Month: May 2025

The problem of heat arrival is not just the 40º planned by Aemet: also the “tropical nights”

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Heat has come and with him a more annoying phenomenon than the high daytime temperatures: the so -called “tropical nights.” Bad news for those who have problems reconciling with heat. Tropical nights. The warm episode that this week is manifested on a good part of Spain threatens to bring maximum thermometers above 35º in various areas, even above 40º in areas such as the Guadalquivir Valley. However, beyond the maximum, There is another fact to pay attention: minimum temperatures. We talk about “Tropical nights“When the minimum night temperatures do not fall from the 20th Celsius. That will be precisely what happens in areas of the southern peninsula and in the Canary Islands throughout the week, according to the forecasts of the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet). According to Aemet In an informative note Dedicated to the warm episode, the minimum temperatures will rise throughout the week, more slowly and intense than the maximum, yes. The minimums above 20º will affect areas of the southwest quadrant and the Mediterranean coast, also extending to the Ebro Valley during Saturday. On the edge of the “equatorial night.” In fact, Aemet’s forecasts They anticipate minimums that could remain around 24th towards the end of the week in areas of Malaga or Cádiz. This implies that some areas are on the edge of the call “Equatorial Night”, Term that refers to the nights on which the minimums do not fall from the 25th. A anticyclone, and a Dana? But what is happening so that spring has ended so abruptly? Much of the fault has an anticyclone inside located on the waters of the Atlantic, around the Azores. The influence of high pressures will leave us a great atmospheric stability, explains Aemet, with “practically clear skies and high insolation.” But there is even more: from Wednesday, the appearance of a Dana between the Canary Islands and the Gulf From Cádiz I could drag with it a mass of warm, dry and with suspension dust, first to the south and then towards the peninsular center. The result of this would be the additional increase in the temperatures that we will see throughout the second half of the week. Notices for extreme temperatures. Thus, the agency has issued several notices for extreme temperatures for tomorrow Wednesday and for Thursday by maximum temperatures between 37º and 39º. Is there an end in view? The big question now is when this will end. And the truth is that it is still early to venture since uncertainty predominates towards the end of the week, says Aemet. According to Explain the agencyit is “likely that as of Saturday 31 the Dana will dissipate” and that instability in the peninsular northern increases, in turn giving clouds to reduce the failure of these days. In any case, we will have to wait to see if these predictions are confirmed. In Xataka | The reservoirs are almost 22% above the average of the last decade. There is an “but” important before celebrating Image | ECMWF

The great digital achievement of Spain has been to raise the best fiber network in Europe

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This Tuesday Spain definitely closes a 140 -year -old chapter. Telefónica has announced the shutdown of its last 661 copper centralsforever burying the technology that vertebó the communications of the twentieth century. But real history is not the funeral of copper, but Spain has become a European leader in connectivity. Why is it important. While other European countries continue to debate when to migrate from copper, Spain has already completed that transition. Telefónica is the first great operator of the continent to completely close its copper network. The rest of Europe looks at us from behind. In figures. The numbers deny the myth of Spanish technological backwardness. Spain is The third OECD country with greater fiber optic penetration. The fiber lines represent 89.3% of the total fixed broadband. The network reaches 80 million accesses installed in a country of 49 million inhabitants. The trick: homes are included but also local, in addition to many duplicates among operators. Only South Korea and Japan overcome us in some indicators. France, Germany or the United Kingdom are behind FTTH coverage. In FTTB, Spain leads Europe After years only behind Iceland. The panoramic. Since 2014, Spain has dismantled 8,532 copper centrals in a huge logistics operation. Has migrated 99.99% of customers Without leaving them without service. It has recycled 65,000 tons of cable and saved 1,000 gigawatt energy, according to company sources cited by Five days. All while building an infrastructure that covers 94% of the population. Including rural areas that place us far ahead of other European countries in rural coverage. Between the lines. The Spanish transformation has gone unnoticed because it coincided with years of economic crisis and with the perennial complex of national technological inferiority. It is true that we are light years from the United States or China in terms of large technological ones, but we have built the best telecommunications infrastructure in Europe. The optical fiber is 90% more energy efficient than copper and multiplies speeds. A fiber plant serves to the same number of accesses as four copper centrals occupying only 15% of the space. The money trail. Telefónica has converted the transition into business. The sale and recycling of the retired copper has been an extra income of about 1,000 million euros, taking advantage of the revaluation of the metal. Yes, but. Copper does not disappear completely from the Spanish map. More than two million customers are still connected by coaxial cable using HFC technology (fiber-coaxial hybrid). They are mainly of operators such as Vodafone or Euskaltel. It is not the same copper as the ADSL that has just died, but technically it is still copper that carries the signal to the home. The difference: this coaxial coexists with the fiber in a hybrid network that offers speeds far superior to the old telephone copper pair. Deepen. The Spanish fiber revolution is no accident. It started when the Spanish regulator liberalized the market and forced Telefónica to share its infrastructure. The competition between operators accelerated the deployment. Now that infrastructure will be the basis for the next generations of mobile networks, the Internet of things and future technologies to develop. Spain has built a digital infrastructure prepared for the future. In Xataka | 100 years after his birth, Telefónica faces the greatest existential dilemma in its history: what wants to be older Outstanding image | Lightsaber Collection in Unspash

