Month: June 2025

“Ready to eat” are sweeping supermarkets. It is because we no longer buy products, we buy time

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Juan Roig He said it And half Spain was thrown on him: “In the middle of the 21st century there will be no kitchens.” Discussing whether it was a prophecy or a simple interested provocation, eight million Spaniards were already giving him right. Those who were buying prepared dishes, according to someone so little suspicious of having an interest like the EFE agency. Not that Roig is a visionary guru, he was simply reading the data that others wanted to ignore. The numbers speak for themselves: the consumption of dishes “ready to eat” bought in supermarkets (or in that genius of Naming‘Merchants’) It has grown 48% in just two years. Mercadona has this section In 1,260 storesbut Lidl also launched its own rangeAlcampo sells Up to 200 different dishes according to the store and Day has 180 products like this. Even Ikea has climbed to that car: to sell, more than ingredients, solutions. AND We are not talking about junk food or commitment solutionslike those packaged potato tortillas that made Belcebú cry. Now we see paellas, homemade croquettes, lentils, lasagers or potato tortillas themselves that know exactly what we hope they know. The trend goes beyond the supermarket: in the last twenty years the consumption of this type of dishes has multiplied by five. Supermarkets are simply integrating it into their offer and taking advantage of the fact that they are a usual place of passage, not a concrete destination such as the food houses. The nuance that explains this boom is that We are not buying exactly food, we are buying time. It is a symptom of change of our priorities. We are not stopping cooking for lazy, but by exhausted. Maybe also because we have more options what to do with that time recovered. Our parents had three television channels and the bar dominoes; We have platforms of streamingvideo games, Yoga online classes, cheap Ryanair tickets, establishments oriented towards “experiences” and an infinite offer of stimuli competing for our attention. It may simply Let’s be less willing to give up those two hours of kitchen when we know everything we could do with them. If we add the paid work, the domestic, the displacements and the care, the royal days exceed the 60 hours per week, according to the National Survey of Working Conditions of the INE. What we buy with each prepared dish is not just food: it’s a break. Returned time. A truce. And that’s why they succeed. In Xataka | Spain has become a country addicted to something that some years ago enjoyed little prestige: the white brand Outstanding image | Mercadona

It is the chronicle of a legacy for the soils

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When Héctor Prats bought the rights of PC Soccer, not only bought a brand. Bought the responsibility of guarding one of the last vestiges of greatness of the Spanish video gamethe tangible memory of when this country was able to create games that competed with the world elite. PC Soccer is more than nostalgia for Millennials and Generation X. It is proof that once we knew how to do something extraordinary from an office in Boadilla del Monte. What we are seeing for two years It is also more than the story of a game that is delayed. It is the announced chronicle of how to methodically destroy the value of an iconic brandconvert hope into mockery and transform respect won for decades into public escarnio. A delay is a technical accident. Two, too. Twenty-two (Vein-Ti-Dós!) Donoras in two years are the proof of a project that has come giant who wants to lead it. Let’s analyze chronology: February 2023: Grandilocente promise with A logo designed by an amateur. March: Pre -sale phase without a single real capture of the game. December: first “indefinite” delay after accumulating hard criticism of the project. Since then, an endless carousel of broken dates, each accompanied by more unlikely excuses than the previous. “Credit problems”, “Errors in Coding UTF-8”, “Unexpected Database Behaviors”, “Problems with the system of input“ The July press conference was The moment of maximum involuntary sincerity Because there we could see what was behind the noise: forty minutes of waiting to compile the Build On the horn, a minute of operation until the first appeared Crash and errors everywhere. The naked emperor, but in front of a camera. Then there is something even more disturbing: The belligerent attitude of its headquarters, Héctor Pratsin social networks. His attacks on the press. Its elusion of responsibilities. This project began by emotional linkage with the brand, but the succession of events suggests a certain disconnection with the symbolic weight of what it manages. Which does not mean that Hector has suffered attacks that go beyond the game and that they have clearly crossed a line for a long time. Consulted by Xataka About this situation, Héctor Prats defends his management and attributes part of the problems to “two people we had hired to whom nothing professionals and very criminal were thrown for reasons.” According to their version, these former employees would have “destroyed” the project “in two different moments.” Prats insists that “the game has ended months by polishing details” and that the delays are due to the fact that “the Build of Release It is always worse than the previous ones. “also requests that” an expected management projection on a small business such as large distributors “is not applied, comparing its situation with that of the Planeta group that” with all the resources it has, it took a broken game. “ The allusion to planet It is true and In 2018 there was another unfortunate attempt On the part of IDC, but it is difficult not to project a certain management on the PC Soccer brand, because it is transcended to entertainment. It is emotional memory of thousands of people. The memory of whole afternoons organizing the defense of five and setting the prices of the restaurant of the stadium. The early morning managing Valencia’s budgetthe first cup that won the ray. Destroying that with empty promises and systematic delays goes beyond business ruling, it is desecration. Prats perfectly identified that there was a market for hungry adults of PC football, but confused with ease, with complacency. He thought it was enough to buy a brand and promise his return to pass the cap. He did not understand that certain brands demand a technical, professional and ethical height that is not available to anyone. That is why most fans of the saga, no matter how nostalgia we feel, do not get into this eggplant. It is important to understand that Prats is not a developer indie Anyone experiencing with their first project. He chose to buy and manage an iconic brand of the Spanish video game, a decision that automatically raises the level of public scrutiny. When you acquire the rights of PC Football, you assume the responsibility of guarding decades of history and the confidence of a community that has already seen too many attempts to resurrection by those who sought to live from the brand instead of honoring it. Each delay has not only eroded the credibility of its current study: degrades the value of a brand that cost a lot to build and that can be destroyed in months. And send a toxic message about our video game industry: that we are not able to manage our digital heritage well. And sin is not as technical – which too – as symbolic: it goes beyond PC Football 8 may never see the light, or see it but it is a disappointment. The thing is His management destroys the possibility that someone competent takes over in the future. Each delay, each excuse, every broken promise, on the name of the PC football in synonym of fraud, misunderstood nostalgia and cheap opportunism. Pablo Ruiz, the original creator, He explained it to us a year ago With crystalline clarity: “Only PC Soccer 5.0 cost us 30,000 hours accumulated, plus all the games we had already taken before. Making a football PC from scratch in a year … Not even I have the source code could do it.” There are no shortcuts for excellence. There is no marketing that replaces real development. There are no promises that replace technical competence. PC Soccer 8 is the practical demonstration that some responsibilities cannot be purchased with money: They are inherited with the brand, and weigh more than one imagines when signing the check. On the criticisms received, Prats distinguishes between what it considers “constructive criticism” and what it calls “dehumanization, dehumanization and bulos.” He states that criticism “are always welcome” but complains about an alleged … Read more

