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They believed they had found jobs in large companies. In reality they were being deceived: this is how the trap works

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Looking for a job is already hard enough without having to be suspicious of every message that arrives in your inbox. And yet, that is exactly what the campaign that has warned about proposes. NordVPN: a trap set up to look like a real opportunity. We are not talking about a clumsy email or a sloppy website, but rather something much more refined, with names like Meta, Disney, Coca-Cola or Spotify as a claim. That’s the key to everything: they play with the illusion of those who believe they may be on the verge of an interview or a new job, when in reality they are entering into a fraud. The investigation alerts of a campaign of phishing specifically aimed at job seekers. The attackers have set up an attack chain in several phases that impersonates large brands and seeks to take the victim to a very specific point: a false login screen with which they intend to keep their Facebook credentials. Let’s see in detail the strategy of these cybercriminals. The mechanics behind fraud that imitates real selection processes It all starts with cold recruitment emails, carefully written and with a professional tone that seeks to resemble real human resources communications. It is not a minor detail that some of these shipments are made through legitimate services such as Google AppSheetbecause not only can that help you avoid spam filters, it also helps make the scene more believable to the person on the other end. The trap, at least at the beginning, is not presented in a crude way, but with a very careful appearance. From there, one of the most peculiar pieces of the entire chain appears: the so-called “HUB” domains. According to the investigation, these are pages that do not show their most sensitive content to anyone who enters directly. If a security analyst or an automated system visits that domain without coming from the specific link included in the email, what they find is a generic website, with hardly any visible activity. The truly important part is only activated when the visit arrives from that specific reference, which acts as a key and reveals the next step of the deception. The next move of the campaign is to give the victim exactly what they expect to see after a convincing recruitment email: a website that looks like a job portal. The research explains that, after that first access, the user lands on a intermediate domain which simulates a legitimate job offer portal and where you can consult positions that seem real and associated with the company whose identity they are impersonating. The more the scene resembles a normal job search, the easier it is for the person to interpret everything that comes after as a logical part of the same process. Campaign replicates legitimate job pages and uses Facebook login as hook The decisive moment comes when the victim clicks on “Request” or “Send request”. That click does not open a job form or a next phase of the supposed selection process, but rather a phishing page that asks you to log in with Facebook to continue. That’s where the trap stops insinuating itself and begins to execute its true purpose. All of the above was designed to lead to that exact point, one in which the request may seem like another simple verification within the application, when in reality what is being delivered are the account credentials. The supposed job opportunity was nothing more than the decoration of an operation with a much more specific purpose. According to the research, the final objective is steal Facebook credentials and thus obtain access to the victim’s account, with the possibility of also compromising other services connected to it. That’s why it’s a good idea to stick with a practical idea: before entering any credential, you should check the URL carefully, check that you are on the official domain, and be wary of any strange login. Images | Xataka with Grok | NordVPN In Xataka | AI is crucial for the US military. So he’s naming OpenAI and Palantir leaders as lieutenant generals

