Month: October 2025

What is, what differs and how much Amazon’s new operating system arrives for its Fire TV

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Come on, explain what is Vega Osthe new Amazon operating system for its Fire TV devices. This is the most drastic software movement that Amazon has given in recent years, although we still do not know its arrival date in Spain. But so you can know what is coming, let’s tell you everything we know On this operating system, as well as the data of its operation and the differences with the current fire. What is Vega Vega is an operating system created by Amazon for its Fire TV devices. Internally it has been known simply as “Vega” during its development, which has been running since 2023. Until now, Amazon TV devices used Fire OS, which was a Android version modified by the company. However, Vega is a system created from scratchwith which they seek to become independent of Google and have more freedom when creating a really optimized system. Like Android, Vega is also based on GNU/Linux, and is the one who It already works on devices such as echo show. In fact, it is designed to run in a wide variety of devices. How differs from fire Vega’s main feature is that it uses react native as a framework for applications, which should facilitate power Create apps with JavaScript For the system. With this, Amazon should be able to have an ecosystem of applications and software, which is lighter than Android applications. To understand it better, what you have right now on your Fire TV is an Android modified by Amazon. The company can make many changes, but it will always have to start from the Android base, a system designed to work on many devices, and that can have things that are simply not needed for the Fire. By having a completely own operating system that is not based on Android, Amazon will be able optimize it to the maximum For the specific hardware of its devices. This will make everything work faster and fluid. It becomes like thinking about the differences between Android and iOS, if the iPhone usually go more fluid on many occasions, it is because their operating system is created exclusively for their phones, while Android has to be able to function for all. It is something similar to why Windows may seem sometimes heavier than macOS. However, Amazon will have an important problem. The good thing about having an Android -based system is that you can use existing applications for Android TV or Google TV. Meanwhile, now they will have to convince developers to create apps from scratch destined for Vega Os. The other great focus of this new system is in The complete redesign of the interfacewith which Amazon aims to simplify access to the content to make it more immediate. In addition, you will also have a new live TV guide with up to 10 custom recommendations according to your tastes. You will also have the option of saving movies and series of different services in one place. When Vega arrives The device in charge of giving the exit gun with Vega is the Fire TV Stick 4K Selectwhich can already be reserved in Spain. However, There is no arrival date in Spain of this system. This means that you will first buy the device with Fire TV, and then Vega Os should arrive. The normal thing is that when Vega Os arrives, I do it through a software update. Come on, you will get an update to the Fire TV, and this will change the current system for the new one. Then, it is also expected to get to the rest of Fire TV. In Xataka Basics | Alexa+: What is Amazon’s new intelligent assistant, how it works and what is its price and availability

false videos of yourself being the protagonist

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Openai has just discovered the formula of definitive addiction. It is not just about watching videos of people like you (that trick was already dominated by Tiktok), it is about seeing yourself being the protagonist of each clip. Cameos, the new function of Sora 2converts the experience of passive consumption into something tremendously narcissistic: a Feed infinite where tU face appears constantly doing things you never did, in places where you were neverliving lives that you never lived. Mechanics is simple: You record your face once. You verify your identity. And from there any friend to who describes can insert you into their creations. The result is a social validation laboratory where the ‘digital self’ eclipses the ‘real I’. Adolescents, already vulnerable to identity distortion produced existing in parallel realities more attractive than yours. The precedent is there: when Openai launched the Ghibli style filters, Millions of users flooded the networks with animated versions of themselves. It was a moment of collective, but ephemeral euphoria. Sora 2 It does not offer a moment but an ecosystem. A place where the content is not exhausted because the content is you, Infinitely remezable, eternally protagonist. The difference between seeing others and seeing yourself is abysmal and that is why the Instagram walls were full of photos made with the rear camera and now of photos made with the front camera. Permanent self -promotion. Tiktok hackea the reward circuit showing you similar people, Sora 2 short circuits: Each video is an improved mirror. OpenAI has built parental controls, water marks, permissions revocation systems. Everything is designed to mitigate obvious risks. But real risk is not punctual use, it is The normalization of living in a reality manufactured Where your digital version is always more interesting than your real version. It is technology that understands too well how we work, what are the weak points of our psyche in this era. And that understanding is more addictive than anything we have seen so far. In Xataka | Tiktok, Instagram and X dominated our lives, but now their users are escaping to chat with machines Outstanding image | OpenAI

In 48 hours the Gaza conflict will take a 360 degree turn. And some options were science fiction just a few days ago

