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How to use it to know if the declaration you make in 2026 will pay or return

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

We are going to explain to you what the 2025 Income Simulator is and how it works, which will help you know if the declaration you are going to make in 2026 will pay or return. According to the Income calendar 2025the campaign to regulate the last fiscal year will begin next April 8, and you can now begin to prepare for what is to come. We will start this article by explaining what exactly this simulator is, so that you understand what you can expect from it. And then, we will explain step by step how you can use it to obtain your simulation. You should know that you fill in the simulator data on your own, so it is a good idea to look your tax details to know what to put. What is the Income simulator Every year we have to file the Income Tax return to regulate our accounts from the last fiscal year, and this may result in you having to pay money to the Treasury or having them pay you compensation. This result depends on some variants, and this simulator allows you write your data and know a final result to get an idea of how the statement will come out. It is a non-binding simulatorwhich means that you can do all the tests you want with it. You can enter real or false data, and the result does not affect the draft of the Income that will be generated in a few days. The Treasury will also not know or take into account what you write. It is simply a website where you can experiment and see how the results vary. In fact, you will not even have to identify yourself as a citizen on the website, which means that none of the written data is added to any type of profile. But this also has a negative side, and that is that The data that the Treasury has about you will not be loaded because you are not going to use your citizen account. This means that you will have to add them by hand. As we have told you, you can access your tax data and use it to fill it out. Another thing to keep in mind is that the simulator is not something that you need to use if you don’t want to, it is simply a tool that you have at your disposal in case you need it or have questions. How to use the 2025 Income simulator To use the simulator, you have to enter the website with all the tools of the Income campaign. The address is headquarters.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/irpf/gestiones-irpf.htmland in it you have to click on the option Rent Web Open Simulator that will appear in the box Simulator, Stock Portfolio and other Services. If you don’t see the option, you can also enter directly through this link. And once inside the website, you have to choose create a new declaration or load an already created one. If this is the first time you use the simulator, create a new one. The simulator will then allow you to save the drafts you generate on your computer to load them whenever you want and resume work. When you start a new one, you will enter the identification data page. In it, you must write your personal information, that of your spouse if you have one, and that of your children or disabled elderly people in your care. After filling it out, you must click on the button Accept that you have at the bottom. By accepting you will go to a page with the mock draft and all its fields blank. Now it will be your turn fill everything by hand clicking on each field to enter its corresponding section and write the numbers. There will be pencil icons to indicate sections that you fill out by hand, while others are filled in automatically based on the data you have entered. And you’ll be on your way. From now on, what you have to do is fill out all the information in the declarationand then you can see the results. Above, you will also have the options of Validate and Keepand if you save them you can reopen it later whenever you want with the loading option at the beginning. In Xataka Basics | Who does not have to file the 2025 Income Tax return: minimum income and other conditions for 2026

