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The “Death whistles” Aztecs were always a mystery. Until we discovered why they give us so many chills

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The “Death whistles” Aztecs have surprising peculiarity: their intimidated appearance, but much more does its sound. Although the artisans manufactured them in the shape of a skull and figures that are today interpreted as references to Mictlantecuhtlithe Aztec King of the underworld, it is his loudness that has been intrigued by archaeologists for years. Not surprisingly if one takes into account that when we take one of these instruments to the lips and blow, something occurs similar to a human cry. It’s hard to listen to it without feeling uncomfortable. A group of researchers wanted to go further and investigate why we feel what we feel when we listen to the whistles of Aztec death. The answer can be key to understanding a piece that is still involved in mystery. Death whistles? Exact. His name imposes, but not as much as his appearance and sound. The “Death whistles” Aztecs are instruments made with clay between three and five centimeters and skull form, a peculiarity that experts interpret as a reference to Mictlantecuhtli, the lord of the underworld. They also include Figures of the Snake of Fire and Owls. Experts believe that the original pieces were manufactured Between 1250 and 1521. Wars or rituals? The first references about them date from End of the 19th centuryalthough probably the most famous specimen was found between 1987 and 1989 in the Ehécatl-Quetzacóatl templein Mexico City. There the archaeologists located the skeleton of a human sacrifice with a whistle, which has given wings to the different theories that try to explain what they were used for. There are those who think that the Aztecs used them in wars to scare their enemies and who believe that their use was basically ritual and symbolic. According to them, the sound would accompany the dead on their trip to Mictlánthe Aztec underworld. To that last theory contributes that death whistles have been found in places where ritual burials and human sacrifices were made. Another interesting clue is that the piece located next to the skeleton recovered in Ehecatl-Quetzcalcóatla circular sanctuary dedicated to the god of the wind, Ehecatl. Today several copies are preserved in facilities of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) or the Berlin Ethnological Museum. And how do they sound? Here are A few examples So you can check it. Depending on how they are used, whistles produce a siseo or a much deeper, intimidating sound, similar to a human cry. Recently a group of researchers from the University of Zurich (UZH) set out to go nevertheless and answer two big questions: why do they sound like they sound? And why listening to them produces such an overwhelming feeling? Their conclusions were reflected in An article Posted in November in Communications Psychologya magazine of the prestigious Nature Group. How have they done it? With a combination of techniques. The team obtained recordings from several whistles, including two recovered in Tlatelolcohe performed computerized tomographs To create 3D objects and resorted to replicas of whistles made of artisans with clay simulating the characteristics of the originals. Then they registered the sounds and reproduced them to a group of volunteers. To document their reactions well, scientists submitted them to a neuroimaging study. The objective: find out how their brains reacted. What did they find out? To start they discovered that the whistles have “A unique internal construction”with two opposite cameras that generate turbulence in the air and produce that kind of shout that, if archaeologists are right, accompanied the ritual victims in their descent to the underworld. “The whistles have a very unique construction, and we do not know any comparable instrument of other pre -Columbian cultures or other historical and contemporary contexts,” Explain Sacha Frühholz, the professor of cognitive and affective neuroscience who directed the study. The Aztecs are also known for making instruments that imitated the sound of the wind or the songs of the birds. What did they feel when listening to it? That is the most interesting part of the research. The volunteers described the sounds as “extremely chilling and terrifying”, According to verifies The UZH. “The brain regions belonging to the affective neuronal system responded strongly to the sound, which once again confirms its intimidating nature. The team also observed brain activity in regions that associate the sounds with symbolic meaning.” In summary, the volunteers called him “very negative” and “frightening.” “Given the aversive/terrifying and associative/symbolic sound nature, as well as the locations of the excavations known in places of ritual burial with human sacrifices, its use in ritual contexts seems very likely, especially in rites and sacrificial ceremonies related to the dead,” They conclude The experts, who recognize in any case a handicap of their experiment: the test was done with listeners of modern Europe who did not know that they were going to listen to the sounds produced by the old Aztec instrument. Did they find out anything else? Yes, something interesting. The volunteers perceived the sounds of whistle as hybrids, between the natural and the artificial. “They were classified at the psychoacoustic level as a hybrid mixture of voice sounds and screams, but also caused by technical mechanisms,” says research, which slides that this double quality could influence the reaction of the listeners: sound evoked shouts of a human nature, but also tones generated with artificial objects. Images | Sascha Frühholz, UZH and Wikipedia In Xataka | We have found a historical treasure in Mexico. The board game with favorite beans of the Maya and Aztecs

