Mobile Tech & Gadgets

His first ‘Joint Venture’ stops operating and dragging thousands of layoffs

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For more than three decades, Microsoft has maintained a constant presence in China. Although the country represents only a fraction of its global incomeRedmond’s company opted to position himself there with products such as Windows and Officeand with a network of research centers aimed at collaborating with the local technological ecosystem. Today, in a scenario marked by geopolitical tension, that bet begins to be diluted: Microsoft has begun to undo agreements and to close facilities, in what seems to be part of a broader reorganization plan in the region. A Joint Venture Microsoft in China throws the closure. As reported South China Morning Post, Wicresoftthe first Joint Business Created by Microsoft in the country, it will cease its operations. Although the situation for American technological ones in China has been complicated over time, the announcement has caught by surprise. According to the Hongkonese newspaper, the employees were informed on Monday that their work linked to the software firm led by Satya Nadella “will come to an end.” Citing the Chinese medium Caijing, the measure will affect some 2,000 workers. Sudden notification. Wicresoft, based in Seattle and more than 10,000 workers worldwide, is dedicated to offering advice, technological solutions and operational support for large international brands. In China, its presence extended to 20 cities, including Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, where it managed projects of different scale for Microsoft. According to the aforementioned media, the news of the closure came unexpectedly: many employees received the notice by mail this Monday and, in several venues, they were asked to leave the place as soon as Tuesday, without margin to react. A question about the future of support. The closure of Wicresoft leaves in the air who will manage Microsoft’s after -sales support in China, a market where access to technical services remains key to many users and companies. The company was responsible for giving technical assistance to key products such as Windows 10, Windows 11 and Office, among others, adapting the service to the particularities of the local environment. According to Reutersthis change is aligned with the intention of Microsoft to centralize and reduce subcontracting in the country, although it has not been revealed who will take over or in what deadlines. Impulse for local alternatives. Microsoft’s progressive withdrawal in China leaves free space that other local firms have not taken advantage of. One of the big beneficiaries is Kingsooft Office, head of WPS Office, An office suite compatible with Microsoft formats that has already exceeded 100 million daily users in the country. Her experience in the local market and her functional resemblance with Office (at first glance seems like a clone) have made it an option increasingly adopted by public organizations, banks and telecommunications operators. Since 2022, Chinese state companies are obliged to submit quarterly reports on their progress in the replacement of foreign software for national alternatives. As the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal points outthis policy, promoted from Beijing in full technological and commercial war with the United States, has directly favored companies such as Kingsooft, which now have the implicit support of the state apparatus. The result: less licenses for Office and more WPS deployment in strategic sectors where Microsoft moves. SDE WICRESOFT step is not an isolated case. In the last two years, Microsoft has progressively reduced its presence in the Asian giant. In 2023, The company closed all its physical stores in China, offered relocations to hundreds of employees in the artificial intelligence area and applied template cuts. More recently, he has also hardened his internal security protocols, forcing its workers in China to use iPhones exclusively to access corporate platformsdue to the restrictions imposed by the lack of Google Play in the country. Shanghai’s laboratory is another example of that replication. Inaugurated in 2019 as the largest center of its type outside the United States, the IATI & AI Insider Lab was conceived to promote the development of strategic technologies in collaboration with local companies. He closed its doors in early 2024 after supporting more than 250 projects and training thousands of professionals. Its closure confirms a trend that, although not entirely unexpected, does show a deep change in Microsoft’s strategy in one of the countries where it has been operating longer and where they had made multiple bets. Withdrawal in full trade war. The Microsoft replication does not occur in a vacuum. It coincides with a new escalation in the tensions between Washington and Beijing that has reactivated the large -scale commercial war. Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional 50% tariffs if China does not withdraw its retaliation measureswhich arrived after the first waves of taxes driven by the White House after their return to power. In this climate, many quoted American companies are collapsing in the stock market, dragging with it to entire sectors and other markets in the world. Images | VD Photography | / Ricardo | Silvestre Rui In Xataka | Manufacturing the iPhone 16 Pro of 256 GB in China costs 550 dollars today. With tariffs it will cost $ 850

