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A Chinese artist is turning the least artistic thing into art

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It hasn’t rained this much since that video of Will Smith eating spaghetti appeared online. However, within a few years technology has evolved tremendously. Taking other people’s content as inspiration, you can now create videos with absurd fidelity. The funniest thing is that, If AI “steals”there is an artist “stealing” which makes the AI-generated videos appear to be AI-generated videos. And it’s delirious. Tianran Mu is a Chinese actor and content creator who, at the age of 29, asked himself how he could create content inspired by what AI does. take a look to the video which we leave below in which you can see Tianran Mu -the one with the noodles- and another person. Exactly, there are clumsy movements, misplaced facial expressions and inconsistencies galore that we associate with failures and hallucinations of artificial intelligence generative, and it is where the 29-year-old creator has seen an opportunity to create a series of videos taking advantage of these gaps in technology. 40 years of forgiveness Recently, Wired He was able to chat with Tianran Mu. At 29 years old, he spent some time looking for work in the film industry, specifically at the huge Hengdian World Studios, but there was no luck. In 2019, he started creating ‘sketches’ on Chinese social networks and things went well for him. After experimenting with content creation using AI, began to detect those patterns in which technology fails. For example, unnatural body gestures, erratic glances, plots that turn somersaults or elements that overlap and, in 2024, it began to release short videos imitating this which means that, luckily, we can still know if a video is AI or not. And it’s… fun. In some videos, he uses different actors to play the same role, emulating the continuity problems that AI often has. The characters are also not looking anywhere and feel like robots. The impact is there. In Chinese networksit seems that the young man has hit hard, but it was a few weeks ago when part of his content began to be shared on Western networks such as X or Instagram, accumulating more than 10 million views and thousands of reactions on platforms where he is not present. The phenomenon has viralized in a very organic way at a time when there is an intense debate around these AI creations. That debate has intensified with the Sora 2 releasethe OpenAI model that has evolved tremendously compared to the tools we had until now and that makes really difficult to guess if certain videos are AI or not. It is something that has already had its share of controversy, of course. content theft to train the modelbut Mu saw an opportunity in Sora 2. He identified that the human characters generated by Sora laugh in unpleasant ways and have hair with strange “physics.” So, he imitated it in a video he released a few days ago: It’s curious because being 100% artisanal and human, Mu’s video is more uncanny valley than some videos made with AI. I think this speaks very well of his work, but also of the dark side of Sora 2. In fact, the actor himself confessed to Wired that It has been much more difficult for him to parody Sora 2 because the quality has gone up several notches. In fact, he comments that it is almost impossible to create parodies and states that in a few months “there will be nothing left to imitate. If I try to act as the AI ​​will, I would only be acting like a human.” And this is really sad. Yes, it is having enormous virality, but that does not pay the mortgage and Mu says that, in two years, many directors and actors will use AI to replace not only the special effects departments, but the actors themselves. And, as an actor, he confesses that if it is already difficult to compete against other actors, it will be more difficult to do so against those who do not even exist, but who can potentially act like a human, bending to whatever the studios want. You don’t have to go in two years. It is true that thanks to this virality, in China he has had some contracts with companies that want him to use AI for campaigns, but he affirms that, in his own content, everything he does is human because his goal is… well, to be hired for his acting skills. Images | Tianran Mu In Xataka | YouTube is becoming much more important to Google than its video platform: in its search engine

