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is the DGT’s response to the challenge of the new Bus-VAO lane

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First quarter of 2026. That is the date on which the new Bus-HOV lane on the A-2 highway should come into operation at its entrance and exit to Madrid. An alternative to prioritize the use of public transport and promote the use of shared vehicles that comes with an important novelty: the road is not segregated. And that represents a challenge for the DGT and new ways for drivers to behave. A band-aid for bleeding. The entrance to Madrid on the A-2 highway is clogged every morning. And, therefore, its output is just as congested in the afternoons. After years of searching for solutions and promising a Bus-HOV lane that seemed to never arrive, the DGT has confirmed that we will see it in the first quarter of 2026. According to their calculations, the new lane will allow around 15,000 people to access or leave the capital in a more staggered manner, saving an average of 25% of time on their journey and adding a total of 500,000 fewer hours of traffic jams. Users of public transport, passenger cars with more than one person inside and motorcyclists will benefit. When its implementation is completely completed, it will have a route of 19.2 kilometers between Madrid and Alcalá de Henares. Until then, the first phase will be between Madrid and Torrejón de Ardoz. A new HOV Bus. The great novelty of this new Bus-VAO is that It is a lane without physical separation and will be activated punctually, both daily during the busiest hours of entry and exit from the capital and during special operations or during the weekend. That is, the driver will find the three usual lanes but when he starts moving, the left one becomes Bus-HOV. To signal whether the lane is active or not, beacons on the ground and gantries have been installed along the road. When the beacons are off, the Bus-HOV lane is inactive and it is when they turn green or yellow that the system becomes active and only allows access to motorcycles, buses, cars with more than one person inside or emergency vehicles. And I come in whenever I want? This lane, however, will have to be accessed through delimited areas. This is what the DGT calls “embarkation and disembarkation” zones. If we skip the light line created by the beacons we will be breaking the regulations and the driver may be penalized as if they skipped a continuous line. To monitor it, the DGT will have cameras to do this work. Therefore, we will not be able to leave and enter the lane as desired and it is important where these areas are located. The DGT has confirmed that they will be at the following points when the Bus-VAO starts operating: In the direction of entering Madrid, the first boarding will be located at Torrejón de Ardoz (pk 18+600), the second in Rejas (pk 13+600) and the last in Canillejas (pk 7+700) to disembark all at Avenida de América. In the outbound direction, boardings are at Arturo Soria/Josefa Valcárcel (pk 5+850) and the Eisenhower junction (pk 11+400) and disembarkations at Canillejas (pk 9+100) and Rejas (pk 15+200) where this lane ends. Occupancy radars? In its communications, the DGT says that “the lane will be monitored with license plate reading and occupancy detection equipment, so there will be sanctions for all those who travel along it alone or enter and exit through places that are not permitted.” That definition has popularized the term “occupancy radars.” We have contacted the DGT and they have confirmed that the system on this lane of the A-2 uses infrared and heat cameras to detect the passengers of a vehicle and that the system cannot be deceived with a dummy, as has sometimes happened on the A-6 highway where the other Bus-HOV lane in the capital is located. However, at the moment it is not active and they will provide more details later, when the HOV lane opens to traffic. This type of systems have been put into operation in Francewhere Bus-HOV lanes with these same characteristics are implemented. And the fine? The fine for using the Bus-HOV lane improperly is 200 euros. It is the same one that applies in case of skipping a continuous line, so if a driver enters the lane improperly (outside the boarding places) and without complying with the requirements, he or she is exposed to a penalty of up to 400 euros, adding both violations. Anyone who does not comply with the boarding areas will be fined 200 euros. a challenge. The new Bus-HOV lane is a litmus test for mobility in our country. The solution is relatively cheap since in this case 13.9 million euros have been spent, which have been assumed equally by the General Directorate of Traffic (Ministry of the Interior), the General Directorate of Roads (Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility), the Madrid Regional Transport Consortium (Community of Madrid) and the Madrid City Council. The system avoids having to carry out works to create a new infrastructure but it also represents a challenge when it comes to managing traffic since a breakdown during rush hour will force the Bus-HOV lane to be deactivated so that this lane also absorbs the vehicles stuck on its right. Likewise, constant monitoring of the dividing line must be guaranteed for almost 20 kilometers to avoid false access. Photo | DGT In Xataka | The “made in China” business of the DGT’s V-16 beacons: homologating the same product 24 times and selling it under different brands

