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In Japan there were parents by putting their children the name of “Pokémon” or “Doraemon”. The government has said enough

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Japan has a Name, word or expression For almost all those things that we have a whole phrase. You have it to explain the Great demographic challenge of the nation, for the Young phobia To go to school, to explain How tokyo hell grows While the rest sinks, to explain that you can take a nap at work without fear to fire youand you even have it to explain the inexplicable: men who ram To women. Thus, how weren’t they going to have one to explain the fashion of extravagant names to babies? In fact, now they have said enough. Coto to “creativity.” The Japanese government has introduced new norms that limit freedom with which parents They can name to their children, focusing specifically on the pronunciation of Kanji characters allowed in the Civil Registry. This reform seeks to contain the growing wave of attention, the names Kirakiranickname received by striking or extravagant names, which since the 1990s have caused confusion in administrative and sometimes teasing to children. Although the use of Kanji (the Chinese characters adapted to the Japanese) is not prohibited, from now on the parents must Declare phonetic reading of the name and stick to officially recognized pronunciations, with the aim of avoiding unusual or controversial interpretations. Response to linguistic chaos. I think I don’t walk very disabled if I say this problem It is not unpublished from Japanbut there, apparently, the proliferation of these names with unconventional readings has represented a growing problem for schools, hospitals and public services, especially in a society that It depends on digital records standardized. Some parents have brought their eagerness to originality to the extreme, choosing names like Pikachu, Pokémon, Kitty, Naiki (Nike), Pū (Winnie The Pooh), ōjisama (Prince) or even Akuma (Demon), which has generated both social and institutional criticisms. Although these names often employ legal kanjis, their pronunciation was not precedent, which turned their interpretation into a real puzzle. Japanese alphabet Tradition that clashes. The new regulations is also a way to balance the tension between the desire to highlight and the weight of the Japanese tradition, which usually privileges homogeneity and social harmony. In a country where collective values ​​even influence breeding, many parents defended their elections as An act of personal expression in front of a culture of strong conformism. Here are emblematic cases such as the Seiko Hashimoto politicswhich called his children Girishia (Greece) and Torino (Turin) in tribute to games Olympic, cases that illustrate how even public figures have challenged traditional codes, although with consequences of misunderstanding by the environment. Pragmatic adjustment in order. Plus: the law does not intend to eliminate the variety of names, but rather ordering the use of language: of the about 3,000 kanji allowed, many have multiple accepted readings, but certain phonetic combinations They were so extravagant that They were unintelligible. In this way, from now on, parents who opt for unusual pronunciations must justify their choice in writing and, if it is not considered reasonable, they will have to Propose an alternative more understandable. The authorities have indicated that only the most extreme cases will be rejected, which suggests that reasonable regulation is sought, rather than a strict prohibition. An exceptional change. History is still relevant news in the case of Japan. The reform is a rare modification of the kosekithe legal registry of the Japanese family unit, which includes the names and birth dates of the head of the family, his spouse and children. In that sense, the New criteria of pronunciation marks a precedent: it is the first time that not only the written character is regulated, but also your readingas a mechanism to protect the administrative and linguistic integrity of the system. If you want also, in an era more and more digitized, where data coherence becomes essential, Japan, who if not, has chosen to protect your system through the language, channeling personal creativity, but within understandable and functional limits. We feel it deeply, Charmander. You are in danger of extinction. Image | Pexels, PRINTERVAL, Itoldya Test1 In Xataka | Japan’s great demographic challenge is called “Sato-Tizo”: in 2531 all its inhabitants will be called the same In Xataka | Japan is living something unpublished in its most emblematic neighborhoods: the “chinification” of anime and video games

