Month: May 2026

Now it’s worth more than a Ferrari

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While Formula 1 rests between races, Fernando Alonso continues to make people talk. This time not from the cockpit of his Aston Martin or showing off his exclusive Pagani Zonda Green Diamond of 10 million eurosbut from the streets of Monaco at the wheel of an Italian compact from the 90s that many believed forgotten. As and how did he count Motorpassionthe Asturian pilot has been seen circulating with a Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione Martini 6and the scene has generated both admiration and nostalgia among motor fans. If you were a teenager in the 90s and you liked cars, your room was surely decorated with a poster of this car. Although it has not been officially confirmed that the car is owned by Alonso, there is a detail that suggests that the legendary limited edition Delta Integrale is already part of the two-time champion’s garage: it is the license plate that the car sports. in the videos that have gone viral on social networks: he wears the number 14, Alonso’s fetish number. An icon of the rally with 310 units in the world The Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione Martini 6 is not just any nostalgic whim. This version was launched in 1992 to commemorate the sixth consecutive constructors’ title that Lancia achieved in the World Rally Championshipa feat that no other brand has matched in the WRC. Only 310 units were manufactured of this Lancia Delta between the end of 1992 and 1993, which explains both its sentimental value and its current price on the collectors market. RM Sotheby’s (Motorcar Studios) The Martini 6 edition is instantly identified by its line with blue and red stripes on white bodywork, inherited from the team’s official sponsor, Martini Racing. Inside, Recaro seats in blue with red stitching, a carbon fiber shift knob and a numbered plate that indicates which of the 310 units manufactured the car belongs to. Under the bulging hood to make room for the engine that characterized the entire Delta Integrale family, there is a 2-liter four-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged engine with 210 HP distributed among the four wheels, which allowed the vehicle to go from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds. To put it in perspective it was the same time a Ferrari Testarossa of the time, and could reach a maximum speed of 220 km/h. A real wolf disguised as an elegant Italian utility vehicle from the 90s. RM Sotheby’s (Motorcar Studios) From the original 40,000 euros to 350,000 in the current market When it was released, the special edition Martini 6 It cost about 40,000 euros in exchange, a considerable figure that, at that time, was more typical of a Porsche 911 than an Italian compact. Three decades later, and as has happened with many other models from the 90s, the collector market has multiplied that value spectacularly. In 2023, the Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione Martini 6 with the 272 frame went up for auction at RM Sotheby’s. The bidding hammer fell when it reached $117,600. The best preserved specimens and with about 20,000 kilometers they can already reach 300,000 euros, and those who have traveled less than 5,000 kilometers are close to 350,000 euros. The Lancia is not the only classic with which Alonso has been seen in Monaco during the season break. In recent weeks too has circulated with a Ferrari F40, a Mercedes CLK GTR, a Lamborghini Sián and an exclusive Pagani Zonda Diamante Verde. What differentiates this Lancia from the rest of the cars in Alonso’s garage is precisely its character. The Delta is neither a luxury supercar with stratospheric figures nor a work of art with hand-made body. It’s a 90s compact with racing pedigree. He last bastion of authenticity for the petrolhead. The memory of when mechanics and pilot were connected at a level that no current electronic control unit could match. In Xataka | Porsche has discovered that making expensive supercars is no longer so profitable: now the money is in making each car unique Image | RM Sotheby’s (Motorcar Studios), Fernando Alonso

What is CADR and why is it the only data I would look at when choosing an allergy device?

