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"I was under the bridge trying to get drugs when I felt a hand grab me from behind. It was the Taliban. They had come to take us away." Mohamed Omar remembers the moment when Taliban soldiers appeared unexpectedly on the Pul-e-Sukhta bridge in western Kabul. Long before the hardline Islamist group returned to power in August 2021, the area was a notorious hotspot for drug addicts. In recent months, the Taliban have been rounding up hundreds of men throughout the capital: on the bridge, in the parks and on the hills. Most have been moved to a former US military base, now a makeshift rehabilitation center. The capital of drug addiction Afghanistan is the drug capital of the world. It is estimated that 3.5 million people are addicted, in a country of about 40 million inhabitants, according to the International Bureau of Narcotic Drugs and Security Forces. Under the Pul-e-Sukhta bridge, it is common to see hundreds of men squatting, hunched over piles of rubbish, syringes, feces and, occasionally, the corpses of overdosed people. The stench under the bridge is overwhelming, with dogs rummaging through rubbish heaps for scraps of food. Above, traffic flows, street vendors offer wares and commuters rush to catch buses at the stop. "I would go there to see my friends and take drugs. I wasn't afraid of death. Anyway, death is in God's hands," says Omar. a hard strategy Most of the men who lived in this place had been forgotten, despite the previous government's policy of rounding up addicts and placing them in centers. But when the Taliban retook control of the country, they launched a tougher campaign to get them off the streets. "They used tubes to whip and beat us," says Omar. "I broke my finger because I didn't want to leave the bridge and I resisted. Still, they forced us off." Omar was pushed onto a bus, along with dozens of others. Images later released by the Taliban government showed its soldiers clearing the area of addicts who had died of overdoses. Their lifeless bodies were carried wrapped in dark gray shawls. Others, still alive, had to be carried out on stretchers because they were unconscious. The rehabilitation hospital where Omar was taken has 1,000 beds and currently 3,000 patients. The conditions are miserable. The men remain in the center for about 45 days, during which they undergo an intense program before being discharged. There is no certainty that these patients will not relapse. While the overwhelming majority of those taken off the streets are men, some women and children have also been taken to specialized rehabilitation centers. Omar, like the rest of the addicts in the room in the center of Kabul, is very emaciated, with the brown clothes -provided by the authorities- loose and an emaciated face. Sitting on the edge of the bed, he describes the life he once had. "One day he was in Dubai, the next in Turkey and sometimes in Iran. He traveled the world as a flight attendant for Kam Air and often had VIP guests, such as former presidents, on the plane," he recalls. He lost his job when he fell Kabul. Faced with financial difficulties and an uncertain future, he turned to drugs. Drug trafficking for the Taliban When the Taliban came to power in the 1990s, they virtually eradicated opium poppy cultivation, from which the opium used to make heroin is extracted. However, drug trafficking became a major source of income for them throughout their 20-year insurgency. Now the Taliban claim to have ordered an end to the poppy trade and are trying to enforce this policy. But according to the UN, cultivation increased by 32% in 2022 compared to 2021. Meanwhile, the Afghan economy is on the verge of collapse, plagued by the loss of international support, security concerns, weather-related issues and global food inflation. Since he arrived at the rehab center, Omar has been determined to get better. "I want to get married, have a family and lead a normal life," he says. "These doctors are very kind. They do everything they can to help us." For the center's doctors, it is a rudimentary operation. The Taliban continue to bring in more people and the staff are struggling to find places for them. "We need help. The international community left and put an end to their help. But our problems have not disappeared," one of the doctors explained to the BBC. "There are many professionals within this group. Intelligent, educated people, who used to have good lives. But the difficulties of our society, poverty and lack of work make them look for an escape route," he adds. Despite overcrowding and a lack of resources, doctors remain committed to doing whatever they can to help addicts. "There is no certainty that these patients are not going to relapse once they are out. However, we have to keep trying, and more importantly, we have to give them hope for the future. Right now, there is none." https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-65189933

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The PCI Express 5.0 interface gives data transfer speeds that far exceed what is needed by most components. However, all the propaganda for the interface is focusing on the NVMe SSDs that use them without ever talking about the real reason behind its existence and why it is going to change motherboards as they are. we know. If you want to know what are the reasons behind it, then keep reading. For some time now, CPUs have been integrating other elements inside until they literally become heterogeneous chips that not only literally integrate the processor, but also the memory controller, the integrated graphics and other elements. As well as communication with peripherals. Well, this last point is important to understand why PCI Express 5.0 is so important in the future of the PC. The problem of physical interfaces In hardware we call PHY any interface that communicates a chip with another chip externally, be it logic with memory, memory with memory or logic with logic. They