The Government of Spain, according to Techcrunch

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In the world of cyberspiege, there are quite known names: Lazarus In North Korea, APT28 in Russia or APT41 In China. They are groups that, according to cybersecurity reports, operate with state support. Now, a new actor could join that list, and its origin would be especially striking: Spain. His name is Canea group that for years remained in the shadows and that has returned to the radar, According to Techcrunch Based on exemployed testimonies of the Kaspersky security firm. This group It was discovered in 2014 by the Russian company, which baptized him as a mask after finding that term in the malware code. The word, a colloquial expression in Spanish that can be translated as “mask”, ended up nameing a campaign that, according to Kaspersky, stood out for its complexity and amplitude. The group would have deployed an arsenal of tools adapted to different platforms, including Windows, Macos and Linux, as well as indications of versions for Android and iOS, although the latter were not technically confirmed. One of the most sophisticated cyberspage groups discovered by Kaspersky Among the technical capabilities described by Kaspersky They appeared the theft of encrypted documents, SSH keys, VPN configurations, keyboard pulsations records, screenshots and interception of conversations by Skype (now extinct) and network traffic. Their attacks were distributed using mails Spear Phishingthat simulated pages of Spanish media like the country, the world or public. One of the most striking indications that analysts identified was the chain “Cagen1amar”, a deformation of the expression “I shit in the sea”, hides in the malware code. Although Kaspersky never publicly attributed the authorship of the group to any state, several former employees of the company consulted by Techcrunch affirm that, internally, it was concluded that Careto operated under the commission of the Spanish government. “There was no doubt about that, at least not a reasonable (doubtful),” said one of them, while three other researchers supported that same hypothesis. The decision not to make it public would have been related to the internal policy of the company, which imposes strict restrictions on the formal attribution of attacks. One of the starting points of the investigation was an attack on a government institution in Cuba, considered “zero patient”, according to the testimonies collected by Techcrunch. The presence of ETA members on the island at that time –According to information published by El País and mentioned in filtered diplomatic cables– I could have aroused the interest of the operation. The researchers also detected other objectives: there were victims in Brazil, in Morocco and in Gibraltar. Illustration shared by Kaspersky The global scope of the group was reflected in the Kaspersky Technical Report: infections were identified in at least 31 countries, with a total of 380 victims. The most affected were in Latin America, Europe and North Africa. Among the objectives, according to the same report, there were governments, embassies, diplomatic organisms, energy companies, research centers and activists. After the publication of the report in 2014, the mask operators would have dismantled all the discovered infrastructure, deleting activity records and closing control and control servers, an unusual movement that, according to the researchers, evidences a technical capacity of highly trained groups. The name was hidden in the code A decade later, Kaspersky again detected activity linked to mask. In May 2024, the company announced that he had identified New infections in a Latin American organization that had already been attacked by the group at least in 2022 and 2019. There was also a trace of activity in a second victim in central Africa. Georgy Kucherin and Marc Rivero, Kaspersky’s researchers signed by the new report, They assure that Current operations maintain the same degree of sophistication and caution that a decade ago. “His attacks are a masterpiece“Kucherin told Techcrunch, although he also clarified that, from a technical point of view, it is still impossible to confirm which government is really behind the group:” Most likely, it is a state actor, “he said, although he added that at a technical level it is impossible to know. Neither the Spanish Ministry of Defense nor the Cuban government wanted to rule to date, according to Techcrunch. From Xataka, we have contacted both Kaspersky and the Ministry of Interior to collect an official assessment about the possible link with the Careto group. Kaspersky has responded to us that they do not usually comment on information based on anonymous sources, nor attribute the origin of cyber attacks to countries. At the time of publishing this article, the Interior Ministry had not responded. Images | rawpixel.com | Layo Animals | Kaspersky In Xataka | How to change all our passwords according to three cybersecurity experts

The autonomous driving was the great absent in the presentation of the Xiaomi Yu7 and there is a reason: the Chinese government

