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Almost everything is more expensive than ever, but televisions are at rock bottom. It is the result of a “suicide pact”

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Technology is in an economic shaker. If we consumers have become accustomed to something, it is that, as the years go by, a product drops in price, even if it is updated with better features. It is clear in the console segment: as each generation progressed, the hardware improved and the price fell. That’s over. Buy a PS5 or an Xbox Series in 2026 It is more expensive than when they came out in 2020. But the consoles They are not the only thing that rises: There is more competition than ever in streaming services and they have all agreed to raise prices from time to time. It’s not just technology: dwellingmedical expenses, cars, meal… However, There is something that has collapsed: televisions. Because although there are very expensive models, the price of televisions has fallen more than almost any other consumer product in the last quarter of a century. And we owe it all to something that one of the industry’s leading glass manufacturers named in a curious way. A 25-year suicide pact. Although there is something else in the equation, something much more important. The “suicide pact” and the mother glass You can say in the comments if you have been walking around a large area this Christmas and have been tempted to buy a new 65-inch TV. Not because you need it, but because you saw it at a ridiculous price. For 400 eurosyou can buy one right now. Inch/price, they are much more attractive than the 24 inches that you can put in the kitchen. These prices on huge televisions do not seem to have been affected by the multiple crises we have experienced in recent years. What if that of the chips, then transportation, that of the Ukrainian warthe current RAM… The price of televisions has followed suit and, although the most cutting-edge OLEDs or risky technologies They have very high pricesan LCD TV is very affordable. In Construction Physics They mention a very interesting fact. In a advertisement On Black Friday 2003, a barely 20-inch LCD television in 4:3 format with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels (laughing) cost $800. In the same ad, 32-inch CRT TVs for $380 or 27-inch TVs for $150. Today, those TVs are gold for playing retro games, by the way. In Xataka already we started having to talk about different technologies of liquid crystal panels. 21 years ago we were already talking about OLEDs when I was content with a small 15-inch TFT screen to play ‘Age of Empires 2’ and ‘Half Life 2’. In the end. But well, I’m going around the bush. In 2022, Mark J. Perry published in AEI the following graph: He shows us in a crude way what he was saying: the price of LCD technology had been plummeting rapidly while other goods and services increased dramatically. It’s funny to me that I don’t see the computer hardware on the list, we’ll see when I update the graph in a few years… He estimated that, since 2000, the price of televisions had fallen 97%. There are others informationbut the conclusion is the same: prices through the floor in a short time. That crash occurred a decade earlier. In a document of Corningone of the largest glass manufacturing companies, noted the following: “LCD technology continues to grow and there are abundant opportunities to expand both the functionality and performance of displays. So the expansion of LCD technology must be a great success story, right?” “FAKE” In the document, it is clarified that for consumers it is great news because they can access better and bigger televisions at a fraction of the price. Even other technologies such as plasma had to be adapted. In the same Black Friday ad from 2003 we see a Daewoo of 42 inches with 480p resolution for $2,300. I remember that a 50-inch Samsung 1,080p arrived at my house for 700 euros in 2007. However, for the manufacturers, it was not as happy a story as it was for the consumer. “The LCD platform looks like a 25-year suicide pact for display manufacturers,” Corning noted in its report. It is a segment “characterized by hypercompetition, excess investment and periodic lack of profitability, but which at the same time requires sustained investment to differentiate a product that has a low return.” They pointed out that, within that chain, glass manufacturers were still able to make considerable profits, although there was increasing pressure. But that price drop is not limited to extreme competition between a few companies. There is something else behind it, and that “something” is the “mother glass.”. Known as “mother glass” in English, it is a main element in the manufacture of LCD panels. It’s a process which is made up of several stages. On the one hand, there is that mother glass, which is a sheet of glass substrate on which other layers are deposited. Broadly speaking: We have the glass plate on which layers of semiconductors are deposited. Using a photolithography process, TFT transistors and pixel electrodes are marked across the entire sheet. It is something that is repeated several times until the active matrix on the mother glass is completed. The next step is to use another mother glass to which RGB color filters and electrodes are applied. Both glasses are well cleaned, aligned and sealed with perimeter glue. It’s like a sandwich. There we would have a mother glass with many screens, and the next step is to cut them to obtain individual modules. The fourth step is to combine those modules or cells with backlight units, the control PCB and the metal casing to have the complete LCD module. It is tested and, when it is ready, it is delivered to the assemblers, who are the ones who already create monitors, televisions, mobile phones or anything with a screen. Here you can see the process: What is the key? 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Migingo is a tin rock where 500 people live. It is also the center of the world’s smallest war

