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Goodbye to the official Windows 10 support is bad news for users. Hackers already rub their hands

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On October 14, millions of computers worldwide will be helpless. That day The official Windows 10 support period endswhich means that users of equipment based on this operating system will not receive security updates. Problem. That raises a gigantic problem for end users, but especially for companies you can see their operation committed to future vulnerabilities that are discovered in said operating system. It is something that has happened in the past with ancient Microsoft operating systems, but the difference here is in the windows 10 dimension. Four out of ten pcs, with Windows 10. According to Statcounter Globalstats data, Windows 10 has currently a global fee of 40.84%. Four out of ten teams that use Windows, use Windows 10. That involves hundreds of millions of PCs, laptops and other devices – point of sale, interactive kiosks, industrial control systems – are exposed to new vulnerability that are discovered from that moment. In Spain, by the way, it is quota is even more worrying. Remembering what happened with Windows 8. In January 2016 Microsoft also marked the end of the Windows 8 support, but the market share of said operating system was much lower, which made the risk, even existing, it was much lower. The problem of the Windows 10 quota is now added that Ransomware and other malware threats They have multiplied. Party for cybercriminals. The “hackers” – or rather, the crackers, the cybercriminals – have before them a golden opportunity to discover and exploit new vulnerabilities that will not be corrected by Microsoft or whose updates will not apply in most cases. It is true that Microsoft has offered methods to extend updates in some cases, but as has happened in the past, many users will not take advantage of them and therefore will be vulnerable to those future cyber attacks. Update options. With the end of Windows 10, there are options for users. One of them is to update Windows 11 “Skipping” the technical requirements Taxes by Microsoft. The other, take advantage of the free extension of the update period, which they can receive for one more year With a simple process. There is also the most profitable option for Microsoft and manufacturers: update to a new PC that arrives with pre -installed Windows 11. And of course, we can opt for other operating systems: these equipment can remain useful (and insurance) installing some linux distribution. The condemnation of “Legacy” systems. Microsoft has always had the philosophy of maintaining compatibility back. That has advantages – can continue executing software for years even in modern hardware – but also that serious disadvantage of security commitment. Apple does not suffer so much. Apple, for example, has a much more drastic attitude in terms of updates and constant update is prioritized. And although it is possible to continue using old equipment with old versions, new functions that usually encourage users to update are excluded. Because it has it much easier. But of course, Apple has in its catalog a few tens of Mac and Macbook since they do not license their operating system, which makes it much easier have these updates under control. In the Windows world, with tens (hundreds?) Of manufacturers and millions of hardware and software combinations, conflicts may appear everywhere and control security is much more complex. In Xataka | The unexpected return of Windows 7: it reaches almost 10% of the market when Microsoft prepares to retire Windows 10

Byd has the future of buses in their hands and they are bad news for European brands

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Throughout the last years we have seen how the automobile industry has revolved around the conquest of multiple Chinese manufacturers looking for a piece of cake in Europe. Byd has been Great participant in this situationbut we still have something to say. And is that the Chinese giant recently presented his new E-Bus Platform Platform 3.0with the promise of also revolutionizing the public transport industry. The highlight: 1,000 volt technology and batteries integrated directly in the chassis, a formula that seeks to lead in the sector. Byd buses. The new platform incorporates for the first time in the bus sector A 1,000 volt systemthe same as Byd already uses Tang Ev and Han Ev in its electric cars. This allows ultra -grape loads that would drastically reduce stop times, something key if we talk about public transport operations. In addition, integrate batteries LFP Blade directly in the chassis, which promises a lower ground and a better use of space. The figures. The first model based on this platform, the Byd C11, offers battery configurations from 184 to 593 kWh, with autonomies ranging from 220 to 730 kilometers according to the Chinese cycle. To put this in perspective, it is an autonomy that far exceeds the majority of current European electric buses. According to Bydthe C11 “has an autonomy exceeding 400 kilometers with full load and air conditioning.” Cars technology. Byd has moved innovations of its car division to public transport, including the DISUS-A adaptive suspension system and a sophisticated thermal management system 7 in 1. The platform also incorporates Driver Assistance System 2.0 and an intelligent torque control system (ITAC), in addition to security functions such as an emergency stop button and stability control in case of a tire count. At the moment, only in China. Byd advances by leaps and hungry, while European bus manufacturers such as Mercedes, Man, Volvo or Scania bet on incremental evolutions of their existing platforms. On the other hand, Byd does not sell cars in the United States, but it has been making electric buses in California Since 2013which shows that its buse division also has the capacity to adapt to the western public. A touch of attention. The E-Bus Platform 3.0 promises a significant leap with respect to previous platforms. In addition, the company assures which offers a reduction in energy consumption of 18% and an increase in autonomy in low temperatures of 50 to 80 kilometers. With the great presence of ByD in public transport in other regions, this new platform is a warning that the Chinese manufacturer can, at any time, call the European public transport market door, and perhaps with the same force as with its cars. Cover image | Byd In Xataka | The modern car is no longer a car: it is a trap for privacy

