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You already have your first vanguard lithography team

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The effort they are making Chinese lithography equipment manufacturers To develop their own avant -garde machines, it is titanic. And, as expected, the Xi Jinping government is supporting these companies with multimillionaire subsidies. In fact, at the beginning of September 2023 he approved a game of no less than 41,000 million dollars Destined precisely to the companies that produce the equipment involved in the manufacture of integrated circuits. One of these companies is Pulin Technology. This Chinese organization has opted, like Naura Technology, Amec (Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China) or Piotech Inc., for developing their own avant -garde photolithography machines. And the achievements are getting little by little. The one who has just signed Pulin is impressive because, According to Digitimes Asiahas sent one of its customers its first avant -garde team using nano -impression lithography technology (it is known as NIL by its English denomination Nanoimprint Lithography). On paper this machine is an alternative to ASML UVE equipment We still do not know in detail the characteristics of the new lithography team developed by Pulin, but it doesn’t matter. And, in reality, NIL technology is not new. The Japanese Canon company has its own commercial solution for yearsand presumably its principles of operation are in essence the same as those of the machine designed by Pulin. Canon began working in the Nil lithography in 2004. Thirteen years later, in 2017, he delivered the FPA-1200NZ2C team, Your first functional nil machineto Toshiba to be installed in its Yokkaichi memory chips production plant in Japan. Pulin Technology has sent one of its customers its first avant -garde team using nano -impression lithography technology On paper, NIL photolithography equipment is an alternative to the machines of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE) that designs and manufactures the Dutch company ASML, although NO TO THE VERSION OF ALTA OPENING of these teams. The latter right now are the most sophisticated and expensive that exist. In this article we do not need to investigate in depth in the foundations of NIL lithography, but we are interested in knowing that its integrated circuit manufacturing strategy is different from that used by the UVE and UVP lithography equipment (deep ultraviolet). Very broadly the production of silicon wafers in the latter requires transporting the geometric pattern described by the mask to the surface of the silicon wafer using ultraviolet light and extremely refined optical elements. NIL lithography, however, allows the pattern to be transferred to the wafer without the need for an extremely complex optical system to intervene in the process. This strategy is simpler and more economical, but also entails the execution of several sequential processes that make it slower than UVE and UVP lithography. Canon ensures that their nano -impression lithography equipment can be used to manufacture integrated circuits comparable to 5 Nm chips that TSMC, Samsung or Intel produce with ASML UVE machines. And in the future with the refinements that will arrive They can manufacture 2 nm chips. However, this is not all. Besides, According to Fujio Mitaraigeneral director of Canon, a NIL team costs ten times less than an ASML UVE machine: 15 million dollars compared to the 150 million dollars requested by the Dutch company to its customers for a UVE machine with Numerical Opening 0.33. We still do not know how much each Pulin Nil team will cost, but it is reasonable to anticipate that at most it will have a cost comparable to that of the canon machine. More information | Digitimes Asia In Xataka | Japan wants to end the leadership of the Netherlands in lithography teams. This is your plan to get it

