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Russia has just launched the greatest order to Europe since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. And Europe has responded with fire

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In recent weeks the war in Ukraine had taken a more worrying channel with a made unprecedented From the Russian invasion in 2022. Lost combat drones were arriving To countries outside the conflicteven impacting the land. However, what happened few hours ago is completely different. Poland (and NATO) have just enter In the contest. Polish interception. Yes, Poland It has knocked down For the first time Russian drones that penetrated their airspace during a massive attack against Ukraine, in what Warsaw He described how an “unprecedented violation.” The operation, carried out in the early morning with fighters and Polish anti -aircraft defense systems and other NATO allies (including F-35 Dutch), supposes the most serious clash between Moscow and the Atlantic Alliance since the beginning of the Russian Invasion on a large scale in February 2022. Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed That armament was used against intruder objects, convened an emergency meeting and claimed to maintain constant contact with NATO general, Mark Rutte. For its part. The president of France Macron has described Incursion as “simply unacceptable.” Critical climbing. The incident occurs in a context of great tension, with Russian military exercises Zapad About to start with Belarus and Washington pressed by European capitals to adopt a firmer position against Moscow. Said war games, five days, They imply to the armed forces of Russia and Belarus and develop very close to the Polish border, which increases the risk of incidents. The military dimension. The Polish Armed Forces confirmed that several military aircraft participated in the operation, with radar systems and air defense activated to the highest level of alert. HE They identified and demolished Some of the intruder drones in regions such as Podlaskie, Mazowieckie and Lublin, where there were even traces of devices, as in the town of Czosnówka. I also knowThey used flights In the Chopin airport in Warsovia and in three other aerodromes, including Rzesów-Jjaka, key for its proximity to Ukraine. The change in Russian strategy. Russia has intensified since summer the use of drones and missiles to saturate Ukrainian defense and exhaust its interceptors. Only last weekend launched more than 800 drones and a dozen missiles in the largest air attack since 2022. This tactic too Multiply the risks For neighboring countries of Ukraine, such as Poland, which until now had suffered the fall of lost projectiles (such as the one that killed two farmers in 2022), but had never directly intercepted Russian devices in flight. Implications The Polish response occurs at a time of political uncertainty In Washington, with President Donald Trump trying to force peace negotiations between kyiv and Moscow, but without success. The lack of immediate reactions of the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department highlights the US caution before an action that can mark a before and after in the involvement of NATO. Plus: Warsaw decided Close completely Its border with Belarus, even more hardening the posture against its eastern neighbors. What changes now. The fact that Poland has used kinetic means to reduce Russian drones inside its airs Exercise active defense. If you want, this redefines your response threshold: from this moment, any unidentified and hostile profile can be treated As immediate threat. In terms of deterrence, the message is sent to Moscow that the “navigation errors”, collateral probes or saturations will no longer have zero cost. In terms aliancistasTest in real conditions the integrated air defense architecture NATO on the eastern flank. Risk and management. The use of Polish fire against Russian objects raises the potential of Friction on three levels: Tactical (more interceptions and greater probability of fragmentation on populated areas), operational (expansion of confrontation rules and greater density of aerial patrols) and strategic (Russian diplomatic or military response, including propaganda and mirror measures in Kalinningrad and Beelorusia). In addition, the coincidence with Zapad exercises increases the danger of Malinterpretation: Training flights, air targets or lures can be confused with real threats. Mitigation requires positive identification protocols, clear red lines and active distrust channels, ideally backed by shared early alerts and previous notifications of exercises. Article 5 and a theory. Although an isolated demolition of drones does not active per se Article 5, does press the debate on the “threshold” of armed aggression. Poland can argue legitimate defense (Art. 51 of the UN Letter) Before repeated incursions that put infrastructure or population at risk. If it was demonstrated that Russian platforms were deliberately directed to transit or attack in NATO territory, the case for consultations of article 4 (and, in significant damage scenarios or victims, for 5) it is reinforced. Moscow, aware of this, can intensify ambiguity: drones with erratic flight plan, lures or minimal loads to maintain that kind of “gray zone”. The allied response, therefore, must be graduated, documented and legally solid. Image | Nato North Atlantic, 7th Army Training Command, In Xataka | The Ukrainian army that is not afraid of Russia. They arrive as outdated machines and become robots for war In Xataka | Something unprecedented in Ukraine is happening: combat drones do not need humans to coordinate and attack

