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Technology are asking for “AI Fluency” for their vacancies. The problem is that a euro is not being invested in teaching it

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Recently, Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon told them In a statement to its employees that, in the coming years, their jobs They will change or disappear If they do not learn to use AI tools. Companies pronounced on the same line Like DuolingoZapier or Shopify. That turn towards the domain of AI tools has made A new concept Start appearing in technological employment offers: “ai fluency” or literacy in AI. The new hiring requirement with which companies ask that candidates come formed from home in the use of AI. What is literacy in AI. The literacy in artificial intelligence or “ai fluency” in its English terminology, it refers not only to the basic use of AI in the workplace (where its main value has been shown It is the translation) but the ability to integrate it into processes work to optimize them. Wade Foster, co -founder and CEO of Zapier, said in his X profile that the company had established a new standard when hiring, and 100% of its new employees should be “fluids” in AI. That meant that all his New employment offersThey were going to have a new requirement: “AI Fluency”, regardless of whether it is for a position in sales, product or development. How to define that literacy. Zapier It is not the only which has decided to add this new concept to job offers. It is enough to happen A lap By Glassdoor or other technological employment platforms to begin finding offers that already claim that literacy in AI together with requirements such as experience or mastery of programming languages. One of the most recurring questions that users made to Foster after their message was how literacy is measured in the candidate. Zapier’s manager He replied After a few days including a table with examples of the level of literacy in AI that the candidates should have based on the expectations of the position they aspired. The basis of this table is the level of complexity and integration of AI in their work that each candidate is able to demonstrate. Touch on the table to go to the original message “5 years of experience” for Juniors. At this point no one doubts that The use of AI It will be a basic requirement in most jobs in different degrees, as is the use of office tools. That leads us to the question about whether this new requirement will become another irrational demand in job offers, such as those that human resources professionals They have been denouncing for years. Ask for five years of experience for a junior job, 10 years of experience in a programming language that was invented five or being graduated from a particular university. The curiosity of employees. The key to this new ability to get a job is based on the employee know How AI models workhow to give the right commands and how to generate correction loops so that the AI ​​itself detects its mistakes. However, all this needs Advanced training that, for the moment, it is borne by employees who use AI tools on their own and learn to use it Back to companies. According to data from ‘Autumn Work Force Index of 2024’ Prepared by Slack, 76% of the employees surveyed are willing to form in the use of AI for their work. However, 48% of them They would feel uncomfortable recognizing that they currently use it. Companies do not train their employees in AI. The current reality of literacy in the AI ​​of companies collides frontally with their desires to integrate this technology into their processes. A recent report In Infojobs ensures that 1 in 3 employees uses some type of AI in their work. Of those who usually use it, only 20% say they have received some type of training to integrate it into their job, while 60% say they have not received it, nor are there plans to receive it in the next six months. He annual report Infoempleo and adecco supply and demand for employment in Spain 2024 is even more devastating with its figures: 84.71% have not facilitated any training in artificial intelligence to its employees. Realistic jobs against scarcity. According to A report From the Bank of Spain, 45.8% ensure that the shortage of qualified personnel is the main obstacle to integrate into their processes. Impose literacy criteria in unrealistic the positions for junior positions or who do not need it, can chronify that personnel scarcity and prevent the access to the labor market To the youngest. Imposing unreal requirements makes it generate A talent scarcity equally unreal, not because There are no professionals trained To develop that position, but because companies are not investing in training professionals for those vacancies and expect them to come from home and fit 100% in their vacancies. In Xataka | Of engineers to keyboard operators: AI is converting software programming into a mounting chain Image | Pexels (Cottonbro Studio)

