Month: October 2025

The army wants to expand the military area of ​​a privileged corner of Mallorca. His neighbors have told him not so quickly

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Cap del Pinar is a postcard place from the north of the island of Mallorca. Cliffs, coves, trees and unique views of the Mediterranean. None of that has prevented that small strip of land from motivating an institutional ‘riffrafe’ between the Alcúdia City Council (21,000 residents), where the small peninsula is located, and the Ministry of Defense. The reason: Cap del Pinar is a privileged place for locals, but also an Area of ​​Interest for National Defense. The question is how compatible both uses are. What has happened? That the future of Cap del Pinara cape located north of the island of Mallorca, has caused an institutional clash between the Government and the Alcúdia Town Hallthe locality in which the spit of land is located. The reason? For the department headed by Margarita Robles, it is a space of “national interest” for defense. For the Consistory, however, it is something more: a space for “high heritage and natural value” which plays an important role in local traditions and cannot be stolen from neighbors. Where does the problem come from? To understand it you have to go back a few decades, in the early 40’swhen the Army initiated a file of forced expropriation of the lands of The Victory. Your goal, remember The Confidentialwas to install military batteries and auxiliary services in several strategic points on the Majorcan island: Cap del Pinar and Cap Gros. In 1947, the Alcúdia City Council (the town where the first one is located) accepted the transfer, although including a small print that clarified that it was granting the land temporarily and reserving certain rights. That was 79 years ago, but the area and especially its use has continued to make people talk. Why’s that? Because the presence of the Army marked the use of the environment, which began to focus on national defense. So much so that already entering the 21st century, the Alcúdia City Council and the Government came to an agreement to guarantee that residents could enjoy Cap del Pinar, although with certain conditions. As published in April 2009 Mallorca newspaper, The pact contemplated that people could visit the military base during the summer months and respecting a maximum daily quota of 50 people. Before, yes, they needed to request a special permit, which in practice deters to quite a few neighbors. The result is that locals have been able to continue enjoying the area, although with limitations. And what happens now? That the army wants to reinforce its presence in that small (and privileged) salient in the north of Mallorca. Recently the ministry communicated to the City Council that wants to declare a barracks located right on the Cape road “Area of ​​Interest for National Defense”. In other words, it wants to expand the area it already uses as a military maneuver and shooting range to 145 hectares. Although Margarita Robles’ department is still processing the Royal Decree that will allow it to expand the “area of ​​interest”, the notice has been enough to put the Balearic Council on guard, which was quick to make a move. What has he done? A few weeks ago the municipal plenary agreed to transfer to Defense a list of allegations. Basically, the City Council warns that the expansion “could condition local powers” in matters of urban planning and heritage, in addition to the use of the environment. Because if there is something that is worrying in Alcúdia, it is that its neighbors will lose access to a space of “high natural and heritage value”. “This is our main demand. We don’t want to have to ask for permits to climb,” explains the mayorFina Batlessa, a The Confidential. Why this concern? Because it is not just any area. Beyond your environmental protectionthe Cap del Pinar peninsula is a space of tradition and enjoyment for the neighbors. Very popular excursions are organized, not counting the coves (or paths to coves) that are distributed throughout the area. The big question is… If Defense decides to expand the military zone, how would that affect the use that locals make of the environment? After all, the neighbors already have experience of what happened with the land transferred in the 1940s. Hence, the City Council’s allegations clarify that one of its objectives be “maintain the hiking and hiking activity”, “guarantee access without prior authorization” and protect the popular festivals that are celebrated in Victòria. “It should not entail unjustified limitations on the rights of citizens and municipal autonomy. Alcúdia must preserve its environment and traditions,” summarizes Linares in Mallorca Diary. In its allegations the Consistory ask For example, the expansion of the military zone does not interfere with “hiking and hiking activities” nor does it represent a “reduction in the free movement of people” during the holidays. Hunters also have a license valid until 2028. What does Defense say? The issue has generated so much controversy that the Ministry of Defense has already come out to clarify that the expansion will not affect the enjoyment of the area. He has also clarified that he does not aspire to another 145 extra hectares, but that this will be the total area that he will manage after the change, including those that he has already controlled since the 1940s. To be more precise, the focus is on a 400-meter stretch of land that will leave a stretch of road and part of the surroundings under his management. Will that affect its public use? A few days ago the department of Robles guaranteed to Mallorca Diary that both hikers and hunters will be able to continue enjoying the area “without problem.” That has not prevented the debate has escalated even beyond local and regional politics, reaching Congress, where Sumar Més has registered several questions on the topic. Images | Wikipedia (Frank Vincentz) and Selvatgi (Flickr) In Xataka | Ibiza promised them happiness with its coves. Until luxury villas and beach clubs began to privatize them with hammocks