AI agents can not only plan your vacation from beginning to end. They are also the greatest threat to Booking and company

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With the generative andn decelerationAI agents run like The next great revolution of the sector. Unlike a chatbot to which we ask something and respond, an agent is able to carry out complex tasks autonomously. The first reaction was to see them as A threat to many jobs. Expectations have fallen because technology is still quite greenbut there is a sector in which the threat seems very real and is already preparing for what can come. The threat. Travel planning is one of the fields in which an AI agent can be very practical. In fact, he was part of the demonstration of Chatgpt agentin which they asked him to organize assistance to a wedding and the agent organized the entire plan, including looking for flights and hotels. If an agent does everything for us, this could leave flight seekers and hotels out of play that act as intermediaries and take a commission for it. If you can’t with the enemy … They tell it in Financial Times. Online travel platforms are beginning to implement functions with AI in their portals. This is the case of Airbnb, which already implemented an AI agent in its customer service and plans to expand it to more areas of its app to make the most automatic experience. Booking signed an agreement with OpenAI to automate services and launch its own travel planner adjusted based on platform data. Expedia also integrated Openai technology and is working on an agent. Hotels and airlines. Unlike online agencies, both the hotel sector and the airlines see with good eyes the arrival of AI agents. If customers hire them directly with them, they would save the Commissions that in the case of the hotel sector is around 20%. Of course, nothing guarantees that these alleged agents do not implement other types of commission system for each hired trip. For Hotrec, the European hotel association, AI agents have potential, but can end up replicating the platform model and generating a new dependency cycle. A lot of at stake. We talk about a business that, according to Financial Times, moves 1.6 billion dollars a year worldwide. The leader travel agency is Booking, which In 2024 he billed 24,000 million dollarsfollowed by Expedia with 10,000 million dollars. The irruption of agents in business can threaten their domain by offering more options to consumers. Nervous. Last year, researchers from the University of Ohio They tested the capabilities of several AI models When planning trips and only achieved a 0.6%success rate. Although agricultural AI has improved, we have recently seen that It still has a long way to go. However, nervousness among those responsible for these platforms is evident. Jochen Koedijk, Expenditure Marketing Director, believes that online agencies have an advantage because they have many data on user behavior. “We know what it sells and what is not. That is the proposal of really important value,” he says. Glenn Fogel, Booking CEO, it’s clearer: “I’m not so dumb as it doesn’t worry me.” Image | Web Summit, via Flickr In Xataka | AI has become the best example that if you don’t pay for the product, you are the product

We are attending at the beginning of an era dangerous in commercial aviation. One in which if you go to a funeral the ticket will cost you more

