Mobile Tech & Gadgets

what it is, what users have to do and how often it has to be passed

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Let’s explain to you What is and how does the “ITV” work for V-16 beacons?a procedure that has been confirmed by the DGT. It is not something that users have to do, but it is still an important procedure to verify that all certified models continue to comply with the DGT requirements. Therefore, although the media has named the review that way, it is not exactly an ITV. We are going to start by explaining what it is about and what is reviewed, then we will mention what remains to be done on our part and how often the reviews are made. What is this ITV for V-16 beacons? This is a review that all beacons on the market must undergo from time to time. Its mission is review all certified devices on an ongoing basis to ensure its proper functioning. Come on, what they do is check that each model continues to meet the requirements necessary to have the ITV certification. Imagine that a manufacturer launches an X beacon and it is certified, but within a few years it eliminates some essential component, because if it no longer meets all the requirements certification is withdrawn. These are the points that will be reviewed to each of the beacon models: That the manufacturer has a Quality System to guarantee that the manufacturing processes are being controlled. That the V16 beacons meet the technical specifications defined by the regulations Ensure that communications are maintained between the device, the operators that provide connectivity, and the DGT’s connected vehicle platform. This verification can be done in person at the applicant’s facilities or at the factories. But there will also be a second route in which the manufacturer will have to send the required evidence, such as samples or similar. Users don’t have to do anything It is important to make clear that Users don’t have to do anything. This MOT is not for the beacons that we have purchased, which when we did so met the requirements. Once you buy your beacon you no longer have to worry. Those who have to be in charge of making these reviews are the manufacturers for the certified models of their beacon that they manufacture in the future. In fact, if a beacon does not pass its “ITV” within three years, for example, that model will no longer be sold with its certification, but that will not affect previous models. How often are reviews done? Manufacturers will have to subject their beacon models to reviews every two years. Remember that as a user you will not have to do anything, these are procedures that manufacturers must do to maintain their certification. Cover image | Pepu Ricca In Xataka Basics | V-16 beacon map: how to use it to see which ones are activated in real time in Spain

review with features, price and technical sheet

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Let’s face it: there are people who don’t like driving. Yes, there are people who are not at all inspired by seeing an advertisement of a person sticking his arm out the window. There are those who don’t care about the power of a car if it has enough to overtake reliably. There are those who don’t mind investing in four wheels if it will allow them to save much more money on a daily basis. There are those who do not value either a gear change or the sound of an engine. Yes, there are people for whom the car is an object of mobility. They conceive it as an object with four wheels, seats and a steering wheel that must take them to their destination in the best possible way in relation to the money spent. And in that area, it is very difficult to compete with the cheapest option of the Tesla Model Y. Yes, the Tesla electric SUV is the perfect option for those who only aspire to get into a car, spend little money on a daily basis and reach their destination without problems. For that audience, Elon Musk’s people have the (almost) perfect car. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than advertised? Tesla Model Y Standard technical sheet TESLA MODEL AND STANDARD Measurements and weight 4,790 mm long, 1,920 mm wide and 1,624 mm high. 2,890 mm wheelbase. 1,981 kg. Trunk 822 liters to the trunk roof (Tesla does not specify if it includes the double bottom of the rear trunk). 122 liters in the front trunk. bodywork five-seater SUV Maximum power 299 HP Maximum speed Maximum speed of 201 km/h Acceleration (0 to 100 km/h) 7.2s WLTP range 534km WLTP consumption 13.1 kWh/100 km DGT environmental badge Zero emissions. DRIVING AIDS Autopilot system with adaptive cruise control with Stop&Go function, lane keeping, blind spot sensor, emergency braking, front and rear cross traffic control. 360º camera and autonomous parking. Operating system Tesla Software not compatible with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. MULTIMEDIA SCREEN 16-inch central screen. OTHERS Wireless charging for mobile phone, two USB-C sockets. Specifically developed Spotify, Disney+, Steam, Youtube, Netflix applications. PRICE From 39,990 euros With just a little bit you convince many Tesla has been trying to make its offer cheaper for a long time. It is a red button that has been pressed on numerous occasions to reduce the price of its models. But it seems we have reached a limit. For years there has been talk about Tesla Model 2 and the Tesla Model Q (the latter with different names). Brothers of the Model 3 and Model Y current to propose to the client, especially the Europeanmore attractive versions in price and size. Cheaper versions of the sedan and SUV to play in the European market where the bulk of sales are made. The company, however, doesn’t seem to get the numbers and The Standard versions seem to confirm it. In both cars it has been cut there and here to put a car on the road at a slightly lower price and raise the price of what until a few months ago was the entry to the range, obtaining better economic performance at the cost of earning a few thousand euros more for those who are not satisfied with the basics. What do we lose with the Standard version? Very little in practical terms. The car does not mount the sunroof (in plain sight because for production reasons it is kept dark on the outside but covered by fabric on the inside), hubcaps are added to the wheels, the bumpers are less voluminous and the front and rear lights do not have the full beam of light representative of the latest Tesla renovations. Inside, the ambient light is lost, the screen for the rear passengers and the seats are cloth. The car is therefore less attractive to look at but for 39,990 euros It remains one of the best options among electric cars and a very solvent alternative, even if we expand the focus to cars with combustion engines. It must be taken into account that this price does not include possible aid (which until December 2025 they could reach 7,000 euros discount but that, when we write these lines in January 2026, We still don’t know if they will be extended in the same quantities or how they will be delivered). And the Tesla Model Y Standard is less visually attractive but it dispenses with details that a customer may consider minor. Especially if that client uses the car as a taxi or for a VTC. In that case, the Tesla Model Y Standard multiplies integers. The car designed by Elon Musk maintains key comfort elements such as air conditioning in the front seats or on the steering wheel. There is also no cut in the software for its infotainment system and the customer can contract he Full Self Driving (FSD)the most advanced driving assistance package and therefore with level 2+ driver assistance such as adaptive cruise control with lane change assistance, optional summon vehicle before getting into it, automatic parking or remote control of functions such as air conditioning or entry and starting with the mobile phone. The Tesla Model Y is, therefore, a frictionless car that tries to make your trips as simple as possible. It is a car without edges, a car where you sit down to drive, reach your destination and leave without looking back. There is no start button because the car starts by pressing the brake pedal, the direction is marked on the screen (forward or reverse) and the car turns off only when we have reached the destination. Because it demands you, it doesn’t even require you to put the car in P in Parking.. When the driver parks, he applies the handbrake directly if we remove the seat belt. We get out of the car and with the phone as a key, the car locks itself. … Read more

