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Nintendo Switch 2 will have “Key cards”. And the big question is what it is for the future of physical format

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On June 5 it will be launched Nintendo Switch 2. In a one -hour event, the Japanese company has Clear almost all doubts That there was on its new console, but beyond being a celebration and although the presentation has been an avalanche of games, the aftertaste that has left among users is bittersweet. Nintendo Switch 2 will be retrocompatible with Siwtch 1 game cards, but to enjoy improvements We will have to pay. The price of the console will start from 470 euros in Europe (but in Japan it will be much cheaper so that more people can buy it, saying by Nintendo). And physical games They already go to 90 euros. In social networks, the conversation revolves around something else: the ‘Key or’ Game Key Card ‘Nintendo Switch 2. And it is a concept … controversial, at least. The “Key Key Card ‘Game Cards” Nintendo Switch 2 During the presentation, there were elements that Nintendo did not detail. For example, to know the price we had to enter the Nintendo Store, the same for the price of the games. And when he talked about the formats, the company just said two things: That the game cards will be the same size as those of Switch, but will be red and will read data at a higher speed. That normal microSD cards will not be compatible, since it will be necessary to buy microSD Express cards that read data at a speed, again. It is logical, because more demanding games at the visual level need storage support with a higher reading speed to be able to do streaming of data without interruptions. What did not say anything is one of the ‘game key cards’. Again, it is after the presentation when we find out about this matter, and it is the one that is raising blisters among users on social networks. In the Nintendo Support Pagethey say the following about this third alternative format to the physicist and digital: Game key cards are different from normal game cards since they do not contain complete game data. Instead, the game key card is your “key” to download the full game to your console through the Internet. After completing the download, you can insert the game key on your console and play as you do with a normal physical game card. They also show an example of the notice that will be in the physical cover: The operation is simple: we buy a box with this cartridge-lave, we introduce it in the console and we are given the possibility of downloading the game associated with it. The cartridge has no informationso the game is saved in the MicroSD Express that we have bought separately and will be from where it is executed. When we want to play that game, we will have to put the corresponding cartridge-lave, be connected to the Internet the first time we start it (subsequent starts do not need the Internet, but the cartridge-llave is already playing. It is a mixture between physical card and digital game. What is the point? The only one that occurs to me is that it is for games that have a higher weight to the maximum of the game cards or for small editors who want to have physical pretence in stores (although more caught with tweezers this). But of course, it also gives rise to another interpretation: Nintendo kills the conventional physical format. . Too much fog, but with precedents on switch Nintendo says clearly: “The game key cards are different from normal game cards, since they do not contain the complete game data” and “This is a box of a game key.” There are no need to clarify it, but these phrases would imply that, on the one hand, the normal game cards will be and, on the other, the key cards. There will be games that come inside the card and others whose card is simply an ‘activator’ For the game that you download from the eShop. Nintendo has said that Siwtch 2 game cards have a higher reading speed. If they are just an activator, it wouldn’t make sense, right? Supporting this theory, we have ‘Cyberpunk 2077’. Your responsible They affirm The following: “Nintendo Switch 2 owners can buy the game on a 64 GB game card or by digital download in the Nintendo Eshop.” The other interpretation, however, is that the “game key cards” are those of Switch 2 and the “normal game cards” those of Switch 1, which would imply a death of the ‘pure’ physical format on the new machine. And that is why it is mandatory to use MicroSD Express cards in Switch 2, because everything will go on them. That is the reading that is being done in networks and the one that gives rise to the company itself due to the diffuse messages. Currently, Nintendo already offers boxes that do not wear the game. An example is the ‘code in a box’ like that of ‘It Takes Two‘ either ‘Final Fantasy VII‘, Boxes that are in physical format, but do not have a game card: only a code to download them from eShop. On the other hand, titles like ‘Noire‘They have a giant notice of “requires Internet download.” I had not done the test until now, since I always had my connected switch, but I have put the game on the console, I have removed the connection to the network and … I can’t play. Basically, at least that is what it seems, that new notice of the Nintendo Switch 2 boxes makes it more clear that, or you have the Internet, or do not play that specific game. With the case of ‘La Noire’ I thought it was a certain additional content or some chapter that did not enter the ‘cartridge’. And it may be so, but the truth is that it does not let me play without downloading the data before. Other cases, such as the ‘Heritage Pack’ … Read more

