with this price that is impossible

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Valve has tried again with the Steam Machine and, although his proposal is much more convincing than which launched in 2015has ended up leaving a bittersweet taste for both users, enthusiasts and specialized critics. And practically the entire conversation revolves around at the hefty priceconsequence of a component shortage unprecedented. The Steam Machine was the promise of bringing the PC into the living room in the most convenient way possible. And although it fulfills its purpose because of how wonderful it is Steam OSdue to its compact shape, and the comfort it offers, most specialized media point out that the price has ended up spoiling everything. What Valve has launched on the market. The Steam Machine starts at 1,039 euros for the 512 GB model and goes up to 1,359 euros in the 2 TB version. Both without remote control included; if you want the new one Steam Controlleradds another 69 euros. Inside is a six-core AMD Zen 4 processor, a custom RDNA 3-based GPU with 28 compute units and 8GB of GDDR6, and 16GB of RAM. The system boots directly into SteamOS and can also function as a full Linux PC. From a design point of view, practically all specialized media agree that it is a beautiful, silent product that fits in the living room like no other PC has done so far. Why does it cost so much and who is to blame. The company recognized to PC Gamer that its original price target is “no longer viable” due to the memory crisis. The skyrocketing demand for RAM chips by large artificial intelligence companies has absorbed the production capacity of Samsung and SK Hynix, which manufacture approximately 95% of the world’s DRAM. According to the media, the prices of DRAM contracts that companies obtained have risen more than 170% between the announcement of the Steam Machine last November and its launch now in June. Valve’s initial goal, according to several sources, was around $750. Now, that rising market has added $300 more to the Steam Machine, something that has seriously harmed the company’s strategy. What the analyzes say. Opinions have generally been bittersweet, more sour than sweet. Digital Foundry describe the Steam Machine as “beautiful hardware”, praises SteamOS and places the GPU performance somewhere between an RX 6600 and an RX 7600, that is, a card perfectly capable of running games in 1080p and 1440p, but with obvious limitations in 4K with ray tracing activated. He also adds that the system performs below a base PS5 in most of the games analyzed. IGN had a more positive evaluationwith its analyst saying that it was “the best living room PC I have ever used”, but also pointing out that the price was a determining factor in knowing who to recommend it to. PC Gamer he put a 62 out of 100 and described the device as “an expensive curiosity rather than a gaming device for the masses.” Linus Tech Tips he titled his video dedicated as “Even Valve is disappointed”, a phrase that the channel itself attributes to what the company’s engineers conveyed to them. Tom’s Hardware, for its part, gave it 3.5 stars and has celebrated its design, but also highlights the poor performance of the machine compared to PCs that cost more or less the same and the software bugs that Valve is still ironing out. What do you have for that price or less?. The Steam Machine costs more than one PS5 Prowhich is now around 899 euros (after several increases), and according to benchmarks it offers lower performance than this console. GameSpot counted that at $750, the Steam Machine made all the sense in the world. At 1.039, the equation breaks down. And for that price, a user can buy a desktop PC with a more powerful dedicated GPU, or opt for a PS5 Pro. On the other hand, Valve has insisted that It is not subsidizing the hardwareunlike Sony or Microsoft, which usually lose money at the launch of each console and recover it with the games and their service offering. Speculation. To have a more or less fair launch, Valve designed a random reservation system. Those interested could sign up before June 25, and the company raffled off access. Only one unit per household, Steam account in good standing with at least one purchase prior to April 27, 2026, and cross-verification of payment methods and addresses. Unfortunately, Valve has not been able to prevent some people who found a place to obtain a unit from starting to sell it on eBay. According to Tom’s Guidethere are reservation lists (not for the device, but for the time to buy it) from 1,600 to more than 2,500 dollars. TweakTown and Notebookcheck They have confirmed seeing prices of up to $3,500 for the 2 TB model with controller. Community alternatives. Jacob Terkelsen, AMD engineer, published in X the “Terk Box v1.1”, a Mini-ITX PC inside a 3D printed case, with a RTX 5060a Ryzen 5 5500, 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Print files are available for free at Printables. According to Tweaktownthe result surpasses the Steam Machine in performance, although it requires a 3D printer and technical knowledge, and at the moment it cannot run SteamOS officially because Valve has still made its system compatible with NVIDIA GPUs. They have also appeared comparisons in media like Windows Central with preconfigured PCs between $849 and $1,000 that include an RTX 5060 Ti and more RAM than the Steam Machine. Valve, aware of this, allows you to install SteamOS on any PC with AMD GPU so that anyone can replicate the experience without paying the price of official hardware. ¿Qto whom does it make sense? The Steam Machine is not a bad product. It’s probably the best attempt to date to get a real PC into the living room without making it look like a PC. According to reviews, SteamOS runs smoothly, Steam’s verified catalog is huge, and its compact and quiet design … Read more

