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Manus is the Chinese startup of AI that has just launched a 200 dollars a month. It is a bad sign for the industry

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Some called him the other “moment Deepseek“From China. This new model, called Manusquickly became viral for its ability to do deep analysis looking for sources of information and then synthesize clear but detailed answers on any issue. It was a direct competitor of OpenAI and its “Deep Research” modeand after being available limited and free, now its creators have decided to market this product big. With subscriptions, of course. Manus. Although its creators describe it as an AI agent, in reality Manus is fundamentally aimed at giving more meditated responses and after a deep analysis of various sources of information. It is true that this process automates, but does the same as Other “AI agents” such as Openai Deep Research mode and also those who also offer Claude or Gemini. Its performance, of course, is comparable to that of these services, and was initially available (under invitation) for free. That is over. Face subscriptions. As they point out In Bloomberg Manus now offers a public version of payment for $ 39 per month to be able to use its benefits with 3,900 credits, but also has a higher plan of 199 dollars per month for version with even less limits (19,900 credits) when it comes to exploiting those deep research modes. Taking into account that the service has just appeared, those prices of course They are aggressive and even controversial. Be careful with this. Manus’s decision is surprising for several reasons. To start, it is a company with hardly any market penetration and practically unknown to the general public. Come from good 200 dollars a month It seems to risk sinning for excess confidence. Not only that: the worrying thing is that this can be the canary in the AI ​​mine. This is: a precedent of what comes to us, with subscriptions of business companies that ask us for true monets for services than more reputed ones (such as Openai) also offer and without a clear differential factor. Committed virality. With the Internet boom and social networks virality was achieved with free massive products that were monetized Through advertising. Google and Facebook nurtured those models, but AI seems to depend on the freeemium model: we can access basic functions, but we do want to take advantage of the models, we have to go through a subscription model. And there is a clear reason for it. The generative AI is very expensive. The cost of each consultation we made to chatbots of AI is comparatively much greater that for example have traditional search engines. Training these models is also exceptionally expensive –It is estimated That GPT-4 training cost about $ 100 million-and you have to try to recover the investment. IA companies know how to do it: increasingly faces. And we are getting used to subscribing to everything. With the “era Google” We did not pay for the product but we were the productbut little by little payment subscriptions have been taking force with the rise of content streaming. We are already very accustomed to paying for services we use, and AI wants to take advantage of that trend. The problem, as is the case with the aforementioned streaming segment, is that There must be differentiating factors to bet on a payment service and not for another. And there Manus has it especially difficult, because he competes with very reputed models and that can be perceived as more confidence for users. No own model. Manus is a “Wrapper“, a platform that is built from the functions of other AI models such as Claude, from Anthropic, or Qwen, from Alibaba. It does not depend on itself. Its creators do not seem to have their own model, but even having the problem is that they will not be able to invest in it the amount of time, money and resources (as talent) necessary for the models to be especially remarkable. Too much competition. But Manus faces true giants. It is a situation analogous to which Anthropic and his chatbot claude livethat do not have the financial muscle of Google, Microsoft or even OpenAi. Manus has both that competition in the US and especially important rivals in China. There Deepseek is the main protagonist, but Alibaba, Baidu or Tencent They will not let a newcomer steal their wallet easily. In Xataka | Now the competition to overcome Depseek is also fought in China herself: Alibaba has just announced QWen2.5-max

While the Portuguese enjoyed sun eclipse, their electrical system had a really bad time

