Month: December 2025

In 2025, the salary of 6,800 Valencian civil servants depends on an Access form. Only one person knows how it works

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According to has revealed According to the Audit of personnel expenses of the Generalitat Administration prepared by the Sindicatura de Comptes, the Valencian Community is experiencing a situation that is torn between the surreal and the negligence: two computer systems on which the payrolls of almost 6,800 civil servants and public employees depend cannot exchange data. The only way to achieve this is through an application made in Microsoft Access by a single person who would also be the only one who knows how to maintain and update it. SIGNO and GESPERJU2 do not speak to each other. He SIGN program (Integrated Payroll Management System and Others) is the internal computer system of the Generalitat Valenciana used for the management, calculation and payment of payrolls of civil servants and labor personnel of the Valencian Administration, including education, health and other services, allowing procedures such as direct debits and registrations or cancellations of employees. On the other hand, the GESPERJU2 program is a platform that manages the labor files of the personnel at the service of the Justice Administration of the Valencian Community, in processes such as the management of payrolls, permits and other administrative and human resources situations of its staff of judges, magistrates and Justice officials. What is expected is that the platform that manages payroll and the one that manages whether employees are on leaveon vacation or have requested a leave of absence were connected. To the surprise of the auditors of the Sindicatura de Comptes, these two platforms cannot exchange data. An “improvised” connection. As and stood out The Economistthat the officials of the Department of Justice of the Valencian Community receive their payroll on time and without errors depends only on a “patch” in the form of an application created with Microsoft Access. That’s not the auditors’ most surprising discovery, however. The person who created this application is the only one capable of updating the salary tables and other parameters necessary so that the officials’ payrolls are processed without problems. According to the Syndicate reportthis disconnection between platforms has left the Administration in a situation of “absolute dependence on a person”, in addition to “posing a high risk of continuity of operation if this person could not use this parallel application.” We imagine that at this moment, that person will be the best protected official in the Valencian Administration. Two platforms and end up doing it by hand. Another derivative is added to this unprecedented fact. The Access application has its limitations, so some payroll incidents must be done by hand by an official, so that they are reflected correctly. As the audit report noted, “the calculation of certain payroll incidents is carried out manually (arrears, three-year terms previously consolidated in General Administration positions, salary supplements for vertical replacements or guards), which increases the possibility of errors.” As described in the report, the integration problem would not be limited to Justice. Also mentioned is the risk that, due to a lack of communication between platforms, the same person who has had their position changed or promoted, could “collect two salaries simultaneously” (in the old position and in the new one) without being detected. TALIA: the great promise. TALIA is the new personnel management application that is proposed to replace the current ones and whose first phase has already would be tendered and awarded. The promise of TALIA is that personnel information and payrolls of Administration personnel will no longer live on separate and unconnected islands. However, its deployment is planned for years to come (if deadlines are met), and the precedent of delays and cost overruns in implementations like the one suffered with NEFIS in 2019. Until then, someone in the Valencian Administration will ensure that paid for the Office license. In Xataka | Companies bet everything on returning to the office. The public administration has an ace up its sleeve: teleworking Image | Unsplash (Rafael Oliveira)

In China you can buy an 800 HP Audi for a price of a bare A3. The only catch is that it’s not an Audi