A technology 20 years ago took Ukraine to the Russian bombers. Moscow’s response comes from China: a laser cannon

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With the passing of the days, more data about The covert operation which carried out Ukraine in the heart of the air bases of Moscow. Recall: a swarm of more than 100 drones hidden in trucks managed to destroy an important part of the Russian fleet of Strategic bombers. Now the technology that made Spiderweb, and what is Russia’s response to contain Ukrainian drones: a laser weapon … from China has been revealed. Cheap drones and free software. As I counted The medium 404behind the flight of the army of drones was not a sophisticated and secret technology. On the contrary, the devices were driven By Ardupilotopen source software created two decades ago by unmanned aviation enthusiasts. The use of this software, a free system originally designed for civil tasks such as agriculture, rescue or mapping, allowed Ukraine to coordinate that swarm of drones with autonomous navigation functions, air stabilization, waiting modes and contingencies for signal loss, even in a hostile environment saturated with interference and without GPS. Born of leisure … for war. Ardupilot He was born in 2007 of the personal project From Chris Andersonformer editor of the Wired media, who with Lego and Arduino pieces He built a drone browsing system that would later evolve in an open overall source community. What began as a homemade and collaborative experiment ended up being the operational core of a great impact military offensive. As He counted the mediumthe astonishment of its creators in the face of the war use of its software was notable: they never imagined that a tool designed for civil use would end up helping to destroy Russian strategic fighters. Although The website De Ardupilot promotes its use “for the peaceful benefit of all”, its open character makes it impossible to restrict. Irony resides that, while large corporations develop closed and expensive armamentUkraine has managed to use free access tools to execute attacks that remodeled the balance of power. Internet. What happened also leaves another teaching. The technological war between Ukraine and Russia is also a Communities Warforums and repositories. The software that allowed the attack developed collectively over years by programmers and fans distributed worldwide, many of which never imagined that their work would be used in combat. Neither Ardupilot nor its creators can prevent it, and although its code of conduct explicitly facilitates militarization, there is no restrictive license: knowledge is already in the hands of Who wants to use it. In the context of the current conflict, this means a silent revolution: it is not only the armies that free wars, but also free software developers. Ardupilot The Made in China answer. Before the gigantic industry Of low -cost drones that is hitting its troops, Russia has revealed an unprecedented development: a Chinese laser system To tear down drones, they report several Telegram proruse channels. Although it has not yet been officially confirmed, Images and videos disseminated They show a military vehicle shooting a laser beam capable of drilling metal plates and setting fire to drones in full flight. The appearance of the system coincides with the characteristics of the SHEN NUNG 3000 OR THE 5000 MODELan anti -gluvated weapon presented by China and that would also have been delivered to Iran. Analysts of the International Institute for Strategic Studies They point out thatalthough with some modifications, the system used by Russian forces has been derived directly of Chinese design. In fact, Russian military have confirmed that it is already In the hands of units as The Spetsnaz of the nomadic unit, and have even celebrated its effectiveness as an advance against previous technologies considered ineffective or excessively expensive. SHEN NUNG China, Iran and Russia. The entrance of this technology expands the analysis. The growing cooperation Technological between Beijing, Moscow and Tehran is reflected in the circulation of systems Like Shen Nungdeveloped by the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics. Although its operational use is still limited and its real abilities have not been tested in high -intensity scenarios, its mere presence on the battlefield indicates a qualitative change: the powers that seek to challenge the western order are sharing advanced capabilities, many of them before reserved for a handful of countries. Plus: The appearance of this system in Russian territory coincides with recent information that indicates that they will also go I would be using itconfirming that it is available in the market and has already been exported. From Ukraine to the Middle East. The use of laser weapons is not exclusive to the Moscow-Pekín-Teherán axis, of course. Israel has also recently deployed Your Iron Beam system (known as Magen or in Hebrew) to intercept Hezbollah dronesa weapon that combines response speed, precision and low cost per shot. The Israeli system, developed by Rafael and the Air Force, is still in the final test phase, but has already been used in combat. United States, meanwhile, has deployed experimental units of laser weapons in advanced positions and ships, although the advances have been slower than expected due to technical challenges such as the sensitivity of the components, thermal limits and reduced efficacy in adverse environmental conditions. Promise and fragility. Be that as it may, and although these weapons represent a significant advance in the anti -aircraft defense, They are still vulnerable: They have a limited scope, their performance depends on the weather, and require specialized maintenance. Even so, in an environment where drone swarms are increasingly frequent and difficult to intercept with traditional systems, lasers offer a solution attractive. Their low cost per shoot and their ability to operate without physical ammunition make them an emerging alternative, especially for countries that seek to overcome technological asymmetries. Between codes and science fiction. The irruption of a Chinese laser system In the Russian-Ukrainian Front marks a turning point in the use of directed energy weapons and in the global geostrategic dynamics. What until recently seemed a matter of fantastic literature is now a real instrument of combat and deterrence. In parallel, Ukraine has been able … Read more

