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Batteries that last longer thanks to Blandi Blub A group of scientists uses silicon dioxide to make the batteries last up to three times longer between charge and charge    Through the use of surgical tubes and that viscous toy putty - known in Spain as Blandi Blub and in the United States as Silly Putty - a group of researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of California Riverside has developed a new way of doing that lithium-ion batteries last up to three times longer between charges, compared to what the industry currently produces. The team created silicon dioxide nanotubes that were made of anodes (negative battery electrodes) in the lithium-ion batteries and found that they had more than three times the energy storage capacity when using, as currently, anodes based in carbon. This has important implications for industries such as electronics or electric vehicles, which are always trying to squeeze more and more batteries.    "...

Implants that change shape inside the body An international group of researchers create devices that become flexible inside the body adapting to internal organs without losing their electronic properties   Researchers from the universities of Texas in Dallas (United States) and Tokyo (Japan) have created electronic devices that become soft when implanted inside the body. In addition, they are able to unfold and cling to objects such as tissues, nerves or blood vessels. These flexible transistors, biologically adaptable, could be used to help doctors learn more about what goes on inside the body. When they heat up, the devices can change shape while maintaining their electronic properties. This research work, which appears in the scientific journal Advanced Materials is one of the first demonstrations of transistors capable of changing shape and maintain their properties after being implanted in the body, said Jonathan Reeder, graduate student in science and engineerin...

The largest tsunami simulator in Europe is built in England Developed with funds from the ERC, it will serve to prevent damage to buildings and coastal areas    Researchers from the University College of London and the specialist company in consultancy and hydraulic research HR Wallingford are collaborating to build the continent's largest tsunami simulator, a complex that will help to better understand the impact of these devastating natural phenomena on buildings and coastal defenses. The facility, which is being financed by a grant of 1.9 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC), will be 70 meters long and 4 meters wide, which will allow for the first time simulate the impact of a tsunami in urban areas, making a detailed model of the effects they have on the coast. For example, how water is channeled around groups of buildings.     The new tsunami generator will also be used to assess whether current defenses are effective against tsun...

First steps for electrical power without cables South Korean researchers have shown a breakthrough in the distance that electric power can travel wirelessly, wirelessly, to power electronic devices   South Korean researchers have demonstrated a breakthrough in the distance that electric power can travel wirelessly, wirelessly, to power electronic devices. Chun T. Rim, Professor of Quantum and Nuclear Engineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) , and his team have developed a Dipole Coil Resonance System (DCRS) for a wide range of inductive energy transfer and with a range of up to 5 meters between the transmission and reception coils. Up to 5 meters of reach The maximum distance reached with technology of this type was 2.1 meters in 2007 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Unlike the large, thick, loop-shaped air coils that had been developed so far, the KAIST research team uses compact ferrite core bars with windings in...

Electric vehicles would reduce the rate deficit in León by 40% A study of the UNED published in the magazine Energy shows the significant impact that this technology would have on the electricity bill    Engineers from the National University of Distance Education (UNED) have shown that a transport model based on electric vehicles would be profitable in the city of León, where the tariff deficit could be reduced by more than 43% in 2020. Although the study contemplates small rises of certain taxes, consumers, the State and other agents of the electricity system would gain in profitability, by reducing their dependence on oil.    The tariff deficit The difference between the revenues and costs of the electricity system is one of the most serious problems that the Spanish electricity sector has been dragging on since 2003. Beyond the measures that different governments have taken, without making it disappear, researchers from the Department of Electrical E...

Four cameras and a 50x zoom, Huawei P30 bets Huawei presented in Paris (France) the three models of its new line of smartphones. The Chinese company Huawei presented on Tuesday, at an event in Paris (France), its new P30 phone family, which includes three versions: the P30, the P30 Pro and the P30 Lite. Four cameras that promise the best results in photographs and a "dual-view" mode to record simultaneously with two of the cameras are some of the most outstanding features of the P30 Pro, the most premium version of the series and the flagship of the signature The camera, undoubtedly, is one of the big bets for this line and had great prominence during the launch at the Convention Center of the French capital. On this occasion the P30 Pro brings significant advances in the quality of the image, the depth effect and the zoom capability. It also comes with double optical image stabilizer and a much higher level of sensitivity to light, which will capture excellent photographs in...