with this price that is impossible

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Valve has tried again with the Steam Machine and, although his proposal is much more convincing than which launched in 2015has ended up leaving a bittersweet taste for both users, enthusiasts and specialized critics. And practically the entire conversation revolves around at the hefty priceconsequence of a component shortage unprecedented. The Steam Machine was the promise of bringing the PC into the living room in the most convenient way possible. And although it fulfills its purpose because of how wonderful it is Steam OSdue to its compact shape, and the comfort it offers, most specialized media point out that the price has ended up ruining everything. What Valve has launched on the market. The Steam Machine starts at 1,039 euros for the 512 GB model and goes up to 1,359 euros in the 2 TB version. Both without remote control included; if you want the new one Steam Controlleradds another 69 euros. Inside is a six-core AMD Zen 4 processor, a custom RDNA 3-based GPU with 28 compute units and 8GB of GDDR6, and 16GB of RAM. The system boots directly into SteamOS and can also function as a full Linux PC. From a design point of view, practically all specialized media agree that it is a beautiful, silent product that fits in the living room like no other PC has done so far. Why does it cost so much and who is to blame. The company recognized to PC Gamer that its original price target is “no longer viable” due to the memory crisis. The skyrocketing demand for RAM chips by large artificial intelligence companies has absorbed the production capacity of Samsung and SK Hynix, which manufacture approximately 95% of the world’s DRAM. According to the media, the prices of DRAM contracts that companies obtained have risen more than 170% between the announcement of the Steam Machine last November and its launch now in June. Valve’s initial goal, according to several sources, was around $750. Now, that rising market has added $300 more to the Steam Machine, something that has seriously harmed the company’s strategy. What the analyzes say. Opinions have generally been bittersweet, more sour than sweet. Digital Foundry describe the Steam Machine as “beautiful hardware”, praises SteamOS and places the GPU performance somewhere between an RX 6600 and an RX 7600, that is, a card perfectly capable of running games in 1080p and 1440p, but with obvious limitations in 4K with ray tracing activated. He also adds that the system performs below a base PS5 in most of the games analyzed. IGN had a more positive evaluationwith its analyst saying that it was “the best living room PC I have ever used”, but also pointing out that the price was a determining factor in knowing who to recommend it to. PC Gamer he put a 62 out of 100 and described the device as “an expensive curiosity rather than a gaming device for the masses.” Linus Tech Tips he titled his video dedicated as “Even Valve is disappointed”, a phrase that the channel itself attributes to what the company’s engineers conveyed to them. Tom’s Hardware, for its part, gave it 3.5 stars and has celebrated its design, but also highlights the poor performance of the machine compared to PCs that cost more or less the same and the software bugs that Valve is still ironing out. What do you have for that price or less?. The Steam Machine costs more than one PS5 Prowhich is now around 899 euros (after several increases), and according to benchmarks it offers lower performance than this console. GameSpot counted that at $750, the Steam Machine made all the sense in the world. At 1.039, the equation breaks down. And for that price, a user can buy a desktop PC with a more powerful dedicated GPU, or opt for a PS5 Pro. On the other hand, Valve has insisted that It is not subsidizing the hardwareunlike Sony or Microsoft, which usually lose money at the launch of each console and recover it with the games and their service offering. Speculation. To have a more or less fair launch, Valve designed a random reservation system. Those interested could sign up before June 25, and the company raffled off access. Only one unit per household, Steam account in good standing with at least one purchase prior to April 27, 2026, and cross-verification of payment methods and addresses. Unfortunately, Valve has not been able to prevent some people who found a place to obtain a unit from starting to sell it on eBay. According to Tom’s Guidethere are reservation lists (not for the device, but for the time to buy it) from 1,600 to more than 2,500 dollars. TweakTown and Notebookcheck They have confirmed seeing prices of up to $3,500 for the 2 TB model with controller. Community alternatives. Jacob Terkelsen, AMD engineer, published in X the “Terk Box v1.1”, a Mini-ITX PC inside a 3D printed case, with a RTX 5060a Ryzen 5 5500, 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Print files are available for free at Printables. According to Tweaktownthe result surpasses the Steam Machine in performance, although it requires a 3D printer and technical knowledge, and at the moment it cannot run SteamOS officially because Valve has still made its system compatible with NVIDIA GPUs. They have also appeared comparisons in media like Windows Central with preconfigured PCs between $849 and $1,000 that include an RTX 5060 Ti and more RAM than the Steam Machine. Valve, aware of this, allows you to install SteamOS on any PC with AMD GPU so that anyone can replicate the experience without paying the price of official hardware. ¿Qto whom does it make sense? The Steam Machine is not a bad product. It’s probably the best attempt to date to get a real PC into the living room without making it look like a PC. According to reviews, SteamOS runs smoothly, Steam’s verified catalog is huge, and its compact and quiet design … Read more