Alphabet has just overtaken Apple as the most valuable company in the world. The reason is in AI

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Alphabet closed Wednesday with a valuation of $3.88 billion, above Apple’s $3.84 billion. Your actions they have risen 2% while Apple’s have fallen 4% in five days. Why is it important. This advance reflects the financial consequences of two opposing strategies in the AI ​​race: Alphabet has bet big and Apple has hesitated. And the market is already punishing indecision. The contrast. Alphabet presented in November ironwoodits seventh generation of TPU chips as an alternative to NVIDIA, and in December it launched Gemini 3 with an excellent welcome. Meanwhile, Apple keeps postponing its “new Siri” until in a few months. The difference in development capacity and distribution speed is noticeable: Alphabet’s stock rose 65% in 2025, its best year since 2009. Apple’s barely grew 9%, below the 16.4% of the S&P 500. Between the lines. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, has been able to translate the high demand for AI infrastructure into gigantic contracts. On the October earnings call with analysts and investors said that Google Cloud had signed more deals over $1 billion in the first three quarters of 2025 than in 2023 and 2024 combined. Apple, on the other hand, remains caught in uncertainty over when and how it will integrate AI into its consumer products. The new Siri has become entrenched, left victims along the way and has positioned Apple as a company that was caught on the wrong foot by the rise of generative AI, without taking risks. Decisive moment. This reversal of positions marks the end of an era in which Apple dominated due to the inertia of the iPhone and the beginning of another in which anyone who does not have a clear and convincing AI strategy risks being left behind, no matter how iconic their logo may be. The market never pays for the past. In Xataka | In the midst of the RAM memory crisis, Samsung takes a leap with its HBM4 memory. It does not imply good news for the pocket Featured image | Rubaitul Azad

