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Meta thought it was a good idea for its AI to generate images from your Instagram photos. Days later he has already turned back

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Last week Meta launched Muse Image and Muse Video, its new AI models integrated into the Meta AI app. However, the launch was quickly overshadowed by the criticism he received one of the functions of the image generator. Within Muse Image, in addition to writing the normal prompt, Meta thought it was a good idea to let us tag other Instagram users to Generate images from your photos. All you have to do is type the at sign with your username and Muse Image can access your profile to create any image you can think of. The problem with all this is that Meta activated it by default for all public Instagram accounts, without warning or of course asking for permission. If you wanted to prevent anyone from tagging youyou had to manually disable it from your account settings. Meta backs off: they will no longer be able to tag us in Muse Image Muse Image was announced last Tuesday, July 7, and in the following days the criticism of this decision began to accumulate. Four days later, on Saturday the 11th, Meta issued a statement in which They responded to the controversy. According to Meta, their intention with the tagging feature was to “offer a useful creative tool” and “give users control over whether their public content could be mentioned.” The best way to give control to users would have been to let us activate it if we wanted to be tagged and not the other way around. Meta has confirmed that The labeling function has been removed. This is the full statement: Earlier this week, we announced that one of the ways users can generate images in Meta AI is by @-tagging the public Instagram accounts they want to reference. Our intention was to offer a useful creative tool and give users control over whether their public content could be mentioned in this way. We’ve received feedback that this feature missed the mark and is no longer available. Image | Meta, edited with Magnific In Xataka | Meta has a long history of privacy scandals. We can add one more to the list

Meta just turned your Instagram photos into raw material for its AI without asking your permission: how to disable it

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Meta is not exactly known for being a company that takes care of the privacy of its users, rather the opposite. With their latest release they have made it even clearer if possible: an image generator in which Anyone can tag your Instagram account and generate deepfakes with your facelike the one you can see on these lines. The serious thing is that this option has been activated by default for all public Instagram accounts, without asking permission or warning anythingvery much like Meta. The only ones who are spared (for legal reasons, not ethical ones, don’t believe it) are those under 18 years old, but the rest of us have been put in the bag without asking. If you don’t want anyone to be able to create AI images with your photos, you have to disable it manually. How creating user images with Meta AI works Meta has launched Muse Image, its new image generator to compete with Nano Banana and ChatGPT Images. This generator lives inside the Meta AI app and, in addition to being able to generate images from nothing, you can also do it from the photos that people upload to Instagram. Left, an image generated with Meta AI from a user’s image. Right: What appears in Meta AI when the user has disabled that option If your account is public and you are over 18 years old, you can be tagged in Meta AI to create images, as you can see in the image on the left. It should be noted that the model has safeguards against creating sensitive contentso they will not be able to create nudes with your photos. What less. In the image on the right I tried to tag my account after deactivating this option and a message appears saying that you do not have permissions to access the photos. It is still possible for someone to download your images to create a new one from them, but as with any image that circulates on the internet. How to prevent Meta AI from using your Instagram photos If your account is private you will not have to do anything since it is excluded by default from Meta AI. However, if your account is public you have to disable the option manually. The steps to follow to deactivate it In your profile, click on the three lines button horizontal lines that appear in the upper right. Scroll to option “Share and reuse.” Here, there is a block called “Allow people to reuse your content on Instagram and with AI features” (for some reason, it came out in English) Uncheck the boxes for posts and Reels. Additionally, just below you have a box that allows you to limit other people from using the original audio from your Reels to create other videos and use it in Meta AI. Many people on social networks have criticized Meta’s decision to activate this by default for millions of accounts without asking permission or warning. In statements to New York Timesa company spokesperson recalled that it can be disabled “with just a couple of clicks” and that “We will take action against any content that violates our Community Guidelines.” Images | Xataka In Xataka | Meta shoehorned its AI chatbot into WhatsApp. Now Europe issues an order: they have five days to open themselves to rivals

China has a spaceship of which there are barely any photos. Another unidentified object has just been released into orbit

