Month: December 2025

The chaos that AI has generated in personnel hiring has revealed a type of hidden talent: “invisible developers”

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For years it has been repeated that to have a good work in technology It was necessary to cultivate a good public personal brand and maintain an updated and complete professional profile. However, more and more voices within the technology sector are dismantling that idea, ensuring that many of the most valued developers They don’t do any of that. They are not going to apply to dozens of job offers or optimize their visibility. “Invisible developers” are simply brilliant at their job. This invisibility is something that was put on the table Gergely Oroszengineer, analyst and author of ‘The Software Engineer’s Guidebook’ in a recent message in his X profile, in which he pointed out that this profile of “invisible developers” flies under the radar “the only way to find them is through references and specific searches”, assured the expert Candidates with AI have broken everything. The increase in responses generated by AI to job offers has completely broken the hiring system. They explained it perfectly from the Manfred technological employment platform, where a few years ago they received between 20 and 50 applications a day for each job offer, and now they receive more than 500. Various recruiters they explained on Reddit that this saturation of applications lowers the average quality of the applications and makes it difficult to detect real talent through this route. The situation is so extreme that, as Orosz indicated in an analysis from the tech job market posted on his blog, “many companies hire most engineers through contacts and referrals.” Internal recommendations matter more than ever. In this saturated scenario in which true talent goes unnoticed, word of mouth has become the most reliable hiring filter. It is estimated that around 80% of existing job offers are not made public and are filled internally or through references and recommendations from the employees themselves. In fact, many companies use referral incentives among their employees so that, when a vacancy opens, they recommend their former colleagues and acquaintances as candidates. As Orosz details in his analysis, recruiters increasingly look for candidates more among the pages of their agenda than among the applications that come to them. The myth of the hypervisible developer. Public attention usually focuses on profiles with a lot of activity on networks or with highly visible projects. However, different examples and testimonies reveal the rising trend of “invisible developers”: brilliant workers at their job with little or no activity on their public profiles. A clear example is found in the message published by Max Spero, co-founder of the AI ​​company Pangram, in which he compares the GitHub contribution profile of an unemployed 22-year-old developer, full of activity and contributions, and that of a prominent Google engineer, with a practically empty history. In response to that post, Konstantin K, a software developer from San Francisco, confirmed Spero’s message. “The top 1% of engineers I’ve worked with over the past 10 years didn’t have GitHub, LinkedIn or LeetCode, they don’t speak at conferences or publish podcasts. But they built systems that no one else can,” he wrote. Trust networks between colleagues. Other testimonialsamong which Orosz is also foundreinforce this idea of ​​”invisible developers” and agree that the most effective way to open job doors in the future is to be valuable to colleagues in the present. “From the outside you cannot know how good an engineer this person is until you ask former colleagues. There are many cases like this,” wrote Orosz in X. Even academic research suggest that internal networks—those formed by real collaborations, not superficial digital connections—have a direct impact on career opportunities. In other words, the professional prestige that these “invisible” employees generate within the teams in which they participate weighs more than any public presence and their colleagues become their guarantors to obtain a job in the future. Real contact in a digital setting. It is still paradoxical that, faced with the saturation of digital channels and the implementation of AI-based systems, the technology sector is returning to a classic model: relying on real recommendations to reduce uncertainty. Research reveals that recruiters prefer to spend time on references validated by employees or former colleagues, rather than analyzing hundreds of clone resumes generated with AI. In Xataka | Job interviews have always been a game of cunning: AI is just taking things to another level Image | Unsplash (Vitaly Gariev)

MediaMarkt has this 65-inch Philips TV with Ambilight at an outlet price and it comes with Movistar Plus+ as a gift

