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The new Chinese model Kimi K3 is already number one in Frontend Code Arena. And it’s unleashing madness on the Internet

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It seems like yesterday when DeepSeek R1 called into question an idea that many took for granted: that the race for advanced artificial intelligence It still had a clear owner in Silicon Valley. The emergence of the Chinese model helped trigger a massive sale of technology and led NVIDIA to suffer a loss daily capitalization unprecedented until then. As the months passed, that image lost intensity, but the message remained: the Chinese technological ecosystem was not willing to limit itself to keeping pace with the United States. The following notice now has a different name: Kimi K3. Moonshot AI has just presented a model with 2.8 trillion total parameters that, as soon as it arrived, was placed at the top of Frontend Code Arenaahead of some of the most powerful proposals from Anthropic and OpenAI. But the story is not limited to a classification: developers and fans are already using it to create interfaces, games and recreations that anyone can see and, in some cases, try. That’s where this article really begins. It is worth dwelling on the details of that classification. At the time of writing, Kimi K3 reaches 1,679 points in Frontend Code Arena, ahead of Claude Fable 5with 1,631, and GPT-5.6 Sol xHigh, with 1,618. The improvement compared to the previous generation is also striking: Kimi K2.6 was in 18th placewhile his successor leads six of the seven domains evaluated. For now, Arena maintains the label of preliminary result, so it is convenient to read this position as a very significant photograph, but still susceptible to change. We are not facing a universal programming exam, but rather a very specific test. Frontend Code Arena compares web applications created by different models and lets users evaluate which one solves the task better, which one works more reliably, and which one presents a better experience. That approach is especially useful for measuring visible and practical capabilities, but it also has obvious limits. That Kimi K3 leads here tells us a lot about its frontend performance, although it doesn’t automatically allow us to extend that advantage to complex repositories, backend, mathematics, or general reasoning. Outside of this specific terrain, photography remains favorable, although more balanced. Vals AI places Kimi K3 second among 38 models, with 74.70%just behind Claude Fable 5, which reaches 75.14%, and above GPT-5.6 Sol, with 73.12%. Artificial Analysis also places it among the most advanced systems in its classification, with 57 points and third place overall. Where Kimi K3 seems to feel most comfortable is in tasks that combine programming, visual context and several chained steps. Arena supports its ability to build web interfaces, while Vals AI also records high performance in agent programming tests. Moonshot adds that the model can traverse large repositories, use terminal tools, and review screenshots of its own work to correct the output on the fly. That last capability, which the company calls “vision in the loop,” helps explain why it excels at transforming visual references into interactive products. There are also several cautions before interpreting Kimi K3 as a definitive victory. Moonshot presents it as an open weight model, but those files have not been published yet and the company promises to release them no later than July 27. Nor should we confuse this openness with complete open source, because details about the license and the rest of the system are still missing. Its 2.8 billion total parameters belong to a sparse architecture that activates 16 of its 896 experts. The company itself recommends configurations with 64 accelerators or more, very far from what a conventional computer can offer. The community reaction helps understand why Kimi K3 is attracting so much attention. One of the most striking examples is a recreation of macOS 27 which works within the browser and which its creator attributes to a swarm of model agents working for about three hours. They add to it Ballista, an interactive panel with a 3D balloon and several comparisons against Claude and GPT. They are not independent benchmarks, but demos shared by their own creators, but they allow you to see what kind of results the model is producing outside the tables. To create something like the macOS simulation or the ballista game, we don’t need to model every element by hand from scratch. We can describe the resultattach a reference and commission Kimi to build a functional application, for example with HTML, JavaScript and various graphics libraries. The project is then tested, modified, and finally published or recorded for sharing. Kimi K3 can be used from Kimi.comKimi Work, Kimi Code or tools connected to its API, although it is not confirmed which specific environment was used in several of the examples we have seen. It is still early to turn this launch into a definitive change of leadership. Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sun They are still ahead in several evaluations, the Kimi K3’s weights are not yet available and many of its capabilities will have to be verified with more time. Even so, what we have seen is already difficult to ignore: a Chinese company can compete for leading positions, offer competitive results and get the community to transform that capacity into real applications almost immediately. The race continues, but the margin between its main protagonists seems increasingly narrower. Images | Kimi | Screenshot In Xataka | China has a plan to win the AI ​​war against the US. And DeepSeek is its champion