WhatsApp will test a way to punish those who insist without a response

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WhatsApp has been part of our routine for years. It is one of the first applications that we install when changing mobile phones and the one that we use the most to keep in touch with family, friends or co-workers. What started as a simple channel for personal messages has become a much broader space, where groups, communities and companies coexist. Today, between notifications and pending conversations, it is common for us to receive messages that we did not even expect or from people we do not know. As WhatsApp has grown, so has the feeling of overflow. The conversations multiply and, among them, more and more messages that are not of our interest sneak in. From announcements to service reminders. For many users, distinguishing what is important has become a constant task. That scenario has led the company to explore new ways to limit abusive shipments and regain some of the lost control. New message limit. As confirmed by the companyis testing a feature that restricts how many messages can be sent to contacts who don’t reply. In practice, this means that both users and companies will have a maximum monthly number of attempts before they are unable to continue writing. The counter is only reset when the recipient responds. With this, WhatsApp seeks to stop spam without affecting normal personal conversations. Notice within the app. TechCrunch notes that When a user or company is close to reaching the monthly limit, WhatsApp will show a notification with the exact number of messages sent to contacts who have not responded. The notice appears in a pop-up box that acts as a reminder to avoid temporary blocks. The company has not yet specified what the exact limit is, as it is testing different values ​​before implementing it definitively. Test in several countries. WhatsApp has confirmed this test will be active in several countries in the coming weeks. The company insists that most users will not notice changes, since the cap is designed for those who send mass messages or do not receive a response. In principle, the measure seeks to affect only behaviors considered abusive, not the daily use of the application. The new limit is not an isolated movement. Over the last year, WhatsApp has launched various tests to stop abuses on its platform. In July 2024, it began experimenting with limits on the number of marketing messages a company can send per month. It has also extended caps on broadcast lists and bulk messages. Doubts to resolve. As we say, WhatsApp has not revealed the exact number of messages allowed or how long the test phase will last. Nor has it detailed whether the limit will be the same for individual users and business accounts. Meta is testing different values ​​and seeing how it affects user behavior before deciding on its final implementation. In the end, many of us know what it’s like to open the application and find several pending messages. Some matter, others we don’t even know where they come from. The test will tell if you really manage to put a stop to excess without complicating daily conversation. Images | freepik | Daniel Korpai In Xataka | MrBeast has been giving money to his followers in his videos for years: now he wants them to be the ones to give it to him

Altri’s megaplant has caused a huge social response in Galicia. And now the government has given him the lunge

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In April 2022, the Portuguese company Altri chose Palas de Rei in Lugo to install a large plant initially destined for textile fibers (Lyocell). It was presented as “The most important project” From the Galician candidacy for the Next Generation funds and received early political support. However, according to They met The procedures and the real scope, collective and critical means began to refer to the initiative as a large cellulose panel, with much broader impacts than the “biophabic” label suggested. Three years later, the star plan runs out of plug: the central government leaves it out of electrical planning until 2030, and the project enters the risk zone. The decision that changes everything: without substation, there is no projectThis week, the Ministry for Ecological Transition He has left out of its 2025-2030 planning both the substation and the access to the network that Altri claimed for its plant. According to El Paísthe Executive has prioritized “more viable” investments, with greater socioeconomic return and lower environmental impact, and avoids loading consumers with projects associated with projects With financial uncertainty. Greenfiber – the promoting society participated by ALTRI and Greenalia— maintains that it is of a “purely political” resolution and announces resources; The PP of Galicia speaks of “punishment” to the Lucense industry, while neighborhood and environmental platforms celebrate the pass, without lowering their guard. He No of the central government. The Secretary of State for Energy claims that the substation and connection requested would only serve this project, whose execution is not yet guaranteed its financing, including request of 250 million euros in public aid (decarbonization belong). “We cannot assume a network investment that could be idle,” Sources from the Ministry transfer. For its part, According to El ConfidencialAltri warns: “Without connection there is no investment”, but progress that will exhaust “all resource mechanisms.” The position of the Xunta. The Galician government argues that the project meets and that the favorable day (published in the DOG) support your environmental viability under conditions and surveillance program, waiting for other authorizations. The Xunta insists that the factory It would be “energetically neutral” and that its electrical exclusion “takes Lugo from the industrial map.” Therefore, as they detail in the confidentialhas translated into a political confrontation has resulted in hard crosses between Alfonso Rueda and the leader of the PSdeG, José Ramón Gómez Besteiro, who advanced the government’s decision. The project from within. Different groups of neighborhood platforms such as Ulloa Viva, Brotherhoods of Marshamers of the Ría de Arousa and NGOs such as Adega and Greenpeace alert three key impacts: Water: Collection of 46 million liters daily of the Ulla and discharge of about 30 million liters/day – part at 27 ° C— in a river already tensioning for episodes of eutrophication, with potential condition to the Ría de Aruous. Raw material: estimated annual consumption of wood between 1.2 million m³ and even 2.4 million tons of eucalyptus. The divergence of figures underlines the controversy over eucalypticization and its effects on biodiversity and fire. Emissions and air: 75 -meter chimney and compound emissions acid rain precursorswith corrective measures subject to regulations. The Water War reaches courts. While the electrical board clears, the judicial one is turned on. Adega and the Da Ría de Arousa (PDRA) platform, together with the CIG, have filed contentious-administrative resources to declare the water grant file, having exceeded the legal deadline of 18 months without resolution, According to the jump. To the offensive They have added seven brotherhoods of the Ulla-Arousa and the entire sector of the Galician mussel. The Xunta replicates that the complexity of the procedure justifies the delay and that there is no damage to third parties, an interpretation that the plaintiffs reject to generate “legal insecurity.” And now what? Electrical exclusion opens a period of allegations and probable more intense prosecution of the file. Although the favorable day of the Xunta keeps the administrative channel, the “Electricity Class” and Water Concession alive places the project at its most fragile time. “Without water and without connection,” the detractors agree, “there is no macrocellulose.” Galicia returns to live a pulse between industrial promise and territory protection. Between an investment that the Xunta considers a tractor and a social license that, for now, does not arrive. The Palas de Rei plant, a symbol of that conflict, remains in the air: aside, the lack of network and the judicial front; On the other, the political effort to keep it afloat. The outcome is no longer settled only in offices: also on the banks of the Ulla and in the Ría de Arousa – and in court. Image | Greenpeace Xataka | Renfe is delighted to have competition in Madrid-Galicia. Especially since he knows that he will not have competition

