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small differences that make it worth it (or not) to pay more to jump to the new generation

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Habemus three new Samsung foldables. The comparisons between them are interesting because, beyond the format, they also have other differences. Now, it is also worth looking back and compare them just with the previous generation. For this reason, today we are going to face the Galaxy Z Flip7 and to Galaxy Z Fold8. Technical data sheet of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 Dimensions and weight Folding: 75.2 x 85.5 x 13.7mm Displayed: 75.2 x 166.7 x 6.5mm 188 grams Folding: 75.4 x 85.7 x 13.1mm Displayed: 75.4 x 166.9 x 6.1mm 180 grams folding screen 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X FullHD+ resolution (1,080 x 2,520 pixels) 397 pixels per inch 2,600 nits Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X FullHD+ resolution (1,080 x 2,520 pixels) 400 pixels per inch 3,000 nits Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster secondary / main screen 4.1-inch Super AMOLED Refresh rate: 60-120 Hz Resolution 948 x 1,048 pixels 4.1-inch Super AMOLED Refresh rate: 60/120 Hz Resolution 948 x 1,048 pixels processor Exynos 2500 Exynos 2600 Ram memory and storage 12/256GB 12/512GB 12/256GB 12/512GB main camera 50 MP wide angle, f/1.8. OIS 12 MP wide angle, f/2.2, 123º FOV 50 MP wide angle, dual pixel AF, OIS, f/1.8, FOV 85º 12 MP wide angle, f/2.2, 123º FOV front camera 10 MP f/2.2, FOV 85º 10 MP, f/2.2, FOV 85º battery 4,300 mAh 25W fast charging 15W wireless charging Reverse wireless charging Dual 4,300 mAh (typical) 25W fast charging 15W wireless charging PowerShare Reverse Wireless Charging price From 945.65 euros From 1,299 euros At first glance there are not too many differences between the two, but there are some that are worth taking into account before jumping into one or the other model. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8, 256GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A design that tends to become increasingly thinner At first glance, both folding devices are so similar that it is difficult to distinguish them. Samsung maintains a design with which it is comfortable, although it continues in the same direction as other devices such as the Galaxy S26 Ultra. What does that mean? What the Galaxy Z Flip8 is a thinner and lighter device than its predecessor. Let’s talk about concrete numbers. It is about a reduction of 0.4 millimeters in thickness and 8 grams in weight. On paper, it is a small difference, but it is noticeable if we take into account that it is a foldable that seeks to be light and manageable. Interior display: change in maximum brightness level and hinge The exterior screen of the Galaxy Z Flip8 is identical to the one already released on the Galaxy Z Flip7, covering the entire surface of the device except for the camera modules. The interior doesn’t change much either, although Samsung The maximum brightness level has been improved from 2,600 to 3,000 nits. In practice, this should make it look better outdoors or in sunlight. Another change that comes to both the new Flip and the Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra It is a technology called Flex Titanium. Simply explained, it is a titanium film along with a plate of the same material that goes in the area of ​​the wrinkle that the folding screen has. Its objective is clear: make this wrinkle barely noticeable and less visible. Processor renewal: Exynos again While the other two foldables of this new generation have a Qualcomm processor, the Galaxy Z Flip8 repeats with an Exynos. Specifically, we are talking about the Exynos 2600which is exactly the same processor that the Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26+so we can get an idea of ​​its performance. Here we have a jump in power and technical efficiency with respect to the Z Flip7 processor, which was the Exynos 2500. With this change we can expect that Samsung’s new foldable will be more powerful and efficient than its predecessor and even improves its thermal management. Otherwise, there are no more differences at the hardware level between both devices, which come with the same cameras and battery. New One UI, same years of updates As happens practically every time Samsung releases a new high-end mobile phone, the Galaxy Z Flip8 arrives with a new operating system. This device comes with One UI 9 and Android 17 as standarda logical change in this sense, since the Z Flip7 arrived with Android 16 and One UI 8. The biggest difference between both operating systems is that the new version will allow us to use more functions and tools on the external screen of the device. And what happens with years of updates? Here Samsung repeats the move: the Z Flip8 promises seven years of updatesthe same as its predecessor. Now, since the latter arrives in stores for a year, you are going to “spend” one of them when you update to One UI 9. Price increase for the Galaxy Z Flip8 The Galaxy Z Flip8 hits stores with two different configurations, as the Z Flip7 already did: 256 GB or 512 GB of storage (both with 12 GB of RAM). What this new mobile also comes with is with a price increase in both versions. We leave you below so that you can see, clearly, the change in launch prices between both devices: Galaxy Z Flip8 with 256 GB storage: 1,299 euros (for 1,209 euros for the Z Flip7). Galaxy Z Flip8 with 512 GB storage: 1,499 euros (for 1,329 euros for the Z Flip7). Which model to choose? Now that we have seen the differences between both devices, It’s time to opt for one. Both are a very good option if you like this type of folding mobile, although, depending on what you are looking for or what you want to spend, there is one that will be better for you. Why buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 … Read more

