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Samsung has set a date for when we will return to paying “normal” for the memory of our PCs

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Samsung has recognizedbluntly, that memory chip shortage Not only will it not subside in the short term, but it will worsen. It did so in its second quarter earnings conference, after its semiconductor division multiplied by more than 250 times its profits compared to 2025, a figure that alone explains why its shares skyrocketed as soon as this news became known. Jaejune Kim, executive vice president of Samsung’s memory business, was blunt to analysts: the supply shortage will worsen next year and continue into the next. No nuances or ambiguous deadlines: this company manufactures a good part of the memory chips that our computers, mobile phones and servers use, and assumes that this problem has no immediate solution. However, between the lines Samsung has also dropped a clue about when prices will begin to behave more normally. This is what users are interested in knowing: when will we stop pay outrageous prices by a simple expansion of the RAM of our PC or by an SSD unit, and if we will ever return to the prices before the crisis. The countdown to normality Samsung has explained that its long-term supply agreements, signed with the five largest data center companies in the world, will have a minimum duration of five years and will cover between 60% and 70% of its total capacity. There is the first relevant clue: if these contracts start now and extend for five years, the capacity not committed by them (which could be used to supply the consumer market and relieve pressure on memory and storage for PCs) will not begin to be released in a significant way until after that period. In this scenario, 2029 is emerging as the year in which supply could finally get closer to real demand. Just because prices normalize does not mean they will plummet to pre-crisis levels. It won’t be before. Kim has advanced that a relevant increase in supply cannot be expected in either 2026 or 2027, and that 2028 will continue to be marked by imbalance, so any hint of sustained reduction in memory prices will have to wait until the new factories (the ones Samsung, SK hynix and Micron are building right now) go into full production and until the contracts signed this year reach their natural expiration. However, we should temper our expectations: just because prices normalize does not mean that they will plummet to pre-crisis levels. And a good part of the manufacturing capacity will continue to be occupied by the high bandwidth memory (HBM) required by the artificial intelligence (IA), which will perpetuate structurally higher demand than just three years ago. What is likely is that when manufacturing capacity manages to match demand, prices will drop to a lower level than the current one, yes, but without even reaching the figures that we considered normal before this memory crisis broke out. Image | Samsung More information | Reuters In Xataka | Samsung is going to put its DRAM factories at full power with a clear objective: that Apple does not go with the Chinese

They are open, have a design that looks like a jewel and are discounted

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Although we have headphones with very good noise cancellation (whether with a headband or not), many open-ear design are also beginning to emerge. These are ideal if you don’t like to isolate yourself from the outside, but also If you are one of those people who wears them for many hours a day. Ones that fit that description are the TCL Crystal Clip, headphones that have been available for a few weeks and are now cheaper: they cost 59.99 euros. TCL Crystal Clip Wireless Headphones | Open Ear OWS | 28h Autonomy | IP54 | Bluetooth 5.4 | Multipoint 2 Devices | ENC Noise Reduction | Without Plugs | Total Comfort The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some headphones so as not to isolate you from the outside (and at a discount) These TCL headphones have a design similar to others that we have seen before, such as Huawei FreeClips 2S. Their original price is 79.99 euros, so right now they are available with a discount of 20 euros. This Amazon offer is a great price, although not its all-time low. As we say, they are lightweight headphones that have an ear clip format. This design makes them very comfortable to wear, since they do not enter the ear canal as other headphones would do with typical silicones. In fact, that same design makes them look more like a jewel than headphones, which also makes them very attractive. Its sound has spatial audio and reinforced bass, so, despite its open nature, we can expect it to perform well in that regard. They have microphones with AI noise cancellation for making calls and an autonomy of approximately 8 hours per charge. This figure rises to 36 hours if we add the battery in the case. and, depending on the brand, we can get up to three hours of playback with a 15-minute charge. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: tcl crystal clip offer ✅ THE BEST Open and very attractive design: This open design helps not isolate us from the outside, also giving a jewel-like appearance that looks great. Comfortable if you want to wear them for hours: By not inserting into the ear canal, they can be worn for long sessions without feeling discomfort. Good autonomy: Its autonomy is not bad at all and with fast charging we can have up to 3 hours of playback in a very short time in case we are in a hurry. ❌ THE WORST No noise cancellation: They are not headphones that I would buy if I were looking to isolate myself from the outside, since they seek exactly the opposite. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for headphones with good sound and autonomy that allow you not to isolate yourself from the outside when using them. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… You prefer an option with active noise cancellation, even if that means they are closed-back headphones. You may also be interested HUAWEI FreeClip 2 Bluetooth Headphones, up to 38h Autonomy, Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Soundcore C50i by Anker, Open Headphones, Clip-on Headphones, FlexiClip design, 12 mm drivers with powerful bass, Clear calls with AI, 28 hours of use, Secure Fit, IP55, Bluetooth 6.0 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 | TCL In Xataka | Best truly wireless earbuds (TWS) with noise cancellation. Which one to buy and seven recommended models In Xataka | Best wireless over-ear headphones. Which one to buy and five recommended models

