Month: November 2025

GTA VI delays its launch again

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Grand Theft Auto VIthe new game in the iconic Rockstar Games saga, has delayed its launch. It is one of the most anticipated titles by gamers around the world, after success from the previous installment, GTA V. Unfortunately, we will have to wait longer to play it. Rockstar confirms new GTA VI release date. The company has announced officially that GTA VI will arrive on compatible consoles on November 19, 2026. The game has delayed its release date by six months, and this It’s not the first time it’s been delayed.. In fact, GTA VI was originally expected to arrive during the year 2025. You can click on the image to go to the post in X. Needs more time to be ready. Rockstar, in its statement, mentions that the reasons for the delay are that the company will take advantage of this additional half year to finish the development of the game and achieve “the level of quality that (fans) expect and deserve.” The company also thanks the players for their patience while waiting for the new game in the saga. More than a decade. The latest installment of the Grand Theft Auto saga arrived on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in 2013, and a year later on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Therefore, players will have to wait thirteen years to be able to play a new title in the franchise. Furthermore, GTA VI was announced in 2022, so four years will have passed from its announcement to its release… as long as it is not delayed again. What we know about GTA VI. The new game in the saga takes place in the city of Vice City. This is the same city based on Miami in which the plot of GTA: Vice City takes place, a title that arrived in 2002. The biggest difference is that that game was developed in the 1980s, and the new GTA VI takes place in the present and tells the story of a criminal couple, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. The game, of course, is an open-world action-adventure title, and will be available for both PlayStation 5 as for the consoles Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Cover image | Rockstar Games In Xataka | The new record of 40,000 games purchased by a Chinese player on Steam blurs the line between collecting and obsession In Xataka | People are completely obsessed with the ‘GTA VI’ trailer. And he’s looking for clues and theories in every detail

We knew Tesla’s sales were crashing in 2025. We weren’t aware to what extent

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Dramatic figures. And it is not an exaggeration. It is the confirmation that something is not going well with Tesla’s sales in Europe. We already know that the first month of each quarter is usually especially bad for the company. October, the tenth of the year, has been particularly disastrous. A year to forget. If we add up Tesla’s sales in Europe so far this year, the reported figures are bad. In the first nine months of the year (now we will tell why we took this figure), Elon Musk’s company sold 173,694. A far cry from last year’s 242,976 units at the end of the third quarter. Specifically, 28.5% less. The figures are especially worrying for Tesla because the electric car market share grew in the same period from 13.1% to 16.1%. Therefore, its total market share has decreased from 2.5% in September 2024 to 1.7%. The market share hit among electric cars should, therefore, be much greater. Dramatic October. But October has been a dramatic month for Tesla. In the absence of having the data for the sum of all the European markets that ACEA, the employers’ association, will not present until the last week of November, we do know the results in the main European markets. Pay attention to the records it shows Electrek: Germany: 750 units and -53.5% compared to last year. Italy: 256 units and -47.1% compared to last year Netherlands: 645 units and -47.9% compared to last year Norway: 671 units and -50.2% compared to last year Portugal: 144 units and -58.7% compared to last year Austria: 97 units and -64.5% compared to last year Finland: 47 units and -67.6% compared to last year Sweden: 133 units and -88.7% compared to last year Denmark: 102 units and -86% compared to last year Spain? In Spain, Tesla has saved the furniture… and it has fallen by more than 30%. We say this because the company, between January and October 2025, has sold 7.58% more than last year. It is a clearly insufficient figure, taking into account that electric cars in Spain have increased by 86%, according to data from ANFAC. All in all, Tesla continues to lead the top two positions among the best-selling electric cars in our country. Of course, what was once an overwhelming leadership is now a much tighter battle. As of October, Tesla has sold 7,722 units of the Model 3 and, what is much more worrying for the company, 4,924 units of the Model Y. This is striking because the Kia EV3 It is already fighting head-to-head with the Tesla Model Y for being the second best-selling electric car of the year in Spain. He BYD Dolphin Surfwhich arrived in May 2025, is already in 2,796 units and is the fifth best-selling electric car in Spain. Between them, the Renault 5 but it has been adding units all year. BYD’s small electric car has sold 846 units this past month. That’s 791 more units than the Tesla Model 3 has registered. The first month. And Tesla has only added 55 units of the Model 3 in our country in October 2025. This is explained because the first months of each quarter (January-April-July-October) tend to be especially bad. The bulk of units of cars arriving from China, such as the Tesla Model 3, arrive and are accumulated to be sold in the last month of each quarter. The problematic thing for Tesla is that the registration figures are dismal even in that famous first month of the quarter. In Spain, the Tesla Model Y that dominated with an iron fist was the seventh best-selling car in October. And in just BYD sold more units of the Dolphin Surf in Spain than all the Teslas sold in Germany, a market much larger and with greater penetration of the electric car. The last quarter. It remains to be seen if Tesla manages to recover some ground in the last quarter, if it sinks a little more or, at least, disguises the results. Because it seems impossible that it will be able to compensate for a drop that at the end of the first three quarters exceeds 30%. It must be taken into account that rivals are tightening and eating up market share. Not only do traditional rivals have more supply and more competitive prices than years ago, BYD has expanded its presence in numerous markets and, according to SCMPBetween January and September 2025, the Chinese company accumulated almost 25,000 units throughout Europe. It is five times more than those registered in the same period of the previous year. It is very likely that it will not be enough to surpass Tesla this year, but it is likely that it will be close. Photo | Prometheus In Xataka | I have ridden a 100% autonomous XPeng Mona in a Chinese city. Tesla and Europe have a problem

