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How to request the 400 euros to buy music, video games and subscriptions if you are 18 years old

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Let’s explain to you how to apply for the 2026 Young Cultural Bonusthe new edition of this aid so that those who turn 18 in Spain have a credit of 400 euros to spend on cultural products. He Young Cultural Bonus It was launched in 2022 to bring young people closer to the cultural sectors punished during the pandemic, but since then it has been maintained. The idea is that young people spend money on culture. We are going to start the article by telling you what this bonus is and all the details, specifying what the money will be spent on. Then, we will explain to you the process you must follow to request it. Finally, remember that in addition to turning 18 in 2026, the aid is aimed at young people of Spanish nationalitythose who have legal residence in Spain, and asylum seekers, temporarily displaced persons or formerly protected foreigners. What is the Young Cultural Bonus The Young Cultural Bonus is the aid that is given each year to young people who turn 18 years old. Come on, 400 euros are going to be given to everyone who comes of age in 2026. This money is not for them to spend on whatever they want, but for them to buy products, services and activities related to the world of culture. This aid was born to finance and revitalize the Spanish cultural sector after the COVID-19 quarantines, although once they returned to normal they have been maintained. It is not known how long this cultural bonus will exist, because it is something that is approved each year. This is indirect aid for the cultural sectors. Instead of simply giving money to establishments, it is given to young people so that they can consume the culture they want in pre-established cultural products. This last part is the most important. You cannot spend 400 euros on a specific type of product. this money It is divided into three types of productsand for each of them there is a spending limit. You can’t spend it anywhere either.but in establishments that have joined the program. The aid is only for those who turn 18 years old. Therefore, it will only benefit those who have born in 2008while people and young people of other ages will not be able to benefit. Only those who turn 18 during 2026. In addition, it will be necessary to have Spanish nationality, legal residence in Spain, or be asylum seekers, temporarily displaced or ex-tutored foreigners. The management of the aid is centralized on a specific website, where young people can request the voucher. And then, In your city you will see which establishments participatesince they usually put in the window that they accept Cultural Bonus, and you will know that you can spend the money there. What can the bonus be spent on? What’s new this year is that There are two types of spending to decide the structure of what to spend the money on. On the one hand we have the traditional modality, which is the following: A maximum of 200 euros in live arts, cultural heritage and audiovisual arts: This will be divided between tickets and passes for performing arts, including live music, cinema, museums, libraries, exhibitions and performing, literary, musical or audiovisual festivals. Also for bullfighting shows. A maximum of 100 euros in cultural products in physical format: This will be divided between books, magazines, press and periodicals. It can also be spent in video gamesmusical scores, vinyl recordsCD, DVD or Blu-ray. A maximum of 100 euros in digital or online consumption: This will be divided between subscriptions and rentals to music, reading or audio-reading, audiovisual platforms, purchase of audiobooks, purchase of ebooks, subscription to podcasts, subscriptions to online video games, digital subscriptions to press, magazines or other periodical publications. Yes indeed, Subscriptions will be limited to a maximum of four months. The purchase of some stationery products such as printed or digital curricular textbooks, as well as computer and electronic equipment, software, hardware and consumables, is excluded from the aid. You will also not be able to buy musical instruments, go to sporting events, or buy pornographic material. The second modality is training. With it, you can invest the full 400 euros in courses and workshops with cultural content in person and online and musical instruments and means of artistic creation and material. A final condition is that You can only use the voucher in certain establishments or institutions attached to the program. These businesses must operate within Spain or carry out activities of sale or provision of cultural products, activities and services. How to request the Young Cultural Bonus 2026 To request the Young Cultural Bonus for 2026 you have to enter its official website, which changes every year. This year’s is beneficiaries.2026.bonoculturajoven.gob.es. who is the official of the program. In it, press the button Registerand create an account using your email and a password. Once you have registered, on this same website you can log in with your created account. Once you have created your username and password, you will receive an email with a confirmation link, and you must click on it to complete the process. Once you do it, press the button Request bonus that will appear to you. The first time you do it you will have to verify your information and age using the digital certificate either Cl@ve. Afterwards, you will have to fill in the rest of your main information. Once you have done this, you can now choose how you want the cultural bonus. The easiest thing is to have a virtual card that you can add to Google Pay or Apple Pay to pay with your mobile’s NFC, although you will also have the possibility of requesting a physical card. When you finish the setup, you will need to verify your request using Self-signature. Once you have everything, remember that you will only be able to use this balance that is given to … Read more

