Month: March 2026

How they are taxed and how much withholding they have in your 2026 return

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Let’s tell you How Treasury Bills are taxed in Income 2025which is the statement we will make in 2026 to catch up with the last fiscal year. Treasury bills are a good method to invest at low risk and with an interesting return, but you also have to include them in your declaration. Here, before starting you should know that now you are not going to declare those purchased last yearbut you will have to pay taxes on those that you may have purchased in the previous year, which are those that have expired during the last year. Come on, the year in which they were purchased is not taken into account, but rather the year in which they expired and the money was returned to you. How to declare Treasury Bills The treasure bills You have to declare them in your income tax the year after you sell them.. Because the important point is not when you bought them, but when you sell them to recover the money and keep the profits. That’s why, if you sold your Treasury Bills in 2025 You will have to declare them this year, whether you bought them then or not. But if you only bought them and haven’t sold them yet, then you won’t have to declare them yet. If you sell them this year, you will declare them next year when you make the declaration related to this year. The Bills are considered as “financial assets issued at a discount or implicit return.” This means that the difference between what you paid for them and what you received when you amortized them is something that you must declare. It is considered a return on movable capitaland is subject to the corresponding personal income tax. For example, if you buy Treasury Bills worth 20,000 euros and sell them the following year for 20,400 euros, your return obtained is 400 euros. This means that you will not have to declare the 20,400, but rather you will declare the 400 you have obtained as performance. And so with everything, what matters is not what you spend but the performance you get with it. Of course, whether one or another income tax bracket is applied will depend on the amount of the return. To declare Treasury Bills, you will have to do so in an informative manner filling out the Treasury form 192. It is a procedure that you can already do since the year has begun, and then the profits will be taxed to the Tax Agency in the Income Tax return. With all this, when reporting on it, it is normal that the letters appear in the draft when you go to make the declaration, and that you don’t have to worry anymore. These are the established sections depending on the profits you get: 19% retention for earnings of less than 6,000 euros. 21% retention for profits between 6,000 and 50,000 euros. 23% retention for profits between 50,000 and 200,000 euros. 27% retention for profits between 200,000 and 300,000 euros. 28% retention for profits greater than 300,000 euros. In Xataka Basics | Digital Certificate for Income 2025: how to request it from your PC or your mobile and prepare for the 2026 draft

You can now buy them 200 euros cheaper

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During the weekend, Xiaomi’s new high-end phones were presented, the Xiaomi 17 and Xiaomi 17 Ultra. As the brand usually does, they have arrived at the official store with several quite interesting promotions with which we can have them cheaper. First of all, these are the prices of both phones: And these are the discounts and promotions for both phones: Coupon for 200 euros (Xiaomi 17) or 250 euros (Xiaomi 17 Ultra) when registering in the store. 50 euros discount when choosing the Xiaomi 17 256 GB in pink. Photography Kit Pro as a gift when choosing the Xiaomi 17 Ultra 1 TB. 25% discount if you are a student. 150 euros discount when purchasing two units. Double My Point. Trade-in: additional discount when trading in an old device. In this way, with the coupon the Xiaomi 17 stays in 799.99 euros and the Xiaomi 17 Ultra stays in 1,249.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The price could vary. We earn commission from these links They arrive with the best in Android processors The Xiaomi 17 undoubtedly stands out for its Qualcomm processor, since in this case, like the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, it incorporates the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. It also comes with a good 6,330 mAh battery that supports 100W fast wired charging, which means that we can charge our mobile in a very short time. On the other hand, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra adds some interesting things, especially in relation to its photography section. In this sense, it comes with a 50 MP main sensor, a 50 MP ultra wide angle and a 200 MP telephoto lens. In addition, similar to what we saw in the previous generation, the Xiaomi 17 Ultra is compatible with two photographic kits: the Photography Kit (99.99 euros) and Photography Kit Pro (199.99 euros). In the Xiaomi 15 Ultra generation we really liked this accessoryso we look forward to testing it thoroughly in this generation. You may also be interested XIAOMI Watch 5 Smartwatch, Google Wear OS, NFC payments, AI with Gemini, 1.54” screen, up to 6 days of autonomy, GPS and Fitness Tracking, Gesture Control, 47 mm, Bluetooth, Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi 165W Power Bank 10000mAh (Integrated Cable) GL, Power Bank with Self-Recharging Capacity of up to 90W, Dual Ports with a Maximum Simultaneous Output of up to 165W 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 | Xiaomi In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best Xiaomi mobile in quality price: purchasing and comparison guide

The most profitable action of the AI ​​revolution in Spain is not a software company. It is a construction company