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May 22 will be a day for the particular story of Xiaomi as a brand. Taking advantage of its fifteenth anniversary, the company celebrated an event in which He made various ads But, above all, he emphasized two new products: an own chip and its second electric car, the Xioami Yu7. The presentation of Second Xiaomi electric car And his first SUV had everything we expected. The force deployment was total. The company confirmed that a year after launching its first car to the market, almost 300,000 vehicles have already put on the street. He was followed by a presentation where there were no single detail to comment. Luxurious details such as several -layer paintings, retractable shooters at the doors (which close themselves), seats designed to rest in them and, of course, an arsenal of comparisons with Tesla, Porsche and Mercedes, whom they point out as great rivals. The other great afternoon star was the Hypervision Hud, a Head-Up Display that crosses all the width of the windshield to project all kinds of information on it, segmenting this in areas and launching the most relevant for each of the passengers. A solution that BMW advanced two years ago but that has not yet put into practice. We had everything in a presentation of the car that spread for almost an hour. Of everything? Almost, almost everything. Because we had a great absent: autonomous driving. No traces of autonomous driving During the presentation of Xiaomi Su7the Chinese company emphasized the autonomous driving capabilities of its vehicles. Showed in a video How the car moved but also how the driver got off the vehicle before entering a parking lot and, autonomously, the car moved through an environment of several plants and parked in a really adjusted space. The commitment to this facet was such that The first time that officially He saw the vehicle in motion was doing it for himself. In recent years, automated driving has been one of the big game boards where the battle for the electric car in China develops. In fact, the company’s rivals have also emphasized it in recent years. Nio has based on its strategy In this area and Byd hit the table recently announcing that His “eye of God” will reach all carsregardless of its price. It was undoubtedly a dart to Tesla who was has worked hard to operate as a vehicle with autonomous driving capabilities. So why was it overlooked at the presentation of the Xiaomi Yu7? During the same, the little that was said about this type of functions is that the car will have A new chipset that will help you better visualize obstacles or pedestrians. And that’s it. The message in relation to security was on the other hand. The company focused on the good results of its chassis and The presentation of a new framework of the cabin, highlighting the materials with which he was made and the pressures he can bear. Why did they spend so much talking about something so technical? Lei Jun presenting the structure of the Xiaomi Yu7 Well, a few weeks ago Three people died aboard an Xiaomi Su7. And there is a suspicion that is floating in the air: they had active the most advanced functions of driving. A fatal accident is something that all brands that want to delve into this market have passed but the Chinese government has given an order: there is no talk of autonomous driving. The companions of Xiaomi world that from The fateful accident There is a generalized concern in the country. So much so that from the government of the country they have launched a new regulation and have given an important notice to the manufacturers, as it has been able to know Reuters. The new regulations will force the possible improvements in the ADAS of driving aid systems to pass an exam. Only after overcoming it can be updated in the cars via Ota. Previously this previous step was not necessary before putting cars up to date. The notice is hard: those who announce autonomous driving functions that cannot be fulfilled may be punished with a fine that will multiply between five and ten times the rate price of the publicized vehicle. This has caused Xiaomi no longer to talk about autonomous driving and assisted driving. Driving aids are a controversial theme in China but also in the West. In fact, in the United States organisms have stressed that terms such as Full self driving and Autopilot of Tesla They point to promises that at this time cannot fulfill. But the company is not the only one indicated, the Drive Pilot Mercedes has also been qualified as such. For now, there are hardly traditional manufacturers that can offer completely autonomous driving systems with open traffic. Level 2 and 2+ systems still require driver’s attention. Even Fordwhich offers a system to travel without hands and without feet also forces this. Mercedes does offer it But in very specific places, with good weather and up to 60 km/h. Photo | Xiaomi In Xataka | “We are close to the turning point”: what Bill Gates thinks about self -employed cars after traveling in an autonomous car

The Chinese government praises the 3 Nm Xiaomi chip as a milestone on the road to self -sufficiency. The problem is that China does not manufacture it

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The Soc Xring O1 is objectively A milestone in the history of Xiaomi. And it is because it opens a par for this Chinese company that until now had remained closed. This chip It has been designed by Xiaomi itselfand the first device we will run into it will be The 15S Pro smartphone which will presumably be presented by this company at the event that will celebrate tomorrow. During the last days this SOC is caughting a lot of attention because the first performance tests that have seen the light reflect that their power will be only slightly lower than that of the Snapdragon 8 Elite of Qualcomm. It sounds very good, but this chip above all has a characteristic that we cannot ignore: it is manufactured using the integration technology of 3 Nm. China considers it a victory, but it is objectively a half victory South China Morning Post (SCMP), which is a Chinese media that belongs to Emporio Alibaba, has confirmed that the central television of China (CCTV) and the newspaper ‘Diario del Pueblo’, both closely linked to the Chinese Communist Party (PCCH), have praised the effort that Xiaomi has made during the development of the Soc Xring O1. In fact, this company has invested approximately 1.9 billion dollars in the tuning of this chip. Xiaomi has invested approximately 1.9 billion dollars in the tuning of this chip According to SCMP This semiconductor marks a milestone in China’s campaign towards technological self -sufficiency amid the export controls of the strictest advanced semiconductors in the United States. But This statement requires many nuances. In fact, it is reasonable to consider it a half truth. As I mentioned a few lines above the competitiveness of the socx xring O1 does not only reside in the design of its microarchitecture; also clearly plays in his favor the fact that he is manufactured in The 3 Nm node of TSMC. This Taiwanese integrated circuit manufacturer, The Major on the Planetcan produce chips for Xiaomi because this last company is not included in the “blacklist” of the US. However, it is evident that the integration technology used to manufacture this SOC does not belong to Xiaomi. It belongs to TSMC. And if the US Department of Commerce decides tomorrow to introduce Xiaomi into its list of vetoed entities will cease to access the Lithographic Vanguard nodes of TSMC. If this semiconductor had been manufactured by SMIC or another Chinese manufacturer of integrated circuits using a 3 Nm lithography the success of Xiaomi, and, as a consequence, of China, would be irrefutable. But for the moment there is no chips manufacturer in the country led by Xi Jinping that has the necessary technology for produce this type of avant -garde semiconductors. China will acquire this capacity in the medium termthere is no doubt about that, but the statement that argues that the soci -soup o1 “marks a milestone in China’s campaign towards technological self -sufficiency” is nothing more than a message from marketing sponsored by Chinese authorities In full confrontation with his American counterpart. Image | Xataka More information | SCMP In Xataka | China is about to have the ability to make 5 Nm chips, although it faces a difficult solution problem

