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this changes just before paying

July 3, 2026 by usatoday24

Probably, like us until a few hours ago, you have also wondered what was really going to change with the new rate that the European Union began to apply from July 1 from 2026 to certain shipments of up to 150 euros coming from outside its borders. In recent days there has been a lot of talk about the measure, its objectives and its impact on different e-commerce platforms. However, there was a much simpler and, at the same time, much more important question: when would we end up paying. To find out, I went through exactly the same path that any user would follow, searching for products on Temu, AliExpress, Amazon and SHEIN that were most likely to arrive from outside the community market. Very soon I discovered that the first clue was not in the price or the cart, but in the labels of the platforms themselves. In Temu, for example, finding a product marked as “Sent from Spain” does not mean the same as another identified as “Local warehouse”, a difference that may affect what comes next. Temu marks some products as “Local warehouse”, although that label does not necessarily guarantee that the shipment leaves from Spain. The difference between both labels is much more important than it seems. When consulting the explanation offered by Temu herself, I verified that “Sent from Spain” means that, according to the platform’s historical data, that article has been sent exclusively from Spain during the previous three months. “Local warehouse”, however, does not guarantee that. Temu explains that these products are more likely to arrive sooner because they are sent from your country or region, or from nearby countries or regions, an important nuance because it leaves open the possibility that the order comes from another point in Europe and not necessarily from Spain. Temu differentiates between “Local warehouse” and “Sent from Spain”: this second label does point to a recent history of shipments from Spain The first warning appeared even before adding the product to the basket, directly on the item sheet, where the platform warns that “additional customs-related fees will apply.” However, it has not yet indicated how much they will cost. When accessing the cart, the amount remains the same and only invites you to consult the final payment. It is in the last step, just before clicking “Process order”, when the complete breakdown appears with a new line called “Customs clearance service fee”, which in my tests amounted to 3 euros plus the applicable VAT. Temu already warns in the product sheet that additional fees may apply The cost of the fee does not appear in the cart: Temu incorporates it in the step prior to processing the order, when it already shows the final total to pay AliExpress also ended up adding an additional cost during my testing, but the way it was presented was different. Instead of incorporating a “Customs Clearance Service Fee”, the platform displayed a “Estimation of customs charges” for a total of 3.63 euros. When clicking on that concept, AliExpress explained that it was an estimate of taxes and duties calculated before completing the purchase, also adding that there would be no additional charges at the time of delivery. Although the amount matched exactly what it had seen on Temu, the information was presented in a different way. On AliExpress, the charge appears within the final summary of the order: 3.63 euros under the concept of “Estimate taxes” Amazon was the only case where my tests did not reproduce the same behavior I had seen on Temu and AliExpress. For several hours I tried to locate products shipped from outside the EU to see if the new charge also appeared during the purchase process, but I couldn’t find any examples that showed it. That experience, however, did not necessarily mean that the platform had chosen not to apply the new measure, so I decided to directly address the question to the company. A spokesperson responded with the following statement. “The vast majority of customer orders in our stores within the European Union are shipped from the EU and are not affected by this new customs fee. For the small number of items that are shipped cross-border to the EU, the €3 import fee is a requirement set by European law and is submitted directly to customs authorities. It is not an Amazon fee. Customers will clearly see the import fee before completing their purchase.” After what I saw in Temu and AliExpress I expected to find similar behavior in SHEIN, but the experience was different. I chose a product sold by SHENZHENJIAYU, a Chinese seller, and went through the exact same process until the last step before payment. On this occasion the amount remained unchanged from the item sheet to the checkout. In addition, the platform itself displayed a message indicating that the final price includes applicable import taxes, without incorporating an independent line that would break down any additional costs during the purchase. At SHEIN, the total remained unchanged until the last step – a separate line for the new rate did not appear during the purchase process At this point, the question was no longer which platform showed an additional charge and which did not, but who actually ends up bearing that new cost. The answer is not as simple as it seems. The regulations create a new right applicable to certain low-value shipments, but do not require that it is always the consumer who assumes it financially. From there, each company’s strategy comes into play. During my tests, Temu and AliExpress ended up increasing the amount I had to pay to complete the purchase, while at SHEIN I did not see that change. This does not mean that some platforms apply the measure and others do not, but rather that they may decide to transfer that cost in different ways or even integrate it into the final price. When I carried out these tests, the new measure had … Read more