Contents and dates to enroll

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Let’s tell you the requirements and how to enroll to the online and free course on cybersecurity which is offering UNED (National University of Distance Education), in collaboration with the INCIBE (National Cybersecurity Institute of Spain). And if you are reading this, you better hurry up, because you only have a week to enroll. It is a course that is a university microcredial. Is completely virtual, and with Your 250 hours equivalent to 10 ECTS credits. It is part of the UNED titles, and in fact it is offered within its permanent training program. And let’s not forget that it has been done in collaboration with an official cybersecurity agency. Dates and course information To this course You will be able to enroll from May 30 to June 12, 2025so there is hardly a week left to do it. Then, The course will be from June 9 to November 11. This course will allow you to learn autonomously without following a pre -established rhythm, although you will have the support of tutors, videoconferences, a didactic guide and Online internal forums to chat about subjects with other students and solve doubts. At the end, you will have an evaluation that will combine test type exams with several options, practical tests and a final exam, that is, it is not an online course of the lights, but one in which you will have to study well. When you pass the course, you will have a Digital Microcredial issued by UNED with the Official Inciber recognition. This credential is compatible with the European standards of digital qualifications (EQF). These are the formative objectives From this course, which are the things you want to learn when you finish it: Provide participants with a solid cybersecurity base. Develop practical skills for the detection, analysis and mitigation of cyberamenazas. Prepare for recognized certifications in the sector. Promote practice through virtual laboratories, gamification and applied exercises. Who is the course for This course is aimed at several types of people. First, it is aimed at university students or FP They are interested in having more knowledge about cybersecurity. But in addition to this, they can also study telecommunications or ICT sector professionals, as well as strategic sectors workers that they want to improve their competences in digital issues and related to online safety. Also the members of the State Security Forces and Bodies will be able to do so. What are the contents The agenda of this course is structured in five thematic modules. In each of them you are going to learn general aspects and specialized areas with specific issues that range from cybersecurity regulations to incident analysis. These are the modules: Introduction to cybersecurity and applicable regulations: You learn the basis of ICT and cybersecurity threats, differentiating it from computer security. It will tell you advanced concepts such as cryptography, blockchain, forensic computer science or ethical hacking, and will tell you the regulations in force in Spain and the EU. Administration of cybersecurity systems: It will teach you to plan and manage safe networks, operating systems administration, to detect malware and protect yourself in cloud environments, email and other elements. Introduction to industrial cybersecurity: It is set much more on cybersecurity oriented to companies, dealing with issues such as convergence between IT and OT technologies, industrial protocols, the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and specific defense tools that you can handle. Incident and Forensic Analysis: It teaches you to manage the different security incidents with which you can find yourself. You will learn from to detect threats to recover the systems. Regulatory compliance in cybersecurity: In this module you will learn more about the fundamental regulations in the digital field, with all the regulatory frameworks you need to know and their application in practice. How to enroll To enroll in this training, you have to go to the page ormacion permanent.fundacion.uned.es/tp_activity/activity/curso-basico-tecnico-de-cibersegridad-de-inibe. On this website, you have to click on Online registration request That will appear in red. You will go to a previous page, and in it you have to click on Start tuition. This will take you to the page where you have to Identify yourself as a UNED student And you will also have the option to register in the event that you have not done it before. Then you will go to another page where you will have to Writing all your dataincluding your last finished studies, your academic degree and the study center where you were, everything. You will have to give all the data of your knowledge, and accept the data protection clauses. Finally you will go to the Registration Options page, where you must leave the “Request Subvention” box marked. Then you will go to the payment details page, where you are told the price and it appears as free. The course costs 180 euros but you can have it for free requesting the subsidy, in the event that you are approved. In Xataka Basics | Programming languages: which are the five most popular for 2025 and 36 free courses to learn how to use them

