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The United States is beginning to dismantle the load network for electric cars, according to leaks

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Donald Trump had a clear objective on his arrival at the White House: dismantling how many Biden administration policies could. Within what the former executive fostered, there were measures to accelerate the decarbonization through the commitment to renewable energies and the electric cars. After a movement that put the legs up the US aspirations with the electric carThe Verge and CPR News claim that one more step will be taken soon: to dismantle thousands of electric car loading points Throughout the country, in addition to removing electric cars bought by the Biden government. Federal buildings without plug. The Colorado Public Radio It was the first means to echo this. They claim to have access to an internal email and several sources that point to the administration of general services, or GSA, is working to align with the current administration. And that implies closing load stations. The GSA is responsible for administering buildings that are owned by the federal government, a task that performs throughout the country. According to an email you have seen The Vergethe GSA plans to announce the gradual closure of the loaders network at some point in last week. Some offices would have already begun to pull the plug and in others, in which there are contracts with the network suppliers, the loaders will be disabled once these contracts expire. To the clean point. When this happens, neither the vehicles owned by the government nor the individuals of the workers can load at those points. During the Biden mandate, the GSA was responsible for implementing a presidential plan to gradually eliminate the use of gas propelled vehicles. The idea It was that, of the 650,000 vehicles that the federal government has, more than half were replaced by electric. That is why recharge points began to be installed in federal buildings, but with the new plan in progress and the intention of not going to electric cars, those chargers would now not make sense. According to The entity itself, in March 2024, more than 58,000 electric vehicles had been commissioned and, to the 8,000 recharge points in government buildings, another 25,000 would be added soon. Before and after Trump “They are not critical for the mission”. There was a map that showed in real time the location and status of these load points, but the only way to Consult it It is via Wayback Machine, since that section of the web was deleted a few days ago. According to the sources of The Verge and CPR, the electric vehicles they already had will stop using, but it is not clear if they will be sold or stored. And the message issued by the GSA in the filtered communications could not be clearer: “We have received instructions that all the load stations owned by the GSA are not critical for the mission.” Does not a puppet with a head. In Wired they echoed plan of the GSA to sell approximately 500 buildings as part of the efforts of the Trump government for “Clean” public administrationsomething that is also aligned with the Doge department leading Elon Musk. The most striking of all this is that the GSA and the Government not only will not go to the electric car, but to dismantle points that prevent the workers of those buildings from carrying their particular electric cars while they are in their job. Images | Gage Skidmore, Mariordo In Xataka | Tesla had a contract of 400 million dollars from the United States government. They have had to reculate

The United Kingdom has been investigating why there is a giant hole in a street. The problem is that another

