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Polymarket and Kalshi have moved $130 billion so far this year. Zuckerberg has said he wants his share

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The so-called prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi have ceased to be minority apps and have become a global phenomenon, one that has already moved more than 130,000 million so far in 2026. Apart from the ethical issuesit is clear that it is a good business and Meta is preparing an app to get fully into it. What is happening. They tell it in the New York Times. Meta is developing a prediction markets app that they internally call “Arena.” The app is designed as an independent application from the rest of the Meta catalog and, at least for now, it does not work with real money but rather transactions are with a points system as if it were a video game. At the moment, the project is in the experimental phase, but the company has marked it as a high priority. Why is it important. Polymarket and Kalshi have already managed to get rid of the stigma of gambling addiction in betting houses and casinos, disguising their service with an aura of finance and trading. That Meta enters this could be the definitive step towards normalization, turning betting into another activity within online life. Let us remember that Meta has a daily user base of more than 3.5 billion between Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Furthermore, this would give Meta a new type of very sensitive data: it is not only what people see and publish, it is also what they think is going to happen. By crossing all the data, they could outline future beliefs and expectations. It’s not the first. Meta already tried his luck in this prediction markets in 2020, when They launched an app called Forecast which allowed predictions to be made about real-world events, such as the COVID pandemic that was ravaging the world at that time. The app was launched only for the United States and Canada and also worked with a points system. Meta’s goal at that time was not to make money, but to make online conversation more rational. “We were interested in prediction markets because, when they work, they help participants be rational,” said Rebeca Kossnick, project leader. It didn’t last long and In October of the same year they closed it. Prediction markets. At that time, prediction markets were niche apps that almost no one knew about, but in recent years they have become almost a cultural phenomenon that has been announced at major events such as the Super Bowl or the Golden Globes. So far this year, Polymarket has been in the news for various reasons, from bets on Maduro’s capture with insider information its recent blockade in Spainwhere legislation requires them to have a gaming license. We have also learned that the vast majority of users are not making money, rather they are losing it, while professional traders take the lion’s share of the pie. Even so, prediction markets are in fashion and Meta wants to take advantage of the trend. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | I don’t bet, I invest: Polymarket and company have sophisticated gambling addiction to the point of making it indistinguishable from “investing”

the megatunnel that France and Italy are building under the Alps

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Under the Alps, between France and Italy, one of the largest railway tunnels in history is being excavated. After decades on the table, this mega-construction that involves heavy machinery and thousands of workers began five years ago to materialize the most ambitious cross-border infrastructure work that Europe has in its hands right now. Because it is not just connecting two states, it will be the heart of the Mediterranean Corridor of the trans-European transport network to link southern Europe from east to west. The tunnel. The centerpiece of that corridor is the Mont Cenis base tunnel, which will be one of the longest in the world: 115 kilometers but with small print. Thus, it is made up of two parallel single-track railway tubes, each of them 57.5 kilometers long. In the main tunnel there will be In addition, four access points, 204 security branches and an underground logistics network with ventilation shafts. When in operation, the trains will cross the Alps on a virtually flat track, eliminating the current gradients that require reductions in speed and load. These tunnels join the existing railway infrastructure in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France and in Sousse for Italy. Currently there are more than 3,300 workers on site, with a predicted peak of 4,000 in the entire cross-border section. At the moment, in February of this year in the French part had already been excavated 29% of the total. Why is it important. That the train trip between both countries is going to be faster and more comfortable is a reality: as details the Quaderno 11 dell’Osservatorio: The Paris-Milan journey will go from the current seven hours to around four and a half hours, so the train wins points over the plane on a tremendously busy route. But the big advantage is in freight logistics: The Alps force a good part of the trade between northern and southern Europe to go by road, with all the environmental cost and congestion that this implies. Context. The history of this tunnel is long and eventful. The occurrence dates back to the 90s, but it has been delayed for decades due to political issues, especially from Italy. In 2021 was when the project was finally unlocked with the signing of the contracts on the French side. Of course, the European Court of Auditors warned at the beginning of the year that the goal of having it ready before 2030 will not happen. In fact, the project promoter points out to 2033 as the date of opening to traffic. More delays. In figures. Some of the data on which the project moves: Cost of the section: 11.1 billion euros, 30% more than the initial estimate of 2015. The financing is distributed: 40% European Union, 35% Italy, 25% France. Reduction in time: Milan-Paris in 4 hours 30 minutes, compared to the current almost seven hours. Turin-Lyon will go from 3h 47 minutes to 1h 47 minutes. Turin-Paris: about 4 hours, almost an hour and a half less. 700,000 fewer trucks on the road per year according to TELTwhich translates into 3 million tons of less carbon dioxide annually. In detail. The design, construction and management of the project is carried out by TELT (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin), a company created expressly for this project and made up of 50% by the Italian State through Ferrovie dello Stato and 50% by the French State. Of course, in the execution there is a consortium of large European companies, among them the German Herrenknecht, an institution in tunnel boring machinery. For excavation, two methods are combined: for long sections, the huge TBMs of the German company180 meters long and 10.4 meters in diameter, 2,300 tons in weight and 8,100 kW in power. For access sections and sections with complex geology, the traditional drill and blast method is used. Yes, but. The first issue has already reared its head in the “In figures” section: the cost is skyrocketing and threatens to continue doing so (without going any further, the neighboring Brenner tunnel increase 40% compared to initial estimates). The environmental impact is also on the table: environmental groups They have been warning for years of damage to the alpine ecosystem and some springs in the area They have already started to dry for the works. Finally, the project has received criticism because rail and road traffic in the corridor was declining when it was approved, calling into question the future profitability of the investment. In Xataka | Spain and Morocco have been dreaming of a tunnel under the Strait for 40 years. The great enemy of the project is called Umbral de Camarinal In Xataka | Norway gives the green light to the construction of the world’s first tunnel for ships: a colossal engineering feat that has been waiting for 150 years Cover | TELT and Nellia Kurme