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Shenlong, China’s secret ship has done it again. After several months in low Earth orbit, doing who knows what, it has released a mysterious payload that no one knows anything about. With this, there are now 9 unknown objects released by the Chinese divine dragon. Without further information, as always. Shenlong is a reusable ship. Since 2020, it has carried out four flights. First it was a test one, which lasted just two days, but then it made three more stays of several months in low Earth orbit. The last one is still underway and, as usual, no one knows anything about it. It is only known that it was launched on February 7 and that a few days ago, on June 22, it launched an unknown object. It was first detected by the private surveillance company LeoLabs. After seeing a mysterious object very close to Shenlong’s location, they raised the alarm. Then asteroid tracking expert Jonathan McDowell used your X account to confirm that according to their calculations, it must be a payload from China’s secret ship. Almost no one has photographed it. There are no official photographs of Shenlong. Since it was first released, there are only a few amateur-taken images, most of them very blurry. It is not easily seen. The only photo that gave any information It was taken in 2024 by the Austrian amateur astronomer Felix Schöfbänker. In its photograph you could see a pair of appendages that possibly correspond to solar panels, which would indicate that it has a great capacity for autonomous flight. Just hypothesis. It is not known why China regularly sends this ship into space, although there are some hypotheses, as explained from Live Science. Shenlong could be conducting proximity flight tests or launching surveillance satellites or anti-satellite weapons. At the moment, there is no evidence that it has made any suspicious approach to other ships, so the first hypothesis does not seem the most appropriate. As for the objects, if he has done anything with them, nothing is known about it. It is not the only secret ship. USA He also has his own secret ship: X-37B. This one has much more experience. While Shenlong has spent about 700 days in total in low Earth orbit since its first launch in 2020, the secret American spacecraft began flying in 2010 and has already accumulated more than 4,200 flight days. However, the United States has been more transparent with the missions carried out by its ship. It usually gives information about the launches, the duration of the mission and some of the experiments. For example, on X-37B’s last mission, a year ago, It is known that it was launched to study laser communication and quantum navigation tools. Of course, there are still some of his movements that are kept secret. Hence its name. The reality is that China has always been much more cryptic with its space missions, whatever their type. Even when satellites are launched regularly, the exact payload they are carrying is often not reported until the mission is completed. Therefore, it is not strange that they maintain so much zeal regarding their divine dragon. What just happened is not an exception and it probably won’t be the last time it happens either. Image | Long March rockets (no non-blur photos of Shenlong). Credit: Shujianyang In Xataka | The “space war” is already a reality and is being waged by the US, Russia and China with a particular weapon: their satellites

