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Siri is not the only broken toy in the world voice attendees. Their rivals still do

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Apple is still choking artificial intelligence implementation. The company confirmed at the end of the week that Siri’s advanced functions would take “More than expected” In arriving, without giving a specific date but advancing that until 2026 we will not have news. The company is late, but it is not the only one in trouble with its intelligent assistant. The great alternative to Siri is Gemini, a solution that most Android manufacturers are beginning to implement in collaboration with Google and that follows very, very green. Don’t wait for the new Siri soon. One of Apple Intelligence’s reasons was The new Siri. Native integration with chatgpt, Natural language understandinganalysis of the content of our phone to meet in detail … recently we could Test Apple Intelligence beta And the conclusion was clear: everything was half building or, directly, it wasn’t. Weeks later, Apple confirmed that Siri’s smartest version “will take longer than expected.” His artificial intelligence is still in beta and the arrival of all the news from this spring was expected. It won’t be so. Apple decided not to get into the AI ​​car when its main rivals were at a point of relative maturity, and These delays They have taken her to the current situation. His rival rubs his hands. Meanwhile, the answer on Android is being clear. This operating system is owned by Google, and Google has Gemini as vitamin assistant with artificial intelligence. Thus, most phones (Oppo, Samsung, Xiaomi, etc.) that are sold in Europe, arrive from Gemini. This is the agent that replaces the classic Google (OK, Google) assistant that we have been using on our phones for so many years, with the main difference of being a Google response to tools such as Chatgpt. Not everything that shines. Gemini has improved, and much, Since we tried it in February 2024. Gemini Live now It is completely freehas no problem to execute simple actions (alarms, searches, etc.), but it is still very far from being a natural assistant. One of its main problems is precisely that the distinction between Gemini and Gemini Live dilutes the use we want to give as an assistant. If, for example, I ask Gemini what I can do today, he will give me an especially extensive answer. If I want to stop talking (in addition, Gemini’s tone is quite robotic and unnatural) I cannot do it comfortably, since the only way that allows interruptions is that of Gemini Live. In other words, in an independent app (such as Gemini or Chatgpt) this distinction between conversational modes makes sense. In a fast and native assistant, everything should be available in the most accessible way. And no, if you tell Gemini if ​​you can speak using Gemini Live, do not activate this mode, start talking without stopping what this way is. Gemini also does not have access to native applications (it only works by extensions and, today, there are very few. It is not even able to make adjustments as simple as lowering/uploading the brightness of the phone, and the same happens with the volume. Much less can change basic system adjustments if we ask. There are no more rivals in sight (still). The only Android manufacturer who bet on a conversational assistant was Samsung with Bixby. This assistant is still alive in One UI 7, but it is so secondary that Samsung herself preinstall Gemini on her phones and its extensions are key to the operation of Galaxy AI. In China, the great manufacturers are beginning to integrate Depseek as the native but, for the moment, there is no advanced voice or native integration. Honor wants to change everything With its AI agent, one capable of performing all kinds of requests, including the most important, those of native adjustments. Image | Apple In Xataka | The new Siri forgets the devices where it is more important: the Homepod and Apple Watch