Tomorrow the best science fiction series of the moment returns, with a twist in its story that has given it a perfect score

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

This July 3 comes to AppleTV the third season of ‘Silo‘. And this marks the halfway point of the series: in December 2024, Apple confirmed the simultaneous renewal of a third and fourth season, and stated that the latter was conceived as the definitive closure of the story. We are halfway through this exciting series, and everything seems to indicate that we are once again facing an event: the third season boasts 100% from critics on Rotten Tomatoesthe best so far. ‘Silo’ is set in a toxic and uninhabitable future in which 10,000 people live locked in a gigantic 144-story underground silo, with no memory of how or why they got there, and firmly believing that going outside means certain death. The series follows Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson), a low-level engineer who, after the suspicious death of the sheriff, begins to unravel the thread of lies that sustain the social order of the underground complex. In this new season, Juliette has become mayor of Silo 18, but with memory gaps about what she has experienced outside, with the community trying to rebuild itself after the rebellion of the previous season and facing a new threat. In parallel, the season opens a second timeline set centuries agocentered on a congressman and a journalist who begin to uncover the conspiracy that would end up leading to the construction of the silos. This half “from the past” largely adapts ‘Shift’, the second book of Hugh Howey’s trilogy on which the series is inspired and which Minotauro has published in Spanish, and is the main novelty of this season compared to the previous two, focused almost exclusively on Juliette’s present. The praise for this new season has not stopped appearing in the last week, and the originality of the time jump stands out above all. The setting, interpretations and, as always on Apple TV+, ambition of the series, make it an absolutely essential event for science fiction lovers. In Xataka | Today one of the most acclaimed Marvel superhero series of all time returns to Disney+

This is what the new Creative XF1 speakers are like

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

Although there are those who prefer headphones when sitting in front of the PC, there are also many users who prefer some speakers. Creative has presented some new ones that are ideal if, in addition to a good sound, you are looking for something minimalist that looks great on the table: they are the Creative XF1 and will be available next August 6 by 159.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Powerful, clear sound, even with Bluetooth These new Creative speakers, available in both black and white, have a power of 72 W and a frequency range of 55 Hz to 40 kHz. Creative promises that this will allow us to have clear sound with lots of detailboth when watching movies and listening to music and even playing video games. Another point to highlight about them is that they have double Hi-Res Audio certificationboth through USB audio or analog input or if we use them through LDAC with Bluetooth 6.0. They also incorporate a 3.5 millimeter input and a dedicated subwoofer output, making it a fairly versatile speaker system. To all of the above we must add two more details. The first is that, thanks to the Creative Nexus app, we can customize the audio to the millimeter, even creating different profiles with the settings. The other is that each unit of these Creative XF1 weighs just over a kilowhich allows us to reorganize the space we have on the table without much effort. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: creative xf1 ✅ THE BEST High quality sound, including Bluetooth: They are two speakers to have great sound whether with music, movies or video games. And with Bluetooth you don’t lose quality. Minimalist design: It has a pretty cool and minimalist design, ideal to have on the table. ❌ THE WORST Its price: Its launch price is almost 160 euros, although it is likely that we can find them cheaper after a while. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for a speaker system with good sound quality and that offers many options, both for connection and customization. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… You prefer a simpler or cheaper alternative, even if it means giving up a little sound quality. You may also be interested Logitech Z150 Compact Speaker System, 3.5 mm Audio Input, Built-in Controls, Headphone Jack, EU Plug, Computer/Smartphone/Tablet/Music Player, Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links CREATIVE T60 Compact 2.0 Desktop Speakers with Clear Dialog and Sound Blaster Surround, USB-C Audio, Microphone and Headphone Ports, Bluetooth 5.0, for Computers and Laptops 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 | Creative In Xataka | Best wireless over-ear headphones. Which one to buy and five recommended models In Xataka | Best Bluetooth speakers in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and seven recommended models