are usually located on the periphery of the chip. The problem with them? No matter what manufacturing node we are using, these do not scale with each new manufacturing process, so it is necessary to find a way to need simpler interfaces One of the most used and at the same time least known pieces is what we call a SerDes or Serializer-Deserializer, which consists of an electronic device that can take a signal transmitted through a pin or connection, that is, in series, to transmit the same on several pins or connections in parallel. For example, what the motherboard chipset does is concentrate several interfaces at low speed and then concentrate them on a PCI Express connection that is at the other end. Now, if we look at all the existing connectivity for the future, we will see how, apart from the use of the NVMe SSDs that are directly connected to the processor and the USB4 connections, the rest of the interfaces will see their impact on the connectivity of the motherboard reduced. Especially due to the arrival of PCI Express 5.0 and later. In other words, it is very likely that we will stop seeing chipsets using 4 PCIe lanes to use much less, which will greatly simplify the motherboard. And what does this have to do with PCI Express 5.0? The problem is that chips have been getting much more expensive per area for a long time, so if you want to maintain prices you have to try to make them smaller and this ends up completely affecting external interfaces. A clear case is found in the PCI Express 5.0 lanes of the processor that are intended to communicate with a 5th generation NVMe SSD. Is a 14 GB/s drive really necessary? No, at this point it is not and it is a specification that far exceeds what is necessary. That is why you can create a SerDES that converts the signal from the 4-pin PCI Express 5.0 into 8-pin PCI Express 4.0, which is ideal for having two M.2 drives on your PC. Most users will not use more than two drives in the PC and with this we stop needing the chipset to have to grant connectivity to an additional drive apart from the first. Everything from the processor and thus avoiding that laptops are not limited in many cases to a single unit. The other case with motherboard chipsets, which concentrate the majority of low-speed interfaces. These could go from using 2 pins instead of 4, slightly reducing the size of the CPU, however, it will not be the only benefited component. Fewer pins needed for graphics card The same thing that we have explained to you with the NVMe SSDs can be done with the graphics card, but this time not for a dual configuration, but so that 8 PCI Express 5.0 pins become 16 of the fourth generation to connect the graphics card. At the moment, not even the RTX 4090 ends up suffering a bottleneck due to the use of said interface and believe us that in the mid-range we will see models that are much less powerful than said GPU. As you can see, a 16-pin PCI Express 5.0 interface from the CPU is not necessary, an 8-pin interface is enough and this will help reduce the size of the chips or simply focus said space on the periphery to other elements such as support for RAM with ECC or who knows if a greater number of memory channels. https://hardzone.es/noticias/componentes/pci-express-5-cambios-hardware/

When addressing the energy transition, one of the most neglected chapters is its effect on electricity distribution lines. Conceived a century and a half ago to transmit electricity in only one direction, they are not prepared to receive the surplus energy that comes from solar panels, which raise the voltage and can cause power outages. A problem that is added to that caused by the rise of charging points for electric cars and other green devices that, when used massively during the hours of greatest consumption, have the opposite effect on the network, but equally worrisome: they reduce the system voltage, which can damage appliances and other electrical equipment. These situations would be easily avoided with good real-time data processing that would allow decision-making. But as Pablo Arboleya, founder of the Asturian company Plexigrid, points out, “high voltage operators have this capacity, but not always medium and low voltage ones”. These have all kinds of sensors in the network, but "they often lack an integrated structure." That is why he and two other industrial engineers, Alberto Méndez and Rubén Medina, have created a platform for these operators under three main lines: "Visualize what happens at each point in the network, perform complex calculations [that anticipate behavior] and allow flexibility, which is the ability to act on the system, regulating energy consumption and absorption”. Although Arboleya, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Oviedo, had spent several years researching how to create digital twins —computer replicas that react to stimuli as the real system would—, the idea did not take shape until 2020, already mediated by the pandemic. The person who raised it was Méndez, a former partner of his in the race and a link with the third founding partner, with whom Méndez had coincided working for the Gamesa wind project in China. They launched with 21,000 euros and "for several months" they financed the firm "with personal savings", although they were favored by soon signing an agreement with EDP, the distributor that operates in Asturias. The software they have created is installed on utility servers, is operated by them autonomously, and easily interacts with various data sources. "The usual thing is to link it to, at least, the geographic information system, the advanced measurement system, and the meter system," reveals Arboleya, who does not hide that the most innovative Plexigrid module, the one that allows sending orders to the system, is the one that they have been least able to develop commercially. For now, they are only testing it as a pilot, but that is something that does not worry them too much because the other two operations that their