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release 64 million mosquitoes

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Eliminating disease-carrying mosquitoes is not an easy mission nor can it be carried out improvisedly. And if not, tell Verily, the subsidiary of Alphabet (Google’s parent company), which has been trying since 2017 with his DebugProject. How are they doing it? With artificial intelligence, robots and, as incredible as it may sound, with many, many mosquitoes. Verily’s latest move has been formally request to the United States Environmental Protection Agency permission to release up to 64 million mosquitoes over the next two years in the states of California and Florida. 64 million mosquitoes in your area. Verily has asked the EPA for authorization to release up to 32 million male mosquitoes of the species Culex quinquefasciatus bacteria carriers Wolbachia pipientis for two years in Florida and California respectively at a rate of 16 million the first year and another 16 million the next. At the time of this writing the public comment period was about to close (June 5). From that moment, the EPA makes the decision whether to approve it or not or whether to put conditions on the test. The objective of this mosquito bombardment that works as a biological pesticide is to obtain the necessary field data to, with EPA permission, market this pest control solution. Why is it important. The Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito is an old and feared acquaintance: it is the species responsible for transmitting the parasites of the avian malariaviruses West Nileof the rift valley fever and of the St. Louis encephalitis. West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne illness in the continental United States, causing an average of 2,000 cases of illness per year and about 120 deaths. according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On a global scale, the problem is greater: there is approximately 400 million cases of dengue per year and are estimated about 40,000 associated deaths. Finding a solution without chemical insecticides through biological control can be a true public health milestone with global impact. Context. There are compelling scientific reasons behind it: in Singapore, a clinical trial with more than 700,000 residents demonstrated that releases of mosquitoes with Wolbachia reduced the risk of dengue by more than 70%. Without going any further, the Debug Project free more than 10 million male mosquitoes per week in Singapore. In Fresno, California, between 7.5 and 14.4 million infected male mosquitoes were released between 2017 and 2018. The result was a reduction in the mosquito vector population of up to 93-95%. In detail. The mechanism behind this “biological pesticide” is relatively simple: only male (non-biting) mosquitoes that have been inoculated with Wolbachia are released. When they mate with wild females that do not have the same bacterial strain, the resulting eggs do not hatch. As several releases occur, the local population is reduced. And what does all this have to do with AI? Google uses artificial intelligence and automation to separate mosquitoes by sex, breed them and release them on a large scale and in a systematic way. Yes, but. All that glitters is not gold. The bacteria does not work with 100% reliability in all cases, as evidence this 2024 study where they concluded that between 6% and 75% of the eggs could produce live embryos under certain conditions. Come on, there is no guaranteed 100% sterility. On the other hand, in 2022 another study from the Verily/Debug team itself Google revealed that automated mosquito release systems were still in “prototype stages or very early versions.” In Xataka | We have spent years inventing everything to get rid of mosquitoes. Now we have a promising weapon: a laser that detects them and fries them In Xataka | Anti-mosquito repellents have been effective for 40 years. Now mosquitoes are learning to appreciate them Cover | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Karollyne Videira Hubert

We would need to detonate Earth’s nuclear arsenal 130 times to release the energy that caused the Moon’s great cannons.

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The Moon has its own “Grand Canyon of the Colorado”, and doubly so. Only these two canyons were not caused by the slow erosion of a river like the Colorado: 15 minutes of destruction were enough to leave these two enormous scars on the surface of the Moon. 10 minutes of destruction. A 2025 study analyzed in detail two enormous geological strips located in the vicinity of the south pole of the Moon. The analysis has determined, among other conclusions, that they were formed by the impact of an asteroid or comet and that the impact was such that these canyons were formed in less than 15 minutes of destruction. Two large cannons. Their names are Schrödinger Valley and Planck Valley and they are two enormous geological strips that radiate in a straight line from a point located in the Schrödinger basin, near the lunar South Pole, not far from the place chosen by NASA to the return from humans to the Moon. The study has offered us new data on the magnitude and morphological characteristics of these two sores on the surface of our satellite. These two canyons have a length of 270 and 280 kilometers; and 2.7 and 3.5 kilometers deep, respectively. An immense force. In addition to analyzing the characteristics of these two strips, the study tried to characterize the impact that caused them. By studying the way in which these were excavated, they determined that the process lasted between 4.9 and 15 minutes in one of the cases and between 5.2 and 15.4 minutes in the other. That is, they only needed about 10 minutes so that the impact would destroy tons and tons of lunar rock. The impact would have been enormous. According to the team responsible for the study, the energy required to produce these cannons would have been 700 times greater than the energy released by the nuclear tests of China, the United States and the USSR, and 130 times greater than the energy in the world inventory of nuclear weapons. Details of the study, like this last one, were published in an article in the magazine Nature Communications. The best analogue of the Chicxulub crater. The impact would have occurred billions of years before the one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs on Earth. However, the team responsible for the study maintains in their article that this lunar impact is the “best analog expression on the surface” of the Chicxulub crater. In Xataka | Earth has lost its minimoon, but it posed for a photo before leaving (and promised to return soon) In Xataka | ESA wants to take its ships into space with nuclear reactors: this is how the Rocketroll project works Image | NASA\SVS\Ernie T. Wright A version of this article was published in February 2025