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We already explained some time ago in this house how AUDI was formed in China and in what aspects it differs from the one we all know in Europe. in China its four rings disappear to display the manufacturer’s name in capital letters on the front of their cars. But beyond the difference in their logo, it is clear that their cars are completely different. This makes sense, since the firm embarked on a stage in which wanted to adapt to local tastes taking inspiration from the brands that are already established there. Even if that means eliminating all traces of what we know about Audi to date. In China, AUDI markets an electric vehicle with 770 HP of power and that costs between 28,000 and 40,000 euros in exchange. Meanwhile, an equivalent model in Europe could easily exceed 100,000 euros. We are talking about the AUDI E5 Sportback, which was already presented in 2024, and which continues to surprise due to the contrast of the figures they manage there and here in Europe. Although we make no mistake, we know perfectly well that it is not an Audi. An Audi that is not Audi. The E5 Sportback is the result of a joint venture between Audi AG and SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation), the Chinese state company. Although it has German engineers behind the interior design and chassis development, the technical architecture, components and production are completely Chinese. In fact, the vehicle is based on the SAIC platform, the same one used by IM Motors, another brand of the Chinese group. German YouTuber Jean Pierre Kraemer, better known as JP Performance, has had quite a bit of traction on one of his latest videossince it has been able to show the ins and outs of this car through an imported unit. “This car has as much to do with an Audi technically as… well, many of our viewers have never seen it before,” he said. The trap of the Chinese market. 770 HP, 0-100 km/h in 3.4 seconds, 100 kWh battery, ultra-fast charging up to 424 kW and… it costs almost less than a basic Audi A3 in Spain. But hey, it’s really not the first case nor the last. This is due to cost structure in China. We are talking above all about lower wages, local production of batteries up to 15% cheaper than in Europe, according to data from Business Insider, massive state subsidies for production plants, aid for the purchase of electric vehicles, and a brutal price war between local manufacturers that forces even foreign premium brands to adjust their offerings to survive. The dilemma of German manufacturers. For brands like Audi, Volkswagen or BMW, China represents a critical market. According to account Audi, the firm sold approximately 650,000 units in China in 2024, compared to just 198,000 in Germany. That is, the Chinese market is three times larger than the German one for the Ingolstadt firm. These figures explain why Audi has surrendered to the conditions of the Asian giant: because to sell there, foreign brands are required by law to form joint ventures with local companies. The result is that Audi provides the design and part of the engineering, but SAIC provides the technology, factories and know-how for mass production at low cost. The reaction of the Chinese market. The E5 Sportback reached 10,000 units sold in its first 30 minutes since its launch. One week after the debut of the E5 Sportback, Audi presented the SUV versionand a luxury sedan on the same platform is even rumored. For Chinese consumers, the E5 competes directly with the Xiaomi SU7 and other high-end local electrics. Logically, the car will not reach our lands, and if something similar is done in terms of equipment and technology, it is clear that we will not see it at that price either. Cover image | AUDI In Xataka | In 1997, a Chinese student asked his grandmother for money to set up a stall. Today it is an emporium that surpasses McDonald’s

They have a 24 month warranty and fast shipping

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It is not easy to choose a new mobile phone, even if we are very sure that we want one from a very specific brand. If we focus on Samsung, this 2025 we have a choice with the new ones Galaxy S25 (including for the first time the Edge model), the foldable ones and the new Galaxy Atheir top bestsellers. But, What if we look for more options? So, it’s time to look at past generations. If we take into account that Samsung’s high-end phones age very well, the truth is that it is a great option if we prioritize spending as little as possible without giving up having a good phone. In fact, we have it easier if we bet on refurbished models like those from Back Marketwhich in addition to a good price have 24 months warranty and 30 days trial. Among all the options we have in the catalog of this store, we leave you below some of the most interesting: Galaxy S23 by 335 euroswith a good balance between performance and price. Galaxy S24 by 439 eurosan option with more years of support. Galaxy S24 Ultra by 696 eurosthe best Android phone of 2024. Galaxy S23 If you are looking for a high-end, compact phone for just over 300 euros, the Galaxy S23 It is an option to take into account. Despite being a couple of years old, it still offers very good performance with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. In addition, its 6.1-inch AMOLED screen has 120 Hz, it has a very interesting triple camera system and it still has several important updates to receive. We have it available for 335 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Galaxy S24 If we can stretch our budget a little further, we also have this Galaxy S24 by 439 euros. This device, logically, is a direct evolution of the previous one, which on this occasion relies on an Exynos 2400 chip, the same one that the Galaxy Z Flip7 FE. It has a slightly larger 6.2-inch screen, a battery that is also larger and it must also be taken into account that this one already came out with seven years of guaranteed updates, so it is also longer-lived. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Galaxy S24 Ultra He Galaxy S25 Ultra is he best super high-end phone of this 2025but it is still difficult to find it at a good price. The most obvious alternative remains the Galaxy S24 Ultraespecially this one from Back Market that comes out 696 euros. A brutal phone with a 6.8-inch screen, plenty of power and a battery that is already 5,000 mAh and is very well optimized. All without forgetting that it also has seven years of updates, a camera system that performs well in any scenario and the integrated S-Pen. Galaxy S24 Ultra (256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Ricardo Aguilar,Samsung In Xataka | Which Samsung mobile to buy in 2025: a recommendation for each price range In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2025), we have tested them and here are their analyzes