How to know someone’s location with their phone number on Android or iPhone

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We are going to tell you the methods to know someone’s location with their number phone, both on Android and iOS. This way, you will know the best ways to do it in a simple way. But before starting, one thing must be made clear: you can’t know someone’s location without their permissionthere are no methods to spy on a person without them knowing using their number. Fortunately, mobile phones have privacy systems with which to avoid this. Share location with Google Maps The easiest way to find out the location of another person with their number is to Share it with you through Google Maps. It is the simplest process, and the steps to follow are as follows: Open Google Maps and sign in with your account. Tap on your profile photo and choose the option Location sharing. Choose the contact with whom you want to share it, and you can use their phone number. The system will send a notification to this person. If the person acceptsthen you will be able to see its location on the map, as well as the exact distance between you or its battery level. Using Android Locator On Android, an application called Locator comes pre-installed. It is used to know where the devices registered in your account are, but you can also use it to locate usersalthough again it’s not something you can do without them knowing. The steps to take are the following: Open the Locator app, make sure you are logged in with your account. Press the tab People. Now click on the + button. This will take you to a screen where you can first choose how long you share your real-time location with this person. Then, below you can choose the person to send it to, using their phone number. The person receives the link and accepts it. The other person will have to follow these steps to invite you to know its location. If not, you won’t be able to know. Using Search on iPhone On iOS you also have a native application called Look forwith which you can know the location of other people. Yes, again the other person has to give you permission so you know its location. It is done like this: Open the app Look for of the iPhone. Click on the tab People. Click on the + button and choose Location sharing. Write down the other person’s phone number. If your number is linked to an Apple account, you will receive a request via iMessage to share locations. If he accepts it, he will be added to your people index and you will be able to know each other’s location. Using Glympse If the other person does not have the applications configured or if you have different operating systems on your mobile, you can use third-party tools. For example you have Glympseone of the safest options for temporary location sharing with another person. It works like this: Open the Glympse app on your mobile. Choose the option Request locationrequire location. Write the phone number of the person whose location you want to know. The other person will receive an SMS with a secure link, and when they click on it they will see the request. With a single touch, the other person will be able to transmit your GPS position in real time. You can’t spy on WhatsApp No, You cannot know the location of any user through WhatsApp without this person knowing. Sometimes some methods are spread on the Internet, such as the command netstat -an on a computer terminal to know the IP of the person you are talking to, but the messaging platform uses intermediate servers to avoid this. So, if you use this command when you message or talk to a person on the Internet you don’t get this person’s IPbut rather that of one of the many WhatsApp data centers through which the information passes. In addition to this, WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption that does not allow us to read the messages or know where we are. The only way to know someone’s location on WhatsApp is for this person to deliberately share it with you. In Xataka Basics | How to send a fake location on WhatsApp without being in that place

The parish of Folgueras de Cornás has found its number one enemy: an invasion of worms

