Month: August 2025

The region with the largest energy deficit in Spain is staying data centers

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Spain is being filled with data centers. A report The Iberian Peninsula reveals from the real estate consultant CBRE has the interest of large technology companies. The fact is striking, but it is even more the fact that the great focus of these technology is in a region that a priori It would not seem ideal For these facilities: Madrid. Hyperscalers. The cbre study cited In five days It points out this unique concentration in Spain of various data centers projects of the so -called “hyperscales” (Hyperscalers). A Hyperscaler is a Mass provider of cloud services that operates a gigantic network of data centers distributed throughout the planet. Amazon is a good example of this type of companies, but there are more, and they all seem to focus their attention on the Iberian Peninsula. Big Tech bet on Spain … Elliot Zounon, responsible for the report, explained how “there is no investor, a large operator or technological that does not have in its strategic plans to establish its data center project in the Iberian market.” But especially for Madrid. Especially striking was the deployment of projects that indicated the current and future capacity expected in the Community of Madrid, and which amounts to a total of 203 MW. Some of the most important companies in the sector, such as Microsoft, Google, Oracle, IBM, Kyndryl or Ovhcloud have data centers in the community. Various projects with an investment of 23.4 billion euros Until 2028 they propose sensitive growth in this area, and it is expected that by 2026 the capacity of Madrid ascends at 222 MW. Madrid, near the “flap-d”. In the European Union this market has been dominated by the group called Flap-Dwhich is an acronym for Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris, to which in recent times Dublin has joinedwith a capacity of 328 MW. Madrid is part of the so-called Tier-2, a kind of “second division” of cities with a lot of capacity in data centers. The capital is ahead of Milan, Zurich, Berlin and Oslo, and is also in this Barcelona group, which occupies the tenth position of the TIER-2 with 42 MW installed. And the energy, what? This proliferation of data centers in the Community of Madrid is paradoxical, especially since it is the region that produces less energy from all over Spain and It depends almost completely on external supply. In 2024 Madrid produced 1,334 GWh, more or less the same as in 2021, while its annual electricity consumption in 2024 was of 27,487 GWh. Thus, the community concentrates 11% of the national electricity demand. Of course: Spain is becoming a real Power Exporter Powersomething that favors that role in Madrid as a focus of attention for the creation of future data centers. Emptied Spain produces, the big cities consume. The truth is that the situation of the Madrid energy deficit is logical if we take into account that it brings together a great population and industry density. Here, as in other great Spanish capitals, Energy inequality is clear: while energy occurs in much more depopulated regions – the example of Aragon with wind It is remarkable – that energy ends up taking advantage of in large cities. Our country He has opted very strong for renewablesbut Madrid is a separate case: for not, in Madrid There are no wind farms. Not everything is megawatts. The choice of Madrid not only depends on the gross megawatts, but also on a combination of intangible advantages that technological ones take into account. The capital concentrates interconnection nodes and a dense network of operators that facilitate the exchange of data traffic (something crucial for cloud services and AI applications). The presence of corporate venues also influences, as does the fact that logistics costs are reduced against remote locations that can have cheaper energy, but are more isolated in terms of network and services. The human factor. There is also the Welfa Market and its technical profiles. For companies, deploy infrastructure near where talent is compensated, and professionals in the sector They usually establish their residences in large cities like Madridprecisely because there and other capitals it is where the job offer is concentrated. The same happens in the case of that “first division” of large capitals with data centers in Europe. Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris also agglutinate that range of technical profiles. The risk of being an energy black hole. Its practically zero self -production converts the Community of Madrid into a kind of “energy black hole”: it absorbs resources generated far and depends totally on the strength of the Spanish network, which recently suffered a worrying one – although it is difficult to be repeated– General blackout. But. Even with that energy deficit, hyperscalars reach these agreements with long -term contracts (PPAS, Power Purchase Agreements), previous agreements with networks and even investments in renewables. The idea is to disconnect the location decision of these data centers where the local energy production is. Madrid must of course ensure its capacity for interconnection and supply – perhaps with network reinforcement if necessary – but energy production in Spain (even Pull energy in the trash) It is a guarantee for this type of facilities. Image | Kyndryl | Community of Madrid In Xataka | Spain was supposed to have a “antiapagones” plan. It has encountered an insurmountable obstacle: politics

Zamora and Ourense were only richer than the poorest provinces in southern Spain for pensions. And they are already losing them