I have earned more than 600 euros in a week just doing surveys. I’m not sure it was worth it

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There are many websites and apps that almost promise that you could get rich using them. All of them are a scam or at most a monstrous exaggeration of the money you can really get with them. Despite this, I admit that I like to investigate what they can really offer, like when I was there for several months using apps that said they would pay you just for walkingand that has led me to find Prolific, a survey website with which I have managed to get more than 600 euros in a week. Of course, I’m not sure it was worth it to me. Some of you may remember that a few years ago there was a lot of talk about Prolific because a TikTok video made it so popular suddenly the results it gave became unusable. And it is a platform where different universities, institutions or private companies carry out all types of surveys and market studies that their users can respond to. What exactly is Prolific? Of course, not everyone can sign up for Prolific, since there are people who have been on the waiting list for years and They have never been accepted. For my part, I don’t remember exactly when I tried it for the first time, but in the summer of 2024 was when they gave me access and I started using it sporadically, finding all kinds of studies during this time. As confidentiality is usually requested, you will understand that I do not go into any of them in depth. I have no doubt that there are those who have tried other survey websites or apps and have fled due to the low remuneration they usually offer. Not to mention the ones where you’ve answered a bunch of questions and they suddenly disqualify you without giving you a cent for the time spent. That doesn’t happen in Prolific. (Unsplash) Prolific itself has set a minimum of 6 dollars per hour of time spent answering the surveys. Many times it is paid above that amount and adjustments are also made after the fact if the actual average time used by the respondents causes the average to drop below those $6. Only Paypal is used for payments and all surveys are also paid in dollars or pounds, which means that when you convert it to euros you lose a small amount. It is not something that completely changes the experience, but it is always better to be transparent. Oh, and you can only take one survey at a time, so forget about trying the trick of filling out several at a time, since that option doesn’t even exist. A fundamental part of Prolific is answering all the questions About You, since the surveys arrive according to the person’s profile, which means that there will be those who receive many more surveys than others. There the main competitive advantage is being from the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom, which leads to users who earn more than $1,000 per month consistently. I do not live in any of those countries, which means that the number of surveys that I receive is much lower. Despite this, I have already completed more than 800 approved surveysalthough there is one type of study that shines above the rest – without them it would have been impossible to earn more than 600 euros in just 7 days – but we will get into that later. In addition, the surveys have limited places, so do not expect to be able to answer them later. Either you do it at the moment or say goodbye to them. In fact, you can try to do it as soon as it arrives, but you may be left without access to it because other users get ahead of you, which in the last three months have had more than 300,000 active participants. It is what it is, you will not lack volunteers if you pay well and the effort is not especially great. Therefore, it is best to always have Prolific open in a tab of your browser and it never hurts to also use the extension in which you can activate it to alert you audibly every time a new study arrives. It is not a guarantee that you will arrive first, but it makes your job easier if you are available at that moment to spend a few minutes. The main requirement for respondents is to offer honest answers and take what they ask of you seriously. Therefore, if you suffer several rejections they can freeze your account forever, so don’t fool around to get a little more money. And it doesn’t hurt to keep track of which pollsters are more reliable, which has been created even a website to serve as a guide at that point. The importance of artificial intelligence As I said before, I have answered surveys of all kinds, from giving my opinion on a product promotion campaign to helping university students in the study they are carrying out, but where the money is really in is in the surveys linked to artificial intelligence. Phelim Bradleyco-founder and CEO of Prolific, came to announce recently that the company had just had a week with revenues of 10 million dollars in that period, while six years ago they did not even reach that amount in an entire year. In that announcement he also made it clear that “verified human signals are becoming critically important in an AI-first world. They are necessary to train models, evaluate models and agents.” It is not at all a coincidence that this coincided with the arrival of a flood of surveys related to artificial intelligence in which you could have to choose between two videos, two sound sources or simply determine to what extent the resulting video has correctly followed the introduced prompt. The point is that in those cases the hourly payment went up to 20 dollars per hour – and in exceptional … Read more