Remove the talgo from the discord from the Madrid-Barcelona line

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In theory they were going to be one of Renfe’s great tricks to compete in the market newly liberalized of high Spanish speed, but the Avril de Talgo trains They have been choked to the railway operator. First by The delay In your delivery. Then for the punctuality problems or the “Effect 2000” who suffered trains at the beginning of 2025. and now for a technical incident that has led Renfe to make a radical decision, according to advances The world: to do without the Avril in one of its most important corridors, Madrid-Barcelona. And all this in the middle of summer. What happened? That Renfe has decided to do without the Talgo-Avril trains (106 series) in one of its most important corridors: the Madrid-Barcelona line. The news He has confirmed it The worldwhich points out that the operator has decided to make a particular ‘Sudoku’ to separate the S106 of the Avlo service that links the city and the capital of the country. The decision comes after a technical problem was detected (cracks in a Bogie) that forced the change of pieces. According to Precise The worldthe rail operator has chosen to remove the Avril from the Madrid-Barcelona line and change them for other trains of the 103 (Siemens) series assigned so far to another of Renfe’s most important corridors, which links Madrid and Seville. The ‘files’ movement has forced S100 to be used between Valencia and Madrid and assign the Avril to Levante. Is it a surprise? Not quite. Last week The economist had echoed already An internal message of Renfe in which he warned his employees that, “due to lack of Bogies of replacement “it was” foreseeable “that the S106 trains of Barcelona was temporarily out of service. Now The world It goes further And he clarifies that Renfe has an Avril section due to lack of spare parts and has chosen to withdraw the rest of the Madrid-Barcelona corridor. And all that, why? By an incident that dates back a few weeks ago, when during a routine review fissures were found in a Bogie of one of the S106 trains (Avril) that provide the service Low Cost Avlo on the Madrid-Barcelona line. He Bogie Integrates suspension systems, wheels, axes and brakes of the cars and the revision of the fleet found that it was not a timely failure. The same problem was detected in the rest of the units (there are five Avril trains assigned to the Madrid-Barcelona corridor), so the affected pieces had to be changed. During that process, Precise The economistRenfe came to suspend the sale of Avlo service tickets between Madrid and Barcelona for the month of August (something that the operator denies) and it was agreed to reduce the maximum speed at which the S106 circulates in a section of 190 km in the Madrid-Barcelona line. What does Renfe say? The operator launched An official statement At the end of July, before the circular that sent its employees was filtered, confirming that during a routine review it was identified “A technical anomaly” In one of the five trains of the 106 series that circulate in the high speed Madrid-Barcelona, which led him to “carry out an exhaustive review” in the rest of trains. “The necessary measures to guarantee the operation of the service were adopted, proceeding to replace the affected systems and reinforce the technical reviews, so that the trains are operating without any anomaly,” Clarifies the operatorwhich ensures that he has carried out inspections in other S106 fleet trains without detecting “any abnormality.” However, in the same statement the company advances its decision to “reorganize” the Avlo services of the 106 series that circulate in the high speed Madrid-Barcelona. Is there more? Yes. After the information of recent days and that Populi voice Publish images of the Bogies spoiled, some unions They have asked to Renfe to withdraw all the units of the model from the circulation. The five Talgo Avril S106 that cover the Avlo service in the Madrid-Barcelona corridor are not the only ones the rail operator has. The fleet exceeds twenty units. The economist Precise In any case that not all units are the same. There would be a subsorie of 15 units endowed with Bogies Iberian wide including the five affected trains. And another 15 of movable rolling with other components that allow the train to combine different types of network. The same newspaper He slippedH oce a few days that the fissures detected in several Bogies He has opened a new front between the trains manufacturer, Talgo, and Renfe: who must assume the cost of repair. The units would still be in the guarantee period, since the Avril were delivered 15 months ago, in May 2024. Why is it important? Because beyond its effects on the Madrid-Barcelona line in the middle of summer, the relationship between Renfe and Talgo on account of the S106 trains, the great commitment of the rail operator to fight in a newly liberalized market. First the trains were delivered with a remarkable delay, which resulted in a fine of 116 million euros that catches the firm In full sale. That bad start was followed punctuality problems and a computer failure at the beginning of this year that was known as “Effect 2000”. In the specific case of the Madrid-Barcelona line, Talgo alleges that the problem is that part of the journey is not in conditions for their trains to reach 300 km/h, according to Precise The world. For Adif, things are very different and remember that other models or operators such as Ouigo or Iro have not detected problems. Images | Nelso Silva (Flickr) and Renfe In Xataka | Portugal has taken a decisive step for its high -speed trains network. One that brings him closer to Galicia, not Madrid

The new Ibai football team already has a name and where to play. What he does not have is tradition, and that in football is a problem

