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Gemini should not be called Gemini. It should be called Google

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In the last 25 years we have “google” things. If we wanted to find answers on the Internet, we were looking for them in Google. But Chatgpt is beginning to clearly threaten the future of that search engine, and a trend is growing slowly but sustained: we are increasingly looking for in Chatgpt or in one of its direct rivals, and every time we do less on Google. Will we “chatgpteand” things instead of “google them”? The solution: the king has died, live the king. If Google wants to prevent Chatgpt from becoming the tool to search and answer questions, it has a potential output: Make Gemini be Google’s central engine, turn the traditional search engine into an AI search engine. Hello, Google Classic. Gemini should be Google’s search engine, while Google’s search engine should become something like “Google Classic”, a relevant option but should end up going to the background. Google would continue to be called Google, but below the engine would not be the traditional search engine, but Gemini and its conversational search. OpenAI wins in users. Although Gemini has achieved (or overcome) to chatgpt in benefits and quality, today the general public associates with Chatgpt, not with Google. In Openai today they win in the most important battle: user. The danger is that chatgpt sweeps popularity. The US antitrust trial to Google He has revealed that Gemini has 350 million monthly users (at least they use it once a month). According to data from Google herself, Openai has about 600 million active monthly users. The data is not entirely conclusive and can be misleading. Perception – and some independent analysis They confirm it– It is that ChatgPT is for the moment much more popular than Gemini as chatbot. And Google’s search engine has broken. The feeling for a long time is that the drift of Google search engine is clear. There are divided opinions, of course, but what seems evident is that The search engine has broken And it is no longer what it was. That shows that those who seek human responses usually add “reddit” at the end to avoid artificial and useless search results. The “ai overViews” or “views created with AI” are increasingly frequent in the traditional Google search engine. The transformation, it seems, is underway. But Google is reacting. Here the company led by L actar Pichai is moving little by little, and we are seeing how its “AI overViews” begin to be increasingly frequent: when looking for something on Google it can often appear an answer generated by the which is located above the list of traditional links of the results page. Careful transition. Here the company is being clearly cautious because the reputational damage if they are wrong in the response can be huge, as they have already suffered Not one but twice. And yet, the transition seems to be underway, as shown by that recent behavior of the search engine. Google can be calm (for the moment). However, all this does not seem to be a problem for Google. The search engine market quota remains spectacular with almost 90% of the market According to Statcounter Globalstats data. A report by the sparkoro co -founder, Rand Fishkin showed That in searches the Google market share is 373 times that of Chatgpt, which in the best case would hardly have a 1% market share. Chatgpt is used to search, yes, but only three out of 10 times according to a recent Semrush report. People do much more to search in chatgpt. A Semrush report Analyzing 80 million Prompts shows that 70% of the requests of Chatgpt users were not to look for answers, but for other cases such as creating images, summarizing texts, writing code or doing their mates. But the antiponopoly trial stalks. These days Google lives one of the greatest threats in its history, if not the greatest. In the US they want to chop itand one of the consequences that are discussed would be to prohibit agreements Like Google and Apple To promote the use of your default search engine. Apple has already indicated that it does not rule out finishing using an AI search engine. And the rivals squeeze. And it is not only chatgpt or its search engine mode. Perplexity is a striking reference When looking for with AI, and Bing has been raising that transformation for some time. Microsoft had much less to lose in this market and bet everything for the search engine with AI. They and others are taking advantage (or will end up doing it) reality: these “response engines” are a powerful claim for users. They give you everything too massive, they take away work, and they conquer you with their conversational modes. Talking is more attractive (and natural) than looking for. Image | Markus Winkler In Xataka | Search on Google and you will find (almost) without leaving Google: the search engine contains you more and more, but there are promising alternatives

