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We can reach a black hole with a billion euros and a nave of the size of a clip

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The boldest ideas are those that often drive the greatest jumps in human knowledge. AND bold It is the best way to describe this study supported by the National Foundation of Natural Sciences of China. The objective: travel to the darkest secrets of the universe. Short. A astrophysicist from Fudan University, in Shanghai, has designed a plan to send a micronave the size and weight of a clip to the black hole closest to the Earth. The propulsion method? A potent system of lasers fired from our planet. Led by Cosimo Bambi, the exotic proposal intends Test the limits of Einstein’s relativity theory in one of the most extreme environments of the cosmos. Although technology to carry it out is not yet developed, advances in nanotechnology, laser propulsion and detection of black holes could come true in the coming decades. A black hole to discover. The mission of reaching a black hole has two huge challenges. The first is to find a viable goal. The nearest black hole we know, Gaia-Bh1is 1,560 light years. However, our cosmological models tell us that there could be a much closer black hole, “only” 20 or 25 light years of us. “There are new techniques to discover black holes”, Bambi says in a statement. “I think it is reasonable to expect that we can find a nearby one in the next decade.” An odyssey of a century: Once the objective is located, the second challenge will be to get there. Current spacecraft, chemical propulsion, are too slow. The solution proposed by Bambi are nanonaves at a scale of a few grams that only contain a microchip and A solar candle 10 square meters. A set of high -power lasers from Earth could point towards the candle, accelerating the ship to a third of the speed of light. Even at that rate, the trip to a black hole to 20 light years would last for about 70 years. The data to be collected would take another two decades to return to the earth, which places the total duration of the mission around 80 or 100 years. Many reasons to try. If the mission is successful, the experiments that these probes can perform near the black hole would answer some of the deepest unsolved questions of modern physics. Is there really a horizon of events? You could try if the non -return border of a black hole behaves how the theories predict, observing the probe signal while falling towards it. Is Einstein’s general relativity valid? Nanonave’s orbit would be used to detect any Minimum deviation of Kerr’s predictionswhich describes the spacetime around a black hole in rotation. Does the fundamental constants change? The mission could verify whether constants such as fine structure vary in such an intense gravitational field. It would not be cheap. The plan is tremendously speculative. Only the laser system would cost around a billion euros. “It may sound really crazy and, in a sense, closer to science fiction,” admits Cosimo Bambi. However, milestones such as the detection of gravitational waves or the photograph of the shadow of a black hole also seemed impossible in its day. Image | Event Horizon Telescope In Xataka | We have dedicated six years to process images of a black hole to reach a conclusion: Einstein was right

