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has launched the Excel and Word that are controlled with prompts

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Microsoft is trying to transfer the phenomenon of ‘Vibe Coding‘ – Write apps without knowing how to program, only with instructions to a chatbot – to office work. The bet is that anyone can do in minutes what I used to require hours of a junior consultant, without dominating Excel formulas or writing techniques. Agent mode In Excel, use OpenAI reasoning models to break down complex tasks in executable steps, as if an expert worked with you. Office Agentbased on Anthropic models, creates PowerPoint presentations and Word documents directly from Copilot chat. The company says that agent mode in Excel reaches a 57.2% precision in Spreadsheetbench, surpassing Chatgpt agent and Claude Opus 4.1, although below 71.3% of human precision. The context. Microsoft has been integrating the Office for months, but so far it was limited to specific assistance functions: summarize, rewrite, respond. Agent Mode and Office Agent mark a qualitative leap: IA assumes multipurpose tasks that previously required specialized knowledge. Use OpenAI models for agent mode within the applications and anti -appoal applications and models for Cat in the chat. This division speaks of a certain diversification: Microsoft had already incorporated the Anthropic in Github co -ilot and Copilot Studio A few days ago Summit Chauhan, from Office, summarize it like this: “It is a job that a first -year consultant would do, delivered in minutes.” Yes, but. The 57% accuracy in spreadsheet tasks leaves a considerable margin of error. Microsoft emphasizes that the results are auditable and verifiable, but still require human supervision for sensitive cases. In addition, Agent Mode is only available in the Excel and Word web versions in the launch. The support for desktop applications will arrive “soon”, according to the company. Office Agent, meanwhile, is limited to users in the United States. The cloud services dependence also raises questions: Anthropic operates its API about AWS, Azure rival. This would explain why their models are not yet really integrated in Office desktop applications. Between the lines. Microsoft presents this as democratization of access to expert capabilities. But it is also a way to justify subscriptions of Microsoft 365 Copilot. The relevant thing is that Microsoft is betting on AI doing heavy work while the user “guides and directs.” That is, the user goes from “doing” to “ask to be done.” What has already seen in programming, above all. And there is another reading: if Agent Mode can do in minutes what he had been having been implicitable for hours before for hours. The question is what happens to who before that job. Specifically, with the Junior. Microsoft has designed this for the process to be visible: the user sees what is doing in each step, as if observing an automated macro in real time. At stake. Microsoft competes against Google Workspacewhich also integrates generative in Docs and Sheets. But above all Now also competes against independent tools such as Notion AI, Gamma or Beautiful.AI, which promise to create presentations and documents from scratch without the need for Office. Microsoft’s advantage is domain: one billion people use office every month. If you get Agent Mode to work well, you don’t need to convince anyone to change tool. Just update your subscription. In Xataka | IBM’s ghost: Satya Nadella’s great challenge is to prevent Microsoft from ending up a technological fossil Outstanding image | Microsoft

The US launched a pulse to China with the tariffs and China has responded not buying soybeans. It is wreaking havoc