The government has a red button against Airbnb and has activated it in 65,000 floors

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At the doors of summer, with the influx of international travelers in record levels and housing and Tourist massification converted into almost daily debate issues (yesterday motivated A protest In the Canary Islands), the government wanted to launch a resounding notice to the holiday rental platforms. The Ministry of Social Rights and Consumption has just claimed Airbnb to block Around 66,000 ads “illegal” tourist apartments spread throughout Spain. The message is clear: the State has the tools to regulate the offer in the holiday rental market. And has decided to use them. What happened? That the Ministry of Consumer He just remind you to Airbnb that must block almost 66,000 ads of tourist floors offered on its website. To be more prices 65,935 publications that, in the opinion of the technicians of the department of Pablo Bustinduy, can be considered “illegal.” It is not the first time that the Government is aimed at the rental platform to claim that you eliminate those publications, but now it does so with a draft argument in its favor: a favorable sentence of the Superior Court of Justice. Why’s that? As Remember from consumptionover the last months its technicians have sent three resolutions to Airbnb in which they order the platform that eliminates 66,000 ads of floors. Those responsible however share the consumption criteria and have resorted to the order before justice. Now the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid has ruled. And he does so giving him consumption in a resolution that affects a first batch of 5,800 ads of houses distributed by Andalusia, Madrid, Catalonia, Valencian Community, Basque Country and the Balearic Islands. Enough for the government to have launched a statement emphasizing the need for Airbnb to block all the ads that it considers “illegal”, the 65,935, something that has already demanded from the offices of Ireland. Why do you want to block them? Because in the opinion of the Government these publications do not respect the rules that holiday accommodations must comply with if they want to announce. “Specifically, the regulations of the different autonomous communities are violated where consumption has detected these ads. In all cases it is complete housing for tourist use, advertisements of individual rooms appear,” specify From the ministry. To be more precise, consumption considers that they fail three key guidelines. The main one is not to include the license or registration number, an obligation collected in several autonomous regulations and that supposes “the most common infraction” detected by the Ministry. The second is that the ads do not require whether the house is renting a company or particular. Finally, officials have also detected that (at least in some ads) a license is included that does not correspond to that issued by the authorities, the third infraction. What does Airbnb say? Which is willing to battle. In statements collected by The reasonthe platform says that “it will continue to resort all the decisions that affect this case” and accuses consumption of having used an “indiscriminate methodology”, including both “ads that show licenses” and “others that might not need it, as seasonal leases.” “He has also deliberately ignored resolutions of the supreme that make it clear that not all Airbnb ads require registration number.” Is it the first touch of attention? No. The Government (as well as other administrations regional) It has been aware of tourist floors, among other reasons for Tensions which generates in the residential market. One of its most ambitious initiatives is A unique registry of holiday rentals that seek to centralize the management, that all the registered floors have a license and that platforms such as Booking or the Airbnb Velan itself because the homes announced comply with the guidelines set by the Law for Rent. The notice launched by consumption is important for another reason, beyond the possibility of withdrawing almost 66,000 homes from the tourist rental market. It is a new touch of attention that is added to the sanctioning file open to late 2024 to a tourist floors rental platform for breaching advertising or activated regulations Last February. Why is it important? For the debate generated over last years around tourist rental and its impact on the price of housing and for the legal situation in which there are many apartments that are leaving for travelers. Just two months ago The country It echoed of a calculation of consumption that reveals that only 7% of the tourist housing ads offered in Madrid have a license. The Executive crossed the advertising of 16,335 tourist apartments in the city with the information of 1,131 permits in force granted by the City Council. Its conclusion: there are 15,204 homes outside the law. Image | Erwan Hesry (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | “My savings were there”: Spanish cities are already beginning to regulate their tourist floors