The poisonous species that reach the coast are the canary in the mine

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A few days ago We asked ourselves If the stabilization of the Mediterranean temperature responded to a long -term trend or if it was rather a transitory event, a brief cooling capable of tempering the waters of a sea that is more than one degree above its average for these dates of the year. The latest data remind us that we are facing a long -term problem. Seas tropicalizing. The seas of our environment, such as the Mediterranean or the Cantabrian, are immersed In a process that some already call “Tropicalization”This process refers to a series of changes in marine ecosystems derived from the increase in water temperature in subtropical principles. Starting from the beginning. The planet’s seas are gaining temperature. They do it little by little and irregularlybut some estimates talk about a 0.27 ° Celsius increase By decade on average. According to data C3S (Copernicus Climate Change Service), the month of July was one of the warmest of those that are recorded in regards to the surface temperature of the seas, at 0.12º to beat the record. This increase in temperatures has effects of a very diverse nature. It can affect, for example, marine currents, Arctic ice, or even at the temperature of the atmosphere and air circulation. And in addition, it can also affect marine ecosystems. Visible change. Changes in currents, ice or atmosphere can be difficult to perceive for the human eye, but some of the changes in marine ecosystems, not so much. There is much that occurs under the surface of the sea, but some of these changes have their reflection on our coasts, and that is what we are seeing now, the arrival of new species to our coasts, both sea invertebrates and fish, some of these species, dangerous. It is the example of two of the species we have heard about this summer, the Portuguese caravel (Physalia Physalis) and The blue dragon (Glaucus atlanticus). The Portuguese caravel belongs to the same edge as the jellyfish and can, due to their appearance, be confused with one. However, the effect of its poison goes beyond the efficient effect that jellyfish often causes. Portuguese caravel is part of the blue dragon diet, a mollusk with the ability to “recycle” the poison of its victims and use it as a defense mechanism. Another example of poisonous species that threaten to approach our coasts is The lionfish (Pterois Volitans). It is considered that the path of entry of this fish could be as an ornamental species for aquariumbut there are also those who warn of their possible expansion through the Mediterranean, via the Suez Canal, from the Red Sea. Risk, not only for bathers. The fact that these are poisonous species that can involve serious risks for bathers affected by their toxins, the risk associated with marine tropicalization goes beyond the bites of these animals. Species such as blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), have begun to expand through areas of the Mediterranean, putting local ecosystems in check with its voracity and the absence of natural predators. Algae also does not miss the opportunity to expand their habitat in our waters. The best example of this is Asian algae (Rugulopterix Okamurae), an increasingly present species on our coasts, whose impact reaches disparate coastal strips, From Galicia to Tarifa. The Mediterranean, again burning. We pointed at the beginning that, after a brief impas in which the sea It was close to thermal stabilizationthe Mediterranean temperature has firing again. Although the thermal anomaly of 2.26º has not yet been reached that We saw almost two months agothis anomaly has passed in just four days (from August 7 to 11) from 0.54º to 1.16º, According to data of socib (Coastal observation and prediction system of the Balearic Islands). The “rebound” has been greater in the Western Mediterranean, where in mid -June the thermal anomaly was around 2.65, before stabilizing up to 0.29º. The new increase places the anomaly in 1.27º, almost a degree of increase in days. In Xataka | “The Mediterranean already has only three stations”: the European Observatory of the drought confirms that winter is dying Image | LPT2000 / Tao Taylor

There is a whole neighborhood battle to try not to reach Madrid. “They are selling my health to earn money”

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A protest earlier this week at the Edinburgh roundabout, marks the start of a new phase in the neighborhood battle against The Madrid Grand Prix. The platform Stop F1 Madrid It is mobilized after the beginning of the elimination of trees to clear the area where, in September 2026, the engines of Formula 1 will roar for the first time in the Ifema enclosure. A new F1 showcase. What began as a “future commitment” by Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida has become a war of wear between the City Council and the neighbors of neighborhoods such as Canillas, Las Cárcavas, Valdebebas and San Lorenzo. More than 142,000 residents within a radius of four kilometers will be affected by the implementation of the F1 circuit in the city, an event that promises to exceed the law of the 65 decibels as a noise limit. “The event will generate more than 95 decibels that we will suffer directly the neighbors of the neighborhood”, complaint Constantino Blanco, spokesman for the citizen platform. More than noise. In addition to noise pollution, the works foresee The elimination of 729 treesof which 295 will not be able to transplant according to the environmental impact report to which we have been accessible. The cuts in the streets, the modifications of the urban layout and the fact of putting upside down all the mobility of Madrid for a decade are more than enough reasons for the neighbors to consider the arrival of this unsustainable event. “They are selling my health to earn money,” says Stop F1 Madrid representative. The legal trick. To overcome the noise regulations, the City Council Plan suspend temporarily the noise law alleging “exceptionality”. The strategy is based on considering the Grand Prix as an “special public transcendence” event, a legal figure that allows us to exceed the usual limits for “duly justified general interest reasons.” However, the neighbors question if a private event with “at the exorbitant price” really meets these requirements. Battles in court. Two judicial resources They already complicate the path of the circuit. In May, the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid admitted to process the complaint of the environmental platform against the Special Project Plan. Days later, more Madrid managed to study another demand for “serious deficiencies” in the approval process. Ricardo Ayala, a lawyer specialized in noise cases such as Santiago Bernabéu, commented to the environment Eldiario that “it is an absolute aberration and they barely have arguments that support it.” A domino effect. The F1 case is not isolated. Madrid usually becomes a permanent amusement park, from macrofestivals to projects such as The largest noria in the world. Madrid pursues what is happening in cities such as Miami or Baku, where F1 have also used as a global tourist showcase. However, this also leads to a generalized complaint by neighbors who suffer the noise and consequences of this type of event. The most popular case is The Santiago Bernabéuthat since his new work and transformed into the palace of events of all kinds, beyond football, he has caused The complaint of many neighbors that live around the stadium. What comes now. The project advances with A provisional license until 2026fragmenting the process to complicate legal actions. The courts have not yet decreed the precautionary suspension, but the specialized lawyers predict that the judicial consequences could reach when Formula 1 is either a reality. Meanwhile, the neighbors maintain the pressure: “It would not be here if I did not believe that we can get it,” says Blanco. The battle has just begun. Cover image | Madrid City Council In Xataka | When Mercedes manufactured a “F1” street to three million euros each, he forgot something important: that they would not catch fire

