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The same day that the US threatened Spain and said it did not need the Rota base, the US invested 13 million in expanding the Rota base

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More than 7,000 kilometers from Washington, on the coast of Cádiz, is one of the military enclaves most important of the United States outside its territory. NATO missile shield destroyers operate from there and dozens of military ships and aircraft pass each year heading to Africa, the Middle East or the eastern Mediterranean. In the midst of international escalation, that place returns to position in the center of the geopolitical board. And it reminds us again that everything has a price. Political noise and military reality. The diplomatic crisis between the United States and Spain in the wake of the war against Iran has been marked by harsh statements, veiled threats and rhetoric that suggested a strategic rupture between both countries. Washington openly criticized the refusal of the Spanish Government to allow the use of the Rota and Morón bases for operations against Iran, while Madrid defended that this war lacked legal coverage and it did not have international support. However, under this political clash a much more prosaic reality remains intact: the daily functioning of military cooperation between both countries. has barely changed. Bilateral agreements remain in force, facilities continue to operate normally and collaboration between the armed forces runs through technical channels that, although it may not seem like it, are completely separate from diplomatic noise. A threat with millions under his arm. Yes, the most revealing paradox of this situation occurred on the same day that the United States raised its tone against Spain and dropped that I didn’t need the naval base of Rota. While the political rhetoric spoke of distancing, the US Department of Defense simultaneously awarded a contract of about 13 million of euros to renew various infrastructures within the Cádiz base, from paving and parking lots to structural repairs and painting of facilities. It we count last week. The contract, awarded to a spanish company and with an execution period of five years, it was not an isolated investment but part of a broader program of modernization that will last until the next decade. In practice, while public discourse hinted at a strategic cooldown, the Pentagon was reaffirming with money and works that Rota remains a centerpiece of its military architecture in Europe. Rota as a logistical pillar. Investments are not limited to maintenance work. Washington has also approved projects much more ambitioussuch as the construction of enormous fuel depots capable of storing tens of thousands of barrels to supply naval aviation and ships of the 6th Fleet. Added to this are new missile warehousesammunition maintenance facilities, hangars for strategic transport aircraft and improvements to docks and landing strips. All this logistical reinforcement has a clear recipient: the US destroyers permanently deployed in Rota, which will soon pass five to six unitsin addition to the numerous ships and aircraft that use the base as a support point for operations in Africa, the Mediterranean and NATO’s southern flank. Thus, far from losing relevance compared to other locations such as Morocco, Rota is thus consolidating itself as one of the most important logistical nodes of the US naval strategy. Spain also expands its base. As we write A few days ago, the reinforcement of Rota is not just an American bet. The Spanish Navy has also launched its own expansion plan to solve an increasingly evident problem: the base has become too small for the number of ships it houses. Currently, American destroyers, a large part of the Spanish fleet, amphibious units and naval aircraft coexist there, in addition to ships participating in international exercises. Solution? To absorb this growing traffic, the Ministry of Defense is preparing a profound transformation of the facilities valued at more than 300 million eurosone that will practically double the port’s capacity with new docks, fuel tanks and logistical expansions. The project even contemplates modify the mouth of a nearby river and reclaim dozens of hectares from the sea to build new port infrastructure for the future F-110 frigates and to the Spanish amphibious ships. Morón and cooperation. Meanwhile, the Morón air base also continues to be part of the joint military plans. US command reports new facilities are planned ammunition storage and improvements in critical infrastructure within the Sevillian facility, with investments that could reach tens of millions of dollars. At the same time, air operations continue developing normally: American tanker planes continue to use Spanish bases for their logistics missions and, when the Spanish Government limited their use for certain operations related to Iran, the aircraft simply they moved temporarily to other European bases without altering global military cooperation. The Frigate and Iran. In fact, Spain’s own military performance in the conflict illustrates well this duality between political discourse and strategic reality. While Madrid insists that it is not participating in the offensive against Iran nor does it allow the use of its bases for that purpose, Spain has at the same time deployed one of its most advanced units in the eastern Mediterranean. The Frigate Christopher Columbusequipped with the Aegis combat system and anti-aircraft missiles capable of intercepting threats at more than 150 kilometers, has been integrated into the air-naval group of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle next to Greek ships to protect Cyprus against attacks with missiles or drones. Its mission is defensive and framed within the support of European partners, but its presence demonstrates that Spain remains fully involved in regional security in the midst of the escalation of the conflict. The diplomatic “show” and the military machinery. In short, the sum of all these movements paints a peculiar scenario, to say the least. On the surface, the declaration war between Washington and Madrid suggests deep tensions and strategic disagreements over intervention in Iran. But under this political spectacle, the joint military machine continues working normally. 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The US threatened to take the Rota base to Morocco. Spain has buried it with an unbeatable offer: more territory

