Mobile Tech & Gadgets

We talk about the best and worst in crossover

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In the second decade of the 90s and the first of the 2000 the world in general and Spain in particular was conquered by mobile phones. Those devices They were not much less smartphones, but rather “Dumb phones” quite limited but still could have quite high prices. It was the time when mobile phones did not want to be larger, but smaller, in which the screen mattered almost nothing – because you just used it – in which the physical keyboard was absolutely fundamental and in which to send an SMS cost a small fortune. In fact, mobile phones were used for something for which they are almost or used: call. Despite their limitations, those devices –Many of them “Concha”– They caught us and marked the way to what would come later. Thanks to them they were created (and destroyed) empires – who tells Nokia and Blackberry – and we saw how experimentation in designs and benefits offered a frantic and sometimes crazy evolution. That evolution made us understand how the mobile was going to end up becoming a much more powerful device: one with which we could take photos or listen to music, for example. They were the great advance of our current smartphones, and we have done a small review of that story in the third episode of crossover, Xataka’s biweekly program and range What mixes entertainment and technology. This third program goes beyond that trip to the past with the mobiles of that first batch. Thus, Jaume Lahoz and Carlos Santa Engracia The engineerknown for its YouTube channel with almost “scientific” analysis of football matches, but there are even more surprises. For example, Jaume, Carlos and his team detail us how far we can get with the Meta Ray-Ban, review the actuality of the last days and even invite us to know the Tesla Cybercab, the autonomous taxi of this manufacturer. You can enjoy This full program on YouTubeand you can also follow the best moments of the program on Instagram (@CrosSoverofc), Tiktok (@CrosSoverofc) and Twitter (@CrosSoverofc). On YouTube | Crossover

8,000 years ago a group of farmers crossed the Aegean Sea. Its trail can still be seen in the DNA in Media Europe

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A little before 7,000 before Christ, the western hunters-gatherers and the center of the Anatolia They started cultivating. It seems likely and unimportant. But that little change ended up causing a deep social, economic and demographic reorganization of the entire European continent. And it is not an exaggeration. It was so strong that even today we can see her on the maps. PH2TER What are we talking about? Between 6,000 and 4,000 before Christ, those Neolithic Farmers of Anatolia They began to move beyond the Aegean And, progressively, they took agriculture to Europe and North Africa. They thus became the ancestral genetic component of this whole area of ​​the world. Subsequently, the arrival of the shepherds of the western steppe (the known as Yamnaya culture) He finished configuring the basic genetics of the historical peoples of Europe, but the strength of the legacy of the anatolian farmers remained very strong. Above all, in the south of the continent. How can this know? Taking into account that the databases are even more incomplete than we would like and, therefore, there is always enough speculative content, a map can be built by comparing historical and contemporary samples. On the map, you can see a spectrum in which blue represents populations with greater “genetic distance“With the neolithic anatolic farmers and the red the slightest distance. And, to tell the truth, it has enough surprises. Detlef Gronenborn, Barbara Horejs, Börner, Obe Who is who (genetically speaking)? As usually explained, in the European countries of the Mediterranean there is a greater genetic closeness with the first European farmers. Specifically, Greece and Italy are the sites with the greatest closeness. Sardinia, of which we already knew that They were a very unique genetic populationit seems that the palm is taken. As a curiosity, it seems that current anatolia is not so great. Paleogenetics for beginners. All this is still a curiosity of an amateur forum (one that presumably has serious reliability problems as we approach detail). However, it is a good example of the enormous depth that genetic studies give us to understand the intrahistory of humanity. As we said Half decade ago“Paleogenetic techniques are like Galileo’s telescope: they let us see where we could not until now, but we need to accumulate evidence, works and studies to know what is true and what is a mirage.” As happened with carbon-14 techniques (it took almost 40 years to be reliable to one hundred percent), we are about to see how the past changes. Image | PH2TER | In Xataka | The past of the future: how science changes (constantly) our way of seeing dinosaurs and the past in general