While the technology sector is bleeding from layoffs, ASML is walking in the opposite direction: 20,000 euros to stay

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2026 is being a rush of layoffs in technology companies. It is estimated that in the first four months, at least 92,000 employees in the technology sector have lost their jobs with the excuse that we must invest more in AI. Meanwhile, the opposite is happening in semiconductor and component companies: they are paying bonuses so they don’t leave. That’s just what ASML is doing. what has happened. They tell it in Eindhovens Dagblad: ASML is going to offer its employees a share package worth 20,000 euros to all employees who continue to work in the company in 2030. The shares will be available from January 1, 2027 and the condition to be able to collect it is to continue working in the company on January 1, 2030. Why it is important. The AI ​​boom has two sides. On one side we have technology companies like Meta that They are investing very aggressively in AImainly in the construction of data centers. In addition, AI serves to automate processes and thus requires less labor. The other downside is companies like ASML, Samsung or SK Hynix that cannot afford to manufacture more components that make the AI ​​boom possible. Here you don’t say goodbye, here you try to retain talent with a checkbook. Rshare the benefits. In total, ASML has 44,500 employees worldwide, of which around 23,500 work at its headquarters in Veldhoven. If when 2030 arrives all workers are still in the company, ASML would have to disburse 890 million euros. ASML leads the ranking of European companies with the highest market capitalization. Only the last quarter brought in 9.3 billion euros, with a net profit of 2.92 billion. Come on, they can afford it. The Samsung case. A few months ago, Samsung also confirmed that would pay a bonus to its workers in the semiconductor division. However, it did not leave the company, but was the result of a negotiation with the employees, which They threatened a strike that would paralyze the factories. Finally Samsung gave in and employees will get a bonus of $340,000 on average. The bad part is that this has created tensions within the company because staff in other divisions such as devices would get a much smaller bonus, in some cases $4,000. Meanwhile in Silicon Valley. As we said at the beginning, technology companies have reduced their workforce considerably so far this year. In May Meta fired 8,000 employeesMicrosoft offered early retirement to many othersOracle too gave a door to thousands of workers (no figure yet confirmed), Amazon too… The serious thing is that it is not a financial problem, but rather The reason behind the vast majority of these layoffs is AI. It is not about replacing employees with AI, but rather that many companies are completely restructuring themselves to develop AI. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | AI has become the perfect alibi for anything: it serves companies both to cut back and to expand

