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A new and “extraordinary” 3I/ATLAS anomaly keeps controversy alive as the comet approaches Earth

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Avi Loeb is back at it. While NASA deploys an unprecedented fleet of cameras and telescopes to observe the third interstellar visitor in history, the Harvard physicist points out an orbital coincidence with Jupiter so precise that, in the absence of explanation, it defies chance. A little context. The solar system has a new guest object and, as it happened with its only two known predecessors‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, has not arrived without controversy. The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered in July 2025, is on track to make its closest approach to Earth. For NASA, it is a golden opportunity to study the chemistry of another solar system. For the controversial astrophysicist Avi Loeb, director of the Galileo Project, the orbital data has just revealed an “extraordinary anomaly” that, for the umpteenth timehas been associated with a possible artificial origin. A chance of 1 in 26,000. According to the latest trajectory data from NASA’s JPL, 3I/ATLAS will pass the closest point of its trajectory to Jupiter on March 16, 2026. But what’s surprising is not the approach itself, Loeb says, but the exact distance at which it will occur. If a mother ship wanted to “seed devices” on Jupiter or take advantage of its Lagrangian points to park with a minimum expenditure of fuel, it would have to arrive right at the edge of the so-called Hill Radius, which delimits the sphere of gravitational influence of the gas giant. By the date of the encounter, Jupiter’s Hill Radius will be 53.502 million kilometers. The fact that has raised Loeb’s eyebrows? The minimum approach distance of 3I/ATLAS is 53.445 million kilometers. According to the cosmologistthe probability of an interstellar rock randomly passing with this precision by the edge of Jupiter’s Hill Radius is about 1 in 26,000. Engines or degassing? NASA had already ruled out that the “non-gravitational acceleration” observed in 3I/ATLAS came from artificial engines. 3I/ATLAS It is an active comet. As such, as it approaches the Sun, the heat sublimates the ice in its body, creating jets of gas that act as natural propellants, pushing the rock and altering its orbit. However, Loeb argues that this observed acceleration during perihelion (the closest point to the Sun) was of the exact magnitude needed to correct course toward that precise intersection with Jupiter’s Hill sphere. If it were a technological spacecraft, Loeb argues, those observed “jets” might not be ice sublimating, but thrusters performing a gravity-assist maneuver. We will clear up doubts. The outcome of this story will come in the coming months. On December 19 we will have the comet’s closest approach to Earth, an ideal time for detailed spectroscopic observations. A spectroscopic measurement of the speed and composition of the jets will reveal whether they come from the sublimation of ice packs or from technological propellants. If in March 2026, after passing by Jupiter, we detect new objects orbiting the gas giant that we did not send, the history of humanity could change. If not, we will have had the unique opportunity to closely study a fragment of an alien world, which, as NASA tries to argue, is already extraordinary in its own right. Image | POT In Xataka | NASA has been accused of “kidnapping” the 3I/ATLAS photos for a month and a half: it has had no choice but to publish them

After a month and a half of controversy, NASA will publish the 3I/ATLAS photos it took from Mars