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Last Saturday, March 29, a partial solar eclipse It was visible in the Iberian Peninsula in the morning. A phenomenon that entertained more than one in this first spring mornings. However, for our Portuguese neighbors it has been a problem for their electricity grid. The absence of the star. During the two hours of eclipse, Portugal lost 560mw of solar generation, which is equivalent to 23% of the country’s electricity production at that time, according to national electrical networks (REN). An imbalance. Solar energy suffered A drop in electricity generation During the astronomical phenomenon, but it was a loss that occurred progressively, approximately 10MW per minute. This situation led to a decline of 8.5% of the electrical production of total consumption, how has expressed a press release THE REN. Return to normal. From 11:30, solar production began to recover at a faster rate, 22MW per minute until it reached its normal intensity. However, the fall was greater than the answer, although it turned to other sources such as hydroelectric and thermal. The balance attempt. Last year, the Portuguese country reached historical records with renewables, covering up to 90% of your demand. However, the eclipse evidenced Portugal’s problem with the storage of energy in batteries and its energy dependence with Spain, how It is observed in the daily balance. An affected interconnection. The eclipse also had an impact on Spain, which ends affecting interconnection Between both countries. At the broader level, the Entso-E network And European Transmission Systems (OST) operators They registered A loss of generation of approximately 21,000 MW during the event. To minimize the impacts, the electric operators of several countries, including Portugal and Spain, they worked together through the service of Short-Term Adequacy (STA)which allows to plan and balance generation and consumption in a seven -day window. Was the impact here very big? In Spain the lack of solar generation, was Supply thanks to wind energy with 31.3% of the electrical production. In addition, after what It has happened in March with heavy rainsfrom the Spanish Electric Red They announced that they had prepared to analyze and anticipate the possible effects of the solar eclipse, guaranteeing the security of the supply and the correct operation of the system. Image | Pexels Xataka | Spain and Portugal have shown how the energy transition is leading: 82% clean electricity in 2024

Yonaguni’s Japanese island was known for its beauty and Bad Bunny. Now it is a military strength because of Taiwan

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It is possible that until recently the vast majority of the population did not know what it was Yonaguni. In 2021, the picturesque Japanese island appeared in the “map” of millions of people when the artist Bad Bunny dedicated him A song (Singing it in Spanish and Japanese, in addition). However, the enclave, very much, will possibly be more famous over the months. Is found in the center of a war Between the United States and China, and has in front of Taiwan. Paradise in the conflict. Yonaguni, the westernmost island in Japan, is usually remembered as an idyllic corner of Crystalline waters and almost empty routes between cane fields. However, its strategic location only 110 km from the Taiwanese coast has placed it in the center of the growing tension between China and Taiwantransforming his image of tourist paradise into an expanding military enclave. The Japanese government has announced the Base extension From the self -defense forces (SDF), as well as works to extend the airport, build a port for large boats and create underground evacuation shelters. These developments have left their only 1,500 inhabitants trapped between the growing militarization and the latent threat of a regional conflict. A military bastion. As AP explained In a recent report, while some residents and local authorities such as Fumie Kano dreamed of promoting commercial links with Taiwan through direct sea routes, but the plan was set aside In favor of militarizationwhich offered government subsidies and security promises. Since 2016, the island houses a unit of 160 members coastal surveillanceequipped with radars, to which electronic war units and potential deployments of long -range missiles. Today, the military and their families already They represent 20% of the populationa constantly increased figure that begins to reconfigure the economy and social structure of the island. Division before the threat. The possibility of a Taiwan Yūjian emergency caused by a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, worries residents, who fear that the island will become a military objective or refugee receiver. Not everyone, of course. The Guardian told A few weeks ago cases such as that of the Shoko Komine restaurant, where they do not believe that the conflict is imminent, although they are afraid of its immediate impact on tourism, the main economic engine of the island. The militarization, in the opinion of its owner, has displaced the efforts to promote Yonaguni As a tourist destination. Even those who voted in favor of the base in 2015, when it was approved by little margin, seem to express their concern today at the possible missile installation, which would make the island blank in case of hostilities. Yonaguni Geopolitics in the Pacific. The reorientation of the Japanese defense policy, which for decades focused on the Soviet threat in the north, has displaced its focus to the south and the growing pressure of China. We tell it A few weeks ago, Yonaguni is part of the Nansei Islands chain, whose strategic importance It has been redoubled In a context in which the United States It demands from Japan a more active role in your own defense. Under that framework, the American ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, recently visited the island in a symbolic sample of American support. In addition, other nearby islands, such as Miyako and Ishigaki, already house missile units (and comes A broader package), increasing the Pressure on Okinawa Prefecturewhich welcomes most American troops in Japan. Defense or provocation. The people are divided. For example, the mayor of Yonaguni, Kenichi Itakazu, support military expansionconsidering it essential to protect the island and access part of the record of 43 billion yen (276,000 million dollars) in defense expense planned for 2028. He argues that, given the experience with Hong Kong, Xi Jinping’s peaceful promises cannot be trusted. However, critical voices such as councilor Chiyoki Tasato warn that the deployment of troops and missiles does not deter, but that attracts danger. Tasato considers inevitable that Japan will be involved if a war in the Taiwan Strait due to the United States Security Treaty, which imposes bilateral military responsibilities. The 2015 law Approved under the mandate of Shinzō Abe authorizes Japan to exercise collective self -defense in case an ally is attacked, which reinforces that vision. An island in transformation. Yonaguni, like many remote regions of Japan, faces a complicated depopulation process. Of the 12,000 inhabitants he had in 1947, today There are hardly 1,500 civiliansmostly older people. A figure that contrasts with 160 SDF troops and its 90 relatives, whose presence begins to transform the social structure. According to calculations of the Tetsu Inomata residentby 2026 the military “base population” will exceed 40% of the total number of inhabitants. Although soldiers have tried to integrate, for example, participating in schools, shops and cultural activities, many islanders feel that a military enclave is being configured that could eventually displace the civilian population. Historical and strategic memory. Some inhabitants, such as local politician Mizuho Chidacome in the Evacuation drills that we have counted before an undercover preparation for an armed conflict. Others, like Tasato, advocate Strengthen the links economic and cultural with Taiwan, a country with which Yonaguni shared business relations at the time of the Ryukyu kingdom. Despite the geographical proximity, there are currently no direct routes between the two regions, although maritime crosses are foreseen soon. This vision contrasts with the perception that the island has been alibuated by external interests, particularly those of Washington, with Tokyo’s complicity. The weight of the story. The past also plays an important role in the perception of the premises. The memories of the Okinawa battlewhere about 200,000 people died during World War II, still resonate among residents. Many fear that, as then, the islands of southern Japan are sacrificed In the name of national security. Today Central Okinawa house more than half Of the 50,000 American soldiers deployed in Japan, and the new bases in Yonaguni and neighboring islands such as Miyako and Ishigaki expand that geostrategic burden on a historically marginalized region … Read more