YouTube is winning the game

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Podcasting is not new, but it is living what many consider their golden age. The number of creators and listeners does not stop growing, as are the platforms trying to dominate the market. Apple Podcasts was, for many, the entrance door to this format, while Spotify, with its leadership in streaming music, became a giant. However, the balance of power has changed. YouTube has been imposed as the reference option, taking advantage of its video and audio integration, in addition to Google’s muscle and its search engine, to take advantage. The company has not hesitated to show off its domain: 1 billion monthly users already consume this type of content on their platform. YouTube already dominated the video. Now also sends in podcasts YouTube has reached 1,000 million monthly viewers As of January 2025, As Tim Katz has confirmedVice President of News Alliances. In his announcement, he also stressed that the platform remains the “most used in the United States” podcasting service, and this is relevant because it is the main global market. In 2024, according to the company, users consumed more than 400 million hours of podcasts per month on their living room devices. If we take into account these data together with those previously released by rival platforms, we can conclude that YouTube is experiencing surprising growth. Streaming platforms do not usually publish periodic reports on their performance in the podcasting market, but third -party measurements already placed YouTube last year as leader. According to Cumulus Mediathe Google platform concentrated 31% of listeners in the United Stateswhile Spotify reached 21% and Apple Podcasts 12%. As for the data provided by YouTube, the company attributes its success to efforts to reach new audiences. This has included improvements in the experience of their products so that users can discover and listen to podcasts more easily. They also claim to have incorporated more creators and optimized their income program. The company of the search engine used to have an application called Google Podcasts, who decided to close to focus completely on YouTube Music. From the latter, users can discover and reproduce episodes, alternate between audio and video with a single touch and, something key, listen to content with the Blocked screen completely free. Images | YouTube | Will Francis In Xataka | Mrbeast showed that he was the biggest youtuber of all time. Now he devastates Prime Video audiences with his contest

The new Mark Zuckerberg has celebrated his wife’s birthday

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Mark Zuckerberg has suffered one of the greater transformations seen In a millionaire. In a little less than a year, the Facebook founder has gone from being the most similar to a uniformed android that prioritized productivity Above all things, to be the CEO paradigm “Malote” With gold chain around the neck, clothes of the best fashion designers and high -end watches. However, His last great transformation We have seen her in her wife’s 40th birthday celebration, Priscilla Chan. At one time at night, Mark Zuckerberg became a music star imitating Benson Boone’s famous performance at the Grammy ceremony. A show celebration As the millionaire himself shared from Your profile on Instagram“Your wife only turns 40 once.” So, With the permission of Benson Boone himselfthe millionaire recreated the same staging as the artist made at the gala of the last Grammy awards in his interpretation of ‘Beautiful Things’. Mark Zuckerberg entered dressed in an elegant tuxedo, according to the costumes of a party where all the guests dressed as a gala. At a given time of the celebration, the millionaire took the stage and flanked by two attendees, they saved him from his elegant suit to reveal the same Bright blue adjusted monkey that Boone had used in his performance. Recreation was not there. The millionaire even dared to get on the piano as the artist, although he did not show off the same agility, and chose to get out of a jump, instead of doing so with a somersault in the air as happened in the original performance. Something that surely thanked its sufferers shareholders. Luckily, Mark Zuckerberg had the delicacy of not including the original audio of his performance and chose to accompany him with ‘Sorry i’m here for sumone else’ of the same artist. Touch the image to go to the original message It wasn’t Mark Zuckerberg’s “jewel” Zuckerberg’s house parties They are increasingly common Since the millionaire has completed what is already known as “”Zuckissance“(Combination of Renaissance and Zuckerberg), in an attempt to approach the target audience of their social networks. However, his wife’s birthday was an occasion that was well worth celebrating with a jewel that can rarely be seen. In a new sample of taste for very high -end watches that the millionaire has acquired in recent months, Mark Zuckerberg wore on his wrist a very limited edition of the Rolex Cosmography Daytona Reference 6269valued at just over 1.3 million dollars. He Daytona 6269 It is one of the most rare and exclusive watches, of which it is believed that there are only between eight and ten copies worldwide. One of them has just appeared on the Zuckerberg wrist. The clock known as “Diamond Jota” was manufactured in the mid -80s of the last century, being one of the first to bring diamond inlays. Specifically, the piece carries 44 bright diamonds in the bevel, and 240 diamonds in the sphere. The schedule indicators are sapphires and both the box and the strap are of 18 carat gold. No doubt a whim that the third greatest fortune in the world, According to Forbesmay well afford. Smiles and tears Mark Zuckerberg’s exultant happiness during his wife Priscilla’s birthday contrasts with the tense atmosphere that is lived in his other house: goal. The company continues with the guidelines of OPTIMIZATION OF YOUR STRUCTURE in the face of the development of products based on AI, which is culminating with the 5% of the template of goal under the premise of having a lower performance than required. At the same time as cut more than 3,600 jobsthe Meta CEO approved the Salary bonus increase For the company’s management and executive positions, and cut 10% rewards for shares for the rest of the workers. In Xataka | Mark Zuckerberg has put on brown and gold chains to grind more. Surveys say it still falls badly Image | Mark Zuckerberg, Benson Boone

