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The Accessibility Law enters into force this month and wants to change everything. From the ATM to Amazon

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As of June 28, many things will change, from the ATM menu, through the gas station’s payment terminal, to the website where you make your purchases online. The reason? It is the day that the European Directive on Accessibility. The objective of this standard is to facilitate the use of these elements, especially by people who have Some type of disability sensory or motor. Products and services it affects. The text details products that will have to adapt to the new frame. Banks automatic ATMs are an example, but will affect all types of hardware equipment and also at the software level. These are the main ones: Computer equipment for general use: computers, tablets, smartphones and their operating systems. Self -service terminals: ATMs, ticket vending machines, shift dispensers and their operating systems Telecommunications: smartphones and other equipment to access telecommunication services. Also telephone and internet services. Electronic readers Audiovisual Communication Services: As streaming or digital television platforms, Transport services: Websites, mobile applications, electronic tickets and real -time information about the trip. Electrical, water or gas services. Banking services for consumers. Electronic books and software for reading. Electronic commerce: online stores and sales platforms. Emergencies: 112 calls. The three commandments of accessibility. The regulations affect countless equipment and the requirements vary for each of them. However, all have a common framework that has three major objectives: that they are available by more than one sensory channel (visual, auditory or tactile), that are easy to understand and that can be perceived by all users. ATMs, payment terminals and the like. ATMs that meet the regulations must meet a series of specific requirements. For example, they will have to offer an auditory option for blind users, in addition to allowing the use of headphones for a matter of privacy. The keys and controls must be noticeable to touch and the screen and all its elements will have the proper contrast. Image: CaixaBank Web pages and online stores do not get rid. In this case, apply the UNE Standards 139803 and WCAG 2.2. The requirements A must meet (there are three levels, for example for public websites they will have to meet the AA level). Some of these requirements include that the page give us alternatives to the text (videos, images and audio), which can be navigated using only the keyboard, that the structure is easy to understand, with expansable texts up to 200%, well -labeled buttons and forms (nothing to ‘click here’, the user has to know where it goes) or that all the images have alternative text to be described to blind users. Online trade pages such as Amazon must meet the same requirements as web pages, but they must also make the purchase process accessible through a sound and visual notice, for example by adding something to the cart or paying the purchase. Another aspect is that they will have to facilitate details about the accessibility of the products they sell. Amazon already has a section where these requirements detail To their sellers, but we still do not know what changes will make on their website from the 28th. We have contacted them to learn more details and update when we have an answer. The hardware still has margin, the websites no. The application of the standard is June 28, but that does not mean that all affected products and services will change that day. In the case of ATMs and the like, those that were installed before that date may continue to be used “until the end of their useful life from the economic point of view, although without exceeding ten years after their commissioning.” There are 47,000 ATMs in Spain and the cost of updating each unit could amount to 3,000 euros. Of course, all who install new ones must comply with the regulations and also the entities must inform their users of which they are updated and which are not. However, according to SHOPPRESthis margin would only apply to hardware products that are already in the market, online stores must adapt on the 28th of this month, except for an exception: to be a microenterprise. To be considered microenterprise, it must have less than 10 people on staff, provided that less than 2 million euros per year is billed. Of course, online stores that are launched after June 28 must already meet the requirements. The magnifying glass of iOS There is already much advanced. Many companies have already integrated these standards in their products, so on the 28th we will not see a radical change everywhere. For example, in banking, Ing already meets The standard UNE 139803: 2012 on its website, although they do not mention anything of the ATMs and the attention offices. In the case of Caixabank, the entity highlights that Your ATMs are accessible (although without detailing whether they comply with the new standard). In the case of computer equipment or devices such as smartphones or tablets, operating systems such as iOS, Android either Windows They have numerous as a magnifying glass to expand the content, screen readers, contrast settings and size for the text and much more. Of course there are lags that must take advantage of the new standard if they do not want to face a fine. This is the case of state websites, if we look at the last Web Accessibility Observatory Reportthe thing did not paint well in the late 2024. More than half of the websites did not even comply with level A. Cover image | Pxhere In Xataka | Why the fines from Europe to Google are so relevant to the future of your privacy, we tell you in this video

Replacing the Air Force One has become a nightmare for the US. Qatar wants to fix it with a “flying palace”