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Trump, accompanied by Netanyahu, has presented An ambitious plan of peace that seeks to end almost two years of war in Gaza, releasing Israeli hostages and opening a reconstruction process under international supervision. Its scheme demands the surrender of Hamas, the total disarmament and its political exclusion, offering in return the release of about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and the massive entry of humanitarian aid. TO Your ultimatum He has hours left for the conflict of a 360 degree turn. An unexpected plan. Unlike previous proposals that were limited to partial truces, the one now intends a definitive cessation of hostilities, with a period of just 72 hours (now about 48) so that Hamas delivers all captives. Israel would keep troops in A safety corridor Within Gaza and in damping areas, but it would commit to partial replication, while a Palestinian Technical Committee Under the tutelage of A “Board of Peace” chaired by Trump and with Tony Blair in a prominent role. The project, prepared in consultations with Israel, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, has been qualified by the White House as the most realistic route to close the war and redraw the future of the strip. The concessions to Netanyahu. Netanyahu achieved, to a large extent, Impose your conditions: Hamas would be out of any future administration, the Palestinian authority would only have a hypothetical role subject to drastic reforms, and the creation of a Palestinian state would be deferred to an indefinite horizon. If you want, for the Israeli prime minister, internationally cornered after European recognitions of a Palestinian State and after the Boicot in the United Nationsit was a kind of Rare Diplomatic Victoria: together with Trump he was able to show that he still controls the times and that Washington supports his “total victory” strategy. The right. However, this same position opens cracks within Israel, where the radical right accuses the government of Claudicar by accepting a plan with Symbolic concessions to the Palestinian cause and with the introduction of foreign forces in Gaza. Smotrich and Ben-Gvir They have warned that could demolish the coalition if the agreement becomes a definitive peace that freezes the military offensive, which predicts political turbulence that Netanyahu tries to dodge with procedure maneuvers, such as avoiding taking the entire plan to the vote of the security cabinet. The pressure on Hamas. For Hamas, The proposal is lethal In political terms: he would mean the end of his domain in Gaza after almost two decades, the disarmament of his brigades and the delivery of his last hostages without guarantees of future influence. Even so, the group faces an unpublished pressure: Türkiye, Qatar and Egypt have expressed support for the plan and warn that Hamas’s time runs out. Many analysts They point that the direction of the militia seeks a “decent landing” that saves part of its paintings and avoid total annihilation, but any acceptance of the agreement would mean cross the red lines He has always proclaimed, especially the maintenance of his armed arm. In that context, Trump launched that public ultimatum: “Three or four days” to answer, accompanied by the threat that Hamas will “pay in hell” if he rejects the offer. The dilemma for Islamist leaders is clear: giving and surviving politically in exile or resisting and risking that Israel resumes an even more devastating offensive. The Arab mediators. In this case, Arab countries have gone from rhetoric to direct involvement. Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Egypt, Jordan and Qatar have transmitted to Washington and Israel A list of conditions: No to the annexation of Gaza, not to the forced displacement of Palestinians, not to new settlements, and yes to a horizon of Palestinian self -determination. Although Trump’s plan does not fully satisfy these demands, he has incorporated concessions as the mention of a possible “credible route towards Palestinian self -determination” if the Palestinian authority undertakes reforms. The paradox is that the authority itself, weakened and discredited, has Backed the plan With enthusiasm, accepting to review your textbooks, eliminate payments to prisoners and open to international scrutiny in order not to be excluded. For Arab states, the priority is close the war frontcontain humanitarian drift and keep the prospects for the solution of two states alive, even in a rhetorical framework. Internal risks in Israel. We said it before, the agreement threatens to fracture The Israeli coalition. While the centrist opposition supports him as a realistic basis to recover hostages and stop the war, the ultra -nationalist parties perceive it as an inadmissible assignment. The fear of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir is that to accept international forces and a Palestinian administration, even if it is technocratic, EROSIONE ISRAELI CONTROL and leave the door open to a future Palestinian state. Netanyahu tries to keep the Delicate balance: Present the agreement as a triumph in Washington and before the international community, but reassuring its right -wing base ensuring that Israel will retain military presence in Gaza and will never allow a sovereign Palestinian state. This double discourse reflects the fragility of your government, increasingly dependent on maintaining the security narrative against external demands. Trump’s disappointment. The change in tone of Trump himself to Israel does not cease to be striking. In private And in recent statements, the US president has shown An unusual anger with Netanyahu for unilateral attacks that have put the mediation of Washington, such as the bombardment in Doha against Hamas leaders when a fire was discussed. Trump se Feel disappointed So consider a lack of reciprocity: while he has sustained Israel in the international arena, Netanyahu has acted so that weakens the strategy North American diplomatic. This disenchantment, also applicable To the “Russian friend” In the Ukraine War, explains the Plan turnwhich is no longer just a blank check for Israel, but a frame with commitments and deadlines, in which it is even mentioned, even if it is vaguely, the perspective of a Palestinian state. Gaza under international administration. Thus, things, the plan also opens the … Read more