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Since the Madrid Pacts Since 1953, the US military presence in southern Spain has been one of the silent pillars of Western security architecture. Throughout the Cold War, the crises in the Mediterranean and the successive enlargements of NATO, this relationship has survived changes of government, diplomatic tensions and strategic redefinitions without losing its structural weight. Therefore, an idea that had gained strength It worried Spain. The threat that shook the board. It happened in the summer of 2025, when from circles close to the Republican Party slipped the idea of ​​moving the Rota and Morón bases to Morocco in response to the Spanish refusal to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP. As the days passed, the debate stopped being rhetorical and became a strategic question of first order. The proposal suggested that Washington could punish an ally considered insufficiently committed by relocating key assets to the Maghreb, in a context of increasing US support for Rabat and internal tensions in NATO over burden sharing. However, beyond the political noise, the real viability of this maneuver depended on much deeper factors than a simple temporary decision. The first reason: anti-missile shields. Rota is not an interchangeable base, but an essential node of the NATO missile shield together with Romania and Poland, integrated into a system of sensors, radars, satellites and command centers that requires millimeter coordination and reaction times of between five and twenty-five minutes. Not only that. Also houses Aegis destroyers equipped with SM-3 missiles and is part of the technical framework whose nerve center is in Germany, all in allied territory fully integrated into the Atlantic Alliance. The simple idea of ​​moving that capacity to Morocco would imply rebuild from scratch critical infrastructures, redesign the legal and operational framework and, above all, locate sensitive parts of the system in a country that does not belong to NATO, with the legal and political complications that this entails. Morocco is not NATO territory. Rabat has offered in the past ports and military facilitiesand its weight as a strategic partner in the Maghreb and the Sahel has grown exponentially hand in hand with US support for the Sahara and normalization with Israel. However, it is one thing to strengthen cooperation and quite another to replace a structural base already established by facilities outside the allied legal and military umbrella. They remembered in Infodefensa that implementing equivalent capabilities there would require extremely complex bilateral agreements, multimillion-dollar investments and institutional guarantees difficult to match those of a European partner, in addition to altering the logistical balance that allows the United States Navy operate with continuity in the Mediterranean, the eastern Atlantic and Africa. A second irrefutable reason. As they said this morning in Spanishfar from reducing its weight, Rota has begun an expansion valued at more than 400 million of euros, a work that involves new docks, semi-buried magazines and maintenance contracts that can reach 90 million annually with up to six destroyers deployed. In this way, Spain has not only authorized the increase from four to six Aegis vessels, but is adapting the infrastructure to double docking capacity and consolidate the base as a high-tech anti-aircraft and anti-submarine node. In political and strategic terms, the operation amounts to a kind of reinforced transfer of territory and operational sovereignty, although assuming, of course, that the base converts Spanish soil into a potential target in the event of conflict. Broken as a structural piece. In short, the presence of thousands of American soldiers, the agreed ceiling in the bilateral agreement and the local economic impact show a relationship that transcends governments and cycles politicians. So that the hypothesis of a transfer If Morocco were to be moderately credible, clear signs of withdrawal should be observed, such as a reduction in ships or a halt in investments, and the truth is that exactly the opposite is happening. There was already a compelling reason why the United States could not take the base to Morocco: its irreplaceable integration in the NATO architecture. And now Spain has just added a second one that is even more difficult to ignore, by reinforcing and expanding that presence with investments and effective transfer of strategic space that consolidate the Rota base. as a structural piece of Washington’s device in Europe. Image | NavyUS Navy In Xataka | In 1953 the United States decided to put a naval base in Rota. Now the facility looks to its future with uncertainty In Xataka | If the question is whether Spain can deny the US its bases to provide air support to Israel, the answer is not so simple.

