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Nothing’s CEO wants to conquer the mobile market with crazy designs. He has told us his very complex plan to achieve it

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Carl Pei is one of the CEO that gives off the most in the technology industry. You saw a cowboy and basic shirt, they warn me that it is shy and, after a few minutes of interview, we end up smiling, commenting that “the vibes” are the future, and remembering the old days of Cyanogenmod out of formalities. Those who have been in El Cotarro to know Carl from that Old OnePlus who only sold his phones by invitation. With Nothing, the approach is different. A London company with the focus on design and with a clear slogan: “Make Tech Fun Again”. Looking up Nothing began with a Phone (1) that attacked the mid -range. He continued with a Phone (2) that took a specifications and, in 2025, attacks the market with a mobile of 799 euros with a high range. I can’t help wanting to know why. Carl explains that for Nothing, both the Phone (1) like him Phone (2) They were flagships. It sounds like a statement Marketinianbut it is not: “For a company, a flagship is the best mobile you can do.” For the first time, they believe they are at an engineering point in which they can compete with the best in the market, a point where they are finally ready. Sailing a high range is risky, and throwing it being oriented to a concrete niche, it is even more. Nothing is not in volume, it is not desperate to launch product and points directly to “the most creative users.” All this sounds very good, but it is worth asking if A company can be profitable and sustainable living as “creative users”. “We are focused on new generations of consumption. We focus on people who are interested in technology, design and creativity. Our consumer is much younger than the average consumer, it is around 26 years.” Does the strategy work? Yes. Carl tells me that they have folded the volume of business, exceeding one billion dollars in the accumulated sales. He knows that they have been focusing on software for years, but they intend to double software investment to be even more attractive. They also have an important investment behind, in which investors take a direct role in the decisions made by the company. “Sometimes it is uncomfortable, because they give their opinion in front of the rest of the members of our table. But I think it is really important to find ways to keep us connected with this base, especially when the company grows. It is difficult to hear uncomfortable truths when you have that type of structure, we always know what people want us.” The present Carl Pei during the presentation of Nothing Phone (3) and the Nothing Earphone (1). Image | Xataka With Nothing Phone (3) comes the whopping seven years of security updates and five software. Maybe it’s time for Get out of stopping a mobile per year if mobiles are getting older and more. Or maybe not. “On average, people renew phone every three years. So there will always be someone thinking about the following. But we are also seeing a trend of people who want to keep their device for a longer time. That is why we want to give even longer support.” The phone also lands with an integration of quite discreet. Essential Search Essential Space Minor translation functions Is enough to compete, taking into account that There are already those who integrate the AI Even in the most basic apps of the system (telephone, keyboard, camera …)? Carl is clear that Nothing’s approach is cautious, because they see “a lot of hype” in the market. It drops that, even if they have launched these functions, “the Roadmap is long, there will be updates and updates.” But, beyond promising that in the future AI will be more complete, it is not afraid to admit that it agrees. “This is almost like a hygiene factor, right? We have to take care of that basic part, but that is not what excites us most. What really excites us is how we apply this new technology to redefine the way people use products, especially in the software part. But yes, that basic work is necessary. You have to do it. The market is doing it and I think we can do much more.” Image | Xataka To close the block, I ask Carl for something practically inevitable: How are geopolitical tensions between the United States and China livingand if your supply chain is being affected. The Nothing Phone box (3) shows a clear “Made in China”, so there is nothing to hide. Here he tells us that most of their products are manufactured in India, and some of them in China. Apart from this, he affirms that they are in the process to start producing in other parts of the world. It does not seem too worried, and the reason is simple. “Being a startup, we can be quite agile and reagents, whatever happens.” The future of smartphone Nothing Phone (3). Image | Xataka A question that I like to ask the main responsible for Tech companies is how they look in the future. And being, honest, the answers are usually little concrete. It is something completely normal: neither should get wet with compromised statements or, really, it is easy to predict with where today’s technology is going. But Carl is a Jugónand it is clear that the future of the smartphone goes through a single app capable of controlling everything. That agriculture that we have spent so much speaking throughout 2025. The key is that, When everything is … what will be the reason to decide between one device or another? It clarifies that it is still distant, and that no one would buy a phone without apps today. The key will be on the path that is to achieve it, a path to combine and melt all software and hardware. “I think Essential Search is a good example. … Read more

