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We believed that the “road of yellow tiles” was a private cinema. Until some divers descended to the depths

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The idea of the yellow tile road was born with the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900), where a golden path is described that leads to the Emerald city and symbolizes the trip to personal fulfillment and discovery. In the famous adaptation to the 1939 cinema, that path became a visual icon thanks to the pioneering use of Technicolor: the bright yellow contrasted with the intense green of the city and the blue sky, marking the passage of Dorothy from Kansas’s gray routine to a fantasy world. It turns out that in marine depths we had Another way of tile. A geological finding. History dates back to 2022. During the Luʻuaaahikikekumu expeditiona scientific team aboard E/V Nautilus shipwhile exploring the chain of old submarine volcanoes of Liliʻuokalani Ridge, he ran into Rocking formation that remembered the mythical “road of yellow tiles” of the cinema. The curious structure, located at the top of the submarine nootka, within the National Marino Monument Papahānaumokuākeait turned out to be an example of ancient volcanic geology: rock fragments generated by high -energy eruptions, known as hyaloclastitethat have fractured uniformly due to repeated cycles of heating and cooling by successive eruptions. This pattern, similar to the cracked of the surface of a Brownie, has conferred the rock an appearance of perfectly aligned cobblestone. Origins and characteristics. Hialoclastite is formed when hot magma comes into contact with water, fragmenting into vitreous particles and accumulating in the seabed. Over time, these deposits are compacted and cemented, and, in cases like this, exposed to thermal changes that They produce rectilinear fissures. The found sector showed a stretch of “baked scab” dry to touch, An optical effect that surprised the team and generated jokes on the “road to the Atlantis.” The inspection with the nautilus robotic arm allowed to collect samples from Ferromanganésic scabs (rich in iron and manganese oxides) that covered the background, a resource of scientific and industrial interest. Importance of the mission. That was the First systematic exploration Of these submarine mountains, whose main objective is to understand the mysterious discontinuity that presents its alignment in the ocean bed. The finding of “road” joined other unique observations of the expedition, such as the filming of a strange agency nicknamed Headless Chickn Monsterstrengthening the idea that the area houses poorly documented biological and geological phenomena. Beyond the visual anecdote, the identification and study of these formations provides key information about the Submarine eruptive processes and the tectonic evolution of the region, opening the door to new discoveries in one of the most remote and protected areas of the planet. Scientific context. He find It was also framed in an international effort to map and understand the underwater structures that make up the hidden geography of the oceans. The formation of the “path” in Nootka Seamount Not only illustrates how volcanic activity can generate visually striking patterns, but also offers clues about the systems behavior submarine magmatic and its interaction with water in High energy environments. Plus: These studies are essential to improve underwater volcanism models, evaluate potential mineral resources and understand how these geological habitats influence deep marine biodiversity, a field in which each expedition reveals more unknowns than certainties. Image | E/V Nautilus In Xataka | We know more than Mars than the seabed. An expert helps us to understand why it is still an enigma and what mysteries keep In Xataka | The Atlantic has a ‘lost city’ with the key to life on other planets. Now is in danger

China has turned the train into its silent road to Europe. The last shipment marks a new milestone in its commercial strategy