Russia and the US face to face

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What started as an American operation apparently limited to imposing a naval blockade on sanctioned oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela has ended up becoming an episode of high strategic voltage in the North Atlantic. He assault has reached Europe, and Russia and Russia have appeared on the horizon. his ghost fleet. From the Caribbean to the Atlantic. What has happened is that Washington has boarded an oil tanker already reflagged by Russia while Moscow has sent naval assets, including a submarineto escort him. The case of the old Bella 1hastily renamed as Sailor and with a Russian flag painted with a broad brush in the middle of the chasesymbolizes the transition from an economic war and sanctions on the Latin American periphery to a direct, physical and potentially scalable clash between two nuclear powers in European waters. There is no simple rusty ship here, but a collision of red lines that until now had been carefully avoided. The ghost fleet comes out of the shadows. we have been counting. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow, Tehran and Caracas have built a vast “ghost fleet” of more than a thousand aging tankerswith opaque ownership, non-existent insurance and false flags, designed to keep the flow of oil outside of Western sanctions. For years, the system relied on ambiguity and plausible deniability: registrations in administrative havens, shell companies in Dubai or Seychelles and flags of convenience that minimized political risk. The recent turn is radically different. Dozens of these ships have begun to raise the Russian flag directly, not out of discretion, but as a shield. It is a kind of flight forward: by declaring them Russian, the Kremlin raises the cost of any interdiction, transforming a legal problem into a strategic one. The perfect example. He Sailor is he most extreme example of that mutation. Pursued by the US Coast Guard from the Caribbean, he refused a boarding, fled into the Atlantic, changed his identity and received a Russian registration without formal inspections. With this, Moscow sought something very specific: deter Washington by raising the implicit question of whether the United States was willing to forcibly board a Russian-flagged ship on the high seas. The answer has left no room for doubt. The televised approach. The American operation was anything but improvised, with a video of the assault who has turned the helm. For weeks, the tanker was followed by a Coast Guard cutter while aerial assets were deployed in the United Kingdom, including special forces and surveillance platforms. The final boarding in waters between Iceland and Scotland It involved US military personnel and occurred despite the nearby presence of Russian naval units. According to Moscowit was a violation of international law. According to Washingtonthe ship had previously been stateless, was under a judicial seizure order and was part of an illicit transportation network of Iranian and Venezuelan oil. Munro following the tanker Bella 1 Repercussions. The crucial detail is not legal, but political. Russia had formally requested that the United States cease the persecution and, at send a submarine and other assets, introduced an element of direct military deterrence. The United States, by moving forward, de facto accepted a risk it had so far avoided: an incident between Russian and American forces outside the Ukrainian theater and without the usual diplomatic buffers. The disturbing change of scenery. Previously, the US tightening against the ghost fleet was concentrated in the Caribbean and around Venezuela, especially after Maduro’s captureconverted by Trump into a show of force and the pillar of a strategy to control Venezuelan oil. In that context, boarding oil tankers with a dubious flag off the Latin American coast implied limited risks: Guyana or fictitious records were not going to respond militarily. The jump to the North Atlantic changes everything. He Sailor was not intercepted near Venezuela, but on routes close to Europe, with the UK operational support and under the watchful eye of NATO allies. The scene, therefore, is no longer the American “backyard,” but rather a space where any miscalculation has direct implications for European security. Suddenly, sanctions enforcement overlaps with nuclear deterrence. Moment of the assault on the oil tanker The nuclear factor. No one needs to mention weapons for are present. Russia is a nuclear power that bases much of its doctrine on controlled escalation and ambiguity, and the United States perfectly understands the implicit message when Moscow escorts an oil tanker with a submarine. The Marinera incident demonstrates the extent to which the sanctions war has reached a dangerous threshold: it is no longer just about money or oil, but about strategic credibility. Each boarding of a ship re-flagged by Russia poses an uncomfortable question: How far is Moscow willing to protect its ghost fleet without crossing a line that provokes a direct response? And at the same time, how many times can Washington repeat an operation like this before the Kremlin feels the need to respond so as not to appear weak? In a stressful environment, an accidental collision or misunderstanding can escalate quickly. Europe and the crossroads. The seizure of Sailor occurs while Europe debate what to do with these oil tankers, increasingly associated not only with evasion of sanctions, but to sabotagedamage to submarine cables and serious environmental risks. Countries like Finland and France have already used special forces to board suspicious ships. However, the American case introduces a disturbing precedent: what is legal is not always prudent. If great powers normalize the use of force on the high seas against strategically reflagged ships, other less responsible actors may imitate the behavior. An old ship as a symbol. He Sailor It did not carry oil, nor is there conclusive evidence that it transported weapons. Its value is different: as a symbol. It represents the transition of the russian hybrid war from the shadow to open confrontationand shows that the United States is willing to push the pressure beyond the margins comfortable of the Caribbean. “Venezuela” is no longer a … Read more