In 2024 we feared that the asteroid YR4 would impact the Earth. Now NASA believes the Moon is threatened

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For a few weeks at the beginning of 2025, the name 2024 YR4 became an absolute protagonist among the main institutions around the planet. It was no wonder, since this object, with an estimated size between 40 and 60 metersreached the level 3 on the Torino scalea milestone that we have not seen for a long time and that implies a probability of collision greater than 1% with the capacity to produce devastating local damage. We are saved. After this fear, science has managed to reach the conclusion that the Earth is safe now. However, the story of 2024 YR4 is not over, since the latest models suggest that, although it will avoid us, there is a non-negligible probability that it will end up crashing into the Moon. How we knew. Initially, NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) held his breath in early 2025. The first observations showed a worrying scenario for the year 2032 with this possible impact, but the moment more attention began to be paid to this object it was seen that it was not going to end up on Earth. The key to being able to breathe a little calmer again lies in the ‘shoulders’ of the James Webb which began making observations in May 2025. The space telescope made it possible to refine the asteroid’s orbit with a 20% precision improvement, confirming that there is no risk of impact against our planetnor an orbital alteration of the Moon that could affect us secondarily. But by closing a door, the JWST opened a fascinating and destructive window: the probability that 2024 YR4 will impact the Moon has risen from 3.8% to 4.3%. The lunar judgment. According to studies recently published on arXiv, the key date is December 22, 2032. That day is where there is about a 1 in 23 chance that we will see a violent spectacle on the lunar surface with an impact that would release an energy of 6.5 megatons of TNT. This is something very relevant, since this great energy would generate a crater approximately one kilometer in diameter and the ejection of 100 million kilos of lunar debris with a cloud of material equivalent to the weight of about 20,000 elephants. From Earth. Logically, this impact, although it does not occur on the planet, the truth is that it will have important consequences and not exactly physical ones, but rather a visual phenomenon. The debris that will be ejected from the Moon could enter the Earth’s atmosphere some time later, generating an unprecedented meteor shower caused by a secondary impact. The use of technology. Over time, the European Space Agency has also validated this data, placing the size of the object more specifically between 53 and 67 meters and confirming the 4% probability of having an impact on the moon. Although logically we also have a 96% chance that it will completely pass from the Moon. But this asteroid has had a very positive point: it has vindicated the need to improve space detection tools. And right now these objects are hiding in the “blind spot” of the sun’s glare, although with this one we were lucky that the ATLAS system in Chile managed to detect it. A future mission. Given this limitation that we have, the ESA has seen it necessary to activate the NEOMIR missionsince if it had already been active, it would have detected the asteroid a month earlier, offering vital reaction time if the threat had been against the Earth and not against the Moon. And now what. For now, we have to wait. The asteroid has moved away in this case and will not be in an optimal position to make an observation again until 2028. It will be then that astronomers will be able to refine this 4.3% probability and tell us definitively whether we will spend Christmas 2032 looking at the Moon to see how a new crater forms live. Images | Mike Petrucci NASA Hubble Space Telescope In Xataka | Japan has lost a five-ton satellite in the most unusual way imaginable: “it fell” during launch

Someone has analyzed 136 million buildings threatened by rising sea levels. And there are reasons to worry