Catalonia and Murcia were two of the areas most affected by the drought. Now they are in the center of the storm

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Of the 10 meteorological stations that Yesterday they collected more rainfall Five were in the province of Barcelona. At 11:00 today, the five stations that have collected more rainfall today are in the province of Murcia. A trough in summer. During the last days a trough has traveled the north of the country and the Mediterranean basin, but it has been this last area that has taken the worst part. This event has left large hail images and some overwhelmed channels in the center and north of the Mediterranean slope. The good news is that these areas where the rains now accumulate are some of the most punished by the drought that until a few months ago ravaged the peninsula. A drought whose effects still last in some of these areas. The most affected by drought. The Catalan and Safe internal basins were among the basins most affected by drought. In March last year, the Catalan basins stayed Below 15% of its capacity. After a slight rebound, at the beginning of this year their levels were Something above 30% of its capacity. Since then the Catalan basins have recovered and their reservoirs They are now to 77.6% of its capacity. Something that has not happened in the case of reservoirs in the Segura Basin. These reservoirs came to 19.2% of its capacity And, although they have recovered, they still remain in a modest 28.7%. The passage of a trough. The arrival of the last trough I could help To relieve the situation in areas such as the Safe Basin and to consolidate the stabilization of the basins of the north of the Mediterranean aspect, not only in Catalonia, also in the Júcar. For now the figures left by the trough are only provisional, although in the last Weekly balance of rainfall Made by the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET) stand out accumulations greater than 60 mm in Catalonia during the day after day, day 23. The data of the weather stations of the area indicate that yesterday’s was another rainy day. Change of trend? Meteorologists expect the situation to calm down today, but the longest tendency is not so clear. A few days ago it seemed that we were in a brief Impla before the return of heat. Now The models speak of a dough of cold air stagnated on Europe. Change of trend? Summer It is not usually A time of hydrological relief, so rain can become great news for those who look with concern the possibility of a new drought that puts the resistance of the water system again. This is especially true in the basins that have not had the opportunity to recover completely during the last months of hydrological bonanza. In Xataka | The next great drought is a matter of time. It is the one we have to solve the problem of sediments in reservoirs Image | SUPERCHILUM, CC by-SA 4.0

No one knew what happened for 12 years in a Volkswagen ranch in the Brazilian jungle. Until a priest made a call