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At the beginning of February there was such an unusual event in Japan that it was news worldwide. In the north of Tokyo it had appeared a giant hole that “swallowed” a truck and its driver. Worse: every day that passed it became bigger. The story in Asia is not over yet, but in Europe the scene has just been repeated. On Monday, the United Kingdom dawned with a mysterious and giant hole in a street. And then there were two. An unexpected collapse. The story began last Monday night. A huge crater appeared on a very busy street in the town of Godstonein Surrey County, England, growing rapidly until reaching 20 meters long, six meters wide and five meters deep. Shortly after, a second hole of five by five meters and the same depth arose on the other side of the street. Although both have stopped expanding at this time, the magnitude of the sinking has forced to evacuate around 30 homes and has generated serious concerns about the structural safety of the area. The solution goes for long. What the hell is happening. The big question. Although the exact cause is still unconfirmed, Geologists suggest several hypotheses. The region is settled on weakly cemented sandstones dating from the lower Cretaceous period, more than 100 million years ago, an area that It can easily erode with the action of water. In this regard, Pete Burgess, expert from the Wealden Cave and Mines Society, explained that The nineteenth -century maps show an area marked as a “sand quarry”. This quarry would have been exploited for decades to extract sand used in construction and gardening, leaving unstable land. Plus: factors such as heavy rainsexacerbated by climate change, could be further weakening underground structures, causing collapse or collapse. In addition, and as it happened in the case of Tokyoit is possible that a broken pipe has eroded the rocky substrate, or even that the roof of one of those old sand mines has collapsed, triggering the sinking and in turn, damaging a water pipe. That said, what is most repeated among experts is that The growing urbanization in the United Kingdom has increased pressure on infrastructure of sanitation already aged. Impact on the community. Although they have not reported injured, the life of residents if it has been seriously affected. Cases such as Noosh Miri, one of the evacuated people, who declared that His house is no longer safe and does not know when he can return. Traffic, of course, has diverted, and the country’s media speak of a car that was dangerously close to the edge of the second hole, without its owner being able to withdraw it. In addition, some residents have had to Spend the first nights in their vehicles due to uncertainty about the stability of their homes. For all this, Tandridge District Council has enabled an information center to attend those affectedwhile Bletchingley Parish Council has offered its sports hall as Temporary refuge for those who do not have housing insurance. Councilor Linda Baharier stood out The difficulty facing tenants who do not have insurance coverage and must find a long -term housing alternative. A call to the community has even been released so that who have available rooms can host. Economic impact: closure of shops. The economic repercussions of the disaster are also significant. I told the BBC Shane Fryowner of the mechanical workshop DD Services, of his concern about the closure of the road and the restricted access to his business, which has drastically reduced its clientele. “We have lost an important part of our income because people cannot get here or simply choose not to come,” he lamented. With four employees in charge and families that depend on the workshop, Fry anticipates difficult months. Other businesses in the area face the same uncertainty. Graham Bristow, owner of Blossoms Café, told the British chain that his daughter, who manages the business with him, is trying to stay optimistic, but fears that the next months will be devastating. “If we suffer losses, will there be any kind of help, such as tax reductions? We don’t know it,” he said. Measures to repair a giant hole. Local authorities have cataloged the incident as A “major emergency case”. Currently, they are being carried out Structural studies to evaluate security of the area and determine how to fill the craters definitively. The bad news? Than repairs They could take at least months. Meanwhile, some residents have been able to return to their homes to collect essential belongings, although there is still no clear date for their final return. Let’s think that repairs not only involve filling the holes, but completely rebuild the road from the baserelocating and reconnecting all public service pipes and networks before being able to repair. Are these undercuts common? The truth is that sinkings in the United Kingdom They are usually smaller and occur in rural areasalthough occasionally they emerge in urban areas. In December 2023, a sinking in Wales affected the house of a reality winner Love Island. That said, the collapse in Surrey has been particularly striking, and geologists repeat that although Most housing are not built on land of old registered minesin some cases the houses have been built on those undicted medieval mines, which It generates unforeseen risks. In short and As in Tokyothe two undercuts in the United Kingdom have evidenced the vulnerability of certain urban areas to geological and climatic factors. While experts work in solutions and in determining the exact cause of collapse, residents face the uncertainty of an uncertain return to their homes, possibly months. If you want also, the incident stands out The need to review and reinforce infrastructure in areas with sinking potentialespecially in a context of growing urbanization and climatic changes that could aggravate this type of phenomena in the future. Image | Peter McDermott In Xataka | Japan has been trying to get a man out of a hole for six days. … Read more

Tesla had a contract of 400 million dollars from the United States government. They have had to reculate