Tesla urgently needs to make its electric cars cheaper. And their plan is to produce batteries in Germany

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Tesla will take the production of batteries for its European Tesla Model Y to Germany. This is what the German press agency DPA assures, information that has been echoed by German media such as Handelsblatt. “From battery cells to vehicles, everything must be produced in one place,” a spokesperson told DPA. For now, the statements remain somewhat cautious. The company talks about a three-digit investment (speaking of millions of euros) and that the decision will be confirmed “if the framework conditions are adjusted”. It must be taken into account that Elon Musk already assured in 2020 that they would raise “the largest battery factory in the world” in Germany which, of course, has not been carried out. Tesla’s intentions are to make the production of the Tesla Model Y as cheap as possible in order to face European competition. Right now, the company has to import its batteries to Germany from the United States, an environment that is also complicated in production due to the tariffs that the country has raised on components that arrive from abroad. If consolidated, Tesla aspires to produce batteries worth 8 GWh, a figure that is far from the 50 GWh it aspires to produce. Stellantis with CATL in Aragon. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than advertised? Between the bad and the worst If we take the month of October as a reference (the last analyzed by ACEA), Tesla has fallen almost 40% in sales in Europe in the first eight months of the year. The figure has left the company with 117,000 units sold compared to the 192,439 units it had registered last year in the same period of time. Obviously, its weight in the market has also fallen, to the point that it has been reduced by almost half. Right now, 1.3% of the cars purchased in Europe are Tesla vehicles when the company reached a market share of 2.2% and in 2024 it will make the Tesla Model Y the best-selling car in the world. Suzuki, Nissan or SAIC (owner of MG) have overtaken Tesla this year. However, 2025 is being a fateful year for the company. Especially in Europe where Elon Musk’s political positioning has squandered the brand image in countries like Germany and France. The company is facing new proposals from its rivals that are close in price and already offer a real alternative to Tesla cars. To solve it, and no smaller, more affordable versions on the horizonTesla has launched the Standard versions of its Model 3 and Model Y. They are versions with reduced equipment that try to reduce prices to keep both cars as attractive options. At the same time, yes, the price of the rest of the versions has increased to increase the gap and force the customer who does not want a shortened version to spend more money. The announcement also comes in a strange context in the European Union. media like Bloomberg They emphasize that the announcement has been made at a time when solutions are being sought to lower the limits of polluting emissions, but the truth is that European manufacturers They still need to sell many electric cars even if the measures proposed by the European Commission were approved. What is true is that Tesla is manufacturing its batteries in the United States but they have had to face an extra cost for them because the country has raised harsh tariffs on all components arriving beyond its borders. Although Tesla has been one of the least affected manufacturersthe extra cost appears to be high enough for the company to invest in Europe. And Tesla itself has pointed out that producing batteries on our continent continues to have such a high price that its profitability is doubted. Therefore, the only reason for Tesla to continue investing in Germany and not opt ​​for other European countries such as Spain (as it has done CATL with Stellantis or the Volkswagen Group) is because It already has part of the structure assembled in the German country and it would be a matter of increasing the productive land on their land. Furthermore, it is to be hoped that the European Union will further pave the way for attract investments in terms of battery production. Our continent is still far behind the United States but, especially from China and the most renowned attempts have been a total failure like Northvolt. It remains to be seen to what extent this movement allows Tesla to make its vehicles cheaper and continue to stand up to increasingly stronger European manufacturers. And some Chinese companies that hope that the negotiations between their country and the European Union to lift tariffs come to fruition. What Tesla is surely looking for are more stable policies than those of the United States, something complex in such a changing geopolitical context. Photo | In Xataka | Car manufacturers bend their arm to the European Union: we will have combustion engines in 2035

