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go from 24 prices a day to 96

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As of October 1, a historical change starts in the European electricity market. That day, light prices will stop looking every hour to do it every 15 minutes. This means that there will be 96 different prices every day instead of 24, an adjustment that seeks to bring the rate closer to the reality of production and consumption in real time. And if, After several delaysnow European market operators have confirmed the entry into force of the so -called Cuarto Horario market. The measure is not new or improvised. Already in 2017, The 2017/2195 regulation And later he EU Regulation 2019/943 They established that the deviation settlement period should be reduced from 60 to 15 minutes. This will force each electric company to declare how much energy it will produce or consume in every quarter of an hour and, if you deviate, receive a penalty. In our country, the tests began last year Under supervision of Electric Red and OMIE. The CNMC designed a phase transition: First in the continuous intradiary market (March 2025) and then in the daily market (June). But the lack of preparation of some participants forced to delay the start -up until September 30, with a real effect on October 1. In addition, the change has meant redesigning auction systems coordinating with neighboring markets such as France, Portugal and Morocco. What changes for the consumer? The short answer is little or nothing. To start there is a technical problem since current domestic counters only record consumption for hours. To avoid replacing millions of equipment, Electric Red A method will apply of linear interpolation that estimates fourth -hour consumption from time readings. Therefore, people subject to the regulated rate (PVPC) will continue to see average prices per hour in their invoice. For their part, users of the free market will not notice changes, since their contracts are at a fixed price or with time discrimination. In other words, you will not have to look at the rate every quarter of an hour to put the washing machine. As long as the counters do not change, the invoices will continue to function for hours. The other face. The real impact is in other areas. According to Galicia’s voicethe main beneficiaries will be the electro -intense industry, storage facilities and self -consumption projects, which can better adjust their consumption to take advantage of the cheapest moments of the day. Also SMEs with management capacity could win. For another type of consumer. For households with solar panels or small self -consumption facilities, the fourth time market opens a window of opportunity. These consumers can better optimize when to consume their own energy and when to pour it into the network, taking advantage of the lowest or highest price sections. For that reason, storage will be key. With prices that change every 15 minutes, domestic or industrial batteries can be charged in the cheapest moments and download in the most expensive, multiplying savings possibilities. In addition, the new system fits better with the intermittent nature of solar and wind: a cloud that passes or a windfire will be reflected in the market almost in real time. This will allow a more fluid integration of renewables. Of course, the counters are still schedules. The majority of households with self -consumption will continue to see average prices per hour, at least until the measurement systems are updated. Less deviations, more renewable. Until now, the market set an hour price, but neither consumption nor generation are linear for 60 minutes. With 15 -minute intervals, these variations can be better adjusted, reducing the cost overruns of the adjustment markets that end up impacting the invoice, As the newspaper details. In addition, the new system fits better with renewable energies. Its production – very variable in short periods of time – is integrated in a form More natural at intervals of 15 minutes. Not everything is advantages. After the blackout of April 28 in the Iberian Peninsula, the Government It has had to rethink The measure for fear that the greatest granularity would cause instabilities in the network. The transition has also meant a huge technical and economic burden. Operators, distributors and marketers have had to redesign their computer systems and with a persistent problem of network distribution. A new energy chapter. Europe thus premieres a new era with 96 daily prices. A more flexible and sensitive market to the real variations of supply and demand that, According to Brusselsshould reduce costs and facilitate the integration of renewables. The unknown is if that benefit will reach the domestic consumer’s invoice or if, as many times, it will remain in the hands of the great actors in the sector. Image | Unspash Xataka | Where there was lead, now there will be rare earths: Jaén revives his mining past for the energy transition

Russia’s order has triggered anxiety in Europe. Germany and France are already preparing for the worst: 1,000 injured per day