Social Security has published the work of work casualties in 2024 and we have bad news: we have broken a record

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Spain is living A worrying phenomenon: Labor casualties have reached a new historical maximum in 2024, marking a trend that marks its fourth year up and does not seem to be. Demographic aging, saturation of health or improving employment figures are the main suspects. Record in work casualties due to illness. The increase in Low for temporary disability It is not only a perception of entrepreneurs, but a reality backed by Official security data Social of 2024 that has just been published. According to The published by The countrySocial Security records reveal that the average prevalence of temporary disabilities for common contingencies (those not directly related to the work) reached its highest historical percentage: 53.3 per 1,000 employees in 2024. That of autonomous professionals is 39.8 per 1,000 employees. A high cost for the economy. According to the report ‘Labor absenteeism for common contingencies’ Prepared by the employer Asedas and the association of mutual accidents at work (AMAT), in Spain in 2024 8,716,663 casualties for diseases and non -work accidents occurred, which meant a cost of more than 28,987 million euros in social security benefits of social security and direct cost for companies. This expense has increased by 99% in the last six years. The average time that a worker remains medical leave due to temporary disability is 39.2 days by professional contingencies (those directly related to work activity), while for self -employed professionals it increases to 106.5 days. The aging of the workforce. One of the main reasons behind this increase in medical casualties due to common contingencies is the general aging of the population and, with it, a greater tendency to get sick. According to data from the Employers of Mutual Amat, more than half of the work casualties occur in the 31 to 51 -year section. The INE data They point out that more than 35% of workers in Spain are 50 years or older and ‘Study on the aging of the templates in the General State Administration and future projection at 2030’ It points to that in 2023, the peak of the demographic pyramid will reach the strip between 50 and 60 years. According to data of The independentif we compare the current 50 and 60 -year -old strip with that of 2002, it has increased by 169%, while the segment of between 16 and 24 years has fallen 36%, and the one aged 25 to 34 has done 20%. The collapse of public health. The worsening of public health also directly affects the resolution of the casualties due to temporary disability, since, in many occasions, these casualties are lengthened more than necessary by waiting lists in diagnostic tests and surgical interventions. The official data of the Ministry of Health of December 2023 (the last available) indicate that Spain registered a record of 849,535 people in surgical waiting lists. This figure represents almost twice as many people in this comparative situation With the data of 20 years ago. The average waiting time for surgery (in 2023) was 128 days, which practically double the 77 days of 2003. Mutuals can help. The increase in labor casualties not only affects workers, but also a significant blow to the Companies productivity. Unions, employers and social security They have reached agreements so that mutuals have a greater prominence with the aim of decongesting the waiting lists of public health. This public-private collaboration frame is intensified mainly in casualties due to temporary disability with traumatic pathologies, in which mutuals achieve expedite tests and treatments necessary reducing the medical leave time and saving several billions of euros to companies and social security. In Xataka | The last idea of ​​the government in labor matters: a “flexible” decrease that allows at the same time to work In Xataka | Cádiz’s ghost official: six years without going to work and charging his payroll. They caught him when they were going to give him a prize Image | Social Security, Unspash (Owen Beard)