Europe approved new rules that change EVERYTHING on the internet Despite the more than 5 million signatures against Art. 13, the majority of MEPs said yes. On Tuesday morning, the European Parliament approved the European copyright reform , a measure debated under strong pressure from its supporters, as media, artists, and detractors, such as internet giants and supporters of a free internet. . By 348 votes in favor, 274 against and 36 abstentions, the MEPs adopted in Strasbourg (northeastern France) that reform that seeks to adapt to the digital era the legislation adopted in 2001 , at a time when platforms such as YouTube did not yet exist . One of the points approved, which during the almost two years of negotiations was one of the most controversial is the so-called article 13, which requires technology platforms to negotiate licenses for songs or video clips before publishing the contents that their users upload. In addition, the law gives publishers new legal rights to help them ...

Reactions to the new 'Directive Copyright' The European Parliament approved a measure that strengthens the protection of content on the internet.   After the controversial decision on Tuesday, in which the European Parliament outlined how they will use and protect the contents on the web, the public has come out the positions and controversies between those who support extensive freedoms on the Internet and those who defend the protection and licensing of works. One of the most criticized points is Article 13, which requires technology platforms to have measures to prevent violations of protected content. Among them, control systems that detect possible violations by users in the content they publish.   Some who supported the project were Paul McCartney, James Blunt and Plácido Domingo, and more than 1,300 artists, who asked to approve it. In this position there are also labels, artists' unions and several exponents of the content creation industry.  The French government...

Netflix wants to suggest content based on your mood Interface, algorithms and recommendations increasingly personalized: the bet of the platform.    "We want to open worlds of different stories, depending on your mood." With those words, Todd Yellin, vice president of product innovation at Netflix , raises one of the most ambitious goals they have. At the Labs Day event, held annually by Netflix, executives of the platform presented their latest projects at their Los Angeles headquarters, among which the effort to improve the personalization of the service was highlighted.    Yellin argues that, thanks to the fact that Internet entertainment is different from traditional television, a "bidirectional" relationship with the user is possible, which gives more space to the interaction. One sample is Bandersnatch, the interactive episode of Black Mirror in which it is possible to make decisions for the protagonists , but so is the way to navigate when opening the Netflix...

Tweets of politicians who violate the rules of the network will have "context" The measure applies to accounts that are news and public interest.     Twitter plans to add "context" elements to some tweets that violate their usage rules , instead of deleting them. The measure is aimed especially at public interest accounts such as those of political figures such as Donald Trump. "Twitter is exploring ways to provide more context around tweets that violate our rules, but which are newsworthy and of legitimate public interest ," the company said in a statement.   Twitter chief security officer Vijaya Gadde said in an interview during a technology forum at the Washington Post in San Francisco that Twitter is looking for ways to "put a bit of context around it so that people are aware that that Content is really a violation of our rules and fulfills a particular function by remaining on the platform. " Also, the executive stressed that those trills th...

Sony closes its 'smartphones' plant in China The decision is due to losses in its mobile division and low financial and operating performance.    In order to reduce costs, the Japanese technology firm Sony announced that it will close its smartphone factory in Shanghai (China). The decision is due to the increasing losses in its mobile division and its low financial and operational performance in this area. Through a statement, the Japanese company revealed that cell production at the plant will stop at the end of this month and that later it will only operate its manufacturing point in Thailand for this purpose.   "Through greater cooperation among our divisions, we can create new value by better utilizing combined assets and personnel in our electronics area. Greater interaction among employees will also lead to the development and growth of our staff, " said company spokesman Takashi Iida. The technology also revealed the restructuring of its business lines, announ...