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The pension system (and above all Your sustainability in the medium and long term) it may be a challenge for the State, but it is also a important economic engine. Retirees generate employment. And move wealth. Its weight is relevant especially in certain provinces of Spain emptied and depopulated in which those over 65 years of age come More than 30% of the entire population. The problem is that some points of the Spanish geography face A worrying threat: lose that last (and crucial) source of income. The reason is very simple: they lose more pensioners than they win. Spain, increasingly old. Spain ages. The average age of the population It has been increasing Throughout the last decades and if nothing changes it will continue to do so (at least) mid -21st centurya drift that arrives accompanied by a widening of the cusp of the population pyramid. And for sample A button: If in 1998 there were 8.63 million people over 60 years old in Spain, in 2022 there were already 12.57 million, 26.5% of the total census. The great paradox. If there are more elderly, it is normal to think that there will be more retirees charging pensions. And it is so, although with certain nuances. As remember Javier Jorrín in The confidential The situation is not the same in all regions of Spain, just as it has not been its demographic drift over the last years. And that in practice can lead to a curious phenomenon: that in a country in full aging there are provinces that begin to lose pensioners. What is the reason? A peculiar Sorpasso. In some provinces there are already more elderly that exceed the life expectancy (81.1 years for them, 86.3 for them) that workers about to retire, a mismatch that invites you to think that in not much time they will begin to lose pensioners. There are three province in fact that they already face that peculiar situation: Lugo, Ourense and Zamora. In all the population over 83, it exceeds the one that moves between 60 and 64. Why does it matter? For several reasons. The number of pensioners in these provinces still grows and the Galician Statistics Institute esteem For example, at the end of the next decade, the population over 65 years in Lugo will have increased sensitively, but there are certain signs that suggest that this increase will end up reversing. In 2039 In the same Galician province there will be 26,800 people between 60 and 65 years against 40,108 over 80 years. Something more than demography. That there are territories of empty Spain that face the perspective of winning less retirees than they lose is not a simple demographic curiosity. Pensions have become a key piece of the Spanish economy, especially of aging and depopulated regions. A study Recent of the University of Castilla-La Mancha concluded, based on data from 2021, that pensions paid to over 65 years Rondan 8% of GDP and his expense promotes the equivalent of 1.2 million of full -time jobs. Household Pilar. A few years ago CCOO developed another report that also revealed its weight in Spanish homes. According to union calculations, one in five Spanish households (21.6%) already depend on an economic level, to a greater or lesser extent, on a retired pensioner. “There are four million homes whose person and reference is retired,” The study concluded. The reason for that percentage? Both the increase in households formed by adults and “the precariousness of the working conditions of people of working age”, which explains that they rely on the resources provided by their retirees. With that data on the table there are Who already points that pensions have become the great source of solidarity towards unpopulated regions. A country with nuances. To understand the figures you have to take into account several keys. And especially the context. The number of pensions in the whole of Spain It has been increasing progressively over the last years and everything indicates that this trend will not be reversed. In spring the airf estimates that the total expenditure on pensions will grow more than 4% annual until 2040 promoted in part by the revaluation based on the CPI, but also the increase of pensioners. The really important thing is how that already withdrawn population is distributed and especially how it will do it as the Boomersa cohort that once starred in internal migration from Spain emptied to large population centers. In fact, while there are regions and provinces that lose inhabitants about to retire (60-64 years) in others their number grows at a good pace. A third key factor is the amount of the amount of the pensions themselves. Images | VLADA SARGU (UNSPLASH) and Philippe Leone (UNSPLASH) Via | The confidential In Xataka | Being your own boss has a price: an average retirement pension 657 euros lower than employees