That the DGT is going to fine you with 135 euros for driving only in your car sounds bad. The only problem is that it is false

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It has become a small classic. From time to time, the news about the DGT points to new fines, sanctions or restrictions (each one more rare or unexpected) that, of course, does not exist. The last bulus points to the obligation to circulate with more than one person in the car. And if not … fine? Of course not. It is the first thing that has made us clear the DGT. To questions from Xatakafrom the organism they tell us that the DGT “will never fine to go alone in the car.” Because, indeed, that has been the last rumor that has been popularized in social networks and of which some media echoed dropping that this measure is being valued. What do we talk about? In recent days, The voice has run that the DGT works to carry out a regulation that forces us to circulate with more than one person inside the car. It has even been said that there will be fines of 135 euros if this supposed new regulation is breached. Where does all this come from? The last bulus that involves the DGT is born from a few words expressed by Pere Navarro, director of the agency, last November during the Global Mobility Call. In him he affirmed that “The future will be shared or will not be”. With this, the director of the DGT wanted to make clear the importance of sharing vehicle to save in resources and consume and pollute less. However, “one thing is to foster and another fine,” they tell us from the DGT. And the words of the director of the DGT seem to go along this line unless they want to strangle to generate noise and clicks. There is a reason. And for the DGT that reason is that, according to their data, 85% of the displacements carried out every day in Spanish cities between home and work are done with a single occupant in a vehicle. This way of moving is obviously not very efficient. “We must make a collective change of mentality that allows us to encourage the high occupation of the vehicles, because we cannot afford 1,500 kg every day to displace a single person. Increasing the occupation of the vehicles is a challenge and a necessity,” Navarro said in his speech. The “case” of France. And we could use many, but many quotes. To ensure that the fine for breaching this alleged DGT standard will be 135 euros, some media have come to say that this measure is already applied in France and that heat cameras are used to warn if there is more than one person on board. But this is not true. Vao. What has been launched in some French cities is A high occupation lane. That is, a lane like the Spanish bus-life by which only vehicles with more than one person can circulate inside. Lanes that in the Spanish case are already controlled with the use of traffic cameras and whose Fine for using it improperly is 200 euros. For the control of these lanes, indeed, In France thermal radars are being used. The objective is to prevent some stratagems from being used that deceive the cameras. In Spain, for example, cases of using dolls in the passenger seat so that, disguised, pass a companion. And one last detail. To all of the above we must add that the DGT has no competences to regulate traffic in cities. Regulate the functioning of low emissions areas (ZBE) falls on the side of the municipalities. In fact, it is something that has been complaining for a long time and using as endorsement not to establish these zbe which are mandatory since 2023 in the municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants. Photo | Kindel Media and DGT In Xataka | The DGT wants to generalize the airbag on motorcycles. Your shortcut: make it mandatory to get the card to

