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His salaries already exceed 2 million dollars in Silicon Valley

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There is a whole fierce battle in the giants tech by take to the best talents to innovate in the field of artificial intelligence. And given the high competition that is being lived, the salary scale in the technological sector is more rising than ever. The salaries of scientists and engineers of AI They have reached stratospheric figureswith salary incentives ranging from 3 to 7 million dollars annually for senior profiles. An unprecedented escalation that is turning these professionals In authentic financial assets. What’s happening. Great technological ones such as Meta and OpenAi are starring a war of talent without barracks. The salaries of your Top researchers have risen 50% since 2022reaching 10 million annually in exceptional cases. To put it in perspective: a traditional software engineer in a large company charges between 180,000 and 220,000 base salary dollars in the United States, while an AI scientist can reach 2 million. According to the Specialized Salary Portal LevelsMeta is one of the companies that are paying the most to its AI engineers, climbing from 186,000 dollars to 3.2 million. Until recently, it was not usual in Tech companies for positions that were not managers or investors. The trigger. Mark Zuckerberg has been the great catalyst of this escalation. According to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Goal is offering bonds of up to 100 million dollars to the most prominent engineers in the sector. The strategy responds to The disappointing flame reception 4which has not finished meeting expectations in Benchmarks of reasoning and programming. Eleven of the fourteen researchers of the flame team They have abandoned goalseveral course to the French Mistral. Openai’s response. The company responsible for Chatgpt has not remained still. Its research director, Mark Chen, sent an internal memo Comparing personnel exits with “as if someone had broken into our home and had stolen something.” Openai gave his workforce to “rest and recharge energy”, while Chen and Altman work “24 hours” to retain talent and “recalibrate” salary packages. Beyond money. Paradoxically, the sector’s torses say that many researchers prioritize the reputation of the equipment and the quality of work above astronomical figures. “There is always a risk: if you finish in the finish line, you may not do the level of work you would do in Deepmind, OpenAi or Anthropic,” Explain Firas Sozan, CEO of the consultant Harrison Clarke. The domino effect. This salary inflation is pushing some companies to look for alternatives. Startups such as Hugging Face are moving their search for talent to Europe, where in our continent, “with a Silicon Valley software engineer you can hire three or four of the same level,” according to Thomas Wolf, co -founder of the company. Sectors such as insurance, entertainment and financial services are also uploading their offers to compete for this top -level talent. Why does it matter. IA researchers have become the new players of the technological world, with millionaire signings that reflect the strategic value that companies grant to artificial intelligence. One of the most recent cases is that of the young man Alexandr Wangthe new AI star who will be responsible for directing the Meta Labs SuperintenTintentintentintelligence Labs. The Zuckerberg company has paid $ 14.3 billion per Scale AI, a platform that serves as preparing language models and was founded by Wang and Lucy Guo. They are superstar, and are the minds that will shape the future of AI. Cover image | Reuters and UNCAPPED In Xataka | How to use Gemini to summarize YouTube videos or ask questions about its Android content