This is heavy machinery remote control technology

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Each morning Monica Kyrö starts her work as millions of people, in an office. In his position, yes, there is something strange. His own company shows it In an image of the employee. And it is not unusual only for the two huge curved monitors, but for the Two joysticks That Monica begins to handle quickly by getting to the homework. But it is that this employee of the Swedish company Lkab It has a very peculiar job. Monica is mining. But a different mining company. He works as a remote operator of heavy mining machines, but does not conduct them or operates in the conventional sense of the word. Instead, control these machines remotely since its advanced job. It is an example of an interesting transformation in several industries. Miners who do not need to go down to the mine These types of systems have gradually conquer some industrial scenarios, and Mining It is certainly very appropriate. This dangerous profession He has adapted to the new times, and “going down to the mine” is no longer rigorously true. With these machines remotely controlled by human operators, the work of these miners is not only more comfortable: it is infinitely safer. There are various companies specialized in this area. Immersive Technologiesone of them shows how his simulation solutions Avoid risks to workers in real scenarios – such as mining exploitations – in which the risks are high. But that does not prevent other problems from arising. By removing the operator from that seat on the heavy machine itself, there may be problems by not having the range of vision that one would have in that cabin and also not completely perceive its environment – for example that another employee that does not initially appear on video suddenly appears in that area – and the possible impact of using those machines at a point and in a certain way in each moment. The impact on the work is for now an inconite, but a priori it does not seem that the role of the traditional operator of these machines is in danger. In fact, what was precisely demand for new professionalswhich can now be more interested thanks to that change in the paradigm and much greater security and comfort in these jobs. Remote control trucks and robots Heavy machinery is gradually becoming autonomous and robotic heavy machinery, they explained On robotics. In Spain companies like Epiroc either Sandfire Matsa They have this type of solutions in the field of mining, but there are other areas in which heavy machinery remote control is a perfect option. It is for example the case of the control of machines in commercial ports such as Guangzhou, in China. Months ago a video appeared on social networks in which remote operators of this port worked from the offices controlling trucks and cranes to move those containers and moving them from one place to another. Everything without human personnel near those containers and large machines, something that once again avoids important risks and that allows these operators to do everything from a much more comfortable and safe environment. Certainly it seems that they were playing a simulation video game, but no. The video is hypnotic. These solutions have been in operation for years, although they do so in very specific environments due to the complexity of these works. Husqvarna, Swedish manufacturer of construction machines, was one of the firms that participated after the catastrophe of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Over there your remote control robots They helped in the controlled demolition tasks of the central. Companies like the Norway Steer They are specialized in this type of solutions for dangerous scenarios such as underground operations, work with explosives, or scenarios in which there is a risk of radioactivity or others such as avalanches and detachments. To the remote control options that require a human operator, the new autonomous vehicles for industrial applications are added. Here is a clear example in the field of agriculture. Autonomous tractors are already a realityof course, but these types of vehicles are also being used more and more in other fields. Mining is another reference: Caterpillar – of the protagonist in these markets – has autonomous trucks that already operate in that industry and that make use of “see” their environment, as well as in some robotaxis Like the Waymo. These autonomous vehicles are notwithstanding challenges to overcome: as in the case of self -employed cars, technology remains difficult to perfectespecially before the diversity of scenarios in which these solutions try to apply. That joysticks is of the last generation, but it is not to play This heavy machinery remote control segment has also caused the creation of (at least) a small segment totally associated with these systems: there are companies such as Comtium either JR Merritt specialized in calls industrial joysticks. These models are applicable to all types of heavy machinery and offer different designs and buttons according to the field in which they are used. There are even models with controlled precision systems with the thumb and even Control chairs For operators with everything necessary for this type of applications. This type of specialized peripherals can resemble traditional video game joysticks, but in reality they are quite different. To begin with, they must meet some requirements for very high durabilityand resist vibrations, extreme temperatures, dust, moisture and especially intensive use. That causes stainless steel axes and other equally resistant elements to be used. In the case of precision components that are usually translated for example in Minijísticks for the thumbswhich can have different configurations and shapes to adjust to specific heavy machines. Some of them have the Hall Effect technology that lately it has become popular in keyboards and that is especially useful in these areas. This type of joysticks use magnetic sensors to determine the position of the lever without physical contact between mobile parts and sensors. This makes the possible effects of a wear of the … Read more

Xiaomi is not alone in his plan to sweep American technology of his electric cars. Xpeng is stepping on his heels