reserve November 20 for the big annual technology festival

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The Xataka NordVPN Awards are almost here! Like every year, we invite you to join us on November 20 to the in-person event that we will hold at the Capitol Cinemas in Madrid and that can be followed live from anywhere in the world from Xataka.com. During the event we will award the most important technological devices of the year, chosen by you and our jury, we will present the Xataka Leyenda and we will include some well-kept surprises. All under the direction of Joaquín Reyes, a regular at the Awards, and our colleague Ángela Blanco, the two presenters of this edition. when and where When: November 20 at 8 p.m. Where: Capitol Cinemas (Madrid) and Xataka.com Tickets: Soon If you can’t physically come to the gala, don’t worry: the ceremony will be broadcast on streaming in full through Xataka.com. How to get your ticket He October 20 We will open a registration form through which you can request your free entry. Capacity is limited, so tickets will be delivered on a first-come, first-served basis until all available places are filled. We will explain the process when we launch the form, but don’t miss the date if you don’t want to be left without entry. More coming soon… Like every year, this announcement is just the beginning. This week we will begin voting in all categories so that you can help us choose the best of the year. We will tell all the news about the awards here, on our website, and on our social media profiles (Twitter, Facebook, instagram, TikTok, YouTube). So stay connected. Thank you very much and we are waiting for you November 20!

That WhatsApp devours my mobile memory is a thing of the past. These are the three habits I follow to avoid it

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Running out of memory on our mobile is quite common and many times The culprit has a name: WhatsApp. With more than 3 billion usersis the undisputed queen of messaging apps. Everyone uses it, which means receiving hundreds of messages, photos, videos and audios through WhatsApp, making The size of the app increases exponentially over time. It’s happened to me too, but for years I’ve been able to keep it at bay by following these habits. Automatic download disabled If you haven’t done it already, it’s the first thing I recommend and you will only have to do it once (unless you change your mobile phone). The option is within WhatsApp in Settings – Storage and data – Automatic file download. By default, WhatsApp downloads all the photos they send us. For the rest of the files such as audio or videos, it only downloads them when we are connected to a WiFi network to save mobile data. The only ones that always download, whether you like it or not, are voice messages. If you want to control storage space, my advice is to change all options to ‘never’. This does not mean that you cannot see the photos they send you, you can do so but first you will have to download them. It’s adding one more step, but like this you can choose which ones you want to see and which ones you don’t. It is useful, for example, if you are in groups that send a lot of files, but you are not always interested in seeing them. WHATSAPP Tricks and tips to HIDE YOURSELF TO THE MAXIMUM and maintain your PRIVACY Delete multimedia content from time to time Even though automatic download is limited, I still download many of the photos and videos that my contacts send me, so the storage is increasing. Every so often I manually delete multimedia content that I have been receiving. WhatsApp has a very useful section to do this in Settings – Storage and data – Storage manager. I do two things here. The first is to access the section where the files that are larger than 5MBgenerally videos, and I delete those that I don’t want to keep. Here you will also see videos that you have sent yourself and that sometimes appear duplicates (this is because you have sent them to several different chats). When you have selected them, click on the trash icon (bottom right). The second thing is to go to the section ‘Storage details’, where you’ll see a list of all your chats ordered from the one that occupies the most size to the one that occupies the least. Entering one by one are all the files, also ordered from largest to smallest size, and I delete those that I am not interested in keeping. The storage you free up It will depend on how many files you are willing to delete. In my case, except for specific things, I don’t have much attachment to the content I share on WhatsApp and sometimes I delete everything at once. Review channels and groups that I no longer use Let them put us in WhatsApp groups for everything It is quite common. Personally, if I’m not interested or the group no longer makes sense (for example, if it was created for a specific event and has already expired), I leave and delete the entire chat. To leave a group you can do so from the chat list by holding down on it or, if you are in it, by clicking on the group name and choosing the ‘Leave Group’ option. You will see that two options appear, the one that interests us is ‘Exit and delete for me.’ Only then will the files and content that have been shared be deleted. With channels and communities I follow the same procedure. When it has stopped being useful to me for whatever reason, I quit. You can do this by entering the community you want to leave and clicking on the three dots icon in the upper right corner. Cover image | Gemini In Xataka | A viral message claims that “AIs can access group messages” on WhatsApp. It’s a manual hoax

