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Opening a company in a single visit to the administration sounds like utopia. In China it has been law for years

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

Bureaucracy is probably one of the few things on which there is almost absolute consensus: everyone hates her. Queuing from window to window, discovering that you are missing a photocopy, returning another day because the official who signs is not there… an administrative ordeal, but it doesn’t have to be like this: years ago, in China they set out to end the labyrinth of procedures with one objective: so that more companies can be created to be more competitive. One visit at most. The ‘one visit at most’ reform It was promoted in the province of Zhejiang in 2016 and today it has spread to more territories in the country. The central objective is to unify all the procedures into one, so that those who want to form a new company only have to go to the administration once, avoiding the “walk” through different windows. It does not only affect the creation of companies, but all types of procedures such as birth certificates, registration records, registrations for health insurance and health cards. In addition, there are many procedures that can be done electronically, it is what they call ‘zero visit’ and the idea is that over time more and more processes will be added to this list. How it was before. Before this reform the process was not only much more tedious, but also much slower. a businessman counted in CGNT To get a permit you had to go through a lot of procedures, the lines were very long and it took several weeks. And if everything went well, if a document was missing or there was an error, you would have to start over. Another businesswoman says that she sent the documentation online and when she went to do the process it took her only 15 minutes to get the permit. Land of entrepreneurship. That this reform has been promoted in Zhejiang is no coincidence. It is the province in which Hangzhou is located, the city that has become the reference technological hub for AI companies. Here you can find Alibaba, DeepSeek, Unitree or Deep Robotics. It is also where the Zhejiang Universitynicknamed “the Stanford of the East”, and where many of those who are today senior executives of technology companies have studied. The streamlining of bureaucracy is one of all the measures that the government has implemented and which also include very advantageous loans for entrepreneurs. One person companies. Recently We were talking about ‘one person companies’ or OCP and how the Chinese government is supporting this new entrepreneurship model. They are startups created by a single person with strong AI support, very much in the style of what he did Peter Steinberger with OpenClawwhich in turn has allowed many entrepreneurs to create their own solo companies. OCP communities are being created in cities like Suzhou, Wuhan offers special loans for ‘solopreneurs’ and in Shanghai they cover up to 300,000 yuan in computing expenses. How is it here? In Spain we also have our own agile business creation system called CIRCE. It works through the DUE (Single Electronic Document) that groups up to 25 administrative forms into one. Through CIRCE you can create or cease a company, whether it is a SL or a self-employed person, and it can take from one to ten days. Of course, for SLs it is still necessary to complete an in-person procedure at a notary office. Image | Studio4rt, Freepik In Xataka | For 60 years, a farmer with no idea about architecture built a cathedral from scratch in Madrid. The bureaucracy has closed it

There are 75-inch televisions that already cost less than 500 euros. The last one to drop in price has been a Xiaomi with Google TV

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

Little by little we are seeing more offers on TVs with diagonals that exceed 55 inches, and the truth is that their prices are often quite low. MediaMarkt, for example, has only today (during The Great Renove) the Xiaomi A Pro 75 inchesa very large TV for only 499 euros. Xiaomi TV A Pro 2026 (75 inches) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links big and cheap The Xiaomi A Pro 2026 It is a smart TV that initially started at a price of 849 euros, but over time we have seen discounts through a wide range of offers. Today’s one at MediaMarkt is not the best, but it is one of the best because it remains for about 20 euros above its minimum price historical in the same store. We are talking about a Xiaomi television that comes with a panel 75 inch QLEDso it is a fairly large size for its price. Obviously it offers a 4K resolution, but its refresh rate remains at 60 Hz. However, what we do have are 178º viewing angles both horizontal and vertical, so you can see the TV well from different angles. It also supports the format HDR10+comes with Filmmaker mode for watching movies and its speakers are compatible with Dolby Audio. Furthermore, its operating system is Google TV and it has a good assortment of connectivity options: WiFi, Bluetooth, three HDMI ports, Ethernet, USB and optical digital audio output. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: xiaomi pro offer today ✅ THE BEST Yesu size: We see more and more offers on large TVs, and this one from Xiaomi has an excellent quality-price ratio considering that its diagonal is 75 inches. Your viewing anglessomething already distinctive in the brand that offers the possibility of viewing the content well regardless of whether we are in front of the television or on one of the sides. ❌ THE WORST TOand, the 60 Hz… Something that we also usually see in the Xiaomi brand, at least in most of its television catalog. You will not be able to watch TV with the fluidity offered by many that offer a refresh rate of 120 Hz. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for a good television to watch movies and series, that is of considerable size and also has a good panel such as the QLED. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Above all, you want to get the most out of your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series, since the screen only offers 60 Hz, so you will not be able to have the best possible experience. You may also be interested Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus, compatible with Wi-Fi 6, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and HDR10+ The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LG DS60T – Sound Bar, Bluetooth, 340W, 3.1 Channels with subwoofer, Dolby Digital, DTS Digital Surround, Black 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 | 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