Chatgpt is taking some people to the edge of madness. Reality is less alarmist and much more complex

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Can a conversation with Chatgpt go crazy? A recent one New York Times report It has unleashed a wave of concern about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the effect it can have on our mind. Distortion of reality, delusions and even suicides. The panorama that draws us is terrible. Are we facing a real threat or simply before a new technological panic? What happened. In an extensive report published last weekend in the New York Times, different cases are reported in which Chatgpt would have encouraged conspiracy theories and supported dangerous ideas. One of the cases they report is that of Eugene Torres, who began to talk with Chatgpt about the Simulation theory and reinforced his ideas to the point of taking him to a delusional state in which he believed to be caught in a false universe in the purest ‘Matrix’ style. They also mention the case of a man with bipolar disorder who ended up being killed by the police after a conversation with Chatgpt made him believe that he had killed the AI ​​of which he had fallen in love. They are alarming cases without a doubt and this is not the only article in this regard, although the one that has become more viral. A search returns dozens of results that tell us about risks of the use of chatbots in our mental health. You have to search for a lot to find critical positions before this wave of alarmismbecause There arealthough they don’t have so much impact. AI as a psychologist. The AI ​​is pending in many sectors and that of health is no less. In the United States the the use of chatbots of AI as therapy And more and more users are They turn to chatgpt to seek emotional refugesome up to a Substitute for the psychologist. Although the use of AI as support in the therapeutic process has positive aspects as the immediacy or the Early diagnosisthey also exist inconveniences. The lack of human bond and Excessive complacency Of this type of chatbots they do not make an alternative to a psychologist and can become especially dangerous in people suffering from some type of disorder. The magnitude of the problem. We do not have data from the people who use chatgpt with a therapeutic intention or to validate conspiracy theories, but as with any massive technology (in February of this year it had 400 million monthly users) Obviously there will be countless cases of all kinds. We cannot affirm that it is AI is the one who is directly causing these delusions or hallucinations. In fact, the situations that are being viralized have many nuances and are more complex than a simple “the fault is AI”. Chatgpt plays a role, but the photo is bigger. The same fear of always. The fear that the machines will dominate the world and end humanity is recorded over fire In popular culturebut with the arrival of AI this threat It begins to sound more feasible (Although there are experts who They consider it ridiculous). It is the same fear that has emerged with any new technology and is not something recent. Already in the nineteenth century stories of telegraphs sent messages in Morse from the hereafter. If we are going to more recent examples we have a very clear one: video games. Have been related to Matanzas in schools And they even have compared to heroin. And with mobiles it has been said for years that They cause cancer. In short, social pánicos that we have already lived many times. The danger of a too complacent. Although there is much alarmism around, we cannot rule out that there is a problem. As we said, the excessive complacency of chatbots makes it often They end up giving us reason In our ideas and this can end up being dangerous in specific cases, especially if there is any pathology behind. The truth is that some suggestions that Chatgpt gave to the people who appear in the report went far beyond simply giving reason. For example, Torres suggested that he stop taking his anxiolytics and took ketamine as a “temporal liberator of the pattern.” There are those who believe that these types of messages are intentionally. This is the case of Eliezer Yudkowsky, an American writer defender The friendly that published an extensive thread in x Where he suggested that the AI ​​”knows” what he is doing: “Whatever containing chatgpt, he knew enough about humans to know that he was aggravating someone’s madness.” What is OpenAi doing. In line with that excessive complacency, last April OpenAi withdrew an update Because his AI was being too nice and flattering and that was scaring some users. From NYT they contacted OpenAi about the statements of these users and OpenAi replied with a statement: We are observing more indications that people are creating connections or links with chatgpt. As IA is integrated into everyday life, we must address these interactions carefully. We know that Chatgpt can be more receptive and personal than previous technologies, especially for vulnerable people, which means there is more at stake. We are working to understand and reduce the ways in which Chatgpt could strengthen or involuntarily amplify existing negative behaviors. Cover image | Pexelsmodified with chatgpt In Xataka | The kindness with chatgpt is coming out of Openai: the “please” and “thanks” have an absurd cost each