Gwynne Shotwell, the chief of Spacex in the shadow of Elon Musk

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Gwynne Shotwell has appeared for the first time on the list of Forbes billionaires, with a fortune that the magazine estimates at 1.2 billion dollars. Billionaire The Spacex President It only has a 0.3% participation in the Aerospace Company of Elon Musk, but the company’s last investment round, which does not quote on the stock market, fired its valuation to 350,000 million dollarswhich has given a good push to Shotwell’s heritage. According to Forbes, Gwynne Shotwell’s fortune, 61, It is now 1.2 billion dollarshis first “billion” on the American short scale. As the data is not public, the figure is based on the compensation on actions received by the first Spacex employees. Faith jump. Shotwell joined Spacex in 2002 as employee number 11, changing a safe job in Microcosm for a company that had everything to demonstrate, at a time when Boeing and Lockheed Martin had no competition and Shotwell was divorcing with two young children. Mechanical training engineer, he told Musk “I’m a complete idiot” when he asked why he wanted to change a company established to Spacex. His first big challenge in the company was to sell to customers the Falcon 1 rocket and obtain permits for its launch. When the first three attempts failed, Shotwell had the difficult task of maintaining investors. Path. In 2007, Shotwell managed to convince Iridium, another consolidated company, to sign a contract with Spacex, despite the fact that at that time their rockets had not yet been successful. After three failures, Falcon 1 first reached orbit in 2008, which promoted a decisive contract with NASA to develop the Dragon ship, which would begin to transport load to the International Space Station. That same year, Musk amounted to Shotwell to President and Operations Director. Since then, Gwynne Shotwell has achieved key contracts with NASA, Pentagon and many commercial companies. Orchestra Director. In addition to the boss in Musk’s shadow, Shotwell is the only executive who has been working with the complicated entrepreneur for more than two decades. Musk is the visionary, but Shotwell contributes almost everything: stability, operational efficiency and diplomatic management. Shotwell has managed to accelerate the Rhythm of Development of Spacex, keeping in balance the many elements of a company that designs and manufactures its own rockets and satellites, and operates its own releases. There are no two spacex. In 2024, Spacex completed 134 orbital launches, almost triple that its closest competitor: the state company China Casc with 48 launches. Thanks to Starlink, Spacex puts in orbit 83% of all world’s satellitesself -confinction with its satellite Internet service the development of Starship, which will allow you to launch Starlink at an even greater pace. The constellation Starlink grew up to 7,000 satellitesreaching 5 million users (90% more than in 2023). Morgan Stanley estimates that Starlink generated 900 million dollars of operational benefit on revenues of 9.3 billion last year. Pragmatic and effective, Shotwell has been key in all these operations, an effort that now sees rewarded with his first “Billón”. Images | NASA, Spacex In Xataka | Who is Gwynne Shotwell, the shadow engineer who has taken Spacex and Elon Musk to space