China is preparing to be the only power with its own space station, but NASA does not want to make it easy for it

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The International Space Station (ISS) He is not in his best days. The increasingly frequent leaks in the Russian module and the failures of systems that increasingly require more maintenance have led NASA to set a date for its deorbitation. It will possibly be in 2030 or 2031. When that happens, the largest space station in Earth orbit will be the Chinese Tiangong. Even if it remained as it is today, it would be a step forward in the space race between the Asian country and Western agencies. However, by that time Tiangong will be even larger, as China has recently announced its plan to double the size of its facilities. Three modules and a large observatory. Currently, the Chinese space station It has three moduleswhich were assembled in orbit between 2021 and 2022. However, they are falling short for all the missions and experiments that are beginning to be carried out. For this reason, the installation of three others has been planned: a 20-ton multifunctional module coupled to the main module and two experimental modules. In total, Tiangong would go from 90 tons to 180 tons. But that’s not all. Even before the installation of the first of these modules, the Xuntian observatory will be launched, which will also be closely linked to the space station. More sky than Hubble. Xuntian will have a 2-meter main mirror, slightly smaller than Hubble’s. However, it also includes a 2,500-megapixel camera with sensors that cover a much larger area of ​​the sky. Specifically, the Chinese observatory has a field of view 300 times biggerwhich will allow it to map 40% of the sky in the 10 years that it is expected to remain active. That doesn’t mean it’s necessarily better than Hubble. Hubble is more precise in the details, but it will carry out very interesting work in much larger spaces of sky. The relationship with Tiangong. Although Xuntian will not be directly in Tiangong, they are closely related, since it will be placed in a very close orbit, so that it can dock with the Chinese space station when it needs to be repaired, upgraded or refueled. More ports. Docking the observatory will be possible because the new Tiangong modules will also include new spaceports. Thus, more ships can be docked simultaneously, improving the volume of work at the space station and making its arrivals and departures more flexible. Besides, in case of emergencyit will be easier to have a ship ready to protect itself or leave the facilities. Xuntian’s field of view is 300 times larger than Hubble’s The International Space Station comes to an end. All this occurs while the International Space Station prepares for his retirement. It is expected to be in 2030 or 2031 when it will join the deorbitation vehicle developed by SpaceX that will be responsible for removing it from its orbit in a controlled manner. NASA right now has its vision much more focused on the lunar bases. However, they must also think about how this station will be replaced when its days end. Initially, NASA had planned for private companies to take charge this time. However, this same year the strategy changed and proposed the construction of a main government module in which various private companies could be attached. Axiom or Blue Origin are the ones that, at the moment, best fit the requirements of this project. The reason for this plot twist has been, in fact, China’s progress in its particular space race. The United States does not want to lose its leadership due to the retirement of the ISS, but to do so it needs to maneuver quickly. The problem is that sometimes hasty decisions can lead to wrong moves. We will have to wait to see what happens with all this in the end. Images | Shujianyang | 中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所 In Xataka | Western scientists have been debating the origin of Kamo’oalewa for years. China went looking for him