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Air Force One. Few names have more strength than that of the US presidential plane. Ha star filmsis one of the official air transport of the United States (Next to the Nightwatch prepared for the ‘End of the world‘) And it is a strength with wings that has become an iconic vehicle. I had to renew it, and Trump is going to get out “free” The reason? ABC News affirms that the new Air Force One would be a gift by Qatar’s royal family. Trump does not deny it and is a cocktail that has set fire to US politics. Even to the most related to the president. It was renewal. He Boeing VC-25 It is the current presidential plane. It has been in service of the 35 -year -old and, although the airplanes usually have a long useful life, maintenance costs began to be unprofitable. In January 2015, the Air Force announced that they had already chosen which plane to work for the new Air Force One: the Boeing 747-8. Known as VC-25Bthe Air Force organized with Boeing an agreement to buy two 747-8 that were never delivered to a Russian airline that had gained, and thus some money was saved because it is not just buying them: also adapt them with the necessary equipment and security and create an adequate hangar. The current Air Force One Trump negative. In December 2016, before entering the White House for his first term, Donald Trump already showed his disagreement with the price of the program. Boeing is building a new Air Force One 747 for future presidents, but the costs are out of control, more than 4,000 million dollars. Cancel the order! tweeted The tycoon. The Boeing 747-8 entered into service at the beginning of the last decade and was a modernized generation, with both technological and aerodynamic improvements that, in addition, was one of the longest passenger aircraft in the world. In addition, it is of American manufacture, so it was a clear option for the new presidential plane. It was estimated that it would go into service in 2024, but delays and other problems have prolonged the operation up to, at least2027. And that is where Qatar’s royal family can change the rules of the game. A “flying palace” gift. This week, Trump will begin his state travel carousel. As happened in his previous term, Saudi Arabia will be his first destination, followed by Qatar and Arab Emirates. It is one Logic choice Due to the interest shared both in economics (they invest billions in the purchase of American weapons) and geopolitics (US bases in the region, keys to Asian domination), but apart from those treatment, Trump can return with a new presidential plane under his arm. As we read in NBCDifferent sources suggest that Trump will accept a luxurious Boeing 747-8 as a gift by the Royal Family of Qatar. One of the sources consulted by the American media is one of the White House officials, who admitted that it is true that Qatar has offered to donate a plane to the defense department, but that it is not something that will be accepted during the president’s visit. From the Catarí press department, they have been somewhat more concrete: “The possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use such as Air Force One is currently being considered between the Ministry of Defense of Catar and the US Department of Defense, but the matter remains reviewed by the respective legal departments, and a decision has not yet been made.” Reactions. This is something that has not taken long to explode in the American political sphere. Democratic representatives have loaded Against the decision, asking for investigations on what they have described as a “flying scam” or as “the most valuable gift ever granted to a president by a foreign government.” Because we are talking about a vehicle of about 300/4 billion dollars, and there are those who have thrown sarcasm, such as Senator Chuck Schumer. “Nothing says ‘America first’ like an Air Force One sponsored by Qatar. It is not just a bribe, it is a luxury foreign influence with extra space for the legs,” Comment In X. Bernie Sanders has gone somewhat further, describing the movement as something “ridiculously corrupt” and “blatantly unconstitutional.” It is not bribery. Critics They assure which is something that must be presented and approved in Congress, because it is the practice to be followed by the Emoluments clause of the Constitution. This prohibits the president and other federal officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments without the approval of Congress, but the turn is that it would not be a gift to Trump, but to the Department of Defense. A former official of the Department of Justice spoke with NBC anonymously, commenting that bribe Trump is committed to total transparency. ” Trump himself has commented The following in its Truth social network, qualifying Qatar 747-8 as an Air Force One of Transition: “The fact that the Department of Defense receives a totally free gift from a 747 plane to temporarily replace the 40 -year -old Air Force One, in a very public and transparent transaction, annoys the corrupt Democrats so much that insist that we pay it, at the price of gold. The Democrats are world -class losers! Maga!” And after the mandate … Same Leavitt statements for ABC Newsmedium that states that White House lawyers consider that it is “legally permissible” to accept the donation of the plane due to the alleged small print of the agreement: the Catarí government will donate it to the Department of Defense to use it as Air Force One, but before the end of the president’s mandate in 2029, the plane will be donated again: to its presidential library. In this way, Trump can continue to use it as a private plane when he leaves the position. Of course, this is also controversial and organisms that fight for responsibility and ethics in Washington have shouted in … Read more

