Month: June 2025

In the middle of the chaos because of the environmental badges, the DGT has shown the red label to Spain. It’s excellent news

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Spain has just taken the most important step to date in relation to the legal framework for the circulation of automated vehicles. The DGT has announced the Safety and Technology Evaluation Framework Program of Automated Vehicles (ES-AV Program), The new regulatory framework under which all those operations related to Automated vehicles On traffic open. The red label. In the next few days, it is more than likely to start listening to the new “red label.” It is one that has nothing to do with the system of DGT environmental labelsready of suffering modifications by the government. Soon you will begin to see on the windshield of all that automated vehicle that wants to perform open road tests. It will be the way we will have to recognize that a vehicle, be it prototype, in pre-homologation phase or driven remotely It is moving autonomously. In the face of cameras and agents of the authority, it is the legal proof that said vehicle has the necessary authorization to circulate without physical supervision. The new legal framework. The ES-AV program is a national code that regulates how, where and under what conditions you can test with autonomous cars in Spain, without the need for human supervision on board. In it, vehicles with levels of autonomy are reflected SAE 2 A SAE 5as well as those driven remotely. There will be a total of three access and authorization systems, under the umbrella of the General Sub -Directorate of Mobility Management of the DGT itself. EEE Recognition System: Recognition of tests already authorized in other countries of the European Economic Space. Special system: independent evaluation in Spain. External evaluation system: Exceptional tests for vehicles have already obtained authorization in countries external to the EU. The test phases. The DGT establishes three test phases in its program, depending on technological maturity and the range of open road operations. Each of these phases establishes what will be the minimum requirements to be met, and it will be those responsible for the autonomous vehicles that will have to inform about which phase they want to participate. Phase 1, controlled: operational environment of up to three vehicles, not admitted vehicles with level 2 SAE of automation, mandatory that there is always a safety operator on board, restricted circulation space. Phase 2, extensive: simultaneous operation of up to 10 vehicles, operator always aboard, without restricting space. Phase 3, pre-despleger: simultaneous operation of more than 10 vehicles, optional on board, remote operator, exceptionally, it can be circulated with definitive plates from the EU. Sae 2 vehicles admitted. Transparency in data. Since the entry into force of this new legislative framework, the DGT will reflect on its website the data with the ongoing tests. In the same way, it establishes the obligation to the testers to deliver periodic reports of the operations carried out, not having detailed on the website the data that it will require in them. On the DGT website, we can observe some of the tests already carried out in Spain, as well as some that are currently underway at the hands of ALSA and the Ctag (Galicia Automotive Technology Center). A pioneer regulation. Spain has been one of the first EU countries, together with Germany and Francein creating a clear legal framework for the circulation of autonomous vehicles in test phases. However, it is important to point out that the regulatory framework supervises pre-commercial phase operations, does not authorize the use of completely autonomous vehicles. In Spain, the autonomous circulation of levels 3 and 4 is not yet regulated, and in Europe it is taking its first steps in authorized trials and restricted areas. Outside Europe there is no clear consensus. In fact, Waymo has just announced his arrival from his taxis to New York … Operated with human supervisionsince state law still does not allow the operation open to traffic of a vehicle in a 100% autonomous way. Other cities, such as California, They allow robotaxis to be operated to which we have come to. Countries like China They have advanced to the United States in this race, with Baidu announcing that their service Apollo Go has completed 11 million tripsin front of the 10 million reported by Waymo. At the moment, the step taken by Spain is not a victory, but one of the most important advances to date in this area. Image | Xataka In Xataka | While European manufacturers think about what the car of the future will be like, Huawei is already thinking about the post-coche era

