Month: September 2025

We have been asking us for years for some refrigerators. Samsung has just found utility: put ads

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2016 ran when we were amazed at The huge screen Samsung had integrated into one of his refrigerators. Since then, they have become a classic in the highest range refrigerators than Sometimes they cost thousands of euros. On the screen we can see time, receive notifications, see recipes, see the content of the refrigerator and now also see ads. Neverera ads. It has happened in the United States. Some refrigerator users of the Family Hub range have received an unexpected update. The news came first through This user in Reddit that attached an image with the update screen where it indicates the novelties it includes. He says: “To improve our service and offer additional content to users, advertisements on the home screen will be displayed.” At the moment they have not transcended images of how those ads are. A pilot program. In a statement sent to Android AuthoritySamsung has confirmed that it is a pilot program for some refrigerators of the Family Hub range in the United States, with which they will show ads when the screen is inactive. This is the full statement: Samsung is committed to innovation and improving the value for our appliance customers every day. As part of our continuous efforts to strengthen that value, we are carrying out a pilot program to offer promotions and announcements selected in certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the US market. As part of this pilot program, the Family Hub refrigerators of the US will receive a software update through the network (OTN) with the terms of service (T&C) and the privacy notice (PN). Advertising will appear on certain cover screens of Family Hub. The cover screen appears when the Family Hub screen is inactive. The announcement design format can change depending on the family customization options for the deck screen, and advertising will not appear when the cover screen shows the ART or photo albums mode. The ads can be discarded on the deck screens where they are shown, which means that the specific ads will not appear during the campaign period. Screens everywhere. In April, Samsung announced his new range of bispoke ai appliances, All with touch screens. In The Verge They asked the R&D person if Your initiative “screens everywhere” It would end up translating in “ads everywhere.” Samsung said he was not in his plans, but this movement with his refrigerators seems to indicate that the plans have changed, at least in the United States. Calm. As we said, for the moment it is a pilot program aimed at a few users in the United States. In addition, according to the statement, this option could easily be deactivated if we put the ‘art mode’ or photo albums when the screen is inactive. We have asked Samsung if there are plans to bring advertisements to appliances in Spain and we will update this text when we have an answer. Image | Samsung In Xataka | DREame no longer wants to be the brand of vacuum cleaners. Your order to conquer the home: washing machines, refrigerators and even furnaces

This cyclist touched the world record through Eurasia. Then he arrived in Russia, and since then he cannot leave