an F-35 squadron that does not belong to China, Russia or the United States

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In the month of January it was known America’s plan B in the Arctic once it seemed that “the Greenland thing” was not going to be so easy: a underwater cave in Norway. Two months later, eight icebreakers attested that Russia was there tooand in August, both nations looked with surprise at the arrival of five icebreakers with the flag of China. Now, at congregation a squadron of F-35s has been added… from a fourth contender. New strategic axis. we have been counting throughout the year. The Arctic has ceased to be a remote space and has become a central theater of power: a place where geography dictates the rules, meteorology sets human limits and the proximity between platforms The military turns every kilometer into a possible avenue of attack or surveillance. What was once a map and science is now state policy. From the Nunalik deck (a freighter that traveled thousands of km avoiding growlers and storms to deliver material to Canada’s northernmost intelligence network) brutal lessons emerge: presence in the north is not improvised, it is built with infrastructurespecialized logistics and sustained budgetary will. The fact that a delivery can be delayed for 48 hours because the dockworkers are closed for a weekend, or that a 2.5 ton anchor ends up dragging a 180 meter chain between icebergs, illustrates the basic arithmetic of the Arctic: distance and climate are permanent enemies of any defense project. Logistics and fragility. They remembered in The Wall Street Journal to maintain bases like Pituffik’s either Alert (the latter just 800 km from the North Pole) means dealing with very narrow seasonal windows: the sealifts (sea supply operations) are possible only four or five months a year, air transport must cover the invisible, and a single missing part can delay crucial work a whole year. Inuit communities, icy runways that require constant maintenance, satellite platforms and underwater cables make up a network in which any weak link puts the whole at risk. Thus, if creatures such as musk ox and polar bears are found on the coast, behind the tracks and radars there are also human lives that depend punctual suppliesand errors like 1991 plane crash that cost lives in the approach to the Alert base remind that Arctic logistics is not a technical variable but a matter of survival. View of Thule Air Base Russian advantage and western window. Geographically, Moscow starts with objective advantages: the Kola Peninsula is home to the Northern Fleetnuclear systems launchable by Arctic routes and a depth of deployment that the West took decades to erode. However, the weakening of part of the Russian ground forces after the war in Ukraine has opened a window for allies to rebuild capabilities in the north. The question is whether to take advantage of it quickly and consistently. Western allies face the task of recover strategic ground almost from scratch: the lessons learned in Afghanistan or the Sahel are not directly exportable to a region of polar darkness, snow storms and ice that makes even the best prepared ships creak. If these gaps are not closed, the russian advantage and/or the appearance of foreign actors They will make Western deterrence, more than a policy, an urgent technological requirement. Russian icebreaker Hypersonics, sensors and more. The challenge is not only to be present, but detect and anticipate. The hypersonic missiles (unpredictable trajectories and speeds of at least Mach 5) put traditional radar networks in check, and have pushed Ottawa to commit 6 billion of Canadian dollars (in collaboration with Australia) to far horizon radars and Washington to accelerate space sensors that track ballistic and hypersonic vectors from orbit. In other words: detection is a necessary condition to deter, and without early detection there is no response. The problem, they pointed out in the Journalis that technology is not the panacea: it requires logistics integration, data centers, resilient command posts and continuous maintenance that the polar climate makes prohibitively expensive if not planned for the long term. Denmark on the front line. And on that board where the flags of China, Russia and the United States are already found, the recent decision of Copenhagen is inscribed: 8.7 billion dollars to increase the fleet from F-35 to 43 devices and 4.2 billion expressly dedicated to reinforcing Arctic security, with a joint headquarters in Nuuk, two new ships, maritime patrol vessels, surveillance aircraft and units in the polar territory. Denmark mixes the purchase of American technology with the will to act as regional guarantordriven by both Allied pressure and the commotion caused for the idea (proclaimed by Trump in January) of “buy” Greenland. The package shows two things: the first, that European states are willing to spend considerable sums on advanced projection and detection systems. The second, that sovereignty and territorial presence have become in currency geopolitics, where the air force and naval capabilities are not only military but also diplomatic pieces. Local sovereignty and criticism. Not only that. The extension of the military presence in Greenland does not occur in a vacuum. Local voices, represented by figures such as Aleqa Hammond, former Greenlandic Prime Minister, they reproach Copenhagen to decide without sufficiently consulting the 57,000 people on the island, remembering that militarization affects ways of life and resources shared. Furthermore, the pressure on ecosystems fragile and the need to respect indigenous rights make it essential to combine security with listening and real compensation. If the Arctic is a strategic boardis also a home: decisions about bases, radars and icebreaker routes They must incorporate the social and environmental dimension or risk legitimizing internal tensions that erode any long-term military base. Costs, industries and alliances. Plus: building a presence in the north is not just about buying fighters and installing radars. I remembered the BBC which requires shipyards to manufacture icebreakers, polar cargo ships, maintenance lines for icy runways, contracts held with operators and, above all, the political will to sustain recurring spending. The NORAD modernizationcoordination between Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom … Read more