Thus Imagine Samsung the future of the connected home

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Samsung has been one of the manufacturers who has decided Bet strong for artificial intelligence. We began to see it with Galaxy AI in its smartphones and tablets, but it was a matter of time that this technology was integrated at a deeper level in its appliances. And so it has been The idea of ​​”connected home” makes sense to the South Korean manufacturer if we imagine an ecosystem of devices and appliances that can communicate with each other. And with which we can interact through screens. Screens everywhere. Therefore, Samsung has decided to renew its high -end catalog and provide its most interesting functions for day to day. AI at home, how do we use it? The connected home is not a new concept. There are already devices that integrate with each other and with which we can interact through the voice or mobile, but Samsung seems to want to go one step further using artificial intelligence and screens as a catwalk Attend the World of Samsung 2025 In Frankfurt (Germany) it has helped me to verify that when they proclaimed their motto “Screens everywhere“They said it seriously. We started seeing Samsung’s first intelligent refrigerators years ago equipped with a big screenthe Bespoke French Door with AI Family Hub+, but now there are also screens in the washing machine and the dryer. Because? So that? Although it is a new version, redesigned, this new screen has been called Ai Home and that they have incorporated it into more appliances has a clear objective: Learn from our habits and routines so that we have nothing to worry about. Ai Home is smaller, we can find it in 7 or 9 inches (compared to 32 inches of the family hub), and is integrated into washing machines, dryers and refrigerators. It has the same functions that at first we saw in the Family Hub: Reproduce streaming content, consult information such as time, share images of the gallery, receive calls and provide all kinds of information related to the functions of the appliance in question and saw it for the first time in the Bespoke Ai Laundry Combo. This screen is the access door behind each appliance. It is the tool that users have to interact with the technology that is implemented in these appliances and that aspires to change the connected home paradigm. Or that is Samsung’s idea. How Samsung integrates AI in its appliances Since the celebration of CES 2025 we have seen that Samsung has announced several new appliances with artificial intelligence functions that promise some comfort to the user. The new washing machines of the manufacturer, for example, incorporate the technology AI Wash, which detects the type of garment tissue and the level of dirt through weight and load sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms. From there he decides What is the most appropriate washing cycle and the amount of detergent that is needed. The dryers, more of the same, with AI Dry the drying process is adjusted taking into account the weight of the clothing and the type of tissue. The processing of this information is generally made locally. These types of appliances have integrated microprocessors that are able to execute the necessary algorithms without doing it in the cloud. And, in addition, both appliances can be linked to Auto Cycle Link technology, so that we do not have to bother us to select any program. The dryer Receive the necessary information of the washing machine on the garments that has washed and adapts its cycle. The way in which artificial intelligence is manifested in refrigerators has a lot to do with how they are capable of Regulate the interior temperature In case of necessity. Either to adapt to the outside temperature or so that there is no problem if you need to be opening and closing the door for a while. Thus, temperature changes will not directly influence food. As in the washing machines and dryers, the user experience with this technology in the refrigerators is nourished mainly through the Ai Home. Thanks to the camera and the function Ai Vision Insidethe user can access a list of foods that have been registered when introduced and taken from the interior. Thus, for example, it is not necessary to be at home and look at what is needed in the fridge, it can be consulted directly from Smartthings. In the air conditioners and the vacurers we do not find the AI ​​Home, but they do not forget the artificial intelligence. These appliances include a function that, being linked to a galaxy watch, They detect when you have fallen asleep And then they activate their echo mode, which they call Windfree. Artificial intelligence provides a huge number of functions thanks to all the sensors that are integrated into these appliances with the intention of making the user more comfortable. In addition to promising more efficient consumption, so Savings in the Light Invoice It can be noticed quite a lot. And that consists of Energy Mode, a smartthings function that allows the user to access all the information related to the energy consumption we do with our appliances. In this way, it is much easier to have a global image of what our energy expense is, how we could do a more efficient consumption And what is the environmental impact we have. Is AI in homes something for everyone? It is clear that AI in homes goes far beyond being able to have colored bulbs and ask Alexa to turn on or off the light. Until now, if we stopped to think about a connected device ecosystem, the most logical thing is that a smartphone chain, smartwatch, computer and some Wearable further. Samsung’s proposal, in this case, expands this concept and expands it to a complete network of connected appliances where everyone offers functions based on artificial intelligence. None of this seems something “of the future.” But of course It is not available to everyone. At least, for now. Artificial … Read more

