Month: September 2025

Europe has filled with Stellantis cars that are not sold. And Madrid and Zaragoza will pay the consequences

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Zaragoza and Madrid will suffer a temporary stop in vehicle production. This has been confirmed to us from Stellantis, who we have asked about the rumored machine stop in six European floors. With a stock that is not giving out, the company does not want to return to past times. Temporary. That is the makeup: a temporary stop. Although we have asked in Stellantis about stops distributed throughout Europethe company has only confirmed in our case those related to Madrid and Zaragoza. Nor have we been offered data on when and how long these stops will take place. If it is confirmed that the company for the Poissy factory, which produces the DS 3 and Opel Mokka, from October 13 to 31, 2025, according to the French media Echos. In Bloomberg They expand the stop to the Italian Pomigliano factory where the Alpha Romeo Tonale and the Fiat Panda are manufactured. There are already four confirmed plants but in the French media it was ensured that the strikes could affect up to six European factories. Spain. What is manufactured in our country? In Madrid, Stellantis produces the Citroën C4y C4 X, as well as its completely electric variants. For its part, in Zaragoza produces the small electric electric. That is, Los Lancia Ypsilon, Opel Corsa Ey Peugeot E-208. In addition, it had recently confirmed that the B10 Leapmotor would arrive in Spain and, everything indicates, should land in Zaragoza. The one that will not stop is the Vigo plant. There Stellantis produces the commercial vehicles of Peugeot and Citroën, as well as the 2008 Peugeot and its completely electric version that takes advantage of the lines of the electric vans. The stock. Stellantis’s intention is to reduce the stock of his stores. The company has long dealt with its stores at a healthy level. In fact, during The last call with shareholders Following the middle of the year results, the message was sent that the company had maintained a “strong discipline in inventories after the corrective actions of 2024” and that it is “maintaining that discipline throughout 2025”. These messages are not causal. The company has been dealing with an enormous overstock, especially in the United States. So much so that in that market some of their concessionaires came to accumulate so many fiat 500 electric that ended give them away to take them off. The company does not want to be in a similar situation but some of its products are becoming outdated and are increasingly complicated to sell. That is why the production of cars such as the Alfa Romeo Tonale or the DS3, which do not reap good results. A serious problem. In your latest results reportStellantis confirmed that the network has more than 1.2 million cars without selling. Of these, 300,000 are possession of the group but there are more than 900,000 cars distributed by independent dealers to those who have not given exit. In Europe, in addition, this inventory has grown by 7% compared to 2024 because products to the available cars portfolio have been added. Among the data maremagnum, he emphasizes that Stellantis has produced fewer cars but his margin has also collapsed. If we talk about Europe, the company had already reduced its production in about 100,000 units but its benefit for the sale of these cars has collapsed at 2,000 million euros, because of discounts to sell vehicles in stock, low sales and the obligation to repurry units set on the market. Sales. In that last fact, sales were made. At the end of August, According to AceaStellantis has reduced its sales by 8.9%. And what is worse, the rivals eat ground because their market share has gone from 17,%to 15.9%. The reorganization in the portfolio of its range leaves us dramatic falls in what we have been. For example, Opel, its third best selling brand, falls 11.8%. Fiat, its fourth best brand, falls 19%. Lancia, which only has the electric ypsilon, falls by 72.8%. And the electric? When it was confirmed that Zaragoza was going to continue receiving electric cars, Like the Leapmotorwe already explain that the news can be seen from two perspectives that seem contradictory. The optimistic is that Zaragoza will manufacture the electric cars of Stellantis, which should guarantee the future of the long -term factory, especially if we take into account that, together with CATL, the company will raise a battery production plant To nurture your lines. This should be the confirmation that the bet is very serious. The pessimistic is that although the small electric car Sales should increase (especially if manufacturers want to meet the maximum limits set and flee) They will have to put these cars on the market. But, for now, they continue to demand certain complications from their owners and, therefore, they are being more complicated to sell even if they lower their prices. And a financial situation … difficult. To all of the above we must add what we have already counted a few weeks ago. Stellantis is going through a complicated moment in some decisions made by Carlos Tavares in the past. His commitment to the multienergy platform has forced the company to make great efforts to develop the Stla Medium and Small. Those economic results are still green. But, in addition, they have gotten into investments such as hydrogen and two electricity cars that They have been canceled. In total, 3.3 billion euros in the trash. Photo | Stellantis In Xataka | Before developing a pile of hydrogen or competing with Chinese electric, Stellantis has chosen a third way: surrender