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Elon Musk has become one of the strong men of the new Donald Trump government in the United States. Very involved in his electoral campaign, the owner of Tesla has also become the visible head of the government efficiency department (Doge) with which he aspires to reduce inefficiencies within state institutions. Since he took sides in the government, Musk has applied hard In the administration the same thing that has launched in its own companies: marathon days (including beds in the offices) and the elimination of all superfluous cost. To the point of withdraw the protection of career officialsthose who work for the State rule who governs. But at the same rate that Musk advances in reducing assumptions superfluous and expendable costs In state structures, questions about a possible conflict of interest have been repeated. Questions that have made sense following a controversial contract of 400 million dollars to get armored electric cars. Or should we say a controversial contract of 400 million dollars to get electric cars of Tesla armored? Tesla, the word that appears and disappears When talking about the possible conflict of interest between Elon Musk and its position within the United States government it has been to focus on the facilities that can be granted to accelerate tests with autonomous cars (in which Tesla has great hopes) or in the elimination of aid for the purchase of electric cars (which can prevent rivals from achieving sales of the Musk company). However, what was not thought of was directly on the purchase of Tesla electric vehicles for the United States administration itself. In an order of December 2024, the State Department contemplated a $ 400 million contract for the acquisition of armored vehicles as a part of the forecasts of ADisquisitions for the fiscal year of 2025. In that same document, the name of BMW whose BMW X5 and X7 armored uses the state administrations also appeared. They explain in Bloomberg that this contract has been modified to make the word Tesla disappear and, in this way, that a conflict of interest cannot be denounced when it comes to awarding it. What now appears in the drafting of the contract is the hiring worth 400 million dollars of “armored electric vehicles”. This situation, they point out from the American media, is just one of the possible conflicts of interest that can arise with the new Musk position within the country’s government. Spacex, its aerospace company, is responsible for providing rockets for the US army or launching NASA astronauts and has previously received contracts worth bills of dollars. For its part, Elon Musk has assured that it has no record that this has happened. In a message in xthe owner of Tesla has assured that he is completely sure that there is nothing approved about the possible purchase of these cars. What the American media highlights is to what extent Musk can exercise a neutral position in future contracts where their companies are involved. In this case, for example, although there were other brands involved the 400 million dollars item is the highest of the 320 items that appear in the purchase forecast for this year. In statements a ForbesState Department spokesmen say that last year Joe Biden’s government He requested that “the interest of private companies to produce armored electric vehicles” and that a single company showed interest in the contract. “It should have been a generic entry called ‘Electric Vehicle Manufacturer’” Without the mention of Tesla, they collect in the middle. Keep in mind that, if the contract is granted, the chosen electric car should be the cybertuck tesla of which precisely The company has presumed its resistanceeven before the bullets. The car began to sell at a good pace And the most expensive units were placed to get greater profitability but after the first months of commercialization, the huge electric pick-up It seems not being convinced to possible buyers. Photo | Maxim and The White House In Xataka | Tesla had no intention of selling Cybertruck in China. Is selling so few that it already rethinks it

The maneuver Stellantis is testing in the United States