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Since I have my TV with Ambilight, I recommend this viewing experience to my friends and family. Furthermore, every time an offer comes out for a TV of this type, I can’t stop recommending it either. Now, at MediaMarkt, they have this available Philips Ambilight 65PUS8510/12with a discount of 350 euros (since it is available for 549 euros). Plus, it comes with a subscription to six months free to Movistar Plus+. Philips Ambilight 65PUS8510 4K QLED Smart TV The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A perfect TV to enjoy a totally immersive experience This Philips TV has a 65 inch QLED panel with 4K UHD resolution (3,840 x 2,160 pixels). Its refresh rate is 60 Hz and it is compatible with formats such as HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG. Although the hallmark of this TV is the lighting system Ambilight. This is nothing more than a rear LED strip, which adjusts to the content (either in image or sound) to enjoy an immersive experience. Likewise, it is compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant. Its speakers offer 20 W RMS power and are compatible with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. This TV works under Titan OS operating system. Lastly, it is worth mentioning its connectivity section, with three HDMItwo USB 2.0, Ethernet, optical digital audio output, WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.2. Some accessories that may interest you for this TV Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus The price could vary. We earn commission from these links ULTIMEA 7.1ch Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos 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 | Webedia and Samsung In Xataka | Best home theater projectors. Which one to buy and five recommended models from 299 to 18,000 euros In Xataka | Mega-guide to set up a home theater: projector, screen, sound system and more

Almost all phones with optical zoom have the same problem. This Chinese brand believes it has solved it in a curious way

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The greatest illusion trick in mobile photography is continuity between cameras. When we zoom from 1x to 5x on a telephoto smartphone, we are not moving lenses like on a camera; the mobile jumps between fixed sensors and fills the gaps with digital cropping and AI. The result is those sudden jumps in color and image in the viewfinder and a loss of quality in the “intermediate zooms” that we make when pinching the screen. Tecno, the star brand of the giant Transsion—the fifth largest manufacturer in the world hot on Xiaomi’s heels in some markets—has taken advantage of its annual event to present two technologies that attack precisely this problem: a zoom that does not “jump” and a periscope that shrinks. Optical continuous zoom. And from an increase, up to nine. The most ambitious proposal is the “Freeform Continuum Telephoto”. On paper, it promises to maintain optical sharpness throughout. It represents an important leap, although it is not the first: Sony tried it with the Xperia 1 IValthough its range was more limited. LG also showed similar concepts a few years ago, but no one had promised to cover the main angle lens to the long telephoto lens in a single module. To achieve this milestone without turning the mobile phone into a brick, the Chinese firm moves away from the traditional design of lenses that move longitudinally. Instead, they turn to physical principle of the “Alvarez Lenses”: a system that employs two lenses with free-form surfaces that move perpendicular to the optical axis. By sliding one over the other from the side, they change the optical power of the set and achieve that zoom effect. This technology is related to recent reports that Samsung was developing cameras with continuous zoom for Chinese manufacturers. A periscope that folds on itself. The second innovation presented by Tecno attacks the volume. We are obsessed with increasingly larger sensorsbut the space inside the mobile is finite. Periscopic telephoto cameras require a lot of space, but Tecno and its “Dual-Mirror Reflect Telephoto” promise to reduce the size of the module by 50% and its height by 10%. Instead of a simple prism that bends light 90 degrees, the system uses coaxial optics that bounce light multiple times inside the lens using reflective mirrors. It is what allows long focal lengths in a shorter physical distance. However, this design has a physical trace– When using a central obstruction, the bokeh is not circular, but rather takes on a donut shape. Tecno sells it as an artistic feature, the truth is that it is a consequence of mirror optics. Battle against the accused. The new thing from Tecno comes at a time when mobile photography It depends a lot on the processing what are you looking for the photo instagrammable above realism. Going for better optics instead of digital cropping and AI rescaling seems to be the right direction to achieve naturalness. However, we must maintain some caution. The challenge of this zoom is not only that it works, but that it is bright. Maintaining a decent aperture throughout that range is no easy task. If the system is too dark, the ISO will shoot up, generating noise that the software will have to remedy: back to processing. For the moment, we must wait to see if these concepts end up in a commercial mobile phone. Images | Techno In Xataka | I am an amateur photographer, and I will tell you which are the best phones to take almost professional photos without leaving you a fortune.

