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In the middle of the largest commercial chaos, olive oil seems immune thanks to a factor: consumption in Spain

April 10, 2025 by usatoday24

For months, a fear has persistently toured the oil world. Often fear is undefined, inaccurate, it has no face. This time, on the other hand, it was something clear and easily identifiable: producers feared that, after the crisis of recent years, the olive oil consumption figures They will not recover. Now, the data start drawing an answer. An extremely rational fear. Throughout the last decade, the consumption of olive oil It has been falling year after year. It is not clear why, or what are they Sociodemographic factors that influence; But yes, crisis after crisis (and with the mediation of A deep cultural and gastronomic change), wide layers of the population have gotten out of the oil and the vast majority has not returned. It is evident that in Spain there is a “oil culture” and that, in a sense, makes the Spaniards a “captive public”. We can see it by analyzing the inelasticity of the demand. According to the year dataolive oil has been the product that has most increased this April. It is worth 62% more than last year and 100.4% more than two ago. The demand, on the other hand, only 19.8% fell with respect to the last year and 44.5% compared to two years ago. That is the great trick of the industry and, therefore, the simple idea that this culture is eroding is terrifying for them. And even more in times of change. Not just for The commercial chaos that has caused the tariff vailed of the US, but for The endemic paradoxes of the Spanish oil industry. Do not forget that we talk about a sector that, despite growing 15% every yearis seeing how its productive structure is de -industrialized to forced marches. But Spain has returned. After several bad years, this campaign has finally been the return to normal. That has hehco that prices, little to Cpoco, return to normal. In February, in fact, the year -on -year price had already fallen by 40%. But the good news is another: that demand has grown 48%, According to Nielsen data collected by Cordopolis. Has the curse broken? It is still early to know. In a few months, we can examine in detail how sales go and we can know if consumption levels have really recovered or not. But the sensations are good. And more at a time when, despite everything, the Oleícola sector has managed not to resent with the tariff measures of Donald Trump. For the first time in years, a smile is intuited in the Olivos Sea. Image | Norberto Ortiz In Xataka | The two speeds of the price of olive oil: much more in origin is being reduced than in the supermarket

The first European attempt to launch a commercial rocket at orbit has ended up explosion to northern Norway

March 30, 2025 by usatoday24

First attempt. The inaugural launch of the Spectrum rocket, a test mission without payload called “Going Full Spectrum”took off at 12:30 CET on March 30 from the Andøya Space Puerto, in Norway. Originally scheduled for March 24, the flight was delayed several times due to bad weather conditions. After lighting their nine engines, the Spectrum He cleared the launch platform and rose without problems for 18 seconds. Then he began to lose control or overwhelming his orientation to the point of turning. In the second 30, all the engines went out and the rocket began to fall. The realization changed camera, but an explosion was heard shortly after. “A success!” The impact of the rocket near the platform and the fireball of the explosion They were captured by the Norwegian press. Despite the ruling, Isar Aerospace declared the launch A success. The CEO of the company, Daniel MetzlerHe added that the flight “has fulfilled all our expectations” with “an impeccable takeoff, 30 seconds of flight and we could even validate our flight termination system.” Although the rocket did not define, he turned off his engines not to deviate before falling. The launch platform is apparently intact. Flight launchers 2 and 3 are already in production. ISAR has compiled numerous data in this first test. Spectrum. What Isar Aerospace’s rocket has not been able to validate is the first orbital launching title of a European private company, since it has not reached orbit. Now the achievement is still open to other rockets such as RFA One of the German Rocket Factory Augsburg or Miura 5 of the Spanish Pld Space. Spectrum is a two -stage rocket and 28 meters high designed to transport up to 1000 kg to the low terrestrial orbit. The first stage has nine Aquila engines and the second one has one, optimized for space vacuum. All of their own design, with carbon fiber tanks without coating and 3D printed engines, fed with oxygen and liquid propane. Isar Aerospace. It was founded in 2018 in Germany with a Spacex -inspired approach: integrated production vertically and very automated, with the idea of producing many prototypes, testing them and improving their design through multiple iterations. It is very well financed with a total investment of 400 million euros, which has taken the opportunity to build a new headquarters 40,000 square meters near Munich. According to Isar, it will have the capacity to produce 40 Spectrum rockets per year. Norway. Isar Aerospace has an exclusive platform in the Andøya Space Puerto in Norway, chosen for its ideal location to reach polar orbits and heliosíncronas and because the rocket takes off on the open ocean. It also has the meteorological problem that has been seen the days before the launch. Images | Isar Aerospace In Xataka | Europe’s access depends on the United States. ESA has presented a strategic plan to become independent