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We know Florentino Pérez ample by hire galactics and for his business successes, but a priori we would not easily relate him to the rise of AI. And by not doing so we would make a serious mistake, because the manager managed to see before anyone else that this was a huge opportunity… and he is taking advantage of it almost without us realizing it. what has happened. ACS is a construction company that doesn’t seem particularly fascinating. You lay bricks, asphalt and cement, but in 2025 the data tells a fascinating story. The company obtained a net profit of 950 million euros, 15% more than the previous year, and the engine of that growth was its American subsidiary, Turnerwhose contribution to the group’s results grew by 66.6% to 549 million euros. Turner doesn’t build flats or highways. Build data centers. And therein lies the crux of the matter. AI needs big construction companies. The transformation has not happened all at once. ACS has been betting on this niche for years with a simple but powerful thesis: AI requires enormous amounts of hardware, and that hardware needs equally huge buildings with cooling, energy and security. And ACS is dedicated to precisely that: to build large buildings. In Xataka Amazon is building an empire in Aragon: it has just paid 1.5 million to expand the electrical network to its fifth data center Florentino triumphs in the US. Turner arrived earlier and stronger. In 2025, ACS won several large-scale data center contracts, including the construction of a 902-megawatt center in Wisconsin as part of the Stargate program, and a stake in the $10 billion, one-megawatt Meta campus in Indiana. Those are conventional projects. They are cities whose inhabitants are servants for this new era of AI. Go for it all. As they point out in five daysdata centers generated more than 9 billion euros in sales during 2025, and ACS has already delivered more than 9 GW of capacity all over the world. That figure is extraordinary, especially considering that in all of Spain the installed capacity barely reaches 7 GW. The Spanish company that talks the least about AI has been silently one of its great beneficiaries for years. Very much in the style of Florentino Pérez, who usually maintains a relatively low profile and succeeds without making too much noise. Stocks on the rise. The market took a while to see it, but it has reacted forcefully. ACS shares have soared 115% in the last twelve months. Today they are close to 110 euros and mark historical highs while the construction sector advances (“only”) 20%. Group sales they reached 49,848 million euros, with the US and Canada contributing 63% of the total. ACS is in practice more of a North American technological infrastructure company than a Spanish construction company. It is listed on the Ibex and is chaired by one of the great football personalities, yes, but its current driving force is not here, but in the US and in the AI ​​fever. Build and Own. ACS is not limited to executing other people’s contracts: it also wants to be the owner of what it builds. In January 2026, the company completed an alliance with Global Infrastructure Partners, BlackRock subsidiaryto create a 50/50 joint venture to develop a global data center platform with an initial capacity of 1.7 GW. Already before had bought Dornanan Irish engineering company specialized in this type of infrastructure, for 436 million euros. ACS doesn’t just want to build AI data centers: it wants to own a piece of that infrastructure. The dollar as a great risk. One of the big problems with this project is the US currency. With more than 60% of its income in North America, each fall of the dollar against the euro is a setback for the Spanish multinational. The devaluation of the dollar is already greater than 10% after the last twelve months, and that has prevented Turner’s growth from being even greater. According to Renta 4 analysts, the “currency effect” subtracted more than five percentage points from the growth of net profit. And investors warn. Analysts themselves consider that the AI ​​market has already discounted a good part of future growth. At Bloomberg, the consensus is to maintain the stock with an average target price of 88 euros, which would imply a fall of 20% compared to current levels. This is what usually happens with good economic stories: when everyone knows them, they are no longer an opportunity. But at ACS they are optimistic. Although experts are cautious, at ACS they expect that spending on infrastructure quadruples from now to 2034. In fact, they expect that the benefits of 2026 will go even further than those of 2025 and exceed 1,000 million euros. If it achieves this, Florentino’s company will have completed one of the quietest and most profitable industrial transformations in the recent history of our country. {“videoId”:”x86aas4″,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”60% of the INTERNET passes through HERE: This is the LARGEST Data Processing Center in SPAIN”, “tag”:””, “duration”:”266″} Turner is ahead. According to Data Center MagazineTurner accumulated a backlog – a portfolio of confirmed orders – of $39 billion as of August 2025. It is the dominant construction company in this segment globally, although of course it has direct competitors such as DPR Construction, Holder, Skanska or AECOM. However, none have achieved the same concentration of contracts with the hyperscalers (Meta, Amazon and Microsoft). Turner has been building its reputation as a builder of this type of facility for more than a decade, and it is very difficult to replicate that advantage quickly. The irony of ACS and Spain. There is a geographical paradox in this success story: Spain and Europe have years debating on digital sovereignty, technological dependence and the need to build own infrastructure for not to be left out of the AI ​​revolution. While this debate is taking place, the Spanish company that is most building this infrastructure is doing so almost exclusively outside of Spain. As … Read more