China has unveiled its most mysterious vessel to date. And then the theories have begun, some very crazy

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Just two weeks ago China completed that plan for world domination that had staged at the end of summer through a military parade unparalleled. And he did it showing the Type 076 In its first tests, an unprecedented technological leap in the Chinese naval industry as it is an amphibious assault ship with electric propulsion and electromagnetic catapults. It turns out that there was a “one more thing”. Challenging the known. Yes, the appearance of a mysterious black trimaran in what appears to be the Huangpu shipyard has revealed for the first time the complete silhouette of a ship that China had been hiding for months under tarps and that until now was only known by satellite analysis. Its lines combine features typical of a surface ship with unmistakably underwater elements, giving shape to a hybrid design about 64 meters in length, designed to operate both in exposed navigation and in submersible mode, an architecture that radically expands the possibilities of stealth, range and survival against adversary sensors. Theories. They counted the TWZ analysts that the presence of a type propellant pump-jetvisible in the new imagereinforces the impression that acoustic discretion and efficiency have been prioritized during long journeys, while its sail with depth markings, snorkel or mast points to long immersion cycles and a behavior closer to that of a light submarine than to that of a simple unmanned surface vehicle. With or without humans. That has been the big question since the image was made public: the question of whether the ship operates with a crew or if it belongs to the new generation hybrid USV/UUV that China has begun to deploy in recent years. Its design, without a classic superstructure and with a minimal sail, supports the possibility of a vehicle capable of ssubmerge almost completelywhich would place it in an intermediate category between a semi-submersible drone and a small displacement submarine. The presence of draft marks on the sail and other areas of the hull suggests that total immersion is contemplated, and that the ship is somewhat more sophisticated than the semi-submersibles used in surveillance or infiltration operations. If it is confirmed that it is an unmanned system (or with a minimum crew) we would be faced with a notable jump in Chinese naval doctrine, which has been experimenting for years with distributed fleets of autonomous platforms capable of operating far from bases and with less political risk. Render seen in nets of the boat More hypotheses. One of the stronger theories maintains that this trimaran represents the Chinese evolution of the naval arsenal concept: a stealthy, difficult-to-detect, unmanned or reduced-crew vessel loaded with land-attack or anti-ship missiles that could surface, launch its salvo, and disappear again beneath the waves. In times of sensor proliferation, anti-satellite warfare and constant surveillance, such a platform would expand the Chinese navy’s depth of fire without exposing more valuable frigates or destroyers. Although the available image does not show a VLS system that confirms this function, the internal volume of the ship and its profile fit with the unofficial renders that have been circulating for years on a possible semi-submersible prototype capable of hiding its thermal and radar signal. If China were testing this concept, it would try to replicate the logic the United States explored decades ago: a “floating arsenal” that provides fire mass without compromising manned vessels. Unofficial render appeared on networks before the leaked image The drone mothership option. Another interpretation with increasing weight is that of a drone mothershipboth air and sea, an idea that would fit with the tactical revolution seen in the Black Sea, where Ukraine has shown the devastating potential of swarms launched from small platforms. In this case, the interior of the trimaran could house VTOL drones or ramp launchers for long-range loitering munitions similar to the Shahed, expanding China’s ability to saturate defenses or conduct remote attacks without compromising manned aircraft. The absence of a flight deck Conventional does not rule out this function: an internal catapult system or inclined launchers could be adapted without the need for an open hangar. This approach would make the ship a force multiplier within a distributed combat architecture that the PLAN has been cultivating for yearsdrawing inspiration from both the American model and recent lessons from the war in Ukraine. Secret missions. A third possibility is that it is a platform designed for special operationscapable of infiltrating equipment into archipelagos, reefs or highly monitored coastal areas without the acoustic and thermal signal of a conventional submarine. The ability to surface surf long distances and then submerge to conceal aligns with special forces doctrines that privilege silent penetration and discreet exfiltration. Similar vessels have been developed by the United States (like the Sealion) and for other navies operating in densely monitored environments. China, with its growing interest for projecting power in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Straitwould have a clear incentive to test vehicles capable of moving between islets and shallow waters where a standard submarine would be impractical. A test bench. It cannot be ruled out, however, that this trimaran is above all a prototype intended to experiment with technologies that will end up being integrated into other platforms. The recent history of the PLAN is full of test ships and experimental structures used to validate sensors, thrusters, stealth helmets or autonomous systems before scaling up production. Ambiguity is part of the message: by showing a ship of indeterminate purpose, China introduces uncertainty in adversary planning, forcing the United States, Japan and Australia to contemplate a whole collection of potential threats without being able to rule out any. In that sense, the opacity, reinforced by its black paint and the absence of official details, is part of the strategic game. A symptom. Be that as it may, for now there is only one certainty: the discovery of the image It does not dispel the mystery, but rather expands it. The ship represents a deliberate experiment with concepts that are redefining 21st … Read more