The fastest can take a free lifting desk with the new Flexispot promo

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Those of us who work or study at home know how important it is to be comfortable. That happens to get us with A good chairYes, but there also has a lot to say the table. There they enter The elevable deskssome that allow us to adapt them to a different position according to our needs and that have more and more followers. What if you could take a free home? Flexispot, which has several very interesting in its catalog, has a new promo thanks to which one can leave free or much cheaper. We tell you more a little below, as well as we talk about one of its models, such as the following: E7 FLOW lifting table by 599.99 euros: The new Flexispot launch E7 Pro max by 419.99 euros: The best and most resistant of its class. E7 Pro lifting table by 369.99 euros: The intermediate option with good speed and resistance. E7 by 289.99 euros: A cheaper option for all types of users So you can get a free lifting desk with flexispot A strange promotion may sound, but it is not the first time that Flexispot launches a promo with which we can take home an elevable desktop totally free. Besides, you don’t have to do anything strange: It’s really easy. Although yes, we have to be very attentive. They will be only the day we will have to take advantage of this promotion: next August 26. That day, the first 15 clients can take home free. It is a limited promotion, but really all we have to do is be at 00:00 at night prepared for anyone to advance us. What if we do not reach this promotion? So, although evidently the promotion is not so juicy, we can benefit from A discount of up to 50%. This will be active two days (August 12 and 19) and will work in a very similar way, so it is better that we put on a reminder or an alarm on the mobile so that we do not pass. E7 FLOW lifting table We start with one that has just reached stores. It is called E7 Flow and comes to complete a line in which it will be placed as One of the best options. It has improved dual engines that make the transition and movements more fluid (it is also the fastest). In addition, it is the strongest of all (it supports 180 kg), it has a form of C and has both integrated cable tray and with a 6 output strip. Of 799.99 euros we have reduced by 599.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review E7 Pro max lifting table The E7 Pro Max lifting table is the best of its line and one of the best elevable desks we can buy. If we plan to mount a setup with a lot of equipment or with heavy monitors, it is ideal, since it has the capacity to load up to 180 kg. In addition, it is the best speed (35 mm per second). Right now we have it available on the flexispot page by 419.99 euros * Some price may have changed from the last review E7 Pro lifting table The second option is this two -legged E7. It does not support as much weight and the previous one (it reaches 160 kg), but still remains great in terms of stability and engines. It is designed so that we barely find out when it moves, since it does not reach 50 dB. Is reduced right now until 369.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review E7 If we want a high quality desk, but at an affordable price, this E7 fits us perfect. Supports up to 125 kg of weight and has A complete cable channeling system At the bottom, ideal for not having those annoying cables hanging that they are the objective of our pets. In addition, its movement is also very silent. It is reduced to the 289.99 euros. * 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 | Flexispot In Xataka | Better elevable desks: which to buy and six recommended models since 195 euros In Xataka | I have bought an lifting table to telework and exercise while: these are my advice and recommendations

The dramatic is not that Aemet doubts the measurement of 43ºC in the Aragonese Pyrenees: it is that the possibility

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The heat wave is leaving us some amazing records. And worrying, such as notices, oranges and reds (due to important risk and extreme risk respectively) due to temperatures that could exceed 40º today. It is striking, but it is not the strangest case we have seen these days. Broking the 43º? Undoubtedly one of the unique views during this heat wave is that of the municipality of Torla-Aordesa. According to the data compiled by the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet), the Pyrenean municipality station was placed between the three meteorological stations with higher maximums throughout the country: 42.9º Celsius yesterday, day 10. But there is a problem: perhaps everything was an error in the measurement. The data that could be consulted this morning through the agency’s website indicated that the daytime maximum at the Torla-Aorda station had been ascending in recent days: 41.3º on the 8th, 42nd on the 9th and, 42.9º on Sunday. In Xataka The Mediterranean temperature has dropped more than two degrees in less than two months. The worst: continues above the average Something did not fit. However, something did not fit. The fact that a station located at a height of 1,076 meters in the Pyrenees Oscense offered considerably higher readings than others located in its environment was certainly strange. As a contrast, the station Sabiñánigolocated something further south already 775 m, registered a maximum of 40.3º. That of Ordesa ParadorOrdesa and Monteperdido National Park, at 1,206 meters, registered a maximum of 36.9º; and that of Torla-Aordesa, the onion He collected 30.4 to 1,905 meters above sea level. A striking record. What is happening? Something did not fit and Aemet has taken measures and the latest data of the station are not available, which perhaps does not avoid certain confusion since the data had been reproduced in numerous media. The question is now what happening. From the Twitter account The North Meteo They offered a possible explanation, a non -conjunctural but structural. Through a threadthe account pointed out a few days ago that the location of the station, near a water treatment plant (a heat source) and the vegetation of the environment, could be affecting the station’s records. {“Videid”: “X8rsa6e”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “Why don’t we convert the salt water into sweet to combat drought?”, “Tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “294”} A heat wave. The data surprised some, but not everyone. After all, cone or without measurement errors, the province of Huesca and those of its surroundings are going through a complicated situation. We pointed out the more than 40º in Sabiñánigo, but this is not alone to exceed the temperature. As explained he HERALDO DE ARAGÓNFraga, Ballobar, or Sariñena are some of the localities that exceeded this temperature. For example, at the Cabdella Tower station, in the Leridano Pyrenees, at 1,273 meters, on Saturday, 32.8º were recorded; while In Isaba/leftto 838 and in Navarra, the maxims reached 38.4 on Friday and again on Saturday. The controversy shows us a background problem, and that is that the data has lost, at least, their ability to surprise us. In full heat wave and in a context of climate change it is difficult to be surprised by temperatures that in principle would seem crazy but that are less and less. The work of experts is doubly important in this situation, it is the human eye that allows us to realize the possible errors in the data. In Xataka | Every summer fires ravage to Spain. There is a usual guilty that goes unnoticed: old tractors Image | Turol Jones (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news The dramatic is not that Aemet doubts the measurement of 43ºC in the Aragonese Pyrenees: it is that the possibility It was originally posted in Xataka by Pablo Martínez-Juarez .