an underwater YangWang, a 29-meter dune and a car that turns on its own

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The circuit seems taken from the dream of a megalomaniacal engineer: A gigantic dune indoors. A 70 meter pool for cars, not for humans. An impeccable and very wide asphalt route. A gymkhana off road with unevenness, slopes, gravel… BYD has called it Racing Trackwe have gone to Zhengzhou to see it (and test it), and it is much more than a circuit: it is a declaration of intent on the part of its manufacturer, and a not-so-subtle signal of the role it wants to occupy. Not in China, but in the world. Is permanently tighten muscleis throwing the gauntlet to Europe and the United States to see if they keep up. And for us, it is the key to understanding how this manufacturer has gone from a local phenomenon to a world leader in five years. The U8 dune The interior dune is the pride of the complex: 29 meters high, 28 degrees inclined, more than six thousand tons of sand from the Alxa desert. Guinness has certified it as the largest indoor building in the world. He Yangwang U8a luxury SUV with four electric motors, was in charge of climbing it. Of course, a local driver was behind the wheel. On the sides of the dune, dozens of journalists waiting for the climb like a child waiting to open gifts the night before Three Kings Day. Image: Xataka. Image provided. Image: Xataka. Image provided. At one point, the pilot honked his horn and accelerated hard to scale the sand wall. A five-meter tank that went with an unnatural calm. Not a skid, not a hesitation. Just an electrical hum. Another honk, and the descent. Applause and that feeling of celebration of raw power. We missed hitting each other in the chest making simian gestures. But there was something else: that iconic Pirelli advertisement said that “power without control is useless”, and that aphorism fits perfectly here. The U8 is pure power, but full of control. Symbolism. Where cars breathe The next stop was the wading pool, a 70 meter long pond created for the U8. This time we didn’t drive either, but we were inside while the pilot submerged the car in the water. Upon detecting a certain depth, the car automatically raised the windows and opened the sunroof, two safety measures to prevent water from entering the cabin and to facilitate escape if necessary, respectively. Image provided. Image provided. Image provided. Image provided. From there, the motors work like turbines in each wheel. They keep the car afloat and also allow you to steer it. It was impressive to see the water almost at the height of our window. From there, a gentle 180º turn and return to the shore. Science fiction for a amphibious SUV. That said, this function is intended as a response to an emergency such as flooding. It is not something the manufacturer recommends doing for fun. The dune was fun, but The one in the pool was the most hypnotic moment of the dayalthough with a bitter aftertaste due to memories of DANA. But for extreme situations like that this function is supposed to be there. From water to dust with the Denza B5 After the show, it was our turn at the Off-Road Parkan area with 27 difficulty scenarios. We did it, not completely, at the wheel of the Denza B5, the SUV that will arrive in Spain under that brand – although in China it is sold as Fang Cheng Bao 5 -. A competitor to the Land Cruiser that, depending on its price (it will arrive in Spain) will manage to put Toyota in more or less trouble, but in any case it will be noticed. If you don’t know Denza yet, keep his name: technological luxury that has no reason to have any complexes. Image provided. Image provided. Image provided. The assigned circuit was easy: ramps designed to put the car on two wheels, notable inclinations, bridge crossings and areas of complicated relief. Even so, the B5 moved with solvency. Instant electric all-wheel drive and obstacle-filtering suspension with the aplomb of a veteran off-roader. Patrol, is that you? It was not a risky experience, but it served as a symbolic demonstration: Chinese electric cars are no longer only looking for efficiency. They also want to be the most versatile. This one is. And it was extremely easy to drive in those environments even for someone like me, with no experience off-road. The scary crab: Denza Z9 GT The turn of the Denza Z9 GTthe saloon shooting brake that BYD has launched against the Taycan and the Panamera. But we didn’t test it on curves, but on something more disturbing: the crab walk and the U-shaped turn, 180 degrees in static. He crab walk —advancing diagonally like a crab—is a fair trick until you see it in action. You accelerate forward and the car slides sideways, defying all visual logic. It takes a few seconds for the brain to accept that the rear wheels turn in the opposite direction to the front wheels. It is useful for parallel parking without maneuvering. It’s unsettling to drive. And it attracts looks of bewilderment. Image provided. Image provided. But the static 180 degree turn was straight up surreal. Standing still, without moving an inch, The Z9 GT pivots on its own axis until it turns completely around. The four wheels rotate independently, locking one of the front wheels, the car rotates like in a video game and you, inside, only hear the hum of the engines while the world spins outside the window. There’s no need. It is not practical on a day-to-day basis, if perhaps at some specific moment where we do not have an angle to deface a mess But it’s the kind of technological excess that separates a good car from a statement of intent. Of course, it does not seem advisable to play with it too much for the sake of our support tire. “Mickey Mouse” with … Read more