platform allows, making the state of the network visible and performing calculations in real time, "already generate enough added value." “They make it possible to send crews of fixed-shot operators when there is a breakdown, configure the network so that there are fewer losses or detect fraud in rigged meters and illegal couplings”. Business model The firm entered 100,000 euros in 2021, but in 2022 they have invoiced 700,000, according to Arboleya. This was possible thanks to the fact that its clients already include two of the four Spanish operators and another two from Sweden. As for the business model, it is based on an annual recurring payment and, although it will not bring profit in the short term, it has generated interest from EDP's vehicle for risk investments; from The Venture City, another venture capital fund based in Miami, and from the Regional Promotion Society of the Principality, which last year jointly invested two million euros in a round that according to its founder valued the company at 10 million. Plexigrid is based in Gijón, and of its 26 employees, "20 have been trained in Asturias, a community that prepares the best, but that suffers to retain talent", describes Arboleya, and explains that most of them come from two master's degrees to to which it is linked: one for Electrical Energy Conversion and another for Sustainable Transport that has the Erasmus Mundus European seal of excellence and that the Asturian institution shares with Coimbra, Rome and Nottingham. In the firm they make a banner of a certain activism, the one that opposes investing in more cable and more transformers as consumption peaks rise, because it is an inefficient model —the maximum capacity is only used for a few hours— and because that investment has repercussions on the invoice. A complaint that the European institutions are making their own, but that, as things are, is not compatible with encouraging the connection of devices to the network. "That's why there are only two options left: either solutions like ours or poor energy quality," says the entrepreneur. https://elpais.com/economia/negocios/2023-01-26/un-software-que-vigila-la-red-electrica.html

obile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB), the po[CENSORED]r Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) that was launched in Latin America in 2016, has surpassed 100 million registered users in the region! To celebrate this important milestone, players across Latin America will be rewarded with in-game benefits just for logging into Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. On the occasion of the World Cup held in Qatar in 2022, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang launched an exclusive collaboration with Neymar Jr. that was a real success throughout Latin America and confirmed the attention that MLBB always pays to the interests of the players, to the novelties that they like and amuse. In addition to the one made with Neymar Jr., MLBB regularly approaches its fans with unmissable collaborations such as Saint Seiya, Kung Fu Panda, Transformers, Star Wars and the most recent with Jujutsu Kaisen, one of the most po[CENSORED]r manga and anime series. which included appearances for its four main characters and was very well received by the Latin American community. Exceptional talent for esports Latin America is also very relevant in terms of active users who show their ability in esports competitions. The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang LATAM Super League is one of the biggest regional MLBB championships outside of Southeast Asia, where the game is most po[CENSORED]r in the world. This year, with the aim of promoting the great talent for esports that exists in Latin American countries, the Opening Tournament of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang LATAM Super League was announced with a completely renewed format, divided into North and South. Eight teams per region began the competition on March 4 and began to follow the #CaminoALaCima, the roadmap for MLBB competitions for Latin America that takes place with various tournaments throughout the year and culminates with participation quotas for the World Championship. M5. Latin American teams, from Brazil, Peru and Argentina, have already participated in the M3 and M4 competitions, so there is a lot of expectation in the region about who will achieve international glory this year. How to participate and win with the 100 million campaign Mobile Legends: Bang Bang has prepared an exclusive thank you campaign for Latin American players who will be able to claim gifts worth +2500 diamonds, including permanent heroes and exquisite skins. Those who have not yet tried the magic of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang have a unique opportunity to download the game and start enjoying it since from March 18 to 20 they will be able to play with all the heroes for free. They just have to download MLBB through the App Store or Google Play. Dates How to claim rewards united stars From March 8 to 28 By logging into the game every day and/or playing the game, you will get rewards such as the 'Crimson Moon' skin of the hero Chang'e, worth 599 diamonds. return of veterans From March 10 to 23 Log in to get the hero selection chest and 7-day Double Experience card. Returning and existing players can log in and get a Hero Choice Treasure Box. Among the options to choose from are: Lesley, Roger, Cyclops, Vale, Gatotkaca, Belerick, Karina and Chou. In addition, they will have access to a 7-day Double Experience card. Active users will also be able to get Karina's appearance “Phantom Blade” for 50 diamonds. Double Point Protection From March 11 to 13 Players can purchase double Protection Points for 5 matches. Free access to all heroes March 18-20 From March 18-20, all heroes will be available to play for free. return of friends March 8-20 Summon 3 friends who haven't played MLBB in the last 7 days and get the “Circus Clown” Diggie skin.