The US hardened their restrictions for Nvidia chips not to reach China. So they are sweeping the black market

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A few days ago Nvidia got what It seemed impossible: That the US government allowed you to sell your H20 GPU very soon to Chinese clients. It was an important turn in the Trump administration policy, which since April had raised his restrictions. Despite the hardness of the sanctions, the plan has had lagoons, according to an investigation of the Financial Times. What happened. The Financial Times has accessed sales contracts, to presentations of companies already involved in the industry and has drawn a conclusion: three months after Trump harden the export control, chips worth $ 1 billion were sent to China. In context, it is a huge figure, if one takes into account that Nvidia entered 17,000 million last year. The process began in May according to the Financial Times, when Chinese distributors began marketing GPU on which restrictions on data centers that work with Chinese Laboratories of AI weigh. The investigation points to something that the US already suspected: Many chips enter from Southeast Asia They are not any chips. The investigation reveals that Chinese AI companies are managing to acquire the GPU B200 of Nvidia, a beast that It already has a successorbut that is a candy to train models. And it promised multiply by four The performance of the desired H100 in MLPERF 4.1. The investigation also mentions the sale of other chips on which export controls weigh, such as the aforementioned GPU H100 and its successor, the H200. The price of a Rack Of eight B200 ready to use is approximately $ 489,000, and has dropped in price since they arrived in China in May. The difference with the sale that is authorized? An extra 50%. Publication in social networks announcing the sale of ASUS H200 racks. Image: Financial Times Nvidia’s position. The company has maintained a defense position to remain in China these months, and it is that this market supposed 13% of its global income. Jensen Huang has been praising the Chinese models of AI At a complicated moment for the company, in need of strengthening its complicity among Chinese companies while just selling chips. In full Dilemma for the US to sell or not sellHuang has placed the power of Huawei’s solutions at the height of the H200. A path full of difficulties. As Nvidia told Financial Times, buying chips clandestine is not something that allows expected yields. Mounting a data center with the GPUs is not just a process of installing parts, but about giving them service and support, something that the company does not supply to chips sold outside authorized channels. According to an operator of a data center, the export control does not prevent NVIDIA chips from reaching China, and what it does is create inefficiencies and “huge profits for intermediaries that assume risks.” Even so, a distributor recognized that “there is no shortage.” The effect of relaxation with H20. With the announcement of the permission to the marketing of the H20 to China, the sales of the B200 and other chips marketed in the black market have fallen, according to several distributors. The reasons are not clear, but buying Nvidia guarantees the aforementioned support as well as a more competitive price. Despite this, there are Chinese distributors announcing stock of the B300, which is not yet manufactured in mass. Image | Nvidia and Flickr In Xataka | The US machinery to win the “war” of AI to China is already underway. And it goes faster than expected

It is more likely to reach a ray to touch your lottery. Until an economist broke the game winning 14 times