Your future is no longer in communications

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Telefónica is about to complete a historical transformation that completely changes the nature of your business, as published by Expansion After the first public intervention of his new CEO, Emilio Gayo, in the great Catalunya Expansion meeting. The current situation. 43% of Telefónica’s business income in its four main markets (Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and Brazil) already comes from services that are not communications. Why is it important. This silent transformation shows how the one that was a simple telephone operator is leaving its traditional business behind to become a diversified technological company. Telefónica is close to that turning point where more than half of its business billing will come from technological services, not voice or data. Right where I wanted to be. In detail. The IT technology segment is growing “in double digit” according to Gayo, while the traditional telecommunications business has already exceeded its peak of investment in infrastructure such as fiber and 5g. The investment ratio on income (capex) will go from 12.9% in 2024 to no more than 12.5% ​​in 2025. This reduction does not mean less investment, but greater efficiency and adjustment to real needs. The general panoramic. Telefónica seeks to redefine itself as a “tractor company” at European level, betting on two parallel strategies: Consolidation in key markets (Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom) where “will study any option that is raised.” Accelerated growth in non -traditional technological businesses grouped in Telefónica Tech. The contrast. While in Europe the operator is committed to growing and consolidating, in Latin America (Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela) will continue releasing ballast ballast that does not stop causing losses and erode their margins. Only Brazil is a big business for Telefónica in the American continent. The transformation began in 2019 and the results are already visible. In Spain he has closed 2024 “with figures that we did not see since 2018” (precisely a merit of Gayo before his new promotion), growing in all parameters. In the United Kingdom, he has generated “the expected synergies 18 months before the committed.” And now what. The question is whether Telefónica will complete this metamorphosis without losing positioning in your traditional business. Gayo has pointed out that Movistar Plus remains “a key lever” for the residential segment, letting read between lines that will not completely abandon its roots while reinvesting. The success of this strategy could mark the way to other European operators trapped between American technological giants and Asian manufacturers. In Xataka | Telefónica’s new guard: Marc Murtra and Emilio Gayo, the pair that seeks to create a European champion Outstanding image | Telefónica