More than 30% ends in the hands of non -residents

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Spain awakens the appetite of foreigners who want to buy/invest in housing. Or at least like that, it was in 2024, one year still marked by The effect of the Golden Visa. The data of the College of Registrars shows that about 15% From all transactions they were starred in foreign citizens. And not just that. Its weight was especially palpable in tourist areas, such as the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community or the Canary Islands, where they came to be around 30%. In certain points especially tensioning the demand was also intense by foreigners who do not even reside in Spain. As an example, in the first quarter of 2025 They monopolized 32% of Alicante transactions. A figure: 93,000. In the Spanish real estate market, foreign accents sound strongly. This was at least last year if we take into account the data collected by the College of Registered in His last yearbookin which the number of housing purchases formalized by foreign citizens is included in almost 93,000. In percentage terms, that equals 14.6% of all operations. The figure is interesting for two reasons. The first, because that 14.6% is very close to the maximum of the historical series of the College of Registrars, reached the previous year and that stood in 14.98%. The second reason is its volume. Perhaps the percentage is not as high as that of 2023, but in absolute terms the total operations was much higher: that year they were counted about 87,400while in 2024 the foreign demand gave rise to 93,000 purchases. Autonomous Community % purchase of foreigners (2024) Annual variation (PP) Balearic Islands 32.62% +1.12% Valencian Community 28.92% -0.34% Canary Islands 27.23% -1.31% Murcia region 23.63% -0.21% Catalonia 16.26% +0.47% Andalusia 13.97% -0.98% Total Spain 14.6% -0.38% With the map in hand. That 14.6% represents the “footprint” of foreigners in the total housing purchases registered last year. That is, it shows a global fact, at the national level. The thing changes when get down to detail and we analyze the different regions or provinces. There are points such as Extremadura, Galicia, Castilla y León or Cantabria, in which the operations starring foreigners do not mean 4% of the total. In others that percentage is triggered clearly. The most obvious case is that of the Balearic Islands. There almost a third of all housing purchases (32.6%) were signed by foreign citizens. It is followed by the Valencian Community (28.9%), the Canary Islands (27.2%), the Region of Murcia (23.6%), Catalonia (16.3%) and Andalusia (13.9%). The Balearic Islands are not just those that show a higher percentage. As if that did not make them stand out in itself, it is also the region that shows a greater interannual increase, of 1.1%. Can you go further? Yes. Thanks to The statistics of the Ministry of Transport, which allow answering a crucial question: how many of those foreigners who met houses in Spain last year really reside here? Throughout 2024 the administration registered 715,678 transactions, according to ministerial data. By classifying the type of buyer, 56,777 are attributed to foreigners “not resident in Spain.” That is, 8%. Territory Total transactions (2024) Non -resident foreigners Percentage Alicante 57,090 20,169 35.3% Malaga 37,719 10,500 27.8% Santa Cruz de Tenerife 12,445 2,728 21.9% Balearic Islands 15,464 3,932 25.4% Territory Purchases (1st T 2025) Non -resident foreigners Percentage (1st t 2025) Percentage (1st T 2015) Alicante 14,914 4,856 32.5% 36.8% Malaga 9,754 2,811 28.8% 30% Santa Cruz de Tenerife 3,290 781 23.7% 27.6% Balearic Islands 3,979 848 21.3% 25.1% Above 20%. This percentage is however superior if we analyze in detail the data of provinces or territories especially crowded by tourists from other countries. In Alicante for example, foreign buyers not residing in Spain represented 35.3% of transactions, in Malaga, 27.8%, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 21.9% and in the Balearic Islands reached 25.4%. The photo updated. A few weeks ago economist Marta Suárez-Varela published A graph In X with data from the first quarter that show that 2025 has started with a very similar ‘photography’. In the case of Alicante, the percentage of non -resident foreign buyers on the total transactions stood at 32.6%, in Malaga it was 28.8%, of 23.7% in Sta. Cruz de Tenerife and 21.3% in the Balearic Islands. The data also start from government records. The graph It is revealing because it finds that purchases by non -resident foreigners are particularly relevant in markets with strong tourist pressure. In addition to those mentioned, Las Palmas, Murcia, Girona, Almería, Castellón, Valencia, Huelva, Tarragona, Granada, Cádiz and Barcelona are listed on Top 15. Government statistics also suggest that the purchases of foreigners in these areas have been high for years. In fact, their percentages were higher in 2015. In the opposite pole are Álava, Albacete, Palencia, Ávila or Valladolid. But what do they buy? The data of the College of Registrars give some more brushstrokes. For example, it shows that 7.5% of mortgages About housing counted by the agency last year, foreigners were signed, 13.1% more than in 2023. Its footprint stands out in the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, Catalonia and Murcia, although registrars do not distinguish between residents or non -residents. The average amount of their credits was 171,200 euros and Those who bought the most They were the British, followed by Germans, Moroccans, French, Dutch, Romanians and Italians. If we talk about second -hand houses, the Bulgarians, Gauls and Moroccans stand out. If we do it from a new construction, the Belgians, Poles and Dutch. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What … and when. The Yearbook of the Registrars slides a fact that might seem irrelevant, but it is crucial to better understand what happened in 2024 in the Spanish real estate market. 10.8% of housing purchases starring foreigners reached or even exceeded 500,000 euros, the “maximum of the historical series”, Clarify The agency before remembering that in 2023 that same percentage of 9.7%. Not just that. 52.6% of those most value purchases were made … Read more

