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I’ve been covering Prime Day for four years and these are the five deals that I wouldn’t miss in 2026

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

Amazon has started the Prime Daybut… are there any good offers? It may not be the most powerful campaign of the year (we leave that to Black Friday), but there are discounts that are striking enough for us, the e-commerce editors of Selección, to fall for one or another. That is why, after four years covering this type of events, I wanted to review the five offers that I have taken advantage of or would like to take advantage of on Prime Day 2026. Logitech G923 by 229.99 eurosa steering wheel for PC and PlayStation consoles that includes several accessories. Tomtoc for Nintendo Switch 2 by 28.69 eurosa backpack dedicated to the Nintendo console. Anker Prime Power Bank by 59.59 eurosa very complete powerbank so as not to run out of battery. Fire TV Stick 4K Plus by 33.99 eurosa device to turn almost any dumb TV into a smart one. Ugreen FineTrack Duo by 29.99 eurosa pack with many locators to avoid losing your suitcase, backpack and other objects in summer. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Logitech G923 Let’s go first with what I bought on this Prime Day 2026. My first purchase was the Logitech G923 because I had been wanting to buy a steering wheel for a long time, and what better way to do it than with a pack that includes both the steering wheel and pedals (with clutch, important) and gear lever. The good thing about this offer is that It is not exclusive for Prime customersso anyone can access it. Its price is 229.99 euros (before 290.87 euros) It is compatible with both computers (Windows and Mac) and PlayStation consoles (PS4 and PS5). If you don’t want the gear lever, you can get another pack that includes the steering wheel and pedals. Its price is 198.55 eurosbut this is an exclusive offer for Prime customers. Logitech G923 – Steering wheel + pedals + shift lever The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Tomtoc for Nintendo Switch 2 My second and last purchase was the tomtoc backpack for nintendo switch 2. It is not the first time I have bought from the brand and, although it is a little expensive, the quality is impressive. I already have it at home and it is better than I expected: the zipper feels very robust, the console fits perfectly even with the official case (an extra security never hurts) and its pocket is padded. In addition, I have tried placing the console, my eReader, headphones and my wallet and everything fits perfectly. In fact, I would say that there is more room for things. The strap also feels very good quality and can be worn on the back or chest. Its price in this case is 28.69 euros (before 40.99 euros) and I’m already telling you that I’m going to use it a lot this summer. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a good travel backpack that can fit a laptop, chargers and even luggage, I recommend taking a look at a article I published here in Xataka about a Tomtoc travel backpack. I use it every three or four weeks for weekend trips, and with it I don’t need to carry a suitcase. Its price, yes, is 71.99 eurosalthough I already told you that it is worth every euro. Tomtoc Backpack for Nintendo Switch 2 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Anker Prime Power Bank On Prime Day last year I took advantage of the offer that the Anker Prime Power Bankand now that it’s cheaper I can’t stop recommending it. But let’s go first with the bad and get it out of the way: although it is not very big, it is noticeable when you carry it in a backpack or small shoulder bag, and its weight of one kilo is a big burden if you are going to take it everywhere. I carry it in a backpack similar to the one on the Nintendo Switch 2 that I bought and that I normally use when I leave the house so as not to carry things in my pockets. After a while my shoulder feels heavy. Now let’s go with the good (which is a lot): it has a capacity of 20,000 mAhso many devices can be recharged. I usually use it with my cell phone, headphones, smartwatch and more; It even works with MacBook. The 100W power It is ideal for charging my phone in a short time and its screen shows the charging status, as well as its remaining autonomy and temperature. It has three USB ports (two USB-C and one USB-A) and takes just one hour to fully recharge. Its price is 59.59 euros (before 62.79 euros) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Fire TV Stick 4K Plus In January I bought a Fire TV Stick 4K Plus for my television, and it surprised me a lot. I already had other HD models that I have given to family members and I opted for the 4K Plus because my TV is a relatively recent smart TV. It is ideal for converting a dumb TV (with an HDMI port) into a smart one, although for this it is better to use the cheaper HD model, especially if the TV is not 4K. In my case, it has been very good for me because it is compatible with 4K resolution, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmosso in this case it is the same as my TV. What I really liked is its performance, because it runs very fluid at all times. This was the problem I had with my Xiaomi TV, so it solved it perfectly. Its price is 33.99 euros (before 69.99 euros). The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ugreen FineTrack Duo He Ugreen FineTrack Duo I haven’t bought it, but for the price it tempts me very much. By 29.99 … Read more