While everything is getting more expensive than ever, a plague has given us something: cheaper pork

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A ghost haunts the markets throughout Spain and no, it is not a metaphor: MercoLleida, the main European pork market, is already registering drops of between 7 and 17% in the price of pork. It is the biggest disaster in 30 years. And the bad thing for the industry is that this is just the beginning. What is happening? We could say that the most obvious thing is that there are at least 50 wild boars killed in the Collserola mountain range. That is, without a doubt, an indicator of the intensity of the problem. African swine fever, despite not affecting humans, has mortality and morbidity levels close to 100%: “can kill all the pigs on a farm after a few days of fever, coughing and bleeding.” But, in reality, that does not explain the price drop. And then? The price of pork in Spain (and, by extension, in Europe) has collapsed due to something else: fear. Swine fever is a disease so terrible, so resistant and so difficult to eradicate that “the appearance of a single case of plague causes preventive blocking of pork exports”. There are more than 20 countries that, to begin with, they do not accept regionalization and, therefore, the veto of Spanish pork exports is en bloc and immediate. Among them are Japan or Mexico. And the truth is that the situation could be much worse if Spain and China they would not have signed the regionalization agreement just a few weeks ago. That’s the reason for the price drop: suddenly, there’s a lot of leftover pork. Europe’s farm. After all, even with ‘regionalization’ underway (the international blockade of Catalan pork, but not the rest) the tons of meat that have to find a buyer are enormous. With more than 8 million animals and nearly 3.2 billion euros in annual meat exports, Catalan farms They represent 52% of Spanish international sales. How is the price not going to collapse? And the worst, as I say, begins now. Not only because no one knows if the efforts to contain the epidemic they will be successfulbut because the impact on the industry can be devastating. It is enough to remember that Germany was the European country that produced the most pork until in 2020 an infected wild boar crossed the border with Poland and unleashed a huge national crisis that dismantled the sector. That is to say, the Spanish pig is in a critical situation; but at the consumption level it has no problem. First, because the plague does not affect humans; and second (and more important) because no Spanish farm has been affected because of the virus. And they are being reviewed one by one. A trompe l’oeil In the short term this effectively means lower prices than usual. And, in a context of general rise (with chicken in full escalation), it is good news for consumers. What we don’t know is what impact it will have in the medium and long term: if it is a temporary blip, the industry will have some margin. If not, we cannot rule out that prices will skyrocket in the future. The problem is that, as the days go by, the situation looks worse and worse. Image | Kwon Junho | Mossos In Xataka | In a country with almost as many pigs as people, the worst that can happen is that investment funds take over

Microsoft needs 500 million PCs to jump to Windows 11. Its new list of compatible CPUs does just the opposite

