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A planet has just disappeared. NASA’s Hubble telescope has captured a violent cosmic event that changes everything

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Investigating the universe beyond the Solar System we know sometimes brings up more questions than answers. The search for exoplanets has left findings so different from what we know as fascinating. Thus, more than a decade ago the Kepler space telescope identified the Kepler-16ba planet with “two suns” along Star Wars Tatooine and the James Webb telescope stumbled upon a world of boiling lava that paradoxically it’s colder what the theory says. In the process of investigating the universe you can witness the disappearance of a planet, as NASA’s Hubble has monitored, to discover that there was nothing like a planet: they were in front of a violent cosmic phenomenon. First they detected a bright point of light and assumed that it was a planet covered in dust where the brightness of its star was reflected. Then the object disappeared and a different bright source appeared nearby. Finally, this international research team realized that they were not seeing planets at all: the light came from incandescent debris generated by violent collisions, as they later published in Science. A planetesimal collision that changes everything In their observations in time, they captured two different and very powerful impacts that generated large amounts of dust in the same planetary system, which constitutes a magnificent opportunity to understand how planets are formed and what type of materials they are made of. Their main hypothesis: they have glimpsed not one, but two extremely rare events: one (two) planetesimal collisionthat is, a collision between small rocky objects similar to asteroids. Northwestern University astrophysicist Jason Wang explains that it is the first time they have seen a planetesimal collision outside the solar system and that its study is “key to understanding how planets form and can also provide information about the structure of asteroids, something important for planetary defense programs such as the DART test.” Paul Kalas, an astronomer at the University of California at Berkeley and lead author, insists on the exceptionality of the event: “It is not present in any of our previous Hubble images, which means that we have just witnessed a violent collision between two massive objects and a huge cloud of debris, something that has no parallel in our current solar system.” By NASA, ESA, P. Kalas, J. Graham, E. Chiang, E. Kite (University of California, Berkeley), M. Clampin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), M. Fitzgerald (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and K. Stapelfeldt and J. Krist (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) These collisions occurred in the planetary system surrounding the star Fomalhautwhich is larger than the Sun, is surrounded by an extensive and dense set of dusty debris belts and located about 25 light years from Earth, in the constellation Pisces Austrinus. That dust belt is so large that it is a real candy for research. Planet it seems, cloud of dust it is In 2008 they detected Fomalhaut b, a bright object of unknown nature that some researchers thought was a planet and others believed it was an expanding cloud of dust from a collision. Back in 2023, a new Hubble observation gave an unexpected twist to everything: the original light source was no longer there and another bright object had appeared in a slightly different area. As explains Wang, first They assumed it was Fomalhaut b, but they got a surprise: “We assumed the bright light was Fomalhaut b because it was the known source of the system. But by carefully comparing the new images with the old ones, we realized that it couldn’t be the same source. It was exciting, but also perplexing” So they had to change perspective and nomenclature: the original object was renamed Fomalhaut cs1 and its disappearance supports the idea that it was a cloud of dust that was slowly dispersing after a collision. They called the second bright source Fomalhaut cs2 and its behavior reinforces the conclusion that neither of the two objects was a planet: everything indicates that they are clouds of debris created when large planetesimals collide with each other. Investigating Fomalhaut cs2 they concluded that it looked very similar to the beginnings of cs1 from two decades ago, both in brightness and location. So the team already estimates the frequency of collisions in this guy in the system: every 100,000 years or even less. After all, in 20 years they have already seen two. Kalas explains that “if you took a movie of the last 3,000 years and sped it up so that each year lasted a fraction of a second, imagine how many flashes you would see. The Fomalhaut planetary system would be full of these crashes.” Fomalhaut cs1 no longer exists, but the research team wants to continue monitoring the system and has its eyes on cs2, which could hide more valuable information about how collisions develop in young planetary systems. Of course, in addition to the old Hubble, they will use the near-infrared camera of the James Webb Space Telescope since the NIRCam can capture detailed information about color, so they can determine the size and composition of dust grainsfor example if they contain water or ice. The confirmation of these collisions put a warning on the table for hunters of planets outside the Solar System: the gLarge clouds of dust can very well imitate the appearance of an exoplanetto by reflecting light from its star, which can lead to error using the reflected light detection system. Kalas sums it up: “What we learned from studying cs1 is that a large dust cloud can masquerade as a planet for many years.” As new observatories point to the sky to obtain direct images of Earth-like planets, differentiating between real planets and temporary dust clouds seems providential. In Xataka | Poland and Spain are the European countries that have increased their contribution to space the most. For very different reasons In Xataka | China reveals its cards for 2030: it will go in search of an “Earth 2.0” on its own Cover | Javier Miranda By ESA, NASA, and L. … Read more