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In the United States they are already called “surveillance -based prices” (Surveillance Pricing), and they consist in a simple and scary principle: that companies that sell products and services do it in a personalized way with AI algorithms that will analyze all the information they have about you. Delta, what are you doing. In Delta Air Lines they raised to do that, but the idea He ended up knowing each other and being very criticized. So much that several American senators published an open letter demanding the CEO of the airline to explain those plans. In Delta they intended to eliminate static prices to replace them with dynamic prices that were adjusted to what each client theoretically was willing to pay. How are these personalized prices calculated? Companies such as Fetcher – who collaborates with Delta or Virgin Atlantic – have been working on these systems since 2019. They have deep learning experts (Deep Learning) and have one “Large Market Model“, an AI model that is capable of generating those custom prices based on the information of each user. Spying on to meet you better. In fact his CEO, Roy Cohen, explained That this model is trained “with all the data we can collect”, and on the company’s website they affirm that this type of systems could increase the benefits of airlines by 4.4 billion dollars annually. To collect this data, surveillance -based price systems use all types of third -party channels such as the purchasing history of a passenger, its navigation history, its geolocation, its activity in social networks, its biometric data or its financial statement. If you leave funeral, we upload the price. The former member of the FTC Lina Khan Council He already explained that this type of custom pricing systems could raise disturbing cases. A conceivable example would be that of an airline that uses artificial intelligence to collect a higher rate to a passenger “because the company knows that it has just suffered a death in the family and needs to fly to the other side of the country.” The intention was to abandon static prices. In July the president of Delta, Glen Hauenstein, declared which hoped that at the end of the year 20% of the price of its tickets will be determined individually by these AI systems. At that time that percentage was 3%, the triple that in autumn of 2024, but is that the objective was to completely abandon the current price setting systems to make the jump to these personalized and calculated prices based on what is known about each passenger. The pain threshold. The system would also put to the limit the so -called “pain threshold” of each client, establishing that maximum amount that the data suggests that these passengers want to pay. If you are in a hurry – as in the hypothetical situation of having to go to a funeral – the price would increase, while in a routine trip the price would be comparatively lower. Consumer surplus. There is a theoretical principle that explains very well the intentions of companies such as Delta Air Lines. Is called consumer surplusand it is the difference between what a client is willing to pay and what he really pays. Companies seek to capture that surplus, and AI allows you to do it almost perfectly. That, of course, entails a risk: if customers pay the maximum for what they buy, they will have less income for other expenses. Here it will be more difficult for them to do it. In Europe carrying out this type of plans seems difficult: the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) prohibits automated decisions based on personal data and that have meaningful effects on the user unless it gives their explicit consent. Like dynamic, but supervitaminated prices. It really is of all known that there are many companies that make use of the so -called dynamic prices that try to adjust supply and demand. Airlines have always used them —The price varies according to the day and time of the week or the number of days before the flight – but they are also well known in VTC companies such as Uber or Cabify. Said systems, of coursethey have unleashed more than one controversyand there were suspicions that Uber even raised the price if you reserved a trip When you had little battery. However, these systems do not have that massive data collection section and user profiles that raise prices based on surveillance. Image | Simon Ray In Xataka | There are people getting free flights and money at the expense of airlines. Your superpower: be very patient

It is the beginning of a great revolution in transplants

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Science has just taken a giant step, although with caution. For the first time in history, a team of surgeons in China has successfully transplanted the lung of a genetically modified pig to a human receiver. Something that demonstrates that this is a completely viable procedure and that opens the door to follow the clinical trial to mark in the future A before and after in transplants. A transplant that was still an experiment. The patient who received this lung was a 39 -year -old man who was in brain deathand therefore I was not going to improve or get worse because of the transplant. All this because it is not yet a technique that has been considered safe, but is in the experimentation phase. In the case of this patient, the organ could be maintained for nine days, demonstrating that the technique is viable. However, the results, published in the prestigious magazine Nature Medicine, They are full of nuances that remind us how complex this field is. A success that adds to others. This milest hearts, kidneys either Hígados of pork The ultimate goal is ambitious and necessary: ​​create an almost unlimited source of organs for thousands of people who die every year in waiting lists. The most difficult organ of all. If transplanting a kidney or pork is already a feat of medicine, doing so with a lung is to enter a new league of complexity. As explained Muhammad Mohiuddin, surgeon from the University of Maryland that led the first pork transplant to a living person, The lungs are really complex having “the largest amount of blood vessels of any transplantable organ.” The fact of being such a vascularized organ makes the receptor’s immune system expose in a very aggressive way, which increases the risk of rejection, but it is also a challenge for coagulation and tissue damage. A great exposure to any allergen. But in addition to being exposed to our adaptive and innate immune system through blood, it must also be taken into account that the lungs are in contact with the outside. This means that with each breath it is exposed to allergens, pollutants, viruses and bacteria, so its immune response is much more aggressive. To get an idea, according to Dr. Leonardo Riella of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a transplanted human kidney can last between 12 and 14 years; A lung, just 5 to 7 years. A pig with human software. To overcome these barriers, the first affiliated hospital team at the Medical University of Guangzhou used the lung of a pig that had been genetically modified. To do this, the organ had six key genetic editions. The first thing they did was eliminate three pigs to reduce the risk that the human immune system would identify it as a threat and trigger immediate rejection. But in addition to eliminating genetic information from the fence, it was also chosen to integrate three human genes into its genome to protect the organ of the immune attack and prevent the formation of clots. A living human being was not put at risk. Surgery was performed on May 15, 2024 in a receiver in brain death, which allowed to study the behavior of the organ without jeopardizing a living patient. During the first three days there were no signs of acute rejection, a first resounding success. However, the problems soon appeared. 24 hours after the intervention the lung began to swell. Damage was also observed due to the lack of oxygen during the transplant procedure, as well as Rejection signs mediated by antibody in the days three later. Interestingly, the team noticed that this damage seemed to have been reduced for the ninth day, at which time studied was arrested at the request of the receiver’s family. The great criticism: a “lost opportunity.” Despite the achievement, the scientific community has indicated an important limitation in the design of the experiment. The surgeons only transplanted the left lung of the pig, leaving the right lung of the receiver, which was human and functional, in place. This, according to some critics such as Dr. Richard N. Pierson of Harvard’s Faculty of Medicine, is a “lost opportunity.” Not insulating the pigs, it is impossible to know if it really worked enough to keep life on its own. A first step in a marathon. Despite criticism and mixed results, experts agree that it is a fundamental advance in being a first step towards clinical pulmonary xenotransplantation. Now the way to follow is to improve the organ preservation techniques to reduce the initial damage and continue to refine the genetic modifications. The next step, according to experts, is to try in the terminal pulmonary patients who have no other treatment option. This experiment is part of a global movement. In the United States, the FDA has already authorized clinical trials for kidney transplants and pigs of companies such as Engenesis and United Therapeutics. In fact, a man lives with A pork kidney since January of this yearmarking the survival record to date. Images | Christopher Carson Weermeijer Robina In Xataka | Make cardio or train strength: for science there is no debate about what is the ideal year from 50