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Microsoft has a calendar problem and a communication problem. It’s been almost two months since Windows 10 lost official support, leaving millions of users in security limbo. Although Windows 11 has managed recently surpassed its predecessorthe reality is that adoption is still a pending subject for those from Redmond. In this scenario, where clarity is vital for laggards, the company has updated its hardware documentation in the least intuitive way possible. It has wreaked havoc on those trying to figure out if their old PC is valid for upgrading. A labyrinth of compatibility. Until recently, Microsoft’s documentation was explicit: you looked for your exact model and left no doubt. Now, as reported specialized mediathat specificity has disappeared for the list of compatible chips. The new list groups the processors by generic families and redirects to the manufacturer’s website. This forces the user to investigate on their own and also generates certain absurd situations: complete series such as the “Celeron 3000” appear listed as compatible without being so. This family, which was launched a decade ago, only considers one chip as compatible (the Celeron 3867U). Erasing the chosen ones. The confusion now also punishes Microsoft’s own customers. Processors that are compatible have disappeared from the official list, as is the case of the Core i7-7820HQ that the Surface Studio 2 has. This chip was an exception that the firm made for its own hardware (being a Kaby Lake chip it should not fit), but by eliminating the reference, the implicit message for anyone who owns this premium device is that it is no longer suitable. Curiously, the lists dedicated to AMD and Qualcomm (ARM) processors maintain model-by-model detail. The user resists. This change, which given the context should be more intuitive, comes when the market is stubborn. There are an estimated 500 million PCs technically capable of running Windows 11 whose users simply have chosen not to update. The barriers were already high at its launch: from the technical demands of the TPM 2.0 to Microsoft’s obsession with force the online account and its services during installation. Obscuring the basic hardware requirements now only adds more friction to a user base that was already reluctant to abandon the stability of Windows 10. A lifesaver with small print. For those still trapped in the old system, security comes at a price. Microsoft has activated the extended security update program For first-time home users: grants an extra year of patches. Although in Europe regulatory pressure has made this additional year free, It’s just a temporary patch. Those who do not update are already using a vulnerable operating system, exposing themselves to security risks. PCs with Windows 11 are changing from the inside. In the photo, the Surface Pro 12 with Qualcomm ARM chip. Image: Javier Penalva for Xataka ARM is another option. It is certainly paradoxical that, while Microsoft neglects clarity in its traditional platform (x86 chips), it continues to pour resources into its ARM revolution with the Snapdragon X to compete with Apple. The company seeks to energize the sales of computers with Windows 11 relying on AI and Copilot+. But if compatibility management on today’s millions of computers becomes a labyrinth, user confidence in jumping to Windows 11 is eroded. For the more technical, third party tools like Flyoobe They continue to be the escape route to update without restrictions. The exit from the maze. Beyond the information chaos, the roadmap for the user who remains on Windows 10 is clear: the ideal solution is to make the leap to Windows 11, a process that it’s still free. If the hardware resists the official requirements, it is always the “tricks” option to install the system on non-compatible computers. It also opens a new window for Linux: distributions have greatly simplified their use and installation, and thanks to compatibility layers such as Steam Protoneven the old excuse of the lack of video games is no longer a real impediment. In Xataka | The amazing history of ARM, the architecture that triumphs in mobile phones and that was born more than 30 years ago at Acorn Computer

