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Block the export of the most valuable rare lands

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For many years China has produced More than 90% of rare earths. Australia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Canada, Brazil, Tanzania or the US, among other countries, also produce these metals, but the largest deposits located so far of these elements reside in China. And, curiously, the country led by Xi Jinping too The processing industry dominates to which it is necessary to submit rare earth so that they can be used. So much so that its quota if we stick to the global processing industry amounts to 90%. Anyway, with a production of at least 70% of the global market and a 90% control of the rare earth processing industry, China has the pan well grabbed by the handle. As much as the US and its allies. In fact, during the last year and a half this Asian country has used its dominance over rare earths as a pressure tool over its rivals. On December 21, 2023, the administration led by Xi Jinping decided to restrict export of some of its rare earth processing technologies, and this was only the tip of the iceberg. China has completely arrested the export of rare criticisms The last kick linked to these important metals was given by China to the US on April 4. Just 24 hours after Donald Trump announced the taxes that he was going to apply to the importation of most products from abroad, the administration led by Xi Jinping replied. And he did it with forcefulness. In early December 2024 He chose to prohibit The export of some critical minerals to the US, among which were three essential metals for the chips industry: Gallium, Germanio and Antimony. Just ten days ago the Chinese government added two more critical metals to its list of export restrictions: Scandio and Disposio Just ten days ago the Chinese government added two more critical metals to its list of export restrictions: Scandio and Disposio. These chemical elements are probably less known than metals prohibited by China previously, such as Gallium or Germanio, but are at least as important as the latter because They have a fundamental role In the industries of integrated circuits, telecommunications and the manufacture of storage devices. Now, just a week and a half later, the administration led by Xi Jinping has not hesitated to take another step forward with the purpose of putting in check, in addition to the industries that I just mentioned, those of electric cars, aeronautics and advanced armament. And is that, according to The New York Timeshas effectively suspended, in addition to the export of the most valuable rare earths, that of high -power magnets that have a critical role in the industries that I have cited in this same paragraph. On April 4 China announced that it would take this step, but it is now when the Chinese authorities are retaining in the ports throughout the country not only rare earths, but also High power magnets Acquired by electric cars manufacturers throughout the planet, aerospace companies, chip factories and armament companies. Many of these organizations have high -power magnet reserves made with rare earths, but possibly only allow them to subsist a few months. USA and their allies are trying rebuild rare earth supply chain To deactivate the ability to exert China, but in all likelihood they will not be able to implement these changes in the short term. Image | Peggy Greb, US Department of Agriculture More information | The New York Times In Xataka | The US will not be able to contain the technological development of China. Experts from the chips industry forecast it

Justice forces him to block illegal retransmissions of MotoGP

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In a movement that reminds us a lot of what is happening in these latitudes, Canal+ has made French justice recognize Cloudflare as responsible technical intermediary in its three capacities (DNS, CDN and inverse proxy), forcing it to implement blocks against websites that illegally retransmit the MotoGP 2025. Why is it important. The Judicial Court of Paris feels a European precedent that could well influence the similar conflict that They keep LaLiga and Cloudflare in Spain on the blocking of websites that broadcast matches without rights. The details: The sentence, issued at the end of March and which Xataka It has had access, states that Cloudflare must apply “all appropriate measures” to prevent access from French territory to fourteen concrete websites. The court has dismissed Cloudflare’s arguments about the alleged technical complexity and the excessive cost of applying these blockages. Technology must fulfill within a maximum period of three days after notification, without being fined at the moment. The ruling rejects the limitation of measures requested by Cloudflare and leaves him freedom to choose the technical modalities that he will use to make the blockages. The foundations. The French court has determined that … The DNS services of Cloudflare “allow access to a website thanks to its domain name” through conversion in IP address. Its CDN network “reduces the data transmission time to the user and improves the safety and reliability of web pages”. And defines its inverse proxy service as “a shield between user applications and the litigious site server.” So the sentence concludes that these three capacities fulfill a “transmission function” that justifies the imposition of measures. Meanwhile in Spain. LaLiga has been with legal actions against cloudflare for months for IPS blocks That, according to the entity, they affect “scarcely a few hundred” of legitimate websites, not “millions” as the technological alleges. Cloudflare responded by presenting an incident of nullity against the Spanish sentence, claiming that LaLiga obtained “hiding the foreseeable damage to third parties.” Justice rejected it. The company chaired by Javier Tebas has accused Cloudflare of collaborating “through its technology with the commission of the most serious crimes such as child pornography, pimping, fraud, etc..” Meanwhile in Europe: The legal framework. The French sentence is based on the Sports Code and Intellectual Property regulations, in line with the European Directives on Copyright. The ruling quotes jurisprudence of the EU Court of Justice that establishes that an “intermediary” is any person who transmits a commitment committed in a network. And in this case, the judicial “victim” is cloudflare. In Xataka | This is how Ech works, the Technological Shield of Cloudflare that has put the operators between the sword and the wall Outstanding image | MotoGP, Cloudflare

