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Disney needs to solve the greatest crisis in the story of ‘Star Wars’. And Baby Yoda has been clinging to get it

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In Disney they are the first to know that ‘Star Wars‘A considerable identity crisis is going through: the projects that have emerged after the trilogy produced by JJ Abrams have been falling one after another, and since 2019 the franchise does not premiere a new film. However, The Star Wars Celebration That this weekend in Japan has been held, two years after the 2023 in London, has fought to fall that feeling, and has presented a few projects that have new roads of exploitation of the franchise. More than a celebration, a plan has been presented in Japan. What has been presented. The event has served to formalize the return of ‘Star Wars’ to the big screen: the main dishes are, on the one hand,’The Mandalorian and Grogu ‘which will continue the three seasons of the series starring Pedro Pascal and his adorable adopted son Grogu. He adds’ Starfighter ‘, self -clusive film directed by Shawn Levy (‘Deadpool and Wolverine‘) and starring Ryan Gosling. New seasons of ‘have been confirmedAndor‘ and ‘Ahsoka‘And an animated series of Darth Maul. On the horizon, although without date, projects appear as a story about the Jedi origins signed by James Mangold, an adventure by Tika Waititi and the return of King Skywalker. Where do we come from. After Lucasfilm’s purchaseDisney bet strongly with a new trilogy that premiered between 2015 and 2019 and that, although devastated at the box officewith more than 4.4 billion admitted worldwide, The most traditionalist fans did not like to like. The spin-off ‘was only An unexpected batacazo: just 393 million dollars of collection, to which projects canceled in chain followed, including Kevin Feige and Patty Jenkins movies. Series like ‘Andor‘ either ‘Ahsoka‘They achieved the support of criticism and public, but its impact globally was incomparably lower to the movies. And the failure of the Ubisoft ‘video gameStar Wars Outlaws‘He has endorsed that the saga is no longer infallible. The problem of nostalgia. Star Wars’s great dilemma in the Disney era has been his nostalgia addiction and to the Fan Service. Attempts to content the most traditional fans have resulted in products that, or are too conservative, such as the very critical and very unlike ‘The last Jedi’a film capable of being measured in terms of quality with the classics of the franchise, but Densed by fans). The audience has been fragmented: the riskiest projects, such as ‘Andor’, receive praise from critics but They click on a audience and They cost a fortune. What does the new plan intend to solve? The prowned strategy at the Star Wars Celebration is clear: with fans it is not enough to maintain these films and series, such as They have demonstrated ‘Andor’ or ‘Ahsoka’. You have to return to the box office parameters of the films produced by Abrams, that is to say to films-Event that are worldwide phenomena at a mass scale. ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ bets on the accessible and charism of its protagonists (remember: Baby Yoda marked Star Wars even Before receiving an official name); And ‘Starfighter’ seeks a broader audience with a story that does not require “doing homework” and resorting to a star like Gosling, oblivious to the usual blockbusters. But will it solve it? Obviously, it is complicated to predict because countless factors come into play. Projects such as the Spin-Offs ‘Solo’ and ‘Rogue One’ had all to win, but they worked with discretion (or directly) at the box office: their problem was, perhaps, the excessive dependence of the Lore Previous, the need to know the long history of the saga. Superficially, it seems that ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and ‘Starfighter’ will circulate in another direction, which could inject the long -awaited revitalization of the franchise. An important property. It must be taken into account, however, that since the purchase of Lucasfilm for 4,050 million dollars, Disney has tripled its investment: the ‘Star Wars’ franchise has generated CERCA of 12,000 million dollars in direct income Until 2024. That income comes from the box office of the films, yes, but also from attraction parks, cruises and, above all, merchandising. However, its profitability cannot be compared to franchises such as ‘Frozen’ or Marvel. Internal earthquakes. In addition, the box office is not the only problem of ‘Star Wars’: Kathleeen Kennedy has started a discreet withdrawal of the Presidency of Lucasfilm and prepares his succession. Although Filoni and Levy’s films are still under their mantle, the announcement of the search for someone who relieves what has been Lucasfilm’s great architect since the purchase of Disney is the best example that things are changing in Disney. Header | Disney In Xataka | Before selling ‘Star Wars’, George Lucas imagined a megalómana series: 10 times more expensive than a saga movie