Now there is a version says goodbye to paper money and replaces it with an app for mobile

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Digital entertainment has never been so wide. Among series, movies, video games and music, the options are almost infinite. However, sometimes what we are looking for is just the opposite: disconnect, get away from screens and notifications. To do this, nothing like reading a good book or enjoying a board game. But not even these have escaped technology. Like electronic books have changed the way we read, board games have also evolved. It is not something new: for decades there are digital versions of classics such as chess or go. But now the trend has evolved. Some board games now combine physical pieces with mobile applications. A clear example of this is Monopoly. Monopoly is modernized with an app The new version of Monopoly premieres application. The game maintains its classic board, but now it will be necessary to use the mobile phone or the tablet to manage money and starting operations. That is, what we used to do with printed bills now is done directly from the screen. The properties and any transaction are also controlled from the app. From Hasbro, monopoly owners, explain that this format “assisted by application” not only speeds up the game by assuming the functions of the bank, but also incorporates mini -games to add an extra of fun. Each player selects a file and their corresponding bank card, which together with the property cards are scanned directly from the application. Monopoly App Banking is very oriented to children and offers among the most valuable properties a rocket launch platform, a chocolate factory or a roller coaster. This updated version will be available in the United States and During the year in Europe. It should be noted that the classic versions of the game and their expansions are still available. Modernizing a classic does not mean losing its essence. Here, the app promises to optimize the games of a game that sometimes can become long and dense, even providing new mechanics to refresh the experience and make it more accessible. However, this proposal will hardly attract those who see in the board games a shelter against the omnipresence of the screens. Images | Hasbro In Xataka | Monopoly is an icon of capitalism, but it was created for the opposite: denounce and defend an alternative system

China has discovered a source of energy so massive that potentially lasts 60,000 years. The bad news: is Torio