Stop importing gas and turning your subsoil into the new energy strength

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While Europe monitored its gas deposits at the beginning of September –at 76%, a breath to the winter that is coming-, at the other end of the Chinese world he wrote another story. Far from the preventive mentality, the Asian giant is extracting gas at an unprecedented rate. It is not just about filling warehouses, but about rewriting the rules of your energy safety. The awakening of a gas giant. China was already a power in energy matters: storing oil and An undisputed leader in renewables. But now a new identity is carved: being a gas axis. In just twenty years, Beijing has achieved what few believed possible: turning from an almost absolute dependence on imports towards unstoppable rising domestic production. According to analyst John Kempinternal gas production has not stopped growing at a rate close to 10% per year since the beginning of the century. The provinces of the Northwest –xinjiang, Shaanxi, Interior Mongolia– They have registered Even more vigorous increases, 13%, while the Sichuan basin, more mature, maintains a remarkable 9%. Three main levers. The first bet has been the riskiest: getting where few arrive. The big state companies –Sinopec, Cnooc and Petrochina– They have reoriented their efforts towards wells up to 10,000 meters deep and the development of the complex shale gas in Sichuan. . It is not just a technical issue; It is a political strategy with a clear objective: to reduce the dependence of foreign gas, although that means drilling in hostile geological formations and a high cost. The second lever has been geographical. Secondary regions on the Chinese energy map, such as Xinjiang or Interior Mongolia, They have become the new gas engine in the country. With the determined support of Beijing, these areas now concentrate conventional and unconventional gas projects, backed by a logistics network that connects them with the east consumption centers. The third play has been geopolitical. China and Russia They signed a memorandum For the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, an infrastructure that could inject up to 50,000 million cubic meters per year from Yamal to northern China. Although the price and calendar details are still on the table, the message is clear: Beijing ensures long -term supply, at probably lowered prices, and shields against the volatility of the global LNG market. The numbers do not lie. Official data collected by the Xinhua agency They reflect this turn. Between January and June 2025, China produced 130.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 5.8% more than in the same period of the previous year. In June alone, production reached 21.2 billion cubic meters, with a growth of 4.6% year -on -year. The International Energy Agency (AIE) Recognize that gas Win weight in the Chinese energy mix for its flexibility and lower emissions against coal, although it warns that the country must redouble efforts to meet its climatic goals. Meanwhile, liquefied natural gas imports (LNG) sink. According to the data of the KPLer consultant collected by BloombergLNG Chinese purchases will fall in September 22% year -on -year, up to 5.4 million tons. It is the eleventh consecutive month of descents. Reuters anticipates That total imports of 2025 could be reduced between 6% and 11%, weighed by a faster internal demand, the increase in local production and the largest flows by gas pipeline from Russia and Central Asia. Infrastructure for Independence. China is not only extracting more gas; also has woven a colossal network submarinto consolidate its autonomy. The Asian giant already exceeds 10,000 kilometers of underwater pipes, a web that connects gas platforms, wind farms and refineries with the terrestrial network. Emblematic projects such as the Bay of Hohai or the Deep field No. 1 symbolize this new energy border. These pipes transport gas and raw, and in the future they are called to carry hydrogen. The goal is not just technical; It is strategic: to ensure national supply and reduce exposure to international fluctuations. Forecasts The IEA provides that Chinese gas consumption reach its peak by 2035, before stabilizing with electrification and renewables. In the short term, the demand will remain moderate: the lazy industrial growth and the impulse of domestic production could maintain the imports of minimums also in 2026. Meanwhile, investments in deep perforations, the offshore network and the Russian gas pipelines consolidate China as self -sufficient actor and strong negotiator against traditional producers such as the US, Qatar or Australia. The new board. Europe keeps gas to survive winter. China, on the other hand, cava deeper to not need it. In just two decades, the country has gone from depending on metaneous cargoes to negotiate from abundance. If the plans are fulfilled – more national production, pipes until 2030 and Power of Siberia 2 operation in the next decade -, the global map of natural gas could definitely turn to Asia. And the old continent, which today breathes relieved with its full reserves, could soon discover that the next energy crisis will not be decided in Moscow or in Doha, but among Beijing’s offices. Image | Freepik Xataka | The new maritime record of China is shaped like a floating gas plant: 376 meters long and Africa destination

The brands are turning in the electricity. Porsche and Audi will return to combustion because nobody wants to buy them

