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has created with Barcelona the computational axis that Spain needed

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IBM will display in San Sebastián your System Two With 156 cubits heron processor, The most powerful quantum computer in Europe. Operational at the end of the year, will make Spain one of the six world nodes of quantum computing, together with the US, Canada, Germany, Japan and South Korea. The Basque system will exceed The recent German IBM installationwhich operates with Eagle processors of 127 cubits. Why is it important. Quantum computing promises to transform the science of materials, physics and medicine solving unabordable problems for conventional systems. He System Two It already reaches the “quantum advantage”, executing impossible operations for traditional supercomputers. Its modular design will allow expanding capabilities while the mitigation of errors progresses, the greatest challenge of this technology. In figures. The Basque Government will invest 50.8 million euros in the project, part of a regional strategy of 120 million. The performance of the new processor is spectacular: 16 times more precise and 25 times faster than its predecessors. With 156 cubits, the Heron processor inaugurates what IBM calls “it was of quantum utility.” The context. The announcement coincides with the recent presentation of the first quantum computer with 100% European technology in the Barcelona Supercomputing Centercreating an axis of quantum excellence in Spain. Barcelona bets on European technological autonomy with a system developed by Qilimanjaro and GMV. San Sebastián is associated with IBM to access the most advanced technology in the market. Both strategies complement and position Spain in the European avant -garde. And now what? The IBM-Euskadi center will be available for scientists, educators and companies through its open source software Qiskit. Remote access will allow researchers from all over the world to take advantage of their abilities. According to Lehendakari Pradalesthis infrastructure “will be key to the digital transformation and economic development of the Basque Country”, facilitating international collaborations. Deepen. The quantum race accelerates. IBM plans for 2029 Your “Starling” systemwith complete errors correction, multiplying the possibilities of practical application. With two development poles in San Sebastián and Barcelona, ​​Spain emerges as a power in a field that will define the global technological future in the coming decades. In Xataka | Europe wants to lead chips research of less than 2 nm. ASML is the cornerstone of your plan Outstanding image | IBM

I have got on a driver without a driver in Barcelona and I have not noticed many differences in the trip. That says a lot