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Spring brings out many things and some are not pleasant at all. Allergies to pollen and many other particles attack us and can give us a hard time. Of everything we can buy to combat them at home, the most effective and useful is, without a doubt, purchasing a air purifier. But, How to choose the most suitable one for your home? That is the question I have been asking myself in recent days, since all the purifiers I have seen have a gibberish of figures and data that, paradoxically, can confuse more than help us choose. After doing a little research, it is clear to me that, if I have to focus on something, it would be in the CADR. I’ll explain why. Philips 2200 Series Air Purifier, HEPA NanoProtect + Active Carbon Filter, CADR 400m³/h for 104m², Allergy Friendly, Ultra Quiet, Smart and Durable Filter (AC2210/10) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links What is CADR and why does it matter so much? If we enter a store like Amazon and look for any air purifier (like this one from Philipsfor example), right from the start we are going to be inundated with a lot of information. Perhaps what may catch our attention most at first is that it is capable of eliminating 99.97% of the particles in the air, a very high figure. What’s happening? We will find this in most purifiers and it is not the most important thing. That’s where the CADR comes in. The CADR (clean Air Delivery Rate or Clean Air Delivery Rate in Spanish) is a unit of measurement that tells us, in a few words, the amount of filtered air that a purifier can deliver. A purifier that has the best filter on the market is fine, but is it any good if it is not capable of moving air and filtering it fast enough? Because if you don’t, the pollen or dust particles will end up settling on the furniture and will not be filtered. The CADR has a numerical value that is calculated with two aspects: how many particles the filter is capable of trapping and how much air the purifier is able to move through said filter. No matter how good the filter is, it is equally important that the purifier is able to move through it, since otherwise it will not trap dust or pollen particles well and they will continue to swarm around our room. Bad thing for our allergies. Small note that must be taken into account. The CADR is not just a single value, but there are three. This happens because purifiers have a CADR for pollen, but also for dust and smoke. This is important, since what we should focus on is pollen. The others are more secondary. Falling short of CADR is always a bad idea If we go back to the Philips purifier above, we can see how it is, in theory, ideal for rooms up to 44 square meters in less than 17 minutes. Now, you have to read the fine print on the device’s own page on Amazon: It is a theoretical one-time cleaning time calculated by dividing your CADR of 170 cubic meters/hour by the room size of 48 square meters (assuming the room is 20 meters in area and 2.4 meters in height). Why do I say this? Because although the description of a purifier indicates that it is optimal for a room of a certain size, they are always references taken under certain conditions. that may not fit with our home. The ideal is to take the CADR of the purifier and make a simple calculation that will not lead to errors. This calculation is done in three phases that I summarize below: First, we need to know the cubic meters that has the room where you are going to use the purifier. It is calculated by multiplying length, width and height. Second, we need to know how many times you want the purifier to clean the air. The AHAM (Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers) recommends between 5 and 8 per hour. To finish, we multiply the volume of the room in cubic meters and the air changes per hour that we want. Quick example. If you have a room with a volume of 25 cubic meters (because it is 4 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and 2.5 meters high) and you want the purifier to renew the air 5 times per hour, the ideal is that you look for an air purifier with a CADR of at least 125 cubic meters/hour. Be careful here, because many purifiers give you this information in cubic feet per minute (CFM), which is the original AHAM standard. Now, does it make sense to buy a purifier with a much higher CADR than what you need? If you opt for this scenario, you will have a device that filters the air in your room faster and even without the motor running at full speed all the time (which means less consumption and less noise). The issue here is that a higher CADR also usually means, in the vast majority of cases, paying more for the air purifier. The choice here is up to each user, but with one thing clear: never fall short of CADR. The good and the bad of both options, face to face low or medium frame tall frame THE GOOD 🟢 Cheaper and enough for small rooms like a bedroom Ideal for large rooms and for air to filter faster THE BAD 🔴 It may fall short if you move it to a larger location at some point. They are more expensive and it may not be worth spending a lot if your room is small. Ideal for: Tight budgets and small rooms Rooms like a living room or if you are looking for a purifier that does not always work at full capacity In summary: 👉 Choose a low or medium … Read more

ships that turn off their location and sail “like the Vikings”