Google’s AI summaries are already beginning to include scams

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Even the most experts in technology can fall into the online scam. One of them is Alex Rivlin, a real estate agent of Las Vegas who became without knowing it in the victim of a new and sophisticated scam. His case, uncovered by The Washington Post, ignites alarms on how new generative artificial intelligence tools, such as Google AI summariesthey are being exploited to give a new life to old deceptions. A scam that began with a simple task. With a simple search to book a transport for a European cruise. When looking for Alex Rivlin, Royal Caribbean’s customer service number on Google, the answer is It was directly given by the search engine, With a tray phone number. What I did not know is that this number was not of the shipping company, but of some scammers. A perfectly orchestrated hoax. By calling the number that the AI had offered, an alleged customer service worker answered that gave him the precise details about the transport he needed to use in Venice. He informed him of the rates and even negotiated the possibility of not charging some supplements that were in the company’s services portfolio. Finally, they reached an agreement: it would cost him $ 768. And to pay it, he provided his credit card. The scam was uncovered the next day. The victim detected that suspicious positions had appeared in his account and the name of the company that was charging him was not the ‘Royal Caribbean’, and Rivlin realized the deception. Fortunately, he could cancel his credit card and The bank returned the moneyalthough he was surprised at how well the scam was. Old tricks, new and powerful ammunition: the AI. The Rivlin incident is not an isolated case, but the tip of the iceberg of a growing problem. The technique of publishing numbers of FALSOS CUSTOMER Customer Services Telephone It is not new, but the arrival of the generative AI has catapulted it to a new level of effectiveness. Until now these scams took advantage of paying to appear in the first search results, but now that AI is the best weapon. This technology collects the information you can find in the network, but does not verify that it is authentic. In this way, if a telephone number is repeated on several websites and forums, AI can interpret it as a credible source and serve it directly to the user seeking help. In fact, the research done by The Washington Post found that this same phone was related to large cruise lines such as Disney. The response of technology and criticism of experts. Google has affirmed to The Washington Post that its summaries of AI and the Search results are usually effective When directing users to official information and that specific fraudulent examples have been eliminated. However, critics argue that it is not enough. Lily Ray, Vice President of SEO strategy at the Amsive Digital Marketing firm, points out that allowing AI summaries to provide phone numbers “open a new opportunity for scammers, and one that they are clearly taking advantage of.” Security experts underline that Google It already has commercial information databases Verified to which it could give priority, instead of depending on broader web content and susceptible to manipulation. Figmingly looking out of AI is not a good idea. This story lets us clearly see how hackers are going to find The way to get our data at all costs. In this case they have taken advantage of the trust we can have in the results of Google’s AI because it is the first thing that is seen. The same happened with sem search results that were located in the top positions, and that responded to our philosophy that the first link is always the best. That is why the recommendation is very clear: we must always verify the information we are looking for as a telephone number, in the official source as on the company’s website or in its own application. There are more scams related to AI. This example is not isolated, since we have seen studies that suggest that when we ask an AI a company of a company, It is possible that it is wrong. Something that gives the phishing. But they do not stay here, since the scams can reach Spotify reproduction lists either In a simple PDF. Images | Firmbee.com Nordwood Themes In Xataka | Call-Center operators are finding a curious problem: many clients believe they are an AI