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For years, a constant flow of trains starts from the same Chinese city, Xi’an, in the direction of Europe. The last one did it on Wednesday with 55 containers loaded with solar panels, destined for Baku. With him, the city has overcome the 30,000 trains outputs with European destination since 2013, According to Xinhua. The figure refers only to items from Xi’an, not counting the laps. The data impresses, but says even more if observed in context: China has been using the railroad as a strategic tool to approach the logistics heart of Europe. The image of a train loaded with merchandise based on northwestern China has been repeated thousands of times in just over a decade. This constant flow has made the aforementioned Asian city one of the great nodes of the China-Europe Railway Express. This logistics network exceeded in June the 110,000 accumulated services (round trip) as a whole, According to the Official Portal of the Chinese Government on June 10, 2025date on which the symbolic exit was held from Qingdao. Although it is not the only point of origin, it stands out for its regularity, the variety of routes that operates and the prominence it has won in the land transport strategy to Europe. An essential route. The train to Baku is part of the call Medium Corridor or Middle Corridora route that crosses Kazakhstan, borders the Caspian Sea and continues through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye before connecting with Europe. This alternative to the traditional railway axis via Russia He has won prominence in recent yearsespecially after geopolitical tensions in the region. Baku is not a final destination, but a strategic point of passage within this network: from there, many shipments continue by sea or rail to countries of the European Union. What moves with this transport. The train that departed this week from Xi’an transports 55 containers loaded with photovoltaic modules. It is not a rarity. In fact, products linked to solar energy are a usual part of the rail services that cross Eurasia by this route. China dominates the global market of solar panels, according to the International Energy Agency, with more than 80% of the manufacturing capacity at all stages. Although photovoltaic modules have become frequent, they are not the only thing that comes out of this Asian city. The rail services that start from Xi’an also transport electronic products, appliances, automotive parts, machinery, textiles, medical supplies and consumer goods. According to official data, China-Europe Railway Express moves more than 50,000 types of different products, organized in 53 categories. In March, for example, a convoy with European destination left from Xi’an loaded with cosmetics, automotive components and household needs. The advantages of the railroad. In front of maritime transport, the railroad offers clear advantages in certain sections. According to the EIASoffers less transit time, less port congestion and less exposure to geopolitical bottlenecks. The routes that cross Central Asia and the Caspian Sea allow to reduce in several days the journey between western China and Eastern Europe. In addition, this corridor has gained strategic weight since many companies are looking for alternatives to shipments via Russia. For Beijing, having a more flexible rail network is a way to shield its export capacity against changing scenarios. Images | Xinhua In Xataka | Huawei says that it has resolved a technological challenge that will trigger China’s competitiveness in the United States

Madrid’s plan to resurrect a road that has been dead for more than twenty years

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Madrid has a ghost highway. It is not that it appears and disappears, it is always present. Nor is it that ghosts pass through her. We don’t know that. What is certain is that cars do not happen. If the few neighbors who want to take a walk through a 12 -kilometer asphalt block that does not lead anywhere. Almost 20 years later they want to finish it. Paralyzed. 2005. Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). The works of the MP-203 begin. The goal is to decongest the A-2 highway at its entrance to Madrid. The intention is to offer an alternative route to those who, at the outset, go further south. Start in the A-2 as it passes through Alcalá de Henares, destiny the A-3 as it passes through Vallecas. Two years later, the works were abandoned. Cintra, the concessionary company with the right to exploitation for the next 30 years after disbursement of more than 100 million euros stopped the works. From the Government of the Community of Madrid (PP), they said, first, that the efforts with the Government (then PSOE) had squandered the project. Subsequently, with the PP governing in Spain, the problem seemed to be in the relationship with Adif, on the occasion of a passage under the high speed Madrid-Barcelona. Cintra said the ball was on the roof of the regional government. All chaos can be reviewed in this article The country 2013. The Ghost Highway. By then, the road had been paralyzed for six years, without moving even one more meter from there where Cintra, 70 million euros spent, had left it. The residents of Alcalá de Henares did not know that in 2025 they were still going to have 12.5 kilometers paved from a highway anywhere. Because the beginning and end of the highway is the same: sand. Since the project was launched 20 years ago, the highway remains in the same state. Only the pedestrians who venture to take a walk through an environment of postpocalyptic reminiscences are passed. The MP-203 did not enjoy the global rescue that received the Spanish toll roads mediated the next decade. Now yes? 20 years after the works began. 18 years after his abandonment. The Community of Madrid has included in its Regional Road Plan for the 2025-2032 period the intention of carrying out the MP-203 spoiled project. The information brings it 20 minuteswho point out that the initial plan goes to begin the works in 2026 and have the road ended in 2028. To launch the project again, the Community of Madrid estimates that 58.5 million euros will be necessary. This figure would be added to the 70 million paid to Ferrovial (last responsible for the works) for compensation for not having finished the works at the time after the company made the initial investment. The changes? The most obvious: cars will circulate. Or, at least, they will not do it illegally as those who dispute the victory in the races that are organized there. Nor will the specialists who, this time legally, star in the filming that are consent there. In addition, the road is no longer faced as a toll road. The intention is that the link is completely free. Of course, in order to get to fruition, the final plan must be approved before the end of the year. If we get ahead, the road will end two decades after planning. Photo | Google Maps In Xataka | Spanish roads have a serious maintenance problem and the construction companies a solution: that you pay it

