Month: May 2025

A complete range in which a 98 “model with a groundbreaking price stands out

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Haier is no newcomer. This Chinese company landed in the Spanish market more than two decades ago and we followed the track very closely For almost twenty years. During this time we have had the opportunity to thoroughly analyze several of its televisions, such as the model HQLED S800which, despite being a mid -range TV, left me a good taste for its ability to perform well in any use scenario. Anyway, this manufacturer’s commitment for 2025 is more ambitious than The one of previous years. Although it has presented a range consisting of nine series in this article we will investigate in the six families that seem more interesting to us for their price/benefits ratio. There goes a small advance: there is everything from an OLED model to the last to several very interesting mini-read televisions, through a 98-inch giganton with an approachable price. C95: The flagship model proposes an OLED panel up to 144 Hz Haier C95. On paper, the specifications of this television are at the height of which the models equipped with a more advanced organic panel of the competition propose. Your OLED matrix works a maximum soda frequency of 144 Hz and live with an image processor capable of dealing so much with DOLBY VISION IQ CONTENTS such as HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG. Nothing to object to here. The heart of this C95, beyond its organic panel, is a socote with four nuclei that works side by side with a main memory map of 3 GB. On the other hand, Haier has resolved the sound of this TV betting on a 2.1 channel configuration and the ability to decode audio Dolby Atmos. Soon it will reach Spanish stores with a price of 1,999 euros for the 55 -inch model and 2,799 euros for the 65 -inch version. M96, M95, M90 and M80 Series: Total Bet for Mini-Led technology Haier M96. The M96 model is the LCD TV with the most ambitious mini-read retroilumination of Haier. Your panel can work at a maximum soda frequency of 144 Hz with videogames and incorporates a SOC that works in Tandem with 4 GB of main memory. The 100 -inch version proposes us 5.2.1 Sound channelswhile those of 75 and 85 inches have a slightly more modest audio hardware (2.1.2 channels). Haier M95. Just below the M96 model in the Porfolio de Haier resides the very interesting M95. Its Mini-LED backlit matrix is ​​capable of delivering a maximum brightness of 2,000 Nits according to this manufacturer, and, as in the M96, the panel refreshes a maximum of 144 Hz with video games. Its four -core socates coexists with 3 GB of main memory and is able to process Dolby Atmos sound. The 65 -inch version costs 1,999 euros, while the 75 -inch price has a price of 2,599 euros. The M90 ​​series, on the other hand, is committed to an LCD panel and MEMC type image for, as well as the other models we have reviewed, give ourselves a maximum soda of 144 Hz. With regard to the HDR contents it is compatible with all the formats currently used: Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG. And a hardware of 2.1 channels is in charge of the sound. The 55 -inch model costs 1,099 euros, while 65 inches is priced at 1,499 euros. Haier M80. The most affordable mini-read retroilumination series that Haier is currently in catalog is the M80. However, although its price is lower than that of the other families, it does not sacrifice the ability to process all the HDR formats currently available or the Dolby Atmos audio reproduction through its 2.1 channel hardware. It also implements VRR and Allm technologies linked to the standard HDMI 2.1so, on paper, it is an adequate television for video games. This series is available in 55, 65, 75 and 85 inches with a starting price of 899 euros. S90: 98 inches at a very competitive price Haier S90. The S90 model is one of the gigantones of the Haier catalog. He proposes an LCD panel with nanocrystalsa 120 Hz soda and FALD type backhoration (Full Array Local Dimming), so its ability to control light is not as precise as that of the mini-led models in which we have just inquired. Even so, on paper it is an interesting TV. And it is because it costs 3,299 euros, an attractive price if we are in mind that it is a television of no less than 98 inches. In Xataka | China is devouring the televisions market. So much that Panasonic considers abandoning it In Xataka | The television market has been dominated for years by Korea and Japan. Now they have a new rival: China

Spain has its own Mykonos. And share with her something more than the coast and the wrapped houses: mass tourism