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2025 is being a Year of challenges for Chinese companies. The country is accelerating in its effort by reduce American dependenceand the semiconductor industry is the main key to achieve it. Who dominates knowledge in chips will dominate the world. Xiaomi knows it and the design of his own chip, the Xring 01It is proof of this. It is a very different approach to that of Huawei, vetoed of American technology, since He has achieved this milestone with the help of TSMC. The company claimed to be working on its own chips for electric cars, in an exercise to reduce dependence on companies such as Qualcomm or Nvidia. They are not alone in this battle: Xpeng A SUV has just launched in China with a processor signed by the company. The XPEng G7. Before understanding the chip, it is convenient to understand who its bearer is. The company launched the G7 yesterday in Chinaan electric SUV that points directly to Tesla Model Y. Double battery, autonomy of 702 kilometers according to the Chinese homologation cycle and 292 hp of power and … three Turing chips designed by Xpeng. One of the XPEng pillars is in the assisted driving, so far vitaminated by Nvidia chips. The manufacturer remains small compared to Gigantes such as Byd or Geely, but their message is clear: they want to be leaders in autonomous driving technologies. THE THREE TURING CHIPS. In honor of the computer legend, Alan Turing, the three chips that this electric car incorporates their name. According to Xpeng, each of its chips triples the processing capacity of a conventional chip: its three Turing chips are equivalent to Nine Nvidia Drive On chipsone of the most used platforms by manufacturers that are committed to the autonomous vehicle. Platform, by the way, with more than three years of life. Xpeng took five years to develop Turing. “There are so many different chips in a car that, when we decided to make internal chips, we decided to go for the most challenging, and that is the chip of AI,” we also think if we should take over during the trip, since the cost is too high. “ The joint capacity of these chips, according to Xpeng, is more than 2,000 tops (more than 700 tops per chip), a capacity that triples the 250 tops of the Nvidia Drive Orin chips launched in 2022. This capacity makes it a vehicle capable of running autonomous level 3 driving functions of level 3, although they are not active. Why is it important. The XPEng movement settles a clear trend of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers: commitment to national chips to avoid dependence with NVIDIA and other US manufacturers. They have not transcended details about the external function that manufactures the chips for Xpeng, but it is known Both Nvidia and Xpeng have had an engineers in recent years. Xpeng has been working on an own software platformwhich works together on an integrated platform with the most advanced hardware in Some of its vehicles: Lidar sensorshigh resolution cameras, millimeter wave radars. Interior of the XPEng G7. They are not alone. Xiaomi has claimed to be working on his own chips, the Chinese giant Nio announced last year his first internal intelligent driving chip, the SHENJI NX9031built with an architecture of 5 nanometers, and Huawei develops its own chips to nurture brands such as Aito, Luxeed and Maextro. The key is that both Xiaomi and Nio do not seem to close alliances with US partners. The Shenji Nx9031 and its 5NM process chiva that It has not been manufactured by SMIC or within China. This mixed exercise allows, while the United States continues to provide access to its technology, not to depend for the design and implementation of the chip, although for its manufacture. Spain rubs its hands. Xpeng recently brought its XPEng G6, G9 and P7 to Spain, so nothing prevents G7 from landing in our territory. The company is looking for factories in Europe To avoid tariff pressure, and intends to expand by markets beyond your native country. Image | Xpeng In Xataka | Xpeng P7, the new “Chinese Tesla” promises 706 km of autonomy and level 3 of autonomous driving

France is the most radical country against technology among children. And now it plans something extreme: prohibit social networks