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I don’t want to imagine what it’s like to come home after a normal day and discover that I now have new tenants. The idea that thousands of worms have moved in with you, without warning, sneaking under the door. Well, now imagine Manuela Rodríguez’s face, neighbor of Folgueras de Cornásin the council of Tineo: he spent days putting up with the bad smell before packing his suitcase and leaving his own home. AND was not the only one: Several families had to abandon their homes due to a plague that has not subsided for almost two weeks. Who is the bug. Is called Mythimna unipunctaand in Spanish it accumulates half a dozen aliases: grass defoliating caterpillar, armyworm, cereal lizard. It is a moth of the Noctuidae family, native to America and today distributed throughout almost the entire planet. The larva measures between three and four centimeters, greenish or brown, with light longitudinal stripes. They come out to eat at night, in groups, and destroy the corn leaves until only the central vein is left. When the grass is exhausted, they march en masse toward the neighboring plot: hence the nickname “soldier.” And the damaged crop, that is, what they eat the most, is usually specifically ryegrass, the base grass of livestock farming in the area—very relevant in Asturias due to dairy farming. From the farm to the living room. The menu of this caterpillar is grasses: corn, oats, barley, wheat, grass. That is, no closets or clothes. The confusion with clothing is understandable—there is another moth, the textile moth (Tineola bisselliella), which does pierce wool and cotton—but it is a different insect, even with a different biological cycle. To kill them, you can use commonly used insecticides, by the way. What does happen is that, when food runs out in the countryside, thousands of larvae cross to the nearest homes, go through any crack under doors and windows, and many die right there. The result is a smell of decomposition. It is a pattern already described in other outbreaks of this pest: where the invasion is triggered, the larvae can clog exterior gutters and drains looking for moisture. In Tineo, the focus reached an old school, several farms and some homes. Why is it repeated?. And why more and more: the Ministry of Asturias maintains that the phenomenon is cyclical: it reappears every two or three years and is linked to heat. And this year’s temperatures, above 25 degrees, accelerate the reproduction of this type of caterpillars. Furthermore, the lack of rain pushes the larvae to look for moisture wherever there is it. In other words and using as a model feedback from a professional company: Climate change has not invented this pest because it has been on the peninsula for decades, but it does shorten its life cycle and adds extra generations per season, the same mechanism that triggers the fall armyworm in half the world. The more hot, dry summers, the more opportunities the armyworm has to complete an extra generation before the cold weather hits. The drama of the Cantabrian coast. Although what happened in Folgueras de Cornás is an important problem, it is not something local. In 2020, Astillero and Guarnizo, in Cantabria, lived the same script of soldier caterpillars devouring meadows and sneaking into homes in several neighborhoods. This same summer, Galicia drags another outbreak in Monterroso, Portomarín and Taboada. And they are capable of leaving corn plots completely defoliated in a matter of days. A pattern repeated almost every summer along the Cantabrian coast. The political fight, aside. In the background we have the government agencies, because the plague also generated noise from offices. The popular deputy Luis Venta Cueli accused the Barbón Government of “dereliction of functions”, and denounced that the official response to the neighbors’ request for help was that they could not act because the worm is not poisonous. It is not poisonous per se, although it can trigger an infectious chain. The technicians of the Animal and Plant Health Laboratory of Asturias They have already collected samples and are working alongside cleaning professionals. The authorized phytosanitary treatments on corn and ryegrass are complicated to apply when the crop is already growing tall. And on the street, there is no choice but to apply urban biocides on homes and public areas. The general director of Livestock and Animal Health, Rocío Huerta, asked for calm: the plague is common, cyclical, and the Principality acts with the same protocol that the PP governments apply in Galicia and Cantabria when it is their turn. A rancher from Ayones, Rosa López, interviewed about the issue, He said that the population grew from one day to the next and that it will be common for a rural environment, “but not here.” Because, although everyone agrees that the armyworm does not pose any danger to human (or animal) health, the fact that thousands of these bugs sneak into homes, no matter the cause, does not sit well with anyone. Images | Illustrative image of apartments in Navelgas / LVdT In Xataka | The boxwood moth has hatched in Pamplona en masse. The real problem is in its tracks. In Xataka | From pest in Southern Spain to “super food” for fish: we already know what to do with 60,000 tons of invasive Asian algae

On HBO Max you have the most brutal action comedy just a few weeks after hitting theaters, and it is already number one in 50 countries

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Asia Reaves needs a job and accepts the first one offered to her: housekeeper at The Virgil, an exclusive skyscraper in New York. But that building has been swallowing its tenants for years without leaving a trace: well, not the building, but the cult that hides behind its walls. That premise holds ‘They are going to kill you‘, action and horror comedy that tiptoed through the theaters a couple of months ago and is now one of the most refreshing and forceful proposals in the catalog of HBO Max. A whole hodgepodge of genres to which its director, Kirill Sokolov, is no stranger. His debut, ‘Why don’t you die?’, already stood out for its extreme use of violence. In “They Will Kill You” he repeats that approach but with a much larger budget and a visual work that links the film to aesthetes of the trumpet and the fountains of blood like Tarantino or Sam Raimi. All of this seasoned with a little bit of ‘The Devil’s Seed’ due to the Satanist element, its fabulous supporting cast (where Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette stand out) and the imposing prominence of the art-deco building. The film coincided in theaters with the sequel to ‘Wedding Night’, with which it shares more than one common plot detail: female protagonism, cults in mansions and a bilious forcefulness in his anti-rich message. A great double bill for one night that will send you to bed with a few bruises (you have ‘Wedding Night 2’ on Disney+, in fact). The film suffered a small and undeserved setback in theaters, but it has found its place on the Warner platform, where it started as number one in 51 countries just one day after its arrival on streaming. As happens with so many other films that find a place in digital after a lackluster track record in theaters, the playful, direct and second-round format suits it wonderfully in small spaces. Don’t forget the raincoat, the devil carries katanas. In Xataka | Today “a masterpiece that will go down in history” arrives on Netflix, thanks to an original approach to a unique science fiction story

