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Spain has a huge problem with contaminated waters. These researchers believe that the solution is the poplars

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We say little, but Spain is an aquifer country. According to data from the Ministry of Ecological Transitionthese cover more than 90% of the national territory. To the point that the supply of two out of ten Spaniards depends on them. In this context, it is still worrying that the country has been overexploiting them, contaminating them And even making them disappear. And, eye, between 20,000 and 30,000 cubic hectometers of water come from there. Is there any way to save them? There are many. Many. But historical experience tells us that everything that entails rationalizing consumption is not simple in the medium term. Is the “Say law“In full performance: each resource is free for the efficiency improvements that the water system has achieved thanks to the new restrictions, investments and management improvements, they are dedicated to other economic sectors. They take it pointing at the Datadista For years: decades of “emergency measures” in front of drought has only ended up serving to “expand irrigation, increasing the problem of overexploitation and contamination of aquifers and wetlands.” The point is that the problem continues to grow, we continue to take water from the subsoil and the consequences begin to be very serious. The management that never comes. Wwf Spain revealed in 2019 that The four most important aquifers in the country have been sheared for years.Beyond: According to the reports of the Geological and Mining Institute“For decades, salinization of Mediterranean and insular Spanish coastal coastal aquifers have been known.” Despite this, “only in a few cases this situation is well managed.” What if we look for another way to ‘save’ the aquifers? That has been asked at the University of Granada and Institute for Agricultural and Fishing Research and Training of the Junta de Andalucía. And thanks to the European project Life Wood for Future, they have analyzed the impact of the chopperras on aquifers. Your findings They are very interesting because “It has shown that the chopperras purify the waters contaminated by agricultural fertilizers and that this crop has the capacity to take advantage of nitrates in their growth and prevent contaminating groundwater.” And no, it is not a theoretical issue. The researchers They are convinced That “the chopperras prevent the most important groundwater from the province, which covers 39 municipalities and widely exceeds the maximum concentration limits of legally established nitrates, 37.5 mg/l in groundwater, be contaminated.” An incredibly powerful approach. Because “due to their rapid growth, since they can reach about 20 meters high in ten years”, the poplars not only purify nitrate water naturally, but “They have a great ability to kidnap CO2 of the atmosphere, up to 20 tons per year. “ It is funny (so to speak) because suddenly two of the country’s large pending subjects, the management of aquifers and The health of treesare so intimately connected. Image | Silvan Schuppisser / Garnica In Xataka | In Spain, cutting urban trees looks like national sport. These Swiss have just demonstrated that it is a mistake

Green hydrogen consumes huge amounts of water. A new incredibly simple invention allows you to use seawater