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To the incursions of Russia in the European airspace that took place last week In Poland, Romania and Estoniaanother in Denmark has joined with chaotic consequences for airlines. NATO has raised the voice while Moscow seems to test the allied cohesion in the Baltic. In the background: a series of movements that indicate two things: anxiety has shot in Europe, and some begin to prepare for a war scenario. Denmark does not give credit. Denmark has described As an “unprecedented attack” the incursions of drones that have forced to close the airports of Copenhagen and Oslo for hours, leaving tens of thousands of stranded passengers, in an episode that encompasses the wave of aerial rapes and drones attacks in past days To Poland, Romania and Estonia. The aircraft appeared from multiple directions, alternating lights and then disappearing, and the Danish authorities attribute them to “a capable operator”, while the Kremlin denies it. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen He talked about The “more serious” aggression against a critical infrastructure of Denmark and did not rule out any hypotheses, opinion supported by leaders such as Ukrainian President Zelenski and by EU spokesmen, who see a pattern of reckless actions by Russia. NATO celebrated meetings Under article 4condemned the violations and stressed that Rwill effort capabilities and deterrenceand some officials already contemplate the possibility of more forceful responses (even demolition) if these provocations are repeated. France and preparations. In France, the controversy has exploded after a Publication of Le Canard Enchaînéwhich revealed a letter sent in July by the Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin, in which she asked French health agencies to prepare for a possible “major commitment” In March 2026. The document urged hospitals to be ready to serve several thousand soldiers during periods that could extend 10 to 180 dayswhich included both French and foreign troops. The news, despite proceeding from a satirical environment, generated accusations that Emmanuel Macron would be secretly planning the country to the war against Russia. The extreme right, represented by the Eurodiputa Thierry Mariani, It went further suggesting that a conflict would allow to suspend the presidential elections of 2027. The official clarification. The Ministry of Health He did not deny authenticity of the letter, but he clarified his goal: it was a Preventive Planning Faced with possible risks and threats that could affect the hospital system, including the arrival of a large number of victims of an international conflict. The measure, according to the Ministerial Crisis Center, sought to guarantee the capacity of the civil health system to absorb a massive flow of military patients in case France, as a member of NATO and ally of Ukraine, was indirectly involved in a war set. It was not, therefore, a war plan per sebut an exercise in advance of contingencies. Germany and preparations. It happens that Germany It has begun To explicitly plan how to face an eventual large -scale conflict between NATO and Russia, the scene that many alliance analysts place Around 2029. Reuters explained That the calculation that marks this preparation is as sober as disturbing: up to 1,000 soldiers Germans wounded per day may require medical care in case of an open confrontation, a figure that the inspector general of Health, Ralf Hoffmann, qualifies as realistic based on the intensity of the fighting and the units involved. Ukraine lessons. The war in Ukraine has radically changed the nature of the injuries. If the bullet wounds predominated before, today the panorama is dominated by the devastating drones effectsMERODERE AND EXPLOSIVE MORMERS, which generate amputations, burns and multiple trauma. Hoffmann Underline That the “death corridor” of ten kilometers on each side of the Ukrainian front, plagued by hostile UAVs, shows how immediate medical evacuations have become almost impossible: injured should often be stabilized for hours under constant fire before being able to be transferred. How to evacuate. With this horizon, Berlin is studying Expand your abilities of flexible medical transport, inspired by the Ukrainian experience with hospital trains. It is considered to incorporate trains, buses and a greater number of sanitary aircraft, with the aim of guaranteeing staggered evacuations: initial attention in the front, intermediate stabilization and final transfer to hospitals within the German territory. This medical logistics chain demands a robust, decentralized and capable system under air and electronic threat. The plan contemplates that the injured receive definitive care especially in civil hospitals, with an estimated volume of 15,000 reserved beds within a national total capacity of 440,000. The coordination between the military medical service and the civil health system will be essential, and the medical body of the Armed Forces, currently 15,000 troops, must be extended significantly to face the magnitude of the challenge. The Kremlin and article 5. Explained the Financial Times That all this climate of extreme anxiety in Europe possibly responds to a Moscow tactic: to demonstrate that the NATO collective defense clause, Article 5it lacks real value. A hesitant response to a provocation could open the door to Russia trying to “break down” small European states without facing the block as a whole. Scenarios such as a land incursion under the pretext of protecting Russian minorities in Baltic countries are part of the recurring fears of military planners. To do this, Moscow has uncertainty that surrounds Washingtonwhose contribution represents about 40 % of the military capacities of the Alliance in Europe. The unknowns Trump. The American factor is decisive. With units of Himars Artillery And tanks already deployed in the Baltic, the military presence is significant, but the key question is what Donald Trump would do in case of open aggression. Distrust is mutual: in Washington some see the Baltic as excessively ideological and aggressive against Moscow, while in Tallin the vote of the United States is remembered with Russia in the UN as An alert signal. The president’s volatility adds an unpredictable element: as well as surprising authorizing Attacks to IranI could react unexpectedly in a crisis in Eastern Europe. Between fear and dependence. 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One day, someone thought that a mini with Rolls-Royce interior was a good idea. And what surprised the most were … his carpet