The Logitech MX Master 4 adds the haptic response to its arsenal

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If there is a mouse that has managed to position yourself as a reference in this segment, that is the Logitech MX Master. This peripheral manufacturer found the perfect formula in a device that managed to combine ergonomics and benefits almost impeccably already in its first version, launched ten years ago. And we say “almost” because in Logitech it was launching successive somewhat improved versions. He Logitech MX Master 2S (2017) improved the sensor resolution up to 4,000 DPI. Then they would arrive MX Master 3 (2019) with some changes in buttons and wheel, and the MX MASTER 3S (2022), with 8,000 dpi sensor and quieter clicks. The design, with tiny differences, never changed. That inheritance also remains in the new Logitech MX Master 4the last iteration of this mouse that maintains that format, which is slightly more bulky somewhat heavier (150 g compared to 141 of its predecessor) but above all has a unique novelty. An haptic sensor that wants to give a lot of play It is an haptic engine located in the area where the thumb reposes – we remember, this is a mouse for right -handed. Thanks to this “haptic panel” we will notice that type of response if for example we click that area, which will also launch a small on -screen tool “ACTIONS RING” (“Ring of Actions”). That is the “Ring of Actions” that we will see on screen when “click” on the haptic sensor with the thumb. We can associate any shortcut to that Actions ringsand we can even explore complex shortcuts consistent in a chain of actions. To use these options, yes, we will have to make the most of the company’s own software, called Logi Options Plus. It is also possible to receive a haptic response when certain types of simple actions are detected. For example, The sensor can vibrate slightly if we pass from one window to anotherwhich will help us realize more quickly where the mouse pointer or cursor is. That is the fundamental difference of a mouse that It is essence an MX Master 3s with that new haptic sensor. There are some small changes, such as the fact that the receiver included in the Windows model is USB-C and not USB-A. In everything else it is practically identical to its predecessor, and we retain both the resolution of 8,000 DPI and the Magspeed wheel – disappointments of up to 1,000 lines per second – and the buttons and the rest of the design elements. As in the whole family, this is a perfect mouse for large users and those who like the hand to rest on the mouse. If you are looking for a mouse of guarantees, it is certainly a fantastic product, but if you already had a previous model it is likely that the update does not make so much sense. The good news, yes, is that the price has not risen. In fact it has dropped slightly. Thus, the new Logitech MX Master 4 It is available for 129.99 euroswhen the launch price of its predecessor was 135 euros. Good news for potential buyers. I keep enduring With my MX Master of First Generationwhich certainly says a lot about the durability of the product. In Xataka | In the time of Windows 95, there was a trick so that everything was faster: move the mouse