there are too many daycares for so few children

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There are few places more sensitive to the winds of the demographic winter than daycares. Germany knows it well. Until not so long ago parents they saw them and desired to find a place in the busiest metropolises in the country, which sometimes forced them to sign up for eternal waiting lists. Today the situation is different. At least in Berlin, where the decline in the birth rate (along with other factors) has given the turn to the tortilla: Now the problem is not with parents unable to find space, but with daycare centers with hundreds of vacancies. Nothing they haven’t already experienced in Japan. The problem of daycares. In Germany, families with babies have long been accustomed to daycare being a headache. Of course, not always for the same reason. For a long time the country, especially the most populous cities, dealt with a shortage of supply. There were few places for children. There was even a shortage of qualified personnel to care for them, which led some kindergartens in the country to sign personnel abroad. Today the situation is different: in some areas of the country (including Berlin) there are daycare centers in which there are plenty of places and what is scarce are children to occupy them. So much so that there are centers that have had no choice but to close your doors. Others search shapes to attract users. a mother explained recently how he applied to ten schools (kitas) for your child. Eight said yes. They even urged him to confirm. Unthinkable a few years ago. “A big drop”. The change in trend was confirmed on Tuesday by Claudia Freistühler, director of Kindergärten City. During an interview in Financial Times He speaks openly of the “enormous drop” in demand suffered by some nurseries, a drop that is mainly explained by the birth rate. His group manages 58 centers spread throughout Berlin, a broad network that usually serves more than 7,000 children. In 2025, Freistühler estimates that there will be no more than 6,000. Babies wanted. It is not the only alarm signal. In October a spokesperson for Fröbel, a group that runs some 250 daycare centers in Germany, recognized Le Monde that today’s priorities (and concerns) have little to do with those of 2024 or 2023. “Until last year our main concern was finding qualified personnel. We had difficulties hiring. What we invested in recruiting personnel we now dedicate more and more to attracting families.” The problem is not unique to Berlin. The change in balance between supply and demand extends to other cities in Germany, such as Frankfurt, Bremen or Münster, cities in which there are centers that have gone from rejecting admission applications and managing long waiting lists to having to refine their ingenuity to attract students and not start the course with vacancies. From deficit to excess. The situation has changed so much that in autumn half and The Local either Die Zeit They reported unusual news: the closure of two public daycare centers in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district of Berlin due to a lack of children. “Their numbers have dropped drastically and we have suffered losses,” explained the Government. Other Berlin centers face the same fate. Nothing that they haven’t been experiencing for years. in Japanwhere schools are already being converted in factories. Why is it so surprising? Germany is not the only country in which schools suffer from a drop in birth rates. Without going any further, in Spain the sector calculates that 25% of private nursery schools have closed in the last five years. If the German case has aroused so much expectation, it is because the situation there has changed radically in a very short time. not so long ago was calculated that in Germany there was a deficit of 300,000 places daycare (some raise the total to 430,000) and that some 125,000 professionals were needed in the sector. In December the German Economic Institute (IW) itself estimated that 7.3% of children under three years of age in East Germany who need a place are left without one, a percentage that rises to 15.6% in West Germany. In the case of Lower Saxony, it was estimated that about 33,700 were missing. That doesn’t mean that this is the “picture” of all of Germany. The IW itself recognize that the number of children in public daycares has decreased since 2023 and a quick search in the newspaper archive comes to find news about surplus of places in the capital. Sum of factors. The question is therefore obvious… What is the reason for this change of scenario, which is leaving vacancies in some areas of the country? To understand it you have to handle several keys. The main one, demographics. Like many other nations in Europe (and beyond), Germany has been seeing its birth rate plummet for several decades. Its index has had ups and downs, but in 2023 it stood at 1.4 children per womanfar from the 2.5 that it registered in the 60s. However, the birth rate is not the only cause of the situation experienced by daycare centers in some large cities in Germany. Another must be found in the real estate sector. If children are scarce in certain central districts it is because rising rents drive families to other areas. With that backdrop, Financial Times assuresciting sources from the local education department, which in Berlin have closed almost a hundred kindergartens in two years. Much more than daycare. Daycare centers are not only demographic indicators. In the case of Germany they also have an important drift in the economy. Although the nation has one of the highest rates of female participation in the European labor market (76%), part-time work is common among women with young children. In fact, it is estimated that in 2023 only 27% of mothers with children in their care were working full-time, far from the percentage recorded among men, of 91%. Daycares and the child care sector are crucial to changing that … Read more

cell phones, TVs and more at bargain prices

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After the end of the Christmas holidays, it’s time to get back to routine. Maybe the Three Wise Men didn’t bring you what you asked for or you were waiting for the January sales to buy a technological device at a good price. On Amazon, these are the best technology deals we have found today. smartphone Xiaomi POCO F7 by 379.99 euros: 6.83 inches and 512 GB. Robot vacuum cleaner Roborock Q10 S5+ by 229.99 euros: with 10,000 Pa and self-emptying base. Power Bank UGREEN Nexode by 69.99 euros: with 20,000 mA capacity and retractable USB-C cable. Smart TV TCL 55V6C by 299 euros: 55 inches and with Google TV. Notebook computer HP 15-fc0242ns by 599 euros: 15.6 inches and with Windows 11 Home. Xiaomi POCO F7 smartphone This LITTLE F7 from Xiaomi is a good smartphone that Xiaomi added to its catalog last year. Its recommended price is 499.90 euros but, now, on Amazon, you can get it with a discount of 120 eurossince it is available for 379.99 euros. It is a terminal with a 6.83 inch AMOLED screenso you can say that it is quite large. It offers 1.5K resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate and 3,200 nits peak brightness. Its battery has a capacity of 6,500 mAh and comes with 512 GB of storage. Its main camera is 50 MP and works under the operating system HyperOS 2. XIAOMI POCO F7 – 12+512GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Roborock Q10 S5+ Robot Vacuum Cleaner If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to keep your house clean at all times, a robot vacuum cleaner is one of those devices that cannot be missing in your home. Now, this Roborock Q10 S5+ It is one of the bargains of the day on Amazon. It’s almost half price, you can buy it now for 229.99 euros. There are many characteristics for which this one stands out. robot vacuum cleaner (and more so at the price it has). To begin with, one can highlight its impressive suction power of 10,000 Pa. In addition, it comes with a self-emptying base and VibraRise 2.0 scrubbing system. It also has laser navigation and can be controlled from a mobile app. roborock Q10 S5+ Robot Vacuum Cleaner and Floor Mop 2 in 1 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links For those for whom traveling is one of their goals in 2026, carry a external battery in your suitcase or backpack should be almost an obligation. This UGREEN Nexode It is one of the most complete on the market and is now on sale. It has gone from costing almost 90 euros to 69.99 euros on Amazon. With a 20,000 mAh capacityalso stands out for its compact size (which makes it ideal to put in your suitcase or travel backpack). It offers fast charging at 10W and incorporates a USB-C cable 65 cm retractable. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Smart TV TCL 55V6C If in this new year you want to change the TV in your home, this TCL 55V6C smart TV is one of the options with the best quality-price ratio that we have seen on Amazon. It has applied a 33% discountbeing able to buy it for 299 euros. This smart tv from the TCL firm mounts a 55-inch Direct LED panel with 4K HDR resolution. It is compatible with Dolby Vision & Atmos and works under the operating system Google TV. In addition, you can control it using voice commands, since it is compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant. TCL 55V6C 55″ Direct LED Smart TV The price could vary. We earn commission from these links HP 15-fc0242ns Laptop If you are looking for a portable Good, pretty and cheap, this one from HP is now a bargain on Amazon. Sold in exclusive on Amazonbut now it’s discounted. Its recommended price is 769 euros and now you can get it for 599 euros. This laptop has a 15.6 inch screen with Full HD resolution. Its processor is the AMD Ryzen 7 7730U, accompanied by 16 GB RAM and a SSD internal storage of 1 TB. The operating system under which it works is Windows 11 Home. HP 15-fc0242ns – 15.6″ FHD Laptop The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | HP, TCL, UGREEN, Roborock and Xiaomi In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Which Kindle to buy: buying guide with recommendations to get it right with Amazon e-book readers