Byd is growing at a devilish pace and on the road has given a lesson to Toyota, according to Reuters

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It was the year 2020, with Spain locked in their home by the Coronavirus pandemic, when Toyota and Byd reached an agreement to manufacture electric cars together. A five years later, Byd appears to finish the year as the fifth world vehicle manufacturer. And Toyota, the great queen of the automotive, is “stunned.” “We are stunned”. The words are expressed by two employees of the company, according to Reuters. The news agency has made a report to understand how the growth of byd, the great Chinese giant of electrified vehicles that, despite selling only plug and electrical hybrids, has presented credentials to be the fifth largest manufacturer in the world in 2025 in 2025. These employees thus explain what the impression that Toyota workers maintained a close collaboration with Byd employees in China were taken. Since 2020both companies work together to remove electric cars in China. Small successes. Until now, Toyota has launched with Byd a completely electric Berlina in China. It is the Toyota Bz3an electric car that has had a discreet reception in the country, the most competitive electric car market in the world where cars without histrionisms like the Toyota They are having problems attracting customers. However, the TOYOTA BZ3Xwhich has already been announced and that will arrive this year, it begins to be a small success for the company. The car received 10,000 orders In just an hour since the reserves were opened. And the offensive with Byd will be greater this same 2025 with the launch of the Toyota Bz5 And, in the future, the larger model, the BZ7. But, without a doubt, this data is not being their greatest conquest. (Re) Learning. The best thing that Toyota is taking out of his association with Byd is to relear how to make a car. It sounds hard but it seems like that. In the report of Reutersbrand workers explain that they were surprised with the speed and speed with which they work in the Chinese company. What most caught the attention to the Japanese company was the speed with which they make decisions in Byd, they approve changes and begin to apply them. It is something that former European firms that now work for Chinese companies have explained us in Informal talks with Xataka. There, everything works much faster and the changes happen much faster. An example, they explain in Reutersare the studies they do in Toyota before applying any change. According to the agency, the Japanese starts six different prototypes and submit them to thousands of kilometers of evidence. Only when they collect and analyze these data, put the car on the market. Not everything is worth. Despite being impressed with the speed of these changes and ensuring that engineers return with “a bag full of lessons”, there are changes in their way of acting that Toyota does not want to implementsince they consider that they would put their reliable car fame at risk. The Japanese ensure that skipping this process of putting various prototypes on the street or applying structural changes when the project is already very advanced would be a risk to the final product that are not willing to run. For Toyota it is a “no, never”, in the words of workers collected by the company. It is not the first notice. What is clear is that what has learned by Toyota by the hand of Byd is not the first notice they receive. In that same article, Zeekr employees, a Geely company that is landing in Europe, explains that part of its success is to save time and money in the production processes and the materials used. The latter is something that Some experts have already notified Toyota That, like other Japanese companies, they are spending resources on materials that are not entirely necessary in their electric cars since they do not have the classic vibrations of a combustion engine. The latter has allowed Byd or Tesla to delve into the use of plastics, saving in weight, money and manufacturing times. Photo | Byd and Toyota In Xataka | Toyota boast “Kaizen” philosophy and a sickly perfectionism. Tesla and Byd have serious doubts that it is really useful

Japan looks for the person who built a road on the largest lake in the country. Does not lead anywhere