NASA decided to bombard the moon with low -budget commercial missions. The results are being bleak

March 12, 2025 by usatoday24

The image above was sent by the Athena Machines lunar module before running out of energy. Like his predecessor, he was horizontal, which prevented him from deploying his loads. To top it off, he did it in an orientation and an orography that did not allow him to recharge his batteries. Athena (IM-2) is one of the many Missions of the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload (Clps) Commercial Program. Announced in 2018, It is the return of the United States to the lunar surface after more than 50 yearssince NASA stopped doing lunar missions (manned or not) after Apollo 17. CLPS hires private companies to transport NASA scientific experiments To the moon. These companies develop commercial spaces that finance with NASA contracts and other agencies or companies interested in sending load to the Moon. For NASA it is a very low cost approach, since the contracts revolve around 100 million dollars per mission, while the alunizas of the Surveyor program of the 1960s cost 10 times more (adjusting their value from then on inflation). It is also a high -risk approach, how they are demonstrating the first results. NASA pays the agreed amount and does not cover cost overruns, transferring to companies a huge technical and financial challenge. For NASA a failure represents a manageable loss, so it is bombing the moon of CLPS missions. For companies, the pressure is increasing. A difficult beginning The CLPS missions had to start launching in 2020. The Orbitbeyond company canceled its contract in 2019 for financial problems, renouncing before starting. Masten Space, another selected, broke in 2022, canceling his mission planned by 2023. Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines ended up delaying their releases, but they are still in the race. However, of the four CLPS missions launched to date, only one has achieved a completely successful moon landing: ❌ Astrobotic pilgrim. The first CLPS mission. He received NASA 79.5 million dollars to transport 14 useful charges to the Moon. It was launched on January 8, 2024 with a Vulcan Centaur rocket of Ula. The ship suffered a propellant leak shortly after the launch that left it without possibilities to reach the lunar surface. He went down in history as First American attempt of moon landing from the Apollo missions, but the fuel escape left it unusable. First failure.❌ Odysseus of intuitive machines. The IM-1 mission received 77.5 million dollars from NASA to send six scientific instruments to the moon. It was launched on February 15, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Spacex. Unlike pilgrim, the Nova-C ship “Odysseus” reached the lunar surface, But it was sidewayswhich prevented deploying many of its useful charges. Even so, it continued to work for seven days before running out of energy.✔️ Blue Ghost of Firefly Aerospace. The mission received a contract of 101.5 million from the NASA to take 10 useful charges to the moon. It was launched on January 15, 2025 in a Falcon 9 rocket in Spacex. The ship alunicized smoothly and vertically on March 2, 2025. It was the first completely successful mooning of a private company on the moon. Among other instruments, the mission deployed a heat probe under the lunar regol.❌ Athena of intuitive machines. The second mission of Intuitive Machines received 47 million dollars from NASA to display the prime-1 ice prospecting experiment on the moon. It was launched on February 27, 2025 in a Falcon 9 rocket. Like Odysseus, the Athena ship managed to descend to the Mons Mouton region, near the South Lunar Pole, but it was left aside again due to problems with its navigation sensors. Consequently, he could not recharge his batteries and died prematurely after transmitting images and some initial data. The NASA trailblazer lunar orbiter ran the same fate launched next to Athena as part of another agency’s low cost program: the Simplex missions. NASA lost contact with the orbiter shortly after its deployment. Its predecessor, the Cubesat Lunah-Map launched next to the Lunar Artemis I mission, also ended in failure due to a propulsion failure. Another moment that dazzled the Clps missions was the cancellation of the Viper Rover when it was already built. NASA’s rover, designed to search water in the South Lunar Pole, was going to be launched with the Astrobotic Griffin module, but was canceled by NASA so as not to have to take delays and cost overheads. Of course, instead of dismantling it, the agency has ended up making it available to private companies interested in operating it. The following to try Astrobotic, with the Lunar Griffin module, scheduled for the end of this year Intuitive Machines, with the IM-4 missions (which will take the prospect drill of the European Space Agency to the South Lunar Pole) and IM-3 (which will travel to an enigmatic lunar swirl, Reiner Gamma), in 2026 Firefly Aerospace, with the Blue Ghost 2 missions, next year, and Blue Ghost 3, in 2028 (using an orbiter and a landing module to investigate the Gruithuisen domes, a lunar territory never explored) And Draper, aboard the Apex module of the Japanese company Ispace, with the aim of alunizar on the hidden face of the moon The half full glass Image: Firefly Aerospace Despite these setbacks, each ship of the Clps program has helped the development of the companies involved. Although the scientific value of these missions is much lower than that of more advanced programs, such as those of the Chinese space agency, CLPS offers NASA a more economical and flexible path to explore the moon and start energizing a lunar economy. The program has had a difficult start (after all they were high -risk missions), but has fulfilled the objective of involving private industry in lunar exploration, lowering access to the moon and delivering some scientific results to a comparatively low cost. If the next missions manage to improve the success rate, CLPS will be the scientific support that the artemis man -manned program needs. Image | Intuitive machines In Xataka | Elon Musk has … Read more