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Its wrapped houses, terraces, alleys and landscapes of the Mediterranean coast earned him Binibeca Vell The nickname “Mykonos Español”but over time this small town in Menorca has ended looking to the famous island of the cycles for another different reason: the Tourist saturation. As is the case in the Greek destiny, The town It fills every summer of thousands of visitors, an avalanche that is not always easy to fit in the routine of its neighbors. Hence they have decided to take action. A Spanish Mykonos? Yes. In fact, this informal title is disputed by several locations in the country, such as Frigilianain Malaga, or The Moorish Isletin Almería. Both stand out for their low houses of enchanted facades, narrow alleys, terraces and coastal landscapes bathed by the light of the Mediterranean. Exactly the same as Binibeca Vella small urbanization located in the south of Menorca, within the municipality of Sant Lluís. Its landscapes have made time win the nickname “Mykonos Menorquín” and a hole on the websites of the travel agencies, Blogs And even in The promotion of the Balearic institutions. What is its origin? Binibeca is not only known as “Mykonos de Baleares”. The locals also usually refer to it as “fishing village”, although in reality its origin has little to do with the people who make a living in the Mediterranean. The settlement is located in an old sailor shelter, but what we see today rose in the early 1960s as a residential urbanization driven by the rigger Antonio Sintes and the architect Corsini beardwho were inspired by Greece. The result is a picturesque populated with white houses glued to each other, 165 constructions distributed by an built surface of about 8,000 square meters located in a privileged environment, just in front of the sea. The Binibeca owners community stands out Another of its peculiarities: the settlement is “an urbanization”, “a private property” in which it is the residents themselves who are responsible for paying a fee for the maintenance of the area. And do tourists receive? Yes. Many. The community of owners ensures that in recent years visits “have increased significantly” to overcome the 800,000 annuallya considerable fact if one takes into account that in the area they reside just 200 people And during the winter months that figure is minimized. Maybe this disproportion between the number of residents and the great flow of visitors, but makes enough sense. To start with the tourist success of the Balearic Islands in General and Menorca in particular, which receives each year hundreds of thousands of tourists. Secondly, due to the visibility and promotion of the town, both in the networks and through Agencies, Forums And even Balearic institutions. “If you put the Menorca word on Instagram, of every 10 images that appear, three are from Binibeca Vell,” assured last year to The country Óscar Monge, president of the community of owners. What is coexistence like? If the neighbors of Mykonos island know something (the authentic, the one located in the cycles) is that living in a Mediterranean paradise is not always simple. On the website of the urbanization the residents themselves They recognize That the avalanche of tourists has a direct effect in its day to day, “complicating coexistence.” “Port adventure looks like, but they at least charge you the entrance,” summarize Monge. In practice that translates into dealing with tourists eager to achieve the best Selfie They do not hesitate to sneak into a private terrace to get it. “Tourists touch everything. One of our neighbors has many plants in pots and tourists move them to get a better photo. They sit in chairs in private porches,” explained a few months ago to The Telegraph one of the inhabitants of the urbanization. “They speak very high and the noise resonates because the town is small and closed. They sit on the stairs and, when the owner asks them to move, they refuse because they want to get the perfect photo.” And what have they done? Move token. That Binibeca is a private urbanization with a community of owners, not a real town of fishermen, makes its residents face tourist saturation with a different approach to that of other Balearic residents. Last year The community decreed that would allow visits only in a certain time slot, during the day. The rest of the time the space would remain closed with chains with notices. In The urbanization website A small plane can be consulted in which the visible areas, passage areas and the visiting schedule are detailed, restricted from 10.00 to 22.00 h. There are also certain guidelines for visitors: they are silent, keep the environment clean, not take photos for commercial purposes or inside the houses and, of course, that they do not enter into private homes or feel on the terraces. “When you visit us remember that you have entered a private property and you must respect the privacy of the neighbors,” They underline. Is there more? Yes. In 2023 the community and the Consell de Menorca reached a pact to lighten tourist pressure on the town, which passed among other issues to regulate the arrival of buses or help in the conservation of the area. The agreement It was not renewed However and a year ago the community threatened to go further and Vote the total closure From urbanization to tourism, a drastic measure because the flow of tourists is key to the businesses located in the area. “We pay expensive to be the most popular tourist attraction of Menorca”, Monge lamented. “Binibeca is promoted by the island administration and tourism companies, but what benefit do we get from it? We have nothing against tourism, but sometimes it seems that we live in Disneyland.” Their complaints of 2024 have served for the moment to promote a change in tourists, among which they appreciate (except exceptions) an attitude “a bit more moderate.” And what do they plan to do? A few days ago residents shared with … Read more