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During the darkest years of the Brazilian military dictatorshipwhen the regime promoted at all costs the colonization of the Amazon under the flag of development, one of the largest multinationals on the planet expanded its automobile empire in Latin America. At the same time, he directed an ambitious livestock project deep in the jungle. That multinational was Volkswagen, and in 2019 a priest He revealed a tragedy. Awakening from a forgotten memory. The story was told this week The Washington Post In an extensive report. When in 2019 the priest and academic Ricardo Rezende Figueira read that Volkswagen Brazil was willing to Recognize and repair His complicity with the Brazilian military dictatorship for the political persecution of workers in factories, felt something missing. There was no mention of Vale do rio crystallinethe huge livestock farm of the company in the Amazonian jungle. That land of more than 140,000 hectares, where hundreds of workers were recruited under deceptionisolated, indebted, mistreated, tortured and forced to work in degrading conditions for more than a decade, it seemed to have been History erased. There are evidence. But Rezende, who in the 80s documented those abuses as part of his work with the Pastoral Commission of the Earthstill It kept the evidence: More than a thousand pages of testimonies, notarial statements, police reports and press clippings accumulated in your personal archive. After reading the news, the priest telephone to prosecutor Rafael Garciaspecialist in slave work at the Ministry of Labor. That call would resurrect one of the darker chapters of corporate advance in the Amazon. A jungle turned into hell. The documents that he rebounded delivered to the authorities offered a devastating radiography. Between 1974 and 1986, in full military dictatorship, Volkswagen Brazil (then the largest automotive in Latin America) promoted a Titanic livestock project With regime support: disassemble the jungle in Pará To raise 100,000 cattle, as part of a corporate ideal that the world not only needed cars, but also meat. To do this hired a subsidiaryVale do rio crystalline SA, whose leaders included the president of Volkswagen Brazil himself, Wolfgang Sauer. The company turned to the sadly famous cats (Informal recruiters) who promised good salaries to poor peasants, advanced money and transferred them in trucks to the jungle’s heart. Images of the Brazilian parliamentary delegation during his visit to the farm in 1983 A prison. Once there, the workers were locked in camps remote, forced to work under threat of armswithout medical attention, drinking contaminated water, exposed to malaria, living under plastics and indebted by food and medicines. Not just that. His movements were constantly monitored by armed inspectors. Thus, trying to escape was to face punishment, the disappearance or death. The file that challenged oblivion. For years, Rezende collected Men’s testimonies They escaped from that hell. The records talked about beatings, broken teeth, bare men in the jungle, bodies thrown in cavernseven workers Burned alive. A young man, Valdeci Alves Fumeiro, story Having spent seven years caught in the hacienda, sewn without anesthesia after a fall and forced to continue working. Volkswagen’s announcement in 1977 in Brazil urged other companies to become “neighbors” of their farm in the Amazon Silence. But despite multiple complaints, intelligence reports and official statements that recognized the existence of slave work on the property, never presented A single position penal. I remembered the post that the structure of complicity between companies, state and repressive force guaranteed impunity for decades. Rezee, however, persisted in his conviction: the file had to survive time, because one day he would return to light. And so it was. The prosecutor Garcia, when reviewing the documents, recognized in them the basis for an unprecedented judicial action. A rebuilt truth. The Prosecutor’s Office initiated a national search to locate the workers mentioned by Rezende. The effort fell to the young researcher Matheus Faustinowho toured remote communities for months until he found 14 of the 69 identified. Some, such as Francisco Rezende de Souza, had been devastated by experience: alcoholism, isolation, inability to reintegrate into life. Others, such as the Batista de Souza brothers, were separated and sold by cats even after Volkswagen will leave the project. One of them, Juldemar, was silent for life. Testimonies When in 2023 The trial began in a Federal Labor Court in Redenção, several of these men testified for the first time. “They sold us”, One said. “We slept under plastics,” I commented another. “Everyone was armed, we had to work.” Rezende also went up to the podium. He recalled the complaints since 1977, Volkswagen’s complicity for omission, and the systematic inaction of the State. What does the company say. For its part, Volkswagen Brazil He has flatly denied The accusations. He alleges that his role was merely the shareholder of a company that subcontracted others, and that at the time It did not detect irregularities. In his judicial writings, he argues that it is the government who must hold recruiters and not hold the company. But prosecutors argue that Volkswagen’s subsidiary It was an integral part of the parent company, and that the abuses were systematic and known. Internal documents They show that Volkswagen even organized visits to deny the complaints, while avoiding allowing inspections in the camps. According to the postthe most cynical statement came from the Swiss director of the ranch, Friedrich Brüggerwho in one Interview in 2017 He blamed the workers of his debt and justified the violence of cats as necessary to maintain order: “The Brazilian is a bad person,” declared. The company in Germany has kept silence. Fight for memory. Today, The judicial casewhich requires compensation for 30 million dollarsmarks the first time that the Brazilian State tries to legally hold A multinational by slavery Modern in the Amazon. But for Rezende, which exceeds 70 years and coordinates a Chair of Human Rights in Rio de Janeiro, it is not just a remuneration justice. It is a battle against oblivion. He underlined In the newspaper That each folder in his office … Read more