reverse engineering with an unprecedented weapon

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In wars, innovation is rarely born in a vacuum: it has often emerged from carefully observing the adversary. Throughout history, some of the most profound military transformations came not with entirely new weapons, but with the reinterpretation of existing technologies that changed hands. Now, in the 21st century, when the AIthe unmanned systems and the industrial production accelerated speed sets the pace of the combat, that old dynamic has once again taken center stage in a way that is as unexpected as it is revealing. The debut of American kamikaze drones. Yes, the United States attacked Iranian territory within the framework of Operation Epic Fury together with Israel, but what was truly unprecedented was not the magnitude of the air offensive or the coordination between both countries, something that we saw very few months ago in the same scenario, but the debut in combat of the LUCASthat is, the long-range kamikaze drones used for the first time by US forces. Launched from the ground by Task Force Scorpion Strikecreated specifically to introduce this type of capabilities in the region, the LUCAS acted as loitering munitions capable of flying long distances, staying in the zone and launching against their target in a single use. Their low cost, around tens of thousands of dollars per unit, contrasts with the price and production complexity of traditional cruise missiles, which allows them to be used in sufficient number to saturate defenses, coordinate network attacks, and maintain human oversight while operating with partial autonomy. For the first time, Washington was not only talking about cheap drones as a complement, but was actively integrating them into a real campaign against a sovereign state. The weapon returned to its creator. The strategic key to the attack lies not only in the technology, but in its origin. It we count some time ago. He LUCAS design part directly of the Iranian Shahed-136the same model that Tehran has employed for years in the Middle East and that Russia has used brutally in Ukraine. After obtaining a copy, the device was analyzed and reengineered by American companies, adapting it to their own standards and a more networked architecture. In essence, Washington used one of the oldest practices of warfare to bomb Iran: reverse engineering. It was not just about copying a platform, but about appropriate your logic operational (cheap weapon, long distance, volume versus exclusive precision) and turn it back against whoever popularized it. The result is a investment symbolic and even doctrinal: The country that had perfected the use of low-cost drone swarms became the target of its own reinterpreted strategic model. Tactical surprise and demolition. If we expand the frame of the photo, the use of drones was integrated into a much broader offensive based on precise intelligence and extreme timing. He told in a report the new york times that the CIA and the Israeli services managed to identify a meeting from top Iranian commanders in Tehran, including the supreme leader, which allowed the timing of the attack to be adjusted to maximize the initial impact. The combined operation drones, cruise missiles, long-range artillery and a massive aerial surge that sought to neutralize anti-aircraft defenses and dismantle the chain of command from the first strike. The result was the removal of key figures of the Iranian political-military apparatus and obtaining air superiority in a matter of hours. In this context, the LUCAS did not act in isolation, but as part of a distributed attack architecture that combined saturation, precision and speed to prevent an immediate coordinated response. Cheap drones vs millions. The use of LUCAS also showed a deeper trend that the war in Ukraine has pontificated: the growing vulnerability of advanced air defense systems to cheap and numerous platforms. Iran had demonstrated that even the most sophisticated defensive architectures can be overwhelmed by waves of relatively simple drones. The United States now applied that same logic, exploiting the cost-effect relationship to impose pressure and force the adversary to spend much more expensive resources on interceptors. If you will, the long-range kamikaze drone stops being a weapon of peripheral actors and becomes a fully integrated tool in the arsenal of a superpower, altering the traditional equation between cutting-edge technology and volume of fire. From Rome to the missile age. The reverse engineering employed by Washington is not a modern anomaly, but rather a historical constant. In ancient times, Rome copied Carthaginian vessels to build your fleet. In the Middle AgesThey used siege machines captured, and already in World War II, rocket and bomber programs were fed by enemy technology and scientists. One of the most famous cases was that of German V-2 ballistic missile developed by Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. Both the United States and the Soviet Union captured rockets, plans, and scientists. Washington joined Wernher von Braun in its space program, while Moscow did the same with its own equipment. That reverse engineering was the direct basis of the missile programs and, later, the space race. And during the Cold War. Also, because both missiles and guidance systems changed hands to be disassembled and reproduced. One of the most famous cases was that of the strategic bomber B-29 Superfortress. When several American B-29s made forced landings on Soviet territory, the USSR dismantled them piece by piece and produced an almost exact copy: the Tupolev Tu-4. It was, once again, an extreme exercise in industrial reverse engineering, to the point of replicating even defects in the original design. The pattern, as we see, repeats itself: capture, study, adapt and improve. What changes is the speed and technical complexity. In the case of the LUCASthat cycle closed in the 21st century with remarkable speed, also integrating autonomous coordination and network warfare capabilities that multiply its impact. The practice is ancient, but its execution is contemporary. A new stage. He attack on Iran marks a turning point because it includes for the first time the United States as an active user of long-range … Read more

