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The five best chollos before Amazon Prime Day

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There are a few hours left for the Prime Day 2025! The offers campaign is just around the corner and Amazon has already launched its First previous discounts In a good assortment of devices. What are the best? In this article we will review the five best offers we can find in the store. Of course, it is worth mentioning several things: Amazon has matched the offers of other stores such as Mediamarkt and their day without VAT, so we may see lower prices from 00:00 hours. In addition, to access as many offers it is necessary to have a subscription to Amazon Primesince if we do not have it it is possible that we do not see the discount or directly see that there is no stock of the product – in any case, we tell you the offers in which it is necessary to be subscribed. Kindle by 98.35 eurosthe cheapest ereader of Amazon has dropped price before Prime Day. Philips One Blade by 34.99 eurosa beard and body that has round toe blades. ASUS TUF GAMING VG34 by 238.84 eurosa gaming monitor with 34 -inch curved screen. Fire TV Stick HD by 37.18 euroshe Dongle In its standard version of Amazon it has also dropped in price. Roborock QV 35a by 399.99 eurosan intelligent aspiring robot that is also capable of scrubbing. Kindle During his day without VAT, Mediamarkt has dropped the price of Kindle (2024)so Amazon has done the same. We do not see the best discount he has had to date, but one of the best in recent months, since Amazon’s ereader is in the store for 98.35 euros. Although right now I would choose the Kobo Libra Color (196.69 euros), it is evident that the Kindle (2024) It is much cheaper. The Ereader was renewed last year, although it is still more limited than the most expensive models. Integrates a six -inch screen, includes adjustable frontal light, its battery is of weeks of use and offers a better performance than in previous generations. It is, in this way, a good model For people who want to start In digital book readers or simply casual readers. * Some price may have changed from the last review Philips One Blade Without a doubt, my purchase at Prime Day 2025 will be one of the Philips Oneblade machin. Right now we can find offer the Oneblade 360 by 34.99 euros: It is the standard model that includes an adjustable guide comb of 1-5 millimeters. Beyond this accessory, the interesting thing is that The blades of this machinilla have the round tipsa characteristic that can prevent us from cutting easily. And although it serves the beard, it also works with body hair. * Some price may have changed from the last review ASUS TUF GAMING VG34 If you were looking for a good gaming monitor (or to work) that has a fairly large screen, the ASUS TUF GAMING VG34 It has also dropped in price until 238.84 euros. Mount a curved (1,500r) panel of 34 inches that offers both a UWQHD resolution and a 100 Hz soda rate. It offers a response time of 1 ms and is compatible with HDR. * Some price may have changed from the last review Fire TV Stick HD It is not the best discount that has had since its launch, but the Fire TV Stick HD He has returned from the offer on Amazon – although the “guilt” really has mediakt with his day without VAT. By 37.18 eurosWe talk about an ideal device for old televisions that, at least, have an HDMI port, since it offers an HD resolution. Your operating system is Fireosallowing apps such as Netflix, in addition to having the voice assistant Alexa or use some functions that we usually see on smart televisions, such as Duplicate a smartphone screen. * Some price may have changed from the last review Roborock QV 35a For this offer it is necessary to have a subscription to Amazon Prime, since it is a product of the Prime Day Day. He Roborock QV 35a It is a fairly complete vacuum robot that has now dropped in Amazon from the usual 519.98 euros to the 399.99 euros current. Yes, it is an aspiring robot, but it is also able to scrub the ground. It includes a base all in one so that dirt can empty in a 2.7 -liter tank, but can also fill out the water in the four -liter tank. It has an anti -re -brush system, it is capable of avoiding obstacles and has Laser navigation requires lidar. In addition, it can be used from the mobile through the brand app. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Amazon, Philips, Asus, Roborock In Xataka | What Kindle Buy: Purchase guide with recommendations to succeed with Amazon electronic book readers In Xataka | Best vacuum robots in quality price. Which to buy depending on the use and five recommended models

Byd is growing at a devilish pace and on the road has given a lesson to Toyota, according to Reuters