how to do it online or from your mobile without leaving home

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Let’s tell you how to buy your 2025 Christmas Lottery ticket. We are already in December, and there is very little left for one of the most popular draws in the country. It is not that the prize is very big, the winner takes 400,000 euros, but that there are many stones and smaller prizes, which means that many people can take a pinch. We will divide this article into two parts. First we are going to tell you the best options to buy your tenth online through the browser, and then we will tell you what you have available to do it through your mobile with an app. Where to buy Christmas Lottery online in 2025 Now we are going to tell you the best alternatives to buy your Lottery ticket over the Internet, directly from your browser. For this we will use reliable pages where you can make the purchase safely. Lottery official website The best alternative to buying your lottery ticket online is use the official website of State Lotteries and Betting. To do so, you have to enter the page loteriasyapuestas.esand inside it go to the Christmas Lottery section. Once on this page, all you have to do is choose the number you want to play and continue with the purchase process. In addition, when you enter a specific number you will also be able to know what administration has itso you can buy it physically if you prefer. YourLotero Another good alternative is the website YourLotero. It is a service that centralizes lottery administrations, and where in addition to searching for numbers you can also buy them online or in an administration and have them sent to your house. But if you buy it online, you can collect the smaller prizes on the website. You just have to enter web.tulotero.esand choose that you want to play the Christmas Lottery. Once inside you can choose if you want to buy the digital number, have it sent to your home or pick it up. Then you choose whether you want a random number or a specific one, and complete the purchase process. Other administrations And you also have the option of buying your tenth directly at some of the main administrations in the country. For example, you can enter Doña Manolita’s online store or that of The Golden Witchalthough those from other administrations may also be useful to you. Here, many large administrations will allow you to buy the number you want and receive it at your home. You can explore the administrations you want and see the options each of them offer. Buy Christmas Lottery 2025 with your mobile Now we are going to tell you the processes that you can follow to buy the Christmas Lottery with your mobileso that you don’t need to sit at the computer, and you can do it from anywhere. State Lottery App The first option is again download the State Lottery and Betting app. Links to the app are available on the page loteriasyapuestas.es/es/appselae. But there is a peculiarity, it is that the Android version is downloaded as a APK fileand you will have to install it manually. But once you are inside, you have to choose to play the National Lottery, and choose the Christmas draw. The app is like the web, and it will allow you to search for numbers and buy them to always carry on your mobile, being able to see later if it was your turn or not. TuLotero App Again, the best alternative for your mobile is the TuLotero appwhich is what I use personally. You can look for digital numbers or buy physical ones, and it is available on Google Play for Android, in the AppGallery from Huawei or in the App Store of iPhone or iPad. When you enter it, you will have to choose the Christmas Lottery draw. Here, you can choose between entering a random tenth or selecting one manually. By doing it manually, you will be able to write it down and even choose which administration to buy it from digitally. You can also choose to have it sent to your home. Other options The other two best alternatives They are again the same as through the browser, applications of specific administrations. On the one hand, The Golden Witch has her own app available for Android and iOS. There is also another option called Your Lottery that allows you to play the State Lottery and Betting draws. In this last case, its version for Android It is also an APK, while the iOS one is downloaded directly from the App Store. In Xataka Basics | Christmas Lottery 2025: how to know which administration has a specific number

