Month: March 2026

Meta just bought one designed for AI agents

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If we look back, the history of social networks is deeply linked to a very specific idea: connecting people. For years, platforms like Facebook were presented as places to keep in touch with friends, family or co-workers. That logic is still present, but the panorama is beginning to incorporate new actors. Meta has confirmed the acquisition of Moltbook, a platform created for artificial intelligence agents to interact with each other within a social network-like environment. The purchase. We are facing an agreement that does not go unnoticed. As part of the transaction, Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join Meta Superintelligence Labs, the AI ​​unit led by Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale AI. The company has not revealed the economic conditions of the operation, but a spokesperson told TechCrunch That the arrival of new talent opens new avenues for AI agents to work for people and companies, and their approach to connecting agents represents a novel step in a rapidly evolving space. A social network for agents. What differentiated Moltbook from other platforms was precisely its approach. Instead of focusing on human profiles, the site allowed AI agents to post messages and interact with each other within a forum-like format. Many of these agents used OpenClawa tool that connects models like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok with common messaging applications, including iMessage, Discord, Slack or WhatsApp. That combination turned Moltbook into a very striking experiment within the technological world, to the point of leaving the most specialized circle. An experiment with risks. The rapid popularity of Moltbook also exposed some major problems. Security researchers discovered that the platform had flaws that allowed human users to impersonate AI agents and publish messages as if they were autonomous systems, so that the environment designed for interaction between agents was not as solid as it seemed. Wiz also detected a vulnerability that exposed private messages, more than 6,000 email addresses, and more than one million credentials. open question. All this leaves an open question that still does not have a clear answer: how will Meta leverage this purchase in its artificial intelligence strategy. While there are clues, he has not explained how exactly he plans to use this project within his products or research. What we do know is that the operation comes at a time when large technology companies are competing for talent, tools and new ideas around autonomous agents. Images | Dima Solomin | Moltbook In Xataka | OpenAI is hitting the brakes with Stargate. The reason: Oracle builds yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt

Lola Lolita has 13 million followers and Carmen Maura has four Goyas. And the festivals are clear about who goes to the red carpet