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It was the year 2020, with Spain locked in their home by the Coronavirus pandemic, when Toyota and Byd reached an agreement to manufacture electric cars together. A five years later, Byd appears to finish the year as the fifth world vehicle manufacturer. And Toyota, the great queen of the automotive, is “stunned.” “We are stunned”. The words are expressed by two employees of the company, according to Reuters. The news agency has made a report to understand how the growth of byd, the great Chinese giant of electrified vehicles that, despite selling only plug and electrical hybrids, has presented credentials to be the fifth largest manufacturer in the world in 2025 in 2025. These employees thus explain what the impression that Toyota workers maintained a close collaboration with Byd employees in China were taken. Since 2020both companies work together to remove electric cars in China. Small successes. Until now, Toyota has launched with Byd a completely electric Berlina in China. It is the Toyota Bz3an electric car that has had a discreet reception in the country, the most competitive electric car market in the world where cars without histrionisms like the Toyota They are having problems attracting customers. However, the TOYOTA BZ3Xwhich has already been announced and that will arrive this year, it begins to be a small success for the company. The car received 10,000 orders In just an hour since the reserves were opened. And the offensive with Byd will be greater this same 2025 with the launch of the Toyota Bz5 And, in the future, the larger model, the BZ7. But, without a doubt, this data is not being their greatest conquest. (Re) Learning. The best thing that Toyota is taking out of his association with Byd is to relear how to make a car. It sounds hard but it seems like that. In the report of Reutersbrand workers explain that they were surprised with the speed and speed with which they work in the Chinese company. What most caught the attention to the Japanese company was the speed with which they make decisions in Byd, they approve changes and begin to apply them. It is something that former European firms that now work for Chinese companies have explained us in Informal talks with Xataka. There, everything works much faster and the changes happen much faster. An example, they explain in Reutersare the studies they do in Toyota before applying any change. According to the agency, the Japanese starts six different prototypes and submit them to thousands of kilometers of evidence. Only when they collect and analyze these data, put the car on the market. Not everything is worth. Despite being impressed with the speed of these changes and ensuring that engineers return with “a bag full of lessons”, there are changes in their way of acting that Toyota does not want to implementsince they consider that they would put their reliable car fame at risk. The Japanese ensure that skipping this process of putting various prototypes on the street or applying structural changes when the project is already very advanced would be a risk to the final product that are not willing to run. For Toyota it is a “no, never”, in the words of workers collected by the company. It is not the first notice. What is clear is that what has learned by Toyota by the hand of Byd is not the first notice they receive. In that same article, Zeekr employees, a Geely company that is landing in Europe, explains that part of its success is to save time and money in the production processes and the materials used. The latter is something that Some experts have already notified Toyota That, like other Japanese companies, they are spending resources on materials that are not entirely necessary in their electric cars since they do not have the classic vibrations of a combustion engine. The latter has allowed Byd or Tesla to delve into the use of plastics, saving in weight, money and manufacturing times. Photo | Byd and Toyota In Xataka | Toyota boast “Kaizen” philosophy and a sickly perfectionism. Tesla and Byd have serious doubts that it is really useful