The problem is that almost everything is in the hands of Indonesia and China

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“Making An American Nickel Costs More than to Nickel,” the United States Mint recently admitted. Although the phrase looks like a tongue twenty, what is happening is that manufacturing a five cents – known in English like Nickel – is already more expensive than its own nominal value. And yet the international price of metal has collapsed, According to Financial Times. The nickel lives its most disconcerting moment. It is a key material to make batteries, stainless steel, turbines, missiles and satellites, so demand should have driven prices. However, the offer has expanded so fast that the quotes have sunk. In a report for the Financial Times They have pointed out That the price in the London metal bag (LME) is around $ 15,000 a ton, less than a third of what was reached in 2022. At the same time, production in referent countries, such as Australia or New Caledonia, was strongly reduced. BHP, the Australian giant, announced that it is reviewing the sale of its nickel assets in Western Australia. Even Tsingshan, one of the largest Chinese operators, suspended stainless steel lines to adjust the offer. A new emerging superpower. In this context, Indonesia emerges as a great winner. After prohibiting the export of mineral in 2020, he forced the installation of foundations and attracted billions of Chinese investment. Today controls about 60–65% of global production, According to Bloomberg. In the same medium They have pointed out That the jump is so great that, for the first time in history, Nickel export revenues exceeded those of coal: 16.5 billion dollars compared to 14,400 million in the first semester of 2025. The problems that lurk to the market. The Indonesian domain raises strategic vulnerability for the West, which considers the nickel a critical mineral. The Financial Times Talk about a “Nickel OPEC” Controlled by Yakarta and Beijing. At the same time, western mines become unfeasible: Australia and Nueva Caledonia already reduce operations and Anglo American seeks to sell assets in Brazil. The operation with MMG, backed by Chinese capital, is being investigated by the Brazilian competition authority after the Turkish Corex Holding complaint, How have they explained in another FT report. The result is an unbalanced map: Indonesia and China concentrate low cost capacity, while in the West the large mining companies are replicated or directly leave the business. There is an even greater cost. Indonesia’s competitive advantage rests on coal. Four large companies in the sector issued 15.3 million tons of greenhouse gases, and those emissions could double around 2028, according to IEEFA calculations and create collected by The Diplomat. This model collides with the arrival of regulations such as the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism, which will penalize materials with great carbon footprint. To this is added social risk: A report cited by The Guardian alert that a large part of the farms of transition minerals overlap with indigenous territories or fragile ecosystems, with accusations of deforestation, labor abuses and conflicts with local communities. And the technological risk is added. The rise of lithium-cherrophosphate (LFP) batteries, that do not require nickelcan cut the planned demand. Although they have less energy density, these batteries are cheaper and more sustainable, and are gaining space in electric vehicles. West, between the sword and the wall. The great Western miners face a dilemma. On the one hand, high costs and social pressures: the Resolution Copper project in Arizona, promoted by Rio Tinto and BHP, It has been delayed by the opposition for years of the Apache tribe of San Carlos. On the other hand, the strategic need to reinforce local supply chains. Washington has described nickel as critical metal, but its reserves are limited. Mining companies do not want to lose their best client: China. In 2024, 57% of Rio Tinto’s income came from sales to China, compared to only 16.7% in the United States, According to data cited in Xataka. The export controls of minerals imposed by Donald Trump’s government – and Beijing’s response with restrictions on Galio, Germanio, Scandio or Disposio – show how metal trade has become a geopolitical weapon. China: The pan by the handle. If Indonesia puts resources, China puts money and knowledge. The clearest example is Gem, a Chinese producer of battery materials that in the first half of 2025 doubled its nickel production in Indonesia up to 43,977 tons, reaching a record benefit of almost 800 million yuan, According to Bloomberg. In addition, Gem signed a 1,420 million dollar agreement with the Indonesian Sovereign Danantara fund to build a battery grade nickel plant. China also ensures its position outside Asia. In Africa, As we have explained in Xatakahas invested more than 10,000 million dollars in cobalt, copper and nickel mines, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, and accompanies those investments with infrastructure, bilateral agreements and, even, the export of armament and private security to protect mining interests. In macro terms, China is becoming what some call the first “electrostate“. As my partner Matías has pointed outunder the plan Made in China 2025 It has managed to integrate the entire clean technologies supply chain: solar panels, batteries and electric cars. The country already generates more than a quarter of its electricity with renewables and de facto controls the global prices of electrification technologies. Forecasts: what comes on the horizon. Nickel’s future seems written at several speeds. Indonesia will continue to consolidate its role as an epicenter of the global offer. The prohibition of exporting mineral, added to the avalanche of Chinese capital, has turned the country into the great refining of the world and the Yakarta government wants to take another step: not to settle for producing nickel nicing or chemicals, but also becoming a manufacturer of batteries and electric vehicles, How Financial Times points out. In parallel, the demand for stainless steel will continue to absorb most of the nickel, but the battery market is emerging as the great engine of change in this decade. The problem is that this forecast … Read more

