilometer below the regulations in 2026 and 2027 or accumulate the excesses of 2025 and 2026 and sell well below those 93.6 gr/km of CO2 last year. An exit. What options have a manufacturer that does not reach these emission stockings? The simplest to avoid fines is to make a group against Europe with companies that are well below the limit. Which is it? Manufacturers such as Tesla, which obviously have very low emissions by selling exclusive electric cars, or byd that only sells plug -in cars. This alternative was already considered by 2025. It will be essential for small brands with very little electrification, Like Mazdabut the door opens to that groups like Stellantis, who also contemplated an associationhave time to sell enough plugs to compensate for emissions or, in the worst case, buy less bonds than those raised in 2025. What do we expect? A gradual increase in the sales of plug -in (hybrid and electric) and an acceleration for 2027. If it is necessary with automation to reduce registered emissions, it will be done with automation. That if the regulations are maintained and nothing changes. Who wins? The flexibility in the regulations is an oxygen ball for some manufacturers. Renault, for example, is in the middle of the launch of the Renault 5a car that It is working very well and that will allow you to lower emissions. Has put the market on the market Renault 4 And soon he will have a Berlina. Volkswagen, has a way 25,000 euros electric car For the coming months and another of 20,000 euros (although it points to 2027) And the group has reached options to Skoda either Cupra They can give good results. It is also facing a good Mercedes opportunity that has the car with which They hope to make a leap in the sales volume. Of … Read more

Bill Gates has revealed how he will spend all his fortune. He has also made a very serious accusation about Elon Musk

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The Gates Foundation This week has celebrated its 25th anniversary. Founded in 2000 when Melinda French Gates was 35 years old and Bill Gates 44 (and was the richest man in the world), she quickly became one of the most important philanthropic organizations in history. Therefore, and because talking to Gates is always a “song”, The New York Times and The Financial Times They have had access to an extensive interview. He has rarely left such powerful headlines. Gates goes against Elon Musk and announces the plan to liquidate a fortune of 200 billion dollars. A transcendental decision. Yes, at 25 years of its foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation He has announced that he will definitely close its doors on December 31, 2045, after having allocated more than 100,000 million dollars to improve global health and human development and with the commitment to double that figure in the next 20 years. Gates, who will allocate almost all of his personal fortune to this final stage, argues that current scientific tools, including advances in AI, offer A unique opportunity to achieve radical changes that make its institutional continuity unnecessary. This strategy responds not only to an impulse of efficacy and urgency, but also to the finding of a worrying setback in international cooperation, aggravated by the dismantling of programs like Usaid Under the administration of Donald Trump, whose decisions They could be translated into millions of additional children’s deaths in the coming decades. Gates, although still optimistic, admits that global philanthropy is going through its most delicate moment since the beginning of the century. Elon Musk and moral terrain. The struggle between two of the most influential figures in the contemporary world, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, It was knownbut now it has reached a new and sour dimension with the very hard statements of the founder of Microsoft. Gates accused in the Financial Times Musk of being responsible, although indirectly, of “killing the poorest children in the world” after the dismantling of the USAID, a measure promoted by Doge, the entity created by Musk and backed by the US government. Not just that. Gates denounced that this decision, taken (according to him) since ignorance, has paralyzed the Distribution of essential medicines and food in vulnerable areas, in addition to putting fundamental programs for public health in countries such as Mozambique, where a hospital that avoided the transmission of HIV from mothers to children was affected by cuts that Musk He erroneously justified When confusing the African province of Gaza With the Palestinian region of the same name. An ideological and long enmity. As we said, the confrontation between Gates and Musk is not new. In 2012, both initially coincided in the GIVING PLEDGEa commitment to donate much of his fortune to philanthropic causes, but Musk soon described traditional philanthropy of “garbage”defending commercial solutions such as Tesla electric vehicles as more effective tools against challenges such as climate change. His distancing was aggravated in 2022, when Musk knew that Gates had Around short Against Tesla’s actions, which unleashed his anger and caused a public response out of tone in social networks. According to the biography written by Walter Isaacson, this revelation marked A point of no return between them. A moral and financial setback. Therefore, Gates’s announcement comes in the midst of unprecedented divestment in foreign aid. The drastic 80 % reduction In the USAID budget, cuts to key programs like Pepfar And the decline in international cooperation in countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany and France, illustrate what Gates Describe in the Times as a dangerous collective withdrawal of commitment to the poorest. The paradox, As explainedIt is that while science and health innovation offer viable solutions to eradicate diseases such as HIV, malaria or tuberculosis, moral and political impulse to finance these solutions seems to be disappearing. It emphasizes that instead of consolidating the achievements of the last two decades, the world is on the verge of reversenot due to lack of resources, but for a weakening of the “humanitarian impulse” that, until recently, defined rich democracies. A finite legacy. Gates He argues thatby establishing a closing date and not trying to perpetuate the legacy of its foundation, you can allocate many more resources immediately and decisively. This approach, which describes how A “BOLUS DOSE” philanthropic (a great power injection), will allow the annual expenditure of the foundation for about 9,000 million dollars and concentrate on key areas such as maternal child health, the eradication of infectious diseases and the fight against structural poverty. Gates believes that, thanks to innovation accumulated in recent years, it is possible achieve ambitious objectives How to half reduce infant mortality, eliminate endemic diseases in Africa and double agricultural productivity in the continent. All this while driving the use of AI in local contexts (from medical diagnoses to agronomist in regional dialects) as a motor to close historical gaps. Between optimism and urgency. In both talks, although he acknowledges that pandemic and debt crisis in the poorest countries have stopped decades of progress, insists that the panorama It is not irreversible. See in technology, in collaboration with new philanthropic actors and in the example of a foundation with expiration date, A realistic route to return strength to the global movement for equity. He also states that he does not want to build a monument to his fortune, but return it to the service of humanity at the time you can have more impact. In front of a new generation of more billionaires centered on space exploration Or in individual interests, the man claims the urgency of acting now to avoid millions of avoidable deaths and definitively transform the living conditions of the most disadvantaged. In his own words, if it is not achieved now, what alternative would he have? Give your money on ships? The answer, according to Gates, is morally obvious. Image | World Economic, Ted Conference In Xataka | Bill Gates and the autistic spectrum: a family revelation … Read more