He wants to leave atocha and Renfe only has the approval

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The war for high speed is fought battle. Even with the smallest. Since Ouigo and Iro They will become part of the options that the new client has available in our country when getting on a long -distance and high speed train, Renfe quarrels They are repeated with an intermittence that already passes to recurring. The last episode of this guerrilla war has a Atocha in the focus of the matter. The Madrid station has become Renfe’s great bastion when capturing customers who move towards Levante. The company operates with four trains to Valencia and four others with destination Alicante that leave from the central Madrid station. The problem for Ouigo and Iro is that Renfe is alone. Both operators leave from Chamartín as a result of some expansion works of the station that banished all the journeys between Valencia and Alicante with Madrid north of the capital. To all but four links offered by Renfe. The company managed to maintain the exit of four trains daily from the Atocha. A movement that was denounced by Ouigo when considering that the company was obtaining a competitive advantage. Now, the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) allows Renfe to expand the number of trips offered despite the fact that Adif fined previously for this reason. In the background, the fight to operate at the busiest station in Madrid. The fight to operate in Atocha To understand everything that has happened you have to look at the past. In 2022 It was confirmed that all trips between Madrid and Valencia or Alicante would move to the Chamartín station to allow the Expansion works of the Atocha Station. The problem, it was said, is that with the new operators the station had no capacity to absorb all its demand. The decision raised criticism among the politicians of Valencia and Alicante Because trips to Barcelona or Seville have remained in Atocha even though they also enter the south of the capital. Until 2028when the works are expected to finish, passengers have to add 10 more minutes of journey and go to a less central station in the city. However, although Ouigo and Iroo had to displace all its operationsRenfe maintained four daily journeys between Madrid and Valencia from Atocha. Ouigo denounced that they got a competitive advantage to understand that the centrality of the station is an incentive against other options. Finally, That complaint was filed But the CNMC did fined Adif with two sanctions that added 11,800 euros to understand that the process had not been transparent and that the transfer to Chamartín had not been communicated at the same time to the three operators so Renfe played with advantage, as they collect in Levant. In spite of everything, the trips between Atocha and Valencia remained for Renfe and, now, he receives another back. The CNMC will allow Renfe to operate with four other daily trips between the Madrid and Alicante central station. A decision that for competition “It will not affect significantly” To its competitors although it confirms that Atocha attracts a greater number of travelers. They explain, despite everything, that they only received the interest of Iro and Renfe to take the permission to take these holes that were now free. Getting with the Atocha station is especially interesting for high -speed operators. Its centrality allows you to attract the Interest of a greater number of customers Potentials, especially in the center and the southern zone, Chamartín Front. Renfe can continue offering slightly faster paths (10 minutes) but, above all, it allows you to position yourself as the only alternative at the station, which can be especially interesting to other high -speed options Or even the plane. Photo | Francesco Zivoli and Xataka In Xataka | Renfe confirms a sad reality of trains in Spain: they are impossible to be punctual

a macroproject of 1,800 MW without the need for new reservoirs

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In recent weeks the heavy rains They have filled to the limit different reservoirs, forcing many of them to open your gates. But what if all That water will be stored To create a giant battery for renewables? In Galicia they have got to work. The biggest in Spain. The great reversible hydroelectric power plant will be known as Conse II and will be located on the Bibey River, in the province of Ourense, According to Vigo’s lighthouse. In this same medium they have pointed out that the project will be lifted taking advantage of the 690 meter altitude difference between the Cenza and Bao reservoirs. In addition, the initiative will be developed by Iberdrola and will have an investment of 1,500 million euros. An underground giant battery. The new project is also known as the pumping hydroelectric plant. The operation of the plant is as energy storage when there is an excess renewable energy in the system. More easily, the plant uses that excess to pump water from a reservoir less than a superior. So when there are demand peaks, water will fall again, moving turbines that will generate electricity, acting as a natural battery. An expanded project. According to Galicia’s voicethe original idea was to build a 900 MW plant, but Iberdrola decided to double its capacity to 1800MW after additional studies. However, these same analyzes detected geological risks in the area where the great underground cavern will be excavated that will house much of the plant. More studies. The Xunta de Galicia has given the approval To carry out new geotechnical research, as the Galician medium has learned. In addition, these new studies include the opening of an access gallery of 1,500 meters and another of 200 meters, which will allow analyzing the land directly before starting the main work An environmental problem? In recent months, There were many demands to stop different wind -collo -projects due to the environmental impact, but the Supreme Court recently has given The reason for renewables. As the Vigo lighthouse has been recordedthe authorities have estimated that the environmental impact will be minimal as it is an underground infrastructure. In addition, the Ministry of Environment He has stressed that will not affect the area of ​​special conservation (ZEC) of the central massif, belonging to the Natura 2000 Network. However, as they have explained from progressthe environmental report has indicated several aspects that must be managed during the execution of the works, such as the large volume of land movement the acoustic impact and vibrations during construction. For this reason, noise levels will be required to comply with current regulations and that Iberdrola present a previous study on possible conditions to nearby populations. More storage. Spain closed last year with 63.9% of the total renewable generationbeing wind and solar the ones that produce the most. For this reason, and given the intermittency of these sources, it is important that it will continue to look for ways to store the surplus. According to has detailed the voice of Galiciathe works of this hydroelectric plant will last about 21 months, to which three more months are added to complete the technical polls, so it will still wait. Image | Dichiano man Xataka | “Thank you so much, reservoirs.net”: Spanish men are developing a peculiar obsession with swamps