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“We must ban social networks to children under 15 years.” This blunt was the French president, Emmanuel Macron, speaking before the TV cameras. The measure It would be a pioneer In Europe, which studies initiatives in this regard, but there is a problem: France’s regulatory role is having negative consequences For companies and users. What happened. The statements of the Gallic president occurred after the Tuesday tragedy In a French school: a 14 -year -old boy stabbed and killed a member of the teaching staff. As they point out In EuronewsIt is not clear if this attack is associated with something that the teenager had seen on social networks. No knives. Macron intends to prohibit social networks to children under 15 “in the coming months” if there is no progress in a similar regulation at the European level. The tragedy in Nogent’s greate Indian that “a 15 -year -old can no longer buy a knife on the Internet. That means we are going to impose massive financial prohibitions and sanctions.” And either of social networks. But the highlight was that intention to ban social networks, something that even announced in X said intentionIn addition to stating that platforms have the possibility of verifying age to be able to implement this type of control and prohibition. Actually the message is not new: said exactly the same thing more than a year agobut the recent events and European inaction have re -promoted those intentions of Macron. They are already doing it with porn. On June 7, the law that forces pornographic platforms to verify age of users. The objective, prevent minors can access this type of content. But it is not going well. As a consequence of these measures, services such as Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn have decided to leave the Gallic country and stop serving there. According to those responsible, this regulation is inefficient and potentially violates users’ privacy. Also propose a solution Device dependent and in which Google and Apple would have to make some modifications to their operating systems. The struggle of minors and screens. France was a pioneer in 2018 when prohibited mobile phones in schools for students under 15 years. Other countries They followed the wake, but the country continues to alert the dangers of the screens for the minors. In fact, a process was recently initiated to try prohibit the use of any screen (Mobile, but also TVS or computers) to children under six years. According to French experts In pediatrics or child psychiatry, not doing so exposes them to permanent damage to brain development. Spain, in the line of France. In our country the future law of the minor advocates Prohibit registration on social networks of children under 16 yearsclimbing the current limit two years. There are also measures to limit access to technology according to age, and for example from zero to three years the use of children should be prohibited from children, while from three to six years it is advisable except exceptions and under the supervision of an adult. The Spanish “pajorto”. The Government of Spain also launched a year ago The implementation of the Beta Digital Portfolio, popularly known as “Pajorte”. It is a mobile app that will theoretically serve to perform age verification and thus avoid or mitigate access to pornographic content by minors. Its implementation is limited, although the platforms that are already implementing it have detected A colossal fall of its traffic. Europe begins to move card. As they point out In politicianthe European Union has raised a proposal led by Greece and France and Spain as great support. In it the objective is to establish a new regulation to significantly limit the use of social networks by minors. According to the project, minors could lose direct access to networks Like Tiktok or Instagram and would need parental permission to visit these platforms. Denmark, which will occupy the presidency of the EU in the next six months, is in favor of these measures Image | Anthony Choren | Mary Borozdina In Xataka | There were two paths to regulate technology in children: the government has chosen the one with zero screens

Mediamarkt starts its friday network with a ton of technology offers

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Many users wait for the most important events of the year to renew their devices. This, generally, always implies waiting for Black Friday. The problem is that this event is only in November, so maybe we are not good to wait so long. The good news is that different events are coming out in other stores And in fact now Mediamarkt has its own version of this: Your call FRIDAY NETWORK. Offers in technology with exclusive discounts on the app This Mediamarkt event is one of the best that this store carries out throughout the year. The friday network, which will be available from today Until next June 20 at 9 amit has offers in virtually any category that occurs to us: from telephony to television, through home, mobility and even video games. The offers will be available for 10 days (or until they are exhausted, of course), but only today and until tomorrow at 9 in the morning we have the opportunity to take us An exclusive 15% discount If we make the purchase from the Medamarkt app. That is the only requirement for this and the discount will apply automatically when putting the product in the cart. These are some of his best chollos As we have said above, there are many offers that Mediamarkt have available and that is worth it. To facilitate the task, we leave you below a selection of five of the most prominent: Google Pixel 9athe most recent of this range of phones, by 599 euros. Samsung Odyssey 3Dwhich allows you to enjoy 3D video games natively without glasses, by 1,199 euros. Kingdom eats Deliverance 2in its version for PlayStation 5, by 49.99 euros. Smart TV Philipswith QLED and 55 inches technology, by 449 euros. Huawei Fit 4recently released smartwatch and with gift headphones, by 149 euros. Google Pixel 9a We start this selection with a current, powerful and very compact mobile. He Google Pixel 9a It is a device that stands out for mounting the Google G4 tensioner (the same as its older brothers), to have A 6.3 -inch poed screen and for having a good rear camera system. Right now we have it reduced to the 599 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Odyssey 3D With regard to gaming monitors, few are as special as the Odyssey 3D of Samsung. It is a device that allows to play any game compatible with 3D effect, without the need for glasses or any viewer. In addition, it is a 27 -inch option, 4K resolution and an update frequency of 165 Hz. It has discounts: 2,141 euros go on to cost 1,199 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review Kingdom eats Deliverance 2 If we talk about the best video game releases of what is going from 2025, it is impossible not to put this fight in the fight Kingdom eats Deliverance 2. We are facing a deep medieval RPG, With an outstanding graphic section And with a freedom that will allow us to play as we want. It is an outstanding title that now, in its PS5 version, goes out for 49.99 euros. Kingdom eats Deliverance II * Some price may have changed from the last review Smart TV Philips Betting on a Philips television is having ambilight at home, an lighting that greatly increases the immersion in what we want to see. This model, with QLED technology and 4K resolution, has 55 inches, a great diagonal that is perfect for almost any instance. Besides, is compatible with Dolby Atmos and has HDMI 2.1 (as well as VRR), so it is perfect for gaming. It comes out by 449 euros. Philips Ambilight 55pus8510/12 * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Fit 4 We close this selection of offers with the Huawei Fit 4a sports court smartwatch that the Chinese manufacturer premiered very recently. It is a device designed to be resistant but very light, since its sphere barely weighs 27 grams. In addition, it comes with 1.82 -inch AMOLED screen (with 2,000 maximum brightness) and a lot of sports modes. It comes out by 149 eurosa price for which we will have to put the clock in the cart. In addition, it comes with Freebuds se2 as a gift. Huawei Fit 4 + Freebuds Se2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Buying, Mediamarkt, Google, Samsung, Sony, Philips, Huawei In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K