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The BMW group is particular. For just over 25 years, Bavaria’s firm has been taking other companies under his arms. In 1998, Rolls-Royce became part of it and only three years later, in 2001, Mini did the same. In the mid -50s, the world closely followed the Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal. The decision derived, among other things, in a generalized rise in fuels that very hard to the automobile industry. Iconic models were born from that crisis. He Fiat 500 It was one of them. The British answer would arrive with the mini. Both cases shared many similarities: small cars that prioritized the interior space, very practical to move around and with very tight engines to position themselves as affordable and easy to maintain vehicles. Saving the technical conditions of those years, in Mini they managed to carry The engine in front and place it transverselya whole milestone that differentiated him from Fiat 500 himself but also from beetle, the other great supervants of the moment. In both cases, the engine was located in the rear. Almost instantaneously, the mini gained popularity for its extreme lightness and agility. So much so that in 1964 he managed more bizarrest preparations and foster the sports spirit of those light cars that are no longer left. Perhaps that is why it is not so surprised that with Rolls-Royce and Mini under the same umbrella, both companies joined to create a most special piece. Fit a rolls-royce in a four-meter car With the purchase of Mini by BMW, the brand was reborn but did it with very different hallmarks. He collected the retro aesthetics from his ancestors but he was reconverted to offer an urban coolan attractive car in the visual, of premium price but with a very distinctive driving dynamic. The success was immediate with the Company redefinition. The popularity of the first new Mini Cooper was immediate and attracted all eyes. The Cooper S or John Cooper Works versions would arrive. But far from the expected sports options, in 2011 Mini surprised with a most unexpected collaboration. With the Mini Inspired by GoodwoodRolls-Royce tried to fit all the company’s luxury in a car that at that time did not reach four meters .. a kind of miniaturization of the maximum luxury and the most select of the automobile industry that was framed within the Deportivo Mini Cooper S. The car reached the Spanish market with a price at the height of its interiors: 49,500 euros … in 2012. That is, today it would cost almost 65,000 euros if we apply the inflation corresponding to that period. Of course, one of the fortunate thousand who made one of these limited series sold the car last year for 31,000 pounds (35,740 euros) that, adding the corresponding taxes, cost more or less the same as the same as the same as the same as more than a decade. Inside, this particular mini had the classic leather upholstery in ‘Cornsilk Beige’ color typical of British luxury berlins and insertions in walnut wood. The roof was topped in Kashmir The sound system was signed by Harman/Kardon and added less common details in those years in small vehicles such as parking sensors or bi-xenon headlights. Even the browser and automatic change had to be asked as extras, increasing the price of the car by more than 3,000 euros. As a personal anecdote, a few days ago I shared a quick talk with Sergio Ríos (Autobild) and Héctor Ares (usual among our companions of Motorpasion). Both They have been able to drive at some time a rolls-royce And both made reference to a differential detail: the carpets. And is that in the test of Autobild For more than 10 years, its author also stood out from the mini inspired by Goodwood this aspect. In fact, In the article you could read the following: What caught my attention the most when I opened the door for the first time were … the carpets. Yes, you are going to laugh, it is not the element in which I usually look at a car, but those carried by this mini inspired by Goodwood are to take a picture and teach them: they are made of lamb skin, and they are so soft that you want to take off your shoes and drive barefoot. In addition, they are very warm; Of course, they have panic, dust and, of course, the mud Yeah, There were reasons to buy a mini inspired by Goodwood and pay for a four -meter -long car and 184 hp gasoline engine almost the same as for a Porsche Boxster In those years. The first, you had enough money. The second, that you will fall in love with some carpets that were like staying to live in them. Photos | Mini In Xataka | New MINI Cooper: Its electric revolution is eclipsed by a huge 24 -centimeter OLED screen