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The completely autonomous driving It is one of the pending automotive subjects. Divided into levels, where the one is mere assistance and the five full autonomous, I have been able to get on a Level Bus Four. It is manufactured by Renault. And Barcelona lent its streets as an urban circuit. The experience was very positive. Surprising by its reduced size, by the amount of cameras and sensors that surround the vehicle and because, after climbing, All seats are from passenger. There was no driver. Of course, Renault reserved one for the security operator: this can take control of the autonomous bus if an incidence occurs. During my journey there was no smallest problem. Autonomous driving in the city and with traffic against Before going to the test I imagined that Renault and the City Council would have cordoned off a street piece to circulate the bus in a controlled way. Nothing is further from reality: contrary to what happened The first time we got on the busI made my journey on a circuit open to usual traffic. The center of Barcelona did not put it at all easy. Nothing better to test an eight -square robotaxi than to release it in the middle of the city with the rest of bus buses, the taxis crossing the lane, the pedestrians jumping in red by the zebra crossing and, ultimately, surviving the traffic of a city as large and chaotic as that of Barcelona. Renault’s autonomous bus faced obstacles each by responsible and with the maximum care. I already commented that he is small, Renault raises his autonomous transport as a shuttle or “shuttle” vehicle; Without this implying that technology is suitable only for minibuses, since it is scalable to larger shots (OA cars). The interior has several seats in rows and each of them has a belt. All passengers must fashed it, the “FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS” sounds for internal megaphony as in the airplanes. And the bus complains when you take it off. Soft, without accelerons and with a thousand eyes in the environment. Renault places two screens in the upper front area where the recognition made by the vehicle of the environment and the 3D representation of the circulation can be seen. The minibus has a complex recognition system that surrounds the outside with six Lidar, ten cameras, has four high -precision GPS RTK receptors and two 5G connection modules. Inside there are also cameras and sensors for the detection of passengers. Like the rest of the vehicles that circulate on the road, the Renault minibus signals the turns, maintains the safety distances, responds in advance to the rest of the moving elements and circulates through the lanes remaining through the preferred urban circuit. Since the test seeks to cover a traditional bus line, the circuit has stops where passengers can go down and get from the bus. The test is open to the public: anyone can get A real and open test to everyone. The one in Barcelona is the first test of an autonomous passenger vehicle in a Spanish city and out of controlled situations. In fact, not only could we get the journalists: anyone who is in Barcelona can take the bus between Passeig de Gràcia and Rambla de Catalunya. The tour lasts half an hour and has six stops. I appreciated a responsible, determined driving, without accelerons, the turns were soft and the speed according to the environment. I expected a somewhat more fearful driving, like someone who opens after taking the driving license. On the contrary: without losing safety for a moment, autonomous driving was very experienced. He even went through the narrow place that left a double row car: the bus did not hesitate for a second. I would have thought about it. Interior screens where real -time recognition (left) and 3D (right) route are seen In the end, the feeling of going on an autonomous bus does not move away from traveling in a conventional one. Only you look forward and you don’t see anyone piloting, this is something that, logically, attracts attention. More out than inside. The bus became a more tourist attraction. I was very surprised by the response of all the people who saw the bus. His feeling passed from the initial surprise to doubt, then to the intrigue. Many took their mobile and took pictures, greeted us, recorded us on video. And there was an answer that was recorded: the expectation of a group of taxi drivers when they saw the autonomous bus go ahead. I had to take the photo. Taxi drivers observing the passage of the autonomous minibus Having an experience that goes unnoticed once you get used to not seeing the driver is a success: autonomous driving is perfectly viable in the city, even with unpredictable traffic. Renault has developed a technology that responds perfectly and that can be anticipated even before a pedestrian that suddenly jumps to the road. The bus stopped almost dry when it perceived it several meters. And he resumed slowly once the pedestrian was on the sidewalk. You only need a 5G connection. I think it is the case of use of the 5G that I have experienced clearer to date: as explained by Renault, to display an autonomous bus line only a stable 5G connection is needed. The vehicle integrates two 5G modules that constantly send the information that the vehicle is collecting. They did not know how to tell me exactly the size in data of such information, it was huge. So much, that they had exhausted the rates of several SIM cards used during the tests. Emergency stop switch for passengers Renault uses 5G connectivity to manage the lines in real time from the control center, but the vehicle is completely autonomous at the local level: it has several computers that manage the information that collect cameras and sensors to act according to algorithms and training. To suffer a fall in the 5G network, or … Read more