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We do not know the future and that encourages us to be anchored in the past. The electric car brings more power and greater control over it, a wilder acceleration or cars that will end up being more effective in curve. With the weight of the current sports, it is not surprising that we begin to see very similar figures in weight … and much better if we talk about the weight/power relationship with respect to the combustion models. Byd, in fact, has just demonstrated that The future of the hyperdeportivo is electricsweeping Bugatti and becoming the Yangwang U9 in the fastest car in the world. A long time ago, the McMurtry Spéirling I left ridiculous The acceleration of any car with combustion engine. And, despite everything, the sports electric car is still not pending. We do not know if it is a matter of time, if cars like the future RENAULT 5 TURBO 3E They will break schemes and become an immediate classic. But until then, the combustion car offers sensations that the electric car cannot match. For some those Sensations They are different. For others, they are clearly better. Anyway, there is evidence: the sports electric car does not finish convincing. And that is causing the plans to electrify these models are delayed. The best example is the future Porsche 718. A car that had to make the leap to the electric whole and that, however, will have a version of combustion. And that, with rebound, will lead us to a future Audi Deportivo that will also mount combustion engine. Porsche collects cable (and passing, Audi benefits) “We want to meet the new market realities and change customer demands. We have seen a clear drop in the demand for exclusive battery electric cars, and we are taking it into account.” The words are from Oliver Blume, CEO of Porsche, in a call to investors collected by The Autopian. They arrive to confirm a change of strategy. Future Porsche 718, classic central motor sports and the entrance range to the company will continue to offer, at least in their most expensive options, combustion engines. The news is the confirmation of what began to be an open secret: the future Porsche 718 will not be only electric as He had defended until now by the company. The movement arrives just when it is also confirmed that the Porsche Cayenne will not jump into the electrical exclusive. It is a strong change in strategy since The good initial results of the Porsche Taycan They had served the Germans to boost their electrical strategy. However, China has turned its back on the company And it has broken much of this strategy. Along the way he has confirmed that wealthy customers who have access to their combustion cars … They are not making the jump to the electric. So much so that the Porsche Macanwhich was sold as an exclusively electric model, could have a combustion brother in 2028 according to Jalopnik. Of course, we will have to see on what basis because The PPE on which the macan sits Current only admits completely electric models. When we analyzed the new Porsche Macan Electric we already counted that it was a really interesting car. It was an effective car, a brute force and a surprising curve step for its height and size. But he had a but: That car had a V6 gasoline engine before. And convince who enters the world Porsche that now that engine is electric … is very complicated. The basic problem for Electric Deportivo is that cars are much more than numbers. In social networks it is repeated as a mantra that “Who knows how to handle an Excel buys an electric car”. And yes, it’s true If you are looking for a “affordable” car for day to daywith a lower expense in “fuel”, a savings in maintenance over the years, tax benefits in taxes … But none of that is taken into account when one buys a central motor biplaza. That is why a Mazda MX-5 continues to transmit sensations that no other car transmits with just over 100 hp. That driver profile values ​​the sound of the car, the thrust when it goes up or the touch of a manual gearbox. Yes, a quartz clock is usually more precise than automatic but the buyer values ​​the “artisanal” work under the sphere. Yes, a digital camera is more versatile and easy to use than an analog but the Feeling To load the reel and “feel” the mechanics in the hands goes far beyond the megapixels. These cars are mere whim toys And, as such, they do not attend to rational factors. You can talk about numbers but that is only the continent, not the content. Given this diatribe, the brands that are indissoluble of this driving experience have it hard complicated. Especially those more “earthly.” Ferrari either Lamborghini It has a higher bandwidth to transfer to its customers the possible fines that reach it in the future, Porsche does not have so much room to transfer this cost to the customers. Especially in the most “affordable” models. That is why a two -speed future has been raised. It is no accident that Combustion models of the Porsche 718 are identified with the top range versions. That will help sell the most expensive versions because they will deliver a inaccessible driving experience for the vast majority of drivers. But, it will even be relatively inaccessible even for those who can buy a Porsche. This future Porsche 718 gives the company air. As they explain in The cars.net podcast Joan Dalmau and Juan Carlos Grande, companies have made efforts to advance a solid range against a horizon in 2035 without combustion engines. But they need to continue earning money and in Europe the client has not embraced the electric car at the expected rhythm. In this business niche, problems are even more serious because, as we said, rationality is … Read more

There are people so obsessed with getting brunette in summer who are turning to something

