Month: May 2025

The Galaxy S25 has a Preciazo, the MAC Mini M4 low of 600 euros, an LG laptop with 24 -hour battery and more. Hunting bargains

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This week we have seen some of the best discounts on high -end mobiles like Samsung Galaxy S25 or in computers as complete as the MAC Mini M4. But that’s not all: in the new hunting bargains of the week we have gathered five of the best offers we have found in recent days, with Chollazos both in mobile and computers and even iPad. Samsung Galaxy S25 by 775.20 eurosa high -end mobile that also comes with an interesting gift. Mac Mini M4 by 599 eurosone of the best prices we have seen on Apple’s computer. Xiaomi 14t Pro by 499 eurosa super complete high -end mobile for the price it has. iPad Air 11 (2024) by 499 eurosone of the best prices we have seen on Apple’s tablet with M2 chip. LG Gram by 985 eurosan interesting laptop whose battery offers an autonomy of up to 24 hours. Samsung Galaxy S25 This week – especially these last two days – we have seen some of the best discounts on the Samsung Galaxy S25 in its 256 GB configuration. On the one hand, we have it in PCComponentes by 775.20 euros and includes a formation of Samsung in artificial intelligence functions. On the other hand, if what we are looking for is the best price, Amazon has it right now for 725.20 euros using the coupon of 50 euros that appears in the store. He Samsung Galaxy S25 It is currently a very good purchase option, both for what it offers and what it costs. It stands out for its 6.2 -inch Dynamic Amoled screen, but also for its processor Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy as for its photographic section and for the seven years in which you will receive software updates. Samsung Galaxy S25 (256 GB) + Training on artificial intelligence functions (only in PCcomponents) * Some price may have changed from the last review Mac Mini M4 Yes, Apple has many devices with quite high prices, but it also has some with excellent value for money. One of them is the Mac Mini M4 That, in addition, over the months it has been lowering more and more price. Right now he is in PCComponentes with one of his best discounts to date: 599 euros. He Mac Mini M4 It is an excellent computer that stands out, first, for its size. He also does it because he practically does not make any noise and for his M4 chipwhich not only offers excellent performance and great power, but also makes it a device compatible with Apple Intelligence. * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi 14t Pro If there is a mobile that we have found countless times, that is the Xiaomi 14t Pro. Since its launch – the same day was already offer – it has also been lowering more and more price, being the current one of the best. In this case, Mediamarkt is the store that has one of the best discounts on the Xiaomi mobile, since it stays for 499 euros In its 512 GB configuration. He Xiaomi 14t Pro It is a high -end mobile that mounts an excellent 6.67 -inch AMOLED screen and offers a 1.5K resolution. Monta the processor MEDATEK DIMENSITY 9300+its battery supports fast charging and wireless load and His cameras are signed by Leica. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPad Air 11 (2024) The English Court has launched one of the best offers we can find at iPad. In this case, the Apple tablet that has reduced is the iPad Air 11 (2024) In its 128 GB configuration. Regularly has a price of 699 euros, but now you can buy for 499 euros With the 200 euros discount. He iPad Air 11 (2024) It stands out, among other things, because it mounts a very good 11 -inch Liquid Retina screen. He also does it because he comes with him Chip m2thus offering a very good power and compatibility with Apple Intelligence. It also offers good autonomy and includes WiFi 6E connectivity. iPad Air 11 (2024, 128 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review LG Gram Apple macbook stand out, among many other things, because they offer very good autonomy. This is something that we see in more models that come with the Windows operating system, being the LG Gram A good example of this. After numerous offers in recent months, we can now find this portable computer at Amazon for a price of 985 euros. The LG Gram that we can find on the offer on Amazon riding a good Antirreflejos IPS screen Of 16 inches, its processor is the Intel Core Ultra 7, it has both RAM and 512 GB of SSD and its graph is an Intel Arc Graphics. In addition, its battery offers a Autonomy of up to 24.5 hours —Depers of the apps that we use, among other things, “and comes with Windows 11 Home. * 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. Images | Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, LG In Xataka | Best Samsung mobiles: which buy and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price In Xataka | What iPad Buy. Apple tablets catalog analysis with recommendations depending on the use and budget