This is the Sony REON Pocket Pro Plus

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It’s so hot that I would change my kingdom to be cool all day. At home it’s not so much of a problem: it’s just turning on the air-conditioning either shift fan. The problem is when we go outside, since there we can only pull the classic fan or these portable fans whose battery lasts a sigh. Is there nothing else? The reality is that yes, and that is that my colleagues at TikTok from Xataka Selection have discovered the Sony REON Pocket Pro Plus: an air conditioner that you wear under your clothes. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links An ideal device to combat heat waves @xataka.seleccion What if I told you that I wear an air conditioner under my shirt? It’s called Sony REON Pocket Pro Plus and it’s not a fan #sony #technology #innovation #air #gadget ♬ original sound – Xataka Selección – Xataka Selección This device is placed on your back and has a simple goal: to cool you (or warm you in winter). It is important to note that it is not a fan, but rather it has a system of sensors that detect the temperature. and automatically regulate the power depending on the heat what it does or if we are moving, for example. The Sony REON Pocket Pro Plus has flexible tubes that attach to our body, so it is very easy to adjust it to each person’s body. Also, since the supports have a soft material, wearing it is very comfortable (even if we use it for a long time). In fact, it activates automatically when you put it on and stops if, for example, you place it on the table. The kit also comes with the new REON Pocket Tag 2. It is an independent sensor that measures the temperature and humidity of the environment in real time. Thanks to this, the device that we will carry placed on our back will have greater precision when adjusting the temperature and we will be able to stay cooler all summer long. And it can’t be adjusted manually? The reality is that yes, thanks to an app that we can install on our mobile phone. With it we will have full control over the device and we will be able, among other things, to start it, change between cold or heat mode, modify the temperature and more. With so much heat wave that we are suffering this summer, the Sony REON Pocket Pro Plus can help us make everything more bearable. On the street or if we go to a festival, but also at home if we work in an area where we do not have any type of device to cool the room. And all with a touch cyberpunk which is very cool. This device is available for 229 euros in the Sony store. Now if we use the code ‘XATAKA‘, we will automatically have a 5% discount. 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 | sony In Xataka | Best connected fans (2026). Which one to buy and five recommended models In Xataka | Best ceiling fans (2026). Which one to buy and five recommended models

It is not enough to buy a mansion, you also need those of your neighbors

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That a millionaire wants to buy himself a huge mansion and protect yourself from prying eyes building huge walls It’s not something new. In fact, it is such a common practice that large communities of millionaires have even been created. that isolate themselves from the rest seeking precisely that privacy. This scene is already repeated in the most expensive neighborhoods in the United States, but the big difference is that billionaires have already stopped competing for the largest mansion. Now they compete to empty the entire block to get as far away from the world as possible. They have dubbed the phenomenon “landmaxxing” and it is changing the rules of the game in luxury brick. What exactly is landmaxxing?. The term has been coined by the real estate consultancy Coldwell Banker in its semiannual report 2026. He compares it to the “lookmaxxing” of the internet, that trend of optimize the physique to the maximum. The difference is that, in this case, the object to be optimized is not the body, but the ground that surrounds you. As and how to collect he Wall Street Journalbuying all the houses that surround their property has become an obsession for millionaires. According to data from the Coldwell Banker report, searches for building land in the US rose 97% year-on-year, while searches for exclusive properties, such as private islands or large estates, doubled in the first five months of the year. That is to say, interest in large residential complexes has increased over mansions or single-family homes. “This is more coveted than a 40,000-square-foot home. For some, it represents privacy and security. For others, it’s a hedge against inflation,” Coldwell Banker Miami real estate agent Danny Hertzberg told the WSJ. If you want it, pay for it. In this expansionist point lies the key to the business. The millionaire chooses a certain property at a specific price, but they do not take into account the extra cost that may appear when the neighbor does not want to sell their house. That’s when the price stops making sense for ordinary mortals. In fact, real estate agents in areas where the massive arrival of millionaires like Florida they already talk about a “neighbor premium”, which can increase the purchase price up to 20% above the market value. It’s the price you have to pay to get rid of your neighbors. The masters of the neighborhood. Just as I described Robb Report Ángel Nicolás, Serhant real estate agent: “Your home is not just the walls: it is the entire experience of the neighborhood.” That is why there are those who buy the plots adjacent to their property without plans to build anything, just to decide who will live opposite. In addition to controlling the neighborhood, there are also those who do it out of fear of fires, increasingly common during recent years, as a measure to have more distance between houses acting as a firewall. The ultimate goal is always the same: that no one else can touch the landscape they already consider theirs. Bezos’ bunker in Miami. Indian Creek, the man-made island in Miami that everyone calls “Billionaire Bunker,” has fewer than 40 parcels and its own police force. There decided to settle Jeff Bezos to be closer to Blue Origin operations. First he paid $68 million for a house by the water. Two months later bought the one next doorfor 79 million more. The founder of Amazon later added a third mansionthis for 90 million, until collecting more than 230 million on the same island. Their plan is to tear down the mansions that are already built to build a single own mansion. Zuckerberg’s fortress in Palo Alto. Mark Zuckerberg started in 2011 with a five-bedroom house in Crescent Park. Fourteen years later his “landmaxxing” plan has led him to buy at least eleven properties from the same neighborhood for about 110 million dollars in total. Each purchase served to join plots and expand the perimeter of their farm. Underground there are huge basements that the neighbors already call “the batcave of the billionaires”. Eight straight years of construction, cameras everywhere and private guards patrolling the street. According to published Fortunewhen the noise is too bothersome, Zuckerberg himself sends headphones, baskets of champagne and donuts to calm the neighbors’ spirits. Griffin, Ellison and the rest of the club. Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel, has been buying parcel after parcel in Palm Beach since 2012. It already has more than 10 hectares off the coast and more than 450 million dollars invested only in buying the land. When it’s over, it will be most expensive house ever built. Nearby, Larry Ellison and WeatherTech founder David MacNeil did something different. Instead of letting a third neighbor build a mansion worth 285 million, they divided the plot that separated their mansions. According to the real estate portal Realtorthe millionaires paid 67 million to their neighbor and each one thus expanded their own farm. “It’s always nice to have a little extra space for my three Golden Retrievers to run around,” MacNeil said in a text message. In Xataka | Spain was sun and tapas, now it is mansions and infinity pools: the ultra-rich have turned it into their refuge Image | Unsplash (Daniel Barnes)

