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LaLiga has found the best way to beat Cloudflare: ally with its competition

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LaLiga carries months at war with Cloudflare. Avoid the illegal emissions From soccer matches via services IPTV has led LaLiga to launch the controversial and criticized IPS indiscriminate blocks series. In that battle, however, LaLiga has ended up launching an unique offensive. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. What LaLiga has done is basically ally with several of Cloudflare competitorsthat have become entities that do present to specifically block domains that are violating the audiovisual rights that they try to protect LaLiga. Vercel, the great prominent. The case of Vercel is paradigmatic. On April 15, in full IPS block fever, the CTO de Vercel, Malte UBL, He published an article In the official blog of the company criticizing the IPS blockages that had also affected their customers. “Users in Spain now face indiscriminate internet block with legitimate websites ceasing to be accessible due to their association with shared IP addresses (…) What began as a measure against piracy has become an irresponsible form of censorship on the Internet.” Where I said I say Diego. That criticism in the blog was accompanied by A message in x of the company’s CEO, Guillermo Rauch, who confirmed how those blockages were already affecting their customers. Three days later the blog article was updated with a singular note: “We are working closely with LaLiga to quickly eliminate the illegal streaming contents.” The blockages were indiscriminate. What we have lived these months has sudo a constant indiscriminate block of IPS that made not only access to illegal broadcasts of football matches, but also thousands of legitimate websites, including companies that companies that They are suffering economic and reputational damage. One of the key questions was if selective and specific blockages could be made. The answer seems to be totally affirmative. But it may not be (if you are not in cloudflare). In LaLiga’s press release, a phrase stood out especially. In it those responsible for LaLiga explained that “collaboration prevents dynamic IPS blockages from being carried out may affect third parties“. That means that theoretically in Vercel, Akamai or CDN77 will be able to make these selective blockages and prohibit access only to domains that infringe Adiovisual rights, and not to all others who share IP with the offending domain. The question is, of course, how they do it. No technical details. We have contacted LaLiga, which did not have the technical details. We have also tried to contact Vercel to try to know how they perform that filtering, but for now we have not obtained an answer. A priori that selective block is feasible, but companies such as Cloudflare defend that they protect the privacy of their customers Thanks to technologies like ECH. Some collaborate in blockages, others do not. That extension of the TLS protocol The name of the domain masks and makes it basically impossible for the operators to know which concrete website the user is accessing when asking for an IP. In Cloudflare and Vercel (for example) the same IP is shared between hundreds or thousands of domains, but while Cloudflare does not collaborate with LaLiga when specifically blocking those domains, Vercel and others do seem that they will begin to do it according to Laliga’s press release. Another setback for cloudflare. This DNS, CDN and Proxy inverse provider has become a valuable ally for thousands of companies worldwide, but His obsession with protecting privacy of his clients he is putting in trouble. French justice – which already acted Against her, Cisco and Google Recently in its fight against piracy – it has recently forced it to Block illegal MotoGP retransmissions. That now its competitors reach agreements with LaLiga raises new difficulties. It is the application of a simple philosophy. Divide and win. With this tactic, LaLiga converts to Vercel, Akamai or CDN77 – in addition to other entities – in “collaborationists” of its cause, leaving cloudflare more and more alone. That can cause a domino effect: if users and companies confirm that “if we use Cloudflare we have problems with the blockages, but if we use Vercel, there can be no potential migration of those users and companies to the services of Cloudflare competitors. But. After these agreements there are still economic interests, and those users and companies end up sacrificing the protection of privacy offered by Cloudflare and other companies to avoid being harmed economic, reputationally or functionally. The problem with this sacrifice is that now the requested blockages are theoretically to protect illegal soccer broadcasts, but a probable threat arises. BLOCKS WITHOUT JUDICIAL GUARDIAN. As Román Ramírez explained (@patowc), cybersecurity expert and creator of Rootedconthis fulfilled in the legal battle against LaLiga. According to him, this “is a way of pressing and extorting.” If LaLiga achieves that collaboration, he adds, the entity has direct access to these suppliers to “cut whatever you want. It is easy to imagine that instead of being an IPTV it is a critical website with Thebes. Without judicial protection and without democratic control.” Image | Tourettes In Xataka | We have been in LaLiga IPS for three months. 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When Spacex suffered his worst incident, Elon Musk blamed a sniper of the competition. The FBI had to intervene