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Imagine the situation: you go with your car so quietly back home. It’s time to eat, you are tired, stop at a traffic light and in the Info -detached screen An ad appears to buy a car subscription. Now stop imagining it, because this is already happening in Stellantis vehicles. Specifically, it has jumped to light thanks to the complaints of vehicle users of the Jeep brand. And it is not a mistake, but a function. “Buy tranquility.” Marras’s controversy has occurred when a user has shared a photo In Reddit in which an announcement is shown that occupies the entire screen of the car in which the brand encourages us to “buy tranquility.” Surely tranquility is the last thing someone would feel when paying for a car and that advertisements appear on the screen, but this user’s announcement with a Grand Cherokee with a Uconnect system says: “Flexcare extended Care Premium plans are backed by the factory and offer you peace of mind in case of mechanical breakdown. Press the “call” button to talk to a specialist. The odometer must mark less than 57,936 kilometers to buy it. ” Marras pop-up A problem. If you have more of those kilometers in the account, you will see an advertisement that, in addition, it is useless. If you do not have them, they have interrupted an action such as looking for something in the music system or checking an address in the GPS. A equis appears in one of the corners to close the Pop-upbut it is evident that it is a situation that has gone control. It is something that bothers the experience, since you may want to use the screen for something fast and concrete and you have to be looking for the symbol to close the advertising box. Also, like indicate Users, these ads appear every time you stop the vehicle. And some do it with a software failure. It feels. It is not the first time Someone complains about this, but it may be the most popular. The answer It has arrived by two ways. When a user shared his surprise about this in the forum 4xeforums For Jeep enthusiasts, from the Jeepcares service it was replied that they lamented frustration, which recommended customers to click on the EQUIS and eliminate past notifications. But that “the ads are part of a contractual agreement with Sirius XM” On the Carscoop website they contacted Stellantis and a representative confirmed That it is a message designed to inform Jeep’s customers “about the extended caring options of the vehicle.” And the software failure? Well, among the options for the announcement to go, we have to call, the Equis and the “ok”. The problem is that it seems that a bug made pressing in “OK” not use of anything, but from Stellantis they also confirmed to Carscoops that they are working to solve this error. In The Drive They comment that these windows can be deactivated, but you have to go to the Jeep Connect website, create a user account with mail and password and navigate to a section in which you can disable emerging windows. And the most curious thing that has made the controversy jump is that the user Comment That, in two years, the announcement had not appeared, but last week it reached the mileage indicated and the advertising began to jump. Fatigue. In the end, the underlying problem is what is known as subscription fatigue. The services that, currently, work with subscriptions are countless, even if they do not need it, and in the case of advertising in cars, it is something similar to the advertisements in prime video: it is not a cheaper rate, but to the that you had before you put ads. And it is evident that automotive companies seek a more continuous cash flow than they simply have for the sale of vehicles. There are few cases of subscriptions to unlock functions installed in cars, such as BMW idea of charging $ 80 a year for using Carplay (initially were 300 dollars) the Annual Mercedes Subscription that, for more than 400 euros a year, allowed to expand the angle of turn of the directional rear wheels or the Klim smart airbag. US problem. Advertising is no longer so much, but the business model that many companies in the sector are pushing. Now, it seems something located in the United States with its subscription and insurance program. Jeep, and the cars of the Stellantis group are important both in the European and Spanish market. We have contacted a Jeep Spain representative who confirmed that they know nothing. “Spain is part of the G5 of Europe, of the strongest markets of Jeep, and it is not something that is being applied or that they have reported,” they confirm. And this is extrapolated to the rest of Europe. Therefore, although from the same group they already confirmed a few years ago that subscriptions would be very present in your business modelin Spain you do not have to worry about the moment about this advertising implementation on the cars screens. Images | Reddit In Xataka | Large car manufacturers have launched the subscription models. Volvo believes that they are precipitating