A company has achieved the greatest advance of the toilet paper in 100 years. And he is shooting his sales

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There are many sectors where the margin of improvement is very wide and others where it would be said that everything is almost invented. Let’s put the toilet paper market as an example. Since his invention more than a few century ago they have changed. Yes, a few years ago the arrival of A “Luxury” versionand has even been used for other purposes (the last putting it in the refrigerator), But, in essence, its virtues and defects have remained. And suddenly, something seems to change. Silent revolution. For decades, the toilet paper It has been one of the most unalterable products of modern home, a routine as natural as invisible. However, under that apparent immobility there is a fierce technological career: large corporations have been perfecting this essential object through small but sophisticated innovations for years. As explained a few days ago The Washington Postthe most recent is possibly the most important and comes from the hand of Charminwhich after five years of research has replaced the classic straight drilling line with a undulating, in what call Smooth teara solution that seeks to solve such a mundane problem as universal: The damn unequal tear of the leaves. The company ensures that this minutia has triggered a 5 % growth in its business and a “significant level of delight” among users, demonstrating that even the most banal gesture can be optimized to the further detail. Engineering applied to touch. Far from being frivolity, innovation in toilet paper is the result of highly complex development processes. Explained the post that in laboratories by Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clarkengineers and designers have tried hundreds of prototypes evaluating parameters such as resistance, texture and water response capacity and use in different positions of the portarrolos, even considering whether the user is left -handed or right -handed. The curves of the new pattern are not ornamental, but the result of millimeter calculations on strength, traction angle and adaptation to the industrial process, where the technical challenge consists in creating a non -linear rupture line that is effective for the consumer, but robust enough to survive to the vertiginous rhythm of production machines. To get an idea, engineering behind this humble product includes rotary cylinders, synchronized teeth and strategically positioned anvils, a precision gear that the consumer never sees. When Nokia produced toilet paper Role, culture and hygiene. Modern toilet paper is surprisingly invention recent In human history. Although the paper has existed for more than two millennia (thanks to The ancient China), its use for intimate purposes did not popularize until the end of the 19th century. Before that, what would be at hand: leaves, rags, cobs, even store catalogs. Was Joseph Gayetty who in 1857 introduced the concept of “medicated” paper, although it was ridiculed by the modesty of the time. The real milestone arrived in 1890, when LThe Scott brothers They popularized the perforated roll, contributing comfort and hygiene to the daily ritual. Since then, each advance (however it seems) has responded to a persistent search for balance between functionality, cleaning and experience (even sensory), gradually raising the daily product to a subtle form of applied design. Innovation without rupture. Barry Kudrowitzproduct design expert, defined these types of changes such as “Incremental innovation”: lowercase improvements that do not alter the essence of the object, but optimize their use within the frame that the user already knows and accepts. As opposed to more disruptive solutions such as bidé (which still generates cultural resistances), the wavy toilet paper fits perfectly in consumer habits and finds its force precisely in its familiarity. If you want also, we are facing a change that does not ask to relear anything, but it offers A tangible benefitand that is why it is precisely so effective. In a saturated market, where almost all consumers already use “their” toilet paper, the only real growth route is to convince them that their brand makes it a little better, a little softer, or a bit more intelligent. Improve the practical. In short, the history of New undulating edge Charmin is, in essence, a metaphor of modern obsession for technical perfection in everyday life. It is not about reinventing the toilet paper, but about turning it into a product worthy of scientific attentioncommercial and cultural. The art of finding complexity in the simple, of applying high precision technology to an object whose destination, ironically, is disappear instantly. In a world where almost everything essential is already invented, the idea is accurate: refine the ordinary, reinvent the minimum and remind us that even the most bland gesture (that pull a hung roll next to the sink and that it comes out “perfect”) can be the fruit of years of engineering, design and effort. Image | Erik McLean, CATLEMUR In Xataka | Putting toilet paper in the refrigerator seems an absurd idea. This is what we know about its advantages In Xataka | Save toilet paper is possible and very easy: the question is why you want to do it

Openai lifts the greatest financing round in history. It is a demonstration of the blind faith that the world has in AI