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The history of sport is full of heroicities and records They seem impossible to beat. Also of moments of great cruelty, where the elite athlete “dies” on the shore, just a few seconds, meters or even centimeters of glory. Therefore, the story of a French cyclist who has been so close to being crowned with A historical deed It is being news these days. TO Sofiane Sehili44 years old, he only lacked Russia, and there it continues. An interrupted epic trip. As we said, Sofiane I was nothing to be crowned in the History books: Nothing less than a bicycle, without assistance, 17 countries from Cabo Dan Roca in Portugal to Vladivostok at the eastern end of Russia in just 62 days, which would have exceeded the 64 -day world record. After about 18,000 kilometers of inhospitable roads, storms, tremendous nights in Mongolian gas stations and China’s infinite steppes, he was at just 180 kilometers of your goal when He was arrested On September 2 by Russian border guards in the Irf region, accused of cross illegally From China despite having a valid visa. Your odyssey, narrated in videos They showed both the pain of pedaling with the feet sunk in mud and wet socks and the joy when contemplating wild horses and lonely landscapes, it has ended abruptly in a cell. The Euroasyatic labyrinth. The arrest occurred after VAryans frustrated attempts to cross the border between China and Russia. In official positions, the step was denied because only Chinese or Russian citizens can enter a bicycle, while in other steps only access by car, bus or train is admitted. After these rejections, Sehili tried to advance by a forest near Suifenhe and, by showing his passport to the Russian guards, It was arrested. Your partner, Fanny Bensussan, confirmed thatafter being rejected at the official crosses, he looked for alternative routes, which precipitated his arrest. The Ussuriysk court ordered its imprisonment until October 4 waiting for trial, without formal charges. From record to hostage. Sehili’s case cannot be separated of a pattern Increasingly evident in Moscow: the arrest of foreigners in what analysts and NGOs qualify as “hostage diplomacy.” Russia has accumulated notable history, such as the basketball player Brittney Grinerthe journalist of the Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich or the consultant Paul Whelanamong others, used as exchange sheets by Russians convicted in the West. French citizens have also suffered this policy, such as the researcher Laurent Vinatierconvicted of not registering as a “foreign agent” and recently accused of espionage at risk of Up to 20 years in jail. In this context, the imprisonment of a resistance athlete, although apparently the result of a border incident is also interpreted as a political movement of international pressure. The human dimension of the challenge. Beyond geopolitics, Sehili’s journey illustrates the hardness of the Ultra-resistance challenges. Throughout his journey, the man faced frozen nights in cement floors, hotels without minimal conditions, constant breakdowns, wind against and the wear of pedaling more than 270 kilometers a day. In his storiesmoments of absolute hopelessness were mixed (when he confessed not to want to move on) with moments of total serenityin which he recognized that these adventures made sense of his life. Human contact, such as the gesture of a Chinese woman who He offered hot food And he introduced his children after a rainy and cold day, worked as small reminders of the value of his trip. Disturbing precedent. That Russia has arrested a cyclist On the edge of a world record, it places resistance sport on unpublished field, where physical and personal challenges can collide with the political interests of the states. Sehili’s image, exhausted but determined to reach Vladivostok, contrasts with the reality of a converted border In political trap. His case, far from an anecdotal, emphasizes how even sports gestures can be trapped in a geopolitical scenario where governments They instrumentalize citizens foreigners to send forces of strength or to prepare future diplomatic exchanges. On the border between sports feat and repressive diplomacy, Sehili’s journey will remain as a symbol of the individual’s fragility in the face of power calculations. Image | Capture/ YouTube In Xataka | An hour, a bike and a cyclist: or how to break technological barriers in the record of the hour In Xataka | A 1978 day, Porsche tried to reach 240 km/h … with a bicycle. And ended up getting it

How to create Stickers for WhatsApp with Gemini using these two methods

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Let’s tell you two methods to make WhatsApp stickers with Geminisomething for which we are going to use two methods with this artificial intelligence. Thus, you can create totally custom sticker from photographs, with which you can express everything you want. Let’s start with the simple method, using Nano Banana in Gemini and a Prompt Next to a photograph. Then we will tell you Another method with which to create a stickers pack using an application for Gemini. In both cases it will be all extremely easy. How to create a stick using Gemini To create a sticker based on a face in Gemini, you just have to Upload a photo and accompany it from a prompt in which you describe what you want. You can use this that we tell you: “Convert this photo into a WhatsApp stick with a pop style Art. The person must be throwing a heart.” You can adapt this stick as you want. The important thing is to mention that it is a WhatsApp stick and say the style. Then, the description of what the person should be doing depends on you, you can adapt it to what you need. Once you have the stick, you can download it. Now, you can use the methods that we have told you to convert any image into sticker directly on WhatsApp. You will only have to upload the image in a chat, with yourself for example, and Choose the option to create sticker in the sharing menu. And that’s it, your custom sticker. Create a stickers pack with Gemini You can also create a sticker pack directly with An application for Gemini. It’s simple, and you just have to go to this link. Once inside, accept the permits that you ask for. You will go to a screen where you can Choose how to add the photobeing able to be by webcam or uploading a photograph. Choose the method you want to upload the image from which to work. After uploading the photo, Choose the style you want to use Among those you have underneath, and click on Create stickers. With this, the application will create a stickers collection immediately. You can lower them one by one, rebuild the one that does not convince you of all, or lower a whole pack. You can try again all the times you want. In Xataka Basics | Gemini Image Editor: 16 forms and tricks to squeeze Nano-Banana with Google’s artificial intelligence

3,200 years ago Egypt could not pay his artisans. So he found something unexpected: the first work strike