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China sits on a virtually unlimited energy reserve. Only the Bayan Obo mine, in the Interior Mongolia region, could contain about 1 million tons of Torio, sufficient to meet the country’s energy needs for 60,000 years. In interior Mongolia. While the world, with China at the head, looks for alternatives to fossil fuels to complement the intermittent supply of renewables, the answer could be resting under our feet. More specifically, under the ground of Interior Mongolia, the Autonomous Region of China that limits the north with Mongolia. According to South China Morning Posta newly declassified 2020 study has revealed that Bayan Obo’s site could contain enough Torio to supply all the energy needs of China for millennia. Virtually unlimited. Only five years of mining waste in the largest field of rare earths in Interior Mongolia contain both Torio and the demand for US homes for the next thousand years, according to the study of China Geological Review magazine that CMP quotes. If it is exploited to the fullest, Bayan Obo’s mining complex could produce 1 million tons of thorium. We would be talking about enough production to supply China for 60,000 years, the article suggests. Context. The thorium is a radioactive element that is estimated between three and four times more abundant than uranium in the earth’s crust. Until recently, the official figures placed the Chinese reserves around 100,000-300,000 tons, in themselves of the largest in the world. With a potential of 1 million tons, Bayan Obo would go from being the largest rare land mine on a virtually unlimited Torio source. Some geologists described the finding as a change of play that would give China the worldwide control of the production of the material. Not so fast. In most cases, the thorium is obtained as a byproduct in rare earth processing (specifically, monacite) or uranium mining and phosphates. China is already the main producer of rare earths, and therefore manages large amounts of minerals containing Torio. Why don’t you exploit it commercially on a large scale? Because the thorium is a radioactive residue of delicate management. Its extraction, either by acid or alkaline digestion of Monacita, or as a recovery of mining tails, complicates waste management with the use of alkaline acids or metals that generate toxic and radioactive wastewater. Perspectives These challenges are not insurmountable, but require a regulatory framework and an important investment for the thorium to be competitive in front of Uranium in the Obtaining safe nuclear energy. And especially in front of renewable sources, which have been cheaper thanks to the exponential growth of the Chinese supply chain. However, the thorium can end up being key to reducing fossil fuel dependence (after all, renewables need batteries to offer continuous supply), and China already has Torio reactor testslike the TMSR-LF1 of 2 MW and its future scaled 10 MW version that could be ready in 2030. If the results are positive, China could end up making the jump to the first 100 MW Torio nuclear power plants. Image | Google In Xataka | The reactors of molten salts and Torio are the nuclear response to solve our energy future (and silence criticism) In Xataka | The moment of the thorium: what if we do not have to wait for the merger to have much more safer nuclear energy?

This exclusive Netflix thriller competes in intensity and brutality with ‘John Wick’ and is already number 1 in 27 countries

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The most hardcore fans of action cinema can become as demanding as those of the most cinephile genres: That is why the choreographies, the edition and the rhythm of any new film that premieres of their favorite style examine the millimeter. And that’s why films such as ‘Kill Bill’, ‘The Raid’ or ‘John Wick’ are contributed: it is not easy to satisfy them. I may Netflix has found the key To do so with ‘Oni-Goroshi: City of demons‘, a frantic and violent epic of extreme action that has perched on the number 1 of platform views in 27 countries. The reasons are clear: a clear and linear argument that gives rise to innumerable sequences of action shot and edited with a taste that we do not usually see very often in the exclusive of streaming. The film is based on the manga of the same name as Masamichi Kawabe, and introduces us to a retired hired killer who lives with his family. But When your last mission fulfills, the consequences are unpredictable: A group of criminals murders his family. Given dead, he will undertake a devastating revenge 12 years after the tragic facts. And although the result does not reach the category of total classics of the genre commented above, the result is brutal and frantic enough (especially in its initial stretch, when it adopts a more realistic and dirty perspective) to justify the tremendous success it is having. In times of scarcity, films like this ‘Oni-Goroshi’ show that the quality action cinema is far from dying. Header | Netflix In Xataka | The director of Netflix’s best action film returns with a new lead and blood epic at the height of his legend

More and more public transport networks are going to renewables. And the Málaga subway is the last example