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China is hungry. We have seen it recently with fish, sweeping sides of South Americawe also see it with The taste for coffee they are developing And with a product very culturally linked to Asian countries: soy. The problem is that the amount of soybeans that produce is marginal (about 20 million tons) and esteem that need between 120 and 130 tons to meet their demand. Who do they buy it? To Brazil and the United States, but with the tariff pulse of recent months launched from the administration of Donald Trump, China has decided that its response would be to make the emptiness to the American soy. And it is causing the silos of the farms to be burst. Brazil and Africa are delighted. Bassoon. To understand the current situation, you have to look a few years ago. Makes one decadeChina was an undisputed ally of the American soybean market. It is estimated that about 40% of the soy of the United States went to China, but with the arrival of different commercial vetoes, things began to change. In 2024, China bought about 20% of its soy to the US. It supposes more than 27 million tons of soybeans with an approximate value of about 12.8 billion dollars, but Things began to twist With the new commercial war. Due to Tariff crossing Applied by Washington and Beijing to their respective imports, there were doubts about what would happen to that star product and if, with high tariffs, it would remain equally appetizing for Chinese importers. We already have the answer. The photo in 2025. From January to July of this year, it is estimated that China imported 16.5 million tons of American soybeans, a ridiculous figure compared to that of previous years. The worst is comingsince a virtually zero soybean import from the United States for the last quarter in which we are going to enter, contrasting with the more than ten million tons in the same period of the previous year. In fact, if in 2024 20% of China’s agricultural imports from the US were only soybeans, this year it is estimated that the figure will remain in 12% imports for all agricultural products. North Dakota. As they point in New York Timesin a typical year, the United States would send more than half of its soy to China, having states like North Dakota that would sell 70% of its production to the Asian giant. With this change of course in the market, farmers face the risk of blockbuster, filling silos, but without the possibility of giving way to so many tons of product. The consequences are what we already know: brutal prices falls, loss of land value and rural economy, while farmers have to continue paying mortgages. In the 2019 commercial war, the administration offered aid to farmers to support the pressure of a China that did not buy them, but it remains to be seen in the near future while senior US and China officials will They gathered This week in Spain to discuss commercial decisions (With Tiktok’s highlight). As NYT points out in NYT report, farmers expect that of soybeans to be one of the issues to be discussed, since there are examples of farms that will lose up to $ 400,000 only this year, being an inasumable situation in some cases. China looks at Brazil. But of course, China is not stopping buying soybeans for both human consumption and for the consumption of livestock, what happens is that they are buying it to other producers. The US is the second worldwide, but above it has someone who is living a totally opposite situation: Brazil. With the commercial war of 2019, China has already begun to diversify looking at the Brazilian market, but these years has been combining both for mere interest: as noted ReutersUSA sent its soy between September and January, before the Brazilian harvest that starred in the rest of the months. In the middle they point out that China has gained soybeans so as not to have to buy the United States this season. HE esteem that the South American soy will cover 95% of the October China demand. Also to Africa. In parallel, China is exploring new origins for soybeans, especially in Africa. Although we talk about modest volumes, imports from Nigeria either Mozambique They have increased in recent months, being part of China’s strategy to diversify, minimize risks and, in addition, invest directly in areas with agricultural potential and in which they can have greater control. Because this strategy is something that we not only see with soybeans, but also with infrastructure both in Latin America (among it, Railways and ports) as in Africawhere they are investing in projects that allow access to critical minerals and metals. It is something that reinforces its position geopolitics in front of the United States while diversifying their sources for ensure stability and continuous supply. In Xataka | There is so many demand for fish in China that has opted for drastic measures: two “aircraft carrier” as a hatchery

Russia has launched its Zircon hypersonic missile at NATO doors. And he has accompanied him with a video so that there is no doubt

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Just a week ago, Russia launched the Greater order to Europe From the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine when entering a swarm of drones in the airspace of Poland. Europe’s response was overwhelming, but nobody escaped then that it was produced at the doors of the Zapad 2025the military exercises that Moscow shares with Belarus and that suppose another headache. How much? For example, the size of a hypersonic missile. Demonstration of power. Because Russia has sent an unequivocal message of strength within the framework of those joint maneuvers. From the Frigate Admiral Golovko, deployed in the Barents Sea, the nation He has disseminated images of the launch of your hypersonic missile 3m22 Zirconcapable of reaching white 1,000 kilometers and traveling to Mach 9. The projectile successfully hit its goal, According to the Ministry Russian defense, reinforcing the narrative that, despite the enormous losses accumulated in more than three years of war in Ukraine, it continues to have strategic abilities that few rivals can counteract. He Video showed In addition the participation of hunting Sukhoi Su-34capable of transporting up to eight tons of weapons and covering long distances without replenishment. The inclusion of such high profile armament in an exercise that develops a few kilometers from NATO borders has been interpreted as a calculated provocation rather than a simple defensive trial. Zircon and his use in Ukraine. The Zircon, along with The Kinzhalis one of the hypersonic missiles that Russia has used in Attacks against Ukraine. Its combination of extreme speed and limited maneuvering capacity makes it a target practically impossible For current air defense systems, generating a sense of vulnerability in both Ukrainian cities and among neighboring countries. Although its operational deployment remains reduced, the dissemination of its impact on a naval exercise seeks Clear answers. The signal is evident: Russia maintains the initiative in the field of new generation weapons, and wants to demonstrate it right in the perimeter where the alliance concentrates Your most sensitive flank. Zircon against China and USA. The Russian missile is a naval HCM that, flying low With Scramjetrun high energy terminal profiles suitable against ships and, a priori, certain land targets. His Achilles heel is not so much the missile and the objective beyond the horizon, which requires reliable cueing by satellite/plane/helo/uav. Faced with this, the Chinese DF-17 Use a hypersonic planner about ballistic booster to overcome defenses with lateral lifting maneuvers (Cross-ngege), while Your DF-27 Expand strategic scope with longer time. For its part, the United States pursues a mix: Hacm (Air-respirate, integration in fighters) for rapid theatrical attacks and CPS (common glide-body with the army) for conventional long-range blows from stealthy maritime platforms. Zirkon Zircon in front of the old continent. Europe accelerates Planning technology (France) and prioritizes interception in planning phase With GPI. In interception, AEGIS/SM-6 It offers the only Western capacity today “On Call” (limited and highly dependent on geometry), while GPI seeks to “paste” the glider when it has not yet descended to its terminal sprint, increasing the successful window. Be that as it may, in all cases the key is not only the missile: it is the sensor chain, the data link and the decision latency for close the cycle “Find-Fix-Track-Target-Engage-Assass” before the vector cross the non-return threshold. About drones and how to answer. As we said at the beginning, the launch of the Zircon coincided with an increase in tension after Drones incursions Russians in Poland’s airspace and RomaniaNATO members. On September 10, Warsaw denounced the entrance of at least 19 devices, demolished by allied fighters, in what described as “Unprecedented violation” and “large -scale provocation.” Three days later, a Russian drone was detected in Romanian territory, reviving the alarms. Poland invoked article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which establishes an urgent consultation mechanism between partners to agree on joint measures. From that debate the Eastern Sentinel operationwhich contemplates the deployment of advanced fighters, antimile defenses and military reinforcements in Eastern Europe. NATO He reacted quicklyaware that the escalation of provocations, although without direct damage, is a direct challenge to its credibility as a safety guarantor. Provocation or accident. Versions about incursions They have varied. Moscow ensures that the drones had no Poland target and that they could deviate, while Belarus suggests trajectory failures. However, both NATO and the United States consider that they were Deliberate launcheswith the aim of testing allied patience and giving up western responses. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, described the facts of “unacceptable, unfortunate and dangerous.” The contradiction between Russian justifications and the forcefulness of Western reactions reinforces the perception that it was a political pressure trial rather than a technical error. An unstable scenario. Thus, the combination of exercises Zapad 2025he Zircon launch or drone raids In NATO space They draw a scenario of increasing instability in Eastern Europe. Although Russia and Belarus insist on the defensive nature of their maneuvers, the location of these operations and the nature of the employee armaments transmit the opposite: a willingness to intimidate and demonstrate that the Kremlin retains the ability to challenge NATO on their own borders. The result points to a new tension cycle, where each military gesture acquires an immediate political reading and where the possibility of unplanned incidents (although with climbing potential) is multiplied dangerously. Image | Russian Defense Ministry, минобороны рф In Xataka | Russia and the most fearsome weapon for Ukraine: it is called Orbit and does not shoot, but turns its soldiers into “invisible” In Xataka | Someone has taken a look at Russia’s satellite images and has discovered something: it is running out of tanks