Those who are closing the door to the US F-35

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Last week he met A news of great size for what it meant in Europe: Spain had slammed the 50 f-35 fighter fleet that had applauded with the United States. The reasons: the commitment to a “European defense” and distrust of a military technology in which Washington has great influence, even After purchased The lot. It turns out that many more nations have joined the “initiative.” The advance: Spain. It We count A few days ago. Spain has chosen not to acquire the American hunt F-35 Lightning II from Lockheed Martin and will focus its future purchases on European manufacturing aircraft, specifically on the Eurofighter Typhoon And in the future system FCAS (Future Combat Air System) that develops with France and Germany. The measure, confirmed By the Ministry of Defense, it implies the indefinite suspension of previous contacts with the United States and aligns with a strategy of reinforce sovereignty European industrial and military. According to analysts like Richard Abouulafiathis decision fits with the widest goal of Europe to reduce its technological and productive dependence from abroad. A hunt in the center of another “war.” Now, the furtive F-35, a symbol of that military cooperation between the United States and its allies, has also become political objective For countries that seek to respond to Trump’s tariff and security policies. The last reaction occurred after the entry into force of a 39% tariff against Switzerland, which has led Swiss parliamentarians to ask for the cancellation of its $ 9.1 billion contract for 36 F-35signed in 2022 to replace its F/A-18 and F-5. This agreement, initially valued in 6,250 millionalready dragged tensions for inflation before the tariff shock. The controversy comes, in addition and as we said, after Spain will announce that discarded his “50” F-35, and in a context where other allies Like Portugal and Canada They have expressed doubts about the strategic reliability of the United States. NGF model and a remote operator in the 2019 Paris Aeronautics Hall Domino effect. Denmark He said recently that has regretted the purchase. Portugal, through its defense minister Nuno Melo, He has stressed That the predictability of the allies is a key factor when deciding on future fighters, while Canada, despite having compromised funds for the first 16 devices of an order of 88, studies European alternatives before the political climate. However, recent reports indicate that the Canadian military dome Keep doubting If complete the total acquisition. The discomfort has also reached Switzerland, where voices from the entire political spectrum ask to review or directly cancel His purchase, in line with the growing tendency to use the F-35 as a political lever against Washington. Hunting as a business. Although Switzerland represents an acceptable request, the global impact on Lockheed Martin’s business is, for now, limited: hundreds of F-35 are in service with the United States and allies, and the Pentagon plans to acquire about 2,400 to replace non -poacher fighters in the three branches of their armed forces. In 2024, JPMorgan estimated that the F-35 will mean the 25% of sales of Lockheed, with the aeronautics area contributing 41% of quarterly income. At the same time, other clients have expanded orders: United Kingdom (+12), Belgium (+11) and Denmark (+10), and the recent commercial agreement Usa-Eue contemplates massive American weapons purchases. F35 Cost and projection. The program, awarded to Lockheed in 2001, has suffered constant criticism For cost overruns, delays and an estimated total cost of 1.8 billion dollars throughout its useful life, including development, production, operation and maintenance. Despite this, the F-35 is still the combat option more advanced Available for United States allies and it is expected to form the backbone of the US fleet for decades, even while Boeing and the Pentagon develop The new generation F-47 with integration of autonomous drones. In real combat he has demonstrated his abilities, as in recent Israeli operations against objectives in Iran. “European” comparative. He Eurofighter Typhoon With which some countries project part of the substitution is a fourth generation versatile hunting, the result of a European consortium. For its part, the FCAS It aspires to be a sixth generation system with an entry into service planned by 2040. Although some experts consider the Eurofighter equal to or greater than the F-35 in pure air performance, they recognize that the F-35 has A clear advantage by plane and mission pack. In addition, Eurofighter production is much more limited and FCAS is still in the development phase, which raises challenges to meet demand if American platforms are dispensed with. Limitations and adjustments. In a hypothetical scenario, the exclusive dependence on European fighters would imply changes in the Structure of forces. The Spanish Navy currently operates Harrier AV-8b In its Aaeronaves, which will be withdrawn soon, the F-35B was the logical option to replace them with their short take-off capacity and vertical landing, something that neither the Eurofightter nor other European models offer. Without that option, Spain and those who follow them would have to redefine the paper of its aircraft carrier or adapt other solutions. At the interoperability level, giving up F-35 limits the ability to operate homogeneously with allies that use it as standard. Strategic value against alternatives. JPMorgan analysts point out that, despite criticism, the F-35 offers a significant capacity At a relatively competitive cost in the international market, which is why it continues to be imposed in competitions. Unmanned capabilities deserve investment, but they are still far from replacing a hunt such as F-35. This combination of operational power, interoperability with numerous allies and technological projection reinforces its position, although commercial tensions and diplomatic promoted by American foreign policy aim to continue undermining cohesion around its acquisition and, perhaps, to that Sorpasso “European” that in no case can occur in the short term. Image | Robert Sullivan, Christopher Ebdon, TIRADEN In Xataka | The F-35 not only costs a fortune, it has a button that Spain does not like. 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Ukraine has opened the most advanced Drone Kamikaze in Russia. Now they know what the key to their power is: nvidia

