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North Korea threw his “greatest war boat,” he sank instantly and now he is trying to recover it with … balloons

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Last week a relevant event occurred in North Korea. The nation presented in society a destroyer who was going to become the largest warship in the nation, and for this he had announced the bombing and dish with all kinds of political representations. However, just touching water, The ship sank and ended sideways. Kim Jong-un did not come out of his astonishment and promised fix the ship In the short term. The space is showing that they are trying, although with mixed results. Balloon hypothesis. Satellite images over the weekend revealed the appearance of a kind of balloons Around the ship. South Korean and Western experts have speculated that these balloons could have various functions: Avoid new water leaks, prevent recognition from drones or relieve the weight that fell on the still stranded part on the dock. The objects have a form reminiscent of small airships or aerostatos, and some seemed to be equipped with stabilizing fins. Although traditional flotation structures such as those used by the United States (for example, air cameras under the helmet) were not detected, analysts believed that North Korean technical resources limit the options of rescue available. The position of the ship then, embedded between earth and sea, further aggravated the technical challenge, since any attempt to straighten it could fracture the keel and condemn the ship to its total scratch. Precarious advance. With this week’s entrance the satellite images captured by Planet Labs showed a great change. The North Korean frigate of Choi-Hyun class seems Finally straightened and now floated on its own in the port of Chongjin. This advance represented a modest achievement after public embarrassment that the accident for Kim Jong Un, who personally witnessed the disaster. Although Pyongyang had initially affirmed that the damage was minor and that the repair would take “About ten days”the complexity of the situation, the lack of adequate facilities and the little transparency of the regime generate doubts about the true state of the ship. Beyond Parallel and 38 North have confirmed that They have been completed the first rescue operationsbut they warn that it is still A long way to go before the frigate can be considered restored or ready for incorporation into the fleet. Technical details and limitations. The most recent image shows the boat (about 5,000 tons of displacement) floating in the center of the port, surrounded by other auxiliaries and with what they seem to be, again, rescue balloons and temporary ramps around them. Although the ship has recovered a vertical position, it presents a slight inclination towards port, indicating that it still water is being pumped and stabilizing the structure. They have not been able to accurately evaluate the damage to the helmet due to the limited resolution of the images, but experts Like Jennifer Junof the CSIS, insist that continuous monitoring will be key to assess Real progress of the works. Since the Hambuk shipyard in Chongjin does not have a functional dry dock, it is possible that the ship should be transferred to another installation if severe structural damage is confirmed, something that cannot be discarded yet. Political pressure and propaganda. What’s doubt, the political pressure imposed by Kim Jong una (who ordered that the ship was repaired before the next plenary session of the Central Committee at the end of June) has added an almost theatrical emergency component to recovery efforts. However, both analysts and South Korean military sources consider extremely unlikely that this period can be fulfilled. The reason? The lack of a Public Evaluation credible the state of the ship and the insistence of the regime to project efficiency at all costs contrast with the visible evidence: blue canvases covering damaged sections and the suspicion of internal deformations in the keel, which could inevitably compromise the integrity of the helmet. A touched symbol. As we countthe injured frigate is the second unit of its class, after the launch of the Choi Hyon in Apriland represents the most ambitious attempt of North Korea of ​​modernizing its naval power. Equipped with multiple weapons systems, these vessels are intended to be a symbolic response to the naval presence of South Korea and the United States in the region. However, the failure of the launch and the improvised rescue works have exposed the technical and logistics limitations of the country. As now He pointed 38 Norththe ruling was probably due to a malfunction of the launch mechanismwhich left the helmet trapped by the bow on the ground while the stern rushed into the water. The result was a stranded vessel in A highly unstable anglethe worst possible scenario for any naval rescue operation. Uncertain end. In summary, and although the regime can proclaim having made an advance by having put the frigate again afloat, the operational reality seems Much more uncertain. The lack of visual evidence of the state of the helmet, the absence of a suitable dry dock and the political pressure For fulfilling unreal terms they draw a panorama in which the ship could end up being more useful as a propaganda symbol than as a functional element of the North Korean navy. At the moment, the ship remains in a floating limbo: straightened, or almost, and without being operational. And above all, exposed to International viewdespite all attempts for cover Its rugged story and progress. Image | Sentinel-2, CSIS/BEYOND PARALLEL/MAXAR In Xataka | The ridiculous premiere of the “Greater War Ship” of North Korea has a great suspect: Kim Jong-un In Xataka | North Korea has been sending armament for months to Russia. In return, Russia is giving him what longs for her: a functional army