Google has had to ration access to Gemini to Meta and more customers

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That computing power is one of the bottlenecks of the AI ​​industry is obvious. From this problem arises the insane investment in data centers and, consequently, the DRAM memory crisis. It is one thing if they are OpenAI or Anthropic those with capacity problemsthe serious thing is when the one who has them is Google. This is exactly what is happening and the main victim is Meta. Google turns off the tap. They tell it in Financial Times. Google has had to limit the use of Gemini due to the enormous demand from its clients, especially one in particular: Meta. Zuckerberg’s people had requested to buy more processing capacity from them, but Google could not satisfy it, so it had to reject the request. This has caused several projects within Meta to be delayed and the company to ask employees to begin relaxing the use of tokens. Why it is important. Google is not just any tech company, it is a hyperscaler. It has an infrastructure that allows it to offer cloud services to thousands of customers on a massive scale. That the shortage is affecting them to the point of limiting a large customer like Meta reveals that even spending hundreds of billions in chips, data centers and energy, is not being enough to meet the demand for AI. Meta dependency. Although also They are developing their own AI modelssources consulted by the Financial Times affirm that Gemini offered better performance than the Llama de Meta models. The company was using Gemini for moderation tasks such as fraud detection and sensitive content, as well as customer service, advertising support chatbots, and scheduling tasks. Zuckerberg’s company also is spending a fortune in AI infrastructure to become more independent, including building a data center as big as the island of Manhattan. However, they do not have a cloud business like Google has with Google Cloud, Amazon with AWS or Microsoft with Azure. The business is in the cloud. Doubts about the profitability of AI continue to hover over the environment, but in the meantime there is a business that has proven to be the real goose that lays the golden eggs: the cloud. While OpenAI loses money a lotGoogle, Microsoft and Amazon are the winners of the AI ​​boom. Google posted record revenue in the first quarter of the year, with Google Cloud bringing in a whopping $20 billion, up 63% from last year. Sundar Pichai already warned that the figure would have been much higher if it were not for the fact that they are limited by the calculation. In fact, this same month we learned the news that Google will pay $920 million a month to SpaceX to lend it its infrastructure. In other words: the data center party is not going to stop and, as a result, neither will the RAM crisis. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | Google is the big technology company that is doing the best thanks to AI: so it is going to spend another million

the first public cemetery for dogs and cats

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Spain is a country of pets. According to the first official census of pets, published a few weeks ago by the Government, 15.2 million live in our country, most of them dogs and cats. With these figures we better understand the pull of the ‘Pet Economy’ and that it becomes less and less rare to find services that until not so long ago They were almost unimaginable, like public cemeteries only for animals. The first opened in June 2024, in Malaga, and its last balance suggests that the service is increasingly in demand. Since 2024 it has already provided almost 750 services. June 24, 2024. That was the day that Málaga inaugurated its pet cemetery, a center managed by the City Council through the municipal company Parcemasa and which is located in the Málaga Cemetery Park (San Gabriel). In Spain there are other places designed for cremating, burying and saying goodbye to pets, but as they insisted in 2024 from Malaga yours has something special: it is the first of its kind of public and municipal nature. “This is a pioneering facility in Spain, since the rest of the similar facilities in other cities are private,” underlined in 2024 the City Council after remembering that the cemetery required an investment of almost 1.17 million of euros. The complex is made up of a 1,000 square meter building, a crematorium capable of holding animals weighing up to 200 kilos, gardens for depositing urns with ashes and another space for tombs. The figure: 748 services. In 2024, the cemetery made headlines for its pioneering nature. Today it is because of its volume of activity. On Sunday, coinciding with the second anniversary of the complex, the City Council launched a statement with the balance of its first 24 months of activity. And the data is surprising. Since 2024, the cemetery has provided 748 serviceswhich means a little more than one a day. In total Parcemasa has managed 673 cremations, the burial of 65 pets and the farewell of ten animals that were cremated and placed in urns. The majority of pets that passed through the center were dogs (504) and cats (213), although it has also worked with birds, rodents and a turtle. “Progressive increase”. Although the balance is curious, what is important is the trend. The City Council assures that it has perceived a “progressive increase” in the activity of the cemetery. In fact, only so far in 2026 has it registered 242 services provided either in the municipal facilities themselves or through the dozen and a half veterinary clinics in Malaga with which it collaborates. The services offered also include the collection and transfer of deceased animals, celebration of farewell events or even the support of a psychological team. Their rates range from 40 euros from a basic cremation to more than 900 that the most expensive service costs: burying a large pet (more than 30 kilos) for three decades in ‘The park of memory’. More than an anecdote. That the Malaga pet cemetery has managed more than 700 services in two years is hardly surprising. The first official census commissioned by the Government shows that in Spain there are more than 15.1 million animals of companionship, the vast majority being dogs (7.6 million) and cats (5.6 million). Andalusia, the most populated community in Spain, also leads the way in the number of pets, with around 3.3 million A concept: pet-economy. We Spaniards not only have more and more pets. We also generally spend more money on their care. And that is generating considerable demand for services related to pet-economy. A recent report by EAE Business School estimates that in our country pets generate a business of 5.77 billion euros per year and drive a sector that is growing at 8.3%, generating tens of thousands of jobs. With this data on the table, it is better understood that there are insurance companies and even venture capital funds that they start to get interested for animal care or that there are other cities in Spain interested in follow suit of Malaga and provide its own public cemeteries for dogs and cats. Images | Malaga City Council In Xataka |