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Ibai Llanos has not left time to settle The dust generated by the last eveningand is already giving new headlines. The football team that has created from zero To see how far it has it has a name, Ronin FC, but its growth strategy enters into contradiction with what for many fans is football right now. A calculation failure that can cost the image of your club. I want a football team. Shortly before summer, Ibai advertisement From your Tiktok account that he was going to finance a football team that would start in the most modest categories with the intention of being promoted year by year, specifically in the fourth Catalan division. He said the streamer “we are going to start in the lowest category in Spain and we will try to ascend over the years.” The team will be called Ronin FC, a name out of the Samuraisless nickname Only on Instagram In less than 24 hours, and they also have a field to play, located in Rubínear where the streamer. To the counter. However, this Ibai attitude goes against what we see in world football: while sport is globalized and financed as never before, a powerful current of resistance emerges simultaneously that claims authenticity, local, genuine. Rayo Vallecano fans joining so that Your team does not lose your essential localthe Oviedo’s promotion celebrations And raise this year, the Retro t -shirt feverMalaga fans receiving their team After the promotion to 2nd At the airport, the Momentazo Melendi In the Playoff of Ascent, the Previous of the First Party of Valencia After the Dana … It is a Nostalgia for “real” footballcontrary to what the English have baptized as “Plastic Football“, And that concerns, among other things, great clubs such as PSG, City or Chelsea, although with nuances: the City, for example, has a strong local thrust too. The current football Zeitgeist privileges the narrative of the territorial roots and that the teams represent more than a business project. Causing. In this context, Ronin FC emerges, and its only existence seems an act of involuntary provocation. A newly created club that bears the name of the warriors without a master of feudal Japan, something impossible to generate identification from the same shield or without references to the city where it is located. Is owned by Ibai Llanos (which is not any streamer: For a few days, The most often of Twitchsurpassing superstars as Ninja), and with a budget ten times higher than their category rivals. It is like a team created artificially to play FIFA. Ibai plays with fire. Ibai wants to succeed with a team that does not seek the tradition and folklore of the game to legitimize, but to do it with a talonario, however modest its initial intentions. Had to realize when he said for the first time His plans to buy Real Murcia And he found the exception of fans who did not know if a streamer Millionaire of thirty years was the best choice to direct a centenary club. The result has been the expected: Ibai has started from scratch, with a Frankenstein football. How it is usually done. The usual practices when an inverter acquires a club are of two types: or a club with history is bought and that tradition is respected (such as when Abramovich bought Chelsea or sheikhs did it with Manchester City), and has a clear objective: take advantage of a brand and generate an economic return. The other option is to buy a small team and not touch it too much to keep its essence. In the style of What Ryan Reynolds did with Wrexham de Walesthat acquired it in 2020 more to refloat something that already existed that with the intention of renewing it completely. It is not a decision born from nothing: it is the third oldest professional club in the world, it has 159 years of history and 65,000 people of Wales are their fans. It is the antithesis of the Ibai movement. Ronin on the screen. Ibai’s attitude, therefore, even well -intentioned, clashes with that “respectful” arrival to the football of other investors. The fans who can attract this team are fans of the streamer Because there has been no time To germinate a club culture that, sometimes, It has generations to get. According to his own statements, Ibai caresses the idea of broadcasting the parties through streamingwhat can give attention never seen on a category as secondary as the one that is going to play the Ronin FC. The question is not whether your team can withstand that media attention, but if you will not end up playing against your club’s own image. In Xataka | Ibai only had a milestone for unlocking on Twitch. And he just got it thanks to evening 5

This Samsung Galaxy now does not cost 150 euros

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Beyond the Samsung Galaxy S (24 and 25) or Galaxy Z (Flip or Fold), the brand has other mobiles in its catalog that have managed to stand out in the entrance range and that stand out precisely for its price, but also for some features. He Samsung Galaxy A16 4Gfor example, now he is offer in Amazon by 144 euros And it is ideal if you are looking for a very cheap mobile, but also that it is not obsolete at the first change. Samsung Galaxy A16 4G (128 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review A mobile with four years warranty and five software updates He Samsung Galaxy A16 4G It is an entrance range mobile that, after maintaining a price of 169 euros for weeks, has finally received a better offer with which it remains at a minimum historical price. It’s a 6.7 -inch. which offers a Full HD+ resolution (1,080 x 2,340 pixels) and a 90 Hz soda rate. The interesting thing we find that, as mentioned by the Amazon store itself, this mobile has Four years warranty (three by the manufacturer and an additional expanded guarantee). In addition, in a similar way to what we see in the mobiles of the high -end of Samsung, the Galaxy A16 4G will receive Software updates for five more years (six from its launch last year), until 2030. On the other hand, this mobile comes with 128 GB, but has the peculiarity that includes a MicroSD card slot up to 1.5 TB. It also comes with a 25W fast charge battery, it has IP54 certification With dust and water resistance and its main chamber is 50 MP. You may also interest you Samsung Evo Select (2024) MicroSD card + SD adapter, 512 GB, smartphone and tablet memory card, UHS-i U3, 4K UHD, Full HD, Reading 160 MB/S, MB-MB-ME512SA/EU * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy Buds Fe + Loader – Wireless headphones, Cancellation Active Noise, Comfortable Adjustment, 3 Microphones, Tactile Control, Bajo Serious, Gray (Spanish version) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Dan Tuykavin in UnspashSamsung In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | Best Samsung mobiles: which buy and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price