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On the morning of September 1, 2016, Spacex suffered one of the most cautious and controversial incidents in its history. A Falcon 9 rocket that was vertical on the launch platform Suddenly exploded With the Israeli satellite A Amos-6 aboard. Elon Musk accused the competition. A violent explosion. It was one of the first times that Spacex operated the Falcon 9 rocket with cryogenic propelants, a technique that consists in superfrging the fuel and oxidant to maximize its performance. Before the launch, Spacex had planned a static ignition test, a routine procedure in which engines are tested with the rocket anchored to the platform, but everything was twisted eight minutes before ignition. A violent explosion transformed what was a rocket into a huge fireball. The payload was shot. Mark Zuckerberg’s anger. The AMOS-6 satellite was not any load. With a cost of 200 million dollars, he had a powerful customer: Mark Zuckerberg. Goal, then Facebook, had reached an agreement to provide Free Internet Access in Africa Thanks to the satellite. After the explosion, Zuck He publicly expressed A “deep disappointment” for the rocket explosion, comments that did not sit well in Spacex, where morality was on the ground. According to Ars Techcnicathis incident was one of the points of origin of the bad relationship between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, which years later would lead the first to eliminate Spacex and Tesla’s Facebook pages. The theory of the sniper. The most trospid of the incident was, however, the theory promoted by Elon Musk about the possible intervention of a sniper. Theory in which Spacex insisted throughout the official investigation of the incident, According to documentation that has just become public. Although Spacex engineers shuffled hundreds of hypotheses, Elon Musk promoted the idea of ​​an external sabotage: the shot of a sniper. It sounds crazy, but Musk saw the two main indications convincing: the break began about 60 meters high, on the side of the rocket that looked towards a building leased by its main competitor, United Launch Alliance. An alleged ULA shot. The ULA building, a joint business of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, was a kilometer and a half of the Spacex launch platform, a reasonable distance for a sniper. Put to believe, even seemed to see a flash on the roof of the building, coinciding with the time it would take a projectile to reach the rocket. The rivalry between SpaceX and ULA had then reached its peak. Ul still dominated the market of military and government launches, the most lucrative, but Spacex had just won a battle in the courts to compete for these contracts. However, accusing a sabotage competitor without evidence was a serious accusation. The FBI came to intervene. Azuzados by Musk, Spacex engineers thoroughly investigated the sniper theory. They tried to access the ULA roof and performed shooting against pressurized helium tanks to see if they exploited similarly to Falcon 9. The insistence was such that the Federal Aviation Administration had to intervene with a letter that denied the involvement of third parties. There was no sniper, although, as the documentation of the journalist Eric Berger has revealed For your book Recentryeven the FBI investigated the case. The federal agents reviewed the Spacex analysis and the video material, but they concluded that “there were no indications that suggested that sabotage or any other criminal activity played a role in the explosion of Falcon 9”. With this, FAA considered the closed matter. What happened then. The real cause of the rocket explosion and, with it, of the AMOS-6 satellite, was the process of loading propellents. In its eagerness to accelerate the refueling process with super -refrained liquid oxygen, the Spacex equipment filled the helium tanks too fast, heating the aluminum coating of the rocket and causing its deformation and rupture. Spacex would put the hair of Punta to the NASA security office for its procedure “Load and Go”, which proposed to raise astronauts to the rocket before loading fuel. Over time, not only would demonstrate the reliability of Falcon 9 (Last year he completed 137 launches against the five of ULA), but would become the main supplier of NASA manned releases to the International Space Station. Images | And combinator, Uslaunchreport, CNN Money (YouTube) In Xataka | Texas has a new city. Until a few days ago, it was only Spacex’s base in Boca Chica

The magic number that puts Mercadona very much ahead of its competition and that has a hidden cost