The Government extends fuel aid, but will progressively eliminate it

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The Council of Ministers approved this Mondayin an extraordinary session, a new royal decree that extends fuel aida series of measures that were activated after the start of the war between the United States and Iran. The most visible measure for drivers is that the reduction in the price of fuel remains, but it will be reduced month by month until it disappears completely in October. There was a meeting pending. The previous package of measures expired on June 30, which has forced the Government to convene an extraordinary Council of Ministers to approve the extension before the deadline expired. If not, the aid would have been withdrawn suddenly, significantly increasing the price of fuel, as we were advancing a few days ago. What does it consist of? now it’s discount. Unlike the previous plan, which applied a VAT reduction, the new mechanism acts on the special tax on hydrocarbons. The discount starts at 15 cents per liter during July, drops to 10 cents in August, stays at 5 cents in September and disappears in October. According to explained the first vice president and Minister of Economy, Carlos Body, “the relief in the cost of gasoline and diesel will continue and we will adapt it to the normalization of crude oil prices so that a jump is not noticeable.” You have touiandn stays the same. Transporters, farmers and fishermen do not notice any changes, maintaining the discount equivalent to 20 cents per liter, without progressive reduction. Furthermore, the decree expands by 165 million euros aid so that the agricultural sector can purchase fertilizers, the cost of which is expected to be higher in September. Insurance in case prices rise again. The decree includes an automatic reactivation clause. This means that, if fuel inflation exceeds 15% in year-on-year terms, the discount returns to 20 cents per liter without the need to approve new measures. The Corps does not rule out new actions starting in October if the situation demands it. What is not extended. The VAT reduction on electricity and gas, which had already returned from 10% to 21% since June 1, is not recovered in this decree. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), precisely this fiscal normalization explains why electricity and gas are now contributing to the rise in the CPI, which remained at 3.2% in June for the third consecutive month. The most relevant structural measure. Aside from this aid, the new decree also establishes the progressive elimination of the Tax on the Value of Electrical Energy Production. Currently at 7%, it will drop to 5% this year, to 3.5% in 2027 and will disappear in 2028. The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, was estimated at 6% the potential savings on household bills. According to Aagesenit is “the only structural tax reduction of the anti-crisis shield.” How much does all this cost? The whole package mobilizes 4,525 million euros: 1,825 million in direct fiscal cost for 2026, plus another 2,700 million associated with the gradual elimination of the tax on electricity production in the next two years. Why these measures. The Government justifies the decision in which there is still geopolitical uncertainty. The truce in the Middle East remains fragile, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has not completely normalized and the Government fears a rise in inflation coinciding with the start of the summer holidays. According to the calculations of the Ministry of Economy, the measures in force since March 20 would have contained general inflation to around one percentage point. In Xataka | Spain has standardized a small trick to avoid rear-end accidents. The DGT is not very satisfied