The GTA VI trailer is about to drop, but Rockstar wants you to keep talking about the game with a barrage of hyper-realistic screenshots

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

If you thought today was well stocked with news about ‘GTA VI‘, Rockstar has decided not to. Today the editions have been known and the price of the game, with pre-orders opening at midnight on June 25. But to make sure we spend the day talking about his next gamethe company has updated its official materials with 70 captures in 4Kshowing characters, vehicles, settings, weapons and outfits with a level of detail that invites you to enlarge each image. At the time of writing there is no third trailer, but instead we have screenshots. Lots of catches. The cast. About half of the capture collection is from characters in the game: Jason Duval and Lucía Caminos have six captures each, and the game’s six confirmed supporting players (Cal Hampton, Boobie Ike, Dre’Quan Priest, Real Dimez, Raul Bautista and Brian Heder) have four captures each. Some clues about the most notorious: Jason Duval grew up surrounded by criminals, went through the army and ended up working for local drug traffickers. Lucia, for her part, has just been released from prison and wants to once and for all get the good life that her mother dreamed of in Liberty City. The secondary ones form an ecosystem of criminals from different strata. For example, Boobie Ike is a local Vice City legend, with an empire that spans from real estate to a strip club to a recording studio. Dre’Quan Priest is an ambitious producer who wants to turn the Real Dimez duo into stars, that is, Bae-Luxe and Roxy, friends since high school who turned their experience extorting neighborhood dealers into viral rap songs. And there’s more: Raul Bautista is a veteran bank robber and Brian Heder, an old-school smuggling narco who still moves product through his shipyard with his third wife. The places. Many of the other captures are from locations. Rockstar has confirmed six main areas of the game’s map: Vice City, Leonid Keys, Grassrivers Marshes, Port Gellhorn, Ambrosia, and Mount Kalaga National Park. And with these captures we can immerse ourselves a little more in the careful setting: Vice City as Miami amplified (and interiors of a good number of the city’s nightlife venues); the Leonida Keys, Brian Heder’s territory (water everywhere, boats, that aspect of deep Florida that seems in a perpetual state of decomposition…) And there is more: Port Gellhorn as an industrial port area, and Ambrosia and Grassrivers that suggest a humid interior of dense vegetation, in the style of the Everglades swamps. Finally, Mount Kalaga National Park, the greenest and wildest space in the pack: a mountain full of forests that contrasts with all the coastal asphalt that abounds in the rest of the images. The cherry on top: the Vice City Vintage Pack. Twelve screenshots that capture, with all the impudence in the world, the decadent neon atmosphere of ‘Miami Vice’, the series that has always been the unconfessed reference framework of Vice City. With the announcement of the packs It has been specified what this includesand it is a paradise for devotees of shoulder pads and hairspray: the ’55 Vapid Stanier as an exclusive vehicle, a multitude of customization options for 80s hairstyles and clothing, and tropical patterns to decorate the weapons inspired by Tommy Vercetti’s Hawaiian shirt. But… are they catches? It is the great mystery that Rockstar, of course and by the account it brings, does not resolve: none of the 70 screenshots show a HUD. There’s no health bar, no minimap, no money gauge, and none of them take the third-person perspective of ‘GTA’. That, added to the hyperrealism of the graphics (the fluids and the hairstyles are especially spectacular) lead us to the usual question: cinematic or gameplay? Rockstar describes them as screenshotswhich, to be strict, would refer to game sequences, but we have already been teased too many times with that issue since the days of the Spectrum. So the doubt remains on the table, but in the meantime, we can celebrate neon, phosphorus and satin white nights.