that of Ukraine with disaster tourism

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In October we met that Ryanair was going to escalate its confrontation with the Spanish government with a figure that was going to appear in all the media: a 1.2 million cut of seats in the summer season of 2026, with enclaves such as Asturias especially affected. The figure, added to the previous cutsmeant three million fewer places in just twelve months. Now, in a surprising turn of events, the airline, along with the rest of Low Cost, is preparing an unexpected landing: Ukraine. Fly after the war. Yes, Europe is preparing for a scenario in which Ukrainian airspace reopens after a peace agreementand low-cost airlines see at that time not only the recovery of lost routes, but the beginning of an unprecedented stage in European commercial aviation. Wizz Air, which before the Russian invasion was the country’s largest foreign operator, anticipates a massive return supported by the diaspora that wants to return, in the gigantic reconstruction that will transform the Ukrainian economic geography and in an uncomfortable, but historically recurring phenomenon: the disaster tourismthat collective drive to visit scenes that have marked a traumatic chapter in recent history. A known phenomenon. That’s how it is, how it happened With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the visible wounds of war will attract millions of interested people for a time in being witnesses from the place where everything happened, and the airlines seek to position themselves before that human tide. For Wizz Air, this translates into deploy fifteen aircraft in the first two years after peace and fifty in a horizon of seven, a leap that outlines the ambition to quickly rebuild a network that operated more than 5,000 flights annually before February 2022. Ryanair’s strategy. In parallel, Ryanair has moved pieces with a speed that reveals the extent to which it considers Ukraine a key territory for its future growth. The Financial Times said A few hours ago its managers visited the main airports in the country with a plan already closed to achieve the four million passengers annually, almost tripling the 1.5 million it transported before the airspace closure. The fortress of your model (dozens of bases distributed throughout Europe and the ability to open routes from practically any point in a matter of days) would allow it to fly to cities like kyiv, Lviv or Odessa as soon as two weeks later that it is declared safe to do so. That logistical muscle will make the difference in a race in which each airline seeks to be the first to occupy an infrastructure that, although damaged, retains enormous strategic potential. Ryanair, depending on the mediuminsists that filling planes will not be a problem: the return of citizens, pent-up demand and the natural flow of European travelers guarantee robust occupancy from day one. The role of EasyJet. For its part, EasyJet, which never operated in Ukraine before the war, is eyeing the country as what could be Europe’s biggest civil project in decades. The attraction is not only tourist or demographic, but economic: The volume of investment that reconstruction will mobilize promises to turn Ukraine into a hub of activity that will attract companies, workers and entire logistics chains. The airline insist in that operational viability will depend on the ability to restore control towers, runways and terminals, but emphasizes that these processes can be restarted relatively quickly once the military risk ceases. Even so, unlike Wizz Air and Ryanair, EasyJet does not plan to base aircraft in the country in the short term, reflecting a more cautious approach in a market that continues to be conditioned by geopolitical uncertainty and the need to rebuild essential infrastructure from scratch. Security and the past. All this planning hits an inevitable and obvious obstacle: air safety. The European Aviation Safety Agency maintains the veto to fly over or land in Ukraine while the risk of attacks, misidentification or collateral damage persists, a warning that echoes the memory of the demolition of flight MH17 in 2014, a trauma that continues to mark continental aeronautical policy. The warning reflects the precarious balance between the economic urgency to reconnect the country with Europe and the need to prevent a hasty reopening from turning civil aviation into an easy target or an accidental victim of a conflict that has not yet been completely extinguished. Currently, only the Russian Smartavia has recorded flights in two years, an indication of the air vacuum in which Ukraine has lived since the beginning of the invasion. A future tied to the end of the war. There is no doubt, the renaissance of air traffic Ukrainian will depend, ultimately, on the long-awaited peace signing and the pace at which its airports are rebuilt, but also the narrative that the country manages to project. Ukraine will become a space where memory, economic opportunity, return mobility and a massive reconstruction effort converge that will reconfigure its position in Europe. And in this scenario, low-cost airlines are already competing for stand on the front line of a renaissance, convinced that, when the country reopens to the world, it will not only recover the almost fifteen million passengers before the war, but that it will become a symbolic destination of a new European stage. Paradoxically, their deceased aim to be the first to generate an economy. Image | Michael OrtegaZohra Bensemra, RawPixel In Xataka | A giant spider web has taken over the front lines in Ukraine: a death trap made of almost undetectable threads In Xataka | If the question is how peace negotiations in Ukraine are going, Russia’s answer is disturbing: “we are ready”

When Meta forced us to use its AI chatbot on WhatsApp, it did not have a detail: the European Commission