Bill Gates does not believe that doctors and teachers have a future

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Bill Gates has led the technological scene for enough time to know see a disruptive change When you have it in front: AI is one of those changes. In an interview on the occasion of the launch of his new book ‘Sources Code: My beginnings‘, the millionaire has assured that the AI ​​of the future will no longer need human intervention in certain tasks such as the Disease diagnosis or education. It will not be in the short term, but it will be Bill Gates has repeatedly shared his vision of artificial intelligence in different interviews, the last in a recent interview during the program The Tonight Show presented by Jimmy Fallon. During the interview, in addition to remembering the anecdote in which Steve Jobs incredp LSD to improve your productsGates said that AI will have such a significant impact on people’s lives, that humans “will not be necessary for most things.” Although this statement could sound somewhat dystopian and alarming, Gates emphasized that the key is how we use AI to improve our lives instead of fearing it, something that He had already explainedin one of the entries in his personal blog. The millionaire recognized that, at present, the use of AI is still “rare and very expensive”, pointing to those fields, such as medicine or teaching, where assistance It is still closely linked to human specialists In those fields. “With AI, during the next decade, that will become free and usual. It is a very deep change because it solves all those specific problems, such as we do not have enough doctors, mental health professionals. But it brings many changes,” said the founder of Microsoft. Something that already advanced in 2023 in an interview with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, For your podcast ‘Unconfuse Me ‘. Gates clarified that there will be certain activities that humans are going to want to continue doing, such as playing (and seeing) football or humans matches, but there will be other activities in which AI will end up being more efficient than humans and, therefore, they will be abandoned, explained to Jimmy Fallon. The general will be the great transformative leap In the interview that Bill Gates keptWith Arthur Brooks at Harvard University, the millionaire stressed How AI can expand human capacities in areas such as education, health and work. According to Gates, those best human capabilities assisted by AIthey will contribute to accelerate technological advances causing their development curve to be faster and, therefore, reach the majority of users at a very low price. “It is something very deep and even a little scary, because it is happening very fast and there is no upper limit,” Gates explained to Brooks during his interview. Gates believes thatin the first instance, it will be the agents of AI who will change the way in which we interact with AI, becoming specialists in very specific tasks. This was told to Aria Finger and Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn in An interview for your podcast ‘Possible ‘. For example, a duly trained AI agent could help students and workers to develop skills more quickly through personalized learning tools to each student. However, Gates considers that AI, as we know it today, has the days counted. The next great jump is the General Artificial Intelligencethat is closer to Concept of human intelligence. Mustafa Suleyman, Executive Director of Artificial Intelligence of Microsoft and, according to Bill Gates, One of the most vision voices On the future of AI, it aligns with the prediction of Gates in that the current AI and the AI ​​agents are only one Intermediate step towards the great revolution which will mean the arrival of the general AI. “These tools will only temporarily increase human intelligence. They will make us smarter and more efficient for a while, and will generate enormous economic growth, but they are mainly replacing labor,” said Suleyman in his book ‘The coming wave: technology, power and the great dilemma of the 21st century. Gates assured in his interview with Fallon that “there will be some things that we reserve (to make humans). But in terms of producing, transporting and Cultivate foodover time those problems will be practically solved, “Gates said. In Xataka | Bill Gates believes that the future goes through the three -day work week. The problem is that we don’t have so much money Image | Flickr (Government Tom Wolf)

Xiaomi has lost 800 million dollars in its first year selling electric cars. It is excellent news for your future

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Nine months in the market have been enough to show that Lei Jun was not wrong when he decided to bet on electric cars. The company announced the Xiaomi Su7 in December 2023. In April 2024 the first deliveries arrived. In December I already touched with the fingers Strain its only electric car as one of the 10 new energy models (plug and electrical hybrids) in China. Now, the company has submitted results and has updated its upward forecasts. 2025 will be the first full year in which, at least, one of its electric cars is on the street. In 2023 they did not sell a single electric car. In 2025 they aspire to place in the market 350,000 units. With the data collected by Clean Technicait is very likely that the Xiaomi Su7 will be placed among the 10 best -selling cars of new energy in the Chinese market, despite competing with settled brands that offer much cheaper vehicles such as the Byd Seagull or the Wuling Hongguang Mini. The 2024 results have been a definitive support for the strategy. Results that take away the hypo Until now, Xiaomi had announced that I hoped to deliver 300,000 electric cars in 2025. However, the presentation of 2024 results has served to update those figures in another 50,000 additional units. In addition, of the Xiaomi Su7, the company is expected to launch the market Xiaomi Yu7an electric SUV that points directly to Tesla Model and as the great rival. It is no accident that Elon Musk’s are valuing the launch of a cut version of your SUV best -selling electric in the Asian country. But what has really been a support for the company has been Xiaomi Su7 Ultra. The most capable electric car sells dream benefits at a ridiculous price. On paper, it improves the performance of a Porsche Taycan but is sold to a third of its price. The announcement, as expected, has ended up unleashing madness. Lei Jun confirmed That in three days they have sold all the production they had scheduled for 2025, confirming more than 10,000 sales. In those three days there were a total of 19,000 reservations, so the demand of the car almost doubled the annual production in 72 hours. Xiaomi first year data selling electric cars All this has had a brutal impact on your accounts: Xiaomi has already delivered more than 200,000 cars. The net profit of the company has increased by 41% (3,760 million dollars) compared to 2023. Total sales of the company have grown by 35%. Their cars already suppose 10% of the company’s income. Between 2021 and 2025 it has spent 3.3 billion dollars on the development of the electric vehicle and its entire ecosystem. He plans to continue spending another 4.2 billion dollars in investigation in 2025. They lost around 800 million dollars in their car division. That loss of 800 million of dollars should not be a big problem for the company. Keep in mind that only in 2025 will almost double the cars that it has put in the market so far. In addition, the performance of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra and the arrival of the Xiaomi Yu7 should help them make the investments already made. And not just that. From Fortune They emphasize that the company values ​​its performance in the automobile market because the company helps to comply with its brand image and raise it. Competing from you to you with Porsche and Tesla gives the company a value that until now did not. In addition, from Xiaomi they already assure that In 2027 They hope to export their first cars outside their borders, which should give a new push to its portfolio and continue to press so that the electric car becomes a fundamental pillar in the company’s strategy. If it is not anymore. Photo | Lei Jun in X In Xataka | The Xiaomi Su7 also expires in autonomy: the first tests under real conditions place him above Tesla or Byd