only for Xtra members

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

On June 30 you have an appointment. The third, specifically, with the Xataka team, because yes, we closed the first month of summer with the third Q&A exclusive for members of Xataka Xtra with in-house editors. On this occasion we will have some new faces and others already known, but in any case, you are more than invited! We will review the dynamics immediately, but not before giving the key data: the date, the time and who will participate. Here is the info: Day: June 30. Hour: 17:00, Spanish peninsular time (16:00 in the Canary Islands). Assistants: Alejandro Alcolea, Rubén Andrés, John Tones, Javier Pastor, María González and Jose García. Connection link: we will provide it to you later by email. How Q&As work The Q&A are relaxed online conversations between Xataka fans and Xataka editors. They are part of the package of benefits included in Xataka Xtra and its format is very entertaining: There is no agenda, there are no predefined topicsthere is nothing at all. In these meetings we talk about whatever you want, be it the tech news of the week, the GTA VI trailer (if it comes out) or the umpteenth madness of some millionaire. It is not a formal meeting by any means, but rather a quiet time to see each other, catch up and unwind talking about whatever you want. The easiest way to imagine it is as if we were meeting on a terrace to have coffee, only virtually (and with less heat, probably). Like last time, the meeting will take place through Google Meet, so there will be no need to download software. We will send you the link by email one hour before the event so that you can connect from the device you have closest to hand. Needless to say, using the camera or microphone is completely voluntary, as is participation. If you don’t feel like it or it doesn’t work for you, absolutely nothing happens. As for the participants, we will do a rotation in each Q&A so that you can put a face to us all. For this second meeting we will have Alejandro Alcolea, Rubén Andrés, John Tones, Javier Pastor, María González and yours truly, Jose García. In Xataka | Subscribe to Xataka Xtra

the industry is not ready for TikTok

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

In April 2024, several technicians from the statistical service of the US Department of Agriculture raised their eyebrows at the same time: sales of cottage cheese had skyrocketed so enormously that, evidently, it could only be a mistake. So, as protocol dictates in these cases, they picked up the phone and They started calling, one by one, all the producers. It wasn’t a mistake. Two years later, that same “wave” reaches a factory in Vilalba, in Lugo. There, Entrepinares (the largest cheese manufacturer in Spain) is about to spend more than 20 million euros to also become the Spanish king of cottage cheese. What is happening? How is it possible that in the land of Cabrales, Manchego and Maó that flat, dull and amorphous thing called a cottage is triumphing? But let’s start with the Mercadona line… because there we find many of the answers. As I say, Entrepinares will allocate more than 20 million to produce, in its Vilalba plant, about seven million kilos of this product. The change for the company is greater than it seems because, despite being the largest cheese factory in Spain, it does not produce fresh cheese. Spain has never been a place very fond of fresh cheese. It’s not that there isn’t any (from cottage cheese to mata or ‘Burgos cheese’), but the storage conditions complicated its popularity. Such is the situation that, during all these years, Mercadona has not been able to find a national supplier for its cheese. This has meant that there have been several changes of supplier and that the product is sold out with quite a striking frequency. It wasn’t a big problem as long as the demand was small and controllable; but now the situation has changed. What happened to cottage cheese? For the confused: we are talking about a grainy, unpressed curd that contains about 12 grams of protein per 100 and just 4% fat. In reality, if we want to fully understand what happened, we have to think of it more than as a cheese… as a “protein supplement” that is made with milk. That’s why it didn’t have any success: the “cultural gap” didn’t exist until the protein rush created it. And what if he made it: cottage consumption in Spain grew by 61% in 2025seven times more than fresh cheese, according to NIQ. 61%? It sounds like a lot (a lot) and it is, but there is something of a trick to it. After all, the cottage cheese started almost from scratch. Cottage cheese remains almost anecdotal in the Spanish cheese market as a whole. However, the growth pattern is global and even in much more mature markets (such as the US or the United Kingdom) growth is around 20% and the +41.9%. The question that everyone has is the same: fashion or fixed category? And there the opinions are varied. While analysts such as John Crawford maintain that It’s not something temporary (two years of double-digit growth in value and volume is not a fad) others like Mike McCully are more cautious (and “believe that the boom comes after two decades of decline because of TikTok”, which suggests that it may go away as quickly as it came). Be that as it may, what is clear is that this story goes beyond cheese. It is about how our food systems are suffering (and will suffer) pressures from extremely volatile ‘states of opinion’. It is, above all, that we are not prepared for it (and being prepared will cost us a lot of money). Image | Caroline Roose In Xataka | There is a brand devouring the cheese industry in Spain thanks to Mercadona: Entrepinares