Baidu has just launched a new AI model that competes with the best. The surprise: it is not Open Source

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Baidu has presented Ernie X1.1, a new generative model that represents a promising qualitative leap and that seems to compete from you to you with their rivals. That is not so surprising. What it is is that we are facing a model that goes against the Chinese trend: it is closed. Why is it important. Being “the Chinese Google” worked very well for Baidu for more than two decades, but in recent times this Chinese technological giant is trying to Do not lose commits in the AI ​​race. His last movement goes in that direction: Ernie X1.1 has just presented, the latest version of a reasoning model that earns whole. The model can be easily tested in the Official Chatbot Website (You have to display the option to use the Ernie X1.1 model if you are not selected). The new Ernie X1.1 competes from you to you with Depseek-R1, Gemini-2.5 Pro and even GPT-5 in various benchmarks Promising. The internal tests published by BAIDU reveal that their new reasoning model offers “significant advances” in terms of precision of the answers (34.8% better than Ernie X1), instructions monitoring (12.5% ​​better) and agricultural capacities (9.6% better). Not only that: its performance in Benchmarks exceeds Desepseek R1-0528, the reference AI model for months in China. It is also able to compete in performance with GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 Pro, two of the most advanced models today. But closed. While the trend in China is to offer open models in which at least the weights with which these models have trained, Baidu has decided that at the moment Ernie X1.1 will be closed. The model has been offered to corporate clients already developers through the Baidu cloud platform, called Qianfan (via API), in addition to its aforementioned availability in Ernie.baidu.com. Meanwhile, other models open. What it has done is to open the Ernie-4.5-21B-A3B-Thinking model, a version that is somewhat less capable but that has reasoning capacity and that supports a context window of 128,000 tokens. This model uses a MOE (Mixture of Experts) architecture with 21,000 million total parameters although only 3,000 million of them are active to make it more efficient. The model is for example available Through Hugging Face. An AI that accompanies the elderly. As they point out In SCMPduring the presentation of this wang haifeng model, Cto de Baidu, advertisement The launch of an AI agent destined to accompany the elderly. The objective is to help the more than 310 million Chinese who are over 60 years offering information that for example can help them with their health status and also allows us to discern whether the information they find on the Internet can be harmful to them. Counting Erres. In Xataka we have been able to use Ernie X1.1 for a few hours and the first impressions are very positive. The reasoning model is especially careful when answering, and for example when asking “how many” R “does the phrase ‘the San Roque dog has no tail because Ramón Ramírez has stolen it’?” The model correctly replied that 9, when Ernie 4.5, also available on that website, replied quickly but badly: 8. We also ask you to create a table with the 10 countries that had won the most football, and once again The answer It was perfect, something we had not seen in almost any previous model. In other interactions – for example, when creating and analyzing Python code – the performance was also remarkable. In the absence of trying it in depth, these small tests point to a really remarkable behavior of the model. But rivals squeeze. We are therefore before a striking step by Baidu, both for that promising performance and for the fact that the company has given up not opening it for the moment. In front of Ernie X1.1, yes, the competition is fierce. Both QWen3-Max-Preview (Alibaba) and Kimi-K2-0905 (MoNshot) have achieved enter the list Of the 10 most powerful models on the market According to LMarena. There for those who lead are Gemini-2.5 Pro, Claude Opus 4.1, O3 and GPT-5-High, but the advance of these Chinese models is remarkable. It remains to be seen if Ernie X1.1 will also sneak that list. In Xataka | Deepseek has given the starting gun in the race for a cheaper AI. And China starts with advantage