Lenovo’s commitment to differentiate itself in a market saturated with chatbots

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

Less than a year ago, Lenovo’s AI teams worked in silos, on islands independent of each other. The Motorola engineers did not talk to those of the ThinkPad. Those with the tablets were doing their thing. And the AI experiences that were coming to market “They didn’t look the same, they didn’t communicate with each other, they didn’t use the same technologies“, acknowledges Jeff Snow, Head of AI Product of the company. It was the diagnosis of a company that had arrived late to realize something: having hardware in all segments is of no use if the software does not unite them. The answer was to create the AI Ecosystem Group, a cross-functional organization that Snow describes as the missing piece: “Luca (Luca Rossi, head of the Intelligent Devices Group) said that everything had to be put together. “We took everyone working in AI, from phones to PCs to tablets, and brought them together.” The result has its own name: lenovo Qira, formerly known as Kira during internal development, a layer of intelligence which is beginning to be deployed on more than twenty company devices: ThinkPad, Yoga, Legion, IdeaPad…And that in 2026 it will make the leap to Motorola. The value proposition is seemingly simple, but difficult to execute: that the AI knows who you are, what you are doing and where you are doing it, without that information leaving your devices. “If you use ChatGPT, any interaction you have with it is in the cloud, and that’s very risky. People sometimes don’t realize that if they share personal information with an LLM, that information is free and open in the cloud,” Snow says. Lenovo wants to play on the other side: small models, specific for specific tasks, executed locally. The practical demonstration has some understated magic. You drag a PDF to the Qira icon on your laptop, tell it to remember it, and the system vectorizes the document and indexes it locally. From that moment, you can ask questions about that document from your mobile. The file has never left the PC’s hard drive. “It’s like making a call and asking someone something,” explains Snow. “You only get the answers to what you ask. You haven’t asked him to tell you his entire life at once.” Example mentioned by dragging a file to the Qira icon, in the upper area of the monitor, so that it is vectorized and retains its information so that it can be consulted from another device without leaving the computer disk. Image: Xataka. The document in the previous image being consulted indirectly (through a specific question) from a Motorola. Image: Xataka. This balance between personalization and privacy is the core of Lenovo’s differentiating argument against its competitors. At MWC there were many brands that added AI by pasting a layer of OpenAI or Gemini on top of their interface. Snow puts it forcefully: “We want to be the ones who make AI experiences feel native on devices, not just an app that has everything in the cloud.” The bet is that the most useful AI is not the most powerful, but the one that knows the most about you, and that to know about you without betraying you it needs to live where you live: on your hardware. The robot that Lenovo presented at the stand (the AI Work Companion, a physical desktop device with presence and audio sensors) illustrates how far they want to take this concept of ‘ambient AI’. The AI Work Companion robot can project an image, capture what we physically write down on it, outside the monitor; and then print both the image and the annotations. Among other things. Image: Xataka, Snow is the first to acknowledge that the device itself is a prototype. “The important thing is not the device, but the sensors and the proactive nature it has,” he clarifies. The robot detects when two people are talking and can offer to take notes without being asked. He sees that someone has taken a pen and is drawing something, and asks if he wants to save that sketch. It is an AI that observes the context instead of waiting for instructions. There is, in fact, the direction towards which the entire strategy points: agentic AI. Snow defines it as the state they want to reach with Qira: a system that not only answers questions, but understands a user’s patterns (what they research, what they buy, what they are interested in) and acts autonomously on their behalf. “If you are a student, you will have different issues than if you are a mother taking care of her family. Based on interactions, you understand the issues and build agents that help you in a more autonomous way.” It is a vision that sounds familiar because it is the one that is being sold, with different nuances, by practically all the players in the sector. The difference is that Lenovo comes into this race with an advantage that OpenAI and Anthropic don’t have: a gigantic installed base of heterogeneous hardware.. PCs, laptops, tablets, Motorola phones, wearables… If you get that Qira truly work seamlessly across all those devices (Windows and Android, x86 and ARM, on-premises and cloud) you will have built something that your pure software competitors can’t easily replicate. The risk, of course, is that “if he succeeds” is a very loaded conditional. The history of the sector is full of ecosystems promised and never delivered. For now, Qira is beginning to be deployed in six languages and nine regions, with Spanish among them, and integration with Motorola is still a promise for the coming months. Snow talks about foundation, starting point, direction. Great AI stories always have that structure: we are building something that doesn’t quite exist yet, but in whose direction it is worth believing. What does already exist is competitive pressure. At MWC 2026, the framework of the interview with Snow, AI stopped being differential and became mandatory. 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This is how T cells work “with turbo”