The Rocambolesque Idea that is feeding a fish farm in a town in France

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The first men who traveled to the moon during the Apollo missions subsist based on lyophilized food and sweet or salty jelly -coated cubes. The thing has not gone to better over the years. But if the French succeed, astronauts from lunar missions can eat fresh fish. Lubinas raised on the moon. That is the goal of Lunar Hatcha rocambolesco scientific project that is already underway in a fish farm by Palavas-Le-Flots, south of France. The fish that raise in this small center are not any lubins, but the founding generation of the futures “Aquanautas” lunares. Its offspring will travel to space in the form of fertilized eggs in order to establish the first extraterrestrial fish farm. High quality protein. If we are going to establish a permanent base on the moon, what less than to give us the taste of dinner a fresh lubina. The brain behind this project is Cyrille Przybyla, a researcher at the French National Institute for Oceanic Research. “Fish is an excellent source of protein, because it is the animal body that we best digest and contains omega 3 and vitamins B important that astronauts will need to maintain their muscle mass,” Przybyla said to The Guardian. The question, which he poses, is not whether we need it, but “how we can produce these foods at so much distance.” Lunar Hatch. The experiment, financed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Space Studies Center of France (CNES), will send the eggs to the space calculating the time it takes to hatch upon reaching its destination. Although an assigned space flight does not yet have, the idea is to perform the first tests at the International Space Station, assisted by European astronauts in orbit. After observing their development, the eggs would be frozen and returned to the earth for an exhaustive analysis. If the tests are successful, the next step would be to climb the system for a future implementation on the Moon. Not the first fish, yes the first fish. We have already seen fish in space. The first were small Mummichogs in an Apollo mission in 1973. More recently, Cebra fish have helped study muscle atrophy. But this is the first time that the objective is purely gastronomic: create a source of regular and renewable food for astronauts and crew of future lunar and Martian bases. The first space fish. This is not (alone) of nutrition. The true mill of Lunar Hatch is to create a completely closed and self -sufficient ecosystem, without waste, exempt from continuously replenishing food with load flights from Earth to end eating crickets. Everything is recycled within a fish farming system that should be autonomous for at least four or five months. Of course, many “Aquanautas” will be needed. Scientists have calculated that to provide two weekly fish to seven astronauts, about 200 lubins would be needed. Image | Lfremer In Xataka | We have been growing lettuce in space for years. Now we have discovered that they are more likely to get sick

If you ask the IAS to choose a number between 1 and 50, they usually choose 27. The reason is very human

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You may want to do the test. Go to Chatgptto Gemini to Claude OA Perplexityand see everyone asking to choose a number between 1 and 50. It is not certain that everyone does it, but there is a high probability that The chosen number is 27. What is happening? Andrej Karpathy asked it months ago, one of the best experts in AI in the world. Actually his initial perception was that “All LLM sound the same“That is, everyone speaks surprisingly and also answers very similarly. Chatbots usually give similar answers in their formulation to our questions if they are factual. That is, if they are based on verifiable facts, such as “what is Rafa Nadal’s age?” The funny thing is that in many cases give the same answer when what we ask is much farther. For example, that they choose a number between 1 and 50. You ask several chatbots, and everyone chooses on 27. What happens here? Karpathy himself I recovered that question A few hours ago with a discovery I had seen In Reddit: Those who had done the test proved that most chatbots answered the same thing: 27. In The answer to his comment in x Many users “Although not all— They showed captures either Shared conversations of different chatbots that had precisely answered with that same number. Coincidence or problem of the IAS? The condemnation of human biases Because? In one of the responses of the chatbots who answered the user, he just asked that to AI. This answered that he had chosen that number because he avoids the ends, because it is beautiful mathematically (the cube of three), and 27 “Give the feeling of being random but human”. And there is one of the keys: the IAS try to answer in a similar way as a human would. An entrepreneur named Chester Zelaya precisely elaborated a theory curious about this phenomenon. For him the models used games theory and try to “win” to guess the number. For this they adopt a binary search strategy that allows building A binary tree. And in the game of guessing that number between 1 and 50, 27 is a starting number that according to him is especially adequate (although not the only one). However, another way of explaining that AI frequently chooses 27. AI models have been trained by humans with human data, and therefore they are full of biases included in these data and used voluntarily or involuntarily by those people. The “7” is an especially frequent number on its own or as a termination, and As explained Another user called Yogi, that human bias is everywhere. “That is why when you ask multiple LLM to choose a” randomly “number, they all respond with confidence 27. Not because it is random, but because it is predictably popular.” Almost 7,000 people chose a number between 1 and 100 in an experiment. And many chose 69, and then 7 and 77. Source: Reddit It is also a very reasonable theory. An experiment carried out years ago on social networks asked people to choose a number between 1 and 100. Of the 6,750 people who responded conclusion was reached that the number that had been chosen most was —Us— on 69. And after him, 7 and 77 were also especially frequent. There are, as always, exceptions to the rule. In my tests I have been able to verify how almost all chatbots chose number 27, but there were one that did not. The same thing happened to many X uuarios, who found that when they asked Grok, the number chosen It was 42. Very appropriate. Image | Xataka with chatgpt In Xataka | The old dream of “resuscitating” your deceased relative is realizing thanks to AI. And there is a whole business behind