Brazil’s secret to becoming the first nation in Latin America with its own supersonic fighter is a number: 40

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In 1909, Canada celebrated the first powered flight of the history of the British Empire. The curious thing is that that plane, the silver dartwas considered Canadian, but had been designed by an international team, built largely in the United States, and then assembled in Nova Scotia. More than a century later, the aeronautical industry continues to operate in a very similar way. The “Brazilian” fighter. When Brazil presented the first Gripen assembled in Latin Americathe focus was on the historic milestone of becoming the first country in the region capable of assembling a modern supersonic fighter. However, the really interesting news appears when you look at what is behind that achievement. The secret is not that Brazil has created its own aircraft from scratch comparable to the large European or American programs, but in something much more complex and valuable: its capacity to progressively integrate in an international industrial chain and absorb technology until increasing national participation in the program is achieved. In other words, the real leap is not in building the entire plane, but in learning to build a significant part of it. The myth of the national fighter. Modern fighter jets are probably some of the most globalized industrial products on the planet. Although the Gripen It is presented as a Swedish plane, the reality is much more complex. The radar Raven ES-05 It is manufactured in the United Kingdom, F414 engine It comes from the United States, numerous electronic components arrive from different countries and part of the intellectual property belongs to foreign companies. In fact, different studies put the British and American share at such high percentages that, depending on how the calculations are made, Sweden alone represents only a part of the set. The Gripen is Swedish in terms of industrial leadership and design, but its manufacturing is deeply multinational. The magic number: 40. Within this international framework appears the data that explains the Brazilian strategy. Sources linked to the program indicate that the objective is for Brazilian national content to reach approximately 40% in the final deliveries of aircraft destined for the Brazilian Air Force. The figure should be interpreted with caution because there is no universal methodology to calculate these percentages and the analysts themselves warn which cannot be directly compared with the industrial quotas claimed by the United Kingdom or the United States. Even so, the data reflects something fundamental: Brazil has not limited itself to receiving aircraft assembled from Sweden. Its objective has been progressively increase the participation of Brazilian companies, engineers and technicians in the production process until the country becomes a relevant actor within the program. Embraer and the transfer of knowledge. The centerpiece of this strategy is Embraer. Thanks to agreement signed with SaabBrazilian engineers participated for years in development activities in Sweden and gained experience in areas that go far beyond simple assembly. The program includes systems integration, structure manufacturing, software development and knowledge related to the production of advanced fighters. The result is that the Gavião Peixoto facilities do not function as a mere assembly line where imported parts are assembled, but as a center where transferring industrial experience that did not exist before in Latin America. The strategic value of assembly. At first glance it might seem that assembling an aircraft designed by another country has limited value. However, the history of the aviation industry demonstrates exactly opposite. The ability to integrate complex systems, manage logistics chains, certify components and maintain advanced aircraft constitutes one of the most difficult steps to overcome. Brazil had already shown relevant capabilities with programs like Super Tucano or the KC-390but the Gripen introduces the country to a much more sophisticated technological ecosystem. Each assembled aircraft provides experience that can later be applied to future national or international developments. The Swedish fighter that is not entirely Swedish either. The paradox is that Gripen itself helps understand Brazil’s position. The plane is often presented as a Swedish national product, but the reality is that it depends from an extensive network international suppliers and technologies. The United Kingdom provides fundamental systems, the United States supplies the engine and numerous critical components, while other countries participate in different subsystems. There are even export restrictions stemming from British and American technologies integrated into the aircraft. In a way, Brazil is following the same model that the main aviation powers already use: no one makes just one modern fighter. More important than buying airplanes. The decision made by Brazil in 2014 during the FX-2 contest It is not explained solely by the Gripen’s capabilities compared to its rivals. The main attraction was Saab’s willingness to share technology and allow much deeper industrial participation than that offered by other proposals. That choice is beginning to yield visible results more than a decade later. Therefore, the first assembled Gripen on Brazilian soil symbolizes something more important than the arrival of a new fighter plane: it represents Brazil’s entry into the small group of countries capable of actively participating in the production of advanced supersonic fighters. And although much of the aircraft continues to arrive from Sweden and other international suppliers, the real story is in that 40%because that is where the knowledge that Brazil had been trying to acquire for years is found. Image | Embraer In Xataka | We tend to assume that the Wright brothers invented the airplane in the United States. In Brazil they believe they have evidence to the contrary In Xataka | A Brazilian has shown that having Internet in mid-flight is possible with Starlink. It has also shown that it is a real danger