The audiences, in unpredictable terrain between the bad Broncano streak and the increasingly patent recovery of TV5

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‘La Revuelta’ It seems to have worked as a revulsive for the stagnation situation that the traditional television audiences liveEl Hormiguero‘. Nothing that was released in that strip seemed to be able to compete, and no format that Tele5 experienced after the fall of ‘Save Me’ planted face. From the fall of last year, however, and with its audiences matching and surpassing those of motorcycles, Broncano seems to have launched a poisonous dart, a doubt: there is nothing sure in the figures of linear television spectators. Broncano collapse. A little less than a month ago We talked about how, with six months of the premiere of ‘La Revuelta’, the competition with ‘El Hormiguero’ had not yet thrown clear data. In the last quarter of 2025, Broncano came out victorious, however little, in the strip of strict coincidence and also in the number of spectators. However, both the Champions and, especially, the unexpected success of ‘The island of temptations’ has affected Broncano’s figures, which had a historical minimum last March 12 And, in general, its lowest figures since it premiered in autumn. The solution, this Thursday. Taking advantage of the fact that this Thursday will be issued number 100 of ‘La Revuelta’, TVE will experiment changing the emission timeand delaying it until 22.35 hours. Like so many other times, Broncano sees his time changed because of football, since TVE will give the match between Spain and the Netherlands before. The seventh gala of ‘Celebrity sewing teachers’, which It is not having very good audiences eithera week is postponed. It is unlikely that TVE is looking for a schedule change for ‘La Revuelta’, since it cannot be allowed, as Tele5, to base its entire grill on a single product. But at the moment it can be an experiment to verify how it is given to escape from the motorcycle sponator. Meanwhile, Telecinco triumphs. Although the Mediaset channel is still in total audiences below Antena 3 and the1 (it will be necessary to see if it recovers second place with the spectacular audiences of ‘The island of temptations’ and ‘survivors’ of March), its climb thanks to the Montoya phenomenon is remarkable not only for the damage it is doing to Broncano, but by the improvement itself for the global computation of the channel. And it is not the only strip that improves its data, but that mornings and afternoons have also experienced remarkable increases. Realities Explosives Montoya became Thanks to the power of memes In a global phenomenon, but what Telecinco perhaps did not expect was that it helped to give a tremendous push so much to the final stretch of ‘The island of temptations’ (a spectacular 26.9% quota came to have in its tenth week on Monday, leading every week and with an average of 19.1%). But the phenomenon continues: in its second week, ‘survivors’ already averaged 20.6% of Share in its main section, and exceeds 20% in three of its first editions. Figures completely from another era, almost pre-streaming. Not everything is the islands. And not just that. Last week, Ana Rosa showed that His return to the morning It had been a good idea because it is not only planting face (without destroying, but enduring the envy very dignity) to Arús, but since he left the afternoons, ‘late’ is strengthening his presence. Last Tuesday 11, both Ana Rosa (15.8%) and ‘afternoon’ (10,1) made respective records of Share In his trajectories, and also ‘Jorge’s diary’ (10) strengthened his space, since he has a good run of double -digit audiences, and on Tuesday he made his best fact since its premiere, demonstrating that the change to the second half of the afternoon has sat very well. Are you seeing Telecinco, finally, the conclusion of your journey through the desert? Header | Mediaset – RTVE In Xataka | Years pass and television continues to mark the times to Netflix. Montoya’s “signing” is the best example

There are two clear winners in the AI ​​race in mobiles. The rest comes bad and afternoon