The three -day work week will bring us

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Artificial intelligence advances so fast that its arrival at the labor market has caught many with changed foot And he is already assuming The basic tasks that before carrying out fellows and recent graduates that began Your professional career. Far from seeing it as a negative factor for the labor market, some executive directors such as Jensen Huang de Nvidia, Eric Yuan de Zoom, Jamie Dimon de Jpmorgan or Bill Gates, see the arrival of AI as a complement that It will trigger productivity of employees. According to them, the work week It will not cut four days: It will be enough with a three -day work week. Bill Gates and the three -day week. Bill Gates was one of the first important names in technology to be convinced that The productivity would improve and would make the weekly days of five days unnecessary, being able to reduce them three days of work. He did it in an interview in the podcast “What now?” of Trevor Noahwhere he said “If we finally reach a society where we only have to work three days a week or something, there will probably be no problem if the machines can produce all the food and the other products and we do not have to work so much”, and add Bill Gates, “in the short term, the increase in productivity that the AI ​​provides is very interesting. Eliminating part of the heaviest work.” AI is already a reality. For his part, Jensen Huang, at the head of Nvidia, held in a Interview with Fox Business that we are “at the beginning of the AI ​​revolution” and pointed out that a broad adoption of artificial intelligence would make the passage to four days. Huang gave as an example the transition of the seven -day work week of the Industrial Revolution to the current one, and pointed out as an evolution the passage to a reduction from working hours to less than five days. Even so, he warns that we could be “more busy in the future than now“ Jamie Dimon, executive director of JPMorgan Chase, Provides a similar vision For the financial sector, one of the most demanding As for your workday. As Dimon acknowledged in An interview for Bloomberg TV“Literally they will probably work 3 and a half days per week” in the next generation, thanks to technology. Zoom CEO also aspires to work less. The last senior executive in positioning the side of the weekly day reduction to three days has been Eric Yuan, the general director of Zoom, who in An interview for The New York Times He assured that “I feel that, if AI can make our lives better, why do we need to work five days a week?”, Adventoring that this trend will free time by unnecessary endless working days. The impact of AI and the displacement of employment. The data on the impact of AI on the workplace does not paint a near future as optimistic as technological and CEOS millionaires predicted. The report ‘The Future of Jobs 2025’ The World Economic Forum indicates that about 92 million jobs will be destroyed by trends such as automation and the use of AI. However, at the same timethe study estimates the creation of 170 million New jobs Related to the technological development of that automation and AI, which would leave a positive net balance of 78 million jobs. In that same plot line, some of the main gurus of the current AI moves, such as Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, that I assured that many entry posts – especially in office work – are among the most vulnerable to total automation in the next five years. For his part, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, warns that half of the jobs They will suffer deep changes “In less than one generation” and that reconfiguration will be so fast that many of the current works will be deeply transformed or substitutable In a few years. Less days or more productivity. That the labor market will suffer A deep transformation It seems clear. What does not seem to be so much is whether that Improvement in productivity which supposedly contributes AI will be used to improve living conditions of workers as was done in previous industrial revolutions. For example, software engineers, one of the sectors most affected by AI automation, the evolution has been towards the Depreciation of the value of your workdemanding more intense days and worse remuneratedinstead of getting a shorter work week. In Xataka | Microsoft gets serious with the use of github co -ilot: its employees used it little, but that is about to change Image | Nvidia, Flickr (World Bank Photo Collection), Zoom

Telefónica will have its “day D” in November. The Teleco plays its future with Murtra behind the wheel