The first commercial biological computer in the world

March 4, 2025 by usatoday24

The Mobile World Congress edition that is being held this week in Barcelona is full of smartphones, tablets and other devices with which users are familiar. However, too We are holding some surprises. The team that stars this article is possibly the most exotic device of this fair. It is, neither more nor less, than the first Biological computer commercially available, and has been developed by Cortical Labs, an Australian biotechnology company. Biological computing is a branch of computer science that studies, on the one hand, how we can use elements of a biological nature to process and store information. And, on the other hand, how we can inspire ourselves in the mechanisms of biological evolution to develop new algorithms that allow us to solve complex problems. If we stick to the hardware this discipline resorts to molecules derived from biological systems, such as proteins or DNA, to carry out calculations, store and recover the information. And if we enter the field of software, in particular in the artificial intelligence (AI), biological computing proposes to address some computer problems inspired by the strategy used by biology to solve some challenges. In any case, the CL1 computer, which is the biological machine that has put the team of Cortical Labs researchers ready, is framed in the biological computing branch that seeks to develop new hardware trained to process and store information. CL1 is a dream come true This sophisticated computer has been possible thanks to a large extent to the advances that have occurred in recent years in the field of Nanobiotechnology. The most precise definition of this discipline, and also the most accepted by scientists, describes it as the technology that allows us to accurately manipulate proteins to assemble more complex functional structures. The first biological computers for research had the ability to carry out calculations manipulating the RNA (ribonucleic acid) of a bacteria. In broad strokes what scientists have done so far to develop these machines was to take advantage that DNA molecules behave in the same way as a digital circuit to implement with them The same logical operations that conventional silicon processors carry out. This manipulation of DNA is possible, precisely, thanks to the advances experienced by nanobiotechnology in recent years. DNA manipulation is possible thanks to the advances experienced by nanobiotechnology in recent years Once the biological circuit was prepared, they introduced it into a coli Escherichia bacterium identical to those residing inside our stomach and intestine, and without which we could not carry out the correct digestion of food. The E. coli bacteria is simple and innocuous enough so that researchers can manipulate it effortlessly, and when manipulated DNA crosses the bacteria cell wall, the molecular machine of the cell itself translates it into a messenger RNA (MRNA). The interesting thing is that this RNM indicates to the ribosome of the cell what to do to synthesize a protein preferred by researchers. Ribosomes are the organelles or components of the cells that are responsible for the synthesis or manufacture of proteins. And now comes the most surprising: the RNM that tells the ribosome how to manufacture the protein It is only activated in the presence of a specific entryand when it does trigger the production of the protein, which is the exit. This behavior is exactly the same as a transistor. CL1, the biological computer of Cortical Labs, does not work exactly so, but the strategy in which we have just investigated is useful to understand how it works. And it does so thanks to the cultivation of real neurons in a nutrient -rich solution that allows them to grow healthy on a silicon chip that sends and receives electrical impulses. However, not everything is hardware in this machine. The person responsible for interacting directly with neurons is a biological intelligence operating system called ‘BIOS’ And it is that responsible for interacting directly with neurons is a biological intelligence operating system called ‘Bios’ (Biological Intelligence Operating System) that has been developed by Cortical Labs. This software sends information directly to neurons about its surroundings, and the latter react emitting electrical impulses. In any case, the most important thing is that CL1 neurons are programmable, and, therefore, it is possible to display code on them. However, this machine is not intended for a domestic use scenario. Its purpose is to be used by researchers to, for example, better understand how neurons process information without experimenting with animals. It can even help neuroscientific to understand how learning works in real time or the mechanisms that trigger some neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, props, the consumption of CL1 is much more restrained than that of a conventional computer. It sounds good, right? Image | Cortical Labs More information | Cortical Labs In Xataka | We already know at what speed our brain processes: just 10 bits per second