The physical edition of ‘GTA VI’ will be discless and will come with a code. The sad thing is that it has stopped surprising

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

‘GTA VI‘is warming up. After the second trailer shown in the middle of last year, Rockstar has remained almost stony silent. After a new delay that brought the launch to November 19 of this year, the messages have not arrived even with a dropper, but Reservations open this June 25 and they are going to put the marketing machine at full power. This is allowing us to learn about news such as new (and impressive) screenshots, the price of ‘GTA VI’ and, above all, the fear for many users: The physical version of ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ will not include the disc. It is something that is no longer surprising. The physical ‘GTA VI’ Schrödinger Although we are still waiting for the launch of the third trailer for the game, which is estimated to arrive to accompany the opening of the reservation period, Rockstar did not want to be begged and has been advancing some details. To begin with, an avalanche of screenshots that reconfirm that the game is one of the most ambitious of this generation of consoles. Because ‘GTA VI’ is a game that the company has been cooking for years, it is its first title for the current generation of consoles and it is noticeable that the ‘Red Dead Redemption 2‘ for PS5 and Xbox Series X They have allowed them to learn about the machines to get all the juice possible. Visually, ‘GTA VI’ is going to be crazy The more ambitious you are with the visual and technical section and the size of the game itself, the more complicated it is to condense the product on a disc, and with ‘GTA VI’ it is confirmed that will not have a real physical edition. Before we start evaluating, here is what Rockstar has announced: “Players who pre-order the digital versions of Grand Theft Auto VI will be able to begin pre-loading on November 12, to ensure they can play at launch on November 19. The physical version of Grand Theft Auto VI will include a download code inside the box and will be available starting November 12 to allow pre-loading.” That physical games are not physical games is something that, unfortunately, is no longer an exception. The Game Key Card of nintendo switch 2 They go straight: they are not a game in physical format. Games that are a ‘Code in a box’ are not either, even if that code comes in a box, and ‘GTA VI’ will belong to that second group. This, which has been like this for decades in the PC world, was not so widespread in console games (aside from Nintendo Switch, where a few have already appeared), and it seems that ‘GTA VI’ will be so big, or will have so little sense in its physical version 1.0, that it is not worth it to start “printing” discs. And, as a player who loves the physical format because it is not a simple license to use that the companies they can remove you from your account When they consider that you should no longer have what you paid for, the decision that there is no ‘GTA VI’ in physical format is as sad as it is… curious. Curious because reserving makes no sense beyond whether you want that box with the cover, since You won’t be left without a game on launch day because, in essence, this physical version is a digital version. As digital as what you can buy in the Xbox and PlayStation online store. The twist of ending with the second hand In fact, even if ‘GTA VI’ fits on one Blu Ray (or two, there’s no harm in putting it in two, ‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth‘, ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘ or Rockstar’s own ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ come on two discs), for the company it makes perfect sense that the game is a code and not a Blu-Ray. If everything comes true, and if it turns out as Rockstar hopes, ‘GTA VI’ will be the generational game in the same way they were ‘San Andreas‘ either ‘GTA V‘. It is that game that sells an obscene amount of units and, by ensuring that there is no physical ‘GTA VI’, Rockstar ensures that everyone who wants it has to buy it from them. If I buy the game, I pass it on and leave it to a friend, there are two of us who have played it, but Rockstar has only seen one sale. The same if I sell it to a second-hand store where, to make matters worse, it is the store that takes the profit. If there is no disc, both my friend and I will have to buy the game, and there Rockstar sees two sales. Oh yes, the price of ‘GTA VI’: 80 euros for the normal version, 100 for the ‘Ultimate’. The current evil of games in physical format One of the problems that the current video game industry has is that many releases in physical format are not, really, a physical format. They come in a box, they come with a Blu-Ray, but that 100 GB Blu-Ray only has a few few megabytes of information. What that disk has inside is the code, the key that communicates with the store and that gives you access to download the game. It’s not tied to your account (if you resell it, that other person can download the game again), but you have to play with the disc inserted no matter what and, in x years, when stores or servers close, you will only have a nice paperweight. In short: if I turn on my PS1, my PS2 or my PS3 today, I can play my copy of ‘Final Fantasy VII’ in physical format. When I turn on my PS5 in 20 years, like Microsoft has retired it, the licenses have expired or whatever, I won’t be able to play to ‘Doom The Dark Ages‘ on disk. That is why initiatives such as that of Stop … Read more