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Mercadona has achieved something that seemed impossible in the saturated food distribution sector: A net margin of 3.88% in 2024. Well above not only Spanish or European rivals, but even world giants such as Costco (2.95%), Walmart (2.88%) or Tesco (2.87%). The figure, a trifle compared to other sectors, is stratospheric if we compare it with rivals such as Carrefour, with just 0.93%. Others, such as Dia, Casino or Auchan directly record losses. The supermarket business Historically operates with megic margins (1-2%) compensated for its high volume and cash flow. Mercadona, touching 4%, It is an anomaly. And he has achieved it mainly in the last five years, in which it has gone from 2.7% of 2019 to 3.88% of 2024. In addition, its net benefit has shot 37%, to 1,384 million euros. The 6 keys to unprecedented profitability “Total Efficiency” Model. The figures obey a polished strategy for decades. Juan Roig described the results of 2024 as “from ‘very good’ to ‘spectacular’” during his presentation at the central offices in Paterna. He attributed them to “the good progress of the economy, a great business model and brave decision making,” according to Castellón Plaza. One of Mercadona’s distinctive elements is its commitment to an “efficient assortment.” In other words: a short catalog. Other chains offer between 15,000 and 20,000 references, Mercadona has a rather lower number, prioritizing high -rotation products. It is one of the points that highlights the analysis of Food retaila strategy that “allows you to be more efficient, reach economies of scale and boost the quality of your own brand, all this while offering low prices.” That goes in the next point … Own brand domain. The weight of the distributor brand in Mercadona is overwhelming: its landowner brands, green or deliplus forest represent 58.2% of its sales, according to data from Actuality distribution About 2018. The chain then controlled approximately 44%of the total Spanish market of white brands, far ahead of competitors such as day (16%) or Lidl (11%). This strategy eliminates marketing costs and intermediaries associated with commercial brands. And allows you to set competitive prices without sacrificing margin. Mercadona has constantly invested in improving the quality of these products, developing them together with specialized suppliers to match or overcome the quality of leading brands. A unique relationship with suppliers. The Valencian chain has changed the distributor-professional relationship since the late nineties, when Roig promoted the “interproved” model. As it details INFORETAIL MAGAZINEMercadona “selected a manufacturer by category and granted long -term exclusivity to produce its brands”, working in “open book”: the chain knew the costs of the supplier and jointly set objectives of productivity improvement. Although this model has evolved since 2018 to a broader base of 1,400 “Totaler suppliers“, The philosophy of vertical integration and joint optimization remains. Mercadona negotiates block for all its stores, and that allows you to get conditions that other distributors do not get. The success of this symbiosis is such that, according to The economist“Mercadona suppliers are made of gold”, with growth of more than 10% in their sales during the last year. Logistics and automation. Mercadona operates one of the most sophisticated logistics networks in Europe, with 16 large highly automated blocks that supply their 1,674 supermarkets daily. In 2024, it allocated 276 million euros (26% of its total investment) to strengthen this infrastructure, according to Digital economy. The company has implemented advanced technologies such as the system Figa bridge picking (PPG) In its fresh warehouses, which speeds up the preparation of orders: it allows you to carry fresh products from the field to the store in 24 hours. Less losses and better perceived quality. This obsession with efficiency has raised productivity per employee at 313,545 euros per year, the highest in the sector. Almost null expense and marketing control. Unlike other chains with a lotHere is an example in this house) and not so much to announce products. Trust more on the mouth-a-or and the repetition of purchase. This savings in marketing, which for competitors can mean 1-2% of sales, is direct to the net margin. The company also maintains a relatively simple directive structure. In 2024, he even reduced his management committee to only six members, in front of the sixteen he came to have, according to reports Castellón Plaza. The six members of the Management Committee with Juan Roig in the presentation of results of exercise 2024. That committee came to have sixteen members. Image: Mercadona. No promotions or discounts. Mercadona has no loyalty program, points, coupons or specific discounts. Instead, opt for stable and competitive prices throughout the year. He no longer entrusts his motto ‘Always low prices‘which started at the end of the nineties, and in fact He has explicitly said that it is not his goal to be cheapbut the idea of ​​SPB remains in a certain way: fixed prices instead of specific offers. This saves you promotional marketing costs and constant price changes. In 2024 He reduced 2,000 pricesbut permanently and without this affecting its profitability, according to the company itself. In fact, its gross commercial margin remained stable at 24.7%, confirming that the increase in net profit (37%) compared to sales (9%) is mainly due to internal efficiency improvements, not to make products more expensive. Internationalization problems Mercadona has a 28% market share in Spain and is a baggy leader, but it is having difficulties when leaving other markets. In Portugal he has been for five years but “only” has sixty stores. Although the Portuguese is a market that has begun to give benefits (7 million euros in 2024), Roig has admitted that “it costs a lot” to grow there. As collected The avant -garde“after being forty years in Spain” it is not easy to adapt the model, and international expansion requires “generating managers in the country through internal promotion, which is a long process.” Mercadona has had to adapt its assortment to Portuguese taste and develop a local supplier network. According to Merca2although store sales in Portugal … Read more