“Free-range” eggs are no longer free-range due to the confinement of the hens. But they continue to pay much more

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Eggs have been in the news in recent weeks for the price increase they have been experiencing for the spread of bird flu. But now it returns to the front line of information as a result of a notice that has launched the OCU which would point out that every time we buy eggs we may be being deceived. The types of eggs. When we go to the supermarket to get a tray of eggs, there are several types available depending on the type of care that the hen that laid them has had. The cheapest are from chickens that are locked in the chicken coop, but then there are ‘free-range’ eggs, which in theory are from hens that do go outside and are code 1. And the same thing happens with eggs marked as ‘organic’, which have a very specific diet. The price of freedom. Choosing one type of egg or another means paying an extra price for these special conditions. And it’s not a few cents, as the OCU itself points outsince the ground egg right now has an average price of €3.25 per dozen. But free-range eggs are priced at €4.13 per dozen, which is an extra 88 cents per dozen. All this for the premise of animal welfare: a chicken that has access to the outdoors and pecks in the field without being in an enclosed coop. Something also justified by the increased cost that this entails. The problem. We must remember that for a few weeks we have been immersed in an avian flu epidemic that affects the chickens that produce these eggs. To try to contain it, the Ministry of Agriculture He ordered all chickens to be locked up starting in November.. But… Has this price difference disappeared? The OCU is what is being complained about: in practice, producers are selling a product under the conditions of a chicken, enclosed as if they were truly free-range eggs. On top of that, logically respecting the price increase that this crisis has caused. European regulations. Is it legal to sell something that is not? It is the question we must ask ourselves when we pay for free-range eggs when in fact they are not. To understand it we must go to EU Delegated Regulation 2023/2465. This European regulation contemplates a kind of “grace period” for producers in cases of force majeure, such as this epidemic. The law allows the designation of “free-range egg” to be maintained for a period of up to 16 weeks, even if the hens have to be confined. The objective of the rule is to protect farmers: to prevent them from losing their certification and market overnight due to a health crisis beyond their control. Lack of transparency. For the OCU, the problem in this case is not the certification that accompanies the egg, but rather the little information that a consumer has who does not know what they are buying. And from their study, after analyzing the seven major brands on the market, none of them report on the labeling of the change in breeding conditions. What is requested. The consumer organization is not asking for the confinement to be lifted, which is necessary to maintain the epidemic, but for information. They argue that there are precedents for rapid adaptation such as when the war in Ukraine began when sunflower oil shortage had to force the industry to change the labeling. All this to make changes to the ingredients in the oil. Paying the same. But the most important thing is that a surplus of almost one euro on average per dozen eggs is being paid for being free-range. When in reality they are the same eggs that are cheaper in supermarkets. This makes us raise the possibility that although the denomination is maintained (although with more information about what is happening), the price will be equated with those of the lower category, since in both situations we have chickens locked up. Images | Jakub Kapusnak In Xataka | In the 1970s, scientists realized that large animals should suffer more from cancer. And that wasn’t the case