release (many) ladybugs around the city

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Every spring, urban parks across half of Europe deal with the same problem: pests. The most common and traditional response continues to be chemical pesticides: they are effective and cheap to keep insects such as aphids at bay, but they have a well-documented ecological cost on other auxiliary fauna and the soil. However, some European cities have been exploring an even older alternative for years: returning the natural predators that always kept them at bay to the ecosystem. Logroño has just taken that step: This spring it will release ladybugs and other insects in several of its green spaces. Ladybugs and Anthocoris as a natural pesticide. The City Council of Logroño, through the UTE Espacios Verdes Logroño, is carrying out these days biological control actions in parks and gardens in the maple trees and rose bushes on Paseo del Espolón, in the lime trees in Plaza Primero de Mayo, Parque Gallarza and Parque del Carmen and in the Cercis specimens on San Antón Street. As? Introducing their natural predators. Ladybugs are the friendly and well-known face of this operation, but beneath that mottled red mantle hides a voracious predator capable of devouring several hundred aphids during its lifetime. He Anthocoris nemoralis (a predatory bug) is much less known to the general public, but equally essential on a biological level: it is a predatory bug that attacks psyllids, mites and other phytophages that especially affect urban trees. Why is it important. Because it is a natural measure to decimate pests without the need for conventional phytosanitary treatments that also favors biodiversity in the urban environment. Conventional pesticides eliminate the target species, but they also kill pollinators such as bees and butterflies, contaminating the soil and aquifers. In the long term, they end up having a kind of rebound effect in the form of resistance, which forces the use of increasingly higher doses or more aggressive compounds. Hence Europe has been warning for some time about its use and the need to look for alternatives. On the other hand, this measure also has its relevance in public health: these urban green spaces are places of daily traffic where applying phytosanitary products in those environments implies human exposure that biological control completely eliminates. The WHO has documented the effects of chronic exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides on health, especially in children. Context. It’s no secret that we are running out of insects: this specific study in Germany shows a disappearance of 75% of flying insects in 27 years (the study is from 2017), a trend that is expanding throughout Europe. The reasons are several: pesticides, loss of habitat, pollution and climate change are just a few. Cities play a role in that they bring together many species of insects in a small space. What is a biodiversity sink can become a refuge: cities like Barcelona, ​​Huesca, Zaragoza, Pamplona, ​​Madrid and Logroño itself They have been implementing for years comprehensive pest management strategies that include biological control as a central element. Vitoria-Gasteiz deserves special mention: one of the green capitals in Europe carries out environmental policies sustainable management of urban green areas. How it works. The biological balance is simple: predator – prey. In an ecosystem in its unaltered state, aphids would be naturally regulated by their predators and would only be triggered when the balance is broken, something that in fact happens in cities, where the diversity of auxiliary fauna is low. The solution is not to eliminate the pest with a chemical product, but restore lost predatory pressure. What makes this approach so valuable is that it is a selective measure: an insecticide destroys what is in front of it, while ladybugs and Anthocoris nemoralis concentrate their activity on prey that is part of their natural diet, leaving intact populations of bees or butterflies that visit the same flora. Yes, but. The initiative from Logroño has an important blind spot: the origin of the released insects. We do not know if these ladybugs and Anthocoris nemoralis come from local populations or from foreign commercial breeding. Introducing non-native specimens can alter the genetics of wild populations in the region and even end up displacing native ones. On the other hand, we do not know the number of insects released and whether there will be subsequent monitoring: to know if the biological control has worked it is necessary to measure the density of the pest before and after, record the survival and dispersal of the released individuals and compare with control areas where there has been no release of insects. In Xataka | The European Union believes it has a solution for the decline of wine in Spain: plucking the “green” grapes in La Rioja In Xataka | The terraces of hoteliers have been taking over city streets for years. Logroño has a plan for them Cover | Afaaq Afzal and Tom Winkler

Some Swedish scientists decided to drug salmon with cocaine and then release them. It happened just what was expected