It is called “Narcotanque” and is a nightmare in Mexico

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The drug cartels are still a problem in Mexico. Also in other Latin American territories, but Mexico is the country that exemplifies How far they can go These organizations. They are present in segments as lucrative as the avocado culturehis violence It affects tourism And it is so widespread in the Mexican economy that already controls the 13% of products distribution. And nothing exemplifies both its power and influence as a vehicle. The drug tank. Narcochapuza. Before entering land vehicles, let’s talk about sailors. Not of the boats, but of something much more sophiscite: the Narcosubmarinos. Very handmade submersible vehicles at the beginning and more sophisticated over time They are the ones that the drug cartels use to cross the ocean and move tons of drugs on each trip. They were the answer to the need to move the drug produced. In the case of land vehicles, the need is not so much to move merchandise as protecting it, sow panic among enemies and demonstrate the power of each organization. Thus, about 15 years ago, and as we see in BBCNarcotanques began to appear: commercial vehicles available in the market that the cartels modified, adding armor layers to create something bungling and not very aesthetic, but functional. Monsters. The photo that opens this article is an example that it was not the most sophisticated work in the world, but fulfilled its mission of being a heavy vehicle with protection against conventional ammunition and with the ability to sow terror among the adversaries. Its appearance motivated the nickname of ‘monster’ or ‘vehiclerhinoceros‘And, like those first submarines, they were artisanal armored by the addition of steel plates between two and three centimeters thick, bases and sight points for machine guns and rifles, as well as reinforced front systems in case you had to collide with something. Photo of Vïctor González Photo of Vïctor González Narcotanques. Since the beginning of the last decade, these vehicles have extended between different bands due to their effectiveness sowing panic (imagine seeing a mole of these on your street) and because they resist impacts of the ammunition of the rival poster. But, as in the case of submarines, the cartels have begun to create increasingly sophisticated armored. They are still handmade and the welding lines or the fact that they use conventional vehicles can be seen, but in a short time they have passed from ‘fugitutes’ with steel sheets to vehicles that could go through a military tank. An example is the one shown by the youtuber Víctor González in this video: Ford Super Duty. The specs From this pickup they are spectacular. Available in 4×4 with V8 engines, load capacity of 3.6 tons and possibility to tow another 18 tons, the Ford Super Duty It is the dream of any average American, but also the base on which the drug traffickers have built a armored … spectacular. Photo of Vïctor González In González’s video we can see that not only have they adapted the camouflage patterns of military vehicles, but we cannot intuit what vehicle it is because the exterior is deeply modified. Steel plates that cover each millimeter, small crystals and with several inches shielding, small openings that can be closed and for those that appear guns of the rifles, protected inputs and even a 360º upper torrett system. Photo of Vïctor González As we said, there are elements that highlight, as the welds seen, but have shielded to the wheels. The price of such a modification? High: up to two million pesos, equivalent to about $ 100,000, as we read in Infobae. Others are more … discreet. They look like normal trucks, but they have a considerable caliber cannon inside: Capture. And it is not something that the drug traffickers have hidden: when a group has been having better armored ones, they have boasted both of them and the captures of similar vehicles of rival groups. It is still, as we said some lines, a sample of power and a powerful deterrent. Now, just like the drug traffickers capture ‘tanks’ of enemies, the authorities also have a decade ‘ensuring’ the drug trafficking. In recent years, the authorities have seized almost 300 of these armored vehicles, which they subsequently use in training centers of their police and military forces. In this way, security forces can know what tactics are drugs to shield vehicles, discover their weak points and perform maneuvers and simulations as realistic as possible. Also They destroy Those who are not useful. Relative effectiveness. And the big question, or one of them, may be how troops are these tanks in combat, and not as much as a deterrent. The answer depends a lot on who is facing. In that war against rival cartels, conflicts in the streets and even ‘standard’ police forces, these armored ones are useful. Against army forces with more prepared armored people and, above all, with greater technology, drug trafficking are not so effective. Now, they are modernizing. Groups such as the Gulf Cartel Han started to implement improvements that go beyond armor: software installed in vehicles that blocks the signal of enemy drones. What is clear is that these narcotanques have changed a lot in a few years, moving from very handmade vehicles to authentic moles with modern military capabilities. And it is another sample of the power of these organizations and how far they can go to protect their resources and end the rivals. Images | ZestymasterofzestyVíctor González In Xataka | Mexico plans 3,000 new kilometers of train for goods and passengers. The big question is what happens to the drug traffickers

The mobile the AI ​​promises, but I only see repeated tricks. The real ace under the sleeve is called “agent” and comes on the way