or pay more or will have to look for another floor

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Housing is, by differencethe greatest economic expense for households in Spain. According to dataof The countrythroughout 2025 more than 300,000 households in Spain will see how their rental contracts signed for 2020 expire, the year in which the pandemic promoted a large number of renewals and new leases. The renewal of these contracts will bring an increase in their fee to update to the market price, which will not only raise the economic pressure of householdsbut will initiate a process of deepest changes As for the population and availability of rental housing. THE GREAT RENTAL REVIEW. In 2019 the Urban Lease Law (LAU)extending the duration of the contracts of three to five years (or seven if the landlord is a company). Therefore, 2020 contracts signed after the approval of that law will begin to expire throughout 2025. This mass review is a kind of “funnel effect” in the rental housing market that will increase in the monthly installments that were signed in 2020, or the cancellation of these contracts. There is no exact figure of the number of contracts that will be affected by this review in their quotas but, according to The data collected by The countrythe figure would range between 220,000 and 300,000 lease contracts. Bad news for tenants. Many of these tenants signed in 2020 rental contracts With moderate pricesconditioned largely by the uncertainty generated by the pandemic. Five years later, and with the rent market for the clouds, the tenants face revaluation that can range between 20% and 30%, increasing even more in very tension or tourist areas. According to data From idealist, the average price of rental housing in April 2020 was 10.7 euros per square meter per month. In the same period of 2025, its price has increased up to 14.3 euros, which represents an increase in the monthly fee of 38.3%. That assumes that a tenant paid average in 2020 a monthly rental of 856 euros for an 80 square meter house, but in 2025 that same house will cost 1,144 euros per month. The cities like Madrid or Barcelona, ​​the current price would have doubled. Tensioning areas. The Government approved aProtection measures package for tenants before the disproportionate increase of rental fees, following the wake of the measures that already had been taken in Catalonia. This new regulation established limitations to the increase in the rental price by renewing the contracts and linked those increases to the Lease reference index which varies month by month. At present, it places that increase in 2.09%. The problem: 1. The regulations only apply when the rental housing is in a tension zone and its contract is in a renewal situation. So the measure does not apply to new contracts. 2. The declaration of tension zone depends on Each autonomous community. In April 2025, only Catalonia, Navarra, Asturias, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands and the Valencian Community had declared municipalities as a tension zone. So, the homes located in the rest of the communities that they have not declared themthey cannot benefit from the limitation of increases in the price of rentals and renewal is done according to market prices. An unprecedented situation. The conjunction of the entry into force of the Housing Law with the extension of the duration of the contracts and the price escalation in the rentals of recent years leaves an unpublished scenario in the real estate market, but which will be repeated from now on. Now, the landlords of those rental floors, in their Most small ownersare faced with two options: or renew the contract with an increase in limited price or cancel the current contract and put the house in the market again with current prices. The decision is not so obvious. The dilemma of the landsters. If the house is in a tensioning area, the owner is obliged to respect the increase marked by the lease index in renewal, but ceases to be canceled and signed a new contract. That is, as Javier Gil, a researcher at the CSIC and in the Urban Critical Studies Group (GECU) to El País, these episodes always facilitate the circles of speculation by the homemade. ” The homemade could prefer to risk not renew the current contract and put the house again in the market to Obtain greater profitabilitysell it or allocate it for tourist rental. On the other hand, those little owners who are satisfied with your tenants They might choose to apply moderate increases below the market value, even in non -tensioning areas where the law does not force it, in order to maintain stable and guaranteed profitability, although it loses short -term profitability. Greater rental demand. One of the effects that this large -scale renovation is that, if many of these contracts are canceled, the pressure on the rental market will increase more since more tenants will be forced to look for an affordable rent, and each time they will have and move away more from the urban nuclei to get them. In turn, the rental offer will be reduced with those properties that pass for long -term rental for tourist rental, seasonal or that goes into the sale market. According to data From idealist the number of interested parties in each rental offer that was published on the platform had increased by 20% during the first quarter of 2025. that is, a greater demand for a Lower rental offer long lasting. In Xataka | In Catalonia a house of 12 square meters for 600 euros per month is rented. It is a garden booth Image | Unspash (Anton Khmelnitsky)

A marginal city in Italy established a direct flight with New York. Now they are not so clear if it was a good idea