The future will be full of robots, says Nvidia. And just launch a tools to win that race

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The event GTC 2025 Nvidia began yesterday with an inaugural talk in which Jensen Huang machine -gunned us with a real Building burst. Among them, especially those focused on an area in which the company is especially optimistic: robotics. Foundational model. In March 2024 NVIDIA He already told us about his Project Grootand now said project has crystallized in the call Isaac Gr00t N1which qualify as the first open foundational model for humanoid robots. That is to say: the model is pretended, but it can be customized for all types of scenarios, both “domestic” and industrial. “The era of generalist robotics is here”. Huang declared how this new era began with this launch, and pointed out that thanks to Isaac Gr00t N1 and new data generation systems and learning for robots, developers can create much more capable robots. Robotic labor. The CEO of Nvidia highlighted how “it is very likely that this is the largest industry of all. At the end of this decade, at least 50 million workers will miss in the world. We would be more delighted to pay $ 50,000 to each one to come to work; we will probably have to pay the robots 50,000 dollars a year (instead).” Humanoid robots in sight. In The last part of your presentation Two and a half hours, the Nvidia CEO focused precisely on robotics, and for example showed videos of humanoid robots Neo gamma of the company 1x, which are based on Isaac Gr00t N1 and that already show their Potential as domestic robots. Other companies like Boston Dynamics –Creators of Atlas-, Quesoe Robotics and Neura Robotics are also developing this type of robots and have enjoyed preliminary access to the Nvidia robotic platform. Think quickly, think slowly. This foundational model uses a double architecture inspired by human cognition. Thus, system 1 is “a fast thinking action model” similar to what humans have with reflexes and intuition. System 2, enhanced by a vision model, is “a model of slow thought” that reasons about its environment and the instructions he receives and then raised his actions. Learning to move. This model therefore raises a pillar to develop robots (humanoids or not) that can operate in the real world. Thus, GR00T N1 can generalize and adapt to common tasks such as taking objects, moving them with one or two arms or carrying them from one place to another. Basic and limited operations are at the moment, but they are an important first step for the robots of the future. Basically these robots are learning to walk. A customizable model. Nvidia offers large information so that developers can start working with this model. Thus, we have both the Technical information Like project files available in Github. And data to train robots. Robots need huge amounts of data to be trained and learn to interact in the physical world. Nvidia ACBA to offer A huge and available data set in Hugging Face for this area. They are 15 TB of data that represent “more than 320,000 trajectories for robotic training”, in addition to 1,000 “scenarios” Scene Description (Openusd) to contribute to that training. Collaboration with Disney and Deepmind. Another of the robotic projects is the alliance with these companies to develop Newtonan Open Source physics engine that allows robots to learn how to manage tasks of all kinds with greater precision. Disney will be one of the first to use these robots, and in fact Huang finished the demo with a unique co -presenter: a robot that he called Blue and that was inspired by the BDX droids of Star Wars. It is something that Disney already pointed out years agoand it is likely that this type of entertainment robots will end in their attraction parks. Image | Nvidia In Xataka | We believed that Atlas was the pinnacle of modern robotics. Boston Dynamics has just killed the famous hydraulic robot

In China they are preparing their children for the future. The next course will begin to give a subject of AI