What is this gesture for and how to use it to better order your chats

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WhatsApp is an application full of small tricks and gestures that can make your life a little easier. And although some have been unnoticed by some time. That happens with The gesture of sliding down The main screen, a function that has been since last year. This is a gesture that allows you Filter the chats to have them more organizedso it will be very useful. We will explain the functioning of these filters and how you can adapt them. Slide down to see chat filters To show the chat filters in WhatsApp, what you have to do is go to the main screen and Slide the screen down. It is as if you will press the screen and move your finger to show what is hidden above. This gesture “will pull the blanket” and show the filter menu. When the filters will be shown down. By default there are some created, which are to see all the chats, the unresses and the groups. You also have A button to create your custom filters. The operation of these filters is simple. Simply, when you choose one, you will only see the messages of the contacts included in them. In the case of Not read They will not be concrete contacts, but all the chats will simply be displayed where you have without reading messages. When you click on the creation buttonyou can put a new name and add the contacts or groups you want. Thus, you can have the chats in a single pulsation with your friends, with the classmates, or make a different group with the criteria you want. In Xataka Basics | Activate ‘improved privacy’ in WhatsApp so that the AI does not fuite: what really has the viral notice and what does this function really do

The teleworking is falling in all of Spain. In all? No, an village resists the invader: the officials

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Far from the rise that He lived during 2020the teleworking has entered into A downward trend In the private sector. The face -to -face consolidates as the model preferred by companieswith offices that recover prominence. Given that reduction, a model has gained prominence: the Hybrid Day. However, there is an area in which teleworking seems to resist this setback: Public administration. Companies return to the office. Companies seem to have spent page with teleworking, and bet on the return to the face -to -face. According to the report ‘Digital Society in Spain 2024‘ Published by the National Observatory of Technology and Society (ONTSI), 69.9% of employed people always work away from home, compared to 30.1% that telework to some extent. Of that percentage of teleworking, only 9% of the total does so permanently from home (something that also confirms INE data), while 21.1% apply it under a model of Hybrid Day with between two and four face -to -face work day. The public sector walks in the opposite direction. Despite the tendency towards the face -to -face of the private sector, the General State Administration maintains much higher figures of employees that telework, and this trend does not seem to have come to an end. According to 2024 data publishedby The economist49.15% of the officials and employees of the State Administration are welcomed to teleworking. This percentage is equivalent to about 87,618 public workers who carry out their work remotely, mainly, with a maximum of three weekly days. This difference in approach to the teleworking of the State Administration adds points, Next to the salary or labor stability, so that public employment has become the Preferred Labor Alternative For many employees, in the face of the temporality, precariousness and face -to -face of the private sector. More public teleworking. The Digital transformation The administration has allowed progress in the implementation of teleworking, especially in those positions that do not require direct contact with the citizen. A recent example is starred by the Basque Government, which has reached an agreement with the unions to increase teleworking two days a week to both officials and labor personnel, such and As you collect The Basque newspaper. However, the most relevant thing about these teleworking measures that are being adopted in the administration is that the criterion ceases to focus on the nature of the job, to focus on the tasks that can be done remote. This task approach opens a new way when organizing public employment, traditionally face -to -face and bureaucratized. Unique criteria. The great “but” of this commitment to maintain and even expand teleworking in public administrations is the lack of a unique criterion for the different administrations. The General State Administration has its own norms included in article 47 bis of the Basic Statute Law of the Public Employee. However, each autonomous community and municipalities have power to regulate the work model of its officials, so there is no unique rule that regulates it, although tasks can be similar. For example, the Junta de Andalucía has just regulated the remote day of its officials, limiting it to 40% of its day. That is, two days, in front of The three days which are allowed in the General State Administration. Teleworking in state administration. As It is established In the basic statute of the public employee, the State Administration allows to telework up to three days per week, “provided that the nature of the position allows and the adequate provision of the service is guaranteed.” This formula has been mainly implanted in those bodies that They perform technical tasksof analysis or information management. General Bodies of State Administration. Formed by administrative or administrative assistants who carry out tasks related to the management of documents or databases. Digital and Informatics Administration. Those officials in charge of software development, management of networks or computer systems of the administration. Department of Justice. Officials who work in the procedural and administrative management and processing of the judicial documentation, provided that their position does not require face -to -face attention. Finance staff. Administrative or tax analysis technicians, in charge of preparing files, economic-financial analysis and tax management and finance inspectors, when they must perform a more technical task. Statistics officials. Those officials assigned to the General Corps of State Statistics or Statistics Technicians who carry out data, reports and studies. Department of Culture. Higher auxiliary or technical technicians of libraries and archives dedicated to documentary digitalization or content management. In Xataka | The public sector as a refuge for employees undervalued by private companies: 45% of opponents already have a job Image | Unspash (Susanna Marsiglia)