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There is a clear career that most manufacturers want to lead: that of artificial intelligence. If there is a company that wanted to bet with all the meat on the grill for the IA that has been Samsung, with its concept Galaxy AI. Although its software has a large basis, support in Gemini Nano It is the key to a good part of its functions. This Google model is open to the rest of the manufacturers, who have been implementing these functionalities to a greater or lesser extent. Let’s tell you Who are leading the AI ​​race on mobile phonesand how the scenario for the short term is drawn, since the evolution of each ROM is beginning to be relatively predictable. Samsung, the absolute leader Samsung It is the company that is best doing with AI, no matter how much. The functions of Galaxy AI start from the basic functions of Gemini Nano, but are complemented by Samsung’s interpretation to provide their devices with even more specific and exclusive functions. Translation and transcription of calls in real time, interpreter mode, transcription of voice to text in APP recorder, Circle to Search Improved and adapted to the S-PEN, native translation in apps such as WhatsApp, and a generative engine engine using text prompts or on our own stroke. In the same way, we have the promise that apps will interact with each other naturallystarting with basics like WhatsApp. This is a function in which none of its rivals is working, and that contributes even more value to the family. Functions that arrived in the Galaxy S24 and that have been refined in the Galaxy S25 family. Today, no telephone has the potential at the generative level, with the translation functions so polished or the summary quality. Google has the model, but not the tools Google has a double -edged sword. It is the one who created the Nano model that feeds the AI ​​of most Android phones, but has been implementing the apps so long, than There are functions that we don’t even understand how AI (although they are). For practical purposes, this is even positive, and makes him take second place. Google is a leader in elimination of objects through Google photos, it makes it great transcribing voice to text, it is capable of Reimagine What has happened in our photographs, and has a fairly complete gemini integration. The Pixel continue to grant the cleanest experience, and this is related to AI: using a Google mobile is to use native functions to which we are already used to and, even if they are based on AI, we do not perceive it as something external or novel. It is simply our pixel functioning as it should. Apple arrives halfway, but it arrives Apple Intelligence already works in Spainthrough beta for iOS developers 18.4. It is currently one of the few companies that its software has in Beta: the rest has been stably. Despite this, and although its operation has a lot of margin of improvement, there are some characteristics that Apple shine in front of some of its rivals. And that does not speak precisely well about the rest of the functions that are being implemented in Android. The key is that their rivals are based on Gemini as an assistant. An assistant who, for the moment, cannot do too many things. Apple has integrated chatgpt in Siriand this is a fusion that we had not seen to date. I have to say that, over the days, the experience is being increasingly positive, even if it remains quite green. In fact, Apple itself has admitted that He is not ready to implement the new Siri in his AIpointing out that until 2026 we will not know her. The rest of the functions are quite similar to what the Gemini model proposes: summaries, transcripts, elimination of objects and people … everything works quite behind what Samsung achieves and, for the moment, there is not a single function in which I shine above its rivals. The key with Apple is that, at some point, Siri will be able to read everything on the screen to understand the request we are looking for. What are Chinese manufacturers Oppo, Xiaomi, honor and manufacturers as living have quite different interpretations. Within China, Oppo is leading the AI ​​career. Oppo introduced its Oppo ai with reindeer 12and I have to admit that it works quite well. The elimination of objects is one of the best we have seen to date, it is able to transcribe voice to text and has useful functions, such as detecting people with closed eyes in photographs to “open them” by AI. The rest of the functions are quite lower, such as the elimination of reflexes in photos, increased artificial sharpness, and generation of avatars by AI. Xiaomi arrives quite late with Hyperaiimplementing the functions that we have already seen in the rest of its rivals, but with a fairly poor operation. So much so that it is not even good to eliminate people from the photos, something that Google photos for a few years. Honor has Yoyo as AI agent, but in Spain he does not perform too many functions. In China, this agent now works with Deepseek and understands natural language, pointing ways. Knowing the state of the career in which they meet, Honor has invested More than 10,000 million dollars For his Honor agent aia commitment to the understanding of natural language within the native apps themselves. It is still in the development phase. Image | Xataka In Xataka | What is artificial intelligence: a simple and complete explanation for everyone

If the question is when the rain is going to end, Aemet has bad news. Especially for Andalusia