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It’s been the hottest topic of conversation in ufology circles for the past six weeks. While 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, crossed our solar system, NASA kept receiving the same question: where are the photos of its passage through Mars? Here are the damn photos. After 47 days of silence, the US space agency has confirmed that it will make public the 3I/ATLAS images and all the data collected by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probe during its approach to Mars in early October. will do it through press conference on Wednesday, November 19, at 3:00 PM EST (9:00 PM PST). The event will be attended by heavyweights such as Nicky Fox (Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate) and will be broadcast online on the NASA+ channel. A little context. Between October 2 and 3, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS passed within about 29 million kilometers of Mars. At that time, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its powerful HiRISE camera had a golden opportunity: observe the object from a unique lateral angle, impossible to achieve from Earth. However, the images never appeared, and Avi Loeb soon raised his voice. The controversial Harvard cosmologist argues that there are enough anomalies in 3I/ATLAS to consider the possibility that it is an artificial alien object“possibly hostile.” Loeb accused NASA of withholding “extremely scientifically valuable” images, and managed to involve a Republican congresswoman to demand their release. The reason for the wait. It was not a kidnapping, but one of the many consequences of the US government shutdown, which kept 83% of the NASA staff suspended from employment and pay between October 1 and November 13. In fact, the position of NASA and counterparts like the European Space Agency regarding 3I/ATLAS is absolutely calm. The agencies maintain that 3I/ATLAS is a comet. Its observations with the Hubble and James Webb telescopes suggest that it is an icy body between 440 meters and 5.6 kilometers with an active coma. And his behavior, including non-gravitational acceleration As it passes through the Sun, it is a natural effect of the sublimation of ice when heated. What can we expect? The side view of the comet will be crucial to understanding the geometry of the comet’s gas and dust jets, and ruling out the exotic theory that they are artificial propellants. In any case, they will not be the last images we see of 3I/ATLAS. The European probe Juice is observing the object, but the data will take months to arrive due to the position of the spacecraft relative to the Sun. 3I/ATLAS will pass its closest point to Earth, about 270 million kilometers, on December 19, 2025. For now, the scoreboard is: Bureaucracy 1 – Science 0. In Xataka | It went from a supposed alien ship to definitely a comet. Now 3I/ATLAS surprises again with another possibility

The controversy in Asturias for the renowned peoples in Asturian language

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Orlé is one small population of the Council of Casein the Principality of Asturias, of Luenga History and leafy landscapes. For a few years, however, he is immersed in A controversy As peculiar as Espinosa: their neighbors want the place where they live continues to be ‘Orlé’, the name they have been using a lifetime and have learned from their parents and grandparents, not ‘Orllé’, which is the one in A decree which pretends to protect traditional toponymy. The debate is served. What happened? That Orlé He doesn’t want to be ‘Orllé’, but ‘Orlé’. It sounds like macarronic tongue, but in reality it is the summary of a controversy that It has been for years Undouncing the residents of a small parish of the Case Council, in the region of Nalón, Principality of Asturias. At the root of the controversy is a decision that affects something so symbolic, so sensitive (even sacred) as the name of the population. The locals defend that it is ‘Orlé’, but that has not prevented the administration from having chosen the ‘Orllé’ alternative. Where does the problem come from? To understand it you have to go back a few years agoto 2007, when the regional government published A decree with the list of official place names for the case council. There it is clarified that what until now was known above all as ‘Orlé’ would be called ‘Orllé’. In The documentthat reviews the names of the different populations of the municipality, it is clarified that the objective is the “recovery and fixation of the Asturian toponymy” as part of a greater effort to promote the bable language. The Principality of Asturias also emphasizes that the changes are not the result of the whim or are imposed overnight. The decree Part of the Toponymy Advisory Board (JAT), which issued a proposal to the City Council so that it could make observations. However, despite that long processing, the official change of ‘Orlé’ by ‘Orllé’ does not conform to what the neighbors believe it is fair: that the area continues to be called as (insist) He has always done it. But … how was it possible? In A column published in 2024 in New Spainthe representative of the neighbors, Ana Álvarez, denounces that the change was managed in a “poor” way and that the initial proposal that was presented to the case council included “several strange names to the sociolinguistic reality” of the town. For example, ‘Guspriz’ by Buspriz or ‘Ñeves’ by ‘Nieves’. “The majority were subsequently corrected, but ‘Orllé’ was not rectified because the rural parish of Orlé was not summoned to participate in the file formation sessions, nor did the final file be transferred,” Álvarez says. “The neighbors were not consulted, remaining others until, with the population of the decree, Orlé ceased to be the official name of this people.” What did the neighbors do? In addition to gathering to discuss the issue, go to the press and record their deep discomfort, the people of Orlé decided to move card in the offices: he asked the City Council (in which they are framed) to begin the procedures to recover the traditional name of the population and the proposal rose to the Ministry of Culture, Linguistic Policy and Tourism. The problem is that your claim does not seem to have advanced much. In October 2022 The locals already showed their anger for not having received any official response “after nine months of waiting” and Last July They insisted that they were still waiting for a resolution, although they had presented all their historical, sociolinguistic and legal arguments before the JAT. Why is it news? Because the neighbors have made it clear that they are fed up. Although in Orlé They don’t get to hundred of registered, over the weekend part of them starred A performance To make clear (once again) with what name they feel identified: they gathered in a meadow and drawn with their bodies the name of ‘Orlé’ and then taking an aerial photo. At the entrance of the town they have also put a sign in which it can be read “thanks for saying Orlé”, although in reality it is not quite necessary if it is taken into account that someone has gone further and has labeled the signal of the official place name: “Orllé”. Apart from the claims at street level, A few months ago The parish brought its arguments directly to the Toponymy Board. Click on the image to go to Tweet. And what do they argue? Basically, the origin of the ‘Orlé’ name can be traced eight centuries agountil the times of King Alfonso IX, so they consider him “a genuinely Asturian place name.” On the contrary, it happens in his opinion with the ‘Orllé’ form. “It is not a traditional way, because it is not present in the popular speech of the neighbors and the elderly state that even their grandparents have ever used it. Nor does it appear in any historical text. It is only a residual and external variant to the people,” They argue The residents. In case all that was not enough They assure that if at any time ‘Orllé’ has been used to refer to the area has been “with a pejorative spirit.” “To prove that it is not used at all in Orlé, it would be enough to speak with its neighbors and about the mocking use of the toponym ‘Orllé’”, coincides Juan Manuel Estrada, Official Chronicler of the case council. So things, neighbors They assure that the change goes against the initial objective with which it was promoted: protect local toponymy. Is it the only argument? At all. There are those who argue that ‘Orllé’ is not a way out of nowhere and slides that a possible solution is to use the double place name Orllé/Orllé. This was remembered last year in New Spain Ramón D´Andrés, linguist and member of the Academy of the Asturian Llinggua. In A broad article The expert argues … Read more

