Month: October 2025

Microsoft rises strongly the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in Spain. The increase comes next to a renewal of plans

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If you are an Xbox Game Pass user or you are thinking of subscribing to the Microsoft service, prepare for important changes. Adjustments have just come into force that do not go unnoticed, including a strong increase in the price of its most complete modality. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate now costs now 26.99 euros per month. It is a 50% increase compared to the 17.99 euros paid so far. It is not the first time that this plan increases its price: in July 2024 it had already gone from 14.99 to 17.99 euros per month. The justification. According to the company, Ultimate will give access to more than 400 titles worldwide, “including most of our partners who wish to continue bringing their future games to Xbox Game Pass.” In addition, the service will offer support for 1440p resolution and improvements in the bits rate on certain devices. How far the changes arrive. Microsoft has also reorganized the offer and says goodbye to the previous nomenclature. Xbox Game Pass Core is called Xbox Game Pass Essential, while the standard plan is transformed into Xbox Game Pass Premium. Game Pass Essential Game Pass Premium Game Pass Ultimate Game Pass for PC available games More than 50 More than 200 More than 400 “Hundreds of games” for PC Cloud streaming Yeah Includes own games Yeah Shorter waiting times Includes own games Yeah “With the best quality” With shorter waiting times Includes own games No available games day one No No, they join up to 12 months Yeah Yeah Online multiplayer Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Rewards points Up to 25,000 a year Up to 50,000 a year Up to 100,000 a year Up to 50,000 a year Advantages in games Yes, in ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Cod: Warzone’ Yes, in ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Cod: Warzone’ Yes, in ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Cod: Warzone’ Yes, in ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Cod: Warzone’ others – – EA play and ubisoft+ included EA play included price 8.99 euros 12.99 euros Free 14 -day test 26.99 euros 14.99 euros With Ultimate already on the table, it is time to see how they are premium and essential, what they include and how migration will apply to current subscribers. Premium, the intermediate option. With this plan you access more than 200 games both in console and PC, in addition to the possibility of playing in the cloud without limit, even with titles you already have in your library. • More than 200 games in console, PC and cloud • Access to classics such as Minecraft, Forza Horizon 5 or Grand Theft Auto V • New games published by Xbox available within a maximum period of 12 months (excluded Call of Duty) • Game in the unlimited cloud, also with own titles • Advantages In-Game in League of Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone or Rainbow Six Siege • Rewards of up to 50,000 points a year The ancient standard plan subscribers will automatically pass to Premium. It remains in the strip of 12.99 euros per month, that is, there is no price increase with respect to what we paid with the plan with the previous denomination. Essential, the new entrance door. With a more tight price, it offers the basics for those who want to try the service without great pretensions: a reduced catalog, cloud game and online multiplayer. • More than 50 games in console and PC • Access to prominent titles such as Hades, Stardew Valley or Cities: Skylines Remastered • Game in the unlimited cloud, including some games that you already have • Online multiplayer in console • Benefits in games like League of Legends and Call of Duty: Warzone • Rewards of up to 25,000 points a year We could say that they are designed for those who seek to start in Game Pass or just want access to a more limited set of games with basic advantages. Its price is encrypted at 8.99 euros per month. What about active plans. Restructuring does not force users to do anything: Microsoft will apply migration automatically. As we say, the old Core will pass to Essential, those of the standard plan will move to Premium and those who already pay Ultimate will continue in that modality. In development. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 In Xataka | Saudi Arabia is not buying EA for video games. He is buying cultural influence in hundreds of millions of homes

‘Universalis V’ Europe is the most ambitious strategy game in history. And brings surprise: he was born in Spain