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In front of massive cities Like Venice either Romein Italy there are other enclaves that look with some envy how the economies and investments produced by the paradoxical arrival of the arrival of Tourist hordes. One of those places was Bari, until recently a marginal port city with high crime rates. Then it was decided that it was time to fly and hug tourism. What happened later has left them serious doubts with the decision. The new jewel. I told this week The New York Times. After decades of being seen as a secondary scale on the way to more famous destinations in southern Italy or the Greek Islands, the port city from Bari He has begun to become an unexpected protagonist of European tourism. This metamorphosis has been largely driven by the effort of Antonio Maria Vasile, director of the airports of Pugliawho managed to establish the First direct flight Between Bari and New York, a symbolic bridge between the region and the millions of Italian Americans who share that origin. With this international connection, Bari seeks to claim its place not as a relegated south, but as a vibrant center of culture, history and gastronomy. Although for years his old town was Synonym of crime And abandonment, the city has experienced an urban rebirth that has given way to coastal walks, coffees, cultural routes and, very important, security, returning to its inhabitants a sense of pride so far scarce. First tourist line. He counted the medium that Puglia has silently conquered celebrities, investors and tourists, and has done so with its mix of crystalline sea, baroque architecture, rural hospitality and discreet luxury. While resorts like Burgi Egnazia They welcome G7 peaks And the Lamborghinis wait in the rental garages, Bari begins to benefit from the Halo effect which has elevated the region to the new epicenter of the Italian charm. The legacy of San Nicoláswhose grave is in the city, joins a Bari Vecchia completely renovated, where the medieval churches and the street sale of Orechiette They compete in attractive with The focaccia local. The walks through the historic center, before dominated By mafia clansnow they are full of visitors and residents who rediscovered the city with new eyes. In other words, the narrative of the impoverished and forgotten south begins to give in to a modernity, heritage and opportunity. Gentrification No doubt, this also entails others known evilsbecause the tourist boom does not come without tensions. The sudden popularity of Bari has Turned prices of the rent in the center, expelling pensioners and students, and putting in check To the young population which represents the demographic and creative future of the city. The massive reconversion of housing in tourist rentals has emptied traditional residential areas, repeating Dynamics seen In other saturated cities Like Venice, Madrid either Lisbon. Thus, more and more people fear that, after having rebuilt their identity, Bari loses it under the pressure of an economic model seasonal and fragile. Criticism also aims at the lack of investment in public transport, a basic lack that hinders both the daily mobility of residents and the full integration of tourist flows. As a local teacher synthesized to the Times: “In Puglia it is easy to rent a Ferrari, but finding a bus is another story.” Between the authentic and the fanfare. Explained at the NYT that Bari’s revitalization has been so deep that those who knew her in her most decadent stage barely recognize her. Ancient neighborhoods now shine with cultural routes, film festivals and a nightlife that, however, has begun to collide with the traditional social fabric, as was demonstrated recently when the neighbors They threw water cubes to disperse the hordes of tourists of the San Nicolás Festival. Enthusiasm coexists with the same concern of so many other enclaves: Can a city reinvent itself without selling itself completely, attract without blurring? The answer is not clear and, meanwhile, Vasile imagines a future where Bari does not depend on fleeting summers or celebrity names, but on a deep and sustainable consolidation. Under that prism, the new connection with New York should not be synonymous with tourism without more, but in his words“The inaugural symbol of a different era. We have realized new possibilities.” Now it remains to be seen if the city knows how to become a reality … without losing its essence along the way. Image | Jason Chung In Xataka | Italy has had an idea for mass tourism not to be attracted: higher and more places for travelers In Xataka | In full debate about tourist massification, Spain already has the first photo of how summer is going. And there are surprises

A safe and without limit of devices that you can use wherever you want for just over 2 euros per month

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We are used to using the house Wi -Fi to do all kinds of things on the Internet, including some in which we have to introduce delicate information, such as the bank’s password, among many other things. Any security measure that we can add to our routine will come very well, even more so if we plan to make these movements In a network of which we do not know your safety, Like a hotel wifi. There can come great to us a tool like A VPNwhich will give us that extra layer to protect our traffic. There are many alternatives, But few as economical as Surfshark: It costs just 2.19 euros a month. Surfshark Starter Subscription – Monthly * Some price may have changed from the last review An economical, safe and any device Yes, there is Free and safe vpn That we can use to get out of trouble when we need it. The problem is that these do not usually offer many options, in addition to their speed, let it be desired most times. Just there, it is worth considering payment options, especially if we can get one that is as economical as the case of Surfshark. This VPN is an interesting option beyond the price. It is very useful for us to always carry it with us, either on the mobile, on the PC or on the device we want, since there is no device limit. In addition, it also stands out for being very simple to use, so you do not expect a complex interface. On the contrary. It is also worth noting that Surfshark VPN is included in the Starter Plan. This comes with an additional tool included ALTERNATIVE IDideal if we do not like to enter personal information on certain web pages. Thanks to this tool, we can create virtual data that we can use where we want. This plan, as we have said a little higher, has a price of 2.19 euros a month. That means that we can have two years of the service complete for a total price of 55.56 euros, a discount if we take into account that the price that this period of time is normal is 439 euros. And there does not end the thing: We will have 3 months extra giftso we will enjoy 27 months in total. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Surfshark In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public wifis and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | Better VPN: Guide with the 17 best services to protect your online privacy