Russia has up to four unpublished robots in a war. We hadn’t seen Ukraine’s response: Flamingo

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The war in Ukraine has resulted in a Technological competition that transcends aerial drones: the land front has become a improvised laboratory of unmanned vehicles, where both kyiv and Moscow are looking for formulas for Replace deficiencies human and logistics with Mechanical ingenuity. Russia is accelerating its own program with designs ranging from the rudimentary to the unusual, all aimed at gaining time, confusing the enemy and compensating the high wear of personnel in the front. Ukraine has Flamingo. Improvised prototypes. It We count some time ago. Among the most striking “robotic” examples The “Termit”a four -wheelbound buggy presented by Prorruse channels Like an assault drone. Actually, it does not carry integrated weapons, but a chair in which it can Travel a soldier completely exposed, with additional space to transport water, food or ammunition. Another design observed on the battlefield proved to be little more than a Open box on wheelsdestined to carry provisions, but destroyed by a Ukrainian drone of first person vision before fulfilling its mission. These models, although rudimentary, reflect an effort to adapt minimal resources to the demands of mechanized war. Launch rockets without humans. More ambitious is the proposal of a system of Non -manned multiple randomwhose models circulated in specialized media show it capable of firing ten ammunition autonomously. Inspired by him Soviet coughalthough with a third of its tubes, this prototype suggests an attempt to transfer heavy artillery to the field of robotic systems, eliminating human risk in saturation operations and adding one more layer to the war at a distance. Themit Explosive Hoverboards. Perhaps the most unusual facet of this experimentation is the Hoverboards use converted into platforms for Carry explosive loads or anti -tank mines. In April, Russian military bloggers videos They showed Prototypes manufactured with simple consumer scooters, adapted as kamikaze vehicles, smoke systems, observation platforms and even for demining work. Its low cost and stability provided by gyroscopes make them suitable to be mass producedwhich makes these improvised solutions a threat multiplied by the possibility of deploying hundreds of units simultaneously. The drone. Another outstanding development is The “dronobus”presented by the state agency TASS, an unmanned vehicle conceived as “nodriza ship” of drones by fiber optic cable, with the capacity to operate two units at the same time with 15 kilometers of reach. This type of platform points to an integration model, in which unmanned land vehicles do not act in isolation, but as nodes of an autonomous weapons network capable of coordinating on the battlefield. Russian drone kyiv’s answer. For its part, Ukraine has revealed the existence of flamingoa land cruise missile with a declared range of 3,000 kilometers and an eyelet of more than one ton, capable of putting under direct threat to Moscow, St. Petersburg and even certain regions of Siberia. According to initial information disseminated by the Ukrainian press and confirmed visually In videos of launches From mobile ramps, the missile would have already been used in attacks within Russian territory. Its production is in charge of the company Fire Point and is presented as the most ambitious long -range system developed so far by kyiv, with a destructive potential higher than that of any previous weapon in its arsenal. The enigma of its origins. Flamingo keeps an almost exact similarity with the FP-5, a cruise missile exhibited by the Emiratí Milanion companythat in the past already supplied material to the Ukrainian forces. The FP-5 has sub-seonic speed specifications of up to 950 km/h, a wingspan of six meters and a maximum take-off weight of 6,000 kilos, with an eyelet of a ton. In addition, it includes mixed guidance systems that combine satellite and inertial navigation with protection against electronic warfare. Although it is not confirmed if flamingo is a direct variant of the FP-5 or an independent development inspired by it, the coincidence in technical parameters and design is difficult to ignore. Comparisons. Analysts They have compared Flamingo with historical referents such as V-1 flying pump German or the American missile MGM-13 MACEboth cruise systems launched from terrestrial ramps during the cold war. Also remembers in certain aspects the old Soviet Drones Tu-141 and TU-143converted by Ukraine into long -distance attack weapons. However, what differentiates flamingo is magnitude of its reachwell above the previous Ukrainian alternatives, and its explosive load capacity, which places it in a strategic category similar to that of the Russian Kalibrfrequently used by Moscow from ships and submarines, although with a minor radius. Strategic impact The appearance of Flamingo gives Ukraine a tool that alters the balance of fire scope against Russia. Its scope covers practically All the heart From the Russian territory and, in theory, it would allow devastating attacks against air bombers, energy infrastructure and key logistics centers. In addition, being a National Development And not a system delivered by Western allies, Ukraine would have full freedom to use without the political limitations that weigh on weapons Like Storm Shadow, Scalp-EG either Atacms. In other words, it makes the missile an element with great military and diplomatic value, since it demonstrates the Ukrainian capacity to innovate and manufacture strategic weapons on their own. Mass production A key aspect of flamingo is the possibility of manufacturing it in series at a relatively low cost, According to their developers. If Ukraine managed to produce large quantities, he could launch waves of missiles combined with drone swarms, saturating the Russian aerial defenses that have already demonstrated difficulties in curbing minor attacks. Although Flamingo lacks rankiness and, being subsonic, it is not immune to interceptionthe volume of fire could overload Moscow’s ability to respond. Plus: The incorporation of lures and other deception tactics would increase its operational lethality. Perspectives and limits. It remains to be seen How far Ukraine can materialize the potential of Flamingo. Its effectiveness will depend not only on the technical perfection of the system, but above all on the industrial capacity to manufacture it in significant numbers. If kyiv manages to do so, he will have for … Read more

