Month: April 2025

Youth unemployment is the key for Spain to cease to be the EU strike champion

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For a long time, Spain has been sadly famous in the European Union for having the higher unemployment rates. However, the panorama could be changing, with countries like Sweden and Finland registering a worrying increase in their unemployment figures. Regardless of the particularities of the labor market of the Nordic countries, there is a factor that seems to be the key to this change in tendency: youth strike in these countries has not stopped growing, while In Spain it goes down. A CYCLE CHANGE. According to the February 2025 data Presented by Eurostat, Spain has reduced its 10.4%unemployment rate. In general terms, these are not good figures taking into account that the average unemployment rate in the EU is 5.7% and 6.1% in the euro zone, but they suppose one more step in a progressive downward trend that began in 2013, the year in which there was a disastrous 26.06%. However, expectations have not been so flattering for Sweden, that he has seen how his unemployment rate did not stop increasing to 8.9%, while Finland is 9.2%. Although these numbers are still lower than those registered in Spain, the upward trend of the Nordic countries has already lit some alarms. The situation in Sweden. In Sweden, the labor market is experiencing a significant transformation, especially among young people. Eurostat shows a worrying escalation in the youth unemployment of Sweden that has gone from 23.8% in February 2024 to 25.1% in February 2025. EU sources They attribute this increase in youth strike to the lack of alignment between education and the needs of the labor market. To give an example, Sweden does not have a strategy to prevent premature school abandonment. That reverses in a labor market with young people with little job training. In 2022, before the relentless increase in youth unemployment, Sweden began to encourage professional training among their young people to increase the employability rate of their youth. Despite the measures taken in this regard, the country has failed to stop its escalation. Unemployment in children under 25 years. Source: Eurostat Finland: next unemployment leader? Finland also faces similar challenges, with an unstoppable increase in its unemployment rate. Eurostat data indicates that, in February 2024, their unemployment rate was 8.1%, marking a sudden ascent up to 9.7% in January 2025, and moderating at 8.8% in February 2025. Despite the efforts to diversify its economy, the dependence of certain sectors, such as technology, makes Finland more vulnerable to the fluctuations of the global economy, especially in agitated times such as those that are marking the Trump Tariff Policy. Again, just take a look at the unemployment figures of young people under 25 years to observe the same pattern of increase in the youth unemployment rate, which in February 2024 marked 18.1%, while in February 2025 it was already 20% The key to change for Spain: its young people. Observing youth employment data in Spain, there is a trend opposite to that of Sweden or Finland, with an unemployment rate in young people under 25 who has gone from 29.5% in February 2022, to 25.5% in February 2025. Again, without these bright figures, if they mark a sustained trend that is reflected in their total unemployment figures. Unlike what happened in Sweden, the Reform of Vocational Training (FP) in Spain Yes has had a good answerfacilitating the insertion of young people in the labor market. According to INE data, youth employment has marked a strong decrease in recent years, from 50.23% in the fourth quarter of 2021 for the strip from 16 to 19 years and 27.20% for the strip of between 20 and 24 years, to 38.79% and 22.02% respectively. Youth unemployment in Spain. Age strip from 16 to 19 years and 20 to 24 years Source: INE FP as a quarry again talent. According to Study data ‘How to promote professional training in Spain: recommendations on the basis of German and Austrian models‘prepared by the Royal Institute Elcano, around 50% of the Employment opportunities in 2025 They will be reserved for people with the qualification of the Superior Technician for Vocational Training, evidencing that the labor market needs new qualified talent. This data is complemented with the published By the Ministry of Education, Professional Training and Sports, which shows that the number of FP students increased during the 2022-23 course by 32.6%, highlighting especially in higher degree students, who had increased by 41.9%. Much to do. Despite the advances in the reduction of unemployment, especially youth, Spain still has a long way to go and is far from power celebrate your unemployment data. The Spanish labor market remains vulnerable to seasonality due to the preeminence of hospitality and tourism dependence. In comparison, countries such as the Netherlands (3.8%), and especially Germany (3.5%), with a serious crisis that keeps its economy on the edge of the recession, have managed to maintain their unemployment rates under control thanks to a strong investment in the Formation of their young people already efficient active employment policies. In Xataka | The Z generation hooks the work ghosting: do not go to interviews or disappear on the first day of work In Xataka | Find work in less than nine months: the FP begins to fulfill its great promise to end youth unemployment Image | Unspash (Mitchell Luo, Flyckt Tobias)