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In the Egypt of the twelfth century AC, the reign of the Great Ramses III, one would expect to meet many things: portentous tombs, pyramids, rich hieroglyphs and farmers pending the rise of the Nile to guarantee the prosperity of their crops. Images that fit well in the idea we have of ancient Egypt. If we look at the Deir el-medina From the year 1157 AC, a town of artisans located near the Valley of the Queens, we would nevertheless see something that seems to adjust less to that period: workers promoting a work strike. And not anyone, The first of history. In a remote place in Egypt … Set Maat (better known as Deir el-medinahis Arab name) was a prosperous populated with workers and artisans founded by Pharaoh Tutmosis i. It was located in a privileged place, near the Valley of the Queens and that of the Kings, in front of what is now the city of Luxor. At first The settlement It had just a few dozen houses surrounded by a wall, but it grew and gain relevance. There, in their adobe houses, the workers and artisans lived who at first had An idea: Change the pyramids and mastied for a more protected sepulcher, excavated in the mountain itself. Unexpected protagonist. Deir El-Medina could have gone down simply because of that, forever linked to the name of the pharaoh Tutmosis I, if it were not because in the mid-twelfth century AC it became an unexpected protagonist of one of the most relevant episodes of the world’s work chronicle. The reason? A good day of 1157 AC (Up, downstairs) those same operators who dwelt in their adobe homes and dedicated themselves to shaping the real graves decided to plant. And in doing so they promoted the first work strike in history, a title that today He recognizes him Guinness World Records. Where the hell is my salary? The artisans and workers of Egypt from 3,200 years ago were different from today’s workers. His motivations, no. What ended the patience of Deir El-Medina operators was the delay in the collection of their salaries, which they perceived In speciessuch as grain, cereals, dry fish, beer, vegetables or even The usufruct of certain cultivable plots. As remember The green compassWe know that the workers began to protest when they had more than a week of collection delay. At 20 days the thing worsened and well entered the second month of delays the artisans decided to leave their tools and plant themselves. The problems however were not punctual. They crawled over several years. AMENENKAHT tracks. If we know what happened in that corner of Egypt 3,200 years ago it is largely thanks to a scribe called Amenenkaht, who was in charge of taking good note of everything to inform when vizier. For him we know that the strike arose during the reign of Ramses III, who took the reins of the kingdom approximately between 1186 AC and 1155 AC it is believed that the problems with the workers of Deir el-Medina began Towards 1159 AC And they were dragging, without solution, until “the payment system of the workers of the necropolis collapsed completely”, Comment Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson. “Year 20, second month of the flood, day 10. Today the work squad crossed the walls of the necropolis (the control post) shouting: ‘We are hungry!’ 18 days of this month go that (men) sit behind the funeral temple of Tutmosis III “, The scribe said in a document that is known today as the strike papyrus. It even echoes the bitter complaints of the artisans of the town: “If we have reached this point it is because of hunger and thirst; there are no clothes, there are no ointments, there is no fish, there are no vegetables …” And what did they do? They said enough. They refused to wait more for a payment that was delayed and went to the city to the shout of “We are hungry!”making clear their demands in the temple of Ramses III and in the vicinity of Tutmosis III, where they came to camp. They even went to the Central Gray Warehouse of Thebes and blocked the accesses to the Valley of the Kings, which complicated that the priests and family made the offerings to the dead. In a long pull and loosen they managed to pay back payments and everything indicates, slide Worldhistorythat in the end both parties reached an agreement so that the workers could collect their salaries as agreed. Why is it important? The first reason is the historical relevance of protests. It is not crazy To think that before, in Egypt or even Mesopotamia, similar situations had been lived. And there is Who thinks that the first real strike was lived centuries later, in 494 AC, in Rome, with the Secessio plebis. The truth, however, is that the mobilization of the artisans and workers of Deir El-Medina was officially considered the first documented work strike to date. So figure In fact on the pages of Guinness World Records. Beyond that ‘title’ the episode is relevant for its impact and Egypt. As Remember Joshua J. Mark In World History, in ancient Egypt there was a basic concept called ma´atthe individual, social and universal balance that deposited in the pharaoh a series of responsibilities, including the well -being of the population, the security of the borders and the fulfillment of religious rites. Ramses III highlighted in the second, but his reign was marked by economic turbulence that complicated the payment to artisans. With this he found a peculiar situation: protests before which the authorities did not know very well how to react and that, in a way, “violated the principle of Ma´at.” A milestone that today highlights Deir el-Medina in history books. Images | Wikipedia 1, 2 and 3 In Xataka | The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt have always fascinated archaeologists. They just missed a key track to understand them