Russia is beginning to run out of the weapons inherited from the USSR. So he is pulling those of North Korea

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The vast Soviet arsenals that Russia used at the beginning of her invasion of Ukraine They are running out. According to An analysis From the Institute of the kyiv Economy School, shipments from the main Russian military stores have plummeted: from 242,000 tons in 2022 to about 119,000 tons planned by 2025, practically the levels prior to the conflict. The context of the problem. For decades, Russia maintained huge armament deposits Inherited from the Soviet Union. At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Moscow handed off these stocks to quickly equip their forces. T-72 and T-80 tanks of the 70s were reconditioned and sent to the front. Even some T-54, who entered production in the late 40s, have seen fight in Ukrainian territory. The current reality. He analysis It reveals that the best quality equipment and easier restoration was the first to be mobilized. Pavlo Shkurenko, an institute analyst, explains that now “Russia is sending less material for reconditioning and repair than we know they can handle repair stations.” This fall would suggest that the reserves have dropped the level significantly. The desperate solution. To compensate for this shortage, the Kremlin He has massively resorted to his Asian allies. The data show that 52% of the shipments marked as “explosive materials” towards the Russian arsenales in 2024 came from Nakhodka, a port in the sea of Japan used by North Korea. These shipments went from zero before the war to 250,000 tons in 2024. According to Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, 40% of all Russian ammunition now comes from Pyongyang. Beyond North Korea. He analysis It also identifies about 13,000 tons of explosive material that, due to its entrance point near the Caspian Sea, probably come from Iran. Meanwhile, China has become the key supplier of the Russian defense industry, even if it does not send direct military aid. Shipments from the Eastern Border Regions of Russia towards military production centers have almost doubled since 2021, exceeding 3 million tons. The strategic dilemma. A priori, it seems a lie that Russia depends both on its external partners, especially considering that they want to breastfeed their self -sufficient image. Franz-Stefan Gady, Viennese military analyst, suggests that Moscow is using North Korean ammunition to maintain the rhythm of fire on the front while reserving higher quality Russian ammunition for possible future conflicts with NATO. What is coming. Russia plans to invest huge sums In rearme futurebut its current situation exposes the limitations of its local military capacity. The war that Putin imagined as a demonstration of force has become a resistance test in which he has ended up depending on allies and an increasing economic cost. Cover image | Kremlin In Xataka | We already know what Russia’s trick is to multiply its drones: it is called “cooling units” and comes direct from China

Tsunami’s alert is leading people to get on the roofs of Japan. It is a good idea, but only at the beginning