The last two days of the bag have been worse than 99.6% of every day since 1929. It is as chungo as it sounds

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There was omens that placed today as another “black Monday.” The original occurred on October 28, 1929 and was one of the days More devastating In the history of Wall Street when the Dow Jones index collapsed 12.8% in a single day, losing billions of dollars in market value. The consequences then lasted decades. In the end it will not be so much, But “almost”. In fact, the last days will be recorded as one of the worst of the history of financial markets. An unprecedented collapse. In a surprising turn for Wall Street, the recent wave of tariffs promoted by President Donald Trump has triggered one of the most severe stock market collapses in recent history, making more than thunder from 5 billion dollars in share value in just two days and dragging Global markets. Nasdaq 100 entered GUBBER TERRITORYthe Commodities They collapsed and investors in corporate bonds ran to buy Insurance against defaults. The magnitude of the impact, fueled by rates up to 50% imposed on dozens of countries, even exceeded the worst forecasts, and marked the breakdown for a financial ecosystem that for decades was one of the main beneficiaries of presidential power in the United States. Trump, strategic chaos and indifference. Bloomberg had that, far from showing concern, Trump seems to be hugged the turbulence Stock as a necessary price to correct the imbalances of global trade. In private and public, he insists on standing firm, and has begun to focus his attention on assets such as 10 -year Treasury bonds and oil pricescelebrating their falls without recognizing that they could precess a recession. The markets and the breakdown. After weeks of speculation about whether the tariff threats were not real, investors finally accepted the Scenario severity. More than twenty previous ads had been nothing, but the 11% collapse In two days he forced Wall Street to react. Besent, who allegedly had to moderate Trump, has been harshly criticized for not preventing such a disaster. Although some still expect the president to reconsider if the pain persists (today has said that it will not turn back), the fall of the Asian bags (with collapses up to 7.9%) and the Activated firewall In Japan they reflect that increasingly global destabilization. Some historical data in context: the day was worse than 99.6% of business days since 1929. It was also the worst of all time (more than 24,000 days) and the 35 worse day since 1945 Almost black Monday. As we said, the stock market has continued this morning, and although the worst omen were not fulfilled, the situation is equally disastrous. After confirming Trump that It will not go back In its aggressive commercial policy, defended as “necessary medicine”, the main world indices recorded dramatic collapses: The S&P 500 fell 2.8 % (The worst performance three days for the index since October 1987, or the Eleventh of all timebeing the tenth and twelfth during the great depression), the Nasdaq 3.1 %, and the Hang Kong Hang Sang index sank 13 %, its worst day of the century. In EuropeStoxx 600 lost 5.3 % and the German Dax briefly exceeded 10 % drop in opening. Goldman Sachs raised the probability of recession in the United States at 45 %citing the abrupt hardening of financial conditions after tariffs to many of the key commercial partners. Tariffs imposed by the United States “Victoria” by Trump. Despite the warnings, Trump has celebrated in networks that tariffs “will bring tens of billions to the country” and described the situation as “something beautiful to contemplate.” The Financial Times counted that the fear of a self -inflicted recession grows even between figures related to the president: the investor Bill Ackman warned of an “economic nuclear winter” and Stanley Druckenmiller He criticized any rate above 10 %. On the other sidewalk, the secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besent, minimized stock tremors such as “short -term reactions” and reaffirmed that the White House You will keep your course. The immediate reality, however, is that systemic collapse of actions, Commodities and coins that threatens to unleash a global recession caused from Washington. Memories of the past. References to Black Monday, 1929 and others collapses Historical have not been long in coming. During that decade, millions of Americans invested in the stock market, many buying actions on credit with margins of just 10%, which amplified panic when prices began to fall. As a direct consequence, between 1929 and 1932, the market lost about 89% of its valueunemployment in the United States exceeded 25%, more than 9,000 banks broke, and the country’s GDP was reduced in almost 30%. That stock market crisis not only plunged the United States into The great depressionbut it had economic and social repercussions worldwide, altering the global economic order throughout the 1930s. Comparisons. We are not in the same box, of course, but The data They are equally worrisome. Let’s think that the last two days of stock market are worse than 99.6% of the days of the stock exchange since 1929. Perhaps, many analysts agree that the current stock market situation caused by the Trump tariff offensive and the intensification of the trade war can be compared, in terms of volatility, loss of investment confidence and systemic risk, with the 2008 global financial crisisalthough with fundamental differences in its causes and nature. As in 2008, markets have experienced abrupt collapses: those More than 5 billion dollars who vanished from the value of US actions In just two daysand the Nasdaq 100 entered the bassist territory, which reflects a collapse of the feeling of similar or very similar to panic lived after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. A deliberate crisis. Also, as then, corporate bond markets are showing voltage signals. However, while in 2008 the epicenter was the collapse of the financial system and the mortgage market, the current stock market has a clearly political component: it originates from unilateral commercial policy decisions, which introduce uncertainty about the economic direction of the country. For … Read more

