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Stephen Hawking left a hidden treasure that has just been discovered. The problem is that it is in the form of floppy disks

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The Cambridge University Library houses several historical treasures including letters from Isaac Newton and notebooks from Charles Darwin. Now they will take care also of manage 113 boxes with documents and memories of the physical Stephen Hawkingbut in those boxes they also found a surprise turned into a challenge: floppy disks. Lots of them. Computer pioneer. The famous physicist was an early user of those first computers in which data was stored on floppy disks. When he suffered from ALS this was a very important resource to be able to communicate and work, and now those disks that have just been discovered could contain all kinds of revealing data about Hawking’s life and work. Future Nostalgia. That’s what it’s called the project of the University of Cambridge and its library that precisely tries to safeguard all that information that in the past ended up being stored on floppy disks. Recovering such data is not easy when so much time has passed, and this project tries to educate about the best ways to preserve said information and transfer or recover it from those floppy disks. A format with an expiration date. Although one would think that floppy disks are a more secure way to store data than paper and ink, this physical medium also has clear disadvantages. The iron oxide covering the thin layer of plastic can degrade and lose its magnetic capabilities, meaning data could be lost forever. Each floppy disk is a world. With old books there are not too many problems when it comes to retrieving the information: you open them and read them (if you understand the language, of course). With floppy disks you need the hardware to be able to read them—a compatible disk drive—and also figure out how they are formatted. Leontien Talboom, responsible for this project, explained How to also clean those floppy disks was complex and there were various methods that they were exploring. These included the use of hand soap or isopropyl alcohol. Hawking used both a PC and a Mac. The disks arrived at the project in two batches. The first, with five and a quarter (5.25 inch) disks formatted on an MS-DOS based PC. The second, with three and a half disks, somewhat more recent and that were still used on an old Mac. According to Talboom, they are mainly talks that Hawking gave: “from a technical point of view they are really interesting because his talks were so big that he had to divide them into several floppy disks.” I wrote to speak. Hawking’s illness left him unable to speak for himself, so for years he used various voice synthesizers to express his ideas. Precisely for this reason he wrote so much on the computer and saved those documents on disk: this allowed him to use them later so that his synthesized voice could read said documents. Different discs, different readers. Although 5.25″ and especially 3.5″ discs were the most widespread, other formats were also seen such as eight inch discs which for example were used in the Churchill Archives Centre. Chris Knowles, one of the Future Nostalgia participants, explained how he bought a player for these discs on eBay. “It was a miracle that it worked,” but that allowed him to recover the information from those disks. Forgotten formats. They have also received some three-inch floppy disks, a much less widespread and peculiar format that had some success in the United Kingdom before the 3.5″ format was clearly imposed. To recover them, they ended up using an old reader manufactured by Amstrad that they had to modify to bring it back to life. And then there’s the software problem.. The information recovered from these disks can also pose another challenge: that it was created with software that was abandoned and even ended up disappearing. Some disks, for example, had documents written with a missing word processor called Diamond Word. That’s where a kind of “translation” comes into play to convert those files into something readable in the current era. Safeguarding our past. This work demonstrates how critical it is to try to protect and recover information from these old formats. Many of those floppy disks are 40 or 50 years old, and as Knowles says, “old emails and work calendars may not look like historical documents. They might seem banal. But they’re what Newton’s or Darwin’s letters would have looked like 200 years ago. Now they are fascinating documents that open a window to the past.” In Xataka | The 20 most important personal computers in the history of technology