Less than 150 kilometers from Taiwan, the US does not stop accumulating missiles. It’s the closest thing to preparing for war.

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For some time now, the Taiwan position in it strategic balance global has become one of the main axes on which power competition is articulated between the United States and China. The island not only represents a point political identity for Beijing or a symbol of democratic commitment for Washington, but also a decisive geographical node in the military architecture of the Pacific. and then there is a narrow between both. The distances. Maritime access to the island, the air routes that surround it and the narrow strip of water that separates it from the Philippines and Japan define a good part of the board in which it is decided how far project Chinese strength and to what extent it can be contained from the outside. Thus, the crisis that is emerging is not made solely of declarations or doctrines: It is made up of specific islands, narrow maritime corridors, and political decisions made in small communities that suddenly become geopolitical borders. The war strait. It counted on a extensive Reuters report that the chain of continuous military exercises and the missile deployment anti-shipping in the northernmost islands of the Philippines reveal a US strategy that assumes that control of the Western Pacific straits is decisive in preventing the Chinese navy from operating freely in the open sea. And at that point, the province of Batanesuntil a few years ago a quiet territory dedicated to fishing and subsistence agriculture, has become a point of critical importance, due to its position in the extreme south from Bashi Channelthe narrow sea lane that connects the South China Sea to the western Pacific. Bashi is located between Mavulis Island and Orchid Island The arrival of an arsenal. The establishment of a rotating military presencebut practically permanent, with deployments of mobile missile systems capable of blocking the passage of surface ships, has transformed this territory into an essential component of the so-called First Island Chainthe containment line that the United States, Japan and the Philippines intend to maintain to limit China’s ability to influence beyond its coastal waters. Local populations, aware of the historical precedent from 1941live in fear of seeing how their daily lives can be suddenly interrupted by the logic of deterrence or escalation. Liaoning exercises in the Pacific The uncertainty of the Philippines. The Manila government operates in the paradox of a country that does not want to be dragged into a war, but that recognizes that geography makes inevitable any implications in the event of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait. The administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has unambiguously reopened military cooperation with the United States, granting expanded access to bases in Luzon and reinforcing the number and duration of joint exercises. Given the possibility of an attack or a blockade on Taiwanthe Philippines is preparing not only for defense operations, but for the forced return of tens of thousands of Filipino workers from the island. The prospect of a sudden influx of refugees, disruptions to supply routes and the need to operate under conditions of scarcity have led provincial authorities to raise contingency plans agricultural and logistical processes that return daily life to a state of cautious alert. China and reunification. For Beijing, the Taiwan question is presented as an internal matter which does not allow external negotiation. The Chinese leadership maintains that reunification is a historic address that sooner or later it will come to fruition, and that any foreign intervention constitutes an unacceptable violation of its sovereignty. Hence, the US military presence in the Philippines, the deployment of missiles and the intensification of exercises are interpreted by China not as defensive measures, but as deliberate attempts to restrict their margin of action and condition their ability to respond. The increase in Chinese naval operations through from Bashi Channelthe presence of aircraft carrier groups in the western Pacific and low-intensity pressure tactics against Philippine patrols are part of a carefully calibrated game of signals. Washington’s ambiguity. This week, Donald Trump has reiterated that Xi Jinping knows the consequences of an attack on Taiwan, while refusing to specify whether the United States would intervene militarily. This gesture of opacity, faithful to the doctrine of strategic ambiguity, seeks to simultaneously maintain deterrence against Beijing and the control over decisions of Taipei, preventing the island from declaring formal independence that could accelerate the clash. The difference with respect to the previous government’s approach is one of tone rather than substance: if Biden tended to explicitly verbalize the defense of Taiwan, Trump shifts the emphasis toward risk perception by Chinese leaders. Ambiguity not only preserves diplomatic margin; It also avoids automatically locking the United States into open war if an unexpected escalation occurs. Key islands. As it is, preparation for a possible conflict over Taiwan is not happening in abstract power centers, but in island territories where daily life depends on supply ships and where every Pacific wind brings with it the memory of past conflicts. The expansion of presence US military in the Philippines, Chinese pressure to break the limits imposed by the island chain, and Washington’s calculated ambiguity form an unstable balance that is already changing life in those communities. The future of the region will not be decided only in great summits diplomatic, but in the capacity of a few narrow territories to become a barrier, access or trigger for a greater change in the global order. Image | PiCryl, BORN, rhk111, Army Map Service In Xataka | China has asked Russia for an airborne battalion and training. That can only mean one thing: they are preparing a landing In Xataka | The US studied what would happen if it went to war with China: now it has begun a desperate race to duplicate missiles

The EU wants to connect Madrid and Paris by train, in six hours and by 2035. Or in 2042. Or maybe never