The 10 most powerful air forces in the world, compared to a clarifying graphic

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From the Combat Aviation Large in the World War I and the improvement in the Second World Waraerial supremacy has been one of the objectives of the countries that most invest in the military arm. Air control is crucial, and in recent years we have seen that some of the most tense incidents among nations (Of those who have not finished at war, of course) have had heaven as protagonists. With the era of hypertecnological aircraft, those that have advanced furtive abilities and, Above all, dronesthe Air Force is a key strategic factor in the current geopolitics. And in this graph prepared by Visual Capitalist We can see what are the most powerful air forces in the world. Were there doubts? With base data of Global Firepowerwe can see how the United States, to anyone’s surprise, is the nation that has the most aircraft. A total of 13,209, far from a Russia with 4,255 ships and a China that holds about 3,304. The American domain is overwhelming, and outside the podium, we see that the rest of the countries maintain a balance in their air forces. Potpourri. Now, not all the ships shown in the graph are combat fighters. Of those 13,209 United States aircraft, 1,854 are combat aircraft (which is more than the complete fleet of most countries, on the other hand), 3,722 are support planes and 5,737 are helicopters. To compare, Russia has 609 support planes, 809 fighters and 1,554 helicopters, although the total amount can vary due to its losses from the beginning of the Ukraine War. Number vs. Equipment. Now, something important is that the air war would not be won by the one that has the most ships. In this issue, we must leave the United States out of the equation due not only to the number of vehicles, but also the country that invests the most money in its military arm. It is estimated that the North American country Invest More than 800,000 million dollars in defense, far from the 252,000 million of China, the 72,900 of India or, even, the 63,000 million annually that Japan planned to invest from 2023 to 2027 for Modernize your forces. Because this, as we say, is important. Returning to the Air Forces, the Japanese country is modernizing its fleet with advanced aircraft such as F-15 and F-2. South Korea or the United Kingdom are also in That modernization point And Russia, which invests 61,7 billion dollars in defense, has the second most numerous fleet, yes, but full of outdated equipment. China in Mach 3. And in this game of numbers and investment, it must also be taken into account that countries do not show all their letters. It is evident that the United States would have no problem in declaring the total number of aircraft due to the huge military muscle it has, but China has been investing a lot and in full military growth that makes it complicated to know, really, how many aircraft it has. The Asian giant is burning money on airplanes, specifically in Advanced fighters such as the J-20, the J-15T and the J-34a, but it is also known that it is developing nuclear submarines, Heavy helicopters, latest generation aircraft carriersadvanced furtive aircraft and other types of military assets. Not to mention the progress in development of nuclear headsan aggressive advance that seeks to close the military gap with other powers. In the end, it is a balance between the number of forces and their generation, but despite efforts of other powers, the United States still does not have a rival, since only its military expense represents 40% of world military spending. And, of course, he is also advancing by leaps and bounds in New generation aircraft. In Xataka | The countries that most and less money invest in NATO beyond the US, gathered in this graphic

If the question is how much money it exists in the world per person, this graphic developer has the answer

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Imagine there was a form of distribute all money in cash of the world equitably between Each inhabitant of the planet. Thus, a Wisconsin farmer would have the same cash That a potter in New Delhi, a goat shepherd in Namibia or a dentist in Sydney. How much money You think it would correspond to each inhabitant? The short answer: everyone could Buy a Sandero Dacia. The world money supply is not the same as world wealth The modern economic system encompasses many financial and monetary elements that define the term of wealth. So one of the ways in which the exercise of imagination distribution of wealth that would allow mitigating world poverty can be distribute all money in cash that exists in monetary markets around the world. This “cash” money is known as M2 Prenss supply And it is an intermediate monetary aggregate that includes money in circulation from around the world and certain bank deposits with high liquidity and with a period of up to 2 years, savings and money market accounts, as well as deposits with availability with notice of up to three months. In other words, the monetary supply M2 is all that money you could have in your pocket in a relatively immediate way. The concept of monetary supply m2 differs from the Global wealth or heritage in which this includes assets and real estate properties or mercantile that, although they can have a lot of value, are not easily redeemable for Count and sound money. According to data collected by CEICM2’s money supply amounts to 123.3 billion (Europeans) of dollars In 2024. That is, joining all the effective of all the economies of the world, we would add that money. According to the report ‘Global Wealth Report 2024‘Prepared by UBS, the world’s private net richness in 2024 was encrypted in 487.9 billion dollars in total. To help us see that information in a more graphic way, in Visualcapitalist have created an infographic in which the M2 MONITORY OFFER DATA obtained by CEIC, and divides between the world population data registered by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Distributing all world cash As we said, the world M2 money supply registered by the CEIC economic body in 2024 is 123,313 billion dollars (with the Anglo -Saxon system they would be trillion), while the data of the world population in 2024 reveal that we are currently 8,161,973,000 inhabitants In this little blue marble that we call planet Earth. The result of the equitable cast is that, each inhabitant of the planet would correspond 15,108 dollars Or, what is the same, about 13,944.28 euros to change. According to the Virtualcapitalist calculationsthat would be equivalent to the expenditure generated by the list of the purchase of an average home for two years, a second -hand car, or also reaches to buy a Sandero dacia. Without extras, yes. Spain is better for accounts If we repeat the same exercise, but circumscribing the data to the scope of Spain, the amount that each Spaniard would receive would be somewhat higher. According to CEIC’s records for Spain in December 2024the supply of monetary m2 available was 1,647,611,114 million dollars (or 1,648 billion dollars). On the other hand, the data of INE population count January 2025 left a total of 49,077,984 inhabitants in Spain. That lets us, by distributing the total of the money supply among the inhabitants of Spain, each would receive 33,571.29 dollars or some 30,967.97 euros to change. In Xataka | How much money you need to be among the richest 1% in Spain Image | Visualcapitalist.com