the appearance of hundreds of holes in its deserts confirm it

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In the midst of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union learned that the best way to avoid a nuclear war was to convince the enemy that it could never destroy all its weapons in one fell swoop. Half a century later, hundreds of new holes appeared in the deserts of China They suggest that Beijing has reached exactly the same conclusion. The revolution was underground. Over the past decade, much of the attention on Chinese military power has focused on their stealth fighterstheir aircraft carrier or their hypersonic missiles. However, the deepest and potentially most consequential change has occurred far from the spotlight, in the western deserts of the country. There, satellite images have revealed the appearance of hundreds of new silos for nuclear missilesa transformation that many analysts consider the largest expansion of China’s strategic arsenal in its entire history and that marks a radical change in the way Beijing conceives its nuclear deterrent. Chinese deserts and silos. The turning point came in 2021, when researchers specializing in open source intelligence they detected the construction of huge silo fields near Yumen, Hami and Ordos. Only those three areas add up to around of 320 new installationsan unprecedented figure for a country that had historically maintained a relatively small arsenal. The United States believes that all those silos they will end up housing missileswhile other experts suggest that some could remain empty to make it difficult for an adversary to know which contain real weapons and which are decoys. Chart showing the extent of ICBM silo construction at the Hami Missile Range Philosophy change. For decades, China’s nuclear strategy was based on having a limited number of missiles capable of guaranteeing retaliation if attacked. Now the objective seems different: increase the size of the arsenal, disperse it and make it much more difficult to destroy in a first hit. we have told before. The combination of hardened silos, mobile launchers and new technologies seeks to ensure that, even after a massive attack, China retains capacity enough to answerthus reinforcing the deterrent effect of its strategic forces. DF-41 A mobile and prepared force. Technological evolution reflects this doctrinal change. The old DF-5fed with liquid fuel and deployed in silos, continue in service after several modernizations, but the leading role has passed to the DF-31 family and, above all, to the DF-41. These missiles use solid fuel, can travel on large launch vehicles and come into action much faster, greatly reducing their vulnerability. Additionally, several versions incorporate multiple independent warheads (MIRV), allowing a single missile to attack several different targets. Type 094 The entire Chinese nuclear triad. Land-based missiles are only part of the plan. Beijing is also strengthening its naval component with class submarines. Type 094 and the future Type 096equipped with missiles JL-2 and the more advanced JL-3, which will allow attacking the US continental territory from waters much closer to China. At the same time, the development of the H-20 stealth bomberintended to complete a fully operational nuclear triad, that is, the ability to launch nuclear weapons from land, sea and air. H-20 Complicating any defense. Modernization is not just about making more missiles. China works in hypersonic glide vehicles capable of maneuvering at high speed after being launched, making it extremely difficult to intercept. He new DF-61 It could become the first Chinese intercontinental missile designed to use this type of weapon. Added to this are penetration systems, improvements in precision and mobile platforms capable of hiding and moving continuously, increasing uncertainty for any adversary. A new stage. The Pentagon estimates that China already has more than 600 operational nuclear warheads and could exceed the 1,000 before 2030. More important than the number is the speed of the transformation: in just a few years, Beijing has gone from maintaining a relatively modest nuclear force to building a structure comparable, in some aspects, to that of the other great atomic powers. The hundreds of silos that have been appearing silently in the desert are physical proof of that change and a reminder that China’s most important military revolution may not have occurred in the air or at sea, but underground. Image | FAS 2021, Google In Xataka | China has just launched its new heavy ion accelerator. He hasn’t built it just to study atoms In Xataka | New missiles are not needed to change the nuclear balance. China has just shown that sometimes it is enough to turn a single key