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

The immune system in our body is a fascinating biological machine that protects against any type of threatsuch as hateful tumor cells. But these cells are really intelligent, and have the ability to camouflage themselves from our defenses, as happens in prostate cancerwhere tumor cells look so much like healthy cells that our defenses barely recognize them or do so with such weak force that the tumor manages to escape. What were we doing until now? The medical solution was to increase the ‘affinity’ of the defensive cells to the maximum so that they destroyed the tumor cells. The problem? That sometimes they over-braked and attacked healthy tissue, making it more harmful than beneficial. But now this is something that we are trying to solve with the design of “hooks” on a molecular scale. The problem. If we delve deeper into this problem, we must know that T cells, which are part of the immune system, have receptors on their surface that literally bind specifically to the foreign proteins of tumor cells in order to identify them, as if it were a nightclub bouncer asking for ID to detect those who cannot enter. In prostate cancer, one of the targets to look for is the PAP protein, which tells the immune system that it should start attacking, although the problem is that the affinity is not very good, so they literally missed identifying many of these. The problem is that increasing the affinity of this cell causes the opposite effect, by becoming hyperactive and developing a ‘cross-reactivity’ that mistakenly attacks the healthy organism and generates a high level of toxicity. In this way, it was necessary to increase the affinity, but without it being toxic. The solution. This is where the brilliance comes in. a new job published in Science that is based on proven concepts by previous teams who tried to achieve this better affinity. What they saw here is that the solution was not to increase the “glue” of the cell in general so that it would stick together better, but to design what they have called ‘catch bonds’. Catch bonds. To understand how it works, you simply have to imagine a seat belt or a fishing hook. Under normal conditions, the bond is quite soft, but if a large mechanical force is applied, the bond changes its structure and grips much more tightly. In this way, the scientists took a weak natural receptor specific for the PAP protein and introduced very precise mutations into it. The result is a genetically modified receptor that acts like a hook. Better cells. By entering these coatch bonds, The researchers managed to create T cells ‘with turbo’ and in the tests they showed that these cells could bind much better to prostate cancer cells and also managed to destroy them in a more efficient way. But the most important thing here is that a very low cross-reactivity is maintained, so they have the ability to ignore healthy tissues and only deploy the destructive potential when the mechanical “hook” comes into action on the specific target. In Xataka | Neither cure nor die: why the next great revolution against cancer is to make it chronic

Yuanjie is the unknown Chinese photonics technology company whose shares have risen 780%. The surprise is who is behind it: Huawei