AI data centers are skyrocketing your electricity bill

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data centers They consume a lot of electricityfrom there arise proposals as crazy as that of take them to space either submerge them in the sea to reduce its consumption. Technology companies face a problem of shortage of electrical energy, but the real problem is something else: data centers are causing the electricity bill to rise for all citizens. Now three US senators want to investigate it thoroughly. A political question. They say in the New York Times that three Democratic senators have announced that they are going to investigate big technology companies for their role in increasing the electricity bill. Senators have sent letters to Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon, CoreWeave and other companies asking them to detail exactly what their data centers consume. The bill increases have become a political issue and have played an important role in elections in several states. In the case of Virginia, where the largest number of data centers in the world are concentrated, Governor Abigail Spanberger’s campaign included proposals to require data centers to “pay their fair share.” The problem. For the past 20 years, the US electricity system had been stuck with stable energy demand or very modest increases. Data centers have seen very abrupt growth. In 2023, data centers consumed 4% of all electricity in the United States and this is estimated to increase up to 12% 2028. This abrupt increase in demand has forced electricity companies to modernize the network. The technology companies assume part of the cost, but not all, and the way to recover that investment is through the bill of all network users. The discount trick. The technological ones, such as Amazon ensures that its data centers are not raising the bill and that they assume all the costs, contributing to improving the network for everyone. What they don’t say is that they benefit from enormous discounts, like the one they Amazon itself requested regulatory authorities in Ohio in 2024, where they are building a data center, a discount on the electricity rate. The problem is that the agreement is opaque and we do not know how much that discount was, but it is estimated that it could be 135 million per year, over a period of 10 years. Who really pays? In many cases, technology companies pay for the infrastructure necessary to expand the network, but what about these discounts? According to a paper published by the Harvard Electricity Law Initiative in which they reviewed more than 50 regulatory cases, it is very common for electricity companies to offer subsidies to attract technology companies and the way to compensate for these discounts is to pass them on to all network subscribers, which ends up increasing the bill. Unaffordable increases. According to the United States Energy Information Administrationin September electricity increased 7% compared to the same period of the previous year. Things change if we go to the cities near the data centers, where the increases have reached 267%, unaffordable figures for many citizens. Proposals. There are states that are already legislating to prevent network customers from ending up paying the bill for data centers. This is the case of Michigan, which has put special rules for data centers. Companies must sign a contract of at least 15 years, face fines if they cancel before and pay at least 80% of the contracted power even if they do not use it. In addition, they must pay all the costs of the lines and services that are built to serve them. However, these proposals could encounter difficulties due to the executive order that Trump signed and that prevents states from enacting laws that could stop the advance of AI, all to win the battle against China. Image | Google In Xataka | The United States may win the AI ​​race, but its problem is different: China is winning all the others

we have the highest unemployment in the EU and also the lowest number of job vacancies