The “Blokecore” is fashionable

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It is not a completely new trend in fashion, but it has made the classic assimilation route by the industry: it is born on the street, visit the most luxurious catwalks in the world … and return to stores, already like perfectly assimilated label For the fashion industry. He Blokecore He has put in vogue football teams and combines sports nostalgia, shoes Vintage and FIFE claim. It is what makes it perfectly common and without plot justification to see one of the protagonists of a fashion series, ‘Hacks’, with a football shirt. And so normal. Uncles things. The term “Bloke” to which the BlokecoreIn fact, it is English slang, especially focused in England, land of the Hooligans par excellence, to communicate between kids from the seventies, and is translated by “uncle”, “colleague” or, of course, “bro”. Applied to fashion? He Blokecore It is an aesthetic for boys (although obviously, it has its female version, which is sometimes called Blokette) Without complications and workers’ extraction: comfortable and accessible clothes, such as football teams, which among other things, injected an identity into the sometimes sacred group (what is more important than loyalty to the local team). Key garments. These are the elements that should not be missing in aesthetics Blokecore and Blokette: Retro Sneakers: Adidas Samba, Gazelle … Oversize football shirt: preferably vintage. Sports pants Windward jackets Fashion as a reaction. The Blokecore is one of the many fashions born in social networks (in this case, around 2021) as a statement of style and acitiud, and as a reaction to the disconnection that the catwalks had of common fashion. That is why he drinks both utilitarian garments (jackets whose function is to protect from the cold, comfortable shoes, shirts that in addition to comfort are a declaration of intentions …) and of the Streetwear. Then, the natural trends of fashion did the rest: for example, the Blokecore It extended through Europe when the fans of the teams traveled throughout the continent To encourage your teams. Miscegenation times The presence on the street caused the Blokecore will assimilate elements of other urban fashion currents and Street Wear. For example, the Blokecore He was very influenced by hip hop and skate, and in the last decade we are wearing a soccer shirt, he is no longer at odds with craypiece or skater vans. The next step? The connection with haute couture. Like a saint two guns. Soon, the great fashion brands They reached collaboration agreements with sports brands that manufactured soccer shirts. Thus marks such as Adidas or Nike have crossed with others of the catwalks, like Gucci, Balenciaga or Prada. These last names were everything that Influencers They needed so that we began to see them Walk with football t -shirts oversize. Comfort gave way luxury and posture. @_rodrigoronado Armando outfits with football t -shirts ⚽️👕 #blokecore #outfit #outfitideas #fashion #FashiTikTok #style ♬ Original sound – Rodrigo Coronado The ingredient that was missing: nostalgia. Evocating past times is the order of the day, especially for luxury brands that value, above all, the sense of belonging in the tribes and in the large waves of fashions prior to current microtende, which last half a week. Nostalgia Not only is a commercial resourcebut also an response to fashion globalization, and “authenticity” of Blokecore It gives a street loan that does not buy money. Experts in the field like Alejandro Mendo They have analyzed the deep impact of nostalgia In the fashion of soccer shirts, both in the designs and in the conception of the garments. Another proof that the shirts are already something that goes out of sport: the presentations of the equipment They no longer use athletes who will wear thembut to fans, to ordinary people. Much of this guilt is in puiblicititarian launches and campaigns that those who were kids in the nineties Now remember with lovelike the Total 90 Nike that fallen the two Ronaldos. The claim of a He was legendary football marketing It makes the rest in memory and nostalgia. Fetishization of football. Behind this phenomenon there is a transformation of garments into something that has lost its primal utility of “to play football.” Brands like Kappa have done a lot for it thanks to a series of historical milestones: for example, in 1979, Kappa became the first technical sponsor of Juventus FC, being being The first time the brand logo appeared on the shirts of an Italian team. They have presented advances as new fabrics (the kombat shirt) that have been used in sports, but at the same time they have turned football into Fashion icon When Britpop’s stars like Oasis began to wear these types of garments. Another Kappa milestone: the Collaboration with Venezia FC: together they developed t -shirts that Honor History and Venetian culturemoving away from generic designs, which allowed winks to the typical Gondoleros or the architect Carlo Scarpa. They became pieces coveted by collectors and design fans, going far beyond the strictly football sector. This collaboration showed that a football shirt can be both a symbol of belonging and a style statement. Not only uncles. The fact that K-pop female stars either Celebrities As Amaia Salamanca, Georgina Rodríguez, Kim Kardashian or Chiara Ferragni have adopted this style leads to a resignification that moves her away from strictly male and footballing environments, although some of the latter remains. Football implies emotional link with colors and logos, which gives a very welcome extra for brands. The Social networks focused on fashion They do the rest. In Xataka | Ibai is going to launch its own football team to start from the lowest. There is actually a very thoughtful strategy

The heat of the summer destroys the battery of your mobile. But there is a trick to give it a second life