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The European Commission has approved an ambitious Action Plan for the high-speed railway that aims to triple the European network, going from the current 12,000 kilometers to 36,000 kilometers before 2040. The objective is to turn the train into a real alternative to the plane for medium-distance journeys, drastically reducing travel times between the main capitals of the continent. And Spain is going to have an important role. What changes for Spain. The plan directly affects our country with two priority connections: Madrid-Lisbon in three hours (compared to more than eight currently) and Madrid-Paris in six hours (instead of the more than twelve that are needed now). From Bilbao you can reach Lisbon in less than six hours passing through the capital. The proposal contemplates that these improvements be operational in 2035although the corridor with France raises more doubts than the plan to join with Lisbon. Why it is important. Currently, the 12,000 kilometers of European high speed are mainly concentrated in Spain, France, Italy and Germany, while the east and center of the continent remain poorly connected. Just like points out Commissioner for Sustainable Transport, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, “Central and Eastern Europe remains woefully poorly connected.” Spain, with almost 4,000 operational kilometers, is European leader in high-speed infrastructure, only behind China globally. The money problem. Complete the planned network by 2040 will cost about 345,000 million euros. If we also want trains to run well above 250 kilometers per hour, the figure shoots up to 546 billion until 2050, according to Brussels. The organization admits that public financing it won’t be enough and seeks to attract private investment, in addition to loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the national public bank (ICO in Spain). The idea is that in 2026 an agreement will be negotiated between Member States, financial institutions and other organizations and companies to settle the investment issue. Between the lines. Although the plan sounds ambitious, Brussels recognizes that it is very late: In 2020, the goal of doubling the network by 2030 was set, but by 2023 it had only grown by 17%. France, key to connecting Madrid with Paris, maintains a more pessimistic calendar than Brussels and does not see the connection as feasible until 2042. The Spanish minister himself Óscar Puente has recognized that the direct connection with Paris “will not arrive next year”. Tzitzikostas has announced who works intensely with the ministers of Spain and France to “overcome border bottlenecks.” The effect on airlines. A Madrid-Paris flight lasts just over two hours, but adding waiting times, boarding and transfers from airports, it is close to the six hours that the direct train to the city center would take. Spain and France short flights have already been banned with a rail alternative of less than two and a half hours. In addition, the EU obliges airlines to use at least 70% green fuels by 2050, starting with 2% this year, which will make flights more expensive. And now what. The plan is certainly not written in stone and the roadmap will depend on the political will of each country and the ability to attract private investment. Spain is well positioned to take advantage of these funds, since according to the media Expansión, It has 700 kilometers under construction and another 700 projected that will take the network above 5,000 kilometers between 2030 and 2032. The Commission also promises a new ticket strategy in 2026 to “make it easier for passengers to book multimodal tickets” and a full liberalization of the sector in 2040, which should reduce prices. Cover image | Tim Adams In Xataka | There was a day when Japan was the leading high-speed country. It has been surpassed by China, a victim of its own country

A Chinese laboratory has managed to generate electricity directly from rain, without occupying land or using metal