If your password is stolen, you change it. If they steal your face, you have no other choice

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Google launched yesterday a new way to regain access to your account when you lose your phone or computer. All you have to do is record a selfie video by turning your head in several directions, and then send it to Google servers and use it as biometric verification if you want to recover that lost access. What’s really interesting is not this launch, because Google is just the latest big technology company to join the trend. And that trend, although interesting on the one hand, is very, very disturbing on the other. Google and your face as a method to recover your account. In Google’s announcement, those responsible explain the system for scanning and sending that selfie video to its servers, and how this system will allow users to recover their account if they lose access to it. Privacy and security by flag. Google promises that they will keep that information encrypted and use it for other purposes unless you actively allow it. The option can also be used to log in to your account (as Microsoft has been doing for years with its Windows Hello technology), but it cannot be used in Workspace accounts, nor in child accounts or in accounts that are part of the Advanced Protection Program from Google, aimed at journalists, activists or businessmen with especially sensitive information. Meta already tried it and had to abandon it…. Facebook had a facial recognition system —the one that suggested tags of people in photos— and closed it in 2021 erasing more than a billion faces after pressure from regulators and privacy organizations. …to get it back again. In October 2024 They resurrected technologythis time to recover Facebook and Instagram accounts that had been hacked. In December 2025 they had already made it the standard recovery method, and Meta assures that has improved by more than 30% the recovery rate of hacked accounts in the US and Canada. A Trojan horse called “age verification”. If account recovery is a gateway to giving up our “face”, the other, much more widespread, is to protect minors. That excuse has served to promote facial recognition as a verification measure. In July 2025, Roblox He started asking for a selfie video. to teenagers ages 13 to 17 who would like to unlock unfiltered chat with their circle of “trusted friends.” The system, managed by the company Personestimate the age based on facial features, and if you are not sure ask for official identification. Discord and its troubled system. In February 2026, the company advertisement that its more than 200 million monthly users would have to verify their age with a facial scan or an official document. The announcement came a few months after uploading a hack which exposed some 70,000 user IDs, which generated a lot of skepticism and notable criticism to the initiative. Discord had to delay the rollout of the measure until the second half of 2026, and shortly after a user shared a way to cheat the system with a 3D avatar controlled with an Xbox or PlayStation controller. TikTok, in the spotlight. The platform combine the estimate with a behavior and activity system (videos watched, usage patterns) and another for verification by selfie or official document when the system suspects that a self-declared adult user is actually not one. From 2021 has several lawsuits like the one that recently occurred in Florida because according to the accusation, TikTok deliberately modified your age rating to bypass parental controls. The vetoes that, for example Australia imposed on minors to enter social networks have also driven these efforts, which TikTok rushed to implement. Risky intermediaries. On French porn sites like Xvideos, verification provider AgeGO (a Spanish company based in Barcelona) offers to verify age with a live selfie. An AI Forensics investigation discovered that this data was sent directly to Amazon Rekognition, AWS’s facial recognition service, along with the user’s IP and the information that they were accessing an adult website. It is a clear example how biometric data that theoretically serves to verify your age ends up being used to create user profiles that can violate your privacy. What changes with a leaked password. If your password is stolen, you can change it. But if your facial scan, generated from the selfie video with various angles, expressions or lighting, is filtered, you cannot change your face. That’s the fundamental difference between “something you know” and “something you are,” and it explains why regulators and privacy activists are very clear that biometric data represents a category of data with a very different sensitivity than any other personal data. Interesting and above all very disturbing. Each of these companies insists that the video selfies they allow users to take are used only for the proper purpose—recovering an account, verifying age—but the truth is that the option, while interesting, is disturbing. Although it presents a valid and even very attractive alternative to recover an account, the risks that this biometric identification imposes are enormous. The privacy scandals proposed by this type of system are already beginning to appear —Let them tell Meta and his smart glasses—. Added to all this the threat of deepfakes which the EU will try to mitigate with your AI Law. Image | Taan Huyn In Xataka | Instagram tried to generate images with AI from its users’ photos: now Meta has had to retract it