14,000 million euros had disappeared

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Raise your hand if you haven’t lost money before. It’s happened to all of us and then the first day of cold in the pocket of some coat. The problem is that this money is the fortune of one of the main heirs of the hermès empire. Nothing less than 14,000 million euros. Nicolas Puech, heir to the founding family of Hermès, has just presented a demand civil against LVMH and Bernard Arnault, claiming the fraudulent sale of 6 million bearer shares of Hermès. However, this is not a simple business demand. Behind there is decades of betrayed trust and a story that mixes friendship, wealth management and one of the most intense stock market battles in French luxury. A trustworthy advisor. For years, Nicolas Puech, fifth generation heir of Thierry Hermés, founder of the select luxury fashion brand that has manufactured cult pieces only available of a lucky fewentrusted the administration of his assets to Eric Freymond, a Swiss manager who managed his Hermès shares and investments with broad powers. According what was published by The Wall Street Journalthe relationship between the two was close and based on total trust, which is why Puech signed mandates and documents without really supervising each operation. According to the heir, this blind trust allowed Freymond to make financial movements behind his back, without his knowledge. The rich heir lived without worrying about the management of his fortune. Operations hidden from the heir. As and how did he count The Wall Street Journaleven the gardener’s wife of one of his properties in Spain, the one he wanted to adoptwarned him of the excess of trust he was placing in his wealth manager and his dubious loyalty. The critical point arose from the Hermès shares that Puech owned. It is suspected that Freymond, taking advantage of the trust placed in him, sold part of those shares during LVMH’s offensive to take over the share control of Hermès in 2010. Although LVMH finally agreed to withdraw and sold his participation in 2014, Puech maintains that some of those shares came from his assets and were transferred without his consent. The shares were bearer shares, which makes their traceability in transactions difficult. Complaint against the deceased manager. Upon discovering what he considered a scam on the part of his wealth manager, Puech filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against Freymond for breach of trust and embezzlement, alleging that his manager had defrauded him and that his actions they had disappeared mysteriously. The situation became complicated when Freymond passed away in July 2025 in an accident in Switzerland, leaving many questions unanswered and adding complexity to the judicial process. The only person who knew the real whereabouts of Puech’s fortune has taken his secret to the grave. Direct lawsuit against LVMH. Now, with Freymond deceased, and after some failed financial operations Due to not being able to provide ownership of its shares, Puech has decided attack LVMH directly and its president Bernard Arnault, demanding 14,000 million euros. According to collected Reutersthe lawsuit alleges that the disappearance of its shares allowed LVMH to take control of 23% of Hermès and indirectly benefit from Freymond’s irregular management. Something that the company founded by Arnault has denied categorically. “LVMH and its shareholder firmly reaffirm that they have never, at any time, misappropriated Hermès International shares, in any way or without anyone’s knowledge, and that they do not own ‘hidden’ shares,” the group stated in a press release. According what was published by Swissinfoafter the share purchase operation and subsequent sale agreed between LVMH and Hermés, Arnault would have obtained a capital gain of 3.8 billion euros for those shares. The first civil hearing was held on November 20, 2025 at the Paris Judicial Court, and the case remains open while the responsibility of all those involved is investigated. In Xataka | There are more and more millionaires determined to spend their entire fortune before they die. They don’t want their children to inherit it. Image | Flickr (Trump White House Archived), Hermès (Kevin Scott)