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‘Universalis V’ Europe, the last installment of the legendary Strategy saga of Interactive Paradox, is an ambitious jump in depth, realism and complexity for the Fans of the genre. The series, venerated for two decades and competing face to face with giants as civilization It reinvents itself to offer unprecedented historical simulation. But the most interesting of all is that, after four deliveries developed in Swedenthis fifth part is being developed entirely in Spain by the Paradox red study, based in Barcelona. It goes more. We attended the presentation that Paradox red carried out in the Comic-with Malagajust a few weeks after its launch on November 4, and between Sonia Linares (Director of Operations), Álvaro Sanz (Head of Content Design) and Matías Tiscornia (2D Art Coordinator) made it clear that the title was, above all, “” Ambitious. We have people with 7000 hours played at our games, people who live the saga. ” And it is from a superficial first glance: “The fourth install 500 years of simulation. And so with everything: in ‘EU4’ there were 900, and here, 2,000. In the previous delivery, 16 combinations of land (climate, topography and vegetation), and now we will have 672. in ‘EU4’ there were 367 cultures, and in ‘EU5’, 2,000. And if there were only 27 religions there, we will now have 300. 16,000 kilometers of map and more than 500 years of history, from 1337 (the beginning of the War of the Hundred Years) until 1837 (the dawn of the Victorian era). That is, the players will live the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the absolutism, the revolutions and other key periods structured in six ages (traditions, rebirth, discovery, information, absolutism and revolution). Exhausting but infinitely stimulating. Three pillars. To stand this ambition, the game has been based on “three organic pillars: first, A credible world based on systems, mechanical, etc. simulations; Second, an almost infinite rejugability, that thousands of hours occur for the family’s freedom of action; And third, that the game is really from the community: we have spent the last year and a half of development going to the forum every week to be part of the creation of the game, talk to the community directly, ask what they want, to make fixes and changes instantly, all thanks to the community. “ Maximum detail. All this sets in an obsession with absolutely demential detail: for example, the team presented us with a panoramic view of how the game in 1337 was contract according to variables controlled by the player. ” There are mechanics for exploration and colonization of territories, “with the possibility of sending populations to colonize, create commercial companies and exploit resources.” And of course, possibilities of diplomacy and war. Even music. In total, “more than 100,000 lines of content, more than 60 countries with unique content made by hand, more than 8,000 events, 2,000 decisions, hundreds of forms of government, laws, privileges and situations. More than 1,300 historical characters have also been investigated. And that only in 1337 dynamic that changes according to the player’s actions. And much more. And with this we are only scratching the surface of what the game contributes, since decisions have been made of enormous complexity. For example, “if there is an empire that includes different ethnicities within it, it is tried to reflect the genetic and cultural burden throughout the country.” And all this embodied, as the art coordinator told us, in “Illustrations of events, disasters and dynamic organizations, showing the cultural diversity of the game and how the same event can manifest itself differently in different cultures.” That is, a huge and even effort to the ambition of the project, for an entirely developed game in Spain but has an absolutely international scope. So much, which covers five centuries. In Xataka | This war strategy video game has a very special player: the pentagon

London prohibited renting homes on Airbnb more than 90 days a year. You will not believe what happened: prices lowered

