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Solar storms are increasingly threatening for the earth. NASA wants to prepare with a “digital twin” of the sun

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The sun, that star that gives us life, also has an unpredictable character and potentially destructive. So much so that A large solar storm It could return to us technologically to the stone age in the blink of an eye. To avoid this, NASA and IBM They have joined forces To create a model that simulates the behavior of the sun. And how could it be otherwise, it has been generated with artificial intelligence. A authentic twin of the sun to understand it better. The union of forces of these two institutions has resulted in the creation of Surya, an artificial intelligence Designed to act as a digital twin of the sun and anticipate their violent outbursts with precision that with the models that are currently used cannot be achieved. Training an AI with the heart of a star. The challenge of predicting the space climate is undoubtedly a great challenge For scientists. To build Surya, the engineers turned to an inexhaustible data source: the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) NASA Hala. For nine years, this probe has State watching the sun without restcapturing images of very high resolution every 12 seconds in different wavelengths and measuring its complex magnetic field. Once you have all this information is where artificial intelligence comes into action to be able to organize and interpret them for experts. That is why the first thing Surya did is standardize all data formats to be able to process them together. Intelligent filtering of all this information. Once the data was unified, the next step was to use a long -range vision transformer, an architecture capable of analyzing gigantic images to identify patterns and relationships between points of solar activity, regardless of how far they are from each other. But he did not stay here, because thanks to a mechanism known as ‘spectral door’, the system was able to filter the ‘noise’ of the data to reduce memory use and improve the quality of the information with which it worked. Therefore, researchers were removed a lot of work to have to label all the images, causing it to adapt rapidly. More precision and twice as much time to react. The results of the initial tests are very promising. Until now, Traditional models barely gave us an hour in advance before a solar eruption. With Surya it has been shown to be able to launch a reliable warning two hours in advance, doubleing the humanity preparation window. But it is not only faster, but also accurate. The IBM and NASA team recorded a 16% improvement in precision when classifying solar rashes compared to the models used right now. Something that is also thanks to the ability to integrate information from other missions such as Parker solar probe or the Soho Observatory. An open tool for the science of the future. Far from saving this powerful tool in a key drawer, IBM and NASA have made it available to the entire scientific community. Surya is now available on platforms such as Hugging Face, GITHUB or even the Terratorch library. Kevin Murphy, NASA scientific data director, is clear: “We facilitate the analysis of the complexity of our star’s behavior with unprecedented speed and precision. This opens the door to a better understanding of the impact of solar activity on the systems on which our daily life depends.” The goal is for the Earth to be prepared. Although we see the central star of our system as harmless, the reality is that at any time this sensation can change. In this way, preparation and anticipation is fundamental and for the moment all hopes are put in this model of where it is possible to learn from the processes behind the evolution of the sun with the aim of having a greater amount of information. Images | Javier Miranda In Xataka | How the Solar System was formed: So that the Earth was born, a star had to die

