AI chips have always wanted to become more and more powerful. TSMC has just pointed out the true limit: efficiency

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More performance? It is the first thing we usually ask of a new chip, almost without thinking about it. We have done it for years with the processors in our devices and we do it now with the chips that support much of the deployment of AI. More computing power, more speed, more scope to do things that previously seemed out of reach. But this logic begins to encounter a very specific limit: energy. What is making its way now is a less flashy idea, but increasingly difficult to ignore: progress will not only be measured by how much a chip calculates, but also by how much energy it needs to do it. The clearest clue comes from TSMC. We are talking about the largest contract chip manufacturer in the world, a company that does not sell processors under its own brand, but rather produces semiconductors designed by other players in the industry. According to ReutersKevin Zhang, senior vice president of business development, explained at a conference in Amsterdam that his customers are paying more and more attention to performance improvements that do not increase consumption. The pressure comes from very different profiles, from smartphone manufacturers to AI data center operators, all with a concern that we have seen growing in recent times: electricity cost and energy availability. The key is in the manufacturing. TSMC has not simply described a change in priorities. He has also placed it on his technological calendar with A14a future manufacturing technology planned around 2028. The firm expects that this process offers more than a 20% improvement in performance and, at the same time, reduces consumption by up to 30% compared to N2, the process that the company takes as a reference in that comparison. The key is that we are not talking about a specific processor, but rather the method with which subsequent chips can be manufactured. Not everything is about miniaturizing. For decades, reducing the size of transistors has been one of the great ways to gain performance and efficiency in chips. That logic doesn’t go away: transistor density remains within TSMC’s roadmap. What Zhang points out is that in the face of energy pressure from AI, other solutions, such as advanced packaging, chip stacking, and photonics, are also gaining weight. In parallel, as we pointed out a few weeks agoTSMC has decided not to use High-NA EUV, the lithography associated with ASML’s most advanced and ambitious equipment, in its A13 and A12 processes planned for 2029. The battle is also in the data. Huawei enters this conversation with Tau Scaling Lawa proposal that seeks to improve performance by accelerating the movement of data within the chips. The idea shifts part of the focus from the transistor to architecture and integration, two areas that gain weight when manufacturing smaller components is not enough. Along the same lines appears LogicFolding, which Huawei presents as a possible step beyond traditional 3D stacking, but which will depend on new design tools for folded architectures and better dissipation solutions for devices ranging from smartphones to AI data centers. Where are we going? TSMC does not speak for the entire industry, but its position makes the message carry. The firm suggests that, at least in its roadmap and in conversations with its clients, energy efficiency is gaining prominence that was previously more hidden behind performance. And it’s not a concern limited to AI data centers. Huawei, for its part, shows that the problem is also being addressed from architecture and integration, not just from the manufacturing process. The common point is not a closed conclusion, but an increasingly visible tension: chips will have to continue to be more capable, but each leap will be more difficult to justify if it increases consumption, heat or costs. Images | Xataka with Nano Banana In Xataka | Samsung has just achieved a milestone that has not been recorded for eight years. The problem is that it is a mirage