The great language models ignore the deepest identity of Mexico. The government’s response is to create your own

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Chatgpt, Gemini, Claude, Calls, Deepseek. Today there are dozens of conversational models available to anyone. Some are open, others free. So why did Mexico decided to create its own? What can a national model contribute that Silicon Valley, Europe or Beijing giants do not contribute? The answer has less to do with technology and more with culture. Mexico has announced The development of its own artificial intelligence language model with Mexican cultural identity and inclusion of indigenous languages. When AI does not understand everything. The best known models of today are powerful and versatile, but were not designed to understand the linguistic and cultural diversity of all countries. Their training data prioritizes English and, although many other languages such as Spanish speak, usually sin of low sensitivity to local expressions or original languages. A recent IDB Lab, LlyC and Microsoft study It shows that only 54% of the responses in indigenous languages were correct (the remaining 46% presented errors or mixtures of languages). In particular, in Maya and Quiché the understanding and expression barely reached 1.25/10, while in Nahuatl it was 3.42/10 and in Guaraní 2.77/10 What did the Mexican government say. The Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that Mexico will present in November (12 and 13, Expo Santa Fe, CDMX) The advances in its own language during the “Mexico ia + accelerated investment” forum. “If we do not hurry to dominate that alphabet, we will face a very significant disadvantage in this new context that is emerging today,” said. Who does it and how much it costs. The Ministry of Economy, under the direction of Marcelo Ebrard, heads the initiative with the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) and with the technological support of Nvidia, which will provide training and hardware without investing capital in the project. According to the CCE, the construction of the data centers will require an approximate investment of 9,000 million dollars. What will the model be like. The model plans to train with cultural data from Mexico, Mexican Spanish and active indigenous languages. Mexico recognizes 68 linguistic groups and 364 variants (INALI), forces Corpus’s fine collection and healing work. What are other countries doing. In Latin America, a coalition of countries will launch Latam-GPT in September 2025, Led by Cenia (Chile) with the support of more than 30 institutions. It is born to represent regional cultural and linguistic diversity and functions as a regional collaborative project. In Europe, Spain promotes aliaa public infrastructure of models in Spanish and co -official languages. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 Flash In Xataka | The Electoral Institute of Mexico used a synthetic voice such as that of the Dragon Ball narrator. The actors went out

North Korea is transforming its army into the Ukraine War. And the strangest thing is the response of South Korea