so you can get some JBL Live 780NC

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It seems like yesterday when the adventure of Xataka Xtrabut not. Without eating or drinking it, we have found ourselves in the middle of summer and today we are witnessing a great little milestone: the tenth exclusive raffle for Community members. This time, the prize is none other than headphones JBL Live 780NC greencool over-ear headphones to take everywhere in summer. We will comment on the dynamics immediately, but not before highlighting that this draw is reserved for the Xataka Xtra subscribers. If you already belong to Xtra, you already know how it works and you have surely taken advantage of its advantages. If you don’t know it yet, for only 30 euros a year you can access an ever-growing catalog of exclusive benefits and discounts, an exclusive Discord server, a direct line with the editors to answer your questions and, of course, exclusive giveaways like this one. You can find all the information here. How to participate in the raffle for JBL Live 780NC Participating in this giveaway is as simple as being part of Xataka Xtraopen your member area and make sure that the box marked in red in the image below is activated. When you have done so, you will not only participate in this draw, but in all future ones. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you are already part of Xataka Xtra and have participated in previous draws, you don’t have to do anything. You will automatically participate in the draw, as you already did in the others. These are the coordinates of the draw that concerns us today: Requirements: be a Xataka Xtra subscriber and resident in Spain (Peninsula, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla) Start of the draw: Monday, June 29, 2026. End of the draw: Friday, July 10, at 9:00. Winner selection and resolution: Friday, July 10. How will the winner be chosen? From Xataka we will choose a random subscriber and two substitutes. If the winner does not respond within the period stipulated in the legal bases of each draw, the winner will go to the first substitute and, if this does not happen either, to the second. Winning a giveaway does not prevent you from winning in the following ones. You can find the legal bases at this link. JBL Live 780NC in orange | Image: Xataka As far as the prize is concerned, the JBL Live 780NC They are the latest on-ear headphones from JBL. Presented in Amsterdam just a few weeks ago, these headphones have two 40-millimeter drivers, compatibility with the Smart Tx and active noise cancellation. Server has had the opportunity to test them and not only do they sound good, but they they are very comfortable. Those pads are like a hug on your ears. You can use them via Bluetooth (and take advantage of LDAC), although if you like music and have trained ears you may be grateful to know that you can use them via cable. They are very complete headphones and ideal for canceling noise on your next flight, on the beach or simply to enjoy a movie lying on the couch. Good luck to everyone! In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

Mayoral has been manufacturing children’s clothing for almost a century. It is the missing piece for Digi’s IPO to work

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Digi Spain confirmed this Monday that asks to be listed on the Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges with an offer of up to 25% of its capital. The operation is based on an assessment pre-money of 1.7 billion euros and is supported by a binding commitment of 100 million from the Mayoral Group, the Malaga children’s clothing manufacturer of the Domínguez de la Maza family. It is the second attempt in six weeks. In April, Digi postponed the departure because he did not accept a discount greater than 10% on the 2,000 million that he was then seeking. Today he has accepted a bigger cut. Between the lines. The 300 million less valuation in six weeks is the price that the market places today on the fourth operator with its own network in Spain. 15%. Then there is Mayoral. A Malaga textile company subscribing 100 million in a telco before the stock market debut is not usual. The usual thing is a sovereign fund (case of Orange and Vodafone’s fiberCO), an insurer or a family office specialized in infrastructure. If Digi has had to activate a group whose main business is dressing children, it is because the natural buyers of a European telecommunications IPO were not willing to enter into the terms that the telecom wanted, or at least not without a prior anchor. Mayoral fulfills two functions here at the same time: Provide committed capital before setting a price. And it provides Spanish narrative. Digi wants to stop sounding like a low-cost Romanian operator and start sounding like a company with deep ties in the country. The name Domínguez de la Maza helps with that translation, especially in business environments. The figures. The details of the operation make it clear that the IPO does not resolve the balance. Rather, it accompanies him. 1.7 billion. Assessment pre-money. In May there were 2,000. 136 million. Net funds that will come into cash once the placement costs have been deducted. 1,814 million. Group bank debt as of March 31. 400 million. Capex planned only for 2026. 75%. What Zoltán Teszári retains through Digi Communications. Control intact. The net 136 million that the operation will leave does not cover even four months of this year’s capex. Striking. The context. Digi has grown at 20% annually since 2023 and closed 2025 with 929 million in revenue and 175 million in adjusted EBITDA. It has led net additions in fixed and mobile broadband continuously since the end of 2021. It has 14.2 million homes with its own fiber and 11.4 million active lines. The model is known: low rate, 11,700 direct employees without outsourcing customer service (one of the keys to Digi is its commitment to keeping everything internal) and constant capture of ports. It is the operator that has forced Movistar, Vodafone and Orange to react twice in less than three years. The problem starts at the margin. Adjusted EBITDA today moves around 20%. The plan presented to investors promises to raise it to 30% in the medium term. AND the trend is not upward, but downward. Yes, but. Ten margin points without retouching price is mathematically complicated. Furthermore, raising prices contradicts Digi’s entire commercial DNA. The equation only works if two things happen at the same time: The own network reaches 21 million homes ahead of schedule… …and the weight of the wholesale agreement with Telefónica for 5G access is reduced. Capex today for autonomy tomorrow. That is exactly what the 136 million finances. Meanwhile, the Teszári family retains 75% from Bucharest. Going public does not dilute control. And now what. The final price range and date are pending approval of the prospectus by the CNMV. The company is targeting the end of July. Three questions will mark the operation when the book is opened: If the large European funds enter above the implicit price that Mayoral has set with its commitment, or they settle for it. If Digi holds its rate of portability once subjected to quarterly stock scrutiny, with a margin of 20% that the entire market will now be able to read. If Telefónica, Vodafone España and MásOrange interpret the listing as an additional threat or as the first step to put the consolidation of the sector back on the table. The answer will come with the first day of trading. And with the following results. Featured image | Digi In Xataka | Any teleoperator would be worried about making less money with each client. Digi is exactly what you are looking for

