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“We overestimate what will happen in the next two years and we underestimate what will happen in the next ten”

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

Bill Gates, on AI: “We overestimate what will happen in the next 2 years and underestimate what will happen in the next 10” There is a phrase that Bill Gates often repeats with the conviction of someone who has already seen how the world made mistakes when judging a technology: “We overestimate what we can do in one year and underestimate what we can achieve in ten.” Although it may fit in a time of uncertainty and technological leaps like the one we are currently experiencing with AI, it is not actually new. It appeared in his book ‘Path to the future‘and recovered it in ‘Source Code: My beginnings’. However, the co-founder of Microsoft does not use it to show off that he has succeeded in his technological commitment to desktop computers, but rather to ask for a little calm and perspective in the face of the most disruptive technological moment since the arrival of the personal computer that he lived in first person. a déjàvu technological. Gates has spent months dedicating a good part of his interventions to cooling the collective panic around the arrival of AI. In one of his interventions to promote his latest book, the millionaire intervened in the Jay Shetty podcast and took the opportunity to send a reassuring message: we already experienced something similar when Windows arrived, and then there were also those who thought that the world was ending. Since he left the helm of Microsoft in the hands of Steve Ballmerhas continued to advise its management team, including those responsible for the alliance with OpenAI. According to collected Business Insiderboth CEO Satya Nadella and the Microsoft management team turn to the founder as an advisor in the face of relevant strategic changes for the company. That low-key but influential role gives him a different perspective on the current AI revolution. For this reason, he insists that society’s fear of this new technology follows the same patterns that it already experienced in the early years of Microsoft. AI is an opportunity, but also a risk. In his annual letter The Year AheadGates described AI as a technology with “no upper limit” to its capabilities, leaving it in a full of opportunitiesbut also of great risks that must be managed. In that same publication he assured that “of all the things that humans have created, artificial intelligence is the one that will change society the most.” The millionaire identifies two major threats for the next decade: the use of AI by malicious actors and the emergence of AI in the labor market. Among the dangers that he cites with most concern is the use of this technology to design weapons with a comparable scope to that of the COVID-19 pandemic. Work, the great battlefield. One of the effects of AI that Gates analyzes in more detail is what it will have on employment. Assumption It is not catastrophicbut direct: technology will allow the economy to produce more goods and services using less labor. He points out that AI is already doubling the software developer efficiencywhich makes programming cheaper and alters labor demand in that sector. Gates also points out that AI will affect less expected industries, with medicine and education in the spotlight. He does not present it as an inevitable threat, but as a wake-up call to adapt before change arrives without warning. Optimism with nuances and a commitment to act now. In his analysis of 2026, the technology magnate insists that the decisions made in the coming years will determine whether AI becomes a factor of shared progress or an additional source of inequality and social suffering. Staying true to his phrase, Gates assures that the time to act is now, not when technology is already uncontrollable and its effects irreparable. What makes his vision different is the balance that proposes an intermediate place between catastrophism and blind euphoria. Gates learned this concept forcefully in his first years at the helm of Microsoft: consider the worst and best scenarios, because you cannot be so optimistic as to think that everything will always turn out as planned, nor be so pessimistic as to believe that everything will be an absolute failure. In Xataka | Bill Gates had a tendency to procrastinate until he found an infallible remedy: Japanese companies Image | Flickr (Governor Tom Wolf)

Claude has a reputation for being the least accommodating and flattering AI, especially when you ask him for love advice.

