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The US Navy wants to modernize its F/A-18 with sensors that cost 16 million each. They do not resist 40 hours without failing

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There are more modern, more expensive, newer fighters. He F-35for example, with his futuristic cabin and his advanced stealth. Or the F-22 Raptorless young, but so well known that you barely need a presentation. Even the future F-47. But while that happens, a good part of the United States aerial muscle continues to rest on the shoulders of a veteran: the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. A plane that began to fly in 1995 and that, with constant updates, it is still the versatile hunting par excellence of the Navy. The challenge is to keep it up. And for that, added added. One of them is the IrST Block IIan infrared search and monitoring system designed by Lockheed Martin. It is integrated into a modified central deposit and Cuesta, According to the latest GAO report16.6 million dollars per unit. Its function is to detect threats from long distances without the need to turn on the radar, which allows the pilot to “see without being seen.” A key tool against poachers, long -range drones and environments with intense electronic warfare. In theory, a tactical jump. In practice, for the moment, a problem While IrST Block II has already been tested in real operations, and its capabilities are well documented, it has a serious obstacle: reliability. According to the same GAO report, the system fails, on average, Every 14 hours of flight. The minimum required by the Navy is 40. That is, the sensor does not endure even half of the time that should suffer a critical failure. And this is making its large -scale deployment difficult. During the operational tests carried out between April and September 2024, the IRST Block II showed unstable behavior. According to a Dot & e reportthe system suffered unexpected flights in full flight, software blockages and hardware failures that, in many cases, required direct assistance of engineers from Lockheed Martin. The marine maintenance crew could not solve them alone. The failures are not limited to software. In 2023, a previous GAO report warned that between 20 % and 30 % of the manufactured components did not comply with the technical specifications. They identified themselves Microelectronics problemsthe cooling system and the general assembly of the Pod. Although some of these deficiencies have been corrected, but many others persist, as we have just seen above. The schedule of the program has been deteriorating year after year. The decision to go to production in full cadence was scheduled for early 2025, but was postponed. And that has consequences. The Irst Block II is not just a punctual improvement: it is an essential piece within the effort to keep the Super Hornet competitive against more modern rivals such as China and Russia. The ironic thing is that while the navy still hopes to trust its star sensor, the American Air Force has already integrated similar systems in its F-15 and F-16. In Western Europe, Eurofight Typhoon also incorporates a similar solution. Apparently, operating from an aircraft carrier implies other conditions, and that is complicating things for the US Navy. United States | DOWRY | Lockheed Martin In Xataka | We prepare to say goodbye to Windows 10, but part of the US Air Control still works with disks and Windows 95

Goal is so desperate that it is beginning to offer up to $ 100 million to investigators of OpenAi and Google

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Goal is offering salaries between 10 and 100 million dollars to Openai star researchers, Google and other companies to hire 50 experts who lead their new superintelligence laboratory, for which Zuckerberg has entered ‘FOUNDER MODE ‘, as published by The New York Times. Why is it important. The Zuckerberg company has lost ground in the AI ​​race after Some stumbling blocks With her models she calls and the key talent escape, including the director of Research of IA Joelle Pineau, whom we could interview a year ago. Now try to recover based on a talonario. In figures. Meta offers reach nine digits per investigator, that is, 100 million dollars. Although they are not structured as a check for that amount. The packages go “seven to nine figures” according to Own sources of The New York Times. Following the typical goal model, it is likely that most be in actions (RSUS) that are distributed for four years. The actions are distributed quarterly for four years. In any case, it is a conjecture based on what was seen above. And these are unpublished amounts, well above the 2 million annually that were already considered exceptional offers. In addition, the company plans to invest 15,000 million dollars to buy approximately half of Scale AI and bring to its CEO, Alexandr Wang, 28. The context. Meta created his first AI laboratory in 2013, but since the launch of Chatgpt in 2022 there has been somewhat lagging behind. His latest models have had performance problems, and the company was discovered after manipulating Benchmarks to make their products seem better than they really were. A practice that We saw in the past on smartphones and that also reached AI. Between the lines. Wang’s choice is not accidental: he is Zuckerberg’s personal friend and a billionaire who made his fortune with Scale AI, a company specialized in labeling data To train AI systems. Its closeness to political power could also be an aid at a complicated regulatory moment for the goal. Google, Openai and Anthropic continue to launch increasingly powerful models while finishing struggle to stay relevant. Sam Altman continues to insist that we are close to the AGI. Even more pressure. Yes, but. Money does not guarantee success. Goal is reputable to be A complicated environmentwith constant internal struggles. In addition, many of the best researchers already have millionaire offers of their current employers and may prefer to stay where they are. Deepen. This movement is part of an upward trend: large technological ones are buying promising startup parts to get talent without having to get the complete company. Microsoft He did it with inflection ai and Google with Character.AI. It is a way to save a few dollars, but above all, to dodge compromising questions by regulators. The big question is if Zuckerberg, who already burned a lot of money with a metaverso that remains far from the expectations raised (and the return of investment), this time can be successful with its most expensive bet to date. In Xataka | Goal has fired 35,000 workers in five years. And many of them fear having entered their “black lists” Outstanding image | Goal