It’s not that there are hungry bears, it’s who is left to face them

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In 1976, the Government of Japan registered 500,000 licenses first level hunting. By 2012, the licenses did not arrive at 100.00. These data did not have much importance in the nation’s newspapers until someone noticed. The bears have taken over “rural Japan”, they are hungry and have no resources to contain them. In the background, a national demographic crisis, and another at an international level that have turned the animal into the number one danger. First they were emergency huntsnow it is directly the army. A sinlife. Japan is experiencing the biggest rebound of bear attacks recorded since data exists, with more than a hundred injured and at least twelve people dead since the spring, along with more than 20,000 sightings reported in the first half of the fiscal year alone. The meetings already are not restricted to mountainous areas: the animals appear in gardens, stations, schools, supermarkets and thermal complexes, which has generated a feeling of constant danger in regions that traditionally associated autumn with hiking, local festivals and enjoying the autumn landscape. Bears everywhere. The density of sightings is concentrated in the north, especially in Akita and Iwatebut cases have also been confirmed nearby from Tokyo and Osakaa clear indicator of the loss of ecological boundaries that separated the forest from the urban. The result is that a season that used to symbolize serenity, hiking and foliage viewing has become a period continuous alertwith cancellations of marathons, school walks and tourist events, and with hikers changing destinations, traveling in groups and equipping themselves with bells, radios and repellent sprays. Depopulation, aging and warming. He increase in attacks It is not a casual or strictly natural phenomenon: it is the accumulated consequence of decades of rural depopulation, aging community and environmental alterations. In large areas of the north, entire towns and neighborhoods have disappeared emptying and agingdrastically reducing the human presence that previously deterred bears from approaching. The figure of the local hunter, key to managing fauna, is has become scarcewith hunting associations composed mainly by elderly men that they can no longer intervene quickly enough. At the same time, the reduction of acorn and beechnut cropslinked to climate change, has decreased the food available in the woods, driving bears into abandoned fields and home orchards, where they find unguarded persimmons, chestnuts, and apple trees. Extra ball. In many villages, the ancient satoyama landscapes (the buffer strips between forest and crops) have been abandoned, erasing gradients that previously marked clear boundaries between the wild and the human. This spatial and ecological convergence has made the encounter with bears stop being a contingency and become an something statistically probable in certain areas. The army warms up. The seriousness of the situation has forced the central government to intervene, deploying troops in Akita to support local authorities who admit they are overwhelmed. However, the military They do not have authorization to kill animals: their role is restricted to installing traps, transporting authorized hunters and helping to remove carcasses, while the lethal component falls on a network of hunters whose capacity is already insufficient. This model highlights a growing contradiction: Self-defense forces, already limited in personnel, must address a prolonged civil emergency in parallel to their defense mission. As we countthe government has started preparing emergency measures that include relax the rules hunting in urban areas, hire new shooters, reinforce monitoring and use drones with deterrent sounds, but these actions require time, interprefectural coordination and specialized training. The feeling of citizen vulnerability persists because the problem does not depend only on individual captures, but on the restoration of a territorial balance that has been eroded for decades. Social and psychological impact. Plus: the increase in attacks has modified the daily routines in affected regions. Parents accompany their children to school, residents avoid going out after dark, farmers work in fear, and hikers reconsider activities that were previously seen as an essential part of seasonal well-being. Surveys show that more than 75% of hikers now feel anxious about the possibility of encounters with bears, and more than half have changed or canceled plans. The feeling of insecurity has even crossed cultural identity Japanese autumnassociated with contemplation, gastronomy and a slow pace. This emotional transition from enjoyment to caution reflects that the problem is not only one of fauna, but of social structure: when the territories they lose populationservices, surveillance and organized community, also lose their capacity to absorb and manage natural risks. Crisis and bears. The crisis of bear attacks in Japan it is not an exceptional episode but the visible manifestation of a deep dynamic where depopulation, aging, ecological transformation and weakening of rural management converge on a new vulnerability. While bears search for food and territory, humans they withdraw from spaces who previously maintained a controlled cohabitation relationship. The answer cannot limit yourself to hunting more or install more traps: It will require rethinking the revitalization of rural environments, restoring satoyama barriers, training new cohorts of managers and strengthening community capacity. The immediate future will bring a temporary truce with hibernation, but the trend indicates that spring and next fall they will stress again this border. Seen this way, the question that arises is not only how to protect the population, but how to reconstruct a territorial balance that allows the human and the wild to continue coexisting without fear replacing daily life. Image | Animals, US Department of Defense Current Photos, jasohill In Xataka | Faced with the largest flood of wild bears in memory, Japan has taken a measure: emergency hunts In Xataka | Wolf hunting throughout Spain depended on a red button that changes its status. And Europe has decided to press it

In Ukraine we had seen armored vehicles from Mad Max, but the latest Russian invention has left everyone speechless: assault “hedgehogs”