Magnus Carlsen is considered the best chess player in history. He has not been able to beat the entire world

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Last April 4 began A very special chess chess game. With white pieces Magnus Carlsen, considered the best chess player in history. With blacks, the whole world. And the world managed to force the tables. Carlsen can’t with the world. On May 20 ended This game Freestyle chess, and did it surprisingly. After 32 movements, “the world” forced tables in a lady end thanks to the triple repetition rule. This rule allows a player to claim a draw (tables) if the same position on the board occurs at least for the third time during a game. Magnus vs. The World. The event, organized by the online chess platform Chess.comhe has faced the ex -champion of the world of classic chess – he had that title by not wanting to defend him – against more than 143,000 users of Chess.com who joined strength to try to beat him. Freestyle chess. The game did not use the rules of classic chess, but those of Freestyle chess, the new modality that Magnus Carlsen is promoting. In this modality, the positions of the pieces of the rear row (towers, horses, alfiles, lady and king) are chosen randomly, although two rules must be fulfilled. The first, that the bishops must be in boxes of different color. And the second, can be continued on both sides, so the king must always be between the two towers. Thus ended the game of Carlsen vs The World. Tables by repetition. A legend. Magnus Carlsen, 34 years old, became the world’s largest score player in 2010, at age 19, and has won five world championships. In 2014, it managed to reach the highest elo score in history, 2,882 points. In recent years, tensions with the FIDE and its own tiredness with the classic chess modality have caused the fight to defend the title of World Champion. He continues to play classic chess tournaments, but is especially interested in fast games tournaments and, in recent times, in Promote freestyle modealso known as Chess960 (chess 960) or random chess of Fischer. Voting movement. After each Movement of Carlsen, in the turn of “El Mundo” a voting system was followed that lasted 24 hours and in which all those involved in the game could participate. It was not mandatory to vote in each movement, and to help the players of “El Mundo” there were several “coaches” who shared their own reflections on the best movements with their analysis of the state of the game. A “solid” game. In statements After the game, Carlsen Indian That “in general,” the world “has played a very, very solid chess from the beginning. Perhaps he has not opted for the most entrepreneurial options, but has remained more in the normal chess line, which is not always the best strategy, but this time it has worked well. The world did not risk and worked. In the last movements the players of “The World” discussed whether to force the tables with triple repetition or try to continue playing to win it, even if that supposed the defeat. In the end the votes favored the most conservative strategy, and preferred to force the tables. The world lost against Kasparov and Anand. There have been previous events of this type. In 1999 Garry Kasparov played against more than 50,000 players via Microsoft Network and won after four months. Last year the great teacher Viswanathan Anand He won a game against more than 70,000 players at Chess.com. In both cases they were classic chess games. How was the game? Chess.com analysts have described the game as “a roller coaster” in which there were a couple of dramatic moments. Carlsen came to have a somewhat more advantageous position, but he could not take advantage of it and confesses that from that moment everything was aimed at the tables because “they did not give me a single opportunity.” Image | Frans Peeters In Xataka | A study says that AIs are “cheating” to chess. That’s what we want to think

Thirty years later, there is still an unbeatable television format in Spain: desktop soap operas