“If you block an AI because you think it is dangerous, you are in medieval obscurantism”

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The phrase “this AI model is so dangerous that it would be a mistake to make it public” is something more old than the first public versions of ChatGPT. This narrative of “dangerous” AI is more marketing than reality, but it is still the discourse that companies like Anthropic and OpenAI push every time they launch a new model. Because it is still a tool (that is drinking up the world’s resources, but a tool) and Yann LeCun has a message for those companies. If they really believe it is dangerous, they live in medieval obscurantism. Fear narrative = nonsense On April 10, Anthropic released Claude Mythos Preview. The company claimed that it was the best AI model ever created and it was something only they could say because few, very few had access to said model. Analysis and tests from companies like Mozilla indicated that yes, it was really amazing in environments like cybersecurity. Not revolutionary, but a very capable tool. And of course, if it fell into the wrong hands, that tool could be used to exploit systems and find vulnerabilities (something that those companies that had access exploited). It was “too powerful,” according to Anthropic, a narrative of fear that the United States Government itself was responsible for enhancing by prohibiting non-U.S. citizens, including Anthropic workers, from they could use the commercial model: Fable 5. According to the godfather of AI, all of this is nonsense. Yann LeCun He is one of the most famous names on the artificial intelligence scene. It was in 2013 when the former Facebook put this academic from deep learning and machine learning at the head of the company’s AI ship. In the 1980s, LeCun developed an algorithm to train artificial neural networks, and since then he has built a career in both the educational and private sectors. At Vivatech, LeCun participated in a discussion with Steven Levy, a Wired journalist, and they discussed several issues related to the present and future of AI. On stage, LeCun made it clear what his position is on the current language models (the LLMs) and what he thinks about this narrative of fear. Levy and Yann were talking about the Chinese model more focused on open source when the ‘guru’ commented that “many people, particularly those close to the United States government, believe that AI cannot be open source because that scenario is already occupied by Chinese companies. They are good and cheap models, some free to use, and in the middle of that we have companies like Anthropic.” LeCun Hasn’t had any problems in the past when referring to rivals in this field and, in this case, argued that “Anthropic, and a few others, are a lobby that, essentially, wants AI not to be open source because they believe it is an inherently dangerous technology.” Then, Yann began to list changes that have really had a weight in the history of humanity, such as the advances that gave way to new ages. But… AI? “So, What is AI today? At the very least, it is a way to disseminate knowledge. At the moment, it is not a way to generate new knowledge and the only way they work is through repositories of human knowledge and they allow people to have easy access to those repositories. So, it’s basically that, one more way to make people smarter because they can access human knowledge.” “Anthropic, and a few others, are a lobby that essentially wants AI not to be open source because they believe it is an inherently dangerous technology” For LeCun, these LLMs are a vitaminized Wikipedia, but if he has not been shy in the past talking about rivals and players in the field of AI, he did not do so at the Paris fair either. “If you are going to block a tool thinking that it is very dangerous, you are in medieval obscurantism,” said the academic. Levy added, pointing out that basically “that thing of discovering a tool and then taking it out of our hands It is more typical behavior of the Catholic Church calling Galileo a “heretic” for his theories“ Because, for LeCun, it all comes down to a different word than “danger”: “control.” “This is how they control the message and what people can and can’t do with their tools. If you buy a pen, you don’t want the company that sells it to you telling you what you can write with it. There’s a limit to what companies can tell you about using their tools.” In the end, LeCun here is not taking into account that these companies with proprietary models (anyone with a proprietary service, really) can dictate what you do with the tools you license and when they can turn off the tap. We are seeing it even with video games that companies remove your SSD when they consider that you should no longer have it, but that is another topic. “If you buy a pen, you don’t want the company that sells it to you to tell you what you can write with it” Yann finished his argument by pointing out that sharing knowledge is culture, that this is good and that, although there is a negative counterpart (sharing culture can also lead to radicalization), what we should not do is control what people can do with AI tools. “There is a great arrogance and superiority complex in the idea that only a few are able to control AI and rub it on the masses who do not have access.” If LLMs are not the answer, what is? In his speech, LeCun made it clear that, for him, LLMs are not the grail (as several of the CEOs of AI companies who passed through the Vivatech panels did sell). These language models are a Wikipedia on steroids and a vitaminized predictive “keyboard.” There are two things that Yann acknowledges that LLMs do very well: mathematics and code, but the revolution will come with real … Read more