a star bar in a galaxy that is too young and gaseous

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The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again. He has found a phenomenon in the Universe that contradicts the physics known until now. In this case, the discovery consists of a star bar in a galaxy that should not host a structure of this type. The good thing is that, properly understood, this discovery can help unravel a mystery for which there was no explanation. We will have to modify what we knew about galaxies, but in exchange we have answers to questions that we did not have before. A stellar bar in GN20. Many star bars are known in the nearby Universe. It is even known that there are some in our Milky Way. However, they are not found at points close to the Big Bang because they are slow to form, so they could not have been born so early. Furthermore, in those early stages of the Universe there was a lot of gas in the galaxies, the movement of which is believed to inhibit the formation of stellar bars. All this is what makes the find so rare. recently described by a team of scientists from Leiden University. And, thanks to James Webb, they have found one of these structures in GN20, a very old massive galaxy rich in gases, which formed about 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. It is a galaxy that is too young and has too much gas to already host a formed star bar. Nothing fits. Let’s clarify concepts. Star bars are elongated arrangements of stars found at the centers of galaxies, rotating as a rigid unit. With this rotation they drag the gas around them and lead it to the galactic nucleus as if it were a funnel. This possibly serves to feed the galaxy’s central black hole. The detection is clear. The authors of the study have confirmed that they are looking at a star bar using three different methods. To begin with, it was carried out a technique called isofocal analysis. This consists of drawing a series of imaginary lines on a galaxy that join points with the same brightness. It is something similar to what is done on topographic maps with contour lines. Once this is done, changes in brightness can be detected that indicate the presence of specific structures. In this case, the galaxy’s light is stretched and rotated in a way that corresponds to a star bar. But that’s not all, its existence has also been proven with an independent mathematical analysis and with observations from the NOEMA telescope. Once this structure was detected, it had to be seen as clearly as possible. That’s where James Webb comes into play, whose near-infrared camera is capable of go beyond the veil of gas and dust which makes observations in the oldest stages of the Universe difficult. An impossible size. With all these observations, it was also possible to measure the galaxy, which extends over 7 kiloparsecs or, which is the same, 22,800 light years. It is too big for known physics. On the one hand, because of what we have already seen. To grow so much it should have started forming a long time ago and, supposedly, in the youngest stages of the Universe such a structure could not be formed. And, on the other hand, because such a large star bar should collapse according to the description of current models. Gas to the rescue. These scientists have discovered that, curiously, this galaxy has survived so long thanks to gas. We have seen that, normally, gas makes its formation difficult. But that happens when the gas moves slowly and orderly. However, in this case, in the inner disk of the galaxy there is highly turbulent gas that would act as a shield thanks to a phenomenon known as radial shear. Shear what? Normally, gas in galaxies moves in concentric circles, so that those in the center move faster and those outside move more slowly. This is known as differential rotation. In this case, however, there are turbulent movements, with the gas moving in a disorderly manner, in such a way that in different rings it rubs, drags and mixes. That’s radial shear. This, broadly speaking, helps the bar grow instead of hindering its formation. Two key points. When entering with the James Webb to observe the star bar closely, two important details were seen. On the one hand, at the point where it coincides with the outer disk of the galaxy, to the south, there is a large accumulation of gas that acts as a hot spot for the formation of many stars. On the other hand, in the center the bar contributes to sweeping a lot of material into the black hole of the galactic nucleus. What it teaches us. All of this makes us rethink the physics of star bars, but it also helps scientists understand something that until now was a mystery: inert elliptical giants. These are very large and young galaxies that They are already inactive. That is, new stars are no longer forming within it. With everything discovered in GN20, the authors of the study that has just been published consider that the star bars could be the reason. By creating star-forming hot spots and sweeping material into the black hole, they essentially make the galaxy live very fast. Create a lot of stars very quickly and use up your fuel early. They live fast, die young and leave an enigmatic corpse that, perhaps, is no longer so enigmatic. Image | NASA | Leindert A. Boogaard et al (2026). In Xataka | James Webb has just discovered oxygenated water in the most unexpected place we could think of: Pluto’s moon

Amazon had everything ready to attack the Starlink monopoly. Until Blue Origin exploded into pieces