The influence of the richest man in the world about Trump is making a fortune to another member of the Musk clan: his mother

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Canadian Maye Musk began to put a model in a model to carry out her three children, as she said In an interview In 2020. However, in recent years, his career has risen like the foam influenced by the business success of his son, and has accelerated even more since Elon Musk has such an influential position in Donald Trump’s government. Although Maye Musk has traveled the world for years to model, give talks and promote their memoirs, recently it seems even more requested, especially outside the United States. Above all, the assiduity with which Musk’s mother participates in events in China, Kazakhstan or the United Arab Emirates has attracted attention. Maye Musk’s growing influence abroad Such and as he published The New York Timesthe enormous international interest that Maye Musk, mother of the richest man in the world. At 76, this model and lecturer has visited several countries to attend different fashion events in brand campaigns for China, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates. The striking thing is that these trips coincide with a time when foreign leaders seek to influence the Trump administration, in which Elon Musk has An important role and influence To advise on how billions of dollars will be spent on military expenses and external aid in the Trump government. Maye herself shared a golf day With Donald Trump during his visit to Mar-a-Lago. In the last months of 2024, Maye Musk visited China on at least four occasions to participate in events of up to seven different brands. Its activities include promotions of makeup products, jackets and massage devices. Elon Musk enjoys a Huge popularity in Chinawhere he is used to receiving like a rock star for his citizens and Like a head of state for his leaders. His mother has received the same reception during his visits, but with the nuance that the Chinese state media have promoted these visits, and in the past they have cited it asking better Relations between the United States and China. Touch the image to go to the original message In addition to its activities in China, Maye Musk has also been present in other countries. In October, shortly before the presidential elections of the United States, Musk participated in a forum on women in Kazakhstan where, According to the press agency local KazimformHe talked about the success of his son. In January, just before the second investiture of Donald Trump, Maye Musk participated in a government conference in Dubai About influencerstogether with former Fox News Tucker Carlson presenter. His talk was titled “How I raised three amazing children, including the richest man in the world”, As reported the official press agency of Arab Emirates. The political implications of your trips Maye Musk’s trips have occurred after Elon Musk became one of the main Trump campaign donors. On several of these trips, Maye Musk has played issues related to the policy of the United States. This is relevant because several of the countries where they have recently appeared have important issues to negotiate with Washington. For example, Beijing He opposes To the new US tariffs about their products, and Chinese leaders seem to see Elon Musk, which has important Commercial interests in Chinaas a friendly mediator with Trump. Kazakhstan, meanwhile, expects the Trump administration Eliminate trade restrictions. The United Arab Emirates have been a strategic USA in the Gulf, and are maneuvering as a lobby to prioritize their interests with the arrival of Donald Trump to power, as He revealed an investigation of The Washington Post. Another member of the Musk clan with conflicts of interest Although there is no evidence that she has tried to influence the policy of the United States Government, Maye Musk’s international activities have raised some ethical concerns for having accepted works linked to the Chinese government. Ethics experts, such as Scott Amay of the government supervision project, expressed to the New York Times His concern about the possible conflicts of interest of Elon Musk’s mother. “Fear is whether in those countries they would be using it to obtain a degree of separation with their child and two degrees of separation with the oval office,” said the expert. The questioning about the ethics of Maye Musk’s travel are added to the fronts for conflicts of interest that Elon Musk already faces for his companies. The FBI usually thoroughly examines contacts abroad of the presidential advisors and their relatives before granting security authorizations, emphasizing their trips to countries cataloged as “adversary potentials” of the US. However, the NYT has not found indications that any of that is happening with the mother who has been classified as “Special Government Employee“With the ability to stagge the foundations of The main state agencies. In Xataka | A government “Extremely Hardcore”: Elon Musk is applying to the US the same recipe that has applied to all its companies Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore, Luan Luu)