A job offer without salary is a half offer. These Spanish technology companies are the exception

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Let me put you in a situation: you are looking for a job and you find an offer that broadly appeals to you, so you apply. Of course, the offer does not say how much you are going to charge, but you give it a chance. Your CV passes the first filter and you end up in some personal interview where they ask you the tricky question of “How much do you expect to earn?” and after dodging the bullet using Bill Gates trickthey end up revealing a salary range that doesn’t fit you. What a waste of time. Unfortunately, it has happened to (almost) everyone. Fewer companies do this transparency exercise than they should, but we have good news: in the absence of the Spanish government transposing the European pay transparency law to remedy it (it is late: the deadline expired on June 7), there is a list of technological employment companies that operate in Spain that do say how much they pay in their job offers. The pasta list. The Getmanfred platform created and maintains This public list on GitHub which Borja Pérez, Rebeca Méndez and Raúl Cotrina are in charge of reviewing and updating by hand by looking at the employment portals of each respective company: if the salary appears, they add to this list. There are more than fifty corporations, from Spanish startups like TaxDown or Landbot to large international companies like GitLab or DuckDuckGo, including Newtral, Mercadona Tech or PcComponentes. Not all of them are there, but they are all that are and if yours does not appear, you can always write to them to remedy it. Why it is important. Because information is power: when you don’t know how much a company pays, you’re at a disadvantage from the start. Furthermore, in general we tend to underestimate the salaries earned in other companies in the sector and this happens even more in low-paying jobs, according to this MIT study. Knowing the conditions from the beginning saves time, energy and disappointment. Salary opacity has a real social cost: in the Spanish state, women earn on average 4,781 euros less per year than men, a gap of 15.74% according to the INE with data from 2023. That salaries are a secret makes it much more difficult to detect and correct these inequalities. Context. Europe has been trying to resolve this by law for years. The Directive 2023/970 of the European Parliament approved in 2023 obliges companies to publish salary information and take corrective measures if their gender gap exceeds 5%. Spain has a previous rule, the Royal Decree 902/2020which required internal records, but the new directive goes much further. The interesting thing about Getmanfred’s project is that it includes the voluntary movement: companies that are ahead of mandatory requirements precisely because transparency (and the conditions) constitute an advantage for attracting talent. In detail. The repository is simple: a table with names and a link to their job portal: there is no automation or data scraping, but rather anyone can contribute to updating the list. In the table, the majority are tech with a remote work culture and Anglo-Saxon origin and just as important as those that are there are those that are not: large Spanish corporations are missing, since there is no trace of banks or traditional consulting firms. Yes, but. That a company makes public the salary of an offer could make one think that it is because it is an incentive, but this is not always the case. Come on, you are going to find some miserable salaries that show a reality: that of low salaries in Spain. On the other hand, there are “transparencies” that are of little use: if the range is “between 30,000 and 70,000 euros”, the information is not very valuable. Likewise, this directory also does not say anything about what happens within these companies: if they pay men and women the same, if the ranges they publish correspond to what they really offer or what criteria there are to move within the published range. In Xataka | If the question is in which country in the world the salary is highest, this graph has the answer: in Spain we could do worse In Xataka | The best paid jobs in Spain in 2026: from 56,000 euros for a doctor to 250,000 for directing private banking Cover | Ron Lach and Atlantic Ambience and Sora Shimazaki