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It’s summer, I get home with a 20% of battery and the Telephone quite hot. I stop to see some videos in Tiktok and … I appreciate how the battery jumps directly from that 20% to 16%. What noses have just passed? Bulk. Your mobile has an internal microcontroller that uses estimation algorithms based on different variables. Voltage Temperature Current Load cycles As the battery is degraded, The system is losing precision: Errors in the calculations (something especially simple if we only make partial load cycles) accumulate, the loss of battery capacity is not exactly estimated, and this ends up translating into reading errors that directly affect the most visible point: the percentage indicated by the phone. How to know that if my battery is not well calibrated. It is quite easy to know if your mobile has or not the barefoot battery, since its behavior will be quite erratic. It goes out before reaching 0%, in upper percentages. There are notable battery jumps, more than 1%, both loading and downloading. The device never marks 100% or 1%. That a mobile has the bare battery It does not translate into a malfunction in the same: The error focuses on the visible reading that the user perceives, not on the performance of the battery itself. Why summer affects bruise. Telephone batteries have a great enemy: heat. There is no time of the year in which they suffer greater wear and are more likely to barefoot, precisely because of the acceleration of this damage they suffer. If we do not remedy it, it will be practically inevitable that we suffer sudden turns off for ignoring the exact battery percentage, and that the mobile stops to load efficiently when reaching certain percentages (fast from 20%, slow from 80%). How to calibrate a battery. Calibrate the battery It is nothing more than the process to help software to get precise readings about the real capacity of the battery. We seek to learn new vacuum points (0%) and full (100%), so the process is something drastic. Load the phone to the fullest and leave it, at least, a couple more hours loading. Download the phone completely and leave it a few hours without lighting. By battery protection, there is some reserve capacity after that 0% that is not lost until a few hours. Load the phone up to 100%, and leave it an additional time until the phone reaches the maximum load point. Avoid using applications that promise this purpose: none works. The only way to force calibration is to perform this process manually. Is it advisable to calibrate the battery? Evidence about calibrating the battery is still limited. There are those who aim to do them every three monthsbut if we do not observe anomalous behavior, stress the battery at this level may not be recommended. Calibration is necessary when readings are wrong and end up translating into a real problem to estimate how much battery we have left. The manufacturers are in full war to achieve batteries that there are many more cycles to go down to 80%below which the industry considers the replacement of it. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Traveling by plane with a monstrous battery sounds great. Until airport safety thinks

After saying goodbye to 9,000 people, an Xbox manager has a suggestion for the rest of its workers: AI as therapy

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Microsoft has been news again after announcing the Dismissal of 9,000 employees worldwide, a decision that has shaken both the company’s central departments and Xbox and their associated studies. The reason for this restructuring is not economic problems, but a Microsoft strategy to be more agile in the race for the development and implementation of AI. In this context, Matt Turnbull, executive producer of Xbox Game Studios Publishing, published a message in his LinkedIn profile aimed at those who had lost their job. In his statement, Turnbull encouraged his former partners, to use AI to how to cope with the impact emotional and mental dismissal. The message was not well received. Dismissed. Unlike the massive dismissals that occurred decades ago, the layoffs that are currently taking place in large technological ones They are not due to economic problemsbut to business strategies to flatten the structures of the companies to be more agile in the crazy technological career that the AI ​​is starring. That makes thousands of employees lose their job not because they will be replaced by an AI, but as collateral damage to their development. The news of the layoffs has coincided with Microsoft’s promise to invest 80,000 million dollars in AIwhich has generated even more debate on the priorities of the company and the impact of the Employment automation. Those affected, including Xbox Game Studios and other key departments, now face a technological scenario marked by labor cuts. An AI to cry. Amid This restructuringTurnbull published a series of recommendations for supporting their former employees and colleagues from Your LinkedIn profile: “These are really difficult times, and if you are going through a dismissal or even preparing silently for one, you are not alone and you don’t have to do it alone.” The manager was not referring to the fact that Microsoft will offer support to its employees. Invited them to rely on chatgpt to overcome the trauma of dismissal. Matt Turnbull’s original message capture “I have been experimenting with ways to use AI tools to help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that entails the loss of employment,” explained the manager in his publication. Turnbull’s recommendation soon generated controversy, since many considered ironic that a high position of Microsoft, a company that is reducing workforce to adapt to the AI ​​era, suggest to the dismissed use precisely those technologies as emotional support. Microsoft more “Severance”. The reactions in social networks to the publication of the Xbox manager did not wait. The controversy intensified on platforms like x and Redditwhere Some users They compared the situation with the labor dystopia of the “Severance” series when the “separations” of the company occur, while others criticized the lack of empathy of the manager for inviting those affected to face the frustration of a dismissal using a chatbot as a therapist. Touch the image to go to the original message The comments on networks indicated that Turnbull’s proposal reflected a disconnection with the emotional reality of those who lose their jobs. “It is not a tool for the one that can replace your voice or your experience lived,” recalled Turnbull himself in his message, although for many, the suggestion of resorting to AI in a moment of vulnerability lacked the empathy that requires the situation and the They qualified as insensitive And little successful. Following the wave of criticism for the lack of empathy, Turnbull finally eliminated his LinkedIn comment. A therapist without empathy. In its publication, the Turnbull invited Microsoft’s newly fired employees to seek emotional support in AI. Although more and more people turn to AI models designed to Offer psychological supportthese technologies They cannot empathize With the nuances of human suffering and its use can have negative consequences. They have Documented cases in which the use of chatbots such as Chatgpt has led people to anguish situations or worsen its emotional state, which calls into question the suitability of these tools As emotional support In critical moments. The AI ​​can help you find a job. Beyond the debate generated, Turnbull shared a series of suggestions to use AI as a personal assistant to find a new job, proposing Prompts Specific that could help with career planning, the update of the curriculum, the writing of messages to contact former partners. Points where AI can be of great help. There is the circumstance that personnel selection processes are increasingly conditioned to the algorithmic selection of profilesso a solution to overcome that barrier is to use more AI for Optimize the curriculum and generate presentation letters. In Xataka | Some employees sued their company for cutting the salary. The supreme has responded that being unpunctual is not a job Image | Pexels (Angel Bena)