The objective is to know how they disappeared

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For decades, paleoanthropologists have grappled with a biological paradox. Neanderthals, a species supposedly adapted to the frigid cold of Europe, had huge, wide noses. A feature that in theory is completely inefficient to be able to warm the frigid air before it reaches the lungs. But due to the lack of fossils, experts could not explain what exactly had happened to this species until now. A reconstruction. In order to understand what was happening here, the experts they have managed to rebuild digitally the inside of the ‘noseAltamura Man‘, the best preserved Neanderthal in the world, without even touching it. And what they have found dismantles much of what we thought we knew about the face of our evolutionary cousins. The objective in the end has been quite clear with this study: to know one more reason why they became extinct from our planet. And all because right now the extinction of this species remains a mystery, although the latest studies suggest that They are more integrated with us than we think. The calcite prisoner. To understand the magnitude of this finding, you must first understand the subject. The ‘Altamura Man’ was discovered in 1993 by a group of spologists in the Lamalunga karst system, southern Italy. And it is not a normal fossil. The skeleton is complete, but it fell into a natural well and became trapped in a chamber where, over the millennia, water and limestone did their work. Today, the Neanderthal is literally embedded in the cave walls, covered in “popcorn” calcite formations that have protected it, but also made it impossible to extract it without destroying it. This mineral “prison” has had an unexpected advantage: it has preserved bone structures so fine and fragile that they normally disappear in the fossil record, such as the nasal turbinates and ethmoid laminae. It is the first time in history that we have a complete Neanderthal nasal cavity. Virtual dissection. Since they couldn’t remove the skull to put it in the laboratory’s scanner, they had to take the laboratory to the cave itself. Something that at first seems like a completely impossible mission. The solution found was endoscopic technology, since using high-resolution medical probes (such as those inserted into the bronchi to explore them) they passed through the ocular and nasal cavities of the fossil. The magic came from combining these images with photogrammetry techniques, since an exact 3D model of the inside of the skull was generated. Central heating. Once we had a pretty good photograph of the inside of this Neanderthal’s nose, it was time to interpret. For years there was a hypothesis in mind that to compensate for having a wide nose in a cold environment, Neanderthals must have unique internal structures. There was talk of vertical projections and medial thickenings that would act as radiators to heat and humidify the air. Two fundamental points so that you could breathe correctly. But the result of the analysis has said different things. First of all, the inside of the nose is strikingly similar to that of a modern human, just in a larger facial “frame.” This means that the supposed exclusive adaptations they had were not present in this fossil, and the airways did not have an ‘alien’ architecture as might be expected. A new extinction. In this way, Neanderthals do not seem to be able to adapt to such cold environments to be able to breathe properly. We as humans have many mechanisms to heat the air before it reaches our lungs to guarantee gas exchange. But this is something that was not found in our ancestors. In this way, if cold air reaches the lung, respiratory difficulty can be found, which at high temperatures can effectively cause the death of a species if we contextualize ourselves in extremely cold environments. Why his face. If the giant nose wasn’t an ultra-specialized “air heating machine,” why did they have it? The study suggests that we should stop looking only at the climate. The very characteristic face that this species had seems to be the result of two specific factors: Genetics of the ancestors. Very high energy demand that required a lot of oxygen and that is why a huge air intake was needed. Altamura Man lived during MIS 6 (about 130,000-170,000 years ago), a cold time, but in southern Italy he enjoyed a more temperate climate. Its nose, “normal” on the inside but enormous on the outside, suggests that the facial evolution of this species was not a straight line directed solely by the thermometer. Images | Aldo Hernandez Paul Pastourmatzis In Xataka | We still don’t know why Sapiens triumphed over Neanderthals. But we have a new hypothesis