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Every summer, the desire to wear a golden skin is imposed again. In that race to reach the perfect tone, many people are looking for shortcuts. From whom They forget (deliberately) of the sun cream To “take more color”, to those who follow absurd remedies how to eat excess carrots. But now, in social networks It has viralized again A trend that promotes the use of MelanoTan II, popularly nicknamed as “the Barbie Malibu drug.” The Barbie drug? Better known as MelanoTan II is a synthetic peptide developed for medical purposes. Specifically, to protect the skin of people with rare diseases such as Erythropoietic protoporphyria. In essence, it helps the body produce more melanin, the pigment that gives color to the skin, without the need for sun exposure. The compound I mimic natural hormone: Alfa-Mshresponsible for activating tan or melanocortine receptors in the body. However, it also causes other physiological responses: loss of appetite, increased libido and, in some cases, priapism. However, it is not necessary to confuse it with its safer version: the melanote I, which remains under clinical study with the commercial name Scenesse. That is being investigated under medical supervision. But is it legal? No, it is not authorized by any security control agency, or by the European Medication Agency of Europe (EMA), Ni United States Food and Medicines Administration (FDA) and nor the administration of therapeutic products of Australia (TGA). It is neither marketed in pharmacies nor has approved clinical indications. In spite of this, its distribution is done irregularly through the Internet and social networks, where it is offered in presentations such as subcutaneous injections and nasal aerosols. Not being subject to health controls, there is a total lack of guarantees about its composition, concentration and possible pollution. Again in networks. On platforms such as Tiktok or Instagram, MelanoTan II has returned to circulate under hashtags like #tanning or #summerlow, despite the restrictions imposed on labels such as #melanoTan. Influencers and users promote it as a shortcut to the perfect tan, feeding an aesthetic that associates perpetual brunette with health, attractive or success. This type of content usually omit the possible side effects and legal risks. As He has warned the pharmacist “Fernández Pharmacist” on his Instagram account: “You inject something that is not approved, you do not know well what it takes … but everything is for being Moreno in March.” The price of tanning without sun. Far from being an innocent supplement, Melanotan II has serious side effects. According to various medical studies and health warningscan cause: Nausea, vomiting, tachycardia. Hormonal alterations and humor changes. Priapism (prolonged and painful erections). Changes in moles and appearance of new (some suspects). Increased risk of melanoma, more aggressive skin cancer. Hypertension, renal and muscular damage. Some studies They also mention Changes in the appearance of Nevus, something especially delicate in dermatology. There are no conclusive studies on long -term effects. Beyond being Moreno. Why does a person decide to inject an illegal substance to be more brunette? The answer can be more than an aesthetic desire. In an article for minutes They have explained That many consumers present dysmorphophobia, a psychological disorder that leads to excessive concern for imaginary defects of the body. In addition, as explained by Dr. José María Ricart, dermatologist at the Ricart Medical Institute (IMR), In statements to Xataka: “The tan is nothing more than a defensive response of the body. It is its way of saying: ‘I am damaging.” In addition, the specialist adds that many people continue to believe in the “healthy tan”, when in reality each without protection exposure is a cumulative aggression to the skin. The skin does not forget. The obsession with the tan has led many to make hasty decisions, without knowing the risks. The use of MelanoTan II shows how certain aesthetic practices can extend beyond regulated medical channels. Its illegal use, deregulated and promoted by social networks is a real threat. “The tan lasts a summer. The skin, all life”, The pharmacist Fernández concludes. Image | Unspash and Tiktok Xataka | Korea is exporting faces: how the South Korean aesthetic industry turned its beauty model into a global product

Deepseek marked a turning point in the AI race. Now another Chinese company wants to imitate its success: Kimi K2 is born