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In 2017 it was Airbnb itself that introduced an innovative limit in the city of London: 90 annual days as a stop for complete housing rentals. The measure, adopted after authorities pressure Local and London’s town hall, sought to prevent the platform from being used fraudulently. Today we know that the consequence, although weak, was expected: up to 4%. Airbnb and London. Airbnb’s growth in London during the 2010 made the city one of the main focus of the collaborative economy, with More than 40,000 properties offered and an annual expansion. However, what was born as a specific form of income for individuals quickly became a business for professional operators. Almost A quarter From the advertisements of complete housing they exceeded the threshold of the 90 annual rental nights without having the required permission, which took thousands of floors from the residential market. The phenomenon generated neighborhood complaints about the constant rotation of temporary tenants and additional pressure on a market already tensioning for the lack of affordable housing. The political reaction. The lack of capacity of the municipalities to monitor these excesses led to local leaders Como Sarah Haywardin Camden, to denounce that whole neighborhoods were being emptied of long -term rent. Given this situation, Airbnb recognized that the regulation was inescapable and that it should prevent its platform from being used as a way to operate undercover hotels. The measure had the support of opposition politicians, Like Tom Copleythat demanded a firm response to stop the negative effects on local communities. The 90 -day rule. Thus, given the growing pressure, Airbnb decided to introduce in 2017 An automatic limitation: No host could rent a complete home more than 90 nights per year unless it was proven to have authorization from the Consistory. It was a way of transferring the legal restriction directly to the code of the application itself, preventing the ads from remaining active once the limit is exceeded. With this measure, the company tried to stop Operators’ abuse professionals and project a commitment to urban sustainability. The change was well received by local managers, who considered that only a platform level control could guarantee the effective compliance of the norm. The impact on prices. Now, with the data of recent studiesan open secret has been confirmed: that the Airbnb expansion reduced the residential rental offer and uploaded prices in several districts in London. But not just that. The introduction of the 90 -day rule allowed for a time to mitigate part of these effects, with a registered fall around 4.1% in housing price rates after the entry into force of the regulation. In other words: the episode became a reference to analyze how digital platforms can transform urban markets and to what extent regulation itself can correct its externalities. The (great) dilemma. The London case reflects a gallimatisms present in many other large cities: How to balance the economic attraction of digital platforms with the need to protect housing as a social good. While Airbnb defenders highlight the flexibility, diversification of tourism and additional income for families, their critics underline the Gentrificationthe Tourist saturation and the loss of tissue Community London, in this way, became In a laboratory Of this tension, showing that without a robust regulatory framework (and, very important, sustained), the impact on housing can be devastating. A precedent. The introduction of The London rule He had an international impact, by inspiring other local governments to establish similar limits. European and American cities closely observed The experimentverifying that the combination of technological automation and political control could reduce adverse effects. The debate, of course, remains more than open: to what extent the platforms must self -regulate, and how far the states will impose restrictions to safeguard the right to housing. The citywith its mixture of neighborhood pressure, empirical data And political decisions, it was erected at a turning point in the relationship between digital economy and urban policies. Comparative with other “great.” As we said, the London frame was not isolated. In Berlinthe proliferation of tourist rentals led to the introduction of fines of up to 100,000 euros For those who rent more than half of their home without permission, a rule that sought to avoid the massive conversion of residential buildings into tourist accommodations. In Barcelonathe City Council has undertaken A crusade Against illegal tourist floors, closing hundreds of ads and fine Airbnb for not removing accommodations without a license, in an attempt to contain the expulsion of neighbors in central neighborhoods (while hotels prices rose). In New Yorkthe restrictions focused in limiting rentals of complete apartments when the owner did not live in the same property, accompanied by daily sanctions of up to $ 1,000to prevent whole blocks from being converted into clandestine hotels. San Francisco set sanctions from up to $ 1,000 newspapers not to register the properties. All examples that show how cities, each with their legal and social peculiarities, agreed on an essential point: the Airbnb phenomenon had overcome the border of technological innovation to become a real political and urban challenge of the first order. Image | Pexels, Pexels In Xataka | It is not that mass tourism has been installed in Madrid, Barcelona or Rome, is that it has reached the Galapagos Islands In Xataka | In 2023 New York closed the tap to Airbnb to protect his home. Two years later, only hotels are happy

The companies of AI tell us that they want to achieve an AGI. What they are really conquering is the economy of attention