How to customize your Kindle screensaver or lock screen

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Let’s tell you how to customize your Kindle lock screen. This way, you will be able to have more control over the screensaver image you want to appear when you turn off your e-book. Kindle doesn’t have the ability to customize this screen, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have options. We’ll tell you how to remove ads if your Kindle has them, how to use the book cover, and we’ll even finish by telling you a trick for using a custom image. Remove advertising If you have purchased a Kindle with advertisingare models that in exchange for paying 20 euros less show ads on the lock screen. If you want to remove the advertising you will have to pay those 20 euros, and this is something that you will be able to do whenever you want. To remove advertising from your Kindle, go to the Amazon.es website and log in with your account. Once you do, click on the menu button at the top left, when it opens click on the section E-readers and Kindle eBooks. On the next screen, tap Manage content and devices. On the next screen, click on the tab Devices. In it, click on Kindleand choose the one you want to configure. You will go to your Kindle screen, and Below you have a window Special offers. In it, you can turn off the function and pay the 20 euros so that no more ads appear. Shows the cover of the book you are reading Your Kindle also allows you show the cover of the book you read on the lock screen. A good way to literally turn it into the book you carry with you. To do this, you first have to enter the Kindle’s settings, something that usually appears by swiping down from the top. Once inside, click on the section Screen and brightnessor the one that refers to screens. Inside, active Show covers on lock screen. This option is only available on the Kindle Colorsoft, Kindle Scribe, Kindle from the 8th generation onwards, Paperwhite from the 7th generation onwards, Oasis from the 8th generation onwards and the Kindle Voyage. Can you set any image as wallpaper? No, you cannot make the Kindle have any image as its wallpaper. Or at least that option is not there. However, there is a little trick What you could do, although it will require being a bit manual. The first thing is to choose the image you want and convert it to PDF format. Then you use the program Caliber to convert this PDF to an ePub. And you can even change the cover of any book that you want to convert into an ePub and thus choose your image and have it always appear. In Xataka Basics | 11 tips and tricks to master Caliber and get the most out of it

“The video game is unaffordable in many cases as we have traditionally conceived it”