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It has been raining in Andalusia since February 28. That is to say, As they said from Storm Málagathat is “15 consecutive days registering precipitation at some point.” But the thing does not end there, because it looks like this streak “could be extended for at least 8 more days.” What is happening in Andalusia? What is happening in Spain this March? The great Atlantic game. In recent days, Aemet Special fact emphasis In what we have been repeating for days: that a “anticyclone, displaced to northern Europe and another to the south of the Azores, (created) a wide corridor that allows the entrance of Atlantic storms from west to this.” On the one hand, the anticyclone to the north facilitates the circulation of these storms to low latitudes; On the other, the South Anticyclone facilitates the transport of humid and warm air from the Caribbean. Actually, it is nothing mysterious. In fact, it is A phenomenon relatively common that usually gives us great joys. What is happening now is that the pieces have conceded perfectly: the storms are powerful, they are well directed and the hall is lasting a more than considerable time. So much time that many farmers have already activated panic protocols. As we said a few days ago, “too much water suddenly creates problems.” The best example is Huelva: Strawberry crops can begin to rot (or infect with fungi) in full campaign. Yes, they are small problems if we compare them with the years of drought that we have been dragging, but They are problems after all. Problems that point out that, as usual, We do not have the necessary infrastructure nor well thought out plans. And what can we expect in the next few days? On paper and although it will continue raining in some areas of the country, the time time will give us a small truce. However, As Marta Almarcha points outthe latest updates suggest that new storms will arrive. The same Monday, without going any further, a new one will enter the southwest. And so again and again until at least next Friday (which is when). What we know from Monday. I would not want to close the subject without commenting what we know about the Borrasca on Monday; of Laurencethe twelfth storm of high impact of the season. Above all, because (in the Atlantic aspect) the rains can become very intense. In points of Huelva, Cádiz and the central system more than 100 l/m² can be collected in 24 hours. Again. We also have to keep in mind that all this water must be added a problem: the thaw. The subsidiary fronts of Konrad have left (or leave) enough snow in low levels. The rain will help melt that snow and that will be a “more problem” In the river flow. Image | ECMWF | Sami Ullah In Xataka | Aemet special notices are just the beginning: everything points to an extremely rainy March in Spain

It doesn’t matter if you delete your messages on WhatsApp, Google keeps them the same. The State Attorney General has discovered him for the bad

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Google and WhatsApp have confirmed to the Supreme Court that they will retain the data of Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz, according to PUBLICA The country. The prosecutor is being investigated for alleged revelation of secrets By filtering information about an agreement offered by Alberto González Amador’s lawyer, a couple of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, to avoid jail for two fiscal crimes. Politics on the margin, they have opened an interesting debate about true privacy in digital environments. Why is it important. The case brings to light a non-tan-known technological reality: erasing messages or emails from our devices does not mean that they completely disappear from the servers of technology companies, which can be forced to recover them by judicial orders. Between bambalins. Messaging applications and mail services maintain backups and records that survive the local erase. WhatsApp does two types of copies: one on the device itself and one in virtual storage that It is managed through Google. This creates a persistent data network difficult to eliminate completely. The general panoramic. This case exemplifies the complex of the storage architectures used by large technological ones, at the technical and legal level: The data is fragmented and doubled on several servers, in turn in several jurisdictions. The backups They are made automatically and in the background, often without explicit knowledge of the user. Complete data elimination requires concrete actions beyond simple erased in the device. In detail. The technical procedure to recover “deleted” messages implies several layers: Forensic access to local copies through specialized software. Request for metadata records (who sent what and when). Recovery of backups in the cloud that can remain even after the local erase. Analysis of Logs of servers that record the activity of communications. The authorities are looking for very specific data that technological ones retain despite the local deletion by the user. Message content, multimedia files exchanged, communications metadata and activity and connection records. The big question. This case illustrates a reality that many users do not know: the elimination of messages on our devices does not guarantee their definitive disappearance. For the common citizen, this means rethinking what we understand by digital privacy; For professionals in sensitive positions, it implies assuming that any electronic communication could be recovered in a future judicial process, regardless of whether or not it was deleted. Will our communicative habits change when we assume that “erased” may not really be? Outstanding image | State Council, Dimitri Karastelev in Unspash In Xataka | If the question is whether your company can add you to a WhatsApp group of work, the law leaves no doubt: it depends on who pays