Spain was supposed to raise diesel in 2026. It was supposed

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Almost no one buys diesel cars anymore. But the fact that the Government has a rise in this fuel on its hands is not good news. Firstly because, although almost no one buys it, many still own a diesel car. Second, because the vast majority of freight transportation continues to be diesel. The question now is: will we see the promised rise? What happens? That the deadline is over. Specifically, the one that the European Union gave to Spain to raise the price of diesel. The last one expired at the end of January and began in July of last year 2025. As you can imagine, Spain ignored its obligations and diesel is still subsidized. Consequently, Europe has asked our Government for explanations because they have also realized that the taxes on this fuel remain unchanged. The intention is that 2026 would be the year in which, once and for all, consumers of gasoline and diesel cars would pay the same taxes. 1.1 billion euros. This is not the first time that the European Union has given a serious warning to our country. The last one cost us 1.1 billion euros and opened this extension that expired in January. Then, Spain received 23.9 billion euros corresponding to the fifth tranche of aid provided by the European Union within the framework of the Next Generation funds. But that money would have been more if the country had complied with the obligation to raise the price of fuel (and a second related to employment). Something to which it has committed itself on various occasions to European officials but which it has also systematically failed to comply with. 2018. The issue of raising the cost of diesel for the end customer is not new by any means. In 2018, Teresa Rivera, then Minister of Ecological Transition, already made the Government’s position clear: “diesel’s days are numbered”he said at that time. Since then, a calendar has been opened from which the months have been falling but which always has one more page to discard. Three years laterthe hum picked up strength again. On that occasion it was the blows of the coronavirus crisis and the War in Ukraine that postponed the issue again. In 2024the new attempt came to nothing because the Tax Reform that contemplated the increase in diesel ended up falling. Last year, in the summer, was when the European Union rolled its eyes and gave Spain a new extension. The one that happened last January. How would it be done? The simplest procedure is to eliminate the bonus that diesel currently has in our country in the Special Tax on Hydrocarbons. Therefore, right now we pay the following depending on the fuel refueled on this section: Unleaded gasoline 98: 431.92 euros/1000 liters or 0.432 euros/liter. Unleaded gasoline 95: 400.69 euros/1000 liters or 0.401 euros/liter. Diesel: 307 euros/1000 liters or 0.307 euros/liter. To this section of the tax we must add the regional tax which, since 2019, has been linear at 7.02 cents/liters. This leaves us with a Special Tax on Hydrocarbons of: Unleaded gasoline 98: 0.504 euros/liter. Unleaded gasoline 95: 0.473 euros/liter. Diesel: 0.379 euros/liter. The objective would be to raise this section of taxes and equalize diesel and gasoline 95. That is, an increase of almost 10 cents/liter. The question is whether this increase would be suffered by all drivers of diesel cars, regardless of whether they are professionals or not, or whether the latter would be left out completely or partially. It will affect you. Raising diesel continues to be a very delicate issue in Spain. It is a fuel that has been rising and that has reduced its gap with gasoline in recent times. That, a political environment that has opted to criminalize this fuel and tough emissions regulations that They advise against its use if we repeat short journeyshave ended up sinking their sales. In January, only 4.5% of the market corresponded to diesel sales according to Anfac. The problem is that more than half of the Spanish vehicle fleet is still diesel cars. Added to this is a huge fleet of professionals who will make their products more expensive if they have to pay more for diesel. And it is that much of the inflation During the first months of the Ukrainian War it came hand in hand with rising fuel prices. And to that we must add that in those days the Government had to face a transport strike due to the increase in fuel prices, which ended up being solved with a general bonus to all drivers. Photo | Ministry of the Presidency, Government of Spain on Wikimedia and Raymond Okoro In Xataka | The “best mechanic in Spain” says that low-cost gasoline is of worse quality than premium gasoline. The reality is much more complex

A star 1,540 times larger than the Sun is mutating in real time and it is something that baffles astronomers