They had stolen 1.2 million euros

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The most spectacular robbery in June has had an unusual victim: Nintendo. A truck that transported almost 3,000 units of its last console It has been devaluedwhich can be a problem for an apparatus that is already having Supply problems. Although perhaps the biggest problem is going to have thieves to give them out. More than one million euros. That is what the almost 3,000 consoles cost Switch 2 stolen on June 9 of a truck in Colorado. The truck driver did not know what goods he transported, only that it was games and toys. He was on the way from the headquarters of Nintendo of America in Redmond, Washington, to a Gamestop branch in Grapevine, Texas. Caught Possibly, thieves have difficulty getting all the desirable game to consoles: Nintendo will have perfectly located the serial numbers of the consoles. If someone connects to Internet or uses an account with them, they can disable them at a distance without any difficulty, so the consoles will have to be cracked using a Jailbreak not authorized to convert them into functional consoles. Of course, this last procedure involves its risks, and the user could meet a luxurious pisapapeles if something fails. To the Dark Web. As usual in these cases, consoles (unless thieves want to resort to direct scam and sell consoles that know that unusable as soon as they connect to the Internet) possibly move For the Dark Webselling them at much lower prices than the originals. There is another solution: selling the consoles outside the United States, although that does not guarantee that they will not be blocked by Nintendo and, in any case, it could imply an size in the robbery that perhaps it was not so planned. It is not found. The desired Nintendo console, which despite the precautions that the Japanese company is taking are experiencing supply problems, has become the most desired technological product of the moment, and has quickly become the launch of a console most successful in history. This robbery adds a peculiar mythical desired product to the launch. More and more steal is complicated. When a technological device is stolen, there are several systems that can lead to useless. For example, in the case of mobile phones, the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) is a unique code that identifies each device, which allows the company to Distance block. This prevents the phone from connecting to mobile networks and disables it for calls, messages and data even if the SIM card is changed. Something could make Nintendo with these consoles. With the church we have encountered. Nintendo takes the Protection of your devices and, in general, of their legal rights. It is one of the companies that has most exhaustively fought against unauthorized copy of your gamessuch as cartridges, USB memories and modchips, which allow playing roms. Nintendo has obtained numerous judicial sentences in their favor worldwide in that sense. Nintendo also supports these efforts with unique certificates and tickets linked to both the device and the Nintendo account to identify unauthorized users, to which regular software updates of their consoles are added to close vulnerability. It has reached to change hardware components (such as chip Mariko in Switch) to hinder the Homebrew and piracy. Header | Arapahoe County Sheriff Office In Xataka | I have tried the Nintendo Switch 2 and I already have an answer to the question “Is it worth buying it if I have the original switch”?

Europe has perfected missiles for decades. His new weapon is designed to sacrifice before touching the ground