The German Wendelstein 7-X reactor has broken all records

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In the field of nuclear fusion ITER (International Thermonuclear Experctor reactor), The experimental reactor that an international consortium led by Europe is building in the French town of Cadarache, monopolizes all eyes. However, in the old continent we have other fusion energy machines that are also very important. The Wendelstein 7-X experimental reactorwhich is installed in one of the buildings that the Max Planck Institute has for Plasma Physics in Greifswald (Germany), is one of them. Its purpose is to contribute to the development of the technologies involved in the tuning of nuclear fusion reactors through magnetic confinement, but its formula is different from that proposed by Iter or JET. In fact, the Wendelstein 7-X reactor is a type design Stellarator. The most obvious difference between Tokamak and Stellator reactors It resides in its geometry. The former have a toroid form (or donut), and the latter have a more complex geometry that resembles them to a twisted donut on itself. However, the fundamental difference between these two designs is that the reactors Tokamak They require that the magnetic fields that confine the plasma are generated by coils and induced by plasma itself, while in the reactors Stellarator Everything is done with coils. There is no current within the plasma. This means, in short, that the latter are more complex and difficult to build. Fortunately, Wendelstein 7-X experiment is already delivering extraordinarily promising results. Global record in long -term plasma The first tests carried out in this fusion reactor between 2015 and 2018 came out as planned, so in November of this last year there came an important moment in its itinerary: it was necessary to modify it to install a water cooling system that was able to evacuate more effectively the residual thermal energy of the walls of the vacuum chamber, as well as a system that allowed the plasma to reach a higher temperature. The works required by these modifications concluded successfully in August 2022. The electronic cyclotonic resonance heating system delivers more than 1 MW of power to plasma When scientists introduce such important modifications in such a complex experiment they are forced to review everything obsessively before launching the machine again to make sure that everything will go correctly. Fortunately everything went well and in February 2023 the Wendelstein 7-X reactor reached an important milestone: He managed to confine and stabilize plasma for 8 uninterrupted minutes in which the reactor delivered a total energy of 1.3 gigajulios. But it wasn’t enough. Now it was time to submit this machine to a new maintenance and renewal phase with the purpose of going further. A year later the reactor was prepared again to carry out new experiments, and now has significant improvements. The technicians who have worked on it in recent months have optimized the control and data acquisition systems, have improved the plasma heating system and have implemented about 50 additional diagnostic tests. Of all these improvements the most relevant is the heating system because it is now capable of generating more than 1 megavatio of power in the plasma thanks to the microwave application. This technology is known as the electronic cyclotonic resonance heating system (ECRH or Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating in English). The first results have not taken to arrive. And it is that on May 22 this German reactor registered a world record by sustaining the fusion reaction through a high performance plasma For 43 seconds. To date, no other merger machine has prolonged both the triple product in long -term plasma discharges. Understanding what the triple product is is not difficult (it is also known as Lawson’s criteria). In fact, it is nothing more than a metric that evaluates the density of the plasma particles, its temperature and the time that magnetic confinement lasts with the purpose of measuring the performance of the fusion reaction. This strategy is essential because it allows engineers to determine if the fusion reactor has overcome the threshold that allows it to generate more energy than it has been necessary to use to heat the plasma. Once this point has been reached, the energy balance becomes positive and the fusion reaction can be sustained over time without investing energy in the heating system continuously. This milestone would not have been possible without the intervention of the new frozen hydrogen packages developed by the Oak Ridge (USA) National Laboratory. However, there is something else that is worth not overlooked: during the campaign that the reactor has just finished, he has delivered 1.8 gigajacles of energy, so he has clearly exceeded the 1.3 gigajulios that he reached in February 2023. Image | MPI for Plasma Physics, Jan Hosan More information | Eurofusion In Xataka | “The nuclear fusion is intrinsically safe”: we interview Carlos Alejaldre, general director of Ciemat

Goal has been spying on everything we did when navigating our Android mobiles. They have caught it in fraganti