This is how the Rocketroll project works

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Artemis II has been an example of how far space travel can go. So far that there will come a time when the technologies currently used to propel ships will be insufficient. There is no point in using solar energy if we move too far from the Sun or travel to the Moon, with 14-day nights. Nor is it useful to use the best fuel if the trip is going to be so long, so far and with so much load that refueling needs would be unfeasible. For this reason, nuclear propulsion has been considered for some time to take ships where they cannot go today. The European Space Agency (ESA) has also jumped on that bandwagon and has already carried out its first studies. An order for three consortia. The ESA just announced the first results of the Rocketroll project, which has asked three independent consortia to design an approach to use nuclear electric propulsion in European space missions. This is something that other space agencies, such as NASA, have already begun to study, but in European territory work had not yet been done on this specific issue. Thermonuclear propulsion vs nuclear-electric propulsion. In fact, nuclear propulsion for spacecraft had already been studied in Europe. That is the key to the Alumni project, presented by ESA last year. The difference is that in that case a thermonuclear propulsion system was designed. That is, a reactor in which nuclear fission generates heat that is used to heat a fluid that serves as a propellant. What has been studied in Rocketroll is different, since nuclear fission generates electricity, which is supplied to a series of electric motors. Each one has its advantages. In absolute terms, thermonuclear propulsion is more powerful. However, it is accompanied by technical problems, such as storing a sufficient amount of propellant. Plus, it’s very expensive. The other option is cheaper and, accompanied by some chemical propulsion, is just as powerful. That is why ESA is so interested in having its ships work with this mechanism. Three consortia, three proposals. Three multidisciplinary consortia have participated in this project: Tractebel, CNRS and OHB Czech Space. Each has made a proposal that would be incorporated into the entire system. For example, the first consortium has proposed using enriched uranium as a generator of nuclear power. Uranium-238 is the most abundant in nature, but it is not fissile. This means that a nuclear fission chain reaction cannot be maintained from it. Nuclear fission is the process by which energy is obtained in nuclear reactors, so it is of no use to us. On the other hand, Uranium-235 is fissile. Enriched uranium is richer in this isotope, so it can be used in a nuclear reactor. Compared to other options, such as Plutonium-239, Tractebel considers that this is better. For its part, CNRS proposes using a molten salt reactor. That is, a reactor in which this type of salts are used as coolant and/or fuel to trigger nuclear fission. Finally, the third consortium proposes that the ships be larger to optimize the results. Scheme of the alumni nuclear thermal propulsion system (Image rotated) A safe option. All consortia conclude that nuclear-electric propulsion can open new paths for space exploration. This is great news, but we may have doubts about its safety. Before them, they remember that it is a risk-free process. The uranium that would be activated remains inert and is only activated, to trigger nuclear fission, once it is in orbit. There would be no risks while handling the ships on Earth. In addition, shields are used so that astronauts and spacecraft cargo are not at risk when the reaction is triggered. We must not forget that space is also a large source of radiationso ships must be properly protected. Next steps. This first step by Rocketroll has been little more than a brainstorm. There is still quite a way to go. For example, each system will have to be studied separately, from the nuclear reactor to the radiation shield, including the energy conversion system, the thermal heating and cooling system and the electric thrusters. For all this, ESA has already formed a nuclear propulsion working group that will oversee the design and construction of subscale hardware. There will also be laboratory tests to confirm that everything is working properly before even thinking about testing the system in space. This technology may be the future, but it must be tested slowly. Image | THAT In Xataka | The West stopped building nuclear power plants because they were too expensive: China is teaching it a lesson

We have reached a point where artists have to explain that they have made their works without the help of AI and not the other way around.

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“I spent 40 hours making a digital painting and the first comment I get says: nice AI art.” He tells it a user on Redditbut it is not an isolated case. Not too long ago, we thought that the solution was tag all AI-made contentbut we quickly realized that It was a huge challenge.. Today, it is human artists who have to defend that their art is real. What is happening. More and more artists are accused of having used AI in their works, especially when they are works that tend more towards realism and have a high level of detail. Many artists choose share your entire work process on networks and some deliver the files in layers to their clients to cover their backs and so that there is no room for doubt. It is not something that happens only with plastic arts, they have also been accused video game developers and writers. If I don’t know if it’s AI, then everything is AI. AI imaging capabilities have reached a level where the eye is no longer able to distinguish a real image from a generated one. Our ability to capture and distinguish visual information is suffering a shock in real time and the natural response is distrust; Since we can no longer trust what our eyes see, we question it. Is something too well drawn? It must be AI. Is a text suspiciously well written? You sure have done it with ChatGPT. It is a defensive posture that also responds to the fact that, if you believe something false, you look like a loser, while if you question something real, you are simply a skeptic. Label the human. Labeling AI content sounded good, but it hasn’t worked. Much of the blame lies with the platforms for not having been tougher with their application. We have the case of Etsy, a platform that was the refuge of crafts and has ended up becoming a bazaar of slop AI that pretends to be real. In this context, the solution seems to be just the opposite: labeling what is made by humans, as a kind of quality seal. Adam Mosseri said itdirector of Instagram, a few months ago: Platforms like Instagram do a good job of identifying AI-generated content, but their effectiveness will decrease over time as AI improves. It will be more practical to identify real content than fake content. AI detectors are not reliable. It is a fact and we have seen it on several occasions: universities falsely accusing hundreds of students of using AI because a software (also AI, of course) told him so, AI detectors who believe ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ was made with a chatbot…The quality of content generated with AI is advancing so quickly that it is no longer impossible to distinguish it from the real thing, which is why the proposal for human content labels makes sense. Something like the ‘denomination of origin’ seal on food. There are several proposals. They count in Verge that there are quite a few proposals that want to praise human content, offered by different associations such as Not By AI, ProudlyHuman, Human Authored or Human Made. The problem is that many of these labels do not have a complex authentication process behind them, but are based on simple trust. For it to be a reliable label, it is necessary to verify the work process using sketches or diagrams, something that is much more laborious to achieve. In Xataka | Crocheting was a peaceful refuge from the stress and information overload of the internet. Until AI arrived