We are asking Chatgpt to value how handsome we are precisely because of what gives us the most: the truth

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“Espejito, Espejito, who is the most beautiful in the kingdom?”, That famous question that was addressed to a enchanted mirror today is done to Chatgpt. The most curious thing about this “popular Prompt”It is the disposition of many people to follow the advice it can offer. Honesty. A 32 -year -old Australian woman, Ania Rucinski, Interviewed by The Washington PostHe said he asked Chatgpt how his partner could be more “attractive”, due to the lack of sincerity in his surroundings. The answer was direct and bluntly: curtain bangs. However, this is nothing new and is gaining popularity in social networks. A silent tendency. One of the videos that is gaining popularity in Tiktok is published by Marina (@marinagudov)which has reached more than half a million visits. It explained how chatbot has used to make a complete analysis of its style and aesthetics, from a selfie without makeup. The AI ​​indicated his ideal color palette, evaluated his hair tone, advised makeup changes with concrete marks and tones, and even designed a shadow look adapted to the shape of his eyes. The same did a journalist from Indy100which decided to follow the trend after watching multiple videos on social networks, and the same thing happened to influencer. The most surprising, as he recounts, was that the bot also offered a visually generated image with the result. Behind the virality. Why prefer the opinion of a bot rather than that of a human being? According to some users, AI is more honest without being cruel. Kayla Drew, too Interviewed by The Washington PostHe has claimed that he resorts to Chatgpt for everything, even beauty tips, because his direct way of speaking does not hurt as much as the criticism of a close person. For its part, for the same medium, the criticism of beauty Jessica Defined has offered a deeper explanation: “Humans have emotional ties that affect our perceptions. A bot, on the other hand, is not influenced by love, charisma or personality. Only analyzes data and gives their verdict. For those who seek clear answers about their appearance, that feels like an advantage.” There is something else. AI can contribute a more real future vision; It’s like launching a full pool. INDY100 journalist He has found In chatgpt a way of experiencing whether real consequences. The ability to prove, adjust and visualize before making a decision has become one of the main attractions of this trend. What do experts think? Some users interviewed by The Washington Post They have trusted In ChatGPT because it offers a “neutral” opinion, but specialists have warned that it is only an illusion. In the same medium, Emily Pfeiffer, an analyst at Forrester, stressed that “AI simply reflects what you see on the Internet, and much of that has been designed to make people feel bad about themselves and buy more products.” That is, their answers may be conditioned by a market logic that favors consumption, not necessarily the user’s well -being. For its part, Alex Hanna (Distributed AI Research Institute) and Emily Bender (computational linguist) go further by warning that training these models with content as forums that qualify the attractiveness (such as R/Rateme either Hot or Not) implies that we are “automating the male look.” Thus, the chatbot could perpetuate sexist beauty standards, instead of offering a fair or empathic evaluation. Along the same lines, as has detailed for the Argentine media writing Marzyeh Ghassemi, MIT teacher in computational medicine, her concern for how AI can offer harmful advice on sensitive issues. In a documented case, an AI recommended dangerous behaviors to people with eating disorders. This emphasizes that, without ethical supervision, these tools can cause damage even when they do not pretend it. The danger of digital culture. Beauty has always been changing, cultural and deeply subjective. However, artificial intelligence tends to reduce it to repeated and predictable patterns: skin without imperfections, thin bodies, Eurocentric features. That is, dominant standards that are not born from the individual, but from the market. As has pointed out The analyst Emily Pfeiffer, much of the content that trains these models has been designed to make us feel bad with ourselves and push ourselves to consumption. The AI, thus, not only offers advice: recommends products, suggests procedures, encourages spending. We convert the desire to feel better into a mathematical operation oriented to optimization. But optimization for what? To fit into an idealized image that others – or an algorithm – They have built? A study He has shown That systems such as Chatgpt reproduce systemic gender and race biases even in technical tasks such as personnel selection. If that happens in “neutral” contexts, what will not happen when IA evaluates something as culturally charged as physical attractiveness? Many of these models drink online forums and communities where the appearance, or darker spaces of the PERICA and The environments INCEL. These ecosystems not only normalize symbolic violence against bodies that do not fit in their canon, but now feed the databases with which we train artificial intelligences. Thus, what seems like an “objective” tool is, in fact, a deformed mirror: it returns not only idealized images, but the prejudices of an entire digital culture deeply marked by male desire, extreme individualism and the logic of competition. Image | Ecole Polytechnique Xataka | The Klarna CEO dismissed 700 employees to replace them with AI. Now he has replaced himself … with an avatar