Telefónica exhibits its defenses in Barcelona

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At some point the Quantum computers They will break the current encryption systems, and that risk will force all companies to completely rethink their safety protocols. Telefónica wants to anticipate with the creation of a center of excellence, as announced during the MWC 2025. Why is it important. The strategy initially focuses on what they have called “cryptility”: develop mechanisms that allow their systems to adapt quickly when quantum threats materialize. And this approach will also be offered to customers. The context. The advances in quantum computing are a counterreloj career for telecos. Who does not have their adapted systems when quantum threats materialize will remain in vulnerability situation. That will be when these computers reach enough power to break the current cryptography. Telefónica faces this transformation into full guard of guard, And not only in the presidency: Enrique Blanco, current Ctio Global, will leave the company at the end of March after four decades, being replaced by Andrea Folgueiras. Both appear in the image headed by this article. Between the lines. The “cryptility” strategy that seeks not only to protect its own networks, but to become a post-quantic security provider for third parties, opening a new business line. In other words: this announcement has to see that with improving security, but also with opening a new business line. Yes, but. The operator has not specified during the announcement the investment for the new center or how many professionals will integrate it, key aspects to understand the real magnitude of the commitment beyond the announcement. The statement also does not detail specific deadlines for the implementation of quantum solutions. It is limited to highlighting that they work on it as part of their future strategy. Asked the spokesmen for Xataka On this issue, Blanco did not give figures or specific deadlines, but he explained that they have been working in this field for a decade, doing limited evidence in areas such as Madrid or Vizcaya. Limited in distance (“no more than 70 kilometers”) or in the use of incipient, but not mature algorithms. Enrique Blanco at the end of the presentation, thanking the media for “his respect” in recent weeks in Telefónica. Image: Xataka. “We have a lot of knowledge in quantum technologies, we are starting to make applicable technology. And we begin to have an industry interested in this type of services, customers to work monographically,” Blanco said. He added that “I hope within three, four or five years we have a very relevant number of technicians who are managing services, sensory and quantum computing. The center is approved, we will begin to provide it with resources as Telefónica and outside of Telefónica.” In detail. The operator has presented three practical demonstrations in her stand of the MWC under the name ‘Quantum-Safe Networks‘: A ROV submarine operated remotely from Barcelona to Gran Canaria using 5G networks with post-chartic encryption, keeping low latency even under water. Smart accountants with protected ESIM through algorithms Quantum-Safpreventing future attackers to supplant operators or manipulate measurements. IoT devices with post-whattical encryption managed from the platform Kite. Image: Telefónica. In figures. This movement is part of a broader transformation that has already allowed Telefónica to reduce its energy consumption by 7.9% since 2015, while traffic multiplied by 9.3. The operator manages a network that reaches fiber 180 million homes and has deployed 5G SA In four key countries: Spain, Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom. Missing? It remains to be seen if Telefónica will attract the necessary talent in a highly specialized field where the great technology around the world compete for the best Quantum Physics experts and engineering. Success will also depend on its ability to establish alliances with research centers and leading technology companies, since it can hardly develop all technology internally. And now what. The Center will coordinate the innovation lines of the different areas of Teleco, will promote new solutions and activate technological agreements with third parties, as Telefónica explained during its presentation. Meanwhile, Telefónica continues to advance in The hyper-automatization of your network through the ANJ programwith the aim of reaching this year the level 4 of autonomy in certain processes, allowing the network to make complex decisions for itself. In Xataka | European telecos in front of their existential battle: “If our hands unleashed, we will score goals” Outstanding image | Xataka