Using multiple VPN hops is an extreme technique to leave no trace on the internet. This is how it works

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Let’s explain to you How the multi-hop technique works in a VPNso that you know this method to leave no trace on the Internet when you browse. Because if one VPN It already offers you a layer of security and privacy, with this technique also called Multi-Hop you add more additional layers. This is a technique that is implemented in several commercial VPN services, from NordVPN even others of the best vpn services. But sometimes they can have somewhat different names and characteristics. Therefore, we are going to try to explain everything to you in a simple way. What is multi-hop in a VPN When you use a VPN, you are protecting your online traffic with a layer of security. This is done by passing your traffic through a server before it reaches its destination. This server sees and hides information such as your real IP, which makes your browsing safer. But there are times when this is not enough, and there are users who need additional layers of privacy. This is where the multi-hop technique comes in, which instead of sending your traffic through a single VPN server, routes it through two or more servers until it reaches the Internet. Imagine that you want to get from point A, which is your computer, to point B, which is the website you are going to visit. You can do it without further ado, in plain sight of everyone, or you can use a VPN which is like a tunnel where it is hidden from you and your browsing is made more private. Here, a multi-hop would mean taking several detours and several tunnels to make tracking you much more complicated. NordVPN with 76% discount The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Using this technique, your data is protected with several layers of encryption. Before leaving the computer or mobile phone, several layers are applied beforehand depending on how many hops you are going to have, and then each server decrypts its corresponding layer. It’s like putting it in a safe box to which only you know the key, but inside there is another box with another key, and inside another with another key. As if I were inside a Russian doll. This technique also change your IP address on each server to make it more difficult to track you. None of the intermediate servers will have full visibility. Meanwhile, the former knows where you come from but not where you are going, and the latter knows where you are going but not where you come from. And what’s the difference between a multi-hop or changing the VPN server manually? If you disconnect from one VPN server and connect to another, things like your IP and location change, but you’re still using a single server that knows where you come from and where you’re going, where your connection starts and ends. While, a multihop divides on two or more servers this information of where you come from and where you are going. You will have hidden more. Depending on the VPN service you have contracted or configured, this multi-hop can be offered to you in different ways. For example, NordVPN offers the option Double VPNwhich is a multi-hop on two servers. This doubles the encryption of your connection, and although it is less private than doing it on three or more servers, it means that your connection does not slow down as much. In short, this is a technique for those seeking maximum privacy, although It is not the only alternative. There are technologies like Tor network which do the same thing natively with at least three nodes, being the great reference for external anonymity. The difference is that Multi-hop chains together commercial VPN servers, while Tor routes traffic through nodes operated by anonymous volunteers, prioritizing complete anonymity over speed. You can go further by jumping between different providers Another thing to keep in mind is that multi-hop can be done within the same supplier or between different. Within the VPN provider itself, it is usually done with its own systems such as the aforementioned DobleVPN from NordVPN, a method that facilitates the process but allows the provider to have a theoretical global vision of the chain. While, doing it between different providers maximizes privacy. Doing this is more complex, as it is not natively supported in commercial apps. You would have to do this by setting up the router with a VPN and then using someone else’s software, or by using an intermediate VPS server. These are more technical configurations, although in exchange you get more privacy and security. No VPN service will have a complete view of your traffic, or if a service is hacked or has to give access to third parties through a court order, it will not have all of your browsing information either. It is for very extreme casesbut it is a possibility that exists. Multi-hop has two negative things The multi-hop technique adds as many additional layers of encryption and privacy as there are hops to different VPN servers you make. However, you already know what happens when when driving your car you deviate down several streets instead of going in a straight line: it takes you longer to reach your destination. This makes using this technique your connection is slower and has more latency. There is data which indicate that latency increases between 50 and 150 ms with each hop, while connection speed can drop between 30 and 60% per hop. This data can change a lot because they depend on aspects such as the distance between VPN servers, the protocols you are using, or the processing power of your devices. For example, jumps to geographically close servers each other cause less slowdown, while a jump between servers on different continents can severely penalize your browsing. However, although there may be changes, all this always ends up translating into The websites and apps you use take longer to loadwhere … Read more