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The renewable generation is marking a milestone In Spain. This advance has promoted many cities to integrate clean sources in their public infrastructure, such as Malaga. The city meter wants to be propelled by solar energy. Short. The Málaga Metro It has ended The third and last phase installation of its photovoltaic solar plant, located around the workshops and garages. This solar panel system reaches 27% of annual energy consumption. In addition, the investment has promoted 1.9 million euros. Previously. Before the installation of solar panels, the Malaga subway depended on the conventional electricity grid, which in Spain a significant percentage comes from fossil fuels. Although the new solar project will reduce this unit will not be total. So the utility? With solar self -consumption, the Málaga subway will cover 27% of its energy consumption without depending on the conventional electricity grid. This implies remarkable savings in the energy invoice, since it will not have to buy electricity from non -renewable sources. In addition, it will not be exposed to changes in the energy market and in the central hours of the day the production will cover the entire demand of the system. However, it will continue to use the network for the remaining energy consumption. The installation. According to The press release From the Junta de Andalucía, the solar plant occupies almost 15,000 square meters and has 1,900 solar panels in the Asperones area. The installation has presented technical challenges for the place where it has been installed and the infrastructure designed specifically to withstand solar panels. The project is born from the energy efficiency plan in which the Málaga Metro has been working for more than ten years. The total capacity of plant production is 3,116 MWh per yearreducing energy costs and improving system self -sufficiency. Other cities. The rise of self -consumption in Spain is not only for the house, other cities have replicated this project that begins in Malaga. We can find cases in the city of Madrid and Barcelona. For its part, at European level, we also find The London Metro which is supplied with solar and wind energy, while The Berlin Metro It has advanced in the integration of renewables in its energy consumption. Image | Photoland and Junta de Andalucía Xataka | A hydrogen train has crossed Spain and Portugal for the first time: 10,000 km travel, including the Pyrenees

Eggs are so expensive in the United States that there are people opting for a desperate solution: rent chickens

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If you have bought eggs these last days, surely there is something that has caught your attention. The price has increased, 25% in some casesand curiously its price is a Good economic thermometer. An increase in the price of eggs affects sectors such as hospitality, pastry, bakery or precooked products, and in the United States escalation The price of eggs is nonsense. And given that crisis of the eggs, there are those who opt for what before it could seem crazy: the rental of chickens. Egg-gate. There are various factors that have led to this situation. One of them is long: a gradual decrease in egg productionbut the problem that has triggered the current situation has a name and surname: Aviar flu. The North American country has been suffering a serious epidemic for months that has left us as discouraging news as the first Mild infections in humans or the First pig spread. Although it is affecting more in the US, other countries, such as Spain, started the year Taking measures To stop an epidemic. 2025 complicated. The avian flu outbreak considerably affected eggs in the country because they have had to sacrifice Millions of laying hens, reducing the offer of eggs in the market and, of course, increasing their price. As if this were not enough, the crisis is not expected to be resolved soon. The United States Department of Agriculture esteem that the price climb will continue during the next months, with increases of more than 40% in the remainder of 2025. Such is the impact that there are already restaurants that begin to charge supplements in their dishes if they carry egg. Solutions. Given the needs and crises, there are those who turn on the bulb. In this case, to whom they have thought about a “And if we set up a laying chickens rental service?” One of those companies is Rent the chickn And, really, the situation is not new. It has been operational for several years And what he offered was the possibility of “renting” chickens and poultry to offer therapies in care centers for elderly or for educational purposes for classrooms. But as if it were a Diaper company in Japanwhere they have seen business is in the possibility of offering a complete package to have chickens to put the breakfast eggs. Chicknbuster. The company does not operate in all states, but in which it is present it offers a service consisting of: Portable chicken coop with two or four chickens that already put eggs and equipped with everything necessary. Sufficient food and advice on their care. And it would be, to produce already to have even a dozen eggs a week with a couple of specimens. Jenn Tompkins is the co -founder of the company and, recently, commented They are living a high season in the business. He price of renting the chickens? About 600 for the kit and two chickens, about 800 for four chickens. And the corresponding food, of course. And it also varies depending on the area and if it is more or less remote … and has a surcharge of 25 dollars per additional week. Compensate? Let’s say that the price of the dozen reaches five stable dollars (it is already at a higher price in some places, but to have a fixed amount). In that case, if they put 12 eggs a week, there are 312 eggs in those six months, united in 26 dozen. Five dollars the dozen, there are $ 130. The accounts do not come out, there is a situation that can compensate: there are establishments that exhaust cargoes in ten minutes. As if it were toilet paper or yeast in pandemicthere is messages In social networks that show that in some shops the eggs fly, so, with your chickens at home, you would not have that problem. Now, seen that there are about 600 dollars for rent for six months, perhaps what compensates is to invest first in a chicken coop and animals … and enjoy the morning eggs without the Caduque rental. Beyond all this, the amazing thing is that all this It arose 10 years ago with a night search on Google of “crazy business ideas.” Image | Rent the chickn In Xataka | In Alicante there is a city invaded by chickens. So you have prepared a plan of 26,000 euros to get rid of them