The mystery of the best photography made to a UFO is still unresolved. And the United Kingdom Government has the fault

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In the set of UVNI eventsacronym for unidentified flying object that over time has been slightly modified to UAP, there are some more relevant than others. Obviously, those who have not been able to answer for lack of information They are the ones who have caught the public’s attention. Without going very far, Incidents revealed by New York Times In 2017 with The pentagon fighters avistando “something”They have turned the world around. And if we stick to a photograph, none like Calvine’s. Encounters in the moors of Scotland. Historius took place One night of August 1990when two hikers who worked as chefs in a nearby hotel claimed to have witnessed an inexplicable event in Calvine’s moors, a remote town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. While they walked between the fog, They noticed the presence of a huge diamond -shaped object floating in the sky“A stranger” without sound or visible propulsion signs. Its metal structure remained static in the air, challenging common sense itself on the behavior of a conventional aircraft. The astonishment and fear of witnesses increased when A combat plane Harrier appeared on the scenesurrounding the object as if it were in a recognition maneuver. Before the men could process what they saw, the mysterious artifact amounted to high speed and disappeared. One of the witnesses managed to capture several photographs of the moment, images that, years later, would become one of the most enigmatic visual tests in the history of this type of events and considered as Better photography ever made to a UFO. The Ministry of Defense intervenes. Days later, hikers They sent the photos and their testimony to the newspaper Daily Record of Scotland. Andy Allen, image editor of the newspaper, was hit by the clarity of the photographs and decided to send the best to Craig Lindsay, then press officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the base of Pitreavie Castle. Lindsay, surprised by the sharpness and realism of the image, referred it to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MOD), that immediately requested the negatives and other copies. In addition, he instructed Lindsay to contact the witnesses and collect more details. Again and according to the story of one of the hikers, the ship had a metal appearance and levitated without any source of visible propulsion. The conversation with Lindsay was the last time the witnesses gave statements about the event, and His identity was never publicly revealed. Shortly after, the MOD instructed Lindsay to cease any investigation and to leave the case in his hands. One of the two poor quality photocopies of ‘VUFOILS’ (Transparent Plastic Images) made from Calvine UFO photography, published by the National Archives of the United Kingdom in 2009 Photography disappears. That same fall, during a meeting at the MOD offices in London, Lindsay noticed that the best of UFO images had been extended to poster size and hanging on a wall. He was also able to observe the other five photos, in which the Harrier was seen moving around the object while he remained motionless. When consulting with the Ministry analysts, they confirmed that there were no indications of fraud, but that they could not identify the object. Despite the apparent initial interest, Calvine’s case was quickly filed. The Daily Record never published the story, and The photographs disappeared from any public registry For more than 30 years. It is unknown if the newspaper decided not to publish the article on its own initiative or if it received pressures from the British government to hide the incident. Where is the photo? It appears then The figure of the journalist and researcher David Clarkewho was aware of the case in 1996 through the book Open Skies, Closed Mindsby Nick Pope, a former MOD official who worked at the Ministry’s UFO investigation office. Pope described the case as one of the most intriguing in the MOD files and said that the analyzes had determined that the images were genuine, although the object remained without explanation. In 2009, Clarke began to examine declassified documents in the national archives of the United Kingdom and found a memorandum aimed at Ministers of Defense of the time of Margaret Thatcher. In this document, under the title “Defensive Lines to Take”, it was claimed that The mod had not reached definitive conclusions on the objectbut that the plane in the image was undoubtedly a Harrier. In addition, the memorandum indicated that there were no records of unusual activity in the area. Written version of a handwritten summary of Calvine’s sighting in September 1990, published by the United Kingdom National Archives in 2009 The (re) discovery. Over the years, Clarke tried to locate the original image without success, until In 2018 he found the name of a former defense intelligence department in government documents. After locating it on LinkedIn and contacting him, he confirmed that he remembered Calvine’s case and that at the time caused a stir within the ministry. According to his testimony, the most likely explanation was that it was an American experimental aircraft. This revelation led Clarke to Craig Lindsay, who still retained a copy of the photograph inside an old book in his garage. Thus, in 2022, after more than three decades of mystery and After examining with experts if the photograph was realClarke made the image public to the entire world, generating enormous media interest. What the hell happens here? The big question is still unanswered, although obviously there is hypotheses and possible explanations about the nature of the object. The most popular are three. The first is that, yes, That day an extraterrestrial ship was seen. In this regard, some ufologists argue that the object does not resemble any known aircraft, which reinforces the theory that it could be a ship of extraterrestrial origin. The second most commented option speaks of A United States Secret Project. This tip theory to which the object was an American aircraft prototype, possibly from the Aurora program, an alleged hypersonic spy developed … Read more

Marijuana was for years one of the most potential industries in the United States. Now has entered Barrena