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Last June, several images captured by reconnaissance drones of the Ukrainian forces sighted a unprecedented Russian offensive: Waves of two-wheeled troops launching motorcycle charges to break the kyiv front. If the scene seemed like a still from Mad Max, shortly after it would become reality with the appearance of trucks that we saw in the movie. The latest: in an unprecedented turn of the screw, Moscow has brought out its assault “hedgehogs” The tank turned into a “hedgehog”. The recent appearance of a T-80BVM Russian equipped with an extreme structure of steel cables along with foliage and tree branches, described as an “assault hedgehog”offers a revealing picture of the state of mechanized warfare in Ukraine. The photographs, broadcast by the channel Vodohray Telegramshow a T-80BVM with an anti-mine roller TMT-K and a T-72B3 with a KMT-7, both wrapped in dense cable cages covering the chassis, tower and top. On the T-80BVM, in addition, a electronic warfare system. This modification, primarily intended to thwart FPV drone attacks, represents the rapid adaptation of the battlefield to a threat that has completely altered the relationship between armor, mobility and survivability. And more. The structures that are seen look for prevent direct impact or cause drones to become trapped or damaged before reaching vulnerable points. However, the additional protection noticeably increases weightvolume and operational complexity: tanks become slower, more visible and difficult to maneuver in urban or forested areas. Still, the fact that these modifications arise not only from field improvisations but also from organized units highlights the extent to which drone warfare is redefining the very form of ground combat. T-80BV in the Kubinka tank museum Evolution of the T-80BVM. He original T-80developed in the late 1970s, was conceived as an elite tank capable of combining firepower with exceptional mobility thanks to its gas turbine engine. This feature made it faster and quieter than other Soviet models, which made it a symbol of military modernity in its time. With the dissolution of the USSR, many T-80s were stored, but the version T-80BVM (introduced in the 2010s) introduced important improvements: Relikt reactive shieldingmore modern optical and thermal systems, and mechanical adjustments to increase reliability, especially in cold environments. In Ukraine, where a war of attrition is being fought with very dynamic fronts, the T-80BVM has been used like crash car for quick attacks or penetration maneuvers, but the proliferation of drones has reduced their safety margins, forcing the modification of even a tank originally designed to move quickly and freely. Other armor seen in Ukraine FPV and the collapse of the classics. The expansion of FPV drones (capable of attacking from above or vulnerable flanks) has generated a conceptual crisis for traditional armor. Tower ledges, engine cover and commander’s hatch hinge have become critical points that even a cheap drone can exploit with an improvised payload. For this reason, both Russia and Ukraine have experimented with “cages”“mobile bunkers” and supplementary armor. It turns out that the first versions of these cages, superficial or with rigid bars, were insufficient: the drones learned to maneuver between gaps or detonate just above them. Hence the cable structures They represent a more advanced iteration of that improvised defense: they are more flexible, denser, and more likely to entangle or slow down small aircraft. However, its effectiveness is uneven, depending on the quality of the wiring, the speed of the drone and the ability of the FPV operator to manually adjust its trajectory. Camouflages and protections. we have gone counting before. The war has generated enormous tactical creativity on both sides. They have been seen covered armored of thermal networks to confuse infrared cameras, coated vehicles of tires to absorb shock waves, camouflaged transport with awnings and scrap metal to break silhouettes and even towers protected by improvisations of beams and bars that are reminiscent of shed roofs. Some of these designs seek to deceive reconnaissance drones, others intend just gain seconds before the impact of an FPV, a time that can allow the crew to abort, retreat or request cover. Each innovation introduces new countermeasures: when the cages appeareddrones began to carry loads at an angle, and when jammers appeared, wired drones or drones with more autonomous guidance systems began to be seen. War, in this sense, has become a constant laboratory where adaptation is measured in hours, not years. Uncertainty. Having said all this, the image of the “steel hedgehog” around the T-80BVM is not only curious: it symbolizes a war in which the rules of armored combat are changing at great speed. Tanks are still valuable, but can no longer operate without a dense layer electronic supportinfantry cover and constant surveillance of the nearby sky. The question that emerges is whether these adaptations keep the car useful or whether they represent an attempt to keep a car alive. concept in transformation. For now, the response on the front is pragmatic: any measure that allows us to survive one more mission is welcome, even if it turns a vehicle designed for speed and direct impact into a slow, heavy creature covered in metallic thorns. Because in the war in Ukraine, survival has become the true armor. Image | Telegram, Alan Wilson, ArmyInform In Xataka | An imperceptible hum is wreaking havoc in Ukraine. When it arrives there is no turning back: the Russians are already everywhere In Xataka | The Ukrainian army has been asked what it urgently needs. The answer was clear: no missiles or drones, just cars