Sooner or later China will be the world chips leader

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At the moment nothing indicates that Donald Trump’s arrival at the White House will relax the tension held by the US and China. The strategy of the new US government on many fronts is very different from the one defended by the administration of Joe Biden (The Ukraine War is one of them), but in what It refers to China a priori nothing changes. And does not do so because the nation led by Xi Jinping is the only one that has the ability to play world supremacy to the USA. In fact, the government led by Joe Biden openly recognized the document that collects its National Security Strategy October 2022 that China has the necessary capacity and resources to dispute the US Its world leadership position. A good part of the sanctions deployed by the US government and its allies seeks to slow down the development of the Chinese semiconductor industry due to the deep impact that it has on its scientific, economic and military capacity. But China bids increasingly. China leads chips research with overwhelming roundness Currently the biggest challenge facing the China semiconductor industry is the set -up equipment of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE) similar to those produced by the Dutch company ASML. The US and Netherlands sanctions prevent this company from selling them to their Chinese customers, and these equipment are necessary to produce on a large scale and with a competitive cost integrated avant -garde circuits. In 2023 the Chinese government approved a 41,000 million dollar game for lithography equipment manufacturers In this situation, the only way China can follow is to dedicate a lot of resources to research with the purpose of matching, or even exceeding the level of development they have achieved in the field of Taiwan semiconductors, USA, South Korea or Japan. And is doing it. At the beginning of September 2023 the Chinese government approved a departure of no less than 41,000 million dollars Destined precisely to the companies that produce the equipment involved in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The achievements are already arriving, and are notable. SMIC and HUAWEI have opted, at least for now, for refining their lithographic processes and optimizing UVP lithography machines (deep ultraviolet) manufactured by ASML that they already have in their possession. Other companies, however, have chosen to develop their integration technologies relying on the new teams that Naura Technology, Amec (Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China) or Piotech Inc. have taken to point. This is the path that You are following Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), the largest memory chips manufacturer in China. However, China’s authentic strength is its ability to develop avant -garde research. He Emerging Technological Observatory (ETO), which is an international organization specialized in the analysis of the adoption of emerging technologies globally, points out that Between 2018 and 2023 475,000 articles were published dedicated to the design and manufacture of chips throughout the planet. 34% was produced by Chinese institutions, while Europe is formed with 18% of those articles and the US with an even more modest 15%. In addition, again according to Eto, Chinese articles are among the most mentioned, which supports their quality. This trend draws a future on the horizon in which China’s weight in the semiconductor industry will be increasing. Image | ASML More information | Eto In Xataka | China needs to develop a new type of immune chips to US sanctions. And their scientists have just achieved it