This is how the device that has triggered fines in France works

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If at any time we come across a metallic, angular and almost futuristic-looking trailer on the road, it is easy for us to think of anything but a speed camera. However, that design that vaguely resembles a vehicle like the Tesla Cybertruck It has a much more specific function: controlling speed and automatically penalizing those who exceed it. What we have seen in other countries already has a presence in Spain, and everything indicates that its impact is not going unnoticed. the real name. Although the name “Cybertruck radar” It has become popular for its appearancewhat we have before us is a system with first and last name: Poliscan Enforcement Trailermanufactured by the German company Vitronic. Its approach is different from other radars that we already know. Here we are talking about a speedometer installed on a trailer that can be easily moved and that is designed to operate autonomously, without the constant presence of operators. How it works. We have already seen that it does not need constant supervision, but its operation goes one step further. This towed radar can operate for long periods thanks to high-performance batteries, which allows it to be deployed in points where there is no electrical connection or fixed infrastructure. Once installed, it controls speed precisely in several lanes and can manage violations without the need for police presence at the time. In addition, it incorporates protection measures against sabotage, from sensors that detect movements to elements designed to make any tampering attempt difficult, and can be connected to process disciplinary proceedings. Where is it in Spain. If we now look at the Spanish case, the starting point is clear: Catalonia was the first community to incorporate this type of towed radars. Here, yes, the sources do not completely agree on the figures and dates.Infotrànsit, in a post dated March 2, 2026states that the Servei Català de Trànsit incorporated them into the road network in 2023 and raises the number to ten operational tow radars. The direction seems clear: expand the fleet during 2026 and concentrate it on sections with higher accident rates, with the AP-7 as one of the corridors where this type of control fits most clearly. The French mirror. A precedent that explains its impact. To understand why this type of radar is gaining prominence, it is worth looking at France, where they have been deployed for years and with measurable results. According to data collected by Motorpasiónin 2022 there were about 340 devices of this type, which represented approximately 7.5% of the country’s total radars. However, their weight in the sanctions was much greater: they accounted for more than a quarter of the 25.5 million fines registered. That is to say, its presence was relatively limited, but the data points to a capacity to detect infractions much greater than its weight within the system. Beyond its design or its impact on the figures, what is drawn with this type of device is a change in the way of controlling speed on the road. Both the Servei Català de Trànsit and the DGT have focused on sections where the risk is greater, from roads with high accident rates to construction areas where signage changes and drivers do not always adjust their gear. In this context, towed radars fit as a flexible tool, capable of adapting to different situations. Images | Vitronic | Catalan Transit Service In Xataka | Denza Z9GT and D9: BYD’s luxury brand lands in Europe with a coupé with more than 1,000 HP and a seven-seater minivan

Mercadona wanted to find out in Portugal if its business formula works outside of Spain. You already have the answer