Ibiza has entered into a constant hunt against workers who cannot afford a house

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Spain lives its small aerial battles and in all of them drones are protagonists. We are not talking about attacks against key infrastructures. We talk about the administration using the sky to detect violations. To see if you skip a Stop or to see if you have built a swimming pool. Also to certify that you are not living where you belong. For tourism or, simply, because you can’t afford anything else. That’s happening in Ibiza. 200 people. This is, more or less, the number of people who have been evicted from the settlements of Sa Joveria and Can Misses in Ibiza, explain our colleagues from Motorpassion. The reason is as simple as that they live in a caravan. As they point out in this medium, we are not talking about tourists, we are talking about workers who cannot afford to live in a house because the price of rooms and homes is so exorbitant that people employed on the island live in a paradox: they need work to live but that same work does not give them enough to live. The drones. To monitor settlements like these, administrations are using drones that from the air monitor whether a caravan is parked among the trees in a leafy area, outside a campsite. The campaign even started months ago.. In April, the evictions of the two hundred people mentioned above were already registered. The town hall of Sant Josep has become the first in Europe on having an AI-enhanced autonomous drone for your police. The drones, they assure, will help in cases of car accidents or search tasks for people but they also control tasks of “environmental surveillance, detection of illegal dumping, urban planning discipline and protection of natural spaces,” they explain in Ibiza Newspaper. Something similar happens in Sant Antoni de Portmany. a clamp. These latest tasks are those used by the authorities to dismantle what they consider illegal settlements. To prevent caravan tourism from collapsing the island, In 2024 they devised a new regulation which limits the number of vehicles that can enter the island. In the case of caravans, they cannot enter if they do not have a parking space already reserved. To expressly evacuate these vehicles, the Law of Rustic Land of the Balearic Islands It has become the best weapon. And since this regulation was activated, rustic land is practically any space that is not located in an urban area. Camping here can lead to a fine of up to 30,000 euros Therefore, those affected quickly leave these spaces when they are informed of the possible sanction they face. The real problem is that these people we are talking about are not tourists, they are workers who do not have a roof (at least without wheels) where they can live. Excess tourism has caused administrations to promote increasingly rigid regulations and now these workers find themselves in the middle of a painful clamp, tourists on one side, regulators on the other and drones above their heads. Is it that much of a problem? Already in May we pointed out that in order to rent an 80 square meter apartment in Ibiza you needed to charge 2,320 euros per month. That’s assuming you didn’t spend a single euro on eating, turning on the lights at home or taking a shower. And the price of housing is so crazy that There are neighbors who, by themselves, decide to go live in a caravan during high season months. The idea is as simple as leaving the house to wealthy tourists to get a bonus. With unbearable tourist pressure and without sufficient housing, a good number of professionals are looking for accommodation in a kind of house on wheels. “We started looking for a house, but it was crazy to see what they were asking for (…) Then we started looking at what a second-hand caravan cost and it was the only option we saw to stay,” they collected in Ibiza Newspaper. The words are from Mariana Gómez, a woman who traveled to Ibiza from Colombia to work temporarily in a hotel and who ended up coming to the conclusion that, if she wanted to settle on the island with her partner, she had no choice but to give up “normal” apartments… and opt for a caravan. And there are some reasons. Although heartbreaking, city councils and regulators have their own reasons for clearing these encampments. In Sa Joveria they claim that 5,000 kg of garbage had been removed during one of the evictions. Those responsible assured Chain Being that this had not been carried out so much to detect illegal housing but rather because of “complaints about poor conditions.” This same month of July, Noudiari.es explained in an article that in Cala Bou a new illegal settlement had been detected from which “apparently hard-working people left with their backpacks on their way to their jobs.” The problem, they pointed out, is that “a large accumulation of garbage cannot be seen from the outside, but there is debris around the perimeter and in some points you can clearly see the smell of urine and excrement.” Therefore, the risk of environmental deterioration and the risk of fire increase exponentially in these cases. Photo | Stijn te Strake and Karol Chomka In Xataka | Ibiza is getting very tough with illegal tourist rentals. With fines so high that they force houses to be sold