Starlink has been growing without competition for six years. Now an ambitious competitor has started throwing satellites: Amazon

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In the early hours First 27 operational satellites of the Kuiper constellation of Amazon. Starlink is at last company. An ambitious competitor. Project Kuiper was born in 2018, a year before Spacex launched the first 60 satellites of its Starlink constellation, which offers broadband satellite Internet. However, waiting for the vulcan rockets of ULA and New Glenn de Blue Origin to be available, Amazon only He had launched two test satellites… until now. The technological giant has finally began to deploy its initial constellation of 3,232 satellites in the low terrestrial orbit (between 590 and 630 km of altitude) to offer low latency connections in places where terrestrial networks do not arrive or are insufficient. When available, The service will have plans of 100 Mbps, 400 Mbps and up to 1 GBPS speed. Curves come. Although this launch marks Kuiper’s operational start, Amazon is still exposed to several challenges. The main is the time: the project has been delayed about its calendar and its FCC license for approximately one year have half of the constellation (1,618 satellites) In orbit for July 2026, a date that seems difficult to meet without an extension, since the company does not manufacture its own rockets like Spacex. Kuiper’s rockets. While Blue Origin is a company by Jeff Bezos and there is, say, certain synergies between both companies (in addition to a well -known enmity with Elon Musk), His New Glenn orbital rocket has only flown onceand has not yet managed to demonstrate its ability to land. Reuse has been fundamental in Starlink’s success: the Falcon 9 rocket, which Spacex partially recovers, has launched more than 8,000 Starlink satellites in six years. Amazon’s constellation depends to such a third party that Amazon made the “major Commercial acquisition of launch vehicles of the story “in 2022. Only with ULA has contracts to launch another seven atlas and up to 38 Vulcan. It has also reached agreements with Arianegroup to use the European rocket Ariane 6 and, of course, with Blue Origin to use the New Glenn; the only one with the capacity to land of the four pitchers. China and Europe go to their roll. Despite the difficulties, Kuiper is the first Starlink competitor who has a financial muscle at Spacex, provided that Amazon is willing to play in the long term. In Europe we have an already quite advanced commercial constellation, but that plays in another league. Oneweb of Eutelsat operates a constellation of about 630 Leo satellites, but its approach is mainly B2B and government, and its satellite density is much less than that of Starlink. China also goes to its roll, but it is deploying megaconstellations that could harm Starlink and Amazon. Spacesail already has satellites in orbit and plans to display 648 by 2025, with the aim of growing up to 15,000 satellites by 2030, with which could offer services up to 30% cheaper than Starlink in markets like Brazil. To this price war are added to others Chinese projects like Honguhu 3 either Guowangadding tens of thousands of satellites who will begin to cross the night sky without stopping. Image | ULA, Amazon In Xataka | Spacex has launched 8,000 Starlink satellites in five years, but they are not enough. And we are beginning to understand why