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Curious islands in the world there are several. Like Migingo… not so many, because we are talking about a geographical anomaly. It is a tiny rock formation that emerges in the lake victoria and in which it is difficult to find a millimeter that is not covered by a uralite shanty. There are about 500 people living in this space smaller than a football field, but apart from this situation, Migingo It is something much more. It is the scene of Africa’s smallest war. Kowloon 2. Okay, that’s an exaggeration because In Kowloon there were 1.9 million inhabitants per square kilometerbut in Migingo there is not much privacy either. The island is rocky and has an area of ​​about 2,000 m². It is estimated that the population density is about 65,000 people per km², but it is really difficult to make calculations because it depends a lot on the sources. In 2009 it was said that the island had a population of 131 people, but it has also been lying at 500 people (creating a much higher density of 250,000 per km²), and up to more than 1,000 people. There are no basic services, but there is a casino, four bars, several brothels and a pharmacy. Something is something and the question is… how did it get to this situation. two fishermen. It all started in 1991, when two Kenyan fishermen landed on the island. It is very close to a larger island, called Usingo, and at that time everything was covered by weeds. The receding of the lake’s waters left more of the land visible, and fishermen began to arrive and settle. The reason is that it was easier to operate directly from the island than to go to its vicinity every day in search of prey. In the 1950s, the Nile Perch was introduced to the lake. It is an invasive and predatory species that destroyed the local fauna, but transformed the region’s economy. An estimated one million metric tons were exported annually in 2006 and, by then, the industry had a commercial value of $250 million to Uganda. That is to say: this fish was the second economic engine of the country, only behind coffee. And Migingo is located in a strategic point as it is very close to some of the most important deep water points of the lake, and where there are the most fish. Pirates. Something I haven’t said is that Migingo belongs to Kenya. It is located within what the country considers its territory according to the colonial boundaries of 1926. But there is a problem: those banks rich in Nile perch are in Ugandan territory. The fishermen of Migingo go a few meters into the fishing territory of the neighboring country every morning, and we already know what happens when one country steps on another’s resources. There is reports which indicate that the boats unloaded more than 100 kilos of fish a day, generating profits in one day between three or four times more than what a Kenyan or Ugandan generates in a good month. Word spread and attracted the most undesirable: pirates who landed with assault rifles, threatening the few who lived on the island, stealing the fish, the gear or the menhaden motors. The locals called for help, and Uganda was the first to respond. Uganda comes into play. The logical thing would have been for Kenya to respond, since the island is theirs, but in 2004, those who arrived were Ugandan authorities and police. They saw that money was moving there and the maritime police planted two flags: theirs and that of Uganda. The reports of 2009 indicate that the authorities were not much better than the pirates. Fees for Kenyan fishermen to get to the island, taxes, fines, kidnappings, torture and claims of people disappearing and never returning. The island’s population (mostly Kenyans, but also Ugandans) asked Kenya for help. And, now, Kenya responded. The smallest war in the world. Following popular pressure, politicians were forced to act. In April 2009, a Kenyan official arrived, accompanied by a dozen police officers, and declared that the land belonged to his country. He brought down the Ugandan flag and raised the Kenyan flag. One day later, Uganda shipment 60 marines and the region was on the brink of armed conflict. Since then, the situation has eased somewhat, but the flags continue to fly in a disputed territory that has nothing to do with land, but with fish. There is nothing around Migingo, while in nearby Ugandan waters the production is extraordinary. Complicated. This conflict has been studied as if it were an example, or a test, of the resolution of postcolonial conflicts, when Europe divided up Africa with square and bevel. The problem is that it’s not getting anywhere. Kenya and Uganda formed a committee to sort things out, but it was abruptly dissolved after failing to reach an agreement on the mound. And most recently, in November 2025, the residents of Minigno they asked both governments to give some response. Meanwhile, human rights associations continue alerting regarding acts of slavery to which Kenyan citizens are supposedly subjected by the Ugandan authorities, the island still lacks basic services such as a sewage treatment plant or proper waste management and everything is dumped directly into the lake. And, although it has suggested a form of government based on a condominium scheme in which both exercise joint sovereignty, nothing has been achieved. Images | Google Earth In Xataka | This is life on the most remote inhabited island on Earth: the improbable story of Tristan da Cunha