Convert an abandoned island into a world weapons shipping base

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At the end of February, satellite images revealed something that had not been made public. Washington was Restoring the Base of the Pacific that launched atomic bombing over Japan, an action nothing trivial with which the United States prepared a “possible” scenario. Now, new images at another Pacific point reinforce the theory of American “rearmament.” An atoll turned into a kind of “Amazon” for the sending of artillery throughout the planet. Rocket position. The United States Space Force has given green light To the plans to reactivate Johnston Atolla remote island in the Pacific with a dark history of nuclear tests and storage of chemical weapons. The idea? Convert it instead of cargo transport tests by rocket under the program Rocket Cargo Vaguard. The project seeks to develop the ability to transport military supplies to any point on the planet in a matter of hours, using large -capacity rockets. In fact, the notification of intention (NOI) Published by the Department of the Air Force A few hours ago confirming the construction of two landing platforms on the island and planning up to 10 landing tests per year for four years. The tests are expected to begin as soon as this year, depending on the results of the ongoing environmental evaluation. Why this island. The analysis of the Air Force Department identified Johnston Atoll as The only adequate location For this type of tests. Other sites evaluatedlike Kwajalein Atoll, Midway Island and Wake Island, were discarded for various operational reasons. Johnston Atoll, on the other hand, was chosen by be a remote territoryunder the control of the United States government with maritime and aerial access, and for its ability to receive and store equipment transported by rocket. Plus: The island’s location makes it less vulnerable to extreme climatic events, a key concern after Kwajalein It would suffer severe damage Due to storms last year. The island from the image of NASA A dark past. We said it at the beginning. Johnston Atoll has a highly controversial military history. The enclave was used as Naval Reporting Baselanding floor and center of Nuclear, biological and chemical tests. Among the most notorious events are nuclear tests in the atmosphere between 1958 and 1975, including The Starfish Prime test In 1962, the largest nuclear explosion made in space. Also for the use of the island as Chemical and Biological Weapons Warehouseand as the center of its destruction until 2003, when it was finally abandoned by the United States Army after completing pollutant cleaning. Despite its current status as a National Wildlife Refuge and part of the National Marine Monument of the Pacific Islands, the satellite image reveals that the island continues to host abandoned military infrastructuresuch as a 2.7 km landing floor and other facilities that will be reused. A revolution for military logistics. It is the great proposal. The Rocket Cargo Vaguard program, led by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFR), seeks to prove the viability of using commercial rockets for Global military supplies transport. From at least 2020the Pentagon has explored this technology with the idea of ​​reducing the delivery times of days or weeks just a few hours. The concept implies the use of reusable rockets to transport up to 100 tons of load Or even personnel to strategic locations in the world, using orbital or suborbital trajectories. Spacex and the potential use of Starship. And here a code name arises. One of the main candidates for the program is the Spacex starship, the rocket bigger and powerful ever built. In 2022, Spacex received A 102 million contract of dollars to provide flight data and technologies tests for the transport of load and humanitarian aid. However, to date, Starship tests They have been mixedwith multiple explosions during launch attempts. Despite this, the Pentagon has shown great interest in acquiring Spacex launching systems for sensitive and high -risk missions. General Philip Garrant, commander of the Space Systems Command, declared in November that the use of Starship for the Rocket Cargo program is One of the most logical optionsmainly due to its large load capacity and reusable design. Future perspectives and expansion. The approval of the environmental assessment next month could open the door in par, not only to evidence of Rocket Cargo Vaguardbut also to the total reactivation of Johnston Atoll as an landing center for other reusable space vehicles. In fact, we would say that it is almost insured if we take into account that there are practically no locations in the United States that can house rocket landing operations of this scale. No doubt, if the island ends up being approved, it could become A key strategic asset for the United States space force in the development of reusable spatial infrastructure. One, in addition, nothing trivial: a worldwide logistics and ultra -grape center to replenish artillery in records in the appearance of any modern conflict. Image | POT In Xataka | Satellite images leave no doubt: the US has restored the base of the Pacific that launched atomic bombardment over Japan In Xataka | The United States fears that China’s long -range missiles will reach Guam. So he just launched one himself

More and more countries in the world are painting their colored roads. The goal is the same: reduce accidents