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Yesterday Openai gave colossal news. With the title “New financing to develop the AGI” announced that it has completed a new round of financing. Not only new: it is the largest in history for any private company. The figures here are more dizzy than ever, and they talk to us again of extraordinary expectations. We keep waiting for everything from AI, and OpenAi is taking advantage of it very well. Historical Financing Round. Never in history a private company had raised a similar financing round. Openai has raised 40,000 million dollars, an absolutely colossal figure. In October 2024 they already built 6,600 million dollarswho joined the “multimillionaire investment“Microsoft made in January 2023, and which is estimated was 10,000 million dollars. The Redmond company already He had invested 1,000 million dollars in 2019 and other 2,000 million In 2021. But they have to become ‘for-profit’. OpenAI will receive 10,000 million dollars immediately. Of these, 7,500 million dollars will come from SoftBank, while the other 2.5 billion will arrive from an “investor union.” The remaining 30,000 million will arrive at the end of the year, they indicate In CNBCbut only if the company manages to do the Transition to a company ‘For-Profit’that is, a company with profit. If they fail they will lose a quarter of the investment round. Of the total round, about 18,000 million dollars will be dedicated To the Stargate project. They are worth as much as Coca-Cola. The financing round causes the “post-money” assessment (after the round) of OpenAI to rise to 300,000 million dollars. It is already as much as Coca-ColaNovo Nordisk, Chevron or LVMH and more than Asml Samsung or Nestlé. Only Spacex (350,000 million dollars) is worth more in the private companies sector, and with this OpenAi round it is put to the Tiktok level According to CB Insights. 500 million in love with chatgpt. In the Openai announcement he indicated how they currently have 500 million weekly chatgpt users, a really remarkable figure that makes it clear that the growth of users continues to be produced at a remarkable pace: a month ago the figure was 400 million users. The Ghibli phenomenon shows. The chatgpt phenomenon made Openai take only two months to reach 100 million users (Instagram took 26). Yesterday Sam Altman indicated how in the last five days they had grown up in one million users, but after The phenomenon of the Studio Ghibli style images They grew up in a million users … in just an hour. But AI still does not be profitable. The financing round responds to that almost blind bet in the potential of the AI, but the current reality is clear: this technology is not profitable. The companies are burning money as if there were no tomorrow To develop it, but its training and operational cost is huge. Openai herself estimates that It will not be profitable until 2029and until then it will continue to lose more and more money without stopping. In Openai, yes, they expect income They triple In 2025 to 12.7 billion dollars, but they will continue to lose money. Gasoline for the AGI? Openai’s ultimate goal is to develop a General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) that overcomes human intelligence in all areas. The problem is that it is not clear that neither they nor anyone succeeded, but precisely that is about this bet: that it will be OpenAi to achieve it. To do so, the impact at the social and economic level is potentially the greatest in the history of humanity, but once again, we insist: here everything is unknowns, and the AGI could take years or decades to arrive … if it arrives one day. SoftBank, Openai’s new girlfriend. The other remarkable element of this investment round is the final turning point that occurs in the OpenAI alliances structure. Since 2019 his great ally was Microsoft, but That non-dilio was seen the seams months ago. The relationship between both companies is now much weaker, and each one It takes time preparing a “cordial farewell”. Microsoft has participated in this round, they claim in CNBC, but has done it with a totally secondary role. SoftBank, meanwhile, becomes the great OpenAi patron and trusts a good part of its future to the success of Altman’s company. Image | Nibor With Midjourney In Xataka | Openai will abandon altruism. Your new profit will completely change your financial reality and that of your investors

The greatest hidden potential of solar energy is not found in photovoltaic macrogranjas: it is on the roofs