The great Spanish rail giant had in his hands “the contract of the century.” Until France appeared

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It has been called “the contract of the century.” And it has not been for anything. CAF, the great Spanish rail giant, should be the winner of a huge contract to nurture the Belgian SNCB of trains that circulate on the conventional roads of the country. That is, by “the Belgian Renfe.” A contract that could reach 3,400 million euros. A contract that, now, is in the air after the claims of the French Alstom. “The contract of the century”. This has been called the pre -agreement between the Belgian SNCB and the Spanish CAF, confirmed only a few weeks ago by both companies In a statement in which the following was read: The Board of Directors of NMBS (SNCB-National Society of the Belgian Railways), taking into consideration the resolution of the State Council, has confirmed in this day CAF as preferred bidder of the contract for the development, manufacture and supply of the AM30 trains. In this way, the approval is given to continue the purchase process with the selected company, with the objective of closing the final adjudication of said Framework Agreement. This is a framework agreement with a maximum scope of units for 170,000 places, with an initial base commitment of 1,695 million euros (units for 54,000 places) in case of finally closing the agreement. French resource. This pre -agreement that includes a first operation of almost 1.7 billion euros and that could be folded in the future with the delivery of more trains for renew up to 50% of the fleet From the Belgian transport company, it has been appealed by Alstom, a French company that had also appeared to the contest. Guipuzkoa news He explains that the French company has launched the appeal to try to stop the contract, with the objective that this famous “contract of the century” falls on them, understanding that its offer was better than the Spanish proposal. What do they defend? In the Basque newspaper it is pointed out that Alstom defends its best position because the offer was 107 million euros cheaper than the Spanish proposal and that, in addition, they assured that Belgian labor would be used, which should be an argument of weight when it comes to being the chosen ones. Alstom expected their witch and charlei plants that employ 1,500 people to be decisive when obtaining the contract, they explain in Expansion. The situation is not new. Last April, the Belgium Council suspended the award and forced CNCB to return to the process, noting that the contract had not been awarded with total transparency. Human Rights. After that first closed door, CNCB once again chosen CAF as an ideal company to deliver the trains with which the Belgian fleet will be renewed. In their new report they pointed out that “European regulation prevents considering local presence factors in public procurement,” they explain in Expansion. But, in addition, in the review of the process, the Belgian court asked CAF to demonstrate that its activities meet “With international law and human rights”. Because? Because CAF works on a light subway line in Jerusalem that extends to Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. Yes indeed, In the Basque newspaper They emphasize that the Belgian Mobility and Climate Minister came to remove iron from this matter, highlighting that the country itself maintains diplomatic and economic relations with Israel. A thorny matter. The participation of CAF in the Light Metro of Jerusalem has raised Polvareda and is a stone more than the company has been found when receiving the so -called “contract of the century.” Amnesty International and Other associations In defense of the Palestinian people they demand that CAF leave the Israeli project. The minister on his side. For now, what has been defended by CNCB (and even Belgian minister himself) is that Not only should you look at the initial cost of the project. According to its reports, the Spanish proposal will mean savings with the passage of time to Belgian accounts since CAF trains consume less energy than those of Alstom. Specifically, it is ensured that the Spanish rolling material improves by 4% the technical criteria of the French company, taking into account the sale price of them but also the consumption of the trains provided, the conditions of the purchase contract and the calendar of deliveries to which CAF is compromised. Photo | CAF In Xataka | “Whoever wants to come, to invest”: Ouigo wanted to enter the Madrid-Galicia bird but it already sees it impossible before 2030