He founded a promising platform and ended up accused of washing 500 million

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The case of Sam Bankman-Fried He left an open wound in the crypto sector. His meteoric ascent in front of FTX and its subsequent fall They marked a milestone in public perception on these platforms. But it was not the only one. Now, another tycoon of cryptocurrencies has been accused of starring in a massive laundering scheme. Iurii gangnin, founder of the companies Evita Investments and Avoid paywould have provided about 2,000 million dollars in transactions, of which more than 500 million passed through the US financial system. The authorities believe that he turned his company into an undercover financing network for sanctioned Russian banks and sensitive technological exports. A platform in the sights. According to the accusationGugnin founded two companies in the United States: Evita Investments, based in Delaware, and avoids Pay, based in Florida. Through them it would have moved approximately 530 million dollars through banks and cryptocurrency exchange houses in the US, hiding the real origin and purpose of the funds. Being Evita Investments the main road, with about 365 million of the 530 moved in US territory through Tether. The Department of Justice accuses him of a total of 22 crimes, including: Bank fraud (maximum penalty: 30 years in prison) Conspiracy to defraud the United States (up to 5 years) Money laundering (up to 20 years) Violations of the Law on Economic Powers in International Emergencies (IEEPA) (up to 20 years) Operation of a money transmitter company without license (up to 5 years) Do not apply an effective program against money laundering (up to 10 years) Do not present suspicious activities reports before the authorities (up to 10 years) Gugnin was arrested in New York. If it is convicted, it could face several decades in prison, according to the combination of charges. Payments on the name of Russian, Chinese and Emirati customers. The accusation details that many of their clients had accounts in sanctioned Russian banks, such as Sberbank, VTB, Tinkoff, Sovcombank and even Alfa-Bank, where Guggnin himself maintained personal accounts. There were also clients in China and United Arab Emirates. Gugnin received cryptocurrencies, mainly in the stablecoin tether (USDT), turned them into dollars or other fiduciary currencies, and then made payments on behalf of its customers. How Financial Times points outsome of these payments would have served to acquire technology subject to export control, as servers designed by US companies, pieces for a French yacht company and components for Rosatom, the Russian state corporation of nuclear energy. He would also have channeled payments to Yiwu Vortex, a company sanctioned for exporting maritime equipment to Russia. A facade of legality. According to the Department of Justice, Guggnin registered Evita Pay as a company transmitting money before the state of Florida and the Finnn Network, but made it falsify the information about the true nature of its business. That license, obtained fraudulently, served to induce cryptocurrency exchange platforms to process operations. In addition, he cheated banks and exchanges ensuring that he did not work with sanctioned entities or Russian clients. The accusation states that it never applied an effective capital laundering prevention program, did not activate internal controls, did not report suspicious activities. The “serial entrepreneur” that he was looking for in Google how to know if they investigated him. Gugnin resided in New York and presented himself publicly as a “serial entrepreneur.” According to judicial documentation, he was fully aware of the illegality of his actions. The authorities had access to their navigation history, finding consultations related to how to know if it was being investigated, the penalties for money laundering, related sanctions and how to act in case of being under police investigation. Images | Avoid | Drawkit Illustrations | DOJ In Xataka | Hunting for cryptocurrencies: a wave of kidnappings and violence put them in the spotlight worldwide