Its price is authentic bargain

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Although nothing has to happen to navigate normally online, the truth is that there are risks. More and more frequently, we can see How cyber attacks are produced Or appear different spy softwaresome that are very difficult to detect and can end up taking our most sensitive information. Use A VPN is A very interesting solution to win in security And this Surfshark is one of the cheapest we can find: it only costs 1.99 euros a month. Surfshark Starter Subscription – Monthly The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Paying or using our data on the Internet is safer with a VPN A VPN is a very practical tool that we can use for a ton of things. It is true that there are free options on the Internet, although they have mainly two problems: They are not all the safe that one would expect And its operation is slow. For this reason, investing in one payment as surfshark is a good idea (and more, taking into account how little it is worth). Imagine what you are going to pay in an internet trade. These usually have their own safety so that their clients’ data is not filtered, but there is the possibility that your internet traffic suffers an attack and that data ends in bad hands. Use a VPN Carry all your data for an encrypted tunneleliminating that danger from the equation. This surfshark VPN can be installed on all the devices you want simultaneously. In addition, the Starter Plan (the most economical the company) not only includes a VPN, but also comes with another tool called ALTERNATIVE ID. It allows you to create fictitious data that you can use to register on pages that you consider not sure. The Starter Plan, as we have said above, has a price of 1.99 euross per month. That means that 2 full years of service cost only 47.76 euros, a quite attractive figure if we take into account everything it offers. All without taking into account that, in addition, Includes three extra service of serviceso we will be enjoying Surfshark 27 full months. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Surfshark In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public wifis and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | The best solutions to protect your data and your company’s computer equipment

two out of three kilos of cinnamon that are imported to the EU have problems

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In 2022, the European Commission He did a study about the most popular spices on the market. The radiography was bleak: the fraud was the order of the day. Moreover, it was something extremely common. We talk about pepper, cumin, turmeric the saffron or paprika. That was a huge scandal and the same commission asked the Member States to reinforce the controls. What happened next can not surprise anyone. Let’s talk about cinnamon. In 2023, cinnamon was the fifth most imported spice in La Unión. In recent months, the commission science and knowledge service (The Joint Research Center) analyzed more than a hundred samples of cinnamon marketed in a dozen countries of the European Union. The result? More than 66% of the samples analyzed They have problems. What happens to them? Either they violate the international quality regulations or the food security legislation of the European Union. Some present indications of fraud, others a high amount of lead and some more exceed the legal limits of coumarin (a substance that, although natural, is potentially toxic to the liver). That without having fraud, of course. Up to 9% of the samples labeled as Canela de Ceilán were totally or partially replaced By Canela de Cassia, “a cheaper and lower quality alternative, with a stronger flavor and that contains cumarina naturally.” What we can do. That is the worst. Judging by the results of the JRC, we can do little with the media we have right now. “The type of irregularities detected in cinnamon, including fraudulent practices, is diverse and cannot be addressed with a single analytical technique, so standardized methods are needed,” The commission says. Taking the problem seriously, leading to take action on the matter. Above all, because the high rate of irregular samples of cinnamon in the European market indicates that “all actors in the sector, from political leaders to control laboratories and manufacturers, must pay attention.” Image | Michael Collett In Xataka | It seems honey, it smells like honey, it knows honey, it is not honey: the fraud in the imports that it ravages to Europe

The Qualcomm CEO confirms that in 2026 we will finally see a Android -based laptop