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Sora 2 is already with usand with it a tool that will allow anyone to create great videos generated by AI. The problem is that we will have an even greater problem of “Ai Slop“(” Bazofia generated by AI “): Internet is direct to become an even more gigantic hay career for the economy of attention. What’s happening. In recent days we have seen a goal to launch vibes Ya Openai launch Sora 2. Both applications are actually platforms in which to discover, create and share videos generated with AI. Both democratize that access to generate video content easily through their AI models, and we will no longer have to be an expert in Premiere, Davinci or dedicate hours to the script, recording, editing and publication of the videos, because AI does everything much easier. That does not mean that this content will be better: only there will be more. A lot more. Sora’s website greets us with a “Explore” section in which we can move vertically to see content destined for one thing: to have us trapped by the Doomscolling. Trapped in doomscrolling. The result of these initiatives can be seen quickly in the Sora websitein the application of iOS (for the moment, only in the US) or in the Meta Ai Ai and vibes. Here we have infinite content that moves and whose cost of production for the user is zero euros (for a video, if you want to create many the thing changes and you will have to pay a subscription) and just a few seconds. The incentive not to stop creating videos is huge, because the promise is that “anyone can create viral videos.” But. What these tools raise is to turn the viral into a formula. For this, it is possible to use emotional templates in a simple and direct way and that appeal to our attention. We have filters of nostalgia, indignation and tenderness on demand, for example, and the risk is the death of authenticity: everything seems designed by an algorithm. Quantity (and immediacy), no quality. These platforms – and those that are to come – are like gigantic automated content farms and are designed for user retention, not to give value. The content is the new slot machine, and the “AI Slop” manages to exploit our cognitive biases better than ever. It is synthetic dopamine at an industrial scale. 11 tricks to dominate Tik tok More creators = more slaves on platforms. Facebook created its empire convincing users to create content for it. Suddenly they were creators and consumers, and social networks took advantage of the reef and put us to publish reflections, links, and share photos and videos of all kinds. For some that was not enough claim, but being able to do everything with AI can attract new audiences (creators?). The user is more than ever the unpaid worker and the product. And those platforms want to attract the maximum possible number of usuals for the same thing that Facebook did it 20 years ago: to monetize that attention. Will it give us the same not to believe anything? In that martemágnum of content generated by the contamination of the contents, it promises to be so exceptional that it will be more difficult to distinguish the real from what is generated by the. A couple of years ago the thing was relatively complicated with imagesbut today it is almost impossible. There is an obvious risk that goes beyond the Deepfakes and the possible fraud and scams: the threat is that We will not even believe that real images and videos are indeed real. The AI ​​Slop era began. The “AI Slop” or “Bazofia generated by AI” is content generated by AI which is technically impressive but probably lacks meaning, authenticity or purpose beyond achieving that immediate attention by users. We have already seen how these tools already serve to generate comments and texts of text and images, but the video is even more powerful. OpenAI wants to kill Tiktok. In fact, with Sora 2 and its new website and app the objective, whether indirect or not, is to end Tiktok, which He owned and lady of the short video format. That users can now generate content with themselves as protagonists doing all kinds of impossible things thanks to AI is an extraordinary claim for many traditional Tiktok users. The “cameos” are a possibly addictive and brilliant product to achieve that goal. Before uploading a video with which to create cameos or mixtures, Openai warns of the implications. Is that enough for us not to create them? But. Of course, risks are important in security and privacy. The fraud and scams with increasingly credible deepfakes will be difficult to detect, but it is also asked where privacy ends if a platform ends up having ours images, videos and audios that can be edited and remix if we allow it. OpenAi offers configuration options, parental controls And warnings when it comes to uploading content, but it is not clear if that will be enough. In Xataka | Differentiating the AI ​​content on the Internet is increasingly difficult. The solution goes through something similar to fillets

make our house another subscription

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The new era of Google Home arrives. Google’s home automotic and domestic platform has the absolute protagonist of Gemini, which will now be integrated into speakers, smart screenscameras and bells connected to supervitaminate them. The problem? That now the hardware will not make much sense without a subscription to the associated services. Why is it important. Google is a company absolutely focused on offering software and especially services, but so far its monetization model was advertising. With ia we are attending an increasingly strong transition To another model: that of subscriptions. Your home as recurring income. Google is abandoning the “purchase the device and is already” to convert every corner of your home into a recurring income. Before the Google Home speakers joined the Google assistant and you could use them without paying a separate subscription. Now hardware is the excuse for subscription. Amazon proposes the same. The launch of this platform coincides with the renewal of the catalog of intelligent devices of the family of Amazon, who now nourish from New Alexa+ Assistant. Although this service is not yet available in Spain, the firm led by Andy Jassy wants to pursue exactly the same: you pay for the product, then pay for using it through a monthly subscription. He Timing It is no accident. Gemini’s arrival at the Google Home Family devices is an obvious way to monetize all the investment that the company is doing in its models and AI infrastructure. In addition, inference costs are there, and you have to begin to make them profitable. On the web we still have free accounts that give a lot of room for maneuver for light use: in these devices that margin seems to disappear. AI as segmentator. Google thus raises a new reality in which AI turns a product into something premium. This technology is the perfect excuse to segment markets and Offer first and second class experiences: With your product you will win many integers, without Ia you are anchored in the past. Subscription fatigue returns. This new Google subscription service adds to a world conquered absolutely for this model. Although the option is reasonable as a way to compensate both users and service suppliers, the problem is that There are so many subscriptions that the amount dedicated to paying them begins to be prohibitive. The ecosystem trap. And of course there is that power that these closed ecosystems have, which work very well but that take advantage of that dependence that we end up having to force us certain extras in the form of subscriptions. Once you have five Echo or Nest devices, change them for another platform becomes expensive. Careful. This could be a shot in the butt for Google. Forcing users to pay if they want to get the most out of their devices can stop the adoption of these solutions. Who will pay a subscription of 10 dollars and then use your speaker to ask you time or ask you to put your favorite artist’s last song? This type of service seems to be very oriented to “friquis” of home automation that will take advantage of those options … but those same enthusiasts They usually try to access those same options without payingfor example through Open Source solutions. Thread and Matter’s unknown. And meanwhile, we attend a situation in which Interoperable standards –Thread, Matter– They may not serve much. Subscriptions destroy that future theoretical they sold us, and fragment the market with these new payment walls. They may not do it so much if Gemini ends up being something like “the Android of the speakers.” However, it is still very soon to know how a market that had stagnated and that with AI can be very benefited. If you pay for those benefits, of course. In Xataka | Domotizing with sensors seemed good idea. After several days of testing, Ana has discovered what almost no one tells