Adif has in his hands the great “obrón” of Valencia. Now it also has a gas leak and desperate neighbors

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With two years behind him and others three years projected aheadValencia is living one of his great works in the surroundings of its central parc, next to the Joaquín Sorolla station to convert the most important mobility node in the city. It is, in words that They are read on the project website“The project of greatest urban impact in the city.” The reforms are large and very draft. Form summarya New high -speed rail access To connect Madrid-Valencia with the Mediterranean corridor, both north and south of the city. The conventional and high -speed rail lines are buried (up to 9 kilometers of tunnels are created) and will result in a new central station that maintains the exterior facade but that changes completely inside, becoming a large intermodal step of high -speed trains, conventional lines, subway and bus. There will also be space to reform the lines dedicated to merchandise transport. In numbers, Valencia hopes to recover with the work a total of 230,000 square meters, largely dedicated to green areas and to join the adjoining neighborhoods, now separated by the train tracks. It is estimated that only the rail transformation will cost 665 million eurosassuming Adif and Renfe more than 50% of the cost of it. The work is currently in one of its phases with more activity. The known as “Playa de Roads”, the enormous space used by trains that reach the station and that right now is the great border that separates both sides from the work, will begin to be buried from the excavation of a tunnel of 1.2 kilometers long. This new stage, however, has arrived with an unpleasant surprise. A gas leak and various problems Two years after the works began, the neighbors are beginning to suffer the consequences of them. Beyond the usual inconveniences of this type of projects, the alarm jumped when the Excavations Adif caused a gas leak located on Olta Street, perpendicular to the García Lorca boulevard. The leak has been “controlled” and has been because during the excavations a gas pipe has been damaged to the point that has been drilled. Adif sources have explained to the newspaper Levant that there has been no risk for people and that the emergency protocol has been activated, with immediate notice to firefighters, police and emergencies. During the day of the incident He has worked to restore the service and forced to confine a community of neighbors adjacent to the works for security. However, the gas leak is “the drop that has filled the glass”, in the words of the neighbors who They have offered their testimonies to the local newspaper. They ensure that in addition to the transfer of vehicles and the impossibility of opening sales because “the land house” is filled with activities, the inconvenience is being recurring. Those affected that the cuts of light and water are usual but that, in addition, some homes have crazy. The latter is a serious problem and Valencian works are not the first that cause cracking problems in homes as a result of excavations. In Madrid, for example, the residents of the A-5 They know the cuts of light and water well as a consequence of the underground of the road but in San Fernando de Henares, next to the capital, The neighbors have denounced years ago That the expansion works of the Metro line are cracking their homes. To the point that 73 homes have been demolished and another 600 have presented cracks and serious structural problems. Photo | Valencia Central Park In Xataka | Madrid faces a capital challenge with the underground of the A-5: living with a hell in the face of the promise of future success