Today’s cars are more expensive because they have filled with technology. And that has another added cost: go to the workshop

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Too much electronics. It was one of the usual criticism when electronics began to take the controls of cars mechanics and it became difficult to know what was failing without a diagnostic machine. Since then, the weight of electronics has not stopped growing but in the last five years its weight is so great that facing a breakdown compromises any pocket. And there is data. 60%. That is what has grown up for repairing a vehicle in the last five years, according to A study by Valuepenguin.comspecialized in personal finance, collected by Automotive News. The data is problematic because this is united an extra cost in the price of insurance and, therefore, a general increase in the maintenance of the vehicle. The data refers to the US market where they indicate that the average cost of having a new vehicle was $ 12,297 per year in 2024, experiencing a increase in $ 115 compared to 2023. Here you take into account the price of paid monthly payment, insurance, fuel … Less accidents but more expensive. The study ensures that the evolution of the systems have helped to report 25% less notices to insurance but, also, an increase in them because repairing the technology of a new car is extremely expensive and complex. Thus, the average cost of insurance in the United States is $ 2.101 a year. In Motorpasion They collect that these repairs are extremely expensive when we go to the most advanced security and driving help systems. Repair or replace the digital mirrors of a Audi e-tron It costs between 800 and 1,500 euros. Parking sensors (exposed if you park on the street) may have a cost of between 275 and 900 euros if they have to replace them, according to 20 minutes. And the prices of the rear view camera are around and exceed 1,000 euros. Too complex systems. The biggest problem facing who has had an accident with a new car is that the number of establishments where you can repair your car are scarce. They point out in Automotive News that manufacturers force the workshops to start an extremely exhaustive protocol to calibrate the systems. And it has logic because “a misaligned sensor in a single grade can divert its operation between 1.68 and 91 meters,” according to Hami Ebrahimi, commercial headquarters commercial for Calliber Collisionspecialists in the repair of safety systems for the vehicle. They ensure in the middle that adapting the facilities to be able to carry out these repairs can have a cost of between 600,000 and 1 million dollars per workshop. That are also not used. The paradox is that it is not entirely clear to what extent these systems are being used. According to JD Powerthe reports of unhappy customers because they do not fully understand how to activate driving aid functions or have problems with them have shot themselves in recent years. This leads customers to omit their use. Cars have been filled with a very expensive technology, Little used And that, in addition, it is extremely expensive to repair. And it is important to do these repairs because, as they point out in Automotive Newsthe interconnection of systems means that if, for example, we do not repair the sensors of a bumper we will be disabled by emergency braking functions, an aid that is only visible when you need it most. And that are mandatory. At least in Europe, where institutions force our New cars arrive as standard With the following security assistants: Reverse camera with cross traffic alert Emergency braking Lane output alert Smart Speed ​​Assistant Fatigue and drowsiness detector Black box Belt alert in the rear seats Systems to install an breathalyzer Increasingly complicated. All this results in maintaining a car is increasingly complicated. First because these systems have helped a Increase the vehicle of departure but also to a rise in insurance that In Spain they are marking records In 2025. To this we must add the fuel price increase. Issues that especially affect the low range and the prices of second -hand cars. The first because the floor of the price of the car has risen with systems that, According to brands like Daciathe client turns off just get on them. The second because the increase in the new car Raise the used price And, in addition, it makes it difficult to The client passes through any workshop to solve the possible problems that arise over the years. Photo | Maxim Hopman In Xataka | The purchase of a new car is now very expensive. And the industry knows that it can’t hold it

IBM closed its factory in Valencia 30 years ago. Now he has returned with AI and technology talent formation under his arm