Russia has just launched the greatest order to Europe since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. And Europe has responded with fire

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In recent weeks the war in Ukraine had taken a more worrying channel with a made unprecedented From the Russian invasion in 2022. Lost combat drones were arriving To countries outside the conflicteven impacting the land. However, what happened few hours ago is completely different. Poland (and NATO) have just enter In the contest. Polish interception. Yes, Poland It has knocked down For the first time Russian drones that penetrated their airspace during a massive attack against Ukraine, in what Warsaw He described how an “unprecedented violation.” The operation, carried out in the early morning with fighters and Polish anti -aircraft defense systems and other NATO allies (including F-35 Dutch), supposes the most serious clash between Moscow and the Atlantic Alliance since the beginning of the Russian Invasion on a large scale in February 2022. Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed That armament was used against intruder objects, convened an emergency meeting and claimed to maintain constant contact with NATO general, Mark Rutte. For its part. The president of France Macron has described Incursion as “simply unacceptable.” Critical climbing. The incident occurs in a context of great tension, with Russian military exercises Zapad About to start with Belarus and Washington pressed by European capitals to adopt a firmer position against Moscow. Said war games, five days, They imply to the armed forces of Russia and Belarus and develop very close to the Polish border, which increases the risk of incidents. The military dimension. The Polish Armed Forces confirmed that several military aircraft participated in the operation, with radar systems and air defense activated to the highest level of alert. HE They identified and demolished Some of the intruder drones in regions such as Podlaskie, Mazowieckie and Lublin, where there were even traces of devices, as in the town of Czosnówka. I also knowThey used flights In the Chopin airport in Warsovia and in three other aerodromes, including Rzesów-Jjaka, key for its proximity to Ukraine. The change in Russian strategy. Russia has intensified since summer the use of drones and missiles to saturate Ukrainian defense and exhaust its interceptors. Only last weekend launched more than 800 drones and a dozen missiles in the largest air attack since 2022. This tactic too Multiply the risks For neighboring countries of Ukraine, such as Poland, which until now had suffered the fall of lost projectiles (such as the one that killed two farmers in 2022), but had never directly intercepted Russian devices in flight. Implications The Polish response occurs at a time of political uncertainty In Washington, with President Donald Trump trying to force peace negotiations between kyiv and Moscow, but without success. The lack of immediate reactions of the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department highlights the US caution before an action that can mark a before and after in the involvement of NATO. Plus: Warsaw decided Close completely Its border with Belarus, even more hardening the posture against its eastern neighbors. What changes now. The fact that Poland has used kinetic means to reduce Russian drones inside its airs Exercise active defense. If you want, this redefines your response threshold: from this moment, any unidentified and hostile profile can be treated As immediate threat. In terms of deterrence, the message is sent to Moscow that the “navigation errors”, collateral probes or saturations will no longer have zero cost. In terms aliancistasTest in real conditions the integrated air defense architecture NATO on the eastern flank. Risk and management. The use of Polish fire against Russian objects raises the potential of Friction on three levels: Tactical (more interceptions and greater probability of fragmentation on populated areas), operational (expansion of confrontation rules and greater density of aerial patrols) and strategic (Russian diplomatic or military response, including propaganda and mirror measures in Kalinningrad and Beelorusia). In addition, the coincidence with Zapad exercises increases the danger of Malinterpretation: Training flights, air targets or lures can be confused with real threats. Mitigation requires positive identification protocols, clear red lines and active distrust channels, ideally backed by shared early alerts and previous notifications of exercises. Article 5 and a theory. Although an isolated demolition of drones does not active per se Article 5, does press the debate on the “threshold” of armed aggression. Poland can argue legitimate defense (Art. 51 of the UN Letter) Before repeated incursions that put infrastructure or population at risk. If it was demonstrated that Russian platforms were deliberately directed to transit or attack in NATO territory, the case for consultations of article 4 (and, in significant damage scenarios or victims, for 5) it is reinforced. Moscow, aware of this, can intensify ambiguity: drones with erratic flight plan, lures or minimal loads to maintain that kind of “gray zone”. The allied response, therefore, must be graduated, documented and legally solid. Image | Nato North Atlantic, 7th Army Training Command, In Xataka | The Ukrainian army that is not afraid of Russia. They arrive as outdated machines and become robots for war In Xataka | Something unprecedented in Ukraine is happening: combat drones do not need humans to coordinate and attack