who’s who in the new AI millionaires

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

The Forbes Millionaires List of 2026 added 45 new names of millionaires. What is relevant about these new incorporations is the origin of their fortune: it comes from companies related, directly or indirectly, to the rise of AI. The most surprising thing about this new list of new millionaires is that, just a year ago, practically no one knew who they were. Today, the combined fortune of this group of AI billionaires exceeds $2.9 trillion. If this small group of visionaries formed a country, it would be the fifth largest economy in the world. Jensen Huang: the man in the leather jackets. Jensen Huang began his career washing dishes at a Denny’s for less than three dollars an hour. In 1993 co-founded NVIDIA and for two decades it opted for GPUs for video games. Then AI came along and turned NVIDIA upside down. All models in the world needed their chips. Suddenly, NVIDIA had become the main engine of a great expanding industry and Huang in its main director. Huang’s fortune is around 166 billion dollarsand NVIDIA is worth more than five billion in the stock market, making it the most expensive company in the world. 97% of the CEO’s assets are in shares of the company itself, so his personal fortune is closely linked to NVIDIA obtaining good results. If the AI craze cools, its fortunes will fade at the same rate. But for now, Huang is the only shovel seller in the biggest gold rush of technological history. Alexandr Wang: the child prodigy of Los Alamos. Alexandr Wang was barely unknown three years ago. This 29-year-old was born in the same town where Oppenheimer built the atomic bomb. His parents were physicists and he dropped out of MIT in his first year. At the age of 19, he founded Scale AI, a company that data label to train AI models. The most invisible job in the development of AI and, according to himself, the most necessary. At 24 years old he was already the youngest billionaire of the world. At 28, Meta bought 49% of Scale AI for 14.3 billionwhich gave him the label of “AI whiz kid“Wang went on to lead Mark Zuckerberg’s AI strategy with a clear goal: build Meta superintelligence from the ground up. The company he led already has his first modelcalled Muse Spark. His alliance with Mark Zuckerberg has skyrocketed his personal wealth, which is now around 3.2 billion dollars. Dario Amodei: the one who builds what he fears most. Dario Amodei was vice president of research at OpenAI. One day he decided that he did not agree with the AI development guidelines, considering that the technology he was helping to create it was dangerous. His sister Daniela He also did not agree and both resigned from their positions at the company that created ChatGPT. Together they founded Anthropic, which in May 2026 closed a round of 65 billion and reached a valuation of 965,000 million. Amodei wrote a 15,000 word essay where he argues that AI can cure cancer and reverse climate change. He wrote it while designing security systems so that the same AI would not do just the opposite. Dario’s personal fortune is around $15.5 billion. according to Forbes. Amodei has become a millionaire by building something that he considers a real threat…and is not the only one. Sam Altman: the “rara avis” of Silicon Valley. Sam Altman has led OpenAI since its founding with Elon Musk. According to what he said Bloombergin June 2026, the company filed the documentation for its IPO with the SEC with a valuation of 852,000 million. However, according to his own statements, his annual salary It is $76,001. And he doesn’t have a single share in the company. Its co-founders accumulate between 30,000 and 35,000 million each. He Altman’s personal wealth is around 3.5 billion, thanks to investments on Reddit, Stripe or Airbnb that you did before OpenAI existed. He built the most influential company of the decade and was left without part of the cake. Whether it was a mistake or a calculated move ahead of the IPO is the most interesting question in the entire industry. The second wave of millionaires has already arrived. The 45 new billionaires that Forbes included in its latest fortune compilation are not all from OpenAI or NVIDIA. There is a second wave of founders who apply AI to specific sectors: law, medicine, code. AI for lawyers Harvey automates legal investigation with a valuation of 11,000 million. Mercor recruits with AI and went from 100 to 1,000 million in revenue in one year. Edwin Chen founded Surge AI and debuted on Forbes with 18 billion. almost no one knows who. He Bloomberg index documents 19 new AI millionaires in the last year alone, with a combined wealth of 59.3 billion. We are no longer talking about chips or large general models, but about founders of small startups who have developed AI tools with real clients and income statements that they don’t stop growing. In Xataka | We already know who has won the AI race: the OpenAI employees who sold their shares Image | Scale AI, Brendan Foody, Wikimedia Commons