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In 2017, several merchant ships sailing near the Black Sea they began to detect something impossible on their screens: dozens of ships appeared sailing over a Russian airport located inland. For days, captains and maritime analysts tried to understand what was happening until a suspicion arose: someone was deliberately manipulating GPS signals on one of the busiest shipping routes on the planet. The ghost fleet of oil. we have been counting for months. Western sanctions against Russia, Iran and Venezuela have ended up creating something that just a few years ago seemed like something out of maritime espionage novels: a gigantic “ghost fleet” of aging tankers crossing entire oceans hiding your positionfalsifying documents and surfing foutside normal systems of control. It is estimated that more than a thousand vessels already participate in this opaque trade in sanctioned crude oil, a global network where ships constantly change flag, owner and operating company as they transport millions of barrels away from Western surveillance. The result is a parallel maritime world made up of rusty oil tankers, shell companies, cryptocurrency payments and crews recruited almost blindly to work on increasingly dangerous routes. The Financial Times said The most striking thing is that the business has forced the recovery of navigation practices that seemed buried by modern technology: there are ships that deliberately turn off their location systems and cross entire areas practically “in the dark”, guiding themselves with radar and manual calculations as if they had gone back centuries in time. Sail like ghosts. One of the most surprising details of this clandestine business is the way in which many oil tankers voluntarily disappear from the map. To avoid being tracked, ships they disconnect their transponders AIS, the system that automatically reports your position to other ships and maritime authorities. some even they falsify coordinates to appear browsing in completely different places. Crew members of these tankers they explain that it is common to see “ghost” ships on screens… vessels that apparently are there, but that in reality do not exist where their signs indicate. Others disappear completely for days on end while loading oil at Iranian terminals or carrying out secret crude oil transfers on the high seas. In some cases, GPS interference near Iran literally force sailors to navigate “like the Vikings”, using radar, experience and basic calculations to move authentic floating cities hundreds of meters in length with hardly any reliable references. The Bella 1 and the Atlantic chase. The history of Bella 1 It perfectly sums up how far this parallel world has come. The enormous supertanker, old, rusty and managed by practically invisible companies, ended up becoming the protagonist of a transatlantic chase with the US Coast Guard. The crew had been recruited through normal maritime employment advertisements and many they didn’t even know that the ship was linked to sanctions related to Iran. The situation exploded when they discovered that the real destination was not the Dutch Caribbean, but Venezuelaand that the ship planned to change flag in the middle of the trip to protect itself under the Russian flag. From there it began a surreal escape across the North Atlantic as the Bella 1 tried to escape from US authorities, with the crew trapped in the middle of an international operation that seemed like a mix of a geopolitical thriller and a military video game. A business built on old boats. A large part of this clandestine fleet is made up of oil tankers that should be on their way to scrapping. Many far exceed the twenty years of service recommended for this type of boats and present extremely precarious conditions. The sailors describe corroded decks, dilapidated cabins, broken systems and equipment that works thanks to improvised repairs made during the voyage. However, it is precisely these old ships that end up fueling sanctioned trade because They are cheap to buy and easy to hide behind networks of shell companies. The problem is that deterioration greatly increases the risk of accidents, fires, groundings and spills, especially when these vessels sail without recognized insurance and constantly operate at the limit to maximize profits. The war has reached the sea. The pressure on the ghost fleet has grown brutally since the outbreak of the Ukrainian war and the escalation with Iran. The United States has gone beyond simply imposing sanctions to directly intercept suspicious oil tankers even on the high seas. Europe start doing the same with ships linked to Russian oil. At the same time, Ukraine has taken the maritime war a step further using naval drones to attack oil tankers linked to Moscow’s energy revenues. The iimages of burning ships off Turkey, Malta or Novorossiysk are increasingly frequent. The sea has become another front of the global economic conflict: it is no longer just about blocking exports, but about physically pursuing the ships that keep this clandestine trade alive. Sailors trapped in the gray zone. The most striking thing is that many crew members are not spies or criminals, but ordinary sailors trapped inside a sgigantic and opaque system. He explained in his report on the FT that most accept these jobs looking for quick promotions or better job opportunities, without really knowing who controls the ship or what cargo they will end up transporting. some discover too late who are working for networks linked to sanctioned oil, Iranian militias or companies indirectly associated with Russia. And when things go wrong, they are the ones caught between governments, intelligence services and special forces. The Times remembered that the final scene of Bella 1 sums up perfectly that reality: American commandos boarding the oil tanker in the middle of the North Atlantic while the sailors, locked up under armed guard, played cards and watched movies with American soldiers in a situation as absurd as it was revealing. Ocean increasingly opaque. The situation reflects a much deeper change in maritime trade global. Massive sanctions have created enormous incentives to build parallel networks of transportation outside the traditional … Read more

It is a project that has been lying fallow for more than 30 years.