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How could it be otherwise, AI has also reached our mobilemainly from the hand of two protagonists: Apple Intelligence on one side, Google Gemini In the other. However, in a matter of one year, we have gone from almost no manufacturer has ia that many protagonists of the industry now fight in the classic race. Samsung was a pioneer in some Galaxy AI’s first steps in which it enveloped the generative AI with profits: transcription voice recordings, simultaneous translation and generations of wallpapers, to name a few. More than a year later, AI suites for smartphone have multiplied. And yet, There is still a long way to go. Although these tools are a first step, the true pending revolution is the agricultural AI, capable of performing complex tasks autonomously. However, its implementation faces significant obstacles that limit their current potential. The next step is the agents After witnessing the MWC 2025, it is clear that IA has not been the central theme, although the most mentioned. Obviously, he has had his time of prominence, with Rimbombantes “AI” on several fronts: Motorola, Honor, Realme and Samsung have presumed suites for Android. Magicai, Next AI, Hyperai … prolong the journey of Galaxy AI, which by the way, has also overcome herself with the arrival of the Galaxy S25. How is better about the first -time version? We basically talk about two more skills, which revolve around to personalization. A short but sure step, that in essence it does not be far from What I could test Last year. Of those mentioned, the one that surprised me the most was Magicaithe honor suite (integrated into magicos) and its ambitious Honor Alpha Plan. For a simple reason: already introduces the concept of AI agents. It is not only an AI that responds, but one that can understand a complex objective, plan steps and execute actions proactively through different applications and services to achieve it (for example, plan and reserve a complete trip, not only look for a flight). These agents or agriculture contrast with current functions, which are more reactive or limited to a single task or app. Google has taken some shy steps with Gemini’s extensions, But there is a problem to treat: Interoperability between services. For an agent to reserve a table or ask for food, he needs to interact fluently with any restaurant or cast app, which in turn requires standardized APIS or a deep level of integration that, for the moment, does not exist in a generalized way. On the other hand, these demonstrations have an important limitation: they control the screen and do not allow the user to continue using the mobile while the agent acts. Leave that feeling that the machine does it for us, but it blocks us the machine itself. In the demonstration, the Honor’s AI could interact with the phone and the real world: Given the information that the brightness of his screen was very high, the mobile responded with the instructions while reducing it. Similarly, he is able to book a table in a restaurant, running its respective app automatically. Surely that is the correct direction of the mobile AIalthough it is early to say it. Along the way, several actors must be taken by the hand: not in vain, asking for online food is not just Google or Honor, in this case. Now, not only these agents are useful, but also the rest of the tools that manufacturers are adding to their customization layers. Galaxy ai is not the only It is easy to highlight the aforementioned Samsung Galaxy AI: it was a pioneer to incorporate tools based on generative, yes, together with Google. ‘Roda to search’ opened the way and is now present in a large number of Android mobiles. That is why both the Pixel and Galaxy, and the rest of the manufacturers, now have some Common functions. That are also far from the aforementioned agents. The difference marks the customization layer. Out of what Google lends its partners, the interesting thing is to know the commitment of manufacturers such as Honor, Xiaomi, Realme who already tries to follow Galaxy AI’s track. This is what I found. I start with the most unknown in Europe, a techno that could perfectly rival the strongest in the sector. Your techno aidoes not move away from what is seen in other suites of tools: restoration of old photographs, transformation of portraits into animations, a call assistant. In short, nothing new under the sun. Xiaomi, who has announced the arrival of his Hyperai In the new ones Xiaomi 15also proposes a similar conjunction: Ai Writing generates messages for us, Ai Speech Turn the voice into text, it has a translator in real time, generation of images, draft objects (example photos) and even a function destined to the recording of film video. Is more extensive than in other manufacturersbecause Xiaomi already had this AI suite in China for a long time. As we see, photography is one of the most handled aspects by AI, along with productivity tools. There are others that try to differentiate themselves, among them the mythical Motorola, now under the amparo of Lenovo. Motorola’s functions resemble what is seen in Project Astra de Google (now integrated into Gemini Live) Moto AI It is the name that receives its AI system, and not only affects the phones: Motorola adds its own agent to the most advanced headphones of the catalog. I witnessed a demonstration that pointed ways, no matter how much had some timely delay, given by the Internet connection. This system includes a voice assistant in the purest Gemini style: capable of organizing the agenda, saving annotations in a personal diary and of course, improvements in the photographic processing to avoid blurred shots. For now, Motorola does not have many models compatible with motorcycle AI: only the Edge 50 Ultra and the Razr 50 and Razr 50 Ultra. Realme, and his NextaiThey look similar to the AI ​​application to the mobile … Read more

The US wants to build an unprecedented antimisile shield called “Golden Dome”. And Spacex has suitable technology