A skyscraper has been bought for 165 million dollars

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During 2024, the southern US states, with Texas and Florida at the head, registered the largest number of millionaire migrations thanks to more lax fiscal policies. A clear example were Jeff Bezos, who A tax lot was saved for the sale of shares with Your move to Miami; or Elon Musk, what He changed the headquarters from his Delaware to Texas companies after the judicial dispute For its salary bonus. Good smell for Amancio Ortega businesshas led him to close the largest real estate operation in Pontegadea in 2025: a luxury building of 46 plants in one of the enclaves preferred by the Millionaires who move to Florida. 259 luxury apartments. Such and as they published The specialized real estate media, the founder of Inditex has carried out one of the most outstanding operations of the year by acquiring an emblematic skyscrapers in Fort Lauderdale. This acquisition not only reinforces Ortega’s presence in The American residential sectorbut also marks the return of Pontegadea to the High Standing housing market, after two years of investments oriented to the Logistic centers and office buildings. The new property of the Amancio Ortega portfolio consists of the Las Olas Veno building, a 46 -plants luxury apartment tower divided into 259 apartments in the center of Fort Lauderdale, for which it has paid 165 million dollars (about 145 million euros to change). Which leaves an average of 560,000 euros per housing. The building, finished in November 2024, has large common areas, swimming pools, gym, spa, leisure rooms and terraces. It is located about four kilometers from the beach of Las Olas, in a city known as the “Venice of America” ​​for its network of channels and its tourist attraction. A pico for rent. The success of the purchase is not so much to have achieved the property at a “reasonable price”, but the High profitability of the area. As detailed in The building websitethe rentals in the Veneto the waves range between $ 4,411 per month for an apartment of 88 square meters with a bedroom and a bathroom, and the $ 15,440 per month for a two -bedroom duplex, three bathrooms and 191 square meters. Fort Lauderdale is a consolidated tourist destination, which guarantees a High demand for luxury housing. The port of the city is one of the most active in the reception of cruise ships and bearing large luxury yachts, which makes this place an attractive destination for real estate investments of the great fortunes that seek a new home in Florida with less fiscal load. It is not the most expensive building in Ortega. Veneto Las Olas is not the largest investment that Pontegadea has made in luxury residential buildings in the US, although it is the most relevant residential operation in Florida. According The published by El Confidencial, In September 2022, the Ortega real estate group closed the acquisition of a apartments skyscraper at number 19 of Dutch Street, in full Manhattan for 487.5 million dollars, to which another 15.9 million would be added for transmission taxes. In addition, in August 2023, Pontegadea bought the West Loop tower in Chicago, with 492 residences distributed over 45 floors, for 232 million dollars. The millionaire already had a presence in Florida after the Buy in 2016 of the Southeast Financial Center offices of Miami for 500 million dollars. A year earlier I had bought A commercial complex in Lincoln Road for 370 million dollars. 525 million in two months. With the closing of the Fort Lauderdale operation, PontegadeaIt gives folder to its fourth operation in just under two months, with a joint cost of 525 million euros. In March 2025, the purchase of the headquarters of the Clifford Chance law firm in Luxembourg was announced for a price of 60 million euros, such and As I counted The confidential. In May, The purchase was closed of the emblematic headquarters of the Editorial Planeta in the Diagonal of Barcelona for a price of 250 million euros. The penultimate operation of Pontegadea was made public only one week, with the purchase of An office building In the old port area of ​​the Docklands, in Dublin, for a price of 70 million euros. All benefits, zero debt. It should be remembered that, unlike the rest of large real estate companies, Pontegadea does not need to issue debt to face these investments since Amancio Ortega’s real estate arm is the Main Dividend Receiver Obtained by the millionaire of his other empire: Inditex. In 2025, Pontegadea will receive a little less than 3,000 million euros for its 50,010% participation in the Inditex shareholders. All this capital has been allocated to real estate investments, which has resulted in one of the largest real estate in Spain, ahead of Colonial or Merlin, accumulating more than 120 properties in thirteen countries valued at 20,000 million euros, According to calculations of Europa Press. In Xataka | Amancio Ortega: the billionaire who lives as one more neighbor (except for private jets and superyates) Image | Gtres, Veneto Las Olas

Without knowing very well how, two KIA employees have stolen 1,000 engines in five years. And the hole is 2.3 million dollars