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Europe has been betting on precision missiles. He Taurushe Meteor or the Aster 30 They are a good example of this: expensive systemscomplex and refined to the millimeter, designed to get it. But the war has changed. It is no longer enough to have better missiles In it Aeronautical Hall of Paris, MBDA has presented Your answer. It is not a drone to show off, nor a weapon for surgical missions. The One Way Effector does not return, does not shoot: it is made to fall. And in that act, fulfill your mission. His role is to saturate. Fly in mass, force reactions, shoot alerts. Overwhelm the enemy based on volume. It does not seek to go unnoticed. Seeks to force you to react The One Way Effector does not fit at all in the best known categories. It is not a cruise missile, although it travels hundreds of kilometers. It is not a recognition drone, because is not designed to return. It is an disposable aerial ammunition, propelled by a small turbophah, whose mission is one: wear defenses. The approach reminds of the Shahed-136 Iranian that have redefined the Ukrainian front: Waves of cheap ammunition against very expensive interceptors. But MBDA has taken the idea one step further: greater speed, greater difficulty of interception and an explosive load would be enough to not be able to ignore it. Because that is logic. If the drone impacts, he has fulfilled. And if they demolish it, also: the enemy has had to spend a missile, activate a radar or turn on an alarm. The system is designed to operate in Salvas. We do not talk about one or two drones, but of tens thrown simultaneously from the ground or from the back of a vehicle. Each unit Follow your route via GPS guidancewithout the need for communication between them or coordination algorithms. They move in a group, enough to saturate the enemy response. Conceptual image of the One Way Effector It reaches speeds close to 400 km/Hy transports a 36 kg eye, equivalent to that of an artillery projectile of 155 millimeters. Has an estimated scope of 500 kilometers And a cost that MBDA describes as “a fraction of a cruise missile.” It is not stealthy, nor does it intend: its effectiveness happens to be visible, for forcing the enemy to act. If no one reacts, the drone arrives. And if someone does, it is exposed. The idea is that each defensive shot destined to demolish a position. Each lost interceptor reduces the response capacity. That is the game. The One Way Effector is not an experiment or an exotic prototype. MBDA wanted it to be, from the first day, a chain manufacturing product. To achieve this, he has signed an alliance with the French automobile sector that allows you to produce even 1,000 units per month. A Taurus missile To climb that production, the design has been simplified to the extreme. Body of compound material, commercial pieces, modular construction. No terminal guidance sensors or technologies difficult to maintain. His great asset is the volume. This does not mean that Europe is renouncing its precision arsenal. On the contrary: One Way Effector does not replace Taurus or the meteor or Aster 30. Is designed to accompany themto open their way. Taurus is a cruise missile that travels hundreds of kilometers and seeks to penetrate defensive layers with precision. The meteor dominates the Aire-Aire combat with its reach of more than 100 kilometers and its ability to correct real-time trajectory. Aster 30 protects airspace as part of a high efficiency antimisile system. But there is a common point: all are scarce and extremely expensive. Each launch is a strategic decision. The One Way Effector, on the other hand, is intended for the opposite: to be launched without hesitation. If the deadlines are met, the first test flight It will take place between October and November, and Production will start in 2027 With the first operational units. Images | MBDA | Saab In Xataka | Russia recalled a threat that appears in the war between Iran and Israel: the possibility of a nuclear disaster