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For a while to this Ukrainian part has turned the opening of the different Russian drones confiscated or fallen in combat in the closest to research pieces to third parties. Thus they have revealed from hidden messages of the troops of Moscow, until The origin of the vast majority of technology components (with big surprises). It has also been known to what extent China is part of the war machinery. Now you have to add to a new and important actor: Nvidia. Drones with ia. We have gone counting: The drone war in Ukraine has entered into A new phasewith both sides competing for deploying systems endowed with artificial intelligence capable of Resist electronic interference and attack objectives autonomously. The chip. What has now known is that Russia, despite the sanctions that should prevent access to Nvidia hardware, has managed to incorporate Its powerful Jetson processors in several of the most advanced drones models, obtained by contraband in small lots and through third countries. These chips, fundamental in the development of AI due to their parallel processing capacity, allow to integrate advanced navigation, recognition and guided functions that increase lethality and reduce dependence on control links vulnerable to blockages. Nvidia and the technological basis. Nvidia, valued in more than Four billion dollars and around 85% of the global market From chips for AI, it produces both high performance units for data centers and Jetson compact plates for edge devices, including drones. The latter, low relative cost, They have demonstrated in competitions of 2021 and 2023 its capacity to defeat human pilots In FPV races, using only sensors and processing on board. The version Jetson Orincurrent standard in advanced drones, multiply by ten the power of your predecessor Tx2opening the door to autonomous navigation algorithms, detection of complex objectives and maneuvers such as swarm. Digital predators. In 2023 It was discovered that Russian drones Lancet, with 11 kg of weight and scope of 40 km, They used the Jetson Tx2 For automatic monitoring functions, increasing impact precision even if communication was lost. After an initial phase of problems in 2024, software improvements raised from 30% to 60% the percentage of impacts guided by AI. Forbes counted that the new generation includes three key models with Jetson Orin: the Shahed modified MS001that Combine Satellite navigation, thermal chamber and objective recognition; The V2Uof four wings and 40 km of reach, with navigation by comparison of land and sequential attack capacity in basic swarm, and the Tyuvika small version of the Shahed with 32 km of reach, designed to hunt moving vehicles and manufactured with commercial components. Capacities and limitations. The MS001, in addition to its autonomous navigation, can Identify and attack Objectives without depending exclusively on preprogrammed coordinates. The V2U, with a high -resolution camera, laser telemeter and digital modem, can Tour routes Looking for whites, although his discrimination is imperfect and has registered erroneous attacks. Your mode of teamworkdistinguishing drones by color marks and attacking in shifts, represents an advance towards the coordinated swarm. The Tyuvik, lighter, points to saturate defenses by low cost and mass production. In all cases, software and hardware are scalable and compatible between platforms, which allows to incorporate simultaneously the entire fleet. Strategic implications. No doubt, these advances bring the end of the drones not endowed with in high intensity environments. With software systems as Flir prism either Auterion Skynodenew functions (from air combat to advanced swarm) can be implemented quickly and with reduced costs. Hardware proliferation Like Jetsonaccessible in the global and difficult to control market, makes this technology “out of the bottle” and available for any state or non -state actor. On the Ukrainian front, where drone saturation marks the combat rhythm, the combination of flexible production, advanced AI and autonomous capabilities multiply the threat and redefine the balance in the Low Cota Air War. Image | UKRAINE MOD In Xataka | Ukraine has hunted an “invisible” drone of Russia. The surprise has been capitalized when opening it: it is “made in USA” In Xataka | Ukraine knocked a Russian Shahed drone and opened it. A hidden message has revealed Moscow’s advantage in electronic warfare