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A road with a huge red line. Another with a green line that shines in the dark. Stripes to the sides, circles in the curves and even pedestrian crossings that have become murals. The fight to contain traffic accidents is living its own fever: the fever of painting roads and streets. And it makes a lot of sense. Really It’s about deceiving our brain. When a driver or motorist perceives that it circulates through a narrower step, he lifts his foot from the accelerator instinctively. The same happens if you approach a crossing where the entire ground has been painted to get attention. It is obvious that this narrowing does not exist. Everything is in our mind. It is proven that a vertical signal does not generate the same perception of risk as road paint. Simply because a signal is easy to ignore it but when the view detects that the ground has a lower “free” surface a signal is sent to the brain that perceives a greater risk and the driver decreases speed. The samples are multiple and are being tested with them worldwide. Of course, Spain is also doing its own tests. A generalized illusion It doesn’t matter if we talk about Spain or any other place in the world. The human being behaves the same in Scotland, the United States, Malaysia or Andalusia. We have the test that in all these places solutions are sought to a recurring problem with an equally recurring mechanism: paint the soil. Within the cities The most striking cases are found in countries where urban distribution is designed for the car (United States) or where a road crosses a town (France). Nor are the evidence in school environments or small populations where it is common to cross walking (Spain). The first example is not only a test. As rescued in BloombergNew York City implemented Asphalt Art Initiativea project to draw large murals at conflicting crosses in the city. The results have been striking, before launching the project, 50% of the pedestrians who had suffered an outrage had suffered injuries. Painting the soil, the vehicles circulated more slowly and the percentage of pedestrians that referred injuries after an outrage had been reduced to 37%. Dragon teeth on a Madrid school Reducing the speed at which it circulates is especially important in these cases, The DGT He points out that at 30 km/h, the possibility of dying in an outrage is 10% but that at 50 km/h, the risk increases to 80%. That is why the measures taken with the educational centers where in recent years have grown up of those known as “Dragon teeth” They aspire to generate the sensation of narrowing in the streets. In Spain we have other cases. El Campillo, municipality located 70 kilometers from Huelva, He is studying If painting on zebra crossings that generate a 3D perspective It can help reduce drivers. It is not a new idea, much less, it is something that has also been tested in Iceland and USA. Of course, in the latter case they received criticism from the Federal Highway Administrationwho claimed that it was simply a false security sensation for pedestrians but doubted their direct impact on specific cases. Criticism focuses on that, really, there is nothing that really prevents the driver from continuing to circulate at a high speed. However, in France they have another idea. Tired that Beuné’s journey (a town located near Angers, west of the country) was taken as a real highway, the neighbors decided to paint the streets of the municipality. And the results were positive … at least As far as your perception is concerned because they recognized not having data from whether drivers had really reduced speed. Click on the image to go to the original publication More slowly Getting drivers to raise their foot from the accelerator when passing through a town is one of the biggest problems with which a town can fight. Especially if, as in the case of This Italian peopleit is the road that starts in two the municipality. In that case, Acchetico, a town of just over 100 inhabitants, ended up installing a radar that sanctioned 58,000 drivers in 10 days. It was a desperate measure. In Spain, work has also been worked on the secondary roads, although otherwise. In recent years, those painted on the ground that generate the feeling that the lane is narrowed before reaching a town have been popularized. It is exactly the same that is used in the streets of the School Centers although in this case they are at the entrance of some municipalities such as Nava de Roa (Burgos). It is only one of the examples that the DGT has launched in recent years. In northern Madrid, road marks such as implemented in Catalonia where some circles located in the line that divides the two lanes helps the bikers draw the curves safely and remove some gas in their path. It is a pilot test that has also been implemented in other places such as Austria. In the latter case they affirm that the simple road marks of the soil has an immediate effect in the perception of the motorist. With an investment of just 3,000 euros, it was estimated that the percentage of bikers who violated the norm and entered the opposite lane was 44%. Before painting the soil, 77% exceeded their lane. Specifically, the best data was reported from the Tyrol, where accidents had been reduced by 80%. Although the clearest example of recent years in Spain has been implemented by the DGT with a red line on a secondary road in Andalusia. On the A-355 road, which connects the populations of Marbella and Cártama, Traffic has painted a huge red line with the aim of reducing accidents on one of the most dangerous roads in Spain. When the road was created in 2014, a traffic of 7,000 cars was expected, today more than 20,000 vehicles are calculated daily. … Read more