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The Chinese startup Monshot AI has presented Kimi K2, an open -source artificial intelligence model that arrives with outstanding programming capabilities and autonomous tasks that, according to The published benchmarksThey spray competition in several of their models. Its launch occurs at a key moment for the sector, when Chinese companies seek to replicate the disruptive success of Deepseek with potential height models and much cheaper than market alternatives. Kimi does not come from nothing. MoNshot ai was one of the most promising startups in the Chinese ecosystem of AI and that giants like Alibaba have invested greatly. His Kimi chatbot reached third place in monthly active users in August 2024, but fell to the seventh in June After the emergence of Deepseek R1 in January. Now try to recover ground with a strategy that combines open source and aggressive prices, following the formula that catapulted Deepseek. Image: MoNshot AI What Kimi K2 offers. The model has 1 billion total parameters and 32,000 million activated parameters, using The well-known Mixture-Of-Experts architecture to optimize computational costs. It is presented in two versions: a base for researchers and developers, and another optimized for conversation and autonomous tasks. Kimi K2 thus becomes Moonshot AI’s proposal with the ability to act as an intelligent agent to use tools, write code, complete workflows or talk, among other tasks. Kimi K2 explained in numbers. In performance testsKimi K2 has achieved 65.8% precision at Swe-Bench Verified, one of the most demanding benchmarks for software engineering. In LivecodeBench it reached 53.7%, exceeding 46.9% of Deepseek-V3 and 44.7% of GPT-4.1. In mathematics, its 97.4% score in Math-500 exceeds 92.4% of GPT-4.1, suggesting significant advances in mathematical reasoning. The price factor. MoNshot is charging $ 0.15 per million input tokens and $ 2.50 per million tokens out of the developers who use their API. Compared, Claude Opus 4 It charges 100 times more for the entrance (15 dollars) and 30 times more for the output ($ 75), while GPT-4.1 charges 2 dollars per entrance and 8 per exit. In addition, the model is available for free in Web applications and Kimi mobile, without monthly subscriptions that require chatgpt or Claude for their most advanced models. Technical innovation. MoNshot has developed the MuCanclip optimizer, which allows train models of one billion parameters “With zero training instability.” This technology could drastically reduce the training costs of large models, a problem that has limited the development of AI to companies with greater resources. Double channel strategy. The company offers so much Free access to the source code as payment API at a very competitive price. This strategy allows companies to start with the API for immediate implementation and then migrate to self -healing versions either by regulatory cost or compliance. And it is that each developer who downloads Kimi K2 becomes a potential business client. Moment of inflection. Kimi K2 represents a convergence point where open source models and proprietary alternatives shake hands. MoNshot AI intends to turn Kimi into a tool for everything, while offering its open source model and is reserved to charge for the use of its API for all types of implementations. And now what. The launch reaches a critical point in which both Openai, such as Google or Anthropic, must respond to this wave of cheap and high quality language models. The issue is no longer whether open source models can match the owners, but if large technological ones can adapt their business models fast enough to compete in this new scenario. The looks are put in GPT-5 And in the next movements of the industry at a rate, as always, accelerated. Cover image | Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio and Kimi AI In Xataka | Grok 4 destroys the tests and aims to be the most advanced AI model. The problem is that Elon Musk continues to sabotage his answers

Murcia is convinced that she has a special smell. So he has decided bottling him and turning him into a perfume

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If Seville has a special color, as those of the river sang, Murcia can boast another identity equally striking: its smell. At least he considers his City Council, that He has opted by a fragrance inspired by the aromas of the city, such as orange blossom or myrtle, to use it as an institutional gift. In fact so convinced is the town hall that has dedicated more than 11,000 euros to launch it in the framework of the celebration of the 1,200 years from the town. Of course the perfume has a name: “Fire ritual”. A perfume inspired by Murcia? That’s how it is. At the moment there are not many details that have transcended the Murcian Olfative Initiative, but they allow us to get an idea of ​​what is their approach. The news emerged on Sunday as a result of A tweet Posted by Ginés Ruiz, local spokesman of the PSOE. In him, pulling a sneer, he threw a polish to the local government headed by the popular José Ballesta. “Dear neighbors of Murcia: do not forget that July 7 is the last day to pay the IBI, that the mayor has to pay things like the ‘aromatic mist commemorating the #Murcia12’ to 11,325.60 euros,” Ironizaba Ruiz. The message was accompanied by The photo of a document in which, indeed, a budget item of 11,300 euros is collected for something called “aromatic mist.” Click on the image to go to Tweet. And what is it? Ruiz’s tweet led several media, basically RRNEWS, Murcia’s opinion and Murcia Economyto pull the thread and contact the City Council to learn more about that mysterious “aromatic mist.” Thanks to them we know that their real name is ‘Fire ritual’ and consists neither more nor less than a fragrance with the smell of Murcia “elaborated by Iberchem and that will be presented shortly. What exactly does it mean to smell Murcia? “It smells like the color of the flames”, replyenigmatic, the Consistory. Because? The opinion reveals that the City Council took the first leg of an unsuspected place: its tourism officia. Visitors who come there in search of information often speak the smell of orange blossom, so … why not capture that olfactory essence in a perfume? The idea, insist from the municipal government, is that “a part of Murcia always travels with visitors” and encouraged them to return. “The idea is that this initiative arising from the ‘Murcia 1200’ project lasts and extends as a gift beyond this year, being able to take this aroma everywhere where entities and groups of civil society be named Murcia with their talent,” They clarify. For now, the fragrance will become gift for those who visit Murcia in official acts or during relevant quotes. The important thing: What does it smell like? The City Council advances that it is “a unique fragrance inspired by Murcia and its history”, with “representative” aromas such as orange blossom or myrtle. “It’s a fragrance Niche Inspired by oriental, wood, smoke touches, spicy points … When you smell it, it transports you to that warm fire, with a sweet touch and Ambarado“, They clarify. The idea is that people can spray perfume and use it to set rooms. The name, ‘Fire ritual’, is inspired by one of the large celebrations of the town: the spring parties, and more specifically in its climax, The burning of the catafalco of the sardine. The news has jumped with the fragrance and ready to appear. The person responsible for forming it has been the Iberchem company and in the project a member of the Royal Perfume Academy would have participated. Images | Esteban Palacios Blanco (Flickr) and Laura Chouette (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | Vitoria has been the greatest city in Spain for years. Now he has turned against him for a gardener strike