Stephen King unequivocally recommends Netflix’s new number 1: it is “an absolute pleasure”

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Sam Cooper, retired, widowed, moody, played by Alfred Molina. And yet, as the protagonist of ‘The Boroughs: Rebel Retirement‘has achieved something that few series in the catalog of Netflix can boast: that Stephen King recommends his series on the same day it premieres. It is the new thing from the creators of ‘Stranger Things’ and it is having excellent audiences on the platform. When the aforementioned series ended in 2025, the Duffers did not disappear from Netflix. In addition to the recent ‘Something Terrible is About to Happen’ and the animated spin-off ‘Stranger Things, Tales of ’85’, this new series is created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, who had previously signed ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ also on Netflix in 2019. And audiences have responded to that hook, at least partially: at its premiere The series recorded 5.6 million global views and 35.3 million hours watched, which left it in second place behind ‘Némesis’. They are not extraordinary figures, but it is number 1 of the most viewed on the platform. On the same day of the premiere, in addition, Stephen King published his verdict. “An absolute pleasure.” In addition, he added that there was a “bonus: I think that, since it’s Netflix, you can watch all the episodes. It’s really worth it.” Addiss himself publicly responded to the writer: “Wow. This is pretty mind-blowing. Thank you on behalf of the entire cast and crew. Your work was a huge influence on ‘The Boroughs.’” And to show that his gratitude was very sincere, He concluded his message with “We have remembered our father’s face.”a nod to ‘The Dark Tower’, since it is a formula that is used there to pay tribute to someone. In the series, the protagonist reluctantly settles into a senior housing complex in New Mexico. The place is idyllic in its very particular decadent style, and everything goes on normally until he and a group of neighbors discover the threat that hides beneath that seemingly banal surface: a species of giant alien spider. In the cast, along with Molina, Geena Davis and Bill Pullman stand out, first-class actors who make up a cast of veterans who stand out as the most enjoyable element of the series. In Xataka | One of the best science fiction series in history is animated, and today it returns to HBO Max with new episodes

Japan is suffering a record number of ramen shop bankruptcies. And it is partly the result of the “1,000 yen barrier”