The first commercial biological computer in the world

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The Mobile World Congress edition that is being held this week in Barcelona is full of smartphones, tablets and other devices with which users are familiar. However, too We are holding some surprises. The team that stars this article is possibly the most exotic device of this fair. It is, neither more nor less, than the first Biological computer commercially available, and has been developed by Cortical Labs, an Australian biotechnology company. Biological computing is a branch of computer science that studies, on the one hand, how we can use elements of a biological nature to process and store information. And, on the other hand, how we can inspire ourselves in the mechanisms of biological evolution to develop new algorithms that allow us to solve complex problems. If we stick to the hardware this discipline resorts to molecules derived from biological systems, such as proteins or DNA, to carry out calculations, store and recover the information. And if we enter the field of software, in particular in the artificial intelligence (AI), biological computing proposes to address some computer problems inspired by the strategy used by biology to solve some challenges. In any case, the CL1 computer, which is the biological machine that has put the team of Cortical Labs researchers ready, is framed in the biological computing branch that seeks to develop new hardware trained to process and store information. CL1 is a dream come true This sophisticated computer has been possible thanks to a large extent to the advances that have occurred in recent years in the field of Nanobiotechnology. The most precise definition of this discipline, and also the most accepted by scientists, describes it as the technology that allows us to accurately manipulate proteins to assemble more complex functional structures. The first biological computers for research had the ability to carry out calculations manipulating the RNA (ribonucleic acid) of a bacteria. In broad strokes what scientists have done so far to develop these machines was to take advantage that DNA molecules behave in the same way as a digital circuit to implement with them The same logical operations that conventional silicon processors carry out. This manipulation of DNA is possible, precisely, thanks to the advances experienced by nanobiotechnology in recent years. DNA manipulation is possible thanks to the advances experienced by nanobiotechnology in recent years Once the biological circuit was prepared, they introduced it into a coli Escherichia bacterium identical to those residing inside our stomach and intestine, and without which we could not carry out the correct digestion of food. The E. coli bacteria is simple and innocuous enough so that researchers can manipulate it effortlessly, and when manipulated DNA crosses the bacteria cell wall, the molecular machine of the cell itself translates it into a messenger RNA (MRNA). The interesting thing is that this RNM indicates to the ribosome of the cell what to do to synthesize a protein preferred by researchers. Ribosomes are the organelles or components of the cells that are responsible for the synthesis or manufacture of proteins. And now comes the most surprising: the RNM that tells the ribosome how to manufacture the protein It is only activated in the presence of a specific entryand when it does trigger the production of the protein, which is the exit. This behavior is exactly the same as a transistor. CL1, the biological computer of Cortical Labs, does not work exactly so, but the strategy in which we have just investigated is useful to understand how it works. And it does so thanks to the cultivation of real neurons in a nutrient -rich solution that allows them to grow healthy on a silicon chip that sends and receives electrical impulses. However, not everything is hardware in this machine. The person responsible for interacting directly with neurons is a biological intelligence operating system called ‘BIOS’ And it is that responsible for interacting directly with neurons is a biological intelligence operating system called ‘Bios’ (Biological Intelligence Operating System) that has been developed by Cortical Labs. This software sends information directly to neurons about its surroundings, and the latter react emitting electrical impulses. In any case, the most important thing is that CL1 neurons are programmable, and, therefore, it is possible to display code on them. However, this machine is not intended for a domestic use scenario. Its purpose is to be used by researchers to, for example, better understand how neurons process information without experimenting with animals. It can even help neuroscientific to understand how learning works in real time or the mechanisms that trigger some neurodegenerative diseases. In addition, props, the consumption of CL1 is much more restrained than that of a conventional computer. It sounds good, right? Image | Cortical Labs More information | Cortical Labs In Xataka | We already know at what speed our brain processes: just 10 bits per second

The coipú, one of the 100 most harmful invasive species in the world, is at the gates of Barcelona

