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If anyone was waiting for the AI bubble to burst, NVIDIA’s results have a message: sit tight

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

NVIDIA just published your results of the fourth quarter of its last fiscal year and has left Wall Street speechless. Revenues of $68.1 billion, a net profit that almost doubles that of the same period of the previous year, and a forecast for the following quarter that has far exceeded analysts’ expectations. And all this in a turbulent context where more efficient models and other alternatives are beginning to appear. The crash of DeepSeek is far away, and the demand for chips does not slow down. We tell you the numbers in detail. In case your position was not clear. Only a handful of companies in history have exceeded $100 billion in annual profit. Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple are in that club. NVIDIA has just joined them, with $120 billion in profits in the last twelve months, according to the report. The difference is speed: just three years ago, its annual profit was 4.4 billion. We can say with certainty that no technology company has ever grown so quickly on that scale. AI, and more AI. The engine that has driven these profits is its data center business, which generated $62.3 billion in the quarter, 71% more than a year ago. Within that segment, if we focus on their Blackwell chips, they have gone from entering 32.6 billion to 51.3 billion, while the networks (NVLink, Spectrum-X and InfiniBand) grow from 3,000 to 11,000 million. Gross margin is 75%, and earnings per share nearly double to $1.76 in GAAP terms (which is the official rulebook that companies follow to demonstrate transparent accounting). What Jensen Huang says. “Without computing, there is no way to generate tokens. Without tokens, there is no way to grow revenue.”, counted directly the CEO of NVIDIA in the meeting with investors. Their thesis is that in the new AI economy, computing power directly equates to revenue for their customers. That is why the large cloud service providers (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta) continue increasing your capex budgetswhich together will exceed 500,000 million dollars in 2026 to build AI data centers. And NVIDIA is the main beneficiary of that expense. What DeepSeek has not broken, but accelerated. At the beginning of 2025, the emergence of the Chinese DeepSeek model generated an unprecedented tremor in the markets, leaving a simple question in our minds: if AI becomes more efficient, why do we need so many chips? The answer from NVIDIA’s results is that efficiency does not reduce infrastructure demand, it multiplies it. Every improvement in inference efficiency lowers the cost per token, encouraging more companies to deploy more AI applications, which in turn requires more compute. It’s like Jevons’ paradox, but applied to AI: efficiency expands the market instead of contracting it. Agentic AI as the next catalyst. On the same call with investors and analysts, Huang stood out that “enterprise adoption of agents is skyrocketing.” AI agentsthese systems that make decisions and execute tasks autonomously, require many more inference cycles than chatbots. They are the next step in the AI value chain, and NVIDIA is once again in a privileged position. Colette Kress, CFO of the company, confirmed In addition, the first samples of Vera Rubin, the next generation of chips that will arrive later this year, have already been sent. China and the competition. Not everything is green. NVIDIA acknowledged that its forecast for the next quarter ($78 billion) does not include computing revenue in China. The company has generated just about $60 million from H20 chips since the Trump administration reapproved some sales in August 2025, according to SEC filings, and has yet to earn revenue from the most recently approved H200. Regulatory uncertainty with Beijing remains a small China in Huang’s shoe. In parallel, competitors such as AMD, Broadcom or Google’s own custom chips (TPUs) are gaining ground. But the NVIDIA CEO remains focused on his vision. And according to pointed at the meeting: “Every company depends on software, and all software will depend on AI.” As long as this is fulfilled, everything indicates that NVIDIA will continue selling the blades and picks. Cover image | NVIDIA In Xataka | NVIDIA was founded by three engineers, but only Jensen Huang remains CEO: “I wish I had kept some shares”

It had been listed as “scrap” in a museum for 100 years. Now we know that it is the piece that advanced Egyptian engineering by 2,000 years.