The influencer María Pombo defends her right to not read. And incidentally, raises an interesting controversy about habits

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The latest statements by María Pombo (influencer pioneer With great impact on the fashion world and more than three million followers on Instagram, where its empire of family spin-offs to kardashian and ramifications of all kinds) have made half the Internet Hispano Clame: “influencer To your influences“. Some unexpected and reckless reflections on reading habits have put it in the eye of the hurricane, but they have also placed an important issue on the table: is it so necessary to cultivate the reading habit? María Pombo does not read (almost). That has recognized in A video on Tiktiok To respond to a user who criticized the bookcase he had shown in a previous video. “The bookstore is precious. But if it were full of books that have been read, it would be much more. Now I see only,” said the commentator. Pombo has tried to defend himself with a “I will say it: I think you have to start overcoming that there are people who do not like to read. And you are not better because you like to read” And he adds: “They all instilled the reading at some point in our lives, and we all had to try, but there are people who like and people who do not.” And he puts his two sisters as an example: “I have one that is also influencer and devours books; And yet my other sister, That is a pilotone has not read in his life, I believe. ”Of course, the criticisms that have multiplied in successive videoswhere Pombo has taught, to exculp Influencers His friends. The inheritance chases her, but she is faster. Paradoxically, and this is a detail without more importance than underlining the irony of the situation, María Pombo is a great -great -grandson of the novelist, journalist and translator Santanderina Concha Espinawhich in 1926 was about to win the Nobel. And it is also familiar (distant, yes) of the Cervantes 2024 AwardÁlvaro Pombo, grandson of Maria Pombo’s great -grandson, The designer Ana de Pombo. Without a doubt, a singular and respectable lineage for someone who has generated a controversy right in the opposite direction. María Pombo is the symptom. Without a doubt, the most conflictive statement of María Pombo is one that says that “you are not better because you like to read.” It gives off a anti-intellectual thinking that engages perfectly with the current era: We live counter-cilestized timesthat foster a vision in which each cultural or social group claims its own “truth” exclusive, which makes it difficult to dialogue and critical thinking. The Emotions -based policy and post -truththat normalize the lie, manipulation and extreme polarization, make communication less truthful and the least valued rigorous thinking. All this encourages Simplist and conspiracy speeches derived from … people read less. Force or respect. The important thing is that the attitude of María Pombo puts on the table a conflictive issue: should we force the taste for reading or respect the variety of interests? An issue that has generated academic positions of all kinds. For example, A 2024 study It emphasizes that reading habits, influenced by the interests and self -efficacy of the student, are positively related to the development of cognitive skills. However, Another 2023 study That reviews the relationship between reading habits, study skills and academic success, indicates that intrinsic preference and motivation are key, and that imposing rigid readings can be counterproductive. In general, we all agree (even María Pombo, even if he does not express it with total clarity): Reading is an intellectual activity of positive effects. But it is also true that the creation of environments rich in reading stimuli are necessary to develop the reading habit. A 2020 study He talked about the fact that the variety and freedom in the choice foster the interest than the imposition, and that position seems to defend Pombo. Let each one do what they want is important, but you don’t have to lose sight of what results objectively more beneficial. Header | Prime video In Xataka | Alatriste’s new book revalidates a throne that remains empty: Pérez-Reverte has created our most popular franchise