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On April 20, 2023, the inaugural flight of SpaceX’s Starship took place. Less than four minutes later, the space vehicle explodedbut that was not what was amazing. The amazing thing was that all the company staff celebrated that explosion applauding wildlyas if it had been an extraordinary success. And the truth is that it was, because this launch was part of the company’s incremental philosophy: it doesn’t matter if the rockets explode, because (for the moment) that is what they have to do. When the Blue Origin rocket exploded last weekthere was very little to celebrate. And that is a big difference between both companies. This was not an explosion “by design”. There is a critical difference between the Starship prototype explosions and that of the New Glenn: intent. While SpaceX uses its tests to push its rockets to the limit and learn from those often controlled destructions, the New Glenn that exploded a few days ago was theoretically a production vehicle intended to complete operational missions. It’s one thing to lose a rocket with no payload that is designed to learn from mistakes, but quite another to lose one with a payload that real customers depend on. Blue Origin runs out of ramp. The economic impact of this accident goes beyond the cost of the lost vehicle. The fundamental problem is that Blue Origin currently has only one operational launch pad for the New Glenn, the LC-36, and damage to the tower and support systems could paralyze the company’s activity for months. In a recent update the company indicates who is already working on that ramp “And we have a good reconstruction plan in place.” Bad news for Kuiper. This explosion has also left in the air the deployment of the first 49 satellites of Amazon’s Juiper network, which depended on this launch. The company needs to put thousands of satellites into orbit to compete with Starlink, and every month of delay in the New Glenn is a month of advantage for Elon Musk. NASA and the lunar calendar. But the New Glenn is also a key piece for the logistics of NASA’s Artemis missions. The explosion may force the space agency to rethink its priorities and even delay missions to the Moon planned for the coming years. NASA is running out of plans B, and is increasingly dependent on a single supplier (SpaceX) when that is precisely what Blue Origin could have mitigated. Reliability pays off over time. We have a good example of SpaceX’s trial and error strategy with the Falcon 9. Today it is one of the most reliable rockets in the world with a success rate of over 99%: to date it has carried out 644 missions, of which 641 have been successful. Failures like that of September 2016 They served to learn and mature, and a decade later the Falcon 9 have become almost “boring” due to their reliability. Blue Origin seems to have wanted to skip stages by coming to market with a product that wanted to be perfect, but reality has shown that it is very difficult to achieve that reliability without stumbling. And this setback has been big. The opportunity cost. It is estimated that the economic losses of the destroyed vehicle they hover 150 million dollars, but the true cost is in the penalties for delays and the loss of confidence of future customers. The technical and reputational debt that Blue Origin faces is notable, and it remains to be seen how a company that needed success more than ever will react. Monopoly by accident. The clearest consequence of this setback is also striking: the winner is SpaceX, which is even more dominant than it was in the space launch market. The explosion of the New Gless is terrible news because it eliminates competition, and without a rival that can guarantee launches, access to space will continue to be a bottleneck controlled by a single company and, of course, by its founder, Elon Musk. The tycoon, yes, published a message in X upon hearing about the explosion saying “I’m sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly.” Image | Blue Origin In Xataka | In 2018, Elon Musk put his own car into orbit. Eight years later it is still circling the Earth

Now they need more than two million euros to buy a flat

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Madrid has become one of the favorite cities by the great Latin American fortunes, and this migratory movement of millionaires to Spain is already being noticed in international rankings. The latest report ‘The Henley Private Wealth Migration Report‘from the consultant Henley & Partners places the Spanish capital among the main destinations for millionaires from the other side of the pond. The capital is no longer only gaining visibility for its offer of urban life and its luxury real estate marketnow it also does it as the formula to own a “pied-à-terre” in a city on each side of the Atlantic that the map is changing of demand in the most expensive neighborhoods of the city. A magnet for large assets. According to data from the report of Henley & PartnersMadrid brings together nearly 34,900 millionaires, about 5,900 more people than three years ago, which equals growth of 20%. The consulting firm considers millionaires to be individuals with investable liquid assets of $1 million or more. This report points out the possibility that Madrid could welcome 200 more millionaires in the next twelve months. In the last decade, the number of millionaires in the capital has grown 3%. Of the almost 35,000 millionaires who live in Madrid, 72 can be considered centimillionaires, that is, with assets of more than 100 million dollars, and eight billionaires with assets of more than 1,000 million dollars. Your home remains your most valuable asset. Data of another study from the consulting firm Knight Frank points out that Latin American investors maintain a relevant weight of 26% in real estate purchase operations prime from Madrid, while those from the United States rise to 8% and the United Kingdom to 5%. Henley & Partners explains in its report that Madrid is positioned as one of the cities that best consolidates the most determining aspects in the migratory decision of foreign millionaires: stability, private education and quality of life for families with large assets. The pressure is noticeable in the real estate market. As and as highlighted cnnof the 44,680 foreign residents of the Salamanca district, the most exclusive area of ​​Madrid, about 21,740 come from Latin American countries. This high demand has caused the price of housing in those areas to skyrocket. According to report data annual Diza Market, in 2014, with one million euros you could buy 2.88 standard homes in the prime areas of Madrid, while in 2026, the same investment barely covers 1.17. That pressure on prices has been shifting to other areas of the cityand postal codes such as Ibiza- Niño Jesús have registered an increase of 195.1% in the prices of their properties since 2014 or Aravaca 119.2%. The square meter has skyrocketed. The study by the real estate consultancy Diza has detected a strong rise in prices in the high-end housing market during the first quarter of 2026 in the most exclusive neighborhoods, which have gone from having an average price of 4,166 euros/m2 in 2014, to 11,928 euros in 2026. The average amount of each operation in these prime districts of the capital is around two million euros, and more than half of them are carried out under the ownership of family officesSICAVs, Socimis or other investment vehicles. Spain is fashionable among millionaires. Madrid is not the only one that monopolizes the arrival of large assets Latin Americans and the United States. All this, despite the fact that in April 2025, the Government ended with the “Golden Visa”which allowed foreigners to obtain residency in Spain through a real estate investment of at least 500,000 euros. Just like the report highlights of Henley & Partners The Costa del Sol maintains its appeal among centimillionaires, remaining in 56th place on the list of places with the largest population of millionaires with more than 100 million dollars, while Barcelona is located just on the edge of the top 100 cities with more millionaires. In Xataka | Madrid has been filled with Latin American millionaires, so Spanish millionaires are creating clubs without them Image | Unsplasg (Florian Wehde)