In search of a audience, RTVE is increasingly similar to Telecinco. The consequences are controversial like Melody’s

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He Melody’s prick in Eurovision It is generating an unexpected shock wave. The last last place in the Latest edition of the controversial festival He has not caused the diva to adopt the usual low profile in these times, waiting for the chaparrón to pass (or not: who heard again about Morpheus’s dream after his penultimate in 2013?), But we have seen her return at a press conference with attacks on some RTVE partners and public television itself. Derogatory comments. Yesterday afternoon, Melody appeared in Study 6 of Prado del Rey before a hundred journalists. It was an expected return because it was the first official statements of the interpreter of ‘ESA Diva’ after set up to the revolt Already other RTVE programs with which he had commitments after Eurovision. “It hurt that some companions of some chains, and of the same chain, have made a little derogatory comments towards my person and my performance,” he said. Among the most commented on networks of this appearance has been The conflict with RTVEhis Positioning with the conflict in Israel or the Message between lines to sonsoles onega. Broncano in the spotlight. With that comment he referred especially to David Broncano’s program, who saw CANCELADA Melody’s visit at the last minute and had to react with an emergency guest. “Above all is mental health, and there has been some television program in which they have laughed that I went home to see my family and my son and need time, and it doesn’t seem good to me,” he said. He also commented that there have been comments on “other programs of RTVE itself. They have been subliminal messages dedicated to my person who did not stick. I do not speak of anyone’s salary and I do not want to talk about mine.” The inevitable Israel. The great presence of this year in Eurovision has been that of Israel, both for the result of popular votes as for the abundant voices that ask for the withdrawal of the country from the contest while continuing the conflict in Gaza. Israel also brought the most tense moment of the press conference, when the press asked Melody to position themselves, after he did This year’s own winner. Melody replied that he would not pronounce because “once I did the Benidorm Fest, I am required by contract not to make political comments.” RTVE Demiente. RTVE has rushed to Defer that point on social networksensuring that “at no time has any representative of Spain in Eurovision be prohibited in Eurovision to make political comments. It is the rules of the UER that establish that the songs, and only the songs should not include political content.” Remember that Israel’s own participation is on the table in the European Broadcasting Union for next editions. They looked for him. For a few months, it could be said that RTVE is facing a series of controversial decisions that are generating conflicts even within the entity and that they move it away from the traditional image of public television, traditionally more moderate and oriented to the public service. Historically, there were objectives on public television (impartiality, public service, absence of advertising) that contrasted with those that could be seen in private (search for audience, spectacularization and conflict). The two borders, however, are blurring. The audience above all. On the one hand, the search for audiences has led to the signing of stars that in some cases are giving good results (‘the revolt’, although far from defeating the unbeatable ‘El Hormiguero’) and in others not so much (‘The family of TV’, which Does not find its space in the afternoons). Significantly, in both cases the programs are supported by the conflict, with Pablo Motos in the first case, which has led to some hostilities rarely seen in that strip; And with the DNA of ‘Save Me’, controversial and missed by definition, in the second. Closer to private TV. Melody’s anger, then, is the result of this reorientation towards proposals more typical of private television. It is detected, for example, in all the treatment that TVE is giving the controversy, managed and fed from the same chain: the press conference -especially tense with the presence of María Eizaguirre, communication director of RTVE-, ‘La Revuelta’ and, of course, ‘The family of TV’. A strategy similar to when ‘Save Me’ commented on the programs of The Telecinco de Vasilecreating a kind of self -sufficient world that feedback itself. All this has given rise to an evolution of RTVE that has caught the attention of Critical means with management of the current president of RTVE, José Pablo López. A manager accustomed to controversy and accused of politicizing the platform And that has motivated that at the moment the question about the table is: do these contents attract new audience or erode confidence in the chain? Header | RTVE In Xataka | Thirty years later, there is still an unbeatable television format in Spain: desktop soap operas