It only costs 9.99 euros per month and has no permanence

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There are many streaming platforms, so many that it is difficult to opt for one or the other. All have a catalog of films and series that make them differentiate between them, although there are more differences in the sports offer. If we like football and we want to see a game tonight, We are still in time to subscribe to Movistar Plus+: It comes out by 9.99 euros a month. Monthly subscription to Movistar Plus+ The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links One of the best game of the Champions, today in Movistar Plus+ Today we have a very good opportunity if we were thinking about subscribing to this streaming platform. It should be remembered that Movistar Plus+ can be hired, let’s be the operator that we are and, in addition, has no permanence. For this reason, we can subscribe today, see the great game tonight and try the platform the rest of the month. As we say, one of the best matches is played tonight at the level of European clubs that we can see today. At 21:00 Barcelona face the PSG of Luis Enriquelet’s remember, he is the current champion of the Champions League. It is not the only football that we will be able to see these days, since on day 2 we will also have available on the platform the Ludogorets-Betis (corresponding to the Europa League) and on the 5th the Celtic-Atletic match of Madrid. In addition to football, we cannot ignore two very important premieres of the platform for this month of October: ‘The Center’ (day 9) and ‘The last call’ (day 15). All this adds to a huge catalog of many carat that we can share with who we want, since Movistar Plus+ ADmit simultaneous reproduction on two devices. And eye: they don’t need to be in the same house. 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 | Movistar Plus+ In Xataka | Movistar Plus+ for not Movistar customers: what is it, how much it costs, channels, additional services and how to hire it In Xataka | Better televisions in quality Price: which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K 4K

Men and women are “better” separately

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We do not go through the branches. The truth is that birth rates are below the replacement level In the US and Europe since the 70s. In these last 30 years, the entire world came behind. Today, analysts like Fernández-Villaverde They are convinced That since 2023, humanity does not reach the replacement rate. But why? A fight without barracks. Hundreds of researchers have that question hanging in the cork of their offices. We have seen Many theories and many of them focus on one thing: the emancipation of women and the increase in their autonomy; But Claudia Goldin has an interesting idea. Goldin argues that, although that is important, the key comes from a mismatch between the wishes of men and women. A delicate balance. Goldin Notice That as of the 70s, the increases in productivity and social flexibility allowed societies to be more diverse: the social costs associated with the rupture of traditions were lower (often, radically lower) to those of periods of attention. However, the benefits of breaking those traditions are not the same for everyone. In aggregate terms, Always according to Goldinmen “benefit more from maintaining traditions; women benefit more than avoiding them.” The interesting thing is that they are apparently non -cooperative strategies. What does this imply? That only to the extent that one does not yield, the other has no reason to do so. That is, “when the probability that men abandon traditions is low, some professional women will not have children and others will delay them, often too much.” It makes sense: the raising of a child is a very complex task and “tradition” does that work in women. If the father does not accept to assume part of that work, it is very expensive for women, they can assume parenting and professional development. And, given that dilemma, many opt for the second. But why? Because the problem is another. A previous one, in fact. And having children has a fundamental characteristic: that cannot be reversed. A priori, one can park his professional career at any time, but he cannot ‘park’ the children. That means that women have to have clear signs that their partners are reliable and the truth is that in a context in which men can opt at any time for a non -cooperative strategy, these signs are something complicated to determine. That is what is behind all this, According to Goldin. And it is also what complicates its resolution. If it exists. After all, none of the great episodes of birth growth (after 39 in the US, after 1945 in almost all the nations that fought in World War II, after the prohibition of abortion in Romania in 1967, etc …) were intense, surprising and, above all, short. For Goldinuntil an institutional structure is achieved in which cooperation between men and women is the best option for both, nothing will solve the birth fall. Image | Ramiro Pianarosa | Genessa Panainte In Xataka | The secret to tracing birth? Fill everything with Mormons, Amish and Ultra -Orthodox Jews