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One of the biggest threats we have as a society is undoubtedly rising sea levels. A process that is slow, but that can end up changing the mental maps that we now have from world geography to finish coastal areas of some regions completely flooded. Something that a study wanted to shed light on analyzed building by building flood risk in the Global South. And the result is alarming. The study. Published in npj Urban Sustainabilityis the first to analyze the impact on this scale in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. “The rise in sea level is a slow but unstoppable consequence of the global warming that is already impacting coastal populations and will continue for centuries,” explains Natalya Gomez, co-author of the study. The numbers. The study analyzes the exposure of buildings to different levels of local sea level rise (LSLR), regardless of a specific time scale. This allows the findings to remain relevant as climate projections are updated. In this case the data is quite compelling. First of all, with just 0.5 meters of sea level rise, 3 million buildings would be submerged under the sea. Something that is inevitable right now, even if the most ambitious emissions cuts on the table are applied. If we talk about a five-meter rise in sea level, a scenario that could occur in several hundred years if emissions do not stop, the exposure would skyrocket to 45 million buildings. And in the most extreme case, with a 20-meter rise in the LSLR, the figure would reach 136 million buildings. How it was done. To achieve this level of detail, the scientific team combined several cutting-edge technologies. They used the database Google Open Buildings V2which identifies the location and outline of billions of buildings by analyzing satellite images. This data was cross-referenced with FABDEM, a digital global elevation model that, thanks to machine learning, removes the height of trees and buildings themselves to obtain the true elevation of the “bare ground.” This is crucial to not underestimate the risk of flooding. Finally, they adjusted the calculations using a global tidal model to reflect the water level during high tide, thus providing a more realistic estimate of the danger. Uneven impact. The risk is not the same in all regions, since the study reveals that in the early stages of sea level rise, Africa is the continent with the highest number of buildings affected. However, as the LSLR intensifies, Southeast Asia quickly comes to dominate the flood figures. A key finding is the non-linear nature of the threat. Building loss is relatively high below two meters LSLR, but accelerates dramatically between 2 and 4 meters. Professor Jeff Cardile, co-author of the study, points out that “we were surprised by the large number of buildings at risk from relatively modest long-term sea level rise.” This means that we are not facing a problem that is gradually worsening, but rather one that could reach tipping points with devastating consequences. Many of these buildings are located in low-altitude, high-density areas, affecting entire neighborhoods and critical infrastructure such as ports, refineries, and cultural heritage enclaves. Planning. Beyond the global warning, the study seeks to be a useful tool. Researchers have created an interactive map available through Google Earth which allows policy makers and urban planners to visualize which regions face the greatest exposure. And on this map you will be able to see, building by building, the risk of ending up below sea level as a consequence of climate change. A global problem. Although this study has focused on the effects that will occur in Africa or Asia, the reality is that it is a problem that affects us all. As the study points out, all of us depend on food, goods and fuel that pass through ports and coastal infrastructure that are exposed to this rise in sea level. Thus, disruption of this infrastructure can cause disruption with serious economic consequences globally. That is why this tool can guide climate adaptation strategies, such as the construction of protective infrastructure, the adjustment of land use planning or, in some cases, the planned relocation of communities. As Maya Willard-Stepan, lead author of the study, concludes: “We cannot escape at least a moderate amount of sea level rise. The sooner coastal communities start planning, the more likely they are to continue to thrive.” Images | Chris Gallagher Marc Pell In Xataka | In the midst of climate change, cities only have one question to answer: become a sponge or a mousetrap

It seemed difficult for the Galapagos Islands to be more threatened. And then a watchmaking pump arrived: Airbnb