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The lottery is more an act of faith than anything else. I don’t say it, Mathematics say. In fact, there is more likely to be a ray to become a millionaire at night. It is possible that all that of the same, and that even knowing that we will not touch us, let’s continue playing to feel part of something. The problem is that there are legends that They talk about tricks and Formulas To win. And then there is the story of Stefan Mandel. A mathematical mind. In the mid-1990s, while millions of people worldwide continue Murify the rules Not written from the lottery applying, not magic or superstition, but an elementary probability system and a colossal logistics. The “trick.” His formula was as basic as radical: identify those draws in which the accumulated prize It exceeded by far the total cost of acquiring all possible tickets. By converting a problem of chance into a mathematical operation with a positive statistical return, Mandel transformed the game into a profitability equation. After successfully trying his system in his native Romania and then in Australia, Mandel perfected his strategy With a small team, developing algorithms that generated and printed millions of valid combinations for specific lotteries. The jump to Washington. The high point of his odyssey came when he looked at the United States, where he detected that Virginia’s newly established lottery used only 44 numbersgenerating “barely” 7,059,052 possible combinations. With the boat reaching 15.5 million dollars, and after having prepared in advance A network of investorsprinters and points of sale, Mandel activated his machinery. For two frantic days, his team managed to buy 6.4 million tickets. They did not reach the desired total, but among the paper mountain was the winning ticket. Although the feat unleashed an investigation by the FBI and the CIA, no legal violation was detected: its maneuver, although clearly outside the spirit of the game, it did not transgress any norm written in the regulations in force. The boundaries of chance. The key to the mandel method was not in sophisticated numerical tricks, but to detect when the conditions of the game offered A structural advantage. In this way, its formula only worked when the prize I tripled the cost To acquire all combinations and when lottery systems allowed printing tickets directly with chosen combinations, a possibility that was later prohibited in many countries precisely by cases such as yours. Winning horse. In essence, its strategy converted the lottery into A safe betprovided that resources, time and discipline were available to execute a plan of such magnitude. However, the profit margin was not immediate: Mandel had to distribute the profits between dozens of investors and assume considerable operational and legal costs. Even so, the system allowed him Win 14 lotteries over several years and knead a considerable fortune without resorting to traps or privileged contacts, only to applied mathematics with implacable determination. Legacy and sunset. After his last significant victory, Mandel He retired to a paradise in the Vanuatu Islands, where he lives away from media foci. Its history, however, not only challenges the myth of fate in games of chance, but has become A mathematical legend which highlights the design gaps of many lottery systems before digitalization. Today, with stricter regulations, limits in the purchase of tickets and automated systems, replicate its model It would be unfeasible. Thus, its feat remains one of the most forceful demonstrations of how human ingenuity, when it faces in intelligence and rigor, can alter the balance of the improbable. Image | Barcex In Xataka | We all know that the lottery will not touch us. It doesn’t matter: we play for feeling part of something In Xataka | The trick to prevent the Treasury from staying with 20% of the Lottery Award has a trick. And is called the income statement

Nvidia is the first company to reach 4 billion dollars of capitalization

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Nvidia has achieved something historical: becoming the first company quoted to reach 4 billion dollars of stock market. During Wednesday’s session, the company’s shares They reached this symbolic milestonesurpassing both Apple and Microsoft. An ephemeral but significant achievement. Although Nvidia’s actions closed the day with A 1.8% riseplacing its valuation slightly below the 4 billion, the fact of having touched this figure during the session marks a historical moment in the markets. The company has managed to overcome giants like Apple, which began the year as The most valuable company in the world With 3.9 billion dollars, and Microsoft, which for months has exchanged positions with Nvidia as the ranking leader. The AI ​​revolution drives Nvidia. The meteoric rise of Nvidia It is explained by its central role in the boom of artificial intelligence. Their specialized chips feed on data centers that companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google need for their AI models and cloud services. This strategic positioning has catapulted its actions 22% so far this year, despite geopolitical turbulence and commercial restrictions with China. The numbers speak for themselves. In its last fiscal quarter, Nvidia generated $ 44,100 million in revenue, an increase of 69% compared to the same period of the previous year. The forecasts of the sector are even more optimistic: the global expenditure on the infrastructure of the 200,000 million dollars in 2028 is expected to exceed 2028, according to The International Data Corporation research firm. Obstacles on the road. Not everything has been a rose path for the company. Export restrictions of Your H20 chips China has cost about 8,000 million dollars in lost sales. In addition, the irruption of Deepseekthe Chinese startup that was planted out of nowhere with it developed from a powerful model and promising to have reached its milestone With ridiculous costs compared, caused doubts On whether the expensive Nvidia chips were really essential for the advance of AI, temporarily sinking your actions in January. Overflowing expectations. Despite these setbacks, Wall Street analysts maintain overflowing optimism. The Loop Capital firm esteem That Nvidia could reach a capitalization of 6 billion dollars in 2028, arguing that the company essentially maintains a monopoly in critical technology for the AI ​​sector. For its part, CEO Jensen Huang, who has become The tenth richest person in the worldaccording to the Bloomberg index, with a equity of 140,000 million dollars, See a promising future Ahead: “Of course, we know that AI is this incredible technology that will transform all industries, from the way we do the software to medical care and financial services to retail trade until, I suppose, all industries, transport, manufacturing … and we are at the beginning of that.” Cover image | Nvidia In Xataka | Depseek marked a turning point in OpenAi: now reinforces its safety while GPT -5 appears on the horizon, according to FT