manufactures its pieces in Mexico

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20%tariffs, to begin with all the countries of the European Union. That has been one of Donald Trump’s great ads last morning. The president of the United States has confirmed an almost endless list of new taxes to a total of 200 countries and regions. And, in addition, some specific ones are maintained. Among them, those related to the automobile industry. 25%. That is the tax that The United States Government will charge To all cars and pieces to make cars that enter through its borders. At least that is the intention of the US administration that has maintained these rates despite the concrete impositions to countries or organizations. This implies that a car that is manufactured in the United States will also have to pay A 25% extra cost For each and every one of the pieces that have been exported to the country. For example, if the battery of an electric car is manufactured outside its borders, said vehicle will have 25% of that battery. Tariffs to countries. This measure has not prevented Donald Trump from announcing new tariffs yesterday night. These new economic walls country will apply by country (or the sum of them, like the European Union). Implies that Europe will pay 20% For each and every one of the exports that makes the United States. Spain, for example, has in its Olive wine and oil exports to the United States as one of its main markets. If you want to continue operating in the country, companies will have to pay 20% more for their products to enter through their borders. However, these generalized tariffs do not apply if a specific industry has a higher tax. As 25% to the automobile industry is greater than 20% that the products of the European Union receive, the highest section is applied. Little affected … The automobile industry in Spain will be little affected. At least directly. This occurs because most of the cars that are manufactured in Spain are small and of contained prices. That is, they are The perfect product to sell in the European Union That, in fact, it is with much the main buyer of cars Made in Spain. In fact, mass vehicles are not exported to the United States. Some time ago it was done with the Mercedes Vito and the Ford Transit. However, no car or van is currently sent. … more or less. That the automobile industry does not directly suffer the designs of the new United States government does not mean that 20% tariffs to the European Union and 25% to cars are not a problem. Keep in mind that with such high tariffs an increase in short -term prices is expected, which, in turn, results in an economic deceleration and lower consumption. It is a threat to Germany, that does not go through its best moment And it is also the main car buyer in Spain. Of course, it is not good news that the European buyer has less money in his pocket. The component industry. Those who will be more affected by the 25% tariff to the non -American car are component manufacturers to produce cars. This industry represents more than 25.6 billion euros in Spain, According to Sernauto data. The Spanish Association of Automotive Suppliers (SERNAUTO) points out that 65% of the exports that Spain carries out in this sector are destined for the European Union, adding more than 16,600 million euros. Again, Germany (3,950 million euros) and France (3,840 million euros) were the main commercial partners. The role of the United States is much more content. It is the eighth country by business volume to which Spain exports its components. However, the association indicates that it is a strategic market, with high added value and key indirect dependencies. Beyond the direct tax. Beyond the 1,021 million euros that the export of components for automotive to the United States is calculated, the sector is enduring breathing because it ensures that the Spanish component industry has a great presence in Mexico. So much Mexico like Canada await What measures Donald Trump finally takes with these countries. Historical commercial allies, the president of the United States has repeatedly threatened them with raising new levies against them. This would be a greater coup for the interests of Spanish companies. In addition, we must add that an increase in the price of the products that Germany exports to the United States can force productive costs to be cut and, therefore, other commercial partners are studied. Here, it is impressible for Spain to remain competitive so as not to be replaced by suppliers that offer their products at a lower price. Government response. For the moment, The European Union waits until April 9 To vote what measures it takes against tariffs that the United States to Imports of Steel and Aluminum (keys also in vehicle production). Besides, hope to have this Friday A meeting with American representatives. From the Government, Pedro Sánchez has announced that a source of support to the sectors affected by exports worth 14,100 million euros will open. Of these, 6,000 million euros in two ICO guarantees of 6,000 million, a 200 million euros investment support fund for new plants and the network mechanism “to maintain templates similar to how ERTe acted during the pandemic”, in words collected by The country. Photo | The White House and Sernauto In Xataka | Trump tariffs have caused the Big Tech debacle in the stock market. And propose a slowdown in investment in AI