AI is turning software programming into a assembly chain

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AI is not only transforming the labor market, but also It is changing the nature of the work itself and the tasks that They make up every position. What was previously a highly Specialized and well paidlike that of Software Engineernow Run risk If becoming much more routine, segmented and, above all, accelerated. Something closer to an operator in a assembly chain. According to The New York Timessome Amazon engineers already begin to feel like that. From the industrial revolution to digital automation The impact of AI is already beginning to be noticed among the Technology template. Not so much for the destruction of jobs, as for the transformation of Those who already existed. Often It is equated The arrival of AI with the Industrial Revolution for the change of technological paradigm that was lived. The History has demonstrated that, in the medium term, the automation was not linked to the destruction of employment, but to A displacement and transformation of labor tasks. During the industrial revolution, and then with the passage to Model ‘Fordist’ Mass production with assembly chain, no jobs were destroyed. Its nature was changed. With the Ford assembly chain, the manufacture of cars in workshops was replaced in an artisanal way, by workers located in A assembly line They specialized in doing a very specific task. That was the key to Increase productivity and reduce costs. Automation allowed workers to will focus on specific functionswhile the machines assumed the heaviest or repetitive work. According to A study conducted by MIT researchers and the University of Pennsylvania, Amazon, Google and Microsoft are using their AI tools in a similar way. Software operators With the As a co -pilotlarge technological ones are automating certain tasks of their software engineers that previously required working hours. That liberated time dedicate it to Improve existing products or get new products in less development time. That is, this process is taking a new level, where IA begins to play the role equivalent to industrial machinery of the nineteenth century. Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon, acknowledged in A LinkedIn post That thanks to this automation with AI, the company had “saved the equivalent of 4,500 years of development work.” Amazon Robotic Warehouse Amazon logistics centers can serve as an example of what is happening now in their software development offices. Some years ago, the employees who prepared Amazon shipments had to travel the long halls of their stores to gather the products of each order. However, now technology It has robotized This whole process to eliminate that search task. With the automation of its centers It has not been dispensed with of those jobs, but are now dedicated to specific tasks. of packaging, the number of orders that each employee can process and His work has been devalued. That warehouse staff now assures that his work is monotonousrepetitive and poorly paid. The same that happened with the operators of the assembly chains. Software engineers begin to notice the same symptoms, with an acceleration of their workflows and greater automation. “If they tell you that you have to review the code, it is never a fun part of work. When you work with these tools (of AI attendance), it is most of the work,” assured Simon Willison, veteran programmer and blogger. The consequences of this automation are already beginning to be noticed in the Junior positions of different sectorsand the programming is exempt. The agents of Which generate code They do the task that the Junior previously developed and, of that practice, acquired the experience that allowed them to ascend. Without this learning, senior engineers will not be trained that tomorrow can review the code generated by an AI and detect errors, or face adequate development strategies. In Xataka | No one is considered a working class in Spain: the percentage has fallen from 50% to 16% in twenty years Image | AmazonUnspash (Adrian Sulyok, Global UI UX Design Agency procreator, Kseniia Ilinykh)