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

Anthropic has analyzed a million random conversations with Claude and have reached a conclusion that we have already been observing: More and more people use AI as a personal guide who is asked for advice on all kinds of problems in their life, from work to relationships. Their goal was to see if Claude is as accommodating as other AIs when it comes to giving personal advice. AI as a confidant. There are people who use an AI chatbot as if he were a psychologistothers that looking for friendship and even who They have fallen in love with an AI and have a virtual relationship. ChatGPT is usually the most cited chatbot in these examples, mainly because it is the one with the most users, but the analysis that Anthropic has done with Claude proves that it is not a matter of one company, but that the trend is global. The problem with this is that AI tends to please and agree with the user, so it can end validating harmful ideas and harming our mental health. ANDl analysis. As we said, Anthropic has analyzed one million conversations with Claude, of which they identified around 38,000 in which users asked for advice on personal matters, which represents 6% of the total sample. They then classified them into nine categories: relationships, career, personal development, finances, legal issues, health and well-being, parenting, ethics and spirituality. 76% of the conversations analyzed corresponded to four of these categories, starting with health and well-being with 27%, professional career with 26%, relationships with 12% and personal finances with 11%. Selective flattery. What they saw in the analysis is that Claude usually avoids giving flattering answers when the user asks for guidance on personal matters. According to Anthropic, only in 9% of conversations was a very accommodating response detected. The problem is that, when the conversation was about romantic relationships, that figure rose to 25%. As examples, they cite cases in which the AI agrees with a conflict despite not knowing both points of view, or interpreting romantic behaviors in normal interactions. And there’s more: in cases where the conversation was about spiritual topics, the rate of accommodating responses rose to 38%. Claude has a reputation for being less accommodating and servile, but he seems to abandon his neutral tone on certain topics. A complex problem. It was recently published a study by Stanford University in which they tested several flattering and less flattering chatbots. What they discovered was that the participants generally preferred flattering models, that is, we like to be proven right. One of the authors of the study, Myra Cheng, commented that “By default, AI advice does not tell people that they are wrong or give them a reality check (…) I worry that people will lose the ability to deal with difficult social situations.” Furthermore, this tendency to agree is also responsible for the AI hallucinations because the model prioritizes giving us an answer about its veracity. Image | Xataka In Xataka | When the accomplice in a shooting is ChatGPT, the question is what responsibility does OpenAI have?

The gigantic Mayrit tunnel boring machine makes its way through the underground of Madrid to transform Metro L11

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

It started on March 26 and in just over a month it has already left behind the first 200 meters of tunnel under the capital’s subsoil. The Mayrit tunnel boring machine advances towards Madrid Río with the objective of completing more than 5,200 meters of gallery before the end of 2027. And all to prepare the ground for the transformation of Metro L11. full throttle. The first month was slower than usual because the TBM was still in the adjustment phase. So has explained it the Department of Transport and Infrastructure of the Community of Madrid. And those first 200 meters have been drilled with the machine still running. However, from now on, Mayrit will reach its cruising speed: between 400 and 500 meters per month, which is equivalent to about 15 meters per day. What exactly is he doing underground. In addition to excavating (logically), as its cutting wheel, equipped with 54 discs, 172 picks and 24 battens, crushes the ground, the machine also places rings of concrete segments that form the final structure of the tunnel. At the same time, extracts about 3,500 tons of earth per day through conveyor belts that extend to the surface, where a hundred and a half trucks are responsible for transporting this material to landfills and disused mining operations. Transfer to the capital. Assembling a 98-meter-long, 1,500-ton machine at a depth of 27 meters is not a simple process. Mayrit was manufactured for 20 months in the German city of Schwana and traveled 2,000 kilometers by land and sea until reaching Madrid. Once here, it took 70 workers three months to assemble it piece by piece inside the future Comillas station. When does it stop and why? Mayrit works tirelessly 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in continuous shifts. But has scheduled stops. The first will be when it arrives at the future Madrid Río station, 1,114 meters from Comillas. There it will undergo a technical review of up to two weeks. Then he will repeat the process in Palos de la Frontera, Atocha and, finally, Conde de Casal. It can also stop at any intermediate point if any part needs replacement, which is scheduled approximately every 1,000 meters. The final destination and when it will arrive. The total route entrusted to Mayrit is 5,227 meters between Comillas and Conde de Casal, where the future interchange is located. The general director of Collective Transport Infrastructure of the Community of Madrid, Miguel Núñez, estimated In statements collected by 20 Minutes that the complete excavation will take between 13 and 14 months. With startup at the end of March, that puts the end of drilling around May or June 2027. Opening to the public will take a few more months, once installations, equipment and testing are completed. The work behind the tunnel boring machine. To complete this section 32,000 tons of steel will be needed210,000 cubic meters of concrete and more than 25,000 segments, whose production began in September 2025 in a factory created expressly for this project. The overall progress of the works already exceeds 50%, according to the City Council, and the investment in this phase amounts to more than 740 million euros. The biggest project behind it. All of this is just a part of something much bigger. The future Line 11 will travel 33.5 kilometers from end to end of Madrid, from Cuatro Vientos to Valdebebas, with 20 stations that will connect points such as Atocha, the airport, Zendal Hospital or the future Formula 1 circuit in Ifema. The complete route can be done in one hour and six minutes. The total investment exceeds 2.5 billion euros and the works will be carried out in four phases until 2031. Cover image | Community of Madrid In Xataka | From devouring diesel to being 100% electric: the incredible transformation of a 650-ton mining excavator in India