Musk is trying to block Openai’s transition to “for-profit.” A judge just put it very difficult

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Sam Altman wants to make Openai a company with profit (“for-profit”), but the process was notably complicated when Musk offered to buy it for 97.4 billion dollars. The tycoon did not stop there and He also tried to sue A Openai to try to block that transition to For-Profit, but just lost that legal battle. What happened. A federal judge in California has blocked Musk’s legal effort to stop Openai’s transformation to an entity of profit. As indicated In BloombergJudge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers determined that the lawsuit “have not satisfied the probative charge” that would have needed for that demand to prosper. A case that was entangled. In March 2024 Musk He sued Openai for violating their contracts and fiduciary duties. The case He retired of the State Court and was activated in the Federal Court, and that was when Musk expanded the demand indicating that Microsoft and Openai had violated antitrust laws. Openai defended himself from these allegations publishing internal messages of the billionaire, and now the federal judge has made it clear that the evidence and arguments presented by Musk are not enough to avoid that transition sought by Altman. But not everything is lost. The demand contained other Musk requests with respect to OpenAI, although it is not detailed which. Even so, the judge has indicated that these other components of the lawsuit may remain active in the legal process. Sam Altman has it easier now. The Openai Directorate Council declared a few weeks ago that “the hundreds of billions of dollars that large companies are now investing in the development of AI show what is really needed so that Openai continues to pursue the mission.” With the Form-Profit structure, the company can avoid the limitations of investments in your company. Thus, Openai will be able to eliminate that benefit to investors, which can attract even more money for the company. Quick judgment. Rogers added in his sentence that Musk’s complaints are resolved as soon as possible “the public interest in play and potential damage if a transition contrary to the law occurs.” Thus, the judge indicated that he will hold an accelerated trial focusing on the main demand that the Openai conversion plan is illegal and “potentially the interrelated demands based on contracts”. The war between Musk and Altman continues. Openai’s lawyers stood out as Musk’s demand is basically a demand for the competition with the company. “Elon’s own emails,” they explained, “they show that they wanted to merge an openai with profit with Tesla. That would have been great for their personal benefit, but not for our mission or the interests of the US.” Image | Ted | Techcrunch In Xataka | Elon Musk’s continued criticism A OpenAi have a simple explanation: it went too soon

What is cloudflare, how it works and why a fall or block makes half the Internet fail

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Let’s explain What is cloudflare and how it works This shield and accelerator for web pages. It is one of those almost essential services for the correct functioning of the Internet, but that we are not aware until it fails or blocks and you can enter hundreds of websites. We will begin this article explaining in a simple way what is cloudflare, summarizing the operation of the Internet and the role that CDNs have like this service in it. Then, we will tell you why a fall or lock of the service makes half the Internet seem to fall. What is cloudflare and how it works Cloudflare is a CDN, a Content Delivery Network either Content distribution networkthat in Spanish is Content distribution network. It’s about a network of servers distributed throughout the world destined to help better distribute Internet content and make you can quickly and safely access the content of a website. To understand its operation you must first understand how the Internet works. A web page is housed on a server, and simplifying it a lot, when you enter it you connect your computer to that server, to access the contents of a website. The same happens when you want to enter any online service or web application, you have to connect to your server. The problem is that perhaps the server of my application is in a country far from the computer from which someone wants to connect. So, that distance makes the connection speed very slow, or that even from some countries cannot be entered. The same happens if the web or the service you are going to access had a single server. Then, having thousands of users entering that single server would make everything slower because I would have to work more and for more people. It is here where the CDNs and their networks of servers come into play. When a website, an online service or application resorts to them, is as if they had copies of the content and cache distributed all over the world to be able to connect in a faster and more efficient way. There will always be a server close to you, and traffic can be distributed by the hundreds of servers. Thus, if I connect from Spain to an American service, I will not join a giant user queue wanting to enter a single server that is also far away, something that would make the connection slow. Simply, I will connect to the nearest server of the CDN network that is using that service. Everything will go faster, and the traffic that accesses the service will be more distributed. Cloudflare is one of the most used CDNs of the world. There are many web pages that resort to this company, because in addition to a very wide network of servers, it also offers protection against various types of online attacks that could collapse access to the contents. This way, Cloudflare is an intermediary between a customer or user and the content of the website or the online service they want to access. It is a network that houses copies of a service so that you always have geographically close, technologically safe access, and less traffic collapsed. Why if Cloudflare Failure Middle Internet does it When you stop accessing this network of servers, you can access its content. This means that if your Internet operator blocks you access to Cloudflare or if this service has a failure, stop being able to enter most web pages. There will be no network that distributes traffic and access to these websites, and simply connect to one would be too slow or you would be too far. For practical purposes and simplifying it a lot, Not being able to access Cloudflare means not being able to access many servicesand that those who use it and are not fallen simply go extremely slow. This is so for The dependence of Cloudflare. Being one of the most popular CDNs in the world, many important and top -level services access it. And these services that use it, depend on their servers network to work properly. In this PDF You can see the services and websites used Cloudflare, such as X, Bluesky, Microsoft, Mozilla, Snapchat, Temu, Efe, Github, Wikimedia, Facua, CaixaBank and many more. All these services will stop working or work extremely slow if the Cloudflare network stops working. When a website or online service fails, it is sure that there is a problem with the infrastructure of the server network that provides you with access to it. So Errors like the 502 Bad Gateway indicating this problem. If the one who cannot access a website, app or service is due to this, all you can do is cloudflare or the CDN to use the error. When an operator blocks access to cloudflare Or some other concrete CDN, the problem is that your IP cannot access this network of servers, although it works correctly. In these cases solving it is easyand you just have to use one VPN to access from a different IP that does not have access. In Xataka Basics | CG-NAT: What is it, what problems can cause and how to know if you have it in your Internet connection