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Until now, the electricity from a storm came only from lightning. A Chinese team has just added another protagonist: a device that converts raindrops into usable energy. The invention comes from the Frontier Science Institute of the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) and will open a new avenue for renewable energies. Its technical name is Water-integrated Droplet Electricity Generator, or simply W-DEG. The discovery. What differentiates this generator from the rest is not its power, but its logic. According to the published article in National Science Reviewthe device floats on water and uses that same water as part of the electrical circuit. It requires no metals or heavy structures, and yet each drop of rain can release spikes of up to 250 volts. Light, cheap and efficient: a small hydrovoltaic revolution. Rain as a source of clean energy. The physical principle behind W-DEG combines two known phenomena: contact electrification and electrostatic induction. When a droplet impacts a floating dielectric film, electrical charges are instantly redistributed between the surface of the material and the water, generating an electrical pulse. Water acts at the same time as a lower electrode and structural support, thanks to its high surface tension and incompressibility: it is firm enough to withstand the impact of drops, but fluid enough to stabilize the system. To prevent pooled water from blocking new discharges, the researchers added micro-drainage holes that allow liquid to flow downward, but not upward. This design keeps the surface clean even during heavy rain and prevents loss of efficiency. A small prototype. The Nanjing team built a 0.3 square meter prototype. Floating on water, the device was able to illuminate 50 LED diodes simultaneously and charge capacitors in a matter of minutes. Its modular design allows it to be easily expanded to power environmental sensors, water quality monitoring systems or small electrical equipment in rainy areas. Furthermore, the W-DEG is a “soilless” system: it does not occupy agricultural or urban land and can be installed on bodies of water without heavy infrastructure. This makes it an ideal candidate for regions where rain is abundant and space is scarce, or where other renewable sources – such as solar or wind – are less constant. The rise of floating energies. The new Chinese generator arrives at a time when floating energy is experiencing a global boom. Floating solar panels are being installed on ponds and reservoirs around the world, from India until the swiss alpsto produce electricity and reduce water evaporation. However, a study from Cornell University revealed an unexpected effect: in small ponds, these installations can increase methane and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 27%, by altering the balance of aquatic ecosystems. Faced with this challenge, the W-DEG emerges as a more environmentally friendly alternative. By not covering the entire surface of the water or blocking sunlight, it allows energy to be generated without altering aquatic life or natural gas exchange. Will storms generate light? The technology is still in the experimental phase. The NUAA team itself recognizes that it will have to optimize the device’s response to droplets of different sizes and speeds, something essential for real conditions. But the potential is undeniable: a lightweight, economical and durable generator, capable of obtaining energy directly from the natural water cycle, without occupying land or generating waste. Researchers imagine swarms of these devices floating in lakes or reservoirs, charging environmental sensors or powering local microgrids during rain. If every storm could turn on a light or power a system, gray days would no longer be synonymous with a blackout. With inventions like this, the border between water and energy blurs, and nature begins—literally—to generate its own electricity. Image | Unsplash Xataka | China has launched its first floating solar park in the sea: panels that rise and fall with the tide