Environmental officials said nearly 45,000 animals died as a result of the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals this month in an Ohio city. The figure from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) updates the initial estimate of 3,500 animals killed after the February 3 accident. The animals died within a 5-mile radius of the crash site, authorities said. Cleanup efforts continue in East Palestine amid a federal investigation. The accident A total of 38 railcars derailed in the accident, 11 of which were carrying hazardous materials. Several of the residents began to report discomfort afterwards. Mary Mertz, director of the ODNR, told a news conference on Thursday that the 43,700 animals found dead were aquatic species and that there was no evidence that the train's chemicals had killed land animals. It is believed that none of the animals belonged to a threatened or endangered species. However, Mertz added that some live fish have already been seen returning to one of the waterways affected by the train derailment. There are no signs that any of the chemicals have killed animals in the nearby Ohio River, she added. "Because the chemicals were contained, we have not seen any additional signs that aquatic life is suffering," she said, adding that all the deaths had occurred immediately after the accident three weeks ago. The moments before the accident For its part, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the train crew had tried to slow down moments before the accident after discovering that the ball bearing on one of the wheels had broken. heated. Moments before the derailment, the ballliner reached a "threshold" of 123ºC above normal temperature, according to the preliminary NTSB report. When the engineer applied the brakes to the train, an automatic braking system also kicked in, allowing the train to come to a stop, according to the NTSB. "After the train came to a stop, the crew saw fire and smoke," according to the report. The report found no evidence that the train was running above the 80 km/h speed limit. Few are the details it contains about the causes of the derailment itself. "100% avoidable" At a press conference in Washington DC, NTSB President Jennifer Homendy said the crash could have been prevented. "We call these things accidents," she said. "There is no accident. All the events we investigate are preventable." A final report will likely take 12 to 18 months, Homendy said. Fires at the derailment site were brought under control on February 5, but authorities were concerned that five of the railcars, carrying 437,500 liters of vinyl chloride - an odorless gas used to make PVC - could explode. Therefore, the officials carried out a controlled burning of the substance that sent a huge column of black smoke over East Palestine. The NTSB said it has its own ongoing investigation that will focus on the tank car's wheels and design, as well as the burning of the vinyl chloride and the response to the accident. The company defends itself The company that operated the train, Norfolk Southern, has defended its response. Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, CEO Alan Shaw said the company has already paid out $6.5 million to residents living near the scene. US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited East Palestine on Thursday, after acknowledging earlier this week that he "could have spoken sooner" about the incident. The transportation secretary has become a lightning rod amid local frustration over the handling of the derailment. Speaking to reporters from the site, Buttigieg blamed Norfolk Southern and the administration of former President Donald Trump, whom he pointed to for easing rail regulations. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-64753203

Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds will receive more than $300 million after the US telecommunications company T-Mobile offered to buy a telephone network in which it has a stake. Reynolds owns 25% of the telecommunications company Mint Mobile, which T-Mobile will buy for $1.35 billion. "We are very pleased that T-Mobile beat out a last minute aggressive offer from my mother Tammy Reynolds," the actor joked in a press release announcing the sale. T-Mobile is the second largest mobile phone operator in the United States. The actor was actively involved in Mint ad campaigns through his firm Maximum Effort. This company has also created ads for Peloton, as well as its gin brand, Aviation American Gin, which it sold to beverage giant Diageo in 2020 for $610 million. In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Reynolds described the company's work as "fast advertising," with the goal of creating short, viral ads. "Everything we do is rudimentary. It's fast, it's cheap," he said. In addition, the actor has shares in the Welsh football team Wrexham AFC. Hollywood career Reynolds still appears in movies and is one of the highest paid actors in the world. In fact, he was the second highest-paid actor in the world in 2020, according to Forbes, earning more than $20 million per movie, behind Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. In an interview in 2018, he recalled his first acting role in 1991, when he was a teenager and had a side job as a newspaper delivery boy. He was paid US$150 for that performance. "I thought he was like a billionaire," Reynolds said. In recent years, rumors have circulated that he might try to buy the Ottawa Senators hockey team. Reynolds is one of many celebrities who have businesses that are not related to movies. Ashton Kutcher owns a venture capital firm with stakes in Uber, Skype, and Airbnb. Snoop Dogg and Jared Leto are investors in Reddit, to name just a few examples. Despite his fortune, Reynolds continues to act. He is scheduled to star in "Deadpool 3" alongside actor Hugh Jackman as Wolverine next year.