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The ramen is almost a religion (gastronomic) in Japan. One, yes, condemned to adjust to a certain price range. Although bowls of noodles with soup, meat and vegetables are one of the symbols of Japanese cuisine and a draw for tourists, in the country ramen is seen as a modest dish for students leaving school or workers with a brief lunch break. A sort of ‘worker menu’. So much so that there is even talk of “1,000 yen wall”a psychological barrier to noodle bowl prices. The problem is that Japanese hoteliers have seen their costs increase until they are dragged into a critical situation: in 2024 they registered a record of bankrupt ramen shops and, although the situation improved significantly in 2025ruined businesses still number in the dozens. Bad season for business. That the expense sheet increases while the income sheet is conditioned by a psychological barrier that limits prices can only translate into one thing for businesses: problems. Japan’s ramen restaurants know this well, having been registering dozens and dozens of bankruptcies for years and in 2024 they even reached a record of closures. The data They come from the research firm Teikou and are eloquent. In 2020 there were 54 ramen restaurants condemned to bankruptcy, in 2021 there were 17, a figure that is largely explained by the aid given by the Government during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2022 the bankruptcies rose again to 33. The following year there were 53, in 2024 a record of 79 bankruptcies and last year, the latest data available, 59 stores were declared bankrupt. For their study, Teikoku technicians mainly take into account those businesses that accumulated debts of more than 10 million yen (just over 54,000 euros) and have no choice but to declare bankruptcy. The key: the trend. The figure may seem low if one takes into account that throughout the country they are distributed more than 21,000 restaurants of ramen, but it is significant. Last year, in fact, he made the weapons fly due to the record of bankruptcies. The latest data from the sector are somewhat more positive, but are still far from ideal: dozens and dozens of businesses continue to close. However, there is another reason why the figures attract attention: the discourse. Local media and international They have spent time warning of the cascade of closures. There is who warns Furthermore, beyond the balance of bankruptcies, a significant number of establishments that remain open do so in delicate financial health. That is, they remain operational, but they are not well. Struck by costs. Bankruptcy figures may vary depending on the period analyzed, but what does not vary are the analyzes that talk about the causes of the ramen crisis. The diagnosis It is clear: the problem for the stores has been the rise in costs and the limited margin to pass it on to customers. In 2025 Washington Post cited a study from Teikoku Databank that concluded that the sum of the ingredients – including pork, pasta and seaweed –, labor and energy required to make ramen had increased by around 10% in three years. Other calculations They point out that the cost per client grew by 5% between 2022 and 2023. “Prices have been rising over time, but in the last three years they have been incredible,” recognized Tetsuya Kaneko, with a location in Tokyo. The ‘perfect storm’ of ramen. Tetsuya Kaneko assumed in fact that his case was not unique and “everyone in the sector is struggling.” At the end of the day, hoteliers have been forced to deal with a ‘perfect storm’ that works against them: inflationthe rise in import prices due to the weakness of the yen against the dollar and the increase in the cost of energy that had the war in Ukrainewhich also affected the flow of cereals. For three months now, the war in Iran has been added to this panorama, which has made transportation more expensive. “The example of ramen shops illustrates economic trends well because they have a hard time passing on increased costs to end consumers,” explains to the newspaper American Norihiro Yamaguchi, economist specializing in Japan at Oxford Economics. In his opinion, until 2022, consumers were hesitant about any price increase, but the reality is now different: “They have to accept the increase in the cost of living.” For all pockets. As if the situation were not complex in itself, ramen establishments have to deal with another challenge: prices. Or rather, the image that the dish has in the country and the psychological barriers that in a certain way determine its rates. It is not something completely unknown in Spain, where a similar logic operates in the menus of the day of the restaurants. “Ramen has always been a staple food for low-income people, students… I don’t want it to be out of reach,” Kaneko explains.. The “1,000 yen wall”. A quick Google search shows several references, both on blogs and specialized websites in Japanese culture as in diaries generalistswhat is usually called the “1,000 yen wall”, which in exchange amounts to about 5.4 euros. That round number marks the price ceiling that rarely exceeds a basic noodle bowl with broth, meat and vegetables. Or so it was until recently. Faced with the new scenario and the delicate situation to which many businesses have been dragged, those in charge have had to consider a dilemma: cross the 1,000 yen barrier or resign yourself to following in the footsteps of the 72 establishments closed in 2024 and 59 in 2025. Upload with apology included. A few months ago Kaneko I remembered how in 2023 it had to increase its prices by 50 yen, reaching 1,000 for a standard bowl. Another professional in the sector, Taisei Hikage, recalled how rates have changed in a matter of a decade: if 10 years ago there were basic noodle dishes for 500 yen, today the situation is very different. When he opened his own restaurant in 2023, he … Read more

The number of tourists to Antarctica has skyrocketed 1,000% in 30 years. There are those who believe that the real boom has not yet arrived