It is impossible to make money with her

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One of the things they have achieved, in quotes, the LLMS is bring the programming closer to users They don’t know how to program. It is no longer necessary, again, in quotes, to know programming languages to do simple things, but it is enough to give natural language instructions to a model and let it do its magic. This is what we know as Vibe Coding And there are startups dedicated to it, see Windsurf (now owned by Openai) and Anysphere, the matrix of Cursor. The problem is that the accounts do not come out. How does this work. Companies such as Cursor, Windsurf and Replit have become famous for the Vibe Coding. Basically, these offer access to a programming platform that, in the background, is based on the models of large companies of AI. In other words, Anysphere charges the user a subscription for accessing cursor and, in turn, pays Google, Anthropic and Openai for accessing Gemini’s API, Claude and GPT. Money, money, money. The problem that this business model has is that many costs do not depend on startup itself. On the one hand, AI companies are refining their new models to program better, See GPT-5. These models, in addition, are generally more expensive as we will see later, but the Vibe Coders They love them because the results achieved are better. Thus, the startups of Vibe Coding They are in the position of having to offer the best models (and therefore, the most expensive) without raising the price of the subscription and, at the same time, competing against the companies that create these models and that also have their platforms of Vibe Coding. Let’s think, for example, Claude Code (Anthropic) or Codex (OpenAI). In short accounts. When the product depends practically completely on third -party models, a change in the price structure can cause the startup not to face the costs. This is the case of Windsurf, a company Vibe Coding which was sold to OpenAI for 3,000 million dollars and that, according to slide from TechcrunchHe had very negative gross margins. There is an entire industry based on the idea that the prices of the models will go down, but the reality is different, at least for the moment. Prices of the latest Anthropic models | Image: Xataka The models are expensive. Accessing the Google, OpenAI and Anthropic models does not come out cheap. To give some data, and based on the basis that one million tokens are more or less 750,000 words, more than the three books of ‘The Lord of the Rings’: Opus 4.1 (Anthropic) It has a price Input/output of 15 and 75 dollars per million tokens, respectively. It is one of the most expensive models, but the most used to program thanks to its good results. For prompts of up to 200,000 tokens, Gemini 2.5 Pro (Google) It has a price Input/output of 1.25 and 10 dollars per million tokens. GPT-5 (OpenAI) It has a price Input/output of 1.25 and 10 dollars per million tokens. Openai has thrown prices with its new model, since GPT-4.1 cost 3 and 12 dollars per million tokens. If a company bases its business model on a subscription of $ 20 per user, it is quite likely to lose money with each of them. The best proof of this is the recent Pro change prices for cursorwhich since June 16 offers $ 20 per month of use of the large models of the invoices of API rates. Until that time, users could access 500 quick responses from the best models. The background reading is that offering broad access to the best models to program AKA to Opus 4.1 does not go to accounts. The options. The most obvious option is that the startup develops its own models to program, something that is neither easy, or fast. Moreover, these models would have to offer capabilities equal to or higher than those of OpenAI and company, companies with many more resources to iterate and improve rapidly. This would not be viable in many cases, but in the long run it would have a positive impact on costs. In that sense, Anysphere, the company behind cursor, is already working in Fusion, its own model. The second is to entrust to the idea that the price of AI models will go down over time, something that, for the moment, is not happening in general. OpenAi has taken steps forward With the launch of GPT-5whose price, as we saw before, has been reduced considerably. However, the trend is rather the opposite. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude 4.1 They are, without a doubt, models more expensive than their predecessors. The only exception, for the moment, is GPT-5 and we cannot do anything other than expect to see how prices evolve. Cover image | THISISENGINEING In Xataka | Customers demand that a human solve their problem. The surprising thing is that if they attend to them humans think they are an AI

In 1980 Europe manufactured 700 aircraft to fumigate crops. Now they carry guided air-air missiles to “fumigate” Russian drones