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Your bet on the white labelthe short assortment, ready-to-eat foods and territorial expansion has allowed Mercadona to gain almost 30% of the Spanish market, far surpassing its competitors in the retail. That’s nothing new. What is curious is that this same bet seems to be giving good results also in Portugal, a country in which the chain premiered in 2019 with a first store in Vila Nova de Gaia. Since then the Valencian company not only he got sixth in your expansion lusa, has also expanded its business quota. And it doesn’t seem to be going bad at all. Beyond Spain. The percentage may vary depending on the period or region being analyzed, but for some time now studies on retail show that Mercadona is (by far) the chain that takes the largest part of the distribution business in Spain. In January, the consulting firm Nielsen presented a report on “mass consumption” that it assigns to Juan Roig’s chain 29.5% of the marketwell above direct competitors such as Carrefour, Lidl or DIA. This footprint is explained by a strategy that dates back (at least) to the end of the 80s, when the Valencian company made the leap to Madrid. On the other side of ‘la Raya’, however, its history is much more recent. Mercadona did not put its head into the Portuguese market until 2016when it decided to bet on its internationalization, and its first store in the neighboring country is even more recent: a 18,000 m2 supermarket in Vila Nova de Gaia opened in 2019. Chain Distribution share in Portugal (2024) Distribution share in Portugal (2025) Continent 26.6% 27.5% Pingo Doce 21.7% 21.7% Lidl 13% 12.9% Mercadona 7.0% 7.2% Intermarché 6.6% 6.4% Auchan 4.4% 5.3% aldi 2.7% 2.9% Miniprice 23% 0.8% Leclerc 0.8% 0.8% And how is it going there? We knew that the company was expanding for Portugal, which in 2024 achieved a positive net result and that in 2025 its profit in the neighboring country amounted to 26 million of euros; What we have just discovered is that this data is largely explained by its share of business. The Economist just published a report from Worldpanel by Numerator (formerly Kantar) that shows that the Valencian chain has established itself in the ‘TOP 5’ of the most important firms in the Portuguese distribution sector. A percentage: 7.2%. To be more precise, in 2025 its quota rose to 7.2%two percentage points more than in 2024. It is a much lower percentage than in Spain, but it draws attention when analyzed in its context. First, because Mercadona has gained that 7.2% gap in just five years, a time in which it has overtaken firms such as Intermarché, Auchan or Aldi. Second, because it is already the fourth distribution chain in terms of business footprint. It is only surpassed by Lidl (12.9%) and above all Pingo Doce (21.7%) and Continente (27.5%), the undisputed leaders of the retail in the neighboring country. Gaining weight. Mercadona has not only increased its share of the pie in the Portuguese business. It has also expanded its territorial footprint. And clearly. When it opened its first store, in the summer of 2019, the firm has already advanced that its landing did not only include the supermarket in the Porto area, it also contemplated a logistics block, offices and plans to open nine other stores that year. In his last annual reportpresented just a few weeks ago, Mercadona specifies that it closed 2025 with 69 stores, 7,500 employees and a turnover of 2,092 million euros in Portugal, which contributed to closing the year in green. If nothing goes wrong, the company plans launch another five super soon. “Since 2019, the company has invested a cumulative total of 1,230 million euros and, in this second year in which it registered a positive result in the country, it achieved a net profit of 26 million,” explains. According to his calculations, he already monopolizes 3.5% share in total sales area in Portugal. Are they all advantages? Not at all. If Mercadona has managed to establish its business share in Portugal, it has been largely thanks to its investment, the opening of new stores and the creation of a ambitious logistics block in Santarém. However, the Worldpanel by Numerator data that confirms its growth also reflects that it will not be easy if it wants to continue growing. The Valencian firm has Lidl ahead of it, but above all Pingo Doce and Continenttwo chains with decades of history and a very wide presence in Portugal. Between them they add up hundreds and hundreds of points of sale spread across the country and a market share that the old Kantar figure at 49.2%. Images | Continent and Mercadona Via | elEconomista.es In Xataka | Mercadona and the rest of the supermarkets have realized something worrying: they spend a million dollars on printing paper

Magnesium has become the star supplement for constipation. Science is clear about how it works