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The European Commission has been fiercely fighting against monopolies in the technology sector for years. The persecution of Microsoft in the early 2000s it was just the beginning. In 2018 the EU imposed a historic fine on Google for abuse of dominant position with Android and last year they fined Facebook for the same reason. According to Financial TimesMeta is going to sit again in the dock accused of monopoly, this time for the Forced integration of Meta AI in WhatsApp. In the spotlight. The European Commission has not commented on the matter, but according to sources consulted by the Financial Times, Brussels is already investigating Meta for the integration of Meta AI into WhatsApp and the announcement will take place imminently. The case will be conducted under traditional monopoly laws and not under the Digital Markets Act or DMA. The accusation. The investigation has not yet been confirmed by the European Commission, but internal sources have revealed that the main reason is the deployment of Meta AI within WhatsApp, its AI chatbot. As we saw in its day, there is no way to avoid being activated and there is no option to hide it either. Let us remember that WhatsApp is the most used messaging app in the world, with 3 billion active users. Meta is already being investigated for this reason the competition authority in Italywhich considers that the integration of Meta AI “could limit production, market access or technical development” in the AI ​​chatbot sector. Goal returns to the bench. Just a year ago, Meta entered the select club of companies fined by the European Commission for violating the antitrust rules of the European Union. On that occasion, the product that was the object of the accusation was Facebook, more specifically for forcing the use of Facebook Marketplace, which, like Meta AI in WhatsApp, was activated without users’ permission. After several years of research, The Commission concluded that the company had violated the law and made them pay a fine of 800 million euros. Also in April of this year They had to pay 200 million for the case that required consent to the transfer of data. Historical fines. Facebook has come out cheap if we compare it with other sanctions, such as more than 4.3 billion that Google had to pay for abuse of dominant position with Android, and it has not been the only one that Mountain View has had to pay. In September of this year The EU fined Google 2.95 billion euros for abusing its position in the digital advertising market and currently Brussels is preparing another case by how they rank media results in their search results. USA against. The Trump administration has charged against the DMA and EU fineswhich he described as unfair and discriminatory, threatening to start a tariff war. Europe’s response was forceful: technological regulation “is a sovereign right of the EU.” Obviously the heads of the technology companies have also positioned themselves against it and earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg called on the US government to that would protect technology companies from “European censorship”so we can assume that this new research will not have been very amusing. Judges in the US also see monopolies. At the same time as the criticism is occurring, in the United States there are also antitrust cases against big technology companies, such as the one that Google lost in 2024 and that threatened to force them to sell Chrome, although in the end they dodged the bullet. Goal too carried out a similar case recently in which accused them of monopoly over WhatsApp and Instagrambut in this case they won. We will see what happens if Europe makes its case against WhatsApp official. Images | European Commission, Xataka Android In Xataka | The United States seems determined to break its monopolies. And it has an obvious victim between its eyebrows: Google

What’s new in the new December update

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Let’s tell you what are the news Android 16 QPR2with which Android 16 receive news and new features. These updates are released by Google every few weeks for its Pixel phones, and it is like a launch of new functions. This is a 700MB update, so it’s a good idea to have this free space on your Pixel phone. Remember that this is a periodic update of Google mobile phones, while other manufacturers such as Samsung also have new releases. However, as they are novelties designed by Google, there is always the possibility that they will end up reaching other mobile phones in the future. What’s new in Android 16 QPR2 Below, we leave you the entire list of new features of this new Android 16 update for the Pixel. More shapes for icons: You can now choose between different specific shapes for app icons, which can be round, square, teardrop-shaped, and more. They are applied both in the application drawer and in folders and desktop. AI Notifications: Google’s artificial intelligence will summarize your notifications, condensing long messages and group chats into them. Additionally, the AI ​​also groups and silences low-priority alerts. Extended dark mode: It is an option that forces all your apps to show their dark mode, even if this application does not support it. Linux graphical interface: Android has a Linux environment, and now it supports apps with a graphical interface from the interface. Mark calls as urgent: The application Google phone It allows you to indicate that the call you are making is urgent, something that will appear on the screen to the contact who receives it. Subtitles with emotions: The automatic subtitles generated by Google AI already transcribed into text, but now they also show labels that indicate the emotion conveyed by the voice, in addition to environmental sounds. Security improvements: Added a delay in the delivery of SMS with OTP verification codes, and the function Secure Lock to lock the mobile remotely. Furthermore, the function of Circle to search It can also detect scams that appear on the screen. Unlock with fingerprint without turning on the screen: On Pixel 9 models and later, you do not need to touch the screen or use the always-on mode to display the option to unlock the screen with your finger. The update with these new features is now available for all Google phones from Pixel 6a onwards. To update, you have to go to the settings, enter System and go to the section Software Updatewhere it will already be waiting for you to accept it. In Xataka Basics | Android 16: 17 functions and some tricks of the new version of Google’s mobile operating system

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