This is how you can get a Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro

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Although we still have the hangover from the Nintendo Switch 2 giveaway, the wheel doesn’t stop turning and today we are back with a new giveaway exclusively for members of Xataka Xtra. And pay attention, because it is another very interesting gift: a Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro orange color valued at 299 euros. It is a smartwatch that we really liked when we analyzed it and that now a lucky xatakero or xatakera player can wear it, as long as it is part of the Xtra Community. If you already belong to Xtra, you already know how it works and all the advantages you can accessbut if you don’t know it yet, for only 30 euros a year you can access exclusive raffles, exclusive benefits and discounts, a private Discord server, a direct line with editors and much more. You have all the information here. How to participate in the giveaway for a Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro Participating in this giveaway is as simple as being part of Xataka Xtraaccess your member area and check the box marked in red in the image below. When you have done so, you will not only participate in this draw, but in all those to come, which are not few. Make sure you check that box to automatically participate in the exclusive Xataka Xtra draws | Image: Xataka If you are already part of Xataka Xtra and have participated in previous draws, you don’t have to do anything. You will automatically participate in the draw, as you already did in the others. These are the coordinates of the draw that concerns us today: Requirements: be a Xataka Xtra subscriber and resident in Spain (Peninsula, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla) Start of the draw: Monday, June 22, 2026. End of the draw: Friday, June 26, at 9:00. Winner selection and resolution: Friday, June 26. How will the winner be chosen? From Xataka we will choose a random subscriber and two substitutes. If the winner does not respond within the period stipulated in the legal bases of each draw, the winner will go to the first substitute and, if this does not happen either, to the second. Winning a giveaway does not prevent you from winning in the following ones. You can find the legal bases at this link. Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro | Image: Xataka Regarding the prize, the Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro It is a very competent watch capable of measuring up regardless of the type of user. If you play sports at a relatively advanced level and want to keep track of your sessions, it’s scary; But if you are someone who wants to keep track of your health, receive notifications and calls and see how you slept, too. It is a very versatile watch that, as we said before, we really liked when we analyzed it. We particularly loved its battery, its screen and how comfortable it is to carry it at all times. It is, without a doubt, a piece of prize, so good luck to everyone! In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

The World Cup has turned bar terraces into the big business of the summer. In Asturias this has opened a thorny debate