Einstein is the biggest rock star of the 20th century

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Every now and then a news story is published where this or that scientist claims to have achieved something surprising: deny or confirm a theory put forward by Albert Einstein more than a hundred years ago. The unusual interest that the physicist arouses today is only the result of a process that already occurred while he was still alive: his status as a “star”, his status as celebrity. How is it possible that a theoretical physicist has achieved such fame and recognition? At Xataka we believe we have the answer: remove Adele and Taylor Swift because, behind Einstein’s casual hair, hides the biggest pop-rock star of the 20th century. Einstein’s story has everything to succeed, a story that could be called “the gravitational physics equation that made Spielberg cry”: that of a young Jewish man, shy, somewhat clumsy and with speech problems who fails his exams and, as he finishes his degree, cannot find a job. in yourshas to get to work in a gray patent office. That young man will take three years to revolutionize the world of physics and, by extension, the world in general. The tours Einstein spent much of the 1920s and 1930s on tour. Precisely, he was outside Germany when the Nazis took power and that, taking into account the desire they had for himsurely saved his life. He visited many places and there are hilarious anecdotes. Of course he was also in Spain. And the media and society at the time went a little crazy. Julio Camba wrote in El Sol that “the public that filled the classroom of the Faculty of Sciences. Mr. Einstein was welcomed with a great round of applause. Undoubtedly, all of us gathered there admired him a lot; but if someone asks us why we admired him, they will put us in quite a serious situation.” Cartoons like this image of Bagaria that we attach below filled the front pages of the newspapers in Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona. After all, he was already a Nobel Prize winner (the diamond disk of science). Thanks to that it became popular even among the popular classes, such as says historian Thomas Glickwalking down the street, a chestnut seller recognized him on the street and shouted to him “Long live the inventor of the automobile!“How long live it!” The groupies and the haters There is no rock star without groupies. That’s how it is. Fans sneaking into the singer’s house to steal a souvenir are a classic in the world of music. It also happened to Einstein. In late May or early June 1978, Michel Aron (newly named editor of New Jersey Monthly) approached a 27-year-old editor named Steven Levy and said, “I want you to find Einstein’s brain.” Rumors had been circulating for years about the brain in question. Steven Levy scoured the entire United States to find the coroner who performed the physicist’s autopsy. When he found Thomas S. Harvey He confessed that he had stolen the organ without the family’s permission and had been taking it around the United States for more than 30 years. Undoubtedly, Einstein also took the fan phenomenon to another level. Einstein some strong smear campaigns. It is logical, taking into account that among his detractors were some of the greatest experts on haterism in history. “100 scientists against Einstein“was perhaps the most aggressive campaign. But he resolved it with a phrase: “One hundred? Why so many? If I were wrong, only one would be enough…”. For the rest, the truth is that it must be recognized that he quickly became an endearing, distracted and somewhat crazy being. Einstein for a while They say that at a social gathering, Marilyn Monroe crossed paths with Albert Einstein, they started talking and, at some point, she said to him: “Professor, we should get married and have a child together. Can you imagine a baby with my beauty and intelligence?” Einstein very seriously responded: “Unfortunately I fear that the experiment will go the other way and we will end up with a son with my beauty and intelligence.” The anecdote, which is almost certainly lieshows the social and cultural stature of that Jew from Ulm called Albert Einstein. A carving that has generated countless cultural products. Some tremendously good. Become a symbol of peace, creativity and the use of science to help humanity, any excuse is good to celebrate it publicly. For our part, we just need to finish with what is perhaps the most important quote that Einstein said in his life. “Rest and be relatively good.” In Xataka | Einstein’s first violin had passed unnoticed. Until an auction house put it up for sale. In Xataka | What is a light year and why it is impossible to travel it in less than a year, according to Einstein’s relativity In Xataka | More than 100 years ago Einstein predicted gravitational lensing. Thanks to this we have discovered a “dark matter bridge” Image | Collab Media