characteristics, price and technical file

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Realme has just announced the Realme GT 7 series, a new family of high -end smartphones composed of two models: the Realme GT 7 and his “small” brother and the one that concerns us in this text, the Realme GT 7T. It is a terminal that seeks to compete in the high -end of the high -row by riding a processor MEDATEK DIMENSITY 8400-MAX12 GB of RAM and a generous 7,000 mAh battery, all for a price that starts from the 649.99 euros. Made the presentations, we will know it a little better. Realme GT 7T Technical Card Realme GT 7T dimensions and weight 162.42 x 75.97 x 8.25 mm 202 grams screen 6.8 -inch AMOLED 1.5K resolution (2,800 x 1,200 pixels) Refresco rate: 120 Hz Sample rate: 360 Hz Maximum brightness: 1,000 nits Pico brightness: 1,800 nits DCI-P3: 100% HDR10+ processor MEDATEK DIMENSITY 8400-MAX GPU Mali-G720 RAM 12 GB Internal storage 256/512 GB rear camera Angular: Sony IMX896 50 MP, F/1.8 Wide angle: OV08D10 8 MP, F/2.2 4K@60FPS video Front camera Sony IMX615 32 MP F/2.4 4K@60FPS video battery 7,000 mAh Fast charge 120W Supervooc Operating system Android 15 with Realme UI 6.0 connectivity Dual Nanosim esim Wifi 6 5G NSA/SA NFC Bluetooth 6.0 GPS others Google Gemini Nano Steam chamber cooling NEXTAI price 12/256 GB: 649.99 euros 12/512 GB: 699.99 euros Realme GT 7T Smartphone 5g 12+512 GB, Chipset Dimensity 8400-Max, Batteria Titan Da 7000 mAh, Display gives 6.78 “1.5k 120Hz, Fotocamera Ai Travel Snap, Ip69, Yellow icesense * Some price may have changed from the last review This is the Realme GT 7T Realme GT 7T | Image: Xataka Design: It does not go unnoticed. The Realme GT 7T has a thickness of 8.25 millimeters and weighs 202 grams, nothing wrong if we take into account the ability of its battery. The rear can be achieved in blue, black or a more aggressive yellow. Very typical of Realme, very original and also very striking. The camera module is quite generous, especially considering that it only has two sensors, and stands out slightly. Screen: almost seven inches. If we turn around we will see a AMOLED panel COP with 1.5K resolution (more than full) and 120 Hz of refreshment rate. It’s not The brightest screen on the marketachieved “only” the 1,800 peak nits, but it is enough to offer reproduction of HDR10+content. It is a simple panel that, at least on paper, should not give problems in normal conditions. Realme GT 7T | Image: Xataka Performance: Mediak behind the wheel. Under the hood we find a mediatek dimensity processor 8400-Max and 12 GB of RAM. That SOC is manufactured in a process of four TSMC nanometers and mounts a nucleus to 3.25 GHz, three to 3 GHz and four to 2.1 GHz. It is a processor that should not give problems when playing or carrying out demanding tasks. The GPU is a Mali-G720 to 1.3 GHz and, to prevent everything from hot, the terminal mounts a 7,700 square millimeter vapor chamber (covers 65% of the mobile surface) that, according to Realme, is the largest in the industry. Battery: that Mah does not miss. One of the sections in which Realme has emphasized is in the battery. The device is one of the first smartphones to set up a 7,000 mAh battery, which, in theory and always on paper, should translate into greater autonomy. We will see it when we try it. The 120W Supervooc system is charged to load it. Realme GT 7T | Image: Xataka Operating System: Android 15 and Much AI. The Realme GT 7T is market with Android 15 and Realme UI 6 factory. Among the main novelties is the native integration of Gemini NanoGoogle’s model that is responsible for promoting translation and photographic edition tools. In addition, Realme has implemented Next AI, a kind of personal assistant based on artificial intelligence. Camera: two sensors and it’s already. We end up talking about the camera, a simpler section than all the previous ones. The reason? That the Realme GT 7T only rides two rear sensors (a 50 megapixel angular and a large angle of eight) and a front sensor (32 megapixels). There is no telephoto or periscope, something that might miss in a terminal that aspires to the high range. Versions and price of Realme GT 7T Realme GT 7T | Image: Xataka He Realme GT 7Tas well as their older brother, they can buy from May 27. The version with 256 GB of storage costs 649.99 euros and the upper model, with 512 GB, stays in 699.99 euros. However, until June 1 they can be obtained with 100 euros discount on MediaMarkt, PCComponentes, El Corte Inglés and Amazon. Realme GT 7T Smartphone 5g 12+512 GB, Chipset Dimensity 8400-Max, Batteria Titan Da 7000 mAh, Display gives 6.78 “1.5k 120Hz, Fotocamera Ai Travel Snap, Ip69, Yellow icesense * Some price may have changed from the last review Images | Realme In Xataka | Realme 14 5g, Analysis: The 6,000mAh batteries have reached economic mobiles. This realme is the best proof of this