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A Magnitude earthquake 8.8 that, according to experts, it could be the largest registered sixth, hit the northern Pacific In front of Russia at dawn on Wednesday, which caused Tsunami alerts and evacuations in Hawaii, Alaska, California and Japan, and left millions of people anxiously waiting anxiously waves that, according to meteorologists, could reach 3 meters in some places. In fact, in Japan there are already people AGOLPADA on the roofs. A good idea, at first. Causes and natures. Tsunamis are phenomena of great destructive power that, in most cases, originates after An underwater earthquakewhen an abrupt movement of tectonic plates displaces huge volumes of water and generates waves that spread in all directions such as waves in a pond. Although not all coastal earthquakes produce tsunamis, those that manage to be generated may have devastating consequences in nearby areas and, sometimes, sometimes travel thousands of kilometers At the speed of a commercial plane, wreaking havoc in places far from the epicenter, as it is. All these guidelines are occurring after The earthquake in Russia. Coming. In an open sea they can go unnoticed for a ship, but when approaching the coast, the waves increase its height and acquire destructive potential. In addition to earthquakes, tsunamis can be triggered by volcanic eruptions or, more rarely, due to weather alterations that modify atmospheric pressure, giving rise to the so -called meteotsunamis, such as the one in 1954 mortally surprised to bathers In Lake Michigan. Early forecast and detection. Although earthquakes They cannot be predictedimmediate monitoring after its occurrence allows to assess whether there is a risk of tsunami. For this, a global network of underwater sensors is used that detect minimal pressure variations, together with computer models capable of projecting the possible route and strength of the waves. In this way, governments and alert centers activate emergency systems that include sirens, radio, television or official applications. Approximately 80% of tsunamis They are generated in the Pacific Ocean, particularly in the call Fire beltwhile the Atlantic and the Caribbean represent just 10%. In the United States, although rare, the west coast is the most vulnerable: History records mortal episodes as The 1946 tsunamicaused by an earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, which ended the lives of five people in Alaska and about 160 in Hawaii. Preventive preparation and measures. The International organizations insist on the importance of Citizen preparation. The main thing: It is recommended to know the community evacuation plans and practice the planned routes, as well as identify the flood areas by tsunamis in each locality. It is also advisable to have multiple ways To receive emergency alerts, either through NOAA radios, official applications or local warning systems. In words of specialistseach person must “know their threat”, that is, be aware of whether their place of residence is within a risk area. How to act before an imminent alert. Thus we reach the current situation. If an earthquake occurs, the first thing is shock: bend down, cover under a solid table or object and stay in position until the movement ceases. Then, if there is a risk of tsunami, the instructions of the authorities must be obeyed and moved as quickly as possible to High and remote areas of the sea. However, experience shows that waiting for an official notice It can be lethalrecognizing natural signals can save lives. Namely: a tremor so strong that prevents standing, a rumble from the ocean or a sudden and unusual decline in water on the coast. It should be remembered that not all tsunamis begin with that setback: on many occasions, the first wave that arrives is directly the crestwithout prior notice. In such circumstances, the only safe option is the immediate self -evacuationsince even a couple of minutes of delay can make the difference between life and death. And get on a roof? The images that are being making viral With gutting people on roofs close to the coast it is a resource that can save lives in certain circumstances, but it is not the ideal option and should be understood very carefully. The main agencies Emergency management (such as NOAA, the Pacific tsunamis alert, JMA or UNESCO/COI) agree that the priority recommendation is always evacuated towards Earlier Land and as far from the possible sea. However, the same agencies recognize that when time is extremely limited or there are no safe routes available, looking for height In solid structures It can be the only viable alternative. The Japanese case. Obviously, in the case of Japan, a country with a long history of tsunamis and a high degree of preparation, many coastal cities They have built what they call “vertical evacuation structures”: reinforced concrete buildings or towers specifically designed for Resist the impact of waves of great magnitude. In fact, the JMA and local governments instruct the population to, if it is not possible An accepted strategy. After the devastating Tsunami of 2011which swept a large part of the Tōhoku region, the construction of these intensified Vertical shelters and the signaling that indicates which buildings comply with the standards to support waves up to several meters high. The “but.” The problem is that not all roofs are safe. For example, getting into a small building, poorly built or close to the coast can be even more dangerous: water can exceed the structure, weaken its foundations or drag it. Studies of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program In the United States and UNESCO (in their guidelines) they point out that only the buildings designed or evaluated for this purpose must be considered shelters. In areas where there are no certified constructions, the safest option remains the same: move horizontally to high ground. Image | YouTube In Xataka | A tsunami devastated Sevilla 1,800 years ago. It is the proof that not even Andalusia is free of tsamotes In Xataka | The Balearic Islands are at the gates of one of the most disturbing phenomena of the Mediterranean: the “Meteotsunamis”

When an engineer wanted to cross Africa by car, he invented a wooden. It would be the beginning of its end