half of the female seals have already disappeared

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The bird flu It is a disease that is on the lips of many people in Spain right now due to the great impact is having on our birds, causing many pens to have to be confined. But a variant of this virus is also wreaking havoc in Antarctica, causing the death of thousands of sea seals. A broken sanctuary. Antarctica was a frozen and impenetrable sanctuary, until now. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, a variant of avian flu, is arriving on the subantarctic coasts to stay. And it has done so by causing a “massacre” according to the scientists themselves, which have determined the death of 50% of reproductive female elephant seals from the south on the island of South Georgia. The discovery, led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is not just a tragic figure; It is confirmation that the virus has found a new and effective transmission vector: marine mammals and not just birds. How it was revealed. Quantifying mortality in colonies as dense as this one in South Georgia is not easy. And we are precisely talking about the home of the largest population of sea seals, making counting them a titanic and risky task. This is where technology comes in. The Bamford team used drones to fly over breeding beaches. Comparing population density before and after the arrival of the virus, they documented a loss of half of adult females. This non-invasive method has been key to obtaining accurate data without interfering in an already devastated ecosystem. It is not isolated. What is happening in South Georgia is the chronicle of a death foretold. This event is the continuation of the “first wave” that hit Argentine Patagonia. A previous study, published in Nature Communicationswas the first to set off all the alarms. This work not only confirmed the jump of the virus from birds to elephant seals, but also demonstrated what the scientific community feared most: sustained transmission between mammals. The ideal breeding ground for this virus were the elephant seals that live crowded on the beaches during the breeding season, they became a perfect breeding ground. The virus no longer needed birds to spread. Out of control. In this way, the H5N1 has become a panzootiathat is, an animal epidemic on a planetary scale. Although the media focus right now is on Antarctic mammals, and in Spain on poultry, the reality is that we are talking about a much bigger problem. According to the latest report from the World Organization for Animal Health, the virus is already has affected more than 150 million birds in 84 countries, either by direct death or by the emergency sacrifices necessary to contain it. To monitor this serious problem, the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) maintains an updated database that centralizes all detections of HPAI in Antarctic fauna. And the risk in humans? It is the inevitable question. If the virus has learned to jump from birds to mammals and transmit efficiently between them (as happens in seals and elephant seals), are we humans next? The latest risk assessment from WHO, FAO and WOAH keep calmbut with nuances. Right now, the risk to the general human population is still considered ‘low’. However, the report warns that this is an infection that should be closely monitored as it provides the virus the opportunity to better adapt to hosts. In short, every seal that becomes infected in the Arctic is a new probability that the virus ends up mutating and that it finally becomes a major security problem for everyone. Images | Yuriy Rzhemovskiy Fusion Medical Animation In Xataka | An old hypothesis about the origin of life has received a new boost: solving its “chicken and egg” problem

The speakers with which “bombarded” North Korea have disappeared

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South Korea wants to relax the tensions with their neighbors of North Korea. It is demonstrated by the symbolic decision of dismantle giant speakers that he had installed a few months ago and that they served for an unusual purpose: “bombard” to North Korea with K-pop at full volume. Will that gesture of something serve? The Korean conflict. The Korean division that the US and Russia defined after World War II caused the beginning of the Korean conflict, which is still in force since 1948, when both countries created separate governments. That division ended up causing the war of Korea (1950-1953) in which both countries losing and unleashed a definitive division between North Korea and South Korea. Since then, above all, tension. A lot of tension. Constant reprisals. The relationship between the two countries began to become more problematic when last summer South Korea received A rain of balloons loaded with garbage. This country did not stay still, and replied by sending propaganda drones which in turn generated two very different reprisals. From noise to K-Pop. First, North Korea described his neighbor as a “hostile state” in its constitution. And second, “bombing” to South Korea with unbearable noises for 24 hours in border areas. Although these types of measures seem unusual, they are actually a kind of psychological attack that is being used From the aforementioned Korea War. Be that as it may, South Korea responded again with a creative variant: he installed giant speakers on his border with North Korea and began to Put K-pop songs at full volume. White flag. But in June, in a sudden turn of events, South Korea decided to turn off the speakers of propaganda that transmitted both those songs and ideological messages. The decision was made by the New President Surcoreano, Lee Jae-Myung, who since his inauguration has shown a much more appeaser profile than his predecessor, a battalist Yoon Suk Yeol who had no problem that the tension rose level in the Korean conflict. North Korea adds to the gesture. In his first public speech Lee made clear that he intended to initiate a dialogue with his archienemigo, North Korea, to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula. Turning off the speakers was also a gesture that – sortingly – had an immediate response: North Korea also stopped broadcasting strident noises in the border speakers that he had launched months ago. The activists of both countries, yes, maintained the tension. While the south They sent balloons Loaded with critical pamphlets to Pyongyang, from the north they replied with balloons Full of plillas and garbage. President Lee has already asked Stop shaking the tension With those propaganda shipments. Disassembling the speakers. After that “sound truce”, South Korea has taken a new step, and they have begun to disassemble giant speakers They were installed to broadcast K-pop music at full volume. Lee Kyung-Ho, spokesman for the South Korean Ministry of Defense, explained that this was a “practical measure that can help soften interorean tensions without affecting military preparatory.” North Korea continues in his thirteen. Despite this gesture, in Pyongyang they do not seem intention to bring positions. Kim Yo Jong, sister of the Korean leader, Indian Last week that “blind trust” of Seoul in his alliance with the US made the new administration for North Korea not different from that of his predecessor. North Korea seems to be especially concerned about strengthen your relationship With Russia, with which he is collaborating in the war in Ukraineand is in no hurry to soften relations with South Korea. And South Korea, for his perhaps, warns. Although the measure is a clear symbol of Lee’s intention to relax the tension, the South Korean president highlighted that “the army maintains a constant high level of preparation.” Or what is the same: they pray for the best, but they are prepared for the worst. Restore trust. South Korea Unification Minister Chung Dong-Young, explained that there were no similar movements on the other side of the border, but for them this was “the right step.” In addition, he added, “ultimately, the key issue between the two Koreas at this time is to restore confidence, which has been completely lost. I consider that this is a step towards reconstruction of that trust. Image | Firstpost In Xataka | Russia is beginning to run out of the weapons inherited from the USSR. So he is pulling those of North Korea