Only “a miracle” can save the company that launched Yuri Gagarin

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What until now were rumors and suspicions It has become the harsh reality confirmed from within. And in the most brutally possible way possible. The legendary RSC Energy, the pillar on which the entire Soviet and Russian space program was built, is in a “critical situation”, on the verge of bankruptcy. It does not say a western analyst, but the general director of the Russian company, Igor Maltsev, in an internal statement that contradicts the Kremlin propaganda. “We have to stop lying.” Far from the usual fanfare, the message published on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of RSC Energia lacks euphemisms. “Multimillionaire debts, loan interests that eat the entire budget, ineffective processes and a significant part of the team that has lost motivation and the sense of shared responsibility,” writes Maltsev. Filtered by The Russian medium Gazeta.ru And confirmed by multiple sources, the message is a low blow for Russian space propaganda. Maltsev was appointed director just three months ago and has needed little time to understand the magnitude of the disaster. In his letter, he affirms that the legacy of geniuses like Serguéi Koroliov “has been exhausted” and that, in recent years, “all important projects and all deadlines have been breached.” On the verge of bankruptcy. In a desperate cry, Maltsev warns their thousands of employees that the future might not be the “flourishing of RSC Energy”, but the “closing of the corporation and the impossibility of functioning normally, paying salaries and creating new products.” The conclusion of your message, Full -widespread in Telegram channelsIt is almost a plea to heaven: to get the company forward is a task “of the kingdom of miracles”. It is a radical change against the usual rhetoric of Roscosmos, which usually focuses on past glories and Grandilocuent future projects But with little financing. As Eric Berger points out in Ars TechnicaThe reality is that the Russian space program is deeply definanced, a situation that has been especially aggravated by the war in Ukraine. With interest rates in 18%, capital is increasingly scarce and debts become unpayable. The end of the Russian monopoly in the ISS. The RSC Energia crisis, manufacturer of the created Soyuz ships and the progress cargo ships coincides with the moment when its role in the International Space Station has ceased to be indispensable. For decades, Russia has been in charge of raising the orbit of the station to counteract atmospheric decay, a task that performs with the engines of the Zvezda module or the progress ships coupled to the ISS. However, his monopoly is already history. NASA, concerned about Russian threats to leave the stationit has been looking for alternatives for years. And he has already found them. As Daniel Marín details in EurekaSpacex’s new CRON-33 ship has been equipped with a specific propulsion system to raise the ISS orbit regularly. This capacity makes the Dragon a robust and reliable alternative to Russian progress, eliminating the main pressure lever that Roscosmos had left at the station. A minimum diplomacy. Ironically, this unprecedented internal crisis coincides with a shy diplomatic thaw. As We counted in XatakaNASA and Roscosmos bosses gathered in August for the first time in almost eight years. On the table, they agreed to maintain cooperation in the ISS until 2028 and collaborate in their future exorbitation. This approach, more than a sign of strength, seems like a pure need maneuver. The space station agrees by leaps and bounds, with the Russian module Zvezda as the main concern for its persistent air leaks. The Maltsev action call is the most obvious symptom that the Russian space program faces a systemic collapse. The loss of its technical monopoly in the ISS, combined with an internal economic bleeding, Leave Roscosmos in its weakest position in decades. The “miracle” requested by the director of Energy is not only to save a historical company, but to prevent one of the great legacies of space exploration from becoming a museum piece. Image | ROSCOSMOS In Xataka | The Marian Rover of ESA is definitely damn: the exomars mission accumulates 20 years of calvary and bad luck