Ukraine has invoked what Russia vetoed since the beginning of the war. And he told the US to tighten the button: Tomahawk

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Distances in modern wars are nuclear issues. In Ukraine it was very clear in November 2024, when the world held thinking that Putin finally had “tightened” the button. So, A few kilometers They were key for the Moscow missile not to activate all red lines. That is why also, since the invasion of 2022, a name that kyiv has just invoked as one of the greatest orders to Russia has rarely jumped to the fore. Tomahawks in Ukraine. USA Study seriously The request of the Ukrainian President Zelenski to incorporate cruise missiles Tomahawk To his arsenal, a step that would be an unprecedented escalation in the war. These missiles, with a range of between 1,500 and 2,500 kilometers according to the versions, would be able to reach Moscow and much of the Russian territory from Ukrainian soil, which would represent a qualitative change with respect to the current kyiv capacities, based mainly on long -range drones and the limited ones Atacms missiles previously authorized by Washington. The possibility of its delivery reflects the turn of the Donald Trump administration, which until recently was reluctant to extend the conflict, but now transmits a more belligerent speech: for its special envoy Keith Kellogg “There are no sanctuaries” and Ukraine should be able to hit Russia deeply to alter the dynamics of war. The Russian answer. From Moscow, the statements were received with an alarm and challenge mixture. Spokesman Dmitri Peskov recognized that the Kremlin was carrying out an “in -depth analysis” about the implications of an eventual supply of Tomahawks, raising questions about who would control its launch and the selection of objectives: if exclusively the Ukrainians or if there were American personnel involved, which would bring the scenario closer to a direct confrontation between powers. Besides, warned thateven if these missiles will be delivered, “there is no panacea” capable of rooting the situation on the front, where Russia claims to be constantly moving forward. The implicit message is that, even before a technological leap, Moscow would maintain the military initiative and not give in western blackmail. Reprisals and a shadow. The Russian political class went further in their warnings. The president of the Parliament Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, said that any US military specialist who participated in operations with Tomahawks would become reprisal objective direct, “and no one can protect them, neither Trump nor Kellogg nor anyone else.” Similarly, Putin He has repeated On previous occasions that Russia reserves The right to attack military facilities in third European countries if attacks against their territory are facilitated. The threat is not less: it would make NATO base white, with an obvious risk of climbing towards a direct conflict of greater size. Even Dmitri Medvedev, in his usual tone, He warned that Europe “It cannot afford a war with Russia”, but that “the risk of a fatal accident always exists”, in reference to the possible trigger for a greater confrontation from an error of calculation or a crossing of red lines. Tomahawk Change of American course. No doubt, the reconsideration of the supply of Tomahawks to Ukraine symbolizes a Turn in the strategy United States. During the presidency of Biden, Washington was extremely cautious, Limiting to reluctant The use of Atacms within the Russian territory and fearing to trigger an uncontrolled escalation. Under Trump, however, the speech has mutated: he starts talking about Ukraine as Able to win the warRussia is qualified as “paper tiger” and Multiply the pressure For European allies to also contribute with long -range missiles, such as German bullfighting. Former Lithuanian Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis He stressed That these weapons would not only give Ukraine greater control, but also allow “marking the tone” of the climb, instead of letting it be Moscow who unilaterally decides the depth of the attacks. Atacms Military Comparison: Atacms. The debate on which long -range missiles should receive Ukraine is not only political, but deeply technical and strategicbecause each system offers different possibilities on the battlefield. In front of Tomahawk, the Atacms, already used by Ukraine, is a tactical ballistic missile launched since Himars systems either M270. Its most widespread versions can reach 300 km. HE They use above all to hit deposits of ammunition, aerodromes and troops concentrations behind the immediate lines of the front. Its impact has been remarkable by forcing Russia to displace its more logistics centers within, but its limited scope leaves most of the Russian strategic rear. For Moscow, the difference with a Tomahawk is abysmal: while the Atacms forces to retreat a few hundred kilometers, a Tomahawk would put all its military and political apparatus at risk. Taurus Kepd 350 Military comparative: Taurus Kepd 350. He Taurusjointly developed by Germany and Sweden, it is an aerial cruise missile launched from combat planes such as The Tornado or the Eurofighter. Its estimated scope is 500 km, with a penetration eyelet designed to destroy bunkers, landing clues and strongly protected objectives. His ultrabajo flight profile and his capacity for electronic evasion make it especially difficult to intercept. Ukraine has been claiming these missiles for some time, although Berlin He has shown reluctance for the risk of being used to attack on Russian soil. In case of reaching Kiev, they would give the Ukrainian Air Force the ability to attack with great precision key military facilities such as aerodromes, barracks or weapons deposits in areas that until now remained out of reach. Strategic implications. The essential difference is In the scope: Atacms offer a tactical radius limited to the immediate area of ​​the front, the Taurus would allow to hit deeply in the Russian operational rear, and the Tomahawk would open the possibility of strategic attacks to the entire interior of the country, including its large urban and military centers. This reach staircase translates into different levels of climbing: while the attacks are perceived as a weapon of containment and wear, the Taurus already touch the capacity for operational denial and the Tomahawk cross directly to the field of strategic deterrence, … Read more