A direct link with Barcelona

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It doesn’t matter if we talk about art history, science, rebirth, Europe or even History in generalthus, with capital letters. Few figures have been in recent centuries as fascinating as Leonardo da Vincithe great polymata, the genius par excellence. Painter, musician, engineer, scientist (the latter in the extent more broad and precursor of the word) and compulsive writer of notes, Da Vinci has become the maximum exponent of humanism. Until now, telling their lives the biographers have cited mostly two points: The different regions of Italy in which he lived and France, where he died in 1519, with almost 70 years. Now a new work, cemented in a deep research work, establishes a new geographical link: Barcelona. Great painter, huge icon Da Vinci is not just a huge painter and a precursor of modern science. Next to some counted names, such as Van Gogh, Beethoven either Poe (not many more), is part of the group of artists elevated to the category of Pop icon timeless Hence in recent years he has starred tens hundreds of monographs that follow the wake of one of its first biographers, Giorgio Vasari. Only in the last decades they have investigated in the life of the Tuscan (sometimes putting the focus on some concrete aspect of its legacy) Fritjof Capra, Michael White, Frank Zöllner either Charles Nicholl either Walter Isaacsonknown for his biographies Steve Jobs and Elon Musk And who in 2017 dedicated a monumental work to Leonardo. Now that vast list is added an essay of more than 600 pages written by the teacher Carlo VecceExpert in the Renaissance. Its title cannot be clearer and gives an idea of ​​to what extent the book aspires to be a total compendium about Da Vinci: ‘Leonardo’s life’. To prepare it, Vecce has examined the painter’s manuscripts and divered in files And historical records, which has allowed him to enrich the image we had so far of the author of ‘La Gioconda’. Along the way, it has also reached some amazing conclusions. One of them is Leonardo’s family link with Spain. More specifically with Barcelona, ​​where he moved part of your family time before the painter was born in AnchianoVinci, in 1452. In fact, to find the connection with the city, you have to go back to the time of Leonardo’s great grandfather and grandfather, to whom his commercial vocation took him to the Spanish coast. To establish the link, Vecce starts talking about Guido Di Michele, a key figure in Leonardo’s family tree for two reasons. First, for carving a hole in the influential guild of Florentine judges and notaries between 1330 and 1360. Second, for their two children: Giovanni and Piero, great -grandfather of the future painter. Although both brothers studied laws and were admitted to Guido’s profession, over time they ended up following different paths. Piero made career as a diplomat and became a notary of The Signoria. Giovanni however decided to break the tradition and try fortune in Barcelona. That I opt for the city is no accident. In his work, Vecce remembers that Barcelona was “one of the capitals of the Mediterranean world “in which a rich community of Florentine merchants also prospered. Giovanni was installed near Santa María del Mar (under construction) Together with his wife Lottiera and managed to make his son, Frosino, dedicate himself to the lucrative trade of luxury fabrics and dyes Between Mallorca and Valencia. Leonardo’s link could have been left in that distant branch of his ancestors if it were not because one of Piero’s children, perhaps tired of life in Tuscany, was attracted to the life that his uncle Giovanni and his Frosino cousin like merchants in Barcelona took. His name was Antonio and the dessert would be remembered for being the father of being Piero Da Vinci. That is, Leonardo’s grandfather. Instead of following the footsteps of his father in Florence, Antonio moved to Barcelona and for almost 15 years he worked hand with Frosino, dedicating mainly to the sale of Spices and raw materials for the textile industry. Vecce recounts how Leonardo’s grandfather navigated the Mediterranean, between Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Mallorca and Morocco, and reached Fez, although over time his activity focused on Barcelona. When he was already 40 years old, Antonio decided to take a new turn to his life and Return to Tuscany. The exact reason is not known, but that decision would be crucial for Leonardo. Back in Italy Antonio started from scratch, he married a notary’s daughter and in 1417 he returned to Vinci, where the family lived from the few family income. His tight economy did not prevent marriage from having several children: Guliano, Violante, Francesco and Piero Frosino. We are interested in the latter, the eldest of all and who in the 1440s decided to move to Florence to resume the family tradition initiated by Guido Di Michele and become a notary. If Piero has gone down in history, it is not, however, because of his study of the laws or the role he performed in the capital of Tuscany, but for his son. In 1452 he had An illegitimate rod With a woman named Caterinaa healthy, creative and intelligence creature only surpassed by its very powerful curiosity. They called him Leonardo. Leonardo da Vinci. His father and mother would end up following different paths, marrying other people and having more offspring; But Piero soon realized his son’s talent for drawing and worried that Leonardo could train as an artist In Florence at the Pintor Academy Andrea del Verrocchio. The rest is already history. Who was the mysterious Caterina, her own past and her family is another investigation route that creates new links for Leonardo and in which Carlo Vecce also investigates in her work. But that is already subject to Another report. Images | Wikipedia 1 and 2 and Logan Armstrong (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | A drawing by Leonardo da Vinci hid a hidden map. The work has revealed the secret tunnels of a castle of … Read more

Only a few days after the MWC, at the Barcelona airport they have made a controversial decision: evict the synthes