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This summer, and while Spain declared war to the sector, the holiday rental He reached levels that until recently they would have seemed more typical of a dystopia. In fact, the platforms began to do business to the Pool rental for hours. Meanwhile, in places like New York, who closed the tap to Airbnb in 2023, they had discovered that two years later Hotels are happy. With this scenario, the Galapagos Islands have encountered the problem at home. The arrival of Airbnb. I told the weekend The New York Times. In the Galapagos Islands, one of the most delicate natural environments on the planet, the rise of Airbnb after the pandemic has transformed the tourist panorama. Alicia Ayalaknown as “the queen of Airbnb”, Symbolize This turn: rent apartments at affordable prices that attract backpackers and middle -class families, in contrast to elitist tourism that dominated for decades. Figures? Today there is More than 1,300 accommodations of this type compared to about 300 regulated hotels, which has generated an explosion of low -budget visitors who spend less and, according to critics, contribute to environmental deterioration and the banalization of a declared place World Heritage. Impact and tensions. Criticisms focus on the inability of short rentals to meet the Strict environmental standards that do govern for hotels, forced to pay permits, provide conservation funds and manage waste in a territory without drinking water or sustainable energy. The proliferation of uninformed visitors multiplies harmful behaviors: garbage on beaches, protected fauna or consumption of threatened species. In fact, researchers They warn that uncontrolled tourism threatens to convert the islands into a “Venice of Nature”, where the immediate economy of the preservation of unique ecosystems. Mass tourism and local economy. The archipelago went from receiving 6,000 annual visitors in the seventies to a forecast of 300,000 in 2025driven by commercial flights, social networks and the appearance of cheap excursions replacing the traditional luxury cruises. What is happening is A stage that It is repeated in The entire planet. This massification has left family hotels with empty rooms, while competing against Airbnbs that operate with lower costs and low supervision. At the same time, the tourism sector holds 80% Of the 30,000 inhabitants, so the dilemma between immediate income and sustainability becomes more acute in an isolated environment that depends on expensive imports and limited services. The legal (and political) battle. Although the Ecuadorian Constitution and the special legislation of the Galapagos They recognize rights of nature and limit hotel development, the absence of specific regulation for Airbnb generates a void that the hosts have taken advantage of. The Ministry of Tourism He has declared illegal Many of these accommodations and has ordered closures, but lacks effective control mechanisms, while platforms such as Airbnb claim to comply with current regulations and ask for clear rules. UNESCO He has urged Ecuador to stop growth and regulate digital tourism, although the attempts of hoteliers to achieve changes have been left unworthy. Threats and uncertain future. To tensions for tourism problems are added of illegal fishing, drug trafficking And, more recently, the fusion of the Ministry of Environment with that of Energy and Mines, played by experts such as a turn towards The exploitation of resources above conservation. In this context, the dispute between regulated hotels and hosts of Airbnb reflects a deeper conflict: to what extent Ecuador is willing to sacrifice Ecological integrity of the galapagos to sustain their economy. Among the pressure of tourism growth, the lack of effective regulation and the political signals that prioritize extraction on preservation, the future of the archipelago as a natural sanctuary remains, more than ever, in question. Image | Diego Delso In Xataka | In 2023 New York closed the tap to Airbnb to protect his home. Two years later, only hotels are happy In Xataka | Airbnb has just eliminated 65,000 tourist floors. The problem is that consumption has found another 55,000

The US threatened Apple to make the iPhone at home. Apple is already going through the hoop

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The United States is going well for the tariff pulse. Although The dollar continues to sufferthe direct results of their demands to other countries continue to have positive returns. Trump has made its commercial partners pay more tariffs than before “Liberation Day“, And he is getting the same with great technological ones. What happened. Donald Trump has announced a new plan for semiconductor imports: he wants to establish a 100% rate on chips to companies that do not commit to manufacture in the United States. Your threats They are clear again: “We are going to apply a very high tax to chips and semiconductors. But the good news for companies such as Apple is that if they are manufacturing in the United States, or have the commitment to do so, without any doubt, there will be no charge” Apple breathes. Trump launched his new tariff threats with Tim Cook present in the Oval Office. Apple’s CEO was in the White House uploading its national investment commitment: to the 500,000 million dollars announced To spend in the country for the next four years, the company will add another 100,000 million dollars. In total, they promise 450,000 jobs and manufacture in 79 national factories, directly hiring 20,000 people. Apple’s investment responds to something very simple: tranquility. And the immediate effect is Trump’s words: we will apply a very high tax to chips and semiconductors. But the good news for companies like Apple is that if they are manufacturing in the United States, or have the commitment to do so, without any doubt, there will be no charge. ” Apple will manufacture all your glass with corning in the United States. That the iPhone does not cost $ 2,300 does not come out cheap. The iPhone Pro still starts from $ 999, and The forecast With the first tariffs announced by Trump it was an iPhone Pro Max of 1 TB would pass from $ 1,599 to $ 2,300. A real shot in the foot. Tim Cook has commented several times the difficulties in producing in the United States, and although at the moment it is very far from manufacturing an in full iPhone, the crystal of all its iPhone It will be 100% national product. Adds to the steps taken to produce rare earth magnets on American soil. Together with the great investment announced, entertaining Trump has also cost UNa Crystal statue with a 24 carat gold base. As it sounds. That the iPhone 17 Pro just up 50 dollarsas is rumored, there will be little cost: only a small investment of 600,000 million dollars. To put it in perspective, they are the total income of Apple almost two fiscal years. Eye with not complying. In this tariff race, it is still about to see that companies and countries fulfill what is promised. And, for example, Europe has promised to buy $ 600,000 million in energy from the United States. The problem is that Neither Europe has that money, nor the United States has energy. Preview that there will be nozzle cases, Trump has launched his warning to whom he promises to take production to the country and do not do so: “If for some reason you say that you are manufacturing and do not, then we return and add it, accumulate and charge you on a later date.” TSMC already covered his back. Taiwanese TSMC manufactures the majority of avant -garde chips of companies such as Apple and Nvidia, so that tariffs imposed on their sales would affect the entire technology industry in cascade. However, in March of this year, Trump already proclaimed himself winner of the pulse. TSMC announced An investment of 100,000 million dollars To build five new plants in the United States, which joined the other three they already had in Arizona. If Trump fulfills his words about the exemption of charges (“if they are manufacturing in the United States, or have the commitment to do so”), they should get rid of tariffs. Tariffs beyond technology. Trump also announced extra tariffs yesterday for another of the most important countries in world trade: India. On the Asian country, 25% tariffs were going to fall in force today, August 7. However, as punishment for the importation of Russian oil and gas, Trump announced an extra 25%. This is what they call “secondary sanctions” from the White In Xataka | Streaming is discovering something: cheap with ads is more profitable than expensive without ads