Nvidia has paid 900 million for one

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Nvidia has signed a new talent from Ia. The news is not that, but the way in which he has signed it: to achieve “capture it” he has made an investment of more than 900 million dollars in the company he directed. It is a new hiring modality that allows “stealing talent” without current legislation being able to do much. What happened. According to CNBC dataNvidia has invested more than 900 million dollars in the AI ​​Hardware Startup Contractwhich manufactures connectivity components for AI servers. As part of that agreement, Nvidia has signed his CEO, Rochan Sancar, who will begin to work directly for the firm led by Jensen Huang. Clusters to power. Contractivity connectivity solutions – founded in 2019 – allow the company to connect more than 100,000 GPUS to put them to work within AI. These types of solutions can help Nvidia offer integrated systems that use their chips. Or what is the same: all this points to new “supernodos” of computing with thousands of Nvidia chips ready to be installed in large data centers. The firm already its GB200 NVL72 marketsfor example, but this agreement allows you to go more in that field. They already knew each other. In 2023 Nvidia already participated in a round of investment in which Undergraduate raised 125 million dollars. In 2024 another new 115 million round He made companies such as ARM, Samsung or Cisco participate. According to Pitchbook, after this round the contribute assessment was 600 million dollars: the investment made by NVIDIA is enormous considering that data. Big Tech invest fortunes to sign talent. This tactic is the same that used goal in June, when invested 14.3 billion dollars In the startup Scale AI and signed his new tsar of the Superintelligence Division, Alexandr Wang. Google did the same in July by announcing an agreement with Windsurf: would invest 2.4 billion dollars in itand incidentally, he would sign his CEO, Varun Mohan. Microsoft did the same With Inflection and Mustafa Suleyman In July 2024, and Amazon also He moved file At that time when signing managers of the STARTUP of the ADEPT. One way to avoid legal problems. Traditionally, these types of operations were carried out through the well -known “Acquihires”. A large company bought another and in many cases it did to get talent, not because of the product or service offered by the “victim.” These agreements have ended up suffering remarkable legal scrutiny, which has made large companies go to other forms of talent. These “pseudoinversiones” are nothing more than a mechanism to achieve that talent without being so exposed – at least, for the moment – to legal scrutiny. And a distortion of the startup market. These operations, however, pose an important problem for the global startup panorama. If a large company can go to methods like this to sign talent, change the dynamics and strategies of startup themselves. After the investment in Underground, the company should continue to be separated, but to what extent is this a undercover acquisition? More elements for the bubble of the AI. There is also a threat to the risk capital market. Big Tech are using their huge cash reserves to inflate startup assessments such as getting out. Not because of its market potential, but as a “hiring premium” covered by its founders. This can create a bubble and change the strategy of risk capital investors, which can now value talent more than long -term business viability. Image | Hillel Steinberg In Xataka | We still do not have the four -day week and there are already CEOS dreaming with the next level: work only three days