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Japan It usually fascinates by The unknown and sometimes inexplicable From our western culture (also It happens to them with us). In a country where many words They don’t even have a translation To our language (or They need a phrase), there are countless situations that cause us curiosity. Then there is another set of stories that not only fascinate us, but also. This is one of them, and it started when someone saw something certain. The road. We are in one of the most famous places in the Japanese country. Located in the center-west of the island of Honshu, in the prefecture of Shiga, northwest of Kyoto, is the monumental Biwa Lakethe most extensive in Japan occupying an area of ​​670 square kilometers. Well, the country lives immersed in a mystery that hardly has a logical explanation: someone has built without permission A road on the lake. And it does not carry anywhere. Lake Biwa from space The Chivatazo. The story began last year, when the Anonymous report He arrived at the Civil Engineering offices of the city of Takashima, Shiga Prefecture. This document reported a strange sighting in Biwa. Someone had built what seemed like a road on the largest lake in Japan. An investigation not only verified the track, but also the measures of that mysterious construction. It was a road about 70 meters long and 3 meters wide made of compacted ground that connected two geographical accidents in the Delta del Río Ado. In addition, you could see tire footprints, which clearly indicates some type of use. Google Maps. The satellite tools like Google Maps gave another track of the antiquity of the road. The satellite shots taken three years ago showed nothing similar to a embankment or road, nor of sediments that indicated some kind of natural formation, and Shiga’s prefecture claimed that “until May last year, the road nobody had confirmed the road.” Location of the “road” on Google Maps Visible. From Google Maps Today it is appreciated that the road has suffered considerable wear, probably due to the water rise. In fact, the area close to the site in question is a wetland that even the locals can access. Takashima residents have no idea, since no one ever goes to that area, “there is nothing to do except that hornets or wild boars,” The premises point out. Television travels. The ball became bigger. If nothing and no one used to approach the surroundings of the construction, who and why the hell did such a work? History has taken such a traction that up there local televisions have been displaced. One of the reporters indicated that when he arrived, he observed that the poor condition had made several areas, which betrayed pieces “that looked like asphalt, iron and concrete.” The last track. After the initial notice, the Department of Civil Engineering reported on the road to the Police. Three days later, the authorities received a call from an anonymous person who told them that he had been the author, and that he had piled up land to make the way. The Civil Engineering Department ordered the person to return the area to their original state. A mystery without logic. If you have come here it is possible that you want to know the reason or reason that led whoever was going to build a road on the most extensive lake in Japan. We talk about a work of days and a lot of work for a single person, one who, apparently, makes no sense. That data Police have not given itand it is only known that there is an accusation for unauthorized development, although the person after the call has not appeared so far. Meanwhile, a year later since the Prefecture instructed those who filled the area to restore it to its original state, but the path that leads to nowhere is still there. Image | A-GIâuYomiuri TV, GLCF In Xataka | The city where it is most snow in the world is in Japan and lives buried under a white mantle: this is Aomori In Xataka | The cities of Japan have begun a fierce struggle to lift their economy. THE KEY RECIPE: Ramen *An earlier version of this article was published in July 2024

The questions you have sent us (and your answers) about this off -road mobile with artificial intelligence

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Let’s answer Your doubts about honor 400an off -road mobile in the mid -range with you are artificial intelligence functions. We have been testing it several days, and now we bring you a video with all the answers to the questions that you have been sending us about it to it Our Instagram profile. Q & A Honor 400 If you want a mobile of less than 500 euros, this is one of the models that should be on your list, not only for its quality-price relationship, but also for its functions based on artificial intelligence. We started the video with the classic questions in which We tell you what their dimensions are so that you get an idea of ​​its size. After also telling you about its construction, its design and our experiences at the time of using it, we go on to talk about The colors in which it is availablewhich are basically golden, silver and black. In addition, we answer the questions about its 6.5 -inch screen with 120 Hz refreshment rate, and we talk about its resolution, sharpness and characteristics. We then move on to one of our lightning rounds to quickly answer a large number of questions about whether headphones, its protection against moisture and dust, storage space, ESIM option or if it has wireless load. Then we speak in depth about its 5,300 mAh battery, which gives autonomy to spend an intense day of use and can extend it to a day and a half. It has fast charging that allows loading it in 45 minutes. Then we talk about your camera, its modules and the quality of the photo, showing you some of the ones we have done. We talk to you in depth about the photos, with all the essential functions of the camera and others, and to finish we also mention prices. But the best thing is that you see the complete video to see all the answers we give to the questions you have sent us. This content is a collaboration and sponsorship between Xataka and the brand, but there is no pact on the script or the selection of the issues. The editorial content is prepared entirely by Xataka.