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Green hydrogen is the missing piece in the puzzle of decarbonization. In a day like today, in which Spain It has produced 107.3% of the country’s energy demand From renewable sources, a greater storage capacity (batteries or pumping centrals and a more flexible demand is needed. Produce green hydrogen When electricity is very cheap It is the country’s commitment to take advantage of that surplus. There is a problem. While green hydrogen It occurs with solar or wind energy (That is why it is said that it is an energy vector that stores clean energy), the process to produce itwater electrolysis consumes huge amounts of fresh water, an increasingly scarce resource for billions of people in threatened regions For chronic drought. The obvious solution is to use seawaterthe most abundant resource on the planet. But of course, salt and impurities run the equipment and reduce the efficiency of the process. External desalination makers are needed, adding costs and energy consumption; or super -resistant electrolyzers, which are still under development. There is a third way. MIT researchers, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University and Michigan State University joined forces to find an alternative that nicknamed the “triumph of sustainability.” The system, detailed in Energy & Environmental Scienceproduces green hydrogen directly from sea water. It does so using solar energy with impressive efficiency, and generating drinking water as a byproduct. How they have done it. Taking advantage of the entire solar spectrum. The central idea of ​​this new approach, officially called HSD-We (Hybrid Solar Distillion-Water Electrolysis), is to squeeze the maximum solar energy. We know that photovoltaic panels convert only part of sunlight into electricity (The most efficient are around 25% efficiency). The rest of the energy dissipates as a residual heat. What if that heat, instead of wasted, will be used for something useful? Eureka! Simpler than it seems. Like many other systems for the production of green hydrogen, the HSD-We integrates solar panels that turn light into electricity and an electroly of protons exchange membrane (PEM) that breaks down the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The secret is at the rear of the solar panels, they are where the HSD-We has an interfacial thermal distiller coupled that uses the residual heat of photovoltaic cells to evaporate seawater. A simple membrane that absorbs salt water. It is a genius. The best thing is that it works. The electricity of the solar panels directly feeds the electrolyz. At the same time, the residual heat of the panel heats sea water in the interfacial distiller, evaporating it. This pure water vapor (already without salt) is transported by a small air space to the electrolyz, where it is directly condensed in the anode, adding ultra -patrol water for electrolysis. The prototype, tested by the MIT both in laboratory conditions, under simulated sunlight, and outdoors, on a partially sunny day, threw impressive figures. They achieved 35.9 liters of dry hydrogen per square meter of solar panel per hour, using real sea water. In terms of efficiency, The system turned 12.6%a comparable rate or even above current green hydrogen production technologies with drinking water. Cheap hydrogen finally? Beyond technical feat, preliminary economic analysis is also promising. Not depending on external supplies of electricity or purified water, the operating cost is minimal, so the price of hydrogen produced with this system could drastically fall with the scale. While conventional electrolysis fueled by the electricity grid and using drinking water It costs about 10 per kilothis HSD-We system, in exchange for a slightly larger initial investment, could reach 5 dollars per kilo after 3 years of operation and lower the kilo at 1 dollar in 15 years. A price that would undoubtedly change the rules of the game. Image | Nickelgreen In Xataka | Europe waste so much renewable energy that needs green hydrogen. And the country that leads it is Spain

Holy Week has become a huge marketing campaign. Now you have even board games

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The Easter week It is not only a meeting point for Catholics throughout Spain, which They share a faith and customs indicated in cities such as Seville, Malaga or Zamora. It is also a key moment for the country’s economy: promoted by institutions, backed by tourism and in constant evolution in search of new commercial forms, Holy Week also moves millions. And commerce, services and, now, internet, know it well. Economic engine It is absolutely indisputable that Holy Week is an economic engine for different cities in Spain, which receive income in sectors as diverse as tourism and hospitality (with Figures in Seville that are around 95% occupation and influx of two million people), trade, crafts and, of course, the expenses derived from processions, such as rental rents. In Seville there is talk of 415 million euros In income these dates, in Malaga 393 million And in León, 5 million. Complex relationship. There are, of course, tensions between those who defend recollection and religious feelings as keys to living Holy Week and those who see it as a unique possibility of economic impulse. But this conflict is not new: Already in 1972 A critic to the situation denounced that “there is a tourist map, a commercial gear that lacks any point of contact with faith”, so it can be said that we are facing a clash that comes from afar. But now it is taking new forms. New ways to explain Holy Week. The arrival of new forms, beyond the traditional ones, to commercially exploit the holidays is also the result of a change in the perception of Holy Week. Few have known how to read that change in tradition as the Channel 101TV from Seville, which of course is broadcasting live multiple processions, but that has found a particular dialectic with The ‘A Cielo’ program. It is a kind of chiringuito of jugones in the brotherhood where a group of experts in images, brotherhoods and traditions analyze with a light tone but very felt the Holy Week … throughout the year and with the viral apollo of the social networks. Boarding Board Games. Among these new ways of getting commercial performance of Holy Week highlights the new industry of board games. They are very simple games, often with an innocent point, but in other aspects they have some complexity and even adapt mechanics of non -religious games. Artes Cañete is the brand that is responsible for the simplest and most handmade, such as the Oca brotherhe Party Game Cofrade meetingthe card game inspired by the rhythms and codes of the steps There it was And my particular favorite, the Who is who cofradewith editions for seven Andalusian cities and where you have to identify a wide variety of images of steps. One step further. But of course, Holy Week gives for a lot of fun, and we have recently seen games of a certain complexity: The Holy Meeting It is a game of charges of collecting and stealing steps. Certain similarities have Processions and Cofrade Citywhere strategy and resource management are involved in a struggle to be the most noticeable brotherhood. And finally, there is the elegant GO CERC a skill game with die -cut steps and in which you have to go collecting promises with a throne miniature. Products for all. It is debatable if Holy Week and its relationship with industry and tourism has not been, for decades, a commercial product. But it is clear that the last times, new technologies and the Internet have taken a special turn. Only then have they been able to be born Escape Rooms Holy Week theme, Immersive experiences 360 or 3D printing businesses Brotherhood products. The market continues to evolve so that the passion does not vain.