that the government does

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Mexico has an objective between eyebrow and eyebrow: prop up and boost its economy. Within the 13 points of the ‘Mexico Plan’technology occupies an important point with the Strategy ‘Kutsari’ To develop semiconductors, but they also want to create Cheap electric cars For the Mexican user. The name of this project is’Olinia‘And, although it is not known how vehicles will be, we do know the price: between 90,000 and 150,000 pesos. The question here is where the competition is in the photo of the electric car in Mexico. Olinia. Mexico has focused in recent years on being a car assembly for the US market. BMW, Honda, Mazda, Kia, Nissan, the Stellantis, Toyota, Audi or Volkswagen group have their main plants in the region in Mexico, but with the tariff war, brands like Honda or Hyundai They announced that were going to strengthen their presence on American soil to the detriment of Mexican industry. With that panorama, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced Olinia. These are three small cars described as 100% made vehicles made in Mexico, destined for personal mobility, neighborhood mobility and transport of “last mile” goods and whose prices will be 90,000 pesos for the cheapest model and 150,000 for the truck/van. Clues. Nothing more of these cars is known, apart from the price they want to achieve and the possible design. However, there are already market alternatives that can give us a track of where things will go with the Olinia family. How our partners point out Xataka Mexicothere are a couple of aliexpress cars that are very similar to what could end up being two of the Olinia. Built by Chang Li, one is a two -door electric car with an autonomy of about 60 km for a price of 36,000 pesos without shipping. The other is larger, with more power and a price of 83,000 pesos without shipping. Another tiny car is the Kiwoalso for urban mobility with 40 km/h of maximum speed and 60 kilometers of autonomy by 99,999 pesos (this does include shipping costs). Competence. There are three examples of car that you must buy on a website and import on your own, but … what prices do we talk when we look at the electricity market already settled in Mexico? The panorama is very different. On the one hand, there is the Zacua MX2which is one of the first 100% Mexican electric cars designed for urban mobility, with an autonomy of 200 kilometers, a speed of 85 km/Hy a more apparent design than that of the other three previously commented. It has regenerative brakes with ABS and is two -seater. In his favor he plays that it is a national product manufactured in Puebla, but there is also an inconvenience: it is manufactured on request at a price of 599,900 pesos. We also have the Jac E10Xa compact with autonomy of up to 360 kilometers and four doors for 371,000 pesos. He Renault Kwid E-Tech part of the 315,000 pesos with 300 km of autonomy and the SEV E-WAN CROSS LITE It has 200 km of autonomy and part of the 299,300 pesos. Another contender is the Byd Mini Dolphin with autonomy of up to 300 km and from 415,800 pesos. The E-Wan Cross Plan. These four alternatives are compact (larger than the two -door olinia and it would be necessary to see how they are in front of the four -door), but although they do not go wrong, they play with an obvious disadvantage: they are not supported by the government. Because, between those 90,000 and 150,000 pesos of the Median Olinia, we would talk about a compact that should not have registration problems in the country by being driven by the government and that, although in benefits something below can be left below, will have a very sweet price. Olinia, in addition, is the catalyst for the extraction and prosecution of lithium on Mexican soil. Although Mexico has important lithium reserves, crucial component to produce batteries, It does not produce it On an industrial scale, and Olinia could be the necessary push for the country to become a relevant player in the field of something so crucial for the future of mobility as lithium. Consequences? This is playing with the glass ball, but seeing that Olinia seems a priority for the current government, who are already visiting factories from different states to see what is the candidate Ideal for the manufacture of vehicles, it seems clear that they will try to do everything possible to adhere to the price announced a few months ago. And, if happening, although the benefits of these vehicles are below those of the competition, in the end they would be appealing to the Mexican user twice: national car versus foreign and, above all, much cheaper. Now we just have to wait to see how Olinia is taking shape, since there are too many questions in the air. Images | Government of Mexico In Xataka | China has a weapon to mock tariffs and protect the secrets of its electric cars: Quita and Pon

After the blackout, the government defended the nuclear closure because “in Spain there is no uranium.” Reality is more complicated