a 90 degree bridge

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

A small miscalculation can be fatal if it accumulates throughout an entire chain of command. A deviation of centimeters can, for example, become a road that deviates several meters from its destination when tens of kilometers have been laid out. These are things that can happen and what they can have dramatic results when someone, very far into the project, realizes what happened. They are small deviations, very small errors in calculations that designers, draftsmen and engineers try to correct throughout an entire project. In the end, the possibility of someone screwing up is there and it is something that can happen. Of course, there are cases and cases. They are called “invisible errors”those that only appear when one is already involved in the work or has even finished it. But what happened in the city of Aishbagh, an industrial area in northern India, does not quite fit the definition of “invisible errors.” For example, the image that heads this article. Seven engineers suspended and 2.3 million thrown in the trash “Controversial.” This is how they define NDTV to the so-called “90 Degree Bridge”. A definition that, evidently, seems to fall too short for those who decided to suspend the seven engineers in charge of the project (two of them chief engineers) and investigate the companies involved. The problem was as simple as the name is explicit. The Public Works Department (PWD) needed to erect a bridge to save some train tracks. Construction progressed and last year the opening day arrived. A festive moment if it weren’t for the fact that the bridge instantly became a meme. And on one side, the curve was little more than a corner. A fold that evidently prevented two cars from circulating at the same time through this space and that could cause very serious accidents. In Tribune India explain that the bridge issue led Mohan Yadav, head of Madhya Pradesh, the region in which Aishbagh is located, to give explanations for X. In them they indicated that they were committed to finding a solution to the bridge issue and that, evidently, it would be impassable until they found a way to repair the damage. Essential, of course, for a space that was intended to be key for the passage to either side of the tracks of up to 300,000 people, they explain in Vice. Since then, the issue of the bridge has been on the table of the two main administrations involved, the one responsible for road traffic and the railways. A problem that has lasted a whole year and it was not until a few weeks ago when it was decided that the curve would be softened taking advantage of the fact that the path was going to be widened. The most curious thing is that, explain our colleagues from Motorpasión Mexicothe bridge It does not have a 90º turn. This is the colloquial way of referring to the bizarre design. The bridge actually has a bend of 118º, as stated in a report that It also surprised in India. A year later, the administrations have already agreed and the bridge should be being renovated. The companies in charge of its construction and design, which, as political leader Mohan Yadav explained, have been included on a blacklist, will not do so. Photo | Gemsofbabus on X and Google Maps In Xataka | Seville has had serious traffic problems on the SE-30 for decades: a 3.5 kilometer megabridge aims to solve them

“The death of the star is not the end, but the beginning of a new chapter”