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology It probably doesn’t sound familiar to you. And it’s completely normal. Until very recently, this Chinese company barely had visibility outside its domestic market, and even within it it played in the background compared to other giants in the sector. However, something has changed radically in the last year. Your actions They have risen nearly 780%a leap that has not only caught the attention of investors, but has placed its founder, Zhang Xingang, in the billionaires’ club. And there is a detail that adds another layer to the story: Huawei would be behind the company. So you may be wondering what exactly this company does. The key is not so much in Yuanjie itself as in the terrain on which he plays. Yuanjie makes laser chips that are used to transmit data in the form of light inside artificial intelligence-oriented data centers, a field that fits within the broader boom in photonics. It may sound technical, but the idea is quite direct: move more information, faster and with less consumption. As explained by PhotonDeltathis type of technology allows the use of photons to transmit and process information, in addition to integrating several photonic and optoelectronic functions in a single chip, with clear advantages over traditional electronics in high-demand environments. A movement that targets Huawei The other key point appears when you look at who is behind. Forbes presents to Yuanjie as a company backed by Huaweia connection that adds another dimension to their recent growth. From there, details are scarce. It has not been publicly explained how this relationship takes shape or what role each party plays, but there are a series of interesting data that are worth analyzing carefully. Now, if we go down one more level in the documents, the relationship becomes somewhat clearer. Huawei’s presence in Yuanjie would have materialized through Hubble Investment, an investment firm controlled by the Chinese group. As collected by Sina Finance Its entry occurred in September 2020 through a double formula: purchase of existing shares and subscription to a capital increase. With this operation, Hubble controlled 4.36% of Yuanjie, a percentage that later remained at 3.27% after the IPO. If we analyze the jump we can say that it is not only explained by the trend of the sector, but also by recent decisions. Yuanjie announced in February an investment of 1,251 million yuan, about 181 million dollarsto build a new production base in Xixian New Area, in the Chinese province of Shaanxi, where it also has its headquarters. Shortly after, in March, communicated his intention to explore an independent listing in Hong Kong. Two years earlier, in addition, the company had announced an investment of 50 million dollars in the United States to strengthen its international presence. Yuanjie’s journey is also best understood by looking at its founder. Zhang Xingang trained in the United States, where he obtained a doctorate in materials science at the University of Southern California and worked in companies linked to fiber optics. His time at Luminent and, later, at Source Photonics, placed him at the heart of this type of technology before returning to China. There he founded Yuanjie in 2013, with an initial focus more linked to the competitive Chinese telecommunications market, and in 2022 he took it to the STAR market in Shanghai, a platform designed for technology companies. To better understand this case, it is also worth looking at the moment that Huawei is going through. After the sanctions imposed by the United States in 2019the company was forced to reconfigure much of its business, especially in key areas such as semiconductors and software. Far from disappearing, it has gone rebuilding his position relying on its own development, from its Kirin chips to HarmonyOSand has regained weight in its domestic market. This context helps to understand why any movement linked to strategic technologies once again attracts attention to the Chinese company. In this framework, Yuanjie’s relationship with Huawei, as reported by Forbes, fits as one more possible piece within this process of technological reinforcement. There are no public details that allow us to talk about a defined strategy in the field of photonics or the specific role played by each party. But there is an underlying idea that is difficult to ignore: in the midst of a race to expand the infrastructure of artificial intelligence, technologies capable of moving data more quickly and efficiently are gaining weight. Images | Huawei | Yuanjie In Xataka | The looming bottleneck in AI is neither RAM nor gas: it’s that TSMC’s N3 node is absolutely saturated