Argentina has been resisting with its own for years and is now modernizing it

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

In Latin America, the development of own tanks has been more the exception than the norm. Most countries have historically chosen to import already consolidated platforms, which leaves any attempt to build a local armored industry in the background. In this context, Argentina occupies a unique place: not only did it design its own battle tank, the Argentine Medium Tank (TAM)but he managed to produce it and incorporate it into his Army. Decades later, that same system is still in service and going through a new stage of modernization. From the original TAM to 2C-A2. The Medium Argentine Tank was born at the end of the 1970s as a response to the need to have its own system that was up to the international standards of the time. Its design represented a leap for the Army at the time, aligned with the means used by other military forces. With the passage of time and technological evolution, that starting point became outdated, which prompted the development of the 2C-A2 version to adapt it to the demands of current combat. The news. The jump to the 2C-A2 standard is not limited to a superficial update, but rather responds to a deep review of the system. The process has included improvements to the turret, cannon, night vision and computerized fire control systems, with the aim of increasing precision and combat effectiveness. Added to this is the incorporation of technology that allows it to operate in adverse conditions, such as smoke, fog or night scenarios, along with work on the chassis to maintain the coherence of the whole. As we can see, the modernized version maintains the base of the vehicle, but incorporates relevant improvements in its features and systems. According to the Army Expo filehas a 720 horsepower diesel engine, capable of reaching 75 km/h and a range of 550 kilometers. Its main armament remains a 105 mm cannon, accompanied by a 7.62 mm FN MAG machine gun, with a crew of four. The first complete squad. December 20, 2024 marked a turning point with the delivery of ten units of the TAM modernized to the 2C-A2 standard. According to the Argentine Government, these vehicles were incorporated into Army facilities in Boulogne, in the province of Buenos Aires, which made it possible to complete the first squadron equipped with this version. With this step, the system stopped being just a project in development to become an operational capability within the force, this being the only delivery confirmed in available sources. A project that is consolidated. Beyond that milestone, the most recent sources point to a continuity phase of the program during 2026. According to Military Zonethe Argentine Army maintains the TAM 2C-A2 as one of its main lines of modernization, with ongoing work and planning to sustain the pace of advance. It is not about new announcements, but rather about consolidating what has already been started. Among the elements that define this stage are: The program continues in development and has an assigned budget, as indicated by the director of the General Directorate of Materials in March 2026. There is already a complete operational squadron and work is being done to complete a second The modernization combines the tower update with the recovery of the chassis It is projected to extend the useful life of the system between 20 and 30 years The approach is based on “cores of modernity” that can then be progressively expanded More than modernizing. The program is not limited to updating the vehicle, but involves broader work in terms of sustainment and autonomy. According to an interview collected by Zona Militarone of the objectives is to master the entire logistics and maintenance cycle, reducing external dependency. This includes work in Army facilities itself, where both modernizations and subsequent support are carried out. Other projects. The Argentine case is not the only attempt in the region, but it is one of the few that went to the end. Brazil, for example, developed the EE-T1 Osóriothrough the Engesa company, a combat tank that stood out in tests and came to compete with Western models. However, the project failed to make the jump to mass production and ended up being cancelled. This difference is key to understanding the regional map: it is not enough to design a tank, the true turning point is to be able to mass-produce it and integrate it into an operational force. Argentina’s position in the regional panorama. In a context in which few countries managed to sustain their own projects of this type, keeping a system in service and taking it to a new phase of modernization makes a clear difference. The TAM 2C-A2 not only represents a technical update, but also the extension of an industrial and military project that has managed to remain operational for decades, something unusual in the region. Images | Argentine Army (1, 2, 3, 4) In Xataka | We believed that everything happened because of the new fighters. The F-16 has been in the air for 50 years and continues to sell like hotcakes

France was moving its aircraft carrier without revealing its location. Until a runner on board uploaded an activity to Strava