Prepare for a summer of delays and historical cancellations

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Yes Summer holidays They were going to be very complicated for many Spaniards, or directly null because they find them impossible to materialize themfor which their bags can be made a perfect storm in the form of prediction. Europe warns: it is very possible that the typical summer air chaos is a thorough with what is to come. The perfect storm. Yes, the European Commission has warned that this summer the record of Delays and aerial cancellations due to one Critical combination of factors. Namely: the unprecedented demand after pandemic, the chronic shortage of air controllers, labor strikes and the impacts of climate change. The European air traffic control system operates to the limitmanaging near 37,000 daily flights In its most intense days, the maximum you can assume with the current template. Although traffic has increased by 5% compared to the same 2024 period, delays have also increased in equal proportion, predicting a repetition of chaos that marked the previous summer. The most affected areas: Key tourist destinations such as France, Germany, Greece and Spain, where “high” delays are anticipated due to the inability of the control centers to absorb the planned traffic flow. Strikes, obsolete systems and blackouts. One of the most critical foci is France, where The recent strikes of air controllers due to lack of personnel and aged equipment caused the 4,000 flight interruption In just two days. Europe Millionaire losses due to the operational collapse in Charles de Gaulle. The European Transportation Commissioner, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, has also indicated the reduction of airspace available in the continent as a direct consequence of the war in Ukrainewhich further overloads open routes. In this context, the call to the EU transport ministers It has been clear: States must ensure that aerial controllers comply with the promised capacity and are present where they are most needed. Climate change. To the technical and labor difficulties an increasing and unpredictable factor is added: Climate change. Forest fires have already forced to close temporarily Marseille airportwhile in Greece the high temperatures They forced the closure of tourist monuments such as acropolis. Community authorities fear that this type of extreme phenomena (Heat waves, storms, fires) become more frequent and dangerous for aviation. With airports “more busy than ever”, such as The Tzitzikostas Commissioner warnedthe risk of operating chaos is higher than ever. Slow formation. I pointed The Financial Times That another bottlenecks is structural: the formation of air controllers in Europe requires up to five yearswhich prevents an agile response to the growing demand. The commission collaborates with air security agencies to review these regulations, but immediate results are not expected. Meanwhile, associations such as IATA They accuse the managers of the European system of systematically breaking the capacity of capacity without consequences or sanctions, qualifying the situation of “unacceptable” and accusing a gap between the plans and the reality that “approaches the field of fantasy.” Fragmented sky. Air operators also insist that part of the problem It is political: The EU has not completed the initiative of the Unique European skywhich would allow to draw more direct routes between countries instead of the current fragmented system that forces aircraft to deviate through multiple intermediate points. This lack of coordination Increase costs operational, fuel consumption and flight times. As illustrated in the Times A high manager of a large tourism agency: “A London flight to Cyprus is not in a straight line, it crosses several unnecessary air points because Brussels has been exasperatingly slow.” The price to pay. If you want also, what is at stake is not only operational efficiency, but Trust of millions of passengers and The prestige of one of the dense and complex air spaces on the planet. Airlines already alert customer reaction: Anxiety, preventive cancellations and fear of summer collapse. With an air network to Edge of saturationwithout sufficient personnel reservations and with growing threats due to both natural and geopolitical causes, Europe faces the urgent challenge of reorganizing its air control system, modernizing its infrastructure and eliminating obstacles that prevent unified management. Otherwise, this summer aims to be, not only the worst in terms of delays and cancellations, but also the definitive notice that the sky of the old continent needs a revolution at several levels. Image | Bruno Sanchez In Xataka | Julio has become hell for the AVE of Andalusia. The latest: tunnels with leaks that delay trains In Xataka | Europe has discovered the Achilles heel capable of collapsing its air traffic. It has only needed a strike in France

Openai and Oracle prepare a brutal data center with 2 million chips for ia

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The plan ‘Stargate’ It is the great bet of the government led by Donald Trump to keep the US at the head of development in artificial intelligence (AI). When this project was made public on January 22, it hit the economic endowment that would make it possible: nothing less than 500,000 million dollars. This money will leave the coffers of the Japanese investment group SoftBank; of those of OpenAI, the creators of Chatgpt; of those of Oracle, and, finally, it will also be provided by the investment firm Emiraratí MGX. These companies will support the construction during the next four years of an advanced network of data centers that will house the high performance computing infrastructure necessary to sustain US leadership in the AI field. The spearhead of these facilities is already being built in Texas (USA), in a town called Abilene. And it is colossal. In fact, this first data center of the ‘Stargate’ project will bring together, According to OpenAimore than two million chips for ia. 4.5 GW Dan for a lot When the US government announced to Bombo y S pay this plan left a great question open: how did he plan to solve the supply of electricity required by the new facilities? Large data centers for AI consume a lot of electricity, which has caused Some technology have opted for investing in nuclear centrals to guarantee the supply of electricity that these facilities require. Oracle began to install the first ‘racks’ with NVIDIA B200 platform servers in June At the moment this question is not completely resolved. And it is not because the ‘Stargate’ infrastructure should be completely ready before President Trump’s current mandate expires, and a new nuclear power plant can hardly come into operation in four years. Even so, Openai and Oracle have formalized A few hours ago they have reached an agreement to build the necessary infrastructure to Deliver additional 4.5 GW to your data centers. Interestingly, SoftBank does not participate in the financing of this expansion, although, as I mentioned a few lines above, it does in the ‘Stargate’ project. According to OpenAia part of the gigantic Abilene data center is already in operation. In fact, Oracle began installing the first racks With platform servers B200 of NVIDIA In June. It is surprising that in just six months a part of this installation is already active, but it is important that we do not overlook that the Abilene data center seeks to demonstrate that the ‘Stargate’ plan is viable within the deadline that those responsible have promised. Anyway, in this equation there is another unknown that also has a lot to say: China. “We hope that China significantly increase its investments in AI and semiconductors in response to the US domain in AI,” CBM consultancy analysts foresee. It makes sense. These two great powers world supremacy are being disputedso it is understandable that each significant step that give one of the two Receive a more or less overwhelming answer from the other. We can be sure that 2025 will be an even more agitated year than 2024 in the geopolitical and technological fields, so we will be attentive to the steps that US and China will surely give. Image | Christina Morillo More information | OpenAI In Xataka | Huawei attacks Nvidia positions in China: he wants to have dominant hardware in inference processes in AI