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Bilbao has been promising for a long time a subfluvial tunnel that runs under the Nervión, connecting both banks to be able to cross it in a few minutes. This would alleviate one of the biggest bottlenecks in Euskadi. The good news is that The works will start this summer. A problem that has been unsolved for decades. The Rontegi bridge supports nearly 175,000 vehicles a day and has become the main road bottleneck in Bizkaia. Crossing from one bank to the other of the Nervión estuary without passing through that point requires a detour of more than 13 kilometers. This causes chronic traffic jams, a considerable loss of time and ends up generating more emissions. The solution that had been on the table for decades (and that is now finally beginning to materialize) is a subfluvial tunnel that pierces the bed of the Nervión and directly connects the Right Bank with the Left Bank. What exactly is going to be built. The subfluvial will be 3.2 kilometers long and will be made up of two independent tubes (one in each direction of travel), each with two lanes and safety shoulders. It will link the Artaza roundabout, between Leioa and Getxo, with Ballonti, between Portugalete and Sestao. Just like they count from El Correo, the project will also include connections with La Avanzada, the Uribe Kosta corridor and the Getxo neighborhood of Zugazarte. The intention with the project is that in a journey that today can exceed fifteen minutes during rush houris reduced to just four. The effective distance will go from about 13 kilometers surrounding the estuary to just four. Heavy vehicles must pay a toll to use it, as occurs on other roads in Bizkaia. A technical challenge. The most demanding section will require drilling up to 45 meters below the river bed, crossing quite geologically sensitive materials. The Lamiako area, with its sandy terrain, is one of the most delicate points of the entire route. The project will use the cut and cover technique, which involves excavating from the surface, installing side retaining walls and then covering the infrastructure to generate a false underground tunnel. According to The Mailthe works will begin in Artaza, the access on the Right Bank and also the most delicate environment of the project, as it is made up of areas with a high residential density, and a school and institute nearby. More than 80 controlled microblasts will be used and it is expected that the Artaza park will be partially emptied. To minimize the impact and disturb neighbors as little as possible, open-air work will be limited to daytime and working hours. Of course, within the galleries, drilling will be done in continuous shifts, 24 hours a day. Figures. The work has quite an important magnitude, to be honest. According to data from the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, the execution of the subfluvial will involve excavating 1.8 million cubic meters of earth and use more than 21,000 tons of steel. About 170 trucks will circulate every day to remove the extracted material (90 through the mouth of Artaza and 80 through Ballonti), whose destination will be the facilities of the Port of Bilbao, where the earth will be used to fill dikes. How the project is progressing and how much it will cost. The Provincial Council has already awarded two of the four major contracts into which the work is divided. As shared by El Correo, the Artaza junction will be executed by the UTE formed by Ferrovial, Construcciones Mariezcurrena and Cycasa, while the section to the Lamiako plain will be assumed by Nortúnel, Geotunel and Tunelan. Both contracts total 277 million euros (without VAT) and have an expected duration of 60 months. The Left Bank contracts (Ballonti access and riverbed drilling) will be awarded later. The total investment in the project is expected to be around 540 million euros, with a view to completing the work by 2032. Emissions and neighborhood controversy. The Provincial Council defends that the subfluvial will reduce polluting emissions thanks to shorter and more fluid routes, with an estimated annual saving of 6,000 tons of CO₂ and two million liters of fuel. However, the project It has generated quite a bit of discussion among the neighbors.. And various neighborhood and environmental platforms criticize the prioritization of road traffic in the midst of the climate transition. They also remember that the initial project contemplated a rail connection with Bilbao Metro stations such as Areeta and Sestao, something that ended up disappearing in the final project. This train was, precisely, one of the City Council’s main arguments in terms of sustainability. Artaza residents also express concern about noise, vibrations from blasting and truck traffic during years of construction. The Provincial Council has promised permanent controls, prior technical inspections in nearby buildings and a citizen service office throughout the execution. Cover image | Minube and Bizkaia.eus In Xataka | The most ambitious megastructure in Madrid is one beam closer to becoming a reality: the Ventas elevated park

Ozempic’s great challenge is the rebound effect. Science already has two promising solutions to avoid it