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The presence of content creators and influencers at the Goya and the Malaga Festival, where they move like fish out of water, has a reason for being and an economic justification, which has generated considerable controversy. The episode of Ona Gonfaus, unable to name a Spanish film at a film festival dedicated to Spanish cinema, has condensed everything that is happening with surgical precision. Although beyond that there are also uncomfortable questions that the actors are not willing to ask themselves. Goyas without actors. On February 28, 2026, the 40th edition of the Goya Awards was held in Barcelona. Posh influencers such as Dulceida, Laura Escanes, Marina Rivers and Jessica Goicoechea walked the red carpet. The actress Yolanda Ramos saw it from homein pajamas: “Except when I was nominated and the following year, neither before nor since have I ever been invited.” A few days before, Marc Biarnés had published a video asking, bluntly, what certain influencers were up to on Spanish cinema night. Norma Ruiz, who in 2025 had filmed four films, I had not received an invitation either.. It took a week for the spark to catch fire at the Malaga Festival. What happens in Malaga. The 29th edition of the Malaga competition, dedicated to Spanish cinema, opened on March 6 with the debate still hot. The media took advantage of the red carpet to take the pulse of the sector. Carmen Maura summed it up with no room for interpretation: “influencers seem very good to me, but they don’t make films.” The director Isabel Coixet signed a column of opinion in which he compared the precarious situation of many creators in the industry with the preferential treatment given to influencers. Ona Gonfaus arrives. The Catalan influencer paraded on the red carpet of the Cervantes Theater on Friday, March 7, when a reporter asked him to recommend a movie. “I don’t know now… a movie about what?” he responded. The journalist insisted: “a Spanish one, since we are at the Malaga Film Festival.” Gonfaus proposed “the new Eight surnames.” He was referring to ‘Eight Moroccan Surnames’, released in December 2023 and which, obviously, had no link with the festival’s programming. The singer Olivia Bay, who I only remembered ‘La casa de papel’. The background mechanism. The Film Academy does not improvise these invitations, although it does not completely control them either. Agency sources confirmed that content creators who attend events like the Goya do so “associated with the sponsors.” The brands that advertise have the possibility of bringing guests to the event with the greatest media coverage of Spanish cinema, and they want their ambassadors there. photocall. In most cases, the influencers They don’t even access the auditorium: they generate content for Instagram or TikTok and follow the gala from annex spaces, not from the stalls. The importance of influencer. The third edition of the ‘Influencer Economy’ study, Published in February 2026 with data from 154 million pieces of content, it confirms that Spain has 285,000 active creators with more than 10,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok. The volume of sponsored content grew by 73% on TikTok and 45% on Instagram during 2025. The previous year, the influencer marketing business had already grown by 40%. It is obvious that there is an amount of money at stake that is beyond what the Spanish film industry can move. The uncomfortable truth. There is an argument that the actors avoid formulating directly, although it is implicit in the entire controversy: a good part of the influencers of lifestyle They are, right now, better known than most of them among the public between 16 and 25 years old. Lola Lolita He has 13.3 million followers on TikTok and 4.3 million on Instagram. Marina Rivers exceeds 7.9 million on TikTok. The reach of its daily publications frequently exceeds the total number of spectators that any Spanish film of the year has had in theaters. Of course, acting and accumulating followers are very different things, but it certainly explains why brands prefer that presence on red carpets: the return in impressions is incomparably more substantial. And it also explains why the organization of a festival that depends on sponsors cannot do without them. The number of followers it doesn’t explain everythingbut it is still the metric with which brands decide where to invest their quota of invitations. A possible solution. What could be questioned is what type of influencer is invited. There are creators with notable audiences who dedicate their platforms to cinema, regularly recommend Spanish films and know the industry inside out. But it’s not those (as Javier Ibarreche, Javi Ponzoeither It’s not a movie) to those who invite the Goya or the Malaga Festival. Profiles of lifestyle who have never published anything related to the medium, and whose presence advertises cosmetics, fashion or travel brands. A film influencer with a million followers who knowingly recommends a film from the festival would be doing something more valuable than inviting someone who cannot name a title when asked on the red carpet. But perhaps it is too much to demand a balance between economic performance and going beyond ‘Three Moroccan surnames’. In Xataka | 24 hours running in a showcase: Verdeliss’ latest challenge reminds us that impossible challenges are huge business

The Pentagon labeled Anthropic a national security risk. So Anthropic is suing the Pentagon

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The soap opera between Anthropic and the Pentagon has a new chapter (and now they are going…). After the push and pull of the last few weeks, Anthropic stood and that ended up causing The US put the company on the blacklist. Anthropic was not amused. what has happened. Anthropic has sued the US Department of Defense (or War), calling the decision to blacklist them “unprecedented and illegal” and arguing that it will cause irreparable harm to the company. . In statements to Fortunean Anthropic spokesperson has assured that they remain committed to protecting national security and want to find a solution, but that “it is a necessary step to protect our business, our customers and our partners.” The administration has not commented on this lawsuit. A lot of money at stake. By blacklisting Anthropic, the government prevents defense contractors and suppliers from using Claude in their Pentagon-related activities. Additionally, Trump ordered the entire government to stop using Anthropic’s AI. The company says government contracts are already being canceled and other private contracts are in jeopardy. Anthropic’s commercial director, Paul Smith, has assured that there is a client who already Claude has been swapped for another generative AI. This contract alone will make them lose at least 100 million dollars. Doubts about legality. Anthropic says the government’s move is not legal. Are they right? According to legal experts at Lawfarethe “supply chain risk” label will not withstand judicial scrutiny. The main reason is that this designation is intended for foreign adversaries, as happened with Huawei. The law’s definition is “the risk that an adversary could sabotage or subvert a covered system,” it says nothing about using it as punishment to a national company for a disagreement. According to Lawfare, the statements by Trump and the defense secretary “frame the action as ideological punishment of a political enemy.” The disagreement. The origin of this escalation is in the red lines that Anthropic put Basically, the company refused to allow its model to be used for mass surveillance of citizens and especially the development of lethal weapons without human supervision. The concern is justified: a soldier can refuse to carry out an illegal order, an AI cannot. The Pentagon does not like red lines (from others, of course) and demanded to be able to use their technology without limits. In Trump’s words in a Truth Social post: “We will decide the fate of our country, NOT an out-of-control radical left-wing AI company run by people who have no idea what the real world is like.” Meanwhile OpenAI… Shortly after Anthropic was blacklisted, the government found a new candidate to carry out your plans: OpenAI. According to the company by Sam Altman, its development has more safeguards and hey, calm down, it’s not that big of a deal. What has followed is an image crisis for ChatGPT, with resignations and mass uninstalls of users who have switched to Claude. But let’s not fool ourselves, although Anthropic has won the battle of public opinion, if the US keeps up, the future looks pretty bleak for Amodei’s side. In Xataka | Anthropic has become the Apple of our era and OpenAI our Microsoft: a story of love and hate Image | Anthropic (edited)