‘GTA VI’ will arrive in several editions and we already know their prices

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

How much will it cost ‘Grand Theft Auto VI‘? This is the question that those of us who are waiting for the launch of Rockstar have asked ourselves most in recent months, one that will be the most important in recent years. We already know that the reservation period it opens just tomorrowJune 25, although the question of the price remained to be resolved. And we already know: will start at $79.99. Prices and different versions of ‘GTA VI’ We are going to summarize the most important things you need to know before pre-ordering the game, which will arrive, at launch, only on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The first thing is that, as Rockstar itself has announced, the reservation will start at 00:00 local time tomorrow, June 25. Right at that moment we will have the opportunity to reserve one of the two editions in which the game will arrive: a standard edition (which is the one that will cost $79.99) and a special one called ‘Ultimate Edition’, which will cost $99.99, as our colleagues from 3DJuegos explain. And what differences are there between both versions? The ‘Ultimate Edition’ includes several incentives that are exclusive to this edition. There is a little bit of everything: from vehicles, weapons and a collection of clothing to certain places that we can only visit if we buy said edition. These locations include a tattoo parlor or a selection of classic cars that we can personalize. Does not include early access to the game. Both editions will arrive on November 19, although we will be able to pre-download and install the game starting November 12. This way, when it’s 00:00 on launch day, we can start playing without having to wait for the download (which, presumably, will be very large). Keep in mind that the physical version of the game will come without a disc, but will only come with a download code. 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 | Rockstar In Xataka | The best TVs to play and get the most out of your PS5 or Xbox Series In Xataka | Five very useful accessories to accompany a PlayStation 5: from batteries and supports to SSD drives

Tesla wanted to have its autonomous driving system throughout Europe this summer. Sweden just made it very difficult for them