The line between used cars and -simply- used cars will become increasingly blurred. By relaxing the conditions that certified used cars must meet, more cars can be sold than with stricter criteria. The car shortage will become chronic. The shortage of new cars, due to manufacturers' production restrictions by their suppliers, has increased the pressure on used cars, both pre-owned and those that are already considered "old cars" according to the DGT (everything that happens of 10 years). It is a phenomenon that does not only apply to Spain, but also to Europe and North America. As there is less supply, but a great demand, prices increase. In some cases, some used cars cost more than new, and not exactly the limited edition Bugatti, but those with quite a "tail" in front. If we look at the data for the Spanish market, the typical used car that is transferred is over 10 years old, and the most abundant group is over 15 years old. This includes transfers from companies to individuals, and individuals to individuals. Although the increase in the production of new cars in recent months is easing the pressure on pre-owned cars, in the medium and long term there are enough signs to predict many transfers of cars over 10 years old. If they are well maintained, we are not talking about rolling hazards, but cars with very good safety (at least, passive). The most important advances in recent years have more to do with driving aids and assistants (active safety), but there are not such important differences in everything that protects the occupants in a collision. The scores have been in line with the former more than the latter. In Spain, two to three cars are transferred for each new one. With the advent of the Euro 7 regulations, the scarcity of certain types of cars will increase, because there will only be pure electric or hybrid ones, not necessarily within the reach of the average price that we Spaniards are willing to assume. Manufacturers have seen a business in used cars to a greater extent than in the past. We have to get used to the fact that even the official dealer networks and their used branches are going to offer us increasingly old cars and with more mileage than usual. If they don't sell them, the independent buyers will, but they will be transferred anyway. This can increase significantly with the natural shortage of cars that will be from the summer of 2025, when Euro 7 forces to stop producing a few models and the alternatives are not exactly affordable. In addition, there are many models that are not going to return. To keep them decent and presentable products, networks like Spoticar have facilities where they leave cars in better condition than they entered and make them more attractive to buy. Sometimes they come with more than a year of warranty, which is the legal minimum for transfers. It is one more way to stimulate the circular economy. It is not only a problem of current and future supply shortages, but also a loss of purchasing power. Under these conditions, the used car is much more attractive: when there is a significant difference in price compared to the new ones. For example, in the US this is already beginning. The official networks are lowering the bar for what is considered marketable as a used car: older and more kilometers. That allows them to have more inventory and more sales, even if the margin is slimmer than higher median-priced cars changing hands. Doubts can be dispelled with extra guarantees and mechanical protection insurance. Until supply and demand are normalized, it is what there is/will be. There is still time for both. We have not been able to outrun the perfect storm caused by the COVID pandemic, the explosion in sales of expensive electric cars, inflation fueled by the biggest war in Europe since 1945, etc. Euro 7 will be like olives for a family size salad. https://www.motor.es/noticias/la-edad-media-de-los-coches-de-ocasion-seguira-subiendo-202393798.html

The first call with a mobile phone was made 50 years ago. Since then, these devices have become an essential tool that helps us carry on with our lives. But do they also alter the way our brain works? Like many of us, I spend too much time on my phone. And, like many of us, I am well aware of this and often feel guilty. Sometimes I leave it at the other end of the house or turn it off to use it less. However, sooner than I'd like to admit, I end up walking down the aisle for something I need to get done that I can only do, or do most efficiently, over the phone. Pay a bill? Phone. Arrange a coffee date with a friend? Phone. Send messages to relatives who live far away? Phone. Check the weather, jot down a story idea, take a photo or video, create a photo book, listen to a podcast, upload driving directions using GPS, do a quick calculation, even turn on a flashlight? Phone, phone, phone. A recent report found that adults in the United States check their phones 344 times a day on average, once every four minutes, and spend nearly three hours a day on their devices. The problem for many of us is that a brief phone-related task leads to a quick check of our email or social media, and suddenly we find ourselves sucked into endless scrolling (swiping vertically on a touch screen to view content). It is a vicious circle. The more useful our phones become, the more we use them. The more we use them, the more neural pathways that lead us to pick up our cell phones to do any task, and the more need we feel to check them even when not required. Concerns about specific aspects of our hyper-connected world aside, such as social media and its increasingly hyper-realistic beauty filters, what is dependence on these devices doing to our brains? Is it all bad or are there also some advantages? The disadvantages of the mobile phone Unsurprisingly, while our societal dependence on cell phones increases rapidly each year, research struggles to keep up. What we do know is that the simple distraction of checking a phone can have negative consequences. This is not very surprising: in general, we know that doing many things at once hurts memory and performance. One of the most dangerous examples is using the cell phone while driving. One study found that simply talking on the phone, without texting, was enough to make drivers react more slowly on the road. It is also true for everyday tasks that involve less risk. Simply hearing a notification "ding" caused participants in one study to perform much worse on a task, almost as poorly as participants who talked or texted on the phone during the task. The mere proximity of a phone, it seems, helps to "drain" our brains, which may be subconsciously working hard to inhibit the desire to check these devices or constantly monitoring the environment to see if we should do so (for example, waiting for a notification). . Either way, this diverted attention can make anything else more difficult. The advantages However, researchers recently discovered that there might also be some advantages to reliance on our cell phones. For example, it is commonly believed that relying on phones stunts the ability to remember. But