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Russia and North Korea confirmed In April an open secret: that Pyongyang It is cooperating With Moscow in the War of Ukraine at various levelsincluding from troops to military arsenal. In return, Russia is giving North Korea what longs for: a functional army and a military capacity that could represent a challenge to global strategic balance. Thus, the strangest thing is the position of South Korea. Seoul’s silence. I remembered this week The Guardian. Although South Korea reacted rapidly to condemn the launch of ballistic missiles by North Korea in May, his government kept absolute silence when a KN-23 missile North Korean (designed precisely to attack South Korean objectives) hit a residential building in kyiv, Killing 12 civilians. That omission was not an isolated case: there was no answer when Russia displayed An anti -aircraft system To protect Pyongyang, or when it was learned that Russian instructors They were training to North Korean drones operators in their own territory. All this points, According to analyststo a disturbing lack of understanding by Seoul about the scope of the military transformation that is experiencing North Korea, a fed transformation not (alone) into theoretical exercises, but in the real crucible of war in Ukraine. A metamorphosis. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, North Korea supplies 40% of ammunition that Russia uses in its offensive against Ukraine. In parallel, Pyongyang has accelerated its own arms production and has sent an initial contingent of 12,000 soldiers to the Russian region of Kursk, a figure that has grown with another 6,000 troopsmilitary engineers, bridge experts and railways, logistics staff, military police, electricians and even interpreters. Although officially these soldiers unfold in reconstruction tasks, the real gain for Kim Jong-un lies in what their troops They are learning: Modern War, Coordination of Combined Weapons, Management of Recognition and Attack Drones, Electronic War and Technological Systems unknown so far for its Army. And more. Moscow’s support has also been translated into Technology Transfersincluding improvements in the precision of KN-23 ballistic missilesalready used against urban centers such as Járkov. According to Ukrainian intelligence, North Korean soldiers captured They revealed such an extreme ideologization that they tried to commit suicide biting their own veins to avoid being interrogated. One of them proudly said would return to your country as a hero for having fought in a modern war. Political calculation It is the other leg that slides. While Zelenski warns directly To South Korea that the time to act is now, before thousands of North Korean missiles and improved drones begin to threaten Seoul or Tokyo, the South Korean authorities seem look. The posture, According to expert Yang Ukresponds to a delicate balance Between strategy, internal policy and economic considerations. The reason? Openly recognize the danger of North Korean rearmament and his experience in combat would imply have to answer With firm measures (including perhaps sending weapons to Ukraine), something deeply unpopular among the South Korean population. In addition, Lee Jae Myung’s government is committed to a pragmatic foreign policy focused on economic recovery, in a context where Russia was one of its main commercial partners before war. On the political level, the South Korean ideological division revolves around the position against the north: while the right insists on the rearme and the hardening of the defense, the left Defend the dialogue And he maintains that South Korea has no obligation with Ukraine. The recent political crisis derived from the attempt of declare martial law He has left many officials reluctant to expose themselves publicly or make decisions that may be subject to political attacks. Between ambiguity and paralysis. If you want, Seoul’s hermeticism can be understood as an extension of its traditional “strategic ambiguity”, an unwritten doctrine of not getting involved in international conflicts that may put their own relations with key actors such as China or Russia at risk. However, some analysts warn that this position is staying dangerously outdated Faced with threats that evolve in months while military bureaucracy continues to work with planning times that require years. Godzilla level. He told the Guardian The retired general Chun In-bum that South Korea faces a threat comparable to a “level 10, super Godzilla”, but his institutional apparatus still acts as if only saw a tiger. In his opinion, the South Korean military doctrine remains anchored in a paradigm prior to the era of drones and is not adapted to face an adversary that is assimilating, In real timethe lessons of the most brutal conflict of the 21st century. From its point of view, the country is in front of a train that approaches at full speed, and is still in time to move or prepare, but not for much more. Reconfigured future. In short, the Military cooperation Public between Russia and North Korea is already leaving a mark on the Asian power structure. Moscow is integrating Pyongyang into its logistics chain and long -term supplies, in an alliance that could alter regional military balance even after the war ends in Ukraine. Meanwhile, South Korea seems willing to Keep observing From the barrier, trapped between fear of conflict, economic calculation and a political class immobilized by polarization. The problem is that northern neighbors seem to be gaining experience, technology and internal prestige to full machine for his role in a real war. And in that scenario, the question no longer points to whether that experience will turn against Seoul, but rather when. Image | Morning Calm, Getharchive In Xataka | North Korea has been sending armament for months to Russia. In return, Russia is giving him what longs for her: a functional army In Xataka | Russia gave animals, artillery and raw to North Korea. His last gift places his army at another level: space

“The tan is nothing more than a defensive response of the body, it is its way of saying ‘I am damaging'”