China is turning its roofs into power plants. He has achieved in three months what in Europe costs three years

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China has turned its roofs into solar engines, and record time. In just three months he has installed more photovoltaic on roof than Europe in years. Why is it important. China not only leads the energy transition, but is changing the usual rhythms to which it can occur. According to the latest report of Rystad Energyhas installed 36 GW of solar energy on roof only during the first quarter of 2025. That is more than some European countries reach after three years. The Energy Newspaper He summarizes it in a phrase: China does everything big. In figures: 60 GW Solares in total during the first three months of 2025. Of these, 36 GW (60%) in roofs. 130 GW of distributed lots are foreseen throughout 2025. The large facilities will even exceed that figure: 167 GW projected. The context. China is closing its XIV five -year plan. The New regulations of the National Energy Administration (NEA), in force since May, has created a counterreloj race to install before the regulatory cut. There is an emergency climate generated by … Self -consumption incentives. Network access restrictions. And the liberalization of green certificate trade. Those 36 GW are superior to what countries such as Spain or France can install for more than two years, counting all of solar facilities. The EU, together, installed 56 GW throughout 2023, and only one part was in roofs. In detail. The thrust has not been homogeneous. The provinces with greater normative flexibility, such as Jiangsu and Guangdong, have triggered the photovoltaic on roofs. Others, such as Interior Mongolia or Jilin, have restricted both the self -consumption that they have barely contributed. Behind the photo of the record there are certain strap: Some large commercial projects can no longer sell electricity to the network. It is increasing legal and contractual complexity. Promoters and investors face a more uncertain environment. And now what. China will continue to install at a speed far higher than we are accustomed to in the West. And the distributed model will grow, although foreseebly with certain adjustments. Europe lives much more slow display marked by a dense bureaucracy. If you keep the rhythm, China will end up making more facilities on roofs in a year than the sum of many countries in a decade. In Xataka | If Europe does not want to freeze this winter this winter will have to pay much more for gas. You can thank China Outstanding image | Bill Mead in Unspash

The relays are turning the plan into an open war

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Installing a relay seems easy. Until it is. In this new installment of ‘Domotize or die in the attempt‘, Ana Boria faces one of the key steps of the connected home: Convert traditional switches into manageable devices from the mobile. It seems a simple technical step, but it is enough to see the video to understand that things are not so simple. “New relay, allegedly well installed,” Ana starts. What follows are tests, errors, stairs and an application that keeps the settings … if you insist enough. Because sometimes it is not enough to do well: you have to keep “five times” and go through several menus so that the changes are applied. Lost hours for a design failure that would end up despairing anyone. While Ana Lidia with the installation, the opinions of her co -workers are divided. Mario has it very clear: “Ana Boria, You are looking at the RAE Success and your name comes out“But Ana’s boss is not so convinced:” Too head and persistent has been. “ And, in between, Alex, his partner, who enters the scene when things are complicated at all. There is a scene that summarizes everything: “If there are flames, you let me know,” he says just after making changes in the electrical panel. There are no surreal moments. Relays that do not fit on the switches. “Cosos Naranjitas” that seemed good idea, But they can no longer be returned (Spoiler: They bought them solely). Attempts to put everything as it is. Tests that lengthen more than the account and end phrases like “I have gone to goat.” Self -imposed zancadillas and an installation that, at this rhythm, goes for many more days than expected. Are there relars to install? Yes. How long does it take in each? It depends on the day, humor and whether the application wants to collaborate. ¿And the smart lock? ‘Domotize or die in the attempt’ is a reflection of what many of us could live if we aspire to achieve the same results as Ana. How is this story moving forward? Find out in our video. Images | Xataka In Xataka | There is a new fever among ultra -ups: fed up with technology, they want houses as “dumb” as possible

We are in 2025 and the Wi -Fi of the airplanes is still terrible. Starlink is demonstrating that we are at the turning point