The greatest fear was that AI took our work. The reality is that they are replacing those who are learning to work

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In just a few weeks, thousands of students from generation Z will graduate in their respective careers with the hope of get that first job that allows them to start a professional career. However, the current panorama is increasingly complicated for those who seek their first job opportunity. The Difficulty accessing the labor market Not only does it come for the structural part of an economy shaking by Commercial uncertainty. The AI ​​is already beginning to assume tasks that until now carried out the Practices in practices or Junior employees, which traditionally served as an initial step for the newly graduates. The staircase has broken. As explained Aneesh Raman, responsible for Economic Opportunities of LinkedIn In an article for The New York Times“The first thing that is being broken is the lowest step of the professional staircase”, a trend that threatens to leave many young people without the possibility of learning and growing in their first years of career. As He predicted Fortune In 2024, the AI ​​already is doing your jobso there is no reason for companies to hire them. Currently, AI acts mainly as a support tool to lighten the workload of senior employees by automating routine tasks. In great technology, Like AmazonGoogle or Microsoft, are implemented to help their developers do administrative or generation tasks small code fragments. Tasks that until now were part of the learning process of Junior employees. The Z generation is already noticing it. Chris Hyams, CEO of Indeed, said in the Fortune‘S Workplace Innovation Summit that: “The good news is that there is no job that AI can perform all the skills required. This does not mean that it will not replace the workers, but the AI ​​cannot replace a complete job.” However, Hyams said that “in approximately two thirds of all works, 50% or more of the skills required are things that the current generative AI can do reasonably well, or very well.” This means that, although AI does not eliminate all positions, it does reduce the need to perform many basic tasks that used to train new employees. Youth unemployment data in the US. The implantation rhythm of AI in the business field is being faster in the United States than in other countries. According The published by The Atlantic, The New York Federal Reserve He warnedof an increase in unemployment among the newly graduates standing at 5.8% and 6.2% for younger workers. That is, something is happening in the entrance to the labor market. Although there is still no definitive evidence that AI is the only cause of the weakening of this link in the professional career of the youngest, the trend is clear: the opportunities to learn working from below are disappearing in the sectors where AI is being implemented faster, as companies Like Duolingo or Shopify They are adopting policies that reduce hiring options of the youngest to do those routine tasks if there is the possibility that they can make them an AI. Ask for qualified employees, but not form them. In parallel to the creation of this training wall imposed by automation, companies from all over the world denounce a growing shortage of qualified labor. According to recent European Union data collectedby Euronewsthe lack of experienced workers and advanced skills has become one of the main challenges for the economy. This phenomenon creates a paradox: as long as young people do not find opportunities to train in companies from their simpler processes, companies fail to cover their vacancies with qualified personnel. If this trend is consolidated, in a few years AI will not have left millions of workers without employment. In reality, it will have been the companies themselves who would have prevented the training of qualified personnel and with the necessary experience for supervise the work of AI that is developing. In Xataka | Founders of small startups and large technological ones already has something in common: they are millmillonarios thanks to the AI In Xataka | “Humans will not be necessary for most things”: Bill Gates does not believe that doctors and teachers have a future Image | Unspash (Mushvig Niftaliyev)