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Students are about to learn artificial intelligence. Not by themselves (which also), but as part of the educational program. Beijing has declared the implementation of an initiative that will be dedicated to the children of primary, secondary and baccalaureate will form in this area. Eight hours a year. According to the official statement“From the autumn semester of 2025, all the primary and secondary schools of Beijing will provide general education in artificial intelligence, with a minimum of eight annual teaching hours. The courses may be independent or integrate into subjects such as information technology, sciences and practical activities. Innovative teaching approaches will be adopted, including the use of artificial intelligence assistants and project -based learning assistants interactive “. They seem few, but it may be just the beginning. The truth is that eight hours dedicated to AI seem few in a whole course, but it is a minimum that of course can grow. Moreover, in that statement it is indicated that “a mechanism of collaboration between universities, companies and secondary schools will be established to form exceptional talent students in artificial intelligence.” And training for teachers. Of course, teachers will be needed to teach these classes, and therefore in Beijing “teachers from different disciplines such as computer science, mathematics and technology will be trained to teach education in AI.” Impulse for education. The Deepseek phenomenon seems to have given wings to the initiatives aimed at winning the AI ​​career. Schools may launch these courses as an additional subject or as part of other subjects related to technology. AI everywhere. As they point out In Bloombergthis initiative is part of that effort of the Chinese government to ensure that AI infiltrates in various levels. Last week, for example, the Government Congress support The application of large language models and the development of a new generation of manufacturing equipment with integrated. Estonia has already taken a similar step. Other countries have already announced initiatives in this regard. Estonia He became In the first country in the world to integrate the Chatgpt.edu service in its national education system. As of September 1, 2025, 20,000 high school students and 3,000 teachers will have free access to these tools. It will be interesting to see if other countries end up making similar movements. Of course, this is an interesting long -term commitment. Image | David Wooo In Xataka | China has declared the war on private school: why he predicted the prolific “tutorials”

We have a problem with the future of cement and excess plastic. Someone has come up with the most obvious

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Mortar is easy. We have been doing thousands of years and, although we have refined the formula so that it is not the same as They used 10,000 years ago in Jericho or in the construction of First pyramids of Egyptthe recipe is simple. A part of cement (or an binder in antiquity), one of water and three of sand. With that, we have a mixture that carries millennia serving perfectly. But, although we have been polishing the formula with best materialsthe mortar has several problems, and the researchers at the University of Newcastle have proposed solve them. As? With an ecological mortar that adds plastic to the dough. Sand at the point of view. The use of sand is Key for mortar production. Also for concrete, this being a material that we have been trying to withdraw thanks to alternatives They appear from time to time. And the reason to use sand is a problem is because We are exhausting reservations World Cups of this material. In addition, make mortar, cement and concrete It is very polluting. HE esteem That the cement industry is responsible for approximately 5% of CO₂ global emissions and, this being a fundamental component of the mortar and concrete, the more we reduce its use, the better. Extracting sand can also cause ecological damage In rivers and beaches, as well as health risks due to particle inhalation, for example. Ecological mortar. It is there where research to create green concrete or the one we mention from the University of Newcastle comes into play. In his studyThe team details how thanks to Aergel Silica and recycled plastic they have created a new mortar that manages to be respectful of the environment. The team developed different mixtures by adding more or less substitute for the sand and found that the most effective is the one with 7% of silica aerogels and 3% of PET plastic. White is the silica aerogel. THE GRAY THE PET Plastic Rescue plastic. But … effective in what? Well, curiously, this new mortar comes to solve several problems of conventional sand. The first thing that highlights is that the new mixture of mortar is able to reduce the loss of heat from a structure by up to 55% if compared to the conventional mortar. This helps both to cool a stay in summer and to retain heat in cold months. This occurs because conventional mortar is a bad thermal insulator, allowing heat to escape easily. But not only this: the new mortar is also lighter than the conventional one, which implies a lower cost in transport by associated fuel savings. Thermal conductivity tests of this ecological mortar. We need to try it in the real world … 2×1. Apart from contributing to a construction more efficient at the energy level, this plastic -based mortar Solve another problem directly. PET plastic particles used come from crushed plastic waste (bottles, mainly), so the massive use in mortar can help reduce that contamination of plastics that brings us head. Tests are missing. The team explains that they have achieved British standards for the construction of this new mortar and are already working on the following big step: finding collaborators as a construction company to request financing and build a house with the ecological mortar. It is what will allow them to obtain the direct evidence of that potential energy savings, something that until they put into practice in a large -scale real environment, it remains only in the theory. But well, while we wait to see if they get that opportunity, the truth is that it is striking how researchers from the whole globe are committed to Jubilate cement, mortar and concrete. Another thing is that the new more ecological alternatives are able to compete in costs, which is what would ultimately convince those who raise the buildings. Images | Newcastle University, Scientedirect In Xataka | In Europe, recycled plastic is worth more than the new and the culprit is a known old man: the councils directive