China wants to imprison the world with its restrictions on rare earths. His greatest prey has escaped him

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It’s been months since China presses the whole world with one of his great aces up his sleeve: rare earths. Last week he used them again to unbalance the balance of technological trade worldwide and imposed new restrictions to its export, but its attack has a gigantic hole. One called Taiwan. rare earths to me. Taiwan’s economy minister has revealed that the country does not expect there to be a big impact from these new restrictions from China. The reason is simple: such minerals are different from the metals needed in the semiconductor sector that Taiwan’s manufacturers and production plants dominate. Taiwan does not need China. In fact, both the products necessary domestically for the production of these chips and the rare earths used in their manufacturing processes come from Europe, the United States and Japan. This makes the country safe from the pressure that China wants to exert with its dominance of the rare earth segment. China tries to force the hand. China expanded significantly export controls on rare earths last Thursday. It added five new items to its list of minerals with restricted exports, but also imposed new scrutiny mechanisms for chip users. The change is not minor: any product manufactured outside the country that contains just 0.1% of materials of Chinese origin will need a license to be exported. TSMC safe. Taiwan is the largest chip factory in the world and for years it has TSMC as a major player in the sector. The company leads this segment and has become the great ally of the Western world when it comes to producing chips for the AI ​​industry. The Chinese restrictions do not appear to pose future dangers for TSMC and other manufacturers in the country, according to those statements. But. Even so, the economy minister added that these additional controls could affect global supply chains for various products. To clarify better: the direct impact may not be noticeable, but yes it could be the indirect onebecause for example ASML’s EUV scanners use rare earth magnets that could end up suffering delays due to these restrictions. And be careful with the “ripe chips”. For example, chips for electric vehicles and drones. China is precisely determined to dominate the mature circuit market: given that can’t compete At the moment with the most advanced manufacturing technology, what it wants is to be the main protagonist of less advanced but equally important chips in industries such as the automotive industry. Restrictions as a lever to negotiate. China’s measures in this regard They are just part of that commercial and technological war that it maintains with the West and, especially, with the United States. The reaction of the US government was immediate, and Donald Trump announced 100% additional tariffs on Chinese imports. Both superpowers try to use their assets to put pressure on their rival while waiting for a imminent negotiation: Trump and Xi Jinping are expected to meet in South Korea in late October. Image |Wikimedia | leannk