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

If we think about the ancient egyptian technologythe images that come to mind are the monumental ones pyramids of giza or the great obelisks of the New Kingdom. However, the foundations of this technological feat were forged long before, as pointed out by a new archaeological study that has identified the oldest rotating metal drill in Egypt, a discovery that advances the mastery of this tool by more than two millennia and that rewrites the history of the technology in the Nile Valley. Where was it found? The story of this discovery, the truth is, could fit into a series called “Archaeological CSI”, since it all started with an identified object like a tiny piece of metal that measures just 63 millimeters and weighs 1.5 grams. This was excavated a century ago in tomb 3932 of the Badari cemetery in Upper Egypt, and had lain forgotten ever since. Literally ignored in a drawer at the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, was this object that caught the attention of a research team that decided to follow his trail using the most modern technology. A drill. What was initially classified as a simple and insignificant punch was actually a bow drill. This is the conclusion of this new exhaustive analysis of the piece, where they have been able to see unmistakable marks of its mechanical use such as rotational grooves, a specific curvature for tension and microscopic remains of leather rope. How it worked. What today is a drill that works connected to electricity, in ancient times, the bow drill worked by winding the string of a bow around an axle that held the drill bit. In this way, by moving the bow back and forth, the drill bit rotated at high speed. Its importance. As the researcher points out, the Egyptians had the ability to master this rotation technology more than two millennia before the first sets of drills that humanity knew today. This once again shows us how advanced it could be in its context in the art of construction. Unusual alloy. The big question here is how such an ancient tool could drill hard materials without deforming. And the answer is in chemistry. In this case, the researchers they used portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and saw that the drill was not made of just copper, but was an alloy of arsenic, nickel, lead and silver. A combination that is not coincidental, since the presence of arsenic gave the copper a much higher hardness, transforming the metal into a high-performance tool capable of resisting continuous friction. The trade. Beyond the mechanical value, for historians this mixture of metals is also really important because it points to strong commercial connections with the eastern Mediterranean, revealing that predynastic Egypt was not only innovating technologically, but was connected to a global network of exchange of exotic materials long before the unification of the pharaohs. The technological history. Until now, the official narrative placed the perfection of these rotating metal tools much later in the Egyptian timeline. But now, this tiny forgotten object forces us to recalibrate our understanding of human ingenuity. Images | Martin Odler Osama Elsayed In Xataka | To transport us to Ancient Egypt, researchers have been doing one thing for months: smelling mummies from 5,000 years ago

will no longer pause dangerous models if the competition releases them first

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

Anthropic is in the middle of an important issue with the Pentagon in the United States that may end up shaping the future of the company. Founded with security as its reason for being, it has just rewritten the rules that defined it. And his “Responsible Scaling Policy“, the document that established when to stop the development of a model that is too dangerous, has evolved into a mere roadmap with flexible objectives. And this change is much more important than it seems. Not only for Anthropic, but for the rest of the industry. Let’s get to it. What exactly has changed. Until now, Anthropic policy stated that the company would pause training or delay the launch of a model if its capabilities exceeded the speed at which sufficient safeguards could be developed. That is to say: if the model was too powerful to be controlled safely, it was stopped. This is over. And it is that the new policy removes that automatic braking mechanism and replaces it with a series of public commitments, along with regular third-party audited risk reports. The change was confirmed by the company itself in an official statement. Why have they done it? The company gives two main reasons. The first is the competitive environment: OpenAI, Google and xAI advance without those types of restrictions. “We didn’t feel it made sense to make unilateral commitments if competitors are moving full speed ahead,” counted Jared Kaplan, chief scientific officer at Anthropic, told Time. The second, as it could not be otherwise, is political: Washington has turned its back on AI regulationand Anthropic acknowledges on its blog that the current anti-regulatory climate makes its own safeguards asymmetrical with respect to the rest of the sector. Paradox. From Anthropic’s point of view, it is not a renunciation of security, but a decision made based on it. Their reasoning: if the actors who are more responsible (they fall into this bag, logically) stop while the less careful ones move forward, the net result is “a less safe world.” The logic has a certain coherence, but it also means accepting that security depends on what the competition does. And that is a very dangerous game. Context. Anthropic was founded by former OpenAI executives, including Dario Amodei, who left that company precisely because they believed that it did not pay enough attention to the risks of AI. The new policy comes at a time when several security researchers have left the company. Just like shared Wall Street Journal, one of them, Mrinank Sharma, wrote a letter to his colleagues this month saying that “the world is in danger” because of AI, before announcing his departure. In fact, according to sources close to the media, his departure would be partly related to this decision. What’s happening with the Pentagon?. The announcement comes in full tension with the Pentagon. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum the same Tuesday that the policy change was made public: modifying its red lines on the use of Claude or risk losing a $200 million contract with the Department of Defense. Anthropic has made it clear that both issues are independent, but the temporal coincidence has not gone unnoticed. What remains of the security policy. It is not a total abandonment. Anthropic remains committed to delaying the development or deployment of “highly capable” models in specific circumstances, and is committed to publishing detailed, externally verified risk reports every three to six months. The company also now separates its own internal guidelines from its recommendations for the rest of the sector, implicitly acknowledging that the commitment to a “race to the top”, which other companies are adopting, has not worked as expected. Cover image | Wikimedia Commons and Anthropic In Xataka | The US has a message for AI companies: if necessary, that AI belongs to the State