Tik Tok, the Chinese social video network that conquers young people With 500 million users, it seems to be the most popular music video app.    Short but viral videos: choreographies, 'sketches', series dubbing and fonomímica of famous songs in short videos. All this is proliferating on the internet and has its origin in Tik Tok, the social network of videos that has come from China ready to lead the podium. And for the moment, especially among digital natives, it is achieving it. It all started when in September 2016, ByteDance, the technology company of Zhang Yiming - one of the richest men in the world - launched the Chinese market Douyin (meaning musical vibration), an 'app' of short videos that had been developed in only 200 days.    The bet was simple: a mix between Instagram and Snapchat that allowed to make short videos that could be put filters, effects and decorative 'stickers'. In addition, it could be used to do phonomics (music has a leading role i...

McDonald's will sell hamburgers using artificial intelligence The US company will buy a 'startup' to personalize the consumer experience    The American restaurant chain McDonald's announced on Tuesday that it bought the technology firm Dynamic Yield, specialized in the use of artificial intelligence, to give a personalized treatment to customers. The fast food company will implement the technology of the 'startup' Dynamic Yield in the car service known as "drive-thru". With this, the menu will be updated automatically adapting to variables such as weather or traffic. Although none of the parties detailed the price of the transaction, experts quantified it at 300 million dollars, which could be the largest acquisition by McDonald's in twenty years. "Technology is a critical element of our rapid growth plan, which improves the experience of our customers by providing them with more amenities," said Steve Easterbrook, president and CEO of t...

The country advances in connectivity and Bogotá continues to lead, according to CRC A recent report by the regulator revealed figures on the quality of the internet service.    The Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) published its most recent report on the quality of telephony and internet services in Colombia during 2018. The entity evaluated in Barranquilla, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Manizales, Medellín, Neiva, Popayán, Quibdó, Santa Marta and Tunja, Bogotá, Cali, Cúcuta and Medellín the levels of unsuccessful calls, called falls, average speed, latency and web loading time.   The results show that in mobile and fixed data, although the changes were not significant, there was a slight advance in the loading time of the pages. In the last year, the cities studied (with the exception of Bogotá) gained approximately two seconds of web access speed on their mobile devices. In the capital, the change was only 6.06 to 6.35 seconds between 2017 and 2018 On the fixed Internet...

Mercedes-Benz joins sustainable mobility with the EQ brand EQ stands for Electric Intelligence and comes from two MB values; Emotion and intelligence   The brand of the star starts the year not only with an offer of products for all tastes, but opens the door to the world of alternative propulsion already launched in other spaces globally. As is already known, Mercedes-Benz is known for being a pioneer not only in the creation of the car that is known today thanks to Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, but also in mobility solutions. Since the brand was created during the First World War, it has stood out for its commitment to offer solutions and exceptional experiences of mobility and service around the world.    "As time passes, everything evolves, the way of working, the way of moving, the thinking of society, the climatic conditions, and that's when Daimler makes the decision to transform mobility, when he decides to bet on a strategy that goes beyond the real vehicle and...

With 'The Division 2', the mission is to save Washington In the videogame, agents must save American citizens from a new attack.   A society that faces war and political conflicts after the devastating impact of an epidemic that ended society. Tom Clancy's The Division 2 , the launch of Ubisoft, seeks to reaffirm the success of the first installment and add new elements to make it even more challenging to survive in this post-apocalyptic landscape. The video game, framed in the universe of military histories of the writer Tom Clancy, develops a plot in which a unit of secretly trained agents must go out of hiding with the mission to survive and protect the citizens of the American capital a new attack on the Nation.   The action of this title RPG (RPG for its acronym in English), begins with the effects of a devastating viral pandemic that expanded during Black Friday and swept the United States in just one week. The first delivery toured a devastated New York in which, to ...

I brake in China while the minors pass in 'apps' like Tik Tok The regulator of that country established limits to avoid addiction in young people.    Chinese authorities imposed limits on the maximum browsing time of minors in applications of short videos such as Tik Tok, known in Asia under the name Douyin. The objective of regulation is to prevent adolescents from suffering from cyber-addiction. As reported by the China Cyberspace Administration on its website, starting in June, all these platforms will have to install a function, called 'juvenile mode', with which parents can set content filters and limit how long a minor can use the platforms   Although the regulator did not provide further specifications, social networks responded to the demands in communications published through the WeChat application. According to the signatures, the screen time limit could be as short as up to 40 minutes per day. For months, the Chinese government has increased controls on the ...