Records of benefits and layout records

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Microsoft has fired 15,000 employees in what we have been for the year, a figure that adds to 10,000 of 2023 and 3,500 of 2024. It has done it when its price exceeds 500 dollars for the first time in its history, and Between income and benefits records. Why is it important. Satya Nadella, the CEO, has tried to explain this contradiction in a Memo internal in which he admits the “apparent incongruity” of saying goodbye while the company Prospera. His words speak of an industry that no longer works with the rules of before. The context. The current Microsoft lives in a duality: Recurring job cuts. Massive and growing investments in AI infrastructure. In addition, its total template remains stable because it is hiring specialized talent in AI, so that, in figures, it compensates for the layoffs of other profiles. Among its most outstanding hiring are The 24 engineers from Google Deepmind In the last semester. The current situation. “This is the enigma of success in an industry without franchise value,” Nadella wrote to his employees. The CEO admits that these decisions “weigh a lot” and that they affect “colleagues, companions and friends.” The company has to maintain its usual businesses while invents new categories and models. This is what Nadella calls “unlearn and learn” at the same time. Between the lines. Nadella’s note is pure internal damage control. Employees and former employees are throwing pests on the deterioration of the work environment that CEO himself had created for a decade. Tom Warren, who has been covering Microsoft for two decades, published An extensive report in The Verge in which he talked about this. The brutal investment in data centers and ia chips Forces Microsoft to cut operating expenses. The account is easy: more capital investment means less money for salaries. It is the equation that marks the race to master the AI economy. And the result goes through Less bosses and more code lines. At stake. Microsoft is changing its identity: of “software factory” to “intelligence motor”. It is no longer about creating tools for specific jobs as until now, but getting anyone to make their own tools. Nadella imagines a world where “8,000 million people can invoke a researcher, an analyst or a programmer.” It is the vision that justifies this transformation. Losers: Employees who do not fit in that new strategy. Winners: Possible signings of the AI field that arrive from companies such as Google or Meta. The result is a template similar in number, but that is changing profiles. New era. The technology industry, until recently synonymous with full employment, has almost 100,000 layoffs in what we have been. Microsoft leads that ranking. But the phenomenon goes beyond Microsoft. Technology are discovering that triumphing in the AI era does not guarantee work tranquility. On the contrary: it requires constantly reinventing itself, much more than before, and makes the new normality disruption. Deepen. Nadella has compared the current moment with the PC revolution in the 90s. It promises its employees that they will remember this time as “when I learned the most, when I had the most impact, when I was part of something that changed everything.” History will tell if this transformation is worth it for human cost. At the moment, Microsoft is proof that even success can hurt when the rules change. In Xataka | Buying studies from Mansalva has taken an invoice to Xbox. The test: its last wave of layoffs, closures and cancellations Outstanding image | Xataka, Microsoft