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Airports are By definition places where they land and take off airplanes, where travelers pass and in which one hopes to meet suitcasespeople running, Farewell scenes (and reunions), screens full of numbers and Duty Frees. However, they are something else: the roof under which hundreds of homeless people are sheltered who find in the terminals covered and safe spaces where to spend the night. To a greater or lesser extent occurs or has occurred at the airports of Madrid, Malaga, Tenerife either Barcelonaalthough in the latter they have just move token For that to change. How he has done it and especially when, just a few days after the beginning of the Mobile World Congress and the arrival of thousands of visitors, It has generated controversy. Homeless people in Prat? Exactly, the figures dance depending on the source that is consul A hundred Syntch. There are those who raise the number of people who spend the night in the enclosure to 160 or who go further and talk about around 180 or even 200people who with greater or lesser frequency convert the terminal into their improvised home. Is it a unique case? At all. A quick search arrives on Google to verify that in other busy airports of the network managed by AENA, such as Madrid-Barajas, South Tenerife either Malaga-Costa del Solsomething similar happens or has happened in recent years. And it is not something exclusive to Spain. Similar cases are in United Kingdom, Argentina, USA either Italy. And that to cite some examples. Of all perhaps the most commented over the last weeks is that of the Madrid-Barajas airport. And the reason is basically An estimate: Little union alternative Aena Enaire (ASAE) calculated that among the four terminals that make up the airport there are around 500 people homeless, well above the handful of tens that added just a decade ago. And what happened in Barcelona? That the airport has just been the scene of An operation to evict the synthesch that sleep in their facilities. The avant -garde Explain that Tuesday night Aena deployed a device in which a dozen security guards participated and basically focused on the homeless people left the T1 terminal. In the operation, agents were also involved the Mossos d’esquadra, although they clarify That it was not his initiative and his task was to offer support, and emergency personnel and the social area of ​​El Prat and Barcelona. The eviction would have started the eleven and a half from the night and lasted until the early morning. The Catalan newspaper Precise That days ago there were already personnel who were in charge of informing the Sintecho that on Tuesday a device for the “disinfection” of the T1 would be deployed that would prevent them from following inside, an operation that has already been deployed before in the T2. Other media They pointwithout citing sources, that the objective was double: clean and send a message to the people who spend there. “Paso de Paso”. The phrase is Maurici LucenaPresident and CEO of Aena, who He has spoken of the theme: “Aena feels concerned with the people who spend the nights in our infrastructure. Airports are designed as a place of passage, not to structurally offer pernocentation solutions.” From the body has not come into details, but eldiario.es Precise that at least the initial plan was for the device to be repeated again. In its day the Generalitat de Cataluña, the municipalities of El Prat and Barcelona and Aena signed An agreement focused precisely on homeless people who live in the terminals, but that agreement expired on January 2024which affected the assistance they receive. In October police sources They already recognized to The country The complex thing that was becoming the situation: “We make social assistants and it is not our work.” At that time there was talk of a hundred synthesch. It matters where … And matters when. He AENA device In the Prat it arrives at a very specific moment, on the eve of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), which starts on Monday and stands out as one of the great citations of the congressman and fair calendar of Catalonia. The appointment mobilizes tens of thousands of people and the first and last one that many of them see in Barcelona is precisely their airport. That coincidence has not gone unnoticed. Not even for Lucena himself, who assures that Tuesday’s operation is not related to the technological fair. “It has nothing to do with that, I guarantee that,” insists the director of the airport manager. The MWC is not the only factor that marks the context of the operation. In autumn Airport employees manifested in T1 to report that they feel “fear” for thieves and some syntch in the terminal. “Punitive and cosmetic device”. From CCOO already They have warned that the improvement of the safety of the workforce “cannot be an excuse to stigmatize the extremely vulnerable population” and insists that the security of the personnel “should be negotiated with the social agents”, “which is not done”, Apostille. CCOO also questions the motivation of the measure on Tuesday and speaks of a “punitive and cosmetic device for the Mobile World Congress.” “It is unacceptable”. CCOO has not been the only one to show its discomfort because of what happened at the airport. Taula d´entitats of the third social sector of Catalunya and Ecas have issued A statement Also in critical tone: “We consider that it is unacceptable to have normalized the situation of these homeless people and not have planned an accompaniment device with overnight alternative.” Social entities regret transferred to the press that the device was activated for “security” and “unhealthiness” reasons. “We suspend that (these) terms are not used when referring to these people because they contribute to stigma on the situations of poverty and exclusion,” ditch The collective. Images | Jorge Fraganillo (Flickr), Contliciun (Flickr) In Xataka | The Olympic Games are just around the corner, so Paris has … Read more

The coipú, one of the 100 most harmful invasive species in the world, is at the gates of Barcelona