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“In this plant there are missing engines.” Something like that must have said in the plant Kia in India where an audit discovered that there were missing engines. Specifically 900 combustion blocks that nobody had news and that They would have disappeared during the last three years. With the passage of time the investigations have followed their course and, with them, they have discovered that the hole was even greater than expected. They point out in Motorpasion that the last investigations suggest that the engines would have disappeared because, during five yearstwo employees have stolen them from the factory itself. And, specifically, it has been a total of 1,008 combustion blocks that have raffled the safety of the plant at some point throughout it. 2.3 million in combustion engines The investigations, evidently, wondered how two operators could get more than a thousand engines out of the Kia plant without anyone noticing. And the answer seems obvious: they were not alone. According Police have unraveled what happened have discovered that, at least, they calculate that Six people They were involved. Two of them inside the factory, two others who worked on their transport and one last couple were in charge of their distribution. The workers had positions of responsibility within the motor line and point to The Economic Times that falsified company documentation as invoices and papers in which the output of the engines was registered to transfer the doors. One of these workers is detained and is being investigated but the second is missing. Once this first control is over, it is believed that engines They were transferred in a truck to Nueva Dheli. That is, a trip of more than 2,000 kilometers since it is necessary to cross a good part of the country. Trucks used false registration plates and indicate in Reutersalready in the city they were distributed selling them as they had left the factory. That is, completely assembled. The money that points to a hole in KIA accounts of 2.3 million dollars, according to the police, was used for personal expenses, purchase of homes and solve past debts. The robbery realized in Kia following some strange movements registered by the security and documentation cameras that did not square. Regarding punishment, in Motorpasion They point out that the two employees They have not yet been accused of a specific crime for which they will have to wait for the trial. However, Local media They point to sentences that could exceed 10 years in prison once the process ends. Photo | Kia In Xataka | After the theft of 12,000 cars in a year, the police in this city have given a neighborhood council: leave the keys in sight

More than 3 million sales in 24 hours, according to NintyPrime

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Never before had a console sold that way in its first 24 hours: yes Niny Nanty Prime Expert calculations They are true3 million units clear doubts About whether the new Switch 2 It was worth it, after the issues that flew over the environment about the Technical power or the High price games like ‘Mario Kart World’. Finally, After the first teststhe quality of the company’s new hardware was beyond doubt, and its reception has been comparable to these good first impressions. “3 independent people,” said the influencer About this first day of launch, “I have been informed that Nintendo has sold more than 3 million units of switch 2 worldwide.” It is a record that would make it, to be confirmed, in the best -selling console in history in that period of time, tripling the million that PlayStation 4 had sold in that same space. Although these independent figures should be managed with caution, they are realistic: The console has raised in networks a higher expectation to the averageand is exhausted in most large shops. The only unknown, then, is in itself Nintendo will be able to live up to its promises a few months agoand avoid speculation with the production of sufficient units to meet demand. It will be a question that we will see answered in the coming weeks. At the moment, the console is beginning to be squeezed by the players. We have already responded to It is worth buying it having the original already If the mouse controls are as revolutionary as they promised. From the old switch games to the monsters that squeeze the hardware as ‘Cyberpunk 2077’we are already thoroughly tantling this new console. Soon we will know if there are so many players doing it at the same time as these first figures point. Header | Xataka In Xataka | Switch 2 is important for Nintendo, but also for a nvidia that does not want to lose ground against AMD