Police have proven to be faster confiscating him

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Exceed speed limits It has consequences. In some cases, the infraction does not exceed some hundred euros and a good review of Card pointswhile the most serious can punish themselves with jail sentences. An Austrian driver who stopped for Circular at 123 km/h With his bugatti chiron, he would have preferred any of the aforementioned sanctions, in order not to have to face the punishment that the Austrian police imposed: seized his car. Bugatti Chiron runs a lot, sir agent A driver in Austria was arrested by the police for leading 123 km/h in an area where the maximum limit was 60 km/h. This speeding, which represents more than double the allowed limit, led the police to apply the usual regulations in these cases: the immediate confiscation of its bugatti chiron. According to him Austrian medium Heutethe incident occurred in the famous Ringstrasse of Vienna, a ring -avenue surrounding the center of Vienna with a 60 km/h speed limit. A Patrol equipped with a mobile radar He took positions in the immediate vicinity of Parliament to control speed infractions in that area. What they did not expect is that they would end up stopping and confiscating a car with 1,500 hp driving twice the speed allowed by a city with such restrictive traffic standards. In his defense, the 38 -year -old driver alleged that the supercar, who carried German registration, belonged to a friend, but this did not prevent the authorities from confiscating the car immediately, as collect in a video Uploaded to YouTube by a witness. In addition to the confiscation of the vehicle, the driver also lost his driving license on the spot. This incident underlines the seriousness with which Austria is trying the Serious traffic infractions, a regulation that It has endorsed recently to dissuade offenders. Touch the image to go to the original message Traffic Law in Austria Austria has recently implemented stricter laws against speeding, allowing vehicle confiscation in cases of serious infractions. This regulation applies to drivers who Speed ​​limits exceedin an effort to reduce accidents and improve road safety in the country. The regulation establishes that, in case of exceeding the limit out of the town in 50 km/ho more than 30 km/h in town, the driver will run out of driving license. In this case, the Chiron driver doubled this maximum limit of 30 km/h when driving at 123 km/h. In addition to these limitations, it is specified that if it circulates above the speed limit at 60 km/h in a populated area (in this case the limit was exceeded at 63 km/h) the car will be retained a maximum of 14 days. The confiscation of luxury vehicles such as Bugatti Chiron sends a clear message that no one is above the law, regardless of its economic status. The Austrian government has been interested in selling the cars it seized, but as the driver claimed at the time of the seizure, he was not the owner of the Support, the procedure would be complicated since it would be necessary to decide whether the property of the owner or responsibility of the driver prevails. 2.5 seconds were enough The bugatti chiron is An exceptional hypercocheequipped with a 8.0 -liter W16 engine and four turbocharger that produces 1,500 hp and 1,600 nm of motor torque. With these benefits, it can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.4 seconds, so a pressure on the accelerator of just over a second would be enough to far exceed the speed limits of the ringstrasse. Its original sale price was around three million euros more taxes, so it is an exemplary sanction for whom They exceed speed limits And, without a doubt, a surprise for the employees of the municipal deposit. In Xataka | Bugatti Veyron was a jewel that cost 1.7 million dollars: Volkswagen lost 6.7 million with each one that sold In Xataka | If you exceed the limit more than 50 km/h, you run out of card: the EU wants to declare war on speeding Image | Unspash (Nikola Tasic), 912fordgt

The new US tariffs penalize Taiwan almost as much as China. And its chips industry is the most damaged