We knew that humanoid robots would reach factories. Nvidia has already chosen where and when to start, according to Reuters

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When did humanoid robots stop being a spectacle to become a tool? Maybe that’s right there. Sources consulted by Reuters They assure that Nvidia and Foxconn are in conversations to display them in a server manufacturing plant of artificial intelligence in Houston. Nvidia has trusted the Taiwanese giant to lift a new server manufacturing plant in Houston, Texas. The objective: produce the GB300its new AI servers based on architecture Blackwellwithin the ambitious plan for relocate part of its production in US territory. As Reuters has advanced, both companies are in conversations to display humanoid robots in this factory. The intention would be that they begin to operate in the First quarter of 2026. If concrete, it will mark a double milestone: it would be the first time that a NVIDIA product is manufactured with the help of these tools, and also the first use of this technology by Foxconn in a production line of AI servers. Houston is not any factory: something new is prepared here For now, the details are scarce. It is not known how many robots will be used, how will they look or what exact functions they will perform. But there are indications. In an internal presentation of May, Foxconn showed how he was training humanoid robots for tasks such as manipulating objects, inserting cables or making basic assemblies, usual activities in the manufacture of servers. Houston’s choice is not accidental. Being a new plant, spaces are being designed with margin to integrate these technologies From the beginningsomething much more complex to achieve in already operational facilities. According to one of the sources consulted, that design would facilitate the incorporation of humanoid robots in the line. NVIDIA GB300 has a rack scale design That Nvidia bet on humanoid robots in its production chain is not just a logistics movement. It is also a declaration of intentions. Until now, no company product had been manufactured with the help of this type of robots. And Foxconn, the largest manufacturer on the commission of the world, had not used them in a production line dedicated to AI servers. The decision, according to what the sources have told Reuters, would mark the beginning of a new stage for both companies. In the case of Foxconn, it would also serve to show the world the advances in robotics who has been developing with Nvidia, although third -party models such as those of China Ubtech have also been tested. For Nvidia, the movement fits with its broader strategy. The company not only designs chips for AI models training: it also offers A development platform Specific for humanoid robots, with visual, motor and cognitive abilities based on their own architectures. In March, Jensen Huang himself He predicted that The generalized use of humanoid robots in industrial environments would come “in less than five years.” They are not alone: ​​Tesla, Mercedes, BMW, China The idea of ​​incorporating humanoid robots into the assembly lines is no longer a rarity. Although its deployment is still limited and experimental, several manufacturers have been testing this technology for some time in controlled environments or in very specific tasks. Among them BMW stands out, that has made trials in American plants. And it is known that Teslawhich has developed its own humanoid robot called OptimusHe has put at least two units to work in a production line. But interest is not limited to the great western brands. China has converted humanoid robotics into a national strategic priority Within its Made in China 2025 plan. Companies like Ubtech – whose model has also been evaluated by Foxconn – are being driven directly by the government with a view to transforming the country’s industrial fabric. Strategic alliances are part of this mission Like Huawei and Ubtech Specified this year. This possible deployment of humanoid robots in Houston does not occur in a vacuum. Is part of a broader movement, driven by political pressure and the strategic need of Relocate production Technological on American soil. In April, Nvidia announced its intention To manufacture AI infrastructure of up to 500,000 million dollars in the US in the next four years, with partners such as TSMC, Wistron and Foxconn itself. For many companies, automating is a matter of survival. The Houston factory, still under construction, is part of that strategy. But producing locally implies facing at least one new problem: the shortage of labor. And that is where automation would come into play. Perhaps not essentially for these factories, but as a test field for possible future expansions. For many companies, automating is no longer a matter of improvement. It is a matter of survival. Thus, more and more local actors are developing humanoid robots designed specifically for the industry. Tesla, Figure, Apptronik or Agility Robotics They are among the companies that have opted for this new generation of machines. Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation, summed up axios The new industrial reality: “This is how it competes today”, so “you have to take advantage of the best available tools.” Humanoid robots lived for years with skepticism: beautiful exhibitions, Little useful in practice. Now, that perception is turning. We are faced with a change that aims to be important, but whose real range we will know only over time. Images | Nvidia | Boliviainteligent In Xataka | The US is willing to do anything for advanced chips not to reach China. And Malaysia is an obstacle