China controls the solar energy supply chain. Europe wants to change it with a huge factory in Asturias

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If you had ever thought about how form a solar panel Your process is not easy. This puzzle that passes from a Fine wafer to photovoltaic He has all his framework. Asturias will begin to manufacture this small piece, which is essential for its operation. The heart of a panel. A Catalan company, Sunwafebacked by Innoenergy, are in the process of building the first large bullion factory and wafer for photovoltaic solar panels in Spain. To do this, he has obtained an aid of 199 million euros from the Ministry of Ecological Transition, aimed at supporting this installation in Gijón, As Efe has had access. The company has obtained both public and private financing to develop this project. In fact, he has received one of the largest subsidies in the State in Asturias, within the framework of the government’s renewal call, which allocated 297.3 million euros to key projects in renewable energy, According to the trade. The first piece of puzzle. In this puzzle that is the process of manufacturing the solar panel, the plant will focus on silicon purification, its foundry to form ingots, and the subsequent cut of these bullion in thin wafers. All this and then send it to other plants with which the photovoltaic will form. As for the objective of the initiative, Sunwafe seeks to produce 2.5 billion wafers per year by 2030, which will allow you According to the voice of Asturias. The most standardized material. Solar cells They have experienced A radical transformation in recent years. In all this time, the element that dominates the sector remains silicon, since they are The standard in industries. Along the same lines, there are A boom with Perovskitas panelsbut silicon tandem cells are still the most promising for its generalized use. Zero dependencies. Today, China is the undisputed leader of solar energy export, how demonstrates an Ember study. However, this new factory raises a change in the photovoltaic value chain, reducing the dependence of this supplier and others for Spain and, in turn, the European Union, the European Union, According to RTPA. At the moment, the European Union Continue depending In much of China for the manufacture of their renewable energies, but projects like this can open a new path. An impulse for Spain. Although the country managed to close last year with a fee of Total renewable generation of 63.9%the production of materials has not yet settled after the rise of Chinese production. In this way, this new factory will become the third EU factory that will produce silicon wafers, how They have reported in New Spain. This opening in Gijón is a good example of the shy reindustrialization that institutions are looking for. Image | Peellden and Pexels Xataka | While the Portuguese enjoyed sun eclipse, their electrical system had a really bad time

A huge blue spiral appeared in the sky of Europe at 9 at night. It was the wake of a spacex rocket