upgrade to Windows 11 Pro with these discounted HP Store devices

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It was a matter of time. We have known for months that Windows 10 and its Pro version They were going to stop having support from Microsoft. This has several implications that are not at all interesting for users, especially if they are self-employed or small businesses. The jump to Windows 11 is the best we can do right now, although if we want to renew equipment simultaneously, HP Store makes it easy for us: We can save up to 150 euros when purchasing some of their equipment. We will tell you more about this promotion. Make the jump to Windows 11 Pro and get a good discount As we said a little above, we are less than a month away from the end of Windows 10 support. This, which ends next October 14implies that the operating system will not receive any more updates. Be careful, because this not only refers to new functions, but also to the fact that it will not receive any more security patches. This can be a danger, since these security updates are the ones that eliminate all the new security holes that appear. In addition, it is likely that new versions of applications or different programs stop being compatible with Windows 10which could limit our professional activity. What is the correct step if we are still with Windows 10? Obviously, upgrade to Windows 11. This operating system, in addition to continuing to receive continuous updates (both in terms of functions and security), offers several very interesting improvements, such as the integration of Microsoft Copilot. Updating is free if we have Windows 10, but our computer may not be compatible with this new version. If we are in that scenario, then this HP Store promotion interests us. It offers us a series of very interesting equipment to work with, even with several discounted models. In addition to each one’s offer, we will also have an additional discount that can reach up to 150 euros If we justify having a device with Windows 10 or earlier. These are some of the equipment we have on promotion To make our task a little easier, below we leave you a selection of computers that fall within this promotionso we can get them much cheaper. HP ProBook 440 G11 Laptop The first of the options that we bring you is this ProBook 440 G11 laptop. It is an all-terrain option that is ideal for working or running our business. Stands out for coming with a very good processor such as the Intel Core Ultra 7as well as with 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. It is 14 inches, so it is ideal to travel with it and continue working. Its price is 1,087.79 euros, but between the discount applied and the discount for upgrading to Windows 11 Pro, it is only 933.40 euros. HP ProBook 440 G11 Professional Laptop with 3-year warranty The price could vary. We earn commission from these links HP EliteOne 840 G9 All-in-One Professional PC If we prefer something fixed for our business, this HP All-in-One can fit us perfectly. It is a device that comes with a 13th generation Intel Core i5 processor, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of SSD. In addition, it has a 23.8-inch screen which is also tactilewhich gives us more possibilities when it comes to interacting with it. We cannot forget that it also comes with a keyboard and mouse included in the package. Its RRP is 1,084.90 euros, but with the discounts applied it remains at 880.65 euros. Professional All-in-One Touch PC HP EliteOne 840 G9 Wolf Pro Security Edition with 5-year warranty The price could vary. We earn commission from these links HP ZBook Fury 16 G11 Portable Workstation The last option is designed for the most demanding jobs, since it is one of the most powerful devices in the HP Store. The ZBook Fury 16 G11 comes with a 14th generation Intel Core i9 processor, as well as 64 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD so that we have more capacity. This laptop also stands out for having a dedicated graphics card that, in addition, It is from NVIDIA’s RTX 5000 generation. 16-inch screen and a price that remains at 4381.26 euros with all discounts. HP ZBook Fury 16 G11 Portable Workstation with 3-year warranty The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | HP Store In Xataka | Windows 11: 42 features and tricks to get the most out of the operating system In Xataka | What is the best laptop for working in 2025. Tips and recommendations

Seagate shares soaring

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A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. Here is that image. So far this year Seagate shares have gained 148%, and Western Digital shares have gained 156%. Source: Google Finance. These two graphs show the evolution of Seagate and Western Digital shares so far this year. The first has grown 148.38% on the stock market in the last ten and a half months. The second, a little more: 156.09%. Both companies are the major players in the field of traditional hard drives. They divide the market equally (approximately 40% share each) along with Toshiba (approximately 20%), but that market seemed to have been relegated to the background, correct? Incorrect. A second youth for the traditional hard drive It is true that SSD units are the clear protagonists due to their performance and the fact that their prices have not stopped falling in recent years, but hard drives continue to be the absolute champions of capacity. AND that matters a lot (a lot) in the world of AI. The reason is obvious: AI data centers make use of thousands of advanced GPUs both for model training and inference, but everything we say to ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude is stored, and we also have to save the images, videos or documents that we upload to interact with those AI models. There are terabytes and terabytes of content who need an efficient and economical storage medium. And that’s where hard drives come in. If you want to store a lot of data, these drives are the clear choice. Both Seagate, Western Digital and Toshiba continue to offer continuous advances to bring together more and more data on their drives. In recent months we have seen hard drives that, thanks to HAMR technology, reach an amazing 36 TB. The price, which is around 700 euros, is almost ridiculous considering that capacity: less than 20 euros per TB. There is nothing even remotely similar in the world of SSD units: there it is normal to find 8 TB units at most, although it is true that some companies prepare mammoth 256 TB units that have not reached the market and will probably have exorbitant prices. That has caused the demand for traditional hard drives to skyrocket again when it seemed that this technology could go out of fashion. This is exactly what these two firms have taken advantage of, as they are experiencing a surprising new golden age. The gigantic investment in data centers benefits both companies, because they too will benefit from spectacular demand into storage units for those data centers. And if everything goes as it seems—and the theoretical bubble does not burst— the short-term future looks especially rosy for both companies. In Xataka | If the question was how the US was going to get rare earths after China’s veto, the answer is: hard drives