Tenerife has recorded more than 1,600 earthquakes in two days. Volcano experts keep saying the same thing: tranquility

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During the night of Wednesday, July 22, to Thursday, July 23, Tenerife trembled due to the effect of hundreds of small earthquakes. In a few hours, the automatic detectors captured more than 500 earthquakes, although manually, under review by seismologists, the figure was reduced to 100. In total, since then, around 1,500 very low magnitude earthquakes have been reported, many of them hybrid. This means that they are produced both by the breakdown of rock and by the underground movement of fluids. In volcanic territories, such as Tenerife, this is especially worrying, since this fluid could be the magma of a volcano awakening from its slumber. Even so, experts call for calm. Earthquake swarms They are normal in these areas and would have to be more intense to really represent the preamble to an eruption. It is something that, according to what they say from The Countryalready happened in 2004, but even then it turned out to be a false alarm. 750 small earthquakes. The majority of earthquakes in this swarm of Tenerife earthquakes have a magnitude of between 1 and 2. This is a very low intensity to cause concern to the population. Although there were some before and have continued to happen after, most of these tremors took place between 2 and 5 in the morning, at depths of 10 to 15 kilometers. Yes, it could be due to the movement of magma, as has happened with other recent swarms. Since February, about 10 similar episodes have been recorded. In all cases they have been hybrid earthquakes, but of low magnitude. Some have been slightly more intense than these and still nothing has happened. That is the reason why there is a call for calm. Active, inactive or extinct. A volcano is considered active when it has erupted on recent geological scales. Normally 10,000 years are used as a reference figure, although it may vary depending on the source. An example is Mount Etna in Italy.. Dormant volcanoes are those that have not erupted for many thousands of years, but still have the potential to do so, as there is still a source of magma available. This is the case of the Mount Omuro volcano, in Japan. Finally, extinct volcanoes are those that can no longer erupt, because they have lost connection with their magma source, which may have diverted, solidified, or disappeared completely. In Spain, the Cabo de Gata volcanoes in Almería are in this state. In the case of the volcanoes of Tenerifeare considered active, since it has been just over a century since their last eruption. Even so, that does not mean that there will be another one imminently. The latest eruptions. There have been no eruptions in Tenerife since November 1909, when the Chinyero eruption. This was preceded by intense seismic activity, which began in March 1908, more than a year earlier. However, they were much more intense tremors than those happening now. There was even a strong emission of fumaroles in the Teide crater. Other sources suggest that the tremors began a little later, but in any case more than 6 months before the eruption and always of great intensity. It is true that, since they occurred so long ago, there is no record of the magnitude of those earthquakes. However, there are many testimonies from neighbors who felt them, while those that are happening in Tenerife now are of such a low magnitude that it is very difficult for the population to notice them. Magma on the surface. In addition to fumaroles, the movement of magma on the surface is one of the signs that a volcanic eruption is close. It is another reason why geologists insist that this seismic swarm does not predict an eruption in the short or medium term. With the earthquakes of 2004 there was more concern, because yes they were felt by the populationalthough they did not have a magnitude either very high. In addition, magma was detected very close to the surface. Even so, the systems for detecting and monitoring earthquakes and possible volcanic eruptions were not as good as those today. Today the preambles of a volcano eruption are much better known and, with what is currently happening, there is nothing to fear. Images | Wikimedia Commons/IGN In Xataka | The last time Mount Fuji erupted was 318 years ago. The Japanese government has turned to AI in case it happens again