This is how the creator of the most complex machine on the planet supports the US pressure

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In 2022 sales of ASML In China they amounted to 2.9 billion euros, which represented 13.8% of its annual sales. At that time Taiwan was a more important market for this company than China. In fact, in 2023 the clients of the island bought this manufacturer lithography equipment For a total value of 8,100 million euros, while its Chinese clients disbursed 7.3 billion euros. And, curiously, in 2024 China consolidated as the largest market for ASML with total sales of 10.2 billion euros. This company of the Netherlands cannot sell its most advanced equipment to its Chinese clients, such as the machines of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE) or deep ultraviolet (UVP), but at the moment you can give them the solutions that allow producing chips with mature integration technologies. These are the semiconductors that are mostly used in cars, appliances or electronic devices, among other products, and usually occur in nodes of 28 nm or less advanced. ASML needs China. And China still needs Asml Christophe Fouquet, the general director of ASML, has a huge challenge ahead. Like his predecessor at the head of this Dutch company, Peter Wennink, he has the obligation to defend the interests of his company. And currently the tension held by the US and China does not make it easy. The sanctions that They have deployed US and the Netherlands They prevent Asml selling Your most advanced lithography teams To its Chinese clients. And neither can some maintenance and after -sales services services provide. In the Netherlands 2024 will be remembered as the year in which the strap between ASML and the Dutch government reached its maximum expression. Christophe Fouquet He is convinced about what US will continue to put pressure on its partners to even more harden the sanctions that seek to stop the development of the Chinese industry of the integrated circuits. In fact, according to the British weekly The Economistthis executive argues that European politicians and regulators should do more to help their company. In 2024 China was consolidated as the largest Asml market with total sales of 10.2 billion euros Anyway, one of the figures in which we have repaired a few lines above gives us a very accurate clue about how ASML is dealing with prohibitions from the US and endorsed by the Netherlands government that could greatly degrade their business. As we have seen, in 2024 China was consolidated as its largest market with total sales of 10,200 million euros. This success is because Chinese manufacturers of integrated circuits have bought A ASML many suitable photolithography equipment to produce mature semiconductors. This Dutch company has much more advanced chips manufacturing machines, such as the UVE and UVP lithography equipment that I have mentioned a few lines above. And also The very complex High Opening Machine which has been designed to optimize the production of integrated circuits Below the 2 nm. As we have seen, ASML cannot deliver these teams to its Chinese clients, but, and this is a very important fact, has the effective monopoly of Uve and Uve Machines of Haute Opening. No other company has the necessary resources to produce such complex equipment. Currently TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Globalfoundries, Micron Technology and Sk Hynix are well building new chips manufacturing plants, they are well expanding some of those they have in operation. In any case, they all have something in common: they are buying the UVE and UVP equipment of ASML. And, in addition, TSMC, Intel and Samsung presumably will acquire for the next three years a large number of UVE Machines of Haute Opening. It is evident that even in the complicated current situation it is difficult to lie to ASML. For now Your business in China enduresand will continue to do it at least until the moment when Chinese lithography manufacturers have their own UVE machines. And outside China Asml has no competition if we stick to its Porpholio of UVE machines. This is your true strength. Image | ASML More information | The New York Times In Xataka | Japan wants to recover leadership as a manufacturer of lithography equipment. And he has a plan to end the Asml monopoly

Huawei has created the most complex photographic system in the industry. The pure 80 ultra is the reflection of an unstoppable huawei