The cooling bases for laptops were for an omnipresent time. Today they have disappeared without realizing

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The Digital photo framesYoplait yogurts, the Aquarius Cola. There are objects that disappear without warning, and in that list they may be entering the Refrigeration bases for laptopsthose armathes with fans that populated the desks a few years ago. And that now they seem to have vanished from stores without anyone saying goodbye to anyone. In the magic 2000, when Pentium 4 They turned any laptop into a reactor turbine, seemed almost mandatory, especially with the arrival of summer. Today they seem as anachronistic as the coves for disks. What happened? There are several theories that seem feasible together. One of them is the fifteen years of silent engineering. Manufacturers have refined the thermal design, optimized architectures and perfected the manufacturing process until heat a residual problem. Apple Silicon It marked a turning point, but even Intel and AMD chips have won in efficiency … although they continue to heat up with demanding tasks. But in everyday use they do not seem to need that external cooling. On the other hand, it is Our way of using computers. The majority of heavy software that required local resources has migrated to the cloud, especially consumer focused. We live in browsers, We consume Saaswe delegate in remote services. The laptops are no longer so much work stations to process as internet windows that do not require too much effort. Not the one before. Meanwhile, The mobile has absorbed a lot of screen timerelegating the laptop to specific tasks, but not to do so much and for so many hours as it is. The cooling bases are thus bind to the same accessory cemetery where the remains of Ninety liquid crystal screen protectorsthe organizing boxes of CDS, the silicone keyboard protectors, the box with lock and everything to save disks. Tempus fugit. Are The testimony of problems that technology has been solvingreminding us that real progress does not always arrive with fanfarrias. Sometimes we simply stop needing what it seemed essential. Even in full heat wave. In Xataka | The web has become a horrendous place for many people. So they are rebuilding their version 1.0 as a refuge Outstanding image | AmazonUnspash