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The question of uranium has returned to the forefront after the president of the Government affirm that “in Spain there is no uranium and therefore we will have to import it.” Although Spain has large uranium deposits, reality is always more complicated than the usual black or white policy. The second European country with more uranium. Spain has between 25,000 and 30,000 tons of uranium, “the second most important reserves of the European Union,” According to the geologist Jesús Martínez Frías. Both the ‘Red Book’ of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) as the National Geographic Institute (IGN) indicate the existence of resources with the possibility of exploitation in Spanish territory, mainly in the province of Salamanca. Why they stopped exploding. Spain had uranium mining, but The last mine closed in 2000 for the “exhaustion of economically exploitable mining resources”, according to the Ministry for Ecological Transition. The Spanish Nuclear Society (SNE) said that production costs had exceeded 30% market prices, which made its continuity unfeasible. Two decades later, the Law 7/2021 of climate change and energy transition Truncó any new attempt To exploit the deposits: “Due to their prejudices, their cost will not be granted new exploration, research or concessions of exploitation of radioactive minerals, nor will new authorization requests be admitted.” Environmental problems. The risk of radioactive water contamination is another elephant in the room. A study Posted by Environmental Pollution In 2018 he documented “much higher” uranium concentrations than background geochemical levels near old mines abandoned in Salamanca. The levels in the soil ranged between 207.2 and 542.4 mg kg⁻¹, when the natural background levels are 29.8 mg kg⁻¹ for granite and 71.2 mg kg⁻¹ for slate. The study proposed environmental restoration measures, such as reforestation, in areas close to old farms. They are not entirely unfeasible. The political landscape has changed with the European Union in search of energy sovereignty and resources. The economic landscape too. With The price of upward uraniumthe Berkeley Minera company has a revived interest in its Retortillo project. The request for exploitation of this deposit was delivered before Law 7/2021 applied, but the Nuclear Safety Council also issued An unfavorable environmental report for “the low reliability and the high uncertainties of security analysis in geotechnical and hydrogeological aspects.” Uranium you have to enrich it. Although there was a political change that leads to the reactivation of Retry, the uranium that is extracted from the earth (natural uranium) barely contains 0.7% of Uranium-235, the necessary physiognable isotope for most nuclear reactors. It would be necessary to enrich uranium, a process that consists in increasing the concentration of uranium-235 to 3-5% levels for light water reactors, which are the most common. Spain does not have its own high -scale enriched uranium, or facilities in which to enrich uranium at the industrial level for use as fuel in nuclear centrals. Can Spain enrich uranium? Spain had the capacity to produce uranium concentrates (in the form of yellow cakes or Yellowcakes), But obtaining enriched uranium is a subsequent, technologically more complex and expensive process, dominated by a few countries. Today, 60% He leaves Russia and China. ENUSA (the national uranium company) already had difficulty replacing Russian enriched uranium after Commercial vetoes for the Ukraine War. Enriching it would be a major challenge. A change of direction. In the new geopolitical context, the European Union is promoting the reactivation of mining to ensure a sovereign supply of key materials for energy transition and defense. Spain is rich in Uranium, but also in resources such as copper, which is the second EU producer. Besides, It has lithiumcobalt, Coltán and possible lower land deposits. Seven of the 47 new Strategic Mining Projects promoted by the EU They will be developed in Spainalthough most face the rejection of environmental organizations for its environmental impact, such as the lithium mine in Cáceres. The epicenter of the debate. Discussions on Spanish uranium are a broader reflex of tensions: the strategic autonomy of resources, the imperatives of the energy transition, environmental protection and social acceptance of mining activity. In the end, the epicenter of the debate is the high cost of building and maintaining traditional nuclear plants in the face of renewable energy sources, of which Spain is world power. Only last year, Spain produced 148,999 GWh of renewable energy, 56.8% of Mix. If the blackout was A notice that the electricity is not prepared To stabilize large renewable energy fluctuations, what touches is wondering what are the investments in storage, investors, interconnections and energy sources alternative to pollutants combined cycles of gas to avoid another blackout. Everything is said regarding the closure of nuclear plants or the extraction of uranium in Spain, but the solar industry will not go anywhere. Image | Tecnatom In Xataka | In Salamanca there is a high -tech nuclear fuel bars factory that exports to all of Europe: we have visited it

Nvidia is tensing her relationship with the US government. His presence in China is at risk