After 80 years of peace, the European Union has a future plan for the continent: a new era of the "rearmament"

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Europe lives a convulsive geopolitical situation. For various factors, but aggravated after Ukraine invasion by Russia. There are too many open challenges: economic pressures, commercial and technological confrontation due to the Commercial War with China (who has caught electric car already ASML in between), disunity between member states and the growing tensions with the United States. All this has been intensified in recent weeks and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is clear about the way: rearm Europe. To a scrambled river … For his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump has arrived with everything. In issues related to Europe, the billionaire has ruled on Tariffs to European productsbut has also shown interest in get with Greenland already Ukraine War. That idea of ​​getting with Greenland caused a Danish response movement so that The country will buy California On the other hand, the intention to achieve peace in Ukraine is not an altruistic movement. An objective is to stop investing in security in foreign countries. Another, power Control rare earth deposits. The reports of your presence in Ukrainian soil They seem to be outdatedbut that does not stop the ambitions of a Trump that starred last weekend A curious act with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski. In Xataka The size of the armies of the main powers, summarized in this interesting graphic The gresca. On February 28 we witnessed an unusual event: a encounter between Zelenski, Trump and JD Vance, vice president of the United States. If something was clear after the heated debate Television in Prime Time is that both leaders have a total lack of tune (before it already declared that it was difficult to reach an agreement with Zelenski and Lo Lo called “dictator”). But perhaps it is more than a lack of understanding among the leaders of two countries. You cannot count on the US. The reason is that, after the event, Europe has closed rows Around Ukraine. Different European leaders have shown support to the Ukrainian leader, with quick responses such as Pedro Sánchez and Feijóo supporting the European country. The American response has not taken long to arrive. A few hours ago, Donald Trump ordered paralyze military aid to Ukraine as a punishment for Friday’s encounter. “Rearm Europe“. The anger among the leaders, who looked like an enclosure in the White House, promoted a feeling in networks among European users: you cannot count on the United States, and Europe has to act to deal with external threats. And it is not a popular runrún, but something that, from the European Commission itself, has just supported. President Ursula von der Leyen has signed a release urging member states to join the European Rearme Plan: Rearm Europe. In it, it begins by expressing two important issues: that Europe is threatened in a “real and tangible” and that it must “assume a greater responsibility for its own security.” The Ukraine War is that of drones … and robots Beyond Ukraine. After different meetings in recent weeks, the community has concluded that “massively increase defense spending”. The president refers to the situation in Ukraine and states that this measure must be taken with “immediate urgency” to support the European country, but must also be addressed to fulfill a “long -term need to assume much greater responsibility for our own security.” The plan. Thus, he has sent a letter to European leaders to raise this issue before the European Council to be held this Thursday. In it, and at the meeting, the option of using “all financial mechanisms will be discussed at reach to help member states quickly and significantly increase their expenses in defense capacities.” The intention of Von der Leyen is that it is immediate and urgent, but that it is formalized throughout this decade. In Xataka Ukraine has registered the first combined offensive of history without humans: drones and robots against Russian troops Show me the money. Of course, this type of movements require considerable investment. United States, without going any further, will invest 850,000 million dollars in defense -40% of global military spending. The way Europe would have to catch up, according to the president, is: Release the use of public funds in defense nationwide, allowing member states to have fiscal margin to be able to invest without activating the excessive deficit procedure. According to the statement, if the states increased their defense expenditure by 1.5% of the average GDP, a fiscal margin of almost 650,000 million euros would be generated in four years. Activate an instrument that provides loans of up to 150,000 million euros to invest in defense. Under the mantra “spend better and spend together”, von der Leyen clarifies that investment in air defense, antimiles, artillery systems, missiles, ammunition, cybersecurity, military mobility and something that the war of Ukraine has brought to the table should be reinforced: the war with drones and the defense against those drones. Redirect funds to investments related to incentive defense for Member States to decide, if they wish, use cohesion policy programs to increase defense spending. Finally, the option of obtaining funds through the European Investment Bank, but also with measures to mobilize private capital. {“Videid”: “X8WLH9Q”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “United States vs. China: The chips war”, “Tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “1611”} NATO message. Among all the noise generated these days, it has survived the idea that United States abandons the United Nations Organization. The North American country is one of those who best fulfill their obligations In this sense and, recently, voices that cry out that the country should leave NATO have been raised. Elon Musk, part of Trump’s government, been One of them. The agreements stipulate that, if someone attacks an NATO country, the rest must immediately mobilize, but the latest movements of the United States and comments such as that of which They will not be foreverThey don’t help. In the statement, von der Leyen comments that the plan Rearm Europe “It could mobilize about 800,000 million … Read more