In 2015, a man found a rock and kept it thinking it had gold. Ten years later he discovered his true value

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Imagine that one day, while searching for precious metals with a metal detector, you come across a strange reddish rock. You immediately think that it may be hiding gold, so you don’t hesitate to take it home. After numerous attempts to pierce it and discover what’s inside, you give up. It is a practically invulnerable rock, at least with everyday tools, such as grinders. This is what we just described This is what happened to David Hole.an Australian who used to explore Maryborough Regional Park with his detecting equipment in search of precious metals. And yes, he found the rock and tried to open it without success. In the end it turned out to be something much more valuable than any precious metal: a celestial body that had probably traveled to our planet from Mars or Jupiter, in other words, a meteorite. The Maryborough Meteorite The cosmic rock was discovered by Hole in 2015, although the man did not know what it was until 2018. Three years after its discovery he decided to take it to the Victoria Museum of his country in search of answers. Geologists Bill Birch and Dermot Henry They immediately suspected that it was a meteorite. And this was actually a surprise since most of the “meteorites” that people bring to the museum are not actually meteorites. The specialists had a peculiar piece measuring 38.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm. The next step was to photograph it and do a thorough analysis that consisted of making a small cut in order to analyze its composition. After analysis, it was confirmed that it was a meteorite with a high percentage of iron, that is, an ordinary H5 chondrite meteorite, which suggests that its formation could have occurred in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The origin of the Maryborough Meteorite, it should be noted, is a hypothesis, as researchers do not know exactly where it came from or when it may have impacted Earth. However, radiocarbon dating indicates that the rock has remained on Earth between 100 and 1,000 yearsalthough it is believed that it could have crossed our atmosphere in a period of time between 1889 and 1951, that is, in a recent period. If we talk about the value of the meteorite compared to gold, it is difficult to establish a comparative framework, but the museum points out that this is much more valuable. They say that finding gold on Australian soil is more common than finding a meteorite of these characteristics. “This is only the 17th meteorite found in Victoria,” they point out, adding that they are important scientific elements that “take us back in time” to study our Solar System. Certainly, meteorites contain valuable information about the formation of elements in the universe and give us a unique opportunity to study them closely to analyze their characteristics and chemical composition. A different type of research, but complementary, to the missions that are driven towards space, such as that of James Webb Space Telescope u the ambitious OSIRIS-REx. Images | Museums Victoria In Xataka | Who or what excavated the ravines on Mars? The answer is even stranger than we always thought In Xataka | There is already speculation even with Martian soil: the largest piece of Mars on Earth has just been sold for 5.3 million dollars

The only way to confirm the signs of life on Mars is to bring the rock to the earth: there are three great volunteers