The Neoclouds promised to democratize the AI. Right now are the most fragile and indebted link in the entire sector

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Coreweave, Lambda Labs, Crusoe and Nebius They represent the most booming and also more fragile link in the AI ​​value chain: Neoclouds. These companies have raised tens of billions in capital and debt to build Data centers full of NVIDIA GPUSbut its business model rests on an increasingly questionable premise: that the demand for computing capacity to continue to grow exponentially. Why is it important. The problem is not just that these companies lose money. Is that its financial structure depends on a vicious circle: They raise debt to buy GPUS. They use those GPUS as a guarantee for more debt. And the money they enter comes mostly from the same companies that sell them the chips and lend them the money. The model. The Neoclouds They came promising GPU infrastructure in months, no years, already prices up to 66% cheaper than AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. The proposal sounded well: companies needed GPUS and Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure and Company) did not supply. The market responded with enthusiasm: Coreweave went from billing 16 million dollars in 2022 to 5,350 million in the last year. Nebius (which has exploded in the stock market and whose germ is Yandex) grew from 5 million quarterly to 105 million. The segment Neocloud As a whole, 82% per year has grown in the last four years. The problem of the single client. Coreweave generated 60% of its 2024 revenues by renting capacity to Microsoft for Openai. Only Microsoft. Nvidia represents another 15%. If you eliminate a The magnificent seven already openai of the accounts of the main Neocloudsthere are hardly 1,000 million dollars of combined income, As calculated by analyst Ed Zitron. Lambda Labs has half of his income at Amazon and Microsoft, plus 1.5 billion in a contract with Nvidia. Almost all Nebius’s growth projection comes from A 19,000 million agreement with Microsoft. There is no diversified market of business clients. There are a handful of technological giants using these suppliers as an exhaust valve or as a vehicle to move money without inflating their own capital expenses Aka Capex. The money trail. Coreweave owes 25,000 million with annual revenues of 5,350 million. Its debt-active ratio reaches 85.4%. It is like two times your annual salary. And unlike the property that supports a mortgage, the GPUS depreciate quickly. Nebius He has just closed a 4,200 million round to build the infrastructure that allows you to fulfill your contract with Microsoft. Lambda Labs and Crusoe have raised hundreds of millions in risk and debt capital. The model is always the same: You get a large contract. You use that contract as a guarantee to raise debt. Purchases Gpus to Nvidia. Rrena more data centers. Repeat. The problem arises when the Ancla client decides that he no longer needs so much capacity, or when you cannot build the infrastructure quick enough. Between the lines. Nvidia has invested directly into several Neoclouds And it is also its largest supplier and, in many cases, its largest client. Coreweave signed a 6,300 million agreement with Nvidia a few days ago For the manufacturer to buy any capacity that cannot be sold to other customers until 2032. In the end we see an elaborate mechanism of Circular financing: Nvidia needs to sell GPUS to maintain its growth. The Neoclouds They need to buy GPUS to fulfill their contracts. The Hyperscalers They need additional capacity but do not want to inflate their capex. And the Private Equity You need to place tens of billions in something that seems the future. In figures. Building a Data Center Capacity Gigavatio costs between 32,500 and 50,000 million dollars. Oracle and Crusoe took 2.5 years to complete a gigavatio for Openai. Nebius has promised to build multiple gigawatts in increasingly unrealistic terms. The alarm signal. Coreweave has reported important operating losses in its last quarter despite explosive growth in income. Nebius plans to reach 1,100 million in annual recurring revenues by the end of 2025, almost exclusively driven by the contract with Microsoft. What happens if Microsoft decides that you can build your own cheaper capacity? Or if Openai, the final customer of much of that capacity, collapses under the weight of their own losses? The decisive moment. The consolidation has already begun. Coreweave has just bought Core Scientific for 9,000 million in shares. Only great will survive, and probably not many. It is a matter of time when the adjustment will arrive. The doubt is how much damage will cause when billions in debt collide against the reality that the real demand for GPU capacity is a fraction of what is assumed. In Xataka | The PC is mutating: the future is filled with AI work stations so you can have your chatgpt at home Outstanding image | Nebius