His fortune has disappeared before reaching Qatar

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Nicolas Puech should be one of those people that most of the planet label as “fortunate.” The key is given by its second and unmistakable last name: Hermés. It is, about the role, the largest private shareholder of the luxury firm, and a few months ago it was the protagonist for its curious succession plan: adopt your gardener to make it legitimate heir. It happens that, overnight, His fortune evaporated for an alleged scam of its administrator. Qatar has just passed the same with Puech. The emir and a failed agreement. Nicolas Puechdirect descendant of the founder of HermesThierry Hermès, embodies one of the more complex mysteries and fascinating the European luxury universe. At 82, his figure ranges between opacity and scandal, wrapped in litigation, contradictions and unexpected movements that have questioned not only the magnitude of their fortune, but also their handling and the veracity of their heritage statements. Although a significant participation in Hermès is attributed to him, valued in approximately 5 % of the company (which would be equivalent to More than 15,000 million dollars), Puech has maintained contradictory speeches. While in a recent demand presented in a federal court in Washington DC, it is claimed that he acknowledged to possess that share package and signed his sale to the Royal Catar family, in other Swiss judicial instances he has argued that his actions disappeared in hands of a financial managergenerating a chain of uncertainties that surround its true level of control over the famous French fashion house. A fortune in question. The case that has put Puech back in the center of the international stage Lo Capital America begana company founded in February For the Viceemir de Catar in Washington and backed by Emir himself, Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. The company accuses Puech of having Failure a contract Signed on February 10, 2025, in which he promised to sell more than six million shares of Hermès. Documents included in The demand They show that the parties discussed the agreement for months and that the Catarí side provided direct financing guarantees from the throne. However, despite the formal closure of the deal, Puech twice delayed the transfer of the actions. In a letter sent on March 19, his lawyer claimed that, despite the “best and repeated efforts”, his client was “unable” to access his actions, and considered useless to establish a new closing date. The Catarí company now demands the courts that force Puech to fulfill the agreement or, alternately, compensate for it with 1.3 billion dollars for losses, opportunity costs and reputational damage. The past: a puzzle. As we said at the beginning, this is not the first time that Puech is involved in controversies related to its heritage. As We explainin 2024 he generated headlines after trying legally to his Moroccan gardener, a middle -aged and married man, to read half of his fortune, a decision that She was challenged by a charity foundation created by Puech himself, who hoped to inherit his heritage. To this is added its prolonged conflict with Your former financial managerwhom he accused in Switzerland and then in France of having stripped him of his participation in Hermès. However, a Swiss court rejected the fraud accusation, noting that Puech had voluntarily ceded the control of its assets to the administrator. With this breeding ground and background, added to its historic Rupture with the Hermès family (caused by his support for the tycoon Bernard Arnault in his failed attempt To take control of the company), they have made Puech an isolated, politically uncomfortable and legally unpredictable figure within the French business environment. Qatar and motivations. Had the New York Times This week that the Royal Catar family is no stranger to the world of international luxury, obvious. Through its sovereign fund and investment vehicles, it controls relevant participations in brands, hotels and prestigious stores such as Harrods and Printemps. The opportunity to acquire a 5 % participation In Hermès (one of the houses more profitable and exclusive of the sector, whose stock capitalization has grown more than 200 % in the last five years) was extremely attractive. According to Eric TalleyProfessor of Corporate Law at Columbia University, a participation of that magnitude would have an incalculable strategic value for any global luxury actor. Despite the risk of dealing with a character as enigmatic as Puech, the potential to access a piece of the heart of the French luxury industry exceeded any caution. Hence, the demand, in addition to trying to rescue the frustrated agreement, could also serve as legal tool to obtain rights on Puech assets in case they resurface in their assets or activate after their death. A legal maze. Beyond the signed contract and the financial interest, the great obstacle to the tasks seems to be the very existence of actions. If Puech really does not have access to them, the forced compliance with the contract becomes much more than a problem. However, if a judge determines that the agreement was valid and binding, the sentence could grant the Emirate A legal advantage In the long term, in the event that the titles reappear or are identifiable within the succession heritage of the heir. In parallel, Puech He has reactivated his legal offensive In France against its former manager, reiterating the accusations already ruled out by the Swiss judges. The process, now wrapped in a new veil of secrecy due to the confidentiality of demand in the United States, could be extended for years and keep blocked A capital portion whose real existence, ownership and location remain in doubt. We assume that sooner or later this story will have its reflection in the cinema: in the center, a lone octogenarian, whose fortune no one can confirm at all, and whose influence (although invisible) continues to generate global repercussions. Image | Pexels, The Presidential Press and Information Office In Xataka | Nicolas Puech: The Swiss millionaire who wants to leave a gardener with Spanish ties as the only … Read more