OnePlus was the last bastion of the silence button. He has just replaced him to get into the AI ​​car

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Apple was the first company to bet on A button that facilitated access to the functions of silence and sound. A simple idea, well executed … and with margin of improvement. There was OnePlus in 2015, to achieve it with the OnePlus 2 and his Alert Slider. OnePlus’s idea allowed something related to Android’s own nature and its three sound modes: silence, vibration and sound. It is a button that had been accompanying us for ten years, and that was destined to follow The same destination as Apple’s: Be replaced by something different. OnePlus was one of the companies back I was staying in the. He always opted for the balance between power and price, but artificial intelligence is already an essential in every smartphone that wants to aspire to fight the best. The death of alert slider The immediate consequence has been The death of alert sliderwhich has been replaced by what OnePlus now calls Plus Key. The first point to highlight is that this button will become customizable. Yes, it is exactly the same change you made Apple with the iPhone 15 Pro. We can start multiple actions, such as changing sound profiles, open the camera, start recordings or start translations. But, beyond the programmable functions, OnePlus wanted to go one step further and differentiate thanks to AI. This button will serve to activate AI Plus Mind, a new function centered on the Mind Space. Many new names, but the concept is easy to understand. Mind Space is a space within the phone (an app) in which We can save information related to events, photographs, audio recordings… is something very similar to what we recently saw with the Essential Space of Nothingand use artificial intelligence to make summaries out of the contents we have stored. The operation is easy: when you are sailing through any app that shows information that is of value (schedules, reservations, details of an ad), you press the new button (if you have it scheduled) or slide with the three fingers up. The content will be saved automatically in the Mind Space, it will analyze its content to extract the key data and can add them directly to your calendar. This function will be released in the OnePlus 13s, a brother of the brother of the OnePlus 13. For those state -of -the -art devices, such as 13, this function will come by OTA update. Climbing to the AI ​​car In addition to working in this new button and accompanying him from the Mind Space, OnePlus already has his “OnePlus Ai” ready. A set of artificial intelligence tools. Ai voicestrce: Record calls and meetings directly from messaging apps or video calls, then summarize them and translate them automatically. Ai Call Assistant (soon in India): Integrated in the ONPLUS 13S phone app, it will allow you to summarize calls or translate them in real time while talking. Ai translation: Unifle in a single app all translation functions – text, live voice, camera and screen – to facilitate communication in several languages. Ai Search: It allows to search naturally and conversational between files, notes, adjustments or calendars. Ai Reframe: Analyze your photos, detect the main subject and propose different automatic frames to improve the effortless composition. Ai best face 2.0 (Available in summer by OTA): Automatically correct group photos where someone has come out with closed eyes or bad face. It works with up to 20 people and even with images taken from other mobiles. With these new functions, OnePlus wants to start fighting in a competed land already mandatory for any manufacturer. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The mobile the AI ​​promises, but I only see repeated tricks. The real ace under the sleeve is called “agent” and comes on the way