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HE Curves come For him cannabis sector In the United States. Curved and slippery curves that will make it difficult for companies focused on that market for two reasons, both equally challenging. One is the imminent expiration of debt they face and that some experts encrypt in 6,000 million dollars. The other is The legal framework in which they are forced to operate, a context that deprives them of some of the advantages and facilities that companies in other sectors do in trouble. There are those who already talk about bubble burst of cannabis in the US and fears that a bankruptcy waterfall now arrives. A sector in trouble. There are no quiet times for the American cannabis industry, forced to deal with a series of challenges, including financing, debt expiration and laws. Bloomberg explains in A broad analysis which is summarized in a single sentence: companies in the sector face the need to deal with a millmillionary debt without the ‘Legal oxygen ball that they would have if their activity were another. What does that mean? That because of the nature of his merchandise, cannabis, which It is still illegal In the eyes of the federal administration, companies in the sector face a particularly vulnerable situation when they have to deal with their creditors. Most businesses can resort to the bankruptcy court and shield themselves to renegotiate their debt; But like Remember From the firm Harris Beach Murtha, the companies dedicated to cannabis do not usually enjoy the protection of the US bankruptcy code. “To date, US courts have been reluctant to administer bankrupt confirm In Fox Rothschild. “Virtually all bankruptcy cases involving a restructuring or sale of cannabis -related entities Controlled Substances Lawthe CSA “. A figure: 6,000 million. This handicap, derived from the legal status of its merchandise at the federal level, is important right now because the sector faces the perspective of having to deal with a quite considerable debt in not much time. According to the calculations Shared with Bloomberg By Beau Whitney, chief economist of Whitney Economicsnext year will overcome a debt of up to 6,000 million dollars. And the figure includes only the largest companies in the sector, those that operate in several states. And two percentages: 42 and 27%. That default figure (6,000 million dollars) is bulky, but alone it does not say much. If it is so important, it is because it catches the sector at a complex moment in which at least part of the industry has not yet managed to market legal marijuana a stable business. Whitney handles A couple of data They help to understand it: if in 2022 more than 42% of distributors claimed to have obtained benefits, last year that percentage had been reduced to 27%. They are figures from the past, but as Bloomberg requires They talk to us of the future of the sector: part of those companies that have not yet been able to consolidate will probably end up broken. Others will have no choice but to sit with their creditors in a scenario that is not favorable. “The refinancing of this cycle will be carried out at much higher interest rates and companies will not have the cash flow to manage it,” confirms the economistwhich speaks of “a huge debt bubble.” What is the legal scenario? Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), an US organization dedicated to promoting legalization, explains it clearly: “Although the vast majority of states have reformed the laws on cannabis, the position of the federal government has remained practically unchanged since the early 70s. Except for rare circumstances, at the federal level marijuana and its products are illegal and They are subject to the application of the criminal law. “ Despite this federal framework, MPP remembers that “state governments record and regulate the production and sales of cannabis.” Right now There are states in which it allows the consumption of marijuana for medical but not recreational purposes, others that have legalized both uses and also certain territories in which it is totally illegal. In A plane in which the regulatory framework of each of the states at the beginning of this year, the American Nonsmoker´s Rights Foundation (ANRF) calculated that there are 39 in which smoking is allowed at least for medicinal purposes. Looking to the future. The result of this difference in criteria between the Federal Administration and the states themselves derives in a complex scenario, Recognize MPPin which a person “can fulfill a set of laws on marijuana and at the same time violate another.” Until now the federal government has not considered that state regulations shock with the Supreme clause which is pronounced in its favor in the Constitution, which is explained in part because the cultivation and sale falls on private companies. Last year the Department of Justice He moved file For marijuana to be classified as a less dangerous substance, which would have direct effects on companies in the sector, reducing their expenses and favoring that many are “profitable”according to the industry itself. With the change of government and the arrival of Donald Trump to the White House (and his New prosecutor, Pam Bondi) An unknown is now opened. And what are the figures? Apart from the legal framework, the 6,000 million debt about to defeat calculated by Whitney They tell us about something else: the weight and implementation that has reached the sector in the US. Pew Research Center data show that eight out of 10 Americans (79% of the population, to be exact) have at least one store where they can buy marijuana in their county. Moreover, the same study center calculates that 54% of Americans He lives in a state that allows the recreational use of marijuana and around 15,000 dispensaries are distributed throughout the US, especially common on the west and northwest and points like Michigan or Oklahoma. The Flowhub firm in fact indicates that the legal cannabis industry is directly related to 440,400 jobs full -time and that in … Read more

Tiktok and download again in the United States. The question is what will happen after

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Tiktok is again available for download in the United States. The application He stopped working on January 19 as a result of the prohibition framed in the “Act of protection of Americans against applied applications by foreign adversaries“It was something that had been warning weeks beforesince the Supreme Court determined that Bytedance had to sell the application to an American company or cease its operations in the country. Immediately after disappearing from application stores (App Store and Google Play Store), Trump granted a 75 -day extension through an executive order. Almost a month later, the app is again available. What happened to Tiktok. On January 19 Tiktok disappeared from Android and iOS Application Stores. The Supreme Court ratified the decision of VETAR TIKTOK In the country, encouraging Bytedance to look for a buyer to avoid permanent prohibition. Despite the Court’s decision, Trump approved an executive order hours after the prohibition (and only one day after taking office), in order to grant a 75 -day extension that left the situation of the situation in the air The social network. This decree ordered the Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Justice not to apply sanctions or measures that comply with the regulations approved under the mandate of the previous president. What has changed. Although the extension allowed Tiktok to continue operating in the country, application stores had struck the social network of their repositories. In other words, It was not possible to download it officially From App Store or Google Play Store. Now, the social network is again available for download in these two main platforms. They are not safe. Despite the oxygen ball thrown by Trump, Tiktok is still forced to look for a buyer. In fact, Trump assured the press that “There are a lot of interested people” In buying the app, and an extension a priori has no purpose than granting more time to Bytdance to close an agreement. However, Tiktok’s algorithm is almost sacred to Chinaand the company is not willing to get rid of it. It is not unreasonable to raise a scenario in which Bytedance sells Tiktok to an American company with a completely different algorithm in order to overcome the prohibition. However, raising completely different operation in one of its main markets will not be so simple. Only time will say. Cover image | Cottonbro Studio In Xataka | A chocolate bar stuffed with pistachio has become the most desired viral in Tiktok: Dubai’s “chocolate”