convert commercial premises of the center into payment bathrooms

February 12, 2025 by usatoday24

The Tourist Mold the cities. That is not new. Nor anything they have not experienced in their meats streets the residents of the cities with the highest flow of visitors, such as Barcelona, Madrid either Palmto name just a handful of examples. Vacation rent increases, which pull up From housing prices, it contributes to the gentrification of The most central neighborhoods and redraws trade and hospitality, as already He has recognized Malaga. In Madrid that process threatens, however, with something else: to make the city look like a music festival. For now you already have a few Settings for travelers and commercial premises converted into toilets. A private bath … and something else. Trends (and Tourist of a city is) cook to ‘slow fire’, with the passage of time and by accumulation. But that does not mean that from time to time we find specific cases that stand out for their symbolic value. Represent. Personalize. Madrid has just left A clear example. There, in one of their most central and tourist areas, they just reconvert an old bank branch in some toilets. The case I commented Recently in X Antonio GiraldoUrbanist and Socialist Edil in Madrid, and has not taken to attract the attention of the networks and means. Near the Plaza Mayor, one of the most tourist points in the capital, has just opened a peculiar business: private bathrooms at street levels that can be accessed prior to payment of a euro. The business occupies a bass in the Plaza de San Miguel. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Why is it important? For what it is. And also for what it represents. In Street view It can be seen that a few years ago that same bass was occupied by the offices of a bank. Today is a private toilet at street level, with a huge ‘WC’ poster in La Gensrera, an access lathe, a reader for card payment, a poster with the price and everything else that would be expected in a toilet : cubicles, toilets, bins, toilet paper dispensers, sink … eldiario.es precise That the place has 273 m2, although in reality there are two stores and one is still closed. The business does not make distinctions and toilets can pass both neighbors and tourists prior payment of a euro, but in this case where it matters almost as much as what. The business has opened at a very tourist point, at the exit of the San Miguel market, near the Plaza Mayor. In fact, just a few minutes from there there are Several public toiletspart of The 129 network Bathrooms Free access whose maintenance –The City Council clarifies– It is paid thanks to advertising. Two approaches, two audiences. So much before, when it was a BBVA office, as now, converted into a WC that can be accessed by paying, the place was basically the same: offer services. Very different, true; But services after all. The big question is … Who uses a bank branch and who a private bathroom? That key is what Leave driving Giraldo himself in X. “Yes, a bank office serves the residents, especially the older people. I do not critic … “, The councilor warns. Talk about Madrid, but it is not something exceptional. Neither Madrid is the only city that experiences that phenomenon. “Quality decreases”. In An official document in which he acknowledges that the city is reaching “unprecedented saturation levels”, the Malaga City Council speaks of that same reality. And in a very critical tone. “Mass tourism can lead to the proliferation of low quality gastronomic establishments, deteriorating the experience for both tourists and local,” he says The report Before warning of the risk of “the expulsion of native business and added value, replaced by souvenir stores and other tourist -oriented shops.” It is nothing that they have lived great destinations Like Amsterdam. Private toilets and something else. The case of the toilets has also raised interest in part also for Who has driven The business, but is not the only example of spaces that tourism has been making its own in the streets of Madrid. In the center of the city you can find a good number of Souvenir stores and slogan businesses Clearly focused on travelers. In fact there are already chains focused on that service that expand through the most visited capitals in the country, such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Malaga. Also shops that facilitate the Check-in In Airbnb flats. An unequal impact. The hospitality is not alien to that trend either. In 2024 Fedea published A report that analyzes the impact that the conversion of historical buildings in hotels has in its surroundings. And your reading is bittersweet. The study found that the new accommodations have “a positive effect” on the trade and employment of the neighborhood and even speaks of a “significant economic revitalization.” Of course, not all business profiles are favored. “The positive impact is not homogeneous. Activities related to tourism and the services sector, such as restaurants, fashion stores and souvenirs, are benefited, while traditional industries have been displaced from the center of cities,” summarize. The study also confirms that the opening of hotels in the cities favored mainly business with societies behind the freelancers. In fact, he talks about a “displacement of local bars and restaurants” in favor of chains, businesses with a “greater size”. Housing, great protagonist. If there is a front in which the Tourist He feels especially clear is that of housing. At the end of 2024 the INE counted in Madrid almost 17,300 tourist homes, of which around 7,300They brought together in the central almond, the ‘District 1’. And in 2013 Fravm provided data Airbnb that suggested that at least on that platform the local offer could be quite larger. Whether or not, the truth is that the City Council He has taken measures To control the offer. It is not the only one. Similar measures, in one sense or another, more or … Read more