The good news is that we have an anticyclone about Spain. The bad is that stability will last a sigh

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All those who thought that the rains of March were A kind of Vogone curseit seems they were right. In fact, I don’t know if it is worth continuing to call them “March rains” because, despite appearances, the rain has not left anywhere. I was taking a breath. But we have a dorsal on top! It’s true. These days, it has entered A gigantic anticyclonic dorsal of subtropical origin that is not only very warm and very stable, but will cross the Peninsula and will continue to the north until it almost arrives in Iceland. And we will notice. Because, As Aemet already pointed out In his forecast for this week is that “it will be warmer than normal throughout the country, especially in the peninsular northwest.” However, it is not a normal dorsal. As Ángel Rivero explainedthis dorsal has a characteristic “finger” form (it is very elongated, but very narrow). That exposes the Peninsula below Danas and Borrascas Frías, both for the East and West. The problem is that this type of structures (very rare before, but from 2020 more and more frequent) are characterized by An extremely winding polar jet With air bags, ripping continuously. And, as we know, those airbags have a very erratic behavior: they are very difficult to pursue. And the first example comes Wednesday. The European model draws two cold storms one between the Canary Islands and the Azores (Olivier) and the other in the Gulf of Lion. As Collect Sergio Escaama in Meteoredboth storms go to Cerner on the Peninsula and will cause rains both in the northeast and in the southwest. If the scenarios are right, both storms would merge into a About the Gulf of Cádiz creating a fairly complex situation. Although we cannot determine the intensity and the trajectory, we do know that we must monitor it closely. From the middle of the week, we can expect rains in many areas of the country. And in Holy Week? As we are experiencing in our own flesh, the country’s meteorological context is complex. We are living a spring full of thermal ups and downs and huge rains. Thus, it is difficult to know what is going to What yes We can discard it is a persistent scenario of stability. If it does not rain on the key days of next week it will be by chance and not because it must necessarily be so. As I explainedduring the next few days we will have to be aware of the Azores anticyclone. Because if as it seems, zonal circulation is restored, everything will depend on whether the anticyclone lets go storms or not. Image | WXCHARTS In Xataka | Someone has left the water key open: the rain is back and the models say it will not leave until after Holy Week