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Almost nine months Murtra as president of Telefónica. What lasts a pregnancy, which lasts a course. On November 4 will be born its strategic plan and Marc will have its final exam. That day will present the master lines that will define the direction of the centenary telecus for the coming years. The date is not accidental, it coincides with the results of the third quarter. Perfect occasion to combine the figures of the present with the promises of the future. And after that staging there is a company that is played much more than its next investment cycle. The scenario of the arrival to power of Murtra is, above all, a paradox: He inherited a financially sanitized telephone: Pallete reduced debt in half. But also a telephone punished by the market: the action lost 57% of its value in the previous era. The balance says the company is better. The stock market says that investors do not believe it. The market seeks growth stories, not survival. This contradiction defines the challenge of the Catalan engineer: it is not enough to be right in the accounts, we must convince those who move the silver. Speaking of silverMurtra’s great movement in his first months is the execution of The fastest exit of Latin America In the history of Telefónica. Argentina, sold. Peru, liquidated –not to say-. Colombia, more of the same. Mexico, with the “sell” poster. And at the same time, he has placed Europe at the center of his board with An aggressive discourse on consolidation. He talks about creating a “European champion” while he has in the spotlight, says the Rumore Rumoreto Vodafone Spain. With 1 & 1 in Germany in the bedroom. Is The commitment of who understands that there is no middle ground: o Telefónica grows based on acquisitions, or becomes a prey to more ambitious ones. And it has lost more than 80% of its value from its historical maximums, so it is no longer so inaccessible by price. On November 4 he will say if this strategy has a financial muscle behind or stays in speech. Local operators They have already raised the voice Against its concentration plan, Brussels has begun to leave behind its historical misgivings on mergers although the verdict remains an unknown, and the market expects to see concrete figures on where the billions that will cost these operations will come out. Murtra faces The question that defines all the great executives: Is it a visionary or a volunteer? In two months we will know. In Xataka | 100 years after his birth, Telefónica faces the greatest existential dilemma in its history: what wants to be older Outstanding image | Telefónica

The AVE to Andalusia once again suffers a cable robbery and anticipates another day of chaos and delays. It’s just the tip of the iceberg

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Entering the page where Adif collects information from high speed arrivals and outings serves to immerse yourself in the Infinite yellow of incidents. At the time of writing these lines, almost 11:00 am on Tuesday, September 16, each and every one of the trains with arrival in Madrid today have a possible delay warning. Someone has stolen a cable in the ADIF facilities near Córdoba. It is only the tip of the iceberg of an infrastructure that is suffering numerous delays in recent months. 40 minutes. They are not such, as we have learned in Xataka From the hand of one of its journalists who traveled in one of the birds that Córdoba connected with Madrid. Despite Adif’s notices that were discussed of an expected delay of between 10 and 40 minutes in the Andalusian line to Córdoba, the truth is that in this case it has lasted more than an hour. The reason has been a Cable theft between Córdoba and Guadajoz. The incidence was confirmed at the edge of 8:00 am and three hours later It was supposed to be. The problem is evidently the trains that has caused this breakdown that forces us to delay the usual paths for several hours. The last case. Today, Tuesday, September 16, it is just another case of cable robberies that Adif is suffering in recent months, with special incidence in the Andalusian corridor. Last May More than 16,000 passengers were thrown away for the theft of cable at various points of the line. This time, the bulk of the subtractions took place in the passage of the line through Toledo. Just a few days later, also the same month of Maythe section that connects Palencia with Catabria was also affected by a robbery of cables. Last June, Another robbery also caused delays in Catalonia. On that occasion, as in Madrid last Julythose affected were nearby users. A problem. Already in May, the president of Renfe, Álvaro Fernández de Heredia, left a phrase nothing optimistic in a Interview with Antena 3: “They cannot be monitored 24 hours 15,000 kilometers of network, but more means will have to be put.” Then, in Xataka We already wondered if it was so easy to steal in the train network. In 2015cable theft provided a group of thieves a booty that was valued at more than 800.00 euros. In 2022, another robbery also left some 135,000 euros in the pockets of another group of thieves. But in the case of the theft of Andalusian cable last May, the action was distributed by up to five points. And, despite this, According to the Government Delegationcopper had barely won worth 300 euros. So? Óscar Puente, Minister of Transport, said that robbery as “A serious sabotage act”. A few months later, the idea of ​​sabotage slipped again from the government. This time was the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, to which An open microphone “caught” saying that the delays in the bird could be due to these supposed sabotages. On that occasion it coincided with Another of the chaotic days That Renfe and the rest of the operators have lived in the Spanish high -speed lines and, specifically, in La Andaluza. That time, a breakdown on an Ouigo train caused the chain stop of the rest of the trains. One of them, from Renfe, overheated and burned his electrical systems. As a result, More than 200 passengers spent the night Within one of those trains. In the same sense, those who pointed out that they pointed out that The real culprit of his fault was of Adifwhose facilities caused the problem. On the other hand, from the Popular Party they already pointed out months before (coinciding with the theft of May) that the maintenance of the network was inefficient or insufficient, ensuring that they would ask “An audit of the entire network”. The tip of the iceberg. Worst of all, Spain has entered a maelstrom of delays and cancellations in Spanish high speed trains as not remembered. This morning’s cable theft is only the last case of a summer that already closes with other cancellations due to infrastructure problems, trains that crack and Fire affectations that, according to Minister Óscar Puente, could have been avoided. What the summer is demonstrating is that, for some reasons or for others, the ADIF infrastructure needs more investments or is being oversized. The bridge itself indicated a few weeks ago that the volume of trains in recent years He has shot but in ELECONOMIST They also pointed out that the investment has not gone hand in hand with such growth. Photo | Dariusz Sieczkowski and Xataka In Xataka | This megameter that joins Europe with a high -speed train sounds good. The problem is too good to be real