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There is more than just fish and algae in the world’s rivers. More or less diluted amounts of chemicalsincluding pesticides, pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs. He checked it a few years ago a team from King’s College that, after taking samples in various parts of the county of Suffolk, in England, found cocaine and ketamine residues. Researchers have long known that wildlife is exposed to these compounds, but one question remained: How do drugs affect them in their natural environment? To find out in Sweden have drugged to dozens of salmon. Drugging salmon? That’s how it is. It sounds strange, but it is exactly what a group of scientists from Griffith University, the Zoological Society of London and the Max Planck Institute, among other organizations, have done. They basically took 105 salmon (salmo salar) from a fish farm, they divided them into several groups and added implants that supplied them with drugs. Then they released them. More or less as in the famous case of Cocaine Bearbut in a planned way. How did they do it? 35 of those salmon were implanted with a special device that slowly released coca into their bodies. A similar system was incorporated into others, although modified to provide benzoylecgoninethe main metabolite of cocaine. The third group did not receive any substance to act as a control. Once prepared, the salmon, all young specimens, were released into Lake Vätternsouth of Sweden. For eight weeks the researchers dedicated themselves to finding out how each group behaved. The specimens in the experiment wore a special tracking device, so (with the help of sensors installed around the lake) scientists could follow their trail and calculate how far they swam. And what did they find out? That the drugged salmon behaved very differently from the ‘sober’ ones. Especially those who received benzoylecgonine. After releasing the fish on the southwest bank of the Vättern, the researchers found that the salmon exposed to coca swam on average five more kilometers than the ‘clean’ ones, a considerable difference that falls short, however, when the specimens to which the metabolite was supplied are analyzed. They swam almost 14 km more, which led them to enter the northern area of ​​the lake. “The team found that fish exposed to benzoylecgonine swam up to 1.9 times farther per week than those not exposed and dispersed up to 12.3 km farther,” duck Griffith University. The agency also clarifies that the changes “became more evident” as the days passed, which shows that exposure to coca alters the behavior of fauna. Why is it important? Let the drugged salmon swim more kilometers and cover more space than others without ‘doping’ is more important than it may seem. These behavioral changes influence aspects such as what places the fish occupy, where they feed or the risks they face. More kilometers also translates into greater physical effort, which forces the salmon to look for more sources of nutrition to recover energy. “Where fish go determines what they eat, what eats them, and how populations are structured,” comment Dr. Marcus Michelangeli. “If pollution is driving these patterns, it has the potential to affect ecosystems in ways we are only beginning to understand.” But that was already known, right? Yes. And no. We knew that aquatic fauna is exposed to the drugs that we consume. The 2019 study in Suffolk and others, such as the made in 2016 in Puget (Washington), during which researchers detected traces of Prozac, Lipitor and cocaine in the body of salomes. We also knew that these substances alter the behavior of wildlife. In fact, scientists they already checked how water fleas exposed to coca swim faster or crabs are more reckless. The really interesting thing about the study carried out in Sweden is that it has allowed us to go one step further: to leave the laboratories, which were the isolated space in which these types of experiments had been carried out until now, and carry out research in natural environments and the same conditions that fauna is found. It hasn’t been easy. Although the team guarantees that the entire experiment has been done in safe conditions for the ecosystem and humans. Obtain all necessary permits, they confess researchers, it was “a tedious process.” And what to do now? Dr. Jack Brand, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, recognize that more studies are needed to fully understand the consequences of pollution in rivers, lakes and seas. It is an important issue, among other reasons because the substance that has most altered salmon is benzoylecgonine, which has a special impact. “It was the metabolite, which we know is found in higher concentrations in nature, that had a much more profound effect on the behavior and movement of the fish,” warns in statements to Guardian. “This suggests that if we perform evaluations without including compounds such as these metabolites and their derivatives, we could be overlooking an important part of the environmental risks to which we expose these animals.” Images | Colin Davis (Unsplash), Katmai National Park and Preserve (Flickr) and Scazon (Flickr) In Xataka | In 2001, a yacht took refuge on a remote island in the Atlantic. Days later its inhabitants breaded fish with coca