After achieving what seemed impossible, Nvidia sees his future in China threatened by something terrifying: the bureaucracy

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What is happening to Nvidia with the GPU to artificial intelligence (AI) H20 It is a real odyssey. Currently this chip is its best asset to protect its position in the Chinese market, but at the current situation it is not clear that the company led by Jensen Huang go survive In this gigantic Asian country. Interestingly, the beginnings of this GPU in China were extraordinarily promising because Their sales grew by 50% quarter to quarter since it arrived in this market in mid -2024. However, everything was complicated for Nvidia in the middle of last April. And is that the US Department of Commerce imposed new restrictions To the export to China of the H20 GPU, which in practice caused this chip to stop reaching the Chinese clients of this company. This news Nvidia’s shares sank 6% in the bag because I could no longer attend the commitments linked to the H20 GPU that it had acquired. At the beginning of July there was another unexpected turn of events. Jensen Huang met with Donald Trump and got something that seemed impossible: the trade department would allow him Sell again in China the H20 chip. Since then four weeks have passed and Nvidia continues to wait. He has not yet received the export license you need to sell this GPU in China, and, According to ReutersThe problem is that the Commerce Department is mired in the bureaucracy, which has originated a delay in the concession of export licenses that has not occurred for more than 30 years. The future of Nvidia in China is in the hands of the Chinese government This delay comes at the worst time for Nvidia. Among Chinese clients who have bought great amounts of this GPU, and that presumably plan to continue doing itare Tencent, Alibaba or Bytedance. But if the Department of Commerce takes much more the delivery of the export license to NVIDIA these commercial operations could be canceled. And it is that Jensen Huang’s company has another very important open front. The CAC is responsible for the censorship and control of the contents published in the network As We explain to you last weekthe administration of the cyberspace of China, usually known as CAC for its English denomination (Cyberspace Administration of China), he has decided Thoroughly investigate the H20 GPU. This institution is the main Internet regulatory body in China and is responsible for the censorship and control of the contents published in the Network, the supervision of technology companies and compliance with the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law. The problem that Nvidia faces now is that The CAC has decided to investigate it Because he suspects that the H20 chip could incorporate a rear door of difficult location by Chinese experts. If so, the possibility of China to use this GPU could be possible. At the moment the CAC has limited himself to questioning those responsible for NVIDIA in China and ask them to demonstrate that the H20 Chip does not represent a threat to the interests and security of the country led by Xi Jinping. As expected, Nvidia has immediately responded to the Chinese authorities and is collaborating to dissipate as soon as possible the doubts that loom about the H20 chip. According to SCMPthose responsible for the company in China have assured CAC researchers that the GPUs for the develops They do not incorporate any “back door” implemented to facilitate espionage by the US government. “Cybersecurity is of vital importance for us”, has declared A NVIDIA executive. “We have no rear doors in our chips that can give someone remote access or the ability to control them.” Probably during the next few days we will know how this conflict ends. Image | Nvidia More information | Reuters In Xataka | The US gives Huawei a great opportunity: to get its new chip for AI with the Nvidia market in China