Some scientists have rowed 225 kilometers in 45 hours between Taiwan and Japan. It seems absurd but there are good reasons

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In 1947 the Norwegian explorer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl He had an idea To demonstrate that the former inhabitants of Peru were able to navigate to the coasts of Polynesia in pre -Columbian times: to manufacture a rudimentary raft and cover the journey himself. Sounds crazy, but experience went well and seems to have created school, like He has just demonstrated An anthropologist determined to reveal how humans were managed to travel between the coasts of Taiwan and the islands of southern Japan. Along with the rest of his colleagues he has chosen to follow the footsteps of Heyerdahl, manufacture a cedar canoe with tools from the Paleolithic and then launch to the Pacific waters. When, where … and how. Researchers who are dedicated to studying the first human settlements in East Asia have a rather accurate idea of ​​when and where the first migrations were made, but there is a question that still takes away their dream: how noses they moved? How did they travel through sea, raffling waves, winds and currents, with hardly any resources? How did the first settlers manage to arrive for example do 30,000 yearsTo the island Yonaguniin the archipelago of The Ryūkyūcurrent Japan? After all, Taiwan is more than 100 kilometers and the distance is even higher from the continent. “Simple questions”. That kind of questions are what the anthropologist was asked a few years ago Yousuke Kaifufrom the University of Tokyo. During his investigations in the deposits of the Okinawa Islands he found vestiges that give away that there were already humans in the region 30,000 yearsbut nothing that clarifies how they got there. “There are stone tools and archaeological remains, but they do not answer those questions,” confesses to The Guardian. That there were no evidence did not mean that Kaifu and his colleagues could not raise hypotheses … and demonstrate them. “We started this project with simple questions: ‘How did the Paleolithic peoples arrive at islands as remote as Okinawa?’ ‘How was your trip difficult?’ ‘What tools and strategies did they use?’ ” remember The Japanese anthropologist. “Archaeological evidence, such as vestiges and artifacts, does not offer a complete vision, since the sea, by nature, drags them. So we turn to experimental archeology, in a line similar to The Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947 of the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl “. In the skin of the ancestors. Like Hayerdahl and his mythical expedition Kon-Tiki, Kaifu and his colleagues assumed the complicated task of putting themselves into the skin of their ancestors of thousands of years ago. How did they travel? How did they guide themselves? What materials did they use for their vessels to draw the currents of the region? First they tested with Juncos balsas and bamboo, but ended up ruling out the idea. With these materials they obtained too slow ships to overcome The Kuroshioone of the strongest sea currents and that conditions navigation in the northwestern Pacific. His next option was to try a canoe made with Japanese cedar, such as those used in the area thousands of years ago. In order for the experiment to be as faithful as possible to reality, the researchers talled a cedar one meter thick with stone axes and then carved it until opening a cavity inside and giving the shape of a canoe of 7.5 meters of length. The result was ‘sugime’, a boat not very different from those used thousands of years ago. In 2019, after waiting for the sea to calm down, a team of five crew (in which scientists and remakes were included) rose on board and tried it. And how did they do it? As the Paleolithic men, without GPS or any other modern navigation device, would have done only by the stars, the sun, waves and instinct. The expedition started from Taiwan Rumbo Yonaguni, in Kyūshū. The island is not visible from the Taiwanese coast (and in fact it was not for much of the journey, when it was hidden from the waves), but the scientists verified that on clear days it is not difficult to contemplate it from the mountains of Taiwan. Hence the populations of 30,000 years ago they met her. The raft left in July 2019 and its crew had to row more than 45 hours and cover a journey of 225 kilometers before reaching its destination. It was not easy, but the team reached Yonaguni to the second night, reinforcing the theory that thousands of years ago the first Okinawa settlers were able to travel in Canoas from neighboring Taiwan. During the syglura, yes, They suffered crampspain and hallucinations and even were forced to Browse water Often to prevent the raft from getting causing. “They achieved something extraordinary”. The experiment was completed in July 2019 thanks to the support of several institutions but has not achieved authentic impact so far, when the University of Tokyo He has revealed The experience. The reason? A few days ago there was a documentary about the trip and two academic articles published in Science Advances. In one the experts report the 45 -hour experiment between Taiwan and the island of Yonaguni. In the other they share virtual recreations hundreds of possible routes to know which could be the “most plausible”. “The general public usually considers the Peoples of the Paleolithic as ‘lower’, mainly due to their ‘primitive’” culture and technology, ” collect the report. “In marked contrast, our experiment has shown that they achieved something extraordinary with the rudimentary technology they had.” The experiment also confirms the growing interest in archaeological reconstructions and tests with boats that copy old models, something that (in addition to the case of Hayerdahl) we have seen in Indonesian research, France either United Arab Emirates. Images | © 2025 Kaifu et al. CC-BY-AR In Xataka | In 1973 a scientist wanted to find out why we fight. So he crossed the ocean in a mini raft full of strangers