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Surely this is not the first time you have heard that the video game makes more money than cinema. That’s right, according to the data, although with certain nuances. However, the gaming industry is not having it easy right now, especially due to the situation with layoffs, the closure of studios, the component crisis or its difficulties in reaching a new audience. Opinions. Asha Sharma, the new CEO of Xbox, has opinions on the matter, and assures that traditional gaming has become inaccessible to many. His statements come at a particularly delicate time for his own company. And he is right, since the component crisis and the state of the industry in general is making it increasingly prohibitive to buy hardware or games. But on the other hand, it is worth remembering that Microsoft is precisely a company that also contributes to the very poor state of this industry. We have the last example in the latest increase in the price of its consoles. At the same time, it must also be said that we are at a point where we have more games (and very good ones) than ever, even titles that do not cost us any basic cost. The traditional video game is in danger. In an interview with Entertainment Weeklythe CEO of Xbox said that the video game “is unaffordable in many cases, as we have traditionally conceived it.” It’s not just about the price of hardware, but also, as she noted, “the economics of attention and the competition of subscriptions.” It is a sum of factors important enough to be expelling players from their favorite ecosystems. Although Xbox has many more problems than that. How is the panorama on Xbox. Sharma, who came from the world of AI, came to Xbox just a few months ago with no prior experience in the video game industry. That caused some rejection on social networks, but your first decisionsas recover Xbox name for Microsoft’s gaming division, give details of its next console, lower the price of Game Pass (still much more expensive than a few years ago) or returning (half-way) to console exclusives like Gears of War: E-Day, they have given it some credit. Xbox wanted to believe that this year’s Showcase was going to become a moment of reaffirmation. However, weeks later the other side arrived: with an internal communication that the company itself made public, and that it spoke of a drop in income, the hardware component crisisand how it has been “overextended” in the execution of its strategy. Additionally, rumors are mounting about another wave of mass layoffs and studio closures, although Xbox has not officially confirmed them. The problem crosses borders. That things are this regular is not something exclusive to Xbox. The entire industry suffers from structural tensions. Electronic components are more expensive than ever due to high demand for AI data centersand platforms compete for users’ time and money in an increasingly subscription-saturated environment. In this context, the price of entry to play games, whether it is a console, a mid-range PC or simply keeping up to date with all the services, has skyrocketed. “It is a very difficult formula. It is a very demanding business, but I think it is a very special business” recognize Sharma. Xbox’s bet to open the game. Todd Green, head of King (the company that owns Candy Crush that Microsoft acquired together with Activision Blizzard in 2023) explained in the same interview that his philosophy is to “treat everyone as important, regardless of whether they describe themselves as a gamer or not.” Candy Crush, with hundreds of millions of users, represents exactly that model, as it is an accessible title, free in its most basic form, and with no barrier to entry. What is at stake. If we refer only to billing, and although the comparison is a bit petecanderthe video game far surpasses the cinema. According to the Entertainment Software AssociationAmerican consumers spent $60.7 billion on video games in 2025, compared to nearly $8.87 billion at the box office that same year. But those overall numbers don’t necessarily reflect what the average player experiences. The challenge for Xbox, and the industry in general, is to find a way so that this growth is not concentrated only at the extremes, that is, the casual mobile gamer and the enthusiast with an unlimited budget, leaving everyone in the middle without a reasonable option. What’s coming now? Sharma has made it clear that his vision for Xbox goes beyond consoles, as he wants to turn the division into the largest entertainment company in the world, and that also happens with adaptations of its franchises in film and television, as is already the case with Fallout and Minecraft, and coming soon with Gears of War either Sea of ​​Thieves. But first you will have to resolve many pending issues. Cover image | Xbox In Xataka | 24 years ago Oliver Kahn sued EA and won. Then a new goalkeeper appeared in football games: Jens Mustermann

you need two cable cars, a cable car and to climb to the top of a mountain

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When someone wants to buy a Rolex, the most common thing would be to go to a central shopping street in any big city in the world and enter one of the exclusive watch stores that abound in these types of commercial hubs. However, to enter the latest boutique that the Swiss watch brand has opened you will need more than just taking a taxi to the center: you will need to grab a backpack, hiking boots and prepare to climb to a peak in the Swiss Alps. As and how I collected watchprothe Swiss brand has opened the highest boutique in the world: at 3,020 meters above sea level, at the top of the Mount Titlisin the Swiss Alps. Yeah, In Switzerland you can buy a Rolex on one of the highest peaks of the country. Getting to the place in question is not easy: you have to take a train, go up on two cable cars and, as the last stretch, ride the Titlis Rotairthe world’s first rotating gondola, opened in 1992. And then, of course, you can buy your Rolex, although in all likelihood you won’t be able to take it home. Who said that to buy a Rolex you only needed to have money? Buying a high-end watch has never been so literal Mount Titlis rises 3,238 meters above sea level, in central Switzerland, about 40 km south of Lucerne. Access from Engelberg includes several stages by cable car and two cable cars, according to the information itself. Titlis website. The final section takes place on the Rotair, a journey that lasts five minutes and rotates 360 degrees on the more than 5,000-year-old glacier, offering views at more than 3,000 meters above sea level. The Tallest Rolex boutique in the world It opened in June 2026, shortly after the inauguration of the Titlis Tower, a peculiar 76-meter-high skyscraper made of concrete, steel and glass that has defied the laws of logistics and Alpine engineering. Titlis Tower at the top of the Swiss Alps The renovation of this old telecommunications tower is part of a million-dollar project to convert the top of Titlis into a tourist center by 2029, when the new area linked to the ski resort of Titlis-Engelberg. Rolex has been one of the first luxury brands to settle there. The top of Titlis already received almost a million views annually before the opening of the tower, with tourists from India, Germany and the United States as the main international groups. The Rolex store is located inside the Titlis Tower, a building that signed Herzog & de Meuronthe Swiss studio that won the Pritzker Prize in 2001 and that has to its credit the design of the Tate Modern Londonhe Allianz Arena of Munich or the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, also known as “the bird’s nest“because of its shape. You get to the top and you leave with a waiting list Going from a mountain trek to the luxurious interior of a luxury watch boutique is a contrast that accentuates the dystopian experience of buy a rolex on top of a mountain. The store has the usual Rolex language: marble, wood, natural stone and well-placed sofas to enjoy the views while your checking account takes the hit. The store is managed by Bucherer, the watch sales chain that Rolex acquired in 2023 following the decision of its owner Jörg G. Bucherer, without direct heirs, to sell the business. The operation was formalized in 2024, after approval by the competition authorities. Bucherer operates more than 100 stores, but the one at the top of Titlis is by far the most unusual. Views from the Rolex store at 3,200 meters above sea level However, and here is the big final twist of this alpine adventure, after having traveled by train, two cable cars, the rotating gondola and climbed the 3,020 meters of altitude of this mountain, the shopping experience It is the same as in any other Rolex boutique in the world and it is very likely that the model you are looking for is not available. So you will go home without your watch. Rolex does not manage official waiting lists, but rather delegates availability to each dealer. That makes availability uneven depending on the model and design you choose. What is constant is that the most sought after models continue to be hard to getalthough the pressure starts to loosen in some markets from 2025. Although it may seem that opening a tent on a peak in the Alps It is more of a publicity stunt than something profitable, for a company whose image was forged on expeditions to the Himalayas and the conquest of Everesthaving a store above the clouds fits better than it seems. In Xataka | A farmer thought a cow had eaten his Rolex. 50 years later he recovered it, but it needed a good cleaning Image | Rolex, Titlis