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The rise of medications such as Ozempic, wegovy o Mounjaru has completely transformed the clinical and social landscape of the weight lossmaking many people do not hesitate to ask their family doctor to prescribe it in order to lose weight and also regulate blood sugar. The results during treatment are undeniable, but the big question it raises about medical consultations is what exactly happens when the medication is stopped. What we know. One of the most feared points of this type of treatment is the ‘rebound effect’ which causes that, at the time of stopping the treatment and if eating habits have not been adjusted, a large weight gain will be seen. This is something that causes many people to see that this treatment only gives a few months of ‘thinness’, but science is now trying to avoid this effect. The rebound. An exhaustive analysis published in The BMJ finally put exact figures on this phenomenon so that you can speak appropriately to patients. And what has been seen after analyzing 9,300 participants is that patients recover an average of 0.4 kilos per month after stopping treatment. At this rate, the return to the initial weight before starting therapy occurs in just 1.7 years. But this is also accompanied by a loss of cardiovascular shield at 1.4 years. The solution. one of them it involves taking a pill daily known as orforglipronwhich is nothing more than a non-peptide GLP-1 receptor agonistwhich means that it can be taken orally and not through subcutaneous injections. The idea here is to use the injectable treatment, which is more powerful, for the first few weeks and then transition to this daily pill to consolidate the results without the rebound effect. This not only greatly improves patient comfort, but facilitates mass production by not relying on problematic ‘pens’ containing semaglutide, and helps maintain satiety signaling at the brain level without the invasive impact of the needle. A bacteria. The second line of research points to the intestinal microbiome, by analyzing supplementation with the bacteria Akkermansia muciniphila MucT pasteurized as a tool to avoid the rebound effect after a low-calorie diet. A bacteria that is long known in the field of nutrition for its role in the integrity of the intestinal barrier. After doing the analysisit was seen that the group of patients who received the bacterial supplement recorded a weight recovery of only 13.6%, compared to 32.9% in the control group. But beyond the scale, it has been seen that this bacteria shows a notable preservation of insulin sensitivity, a crucial factor to avoid the development of type 2 diabetes and keep lipid metabolism under control. The future. We are undoubtedly at the beginning of a paradigm shift, since the medical narrative is moving from the short-term “war against kilos” to chronic and sustainable management. But logically, for this to reach the market, we must wait (and not a little) for better results and above all for it to be tested in humans. Images | stefamerpik in Magnific In Xataka | We thought Ozempic was only for weight loss. Science is seeing that it can end alcoholism

Stellantis and Dongfeng have just signed an agreement to produce Jeeps and Peugeots in China, and then bring them from China

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Stellantis and Dongfeng have signed an agreement of production valued at more than 8 billion yuan (approximately 1 billion euros) to manufacture four new vehicles in China under the Jeep and Peugeot brands. This initiative will be channeled through Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile (DPCA), the joint venture that both companies have had for more than three decades. Penetrating China. This agreement is Stellantis’ clearest commitment to adapt to the new reality of the sector. And instead of competing head-on with Chinese manufacturers, the group chooses to rely on its technology and production capacity. The Financial Times point that Chinese buyers have turned their backs on foreign brands, whose market share fell to approximately 30% last year, compared to 64% in 2020. In such an environment, growing alone is almost impossible, so Stellantis has used the classic “if you can’t beat the enemy, join him.” A strategic agreement. The four vehicles will be new energy vehicles (NEV), a category that includes pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and models with a combustion engine acting as a battery generator. The two Peugeots will be based on the design language that the brand presented at this year’s Beijing Motor Show with the Concept 6 and Concept 8, according to account the CnEVPost media. The two Jeeps will have an off-road profile. According to share According to the Financial Times, production will be destined for both the Chinese market and export, in the latter case for destinations such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. The two companies have also agreed to explore broader cooperation outside China. In addition, as the media reports, Stellantis is simultaneously studying transferring capacity from its Rennes plant, in France, to Dongfeng. Jeep’s return to China. The agreement represents the return of the brand’s local production in the country. Jeep abandoned manufacturing there in 2022, when the joint venture was dissolved that Fiat Chrysler (precursor of Stellantis) maintained with GAC. Since then, Stellantis had been importing the vehicles, a formula that was already much less competitive due to price. Between the lines. Dongfeng assumes most of the disbursement, while Stellantis contributes around 130 million euros. There are already clues as to who has the productive and technological capacity, and who provides the brand value. The agreement also benefits from the industrial policies of Hubei province and the city of Wuhan (where the joint venture has its plant), something that has generated criticism in Europe and the United States by interpreting that Western manufacturers are taking advantage of Chinese state subsidies. For Dongfeng, the pact comes at a delicate time. And the manufacturer has fallen behind other large companies such as BYD or Leapmotor, and now the state firm needs both income and international projection. Dongfeng President Qing Yang account that the agreement will be “beneficial for both parties.” Movements. Stellantis has been accelerating its alliances with Chinese partners for weeks. Only last week it announced that it was deepening its collaboration with Leapmotor, in which it has 21% of the capital. The brand will hand over the Villaverde plant, in Madrid, and will expand lines in Zaragoza. That makes Stellantis the first major Western manufacturer to offer European production capacity to a Chinese brand, according to stand out from the Wall Street Journal. Antonio Filosa, CEO of Stellantis, who foresees present its new long-term strategy on May 21has repeated on several occasions that alliances will be a central pillar of the group’s future, a group that we remember closed 2025 with net losses of 22.3 billion euros. And now what. The big question is whether the models leaving Wuhan will have enough Jeep and Peugeot DNA to appeal to the global buyer, or whether they will in practice be Chinese vehicles with a European logo. With Dongfeng taking on most of the funding and technology development, the answer points more towards the latter. We will have to wait to find out how the play ends up turning out. In Xataka | Google gives Android Auto its biggest update yet: new interface, YouTube, Maps redesign, and lots of AI