Your new 2K camera with night vision and this wireless peephole are now official

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Connected home security takes a leap in resolution without having to pay exorbitant prices. The Ring firm has made its latest two additions official in Spain: the Ring Outdoor Camera 2K (2nd generation) and the Ring Peephole Camera 2K. These are two proposals designed for completely different housing profiles, but they share a clear philosophy: installation within everyone’s reach, integration with Alexa system and high definition image quality. Ring Outdoor Camera 2K, Outdoor camera The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ring Peephole Camera 2K (latest gen.) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ring Outdoor Camera (2nd generation): versatility for perimeter surveillance This surveillance camera It is ideal for gardens, patios, terraces and main entrances. The second generation of Ring’s outdoor camera arrives with 2K resolution (Retinal) as a great asset, allowing a higher level of detail when identifying faces or distant objects thanks to its six-fold digital zoom. If there is something for which it stands out, it is for presenting a flexible feeding systemadapting to any need, since you can connect it via a rechargeable battery, power outlet or solar panel. The night vision has been improved in this new version and maintains color interpretation in low light situations and automatically switches to black and white in total darkness, so you don’t miss any details. It can also be noted that it incorporates active safety elements such as an integrated deterrent siren, zoned motion detection and two-way audio, so you can talk to whoever is on the other side. This model of outdoor surveillance camera is available for pre-sale and will be on the market next August 12 by 99.99 euros. Ring Outdoor Camera 2K, Outdoor camera The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ring Peephole Camera 2K: the ideal connected peephole for rental apartments Designed for replace the traditional peephole In a matter of minutes, this Ring Peephole Camera 2K avoids the use of cables, construction or drilling, thus becoming a perfect option for apartments (both owned and rented). It has 2K resolution and adds a field of view in vertical format (to see the entire body of whoever is in front). Its installation is simple and fits directly into the existing peephole hole. It offers integration with Alexa, so you can see, in real time, who is at the door through a EchoShow or the brand’s app. In addition, it should also be noted that it works with a removable rechargeable battery easy maintenance. As for this extension for the home peephole, it will go on sale on August 19 and can now be pre-purchased for 99.99 euros. Ring Peephole Camera 2K (latest gen.) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links You may also be interested Ring Intercom Audio | Make your intercom smarter The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ring Battery Video Doorbell (Latest Gen.) 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 | Ring In Xataka | Security home automation for when you are not at home: cameras, sensors, kits and more to monitor and control your home on vacation In Xataka | I’m going to automate my entire house and the first step is very clear: goodbye Google Home, hello Alexa

“Mythos is a total weapon. You should need a weapons license to use it”