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Constipation is undoubtedly one of those silent problems that many people carry inside with a lot of suffering due to the symptoms it generates, such as abdominal distention. And in search of different remedies to be able to go to the bathroom regularly, magnesium It has positioned itself as one of the star supplements, whether in the form of pills, powders or even mineral waters. And here the question is clear: does it really work? The engine of the intestine. We know that magnesium acts in our digestive system fundamentally as an osmotic laxative. This means that, by not being completely absorbed in the intestine, it attracts water from the walls into the intestinal lumen. And in the end, this extra hydration softens the stool and increases its volume, which in turn stimulates colon movements that facilitate evacuation. Something very similar to what happens when you consume fiber. The use of magnesium. The most compelling evidence about its proper functioning comes from Japan, where magnesium oxide is a historically used first-line treatment for this problem. Here the science wanted to put it to the test in a group of adult patients with functional chronic constipation, and the results showed that magnesium oxide not only significantly improved stool frequency, but also stool shape and colonic transit time. The most revealing data is the overall response rate, since 70.6% of those treated with magnesium oxide saw their periods of constipation reduced compared to 25% of the control group. But beyond this, patients reported an improvement in their quality of life, demonstrating that magnesium goes beyond simple punctual symptomatic relief. Natural prevention. It is not always necessary to resort to supplementation in pills, since intake through food also plays a fundamental preventive role. Analysis of the NHANES database in American adults reveals a clear correlation: increased consumption in the diet Magnesium is associated with a lower prevalence of being constipated, which is an effect that is very marked in men. This is also adds the power of mineralized waters rich in magnesium and sulfate that have been seen to have a real therapeutic impact. The data suggests that a dose of 20 mmol per day is sufficient to increase the number of bowel movements and improve the consistency of the stool from the second week of consumption, making these waters a very important dietary tool that should always be present in cases of constipation. The pediatric dilemma. In the case of children, everything changes, and it forces us to be very careful because what may be good for an adult does not have to be transferred to the little ones. And, although science suggests that at a physiological level, frequency and consistency are improved and abdominal pain is reduced, it has an important problem: taste. Here studies suggest that a good part of children can reject magnesium oxide orally. Likewise, in the pediatric field it is always better to avoid supplementation and consult a specialist in order to receive the best possible treatment and under strict control by doctors. Your fine print. Magnesium is a priori natural, but this is not synonymous with ‘harmless’. The B side of magnesium supplementation lies in the possibility of having an excess of magnesium in the blood in cases where it is thought that the more, the better. An excess of magnesium in the blood due to self-medication can directly affect the kidneys, which are ultimately responsible for filtering and excreting this excess, so those people who already have an underlying kidney problem should be very careful about overdoing it with this ‘natural’ remedy. In Xataka | There are people obsessed with consuming magnesium as a supplement when the best way is to put it in your diet

If the controversy is that AI steals works in its training, the European Union has the solution: license them

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A few weeks ago the Washington Post published this image of the “Panama Project”: It is a warehouse with hundreds of thousands of books waiting their turn to be scanned and destroyed in the process. It is part of an internal program Anthropic to train its AI and the result of tens of millions of dollars in purchases to digitize all those works without permission from their authors. They are not the only ones who “they borrow” copyrighted content to train their artificial intelligences and the European Union is clear about something: stop stealing protected content and properly license works to train AI. And AI companies defend themselves by saying that no one is going to think about small companies. Europe is clear: if you want to train AI, pay the author It is curious how the entertainment industry and the regulation of countries shook hands at the beginning of the 2000s with those ads of “you wouldn’t steal a purse. You wouldn’t steal a car. Don’t steal a movie.” They portrayed copying a CD or downloading a movie as if you were breaking into the Pentagon’s systems. Years later, that same industry turns a deaf ear given what big technology companies are doing to train AI. The Washington Post document states that others such as Meta, Google and OpenAI They had also participated in the race to obtain data in bulk for your models. There are kicking examples, like the 81.7 TB of copyrighted books that you have downloaded Meta or that OpenAI will use animation from all the studios to train its AI (earning reproaches by Ghigli and more Japanese studies and complaining that Deepseek has looted ChatGPT). Given the context, it is time to say that the European Parliament has grown tired of this and has one of the things he is best at: legislating. In this case, it makes perfect sense for Europe to take this measure, and the agency issued a report non-binding law that urges the European Commission to develop rules that set minimum standards for these AI companies. “Generative AI should not operate outside the rule of law” Basically, if they use protected content for their training, they must license it and also compensate the authors. with the title “Protecting creative work with copyright in the age of AI”the European Parliament demands a series of measures apart from licensing the works. They are the following: Calls for the transparent and remunerated use of protected content to train generative AI. AI vendors are expected to recognize and pay for the copyrighted work they used to train their systems. Measures so that owners of works with rights can exclude their protected work from training. The reason that they argue MEPs is that “generative AI should not operate outside the rule of law. If copyrighted works are used to train artificial intelligence systems, creators have the right to transparency, legal certainty and fair compensation.” The European Group of Societies of Authors and Composers, or GESAC, points in the same direction. In statements to EuronewsAdriana Moscoso del Prado, general manager of GESAC; assures that “this vote adds to the growing recognition at the EU level of what is at stake. Innovation, equity and cultural sovereignty must go hand in hand.” AI companies fight back From the CCIA, the Computer and Communications Industry Association, it was noted that this is not a measure to protect artists, but rather “a compliance tax.” That is, something that must be fulfilled no matter what and that goes against progress. The group argued that such a measure would not go against large companies, but against small ones. They say that many will have difficulty negotiating complex licensing agreements with major publishers, “holding back Europe’s digital competitiveness on the global stage” and stating that what they would need to do is improve existing laws in the European Union, including the AI ​​Law and the Copyright Directive. In any case, there is nothing on the table at the moment. As we say, it is a self-initiative report by Parliament and is not binding. The Commission can now consider whether to do so or not, but it makes one thing clear: Parliament’s position on any future AI measures by the Commission. The problem is that generative AI has already plundered millions of copyrighted works on which it can build its next interactions. The software has tons of information to pivot on and can evolve in other areas, like stopping hallucinating, for example. And it is another example of the two speeds of this matter: the technological ones taking the first steps and the legislators behind them seeing what can be done when the act they want to legislate on was already carried out years ago. Images | Washington Post, Anti-Piracy Campaign (edited) In Xataka | The AI ​​industry is only sustainable by violating copyright laws. So he’s trying to eradicate them