that of “voyeurs” who take photos of girls up their skirts

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The railway station JR Hakata Fukuoka is neither more nor less than that: one of the many (many) terminals spread throughout Japan. At the end of last year it was news however for an unconventional initiative. Those responsible installed a series of angular mirrors of rectangular shape and 32.5×48.5 cm on both sides of the escalators so that passengers can detect any suspicious movement behind their backs. The curious thing is what crimes those responsible for the station want to avoid. They don’t have pickpockets or crooks in mind as much as voyeurs with cameras. “Be careful with the recordings!” The JR Hakata Station Case it’s interesting because it is part of a larger problem that goes far beyond Fukuoka: voyeurism. More specifically, the capture of intimate photos of women without their consent. For reference, the Hakata police station recorded 200 violations of the law between January and September 2025 alone. This makes it easier to understand that under the mirrors installed on the stairs of JR Hakata there are posters warning: “Beware of covert recordings!” “We hope they will help reduce crime. We want to prove to society that we do not tolerate voyeurism,” claims the head of the police station, Y. Kiyosue. The number: 9,237. Going beyond particular cases or simple anecdotes is not always easy, but that is what CNN has just done in a article in which he analyzes the problem of voyeurism in Japan, focusing especially on those people who take photos or record videos clandestinely, for example by sliding their cell phone under girls’ skirts. According to the American media, despite the efforts of the Japanese authorities to stop the problem and the tightening of laws, photographic voyeurism continues to be a scourge. Only in 2025 did the police carry out 9,237 arrests related to cases of voyeurs, the highest number to date. In 2023 another analysis BBC’s report on the same topic estimated the number of arrests for clandestine photos at more than 5,000, which at that time was already a record number and represented three times as many incidents as in 2010. One of the most affected groups were airplane stewards. A survey by the National Aviation Union revealed that almost seven out of ten Japan’s flight attendants had reported taking photographs behind their backs. What is the reason for this increase? The increase in cases is overwhelming, but it does not have to show that voyeurism has skyrocketed. Or that doesn’t have to be the only reason. In Japan, the authorities slip that if the number of arrests has exceeded 9,200, it is, in part, because in 2023 national legislation adapted to strengthen the fight against sexual crimes. The change allowed ‘photographic voyeurism’ to go from being prosecuted based on ordinances of local prefectures to having a more general framework, with defined crimes. In reality, the change adopted in 2023 is much broader and affects other sexual crimes. For example, one of his most famous measures was the expansion of the sexual consent law, which passed from 13 to 16 years. Shortly before, in 2017Japan had already revised its Penal and Prosecution Code for the first time in more than a century to clarify two basic questions: what exactly rape is and whether only women can be victims of assault. @cnn Videos of suspected upskirters being chased through Japan’s streets are a daily sight on social media. But police data shows a troubling shift—a growing number of those accused are children themselves. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery and her team spent months investigating why more minors are committing this crime and spoke to a minor who filmed about 30 girls before being caught. ♬ original sound – CNN A ‘simpler’ crime. Another key that helps understand the increase in arrests is that voyeurs who want to secretly take photos have it much easier today than a few decades ago. The expansion of the smartphones It allows everyone to carry a camera in their pocket and social networks and messaging apps make it easy for those looking to exchange material. CNN reporters documented for example Telegram and Discord chats. The first ensures that its moderation system eliminates millions of files every month and in 2026 it eliminated more than 260,000 groups and channels. Peeping Toms and Sport. The truth is that there is a quick review of the newspaper library to read cases about hidden cameras or coaches complaining of the onlookers. A particularly notable case occurred in May, when an athlete who participated in the Dishui Xing-Quan Lake Traverse denounced that intimate photos of him had been shared on an official platform with 10,000 viewers. ZME Science assures There are athletes who even wear clothing made with a fabric capable of absorbing infrared light. The objective: to stop voyeurs who use special cameras to better appreciate their silhouette or underwear. School pending. The problem is serious enough that in March the Ministry of Education review the guidelines that seek to avoid inappropriate sexual behavior between teachers and students. Among other issues, the Government’s draft with the legislative changes contemplated the dismissal of those teachers who commit this type of crime and that classrooms, bathrooms and locker rooms be inspected to avoid hidden cameras. It is not a toast to the sun or a capricious measure. Does just one year Two teachers were arrested accused of sharing intimate images of minors through messaging apps in which other primary and secondary teachers allegedly participated. According to the AFP agency, the detainees, men aged 42 and 37, allegedly photographed girls under 13 in their underwear. It matters how much… and who. CNN slides another worrying fact: It is not just that the number of arrests for voyeurism has increased, it is that the profile of those who commit this type of crime seems to be diversifying. It is no longer just about adult men (like the teachers ‘hunted’ last year), but also about children. According to the data consulted by the chain, the cases with … Read more