There was a time when even the shampoos or the Pokéball had a radio. And Spain has rediscovered by force

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The blackout that Spain suffered Last Monday, April 28, with still unknown causeleft a very learning: The radio It was by far the best means to inform yourself Before the crisis. The stations survived the cuts thanks to electrogen equipment and the spotlights of the Spaniards allowed to be aware of the situation. During the hours after the blackout, Tiktok became a stranger transistor showcase. The Radio-Ranathe radio-barbieradios that They emulate those of past centuries… Spanish being Spanish, as we usually do The golden age of the transistor. Between the mid -50s and the end of the 80s the radio became a key medium thanks to the transistor. A cheap electronic device, small and easy to implement in any device. The radio was The most immediate medium To know the news, and the big companies began to obsess with providing this technology to their products. The solution was easy: turn your objects into radios. A cultural phenomenon. Having a radio at home was part of pop culture and was synonymous with modernity, a train to which the big (mainly American) began to join from the 60s. They began to integrate radios into watches, briefcases, coca-cool bottles, hair dryers, backpacks … and even shampoo boats. The radio became more a claim than a real utility with the popularization of TV and the Internet entered the 90s. The most rocambolesque radios. The blackout has left us dozens of videos and memes related to the most hilarious transistors. Some that demonstrate the fever in Spain with these products and, particularly, the resistance to the time they have. An HS shampoo, an informative Pokéball, or the Pizza Hut radius in collaboration with Cocacola for 25 years ago that my partner Rubén had in the drawer. Immune devices to programmed obsolescence and with the only need for a few AA batteries to function. A profitable market. Rescue HS shampoo It has a price of 75 euros on eBay. A Darth Vader head with Radio exceeds 100and a mini Coca-Cola fridge with radio included It costs about 30 euros. The radio culture, lives more than 100 years after its invention, has been the best evidence that Current technology is not infallible, And that there are inventions that far from being obsolete, have not yet been overcome. Image | eBay In Xataka | If you want to see series on blackouts, it makes all the meaning: fictions help explain us reality

Tariffs force Apple to manufacture US iPhone in India. It is not a problem: it is a tactic with many advantages and few fissures

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On April 12, the US government announced that semiconductors, some electronic devices and strategic components They are exempt from tariffs. This decision has appealed to the big US technology companies, But only temporarily. And it is that the administration led by Donald Trump has also anticipated something that we should not overlook: within a period not exceeding two months will announce to what tariffs Imported chips will be subjected. As we have explained this morning, at this Apple situation he has decided to transfer all the production of The iPhone that sells in the USA to India. This strategy will allow you to cushion the impact that the short -term tariffs will have on integrated circuits and electronic devices that come from China. Of course, a plan like this cannot be executed overnight. In fact, Apple aspires to get the 60 million iPhone that sells every year in the US come from India before 2026. India is not a casual destination India’s choice, as we can intuit, is not casual. It is currently the best option for Apple in a context in which it is being dedicated to China. To understand what India’s role is in Apple’s business, we necessarily have to investigate the component and services chain of the apple company, as well as in the role of two of its most important partners: Tsmc and Foxconn companies. In Xataka Iter has faced one of the great challenges of nuclear fusion: prevent plasma from 150 million ºC to destroy the reactor Currently TSMC manufactures the chips designed by Apple in its lithographic nodes of 5 and 3 nm The first of these companies, TSMC, manufactures the chips designed by Apple. The lithographic nodes currently used to produce integrated circuits for the Cupertino company are those of 5 and 3 Nm, and during the second half of 2025 the manufacture will also begin In the new 2 nm line. TSMC produces these semiconductors for Apple In Taiwan and the USA. Its distribution network in Asia is very robust, so for this company transfer a part of the chips that come from Taiwan to India instead of China does not represent a problem. In addition, and this is the most important thing, you are already doing it. Foxconn takes care of the assembly of most of Apple’s smartphones, and has plants in India in which This work is already carrying out. Pequeatron is also responsible for assembling a part of the iPhone from this Asian country. These two companies have a very robust electronic component supply chain in Asia, so with the support of Apple they can develop their production infrastructure in India to respond to the needs of this customer. The geographical proximity of China and India helps. {“Videid”: “X81Felr”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “A future without mole in China the industry changes the paradigm and we explain why”, “Tag”: “”, “Duration”: “182”} Apple would have a difficult problem to solve if it was forced to transfer all the production of Asia to another continent, but derive from one Asian country to another in which it already has a consolidated infrastructure is perfectly assumed. And in current circumstances it is evident that it is the best option. Even so, This strategy has a fissure with which you will have to deal with this plan: the manufacturing infrastructure that has deployed in China side with Foxconn will be underutilized, so that investment will have a much shorter route than the initially planned. Image | Apple More information | Financial Times In Xataka | China backs down: Loongson processors will finally sell to Russia whose export had prohibited (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news Tariffs force Apple to manufacture US iPhone in India. It is not a problem: it is a tactic with many advantages and few fissures It was originally posted in Xataka by Juan Carlos López .