For the greatest drone attack in its history

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A few hours ago an attack took place that will surely mark a turning point in the Ukraine War. kyiv launched the Greater offensive with drones From the beginning of the war, hitting Russian air bases simultaneously extended from the western border to Eastern Siberia. The operation, planned for more than a year and a half, points to an unprecedented economic and military impact for Moscow. In the heart of Russia. Ukraine has confirmed officially the authorship of one of the most unexpected and strategically significant attacks of the conflict: the operation “Spiderweb”, executed by The Ukraine Safety Service (SBU), hit the heart of Russian strategic aviation by disabling or destroying at least 34% of its fleet of long -range bombers (there is talk of more than 40), According to Ukrainian figures. The estimated economic damage, if so, would rise to 7,000 million dollarsalthough it has not yet been independently verified. This offensive, secretly planned during more than 18 months and personally directed by President Volodimir Zelenski together with the head of the SBU, Lieutenant General Vasyl Maliuk, represents a paradigm shift in the Ukrainian capacity of long -distance offensive projection, penetrating the interior of the Russian territory with camouflaged drones and operated from mobile platforms. Five key bases and nuclear deterrence touched. The offensive, which as we said took place yesterday, June 1, concentrated on Five air bases Russians: Belaya, Diaghilevo, Olenya, Ivanovo and another without specifying in the regions of Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ryazán and Amur. In these facilities, strategic aircraft such as TU-95 and TU-22m3 bombersusually used to launch cruise missiles against Ukrainian cities, as well as a A-50 plane Early alert. According to sbu sources, 41 airplanes were reached and at least one part was destroyed on land. The Images obtained They show fires on the track and mass explosions, and some sequences would include the voice of Maliuk himself qualifying the attack as a “Bavovna”, an ironic Ukrainian term to refer to explosions in territory occupied by Russia. Unprecedented clandestinity. Attack logistics also demonstrates an unprecedented level of sophistication. Had the New York Times that had images that found that the fpv drones were introduced clandestinely in Russiahidden inside wood structures that simulated houses, mounted on trucks. These vehicles were placed near the air bases and, at a timely manner, the roofs were They opened remotely To release drones, which flew directly towards the objectives without alerting defensive systems. The information It was confirmed Both the SBU and by Russian regional authorities, including the governor of Irkutsk, Igor Kobzev, who acknowledged that the drones were thrown from a truck In the town of Sredniymarking the first time Siberia suffers such an attack. Russian reactions. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that five aerodromes In different regions they were attacked, although he described the offensive as a “terrorist act” of the “Kyiv regime.” Russia said the attacks in Ivanovo, Ryazán and Amur They were repelledand that several aviation teams “caught” in Murmansk and Irkutsk after drone releases from the vicinity. He also declared that the fires have already been extinguishedthat there were no victims and that some participants in the attacks have already been arrested, although these statements have not been verified by independent sources. While, Several Telegram channels Russians recognized that drones came from trucks parked on highways close to the objectives, which exposes significant structural vulnerability in the defense of Russia’s most sensitive assets. Plus: according to Russian and Ukrainian sourcesdrones left from trucks with Chelyabinsk license plates, after being armed in rented stores within the Russian territory, which again implies an unprecedented level of internal infiltration. Ukraine also suffers. The same Sunday and almost in parallel, Russia launched a powerful missile attack Against a Ukrainian training base in the Dnipró region, causing at least 12 dead and more than 60 injured, on one of the few occasions in which the Ukrainian armed forces publicly recognize significant low. As a consequence, the commander of the land forces, the general of division Mykhailo Drapatyi, He presented his resignationassuming “personal responsibility for tragedy”, reflecting a culture of control based on accountability. Although it is ensured that the majority of the staff were protected at the time of the attack, the event revives the debate on safety in military facilities to increasingly intensive and better coordinated Russian attacks. War and diplomacy. The paradox of the war is that both offensives occurred on the eve of New peace negotiations In Istanbul, promoted by Moscow. Although Kyiv had conditioned his participation to receive a Russian memorandum with proposals of Alto El Fuego, Zelenski confirmed the shipment of a delegation headed by the Minister of Defense, Rustem Uumerov. The Ukrainian president did not clarify if such a document had been received, just saying that they had Defined positions of Ukraine before the conversations. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials accuse the Kremlin of using negotiations as dilatory maneuverwhile looking for military advances in the field after more than three years of conflict. The role of drones. The Spiderweb operation has once again evidenced the tactical value of Low cost drones such as the lack in strategic asset protection within the Russian military apparatus. The lack of reinforced hangars In air bases he left the bombers exposed to swarms of FPV drones (some possibly assisted by artificial intelligence and autonomous navigation based on image recognition), capable of operating without emitting electronic signals and without the need for human remote control. This new generation of weapons not only reduces costs and increases the effective experienced similar incidents. The proliferation of this type of weapons has changed the rules of the global air defense game, accelerating the urgency of developing countermeasures adapted to high -precision asymmetric war scenarios. A before and after. No doubt, beyond material destruction, “Spiderweb” operation It has a huge strategic and symbolic dimension, since it emails that Ukraine can penetrate deeply into the enemy territory with modest but tactically accurate technical means, challenging the idea that Russia can operate with impunity in … Read more

Four AI companies control how Half Mundo reasons. It is the greatest concentration of intellectual power in history