Who can access, fines and exceptions

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October 1, 2025. The date of the definitive implementation of the Granada Zbe has arrived. As of today, all cars that access without permission to the municipality will receive a fine of 200 euros, taking into account that in article 76 Z3) of the Traffic Law, Motor vehicles and road safety It is pointed out as serious infraction: Do not respect the circulation restrictions derived from the application of protocols in the face of pollution episodes and low emissions areas. This leaves all neighbors whose cars do not have stickers and are registered outside the city of Granada. Therefore, All citizens From the peoples of the metropolitan area they have to be careful not to exceed the limits of the municipality if they do not want to be fined. To clarify the whole matter, we collect all cases and exceptions. Granada Zbe Map. Source: Granada City Council The Granada Zbe: Map and Permits The first thing to be clear about before is to be clear that the Zbe of the city of Granada applies to the entire city. That is, to the entire extension of the municipality. Therefore, the same criterion is applied as in Madrid either Barcelona But the creation of special protection zones is omitted, as in the capital. Therefore, There are no rings or areas with special restrictions. All Granada is governed under the same standards. In the upper map, cars that are prohibited in entry may not exceed the area delimited in green. In total, we talk about an area of ​​23.55 km2. The City Council is obliged to signal all access points with a signal in which it is collected where the ZBE begins and what are the vehicles that are allowed to pass. Likewise, it has specified that It is not necessary to carry the DGT sticker Put on the windshield since the record is telematic. Who can happen? In this case, simple: all cars registered in the city of Granada. There is no environmental label discrimination in this case. If the car is registered in Granada, its driver can circulate wherever and time he wants. In a city like Granada, with a multitude of border municipalities, it must be taken into account that if I live in a town near Granada but my car is registered in the city, I will have no problem. On the contrary, if I live in Granada but the car is registered outside, I can find some restrictions. Who can’t happen? Circulation restrictions only affect cars that are not registered in the city of Granada. These restrictions prevent the step to High -environment cars. In the case of having a letter B, C, Eco or Zero Emissions, we can circulate without problem, during the time we want and with total tranquility. But if the car does not have an environmental label we can only pass with some exceptions. What exceptions exist? To pass to the interior of Granada with a registered car outside the city and without label, there are some exceptions that allow the passage without a fine. These are the most important: Pharmacies and hospitals: it can be accessed without receiving a fine without prior justification as long as This form is drilling in less than a week and the displacement is justified. This other form It is the specific one for guard pharmacies. Over 67 years: they have to fill out This responsible statement making it clear that it is they who will drive the car. Workers: You can access the work by car as long as an IPREM rental threshold. That is, if the income does not exceed 16,800 euros. In this case you have to Fill the responsible statement and present the employment contract in the City Council Mobility Area. Parking lots: the delimited area can be accessed with a car without sticker as long as it is stacked in one of the 36 public parking lots For more than an hour. The goal is to prevent a person from entering the city without permission, take a quick step through a parking lot and leave it. Historical vehicles: as long as they participate in unique events or events. It is necessary to fill out this form. Workshops and Courts: You can access whether the driver He goes to a workshop either to a court. Filling the previous links for each case. Dependent people: Access of a vehicle per dependent person is allowed previously filling this form. If you still have any questions, the City of Granada is active the following email where you can leave all your questions: zbe@granada.org. Besides, On this website You can find all cases and exceptions. Photo | Granada City Council and dimitry_b In Xataka | A very high percentage of fines that are used in Madrid for the Zbe end up annulled: two reasons explain it

Science has discovered what is the best time of day to be more concentrated and T0mar better decisions: at noon