now you can finance it at 0%

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Google mobile phones have been receiving offers for many months, some of them quite attractive. It is at MediaMarkt where we usually see the best ones through double discounts (generally one direct and another for logging in). And although it is not the best we have seen so far, the Google Pixel 10 Pro 256 GB right now is around 829 eurosand it also comes with an additional promotion. First of all, it is worth mentioning that the 128 GB version is also available for 729 euros. Google Pixel 10 Pro (256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links One of the best prices we have seen to date He Google Pixel 10 Pro It is a mobile phone that has been cheaper on MediaMarkt. The striking thing about this new offer is that now you can access a promotion with which we can finance the mobile at 0%. Of course, for this you must have the MediaMarkt VISA and the promotion will end tomorrow, July 31 at 9:00 a.m. The Google Pixel 10 Pro is, along with its XL versionthe best mobile phone of the brand, and for many reasons. It is a particularly interesting smartphone due to its compact format with 6.3 inch screenbut its panel is also quite bright and offers a refresh rate of 1 to 120 Hz, so it looks very fluid. It has 16 GB of RAM and, in this case, 256 GB of internal storage, its software will be updated for many years and it has a very attractive photography section, especially for the 5x telephoto. In addition, the camera software is very well polished, offering very good results with the main sensor. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: Google Pixel 10 pro offer today ✅ THE BEST Its compact formatideal for those who want a small mobile phone. Your photographic sectionwhich offers very good results. ❌ THE WORST Fast charging is 30W. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for a small mobile phone, with good software and an excellent photography section. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… It is important for you to have a mobile phone that incorporates a good battery, both for capacity and autonomy as well as for fast charging. You may also be interested Pixelsnap Case for Google Pixel 10 & Pixel 10 Pro – Durable Protection – Stylish Protection – Obsidian (Created by Google) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 – Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation – Bluetooth Headphones – Obsidian 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 | Alejandro AlcoleaGoogle In Xataka | Best mobile phones 2026. Which one to buy based on use and six recommended models In Xataka | Best wireless over-ear headphones. Which one to buy and five recommended models

try to sell it for 30 million

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Nikola Tesla has been one of the greatest inventors in all of historya figure who forever changed the world of science and technology. He promoted alternating current, he also promoted X-rays, methods to harness and distribute light with fluorescent bulbs, and he was even investigating methods of wireless energy transmission. Half myth, half reality, another of the inventions he boasted about was the so-called “Death Ray“, a science fiction weapon to carry out attacks hundreds of kilometers away. Rivers of ink have flowed about this supposed invention, but what is not so well known is that he was negotiating with Great Britain to sell it to them for 30 million dollars. The United States also showed great interest in this invention, which Tesla claimed was successfully developed to end all wars as we knew them. We know this thanks to some documents declassified a few years agowhich also includes Tesla’s attempt to sell it to Great Britain. Shooting down planes 400 kilometers away During the 1920s several inventors claimed to have invented a “death ray” capable of destroying aircraft at great distances, but none of them were able to demonstrate its operation. In the early 1930s Tesla also claimed to have invented it under the name “Teleforce”and he claimed this achievement for the rest of his life. In fact, already in the 1910s he had talked about a weapon capable of end wars as they were known, and to make gunpowder obsolete. During the following years he began to unravel vaguely specific details of this invention, which were collected and idealized by the press of the time until an entire myth was created around it. Tesla allegedly developed his “Teleforce” electrostatic machine after studying the Van de Graaff generatorand according to what he said, he used a moving belt to accumulate large amounts of electrical charge inside a hollow sphere. This technology would allow electrical impulses to be launched capable of destroying anything, from ground infantry to ships or airplanes within a 400 kilometer radius. Days after his death in January 1943, US Intelligence seized two trucks full of his belongings from his home. The FBI would later deny having any of these documents, but in one of the documents declassified last year we can see a narrative of who did it and how. Tesla’s documents, notes and materials were of total importance, especially after the descriptions that had been made of that death ray in the press. For example, in some media was defined like a weapon 60 million voltsdeath and extermination 400 km away, capable of eliminating an army of a million men. The electrical wave that this beam emitted through the air would also be capable of detonating enemy explosives at great distances. Tesla defended its scientific value beyond the battlefield, insisting that it could be used to maintain world peace based on weapons power. In this declassified letter to John Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, reference is made to a New York Times article about this Death Ray. “If based on proven facts, it should be of vital importance to our War Department as well as other nations now controlled by crazy dictators,” the letter says. It is also recommended to constantly monitor Tesla to prevent foreign forces from kidnapping and torturing him to obtain his secrets. Hoover responded to thank him for the information, assuring him that his proposal would be taken into consideration, although without clarifying whether it ended up being carried out or not. The attempted sale to the United Kingdom Many media have published about the FBI’s interest in Tesla’s invention, but hidden among the hundreds of documents there is another very interesting which speaks of an attempted sale by Tesla to the United Kingdom. This document mentions the “death ray” as a weapon to defend any country, no matter how small, also describing how the discovery of “fireballs” generated through electricity was. It talks about how Tesla discovered this phenomenon almost by chance during his experiments. in Colorado Springs during 1899and who continued to develop it later. It also explains how after tried to sell it to him to the United Kingdom government for thirty million dollars. The declassified document also says that, during the negotiations, Tesla had stated that someone had broken into his room and examined all his papers, although those thieves or spies had left empty-handed. The inventor claimed that there was no chance that his invention had been stolen because he simply had not written it down yet. It was all in his memory, and there it stayed until his death. The fact that the FBI took a large amount of material belonging to Tesla has fueled conspiracy theorists for decades, with dozens of theories about how the United States could have learned how to use the Death Ray. But today gunpowder is still what we use in wars, so it seems that if such a weapon really existed, Its secret died at the same time as its creatorwhich since it never manufactured it, nor did it patent it. In Xataka | Nikola Tesla already imagined drones in 1898, both for deliveries and for combat In Xataka | In 1982 Seiko created a watch for making calls and watching television. His only problem was arriving too early In Xataka | The microprocessor that advanced the Intel 4004 was not in a computer, but in a secret place: an F-14