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Climate change is one of the hot potatoes that humanity must face at the moment. Although in recent years measures have been promoted to mitigate our footprint, at the same time we have followed depending on fossil fuels that contribute to the temperature increase of the planet. The renewables And, specifically, the solar energy It is postulated as technology that can help us reduce these emissions. And a study published in Nature He points out that there is something better than filling the field of solar farms: the photovoltaic of roof. Limit. In 2015, the Paris agreement launched an ultimatum: the temperature increase had to be limited Global to less than 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius. They soon left reports that were not nor close to getting it And I know He pointed out That, by the end of the century, the temperature increase would be 2.8 degrees. Since then, we have seen the impulse of an artificial intelligence that has needed to resort to fossil fuels or the Great oil company in the era of renewable transition. However, we have also seen the explosion of solar energy with Very cheap panels And every time more efficient. Next to wind, in 2023 provided 27% of EU electricity. Megagranjas. In fact, there are already countries that operate practically With renewable energies And, as we say, Solar plays a very important role in this story. Not surprisingly, in recent years we have seen the pharaonic photovoltaic farm deployment capable of generating a lot of energy. China goes to the head with plants that They look from spacebut there are few countries that already have huge areas of land dedicated to these panels or with in progress. However, there are those who think we can do better with the photovoltaic. RPV. They are the acronym of ‘Rooftop Photovoltaic’, or ‘PHOTOVOLTAICA DE ALBOTEA’, and according to a study by the University of Sussex, it would be the solution to stop gaining ground to the field with solar panels and take advantage of something we do not take advantage of today: millions of roofs. According to their accounts, made through geospatial data and artificial intelligence models, the roofs cover more than 286,000 km² of the planet. To put it in perspective, it is like the area of ​​countries like Italy that yes, it may not seem too much, but imagine a solar farm of the size of … well, from Italy. The orange areas represent 1,724 strategically selected cities for the development of predictive models with the aim of estimating the global roof surface Staked to fossil fuels. According to researchers, taking advantage of roof Electricity consumed every year), which would allow to almost completely replace fossil fuels. Not only should the plates be installed, but also adequate battery systems. According to its calculations, if that amount of territory was covered with solar panels, the global temperature could be reduced between 0.05 and 0.13 degrees before 2050. Beyond that gain, Felix Creutzig -one of the researchers at the University of Sussex -, considers that it would also contribute to having a cleaner air and greater energy safety, since we would be covered before specific demand peaks. Roof area in km² at macroregional and national scale Areas with potential. And, obviously, the plan would not go well if these panels are placed without ton or they are. In the study, it states that the ideal area to fill the roofs of buildings with solar panels is that of East Asia. The reason is the great density of buildings and the conditions of the area in terms of solar radiation. North America and Europe also have great potential and, combined, these roof plates would generate more than 4,300 GW. In perspective, it is about a quarter of global capacity. Another advantage would be the decentralization of energy, making countries less vulnerable to energy and geopolitical crises. Africa would also be a good site, but the problem is that the territory currently represents only 1% of photovoltaic facilities due to deficiencies in energy services and dependence on fossil fuels. Stick to Nuclear. But well, we are currently burning coal when we need fast energy to satisfy the peaks, but we also have nuclear. So much that there are countries that have not only expanded the useful life of their centrals, but the closing decision of those already have to produce energy for a few more years. As we read in PV-MagazineCreutzig affirms that “with an unleashed solar potential, it is difficult to understand how governments justify investment in nuclear energy or carbon capture projects that have not yet been proven.” However, although nuclear also has its advantages over the use of fossil fuels, such as its power or stability, it is evident that the calculations of Sussex researchers are very interesting in order to take advantage to generate energy spaces that, right now, are underutilized. And be careful, it does not only stay in a study, since the University of Sussex has been testing This on the roofs around them. Images | Nature, Cre In Xataka | A word explains how Germany solved solar energy on the floors. His name is Balkonkraftwerk and they enjoy it millions