has turned impatience into a business worth 152 million

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A cell phone store salesman who sings opera, shaking with nerves and win a talent show. David Bisbal working in a nursery before leaving in Operación Triunfo. The entertainment industry has been selling the same message for decades: talent is everywhere, you just have to discover it. But there is another, less romantic talent that often goes unnoticed: that of making money where no one else had seen it. Aena has just demonstrated it with its 2024 results. It has turned a testimonial line of business into a gold mine: VIP services. In just six years they have gone from 79 million euros (2019) to 152 million in 2024, the last with the results published. There will be millions more when they publish those for 2025. They have doubled their turnover and now represent more than 10% of the company’s commercial income, compared to the 5% they represented in 2019. He told it The Economist and it is a great perch to tell the change in the way in which Aena extracts value from its airports: it depends less and less on the gross number of passengers, and increasingly focuses on monetizing the experience of those who can and want to pay to avoid the inconveniences of mass transit. The distribution of AENA’s income Aena closed 2024 with revenues of 5,828 million euros, 13.3% more than the previous year. But not all that money comes from the same place, nor does it grow at the same rate, as we can see by reading the company’s income statement. The structure of its income is built on four pillars: 1. Aeronautical revenues → 3,148 million euros, +13.7%. Is the hard core of your business: These are the fees that airlines pay to use the facilities. Landings, takeoffs, use of terminals, passenger assistance… They are regulated income, with prices set according to a framework that limits their growth. They represent 55% of the total. They increase with traffic (309.3 million passengers in Spain in 2024, 9.2% more), but their room for maneuver is narrow. 2. Business income → 1,760 million euros, +14.7%. This is where Aena has learned to play. These are the income generated within the airports, beyond the basic air transportation service. And the growth is greater than that of traffic, which means that Aena is making more money for each passenger. Within this category, the breakdown is striking: Duty free shops (duty free): 527 million euros, the largest component. A growth of 28.2% compared to 2023. Restoration: 347.9 million (+7%). Parking: 204.1 million (+13.3%). Vehicle rental: 207.7 million (+12.5%). VIP Services: 156.2 million (+31.3%). Stores: 136 million (+1.6%). VIP services are not the ones that bill the most, but they are the ones that grow the most. And its margin is brutal: 83.3% of EBITDA in 2024, only surpassed by the commercial business as a whole. 3. Real estate services → 114.3 million euros, +8.4%. This is perhaps the segment less visible but most profitable of the entire Aena structure. With an EBITDA margin of 78.8%, only surpassed by commercial activity, real estate services demonstrate that it does not take a lot of volume to generate a lot of value. This includes the rental of space for air cargo (representing 46% of the total for this line), but also offices, hangars, land and technical premises. It is a long-term business, with stable contracts and recurring clients.. The investor’s dream. Airlines need operational bases, logistics operators require warehouses near the runways, and auxiliary companies request spaces for maintenance. Air cargo in particular has become a strategic asset. With electronic commerce that continues to grow throughout the world, Airports are not only passenger transit, but also logistics centers. Aena knows this and charges accordingly. Cargo revenues reached 52.7 million euros in 2024, consolidating itself as the main component of this segment. It is a less elastic business than commercial business because it does not grow at the same rate as passenger traffic, but it provides predictable income, high margins and little volatility. A corner of almost assured stability. 4. International activity → 727.3 million euros, +17.9%. Aena has been trying for years to replicate the model that is working so well outside of Spain. And the numbers are starting to add up. International activity grew by 17.9% in 2024, the largest increase of all segments, although its profitability is still significantly lower than that of the rest of the group, a 44.9% EBITDA margin vs the 60.2% average. The heavyweight is Brazil. The consolidation of Eleven Airport Block (BOAB)which Aena began operating in 2023, contributed 196.3 million euros in revenue and 102.9 million to EBITDA. There are eleven airports distributed throughout the country, with 27.4 million passengers in 2024. 52.4% EBITDA margin, still far from Spanish standards but on the rise. The other Brazilian asset is the Grupo Aeroportuario del Nordeste (ANB), with six airports that moved 15.9 million passengers. Then there is Luton, London airport in which Aena has a stake. It moved 16.7 million passengers and generated £345.5 million in revenue. EBITDA was £155.3 million with a margin of 44.9%. Excluding the concession fee and extraordinary adjustments, the real margin would be 56.8%. Historical record of income and EBITDA. The international commitment has strategic logic: Spain has a natural growth limit, and diversifying geographically reduces risks. But it also has its complexities. Concessions abroad operate under different regulatory frameworks, with tighter margins and political and exchange risks. Aena is learning that exporting the model is not automatic, but it is fair to admit that the 2024 numbers indicate that it is on the right track. The VIP business What makes the case of VIP services especially interesting is that its expansion does not seem to have peaked. In 2024, Aena inaugurated new lounges in several airports and expanded the existing ones in Ibiza, Tenerife South, Seville, Asturias and Palma de Mallorca. Fast Track revenues (priority access to security control) grew by 36%, and Fast Lane revenues (preferential boarding areas) … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, first impressions. Samsung’s most ambitious leap in foldables has fine print