Spain’s plan is to release 115 million barrels

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Every time you start your car in the morning or a factory turns on its machines in Europe, the bill rises at the rate of conflicts that occur thousands of kilometers away. To give you an idea of ​​the hole: in 2023 alone, the European Union spent 427 billion euros buying energy abroad. We are talking about a drain of more than 1,000 million euros a day. This chronic dependency forces us to pay what the Transport & Environment organization (TEA) calls a “geopolitical bonus”. As we have analyzed recently in Xatakathe logistics bottleneck and the current crisis in the Middle East threaten to replicate the worst scenarios of shortages and volatility of the past. Cushioning the blow. Precisely to mitigate this premium and as an urgent response to this scenario – marked by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the war in Iran – the Government of Spain, through MITECOhas just authorized the release of up to 11.5 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves. This measure represents the Spanish contribution (2.9%) to the historic contingency plan of the International Energy Agency (IEA) to inject 400 million barrels in the global market. The mobilization, which will begin immediately by putting into circulation the equivalent of four days of national consumption, seeks to contain price volatility and avoid panic in the face of a suffocated supply. The toll of European vulnerability. The repercussions of the war are falling directly on the pockets of families and the competitiveness of companies, creating a bottleneck in the great global funnel of fossil fuels. The figures from previous crises paint a gloomy picture: when a barrel of crude oil exceeded the $100 barrier in 2022, the bloc’s energy gap skyrocketed to 604 billion euros, an extra 500 million a day. The suffocation of the great global funnel. The economic weight of this European vulnerability is divided today into three major fronts: The hit to the driver: According to analysts TEAwith crude oil set at $100, EU motorists will pay an additional 55 billion euros in one year. This is equivalent to an average increase in costs of 220 euros per year per driver. In fact, the price of gasoline at the pumps threatens to consolidate around 2 euros per liter, an increase of 24% compared to the average recorded in 2025. Industrial asphyxiation: While the International Energy Agency (IEA) releases 400 million barrels of strategic reserves to buy time, experts warn that the barrel could be close to $200. The volatility has caused European gas futures to jump 30% in a single day, recording massive electrical fluctuations that push entire factories toward insolvency. Handcuffed governments: Unlike the massive social shield deployed in 2022, European governments today have a much narrower fiscal margin due to accumulated deficits. Despite this, given the fear of deindustrialization caused by this extreme volatility, Brussels already considering breaking taboos and intervene in the market through tax cuts and caps on electricity tolls. An electric shield against the crisis. Faced with this scenario of chronic vulnerability, the technological and energy transition is acting as a real financial firewall. In last analysis of TEA explains that The current energy crisis will affect gasoline cars five times more than the charging of electric vehicles (EV). The numbers behind the wheel leave no room for doubt. With the rise in crude oil prices, traveling 100 kilometers in an average gasoline car would cost 14.20 euros, compared to just 6.50 euros for recharging an EV. If we look at company fleets, the monthly extra cost derived from the crisis would amount to 89 euros per combustion car, compared to only 16 additional euros for electric cars. At a macroeconomic level, the electric vehicles that already circulate on European roads prevented the import of crude oil worth 2.9 billion euros in 2025. Since TEA They emphasize that maintaining climate ambition and accelerate the mass adoption of these vehicles would avoid the payment of 45 billion euros in foreign crude oil over the next decade. A clear winner: the geopolitical paradox. This situation redefines the energy map and yields a clear winner. The suffocation in global supply has caused an unprecedented geopolitical paradox: the United States has been forced to issue emergency waivers to prevent India’s collapse, allowing it to buy Russian crude oil stranded at sea. As a result of this crisis, Vladimir Putin’s crude oil has gone from being sold at huge discounts to commanding a historic premium in the markets. Despite the enormous economic pressure and the fact that the crisis directly benefits hostile powers, the European Commission remains firm in its veto. EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen has emphatically assured that they will not import “not one molecule” of energy from Russia. Geography is destiny. The current crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is a painful reminder that structural dependence on fossil fuels remains the great Achilles heel of the Old Continent. As Antony Froggatt warnsexpert of TEA: “Europe must prioritize electric vehicles, heat pumps and renewable energy to ensure this does not happen again.” As long as economies remain tied to the trade routes of an unstable Persian Gulf, the economic security of European citizens will depend on conflicts thousands of kilometers away. Accelerating the end of fossil fuels is no longer solely a climate imperative; Today it is the most pragmatic decision for national security and economic survival that Europe can make. Image | Unsplash and Moncloa Xataka | The industry is fighting over impure oil crumbs, literally: it bodes worst for the economy