A new pack arrives to Xtralife with two video games

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There are many people who have pointed out on June 5 in their calendars. There is very little for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 And that is reflected in the expectations of the hybrid console, but also in the packs that are unofficial that are reaching some stores. XTralife, for example, has added a new pack that includes both the console and video games ”Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘In its Ultimate edition. All this for 576.99 euros. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World + Cyberpunk 2077 (Ultimate Edition) * Some price may have changed from the last review A good pack that includes the console and two video games The Nintendo Switch 2 It is one of the consoles that has raised the most expectation among the public before its launch. Good guilt is his predecessor, the Nintendo Switch, and obviously his extensive catalog of exclusive video games. There are many video games that will be available on the same day of launch —We remember is June 5, “and two of them are the ones that come in the XTralife pack.” ‘Mario Kart World‘He has not been exempt from controversy for the price of its edition in physical format (90 euros). But the truth is that with the pack it comes much more profitable. Of course, it is worth mentioning that The video game comes in digital formatso it has to be downloaded from the Nintendo store (ESHOP) through a download code. However, with ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘The thing changes. CD Projakt Red, the developer, said that the video game would arrive entirely in a cartridge, so in this case, in the XTralife pack, it comes in Physical format “It’s not a.” Game-Key Card-. This is the Ultimate edition, so includes all additional content that has been arriving since the launch of the video game until now, including expansion ‘Phantom Liberty‘. The new Nintendo console has raised enormous expectation, both by the console itself – by its functionality and its hardware – and for video games that have already been confirmed and that will arrive on the launch day of the console or in the coming months. There are only a few days left for its launchso this pack is interesting if we have not yet reserved the console. You may also interest you Mario Kart World- Nintendo Switch 2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Donkey Kong Bananza- Switch 2 * Some price may have changed from the last review 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 | Nintendo In Xataka | The best accessories for your switch: covers, transport bags, batteries, and more In Xataka | What Micro SD card for Nintendo Switch buy. Better recommendations and 10 outstanding models

In 1971 the Soviet Union decided to end the droughts. So he started throwing nuclear bombs into the rivers