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The universe is rarely in a hurry, since stellar processes usually be measured in millions or billions of yearsso witnessing the metamorphosis of a great star in the span of a single human life is practically unheard of. And this is precisely what is happening with WOH G64a true cosmic monster located in the Large Magellanic Cloudabout 163,000 light years from Earth. Big changes. Astronomers have been analyzing this astronomical giant for years, and now the red supergiant is changing radically in front of our telescopes as it heats up rapidly and opens a heated scientific debate. The question that the community is asking itself right now is whether we are facing the transformation towards a very rare yellow hypergiant or if it is simply the fierce interaction of a binary system before collapsing. What we knew. Discovered in the 1970s, WOH G64 has long held the title of one of the largest stars known. The data we know about it is no wonder, since it has a radius 1,540 times greater than that of our Sun, an approximate mass of 28 solar masses and shines 282,000 times brighter than our star. Despite its enormous size, it is an extremely young star, since it is barely 5 million years old. And if we put it into context, in the ruthless world of astrophysics, the largest stars “live fast and die young”, devouring the fuel inside them at great speed. The script twist. Until recently, everything fit the classic profile of an extreme red supergiant, placing its temperature at 3,400 ± 25 degrees Kelvin. But a turning point came in the last decade after the data published in Nature Asia which pointed out that the star suffered a mysterious dimming in 2011, followed by a sudden warming of more than 1,000 ºC and significant chemical alterations in the atmosphere. Now, a new study analyzes the photometry and optical spectroscopy accumulated over more than thirty years of this star. And the conclusion they have reached is that between 2013 and 2014, WOH G64 began to transition from red supergiant to yellow hypergiant. What are they? Yellow hypergiants are an exceptionally rare transition phase of which we barely have data and, above all, it is very ephemeral. In this case, the dramatic thermal evolution could be due to the star having partially ejected its outer envelope or to its stellar companion aggressively stripping away material. The debate is served. As is often the case on the frontier of astrophysics, not everyone agrees that the transition is complete. Rigorous science requires fact-checking constant, and recent research adds nuance to this story. This same year, one study pointed out because the star continues to maintain its classic red supergiant characteristics, questioning whether it has become a rare yellow hypergiant. The most logical explanation they see in this case is that the interaction with its companion star is causing these large temperature changes. This generates a great debate, since it goes completely against the other part of astrophysics that is convinced that we are facing a great twist in the script. A supernova. The big question that everyone is asking is how this titan will end, and some voices suggest that we are seeing the prelude to an imminent supernova. However, in astronomical terms, “imminent” is an elastic concept, since core collapse could occur in a time frame ranging from 100 to a few thousand years. And even if it collapses, even a spectacular explosion is not guaranteed. Although there is also the possibility that it fails in its attempt to explode and, instead, collapses directly in on itself, silently forming a black hole. Likewise, what happens seems to be something that our next generations will see. Images | European Southern Observatory In Xataka | We have analyzed the universe for 20 years looking for ET and all we have are 100 signals that China is now investigating

Leica is teaching Xiaomi everything it knows. When the student no longer needs the teacher, the agreement will have fulfilled its function

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This week there have been two presentations of flagships which, seen together, say something interesting about where each manufacturer believes the industry is going: Samsung introduced the Galaxy S26 Ultra like an AI exhibition: three integrated assistants, the mobile phone as an external brain that anticipates what you are going to need before you ask for it. A few days later, Xiaomi presented the 17Ultra. And his big argument was not AI. It was the camera. And inside the camera, above all, it was Leica. It is advisable to take this collaboration seriously before reducing it to a marketing seal, because it is not. We had the opportunity to check it out in a session with TJ Waltonglobal product manager at Xiaomi, and Pablo Acevedoat the head of Leica’s mobile division. A round with around twenty journalists from Japan, Germany, France, China and other markets, in which Xataka It was the only Spanish medium. Left, TJ Walton. Right, Pablo Acevedo. Image: Xataka. I opened the question session with a very direct question: what does this co-creation model mean in reality, and at what point in the process does Leica come in? Acevedo’s response was also direct: “We are involved from the beginning, from the conception of the device, when we define the concept of what it should be.”. It is therefore not a certificate that is awarded at the end. It is shared engineering from the beginning: color tuning, contrast, physical adjustment of the lenses, testing of the final product… Walton summed it up: “Everything from the beginning to the end of the imaging experience on our smartphones is powered by Leica.” And still There is something in the details of the agreement that deserves attention, because Leica does not give the same thing to everyone. He Leitz Phonethe device that Leica markets as its own with Xiaomi hardware, includes ‘content credentials’, a certification of image authenticity that the Xiaomi 17 Ultra does not incorporate. When a Japanese journalist asked about this asymmetry, Acevedo was clear: “Authenticity is one of the important points for us. There are specific experiences aimed at professional photographers, those who really care about the smallest details of the photographic experience.” Said without euphemisms: Leica gives a lot to Xiaomi, but keeps for itself what it considers most defining of its identity. This ‘co-creation’ has limits. And those boundaries map out quite precisely where the partner ends and the customer begins. The presentation of the Xiaomi 17 in Barcelona just before the MWC. Image: Xataka. There was another moment in that same session that was like someone turned on the lights. When another journalist asked how the revenue from Leitz Phone is divided financially between the two companies, the response was: “I’m not sure if we can talk about that.” That is to say, The part of the agreement that would most reveal the true nature of the relationship is exactly the part that remains opaque.. Which is, in itself, an answer. Collaborations between equals do not usually have silence clauses on how the money is divided. OnePlus went with Hasselblad. I live with Zeiss. All different, all with the same underlying logic: a European name with decades of photographic history placed where the buyer sees it as soon as they take a Chinese phone out of the box. What they are buying is not only technology but the right to be given the benefit of the doubt in a segment where distrust of Chinese brands continues to be a real factoralthough decreasing. Each generation of product with Leica normalizes Xiaomi’s photographic excellence a little more. There will come a time when this standardization is complete, when the European buyer will not need anyone from the West to certify what he already knows. That day Xiaomi will not need to renew the agreement. And Leica will discover that she gave up part of her aura to someone who no longer needs it.while what Xiaomi gave in return (technology, scale, relevance in the smartphone market…) will have remained integrated into its products forever. And there is something there that is worth remembering. Leica has built its value on a very specific idea: scarcity. 8,000 euro cameras, limited production, a community of insiders who pay precisely because not everyone can… That’s the business. And now andHE same name appears on a device that sells tens of millions of units a year. Every Xiaomi 17 Ultra that comes out of a box does not destroy that aura, but it dilutes it a little. But there is something deeper than trade asymmetry. What happens, agreement by agreement, generation by generation, is a silent transfer of the center of gravity of technological prestige: For decades, European and American brands were the ones that certified the excellence of others. Now they are the ones who need someone to call them. Leica is not a victim in this process: it has made its decisions with its eyes open and has probably calculated its short and medium-term benefits well. But the long term has its own logic, and that logic says that when a historic brand becomes the endorsement that others need to grow, something in the balance of power has already changed. Although it is not yet noticeable in the price of their cameras. In Xataka | A week with the Xiaomi Mijia Smart Audio Glasses has shown me how great it is that your glasses are also your headphones Featured image | Xataka