The US is willing to do anything for advanced chips not to reach China. And Malaysia is an obstacle

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Malaysia is in the spotlight of the US. The administration led by Donald Trump has suspected for many months that Chinese companies and research centers dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) acquire the most advanced NVIDIA GPUs through Singapore and Malaysian intermediary companies. In fact, this possibility It is no longer just a hypothesis. And it is that the Singapore government has confirmed that it has identified those responsible for diverting to China, and presumably towards the parent company of Deepseekservers that contain the high performance GPUs produced by NVIDIA. This information was revealed at the end of last February by the Channel News Asia television channel, and shortly after the Minister of Internal Affairs and Justice of Singapore, K. Shanmugam, He confirmed it. Interestingly, it did not realize what the GPUs that incorporate these machines are, but made public a very important fact: the name of the companies that manufactured the servers. And they are Two US clients from Nvidia Very important: Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer. For Malaysia, the eeuu is not an option Malaysia is a global power in packaging and verification of integrated avant -garde circuits. In August 2023 we had the opportunity to check it first hand because Intel invited us to Visit the chips factories that has in this country of Southeast Asia. These plants reside in Penang and Kulim, two exotic and beautiful cities located north of Kuala Lumpur, and are specialized in the processing of silicon wafers that come from Intel factories in Israel and Ireland. Malaysia is a very attractive country not only for Intel and other manufacturers of American semiconductors; It is also for Chinese and Taiwan chips companies. Its appeal lies in four fundamental pillars: has a stable supply chainnotable technological development, makes available to these very qualified personal companies and their production costs are moderate. For integrated circuit manufacturers, a country with these characteristics is a safe bet. Many Chinese manufacturers are diverting the packaging of their chips to Malaysia to protect themselves from the tension between the US and China Intel has been present in Malaysia since 1972, and during the more than five decades that have since elapsed its infrastructure in this Asian country has not stopped growing. His model has worked so well that other large companies in the semiconductor industry have adopted it. One of them is the Chinese giant Huatian Technology, and many other Chinese manufacturers of integrated circuits are diverting the packaging of their chips to Malaysia to protect themselves from the uncertainty that has triggered the tension between the US and China. The chips industry is one of the engines of the Malaysian economy, and, as we have just seen, the US is an essential actor for this country. For this reason, Malaysia’s government is interested in doing everything in his hand to Do not get into the US administration. The presumable participation of some of its companies in the export of avant -garde chips to China places it in a delicate position that, for more inri, has just complicated even more. And it is that a company from China is suspicious of training AI models in Malaysia infrastructure and using Nvidia hardware. According to Reuters The Ministry of Investments, Commerce and Industry of Malaysia is investigating whether this or any other company housed in its territory has violated some local law. Interestingly, this institution is analyzing a report that argues that Four Chinese citizens They traveled from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur, each transporting several hard drives with dozens of calculus leaves and images, with the purpose of training an AI model into 300 servers with Nvidia chips. Malaysia is not subject to sanctions or restrictions by the US government, and it is evident that this Asian country is interested in its relationship with the Trump administration be as cordial as possible. What is not clear is that he gets unscathed from his involuntary mediation between China and the US. More information | Reuters In Xataka | We can forget an AI without hallucinations for now. The general director of Nvidia explains why