The greatest acquisition of the company’s history revolves around cybersecurity

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23,000 million dollars were not enough to close the initial treatment per Wiz. In July last year, Google presented its purchase proposal For the cybersecurity company in the cloud, But the offer was rejected. If he had completed, he would have marked the most ambitious acquisition in the history of the search engine. The conversations did not stop and, after months of negotiations, Google He has managed to close The agreement for 32,000 million dollars. The agreement. Google, under the leadership of L succinity Pichai, will disburse 32,000 million dollars (about 29,270 million euros) in a transaction entirely in cash. For now, they have signed a ‘definitive agreement’ that paves the way to close the operation. However, as is the case with any purchase of this magnitude, the process must still exceed the scrutiny of competition regulators in several countries, including the United States FTC, the United Kingdom CMA and the authorities of the European Union. Google’s most expensive purchase. Until now, no acquisition had cost the Mountain View giant so much. To put it in perspective, YouTube came out for 1,650 million dollars, Motorola for 12.5 billion and Mandiant for 5.4 billion. Wiz far exceed any previous figure. Behind the purchase. Multimillion -dollar acquisitions are not decisions that great technological ones take light. Behind each movement of this caliber there is a well -defined strategy. In this case, Google is committed to Wiz to reinforce cloud security and enhance its multicloud approach. If everything progresses as planned, the company will become part of Google Cloud, the ambitious cloud computing division that has acquired great notoriety in the middle of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). What does Wiz stand out? This New York headquarters offers a cloud security platform that is integrated without interruptions with the main cloud services and code environments. Its technology quickly analyzes customer infrastructure, creating a detailed map of code, resources, services and applications, in addition to its connections. With this, identify possible attack routes, prioritizes the most critical risks and allows developers to strengthen safety before deployment. Google Cloud competition works with Wiz. What will happen now? Three of Google Cloud’s main rivals, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud, already use Wiz’s solutions. Now that Google’s purchase seems imminent, the doubt arises about the future of these agreements. As the company has advanced, Wiz services will remain available for third parties. In fact, Google Cloud plans to offer these security solutions to its partners through its marketplace. “We hope to welcome the Wiz team and offer better cybersecurity alternatives for companies and governments around the world,” said the company, making its approach clear. In development. Images | Arthur Osipyan | Google | Wiz In Xataka | The true crown jewel in Apple is not its products, but its credibility. And they just torpedo her

The recipe for the greatest robbery of cryptocurrencies in history

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When we buy cryptocurrencies from an application, we usually leave our assets stored directly on the platform itself. This means that the safety of our investments depends on a digital purse managed by a third party. But experience shows that these applications are not 100% armored against computer attacks, so our assets could end up being violated or even stolen. Many bybit users, One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the worldThey have recently suffered an unprecedented blow. A group of cybercriminals linked to North Korea He has perpetrated the greatest robbery of cryptodivisas in history. An attack that not only affected the platform, but also leaves key lessons on the safety and risks of the crypto ecosystem. An unprecedented robbery. As we mentioned a few weeks agoon February 21 Bybit suffered a serious security failure that resulted in the theft of 1.5 billion dollars in cryptocurrencies. But how is it possible that a platform that manages about 20,000 million dollars in deposits has been the victim of an attack of such magnitude? Let’s see. The origin of the attack. Computer attacks rarely occur for a single failure. In most cases, they are the combination of several factors that ends up opening the door to a security gap. That is exactly what happened in the recent attack on Bybit, whose outcome could have been avoided if measures had been taken on time. In July 2024, the cybersecurity firm Check Point published a technical report in which he warned about a weakness in SAFEfree software used in cryptocurrency operations. According to the document, the Exectransaction function could be exploited to manipulate transaction data and execute malicious code. Between three and four months before the attack, the CEO of Bybit, Ben Zhou, admitted that his team had already detected compatibility problems between Safe and its security systems. But the warning did not translate into concrete measures. “We should have updated and away from Safe,” Zhou acknowledged in an interview with The New York Times. An invisible trap. On February 21, shortly before midnight, Ben Zhou, CEO of Bybit, connected from home to approve, along with two other executives, an important transfer from Ether from a multisig account linked to the platform. A routine operation in appearance, but would end in disaster. To sign the transaction, he used his Ledger physical wallet, trusting the information that the interface showed on his computer. In the eyes of the signatories, everything seemed in order: addresses, amounts and functions coincided with what was expected. But what they did not know was that the attackers had already committed part of Safe’s infrastructure. A malicious code inserted in the system manipulated the information on the screen, causing Zhou and his team to approve, without knowing it, a fraudulent transaction. The result was inevitable: the funds ended in a purse controlled by the attackers. Everything was recorded in the blockchain, but it was too late. Panic call. Around 30 minutes later, the financial director (CFO) of Bybit telephoned Zhou in a trembling voice: “The entire Ether has disappeared.” Zhou departed without delay towards the Bybit offices in Singapore and initiated an internal crisis protocol known as P-1 where all members of the leadership team are awakened. But there were little to do. Transactions of this type cannot be reversed. Their efforts focused on investigating what happened, giving tranquility to customers and applying changes to improve security. A brilliant strategy. The problem was not in the intelligent contract code or in the Multisig system. There was no failure in these points, but a well -orchestrated trap: the attackers manipulated the interface and the signature flow, deceiving the signatories to authorize false transactions without realizing it. And there is the true nightmare: you can count on multiple signatures and high level, but if everyone sees the same and what they see is a hoax, the attack is consumed without major obstacles. Images | RC.XYZ NFT Gallery | Jakub żerdzicki In Xataka | APK “with a bug”: the risk of using other routes to access free premium spotify after the closure of several clients