LaLiga is still determined to block IPS. Not clear that I can do it legally

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The War between LaLiga with Cloudflare It is intensifying, and this last weekend we have seen how websites blockages (legitimate or not) Not only have they been repeated but have gone to more. There is despite doubts about the validity of these measures, and that is where it is good to explain what their legal support is. The context and the problem. LaLiga, in contact with the operators, has implemented measures that affect the services provided by cloudflare to its users. IPS (dynamic, according to LaLiga) are aimed at avoiding the illegal broadcast of football matches, but are affecting thousands of legitimate web sites and services. The reason: in Cloudflare IPS are shared and when one is blocked, all the sites associated with it are blocked. The background. The contents industry protected by intellectual property has been looking for mechanisms for years to protect your business. Among them is the modification of the legislation to for example try to avoid (or minimize) judicial intervention. That happened for example With the Sinde law. Article 138 of the Intellectual Property Law. Javier A. Master (@Javieramastre), by Maestre Abogados, published last Friday an extensive analysis entitled ‘The Affaire Cloudflare‘Explaining in detail the legal situation in this area. How he said, the mechanisms of the Sinde law “were not agile enough”, and for that is the art. 138 of the Intellectual Property Law (LPI), which in essence allows rights holders to request urgent precautionary measures against intermediaries that facilitate infractions, without the need to demonstrate that the intermediary is also offender. LaLiga “demands” the operators. What allow both art. 138 As the 139 of the LPI is that the owner of the rights can directly sue the service providers (the operators) instead of the direct offenders. For Master the situation is as follows: “With this trick, everyone is stored for each other: The plaintiffs: we only ask for the measures. It is the judge who agrees. The judge: one is asking for one, the defendant is paved. I have to grant the request. The operator: I have to pay attention to the judge. “ Violation of freedom of expression. This expert adds that these closures occur without giving those affected the opportunity to defend themselves, “in a flagrant violation of both freedom of expression and information (art. 20 of the Constitution) and of the right to effective judicial protection (art. 24 of the Constitution) “. This process effectively avoids the participation of the parties really affected in the litigation. But it should not be able to apply in this case. These measures are oriented to the urgent precautionary scope, but for example the Provincial Court of Barcelona interpreted in 2018 that these measures can be applied beyond this area. Thus, the sentence said, “it is established, for the first time, the possibility of requesting precautionary measures against intermediaries whose services use a third to violate intellectual property rights, without the requirement that the intermediary is also offender.” And the evidence, what?. In that “doubtful constitutionality,” says Maestre, there is continuously talk about “urgent precautionary measures.” However, the audition was established at least “the need for a finding of the existence of infraction,” that is, proof that this violation of intellectual property is taking place. In the case of Cloudflare, the measures are based on a technical report that has not been contrasted, and the measures apply without those affected being able to defend themselves. Plaintiffs and defendants united in collusion. Maestre points out that demanding (LaLiga) and defendants (operators such as Movistar) act in collusion in the judicial process to achieve the restriction of services without those affected being able to defend themselves. The PREVIOUS CASE JUDGMENTS They are shielding that the supposed offenders had not been “identified or located”, which would make it impossible for their defense to participate. Master makes it clear that in this case “Cloudflare is perfectly identified.” But there is damage to third parties. This expert stands out how the Article 21 of the Civil Procedure Law (LEC). According to this text, the search should be rejected when it involves damage to third parties not demanded in the procedure. Here many affected have not demanded have been –all economically harmed companies and individuals-, but still the measures have been executed anyway. Violated fundamental rights. All this points to a potential violation of several fundamental legal principles, including the Article 24 of the Constitution Spanish that guarantees the right to be heard and defend itself in a judicial process. In addition, Spanish legislation, through articles 270 of the LOPJ and 150 of the LEC, force to notify the judicial resolutions both to the parts of the process and to those who could be affected by them. According to Master, this obligation has been ignored. Images | WIRESTOCK | LaLiga In Xataka | The government wants to end unwanted commercial calls. The question is whether they will stop calling us “by Indeed”