The Iran war is making the best possible advertisement for Chinese renewables. And China knows it

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Oil has skyrocketed again. Brent has crossed 90 dollars, WTI is around 87, and the Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly 20% of the world’s oil transits, has reduced its traffic from 138 ships a day to just two. The most interesting thing here is not the price of crude oil but who wins when that happens. Why is it important. Each shock oil is, for China, a free advertisement on a planetary scale of its energy value proposition. Solar panels, electric cars and batteries do not rise in price when there is a war in the Persian Gulf. Natural gas and gasoline, yes. For countries that have been buying Chinese clean technology for years, this week has been the practical demonstration that they got it right. For those who have not yet done so, it is the best sales argument that China could wish for, and on top of that it has not involved a direct expense. The contrast. The US economy is structurally more vulnerable to the shocks of oil than China. The oil intensity of US GDP, that is, how much oil is needed to generate each dollar of economic activity, is notably higher than that of China, the EU or Russia. When crude oil soars, the blow is felt harder by the American consumer, who fills the tank of his car with gasoline, than by the Chinese consumer, whose fleet of vehicles is already almost 50% electric in new sales. In November 2025, electric cars They exceeded 60% of total sales in China. It is not a country in energy transition: it is a country that has already changed fuel in its largest vehicle fleet. And that is without counting the traffic of motorcycles, all electric for many years in several of its large cities, and with much greater volume than in other countries. Between the lines. China produces more than twice as many solar panels as the world is capable of absorbingand its batteries and electric cars are already reaching Western Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. When oil rises, the economic equation for those exports improves automatically, without your government having to lift a finger. An energy crisis in the Gulf acts as an indirect subsidy to its clean industries: it makes everything China sells more attractive and everything it doesn’t sell more expensive. In figures. The clean energy sector already represents 11.4% of Chinese GDP, according to The analysis published by Carbon Brief last month. Without those industries, China would have grown 3.5% in 2025 instead of the 5% recorded. Electric cars and batteries explain 44% of the economic impact of that sector. China installed 315 GW of solar and 119 GW of wind in 2025, more than the rest of the world combined in both categories. Yes, but. China also imports oil, a lot. It remains one of the world’s largest buyers of crude oil, and the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz complicates its short-term supply. In fact, in recent weeks China has increased its oil imports by almost 16% due to uncertainty. That said, In September it already began to make an unusual collection. What changes the long-term equation is not that China is immune to the shocks oil producers, but each crisis accelerates the internal conversion towards renewables and reinforces the export argument against third countries. It is a temporary pain that finances a structural advantage. Furthermore, this scenario leaves a question in the air: whether the world, by purchasing Chinese clean technology, is ultimately exchanging an energy dependency for a technological dependency. In both the United States and Europe this will end up becoming a question as uncomfortable as it is inevitable. In Xataka | On the roof of the world, China is building the largest solar park on the planet Featured image | Nuno Marques