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The idea of ​​an antimile shield that protects the United States from enemy attacks is not even original. Already in the era reagan, The country fantasized with an initiative nicknamed “Star Wars” That never saw the light. Now, the Trump administration wants to dust off the project with technology of the 21st century and a more intimidating name: “Golden Dome” (the golden dome). With Spacex technology. A technological consortium headed by Spacex, the Aerospace Company of Elon Musk, leads the race to develop part of the Golden Dome, Publish Reuters. Its proposal consists of a constellation of between 400 and more than a thousand satellites dedicated to detecting enemy missiles, following its trajectory and determining if they suppose a threat to the territory of the United States. Other separate fleet of about 200 satellites (armed with missiles or lasers) would be responsible for intercepting missiles; Although the group led by Spacex would not be, according to Reuters, involved in the offensive part of the system. Old acquaintances. In addition to Spacex, two other technology companies are part of the initiative: Palantir Technologies and Anduril Industries. Palantir is a government software co -founded by Alex Karp and Peter Thiel, old acquaintances of Musk. Anduril specializes in military drones and Autonomous Defense Technologies; Its most famous founder is Palmer Lukey, the creator of the Virtual Virtual Rift helmets. All of them, very aligned entrepreneurs and Donald Trump’s millionaire donors. If you liked, subscribe. The approach proposed by Spacex, Palantir and Anduril has an unorthodox turn for a defense contract for this magnitude: a subscription model. Instead buy and own satellite infrastructure, the Pentagon would pay a fee to access its services. This model, always according to reuters, could expedite the implementation by dodging the conventional procurement protocols of the Pentagon, but would also tie the government to a supplier and limit its control over the development and future prices of technology. After the publication of Reuters, which generated comments on possible conflicts of interest and worse things, Elon Musk responded in his X profile: “This is not true”, without giving more details. From Iron Dome to Golden Dome. The inspiration in the name seems clear: the Israeli iron dome. But the differences also appear in sight: Israel is a small country, with short -range threats. The United States is a continental country exposed to attacks from multiple vectors and with new threats, as the hypersonic missiles developed by Russia and Chinawhose erratic trajectories and extreme speed challenge current systems. Replicating the iron dome on an American scale is technical and economically unfeasible. Hence, the alternative that right now has more ballots is a solution based on the Starlink satellite constellation, which would cost between 6,000 and 10,000 million dollars. More politics than defense, for now. Although Spacex and its technological partners seem to be in the lead, traditional defense giants such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX or Boeing are not far behind and also bid on the part of the cake. The Pentagon has received proposals from more than 180 companies. The big question is whether Golden Dome will really be a defensive revolution against real threats (such as hypersonic weapons or orbital bombing systems) or If it’s just an electoral promise closer to the science fiction of Star Wars than to a pragmatic military strategy. If something has taught us the current administration is that nothing they are going to do tomorrow is predictable. Images | Peter Thiel and Elon Musk (PayPal), Starlink Stelas (Lowell) In Xataka | Space energy never worked. A military escalation in orbit is making it come true

We have compared the effects of the Mediterranean diet with those of the so -called “planetary health diet”. There are surprises

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Something everyday as eating can have a huge impact on our health, but you can also put a small grain of sand in environmental protection. The problem in these cases is that it is not always easy to demonstrate reliably the impacts of our diet on our health and the environment. Some scientists have tried. As beneficial as the Mediterranean diet. A group of researchers He has been studyingface to face, the health and environmental effects of two diets: the traditional and well -known Mediterranean diet, and the least known planetary health diet. According to this analysis, adhesion to both diets presents similar benefits for both our health and our environment. Planetary health diet. The planetary health diet, or PHD for its acronym in English is a diet Proposal in 2019 By a group of experts from the Eat-Lancet commission, associated with the medical magazine The Lancet. It is a diet that prepares the consumption of plant foods and limits the consumption of meats and dairy products (although it does not eliminate them as in vegetarian and vegan diets). “In 2019, the planetary health diet (PHD) was developed to optimize global dietary quality at the same time that the impacts of food production within sustainable borders were maintained,” indicated in a press release Mercedes Sotos Prieto, researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid and co -author of the study. “However, evidence of how PHD is compared to the Mediterranean diet (…). We have evaluated the effects of both diets on mortality for any cause and the environmental impact on a large (sample) representative of the Spanish population.” 11,488 participants. The study was carried out from compiled data in the study of nutrition and cardiovascular risk in Spain (Enrica). The data of this cohort allowed to track 11,488 participants over 14.4 years. To analyze the adhesion to each of the diets two indexes were used, the PHD Index and Medas Score. These measured the consumption of certain foods associated with each of the diets, the planetary health diet and the Mediterranean diet, respectively. The environmental impact of these forms of food consumption was carried out through the Sharp-ID tool (Sharp-Indicors Database), which allows estimating greenhouse gas emissions based on land uses. Health impacts were measured through mortality, through the National Death Index. The analysis also included information about other variables to adjust the results. Less mortality. The study results They indicated a positive effect of both diets about health. In the case of the PHD, the study showed a decrease of approximately 22% in the risk of death during the period studied when comparing the group with greater adhesion to this diet with respect to the group with less adhesion. In the case of the Mediterranean diet, the comparison between the mortalities of the groups with the greatest and lesser adhesion was approximately 21%. A very similar positive effect, so much that the difference is statistically irrelevant. More than health. The second point of interest is that of the environmental impact of diets, calculated in this case based on emissions that are estimated to the different options. In the case of the PHD diet, the estimate calculates emissions equivalent to 4.15 kg of CO₂ a day, with a soil use estimated at 5.54 m² a day. The Mediterranean diet, on the other hand, is calculated emissions equivalent to 4.36 kg of CO₂ per day, with a land use estimated at 5.43 m² a day. Results, again, very similar. The details of the study have not yet been published in a scientific journal, but were presented at the beginning of the month at the Congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). An open debate. The PHD diet is a relatively recent formula, proposed less than a decade ago. In his presentation it was received with a certain degree of skepticismsomething logical if we take into account the difficulties facing science when analyzing something as complex as nutrition and the effects of food on our body and our health. That is why studies are required to test the Initial results. Experiments such as this incline the balance in favor of this type of diets but when addressing this type of issues all additional information can be useful. In Xataka | Coffee has no cholesterol but does raise its levels. And someone has discovered the perfect elaboration to limit it Image | Louis Hansel