The company already seeks to replace them

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Tesla announces changes in the design of its electronic handles after the American road safety authority opened an investigation this week. Its electronic shooters have gone around the world after popular cases in which people were trapped inside. The brand promises A solution that combines electronic and manual mechanisms in a single button, facilitating escape in emergency situations. What’s happening. The National Road Traffic Security Administration (NHTSA) has initiated an investigation after receiving nine complaints from Tesla owners who could not open their doors from the outside due to the failure of the electronic handles. In four of these cases, drivers had to break the windows to access the vehicle and rescue their children from the interior. REdiseño underway. Franz von Holzhause, Tesla design manager, confirmed To Bloomberg that the company works in a new solution that unifies the opening systems. “The idea of ​​combining electronic and manual in a single button makes a lot of sense,” explained the manager. “It’s something we are working on.” The objective is to create a more intuitive mechanism for occupants “in a panic situation.” The background problem. The current Tesla shooters have two critical weaknesses: they use electronic locks that may fail if they do not receive energy from the vehicle’s battery, and although they include emergency manual systems, they are difficult to locate and access, especially for children or passengers little familiar with the car. A Bloomberg investigation document 140 incidents of people trapped in Tesla vehicles due to problems with the handles, several of them with serious injuries. International pressure. Tesla also monitors possible regulatory changes in China, where the authorities They study prohibiting handles completely hidden for security reasons. “We will have a very good solution for that”, assured von Holzhausen. The Asian giant, main world market for electric vehiclescould mark the global course if it implements restrictions on this type of systems. And now what. Although Tesla has not specified when the new solution will be ready or if it will apply to existing models, the regulatory pressure accelerates the times. At the moment we are waiting to know in detail what is the system that finally ends up applying the company. Cover image | Everyamp In Xataka | I always dreamed of buying a Ferrari. What I never imagined is that I could buy it for 150 euros

Sending this 320 dollar goal from Japan to Spain costs $ 29. Sending it to the US costs 2,000, and it is not a typographic error

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For international vendors, Sending certain products to the United States makes no senseso to avoid these sales they are going to a singular technique: not touch the price of the product, and instead raise shipping prices to absurd amounts. It is an infallible method and a curious response to Tariff policy restrictive imposed by Donald Trump. 2,000 dollars to send a product of 320. A Japanese eBay seller called Ninjacamera.japan sells an objective for Olympus cameras that It has a price of $ 319.99. So far everything is fine. The surprise is carried by those who want to ask for that product from the US, because sending it there costs 2,000 dollars, when shipping to countries like Spain costs $ 29. In Xataka we have checked the data, and it is indeed so. Because. The reason is simple. As soon as he started his presidency, Donald Trump initiated a tariff war with everyone, but also ended the exception “of Minimis”. This exception allowed packages with value below $ 800 could enter the US without paying taxes. It is something that Companies like Temu or Shein They took the opportunity to “exploit” commercially in the North American country, but now that commercial shortcut has disappeared. Result: Send “cheap” products to the US is too expensive. The US online buyers have it raw. This exemption ceased to be active for China and Hong Kong in May 2025, and for the rest of the world the exemption was definitively eliminated at the end of August. The change especially affects US online buyers, especially those who take advantage of foreign online stores to acquire all kinds of cheap products. Sellers have an easy solution. As they point out in 404 mediaFor foreign sellers it is much easier to raise the shipping price to absurd amounts – like those 2,000 dollars for the photographic objective – than to erase their inventory products to exclude them from their sale in the United States. Goodbye to negative criticism. Not only that: impose on buyers the theoretical cost overrun to which the new tariffs would make them see how that goal of 320 dollars would cost them much more expensive and the rest of the users do not. If they do not know the situation well with the tariffs, they would probably punish the seller with online criticism of all kinds. These sellers avoid this problem to a large extent with the simple technique of raising shipping prices. Another example. As indicated In The Wall Street Journala customer bought a 77 dollar shirt from a Swedish brand and in addition to the shipping costs of $ 30, another $ 42.35 were charged for tariffs. The shirt was actually manufactured in China: while Sweden products have 15%tariffs, If they come from China that figure rises to 54%. Another bought components from Canada worth $ 640 to fix an oven and charged him no less than $ 1,192.12 for “government charges”, in addition to an intermediation commission of $ 128.17. An unsustainable situation. For American buyers the situation is really complex, and buying products of all kinds that come from abroad can end up getting extraordinarily expensive. The big messaging companies operating in the US —Fedex, DHL and UPS – indicate in WSJ that US consumers are still confused by the situation Despite its FAQand they don’t just understand the implications of tariffs. At this step the confusion will become something else. Tariffs continue to negotiate. The commercial war between the US and China remains at a delicate point. After an escalation almost comical Of the tariffs that one and the other were going to activate, both countries They signed a truce At the end of May and special conditions were also granted for semiconductors and electronic products. All these terms still do not materialize, but China has many more assets to negotiate than Europe, whose agreement with the US was A disaster for EU countries. Spain (and the rest of the world) are fought for now. This type of extraordinary uploads of shipping prices or “government taxes” surcharges only affect US buyers. That is the reason that the prices we see in all types of electronic commerce platforms have not triggered at the moment, but tariff policies and the delicate commercial balance could cause Notable prices changes that consumers pay when buying products abroad. In Xataka | China has found the formula to avoid reciprocal tariffs with the US: “dropshipping” of semiconductors