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The afternoons of Spanish television have always meant a fierce combat between big names, apparently infallible formats and yes, experiments that go wrong. However, there is an immutable constant in recent years, regardless of fashion and trends: the undisputed success of the Spanish romantic series in the afternoon, which drag immune fidelity to the swings of audiences. Are The most seen of the afternoonsnext to ‘Pasapalabra’. The formula of success. The three queens of the afternoons are ‘Wild Valley’ and ‘The Promise’ in the 1 and ‘Dreams of Freedom’ in Antena 3. The first is broadcast around 17.10, the second about 18.00 and finally, dreams of freedom are broadcast at 15.45. All of them have elements in common: an era atmosphere, around the quitas of the rich and powerful, but with occasional eyes to conflicts between classes, in order to show contrasts between the different characters. And all with audiences that do not fall from 10-12% of Sharesometimes conquering 15%. The Belén Esteban debacle cannot with the series. The phenomenon that is taking place with ‘is curious and significantTV family ‘ and its abysmal audiences in the afternoons of the1. Divided the program into two halves of differentiated content (after a few days experimenting with the Mix of presenters and styles), the audience falls into those blocks, but shoots with ‘wild valley’ and, above all, ‘the promise’, which with audiences around 15% of Shareis at your best. Then, when Esteban and his own arrive, he plummeted again, generating a curious parenthesis of low audiences to wrap the two stars of the afternoon of the1: the series. The first queen of the afternoons. TVE was a pioneer, at the end of the eighties, of the success of the first snakes, the Venezuelan serials with ‘Crystal ‘as spearhead that in 1990 it came to give continuity to more moderate but very relevant successes, such as Brazilian ‘Dona Beija’, which broadcast the second chain. Its success is significant: it already pointed to the fetishism of the audiences with the afternoon strip (after the mornings had colonized them Soap Opeas North American as ‘Santa Barbara’ or Mexican serials like ‘The rich also cry’) In fact, TVE was buried in protest letters when he dared to move momentarily to ‘crystal’ at noon. He won a wave and his last episode was followed by 8,630,000 viewers. An overwhelming 85% of Share. Origins of the Spanish soap opera. Trying to ride the wave of unstoppable snake successtelevisions They began to replicate the phenomenon with series like ‘La Truth de Laura’ or ‘Black Moon’, which They began to introduce timidly Spanish cultural elements. The first success in that regard was ‘El Super’, in 1996, with costumbristas and realistic plots, which ended soon derived towards the introduction of historical elements, the authentic key to success (‘Valle Tavaje’ is set in 1763, ‘The promise’ at the beginning of the century and ‘dreams of freedom’, in Spain of 1958). Thus were born bombings such as ‘Loving in revolt times’, ‘bandit’ or ‘The Secret of Puente Viejo’. Why that time. The tabletical strip is the most precious by soap operas, perpetuating those beginnings of the genre in Spain with ‘crystal’, which later strengthened phenomena like those of Turkish soap operas. In the target audience of these series, female and medium ageThey fit the typical Spanish customs for desktop, and that is what has impatible the long -term continuity of the series. It is an audience that appreciates the sumptuousness of natural decorations and historical places that prevails in these productions, as well as the budget investment that gives them a luxurious finish and that, in fact, is what has made TVE pass from three to two series during the time. And now what. ‘Dreams of freedom’ in Antena 3, with audiences around 13%, certifies that the audiences want series, and that the1 lost an important asset when canceling the third of its afternoons, ‘the modern’, cut under a pattern very similar to the other two. Sergio Calderón, director of RTVE, counted in an interview that “the series of series audiences benefited from the expectation of the start of the chapter of ‘the promise”. However, “it was impossible to maintain, at emotional and also budgetary rhythm, three daily series in the afternoons.” Seen what has been seen, maybe they have to reconsider their strategy. Header | Atresmedia In Xataka | Netflix’s best Korean series (because not everything is ‘the squid game’)

Xiaomi has copied in months what BMW announced as a three -year revolution seen. It is the best example of how the industry is