Amancio Ortega has come up short on bricks, so he has set his sights on a strategic sector: milk

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Amancio Ortega has become the greatest real estate magnate of the planet and, in the process, it has turned Pontegadea into the largest real estate agency in Europe. Ortega’s asset portfolio is made up of stores located on the best streets in the world, buildings of apartments for millionaireslarge offices in strategic locations and even hotels. However, in recent months Pontegadea has taken a liking to a much more profitable sector: that of specialized logistics centers. The investment arm of Amancio Ortega has paid 187 million Canadian dollars (about 115 million euros) for the largest refrigerated warehouse in Lactalisa French giant of the dairy industry worldwide. It is in Oshawa, Ontario, less than an hour’s drive from Toronto and stores the milk that supplies half of Canada. A warehouse designed to be the largest in the world. Broccolinithe Canadian firm in charge of building the logistics complex, designed it from scratch for Lactalis. The result It is 35,000 square meters with capacity for 60,000 cold pallets, eighty employees and a long-term lease that keeps the dairy giant Lactalis as a tenant of the complex that it has just sold. The center was conceived to unify the different distribution platforms that Lactalis had spread across Ontario. Its location gave it direct access to the country’s main highways, making it an efficient exit point to the rest of the territory, making the logistics center the ideal hub to centralize its entire cheese and dairy network in Canada. Lactalis: the dairy giant that few know. Headquartered in Laval, France, Lactalis is the largest dairy company of the planet. In 2024, it will exceed €30 billion in turnover for the first time, with 266 plants in 51 countries and 85,500 employees. In Canada it operates with some of the best-selling brands and has more than 4,000 workers in 30 facilities. The agreement reached with Pontegadea follows the usual lines dictated by Amancio Ortega: Pontegadea purchases the building and Lactalis continues to operate normally under a long-term rental regime. That is, only the owner of the infrastructure changes, but not the activity of the plant. It is the same agreement that Amazon accepted at its Seattle headquarters, Primark in the middle of Gran Vía Madrid or with the group’s brands PVH in the Netherlands. Pontegadea has taken Canada’s point. Ortega has been accumulating assets in Canada for years. In 2022 he bought the Royal Bank Plaza of Toronto, two towers in the financial center, for about 800 million Canadian dollars. In 2024 it acquired an Amazon warehouse in Burnaby, near Vancouver, for around 260 million euros. Last year The Post closedthe former Vancouver post office, for around 700 million euros. Judging by the number of operations that Ortega has closed in that country, everything indicates that the Canadian market is very attractive for Pontegadea. That has reinforced its presence in the country with each new “branch of investment” that it has started: it has offices, Premium commercial premises and, now, also logistics centers specialized in the dairy industry. The cold chain, the new objective. Pontegadea has been expanding its logistics portfolio for years beyond offices and commercial premises. The jump to food cold chain logistics is the most recent step, although not the first in this sense. Pontegadea already has a cold warehouse in Miami. This new movement represents an evolution with respect to the model of general logistics platforms that the real estate company had been applying. in Netherlandswhere he recently acquired a new logistics center of 94,000 m2 for 132 million euros. A refrigerated warehouse of this size is not easily improvised or moved, and that makes it especially valuable for those looking to secure rent collection for a long time. In Xataka | With just three moves, Amancio Ortega has conquered the Ibex35: he is now the most powerful investor in Spain Image | Broccolini