How to create custom birthday congratulation with artificial intelligence

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Let’s explain How to create birthday greeting personalized using artificial intelligence. We are going to tell you in two ways, a simpler one in which you can customize the text and image that appears, and a little more advanced in which you can use a photograph for congratulation. In general, the first type of congratulations can be done with almost any conventional, such as Chatgpt, COPILOT, Gemini or another similar. For the second you need an AI capable of creating images from your photo, and for that, Chatgpt is the best. Create congratulations with AI What you have to do is simply go to an artificial intelligence system that can create images from text. Once you do, write a prompt or command in which you explicitly ask you to create a birthday greeting, and then you describe what you want it to appear in it. For example, you can write something like this: Create birthday greeting. In the image a cake with 43 candles appears. The text “Happy Birthday appears on it.” Below the text “Yúbal” appears. As you can see, first in the prompt we have indicated that it is a birthday greeting, so that it has a context. Then we describe what we want it to appear, like the cake. Besides, We indicate that we want to add textand the AI ​​will add what we say to the image. Here, You can change all the details you want and make a totally personalized image. You can choose the wallpaper, any detail you want to appear in the drawing. Your imagination is the only limit. A congratulation using a photo You can also create a congratulation from a photo, making a cartoon with artificial intelligence. To do this, the best tool is chatgpt. First attach a photo of the person you want, and then write the type of image and congratulations you want to create. You can use a prompt like this: I reimagine this photo, and make a cartoon that looks like this person as much as possible. Confeti add, put a cake in front and a head celebration hat. Above the image writes: Happy birthday. Here, we first asked to reimagine the photo, making it a cartoon. Remember specify that as much as possible itso that Chatgpt tries to make a very similar cartoon. Then, start specifying the details you want them to appear. You can modify this person and make it appear with the gesture or position you want. You can add elements such as a hat or a cake, decide the wallpaper, and even Add the text you want. All this to make the most personalized as possible. In Xataka Basics | 22 useful and not so well -known free artificial intelligence tools