The United States has threatened reprisals to Spain if it does not put 5% of GDP in defense. Olive oil trembles

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They do not run easy times for Spanish olive oil. Still Broken marketthe turbulence in prices and suspicion of the “speculation”now an unexpected threat is added: Donald Trump’s anger. Yesterday, after the disagreement between Washington and Madrid during the NATO Summit, the Republican said he will “pay” Spain for his refusal to dedicate 5% of GDP to military spending. He did not go into details, but it was enough to stir the ghost of the tariffs. Especially for a sector, that of olive oil, with a key weight in the US. “They pay double”. It is not the first time that Donald Trump shows Your anger For the reluctance of Spain to dedicate 5% of GDP to defense, but never before had it done so round. On Wednesday, after Sánchez insisted on his refusal to reach the same expense commitment as the rest of NATO allies, the Republican warned Spain that would have to pay yes or yes. “It is terrible what Spain is doing and we will make it pay,” Trump started After the NATO summit held in The Hague. “It is the only country that refuses to pay. We are going to make them pay twice, but otherwise (…). The Spanish economy is going very well, but it could be razed if something happens.” Have I heard tariffs? The US president did not stay there. He said he would look for a way to “compensate him” and launched a notice: “We are negotiating with Spain a commercial agreement and we will make them pay double.” The experts They recognize that it is difficult for the US in less than two weeks The deadline agreed by Washington and Brussels expires to avoid a tariff war, his words have raised blisters. “It takes us out of the market”. The restlessness is greater among the sectors with the greatest presence on the other side of the Atlantic and that, therefore, more harmed would be seen if Trump uses its tariffs to ‘punish’ Spain. In 2024 our country exported goods worth more than more than 21.200 million of dollars, with a prominent weight of certain sectors, such as machinery, pharmacist or agri -food. And in the latter there are those who already recognize their concern. “It seems tremendously serious. It gives us panic and of course (if fulfilled) it completely takes us out of the market,” Recognize to the Efe Rafael Sánchez de Puerta agency, president of the Agrifood Cooperatives Oil section. The sector knows what he’s talking about, he remembers, because years ago he has already suffered The tariffs activated by Washington in the middle of Boeing-Airbus commercial war. A figure: 1,031 million. The olive oil is not the only sector that has been put on guard. In the last hours the looks have also been directed to other industries with a strong presence in the US, such as The wine or pharmacist. However The data The government shows that the oil mills are one of the most vulnerable to Trump’s anger, at least within the agricultural sector. Last year they sold in the US more than 113,400 tons of olive oil by 1,013 million of euros, 58% more than the previous year. In fact, the American is one of the largest markets in the sector, after the Italian. If the White House decided to apply levies to olive oil, Spanish producers would see how they are complicated 15% of its exports. The what … and when. The tariff ghost also caught the oil industry at a complex time, after several years marked by squalid campaigns due to droughts and a not much simpler horizon. Although farmers are enjoying a good harvest, which will overcome the 1.4 million tonsthey face a price drop in origin that has dragged them to a committed situation. So much that the Ministry of Agriculture has already moved to remove oil from the market, If you judge it necessary. Images | Gage Skidmore (Flickr) and NEUFAL54 In Xataka | The Spaniards have been telling us that olive oil is the healthiest. Science has something to say

In his effort for national manufacturing, the US has threatened Samsung. It will serve as little