it may not be that simple. In a recent study, volunteers were shown a screen with numbered circles that they had to drag to one side or the other. The higher the number on the circle, the more the volunteer would be paid for moving it to the correct side. During half of the tests, the participants were allowed to write down on the screen which circles should go in which direction. For the other half they had to rely on memory alone. Predictably, accessing digital reminders contributed to the performance of the participants. What was unexpected is that when they used the reminders, they not only remembered better the (high-value) circles that the participants wrote down, but also the (low-value) circles that they had not written down. The researchers believe that by entrusting the most important (high-value) information to a device, the participants' memories were freed up to store the low-value information. However, when they no longer had access to the reminders, the memories they had created about the low-value circles persisted, but they could not recall the higher-value ones. It will take years of research before we know exactly what impact our cell phone dependency has on our long-term cognition and willpower. In the meantime, there is another way we can try to mitigate its ill effects. And it has to do with the way we think about our brains. As David Robson wrote in his book "The Expectation Effect," recent research questions the premise that if we exercise our willpower in one way (for example, by resisting looking at our phone), we "deplete" our general reserves and makes it difficult to concentrate on other tasks. This may be true. But Robson says it largely depends on our beliefs. People who think their brains have "limited" resources (for example, that resisting one temptation makes it harder to resist the next) are more likely to score that way on tests. However, those who believe that your brain has unlimited resources, and that the more you resist temptation, the more you strengthen your ability to continue resisting temptation, conclude that developing mental fatigue by exercising self-control on a task does not negatively affect your performance on the task. following. Even more fascinating, having a limited or non-limited view of the brain may be largely cultural, with Western countries like the United States more likely to view the mind as limited compared to other cultures, such as India. What do I take from this? To reduce the need to mindlessly search for my phone, I will continue to leave it in another room. But I will also tell myself that my brain has more resources than I realize, and that every time I resist the temptation to check my phone, I am establishing new neural pathways that will make resisting that temptation ever easier. And maybe even others in the future. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/vert-fut-65171027

China has simulated precision strikes against key targets in Taiwan and its surrounding waters during a second day of military exercises. The maneuvers, which Beijing has described as a "severe warning" to the autonomous island, are a response to the visit of the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, to the United States on April 5. As the Chinese military pretended to encircle the island, the United States urged China to show restraint. According to Taiwan, about 70 Chinese planes flew over the island on Sunday. 11 Chinese ships were also sighted. On Saturday, Taipei said 45 warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait - the unofficial dividing line between Taiwanese and Chinese territory - or flew into the southwestern part of Taiwan's air defense identification zone. Actions that "attempt peace" On Saturday, Taipei defense officials accused Beijing of using President Tsai's visit to the United States as an "excuse for conducting military exercises, which has seriously undermined peace, stability and security in the region." On the first day of exercises, one of the Chinese ships fired a shell while sailing near Pingtan Island, China's closest point to Taiwan. Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council, which runs the Coast Guard, released a video showing one of its ships closely following a Chinese warship, though it did not provide its location. In the footage, a sailor is heard telling the Chinese ship through a radio: "You are seriously harming the peace, stability and security of the region. Please immediately turn around and leave. If you continue, we will take remedial measures." expulsion". Other images showed a Taiwanese warship, the Di Hua, accompanying the Coast Guard ship in what the Coast Guard official calls a "showdown" with the Chinese ship. Although the Chinese drills ended at sundown Saturday, Taipei defense officials said fighter jet flights resumed Sunday morning. "In Taiwan we are not alone" US State Department officials have urged China not to take advantage of President Tsai's visit, calling for "restraint and not to change the status quo." A State Department spokesman declared that the United States "is closely monitoring Beijing's actions" and insisted that his country has "sufficient resources and capabilities in the region to guarantee peace and stability and meet its national security commitments." . The US severed diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing in 1979, but is required by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself. US President Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed that the US would intervene if China attacked the island, but US messages have been mixed. At Wednesday's meeting in California, Tsai thanked Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for the United States' "unwavering support," saying it was helping "to reassure the people of Taiwan that we are neither isolated nor alone." . McCarthy had planned to travel to Taiwan, but chose to hold the meeting in California to avoid exacerbating tensions with China. Chinese state media stated that the military exercises, which will continue until Monday, "will simultaneously organize patrols and advances around the island of Taiwan, shaping a posture of encirclement and deterrence." He added that the Chinese military had deployed "long-range rocket artillery, naval destroyers, missile boats, fighters, bombers, jammers and refuelers." But in Taipei, Taiwan's capital, residents seemed unfazed by the latest Chinese moves. "I think a lot of Taiwanese have gotten used to it by now, the feeling is like, here we go again!" Jim Tsai said Saturday. For his part, Michael Chuang said: "It seems they [China] like to do it, surround Taiwan as their own. I'm used to it by now." "If they invade us, we won't be able to escape. We'll see what the future holds and go from there." Taiwan's status has been ambiguous since 1949, when the Chinese Civil War turned in favor of the Communist Party of China and the country's former government withdrew to the island. Since then, Taiwan has been considered a sovereign state, with its own constitution and leaders. China, for its part, views the territory as a breakaway province that will eventually fall under Beijing's control, by force if necessary. Chinese President Xi Jinping has stated that "reunification" with Taiwan "must be fulfilled". https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-65228585