Brazil has taken 23 years to discover that its English judge Albert Lancelot Canterbury is called José and never left the country

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Exactly 10 years ago, a decade, the media made the case of an Australian of Vietnamese origin famous. Its history today is part of that set of surreal stories that were born (and died) on the network. Apparently, the guy, called nothing less What Phuc Dat Bichhe was censored by Facebook due to his name (and his hilarious similarity with “Fuck That Bitch”). Unfortunately, the story in the end was too good to be true. In Brazil it occurred to the resemblance, but for 23 years nobody doubted Judge Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield. The “aristocrat” of the countryside. The short version: for more than two decades, the judicial system of the state of São Paulo housed a judge who did not exist. La Tarce: José Eduardo Franco Dos Reis, a Brazilian citizen, managed to pass public exams, graduate in Law at the University of São Paulo and exercise as a magistrate under a completely false identity: Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield, a name as extravagant as Anglophile. The farce began in the 80s, when two reis, determined to reinvent itself, falsified his birth certificate to present himself as a British aristocrat born in Brazil but raised in the United Kingdom. In 1995, already officially converted to a judge, the character consolidated with Press Interviews in which he narrated a fictitious childhood between English castles and noble lineages. An institutionalized lie. The really fascinating thing about this story is the time that has gone unnoticed by the authorities. The truth came to light in 2024when two Reis (even using Wickfield’s name) went to a government office to renew its identity document. Although all his legal roles were in the name of his alter ego British, the number of birth registration coincided with that of a Brazilian citizen. The crossing of fingerprints confirmed the suspicion: Judge Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield never existed. It was, in reality, a carefully built and sustained character for more than 20 years by “José”, a man who never left the country and who managed to deceive colleagues, institutions and control organisms without anyone questioning his story … despite the obvious theatricality of his name. An unlikely explanation. After discovering fraud, two Reis was summoned to declare. Then, the man appeared under his real name for the first time in decades, although he offered an even more delusional defense: he said that Wickfield was His twin brotheradopted in childhood by a couple of British aristocrats. Nor did he provide evidence or explain the origin of the names, although Media as Folha de S. Paulo They have pointed out the clear and obvious literary inspiration: from Sir Lancelot of The round table Even Mr. Wickfield from David Copperfieldby Charles Dickens. The Prosecutor’s Office formally accused him of ideological falsehood and use of false documents, but so far it has not been able to be located, so it has not been formally notified. A judicial fortune. During his career, “José” accumulated prestige, power and a juicy pension of more than $ 28,000 per monththe same ones that continued to charge even after his retirement in 2018. However, after the revelation of fraud, the Court of Justice of São Paulo has ordered the immediate suspension of his payments, an amount that only in February It would exceed 166,000 reais. No doubt, the case has left the stunned Brazilian public opinionnot only because of the magnitude of the deception, but by the dimension of the structural failure of the institutions that allowed a man to live under a literary identity, absurd and completely invented within one of the most monitored powers of the State. To the small screen. If you want also, the scandal is not only an anecdote of imposture, but a living metaphor of how the appearance, Language and authority can build parallel realities in systems that do not always require rigorous evidence to validate their pillars. The Wickfield-Dos Reis case not only ridicule the judicial system Brazilian, but reveals bureaucratic fragility against the imposted charism and a well -spun narrative (apparently). Plus: that a judge could be inspired by British literature to create their identity and exercise for decades without being discovered, it is both a structural failure and An institutional tragicomedy worthy of a Dickens novel … or a script that I could surely prepare the Netflix very. Image | ITOLDYA, Devianart In Xataka | Indeed, if you doubted that someone was called Phuc Dat Bich, you were right In Xataka | AGLOE: The story of how a city that did not exist until Google eliminated it was introduced into the maps