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The tariffs imposed by the administration led by Donald Trump They are here. The current US president has used this pressure tool throughout his electoral campaign, and just two and a half months after returning to the White House is running your promise. These taxes affect most of the countries with which the US maintains a commercial relationship, among which Spain is, but Taiwan presumably is One of the most damaged. And it is that the Trump government is determined to do everything necessary for the US to recover leadership in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. At the moment In Asia they occur 90% of memory chips, 75% of microprocessors and 80% of silicon wafers. However, the most outstanding country in this continent in this sector is Taiwan, with a production of 90% of high integration chips and 41% of microprocessors. This is the exemplary punishment to Taiwan: some tariffs of 32% The US administration is already taking the necessary measures to cause US companies to buy integrated circuits made of homeland. The tariffs you are approving They largely pursue this objective, and, despite the alignment in the geopolitical field that support the US and Taiwan, the manufacturers of Taiwanese chips are not at all safe from the tariffs. In fact, Donald Trump made a statement at the end of January which he presented his intentions with total. “In the very close future we will impose tariffs on foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceutical products to return the manufacture of these essential goods to the US” “In the very close future we will impose tariffs on foreign production of computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceutical products to return the manufacture of these essential goods to the US (…) went to Taiwan; Now we want them to return. We do not want to give them billions of dollars in the ridiculous Biden program. They already have billions of dollars. They don’t need money; They need an incentive. And the incentive will be that they do not want to pay a tax of 25, 50, or even 100%, ” The current US president declared. The near future of which speech has already arrived. As explained The countryon Vietnam there are 46%tariffs; About Cambodia, 49%; over China, 34%; and about Taiwan, 32%. The case of the nation led by Xi Jinping is a bit special because the new tariffs approved by the administration of Donald Trump are added to those who had been deployed by the US government previously, which makes a total of 54%. Even so, to some extent it is surprising that Taiwan comes out so disadvantaged. In any case, in regard to this last country, this measure is consistent with the statements in which Donald Trump anticipated that he wants the US to recover leadership in the semiconductor industry. However, Taiwan still has an oxygen ball, although It seems that it will not last long. And is that an epigraph of the newly announced tariff plan Expressalthough in an unclear way, that tariffs for some specific products, such as semiconductors or medicines, will not yet come into force. In that case they will presumably be temporarily subject to the universal tariff of 10%. In Xataka | The USA hits China again with a double purpose: to stop the development of its hypersonic superorders and missiles In Xataka | What’s behind the chips megafabrica that TSMC and Samsung plan to build in Arab Emirates

The doors of green hydrogen from Spain have found its starting point: the Basque Country

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While Spain account With several hot green hydrogen points, infrastructure for distribution, such as H2Med, still Keep in development. However, the Basque Country has emerged as a new channel. Short. The H2BIDEA project, coordinated by Nortegas, aims to boost the development of a pure hydrogen distribution network in the Basque Country. The initiative will have the aid of the company Tubos gathered, in charge of creating the special tubes where high pressure hydrogen (160 bar) will be transported. A great initiative. Through a consortium of Basque companies, H2bidea It is cemented The pillars for the Basque Corridor of Hydrogen (BH2C). With this corridor they seek to establish an interconnected green hydrogen infrastructure that facilitates its transport and distribution, both regional and European. In three years, H2BIDEA hopes to have a distribution network demonstrator called H2TESTLAB, which will allow evaluating the efficacy of the installed infrastructure, according to has had notic access from Álava. Mass support. The project has the support of the Basque Government and the European Union, as well as with the collaboration of the Basque Companies Consortium, such as Arizaga, Bastarrica and Company (ABC Compressors), Orkli, Commercial of Electronic Applications (FIDEGAS) and Calcinor Servicios. It is not the only one. Because Spain continues to advance in the creation of more projects, such as the Mediterranean corridor (H2Med). This development initiative intends to interconnect Spain, France and Portugal by 2030 in what will be the first European hydrogen infrastructure. However, in recent weeks, has faced a controversy In Zamora on the use of water in the production of green hydrogen. More challenges at European level. A recent study by West Wood Energy consultant has estimated that only 17% of green hydrogen projects in the continent will materialize within five years. In that context, According to a Global Energy Monitor reportEurope faces difficulties to fulfill its decarbonization strategy due to the shortage of hydrogen produced in a renewable way. The limited amount of available green hydrogen and the slow progress of the announced projects question the viability of the energy transition plans of the continent. From another perspective. The Basque Corridor is an initiative that has emerged as a strategic point for the production and export of green hydrogen. In this way, it joins the ambitious plans of Spain to become a European green hydrogen leader. In fact, recently, the Spanish nation launched A hydrogen project with an investment of 1,214 million euros from the NextGneu funds. Image | TUBOSREUNIDOS Xataka | The Plan of Spain for leading green hydrogen has been faced with an unexpected problem: Zamora

Is Nintendo Switch 2 penalty?