thermal lurches have weeks left

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Suddenly and without warning, the cold has crept into Spain. More than half the country is waking up with temperatures close to zero And, although it is true that the afternoons are still mild, millions of people are faced with the big question of the moment: is it time to change clothes? Or what is the same, translated into meteorological terms, is the cold here to stay? What has happened? In reality, it is not so much what has happened, but what is happening and what is going to happen. Because in the coming days, we are going to see very rapid temperature jumps (“from ice to sun in 48 hours“, with increases and subsequent decreases). We have already seen it: Ciudad Real went from a minimum of 13 to a minimum of 5 from one day to the next. Teruel, Salamanca or Palencia dropped below zero degrees. And, although in the abstract it is not strange that as we approach November the days are increasingly colder, the heat is holding so much so that the “saw teeth” are much more pronounced. Temperature changes are so marked that they are no longer just meteorological curiosities: they are causing problems in people’s daily lives. Is it going to continue like this? This is interesting. According to AEMETNovember is going to be relatively warm at least during the first fortnight. Warm anomalies and above-average precipitation. However, the ECMWF suggests That’s where the “heat” ends. To that first fortnight with thermal values ​​still above average and strong Atlantic circulation (i.e., more generous rainfall on the western slope); It seems that a second half of November will follow in which a possible pattern change will bring more normalized temperatures. Because? On a technical level, what we are seeing is the product of an alternation of warm ridges and cold fronts. We are talking about mild days, open skies and thermal rises, followed by abrupt drops as cooler maritime air enters. What does all this translate into? In a very pronounced thermal variability. That is to say, a heightened risk of isolated frosts in the interior despite the fact that the days are mild and pleasant. This will have strong impacts in agriculture (especially stone fruits and autumn products), in energy demand (at such an uncertain time) and health (the early arrival of respiratory infections). All this punctuated by a series of Atlantic storms that will repeatedly impact the west; while the Mediterranean will be relatively calm with probable scares against DANAs or undulations of the jet stream. So, is the cold here to stay? In the short term, no. The models point to a soft first half of November compared to the average, with occasional declines. The stable cold seems to be delayed until the second half of November. Image | Tomer Burg In Xataka | A group of researchers is trapped in an Antarctic base under a threat: that of one of them.

has left Bizum, dataphones and even ATMs out of the game

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The cloud of Amazon Web Services has suffered a crash in one of its data centers that is affected by a multitude of services worldwide. Alexa, Fortnite, Perplexity, Canva, Roblox… the list is enormous, but it doesn’t stop there. The fall is also making it impossible to pay with a credit card in many stores, through Bizum or even to withdraw money from the ATM. Dataphones. The consequences of the fall of Amazon Web Services are preventing both physical and online purchases. Many businesses are experiencing problems with dataphones because The fall has affected Redsyswhich is the main POS platform in Spain. It is also used on many websites, so it is affecting online payments on many websites such as Tickermaster. Nor take money. Given the problem of dataphones, many people have gone to their bank for cash to be able to pay. This is what our colleague Alberto did, only to find that the ATMs at his bank (BBVA) were not working either. It is not the only bank affected, there have also been failures in ATMs at Unicaja, Bankinter and other entities. Bizum. The Bizum payment service also does not work for many users. At Xataka we have verified that it fails in Sabadell, BBVA, Santander, Revolut and in X there are more users reporting bugs. When the dataphones failed, those who did not have cash tried to pay through Bizum but found that it did not work either. In addition, some banking apps are failing, so in many cases it is not even possible to check if Bizum works. A curiosity: the Santander app gives an error when entering with FaceID on an iPhone, but it let us enter using the code. Irregular. It has not affected everyone or all banks equally. Some ATMs have already been restored and there have been stores where it has been possible to pay without problem or after a couple of attempts, why? Sources from the banking sector have confirmed to Xataka that the AWS failure is being restored, but it takes time for the changes to reach the entire network. In the same way that the solution takes time to deploy, the error did not spread at the same speed, which is why both the impact and the subsequent restoration are being irregular. In development…

A hero without a cape recorded the same shot for a year. Along the way he left the flat earthers without arguments