It is increasingly easy to see from the road a crop that had never been dominant in Spain: the pistachio

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Its production volume is still far (far) from which the US, Iran or Türkiye, the heavyweights of the sector, but Spain is increasingly A pistachio country. And it has all the meaning that is so. Your cultivation adapts well to certain regions From the Iberian Peninsula and above all it offers background penguins to farmers, who have been planting hectares and more hectares of pistachers for years, hoping to cover a global market In full expansion. “Many people have opted for this crop as a substitute for others less profitable, such as cereal,” They recognized Recently from the sector. Pistacho “Made in Spain”. If it is true that a picture is worth a thousand words, Castilla-La Mancha It probably leaves the best reflects the accelerated expansion of the pistachio cultivation in Spain. A walk comes through the province of Toledo to see hectares of soil that until not so ago they were dedicated to cereals or the grass of cattle and have now been converted into pistachio plantations. Castilla-La Mancha agglutina more than 80% of the national surface and production of the fruit and has achieved put on the top 5 of the great pistache regions of the world. A few days ago, in a forum dedicated precisely to the pistachio, the regional government explained that the community already dedicates about 65,000 hectares to its cultivation and in 2023 reached the 5,600 tons of dry fruit with peel. A figure: 78,500 ha. To understand how the speed has extended pistachio plantations in Spain, it is good to take a look at the report that the agricultural group dedicated last year Agrouptimum: If in 2016 there were barely 15,000 hectares dedicated to its cultivation, in 2022 that surface was already risen to 70,000 and in 2023 it touched 78,500, 68% in the dry land. Last season it is estimated that the 79,200 hawhich explains that the pistachio monopolizes 10.3% of the soil dedicated to producing nuts in Spain. “Win by win”. The success of the pistachio among farmers, especially Castilla-La Mancha, is explained for a very simple reason: his juicy profits. He was openly recognized recently Juan Gallego Arroyo, founder of the Iberopistacho group, to electionomista.es: With gross bottling per hectare that leave a profitability between 10 and 20%, the pistachio is much more attractive to farmers than other traditional crops, including cereals. “The pistachio wins by a win in terms of profitability within the crops in open and permanent. The comparison is with the olive tree, the almond or the vine, for example,” Clarify Galician. Translated into figures and according to the data handled by the manager, “with the pistachio plantations a gross hectare turnover is being achieved that can reach up to 12,000 euros in the case of using irrigation. In the case of dry dryland, we are between 5,000 and 6,000.” “Very profitable alternative”. He is not the only one who has drawn attention to the benefits of this fruit, increasingly demadiated. In 2022 Balam Agriculture made A balance of the most profitable crops of the year looking for the income, expenses, investment and risks assumed. The list was listed by the plantations of olive groves, those of Almendros and (exact) those of pistacheros, which despite requiring a notable initial investment offers benefits and profitability in the medium term. “Its high sale price, close to € 6/kg (with average production of 1,000 kg), as well as the increase in demand for this product, make it a very profitable alternative,” Balam stands out. In optimal conditions, with intensive irrigation and in ecological pistachio crops, electionomista.es Precise that the annual income generated per hectare can even be higher and move between 8,000 and 10,000 euros. The final net profit is lower, but depending on the case, it ranges between 1,200 and more than 10,000. A millionaire market. Although Spain is betting on the pistachio its production is far from what they reach Heavyweights of the cultivation, the USA, Iran and Türkiye, that a large part of the cake of a millionaire and growing business are distributed. Data Bridge estimates that market size reached 4,350 million of dollars in 2024 and will continue to grow to exceed 5,800 in a few years. There are consultants convinced that It won’t take long In passing that figure. With that backdrop, Spain and more specifically regions Like Castilla-La Mancha, Andalusia, Extremadura, Aragon, Castilla y León or Catalonia, they are positioning themselves to participate in that world cake and The increase of domestic demand. “The evolution of pistachio cultivation in recent years has been very large,” Recognize To Efeagro Mario González, from Pistachopro. “Many people have opted for this crop as replacement for others less profitable.” Images | USDA (Flickr), Marcos Paulo Prado (UNSPLASH) and Brad Spry (Flickr) In Xataka | For more than a thousand years Spain was a world power in pistachio production. Then disappeared completely