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You can remember the Castor or the musk, but Coipú is something else. Coming from South America, this rodent is “similar to a large rat of small ears, with the end of the snout and white cheeks.” It has the “robust and arched” body, the fur “of brown” and can exceed 60 cm long and 6 and a half kilos of weight. In addition, in Spain, it is an invasive species. An invasive species that does not stop growing. What does a mouse like you in a place like this? To Catalonia, According to the Ecological Research Center and Forest Applicationsthey were first introduced at the beginning of the 20th century with the intention of raising them to take advantage of their skin. And, although there are documented farm leaks since the 70s, only since 2000 (when a new source of coipús appeared: France) began to expand from Empordá. The problem is that they have now detected in the Congost river. That is, they are at the gates of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona and everything suggests that they will end up arriving. Because? Because “Coipú has a high fertility, so when it reaches areas with a climate favorable and with food, as it has found in Catalonia, its expansion is unlikely,” Marc Riera explainsCREAF researcher. Moreover, Barcelona would only be the beginning. “This situation causes coipu to extend through the Catalan coast” and reach “to the Valencian Community.” And what exactly is the problem? That is what many people ask. After all, we talk about a harmless rodent. However, its impact on the environment is very documented: “Coipú is having a serious impact on the wet areas of all the countries to which it has reached.” And it is not only that it competes with the rest of species for resources such as food, it “causes impacts on the plant species of the places where it lives and in the nearby crops, since it feeds on the base of the stems of the plants and excavates to also reach the roots. “ In fact, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has included it in the list of 100 more harmful exotic species in the world. Spain in front of Coipú. The real problem, as explained from CreafIt is that “unfortunately, once an exotic species becomes an invader in a territory, its total eradication is practically impossible.” Above all, because we must be clear that the coipú will not be the last species that reaches our territory and threatens to put all ups up. In a context in The illegal introductions of animals are the order of the day It seems clear that we must reflect on how we are managing exotic species and what means we are putting to control the new world scenario. Image | Peleg | Exocat In Xataka | Franco introduced an exotic sheep in the Teide to content the hunters. Now it is ending its ecosystem

Barcelona is the city of Spain with more motorcycles. Now the Generalitat considers limiting its circulation

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Spain has a mobile park of 4,162,850 motorcycles. Of these, 22.8% are registered in Catalonia. In total, there are 947,895 motorcycles that circulate through the streets of the Autonomous Community, according to Statistics Institute of Catalonia. The figure shows the enormous weight that the motorcycle represents In Catalonia. No other vehicle is so popular if compared to the total cars volume of the country. While motorcycles, as we said, exceed 20%, Catalonia has 13.8% of cars registered. Buses (14.5%) and vans and trucks (14.1%) are also far from the previous figure. Of the almost million motorcycles that Catalonia has registered, 713,033 of them are counted in the province of Barcelona. Anyone who walks through the city can verify that it is a boiler of two -wheeled vehicles. According to RACC data of 2022in the city about 450,000 motorcycle displacements occur every day. AND Already in 2019 it was alert of the difficulties that the city had to park all two -wheeled vehicles that circulate through its streets. For all of the above, the IMPULSE PLAN TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE 2025-2030 