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Someone has asked video game developers what they are being dedicated and the answer has been Unani: A PC

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The PC is the most complete platform to play. While a console binds us to pre -installed hardware, a PC admits the constant update of the components, allows us to access more gross power, all kinds of settings in the games and well, it allows us to do many other things that are not playing. The PC, ultimately, is important and is increasinglysomething that is demonstrated in the State of the Industry Report 2025 That the game developers conference has just published. The data. According to the report, 80% of the more than 3,000 developers who have completed the survey sent by the GDC are developing PC games. The figure contrasts with the consoles. Only 38% of developers are working on games for PlayStation 5 And something less, 34%, work in games for Xbox Series x|S. GDC survey results | Image: GDC Brutal growth. The percentage of developers making games for PC has not stopped increasing. In 2020 it was 56%. In 2021 it went to 58%. In 2022 the figure grew to 22%. In 2023 it was 65% and last year, 66%. The jump has been huge for a year so far and is proof that PC gaming is more alive than ever. Only last year 19,000 games were published only in Steamwhich says a lot. Another thing is that all those games end, indeed, playing. Spoiler: No. 80% barely played. The reason? From the GDC they are not clear, but they believe that it could be related to “the growing popularity of the Steam Deck De Valve “. According to the report,” this year’s survey has not highlighted Steam (or Valve’s laptop) as its own platform, because it is a PC and Mac game center. But it seems that some developers do They consider it a unique platform. For example, when they were asked to name other platforms that interest them, almost half (44%) wrote Steam Deck. “ If something has taught us Nintendo with his Nintendo Switch is that the portable format works and likes. Valve has done it greatly with the Steam Deck and the alternatives are increasingly complete and powerful. It is normal for developers to look at this format with interest, to the point that Microsoft works on their own console. As a curious fact, only 20% of the devs work in games for Nintendo Switch and only 12% for Linux, which is the basis of We are. On the other hand, it is no secret that publishing games on PC is much simpler than publishing them on consoles, so it makes sense that the PC is the first great option. Image | Unspash The bias. The GDC survey is quite revealing, but it has a problem. 58% of respondents are from the United States and 16% are from the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The rest of the world has a rather reduced presence and that means one thing: that the interest of one of the most important markets in the world is not reflected. We speak, of course, about China, a country in which mobile gaming is religion. Although the GDC survey shows that 28-29% of developers work in mobile games, the truth is that, if there is a greater presence of Chinese, Japanese and Korean respondents, the photo would be very different. The mobile would probably be one of the big platforms for two reasons: scope and income. The Middle Gaming PC. According to Steam datathe average PC player has a Windows 11, 16 GB of RAM, a processor between 2.3 and 2.69 GHz, a GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA, a FullHD monitor and a storage tea installed. Cover image | Unspash In Xataka | Switch 2 appears to be more of the same. But that is exactly the strategy that Nintendo needs right now