The Bakery of Madrid that has gone from the hands of the bread

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In Spain there are More than 10,000 companies Dedicated to elaborate bread, a long, very long business list in which different profiles and approaches are included. In that wide martemágnum of flour, yeast and cereals (and despite the fact that the sector has been betting for some time The specialization) It is likely that there is no business like the one just riding in Chamberí Fabián Leónfinalist of ‘masterchef’ and Foodie. At least if we talk about the theory. After all, he presumes, having created “the bakery of the future” (aka Fu.ba). The initiative is interesting because it tells us about something much broader: a trend that bets on re (re) gastronomic invention, the spectacularization of food, the story and the rethinking of concepts apparently as basic as the bread bar. All this accompanied by generous prices. “We bake future”. Fu.ba is a bakery newly opened In the Chamberí area, Madrid, although anyone who reads His manifesto (Yes, he has manifest) He probably feels that the business is dedicated to anything but baking bars, cakes, hagazas and cookies. “In a world of ultra -processed, we chose the real. Mother. Drops limited. Ingredients that feel good, “starts. “We do not follow trends. We follow the rhythm of the body, the sun and the earth. Here the bread is ritual, energy and community. We are solarpunk, neo-ancestral and a little witches. We are the GLitch In the matrix of food, “the business continues as a presentation. The full manifesto can be consulted on its website And it hasn’t taken Generate comments in x o Bluesky. And if there were doubts, those responsible are responsible for underlining it: “We do not bake bread. We bake future.” Reinventing bread (functional). Behind the project is Fabián León, finalist of the first edition of ‘Masterchef’ and a influencer Gastronomic with more than 570,000 Followers on Instagram. Recently related to the magazine Elle that the initiative connects with a personal experience: two years ago he was diagnosed with a disease that made him “a radical turn” and led him to undertake “a personal crusade” to find healthy foods to help him. “I realized that some foods were affecting me, specifically gluten, as well as refined sugars, alcohol … I suppressed everything and ran out of options,” Share. “The gluten -free bread that had was very bad, when I went to a specialty coffee there was nothing and for a person who likes to eat was a drama. I was sure there had to be recipes or ways for bread to be good. I started investigating what they did in other societies.” And a couple of years later … The result of that search could be seen on his Instagram profile in May, when he published A video With announcement included: “I open my first bakery of the future. After two years imagining it, today the bakery that only lived in my head.” “Breads, cookies, biscuits, brownies and a thousand more things that are not only good, but they feel good. Sin gluten, without refined sugars, made to build you, but without giving up enjoyment.” Bread with story (and something else). Beyond the media impact From Fabián León or his promise of a “bakery of the future”, the case of Fu.BA is interesting for another reason: connects with a greater gastronomic tendency than, beyond the food itself, incorporates a series of extra ingredients: spectacularization, a story worked, a background message that seeks to transcend what the food itself and especially the promise of the “reinvention” is reinvent something as elementary and basic as the bread bar or cookies. Fu.ba is also the example of how the discourse of “reinvention” can be taken to the extreme, moving it passing with elements that have little or nothing to do with food. In Fu.BA highlights the rhetoric of his manifesto, the aesthetics of the premises, for which He handled of the architect Irern Serraor even the staging of The inaugurationwith DJ and a sculpture made with bread. Of the future maybe, but not cheap. Of backdrop, prices. The bakery of the future may bet on the “functional pan” (“not only feeds, does something for you”, promises Fu.ba) and reniegue of gluten, refined flours and other industrial substitutes; But, without being private, it is not cheap. At least if we compare their prices with those of other conventional bakeries. The “Mollet of the Future” costs two euros; the “Hogaza of the future” five, or 7.5 if you want the option of 750 g; and the “baguete of the future” 3.5. For 500 g of “Power Power”, with tapioca flour and comprehensive rice, among other ingredients, 6.5 is paid. Images | Wearefuba and Instagram 1 and 2 In Xataka | We knew that freezing the bread was comfortable, cheap and fashionable. What we are not sure of is that it is “so good” for health

The C929 wants to be the great leap of China in commercial aviation. For now, your heart remains in Western hands

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For years, the domain of commercial sky has been in the hands of two giants: Airbus and Boeing. China wants to break that hegemony, and is willing to do it with its own name in the cabin. Comacthe China commercial aircraft corporationhe has been trying to make planes capable of competing with global references for years. First was the C919. Now, the bet is redoubled with The C929. This new model, even in a preliminary design phase, represents the most serious ambition of Beijing for placing a long -range plane on the international board. The objective is clear: to deal with heavyweights such as the Airbus A330neohe A350 or the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. And the figures accompany: capacity for about 280 passengers, an estimated autonomy of 12,000 kilometers and a design that, on paper, would allow to cover routes such as Beijing – New York. The internal deployment of C919: a discreet but strategic conquest The C919 has not conquered the global sky, but it has begun to take off within China. Since It was officially presented in 2017has gone through years of evidence, certifications and adjustments. SCMP points out thatas of June 2025, about 18 units fly domestic routes, mainly operated by airlines such as China Eastern. It may seem little, but the fact that it works only in China is not necessarily a failure. On the contrary: We talk about one of the largest aviation markets on the planet. And in that context, having its own plane capable of covering regional routes without depending on Western manufacturers is already, in itself, a strategic movement. The real commitment of Comac, however, is the C929. A plane from Width and long scope fuselage which aims to stand up to the most advanced models in the market. The project has won impulse in recent months: Air China signed an agreement To become a launch customer, and a supplier has reported that he hopes to deliver the first fuselage section in 2027. PROMOTIONAL IMAGE OF COMAC C-929 The development of C929 has a peculiar history. In the beginning, it was a joint effort with Russia. The project was then known as CR929, under the baton of a mixed company between Comac and the UAC Russian, called CRAIC (China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation). However, political tensions, the invasion of Ukraine and international sanctions on Moscow ended up forcing The dissolution of that alliance. Since 2023, Comac has moved on solo, turning C929 into an exclusively Chinese project. Comac has presented this plane highlighting several advanced technologies, including a Optimized aerodynamicsstate -of -the -art engines and integration of smart flight systems. In theory, it is a plane at the height of its western competitors. A C-919 Landing in China But there is a key detail: to fly, the C929 needs much more than Chinese wings. His “technological heart” continues to depend on the West. Safranthe French giant of the aerospace industry, He has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with COMAC to supply the brake system, ice detection, tire pressure sensors and oxygen system. For her part, the American Crane Aerospace will provide sensors for cabin doors. Although these agreements show that Comac is still able to attract international suppliers, they also put an uncomfortable reality on the table: their program remains, to a large extent, Tied to foreign technology. And that, in an uncertain global context, is a latent risk. The Russian precedent that China cannot ignore Russia offers a mirror. The latest Western sanctions cut off the country’s access to key components for its aeronautical industry. The TU-214a half-long reach that could transport between 155 and 210 passengers and fly to about 6,500 kilometers, was severely limited. Many of their critical systems depended on foreign technology. Moscow has worked since then in local substitutions, but possibly at the expense of performance and reliability. China, of course, has proven to be very resilient. He has dodged restrictions in sectors such as semiconductors, and has learned to convert traction obstacles. However, a change in United States commercial policy I could leave them without western engine. “If the US authorities prevent ge supplies the engine, then there will be no CFM engine,” A spokeswoman for Safran warned during the Paris Aeronautical Hall. Images | Comac In Xataka | The C919 Comac