It’s called GPMI and reaches 192 Gbps

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China wants to give the final impulse to the 8k UHD standardwhich establishes a resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 pixels for ultra high definition contents and image display devices. The 8K UHD Video Industry Cooperation Alliance of Shenzhenan organization constituted by more than 50 Chinese companies, has just presented a new communication interface by cable that seeks to establish itself as an alternative to HDMI and Displayport. This new standard is called GPMI (General Purpose Media Interface or general means of purpose interface) and has been expressly designed to solve the requirements required by transport between video signal devices with 8K UHD resolution, as well as other types of data and electricity. As we are about to verify, its specifications are superior not only to those of the standards HDMI 2.1 and Displayport 2.1; also a Thunderbolt 4 and USB4. GPMI aspires to make its way to elbow In the characteristics table that we publish a little below we can see that the GPMI standard will be available in two different variants. The first one is the most ambitious and is known as GPMI Type-B. This theory link is capable of reaching a maximum transfer speed of 192 Gbps and delivering a maximum of 480 watts, so it should feed without problem even electronic devices that consume a lot of electricity. GPMI TYPE-B reaches 192 Gbps and delivery up to 480 watts The other standard is GPMI Type-C and its figures are a bit more modest, although, even so, they are superior to those of the rules that I have mentioned a few lines above. Your maximum transfer speed Brush the 96 Gbps and can deliver a maximum power of 240 watts. Both standards, GPMI TYPE-B and TYPE-C, can transport video signals with 8K UHD resolution. standard Maximum transfer speed Power delivery GPMI TYPE-B 192 Gbps 480 watts GPMI TYPE-C 96 Gbps 240 watts HDMI 2.1 frl 48 Gbps No HDMI 2.1 TMDS 18 Gbps No Displayport 2.1 80 Gbps No Thunderbolt 4 40 Gbps 100 watts USB4 40 Gbps 240 watts A very important note: the GPMI TYPE-B specification uses a different connector to any other that we can find currently in other standards, but the other variant, GPMI TYPE-C, uses a compatible connector from a physical point of view with the USB-C standard. This indicates that it has received the approval of the USB Association, which is the international organization that develops the different reviews of USB standards and promotes its use. As we have just seen, on paper the GPMI standard paints very well. The support he is receiving from Chinese companies that have participated in their development anticipates that You will probably have an important impact in the country market led by Xi Jinping. What is not yet clear is what impact will have outside China, but if a good part of the devices manufactured in this country is only a matter of time that little by little is also consolidated abroad. Whatever any innovation that improves our experience as users is welcome. Image | HKEPC More information | HKEPC In Xataka | China has responded to US tariffs attacking one of its weak points: rare earths