Someone thought it was a good idea to bring a Bluetooth device called “Bomb” onto a plane. What had to happen happened

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Imagine that you are sitting in that modern torture chamber that we call “economy class” on a transcontinental plane when, after an hour in the air of the eight-hour trip from New Jersey to Mallorca, the aircraft turns around to land at the point of origin because the bomb threat protocols are activated. Now stop imagining because that is precisely what happened this past May 30 when the United Flight Boeing 767 that covered the Newark – Palma de Mallorca route thad to turn around with 12 crew members and 190 passengers of which one was the owner of a Bluetooth device with a peculiar name. “Bomb”. The “Bluetooth bomb” He United Flight 236 It should be just another conventional flight, but those who took the one last Saturday experienced an unusual adventure. When the ship was flying over the Atlantic and in a period Between 60 and 90 minutes after takeoff, someone noticed a disturbing detail: searching for Bluetooth networks, They found a device called “BOMB”. If someone was carrying a bomb with a Bluetooth connection, I highly doubt it would be visible to everyone and, on top of that, it would be called “Bomb”, but it was enough for the situation to explode. The crew, using the public address system, repeatedly asked that the Bluetooth devices be turned off, even threatening with turning around, but after seeing that there were still some lights left and that the “bomb” was among them, the maneuvers began. In coordination with the company’s operations center in Chicago, it was decided that it was best to declare a state of bomb emergency and return to Newark. The plane landed as if nothing had happened, but on the ground there was a significant police and security deployment that forced the passengers to vacate the ship, leaving their hand luggage behind. Image | Flightradar24 As part of the procedure, it was now the security forces that were going to be in charge of inspecting that luggage again. It has not really emerged what the device was, but what is clear is that there was no real explosive device. United has not given detailsbut different media indicate that a 16-year-old passenger had a device named with that name. Some say it’s a Fitbit, others say it’s a Bluetooth speaker. No details have been given about the consequences. that the passenger will have to face and everything has remained an anecdotal situation and a story that those 212 people will tell at some point. Now, there are interesting readings. The first is that there are devices for which you can change the name of the Bluetooth connection. For example, we can call our cell phone whatever we want, just like Wi-Fi networks, but there are others that are not easy to change the name of. A speaker or headphones usually have the name they come from the factory, unless they have an app that explicitly allows you to change the identifier. This is important because there are speakers like the Bombbox from JBL and, above all, the Hama Bomb 3.0 that have ‘BOMB’ in the name. Obviously, it doesn’t just say that and there are numbers and the brand, so it would be easy to deduce that it is a totally different device than a bomb. Also, if this were the case, the device would be turned off and not searching for Bluetooth all the time, so what makes the most sense is that it is a mobile phone with that ‘nickname’ for Bluetooth. That said, when the crew asked to disconnect the Bluetooth, if the person had headphones on they might not even notice and, if they did, it was a message that could be interpreted as “put the phone on.” airplane modeThere are cell phones that, when they activate airplane mode, deactivate all wireless communications, but there are also those that only deactivate Wi-Fi, the mobile network and leave Bluetooth to allow connection with headphones. This is for trying to find an explanation for a bizarre story like few others that had a happy ending for the passengers, being able to board a new flight the morning of the next day, but which could be very serious for the funny or clueless owner of the device. Because it is one thing to take longer to take off, but having a plane turn around, relocate all the passengers and the company pay compensation… is not cheap. AND I’m sure someone at United Flight isn’t happy at all.nor were those who were on that flight and who had zero information about what was happening, even having to go to reddit to find out about the movie and report the company’s compensation: a $15 bonus to spend on food. Moral: take a look at what your devices are called. In Xataka | Airplanes have circular windows for a reason. It took two plane crashes to find out.