The US says the war is over… while kamikaze missiles and drones fly

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

During the so-called “Tanker War” between Iran and Iraq, several maritime companies arrived to paint flags of other countries on their ships and to change names and registrations almost overnight to try to cross the Persian Gulf without being attacked. Even so, many crews they kept sailing convinced that any mistake, radar or strange movement could turn a routine commercial trip into an improvised combat zone. The most uncertain war. The situation around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz has become a paradox that is difficult to sustain. A few hours ago, the White House insisted on stating that the war ended weeks ago. In fact, Marco Rubio assures that the “Epic Fury” operation has already concluded while Trump now speaks of the conflict as a luck of “miniwar” or a temporary episode where the small and last quarrels are ending… It happens that at the same time they continue flying drones and missilesUS ships continue to intercept Iranian attacks and forces from both countries they continue to cross fire throughout the Gulf. In other words, Washington is trying to sell the idea that the conflict is already in the diplomatic phase while almost daily military actions continue to occur on the ground, especially in the United Arab Emirates, where incidents of bombings They are almost daily. How to block Hormuz without closing it completely. Iran’s great trick has not been to destroy American fleets, but to turn the strait into a place too dangerous for normal trade. Although practically every day some ships They cross the area escorted In the US, traffic remains well below pre-war levels because shipping companies and insurers continue to see the move as a risky bet. Iran thus maintains enormous pressure on the global economy without the need to impose an absolute blockade, using limited attacks, constant threats and the permanent feeling that any transit can end in an incident military. The failure of the US plan. Trump presented “Project Freedom” as the operation that would demonstrate that Washington Hormuz could reopen by force and restore freedom of navigation. However, the plan barely managed to move a few ships before to be paused less than two days after starting. The president’s decision American reflects Washington’s big problem: protecting the strait requires taking constant military risks, but abandoning the operation leaves Iran with the capacity to continue conditioning global energy trade. USA has been trapped between avoiding another major war in the Middle East and not seeming incapable of imposing its own strategy. The truce works like a limited and controlled war. The truth is that on paper there is a ceasefire, but in practice both countries continue to act as if the conflict will remain open. The Pentagon describes the Iranian attacks as “harassment” below the threshold of a new all-out war, allowing Trump to avoid a major escalation. Meanwhile, Iran continues launching limited attacks and testing how far he can escalate the situation without provoking a massive American response. The result is a kind of hybrid war where officially there is no war… but neither is there peace. Arab allies begin to distrust the US. The Iranian attacks on the United Arab Emirates have caused a growing concern among the Gulf monarchies. Many governments in the region perceive that Trump is more focused on getting out of the conflict than on responding harshly to Tehran, even after of new releases of missiles and drones. The feeling is that hosting US bases can make those countries in priority objectivess without necessarily guaranteeing total protection. That doubt is also beginning to spread among European and Asian allies who observe how Washington continually redefines what it considers a real war. China has become the key diplomatic player. Amid the partial blockade of Hormuz, Beijing tries keep balance between its relationship with Iran and the need to stabilize energy markets. United States is putting pressure on China to convince Tehran to fully reopen the strait, especially before the next meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping. The problem is that China continues buying iranian oil and rejects part of the US sanctions, although at the same time the rise in energy prices is seriously damaging its economy. That makes Beijing an indispensable actor for any negotiated solution. Iran believes time is on its side. The Iranian leadership seems convinced that the United States wants to avoid another long war in the Middle East at all costs, and possibly that is why it is using that perception to increase little by little the pressure. Tehran keeps attacks limited, keeps Hormuz partially closed and continues to show it can still disrupt world markets without crossing a red line definitive. The result is a most unprecedented situation, one where Washington tries to declare victory and turn the page, while Iran continues using military threat as a daily trading tool. Image | USN, Mostafa Tehrani In Xataka | Neom has stopped being science fiction thanks to the war in Iran: from a futuristic city to the great logistical shortcut that bypasses Hormuz In Xataka | The strangest plan of the war is ready: guide the 1,000 ships trapped in Hormuz hoping that no one will shoot