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Billions of users have been exposed to a new system of mass tracking and espionage that both goal and Yandex have used. Both companies have used a technique that took advantage of native applications such as Facebook or Instagram and then monitor everything we did with our mobile browsers. It is a drop more than one glass already Absolutely full: The attack on Our privacy. What happened. A group of researchers from the IMDEA Networks agency and the Universiteit Radboud of the Netherlands, led by teachers Gunes Care and Nerseo Vallina-Rodríguez, published yesterday An extensive technical article. In it they revealed the technique that they have baptized as ‘local Mess’ (‘Lo Local’) and what a goal has been using since September 2024 and Yandex much earlier, since 2017. What does ‘Local Mess’. We will focus on goal and its applications, although the method is analogous in Yandex. Android users who use applications such as Facebook or Instagram could be exposed, because those applications “listened to” what happened in the Browsers installed In our mobile phones using local ports (hence the ‘Local Mess’) with the aim of tracking and monitoring everything we did in our browsers. The user did not know anything. The method allowed these applications to achieve Receive metadata, cookies and commands that were executed in the browsers. The Meta JavaScript code, called Meta Pixel, was loaded silently and without warning as a kind of complement to mobile browsers, and connected to apps such as Facebook or Instagram. Discouraging users. As these researchers explain, the method allowed access device identifiers that are used for advertising systems, called Android Advertising ID (AAID), and that made it possible to associate everything the user did to a real identity (a Facebook or Instagram profile). The result: what we did in the browser was no longer anonymous or private. Neither unknown, nor delete cookies nor anything. This “web-top” method eludes systems that theoretically should protect this type of tracking. Thus, neither Delete cookiesnor navigate in Incognito mode It worked when trying to escape that tracking. In fact, the method “opens the door for potentially malicious applications to fit the user’s web activity,” they explain in the document. Exploiting our “localhost”. Meta and Yandex scripts are slightly different, but both make improper use of unauthorized access to sockets from our localhostthe reserved name that our device has on the local network and that is always the IP 127.0.0.1 (in IPV4) address. The Android operating system allows any application installed with Internet permission to open a listening socket in the Loopback interface (127.0.0.1). The browsers that are executed on the same device also access this interface without the consent of the user or the mediation of the platform. This allows a JavaScript code embedded on web pages to communicate with native Android applications and share identifiers and navigation activity. Millions of affected websites. For the goal to work in the method, he took advantage of his cookie _FBPvery widespread on websites that make use of this platform. According to Builtwith, a website that allows monitoring the adoption of different technologies, that goal Pixel is embedded in more than 5.8 million websites among which are Xataka. There is a search engine in the final part of the study that allows you to know if a website was exposed and the activity in it could be registered by these scripts. Scheme of the attack of the attack. Source: Local Mess. Theoretically, only on Android. The researchers reveal that they only managed to obtain empirical evidence of this technique in Android mobiles. They have not observed such a problem In iOS browsers Or in the applications they evaluated, although they point out that technically achieving something like this on the iPhones is feasible. Browsers protect themselves. Those responsible for the discovery have followed a communication policy responsible for vulnerabilities and have contacted several browse developers. Chrome already has prepared the patchFirefox’s is in development – but it seems not exposed to the problem in the case of goal – Duckdugo has already solved it and Brave was not affected When using a lock list and when required explicit permission of user for communications with the premises. There is no information on the progress of the patch in Microsoft Edge, which was affected. And goal has deactivated that option without further ado. Although browsers have taken measures, they are late. Not because there is no solution or the code has been modified, but because goal has decided to stop using it without saying anything. Yesterday the Meta Pixel script stopped sending packages or making requests to localhost. The code responsible for sending that cookie _fbp, indicate in an update in this report, has been almost completely deleted. Why did this goal? There is a hypothesis about the implementation of this technique by the goal: it could be due to how Google was intended to get rid of third -party cookies in Chrome At some point in 2024. That would have affected companies as a goal, which perhaps would have reacted trying to collect that information with this technique to have a plan B if cookies disappeared. What says goal. In Xataka we have contacted those responsible for the goal in Spain, and we will update this information if we receive an answer. In The Register they indicate that after contacting the company, Meta has indicated that: “We are in conversations with Google to solve a possible communication error in relation to the application of their policies. When we are aware of the concerns, we have decided to pause the function while we work with Google to solve the problem.” What Yandex says. The Russian company has made comments about the problem. Speaking to Android Authority, they explain the following: “Yandex strictly meets the data protection standards and does not discourage user data. The function in question does not collect any sensitive information and its only objective is to improve the customization of our applications. After examining the problems … Read more

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT can also with it. And up to less money