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

The famous supervised autonomous driving system of Tesla (FSD) has crossed the Atlantic and is already preparing to circulate on European roads. However, the strategy does not seem to be going as well as the company would have liked, since it has run into regulators again. In this case, Sweden and its speed limits. Below these lines we tell you all the details. Arrival in Europe. It all started last April, when the Dutch traffic authority (RDW) approved the use of FSD in the Netherlandsbecoming the first European country to give the green light to the system. Since then, Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia have followed suit with national approvals of their own. Tesla needed to gain traction in this way in its first European countries and that is what it has done. Now the next step is to obtain approval valid for the entire European bloc. And that’s more complicated than it seems. For FSD to circulate legally throughout the EU, the Technical Committee for Motor Vehicles (TCMV) you should vote for it with a qualified majority, with at least 15 of the 27 member states representing 65% of the community population. The committee is scheduled to meet June 30 to discuss the matter before a formal vote. Speed limit. FSD includes a function called “Speed Offset” that allows the driver to set a margin above the legal speed limit, so that the system itself drives exceeding that limit. In the United States, Tesla offered this under names like ‘Sloth’ or ‘Mad Max’. In Europe, those profiles have disappearedbut the possibility of exceeding the limit is still there under another name. Who says no, and why. The Swedish Transport Administration (TRV) sent a letter to the TCMV in April recommending voting against the FSD expansion if Tesla does not remove that feature. According to the document, obtained by Reuters“allowing automated systems to systematically exceed legal speed limits poses risks that undermine both the legal framework and the expected benefits of vehicle automation.” Finland and Norway have also been skeptical of the introduction of the system in their countries, although they have not yet formalized their position before the committee. What Tesla answers. The company has not commented publicly on the matter, but its user manual points out that drivers should not rely solely on the system to comply with speed limits and that they should drive “at a safe speed based on traffic and road conditions.” Their implicit argument is that FSD is a supervised system, as the driver remains responsible and can take control at any time. For Estonia, this reasoning has been sufficient to approve the system at the national levelalthough the country has not yet defined its vote in the TCMV. There is more at stake than speed. Various regulators have questioned also the performance of the system in extreme conditions with heavy snow (something common in Nordic countries) and the name “Full Self-Driving” itself, which could be misleading about the real level of autonomy of the vehicle. In fact, the European version already shows “FSD (Supervised)” on the screen instead of the full name, precisely to reduce that ambiguity. Additionally, Reuters public A few days ago, Tesla reportedly presented questionable safety data to European regulators, including the claim that FSD could have “saved 32,000 lives,” something that has not caught on, at least according to share Electrek. What is at stake Tesla. Tesla sales in Europe have plummeted significantly since 2025partly due to the impact of Elon Musk’s fleeting political activity, and the flood of new Chinese brands that have disrupted the sector. In fact, BYD has been outperforming him in registrations for several consecutive months. Tesla needs new arguments to regain ground, and FSD was one of them. Musk even publicly predicted that It would be available throughout the EU this summer. At the moment it seems difficult to achieve. In Xataka | Ferrari wants your car to charge itself in the sun while parked. One of his patents explains how

“Eating banana, grapes, mango or pineapple at night could interfere with rest”