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You can remember the Castor or the musk, but Coipú is something else. Coming from South America, this rodent is “similar to a large rat of small ears, with the end of the snout and white cheeks.” It has the “robust and arched” body, the fur “of brown” and can exceed 60 cm long and 6 and a half kilos of weight. In addition, in Spain, it is an invasive species. An invasive species that does not stop growing. What does a mouse like you in a place like this? To Catalonia, According to the Ecological Research Center and Forest Applicationsthey were first introduced at the beginning of the 20th century with the intention of raising them to take advantage of their skin. And, although there are documented farm leaks since the 70s, only since 2000 (when a new source of coipús appeared: France) began to expand from Empordá. The problem is that they have now detected in the Congost river. That is, they are at the gates of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona and everything suggests that they will end up arriving. Because? Because “Coipú has a high fertility, so when it reaches areas with a climate favorable and with food, as it has found in Catalonia, its expansion is unlikely,” Marc Riera explainsCREAF researcher. Moreover, Barcelona would only be the beginning. “This situation causes coipu to extend through the Catalan coast” and reach “to the Valencian Community.” And what exactly is the problem? That is what many people ask. After all, we talk about a harmless rodent. However, its impact on the environment is very documented: “Coipú is having a serious impact on the wet areas of all the countries to which it has reached.” And it is not only that it competes with the rest of species for resources such as food, it “causes impacts on the plant species of the places where it lives and in the nearby crops, since it feeds on the base of the stems of the plants and excavates to also reach the roots. “ In fact, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has included it in the list of 100 more harmful exotic species in the world. Spain in front of Coipú. The real problem, as explained from CreafIt is that “unfortunately, once an exotic species becomes an invader in a territory, its total eradication is practically impossible.” Above all, because we must be clear that the coipú will not be the last species that reaches our territory and threatens to put all ups up. In a context in The illegal introductions of animals are the order of the day It seems clear that we must reflect on how we are managing exotic species and what means we are putting to control the new world scenario. Image | Peleg | Exocat In Xataka | Franco introduced an exotic sheep in the Teide to content the hunters. Now it is ending its ecosystem

A Catalan tells his most northern city experience in the world

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He Svalbard archipelago It is the most northern place in Europe. It is a huge ice cream far away above the Arctic Circle where about 2,500 people They are officially forbidden to die. There, right there, there is a Catalan. A Catalan? Indeed. Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès 29 years ago, Nil Rodés It has become the head engine of the Department of Geology of the University Center of the Svalbard Islands. And just being Interviewed in Via Lliure de Rac1 where it gives details about how it is to live very (but very) to the north of the polar circle. “A few months ago it is night,” Rodés said. “Between eleven and one, we now have a blue light (like the end of the day) and, for the month of March, there will be a sun.” It does not carry it very well and, in fact, the Catalan engineer takes advantage of the months of greater darkness to go outside the island. Of course, the doubt of whether “is something related to the Mediterranean blood” always because, in the five years he has been living in the north, he has met many people who worship the darkness “deep of the Arctic Night. An island without indigenous … There are no native peoples of the islands because it is too north. And the first stable inhabitants arrived with the mining companies that began to exploit the coal of the islands at the end of the 19th and early twentieth. Before that, there were only small fishermen bases that were used sporadically. The truth is that, anyway, there are not many natives in strict sense. It is prohibited to be born in the islands. When an advanced stage of pregnancy is reached, mothers have to go to Norway to give birth safely. In the same way, It is forbidden to die (and be buried) on the island. Except for cases of accidental deaths, no one dies there. … but with many bears. There are about 3,000 bears in the region compared to 2,500 people. 300 of those animals live on the main island (and that means that whenever you leave the settlement you have to be armed with rifles or guns of Bengal). In fact, there is a traffic signal in which the area is indicated in from which the safety of individuals depends on them same. And what does a “chief engineer” do on such an island? A good part of the activity of the islands has to see with education and research of all kinds (from questions related to climate or geology to studies on fauna and conservation of ecosystems). Do not forget that The “end of the end of the world” is right there. Rodés’s work has to do with the logistics and safety of all projects linked to geological research. As I say, the villages themselves are safe areas, but beyond those limits any unforeseen can be critical. To the limit of the impossible. According to Rodésthe site must really be overwhelming. A place where in winter it is not clear what is land and what is sea ice (beyond the “llaneza” of the land can give you important clues); and in which, for six months, they can only move with snow motorcycles. In recent years, the Svalbard Islands have only jumped to the media for the problems that the Ukraine War (and the associated sanctions)) created in the relationship between the capital of the islands (Longyearbyen) and a small Russian settlement (Barentsburg) at 50 kilometers. For the rest, it is a small haven of peace in Miad in one of the areas that more is changing due to climate change. Image | Janik Rohland In Xataka | A Spanish scientist in the most inhospitable place on Earth

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