I have to prepare the suitcase for this vacation. I do not leave the house without swimsuits, but neither without a VPN on the mobile

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After a wait that sometimes has become too long, the time has come that many expected: summer holidays. These are dates that many take advantage of some escape, one that almost always leads us to accommodations such as hotels that have Wi -Fi networks for your guests. These can come great, but are they entirely safe? These and others public Wi -Fi networks They are perfect in those moments in which we do not have coverage or in which we do not want to spend our data, but they are still networks that we know very little. Luckily, there is a very simple way to protect ourselves when we connect to them: Use a VPN. This surfshark is one of the cheapest we can findsince just goes out for 1.99 euros a month. Surfshark Starter Subscription – Monthly * Some price may have changed from the last review More internet security no matter how little every month It is no secret that we can find several on the Internet Free VPNwhich do not work badly and can get us out of trouble in case we have none. The problem is that the service offered by these is limited and the connection speed is, in most cases, too slow. Does not suffer this happens to get a payment VPN, but we don’t have to spend a fortune if we bet on one like Surfshark. It is one of those things that it does not occupy just site and that is always worth installed, both on the mobile and in a laptop or on a tablet. In fact, with surfshark we can install the VPN In how many devices we want without any limit. With this, what we will have is greater privacy and greater protection of our information on the Internet, something ideal in unknown networks. In the case of Surfshark, in addition, its VPN is included in its Starter Plan. This, which is the most economical of those you have, includes another very useful tool called ALTERNATIVE ID. This serves to generate a series of fictional data that we can use to register in some pages that we do not consider safely or where we simply do not want to enter our real data. The Starter Plan is priced at 1.99 euros per month, so if we make numbers, two years of the service will be released for a total of 53.73 euros, since in addition We will receive 3 months extra service (that is, we will have 27 months). Here we are facing a very important discount, since its discount price amounts to 417.15 euros. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Cameron Stow in Unspash In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public wifis and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | The best solutions to protect your data and your company’s computer equipment

We prepare to say goodbye to Windows 10, but part of the US Air Control still works with disks and Windows 95