raise your margin to 4.5%

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Juan Roig’s chain has earned 1,729 million euros in 2025, 25% more than in 2024with sales of 41.9 billion. The net margin has exceeded 4% for the first time, a threshold that large European distribution rarely crosses. Why is it important. In the food distribution industry, making money with a high margin is considered almost impossible. Supermarkets are caught between price pressure and the cost of operating thousands of very large stores with many employees. That Mercadona has risen from 3.88% to 4.5% without major discounts or price wars is proof that its model has a structural efficiency that its competitors have not yet been able to replicate. 4.5% is the profit margin on net sales, without VAT. In figures: 1,729 million euros of net profit, 25% more than in 2024. 4.5% net margin, compared to 3.88% from the previous year. 3.7 billion euros of planned investment in store renovation until 2033. 780 million euros distributed among more than 112,000 employees as objective bonus. 115,000 workers on staff, 5,000 more than the previous year. Productivity grew by 4%, store order management by 16% and energy efficiency by 4%. They are primarily responsible for margin growth, not just sales. 172 million of the profit comes from managing the treasury alone. In 2024 there were 180 million. The context. Carrefour, Lidl and Aldi operate with net margins of around 1% or 2% in their main markets. That Mercadona exceeds 4% in a year of moderate inflation makes it an exception that is difficult to ignore. Between the lines. The secret is not to sell cheap, but to control the entire chain. Mercadona has 2,000 suppliers that last year They invested 1.7 billion in their own facilities to serve her better. It is an ecosystem designed so that the margin does not leak anywhere: without external brands that negotiate in a position of strength, without promotions that destroy value and without unnecessary intermediaries. Stores 9 include a central workshop that saves 10% in energy and 40% in water. Yes, but. The sweet moment comes just as the most ambitious spending cycle in its history begins. Mercadona has announced an investment of 3,700 million euros to reform its entire network of stores (the so-called Stores 9 as an evolution of Stores 8) until 2033. That is to say: capex is going to rise sharply for almost a decade. So the margin above 4% may be the highest point before a long reinvestment slope. In 2026, it plans to invest more than 1,000 million, consolidate a profit similar to that of 2025, and grow sales by only 3.5%. It is explicit confirmation that the reinvestment cycle is already beginning to bite. The big question. He ecommerce Food supply is, almost everywhere in the world, a margin destroyer. Amazon has given up on a good part of its proposal, and Carrefour itself has lost money for years trying to make it work. Mercadona assures that its 1,061 million in online sales have already been profitable for three years. If it is true, and if it escalates, there may be the next lever. If it fails to sustain black numbers, the digital business can eat up part of what the physical business has taken decades to build. In Xataka | With its prepared dishes, Mercadona is putting an end to the idea of ​​cooking at home. Next goal: restaurants Featured image | Mercadona

Amazon is discounting the Pixel 10 at the Spring Sale Party and also giving you something very useful: this wireless charger

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The Amazon Spring Sale Party has already started and if you are looking for a mobile phone, one of the ones that has been successful for a long time is the Google Pixel 10which you can now get for 599 euros and with a wireless charger Gift Pixelsnap. Additionally, we encourage you to take a look at our live from Xatakaso you can discover the new offers that Amazon is unlocking. Google Pixel 10 128GB with Pixelsnap charger The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A best-selling mobile now at an unbeatable price If you are wondering if It’s a good time to buy the Google Pixel 10this offer from Amazon comes to prove that yes, since it has now reached its historical minimum price. He Google Pixel 10 It is a high-end mobile phone that has been successful for some time for several reasons. One of them is your 6.3 inch screenwhich make it a smartphone that fits easily in your pocket and can be easily operated with one hand. The processor it mounts is the Google Tensor G5which offers good performance. Regarding its battery, it supports fast charging wired at 30W and wireless at 15W. And so you can make the most of the wireless, now in this Amazon campaign it comes with the Pixelsnap charger as a gift. Another section in which this mobile stands out is photography. Its triple rear camera is made up of one 48 MP main lensaccompanied by a 13 MP wide angle and a 10.8 MP 5x telephoto. Finally, another thing that should be highlighted about this Google mobile is that works under pure Android operating system and the brand guarantees updates to said operating system for seven years. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: Google pixel 10 offer today ✅ THE BEST Your photographic system: Few phones of the same price as this Pixel can fight against it in the photography section. An operating system that lasts for years: Having pure Android is one of the main hallmarks of Google phones and they guarantee updates for years (seven, specifically). ❌ THE WORST The screen can be improved… Although it is true that the Google Pixel 10 has a good screen, we miss that it is not LTPO. 💡 BUY IT IF… You want a cell phone to take good photos without having to spend the almost 1,000 euros that high-end terminals from other brands usually cost. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Obviously, the only significant drawback that this mobile has is that it works with Android, so if you don’t want a terminal with this operating system, you have no choice but to go for a iPhone. Some accessories that may interest you for this Google Pixel 10 Pixelsnap Case for Google Pixel 10 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel Buds 2a – Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation 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 | Pepu Ricca (Xataka) and Google In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here