Volkswagen has no choice but to look for beans in China

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Volkswagen just announced an investment of more than 200 million dollars to develop its own advanced chips in China. According to the firm, it will have a processing power of between 500 and 700 TOPS (operations per second), and will be specifically designed to power semi-autonomous driving systems in vehicles that the brand manufactures for the Chinese market. Technological claudication. What Volkswagen presents as part of its strategy “In China, for China” It is, in fact, an implicit recognition of its inability to compete on its own in the field of artificial intelligence and automotive software. The German manufacturer has lost ground dramatically in the largest car market in the world: its sales fell from more than 4 million units in 2018 to 2.75 million in 2024, and in 2023 it lost its throne as the best-selling brand in China at the hands of BYD. Chinese technology as life jacket. The development of the chip will be carried out via Carizona joint venture between Cariad (Volkswagen’s software division) and Horizon Robotics, a Chinese firm specializing in integrated circuits with artificial intelligence. According to declared Frank Han, CEO of Cariad China, the chip will be manufactured with 3-4 nanometer technology and will have a power comparable to Nvidia’s Thor processor, which reaches 700 TOPS. By 2030, 80% of Volkswagen Group vehicles sold in China will be developed with the Chinese electronic architecture (CEA). Delivery of the chip is planned within three to five years. Production separation. Volkswagen is, de facto, dividing its production. In China, customers They demand cars full of technologywith advanced assisted driving systems and permanent connectivity. Local manufacturers such as BYD and Xiaomi have taken the lead in this regard, forcing the Western giants to adapt their strategy or die trying. Besides, chinese regulations They expressly prohibit driving data collected in the country from leaving its borders, making it inevitable that the manufacturer will choose to produce its vehicles in a radically different way than it does in the West. TOhook up with someone who can do what you don’t know. Volkswagen adapting its production to China goes beyond semiconductors. According to mention CNBC, the German brand will be the first customer to use Xpeng’s new semi-autonomous driving system, which the Chinese company presented as superior to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving. Volkswagen has also expanded its collaboration with Xpeng to jointly develop electronic architectures for more models in China. Survival in a fierce market. Volkswagen, like the rest of the manufacturers, is at a point where geopolitical tensions between China and the United States are disrupting semiconductor supply chains. According to account Bloomberg, manufacturers such as Volkswagen, BMW and Honda have recently faced a supply crisis after Beijing will block Nexperia exports in retaliation for the control that the Dutch Government exercised over the Chinese-owned company. Developing your own chips in China is, in part, a strategy to reduce dependence on external suppliers, something essential to survive in a context of growing global technological fragmentation. Two companies in one. Volkswagen now faces the challenge of managing two parallel technological ecosystems: one for China and another for the rest of the world. This also comes with a cost, with more investment, separate teams and the risk of losing synergies. But the alternative is worse. As declared Ralf Brandstätter, president and CEO of VW China, “we are accelerating and deepening the implementation of our ‘In China, for China’ strategy, going beyond localized production to master the core technologies that will shape the mobility of tomorrow.” Volkswagen has understood that it can no longer export its technological model to China, but rather import Chinese technology to survive there. Cover image | Volkswagen In Xataka | 55 years ago, an engineer locked himself in his basement to create a motorcycle with a dog nickname: it was the rebirth of Moto Guzzi