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The story took place in the 1970s, when the Soviet Union launched one of the most ambitious and far -fetched engineering projects in its history: diverting the course of the great Siberian rivers so that, instead of flowing towards the Arctic, they would transport its waters to the arid regions of the south, such as Central Asia and the south of Russia. The problem was the solution to achieve it: they turned to “Pacific” nuclear explosions To dig colossal channels. The impossible epic. As we said, to carry out such a plan, Soviet planners did not spare in extreme methods. The most emblematic episode was the experiment called Like “Taiga” of 1971, in which three equivalent nuclear devices To the Hiroshima bombs They triggered simultaneously underground to create a channel that connected the basins of the Ríos Pchora and Kama. What happened? That the only thing was the known today Like Nuclear Lakea body of still radioactive water in the middle of the boreal forest, and an ambitious dream that ended up being a monumental failure. Despite the use of low -fission explosives, The detonations They were detected until In Sweden and the United Statesunleashing international convictions for violate the treaty of partial prohibition of nuclear tests. Soviet logic. The idea of redirect rivers It was not really new: already at the end of the 19th century, thinkers as Igor Demchenko They dreamed of flooding the depressions of the Caspian and the Aral to improve the climate. Under Stalin and, later, during the Cold War, the project acquired A new impulse. For the Soviets, the immense water flow that flowed to the uninhabited north was an intolerable waste. On the other hand, taking it to the south could make Central Asia an agricultural vergel, save the dying Aral Sea and, incidentally, affirm the Soviet power over the Central Asian republics. With the support of almost 200 scientific institutes and dozens of thousands of peoplechannels of up to 1,500 km were planned to divert 10% of the water from the OB and Irtish rivers to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Inspired by feats like Roman aqueducts and convinced that man had submit to naturethe leaders planned to complete the titanic work For the year 2000. The fall of the hydraulic myth. However, the magnitude of the project caused an unprecedented reaction. During the 80s, the opposition of scientists, writers and intellectuals became one of the First environmental campaigns massive in the history of the USSR. Figures like the hydrologist Serguéi Zalyguin They denounced not only the exorbitant cost and the low scientific support of the plan, but also the iEcological mpactos Catastrophic that would bring: climatic alterations, loss of unique habitats, flooding of cultural sites, and even possible changes in Siberian ice formation. The final blow came with the sadly famous Chernobyl disaster In 1986. The tragedy, which evidenced the risks of nuclear power Badly managed, he diverted resources and political attention, and just four months later, Mikhail Gorbachov formally canceled the river investment plan. For some, it was a response to environmental pressurebut for others, simply the recognition that the USSR already I couldn’t pay for it. Zombie idea. Although the project seemed buried together with the Soviet Union itself, The BBC counted that his spirit has persisted. Throughout the decades, figures such as former Moscow Yuri Luzhkov have advocated for retaking it. And in February 2025, two Russian scientists returned to Defend the idea In a National Journal, arguing that the current technical advances and the geopolitical reorientation of Moscow made Asia more viable. Some have even suggested that reducing the discharge of warm water to the Arctic could mitigate climate change, although studies such as The Oceanographer Tom Rippeth They warn otherwise: altering the flow of rivers could destabilize the stratification of the Arctic Ocean and accelerate the thaw. Resource as identity. If you want also, beyond its technical or ecological justifications, the river reversion project represents a vision deeply imperial: Russia as a power that dominates not only territories, but vital resources. The possibility of transferring water Towards Chinafor example, would fit with the extractivist model that has defined the country for centuries. As Historian Paul Josephson pointed outit was a form of internal colonization, to “modernize” Central Asia through public works and Slavic settlements, imposing the seal of the Soviet state into the landscape. That mentality lasts and, for some, Siberian water remains an underutilized treasure that must one day channel towards economic development and political power. Radioactive legacy. It is the last of the legs to analyze for the events that took place. Today, The nuclear lake It remains one of the few visible vestiges of this colossal hydraulic fantasy. Although radiation levels have decreased, some areas remain dangerous. The lake, surrounded by mounds of earth and oxidized warning signs, is visited by curious Like blogger Andrei Fadeevwhich described the BBC as “a beautiful place, apparently quiet, but with invisible scars.” As allegory, the landscape encapsulates the ambition out of context of the project: transform rivers with atomic pumps, fold the will of nature with underground explosions and turn water into a geopolitical domain tool. Surprisingly, half a century later, the idea has not died at all. Image | Dmitry TerekhovSentinel In Xataka | In 1958, the US wanted to simulate a nuclear attack against the USSR: he ended up releasing a bomb on the coast of one of his own cities In Xataka | In the 50s United Kingdom he had an idea to bend the pulse to the USSR: a nuclear bomb with live chickens