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The hantavirus crisis has served so that, at least for a few days, much of the planet remembered COVID-19 and what was exposed that there is a hyperconnected world and a changing climate to the expansion of pandemics. Also (even if only glancingly) to remember a phenomenon that has been gaining strength for years in a silent, discreet, but forceful way: the tourist exploitation from Antarctica. The MV Hondius was promoted like a cruise to remote destinations departing from Ushuaiastarting point also of the vast majority of ships traveling to the southern pole. He interest in Antarctica by the MV Hondius shipping company (Oceanwide Expeditions) is no coincidence. There are more and more signs that suggest that polo is becoming an important tourist asset… and (above all) on the rise. A percentage: 1,120%. Antarctica may be one of the most remote places on the planet, but that has not left it off the radar of the tourism. On the contrary. For some time the data of IAATOthe International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators, show that the region has never been busier. The annual balances may register slight fluctuations, but the curve they draw when the focus is opened and the last three decades are analyzed shows the growing popularity of the destination. The latest evidence has been provided The Vanguard in an article in which he leaves out a key fact: during the 2024 season, more than 122,000 people visited the continent, which represents an increase of 1,120% compared to 30 years ago, when the statistics did not exceed 10,00 visits. Is there more data? Yes. To be more precise, the last balance from IAATO shows that if in the 1993-94 season the number of disembarked passengers barely reached 8,000, in 2013-14 it already exceeded 27,700 and in 2023-24 it was close to 78,900. In parallel, the number of those who only travel on cruise ships, without setting foot on land, has also been increasing. If in 2013-14 there were 9,700 people, last season they exceeded 43,200. Looking ahead to the 2024-2025 season the body calculates a slight decrease in the number of travelers who do not get off the boat and an increase in those who do. The first would remain at 36,769, the second at 80,434. Added to these are 938 “deep field” visitors, as those who fly to the interior of the region or board a ship to explore the Antarctic Peninsula or the islands are called. USA, the big market. IAATO statistics allow us to go further and analyze, for example, the nationalities of travelers who stop in Antarctica. The Americans are in the lead, with 44.6% in 2023-24, followed far by the Australians and Chinese, who each take almost 8% of the pie. The British, Canadians, Germans, Argentines and Brazilians also stand out, although IAATO has identified visitors of more than 200 nationalities. As for what they do there, the vast majority (98%) of tourist trips focus on the Antarctic Peninsula during the southern summer season and They depart from Ushuaiasouth of Argentina. Activities offered upon arrival include zodiac trips, landings and (more rarely) kayaking, climbing or overnight stays. IAATO graph with the flow of visitors between 1993 and 2002. IAATO graph with the flow of visitors between 2011 and 2024. Looking to the future. The flow of tourists may have skyrocketed in recent decades, but could fall short in the coming years. At least that’s what the researchers who have just published believe. a study on “Antarctic tourism management” in Journal of Sustainable Tourism. In it, the team led by Dr. Valeria Senigaglia slips two pieces of information. First, verify the boom of visitors in the last 30 years: from less than 8,000 in 93/34 to more than 120,000 in the 2023/24 season. Second, he warns that if the model is not rethought, the number of tourists could quadruple in the next decade until reaching almost half a million people annually. “If the number of visitors grows at the average annual growth rate recorded between the 1992-1993 season and the 2023-2024 season (a constant annual growth rate of 14.0%), the total number of visitors is expected to almost quadruple in 10 years, reaching approximately 452,000 in the 2033-2034 season,” specify the paperwhich also recalls that approximately 65% ​​of the more than 120,000 tourists who currently take cruises to Antarctica travel on ships that allow disembarkation, operations that tend to concentrate at the same points. An invisible footprint. That Antarctica arouses curiosity and there are people who want to know it or even visit it is, a priori, nothing bad. The problem, like warn the authors of the report, is the impact that this growing flow of tourists can have on a particularly fragile ecosystem. Although all the details are taken care of during the landings and IAATO demand tourists not to touch or feed local wildlife or damage plants, their presence poses certain environmental risks. For example, Elie Poulin, from the University of Chile, warns in The Vanguard that tourism can unintentionally spread exotic species. It comes with someone transporting them without knowing it. “Widespread degradation”. “The risks are real. An invasive species of grass has established itself on one of Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands, while bird flu has reached the Subantarctic Islands, where it has had a devastating effect on the seal population,” warned Dana Bergstrom has long been an expert in Antarctic ecology. This is without taking into account the environmental footprint left by cruise ship traffic or frequent disembarkation in certain areas. “A major concern is that the cumulative impacts of tourism will interact with alterations in weather patterns, snowmelt, ocean currents and nutrient cycling caused by climate change, leading to widespread habitat degradation and declines in wildlife populations and diversity,” insist Senigaglia. Review the guidelines? The reality is that visiting Antarctica is still not the same as traveling to any other tourist destination on the planet. Since 1991 there has been a protocol of environmental protection of Antarctica that … Read more