Soda Stereo returns projecting a musician who died 12 years ago

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

On March 21, 2026, Charly Alberti and Zeta Bosio went up to the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires next to screens that reproduced the voice and guitar of the deceased third vertex of the Soda Stereo triangle, Gustavo Cerati. They showed previous recordings of the musician, and they intended to go far beyond a simple hologram. A part of the public, from social networks, did not see it as something so revolutionary. What just happened with Soda Stereo is one more chapter (although, a particularly revealing one) in the industrialization of the posthumous concert. The ghost of Cerati. It was known when and where Soda Stereo returned, but it was not known how. On September 29, 2025, the announcement on networks was brief and deliberately ambiguous: “It is not a tribute. It is not a tribute. It is not a movie. It is Soda, live. Soda = Avant-garde.” The promise was that Gustavo Cerati, who died in 2014, would be on stage, although the word “hologram” was carefully avoided in the announcement. What the public found on March 21 at the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires was something simpler and more complex at the same time: screens, depth effects and the voice and guitar recordings that Cerati left on the 1997 and 2007 tours. The figures. The tour already has, before finishing its first week, more than 500,000 tickets sold and 33 dates in Latin America and Spain, the last scheduled for September 24 in Madrid. What can be seen in the show is, behind a semi-transparent curtain, Cerati’s silhouette that gives way, song by song, to a clearer presence on the side screens: shots of his hands on the blue Jackson guitar, full-length images… A total of nineteen songs, with 3D glasses for two of them. Fan reaction. The reaction on networks was very polarized. A part of the audience was moved but another part, the loudest, described the show as “fraud” and “fantochada”. The argument for rejection, more than technical, was emotional: “Cerati always changed some arrangement live, made jokes, talked to the audience. “That’s not Cerati, it’s not live, it has no humanity.” pointed out a user. “Cerati” and “fraud” became trending topics among reviews of “the “technological prowess” is normalized by the third song. And then there is nothing left. It is one song after another (sometimes they are not even on stage). And the viewer feels as if they were watching a DVD with 15 thousand other people.” Everything to the millimeter. In the review he made The Nation of the concert, he said that the show “is not a recital. It is a show, calculated to the millimeter, with a script, without possibilities of spontaneity or improvisation.” And it is something that can be applied to what most great live concerts have become: every gesture of the artist, every speech between songs is extremely scripted. But in the case of Cerati, even more spontaneous moments (there is a moment in which he greets the other two members with “Hello, Zeta, Charly…”) are especially artificial, because they will always be repeated the same. Funeral precedents. This is not the first time that the music industry has resorted to this type of resources. When Tupac Shakur’s image appeared on the Coachella stage alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre in April 2012, the 90,000 attendees were left speechless. The video racked up 15 million views on YouTube in 48 hours and sales of the rapper’s catalog skyrocketed. Technically it was not a hologram, but an old trick from 19th century illusionism: a projection on a screen in front of the audience known as Pepper’s Ghost. Since then, spectral versions of Michael Jackson, Roy Orbison, Whitney Houston and Frank Zappa have graced the stage. They were all isolated events: the first time it was thought about extending it over time was the ABBA Voyage show in 2022: a permanent residence in London with a 3,000-seat venue built specifically for the show, with effects from Industrial Light & Magic and with the four members of the group actively participating in the motion capture process. ABBA Voyage had a turnover of more than one hundred million pounds in 2024 alone. Something more modest. The Soda Stereo show is inspired by the ABBA model, but in a reduced version, since the technology used is significantly more modest. There is an extra difference: ABBA Voyage works because its four members consciously decided how they wanted to be represented. With Soda Stereo, Cerati did not make any decisions about this project. Consent is exercised by whoever controls his image: Benito Cerati, son of the musician, who has defended the Soda Stereo initiative. The problem is that, according to fansCerati was known for exactly the opposite of this: improvisation, stage risk and unpredictability were always present in his concerts. In Xataka | Spotify killed the record and the industry pivoted to concerts. Netflix killed cinema and the industry was left with a “space crisis”

If Apple is forced to choose between the United States and China, Tim Cook is very clear about which one he will choose

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

Tech CEOs are on tour, and they’re pointing east. a few days ago, Lisa SueAMD boss, went to visit samsung for the first time. The result is a contract for the South Korean company to manufacture the next-generation memory for the American company’s AI platform. For his part, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, was traveling through China. And, after all the pressures from Donald Trump For Apple to manufacture in the United States, Cook is clear about one thing. China is Apple’s base. The best. believe me. Tim Cook has transcended. Although it seems that he has little left in the position (at some point he will have to retire and John Ternus aims to be the successor), Cook has become an almost political figure. This is demonstrated in his travels through other countries or in the United States itself. His trip to China has consisted of several phases. He first visited the Apple Store by Taikoo Li, but the highlight was the trip to Beijing to meet with the Minister of Commerce. One of the points of the meeting was the bilateral relationship between the two. Because Apple is a huge customer for the Chinese technology industry, but China is also a safe asset for Apple. So much so that, as reported by the state portal Xinhua, Cook stated that “China is the most important production base for Apple, as well as its main source in the supply chain.” China’s pressure. The visit occurred at a time when things are as they are between China and the United States, but also with Apple. The details of the commercial and technological war between the powers are something that we have covered almost daily, but with Apple there is also a mess created due to the commissions in the App Store. China has demanded greater flexibility from Apple on store restrictions and Apple’s response is a reduction in commission from 30% to 25%. It’s just a little bit of giving in and a show of goodwill on Apple’s part, but China continues to ask that they loosen control over the App Store, which translates into allowing more third-party payment options to cut what they consider like a monopoly. Come on, Apple, in the eyes of Chinese regulators, still have homework. And the pressure from home. But at the same time that Cook’s visit to China takes place and it is declared that it is the great base of the company, something is moving. On the one hand, India wants to become the new China, and in 2025 Apple achieved a milestone: that one in four iPhones are assembled in India. Assembling is not the same as manufacturing, where China continues to lead the way. And the United States wants to turn the tables. Within its protectionist policies, Donald Trump’s government is trying to get its technology companies to create value on homeland. Intel’s billion-dollar rescue It was an example of the extent to which the US wants its technology to be manufactured in its territory and the truth is that it is bearing fruit. Apple or NVIDIA already have some assignments for Intelbut these incentives are also encouraging foreign companies such as SK Hynix, Samsung or, above all, TSMC those that are taking over the Americans in their territory. Many millions at stake. But despite the demands and demands, a powerful gentleman is a gift of money, and China is a huge market with great potential. It is evident that we can think that “what is Cook going to say in China, which is wonderful, of course”, but we must not forget that this is a company that, like all others, seeks the greatest benefits. And China not only has the capacity to meet Apple’s needs in terms of device manufacturing: it is a market to exploit. A few weeks ago we echoed how the company’s sales marked the best quarter since the first of 2022ending years of declines in Chinese territory (where Huawei has been making a strong comeback), but it’s not just Apple that is pursuing entry into China. NVIDIA has spent months putting pressure on his government to let them sell the H200s in China. Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, commented that the Chinese cake is one of 50,000 million dollars and publicly asked the US government to stop being jealous and start collaborating in the name of capitalism. Cook has had a similar message on his trip to China, one supported by Li Qiang, Prime Minister of China who pointed out that if industrial issues are politicized, “the supply chain becomes a weapon, costs will only increase for companies and the momentum for development will be weakened.” In the end, they have gone to puncture where it hurts: the pocket. Images | Tessa Bury In Xataka | The decline of “Apple culture.” Blind devotion has evolved into critical enthusiasm