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NASA’s Rover Perseverance has given us one of the most exciting news of recent years. In an old river bed in the Jezero crater, he has found a rock that could contain, In the words of NASA directorone of the “clearest signs of life we ​​have seen on Mars.” Baptized as Cheyava Falls, the rock has dark deposits whose chemical, mineral and textural characteristics, on earth, are associated with microbial life. But scientists cannot be safe from here. Unless… Mars Sample Return. Perseverance did his job: in July of last year he identified a place of very high scientific interest, analyzed the rock with its instruments and, most importantly, pierced a core of the rock and kept it in a sealed sampling tube. This little treasure, along with 29 other sampling tubes, waits patiently on the Martian surface. The problem is that, however advanced the instruments of the rover are, they have their limits. To confirm if those possible “biofirmas” are the product of old microorganisms or geochemical processes without biological intervention, there is only one solution: bringing samples to the earth to analyze them in our laboratories. And this is where The plans collide with a hard reality. The plan to collect these samples, the ambitious Mars Sample Return mission, has been de facto canceled waiting for a cheaper and faster solution. Truncated due to lack of budget. NASA’s original plan to collect the 30 samples of the Perseverance Rover was to send a ship to the surface of Mars, that a small rocket would take off with the samples (delivered by Rover itself or by a drone) and that an orbiter (in this case, contributed by the European Space Agency) to bring them back home. The project ended up becoming a bottomless well. According to an external audit, the budget shot up to 11,000 million dollars with an estimated date for 2040. The situation reached such an extent that the US administration He proposed to cancel Mars Sample Return for his excessive budgetprioritizing other programs such as Artemis to return to the moon. NASA was forced to put the project in pause and look for faster and more cheap alternatives. A career to counterreloj. Time runs against NASA. Not only for the potential historical value of these samples, but because China plans to launch its own sampling mission in 2028. Tianwen-3 is a simpler mission, which would not bring selected rocks but from the ground where the probe landed, but that would return to Earth in 2031. It would be a Sorpasso symbolic in full rule, advancing the United States in a milestone that had at hand. Before the collapse of its official plan and the probable symbolic defeat, NASA did what has been best given in recent years: to look at the private sector. The agency Explore two paths simultaneously: one based on public technology already tested, such as the “Sky Crane” landing system of Curiosity and Perseverance, and another open to “new commercial capabilities.” Voluntary companies. They haven’t taken to appear. Lockheed Martin has put on the table a groundbreaking proposal: executing the mission For less than 3,000 million dollars and under a fixed price contract, which means that it would assume any extra cost. Your plan is based on reusing and adapting technology already tested in missions such as Insight and Osiris-Rexwith a simpler and more light architecture than the original Mars Sample Return. Another of the great candidates is Rocket Lab, a company that, despite its youth, also has experience on the red planet: its components travel aboard Perseverance and other missions. Your proposal is to send a probe to collect the samples and send them to the Martian orbit and a second probe to bring them to the earth, with a third probe called Telecommunications Orbiter for Mars (MTO) that not only would support the mission, but would serve as a basis for future manned missions, establishing a robust communications network between Mars and the land that Rocket Lab could exploit commercially for decades. And Spacex? NASA It does not rule out using starship as a vehicle to bring to the Martian surface all the necessary equipment. If Elon Musk fulfills its ambitious deadlines, Starship could offer an unprecedented load capacity to an unbeatable cost. The final decision on which path is expected for the second half of 2026. What is clear is that NASA is at a crossroads. The samples collected by Perseverance have the potential to confirm that on Mars there was extraterrestrial life. But to find the answer, you must first bring them home. And the solution may not be in a public program, but in companies that have offered to do the job for less than half. Image | Rocket Lab In Xataka | Perseverance has found what, according to NASA’s director, is “the clearest indication of life we ​​have seen on Mars”