that of HBM memories for ia

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The GPUs for artificial intelligence (AI) They are monopolizing the prominence in the pulse that the US and China have been held for almost three years. The country led by Donald Trump is doing everything within its reach to prevent avant -garde chips that design Nvidia, AMD, Intel or brains reach the rival country. And China is dedicating An enormous amount of resources to the development of their own GPU to support the work carried out by Huawei, Moore Threads, Metax, Biren Technology or Innosilicon, among other companies. However, this is not the only war that China is fighting from a strictly technological perspective. GPUs for Ia work side by side with HBM memory chips (High Bandwidth Memory). In fact, its performance is largely conditioned by these memories. The main HBM chips manufacturers are Skorean companies SK Hynix and Samsung, as well as the American Micron Technology. China has several memories manufacturers Important, but they currently do not have solutions capable of competing with the best of SK Hynix or Micron. For the country led by Xi Jinping this lag is a problem. And it is because not having their own HBM memories comparable to the best ones manufactured by South Korean or American companies last the development of their AI industry. SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron are manufacturing on a large scale, although with different success12 -layer HBM3E memories. The two South Korean firms will produce large -scale HBM4 chips during the second semester of 2025, and Micron will do so in 2026. However, CXMT (Changxin Memory Technologies), one of the Chinese companies specialized in the production of memoirs, will launch Your first HBM3E chips in 2027. South Korea has so much to lose in the War of the Dram Chips as the US SK Hynix leads the HBM memories market with a shocking authority. Your market share Broken 70%so that the remaining 30% are distributed by Samsung and Micron Technology. After them, Chinese chips from Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) and CXMT are stronger. For the South Korean government Your semiconductor industry has a strategic role, like those of OLED panel production either Battery manufacturing. These three sectors, in fact, have a very deep impact on their economy. CXMT has increased its production capacity of DRAM chips almost five times during the last four years Interestingly, memory chips are The South Korean economy engine Trade dependent. The integrated memory circuit market has a huge growth potential due, precisely, The high demand for these chips which has led to the proliferation of data centers for AI applications. And, as expected, Chinese semiconductor manufacturers do not want to stay out of it. CXMT, YMTC and other Chinese companies have chosen to compete in this market so attractive deploying a very aggressive price policy. CXMT in particular has increased its production capacity of DRAM chips almost five times during the last four years, which has allowed it to increase its global market share Until a very worthy 9%. This growth has placed this company just behind Micron if we stick to its market share, so it is already the fourth largest memory chips manufacturer on the planet. To even more curly the Chinese government, it is financially supporting its manufacturers of this type of semiconductors in response to the sanctions deployed by the US and its allies, so the competitiveness of the Chinese companies is upward. In this Chinese scenario it represents a great threat to the economy of South Korea. As we have seen, the semiconductor industry in general, and that of memoirs in particular, has a strategic value for the latter country, so it is crucial to protect the competitiveness of Samsung and SK Hynix in front of its Chinese rivals. And what they are doing is not to contribute to the collapse of prices; The two main manufacturers of South Korean memories are betting on The most advanced memory technologies that exist, the HBM4 and the CXL (Compute Express Link), with the purpose of leading in performance and efficiency, and, thus, dominating the market chips market for IA applications. More information | Digitimes Asia In Xataka | Chinese memory chips manufacturers are a nightmare for the US and South Korea. There is a lot at play

The folding mobile of Xiaomi at half price, the Samsung Galaxy Watch ultra very cheap and more. Hunting bargains

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We return with a new hunting gangs loaded with offers. There are still a few weeks left for the arrival of the new Amazon Prime Day 2025but we are already seeing the most interesting discounts on all types of devices: from mobile phones and smartwatch to Bluetooth keyboards and speakers. In this article We will review some of the best offers of the week. Xiaomi Mix Flip by 649 eurosXiaomi’s folding mobile is now half a price compared to the official price of the brand. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra by 364.99 eurosSamsung’s smartwatch top with a 48%discount. 8bitdo retro by 79.95 eurosa beautiful wireless keyboard in a complete Spanish (ISO-ES). ‘Gears of War Reloaded‘ by 39.95 eurosthe remastering of the first installment of the saga will reach PlayStation 5 in physical format. And it can be reserved! Soundcore Motion 300 by 59.99 eurosa small Bluetooth speaker that is ideal for summer. Xiaomi Mix Flip Since its launch, the Xiaomi Mix Flip It has been receiving more and more offers to the point of staying at half price with respect to the official price. In Amazon we have it for 649 euros And a lot of eye because it is a very complete mobile: its external screen is 4.01 inches, the processor mounts Snapdragon 8 Gen 3has 512 GB of storage, its battery supports fast charging of 67W and its two screens (the internal and external) offer a maximum shine of 3,000 nits. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra If we talk about smartwatch or smart watches, one of the most top, and also the most expensive, is the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra. Although its official price is 699 euros, it is now offer in PowerPlanet per 364.99 euros (48%discount). Mount an excellent 3,000 nits maximum shine screenit has a good sports record, it has LTE connectivity, its operating system is Wearos and its battery offers good autonomy. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (47 mm, LTE) * Some price may have changed from the last review 8bitdo retro There are many wireless keyboards, but the 8bitdo retro It is one of the most beautiful. Has dropped in coolmod price to the 79.95 euros and Its design is inspired by the classic IBM teams. It has Bluetooth connection and for the Dongle That is included-it can also be connected by cable-its distribution is ISO-ES, so it comes with the letter “Ñ”, and includes two totally configurable superbotones. * Some price may have changed from the last review ‘Gears of War Reloaded’ Yeah, ‘Gears of War Reloaded‘It is the new remastering of the video game that gave rise to the saga and will be launched in physical for PlayStation 5. Although there is still a time for us to enjoy it fully (August 26), it can already be reserved in some stores. And at a reduced price! In Xtralife, for example, it is found by 39.95 euros. If you did not get to play this title, one of its strengths is its history, although personally what I like is that it has a much more oppressive atmosphere than in later deliveries. Gears of War Reloaded (PS5) * Some price may have changed from the last review Soundcore Motion 300 We are practically already in summer. It’s hot and you want to stay with friends and go to the pool. Therefore, if you are looking for a good Bluetooth speaker to liven up meetings with family or friends, Soundcore Motion 300 Now it has dropped at Amazon to the 59.99 euros. It has IPX7 certification (Full immersion protection in water), is a very compact speaker, offers an audio power of 30W and its battery offers a Autonomy of up to 13 hours. * 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 | Xiaomi, Samsung, 8bitdo, The Coalition and Xbox, Anker In Xataka | Best folding mobiles in 2025. Which to buy in Spain and recommended models In Xataka | The best smartwatch (2025): their analysis and videos are here