The greatest enemy of Perovskita’s solar panels is heat. Some researchers have found a solution: titanium

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The commercial viability of Perovskita solar panels is getting closer, thanks to the different solutions over time. However, there is still a big problem to solve to be able to install them, but a team of engineers has managed to solve using titanium. Short. Researchers from the Technological Institute of Georgia in the United States They have achieved That Perovskita’s solar cells are more stable and support high temperatures. The solution was to incorporate titanium into one of the layers. The problem. The incorporation of Perovskita panels to the market has been a challenge because they do not last long when they are exposed to high temperatures. The reason is in one of its internal layers, known as the hollow transport layer (HTL), which allows the movement of electricity within it. This layer, usually made of a material called spiro-feet, begins to crystallize and lose efficiency when the temperature exceeds 70ºC. The solution. The technique used In research is steam phase infiltration (VPI). In this process, the solar cell is exposed to a titanium gas in a low vacuum environment. This allows titanium oxide/hydroxide (Tiox) to integrate into the HTL layer of the solar cell. In this way, titanium acts as a thermal stabilizer, preventing it from crystallizing and ensuring that panel efficiency is not degraded by heat. As a result, solar cells have preserved more than 80% of their original efficiency after 200 hours of 75ºC tests. An alternative to silicon. The study of the study to continue working the Perovskita panels and not those of silicon has been for several reasons. On the one hand, a cost of costs and energy consumption because silicon cells are much more expensive than those of Perovskita. On the other hand, the study has been conducted with financing from the Office of Solar Energy Technologies of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the United States Energy Department, so alternatives have been sought for do not depend on Chinain a context of Tariff war. More solutions for Perovskitas. The American study is not the only one who is looking for alternatives in this line. An investigation in the United Kingdom has managed to go one step further developing a method that makes solar cells more resistant to external factors such as humidity, heat and physical wear. Forecasts Until now the technology developed by the American engineers group is in patent. Commercial implementation will be pending if researchers manage to find partners and the future of Solar energy in the United States. Image | Georgia Tech Xataka | How a new study has achieved cheaper Perovskita solar panels and more efficiently by capturing light on both sides

It is the second consecutive explosion and the greatest setback in the recent history of the rocket

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Starship’s eighth flight was going to be a repetition of the previous launch, which Spacex could not complete because The ship ended up disintegrating On the Atlantic Ocean. However, exactly the same thing has happened again. The ship has exploded again. And in the same flight phase: eight minutes after takeoff, when Starship 34 was about to turn off to start its suborbital trajectory to the Indian Ocean. Like the Starship 33, the ship lost control when several of its engines (first three, and then a room) went out or exploited. Then he began to turn on his axis until he exploded, either because he ended up disintegrating, as his predecessor, or because the flight termination system was activated, self -controlled the rocket for security. The reentry was seen from Miami. The videos of the remains of the ship by disintegrating in the atmosphere soon appeared. From Bahamasfrom the Turkish Islands and Caicos and from Dominican Republic, last timebut also from Cabo Cañaveral and Miamisince the explosion occurred when the rocket was traveling at 20,000 km/h, while the flight from flight 7 exploded more than 21,000 km/Hy, therefore, further. As It happened in Januaryimmediately They began to deviate Also the airplanes. The areas where remains of the rocket can fall are delimited and, when an incident occurs, Spacex warns the authoritiesthat close the airspace, asking the pilots to deviate to other airports if necessary. Twice the same stone? According to the Spacex researchStarship 33 had failed by a “stronger harmonic resonance phenomenon” than expected. Vibrations that caused an oxygen leak in the lower part of the rocket, which in turn triggered a fire, which in turn exploded the engines. Spacex did a test of On a one -minute land To try to better understand the problem, and tried to mitigate the effects of these vibrations improving the ventilation of the lower part of the ship, to avoid an accumulation of gases. Although it is not confirmed that the Starship 34 has failed for the same reasons, in An image of the direct A small fire has been seen, and in another The explosion of an engine. Something happens with the Starship Block 2. Put to find guilty, the greatest setback in the recent history of the Starship program coincides with a change of version. Starship 33 and Starship 34 are First block models 2, which represent the second generation of the ship-cohete. Two meters higher than the previous generation, has methane deposits and liquid oxygen of greater capacity, improvements in the thermal shield, renewed front alerons and changes in propulsion subsystems. Whatever it is, something has failed in this iteration, and Spacex now has more data to solve it. Images | Spacex, In Xataka | Spacex had been abruptly canceling for almost two years a starship launch. Until now