Google hoped that the new US government would save him from “chopping” in several companies. Bad news

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It doesn’t matter when you read this, it is almost certain that in the last hours you have used some Google service. Maybe you have sent an email in Gmail, received a message on your Android mobile, sailed with Chrome or made a google search. The company dominates so many aspects of digital life that is difficult to escape its ecosystem. But with that power the problems also come: antitrust authorities have been pressing years To detach from some divisions, and a possible separation is getting closer. DOJ VS. Google. The pulse between Google and the US authorities is not new. In October 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and eleven state prosecutors They filed a lawsuit accusing Mountain View company to monopolize internet searches. After years of litigation, in August last year, federal judge Amit P. Mehta failed against him, concluding that the technological giant had maintained his domain in the searches market by imposing entry barriers that hindered competition. One of its main strategies has been to pay mobile manufacturers such as Apple to ensure be the default search engine on its devices. A bold measure on the table. Throughout history, the authorities have intervened to stop the domain of large companies, although the most common strategy is usually imposing economic sanctions. Forcing part of the business, on the other hand, is a drastic and rare measure. In the case of Google, this option went to the forefront the same day the failure against it was confirmed, although informally. However, the judge had not yet determined the corrective measures, which will be announced throughout 2025. Even so, the possibility of a split becomes increasingly strength. The Department of Justice presses to fragment Google. Although, as we say, the judge has not explicitly supported Google’s fragmentation, the DOJ, which represents the US government, has insisted on that option as part of the corrective measures. He has argued that the only way to stop his monopolistic domain in searches is to force the company to get rid of Chrome and, potentially, of Android. The striking thing is that the first attempt occurred under the administration of Joe Biden, But the second has arrivedagainst any forecast, with Donald Trump in the White House. “Thanks to its colossal size and its power without restrictions, Google has taken consumers and companies an essential promise that is owed to them: the right to choose between different services. Its illegal practices have created an economic giant that dominates the market to the point of guaranteeing that, whatever happens, it always wins, ”said the DOJ in his last presentation asking for the disinversion of the company in key areas. “Google’s illegal behavior has created an economic giant that wreaks havoc on the market to make sure what happens, Google always wins. American consumers and companies suffer from Google’s behavior, ”he added. An uncertain panorama. The presentation has been signed by Omeed A. Assefi, who currently leads the antimonopoly division interimly while the Senate evaluates the confirmation of Gail Slater, the one chosen by Trump to assume the position. ASSEFI is no stranger to the former president: He was part of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice during his first term. Slater, meanwhile, has indicated that he hopes to apply Regulations with surgical precisionwhile Trump has not hesitated to accuse the great technology of acting without control, to quell the competition and take advantage of their market domain to restrict rights. With this panorama, it continues in the air if its appointment will mark a change of strategy or if, on the contrary, the pressure on the technological sector will continue to increase. Wasn’t Trump hope? Before even being elected president, several technological leaders went to him in search of solutions. Tim Cook, from Apple, for example, called him to complain of the regulatory approach of the European Union, to which Trump responded with a promise: he would not allow them to take advantage of US companies. SUCTAR PICHAI, from Google, shared a meal with himalthough the details of that conversation are still a mystery. The company itself also donated a million dollars at the bottom of his inauguration. Now, with a judicial ruling that could force her to divide, Google has already announced that she will appeal the decision to avoid the dreaded chopstick. Effects throughout the ecosystem. Chop Google would not only affect the company itself, but shaking the entire digital ecosystem. Chrome and Android are not profitable business for themselves, they exist to channel users to their search engine, the true gold mine of the company. Separating them would completely change the rules of the game, affecting online advertising, agreements with manufacturers and software we use on our devices. 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