Autonomous driving for a 9,000 euros car

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With a driver but under intense rain and with a car that can be bought in China for 9,000 euros to the direct change. Those have been the bases of the autonomous driving test that Byd has made available to have a contact with the Eye of Godthe most advanced system of the Chinese company, which already works in the Asian country and that will reach all cars of the company. Regardless of its price. First of all, the eye of God Although the experience will arrive below, it is important to present what the eye of God is, what their credentials are and what is proposed. A few months ago, Byd presented its most advanced autonomous driving system. Nothing especially new if it weren’t because I was punching the industry table. His great attraction is that he will reach all his cars, regardless of its price. That is the real incentive. Until now, the most advanced functions in autonomous driving systems have been sold as extras or as a part of a complete but high price. They are, in short, a source of income with which it is even tantest with subscription services As Tesla does, for example. With his eye of God, Byd aspires to generate added value to the product to attract new customers. That the most basic models allow you to enjoy vented services so far seems like a good strategy. The big doubt is: What will happen to that income? On this we ask Stella Li during our brief talk at a round table with other fellow journalists. Then, Byd’s vice president just said that they had already thoroughly studied the matter and “contemplated other income paths” but without explaining to them what they were. Much has been written since then and one of the possibilities that seem more evident is income generation through its own store of applications within the vehicle’s infotainment system, which allows you to visualize or access any other time contained in a stop … or on the way. The latter is what is aspired in cars with More advanced autonomous driving levels And even, it would be to legally possible In the United Kingdom if Mercedes could apply the sufficient conditions to activate your level 3 of autonomy With Drive Pilot. But it is still, new, limited to vehicles of the high range. Byd has pointed out that the system, base, will reach all its vehicles but has three levels. The first is only available on the highway and is the one we have tried. This is our experience. A 9,000 euros but autonomous car He Byd Dolphin Surf (Surname Seagull in China) arrives at our hotel led by an employee of the company. He picks us up to start the test and go to filmed traffic. For a few minutes, the driver takes various exits and we check some details that tell us that we are facing a different car. On the outside, the Seagull differs from our Dolphin Surf in a camera in the front fins. Inside, the resolution of the cameras, which is quite good in our national model, seems even better here. In the instrument table a greater number of objects are displayed that around the vehicle (pedestrians, other cars, cones …) that appear and disappear while the vehicle advances. Curiosities, in the browser, in addition to the route, at each crossing the waiting time of the traffic light is shown with a countdown if it is closed. When it opens, a small sound warning alerts the driver. And if the traffic light allows the free passage of vehicles, the regressive account indicates, how much time it remains for the traffic light to close. This is not something exclusive to byd but it is surprising how well it works. Especially since it detects the traffic light that corresponds to us, since the main traffic light does not always coincide with those of taking a detour to the right or left and take another exit. In those we are when the driver takes the exit to the highway. It makes us a gesture. In the browser a gray signal has appeared that indicatesThe eye of God is available. The driver has the opportunity to press it on the touch screen or activate it with a steering wheel button. Opt for the second … and nothing happens. And it is the best thing to say. Ahead we have about thirty kilometers to travel with an autonomous driving system. The driver keeps his hands under the steering wheel but does not pressure and, really, if he wanted to take control of the car for an error of it would cost him a precious time before taking the controls. That is, the car is the one that keeps us on the road without help. The driver by pressing the activation of the autonomous driving system with the steering wheel First, the operation is very good, scratching the excellent. The car is kept focused on the lane and from there the curves, or dilating joints or bridge structures do not move. These last two are felt a lot to our path but the Dolphin Surf Byd remains unchanged. The only point at which it suffers a little is when another vehicle advances us and is located A few meters ahead of the vehicle. When cutting the trajectory and safety distance disappears, the braking is too abrupt. However, the car recovers the speed with a shallow ease and, above all, with a very good decision that, this time, does not fall into abruptness. Acceleration is clean and progressive. The green light of the mirrors shows that the car circulates in autonomous mode That black point is really the only one. During our test, the Dolphin Surf Byd had to face complex weather conditions. He had a good time raining when we got into the car and on the road he kept a lot of water. So much so that the spray … Read more

The true bottleneck of AI is not chips but electricity. And there China has a great asset

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Data centers are Electricity devourers. A single training cluster can spend more light than 100,000 houses. And while we become obsessed with the semiconductor war, the main problem is still there, in silence: electricity. Why is it important. Training the most powerful models require superoring workers 24 hours for whole weeks. It doesn’t matter if you have the best chips in the world if you don’t have electricity to feed them. It is like having a Ferrari with hardly any gasoline. In figures: The context. The United States has an still incontestable domain in AI and controls 75% of world computing capacity. But their companies are being delays with years to connect new data centers to the electricity network. Google, Microsoft and Amazon They have to deal with years of delays to connect new data centers to the electricity network. China, on the other hand, can lift and connect plants in a few months. Unidso’s bottleneck is in the slowness to connect new capacity to the network. Between the lines. American chip restrictions have forced China to be more efficient. He Deepseek earthquake At the beginning of the year it was the best test. China is riding its “National Integrated Computer Network”, connecting public and private data centers. Your “East Data, West Computing” plan “ Build eight big hubs in provinces with cheap renewable energy. It is something similar to what we saw at the time with the cryptocurrency mining. The key: China puts the AI ​​where there is electricity. Yes, but. Coal is still 58% of its mix energetic. Although renewables is expanding at a good pace, its current advantage is based partly on fossil fuels. That questions the sustainability of its strategy. And now what. The AI ​​career will be decided both in power plants and in laboratories. China is building the infrastructure to feed gigantic models. The United States has better chips, But worse electrical infrastructure. AI needs two things: Silicon. Electric muscle China is betting very strong for the second and that could be its winning asset. Outstanding image | ダモ リ in Unspash In Xataka | China’s three master moves to “independent” technologically from the West: raw materials, chips, AI