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Does (many) years that I am clear that the smartphone would end up becoming our next PC. The idea is not new, and we saw almost mythical attempts like that of the Motorola Altrix In 2011 or that triumphal failure of the Ubuntu Edge. Google ends up confirming that something like this is what we will see in 2026, because attention, it will be then when we can see the first Android -based PCs. “I’ve seen it and it’s incredible”. The indications About this possibility they carry producing from years agobut yesterday Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, maintained a brief talk with Rick Osterloh, responsible for the Google Hardware Division. The latter spoke of that imminent convergence Between the smartphone and the PC and how the company was working on it to what Amon replied with a “I have seen it and is incredible.” Osterloh smiled, which was an unequivocal sign that this launch was close. Now we know how much. PCs with Android in 2026. Sameer Samat, responsible for the Android ecosystem, confirmed the project at the end of the Qualcomm Conference, and stressed that this project “is something we are super excited for next year.” It will therefore be in 2026 when we see the first devices that will be governed by Android. And Chromeos, what? Although in Samat’s statement this manager claimed that the company is still “super compromised” with Chromeos, the reality is that the launch of an Android “desktop” can threaten the future of its traditional bet. Does anyone remember the Ubuntu Edge? Portables with Gemini to attack. In his words, what has been learned on the Android tablets and in the laptops with chromeos gives them an important opportunity to “accelerate the advances of ia that we are doing in ia in Android and take that to the form factor of the laptops as fast as possible.” The idea seems clear: to have a convertible that takes advantage of the entire Android ecosystem and that also has the advantages of Gemini, the Google AI model that is already an integral part of the Android -based smartphones. What chips will rule them? The fact that the announcement has occurred during the Qualcomm event seems to indicate that these teams will be based on processors such as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The Snapdragon Summit that Qualcomm is celebrating in Maui has allowed us to know both those components and the promising Snapdragon Elite X2 Elite/ExtremePCs oriented with Windows. Even so, everything is still unknown. A response to economic macbook. It is curious, but this announcement occurs a few weeks after we knew an interesting rumor: Apple’s intention launch “an economic macbook” Probably based on the A18 Pro. We would be here before a macOS -based team, and on Google and Qualcomm seem to have a response for that type of product. 2026 is presented as an interesting year for this type of devices. Samsung Dex has been teaching us for years. Google’s project is not entirely new, above all When we consider Samsung Dex allowing Use our Samsung smartphone like a PC Thanks to a versatile desktop mode. Other manufacturers such as Huawei offer the same, but the idea has never arrived officially Android mobiles despite advances that have been produced sporadically. Google has not made it clear if this desktop mode will also reach our smartphones in addition to being able to govern those future portables, but it seems reasonable to think that this option is on the table at last. In Xataka | Convergence is the future: smartphone as desktop PC

If the question is why the US wants to rescue Argentina with a fortune, the answer has two ingredients: China and Lithium