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Spain presents a phenomenon that at first glance seems contradictory: although it maintains one of the highest unemployment rates among advanced countries, it also registers one of the lowest proportions of vacancies in the EU. Understand this paradox It requires looking beyond the numbers and analyzing how employment supply and demand really work in the Spanish labor market. According to According to the INE, the unemployment rate in Spain is 10.5%, being the highest in the OECD compared to other developed countries, where the average is around 4.5%. At the same time, according to data According to Eurostat, the vacancy rate in Spain is only 0.9%, well below the European average of 2.1%. What is a vacancy? To understand why this combination occurs, it is helpful to define what a vacancy is. In the Eurostat definition This does not equate to “positions that the country would generally need to fill”, but to “newly created, vacant or about to become vacant paid position for which the employer is taking active steps and is willing to take additional steps to find a suitable candidate outside the company, and which the employer intends to fill immediately or within a specified period for which there is an active search and with an intention to fill soon.” So it is not “everything that would need to be hired in general”, but rather what is open at that moment. It’s like a photo of that exact moment, but it doesn’t show its reality. The “logic” behind the paradox. When a labor market grows, many vacancies can be expected to arise because there is more demand for workers. If, in addition, there is little unemployment, that demand tends to translate quickly into contracts. However, in Spain the reality is different. Although employment has grown in recent years, and there are busier people than ever (with membership records to Social Security), unemployment remains high compared to the EU, and vacancies do not increase at the expected rate. Mismatches between labor supply and demand. A key factor noted in the official reports is the mismatch between the skills that companies demand and those offered by unemployed people. That is, it can there are positions availablebut not that they correspond to the skills of those seeking employment. This type of mismatch is reflected in specific sectors (technology, engineering, health care) where companies claim to have difficulties find suitable profileswhile at the same time there are workers who cannot find a job. Some economists also highlight that the available offers tend to concentrate in sectors with high seasonality and little stability, such as services or tourism, where many vacancies are seasonal or short-term, which does not encourage all the unemployed to join immediately. Poorly distributed employment. Another element to consider is labor mobility. In Spain, there is a great imbalance between the territories with the greatest job offer and those with the greatest demand for employment. That is to say, employment is concentrated in large cities and industrial areas, while unemployment figures skyrocket in rural areas and in emptied Spain, contributing to maintaining this mismatch between the location of supply and demand. On the other hand, the stagnation of vacancies can also be explained by the high labor market rotation. Many times the position remains current and what happens is that it is the employees who rotate through that position. The job is still there, but it does not always appear as a “new vacancy” in the statistics, so the vacancy rate may be low, although real employment grows due to the high turnover of that position.​ For example, a waiter position is not listed as vacant, but the restaurant hires a new employee for that position every few months. The position is not vacant for statistical purposes, but the labor market does not stop registering new hires. What does this paradox tell us? That Spain has a lot of unemployment and few vacancies compared to the EU does not mean that there are no jobs available. What it indicates is that the labor market is functioning with difficulties: positions offered do not always fit the profile of unemployed people, there are great differences between sectors and an important part of the employment is temporarywhen many workers seek stability. Therefore, even when there are vacancies, they do not always end up being consolidated in the form of contracts. This situation does not depend only on a specific economic moment of prosperity or crisis, but also on underlying problems in the Spanish labor market. That this paradox continues over time points to the need to improve training, facilitate mobility between sectors and territories, raise the quality of employment and have statistics more adjusted to the reality of the labor market in Spain. In Xataka | In Belgium you could collect unemployment indefinitely. Your government has a new idea: put everyone to work Image | Unsplash (Mika Baumeister)