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It is hard to believe, but the last night were not aliens either. If you were looking at the sky at 20:55, European central time, you could see a bright blue spiral illuminating the night. It was a Spacex rocket. A strange show. In United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland either Ukraine. From The clean skies of Sierra Nevadain Granada. Virtually all of Europe has managed to capture the spiral light that crossed the sky last night. They soon appeared photos on social networks. People asked what that strange phenomenon was. It is not a usual show, although it has already been seen in Hawaii, Alaska either Iceland. A Falcon 9 of Spacex. Neither a missile, nor a satellite, nor a galaxy about to swallow us. Nor a UFO. The object had a name and surname because it was a Falcon 9 rocket of Spacex by recentrating in the earth’s atmosphere. He had taken off from Cabo Cañaveral, east of the United States, two hours before. The Spy Nrol-69 satellite of the American National Recognition Office (NRO) had put in orbit. And he was returning to the earth to disintegrate in the atmosphere in a controlled way. What caused the spiral. Before a controlled reentry, the 13.8 -meter length rocket rotates to get rid of the fuel that is still in its deposits; A process called passivity. The low temperatures instantly froze the propellants released by the rocket, which added to the turn movement and the position of the sun caused the light show over Europe. The turn is what made it look like a spiral, and the sunlight was what illuminated the frozen wake. Nothing to do with the incident of Poland. In February, the second stage of a Falcon 9 rented without control over Europe. Several pieces of the rocket fell into populated areas of Poland, without causing damage (except the dismissal of the president of the Polish Space Agencyfor its management of the incident). In this case, and as is usually the case, the second stage of Falcon 9 successfully turned on its engine to fall controlled in the atmosphere, far from populated areas. They were the light conditions and the flight profile that made its wake visible in the European night sky, without further consequences than the scare of some European spectators. Images | Jay in Kyiv, High Calar Observatory In Xataka | Elon Musk has revealed the plan after Starship explosions: v3 earlier than expected, but with half a capacity

Accumulated sediments are a huge problem for reservoirs. And in the Ebro they have taken drastic measures

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The reservoirs, both those for hydroelectric use and those for consumptive use, are a vital element in the hydrological panorama. However, for some time, experts warn of a problem that is aggravated over time and affects their functionality. He sediment problem. Half year of works. The works initiated last August to recover the drain of the Ebro reservoir will extend, predictably until 2026, according to They have indicated from The Montañés newspaper. The works, in addition to introducing improvements into one of the swamp drains, intend to recover their functionality from the accumulation of sediments in this. The tasks, explains the local newspaper, will require a team of divers for 3.5 meters of accumulated silt next to the drain gates. The works, with a budget of 2.5 million eurosthey will imply the installation in each of the ducts of the security gates with By-Pass and gates for the regulation of flows. The Arija swamp has two drains, one side and the other located in the dam. It is the latter that, as a consequence of the accumulation of sediments, has lost the ability to perform its function. Key reservoir. The Ebro or Pantano de Arija reservoir is a key element in the Ebro hydrographic basin. It is one of the largest reservoirs in this hydrographic demarcation (behind those of Mequinenza and Canelles). Located in the immediate vicinity of the Cantabrian city of Reinosa, the border between this Autonomous Community and that of Castilla y León in the province of Burgos. According to the latest datathe reservoir Albeca now 348 hm³ of water, 64.3% of its capacity (541 hm³). Some data that do not always reflect reality, precisely due to the problem of sediments. Limiting the capacity. The problem of sediments Not only does it affect the functionality of the drains of the reservoirs: they also limit their capacity. Decades of use have led to a significant accumulation of sludge and sediments in the reservoirs, sediments whose volume implies a significant reduction in the storage capacity of the swamps. Estimates of this loss vary significantly, but the most pessimistic talk about a loss of up to 40% of the volume In some basins. A study in 110 reservoirs launched a more optimistic but still alarming estimate, A loss of 5%. The latest rains seem to have helped reverse the drought situation that still affected some areas. However, our ability to prepare for the next drought is limited by this accumulation of sediments in the reservoirs. Where the sediments are missing. As if this were not enough, the problem of the sediments left over on one side is the problem of those missing in another. In this case, In the Ebro Delta. The Ebro delta is nothing more than the result of the accumulation of sediments dragged by the river current. The installation of numerous dams in this hydrographic basin has reduced the arrival of this matter to the mouth, which, together with the natural coastal erosion, has put the delta ecosystem at risk. An ecosystem on which not only depends the local fauna, but also a part of the agriculture and the economy of the region. In Xataka | In a corner of Andalusia the reservoirs are at 94% of their capacity. It seems excellent news, but it is not so much Image | Josu Aramberri, CC by-SA 3.0