€8,000 average debt for each tenant

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In Spain, becoming a homeowner is not simple task. Neither is being a tenant. After years getting more expensive almost uninterruptedly, rental prices have reached their highest level since at least 2006. And that, among other things, has led to a very significant percentage of Spanish households (higher than the rest of the European Union) are squeezing more than advisable their wallets to meet their landlords every month. Now we know a fact: to what extent this perfect storm, a mixture of skyrocketing rents, loss of purchasing power and homes overloaded of expenses, is increasing defaults among tenants. The big question is… Is late payment the canary in the mine of the housing crisis facing the country? Although the situation today is different from that of 20 years ago, in the run-up to the real estate crisis of 2008 it was certainly a clear ‘red flag’. One piece of information: 7,957 euros. Studies are just that: studies. With its biases and limitations. a few days ago Rental Observatorya platform powered by Rental Insurance and in which the King Juan Carlos University, threw one with an interesting approach: its authors analyzed the levels of late payments that the Spanish residential rental market endured over the past year and discovered that the level of non-payments has grown significantly. As a summary, they leave out a figure: 7,957.6 euros. And what does it mean? That is the average delinquency that, according to the calculations Rental Observatory, was recorded last year among urban rentals in Spain: 7,957 euros. The data is interesting for several reasons. The first is its amount, which is equivalent to seven months of income. The second is that it shows that the problem of non-payments is getting worse in Spain. Those almost 8,000 euros represent a 4.23% increase with respect to the previous year. Curious yes, surprising no. The percentage is interesting, but probably surprises few in the sector. After all, it arrives in a context marked by the increase in price of rents after years of increases and the high overexertion rate that weighs down the pockets of Spanish tenants. “The debt increases continuously year after year, in the same way as prices and the financial effort that landlords dedicate to paying the rent,” add the report. Its authors recall in fact that the average rental price stood at 1,117 euros last year in Spain and, on average, tenants dedicated 34% of their income to paying their landlords. What’s more, the 4.23% increase in delinquencies between 2023 and 2024 shows a certain slowdown in the expansion of delinquencies; but the observatory doesn’t think that’s a good sign. If in 2024 defaults have grown at a slower rate than other years in Spain, it is due, their technicians clarifybecause fewer houses have simply been rented. “In any case, it represents a considerable amount of debt.” Three facts to reflect on. Rental Insurance is dedicated to the management of leases, making it an involved party in the market; But there are other observatories that help to understand to what extent things have become complicated for tenants. The first is the drift of rents. Idealistic calculate that in Spain, at a general level, the m2 of rental housing costs 13.5 euros, 11.5% more than a year before and almost double the €7.2 that was charged in 2014. This evolution has little to do with that recorded in salaries. The INE tables show that in 2022 the average income per inhabitant was at 14,082 euros facing the 9,098 of 2012. In general and taking into account the CPI drift, BBVA Research estimated Recently, since 2020, we Spaniards have suffered a loss of purchasing power of around 20%. In short: much more expensive housing and households with less economic muscle to pay for it. The tenants, suffocated. The third key has a lot to do with the previous two and is the “overexertion rate.” A few months ago, CaixaBank Research calculated it taking into account the percentage of households that are forced to allocate more than 40% of their income to pay for their homes, both bills and rent to their landlords or mortgages, depending on whether they live on rent or own. It turned out that in the specific case of the tenants that indicator was 30.6%. Why is it important? Because it is well above the EU average, where the rate of overexertion among tenants is of 20.3%, and of course that of homeowners who pay mortgages (4.4%). The data reflects that it is common for tenants to spend more money on their home than they should taking into account their income level. In general, the Bank of Spain advises That this economic effort does not exceed 35% of the salary. In 2020, an average Spaniard booked 41% of your gross salary to meet their landlords. “A close relationship”. These data are not trivial. The observatory appreciate “a very close relationship between average late payment and the financial effort” that tenants make to pay their rents. “Generally, those areas where tenants dedicate most of their income to rent coincide with those with the highest level of debt,” they clarify. And for example, a fact: in the 10 provinces where tenants dedicate more than 35% of their earnings to rent, late payments far exceed or are close to 6,000 euros on average. Question of how much… and where. The Rental Observatory study raises another interesting idea: late payment in the rental market is increasing in Spain, but not in all regions equally. The greater increases They have been recorded in the Valencian Community (7.21%) and the Balearic Islands (6.8%) and the Canary Islands (6.79%), while in Extremadura the increase was noticeably smaller, 1.76%. The photo also changes considerably if we look at the amount of the average debt. In Catalonia it stands at 10,996 euros, in the Balearic Islands at 10,233 and in Madrid at 9,812, three figures significantly higher than the national average (7,957) and that far exceed the data for … Read more

‘The Brutalist’ is only broadcast in 70 mm in three Spanish cinemas. Two of them are in an unlikely city: Zaragoza