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It is likely that in recent months you have seen some news about the End of Windows 10 support. And if you have a computer with that system, you are probably already valuing when to make the leap to Windows 11 or look for an alternative. The idea of ​​keeping an operating system No technical support It is usually interpreted as imprudence. And rightly: it implies losing security patches, compatibility with new applications and threat protection. However, not everyone seems so worried about staying updated. And the most unexpected example comes from such an important as delicate sector: air traffic control in the United States. There, part of the control towers still depend on technologies that seem taken out of another era. Literally, from the last century. The data confirmed this week Chris Rocheau, interim administrator of the FAA (the Federal Aviation Administration), in an appearance before the Assignments Committee of the House of Representatives. His intervention was clear: there are towers that still use paper and flopy strips To manage flight coordination. Technologies introduced in the seventies and that today remain operational in some airports in the country. The public chain NPR has added more firewood to fire: says that computers also work with Windows 95 (yes, Sweden trains They are not the only ones with this system). Although more modern than the floppy disks, it is a system whose extended support ended more than two decades ago. Microsoft stopped updating it December 31, 2001and today does not offer any kind of guarantee or security support for that environment. Obsolete technology, although functional Why are they still in use? Because they work. Because they have worked for decades. Air traffic control systems (known ATC) must be kept operational 24 hours a dayseven days a week, and that historical reliability has been precisely the reason why nobody has apparently wanted to take the risk of changing them completely. But that margin is running out. The new Secretary of Transportation, Sean DuffyHe pointed out that modernizing the system is now a national priority. In his words“It is the most important infrastructure project that the country has had in decades.” An affirmation that coincides with the growing concern within the sector: from controlling unions to industrial groups such as Modern Skies have begun to demand deep reforms. The Government’s Responsibility Office (GAO) published in March 2025 A report with forceful conclusions: of the 138 systems that make up the FAA infrastructure, 51 were classified as unsustainable and 54 as potentially unsustainable. Many of them have been in service for more than 30 years. Some, more than 60. The report warns that these platforms are not only vulnerable to technical failures: they are also increasingly difficult to maintain. There are no longer spare parts, the technicians specialized in these architectures are retiring and provisional solutions, such as virtualization, cannot always be applied in such critical environments. Given this scenario, the Department of Transportation has launched a call Open for private companies to present proposals with new generation technologies. Meanwhile, the system is still underway, but it does so on an increasingly fragile basis. Time will say if this time the leap to a modern infrastructure finally becomes a reality. Images | Rohde Schwarz | Microsoft | Ashim d’ilva In Xataka | Otto wants to break molds with the Phantom 3500: Goodbye to the windows for passengers, hello to the immersive screens

This is what doctors recommend to prepare

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ICT, TAC. The Realities have it clear: It is not that it is coming An intense pollen season This spring is that we already have it on top. It is true that the weeks with the highest incidence of allergens are usually between the months of May and June, but the meteorology of the last weeks does not deceive. Exceptional circumstances bind to lighter and clearer trends: Everything is going worse. What will happen now? As we explained a few days agothe persistent rains of recent weeks have protected us from early pollinators and has exercised “protective shield” for people with allergy; However, they have contributed (and critically) to the accumulation of moisture in the soil and in the plants themselves. Han, for using a more visual language, loaded the pump. And how José Miguel Viñas said in Meteorednow it is a matter of time. A rebound of temperatures like the current one after rains such as those of recent weeks, will shoot pollen levels to historical levels. They are already shooting them. According to The data of the Copernicus atmosphere monitoring service, this week some allergens will already emerge in some areas of Spain, especially In the south and in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. In the south the olive tree will highlight (with concentrations of more than 5,000 grains per m³); In the center and the north, in addition to the grass, we will see a rebound of birch pollen. And it is not something we can ignore. According to the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (Seaic), allergic by polenes affect more than eight million people in our country. Seven of which are allergic to the grasses, the flower of the olive tree, the Arizónicas, to the shadow banana, the parietaria and, in general, to a long list of more plants that begin to bloom in spring. Now. How can we prepare? That is the big question. And, in general, the ways to do so are quite clear. In fact, the main recommendation of doctors is to reduce exposure to allergy triggers. As Irene Rodríguez, primary care doctor at the Andalusian Health Service explains, the best is a proactive position: monitor pollen levels and the weather conditions (the dry and wind days are the worst); With that in mind, modify our activity plan – prioritizing interior activities in delicate moments. Take action. In addition, there are small practices that can help us: take off the street clothes when they get home, shower strategically or wear mask and sunglasses. Measures can also be taken to keep the inner air clean. There is no infallible system: but HEPA filters or the same air conditioning can help keep pollen levels low. In addition, it is not a bad idea to talk to our header to have a drug pattern designed in case high pollen levels are forecast. Some doctors recommend start taking them up to two weeks before that the symptoms appear. And, above all, patience. Unfortunately, we are still Far from having tools To cure the allergy and effectiveness of medicines, sometimes radically) between them. So the best advice that any doctor can give us beyond hygiene measures and medication is to have patience. And this year, we will need. Image | Alex Jones | Press features In Xataka | The time of the year in Japan has arrived where everyone has a mask. The fault is World War II