The US is leaving a huge vacuum in its tariff replication. And China is taking care of filling it

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The measures that Donald Trump is taking are causing diverse consequences. The 25% tariffs for imports from Mexico and Canada that has just activated are a way to boost industry and employment in that country. Meanwhile, China is trying to take advantage of the moment to export more than ever, but there are many important elements in this commercial war. China is watering the world of exports. The Asian giant has been promoting trade agreements with countries around the world for years. The country’s ministry of trade shows it in its List of free trade agreementswhich includes countries such as Australia, South Korea, Switzerland or Chile. China already trades with almost everyone. There are agreements in negotiation with Norway, Israel or Panama, but new agreements with Colombia or Canada are also being investigated, precisely one of the great affected by the recent Trump tariffs. A well -known analyst, Balaji, He shared a graph in which the evolution of these agreements was appreciated from 2000 to 2024, when China has reached many more countries with its exports. But China needs to export. The problem is that China produces much more than it consumes, and that exports much more than matters. It occurs with steel, with cars or solar panels, and as indicated In CNN That drives her to increase her exports to revive her economy. And when it exports, it makes it benefiting that thanks to this overproduction it can compete in prices, throwing from the market to local businesses that cannot compete in that field. And consume much more. As we said, the imbalance between what is consumed and what is produced in China is remarkable. According to the World Bankin the world consumption represents 75% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but in China it only reaches 53-54%. That is due to various factors, as indicated In Carnegie Endowmentbut promoting that domestic consumption is really complicated, which makes exports even more critical. Care to import too much. If the countries that trade with China import too many merchandise and Chinese products, they are in danger of deindustrialized, as in fact it has happened in recent years in the West. We have delegated the production of technology to China, for example, and Trump’s measures are precisely aimed at recovering land in that market. The problem It also affects emerging economiesthat are flooded with Chinese products and without the ability to export their own. Example: the electric car. Byd has managed to become the Great protagonist of the electric cars segment in 2024, and has done so thanks to that strategy. Their cars are usually more assertible and that has managed to attract a large number of buyers. Compete with the Chinese electric car has become very difficult, so Europe Tariff appealed months ago To try to balance things. USA bet on the US. Trump’s measures are punishing imports And they are trying to get companies to manufacture there so that the country does not depend on those foreign products and materials. Recent ads Like those of TSMC either Apple They precisely try to avoid tariffs but force these companies to make strategic decisions that would probably not take. China’s exports to the US import, but not so much. The majority of China’s exports focus on other regions, and not so much on the US. In 2022 those regions They added About three billion dollars, compared to 637,000 million dedicated to the US. The business with that country is remarkable, yes (22% of the total), but not critical for Chinese exports that can be affected by tariffs. Canada (probably) will become more friend from China. The “punishment” tariff will affect trade between the US and countries such as Canada, but precisely this country has been increasing its trade quotas with China for years. Beijing has already shown his intention to reinforce those commercial ties with Canadaand Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, made clear the situation. When referring to Trump, he highlighted how what he is doing is something “very dumb. Two friends fighting is exactly what our opponents worldwide want to see.” Mexico also reacts. Claudia Sheinbaum, president in Mexico, also made it clear that “It is Mexico’s defense time“Faced with tariffs imposed by Trump. The president will reveal her plans soon, but she may also end up approaching the Chinese government as part of that response to Trump’s measures. Being a friend of China has its. That provision of China to reach commercial agreements with more and more countries is not exempt from problems, and in fact we have seen it with the example of European tariffs to the Chinese electric car. And meanwhile, collapse of the bags. Trump’s tariff policies have caused in recent days a collapse of the bags, and the great technological ones in the United States They have suffered especially that blow. Yesterday they managed to contain the losses a bit, but the falls have been significant in both traditional markets and in cryptodives. Image | Cage Skidmore | Paul Kagame In Xataka | ‘The Nvidia Way’: This book is the perfect tool to understand how Jensen Huang has taken Nvidia to the top of success