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Every summer the same ritual is repeated: full beaches, sun bodies and solar creams forgotten at the bottom of the bag. In search of a fast tan, many people deliberately renounce sun protection, convinced that this golden tone is reached better without barriers. What seems an aesthetic or harmless decision, can have consequences that are only revealed over time. No to the cream. It is enough to open social networks to find videos that promote Do not use solar creams. From self -domening “experts” until anonymous users They share their “tricks” to get bruise faster, often omitting completely the use of sunscreens. False myth. This practice connects with a belief still entrenched: the idea that sunscreen prevents tanning or that “natural brunette” is a sign of health and beauty. Thus, aesthetic desire continues to be imposed on prevention, and the risk goes unnoticed. Dr. José María Ricart, dermatologist and medical director of the Ricart Medical Institute (IMR), explains to Xataka: “Many people still believe in the idea of ​​’healthy tan’, when it really is a sign of skin damage.” The data does not lie. The study all who has had PMFarma accessdriven by Laboratories Pierre Fabre, has revealed a worrying reality: 67% of Spaniards only use sunscreen to avoid burns, and not as a daily health habit. The report, which includes data from more than 50,000 people (4,000 in Spain), has shown that only 39.7% reaplies the photoprotector every two hours in the sunny days. The reasons for this misuse are since they forget (32%) to basic ignorance (11%) or, more worrying, they do not believe in their efficacy (10%). For its part, the SAFE study, to which the Spanish Institute of Health Trainers has had access, has contributed Another interesting fact and is that 79% of adults and 74% of Spanish children are exposed to the sun in maximum radiation hours, between 11:00 and 17:00. The problem beyond the skin. Taking the sun without protection is not a simple carelessness, it is a practice that accelerates skin aging and raises the risk of skin cancer. As Dr. Ricart explains, it is important to know the two types of ultraviolet radiation that can affect us. On the one hand, UVB rays, more powerful in summer, are those that cause solar burns and damage cell DNA. On the other hand, UVA rays, present all year, even on cloudy days, penetrate more deeply and are responsible for premature aging. “The tan is nothing more than a defensive response of the body. It is its way of saying: ‘I am damaging.’ If someone still doubts it, that compares the skin of the face with that of the buttock, an area never exposed to the sun: without spots, without wrinkles, without photonexing,” he emphasizes. Take it to the extreme. Oh, who is looking for unconventional shortcuts to achieve that long -awaited golden tone. One of the most curious examples is the old myth that Eating carrots intensifies tan. While beta-carotene present in these vegetables can give the skin an orange nuance, this effect does not replace or protect against sun damage. In fact, some experts have warned that it is a superficial coloration, not a true tan, and that bringing this practice to the extreme – such as consuming large amounts of carrot daily – can end in carotenodermia: an orange pigmentation that has little to do with summer aesthetics. Frequent errors. Even those who believe they make failures that drastically reduce the effectiveness of sunscreen. Among the most common mistakes, Dr. Ricart highlights the fact of not applying it daily, not doing so in advance (20 or 30 minutes before leaving), reapplying it after a bath or every two hour, using small quantity and reusing expired creams or the previous summer. Prevention with technology. To raise awareness about these risks, technology has been put at the service of prevention. An example is Mysun Experiencea digital tool developed by Eau Thermale Avène and the artificial intelligence company Data Ora. This simulator allows the user to see how their skin will age in the next 15 years according to their sun protection habits. Another model is possible. The aesthetic pressure of the tan still weighs. Golden bodies continue to dominate ads, social networks and beauty referents. But the medical message is clear: each without protection exposure is a cumulative aggression for the skin. And that damage, sooner or later, shows. Image | Pexels Xataka | That the AEMPS retires six solar creams is good news. That he had to ask for the OCU is worrying

His response was the largest underground nuclear base on the planet

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Talking about the cold war is talking about espionage, secret bases, Advanced weapons to win the opponent in a potential armed conflict and, above all, the Atomic Arsenal Explosion And constant fear of Nuclear Apocalypse. And this implies talking about Russia and the US as protagonists, leaving us in the inkwell to other actors in the conflict. China was another proper name during the Cold War, getting fully into the nuclear race. And they did it big. With the world’s largest nuclear military plant, the mysterious nuclear military plant 816. Bad crumbs with the USSR. The cold war was a tremendously complicated conflict that was played three bands part of time. The US and the USSR were two of the legs, but China entered Liza when the Sino-Soviet conflict. Simplifying history, the Soviet Union And China competed for being the champions of communism and, at a time of 1969, the Soviet Union even considered bombing China with nuclear bombs, including Beijing. However, United States “intervened“, Turning the conflict and relations with China. The position of both approached the subsequent years, but before that, and with a China smelling that the USSR could threaten with its nuclear arsenal, began to build the Nuclear Military Plant 816. Great Nuclear Wall. Zhou enlaiChinese prime minister at that time, he responded to the Sino-Soviet rupture giving the Output gun to a military base in the Chongqing region that would be much more than a bunker: it would become the Nuclear underground installation most important in the country. The goal? Produce plutonium that could be installed in arms, creating nuclear missiles without Soviet help. The works began in 1966 and in process more than 60,000 soldiers of the popular liberation army participated. The objective of the installation was that he was armored against missile attacks, but also against earthquakes of magnitude 8. In addition, he had a great natural wall around him: the Jinzi mountain and his granite. Colossal. Secretism was a constant when building the complex. This is something common and logical in this type of facilities, reaching the extreme that the workers of the workers did not know what their relatives were working or where. In the official records it is indicated that 76 people died during some works that extended over 17 years, but there are sources They point out that the figure would be much greater. Apart, the nuclear military plant 816 has an area of ​​more than 104,000 m² and is the largest tunnel system excavated by the human being. Its 130 galleries total more than 20 kilometers long over 18 United Artificial Cuevas, has more than 13 levels and the height to the deepest point is almost 80 meters, similar to a 25 -story building. In addition, to go from some sites to others inside the plant, cars that circulated on underground roads could be used. That is … it’s huge The control table The reactor room Reverse. During the years of construction, China made Advances in its nuclear program. Although it has been more recent when they officially reached The 500 headsthe first public nuclear test in the country was in 1964, but the complex of the 816 Pedish served little. The reason? After 17 years building that colossal cavernary system and with the advances at 85%, they decided to cancel it. The changes in international relations and the dimensioning tension of the cold war led to a brake on the project. The reactor was never operational and the program was classified in 1984. In 2002, however, it came to light and we could know all these details, even knowing that part of the plant was recycled to become In a fertilizer factory. Tourists, welcome. But with all that excavated, it would be nonsense to have it closed to lime and song. Something like that must have thought of authorities, since, in 2010, they decided open part of the base to the public. Thanks to this we can see photographs like those that accompany these lines and know How would the conditions of a base destined to manufacture nuclear missiles in China 60 years ago. And, in addition to serving as a museum, it is a memorial for the human sacrifices of those who participated in the project, they were official … or those that do not appear in the records. Images | 重庆轨交 18, Iswzo, Lastrik, Pierre Marshall In Xataka | Satellite images leave no doubt: the US has restored the base of the Pacific that launched atomic bombardment over Japan