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Huawei has just presented its new pure family 80, smartphones that not only stand out for the engineering exercise that this generation has made, but because it is the main representatives of the technological point is the company in front of the rest of the world. Four models: Huawei pure 80, pure 80 pro, pure 80 pro+ and pure 80 ultra. The pure 80 ultra It is a national muscle exercise and A clear message to the rest of the world. A telephone that comes to show that Huawei, despite the limitations imposed by the United States, is in one of its best moments at the innovation level. Technical Card of Pura 80 Ultra Huawei Huawei pure 80 ultra Dimensions and weight 163 x 76.1 x 8.3 mm 233.5 g SCREEN 6.8 -inch OLED 2848 x 1276 pixels Ltpo 120 Hz, PWM 1440 Hz 300 Hz tactile sampling 3000 Nits Pico Brillo Kunlun Glass 2 PROCESSOR Without specifying (Kirin 9020) RAM 512 /1 TB STORAGE 16 GB BATTERY 5,700mah 100W by cable 80W wireless Reversible wireless 20 Rear cameras 50 MP, F/1.6-4.0, 1 inch, OIS 50 MP, F/2.4, 83mm, Zoom 3.7x Sensor Shift OIS 50 MP, F/2.4, 212mm, Zoom 9.4x Shit OIS Sensor (There is only one sensor for the two teleobjectives) 40 MP, F/2.2, 13mm, Ultra great angle Laser AF Front camera 13 MP, F2.0 Operating system Harmonyos 5.1 Connectivity Double -band wifi Bluetooth 5.2 NFC (China) USB c PRICE From 1,217 euros to change Look well this camera, because you are going to hallucinate with its operation. The summary. The Pura 80 Ultra Huawei is a muscle exhibition. Starting from what corresponds to any high range, we find a 6.8 -inch screen, an LTPO type oleed with 3,000 nits peak shine. Memory can be configured with up to 1 TB of internal storage and 16 GB of RAM, and the battery is 5,700mAh with fast charging of 100W. Slightly curved front. Huawei has not mentioned the chip, but it has not been long to know that both this model and the pro+ assemble the same Kirin 9020 that we saw in the Huawei Mate 70 Pro. It is a processor made of architecture of seven Nanometers of SMIC, the Chinese giant in semiconductors that is helping Huawei materialize his dream of achieving a device made only with national components. The groundbreaking. Reviewed the basic specs, Huawei wanted to be dominant in a section in which they have never lowered the rhythm: the camera. This telephone incorporates an inch sensor, which promises the greatest dynamic range of the industry. But here the star is not the main sensor, it is the teleobjective. With a size of 1.28 inches, the teleobjective of the pure 80 ultra is the largest in the industry. Such is its size, which Huawei has inclined its position so that the height of the camera module does not shoot. And, not happy with achieving this technical implementation, they have released something unique in mobile photography: get two teleobjectives with a single sensor. Two distances, a sensor. This 50 megapixel sensor allows 3.7 and 9.7 increases optical zoom. And no, it is not thanks to the digital zoom. The company has patented a simply spectacular system. What you see in the upper image is the sensor (the inclined, pink) to which light reflected through a prism is reaching. That prism moves through the module mechanically (using a gear system that literally displace it by the surface). According to the position of the prism and the mirror to which the light will reflect, the phone will shoot with a teleobjective or other. They are also the first teleobgers stabilized by SHIFT sensor (sensor stabilization), instead of OIS. A technology historically reserved for the main sensor, which has a traditional optical stabilizer. The results that Huawei has shown are impressive, especially in low light. Zoom 3.7x. This is, by far, the most advanced teleobjective system in the world. A solution to the problem of modular size and a photographic muscle exhibition as we had not seen to date. Let’s talk about the. Chatgpt and Google surprised the world with their ways with real -time processing and video of everything that saw the camera of our mobile. A function as powerful as terrifying that brings us closer to a future similar to that of ‘Her’. Huawei’s AI can already see by the user and interact in real time with its context. Huawei, with the help of Deepseek And Pangu has achieved an identical result. The pure 80 ultra, through its Xiaoyi voice assistant, can analyze in real time everything we show with the camera. It is an exclusive function of Harmonyos and Hongmeng AI, and another sample of where China is now in the AI ​​race. Huawei literally calls it like this: anti-mirones protection. There are curious functions also based on AI. If the device detects that there is someone looking at our screen, the system will let us know so we can realize. With the launch of the pure huawei, Huawei announced collaboration with Depseek to improve its AI. They have not taken to show with this pure 80 ultra of what they are capable in this first stage. National hardware? After launch From Huawei Matebook Fold, they jumped weeks later relative leaks of the milestone that Huawei is achieving with his own hardware. A good part of the chips of this PC were made with Huawei. It is soon to know the interior of the pure huawei 80 ultra, but the key that surrounds this device is what is capable of making Huawei in the highest range of mobile phones. All probability, there will be surprises in your disassembly. Doubts mainly fall on Ryyb camera sensors, since It is rumored that the company has almost lists its approaches. The price. The Pura 80 Ultra Huawei will be sold in China from 9,999 yuan, 1,217 euros to change. It accumulates in its launch more than 200,000 reservations and … Read more