No one has managed to reach the mantle of the earth. China has built a ship to do it and, incidentally, extract energy

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The old aspiration of Julio Verne in ‘Journey to the center of the earth’ is still out of our reach, but the explorations under the seabed are increasingly deep. You just have to see the ship that China has just put into service. Meng Xiang. “Dream” in Chinese. A colossal ocean drilling vessel designed and built entirely In the Asian country to pierce the ocean bed descending up to a record distance of 11,000 meters. The objective: penetrate the earth’s crust and reach the mantle, a geological border that until now has only been able to study indirectly, creating new science while exploring new energy sources. A Boat. With 179.8 meters in length and 42,600 tons of displacement, the Meng Xiang is the new largest scientific research vessel in China, which, which consolidated the country’s position as a maritime superpower. Although it will focus on the South China Sea until 2035, the Meng Xiang could operate in any ocean in the world, supporting superstifones and the most extreme maritime conditions. What makes it unique. The true crown jewel is its drilling system: the world’s first hydraulic drilling tower capable of raising up to 907 tons with a double purpose: Perform oil and gas exploration perforationsand at the same time, take samples of geological nuclei for scientific research. Your ability to pierce 11 kilometers will allow you, for the first time, to obtain direct samples of this transition zone. The goal reminds the historical “Mohole Project” of the United States In the 60s, which although he laid the foundations for oceanic drilling, he never achieved his final objective. The new Chinese ship has the technology to get it. The unexplored border. Since the seismologist Croata Andrija Mohorovičić discovered it in 1909, “Moho discontinuity” It has been one of the most coveted borders by geology. It is the limit where the earthly, lighter cortex gives way to the much densest rocks of the mantle. Until now, our knowledge about this crucial layer comes from seismic data and the analysis of minerals expelled by volcanoes. China intends to kill two birds with an unprecedented scientific mission that, in turn, will expand its extractive capacity. What can find down there? In addition to oil, gas hydrates: a vast source of potential energy trapped in the seabed at great depths and low temperatures. Mastering his extraction could redefine the global energy map, in which China wants to be in the lead. Image | Xinhua In Xataka | In China there are scratching size ships sailing thousands of kilometers from the sea. All thanks to your cranes

Meteorologists have been warning that southern Spain would reach 35 degrees this Sunday. The Sahara had another idea

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Sunday was going to be the key day: the moment when the country, after a very rare spring, was going to receive the first summer bars. By the south, Claro: Seville was directly at 35 degrees and Córdoba would not come down from 32. However, something has changed. Why was I going to make so much heat? For an old acquaintance, an anticyclonic dorsal that is installed on top of our heads and, without wind or clouds, makes temperatures begin to shoot: the Iberian oven. It is the same configuration that causes us the frequent heat waves that visit us every year. The dorsal will continue here, but its effect will be much less than expected. And the fault is a Dana. As the Dana that was in the Atlantic approaches the Portuguese coast, it will displace a huge tongue of Saharian dust that will enter the southern and southeast peninsular. As Nacho Espinos explained And as we have seen on other occasions, the suspension dust “reduces insolation and limits the values” that the thermometers can reach. That does not mean that it will not be hot. Of course it will be hot. Above all, if we compare them with the first two weeks of May. Not only can up to 32 degrees be found in the heart of the Guadalquivir Valley, but many parts of the country will be above 30 degrees. But the 35 degree psychological limit is not going to be achieved. And that the environment will be very murky. It is not necessary to remember that the abundance of dust in suspension, worsens air quality and can generate mild respiratory problems (from mucous irritation or nasal obstruction to itching in the eyes or dryness of the upper respiratory tract). In areas with a very strong calima complications can be greater. Above all, in people with previous ailments. According to The works of the University of La Lagunaup to “2% more people die from heart disease the two days of the phenomena of Calima.” What can we expect? A summer that does not end up landing, even if it is closer. That and A bad air quality. Above all, because to the extent that blockages in Europe continue, the arrival of storms, danas and cold storms can continue an almost indefinite time. That 2025 is strange We have it clear. How strange it will become, It is still to investigate. Image | Copernicus In Xataka | May is putting a March face: Aemet’s great question is if 2025 will definitely end the drought

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