Only one game has dared to stand up to ‘Silksong’ and go on sale the same day. The result has been apocalyptic

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Among all the phenomena that have surrounded the very expected ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong‘, without a doubt, one of the most peculiar has been the delay of video games that had planned their departure on September 4. However, some irreducible competitor has remained firm before the media avalanche that knew that he was going to guide their looks exclusively to Team Cherry game. The result has been as predictable as unfair. We are used to seeing it with AAA games. When a mastodon arrives from a franchise like ‘Call of Duty’ or ‘Assassin’s Creed’, they leave a plot on the calendar: nobody wants to leave in the immediately previous or later weeks. In fact, we are already talking about seeing a phenomenon comparable to ‘GTA VI‘… and that there are still months to arrive. What is strange is to see it around An indie of 20 euros: But in this case it is not a matter of price, but of media attention. After years waiting, all its competitors knew that the news and attention of the players was going to orbit exclusively around ‘Silksong’. There is no space for others. Some games that delayed its launch. These are some of the most striking, in a phenomenon that in different forums has been known as “being silksonado”: Aeterna Lucis: It has been delayed a whole year, from September from 2025 to 2026, indicating that they will take the opportunity to polish the game. Demonschool: From September 3 to November 19, and expressly cite the launch of ‘Silksong’ as a reason. Cloverpit: From the beginning of September they go to September 26. And many more: Baby Steps, Faeland, Megabonk, Moors Protocol, Comfy Girl either Little Witch in The Woods and others have postponed their original launch date weeks or months. An exception. But there is a game that has decided to remain firm and not retire. This is another Metroidvania, such as ‘Silksong’ itself, and that comes from the hand of a video game classic, Atari. This is ‘Adventure of Samsara’, and he paid his daring expensive: while Team Cherry’s game beat records of concurrent, ‘Adventure of Samsara’ had a peak of peak Twelve simultaneous in Steam. Maybe buyers were busy with other things (playing ‘Silksong’, for example), but the equivalences of concurrent-sales players do not usually fail. Possibly Atari did not reach amounts of three figures in sales. It’s not fair. ‘Adventure of Samsara ‘is a very resulton game: it has absolutely delicious animations and a Pixel art Very worked, with that microscopic style that gives him a peculiar personality. The design of the bosses is excellent and although it does not invent anything in their development, pure coming and going by labyrinthine maps in search of improvements that allow us Shooter 2D in some action areas. A non -revolutionary game, but very defensible. Something happens with Samsara. In any case, the little attention that Atari herself has to her game is strange (which in 2021 appointed a new CEO But he has not done any relevant movement): he announced the game three months ago, he has not worried about giving him visibility in the press … Maybe they thought not to follow the current of the other games would it be promoted? It can, but … there has been no promotion. A true suicide against the colossus that has devoured all our attention in the last week. Header | Atari In Xataka | This cleaning products brand has launched the perfect promotion: a free horror survival to clean Moho Demoniaco