Without absolutely no complex, Xiaomi has presented its Xring 01 chip. It promises to be a squeak for Apple and Qualcomm

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Xiaomi Xring 01. This is the name that receives the first Xiaomi processor. One that, despite assuming an important milestone for China, has not been manufactured in the home country of the manufacturer. This beast is pure muscle, and behind it is the giant behind the Qualcomm and MediaTek chips: TSMC. The first devices with this chip are the new Xiaomi 15s Pro and the Xiaomi Tab 7 Ultra. We are going to tell you everything about this chip, and how are the devices that start this new stage for the company. This is how Xiaomi money earns – they attract you and catch you Xiaomi is seriously with its processor Has rained enough since Xiaomi implemented his C1 arises in the Xiaomi Mi 5C. It was an experiment to compete against the 600 range of Qualcomm, but it was in a simple anecdote, since the company did not launch its own chipset. Xring 01 is manufactured in the second generation TSCM nanometers process, which we find in processors such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. But it is not like at all: it is a chip with a unique architecture of ten nuclei. The main cluster is composed of two X925 nuclei to 3.9 GHz. It is followed by a four -core cluster A725 to 3.4 GHz, next to another with two of these nuclei at 1.9 GHz. To finish the low consumption tasks, there are two last 520 to 1.8 GHz nuclei. The GPU comes is the Immortalis G925, presented at the end of 2024 by ARM. Summarizing: 2 x 3.9GHZ Cortex-X925 4 x 3.4GHZ Cortex-A725 2 x 1.9GHZ Cortex-A725 2 x 1.8GHZ Cortex-A520. GPU ARM IMMORTIALIS G925 According to Xiaomi, the performance of this chip is higher than that of the Apple A18 Pro, Not only in gross terms, but also in thermal efficiency (at least mounted in the Xiaomi 15s Pro), one of the keys for sustained performance can be high. According to the data they have given, its chip exceeds 3,000,000 points in the test. Slightly above what Qualcomm elite usually achieves. Xiaomi 15s Pro The new high range of Xiaomi lands with the Xring 01 chip, a design practically identical to that of the Xiaomi 15 Pro, and a triple camera configuration. Its battery, at least in China, will be 6,100MAH with fast charge of 90W and 50W wireless. The screen is 6.73 inches, with Quad HD resolution (2K), AMOLED technology and a peak shine of 3,200 nits. His cameras, with Lenses signed by Leicaare 50 megapixels for the main sensor, another 50 for the ultra wide angle and … Guess (yes, 50 megapixels) for teleobjective. The price of the device in China? From 675.07 euros for the version with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. At the moment, there is no news about his possible arrival in Spain. Xiaomi Pad 7 Ultra Next to the Xiaomi 15S Pro, the company has presented the first tablet with its new star processor, Pad 7 Ultra. It is a dart that points directly to iPad Pro with M4 Chip Already the best Samsung tablets. It arrives with 14.2k panel of 14 inches, Amoled, and with a battery of no less than 12,000mAh that carries 120W. Equipa the same Xiaomi 15s Pro chip, Xiaomi Tab 7 Ultra 12/256 GB: 5,699 yuan, about 700 euros to change Xiaomi Tab 7 Ultra 12/512 GB: 5,999 yuan, about 735 euros to change. Xiaomi Tab 7 Ultra 16 GB/1 TB: 6,799 yuan, about 834 euros to change Xiaomi Watch S4 As a surprise and complement to his watch and his tablet, Xiaomi has also told us about the Xiaomi Watch S4 Xring, the first watch to equip THE NEW CHIP Xring T1 (not 01). It has its own 4G modem, and is designed to be used with ESIM cards. It is the first time that Xiaomi presents its own chip for smart watches, although it has not detailed its architecture as in the case of the smartphones processor. In development …