The first time Spain displays combat airplanes in Iceland

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In a context marked by the War in Ukraine and Moscow’s growing aggressiveness in airspace of the North Atlantictogether with the progressive militarization of their Strategic routesSpain has first assumed the most active role in the defense of NATO’s northern flank. A historical step. Yeah, for the first time In its history, Spain has deployed combat planes in the nation of northern Europe as part of the NATO Air Police Mission. The operation, baptized as Tactical Air Detachment (DAT) Stinga (“Sting” in Icelandic), represents a milestone for the Army of the Air and Space (EA), which until now had concentrated its participation in the east flank of the Atlantic Alliance, especially in the Baltic countries. With this movement, the Spanish government intends to demonstrate Your commitment With all NATO defense scenarios, including the Arctic strategic, which gains relevance to the growing military activity Russian in the North Atlantic. Keflavik: The new Spanish advanced position. The detachment will operate from the Keflavik air basesouth of Iceland, considered a critical installation for its location in the North Atlantic, key to the control of intercontinental air traffic and for the routes between North America and Europe. Iceland, country No Air Force Own, trust Rotations of NATO allies to guarantee the integrity of their airspace. To the 44 aviators They arrived as advanced to prepare the operation, will add up to 122 Spanish military (among pilots, maintenance technicians, specialists in armament, logistics and security personnel), responsible for operating six F-18 fighters They arrived on July 22. The mission will officially begin on the 28th and will run until mid -August. Permanent alert in the north sky. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Ichaso Franco, the Stinga detachment will be in fast reaction alert (QRA), or in other words, will be prepared to Intercept any aircraft That violates the standards of allied airspace, whether flying without a flight plan, without radio contact or with the transposeor off, a usual practice in air intimidation maneuvers by Russia. This is precisely the reason why NATO launched in 2014 (After the Crimea Russian Annexation) a series of air surveillance deployments that have been expanding their territorial presence throughout Europe. “Hostile” training. Plus: Unlike other air police missions already carried out in Estonia, Lithuania or Romania, Iceland presents different operational challenges. Not only because of latitude and weather conditions, but by lack of previous experience of the Spanish army in that theater. That is precisely the reason why, according to The world pointedan intense preparation in simulatorsrecreating specific scenarios for the Arctic environment. In addition, training flights in the region have been scheduled to consolidate the operational capacities of the pilots and maintain the full operation of the F-18. Beyond a gesture. Although the duration of the mission will be rather brief, its political and strategic value is significant. Spain thus reinforces its image of Reliable and willing ally To participate in the distribution of responsibilities within the Atlantic Alliance, aligning with the priorities of Moscow deterrence On all fronts, including the least visible so far for Spanish public opinion. By projecting strength in the north, the Spanish nation also contributes to the defensive architecture that extends from the Baltic Sea to the Arctic Circle, at a time when NATO Redfine Its military borders before a Kremlin every time more aggressive. Operation Stinga thus not only a punctual deployment, but the beginning of A new phase in the outer projection of the Spanish armed forces. Image | Ministry of Defense of Spain In Xataka | With its rejection of dedicating 5% of GDP to Defense, Spain has done something else: open the melon of the melons in NATO In Xataka | Spain refuses to spend 5% of GDP on artillery. Because what you really want is to sell it to Europe

How to install the public beta of iOS 26, iPad OS 26 and Watchos 26 on your iPhone, your iPad or your Apple Watch

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We already have available The public betas of iOS 26, iPad Os 26 and Watchos 26the next version of the iphone, iPad and Apple Watch operating system. A week of morebut we can already install it on our devices. With these public betas you can try the great novelties of the operating systems, such as the complete redesign of the interface with Liquid Glass. But They are versions that are still in testsso you can find errors and bugs, with poor performance, and an abnormal battery consumption. You will see if you should wait for the final version in September or you want to start getting back. First sign up for public betas The first thing you have to do is Register on the Betas de Apple websitewith which you will get access to all public on all devices where you use Apple’s account with which you register in it. To do so go to the page beta.apple.comand click on the button Register that appears in blue to join. When you press on the button, all you have to do is Log in with your Icloud accountthat you are using on the iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch where you want to install the beta. When you log in, if it is the first time you enter you have to Accept the conditions of the beta software program Apple Now install the beta you want To install iOS 26 beta on an iPhone or iPadyou have to enter the device settings. Once inside, click on the section Generaland when you enter click on the section Software updatethe same place where you download normal updates. Now, within Software updateat the top you will see that You can activate the option of Beta updates. When you press in this option on your iPhone or your iPad, you will enter a screen where you can Choose the type of beta you want Use on the device. The recommended is the iOS 26 public betaor iPados in the case of being an iPad. They will be the first betas that appear to you. To install the Watchos 26 Beta in an Apple Watchyou have to enter the application Watch from the iPhone to which you have the clock. Within the application, you have to enter the settings, and inside the section General. Here, now click on the section Software update. Now, within Software updateat the top you will see that You can activate the option of Beta updates. When you press in this option, you will enter a screen where you can Choose the type of beta you want Use on the device. The recommended is the Watchos 26 Public Beta. It will be the first to appear. In Xataka | My iPhone has completely changed after updating it to iOS 26. The obsession with the transparent is just the beginning