Despite this, 9,000 workers will say goodbye

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Microsoft has announced the dismissal of 9,000 workers worldwide, a figure that represents approximately 4% of its template globally. The cuts affect different departments and jobs from different regions, including key divisions such as Xbox and their European studies King and Zenimax. The pattern is repeated. Mass cuts after finishing a fiscal year are not, unfortunately, novelty in Microsoft. The company justifies these measures as “necessary organizational changes to better position the company in a dynamic market,” confirmed a Microsoft spokesman to the environment Central Windows. But the reality is that these adjustments have become a summer constant for technological. The figures speak. Microsoft closed its last quarter with income of 64.7 billion dollarsa growth of 15%, and accumulated 245,100 million for the entire fiscal year, with an annual increase of 16%. Despite these positive results and a stock market capitalization that exceeds 3.36 billion dollars, the company considers it necessary to reduce template to maintain its competitiveness. Xbox in the spotlight. The video game division has been especially beaten, with Phil Spencer, Xbox leader, Explaining Employees that cuts seek “eliminate management layers to increase agility and effectiveness.” King, head of Candy Crush, will lose approximately 200 employees (10% of its workforce), while other European studies such as Zenimax will also suffer significant reductions. The history is extensive. Microsoft already accumulates several episodes of mass layoffs in 2025: less than 1% in January by performance, More than 6,000 in May and another 300 in June. The most serious precedent dates back to 2014, when He eliminated 18,000 positions After the acquisition of Nokia. In 2023 there were 10,000 those affectedand in 2024 another 6,000, adding the same figure only two months ago. And now what? The company has never billed as much as now, but every summer the cuts arrive as if it were an unavoidable appointment. The impact of his mass layoffs in the past has touched divisions such as Surface, which does not go back. In addition, although the income generated by its Xbox division They have benefited After the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, Xbox hardware sales They go in a chopped falland many of their development studies also have been affected In recent sometimes. His commitment to AI depends almost completely on Openai, although the relationship is more temperate than beforewhile rivals as goal develop their own models. The company is in its best economic moment, but also in a moment of great changes, with the same injured. Cover image | Simon Ray In Xataka | Microsoft fired him after 23 years but continues to go to the office: “I feel responsible for my team and my clients”

Astronomers have been theorizing about “planets kamikaze.” They just found one and is 100 times more violent than it was believed

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We already know A good handful of exoplanetsbut astronomers of the European Space Agency have just added a fascinating category to the catalog of strange worlds. The Kamikaze planets. Using the Cheops space telescope, The first exoplature observatory of EuropeESA researchers have first observed a planet that causes flares in their own star, a suicidal custom that will end up sealing their own destiny. The “Kamikaze planets” are actually a phenomenon of cosmic self -destruction that has been theorizing since the 1990s. But it had never been observed directly, so far. And what astronomers have seen is a hundred times more energy than anyone had imagined. A violent neighborhood. The protagonist of this story is Hip 67522, a solar system located about 490 light years from Earth. Its star is a bit larger and cold than our sun, but it is very different: while the sun exceeds median age with 4.5 billion years, Hip 67522 is a teenage star of just 17 million years. Like any teenager, this star is full of energy, with a very agitated nucleus that does not stop turning, which makes it a very potent magnet. Around this violent cosmic magnet two planets turn. The one that interests us is the closest, Hip 67522 B, a world that completes an orbit in just seven days. The planet that plays with fire. Since they began to discover exoplanets, astronomers wonder if there are worlds orbiting enough close to their star to disturb their magnetic field and, in essence, “prick it” so that great flares are unleashed. Cheops space telescope observations They demonstrated that the planet Hip 67522 B is so close to its star that its own magnetic influence interacts with that of its host. The planet acts as a whip: as the star orbits, energy is accumulated in the form of waves along the lines of the star magnetic field. When these energy waves collide with the surface of the star, they trigger a gigantic solar flare, much more violent than expected. And absolutely destructive for the planet. Up to 15 lashes captured in camera. The Cheops telescope detected a total of 15 flares, almost all produced while the planet was ahead of the star from our perspective. This synchronization is the definitive proof: the fact that the flares occur just when the planet passes between us and the star confirms that it is the planet who is causing them. The tragic part of this story is that the planet is causing these gigantic energy explosions in its own direction. Hip 67522 B is being bombarded with six times more radiation than I would receive if it would simply stay still. The planet is shrinking. According to astronomers, in the next 100 million years it could go from being a gaseous giant of Jupiter’s size to a planet of Neptune size. It is a slow -chanted cosmic suicide. Image | THAT In Xataka | Astronomers have discovered a planet that should not exist: great as a jupiter and light like sugar cotton