El Corte Inglés liquidates all these LG, Samsung, Philips and Sony TVs in its online outlet with very reasonable prices

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El Corte Inglés has a large assortment of refurbished televisions in your online outletwith prices that are also quite tight for what they usually cost completely new. That is why in this article we are going to take a moment to explore which are the best deals available. Samsung TQ65QN80FAUXXC by 699 eurosa 65-inch television that incorporates a miniLED panel. Philips Ambilight The One 55PUS8919 by 239 eurosa very economical television that has Ambilight technology. Sony Bravia 7 65XR70 by 699 eurosa mini LED smart TV with a 65-inch screen. LG OLED65G55LW by 1,259 eurosa TV with an OLED panel that is brand new. Philips Ambilight 55OLED819 by 499 eurosa 55-inch OLED TV that comes with Ambilight technology. Philips Ambilight 55OLED819 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung TQ65QN80FAUXXC El Corte Inglés has 699 euros (before 1,799 euros) Samsung TQ65QN80FAUXXCa TV that stands out mainly because it incorporates a 65-inch Mini LED panel. It reaches refresh rates of up to 144 Hz, is compatible with HDR10+ and with Dolby Atmos and works with both Alexa and Google Assistant. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Philips Ambilight The One 55PUS8919 If you want a much cheaper television, the model Philips Ambilight The One 55PUS8919 stays for 239 euros (before 601 euros). It is a smart TV that has the brand’s particular Ambilight technology. In addition, it incorporates a 55-inch screen and is compatible with both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Philips Ambilight The One 55PUS8919 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sony Bravia 7 65XR70 For the same price as the Samsung television, we find the model Sony Bravia 7 65XR70. Its price is 699 euros (previously 1,799 euros) and mounts a Mini LED panel with a 65-inch diagonal. It is also compatible with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and its operating system is Google TV, so a large number of applications can be downloaded. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LG OLED65G55LW The LG OLED65G55LW It is not the cheapest smart TV on this list, but it is the most interesting. By 1,259 euros (before 3,299 euros), we are talking about a brand new reconditioned TV. In addition, it stands out because it incorporates a 65-inch OLED panel, its refresh rate reaches 165 Hz through VRR and it is compatible with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Philips Ambilight 55OLED819 Finally, El Corte Inglés has at a very good price the Philips Ambilight 55OLED819. Right now it can be found by 499 euros (previously 1,252 euros) and stands out mainly because it incorporates a panel with OLED technology. It also comes with Ambilight, its operating system is Google TV and it is compatible with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Philips Ambilight 55OLED819 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 | El Corte Inglés, Compradicción and Sony (header), Samsung, Philips, LG In Xataka | Best home theater projectors. Which one to buy and five recommended models from 299 to 18,000 euros In Xataka | Mega-guide to set up a home theater: projector, screen, sound system and more