Some mountaineers want to climb Everest from London in seven days. There is controversy because there is “trick”: Xenon gas

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Although it has become a monster touristifiedwith Hundreds of promotions every year and a large amount of garbageEverest remains a mountain within reach of a minority. Crown her It is not cheapit demands a good physical form and a considerable time investment to acclimatize at its altitude. Mountaineers usually pass several weeks in the base camp and move through the mountain and the neighboring peaks to prepare their bodies before entering The “Zone of Death”more than 8,000 m, named for its low levels of oxygen. Now a group of British has proposed to complete an entire expedition in just seven days thanks to the help of a gas that is usually used as anesthetic. And that is generating A considerable stir In the world of mountaineering. A “walk” from London to Everest. The itinerary is so surprising that it sounds like science fiction or the script of the new movie of the saga ‘Mission Impossible’. What have proposed to Carns and three other colleagues, all ex -military, is to go and return to Everest from London in a week. With summit included, of course. Its roadmap plays to a plane in London, fly around 7,5400 kilometers to Katmandu, in Nepal, then complete the journey to the Everest base camp aboard a helicopter and finally ascend to the top of the world in just a few days. In total around 168 hours. Nothing to do with the weeks of acclimatization that EVrest usually demands. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Three days of upload, two of descent. “Time begins to count when we leave Heathrow and stops when he returns,” I commented carns Recently a The Washington Post. “We probably thought of a travel day, then three days of upload, two of descent and the last day of travel.” The goal It is ambitious: to fulfill a journey to Everest of seven days “door to door” from London and, incidentally, “redefine what is possible in mountaineering at great altitude.” The mission is called “7 Days Mission Everest”he planned to start from London on Friday 16 (his updated advance can be followed Through its website) and its objective, beyond marking a milestone in the history of Everest, is to raise money for charity organizations dedicated to supporting war veterans and their families. “I always say that we have a 30% chance to get this in seven days, and about 70% of doing so in less than 21 days,” Comment Carns. Even if in the end that last goal, the team would be achieved considerably the duration of traditional expeditions and get a national record. The fastest expedition from London to date lasted 21 days. And how are they going to do it? That is the key. Carns and his companions are ex -military in good shape and throughout the last months have undergone a demanding training. Not just that. For several months the four sleep in hypoxic campaign stores Installed in their homes, spaces that reproduce oxygen levels that will be found at high altitudes and those that mountaineers usually resort to mitigate the symptoms of high high evil. However, neither training nor acclimatization are nothing new nor explain how the carns team intends to raise and lower the mountain in a matter of five days, a ridiculous time if compared to the weeks and weeks of acclimatization to which the mountaineers who travel to Everest usually submit. The key to your mission is another: The xenon. That is what explains that they aspire to finish the expedition in seven days instead of the Between six and seven weeks that usually last the normal missions. And what is the xenon for? Xenon is a noble gas discovered in the nineteenth century and was used for decades as a powerful anesthetic in medicine. The British team has noticed it, however, for another reason: its supposed usefulness to increase the production of red blood cells and accelerate high altitudes acclimatization. In other words, prepare them for the conditions that will be found in the most dangerous area of ​​Everest, after 8,000 meters high. With that purpose the four ex -military inhaled a “Subanesthetic concentration” of xenon gas mixed with oxygen, a single one -hour dose they received under medical supervision. According to Explain to The Washington Post The doctor responsible for the protocol, the treatment shows its most intense effects between 10 and 14 days. They received their dose on May 5, about a week and a half before they got on the plane that took them to Nepal. The advantages of xenon. Behind the idea is Lukas Furtenbach, a veteran mountaineer at the head of a company that organizes expeditions and that years ago already managed to reduce the duration of the climbs to Everest thanks precisely to the use of hypoxic stores. Together with an anesthesiology expert, he explored the use of gas for acclimatization, a use that Furtbanch has already tried in his own meats. The key would be in the usefulness of the xenon to increase the production of erythropoietin, or EPO, a hormone generated by the kidneys to stimulate the generation of red blood cells in the body. “One of the side effects is that it triggers the production of EPO and that produces an increase in red blood cells in the blood. It is the same effect that occurs to acclimatize to a real altitude,” Furtenbach points out. The idea, insists, is not to improve the performance of mountaineers who undergo treatment, but to protect their tissues. The debate, served. The idea has generated expectation, but also an interesting debate in the world of mountaineering. Furtenbach defends that less days at Everest also translate into less hazards, Less waste generation and lower environmental impact for the mountain. Expeditions like Carns’s are not cheap in addition (their cost is around $ 170,000), so they are not likely to end up replacing traditional campaigns. “When oxygen first appeared in mountaineering, it was considered a taboo. Now everyone … Read more