that of a gold toilet of six million dollars

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The history of latrocinio is almost? as old as that of humanity itself, but few chapters have left as delusional, unexpected and embarrassing as the one that was lived more than five years ago in Blenheim Palacethe luxurious residence of Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) in which in 1874 the Premier Winston Churchill. The reason is very simple: in September 2019 a band of thieves took from there neither more nor less than a heavy toilet of almost one hundred kilos. Of course, it was not any toilet. The toilet in question was a work of art elaborated with solid gold of 18 carats and valued in six million dollars. To understand what happened in Oxfordshire in 2019, it is necessary to go back a few years ago and look to the other side of the Atlantic, to New York. There, in 2016, the controversial artist Maurizio Cattelan He decided to elaborate a piece with which he intended to offer a satire about the excesses of the American art and sleep market. He called her ‘America’ and the work itself (exact!) consisted of A gold toilet. Something more than a sculpture The most striking thing is that Cattelan not only manufactured his famous gower with 18 carat gold, which explains that the piece coasts the whopping of six million of dollars. That was provocative, but not enough for Maurizio Cattelan, author of Performance as controversial as ‘La Nona Ora’a sculpture that shows John Paul II hit by a meteorite, or the most recent ‘comedian’, a banana attached to the wall with adhesive tape that in 2024 was auctioned by 6.2 million. No. The most curious of ‘America’ is that it was a toilet Fully functionalthought so that people could use it just like the toilet of their home or any bar. Hence, the piece ended up installed in one of the sinks of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where about 100,000 people They queued to see it … and experiment how it was to relieve solid gold. The performance liked it so much that in 2019 it ended up crossing the Atlantic to expose itself as a loan in the Blenheim Palaceone of the most solemn places in Oxfordshire County and throughout England. After all, it is one of the best examples of baroque architecture in Great Britain, is considered a World Heritage for UNESCO since the late 80s and is the place where Prime Minister Winston Churchill was born in November 1874. If in New York the work had caused sensation, in Oxfordshire things were not different. Between both place there was a crucial difference: those responsible for Blenheim They underestimated the risks that someone could take the toilet. “It won’t be easy to steal,” assured In 2019 Edward Spencer-Churchill, of the Blenheim Art Foundation. “It is connected to the network. And a potential thief would have no idea who used it for the last time or what he ate.” In summary, the toilet was connected to the piping and drains of the palace, weighed almost one hundred kilos and also people used it to leave their debris there. In addition, it was an avant -garde work of art, which eclipsed in some way its strictly material value. So … who would want to steal it? In Blenheim the idea sounded so far -fetched that surveillance had a weak point at night. When the palace closed its doors, the bathroom cubicle was left without supervision, outside the closed circuit of cameras. Crassus error. ‘America’ was art, but also gold, kilos and more kilos of 18 carat gold. It is said that only metal cost about those dates some 3.6 million of dollars. And that represented a caramel too appetizing for thieves. Result? It happened that it was expected. On the night of September 14, 2019, shortly before five o’clockA, a band of criminals broke into the farm of the palace, raided the building, the toilet started, loaded it in the trunk of a car and came out whistling. All in just five minutes. The ajar and close with an eye that left the security of the enclosure or the police without margin to react. ‘America’ has only two days on exhibition in Oxfordshire. Almost six years later, the recordings of the cameras and the investigations of the agents themselves allow us to better understand how the famous blow of the Váter of the six million dollars was given. The band, composed of five peopleused two stolen vehicles To sneak in the farm hours after the last guests left, then they broke a window and used decks and levers to start the lyric of the toilet and separate it from the palace pipe system. Once the task was completed, they loaded the piece in one of the cars and escaped. Recently Eleanor Paice, employee of the palace and slept that night in an apartment for Blenheim staff, related to the BBC How he lived that night more than five years ago: he woke up startled when he heard the noise of broken crystals and ran to the main courtyard when he felt the alarm. Once there I just gave him time to see the outcome of the robbery. “There were shadows and quick movements. I saw them approach the vehicle, get on … and go shot,” he recalls. At first the team did not know what thieves had taken. The first thing Paice thought for example was in a churchill relic. Only when examining the stays they realized what had happened and that the thieves had caused a small flood. “If the golden toilet that was there was beautiful, perfect, majestic and immaculate, this was the opposite. It was shattered,” confesses The executive director of the Palace, Dominic Hare. The institution knew how to react after the disaster. The staff covered the burst with police tape and decided that, in the absence of the famous solid gold toilet, that crime scene became part of the exhibition. The claim attracted the … Read more

The anger between Musk and Trump has made Tesla lose 100,000 million dollars. Is the least of his problems