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In one of his picturesque life, Tony Howarth had a revolutionary vision: Create a perfect car for Africa. A cheap, resistant, easy to repair and that could be made locally with sustainable materials. His project, baptized as ‘Africar’, promised to change transportation in the African continent forever. However, what began as an altruistic dream It ended up becoming a legal nightmare which led its creator directly to prison. From a filmmaker to engineer with a mission: to manufacture the perfect car for Africa Image: Silodrome Howarth was not any businessman. Graduated in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, had developed since childhood A passion for mechanics which led him to build his own fuel injection system for his motorcycle when he was barely ten years old. However, it was his recognized career as a photographer and filmmaker that led him to devote himself to this peculiar project. And is that Howarth has traveled more than 130 countries, experiencing in the first person the difficulties of African land roads. During his trips through Africa in the 70s, Howarth realized that Western vehicles were not designed for the extreme conditions of the continent. Earth tracks, deep potholes and the lack of specialized workshops turned any breakdown into a capital problem. In addition, the programmed obsolescence of the Western car industry made the spare parts more and more difficult to achieve. An inspiration of the Ford Model T Image: Silodrome The concept of Africar was inspired by the legendary Ford Model T, a vehicle that had been designed precisely for the roads without asphalting from Rural America of the early twentieth century. Howarth understood that what Africa needed was something similar: A simple, durable and that could be repaired by local mechanics No need for sophisticated equipment. Its design was revolutionary for its simplicity. The chassis was built with stainless steel tubes to avoid corrosion, while body panels could be manufactured with local materials such as laminated wood impregnated in resin, aluminum or even plastic. The chosen engine was the Citroën GSA Boxer Propulor Refrigated by air that offered reliability and ease of maintenance. An expedition that changed everything Image: Lancslive In 1984, Howarth built three prototypes of Africar for an ambitious expedition that would be documented by Channel 4: A journey from the Arctic Circle to the African Ecuador. The three vehicles-a ranchera, a pick-up and a six-wheel model-demonstrated their worth crossing thousands of kilometers of extreme land. During the journey, Africar exceeded evidence that left a Land Rover Series III that accompanied them. Their long -running independent suspension and their high distance to the ground allowed them to overcome obstacles that stuck more conventional vehicles. The fatal error Image: Lancslive The success of the expedition opened the doors to investment. In 1986, Howarth founded Africar International Limited in LancasterEngland, and began to capture capital of private investors. However, He made a mistake that would end his project and, later, in prison. Concerned about the dependence of the Citroën engines, which could be obsolete at any time, Howarth decided to invest the money of investors in developing their own engine. It was a logical decision from the technical point of view, but catastrophic since the financial. The funds were exhausted before completing the development, and the clients who had paid in advance did not receive their vehicles. The situation became unsustainable when investors discovered that the prototype shown in a Christmas presentation of 1987 was actually an empty shell: without engine, with the doors stuck and still wet paint. A bitter ending and a legacy that endures Image: Silodrome In July 1988, the Police intervened and Africar International Limited ceased its operations. Howarth fled to the United States in a desperate attempt to get the financing that saved the project, but it was useless. In 1994 he returned to the United Kingdom, where He was arrested immediately. Tony Howarth declared himself guilty of a fraudulent crime and five to obtain goods through deception. Was sentenced to 15 months in prison. In his own words, the prison experience “was like being in a British boarding school.” Although Africar never manufactured in series (it is estimated that only one and six specimens of production were built), Howarth’s idea did not die with him. His concept has inspired other African entrepreneurs, such as the creators of the Mobius in Kenyathat resumed the vision of a car designed for the region, despite Its economic difficulties. Cover image | Silodrome In Xataka | The list of 2025 most reliable cars has left us the most unexpected surprise: the best car does not have Toyota or Honda

Goal is so desperate that it is beginning to offer up to $ 100 million to investigators of OpenAi and Google

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Goal is offering salaries between 10 and 100 million dollars to Openai star researchers, Google and other companies to hire 50 experts who lead their new superintelligence laboratory, for which Zuckerberg has entered ‘FOUNDER MODE ‘, as published by The New York Times. Why is it important. The Zuckerberg company has lost ground in the AI ​​race after Some stumbling blocks With her models she calls and the key talent escape, including the director of Research of IA Joelle Pineau, whom we could interview a year ago. Now try to recover based on a talonario. In figures. Meta offers reach nine digits per investigator, that is, 100 million dollars. Although they are not structured as a check for that amount. The packages go “seven to nine figures” according to Own sources of The New York Times. Following the typical goal model, it is likely that most be in actions (RSUS) that are distributed for four years. The actions are distributed quarterly for four years. In any case, it is a conjecture based on what was seen above. And these are unpublished amounts, well above the 2 million annually that were already considered exceptional offers. In addition, the company plans to invest 15,000 million dollars to buy approximately half of Scale AI and bring to its CEO, Alexandr Wang, 28. The context. Meta created his first AI laboratory in 2013, but since the launch of Chatgpt in 2022 there has been somewhat lagging behind. His latest models have had performance problems, and the company was discovered after manipulating Benchmarks to make their products seem better than they really were. A practice that We saw in the past on smartphones and that also reached AI. Between the lines. Wang’s choice is not accidental: he is Zuckerberg’s personal friend and a billionaire who made his fortune with Scale AI, a company specialized in labeling data To train AI systems. Its closeness to political power could also be an aid at a complicated regulatory moment for the goal. Google, Openai and Anthropic continue to launch increasingly powerful models while finishing struggle to stay relevant. Sam Altman continues to insist that we are close to the AGI. Even more pressure. Yes, but. Money does not guarantee success. Goal is reputable to be A complicated environmentwith constant internal struggles. In addition, many of the best researchers already have millionaire offers of their current employers and may prefer to stay where they are. Deepen. This movement is part of an upward trend: large technological ones are buying promising startup parts to get talent without having to get the complete company. Microsoft He did it with inflection ai and Google with Character.AI. It is a way to save a few dollars, but above all, to dodge compromising questions by regulators. The big question is if Zuckerberg, who already burned a lot of money with a metaverso that remains far from the expectations raised (and the return of investment), this time can be successful with its most expensive bet to date. In Xataka | Goal has fired 35,000 workers in five years. And many of them fear having entered their “black lists” Outstanding image | Goal