The ship that the three throats has launched in China

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The world has engaged in the transport network electrification. It is a vital part of emission reduction planand although cars play an important role, there is a sector that cannot be overlooked: The ship’s. The majority of world trade moves in the oceans and we have been seeing projects such as the Yara Birkeland load ship or the Ferris to connect ports. And that maritime electrification is critical in China. The decarbonization is A fundamental part of short -term China strategies and, although We have been seeing results for yearsIt is not enough. Being the country that leads battery production and the electrification of cars, assaulting the seas was the next logical step. They have several projects underway, but curiously one of the most striking, for their versatility, is that of the first fully electric cleaning ship. It is a ship owned by China Three Gorges Corporation, the company that manages the imposing prey of the three throats that, in addition, it has departments intended for Renewable Technologies Research. This ship has a double mission: Clean the floating waste of the rivers and, in the flood seasons, be used as a transport ship along the Yangtsé River. Its main characteristics are as follows: It has 82 meters long. 18 km/Hy 4,000 kWh batteries. It has an autonomy of 150 kilometers per load. A savings of 253.4 tons of diesel are expected per year. Also a reduction of 842.4 tons of annual CO₂ emissions, 25,300 tons throughout its useful life. CTG esteem a useful life of 20 years and, apart from emission savings, they expect the ship to allow Save 20 million annual yuan(about 2.80 million dollars) in fuel. After being Booty In December last year and a first inaugural trip, he is ready to sail fulfilling his mission. China climbs into the electrification ship, literally Beyond this cleaning ship, the intention China is that Decarbonization policies Transportation begin to bear fruit in the short term. Within those actions, and apart from the Incentives For shipyards and companies that adopt these technologies, an update of recharge infrastructure in strategic ports has begun. Because there are two factors that come into play: on the one hand, the batteries had to allow dilated autonomies to Maximize the operating time in the sea. On the other, the ports should have the ability to quickly recharge those batteries while maintenance work is performed on the ship itself. Fruit of that strategy, we have projects such as two countertops that It is estimated come into service at some point next year. These are two 100% electric ships of about 130 meters in length that has the capacity to transport from 10,000 to 13,000 tons, while having autonomies of about 500 kilometers to make routes between the port roads of the country. Improving communication between its main ports is another of the projects in which China has embarked, and these container companies will have ten batteries with a total power of 1,900 kW. Yujian 77 But they are not only developing container. A few weeks ago the service entered the Yujian 77the first totally electric passenger ship in the country that, with 49 meters in length, has a capacity for 358 passengers and the objective of performing tourist routes in coastal areas. And they are also developing the Futurean advanced ship focused on ocean research that has as a mission Study the oceans and perform “green technology” tests. It has a length of 110.8 meters, capacity for 80 crew and what attracts the most attention is the ability to operate for 60 days in a row, being fully electric. But, although that entrance of China through the big door in the electric ship segment has its importance due to the maritime weight of the country, the rest of the world also moves in the same direction. In fact, closer to our borders we have companies such as the Norwegian Viking Line and The world’s largest electric ferria beast of 200 meters with capacity for 650 cars. It is evident that the world of ships has not wanted to continue waiting for solid state batteriesand it remains to wait to see what will happen when this technology settles and if you can board much larger ships, such as huge cruises And above all, Portenero. Images | Gorgeus Yichang (2) In Xataka | This loading brows with 192 solar panels and a hybrid system. The most striking thing is that you can do it without crew

Depseek has just launched something that will bitter the day and the US chips companies: it is called Depseek-V3.1

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There was a day when Depseek surprised half the world by demonstrating that you could go far with less. Today returns with V3.1 And a message that does not go unnoticed: the model has prepared for the next Chinese chip batch. We are not talking about an automatic market overturn, but about a concrete bet that points in an awkward direction for Nvidia and company. If that technical tune with the Chinese hardware It translates into performance, conversation about who feeds AI in China is going to sound very different. According to the company’s own noteV3.1 opens a hybrid inference in the purest style GPT-5: the same system with two routes, Think (deep reasoning) and Non-Think (Quick response), Sygons from your website and app. The formulation is clear: “Hybrid Inference: Think & Non-Think, a model, two models.” The company also underlines that the version Think “Reach answers in less time” than your predecessor. That is, not only do pesos change, the inference modes that are already in service also change. The phrase that frames everything: an FP8 “thought for national chips” In a comment set in his latest publication in Wechat, Depseek writes: “EU8M0 FP8 is for the next generation of national chips.” That is the point that tense the rope: it suggests that the company has adjusted the data format, apparently a FP8 which label as EU8M0, to the next wave of Chinese processors. Bloomberg andReuters collect that message And they synthesize it: v3.1 is “personalized to function with next -generation AI chips Chinese. ”In other words, optimization oriented to the local ecosystem. The original comment in Chino (left) and its Spanish translation with Google Translate (right) FP8 is an 8 -bit format that weighs half that FP16/BF16. With native support, it allows more yield per cycle and less memory, provided that the climb is well calibrated. In the official Model Card of Hugging Face It is read that Depseek-V3.1 “has trained using the EU8M0 FP8 scale” format, which indicates that it is not only a packaging of weights, but that training and execution have been expressly adapted to that precision. The delicate part, and it is convenient to be prudent, is that everything points to a chips remittance that will be displayed in the future, since they can take advantage of this scheme natively. So is this bad news for Nvidia? The data of the fiscal year that expired on January 26 indicates that China represented approximately 13% of the company’s revenues led by Jensen Huang. If part of the computation of AI in China Classic duo muta NVIDIA GPU + CUDA ECOSYSTEM To domestic solutions that work with the UE8M0 FP8 format and give good results (presumably chips ascend of Huawei), the demand for Western solutions could be eroded over time. China meant about 13% of Nvidia’s income in the last fiscal year All this happens on the US export controls board: restrictions that sought to stop China’s access to leading chips and that have also accelerated their commitment to self -sufficiency. This year the Trump Administration rehabilitated with conditions the export of H20a chip cut for China. Since then, the state of the H20 has been oscillating: among permits, Chinese regulatory pressures and Nvidia plans to present Blackwell -based alternatives. The background message is that the framework is political and changing, and any route that allows China to depend less on these windows becomes strategic value. You have to remember another fact that helps to calibrate expectations. According to Financial TimesDeepseek tried to train his future R2 model with Huawei chips ascend to official instances and found persistent technical problems. He ended up returning to Nvidia for training, while he was still working on the Compatibility for inference. That episode does not invalidate the current strategy, but puts the bar: to completely migrate its processes is not simple, it requires, among other things, months of engineering. V3.1, therefore, it must be read as iteration. Now the company states that it has prepared its model for the next Chinese chips. Matherena models scores And here we have another interesting fact. Matharenaa platform linked to Zurich Federal Polytechnic School which evaluates models in real and recent mathematical competitions, places GPT-5 as a leader, with 90% in final response tests, already deepseek-v3.1 (Think) something behind although among the best models of the moment. This helps to locate the context: V3.1 Compete above. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 | Matharen and Deepseek screen catches In Xataka | Tiktok stole the searches, Depseek beat them in Ia: Baidu discovers that being “the Chinese google” is no longer enough