Cantabria wants more visitors in the Cabárceno Park. So you will create a large alpine slide to travel at 40 km/h

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He Cabárceno Parkin Cantabria, he is famous for his animal reserves and having reached a curious World milestone: Become a reference in the captivity of African elephants. Now those responsible want the enclosure to be known for something else, a spectacular Alpine slide of 1.2 kilometers in which speeds of 40 km/h will be reached. At the moment we only have the plans Included in your technical report, but they are enough to open the appetite. What is your goal? That the park is more attractive and capture more visitors. Two words: Alpine Tobogán. He Cabárceno Parka half -way space between the traditional zoo and an enclosure to safaris nestled in the middle of Santander region, wants to become more attractive. And he wants to do it big, with a claim designed for the most adventurous: a Alpine slide. Also known as “Alpine Coaster”the alpine slides are neither more nor less than rail circuits designed so that visitors can slide through them aboard sled taking advantage of the slope of the mountains. In Andorra they have a very popular one: The Tobotroncwith a route of more than five kilometers. Trips at 40 km/h. The alpine slide that Cantabria wants to build may not reach the size of Tobotronc or The one of Hydersin Austria, where they have built another similar structure of almost three kilometers and a slope of 640 meters, but will be equally fascinating. According to He has revealed The autonomous government will measure 1.2 km (330 m of climb and 854 of descent) and those who rise to it can reach 40 km/h, although it will be the users themselves who regulate the march. 360 degree sleds and curls. They are not the only data that has transcended the project, promoted by the public company Cantur. The Cantabria Government has revealed that the infrastructure will have 25 sleds with capacity for two people who will save a level of 75 my will advance in a journey in Zigzag, with curves and two loopings of 360º. Nor is it necessary to imagine it. The Executive has published the Basic projectin which his future layout appears. Autumn of 2025? The project itself is not new. In October, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Region, Luis Martínez Abad, He already spoke of him in Parliament, where he broke out some characteristics of the future slide. As he said then, the investment to carry out the structure would reach 1.5 million euros and the idea was that it was already operational in the autumn of 2025. The Montañés newspaper reveals Now that in the technical document an investment of three million euros, VAT included. It also seems difficult for the structure to be ready before 2026. That does not mean that the initiative is stopped. On the contrary. Yeah It has been news These days it is because the Government of Cantabria has just released the construction project. During the next few days anyone interested in the project can consult in The web of the General Directorate of Urbanism the plans and calculations of the future slide and, in case it creates it necessary, to present allegations. Aerial view of the area where the “Alpine Coaster” will be installed. Objective: Diversify. In October, during his speech at the Plenary of Parliament, Martínez Abad He claimed That the future Alpine slide “is not a whim, but an opportunity.” Now the government insists on the same idea: its purpose is to reinforce the attractiveness of the park to visit more people throughout the year. “The objective of this infrastructure is reason the Minister of Tourism. In 2023 the enclosure received more than 650,000 visitors, but that figure actually hides two major challenges. The first is that most of those visits They concentrated During a very concrete time of the year, during Holy Week and the summer months. The second challenge is that the enclosure is difficult to awaken the interest of the youngest population. The idea, The Cantabrian Government emphasizesis to attract people between 14 and 24 years old, which “less interest shows” now in the park. Wink. The slide will be located in an area close to the northern entrance of Obregón, “in a field not used of the installation,” Clarifies the Regional Executivewhich remembers that when planning the layout, a part of the park away from the animals has been sought (in Cabárceno, zebras, camels or Elephantsamong many other species), with trees and an adequate slope. The technicians have also wanted to launch a wink to the mining past in the region. “The project is developed in a unique environment of the vicinity of the local good of the old facilities of the Cabárceno Hierra Mineso it contemplates integrating the necessary infrastructure into the landscape environment, using cut steel, treated wood or glass to offer an external appearance similar to mining facilities ” Clarify. Among other things, those who climb to the sleds may contemplate the mining vestiges of caul. Images | Cantabria government, Jeremy Thompson (Flickr) and Tuscasasrural (Flickr) In Xataka | In his fight not to be “the North Ibiza”, Cantabria has taken a radical measure: limiting tourism in iconic areas