They prefer to work in a hospital than in a large technology company

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

The labor market has not finished emerging from the storm caused by the widespread implementation of teleworking and the subsequent moves by companies to make their employees go back to the officeswhen you must face a new challenge. a study conducted in the US by the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) in 2024 revealed the first signs of Generation Z being fed up with labor drift of the technology sector. Two years later, this fatigue has become a trend, and the most recent data confirm that, faced with a future of employment marked by AI and a new wave of massive layoffs, young people prefer to study careers related to the health or care field, leaving aside to computer science majors or certain engineering fields. A sector at risk. The main CEOs at the head of large companies, like Nvidia or AWS, have assured on different occasions that AI will make it unnecessary for engineers know how to program. Technology profiles are expected to be the most sensitive to the impact of automation as companies begin to implement AI, yielding a bad expectation of future for the sector. Furthermore, the labor instability marked by successive layoffs in big technologymakes it less attractive for a generation Z that seeks economic stability for its future. The fear of being fired before starting. The constant layoffs in the sector do not encourage young people to even consider starting studies to work in technology. No wonder. The figures prove them right. According to a report According to the consulting firm RationalFX, the global technology industry will shed 244,851 jobs during 2025, with the US, India and Japan leading the ranking of the most affected countries. Spain also joined the list of countries most affected at the end of 2025, after the ERE presented by Telefónica which would affect more than 5,000 employees. Analyst Alan Cohen of RationalFX explained that “Layoffs in the technology sector in 2025 displaced hundreds of thousands of workers around the world, as companies accelerated structural readjustments rather than short-term cost corrections.” The dominant force behind those cuts was, according to the same report, “the rapid adoption of automation and artificial intelligence.” Generation Z prioritizes job stability. According to data collected According to Networks Trends, on a sample of more than 10,000 US students, 76% of young people from Generation Z who are graduating from universities prioritize a stable careerabove the location of the company (75%), its reputation (72%) and even the possibility of obtaining a high salary (71%). 50% of those surveyed claim to be very concerned because, after years of studying a career they like, joining a toxic work environment take them to suffer burnout or have problems developing their career. With that fear in mind, many students have reduced their interest in big technology companies, which no longer offer the idyllic work environments from years ago. Big technology companies are no longer a preference. According to report data ‘Workforce Ahead: What the Class of 2026 tells us about the future of the labor market’ prepared by Handshakeprogramming and the technology industry have ceased to be a priority for those seeking to establish a professional future, and almost a third of young people surveyed confess to being angry with AI systems, mainly because they sense that they are going to destroy their real options for finding a job. According to the study From NSHSS, recently graduated students are prioritizing working in companies in the health or care sector, instead of in large technology companies that have been leading the lists of best places to work for years. Google, you used to be cool. According to the data from that study, Google went from being the fourth company in which students would like to work in 2022 to occupy seventh place on the list in 2024. Just behind we find Amazon and Apple, which also fell several positions. In 2026, the trend does not improve and according to the list of best technologies to work of Great Place To Worknone of the Big Tech companies are present in the top positions. On the other hand, when you look at the employers that rose the most in the NSHSS study, you can clearly see the rise of healthcare entities such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which took first place in 2024, followed by Mayo Clinic, which jumped from seventh to second place, and Health Care Service Corp., which went from 14th to 3rd. The three fields of professional interest most mentioned by Generation Z in that same study were medicine/health (24%), general healthcare (22%) and engineering (18%), confirming that the inclination towards health is not anecdotal. The trend also reaches Spain. Although at a slower pace, the change in trend in the choice of careers is already perceptible in Spain. The branches of the health and social services field have registered a notable increase between 2018 and 2025, as reflected in the study ‘Employability of young people in Spain’ 2025 prepared by the CYD Foundation. Medicine is the field of study with the highest Social Security affiliation rate (94%) and the highest average contribution base in the entire university system, with 41,839 euros per year. These figures contrast with the perception of instability projected by the technology sector, and largely explain why health vocations They are gaining ground among young people planning their careers. The report itself, however, reflects a paradox: although the demand for studies linked to health has not stopped growing (25% in the last seven years), the supply of university places has decreased by 0.4% in that same period, standing at 245,226 places offered in the 2024-2025 academic year. Spain ages: healthcare workers are needed. Demographic aging in Spain is one of the reasons why the health sector has grown by 4% in the last year and faces a process of generational change since, according to data At Randstad, more than 50% of employees in this sector are over 45 years old. The demand … Read more