When a man removed the protective plastic to his monitor he realized that it was not the protective plastic

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Remaking the protective plastics of new devices is all A category within the ASMR. Stretching the film to reveal the completely new and bright surfaces gives a taste, except when what we remove is not a protective plastic and we end up loading the device. It is just what happened to this Reddit user with his new monitor. What happened. User tells Messaywaffle123. He had just bought a new 4K monitor and everything was going well until he realized that he was still wearing what he thought was the protective plastic. “It worked perfectly for five minutes before curiosity seized me,” he says in a post that has more than 700 comments. At least the monitor was second -hand and it only cost him $ 100. What is that layer. As you can imagine, that layer should not be removed since it is actually the polarizing filter and is part of the panel. The LCD screens They have several polarizing filters that are responsible for filtering the light to show the images. In this case he only removed a corner of the outer layer and, from what is seen in the images, he hit it again. The marks of stretching the plastic are noticed, but the screen is still seen. If I had completely eliminated it, the screen would look white as can be seen in This video where we see an LCD screen without the polarizing filter. It can be replaced. If the same thing happened to this user and you have removed the polarizing layer unintentionally, You can buy one and try to replace it manually. This is what many users recommend in Reddit’s thread responses, although most admits that it is not a simple task since it is very easy for bubbles or dust to remain. Other cases. It is not the first what happens And not only in monitors, similar things have also happened On TVsoften because when the real protective plastic removal, it was carried behind the lower layer. There have been more cases. We recently saw how Nintendo warned buyers of the new Switch 2 that were removing the protective layer. It was not really a polarizing filter, but a layer to prevent the screen from breaking into pieces if it suffered an impact. Samsung also happened with the first fold: Some users removed the plastic from the interior screen, leaving it unusable. Image | Reddit In Xataka | In 2011 someone published in Reddit “A858”. Fourteen years and thousands of messages later, the mystery is still disound

Its sales continue to fall in Europe in the face of the advance of the Asian electric car

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What Tesla It is not going through its best moment In Europe it is no secret. Elon Musk’s company still resents of the fleeting, although media, controversial and Extremely changing support From his CEO to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the unstoppable advance of the Chinese electric car. The latest data reflects: sales in the main markets of the old continent remain in free fall. Although not everything is bad news. The data. The most important European markets for Tesla (and for the car market in general) are the United Kingdom, France and Germany. In these countries, the fall in Tesla’s registration, a strong indicator of sales, has been pronounced. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Image | Charlie Deets According to information shared by Reuters and Bloombergonly in July the enrollments fell 60% in the United Kingdom, 55% in Germany and 27% in France. The rest of the countries They do not fall short: 86% in Sweden, 52% in Denmark, 62% in Holland, 58% in Belgium, 5% in Italy and 49% in Portugal. On the whole. If we look at the full photo, the figure is even more striking: Tesla sales have fallen 45% In the ten European markets that, together, accumulated 80% of Tesla sales in Europe during the first half of the year. In other words, Tesla’s sales continue to go downhill in the most important European countries. So far this year, the sales of Elon Musk’s firm have fallen a third in the old continent. And there are no countries in which it grows? Yes, Spain and Norway, to be exact. In Spain, Tesla car registrations increased by 27% (702 cars) in July, which represents a 1.1% growth so far this year. It is a percentage that does not accompany the growth of the electric car market in our country: 89.6%. In Norway, a country in which 97.2% Of the cars sold in July they were electric, increased 83% or what is the same, 838 cars. Image | Xataka Byd advances Tesla on the right. As it could not be otherwise, Asian manufacturers have taken advantage of the situation to continue eating the toast to Tesla. According to the data of the Jato consultancy of those echoing from The countryonly in the month of June Byd sold 15,565 cars in Europe of which 9,153 were electric (132% more). The semiannual figure is much more interesting: 41,270 electric cars, 143% more. The panorama has changed a lot. Best selling cars. The good news for Tesla is that, despite the fall in sales, the best -selling electric car continues to sign during the first semester of the year: the Tesla Model and. He Volkswagen ID.4 He is closely followed with a dangerous and threatening second place. The photo, however, is very different if we look at our country. Best -selling electric cars in July | Image: ANFAC The Spanish case. If we take a look at the most recent data from the ANFACwe will see that the best -selling electric cars in July have been the TOYOTA BZ4X (604 units), the Byd Dolphin Surf (531 units) and the KIA EV3 (493 units). It is not until the fourth position that we find a Tesla, Model 3, with 456 units sold. The Tesla Model and, meanwhile, falls to the tenth position. Plug -in hybrids best selling in July | Image: ANFAC In the accumulated January-Julio, Tesla goes quite well stopped. The Tesla Model 3 is the best selling electric with 4,545 units. They are followed by Model and (3,282 units) and KIA EV3 (3,206 units). In plug -in hybrids, the undisputed leader is the Byd Seal U.whose sale in July added 738 units (1,616% more). Cover image | Martin Katler In Xataka | Elon Musk has suggested his next goal: “Countries that do not manufacture their own drones will be vassal states”