How to prepare your mobile for the statement we will make in 2025

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Let’s explain How to prepare your mobile for the income statement that we will do in 2025, which is the one that corresponds to the last fiscal year. In this way, in the event that you want to make the statement on the mobile you will know everything you need. It is not mandatory to make the statement on your device, although you are going to have the option of Receive, review and present your draft In the event that you consider that everything is fine. Remember the key dates Whether you plan to make the statement from the mobile and if you are going to do it from the computer, the first step must always be to check the RENTAL CALENDAR 2024and remember the key dates. Especially keep in mind when you can do it onlinewhich will be when you can use your mobile for it. These are the dates of this year: Fiscal Data Consultation: Without announcing, but possibly in mid -March. Reference number request: You can do it from March 12. INTERNET INCOME DECLARY: You can do it from April 2 to June 30, 2025. Declaration of income by phone: You can do it from May 6 to June 30, 2025. Face -to -face income statement: You can do it from June 2 to June 30, 2025. Lower the APP of the Tax Agency One of the essentials to make the income statement is to have downloaded on the mobile The APP of the Tax Agency or aeat. You have it available for Android In Google Play and for iOS In the App Storeand it is totally free. It is an application serves to Perform several farm proceduresincluding the statement. In fact, when you enter it You will have a specific section Rentwhere you will have available both the possibility of seeing and presenting the draft and consulting previous exercises or performing other related efforts. Lower your digital certificate To be able to identify yourself in the AEAT app or to do any other management from your mobile phone, you will also need to use Your digital certificateincluding the FNMT certificate and the DNIE. Therefore, you have to request your digital certificateand in the event that you already have it, save it in a folder. The most comfortable is install FNMT digital certificateavailable In the App Store For your iPhone and In Google Play For Android. This application will allow you to request your certificate if you do not have it, but it will also allow you to access the certificates that you have already requested and have them by hand. If you have doubts, check the statement When the time comes, when requesting the draft statement on the mobile You will have summarized results. You will simply see if you have to pay or return. When you get to that screen, click on the statement to enter the draft and see your data. Here, it is important that you review all the data and that modify what you think is necessary Before sending the statement. Keep in mind that even if it is a draft made by the Treasury, in the event that there is any failure you will be the fined person and who has to pay the fine. Take the time necessary to check all data. Check fiscal data first The best way that when the time comes you are clear if you have to make modifications is Review fiscal data in advance. This is something you will have to do from the browser, that’s why we mention it at the end, but it is still important. You can consult the fiscal data since mid -March through the website of headquarters.GENCIBUTARIA.gob.es/sede/renta.htmlfrom the computer or mobile browser. Once inside, click on the option of Fiscal dataand log in with your digital certificate. On the page of this data is where You are shown all your discs. In it you can review them all to detect errors, and that when asking for the draft You know what things you should change for having detected them before. Get your reference number Finally, you must also Know the reference number for your statement. The reference number It has six digits, and serves to manage any of the services related to this income campaign. To see your reference number from your mobileyou must go to the application of the Tax Agency. In it, press the option to see your profile up to the right. Upon entering your profile, the number will appear just below the box where your name is. In Xataka Basics | FNMT digital certificate on the mobile: 8 uses that you can give on your device for different procedures

Nvidia graphics cards have become the new iPhone. If you want a decent, prepare to pay 1,000 euros