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Intrigued by the phenomenon, Eratosthenes decided make an observation in Alexandria, located about 800 kilometers north of Siena. There, on the same day and at the same time, he noticed that a vertical stick did cast a definite shadow. The discrepancy led him to a fundamental question: how was it possible that in one place there was no shadow and in another there was, at the same time? Eratosthenes deduced that the only explanation was that the earth’s surface was curved. A lot of time has passed since then, but the flat earthers are still among us. The home experiment. For centuries, the idea of ​​a flat Earth has outlived telescopes, satellites and lunar missions. Despite the overwhelming evidence, from the images taken from space and the established physical principles from Aristotleflat earthers have continued searching for the edge of the planet, organizing expeditions to Antarctica or navigations to the supposed “end of the world” that invariably end with the same discovery: that the edge does not exist. Be that as it may, an anonymous Reddit user has dismantled once again his entire creed without leaving home. Armed only with a security camera, the shadow of his garage and the patience of an entire year, he managed to record a test as simple as it was incontestable: the movement of the Sun drawing a figure of eight perfect on the ground. The footprint of the Sun. Between March 2024 and March 2025, this user (under the alias RedditorofReddit07) marked daily, at the same time, the position of the end of a shadow cast by a corner of his garage. After twelve months, the yellow dots traced on the cement an asymmetric curve in the form of infinity: an analemma. This phenomenon, documented by astronomers for centuriesis the direct result of the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth’s axis and the planet’s elliptical orbit around the sun. In the summer months, the star reaches the highest point of the analemma; in winter, the lowest; and during the intermediate seasons the rest of the figure is drawn. Each latitude generates a slightly different shape, but they all share the same essence: an Earth that moves, rotates and tilts, not a motionless disk under a celestial lantern. The physics of time. The analemma not only reveals the movement of the planet, but also the difference between solar time and time measured by clocks. In theory, noon always occurs at 12 o’clock, but the Sun does not reach its highest point at exactly the same time every day. This variation, a consequence of the inclined axis and the unequal speed with which the Earth travels its orbit, is the reason why the analemma adopts a figure-eight shape. Science sums it up in a formula called the “Equation of Time,” an adjustment that explains why solar days vary in length and why the apparent position of the Sun advances or lags throughout the year. This mismatch is as predictable as it is beautiful, and can only be explained by a spherical planet that orbit a starnot by a flat disk with a wandering Sun that rises and falls without altering its size. The impossible refutation. In the flat earth modelsthe Sun moves on a plane, like a lamp on a table, projecting its light in circles on the surface. If that were true, the end of a shadow always observed at the same time should remain fixed throughout the year. However, the garage experiment shows exactly the opposite: a harmonic displacement that only fits the heliocentric model. Reproducing this effect in a flat world would require, in addition to an act of faith without a network, that the Sun change its trajectory, height and speed in an absurd way, violating the very laws of optics and gravity that its alternative model allows. The flat earthers themselves, faced with such evidence, barely manage to develop new explanations that are more imaginative than scientific. The method. He merit of the experiment It lies not in its complexity, but rather in its humility. Without telescopes or laboratories, a simple fixed camera and a daily routine were enough to record the annual dance of the Earth in front of the Sun. Each shadow point marked on the cement is a slap to the conspiratorial noise that floods the internet. In times when science is forced to defend the obvious, an ordinary garage has become an observatory and an anonymous user a popularizer. He already said it Carl Sagan himselfalthough he only needed a stick to dismantle conspiracies. Image | reddit, jailbird In Xataka | 48 people went to Antarctica to prove that the Earth is flat. They confirmed what can be done with a simple stick In Xataka | Astronomers cannot define this object. They only know that it is heading at two million km/h to the center of the Milky Way

When the Titan submarine exploded there was nothing left to rescue. Except one very important thing: a memory card