What is Antigravity, how it works and what you can do with Google’s artificial intelligence IDE

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Let’s explain to you what is Antigravity and what you can do with this Google development tool. It is a popular developer environment powered by artificial intelligencewhich makes creating web projects as easy as possible. We are going to start the article by explaining to you in a simple way what it is. Antigravity. Then, we are going to tell you its main functions and what you will be able to do with it. Next, we will mention how you can use it, giving you the essential news, and we will end by talking about its price and availability. What is Antigravity Antigravity is an integrated development environment (IDE)one of those programs that developers use for programs. Come on, it is used to write code and create applications or web pages. The difference is that Antigravity is an IDE powered by artificial intelligence. This means you can delegate complex coding tasks to autonomous AI agents to write the bulk of the code and perform checks. Come on, instead of writing all the code by hand as in classic IDEs, simply you explain to the Antigravity assistant what you wantand then it will use artificial intelligence to plan it, schedule it, test it, and show you the final results for you to review. Just as there are other AI programming tools whose agents simply assist you while you write and you do the bulk of the work, Antigravity is the opposite. Here the burden of writing code falls on the AI, while you are just telling it the concept you want and reviewing everything. So, it is an IDE for whoever doesn’t know how to program can do it. It’s like one of those generative artificial intelligence that responds with text or creates images or videos of whatever you ask, but instead what it does is write code. There are other AI services like Claude that have very good capabilities in writing code. However, Antigravity is capable of not only generating the code, but also testing it, detect and correct errors that could have been generated. And as for the artificial intelligence to which it delegates, its agents use the Gemini, Claude and GPT models. As new versions are released, they are added, but today Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.6, and gpt-oss-120b are available. In essence, making a website with Antigravity can be a little more complicated than making it with Claude if you are an inexperienced user. But if you are a developer, you will have much more controland you will also be able to take advantage of AI to review other projects you have created. What you can do with Antigravity Antigravity is not simply a code editor, but goes much further. For a start. Let’s leave you a list with the main functions What does this tool have: Planning and autonomous execution of tasks. Antigravity agents can autonomously plan, execute, and verify complex tasks through the editor, terminal, and browser. You simply give it the instruction in natural language, which can range from creating a website to reviewing an existing one, and the agent will take care of the process, from planning to implementation. Management of multiple agents in parallel. In the Manager view, a developer can launch five different agents working on five different bugs simultaneously, effectively multiplying their productivity. Verifiable artifacts. Agents produce tangible deliverable artifacts such as task lists, implementation plans, screenshots, and browser recordings. This way, you can verify the logic that the agent is following, and leave comments on the artifact to make corrections or leave feedback without stopping their workflow. Browser control for automatic testing. Antigravity’s browser subagents can launch Chrome, interact with your application interface or website, and verify its operation automatically. Come on, in addition to creating a website you can have the AI ​​verify that everything works well. Two modes of work. Antigravity offers a Plan mode, which generates a detailed plan before acting on complex tasks, and a Fast mode, which executes instructions instantly, great for quick fixes. You can also choose the level of autonomy you give the agent. Compatibility with the existing ecosystem. Antigravity works on top of your existing toolchain: Git, language runtimes, package managers, CLIs, and browsers, so you can open the same repositories and run the same commands you already use. How Antigravity works The way Antigravity works is simple. The main screen is divided into two. On one side you will have the code, where you can open and see the content of the projects. And on the other side you will have the artificial intelligence agent, with a writing prompt where you will only have to describe the website you want. If you want to create a project from scratch, then go to the agents section and Describe the website or application you want to create. You’ll need to do this as completely and thoroughly as possible, talking about what you want it to be able to do, and describing the design you have in mind. Then, send it the prompt and Antigravity will first start thinking about how to do it, and then it will start writing the code, which you will see in the other part of the application. During the process, you will be able to see how the agent is thinking, and this will ask your permission to make changes or actions. You can also, when you launch Antigravity, open a project you already have to see its code. Then, in the agent section you can ask them to make the changes or checks you want. Price and availability You can use Antigravity with your free Google account. This means that you will be able to use it to create any website or application without problems. It is designed for occasional and not very demanding use. However, if you pay for a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription, you will have much broader limits if you are a professional developer … Read more