Telefónica is 100 years old but it is now when you have to decide what you want to be older. Is facing its greatest existential dilemma

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Few companies become hundred. Of those who achieve it, few have survived as many transformations as Telefónica. Founded when the phone was a luxury, a civil war, world war, dictatorships, democracies, republics and monarchies, privatizations, technological bubbles and digital revolutions has lived. But He has never faced a crossroads as existential as the current: Define your identity for the next century. He Mobile World Congress 2025 It has been the scenario where Marc Murtra, in his first months as president, has presented his vision for Teleco. A stand of almost a square kilometer encapsulated this Identity search. The Valencian artisanal spheres that decorated the space – a beautiful wink four months after the Dana tragedy – represented something halfway between tradition and modernity. A Perfect metaphor of a company trapped between two worlds: The conventional teleco that is seeing how its margins are eroded, and the technology company in which it aspires to become. Above, Valencian artisan spheres connected to the failed world to decorate the stand. Below, the Autonomous Drone connected by 5G that starred in a part of the MWC of the Teleco. The metaphor of the two worlds among which Telefónica trapped: tradition (the pure telecation business) and modernity (the technological company in which it seeks to become). Image: Telefónica. An operator in a hostile world The European context does not help. While the United States has three main operators for 335 million people, Europe has 34 for 450 million. This fragmentation, praised by regulators as a low price guarantor, has created an ecosystem where no operator has the critical mass to compete globally. Murtra was not subtle in Barcelona with Your Opening Speech: “It is time for large European telecommunications companies to consolidate and grow to create technological capacity.” A warning: “Europe’s position in the world will continue to decide and will not have the capacity to decide its future autonomously.” What until recently was a business debate has now climbed to geopolitical matter. The new president draws the battle with a sports metaphor: “We operate in a fragmented market, it’s like playing football with a hand tied behind our backs. If we unleash our hands, we will mark a few goals.” A GRADE OF Aid Shared by the CEOs of Vodafone, Orange and Deutsche Telekom, who joined the choir In Barcelona with an unusual voice. Pallete left a perfect paradox on the table: He reduced the debt in half (from 53,000 million to less than 29,000) while the stock value collapsed 57%. The equation is clear: Financial sanitation is no longer enough to seduce markets. The investment seeks growth stories, not survival. And that is where the technological jacket feels better than that of Teleco. And for her they go. The MWC as a declaration of intentions The demos that Telefónica presented in Barcelona are the anticipation of their future bets. It is no longer limited to talking about connectivity, but goes into more complex territories: Autonomous drones integrated with Open Gateway APIS, Security in the face of quantum computing challengesand its digital operations center for cybersecurity. It is striking that the Teleco did not simply show its 5G network, but the applications that can be built on it. Your demo drones He showed cases of health, environmental and logistics use. An effort to be in the value chain beyond the “tube” of data is appreciated. Beyond the dreaded Commoditization. The presentation of its technology Quantum-Safe Networks He anticipates threats that have not even arrived yet, but they will do it when quantum computing is more present than future. The announcement of an excellence center in this field, although without detailing investment or template Xataka On this matter, it shows its intention to become a strategic security provider. Enrique Blanco, outgoing Ctio after four decades in the company, has indicated that they have been working in this field for a decade, conducting limited tests in areas such as Madrid or Vizcaya. But perhaps the most important bet is Open Gateway. Chema Alonso, visible face of digital transformation (although An uncertain future), has presented Agreements with Tiktok, Cabify, AWS, Google Cloud and the Community of Madrid. The goal is convert their networks, so far mere highways, on platforms that generate income. Telefónica wants to monetize its privileged position as an identity validity and position itself as a technological intermediary between citizens and services. However, Under these modernity signs, the structure of a company born to another world persists. Its corporate culture, molded for decades as a national monopoly, collides with the agility that innovation requires. The More than 100,000 employees that still maintains the group contrast with lighter operators. Not to mention the great technological ones. The impossible referents When telecos have tried to reinvent themselves, the results have been lime and sand. AT&T opted to become a media company acquiring Warnerjust to end selling it years later. Verizon bought Yahoo and Aol, and then detach from both in half of what cost them. Deutsche Telekom, perhaps the greatest success case, has managed to better balance its transformation, but as its CEO Tim Höttges explained in Barcelona, ​​”today we make 65% of our income in the United States.” Telefónica’s case is more complex. Its international expansion gave it global scale, but also dispersion (a few days ago He sold his Argentine subsidiary for 1,000 million). And its telephone division Tech points to diversification towards cybersecurity, Cloud and IoT, but still represents a small fraction of total income. In the agora of their stand in Barcelona, ​​where more than one hundred managers have paraded tensing during the fair, Telefónica has sought to project a technological leader image. The problem is that the market continues to see it fundamentally as a teleco with aspirations technot as a true technological company. The transition is a long process. 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People are using AI on Tiktok to “travel in time” to some of the greatest catastrophes in history