Apple has a plan to fix Siri. One that aims to make Google even richer, according to Bloomberg

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Apple Intelligence was introduced in 2024 with great promises. The main one, a Siri completely renewedmuch more capable and versatile. As it turned out, what they showed was a fictitious demo and the new Siri was delayed until 2026. Apple has lost the AI ​​raceat least in the first round, but they already have a plan to recover. One that involves delivering 1 billion a year to Google, all while they continue developing their own model. The agreement. Account Mark Gurman at Bloomberg that Apple is about to close a deal with Google worth $1 billion a year. This will allow them to use Gemini’s AI model to power their Siri assistant, especially in the planning and summary functions, which are what allow the assistant to execute more complex tasks. Apple has been evaluating other competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic, but has finally settled on Google’s Gemini. The new Siri is expected to arrive in spring of next yearalthough nothing is confirmed. Conditions. The agreement does not involve integrating Gemini as an assistant in iPhones, but rather it will be integrated into Siri and will also do so from Apple’s private servers. This will separate user data from Google’s infrastructure. Furthermore, Gurman says that they are not going to publicize the agreement as they did when Google became Safari’s default search engine; in this case it will be a “behind the scenes” agreement. Temporary solution. Apple does not plan to use Google’s model forever as they are developing their own language model in parallel. We don’t know much about what it will be like, just that it will have 1 billion parameters and they hope to have it ready next year. Apple sources believe that it will have a level of quality similar to that of the Gemini, but for now there is nothing to prove it. Taking into account Apple’s AI stumbles We would not be surprised if the promise of its own model ends up being diluted. Additionally, the company has lost at least three key AI executives because Zuckerberg signed them for his superintelligence team. China. The agreement has a problem and that is that Google services are banned in China, so the new Siri would arrive with modifications to comply with this restriction. It is said that heThe Chinese version could have its own models and a local filter developed by Alibaba. China is a key market for Apple and the latest results do not leave them in a good place. That the new Siri arrives “captured” in China could have more negative consequences. Images | Wikipedia In Xataka | Apple has lost the throne it held for a decade. And the Chinese brands no longer even let it be second

Spain kneels before ‘The one that is coming’ with a channel that broadcasts the series all day almost non-stop

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Spain loves ‘The one that is coming‘. We can turn our noses up all we want, but the success of a series that is about to premiere its 16th season, tirelessly satirizing the behavior of the average Spaniard, should not go unnoticed by anyone even remotely interested in the curious evolutions of popular culture. This tweet from @casasola_89 corroborates it: Fiction Factory has practically become a monographic channel for the series. With more than stable audiences. The monographic channel. Fiction Factory broadcast 3,735 hours of ‘The one that is coming’ in 2021 alone, a figure that is equivalent to more than 700 chapters. The trend has gone further and has ended up transforming Mediaset’s thematic channel into a practically monothematic platform, although it is accompanied by films that have already made the corresponding rounds on Telecinco, Cuatro and other DTT channels of the house, as well as some other successful series in the mornings, such as ‘Aida’. But how much do they emit? Any day of the week (regardless of whether it is Tuesday or Sunday), ‘La que se cerca’ starts its broadcasts late in the morning, around one o’clock. From that hour until well into the prime timewhere a movie is broadcast around eleven at night, we have episodes non-stop. And after the cinema it resumes: between specific betting programs and horoscopes, which barely take a total of half an hour off the grill, the entire early morning once again belongs to the residents of Montepinar, until the telesales at six thirty in the morning. Spain is doing well. This strategy was initially a resounding success: in September 2011, the series’ specials reached quotas of between 7-11% of screen share, allowing FDF beat your all-time record with a 4.5% monthly average, its maximum to date, in August 2014. Laura Caballero, co-creator of the fiction, recognized this symbiosis years ago: “It has been very good to re-air the series. Those who did not want to see it have seen it almost out of obligation. This has given it its own series identity and so that it does not seem like a copy”, referring to the change from ‘No one lives here’ to ‘The one that is coming’. Neighborhood saturation. This triumph could not last forever: the omnipresence on the FDF grid of ‘La que se cerca’ generated a paradoxical effect. The increase in broadcast hours, going from 2,909 in 2019 to 3,735 in 2021, led to a drop in audience: from 3.1% and 322,000 viewers in 2019 to 2.5% and 243,000 viewers in 2021, as El Español pointed out. This erosion contributed to FDF losing the annual leadership among thematic channels in 2021 in favor of Nova, after a decade as the most watched channel on DTT, averaging a 2.4% audience share. However, in 2024 FDF has recovered ground with 2.6%, surpassing Energy (2.4%) and leading again among DTT themes. And since 2018 (which is said soon: seven years), its audiences are stable. The one that comes 24/7. Why then does this continue to broadcast ‘The one that is coming’, why doesn’t FDF try other options to recover that 4.5% of share that he had. Very simple: the rebroadcasts of ‘The one that is coming’ never cease to interest the least, the new seasons on Prime Video (where it’s going great) and Telecinco provide FDF with occasional audience boosts and the transformation of “Canal para las Ficciones de Mediaset” into “Canal La que se cerca” is an identity seal that suits the platform. Make no mistake: this series will outlive us all. In Xataka | Streaming was going to change everything. In Spain, people are using it to watch ‘Aída’ and ‘La que se cerca’