When Anne Marie Squeo took delivery of her flaming red Tesla car in 2020, she felt like she had joined a special "club" of people who were doing something to help the environment, and doing it in style along the way. But last year, when Tesla owner Elon Musk shared far-right conspiracy theories on Twitter, posted a photo showing guns next to his bed, and proposed a series of solutions to end the war in Ukraine that many leaders politicians rejected, Anne Marie's satisfaction turned to shame. "She's been very depressing, and at times embarrassing, driving this car," says the 55-year-old marketing and communications professional who lives in Connecticut, who wrote an article about her discomfort. "I wondered if people were making judgments about me that I didn't want them to make." Elon Musk was once seen as the secret behind Tesla's success, but today, he seems to be the main one with his problems. stock drop As Musk's relentless stream of politically charged posts alienates a key part of Tesla's customer base, increased competition has begun to take its toll on the firm's dominance of the electric car market. Tesla's share value plummeted in 2022 - the worst drop since the company went public in 2012 - reflecting these concerns, as well as concerns such as supply chain disruptions and a weaker economy. In December, big investors - some of them longtime Musk allies - voiced their concerns publicly, accusing him of abandoning Tesla after it bought Twitter for $44 billion in October and damaged the company's reputation. brand. It didn't help that Musk sold nearly $20 billion of his shares in Tesla last year, a sale that had an impact on the share price and was partly triggered by the purchase of Twitter. "It's cost everybody a ton of money. It certainly didn't protect Tesla shareholders," says investor Ross Gerber, who is now seeking a seat on Tesla's board of directors and implementing changes, including investing in advertising. , something Tesla has always proudly said it doesn't need. Gerber, the head of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management -- and a self-proclaimed friend of Elon Musk -- says he remains optimistic about the company's future, and has increased the number of shares his firm holds in Tesla following the drop in price. But he also says the company needs to have its own chief executive officer and create his own voice, one that differs from Musk's. "It's very hard to believe now that Elon has been a positive advertising force for Tesla," he says. the repercussions Musk, with more than 127 million followers on Twitter, this week rejected any suggestion linking his unfiltered style on social media to the damage Tesla's brand has suffered, arguing that his massive following "speaks for itself." ". But in recent weeks, facing concerns about weak consumer demand, Tesla announced it was going to implement significant price cuts in the US, Europe and China, with some models getting up to 20% off. Investors hope these measures will cushion some of the damage to the brand, as financial concerns outweigh shoppers' moral dilemmas. Likewise, these discounts will impact the company's profit margins, and for some car buyers, there is no going back. Musk Apology Indie Grant, who works in the insurance industry in New Zealand, ruled out buying a Tesla based on Musk's political views, and decided to buy a Peugot instead. "With him so tied to the brand, buying a Tesla feels like inadvertently announcing, 'I think Elon is the ultimate. I love everything he does,'" he says. "That wasn't really the message we wanted to send, and with such a variety of cars, it didn't affect us too much having to rule it out when considering options." Very few things could make you consider buying a Tesla now, says Indie: "My opinion of Tesla would only change if I was no longer associated with it." It is not the first time that Elon Musk ends up in water up to his neck after his comments on Twitter about him. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-64459625

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Little by little, Mobile Legends is gaining relevance in the eSports industry after having surpassed an important mark in downloads around the world, especially Latin America. The latest report from the same developer indicates that the title has exceeded 100 million users in Latin America. According to App Annie, a tool that measures the number of downloads, usage and revenue from applications; reveals that MLBB is within the Top 2 MOBA games that had the most active users during the last quarter of 2022 and where people stayed the longest App Annie: Mobile Legends: Bang Bang ranks second in active users in the MOBA game category during the last quarter of 2022 Peru is an important market for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. For this reason, it has entered into an alliance with the operator Entel. The Prepaid Power and Flexible Plan plans will have the MOBA and will not consume megabytes. “All Moba fans will be able to continue playing in the land of dawn without consuming their megabytes by buying refills from S/. 5 for 3 days ”, details MLBB. “About 50% of our users are mobile game consumers, and many of them play Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. With this launch, we hope that this percentage will continue to increase”, adds Iván García, Director of the B2C market at Entel Peru. Gamer User Profile The gamer user is always looking for certain requirements so that their gaming experience is the most optimal possible. Like, for example, a large portfolio of equipment that supports up to 5G, high-speed internet power that allows you to play without interruptions, with less ping and low latency. These attributes are very important, especially in 5 vs. 5 online games, since signal instability can make the difference between victory and defeat. “The average Mobile Legends: Bang Bang gamer plays around 2 hours a day. Each game or battle has an average duration of 15 to 20 minutes, and consumes approximately (including downloads and updates) 3 GB per month”, comments Carlos Araujo-Lima, Commercial Director of MOONTON Games for Latin America. This strategic alliance between Entel and MLBB is the first step. Carlos Araujo-Lima aims to do more with the operator and incorporate it into the competitive esports scene locally and regionally. “During the year we have various competitions with professional teams and with the university community, which allows us to develop an ecosystem that gives brands another type of exposure and closeness with their audiences,” he explains. The game's representative also added that MLBB's competitive advantage over other MOBA platforms is that it consumes between 4 to 6 MB per battle or game, thus reducing the chances of gamers running out of play in the land of dawn. due to lack of data.