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

The future of the Sun it is written. Like any star its size, it is expected that there will come a time when it runs out of fuel, swelling and becoming a red giant. Then, later on, it will expel its outermost layers and its core will collapse under the effect of gravity, becoming a cold and dense white dwarf. It will be a process that will take about 5,000 million years to occur and that, logically, will influence the planets that revolve around it. Including Earth. That’s why scientists are so interested in studying exoplanets around white dwarfs. They want to “travel to the future” and see what will become of our own planet and its neighbors. The problem is that, while many of these exoplanets have been found, it is generally very difficult to delve into their atmosphere and study their history. Until now, it had been impossible, but the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived to change that trend. Colder than expected. A team of scientists from several American universities has used the James Webb to enter the atmosphere of WD 1856bsimilar to Jupiter in orbit and size, which is currently orbiting a white dwarf. James Webb is not capable of solving the reasons why it is so complicated to study these exoplanets. However, thanks to the development of new analysis models, these researchers have been able to analyze its atmosphere. The composition, in reality, has not caught their attention too much. On the other hand, its temperature has. If we compare it with Jupiter, a temperature of -113ºC would be expected. However, 126ºC was measured. It is too hot, both for an exoplanet around a white dwarf, and for an exoplanet with the characteristics of Jupiter. Chronicle of a death foretold. In its early stages of life, a star remains “on” while It fuses hydrogen nuclei and transforms them into helium. While this happens in the core, there are two forces that remain in balance. On the one hand, gravity, which pushes all the material inward. And, on the other hand, the radiation pressure, which is generated by the effect of fusion in the stellar core and pushes outward. So far so good. The problem is that hydrogen is not infinite. When spent in the core, the forces are no longer in balance. Gravity overcomes radiation pressure, so the core is pushed inward and compressed. It heats up so much that the helium that remained in the core acquires the ability to fuse, becoming a new fuel, which will be transformed into carbon and oxygen. All this heating also “ignites” the hydrogen in the outer layers, which until now remained inactive. It begins to merge as well and the star grows outward. We have a big, hot red giant. The process repeats itself, but there comes a time when these new layers that form are expelled by the stellar winds and only the core remains, now cold and very dense. We have a white dwarf. Logically, it is a process that has consequences on the planets that orbit the star. In the case of the solar system, it is known that Mercury and Venus would perish. With the Earth things are not so clear, but it does not look good. What exoplanets around a white dwarf tell us. Numerous cases of exoplanets have been detected around white dwarfs. Studying them is opening a window to the future of the Earth and its neighbors. However, it is not something easy to study. Generally, the atmosphere of exoplanets is studied during transits. That is, when the planet passes between its star and our telescopes. At this time, light from the star is filtered through the planet’s atmosphere, so the resulting spectra can be analyzed and its chemical composition understood. The problem is that, normally, exoplanets are much smaller than their star, but that is not the case with those that orbit a white dwarf. This exoplanet, for example, is seven times larger than its star. Therefore, if normally the atmosphere of a transiting planet is completely on the disk of its star, in this case only a small part is. It was necessary to refine the analysis methods with the James Webb to be able to analyze the atmosphere of WD 1856b. too hot. The wavelength at which objects emit light can also give us clues about their temperature. Therefore, this procedure was used to calculate the temperature of the exoplanet. As we have already seen, it turned out to be too hot. The hypothesis. It is not known for sure what causes these inconsistencies, but the study authors have some hypotheses. They consider that the planet possibly reached its maximum temperature billions of years after its star became a white dwarf. Then, far from cooling as it would normally have, it was affected by a nearby binary star, whose tidal influence not only warmed it. It also moved it away from its orbit. All this took him away from what was expected, but above all it kept him alive. As explained in Science Alert one of the authors of the studyRyan MacDonald, this planet, like all exoplanets around a white dwarf, demonstrates that the death of the star is not the end of the planet, but a new chapter. Earth may not be influenced by a binary star, but there are many factors that can keep it alive. There may no longer be humans to see it, but perhaps there will be a new form of life. If humanity has not destroyed the planet beforeneither may the collapse of the Sun. That’s good news. More or less. Image | NASA, ESA, CSA, R. Crawford (STScI) In Xataka | What astronomers thought was going to be a boring supernova has revealed an enigma of galactic dust

Sony has told you why it stops selling games in physical format. The real reason, of course, is the same as always: money