the best deals on technology today (May 6) on Amazon

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

Technology inundates us in our daily lives. We live with smart TVs, mobile phones, tablets and countless technological devices every day. If you are thinking of renewing any of your equipment or buying a gadget, these are the best bargains that we found today, May 6, on Amazon. XIAOMI REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G – 8+256GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Smart TV LG OLED65G54LW by 1,459 euros: 55-inch OLED and with webOS 25. smartphone Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+ 5G by 379 euros: 6.83 inches and with a 200 MP camera. Pack Blink Outdoor 4 + Mini 2K Camera + Blink White by 47.99 euros: a perfect pack to keep your home under control. portable projector TCL C1 by 193.34 euros: with Google TV and 285º rotating support. portable battery Anker by 37.89 euros: with a capacity of 20,000 mAh and fast charging up to 87 W. Smart TV LG OLED65G54LW If before the 2026 World Cup you are thinking of renewing your old TV at home for a high-end modelthis one from LG is a bargain now on Amazon. Before it cost 1,655 euros, but now, you can get it (in this flash offer) for 1,459 euros. This TV mounts a 55-inch OLED evo panel with 4K resolution. It belongs to the G5 series and works under the operating system webOS 25. It is compatible with Dolby Vision & Atmos, as well as the voice assistants Alexa and Google Assistant. LG OLED65G54LW – TV 65″, OLED EVO 4K The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+ 5G Smartphone For those who want to change their mobile phone for a mid-range one but with good features, this Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+ 5G is a good option. Now you have a discount of 120 euros and you can buy it for 379 euros. This Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+ 5G It has a 6.83-inch AMOLED screen with 1.5K resolution. Its main camera is 200 MP and its battery supports fast charging at 100W. The processor it has is Snapdragon 7s Gen 4, accompanied by 8 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage. XIAOMI REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G – 8+256GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Blink Outdoor 4 Pack + Mini 2K Camera + Blink White If you were looking for a security camera for your home, in order to have your house under control while you are on vacation or getaway, this Amazon pack will interest you. Comes with camera Blink Outdoor 4 surveillance, the Mini 2K camera and the white Blinkto be able to connect these devices. Its price now is 47.99 euros instead of the 64.98 euros it cost before. The Blink Outdoor 4 is a surveillance camera smart wireless, which serves to protect both the interior and exterior of the home. It has two-way audio and its battery offers a autonomy of up to two years. As for the Blink Mini 2, it is a wired camera that incorporates four-fold zoom and color night vision. Blink Outdoor 4 + Mini 2K+ Blink White Camera (latest generation) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links TCL C1 Portable Projector Now that the World Cup is approaching, if you are one of those who want to watch big games without spending a fortune on a TV, this TCL C1 projector It can be a good investment. Now you can buy it on Amazon for 193.34 euros. This projector from the TCL firm comes with Google TV operating system and incorporates an 8 W speaker compatible with Dolby Audio sound. It supports 4K and HDR10 and offers 230 ISO lumens. It has autofocus and a 285º rotating support. In addition, it incorporates WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity. TCL C1 4K Portable Projector Compatible The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Anker portable battery If you are one of those who suffer thinking that your cell phone is going to run out of battery on a trip, getaway or even on a daily basis, this power bank by Anker It’s on sale now on Amazon. It used to cost 49.99 euros, but now you can get it for 37.89 euros. This portable battery from Ankekr has a capacity of 20,000 mAh and comes with an integrated USB cable. Accepts fast charging up to 87 W and incorporates two USB-C ports and a USB-A port, so you can charge up to three devices simultaneously with it. Anker 20,000 mAh Portable Charger with Integrated USB C Cable The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Anker, LG, Xiaomi, TCL, Blink and Iván Linares (Xataka) In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs In Xataka | Best sound bars in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended models from 140 euros