a documentary that delves into what ‘Michael’ did not want to tell and an excellent Spanish thriller

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If you thought that ‘Michael’ fell a little short when it came to offering a complete portrait of the artist, this week Netflix has a docuseries that promises to reveal some of the secrets left to tell. This, without a doubt, is going to be a dark week on Netflix, because it is joined by an excellent Spanish-style thriller and a British series that recovers a very controversial real case. Series Michael Jackson. The verdict The premiere of this three-part docuseries comes at the most controversial moment possible: it coincides with the renewed interest in the figure of the artist after the success of the biopic ‘Michael’, who was accused precisely of whitewashing his figure and avoiding the controversial lawsuits for abuse that surrounded him in the last years of his life. The series reconstructs the 2005 trial based on testimonies from jurors, journalists, eyewitnesses and individuals linked to both the prosecution and the defense. There are dimensions of the case that the public never saw and this documentary tries to provide more material to continue the discussion between the artist’s fans and those of ‘Leaving Neverland0, whose director, by the way, does not agree at all with the conclusions of this Netflix proposal. Premiere: Wednesday June 3 He witness ‘The Witness’ seeks to continue the success of ‘Adolescence’, and moves in the same terrain: created by Rob Williams, the series reconstructs the murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992 from the point of view of her partner, who becomes a single father and decides to focus his entire life on protecting his two-year-old son, the only witness to the crime. The series focuses on an investigation peppered with errors and decisions that generated great controversy at the time. It stars Jordan Bolger, who we remember for his excellent participation in ‘Peaky Blinders’. Three episodes for a high-grade true crime miniseries. Premiere: Thursday June 4 Other series New Amsterdam – June 1 My Hero Academia (Season 6) – June 1 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – June 1 Evergood – June 2 The King of Queens – June 4 Full time fans – June 4 This is how you will learn – June 5 Movies The unknown Adapting the novel of the same name by Rosa Montero and Olivier Truc, this thriller shows us the discovery of a gagged woman in a container in the port of Barcelona who does not remember her identity. He survives an assassination attempt in the hospital and becomes the center of a police investigation that revolves around his amnesia. Gabe Ibáñez (‘Autómata’) signs this film for exclusive release on Netflix that stands out for its spectacular cast, which includes people like Candela Peña, Ana Rujas, Pol López and Manolo Solo. Premiere: Friday June 5 Other series Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express – The Movie – June 1 The drawback – June 1 The murder of Rachel Nickell – June 4 Poldi – June 4 Oh, mom! – June 4 Mexico 86 – June 5 Turbulence in the office – June 5 The babysitter – June 5 The High Knights -June 6 In Xataka | Stephen King unequivocally recommends Netflix’s new number 1: it is “an absolute pleasure”