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Anthropic and OpenAI are racing towards what is already known in Silicon Valley as the IPO (Initial Public Offering or initial public offering) of the artificial intelligence (IA), with valuations that are around 965,000 million and one trillion dollars respectively. In this scenario, the general director of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has granted an interview to Bloomberg in which he reflects on his career in this industry and about the price that must be paid to maintain one’s values ​​when the business pushes in the opposite direction. When asked about the decision to go for enterprise tools, such as Claude Code or Claude Cowork, instead of pursuing more popular consumer applications, Amodei was blunt: “Either you betray your values ​​or you become irrelevant.” And, according to this executive, choosing a business model that clashes head-on with a company’s values ​​ends up forcing that dilemma sooner or later. However, Amodei’s warning is not limited to the business sphere. In this same interview he alerts us to a much more shocking and worrying phenomenon: the possibility that in the coming years skyrocketed GDP growth and very high unemployment will coexist, especially among entry-level office jobs. The paradox that worries Amodei The diagnosis that Anthropic’s CEO has been repeating for more than a year is the following: AI could eliminate half of entry-level office jobs within one to five years. Amodei insists that this headline is often taken out of context and that its real message has never been purely catastrophic. According to him, it is a call to anticipate with specific macroeconomic policies, such as taxes on the use of tokens or the redesign of templates together with companies. The mechanism he describes is simple, although it is also disturbing. When 90% of a job is automated, the remaining 10% becomes much more productive thanks to that leverage. The problem comes when automation is approaching 100% and there is no task left to cling to. Within Anthropic itself, he maintains, they are already experiencing this transition: AI today writes practically all of the code, although for the moment it continues to make engineers more productive. It does not replace them completely. When 90% of a job is automated, the remaining 10% becomes much more productive thanks to that leverage This alert has earned him criticism from both sides. Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, has accused him of confusing tasks with jobs, while other voices speak directly of a “marketing of the apocalypse” that would benefit Anthropic. Amodei responds by recalling that in his essay “The adolescence of technology” He dedicated several pages to that same distinction and to a list of possible solutions, from private philanthropy to state intervention. This is not the only front on which Amodei has chosen to put limits on its own technology. In the same interview he reveals that Anthropic retained Mythosits most advanced model for cybersecurity, because it is capable of autonomously going through the entire chain of a computer attack and finding exploitable vulnerabilities on its own. The companies that tested it in the early phase directly asked him to I won’t publish it. “Mythos is a total weapon. You should need a weapons license to use it,” he admits. Amodei acknowledges that this decision has cost him dearly in commercial terms, although he insists that publishing it before the rest of the network is patched would be much more dangerous. Amodei himself frames this insistence within the same logic that he applied to his business model: he prefers to sound the alarm even if it is uncomfortable than to sweeten the diagnosis so as not to harm the valuation of his company on the way to its IPO. No one yet knows which side will win this race between productivity and unemployment. Amodei, at least, has already made clear which alternative he rejects. Image | Wikimedia More information | Bloomberg In Xataka | China has a plan to win the AI ​​war against the US. And DeepSeek is its champion In Xataka | Anthropic is one step away from being worth as much as Samsung. And what the market is buying is not Claude