China is trying another way to surpass the US number one

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Every time we talk about large-scale artificial intelligence we end up reaching the same point: data centers and their enormous amounts of GPUs. It’s not a coincidence. This type of chip has become a centerpiece because it is especially well suited to running many operations in parallel, just the kind of work that requires training AI models and running them at scale. We take it almost for granted: more AI, more GPU. But that equivalence does not exhaust all possibilities. China is trying a different routeone that tries to answer the same question from another place: what happens if the AI ​​​​muscle is built only with CPUs. CPU instead of GPU. HPC Wire notes that China has begun to deploy several CPU-only supercomputers in recent years for AI workloads and high-performance computing, largely due to US restrictions that limit its access to enough advanced GPUs for these types of systems. The difference is important: we are not simply talking about a technical preference, but rather a response conditioned by the geopolitical context. When access to the most coveted hardware is limited, the alternative is to squeeze out our own architectures and reduce external dependency. LineShine. The most striking case of this strategy is this supercomputer, linked to the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen. According to South China Morning Postit is a machine built entirely with domestic CPUs and designed to work without a GPU. The media also reports that Huang Xiaohui, deputy director of the Shenzhen center, presented it as an integrated architecture capable of supporting both traditional high-performance computing and artificial intelligence loads. The system, they explain, uses 47,000 CPUs spread across 92 computing cabinets. The LX2 chip. The piece that allows us to lower that bet into the realm of hardware is the LX2 processor, described as an Armv9 chip designed for AI loads and high-performance computing. Each CPU integrates two chiplets and has 304 cores, organized in eight clusters of 38 cores each. The architecture includes Arm SVE and SME units, designed to accelerate vector and matrix operations, widely present in AI training and scientific computing. Added to that is an unusual combination of HBM memory in the package itself and external DDR5, a mix aimed at moving a lot of data quickly without giving up capacity. The power. LineShine is designed to reach 2 exaflops, a figure with which China aims to place it above The Captainthe Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supercomputer that is the current world leader with almost 1.8 exaflops. Huang Xiaohui, deputy director of the Shenzhen center, went further at a conference on April 24. According to statements collected by SCMP, he maintained that by the end of 2025 the system had completed its deployment and activation, with sustained performance greater than 2 exaflops. Not everything is positive. Going for a CPU-only machine may make sense for certain jobs, but does not eliminate the great advantage of GPUs in artificial intelligence. For more intensive and easily parallelized loads, these accelerators typically complete more work with the same power than a CPU-only system. That is why the industry continues to rely mostly on mixed architectures, with processors for general tasks and GPUs to accelerate heavier calculations. LineShine fits better as an alternative route under specific conditions than as proof that the dominant model is behind us. Images | Xataka with Nano Banana In Xataka | There was a time when Nvidia was a gaming company. That business is now pocket change for the owner and lady of AI

Science has a new magic number (and a golden rule about how to give them)

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One of the mantras that has been repeated on numerous occasions is that yes or yes you have to take 10,000 steps a day in order to enjoy good health. Our activity bracelets are partly to blame, since they even give us prizes for reaching this goal or remind us that we have not managed to reach it. But this number was born as a marketing strategy in Japan in the 60s and now science is making more and more nuances with respect to this figure to give more importance to how it works. The study. The most recent evidence we have in this regard is found published in the prestigious magazine The Lancet in July 2025, which combined 57 studies and analyzed 31 different cohorts of people in order to reach the most robust conclusion possible. The results. In short, we can affirm that the mantra of taking 10,000 steps is more than dismantled, since already reaching 7,000 steps a day means having 47% less mortality from any cause, and 25% less risk of suffering from cardiovascular disease compared to those who only take 2,000 steps a day on average. This is what different reference organizations in the world of cardiology also point out, such as the American College of Cardiology, who claim that the health benefit follows a curve in which the biggest drop in mortality risk occurs before reaching 10,000 stepssetting the new goal at 7,000-8,000 steps per day. It’s not worth the walk. For many, all the steps on the physical activity counter are the same, whether they are the first ones in the morning to go to the bathroom or the ones we take while window shopping at the mall. But the reality is that they are not ‘productive’ steps, since to reach these 7,000 steps that do not ensure a reduction in mortality, the intensity of the walk matters much more than the number. How to get here. Here Harvard Health sums it up perfectly aim that walking becomes a moderate aerobic exercise only when we increase the intensity until we notice a higher pulse and more demanding breathing. To get an idea, if we are here, we can put ourselves in the situation where we can still speak, but only in short phrases. If we want to have a figure on the table, we can stick to reaching 100 steps per minute, which can be around 4.5 km per hour if we also want to do it on a treadmill in the gym. It’s important. Doing these steps daily is important, since it has been shown that adequate walking speed is directly linked to a significant reduction in cases of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, especially in people who already suffer from hypertension. Images | Drazen Zigic in Magnific In Xataka | Tell me how fast you walk at 45 and I’ll tell you how your brain ages: The science behind the ‘sixth vital sign’

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