When the heat arrives, the boys fall in love, the solar panels have a fatal and Spain has a new electrical problem

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Summer has arrived with excessive force To Spain. June has closed as the hottest month of which you have a record, and there is no indications that temperatures are going to give truce. The streets are emptied, public parks are deserted, and fans snort day and night as if trying to mark the rhythm of these unbearable days. But while life adapts as it can to this new heat, under the surface – where the invisible network that sustains modern life – heat has also tested the limits of the electrical system. High demand. While millions of people seek refuge under air conditioning, the Spanish electrical system begins to show saturation signals. Extreme heat triggers demand, reduces the efficiency of some sources of renewable generation and generates imbalances in the electricity grid. As collect the Iberian energy market operator (OMIE)on July 1, the price of the megavatio hour reached a peak of 167 euros at 9:00 p.m., an unusual figure for a night strip. The increase coincides with a high demand and a reduced renewable production at the end of the day, which forces the system to rely on more expensive technologies such as natural gas, According to Red Eléctrica España (REE). More heat, more network pressure. To all this is added an urban phenomenon that aggravates the pressure on the network: The island of heat. In cities, asphalt, concrete and lack of vegetation make the heat accumulated during the day stay overnight, raising the temperature several degrees with respect to rural areas. As a result, energy consumption does not descend after sunset, but is kept high for more hours. The households continue to light fans and air conditioning apparatus until well into the morning, which stress the system when the renewables have already fallen from the mix. But with more sun … The logical thing would be to think that with more sunny hours, Solar energy would suffice to meet the growing demand. And in part, it does: According to REE dataon July 1, renewables contributed 50.6 % of the electricity generated in Spain, compared to 49.4 % of non -renewable sources. But that daily average hides what happens in critical hours. From eight or nine in the afternoon, the photovoltaic disappears from the energy mix, just when the demand remains high and the temperature barely yields. At that time, they are the combined cycles – central that burn natural gas – that support the system, with more than 14,000 megawatts generated in some moments of that same night, According to REE data. There is an added problem. Solar does not always yield as expected: As we have already explainedpanels can have efficiency losses between 10 and 25% because of high temperatures. For each additional degree, they can lose up to 0.5 % yield. Nor does wind help too much: heat waves usually come accompanied by atmospheric stability situations that reduce the wind, which also lasts production. Will there be any blackout? Talking about generalized blackouts may seem exaggerated, but comparison with other countries, like the United Statesforces to take the threat seriously. However, the Spanish system has proven to have a certain margin of maneuver. After the blackout of April 28, they were activated Adjustment services to balance the network in case of collapse of the system at critical times. Although it avoids collapse, these mechanisms have a cost: they have more thanked the invoice part, especially for those in the PVPC rate. From that moment on, Ree has maintained an additional safety margin, operating with active backup power plants even when they are not in use, which structurally increases the operation of the system. Beyond the specific episode, that blackout exposed the deficiencies of a system that needs More storage, MicroRedes and greater local response capacity to disturbances. A system under stress. This summer is not only breaking temperature records: the margins of the electrical system is also testing. The combination of prolonged heat, night demand peaks and a more vulnerable renewable generation than expected is stressing the network at critical moments. The renewables are the present and the future, but they are not infallible. Its behavior also depends on the weather. And when the heat waves become the norm and not the exception, the resilience of the system depends on other factors: on the reinforcement of the networks, the storage, the demand management and, above all, to prepare the cities to resist without the most vulnerable paying the price. Image | Pexels Xataka | In a desperate attempt to avoid the blackout, Ree tried to start a gas center seven minutes before the disaster

Mediumkt is celebrating its 26th anniversary. These are five of the best offers that the store has for a limited time