Tesla has launched in China a Model and L. It is the most Chinese (and logic) bet that could do in the short term

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After months in which he has signed up for a Tesla Model and smallsomething cheaper to boost sales in Europe and press the competition for price, Tesla has surprised us with quite the opposite: a tesla model and longer. Only for China. And it makes all the meaning. The new Tesla Model Ylthat is, the elongated body version of the well -known electric SUV, increases the 150 millimeter wheelbase and its height in another 44 millimeters. A six -seater configuration is adopted (2+2+2) Therefore, a third row of seats is added that has been somewhat controversial. But it is also provided with heating and ventilation to the seats, electrical plates and integrated speakers. They are small improvements to increase the comfort of the passengers that are in tune with the bets of the L versions that the rivals usually offer in China. A category of vehicles that are based on three fundamental pillars: more space and more comfort for passengers. And that, curiously, they are transverse to all types of sizes. Purely Chinese With the presentation of Tesla Model YL, the opinions between criticism and public have been divided as usually happens with Elon Musk’s company. In Hybrids and electric They point out that some media qualify the third row like “going mounted in a convertible”given the little size between the head of the passenger and the roof. They ensure that the space that is free in the legs for a 1.70 -meter person is minimal and that it is an emergency solution for adults. In social networks a whole debate has been mounted following some images in which the same adult is seen sitting in the third row of seats. In one of them You see how it has a lot of free height between the head and the roof and ensures that it measures almost 1.90 meters. In another image it is observed as, with the trunk open, that same adult I would have serious problems traveling comfortably. Personally, I am inclined to think that the second option is the real but that does not mean that Tesla’s bet is bad. Yes, there are rivals that have a third row of more comfortable or practical seats. We have verified it in the Hyundai ioniq 9 or his brother, the KIA EV9. However, they are cars created from scratch with this intention in mind. Tesla is adding a third row of seats with a body L to improve the versatility of the car but, above all, with the intention of improving the comfort of the second row. That third row is an emergency solution and the really interesting is in a second row of a 2+2 configuration car with two good seats with all the comforts desired by a passenger. And in China the bodies L are usual. These cars are versions with longer bodies, with more wheelbase to generate a greater interior space. Europe has tired of selling this type of cars and Audi there, for example, demonstrates that the phenomenon is transverse to the size of the vehicle. The Germans have sold in China the Audi a3 l But also in those cars that, for European standards, already seem huge and do not need more interior space. Example? An Audi A8 L. To get an idea, this last car can exceed 5.19 meters to some endless 5.32 meters or impressive 5.45 meters. The latter refer to Audi A8 l horch. But the most interesting is in its interior seats with resting function or the possibility of adding a fridge in the central compartment, among other possibilities within the company’s customization program. Obviously, we talk here about a luxury car that Tesla does not intend to match but the company’s movement clearly points to proposing an experience in the cabin that is very sought in the Chinese car, transforming the interior into a kind of lounge with more space where feeling as comfortable as possible. Keep in mind that the great Chinese metropolis are huge and that the paths can languish for many minutes before the driver reaches his destination. This has made Chinese cars (and Europeans who want to sell there) have thrown into the arms of the screens and connectivity. But also that very wide rear seats are prioritized. Even sacrificing a good part of the trunk where Chinese cars tend to lose in front of the rivals. This happens because, despite its enormous sizes, in China the car is a Priority urban vehicle. It is rare that you travel with them since the distances are so long and the trains so competitive that either it is traveling in high speed or by plane. That is, cars are spaces with wheels where it is about giving the highest comfort to the client (another good example is the rise of their luxury minorities). And that is why the L -bodies L versions do not seek to have a third row of very comfortable seats. It is about prioritizing central seats in a 2+2+2 configuration and, in the best case, add a third emergency option. That is what Tesla has done. Photo | Tesla In Xataka | Tesla wants to keep certain accidents of accidents with her cars. A judge will decide if they should be made public