There is a renewable energy source that works 24 hours a day, and Japan has opted for it: osmotics

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Omnipresent wind and solar energies have the same problem: intermittency. The wind does not always blow and the sun does not always shine. This dependence on weather conditions It forces us to look for storage solutions OA depend on a 24/7 available source to have a constant supply. But what if that other source was also renewable energy? Japan bets on osmotics. In August, the Japanese city of Fukuoka launched the First osmotic energy center in the country. It is just the second installation of this type in the world and represents more than a pilot test for a technology that promises to revolutionize the energy mix. “I hope it extends not only in Japan, but throughout the world,” said Akihiko Tanioka, an expert in the field of the Tokyo Science Institute. The plant will generate about 880,000 kilowatts-Hora a year to feed part of the desalination plant that supplies fresh water to the city. Although it may seem like a modest figure, equivalent to the consumption of about 220 Japanese homes, its true value is that it works continuously. It is not affected by the weather or time of day, and does not emit carbon dioxide. The power to mix fresh and salted water. Osmotics is a new generation renewable energy based on A natural phenomenon that we all study at the institute: osmosis. When two solutions with different salt concentration are separated by a semipermeable membrane (which lets the water pass, but not the salt), the water of the less concentrated solution flows naturally towards the most concentrated to try to balance the mixture. Fukuoka’s plant places fresh water (treated wastewater) on one side of the membrane, and salt water (sea water) to the other. Fresh water crosses the membrane to the salt water side, increasing volume and pressure on that side. The conression is used to move a turbine that, connected to a generator, produces electricity. Therefore, this renewable source is also known as saline gradient energy or “blue energy”. From the initial promises to the first problems. This technology is not exactly new. Already in 2017, in Xataka we echoed its enormous potential: The studies suggested that it could generate up to 40% of the world energy demand if it would be used in the mouths of all rivers. The challenge was the efficiency of the membranes and the cost of the facilities. The first systems, such as delayed pressure osmosis, suffered bioincructing problems: bacteria blocked membranes, drastically reducing their effectiveness. Other systems, such as “inverse electrodialysis”, were more durable but generated very little energy. The Fukuoka plant, like the first in the world inaugurated in Denmark in 2023 by the Saltpower company, demonstrates that progress in membrane technology is allowing to overcome these obstacles. Nanotechnological membranes. In France, the company Sweetch Energy has developed Much more efficient nanometric size membranes, capable of generating between 20 and 30 watts per square meter. In comparison, the most advanced systems to date generate 12.6 watts. The company seeks to install its first real -scale generator, Osmorhône 1, at the mouth of the Rhone River. The potential of this unique river would reach 500 MW, equivalent to mid -nuclear reactor capable of supplying two million people. And it would be just the beginning. All deltas and estuaries in the world release 30,000 energy from each year, a figure similar to world demand of electricity. Salina bachata in Fukuoka. In addition to the friction of the membranes, the osmotics also loses energy in water pumping. But, as he explains The Guardianthe new Fukuoka plant uses the concentrated brine that remains of the desalination process to increase the salinity difference and, thus, the energy potential available. The inauguration of the Japanese plant and the advances of companies such as Sweetch Energy mark a turning point for the osmotics. They are the first steps to stop being a laboratory promise and become an industrial reality. In a clean, permanent energy, which does not depend on the climate and that can be integrated into existing infrastructures such as ports, desalination makers or locks. Japan has made its bet: the mixture of fresh and salted water will be part of its energy mix. Image | Umi-No-Nakamich Desalination Plant (Obayashi) In Xataka | Japan has just made a monumental bet for Perovskita’s solar panels: they are his best chance against China

Aliexpress returns with a day day -full of technology offers and discount coupons of up to 65 euros