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Thirty years after close your historic factory of electronic circuits in La Pobla de Vallbona, IBM has announced his return to Valencia with a renewed and strategic commitment. The technological multinational has created a “Digital Sales” center in the Innovation Incubator The terminal hubin the Navy of Valencia. The new IBM initiative in the city of Turia is raised as an “erasmus” for the acceleration of the New technological talent of the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Although the space allows to house 250 employees, the company will begin this new stage with the creation of one hundred new direct jobs for the implementation of an international training program for young professionals of the technological firm. The number of employees will increase in the future, but IBM has not advanced any concrete figure. The new IBM stage in Valencia IBM has decided to return to Valencia with a completely different vision from that of three decades ago. If its presence was linked to the manufacture of hardware, now the company is committed to advanced services and commercial management of technological solutions Based on artificial intelligencestorage, cloud services and automation. As its name affects, the new “Digital Sales” center will focus on promoting the skills of its employees of the Departments of Commercial Relations and Sales, integrating into the area of ​​influence of The Terminal Hub. Horacio Morell, president of IBM Spain, has indicated the importance of returning in an enclave full of incubators and innovation nurseries, consolidating the city as A pole of attraction For him International Technological Talent. “From these facilities, we will connect talent, technology and ecosystem to help companies accelerate the adoption of avant -garde solutions in AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity and automation,” Morell stood out in the presentation of the project. An international “erasmus” of technological talent The great novelty of this center is its approach to the Talent formation and acceleration international. IBM has launched a program that selects young professionals in their countries of origin and Transfer to Valencia for a year of training Intensive in new technologies. During this period, participants not only receive theoretical training, but also actively work with real clients, acquiring practical experience and key commercial skills. According to Gabrielle Crisman, director of the center, “the objective is to train the new IBM sales executives that will offer customer and agile experiences promoted by technology.” “After that period, most will return to places of origin to develop their work,” Morell said. The mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, highlighted the importance of this program for Youth employment: “Young people need to find quality work and projects like this help us to achieve this goal,” collected The Spanish. In addition, the company has remarked that the center represents “an opportunity to newly titled young peopleprofessionals with experience in technology and digital sales experts who wish to develop their career in a global company, without leaving Valencia. “ IBM has bet again on Valencia for this strategic project for several reasons. Among the most outstanding factors are excellent living conditions and climate of the city as an incentive for the participants in the training program. On the other hand, from IBM the institutional support of the City Council stands out, the Chamber of Commerceuniversities and other business organizations. “The election of Valencia, by IBM, shows that Valencia has established itself as the technological hub par excellence in Europe,” declared to the The economist Mayor María José Catalá. In Xataka | IBM fired 8,000 workers to replace them with AI. What I did not expect was to hire many others … for the AI Image | The Terminal Hub, IBM

A technology 20 years ago took Ukraine to the Russian bombers. Moscow’s response comes from China: a laser cannon