The five years of updates are just the beginning

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The European smartphone faces One of the greatest regulatory changes in its history. One that affects both the way they will have to start producing it and the future of their life cycle. As of June of this year, it will be more durable by law. But there is a B face in this regulatory change. Why the changes. The European Union has published The new mandatory energy labeling and design requirements as of June 20, 2025. The regulations are aimed at prolonging the useful life of this type of product, both in repair and software support and durability of batteries. The commission makes it clear: it wants less phones to be sold, and increase their shelf life through two key points. The ecological design. Manufacturers will have to guarantee minimums in the manufacture of their smartphones. Batteries must endure at least 800 load cycles and download retaining at least 80% of its original capacity. Will be obliged to make consumers available to consumers Criticism spare parts within 5 to 10 working days, for at least 7 years after the end of product sales in the EU. Access will be non -discriminatory for any professional repaire. Must ensure availability of Operating system updates For at least five years. The new label. In order for consumers to be clear about what each smartphone offers in durability, the Commercial labeling In the box of this product category. In itwill be valued from A to G (being the maximum score and g the minimum) how each of the following criteria meets. QR code that leads to the official website of the manufacturer with detailed information about the product. Commercial brand with which the device is identified. Specific name or identifier of the model in question. Energy Efficiency Scale, where A represents the best performance and G the worst. Letter indicating the concrete level of energy efficiency obtained by the device. Battery autonomy time by full load, expressed in hours and minutes. Evaluation of fall resistance, classified from the A (more resistant) to E (less resistant). Repair score, also based on a scale from A to E. Number of load cycles that the battery can support before reducing to 80 % of its initial capacity. Degree of protection against water, dust or immersion, according to the corresponding IP standard. Official number of the applicable regulation: Regulation (EU) 2023/1669. Tablets and exceptions. The changes posed by the EU will apply to all smartphones and tablets. No categories per range or price are established: the regulations will affect from the most economical mobile in the market to the best Flagship. Fixed wireless phones will also be included, which have a cargo station. There are two curious exceptions that are fought from the requirements: Folding mobiles with roller screen and the Computer Tablets (Tablets-PC, convertibles of more than 17.4 inches). Traditional folding are not saved from the new regulations, but those who have a screen that are enrolle. The small print. The changes raised by Europe, of a first glance, seem to play in favor of the consumer. The reality is that they are much more complex than the labeling hides. First, software support is an important expense for manufacturers. Although the current tonic is that it goes more, with cases such as Samsung, Google and manufacturers as honor offering between six and seven years of updatesthese update policies usually cover the most popular devices. The entrance ranges are the devices that offer the least margin to manufacturers, and prolong the support of a low -cost device that stopped being marketed years ago will involve extra costs. Extra costs that, depending on the commercial success of the device, They will be more or less assumable by the manufacturer himself. No one talked about versions. Europe will force manufacturers to update their devices for five years, but it is not detailed that it is strictly necessary to update the Android version. A two -year version support and three system updates is one of the most probable scenarios after the application is these new measures. It is also the most plausible solution to a problem related to the hardware of the input range devices: not all support five years of operating system versions maintaining decent performance. Image | Xataka, KDG2020 In Xataka | The EU opens the iPhone by force: the European model will never be the same again

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