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‘The Brutalist’, one of the premieres of the yearreaches Spanish screens with its 10 Oscar nominationsbut it does so in a very special way: from a week before, in Zaragoza, where it is also being seen in 70 mm format. An unusual decision that is usually reserved for large capitals, but in this case it has given an unusual privilege to the city. Early release. To start, the winner of three Golden Globes It was seen a week earlier in Zaragoza: it premiered on Friday, January 17, while it hits theaters in the rest of Spain on the 23rd of the same month. Furthermore, he did it that Friday with a special pass: at the Palafox Cinemas, with Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Eduardo Torres-Dulce and Inocencio Arias, members of the radio program ‘Cowboys de Medianoche’, directed by Luis Herrero, and who maintained a discussion with the spectators at the end of the screening. Only three in Spain. But not only that: the film is shot in VistaVision, a widescreen format owned by Paramount and not used since the 1961 classic western ‘The Impenetrable Face’. This means that the best format to be enjoyed is 70 mm, and that only three cinemas are equipped to project in Spain: Phenomena and two cinemas in Zaragoza, Palafox and Aragonia. Nolan went first. The format is, therefore, ideal for watching ‘The Brutalist’, a film with a very careful image, since the 70 mm. They offer up to three times the resolution than 4K (reaching a digital equivalent of 12K), and stand out for their excellent brightness and sharpness. It is not the first time that Zaragoza, along with Barcelona, ​​has become an icon of screenings in traditional formats: Christopher Nolan films such as ‘Interstellar’ or ‘Oppenheimer’ have also been seen almost “how he would like it“. “Almost” because the format Nolan plus ultra It is the 70 mm IMAX, and for this there are no cinemas in Spain. But the 70 mm. Analogues are a good approach for which Zaragoza is prepared. The man from Zaragoza. Behind these cinemas is Francisco J. Puig, owner with his Zarafilms group of a third theater in the Aragonese capital, the Cervantes cinemas. At the Palafox they started their projections in 70 mm. in the complicated times of the pandemic, as told by ‘The Herald‘, precisely with a screening of Nolan, ‘Tenet’. A bet that, over time, has ended up configuring the city as a center of film pilgrimage from other parts of Spain. Medium-sized cities also exist. The case of this exceptionality in the Zaragoza exhibition puts the problem of the quality movie theaters outside big cities. However, the drop in collections After the pandemic (which is being noticed worldwide, but in countries like Spain it has had a special impact) it has especially affected cinemas in medium-sized cities or, of course, in rural areas. Often, entrepreneurs like Puig and his resistance to abandoning the traditional film business are a small-scale reflection of the drama of exhibition in Spain, which in 2024 was especially affected by a very little collections. In Xataka | The IMAX technology used in ‘Oppenheimer’ is overwhelming. But it depends on a 20-year-old Palm Pilot