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As with the muscles, the brain offers its best version the more rested it is. For that reason, the experts recommend Identify the most productivity hours According to the chronotype of each person to carry out the most demanding activities and tasks at that time and have a better cognitive performance. Recent studies have revealed that fatigue affects remarkably when it comes to being more productive and even in decision making. Understanding this relationship helps to better plan schedules and improve performance. An example: Jeff Bezos never program meetings Beyond five in the afternoon Because doing so would imply raising the risk of making erroneous decisions. The moment of higher performance: noon. A study carried out by researchers from the universities of Messina and Bologna (Italy) analyzed more than 104,000 oral exams and found clear patterns at the time of the day when the students had more likely to approvehighlighting a peak that was not related to the difficulty of the exam but to the time in which the exam was taken. The researchers found that the global approved rate was 57%. However, the chart of probabilities to approve drew a bell shape, reaching its maximum point in the hours near noon, especially between 11:00 and 1:00 p.m. In comparison, the approved rates were remarkably lower early in the morning (between 8:00 and 9:00 hours) and the first hour of the afternoon (between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.) without finding outstanding differences between those two moments. Without realizing it, we lose capabilities. To rule out that the downturn registered by the students at noon is conditioned by Knowledge of the subject of the examThe researchers also studied the behavior of teachers. The results of both groups led to the same conclusion: both students and evaluators experienced changes in their mental state and fatigue levels in the same time strip. This could contribute to the afternoon of the approval rate in exams is lower, since both the evaluator and the examinee are more fatigued and the teachers become more irascible and intolerant due to tiredness. If it’s 16:00, you’re guilty. The same conclusions arrived A group of researchers of the University of Columbia and the Ben Gurion University of the Neguev on the importance of the schedule in which judicial sentences and the increase in the severity of judicial decisions are issued. The investigators analyzed the behavior of several judges during the day and found that the favorable sentences to the defendants reached their peak as the pause to eat was approaching, reaching up to 70%. However, as the early hours of the afternoon progressed and the judges approached the next recess, this percentage progressively decreased to almost 0% by increasing the hardness of the sentences imposed. The “Baba” after the meal. This pattern suggests that our brain works best in mid -morning, and maintains that performance until eating. The explanation is found in the combination of biological factors such as Circadian rhythmswhich regulates energy and alert states during the day releasing more or less melatonin to the body to induce sleep state or activate alert and attention mechanisms. Researchers hypothesize that cognitive function continues This time curve naturallyimproving until noon and decreasing after eating, which coincides with the feeling of support after food. After lunch, there is a small increase in melatonin that can cause drowsiness and lower performance. Revitalizing naps. According to The published by Harvard Health Publishinga short nap after eating can improve the concentration and alert state if it lasts between 10 and 30 minutes. According to research in this regard, this type of naps increase the alert by more than 50% and competition by more than 30% compared to those who do not. However, the duration is key, and sleep more than the account It can be counterproductive. The study analyzed the behavior of Mediterranean adults and observed that making a short nap of less than 30 minutes is associated with a lower probability of high blood pressure (21%), while long naps (more than 30 minutes) are linked to the highest metabolic and cardiovascular risk (41%), as well as the higher perimeter of waist and blood glucose. Therefore, a brief nap after food, contributes to energy and maintaining mental acuity in the afternoon. In Xataka | Some neuroscientists believe they have found the trick to solve the most complicated problems: take a nap Image | Unspash (Sinitta Leunen)

My Smart TV screams a Fire TV Stick. Now that they are on offer is a good time to buy it

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There are still a few days for Amazon to celebrate his new campaign Prime offers partybut as usual the store has given a small advance with new (and quite interesting) discounts on its Fire TV Stick. If you do not have one yet, you want to renew the one you have or want to have a better performance when using the TV, as is my case, all models have dropped in price: In addition, when buying the 4K or 4K Max model from Amazon you can buy an Xbox command along with a month of Game Pass with a 20%discount. Fire TV Stick 4K (last generation) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links The 4K model is again the one with the best value for money Taking into account that Amazon no longer markets the Fire TV Stick Lite, the store right now only has three models – although A new one will arrive soon-. Among the three Dongle, The Fire TV Stick 4K is the one that has the best value for moneyand by far. He Fire TV Stick 4K It is a small device that connects to TV through HDMI to use apps such as Netflix or YouTube. The particularity of this model is that it offers both a 4K resolution and compatibility with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, as long as the television to which we connect it admits it. In addition, it has improved in performance with respect to the previous generation and is Game Pass compatibleso through the Fire TV Stick 4K you can access the Microsoft cloud service (it is necessary to have a command). The voice assistant also incorporates Alexa and allows you to control TV through the distance control of the FIRE TV Stick. Under my experience, I have used several Fire TV Stick HD and there are not few times that I have thought about making the jump to the 4K model. My TV, although in everything else it is good, in regards to its performance … it is quite bad, so one of these devices (or some TV box) are Ideal to have a better experienceespecially when navigating the operating system. You may also interest you Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select (last generation): Start reproducing 4K content in streaming, see hundreds of thousands of films and series episodes, and access free TV and live TV The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Amazon Echo Dot Max (last generation): Alexa speaker with enveloping sound and integrated digital home controller, graphite 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 | Amazon In Xataka | Best Amazon Fire TV. Which to buy and recommended models to turn your TV into a smart TV depending on the use In Xataka | Best “intelligent” loudspeakers Amazon Echo. Which to buy and recommendations depending on the use