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So far this year, between January and May 2026, 62,388 plug-in hybrid cars have been sold in Spain. 16% of these sales are accumulated by BYD Seal U DM-i and BYD Atto 2 DM-ithe two best-selling cars in Spain powered by this technology. A proposal that is not only the best-selling, has also opened a gap with the Toyota C-HR which last year fought to be the best-selling in Spain among plug-in hybrids. The Chinese company has found a market niche to exploit. The first of those mentioned above served as a thermometer to verify that the water in the electric car pool was still somewhat cold in our country and that it was worth betting on a technology that, as they told us On the brand presentation day back in 2023, they were not going to offer. Now, with the spaces of the large plug-in hybrid family SUV and the compact SUV covered, the urban SUV remained to be covered. A segment where, directly, the company does not have any type of rival. And the fact is that electrifying the B segment and the concessions that have to be made with it have discouraged manufacturers. The BYD Dolphin G DM-i arrives with the purpose of being a best-seller where it has no rival. BYD Dolphin G DM-i technical data sheet byd Dolphin (204 HP with 60.4 kWh battery) BODY TYPE. Compact five-seater SUV MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT. 4,160 meters long, 1,770 meters wide, 1,570 meters high and 2,700 meters wheelbase. Weight to be confirmed. TRUNK. 425 liters. MAXIMUM POWER. 156 kW (212 hp) WLTP CONSUMPTION. Active version: 2.6 l/100 km and 40 km of autonomy Boost, Comfort and Sport version: 1.4 l/100 km and 105 km of autonomy ENVIRONMENTAL DISTINCTIVE. Zero emissions DRIVING AIDS (ADAS). Automatic emergency braking, intelligent speed limit information, detection of vehicles in the blind spot, intelligent cruise control, LED lighting, 360º parking camera, rear parking sensors. OTHERS. Own software compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Google services starting with Boost version or higher. 10.1-inch (Active) and 12.8-inch (Boost, Comfort and Sport) screen. Heated seats and steering wheel. ELECTRIC HYBRID. No. Plug-in HYBRID. Yeah. Active version: 175 HP and 40 km of autonomy Boost, Comfort and Sport version: 212 HP and 105 km of autonomy electric No. price and release Now available without aid or discounts: Active: €25,200 Boost: €28,200 Comfort: €29,700 Sport: €30,700 Now available with (advance) aid and discounts: Active: €18,700 Boost: €21,376 Comfort: €22,846 Sport: €23,826 When you are your own rival On March 31, 2023 we counted the arrival of BYD to Spain. 27 days later we tell that Plug-in hybrids are not for small cars. In that article we explained that the B segment was left orphaned by plug-in hybridization with the discontinuation of the Renault Captur that featured this technology. The plug-in hybrid in the low ranges has had two obvious problems. The first, almost testimonial trunks, victims of much larger batteries than those of a non-plug-in hybrid. And, above all, the price. Electrifying this type of car was so expensive that the final cost for the customer skyrocketed. The result was very low sales and a price that kept rising to compensate. In the case of the Renault Captur, In 2020 the car already cost 30,160 euros (today it would be 37,941 euros, using the INE calculator to update the price). The SUV could cover 50 kilometers in completely electric mode and its trunk was reduced from more than 400 liters of the non-electrified versions to just 265 liters. It’s not the worst. Compared to the basic versions, the plug-in hybrid was 151% more expensive in 2023 than the more modest options, making it difficult to justify the investment. The departure of the Captur seemed to represent the death of the small plug-in hybrid. But BYD has set out to conquer this market as well. The same old BYD recipe “The BYD Dolphin G DM-i is an electric car to which we added an efficient 98 HP 1.5 naturally aspirated engine,” BYD tells us before we get into the cars. And, perhaps, that is the key to everything. Until now, what we have seen among plug-in hybrids were adaptations of combustion versions to a more electrified proposal, putting the batteries where they could. BYD’s small plug-in hybrid comes from the opposite proposal. The car is based on the electric car, which allows it to add a battery without sacrificing trunk space. That is why the most modest version has a 7.4 kWh battery that allows it to travel 40 kilometers, but the most ambitious ones increase this to 18.3 kWh and reach 105 kilometers in completely electric mode according to the WLTP combined cycle. In the city, the autonomy reaches up to 150 km before depleting the battery. This allows you to kill two birds with one stone. The first thing is that the trunk and space for rear passengers remains intact, with a cargo space of 425 liters, which keeps it a very valid option for long trips. The second thing is that it works as a parallel series hybrid. That is, the vast majority of the time, it is the electric motors that drive the wheels and, if necessary, the gasoline engine can do the same but most of the time it will act as an electricity generator for the battery. With this system, the car feels like an electric car and the engine works at the most efficient rpm, where it consumes less energy to fill the battery. If necessary, when more power is unexpectedly demanded, that is when the gasoline engine also pushes the wheels. In these cases, the car can develop up to 175 HP of power in the small battery option and 212 HP in the large battery option. Consumption notices it. BYD approves a consumption of 2.6 l/100 km for the small battery and only 1.4 l/100 km for the large battery according to the WLTP cycle. But, in addition, the … Read more