the map of the 100 trials that explains everything

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In order for ChatGPT, Gemini or Meta AI to respond well to the enormous number of questions that their users ask every day, years before the companies behind them made a decision: to obtain data at all costs and from wherever. Books, newspaper articles, song lyrics, illustrations, source code. Its premise was clear: it was Better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. So today the courts are full of lawsuits, billions of dollars at stake and the AI ​​business model in the dock. For years, piracy was a matter of individuals downloading movies. Now it is the largest companies in the world that have done something similar, but on a large scale and with technology that structurally violates it. What the judges decide will mark how artificial intelligence is built from now on. Just as you prepare better for an exam if, in addition to taking the class book, you go to the library and read recommended books and expand with other readings associated with the topic you are reviewing, the different research teams behind the great AI models. it occurred to them that with huge datasets and from varied sources the result was better. The problem is that that tremendous volume of data does not fall from the sky: They took it from the web, from digital libraries and from LibGen or Z-Library repositories. The usual defense of companies like OpenAI is fair use and text and data mining exceptions, ensuring that they use unlicensed data legitimately. So the courts go case by case. Whether or not training AI models with protected content is fair use is the most important copyright question the courts have faced. Depending on the result, companies face a dark future: the payment of licenses retroactively, cleaning databases and of course, changing how they collect your data from now on. And they have lawsuits to bore: more than 100 active complaints in June 2026, according to the graph. It is important to note that this chart refers only to United States courts. Furthermore, in Europe it is a different story. The old continent has more restrictive regulations: it requires deleting data after use and allows creators to reserve their rights. The AI ​​Act requires publishing what data was used in training, something that companies have consistently avoided. The graphic in question is the work of David McCandless for Information is Beautiful and has been prepared using data from ChatGPTisEatingTheWorld.com, Wired reports and reference news. And his work is commendable: talking about litigation is not easy, but he has managed to synthesize it in a single graph to know who sues who in the world of AI. In the center are the technological companies in demand and on the outside, those who demand: from writers to media, platforms and artists. Each category is represented with a color and the larger the circle, the larger the company. There is also a disclaimer: to make the graph look better, when a plaintiff has several open lawsuits, only the main defendant’s lawsuit is shown. Come on, there are many more than we see. Who is suing who. Information is beautiful The map of conflicts On one side, the companies that built AI models, such as OpenAI, Google, Meta, Anthropic, NVIDIA and Perplexity, among others. To another, plaintiffs of all kinds who allege that their works were used without permission or compensation to train systems that have now become their competition. The bottom line is that all the major AI companies are receiving requests from almost all creative categories. Some great cases: Bartz vs. Anthropic. The company led by Dario Amodei agreed to pay $1.5 billion after it was shown that it had downloaded hundreds of thousands of books from unofficial repositories. The court validated the training as fair use, but not the way to achieve it. Kadrey vs. Goal. Mark Zuckerberg’s company won in the training part, but is still on trial for having distributed pirated content. New York Times vs. OpenAIstill in progress. The Times alleges that ChatGPT reproduces its articles almost verbatim, replacing the original source. Disney vs. Midjourneystill in progress: The big entertainment studios fight against the generation of images. Concord, BMG and Universal vs. Anthropicstill in progress. The big legendary record labels sue for reproducing protected lyrics. The US Copyright Office public In May 2025, a 108-page report concluded that there is no universal answer: determining whether the use of works to train AI is fair use requires analyzing each case separately. And not all companies are the same nor are all uses. What is clear is that this system of “asking for forgiveness instead of permission” has a price: Anthropic has shown that it can get away with paying $1.5 billion because its valuation is $183 billion. So the short answer is that today, it has been worth it. The underlying question is whether there will continue to be a flood of lawsuits or whether clearer rules will be established on the use of data and there will be someone with a firm hand and knowledge to apply them. In Xataka | Who is really winning the AI ​​race, in a graph that puts Google in trouble In Xataka | AI is going to generate unprecedented wealth. The question everyone is starting to ask is who is going to stay with her?

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