The US tariffs have not yet entered into force, but there is already a console that has risen in price: PlayStation 5

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Sony has not expected the tariff war which has unleashed the United States ends up impacting the prices of its console, and the price of PlayStation 5 In Europe, including the United Kingdom. According to Bloomberg, it will not be the only territory to suffer this price increase, since it qualifies as “likely“A future ascent also in the United States. Some reasons. The reasons that PlayStation wields In his blog They are “high inflation and fluctuation of exchange rates.” In Europe, this price change will only affect the digital edition of the console, which will cost 499.99 euros, 50 more than it cost so far, that is, the price that a standard PS5 had launch in 2020. This price increase occurs in almost the whole world, and in some areas such as Australia, also upload the price of the console with disc reader. The reader does go down. It is not the only oscillation in official prices, although luckily the record reader will suffer down: it goes from costing € 119.99 to € 79.99. In this way, if we add the updated PS5 cost of Digital and the disk drive, the increase is 10 euros with respect to the added price they had before this Sony announcement. The standard edition with Blu-ray unit does not change the price, staying at € 549.99, and PlayStation 5 pro either does its price of € 799.99. A history of uploads. It is already the second time that the Digital PlayStation rises in price: in August 2022 it has already suffered a rise from € 399.99 launch to 449.99. In that case, the standard PS5 also cost € 499.99 to the current € 549.99. At that time, The reasons used Sony They were “the high world inflation rates” and “adverse monetary trends”, very similar to the official reason for this new climb. Distance with respect to Xbox. This new climb places PS5 in an unknown position in front of its direct rival theoretical, the Xbox Series s From Microsoft, which reached the market at € 299, and has even lived occasional discounts, which places it in the range of 249-299 euros. The 1TB record version, appeared in 2023, is also cheaper than the PS5: € 349. Strategy or crisis? The repetition of reasons to justify this increase may sound like an excuse, but the truth is that the global economic situation is subject to the consequences, not yet calibrated at all, of the war war that is currently being unleashed. There are analysts who already point To that, providing a future rise in the United States, even more severe, Sony is using this increase in the rest of the world to mitigate costs: it is also done in areas such as Europe and the United Kingdom, where the tradition of PlayStation players is very high and these increases do not negatively impact as substantially as in other territories. PlayStation 5 Pro support. There is also another possible strategic reason for this rise that should not be ruled out: an attempt to redirect demand to premium products such as PlayStation 5 Prothat maintains its price. Approaching the prices of the cheapest option and the most expensive of its catalog, Sony makes this last option more attractive: the sales of PlayStation 5 Pro have not yet transcended, but above the problem of the rates, we could be facing a decision that would have ended up arriving in any case. Header | Xataka In Xataka | The US tariffs are a weapon of mass destruction in the Tech industry. Except for Chinese mobiles