Japan’s commitment to lead the chips industry is held on these three companies

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For Japan, as for South Korea, Taiwan, China or the US, the semiconductor industry has a strategic character not only because of the deep beneficial impact it has on its economy, but also by the impulse that gives its technological capacity. This is the context in which the Japanese government announced in the middle of last November A public plan that will injected into companies that are dedicated to the design and manufacture of chips no less than 325,000 million dollars within ten years. In addition, it prepares additional 65,000 million that seek to support the activity of local companies. There is no doubt that it is a very strong and more ambitious bet even than those designed by the US, China or Europe. Only South Korea prepare an economic investment of a similar size. The first reactions of Japanese companies have not been waiting. “We are working with our clients to develop technologies that teach four generations in the future.” These words of Nobuto DoiVice President of Tokyo Electron, are a declaration of intentions. However, before moving forward in this article it is important that we briefly review where Japan comes from. At the end of the 80s this Asian country dominated the global industry of the integrated circuits with an indisputable forcefulness. Nec, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Matsushita and other Japanese companies They monopolized in 1988 Nothing less than 50% of the chips industry. However, today none of these companies is positioned among the leaders of a sector dominated with iron fist by Taiwanese, American, Chinese, South Korean and German companies. Tokyo Electron: Japanese Asml This company is one of The pillars of the Japanese industry of integrated circuits. It is dedicated to the design and manufacture of lithography and waking -up equipment, so its machines often live together in the TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron Technology or SK Hynix plants, among other companies, with the teams of the Dutch company ASML or the American Apply materials. Its importance for Japan is such that it is currently one of the Japanese companies that are being backed by subsidies approved by the Japanese government. The new Tokyo Electron plant in Oshu will be intended for the manufacture of advanced team deposition equipment and logistics In fact, it is building several buildings in the prefecture of Miyagi that will presumably be completed in 2025. The most ambitious project that will address in these facilities will consist of the design and manufacture of some some WAFSMA TEACHING BY PLASMA Very advanced. They are precisely the machines that Nobuto Doi speaks in the statement that I have included in the second paragraph of this article. These equipment are involved in the definition of the pattern that will later be transferred to the wafer. The Japanese company Hitachi also has plasma wafering engraving machines, but the singing voice in this particular market has tokyo electron. Apparently the engineers of this last company are working side by side with their clients to develop solutions that, according to doi, four generations ahead will be positioned. However, its plan goes beyond the facilities of the Prefecture of Miyagi. And it is that Tokyo Electron is also building a new plant in Oshu, in the prefecture of Iwate, which will be intended for the manufacture of advanced wafering deposition equipment and logistics. We can be sure: Tokyo Electron is the Japanese Asml. Without it, the ambitious plan pergeted by the Japanese government for its semiconductor industry would not be viable. Rapidus Corporation: The spearhead of Japan The company that is destined to compete from you to you with TSMC, Intel or Samsung in the chip production market is Rapidus corporation. In fact, it has been expressly created to replace Japan at the forefront of integrated circuits. This is a very young company. It was founded on August 10, 2022 by the Japanese government with an initial capital of 7,346 million yen (just under 46 million euros) contributed by, and here comes the interesting, Sony, Toyota, Nec, Softbank, Kioxia, Denso, Nippon Telegraph and Mufg Bank. The initial capital invested in the constitution of this company is not very bulky, but there is no doubt that the companies that participate in it have an indisputable relevance in the sectors of technology, automotive and telecommunications. Rapidus is currently putting a circuit manufacturing plant integrated in northern Japan, in the city of Chitose (Hokkaido), in which it plans to produce 2 Nm semiconductor. The first prototypes of these chips are already readybut large -scale manufacturing will not arrive at best until 2027. Rapidus is making a chip manufacturing plant in northern Japan in which it plans to produce 2 Nm semiconductors What is causing the new Rapidus factory to monopolize the looks of the semiconductor sector is that, according to Atsuyoshi Koike, which is the president of the company, it will be completely automated. Its purpose is to resort to robots and artificial intelligence (AI) to tune an automated production line that will be specialized in the manufacture of 2 nm chips for AI applications. Its plan consists, in short, to produce integrated circuits faster, with a lower and more quality cost. To manufacture these semiconductors, equipment of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE) produced by the Dutch company ASML, and practically all manufacturing processes are automatic. However, the tests of test and validation, interconnection and packaging of the chips are still largely carried out manually in most manufacturing plants. According to Rapidus, its automation technology of all these processes will allow you to reduce the delivery time of your chips by 66% compared to the times they usually offer TSMC and Samsung. JSR Corporation: The photor resistance monopoly is in his hands There is a Japanese company that is indisputably leader in its specialty. It is little known outside the scope of the semiconductors, and yet it is one of the bastions of Japan. Is called JSR Corporation and specialized in the production of photorers. The photolithography equipment designing and produces ASML … Read more

In his effort for national manufacturing, the US has threatened Samsung. It will serve as little