Batmancito. And that is giving a huge reputation to his parents

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Based on grimaces, babbling and laughter Batmancito has become the most famous baby in the networks. And that Batmancito does not make grimaces or babble or smile. He is not even a real baby. Sounds strange, but it has a fairly simple explanation: Batmancito is A doll Rebornthe hyperrealist replica of a child of a few months than his “parents”, Alejandra and Jaime, commissioned to look like them. In addition to telling their day to day, both upload animated videos artificially in which the baby is seen gesturing, laughing or even riding on horseback. Based on publications, Batmancito has become a celebrity. And his parents have gained enormous visibility. With you, Batmancito. Babies Reborn They are not new. Not much less. In Spain there was a lot of talk about them a decade ago, after A report by Samantha Villar, and years later the interest rebounded again thanks to the series premiere ‘Servant’. Instagram influencerIn networks: Batmancito, a Reborn In charge of Alejandro and Jaime, a couple of Colombians who have managed to get viral. In Tiktok They add 1.2 million followers, in Instagram530,000 and in Facebook694,000. In your profiles the Reborn It has a fundamental weight, especially over the last months. @Alejayjaime My son’s reaction to see the snow 😍😍😍 I’m so happy ♬ Little Things – Adrián Berenguer And why have they viralized? Publications in networks Alejandra and Jaime They started long before the arrival of Batmancito and in them the couple (she, 26, he 55) talked about her life: travel, sport, shopping, skiing, fashion, luxury, more fashion … until at the end of January alee He shared an ad With his followers: “I am super happy. I’m very good with my baby Reborn’s therapy. My baby is going to get to me, which is real, very beautiful, spectacular.” Shortly after He showed Batmancito. The doll is a Reborn Hyperrealist, like many others, but the couple assures that “with Ia” has been created, joining photos of Jaime and away. “They made a version of us, as if it were our baby,” explained The young woman in January. Batmancito (which is what they have called) have also transcended some more data: they claim that he created it A company in Canadacountry where There are professionals dedicated to the elaboration of replicas of hyperrealist babies. A few days ago The Spanish interviewed However, a manufacturer with two decades of experience that questions that the Colombian couple’s doll would really be created with the help of artificial intelligence: “It is a kit elaborated from the manual work of a Brazilian artist who created it seven years ago.” @Alejayjaime My mother’s reaction when she saw my son 😍🙏 ♬ Little Things – Adrián Berenguer A Reborn, a story. That Batmancito is triumphing in networks is not so much merit of the doll and its greater or lesser level of realism (the Reborn Hyperrealist are no novelty) like Alejandra and Jaime. First for its content. In addition to showing the doll and dressing it with baby clothes (of course with the Batman shield), the couple hangs videos in which artificially encourage to the childmaking walk, gesturejump … or even Practice skiing, Mount on horseback either Ball a ball On the beach. All accompanied by music, laughs and babies. The other key is that Alejandro and Jaime have accompanied the history of Batmancito of his own, in which there are no lack of emotional doses. She assures that has a tumor that prevents her from being a mother, which has led her to receive psychological treatment and, finally, “participate in a therapy with a baby Reborn“. He He recounted recently On television, in tears, as the doll has allowed him to “revive” paternity after “losing” three children. “I have managed to feel that lost paternal part again.” Of emergency to the sets. With those ingredients Batmancito has not taken long to become famous. Throughout the last weeks the couple has gone through the sets of Antena 3 either TV5While Alejandro and Jaime continue to go up to videos in which they show how They have led to Reborn Urgencia for a fever (“has 41º”, she cries out in The video), they give the bottle at night or take the doll to ski or riding classes. There is also no lack of videos in which the couple is They complain angrily of the criticisms of some people to know their history. It is not the only content that goes up. In your Instagram account you can also see a video in which Alejandro account His “secret” to have “55 years and the vitality of a 25 man” (The link to the selection of products on Amazon can be found in the profile) or Alejandra Sample dresses of Shein. In Xataka | If you are unable to trust that happiness lasts too long, Tiktok has the diagnosis: you see “weird lamps”