“They replicated the movie’s message”

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Few special effects designers have impacted both the world of cinema and him. If the eighties and nineties were aesthetically dominated by Industrial Light & Magic and the colorful and naive mastodon of the George Lucas company, The new century greeted a new generation of science fiction films and its effects. The flag bearer of that change was’Matrix‘And the impressive, even today impeccable digital tricks of John Gaeta. And although Gaeta went down in history for his revolutionary Bullet Time that allowed to capture scenes in a virtual space that could be digitally manipulable, a technique for which he won an Oscar to the best visual effects, his work was Beyond this foundational trilogyin films like ‘The curious case of Benjamin Button’ and ‘Avatar‘. He is one of the founders of Ilmxlab, a specialized Lucasfilm division in virtual reality and mixed reality, and we have had the opportunity to chat with him on all these issues during the Comic-with Malaga. Of course, we have no choice but to ask how you see His own role as absolute classic of the history of special effects. He tells us that “‘Matrix’ initiated a new chapter in the volumetric media: the real world was incorporated, including actors and characters, to a prototypic form of simulation.” But he did not understand it as a simulation, but as “a three -dimensional version of a real scene or moment.” And that fit the idea of ​​the film, where “we do not understand that we are already within the simulation.” That is, and there was greatness: the special effects took into account the argument and message of the film: if in the future the machines wanted to simulate the real world, they had to capture it visually and translate it: “we would have to capture the real world and translate it in some way to spatial media, computer graphics. And that was where we began to include the capture of actors.” Of course, technical difficulties began: “These things were like sculptures. They were not interactive or dynamic,” and had to create it from zero. “I think ‘Matrix’,” he concludes, “it was a catalyst event in the new medium form, a potential medium.” And therefore, sequences like that in which neo dodges the bullets are more than an exhibition of technical expertise: “That moment represents how your mind is imposed on matter, on Matrixthere is a certain self -realization. It is able to control the simulation that manipulated its reality, it is a decisive moment. And we needed to show something never seen, something supernatural, and that the viewer was witness. The future of effects When we ask about the future of special effects, it is very clear that they are in AI, something that is not surprising taking into account that it is currently immersed in the direction of Escape.aia platform that drives audiovisual narration with artificial intelligence. With it it intends to democratize the creation of content: “In the next ten years we will see the union of all media (from the cinema to other immersive such as virtual reality or video games) in a single multimodal medium thanks to AI.” What we are seeing now is just the beginning, “Once the generative AI is not as simplistic as it is currentlywhich is trained in two -dimensional passive media to simulate them. “What is that future, then?” When it begins to be much deeper when acquiring space intelligence, physical intelligence and scientific intelligence (because it will be trained for different purposes by scientists, educators, governments …), we will have the possibility of accessing entertainment that will no longer only consist of contemplating in a passive way. “ And that absence of passivity of the spectator (which will no longer be a spectator, according to Gaeta), is what the AI ​​will bring us: “Literally, we can say: ‘Well, now I do not want anyone who predetermines the content of this virtual world that has already shown me a story. I want to move away, turn around the corner, enter this world and start interacting with the characters and even play in this environment, or do what you want.” Gaeta blindly trusts the possibilities of AI to generate these completely interactive immersive worlds and that are created according to the user’s needs .. And this comes, of course, with SU batch of corresponding risks, on which Gaeta is reluctant to speak. But finally, he grants that “it is scary, it is exciting at the same time. It has always happened. As the technology with which cars were manufactured, which replaced the horses and is the same that ended up leading to the manufacture of tanks, and that is scary. It was supposed to be a great educator, and it turned out to be a device of distortion of reality. Everything has a price” “Technology is a double -edged sword, so there will be people who use things for good and create extraordinary things, solutions, inspiration, and then there will be evil people, who always exist, who will explode, try to enslave, try to destroy.” Gaeta is clear: “We have to be mature about it and know that technology always ends up revealing that duality.” In Xataka | Matrix was the first film to portray a real hacking. And inspired a generation of computer pirates