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For Nvidia losing the Chinese market is not an option. During the last fiscal year, which expired on January 26, 2025, China represented approximately 13% of total income of the company led by Jensen Huang with a figure of some 17,000 million dollars. In practice, the country governed by Xi Jinping is the third best client of this company only behind the US and Taiwan. However, the sanctions to China that are deploying the US government threatens Nvidia’s survival in this Asian country. Currently this company cannot sell its chips to its Chinese clients to artificial intelligence (IA) more advanced. And in the middle of last April the US Department of Commerce imposed new export restrictions on China from The H20 GPU of Nvidia. The tuning of a trimmed review of the H20 GPU is underway The reception they have given to the GPU H20 The Chinese clients of Nvidia has been very good despite the fact that the capabilities of this chip are clearly lower than those of the other proposals for the this company. In fact, initially the Department of Commerce allowed its sale in China because this integrated circuit met the restrictions it had imposed. And despite its limitations its sales in China 50% quarter to quarter have grown Since he arrived in this market in mid -2024. The Nvidia Plan requires a cut review of the H20 GPU that satisfies the restrictions imposed by the US Department of Commerce Anyway, this time of bonanza is over. The restrictions of the Department of Commerce in practice prevent Nvidia Deliver the H20 GPU to its Chinese clientsbut this company does not give up. At the beginning of this week We explain to you that several reliable media had collected that His engineers are working on new GPU for AI expressly adapted to the country’s market led by Xi Jinping. Now we know something else. And is that according to Reuters The Nvidia Plan requires tuning a trimmed review of the H20 GPU that satisfies the restrictions imposed by the US Department of Commerce. The surprising thing is that this project seeks to cut a chip that is already a cut version of other NVIDIA GPUs. And it is not clear that with this limited benefits this trimmed GPU H20 is interesting for companies that have bought the original H20 chip from NVIDIA. Among them are no less than three giants from China: Alibaba, Tencent and Bytedance. However, Nvidia faces one more challenge: Huawei’s competition. And this last company is reinforcing its position in China to take advantage of the hole that Nvidia is leaving in the market because of US sanctions. During the second half of 2025 will manufacture the GPU Ascend 920 on a large scalewhich is clearly destined to occupy in the Chinese market the gaps that the GPU H20 is going to leave. And, in addition, it is about to start the chip test phase Ascend 910dwho seeks to overcome the performance of the chip NVIDIA H100. Image | Nvidia More information | Reuters In Xataka | The US gives Huawei a great opportunity: to get its new chip for AI with the Nvidia market in China

Let us run out of mobile during the blackout was terrible. That will happen to the government is much more worrying

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The mass blackout suffered by Spain and Portugal on April 28 left us without light, but also without being able to communicate with our mobile phones. One would think that government members would have some type of auxiliary system, but the truth is that there seems to be no for these types of situations. “Blind”. Government sources pointed out In the world that during The blackout of April 28 They were “blind” and that “mobile phones did not work, we could not communicate (…) not even among us in the complex and in the ministries.” Not only citizens. During those hours millions of citizens suffered A very irregular service in their mobile communications, and except for some exceptionsthe operators had huge problems to continue serving. That is already worrying, but even more than our rulers suffered those same problems and there is no emergency plan for this type of event. It didn’t work either The alert system, Es-Alert. Mesh b. The Government does not have an auxiliary communications system, and for years the effort was in another direction: to protect the communications of government members in the face of possible spying acts. To do this exists The call Mesh bthe Safe Strategic Communications Support System of the National Crisis Management System and the Government Presidency. The system is used not only in government fields, but also in high state institutions. The government protects from espionage. As they point out In the countrythe government decided in early 2025 to renew its encryption systems to shield communications after espionage scandal made with pegasus. The first phase will be a modernization of technical infrastructure, of which will order The Spanish company Epicom. Together with this renewal, an update of the communications encryption system will also be updated, which until now was carried out with Comsec (Indra) but that will now compete with Secret T (Telefónica). Both are National Development Technologies, a primary condition for these services. Sirdee is not (for the moment) for that. Spain has The Sirdee program (Integral System of Digital Emergency Radiocommunications of the State), which was launched in 2000 and that served more than 150,000 users in Spain. Among them are the National Police, the Civil Guard and even the presidency of the Government. There are specific contingency plans and operational continuity in ministries and strategic bodies, but government members suffered the same problems as citizens. As they point out In networks & Telecomthe Sirdee system, which was based on tetra technology of UHF radio, It is now complementing With broadband systems through EMBM technology, based on LTE/5G connectivity. Sirdee base nodes are usually equipped with backup batteries and diesel generators that allow these equipment and communications to be kept while these active auxiliary solutions can be maintained. High frequency networks. In 1988 the United States created its high frequency communications Shares program (HF, 3 to 30 MHz) with the aim of having a support for the first fixed lines, and later for mobile lines. This system, now under the Department of National Security (DHS), is composed of thousands of HF stations distributed throughout the country and belonging to different federal and state agencies. The system It was used during the 11-S attacks, but also during natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Satellite communication is another option. During the blackout Starlink turned out to be an exceptional alternative During the blackout, and that shows that satellite communications systems can be very useful in this type of events. Europe has been trying to launch its satellite Internet system Through the Iris2 systemwhich is expected to begin to be operational in 2030. Images |Baatcheet Films | Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo In Xataka | The Catalan Sateliot company lifts 70 million euros with a clear objective: to display the “Spanish Starlink of the IoT”