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Mounting a gaming PC (or buying one that is already mounted) is a process that requires thinking well. Evidear we must measure the hardware that we will need or want, although this will depend on what we want to spend or what we hope to extract in terms of performance. To play 4K It is clear that you have to make a big investment, Although here it will depend on what we choose. If we look at NVIDIA graphics cards, prices for their range of range are very high. The same does not happen with AMD’s, even if we put your newly released on the table AMD Radeon ™ RX 9070 XTa graph with a lot of gross power capable of Move 4K games for much less. In fact, Neobyte has several complete equipment that we can acquire if we look for a PC from scratch. We have complete teams designed to play 4K Choosing an already mounted PC has many advantages. At the level of concern, the load is much lower: it is a team that comes ready to connect and play. Besides, They are very optimized equipment to perform at the maximumwhat is always a plus to take into account. These are some of those that have available Neobyte, ideal to squeeze what we want to 4K. NEO PC with AMD Radeon ™ RX 9070 XT and 1 TB of SSD The first of these teams that Neobyte has is this PC neo that, like the other that we are going to see on this list, is starring the AMD Radeon ™ RX 9070 XT. Obviously, the graph will always be what caught our attention, but it is not the only thing worth it (and much of this team). You just have to see your CPU, an AMD Ryzen ™ 7 9800x3D, a beast with which we are going to have Great performance even with heavy applications. To the above we must add 32 GB of DDR5 type RAMas well as a crucial SSD of 1 TB and a double fan liquid cooling system. All this is mounted in an ax90 antec box with a sober design, but where the RGB is not missing. It comes out by 1,998.99 euros (instead of 2,299 euros). PC NEO GAMING R7 9800X3D RX 9070 XT 32GB 1TB SSD * Some price may have changed from the last review PC neo with AMD Radeon ™RX 9070 XT and 2 TB of SSD We have this other PC neo as an alternative to the previous one. Actually, it is a very similar version in terms of its main hardware, since it comes both with an AMD Radeon ™ RX 9070 XT and graphic and with an AMD Ryzen ™ 7 9800x3d processor. There is a quite interesting change in storage, which although it is also of the crucial brand, In this case it is 2 TB. Two other changes at the design level. In this case, the liquid cooling is three fans, so it will be more efficient to maintain the temperatures of the processor at bay. The other change, perhaps the most striking, we have it in its box: in this case, it is a Corsair box 3500 Argb with a glass front and side. This comes out by 2,189.99 euros (instead of 2,398.99 euros). PC NEO GAMING RYZEN 7 9800X3D RX 9070 XT 32GB 2TB SSD * Some price may have changed from the last review We can also directly update our Gaming PC We may have a PC at home, one that even has A AM5 compatible plate and the most modern processors. In that case, what will interest us most is Acquire separate componentseither the processor, the graph or even both. Whatever our case, in Neobyte we can also find what we need. ASUS TUF GAMING AMD RADEON ™ RX 9070 XT OC Edition If we are looking for the AMD Radeon ™ RX 9070 XT, this Asus assembly can fit us perfectly. As usual, we are facing a graph with A quite minimalist design presided over by three black fans and a Backplate Rear very in the line with the brand logo. It should be noted that it is a model with 16 GB of VRM GDDR6, which implies that, in addition to power, it will also be a longest assembly. Thanks to this card, we will have it very easy to squeeze any 4K game without having to do without graphic adjustments. This card has a performance significantly higher than the previous generation of AMD graphics cards, and that without counting that Thanks to FSR 4 we will obtain improved performance. All of the above without forgetting that it is a card that comes with Overclock serial, Ideal to scratch a little more about it. It comes out by 819.90 euros (instead of 898.99 euros). ASUS TUF GAMING RADEON RX 9070 XT OC Edition 16GB GDDR6 – Graphics Card * Some price may have changed from the last review AMD RYZEN ™ 7 9800X3D If we have a plaque with Socket AM5 and we look for a powerful processor, AMD Ryzen ™ 7 9800x3D can fit us perfectly. It is one of the best processors that AMD has right now, one that has 8 nuclei and 16 threads Able to offer clock frequencies that go to 5.2 GHz. With it, we will not have any problem, even in heavy tasks or with many applications running at the same time. Another point to take into account this AMD CPU is that it has 3D V-Cache technologywhich allows it to have a much higher performance. Matching the same with a current GPU (either the AMD Radeon ™ RX 9070 XT or its base version), We will have a powerful and lasting computer not to have to worry for a few years. Its price is 519.89 euros (instead of 749.90 euros). AMD Ryzen 7 9800x3D – AM5 processor * Some price may have changed from the last review Some … Read more