A company has created an alternative to facial recognition. Does not scan faces and its use already begins to generate controversy

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When cities like San Francisco They decided to prohibit use From the facial recognition by the police, many celebrated it as a victory for privacy. However, a new tool begins to make its way as an alternative. It does not scan faces, but allows people with remarkable precision to follow. Identify without analyzing the face. The tool is called Track and has been developed by Veritonea company specialized in artificial intelligence solutions applied to video analysis. Unlike classic systems, Track tracks individuals based on attributes such as physical complexion, hair color and style, clothing, accessories or the type of footwear. The algorithm also distinguishes the skin tone, although, according to the company, it does not allow to search explicitly by that criterion. With all this information, the system generates chronologies that allow following a person along different scenarios and video sources. It is not a development concept or a future promise. According to data provided by VERITONE itself, more than 400 customers are already using this technology in the United States, including state and local police forces, universities and private companies. Among them are federal prosecutors of the Department of Justice, who began using the tool in August 2024. Track is available through cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, and is part of the company’s digital forensic analysis solution ecosystem. An evolving system. Currently, Track works exclusively with recorded videos, such as those captured by body cameras, drones, public recordings on YouTube or content provided by Citizens. Veritone claims to be less than a year after enabling the analysis in live broadcasts, which would open the door to a real -time surveillance system capable of following people even when their faces are not visible. Covering your face no longer guarantees anonymity. Until now, avoid facial recognition systems It was possible with hairstylelarge glasses, disruptive makeup or garments designed to confuse algorithms. But Track works differently. It does not depend on the face, but on general visual patterns. You can follow a figure through multiple videos analyzing complexion, clothes or way of moving. Of course, he needs a starting point: someone should mark the person before starting tracking. Even so, its logic doubts many of the classic strategies to avoid being identified. And privacy? Although this technology does not use biometric data in the strict sense, such as faces or footprints, it is based on physical and aesthetic attributes that can be repeated frequently. As Mit Technology Review collectsACLU, an American civil rights defense organization, warns that tools such as track could significantly expand surveillance capabilities. On the other hand, some digital rights specialists underline that continuous tracking through different video sources could be functionally equivalent to facial recognition. An alternative that can avoid the current legal framework. As Track is not based on traditional biometric characteristics, many of the laws that regulate facial recognition in different parts of the world would not be applied directly. This does not mean that the surveillance is less, but that it operates from another technical angle, less regulated for now. The tool is thus positioned in a gray terrain. It offers advanced monitoring without formally invading the biometric space, but its practical effects are dangerously approaching those who have already generated concern with automated facial identification. Images | Xataka with XAI | Alex Knight In Xataka | The intentions of the United Kingdom with Apple are a nightmare for privacy. That of the British and that of the whole world In Xataka | Alibaba wants to be the new Deepseek: he claims to have a training method for his AI 88% cheaper