iRobot Roomba Mini, features, price and technical sheet

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There is a new robotic vacuum cleaner on the market. It has arguments, it has style and it comes in a small format. We talk about the new iRobot Roomba Minithe most compact proposal from the American manufacturer—now in the hands of a Chinese firm. Let’s see what has just landed on the Spanish market. If there is one thing that differentiates this product from many of the robots currently available, it is its size. At first glance it is clearly smaller than, for example, the Roomba 105. The robot has a diameter of 24 cm, compared to the 33.5 cm of the model we mentioned. If we look at the base, the difference is also easily perceived: it measures 21.5 cm wide and 27 cm high. Technical sheet of the new iRobot Roomba Mini iRobot Roomba Mini Dimensions and weight Robot (cm): 24.5 (length) x 24.5 (width) x 9.2 (height) Base (cm): 21.2 (length) x 17.8 (width) x 28.5 (height) Robot (kg): 2 Base (kg): 2.03 Suction power 7,000Pa Navigation ClearView LiDAR Carpet detection Brushes Clean dirt, dust and crumbs Scrub Disposable scrubbing cloths with mild aromas (citrus, floral and fresh) 30 included in the box Base The AutoEmpty Base empties itself into an AllergenLock bag and promises up to 90 days of self-cleaning connectivity Wi-Fi. Compatible with Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant Price 399 euros A smaller Roomba, but with ambition iRobot claims that the AutoEmpty base takes up 33% less space, something that can be seen with the naked eye. These are not first impressions or an analysis, but we have attended the presentation of the product and have been able to see it up close. And in that context there is something that is clear: the size reduction is evident. The company insists that a more compact format does not mean giving up functions. It is true that there are inevitable limitations due to physical issues, such as tank capacity or battery size, but it is interesting to see how iRobot has tried to balance these variables and, above all, what type of user this product seems to target. According to the metrics used by the manufacturer, the robot can fulfill its function without problems in homes of up to 60 square meters. Regarding autonomy, iRobot has designed the system so that the robot returns to base only when it needs the necessary energy to complete the task at hand. Let’s imagine that the battery starts to run out in the middle of a cleaning routine. In that case, the Roomba Mini will return to the base. But instead of staying there for the two hours necessary to charge the battery to 100% – which is the estimated full charge time – it will only remain there for the necessary time to recover enough energy and finish the job. Once cleaning is complete, it will return to the base to complete charging. This is where the mobile app comes into play. From there we can include or exclude cleaning areas, choose which rooms we want it to clean or set priorities. For example: start in the living room, continue through a specific room and end in the bathroom. The robot is connected directly to the WiFi network, which allows us to send orders from our mobile even when we are not at home. Before cleaning, yes, the robot needs to know the environment. To do this, it uses the ClearView LiDAR navigation system, which promises to generate a quick map of the home and move quickly, avoiding obstacles. Additionally, smart mopping functions automatically detect carpets to avoid wetting them. The Roomba Mini doesn’t just vacuum. You can also scrub. For this use disposable wet cloths which are placed at the bottom of the robot. Each box includes 30 units and later we can buy more in three aromatic variants: citrus, floral and fresh. The AutoEmpty base completes the set. This system automatically empties the robot’s tank into an AllergenLock bag that, according to the manufacturer, can accumulate dirt for up to 90 days of autonomous cleaning. The idea is simple: reduce maintenance and keep dirt contained for longer. Price and availability of the new iRobot Roomba Mini After its launch in Japan and the United Kingdom, the iRobot Roomba Mini now arrives in Spain. The new vacuum cleaner is now available in irobot.es and in the coming days it will also arrive in physical stores. Its price is 399 euros. Images | Xataka In Xataka | The most striking thing about the new Eufy Omni S2 is not how it cleans, it is that this all-terrain vacuum cleaner is also an aromatherapy diffuser