Microsoft has funded a report showing that Windows laptops are better than the MacBook Neo. There are many questions

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Almost two months after the launch of the MacBook NeoApple’s cheap laptop continues to surprise. To Apple the firstwhich had sales forecasts that they had to fold because it seems that the model has taken off very well in the market. In fact, so well that can be a problem for the company itself. It has also caught walking changed to a segment of Windows laptops that compete in potential, but show that there are sections in which the smallest of the Apple family has no rival. The competition is being tough and something that shows that the Neo is the most successful MacBook in recent years is that Microsoft has supported a report to compare several Windows laptops against the MacBook Neo. And of course, controversy has broken out because the report does not point to key sections that make the Neo so interesting for certain sectors of users. All vs the MacBook Neo Microsoft dominates the laptop landscape. Although there is a recent movement to move to Linuxespecially after Microsoft’s latest actions filling your operating system with ‘junk’ which makes PCs slower (something the company’s CEO himself has acknowledged, stating that they are going to relax their foot on the accelerator of AI), Windows is THE computer operating system. It is accessible, it has been very easy to use for many years and if you buy a PC, it will most likely come with its license. In the highest range they have competition from MacBooks, but for less than 1,000 euros there is no discussion. A laptop for office use, one as a second computer or one for studying is Windows almost yes or yes. There are also Chromebooks out there, but sometimes not even Google remembers them. But of course, a MacBook Neo has arrived with a very attractive price, especially in the United States where, with the student discount, you can get it for $599. As we say, it seems that is entering that segment like a sharp knifeor even for those who already have a Mac and want a simpler one for other types of tasks. And Microsoft is not interested in having market share eaten away. Therefore, as we read in Wccftechhas financed a report to Signal65 to compare certain Windows laptop models against the MacBook Neo. What models? On paper, all four models have better features in many aspects such as storage, RAM, ports or the power of the processors. These are the points where the MacBook Neo falters the most (especially in storage) because its SoC is the A18 Pro of the iPhone 16 Pro with a totally different philosophy. If we look at the Signal65 comparison tables, it is evident that Windows laptops have an advantage over Apple’s. The problem is when you start reading the fine print. For example, in the performance tests, they were all done with the power adapter and here it is important because, while Windows laptops perform better with the adapter, Apple laptops do not distinguish between being plugged in or not (unless they are in power saving mode). On the other hand, comparative tables show certain biases such as pointing out that a larger screen (15.3 inches versus 13 inches) is better for the mere fact of being larger when the MacBook’s has more resolution and pixel density. The battery test has also sparked controversy because yes, one on the list, the IdeaPad Slim 3x, has 56% more battery, but the MacBook’s screen is brighter and, while the IdeaPad has a 60 Wh battery, the MacBook’s is 36.5 Wh. And then the issue of price. While the IdeaPad Slim 3x starts at $449, being a very aggressive device in this sense, the HP starts at $599, the Yoga 7i at $1,099 and the Omnibook at $949. In addition, two of them are convertible, so they are directly in another category. What is overlooked in the comparison is that the MacBook Neo, although it is true that it is not the most powerful, It has a design and build quality that a manufacturer with Windows cannot match for that price, nor can the screen and autonomy in a mobility environment in which you are not always with maximum brightness. It also does not address the efficiency of one system versus the other because, in the end, it is not an analysis, but rather a comparison that does not aim to honestly measure the devices. All five are very interesting and all five have their place in the market, but from the moment you compare pears with apples is when things start to not add up. Asus’s own financial director already pointed out that the launch of the Neo was a blow to the market, stating that all PC manufacturers should look carefully. In the end, the real problem is not how each team performs in the comparison, but rather that it is not a serious analysis either because of the choice of opponents or, above all, because of that great “financed by Microsoft” that shows that Asus’s financial director is not misguided and that the industry must take this Apple product seriously. That Microsoft has funded a biased comparison is important because it enhances the value of independent analyzes and, above all, because if the MacBook Neo is really harming the Windows laptop sector, they will surely respond with products that can stand up to it at the same price and users will win. The bad news is that both the Neo and any type of competition arrive at the worst time, being in the middle of a crisis with no end in sight and that is causing all manufacturers to offer worse RAM and storage configurations… and that is hard impacting even an Apple which has stopped offering some versions of its products. And something important in the background in the comparison: there are sectors in which things are not so much about specifications as about experience, and with the current Windows the experience … Read more