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The noise generated by Nintendo Switch 2. In a generous direct one hour, the Japanese company presented almost all the details of its new console. Command functions, launch catalog and titles that will be to come. The event hangover was longsince after it we find out about the price, of the increase in the price of games and of issues such as ‘Broadcast’ Reserve System. Since yesterday, several friends have asked me if they reserve Nintendo Switch 2. I have been raising a few hours What will I do when the machine goes on sale And then I will try to answer that great question a little if, as a Nintendo Switch user, Nintendo Switch 2 is worth penalty. To do so, I am going to put myself in the skin of the different profiles of players that can feel identified at this time. Switch user since April 2017 Eight years have passed since the launch of the previous console and you will surely have played all the great exclusive that have been launched for the machine. You may be updated to the model OLED To have a better experience when you are not on TV, but if your profile is a user ‘dedicated’ to switch taking advantage of that hybrid model it proposes, I think it is a good idea to buy Nintendo Switch 2 of launch. In the absence of seeing the screen of the new console, moving from a good OLED to a LCD (by a lot of resolution, 120 fps and HDR that has) seems like a step back, but in the dong to Switch the seams have been noticeable for a long time, a lot of time. The purchase of the first is more than amortized and, although you could continue for a time with switch and make the jump to Switch 2 in the future, play ‘Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Doneky Kong Baniza‘In summer, as well as that future’Metroid Prime 4: Beyond‘With improvements, it will be a taste. In addition, and obviously, in the Direct we saw a lot of multiplatform games. If you are only Nintendo user, titles like ‘Elden Ring‘,’Yakuza 0‘ either ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘, among others that will arrive, open a huge fan for a switch catalog that is already dilated. And that for not having the retrocompatibility with all Switch physical and digital games that you have not yet played or added such as the Gamecube emulation in Nintendo Online. As I say, in this case (player who only has switch), I think that making the jump to Switch 2 launch is a good idea. And let it go in summer is a good incentive to enjoy it for hours, hours and hours with games already thrown or with which they will come. You have switch, but also another platform You may have a launch switch, but you have also been doing with a Xbox Series x or one PS5. Maybe also with a Steam Deck Because that portable game already supplies Nintendo Switch, but you wanted a ‘cyberpunk 2077’ portable. Or you had switch for laptop and lounge plus one Gaming PC in conditions. Come on, you give all the sticks. Here it will depend on something very important: how long does Nintendo want to stretch the first switch with its exclusive. That is, in this case, you use the other platform for its exclusive and multiplatform, but Switch may have it for what you want to play in laptops plus those that you can only play in a Nintendo machine. Games like ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’ will also arrive at Switch Switch 2 would make the same meaning as Switch, but if Nintendo continues to launch its games on both machines once the successor and the exclusive Switch 2 do not call you for the moment, maybe waiting is a good idea. It all depends, in this case, the games: if you want to play ‘Mario Kart World’ because the saga flips, You have no choice but to buy the new console Because it will be exclusive to her. If what calls you is ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’, it will also be on switch. As I say, a switch 2 makes sense for the exclusive Nintendo if you already have other platforms in which to play the rest of third companies catalog, but if the games that interest you still appear in your switch, perhaps waiting for a price reduction or a second -hand offer for Switch 2 is not a bad idea. Are you laptop or desktop? Casual or more jugon? In this case I will raise a double melon because here I have a very clear answer depending on your style of play. Here it will give the same if you only have switch or more platforms: the new console makes you tilín and you want to buy it, without more, so I will not value more cases than how much you play and in what format. And I have it so clear that I will summarize it a lot: Yes resounding. If you play more in desktop mode, Switch 2 is a good purchase. What has been said above: Switch has been dragging for a long time and Switch 2 is updated in resolution and performance. In desktop and large screen is where video games are most noticeable, so seeing titles at more resolution, with more definition of textures and with that support for 60 fps or 120 fps in 1080p, as well as HDR support, is interesting. And if you are very jug, I say the same. No, at least for the moment. If you play in laptop, especially if you have an OLED, I consider that you can wait for it to get off. The Switch 2 resolution is 1080p, has HDR and 120 Hz in the panel, but in the end they are still 7.9 inches and yes, that increase in definition in image and textures is noted, but when playing on … Read more

60 euros for a camera, 90 for a game. The worst (and best) of Nintendo prices for switch 2