features, price, technical sheet and release date

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In time for MWC 2026, Xiaomi has just presented its new flagship. In addition to the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, which also arrives here, in this article we focus on the base model. It should be remembered that both devices They are already on sale in China last September, so it is now that the European public can get their hands on these devices. Of course, at the moment, and it doesn’t seem like things will change, we are left without Pro models (the ones with the little screen on the back). Below these lines we tell you all the details. Xiaomi 17, technical sheet Xiaomi 17 dimensions and weight Length: 151.1mm Width: 71.8mm Thickness: 8.06mm (camera bump not taken into account) Weight: 191g screen OLED 6.3 inches 2656×1220 Up to 120Hz 3500 nits DCI-P3 HDR10+, HDR Vivid | Dolby Vision processor Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Manufactured in 3nm process Eight-core Oryon CPU with maximum frequency up to 4.6 GHz graph Adreno 840 GPU Memory and storage 12GB LPDDR5X 256GB / 512GB UFS 4.1 charge and battery 6,330 mAh High energy density silicon-carbon QC3+ / QC3.0 / QC2.0 / PD3.0 / PD2.0 Xiaomi Surge 100W Wired Charging Xiaomi Surge 50W Wireless Charging 22.5W Wireless Reverse Fast Charging rear cameras Leica Optics Main camera: 50 MP (ƒ/1.67, 23 mm) Floating telephoto lens: 50 MP (ƒ/2.0, 60 mm, 10 cm to infinity focusing distance, Zoom EIS Ultra wide angle: 50 MP (ƒ/2.4, 102°, 6P Lens) front camera 50MP (ƒ/2.2, 90°) GRID 5G Support for 2 Nano-SIM ports USB 3.2 Gen1 (5Gbps) wireless connectivity WiFi 7, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4 and 802.11a/b/g 2.4G Wi-Fi | 5G Wi-Fi MLO, 2×2 MIMO, 8×8 sound for MU-MIMO, WiFi Direct, Miracast, 2.4G and 5G dual channel Bluetooth 5.4, dual Bluetooth SBC/AAC/AptX/AptX HD/AptX Adaptive/LDAC/LHDC 5.0/LC3/MIHC NFC positioning B1I + B1C+ B2a｜GPS: L1 + L5｜Galileo: E1 + E5a GLONASS: G1｜QZSS: L1 + L5｜NaVIC L5 operating system Xiaomi HyperOS 3 OTHERS Fingerprint unlock box contents Mobile phone, power adapter, USB Type-C cable, case, screen protector (factory installed), SIM card pin, user manual price From 999 euros Design: thinner, lighter and more compact There are changes in the design of the Xiaomi 17, if we compare it with its predecessor. The most notable thing in this aspect is the change in aesthetics in the camera frame, which now the sensors are exposed. There are also changes in its dimensions, as the company has chosen to reduce its size a bit to strengthen its compact character compared to the rest of the range. The device has a thickness of 8.06 mm and a weight of 191 grams, figures that make it a fairly contained terminal. The front uses reduced frames of 1.18 mm all around. On the back it incorporates high-resistance matte glass. The set is reinforced by what the brand calls Xiaomi Guardian structure, which includes Xiaomi Shield Glass and IP68 certification against dust and water. Brighter (and slightly smaller) screen The screen is a 6.3-inch OLED panel with Full HD+ resolution, offering a pixel density of 460 ppi. It is slightly smaller than that of the Xiaomi 15 (6.36 inches), although the change is practically negligible. It also has LTPO technologyallowing an adaptive refresh rate between 1 and 120 Hz. On the other hand, Xiaomi promises a peak brightness delivery of up to 3,500 nits. Additionally, it includes support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+. The screen also uses an M10 panel customized by Xiaomi which, according to the company, reduces energy consumption by 23% compared to the previous generation. Camera with Leica seal, and with hardly any hardware changes Xiaomi maintains its collaboration with Leica, although if we stick purely to the technical specifications, the changes are not so groundbreaking in hardware if we compare it with the Xiaomi 15pointing almost all the weight of its improvements to the software and image processing: main camera: 50 MP, f/1.67 aperture, OIS. 1/1.31-inch Light Fusion 950 sensor with 2.4 μm 4-in-1 Super Pixel and 13.5 EV dynamic range. 23mm equivalent focal length. Telephoto lens 60mm Leica floating: 50 MP, f/2.0 aperture, OIS. Samsung JN5 sensor. It allows macro photography at 10 cm and 5x level optical zoom, with an AI-powered zoom that goes up to 20x. wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.4 aperture, 102° field of view. OV50M sensor. 17mm equivalent focal length. Xiaomi and Leica promise a refinement in processing, rather than a big change in hardware. The Ultrawide sensor widens the real optical perspective, going from 115º to 102º, reducing lateral deformations and improving calibration. Where the most changes are noticeable is in the selfie camera, where the Xiaomi 17 debuts a 50 MP camera with f/2.2 aperture, improved autofocus at both long and short distances, and automatic framing. For video, the device records in 4K at 60 fps with Dolby Vision, supports Log up to 4K 60 fps and also supports 8K recording at 30 fps. We have the mechanical stabilizer (OIS) in the two main rear cameras. Top processor, as expected The Xiaomi 17 works with the platform Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 from Qualcomm, manufactured in the 3 nm process. In this way, and as expected, the device includes Qualcomm’s top processor to date. It is an eight-core chip with two Oryon V3 cores at 4.6 GHz, and another six efficiency cores at 3.62 GHz. It is accompanied by the Adreno 840 as a GPU, and the new generation Hexagon NPU for processes that require AI. The device will arrive in two configurations, both with 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and then a choice between 256 GB or 512 GB of UFS 4.1 internal storage. In Europe it seems that we are running out of versions with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB, which are sold in China. Presumably the RAM crisis have something to do with it. HyperOS 3 with its “Hyper Island” The device will arrive with HyperOS 3 and Android 16 pre-installed. In addition to touches on the visual section of … Read more

Rosalía’s new album has been leaked two days before its release. Actually, it suits you very well.