Nvidia is tensing her relationship with the US government. His presence in China is at risk

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For Nvidia losing the Chinese market is not an option. During the last fiscal year, which expired on January 26, 2025, China represented approximately 13% of total income of the company led by Jensen Huang with a figure of some 17,000 million dollars. In practice, the country governed by Xi Jinping is the third best client of this company only behind the US and Taiwan. However, the sanctions to China that are deploying the US government threatens Nvidia’s survival in this Asian country. Currently this company cannot sell its chips to its Chinese clients to artificial intelligence (IA) more advanced. And in the middle of last April the US Department of Commerce imposed new export restrictions on China from The H20 GPU of Nvidia. The tuning of a trimmed review of the H20 GPU is underway The reception they have given to the GPU H20 The Chinese clients of Nvidia has been very good despite the fact that the capabilities of this chip are clearly lower than those of the other proposals for the this company. In fact, initially the Department of Commerce allowed its sale in China because this integrated circuit met the restrictions it had imposed. And despite its limitations its sales in China 50% quarter to quarter have grown Since he arrived in this market in mid -2024. The Nvidia Plan requires a cut review of the H20 GPU that satisfies the restrictions imposed by the US Department of Commerce Anyway, this time of bonanza is over. The restrictions of the Department of Commerce in practice prevent Nvidia Deliver the H20 GPU to its Chinese clientsbut this company does not give up. At the beginning of this week We explain to you that several reliable media had collected that His engineers are working on new GPU for AI expressly adapted to the country’s market led by Xi Jinping. Now we know something else. And is that according to Reuters The Nvidia Plan requires tuning a trimmed review of the H20 GPU that satisfies the restrictions imposed by the US Department of Commerce. The surprising thing is that this project seeks to cut a chip that is already a cut version of other NVIDIA GPUs. And it is not clear that with this limited benefits this trimmed GPU H20 is interesting for companies that have bought the original H20 chip from NVIDIA. Among them are no less than three giants from China: Alibaba, Tencent and Bytedance. However, Nvidia faces one more challenge: Huawei’s competition. And this last company is reinforcing its position in China to take advantage of the hole that Nvidia is leaving in the market because of US sanctions. During the second half of 2025 will manufacture the GPU Ascend 920 on a large scalewhich is clearly destined to occupy in the Chinese market the gaps that the GPU H20 is going to leave. And, in addition, it is about to start the chip test phase Ascend 910dwho seeks to overcome the performance of the chip NVIDIA H100. Image | Nvidia More information | Reuters In Xataka | The US gives Huawei a great opportunity: to get its new chip for AI with the Nvidia market in China

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