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

Putting on some sneakers, stretching your legs and running for miles and miles outdoors is not (a priori) a reprehensible habit. Quite the opposite. Neither is recording race data with a smartwatch and then publish them on Stravaan app that is used to share routes, times and performance data. All this, we insist, is “a priori” because things change if the person running is a Navy officer and his publication on Strava ends up revealing the near real-time location of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. That is what has happened in France. Trotting on the high seas. A few days ago the newspaper reporters Le Monde they found each other with something curious: a publication on Strava that showed someone running in circles in the middle of the Mediterranean, dozens of kilometers from the coasts of Turkey and Cyprus and hundreds from the Egyptian coast. The question was obvious… What the hell was a runner doing trotting like a top in the middle of the sea? A look at Copernicus. Over the last few years Le Monde has published various items in which he warns about how Strava can be used to reveal the position of ships and bodyguards, so the reporters had their suspicions about that publication in the Mediterranean. They didn’t last long. By using the Copernicus online viewer they checked that very close to the location registered by Strava the silhouette of one of the most important ships in France, the powerful aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, could be seen. Click on the image to go to the tweet. What had happened? That one of the officers mobilized alongside the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was better served by his runner than by the caution expected of a member of the French Navy. As reveals Le Mondethe Strava publication belongs to a young officer who on the morning of March 13, around 10:35 a.m., decided to jog around the deck of his ship. While he covered 7.23 kilometers in 35 minutes, the watch on his wrist recorded all the training data and then shared it on Strava. Once there, since their profile is public, anyone could see them. From his friends and gym colleagues to journalists in Paris. The problem is that with that small gesture he revealed the location of the Charles de Gaulle and its naval escort, which was then making its way towards the northwest of Cyprus. Something more than an oversight. We cannot know if the indiscreet runner was aboard the Charles de Gaulle or one of the ships that escorted him, but one thing is clear: his Strava account gives clues to more than just his sporting achievements. On February 14, the same officer posted another graph with data from a race off the Cotentin peninsula, also in the middle of the sea. Days later he ran in Copenhagen (probably after landing) and on March 13 he can already be located in the Mediterranean, just 100 km from the Turkish coast. A worrying snitch. It is not that the deployment of the Charles de Gaulle and the rest of the French ships was a secret. On March 3, Emmanuel Macron himself ordered publicly that they moved from the Baltic to the Mediterranean after the attack by Israel and the US on Iran and it is known that days later The aircraft carrier crossed Gibraltar escorted by the frigate Christopher Columbus. The problem is that the young officer’s publication on Strava reveals the movements of the convoy in detail and almost in real time, also revealing a worrying security breach in the Navy. Especially if you take into account that in recent weeks Iran has attacked French forces in the Middle East, leaving several wounded and one dead. “The appropriate measures”. The incident may seem more or less serious, but one thing is incontestable: Strava data allowed reporters from Le Monde accurately identify the location of the aircraft carrier and its accompanying frigate. The question that remains is… What if, instead of a newspaper, this same exercise had been done by other people with other interests? The General Staff of the Armed Forces has recognized that Strava’s publication “does not comply with current regulations” or the precautions that its staff must take at the digital level. Hence, it is proposed to adopt “appropriate measures.” But is it so worrying? Once again the problem is not only the race recorded on March 13 in the middle of the Mediterranean, but its context. This is not the first time Le Monde warns that Strava can become a breach for national security, depending on who, when and where uses it. The French newspaper has even coined the term “StravaLeaks”. Maybe it sounds excessive, but in 2025 He already warned that there were publications by French sailors that revealed the activity of nuclear submarines and months before, in November 2024, he revealed that Strava allowed thousands of Israeli soldiers to be identified. They are not isolated cases. The most dangerous oversights They were probably committed by the bodyguards of the presidents of France, the United States and Russia. By sharing their training data publicly, they left a trail that helped to partially anticipate the movements of the leaders they protected. Images | Wikipedia In Xataka | Things have to be bad for the US to have made an unprecedented decision: extending the life of its dinosaur aircraft carrier

there is a clear reason behind

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

The PlayStation 3 is already a console vintagewell, or almost. For an object to be considered vintage, it must have at least 20 yearswhich are what the PS3 is going to celebrate next November (insert meme about feeling old here). Well, despite its age, the PS3 has just received an update. Just don’t expect new features. 4.93. It is the version of the update that Sony has just released and for which you will need at least 200MB of free space. On the update pageSony simply says that “this software update improves system performance” – the same description as in the last three versions released. However, there is a warning that points to the real reason for the update: Please note that to play Blu-ray discs, your PS3 console requires a renewed Blu-ray player encryption key. Please update the PS3 system software to the latest version to renew the Blu-ray player encryption key. New key for the Blu-ray player. Although they do not say it explicitly, everything indicates that it is a renewal of the Blu-ray player’s encryption key. This is what Sony has been doing with the latest software updates. These encryption keys They are renewed every year or year and a half and you need to update if you want to play recently released Blu-ray movies. AACS. It stands for Advanced Access Content System, the anti-copy system that protects the content of Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs using a multi-layer encryption scheme. This scheme links the disk to the player and a set of cryptographic keys. As for the players, they are assigned a set of internal keys, but if any of them are leaked, the system can make them obsolete so that it cannot play new discs. Like any anti-copy system, it has been the subject of numerous attempts to violate it. In 2007, the decryption key leaked on the internet and the AACSLA organization tried to erase all traces, which caused a Streisand effect and caused thousands of users to republish it en masse. Later AACS 2.0 releasedan improved system that is much more complex to breach (but not impossible). Other updates. In addition to the PS3 update, Sony has also released updates for the PS4 and PS5. In the case of the PS4, version 13.50 promises improvements to the messaging system and the usability of some screens. More new features arrive for the PS5 with version 26.02-13.00.00, such as improvements in PSSR for the PS5 Pro, new emojis and more functions for the Welcome Center. In Xataka | The most viral retro console, removed from AliExpress. It is as toxic as it is illegal, according to the EU

how to look at them on your PC or your mobile before making the declaration this 2026