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One of the most careful and meticulously planned promotions in recent times has received a bucket of cold water: the new album by Rosalia‘Lux’, which was scheduled to be released this Friday, November 7, has been leaked on social networks. The question, more than “How did it happen?” It’s more like “How could it have happened at this point?” First notice. A first notice of the leak came with the sudden appearance on Spotify of the second preview song from the album, ‘Reliquia’yesterday Tuesday. It only lasted on the platform streaming a few minutes and was removed almost immediately. What was initially understood as a marketing maneuver was soon identified by the artist’s record label, Columbia Records, as an error on the part of the company’s parent company in the United States. Apparently, ‘Reliquia’ was planned to be a preview prior to the release of ‘Lux’, but not yesterday, Monday. What does ‘Relic’ tell us? The quickest listeners also had the opportunity to look at the song’s credits: no less than seven co-writers, including, in addition to Rosalía herself, the American Ryan Tedder. He is a member of the OneRepublic collective, and has gained some fame as a successful songwriter for stars of many different styles, such as Adele, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé. Of course, there are already theories that speak of a premeditated leakand which can be read as a message in tune with the spirituality planned in ‘Lux’. Another leak. After ‘Reliquia’, the entire album has been seen on social networks and platforms such as Telegram in files titled ‘Lux Leak’, which has clashed with a millimeter promotional campaign that Columbia Records was preparing. Among other planned actions, there is an appearance next Monday in Broncano’s ‘La Revuelta’ or a private presentation party this Thursday, to which will be added a performance at the LOS40 Music Awards Santander 2025 gala this Friday, the day of the album’s release. The record company has not made an official statement. She’s not the only one. Rosalía is, of course, not the only one who has recently suffered leaks. In 2024 and 2025, someone had access to almost all of Drake’s new album, leaking seven songs and various unreleased materials. In 2024, 100 GB of unreleased content was leaked. In October, Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ It was leaked hours before its official launchwhich even extended to physical copies that some fans received ahead of time. Previously, Swift had suffered leaks of demos and unreleased songs. The almighty K-pop combo BTS too suffered them in 2025although here we do have the culprit: a producer from his record company, who leaked demos of an upcoming album, forcing his label to modify the strategies for this future album. How good it is for you. Although officially, and beyond fan theories, the leak was an accident, the truth is Rosalía She is not going to be harmed by this situation.quite the opposite. The fact that it happened only two days before the worldwide launch not only does not hurt in material terms, but it means that we already spend several days talking about the subject before it arrives. The conjecture is not crazy: it is suspected that Madonna herself, who Today he praised Rosalía’s workhe did (supposedly) with ‘Rebel Heart’, Korn with ‘Untouchables’, and Beyoncé with ‘4’ and ‘Renaissance’. The line between the leak and the mystery teaser is very fine. What will come on Friday. Just a couple of days should not greatly affect next Friday’s launch. ‘Lux’ is Rosalía’s fourth studio album and contains 18 songs in its physical edition. It was recorded in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra and promises to be an ambitious work where classical music and experimental pop collide, and where themes linked to feminine mysticism and a certain desire for transcendence will be played. The lyrics are in 13 different languages, including Catalan, Spanish, Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew and Japanese. In Xataka | Rosalía’s revolution with her score is not an isolated case: pop artists have turned suspense into the best marketing

selling Bugatti to Rimac would be the most elegant way to release ballast

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According what was published by BloombergMate Rimac, CEO of Bugatti after the merger of Rimac with Porsche, wants to take absolute control of one of the most prestigious brands in the world of luxury supercars. This could be a golden opportunity for Porsche, which have more serious problems to worry about, can release ballast by getting rid of the luxury car brand. How the Bugatti cake is divided. Right now, Rimac Group already controls 55% of the company, compared to 45% held by Porsche. According to information published by BloombergRimac would be trying to buy their piece of the Bugatti pie for more than 1.1 billion euros. “It’s no secret that we are in talks,” said the Bugatti CEO during an interview in Singapore. To launch the purchase offer, Mate Rimac has sought the support of international investors and, if everything goes as expected, the transfer of shares could be closed in 2026 and the brand would remain entirely in the hands of the Croatian businessman. Why do you want to stay with Bugatti? According to confirmed Rimac himself is tired of having to negotiate every decision made at Bugatti with those responsible for Porsche, and prefers to set the course in his own way. “I just want to be able to make long-term decisions, make long-term investments and act differently without having to explain myself to 50 people. When you deal with a corporation, there are so many factors. It’s families, a lot of families. It’s an emotional issue.” Porsche is thinking about it. Although Bugatti seems to have found its way with the latest launches, Porsche is not at its best, burdened by sales that They don’t stop falling in China and maneuvering to avoid tariffs from the USA. The Germans have invested a lot in electrify your carsbut sales have not taken off as much as they expected, so they have had to redirect their strategy and continue betting on gasoline engines in various models. For a brand like Porsche, selling its share of Bugatti now would be an easy way to recover part of its investment and take off the pressure of having to decide between two sides. Bugatti will continue to sound like gasoline. Mate Rimac seems to be clear that for an electric supercar brand He already has Rimacwhich is why it has confirmed that the cars that go on sale under the Bugatti seal will continue being internal combustion. “All customers expected Bugatti to go fully electric and digital under my leadership. And they got just the opposite. There will be no fully electric vehicles at Bugatti in the near future,” said Rimac. in an interview for Business Times. Bugatti’s CEO is convinced that millionaires who buy these supercars They do not want to be left with only “the silence of an electric motor”, adding that “even with the strength of the Bugatti brand and the design of the Tourbillon, if it were electric, we would have difficulty selling it. “Customers prefer pure combustion engines, but hybrid solutions offer performance advantages, regulatory ease and fewer requirements in certain countries.” Rimac is not the only one who thinks that supercar buyer He is very reluctant to electric motors. Lamborghini also has its reservations when it comes to taking the definitive step towards electrification. “We have to convince customers,” assured one of the spokespersons for the Sant’Agata Bolognese brand. In Xataka | Bugatti Veyron was a jewel that cost 1.7 million dollars: Volkswagen lost 6.7 million with each one it sold Image | Porsche, Bugatti