Their figures do not give the slightest truce to the competition

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China is world leader in The production of lithium batteries. If we stick to electric cars the country led by Xi Jinping Fabrica 57% of batteries that these vehicles use. Catl and Byd They are the largest manufacturers of energy accumulators on the planet with A market share in 2023 34% and 16% respectively. And if we look at electronic devices equipped with batteries, your domain is equally forceful. Only in this way are the figures in which we are about to investigate. China has reached this leadership position due to several factors. On the one hand it is The largest producer in the world of lithium and rare earths, which are the main raw materials used in the manufacture of batteries. In addition, it controls the processing of these materials and is capable of producing large -scale batteries and with a very competitive price. There is currently no indicator that invites us to anticipate that your mastery of lithium batteries will be threatened in the medium term. In just a Chinese decade of 50% market share at 80% The evolution that the lithium batteries industry has experienced in this Asian country is the result of a very ambitious strategy pergenerated by the Government a decade ago. In 2015 President Xi Jinping announced the plan “Made in China 2025”an initiative that pursued to take the country to a world leadership position in thirteen strategic technologies. In some of them, such as the production of medicines, large tractors, the manufacture of industrial machinery, the artificial intelligence (AI) or the robots does not lead, but has established itself in a competitive position. If we stick to the production of lithium batteries your market domain a decade after the implementation of the “Made in China 2025” plan is overwhelming However, in five of these Chinese technologies he is already a global leader. In the industries of unmanned aerial vehicles, solar panels, graphene, high -speed trains, and, finally, of the electric cars/lithium batteries binomial, Chinese companies are the most competitive. If we stick to the production of lithium batteries your market domain a decade after the implementation of the “Made in China 2025” plan is overwhelming, as we can see in the following graph prepared by the consultant Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence And this country has gone from having a 50% global market share in 2015 to no less than 80% today. A decade ago his position was already good, but In 2025 your domain is absolute. Another fact that we are not overlooking is that the global production of lithium batteries in 2015 amounted to 42 GWh, while in 2024 this figure increased to 1,400 GWh. This growth is mainly explained thanks to China’s intervention. The graph also reflects the participation of Europe, North America and APAC, which is the region that includes Asia and the island areas of the Pacific excluding China on this occasion. Its market share is similar (around 6 or 7% for each of these competitive regions), so it is evident that in the medium term China’s leadership will not be threatened. However, it is curious to verify that not even South Korea, a country that officially considers its battery industry A strategic resourceyou can currently make China the slightest shadow in this area. Image | Tennen-Gas More information | Benchmark Mineral Intelligence In Xataka | Historic record for China: its chips industry has produced in 2024 more than ever despite the sanctions

Universal will do the competition to Disneyland with Harry Potter and Mario. Disney will counteratacious “turbo-charging” its parks

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In its annual meeting with shareholders, the Disney CEO of Bob Iger has made ads that cover the entire empire of the producer: of sequelae for its animated franchises to plans for its attraction parks. It is the conducive moment: the competition will be more at odd than ever, especially now that it arrives Epic Universe de Universal To Orlando. Old acquaintances in attractions mode. In the ads that Iger has shared, he has talked about attractions inspired by ‘Cars’,’Avatar‘,’The lion king‘,’ Monsters SA ‘,’ Coco ‘and many other franchises. With this, they set the planned plans of Disney, which in autumn of 2023 announced that it was going to fold the investment in thematic parks: The producer would be spent in this sector that, together with the cruises, is what most benefits the brand, $ 60 billion in the course of a decade. An ambitious plan to spab from the experience section, which Nor is it working as it should. The turbo-carga. This has been defined by Iger himself: “Last year we talked about our plans to boost growth in this segment through strategic investments.” And he continues: “Right now, we have more projects in progress throughout the world than at any other time. Magic Kingdom is experiencing the greatest expansion of its history, with a new area inspired by ‘Cars’ and the expected theme park of the villains. And a thematic area of ​​’Monsters SA’. It will reach Hollywood Studios.” And the lion king, to Paris. To all this are added attractions of ‘charm’ and Indiana Jones in Animal Kingdom. And in California Adventure, new attractions of avengers (the area dedicated to the Marvel heroes will bend their size), ‘Avatar’ and ‘Coco’. Disneyland Paris will arrive the first attraction dedicated to ‘The Lion King’, which will be aquatic and that will accompany Simba on his trip to become king. Some of them already advanced Disney in the past D23, where detailed what would consist Many of these attractions. The competition: Epic Universe. In Disney they are in crisis policy because on May 22, Universal will open in Orlando Epic Universe. It is a theme park divided into five universes, some of them as attractive to the general public as Harry Potter or the outside of Japan version of Super Nintendo World. They will join the Dark Universe, based on the company’s classic monsters, Celestial World and its science fiction and fantasy setting, and another area about ‘How to train your dragon’, which Universal wants to turn into one of its star franchises with the premiere of the real image film. And the rest? Regular, thanks. Being one of the companies dedicated to entertainment more powerful and influential of the moment, and with Well sanitized accounts (especially if we compare them with Warner)we are far from being able to say that Disney is in crisis. But this annual meeting with shareholders has been revealing: before all the news related to the parks, only some sequelae and new animation films have been presented, Like ‘Coco 2’they have not awakened too much enthusiasm. Safe Baza. To this is added that Marvel spends complicated moments: Captain America’s last movie is already one of those who have had Less collection of the MCU Hster. At a time, it is clear that Disney should cover several fronts … and re -bet for a safe trick: the multimillionaire parks business. Header | Disney In Xataka | The catastrophe of the ‘Star Wars’ hotel: 3,000 euros per night in an interactive film of 350 million dollars