bet on an NVIDIA ARM chip

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Microsoft has been looking for a convincing answer for a long time to a question that the PC has been dragging on for years: whether Windows on ARM can be something more than autonomy, silence and light productivity. He Surface Laptop Ultra It is born precisely there. The company describes it as its most powerful Surface Laptop yet and ties it to more ambitious workloads, from creation to local AI, leaning on NVIDIA RTX Spark as a great novelty. Microsoft’s move comes after a move that did not go unnoticed. Apple announced in 2020 the transition from the Mac to Apple silicon and materialized it that same year with the M1the company’s first own chip for its computers. With it, performance per watt, unified memory and vertical integration became an advantage that was difficult to ignore. That pressure no longer comes only from the high range. He MacBook Neowith a starting price of 699 euros, came to compete with affordable Chromebooks and Windows laptops. In parallel, Microsoft has tried to organize its own response with the Copilot+ PCa more solid category than its previous attempts with ARMbut still far from becoming a bet that has paid off in popularity and, consequently, in market share. A laptop to demonstrate an idea: Windows on ARM wants to go beyond autonomy The file that Microsoft has advanced It has two layers. The first is in performance: NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU, up to 128 GB of unified memory, CUDA and 1 petaflop of AI compute (based on theoretical FP4 TOPS with sparsity). The second is in everything you see and touch: a touch screen mini-LED 15-inch PixelSense Ultra, up to 2,000 nits of brightness HDR maximum, 262 pixels per inch and the largest haptic touchpad that Microsoft has included in a Surface. There is also something almost surprising in 2026: HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, SD and headphone ports without depending on adapters. When Microsoft talks about unified memory it doesn’t mean putting a lot of RAM in a laptop. The important thing is that this memory can serve as a common room for CPU and GPUso that the workloads are distributed according to what each task needs, although it eliminates the possibility of later extensions. The other half of the announcement is in what has not yet appeared. Microsoft has not detailed the price, the exact launch date, the final configurations, the specific processor, the exact GPU or the autonomy expressed in hours. One detail: the company itself remembers in the fine print that the Surface Laptop Ultra is a preliminary product, that its characteristics may change and that the sale will depend on the certifications or regulatory approvals of each country or region. Microsoft doesn’t get to this point from scratch either. The Copilot+ PCs of 2024 had already served to organize a new stage of Windows on ARM, with processors capable of surpassing the 40 TOPS of NPUlocal AI functions and equipment from partners such as Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung, in addition to the Surface themselves. However, the available data invites us to put the growth in context. The Registerciting Context, placed Copilot+ PCs at only 9% of AI PCs distributed in Europe in the second quarter of 2025. The figure showed progress, but also a still small base. That’s where NVIDIA changes the type of conversation. The first wave of Windows on ARM relied heavily on efficiency, NPU and autonomy, but the Surface Laptop Ultra wants to add an ingredient that was missing from that story: graphical muscle and compatibility with a well-established professional ecosystem. CUDA It is not a minor word for anyone who works with AI, rendering or professional software supported by the NVIDIA ecosystem, because it has been part of many workflows for years. Microsoft is also introducing optimized Prism, native creative app support for ARM, and agreements with partners in gaming and anti-cheat systems. What we have before us seems like a very interesting proposal. The announcement invites us to take it seriously, because the Redmond firm has made its position quite clear: it wants this Surface to be proof that this new stage of Windows on ARM can go much further. But it is still incomplete to pass sentence.to. We’ll have to get our hands on it to see how it performs, how it behaves and how it works in real life. Images | Microsoft In Xataka | Apple has shown the weaknesses of laptops with the MacBook Neo. And the manufacturers are getting their act together