The spearhead of the Chinese industry to “highlight” its cars in Europe

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In April of last year, a news shook the automobile industry in Spain: Chery, owner of brands such as Omoda, It was done with the Nissan factory in Barcelona. Thus ended a long soap opera that had begun In 2020 with the departure of the Japanese firm of the city and for which it was not possible to find a clear future. The news came with surprise. Ebro, a Spanish brand from rural past, reborn within the facilities They are now owned by Chery. Then there was talk that Ebro would have electric cars and that they would be the first to arrive. Finally, they will opt for a strategy that seems more logical, taking into account the market in which we move. Ebro already produces his second car: The Ebro S800. A future marked by China The first units have to arrive next February and production has already begun. We talk about the Toyota Ebro S800, a gasoline SUV with seven seats and the promise to position itself as one of the most affordable cars of its segment. On his arrival in Europe and Spain, Chery has already confirmed that they would follow the plan marked by MG. This last Chinese group has a supervent in the MG4 Electric for being one of the models with Best autonomy/price ratio of the market. But your offer and muscle go much further. Aware that There is an affordable market to conqueryour options with combustion engines are numerous. For something very similar, Chery has chosen. The omoda 5 is a compact SUV, of disruptive appearance and that has a completely electric option. But its greatest strength is in its gasoline versions. And the data says they are working well. In 2024, The omoda 5 placed 7,578 units (208 of them electric)the triple that Alfa Romeo and more units than the Hyundai i30 or the Ford Focus, for putting another two examples. All in less than a year. Chery has also added in the last months of the year 1,099 Jaecoo units. This Chinese firm is focused on higher price segments but, again, as a cheaper option than its rivals. In our first impressions We verify that it can be a really interesting car for those who need a large car and certain capabilities Offroad. It is now Ebro that will be added to the list to this list. The company, as such, does not belong to the Chery group but the cars that will assemble are Chinese. It is something similar to what it carries out Dr automobiles in Italy … and in Spain. It is not accidental because, in fact, the Ebro S800 is a Dr 7.0. An Italian car that, in reality, is almost identical to Chery Tiggo 8. We could say that Ebro S800 is a very up -to -date version of these two models. On the outside, it barely measures two centimeters more than Dr 7.0 but inside the environment is much more careful and gives a greater sense of modernity. The latter achieves it with two huge screens (10.25 inches for the instrument frame and 15.6 inches for the plant) but also with compatibility with Android Auto and Apple Carplaythe sound system signed by Sony or two wireless loaders at the front. The business, obviously, is that the effort that Ebro has to make in development is minimal. His great asset is the plant itself that Nissan had in Barcelona. In an interview with electionomista.esits managers pointed out that one of the key factors to achieve the greatest possible profitability was the association with Chery. “Part of the technological effort is put by this company, which helps us reduce costs, to make fewer investments that start from scratch and will allow us to have good profitability margins. In addition, Spain is a competitive country in working costs compared to other economies European “. The answer gives us several clues. First, the technological effort of Ebro herself in passenger cars that launch the market is very small because we talk about remarking Chinese cars. A strategy that can be interesting to put on the market a very cheap car of seven seats with gasoline engine. Ebro S800 part, without discounts of 36,990 euros (On its website it is already announced for 33,500 euros). With a powerful starting equipment, it is below rivals such as the Peugeot 5008, Skoda Kodiaq or Renault Espace. In fact, below it only has the aforementioned DR 7.0 and the DFSK. In both cases, Chinese cars. And later the plug -in hybrid version will arrive, a land where The Chinese car has a lot to win in Europe. The second remarkable point is that way of emphasizing that “Spain is a competitive country in labor costs”. The lowest salaries than those of other countries in our environment and energy costs that are also lower have attracted the interest of Chinese companies such as Chery but also They have allowed Vigo and Zaragoza staying alive. All this has two approaches. The optimistic tells us that the production of Ebro S800 is a new opportunity to maintain a new living productive plant, giving work to centers of people. The pessimist reminds us that the car is nothing more than a remarked Chinese vehicle and that it keeps Spain in the most basic industry stepthe one that manufactures the cars and not the one that develops them. The great challenge is to make Spain part of both aspects, that it is able to develop cars and create an engineering industry at the height that contributes value to the vehicle itself. And at the same time, Do not lose purely industrial work that assembles cars and that has so much history in our country. Photos | Ebro In Xataka | “The transition to the electric car has to be paid by people with pasta”: manufacturers are reaffirmed with sales stopping