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After more than three years since the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the war has transformed many of the conceptions that had modern battles. We do not speak just about technological advanceswhere The drones and the AI They have become fundamental pieces that the rest of the powers will apply to their defenses, but also from that artillery mixture of the past where The ingenuity (Due to lack of resources) it has been equally key. The latestfarm planes. Another improvised defense. Yes, Ukraine has incorporated a new piece into its arsenal of improvised solutions against drones: an agricultural plane ZLIN Z-137 AGRO TURBO MODIFIED To carry missiles Aire-Aire R-73one under each wing. This apparatus, normally used for crop fumigation, retains its civil aircraft silhouette, but It has been repainted With a military gray scheme and white stripes in the rear fuselage to reduce the risk of friendly fire. The video which shows its flush flight over a Ukrainian cornless does not require date or place, but confirms that the country continues to take advantage of resources available to reinforce its air defense. Designed in Czechoslovakia as a turboproproproprobous evolution of the Z-37 čmelák, the Z-137 entered into service in the 1980s and were manufactured More than 700 unitswidely used in the eastern block. The exact amount that could be available for Ukraine is uncertain, as well as the operational state of this armed specimen. The R-73 missile and its role in hybrid systems. He R-73called AA-11 Archer by NATO, is a short-range missile with high maneuverability infrared search engine and ability to hook whites up to 75 ° outside the front axle with the help of hull viewers. His Maximum range It is about 30 km against front and 14 km targets against whites in pursuit. Ukraine has reused him in multiple improvised platforms known Like Frankensamincluding land systems such as The serioushawkvehicles Osa antiacera Modified and Naval Drones Be dragon. The integration in the Z-137 seems to use APU-73, although no external sensors are observed, which suggests that the pilot would have to maneuver to place the objective within the field of vision of the missile, or that the installation of a flir system for day and night operations is contemplated. The connection of the plane to the National Surveillance Network, with radars, observers and acoustic sensors, would allow to receive Radio or Digital Link data For interception. Additional loads and future adaptations. In addition to missiles, the device shows cylindrical deposits or containers In internal supports whose function is not clear. They could be remains of their agricultural function, supplementary fuel tanks, weapons pods or auxiliary equipment. Its structure could adapt to other missiles already delivered to Ukraine, such as British Asraam, Sidewinder Americans or even AIM-9X latest generation. This versatility makes it a test bench to integrate weapons into platforms not originally designed for air combat, maintaining a low cost and a quick deployment. Tactical function and limitations. A plane of this type, although much slower than a hunt or an attack helicopter, could serve as “air picket” In specific areas, patrolling sectors where drone activity is foreseen and reacting to low -cost incursions for the enemy. Its limited speed reduces the ability to intercept multiple objectives at a great distance, but in delimited areas its presence It could be decisive. Operations of this type would be complemented with other media, from mobile equipment with machine guns and spotlights to complexes Patriot systemsusing each resource according to the threat detected. Strategic context and value in the wear war. Plus: the adaptation of Z-137 reflects the constant pressure that Ukraine suffers to defend against a high volume of Russian drones, especially The Shahedand the need to allocate the most advanced anti -aircraft systems to threats of greater entity. Faced with the shortage of modern batteries, these improvised solutions serve as a containment force, maintaining a balance between cost and effectiveness. The ability to build civil platforms with military missiles demonstrates a high degree of operational and technical flexibility, and emphasizes that in a prolonged war the war Inventiveness and speed of adaptation can be as decisive as technological sophistication. International precedents and parallels. Finally, we must remember that the use of agricultural aircraft for military functions is not exclusive to Ukraine. The United States Air Force recently introduced The OA-1K Skyraider IIa militarized version of Air Tractor at-802although with a different role and even in definition. Both in this case and in the Z-137 Ukrainianthe central idea is to take advantage of simple and resistant platforms as armament vectors, something that Russia has also tested with rudimentary solutions such as fixed weapons under slow aircraft wings. A trend that reflects A global pattern: In a scenario where drone threats proliferate, even aircraft designed for agricultural tasks can become armed hunters. Image | X, VITALY V. KUZMIN In Xataka | Russia has had an idea to make your kamikaze drones more lethal: launch them on Ukraine at 500 km/h In Xataka | Russia’s most advanced nuclear submarine was a secret. Until Ukraine has revealed everything, even his failures