IPS blocks that affect Cloudflare are the new Internet condemnation. Spain Italy, and the United Kingdom already suffers them

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The situation we are living these days in Spain with the Internet is worrying. Indiscriminate IPS blockages caused by the fight against illegal soccer broadcasts have made Complaints about Movistar’s service, O2 or Digi multiply: When these sporting events are held, various web sites and services cease to be accessible. The measures are resulting to have notable collateral effects, but this is not only in Spain. The situation. In recent days we have seen how Movistar clients, O2 or Digi have criticized the cuts in the service in networks that prevented them from accessing various sites and platforms on the Internet. The reason has been the blockade of IPS to fight the illegal broadcasts of football matches. In several cases, blocked IPS, some of which belong to Cloudflare, are not linked to a single service, but thousands, and not make a selective block – which is complex, but feasible – causes numerous problems. Italy was also a pioneer in this crusade. In Spain LaLiga keeps a crusade Against the illegal broadcasts of football matches, but Italy also has been fighting this type of problem for years. Already in November 2022 the iutalian authorities They identified thousands of subscribers to IPTV channels to which he later sent fines. Shared IPS. Giorgio Bonfiglio, Amazon Web Services engineer, already explained the problem of IPS blocks In a thread in x. As he highlighted, in many cases the blocked IPS are shared IPS, although it is very difficult (or impossible) to find out if they are shared. The IPV6 protocol has facilitated that service providers can access a colossal number of addresses, being able to change them dynamically and even assign one for each request. During IPS blocks, connectivity in various parts of Italy was very affected. Source: Torrentfreak The selective block is very complex. “Block one by one would not be possible. You would have to block the entire class, but that is not feasible because it is almost never possible to determine how many IPS are owned by a certain client,” He added. And that is what is happening with these indiscriminate blockages. The Italian Parliament raised a law proposal precisely for that in July 2023. It ended up approved and was baptized as “Piracy Shield” or “Privacy shield.” AGCOM acts in Italy. The Transalpino country has AGCom communications regulator (authoritá per le Garanzie Nelle Communicazioni), which is the one that manages the privacy shield blocking system. In February 2024 there happened there exactly what is beginning to happen here: the indiscriminate blockages of IPS that belong to Cloudflare OA services like Zenlayer (another CDN) e even Google They caused hundreds, perhaps thousands of legitimate and lawful websites were inaccessible while those blockages were active. Even the ISP, forced to comply with those blockages, also They criticize the situation. United Kingdom adds to the crusade. The use of dynamic IPTV emissions blockages is becoming the norm also in the United Kingdom. Over there They started working in a regulation in respect in 2017, and have collaborated with specialized companies in illegal emission struggle such as FRIENDMTS. Content suppliers such as Sky obtained in July 2023 block illegal streaming services sports. Those blockages, of course, too They caused What legitimate services will cease to be accessible. And more problems in Austria. These types of problems have also been lived in Austria. At the end of August 2022 Cloudflare clients began to complain about sites on their network that were not accessible in the country. As They told later Those responsible for Cloudflare, everything was due to an IPS blockade executed by the Austrian ISP. Austrian authorities They reacted later To avoid IPS blocking for the protecting neutrality in the network. But the locks are everywhere. These types of situations are being suffered around the world. Judicial orders that force ISPs to block IPS denounced for illegitimate contents have occurred in countries such as Canada, Holland either Franceand in those cases once again the impact is not only for those illegitimate services, but for users and companies that lose access due to the blockade of IPS. Image | Tourettes In Xataka | If you get a letter from LaLiga, it is not necessary to pay what they ask: this is what the lawyers recommend