So you can pre-buy the new Galaxy S25 spending much less

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They have been long in coming, but the new Galaxy S25 are already a reality. The Unpacked on January 22nd helped us get to know them officially, although we will still have to wait until February 7th to get our hands on them. Of course, if we pre-purchase them in the official samsung store we have the opportunity to take them much cheaper and with a guaranteed gift. We tell you all the promotions and advantages that the company offers through its store. This is how Samsung makes money: the secret is in the IPHONE Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+: more power and key improvements As usual, Samsung has launched three models (with permission from the S25 Edgefor which we will still have to wait) so that Each user can choose the one that best suits them.both for features and price. The base and S25+ models are the ones that most resemble each other, although there are enough differences for the balance to lean towards one or the other. The Galaxy S25 has a screen 6.2-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X with FHD+ resolutionas well as with an adaptive refresh rate of 120 Hz. The Plus model takes a step further, both in diagonal and resolution: it offers a 6.7-inch diagonal and QHD+ resolution. In terms of design, both use aluminum frame and are protected by Gorilla Glass Victus 2so we can expect them to be very resistant. Its heart, the processor that powers them, is the most powerful currently available: the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Both have 12 GB of RAMan important change in the base model, which is the first to carry this memory (until now, it was 8 GB). We can also find differences in the battery of both devices. The base model comes with a 4,000 mAh cell, also having fast charging up to 25 W. The S25+ also takes a leap in this area, since its battery is 4,900 mAh and its fast charging goes up to 45 W. The system photography, on the other hand, is identical for both devices: a triple camera system with a 50+10+12 megapixel configuration. The front camera is 12 megapixels. These two devices are available in seven different colors: navy blue, blue, mint, rose gold, bluish black, coral red and gray, some of them being exclusive to the official Samsung store. The advantages begin by choosing the color of our device, since the exclusive colors come in the official Samsung store with a gift case. Now that we know a little about the new devices, it’s time to see what the Samsung store offers. What stands out the most is undoubtedly its ‘Delivery and Release’ program, thanks to which we can hand in our old mobile phone and receive a discount of up to 880 euros. This program is in addition to a new promotion called ‘Double your storage’, which will allow us to get an S25 with more capacity by paying the price of the immediately lower model (for example, the 512 GB S25+ at the price of the 256 GB model). The cheapest of the family is once again the base S25, which can be pre-purchased for 909 euros in its 128 GB version, but thanks to the ‘Double your storage’ promotion it remains at the same price as the 256 GB version. . Furthermore, if we choose to pay with Bizum, we will receive an additional discount of 50 eurosleaving its price at 859 euros. This price is already fantastic, but we can make it even cheaper. By accessing the expert chat available on the Samsung website, we can get another discount of 100 euros, a free 25 W charger and be careful, some Galaxy Buds3 Pro totally free. Finally, we can also make the purchase through the official app, which will allow us to enjoy a extra 10% discount. In short, everything together leaves the price of the base 256 GB S25 for only 683.10 euros. And be careful, because we can lower the price even more if we use the ‘Delivery and Release’ program. *Some prices may have changed since the last review Good news if we are interested in the Plus model, since it can be purchased with exactly the same advantages. With ‘Double your storage’ we can go directly to the 512 GB model and pay the price of the 256 GB modelwhich is 1,159 euros. Now, there we can begin to subtract the 50 euro discount for paying with Bizum and the 100 euro code for the web expert chat, so its price would fall to the 1,009 euros. Of course, I would also include the free Galaxy Buds3 Pro. We can also make the purchase through the app to achieve an extra 10 discount, therefore leaving the 512 GB Galaxy S25+ for only 908.10 euros (which we can reduce even more with Delivery and Release). Beyond the price, we can also finance the device up to 36 months at 0% APRas well as get Samsung Care Plus with a 30% discount. *Some prices may have changed since the last review The Galaxy S25 Ultra is the best Ultra in history Of course, we cannot forget the S25 Ultraa device that will surely fight to be one of the best devices of the year. It comes with some very interesting changes to its hardware, although it should also be noted that its design has been redefinedbeing noticeably lighter than the S24 Ultra and with softer edges to make it easier to handle. The screen is once again quite a spectacle. Its diagonal has grown to 6.9 inches and this time it debuts protection with Gorilla Armor 2. This will not only make it more resistant to bumps and scratches, but also offers the best anti-glare system there is. As in the other two models, the Ultra has a Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy inside, as well as 12 GB of RAM. This S25 is available in three different storage options (256, 512 GB … Read more

They are evaluating more than just your resume.

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If you have been called for a job interview it is because, most likely, you already meet the technical and knowledge requirements that the position requires. In fact, that’s something recruiters are capable of doing. in less than six seconds, as long as your resume is organized in the right way to give more visibility to what really matters. Job interviews are designed so that the person in charge of hiring you becomes aware an idea of ​​your personality and your values. For this they often resort to serious questions or even small “cheats” like the “chair test”. A strategy designed to reveal whether the candidate face the problems or just adapts to them. A chair that limps This test consists of developing a regular job interviewbut with the peculiarity that the chair in which the candidate will sit has a somewhat shorter leg, so the interviewee will be swaying and uncomfortable throughout the interview. The key is that, right next to the candidate, there will be a second chair in perfect condition. What the interviewer basically wants to know is whether the candidate will remain in the lame chair throughout the interview, adapting to the problem on which he is sitting, or will he ask to change the chair for the one next to him. If you choose the second alternative, it will also be taken into account the way you ask for it. Attend a job interview It is already a situation in which candidates come with a certain level of nervousness or uncertainty, which makes the reactions to this test genuine and spontaneous. Let’s face it, the chair limps The ultimate objective of the test is to evaluate the proactivity, the ability to adapt and react in the face of obvious discomfort in a delicate situation such as a job interview. If the candidate continues the interview without complaining and tolerating the discomfort, it means that he has a great ability to concentrate and prioritize your goals well. Despite the discomfort of the environment, he manages to maintain his composure and continue with the interview against all odds. If the candidate asks to change chairs, they will be showing initiative to improve the situation and proactivity to make it change, stopping the interview to change the chair. Thomas S. Bateman and J. Michael Crant analyzed in 1993 the relationship between proactive people and their environment, discovering that this type of personalities are more likely to make changes in their environment to improve your situation. Furthermore, by taking the initiative and changing the chair, you will also be demonstrating courage and self-confidence when facing challenges in delicate situations. The way in which the candidate stops the interview to change chairs is also important. If you do it naturally but decisively or if you politely ask permission to change it. Studies carried out by Gary Yukl, professor at the University at Albany Business School, highlight some common traits in the behavior of leadership personalitiespointing out that these types of profiles tend to take immediate action when faced with problems, while more gregarious personalities wait for others to make decisions. There is a third option that It is not the best rated by interviewers: make comments about the chair being limp, but stay in it. This option denotes a passive attitude of the candidate facing problems, diverting the priority objective (the interview) to their personal terrain (the chair). The worst thing about this reaction is that it reveals all that, and highlights that the candidate points out the problem without taking a single initiative to change the situationsince you have not considered the option of changing chairs and will remain focused on your own discomfort. In Xataka | It’s not enough to be good, you have to know how to tell it: this is how the STAR method works in job interviews Image | Pexels (Mikhail Nilov)