dates, how to make an appointment and what you need for the 2026 declaration

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

We are going to explain to you what you need and how file your tax return by phone. Because you can now call to make an appointment and solve everything with an official without having to go to any office in person. After the possibility of making the declaration of the Income 2025 through the Internetwhich is what we do in 2026, now the Income calendar 2025 It reaches the point of being able to do it by phone. Let’s start remembering the dates, When can you request an appointment? to make the telephone declaration, and during which days you will be able to opt for this means. Thus, if you do not clarify by drafting the Income Tax, you will have this alternative without having to do it in person. Dates for filing by telephone You can now call by phone to order appointment to make your declaration by phone. What you do with this is call first and make an appointment with an automated system so that, on the day and time you choose, they will call you from the Treasury to make the declaration over the phone. The telephone declaration can be made from May 6 to June 30 from 2026. You can request the appointment through the numbers 901121224 and 915357326. AND If you want someone to attend to you instead of an answering machine, you can use telephones 901 22 33 44 and 91 553 00 71. But this option will take you more time, because it may take them a while to answer your call. You have to make these calls to request an appointment from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. And if you want to cancel a previous appointment that you have already established, you can do so up to 24 hours in advance using the same telephone numbers. But if there are less than 24 hours left, you will not be able to cancel it. You can also make an appointment for the telephone declaration through the webspecifically in the direction headquarters.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/cita-previa-renta.html. In it, you will need to identify yourself with your NIF/NIE or electronic ID, electronic certificate, Cl@ve PIN or reference number. You can choose a day and time for them to call you. And finally, you can also make an appointment through the application of the Tax Agency is available on Android via Google Playand on your iPhone via the App Store. Requirements to make the telephone declaration If you want to file your income tax return over the phone, you must take into account some requirements. The first is that you must be available to answer the phone at the assigned timesince this is when the tax agent will call you, and you will need have the following information accessible in order to process the declaration. First, you need to have the owner reference number of the statement, something you can apply on the Treasury website. You also need to have the DNI of all the people listed in your declaration, both your spouse in the case of filing it jointly and your sons or daughters. The IBAN of your bank accountin which you must be the owner. The cadastral reference of all the properties that belong to the declarants, even if they are rented. Other requirements are not receive a salary of more than 65,000 euros per yearnot have a return on real estate capital that exceeds 15,000 euros per year, nor more than two rented properties or two rental contracts. You should not be autonomoussince they cannot make the declaration by telephone. In Xataka Basics | Scams and scams about the Income Tax return: what they are and how you can avoid them

Microsoft put the head of its AI department in charge of Xbox. Now it’s dismantling all of Xbox’s AI