It’s no longer about doing better chips, but connecting half a million

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The new battle of the AI ​​is no longer earned only with integrated circuits, but orchestrating complete systems that connect half a million chips working at the same time. Why is it important. For decades, the technology industry has been governed by the Moore law: The number of transistors in a chip doubled every two years. Today, calculation power advances come from the ability to connect endless amounts of chips between them, an effort that does not follow any predictable “law”. The turn. AMD has presented Your mi400 chip Not as an isolated piece, but as a complete system called helios Rack of the pre -installed data center. It is the implicit recognition that the era of individual chips is over. The context. Nvidia dominates the AI ​​because Jensen Huang had the vision of using GPUS for these calculations, which gave him the advantage of those who hit first. But AMD is shortearing fast distances (Bet on smooth his usually goes wrong), and the inherent change of the industry has also changed competition. Between the lines. Companies no longer hire chips engineers, but also more concrete profiles: Specialists in Design of racks. Systems architecture specialists. Specialists in data centers optimization. AMD is now using More than 1,000 specialized engineers in design of racks. Architecture chiefs who previously focused on concrete domains should now be somewhat more general to create more integrated systems. The threat. The biggest competitive pit (‘Moat‘) Nvidia is no longer hardware, but software. His suite CUDA It is the standard in the AI ​​industry to train models. AMD competes with ROCM. And although changing system can be too expensive, especially for small companies or independent developers, large companies can justify spending if the greatest efficiency gives them the right return. Yes, but. Companies are packing so much hardware in the racks that High soils and electrical networks They begin to be too tension. The question here is when they can sustain this race without finding physical limits. Deepen. The CEO of COPEAidan Gomez, said In the event that was “very easy” to migrate one of your company’s models to the AMD platform. Openai, Oracle and other great technological ones are looking for alternatives to Nvidia since he boom of chatgpt began to make your chips scarce. Supplier diversification is also strategic for projects like Stargatethe initiative of half a billion Openai dollars next to Oracle. Outstanding image | İsmail Enes Ayhan in Unspash In Xataka | Taiwan has decided to prevent by all means that TSMC technology arrives in China. Your future is at stake