The misnamed “physical edition” of ‘GTA VI’ adds another layer of controversy: regional blocking on PS5

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‘GTA VI’ is one of the most unique releases I remember. Little, very little is known about Rockstar’s new game, but it seems that players have gone to pre-order it trusting the pedigree of the developer. Added to this is that it keeps adding controversies related to the game (such as It costs 100 euros and has a shortened version at 80 euros) and the company (layoffs and persecution of unions). As if that were not enough, it will have a physical edition to boot. Because The physical edition ‘GTA VI’ will not come with a disc with the game inside, but a simple code that will give us access to the license to use it. And, in the midst of controversy with the disappearance of the physical format, we must be careful with buying a ‘GTA VI’ box for PS5 outside our country because it may not work on our console. And it turns out that it is a decision that has just been given lunge to physical format: PlayStation. The new controversy of the “physical edition” of ‘GTA VI’ In a question and answer published in the Rockstar support pagethe company details the content of the different editions and other issues that prepare us for the launch of the game on November 19 of this year. One of them has to do with the operation of the codes that come inside the box. There was a doubt about whether ‘GTA VI’ would include the classic in this boxed edition map that came with each delivery and Rockstar does not mention it nowhere, pointing out that the box will have a code that will allow the digital download to be made, without a discof in the box. This is not new, but the other interesting thing is that, if the launch catches you in the United States or Japan and you want to buy the box so that it is cheaper, when you get home you will find a surprise. As if we were in the 90s, the ‘GTA VI’ download codes have regional blocking. This means that they can only be redeemed on PlayStation accounts that correspond to the region in which the game was purchased. What region? Well the following: Brazil: Brazil Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay North America: Canada and the United States Korea: South Korea Japan: Japan United Kingdom: United Kingdom Saudi Arabia and UAE: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Rest of Asia: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan Rest of EMEA and Asia: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine On Xbox there is no this restriction and the explanation It’s not that it’s Rockstar’s whim. (although they are the ones who do not release a physical version), but rather the operation of this type of codes on PlayStation. These are tied to regional clusters defined by Sony and the system checks the region of the PSN account when trying to redeem them. It is not a new operation, but it emphasizes even more that we should stop calling what they are going to launch for ‘GTA VI’ a “physical edition” because the regional block itself implies that It is a digital product with the same restrictions as any other digital product. It is something that makes us see with better eyes that other tool to put more obstacles to the physical format and the belonging of video games: the Game Key Card of nintendo switch 2. The Japanese ‘GTA VI’ that expires In the end, if you want to buy a copy of ‘GTA VI’ with a box in another country (because you are there or because you import it) to save some money, it is good to know that it may not work on your console with your regular account, but in Japan there is a twist which further clouds the 100% digital future that Sony (and the rest of the companies) is drawing. Because, due to local regulations, ‘GTA VI’ box codes will expire after 170 days. That is, if a game sits on a store shelf for six months and someone buys it in May when those 170 days have passed, when they get home they will have an empty plastic box with a code that doesn’t work. It is no longer just a problem for the user, but also for some stores that they must think very hard about how much stock they buy or They will be left with material, literally, dead on the shelves. In the middle of the debate about the preservation of video games and our rights as consumers, the case of ‘GTA VI’ is very interesting because if it does not finally come out in a real physical edition, with the game inside and no download requiredor in a platform like GoGwe would be talking about a generational game that will mark an era whose preservation through legal means is subject to Sony and Rockstar maintaining access and servers for life. With the recent decisions of the Japanese company, the prospects are not good. In Xataka | Xbox wants to have 1 billion players a day. It’s what 25 Steam would do on their best day