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The World Cup is much more than football. Each ‘La Roja’ match is also an event capable of paralyzing the country and a lifeline (wink, wink) for a sector, the hospitality sector, that deals with changes in consumption of alcohol and the growing competition from the merchants. However, bars do not have it equally easy in all cities when it comes to exploiting the World Cup gold medal. Although in much of Spain it is allowed to take TVs out to terraces to broadcast matches, the requirements of the town councils do not always coincide. In fact there are consistories that prohibit the use of screens outdoors. One figure: 30%. Spain is a football country. That is not debatable. When we talk about hospitality, however, football is much more than a sport or a passion: it is above all a powerful economic lever. The employers’ association of the sector calculates that the businesses that broadcast the World Cup will skyrocket their cash between 25 and 30% on match days. What’s more, Hospitality of Spain estimates that if ‘la Roja’ reaches the final it will inject 130 million extra to your billing. Terrace slopes. In view of these figures and in the midst of the dog days, it is easier to understand why bars in a good part of Spain have asked for permission to, exceptionally, put televisions on their terraces. Their proposal is very simple: given the interest aroused by the tournament and how overwhelming crowds in closed venues can be, they want to install screens outside to broadcast ‘La Roja’ matches. More comfort, more income. It’s nothing exceptional. What is striking is that this request has not received the same response in all city councils in Spain. While some councils They have given the green light to the installation of TVs on terraces, imposing only some restrictions, others they have closed in band to that possibility arguing that it would go against noise regulations. There are also town councils that allow the installation of screens outside the bars, but require that all matches be broadcast. no sound. The case of Asturias. Although the topic has generated headlines throughout the country, probably the most interesting case is that of Asturias. There the hotel management association OTEA headed to the town councils requesting permission so that customers of bars and restaurants could follow the World Cup matches from the terraces, through TVs. In cities like Oviedo either Gijon The restaurateurs received the green light (with certain conditions), but other councils have told them no. It is the case of Aviles and Langreowho have decided that the bars’ request clashes with other prioritiessuch as the “right to rest” of the neighbors. “It is not possible to authorize non-compliance with the Law 37/2003of November 17, of noise, since the exemption from compliance with the acoustic emission and reception indicators on terraces (…) would be an action null and void,” states a resolution published by the town of the Nalón region. Click on the image to go to the tweet. The law is made… cheated, as the saying goes. That the local authorities are not convinced by the installation of screens on the terraces does not mean that the hoteliers of Langreo or Avilés have not looked for a way for their clientele to enjoy the games from the terraces without breaking the regulations. So reveals it The New Spainwhich tells how yesterday in Avilés there were bars that placed their screens strategically, next to their windows and facing the street, so that customers sitting on the terraces could follow the game. “We always meet at this bar. What seems incredible to me is the City Council’s rule of not playing loudly,” commented one of the clients who followed the meeting of Spain and Saudi Arabia from outside a bar in Avilés. It is not the first time that an international football tournament is accompanied by controversy in the Asturian hospitality industry. It happened two years agowhen OTEA disgraced the Avilés and Gijón City Councils for their decision to install giant screens in public spaces to follow the Euro Cup final. Beyond the criticism for the loss of customers, in the case of Avilés the hoteliers recalled that shortly before the City Council had prohibited them from doing something similar on their terraces. One dilemma, several answers. The most curious thing is that, although the laws on noise pollution are common to the entire country, not all councils have responded in the same way to the hoteliers’ request. In Toledo, for example, they has given the green lightbut on condition that the equipment works without sound. The only exception is venues licensed for music installations. In Albacete, the City Council has also authorized outdoor screens during ‘la Roja’ matches, the semi-finals and the final on July 19, but with an important fine print: whether or not the matches have ended, the TVs must be silent at midnight and in the Special Acoustic Protection Zone (ZPAE) the devices will not be able to emit sound even in the afternoons. Something similar happens in Salamanca. In any case, for hoteliers these are better conditions than those imposed by Teruel. Over there, COPE chain advancesrestaurants have found a response similar to that of Avilés. World yes, but with control. In general, even the most permissive city councils impose limits on match broadcasts: screens on terraces are usually allowed only for ‘special’ events, such as matches played by Spain, the semi-finals or the final in July, and even in those cases limits on noise and time restrictions apply. In the case of the capital, Hostelería Madrid assures that article 11 of the evening terrace ordinance prevents the installation of televisions outside the premises, which makes it difficult for bars and cafes to make the tournament profitable. Image | Jorge Franganillo-Flickr (Image taken in Lisbon in 2024) In Xataka | 24 years ago Oliver Kahn sued EA and won. Then a new goalkeeper appeared in football games: Jens … Read more

“Will I notice much of a change when going from a Galaxy S23 Ultra to a S26 Ultra?”