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

Sony has announced that in January 2028 will stop manufacturing physical discs for PlayStation. Among the brief reasons given for making this decision is adapting to the player’s preferences, and following the trends that rule the industry: digital games sell more than physical ones, therefore, this is the choice of the players, which must be adhered to. However, what you have to look at there to find Sony’s true motives is “best sellers.” And specifically, we have to ask ourselves what economic benefit Sony extracts from these sales. The clear accounts. You just have to take note of the profit percentages that Sony makes with each game sold to understand the operation. According to the analysis of consultant Serkan Toto, Kantan GamesSony receives around 54% more for each digital copy of its own game than for the same physical copy. At a price of 70 dollars, a digital game leaves you the full 70 dollars, because there is no external store that takes commission (of course, from there you have to extract development, marketing and corporate costs, if the game is from an external studio). The same title on disc, after deducting the distributor’s margin (about 30%) and the manufacturing cost (about 5%), is left with a profit of about $45.50. Although the calculation is approximate and countless external actors must be taken into account (especially third parties), the comparison makes clear the maxim that is guiding these decisions: the fewer intermediaries, the greater the profit margin per unit. Less physical. Added to this is that the physical aspect already weighs little in the company’s overall income statement. According to a corporate report of the company itselfphysical software represented only 3% of its revenue in 2024. All these decisions must also be contextualized: at a time when Your Playstation 6 can cost a thousand euros sales price and that the current component crisis promises not only to continue, but directly double next yearcutting that 3% can save millions. Kill the second hand. There is another figure that should be taken into account: resale. Every second-hand record that changes ownership is a sale from which Sony does not see a euro. An Alinea Analytics analyst said that “what this is all about is profitability and control for PlayStation”, two very juicy terms in this new situation because a digital code, apart from all the savings in intermediaries that we said above, is linked to a personal account that cannot be resold or lent. Every second-hand product that Sony was unable to sell now becomes a new purchase at full price, or is not produced at all. This second-hand market is not exactly marginal, and is now being seen to disappear. GameStop saw a 14% drop in its quarterly revenue last March, and explicitly attributed to the shift towards digital. The analysis firm Circana estimates that spending on new physical games in the United States has fallen to 1.6 billion dollars in the last year, compared to a maximum of 11.5 billion in 2009. In other words, we have had an almost uninterrupted decline for seventeen years. It’s the market, friend. Sony has taken the most aggressive step, but the direction had already been set from different parts of the sector for some time. A week before Sony’s announcement, Rockstar confirmed that The physical edition of ‘GTA VI’ will not have a disc version. Both Xbox and Playstation have sold versions of their latest consoles without a disc reader. It is an inescapable trend, which began on PC and in stores that have ended up becoming massive options, such as Steam, and which reveals that a corporation will always prefer, rather than a one-time sale, that we are subscribed (literally or figuratively) to a constant purchase, to a service that never ends. Therefore, saying that the player has chosen digital for convenience is, at the very least, a liquid truth. As he told newsletter ‘Friday in Kiribati’we must not get carried away by that discourse: we have not chosen the preeminence of the digital, it has been imposed on us: “it seems that during the last decade no one has designed consoles without a reader, exclusive discounts for digital versions, subscription catalogs, stores integrated (and hyperpresent) in the designs of the systems, games that, despite having the disc, need to connect to the internet (…) nor have they invested obscene amounts of money in convincing us that getting up from the couch to change a disc was a thing. of the past.” Image | Photo of Alexey Savchenko in Unsplash

“With two or three days a week changes are already noticeable”

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

The arrival of the sixth decade of life is usually accompanied by an alarmist message about inevitable physical decline, with all the health problems that entails. To be able to deal with this, the important thing is to start exercising as soon as possible, and when you reach this age it is not necessary to go to the gym every day or subject your body to exhausting sessions. The science. Scientific evidence and clinical experience converge on a much more accessible point, which is the possibility of strength training two or three days per week, since it is the optimal threshold to generate structural, functional and perceptible changes in a short period of time. The experts. The physiotherapist and therapeutic exercise specialist Agus Oliver recently explained it in an interview for Infobae, making clear that with two or three days a week you can already notice important changes if the work is well planned. According to his clinical experience, the success of the intervention does not lie in leaving destroyed after hours of continuous effort, but in executing programs of between thirty and forty-five minutes consistently. This moderate frequency also allows the introduction of complementary disciplines such as Pilates, which adds body control and mobility to the gain of strength, without overloading the patient’s joint structures. The tests. This perspective is deeply rooted in the strictest international guidelines. Here the WHO itself, in a physical activity guide published in 2020points out that for older adults it is essential to accumulate between one hundred and fifty to three hundred minutes of moderate aerobic activity per week. But to this recommendation they add that strength training of large muscle groups during two or more days a week provides substantial additional benefits in fall prevention and functionality. Two points that are fundamental when you reach a certain age to maintain good autonomy. Rest is essential. Given the idea that more minutes of exercise means physical improvement on a linear scale, the American College of Sports Medicine point to the need to respect about 48 hours of rest between sessions that involve the same muscle group. In our country, the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology joins this consensus and explicitly endorses that strengthening the muscles two or three days per week is the most effective strategy to optimize walking, facilitate the use of stairs and drastically reduce the risk of accidents, recommending not working the same area on consecutive days. a study published by the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2025 pointed out directly that traditional strength protocols, carried out precisely at those frequencies of two or three days a week, are capable of improving knee extension strength by up to 46%. Additionally, multicomponent programs increased the distance covered in the six-minute walk test by more than 13%, while interval training improved maximum oxygen consumption by almost six percent. We are talking about measurable clinical changes in a matter of weeks, which restore autonomy to patients without the need to impose unacceptable routines. Images | Center for Aging Better In Xataka | Muscle as medicine: this is how strength training protects your heart, your brain and your life expectancy