Xavier Martinet, CEO of Hyundai Europe, before the Chinese threat and its next release

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Xavier Martinet is an busy man. What is expected when you are the CEO in Europe of a company like Hyundai. But today it is not one of those days when meetings accumulate on the agenda or flights are taken to go to one country or another. Today he is a busy man because Hyundai has decided that His great presentation of the Münich IAA Mobility He will do it on the street. The Motor Show of this German city is now a space that embraces the public. There is a closed congress center to which it goes as a press, to do business or if you are willing to pay the entrance. If you live in Münich or, in a few days of tourism, you have coincided with the fair, I recommend that you lose yourself through its historic center. About 500 meters from Marienplatz you will be inside the bowels of a gigantic Mercedes scenario. By his side he compensates for Cupra Tindaya And the American proposal Lucid. A little further, Porsche and Audi. Before the end of the Wide Ludwigstraße, the stand of Hyundai It stands out on the elevated. There are four spaces. The ends are flanked by the present, with a Ioniq 5 on one side and a Ioniq 6 N in the opposite. In the center two attractive design exercises. On the left the Hyundai INTEROID, a version with steroids of the Electric small which seems perfect to assault a championship of Rallycross. To the right and Martinet’s back, the concept Three, the prototype designed by Eduardo Ramírez, head of design in Europe of the brand, who will also give us some brushstrokes on it. Hyundai is full of Spanish figures in relevant positions. José Muñoz, his global CEO, is the last responsible for the brand worldwide. Two of these three appear have spoken with Xataka about their next release. The fair price “Today we are presenting the Concept Three. The production version will be launched next year. We do not confirm the official name but bearing the name of Ioniq … they can guess what it will be called,” says Martinet who refuses to speak directly of the company’s production model. The present, for the moment, is a futuristic prototype that could only be a design game if it were not because Hyundai has risked in its electric versions. We could say that we do not believe its frontal sharp or its pixel lighting but the second can be seen in all the company’s electric. For the first, only a few steps are needed and placed in front of the spectacular ioniq 6. The Hyundai Concept Three seems the logical and electrical evolution of the Hyundai CR-Z, a car for day to day, rational and logical but with a point of aggressiveness and risk that makes it attractive and different on the outside. Time will tell how far the company tense the company with the final image. “It is a concept thought of the European, aerodynamic client, very efficient … but also thought to have a large interior space,” Eduardo Ramírez points out that, as we said, is the head of its design and together with Martinet, is today the most sought after person. For that European client, the price is essential. “The Hyundai Inter starts at 23,000 euros and the electric Kona Kona in 37,000 euros. The production version of the concept Three will fit very well between them. For us it is really fundamental, really, to continue offering electricity in the heart of the European market, in segments B and C,” Martinet points out about the future position of the car. Here is one of the keys and one of the questions that is most repeated in this type of electrical approaches. Is the public willing to pay an electric of between 20,000 and 30,000 euros assuming that It will generate some discomforts When do you want to make a long trip? “The electric is not everything in Hyundai’s strategy. We are also continually developing hybrid technology, and right now we need to have this double approach,” Martinet already advances although he later points out that “it is very important to demonstrate that we can have a very strong supply of electric in all segments and demonstrate that changing to the electric is a possibility.” That jump has two variants that Hyundai’s CEO rensures us. “The electric are more expensive than combustion cars. But you have more technology. The total cost, however, it is interesting because you have lower maintenance costs, electricity is cheaper than gasoline … Electrification is the way to follow to decarbonize the automobile industry.” “At this time, we have a market share of 3.8% and we are quite stable compared to last year but we have space to grow. As a brand you have to add value, this component that we generate, say, the will of the customers to buy your vehicles. Hyundai has a distinctive positioning. The design is very important for us, technology also,” Martinet insists. “Let’s not be defensive, let’s play the attack. We are one of the brands is more likely to resist better against the Chinese,” says the Hyundai Europe CEO “A bold, modern and surprising,” those are the three words with which Eduardo Ramírez describes the brand’s design, a pillar on which the company’s models have been settled. “For the Ioniq range we have defined a characteristic language with the lighting of pixels, an interior space that is treated as a furnished space. Anyway, all Hyundai cars can be recognized because they have something in common in design even if they are different.” Thus, one of those pillars on which to lift the brand is, without a doubt, the design. The other is technology. “There you have the ioniq 6 N. we are demonstrating that you can have sustainability, advanced electrical technology, and still a lot of driving pleasure with the characteristics of N (its sports division). We are demonstrating … Read more