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Or Apple manufactures the iPhone in the United States, or the Trump administration will impose an additional 25%tariff. The last weeks of May are starring New threats to technology companiessome that They will serve as little in the case of Apple. As much as a new tariff is imposed, the company is still more profitable to manufacture in India than in the United States. It is not the only one under the spotlight. Trump has recently stated that “Samsung and any other that manufactures this product” (the smartphone) will face tariffs. The message is clear: if it is sold in the United States, you want to be manufactured in the United States. Samsung, under the spotlight. In the general photography of best -selling mobile brands in the world, there is not much beyond Chinese brands. Samsung and Apple are the main protagonists, with a minority participation of giants such as Google or Motorola. Trump has made it clear that all telephone manufacturer that manufactures out of the United States will have to face new tariffs. And there is not one that manufactures there. Vietnam as refuge. The history of the Samsung supply chain is one in which China ceased to be present more than ten years ago. The company made a strategic bet for Vietnam, its investments in the country in 2024 exceeded 220 million dollars, and employs more than 100,000 people in which, for years, it was its main refuge against the commercial war between China and the United States. The South Korean giant production chain is strategically diversified between countries such as Vietnam, South Korea, Brazil or Indonesia, having closed its last Chinese phone factories in 2019. The possible impact. Samsung is in a situation similar to Apple’s. Currently, plants in Vietnam are more than 50% of their global production volume. This country has a minimum labor costof just three dollars an hour in electronics. Moving the production chain to the United States is simply unassumable, due to labor costs, factor and R&D, degree of automation in Vietnamese production and lack of a pool of thousands of technicians willing to work in the shifts that make possible the current rhythm of Samsung in Vietnam. A tariff hurts, but less than moving the production chain. A 25% tariff would destroy the current margins of Samsung and force both to absorb a certain part of them and to raise the price of the product in the United States. It is still a better plan to allocate decades to rebuild from scratch an infrastructure and technical specialization in which they have been allocating millions of dollars for more than ten years. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Samsung had it difficult with its exynos processors. Google and Xiaomi have only aggravated their situation

Mark Zuckerberg has threatened to say goodbye to those who filter the information of their meetings: we know it for a filtration

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Information leaks They represent a serious problem For large corporations since it provides relevant information on their strategy, allowing them to react in advance. In the finish line, the leaks of comments of his CEO in the personnel meetings have been a problem, and that is reported by Mark Zuckerberg to his workers. Of course, everything Zuckerberg said at that meeting, also He immediately leaked. Filtered statements Last week, Mark Zuckerberg brought together employees from their headquarters to answer some of their questions, assuring them that 2025 was going to be a very year very intense goalso he recommended to his employees “open the belts.” In Xataka Mark Zuckerberg begins a new “purge” in finish. It will fire thousands of employees for low performance, according to Bloomberg However, such and as they pointed out from The Vergesomething had changed in the dynamics of these staff meetings. Mark Zuckerberg and the company’s managers would not answer compromising questions or the most voted, as they used to do. “We will jump the questions that we believe could be unproductive if they are filtered,” Zuckerberg said. The Meta CEO explained that, every time he made a comment at those meetings, his statements They appeared immediately published in the press As if he had made them directly to your microphones. “We try to be very open and then everything I say filters. It is shit,” the millionaire lamented. Ironically, these statements by Mark Zuckerberg also leaked immediately. OBJECTIVE: Hunt to the mole The Meta Security Department has seriously proposed with these internal leaks and, in a circular that – yes, It has leaked– He sent the staff, announced that target will fire information filters If they were identified. “We take the leaks very seriously and we will take measures,” said Guy Rosen, director of Meta Information Security in the filtered memorandum. {“videoid”: “x99YHC8”, “Autoplay”: fals, “Title”: “Conversation with goal Ai using the voice in WhatsApp”, “Tag”: “Webedia-Prod”, “Duration”: “93”} “When information is stolen or filtered, there are repercussions that go beyond the immediate impact on security. Our equipment demoralizes and we all lose time that it would be better to use to work on our products and in the achievement of our goals and our mission” , Rosen explained. The document indicates that some employees have already been dismissed for “exfracting confidential documents”, although there are no details of the positions occupied by those employees. The increase in finishing filtrations seems to be the response of employees to Change of the companyafter the recent links of Mark Zuckerberg with Donald Trump. These links seem to go more, since even Mark Zuckerberg would be planning to leave Silicon Valley to move near the power circles in Washington, according to The published by Fortune. In Xataka | The next border of the super farms is no longer to be Milmillonarios, is to be Billionaires: Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos are candidates Image | Flickr (aNthony Quintano) (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || ; – The news Mark Zuckerberg has threatened to say goodbye to those who filter the information of their meetings: we know it for a filtration It was originally posted in Xataka by Rubén Andrés .

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