The huge ZTE stand in the MWC is a reminder that it is still alive under the radar. And it is also a message: they will return

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This is my fifth time in the Mobile World Congress. The first four were between 2013 and 2016, and from all those editions I remember the imposing Zte stand well. They didn’t have then an especially relevant market share or a reputation that will justify so much space (At that time I dedicated myself to trying mobiles and I took a 3 a zte, the lowest note I have ever put), but its staging suggested otherwise. ZTEs set up show. Of the good, with thunderous music and a generous free bar of life -threw canapés for journalists in trouble, and also of the Chungo, resorting to hostesses with attire that made eyebrows arise even in an environment as little progressive as a global technological congress. His strategy seemed clear: to be noticed as it was. Nine years after my last MWC I have returned to the fair, and there is still Zte, with a stand As big as then. But something has changed, in addition to the fact that they already dress more elegant to their hostesses: the manufacturer has vanished from the Spanish market. Their phones no longer occupy space in the lines of the stores, they do not appear in any sales ranking and It is virtually impossible to cross one on the street. What has been of that Chinese giant who tried to conquer the West? Where has Zte got while we didn’t look? The perfect storm To understand the apparent disappearance of ZTE of the European panorama, it is necessary to go back to 2018, the year in which This manufacturer suffered an existential crisis. He Department of Commerce From the United States, he imposed a veto for the sale of US components to ZTE for seven years for violating a prior agreement related to sanctions to Iran and North Korea. The measure was devastating: Zte depended completely on Qualcomm chips and Google software among other American technologies. The company literally stopped its operations for three months, until it agreed to pay a fine of 1,000 million dollars, change its entire directive dome and submit to the supervision of an external committee designated by the US. It was a blow that never recovered completely in western marketsespecially because it coincided with the beginning of the commercial war between China and the United States. Touched and sunk. Unlike Huawei, which Betterly resisted geopolitical attacks, Zte was more vulnerable. With less resources and a much weaker brand positioning, they opted for a strategic withdrawal of the markets in which their profitability was compromised. A silent strategy The surprising thing is not that ZTE has disappeared – he has not done it – but that he has reconfigured his business completely … without making noise. He has pivoted from a global conquest strategy to a more selective and pragmatic approach: Geographical concentration. ZTE has reinforced his presence in markets where he had competitive advantages or privileged relationships: China, of course, but also Southeast Asian countries, the Middle East, Africa and some areas of Latin America. Focus change. Their smartphones were the most visible for the final consumer, but only represented one third of their income. The true ZTE nucleus was always the telecommunications infrastructure equipment, a much less visible but much more profitable B2B business. 5G specialization. ZTE has become one of the main world suppliers of equipment for 5G networks, competing directly with Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia. According to data from Dell’oro GroupZTE maintains approximately 10% of the global 5G infrastructure market. Zte not only survived the storm, but has grown, but otherwise different from the previous one. His income in 2024 was about 16,000 million euros. Far from the figures of the greats, but also far from the ghosts of bankruptcy. Invisible markets ZTE’s commercial map today is curious. They have opted strong for countries that do not usually appear in Western technological headlines: Mass bathroom of ZTE managers after announcing an agreement with the largest Turkish telecus. Another somewhat alien market for the western radar. Image: Xataka. This presence in “invisible markets” for Western radar Add contracts that are worth a lot of money although they impose so much on their Newsroom. While Europe and North America have progressively restricted the access of Chinese manufacturers to their critical networksthese other territories have received with open arms to the affordable alternatives to traditional suppliers. A silent industrial revolution Maybe ZTE’s most interesting turn has been towards industrial digitalization. Has developed solutions for “smart factories”digital mining, autonomous ports and intelligent energy networks. This market, much less sexy than that of smartphones but much more profitable for a brand like yours, has allowed Zte to grow under the average consumer radar. It is the silent metamorphosis of a manufacturer of Gadgets to an industrial technological provider. Contrary to what it may seem to us from Spain, ZTE continues to manufacture mobile. It maintains several product lines, including some names that are still familiar to us, such as the Axon series of high -end and the mid -range blade. They are sold mainly in China and emerging markets, where Google’s absence is a minor barrier. The intersection between telephony and gaming remains a constant in ZTE. Image: Xataka. It also maintains Nubia, a more innovation and design oriented submarket. The clouds Z50 and Redmagic 8 Pro (The latter focused on Gaming) They have had some reception in Asia, although they go completely unnoticed in Europe. At this fair his asset has been to announce A fairly reasonable folding for less than 1,000 eurosin addition to Hold the commitment to telephony Gamer. It is a calculated movement: they do not aspire to master the market, but to occupy specific niches where the benefits/price ratio can make them competitive. In product positioning, and in regional availability. ZTE’s strategy with his smartphones is clear: Do not compete where you can’t win. Why invest in marketing and distribution channels in Spain, where getting a 1% market share would cost millions, when that same … Read more