BlackBird, that's how the Uber of the planes works in the USA. UU The application received an investment of 10 million dollars to expand its services.   For the past three years, the mentality of Rudd Davis, the creator of the Blackbird application , has been connecting users who want to travel with pilots who have private planes. The idea is very similar to what platforms like Uber have: a client connects through an application, searches for a destination, pays for his seat and travels with other people on an aircraft. " If people think of luxury travel, then they should not think of us; there are no sofas on our planes , "Davis told Forbes to describe his venture as an accessible way for people. Currently, the majority of trips and clients that Blackbird has are located in the United States, specifically in areas of California. A flight from Los Angeles to the town of Palm Springs (which could take two hours by car) costs $ 59. And between Los Angeles and San Francisco ...

Attack on restaurant in the USA UU exposes data from millions of cards Cybercriminals installed malware in Earl Enterprises' point-of-sale systems.    The US chain of restaurants Earl Enterprise, owner of such popular national establishments as Buca di Beppo, Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood, confirmed that the credit card data of two million people were sold on the internet after the The company suffered a security breach. According to KrebsOnSecurity, cybercriminals installed malware in point of sale systems to steal the data. According to the report, on February 20, 2019 the information was published in a popular forum for the sale of credit cards. The ruling was presented in the payment systems of dozens of restaurants for 10 months, between May 23, 2018 and March 18, 2019, according to the firm. Earl Enterprises did not specify how many customers in total could have been affected by the theft but set up a website to verify restaurants filtered by locations:  htt...

Now you will know how Facebook chooses the post it shows you The 'Why do I see this?' explains the reasons why certain publications appear.   Does it happen that Facebook almost always shows you the publications of the same people? This is because the algorithm of the social network works taking into account the interactions you have with the contents of other users. In other words, the more you interact with a profile, the more this person's posts will appear in your News Feed. In order for users to know more about this process, Facebook announced on Sunday a new option called 'Why do I see this?' that will give the user more detailed information about why a post appeared on his timeline.   In that sense, the social network will show you how many times the author of the message interacted with the past,  the type of content with which it tends to interact (that is, whether they are photographs or videos) and the popularity of the messages shared by people. , Pages ...

20 years in prison to the author of false alert to the police The man used to practice a "joke" well known in the world of video games.   A young man from California, USA, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to making a false report to the 911 emergency number, which resulted in the death of an innocent person. Tyler Barriss, 26, of Los Angeles, called police in Kansas in 2017, saying he had killed his father and held his mother and brother hostage, adding that he had pumped gas throughout the house and thought burn it. The practice, called 'swatting' is very popular in the world of video games and involves reporting a false crime to the authorities to send their SWAT team.   According to the office of federal prosecutor Stephen McAllister, the call was actually a joke coordinated with two other young people, who claimed to wrongly accuse Shake Gaskill, another gamer , for a bet of $ 1.50 on World of Warcraft. Barriss is also accused of 51 crimes...

Copyright Directive, Huawei P30, and 'Endgame' in "Everything I Techno" Wilson Vega and José Carlos García talked about what should not be lost in technological developments   After 5 years of debate, the European Parliament approved, without changes, the new copyright rules. For some, a victory to control the contents of the web, and for others, a dark day for freedom of expression. The decision, although it may seem distant, will affect the way in which content is shared on the internet: from personal publications to those of large information companies. In the audio you will know the scope that the new measure can have. Will it restrict the traditional "Happy Birthday" song?   Wilson Vega, Technology Editor of EL TIEMPO and analyst José Carlos García, also spoke about the launch of the Huawei P30 and its surprising strengths in photography, video, and artificial intelligence. In addition, you will know how the bill that prohibits the use of cell phones in...