presented by the Generalitat de Catalunya herself in which a Reduction of combustion motorcycles with measures that facilitate their limitations. A plan that has been sold as the prohibition of motorcycles with combustion engines from 2030 (although this is not true) and that has raised blisters in the world of motorcycle who are considered discriminated against in front of any other type of vehicle. What happened? A controversial plan Presented by the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Salvador Illa, and collected on the official website of the agency, the IMPULSE PLAN TO THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE 2025-2030 It has been presented as the master lines to be followed in the coming years to transform the Catalan mobile park and gradually clean the pollutant emissions of the same. In that plan we can read initiatives such as TRIPPLY the penetration of electric vehicles In Catalonia to be at the middle levels of Europe, bend the number of public loaders (especially the rapids) and electrify 90% d the fleet of the Generalitat of Catalonia. In the program, which has five key points of action, there is no talk at any time to remove vehicles from the circulation or references to the low emissions areas of the Catalan cities and their restrictions by environmental label. Tours, buses, trucks or vans are completely omitted in the aforementioned plan. However, there is a clearly indicated type of vehicle: motorcycles. Literally, the plan includes in its second point that it will work on the following: “Promotion of the gradual limitation of combustion motorcycle. Parallel to the implementation of gradual restrictions on combustion motorcycles with environmental labels B and C, an industrial transition program will be established to promote the production, distribution and repair of electric motorcycles Although from some media and on social networks it can be read that Catalonia will prohibit combustion motorcycles from 2030, the truth is that this is not true. There is no established date in which it is specified that these vehicles will not be able to circulate through the streets. However, the warning that “the gradual limitation of combustion motorcycle” will be promoted, it gives an idea that the intentions of the Generalitat of Catalonia is to end motorcycles with environmental labeling B and C. Of course, Specifies that the intention is to promote the sale of motorcycles with cleaner labeling. The measure is controversial because, as they point out from Anesdor (National Association of Companies of the Sector Two Wheels), in the program No mention is made to other types of vehicles such as cars, buses, vans or trucks. That despite the fact that motorcycles are not contemplated in the prohibition of combustion engines for vehicles that are still going (we will see if definitively) in the European Union from 2035. They also emphasize that, at the moment, 58.1% of the motorcycles circulating in Spain have environmental labeling C. is another of the label paradoxes designed by the DGT. Collect in The confidential that the average data of Nox emissions of a Euro 5 motorcycle (DGT tag) reach 0.0156 gr/km. However, they point out in the digital medium, the environmental labeling is controversial. A Euro 6 car emits, average 0.3137 gr/km of Nox. That is, they have the same sticker despite having contaminated much more. That if they do not have Soft hybridization that has a minimum impact on the accounts but automatically delivers the DGT echo label. They also have Echo more polluting vehicles that the aforementioned motorcycles such as the CNG and LPG (0.0350 gr/km of NOX on average). Only gasoline hybrids They reflect better data but the difference is minimal (0.0133 gr/km of Nox). That is, no one has forbidden that motorcycles with combustion engines can circulate in Catalonia but the intention of the Generalitat is to promote those actions that limit their movements and press so that consumers jump to electric vehicles. Photo | Nan Zhou In Xataka | Runrún returns about changes in DGT labels: this is all we know