The megabattery that aspires to alleviate the drought of the island in full controversy

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90% of the territory of Gran Canaria will present a high or very high risk of desertification, with increasingly frequent calimas and droughts, According to the Foresta Foundation. In response to this situation, 14 years ago, the Electricity of Spain, with the support of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, initiated the construction of a project that will supply water and electricity, although not without controversy. The initiative. El Salto de Chira It is a hydroelectric plant of reversible pumping in southwest Gran Canaria, which will use the dams of Chira and Soria. The project consists of a renewable energy storage megabattery and also wants to ensure water supply in the area. The plant, which is still being built (40%), has a budget of 391 million euros. In addition, it has the support of the European Investment Bank and the Government of Spain. It will be ready in 2027. The central will become a 200 MW megabattery with storage capacity of up to 18 hours, According to eldiario.es. In addition, the project includes a desalination company that will supply water to the system and allow pumping between dams, taking advantage of the excess renewable energy in low demand hours and improving the insular electrical system. A very long management. More than a decade to claim that everything works correctly due to the technical complexity of building a reversible hydroelectric plant, as has happened in Galicia, and this is in turn linked to a desalination company, so planning and execution advance at a slower pace. On the other hand, permits and authorizations have been a long process due to environmental impact studies and public consultations. In addition, the logistics difficulty derived from the steep terrain of the island is added. However, a neighborhood group by Barranquillo Andrés and Soria Guapil has declared In the country that 90% of the neighbors support the work for the positive impact on local agriculture and livestock. Also, the Bentorey association has recognized in the same medium the discomfort, instead they positively value the project for its impact on the water supply. There is a rejection. In face B of the matter, various environmental organizations and technical voices have expressed their rejection. The Ecologist Turcón collective They have considered That the central is energetically inefficient, when requiring the desalination and pumping of water from the sea to high areas, which implies a high energy expenditure and a considerable environmental impact. In addition, they have criticized that it is promoted as a clean energy initiative when, in their opinion, it is rather a storage infrastructure that depends on a privatized energy model and controlled by large corporations such as Naturgy or Iberdrola. Other controversies in the islands. Although El Hierro Island can be set as an example of the future of energy self -sufficiency through renewable energies, a couple of months ago jumped to the press that depended on diesel to meet its energy demand. Therefore, it is important that they continue to carry out energy storage projects if you want to achieve a system of renewable with intermittent energies. Forecasts According to the province, the works They are underway with four kilometers of the planned tunnels already executed and the desalination and the completed electricity line. It is expected that, throughout 2025, water discharges will begin in the reservoirs of Chira and Soria, marking a milestone in the execution of the project. Image | Unspash Xataka | A cave in Galicia will be a new energy warehouse: a 1,800 MW macroproject without the need for new reservoirs