1.4 billion dollars have disappeared

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Elon Musk’s car manufacturer is not going through Your best moment financial with their actions falling into chopped For weeks. As if that were not enough, Dan McCrum, the journalist who uncovered the Wirecard fraudhas highlighted a possible hole of 1.4 billion dollars in the accounting of Tesla. The news has sat like a jug of cold water among Tesla investors, already upset by the crisis that has caused the political decisions of his CEO Doge front. This discussion potential has unleashed a series of questions about transparency and Reliability of financial information which provides Tesla. If this unraveling in the cash flow is not resolved quickly, it could have reputational consequences for the future of the company and the perception that investors have about the management of Elon Musk in front. The black hole: 1.4 billion dollars without explanation. The journalist published a complete finding analysis in it Financial Times which has exposed a gap of 1.4 billion dollars in the Tesla cash flow. According to McCrum, Tesla has put all the meat on the ASADOR of the AI ​​and plans to make investments worth 11,000 million dollars annually in developing Infrastructure for Ia. That leads to its cash volume in cash is greater than usual. Within the framework of these planned investments, in the third and fourth trimester combined of 2024, Tesla spent 6,300 million dollars in “Purchases of Properties and Equipment, excluding financial leases, net sales”, according to the cash flow states published in their accounts. However, in the balance sheet, the gross value of property, plant and equipment only increased 4.9 billion dollars in that period, to reach 51 billion dollars. That leaves a unravel between spending and assets of 1.4 billion dollars. The accounts are audited. As the vast majority of large companies, Tesla accounts are audited by external consultants. PWC takes care of these audits since 2005. Several accounting experts confirmed to Fortune that there are plausible justifications for this unraveler that could not be reflected in the financial statements of Tesla. However, it is expected that the relevant figures coincide for a company where sales have fallen but does not show serious problems in their assets, pointed to Fortune Tim Morrison, accounting professor at Notre Dame and Audit Socy of the consultant EY. PWC He has audited Tesla’s finances since 2005. “If they had incorrect numbers, then that would be an alert signal related to audit controls,” said Morrison calling for caution. We will have to see if PWC or the company offers some clarification, “he told Fortune Garrett Nelson, vice president and actions analyst of the CFRA Research consultant. Warning signs that Tesla should clarify. Luzi Hail, accounting professor at the Wharton School, stood out in the Financial Times That “the reason why the reported figures do not completely fit in most cases is that we only see the net changes in these accounts, but we do not have all the detailed transactions that have been carried out. Perhaps part of these assets were sold and we do not know their net accounting value.” Dan McCrum highlighted in his article that this unraveling could well be corrected in an accounting adjustment in the next quarter due to the gap in the annotation of the values. Last year, Tesla generated 15,000 million dollars of operating cash flow. He invested 11,000 million dollars in his businesses and did not pay dividends or repurchase shares with his bulky liquidity. However, Tesla also raised $ 3.9 billion of new financing, in addition to the 2.6 billion dollars of 2023. However, the journalist warns that it could be an alert signal that has already been seen previously in cases like Wirecard, so Tesla should offer A convincing answer To those accounting doubts. Tesla’s past ghosts. This is not the first time that Elon Musk is accused of manipulating the company’s figures. In the past, suspicions have already emerged about the way in which Tesla presents its financial results and about the veracity of its growth projections. This situation inevitably evokes Enron’s memory, the energy company that was declared in bankruptcy in 2001 after uncovering an accounting fraud of gigantic proportions. As the CEO of Asana points out In the article of Fortune“Tesla could be the next Enron” if it is confirmed that Elon Musk has deceived customers and investors. In Xataka | They are founders and ultra -ups, but they have not always driven luxury supercoches: a review of the cars of the Tech millionairesImage | Flickr (NASA HQ Photo), Unspash (Dmitry Novikov)

Google has updated its principles for AI, and the mention has disappeared not to develop weapons with this technology

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In the middle of the growing rivalry in the industry of the artificial intelligence (AI), some companies are adjusting their approaches to the scopes of this technology. Last year, Openai suppressed certain terms of your policy before announcing An agreement with the Pentagon. Now is Google’s turn, which has updated its “principles for AI”. Mountain View firm has almost completely redesigned the aforementioned documentbut what has caught the attention is the absence of the category “AI applications that we are not going to address.” As his name suggested, he grouped several specific areas in which IA would not be designed or implemented to preserve the responsible development of it. Google, artificial intelligence and weapons As we can see in the capture, The original list It included in its first item “technologies that cause or can cause damage in general. When there is a important risk of causing damagewe will continue only when we consider that the benefits considerably compensate the risks, and we will include adequate restrictions to ensure security ”. The following items indicated “armament or other technologies whose main purpose or application is to cause damage or hurt people, technologies that collect or use information to monitor breach of internationally accepted standards, technologies whose purpose contravenes the generally accepted principles of international law and rights humans “. The “AI applications that we are not going to embroider” in the original document Bloomberg, who was one of the first means to detect change, requested comments from Google. The company responded with a blog post signed by James Manyika, SVP of Google, and Demis Hassabis, who directs the Laboratory of the Google Deepmind, which speaks of the Responsible development of AI in democracy and Refer to the page with updated principles. “We recognize the speed with which the underlying technology, and the debate around the progress, implementation and uses of AI, will continue to evolve, and continue adapting and refining our approach as we all learn over time,” he said The company. It should be noted that new defense contracts have not been announced by Google. In the past, the firm led by Laster Pichai worked with the pentagon in the Maven projectwhich was to use AI to process data from various sources (mainly drones), identify potential objectives in war areas and more. Google decided not to renew your collaboration contract With the US government after their own employees protest. Images | Google In Xataka | The EU allocates 52 million euros to create its own AI and compete with the US and China. It is the same as Openai spends every 48 hours