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Argentina entered again in Turbulence zone Despite the drastic fiscal and monetary adjustment of Javier Milei. A bulky defeat in provincial elections, the erosion of support in Congress and a corruption scandal that splashes their surroundings fired the doubts of the investors, forced sales of reservations by More than 1 billion of dollars in three days to defend the exchange band and approached the weight to the lower limit of the corridor. And then he The United States appeared With a briefcase under your arm. American help. Yes, the reaction was a political-financial turn of Washington: the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent, defined Argentina As “systemically important ally in Latin America” ​​and announced that “all options” were on the table to stabilize the markets, an explicit wink to the “whatver it Takes” of Mario Draghi in 2012. The message, a priori, had immediate effect on prices and expectations, but opened a greater debate about the scope, incentives and the risks of such support. What has been promised and how. The United States Treasury discusses a swap line with Buenos Aires of 20,000 million of dollars with the Central Bank and the possibility of buying sovereign debt in dollars from Argentina, in addition to making direct currency purchases if the conditions justify it. The operational tool would be the so -called Exchange Stabilization Fundwith wide discretionary margin to intervene in foreign exchange and assets, used in 1995 To help Mexico. Besent added that the treasure “is prepared” to acquire bonds and offer backup credit. Trump himself, after meeting with Milei, affirmed that will help, although he said “I don’t think they need a rescue,” framing assistance as access to “good debt” and market liquidity. In parallel, Milei sought internal oxygen suspending temporarily Grain export taxes to accelerate the flow of commercial dollars, while keeping operational, although partially activated, The swap line With the Popular Bank of China (18,000 million, of which about 5,000 are active). The small print. The announcement acted as a short circuit: The peso bounced, the 2029 and 2035 bonds recovered between 6 and 7 cents and the yield of 10 years in dollars fell from 17% to ~ 15%. Great managers They celebrated the signalunderlining that it provides a “critical window” to the legislative. However, investors requested details: effective volume, deadlines, conditions and intervention triggers. The Treasury He has suggested Absence of “conditionality” added to that of the IMF, but the practice usually imposes safeguards. In “House”, the package faces resistance: Criticism in Congress American questions to allocate emergency funds to sustain the currency and assets of a third party, with the political risk of being perceived as a lifeguard to Trump’s personal ally. Strategic reasons: why. The Analysts coincide With a clearly geopolitical reason: reduce dependence Argentina from China in financing, swaps and access to critical minerals Like lithiumand strengthen an openly government Pro-Mercado and aligned With Washington. The second It is financial: Prevent an episode of regional systemic instability due about 35% of the living support of the background on a global scale. The third may be of global signal: reaffirm the capacity of the United States to stabilize emerging markets with sovereign instruments, projecting financial power in a context of strategic competence. And the fourth, more tactical, purely electoral: Prevent short -term stress Extra ball: Meme politics. An added, less economical and more symbolic factor is politics turned into “Meme”. Just like Bukele He built prisons In El Salvador for ICE deportees as a gesture to Trump, Milei has earned a place within the magician imaginary in the United States for Your incendiary stylehis rejection of the establishment and His libertarian rhetoric. Under that prism, the current White House is willing to hold it because it embodies a political-cultural ally More than institutional, if you want to also, a kind of entry between “politically incorrect countries” that lend mutual support. If instead of Milei will govern A classic Peronista rescue of this size would have hardly been articulated, although, paradoxically, Trump shares with Peronism more related features than with the libertarian ideology that Milei proclaims. Lithium site A NAFTA as a counterpart. It We have counted before. Another angle to consider is the possibility that the financial rescue serves as prelude to an eventual Free Trade Agreement Between the United States and Argentina, a play that would fit with the interests of both parties. For Washington, it would be a way to shield access to strategic raw materials under a stable institutional framework and without the threat that Beijing capitalizes them through state investments. For Milei, a NAFTA with the world’s first economy would be political and economic support Of enormous value, with the ability to attract private capital, reduce financing and consolidate its image of “reliable partner” within the western block. The scenario, which is known, is not formally at the table, but the background of the rescue makes it a plausible possibility: the United States does not usually move chips of this magnitude without also binding long -term commercial commitments. The Argentine structural problem. The Financial Times counted This week that “shock therapy” stopped hyperinflationary drift, but the economy is still caught in A monetary duality that makes the system dependent and vulnerable to twists of feeling: each capital output realizes distrust in the peso and forces expensive defenses with few reserves. In this framework, the discussion about dollarization returns to the center: Milei champied her In campaign, then postponed it for its costs (loss of monetary policy, impossibility of adjusting by exchange rate and binding external cycles), but broad support from the United States could reopen it. Regional experience (Ecuador) and The European They teach to enter is easy and get almost impossible. Without tax reforms, productivity, exchange regime and institutional credibility, assistance can become a expensive and ephemeral patch. China and Treasures. As we said, the “nuclear” aims to remove Buenos Aires from the Chinese orbit in the dispute for strategic resources. The lithium of the “triangle” that integrates Argentina, … Read more