The controversy of the Safe Transfer

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The heavy rains of the month of March They have increased Reservoir levels. This news could be good news, but this relief It has not resolved Territorial conflicts around water. The controversy of the Tajo-Segura transfer returns again. A recurring conflict. Since its inauguration 46 years ago, the transfer has allowed water supply In the area of ​​Southeast Spanishknown for your water shortage. However, climate change and growing demand They have generated Tensions between the receiving regions and the Tagus basin, which defends the need to conserve their own resources. By regulations. The reservations in the reservoirs of the header of the Tagus, Entrepeñas and Buendía They have risen to level 1. so, According to the lawthis allows an automatic 60 Hm3 transfer to the Spanish southeast, benefiting Alicante, Murcia and Almería. According to Valencia Plaza has advancedEntrepeñas and Buendía reservoirs have accumulated 1,395 hm3, confirming level 1 and authorizes the maximum possible transfer according to current regulations. But there will be some changes … However, the minister for ecological transition and demographic challenge, Sara Aagesen, has announced imminent changes in the operating rules of the transfer. Although it has not specified the details, the concern in the Levante is evident: they fear that these modifications will return access to water again, According to the Spanish. And return to the controversy. Again, the irrigators of Alicante, Murcia and Almería have expressed their concern about the possibility that changes in the exploitation rules reduce the transfer even though the reservoirs have reached level 1, According to Valencia Plaza. In addition, Lucas Jiménez, president of the Central Irgent Union of the Tajo-Segura Aqueduct (SCRATs), has criticized in the same medium that, just when the maximum possible transfer is confirmed, the government wants to make modifications that could restrict the supply of water to the southeast. The other face. From Castilla-La Mancha, the reaction is different. According to a study to which Spanish has had accessThe Chair of the Tajo of the University of Castilla-La Mancha has stressed that, although the reservoirs have reached level 1, it is essential to ensure sustainability of water resources for local communities before transferring water to other regions. Likewise, the Minister of Sustainable Development, Mercedes Gómez, has insisted that the reservoirs of Entrepeñas and Buendía should not be maintained in a situation of “exceptionality”, as established by the current regulations of the Tajo-Segura transfer, but must go to a situation of “normality”, As explained the truth. In addition, the Manchega counselor has reiterated, that the exploitation rules of the transfer must be focused, mainly, supplying people with water, and not so much to industrial or agricultural development. In this sense, it has stressed that infrastructure has already been built in the receiving areas, Like desalinationwhich are available and have been financed by all Spanish citizens. Forecasts. The future of the transfer remains uncertain. Although current regulations allow 60 HM3 sending in April, the possible modification of the rules could alter water management in the medium term. In addition, tensions between different regions show that the problem of water distribution in Spain is still unresolved. The debate on sustainable water management and adaptation to the effects of climate change will continue to mark water policy in the coming months. Image | Flickr Xataka | “Thank you so much, reservoirs.net”: Spanish men are developing a peculiar obsession with swamps

The new Spider-Man series arrives at Disney+, but it has something that is raising controversy: its animation style

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Marvel’s new arachnid hero animation series, ‘Your friend and neighbor Spider-Man‘ has arrived at Disney+and raises an interesting point of view, although of course not unpublished in the adaptations of the hero: his first years with the costume, in which he combines work as a photographer of Peter Parker with his care Safeguard your secret identity and, at times, save New York from some cataclysm than another. However, What has caught the attention has not been his argument, but his peculiar aesthetics: appropriate to reflect the comiquero spirit of the series, has a style that reminds of Cel-Shading of the games a few years ago. That is, more than the Cel-Shading Sophisticated titles such as the next ‘Borderlands 4’ or ‘Hi-Fi Rush’, is closer to original experiments with style, such as ‘XIII’ U ‘Okami’. That it does not have to be bad, we are all excited about ‘Jet Set Radio’, but criticisms have already pointed out that it gives a somewhat expired touch to the series. Jeff Trammell, Srie’s screenwriter, defended the style in techradar. He declared that “there is no Spider-Man like ours. I think it is important -Man mixed with others, you think: ‘That is the Spider-Man of’ Your friend and neighbor Spider-Man ‘”. The truth is that this style sometimes leads to something rigid and somewhat artificial environments, But the truth is that it is perfect for action sequencesand transmits purely comic vibrations. Although it is not the only complaint: in the first two episodes that have been seen from the series, the scenarios are somewhat soulless, with empty and grid streets and that remember, again, to video games of a time that was already left behind. It is a shame, although the entire series will have to be seen to calibrate to what extent these problems weigh in the final result. Header | Disney In Xataka | ‘Spider-Man’: Where and in what order to see the films and series of Marvel character