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Elon Musk and Donald Trump have staged for hours a breakdown of a bloody divorce. With accusations exchanged in which it has threatened to withdraw aid to electric cars, the Disassembly from the International Space Station And it has come to the fore to Epstein’s namethe afternoon has been moved in the United States. The clash has mobilized the entire Maga Movement In favor of each other (including the request of the Elon Musk deportation). And, in the middle of all, Tesla. 14%. Without a doubt, the afternoon figure in the United States. That is what The actions of Tesla came to fall Although, at the end of the day, there was a small rebound that left the action losing more than 11 % at the end of the day. Thus, the price of the action started the day exceeding $ 322 and closed it by $ 284.70. If the final rebound had not occurred, we were talking about the shareholder would have left another 10 dollars per share. However, it is estimated that Tesla has left some 100,000 million dollars Yesterday. On a personal level, Elon Musk has seen 34,000 million dollars volatilize with his discussion yesterday. Although we focus here on Tesla, we must not lose sight of the US government contracts with Starlink or Space X. The youngest of the problems. In total, it is estimated that Tesla has lost $ 100,000 million in the last fight between Trump and Musk. The dialectical crossing has caused a socavon in the graph of the actions but that is not the greatest of the problems. Now, with Trump as an enemy of Musk, Tesla has to row in a complicated scenario. The Robotaxi. It is the first indicated. Elon Musk announced that The first deployment of the robotaxi Tesla would take place in the city of Austin (Texas) whose mayor is from the Democratic Party But there are more derivatives that are intimately linked to the expansion of the service. However, The Governor of Texas is a republican And, in fact, the State is one of the bastions of the party. To this is added that NHTSSA is a state entity in charge of appraining the novelties that want to apply to circulate on the road. With their decisions, for example, it forces operators to have flyers and pedals In their cars, something that I wanted to eliminate Elon Musk in his robotaxis. The NHTSSA. The National Highway Traffic Security Administration (NHTSA) is also responsible for carrying out the accident investigations that occur when driving aid systems are active and has actively pursued the highway of Tesla. Its financing depends on the United States Congress and depends on the Department of Transportation that is directed from the Government. In addition to the previous investigations, it is the one who is approved so that a vehicle can work with a higher level of autonomy. For example, it is the one who rewarded Mercedes with the possibility of circular without the driver paying attention to what you have ahead. Yes indeed, In very specific circumstances. The aid. The withdrawal of the aid to the purchase of electric cars was something that, initially, did not seem to worry Elon Musk. Right now, the company’s leadership is so evident in the United States that they are the competitors of Tesla, who cannot offer the same autonomy-price relationship, Those who have to lose. However, it is clear that the withdrawal of aid can damage the sales of the company and Tesla is not in a position to leave sales right now. In Europe, Every month passing is a bleeding and In China its sales have also decreased To the point that Byd is already the brand that VWe are more purely electric cars In the Asian country. Regulatory credits. Another of the income roads that Tesla has been exploiting in recent years is the EMISSION CREDIT SALE. Donald Trump also showed his intention to prevent this type of practices that allow Tesla to draw income that since 2012 They have added 11,000 million dollars. When accountability before the institutions, companies have to meet emission objectives. If they exceed the maximum allowed figure, they can Buy emission bonds to companies that have not reached said limit. Thus, they lower their average emissions and avoid a strong fine. The beneficiary company receives the money from a competitor but although the number of emissions increases, of course, below the limit that marks the economic punishment. Goodbye to the Stock Exchange. Although it is not the biggest problem, the last six months have been a roller coaster of emotions for Tesla’s shareholders. At the end of 2024, the company closed the records in record, touching the $ 480 per share in mid -December last year. Since then, the controversial messages of Elon Musk, His Nazi greeting during the day Donald Trump took command of the United States or Your support for the AFD ultra -right party in Germany caused a sudden fallen that made us clear to what extent the image of Musk viciaba the stock market of the actions of Tesla. Little by little, the rumors of his departure from the United States government were already consolidating from mid -May, the shares consolidated the rise that had already begun in April. On May 7 the shares were worth $ 276. The confirmation that Musk focused on Tesla He lifted its price up to $ 363. In a few hours the entire climb has eaten. And what is expected. In addition to the obstacles that the United States government can put to the expansion of robotaxis, the elimination of regulatory aid and credits, it remains to be seen how the shareholders will receive divorce between Musk and Trump. Tesla is not going through her best moment. Its sales have collapsed in Europe And in China the rivals have been eating ground for a long time. It remains to be seen if the arrival of the Tesla Model … Read more

Elche suffers an annoying tiger mosquito pest. So you will release 2.4 million tiger mosquitoes to solve it