There are 60 countries that have signed an agreement for an “open”, “inclusive” and “safe.” And two that not: USA and United Kingdom

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The event Artificial Intelligence Action Summitthe European Summit on the AI ​​that is being held these days in Paris, is leaving many headlines. We have already told how Europe has announced an investment of 150,000 million euros In AI for the next five years, but now we find another important event. And worrying. For an ethical and open. During this congress, participating countries have been urged to sign an international agreement on artificial intelligence. As indicated In the BBCthe statement advocates an “open”, “inclusive” and “ethical” approach to the development of artificial technology. The US and the United Kingdom want to go on their own in AI. Although 61 countries have signed this statement – among them France, India, Japan, Canada and even China – neither US nor the United Kingdom wanted to sign it. Their reasons have been different, but they point to the same thing: they prefer to go on their own. What has the United Kingdom said. The United Reius government has revealed that “it has not been able to agree with all the parties of the declaration”, and that “it would only sign initiatives that agree with the national interests of the United Kingdom.” Even so, spokesmen of the United Kingdom have indicated that France “remains one of our closest partners in all areas of AI.” And what has said USA. Meanwhile, US vice president JD Vance (in the image), indicated that regulating AI “could kill a transformative industry just when he is taking off.” For him this segment is one that the Trump administration “will not miss”, and said that “the growth of the growth of AI” should be prioritized “above security. Europe is “strangling” the AI. The American president was hard with the European Union, indicating that regulation should strengthen and boost the development of AI, “instead of strangling it.” His advice is that Europe contemplates “this new border with optimism, instead of restlessness.” Macron advocates regulation. Meanwhile, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, defended the need to expand regulation. “We need these rules for AI advance to,” he explained. “It is not a matter of resistance, it is not a matter of preventing innovation, it is a matter of allowing (innovation) to occur internationally while avoiding fragmentation.” But fragmentation seems inevitable. The agreement seemed a good statement of principles to try to seek consensus when avoiding major evils caused by AI, but the differences in regulation are evident since it began to talk about the subject. The United States has always had an approach that prioritized safety growth and development, something similar to what China has done (but with Open Source models). Meanwhile, in Europe the regulation has been central issue although despite this there have been important advances by private companies such as Mistral in France or Freepik in Spain. Image | Gage Skidmore In Xataka | Openai is finishing designing its own GPU for Ia. And we already know what agreement has arrived with TSMC

The intentions of the United Kingdom with Apple are a nightmare for privacy. That of the British and that of the whole world

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With the security excuse, the United Kingdom has demanded from Apple to open an intentional gap in the privacy of its users that could have severe global consequences. Why is it important. The British government order would force Apple to create a universal access rear door to ICloud. That would not only compromise the security and privacy of British users: it would affect those around the world. The context. The British government has secretly ordered Apple to create a mechanism that allows access to all the encrypted content that any Apple user rises to the cloud, regardless of its location. He has revealed it The Washington Post citing their own sources. Between the lines. The British demand goes far beyond punctual collaboration with justice: it seeks to have total and permanent access to user encrypted data. We had never seen anything like that in a western democracy. What will happen now? It is an enigma, but there is a scenario that seems very likely: if this goes ahead, Apple will surely stop offering encryption storage in the United Kingdom rather than compromise global security. The order is based on the controversial Law of Investigation Powers of 2016, known as “Fake letter“ The law prohibits Apple to reveal the existence of this order or warn its users. The threat. If the United Kingdom gets this access, other countries could demand the same privilege, and that would create a domino effect that would load privacy as we know it. All world’s iPhone users would have a strainer on their phone. The battle for digital privacy always to two irreconcilable visions: National Security that governments claim The protection of data that defend technological ones. The following will be to see how Apple responds to this request, what options they have left and how it protects the privacy of its users if British legislation is reached that raises such an invasive scenario. In Xataka | Apple’s metamorphosis: from the minimalist catalog to calculated maximalism Outstanding image | Pexels, Xataka with Mockuuups Studio

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