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While the public focus is concentrated in the possibility that the AI ​​will take our job ahead (Business Insider 21% of its template has just announced citing it as a cause, the CEO of Axios has published A text by the chungosAnthropic’s CEO has shouted “that comes the wolf” to justify that only they can save us), In the background something less visible is happening: We are giving our intellectual autonomy in favor of efficiency and comfort. It is not just that four companies –Openai, Google, Anthropic, Meta – are building the infrastructure with which millions of people resolve doubts and make decisions. They not only manage data: they also protect the way we link ideas. The Great Chinese of AI They are out of this equation for a simple reason: their still domestic approach without the international vocation of the Americans. Google (the search engine) was and is influential, but with it we have had to spin our own speech: Cotejar Fuentes, Weighing biases, assume contradictions. The generative AI instead serves a round response that It sounds coherent even when hallucin And that’s why he demands less surveillance. The result is that we are replacing the “internal process” with an external verdict covered with a technological aura that deter the replica. Whatever you say, Chatty. Delegate is too tempting. Save time and headaches. The problem is that we do not subcontract logistics, but criteria. We ask Chatgpt A professional strategy. TO Claude A curriculum. TO Gemini today’s interpretations. In doing so we accept without discussing the biases and empty of a trained model about texts that we will never see. It is an invisible assignment and, therefore, difficult to question. Never before so few hands had defined what questions can be asked and what answers sound reasonable. History has known infrastructure monopolies – electrity, internet, railways – but never one about reasoning patterns. Now another qualitatively appears: It operates on the symbolic plane, where narrative frames are defined through which we understand the world. Very subtle and very decisive. What previously implied a deliberation – read, contrast, imagine scenarios, weigh nuances – today becomes an instantaneous response, of definitive appearance. What to think about euthanasia? How to react to infidelity? What economic model is more fair? We no longer look for elements to think: we look for the correct answer The faster and more comfortable. And we accept as valid the one that sounds best, even if it ignores what does not fit in your narrative. Its effects will not be immediate, but predictable: a slow loss of variety in thought, of ideas out of the ordinary. Platforms have progressive consequences. Tiktok and Spotify, for example, They have made the songs last less and the chorus arrive before. What consequences will the LLMS within fifteen years? If we all consult models that converge towards average responses, intellectual eccentricity – culture rate for innovation – It will be increasingly weird. There is hardly a brake for AI, but perhaps at some point we have to decide how much reasoning we are willing to deliver before staying without it. Outstanding image | Xataka In Xataka | Deep Research is not just a new AI function. It is the beginning of the end of intellectual work as we know it

North Korea was going to throw his greatest war boat and ended up sinking it into the sea. Everything points to a culprit: Kim Jong-un

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Making a fool of it is something that It is not anyone’s pleasure. Surely you have ever stumbled down the street and looked around to see if someone had seen you. Now, imagine that what stumbles is a Military ship of 5,000 tons and several million dollars and sinks at the time of its premiere. That is what happened last week when Kim Jong-un He witnessed how His brand new war ship sank before the impotence of all those present and under the watchful eye of the rest of the planet. And everything indicates that the error was because, as the Spanish proverb points, the hurry are not good. Short. Days before the event, satellite images They showed both the vessel and a scenario in which what seemed to be an observation zone. Probably, the place from which Kim Jong-un was going to witness that historic moment. And the truth is that it was historic, but not for the reasons he would have wanted. On May 23, during the launch ceremony of the new North Korean destroyer (the second of its most advanced class), all attendees in the front row and the world was witnesses of a Technical failure that ended in disaster: the ship overturned. That symbol of power, with 143 meters in length and 74 vertical missile launch cells, ended up ridiculous. How do we float it? Satellite images later Analyzed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, or CSIS, they showed the ship partially sunken with tarps that covered the disaster. And, although at first the rush was blamed, we now have more clues about everything that could go wrong. Obviously, there is no official information from North Korea, but in The New York Timeswe can see that there are analysts who are quite clear what the problem was. Or the sum of them. Image | CSIS/BEYOND PARALLEL/MAXAR When a ship is finished, there is Several ways to ‘throw it’ into the water. We have the sliding launch in which the ship slides on a ramp into the water. The dry dock in which the ship is built in a dry dock and, once finished, the water dike is filled (That is done with cruises). Also the mechanical launch by cranes, the launch with airbags that are placed under the ship and allow it to slide to the water. And the side launch that drops the side ship into the water. Normally, a single technique is used, but in the North Korean destroyer disaster it seems that sliding and side techniques were used. And not because that’s how it was planned. Perfect storm. As noted The New York TimesIt was the first time that analysts watched North Korea use the side launch to throw a war ship. This technique is sure if it is done well, but in Large ships It is more likely that a problem appears, with dire consequences if it happens. The reading of the analysts is that, using that technique for a 5,000-ton ship points to a lack of experience added to the political pressures by Kim Jong-un to achieve rapid results. The destroyer was manufactured in the port city of Chongjin that has experience assembling ships of such magnitude, but not something as huge as this ship. This puts on the table that a possible trigger was that inexperience When throwing such large ships. In the absence of a dry dike of the appropriate size, it is estimated that the engineers tried the lateral launch to throw it into the water, but the angle was not correct and, when trying to slide it, the ship was unbalanced and ended up lying on the right side. When it goes well, as happened with this fighting ship of 3,500 tons in 2013, it is worth seeing: And it can also go wrong: The hurry are not good. Interestingly, this destroyer is from Choe Hyun classwhose first model was inaugurated successfully Last month. It was going to be the second great frigate of North Korea and the new example of that naval remodeling that Kim Jong-un is promoting. And the precedents were good: the first It was built In the city of Nampo and, because it is a larger shipyard, they could put it afloat through the technique of dry dock. There were no major problems and, at the inauguration, the ruler saw how test missiles were thrown successfully. However, there are hurry in the government dome to follow demonstrating to the world its military potentialwhich has led the president to visit the shipyards who are building new ships to accelerate delivery deadlines. In addition, there are information They point out that, although the ship could have thrown out correctly, the ocean exit street is narrow and has a questionable depth. I made a. pic.twitter.com/urflog6leo – Dr. Jeffrey Lewis (@armsControlwonk) May 22, 2025 Firm hand. And who will pay for this? At the moment, the ridiculous has resulted in several arrests of members of the responsible shipyard itself. The Central News Agency of Korea reported that the chief engineer, a senior armament official and another member of the installation had been arrested, and Kim himself described The accident as a “criminal act”, demanding An urgent restoration of the ship before June. Country engineers estimate that, pumping seawater, they can straighten the ship and repair damage. And it will take about ten days to do it, but it seems complicated because, after a week, Keep as it was. Sentinel-2 images of May 23 and 28. Despite the clouds, we can see that the destroyer continues exactly at the same point And sarcasm. From South Korea, which always have an eye and a half placed in what their neighbors doThey think something else. Yang UK is an expert in North Korean military affairs of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul and, as Tnyt comments, the incident may not be only an accident, but something caused by a structural imbalance on the ship itself. … Read more