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June 30, 2016. BBC publishes an article called: How does the Wi -Fi work in the airplanes and why is it so bad? Almost 10 years later, we are almost in the same place. The Earth has revolved for almost a decade but in terms of connecting to Internet networks from the air it seems that we are completely stagnant. Or it seemed. 2016. “Some compare their speed with that of the beginning of the Internet, when, with the soundtrack of the atrocious beep of the modem, they had to be put on patience while any page was loaded.” With this paragraph Yolanda Valery for BBC In 2016 what was the experience of trying to connect to the Internet from the air. In that same article it was explained that connecting to the Internet from a flight guaranteed a certain guarantee to do very basic connected tasks, such as sending an email. But it was also mentioned that you could already forget to see a content in streaming Or, at least, assume that it was going to be a really tedious experience. We remain the same. In 2016, the offer of a wifi on board was relatively recent. In 2013 we told you that Iberia made this service available to the client at a price of five euros … for five megas. Shortly after, Enrique Dans narrated his experience In an Iberia plane and pointed out that the option was really interesting but that the result was very bad. And even raised if he had to be offered under the conditions of that time. Already in 2017, in Xataka We wondered why we still have no wifi in all airplanes. And we could say the same right now, with a good handful of airplanes that do not offer it … and above all: those who offer it and serve little or nothing. If we enter On Iberia’s own page We verify that in its reference to the connection packages it is specified that allow “Internet navigation, messenger, email, download and sending documents”. That is, tasks that require poor discharge speed. And they emphasize that it is “it is possible that during some moments of the trip the signal can come weakened” or that it lends itself with “three different suppliers, so you can experience differences between one flight or another.” Why is it so bad? The main reason why the Wi -Fi in the airplanes is so bad is how the Internet connection is obtained. You can take “global, satellite or land coverage,” depending on the flight, they point out on the Iberia website. This means that the plane receiver can connect to telephone antennas or satellites if the latter are not available. On a transatlantic flight, that connection is more unstable since Terrestrial antennas are far away. It only remains to be connected to a satellite so that the shipment and reception of data is complicated. First because the distance is much broader than when we have our feet on the floor and, second, because the plane moves hundreds of kilometers per hour, which complicates the reception and sending of the data. The big problem is that although the bandwidths that users have to share are now the demands of applications. Not only is the Quality of the images we load on Instagramis also the huge amount of data that an application like Netflix needs to play your streaming videos. Already in 2020, in Xataka We estimated that one hour sailing on this platform consumes between one and seven GB (depending on quality). A turning point? Andrew J. Hawkins explains in The Verge that the time may have come to say goodbye to these connections. In the aforementioned article, it indicates its experience aboard an E-175 Embraer, a 88-seat narrow fuselage plane that United Airlines uses for short flights. This, specifically, lasted 90 minutes. The plane is one of the first connected to Starlink and, in fact, will begin offering on May 15. The figures collected are highly hopeful. Connected to the airport Wi -Fi, Hawkins said navigating with a 305 Mbps discharge and a load of 249. The latency was 5 ms. During the flight, the speed was 196 Mbps of discharge and 27.3 Mbps of load with a latency of 19 ms. The discharge speed is close to the experience before climbing to the plane and although the figures are remote from what it offers on land, they are notable compared to those we had so far. During the whole flight. Hawkins breaks another spear in favor of the system and United Airlines: the wifi was active throughout the flight. “The service works from the door to the door, not only above 10,000 feet, restriction under which some other systems operate. As soon as I sat, they told me to connect to the Wi-Fi using United mobile application. “ In fact, in your article to The VergeThe author reflects the speeds during takeoff (234.8 Mbps of discharge and 14.9 Mbps of load with a latency of 19 ms) and the landing (72.6 Mbps of discharge, 26.1 Mbps of load and 90 ms of latency) when the worst data was collected. The time, despite this, would be brief because as soon as the plane touched earth again offered good figures with 231.5 Mbps of discharge. Although, this time, with the worst load data with only 3.01. Well to watch movies. But not so much to work. Because Hawking himself points out that he could use Instagram and Tiktok, Disney Plus, follow the ceremony of the new Pope for CNN or watch a live match “with a crystalline image quality.” However, the result was much less impressive when loading a file on Google Drive that took him seven minutes. Explains that this is because Starlink’s own infrastructure It is designed to download content and not so much to raise it, hence the difference in figures between the two processes. Differential. How much would you be willing to pay … Read more

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