In 2015 Scotland launched a route to revitalize highlands through tourism. Ten years later they have a problem

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The story dates back to 2015. Those who know the details that with the support of the then Prince Carlos already through the North Highland Initiativean ambitious project was launched to economically reactivate remote highlands from northern Scotland. To that route the They called North Coast 500but they did not measure the impact it was going to have an “old acquaintance”. The birth of myth. He project A very clear lines had a decade ago. On the basis of existing roads, a circular route of 830 kilometers with start and end in Inverness, conceived as a Scottish version of the mythical American Route 66 Route. The promise It was double: To energize the economy of small forgotten locations and offer the traveler an unforgettable experience between castles, abrupt coasts and virgin landscapes. In their early years, the numbers confirmed success: a 26% increase in visits to tourist information centers and up to 30% in local attractions. In 2018, a study calculated that the route generated more than 22 million pounds per year For the region. That comes tourism … mass. Success, however, brought consequences unwanted. The massive arrival of caravans, motorhomes, sports cars and motorcycles overflowed precarious roads and little prepared peoples, turning them into a sound hell. What was initially presented as an economic impulse ended up being perceived by many residents such as An invasion: Prairies razed by barbecues, paths turned into improvised toilets and fragile ecosystems, such as the habitats of Atlantic Frailecillos, disturbed by reckless tourists. The route Untenable. The lack of basic infrastructure (parking lots, toilets, wastewater discharge points) derived from garbage spills and human waste in private properties and in constant interference in those fragile habitats such as those of the frailecillos. The accidents increasedaggravated by visitors little accustomed to a single lane roads or to the fact of driving on the left. In fact, the official data They show a rebound of serious collisions caused by American tourists. Meanwhile, the mythical port of Bealach Mountain Na Bàwith its curves closed to more than 600 meters high, it became a dangerous funny for Motorhomes oversized. The massive tourism paradox. The prosperity provided by the NC500 is unquestionable: thousands of Linked jobs to tourism and the rescue of rural business that would otherwise have disappeared. Accommodation owners recognize that without the route their companies would not have survived, especially after the pandemic. But that economic bonanza lives with the perception of an authentic “Seasonal invader” that alters the rhythm of life of the communities. Daily coexistence with caravans parked in the windows of the houses, rallies at high speed or campists carving trees to make fire has fed an increasing discomfort, channeled in Facebook groups such as NC500 The Dirty Truth. For many, the brand has become Hostage of large companies that explode it without responsible for cultural and environmental damages. Local and future responses. The situation has led to the NC500 already appears on the blacklist of Fodor’s Travel destinations, which He advises it for “unsustainable popularity.” Given this, authorities and promoters try to recover balance with campaigns Like Press Pausewhich seeks that the communities themselves decide how to promote their territory, and with the hiring of rangers that patrol and educate tourists. The company NC500 LTD. has introduced In addition a “traveler commitment” on its website, with More than 4,000 signaturesto promote environmental and social respect. However, the background It is complex: How to make the appeal of a route that has placed north of Scotland on the world map with the need to preserve its identity, its nature and the daily life of its inhabitants? The Highlands dilemma. If you want too, The NC500 Encarna a global dilemma which we have spoken a lot: the tension between the economic benefit of mass tourism and the erosion of what makes it desirable. In this case, the risk is that the “last wild border” of Scotland becomes a saturated showcase, unable to support either its visitors or its communities. For some stores, the answer goes through Limit the flow of tourists and reinforce infrastructure. For others, for accepting that the Highlands culture It will inevitably change under the weight of international tourism. Between the enthusiasm of the business and the frustration of the residents, the NC500 remains an uncomfortable mirror: a dream of rural development that threatens to destroy what made it possible, the majestic serenity of some lands that everyone now wants to travel. Yeah William Wallace looked up would not give credit. Image | Fabian to Scherschel, Lauren Friedman, ThincatNC500 The Dirty Truth In Xataka | After expanding throughout the planet, touristification has reached Antarctica. And it is already taking its toll In Xataka | Decades ago the cities of Europe joined to capture tourists. Today they allied to the opposite: throw them out

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