China is closely monitoring the United States movement with Stargate. And your answer has already prepared

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The US government led by Donald Trump is determined to lead in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) cost what it costs. And in principle this initiative, baptized by the new administration as ‘Stargate project’it will cost 500,000 million dollars. This money will leave the coffers of the Japanese investment group SoftBank; of those of OpenAI, the creators of Chatgpt; of those of Oracle, and, finally, it will also be provided by the investment firm Emiraratí MGX. These companies will support the construction during the next four years of an advanced data centers that will house the high performance computing infrastructure necessary to keep the US at the head in the field of AI. Interestingly, the spearhead of these facilities is already being built in Texas (USA). For China, this ambitious US project represents a threat to the same extent that for the country led by Donald Trump Chinese advances in AI constitute a problem. China’s response is already underway The administration headed by Xi Jinping has rushed to make the US know that its Stargate plan will receive an answer from your country. “China has made impressive advances in the construction of smart computer centers. While maintaining the current rhythm, the gap in the field of computing infrastructure that separates them from the US will be reduced even more … despite the Stargate project,” has declared Lian JyeChief analyst of the British consultant OMDIA. China has advanced a lot during the last 24 months in the field of high performance computing infrastructure SANCTIONS TO CHINA deployed by the US and its allies During the last two and a half years they pursue the development of their semiconductor industry, and Also from its AI infrastructure. In the field of integrated circuits Chinese manufacturers face the enormous challenge of producing their own equipment from extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE) necessary to be able to manufacture avant -garde semiconductors. However, in the field of Chinese high performance computing infrastructures it has advanced a lot during the last 24 months. In fact, Official data They reflect that in June 2024 they were recently finished or under construction at least 250 advanced data centers and other computer facilities in China. According to the Chinese Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the country led by Xi Jinping is only behind the US. Although This source is interestedhis conclusion is very credible. “We hope that China significantly increase its investments in AI and semiconductors in response to the US domain in AI,” CBM consultancy analysts foresee. It makes sense. These two great powers world supremacy are being disputedso it is understandable that each significant step that give one of the two Receive a more or less overwhelming answer from the other. We can be sure that 2025 will be a year even more agitated than 2024 in the geopolitical and technological fields, so we will be attentive to the steps that US and China will surely give. Image | Christina Morillo More information | SCMP In Xataka | Huawei attacks Nvidia positions in China: he wants to have dominant hardware in inference processes in AI

United Kingdom will display the “Frankenstein” of the electronic war to protect its submarine cables: the P8 Poseidon