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How often do you change your mobile phone? This is a question that we all ask ourselves on more than one occasion, because if we are going to spend a good amount of money on a new high-end device we like to notice a changean evolutionary leap between the previous mobile phone and the current one. In this direction was one of the questions that a xatakero asked us in our Discord who decided to take advantage The Officeone of the advantages of Xataka Xtraour subscription to access exclusive newsletters, raffles, promotions and other exclusive advantages. In this case, what we offer is a direct line with us to resolve questions like this. The xatakero told us that it came from a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, and he wanted to know yes I would notice a lot of change when passing to a Galaxy S26 Ultra of 1 TB. We are going to tell you what our colleague Alex Alcolea, an expert in hardware, image and sound, and who precisely made our Galaxy S26 Ultra review. The question How do you see the purchase of a 1 TB Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra coming from an S23 Ultra? Will I notice much change? Thank you. Our response Photo: Xataka Updating your mobile phone is a notable investment, which is why many of us are interested in measuring the extent to which we are going to notice a radical change. The more time passes between one mobile phone and another, the greater the jump you will notice, but those who use their mobile phone very actively are often tempted to update it sooner. Very good! This is Alex from Xataka… and whoever is with the S26 Ultra. Complicated request because it is already part of a spectacular mobile. My opinion after trying it at the event and at home these days is that you are not going to notice a giant leap, but you are going to have a better mobile phone in practically everything (except for the Bluetooth functions of the S-Pen, which are not in the S26 Ultra). You’ll have more years of updates and both the telephoto and wide angle are better, but if you’re happy with the S23 Ultra, maybe I wouldn’t make the jump just yet. Of course, have you considered other options within the premium segment? I’m thinking about an OPPO Find X9 Pro or an Honor Magic8 Pro. Brutal cameras, very good screens and more battery, which I see is important for you. If you say no because you are happy with Samsung, and if I had an S23 Ultra… I would stay with it. In the end, we are talking about premium ranges and it is much more difficult to notice the change than between an S23 and a non-Ultra S26, for example, or between two mid-ranges from the same years. Do you have more questions like this? The subscribers of Xataka Xtra You can send us your questions and our team will respond personally. And if you are already a subscriber, remember this advantage and that you can ask us whenever you want.

trailer for the latest from Netflix, which some call a new ‘Metropolis’

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Netflix has cast Oscar Isaac, Al Pacino, Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, John Malkovich and Martin Scorsese himself in the cast of its new film, which now presents its first trailer. ‘Dante’s Manuscript’, however, is not an action blockbuster, but rather an arthouse film that divided critics after its passage through the last Venice Film Festival, and which screened in theaters in the United States in a very limited way a few days ago. There are those who are already comparing it to ‘Metrópolis’. 17 years of preparation. This project has been going on since 2008: it was then when Johnny Depp’s production company, Infinitum Nihil, acquired the rights to Tosches’ novel with the intention of having Depp himself star in it. Julian Schnabel came on board as director in 2011, but the project remained on hold for years. Filming did not start until October 2023 in Italy, with Oscar Isaac already in the lead role after replacing Depp, and with countless problems and delays due to the actors strike. What is it about? Two timelines run in parallel: in New York in 2001, shortly before September 11, a writer (Isaac) is recruited by a mafia boss (John Malkovich) to authenticate and steal what would be the original manuscript of ‘The Divine Comedy’, written in the handwriting of Dante Alighieri. In parallel, the film follows Dante himself in the 14th century as he goes through a creative crisis under the tutelage of his mentor, played by Scorsese. Isaac plays both roles: Tosches in the present, Dante in the past. And Butler also doubles: a hitman in the 21st century and Pope Boniface VIII in the 14th. The film adapts an excessive novel of almost 400 pages that mix medieval philosophy, mafia violence and reflections on writing and the divine. Colored things. The most striking visual decision of the film, as seen in the trailer, is to represent the two eras with different chromatic treatments: one in black and white and the other in color. However, the film does it in the opposite way to usual: the medieval scenes are filmed in color and the contemporary ones, in black and white. The past appears to us alive and saturated and the present, under a gray and colorless layer. Who is Schnabel? Julian Schnabel is not a filmmaker of mass productions for all audiences. Look at his filmography: ‘Basquiat’ (1996), ‘Before Night Falls’ (2000), ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ (2007, Best Director at Cannes), ‘Miral’ (2010) and ‘Van Gogh, at the Gates of Eternity’ (2018). Eight years have passed between ‘Van Gogh’ and this ‘Dante Manuscript’. Schnabel is also a painter, and that origin can be seen in his films, with careful framing and highly visual work. From heaven to hell. the movie received an ovation 9 and a half minutes at its premiere in Venetian Venice. But the reviews were not so good: there were who compared it with ‘Megalopolis‘by Francis Ford Coppola. Othershowever, they mentioned the influence of totems of auteur cinema such as Cassavettes or the first Coppola. However, this is not small independent auteur cinema, but a Netflix premiere, which will finally present it on June 24. The film completely departs from the platform’s usual style, but the truth is that it is not a Netflix production, but rather that it has been purchased exclusively for its catalogue, convinced that the cast of well-known names will generate a conversation very different from the one produced by, for example, ‘The Burroughs’. The moment of ‘Roma’ and ‘The Irishman’ has already passed, Netflix has no intention of positioning itself as an auteur film factory, but there is something that does not change in its intentions: the more content it brings and the more attention it generates, the better for it. In Xataka | Netflix has achieved what seemed crazy at first: that we pay in exchange for watching ads

We are at 44 degrees and AEMET says that the worst is yet to come. The good news is that we already know when thermal relief arrives.