85,000 people jumping to the rhythm of Catholic slogans in cyber are just one more piece of the Hakuna Puzzle complex

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The figure of Pope Francis Vartebra the origin and also the last milestone of Hakuna’s musical faction. It is at the origin of this Catholic youth movement founded in 2013 in Madrid by the priest José Pedro Manglano, in response to the mood of Pope Francis during the World Youth Day (WYD) of Rio de Janeiro. There the Pope encouraged young people to “make mess”, and Hakuna has taken it to the letter, riding a very notorious cyber this Saturday. Not only music. The growth of movement has been exponential. He was born as a group of related young people in part to Opus Dei, who met in San Josemaría de Aravaca, but soon began to attract other young people. He started as an association of faithful, many of them lay, who gathered privately, but soon began to extend, first in Spain, and since 2018, internationally: Hakuna is currently in more than twenty countries and more than 70 cities around the world. But above all, music. No one escapes that this is the nucleus of Hakuna’s appeal: music always was part of Hakuna’s initial meetings, which in 2015 take shape like a first album. It is the second, ‘My poor mad’, which gives them a greater impact. Since 2022, Hakuna Group Music has experienced exorbitant growth, reaching milestones such as its concerts in the Vistalegre Palace or Wizink Center (17,000 tickets and SOLD OUT In a few hours) and add millions of listeners in social networks and Spotify, where on more than one occasion they have come to be In the most listened to top. Many people. The group is, again, organized and directed by Manglano, and there are no visible heads or stars in it: there are some forty artists of which up to twenty can get to the stage simultaneously. There are no leaders or leaders and the songs are composed collectively, following the slogan “we live what we sing and sing what we live.” His carefree style and away from strict orthodoxy is what has become hits to songs like ‘Hurricane‘, popular even out of religious environments, and already with 11 million views On YouTube. The resurrection party. This is the name that received an act organized by the Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACDP), which would commemorate the resurrection of Jesus with which Holy Week concludes, but which also became improvised chosen the newly deceased Pope Francis. Hakuna sang his theme ‘Mercy ‘according to them one of the Pope’s favorites, and were accompanied by artists related to the Catholic faith such as Beret, DJ Octopus, always like this or Cali & El Dandee. The event, which is already for its third edition, congregated more than 85,000 people. Party and prayer. Related to that purpose of “making mess” proposed by the Pope and that appears very clear on the official Hakuna website, no doubt what congregates 85,000 people in cyber on a Saturday is that feeling Catholic is not at odds with the party. This is corroborated by the many immersion chronicles in the phenomenon they have carried out newspapers such as Independientewhere statements of faithful who follow Hakuna are collected even on trips in different countries, and where what the songs help to immerse themselves in the Catholic faith, the accessible and direct of the songs, and how that fits, in its own way, in its own way, with a beer after a concert of the group is underlined. The musical arm. The Hakuna phenomenon is so extraordinary that it has become examined in Papers Academic who inquire into their role as a secular organization and as a reinforcement of a collective identity. In this studyentitled ‘The Hakuna Movement: Organizational Structure and Strategies for the Re -Christianization of Youth in Spain’, the authors talk about how the spiritualization of the leisure in recent years (and Events like Soul Week) It has a lot to do with Hakuna’s success. The viralization of the music band has given context to the movement, creating concepts such as “revolutionary chosen” or “pringado”, which is what the same call themselves Hakuners and that are present at the ‘Qaos’ album of 2022. More pop gospel. Hakuna Group Music are not the only examples of this new wave of Catholic evangelizers through pop music. Much more common in Latin America, with singers such as Athenas or veteran Martín Valverde, groups such as The desert voicewith seven members of which three are priests. Luis Poveda He is also a priest and singer -songwriter, and Wheat 133 They are linked to the missionary NGO Jatari and youth evangelization. And there are many more, with names such as Ain Karem, Álvaro Fraile, Olivo outbreaks, Jesús Cabello, Luis Alfredo Díaz or Maite López. Header | ACDP In Xataka | The Catholic Church changed Europe’s psychology. Unintentionally, it caused an era of technological innovation