The Audi Q9 is much more than the brand’s latest supercar. It is America’s search for a glorious past

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Five years have passed but the market has changed at a devilish speed. Like the rubber band of a slingshot, the automobile industry has tightened to the point of shooting in all directions with a lack of control like we have never experienced before. In 2021, Audi announced that it was abandoning the development of gasoline and diesel engines. The reason was very simple: fines. According to their calculations, the limits expected with Euro 7 and the restrictions regarding emissions planned by 2025 they were so strict that it was not worth continuing to invest money in combustion engines. Those days, brands were in a race to get on the electric car bandwagon. With Tesla starting to gain traction and the European Union placing more and more obstacles on gasoline and diesel cars, electric seemed like the future. But everything has blown up. In Europe, the embrace of the electric car has been delayed more than expected and in China, once loyal buyers of Western cars, have embraced the local product. That clamp has caused Audi to be left in no man’s land. Now they are determined to regain ground and the Audi Q9 is the latest example of this. Audi Q9 technical sheet Audi Q9 BODY TYPE. Six or seven-seater SUV MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT. 5.31 meters long, 2.21 meters wide, 1.81 meters high and 3.14 meters wheelbase. 2,605kg TRUNK. 700 liters with two rows of seats Size not specified with three rows of seats deployed MAXIMUM POWER. 299 HP WLTP CONSUMPTION. 7.4 l/100 km according to the WLTP cycle. ENVIRONMENTAL DISTINCTIVE. ECHO DRIVING AIDS (ADAS). Adaptive cruise control with the possibility of hands-free driving in Germany, the United States and Canada. Cross traffic alert with pedestrian and cyclist detection. Parking and trailer maneuvering assistance. OTHERS. Software built on Android Automotive. Matrix lights with laser technology. Bang & Olufsen sound system with 22 speakers. Triple screen with 11.9-inch instrument panel, 14.5-inch central screen and 12.3-inch passenger screen. ELECTRIC HYBRID. Yes, microhybrid with 299 HP 3.0 V6 TDI diesel engine. Plug-in HYBRID. No. electric No. price and release Now available from 126,000 euros. Looking across the Atlantic In this commitment to the electric car, the Volkswagen Group immersed itself in practically complete electrification, but the rush led them to a complex space. The MEB platforms arrived first but, at the same time, they developed a second platform called PEE that came to give rise to the new Audi Q6 e-tron and the Porsche Macantwo electric cars with which they hoped to gain market share. The most curious thing about the project is that this platform had only been developed for two cars, an extraordinary investment that would not have continuity because the objective was to unite all the group’s cars in the future SSP. That hodgepodge of platforms It caused constant delays at Cariad, his company dedicated to software development, which in turn ended up delaying the Porsche and Audi SUVs. At the same time, the Chinese market was being completely transformed. What was an almost infinite fishing ground for potential clients has become little less than a desert for Western firms. At least for those that offer the same products as in the West. The reasons are very simple: very expensive prices and a technological proposal from the past. That’s why Audi is selling cars in China that, in reality, are not Audi. Even though we read Audi on the front. The German company’s rivals took two paths. Mercedes clearly opted for the electric car. Like Audi’s e-tron, the EQs were part of a family of their own. And in both cases the result in sales has been discreet. Instead, BMW seems to have hit the mark. While reserving 10,000 million euros (10,000 million euros!) to develop a new generation of electric cars, they were clear that combustion engines were going to continue to have life. Target: people with a lot of money. Over the years, Audi and Mercedes have had to reverse. Both companies have seen their sales in China plummet. That, which is already a problem in itself, has not been accompanied by the expected increase in electric sales in Europe. If we add to that that the United States is clearly betting on the combustion market and that there is no change in sight in the short term, both companies have put on the handbrake and have recalculated their strategy. In the case of Audi, it is clearly going through repositioning the brand. It is not only about selling combustion engines over electric cars, it is about giving back to the company part of a prestige that has been damaged. The company, for example, has lost its Audi A8 with which to compete against the Mercedes S-Class and the BMW 7 Series. And the worst of all is that he left without making a sound.. Having recalculated the strategy with electric vehicles, the Volkswagen Group seems to be clear that it has to raise the level of the company. The first and clearest example was the Audi Concept C. Last year they presented a coupe that played with the school’s own lines Bauhaus. German sentiment that looked to the past to lay the foundations for the future. Aluminum and simple shapes to recover the two-seater sports car. It will be electric, yes, but also It is the resurrection of a formula that seemed lost. A halo car to attract the customer that should share a platform with the successor to the Porsche Cayman and that, above all, tastes like Audi TT. with that same design languageAudi recently presented the Audi Nuvolaria plug-in hybrid supercar that will be limited to 499 units based on the Lamborghini Temerario. The movement, again, is that of a clear commitment to greening the past and remember that one day There was an Audi R8 that left us speechless for years. Now, it is the Audi Q9 that comes to write a new chapter in the company’s history. Until now, the Audi … Read more