Nine of the ten hottest villages in Europe this summer are in the same country: Spain

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The Second heat wave of the year It does not seem willing to give ground yet. Not even before the storms announced for these days they will improve the situation, which will last at least until Tuesday 12 according to the last special notice of the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet). Coping the top positions. Last Tuesday the heat in the Iberian Peninsula caused a picturesque image: nine of the 10 largest records of maximum temperatures collected by a weather in European countries were captured in Spain. So He reviewed through his social networks the Meteorology fan magazinethat cited data of the platform Ogimet. Temperatures in this rankingThey ranged from 41.1 celsius registered in Coria, Cáceres; Until 42.3º of the Écija station, Seville. All of them above the Batman Turkish weather station, which with 41º remained in the tenth place of this particular classification. The maximum temperatures of the last hours have been reduced, and now it is Türkiye that is in the eye of the hurricane. The situation It has been invested And now Spain has a weather station in this peculiar “Top 10”. This is the Granada airport station, which registers 40.6º. The heat wave continues. More moderate temperatures than those registered a few days ago but still high. That is why Aemet Maintain yellow and orange notices (for important risk) In good part of the country, at least until Saturday (the notices begin to announce three days). Today the notices for important risk will affect not only the entire community of Madrid, also to areas of Andalusia, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, and even Galicia. Tomorrow the notices for important risk will also extend to Aragon and Navarra. A stagnant situation. According to Explain Aemetthe situation is propitiated by an “quite stationary” atmospheric situation, which opened its way to a warm and dry air from Africa. An air mass that extends throughout the Peninsula and that, thanks to the high insolation, has allowed temperatures to be triggered during these days. To the point that, despite yesterday’s thermal descent, the situation could be aggravated again today and during the weekend. The forecasts z of temperatures above 40º in the depressions of the Northeast and in the valleys of Miño, El Tajo, El Guadiana and the Guadalquivir. Until Tuesday? The question that many will be asking is how long this will last. Aemet’s special notice It will remain active at least until Tuesday, but that does not mean that the heat wave will end there. The forecasts talk about temperatures that will continue on Monday and Tuesday, but the agency indicates that the uncertainty starting Wednesday is too high, although the models indicate a possible drop in temperatures. That is why the only answer that can be given is that we still do not know how long this heat wave will last. In Xataka | The Catalan and Segura basins toured different paths during the drought. Now they share something: the passage of the trough Image | ECMWF

The chips war is not over and the US is about to declare another one to China: that of the screens