How to avoid responses generated by Google with this simple trick

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Let’s tell you a simple trick to prevent Google from showing you answers generated by AI in the search engine results. You will simply have to add a specific word type, and the result will not appear. The New View created with ia Answer your question, something that can be useful, but it is almost always annoying when the important links you can be looking for is still going down. Therefore, you may want An effective way to get rid of these answers. How you have to remove the answer made with AI Although it has not yet expanded totally, Google is already starting to show Answers generated by AI In the search engine. He does it to answer the question you ask him, showing it first instead of the links so you can have the answer without entering them. These views are not yet shown in all questions or all browsers, but they are already beginning. If you are looking for concrete links, these can greatly hinder the results. But there is a way to avoid them. All you have to do is Write the question with a word. Come on, if you ask What is Xataka?the AI ​​will answer you, but you ask What pussy is Xataka? The answer will not generate. Possibly this is so because of the moderation system used by Google’s AI to generate answers, which does not support bad words. We do not know if this is only temporary And it will change in the future, but for now it is an interesting trick to consider. In Xataka Basics | How to use chatgpt or gemini by taking out the information only from Wikipedia as the only source

Manufacturing the iPhone 16 Pro of 256 GB in China costs 550 dollars today. With tariffs it will cost $ 850

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The Donald Trump tariffs They are about to unleash A global commercial warand one of the most obvious consequences is clear: everything will cost more. The question, of course, is how much more, and for that we have a good example of reference: Apple’s iPhone, which takes years Trying to diversify your logistics and manufacturing. Goodbye to the iphone of 999 departure dollars? We have been for almost a decade during which Apple has always maintained the starting price of its best iPhone, which was always at $ 999. There were sections with which the firm played to maintain that bar, such as storage capacity, but That price label was consistent. Now it can stop being. Tariffs in sight. Apple manufactures a good part of the iPhone in China, and there the total tariffs will be 54%, a spectacular figure that threatens notable price increases for iPhone. Other Apple products are manufactured in others Asian countries like India (25% of tariffs), Vietnam (46%), Malaysia (24%), Thailand (37%) or Indonesia (32%). Price increases seem practically inevitable. This is hard to make an iPhone now. A study of The Wall Street Journal He points out how the iPhone 16 Pro of 256 GB has a “material bill” of 550 dollars according to data from the Wayne Lam analyst in Techinsights. If we add the assembly and test costs the cost rises to $ 580. And this is what can cost with tariffs. But if we take into account the tariffs that theoretically apply to products imported from China, the iPhone would leave 54% more expensive, which places that cost of 550 dollars in $ 850. The difference is brutal, and obviously Apple would be forced to break the tradition and raise the starting price of these devices. And there is no easy solution (and less in the short term). Dontald Trump’s apparent obsession with tariffs makes potential negotiations They probably don’t get to anything. Apple could manufacture its iPhone in the US, but you can’t do something like that from morning to night, and the firm will have to adapt its prices worldwide. And manufacturing in the US would also be much more expensive. Migrating production to the US does not guarantee that the problem is solved. According to LAM, labor to assemble the mobile that costs $ 30 could cost $ 300 in the United States. And if each component also rises in price, the final cost of the device could become prohibitive for many people. In fact, the alternative you start talking about is Iphones subscriptions. If you have to upload prices, they will upload them. Apple will not shake your pulse when rising prices. They have done it in the past. It happened in 2022 in Japan when Yen was especially weakFor example. That same year we had some that came out especially expensive for inflation. The first harmed by all these circumstances will undoubtedly use users. The iPhone as a terrifying example of everything else. The example of the iPhone manufacturing price increase is an excellent and terrifying example of what can happen with any consumption product that is manufactured in China and wants to be sold in the US. Although it seems that the problem should only affect them, it actually affects everyone: if Apple or any other firm raises the prices of their products for tariffs, it will do it proportionally in all the countries in which it sells them. In Xataka | A 54%tariff, an iPhone of $ 2,300 and no easy output for Apple

Apple’s great opportunity is to use tariffs to meet an old yearning: the iPhone under subscription