Córdoba has been trying to finish a road for 20 years. Now they have encountered a problem: Ruins Mozárabes

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Doing works in a city like Córdoba is a risk task. From time to time, in Spanish cities we find new vestiges of previous eras. An example is the ruins under the door of the sun or the Otero orchard deposit in Mérida. Córdoba is another level and, during preventive excavations under the layout of a future and important road, they have found new Christian ruins. They are not just a few more archaeological remains: this finding provides unique context to the coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Islamic Cordoba. Short. The northern round of Córdoba will be the road that It will close The city ring. It is a complex project that has been carried out in phases and that has been controversial Due to neighborhood complaints motivated by noise that will generate the increase in traffic. During preventive excavations, and how we read in Cordopolisthey found something that will further delay the project: a set of structures that date back to the seventh century. And the date is relevant because it would contribute new context to the Córdoba of those first decades of Islamic domination. By layers. Córdoba is a large city, but the Islamic Córdoba was even greater. With the passing of the centuries, the city was diminishing due to the new urban projects, which were building on the remains of the past. Mosque itself is an example of that construction in phases and, although in an exaggerated way, of that building on the above. When it is excavated to do works, it is not uncommon to run with remains of Islamic neighborhoods, but the interesting thing about this new finding is the cult difference: the Christian. A cult that, due to the progressive Islamization from the city, he left displacing towards the most peripheral areas. The remains. In Cordopolis, Alberto León, professor of archeology at the University of Córdoba, comments that there was a record of the destruction of Christian temples at the dawn of the seventh century. Subsequently, Abderramán’s “pact” was allowed, allowing the coexistence of the cults. The problem is that no remains of those constructions made by the Mozarabic. That is why the complex discovered under the future North round Be so relevant. Presents Tapial walls (clayey earth compacted with blows) and a pool of about 50 meters. Archaeologists have been inspecting the place since the end of last year, and it is now when they point out that it would be a monastic building, probably divided into areas for men and women, with clarifying columns arranged, as you can see in the photosaround a patio and that the pool could be a baptistery. The lost basilica. Ángel Ventura is a professor at the University of Córdoba and one of those who is inspecting this monastic complex. In Córdoba newspaper He launched the hypothesis that the ruins could belong to a possible basilica in honor of Santa Eulalia de Mérida. It was a martyr that had great importance for the Cult in the city And there were documents that implied the existence of “their” basilica, but without having been found. Clue. In the end, this discovery will allow to have more context about the coexistence between Christians and Muslims, but it is also relevant because, according to Alberto León, “is one of the two examples of existence of a Christian cult complex in Islamic neighborhoods.” The researchers continue to study the place to determine their function, chronology, when it was abandoned and launch hypothesis about the coexistence between the different cultures of the city. What is clear is that there had to be many more like this in the suburbs, so future excavations could even show more context about that peculiar era of religious coexistence in the Islamic Córdoba. And also that it would be necessary delay or even rethink the work of the road to be able to study this important finding. Image | Toni Castillo Quero, Dolores Mª Macías Naranjo In Xataka | The dilemma of Córdoba is that of many other Spanish cities: install plates or conserve its heritage

The Chinese government praises the 3 Nm Xiaomi chip as a milestone on the road to self -sufficiency. The problem is that China does not manufacture it