Valve has released its source code and the possibilities are huge

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Valve just Release the source code of ‘Team Fortress 2’. This game, considered one of the parents of the Hero Shootershas been spinning since 2007 (how hard it has been to write that) and is one of Steam’s best known and popular titles. Few online games that have been in the market for almost 20 years can say that they bring together more than 20,000 players daily. Today your code become free (With certain conditions) and that means one thing: that a huge range of possibilities opens. What happened. Valve, the company behind Steam, has published a huge update of the Source SDK that adds “the entire client and server code of ‘Team Fortress 2′”. Basically, from now on any person with the appropriate knowledge could make their own ‘TF 2’. This sdk, They explain from Valve“It offers mods creators the possibility of changing, expanding or rewriting ‘TF2’, making possible from small touch -ups to complete conversions.” But huh, no money. Valve has covered his back well with this. The SDK is licensed with a non -commercial base, that is, “any mod created using the SDK must be free”, as well as any content included in these mods. However, if someone uses the ‘Team Fortress 2’ code to create, for example, an action and adventure game in the first person, they can publish it in Steam and appear as a new game. Whenever it is free, there are no limitations. Se (can come) little things. The world of mods is spectacular. There are many games that we have today whose origin dates back to Mods of other games. For example, ‘Counter Strike‘It was, in the beginning, a mod of’Half life‘. The first ‘Team Fortress’ was a mod of’Quake‘ and ‘Deta Auto Chess‘It is, indeed, a mod of’ dota 2 ‘whose origin is, in turn, a mod of’Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos‘Call’ Defense of the Ancients’ (hence the acronym, Dota). As regards ‘Team Fortress 2’, if it was already a living game now has all the ballots to be even more. We are not talking about modders can Add maps or weapons modelsbut to make deep changes to the point that new games look like. Let’s think about making a racing game, a tactical shooter, an Moba, the options are practically infinite. Valve’s future. Everything points to what goes through ‘Deadlock‘. It is a secret project (which is very little secret) that consists in combining the genre Moba with the Hero Shooter. It is located in an early stage of development, but more than 10,000 people say it. It has no release date, requirements, nothing at all, but is in the oven. When will it come out? We will have to wait. Image | Valve In Xataka | If you like ‘Doom’, the mod called ‘Doom Zero’ that includes 32 new levels can already be enjoyed in consoles, mobiles and PC

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