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

Asha Sharman is the new CEO of Xbox and has arrived with a mission: to blow up Xbox. At least, that is what he is proposing in the first three months of his mandate in which he took the reins of the company in one of the worst moments in its history, with a diffuse identity and with the responsibility of filling the shoes of a Phil Spencer who had been with the company for 40 years. The most curious thing is that Sharma came from presiding over CoreAI, one of Microsoft’s most important AI divisions, and is doing the opposite of what many of us expected. Dismantle AI from within. Distrust. The Xbox brand is not going through its best moment. Since the disastrous E3 in 2013 where the Xbox boss said that if someone didn’t want an always-connected console (Xbox One) they could stick with their old Xbox 360, things have gone downhill. That someone was a Don Mattrick who was replaced by Phil Spencer and with whom things began to change. Game Pass, studio purchases to feed the ecosystem and strategy changes such as launching games on PC and PlayStation. The accounts seemed to come out in services, but not in hardware or games. After all this time, Phil retired and a totally different profile arrived: that of Asha Sharman. The directive I wasn’t a gamer like Phil, he also had no gaming experience. He came from leading CoreAI, a Microsoft team focused on accelerating the development of AI software for internal and external customers to build and run AI applications and agents. Out with the AI. When it was announced that she would be in charge of replacing Phil, in the midst of the ‘Microslop’ meme, many of us feared the worst for the division. Even one of the fathers of Xbox He pointed out that Sharma was going to bury Xbox. However, through Twitter, the CEO has just launched a release quite interesting: “Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection to the community, and address friction for both players and developers.” It would seem like just another message, that typical ‘CEO language’ that so many managers use, but it has gone one step further by committing to something interesting: “Today we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox while bringing in new voices to help us move forward. This balance is important as we get the business back on track. As part of this change, we will begin removing features that do not align with our intentions and plans for the future. “We will begin scaling back Copilot on mobile devices and will stop development of Copilot on consoles.” CoreAI Avalanche. This implies a shift in the strategy of a Microsoft that, like others like Meta, they had become an AI company. They have pushed Copilot to its limits, putting it on capon even on televisions thanks to commercial agreements or by renaming its office suite so that, now, its most important services were Copilot and, therefore, artificial intelligence. These statements, therefore, represent an interesting change, as interesting as seeing who are those who now manage Xbox. Sharma talks about “new voices” and what contrasts with this plan to dismantle Copilot in some of the products is that many of them come from… CoreAI. As they point our colleagues from 3DJuegos, The Verge raises a list of four very important members of that AI division who, now, come to Xbox to work with Sharma when defining the future strategy and the new machine: Project Helix. Return to fan. It is not Sharma’s only turn in this short period at the helm of Xbox. From the “everything is an Xbox” campaign, tremendously controversial because if everything is an Xbox, nothing is, we move on to a “we are xbox“, a return to those origins in which an Xbox is an Xbox, and that’s it. Well, also the PC, which is receiving its ‘Xbox mode‘ to improve the video game experience. There is rumors that they are considering returning to exclusives (PC and Xbox) abandoning launches on platforms such as PlayStation 5 and They have lowered the price of Game Pass Ultimatethat it was shot a few months ago. Of course, although they lowered the price, they also left ‘Call of Duty’ out of the subscription, so that reduction is misleading. I want to believe. Now, you have to be careful with all this. Although they are already taking some actions (that “reduction” of Game Pass or stopping the development of Copilot on Xbox), the return to exclusives and the roots of Xbox are issues that remain to be seen. Until they start taking more forceful action, we won’t be able to assess how far Sharma has gone to do things differently. Furthermore, and it is not to look for spins on Sharma’s statements, the board has pointed out that they stop Copilot on consoles. And that word, “consoles,” is very important because we don’t know what Project Helix will be. Your new machine definitely cannot be classified as a console because the machine itself Microsoft is positioning it as a PCone in which the crisis of components will impact strongly both in availability and price and it remains to be seen if they miss that opportunity to bring AI to the living rooms. But well, it is evident that the new CEO has arrived at Xbox wanting to wage war and we can think “ok, but above it is someone with more power: Satya Nadella.” And yes, Nadella has been one of the great drivers of converting Microsoft into an AI company, but just yesterday the company’s CEO sent a powerful message: clean Windows of so much garbage to win back the fans. Only time will tell, but it is evident that Microsoft’s image is not going through its best moment. In Xataka | France wants to “become independent” from Windows and embrace Linux: Extremadura has a lesson to transmit

Mythos has struck fear into governments around the world. That’s why Spain wants “early access” to see what happens