While we continue planning how to colonize the Moon, China already has a bricklayer robot to start building a base

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If we talk about lunar exploration we immediately think of the Artemis programbut the United States is not the only country pushing towards the colonization of our satellite. China also has a program underway and they just showed off a new lunar rover with four wheels and a humanoid upper body. Your job will be to assist in the collection of samples, transportation and deployment of instruments, something like a porter mason. What exactly is it. It is a robot weighing about 100kg with a lower part with four wheels and a humanoid torso with two arms on the upper part. It is not a typical scientific rover, but Its main function is to act as a carrierpicking up and placing different objects and instruments in their positions. The hybrid design, with wheels to move and arms to manipulate, responds to a specific need: on the Moon there are no operators who can move equipment, connect sensors or install instruments. Someone has to do it, and that someone is going to be this robot. Technical challenges. The robot is equipped with AI systems, remote vision and 3D mapping to be able to function in a totally unknown environment. The team that developed it, led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has South China Morning Post that the main challenge is to ensure that both arms move in a coordinated and precise manner to manipulate fragile instruments. On Earth it is already a complex task, but here you will have to do it in a hostile environment with extreme temperatures, uneven terrain and no one who can repair a possible breakdown. To operate, the robot is powered by solar energy and is designed to operate for two years on the lunar surface, which implies that it will spend 24 lunar nights, each of more than 14 Earth days. During these periods, as it does not receive sunlight, the robot will have to enter a hibernation state and wake up at the beginning of a new day. The mission. The robot is part of the Chang’e-8 missionscheduled for 2028-2029. It will be the eighth mission of the series Chang’e, which China has been using since 2007 to progressively explore the Moon: first orbiters, then landers, rovers and sample collection. The goal of the Chang’e-8 mission is to deliver materials and begin preparing the ground for a permanent presence at the lunar south pole. That’s why the robot is not only designed to explore, but also works. Chang’e-8 is a key part of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), the joint project of China and Russia to build a base on the Moon using 3D printing techniques. Why the south pole. The choice of location is not accidental. The lunar south pole has great strategic importance for space agencies because It is where reserves of water ice have been discovered in its craters. That ice has the potential to become fuel, oxygen and water for any permanent base. Whoever arrives first, learns to navigate the terrain and installs more instruments will have a huge advantage. That is why both Chang’e-8 and Artemis III go to the same region. Image | Xataka with Gemini In Xataka | China’s most ambitious space project: an advanced hyperspectral satellite to make a “CT” of the Earth