Figure 02 has worked only for an hour. The disturbing thing is that your brain already remembers and your hands “feel”

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You can disagree. You may think that a lot is still missing. But it is difficult to ignore the direction in which we advance: one in which Humanoid robots They will be part of our daily lives. When technology is mature, when costs cease to be an obstacle, the decision will no longer be technical. It will be ethical. How far can the robots arrive? And who will put the limits? Imagine the scenarios. Robots turned into soldiers, deployed in conflicts, alone or next to human troops. Robots as emotional companions, not only for older people, but for anyone who lives alone. Robots that clean, cook, organize. Robots in factories, tireless, constant, replacing tasks that we did before. The surprising thing is that all this is already beginning to happen. Today, the robot Figure 02, that since last year he works in a BMW factorycan operate autonomously, classify objects and do it with precision thanks to what Its developers call “Touch” and “short -term memory”. In 2018, ‘Detroit: Become Human‘We thought about science fiction. Even then, not its creator, David CageI would have opted that in 2025 we would be seeing something like that in the real world. But it has happened. And the most fascinating thing is that Figure does not walk alone. Behind his gestures, there is something else. A neuronal network that, as we will see soon, is the true protagonist. Helix, the ‘brain’ behind Figure 02 That neuronal network has its own name: Helix. It is the brain behind the robot. The person responsible for their movements look more and more natural. And what has achieved In just three months In a logistics environment it is difficult to ignore. Helix has not only learned to manipulate objects with skill. Has learned to Understand the context. To adapt. To act as if remembered what he did before. And the most surprising: to make it better and better, faster and less mistakes. At first, Helix faced a simpler catalog. But little by little he has learned to work with a greater variety of packages: From rigid boxes to Soft envelopes or deformable plastic bags, which are much more difficult to hold and position. Some wrinkle, others bend, others slide easily. For a robot, that is a real challenge. And yet, Helix adapts. Adjust the way in which each object grabs, changes its strategy if the package is flatter or softer, even knows when it is convenient to take a small turn or use a more precise type of clamp. He does everything on the flight, without anyone telling him what kind of package he has in front. The robot knows when it is convenient to take a small turn or use a more precise type of clamp That behavior has not been programmed line per line. Has learned it by observing. In total, he was trained with 60 hours of human demonstrations. And with each new example, it was better understood what to do in each case. Thanks to that, the average time it takes to process a package has been down significantly. But Helix is ​​not just fast. It is also necessary. The labels, which were previously oriented before, now 94.4 % of the time are correctly positioned. As? Because the robot has learned, among other things, Small wrinkled envelopes Before trying to scan. A slight pressure on the plastic is enough for the barcode to be visible. It is a minimum gesture, but very revealing. That learning relies on something fundamental: memory. Helix has a vision system that not only analyzes what he sees at the time, but remembers what he saw a few seconds ago. It is as if I had a Short -term visual memory. Thanks to her, you can make smarter decisions. For example, if it detects that a package was already rotated at a certain angle, it does not turn it again. If you did not find the label at first, remember where it could be and prove in that direction. Another key change has been to incorporate the history of its own movements. Before, each action was an isolated fragment: see, act, see again. Now, Helix Remember in what position your arms werehis torso or his head makes a moment, which allows him to move more fluidly. If something leaves the plan, if the package slides or the grip is not perfect, it can correct in real time without starting from scratch. And the most recent: The sense of touch. Not a human touch, of course, but a way to detect how much pressure is exerting on an object. That strength feedback allows Helix Pause to feel resistance, or adjust it if the object weighs less than expected. Thanks to this, you can manipulate more carefully and adapt to differences in weight or rigidity. And this is not theory. Figure 02 has already been put to the test in real conditions. During an hour session, The robot operated without interruptions In a logistics environment, classifying packages autonomously while using all its new capacities: its sense of touch, its short -term visual memory, its ability to correct errors on the march. A continuous demonstration of fluid work, precise, without direct intervention. The images of that session, which we have included in the video that accompanies this article, show more than a robot running. They show a neuronal network facing the chaos of the physical world and leaving airy. They show Figure 02 making decisions, adapting, acting with a level of autonomy that until very recently would have seemed science fiction. Tesla has a OptimusBoston Dynamics to AtlasAgility Robotics A Digit. All compete to lead the career of the Humanoid robots. But in parallel, Figure 02 advances through a lane without events, without background music, but with results. With the passage of time we will see how all this evolves. Images | Figure ai In Xataka | Google does not want AI to stay on the screen: Gemini Robotics is its plan … Read more