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The new tariffs imposed by Donald Trump are onesignificant oreza For the pricing strategy of technological giants such as Apple. He $ 2,300 iPhone It seems unlikely, but traveling the path of the final increase resonates with much more force than remarkably sacrifice the profit margin. This tariff storm is the perfect setting for a plan that Apple has been finalizing for more than three years, According to rumors: that of an iPhone model under subscription. Breaking the psychological barrier of $ 999 will not be easy for the American buyer (as well as breaking the 1,500 euros for PRO Models in Europe), but paying a monthly fee is something that users are increasingly willing. Plan A, upload the price of the iPhone. If the question is what will happen to the price of the iPhone is that nobody knows. The key to this issue is that, according to analysis of Rosenblatt SecuritiesApple would need to raise the price of its star device to 43% to maintain current margins. In other words, more than $ 1,400 for iPhone 17 Pro Base, and more than $ 1,100 for 17, which currently costs $ 799 more taxes in the United States. Prices that would completely break Apple’s strategy and whose acceptance by buyers does not seem likely. Plan B, absorb costs. Absorbing tariff costs is the second way to travel. One in which the profit margin, historically lasted by Apple (around 25%), would be remarkably diminished. In this scenario, the accounts do not come out. Apple would need a hybrid strategy, absorbing a certain part of the costs and raising the price of its products in a not so abrupt way. A combination to alleviate the effect of tariffs and try to keep demand. Plan C, the Gold Plan. In front of both situations, a third scenario arises. One that analysts have been predicting for years and that is raised as a caramel for Apple: The iPhone under subscription. A plan that houses with Apple’s strategy to continue focusing on revenue from services, and that would allow access to the latest iPhone models without going through a high price as a barrier. It is not completely new for Apple. In the United States they have been implementing the iphone upgrade programone in which you can access an iPhone 16 for $ 39.50 per month, being able to return the phone or update to a new one after twelve months. An iPhone that is never yours. The model is relatively similar to certain types of renting. Pay for the use and enjoyment of the product, with advantages such as Apple+ and Zero interest when using Apple Card, and possibility of repurchase in the event that we want to leave the Apple ecosystem. Manufacturers such as Samsung have similar plans, such as Renting by Cetelemaimed at changing device every twelve months with a low monthly payment. The rent or subscription model already permea in Spain in sectors such as automotive. Maybe having the last iPhone for a few euros per month is not such a crazy plan. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The best functions and options of Apple Intelligence on iPhone and Mac to take advantage of artificial intelligence

The M-30 tunnels are an absolute nightmare for your mobile GPS. Madrid wants to fix it using bluetooth

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If you have ever crossed the tunnels of the M-30it is more than likely that you have run out of coverage at some point. It is a more serious problem than it might seem, since the direct translation of not being clear what the correct exit ends up generating less fluidity and traffic safety. The Madrid City Council is aware of the problemand has announced the installation of a system that will allow GPS navigation systems, such as Google or Waze, to work properly within these areas. The problem. The M30 tunnels are especially extensive and thick, a terrible combination for the signal of the GPS satellites I can end up going through them. It is more than usual to lose connection when we are inside and, taking into account the importance of real -time calculations for current GPS systems, this ends up translating into a insured malfunction. The solution. From this Monday, the Madrid City Council will begin the installation of a Bluetooth electronic beacon system in order to allow guided navigation while we circulate through these tunnels. “The initiative is based on the implementation of location beacons with the objective of resolving the lack of the inviability of GPS navigation inside the tunnels as a result of the lack of visibility of satellites that allow obtaining a precise and continuous positioning through triangulation techniques.” The City Council itself admits that it is unfeasible to use GPS systems inside the tunnel. So in the absence of GPS, Bluetooth. How will it work. Madrid will locate different Bluetooth beacons inside the tunnels, with distances of 20 to 40 meters between each of them. They will be located on the sides of the tunnel by specific supports. These beacons will issue an identification signal to their own position, something that browsers can use to determine where we are. Because yes, although we are accustomed to using GPS signal, navigation apps can use Bluetooth when there is no coverage. Does not work by default. The problem of this measure is that Google Maps, the most used maps app in Spain, does not allow the default Bluetooth to use. It is necessary to navigate to the Android settings, go to “navigation”, and activate the Bluetooth beacons. In iOS the option is not available, although it is enough to activate the location functions so that it can work. Image | Xataka and Madrid City Council In Xataka | GPS locator purchase guide: tips and recommendations to succeed and seven models from 30 euros

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