the Vivo X300 Pro inaugurates the biggest photographic battle in recent years

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China plays in another league. And the new Vivo X300 Pro has just demonstrated that the might of the Chinese mobile industry is far ahead of the competition when it sets its mind to it. with the previous generation we already checked that Vivo is consolidating itself as a total reference in mobile photography. With their new flagship just presented, they have just hit the table again. Let Apple, Samsung and Google take note, because the distance is becoming more and more evident. We have gone to Shanghai to see the Vivo mobiles. These are our first impressions of the Vivo X300 Pro. A brutal mobile that has many numbers to become the best photography smartphone of the year. Because although at the moment it is only official in China, it is already confirmed that it will soon arrive in Spain. Very attentive to everything it offers; The super high range of this end of the year that comes from China is ready to leave behind all the models that we considered leading at a stroke. Vivo X300 Pro technical sheet Vivo X300 Pro Dimensions and weight 161.98 x 75.48 x 7.99mm Screen 6.78″ LTPO 2,800 x 1,260 px 120Hz 2,160Hz PWM Dimming HDR 10+, Dolby Vision processor MediaTek Dimensity 9500 memory 16 GB Storage 512GB Battery 6,510mAh 90W fast charging 40W wireless charging rear cameras Main: 50MP ZEISS Sony LYT-828, f/1.57, 24mm Wide angle: 50MP, JN1, f/2.0, 15mm Telephoto: 200MP, ZEISS APO, Samsung HPB, f/2.67, 3.7x optical zoom, 85mm front camera 50 MP, ZEISS; JN1, f/2.0 Operating system OriginOS 6 Android 16 Connectivity Wi-Fi 7 5G Bluetooth 6.0 NFC Others IP68 resistance USB C 3.2 Stereo speakers VS1+ V3+ image chip Ultrasonic fingerprint reader Price — Once upon a time there was a camera attached to a mobile It was the headline we chose for the Vivo X200 Pro review and I think there is no better way to describe what this series represents. In the Vivo X300 Pro, photography determines everything. We are not looking at an ultra-thin mobile. Nor does it have as striking a design as one of its direct rivals, the Xiaomi 17 Pro. On the Vivo X300 Pro, the circular rear camera module It is your identity sign. There is no rear screen or pronounced curves, but a 6.78″ flat screen, a metal body that conveys solidity and attention to detail and a more traditional aesthetic. Xiaomi decided to go for innovation this year, Vivo revolves everything around the camera and sticks to what it knows works. We are looking at a top flagship in terms of technical specifications. The Vivo X300 Pro releases the new Dimension 9500the processor with which MediaTek measures itself directly against the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. They are accompanied by 16 GB of RAM and storage that uses UFS 4.1 to achieve the best management speeds. As for the battery, it is presented with 6,510 mAh, although this figure could vary in its European version, as We have already seen what has happened on previous occasions.. Taking advantage of the launch, the new OriginOS 6the new version of its operating system based on Android 16 that will allow you to leave behind Funtouch OS and incorporates an aesthetic redesign clearly inspired by Liquid Glasshas considerably improved its fluidity and adds compatibility with PC and Mac for sending files and screen mirroring. Five years of guaranteed system updates will be offered with the Vivo X300 Pro. ZEISS puts the icing on the cake with a 200MP telephoto and a single main sensor In the triple camera of the Vivo X300 Pro, there are two sensors that stand out especially: the telephoto and the main sensor. For the wide angle we have a 50 megapixel, autofocus and 15 mm sensor, signed by ZEISS, like its entire camera. But this is not where we find the great photographic leap. It is in the main and in the telephoto where Vivo puts all the meat on the grill. The telephoto lens of the Vivo X300 Pro is a ZEISS APO sensor with 200 megapixels and 3.7x optical zoom of 85 mm. Vivo is betting on an ISOCELL HPB “Thanos” sensor with 0.56 μm pixels manufactured by Samsung for the occasion. With this addition the new phone becomes at the height of the X200 Ultra model which we had the opportunity to test a few months ago, but it is not so immediate, because Vivo promises that it is a completely new sensor. A new 200 megapixel sensor for the telephoto that promises to eclipse everything seen so far. We have had the opportunity to test it briefly during its presentation and the result in x5 and x10 is astounding. 24mm image (left) vs 2x 48mm zoom image (right) 3.5x 85mm zoom image (left) vs 10x 242mm zoom image (right) And it’s not just the components used, the aggressive AI processing achieves images with extraordinary definition. For me who comes from photography of the Google Pixelthis Vivo X300 Pro is along the same lines and I would even say, without testing it in detail, that it surpasses them. The second protagonist is the LYT-828 main sensor with 50 megapixels, 24 mm and lens with f/1.6 aperture. It is a sensor co-created between Vivo and Sony, signed by ZEISS and that promises a stabilization up to CIPA 5.5a standard on the order of those achieved by gimbals, they say from Vivo. It also has a ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating to try to reduce flare and ghosting. But the advantages of this sensor do not stop there. The LYT-828 is probably the most advanced photo sensor available in a mobile phone to date. It is about the first sensor to achieve a dynamic range of more than 100 dB and almost 17 steps. What does this mean? Mainly that images with exceptional HDR can be obtained; which translates into super vivid images with a very wide range of colors. This commitment to colors also … Read more