AI has hijacked the chips that made it possible

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Lenovo already said it a few days ago: if you want, or need, to buy a device, buy it as soon as possible. The rise of artificial intelligence and the Big Tech fever is causing an unprecedented component crisis. Not us, but Micron. And who is Micron? Well one of the three companies that dominates production overall RAM memory. With only a few players dominating the game, what is happening is that everyone has focused on allocate your resources to the manufacture of high bandwidth memories for AI. For each resource that is allocated to the creation of memory for these GPUs, several are abandoned for the creation of Consumption RAM. And what does RAM have? Absolutely everything. And the industry has just sounded an alarm: this is not a temporary squeeze. It’s a tsunami. And it is going to take smartphones ahead. The AMR crisis is a tsunami It may seem like there’s a lot of hype in making predictions, but there’s a problem: those predictions come from within the industry itself. Talking about memory producers is talking about Micron, Samsung or SK Hynyx, but also Phison. This company manufactures the chips that allow memory modules to communicate with each other and with other components, and its CEO commented a few days ago that estimates suggest that This year between 200 and 250 million fewer mobile phones will be launched. It is an absolute outrage, but beyond the figure, something else stands out: there will be companies that will have to abandon the business. It’s logical. Think that it costs us a lot more money buy an SSD or a ‘RAM stick’but to companies too. It’s not that there is no RAM for consumers: it’s that there is no RAM for anything other than data centers. Therefore, if Nothing – to give an example of one that has already said that it will not launch a high-end product this year– buy the memory at a price three times higher, you have two options: Sell ​​the mobile much more expensive just for that componentso the user will perceive a brutal increase without an improvement in sections such as the processor or the cameras. Do not take out mobile. And if your business depends on continuing the cycle of annual launches, you have a problem. From within the industry, voices like those of SMIC, Intel or NVIDIA have already dropped that the crisis remains for a whilebut now it is the International Data Corporation that gives another pessimistic vision for the mobile market. And the interesting thing is that It is not something that will affect the entire sector equally. According to the IDC, the smartphone market will suffer the biggest drop in its history this year, sinking to a low not seen for more than a decade. We are not talking about benefits, but about units. How to collect ReutersIDC analysts believe that “what we are witnessing is not a temporary squeeze, but rather a tsunami-like shock originating in the memory supply chain. Apple has already said that it is something that it’s going to impact them in a key part of its business, but, precisely, Apple cannot complain as much as others. According to the group, this decline will affect low-end Android mobile manufacturers more severely than Apple or Samsung. These two giants fight in another range and, in fact, they may even benefit because consumers can opt for their models if they see that those of other brands begin to rise in price. The report points out the same as the CEO of Phison: there will be some smaller rivals that will exit the market entirely. And it is a huge problem for these low and mid-range phones. It is estimated that the price of memory represents 20% of the cost of these terminals, so a price increase to compensate would be unfeasible. They simply would not buy those phones. The IDC expects the average selling price of all smartphones to increase by 14% this year, and even if the market begins to recover between 2027 and 2028, some smaller manufacturers will struggle. As we said, there are many voices that are pointing to price increases also in mobile phones. At the moment, those that have already come out are some Samsung Galaxy S26 whose prices have remained the same compared to what was seen last year… but without increases in RAM or changes in many specifications. In the case of the S26 and S26+they are essentially the same phone as the S25. And they are from Samsung, one of the main RAM manufacturers, wow. We will see what happens with other models whose RAM commitments were not signed and committed before the crisis hit, but things are not looking good at all. Therefore, if you have to buy something for whatever reason, it is a bad time, but everything indicates that it will be much better than tomorrow. Image | Xataka (edited) In Xataka | We have reached a point where not even the CEOs of Google or Microsoft deny that we have an AI bubble