characteristics, price and technical file

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We have a new and promising project of the Raspberry Foundation. Your responsible They have just presented he Raspberry Pi 500+an integrated minipc on a keyboard that among other things is a given tribute to the ZX Spectrumto the COMMODORE 64 and to the rest of the microorganizers of the 80s. We have a striking successor of Raspberry Pi 500 that has now been renewed really spectacularly with a mechanical keyboard and internal components that make it a promising work team for modest scenarios. We are of course before a unique iteration of that project that amazed us with the famous computer of 25 dollars Nothing less than 14 years ago. Let’s know it more closely. Raspberry Pi 500+ Technical Card Raspebry Pi 500+ Processor ARM Cortex-A76 Quad-Core 64 Bits at 2.4 GHz GPU VIDEOCORE VII GPU Memory 16 GB LPDDR4X-4267 SDRAM Storage SSD 256 GB M.2 Wireless connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0 Ports 2 x USB 3.0 (5 Gbps) 1 x USB 2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Gpio 40 pins 2 x HDMI (4K60) Others Mechanical keyboard Profile switches under Gateron KS-33 Blue Interchangeable keys Release date 09/25/2025 Price 204 euros Welcome, mechanical keyboard The Raspberry Pi 500+ is, as its name indicates, a supervitaminated version of the model that was launched a few months ago. Its main novelty is that instead of a membrane keyboard this model integrates all components of the Raspberry Pi 5 In a unique mechanical keyboard. Said mechanical keyboard is available with several keyboard maps-including Spanish-and makes use of Gateron KS-33 blue low profile switches. According to those responsible, we are facing Switches with long tours and rapid performance for a great typing experience. Not only that: the keyboard has a Programmable LED Retroilumination System. We can choose any of the predefined backlit profiles or even configure ours. The keys are interchangeable, and in fact with the equipment the tool is included to remove those keys to place other dystittas on each switch. Although the main chip and connectivity do not change, memory and storage do. In the Raspberry Pi 500 we had 8 GB of RAM and there was no SSD by default – we could add it. In this Raspberry Pi 500+ the idea is to be more ambitious, and we have at our disposal 16 GB of RAM and an SSD M.2 unit of 256 GB. That is great news to be able to take advantage of this minipc precisely as that: the margin of maneuver offered by the team to be able to use it as a work team with operating systems such as Raspberry Pi os os – a great and functional Variant of Linux – is thus much broader. His predecessor, the Raspberry Pi 400it was already a surprising product, but that heart Raspberry Pi 5 guarantees a much more fluid experience in this regard. The connectivity is secured again in a team that retains the same bet as its predecessor. Thus, we have two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port, the almost mythical 40 -pin Gpio connector and two micro HDMI ports. We have Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0 and also a Gigabit Ethernet connector. And as always, all fed by a 5 V adapter that connects to the USB-C port. Versions and price of Raspberry Pi 500+ The new raspberry pi 500+ is now available In the official Raspberry Pi store and in commercial partners. Its official price is 200 dollarsand in Spain we have already seen it available by 204 euros. More information | Raspberry Pi

You can reserve them by taking discounts and a gift

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After a long waiting time, Xiaomi has presented the new generation of one of its most popular mobile ranges. The Xiaomi 15t and Xiaomi 15t Pro They have arrived at the official store in style: they do not include a television as last year, but They come with discounts and a gift. This is how Xiaomi money earns – they attract you and catch you Xiaomi 15t The most economical model of the generation is the Xiaomi 15T that presents certain characteristics the sea of ​​interesting. On the one hand, assemble a 6.83 -inch screen with 1.5K resolution and 120 Hz refreshment rate. On the other, its processor is the MediaTak Dimensity 8400 Ultra. Its battery is 5,500 mAh and supports 67W fast charging and is available in two storage settings (256 GB, 512 GB). In addition, Xiaomi has the Leica collaboration For the photographic section. When buying it from the official store you can select a coupon of 100 euros For new users. It is located on the official page And you have to select it before processing the purchase. In this way, it would stay by: Xiaomi 15t (256 GB) + Redmi Pad 2 Pro (only in some stores) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Xiaomi 15t Pro The newest mobile of the new generation is the Xiaomi 15t Pro, a smartphone that does not vary too much in design with respect to its little brother. Its screen is 6.83 inches and also offers a 1.5K resolution, but instead in this case the refreshment rate reaches the 144 Hz. Its processor is the MEDATEK DIMENSITY 9400+its 5,500 mAh battery supports fast charging of 90W and wireless load of 50W and is available in three storage settings (256 GB, 512 GB, 1TB). If you buy from the official store, Xiaomi gives a 150 euros coupon For new users. Also It is located on the official page. Finally he would stay for: Xiaomi 14t Pro (256 GB) + Redmi Pad 2 Pro (only in some stores) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Gifts, access to offers and promotions In both cases, whether you buy a Xiaomi 15T and an Xiaomi 15T Pro, the official store offers a series of gifts, access to offers and promotions: Redmi Pad 2 Pro Totally free, a tablet valued at 299.99 euros. Hypercharge (120W) For 19.99 euros, a charger valued at 59.99 euros. Double from my point. Interestless payment. Additional 20% discount for students. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi In Xataka | The best Xiaomi mobile price: purchase and comparative guide In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis

17 years later, it has come out with 7,000 million dollars in the pocket

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For more than 17 years, the investment firm Berkshire Hathaway led by Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Muger, maintained one of his most profitable bets in the automobile sector: Byd, the Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles. According to He informed Reutersin recent months the veteran investor has been undone of their shares until they sell them all, such and as confirmed CNBC. The markets have reacted sinking the value of their shares by 3.4%. Warren Buffett always wins. In 2008, few investors were interested in the future of the electric car, Berkshire acquired 225 million shares of an unknown Chinese company called byd for about 230 million dollars. The equivalent of 10% of the company. Since then, the value of that investment has fired more than 4,500% until March 2024, confirming as one of the Many investment successes of the American billionaire. With this long -term operation, the veteran investor confirms its Good eye for profitability since the 230 million would have become about 7,000 million dollars, multiplying their money in just 17 years. The impact on the byd price. However, not everything is good news in Buffett’s withdrawal from Byd’s shareholders. The news caused An immediate reaction In the markets: the value of Byd’s shares fell 3.4% in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in what represents its largest setback in three weeks. At the stock level, the last months have been convulsive for the electric car manufacturer, which in July carried out a unfolding shares (Stock Split) After which his price fell 16%. To that scenario, the drop in the stock market that occurred after the news of the output of a “trust” investor such as Berkshire Hathaway, chaining up to 30% fall From its annual maximum registered in May. Tranquility is what is most sought. Berkshire Hathaway’s departure from Byd has been taking shape since 2022, when the electric car war began to give its first measures, but has stepped on the accelerator as the uncertainty that surrounds the electric vehicle market in China was growing. In the context of Overproduction of the factories Chinese, and the Freezo in demand of electric cars, a scenario opens where strong competition is deriving in A price war that threatens to erode the margins of the manufacturers. Several analysts suggest that this Perspective of instability It could have been a weight factor in Berkshire’s decision to completely liquidate his position in Byd. Byd reactions. On the other hand, from the Chinese manufacturer, the movement of the Buffett company has been responded with thanks to Berkshire Hathaway and its historical leaders. According The published by BloombergLi Yunfei, general director of brand and public relations at Byd, published a message on the Chinese social network Weibo: “We are grateful to Muger and Buffett for their recognition to Byd, and for their 17 years of investment, support and company. In investment in shares, buy and sell are normal practices,” he explained trying to calm the uncertainty of the shareholders for the departure of Buffet. This message reflects the symbolic importance that Buffett had as an early investor in ByD for almost two decades. In addition, Charlie Muger played a crucial role in the Initial decision to invest in bydwhen he recommended the operation with the president of Himalayas capital, li lu. In Xataka | In his effort for not leaving fortune, Warren Buffett made a unique decision: to deny a loan to his daughter Image | Flickr (Fortune Live Media), Byd

The reality is that 5G is still in diapers

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Qualcomm celebrates its annual Snapdragon Summit event these days, where they have announced their new processors: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 For smartphones and Snapdragon X2 Elite For laptops. In addition to the launches, the company has spoken a lot about the future of technology in the AI ​​era and, more specifically, of connectivity. The company’s CEO, Cristiano Amon, confirmed that they are already working on the 6g And moreover: they already have a date for the first devices. 2028. It is when Qualcomm will have ready the first devices with 6g. Of course, they will be precomercial equipment, no 6G mobiles that we can buy. With 5g, Qualcomm did his first tests in 2018, but It was not until 2019 that we had it in Spain by the hand of Vodafone (although it was limited to a few cities). The 6G is already in the conversation and Qualcomm is not the only company that is being anticipated. Samsung also foresees that the standard is defined by 2028 and South Korea has planned a pilot program which will begin next year, but the estimate is that there will not be a commercial 6G at least until 2030. The excuse of AI. With the 5G the promise was more speed and less latency, with the 6G the promise of Qualcomm is a network focused on artificial intelligence. For amon, the key to this new generation of networks will be the connectivity between the cloud and the Edge. “The difference between 5G and 6G, in addition to expanding the speed, is that it will be an intelligent network capable of perceiving and identifying the data (…) we have been very busy creating the next generation of connectivity that this can endure,” he said during his conference. The Edge matters. It is the central pillar of Qualcomm’s speech and the reason is evident: the Edge It is your business. The difference between Cloud and Edge is Where the data are processed. In the context of AI, the cloud is where the great models and the Edge They are the teams that run local models such as computers, smartphones or smart glasses, for which Qualcomm manufactures its chips. During his speech, the CEO of Qualcomm insisted a lot on the importance that the data we generate will have when using the IA locally on these devices: “It complements it, it is immediate, personal, adds context … is where Ia becomes yours.” The 5G state. We carry years talking about 6g And now Qualcomm has put a date, but the reality is that in Europe the entire potential of 5G has not yet been unleashed. The reason is that the millimeter band (MMWave, 24 GHz – 100 GHz) has not been promoted, as other countries such as South Korea, Japan or the United States have done. The European approach has been to bet on medium and low bands (3.5GHz and 700 MHz), which allow greater coverage with less antennas, so the investment is lower. The problem is that without the millimeter band you can not reach the ultrabaja latency that promises 5G. Too fast. That AI is assuming a revolution at many levels No one doubts it, but as every great novelty, it is accompanied by excessively enthusiastic speeches by interested companies. We are seeing it with the agents AI: Gurús like Altman They promised that 2025 was going to be the year of the agentsthe reality is that Technology is in a very premature phase And even It fails a lot. Qualcomm’s speech in this Snapdragon Summit peca of the same thing: they draw us a world in which an AI agent organizes our lives, We will all wear glasses with AI6G will be necessary to be able to manage everything and of course Qualcomm will be a key actor in all this. Image | Qualcomm, Pexels (Edited with Gemini) In Xataka | The AI ​​is escaping our hands. 200 experts have a very simple solution: establish “red lines”