25 million for a reddish rock without electricity or water

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It is not the most expensive or the most remote, nor does it stand out for its size, but Red Rock Isand It has been a time of the most peculiar “candy” in the American luxury market for some time. The reason: a sum of factors among which are their price, their characteristics and especially its location, in the middle of San Francisco, where it stands out as The only one Private Island His is a privileged location, but who is willing to spend the 25 million dollars that it costs will find a reddish rock (hence its name) without water or light, populated by birds and in an convoluted administrative situation. Things of the most select luxury market. In a place on the west coast … More specifically in the Bay of San Francisco, very close to the busy Richmond-San Rafael Bridgethrough which almost almost 13 million vehiclesis a small island baptized as Red Rock Island. The name is no coincidence, it takes it from the manganese concentration, mineral that for a while attracted the interest of the miners. If Red Rock Island stands out for something, it is nevertheless for its tone, or location, but for its administrative condition: it is The only one Island of private property of San Francisco’s bay and stands between three counties different (San Francisco, Marin and against Costa), with which any procedure related to its lands must take into account the regulations of those three administrations. A reddish rock in the Pacific. Red Rock awakens the curiosity of the drivers who circulate on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge because it rises as a reddish, steep and soulless promontory in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. After all, the islet It is uninhabited. His only tenants They are the seagulls, the Canadian geese, bats and the occasional rabbit that raises among their reddish rocks, bushes and excavated tunnels decades ago by the miners. Red Rock Isand measures approximately 5.8 acres, about 2.3 hectares. Its dimensions are discreet for an island, although not far from there are islets like The Brothers and The Sisters Even smaller. It is estimated that Red Rock measures 150 meters wide, 230 long and 54 high. Chris Lim, Christie’s International Real Estate, in charge of The management of your sale, stands out However, the insula is located in the deepest part of the bay and its coast is “perfect” to arrive aboard a yacht or with a helicopter. Perhaps they are not the most economical means of transport or the most accessible; But it is that Red Rock Island has not been put up for sale in a suitable market for any pocket. Are you left over 25 million? If so, congratulations, you can have your own private island in a privileged place on the west coast of the US. That is the price for which went on sale Red Rock Island last year, a sum that, as remember The Guardianplaces it in the “mid -range” of the private island market, well above the between 600,000 and several million dollars that can cost a small island in the Bahamas, but below the more than 100 million that are paid for some specially coveted insulants of the Caribbean. Click on the image to go to Tweet. 25 million .. and something else. Of course, if the Red Rock buyer has in mind to build in the islet must have that those initial 25 million will be added another amount, equal or even more generous, to move materials, personnel and supplies. Red Rock lacks electricity and running water. And any future plan must take into account that it is between three counties. For lim The island is nevertheless more than a simple islet with potential. In his opinion it is a kind of “collectible” luxury, just like there are those who choose to hang a Mark Rothko of your living room or bid for one of the very expensive pieces of da Vinci that come to auction. “Unique and prestigious investment”. Thus the island is announced in The portal of Crhistie´s International Real Estate, where the offer is still active 213 days after its publication. “This extraordinary island offers unparalleled natural beauty, historical importance and an infinite potential for the demanding buyer who seeks a unique and prestigious investment,” The agency emphasizes. Whether or not a “cholo”, the truth is that Red Rock Island seems to have attracted market interest. In Julio Lim assured to the CBS News chain that the seller had already received two offers and there was at least one “active”, on the table, in which they were working. What is your current state? This same The Guardian He informed That at the end of July a contract was signed with a buyer who, at least for the moment, has asked for anonymity. The operation would not have yet been completed. “It will be a long process and the closing of the deposit will not be carried out until next year”, explained Recently the agency spokesman The Real Deal. In any case, the announcement is still active in the catalog From Christie´s International Real Estate, where it is also allowed to request information from adults or schedule a visit to the island. Something more than luxury and nature. Red Rock Island is not just a reddish islet in the middle of Francisco’s bay populated with shrubs, seagulls, bats, geese and the occasional rabbit that hides between its pines. The island has an interesting story behind. It is said that he served as a home to merchants of Russian skins, who around 1850 lived in it the commander and businessman Selim E. Woodworththat in the nineteenth century worked in it miners interested in manganese oxide and in 1964 it was acquired by David Clickman for a sum today: $ 49,500. In The 80s He was about to go to the controversial guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh And there are those who saw in its size and location a reef … Read more