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Imagine carrying a cell phone in your pocket that can transform into a 10-inch tablet when you fully deploy it. That is the promise of Samsung Galaxy Z TriFoldan idea that was already on the table and that really makes sense as soon as you have it in front of you. Closed, it behaves like a bar format phone with a 6.5-inch screen, something familiar and relatively comfortable, but just start opening it to understand that the South Korean company wanted to go one step further. I think it’s not just about gaining inches, but about materializing a complex idea. After the initial impact, my first reading of the Galaxy Z TriFold is that of a device that surprises with its degree of maturity within a still young category. It is noticeable that Samsung has focused on the solidity of the whole, on how the pieces are assembled and on conveying a certain confidence when handling it, something that, as my colleague Javier Lacort commented in 2024, has not always been evident. Before moving forward, it is worth remembering that we are dealing with first impressions, they are clear sensations, open questions, but without a thorough approval in search of definitive conclusions. Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold technical sheet Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold dimensions and weight Folded: 159.2 x 75.0 x 12.9 mm Unfolded: 159.2 x 214.1 x 3.9 mm (screen with SIM tray) / 4.2 mm (center screen) / 4.0 mm (screen with side button) 309 grams indoor screen Dynamic AMOLED 2X 10 inches 2160×1584 269 ​​ppi 1600 nits peak brightness 120Hz (adaptive) outdoor screen Dynamic AMOLED 2X 6.5 inches 2520 x 1080, 21:9 422 ppi 2600 nits peak brightness 120 Hz (adaptive) processor Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy (3nm) memory and storage 16 GB of memory with 1 TB of internal storage 16 GB of memory with 512 GB of internal storage Not compatible with microSD rear camera 12 MP Ultra Wide Angle, Dual Pixel AF, F2.2, 1.4 μm, 120° 200 MP wide angle, autofocus, OIS, F1.7, 85˚, 2x optical quality zoom 10 MP PDAF telephoto, OIS, F2.4, 1.0 μm, 36˚, 3x optical zoom, up to 30x digital zoom front camera 10 MP F2.2, 1.12 μm, 85˚ selfie (outdoor screen) 10 MP F2.2, 1.12 μm, 100˚ selfie (indoor screen) battery and charging 5,600 mAh QC2.0 and AFC connectivity 5G LTE Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 5.4 operating system Android 16 One UI 8 others IP48 resistance price From 3,594,000 won The promise of a 10-inch tablet, and the price you pay for it To fully understand what this Galaxy Z TriFold proposes, we must stop at its physical approach. We are not looking at a conventional folding device, but rather a device with three panels and two folds that only supports two real ways of use: closed, like a phone, or completely open, “like a 10-inch tablet.” Unlike the approach we have seen in the Huawei Matewhere it is possible to use the device partially deployed with two active panels, there is no middle ground here. When you use it unfolded and the interior screen becomes the center of the experience, the TriFold begins to justify its approach. We are talking about a 10-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with 2160 x 1584 resolution, 120 Hz and a density of 269 ppi, figures that explain why it feels so visually solid indoors. My contact with the device has been in the Samsung offices, in the evening and with artificial light, and in that context the experience has been excellent, with vivid colors and constant fluidity. It is true that the maximum brightness of the interior panel is 1600 nits, compared to 2600 nits for the exterior screen, but I have not had the opportunity to test it outdoors. When you leave content consumption, the TriFold lets itself be loved in multitasking scenarios. The screen offers real margin to maintain multiple applications open at the same time without the experience feeling limited, something that marks a distance from smaller folding products. Everything is more comfortable and less compressed, and the whole thing conveys a sense of order that is appreciated. It also seems relevant to me that it allows executing Samsung DeX directly on the screen itself, without an external monitor, because it reinforces your productivity focus. Now, in the hand, the Galaxy Z TriFold makes it clear from the first moment that it is not a light or discreet device when closed. With its 309 grams and a thickness of 12.9 mm when folded, it feels powerful, even more than one would expect when reading the technical sheet. That said, it is also worth putting it in perspective, because in numbers it does not go to the most extreme part of what we have seen in first generation folding devices. Opened, the perception changes noticeably, the weight is better distributed and the whole is surprisingly manageable for a 10-inch screen. One of the elements that caught my attention during the test was the way in which the TriFold manages its own folding. It is not just a question of hinges, but of how the device conditions the user’s gesture to protect itself. The route is clearly defined and if you try to close it incorrectly, the phone responds with a vibration and a warning on the screen that tells you not to continue there, something that reinforces the feeling of being in front of a product designed to avoid errors. Although the interior screen is the TriFold’s great attraction, it is also its most delicate part. When unfolded, the two folds are there and are part of the experience, although not in an intrusive way. It is not something that is constantly obvious and, in many moments, you can forget about them, but when you change the angle or the light hits it in a certain way they appear. In my case, for years the folds have bothered me a lot in folding ones, but over time I have learned to … Read more