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More than 24 hours have passed since the announcement of Nintendo’s switch 2that we have even reached Person in Person in Paris With journalists from all over Europe. And after the impact of the novelty, one of the revelations (which was not done on the Direct, but subsequently leaked) does not end up dissipating: the price. In social networks and among fans it is one of the issues that are most doubts: Has it gone from braking Nintendo? Are there things you should not charge for? We have reviewed a few prices announced for devices and services related to Switch 2, and we clarify what they think. Switch 2: 469.99 euros. He came to rumore at the time that would cost 400 euros, and there were already those who shout in the sky. 329.95 euros was what cost the Switch 1, that is, with this Nintendo has risen almost 50%. It is a higher power console, but comparable to its predecessor, as demonstrated by the strong retrocompatibility between consoles. With Few novelties at hardware levelthe big question for this generation of Nintendo consoles is whether such a rise is justified. Games: up to 90 euros. He Price of ‘Mario Kart World’ It is being the meal of the fans for a very simple reason. Nintendo is not only taking advantage of the fact that the game is going to be sold as hot bread (or is forcing, between the lines, to buy the console with the game included): it is opening the door for AAA releases in the coming months. No one in the industry doubts that, after this step, ‘GTA VI ‘ It will cost at least a hundred euros, perhaps more. 90 euros for a game in which we are going to literally invest hundreds of hours may not be too much: what scares is what comes next. Nintendo Switch 2: 59.99 euros chamber. One of the Switch 2 Direct Dishes was the emphasis that was made in the possibility of chatting with friends (exclusive online function, by the way), on divided screens and in the same game or different. It will also serve for new ‘Mario Party’ games, where good use of the chamber possibilities will be made. In the must, it has no micro … and unofficial alternatives are already appearing such as This carnivorous plantsomething cheaper. For our liking, a very exclusive product with a limited life and a price of authentic whim. Nintendo Gamecube command (GCN): 69.99 euros. Highly exclusive, since it will only be available for Nintendo Switch online subscribers and, at first, those who have received an invitation to reserve a Switch 2 will be offered. In any case, another excess for a whim: Gamecube games are welcome in the online switch catalog, but some restriction like that it arrives exclusively at switch 2 Help Nintendo make friends. MicroSD Express cards: 59.99 euros. The fact that the first switch memory cards, the classic microSD are also not going to be compatible with the Switch 2. It is a necessary format, yes, so that the loads are faster. Switch 2: € 89.99 Switch command. Significantly, one of the most expensive gadgets that can be bought for Switch 2, but also one of the most profitable: the command is not only great and almost mandatory for more demanding games. You also have to keep in mind that the pro of the first switch will be compatible with Switch 2: The only novelty of this new version is button C to activate the chat. Of course, if you don’t have it the purchase is almost obliged. 1: 80 euros switch games. It is understandable that the improvements in switch games to be enjoyed on Switch 2 have a certain price, although here they are in the limits of the reasonable, around one thousand and two thousand yen (around ten euros). Less sensible seems to charge 80 euros for games such as ‘Breath of the Wild’ or ‘Tears of the Kingdom’, as well as other games that enjoy improvements in Switch 2, such as ‘Mario Part Jamboree’ or Kirby’s, if the original version is not available and they want to buy from new ones. ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Welcomo Tour’: around 10 euros. This kind of camouflaged technical demo is not especially expensive (990 yen are in the Japanese tab), but let’s not fool ourselves: it should come as a gift with the console. What a welcome is if charged! Let us remember a much more generosity case (and with a game that, in principle, paints much better): the magnificent ‘Astro’s Playroom’ that served to discover the characteristics of PlayStation 5 and was included with the console. Header | Nintendo In Xataka | We have already tried ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ in Nintendo Switch 2. Also ‘Metroid Prime 4’, ‘Mario Kart World’ and the ‘Zelda’ improved