The future of Murcia and Almería is to become great deserts. And that of much of Spain too

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The droughts arrive and pass by leaving behind greater or lower ravages. Also the drought that chronicly ravages Spain will have more or less intense moments, but perhaps the normality that is behind it is not like the previous one. The reason is the existence of a tendency towards long -term aridity, Aridification of the territory. A good part of the Peninsula is classified based on its aridity index as semi -arid areas, “one step” of this classification as a arid zone, according to the data of the EEENS itself. Where this process is going to advance. It is one of the points that have transcended ““B of the Higher Council for Scientific Research of the CSIC. Where do we come from. Almería, Murcia and the Canary Islands archipelago have traditionally been the areas where Spanish arid areas were concentrated. It is therefore not striking that the two provinces of the southeast peninsular are where the aridification process has had greater impact. At least until now. And it is that a good part of the Peninsula is classified based on its aridity index as semi -arid areas, “one step” of this classification as a arid zone, according to the data of the EENS itself. Potential for desertification. According to The Ministry for Ecological Transitionthe extension of these arid and semi -arid areas, to which the dry subhummedas should be added, delimits the area where the risk of desertification It must be seriously considered. According to the most recent data in the Ministry, areas with high or very high desertification risk, although they are distributed throughout the country, cover a more significant portion of the provinces of the Levant and the Southeast peninsular (In addition to the Canary Islands). The “very high” risk areas are particularly notable in provinces such as Almería, Murcia, Alicante, Granada and even Cuenca, and slightly less noticeable in some of the border provinces. Risk of desertification in Spain. Ministry for ecological transition and demographic challenge. A long -term trend. There are numerous factors that help explain why we are facing this situation. The first is the lack of rains. Beyond the current drought, the last decades have been relatively dry in Spain. Climate change is expected to aggravate this, with less rainfall on average, but more concentrated. Precedents. 2023 and 2024 were not only anomally dry: also especially warm. The increase in temperatures implies an increase in the evaporation of the water that comes to us, both from rivers and swamps and from the same soil: in spring this year the moisture of the soil was of about 0% In most of the Peninsula. Finally, water use should be mentioned. Population growth, tourism and an agriculture increasingly dependent on irrigation bring each time More pressure on reservoirs and aquifers. The latter In a limit situation. No solution to sight The combination of all these factors makes the solution difficult. Spain has a vast network of desalination plant, but the energy and ecological limitations they present prevent (at least for now) a use at sufficient scale. An example of this is the situation in Catalonia, where drought has not been able to be stopped with desalists working 100% of their abilities. Greater efficiency in water use could help complement these new sources, but here the limitations are also important: approximately three quarters of the water consumed in Spain are used by the agriculture and livestock sector according to Aquae data. The precarious situation of the sector and the recent protests do not invite to think that there is a margin of action on this front. In Xataka |The droughts are going to more. So some companies are trying to create water from the air In Xataka | Get drinking water with the brute force of the waves: the ambitious plan of the Canary Islands to face the drought Image | Andrea Imre *An earlier version of this article was published in February 2024

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