China launches the first factory for personalized vaccines with artificial intelligence

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

Cancer treatment is on the verge of a historic revolution driven by the hyperpersonalization of medicine. Until now we were working with the idea of manufacturing general medicines to treat cancer, but the idea of manufacturing a unique and exclusive medicine for the genetics of each patient’s tumor has been around for years in laboratories, but the great bottleneck has always been the manufacturing time and, logically, the immense costs. A new step. China just gave the green light to the world’s first production line for cancer vaccines powered entirely by artificial intelligence. Located in Beijing, this facility is owned by Likang Life Sciences, a firm that has invested approximately $16.1 million in setting up a factory designed to operate at unprecedented speed. Its most advanced product is the LK101 neoantigen vaccine and it delegates the complex task of sequencing tumor DNApromising to synthesize customized doses in just one day. The definitive objective of this technological deployment is for patients to receive their personalized injection a few days after undergoing the biopsy. Why an AI? The key here is in the “neoantigens”, small mutated proteins that are exclusively in tumor cells and in each patient we find specific antigens. Here AI intervenes as an ultra-fast analytical engine by scrutinizing the tumor’s genetic information and predicting which parts of the antigen will be most effective in awakening and directing immune system cells to kill the tumor. Because here the only thing we seek is to activate the natural defenses we have, as we already do with immunotherapy, so that it is able to find tumor cells and destroy them, just as it does, for example, when we have an infection. But this is a process that requires great personalization and, above all, great speed to act as soon as possible on patients. And this is something an AI can do. for a long time Science has been paving this path, as we saw with an article published in 2024 which demonstrated that the integration of AI in the design of mRNA and DNA oncological vaccines is essential to know with maximum accuracy the composition of a tumor and its weak points. And to avoid failures, the algorithms are trained with large databases that we already have, where all the possible variants that a tumor may have are found. Another good news is that pioneering publications in Nature had already demonstrated the feasibility of RNA vaccines to induce specific and memory immune responses in patients with melanoma or even in such lethal and complex tumors. like pancreatic cancer. The nuance. It must be made very clear, first of all, that the promising results obtained in animals do not directly guarantee success in all patients, with clinical efficacy in humans still being very limited. And currently the vast majority of studies focused on this new personalized treatment are in very early stages. On the other hand, although China has built the first large algorithmic factory, its clinical research ecosystem remains very closed, and the data indicates that between 2014 and 2024 89 clinical trials of oncological vaccines were registered in this country. Something that greatly clashes with the 757 tests that have been carried out in the United States in this same period. And more limited. Added to this is that Chinese trials have an almost exclusively domestic vocation, with barely 2.2% global reach compared to 47.6% in the United States. But they also address less oncological diversity, focusing on about 5 types of cancer compared to the more than 20 studied by North American competitors. Images | Testalize In Xataka | Cancer in people under 50 years of age has been growing for decades. A macro study finally points to the big culprit: biological aging