conditions and how to get this offer

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Let’s tell you How to get a 50% discount on Movistar Plus+with which you can enjoy this service for 4.99 euros per month for 3 months. Summer arrives, and with this many services try to capture new customers with promotions, and this is one of them. We are talking about Movistar Plus+ for no Movistar customersthe independent streaming service that functions as Netflix or Max, and in which you pay to access its wide catalog of films and series, but also some sporting events such as the NBA, first and second division football, and much more. Promotion conditions This is a fairly simple promotion. Simply, the next three months you will pay half For this service, which are 4.99 euros per month. When these three promotional months pass, then the subscription price will become 9.99 euros per month automatically. The promotion goes for users without an active subscription, for both new users and old. Come on, you don’t have to create a new account, because you can log in to an old one and benefit from the promotion. It is a flash offerwhich means that it will not last long. Movistar does not specify for how long the promotion will be available, but for the term flash, they imply that it will be little. This subscription will allow you to access the contents From two screens simultaneously. Come on, you should be able to share it with another person. You can cancel your subscription whenever you want, even before the end of 3 months, because you are paying month by month. How to get this discount To get this discount, you have to enter the official Movistar Plus+page, in the address Movistarplus.es. Once inside, the offer should appear on the web, but you can also go down to the section Choose your plan. Here, click on the button I want 3 months to 50% Where the Flash offer appears. This will take you to a screen where you have to write your email to create an account. Choose the email you want and configure your new account. In the event that you already have an accountwrite her mail, and on the web the field will appear to write your password and reactivate it. When you have created your new account or have session with the old one, you will have to choose your subscription. Here, Mark the option 3 months at 50% that will appear above all, and click on the button Following. Now you will go to the last step, which is where You have to choose the payment method For your subscription. You can use a promotional code in the event that you have it, or you can choose to pay by a bank card and write your data. When you finish ready, you will have your subscription. In Xataka Basics | The best apps and services to discover series and movies, and help you find new titles

Your mobile will be updated for five years from today. It is not as beautiful as it seems

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The day came. As of today June 20, the European Union forces all mobiles sold in the region to receive Software updates for at least five years. This measure is part of the regulation that includes other regulations such as the Energy labeling. The idea of ​​offering more years of updates is to end programmed obsolescence and extend the life of the devices, but if you are imagining a world in which your entrance range android is updated to five complete versions of Android, we have bad news. What the law says. The norm is one of the measures collected in the Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 of the commission of June 16, 2023 and will affect both smartphones and tablets. The text collects a specific section about the system updates where the following obligations for manufacturers are established: The devices will have to be updated for five years from the date of their departure to the market. The updates will be free. There are three types of updates: security, corrections and with new functionalities. The security and corrections updates, the maximum margin to reach the user will be four months. Functionality updates will have to arrive before six months. The nuance. Yes, manufacturers will be obliged to offer five years of updates, but the law does not force them to be all new versions of the platform. For example, the first two years could offer complete updates and the remaining three support with security patches. Therefore, we must not confuse these five years of updates with having the latest version of Android during that period. Who will benefit. Does this change the update panorama? Depends. In iOS, not because Apple usually updates its mobiles between six and seven years after launch. In the case of Android, they will have benefited, especially in the lowest ranges. In 2018 Google began to demand manufacturers to offer At least two years of support if they didn’t want to lose the Google Apps licensebut so far there was no express obligation and the cheapest mobiles are the ones that left worse. Fragmentation is the eternal problem in Android And, although this law will not solve it, it will ensure that they receive the security patches that will make them less vulnerable. The duties made (half). There are many brands that already meet the regulations such as Apple. In Android there are also manufacturers that offer good support, although not in all their ranges. Some time ago we saw how several brands began a kind of Pique to see who offered more years of updates. This is what the main Android brands offer: Objective: Durable mobiles. Within the regulations that enter into force there are other measures focused on increasing the longevity of our devices in what they call ‘ecological design regulations’. The main measures are as follows: Facilitate repair: Manufacturers will be obliged to offer spare parts for seven years and must be easy to get and mount. To do this, they mark a series of requirements such as the parts are delivered in less than ten days or that can be mounted with tools available in the market (this would end the own screws). More resistant mobiles: With these regulations, mobile phones must be resistant. Which includes enduring up to 45 falls at a height of 1 meter, which resist scratches (they must have a hardness of 4 on the MOHS scale) and be resistant to water and dust (equivalent to an IP43 scale) Durable batteries: The battery is one of the components that Before degrading. With this standard, manufacturers must ensure that battery capacity is 80% or more after 800 load cycles. Energy label. Finally, one of the novelties that includes regulations is energy labeling. Until now we found them in appliances, but as of today we will also see it in mobiles and tablets. The label will show the energy scale (being the most efficient and g the least efficient). It will also include other information such as the full name of the model, battery autonomy (hours that will last each cycle), the repair index and its resistance. Cover image | Ricardo Aguilar, Xataka In Xataka | ATMs and Amazon are on the edge of a small major revolution in Spain: the accessibility law

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