2,000 euros fine for the minor’s parents

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The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has imposed the first sanction in Spain for the creation and dissemination of false images generated with artificial intelligence. The parents of a minor have been fined 2,000 euros, reduced to 1,200 for prompt payment, after a case that has set a precedent in the protection of minors’ data in Europe. What has happened. A minor used the ClothOff app to create a fake image of a naked high school classmate. The AI ​​tool takes the victim’s face and superimposes it on an unclothed body, taking into account physical characteristics such as complexion or skin tone. The image was later spread through social networks and messaging groups. The origin of the case. Although the public resolution does not identify the parties involved, the AEPD has confirmed that it is one of the cases that occurred in AlmendralejoBadajoz, in September 2023. Then, it came to light that at least 20 minors had been victims of similar schemes that circulated on the municipality’s cell phones. The images even reached portals such as OnlyFans and pornographic pages, according to the resolution. Why it is important. This is the first time that a data protection authority in the European Union sanctions by spreading a deepfake. The AEPD opened the file ex officio on September 20, 2023, just two days after the case became public, and was able to learn the identity of those responsible thanks to the collaboration with the Prosecutor’s Office. The regulator has acted on the basis that a person’s image is personal data that has reinforced protection when it comes to minors. The debate on the sanction. The amount of the fine has generated some debate. Jorge García Herrero, lawyer and data protection officer, account to El País that “very few risks related to AI cause as much social alarm as the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes of minors” and questions whether the sanction is ‘not very exemplary’. On the other hand, the jurist Borja Adsuara, account to the media that this is “a crime against privacy, which goes through criminal proceedings,” and wonders what sense it makes to impose an administrative fine when the case has already been judicially sentenced. The parallel path. This administrative procedure of the AEPD is independent of the criminal process that has already been initiated against those responsible, who were between 12 and 14 years old at the time of the events. In the judicial process, a year of supervised release was imposed on 15 minors for manipulating images of classmates. According to Miriam Al Adib, mother of one of the victims, “there was an exemplary sentence according to which the children are on probation for a year and have to take a training course.” And now what. It is expected that the AEPD will publish more similar fines related to the events in Almendralejo in the coming months, given that there were at least two dozen victims. The resolution exempts the creators of ClothOff from liability, an application designed specifically to generate images of naked women without their consent and which is currently closed. Its creators face a judicial process in the United States. Al Adib warns that these cases represent “a pandemic of tremendous violence” that requires coordinated political strategies and effective protection protocols for victims. Cover image | Swello In Xataka | We already have the first controversy of this Christmas: Coca-Cola has once again made an advertisement using AI

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