Among generalist or specialist, companies already have their response

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He initial astonishment against chatgpt It was not only because of that magical feeling of seeing how character responded to character, pattern inherent to the LLMs that humanized them to some extent. The astonishment was because they knew everything. They explained quantum theory and wrote poetry, summarized novels and armed a business plan in seconds. They seemed capable of anything, such as the classic first row student who dazzled because he analyzed Blasco Ibáñez with the same precision with which he resolved a differential equation. The question, sooner or later, always comes: What is the use of? In it Deloitte technological trends report for 2025 A track appears: many companies that had opted for these generalist models – large, complex, difficult to refine – are beginning to look at smaller and specific options. Models trained with less data, but much more relevant. Specialists, no todologists. It is no accident: that initial enthusiasm with the Llm It is running with a reality: knowing everything is not always useful. And the world of business does not value wisdom, the margin is valued. As sometimes it happens, this is a more philosophical change. And he looks a lot like an old debate in companies: that of human specialists vs. generalists. The expert who has dedicated his life to a single field that dominates as anyone … … Faced with the broad, curious, adaptable profile, with tangential knowledge. David Epstein explored it well in a book that I loved it‘Amplitude‘. That title made a somewhat uncomfortable thesis fashionable: in a changing world, specialization can become a cage. But the AI, perhaps in a counterfit, is returning luster to the specialist profile. Because? Because in practice, Generalist models are vague. They try everything but refine a little. An AI that advises doctors, lawyers or engineers cannot be improvised. It needs rigor. Context. Know the terrain. And that does not give it, the approach gives. There is a slightly thinner reading here. The turn to specialized models allows greater efficiency, but also more control. The big models are in the hands of a few: OpenAi, Google, Anthropic, goal … are closed, opaque, often expensive. The smallest models can be open, trained at home, adaptable to concrete niches. They look more like tools than oracles. It also has labor implications: If a generalist can do “everything”, it is a diffuse threat. If there are many specific ones, they may not come so to replace people, but to expand them. A doctor with an AI adjusted to his specialty, an architect with an assistant who knows how to read plans, an –ejem– editor with a co -pilot specialized in his sector. It is not the same to compete with a universal AI as collaborating with a refined tool. And this connects with something more important: A new knowledge economy. For years, we were told that “knowing everything.” Be versatile, navigate between disciplines. Now, companies reward the located, technical, deep knowledge. We already know that IA transforms workbut perhaps also our ideas about knowledge. What is worth, what matters. And there comes the question. What kind of intelligence do we want to enhance? One who knows a bit of everything and monopolis attention? Or many humble intelligences, distributed, each focused on solving their own problems? Choosing between generalists or specialists is how we want to live with AI. And what knowledge model we prefer for the coming world. Outstanding image | Elen Sher and Patrick in Unspash In Xataka | Deep Research is not just a new AI function. It is the beginning of the end of intellectual work as we know it

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