Perseverance has found a very strange rock on Mars. Is covered with spheres and does not fit with its surroundings

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He Rover Perseverance He has discovered an intriguing rock on Mars. Composed of hundreds of small spheres, NASA scientists They are investigating how it formed. After climbing (Not without difficulties) The edge of the Jezero crater, Perseverance has been exploring a place called Broom Point, where he has seen rocks of different colors. There he took samples of clear stones and discovered a strange texture in a nearby dark rock. Appeared “St. Pauls Bay”, the rock is covered with Timinutas gray spheriessome crushed or games, other perforated, reminiscent of a lot of blueberries. The formation is very peculiar and darker than the environment. It is not the first time that NASA finds strange spheres in Mars. The Opportunity and Curiosity Roversity saw similar formations, nicknamed “Blueberries”, which originated when The planet was full of waterdue to the groundwater, circulating through the rocks. But the Water circulation It is not the only process that can lead to spherules. Also volcanic eruptions or meteorite impacts. The St. Paul’s Bay rock in its surroundings The geological origin of St. Pauls Bay is not clear. It is a floating rock, so it was not in its original position, which suggests that the spheris may not be concretions (particle accumulations). Perseverance team is checking if the Rock fits with The layers observed in the surroundingsa region called Witch Hazel Hill. Discovering the origin of these tiny spheres could help NASA to unravel the Geological history of the area. If it belongs, like other Jezero rocks, at the NOEICA age, it is an exceptional witness of the primary cortex of Mars more than 3.7 billion years ago. In addition to Find past life cluesPerseverance tries to understand how Mars became an inhospitable and cold planet of little atmosphere, something that could also happen with the earth in a few million years. Images | NASA, JPL-Caltech In Xataka | Perseverance is leaving rock signs along Mars. And something even more valuable: air samples

What is Rokk, the new alternative to Spotify for rock and metal lovers that focuses on paying more and better artists