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On March 16, 2023 we wrote in Xataka that BMW prepared the launch of a head-up display (HUD) in its Neue Klasse. Then it was already warned that we would see it, for the first time, in a car on the street in 2025. The chosen one is the new generation of the BMW series 3, which promises to be a revolution for the brand in many ways. What BMW announced two years seen, Xiaomi has put it on the street a few months. 2023. How many screens are too many screens? With these words we titled in Xataka Our article on BMW’s announcement to put on the market a head-up display little less than infinity. One that crossed the entire width of the vehicle and that will serve to offer precise and personalized information for each passenger. The strategy continues to delve on the path that the company has taken. In recent years, BMW has been one of the companies that More has opted to give it personality To its infotainment systems with very good quality and size screens in the center, instruments of instruments at the height and an HUD with graphics of all kinds. He has even put A huge screen for rear passengers of the most expensive Berlina. Two years of the same. But two years later we remain the same. He BMW Panoramic Vision He surprised first but began to lose strength as time has passed. We have seen it in the CES de Las Vegaswe have seen it At the Münich Mobility Fairwe have seen it, again, in the advances of the future Neue Klasse… In short, the launch of a functionality that Xiaomi, which put on the market its first car a year ago has just presented for its future electric SUVs, has been priming two years. Taking into account that the first car we see from that Neue Klasse It will arrive at the end of 2025everything indicates that Xiaomi is going to pass the German firm on the right. Hypervision Hud. This is what this alternative to the BMW HUD is called that will incorporate the Xiaomi Yu7. As we have seen during your presentation, the projection on the windshield will occupy the entire width of the vehicle and inform the passengers of the information that most interest them. For example, in front of the driver we will have the instrument chart and in the central area of ​​navigation. But the car also has specific graphics for when it is stopped carrying the battery or we want to select a specific music album. The image of Lei Jun, CEO of the company, with all the graphics that the driver has available to configure that giant HUD to his liking is shocking. We read, for example, data on consumption, driving assists, browser, a stopwatch … More than a novelty. The incorporation of this panoramic hud into the new Xiaomi electric car is not only an aesthetic novelty, it is a clear example of how the industry is. Each announcement of the European industry has years (yes, years) of planning, development and implementation. In China, however, it is deciding and executing in record time. Kevin Williams, journalist of InsideevsI explained it well in an article entitled I have been in China and led dozens of electric cars. Western manufacturers are lost. In him he explained how the interiors of Chinese cars had overwhelmed him on a trip to the country and how far from Europe. Also our partner Javier Lacort had the opportunity to sit in an ultra xiaomi or check Where is Byd and its luxury brands In the Asian country. In Xataka We have had the opportunity to speak between scenes with workers from Chinese brands such as Byd or the Chery group that have passed through European companies of the Volkswagen or Stellantis group. All of them have confirmed that Chinese companies work at an inconceivable pace for the European industry. An anecdote that is not so much anecdote. In fact, one of these workers told us that when he worked for the Volkswagen Group every small change in the touch of the car or in the equipment, a bureaucratic tangle, the filter of various departments and, in the best case, the approval to be implemented in the update of half commercial life or in the next generation. That is, these changes would come years later. However, in Xataka We have known that one of these Chinese brands was testing preserving units in Spain that did not like in their first test in terms of tires and tact of the direction referred to. Between two and three later, those cars reached the market with all the changes in equipment and touch of the direction already carried out. It is not the only case. Beyond these two specific cases, the rhythm to which China is subjecting the news launches in electric cars is putting the ropes against the way of acting to the industry. In Europe we continue to announce the launch of “Cheap” electric cars two and three years old. Meanwhile, Byd has just brought to the European market the Byd Dolphin Surf that with aid and discounts can remain in less than 12,000 euros. Another good example is Volkswagen. Its software and platform development strategy has been such a disaster that they burned billions in the development of only two cars (Audi Q6 e-tron and Porsche Macan Electric) that, In addition, they were delayed. In fact, the group came to send engineers to China to learn from their work methods and has reached an agreement with Xpeng To provide Audi with a new platform. Nor does Renault escape. Luca de Meo, his CEO, He has reiterated On multiple occasions that one of China’s competitive advantages is that they work at a much faster rate than that of Europeans. Photo | BMW and Xiaomi In Xataka | A alluvion of controversies is eclipsing the launch of the Xiaomi Yu7. … Read more

Kim Kardashian put him fashionable, an influencer viralized him and science continues to say the same thing: he doesn’t eat placenta