China is building more electric cars than you can sell and that announces something dramatic: a manufacturers bleeding

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For years, China has cooked its assault on the electric car. As in other sectors, the country has put a cooked pot and has been done with all the ingredients. Little by little, it has been heating the water, browning the sauce and, with everything ready, the fire has risen. The time has come to get the dishes. And it doesn’t matter if someone stays along the way. A huge market. China is the largest electric car market. Not only that, by volume, it is the country in which more cars are bought if we add all kinds of technologies. His market is gigantic. To the point that In it, 23.5 million cars were sold In 2024. To get an idea, in the United States 16 million cars were sold and around 12 million cars. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing According to data from Carnewschinasales were slightly lower (22.9 million) but the International Energy Agency (IEA, for its acronym in English) and the specialized medium in the Chinese market agree that the barrier of more than 11 million vehicles of new energy sold (category in which plug -in and electric hybrids are included) was broken). Over low heat. Until last year, European manufacturers had been leaders in the Chinese market. Little by little, local manufacturers have gained ground … until Byd rolled Volkswagen. Among new energy vehicles, more than 60% of sales They are electric cars. And there, Chinese manufacturers have passed over Westerners. They have achieved it with a determined policy. European manufacturers were offered land and labor at balance prices. Of course, they had to associate with local manufacturers. These manufacturers have learned from the West and, in addition, They have received subsidies from the Chinese governmenteither with the creation of state companies (or partial participation in them), almost free land and facilities and soft loans. And, at the same time, the State has been taking strategic positions. China controls the supply chain of semiconductors But also the production of Rare earth and of batteries. All this has caused that the cost of producing in China for the Chinese market is much cheaper for its local producers, which has resulted in a better product at a better price than foreign competitors. Fearless. Once the State has been done with the ingredients and has put the cooker, it has not been afraid to climb the fire with the intention that their marks will eat the western ones in the country. The purchase subsidies have been focused on maintaining a constant sales yield of electric cars and new energy, where China has managed to get ahead. At the same time, a wave of nationalism well aimed from the State (for the interests of its manufacturers) has moved the purchase interests of consumers. They already see Western brands as a thing of the past. Companies that previously positioned themselves as a luxury product today are obsolete in a market that bets on a type of car without barriers. A car that is the object of mobility but is also karaoke or interactive center where to take a while surrounded by screens. Overcapacy. Or overproduction, so that we all understand each other. According to data from the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers, In 2024 there were 31,282 million vehicles and 31,436 million were sold. Keep in mind that much of that production, obviously, was sent outside the borders. In fact, already in 2023 The country beat Japan as the largest car exporter in the world. The problem is that the formula has begun to give symptoms of exhaustion in this 2025. O, as little, of a certain stagnation. Last August, Byd confirmed that he had to redirect your sales prospects. The company I planned to produce 5.5 million of vehicles but its new objective is on the border of the 5 million. With 80% of its sales in China, which by the brake begins to give an idea of ​​the difficulty finding the market to absorb all the cars that are producing. An unexpected war. That difficulty in putting cars in the market has been the manufacturer himself in his meats. They explain in Reuters That in the Chinese city of Chengdu it is easy to find cars with discounts of 50%. Some of them, the Audi that are manufactured in collaboration with FAW, are sold with up to 60% discount. That war is dilapidating the margin of benefits of brands such as byd that have more muscle than rivals to lower prices and reduce stock. Because that is another of the obvious symptoms that point to a slowdown in the Chinese market. A few months ago, The concessionaires themselves asked that manufacturers stop sending cars because they were having problems selling them despite the attractive discount. In fact, The State itself has brought together manufacturers To deal with the topic of kilometers 0, which add up as a sale but then are forgotten in stores in the absence of a buyer. A private market. When China lived its previous price war, we already commented that it was a fire test for some companies. The problem of this wild competition is that manufacturers enter a downward price wheel where cars are ended up without taking out enough benefit to it. So, Tesla and Byd They were the ones that had the entire muscle to destroy the rivals. But, in addition, two peculiarities in the Chinese market must be taken into account. The first is that the launch rhythm is very high. That makes the companies themselves leave the cars they have launched just a few months or a year ago with their own innovations. This is the case of byd And the announcement that His eye of God would reach all his cars From now on. The client observes that the models and prices are renewed with each launch. Conclusion: delays the purchase, the stock accumulates and the cars are outdated. But, in addition, manufacturers … Read more