Elon Musk wants to change it with an AI

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Elon Musk may have The hours counted In front of Doge, that “efficiency” office with which Donald Trump has given the richest man in the world as closely to a chainsaw for cut where you can In public administration. Meanwhile, Musk may be before his great work or the failure that will accompany him for the rest of his life. At stake: a base code of the 50s, the same that holds the aid of 65 million people in the United States. A risky plan. The story Wired told this week. The so -called Government Efficiency Department (Doge), has started a project to migrate “in a matter of months” all the United States Social Security Administration Systems (SSA), abandoning the COBOL LANGUAGEin use since the 50s, to replace it with a more modern technology Like Java. The problem? That experts warn that this operation is technically colossal and extremely riskygiven that Cobol holds the critical functions of the SSA, including the issuance of social security numbers and the payment of benefits to more than 65 million people. In other words: a forced and hurried migration could generate from erroneous payments to the complete loss of benefits, without the authorities to even detect the failures. Musk and the system. Apparently, the project arises in the midst of a growing pressure from the Trump administration on the SSA. Musk has publicly attacked the agency, accusing her, Without evidenceto allow fraud as payments to alleged beneficiaries of 150 years of age, a distortion caused for technical limitations of cobol and not for corruption. In addition, since Doge assumed tasks within the SSA, the agency has faced budget cuts and a deterioration of its serviceswith constant falls on its website and prolonged waiting times in attention to the public. Domino effect. The SSA system houses more than 60 million code lines Cobol, and its main structure, including the Madam databaseit has not been substantially renewed Since the 80s. In fact, They counted in Arstechnica That its architecture is so fragile that any change without the necessary precautions could trigger a domino effect of unpredictable failures, affecting payment calculations, acquired rights and the very stability of the computer infrastructure that supports the largest social security system on the planet. Doge and AI. Wired underlined that the Doge team that has taken control of the project is partly formed by Young and inexperienced engineerswhose initial task has been to develop identity verification systems and Audit beneficiaries Through the controversial initiative “Are You Alive Project” The lack of solid and, very important planning, the intention of Use artificial intelligence generative to rewrite millions of lines of code within an unreal period increases fears within the SSA. Moreover, several experts consulted They warn that even in several years it would be possible to ensure that the new applications reproduce without errors all the calculations and business rules accumulated for decades. The beneficiaries on the wire. No doubt, the main fear is not only an incorrect payment, but the possibility that millions of people stop receiving your checks Without even the system, generating an unprecedented social crisis. With an environment that some employees describe As “sustained with wires and adhesive tape”, forced migration and without guarantees threatens to destabilize not only the SSA, but one of the fundamental pillars of the welfare state in the United States. Speed ​​vsa costs. The decision to impose drastic deadlines, prioritizing advertisements to hype and saucer On solid results, it seems to reflect the Internal logic of Doge and the Trump administration: demonstrate that They can “modernize” In record time, even at the expense of breaking essential services. Without a realistic plan and without adequate resources, the migration of the SSA seems more like a political experiment than a responsible modernization of a social security system than Millions of citizens They depend for subsistence. Image | Steve Jurvetson, Wec3390 In Xataka | Elon Musk has fired officials in Doge: China and Russia have seen a unique opportunity to recruit them In Xataka | More and more rumors place Elon Musk out of Doge and the Government. The reason is very simple: Tesla’s crisis

We have tried them and they are not good news for big hands

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Naturally, certain aspects of a device do not reveal all its possibilities until they are tested. This is the case of the Joycon of The Switch 2 In mouse mode. Although its operation was very clear in Nintendo’s ads (the Joycon, turned with the back towards the table, can move like a mouse, with trigger and buttons turned into buttons), its possibilities have not been clear until The presentation in Paris, Where we have been able to feel them. Many mysteries have been resolved. Two tests. And so it has been thanks to a couple of games that we have commented on our Review to the titles presented In this pair of days, but that we are going to review with a little more detail, because that is where the keys of the command are. It is, on the one hand, by ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’, where the right command acts as a mouse in a First Person Shooter; And in ‘Drag X Drive’, where both are used at the same time with a purely Nintendo style, that is, in a way that would never have occurred to us, and squeezing the possibilities of the device based on lateral thought. In search of precision. The goal of playing a First Person Shooter With mouse is the search for precision in the pointed one: the saga ‘Metroid Prime’ traditionally solved the problem that the control with command (heir of time in which it was not usual) with a system of Lock-on of the point of view in the enemies. But now, thanks to the new command, ‘Metroid Prime 4’ is more precise than ever before in the saga. The Samus Aran’s settings movement is executed in this case with the left hand, holding the Joycon half as a conventional console command, while the right hand points. For small hands. What is the problem? The size of the control used as a mouse. For large hands such as mine, the grip position that forces to adopt the pseudo-oatón leads to a certain grab that ends up becoming annoyance in a few minutes. Especially if, as in this case, the side buttons must be clicking on the side (which make Samus a sphere or activate the way of scanning objects) twisting the fingers, because they are too together. It is a command that, obviously, has been designed first as PAD: the arrangement of the buttons is comfortable when used in classic mode. As a mouse is an extra use. One solution: alternate the mouse mode. But Nintendo has thought about everything, and the Joycon have a special characteristic: it is not necessary to activate the mouse mode in a menu from the game, but simply disconnecting the control of the console and placing it on the table. Employment as a mouse is immediate, and this allows us to use the right hand as a mouse when more precision is exiled, in the parts of action; and volting it again to its original position, to explore. That is the alternation system that suggested: of course, it can always be done with a mouse or always with sticks, and each player can find the one that most interests him Basket Fever. This discomfort is nuanced, curiously, with ‘Drag X Drive’, the curious wheelchair’s futuristic basketball game that is mandatory with the two joycon as mice. Although sometimes the game has a certain air of technical demo, it is very hilarious in large part by its control system, based on firm movements of the mice on the table, which mimic the movements of the players controlling the wheels of their chairs. The robustness and, at the same time, the versatility of the controls (which allow us to accelerate or turn our chair with enough immediacy) stand out in a game that, not demanding the precision of a ‘metroid’, does not generate so much discomfort in the controls. An intermediate solution. The usefulness of these mouse controls will be outlined, without a doubt, with the appearance of new games, or giving renewed life to ancient titles such as Bethesda’s ‘doom’. Our current feeling is that it is more a Gimmick (such as the camera) or an extra that a proposal that allows an intensive and prolonged game, as is the pro command. But as is logical, the more options exist for a very varied, the better. Especially if, for once, it is included in the price, no one is going to charge an extra for using this grip. Header | Nintendo In Xataka | Nintendo has not said if the switch 2 uses AI to reach 4K UHD and 60 Hz. This is our bet