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If with mobile phones we saw an evolution towards increasingly larger screens, it seems that with wearables we are moving in the opposite direction. Whoop has managed to find the key in a tremendously competitive segment: its bracelet without a screen is the germ of the Fitbit Air that I have been wearing for the last two weeks. This has allowed me to know something very specific: having to look at everything on my phone is not my ideal use. You are interested in following the activity, not recording exercise. You need to disconnect from the screens. You are looking for a comfortable device to track your health. You are an athlete who needs to have a record of your training. You like to leave your cell phone at home when you do sports. You want to avoid subscriptions. The essentials in 30 seconds The Fitbit Air is an old-fashioned fitness tracker, without a screen. It’s like the Original Mi Band: All information must be consulted in the app. This eliminates at once part of the appeal for any amateur athlete: the bracelet does not have GPS, it cannot record outdoor workouts, it does not allow you to follow the coach from the screen and, ultimately, does not release the smartphone. Yes of notifications. The Fitbit Air adequately records steps, measures heart rate accurately as long as your heart rate does not increase, offers easy use without a subscription (like a basic activity bracelet) and includes tools such as a personal trainer, workouts, extended information and more under Fitbit Premium Google Health Premium. Google has looked to its competition, Whoop, for its subscription model. The accessory has a very specific audience, among which I am not: who only needs the bracelet to motivate activity. Google aims for a calm profile, far from the athlete who would use a Garmin. Even far from those who would choose a smartwatch as an extension of their mobile phone: the Fitbit Air seeks to cut out notifications to focus on what is essential: movement. Their approach to health measurement is also important. If you’re looking for motivation to get off the couch, and you don’t want an uncomfortable accessory on your wrist, the Fitbit Air may be for you. Google Fitbit Air – Activity Bracelet with Physical Activity, Heart Rate and Sleep Monitoring – Personalized AI-Based Advice – Up to 7 Days of Battery – Raspberry The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Our experience with the Fitbit Air Comfort above all. What I like most about the bracelet is that it looks like you’re not wearing anything. It is light, compact, fits well on the wrist and the nylon strap is very nice (I am a fan of these straps). What I don’t like is not having a screen: more than once I found myself turning my wrist to check the time. I understand those who are looking for a Fitbit Air to complement their watch, I prefer not to carry two devices. How am I doing, Fitbit Air? Google has focused on Whoop to focus the Fitbit Air on well-being and health, not so much on exercise. Measure heart rate, SpO2, temperature, stress, breathing or sleep. More or less what is usual for an activity bracelet. The data is good without reaching maximum reliability: the variety of heart rate is high and in the step count I have seen a certain margin of error. Not to mention distance estimation: since it doesn’t have GPS, the margin of error is enormous. The coach is the best of the bunch. Gemini disguises himself as a trainer under our orders. So this is the best thing about the software: you can ask it for workouts, to explain your health status, stretching, or, as it occurred to me, a Pilates plan. Since Google knows a lot about me, it was able to adapt a plan to me with precision. It is an AI adapted 100% to the Fitbit Air and its data. The coach is the best of the bunch. Google offers the trainer, and some added features, under the Premium subscription. With the purchase of the Air, three months of the plan begin. And there is something better: if you have Google One Pro or higher you already have Google Health Premium. It is a complement that is very worthwhile, since it not only tells you how healthy you are, it also creates training plans, sessions and any other approach related to health and sports. You can register the sport with it. But…It is far from what a GPS watch can do. Measuring running distances is useless, the same with walks (in performance data it comes out well). Also, since you don’t have a screen you can’t see how the practice is going. The Fitbit Air automatically records steps, but for sports practices you must necessarily go through the smartphone. There will be those who prefer this way of training, I like to forget about the phone as much as possible. The recording is sufficiently precise, as I said before, but the calculations tend to err in high intensity situations. Less battery than expected. Not having a screen I imagined that the autonomy would be high. Error: with everything active, the battery lasts a week, as Google promises. Charging is done using a magnetic base and takes an hour and a half to complete (ten minutes saves the day). Again, all the information related to the charging status must be checked from the mobile phone, since when you double tap the LED it only gives us two pieces of information: white LED, it has a charge; Red LED, danger. And that’s it. Fitbit Air technical sheet fitbit air DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 34.9mm long 17mm width 8.3mm height BATTERY lithium polymer Up to 7 days duration Charging time (0-100%) 90 minutes Fast charging: a day of use in 5 minutes SENSORS Optical heart rate monitor Accelerometer Red and infrared sensors for SpO2 … Read more

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