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

Let’s explain to you how to access and review your tax dataso that you have the option of checking that the information that the Treasury has about your last fiscal year is correct. Because the declaration we make in 2026 corresponds to the last fiscal year, and that is why the campaign claims to be that of 2025. This is one of the most important previous steps of the Income calendar 2025and it is vital that you review it before accessing the draft. In fact, we’ll start by reminding you why tax data is so importantand then we will tell you how to access them. What are your tax data for? The tax data is the information that the Treasury has about you. In this information you will find everything from basic information such as your name and home address to more advanced information on everything related to your taxation. You will be able to see information about your open bank accounts, your personal capital, your capital gains, the donations you make during the year, what job you have and what your salary is, or your Social Security contributions. These are the data that the Treasury uses to generate your draft for the income tax return. If you see that everything is fine in the draft, you will be able to present it directly when it can begin to be generated in April. But these drafts are not made by a person, but are generated automatically. And there is always the possibility that the Treasury incorrectly collects some data in its databases. If your draft has incorrect data and you present it it will be wrongand this will mean that if the Treasury detects it you will receive a fine. This is true even if the draft is generated by the Tax Agency itself, because it is your responsibility to review the tax data and the draft and make the necessary corrections. That’s why It is important that the data is up to date and that they are all correct. And that is why this step is also vital before filing the declaration, because by making sure that your tax information is correct you will then be able to file the declaration much faster from the draft. You will not be able to modify the tax data with this procedurewhich is purely informative. The data They are only modified after generating the Income draft. Of course, you will be able to use them for things like taking tests in the Income Simulator. But doing this preliminary work You will already have located the errors to change them later when you have the draft. This way, all the verifications you have to carry out can be done beforehand, and when you receive the draft the process of changing everything will be much faster. How to see your tax data on the web To access your tax data through the browser, you must enter the Income 2025 campaign website of the Tax Agency. Your address is headquarters.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/Renta.html. in here, click on the option Tax data what’s in the box Featured actions that will appear at the top. You will enter the page where you have to choose a method to identify yourself as a person in the tax agency. You will be able to do this using your digital certificateincluding the FNMT certificate and that of DNIethe PIN code and other Mobile Key methods, or the reference number. Use the method that is easiest for you. After logging in, a window will be displayed where you have to indicate whether you are acting on your own behalf to obtain your own data, which is the option checked by default. You simply have to click on Confirmbut this is a step you must do so that those acting on behalf of other people can indicate it. Now, first you will go to a screen where you can ratify your tax address. Your data will be seen and you will only have to click on Ratify or in Continue. This is so if you have changed homes. And after finishing ratifying your address, you will go to the page where you can now see all your tax data. On this page, all you have to do is go reviewing them and looking for possible errors to check that everything is correct. And if there are errors, you will then have to knowingly rectify them in the draft of the Income Tax. How to see your tax data on your mobile You can also check your data in the Tax Agency appavailable for Android on Google Play and for iOS in the App Store. In it, after identifying yourself, click Rent from the main menu, and when you are inside click on the option Income 2025 that appears at the top, and is where you can make the arrangements for the declaration that you will make in 2026. This will take you to a screen where you have the procedures available for the next Income campaign. In it, click on the option Tax data. By doing so, you will go directly to the screen where you can ratify your tax address and then access all your tax data. In Xataka Basics | Ramadan Calendar 2026: the best apps for Android and iPhone