airlines are not profitable on a 1,300 km trip

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Usain Bolt bending seven rivals, letting go in the last 15 meters and, despite everything, running faster of what no human had done until then. Is there any better metaphor to explain the launch of Chinese high speed trains? That year, while Usain Bolt flew inside the nestthe stadium in which the Beijing Olympic GamesChina took the opportunity to show the world that it was already a modern country. And part of that modernity passed, of course, through high -speed lines that came into operation that same year. 17 years later, China is the First country in the world With more kilometers on high -speed roads. Like Bolt in 2008, growth has run at such a devilish speed that it has left powers such as France, Japan and, Spain, because We are the second country in the world with more kilometers of high speed. In less than two decades, the impact of Chinese high speed has been very high. The railway framework in a country of the size of China is very important for long displacements. And, for the moment, they are convincing people. So much that their airlines have given an alarm voice: the train is stealing customers. Better by train While Europe is still trying to bet on the train but the low flight prices are still competitive enough to opt for them mostly when it comes to making a long journey, the incorporation of bullet trains in China has completely changed the way of understanding trips in the Asian country. At the end of 2024 They presented their most advanced traincapable of reaching 450 km/h. CR450AF is only the last example of Chinese development. This year it should come into operation on the high -speed roads already built, so its maximum speed will be 350 km/h. However, the intention is to have finished in 2027 the railways that will hold the more than 400 km/h mentioned. Then, travelers will have one more reason to opt for the train on the Beijing-Shangai route, a journey to which according to South China Morning Post 52 million passengers were uploaded last year, for just 8.6 million travelers that the airlines added. This figure served at the service to grow 3.62% in its income, until adding more than 42,000 million yuan (about 5.8 billion dollars). And net earnings increased by 10%, raising to 12.8 billion yuan (near 1.8 billion dollars). Traffic is so intense that 100 trains circulate daily between both cities. To understand why the train has triumphed in front of the plane, you just have to understand its figures. Just over 1,300 kilometers separate Beijing from Shanghai but the current Chinese train is able to reduce that distance to four hours and 18 minutes of journey. In the worst case, adding all the stops, the trip stays in less than eight hours. At the high frequency and reduced time of the journey, we must add that, according to SCMP For many it is essential to stay connected while traveling. While in a plane it is impossible to maintain this digital connection (At least for the moment)on the train it seems to be assured. In fact, if something made us clear to us Beijing Winter Olympic Games The latter was one of the great concerns. They highlight in the environment that the Chinese Air Transport Association defines as “eroded” the competition between both means of transport that are seeing how even the upper classes are opting for the train. China Eastern Airlines and Air China have recently linked forces, with the aim of sealing this passenger leak. Both companies total 55 flights between cities and had one of their most faithful groups in the upper class. However, leaving and arriving from the city center and the punctuality of the train (in addition to connectivity) is attracting more and more customers. Airlines have tried to stop this offering their clients facilities to change flight schedule or even putting limousines to bring them closer to the center of the cities. Airlines warn that if this does not work, they will have no choice but to lower prices but maintaining the line is, less and less viable. On the other side of the railway currency, SCMP It also emphasizes that the success of the line between Beijing and Shanghai is not repeated in much of the country where the interior lines are deficit. Something that as Spaniards already sounds more? Photo | N509FZ In Xataka | China has the “most difficult in the world” railway tunnel: 34 kilometers crossing a hostile mountain

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates seemed irreconcilable enemies. They were actually great allies: “We worked well together”