our online community to talk about what we like most

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If there is something that makes Xataka special, it is your community. The xatakeros are a cornerstone of this website and we celebrate it whenever we can, such as at the Xataka Awards gala and at the Xataka Live. Now, with Xataka That’s why we present to you the Discord server of Xataka Xtra. It is a space shared between xatakeros and editors of the house in which to debate, talk, share, have a good time among people with similar interests and, ultimately, create a community. What you will find in the Xataka Xtra Discord server The server has themed chat and voice rooms in which any user can participate. If you want to talk about mobile phones, tech products, tablets, etc., you have the #mobiles-and-gadgets channel at your disposal. If you prefer to talk about the trendy MMORPG, you have #videogames; and if you prefer to talk about cars you have, exactly, #cars. So with a lot of themes. For example, today we had a talk on #cine-y-tv about the second season of live action from One Piece, and a few days ago we talked at length about old cell phones and vintage technology. The idea is share with the community what we like in a more direct and personal way. In addition, Discord serves as a meeting point for all Xtra news. If there is a new draw, we will notify you through the corresponding channel and we will update the history there. If there are any questions or concerns, The Office It has a dedicated space within the server. If you want to give your opinion or suggest any improvements for Xataka or Xtra, you can help shape this project through the #feedback channel. In short, the Discord server is the best definition of a xatakera community. And a lot of hours, too, because it is inevitable to always want to have it open and participate in all the conversations. The Discord server is one of the exclusive advantages of Xataka Xtraour new community for subscribers that includes giveaways, discounts, exclusive newsletters and more. How to join Discord Once you are part of Xataka Xtrayou will find the link with the invitation to join the Discord server in the welcome email and in your subscriber area. If you can’t find it, you can write to us by email at xtra@xataka.com and we will facilitate it for you without problem. If you’ve never used Discord, you will find the instructions and a first step guide in this tutorial. When you join the server, a team member will check that the email is associated with an active subscription to Xataka Xtra and it will give you access. From there, feel at home and free to introduce yourself and participate in the channels. Please note that if you join on a weekend or holiday it will take a while to grant access, because we also stop to rest. Do you dare? You can join now Xataka Xtra.

Esperanza Gracia had an early morning horoscope for 30 years. His reign ends because the predictions are already in other places

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Esperanza Gracia has announced the closure of its nighttime space in Telecinco alleging lack of hearing. The underlying reason for this cancellation is not precisely the decline of astrology, a phenomenon that is enjoying its best health in decades, but the collapse of the model that supported it: linear television in the early hours of the morning. Goodbye, Hope. Last Sunday, Esperanza Gracia sat down on the set of ‘Fiesta’ to announce that her very long journey presenting ‘El Horóscopo de Esperanza Gracia’ in the early hours of the channel was ending. Thirty years that were ending for a reason that the presenter made very clear in the interview: “At 2:30 in the morning, the older people who saw me are no longer there, neither is the next generation because they see other things, and the millennials and the Z see me from another side. So I have no audience whatsoever.” Reference astrologer. Funny He spent about seven years on TVE before joining Telecinco alongside María Teresa Campos: first in ‘Día a día’ and then in ‘De Sunday to Sunday’, with Belinda Washington. His own program started in 1999 and has been on the air for 27 years (which adds up to 30 in total with the network), becoming one of the longest-running programs on Spanish television. His question “Is there something that worries you, torments you or disturbs you?” became a pop catchphrase, one that she herself admitted “everyone started copying.” Astrology is not dying, it is moving to mobile. Just because Gracia leaves television does not mean that her audience has stopped consuming astrology. He simply does it somewhere else. On TikTok, the hashtag #astrology accumulates 4.5 million videoswith Generation Z as the main driving force. Gracia herself had already colonized that terrain: several of her videos on TikTok have more than a million views and on YouTube he has 78,000 subscribers with an average of 30,000 views per video. The same television format, the weekly ranking of signs, works vertically and in thirty seconds. There is business. The astrology app market reflects this migration with figures that are striking for an often ignored, but very profitable sector. Co-Star, the American app that combines NASA data with personalized astrological readings, went from 7.5 million users in 2020 to 30 million in 2023 The global market for this type of applications was valued around 3 billion dollars in 2024 and projects to reach 9,000 million in 2030, with an estimated annual growth of 20%. What does Gen Z like? The boom does not respond to a return to superstition. Generation Z consumes astrology with a different frame than previous generations: not as a prediction of the future but as a tool for introspection. A survey from February 2024 Among more than two thousand American adults, it was detected that 70% believe in astrology and that 85% have positive or neutral feelings towards it. 61% consider it a source of comfort in times of uncertainty. On the same date, another study reported that 63% of users belonging to Generation Z stated that astrology has had a positive impact on their professional decisions. As they explained, astrological content “does not need to be searched, it appears in the feed.” Like a fixed program on TV at 2:30 in the morning. Heirs of late-night television. For decades, the dawn of Spanish television was the Comanche territory of cathodic low cost: teleshopping, old movies, calling contests, tarots and moorings, contacts, jazz-pop groups. They accompanied insomniacs and night shift workers. This function has ended up being absorbed by Netflix, YouTube and TikTok itself, available without a grill and without time restrictions. Times change, Geminis with an ascendant in Capricorn continue. In Xataka | Horoscopes and other lies: why reading the horoscope (sometimes) makes us feel better