CUDA is the standard that grips the world and Nvidia is the only company with chips capable of running it. Until now

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Goal will acquire rivos, a Californian startup specialized in the design of chips based on RISC-Vaccording to sources of Bloomberg. In addition to the capabilities of its chips, the operation is part of a broader strategy: free itself from the NVIDIA dependence and thus take control of its infrastructure for artificial intelligence without its chips. What is at stake. Throughout these last years, Nvidia has dominated the GPUS market For the thanks to CUDAits owner development platform that has become the de facto standard to train and execute artificial intelligence models. Today, we have reached the point that whoever wants to make a large scale needs Nvidia chips, and that gives the company a huge market power, since they put the necessary hardware for an industry in which everyone wants to enter. Goal, despite having some of the best open models in the sector with Callskeep spending billions annually in Nvidia hardware. The strategic movement. With rivos, goal not only buys a company, buy an alternative to the current technological stack. The startup Develop GPUS and RISC-V-based acceleratorsan open source architecture standard that threatens the traditional X86 (Intel and AMD) and ARM. Goal already works in its own internal chip, the goal Training and Inference Accelerator (Mtia), designed next to Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC, but the advances are not as fast as Zuckerberg would like. According to sources cited by Bloombergthe CEO would have been actively looking for market reinforcements to accelerate development. It is not the only one. Goal adds to a career in which their technological rivals already have an advantage. Google has His tpusAmazon has Trainium and Microsoft has developed Maia. The AI ​​war does not win only with the best models, but also With the chip that executes them And goal, despite being burning hundreds of billions of dollars in AI, it was staying behind in this front. The context. Rivas acquisition is not an isolated movement. Target there was already tried to buy furiosaaia South Korean startup specialized in chips to train AI systems, but the offer of 800 million dollars was rejected. In addition, the company has recently announced An investment of 29,000 million dollars To build a huge data center in Louisiana and plan to spend up to 72,000 million this year on infrastructure related to AI. The RISC-V challenge. Rivas represents an ambitious bet. Although RISC-V has not yet managed to penetrate massively into US data centers (its presence is mainly limited to microcontrollers and IoT devices), its potential is undeniable. China is already launching tablets and laptops with this architecture. If Meta manages to develop an AI accelerator based on RISC-V capable of replacing The NVIDIA H200 In its internal operations, it would be a considerable blow for the dominant standard. Cover image | Nvidia and Goal In Xataka | Openai has just presented Sora 2 with a Tiktok -style app. This is outlined a new wave of viral videos

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