His chip for Ia H20 is being boycotted

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Nvidia survival in China is being complicated day by day. As we have explained During the last two weeks, the administration of the cyberspace of China, known as CAC for its denomination in English (Cyberspace Administration of China), is thoroughly investigating The H20 GPU of Nvidia. This institution is the main Internet regulatory body in China and is responsible for the censorship and control of the contents published in the Network, the supervision of technology companies and compliance with the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law. The problem that Nvidia faces is that The CAC has decided to investigate it Because he suspects that the H20 chip could incorporate a rear door of difficult location by Chinese experts. If so, the possibility of China to use this GPU could be possible. While the final resolution of the CAC arrives, voices are being raised in this Asian country that urge Chinese clients in Nvidia to stop buying the H20 GPU due to the risks that presumably leads to its use for the Chinese state. And it is not any voices. Just a few hours ago a media linked to the Central Chinese state chain Television has loaded against Nvidia: “When a chip is not ecological, or advanced, or sure as consumers we have the option of not buying it.” David reber Jr., Nvidia Security Director, published last week An article in the blog of this company entitled “There are no rear doors in the Nvidia chips. There are no deactivation switches. There are no spy software” in an obvious attempt to defend the company’s reputation and appease the growing distrust that faces in China. All against Nvidia The Chinese government He is urging Chinese companies that are dedicated to the development of large models of AI to use in their servers integrated circuits of Chinese origin. And his campaign already begins to bear fruit. The Stepfun company, which belongs to Tencent Holdings; Infinigence ai; Siliconflow, from Huawei; Metax; Biren Technology; Focus me; Iluvatar Corex; Cambricon Technologies and Moore Threads, which are some of the strongest Chinese companies in the development of chips for AI, They have constituted an alliance who seeks to stop Nvidia. The alliance for innovation in the model-chips ecosystem seeks to stop Nvidia in China The alliance for innovation in the model-chips ecosystem, which is what this organization is called, represents an important step in this direction. Nvidia has in its favor the mass implementation of CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) in the AI projects that are underway, but The panorama is already starting to change. This technology brings together the compiler and development profits used by programmers to develop their software for NVIDIA GPUs, and replace it with another option in the projects that are already underway it is a problem. Huawei, who aspires to an important portion From this market in China, it has Cann (Compute Architecture for Neural Networks), which is its alternative to CUDA. However, this is not the only asset in the country governed by Xi Jinping. Moore Threads It is one of the Chinese companies that are dedicated to the production of hardware for which companies aligned with the interests of the US and its allies cannot sell software or advanced equipment. Although it is very young (it was founded in 2020) it has something very important in its favor: its founder is Zhang Jianzhong, former general manager of the Nvidia subsidiary in China. Moore Threads has developed several GPU for AI applications that, on paper, rival some of the advanced solutions that have placed in the Nvidia, AMD or Huawei market. However, this company has something else: a software package with which it pursues Finally break the domain of CUDA. Muse calls itit is compatible with its range of MTT cards and incorporates a compiler, execution libraries, specialized libraries and code purification tools. However, this is not all. On paper its most attractive capacity for China is that it allows to reuse the code written in CUDA. Image | Nvidia More information | Reuters | CNBC In Xataka | The US gives Huawei a great opportunity: to get its new chip for AI with the Nvidia market in China

It seemed that GPT-5 was going to be a resounding success. Until too many people missed GPT-4o warmth

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GPT-5 has not fallen standing. Forbes He collects user testimonies with name and face that, as they count, they cried when they learned that GPT-4O was being removed from the chatgpt model selector. And friends who vomited. What has happened. OpenAI GPT-5 launched on Thursday And he eliminated the previous models, including 4th, with no option to go back. Another very popular model also died, the O3 reasoner. GPT-5 apply reasoning or not, and choose more or less advanced specific sub-models, depending on the consultation and whether the user pays a lot, little or nothing. The answer was immediate and 24 hours later Sam Altman himself had to calm the masses saying that They were valuing to return 4th to the subscribers plus. In X and Reddit came the threats of cancellation of the subscription. Why is it important. This reminds us of an awkward truth of AI: technical performance is not everything. Many users have developed emotional links with specific models. With his tone, his rhythm, his way of “thinking.” GPT-4O I was reputed to be warm, conversational, playful. Openai had scheduled it with an “excessively flattering” personality, as they admitted later. A butler. GPT-5, designed to be less “servile” and more as “a useful friend with doctoral intelligence,” has been cold and mechanical for some. Between bambalins. The launch had more problems. The automatic routing system-which decides if an answer needs more time to “think”-failed for hours, causing GPT-5 to seem “much more dumb,” Altman said. There are also the already famous cheat graphs: during the presentation, Openai used poorly made data visualizations, with higher bars for minor values. The contrast. Something striking: OpenAi presumed improvements in reasoning and programming by pulling Benchmarksbut many users regretted the loss of something intangible: the emotional connection. The one that many have developed with concrete models and therefore makes it difficult for them to fit their loss: Openai made GPT-4O write his own obituary during Thursday’s presentation, something that his enthusiasts did not like. A few days before, hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco To celebrate the funeral of Sonnet 3model retired by Anthropic a few days ago. And now what. Altman has promised to duplicate the limits of use for Plus users and improve transparency on which model each consultation responds. The CEO has acknowledged that “they underestimated how much people imported some things that they like in GPT-4O, although GPT-5 works better in most aspects.” Admission, but with recoven. The long-term availability of GPT-4O will depend on the real use that users give it. For now, Plus subscribers have the best of both worlds: GPT-5 for maximum capacity, GPT-4o for when they want a voice that is more familiar and pleasant. Openai has learned a lesson for the bad ones: a great technological can hardly change something with which millions of people interact daily without causing a rebellion. Especially when they develop a personal relationship with that technology. Outstanding image | Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio In Xataka | Good news, you don’t have to choose model using GPT-5. Bad news, it is GPT-5 who chooses it without notifying you

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