Something totally unexpected is happening in Ukraine. Suddenly, North Korea soldiers have disappeared

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Since November 2023, Ukrainian forces and intelligence in the United States have calculated that up to 12,000 North Korean soldiers have moved In Kursk’s Russian region to stop the Ukrainian offensive. In recent months we have known The strategy that pyongyang troops followedlarticles that lead to the battlefieldand even Ukraine captured soldiers who betrayed the misinformation with which they seemed to have arrived in Europe. However, something has happened in the last two weeks. North Korean paper. CNN had through interviews with Ukrainian troops that many of the northorean soldiers deployed were using extreme combat methods that remember tactics of the cold war. With a formation focused on sacrifice and unwavering loyalty to Kim Jong Un, these soldiers had demonstrated fierce resistance, although they were suffering from mass losses, With about 4,000 dead or injured. His behavior on the battlefield, in fact, had baffled the Ukrainian forces, since instead of surrendering, Many prefer to immolate themselves with grenades or use desperate strategies How to shed your protective team to move faster. In fact, several teams captured to the fallen soldiers revealed that They carry only the minimum to survive: Limited water rations, without shelter clothes and with backpacks full of ammunition. Although they carry modernized versions of the AK-47 rifle and other more or less recent Russian teams, their lack of armor and preparation for current war technology was accelerating its wear on the battlefield. And suddenly, they are no longer. One withdrawal? According to the New York TimesNorth Korean troops sent to Russia to strengthen their offensive against Ukraine They have disappeared from the battlefield for two weeks. It is possible, as analysts explain, who have been removed from the front after suffering those devastating losses we were talking about. Its deployment in November 2023 generated alarm when the measure was interpreted as a significant climb of the conflict. However, in just three months, The number of troops was drastically reduced Due to the lack of coordination. According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian strategy consisted of Send them in waves through mined fields and under intense firewhich resulted in a high number of casualties. Now, the withdrawal is not necessarily definitive, since it is evaluated the possibility that these soldiers return after receiving a resentment or if the Russian controls find more effective ways to use them in combat. Impact of the Ukrainian offensive on Kurk. The Ukrainian incursion in the Russian region of Kursk in August 2024 surprised the Kremlin and altered the dynamics of the conflict. For the first time in more than a decade of confrontations, including the Russian in large scale in 2022, Ukraine seemed to take and maintain territory within Russia. This movement, although criticized by some as an unnecessary wear of resources, is seen by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a key tool to press in future peace negotiations and a strategic barrier against new Russian offensives in the northeast of Ukraine. Although Russian forces have managed to recover about half of the lost territory, the Ukrainian presence in Kursk It is still a challenge for Moscowforcing Putin to balance their military resources without weakening their main operations in eastern Ukraine. The North Korean alliance. It We have counted in the past. The sending of North Korean troops seems to be part of A broader cooperation strategy between Moscow and Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un, by supporting Putin, Search in return assistance in military technology and diplomatic support. In addition to troops, North Korea has supplied Russia millions of artillery and missile projectiles, covering approximately half of the armament that Russia uses daily at the moment. In return, Moscow provides oil, food and improvements in North Korean weapons. In fact, the recent restoration of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the two countries reinforces this relationship, which reminds of the era of the cold war. The North Korean future. Although the withdrawal of North Korean soldiers suggests that their initial deployment did not have the expected impact, Your possible return is not discarded. Russia could reconsider its integration strategy with these troops, perhaps avoiding their use as a simple shock infantry and improving its coordination with local units. Besides, The situation in Kursk continues to evolve, with new Ukrainian offensives facing a growing Russian resistance. Meanwhile and as we said, the alliance between Russia and North Korea continues to consolidate, and along the way increasing tensions with the West. As the war continues, the participation of external actors such as North Korea could become an even more relevant factor in the development of the conflict and in the global geopolitical balance. And Trump is still missing, although it is about to see how he will. Image | Ukraine forces In Xataka | North Korea has officially entered the Ukraine War, although a barrier is being lethal: the language In Xataka | The Ukrainian invention that has allowed to repel the waves of Russian attacks: a 41 km fiber optic cable

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