the rain of generics that promises to sink prices in some countries

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

The drug that revolutionized the pharmaceutical industry and forever changed the paradigm of the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes, as is Ozempicfaces its biggest challenge: the end of its marketing patent. Specifically, the patent of the semaglutidewhich is the active ingredient behind Ozempic and wegovyexpires in March 2026 in several international markets, opening the door to production of the famous generic drugs which are more affordable. The success of Ozempic. Developed by fDanish firm Novo Nordiskhas been meteoric and originally approved in 2017 for type 2 diabetes, what has really surprised is that its use outside the technical indication is what has exploded: weight loss. And many do not know that it is actually a treatment for diabetes. And it is logical, because the figures that have remained in our conscience are that there are losses of up to 15-20% of body weightwith proven cardiovascular benefits and a multimillion-dollar business behind it. The problem is that the price of this treatment is not at all accessible, even with a medical prescription, and that is why the possibility of developing generics will make it possible to democratize this medication for the most serious cases of obesity. The patents. Developing a drug is not cheap for pharmaceutical companies and that is why, when it is marketed, large companies want to make as much money as possible with the exclusivity that no other laboratory can produce and sell it. But these pharmaceutical patents have a standard life of 20 years, and when they are met, other laboratories can take the ‘recipe’ and create their medications with this active ingredient, but at a lower price as if it were the white label. The map of expiration. In this way, since Novo Nordisk applied for the base patent around 2006, the clock stops in March 2026 for demographic giants like India, China and Brazil. And here there are no extensions that extend commercial exclusivity, so the season automatically begins to open so that any laboratory can begin to produce its own brand. And the impact is immediate in places like India, which are already preparing to immediately market genetics like Obeda or GLIPIQ. The result will be a drop in costs between 80 and 90% to have a price of just 15 to 30 dollars per month for the treatment. Although they are not the first countries to integrate it because in Canada the monopoly fell prematurely in January 2026 due to an administrative error: non-payment of the corresponding fees. What happens in Spain? The ‘cheap Ozempic’ will take longer to reach us, since in the European Union and the United States there are legal mechanisms to compensate for the long clinical trial and regulatory approval times that are imposed. In the particular European case, which is the one that affects us, it is known as Complementary Protection Certificate. Thanks to this exception, Novo Nordisk’s monopoly in Spain and the rest of Europe extends until March 2031, and in the United States it can even be extended until 2033. And it is bad news, because right now in Spain there are 19% of adults with obesity (and it is increasing), so the tension on the public system to finance this treatment does not stop growing. Novo Nordisk’s counterattack. The Danish company is not going to sit idly by watching its goose that lays golden eggs lose market share to Indian and Chinese generics. To maintain part of the economic pie, the company is developing more effective oral versions as they have a higher concentration of semaglutide. On the other hand, their big bet is called CagriSema, which is a combination of GLP-1 and amylin to further enhance weight reduction. All this in order to survive the end of its patent, which now begins in 2026 in large markets and which must be compensated with other alternatives beyond another presentation. In Xataka | Ozempic’s “great rebound”, in figures: science reveals that the weight returns four times faster than with a diet