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In the field of technology, times of A fierce rivalry between large companies to master a certain market: Intel and AMD, Sony and Nintendo, Nvidia and AMD or, of course, Apple and Microsoftwith Steve Jobs and Bill Gates as representatives of that rivalry. However, beyond that business competitiveness to achieve The best products of the market with PC or Mac: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs cultivated a relationship of “intimate enemies” based on mutual respect and recognition. Complementary adversaries Microsoft and Apple’s story has been marked by rivalrybut on many occasions, both companies have collaborated hand in hand to develop products. However, despite those collaborations that, for example, took Office to the Macintosh, has maintained the image of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates as eternal irreconcilable rivals. Nothing is further from reality. In An interview For the podcast ON PURPOUS From Jay Shetty, Bill Gates confessed that Jobs and he were complementary, and that allowed them to work together on different projects. “I had a fantastic relationship with Steve. At first I worked with Jobs and Wozniak with Basic for Apple 2, and later, as Steve had a small group inside Apple developing the Macintoshinvited Microsoft to make some software applications for him. We work very closely in that project. We loved both of the result and ended up being a key product for Apple, “Gates explained. The founder of Microsoft stressed that “although we were very competitive, we also admired each other.” Apparently, Steve Jobs thought the same as Bill Gates. In one historical interview in which journalists of The Wall Street Journal Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg sat on both on the stage of conference D5, Steve Jobs claimed citing the song Two of the Beatles: “‘You and I have longer memories than the path that extends ahead’ and that is clearly true in this case.” Gates assured that the secret of the long relationship of love/hate between Apple’s co -founder and he was that both were complementary. “We worked well together. He was very good in what I was not,” said the millionaire. Without Apple and Microsoft the computer science would be different The visions of how a Microsoft and Apple computer should be They were very differentand a faithful reflection of the strengths of their two leaders. While Apple put all the focus on design and efficiency, in Microsoft they focused on developing a platform for their software with the aim of taking a computer to each house. “They said we were out of reality, but we knew that computer science would be part of everyday life,” Gates recalled in his interview. “Steve had incredible skills. He appreciated the user design and interface and even for his intuition with people. It was simply a genius in a way that I cannot explain. I did not look at the code or write it. Instead, the programming is mine. Let’s make that faster and more efficient code.” This rivalry and concept differences caused computer science to advance to the mature industry that is currently, with two companies reaching capitalizations that range The 3 billion dollars. This success would probably have been impossible Without the incentive of the competition which was lived in the late 90s and early 2000s. Microsoft’s co -founder millionaire recognized that both had speeches about how computers would change education and improve it, although he also acknowledged that projects to improve the use of computers They were not always successful. “I think we were both satisfied with what we had done. We got a seat in the front row and helped build all this,” Gates said in reference to the last conversations he had with Steve Jobs before his death in 2011. In the joint intervention that both founders made in 2007, Steve Jobs defined how he saw the competition between Apple and Microsoft of the late 90s: “Many people believed that the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft was a zero -sum game in which for Apple Microsoft won had to lose. It was clear that it was not necessary to play that game because Apple was not going to beat Microsoft. Microsoft. In Xataka | Elon Musk got outstanding in computer science. Who designed the computers they used did not approve with the same ease Image | Flickr (Joi Ito, Kazuhiro Shiozawa)

a month to present changes to their “false discounts” or risk fines

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The relief that Shein has achieved in the United States thanks to the Temporary Tariff reduction Contrast with the new front that opens in Europe. The European Commission and the Cooperation Network for Consumer Protection (CPC), which brings together the national authorities of the Member States, They have notified to the electronic commerce platform that several of its practices vulnea community legislation. Now he has a month to respond and avoid possible coercive measures. According to the official statement of the commissionThe notification is the result of an investigation coordinated by the authorities of Belgium, France, Ireland and the Netherlands. The CPC network It accuses Shein of applying tactics that directly affect consumer rights within the single market. What practices Brussels questions The file open to Shein lists a series of infractions related to the way in which its platform operates and communicates commercial information to consumers: False discounts: Price reductions that are not based on real prices are shown. Pressure tactics to buy: Use of techniques to push the user to finish the purchase. Lack of information or deceptive data: On the legal rights of return and reimbursement, or the way in which they are managed. Deceptive labels: products that appear to have special characteristics when in reality these are minimal legal requirements. Doubtive sustainability promises: Incomplete or false information about the environmental benefits of certain products. Contact difficulties: absence of clear and accessible channels to raise doubts or claims. Brussels is not limited to an informal warning. The notification requires concrete commitments. If in the next 30 days Shein does not respond properly, the national authorities may apply sanctions. Among them, the possibility of imposing fines proportional to its volume of business in each affected country is contemplated. This procedure adds to the ongoing investigation that the Commission itself maintains under the Digital Services Law (DSA). Shein was designated in April 2024 as a “Very large online platform”(Vlop, Vary Large Online Platform), which forces it to meet the strictest requirements in systemic risks, illegal content control and algorithmic transparency. The pressure not only comes from Brussels. Italy’s competence authority has started a procedurealso focused on the company’s commercial practices. In parallel, the Commission has made it clear that these actions do not interfere or limit other possible measures under product safety or data protection. In response to notification, a Shein spokesman declared the Wall Street Journal that The company is actively cooperating with the authorities. “Our priority remains to ensure that European consumers can enjoy an online purchase experience safe, reliable and pleasant”, Said. Shein, as we say, now has 30 days to present his commitments. Images | APPSHUNTER.IO | Screen capture In Xataka | Generation Z is changing the work culture of Japan: it has gone from dying for work to the “silent resignation”

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