Give the keys of their war ships to Spain

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While the shipyards in Ferrol continue to take giant steps to have the frigate of F110 class In the delivery planned by 2028, several hundred kilometers from there, in the surroundings of Cádiz, we also begin to work on the facilities of Navantia, who seems to move forward with a firm step to be in the world showcase as a reference construction company. It is no small thing: United Kingdom has given him the keys to the future of his Navy. A historical precedent. Yes, for the first time in recent history, a British war ship will be built largely outside the islands, with Spain as the main destination of manufacturing. The decision responds to the Harland & Wolff shipyards In Belfast, famous for having lifted the Titanicthey are not yet prepared to face a contract of 1.6 billion pounds Awarded in 2022. The agreement, which from the beginning raised suspicion for the participation of Navantia, breaks with the tradition that the ships of the Royal Navy are built in the United Kingdom or in British territories, revealing Weaknesses of the country’s military industrial base. The role of Navantia. The Spanish state company confirmed that most of the construction of the first logistical support ship of the Royal Navy will be carried out in its Cádiz shipyardsleaving Harland & Wolff only the construction of the bow at its Appleor headquarters, in England. The centerpiece of the helmet, which should be manufactured in Belfast, will be executed in Spain along with the rest of the ship, which has aroused criticism of analysts That they warn that, if this precedent is consolidated, the three units could end up building in their entirety outside the United Kingdom. However, Navantia insists in which the plan is “realistic” and maintains that the three ships should be finally assembled in Belfast if everything follows its course, with delivery planned in 2032. The workers leaving the Harland & Wolff shipyard in 1911. In the background you can see the Titanic bow Industrial crisis and foreign investment. The truth is that Belfast’s inability to enter production up to at least 2026 has forced the initial plan. Navantia He has committed 115 million pounds in the modernization of the British shipyards, of which 90 will be used specifically to the support ship project. The Spanish company He defends that this investment will provide Harland & Wolff for the necessary capacities to compete in future British naval contracts, such as the six amphibious assault ships and versatile support (MRSS) that the Navy contemplates acquire in the coming years. However, critical voices They point out thatalthough the British taxpayer pays a premium to sustain local shipyards, a substantial part of the added value is transferred to Spain. Political controversy. No doubt, the agreement has divided opinions in the United Kingdom. Some accuse the Ministry of Defense of to have been deceived With the promise that the ships would be “made in Britain”, while unions like GMB and Unite have avoided ruling at the moment. From Norirlandea politics, the reaction It has been pragmatic: The delay in Belfast is labeled, but it is accepted that having modernized facilities will allow competence of equal conditions in the future. For its part, Navantia Underline which is incorporating apprentices in the region and ensures the support of local workers. The tradition of “Brisionh Build.” To understand the climate that is breathed with the news in the United Kingdom we must go back in time. Since the end of the 19th century already throughout the 20th century, the Royal Navy defended An unwavering principle: His warships had to be built on British soil, both for reasons of national security and to keep alive that strategic industrial fabric that was Pride of the country. During The Victorian erashipyards such as Portsmouth, Devonport, Barrow-in-Furness or Belfast Harland & Wolff themselves became Naval power symbolscapable of producing battles, carriers and world reference submarines. Even in the moments of greater industrial globalization, London insisted In that the construction of combat ships should remain under national control, convinced that a war ship built abroad would be vulnerable to sovereignty commitments, industrial espionage or technological dependence. The empire and autonomy. The United Kingdom maintained this policy even in times of economic difficulty. After World War II, when the imperial decline and the energy crises of the seventies eroded the British economy, it continued to bet on the local construction of frigates, destroyers and aircraft carrier. The programs Invincible and Type 42developed between the seventies and eighty, they were built entirely in British shipyards, although at a high cost and with notable delays. London justified those expenses as an investment in Strategic autonomy: Ensure that, before a crisis, it did not depend on foreign suppliers to maintain the operation of their Navy. National pride. In this context, Harland & Wolff In Belfast it occupied a symbolic place: not only and as we said, for having built the Titanic, but for being one of the large industrial centers in the United Kingdom. Your declineaccompanied by mass closures and loss of jobs, was seen as a symptom of the loss of British naval power. For decades, successive British governments sought formulas to keep them alive through military contracts, aware that a shipyard who dies rarely resurrects. Hence, the news that a British warship was built mostly in Spain is perceived as a breakdown of a historical tradition and a symbolically painful concession. Implications for the “British” defense. The three support ships that Today they are news (classified as warships since its conception in 2020) They are intended to provide ammunition, fuel and supplies to the British fleet in prolonged operations. Its strategic importance is considerable, at a time when Royal Navy seeks reinforce your ability expeditionary and guarantee logistics autonomy in high intensity scenarios. Therefore, that much of its construction (time will say if the majority) is carried out in Spain reflects both the limitations of the British military naval industry and the growing … Read more