3,500 missiles point to Taiwan

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In the month of July he gave himself A situation which could pass perfectly through the stage of the filming of an action movie. In the early hours of a Monday, the stations of one meter began to fill, but instead of passengers loaded with wallets and suitcases, military, soldiers and more soldiers armed with anti -tanks. The place gave us an idea that this was not a movie, it was a simulation for what can happen: Taiwan. In fact, that possibility seems closer than ever from space. A huge display. I told this week The New York Times. Satellite images show that China is transforming its coast against Taiwan into a vast missile launch platform that constitutes the cornerstone of Xi Jinping strategy to force reunification and, at the same time, challenge US military power in Asia. He Pentagon estimates that the arsenal of the missile force, responsible for nuclear and conventional vectors, has increased by 50% in just four years until reaching about 3,500 units. Although the exact number of missiles located directly in front of the Strait is not known, the images leave no doubt: expanded bases, with tens of additional launch ramps and new facilities in key provinces such as Anhui or Jiangxi. New generation missiles. Among the displayed systems are the Dongfeng-17a hypersonic missile with great maneuvering capacity and difficult to interceptand the Dongfeng-26, known as The “Guam Express” due to its reach to US bases in the Pacific. These missiles can carry both conventional and nuclear heads and are transportable by road, which increases their mobility and complicates their tracking by enemy intelligence. The pentagon calculates that Beijing already has half a thousand df-26which makes this weapon a pillar of its strategy of denial of access against US forces in Guam, Japan or aircraft carrier deployed in the region. Exercises, deployments and messages. Practices on the Oriental China Coast They include simulated releases From agricultural fields, hidden or esplanade valleys next to highwayswhich demonstrates an effort to integrate missiles into the field in a flexible and dispersed way. The Times told that maneuvers have a double function: operational preparation and political signal. For Taiwan, the message is that resisting would be useless before an overwhelming arsenal; For Washington, that intervening would be too expensive. It is not, therefore, only military capacity: missiles They are the starting point of any Chinese coercion strategy and, in peace times, function as an instrument of intimidation through parades, tests and public exhibitions, such as The recent in Beijing in which missiles were Hypersonic and new ICBM. Expansion of Brigades 611 and 616. Brigade 611, in Anhui, ha Duplicate its size With training facilities, simulated tunnels and up to three dozen launch ramps, an unusually dense concentration that underlines the importance of the enclave. There, Xi Jinping It appeared Personally in 2024 to encourage troops to maintain a “crisis and combat mentality.” Further south, in Jiangxi, Brigade 616 is He has prepared To receive to DF-17with Adapted hangars to the dimensions of the new hypersonic missile. These deployments show how the Chinese oriental coast becomes a network of offensive nodes designed to saturate Taiwanese defenses and threaten United States facilities in minutes. Nuclear dimension and risks. The DF-26 Encarna the strategic ambiguity of Beijin, being able to equip yourself indistinctly With nuclear eyelets or conventional. Although American satellites could detect the transfer of nuclear heads from central deposits to these brigades, experts warn that the process It is not infallible And leave a very dangerous margin of uncertainty. A conflict around Taiwan would have, from the first moment, a Latent nuclear dimension. This ambiguity increases the risk of calculation errors and rapid climbing, especially if Washington decides to attack mobile pitchers in Chinese continental territory, which would mean a serious political and military decision. Drills and objectives. The Desert construction West of China of models of US warships and warships, some mounted on rails To simulate movement, confirms that Chinese missiles are not prepared only for static scenarios on land, but also to beat the US Navy In open sea. Chinese military plans plan to disperse mobile pitchers in caves and camouflaged locations, shoot and retreat, in a wear set to saturate and exhaust enemy antimisile defenses. Recent studies They conclude that the US air bases in Asia, many without sufficient reinforced shelters could be devastated in the first bars of a contest. Limits and vulnerabilities. The brilliant increase in capacities has not been exempt from problems. Scandals of corruption and purges internal have splashed to the missile force, and the Pentagon reports They alert that the quality of some nuclear infrastructure could be compromised. In addition, despite advances in radars and satellites, doubts persist about the efficacy of missiles in real combat conditions, especially against moving ships, where tactical uncertainty is much greater than against fixed objectives on land. The missile as a nucleus of power. If you want also, the accumulation of thousands of missiles on the coast Oriental reflects the conviction of Xi Jinping that the future of the Taiwanese issue goes through the coercion and threat of force use. That so -called as missile strength It is, in words of analyststhe “Crown Jewel” of the Popular Liberation Army: an instrument that expands the Chinese projection to the entire Western Pacific complicates any calculation of US intervention and places Taiwan under constant pressure. The “but” is that, the same strategy that seeks to ensure success, also contains the risk of a calculation error by precipitating a escalation nuclear unprecedented from the Cold War. Image | Maxar Technologies, Nara In Xataka | Taiwan has had an idea if Beijing invades her: surprise China underground In Xataka | While China debate about Taiwan, Europe does not waste time. Its greatest port has left a hole for war