A year ago Barcelona began to fine those who walked loose dogs. It has more than 340 fines

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Throughout 2024 the agents of the Urban Guard of Barcelona imposed 341 fines For an infraction that has little to do with circular In an incorrect way or dirty the streets. No. The reason that (on average) made them get the ball almost daily was to meet neighbors who walked to their dogs without strap in areas that are not allowed to do so. The figure is interesting because 2024 was the first year in which the new restriction was applied. It is not known how much 341 fines were collected, but the norm provides penalties of Between 100 and 2,400 euros. The data: 341 fines. The figure He has revealed it The newspaper of Catalonia and It is confirmed By Betevé: Throughout 2024 the Urban Guard imposed 341 fines for people who walked their dogs loose through the streets, parks and other public spaces of the city. The data is interesting for two reasons. The first, its number. In Barcelona there are many dogs, it is estimated that Between 102,600 and more than 180,000depending on the source that is handled, but still 341 sanctions continue to assume almost one per day. Premiering ordinance. The second reason is that 2024 was the first year in which Barcelona applied its New Ordinance on pets, in which among other issues it is required when and where dogs can be released. Do not respect it translates into sanctions ranging from 100 to 300 euros or even They reach 2,400 In severe cases, such as walking a dangerous dog without a strap or buzal. The City Council began applying these corrections to offenders in December 2023when the moratorium that had applied until then. New sanctions, old norm. Actually the regulations on the pets of the Catalan capital is quite previous. The ordinance of protection, possession and sale of animals (OPTV) It was approved in Xabier Trias timesbut its application was accompanied by a conditioned moratorium to be resolved by certain slope fringes, such as the famous (and controversial) “Civic and Responsible Tendency Card”. Another pending measures was the creation of what was called “shared use zones” (ZUC), areas in which dogs could be loose certain hours a day. The idea, as its name indicates, is that in them the pets in freedom, their owners and other passersby. And how was it? The “Civic Tenure” card He did not go aheadbut in March 2023 The Barcelona City Council announced the final approval, the decree that defined the 225 spaces in the city for dogs, including the ZUC. Of course, the local government already warned that the new guidelines would take nine months to enter into force, which would not move into practice until December of that year. The exact date was on the 18th. From that moment on the police He started fine To the owners of the dogs that walk to their pets without respecting the ordinance. More than 900,000 m2 for walking. According to the calculations, then by the City Council, in Barcelona there are more than 900,000 square meters for the dog recreation, sum of the 116 “Pipicanes” That already existed, the 109 ZUC areas and the beach of Levant. The result, about 5.4 m2 per dog. “The threshold of a minimal recreation zone in each neighborhood is increased and it is achieved that 95% of the citizens who live with dog can have a space less than 10 minutes from home,” He presumed the session in 2023. In The 109 ZUC Dogs can walk unleashed, but adjusting to certain rules and only during certain time slots. The measure did not completely convince the owners of the dogs, who in 2023 complained that the number of areas without a strap was very limited. “They are poorly thought. There are concentrations of dogs well above the desirable,” He warned to The country A spokeswoman for Spanish. Less complaints. The first year of application of the ordinance and activation of ZUC areas in Barcelona leaves more than that balance of 341 fines. In fact The newspaper Precise that there is another much more positive reading: a sensitive fall in the number of complaints recorded by the presence of feces and urine in the streets. Analyzing equivalent periods of 2023 and 2024 verified that 4,341 to 3,955 was passed. In addition to brand new ZUC, the Consistory has decided to distribute bags and bottles for the urine. And in other cities? Barcelona is not the only city that has regulated how and where to walk pets. In Madrid for example The Ordinance It details that in public spaces animals must be accompanied and “driven by chain or resistant cord.” The norm It allows them to be loose, but only in areas limited by the City Council itself or in parks and gardens, although respecting schedules that change slightly winter to summer. Zaragoza is another example. The general rule It is that the dogs are subjects, although “exceptions” are contemplated, such as the spaces prepared by the Consistory or the landscaped parks and squares with some extension and have the approval of the local authorities. The owners must also respect certain schedules. As for sanctions, Barcelona Nor is it the only city ​​that It has fined Already to pet owners for leaving them loose without respecting the municipal ordinance. Images | Leah Hetteberg (Unspash) and Babak Habibi (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | The domestication of cats remains a mystery. But we are closer to knowing where and why it happened

Classic between Real Madrid and Barcelona in May could be played outside Spain

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The Spanish LaLiga Classic between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, corresponding to the next May 10/11, could be played outside Spain Given the problems of the Catalans with the construction of their stadium and not having the municipal permission to continue playing at the Lluís Companys Stadium on that date. According to information from Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga Español, the status in which the advances of the Spotify Camp Nou and Although the other option is the Lluís Company, said permit for use is in force until April 30 and have not yet received the respective renewal. “They have not communicated anything to us (that the classic cannot be played at Barcelona’s house). I know what I have been able to read. There was talk outside Spain, but we don’t know anything. In fact, if there is a problem of force majeure due to the works, as there have been on other occasions, it has played outside its stadium, ”explained Thebes on Monday. “They would have to have the authorization of Real Madrid, and it would be studied“He added about the possibility of playing abroad. Thebes also referred to the controversy over the schedules of LaLiga, with complaints from some clubs. “Every year there are complaints about the schedules, it is very difficult to square the schedules when there are European competitions and Copa del Rey. One feels a lot, but sometimes they touch these circumstances, ”he said. Finally, the head of the Spanish competition also spoke about the complaints regarding the actions of the referees. “It is an issue that, unfortunately, we have seen a couple of years. It is not a new topic. I do not like such criticism, such as those that are being carried out by Realmadrid TV or those of Joan Laporta. On February 6 we have a meeting with all the clubs and the Technical Committee of Referees and see if we advance or see some type of solution. A year ago LaLiga clubs said the arbitration system had to be changed, ”he said. Even though In the past there have been a history of editions of the classic outside of Spain, so far there are no indications of a country that can receive the clash. However, due to alliances for several years of the Royal Spanish Football Federation with Saudi authorities, it is likely that like the Spanish Super Cup the classic can be carried out in the Asian continent. Continue reading: (tagstotranslate) the cl \ u00e1sico

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