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Do you want to change graphics? No problem: Go preparing 1,000 euros. At least, if you want a modern and decent model, because that is the price at which we will have to get used to. The situation is demonstrating with the new Nvidia graphics. When launched its new RTX 5000 family cards range He did it with recommended PVPs that already taught the teeth: RTX 5090: 2,369 euros RTX 5080: 1,190 euros RTX 5070 TI: 899 euros RTX 5070: 659 euros Those prices are just a reference, because as soon as the availability is on sale, the availability is scarce and prices have shot. It is the same That has passed previously With Nvidia cards. Let’s put for example MSI models more affordable for each version: RTX 5090: From 2,549 euros RTX 5080: From 1,539 euros RTX 5070 TI: From 889.90 euros RTX 5070: Not available Except in the case of the RTX 5070 ti – that it is possible to find those recommended PVPs – we find that Prices already begin to be higher than those announced As soon as they go on sale. It is something totally legitimate – Nvidia speaks of recommended PVPs, not that manufacturers cannot modify them – but it again makes this market get more and more inaccessible to many users. There are several stores that especially sell these graphs as part of a new PC. Finding it otherwise is difficult, something that makes it clear that the availability is limited and that if you want to access one of these cards, you will have to think about totally renew your PC and not just that component. But something else is happening. In our ANALYSIS OF THE RTX 5090 AND RTX 5080 Our partner Juan Carlos López made his recommendation clear: The conclusion I have reached is that to users who have a GeForce RTX 20 either 30or an equity proposal of AMD, it may be interested RTX 40 I would recommend that you think about it well before buying an RTX 50. This jump I do not see anything clear unless the money is not a problem and you are willing to have the latest at almost any price. The performance improvement is there, but it is not so striking if we come from a relatively recent graph. In fact, the jump seems to modest except when we can Take advantage of DLSS 4. And the problem is that not all games can take advantage of This improvementalthough certainly the number of titles compatible with DLSS 4 goes up. But that also raises a danger. If you want to notice a performance improvement, the real person is no longer the hardware of these cards, but the AI ​​software that Nvidia has created. Until now, DLSS technology seemed to be a curious option, but now it has become the great sale argument for this manufacturer. But there is a problem with that. DLSS 4 It is a owner technology. That’s how it is. You will not be able to enjoy it unless you do not have one of the new Nvidia cards, and that is starting the creation of a dangerous vicious circle. One in which developers want to offer more fluid experiences to their users, but for that they have to modify their games to make them compatible with DLSS 4. That leaves out the competition (AMD), but also force users to bet on that new Nvidia walled garden. DLSS 4 is compatible with the old manufacturer’s old graphs – but Only RTX 50 offer multi frame generation-. This characteristic is what is possible to generate up to three frames for each rendering frame, and is therefore responsible for “multiplying” the performance and frame rate of the compatible games. That makes us facing a strategy similar to that of the iPhone: great in many things, exclusive and with a high price that usually surrounds the 900-1,000 euros, such as these Nvidia cards. That puts us all in a brete, especially since DLSS 4 could become another CUDA. Today that technology is the great responsible for the success of Nvidia in the world of AI. AMD also has chips for very competitive, but the problem of this manufacturer It is not hardware, but software (and specifically, CUDA). If Nvidia manages to convert DLSS 4 into another de facto standard, We will find a worrying situation in which a proprietary software standard ends up catching users and the industry. If a single manufacturer ends up dominating the market, you can do what you want with it. And that are potentially very bad news for users. In Xataka | Nvidia has beat its income record again. Paradoxically, Wall Street does not seem to import much

How to request the digital certificate on the mobile and PC to prepare for the 2025 draft

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Let’s tell you How to request your digital certificate On the mobile and on the PC, something that will be necessary for you to have the next campaign of the Income Declaration. He RENTAL CALENDAR 2024 Go ahead, that corresponding to the last year that we will have to do in 2025, and this is a previous step that should not forget to have everything prepared. What we are going to do in this article is to summarize the Two methods to request your digital certificateand thus be able to have it installed on your mobile or your computer. Then this Digital certificate You can use it for the management you want. Ask for the digital certificate from the mobile To request the digital certificate from the comfort of your mobile, the fastest is to use the application of FNMT digital certificateavailable In the App Store For your iPhone and In Google Play For your Android mobile. When you download it and enter it, starting session, click on the option Request digital certificate of the main screen that will appear above all in blue. This will take you to a screen where you have to choose between the three available options to request your certificate. One is to request an appointment to do it in person, but you can also Identify with your face or use the DNIE To obtain your FNMT digital certificate. The fastest option is that of get your digital certificate reading the IDsince you just have to write your DNIE, use an email and verify it, and proceed with the identification. When you proceed to the identification, you will have to use the CAN code of your ID and the pin of your ID, and you will complete the process scanning the DNIE with the NFC of your mobile. But if the first method does not work for you, you can also use the option of Request the certificate with video callalthough it has a cost of 2.99 euros plus VAT. You use the method you use, at the end you will have the certificate on your mobile and you can easily use it when you have to request the draft of the rent or make other efforts. Once you have the certificate on the mobile, since It is the simplest methodthen you can send it to the computer. For that, in the mobile app enters My installed certificateschoose yours, and click on Share back copy. It will ask you to generate a password, and then you can send the certificate to other devices. Ask for the digital certificate from the computer You can also request your certificate from the PC through the webentering This FNMT page. In it you can choose between several options to obtain the certificate. The simplest thing is to do it by video identification, although you can also do it from the mobile as we have told you before, in a face -to -face office, or using your DNIe if you have a device on the PC to read your chip. The fastest thing is to do it by identifying you by video. To do this, you must first install the key generation program From this website, which is available for Windows, Macos and GNU/Linux. When you have it installed, Enter this website To request the process of obtaining the certificate writing your ID, your first surname and your email. They will send you an application code, and with it you will have to enter On this website To fill your data. In doing so, you can start the video call you will have to teach the DNIand that they can see it next to your face and verify that it is really you. After doing so, they will send you the digital certificate. This process has a cost of 2.99 euros. In Xataka Basics | FNMT digital certificate on the mobile: 8 uses that you can give on your device for different procedures