Sony has taken advantage of its AI to improve photos. It turned out quite average

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Sony presented the mobile this week more anti-2026 that we had seen in the high range. A return to the headphone jack, the generous bezels, the microSD card and, beyond the curious, a photographic bet that promised to be solid. Just yesterday, the Japanese company published on its social networks how the new assistant worked AI camera in the new Xperia, one “to bring photos to life.” The post has gone really viral, since it is not clear who and why it seemed right to publish said publication in X. all bad. The publication already has 8 million views and more than 3,000 comments, the first of which are directly memes. Beyond the fact that this is the usual trend in X, there are reasons to be disoriented by Sony’s publication. According to the company, which also publishes the same examples on its website, the new AI camera assistant helps create “expressive options to bring our photos to life.” And yes, although what is a good photo and what is not is partly subjective, the publication leaves no room for interpretation. Yes, I laughed. “Life”. The photographs that Sony has shown with the AI ​​mode are terrible. Not from a subjective interpretation, but from introducing photography into any editing programread the histograms, and objectively analyze that they are completely burned (full overexposure) and with a very high color distortion. As the company has shown, this is a mode that completely destroys the naturalness of the original photography, and without practical use to improve the results on a daily basis. Not too surprising. Sony is the leading camera manufacturer in the world. In fact, there are hardly any filmmakers and content creators who do not use their cameras. When buying a phone, the reference to know if it has a good camera is that it has a Sony sensor. But, for some reason, in all Xperia generations there have been serious problems with the camera. Usability of the apps, final quality of the photographs, strange looks that were not completely understood… Despite leading with an iron fist in video cameras, the Xperia division in mobile phones does not come close to what is expected from the manufacturer. Hope? The margin of doubt is always necessary and, after the virality of the publication, it is more than likely that Sony will give AI processing a twist. And, if not, we will always have an additional way to create memes. In Xataka | We have been juggling for ten years to transfer a photo from iPhone to Android. Google closes the wound with AirDrop

now you can use their photos to write your name with rivers and craters

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Since they were launched in 1972, NASA’s Landsat satellites have continually taken images of the earth’s surfaceproviding an uninterrupted data archive that helps managers, planners and policy makers make more informed decisions about natural resources and the environment. But there is also a playful part. 50 years goes a long way. Enough to form a complete alphabet with which you can write your name, thanks to a tool designed by NASA for Earth Day. Your name in landscapes. The tool in question It’s very simple. You simply have to write your name or the word you want to transform into Landsat images. Then, after pressing enter, an image appears on the screen for each letter of your name. You can download the full image or place your cursor over each letter to see the exact coordinates and a brief description of the place that appears in them. For example, a tangled river could form the first letter of your name, while the last letter could be a path of volcanic lava surrounded by mountains. The complete alphabet. In case you are curious, you can visit the complete alphabet and check all the possible photographs that NASA has for a particular letter. Some, like A, have many options. On the other hand, others that are somewhat rarer, such as the G, have only one landscape available that evokes their specific shape. LILY An appointed date. This tool was made public on April 22, when Earth Day is celebrated. It is an anniversary created to raise awareness among the population about the problems facing our planet at an environmental level. The images taken by Landsat are very useful both for raising public awareness and for providing useful data to scientists. More about Landsat. According to NASAresearchers have used the Landsat archive, for example, to study how cities, coastlines, crop cycles, and forests have grown. This is a program in which scientific quality instruments and data are prioritized, so that it can be known with certainty that changes in subsequent Landsat images reflect real changes on Earth. And the best thing is that all the information is free and open access, so that anyone, scientist or not, can access them. After all, the Earth belongs to all of us. Just as any human being must be responsible and avoid destroying it, we also have the right to be participants in what is done to take care of it. Even if it is writing our name with rivers, boulevards or lava paths. Images | NASA tool In Xataka | So much ice has melted in Greenland that plankton has grown by 40%. It’s not good news