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Mediamarkt is celebrating and for this he has launched a new campaign called 26th anniversary where we can find discounts on all kinds of products. There are many, so we have made a selection of Five of the best offers we have found in the store. Oppo Reno fs by 349 eurosa good mobile with battery of 5,800 mAh and 512 GB of internal storage. IMAC M4 by 1,369 eurosthe best offer that Mediamarkt has on Apple’s computer. Google Pixel 9a by 474.05 euros When registering in the Mediamarkt store. Sony HTS40R by 299 eurosa good sound bar with rear speakers and wireless subwoofer. Philips Oneblade Pro by 39 eurosa beard and body that has gained popularity for being designed to cut the hair, not the skin. Oppo Reno fs During the anniversary of Mediamarkt, we can find good prices in some mobiles, as is the case with OPPO RENE13 FS that has been launched this year. By 349 euroswe talk about a 6.67 -inch AMOLED mobile that mounts the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor along with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. Its 5,800 mAh battery supports 45W fast charging and has artificial intelligence functions. * Some price may have changed from the last review IMAC M4 He IMAC M4 He has not received many offers since its launch, and the ones he has received have almost always been from Mediamarkt. Now is found by 1,369 euros (the best store discount) and mounts, of course, the M4 chip Apple, has 16 GB of unified memory and 256 GB of SSD. In addition, it includes one 24 -inch retinal screen and a Magic Keyboard keyboard and a Magic Mouse mouse. * Some price may have changed from the last review Google Pixel 9a On the other hand, if what you are looking for is a good Google mobile, but with a very competitive price, much eye on Google Pixel 9awhich has come down in Mediamarkt to the 474 euros. Of course, this price only appears when previously registered in the store. He Google Pixel 9a It is a compact 6.3 -inch screen mobile that mounts the Google Tensioner G4 processor along with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. You will receive software updates for many years and its main camera is 48 MP. * Some price may have changed from the last review Sony HTS40R You don’t have to spend too much money on a sound bar to have some quality, even within the Sony brand. On the 26th anniversary of Mediamarkt we have the Sony HTS40R by 299 eurosalthough Amazon has it slightly cheaper. Includes both a wireless subwoofer and a pair of rear speakers, it offers a total power of 600W to 5.1 channels, it is compatible with Dolby Digitalincludes connectivity Bluetooth, HDMI and Jack of 3.5 mm And it comes with several audio modes: cinema, music, voice and nocturnal. * Some price may have changed from the last review Philips Oneblade Pro The Philips Oneblade Pro (And his little sister Oneblade) is one of the beard and body that has been popular in recent years thanks to his claim “designed to cut the hair, not the skin”, and this achieves it thanks to his blades with a round tip. By 39 eurosWe talk about a water resistant (IPX7 certification), each blade lasts approximately four months depending on the use that we give and offers a Autonomy of up to 90 minutes With each load. * 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. Images | Buying and Mediamarkt (header), Oppo, Apple, Google, Sony, Philips In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | What is the best portable computer to work in 2025. Tips and recommendations

There is a ‘cover’ in the business that will generate the increase in defense spending: Telefónica

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Telefónica is not just the dean and leader in clients of Spanish telecos: it is also the one who dominates the technological tenders of the Ministry of Defense. It is no accident. AND will go to more. Why is it important. Spain has adhered to the plan to reach 5% of GDP in military spending, although maintains your plan not to invest more than 2%. In any case, there is a horizon to increase that item that will result in more than a dozen billions of euros additional to current investment. And everything indicates that Telefónica will be one of the great beneficiaries of this expansion. In figures. It is not a monopoly because there is plurality of winners, but the concentration is very high. The context. The State is the main shareholder of Telefónica with the 10% that invested –2.3 billion– in May 2024. Marc Murtrathe president who arrived six months ago, came from Indra, another participated by the State, after the SEPI forced the change in management. In detail. In the last two years, Telefónica has multiplied its presence in defense. Among the main recent contracts include: Yes, but. This concentration in state companies has a geopolitical logic. The government wants to shield military communications against foreign technological dependencies. Especially after The recent rupture with Israeli suppliers such as Elbit Systems that advocates the government. The beneficiary, according to an exclusive The confidentialit will be most likely Indra. In any case, national security justifies state control. The threat. For private competition, the panorama is complicated. With the increase in defense spending and preference for companies participated by the State, opportunities for other operators are reduced. It is a market that is nationalized by the back door. The Declaration of Murtra in Congress three weeks ago He speaks for himself: “Telefónica wants to invest in defense, but always subordinated to the defense policy that marks the ministry,” he said. Translation: We are an executing arm of the state, not an independent competitor. Deepen. The new budget of 34,000 million for 31 Special Modernization Programs It will be the great test. Telecommunications, cybersecurity, command and control systems: Everything goes through the digital infrastructure already controls. It is your time to capitalize years of investment. In Xataka | Spain refuses to spend 5% of GDP on artillery. Because what you really want is to sell it to Europe Outstanding image | Xataka