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It has been more than two years since the Titan submarine tragedy and the story continues to make people talk. The last thing we know is that the recovery teams found the camera that was part of the submarine. The camera was damaged, but inside it housed a memory card from which they were able to extract image and video files, although none from the implosion. The discovery. Youtuber Scott Manley told it in your X account. In a series of posts, Manley has published several images of the camera’s recovery report detailing its characteristics and condition. It was a Rayfin Mk2 Benthic underwater cameracapable of submerging up to 6,000 meters deep thanks to its titanium body. Although the case appeared intact, the sapphire crystal lens was shattered. Upon disassembly, many of the components had light damage, but one of the boards included an SD card that was in good condition. The content of the card. Investigators and forensics managed to make a duplicate of the card and extract the contents. In total, they obtained nine images and twelve videos. However, the camera had been configured to save the captures on an external storage device, so it did not contain any images from the day of the fateful dive, but rather they were images taken at the Marine Institute in Newfoundland, which was where the missions to the Titanic departed. In the images they have shared you can see the facilities and some underwater images, but at shallow depths. Catastrophic implosion. The Titan left Newfoundland on June 16, 2023. An hour and 45 minutes had passed when communication was lost, but it was not until four days later that the coast guard found the first remains of the vehicle and confirmed what they suspected: it had imploded. They found remains of the vehicle, but no body of the five crew members could be found. It was avoidable. The Titanic is located at a depth of 3,800 meters, where the pressure is 380 atmospheres. There is vehicles capable of reaching this depth and even more, but the Titan had a long history of problems and his own Former director of operations called the tragedy avoidable. In fact, several members of the underwater exploration community, including James Cameron, They had written a letter to OceanGate where they expressed their concern and assured that they were “going down the path of catastrophe.” The company ceased its activity after the accident. Image | Scott Manley in X In Xataka | Seven questions (and seven answers) about what really happened to the Titanic submarine

Amazon has left this new 65 -inch Xiaomi TV with Fire TV at outlet price

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Xiaomi not only triumphs with its mobile phones, tablets and multiple devices (of all kinds) for the home. It has also been proposed that we have televisions of its brand and one of its most recent models is the Xiaomi TV F 65 2026which recently went on sale and you can get reduced. In Amazon it is available for 389 euros. Xiaomi TV F 65, 65 inches (165 cm) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links A good, beautiful and cheap TV This Xiaomi TV rides a 65 -inch LED panel with 4K resolution (3,840 x 2,160 pixels). In addition, it presents a 60 Hz soda rate and offers 178º vision angles, both horizontally and vertically and is compatible with HDR10HLG and incorporates filmMaker mode. Their speakers offer a 20 W RMS Power and are compatible with Dolby Audio and DTS: X virtual. Although one of the identity of this television of the Chinese manufacturer is that it works under the Fire TV operating system, which is the one that the Amazon fire tv stick. It is compatible with Apple AirPlay (So ​​you can send content directly from your iPhone or iPad) and with Alexa. As far as connectivity is concerned, this Xiaomi Smart TV incorporates Bluetooth 5.0Dual Wifi, a USB 2.0, three HDMI and two EARC compatible, Ethernet port and optical digital audio output. Some cheap sound bars that may interest you for this TV HS205G – Sound bar 2.0, 120W The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Samsung Sound bar HW -C430/ZF – Wireless subwoofer The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi In Xataka | Best home film projectors. Which to buy and five recommended models from 299 to 18,000 euros In Xataka | Mega-guide to ride a home cinema: projector, screen, sound system and more