It’s called byd and represents everything China has to win

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We do not know how long it will last but we do know that we are living a few days that will happen in the history of financial markets. That they become a mere anecdote in books or that, really, becomes days, weeks or a historical period to study is something that time will only tell us. Anyway, since last April 2, something has changed in the world car market. Something that threatens to break the market as we have understood so far. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Byd is emerging at a unique opportunity. A disruptive tariff. “A hole we have never seen”. With these words, Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, defined the possibility of cars to export tariffs to the United States. From April 2 they apply at 25%. A figure that substantially increases each vehicle or that dynamite the benefit that each company can obtain if it does not touch the prices. The pieces have also been granted to build those cars. For example, if a car is manufactured in the United States, the product has to increase because the transmission, engine or any other piece has been manufactured outside its borders. And, in addition, there are also A 25% tariff to tariff and aluminum They are key … indeed, for car production. A complicated calculation. The problem of which numerous experts are notifying is that it is impossible for the United States to attract a complete supply chain for all cars that buys in a short time space that is the alleged great objective of the measure. In BBC They explain with a map the complex process that carries the production of a simple piston, which moves as a fish in the water between the borders of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Farley’s words are also the company that produces the most within the United States After Tesla. The impact despite everything is huge, how to calculate the damage to General Motors, for example? We know that last year the United States imported vehicles and car parts worth $ 475,000 million in 2024. Of that figure, it is estimated that more or less half were represented by vehicles. And of those vehicles, between 50 and 60% arrived from Europe, they collect in eldiario.es. It does not seem accidental that the European Union is already proposing lift tariffs to industrial goods. First consequences. Given this context, there are two options. The first, of course, upload prices. It is estimated that, on average, and depending on the base price of the vehicle an American will pay Between 5,000 and $ 15,000 more per car bought. Given that climb, it is difficult to think that manufacturers can put on the market the same amount of cars as at the moment. Mercedes considers abandoning the sale of Mercedes Gla, one of its less small vehicles and, therefore, with the lowest profit margin, according to Bloomberg. Those who are not thinking about it are Stellantis. The company has already announced the Temporary dismissal of 900 employees. In addition, a factory in Ontario (Canada) and another in Toluca (Mexico) will be closed two weeks and all month of April, respectively. Toyota, which was already reducing its production in the United States, It is also going down the rhythm in Mexico. And Volkswagen has ordered to stop shipments from Mexico and Europe, according to Automotive News. The fifth producer. If we quickly review the companies that have begun to make their ads we find that we have talked about Toyota, Volkswagen and Stellantis. If we add General Motors and the Hyundai/Kia group to the equation we have the CInc major cars manufacturers of 2024. Last year, Byd already touched on the door of this group of the five. Its 4.27 million units produced were placed as the sixth producer of the world. The forecasts for this year are 5.5 million units. If they were fulfilled, last year they would have earned him to overcome Stellantis (5.41 million units) and start seeing General Motors on the horizon (fourth position, he touched the six million units). Bad forecasts. The worst thing for Stellantis is that the company was already dragging problems last year. In fact, in 2023 it came from touching 6.40 million cars made but their future, especially in the United Stateshe has prevented him. General Motors also lost bellows in 2024 when he made almost 200,000 cars less than the previous year. In both cases They are especially affected for 25% tariffs to the car. Stellantis manufactures 57% of the cars it sells. And General Motors reduces that 52%figure. In both cases a large part of its production to Mexico and Canada has been transferred where they produce 39% and 30% of their cars, respectively. The latter is especially important because Canada has already warned the United States that it will impose tariffs of 25% return to cars that export to the country. It is estimated that Canada imported from the United States in 2024 vehicles worth 15,500 million dollars. Nor are Toyota and Volkswagen saved. General Motors and Stellantis are the greats indicated in this case because they are the closest of Byd. But it is expected that Toyota and Volkswagen face very hard economic conditions if an understanding between Japan, the European Union and the United States is not reached. Toyota sold in 2024 2.33 million cars in the United States. Of them, only 1.27 million produced within the country. Volkswagen sold more than one million of cars last year in the United States. 80% of cars that it sells there would be affected by import tariffs (and it would be necessary to calculate the increase in those manufactured there). The right moment. The global car context cannot be, right now, more favorable to byd. The company does not produce vehicles for the United States or manufacture within its borders so it is a market that was non -existent and that will continue … Read more

Why there is another app called the officer and what are the differences

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Let’s explain Why there is another application that also has the same name that Midnithe official app with which you can carry your identity document on the mobile. It is something that can be very confusing, go looking for one and find that there is another one called similar, and we will try to clear the doubts. We will try to explain this in a simple and easy to understand way. First we are going to explain why there are other applications that are called, the same, and then we are going to tell you What are the differences between them and the official app. Remember that the official app you can download it In Google Play From your android or In the App Store of iOS. Why are there other apps with the same name? The reason you are going to find other apps with names like my DNI is because These applications were first. Simply, the National Police chose a name for its official app that was already being used by other applications. It is not fraudulent applicationsat least not the majority. They were simply apps that were looking for temporary solutions to help you carry the DNI on the mobile before the final and official app came out to help you with this. Android’s unofficial app has been active since February 2024, so it is possible that he continues to leave first in searches. What allows you is to take a photo of the identity card on the mobile, but only that. It is not a scam, but I recommend that you do not use itsince you will be giving this personal information to another company. Differences between both applications The difference you should know is that The official MIDNI app is the only one with legal validity. If you use the alternative you will simply be taking the photo of a ID, and when doing official procedures they will not accept it. Maybe in some businesses yes, but it will not have legal validity. This means that the only one that will be accepted in public administrations to carry out any procedure is the police app, not the other, and that you have to teach the police if I asked for it. In addition to this, the unofficial app simply allows you to see the photo of your DNI. In the official app you can present your documentation in several ways, depending on how much you want to reveal. You can show only the age to verify it to show all the information, always with a QR that is generated when connecting to the police servers. In Xataka Basics | Download your digital certificate with the ID: How to do it for free and in a minute with the mobile