Denza Z9GT and Denza Z9, features, specifications, photos, price, date

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BYD carries a few years of heart attack in Europe and in the rest of the regions in which it has a presence. However, this time the brand wanted to take a very different step: fully enter the premium vehicle segment. And he has done it precisely with Denza, your luxury brand which has been based in China for more than a decade and which this year crosses borders to give another pinch to the European automobile industry. The Chinese giant launches its premium division in this market with two models: the Denza Z9GTa high-performance family coupe, and the Denza D9a seven-seater minivan. Curiously, we were already able to test the Z9GT first-hand in 2025, giving us clues about what was happening. Now, the departure is imminent, and below these lines we tell you all the details. Denza Z9GT and D9, technical sheet denza z9gt denza z9 BODY TYPE. Coupé, five seats (shooting brake) Minivan, seven seats MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT. Pure electric version: 5,180 meters long, 1,990 meters wide, 1,490 meters high. 3,125 m wheelbase. Weight to be confirmed Plug-in hybrid version: 5,195 meters long, 1,990 meters wide, 1,490 meters high. 3,125 m wheelbase. Weight to be confirmed 5,250 meters long, 1,960 meters wide, 1,900 meters high. 3,110 m wheelbase. 2,895 kg empty weight. TRUNK. 495 liters (1,680 liters with seats folded) 430 liters (3rd row back) 570 liters (3rd row forward) 2,310 liters (3rd row folded and 2nd row forward) MAXIMUM POWER. Pure electric version: 1,156 HP / 850 kW (three electric motors). Maximum torque: 1,210 Nm Plug-in hybrid version: 776 HP / 570 kW (three electric motors and one 2.0 turbo 4-cylinder gasoline motor). Maximum torque: 1,035 Nm 353 HP / 260 kW (120 HP 1.5 turbo 4-cylinder gasoline engine that acts as a generator + 231 HP front electric motor + 61 HP rear electric motor). Maximum torque of 220 Nm WLTP autonomy. Pure electric version: more than 600 km in all-wheel drive (up to 800 km in rear-wheel drive) Plug-in hybrid version: up to 203 km of electric range. 805 km of combined autonomy under the WLTP cycle WLTP electric range of 210 km Joint range of 950 km (battery + full tank) ENVIRONMENTAL DISTINCTIVE. Zero emissions. Zero emissions. DRIVING AIDS (ADAS). To be determined To be determined OTHERS. DiLink software, Integration with Google, seats with ventilation, massage and heating, 1,150 W sound system, 17.3-inch central screen, 13.2-inch co-pilot screen, 50-inch Head Up Display, refrigerator DiLink software, Integration with Google and Apple, ventilated, massage and heated seats, 16-speaker sound system, 15.6-inch central screen, 10.25-inch driver screen, 12-inch Head Up Display, refrigerator price and release Pure electric version: from 115,000 euros Plug-in hybrid version: starting at 101,000 euros Available in the coming weeks From 78,500 euros Available in the coming weeks As we said before, Denza is not a new brand. It was born in 2010 as an alliance between BYD and Daimler, and launched its first vehicle in 2014, although its presence had until now been limited to the Chinese market. Its arrival in Europe comes in a context in which Chinese brands are trying to consolidate beyond the mid-price segment, where they have already achieved some traction. The Z9GT: a grand tourer with three engines and ultra-fast charging The Z9GT is the model with which Denza wants to present itself to the European buyer of premium cars. It is a shooting brake (a body between a sedan and a family car) with more sporty lines. The vehicle is 5.18 meters long (5.19 meters in the plug-in hybrid) and was designed by Wolfgang Egger, known for his work at Audi and Alfa Romeo. The most interesting thing about the Z9GT is its technical proposal, especially when it comes to battery charging. The model incorporates the system FLASH Charging from BYD, capable of operating with a power of up to 1,500 kW, which would allow the battery to be charged from 10% to 70% in five minutes, or from 10% to 97% in nine. The brand further claims that even at temperatures of -30°C the process from 20% to 97% would be completed in twelve minutes. These figures, if confirmed in real conditions of use, would represent a significant jump compared to what we currently have. Of course, to take advantage of them, it will be necessary to access BYD’s own chargers, which also they have to deploy in Europe. So there is still quite a bit of work ahead in this regard. The battery is an evolution of the Blade Battery from BYD, now in its second generation, with chemistry lithium iron phosphate (LFP). According to the brand itself, engineers have managed to simultaneously increase both energy density and charging speed. You have it in pure electric and plug-in hybrid The Z9GT will be sold in two variants. The 100% electric version has three motors (one front and two rear) with a combined power of 1,156 HP and a 122.49 kWh battery. The autonomy approved according to the WLTP cycle exceeds 600 kilometers. 0 to 100 km/h is resolved in 2.7 seconds and the maximum speed reaches 270 km/h. These are, of course, figures that we are not used to seeing very often on the streets. Throughout 2026, Denza also plans to add a rear-wheel drive variant with a range of about 800 kilometers. The plug-in hybrid version (DM) combine those three electric motors with a 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine. The total power of the system is 776 HP. The battery, in this case 63.82 kWh, offers 203 kilometers of electric range according to WLTP. With the battery charged and the tank full, the manufacturer estimates a combined range of about 805 kilometers. 0 to 100 km/h is done in 3.6 seconds, according to the firm. Platform with rear steering and double independent motor Under the body, the Z9GT rides on the e³ (“e-cube”) platform, developed specifically for Denza. In it we find a rear steering system with two independent motorsone per wheel. This allows … Read more