Your browser video calls have no time limit

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From being a space reserved for work environments to becoming a tool that brought us closer virtually when the pandemic prevented it physically: video calls They became a real lifesaver. Platforms like Zoom They jumped to private computers, just like Google Meet, another of the standards. Now WhatsApp brings calls and video calls to its web version. They may not be so necessary, but they have more than one advantage. WhatsApp Web launches voice and video calls. Using messaging from a browser was fine for messages, not for advanced communication features. After several months of testingMeta now includes calls and video calls on WhatsApp Web, both in private and group chats. It is valid for any computer that has a webcam and without the need for a mobile phone. Yes indeed, WhatsApp Web You must have the active link to the account. No time limit. This is important, since it is exactly what makes novelty so attractive. Given that Zoom and Google Meet limit free use with time (40 minutes for the first and one hour for the second), the fact that WhatsApp Web offers it unlimited is a great incentive for those who until now used the competition. At least on a private level. WhatsApp image Not only do they offer unlimited duration, WhatsApp calls and video calls in the web browser have the following advantages: You can start a call on your mobile and transfer it to WhatsApp Web without it being cut off. And vice versa: the transfer between devices is active for all those that support messaging. WhatsApp has enabled a waiting room from which you can organize who enters or does not enter the call or video call. It works on both mobile and web. They allow screen sharing. It is perfect if you want to fix the computer remotely, for example: you can ask the person who is using WhatsApp Web for what you need. QuickHD is released: the video starts in high definition from the first seconds, without the call appearing blurry. They incorporate background noise suppression. It is activated by default and you can deactivate it from the settings, during the call. WhatsApp Web adds its own call tab, with complete history and favorite contacts. You don’t need to open a chat to call. You can send live reactions while you talk, just like on mobile. They work in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari without installing anything. WhatsApp Web calls are completely free and without time limits. They do have a limit of users in a group call: 32 people. Calls and video calls on WhatsApp Web are end-to-end encrypted. On Zoom E2EE encryption is optionaljust like in Google Meet. In the latter, end-to-end encryption in calls It is only available for private users. They have several advantages over platforms such as Zoom or Google Meet, although WhatsApp Web is only aimed at individuals. This does not mean that companies cannot use their WhatsApp on the computer, but it does not have functions as advanced as those offered by video calling platforms. Such as recording the video conference, transcription with AI, being able to have the entire staff on the call (up to 100 people in free accounts) or subtitles. How to use calls on WhatsApp Web. The function has arrived stably in the applicationalthough it is still expanding to all users: it probably won’t appear yet. The first thing is to have WhatsApp updated on your mobile, after having linked it with the web browser. The process to use the new features in the browser is: Open any of your conversations on WhatsApp Web. If you already have active calls, you will see the camera icon and the phone icon appear at the top right. In the case of groups, only the camera group appears (it is a drop-down menu). Click on what you want to use (call or video call) and communication will be activated. You can also create an advance call: click on the corresponding icon and select “Send call link”. You can also start a call or video call and then add the contacts you want: click on the phone icon in the menu on the left and select “Start a call.” You can then choose whether you need voice only or voice and video. Cover image | Ivan Linares In Xataka | WhatsApp contacts green dot: what it is and how to prevent it from appearing on your profile