In 1850, Almería inaugurated one of the largest hydraulic works in 19th century Spain. It was a complete disaster

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It is May 8, 1850, Níjar (Almería). Although the promoters have been trying for months, finally the inauguration of the Isabel II reservoir will not have the physical presence of the Queen which gives it its name. But they are not going to let that ruin the moment, their moment. We talk about what may be the largest hydraulic work of the Andalusian 19th century and one of the most ambitious on the peninsula: 35 meters of stonework built at will by more than a thousand private investors that culminate the old dream of the Duchess of Abrantes, to build a dam along the Rambla del Carrizal. A dam doomed to failure. Money in abundance. In 1821, in the heat of the mining boom in the Sierra Almagrera of Almería, Diego María Madollel He created ‘Irrigation of Níjar’ and obtained tax exemptions from the crown. The idea was simple: build a stone structure 44 meters long and 35 meters high with the idea of ​​irrigating more than 18,000 hectares in Campo de Níjar and Campohermoso. Over the next 40 years, Madollel would learn that there are many ways to fail. The first was almost immediate. The second took almost twenty years and the third, in 1842, with the constitution of the Níjar Reservoir Company, seemed to be the good one. The businessman gathered more than a thousand shareholders from Almería, Murcia, Málaga, Madrid and Valencia (people who had become rich from the mines, wanted to invest, but did not know much about the matter) and got the state to declare the project a ‘public utility’; but, five years later, the project could not get off the ground. It wouldn’t have started, but In 1848 the drought began. A persistent, sharp and prophetic drought… but that promoted the construction of the swamp. Madollel saw his opportunity and began selling water rights. The construction moved forward, the Murcian Jerónimo Ros took control of the construction and by 1857 not only the dam was finished, but also a very complex system of irrigation canals and pipes. Madollel had built a hydrological Ferrari: but the road was not in condition to go more than 20 kilometers per hour. How much everything goes wrong. Despite the very long development, the promoters did almost everything wrong. To begin with, they did not carry out hydrological studies of the area and that prevented them from realizing that the riverbed did not have enough flow to fill the reservoir or to irrigate 18,000 hectares. Furthermore, they did not realize that the regime of the boulevard was ‘torrential’: when it rains, it does so torrentially and that causes enormous amounts of sediment to be washed away. By 1871, the reservoir was completely blocked. The failure was enormous. Or almost. Because, although it is true that today the prey is a relic for hikersthe truth is that Madollel did have some vision. Today the Campo de Níjar is the epicenter of one of the largest seas of plastics in the country. The hydrological pressures are the same or worse, but this shows that it doesn’t matter how many times the climate twists our hand, the man is there to try again. Image | ANE In Xataka | The reservoir that would “never be filled” is opening its floodgates: 23 years later, the largest swamp in Western Europe is completely full

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