The most pacifist city in Germany lived off its legendary train factory. Now they will make it from a gigantic tank factory

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Görlitz was known for its neat historic center, its post-war memory and a practical inclination towards pacifism. For decades, the city on the eastern border fit on the German map as a haven of caution and resigned industrial melancholy, a place where work and tradition maneuvered away from military power. But that calm is beginning to show cracks that force its inhabitants to rethink what it means to maintain peace when the world seems to want just the opposite. From the steel of peace to that of war. For more than a century and a half, the town of Görlitz, on Germany’s eastern border, lived off the rhythmic sound of trains. The wagon and locomotive factories They provided work for entire generations and defined the identity of this working-class region of the former East. But that era is coming to an end. After 176 years of railway production, the historic Alstom industrial complex is being converted by the arms consortium KNDS to manufacture components Leopard II tanks and Puma armored vehicles. What was once a symbol of civil mobility and reconstruction, today is transformed in gear of the German military machine. This metamorphosis does not arise from nowhere, of course: it responds to the country’s strategic shift towards rearmamentmotivated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fear of a withdrawal of American security guarantees and a economy in decline desperately looking for new sources of employment. Between pacifism and necessity. I was counting last week the new york times that, in Görlitz, industrial reconversion divide feelings. The population, aging and punished by decades of deindustrialization since reunification, sees the production of tanks as a lesser evil. In this area where the far-right AfD party (openly pro-Russian and opposed to helping Ukraine) concentrates almost half the voteseven its local leaders have accepted the change with resignation. “It is not a cause for celebration, but we cannot oppose having work either,” recognizeaware that the loss of employment would be even more devastating than the moral dilemma of manufacturing weapons. Reconversion. The factory, which once had more than 2,000 employeesbarely kept 700 before the sale, and KNDS agrees to keep half of them and plans to multiply it in the future. In fact, the unions, led by IG Metall, were the ones who promoted the idea of ​​reorienting the plant towards the defense sector to avoid its definitive closure. In a territory marked by youth exodus and economic frustration, the arms industry has ended up offering something similar to a second chance. German military reindustrialization. The Görlitz case reflects a broader phenomenon: German rearmament as a driver of a new industrial reconversion. Since 2020, Berlin’s defense spending has increased about 80%exceeding 90,000 million euros, and the demand for specialized labor has skyrocketed. Companies such as Rheinmetall, Diehl Defense, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems or MBDA have added more than 16,000 workers since the start of the war of Ukraine and plan to hire 12,000 more before 2026. The sector’s profits are so high that its managers increase dividends while exploring the purchase of automobile plants in decline, as that of Volkswagen in Osnabrück. The “logic”. The message from its CEO, Armin Papperger, summarize the logic of the new defense economy: if taxpayers’ money finances national security, jobs must stay in Germany. In this context, the factory conversion like Görlitz, it is perceived as an industrial policy with a dual purpose: to sustain the productive fabric and strengthen the country’s strategic autonomy. The moral dilemma. Despite the economic relief that the renaissance of the arms sector represents, it persists in German society a deep tension between the pacifism inherited from the post-war and the need to guarantee European defense. For many East Germans, who already experienced a first deindustrialization after the fall of the Wall and now suffer the loss of energy and manufacturing jobs, manufacturing tanks is a bitter way of survival. Some fear that the weapons produced will end up on the Ukrainian front, others that the rise of the business depends on the continuity of the war. “Will it be sustainable to manufacture tanks? I hope not. I hope the wars end soon,” admitted to the Financial Times a union representative. However, the reality of the market and geopolitics point in another direction: defense has become the new industrial hub European, and Germany (due to history, technological capacity and allied pressure) leads that transition. Goodbye train, hello tank. Thus, the old Görlitz factory, with its warehouses blackened by decades of metallurgical work, symbolizes the change of era that crosses Europe. Where wagons were previously welded to transport passengers, steel shells will be assembled for combat vehicles. What began as a strategy to save jobs threatens to redefine the industrial soul of the country: from civil ingenuity to military power, from the steel that united continents to that which now armors them. And a profound paradox: in a fractured political landscape, where the fear of war coexists with the need to prosper, the workers of Eastern Germany are once again the involuntary protagonists of history. Its destiny, between nostalgia for trains and the pragmatic acceptance of tanks or battle tanks, summarizes the dilemma of a nation that tries to reconcile its pacifist past with a present that pushes it, once again, to manufacture weapons to ensure its future. Image | Norwegian Armed Forces, State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection In Xataka | The US no longer has to worry about Spain or the rearmament bill in Europe. Germany had a plan B In Xataka | The “rearmament” of Europe has begun at a Volkswagen factory in Germany: instead of cars they will produce tanks