They leave a city trapped in time

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There are weapons that impress because of what they destroy and others that also impress because of the time they allow to react. He Oreshnik belongs to this second category: Russia has already used it against Ukraine and one of his best-documented launches barely allowed a few minutes between departure and arrival. However, to understand the full story it is not enough to look at its speed or its trajectory. You also have to look back at the remote place from which you start, associated with a city that seems to advance at a very different pace. The most solid data comes from the first known use of the Oreshnik, recorded on November 21, 2024 against the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Ukrainian military intelligence assured that the missile remained in the air for about 15 minutes and traveled around 800 kilometers before reaching its target. an estimate collected by the Associated Press. We cannot make that time a rule for all launches, but we can make it a documented reference for how quickly this weapon can cover the distance between Russia and Ukraine. The Oreshnik route begins in an almost inaccessible place It is a solid-fueled, mobile, intermediate-range ballistic missile, probably related to the Russian RS-26 program. according to Missile Threat analysis. Unlike a cruise missile, it follows a ballistic trajectory and can release multiple re-entry bodies descending towards the target at high speed. It can also be configured to carry conventional or nuclear loads. Russia claims that it is practically impossible to intercept, but that claim has not been proven. One of the vehicles associated with the deployment of the Oreshnik system The first Oreshnik reached an industrial complex in Dnipro historically linked to the aerospace and military sectors. Russia later used this weapon again in a launch attributed to the Lviv regionnear the border with Poland, and in May launched another projectile at Bila Tserkvasouth of Kyiv. The latter was part of a much larger bombardment, made up of dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, which left fatalities and numerous injuries. The Oreshniks do not leave the urban area of ​​Znamensk, but from the Kapustin Yar military rangean extensive testing area located in the Russian region of Astrakhan, near the border with Kazakhstan. The complex has been operating since the Soviet period and has served for decades to test different missile programs and carry out space launches. Znamensk grew linked to this activity and acts as its main administrative and residential nucleus. That is why both appear united, although the city and the exact place of launch are not the same. Znamensk officially owns Russia’s status as a closed administrative territory, which means that it cannot be freely accessed: residents have authorization and visits must be approved in advance. Military activity conditions a good part of local life, but the image that reaches abroad is very different from the technology tested in the surroundings. Photographs published on networks show some unpaved streets, aging homes and deteriorated buildings. There are also few images of the Oreshnik system itself: There are photographs distributed by Russia of vehicles that your Ministry of Defense identifies as part of the system and material spread by Ukraine with remains recovered after its impacts, but not a large collection of images of the missile in action. Beyond the physical impact of each launch, the use of the Oreshnik also has a political dimension. Russia has presented it as a demonstration of its military capabilities, while some European leaders have interpreted it as a sign of escalation in the war against Ukraine. What we have seen so far is a weapon whose exact operation remains surrounded by limited information, but whose use has already served to send a message beyond the place where it falls. And that message starts from a point on the map where advanced military technology and a city marked by decades of strategic activity coexist. Images | Ministry of the Russian Federation | Служба безпеки України In Xataka | Canada sent a submarine 400 meters off Greenland. Found the wreck of Shackleton’s legendary ship

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