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All the people who have seen Games of Thrones —Ojo, Mini Spoiler – will remember that mythical scene in which Daenerys Targaryen devours a raw heart before a crowd. For this sequence, they used a heart made of solidified jam that The actress recalled Thus: “I knew bleach and raw pasta. I ate about 28 hearts during the days we shot that scene. Luckily, they gave me a spit because I vomited in him very often.” A brutal scene that, today, has claimed life more or less: a influencer Argentino, Lucas Gago, It has gone viral After publishing a video in which he eats – literally – the placenta of his newborn daughter. This act, recorded after home delivery, generated a wave of reactions in social networks: from astonishment to absolute rejection. Although for many it was simply one more provocation on the Internet, the video revived a debate that mixes biology, personal beliefs, celebrities and pseudoscience. From the viral to the origin. Although Gago’s case is extreme, the idea of ​​eating placenta is not new. In recent years, this practice, known as placentophagyHe has gained notoriety, especially since celebrities like Kim Kardashian They counted publicly that had consumed it encapsulated after giving birth, hoping to avoid postpartum depression. Since then, several public figures They have followed that pathpresenting it as a way of reconnecting with the natural or “reuse” what the body produces. An ancestral ritual? Even if that premise is repeated, the story does not support it. An ethnographic investigation that He has studied To 179 contemporary cultures has not found evidence that eating placenta after childbirth was common. Now, in the animal world the situation is different. A study, Posted in Ecology of Food and Nutritionhas observed that many mammals, such as primates, rodents and carnivores, do usually eat the placenta. According to researchers, this practice can help them reduce pain and activate care instincts towards their young. What do experts say? According to Mayo Clinicthere is no conclusive scientific evidence to prove benefits such as increased energy, improvement in breast milk production or prevention of mood disorders. In recent years, more and more people have begun to consume the placenta in capsules, believing that it is beneficial. However, Cleveland Clinic He has warned about the risks that this implies. In a recent article He explained That the placenta can contain bacteria or toxins accumulated during pregnancy, which could cause infections. Dr. Oluwatatosin Goje, an expert in infectious diseases, explained that consuming it, either raw, cooked Or in capsules, you could reintroduce those harmful agents in the body, representing a risk for both the mother and the baby if she is breastfeeding. Other uses of the placenta. In most hospital deliveries, the placenta is considered biological residue and is ruled out according to health protocols. Only in specific cases and under medical authorization, parents can request to keep it, something that is not always allowed or regulated in all countries. However, there are people who decide to keep it, as is the case of artists and filmmakers who have addressed this organ from a symbolic and performative perspective. For example, chef Eddie Lin made the documentary American Afterbirthin which The use of placentas is investigated In artistic, gastronomic and social contexts, proposing a cultural and provocative approach on the subject. The most recent case is that of the influencer Spanish Violet Mangriñán, who decided to plant a tree Using the placenta of her daughter Gala, in a gesture she considered spiritual and ecological. Trend or danger? What began as a striking gesture for social networks ended up awakening a much broader discussion about the limits between the natural, the symbolic and the safe. Although some public figures have contributed to popularize the idea of ​​consuming the placenta for its supposed benefits, science remains without supporting these practices and, on the other hand, alerts on possible risks. In a time where the intimate becomes viral and alternative, it disguises itself as healthy, it should be remembered that not everything we see on the Internet is a good idea to replicate. And that, although the human body is a biological miracle, not everything that comes out of it must go directly to the plate. Image | Unspash and Instagram Xataka | Is it healthy to eat an ice cream each and every day of summer? Science already has an answer

Epic has noted a victory that had been waiting for a while

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‘Fortnite‘He just returned to the iOS App Store in the United States. It is not a new game, much less: it is the same title that accumulated millions of users when debuted in 2017 and that has not stopped updating since then. The return comes after a long legal battle between Epic and Apple, who took the store game in 2020. Now it is available again, and that says much more than it seems: the rules of the iOS ecosystem are starting to move, and Epic once again occupies a place that Apple had closed. A fight that started with a button. Epic decided to include its own payments within Fortnitethus skipping the standards of the App Store. Apple responded by removing the game from his store. That movement was the beginning of a dispute that did not go unnoticed. The case ended in court. What came later was a high profile battle between two giants in the sector. Epic accused Apple of imposing unfair conditions, while Apple defended that the rules were the same for everyone. A partial victory for Epic. Justice did not consider Apple to have a monopoly, but it did conclude that violated the disloyal competition law of California. The failure forces Apple to allow apps to include links or buttons towards external payment systems. Apple didn’t make it easy. Although Apple modified its policies after the judicial resolution, it introduced warning screens that advised against the use of external payment methods, all this with Epic protesting again and again. Europe forced the first crack. In the European Union, the context is different. Under the pressure of the community authorities and thanks to the new legislation of the Digital Markets LawApple allowed Epic Games to install Fortnite on the iPhone through Your own application store. This exemplifies how the rules of the game can vary according to the region. In Android the story was similar (but not the same). Google also withdrew Fortnite from his store for the same reason: Epic had activated his own payment system. However, in December 2023 A jury declared that Google maintained a monopoly in the mobile app distribution market. The company has appealed. Today, Google Play still does not offer Fortnite, although Android users can download it directly from the Epic website. Epic does not give up. The company has been denouncing what it considers abusive conditions by large application stores, especially with regard to commissions. Its objective is to change that model, and Fortnite’s return to the iPhone seems, at least for the moment, a small step in that direction. Images | APPSHUNTER | Epic Games In Xataka | The ghost of video games at 100 euros is closer than ever. And the owners of ‘GTA VI’ know