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The tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) has become a problem in much of the territory in Spain. This insect has already settled in all the provinces of the Mediterranean basin and elsewhere in the Peninsula. The problem derived from this mosquito vector of diseases will go worse and is taking some administrations to take measures, some that perhaps do not seem too orthodox. Fire with fire. The City Council of the Alicante de Elche municipality has announced that it will release 2.4 million mosquitoes To fight the presence of the Tigre mosquito (Aedes albopictus) Between this year and the next one. The key is in the sterility of the specimens to be released. Aedes albopictus. The Tigre mosquito is originally from Asia, but it has already been established in Spain and other areas of Europe, especially in areas near the Mediterranean. This species, together with its “cousin” Aedes aegyptiwhose presence in Spain is limited, is a transmitter of some viruses, such as those that cause yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and zika. Climate change and demographic changes, such as the progressive urbanization of some environments, is making it easier for risk species to prosper in new territories. This may be the case of these gender genre Aedes And also of others, Like the genre Culex responsible for transmitting the western Nile virus. Radical measures. This week, the City Council of Elche staged one of the loose ones that will be freeing thousands and thousands of insects. The objective is to release, between 2025 and 2026, 2.4 million sterile mosquitoes in an area that expands along 18 hectares. According to those responsible for the projectthe effects of this release will be noticed on a much larger surface, about 50 hectares, both agricultural and urban. Those responsible expect this technique to reduce the population of mosquitoes in the area by 80%. It may seem like a pilgrim idea, but the breeding and loose of sterilized insects to contain the population of a species is an implanted measure already in a variety of contexts is the call Sterile insect technique (TIE). The idea is that these sterile males appear with wild females to generate eggs that are not viable. A list that expands. In recent years there are numerous examples of administrations that have resorted to this strategy. One of the most recent examples We find it in Singaporewhere laboratories raise millions of specimens of the species Aedes aegyptiin order to fight dengue. These measures have also been implemented for years In countries like Australiawhere they are used to also combat malaria or zika. These types of techniques are used even with other insects Like the fruit fly. Also in Spain. We do not have to go so far to find examples of administrations that have resorted to this extreme measure. We don’t even have to leave the Valencian Community, where the pilot projects for the study of the TI At least until 2017. In 2023 It was announced the loose of nine million copies by the Ministry. A little hopeful panorama. A summer that is expected to happen to a rainy spring. It is the ideal cocktail for the appearance of various insects: mosquitoes, bed bugs, termites and even cockroaches. The expansion of certain insects can be a more or less important risk to the health of people that adds more mild inconveniences such as bites or material damage. But among all the risks derived from these animals, perhaps the role of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases is the most serious and among them the tiger mosquito is one of those that implies a more direct threatbecause it is one of the invasive species with the greatest implementation in the Peninsula and for the diversity of diseases with which it has been related. In Xataka | The Japanese method to get rid of mosquitoes at home during the summer: Katori Senko Image | James Gathany, CDC

The fight between “giants” causes Tesla to collapse and lose 100,000 million in a few hours

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The good relationship that Donald Trump and Elon Musk exhibited for months has deteriorated significantly in recent days. Although the businessman seemed to leave his position in the Doge (Department of Government Efficient) in good terms, With a farewell from the Oval Officetensions have not stopped increasing. So much so that on Thursday the president of the United States was “very disappointed” by the criticisms of the CEO of Tesla to the fiscal bill that promotes its administration. The owner of X (formerly Twitter) responded in several publications that, without his support, Trump “would have lost the elections.” The dispute rose when Trump said that “the easiest way to save billions of dollars” of the federal budget is canceling the subsidies and government contracts that benefit Musk companies. According to The New York Timesonly in 2024 the companies linked to the tycoon accumulated about 100 contracts with about 17 federal agencies. Most were for Spacex, but Tesla also is among the beneficiaries. In total, there were about 3,000 million dollars. Trump even affirmed that he had asked Musk to leave his post in the government, an affirmation that the businessman strongly denied in X: “What a lie so obvious. How sad.” The climb coincides with a delicate front for Tesla. The fiscal policies promoted by the Trump administration could be a coup of 1.2 billion dollars to the annual benefit of Tesla, according to JPMorgan (Via Bloomberg), by largely eliminating the fiscal credit of 7,500 dollars for electric vehicles. On Thursday, the stock market effects were demolving. Tesla fell up to 18 % in its worst day since September 2020. At the close, the collapse was 14.26 %. Only on that day, he lost more than 100,000 million dollars of stock market capitalization, erasing a good part of the rebound he had achieved in recent weeks. Images | The White House In Xataka | Elon Musk entered the US government with the aim of having a more favorable NASA to their interests. It has been regular

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