Half of Spain has gotten hooked this Christmas on a board game that is not a board game: ‘El Impostor’

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The Impostor game has dominated Spanish family gatherings during the 2025 holidays, going massively viral on social networks and causing the downloads of mobile applications to multiply that adapt the rules of an entertainment that, in reality, can be played without any type of add-on. We’ve dug into its origins and impact to find out why it’s making a splash this Christmas. The phenomenon. While families gathered over nougat, a dynamic of social deduction as simple as it was addictive crept into the dinners, turning every word into suspicion and every look into infallible proof. This is not a new game, but its massive viralization through TikTok During December, downloads of specialized applications such as “Imposter – Party Game” in the App Store or “Imposter: Word Game” on Google Play. It has not been an exclusively Spanish phenomenon, as articles such as this one from a Mexican digital. But the practical reason for its success is very clear: very simple and quick to explain rules, guaranteed light psychological tension and no preparations, only a handful of people are needed. How to play. The game works through an information asymmetry that starts with all participants knowing a secret word (“meatballs”, “Cuenca” or “car)” except one player. Your survival depends on pretending you know the word. Each person must offer a clue related to the word without saying it directly, balancing being specific enough not to seem suspicious and vague enough not to give away the answer to the imposter. After the clue round, the players debate and vote who is the imposter. If he manages to go unnoticed, victory is his. It can be played with paper and a human moderator, but apps facilitate randomness and word choice, sometimes online, sometimes with a single device passed from hand to hand that secretly assigns roles, which speeds up the pace of the game. Origins of the game. These date back to 1986, to the classroom of a psychology student at Moscow State University named Dimitry Davidoff. It began as a pedagogical exercise to teach “visual psychodiagnoses” (the interpretation of body language and non-verbal signals) and was named “Mafia.” Popular Mechanics He said that Davidoff’s objective was to create “a conflict between an informed minority and an uninformed majority”, that is, between gangsters and innocent citizens. The werewolves arrive. The thematic leap that would define the game came a decade later, in 1997, when designer Andrew Plotkin invented a reconversion: the gangsters were transformed into werewolves, the citizens into medieval villagers, and the game cycle adopted the day/night structure that suited the lycanthropic transformations under the full moon. This version introduced the role of the Seer (a villager with the ability to investigate other people’s identities every night), adding an additional strategic layer. Over time, these games (which fall into the category of “social deduction titles”) have been examined under multiple academic lenses, from the playful to the psychological. For example, in 2024 a paper It explored optimal strategies from a game theory perspective and built mathematical models to calculate what strategies each faction should follow to win. Institutions such as MIT developed their own regulatory variants and experts such as those on the web No Rolls Barred They theorized that these games work because they operate in “an information asymmetry where knowing something that others don’t know becomes a currency of social exchange.” The ‘Among Us’ revolution. It was this seemingly modest video game that would catapult the genre into the global mainstream. Developed by the small studio InnerSloth, it was launched in June 2018 for mobile and PC and for almost two years it languished in obscurity, averaging between 30 and 50 players connected simultaneously, a number so discreet that the studio considered abandoning the project. But when Twitch streamer Sodapoppin discovered the game in July 2020 and hosted a four-plus hour session with other content creators, he set off a chain reaction which would lead ‘Among Us’ to reach 3.8 million concurrent players in September, a growth of 1600% in just eight months. It was then spoken of the opportuneness of timing pandemic, with the world in confinement: ‘Among Us’ offered a form of remote socialization that replicated the experience of board games but without the need for physical proximity. In addition, the game was very accessible economically and technically: free on mobile devices and only five dollars on PC, with very simple mechanics thanks to which anyone with a phone could participate. Third, finally, he was ideal for the streaming: Watching games of ‘Among Us’ was almost as entertaining as playing them. Additionally, the game refined the original mechanics: there were tasks that players had to complete while investigating, eliminating the role of passive eliminated players. The viralization. TikTok has established itself as the true catalyst for the Impostor’s Christmas explosion. Unlike ‘Among Us’, the Impostor found its perfect ecosystem in the short vertical videos of TikTok, with grandmothers accusing grandchildren, groups of friends yelling at each other and entire families breaking up with suspicious laughter. The platform functioned as a visual instruction manual and eliminated the barrier to entry that ‘Mafia’ and ‘Werewolf’ had historically had, as well as mechanically inspired board gameslike ‘Little Secret’ or ‘The Liar’. The secret of the game’s success is that it has transcended generations: a 70-year-old can lie as convincingly as a 15-year-old. Grandparents have learned from their grandchildren how the game worked, parents have discovered that their children lied terrifyingly well, leading to a curious reversal of the usual roles in the family. Quite a game. Header | Alvaro Garcia