Tariffs on imported chips will soon come into force

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The US administration responsible for the deployment of tariffs does not rest. Last Friday and near midnight, the US Customs and Border Protection Office He published a statement in which he officialized that some electronic devices and strategic components They were temporarily exempt from tariffs. Of all of them. Of 10% global applied to most of the planet’s countries, and also of the very tariff that penalizes Imports that come from China. This villantazo of the Government of Donald Trump is unexpected in the context of confrontation that the US maintains not only with the country led by Xi Jinping, but essentially with all the nations with which it maintains commercial relations. However, it makes sense. One of the categories of strategic components that at the moment are exempt from these taxes are semiconductors. The business of many US technology companies depends on the integrated circuits that import from Taiwan, China or South Korea, and tariffs They have the ability to compromise it. Tariffs will soon reach the imported integrated circuits With all Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Broadcom and many other US companies whose activity depends largely on semiconductors made in Asia They have breathed relieved after knowing the exemption from which the chips benefit. However, joy must last little. And just a few hours ago President Donald Trump has confirmed That during the week we have just started, it will announce the tariff rate with which it will finally tax the imported integrated circuits. The Government led by Donald Trump seeks to reorganize the global semiconductor industry He has also anticipated that some companies in the semiconductor industry will have some flexibility, although they have not specified those companies or to what extent they can continue to import integrated circuits by avoiding tariffs. We will have to wait a little longer to have this information. As it is, it is evident that the government strategy led by Donald Trump pursues Reorganize the global chips industry To ensure that the US does not need to import any integrated circuit of critical value, such as those used by their companies to train models of artificial intelligence (AI) or develop advanced armament. The challenge that the US administration has ahead is that the relocation of an important part of the chips production infrastructure and the reorganization of supply chains cannot be carried out in a short time. This is the authentic reason why the Government has been forced to release the critical components needed by their tariff companies. All this does not respond to any elucubration. Trump has expressed it With total clarity a few hours ago. “We wanted to simplify it for many other companies because we want The entire supply chain of electronics in the next tariff investigations for the good of national security “, Donald Trump has sentenced. Thus paints the panorama. In a period not exceeding two months, the US will definitely announce to which tariffs both semiconductors and other critical technological products from China will be subjected. We will keep the expectation until then. More information | Reuters In Xataka | Nvidia will continue to sell its H20 GPU in China. It has cost a dinner of 1 million dollars per diner

force a 100% digital shipment

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100%digital. That is Ryanair’s bet for this year in terms of his flight to his flights. The Irish company has a plan that aims to apply this year but has already delayed once: force all passengers to forget the printing cards. In a new attempt to press the passenger to download his own application, Ryanair has marked as deadline on November 3, 2025 to stop admitting passengers that use a printed paper to show their shipping card. It is something that the company has already announced and that It must have been implemented This same spring. However, it will not be until November 3, if everything is still underway, when Ryanair admits exclusively to passengers who use a mobile phone to enter their planes. A decision that, of course, comes with controversy. Ecological for Ryanair and illegal for Facua Ryanair’s intention that his passengers access their planes exclusively through a digital shipping card is, without a doubt, a pressure measure for the company’s user to also discharge the application of it. Claiming that they hope to reduce “300 tons of paper waste per year” and that 80% of their passengers already use the Digital Boarding Cardthe company sees enough reasons to force passengers to take this step. They point out that, in addition, with their own application Myryanair You can have access to many other services such as live flight information or its incident warning. In the information published by the company, it is not specified what will happen if a client has printed his boarding card and wants to access the plane with it. He also also acts his employees if, for example, the mobile phone is broken once the airport safety control is overcome and only the shipment remains. From Xataka We have transferred these questions to the company but, for the moment, we have not obtained an answer. However, this decision that was announced last year and that this same spring should be applied, It is illegal for Facua. The consumer defense association said this decision in October 2024 as “a practice contrary to the legislation as it is abusive.” In their statement, they also pointed out that the decision was especially unfair to vulnerable groups since, first, the company does not allow check-in At the time of purchase if an extra is not paid in choosing the seat. And, subsequently, it is emphasized that if the physical card is not issued on paper, you can be homeless to those who need their broadcast at the airport itself. The company’s echogologist speech is responded by Facua by focusing on the cost Ryanair would save to apply this measure. According to the association, what the airline is looking for is saving money on printed paper and, above all, in airport staff. The decision also comes in the middle of a controversy between the Government and the Irish company, which has announced the march of various airports in the country alleging that the operational rates are too high. It is really An response in the form of pressure measure to the fine imposed by an abusive use of the conditions of hand suitcases. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | We already know how big the hole that Ryanair will leave in the small cities of Spain will leave: 640,000 squares