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Let’s explain What is Rokka new streaming service that has just been launched for everyone after a successful crowdfunding campaign. It is a service that focuses on two things: to better pay artists and take better care of rock and metal lovers. The first thing they get it not only with more streaming payment, but with other methods to finance your favorite artists. And as for the care of rock master, Not that there are only music from these genresbut they have taken care of the cataloging of artists and genres, subgenres, and substitute for those who belong. We explain everything to you. What is Rokk Rokk is a new musical streaming service. It focuses mainly on hard bouch and heavy metal, although In its catalog there is music from all genres. Come on, that you will be able to listen to artists such as Adele, Lady Gaga or Bad Bunny, although their main approach is towards other genres. It is a European servicea product created by the German company Fairmusic. The company was founded in April 2020 by two musicians: Peter Moog (guitarist and founder of Mentalist) and Alex Landenburg (Kamelot and Cyhra drums). These two musicians were not satisfied with the current state of the streaming world, and decided to undertake the adventure of creating a new one that was fairer with artists When paying them. Numerous setbacks and delays in this path have been found, but although it has been a few months late, this service is already a reality. Rokk’s launch is going to be staggered. First it has been launched in European countriesamong them Spain, while users from the rest of the world will have to wait a few months. What does Rokk do to pay artists better The objective of this platform is to compensate in a more fair way to artists for music, and this will do this ways. On the one hand, although they have not specified the exact amount, they say They will pay 2 or 3 times more for each playback. It is assumed that they refer to that it is more than Spotify, at the level of other platforms. And how can Rokk afford to pay less? Well, addressing a very specific audience, rock and metal lovers. This will make the greatest amount of listenings of groups of this genre, preventing the money from leaving for other mainstream artists. This allows them to be able to offer a higher payment of rights. And then is the crown jewel of this service, the power Give direct support to your favorite artist or group. All Rokk users can choose an artist, and part From his subscription he will go directly to the chosen artist. This money is independent of the royalities generated by the listening, it is something separate. This process requires the collaboration of artists interested in participating. They will register in Rokk as artists, and will have a link with which you can subscribe to give them part of your quota. In doing so, the payment depends on the type of subscription you have, because there are two options: Rokk Hifi: 10% of what you pay for using the platform the first year goes for this artist or group chosen, and from then on it is paid 5%. Rokk Hifi Pro: You will pay an artist or group of your choice 10% of your subscription for two years. If you are a subscriber of Rokk Hifi, after your first year you will be able to change the artist so that 5% of your quota is relocated and sent to another artist or band. This of not being able to change during the first year if you register with a link provided by an artist is like this to ensure these some stability. The family subscription does not have this support for artistssince in Rokk they assure that with the discount they make here or with which they do for students there are no room for additional payments to artists. In addition to this, You can also choose a band to give money without a link of collaboration. In this case you will only give you 5% of your monthly fee, and if this band does not contact Rokk to collect the money, this will go to music organizations related to music. You can also choose that 5% of your quota goes directly to charity. What Rokk offers Rokk is a service that offers music in high definition. It does not reach the highest quality such as other services of the type of Apple Music or Tidal, but are made up of Offer CD qualitysince they consider that it is sufficient for the majority and efficient. It is a minimum quality that everyone but Spotify (the only one with low sound quality) offers. In the catalog you will find most rock and metal bands, and also all artists from other genres that you can find on the rest of the platforms. The idea is that you do not miss any artistalthough being a freshly launched service there is some absence in terms of less popular or more local groups. Another news of this service is that They have created something called Rockpedia. It is a kind of Wikipedia that is included in all artists, and where information about them can be added. It is a characteristic that any user can request to join to help. In the Rokkpedia you will find the genres of each artist, his country of origin, year of creation, names of members, record label, and They are all elements that you can press To find other artists that coincide with this tag. You will also have the statistics of the fields where each of them are more popular. The other great Rokk incentive is which include all genres and subgenres. If you enter Spotify or Apple Music, in the list of a group they usually put simply that they are rock or metal, and at … Read more

Tyler Perry is the richest actor in the world, above Tom Cruise and The Rock

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Adam Sandler, Tom Cruise and Dwayne Johnson “The Rock”“ They are very popular worldwide, so many people believe that one of them is the richest actor in the world. But That title goes to Tyler Perry, with a fortune of $1.4 billion. Dwayne Johnson looks unrecognizable as the wrestler Mark Kerr, in an image from the movie “The Smashing Machine” The magazine Forbes announced the above, along with various information related to the career and wealth of the artist originally from Louisiana. In 2019 he opened his own movie studios, a 330-acre property that is used for the filming of many films. Tom Cruise receives a medal from the United States Navy Perry is a shareholder of the platform streaming BET+ and has an agreement with the company Paramount Globalwhich generates annual profits of $150 million dollars. Additionally, he owns all the content he creates as a producer, screenwriter and director. Tyler has starred in the hit comedy film series about the character “Madea.”; So far there are 10 films, and the new one will premiere this year on the platform Netflix. He has extensive experience in theater and television, but has also acted in drama and action films, such as “Diary Of a Mad Black Woman”, “Star Trek” and “Alex Cross”. In the list of Forbes of the richest actors in the world also stand out Jerry Seinfeld (with $950 million dollars), Dwayne Johnson (with $800 million), Tom Cruise ($600 million), George Clooney ($500 million) and Adam Sandler (with $440 million dollars). Tyler Perry (who has in his account instagram more than 7 million followers) is a great friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (prince harry from England and his wife Meghan Markle) and is also the godfather of Princess Lilibet, the couple’s daughter. Keep reading:

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