Demand seeks to block ICE of raids against immigrants in Iglesias

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A group of Quake Congregations filed a lawsuit against the Department of National Security (DHS) for Block the rule that now allows raids of Immigration and Customs Control Agents (ICE) in religious temples. The lawsuit filed in a district court in Maryland goes against the decision to allow operations In “sensitive places”which include churches, schools, hospitals. “The threat of that application (of the immigration law) Dissounts the congregants to attend the services, especially the members of the immigrant communities, ”says the demand. The Interfaith Alliance organization, which defends religious freedom and multirrigious democracy, received the lawsuit against the government of President Donald Trump. “This order is an intrusive overrimitation of the government that violates the holiness of our sanctuaries,” said Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, president and executive director of Interfaith Alliance. “It is not only immigrants who run the risk of losing their rights of religious freedom under the Trump administration, but also Christians and people of faith throughout the United States who are called to take care of immigrants.” The quaqueros groups are represented by Democracy Forward, a close partner of Interfaith Alliance, whose director, Skye Perryman, serves as president of the Policies Committee of the Board of Directors of the religious organization. Reverend Roushenbush insisted on the importance of protecting religious freedom. “As a Baptist Minister and president of an organization dedicated to religious freedom, I welcome this lawsuit and urge the Federal Judicial Power to quickly block Trump’s attack on places of worship,” he said. “No one should fear for their safety and that of their families when they are going to worship.” He added that the Trump administration decision, as part of the strategy for The deportation plan“It is an intrusive overrimitation of the government” in the sanctuaries. “It is not only immigrants who run the risk of losing their rights of religious freedom under the Trump administration, but also Christians and people of faith throughout the United States who are called to take care of immigrants,” he says. “The Trump administration has dangerously made lay pastors and leaders at risk of being processed simply by fulfilling the obligation of their churches, according to Matthew 25, to welcome immigrants.” The religious group recalled that the Trump administration and the Supreme Court highlight religious freedom as a priority, but demand questions “the sincerity of those beliefs.” Continue reading:• What documents should a foreigner carry in the United States before ICE raids?• Border tsar attack against Pope Francis for criticizing immigrants deportations• The White House spreads the first images of immigrants by addressing a plane to be deported (Tagstotranslate) Donald Trump (T) Ice

Mud flows block roads in burning areas of Los Angeles

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The mud flows that occurred by the rains caused several road closures this Sunday afternoon In the area devastated by the Palisades fire In the midst of a flood warning. According to information from Caltrans District 7at approximately 4:30 pm, Pacific Coast Highway closed west of Topanga Canyon Boulevard as a consequence of mud flow. It also happened Another mud flow through Palisades Drive, in Pacific Palisadeswhich closed another road north of Sunset Boulevard, precisely in an area that was devastated by the flames of Palisades Fire a few weeks ago. Keep reading: Rains can drag toxic fire ashes The rainfall that were recorded on Saturday night and during the morning of this Sunday They loosen the land and the rocks of the slopeswhich caused access problems to these areas. State Route 27 is completely closed in both directions between Pacific Coast Highway and Grand View Drive. Keep reading: Trump toured the areas devastated by fires in Los Angeles Pacific Coast Highway in the North direction in the McClure tunnel And in southern direction in Sweetwater Canyon Drive they are also closed. Due to mud flows there is also an additional closure immediately West of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Keep reading: Fire victims are eligible to Metro Los Angeles benefits To the south of Mullholland Drive to Grand View Drive It is also closed, except for residents with identification. More intense rains are expected in the area during the night of this Sunday. Keep reading:· Firefighters stop dangerous fire in the city of Los Angeles· Risk in burning areas of angels due to upcoming rains· Earth landslide destroys house that was saved from fire in Los Angeles (Tagstotranslate) Transportation Department of California (Cottrans) (T) Sudden Floods (T) Pacific Palisades (T) PCH

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