The Jarama Circuit resurrects amid neighborhood complaints

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

It is 8:30 in the morning and a light rain is falling on the Jarama Circuit. Those who already know the area expect a less than peaceful day. The Madrid circuit seems to have one of those microclimates that is governed by its own laws. There is no AEMET or weatherman to anticipate what is about to happen in the 3,850 meters through which the circuit extends. Here, you either freeze or cook, there is no middle ground. Perhaps that is why we have been able to park with complete peace of mind. Problems expected on Friday. Full house at the Jarama Circuit to see the first Formula E race in Spain in its entire history. 30,000 people packed into a circuit from the 60s that has barely been able to grow in width, constrained by the urbanizations that grew almost at the same time as the fame of Madrid’s asphalt. On Friday we had taken a first walk through the paddock thanks to the invitation of the DS Penske team. The company announced there that will leave Formula E next yearafter supporting the competition in its first twelve years of life in which it has added four championships (two for the team and two for drivers in the 2018-19 and 2019-2020 seasons), 18 victories and 55 podiums. It remains to be seen if in the remainder of the year they can scratch any more records before make way for Opel, the company that will take its place. DS will set sail. Specifically to Rolex SailGP Championship where they will take part by associating with the SailGP Team France, the team with which they will share knowledge to take an unprecedented step in their competitive vocation. Nothing indicated, at the moment, that DS Penske or any other team in the championship would have to take the lifeboats to the track but the weather, as we say, was not pleasant. Perhaps that is why the stands took time to fill on a historic day for the circuit. A new life for the Jarama Circuit The Jarama Circuit is a peculiar space. The route was born in 1967 when the land was nothing more than a wasteland still far from Madrid. But almost immediately Ciudalcampo began to be built next to it, an exclusive urbanization in which millionaire villas are collected. For decades, there have been neighbors who have had an open war against the circuit. Between 1968 and 1981, Formula 1 was a regular feature on the Madrid track. The motorcycle championships also met on a circuit that has become too small to safely host these competitions. Without major championships, the circuit has been seeking its survival in other types of events. Is the home of the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE) and it has stayed alive by carrying out some federation competitions of greater or lesser significance such as some stages of the Spanish Rally Championship and some of great tradition such as the Spanish Grand Prix of the European Truck Championship. During this time, the neighbors have been denouncing that the noise generated by competitions far exceeds that allowed for rest. But they emphasize that since the pandemic, events that generate noise have multiplied from early in the morning to late in the afternoon, such as drift events or rallies and private events of car brands. The prosecutor’s office, for now, has already agreed with the neighbors Therefore, the activities on the circuit are more committed than ever in recent years. Formula E is not another headache for them. This time less noisy but with all the inconveniences of having a circuit with capacity for tens of thousands of people within an urbanization without a good connection by public transport. The three hours it took us to leave the circuit at the end of the day attest to this, forced to leave the parking lots along a single street full of roundabouts without the capacity to absorb so much traffic. Upon arrival, however, we realized that noise would not be a problem. Not, at least, the one about cars. “But they do look like my Scalextric cars“They sound the same,” I heard next to me when we passed under the tunnel that separates the outer area of the circuit from the paddock, in the inner ring. And, certainly, the sound of these electric cars is very similar to what modeling fans find. Free Practice 1 had started, a difficult time to get out onto the track. Unlike Formula 1, Formula E cars do not have specific rain tires. The tires here have tread so they can perform enough in the rain to stay on the track but, yes, they do not offer as good results as the slicks when the asphalt is dry. The DS Penske team working on the car Added to this is a true truism: cars are electric. And it seems like bullshit but that says a lot about his behavior and how fine you have to be with your hands. These cars are the third generation in the history of the championship. Next year they will be more powerful and their regenerative braking will be even greater. All in all, right now they are cars that you have to be very careful with on dry asphalt. Very little developed aerodynamics, tires, as we say, that are not specific and a mechanics of up to 400 kW (536 HP) with a minimum weight of 863 kg including the driver. With acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in less than two seconds and instant torque, the crossovers at each corner exit delighted a crowd that filled the stands and the pelouse of the circuit. From the terrace of the main straight, we could already see the enormous traffic jam that was forming to enter the circuit on the neighboring A-1. By the time qualifying started at 10:40, there were still many people left to enter. Of course, the rest were already enjoying the first Formula … Read more