Renfe and Ouigo prepare their artillery against the Railway Liberalization of Cercanías

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The first battle has already occurred but there is a lot (a lot) for the war to end. Because after the liberalization of the high Spanish speed, the opening of the market arrives in vicinity and medium distance. A space that is still Monopoly of Renfe but which should be able to arrive new actors in the coming years. Among those actors is, of course, ouigo. Liberalization. In 2021, the Spanish roads lived a historical moment: Ouigo began to operate in our country. For the first time, Renfe had competition and came from the hand of a French origin company. Later it would arrive Iro From Italy. They are currently the three companies that offer high -speed services in the Spanish roads. Liberalization was forced with the guidelines of the Fourth Rail Package of the European Union with the idea that competition will help offer more efficient and cheap services for the user. High speed liberalized, Spain has to take the next step: near and medium distance. A delicate theme. High speed liberalization has already meant a clash between the government, Renfe and Ouigo. But opening the doors to near and medium distance is an even more thorny issue because we talk about rail services that have public service obligations. They explain in Five days that in 2023 these services transferred 492 million passengers and that most of them have revenues below the average. Entering this market is a real risk for companies since they must deal with accessible prices and, at the same time, costs that allow them to earn money. A first advance. Following the railway services provided with public service obligations, government and ouigo have already collided for this reason. From the Executive They lamented in April 2024 that the new operators had the advantage of deciding where they wanted to be, while Renfe did look at the obligation to reach many more cities. According to Óscar Puente, Minister of Transportation, this prevents Renfe from competing in the same conditions as its rivals that can afford some flexibility when playing with prices. A flexibility that from the government consider excessive in the case of Ouigo to those who have directly accused throw prices below cost sustained by the French state. Yes, but. What we expect with the liberalization of near and medium distance is a new battle between Renfe and operators that are about to be revealed. We already know that one of them is an ouigo but the rest (at least three) remains in anonymity. They explain in 20 minutes that now the battle to define what aspects are key to getting the future tender has begun. In Ouigo they already press to make it clear that they will only be presented to the contest if they can have access to the rolling material and the staff, which would be subrogated. In this way, the risk to run would be much less. From Renfe they have another proposal: commission the work to the operator “that is in a better disposition to provide the service”, in words collected by the Digital newspaper. The company fears that competitors choose to offer too low prices and then cannot fulfill their obligations Yes, but (part 2). In addition to the above conditions, Ouigo would have put another condition: compensation of one million euros if, finally, the tender would not be taken after being presented to the contest. They defend that the cost of preparing for this tender already involves a cost of three million euros, so they require being able to recover part of the investment if it goes wrong. In The Spanish They pick up that the company also wants the first tenders to open the door to simple and little complex services. That is, start with lots that do not present cross -border circulations, for example. When? At the moment, what we have left is to wait because the liberalization of near and medium distance can still take several years. At the moment, The Renfe contract is active until 2027 and contemplates an extension of another five years. However, the services that barely suppose 3% of the contract, can be liberalized as of January 2026. Therefore, we would be talking that the bulk of the amounts and medium distance services operated by a player other than Renfe would not reach up to 2028 or, even, 2033 if the contract that he has right now is reached. The CNMC, yes, has already opened a Public Consultation Phase so that interested operators register their claims. Photo | Renfe In Xataka | While Europe launches into the arms of the competition, the United Kingdom nationalizes its trains. The reason: they were a disaster

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