The best Apple wins and battery clock in addition to release 5G

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The Apple Watch Ultra renews itself after two years of waiting. Apple has presented the Apple Watch Ultra 3the third generation of its most resistant and advanced smart watch, aimed at athletes and adventurers, or simply watch enthusiasts looking for the model with the best possible specifications. As expected, the company maintains its focus on extreme durability while introducing improvements in connectivity and performance. The great novelty comes with a larger screen, satellite connectivity and 5G support for the first time in an Apple Watch. These are the characteristics that consolidate Ultra 3 as the most complete Apple watch. Apple Watch Ultra 3 Technical Card Apple Watch Ultra 3 (2025) BOX 49 millimeters Zafiro glass Titanium box SCREEN Retina Ltpo Oled1.99 inches3,000 maximum brightness nits502 x 410 pixels PROCESSOR For detailing STORAGE 64 GB Operating system Watchos 26 Connectivity esimWIFI 5Bluetooth 5.3 leNFCU2 chip (UWB) Sensors SPO2Optical heart rate sensorECGAccelerometerGyroscopeAltimeterDouble frequency GPSCompassEnvironmental light sensorVo2maxTemperature sensor Water resistance IP6X certification100 metersMilitary certification Mil-Std 810 Recreational diving up to 40 meters BATTERY 42 hours of autonomy OTHERS Emergency call functionFall detectionCar accident detectionTriple microphoneCustomizable rotating crown PRICE 899 euros The largest Apple Watch screen to date The most visible change of ultra 3 is in its 422 x 514 pixels ltpo3 screenwhich exceeds Ultra 2 (410 x 502). Apple has managed to reduce the frames to offer the largest screen ever seen in an Apple Watch without increasing the total size of the device. This new screen adopts technology wide-Angle Oled del Series 10which provides up to 40% more brightness when displayed from lateral angles. In addition, the improved soda frequency allows the always-on spheres to show seconds in continuous motion. An analog gesture in a native digital product. The new Waypoint sphere. Image: Apple. Image: Apple. Image: Apple. The box is built with 100% recycled titanium, according to Apple, using a 3D printing process that uses half gross materials than in previous generations. The chip in principle maintains the architecture of 64 double -core bits with four -core Neural Engine that we already know. The big difference is in the new capabilities that it unlocked, especially in connectivity and health data processing. Later we can give more details about this chip. Satellite connectivity: Never again without coverage The most revolutionary incorporation of ultra 3 is its satellite connectivitymaking the clock the first Apple capable of working completely without telephone towers. This technology allows to send emergency messages and contact rescue services from anywhere on the planet, such as what was seen on the iPhone of recent years. Complementing this novelty, ultra 3 is also the First Apple Watch with 5g supportthanks to a modem that significantly improves connection speeds in areas with 5G coverage. Apple introduces for the first time Hypertension notifications In Ultra 3, expanding the health capacities of the device. This function adds to the renovated SPO2 detection system, which is officially back after legal problems in the United States during the last year. Image: Apple. Besides, lto new waypoint sphere It shows points of interest dynamically depending on your location. The exclusive spheres of the Ultra, like this, are also one of the arguments of sale of this model against the series or the SE. As in the Series 11the ultra 3 premieres new details in sleep monitoring. Now you score each session based on the total duration and duration of each phase, something that makes sleep quality more easier for one night, going more in detail than simple duration. As for the battery, Ultra 3 now arrives at 42 hours of autonomy. It will run Watchos 26announced in June and available in a few days to update the rest of the models. Versions and price of Apple Watch Ultra 3 Image: Apple. The Apple Watch Ultra 3 will arrive for 899 euros as of September 19, and can be reserved as of September 12. It will be available in black titanium and natural titanium. In addition, the Trail Loop Correa includes reflective thread at the edges, in addition to new mesh straps and new colors for the Ocean strap. Outstanding image | Apple In Xataka | iPhone 17: Apple puts a solution to one of the most criticized aspects of the iPhone Base

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