Oracle builds yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt

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Yeah Stargate it smelled funny It’s because I did it. This has just been demonstrated by the decision of Oracle and OpenAI, who have decided to stop their expansion plans for the data center that was going to be the flagship of the project. This is not just a setback for the project: it is a turning point in that narrative that we have not stopped seeing and that seemed to defend that investment in AI could be unlimited. It’s not like that. OpenAI no longer trusts Oracle. According to reveal sources close to the project, OpenAI’s plans to expand the alliance with Oracle in its data center in Abilene (Texas) have been canceled. What initially It seemed like a solid partnership. to dominate the AI ​​computing segment has collided head-on with a reality: the sector seems to be growing faster than its foundations. Too slow. On Bloomberg indicate that the decision responds to an inability to scale at the pace that Sam Altman demands. OpenAI requires a compute density and deployment speed that Oracle cannot guarantee in the short term. That has forced OpenAI to look to other partners—including Microsoft—so as not to compromise its roadmap. Technological gap. This brake is a symptom of a potential critical problem for Oracle: the world requires data centers with the latest technology, the most modern chips and modern liquid cooling systems, but Oracle seems to be focused on a very slow update cycle. They are building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt: although the infrastructures they are built were valid under previous standards, they are obsolete for the next generation of large language models (LLMs). The accounts do not come out. And as we said, the other problem with Oracle is that all these projects are financed with very high leverage and economic risk. Larry Ellison’s Company is jeopardizing future cash flows to create data centers that are “old” when they come into action. If AI revenues don’t materialize, Oracle will find itself in a dangerous position. Bubble. All of this contributes once again to AI bubble debate. No one seems to deny that this bubble exists, but this slowdown raises more and more doubts about excess investment in the sector. That OpenAI is now making this decision is a bad sign, and reinforces the theory that investment in AI has been absolutely overblown. This year alone, several AI giants have indicated that they will dedicate a capex of 650,000 million for data centers. The challenge of not being a Big Tech. OpenAI has a fundamental problem: it is trying to play with the elders. Google, Amazon and Microsoft already had gigantic cloud infrastructures, but also a financial situation that allowed them to consider their strategy in a different way. While OpenAI has not stopped signing agreements in which the figures involved are astonishing. OpenAI follows burning moneybut not only his: also that of others. The danger of the domino effect. That OpenAI has hit the brakes with Oracle can be dangerously contagious. If one of the leading companies in the sector takes a step back from its alliance with a key supplier, other clients could begin to think twice before reaching similar agreements. In Xataka | OpenAI says its deal with the Pentagon is secure. Seriously, really, you have to believe it, trust it, it assures you

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