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We’re sweating, let’s face it. And it’s Monday and you don’t even want to look at the car thermometer. Above all, because AEMET has already been warning that the worst is coming on Tuesday: even 44 degrees in the interior valleys, hellish nights in the southeast and anomalies of more than 20 degrees in the north. And yet, at the bottom of weather prediction models (where hours almost become weeks) cold scenarios begin to appear. “Anomalies of -12 degrees to start July“, you hear them say. And yes, the map is correct, the data says that. The problem is everything else. Although first of all, good news: thermal relief is close. “It will arrive in the middle of the week”a breath of fresher air” from the northwest. This will help cool the heat that “has settled in much of the Iberian Peninsula during the end of spring and the beginning of summer.” It doesn’t mean, of course, that it won’t be hot. Even if (as some maps point out) temperatures stay a couple of degrees below normal, it will still be hot. However, the decline will be clear. For reference, Bilbao will go from 42 to 29 in 48 hours. And now let’s continue with July. Indeed, some outputs of AIFS v2the European Center’s artificial intelligence model, are showing very curious anomalies for the first days of July. There are, in fact, three traps: the first is the deadline. Ten days, whether we like it or not, is still a long time to close a forecast. The second is that we are talking about anomalies: -12 degrees of anomaly is a lot, yes. But above July levels it is not ‘as much’ as ​​it might seem. At most we will have spring weather left. Something that will be well received, but that can become a problem if we do not manage expectations correctly. The last trap is to understand that ‘a week’ is not ‘a weather’. It is true that we have already had two very rare high temperature events (which, it seems, are caused by variations in the jet stream). It is also true that the idea of ​​a cold first of July conveys a certain idea of ​​a thermal ‘roller coaster’. But neither an early heat wave nor a thermal bump changes the reality: that summer is getting harsher. That is to say, we run the risk of the idea that “the weather is crazy” take hold when it is a lie. We do not live in a world where cold and heat are distributed as if the days were distributed in a lottery: we live in a world that is warming. Which heats up much hotter and faster than we would like. What can we expect? In the short term, a little more heat and a little thermal relief. There will be some showers in the west, first; and in the east, later. Then, if everything ends up being confirmed, a few days that are a little cooler (and wetter than normal). In the medium term, everything indicates that more of the same: hot, very hot. Image | BenBaso In Xataka | This map reveals the exact ‘climate clone’ of your city (and the result is surprising)