Jaguar Land Rover was beaten by a cyber attack. The complicated thing came when trying to reactivate its production plants

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In Solihullnear Liverpool and in its plant in Slovakia, it is usual to see how every minute some of the vehicles that mark the top of the British industry leave the line. Today those chains are still, and not due to lack of pieces or demand. A computer attack He has forced To Jaguar Land Rover to stop the production and to review its systems with magnifying glass. The image is not just that of some detained factories, it is that of a sector that discovers how vulnerable it can become. Chronology helps dimension the magnitude of the case. On August 31, Jaguar Land Rover arrested operations in his British factories as a preventive measure, According to Financial Times. Days later, the company reported that the restoration of the systems would require more time than expected, with October 1 as a new horizon. The aforementioned medium, however, points out that the interruption could be extended for several months, leaving the production chains on the air. What do we know about the attack. The first thing that confirmedThe company was that their systems had been compromised and that some data were affected, although it pointed out that there was no evidence of theft of customer information. In parallel, a Telegram channel spread messages attributed to Lapsus $, Shinyhunters and Scatrtred Spider, with screenshots and the statement of having accessed the company’s source code. However, this type of displays should be taken cautiously. Specialists cited by The Wall Street Journal They estimate that each day without production is about seven million dollars in sales not made. The company has chosen to continue paying its workers despite the fact that the plants remain closed, a measure that mitigates work voltage but increases financial pressure. The result is an invoice that grows day by day, even before evaluating the technical damage of the attack. Domino effect. Beyond the factories, the crisis is transmitted to the workshops and suppliers that supply Jaguar Land Rover. Some 100,000 people work in that gear that delivers pieces to the exact rhythm required by the assembly line. Every day without production complicates the treasury of small and medium enterprises, which depend almost exclusively on keeping the connection with the JLR plants open. Safe against cyber attacks. According to Reutersthe company did not close a policy to cover losses and costs derived from a computer attack. It was being intermediate by Lockton, a global insurance broker. This suggests that JLR was without specific coverage when the incident occurred. The British government has been dragged into the crisis. Two ministers held meetings in JLR to analyze how to reactivate production. In parallel, the Executive considers an unusual plan: to acquire pieces of suppliers to support their treasury and place them in the market when production starts again. The sector, however, questions how to decide what to buy and where to store the components, which leaves the proposal in an exploratory phase. Will sales be lost? Despite the break, the company is not completely unfit. The aforementioned American newspaper indicated that their country’s dealers had an inventory equivalent to 113 days of sales, one of the highest levels in the sector. That mattress can absorb part of the commercial impact in the short term. The problem appears if unemployment extends until November, with losses of 3.5 billion pounds in revenues (about 4,009 million euros). Jaguar Land Rover’s crisis is not limited to a manufacturer stopped by a computer attack. It exposes to what extent the modern automotive depends on digital systems that can become invisible until the day they fail. In a sector accustomed to measuring every second of production, a blockade like this not only paralyzes factories and suppliers, it also introduces a new variable in the equation, resilience against threats that no longer arrive from markets or road, but from a system. Images | Loris Marie | Martin Katler In Xataka | China has the largest censorship system in the world. Now he has decided to export it and sell it to other countries

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