20 years ago someone predicted that the iPod would end up being irrelevant to the arrival of smartphones: it was Bill Gates

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When it comes to technological innovation, the real triumph It is not to get a supervent productbut be able to advance what will be the one that will be sold the most One and even two decades later. That talent is the one that has made many founders of large technology today are among the Greater fortunes in the world. In May 2005, with the iPod selling as churros and revolutionizing the way of listening to music, Bill Gates Auguró In an interview to a German medium that, a few years later, The iPod was going to be irrelevant. Although for those years, many interpreted His words like agoreras And the result of Microsoft’s inability to deal with the success of the iPod, Gates gave in the nail. The launch of the iPhone in 2007 and the arrival of the smartphones meant the First nail in your coffin. Bill Gates saw him come. Microsoft let him escape In your interview for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The technological millionaire refined his crystal ball from the technological sector. Two years before the launch of the first smartphone as we know it today, predict what the mobile Two decades later. “The mobile phones market is strategically fundamental. More and more functions will be integrated into a single device, and this requires software solutions. The perspective of having all relevant functions in a single device will be irresistible for consumers,” Gates said in 2005. With that statement, Microsoft’s founding millionaire gave in the nail with What was going to happen in the next decade with the development of the smartphones industry. However, in addition to seeing them coming, companies must be able to position in the right place for Take advantage of those predictions And that, with Steve Ballmer already in front of the company doubting success From the business model that the iPhone anticipated, it was the great pending subject for Microsoft. Despite the Windows Phone effortsthe huge mobile software market that Gates predicted was going to stay In Google’s hands and Apple with their respective operating systems, while Microsoft was relegated to a Minority market share with an operating system that did not convince. Ipod fall predicted, not the success of the iPhone “I do not believe that the success of the iPod can be sustained in the long term, however good Apple is. I think you can establish parallels with computers: here also Apple used to be extremely strong with its Macintosh and its graphical user interface (similar to the current iPod) and then lost their position. Consumers want more options and get them because there is a lot of innovation in this area,” Gates said in 2005. Again, he accounted for 100% in what consumers would require mobile devices in the next decade, and the iPod was going to fall short. However, again, and despite the adequate forecast of the millionaire, Microsoft He could not find his space neither Take advantage of your strengths. Instead, Apple not only responded to demands from your customers integrating the functions of the iPod into the iPhone for make it more versatilebut took advantage of the app store to Expand your functions opening a door to millions of applications. In this way, it was Apple who took advantage of the premise that, very rightly, had announced Bill Gates. In Xataka | Bill Gates’ first business was a failure: there he learned everything he needed to build the Microsoft empire Image | Flickr (World Bank Photo Collection), Xataka

Xiaomi reached your life through the mobile. Now he wants to conquer it with all the other pots you use daily