This is what the law says about the controversy over million-dollar fines

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Installing a security camera at home or in a business is an increasingly attractive option. The price of security systems makes them affordable, but it is also easy to control them from your mobile phone and they have live alert systems. It is a good way to gain security and are a deterrent against possible crimes. The problem is that it is not as simple as placing a camera wherever we want and starting to monitor: the Data Protection Law comes into play. It is something that happens in Spainbut also in Mexico, and in recent days controversy has erupted: if you install surveillance cameras, you will face a million-dollar fine. The commotion that has arisen is such that the Government itself has come out to clarify the issue. The controversy. A few days ago, a popular TikToker posted a video in which he talked about the situation. “Did you know that you can get into legal trouble because of the cameras you have in your business or home?” This is how the video begins, which, with a pejorative tone, accuses the Government of not acting to guarantee the safety of the citizen. Subsequently, and throughout the video, it clarifies the scenario in which these fines can be applied: if the cameras record public spaces or you as the owner disseminate the images. The seed, however, had already been planted. Media and users used this video to affirm that Mexico could denounce the owners of the surveillance cameras, causing the payment of million-dollar fines: up to 18 million pesos. Some of these media clarified the fact of the dissemination of the images or the orientation of the cameras, but others did not. The answer. The commotion has been tremendous, so much so that different institutional bodies have rushed to address the issue. They have done it in two ways: one, through the INAI, or National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data. In a videocomment that they have received several calls asking for information in this regard, commenting on the following: “The regulated subjects are those responsible who use personal data for purposes of disclosure or commercial prospecting. “If a person has cameras in their home and they do not have that purpose, but are used for personal treatment, the INAI will not impose any sanction.” The second, during an information section from the Treasury Room of the National Palace in which the Government denied the information. “The Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data held by individuals applies only to private individuals or legal entities that process personal data,” they comment. Basically, the same as the INAI. Cover of the PROFECO guide The buying guide. In fact, a few months ago it was the Government itself that published, through a document from the Federal Consumer Prosecutor’s Office, a purchasing guide with cameras for both internal and external use. In this studythey analyze various models, pointing out their pros and cons in a complete buying guide that would not make much sense if they were prohibited. The keys. But at the end of the document is the key. In a section called “Is the use of security cameras legal in Mexico?”, they confirm that it is. There are nuances: if it is inside a home or pointing towards private property, there is no problem, but if they record from the house to the outside, there are certain rules and restrictions to protect the privacy of others. What must be taken into account, according to the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties, is: It must aim to protect assets and facilities, as well as the prevention and detection of crimes. Images of people should not be captured without their consent, especially in public areas, unless they are police forces. When you can face a fine. In the document, the LFPDPPP clarifies that “it is legal to install surveillance cameras inside a property, as long as people’s rights to privacy and personal data are not violated.” Regarding outdoor cameras, it states that “if you plan to install security cameras, we recommend you notify your neighbors, either by putting up a sign notifying you of the existence of the camera or through a meeting. This ensures that they will be aware that they are being monitored and can take steps to protect their privacy.” However, it is true that there are establishments in which it is illegal to place cameras: Dressing rooms, bathrooms and private business rooms. Schools. Hospitals. Churches. Furthermore, in these last three, use is restricted if you do not have authorization from the authorities. Therefore, it is legal to have a security camera in Mexico if you do not broadcast the recordings and if, pointing to common areas, you warn in advance with a sign or a meeting with people likely to be recorded. Image | Eufy In Xataka | Best surveillance cameras: which one to buy and 11 recommended models for indoors, outdoors, babies and pets

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