The manufacturers promised them happy with “Ultra” phones up to the top of specs. The RAM crisis has other plans for them

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Being an Ultra is not usually the best, unless you are a mobile phone. For years, manufacturers have been throwing darts at each other, launching models designed by and to demonstrate muscle. There was a manufacturer who threw the first stone, and the rest began to follow him. Today, with the component crisis that AI is causing, are in danger. The beginning of everything. The first “Ultra” mobile phone on the market was the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. The company did a fairly marketing exercise: 108 megapixel camera, 100x zoom… everything in a big way. Was it the best Galaxy to date? Yes. Was it a strategy to set a new industry standard through an even more striking surname? Also. China wakes up. China was quick to react to Samsung’s message. Xiaomi responded with the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultraa phone that debuted 120W fast charging (absolute nonsense a few years ago), 120x zoom to surpass Samsung, and even a transparent finish to show off its hardware. It was the first Chinese mobile phone to fully enter the war: “we are going to put absolutely everything we can into a mobile phone, whether it is useful or not.” And from then on, the party began. Raised to the absurd. The war to launch increasingly powerful Ultra models is beginning to move away from its original objective. Samsung launched a first model with oversized specs, but with a certain commercial purpose. Manufacturers like Vivo launch phones like the 300Ultra They are sold directly in a kit that makes their price practically unattainable, and some of the direct rivals of Samsung and Apple surpass Western brands in price. Chinese manufacturers do not want to sell them, they want to continue demonstrating technological leadership. in check. As pointed out Ice Universethe flagship Ultra is in danger, and some of the big Chinese brands are considering pausing this product line. The Chinese Ultra is not born to sell in volume, and the Pro models or series number (Xiaomi 17simply) are those who are born to sell, even in China. The increase in costs of components such as internal memory or RAM makes launching Ultra models even more complicated, unless the manufacturer wants to raise the price to the absurd. Yes, but. Despite Ice’s predictions, it seems unlikely that the RAM crisis could completely knock down the Ultra models. Manufacturers have been betting for years on a strategy that allows them to reduce costs and continue advancing in their product line: launching exactly the same mobile year after year, but with some additional touches. This allows you to contain costs, recycle parts and reduce R&D spending, while maintaining memory configurations that cannot be reversed. Be that as it may, it seems inevitable that the RAM crisis will completely affect the mobile market, and that in 2027 we will see progress in dribs and drabs. In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2026), we have tested them and here are their analyzes

The Google Pixel 10 is cheaper than ever, but only until Monday at MediaMarkt

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He Google Pixel 10 It remains one of the most desired phones of the year. If you have been wanting to buy it for a while and have postponed the purchase decision many times, now is a good time to buy it at MediaMarkt. Until next Monday, May 17, you can get the latest smartphone launched by Google with an extra 10% discount (in addition to already being discounted in the “Worldwide Offers” campaign). To benefit from that discount, you have to copy the code ‘PIXEL10MAY‘ when you already have the mobile phone in the shopping cart. The base model, thanks to this code, remains available for 539.10 euros. Although it is not the only Google Pixel that you can buy with this code. These are other models in which it applies: The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Android 16 and seamless Gemini integration in the palm of your hand One of the notable things about this Google Pixel 10 It is control over your brain. This is thanks to the processor G5 tensionerdesigned entirely by Google and manufactured by TSMC. This means that the phone heats up less and also highlights the integration with Gemini. The Google Pixel 10 is also a genius of computational photography 2.0. He 50 MP main sensor It now works with a much faster NPU (Neural Processing Unit), allowing a night mode in video that will seem like magic and instant photo processing. The screen of this Google Pixel 10 is Actua 6.3-inch OLEDso the compact size continues to be Google’s hallmark for its base smartphone in this latest generation. It can also be noted that, with this model, Google keeps its promise and guarantees operating system updates (Android 16) for seven years. ⚡ IN BRIEF: offer for the Google pixel 10 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 mobile Pixelsnap Case for Google Pixel 10 & Pixel 10 Pro 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 | Is it a good time to buy a Pixel 10 or will the price drop soon? This is what the data tells us

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