keep 70 euros at home

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In April 2025, Spain suffered a historic blackout that left numerous systems exposed. Inter alia, that of digital paymentswhich was completely fallen. The businesses that continued operating They did so demanding cash payments. Months later we experienced crashes in the Redsys system that left out of the game to card payments in physical and online stores. All of this has caused the Bank of Spain to have new advice for citizens: have some cash at home just in case. Keep 70 euros at home just in case. From the Bank of Spain have launched A recommendation to try to mitigate problems of this type: save between 70 and 100 euros in cash per person. This figure is similar to that recommended by other central banks in other European countries. The European Central Bank itself already indicated how authorities in Holland, Austria and Finland suggest having that amount for each member of the household, or enough to cover essential needs for 72 hours. Reverse. There are some countries that were very ambitious with this digitalization of payments. Sweden was one of them, but is backtracking after seeing the consequences of a weakened cash infrastructure. The Swedish government has proposed force supermarkets and pharmacies to accept cash payments to ensure access to basic products. Belgium did something similar with its regulations in 2023 after detecting that some physical businesses were beginning to reject banknotes despite the fact that 45% of purchases are still made with cash. In 2024 that percentage had already fallen to 39%. Right to cash. Hungary has been even more ambitious in its defense of cash. In 2025 was approved the so-called ATM Act that obliges all Hungarian towns to have an ATM, in addition to prohibiting banks from getting rid of their cash withdrawal services. Switzerland goes further, and after a referendum has included in its Constitution access to cash as a citizen right. This will allow Swiss citizens to continue having access to traditional banknotes and coins even if a digital Swiss franc is launched, as planned. Beware of financial exclusion. For people with disabilities and also for older people, the advancement of digital payments is not an advantage, but rather a barrier. Pilar Villarino, executive director of the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI) explained in five days that “The problem is not that digital payment methods advance, but that this advance occurs leaving behind those who find barriers to using them.” In Spain we almost have no money at home. Cash continues to be the main means of payment for 57% of Spaniards. However, we do not usually keep money for emergencies in the form of cash at home. According to the last “Study on habits in the use of cash” from the Bank of Spain by 2025, only half of the population had banknotes or coins in their wallet, and the average amount was around 45 euros, clearly below what the ECB recommends. We are left without ATMs. Access to physical money is becoming more complicated due to the notable reduction in the ATM network in Spainwhich has lost 8,000 of these systems in the last two years (18% of the total). Although this reduction seemed unstoppable, what happened with the great blackout of 2025 and subsequent problems has made cash stop being seen as outdated. We have rediscovered it as a refuge from these situations. Image | Pxhere In Xataka | ATMs and Amazon are on the verge of a great little revolution in Spain: the Accessibility Law

Bad Bunny’s authentic party takes place in Sector T, the “stiffs” outside the Metropolitano

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600,000 tickets are a lot of tickets. They are the ones that Bad Bunny has sold out for twelve concerts in Spain. The cheapest ones are around 70 euros. The most expensive, 600. The venues are going to be full every night. And yet, hundreds of people stand on the street, spread blankets and take out refrigerators around Gate 20 of the Riyadh Air Metropolitano and listen to the concert with a clarity that rivals that inside the venue. They call themselves Sector T. The T is for “stiff.” Who are they? Bad Bunny’s second concert in Madrid On Sunday, June 1, it left in its wake, along with the inevitable celebrity counts at the Casita (which are invariably the most read news in the media that cover the concerts), an image that circulated on social networks: hundreds of people who did not get (or did not want) entry gathered spontaneously outside the stadium, specifically in the area of ​​gate 20. There the music comes with surprising clarity and you can even see part of the stands of the venue. The scene was summed up by a spectator with a phrase that accompanies many of the videos: “Sector T of stiff but happy being able to afford the 10 dates.” The expectation. Bad Bunny debuts in Madrid a residency format that he had only done before in Puerto Ricowith ten consecutive nights in the same stadium. The tour brings together more than half a million people in its ten dates at the Metropolitano, with tickets flying in a matter of hours after they went on sale. The demand was so brutal that thousands of fans were unable to attend, but the feeling has not diminished that the concert is the place in Madrid where you “have to be” right now (with permission of the Pope’s visit). That is why the T Sector phenomenon has occurred. Metropolitan FTW. The Atlético stadium was not always the first reference in terms of concert venues in Madrid. That role corresponded to the Bernabéu, whose expensive renovation was designed precisely to turn it into a continuous entertainment space, without depending on football. We already know the story: acoustic problems, complaints from neighbors, and now the developers have to take care of possible fines. Clearest consequence: the Metropolitan takes the biggest musical shows of the yearamong them Bad Bunny and his ten nights at the athletic stadium. The Metropolitano has established a contractual limitation that requires all shows to end no later than 10:59 p.m., as a measure aimed at protecting residents’ rest and bringing forward the departure of the public. The venue also states that it operates with one of the most advanced acoustic control systems in Spain, which includes real-time monitoring, limiters verified by the City Council, probes in homes in Canillejas and Las Rosas and state-of-the-art acoustic barriers. Neighborhood associations have complaintsYes, because of the chaos at the exit, with traffic jams, horns, screams and so on. Sector T, of course, is a free agent who is not subject to any of those restrictions. The future of the T Sector. Bad Bunny still has eight more dates confirmed at the Metropolitano: June 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 15. The makeshift sector of Gate 20 will have the opportunity to grow over the next two weeks: Sector T will grow larger as the tour progresses and images of the exterior circulate alongside those of the interior. What is not yet clear is whether the Metropolitan or the organization of the event will take any measure regarding the concentrations at the exterior entrances. For now, no one has told them to leave, so they will be there. And some will repeat. Image | NFL In Xataka | If the question is who can turn Amancio Ortega into his personal tailor, we already have an answer: Bad Bunny