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The Soc Xring O1 is objectively A milestone in the history of Xiaomi. And it is because it opens a par for this Chinese company that until now had remained closed. This chip It has been designed by Xiaomi itselfand the first device we will run into it will be The 15S Pro smartphone which will presumably be presented by this company at the event that will celebrate tomorrow. During the last days this SOC is caughting a lot of attention because the first performance tests that have seen the light reflect that their power will be only slightly lower than that of the Snapdragon 8 Elite of Qualcomm. It sounds very good, but this chip above all has a characteristic that we cannot ignore: it is manufactured using the integration technology of 3 Nm. China considers it a victory, but it is objectively a half victory South China Morning Post (SCMP), which is a Chinese media that belongs to Emporio Alibaba, has confirmed that the central television of China (CCTV) and the newspaper ‘Diario del Pueblo’, both closely linked to the Chinese Communist Party (PCCH), have praised the effort that Xiaomi has made during the development of the Soc Xring O1. In fact, this company has invested approximately 1.9 billion dollars in the tuning of this chip. Xiaomi has invested approximately 1.9 billion dollars in the tuning of this chip According to SCMP This semiconductor marks a milestone in China’s campaign towards technological self -sufficiency amid the export controls of the strictest advanced semiconductors in the United States. But This statement requires many nuances. In fact, it is reasonable to consider it a half truth. As I mentioned a few lines above the competitiveness of the socx xring O1 does not only reside in the design of its microarchitecture; also clearly plays in his favor the fact that he is manufactured in The 3 Nm node of TSMC. This Taiwanese integrated circuit manufacturer, The Major on the Planetcan produce chips for Xiaomi because this last company is not included in the “blacklist” of the US. However, it is evident that the integration technology used to manufacture this SOC does not belong to Xiaomi. It belongs to TSMC. And if the US Department of Commerce decides tomorrow to introduce Xiaomi into its list of vetoed entities will cease to access the Lithographic Vanguard nodes of TSMC. If this semiconductor had been manufactured by SMIC or another Chinese manufacturer of integrated circuits using a 3 Nm lithography the success of Xiaomi, and, as a consequence, of China, would be irrefutable. But for the moment there is no chips manufacturer in the country led by Xi Jinping that has the necessary technology for produce this type of avant -garde semiconductors. China will acquire this capacity in the medium termthere is no doubt about that, but the statement that argues that the soci -soup o1 “marks a milestone in China’s campaign towards technological self -sufficiency” is nothing more than a message from marketing sponsored by Chinese authorities In full confrontation with his American counterpart. Image | Xataka More information | SCMP In Xataka | China is about to have the ability to make 5 Nm chips, although it faces a difficult solution problem

Old, without maintaining and without ITV. One in four motorcycles in Spain is a disaster for road safety

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Near one in four motorcycles of less than 25 years circulate without the Technical Inspection of Vehicles (ITV) in force, according to figures published by the DGT and collected by Motorpasionmoto. Being more precise, 23.3% of registered motorcycles circulate on the roads without having passed through the ITV. The worst news? The data falls short: not even all motorcycles are represented in that percentage. ITV are the parents. According to Spanish ITV data about 25% of motorcycles circulate without ITV in our country. This fact only refers to those with an age of less than 25 years. All those that have a higher age are not reflected within statistics. These are precisely the ones that represent the greatest risk, due to possible wear of their consumables and lack of maintenance. According to Guillermo Magaz, director of AECA-ITV, the old vehicles are the ones that most breached the corresponding reviews. An aged park. 16.9 years. This is the Middle Ages of the Motorcycle Park in Spain. It is a figure even higher than that of The age of cars in our countryalthough with a certain sense given the two NATURALS OF THE MOTORCYCLE: A vehicle to move from A a B as economical as possible or a simple vehicle bought by pure leisure. The consequences. In 2024 the number of deaths in Moto amounted to 289, higher figure from 2015 records. Beyond the relationship between a well maintained vehicle and their safety, there is a key fact to take into account: insurers do not have to cover a single expense if the vehicle has not passed the ITV. In case of an accident, without the inspection in force, the insurer has no legal obligation to cover the expense. The fines. The DGT fight with vehicles without ITV does not cease. It is a practice that can lead up to 500 euros of a fine, depending on the case. Circular without ITV: 200 euros, 100 euros with soon payment. Circular with unfavorable ITV: 200 euros, 100 euros with soon payment. Circular with negative ITV: 500 euros and vehicle immobilization, 250 euros soon payment. It is a problem of approach: it is cheaper circular without ITV than to circulate with a negative ITV vehicle (to which they have thrown back in the ITFV). The DGT He has been asking for years That insurers check if the ITV is in force when securing and renewing, although they have not been too successful. Meanwhile. In the absence of ITV, good security measures are good. The airbag It will become mandatory in driving examsonly the use of Integral Helmet on the roadand the validations of the card B to drive 125cc motorcycles They have ended. In Xataka | The day the motorcycles inherited aerospace technology: IMUs have arrived to change everything

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