Who are the “private operators” to which the government accuses after the blackout

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More than 48 hours have passed from the great blackout suffered by Spain, Portugal and southern France. Speculations during this time were swift, even He thought it was a cyber attack. However, the Spanish Electricity (Ree) grid has reported that the preliminary cause It was a “massive disconnection of electricity generation.” Now, beyond what failed technically, the real unknown is who must assume responsibilities. The appearance. In the press conference of April 29, the President of the Government made it clear that the Executive demands explanations and collaboration both to Red Electric (Redeia) and the “private operators.” According to the countrySánchez has summoned Moncloa to the main actors of the electrical system: the president of Ree, Beatriz Corredor, and representatives of Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, acts energy and EDP. Redeia or Ree? At the press conference, the president mentioned Redeia, but many people have read in the Ree media, what is the difference? To begin with, Spanish Electricity (REE) is the company that is responsible for transporting electricity in high voltage, that is, to bring energy from the centrals generating to large substations. In other words, it would be like the “electric highway” of the country. From Three years agothis company is part of the Redeia group, which is the commercial name that the old Red Electrico Corporation adopted to encompass all its subsidiaries. To be easier to understand: Redeia is the business group and Ree is the subsidiary responsible for operating the electric transport network. Is Ree public? Although many people think that Ree is a public company, in reality the State just control 20% of its actions through the SEPI (State Society of Industrial Participations). The remaining 80% is in private hands, mainly in investment funds. According to eldiario.esthis is one of the reasons for the discomfort of the government: neither private electric nor ree have offered clear information after the blackout, and Ree has not facilitated the Executive access to technical data on what happened. “Private operators.” At a press conference, Sánchez repeatedly repeated the term “private operators”, causing a generalized doubt: Who did he mean exactly? As the difference between Ree and Redeia has clarified, it is clear that “Private operators” They are the big private electric companies: Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, EDP and Act Energía. These companies have a very different role from that of Ree, since they are generated by electricity with their own plants (renewable or not). They also distribute electricity in medium and low voltage, that is, from substations to homes and industries. Here you have to make a small subsection, while Ree manages the high voltage network, these companies are responsible for the final stretch of the electricity trip. Finally, they are responsible for marketing energy through their own associated brands or companies: the light invoice. At this point it should be noted that not all marketers generate electricity, since some such as Holaluz or Podo only buy energy to sell it to the consumer. Easier to understand. Although Ree operates the “Spanish Electric Highway”, it is the private operators that handle the final stretch and much of the production. A slight suspicion. This whole situation is suggesting that the Executive has a suspicion that electrical companies have not been transparent enough, and have not actively collaborated during the first hours of the blackout, According to Cadena Ser. In his statements, President Sánchez has launched a technical criticism of nuclear power plants, wondering why they did not contribute to the recovery of the system, although before collapse they were contributing 10% to the electrical demand, According to Ree data. The president has affirmed that “the nuclear generation was no more resilient than other sources” and that it could even have slowed recovery. As has declared The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), only two of the seven nuclear reactors were in operation that day; The other five had been stopped by business decision, not being considered competitive against renewables. Although the government has not said it directly, Criticism is evident: were the electricity prepared for an emergency? They haven’t taken to answer. According to RTVEIberdrola has assured that all its centrals worked properly and that REE indications followed during the blackout. On the other hand, as explained by the confidential, the companies promised to collaborate with the Government, although none has so far offered a complete explanation about what failed. And now? The Government has announced the creation of an internal investigation commission and has asked the European Commission for an independent audit, According to the newspaper. While trying to clarify what exactly failed, the blackout has not only tested the electrical system, but also the relations between the government, REE and private operators. The political, economic and legal battle as soon as it begins. Image | Pexels and La Moncloa Xataka | We have a term for such unlikely events that are difficult to imagine: black swans. This blackout is a candidate to be

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