Nothing already starts sitting at Apple’s table. At least if we look at the price of your last phone (3)

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Nothing Phone (3) will have a departure price that starts from 799 euros, a significant difference if we look back with the Phone (1) of 2022. Our partner Ricardo Aguilar could try it in Londonand although he highlighted its multiple and interesting facets such as the new Glyph Matrix, its transparent and alternative design already marks the house, and the peculiarities of its software, there is also a conversation that we have not been able to overlook: the price jump and what this means for the future of the brand. Different, but not in price. When Carl Pei founded nothing in 2021his speech was crystalline: “We want to make exciting technology again.” This is a declaration of intentions and, in my opinion, quite successful, especially if we take into account the short – but intense – travel of the brand. The firm began to be based on a basis that surely you have also thought: the smartphones have become bored. After the launch of his first terminal, Nothing made it clear that we do not have to go through the 1,000 euros ring to find an exciting phone to use and solid specifications (although signatures like Xiaomi have also reminded us of it excellently all these years). The Nothing Phone (1) arrived for 469 euros with a clear proposal: good technical file, differential design and accessible price. A rebel telephone that directly challenged the status Quo de Cupertino and the rest of the sector giants. A fast climb. However, Nothing seems to be testing its users about their prices tolerance. The trajectory of its devices to date regarding the price says it all: the Phone (1) started in 469 euros positioning as a premium mid -range, the Phone (2) It rose to 649 euros, already entering high -end territory, and now the Phone (3) reaches 799 euros, practically at the most expensive flagship door on the market. In just three generations, Nothing has traveled 330 euros on the rise, a climb of 70% that places it to stone shot of an iPhone 15 or a Galaxy S24 (mobile phones of last generation, everything must be said). OnePlus syndrome. The parallelism with the previous business adventure of Pei is inevitable. OnePlus began in 2013 with the motto “Never Settle” and a OnePlus One at 299 dollars that promised flagship specifications at the price of mid -range. Pete Lau and Carl Pei then sold the concept of “Flagship Killer”, the mobile that would wobble Samsung and Apple from below. Seven years later, the OnePlus 9 Pro cost 909 euros, little less than a iPhone 12 Pro. The brand had completed its transformation: as an affordable disruptor to a premium player. Nothing seems to follow a similar road map, even with a higher climbing speed. Range fragmentation also reproduces this strategy millimeter. OnePlus created the Nord series to maintain a medium -end presence while raising the prices of its main series. Nohing has done the same: Phone for the high range, Phone ‘A’ For the medium-high, and CMF For cheaper devices. This segmentation allows to maintain the narrative of “accessibility” while the original positioning is progressively abandoned. The first and true flagship. Nohing justifies the price jump with undeniable technical improvements. The Phone (3) incorporates the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, a completely redesigned cameras configuration, or the innovative Glyph Matrix with circular micro-read screen. It also maintains distinctive elements such as its transparent design and a software experience that effectively differs from the rest. For Nothing it is The first and true flagship. The crossroads of identity. Nothing is at a turning point. He has demonstrated technical capacity to create competitive and visually distinctive products, but with his main range of devices he faces the risk of being trapped in anyone’s land: too much face to be the rebel alternative, too much niche to compete face to face with Apple and Samsung. The market has already seen this film with OnePlus, which after years of innovation and price escalation, It ended up being absorbed by OPPO and losing much of his original identity. Having an already defined and consolidated strategy, Pei abandoned OnePlus with the desire to direct a more creative approach in Nothing. In fact, the devices that until now has launched the company are the clearest example of that yearning for wanting to flash in a predictable industry and with symptoms of continuity. And now what. The market response to Phone (3) seems to be decisive for the future of Nothing. The firm maintains that it is its first and true flagship, with very complete specifications and a price that is still slightly below the proposals of the high range of Apple or Samsung. The success of this terminal can determine if the direction that Nothing has chosen has been the successful. Although well, everything must be said that It is not the only market in which you have set foot. Cover image | Nothing In Xataka | If the question is how good a European mobile can be, the answer is the Fairphone 6

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