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In the holder of this article we do not exaggerate the least. The US Congress is pressing the Pentagon to officially include BOE, China’s biggest screens manufacturerin the list of Companies with narrow links with the Chinese army. However, this is not all. And as Chris Miller, the author of the very recommended essay book explains ‘The chips war’in Your new newsletterthe administration led by Donald Trump wants the screens used by American technology companies to be manufactured in the US. This strategy is exactly the same as the government has already launched within the semiconductor industry. And with great success. After all, TSMC, Intel, Samsung and other companies that are dedicated to the production of integrated circuits They are building new plants in the US To dodge the Trump administration tariffs, among other reasons. This Howard Lutnick’s statementthe Secretary of Commerce, clearly expresses what the US government has: “We need to have chips and need to have screens. We need these objects to be manufactured in the United States.” The screens are a critical component for China and the US armies The decisions that the US government will take in all likelihood with the double purpose of minimizing its current dependence on Chinese manufacturers and reinforcing the local screens manufacturing industry will be held on several pillars. The most obvious is that LCD and Oled panels are indispensable in a huge amount of electronic products and other items, such as mobile phones, tablets, televisions, cars, monitors, smartwatchesetc. An interesting note: BOE is one of Apple OLED matric suppliers. In the current geopolitical scenario it would not be surprising at all that the Trump administration penalize in the short or medium term with high tariffs the import to the US of LCD and OLED panels. However, before doing so, industrial fabric must reinforce within its own borders to offer electronic products manufacturers Alternatives of American origin to the screens from abroad. This probable measure It will not only affect BOE, TCL and other Chinese panel manufacturers; It will also have a direct impact on Japanese companies, and, above all, South Korean that produce these matrices, such as Samsung or LG. The largest shareholder of BOE is a state entity, and, in addition, 47% of its Chengdú factory belongs to several organizations backed by the State So far I have mentioned BOE three times in this article, and I have done it because this Chinese company is being very closely observed by the US administration. In fact, and this is another pillar of the strategy in which the US government is working, According to Chris Miller This company is being intensely subsidized by the Chinese State. Boe’s biggest shareholder is a state entity, and, in addition, 47% of its new Chengdú factory It belongs to several organizations that are directly supported by the State. The South Korean government You are also supporting subsidies To the Samsung and LG subsidiaries that manufacture screens, but so far it has never been done almost half of the property of a latest generation production plant. Miller holds that BOE has ties with the Chinese armyalthough it does not know if they are deeper than those with other Chinese technology companies. Who do seem clear that this link is intense They are some American congressmen. Otherwise they would not press the Pentagon to include BOE in his “blacklist.” If this request Prospera Boe could be excluded from the US market in the same way that at the end of the last decade Huawei and Zte were sanctioned. Curiously, According to BOE itselfglobal sales of screens for military use amounted to 1,330 million dollars in 2024. It is a modest figure if we keep in mind that this sector globally invoiced more than 156,000 million dollars last year. Even so, for Chinese and American armies the screens are critical components, just like chips. In fact, the US Department of Defense buys avant -garde screens, and, in addition, has expressly funded The development of next -generation visualization technologies. Image | Xataka More information | Chris Miller’s Newsletter In Xataka | China is ready to get fully into the OLED TV market and put South Korea against the ropes

Ryanair will add a strike with delays and cancellations to the cocktail

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To the usual mobility problems that are recorded every year during the August bridge, this year the call for the strike personnel of Blue Handling, a company responsible for the Airport services from Ryanair. This labor conflict adds to the long list of open fronts that Ryanair has in Spain, from labor problems with the salaries of your cabin staffthrough the sanctions for the Hand luggage collection or the increase in airport rates. Strike call and its dates. The Earth staff strike Convened by UGT FESMC and CGT affects all the bases and work centers of Blue Handling, the subcontract that operates for Ryanair in Spain. According to the official calendar, the strikes will take place: August 15, 16 and 17 They will be repeated every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and subsequent Sundays until December 31, 2025, which will affect strategic holidays for their traffic volume, such as November 1, the days before Christmas or end of the year. The Handling blue strikes will take place during the highest hours and, at that time, the company’s services will be interrupted by the billing, loading and assistance services in land for Ryanair, with the possibility of delays, cancellations and discomfort for passengers. Between 5:00 and 9:00 in the morning Between 12:00 and 3:00 p.m. Between 9:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. Affected airports. The call will impact the airports of Valencia, Alicante, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Malaga, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Girona, Tenerife Sur, Lanzarote and Santiago de Compostela, where Blue Handling provides service in the Earth operation of Ryanair. Users affected by the strikes can know the status of their flights from the page of Company’s travel information. From Facua Rememberthat, in case of cancellation, the European Regulation It establishes economic compensation of up to 600 euros. Why are they going to strike? The trigger for the strike is, according to The statement of the UGT union, a protest to stop “a strategy of precariousness and pressure on the template that violates basic labor rights and systematically disregard trade union demands.” In addition, it demands that the company withdraw the sanctions, comply with the sector agreements and open “a real negotiation process” with its workforce. The concrete claims are translated into the requirement of fair working hours, salary updates and respect for the fundamental rights of the 3,000 employees that form the Blue Handling staff. From UGT they lament for “having to reach these extremes and all the damages that may occur, of which the direct manager will be only and exclusively the company and its reckless acting with the workforce,” says the union statement. A new front for Ryanair. This new strike arrives In a tense context For Ryanair in Spain: the airline was already sanctioned with A fine of 150 million euros Retailing hand luggage as an additional service. In addition, the Airport rates rise and the closure of operations In some airports –How it happened recently In Valladolid– They accentuated the disagreements between the company, workers, government and users. Recently, the company has taken holders for labor pressure About your cabin staffas well as for repeated breaches of the Spanish regulatory frameworks. The company has also been forced to modify certain practices before judicial pressuresalthough from Ryanair they have declared that They will keep Your model “Low Cost“In the country. In Xataka | Ryanair charges extras almost even for breathing. Now he will also charge a supplement to whom he misses during the flight Image | Ryanair