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Or Apple manufactures the iPhone in the United States, or the Trump administration will impose an additional 25%tariff. The last weeks of May are starring New threats to technology companiessome that They will serve as little in the case of Apple. As much as a new tariff is imposed, the company is still more profitable to manufacture in India than in the United States. It is not the only one under the spotlight. Trump has recently stated that “Samsung and any other that manufactures this product” (the smartphone) will face tariffs. The message is clear: if it is sold in the United States, you want to be manufactured in the United States. Samsung, under the spotlight. In the general photography of best -selling mobile brands in the world, there is not much beyond Chinese brands. Samsung and Apple are the main protagonists, with a minority participation of giants such as Google or Motorola. Trump has made it clear that all telephone manufacturer that manufactures out of the United States will have to face new tariffs. And there is not one that manufactures there. Vietnam as refuge. The history of the Samsung supply chain is one in which China ceased to be present more than ten years ago. The company made a strategic bet for Vietnam, its investments in the country in 2024 exceeded 220 million dollars, and employs more than 100,000 people in which, for years, it was its main refuge against the commercial war between China and the United States. The South Korean giant production chain is strategically diversified between countries such as Vietnam, South Korea, Brazil or Indonesia, having closed its last Chinese phone factories in 2019. The possible impact. Samsung is in a situation similar to Apple’s. Currently, plants in Vietnam are more than 50% of their global production volume. This country has a minimum labor costof just three dollars an hour in electronics. Moving the production chain to the United States is simply unassumable, due to labor costs, factor and R&D, degree of automation in Vietnamese production and lack of a pool of thousands of technicians willing to work in the shifts that make possible the current rhythm of Samsung in Vietnam. A tariff hurts, but less than moving the production chain. A 25% tariff would destroy the current margins of Samsung and force both to absorb a certain part of them and to raise the price of the product in the United States. It is still a better plan to allocate decades to rebuild from scratch an infrastructure and technical specialization in which they have been allocating millions of dollars for more than ten years. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Samsung had it difficult with its exynos processors. Google and Xiaomi have only aggravated their situation

The OCU is clear what are the best tire brands but, above all, it has a clear thing: which we should not buy

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The tire is the only element of the car that is in permanent contact with the ground. You don’t need to say much more to understand Your performance is vital When driving. Because a good tire (and correct maintenance) can be the difference between having an accident or not. Therefore, at the time of change tires It is especially important to take into account all benefits. Not only its duration, it is also important to be very clear Your performance in wet conditions or their noise. And we cannot put aside how they behave in very cold conditions, for example, we frequently go to ski or live in the mountain. In fact, decide between summer tires, some All Seasondirectly, changing the tires for some winter is one of the things that must be taken into account, such as We have told you in Xataka. Similarly, do not lose sight of the gums that allow you to save a few kilometer of autonomy if you have an electric car. Said all this, the OCU has its verdict. The best and worst tires in a complete list Although OCU herself has made these types of considerations in other analysis of her tires, in the publication of her latest study she has preferred to focus on the average results obtained on her performance tests during the last five years. The organization itself has reiterated on several occasions that you cannot compare tires of different dimensions and, in fact, You can find measures analysis on your own website. However, the study that You can find on your website Analyze the best and worst brands of the last five years depending on the data obtained during their tests. With these data has developed a list that discriminates to the “good”, “acceptable” and “bad” tires. This list has been prepared according to the valuation obtained, from 0 to 100. Below 50 points, the tires have received the “bad” rating. Between 50 and 60 points are considered “acceptable.” Above 60 points the tires are, for the OCU, “good.” Taking this into account, the best tire brand for the OCU is continental, which leads the table with 64 points out of 100. They are followed by Bridgestone (62), Dunlop (62) and Goodyear (61), which are the only brands that have received the qualification of pneumatic “good”. But, above all, it attracts attention The list of pneumatic “bad”. 10 brands of the 27 analyzed companies have not exceeded 50 points. Thus, according to the OCU criteria, they suspend (from better to worse note) Apollo, Nexen, Sava, Maxxis, Fulda, Unitoyal, Yokohama, Kleber, Laufenn and GT radial. In the list of “acceptable”, Pirelli (59) and Michelin (58) are the great brands that are left out of the list. Photo | Jimmy Nilsson Maleh In Xataka | The contamination of the tires is as serious as that of the engines. This company claims to have found the solution

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