Spain has just fined Ibai and Jordi Wild for it

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The National Markets and Competition Commission has just hired a Portuguese company to track covert advertising on social networks. The three fines that he has managed to impose with this newly released surveillance add up, now with the discounts for prompt payment and other mitigating factors, to 2,877.91 euros between Ibai Llanos, Jordi Wild and Nachter. They are just crumbs in the context of how much these people earn. influencers with their activity. Three reasons. Ibai Llanos, Jordi Wild and Nachter have been sanctioned for different breaches of the General Law of Audiovisual Communication: unidentified advertising, content without protection of minors and irregular promotion of medicines. It cost Ibai Llanos 710 euros, reduced to 568 for advance payment, not to point out that several videos published in The Evening They showed a beverage brand without differentiating it from the editorial content through the optical, acoustic or spatial mechanisms required by the standard. Jordi Wild has paid 1,543.44 euros, reduced to 1,241.95, to broadcast extreme fighting matches from the Dogfight Wild Tournament on YouTube without age ratings or the minor restriction mechanisms offered by the platform. Nachter has received the highest fine: 1,779.94 euros, reduced to 1,067.96 after acknowledging responsibility, for promoting anti-flu drugs on networks without complying with the requirements that the law imposes on the advertising of medicines. The three are equated due to their special relevance with traditional television providers, by exceeding certain thresholds of income, audience and activity. The comparison. These are low fines in general terms, but they are even more surprising if we compare them with what a pharmaceutical company pays for similar errors. The Supreme Court confirmed in March 2025 a fine of 90,001 euros to a laboratory that omitted the price of a medicine in a communication addressed only to doctors and pharmacists, not even to the general public. Months earlier, the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid had ratified another fine of 90,000 euros to a pharmaceutical company for advertising in the press a prescription drug. Nachter promoted over-the-counter flu medicines directly to millions of followers on social networks, without health professionals involved, and has ended up paying eighty-odd times less than those two companies for an infringement aimed at the general public, not health professionals. New surveillance. On July 14, the CNMC formalized three contracts with the Portuguese company Primetag for 32,800 euros to analyze for twelve months the content published by particularly relevant users of Instagram, TikTok and YouTube in search of unidentified commercial communications. Until now, this surveillance was manual and sporadic. The order arrived weeks after the CNMC required—without sanctioning— to Sofía Suescun, Tamara Gorro, Peldanyos, Samantha Vallejo-Nágera and Lola Lolita for unidentified advertising, after separate complaints from the Association of Communication Users. The organization opted for the requirement and not the fine in those cases because those publications were prior to the interpretative criteria that the CNMC itself established in June 2025. In the case of Lola Lolita, in addition, it was established for the future that content can be considered advertising even if there is no direct payment. But this surveillance of influencers is not new. History of a crawl. For example, In 2022 the CNMC proposed equating streamers with televisionone year later Spain approved its own streamer registry and in 2024 a law of influencers that it was said that would only affect 5% of creators. In between, a consumer study detected that 77.75% of the profiles analyzed failed to comply with the obligation to identify their ads. Twitch, the platform where Ibai Llanos concentrates a good part of his audience, It doesn’t even have its own parental control system. beyond the possibility of closing accounts of minors under 13 years of age. Covert advertising on networks. It is not a new phenomenon nor exclusive to these three cases. There are the aforementioned 77.75% of the reviewed publications that failed to comply with the obligation to indicate advertising content. There were creators with more than ten million followers and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs warned that, under the Unfair Competition Law, fines could exceed 100,000 euros. That came at a time when streamers like Ibai, More fines. There is room for those fines to increase. For serious infractions committed by large providers, the law contemplates sanctions of up to 5% of annual turnover with a limit of 750,000 euros, far from the 2,877.91 euros of this week’s fines. The Evening of the Year, the event that organizes Ibai Llanos alone Since it broke its partnership with Gerard Piqué, it generated in its fifth edition, in 2025, income over eight million euros: about five million in ticket sales, about three in sponsorships, and around an additional million from subscriptions and advertising on Twitch. Jordi Wild, for his part, is already billing more than two million euros a year through its production company, with a net profit of around one and a half million and which in 2024 grew by 40% compared to the previous year. That is to say, we can describe these fines as merely symbolic and even dangerous: if they are nothing more than a trifle for those who receive them, they can almost be interpreted as a declaration of unofficial impunity. In Xataka | The El Xokas and Burger King controversy proves something: brands need streamers but they do not tolerate what they really are

Play Station Network is down: the service is giving an error and does not allow you to log in

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Friday in the middle of summer, with unbearable heat, seems like a good time to play some games on your PlayStation. Not so fast… If you were planning to play an online game, forget about it because the PlayStation Network service is down and failing all over the world. What is happening. When the service tries to log in, the message “Something went wrong” appears. According to Downdetectorthe problems started today, Friday, July 24, around 12:45 noon and at this time reports are still coming in. The curious thing is that on the PlayStation status page It says that all its services are operating normally. Clearly this is not the case. something went wrong. This is the message that appears when the service tries to log in. This is not a total failure and you will still be able to play locally, but it is not possible to play online titles such as Fortnite, Call of Duty and others. You also cannot download games from the PlayStation Store nor can you see your friends’ activity on the platform. In development…

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