ships and bombers with anyone behind the wheel

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The eldest war laboratory Of modern contests, the war in Ukraine, has turned drones into The fundamental piece of any offensive of both sides. Everything revolves around these armies of swarms to which it has been adding updates of all types (and times). Hence the unusual has become a rule. However, the last developments are a scoop that nobody saw coming. Evolution without humans. Ukraine has made a significant technical leap in his asymmetric war campaign by using, for the first time, Bombarder drones thrown from vessels Not surface manned (USVS), a kind of small aircraft carriers To attack key Russian facilities in Crimea. This new tactic represents a remarkable operational sophistication with respect to its first naval suicidal drones, turning these floating platforms into capable versatile systems, not only of direct attack, but also of launching multiple air attacks against strategic objectives. He most recent attackcarried out the night from July 1 to 2, 2025, destroyed three fundamental components of the long -range radar system NEBO-Messential piece in Russian defensive architecture on the Crimean Peninsula and the North -Western Black Sea. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense described it as a “brilliant and high precision” operation, backed by A video which shows how aerial drones take off from the bow of the USVs and release several pumps with surgical impact. Operational advantages. The use of Bombarder drones From the sea it confers decisive tactical advantages. Unlike FPV previously launchedwhich require direct impact to destroy the objective, these new vehicles can attack multiple whites by mission and carry heavier ammunition. In addition, they maintain better connectivity in prolonged distances as they are not forced to descend to the ground, which allows them to operate more flexibility. Its control is mediated by satellite links (possibly via Starlink) installed in the USVs, which also act as retransmission nodes and launch platforms. This decentralized and mobile architecture complicates the work of detection, monitoring and neutralization by the Russian defenses. Russian reaction. Russian forces, aware of this evolution, have begun to observe with concern these attacks, as evidenced by the Russian military channel Two Majors. They recognize that a single Naval drone managed to approach and display multiple UAVS With load release systems, executing consecutive attacks on Russian defensive positions. Although They claim to have destroyed Subsequently, the Atacious Naval drone with air support, there is no visual tests that confirm it. The Russian reaction has focused more on request resources additional to counteract these threats that in denying its effectiveness. In any case, the incident underlines Ukraine’s ability to introduce innovations that alter tactical balance despite their resources limitations, generating psychological pressure, material wear and logistical disorder on the opposite side. NEBO-M SYSTEM NEBO-M and its tactical value. The target of this operation, the NEBO-M SYSTEMHe was not chosen at random. It is a last generation mobile radar complex introduced by Russia in 2017, designed for Detect poaching airplanesballistic missiles and aerial threats at distances greater than 600 km. The system includes The RLM-M (Three -dimensional VHF radar mounted on 8×8 truck) and The RLM-D (An Aesa radar also on mobile platform), both valued in tens of millions of dollars. These radars feed the S-300 and S-400 systems With objective acquisition data, and its location at the western tip of Crimea is vital to maintain a defensive shield on the region and access to the northwest of the Black Sea. No doubt, its neutralization opens a direct gap on that shield, facilitating the passage of long -range missiles as The Shadow Storm and Scalp-EGas well as the incursion of Kamikaze dronessignificantly weakening the Russian ability to detect and respond to attacks. Ambush and new front. In addition, in recent days another unprecedented scene occurred: the First known attack With a submersible first person drone, marking a milestone. In published images by The Northern Battalion Eagle of the 151.ª Motorized Brigade shows a river crossing in the Járkov region (previously destroyed and then improvised by the Russian forces with trunks) being achieved by an immersed explosive device. The sequence begins With a fixed intake underwater, where the FPV drone is hidden next to one end of the passage. Then, an explosion shakes the structure, destroying the crossing and confirming the effective use of the new underwater vehicle. The Shrike Special Edition. Forbes counted that, although the attack may seem anecdotal (three trunks are not a strategic objective) the real value resides in the successful use of the Shrike Special Edition, an improved version of the Ukrainian Shrike DRON FPVdesigned to operate in aquatic environments. Presented in February with the ability to land on water, dive and re -take off, the shrke was conceived as A ambush dronecapable of hiding in ponds, channels or lakes, patiently waiting for their prey. The recent attack shows that its possibilities They go further: It can destroy whites at flush or below the water level. This opens a new operating field, where air or land surveillance loses efficiency and the threat can come from the bottom of a river or a flooding area. From the suicide drone to the floating hunter. Plus: These episodes are part of a tactical progression Ukrainian that began with naval suicidal drones designed to exploit the impact, continued with the incorporation of FPV drones embarked and improvised anti -aircraft platforms, and has now led to a combined system that joins aerial and (Sub) Maritime in a reusable and coordinated way. As We count In May, Ukraine had already demonstrated the potential of its USVs when a version of the Magura V7 Armed with air-air-aim missiles AIM-9x knocked down two fighters Russians Su-30 on the Black Sea, and in December before another version (the Magura V5) he folded A MI-8 helicopter With a Missile R-73. These background reveal that the nation has managed to transform what was initially a limited deterrence tool in a multipurpose of new generation offensive platforms. New deterrence. In summary, if the twentieth century was dominated by nuclear aircraft carriers and … Read more