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Xiaomi is celebrating today. Lei Jun’s company has just turned 15 and has celebrated it with an event up to it, of those that are full of ads and in which there has been room for everything, literally. The firm has presented its own processor (A milestone in its trajectory) and the first two devices that will mount it, but If Xiaomi knows something of ecosystem and this has been extremely present. In fact, it gives us clues where the company is directed. Because continuing to grow in the world of technology goes, and it must go, far beyond mobile. Xiaomi is clear and that is why today he has taken the opportunity to show off his success in other segments. Segments, a priori, totally mundane and of the day to day who may not pay so much attention: The appliances. And if Xiaomi, in his most important event of the year, in which they have announced Your first SUVhe has dedicated a part to announce a tap, it is because his most immediate future is more than determined. This is how Xiaomi money earns – they attract you and catch you The xiaomi of mobiles is a thing of the past Xiaomi year -on -year growth in different types of appliances | Image: Xataka The image you can find on these lines speaks for itself. If you speak Chinese, of course. If this is not the case, we translate it: Airs Mijia Conditions. Fourth place by sales volume in China: year -on -year growth of 102.7% Mijia refrigerators. Fourth place by sales volume in China: year -on -year growth of 144.9% Mijia washing machines. Fourth place by sales volume in China: year -on -year growth of 184.4% Mijia Water Purifier. First place by sales volume in China: year -on -year growth of 78% Xiaomi TVs. Third place by sales volume in China: year -on -year growth of 7%. This same comparison does not contemplate mobile phones, land in which the firm is also strong. According CounterpointXiaomi is the fourth company for shipments with a 16% market share. The difference with Huawei and Apple, which hold the third and second position, is 1% And the distance with Vivo, which is the first brand, is 2%. That is, the growth of Xiaomi in mobiles cannot go to much more in a perfectly distributed market among six brands (Honor and Oppo share fifth and sixth position with 14% quota each). There is only one way to continue growing and is putting head into other categories of products. He Xiaomi Su7 It is the best example. It is not a car that the company has launched for pleasure, but is another device of the Xiaomi ecosystem. It is, in fact, a pillar of this human strategy X Car x Home with which Xiaomi, basically, wants to offer our own alternative for each gadget that we have at home. Talking about Xiaomi in China is talking about this. This is its website translated into Spanish and in it we can see all the categories of appliances they have | Image: Xataka The firm has already given a push to mobile phones, eating markets like Spanish. He did the same with the tablets, with the televisions, and it is a titan if we talk about home automation. So much that not only has its own brand, but A brand ecosystem thirds integrated from each other. The next big step was logical: appliances. Those products that the user renews each much and that, although it does not seem so, are central to the experience of people with technology. Connect everything, Hyperos Through, it has all the meaning of the world. That is why it should not surprise us that the company, in its most important day of the year, takes advantage of Remove muscle and show off in this segment. The company today presented products such as An air conditioning, A double door refrigerator and 508 liters, A washing machine and even A fan that sends the air to the proper position by artificial intelligence. Has presented Until a tap And the important thing is not tap, it is its technification. The new tap with Xiaomi filter | Image: Xataka It is to present it as something technological, desirable, premium, which is part of something else (although in this case it does not, the tap is not intelligent, although the filter does connect to the wifi). How important is it for Xiaomi to make it clear that it is no longer the mobile brand of quality/price, of cheap connected bulbs and electric scooters, which have dedicated a few minutes of their annual presentation to announce that their new tap is capable of throwing up to eight liters of water per minute. That is the direction to which Xiaomi is directed. Premium and global Or what is the same, A large -scale Samsung (With Samsung’s permission in South Korea, whose tentacles expand to sectors such as construction, shipyards, hotels or financial services). Until now, Xiaomi’s global face -to -face has consisted of mobile phones, tablets, televisions, home devices, televisions and small appliances, but we know that their appliances also prepare to make the leap. William Lu, president of Xiaomi, confirms the arrival of appliances to the global market | Image: Xataka We know since March, when William Lu, president of Xiaomi, confirmed at the Mobile World Congress that in 2025 they were going to launch refrigerators, washing machines, dryers and air conditioners (Or is what was intuited about the slide that accompanied the presentation). There are still no details from countries or know what exact products will come out of China, but the mere fact that they are going to do it is a declaration of intentions. There are, however, questions in the air. On the one hand, what Xiaomi is what we will see in appliances? The Xiaomi quality/price ratio or the most premium Xiaomi? On the other hand, how will Xiaomi convince the user … Read more