After the controversies with the wolf, farmers and hunters begin to have a problem with another protected species: the lynx

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The return of the Iberian lynx (Lynx Pardinus) is seen by many as one of the great successes achieved by conservation policies. The species has passed in the last decades of touching the extinction to its recent recthtelogation by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN): these felines were no longer considered as a species “in danger” but as “vulnerable.” End of idyll. The reintroduction of this animal could also be seen as a success in marketingwhich turned a stretched and disdain animal on the Iberian Fauna icon. Now that image seems to be blurring. At least among farmers and hunters, as Ramón Pérez de Ayala, responsible for the WWF species program, recently explained, in statements collected by eldiario.es. Frustrated reintroductions. The misgivings from the agricultural sector are not exactly new, but in recent months their complaints seem to have won some battles. The most recent, in Catalonia, where last month the Government ended the plans to reintroduce to the cat. It was not the first battle that lost the lynx in recent months. In October, Ministry of Environment, Housing and Planning of the Territory of the Board of Castilla y León approved the reintroduction of the lynx In Palencia But he left the Zamoran Duero’s cannons outside the project, according to The local press explained at the time. In this province, the rejection by the agricultural sector had become evident months ago. What’s happening. The obstacles to this animal could be striking but respond to the complexity of integrating the feline reintroduction plans with the agricultural system in the new habitats designated for the species. The problem does not have so much to do with the lynx but with one of its prey: rabbits. The rabbit is a central part of the lynx diet. So much so that Fear of farmers and hunters is in the possibility that the plans for reintroduction of the lynx will be accompanied by protection measures for rabbits. Different sectors, different perspectives. For hunters the problem is double: first because they must compete for dams With these animals; second to the possibility that the protection measures of lynx and rabbits prevent the hunting of the latter. For farmers the problem is with the possibility that the measures trigger the population of rabbits. These herbivores, They have denounced Sometimes from the agricultural sector, they suppose a threat to crops, which unleashes the misgivings of the sector to the plans to reintroduce to its predator. The furtivism, another threat. The problems for the lynx and their lace in Spanish ecosystems do not stay there. Last year for example He denounced the illegal hunting of these cats in Murcia, and the impact of this on the probabilities of success of reintroduction efforts. In recent decades, problems with the attacks of these carnivores to farm animals have also been occasionally recorded. A study Published in 2013, he pointed out that in the previous six years 40 lynx attacks were counted that were charged with the lives of hundreds of farm animals. The problem He has persisted In the last decade. Not just the lynx. Problems with carnivorous reintroductions such as lynx, wolf or bear in Spain have become a almost constant confrontation focus between environmentalists and the agricultural and hunting sectors. The problem is not exclusive to the country even of the Peninsula. So much so that from Europe the possibility of lowering the protection of the wolf seems aimed at materializing in a matter of weeks. In Xataka | We have lost track of one of the few mammals that put eggs. Now we have rediscovered it Image | Konrads Bilderwerkstatt

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