Satellite images have revealed an unknown complex in Neom. It is so luxurious that it can only be for a person

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The last thing we knew about Neom was possibly what was most moving away from the ambitious project that has Saudi Arabia. Apparently, the Futurist City proposal will not be exclusively on luxury hotels and futuristic skyscrapers. There will be much more, among other things, an agreement to become a Pointer space for AI. The latest: such an exclusive and unknown complex that can only be for a person. A luxurious palatial complex. He Neom megaprojectthe ambitious initiative of around 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia to transform its economy and position itself as a global reference in technology, innovation and tourism, has once again news this week after the dissemination of satellite images that reveal an unknown architecture: the Construction of a lavish palace On the Red Sea coast. Elon Musk vs Jeff Bezos: The Galaxies War Captured in January by the satellite technology company Maxar Technologies and published in a documentary of the Business Insider mediumthe images show an exclusive complex with private beaches, extensive gardens, a golf course and up to 10 helipuertos. It can only be for a person. As The medium pointsthis palace clearly points to a more than possible residence: that of the heir prince Mohammed Bin Salman. In addition, although from the project no one has talked about this architecture, the satellite plans coincide with the previous data reported by Reuters in 2018when at the dawn of the project the award of the first contracts to build up to five royal palaces in the region was mentioned, approximately 170 kilometers from Tabuk. Neom: a megaproject with light and dark. We have told it several times. Neom is the central pillar of the Mohammed Bin Salman modernization plan, designed to diversify the Saudi economy and reduce its oil dependence. And of all the initiatives, its boldest proposal It’s The Linethat vertical city of 170 kilometers long, conceived as a futuristic model of sustainable urbanization. However, the project has faced financial challengesenvironmental controversies and concerns for human rights (He even has talked about deaths). Originally scheduled to complete in 2030, development has slowed down significantly (even thought that it would be aborted at some point). At present, it is estimated that only a section of 2.5 kilometers called Hidden Marinait could be ready for that date. A prince and his lifestyle. Also counted in the middle that Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is known for his luxurious lifestyle and its expensive property portfolio. Among its most outstanding acquisitions are a Château in southern France valued at 300 million dollars and a 300 million dollars supery, reflecting the level of opulence with which its figure is related. The construction of the Palace in Neom, therefore, seems to fit within this pattern of great personal investments in the middle of a national colossal project. Neom: between ambition and reality. In short, the pharaonic project represents the most ambitious attempt of Saudi Arabia for redefining its economic future and its global image. However, the difficulties in its execution, the Lack of foreign investments and concerns about their environmental and social impact put in Interdicted your viability In the short term. The revelation of the private palace within the megaproject only adds more questions about the true nature of at least, leaves any reasonable doubt: are we facing a step towards that future of the kingdom that is advertised, or a symbol of excesses and megalomania in the middle of a plan of the most uncertain? Image | Maxar In Xataka | Neom will not just luxury hotels and futuristic skyscrapers: Saudi Arabia has sealed a key pact to dominate the AI In Xataka | The influencers who already live in Neom are uploading videos so that people are encouraged to go. It looks like an industrial estate