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From afar the paradox would seem to jump out at you. Alaska, one of the places in the world where the effects of climate change are most appreciated and felt, has just embarked on a new oil megaproject, thus helping to increase the production of fossil fuels, a central factor in global warming. The controversial Willow project, approved by the Joe Biden government this March, provides for the extraction of 600 million barrels of oil in the Alaska National Petroleum Reserve, one of the largest areas of virgin territory in the United States, located about 300 kilometers from the Arctic Circle. Your environmental footprint will be palpable. During its 30-year useful life, it is estimated that it will generate some 280 million metric tons of CO2, which is equivalent to putting two million gasoline-powered cars on the US roads each year, according to Office estimates. of Land Administration of that country. Willow's environmental impact is seen as unacceptable by environmental groups who see it as a setback in the fight against global warming. Its approval also comes at a time when the International Energy Agency has warned governments that to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change they must stop giving the green light to new fossil fuel projects. Despite this, Willow enjoyed the unanimous support of the Alaska House of Representatives, lawmakers from both parties representing that state in the US Congress, most Native American groups in that state, as well as like the unions. Behind these endorsements lies Alaska's long and complex relationship with the hydrocarbons sector. What is it about? A resource that changed Alaska Alaska began drilling for oil in 1979 and has changed markedly thereafter. "Oil transformed Alaska. Before this resource was discovered and exploited, Alaska was a relatively poor state with fairly poor public services and an economy that was not growing very quickly," says Gunnar Knapp, a retired professor at the University of Alaska. from Alaska in Anchorage, who has spent more than 35 years researching the economy of that state, in conversation with BBC Mundo. He explains that, from then on, as has happened in many places where they have found oil, that bonanza changed things quickly. "Suddenly the government has money and that can be good and bad. It can build roads, schools, universities and even give money to people. But that changes the nature of society, the po[CENSORED]tion grew rapidly and maybe not anymore. it's the same place it used to be, and maybe people aren't as independent and resilient as they like to think they are anymore," she adds. Oil wealth became central to Alaska and for decades became the source of 85% of the state's revenue, something that began to change around 2013-2014, when it fell due to the combination of a sharp slide in prices with a drop in production. According to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), Alaska had its peak production in 1998, when it extracted more than two million barrels of oil per day. Instead, by 2022 its average was just 437,000 barrels a day. But the importance for Alaska of the so-called black gold goes further. Taxes, jobs and checks "The state of Alaska is heavily dependent on the oil industry for its economy," says Gunnar Knapp. The expert explains that taxes and royalties paid by oil companies continue to be one of the main sources of financing for the state government, in a place where it is expensive to maintain a government. He adds that the oil industry generates many well-paying jobs both directly and through the service companies that support it. But that is not all. Since oil exploitation began, Alaska created a sovereign wealth fund called the Alaska Permanent Fund, in which they have been saving part of the profits generated by the oil boom and which by February 2023 was valued at more than US$75,000 million. According to Knapp, the oil wealth has allowed Alaska residents to not have to pay income tax or consumption taxes, unlike what happens in other states. Furthermore, for decades a mechanism known as the Permanent Fund Dividend was established in that state, through which part of the profits generated by investments made with the Permanent Fund are distributed directly and equally among citizens. "Every Alaskan, man, woman or child receives an equal check. It's a very po[CENSORED]r program among citizens," says Knapp. In 2022, each of those checks was for the amount of US$3,284. Knapp explains that for decades Alaska allocated half of the profits generated each year by the Permanent Fund to pay that dividend, but in recent years due to the drop in revenue in public coffers due to the decline in oil revenues began to use to finance spending https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-65144165