Samsung starts July with its summer sales

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

Were you waiting to get a Galaxy S26? Samsung launched these phones at the beginning of 2026 and, although we have seen them on sale other times, not with discounts. Whether we didn’t get these previous offers or if we were waiting for a greater discount, a new purchase window has just opened in the official Samsung store. And for the three phones that make up this Galaxy S family. Galaxy S26 Ultra (12+256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This store has a new round of sales right now with which we can get one of these phones at a very good price. We are going to detail the complete information below, but it is worth noting that they also have a special discount on refrigerators by using the code ‘FRIO10’. Galaxy S26 We start with the most compact of the family, the Galaxy S26. It is a device that has a 6.3-inch screen with 120 Hz in a body that only weighs 167 grams. Its processor is Samsung’s Exynos 2600 and it has 12 GB of RAM, a tandem that will give us outstanding performance for years. It has a very well optimized 4,300 mAh battery, seven years of guaranteed updates and lots of AI. Now, time for the offer. Let’s break it down step by step so you can see how to get them cheaper using the model with 256 GB of storage as example: The RRP of the device is 999 euros, but right now it is reduced to 799 euros. If we use PayPal or Samsung Pay as a payment method, we will get an extra discount of 50 euros. Also, using the code ‘SAMSUNG5‘, we will receive an additional 5% discount. When you put the phone in the cart, a gift case will automatically be added to it. Finally, if we request a code from the Samsung store expert chat, we will get a gift charger. In this way, its final price is 711.55 euros (a 29% total discount). Do you prefer the model with 512 GB of storage? You can apply the same discounts and get it for 901.5 euros (its RRP is 1,199 euros). The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Galaxy S26+ If you like what the previous Samsung phone offers, but prefer it to be a little larger, then you may be more interested in the Galaxy S26+. It is a very similar device to the previous one, although with a 6.7-inch screen (and QHD+ resolution) in this case. and with a 4,900 mAh battery with 45 W fast charging. As before, we are going to break down the different discounts and promotions using the cheapest model with 256 GB of storage as an example: The RRP of the device is 1,249 euros, but right now it is available for 1,019 euros. If we use PayPal or Samsung Pay as a payment method, we will get an extra discount of 50 euros. Also, using the code ‘SAMSUNG5‘, we will receive an additional 5% discount. When you put the phone in the cart, a gift case will automatically be added to it. Finally, if we request a code from the Samsung store expert chat, we will take a charger as a gift. In this way, its final price is 920.55 euros (a 26% total discount). As with the Galaxy S26, we can buy the 512 GB version of this mobile for a little more. Specifically, for 1,091.55 euros. Galaxy S26+ (12 + 256 GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Galaxy S26 Ultra And we finish with the Galaxy S26 Ultraone of the best phones of 2026. This Samsung phone has a spectacular 6.9-inch screen with anti-reflective treatment, although its most notable novelty is privacy function. In addition, it has the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 under the hood (the best Android processor currently) and a very versatile camera system that achieve spectacular results in photography and video. All without forgetting its 5,000 mAh battery with 65 W fast charging. In this case it is a little different from the previous ones, since the Galaxy S26 Ultra has three different memory configurations. Let’s see how the cheapest one turns out: The RRP of the device is 1,449 euros, but with this offer it starts at 1,199 euros. If we use PayPal or Samsung Pay as a payment method, in this case we will have a discount of 100 euros. Also, using the code ‘SAMSUNG5‘, we will receive an additional 5% discount. Finally, if we request a code from the Samsung store expert chat, we will get a charger as a gift. In this way, its final price is 1,044.05 euros (a 28% total discount). With 512 GB of storage, the price at which the phone would remain is 1,196.05 euros. If you prefer the one with the most memory of all, which has 1 TB of storage, its price would remain at 1,424.05 euros. It is important to note that the latter is the only one that has 16 GB of RAM (the others have 12 GB). Galaxy S26 Ultra (12+256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links What if you need a new refrigerator? As we anticipated a little above, we have a very good opportunity to renew refrigerator with the offers that Samsung has active right now. Many of their appliances have a base discount that, added to a discount code, means we have very sweet prices. We leave you three examples below. Combi refrigerator RB34C775CS9/EF: a model with 344 liters of total capacity and energy efficiency C, whose RRP is 969 euros, but is currently reduced to 678 euros. We can use the code ‘FRIO10’ and with it, its price remains at 610 eurosso it’s 37% off. Combi Refrigerator 185cm 344L Class C Inox RB34C775CS9/EF The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Combi refrigerator RB34C632DSA/EF: a refrigerator that has a … Read more