Bitcoin boasts decentralization. But a third is already in the hands of large centralized actors

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Bitcoin’s “whales” are getting bigger. This is what it indicates A recent study of Gemini and Glassnode in which there is talk of the great “centralized treasury of Bitcoin”, which already control 30.9% of the bitcoins that currently circulate. The data is striking, but it is not entirely conclusive, and the decentralization of cryptocurrency remains high. 216 Ballenatos. In 2021 we talked about how Bitcoin’s 10,000 most important investors They controlled more than a third of all cryptocurrencies in circulation. They were the great whales of the market, people or entities that had accumulated huge amounts of cryptodivisas. That concentration was already worrying, but now it is more: According to the data From the aforementioned study, there are now 216 large centralized entities that controls a third of all bitcoin in circulation. An upward trend. The report indicates how the total number of bitcoins that have ended up acquiring the great institutional and custody entities has grown up to 6,145,207 bitcoins. That represents an increase of 924% in the amount of bitcoins that such entities had a decade ago. Of hate to institutional love. During the past decade the vast majority of the institutions remained away from Bitcoin, but in recent times we have lived a unique change in the mentality of these entities. Companies and governments have begun to invest in Bitcoins in an extraordinary way, and Institutional love It is now a clear exponent of the situation – and the price – of Bitcoin. Companies that bet strongly. Bitcoin’s value does not suffer great changes weeks, but the enthusiasm on the part of the great entities continues. Strategythe firm led by Michael Saylor, Keep buying as if there were no tomorrow and already has 592,000 of these cryptodivises. Far away are others such as Mara Holdings (49,179) or Twenty One Capital, which It already has 37,230 bitcoins. Tesla, by the way, has 11,509 bitcoins, although that unusual interest seems to have stopped. Companies such as Exchange Coinbase (9,267) or the “Mining” Hut 8 mining corp (10,273) group also demonstrate that interest in monopolizing more and more bitcoins. And the countries, too. Not only are companies: some governments have also made strong investments in this cryptocurrency or have obtained it from seizures. The US is a good example: almost all of its 207,189 bitcoins come from the operations carried out against Silk Road or what He recovered In 2022 after the Bitfinex hacking In 2016. The North American country is the one that has the most BTC ahead of China (194,000) or the United Kingdom (61,000). El Salvador, who was especially notorious to end up becoming Bitcoin into legal tender and then backwardyou have much less, 6,089 bitcoins. They are still many. A misleading concentration. Although Gemini’s data are striking, they are also somewhat confused, especially because in their definition of large entities the large markets for the sale of cryptodivisas and The ETF and Bitcoin -based financial products. But it is that in reality the cryptocurrencies that accumulate these centralized entities – which are certainly – are not one of those entities in their vast majority, but of the investors that use them and operate in this market through such financial products. A more realistic figure. Similar studies such as Made by Bitmex Research in April reveal a somewhat less worrying concentration. Of the 21 million bitcoin that will end up producing, 11.9% are in the hands of companies and governments, but above all of ETFs and funds, as well as Indicates Bitcintreasuries. The vast majority (69.4%) are in the hands of independent investors, and especially surprises how 7.5% of all bitcoins that have occurred have ended up being lost forever. That percentage was even higher in 2017but since then it seems that those who invest in them have taken many measures to avoid losing them. Outstanding image | Erling Løken Andersen In Xataka | A man threw his hard drive and lost 700 million euros in Bitcoins. Now you will have your own series

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