Years ago I bought an Echo Dot with the idea of ​​using Alexa, but the greatest use I have given is with a Nintendo Switch

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At the beginning of 2023 I bought the Echo Dot of 5th Generation With the idea of ​​creating an ecosystem connected at home. And although in a way I came to do it, I have rarely made use of the functions that Alexa offers. In fact, the use that I have given most is with a Nintendo Switch, and for the 49.99 euros which currently costs the device would use it again. Echo Dot (5th Generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review A device that offers great utility beyond making Alexa use He Echo Dot of 5th Generation It is thought, to some extent, to connect accessories compatible with Alexathus creating a “intelligent” ecosystem to use the voice functions and commands of the assistant. However, we must not forget that We talk about a Bluetooth connectivity speakerand it is precisely what I have squeezed the most. During these years I have had the Amazon device placed in different places of the house. While it is true that now I have it in the living room, most of the time I have had it in the bedroom. On many occasions I have played the console in the bedroom for a small time, and Not having a TV had to use the portable format. The sound of the console is the one that is, so there was a time when I wanted to prove if it could be paired with the echo dot. You can, and the audio quality liked it so much that I have spent many months using the Amazon echo this way. Since then, I have used it with other devices such as my smartphone. Lately I have been around my head buying a portable bluetooth speaker. That is, with integrated battery to connect it to the Nintendo Switch anywhere and not depend on the location where I have the Amazon echo. However, the next step I will take will not be to buy a Bluetooth speaker, but convert the Echo Dot into a portable speaker. In the same Amazon store there are some accessories compatible with the Echo Dot of 5th generation. One of the most interesting is the one who sells the store itself under the Mission Cable brand: it is a Integrated battery accessory to which we can attach the Amazon echo, so that it does not depend on having a power outlet. And its price is not very high, it costs 48.99 euros. In short, the 5th generation Echo has seemed a very useful device. Although I do not express it to the maximum, I have given him a utility that he thought would not give him. The cable mission accessory also seems very useful, especially if we want to use the Amazon device without limiting us to do it in a single room (and without having to buy several Amazon Echo). You may also interest you Mission cables – Current USB cable for Amazon Fire TV * Some price may have changed from the last review Echo Pop (last generation) | Bluetooth smart speaker with Alexa of powerful and compact sound | Lavender * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Alberto García in Espinof, Amazon In Xataka | Best Amazon Fire TV. Which to buy and recommended models to turn your TV into a smart TV depending on the use In Xataka | Better televisions in quality Price: which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K 4K

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

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