YouTube can end up becoming something more important for Google than your search engine

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The race to dominate the AI It has many legs And, one of them is undoubtedly developing The perfect search engine. There is also a clear intention of several technological giants by Destrone Google in one of your most prolific businesses. However, Google is not passed without doing anything while the AI ​​career advances by leaps and bounds. In fact, it has an ace in the sleeve that perhaps few have seen coming: YouTube. And it is that the video platform could become the most powerful weapon of the company to continue growing in AI. The searches conquer. Google knows that artificial intelligence can be an existential threat to its search engine, the main source of income of the company for decades. That’s why he has been vitaminating Gemini and joining his abilities to Search through summaries with Ai overViews either The full search engine with AI that the company plans to launch soon worldwide. Meanwhile, chatgpt and other language models eat the toast with very useful capabilities for users, such as being able to answer user questions directly While searches are made On the Internet without clicking links or advertising. A perfect shield. However, YouTube works radically differently, since here the AI ​​is not a threat, but A competitive advantage. And while the search engine must deal with chatbots from other companies, YouTube can use AI in its favor to generate more content, improve its recommendations algorithm and, above all, multiply their monetization opportunities. All this knowing that it is a platform without any serious rival to date. Video against text. Analyst Ben Thompson, from the specialized media Stratechery, Point out That video is an inherently more monetizable format than the text, and the recent history of social networks demonstrates it. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram began as text and photos, but they have all ended up focusing on the video because it is what really hooks most users. Tiktok understood from the beginning: The most addictive content does not come from your contact network, but from an algorithm that shows you the most entertaining videos, wherever they come from. And YouTube has been doing exactly for almost two decades. Numbers that speak for themselves. YouTube It is the most watched streaming service on televisionsahead of Netflix. It is the dominant mobile application and computer for video consumption. And, above all, he has paid More than 100,000 million dollars to creators in the last four years. That figure does not even include the income that creators obtain for collaborations with brands, which usually overcome what they earn by advertising. YouTube is no longer just a platform, but an entire economy AI as an accelerator, not as a threat. Google is integrating the technology of its Deepmind division directly on YouTube, and the results are promising. The platform He has just announced tools based on I see 3its video generation model, which allow any user to create clips for YouTube Shorts from the mobile and for free. The result? A content tsunami generated by AI That, although mostly it will be irrelevant, annoying and ends up subtracting authenticity from the platform, it will also generate more videos in less time and, in large part, their tools can be used so that creators use them to generate really good videos. And YouTube already has its own algorithm to separate the grain from the straw. Each element of a video is a business opportunity. But Google’s master play with AI on YouTube has nothing to do with creating videos, but by monetizing them. The company has started trying A system that uses artificial intelligence to automatically identify products that appear in the videos and label them at the exact moment in which they are mentioned or shown. “Each element of each YouTube video is on its way to becoming a monetizable surface,” assures Thompson. Imagine to see a video of home reforms and be able to buy with a single click any tool that appears, even if it is in the background. It is the humid dream of every marketing giant. An invisible giant. Sometimes we forget YouTube. In fact, many analysts, including Thompson, who even He recognizes itThey have underestimated the platform for years. Most people prefer to consume entertainment in video and YouTube format have always been there, growing unstoppable and sometimes even invisible. The finish line, applied by Google. Thompson already He warned months ago about the potential of the AI ​​to convert each content pixel into advertising inventory, but then thought of a goal. The irony is that Google, who arrived late by offering the mass public tools of generative after Bard’s disastrous launchit is now who has arrived first with this technology. As assures Thompson, goal must still develop the necessary models and infrastructure; Google already has them working. Cover image | Google and Collabstr In Xataka | The MIT has studied the impact of AI on companies. Its conclusion: only 5% of the time changes some really

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