The government wants to end unwanted commercial calls. The question is whether they will stop calling me “of Indeed”

February 7, 2025 by usatoday24

One of the measures announced by the Government in October 2024 had to do with The end of the annoying commercial calls and telephone scams. The Ministry of Digital and Public Transformation presented A comprehensive plan To combat fraud from SMS and calls, a package that will be approved before the end of February. The norm will strictly prohibit commercial calls with numbers outside the prefixes 800 and 900. The problem? The Spaniards are dealing with another type of spam. One that has to do with the “human resources” departments. A plan against commercial calls. The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function announced, yesterday, Thursday, that the Ministerial Order to combat cybetheafas through false commercial calls will be approved before the end of February. “That is, you will not be able to receive a commercial call from a mobile, that is happening today. We receive from a mobile, we think he is an acquaintance, a relative, we do not know who he is, and then it turns out that it is a commercial call. This will be prohibited by the ministerial order. ” Óscar López, Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function. Those companies that use numbers outside the prefixes 800 and 900 will face sanctions (still to be determined), and it will be possible to denounce before the Telecommunications User Attention Office to any number that breaches the new standard. Beyond Spanish companies. Similarly, work to try Block calls International that are identified as nationals, as well as those from numbers not assigned to any service, operator or customer. A database will also be launched in order to block text messages with alphanumeric characters (such as, when they send you fake Movistar SMS, mails, DHL, etc.). All messages that do not come from entities registered in the database will be blocked. This last measure is key, and on its success it will depend that the Spaniards are calmer in We call him of Indeed Human Resources. The problem of commercial calls is largely solved, pointing to The Robinson list. It is not infallible, but Organic Law 3/2018 on the protection of personal data prohibits companies from calling you for commercial purposes. Case apart, of course, they decide to skip the law. What, at least in recent months, has not had a solution, is the issue of the so -called “human resources”. It is more than likely that in recent months you have received a call in which a robot invites you to add its number to WhatsApp to know “work conditions.” The problem is so widespread that the own Incibe He published a statement warning about this fraud, recommended to users to block contact and report it as spam. Something that makes us frown at these calls is that they are not made with suspicious numbers, not even Google’s antispam filter can with them. The reason? They use completely real national numbers. How is it possible? ID SPOOFING. This technique is to modify or falsify the call identifier to match a “legitimate” number. It can be done from anywhere in the world so, although I call you a 6xx, the robot that is trying to cheat you does not have to be located in Spain. In fact, the scam is so sophisticated that scammers can adapt their calls so that, even being in another country, you receive a call from a national number (the country you are traveling to) talking in Spanish to offer you great employment conditions. Many of these scammers use voice services about IP (VOIP) to make these calls. This allows them to show a Caller ID (call identifier) from any country, regardless of where they are. And regarding why they have your number, you have nothing more to write on Google “Mass filtration Xataka data”. Have dozens of articles published last year. The question is if it will be enough. The government has not yet detailed how it plans to fight against this type of calls. In the event that they are carried out from other countries, according to their promise, they should be able to intercept them. But if the ID Spoofing is done locally, it will not be easy to detect when a 6xx “real” and a 6xx that is made by another. In Xataka | Be careful with the false rental scam: how it works and why you never have to give the DNI happily Image | Unspash (Lindsey Lamont)

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