lower VAT on gasoline and diesel to 10%

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

The Government intends to approve in a Council of Ministers this Friday a package of shock measures to contain the economic effects of the conflict in Iran. The tax reduction on fuel, electricity and gas are the most notable measures, but the plan also includes specific aid to transporters and farmers and a reinforcement of the social shield. What has happened? The Government wants to lower VAT of electricity, gas and fuels from 21% to 10%. The special tax on hydrocarbons will be temporarily eliminated, which will mean direct relief in the price of diesel and gasoline between 30 and 40 cents per liter, depending on share SER chain. The special tax on electricity, currently at 5%, also disappears, along with the tax on the value of electricity production. According to account El Diario, the Council of Ministers, scheduled for this Friday at 9:30, had to be delayed due to pressure from Sumar to include measures at the last minute in the decree on housing and control of business margins. Therefore, we still have to wait a while until the approval is given. Why now and not before. The trigger is the war in Iran, which has strained crude oil markets through of the Strait of Hormuzartery through which a relevant part of the world’s oil travels. In just weeks since the start of the conflict, gasoline has risen by 16% and diesel by 29%. At the time of writing this article, fuel prices are already €1.94/liter on average for diesel and €1.81/liter for 95 gasoline, according to data from the Ministry of Ecological Transition collected by Dieselogasolina. For this reason, the Government has ended up accelerating the response. In detail. The package goes beyond fuel. For the most exposed sectors (transport, agriculture and fishing) direct aid of 20 cents per liter is recovered, according to they count from El Diario. The electric social bonus is reinforced, supply cuts to vulnerable homes are prohibited and the thermal social bonus for gas consumers is increased. In parallel, the decree includes more structural measures: incentives for improving energy efficiency in homes, support for electric vehicles and promoting self-consumption. The SER also points out that the Government also contemplates reducing the electrical costs of the electro-intensive industry (steel, chemistry), a nod to the PNV, according to they count from The World. ANDl rocket and feather effect. Just because VAT goes down on paper does not mean that the price at the pump will go down just as fast. This is what economists know as the theory of the rocket and the pen: When oil rises, prices at gas stations react immediately; when it falls (or when tax cuts are applied), the transfer to the final consumer is much slower. Gas stations adjust prices upwards almost automatically, but the cuts take weeks or months to reach the pump with the same intensity. The Government does not want to repeat what happened in 2022. We have the most recent precedent in the bonus of those 20 cents per liter that the Executive applied during the Ukraine crisis. It cost around 4,250 million euros and its effectiveness was, to say the least, questionable. Three independent studies (one from Esade, one of Funcas and a joint investigation of economists Jiménez, Perdiguero and Cazorla-Artiles published in December 2024) concluded that a significant part of that aid did not reach consumers. Studies indicated that gas stations They appropriated at least 850 million of that bonus in the case of diesel. The Esade study detected that service stations They increased the price of diesel between 3.52 and that of gasoline at 0.7 cents just when the measure came into force. In the month of April 2022, when the discount started, gas stations increased their profit margin by 23%, according to share from Metropolitan. The CNMC, for its part, archived the investigation without sanctioning any company. This history is precisely the reason why the Government has opted this time for a direct tax reduction, which acts on the taxes included in the price, instead of repeating the universal bonus. From the Spanish Confederation of Service Station Employers (CEEES), its general director Nacho Rabadán had already asked to participate in the design of any measure and qualified the 2022 bonus as “well-intentioned, but poorly designed and worse executed.” The decree reaches the Council of Ministers this Friday, but we will have to wait until next Thursday for it to be validated in Congress. Cover image | Alberto De la Torre and Dawn McDonald In Xataka | “We felt cheated.” Even gas station owners are freaking out about the sudden, meteoric rise in oil