Cheap with ads is more profitable than expensive without ads

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Just a few days ago, Netflix announced that it completely eliminated The cheapest plan with ads, and is putting an uncomfortable but very profitable truth on the table: it compensates to lose the cheapest plans and without advertising and that the gentle moves to less friendly but more beneficial options for the platform. This change represents a fundamental transformation in streaming consumption, witnessing the triumphal return of a model that many believed obsolete: paying to see ads. There is no plan. Without issuing any media, the platform eliminated On July 30 the basic plan without ads. The subscription of 9.99 euros was so far the cheapest option to see content without advertising, but disappears: Users who paid for him will have to move to another. He did not admit several simultaneous devices, either extra subscribers, or downloads, or broadcast to Chromecast and the resolution was HD (720p). Netflix remains, therefore, with only three plans: Standard with ads (6.99 euros, ads, FullHD and limited catalog) Standard (13.99 euros, without advertisements, FullHD and the entire catalog) Premium (19.99 euros, without ads, 4K and the entire catalog). Netflix is doing well. This step of Return to the exit box And make us pay again to see ads may seem counterintuitive, but it is renting: the platform announced in May that had reached 94 million users of plans with advertisements, a remarkable increase with respect to the 70 million in November 2023. In this way, the initial aspiration of the digital ecosystem disappears, which bet on an aspirational model where the premium price was justified by the absence of ads, thus distancing itself from traditional television. The times change and the spectators demand, given the excess offer (and the general recession), cheap offers. Even with ads. It has trap. Because what is clear is that it is not about people wanting to see ads because they like them: they have no choice. The difference between the cheap and the next in the price staircase, already without ads, is almost double. Not all spectators can afford that leap. Therefore, what began as an alternative option for price -sensitive users has become an important growth engine for the industry. Compensate ups. Users of streaming They have been seeing how prices go up without stopping. Between 2020 and 2024, users saw how their monthly subscriptions increased between 30% and 50% on most platforms. Netflix passed From € 7.99 to € 12.99 in its standard plan and Disney+ its price rose up to 17%. It was unsustainable to continue with the increases, so now they arrive otherwise, camouflating “descents” with advertising, which are also economically more beneficial for platforms: advertising income exceeds the income lost due to price reduction. Ultra-Economy with advertising. Ads plans are no longer a secondary option or a “minor evil”, but a business pillar: now we accept advertising cuts as part of the price of accessibility. We contemplate a segmentation of the pill, which is divided into those that are willing to pay between 15 and 20 euros per month for an experience without interruptions and on the other, 70-80% of users They see the platforms with ads paying between 6 and 8 euros per month. This division does not catch us from new ones: it is a replica that we already saw in the nineties between those who paid on Canal+ and the first satellite teles and those who continued watching television in traditional open. Header | Xataka In Xataka | That Yurena is going to give a massive concert is the definitive proof of authentic power that Netflix has

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