The latest from Anbernic is identical to a Nintendo DS

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The copying industry in China is, as we have already seen, here in others occasionsa buoyant parallel economy that has no qualms about replicating, always under more economic coordinates, the successes of others in design, technology or fashion. A phenomenon that has one of its greatest strengths in the tireless console manufacturer Anbernic. And with their latest proposal they have once again knocked out video game fans. Copying is fine. Before continuing, it is worth remembering that in China they see copies in a different way than in Europe or the West: in just 15 years, the term shanzai It has become common within the economy of the Asian country, although it continues to surprise outside its borders. And we’re not just talking about technology: wine, moisturizing creams, everyday clothes, best-selling books, television shows and movies… There are different theories for the emergence of this culture, such as that China has had very little time, compared to other countries, to modernize; or the role that China is assuming in the new economic configuration of the world; or that is based on an update of the Confunctionist theses, which live a modernized existence. Having said all this… In imitation of the DS. The new Anbernic RG DS console imitates the legendary Nintendo DS that turned portable gaming upside down since 2004. As always, with a price that will not reach one hundred euros, it stands up to other Chinese brands that have launched similar models, such as Ayaneo either Ayn. In fact, visually the RG DS is reminiscent of Ayn’s two-screen model, but in the case of Anbernic, the imitation of the Nintendo original is even more pronounced, since it respects the two screens of a much smaller size than the case (not to mention the name, displaying a “DS” without any complex). Decisions like this are not just aesthetic: it is what allows them to keep the console at a price much lower than that of their competitors, which can reach 400 euros. The news. The clearest aspect in which Anbernic leaves the Nintendo laptop behind is with the inclusion of two sticks in the device, something that the original console lacked. The screens, however, are behind the main 165 Hz Full HD OLED screen of the Ayaneo or the 120 Hz OLED panels of the Ayn. The processors, another element that drives up prices, are also more powerful in their competitors (Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 or Snapdragon 865, for example). Anbernic has not yet announced the potency of its casings, but it will surely fall short in terms of potency. Imitating is one thing. Anbernic consoles have never had problems recognizing that they are products designed to tickle the player’s nostalgia: in terms of general design they are comparable to so many vertical and horizontal consoles on the market, but there are models that, by design and colors, are identical to previous models. For example, the Anbernic RG35XX Plus is undoubtedly reminiscent of the original Game Boy, and there is a model in the same shade of gray. The Anbernic RG35XXSP is reminiscent of Nintendo’s lamented and perfect Game Boy Advance SP, with its opening clamshell format, and the Anbernic RG34XX, of the original Game Boy Advance, with a model that in fact recalls the purple and white tones of the Nintendo one. Although the one that seems really cute to us is the RG300X, in imitation of that memorable marvel that was the Game Boy Micro, and again, with models that clone the colors of the different original models. A world on the margins. There are no official sales, but certain market behaviors allow us to verify that the Anbernic (like, in general, the entire retro console market) are moving in a way that many official models would already want for themselves. Leaving aside its continued presence on social networks and content creator channels, we have other data. For example on platforms like Alibaba can be seen that models such as the RG40XX V have reached 315 orders in medium sales cycles, with high reorder rates (more than 16%), which shows that distributors constantly replenish stock. In general, in online stores outside of China is mentioned repeatedly that the different models “sold out” shortly after appearing in international versions, which indicates a high sales rate and a very active fan and buyer base in several global markets (especially Europe, Latin America and part of Asia). A “secret” success where imitation is just one more ingredient in its cocktail of proposals. In Xataka | The Chinese brands were very happy to plagiarize the design of the Vespa. They ran into a problem: it is “art

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