exclusive for Xataka Xtra members

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

One of the things we like most about Xataka Xtra is that it allows us to have a direct line with you, our xatakeros. We have it through the web server and the comments, yes; and via Discordwhere we talk daily, but we want to go one step further: see each other’s faces, talk without agendas or pre-set topics, as we would do having a coffee after work. That’s why a few days ago We present the Q&Asome virtual meetings between xatakeros and Xataka editors exclusive for Xataka Xtra members. We told you that the first one would be soon and today, finally, we can confirm the date, time and attendees (more on this soon). Mark it on the calendar: Day: Thursday, March 26. Hour: 17:00, Spanish peninsular time (16:00 in the Canary Islands, 10:00 AM in Mexico). Assistants: Javier Pastor, Andrés Mohorte, Alex Alcolea, María González, César Muela and yours truly, Jose García. Connection link: we will provide it to you later by email. Q&A sessions are one of the exclusive advantages of Xataka Xtraour new community for subscribers that includes giveaways, discounts, exclusive newsletters and more. How Q&As will work The Q&A are live virtual sessions of around an hour in which both xatakeros and in-house editors will participate. They will have a monthly cadence and the objective is not to talk about a specific topic, but to It is the community that decides the agenda. We talk about whatever you want. Do you want to talk about the latest Samsung? We talk about him. Do you want to talk about Artemis and the Moon? We talk about Artemis and the Moon. If it is within the usual themes that we deal with at Xataka, go for it. And if not, surely too. The meeting will take place through Google Meet, so there will be no need to download software. We will send you the link by email one hour before the event so that you can connect from the device you have closest to hand. Needless to say, using the camera or microphone is completely voluntary, as is participation. If you don’t feel like it or it doesn’t work for you, absolutely nothing happens. As for the participants, we will do a rotation in each Q&A so that you can put a face to us all. Javier Pastor, Andrés Mohorte, Alex Alcolea, María González, César Muela and the one who writes these lines, Jose García, will participate in this first meeting. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

the number of human casualties is going to skyrocket

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

In modern conflicts, a single anti-missile interceptor can cost more than a home in a large European city, while the drone you are trying to shoot down can be manufactured for the price of a utility. Still, in just a few days of modern combat, entire armies can consume the equivalent of years of industrial production, revealing along the way the extent to which today’s war is fought so much on the front lines. like in factories. Eating years of arsenals in weeks. The conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran has entered a phase accelerated consumption of unprecedented ammunition, one where equivalent volumes of missiles have been expended in just days to years of productionespecially in systems such as Tomahawk, Patriot or THAAD, whose cost is millions and whose replacement can take years. This dynamic is not only triggering the economic cost and pressure politics in Washington, but also exposes a structural vulnerability: great powers simply they are not prepared to sustain prolonged, high-intensity wars, especially when they must simultaneously engage in global commitments against rivals such as China or Russia. Rheinmetall’s warning. And it is at this point where one of the most authoritative voices to talk about arsenals has appeared. The most forceful warning comes from the largest European arms industry, whose executive director, Armin Papperger, has pointed out in a CNBC interview that air defense arsenals in Europe, the United States and the Middle East are practically empty and that, if the war lasts just another month, they could be almost completely exhausted. The scenario he has drawn is completely unprecedented and the warning is not theoretical, but rather a reflection of a reality already visible: the demand for missiles It is “insane”warehouses are at their limit and the industry cannot increase production at the necessary pace, creating a very specific time horizon in which the conflict must be resolved or radically transformed into something very dangerous. The paradox of cost. At the heart of the problem is an unsustainable equation for weeks: While Iran uses cheap and easily produced drones, the United States and its allies intercept with missiles that cost millions, multiplying the economic and material wear and tear. This asymmetry, which already we had seen it to a lesser extent in Ukraine, turns the war into a kind of wear competition where it is not the one who hits the hardest that wins, but rather the one who can resist the longest by producing and consuming projectiles, and where even a successful defense involves accelerated exhaustion of critical resources. War as a “salvoe competition.” The conflict has thus evolved towards a convoluted logic of constant exchange of massive attacksone where the key is no longer absolute air superiority, but the depth of the arsenals available on each side. In this sense, most analysts match in which the outcome may depend on an unusual situation in modern wars: simply on who exhaust your reserves earlysince not even the most advanced defense systems can guarantee complete protection, and each impact that passes through defenses can have disproportionate strategic and psychological consequences, such as we have seen this week. The scenario without missiles: melee. If that critical point is reached that Rheinmetall anticipatesthe war will not stop instantly, but will very possibly mutate towards most dangerous ways: increased use of conventional artillery, the emergence special operations or even less precise attacks that increase the risk to soldiers and increase the likelihood of errors or collateral damage in urban environments and critical infrastructure. In fact, almost at the same time as the CEO of Rheinmetall discovered the future that awaits the war in the East without missiles, Israel dropped that it was time for “cavalry” on land. Because the loss of precision attack and defense capacity eliminates one of the main containment barriers of modern conflict, making violence more direct, exposed and difficult to control. In short, much more dangerous. Quick victory or wear. Thus, while leaders like Netanyahu they insist in which military objectives are achievable and the conflict could end sooner than expected, the reality on the ground points to the opposite: a war of attrition that has already surpassed the initial forecasts and that is forcing strategic decisions under material pressure. In this context, the true decisive factor stops being the immediate military power and becomes the industrial and logistics capacitywhich turns each week of conflict into a race against time between exhausting the enemy or reaching one’s own limit first. Because the great paradox, remembered by Germanyis that when the missiles fail, not only will the defenses fall, the last invisible wall that contained human casualties will fall, and with it, the war will cease to be precise and will inevitably become more lethal. Image | DoD, Bernd vdB In Xataka | The war in Iran is being given the face of Iraq in 1991. 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The POCO with 8,500 mAh battery drops in price, offers on Google phones, Apple laptops and more. Hunting Bargains