Some millionaires wanted to build a city in the middle of a desert that did not convince anyone. They have had another idea: a shipyard

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

Residents of Solano County, northwest of the San Francisco Bay Area, realized that someone had been secretly shopping a large amount of farmland. In fact, even the army He asked who had been purchasing all the land around one of his military bases located in that county. After much investigation, it was learned that behind these purchases there was a group of Silicon Valley billionaires with a plan as utopian as it is controversial: build an entire city from scratch, in the middle of dry fields. A secret land purchase. It all started in 2018, when a company called Flannery Associates was acquiringlittle by little, agricultural plots throughout the county. The owners received figures well above the market value, but no one knew who was behind the purchase. The county itself detected that a single company was purchasing large amounts of land and asked for an explanation. It wasn’t until 2023 when it came to light that Flannery was actually the real estate arm of California Foreverand that investors had been secretly buying land in Solano since 2018, until finally announcing their true purpose: to build there a new city. By then they already had some 24,281 hectares and between 800 and 900 million dollars invested. Who puts the money. The name that shows the face is Jan Srameka former Goldman Sachs trader of Czech origin. But behind the project there are Silicon Valley investors like Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell JobsLinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, as well as Michael Moritz, former partner at Sequoia Capital. His initial idea was to build a walkable city in the style of New York’s West Village, designed to attract high-net-worth employees driven by housing shortage in Silicon Valley. The plan stood on paper, but I needed something to only county voters of Solano could grant: change the law Solano County’s “Orderly Growth Initiative” of 1984, known as Measure A, which protects agricultural soil. Without that permission from the citizens there was no city possible. Water, the great obstacle. That’s where the problems started. Solano It is not an area with water leftover, and the neighbors immediately saw the risk of shortage to build a new city and increase consumption. Congressman John Garamendi, one of the most critical voices of the project, assured that “From the beginning, I have maintained that the proposed project was just a pipe dream, not a real plan. Accelerating the process without a comprehensive environmental and community review would have been disastrous for the current residents of Solano County”, criticizing that the project did not take into account that it was a site without water, without sanitation and without roads. The company tried to promote a campaign to win the vote of the citizens in 2024, which became one of the most expensive in the history of the county, and even then it was not enough. The vote was withdrawn and the project was, for the moment, frozen. The turn towards the shipyard. After that blow to the continuity of the project, California Forever changed its arguments. Instead of first selling a city in the middle of nowhere, he now sells a plan of industrialization with connections to the military: a shipyard in which to build ships equipped with the latest technology in naval defense, and close to the Travis military base. The new plan pivots on two axes. On the one hand, the Solano Foundryan industrial park of about 850 hectares located just over an hour from San Francisco that aims to become the factory for robotics projects and materialize all the R&D of Silicon Valley. On the other hand, the Solano Shipyarda complex of about 3,035 hectares designed to house several shipyards dedicated to military and civil naval construction. The idea with this turn is clearly to first attract the industrial fabric and employment, and then cover the housing needs of its workers by building the city that had been projected from the beginning. Unions, Trump and what remains to be decided. To win over Solano this time, California Forever has played another card: unions. The company signed with the construction union council and the carpenters union a labor agreement for the next 40 years on the 28,328 hectares of land it owns, in which it undertakes to hire your affiliates in the construction of that city. The speech is also supported by national politics and from California Forever they defend that building shipyards on the west coast is necessary to stand up to Chinaand has sought to fit the project into the SHIPS Actthe law that Trump has promoted to reindustrialize the US naval industry. A report Commissioned by the Bay Area Council, it estimates some $215 billion in private investment and the generation of 530,000 jobs in this industrialization plan for the area. However, the shipyard remains without a permit from the county, and the chosen land is next to the Suisun Marsh protected areaone of the largest brackish water wetlands on the West Coast. Water, again, will decide if this project remains a promise or becomes something real. In Xataka | The other war between the US and China is in the shipyards Image | Unsplash (Daniel J. Schwarz, Charlie Huston)

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