Bob called it and ended up being a loud failure

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Microsoft turns half a century. The Redmond company has exceeded crisis, reinventions and complicated moments, but has managed to stay in the race. It could have been as a distant memory of its golden years, something similar to what comes to mind when we think of brands like Kodak either Blackberry. But it was not so. Microsoft has not only survivedbut is in one of his best moments. It is not just one of the most valuable companies on the planet (At the time of writing these lines, he occupies second place in stock capitalization), but also leads such strategic areas as cloud computing, artificial intelligence or the world of video games. We already commented a few days ago: One of the keys to its success has been its ability to adapt. The previous list has a remarkable absence: Windows. And it is not an oversight. Although it is still an important piece within the Microsoft ecosystem, He had long stopped occupying the leading role in the business. Today it is installed in more than 70 % of the world’s computers And it is difficult to find someone who does not know what it is. But a few decades ago, personal computer science was a thing of a few. The solution to humanize Windows In the mid -nineties, the presence of computers in homes remained limited. Many users signed up for courses to learn to handle an operating system, and sit for the first time in front of a PC could be a disconcerting experience. Microsoft understood that, if I wanted to expand its user base, Windows should do more accessible. And his way of trying was a curious software called “Microsoft Bob”. The program, which internally It was developed under the name “Utopia”He arrived at the stores on March 31, 1995, a few months before the launch of Windows 95. He was compatible with Windows 3.1 and later versions, and his approach was clear: converting the PC interface into a kind of virtual house, with rooms, furniture and animated characters that served as guides. When starting the program, the user was with a door. After touching and introducing the credentials, he accessed a domestic environment where he could choose between different rooms, such as a study, a living room or an office. Each room offered accesses to system tools: a calendar, a address book, a clock or educational applications. Everything was presented with a cartoon aesthetics That, although it was looking to be nice, it was perceived as excessively childish. Each space also had a digital character that guided the user. The most remembered was Rover, an animated dog who worked as an assistant, although a turtle, an elephant and other characters also appeared. Microsoft’s goal was that the experience was more enjoyable than with traditional Windows. But Bob did not finish curdling. Not only for its design, which aroused all kinds of criticism, but also for its technical demands: required a computer with at least 8 MB of RAMa considerable figure for many homes in 1995. The result was the foreseeable: few adopted it and the program was withdrawn from the market less than a year after its launch. By then, Windows 95 was now available and offered a much more intuitive experience, without decorating it with digital pets. When Bob returned without warning But its story has an unexpected turn. When Microsoft prepared the Windows XP installation CD, the team realized that there were about 30 MB of free space. What to do with them? In order not to miss them and, incidentally, hinder illegal discharges a bit, they decided to fill them with fictional data. Instead of generating random files, a developer search in the company’s historical archives, recovered the images of the original Bob disks, combined them, I encrypted them with a random written key … and used them as digital filling. The result was as ironic as unexpected: Microsoft Bob ended up hidden within millions of legal copies of Windows XP, without anyone knowing. Even so, Microsoft Bob left a certain legacy. Rover returned years later as a search assistant at Windows XP. And although Clippythe famous Office clip, was not born within this program, the idea of ​​accompanying the user with animated characters who offered on the screen was already there. For many it was a disaster. For a few, a discovery. Microsoft Bob did not succeed, but for some it was his first contact with computer science lived as a game. Some remember hours designing rooms. Others, parts of his virtual house with a view to the city. Not all Microsoft attempts have gone well. And Bob is part of that list of experiments that did not work, along with products such as ZuneWindows Vista or Windows Phone. But it also demonstrates the company’s ability to prove, make mistakes and move on. Images | Microsoft | Wikimedia Commons | Sweetcoffemug (Reddit) In Xataka | “In a year or two code editors will not exist”: four programmers explain the Vibe Coding revolution

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