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With the passing of the days, more data about The covert operation which carried out Ukraine in the heart of the air bases of Moscow. Recall: a swarm of more than 100 drones hidden in trucks managed to destroy an important part of the Russian fleet of Strategic bombers. Now the technology that made Spiderweb, and what is Russia’s response to contain Ukrainian drones: a laser weapon … from China has been revealed. Cheap drones and free software. As I counted The medium 404behind the flight of the army of drones was not a sophisticated and secret technology. On the contrary, the devices were driven By Ardupilotopen source software created two decades ago by unmanned aviation enthusiasts. The use of this software, a free system originally designed for civil tasks such as agriculture, rescue or mapping, allowed Ukraine to coordinate that swarm of drones with autonomous navigation functions, air stabilization, waiting modes and contingencies for signal loss, even in a hostile environment saturated with interference and without GPS. Born of leisure … for war. Ardupilot He was born in 2007 of the personal project From Chris Andersonformer editor of the Wired media, who with Lego and Arduino pieces He built a drone browsing system that would later evolve in an open overall source community. What began as a homemade and collaborative experiment ended up being the operational core of a great impact military offensive. As He counted the mediumthe astonishment of its creators in the face of the war use of its software was notable: they never imagined that a tool designed for civil use would end up helping to destroy Russian strategic fighters. Although The website De Ardupilot promotes its use “for the peaceful benefit of all”, its open character makes it impossible to restrict. Irony resides that, while large corporations develop closed and expensive armamentUkraine has managed to use free access tools to execute attacks that remodeled the balance of power. Internet. What happened also leaves another teaching. The technological war between Ukraine and Russia is also a Communities Warforums and repositories. The software that allowed the attack developed collectively over years by programmers and fans distributed worldwide, many of which never imagined that their work would be used in combat. Neither Ardupilot nor its creators can prevent it, and although its code of conduct explicitly facilitates militarization, there is no restrictive license: knowledge is already in the hands of Who wants to use it. In the context of the current conflict, this means a silent revolution: it is not only the armies that free wars, but also free software developers. Ardupilot The Made in China answer. Before the gigantic industry Of low -cost drones that is hitting its troops, Russia has revealed an unprecedented development: a Chinese laser system To tear down drones, they report several Telegram proruse channels. Although it has not yet been officially confirmed, Images and videos disseminated They show a military vehicle shooting a laser beam capable of drilling metal plates and setting fire to drones in full flight. The appearance of the system coincides with the characteristics of the SHEN NUNG 3000 OR THE 5000 MODELan anti -gluvated weapon presented by China and that would also have been delivered to Iran. Analysts of the International Institute for Strategic Studies They point out thatalthough with some modifications, the system used by Russian forces has been derived directly of Chinese design. In fact, Russian military have confirmed that it is already In the hands of units as The Spetsnaz of the nomadic unit, and have even celebrated its effectiveness as an advance against previous technologies considered ineffective or excessively expensive. SHEN NUNG China, Iran and Russia. The entrance of this technology expands the analysis. The growing cooperation Technological between Beijing, Moscow and Tehran is reflected in the circulation of systems Like Shen Nungdeveloped by the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics. Although its operational use is still limited and its real abilities have not been tested in high -intensity scenarios, its mere presence on the battlefield indicates a qualitative change: the powers that seek to challenge the western order are sharing advanced capabilities, many of them before reserved for a handful of countries. Plus: The appearance of this system in Russian territory coincides with recent information that indicates that they will also go I would be using itconfirming that it is available in the market and has already been exported. From Ukraine to the Middle East. The use of laser weapons is not exclusive to the Moscow-Pekín-Teherán axis, of course. Israel has also recently deployed Your Iron Beam system (known as Magen or in Hebrew) to intercept Hezbollah dronesa weapon that combines response speed, precision and low cost per shot. The Israeli system, developed by Rafael and the Air Force, is still in the final test phase, but has already been used in combat. United States, meanwhile, has deployed experimental units of laser weapons in advanced positions and ships, although the advances have been slower than expected due to technical challenges such as the sensitivity of the components, thermal limits and reduced efficacy in adverse environmental conditions. Promise and fragility. Be that as it may, and although these weapons represent a significant advance in the anti -aircraft defense, They are still vulnerable: They have a limited scope, their performance depends on the weather, and require specialized maintenance. Even so, in an environment where drone swarms are increasingly frequent and difficult to intercept with traditional systems, lasers offer a solution attractive. Their low cost per shoot and their ability to operate without physical ammunition make them an emerging alternative, especially for countries that seek to overcome technological asymmetries. Between codes and science fiction. The irruption of a Chinese laser system In the Russian-Ukrainian Front marks a turning point in the use of directed energy weapons and in the global geostrategic dynamics. What until recently seemed a matter of fantastic literature is now a real instrument of combat and deterrence. In parallel, Ukraine has been able … Read more