Thanks to Starlink, Papua New Guinea was able to access the Internet in its most remote areas. That dream is over

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Thousands of people in Papua New Guinea They have been left without an internet connection following the government’s order to suspend operations of starlink in the country. The decision has come amid a legal blockade that has lasted more than a year, and is affecting businesses, health centers and rural communities that depended on Elon Musk’s satellite service to stay connected. What exactly happened. In mid-December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (Nicta) ordered Starlink to cease all operations in Papua New Guinea because the company does not have a license to operate in the country. “Starlink is currently not licensed to operate in Papua New Guinea, and until the legal process is completed, services cannot be permitted,” account Lume Polume, CEO of Nicta, told The Guardian. The company has already completely withdrawn its services from the territory. Why was there so much hooking? Although there are no official figures on how many users Starlink had in the country, telecommunications analysts estimate that its terminals served thousands of people before the closure, including entire towns and districts in remote areas, according to the media. For many rural communities it was the only viable option since mobile networks are unreliable or non-existent, and other satellite services are much more expensive. Starlink offered fast, relatively inexpensive internet in places where connectivity had historically been a chronic problem. The real impact of going offline. The blackout has generated a series of important problems in daily life. Teachers like Simon Jack, who works at a remote secondary school in the Southern Highlands province, have explained to the British media that students need the internet to check their academic results and see where they have been admitted to study this year. “For many of them, Starlink was the only option that worked,” he says. In the health field, health worker Theresa Juni, from East Sepik province, counted that his clinic used Starlink to communicate with doctors in the city and send reports quickly. “Now we have to wait days or travel just to send information. For patients who need urgent care, these delays can be dangerous,” he warns. On the other hand, the medium assures that some farmers and merchants must now travel long distances to cities to access banking services and other transactions that they previously did online. The legal mess behind the blackout. The problem comes from afar. Starlink has been trying to get a license in Papua New Guinea since December 2023, but in March 2024 the Ombudsman Commission blocked its approval citing concerns about service reliability and regulatory compliance, according to inform RNZ. Nicta took the case to court months later seeking to overturn this directive, but the court decision is still pending. Meanwhile, the regulatory authority is “legally prevented” from issuing a license until the court rules. The Pacific is from Starlink. The irony is that Starlink has become a lauded service in other Pacific nations, especially after its deployment in Tonga after the 2022 volcanic eruption destroyed underwater internet cables. There the service was described as “transformational.” However, Papua New Guinea has been left out of this story for now. Just like account According to RNZ, last November, SpaceX’s director of global market access, Rebecca Slick Hunter, said at a conference in Port Moresby that the company was ready to activate services as soon as it received authorization, and that Starlink had already established a local entity in the country. Citizen reaction. About 200 people have signed an online petition asking that Starlink be allowed to operate legally, as confirmed by Nicta. Businessman and former MP John Simon has criticized harshly the situation: “This is really bad for this country. Internet and online services have been very expensive and slow for years, yet we cannot listen to ordinary people on the street and solve this,” he told The Guardian. “The Papua New Guinea government must do something for struggling small businesses. Ordinary people and small businesses depend on the cheapest and fastest option, and right now that is Starlink. This problem must be fixed.” Cover image | starlink In Xataka | Without making a noise, someone has eclipsed Elon Musk among the most influential millionaires in the US: Larry Ellison

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