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

Spain wants to have access to Claude Mythos Preview, the AI model it is making shake the world. The vice president and Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, has made clear that the European Union needs “early access” to Mythos to be able to assess what vulnerabilities European financial systems have. For the minister, “Europe cannot be a second-class region.” Bad news: today, at least for the most powerful AI startups on the planet, it is. There is not only fear in the banking sector. Although the alarm was initially raised by the financial sector, the Spanish Government warns that Mythos’ ability to find “back doors” affects practically all economic sectors. We are talking about threats that extend to critical infrastructure and essential elements for the functioning of any modern country. Anthropic itself has already made its fears clear: they did not want to launch the model publicly to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. The AI Act is a problem. The European AI Law was widely celebrated among Eurolegislators for being the world’s first major regulation about this technology. In reality, it has become clear that it has been a shot in the foot for EU countries, which have often seen how the most advanced AI models could not be used on our borders because they could violate this regulation or others. like DMA/DSA. This regulation forces companies to comply with strict requirements if they want to deploy especially advanced models, considered “high risk.” And Mythos is just that, so the AI Act is precisely what would prevent it from being used in Europe. So they want to delay its application. Euroofficials have realized their mistake, and are now trying to buy time because technology moves (much) faster than bureaucracy. Their proposal is simple: delay until December 2027 the application of these obligations for “high risk” models like Mythos. In this way, this model could operate in Europe without having to go through these strict controls for another year and a half. Milestone or marketing maneuver? While the Eurogroup and the ECB analyze the risks with those responsible for financial supervision, in El Mundo quote to a group of critical voices who suggest that Anthropic’s maneuver could be a distraction strategy. The thesis is simple: the company has a clear computing capacity problem, and is not able to satisfy demand. Their solution: argue that Mythos is too powerful to avoid having to release it publicly, which would cause an avalanche of petitions. Coordination. Body added that in this case it is important that the request for “early access” is coordinated and comes from the EU as a block: “We Member States cannot each go on our own in an uncoordinated manner to try to access this software to this model. We need the umbrella of the Commission and a coordinated approach.” AI as a geopolitical weapon. What this has shown is that little by little access to advanced AI models is becoming a geopolitical weapon that is straining relations between Washington and Brussels. Anthropic is expanding access to Mythos to some institutions for example in the United Kingdoma traditional ally of the US. However, trade relations with Europe they are still complicatedespecially after the tariffs with which the Trump administration wanted to change the rules of the game. In Xataka | The bad news is that the EU loses out in the tariff pact with the US. The good thing is that Spain comes out relatively unscathed

the price of a hectare of olive grove falls in Jaén while the rest of the land soars

May 6, 2026 by usatoday24

Something is happening in Jaén. The price of a hectare of olive grove has fallen: it went from 17,682 euros in 2023 to 17,499 euros in 2024; the last year of which we have consolidated data. And it may seem like an anecdote (after all, it is a decrease of 1.03%), but it is not. Because while the olive grove loses value, the rest of the agricultural land increases: the orchard increases by 13%, dry fruits by 19.7%, arable land by 18.3% and subtropical crops by 26.1%. What is happening to the olive grove? A complicated question. We could talk about many factors (the collapse in the price of oil at source, the increase in production costs or a 2025-26 campaign that was expected to be bad before it started), but we would be focusing on the situation and not on the underlying trend. The central issue hidden in the data is that Jaén is the “canary in the mine” of the Spanish olive grove. After all, Jaén is especially sensitive to changes in the profitability of the olive grove: on the one hand, the monoculture concentration of the olive grove in the province has caused many parallel dry lands to be in slope areas that are difficult to mechanize and almost impossible to convert into intensive ones no matter how much water is available. And let us not forget to remember that the olive grove does not stop growing. With the only exception of the small decline in 2022 (0.08% already recovered in 2023), the hectares of olive groves They have grown year after year. Does demand grow and price fall? With the provisional data of the Survey on Crop Areas and Yields (ESYRCE) 2025 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) in hand, the olive grove area in Spain reached 2,873,396 hectares. This is 1.63% more than in 2024 and 5% more than in 2015. And yet the price falls. The key is that does it unevenly: Irrigation gains ground over dry land, super-intensive olive trees in hedges spread over land previously dedicated to cereal or cotton, and investment funds concentrate their enormous resources in areas with more water. The great transformation of the Spanish olive grove. We said it years ago, Spain faces an enormous agrarian challenge, an unprecedented industrial reconversion: convert 1,901,529 hectares of olive groves into irrigation before it’s too late. And that “afternoon” is closer than ever because the Junta de Andalucía The cut in aid amounts to up to 22% to the Jaén olive grove that would derive from the proposal for the new CAP. Here is the key, here is the factor that will change the field in the coming years. Image | Txemari. (Navarre) In Xataka | Spain faces its greatest agricultural challenge of the century: converting 1,901,529 hectares of olive groves into irrigation before it is too late

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