be the Japan of Europe

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2024 has not been a good year for the Italians. Not at least if we talk about demography. Although the flow of immigrants has allowed him to soften the blow, the country has seen how its fertility rate fell to historical minimumsthe families continued to shrink, the average age of the population kept their escalation until approaching the psychological barrier of the 50 years and the exodus of citizens who decide to seek their future abroad increased 36%depriving the nation especially of qualified young people, something that It is already worried to its central bank. Italy It is not the only country that supports the icy winds of the Demographic winterbut his drift already threatens to turn it into the Japan of the old continent. Birth, downstairs. A few weeks ago the National Statistics Institute of Italy (Istat) public A global balance on the demography of 2024 that leaves a few joys and the occasional disappointment. The country closed the year with 370,000 births, bad news twice. First because it represents a decrease of 2.6% with respect to 2023 and aggravates the fall of its birth rate. Second, because it leaves its fertility index in historical minimums: 1.18 children per woman. The previous record, of 1.19, had been reached in 1995. A structural problem. For Istat that loss of babies is worrisome because it relieves more than a simple fall in the fertility index. In his opinion Boils with the loss of men and women of age of having children. “The relevance of the structural aspect is evident,” he warns. “If the female population of productive age (15-49 years) is considered, it has gone from 14.3 million EM January 1994 to 11.4 in January 2024”. In the case of men, the group in the same age strip has dropped from 14.5 million to just 11.9. Hence, the current fertility rate of 1.18 is much more problematic than that of 1995. 50 -year way. Another of the problems that Italy Lidia is the aging of its population, a phenomenon on which He has warned Also Eurostat. According to the Italian agency, at the beginning of 2025 the average age of the population that resides in Italy already was already 46.8 years, two tenths more than a year ago. The data that Eurostat draws an even more unfortunate panorama: they place the median age in 48.7 yearsthe second largest fact of the entire EU. It only exceeds Monaco, where it marks 50.5 years. The European mean It is 44.7. In Italy children (under 14 years old) represent 11.9% of the total and the population of working age 63.4%. Both stripes experienced setbacks in 2024, unlike what happened with the group of citizens who exceed 65 years: they suppose 24.7% of the total, four tenths more than a year ago. Among them also grow the octogenarians and nonagenarians. If nothing changes, There are those who calculate That in 2040 there will be five million people less in working age. THE OTHER CHALLENGE: The Exodus. Italy is facing another problem that has made the alarms of experts and authorities: Emigration. Last year 191,000 people left the country, 20.5% more than in 2023. Most of them, about 156,000, were also Italians who chose to look for life abroad, which represents a remarkable increase with respect to 2023. The rest (around 35,000) are Expats of other nationalities, such as the Romanian, who had been residing in Italy for some time and for one reason or another they decided to make their bags. Looking for life out. “They are forceful figures, although they could fall short according to some analysts, such as Federico Fubini, who recently published A column in Corriere in which he remembered that there are Italians who have abandoned the country without processing the change of residence, so the phenomenon could be greater. “More and more Italians opt for the path of self -determination and leave the country for situations that consider better,” Point out. In his opinion, the current migratory phenomenon is not comparable to that of the last decade, when the loss of population was basically motivated by the lack of employment in Italy. “Today there is and, instead, people, mostly young, will look for it in other places.” “Create opportunities”. That last nuance, that of young people who decide to leave, is fundamental. So much, in fact, that he has led the governor of the Bank of Italy, Fabio Panetta, to ask that measures be taken to retain talent and human capital. “It is necessary to create attractive employment opportunities for the many Italians who leave the country in search of better perspectives,” warned a few days ago in statements collected by Financial Times. The newspaper remember That between 2014 and 2023 they left the country more than one million Italians and more than a third of them were young people between 25 and 35 years old, many of them with university degrees. During that period they made the reverse journey (natives who choose to return) many less young. Of them only 50,000 had higher training. Istat himself calculates that the migratory balance of graduates has been negative, with a net loss of 97,000. A balance in red numbers. With 370,000 births and 651,000 deaths, Italy closed 2024 with a negative natural balance of 281,000 people. That loss managed to soften it in part thanks to the arrival of people from abroad. Although his flow fell with respect to the previous year, he remained at 435,000 (including about 53,000 repatriated), enough to compensate for the escape of Italians to other countries and leave a positive general migratory balance. The country fired the year with a census of some 58.9 million of residents. Japan’s example. Italy is not the only country that crosses demographic turbulence. In fact, Spain has reached a population record (49.1 million) It is thanks to the increase in the foreign population, which compensates for the decrease in the native. The puncture of birth and gradual aging are … Read more

The restoration of old photos has always been a challenge. This new AI model has just resolved it