That Airbus uses the “taxibots”

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Airbus has officially certified the necessary modifications so that its unique corridor aircraft can use the Taxibot, an electric hybrid tug that transports the aircraft from the terminals to the take -off track without having to turn on the engines. With this, the idea is to reduce the fuel used by aircraft on land, as well as the noise of airports. According to AirbusThis technology would reduce fuel consumption by 50%, while contributing to a less noisy airport and other benefits. The great advantage: Taxibot eliminates the need to use plane engines during filming by land, which translates into significant fuel savings, less CO2 and NOX emissions, and a considerable reduction in noise in airports. The studies From Schiphol airport they suggest that in long journeys towards distant clues, fuel savings can reach 85%. In addition to fuel savings and lower noise in airports, taxibots can help reduce operating and maintenance costs of the plane, since operating the shooting engines (taxiing) wears out plane components and is an unnecessary cost. As if that were not enough, it also helps reduce pollution and contribute to a more sustainable use of aircraft. How it works: According to Airbus, the system requires small modifications in the plane bay of the plane. The Taxibot engages the front landing train, raising Morro’s wheel on a pivoting platform. After the initial connection by the tugboat driver, the pilot takes control from the cabin using the same usual management and brake controls. The engines only light up just before takeoff. WHERE IT IS TESTING: Several important airports are already doing pilot tests, including Schiphol in Amsterdam, JFK in New York, Charles de Gaulle in Paris, New Delhi and Brussels. Easyjet plans to carry out essays in Schiphol for 2025. These airports are ideal candidates due to long distances between terminals and tracks. The European context: This technology is part of the Heron projecta European initiative coordinated by Airbus that seeks to optimize airport operations both on land and in the air. Heron has 24 partners from ten different countries, including airlines, airports and service suppliers, and will conclude in December 2025. The use of taxibots in airports can be an excellent play from the European Union to contribute to the transport robotization career, both vehicles and people and goods. The objective: that becomes a standard. From 2026 a completely electric version of Taxibot will be available, and a variant for wide fuselage aircraft is also being developed. Airbus, after three years working to optimize the system for its unique corridor aircraft, now considers extending it to the rest of its fleet. The ultimate goal is to convert Taxibot into the standard procedure for the movement of aircraft on land. Cover image | Taxibot – International In Xataka | The KC-135 have been reproducing airplanes for decades. Now the US wants them to also launch drones to protect themselves

What is and how to avoid it

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Let’s explain A new type of WhatsApp scamin which they steal the account by means of a video call and then take advantage of access to it to start asking for money for money for Bizum To all your contacts. Therefore a double scam, because they take the account and use it to cheat other contacts. We are going to start this article explaining the functioning of this new cybercrime method, so you can identify it in the event that they try to use it against you. Then, we will give you some tips to avoid it. How are you stealing with a video call It all starts when the user receives a video call from a contact. The video call is strange, since the screen looks dark and you can’t see who is on the other side. This person will tell you that he has problems with the mobile, Power that you share the screen To see if with these changes the mobile begins to work. When you share your screen, the cybercrime will try to identify in your WhatsApp account. When I try to do it, it will come to you An SMS with the verification code. And there is the trick, when the message arrives while you share a screen, The attacker can see the codeand use it to access your WhatsApp account. Once the criminal steals your account, he can combine two ways to proceed. You can start asking for money for Bizum to other contacts making you pass through you, and you can also make a WhatsApp video call to steal their account also, and start an expansive wave effect. The contacts that receive the video call will think that it is you, and will try to help … falling into the trap. How to avoid falling into the scam Here, the problem of this scam is that cybercriminal will call you using the number of one of your contactsmaking stores to trust that perhaps if you have problems. But the main advice is Do not share screen if you are not watching the other person’s face. Do not share your screen with your friends, with your children or your parents if you are not watching the camera through the camera. If they call you from the number of someone you know well, then you can directly Ask some question that only that person can knowabout some common experience you have. You can explain that you know that there are scams of this type and that you prefer to make sure. Never share a verification code In no other way. These codes are sent to verify that whoever is trying to enter an account is you, sending you by SMS a code to verify that it is you who is in front of the mobile that uses the phone number to whose account you want to enter. In Xataka Basics | Alternatives to whatsapp: the best messaging applications if you want to change the finish line for another

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