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It We count yesterday. The decision of the British Secretary of Defense, John Healey, of Authorize the appearance of a nuclear submarine Near the Russian “spy ship” has caught attention, not only because of the action itself, but for the subsequent public revelation in the House of Commons. Healey justified the maneuver as a “deterrence of deterrence” accusing Russia of spying on the submarine cables that connect to the nation with the world. The tension has not been there. The United Kingdom is going to stage one of the “bombs” of the electronic war. The answer and an operation. In response to the growing threat of underwater espionage that has occurred in the Baltic and In British watersUnited Kingdom launched in early January Nordic Warden operationin collaboration with the Nordic and Baltic countries. Its objective: monitor suspicious vessels in 22 areas of the Canal de la Mancha, the Kattegat Strait and the northern and Baltic seas. In addition, IA will be implemented to identify objectives and coordinate responses between participating countries to suspicious activities. It happens that, despite these measures, the activity of the Russian Yantar has not ceased. As we explain yesterday, The ship crossed the La Mancha channel without stoppingwhich led Healy to publicly reveal the incident of November and this week, probably with the intention of sending a message to Moscow. Poseidon on stage. With Regarding Nordic Wardenthe British Ministry of Defense has confirmed that will provide a series of very particular maritime patrol aircraft: the P-8 Poseidon Next to RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft for the operation. The P-8, developed by Boeing from the 737 commercial planeit becomes the “Frankenstein” of the electronic war for its own hybrid characteristics. We are facing An extremely versatile platformone designed for the anti -submarine war (ASW), anti -surface war (ASUW) and intelligence, surveillance and recognition (ISR). The P-8 is equipped with sophisticated sensors, such as latest technology sounds, synthetic opening radar, electronic intelligence systems and network data link capabilities. You can display torpedoes, anti -bursh missiles and Sonoboyas For the detection of submarines, in addition to operating in prolonged missions thanks to its great autonomy and flight replenishment systems. Used by the United States Navy, the United Kingdom has nine of these aircraft, operated from the base of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Lossiemouth, Scotland. But there is more. The operation also includes other maritime resources, such as naval frogs and dronesall in order to monitor and protect the critical underwater infrastructure that experts consider highly vulnerable to sabotage. Political messages and military muscle. No doubt, the Revelation of these underwater operationstraditionally maintained secret, suggests an effort (now British, Before Finland) for projecting a firmer posture. This type of military diplomacy remembers similar events, such as Appearance of the Uss Tennessee Balistic Missile Submarine in the Norway Sea In June last year, in response to Russian submarine display Kazan in Cuba. In this regard, experts such as Jonathan Bentham, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, describe the surface appearance of the British Astute HMS as “a demonstration of strength”reflecting a change in Royal Navy’s strategy to adopt a more proactive approach. Finally, it is also framed in the context of The growing rhetoric between London and Moscow, intensified after the arrival of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States. Perspectives and possible scenarios. The Guardian told This morning that the effectiveness of this British strategy is still to be seen, especially given Russian interest in imposing costs to the West for his support for Ukraine. In this sense, the true test will lie in itself new attacks on critical underwater infrastructure in the coming weeks. Although direct war with Russia does not seem imminent, The lines between conflict and espionage are becoming more diffusegenerating an increasingly unstable situation. If you want also, it is a reflection of how geopolitics operates in the military field. The presence of submarines, calesubmarine and spy ships in strategic waters, is not only a matter of security, but also of political messages and deterrence to avoid any contest. One thing seems more or less clear: the current tension suggests that the next incidents in the sea will determine to what extent the British posture and the rest of the nations that continue to dissuade future Russian provocations. Image | aceebee In Xataka | A British nuclear submarine has discovered a Russian ship in front of its submarine cables. The second time in three months In Xataka | Research on submarine cables cut in the Baltic has taken a turn: it was not Russia, it was inexperience