Chichén Itzá has been the queen of tourism in Mexico for decades. He has competition with the new “Egypt of the Maya”

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Pre -Hispanic presence is omnipresent in Mexico. We are getting more and more about the past of cities as Mexico Citybut if we have to talk about seeing cities and constructions of the Maya, Yucatán is the power. It is where are the most relevant archaeological sites. And, among all, a proper name stands out: Chichén Itzá. By far, It is the great Mayan power of tourism in the Yucatan Peninsula. But that crown jewel has just left a tough competition: Ichkabal, also known as the ‘Mesoamerican Egypt’. Ichkabal. In the state of Quintana Rooa few kilometers from La Laguna de Bacalar, the Maya raised an older city than others as famous as the aforementioned Chichen Itzá. HE esteem That it began to populate at some point in 400 BC and was inhabited until 1500 AD was the most important administrative city of the Maya, something that is believed due to the imposing size of some of its constructions. The problem is that, for centuries, the area was totally forgotten by the nature of nature, whose green opulence swallowed practically every trace of the buildings of the Maya except the main temple and some more construction. And, as is usually the case, its discovery was almost by accident. Fluke. In 1995, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History was in the area searching A much smaller archaeological territory known as ‘Las Higueras’ when they ran into something different and much larger. Thus, they ran into an imposing pyramid, but also with mounds of land and vegetation that covered different buildings. They immediately realized the importance of the site, so a path was built that can be seen perfectly in Apps such as Google Earth –This link-. In addition, in the application we can understand how the site had gone totally unnoticed due to that vegetation. The Mesoamerican Egypt. But well, there was no doubt that they were facing something big. In Ichkabal, the Maya built several small and medium buildings, but also other colossal. For example, an open square of about 300 meters, a couple of small pyramids and the crown jewel: a building 46 meters high and a 200 -meter plant. There is also a 60 x 8 -meter lagoon that could have supplied the population. And that proximity to a source of water and the ocean itself is what could have given Ichkabal the administrative importance that is estimated, had. Due to the size of these constructions, the Mesoamerican Egypt ‘has been called to the area. Rivaling with Kukulcán. To get an idea of ​​the size of that construction, the Kukulcán Temple that is the main Mayan attraction of Mexico as part of Chichén Itzá and indisputable protagonist of the equinox Spring and autumn, it has a height of about 30 meters and a base of 55.5 meters. The base of the main building of Ichkabal is four times larger and the height reaches 15 meters more. Now, the state of conservation is not the same, something logical considering that restoration work in both places did not run the same fate. But this is something that changed relatively little thanks to the goal of converting Ichkabal into one of the key stop stops of the Mayan train. Mayan train. With this railway network, the previous Mexican president -manuel López Obrador- wanted to create a transport system that value the archaeological sites of the country, connecting them better with the municipalities and the most tourist areas in order to facilitate it would arrive from one point to another. With that idea of ​​revitalizing the cultural heritage, the opening of Ichkabal once the objects of cataloging objects, other elements and restoration was finished, it was linked to the Mayan train project. So much so that, from INAH and as we read in The nationthey consider that Ichkabal has potential to unseat other archaeological sites, at the tourist level, such as Chacchoben either Kohunlich. Open to the public. And, after all the work of archaeologists, Ichkabal is the pre -Hispanic archaeological site number 194. As reported by himself INAHyou can visit from Monday to Sunday and it is located a distance from the stations of the Mayan Train of Bacalar and Chetumal, since the road we commented on a few lines has about 23 kilometers. And cruises. We said that Ichkabal is in Quintana Roo, a state in which yes, there are Mayan ruins XCARET-, but where tourism is otherwise. Is where the famous beaches of Cancun and the Rivera Mayawith all those kilometers of beach occupied by large resorts and hotel complexes. The ports of Xcalac and Mahahual are crucial for the arrival of cruises and is something that, together with the Mayan train, the state hopes that allows a high influx of visitors to the new Mayan city. Without a doubt, taking into account the dimensions of the archaeological site and the tourist magnet that is the state coast, Ichkabal has many ballots to be placed among the top of the most visited Mayan ruins in the country. We will have to be attentive to the list next year to see if the applicant can play the crown to Chichen Itzá and the Kukulcán temple. In Xataka | When the Spanish conquerors arrived in Tenochtitlan were fascinated by a technology: the Mexican canoes