Communicating with our cats has always been a complex task. A study has discovered the key: flashing

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The Human-Perro communicationand vice versa, it’s really simple. After thousands of years of domestication and coexistence, dogs and humans understand each other almost effortlessly. In fact, they have even Evolved your facial muscles and eyesTo be more expressive and communicate better with us. With cats, the thing changes. We continue unraveling cat domestication And, although they are fully integrated into our homes, it is evident that there are still some Understanding problems. If you have a cat, you will know ‘talk’ with him and read his intentions, but that penetrating look is sometimes a mystery. And that is when we blink slowly. And the cat imitates us. And the magic is done. The reason is that it is the equivalent of the human smile, at least that indicated in a study. The cat smile In 2020, a study called ‘The role of blinking of cats in communication between cats and humans’ explored how this usual gesture in felines is an interspecies communication method. If you have a cat, you will know what we are talking about: that moment in which the cat stares at you and, suddenly, flashes very slowly, as almost falling asleep to, then, to open your eyes fully. He is not sleeping (well, sometimes yes), but trying to communicate with you. Karen McComb is a psychologist at Sussex University and commented that “it is something that many cat owners already They suspectedso it is exciting to have found evidence of it. ” To have that evidence, the team of psychologists did two experiments. The first experiment included 21 cats (11 females and 10 males, aged between four months to 16 years) of 14 different homes. Its owners – 14 humans participated and the instruction was clear: when the cat had eaten in their family environment, the owners had to sit a meter away and slowly blink when the cat stared at them. In the second, another 24 cats of eight different homes were included and there were two differences. The first and most obvious is that the owners were not on this occasion those who performed the flicker: it was the researchers. In addition, after blinking, they extended their hand towards the cats. The tests were recorded, analyzed and the researchers They concluded that cats slowly blin into the initial flickering of humans and, in the case of flickers by the researchers, after the same, they used to approach them to interact with their hand. If they did not blink first, they were less likely to approach in a friendly way. In addition, in the analysis of the recordings, they realized that the cats did not blink in the same way when they were alone or between them and when they were with a human who has slowly blink first. McComb’s conclusion is that it is something we can try with our cats at home, since “it is a great way to improve the link you have with it.” But … why? Three reasons are considered. The first is pure and hard survival: a fixed look is a symptom that it is alert. The cat can also consider that you are, or you can be a threat, if you stare at it, without blinking or flickering quickly, so a slow blink interprets it as you are relaxed and, at the same time, he also lowers his guard. It’s like a friendly smile. On the other hand, the researchers considered that it could be a form of imitation. It is not a secret that cats often imitate their owners and have actions that we consider funny, but that it is simply an attempt to copy human movements and actions. There are always doubts when it comes to animals such as cats and, above all, domesticatedbecause it is always possible that cats have developed that expression because humans respond emotionally when they do. The third reason is that it may have been a technique that cats themselves have perfected to cut an intense, penetrating and potentially threatening look. If they blink slowly and returned the gesture, they interrupted an awkward situation. Whatever, the researchers affirm that, whether it works as if not, it is interesting game hours or petting. And, evidently, it also has practical implications. If we know that cats feel more comfortable in environments in which they feel that the human is not a threat, it is easier to work with them in shelters or veterinary centers. Although, of course, this depends a lot on the character of each feline. As a contribution: I’ve been trying with my three cats for years. None have even paid me. Of course, as soon as I open a little latically, they magically communicate perfectly Images | Nature, Sabri Tuzcu In Xataka | Cats are not as apathetic as we thought. This is what demonstrates its wide repertoire of facial expressions

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