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We started the month of September and Aliexpress launches a new Choice Day. As usual, we will have at our disposal a lot of interesting offers in technology, including consoles, mobile phones, smart watches and much more. How is it difficult to find the best offers, we have made a selection of some of the most prominent: CMF Watch Pro 2 by 38.40 euros With the ESCD05 code, a very interesting quality-price option. Samsung Galaxy A56 by 242.60 euros With the ESCD30 code, the best telephone of the company’s range A to date. Honor Pad X8A by 75.90 euros With the ESCD10 code, an ideal tablet for the return to school. Little x7 pro by 227.99 eurosa very interesting phone with great autonomy. PlayStation 5 Slim by 420.99 euros With the ESCD55 code, the version with reader of the popular Sony console. If you are interested in any other device that is not on this list and want to take it home at the best price, you have a list of discount coupons to save more on your purchases: Discount Minimum purchase coupon 2 euros 2.02 euros CDES02 2 euros 19 euros ESCD02 5 euros 39 euros ESCD05 7 euros 59 euros ESCD07 10 euros 79 euros ESCD10 18 euros 139 euros ESCD18 30 euros 249 euros ESCD30 40 euros 349 euros ESCD40 55 euros 459 euros ESCD55 65 euros 569 euros Escd65 CMF Watch Pro 2 If we are looking for a smartwatch and we have A very tight budgetthis CMF Watch Pro 2 It can be great. Its price was already quite attractive to launch, but we can take it home for alone 38.40 euros With the ESCD05 code, which we will have to enter before the end of the purchase. What can we expect from him? It is a fairly light clock with 1.32 inches and maximum brightness of 620 nits. In addition to this, it also has A autonomy that can reach up to 11 daysIt has interchangeable bezels and 120 sports modes. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy A56 Although most foci are usually taken by Samsung’s prémonic phones, we cannot ignore that their A telephones line is the most popular among the general public. Among all the mobiles that compose it, the Galaxy A56 5g is unmarked as the best option. If we were behind him, he can now leave Aliexpress by 242.60 euros with the ESCD30 code. With him, we are going to have with us an off -road phone that stands out for a large 6.7 -inch screen with 120 Hz, a 5,000 mAh battery that is compatible with fast charge of 45 w and six years of updateswhich implies that we will always have it up to date for quite some time. * Some price may have changed from the last review Honor Pad X8A A tablet is a device that can come great both to work and study, as well as for our children now that school returns. If we are looking for a very economical, This honor Pad X8a is ideal: We can take home for 75.90 euros With the ESCD10 code, a great price if we take into account everything it offers. We are facing a device with An 11 -inch LCD screenone that also has 90 Hz. It is fed by a Snapdragon 680 chip and offers good autonomy thanks to its 8,300 mAh battery. For less than 80 euros, difficult to find a better tablet. Honor Pad X8A (4 + 64 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Little x7 pro We continue with the devices that stand out for their value for money with a phone, in this case a bit. We are referring to the model X7 proa mobile that does not carry too much in the market and we can find for much less than the price at which. If we take advantage of this aliexpress Choice, we can take it for 227.99 euros. This Xiaomi phone offers a 6.67 -inch screen with 1.5K resolution (2,712 x 1220 pixels). In addition, it has a good processor such as Dimensity 8400 of MediaTek And a huge 6,000 mah battery That, in addition, we can load in a sigh thanks to the fast charging of 90 W. * Some price may have changed from the last review PlayStation 5 Slim We close this selection of offers with a console, in this case of Sony. This is the Slim version of PlayStation 5, specifically the model that has a record reader. If we were waiting for a promotion to get it, this can be a great moment: it goes out for 420.99 euros with the ESCD55 code. Little to say about this console after taking so many years with us. Offers a hardware capable of moving 4K games and with up to 120 fps, as well as some Reduced load times thanks to your SSD. It is true that it is now available The pro modelbut this option is unmarked as a cheaper version that also gives us access to the entire console catalog. PlayStation 5 Slim (with reader) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Álvaro García M. in XatakaCMF, Samsung, Honor, Little, Sony In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best smartwatch: their analysis and videos are here

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