Do not get night on solar panels

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Suppose you acquire the power to cancel the night in a certain place in the world; of reflecting sunlight from space to illuminate something concrete, so that it is made from day in a given area. What would you use it? Orbital reflect. A Californian startup wants to obtain this power to illuminate the photovoltaic panels in the hours close to dawn and sunset, when I miss its renewable energy, and when the energy companies could sell more. Orbital reflect has just received 20 million dollars in financing, which will use to deploy a constellation of satellites equipped with gigantic mirrors. Its objective is to reflect sunlight towards Earth on demand. The sun to the letter. The concept is simple: to increase the production of solar energy on the earth directing sunlight to the large photovoltaic plants of the soil before dawn and after sunset. Like the space solar stations, but without the complications of concentrating the energy in a laser or microwave beam, placing large mirrors in orbit would significantly expand the light time that a solar farm receives to generate electricity, solving one of the great Peros of solar energy: its intermittency. The company has already performed tests with a mirror in a hot air balloon at almost 3 km on a solar farm, generating 500 watts of energy per square meter of photovoltaic panel with approximately half of the brightness of the sun. A first demonstration. The first orbital reflect mission is scheduled for the spring of 2026. A demonstration satellite will test a 18 x 18 meter mirror made with mylar plastic tensioning to form a solid reflective surface. It is expected to reach a brightness of 0.1 lux, comparable to a full moon on a clear night. The mission aims to illuminate 10 iconic locations during the night to generate dissemination and public interest. An ambitious goal. The initial idea contemplates a constellation of 57 small satellites in a synchronous polar orbit with the sun, about 600 kilometers of altitude. They would provide about 30 additional minutes of sunlight to photovoltaic plants. In the long term, orbital reflects plans to launch a constellation of thousands of satellites with much larger reflectors, up to 55 x 55 meters. On this scale, the total luminosity of the constellation would be comparable to that of the sun at noon. Other applications. Although the impulse to solar energy is the final objective, the company has plans to generate short and medium term income with other applications. Since its foundation in 2021, the company has received more than 260,000 applications from 157 countries for its sunlight delivery service. Among future services, they offer the lighting of night construction projects, public events, disaster help efforts, and defense operations. “We want it to be as easy as possible: you enter a website, you tell us your GPS coordinates and we send you some sunlight after dusk,” explains the CEO of orbital reflect, Ben Nowack. Science fiction made reality. Image | Orbital reflect In Xataka | Space energy never worked. A military escalation in orbit is making it come true

Claude Opus 4 launches and presents it as the best programming model in the world

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After Google will display all its artillery in artificial intelligenceAnthropic did not want to be left behind. The company founded by Dario Amodei has moved tab strongly: has presented Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4two new models with which he aspires to leave his mark on the race for AI. The announcement star is Claude Opus 4, the most advanced model Anthropic has developed so far. And they do not walk with Rodeos: they assure that it is “the best programming model in the world. An ambitious statement that, as always, will have to be tested. But the first data places it very well positioned in front of its main rivals. In the benchmark Swe-Bench Verified, which evaluates real software engineering tasks, Opus 4 gets 72.5 % in standard conditions and reaches 79.4 % if the Parallel processing. It is a performance that leaves it above models such as GPT-4.1 (54.6 %), O3 (69.1 %) or the recent Gemini 2.5 Pro of Google (63.2 %). However, in other more demanding evidence in multimodal reasoning, such as GPQA Diamond or MMMU, focused on university level questions and complex scenarios that combine text and image, Opus 4 fails to overcome O3, which continues to lead in that field. A model with resistance and autonomy But beyond the numbers, what Anthropic wants to highlight is the resistance and autonomy of this model. Claude Opus 4 is capable of maintaining long work sessions and executing thousands of steps continuously. From the company they explain that this makes it an ideal basis for AI agents More sophisticated: systems that make decisions, complete tasks on their own and do not need constant human supervision. In parallel arrives Claude Sonnet 4, an evolution of the model that Anthropic launched in February. It is not intended to compete with Power Opus, but it offers a very balanced proposal between performance and efficiency. In coding it also makes an important leap with respect to its previous version: it goes from 62.3 % to 72.7 % in Swe-Bench Verified, and improves in reasoning tasks, instructions monitoring and general precision. Both models arrive with interesting news. For example, they can now alternate between reasoning and use of tools Within the same process, which allows more complete answers. They have also improved in reliability. According to Anthropic, they are 65 % less likely to take shortcuts or make serious mistakes than Sonnet 3.7. Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 are already available in the API of Anthropic, at Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI. They are included in the Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. Prices are kept in the line of the previous models: Opus 4 costs $ 15 per million input tokens and 75 per million departure tokens. Sonnet 4 is more affordable: 3 and 15 dollars respectively. The latter can also be used from free accounts. Images | Anthropic In Xataka | We have tried the new Google AI mode: it is a direct bullet to the blue links that worries and excites in equal parts

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