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

The Internet and social networks are fertile ground for nutritional myths, and the latest to gain strength has a name and surname. Recently, some statements attributed to cardiologist Aurelio Rojas they suggested that consuming fruits such as bananas, grapes, mango or pineapple at night could directly interfere with our rest, fragment sleep and cause us to wake up exhausted. But the truth is that the available evidence does not agree with this information. The late-night carb debate. The main argument for discouraging tropical or sweeter fruits at night is usually based on the glycemic response. It is true that our body does not metabolize macronutrients exactly the same at eight in the morning as at ten at night, and it is something that is studied a lot and even has its own name: chrononutrition. Studied. A recent meta-analysis published in it Journal of the American Nutrition Association addressed precisely this question and their results concluded that, indeed, eating carbohydrates at night produces higher post-meal glucose values than if they are consumed in the morning. However, the study found no clear differences in insulin response. In this way, the fact that a banana or some grapes raise glucose slightly more at night does not prove, by itself, that they will worsen the quality of our sleep. At the extremes. Another thing is that we go, as always, towards the extremes and we are faced with a case of a person who gorges on fruit at night where logically they will have heavy digestion and a more fragmented sleep. Because here precisely one of the tips that experts always give to deal with insomnia problems is to have a light dinner and not immediately before going to bed. But logically we are not faced with this situation, but with the pretext of eating a little fruit in the evening, which is quite positive. Fruit is not an enemy. Far from being a big problem for our night’s rest, fruits could be great allies for our pillow. Here, an article published in 2025 in Sleep Health analyzed The relationship between the consumption of these foods and rest patterns, and experts found that a higher intake of fruits and vegetables during the day was, in fact, associated with less sleep fragmentation during the following night. Specifically, it was estimated that consuming around 5 cups of fruits and vegetables daily is related to a 16% improvement in overall sleep quality. The advice. In this way we can see that suggesting that anyone should stop eating fruit because of sleep fragmentation has no basis. Another thing is that there is some type of digestive problem or even diabetes that may discourage eating this type of food, but for the vast majority of the population this problem should not exist. In Xataka | “A random selection may be insufficient”: Choosing your 5 daily fruits and vegetables also matters

Europe imposes a fixed tariff of three euros for small packages

June 24, 2026 by usatoday24

For years China has benefited from a tariff exemption that allowed packages of less than 150 euros to not be subject to tax. Platforms like Shein, Temu or AliExpress have done their best for years and users have benefited from it, but on July 1, 2026, what was happening will end. The EU already warned that this exemption had its days numberedand it will do so in a few days. The consequence: everything we buy in those stores will be a little more expensive. The de minimis doctrine. In November 2025 the European Council agreed eliminate the exemption for packages with a value of less than 150 euros, which were not forced to pay taxes at customs. This exemption was very similar to the one followed in the US until not long ago. with the “de minimis” doctrine. Three euros to start. The new terms They come into force on July 1, 2026, and will force customs to force any product to pay taxes from the first euro. To accelerate the implementation of this change, the Council agreed to apply fixed tariffs of three euros on packages worth less than 150 euros when they enter the European Union. In 2028 the Customs Data Center will be launched and the fixed rate will end. Instead, percentage tariffs will be applied. Be careful with mixing products, taxes go up. These taxes are charged per product category, not per package. So, if a package contains two toys, a coat and three bottles of shampoo, taxes are calculated by category. In this specific case there are three categories, so at three euros per category, the charge would be nine euros. Chinese bargains will no longer be so bargains. The European Union thus nips in the bud a mechanism that Chinese e-commerce platforms had taken advantage of to massively sell low-value products. Consumers knew this and have also taken great advantage of these advantages by frequently buying in stores like Temu, Shein or AliExpress, but now prices will rise because these Chinese stores will pass the tax on to users. The EU will raise big. In the EU they defend that this protects local commerce, is also a measure against fraud and adds security for consumers. All of this is undoubtedly true, but there is another obvious reason to end the exemption: revenue. It is expected These measures will earn the EU nearly 1,000 million euros a year. Too many minipacks. According to the European Commission, packages with a value of less than 150 euros represented 97.9% of the packages distributed in the European Union. That is to say: the vast majority of what arrived were small purchases with an average value of 8.86 euros. Although there were many packages, adding the value of all of them only represented 2.1% of all the money that foreign trade moves with the EU. Customs were inundated with millions of individual packages of little value. And many lied. The Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) estimated in the Greek middle Tovima that about 65% of packages declare a lower value than the real value to avoid paying taxes at customs. The problem, of course, is inspecting millions of packages to confirm that the declared value is correct. Now Shein and Temu’s “dump” will be another. These exemptions had turned Europe into a massive destination for Chinese production capacity and its massive exports. The new regulation should mitigate the problem, and now who can become that new “dumping ground” for low-value Chinese products? it’s uk. In Xataka | The European Commission is very tough on Temu: 200 million euros fine for not analyzing “systemic risks”

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