Openai has invested billions in chips. His only problem is that he has forgotten something important: cables

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While Openai designs increasingly complex models and promises cities size data centers, a much more terrestrial reality threatens to stop the advance: the electrical infrastructure is not ready for what is coming. At the beginning of the year. Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO) promised, together with Oracle and SoftBank, an investment of 500,000 million dollars in AI infrastructure Under the name Stargate. The announcement, Made at the White House with President Trumphe talked about building 10 gigawatts of data centers on American soil by 2029. However, the start has been slower than expected. According to The Wall Street Journalnot a single formal contract with SoftBank has not been signed, and the first center, in Ohio, is still in the evaluation phase. Meanwhile, Openai has advanced on his own, expanding his alliance with Oracle to develop 4.5 more gigawatts, adding more than 5 GW under construction, As the company itself has reported. A big problem behind. This does not only affect Openai, rather the entire AI sector since no investment or quantity of GPUS can solve the true bottleneck of the sector alone: the electricity grid. As Le Monde explainedtraining models such as GPT-4 consumes dozens of gigawatts -hora, but the real challenge is in the “inference”, that is, in daily use. Each consultation to a model like Chatgpt implies complex calculations that consume energy every second. From the International Energy Agency (IEA), It was warned That the global electricity consumption of data centers could double before 2030, exceeding 945 TWH, more than all Japan today. And there the paradox appears: we can generate more energy, but we have no how to move it. In other words, high voltage lines, transformers, substations, adequate land, permits, technicians are missing. It’s like wanting to fill a city with bottled water, but without having pipes. The project continues. In a last statementOpenai has affirmed that its expansion with Oracle is already creating tens of thousands of jobs in Texas and that the objective of the 10 gigawatts is on its way to being surpassed thanks to new alliances. The Stargate I site, in Abilene, has already begun to operate with NVIDIA GB200 chips. However, As the Wall Street Journal has detailed, Disagreements with SoftBank persist on where to build, how to finance and how to connect data centers to electrical networks that are already saturated. Sam Altman recognized the challenge in an internal memorandum cited by axios: “The thirst for computer science is beginning to tension the supply chain and demands some real creativity.” Other paths: atomic energy. Faced with these limitations, technological giants are looking for solutions outside the traditional electrical system. The answer, for many, is in a surprising return: nuclear energy. Goal has signed a 20 -year contract with Constellation Energy to supply part of its data centers from a nuclear plant in Illinois. Google and Amazon They have also opted for small modular reactors (SMR). Microsoft, meanwhile, will reopen a closed nuclear power plant since 2019exclusively to support your AI infrastructure. Nvidia has not been left behind. In 2024, it invested 650 million dollars in Terrapower, the company founded by Bill Gates that is building the first Natriat reactor, a fourth generation machine that, According to their developersIt will generate electricity by half of the cost of a conventional reactor. The project, which takes place in Wyoming, has a Spanish participation: the public company sees the reactor cover. Without cables, there is no ia. Meanwhile, the number of users continues to grow. Chatgpt reached 800 million active users in April, According to Altman cited in axios. Each of them generates requests, questions, images, instructions, and all that consumes energy. According to Le Mondetasks as simple as writing an email can be more than 7% of a complete mobile phone charge. And generating an image consumes even more. Elon Musk says his company XAI already operates with 230,000 GPUS, and expects 550,000 more. The AI does not rest, but the cables that feed do not supply. Artificial intelligence promises to change the world, but before it will have to face something more basic than any algorithm: the physical laws of electrical systems. There is no needless. There are no servers without energy. And there is no energy without cables. Image | Pexels Xataka | The AI is opening the doors of a radical revolution on the Internet: that we can all create apps without knowing