What are they, how your mobile protect and how to differentiate the best at the best price

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Let’s explain What are USB blockersa very interesting security method when you are going to load your phones or PCs in public USB. These are adapters that should have when you travel outside to avoid unnecessary problems and dislikes, although they are still little known. We are going to start this article explaining what these devices and their concept are, as well as the way they work. And how No one will serve youwe will also tell you what things to look at and take into account when buying one of these digital shields. What are USB blockers There are two gold rules to take care of your computer or mobile when you are out of home: do not connect to a Public wifi and not connect your device to a public USB. The reason is that you never know when there may be a cybercriminal taking advantage of these resources to access your mobile through the very insecure Wi -Fi Public or collecting some malware In a USB. To protect yourself in a public wifi you can resort to a VPNwe have already told you the list of Better VPN. While, USB blockers are the ones that will protect you in public USB In the event that you have no choice but to connect to one. Because sometimes your mobile or portable runs out of battery, and the urgency of connecting to the USB that you see in a bar, restaurant or airport is greater than protecting you from a criminal who has put malware in it waiting for someone to connect to infect their device. And why is it dangerous to connect to a public USB? Because there are techniques such as “Juice Jacking” or “Choicejacking”, which are used to Transmit information through cable without your permission. Come on, that you start loading the mobile in a USB, and a program that was in it transfers a virus to your phone or extracts personal data from it. And this is where these blockers come into play, which are devices that make the connection to a public USB safe acting as an intermediary between the cable that connects to your mobile or computer and the USB port. Make use of a technology that does not allow data transferonly the energy. How USB blockers work USB blockers are small adapters that You connect between the cable and the USB port. It is something like a condom: you connect the cable of your device to the blocker, and then connect this blocker to the USB. Thus, the connection is made safely. This adapter has an internal technology that eliminates the USB flow data lines. Come on, for practical purposes Let the energy pass but block the dataso that you can use a USB to load your mobile or laptop, but they will never transfer data. If these adapters do not let the data pass They don’t have all internal pins They usually bring traditional adapters. Come on, when you connect a cable to a USB adapter, there are a series of pins that must coincide to transfer both data and energy. In these blockers, those responsible for transferring data will be missing. And it is basically that, as simple as effective. You are not going to have to do anything. The device has a USB input to connect the cable to it, and a connector to use in the public USB you want. How to choose the best blocker These types of USB blockers are not expensive, but it is convenient to take precautions. For a start, Be careful with the cheapestbecause they could not block all the data reliably, or could interfere with the fast charge. Specifically, you must look at the explicitly indicating that They have unlocked The lines USB-C Superspeed and USB2 D+/D-. These terms may not tell you anything, but they are the ones that ensure that data transfer is cut, but that has fast charging. Finally, keep in mind that USB blockers are not going to protect you from everything. They only serve to remove the connection lines, but there may be other dangers that use other techniques. Therefore, an external battery or a traditional plug will always be a better option than a public USB. It is also convenient Know some of the renowned brands of this type of devices. For example, In Xataka Android They make us recommendations such as This Startech model. In it, you can notice that it is physically seen that it does not have all the pins of the traditional USB adapters. Cover image | Noelia Hontoria In Xataka Basics | USB security key: what is and how to do your own