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The month of June has started with a new AliExpress campaign: it is called Summer Promo and it is loaded with discounts and bargains on technology. As our colleagues explain the Xataka Selección TikTok account, there is absolutely everything: from a Nintendo Switch 2 for less than 300 euros to Android tablets for just over 100 euros. The key? The discount coupons that we can use. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links There is an additional discount if you use PayPal to pay @xataka.seleccion AliExpress just released VERY crazy summer OFFERS! and you can also save even more 👇🏼 💥 There are real bargains: 🎮 “Switch 2” for less than €400 📱 iPhone 17 for €930 📲 Pixel 10 for €550 📊 Tablets from just over €100 But be careful, because here comes the trick 👇🏼 💸 ACTIVE DISCOUNT CODES: €3 → from €15 (XATAKAES03) €6 → from €39 (XATAKAES06) €10 → from €69 (XATAKAES10) €20 → from €139 (XATAKAES20) €30 → from €209 (XATAKAES30) €45 → from €319 (XATAKAES45) €65 → from €459 (XATAKAES65) €110 → from €650 (XATAKAES110)⚡ And even more: paying with PayPal you can scratch off another extra discount ⏳ The offers are already active but only last until June 10 #aliexpress #offers #summersale #plum #techtips ♬ original sound – Xataka Selección As we say, the best way to save the most on AliExpress is by using discount coupons. These are running out as the hours and days of the promotion go by, so currently there are only seven of them left. They are the following: Discount minimum purchase coupon 1 coupon 3 coupon 4 COUPON 3 euros 15 euros XATAKAES03 WEBEDES03 ESSS03 SSES03 6 euros 39 euros XATAKAES06 WEBEDES06 ESSS06 SSES6 10 euros 69 euros XATAKAES10 WEBEDES10 ESSS10 SSES10 20 euros 139 euros XATAKAES20 WEBEDES20 ESSS20 SSES20 30 euros 209 euros XATAKAES30 WEBEDES30 ESSS30 SSES30 45 euros 319 euros XATAKAES45 WEBEDES45 ESSS45 SSES45 65 euros 459 euros XATAKAES65 WEBEDES65 ESSS65 SSES65 These coupons only have two limitations: they cannot be used with digital products nor can they be mixed with each other, so it is always worth using the one that gives the greatest discount. What we can add to these coupons is an additional discount of up to 33 euros if we use PayPal as a form of payment. We can benefit from this even if we use PayPal’s option to pay in three interest-free installments. There are many interesting offers right now. For example, we can get a iPhone 17 256 GB per 845 euros or with a Google Pixel 10 by 490.52 eurosprices that we almost never see. There are also consoles (for example, a PlayStation 5 Slim with reader 446.80 euros) and a multitude of other devices. But now, since you already have the coupons and what you need to know to save the most, all you have to do is look for what you want and go for it. 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 | Xataka In Xataka | DDR4 or DDR5? What RAM to choose so as not to pay even more than necessary in the middle of the price crisis In Xataka | Faster (and more expensive) is not always better: the big difference between buying an SSD and an HDD for backups

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