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Fever for the past (not because of history in its purest form, but for the sensations that were lived in other times) is increasingly strong, and now that the Millennials They are starting to experiment What gene x has been suffering in their flesh for years (nostalgia for what has been lived and not lived since you get up until you go to bed), it was only a matter of time that tools such as AI were added to fashion. Only this time nostalgia leads us to moments when technology (not already AI, but directly the electric current) had not invented, and gives rise to Trends how to live in the first person the black plague. What happened, happened. Dawn in Pompeya The day of the eruption of Vesubio, Work in Chernobyl In 1986 or be one of the witchcraft In the 17th century Salem are some of the historical hits of the videos generated by @timetravellerpovTiktok user who already has 472,000 followers and eight million ‘like’ accumulated in their creations, despite the short life of the account, which began at the beginning of the year. Of course, he already takes advantage of his fame to announce Video creation courses for AI similar to yours. The other face of the story. The most curious thing about the account is that not only publishes videos of historical facts that we cannot have lived for obvious reasons, but much more everyday experiences and that have nothing of historical transcendence (although emotional): being A teenager from the eightiesa small child In Great Britain of the Two Miles Or the most curious of all, for the recent facts: recall in the first person (like all these videos) what was Covid confinementwhich undoubtedly any user of the account will have recent. Millions of people in misfortunes. Of course, these are not the most visited videos, but the very viralized Chernobyl and The black plaguewith 32 and 24 million reproductions, which far exceed the most common between 1 and 3 million of the rest of the channel videos. It is clear that users want to experience unattainable misfortunes of the near or remote past, almost in tourist planand they begin to demonstrate with the comments of the videos, which usually have a tone close to “calm, which was a moment running for my life in Pompeii.” The problem of historical fidelity. It is clear that the primary objective of these accounts is entertainment, and not reflect in a reliable way what the past was. Some historian has already pointed out some gazapos of these videos (especially in their imitators): in one of the many on the black plague, houses with architecture other than the real or train tracks appear, something impossible in the fourteenth century. Others such as Pompeya favor the spectacular when we have records that speak of a different experience. The danger of these videos, beyond that they can spread erroneous visions, is in the malicious use: “People could manipulate the story; (…) and create a video that supports the denialists of the Holocaust,” says historian Amy Boyington For BBC. Imitors sprout. Of course, success has been born a good number of imitators, all more rough and less careful than @timetravellerpov, which despite its factual mistakes has more careful animations and more realistic setting, and flees (relatively) from the morbidity. They are accounts like @Chron0.viewwho has dared to portray crazy things such as Kennedy’s murder from the president’s point of view or 11-S attacks from within the Twin Towers. Some, like @the_pov_lab It exceeds the original account and almost all, of course, have their own version of life during the black plague. Header | @timetravellerpov In Xataka | The Humane Ai Pin debacle is a problem for the industry: who will trust a pot now

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