review with features, price and specifications

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The Thermomix is ​​the PlayStation of the kitchen; Every time a new model comes out it is quite an event. The Thermomix TM6 It came out in 2019 and it was already due to be renewed, what I didn’t expect was that it had been renewed so much. I’ve been testing the new one for a month Thermomix TM7 and this is what it seemed to me. Technical characteristics of Thermomix TM7 Thermomix tm7 DIMENSIONS 33.6 x 25.3 x 40.5cm WEIGHT 8.6kg SCREEN 10 inch touch COOKING MODES Without lid, Brown, Steam, Knead, Blend, Egg cooking, Kettle, Thicken, Rice cooking, Slow cooking, Vacuum, Fermentation, Heat, Turbo, Pre-wash, Peel, Grate, Laminate, Spiral cutter, Thermomix Sensor and Sugar Points ABILITY 2.2 liters in the glass 6.8 liters in total (including Varoma) ACCESSORIES INCLUDED TM7 Central Module, stainless steel glass with thermal insulation, basket, Varoma, butterfly, spatula, blades and three free months of subscription to the Cookidoo platform. PRICE 1,549 euros The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The Thermomix that doesn’t look like a Thermomix First of all, I want to say that I have had a Thermomix TM31 for… I don’t know how many years. I had seen pictures of the new model, but even when I took it out of the box I was surprised by how different it was. Vorwerk completely breaks with the classic design of your food processor, which now has a flat base with a huge touch screen. The glass maintains the shape we knew, but it is no longer made of metal. Well, yes it is, but it is covered by a plastic casing and we don’t see it. The black color further distances the style of the previous models and gives it a more elegant appearance, as if it wanted to be a decorative object in the kitchen as well as a functional one. Inside, the glass has hardly changed, but on the outside it looks different. The glass is one of the novelties that I liked the most. The coating is great because we can manipulate it without fear of burning ourselves. The way to disassemble it to scrub it is also very convenient: you just have to move a small lever and we release both the glass and the blades. The glass is covered by another plastic glass. It is one of the most notable changes and is very useful because it makes it almost impossible to burn ourselves. The fact that the base is completely flat is also very useful when cleaning it because it does not have any nooks and crannies. The only drawback I can find is that it is too big. Visually it doesn’t seem like it because we no longer have that base that “embraces” the glass and everything is clearer, but takes up a lot of space on the bench. Of course the accessories have also been redesigned: spatula, Varoma and basket. The spatula is what has changed the most and now has an elongated design that is much more comfortable when it comes to “scraping” the glass, for example if we are making a cream. Screen: yes It is not the first Thermomix to have a screen. The Thermomix TM5 had a 3.5-inch screen and the TM6 doubled its size to 6.8 inches. With the TM7, Vorwerk seems to have said “hold my hat” and fitted a 10-inch panel. To put it in perspective, the Basic iPad It has an 11-inch screen. Personally, I think there was no need for such a large screen. For what we are going to use it for, the 7 inches of the previous model was already more than enough. It is not a screen designed to view content, but still It is very sharp and bright. Of course it is tactile and I have had no problems handling it while cooking; Even with slightly dirty or wet fingers it responds well to touches. Interface and user experience The design changes are notable, but the functionalities remain very similar and the cooking experience is not far from what I already knew from my old TM31. The part that changes the most is that there is not a single physical dial and everything is done through the screen. At first it seemed a little strange to me, but once I mastered the menus I had no problem. The recipes are very well explained and you can follow them step by step. From the machine itself we can browse Cookidoo, Vorwerk’s recipe platform that has 100,000 recipes of all kinds. It requires login and, if you want access to all the content, you have to check out. Vorwerk gives a month’s trial, but after that they are 60 euros a year. What can I say that in a machine that costs more than 1,500 euros they could include the subscription. In a machine that costs more than 1,500 euros they could have included the Cookidoo subscription, but no. Navigating through the recipes is quite simple. We can search for dishes directly by typing the name, but we can also explore categories and special collections with seasonal recipes and for events such as Christmas. We can also plan what we want to cook each day and make our own lists of favorites. The interface is very intuitive and Cooking is as simple as following the steps. Not only does it tell you the ingredients to put in, it allows us to weigh them, and programs the time and temperature so that we only have to press ‘play’. This whenever we want to follow a recipe from Cookidoo, but we also have others manual modes available as grinding, boiling, heating, steaming and also manual control mode to be able to cook on your own. The experience here is the same as with my old TM31, only instead of dials, I have to choose the speed, time and temperature from the screen. Washing mode before and after One of the modes … Read more

All tech companies are putting AI in all their products. The problem is that nobody wants them