a new front loaded with rain and snow

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The storm Éowyn has become the meteorological protagonist in the west of the continent. Although Spain is going to be spared the worst of this storm, its rains and proximity of a new Atlantic depression They predict unstable weather for us in the coming days. The storm Éowyn. Forecasts indicate that Storm Éowyn is heading towards the British Isles, but this extremely deep storm will also be noticeable at lower latitudes. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) warns of the arrival of a front associated with this storm that will predictably leave strong winds in Galicia and other areas of the north of the Peninsula. Éowyn will be an extraordinarily intense storm that could generate winds equivalent to a hurricane of category 2 or even higher. The storm is expected to reach this intensity thanks to a process of explosive cyclogenesis, an abrupt reduction in pressure associated with the storm. In this case, a drop in the pressure of about 30 hPa in 24 hours. “Deep” and chained storms. Éowyn will be the intermediate link that will unite an entire chain of storms since it will succeed Garoé (whose effects are still noticeable in areas of the Peninsula) and will precede a new storm, not as intense but fed by an atmospheric river. A front associated with this new storm (which could be named Floris) will reach the Peninsula on Sunday, and its effect in these latitudes is expected to be greater than that of Éowyn. On Saturday the story will be similar, but on Sunday it could still gain intensity in the north of the peninsula. The snow level will drop to a range between 1,000 and 1,400 meters during the morning, and then rise during the afternoon. Rain, wind… and snow. AEMET forecasts They therefore anticipate a weekend of atmospheric instability, with significant winds in the north of the peninsula. The agency’s forecasts speak of “intervals of strong wind and/or very strong gusts in Galicia, the Cantabrian environment and Empordà”, as well as “locally strong and/or persistent” rainfall in western Galicia” for Friday. On Saturday the story will be similar, but on Sunday it could still gain intensity in the north of the peninsula. The snow level will drop to a range between 1,000 and 1,400 meters during the morning, and then rise during the afternoon. Alerts activated. Throughout the weekend, AEMET has activated various warnings as a result of the various inclement weather that awaits us: yellow and orange warnings for wind and rain, as well as the state of the sea on the coast and which will last at least until Sunday. The affected areas are in the north and northwest of the Peninsula: Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the north of Castilla y León and the Basque Country will see these warnings activated at different times over the weekend. On Friday, wind warnings will also affect the plateau in Salamanca and the Cantabrian slope of Navarra. Contemporary mythology. We are already used to hearing about storms with own namebut the one about the storm Éowyn has caught the attention of some since it refers to a character from the mythology created by the British writer JRR Tolkien. Each year, European meteorological agencies meet to assign names to the significant storms that will arrive throughout the season, in a similar way to how in North America each year lists of names are chosen for hurricanes in the Atlantic and in the Eastern Pacific. In Europe, several lists are also chosen. When preparing one of these lists The State Meteorological Agency participates (AEMET), together with the French and Portuguese agencies (among others). However, the meteorological agencies in the north of the continent, including the British and Irish, draw up their own list, which in this case is the one that gives Éowyn its name. In Xataka | We have been talking about the collapse of the AMOC for years. A team has just discovered that it is more resistant than we thought Image | ECMWF

The Bank of Spain alerts a malware capable of “capturing bank credentials.” His name: Trickmo

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The scams and fraud are the order of the day. The one that most and the least will have received a called with a synthetic voice offering easy money, An SMS with a fraudulent link or a mail supplanting identity of some service or company. According to the Ministry of Interior, only in 2023 426,744 computer scams were registered, 27% more than in 2022, and the thing does not seem to go less. Scams and malware are the order of the day and today is the turn of talking about Trickmo, protagonist of The last alert of the Bank of Spain. Trickmo. That is the name that receives this peculiar malware. The Bank of Spain refers to him as “one of the last dangers detected”, but the truth is that It is not the first time that we hear about him. Trickmo is a Trojan with many variants, as explained by security companies such as Cleafy and Zimperiumand is able to record the screen, register single -use codes, grant permits and simulate the blocking or mobile pin. The goal? Banking keys, of course. According to the Bank of Spain, this malware “infiltrates mobile devices through malicious applications that we download or fraudulent links.” In the case of installing it, “Trickmo can have access to our SMS, capture bank credentials and access our accounts without authorization.” In addition, the agency points the following: “(…) There is a variant of Trickmo that” paints “a false interface that simulates the mobile screen, where it records the movements we draw on it to, in this way, obtain our pin or the unlocking pattern.” False screens generated by Trickmo | Image: Zimperium Affected. According to Zimperium’s analysis, the main countries affected by this malware are Canada, United Arab Emirates, Türkiye and Germany. For the map shared in the report, it seems that in Spain there have also been affected, but the percentage is minimal with respect to the four mentioned above. How to avoid it? The Bank of Spain offers some basic tips, such as maintaining updated software, not downloading apps from external sources to offices, Activate two steps authentication and pay attention to attachments and files. With regard to banks, most likely they never send links by SMS. In the emails and URLs, however legitimate that they seem, it is best to check the sender and notice that the “or” are not zeros, for example. And before the doubt, always consult with the bank. Cover image | Master1305 In Xataka | How to detect and eliminate malware with MSRT, the hidden Windows 10 and 11 tool

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