DVD and 4K are becoming the new vinyl

March 24, 2026 by usatoday24

Arrow Video and Netflix have just announced the complete edition of ‘Stranger Things’ on Blu-ray and 4K UHDwith two variants and a launch date scheduled for July 2026 in the United Kingdom. It is the first time that the series reaches physical support, and here possibly we will not taste it (at least not in such a luxurious edition), but what really matters is that Netflix, which for years treated Blu-ray with some hostility, fully stands behind this edition. Following the money is easy when Netflix looks right in that direction. The edition. Arrow Video, the British label specialized in cult editions, launches ‘Stranger Things: The Complete Series’ in two editions: Special Edition and Deluxe Edition, both already on pre-sale. He box set brings together the 42 episodes of the five seasons distributed on 25 discs. The Deluxe Edition is where Arrow has concentrated its efforts for a deluxe release: 148-page artbook, exclusive postcards, a Hellfire Club patch, double posters for each season and, as usual for the label, exclusive artwork for the occasion. What is Arrow? Arrow It’s not just any stamp. The company has a history of careful editions of both successes mainstream as well as cult titles: its catalog ranges from remasterings of more or less known films, such as David Lynch’s ‘Dune’ in 4K or John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ to insane rarities for very coffee lovers such as its box set on the films of the Brazilian horror master Mojica Marins or the succession of incredible armatures on classic martial arts cinema Shawscope, which this one he signed treasures on its shelves. That Netflix has turned to them, and not to a majority distributor, indicates the market this edition is aimed at: discerning collectors, not occasional buyers. Dean Lawson, Director of Sales and Marketing at Arrow Films, he put it bluntly in the announcement: “Working with the team at Netflix and the Duffer Brothers to bring the definitive physical edition of ‘Stranger Things’ to fans has been a phenomenal project for Arrow. The series is colossal in influence and scale, it is globally beloved, has transcended generations, and has been part of the cultural conversation for almost ten years.” Netflix on the go. What makes this news striking is not the box set itself, but who publishes it. Netflix (despite its origins as a virtual video store) and unlike HBO Max or Disney+, streamers built on pre-existing studios, it does not have a physical film distribution chain. If you want to publish a title on DVD and Blu-Ray, you need to go to external distributors. For years, the only exceptions came through the prestige edition: ‘The Irishman’, ‘Roma’ or ‘Marriage Story’ reached the album through the prestigious Criterion Collection. Mike Flanagan already expressed in his day that he tried without success for years to get Netflix to publish his series, such as ‘Midnight Mass’ or ‘The Haunting of Hill House’, on Blu-ray and DVD, without success. “Netflix refused again and again. It was very clear to me that their only priority was subscriptions and that they were actively hostile to the idea of physical support,” stated. Flanagan stated that he considered this position to be a direct harm to film preservation. The turn numbers. As we have said latelythe physical support market has been in decline for a decade, but data from 2025 shows a change in the curve. 4K Blu-ray sales in the United States grew 12% in 2025 compared to the previous year, the first year of growth since 2018, and the global physical decline moderated from a drop of 23.4% in 2024 to a drop of 9.3% in 2025. Significantly, that increase comes from where it was least expected: an increasingly younger demographic of buyers. The premium segment is the one that drives, and not just 4K: the steelbooksFor example, recorded an increase of 25% in sales between 2023 and 2024. They are not passive purchases: they are deliberate acquisitions by people who want to own something permanent. The parallel with vinyl is obvious: it represented nearly three-quarters of physical music revenue in the US in 2024. Physical media has stopped competing with streaming and has found its niche in the collecting and preservation category. The figures that justify it. It’s obvious why ‘Stranger Things’ has had the honor of being Netflix’s first big physical bet. Seasons 1-4 racked up over 1.2 billion views. The fifth and final one, released in 2025, had the most-watched opening week for an English-language series in the history of the platform, and boosted previous seasons back to the Top 10 global for eight consecutive weeks. The question, perhaps, is what comes next. Netflix has more than a thousand originals without any physical presence, including series that in some cases are no longer available or streaming. If Arrow and Netflix’s bet with ‘Stranger Things’ turns out to be a success, we could see the operation repeated with other properties on the platform. And thus provide the digital environment with the characteristic it lacks: survival over time. In Xataka | Despite streaming, I still buy Blu-Rays and DVDs. But the reason has nothing to do with image quality.

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