It seemed that the Fold were the territory of Samsung and Honor. Motorola has arrived to claim its space

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After doing what are, for me, the best folding Flip type, Motorola has just embarked on the adventure of its remaining format: the Fold. And I have already been able to try it: I was alone with the Motorola Razr Fold, I think it is a solid, versatile and high-quality bet. He is coming to cause a lot of war, I am convinced. The first thing I appreciated when holding it in my hand is that Motorola has known how to slim down the thickness of the phone so that it is almost “normal” once it is folded. The two unfolded parts are very thin: reaches 4.55 mm. Of course, only in the areas of the phone that do not correspond to the cameras, because there the thickness, as usual, is much higher. Motorola Razr Fold technical sheet motorola razr fold SCREEN 6.6 inch external Internal 8.1 inch 2K LTPO Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 outer glass DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 4.55mm open thickness 9.89mm closed thickness Weight: – PROCESSOR Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 RAM 16 GB RAM Boost STORAGE 512GB FRONT CAMERA 32 MP internal 20MP Outdoor REAR CAMERA 50 MP main (Sony LYTIA 828) 50 MP telephoto lens, 3x optical zoom, OIS 50 MP ultra wide angle (122 degree field of view) BATTERY 6,000 mAh 80W TurboPower Charging 50W wireless charging OPERATING SYSTEM Android CONNECTIVITY 5G OTHERS Compatible with moto pen ultra Stainless steel hinge and titanium internal plate Stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos and Sound by Bose IP47/IP48/IP49 PRICE From 1,999 euros It feels very good in the hand, as if it were not a foldable This is important, since Motorola makes no compromises: the two wings of the phone are joined together without gaps, as if from the outside it looked like a regular phone. It’s a bit difficult to put your fingers in the phone to unfold it. The movement from there offers no resistance and allows you to hold the hinge at almost any angle. The Pantone finishes, and a rough touch on the back, give it personality, as well as grip. It holds up well when folded and unfolded, just like when it comes to taking photos. I have not noticed that it is greatly offset by the weight of the triple camera. The screen looks fabulous in all conditions: Motorola has achieved extremely high brightness for both panels. The tactile response is good and the fold crease did not seem exaggerated to me. Yes, it is marked more than that of the Honor Magic V6For example. You couldn’t ask for more in terms of power: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 516 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. The test did not allow me to analyze the performance in depth. From what I tested, I highly doubt that I will have problems on a day-to-day basis, both with regular multitasking and with games. I also didn’t appreciate that it got hotter than normal. Competing to be the reference folding I don’t think he Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 be the rival to beat for the Motorola Razr Fold: due to the extra-thin design, and the 6,000 mAh battery embedded in the phone, Moto points to Honor with its Magic V. Because that was the feeling I had when I had the new mobile: the Razr Fold reminded me of the Magic V5. When hours later I tried the Honor Magic V6I couldn’t help but draw parallels. Although the design may have certain reminiscences between one and the other, Motorola maintains software with its particular style, customizable to a large extent and with a style of Android 16 that is not too far from the Pixel. Also, very good news: The Motorola Razr Fold is guaranteed with seven years of Android updates and seven years of security updates The resistance is also certified: IP47, IP48 and IP49. It has very good quality sound certified by Bose and compatible with Dolby Atmos. A trio of reliable cameras with an AI-enhanced telephoto Cameras are usually the pending issue with folding phones, especially when they are as thin as the Motorola Razr Fold. Because there are no miracles, physics is physics. And the minimum thickness is enough for what it is, compromises have to be made. Motorola has decided to sacrifice as little as possible. Its triple rear camera debuts a Sony Lytia 828 50 megapixel which seems to behave at a good level. I was taking photos in the testing room, with plenty of light coming in through the windows, and I saw the camera resolute, accurate in colors and with well-applied automatic HDR. The wide angle is also 50 megapixels. Same as the telephoto: Motorola has relied on a trio that produces the same dimensions in the resulting images. With Quad Binning processing at 12.6 megapixels. The telephoto reaches 100x in its maximum hybrid mode, a distance that usually results in a glob. Although I have appreciated great work from the AI: can reconstruct images until you get something drinkable. It won’t be the best photo in the world, but at least it will serve to show it. With the logical risks of parts invented (or recreated) by AI. Motorola rounds off the great work it already did in the Flip format The Motorola Razr Fold is a mobile phone that surprises in the hand due to its lightness and everything it keeps inside. Power, performance, flexibility, very good cameras and the ability to become a very good work tool. At this point I especially like your desktop modeI believe that Motorola has a great asset to enhance productivity in all environments. Especially those of us who travel almost with nothing on. Very good balance between quality, performance and design. Now, it is not a phone that is unique on the market either: the Fold-type folding format is already very mature. 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I thought portable consoles were already defined. Lenovo has decided that they can also be folded in half