Technology is already here, social conscience is not yet

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He arrested in Barcelona that recorded hundreds of women with their Ray-Ban Meta marks a before and after: we have entered the era of voyeurism invisible. We do not know when it will end, but we have just opened it. Why is it important. Until now, recording without consent required obviousness (taking out the mobile) or sophistication (hidden cameras). The Meta Ray-Ban have democratized the undercover recording: for 329 euros not only have some sunglasses with good design and headphones incorporated, you also have an almost imperceptible camera in your face. When we tried them We commented that his camera was not too remarkable, but perceptible. By the news we understand that it is not as noticeable as we believed. The context. As Antonio Ortiz analyzes in Error 500the Google Glass could not get here because they were too obvious. The finish lines are their antithesis: they look like normal glasses, the recording LED is tiny, and above all, people have not yet developed a social alarm before them. Between the lines. We are in the period of maximum vulnerability: technology is already here, but no social consciousness. And the detainee exploded precisely that gap: he knew the abilities of these glasses, but his victims did not. He recorded 329 videos (a Euro per video) without any of the women to be suspected of being recorded. Possibly the majority even knew about the existence of these glasses. The threat. This is only the beginning. Goal prepares the functions of AI that will allow this camera to do much more. How to recognize. In fact already There are users who have managed to create homemade facial recognition systems With these glasses. The next question is inevitable: how many conversations and private scenes are being recorded right now without us knowing? Yes, but. Goal designed a double safeguard: LED light that detects if it has been covered (and blocks the camera) and sound when you start recording. The problem arises when a malicious user eludes them deliberately or when people do not know how to interpret them. In addition, the sound at the beginning of the recording is as easy to avoid how to start recording in advance. New social conventions are clearly missing. We need to develop the same alarms we have when someone looks at us with a mobile whose camera points to us. Until that happens, Anyone with 329 euros And bad idea can become a camouflaged spy. Or in a voyeur With bad drool. Outstanding image | Goal In Xataka | There is a boiling market in which target is eating its entire competition: that of smart glasses

prioritize “your” technology, even worse

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Nvidia It is not another supplier of the Chinese market. He developed a special chip for him. He spent a lot of money on adapting his Blackwell technology to overcome US government restrictions. Prepared A cheaper GPU than H20specifically designed To meet the demands of Washington without losing the 17,000 million dollars that China represents in its annual turnover. And it sold very well. The last strategic movement of Xi Jinping transmits a clear message: China no longer wants to depend on US chips. Not even those adapted. It is a practically unprecedented decision because it leaves China choosing a lower (but temporary) technological position with its own semiconductors. The alternative was to access world leadership. But depending on American chips. Xi Jinping is a deeply Chinese movement: to support present humiliation to load with a greater responsibility. “忍辱负重” (Ren Ru Fu Zhong) In technological version. Who controls the technological basis controls the future. Although the base is initially lower. The strategy is not new: China has been applying this logic for twenty years. When Google dominated searches, he opted for Baidu. When Facebook conquered the world, they developed Wechat. When the planet hooked on Instagram, Tiktok proposed. The same pattern: initially worse proposals, but Chinese. The result is that of a completely independent digital ecosystem that serves a market four times greater than the American without depending on Silicon Valley. The semiconductors are the level rise in this bet. Unlike software, chips require decades of investment, very complex supply chains and tremendously specialized knowledge. But China has already shown that it is willing to pay that price building A parallel technological ecosystem with Huawei in semiconductors and consumer electronics, Metax or Biren for GpusMoore Threads in Gaming and many other companies backed by the State. The goal: completely replace Nvidia in a decade. This transformation sublimates post-pandemic China. For decades, the country was the world workshop: it manufactured Western designs with labor as large as cheap. That ended. The new China is a technological creator, does not mere efficient manufacturing. The pandemic and scars of the commercial war that almost takes Huawei accelerated that transition: China understood that it depended too much on foreign technology And he drew a plan. The China strategy It reflects this evolution: not only that Baidu, Alibaba or Tencent have models that compete with those of OpenAi; It is that each layer is China. Servers, chips, data with which they train. Everything is sovereign and AI is really China. The results, despite how it is, are more than promising: Alipay and Wechat Pay have displaced both cash and Visa and Master Card. Alibaba and JD cancel Amazon. They built from scratch before depending on foreign technology. And in some cases they have surpassed the originals. Even in its own market. This rupture marks the moment when technological globalization died definitely. Two Silicon Valley emerge: one that designed for the West and a Chinese ecosystem that designed for the rest. Digital bifurcation crystallizes. China has decided to build its own technological world, accepting the initial inferiority to avoid eternal subordination. A civilization with ancient vision sacrifices the present for the future. Xi’s decision redefines the meaning of “winning” in technology. For decades, winning meant having the best products, the most advanced, which the market preferred. China proposes a different metric: winning is controlling your technological destination, even if you temporarily have lower products. It is prefer to imperfect sovereignty to excellence borrowed. Nvidia, Intel or Qualcomm can try to convince XI that they are better with them. They can sign with their own blood and others the concessions that are needed to continue doing business there (as Apple did). They can promise unbeatable conditions and unprecedented technological transfers. But The president has already chosen: China will be independent or will not be power. And that decision has just changed the world order for the next fifty years. In Xataka | Chine Outstanding image | Xataka

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