the five best deals before Amazon Prime Day

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There are a few hours left for Amazon to start its Prime Day 2026but the store has been advancing some offers on all types of products. For this reason, in this article we are going to review the best deals that can be found right now in the store. Poco X8 Pro by 319.99 eurosa mobile phone with a good screen and performance in its 512 GB configuration. Fire TV Stick 4K Select by 23.99 eurosa perfect device to turn almost any “dumb” TV into a smart one. Orbegozo Air 46 by 74.99 eurosan economical air conditioner that is ideal for better coping with heat waves. Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro Matte Glass by 549.99 eurosa powerful tablet with good battery and plenty of storage. Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition by 255.97 eurosa pack that includes an eReader, case and charging base. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Poco X8 Pro If during Prime Day you were thinking of buying a mobile phone, be very careful with the price that the phone has right now. Poco X8 Pro because Amazon has it for 319.99 euros in its 512 GB configuration. It is a smartphone with a fairly good screen for the official price (not the offer price) that it has, its performance is excellent and the battery is very good, since it is a 6,500 mAh silicon-carbon battery with 100W fast charging. Poco X8 Pro (8GB, 512GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Fire TV Stick 4K Select Of course, one of Amazon’s advances has fallen on the Fire TV Stick, and the model 4K Select It is currently one of the dongles with the best quality-price ratio of the brand. It is compatible with Alexa+offers 4K resolution and is compatible with HDR10+ content. Its price in this case is 23.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Orbegozo Air 46 The heat waves have arrived, so if you are considering buying a device to better cope with these weeks, and months until the summer ends, Amazon right now has 74.99 euros the Orbegozo Air 46. It is an air conditioner with a six-liter tank. Includes a timer of up to seven hours and works as air conditioner, fan and humidifier. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro Matte Glass We repeat the mark with the Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro Matte Glassa tablet that, for 549.99 euroshas a matte anti-reflective screen. Incorporates the processor Snapdragon 8 Eliteso it does not lack power. It comes with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage, its screen supports Dolby Visionthe diagonal is 11.2 inches and its refresh rate is 144 Hz. In addition, its battery offers 67W fast charging and its operating system is HyperOS. Xiaomi Pad 8 Pro Matte Glass (12GB, 512GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition Finally, Amazon has an offer on Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition in a pack that includes both a case and a charging base. This pack, which costs 255.97 eurosis priced lower than the eReader without the case and base. As far as the Kindle is concerned, it includes seven inch color screen32 GB to store many books and a good autonomy of weeks of use. Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition (pack) 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 | Ivan LinaresAmazon, Xiaomi, Orbegozo In Xataka | Which Kindle to buy: buying guide with recommendations to get it right with Amazon e-book readers In Xataka | Best Amazon Fire TV. Which one to buy and recommended models to convert your TV into a smart TV depending on use

The best thing you can do in 2026 is buy a mobile phone from 2025

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It has been more than a year since Nothing launched its CMF Phone 2 Proa smartphone that in our analysis proved to have many lights and some shadows. One would expect that by now the firm would have already presented its successor, but the launch of the CMF Phone 3 Pro has been canceled for this year. The reason is, of course, the memory crisisbut this decision reveals something much more disturbing. There will be no new CMF mobile in 2026. Akis Evangelidis, co-founder of Nothing, recently explained in X that there will be no launch of a new model of a CMF smartphone this year. Memory prices have risen so much that the company has had to redraw the roadmap for its catalog, and prefers to postpone that launch until there are better times for hardware components. It is the condemnation of the memory crisis. Bargain phones in danger. Although all technological devices have been affected by this problem of memory shortage and overpricing, affordable cell phones are probably among the most affected. For high-end mobile phones the impact is notable, of course, but entry-level mobile phones, which try to make sacrifices, cannot make them as much with memory through the roof. We were already talking at the end of 2025 that in 2026 Mobile phones with 4 GB of RAM could returnbut in reality what we are seeing is that manufacturers are measuring their launches a lot. Carl Pei and warned. The co-founder and CEO of Nothing, Carl Pei, has been talking for months about the impact that this situation is having on the industry, and these days he was returning to the topic with a worrying statement: “Memory is now the most expensive component of a smartphone. More than the processor, more than the screen, and can represent more than 50% of the total hardware cost.” Better than last year… The situation has become so complicated that one of the best options that users have to control their spending on all types of technology products is to go precisely to models from the previous year so that at least the cost does not skyrocket so noticeably. The Pixel 10, for example, is 899 euros, while the Pixel 9 has a price 100 euros lower in the official Google store. It is not a particularly striking reduction, but at least it presents an option for those who are seeing how new devices go up in price without any really notable changes. …if you can find it. The problem is that many products from last year or even previous years are no longer available or have also increased in price and are much more expensive than they were when they were launched. The consoles Xbox and PS5 They are a (sad) example, but it also happens with cell phones like CMF’s. The old does not cost less, but more. A user asked Evangelidis if since they were not going to launch a new model they could have inventory of last year’s model again, and he answered that this would involve purchasing components such as memory chips that would make the price 50% higher than the launch price “for exactly the same product.” Or what is the same: it does not seem that they have any intention of making a move at the moment. A ray of hope. Although CMF apparently will not launch new mobile models in 2026, Nothing’s Twitter account in India has shared a “teaser video” in which it seems to point to a new model from the firm, the Nothing (4b), successor to the Nothing (4a). A priori it seems strange, especially considering that this mobile phone appeared just three months ago. Bad time to renew or update technology. We are facing one of the worst times in recent history to buy or update technological products. “RAMgeddon” has been hit by all kinds of solutions, and although accessing last year’s devices can alleviate the blow to our wallet a little, the situation it’s so terrible that the other option is clear: wait for better times. In the mobile market they already know that This year will probably be the worst in sales history.and that sad reality will extend to other types of products without a doubt. In Xataka | We have reached a point where not even the CEOs of Google or Microsoft deny that we have an AI bubble