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The ability of AI to generate texts, images or video have proven to be amazing, but there was still a problem that These systems were resisted: the one Restore old photos to leave them perfect. That has just changed with Flux.1 Kontexta family of generative AI models with a very special characteristic: instead of following the line of the traditional text-imagen models, Flux.1 Kontext generates in-conntext images: it is possible to use as prompt a reference image and a text (prompt) so that the combination is much more powerful. You don’t need to look at the camera. The AI ​​is able to generate an image of yours looking from the original (on the left) and even a smiling. Source: Black Forest Labs. The possibilities, as explained by Black Forest Labs – the startup that develops these models – are spectacular. It is possible to maintain the context – paids, faces, objects – to modify the rest of the image at our whim: it is enough to combine those reference images with more or less detailed prompts to obtain the desired result. What Black Forest Labs engineers did not say is that this same idea could be applied to an old need: the aforementioned Old photos restoration. It is enough to load any image damaged by the passage of time or for any other reason, and Flux will do a spectacular restoration work in just a few moments. An old woman (I will not say how much) mine: if I see her from afar the result is spectacular, credible. When I do zoom, somewhat more weird things begin to appear: the face somewhat more elongated, more “square”, the nose and forehead. It’s me, but it’s not me. It is possible to test the tool in the “Recreo Patio” (Playground) of Black Forestor in services such as Fal.AI. We wanted to try it in Freepik, the Spanish generative the AI ​​platform that from the first moment has given access to previous Black Forest Labs models and of course already available Flux.1 Kontext in their two modalities, Pro and Max. Real Madrid. Commonwealth Regional Championship, October 28, 1934. Source: Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain The results have really been striking, as can be seen in That old photo of the Real Madrid of 1934. The image headed by the article is a clear example, and here there are some details that are common in this generative model. Thus, it is possible to turn old photos into current photos that also have color and much more detail than the originals. It may even in portraits the result is similar but strange, artificial, or that traits of the person who make the result are somewhat shocking are modified. It happened for example with a Lincoln portrait obtained of the US Congress bookstore. Of course, that can end up being counterproductive. We have used a very simple prompt for this process: “Restore and Colorize This Image. Remove Any Scratches or Imperfections, Keep Fidelity”, but it is possible to adjust the results more if we introduce much more specific requests and prompts. Of course, miracles do not exist and if we zoom in the images, the problem of “hallucinations” applied to the generative image of images can arise. In the famous photograph of ‘Lunch atop a Skyscraper’ (Wikipedia) The detail of the original is scarce, so when AI tries to restore it, invents small details or features that are not. The result seen from afar, yes, is fantastic. Although Flux.1 Kontext fails to improve the definition of the image too much, sacrifices that level of detail to maintain loyalty, color and fix all the cracks of the original photo. Source: Reddit. The examples speak for themselves and demonstrate that the restoration of photos reaches thanks to this model a really spectacular quality, as happens in the photo of that family (Reddit). To get an idea of ​​the cost, each image restored with Flux Pro in Freepick costs 100 credits, and with a monthly subscription at its premium service (10 euros/month) 18,000 credits are achieved. Thus, 180 of these restorations for 10 euros, less than six cents per image. Other Black Forest Labs models are available in Github And they can be installed and used at home – ideal if you have a good GPU – but for now Flux.1 Kontext is not included in that catalog. We do not know if they will add it soon, but for the moment it is possible to experience for free with the model in services such as those mentioned. Without a doubt, a great option to perform this type of task. In Xataka | The 1900 Paris, in 4K all color: the restored videos that transport you to the 19th century

As of today, ATMs are also a revolution thing. Fintech launches its first physical network, and starts with Spain

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Which It started as a way to send and spend money Without commissions, a bank has ended up looking more and more. Revolutionwhich ten years ago was born in the United Kingdom as an app designed to simplify finances, it has become One of the most valuable Fintech in the sector. And his last play makes it clear: his own ATMs. Yes, ATMs. An idea that would have been difficult to fit in its early years, when it was unmarked from the traditional. But now it is a reality. The former will arrive in Spain, and not anywhere: the debut will be in the Spring Sound from Barcelonawhich starts today and extends until June 8. Spain, Revolution’s first physical laboratory. The company has chosen Spain to release its first physical product: a network of ATMs developed entirely in its Techhub in Barcelona. According to Revolution, the initial phase includes 50 terminals between Madrid and Barcelona, ​​which will be expanded until reaching 200 throughout the country. The former will be located at large points such as Avinguda Diagonal or Toledo Street, and can be located from the app by an interactive map. Barcelona’s choice is not accidental. The city not only houses one of the strategic development centers of the company, but also represents, according to the company itself, a key piece in its European expansion map. In fact, Revolution plans to take this network to other countries such as Germany, Italy or Portugal from 2026. Happy ATMs for a digital customer. The new ATMs do not look like the usual. They are designed with a modern interface, touch navigation, compatibility with contactless payments and multilingual support. They also offer functions designed to reduce friction: withdrawals without additional commissions for Revolution clients and immediate delivery of physical cards. Free withdrawals will be available both nationally and internationally and intra -Europe. For non -customers, the service will also be available “with a competitive commission.” In addition, Revolution plans to incorporate in the future the dynamic conversion option of currency (DCC), which will allow you to choose between the exchange rate of the emitter bank or that of Revolution at the time of withdrawal. And he will not remain in retired. The company also plans to enable cash deposits in later phases, thus expanding the range of accessible services from these physical points. The physical step of a 100 % digital experience. In the words of Manjot Bhati, Operating Partner of Revolution, “to launch our own ATMs network a decisive step in our mission of offering a truly global financial experience and without friction.” As we can see, with this movement, Fintech seeks to expand its footprint beyond the app. It is not a minor change. Revolut was born as a 100 % digital actor, without physical offices or windows. His commitment to their own ATMs suggests a new stage: one in which the physical does not contradict digital, but complements it. A stage where the cashier is no longer just an cash machine. We will have to see if this movement translates into a new success. Images | Aleksandrs Karevs In Xataka | Revolution is not just a threat to traditional banks. Now it is also for Teleoperators

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