The “Handled PC” are living their golden age

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Yesterday was an exceptional day for nintenders. Nintendo Switch 2 It is official, a console that finally comes to compete with the best in the market, and that leaves Several errands to other companies. Switch’s particularity in front of his rivals remains his portability, and in this generation he is closer than ever to be The final console. However, although it seems that it has no rivals, the truth is that the “Handled PC”, or consoles that we can turn into both desktop and computers, are at their best. Asus Rog Ally X. The Rog Ally X of Asus It is literally a computer locked inside a console. A beast that was born in 2024 with an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage and … a price of 799 euros. In hardware terms there is no comparison and, in software, here we talk about a console with Windows 11. There are no Nintendo games (at least officially), but it is a weight alternative. Asus Rog Ally, 7 -inch Fullhd screen, AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage and Windows 11. * Some price may have changed from the last review Steam Deck. Steam Deck It is one of the clear references within its segment, despite taking time in the market. A beast with Zen 2 processor, OLED screen in its latest generation, external connectivity up to 8K 60 fps and its own system: Steamos 3.0 (based on ARCH). This console is also around 700 euros, but is closer to a computer than a video game device. Valve Steam Deck SSD of 512 GB + 16 GB of RAM, 7 inches, 60 Hz, 1280 x 800 px, hand games console * Some price may have changed from the last review Lenovo Legion Go S. Recently we could try the Lenovo Legion Go Sa beast with Steamos and option to Windows. The tonic is similar to that of its rivals: AMD processor, a lot of storage, option to use desktop functions, etc. The price? Also more expensive than Switch 2, 630 euros for Windows version. Its “Sin S” version, the Lenovo Legion Go, is also available with even more radical specifications. Lenovo Legion Go – Gaming Portable console 8.8 “WQXGA (AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, 8C, 16GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, Integrated AMD graphics card, Windows 11) Black, Legion Coldfront cooling system * Some price may have changed from the last review MSI The Claw. MSI is known for manufacturing computers, but also knows how to make consoles with Windows 11. The Claw A1 follow the line of the other devices: PVP between 600 and 800 euros, in this case an Intel Core Ultra 7, and a lot of chicha under the hood. MSI Claw A1M – Full HD 7 “120Hz (Intel Core Ultra 7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Wi -Fi 7, Windows 11) * Some price may have changed from the last review All are missing something. Nintendo, everyone needs to be Nintendo consoles. The company has achieved something that plays in its favor: buyers who bet their consoles for the mere fact that consoles … are from Nintendo. A nostalgia fever, exclusive games only available on its platform and a different philosophy, one in which the graphics go to a secondary plane (not so much in this second generation) and the only thing that matters is the experience with the game itself. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Adult life has made me sitting to play is increasingly complicated. Until I bought a portable console

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