Facebook plans to launch a news page The social network would work with other media to create the content, according to Zuckerberg   Facebook is working on the creation of a news page on its platform, with the aim of financially supporting "high quality and reliable" journalism, said its founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday. The head of the social network, which has 2,300 million users, spoke about this project in a video broadcast on his Facebook profile, as part of a conversation with Mathias Doepfner, CEO of German media giant Axel Springer. "We want this to highlight high-quality and reliable information," said Zuckerberg. According to him, between 10 and 15% of Facebook users would be interested in a space devoted to news.   Zuckerberg said that it would be necessary to select the published information, but he did not give many details about the form that this new tool would have, which he hopes to develop in conjunction with large media groups. While the proposal...

Gmail turns 15 and adds new features This is an account of the evolution of the messaging service and the news it brings.   Before April 2004, the date that Gmail arrived, the emails were very different from what they are now. The inboxes used to be saturated by "spam" or spam, there was no easy way to search or archive the messages, and the users had to constantly delete the emails to not exceed the storage limit. If you remember, in the first versions Gmail integrated a Google search bar and grouped the messages in threads of conversation to find them and answer them in a more practical way. It also offered free storage capacity of 1GB: almost 100 times what was available at that time.   It was not a clean interface, much less, but it gave some kind of order to the swell of content that reached the mailbox. It quickly became, after Hotmail -now Microsoft's Outlook-, one of the most used free mail services in the world.  In the mid-2000s, when unwanted emails reached the...

How to play 'Culebrita' in the Google Maps application It is available on Android and iOS. The snake is replaced by a train that picks up people   The game of the 'Culebrita' (Snake in English), in which the character of the snake should eat fruits without stopping, now returns to the Google Maps application. The technological giant Google decided to include the traditional title, remembered as one of the most popular in the 90s, on the occasion of the April Fools' Day, the day of jokes in April, in the United States.   In a blog post, Google said the game will be available for a week on Android and iOS devices. In this version, the little snake is replaced by a train that must pick up passengers while traveling through different cities on the map. The available options are Cairo, London, San Francisco, São Paulo, Sydney and Tokyo, but you can also choose the full map option. As you pick up passengers you will grow and accumulate points and in the end you can reach ...

By the end of 2019 the spectrum will be auctioned at 700 and 1900 MHz ICT Ministry announced work schedule for the public good offer.       The expected auction of the spectrum in the 700 and 1900 MHz bands will take place this year. This was stated by the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC) on Monday with the announcement of the 'Spectrum Auction Action Plan', which defines the first schedule of this government in the auction process. In recent years, the allocation of these two frequencies has been surrounded by great expectations because this spectrum is desired between network providers and telecommunications services, as it represents an opportunity to deploy their infrastructure, which translates into greater coverage.    For example , the 700 Mhz band is the portion of the spectrum that will allow greater deployment of the 4G network in Colombia and is essential to reach remote populations. According to the document, in t...

With this attack they can steal your information when you buy online Users can make their purchases and not realize they were victims of formjacking    The way you gladly give your card information to buy that shirt stamped with the characters from the fashion movie or the earrings you fell in love with on an internet advertisement can expose it to the formjacking, a technique with which cybercriminals' they inject code 'on a page and through fraudulent forms they seek to steal your financial information, sell your data on the black market or clone your cards.    The formjacking , according to a recent study by the cybersecurity firm Symantec, is shaping up to be the most popular cyber attack in 2019 , even over the popular ransomware , with which attackers hijack the data of their victims to demand a ransom. In general terms, this form of attack on the rise is a highly profitable way to exploit the vulnerabilities of an online shopping website to send a copy of the ...

The fight of 8 South American countries against Amazon by a name Governments of the Amazon basin oppose the creation of a new Internet domain: .amazon.    It is a name that evokes epic proportions: the largest rainforest in the world, a global technology company and now a diplomatic saga that is nearing its end. After seven years of dispute, the Internet Corporation for the Assignment of Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization, determined a deadline for the Amazon retail giant and eight governments. South American countries reach an agreement on how to use the extension '.amazon' (Amazon in Spanish).    If an agreement is not reached before April 7, 2019, the ICANN executive board will issue a unilateral decision. But to understand what is at stake, we must return to 2012. That year, ICANN decided to expand its list of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). It's about the names that come after the point, like the '.com' of the web pages. The new rules allowe...