This engineer found 1,351 loose photos in his grandmother’s house. He ended up building a personal Wikipedia of his entire life

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It all started with a closet full of old loose photos. Last year an engineer named Jeremy visited his grandmother’s house for the first time since the pandemic and unknowingly came across a treasure. 1,351 on paper, without order, without dates and without context. Some were in black and white, from when his grandparents were 20 years old. Others were from his mother as a baby. The last ones were from him in high school, just before smartphones arrived and everything moved to the cloud. What began as a family organization exercise became a fascinating project over the weeks: a personal encyclopedia. A Wikipedia of his own life. First, the physical photos and the grandmother. The first problem he encountered when starting his project is that physical photos do not have EXIF metadata. There is almost never a capture date (although some cameras superimposed it), there are no GPS coordinates and there is no information that allows them to be easily sorted. What Jeremy did was resort to a much more direct solution: sit down with his grandmother and ask her about the photos. Remembering that it is a gerund. In that conversation she rearranged the photos of their wedding and narrated the details while he took notes. Names, places, who was sitting where, what each ritual meant. With those notes, he set up a local instance of MediaWiki, the same software that Wikipedia uses, and wrote a page about the wedding following the same format that was used on Wikipedia to royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011. Within two afternoons I had a complete article with scanned photos, captions, links to empty pages about each person mentioned, and links to the real Wikipedia to give historical context to the events. Digital photos and Claude Code to get the job done. Jeremy realized that things could get worse and took the opportunity to do tests with digital photos, which do have EXIF data with date and time and even GPS coordinates. With that information he wanted to see how far he could go without interviews, so he took 625 photos from a family trip to Coorg (India) in 2012, put them in a folder and opened Claude Code in that directory with a simple instruction: compose a Wikipedia page by browsing the images. The model used ImageMagick to create contact sheets that allowed him to process multiple photos at once, and the magic of AI did the rest. The result was a detailed draft chronicling the trip organized by time of day. Without location data, just with timestamps and visual content, the AI ​​model was able to identify the places that appeared in the photos, including some that Jeremy himself had forgotten. It even detected the means of transportation used between destinations just with what it saw in the images. When AI starts remembering for you. Then came the most ambitious experiment, when he wanted to go further with a trip he took to Mexico City in 2022. He had 291 photos and 343 videos taken with an iPhone 12 Pro with GPS coordinates in the metadata, but he also exported his Google Maps location history, his Uber trips, his banking transactions and his Shazam history. By including all that data and sources, the model was able to cross-reference banking transactions with location data to identify the restaurants where he had eaten. For example, he found images of a soccer match in the photos but did not remember which teams were playing, but he found out that information by crossing those photos with bank transactions in which he found a Ticketmaster invoice with the name of the tournament and the teams, and incorporated them into the page. He also used Shazam’s history to describe the music playing in each location. From photos and memories to a personal encyclopedia. A wonderful project that now anyone can replicate thanks to the whoami.wiki website. First the trips, then the friendships. What started as a travel documentation project evolved into something more personal. The Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp archives contained some 100,000 messages and several thousand voice notes exchanged with close friends over a decade. The AI ​​model managed to convert all this information into a unique biography, identifying vital episodes of the protagonists, then converted into pages that, according to Jeremy, “read as if they were written by someone who knew us both.” When he shared the pages with those friends, they couldn’t stop reading those stories and wanted more. MediaWiki as a master ingredient. One of the most interesting decisions of the project is the choice of software. MediaWiki, Wikipedia’s engine, turned out to be an extraordinarily suitable tool for that use case. AI models understand this perfectly because they have been trained with millions of Wikipedia pages and know their structure and functioning. Discussion pages serve to control the development of those pages, categories group pages by topic, and revision history monitors the evolution of each page. All of this infrastructure already existed, and it was not necessary to create a new platform to organize the information that Jeremy was providing. Surpriseyes. At the end of his story, Jeremy explains that after the process: “I realized that I was no longer alone working on a family history project. What I had been creating, page by page, was a personal encyclopedia. A structured, navigable, interconnected record of my life compiled thanks to the data I already had around me.” Documenting her grandmother’s life revealed things she didn’t know: her years as a single mother or the decisions she had to make, for example. Going through the history of his friendships allowed him to recover moments that he had almost forgotten and made him call some of them to remember them together. “The encyclopedia not only organized the data, it made me pay more attention to the people in my life,” he explained. you can do it too. The project has been so rewarding for him that he … Read more