While half the world wonders how to integrate AI into schools, Norway has found the answer: by not doing it

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The artificial intelligence has arrived like a meteorite, impacting practically all sensors and not only destroying the consumer technology segmentbut causing governments work against the clock to implement it in all possible places. Education is something that has not been left outimpacting from primary school to university studiescausing a search for ways to both regulate and coexist with technology. The one who is clear is Norway, which has just slammed the door on artificial intelligence in primary schools. The goal? That generative AI does not affect the early education of its young people. Back to school. This past Friday, the Nordic country advertisement a practically total ban on generative AI tools in schools. This is one of the first countries to impose such severe restrictions on young people and the Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, has detailed a little how the matter will be addressed, alluding that the measure is necessary because they are observing a decrease in grades. Starting with the new course, which will begin at the end of August, AI in the classroom will go at two speeds: Students from first to seventh (ages 6 to 13) will not be able to use AI. Those in lower secondary school (between 14 and 16 years old) can adopt these tools under the supervision of teachers. With nuances. There we talk about primary and the first years of secondary school, but if the question is how young people are going to emerge from their studies “isolated” from this technology, the answer is that at home it will depend on each family and that, in the regulated educational environment, upper secondary students (from 17 to 19 years old) will be guided to learn to use AI appropriately in order to be prepared for higher education and the world of work. Protect children. Støre argues that they have made the decision due to fears that the use of AI will cause children to skip crucial stages in their education. “The most important thing in school is that our children learn to read, write and do mathematics,” commented the prime minister, arguing that “research shows that the disproportionate and uncritical use of generative AI in schools increases the danger of skipping important steps in learning.” At Xataka we have already echoed several studies that put on the table how the use of AI for everything increases the boiled frog syndrome and they can even lead us to a state of cognitive surrender. In fact, the decision seems based on a recent report that revealed that AI tools were being used by three in four primary schools and more than 90% of upper secondary schools. Not just AI. Despite everything, Støre did not present the measures as a frontal opposition to technology, but as something focused on promoting traditional education without an easy search for answers, so that young people do not skip these stages of cognitive evolution. In other areas, the prime minister pointed out that they have “great ambitions regarding the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence”, but that in terms of primary and secondary education, there are other priorities. But, in the end, this frontal opposition to AI in early education is a measure that is in the same bag as the one taken in 2024 when the Government banned phones in schools and, in April of this year, they already commented that they were thinking about plans to prevent those under 16 years of age from accessing social networks. This is something that are studying other countries following the steps of Australia and, most recently, United Kingdom. Other approaches. On the other hand we have China. The Asian giant aims to become the first world power in the short term and, within those plans and the Five-Year Plan roadmap, They consider AI a pillar of the future of education. Instead of banning technology in the classroom, teachers will be trained to find ways to teach children to use language models to solve problems and think critically. The idea is that they know how to question whether the answers are correct, as well as verify information through multiple sources to achieve “AI literacy” from primary school. It is evident that it is another approach, of course, and one that comes not without controversy because the main criticisms focus on the fact that it is a position that will increase the social gap between families with different purchasing power. Image | Jessica Lewis (edited) In Xataka | AI is helping us solve problems. And it’s also reducing our ability to solve them alone.