Locators for iOS and Android, the new Xiaomi speaker, a folding mobile and more on offer. Hunting bargains

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We return once again with a hunting gangs loading offers in devices and accessories with very good prices; Some even historical minimums. If you are looking for a good laptop, give a touch of power and sound quality to your television or a good folding mobile, in this article we will review Some of the best offers we have found during the week. MacBook Air M4 by 979 eurosMediamarkt’s new historical price on an ideal laptop computer to work and study. Samsung Galaxy Z fold7 by 1,703.02 euros When registering in the store, Samsung’s best folding mobile with one of his best discounts to date. TCL Q65H by 179 eurosan almost half -price sound bar that is compatible with Dolby Atmos. Tile by life360 Starter Pack by 47.99 eurosa combo of two locators with standard and card format. Xiaomi Sound Party by 129.99 eurosthe new Xiaomi speaker that offers up to 26 hours of autonomy. MacBook Air M4 Like more or less, the MacBook Air M4 It is one of the most interesting computers to work, but above all to study. It is light (1.24 kg), quite compact (13.6 inches) and is as powerful as efficient thanks to the M4 chip. His software is a delight, and someone says that happened recently from Windows to MacOS. In addition, it has a very good value for money, since after the numerous offers we have seen in recent months you can now buy in Mediamarkt by 979 euroshis new Historical minimum price. MacBook Air M4 (16 GB, 256 GB) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Samsung Galaxy Z fold7 The English Court yesterday launched one of the best offers in the Samsung Galaxy Z fold7 And Mediamarkt is not that I matched it, but that it has surpassed it: when registering in the store, we can see that its new price is 1,703.02 euros. This is Samsung’s best folding and is also the thinnest, its size has grown in width and comes with the best in software: the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy. It also incorporates very good cameras and excellent screens. In addition, it is the new Historical minimum price of the store. Samsung Galaxy Z fold7 (12 GB, 256 GB) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links TCL Q65H Having at home a good sound bar does not have to cost us a fortune, there are quite good models with very low prices. The TCL Q65H It is a good example of this, since 179 euros We talk about a sound bar with wireless subwoofer, power up to 580W to 5.1 channels and compatibility with compatibility with Dolby Atmos. In addition, it incorporates equalization modes, Bluetooth and HDMI EARC connectivity. We also talk about a new Historical minimum pricebut this time from the Amazon store. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Tile by life360 Starter Pack The locators can be very useful when finding something we have lost, and in Amazon we can find (never better) the Tile by life360 Starter Pack by 47.99 euros. It is a pack that includes two locators; one in card format and a smaller and width. The two are compatible with iOS and Android and come with various functions to find the locator, such as a map that can be visualized on the mobile or sound alerts that are reproduced from the same locator. Tile by life360 Starter Pack The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Xiaomi Sound Party Although it is not an offer, we wanted to leave the last hole for the new Xiaomi speaker that is already available to buy in the official store. He Xiaomi Sound Party has a price of 129.99 euros And it comes with a good technical file. The most remarkable thing is that it offers a Theoretical autonomy of up to 26 hours of useincorporates Harman Audioefx To improve audio quality and serious, it offers a total power of 50W and can be paired with another speaker to get a more surround sound. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links 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 | Apple, Samsung, Tcl, Tile, Xiaomi In Xataka | The best AIRTAG for Android. Which buy? Tips and recommendations In Xataka | Best folding mobiles in 2025. Which to buy in Spain and recommended models

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