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I think Lenovo is one of the brands that takes the most risks in the computer segment. And in the consoles: Lenovo Legion Go It’s a good sample. With several models under its belt, the brand has come to the MWC in Barcelona with a hybrid that is, above all, extravagant. But also original, I think there is no better way to please everyone. Do you want a portable screen to play with physical controls? Covered. A more compact panel to make it less uncomfortable? Check. Option to play with the panel vertically and horizontally? Of course. What if the controllers can become a standalone controller? And even with a mouse option. The Lenovo Legion Go Fold doesn’t marry anyone. Just because, It also has a foldable screen. Lenovo Legion Go Fold technical sheet Lenovo Legion Go Fold Concept SCREEN 11.8 inch POLED panel Resolution 2,435 x 1,712 pixels, 16:10 165Hz refresh 100% DCI-P3 500 nits Tactile DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 189.1 x 282.5 x 8.5mm 868 g (638 g modular + 230 g controls) PROCESSOR Intel Core Ultra 7 GRAPHIC CARD Integrated Intel Arc 140V GPU 64TOPS, 8 Xe-cores, 1.95GHz RAM 32GB LPDDR5x-8533 STORAGE 1TB PCIe SSD (Gen 4) 2242 OPERATING SYSTEM Windows 11 OTHERS Color: Eclipse Black PRICE Unspecified It is neither one thing nor another, it is everything It is not just a folding tablet, nor a video game console, nor a convertible laptop: it is everything at once. And with a format that can be expanded almost to the unimaginable within the gamer field. Goes from a tablet style surface to a console Steam Deck. Detachable, of course. Just like what happened to me with the modular laptop that Lenovo also brought to MWC, the Legion Go Fold goes a step further when you think it can’t expand further. Broadly speaking: It is a gaming tablet with anchored physical controls. It can be used both vertically and horizontally. It is a large tablet that folds in half into a smaller one. It runs Windows and has a keyboard as an accessory, so it can become a travel laptop. As was the case with the original Legion Go, the controllers can be joined together to function as an independent external controller. As a cherry on top, one of the controllers anchors to the base to become a mouse with a trigger. The device is a concept that is not yet definitive. However, it appears to be fully functional, all parts make sense, They are solid enough and they can be combined without excessive complication. Like all moving parts, the anchors are somewhat delicate to place: you have to remove a lock, slide the control down and separate it outwards. The lane is not too long, it gave me the impression that it was not as firm as it should be. Given the weight and size of the tablet, I don’t think it will be excessively comfortable for long periods of gaming. At least as long as he stays in suspense. A folding screen? Why not If it already seems strange that a tablet has two console controls anchored to the ends, seeing how the screen folds is the ultimate. Because of the size and because the folding looks somewhat rough: the edge is thick and leaves the panel exposed. However, it is the only way to fold the tablet so that it continues to function as a touch device. The folded Legion Go Fold is much more comfortable to play with. The problem is that Windows does not allow itself to be tamed to multiformat: System orientation does not adapt to portrait orientation. I also noticed different errors when resizing the windows, with the touch on the screen and with some buttons on the controls. The problems of direct. It is a concept and it is appreciated as such, a “I’m going to see how far I can go with removable elements.” The result is very curious to see, not so much to enjoy. At least in regards to everything related to the screen, because the design of the controls, its buttons, the detail of the mini-screen on one of the controls and its versatility are noteworthy. Quite far from viability Playing with an unfolded tablet of this size is not very comfortable, having physical controls attached even less so. Lenovo has already more than proven the Legion Go format, it is the path it is going to follow. And surely the experience gained with the Fold will help to improve the commercial family, such as adding a small screen to the controls. Lenovo is the PC manufacturer that usually surprises me the most with its proposals. Take risks even if these experimental products do not go beyond concepts. And when I tried them I found solid, well-thought-out devices with established technologies. I don’t think that combining a folding tablet with controls will come to fruition, but who knows. We ended up seeing it in stores the same way. Images | Ivan Linares In Xataka | Best tablets in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and recommended models

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