Its breakwill fleet and a “nuclear” force

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The Arctic, that inhospitable place where from time to time comes to the first place of the newspapers, should be a main actor in the coming years in geopolitical code. Actually, it has long been, because it is very possible that the future of energy is literally floating in its icy waters. That knows more about a nation. For example, Russia has announced its decision to put its flag on the enclave with a floating nuclear plant. And if any nation, call the United States, means something, goes with a lot of delay. Global warming and competition. The accelerated thaw in the Arctic has turned the region into a growing scenario Competition between global powers. With temperatures that increase four times faster than in the rest of the planet, the melting of ice has opened new maritime routes and facilitated access to strategic resources such as oil, gas and minerals. However, this phenomenon has increased the demand for icebreakerships specialized in opening the way in frozen waters. Here is a winner by win. Russia has dominated this race for years with a Fleet of dozens of pinkincluding several nuclear propulsion, some armed with cannons. China, although it is not a properly “Arctic” nation, has also increased its presence With four Rompehielos in operation and a latest generation under construction. And Washington? The United States, in contrast, faces a more than serious disadvantage against Moscow in competition for the domain of the Arctic. The reason? A marked disparity in the quantity and capacity of its breaks. While Russia operates approximately 40 of these “monsters”, including seven heavy polar category and eight propelled by nuclear energy, the United States has Just a heavy break Operational, the Polar Starwith almost 50 years old, and two Rompehielos of medium capacity: the Healy and the Storis (the latter will take operation in Alaska next year). The equation is clear: without sufficient breakers, the American Navy has limited access to the Arctic only during the summer months, which restricts its ability to deploy military troops and teams in case of conflict, especially affecting Alaska’s defense, where the 11th Airborne Division of the Army is located. Interests: Strategy and Economics. We said it at the beginning. Beyond territorial defense, access to the Arctic has become key to the Natural Resources Exploitation and the opening of new commercial routes, facilitated by the melting of ice due to climate change. Russia, with its superiority in the region, could consolidate a de facto domain over these resources before the United States, which has generated fears in Washington. In addition, Donald Trump’s interest in strengthening the American presence in the Arctic is also related to his desire to expand the territory of the countryeven considering economically To Canada and Greenland to annex or submit them to greater influence. The Russian Nuclear Rompehielos “Taymyr” American failure. Trump proposed acquire 40 new breaks To close the gap with Russia, but this idea seems unrealistic given the current state of the US naval industry. Currently, Washington barely manages to advance in the construction of three new heavy breaks, a process that has suffered important delays and cost overruns. From the end of the Cold War, the Arctic ceased to be a priority for the United States, which led to the paralysis of the development of your fleet. Finally and after activating it again, the Polar Security Cutters program, started in 2019, has exceeded its budget by 60%, reaching 5.1 billion dollars, and the delivery of its first ship, the Polar Sentinel, It is not expected before 2030. The construction of Rompehielos has therefore become a kind of “lost art” in the United States, which further aggravates the problem. Technological differences and Russian power. Here is one of the keys. Rompehielos require reinforced helmets and high -power engines to break through the ice, which implies high energy consumption. Russia has solved this problem with Its nuclear breakwill fleetunique in the world, which allows you to operate in the Arctic without fuel restrictions. In contrast, the United States lacks this type of nuclear breakwoods, and although China plans to develop one in the future, Washington does not have similar projects in progress. Russia and China. Russia has maintained a strategic approach in the Arctic due to the importance of the region for its economy, since more than 80% of its natural gas production and 20% of its oil production come from this area. Moscow has promoted the opening of the North Sea route to facilitate the transport of these resources to Asian and European markets, consolidating their influence in the region. There is more, since despite the sanctions imposed by the West after the invasion of Ukraine, which have made it difficult to obtain key components such as propulsion systems and radar equipment, Moscow Keep expanding its advantage. His new nuclear rosebielos rossiya has suffered three -year delaysbut the country continues to lead in operational experience and territorial control in the Arctic. In addition, he has found in China A key ally. Beijing, with the largest naval industry in the world, has begun to invest in the construction of Rompehielos Already provide technology to Moscow, which increases your own interest in the polar region. A revealing fact: a Chinese shipyard took only two years to build a recently broken, while the United States has barely started working in its new model, five years after awarding the contract. Impact on the economy. It is another of the legs to be treated. The Rompehielos deficit also affects the United States economy in other regions, such as The Great Lakes and the North Atlanticwhere the lack of capacity of these vessels has caused economic losses of billions of dollars and the elimination of thousands of jobs. Despite the urgency of modernizing its fleet, the United States faces industrial limitations that make a short -term solution unlikely. American solutions. Thus, the things and the inability of the US naval industry to produce the required speed, an alternative would be … Read more