The pink Moon is here and again there are fake photos everywhere

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Like every April, this week the pink Moon will shine in the sky, one of the moons with the best press of the entire year. These days, the media is filled with news crowned with photos in which we see a beautiful pink moon. The problem is that if we go out to look at the sky we will not be able to find it; since, basically, it does not exist. The confusion. With exceptions, every month has only one full moon. Astronomically speaking, these have no name. However, Sometimes they do receive names from popular culture. In fact, there are many full moons that are named after Native American tradition. They gave names to the moons taking into account natural phenomena that took place in that month. In the case of the Pink Moon, it coincides with the flowering of pink phlox. The fields were dyed pink, hence the name. This year the Moon began to be seen on the night of March 31 and will remain in the sky until April 2. Afterwards, it will begin to decrease. Either way, don’t expect any color change. nothing special. There are some moons named after colors that do have something special from an astronomical point of view. For example, blue moons They refer to the second full moon of the few months that exceptionally have two moons in this phase. It is something that normally happens every 2.4 years, although there are exceptions. For example, In 2018 there were two blue moons in one year just two months apart. Moons that are colored. It is normal to see the Moon in its characteristic grayish-pearlish color. However, sometimes, depending on how the light is dispersed around it, we can see it with yellow or orange tones. This depends a lot on the time of year. For example, the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox In the northern hemisphere it can appear more orange because it rises at a narrower angle to the horizon. The amount of particles suspended in the air also influences. And, of course, if a lunar eclipse occurs, we can see the moon in a more reddish tone. The famous blood moon. Other named moons. The Pink Moon itself has many more names, depending on the culture that names it. For example, the Celts knew it as the Moon of New Buds, also because of its relationship with the beginning of spring. On the other hand, in Anglo-Saxon culture it is known as the Egg Moon, because it happens at Easter time, when everything is decorated with the famous colored eggs. In short, there are many names for the same Moon, whose color may depend a little on the place from which you look at it, but always without leaving the usual tones. Image | BiaAurelio (Wikimedia Commons) In Xataka | Light pollution is a growing problem. So researchers have put it on a map

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