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

After the Spring Sale Festival, the stores have not stood still and have been launching a good assortment of offers on devices such as mobile phones, computers (even Apple) or televisions. Are you looking for the best deal of the week? Well, stay, we are going to review the best offers we have found these days. Nintendo Switch 2 + game of your choice The price could vary. We earn commission from these links POCO X8 Pro Max by 429.99 eurosthe new mobile phone from the Xiaomi family that incorporates a huge 8,500 mAh battery. MacBook Air M4 by 899 eurosone of the Apple computers with the best quality-price ratio. Google Pixel 10a by 466.65 euros when registering in the store, the latest mobile phone launched by Google with a more reasonable price. nintendo switch 2 by 459 eurosthe console with a gift video game, to choose from four. Philips 85PUS8510 by 969 eurosa huge television that comes with a free sound bar. POCO X8 Pro Max If there is something that the new generation of the POCO X stands out for, it is the model. X8 Pro Maxwhich comes to put its cards on the table with a huge 8,500 mAh battery and an introductory offer: 429.99 euros in the official store, although you can select an additional discount coupon of 20 euros. It also includes two months of YouTube Premium and three months of Spotify Premium. The battery of POCO X8 Pro Max It is what draws the most attention, both for the capacity in milliamps (which will last for several days of use) and for the 100W fast chargingwhich allows it to be recharged in a short time. It also features a 6.83-inch screen and the MediaTek Dimensity 9500s processor. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links MacBook Air M4 Some stores have lowered the price of MacBook Air M4leaving it for 899 euros in which it is one of the best we have seen to date. It may no longer be Apple’s cheapest model (now it is the MacBook Neo), but it is very interesting thanks to its battery up to 18 hours of navigationits weight of 1.24 kg or its M4 chip, which offers excellent performance at all times. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10a If you register at MediaMarkt you can take the Google Pixel 10a cheaper. Yes, by doing so its price automatically drops from 549 euros to 466.65 eurosso we are talking about a good discount considering that it was launched recently. It stands out mainly for its screen, which offers a good brightness, good resolution and 120 Hz refresh rate to view content very fluidly. In addition, its camera module is integrated, so nothing stands out. Google Pixel 10a (128GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links nintendo switch 2 The nintendo switch 2 has dropped in price at MediaMarkt. Your discount is only 10 euros, but… you can get a free video game. Accessing the console in the store, below allows you to select one of four video games, and you will get it for free. That is, the console and a video game per 459 euros. You can also choose the Nintendo Switch 2 pack with Mario Kart World for 499 euros and one of four games to choose from. These are the ones you can choose: Kirby Air Riders. Hades 2. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Banishment. Metroid Prime 4 Beyond. Nintendo Switch 2 + game of your choice The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Philips 85PUS8510 On the other hand, if you are looking for a huge TV, be careful what PcComponentes has on offer: a pack that includes a Philips 85PUS8510 smart TV along with a Philips TAB4000 sound bar. All this for 969 euros. The most notable thing is the television, since it mounts a 85 inch QLED screen and is compatible with Ambilight and Dolby Atmos. Philips 85PUS8510 + Philips TAB4000 + Movistar Plus+ (six months) 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, Apple, Google, Nintendo, Philips In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs

China is giving apartments to its entrepreneurs because it is clear that the future is the Yo SL companies

March 20, 2026 by usatoday24

Ma Ruipeng is 41 years old and has been working as a programmer for 20 years. Three months ago he left his job to start his own company. From his apartment in Beijing he works with three computers, AI tools like Claude Code, design platforms like Figma and, of course, his own installation of OpenClaw which he has called “Big House”. That’s what he hopes from his solo adventure: that his house becomes really big. He hasn’t made money yet, but he clearly prefers working with AI before AI works in place. The era of the Yo SL in China they start to push There are increasingly so-called “one-person companies” (OPC), one-person companies that act like startups founded and operated by a single person. These types of entrepreneurs make the most of AI tools—scheduling agents, video and image generators, task automation systems—to do the work that previously required having a team of employees. The falling cost of developing digital products, combined with the arrival of AI agents really functional like OpenClaw has made this type of business figures viable for the first time on a massive scale. The government is betting on entrepreneurs in the AI era. In November the city of Suzhou advertisement that would build “30 OPC communities” with the goal that by 2028 the city would have at least 1,000 one-person AI companies. Other Chinese cities quickly followed. The Pudong district of Shanghai covers up to 300,000 yuan (37,500 euros) in computing costs, and Wuhan offers special loans for AI solopreneurs and even promises to absorb some of the losses if they go bankrupt. It is a well-known strategy: there is a central guideline that drives core competence to take advantage of this new industry that promises to revolutionize the market. Free floors and empty data centers. Chinese government incentives they don’t just translate into money. Several local governments are converting office buildings and underutilized data centers in a kind of incubators for this new SME format, for these “Yo SL”. The context is revealing, because with the AI fever many municipalities built data centers without calculating real demand and had them half empty. Filling them with subsidized startups solves two problems at once. Silicon Valley is something else. On the other side of the Pacific, it is venture capital funds that finance Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, and there We bet on startups with the most return potential. In China, it is the State that is fully involved in this effort: it offers subsidies for infrastructure, it is a priority customer of these products —what’s happening with robotics— and promotes competition between municipalities to attract talent. “It’s like a giant Silicon Valley,” explained Lin Zhang, a researcher at the University of New Hampshire: “when a new technology emerges, the entire bureaucratic system is mobilized to develop it.” There will be many who fail. The uncertainty, however, is notable. Venture capitalists say that most OPCs will not end up becoming viable businesses, although they admit that government subsidies are encouraging more and more people to start pitching ideas for their startups. Taking into account that frequent layoffs are beginning to occur in the market, this is an alternative for many former employees of technology companies, who can thus seek their own opportunity with the help of the Chinese government. It is a commitment to volume as an innovation strategy: many will fail, but the more they try, the more options for success there will be. Fear of unemployment is a powerful ally. Behind many of these stories there is a common motivation: the fear of being left out of the labor market. The prospect of being replaced by AI both in China and the rest of the world is starting to get really disturbing for a whole generation of skilled workers. These OPCs are for many of them a response to that threat: if you can’t beat the AI, use it. Before, those who ended up laid off looked, for example, at franchised businesses and they set up a bar or a photoepilation business. The future indicates that many will now set up their “Yo SL”, their startup from home in which there will be no need for an office or employees. AI will take care of (almost) everything. Image | Blackcreek Corporate In Xataka | To dominate chips, China must first obtain hyper-specialized technology in the hands of its historical rival: Japan.

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