The tremendous hole that the Olympic Games have left to Paris

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When they ended The Olympics of Paris last year there was something that did not end: the National Debateextensible to many other games in other planet enclaves, about its true legacy. For critics with the event, the Supreme Audit Institution of France has just given them all the world’s gasoline, one in the form of a devastating economic report. The real weight of the games. As we said, the Courtes Cours has reviewed Uploaded the public cost of the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Paris 2024, encrypting the contribution of the State and the territorial collectivities In 6,650 million eurosthat is, about 700 million more than expected in June. In its report presented to Parliament, the Rue Cambon institution details that the updated figures include both the expenditure on the organization, that amounted to 3,020 million (With a very high weight of security), such as infrastructure destined, which reached 3,630 million, first incorporating the disbursements of local authorities and works to guarantee the use of SENA, estimated at 331 million. In spite of certain cost overrun surplus of 75.7 millionwhich avoided resorting to the state guarantee. Comparison with other editions. The Cour holds that Paris games were almost Twice less Regarding costs for public coffers that, for example, those of London 2012, although it alerts on the security chapter, whose infrapreting was remarkable: compared to the 200 million calculated in the candidacy dose, the real expense amounted to 1,440 million. This deviation, far superior to that provided for in the 2024 Finance Law, constitutes the main reason for concern indicated by the magistrates. “Modest” impact. He Report Introduce This time an evaluation of the public income associated with the event, which total 293.6 million euros coming from fiscal collection, the special transportation of transport and advertising sales of France Télévisions. However, these figures must be corrected by Fiscal exemptions (57 million, as in the case of Omega sponsor) and for the so -called “eviction” effect on sectors such as tourism. Cour concludes that the impact on the economy was limited: just 0.07 % of GDP In 2024, compared to 0.25 % estimated by INSE for the third quarter of that year. Beyond the short term, it insists that it is premature to assess the effects in the medium and long term. Debate and criticism. Le Monde told that the Methodology of the Cour has generated friction with the Olympic responsible. The Cojop reproaches that The report It has included expenses that do not consider directly linked to games, such as subway prolongations, burial of electric lines or cost overruns of the renewal of the Grand Palais, as well as the construction of schools. Also questions that they were not taken into account The amortization nor the proportionality in the use of shared infrastructure. According to Tony Estuet, president of the Organizing Committee, the real public cost did not exceed 2.5 billionso he denounces problems of rigor and a systematic bias against the project. The debate about the legacy. One of the central points of the controversy is the tangible inheritance of Paris 2024. While the Government defends that investment in transport, housing and the Decontamination of SENA They represent lasting improvements, social groups denounce phenomena of gentrification, eviction and a “social makeup” that benefits the international image of France more than its most vulnerable citizens. The Cour too He raised doubts on the true capacity of these investments to transform urban life in the Parisian region. A historical ballast. The debate on Paris 2024 is inserted in a long tradition of games that end up being financial watchmaking bombs For host cities. From Montreal 1976, which took three decades to pay A monumental debtuntil Athens 2004, often cited as one of the factors that They worsened the crisis Greek financial, Olympic venues have experienced chronic cost overruns. The reason? The committees They usually inflate calculations Return of investment in the candidacy phase, presenting optimistic projections that rarely materialize. The case of London 2012 showed that even when the games are presented as “reasonable”, the budget weight It ends up duplicating The initial forecasts. The COI crisis. Plus: The International Olympic Committee has been going through a Crisis of legitimacy and headquarters. Less and fewer cities are willing to assume the associated financial and political risks: Los Angeles 2028 was awarded without competition After the withdrawal of other candidacies, and the last winter edition in Beijing 2022 had to be held In artificial facilities In full desert, an example of the anomalies facing the organization. Cortina-Milán 2026 too It has been questioned by APPROVESlogistics improvisations and political tensions between regions and central government. In this context, Paris 2024 reflects both the symbolic greatness and the structural fragility of an increasingly difficult Olympic model to sustain. Success with doubts. If you want, immediately, Paris 2024 has been considered an organizational and sports triumph, projecting that image of France as a country capable of hosting a global first -order event. In fact, both Cour and Cojop They have seen In Paris’s experience, a model to consider the Olympic Games of Winter of 2030 In the French Alps, to which They will be allocated Six of your seven recommendations. However, the debate about its true financial and social legacy is far from closing. French experience feedsIn addition, an argument that crosses borders about the future of games: if they will continue to be an aspiration for cities or simply a risk that most will prefer to avoid. Image | Public domain, WHOISJOHNGALT In Xataka | The Paris Games should be those of the Olympic Break Dance premiere. They ended up being the “kangaroo dance” In Xataka | Winning a gold in countries like South Korea is better than the lottery. There are athletes who don’t have to think about money anymore

GPT-5 has left us a bittersweet feeling, playing who wants to be a millionaire and more in 1×19 crossover

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Just a few weeks ago that Openai launched GPT-5but its relevance and impact has already been colossal. In fact, we had been waiting for this new model for so long that it was impossible not to make it an absolutely protagonist of 1×19 crossover. This episode, part of the collaboration between range of range and xataka, starts with A debate about this AI modelthat were supposed to It was going to be a remarkable qualitative leap and that at least for the moment it has not caused just changes in the current panorama of the industry. Here Jaume Lahoz and Carlos Santa Engracia are responsible for directing the debate, but they also give way to the rest of the program sections, which as always combines that technological debate with pure entertainment. Which is what Anna Boria brings us with a fun section that follows the trail of the mythical “Who wants to be a millionaire“To test Jaume and Carlos. The thing does not end there, because Carlos and Jose – another of the usual Crossover – have traveled to Los Angeles, in the United States, and tell us some curious things about their experience there. We hope you enjoy the episode! On YouTube | Crossover

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