We have new evidence that there is a “dark atomic force” capable of “deforming” in the nucleus of atoms

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The atomic nucleus might seem well explored in an era in which scientists focus their efforts on better understanding quantum mechanics and interactions between subatomic particles that star in this science, such as Quarks or gluons. However, perhaps we still have much to learn about how the protons and neutrons that structure it are organized in this nucleus. New clues. A new study, led by PTB researchers (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) German and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), He has revealed The existence of small “deformations” in the nucleus of atoms. This finding indicates the possible existence of a “dark atomic force” that governs interactions between neutrons and electrons within the atom. From dark matter to “dark force.” In 2020, a MIT team (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) observed something strange when comparing different isotopes of the ytterbiumelement number 70. The team examined changes in electronic resonance between isotopes of the element (different versions of an element that differ from each other in the number of neutrons) and ran into results that were not expected. That experiment could have been the first time that someone crossed with an still inexplicated phenomenon that some call “dark atomic force.” This means basically that we are facing an interaction between particles (in this case neutrons and electrons) still unexplored. A force in this sense analogous to the most studied “dark matter”, which only interacts with conventional matter through gravity. According to Explain the responsible team From the new study, there is the possibility that there are also “dark forces” that govern interactions between dark matter and conventional matter. In the same way, there is the possibility that these forces also affect matter within the same atoms. Measuring deformations. Finding these hypothetical interactions is not easy. To find its trail, the team responsible for the new study measured the frequencies in the atomic transition and the isotopic mass ratios between the different isotopes of the iterbio. Each of the two laboratories that led this research analyzed these changes using a different methodology, but in both cases these measurements involved much more precise measures than those carried out in previous experiments. The team thus confirm the existence of an anomaly in the observations. The details of the experiment and its results were published In an article In the magazine Physical Review Letters. From practice to theory. In its article, the team tried to theoretically base the anomaly observed in the experiments as a result of collaboration with researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt and other institutions. These data, They explainthey also allowed to extract direct information on the deformation of the nucleus in the different isotopes of the iterbio. This way of “looking inside” atoms could help us acquire a totally new perspective in the analysis of the heavy atomic nuclei and in the “matter rich in neutrons.” This line of research could, for example, help us better understand the physics of the neutron starsbut also establish new paths of collaboration in the search for the long -awaited “new physics”, they add. In Xataka | Milestone in Quantum Physics: MIT has measured for the first time the geometry of electrons in the quantum world Image | MPIK / PTB / Brookhaven National Laboratory

They use force on people who pose no threat.

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The Department of Justice conducted an investigation into Louisiana State Police’s Recurring Patterns of Excessive Use of Force during chases and arrests, concluding that his conduct violates the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. “After an exhaustive investigation, “The Department of Justice today announced its findings that the Louisiana State Police (LSP) engages in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” DOJ shared in a statement. Against people who pose no threat As drafted, the Department of Justice considers that the LSP uses unjustified force of Tasers, escalation of minor incidents and use of force against people who did not pose a threat. The findings were released two days after federal prosecutors said No charges filed for fatal 2019 arrest of African-American motorist Ronald Greene. The facts of this case occurred when officers stunned, beat and dragged Greene on the side of a roadafter a high-speed chase outside Monroe, Louisiana. AP reported. According to the same information agency, it highlighted that the state police and their chiefs ignored or concealed evidence of beatingsdeflected blame and impeded efforts to root out misconduct at the agency. As an example of the violations committed by the police, on one occasion officer hit black man 18 times with flashlight after a traffic stop. The governor disagrees Among the improvements, Louisiana Police have revised their policy on the use of force, and “has created a Use of Force Investigation Unit for cases of serious uses of force and has updated the training,” the statement dictates. “The Department is committed to working collaboratively with the state and LSP to continue strengthening these reforms.” Republican Governor Jeff Landry criticized the report as an attempt to “diminish the service and exceptionalism of the Louisiana State Police.” “We will not allow that to happen”Landry said in a statement published by the AP. “The reputation of our men and women in blue is one of respect, admiration and appreciation, and we will always stand behind them.” Keep reading:

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