We sensed that Russia’s “flying Chernobyl” was a dangerous nuclear missile. MIT just confirmed that it is much worse

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In 1964, the United States canceled the Project Pluto after proving that it worked for a very simple reason: the missile left a radioactive trail in its wake and there was no a “safe” place where to try it. Half a century later, Russia has decided to return to that idea that even Washington considered too extreme. The nickname takes shape. It we count a few months ago. For years the Burevestnik It was almost a technological legend, one of those “super missiles” that Putin presented in 2018 shrouded in mystery and propaganda. It was sensed that it was dangerous for a simple reason: a nuclear reactor inside a missile could never be clean or easy to control. But now the new analysis by MIT scientists puts numbers and logic to that fear, and the conclusion is more disturbing than expected. We are not just talking about a nuclear missile in the classical sense (one that carries a warhead), but rather a missile that converts all your own flight in a form of radioactive contamination. If the popular idea was that of a “flying Chernobyl” (the nickname is used by experts of arms control remembering the physical cost of the concept), the real problem is that it could be something worse: a moving reactor releasing waste throughout its trajectory. The obsession of the Cold War. The concept is not new. In the 1950s, both the United States and the Soviet Union played with reactors on board strategic aircraft such as the Convair B-36 Peacemaker and the Tupolev Tu-95although they never really powered their engines. The big leap was Project Plutoa US program to create a supersonic missile of almost unlimited range that would fly at low altitudes, wreaking nuclear destruction. The project was technically viable, but so brutal and polluting that ended up abandoned. That is the historical key: the West left this idea behind not because it was impossible, but because it understood its implications too well. How the monster really works. The great advance of MIT study is to explain how it really moves the Burevestnik. It doesn’t use Pluto’s old ramjet concept, but something even more compact: a direct cycle turbojet. The system is almost wild in its simplicity. Air enters from the atmosphere, passes directly through the reactor core, is heated by fission, and is expelled to generate thrust. This allows weight and size to be reduced, making it possible to put the entire reactor inside a missile. just 9.5 meters. But this efficiency has a terrible counterpart: the air that comes in clean comes out contaminated. Every second of flight converts the missile in a nuclear chimney that spreads radioactive isotopes over the ground and the atmosphere. The toxic trail that changes everything. Here’s the big twist. A conventional nuclear missile is lethal when it hits. The Burevestnik begins to be dangerous long before it reaches its objective. According to the researchersits exhaust would be loaded with argon, krypton and radioactive carbon, in addition to particles generated by the progressive erosion of the reactor under extreme heat and constant pressure. The longer it stays in the air, more material released. It is a complete inversion of the classic concept of a strategic weapon: it is no longer just the final explosion, but the entire journey. In practice, each mission could leave a contamination corridor behind it, turning the simple transit of the missile into a radiological event. Accidents that already pointed to this. The signs had been there for years. They remembered the TWZ analysts that after the public disclosure of the program, the environmental organization Bellona Foundation detected radiation spikes in the Arctic linked to possible tests. Then came the loss of a prototype at sea and, in 2019, the explosion in the White Sea that killed five Rosatom scientists. The MIT hypothesis It’s devastating: That reactor recovered from the bottom could be reactivated when it was hoisted, causing the explosion. What then seemed like an isolated accident today fits into a logical chain of problems associated with handling a miniaturized and exposed nuclear reactor. Strategic advantage and its limits. The reason for the existence of the Burevestnik is clear: almost unlimited range. It can be launched from the Arctic, remain in flight for hours or even days and attack from impossible vectors, avoiding radars and traditional warning networks. This unpredictability forces rethink air defenseespecially in spatial layers capable of tracking low-level targets. However, this advantage comes with obvious weaknesses. It is subsonic, not very stealthy and, paradoxically, easy to track by its own signature or radioactive signal. Plus: the reactor degrades while it operates, which calls into question the very promise of “infinite range.” More laboratory than weapon for now. All of this leads to an admittedly uncomfortable conclusion: perhaps the Burevestnik matters less as a weapon than as an experiment. Russia may be using this program to validate technologies which would later be applied to nuclear surveillance drones or much more militarily useful space platforms. It is also possible that it is a personal obsession of Putin, fascinated by the idea of ​​a machine that can fly almost without limit. Whatever the reason, the result is the same: Russia has achieved something that no one else had achieved, the first sustained flight of a device truly powered by nuclear energy. The problem is that the price of that achievement may be having resurrected a technology that the Cold War buried precisely because it was too dangerous even for its own creators. Image | x In Xataka | There is something more disturbing than “a Chernobyl”: it is a flying Chernobyl, it is in the hands of Russia and it is already testing it In Xataka | Russia has a missile so powerful and destructive that NATO calls it “Satan II.” And it is already unfolding

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