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It’s been a year and a half and it seems like 10 have passed. In May 2024, Microsoft announced the launching Windows Recallan artificial intelligence option that allowed us to remember and recover things we had done on our PC. It seemed like an interesting idea, but soon he was criticized his approach to privacy and security and the company had to delay it and then relaunch it without making too much noise. That was one of those AI features that promised to transform our PC experience, but three years after the launch of ChatGPT, one thing is certain: AI has not meant no revolution. Not at least on the PC, we insist. Microsoft, of course, has not stopped adding more and more AI functions to Windows 11. We have co-pilots and theoretically revolutionary functions to bore, and that obsession with putting AI even in the soup has been demonstrated with the legendary Notepadwhich has gone from being a minimalist app to one that is losing focus. Microsoft’s reasons are legitimate: they have invested a real fortune in AI and they will want to take advantage of it. Surely the intention was good (at least, in part) when it came to offering new ways of working and enjoying our PC. The problem is that good intentions have caused just the opposite of what Microsoft intended. Instead of us wanting to use Windows 11 more and more, is making us want to use it less and less. We have seen it with renewed interest for some Linux distributionsbut also with the appearance of an app that is exclusively dedicated to eradicating Windows 11 any trace of AI functions. AI fatigue The same thing is happening with AI browsers. Comet, Day and Atlas They are two striking proposals for this integration of AI functions, but neither of them seems to have caught on, and Microsoft Edge – which of course has integrated Copilot – has not proposed any change in trend either: the browsers we want to use, at least for the moment, continue to be the traditional ones, without AI. And there is the key. In what We users have not asked for so much AI. That is precisely the great criticism of these industry efforts to boast that their products have AI. Those two magic letters no longer get expectations. What they are starting to get is rejection. Firefox is the latest example. Mozilla has just appointed a new CEO, and in its first public statement it pointed out its intention to transform Firefox into a product in which AI was the central axis. The users of this browser – and I count myself among them – are not at all clear, and the unified response message has been clear: “Firefox does not need AI, but rather listen to its users“. What has happened and is happening with Windows 11 and Firefox shows that we are entering a new stage in which AI no longer excites, but rather fatigues. It’s everywhere: The list is of course much longer, and in many cases there is another added problem: that AI is the excuse to raise prices. Microsoft is here again a notable example with Microsoft 365but we have also seen it in Adobe, which He raised the price to his customers right off the bat because now they could enjoy an AI that they had not asked for. It’s happening everywhere because the promised AI revolution still hasn’t happened. There are, of course, areas in which it has proven to be transformative—programming is the clear case—but in many others that acronym has lost its meaning. The industry’s commitment to making this work is logical: companies have invested hundreds of billions of dollars invested with the idea that this was going to explode… and so far it hasn’t. But they continue to fill everything with AI. And as often happens, that’s the bad thing. It tires you a lot…And if we haven’t asked for it, even more so. In Xataka | Adobe has presented itself as the champion of copyright in the AI ​​era. Now we know that maybe not so much

up to 200 euros discount on the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL

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It may seem like a lie, but there are less than two weeks left until the end of the year. Despite the proximity to 2026, it is still a great time if we are looking to renew our mobile phone and we look for the best of the best. If we are in the position of looking for a new phone and we want the best Android experience, The official Google store makes it a little easier for us: we have a discount of 100 euros for the Google Pixel 10 Pro which makes it available from 999 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links We also have a discount of 200 euros for the Pixel 10 Pro XL This is a very good opportunity that the official Google store offers us. This promo will only be available until January 6 at 11:59 p.m. or while stocks lastwhichever comes first. With it, we have a great phone available like the Pixel 10 Pro at a discount, although, as we will see below, it is not the only phone that is on sale. The Pixel 10 Pro is one of the best devices that 2025 has left us. It is a phone that It does not lack power and performance thanks to the Tensor G5 chip and its 16 GB of RAM. In addition, it has a 6.3-inch OLED screen and a triple camera system that scores well in any scenario. All rounded out with the most polished Android experience ever and seven years of guaranteed updates. It is a round phone in every sense, ideal if we are looking for something high-end but in a compact format. But what if we prefer a larger phone? Then we can jump to the model Pixel 10 Pro XLa device that is also on sale right now in the official Google store: we can get it from 1,099 euros, a discount of 200 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This version is similar to the Pro model, although it has differences in three key aspects. The most obvious is on the screen, which in this case is 6.8 inches. This change is added to the battery, which in this case is 5,200 mAh (compared to the 4,870 mAh of the Pro model) and which is compatible with 45 W fast charging and 25 W wireless charging. These two changes, however, do not make the device much heavier, since it is barely 25 grams heavier. They are two very interesting phones, so it will depend on our needs or our budget to choose the one that best suits us. What is clear is one thing: either of the two is a top mobile if we look for Android ecosystem and very good features. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Google In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes

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