The Google Pixel 9 for less than 500 euros, new Nintendo Switch 2, Movistar Plus+ at half price and more. Hunting bargains

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We return with a new hunting bargains in a week that has been both full of offers and new reservations in some quite expected products. Therefore, in this article we will review the five best chollos we have found throughout the week. Google Pixel 9 by 483.69 euros When using a coupon and when registering in the store. SMART TV Pack + Philips sound bar by 1,099.99 eurosa combo of a TV Oled and a sound bar with Dolby Atmos. Movistar Plus+ by 4.99 euros per montha new offer to access the huge catalog of the streaming platform. Lego Game Boy by 59.99 eurosa Lego set that adapts the iconic Nintendo portable console and can already be reserved. Nintendo Switch 2 + ‘Pokémon Legends: Za’: Za ‘: by 509 eurosthe new console pack can already be reserved. Google Pixel 9 Since its launch, we have seen many offers in the Google Pixel 9but few have been as good as the one that has now Mediamarkt. By 483.69 euros We talk about a fairly cheap mobile for everything that offers: a Excellent multimedia section by its screen and speakerssome cameras that continue to be at a high level, the software is very fluid and works especially well and will receive Android updates for many years. Of course, although it is on offer with a direct discount, to be able to buy it at this price you have to follow two steps: Register in Mediamarkt To receive a second discount. Use the coupon MMPIXEL15 To receive a third discount. * Some price may have changed from the last review SMART TV Pack + Philips sound bar Pccomponents usually launch the occasional pack that gathers several devices. This time, the combo we can find in the store is Smart TV Philips 55OLED819 and sound bar Philips Tab6309/10. All this for 1,099.99 euros. The TV comes with a 55 -inch OLED panel, has ambilight technology and is compatible with AlexaDolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. Instead, the sound bar offers excellent 320W power to 2.1 channels Thanks to including a wireless subwoofer, it is compatible with technology Dolby Atmos and allows connecting other external devices through Bluetooth or through its HDMI EARC port. Smart TV pack and philips sound bar * Some price may have changed from the last review Movistar Plus+ Movistar Plus+ He has launched its summer offer to subscribe to the streaming platform paying half. They can benefit old or new subscribers (Not current subscribers), lasts three months and the offer will be available until August 1. The usual price is 9.99 euros, but now you can get three months for 4.99 euros per month. Monthly subscription to Movistar Plus+ (for three months) * Some price may have changed from the last review Lego Game Boy The collaboration between Lego and Nintendo has re -paid off with the next launch of the set based on the iconic game boy. At the moment, it can be reserved in the official Lego store by 59.99 euros and will be launched on October 1. The design is very cool, but the most interesting and particular thing is that it includes two video games in Lego format (‘Super Mario Land’ and ‘The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening’) that can be introduced into the console. * Some price may have changed from the last review Nintendo Switch 2 + ‘Pokémon Legends: Za’: Za ‘: If you plan to buy the Nintendo Switch 2 In the coming months, attentive because the second pack that includes both the console and the new video game has already been announced ‘Pokémon legends: za’. It is in reserve period in some stores like Mediamarkt for a price of 509 euros and will be launched on October 16. Nintendo Switch 2 + ‘Pokémon legends: za’ * 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 | Google, Philips, Movistar Plus+, Lego, Nintendo In Xataka | The best price quality price (2025). Your analysis and videos are here In Xataka | Better sound bars in quality price (2025). Which to buy and seven recommended models from 140 euros

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