European telecos are discouraged before global competition

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The Departure by José María Álvarez-Pallete de Telefónica It marks the end of an era that symbolizes the decline of the sector in Europe. Its mandate ends with a 57% drop in the stock market value of the company since 2016, when it agreed to the position. Of course the problem goes far beyond Telefónica. Why is it important. The European Telecommunications sector has lost 41% of its stock market capitalization between 2015 and 2023, falling to 270,000 million euros. In contrast, American telecos are worth more than 650,000 million. The root of the problem. Europe has 34 mobile network operators and 351 virtual operators for 450 million inhabitants. The United States, with 335 million inhabitants, only has three main and 70 virtual operators. China, for 1.4 billion inhabitants, has four operators and 16 virtual. Proportionally to its populations … Europe has eight times more main operators than the US and 27 times more than China. In virtual operators the difference is even greater: almost four times more than the US and 78 times more than China. Between the lines. European regulation has prioritized low prices and high competition, creating a fragmented and unable sector to compete globally. Meanwhile, the US and China have opted for giants with financial muscle. This dynamic has had consequences: it is expected that the sector only grows 1.7% in 2025. In Spain, 71,000 jobs have been destroyed since 1998, according to appointment Five days. And while the 5G coverage in Europe is 81%, in the US and in China it exceeds 95%, according to The independent. Turning point. He Draghi report Ask to facilitate mergers and end market fragmentation. The new European Competition Commissioner, Teresa Ribera, He said that the rules “will evolve” to allow larger scale. It is a burning nail to which you have to grab. Without a regulatory change that allows consolidation (and perhaps requires greater contribution to large technological ones whose business goes through the use of these networks, A historical demand Of the great telecos), the European Telecos sector will continue to lag in the global race. In Xataka | The discreet engineer: why the great shareholders see in Murtra the manager who needs telephone for his next decade Outstanding image | Telefónica

Vinícius reaches 100 goals for Real Madrid as the club advances in the Champions League

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MADRID — Vinicius Júnior reached 100 goals for Real Madrid on Wednesday in the team’s 5-1 victory over Salzburg, securing a playoff spot after a slow start in the Champions League. The Brazilian scored his 99th and 100th goals, according to UEFA, placing him in third place among his country’s top scorers in the Champions League with 28 in the competition. Neymar leads with 43, followed by Kaká with 30. The Merengue team reported that Vinicius had reached 101 goals for the club. Spanish media indicated that the discrepancy dates back to a goal in La Liga that many considered an own goal and therefore should not count as scored by the South American forward. “I am very happy to be able to reach 100 goals with this shirt. Now I am only three behind Ronaldo, the Brazilian with the most goals for Madrid. I hope I can continue like this and score many goals to mark an era in this team, which is my dream,” Vinicius declared. “The goals are making me a better player. At first here I didn’t score many goals, but now I can have a bad game but still score two goals, and it’s a good habit!” Madrid, the defending champion and top title winner with 15, had lost three of its first six games in the new Champions League format and was at risk of elimination. The victory moved Madrid to 16th place in the 36-team league stage of the competition. Rodrygo also scored twice for the Merengue team, and Kylian Mbappé added another goal after a mistake by Salzburg goalkeeper Janis Blaswich. Brazilian Rodrygo has scored five goals in his last four games, while Vinicius has three in his two most recent games. Mbappé also scored five goals in his last four games. Jude Bellingham set up one of Vinicius’ goals with a clever backheel. The white team next visits the French club Brest.

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