in a 34 gram running watch

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

The Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 arrives with two great arguments under its arm: It is the clock running in titanium, lightest in its categorywithout direct competition from Amazfit or Garmin in that material. And it debuts a completely redesigned GPS antenna architecture that promises 20% more precision compared to the GT6. With all this, Huawei aims directly at the high-end of the category, with models such as the Garmin Forerunner 970 or the Coros Pace 4. Technical data sheet of the Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 HUAWEI WATCH GT RUNNER 2 DIMENSIONS 43.5 × 43.5 × 10.7mm WEIGHT 43.5g (with strap) / 34.5g (without strap) SCREEN AMOLED, 3,000 nits GLASS Kunlun Glass 2nd generation CASING Aerospace grade titanium alloy BATTERY 540 mAh / up to 14 days normal use / 32 h outdoor training GPS Dual band, all systems (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS) HEART RATE Continuous, 99% accuracy vs. chest band HEALTH ECG, arrhythmia detection, continuous HRV (including sleep), SpO2 BELT AirDry Nylon + Fluoroelastomer (22mm standard) COMPATIBILITY iOS and Android APP Huawei Health (AppGallery, App Store, Galaxy Store) PAYMENTS Independent NFC PRICE 399 euros Titanium where no one else uses it The decision to build the case in aerospace grade titanium alloy has a clear logic in the watch segment. running pure: neither the Garmin Forerunner 970 nor the Coros Pace 4, the rivals it targets, offer titanium at this weight level. Garmin does use titanium in its Fenix range, but they are larger, thicker and heavier watches, aimed at multisport adventure. The result is a weight of just 34.5 grams without the strap, which with the included nylon strap rises to 43.5 grams, compared to the 56 g of the Forerunner 970 or the 50 g of the Coros Pace 4 with their respective straps. To maintain that weight without sacrificing durability, Huawei has replaced the sapphire glass of previous generations with its own Kunlun Glass second generation. It’s a trade-off that not everyone will like, although the 3,000-nit AMOLED screen more than makes up for it in outdoor visibility. Image: Xataka. The 44mm case and 10.7mm thickness, 2.2mm thinner than the Forerunner 970, are deliberately unisex decisions: this watch can be a little small for some and a little big for othersand it is a risk he takes to try to get closer to a middle point. Standard 22mm interchangeable straps allow compatibility with virtually any accessory on the market. The nylon strap incorporates AirDry technology, with more holes to improve breathability by 25% and accelerate drying. Sweat and shower are not usually friends of this type of straps and Huawei believes that with this jump it will be somewhat more bearable. The big leap: a GPS antenna that comes out of the motherboard The most ambitious technical change in the GT Runner 2 is in the GPS. Huawei has removed the antenna from the motherboard and created a 3D floating antenna on the outside of the watch, with a dielectric bezel under the titanium bezel acting as a signal polarizing element. The system, which they call sunflowermaintains a simultaneous connection with two GPS signals. Image: Xataka. Image: Xataka. The real-life result is a 20% improvement in accuracy over the GT6, with coverage even in tunnels, and a 10% improvement in distance and pace data. The comparative graphs against the Forerunner 970 (Huawei has become obsessed with it in its comparisons) in dense urban environments, the worst possible scenario for any GPS, show a trajectory noticeably more faithful to the real route. Health and metrics: this is for very methodical runners Heart rate monitoring reaches, according to Huawei, 99% accuracy compared to chest bands in training, a figure that they themselves support with internal tests on a sample of more than 42 people. The watch includes 5-second ECG, arrhythmia detection, and continuous heart rate variability, even during sleep. There are two new metrics that deserve special attention: The first is the racing powerwhich combines terrain resistance via GPS, air resistance estimated through the weather app and resistance by inclination. It is an estimate, not a direct measurement, and should be taken into account. The second is the real-time lactate threshold detection using an algorithm developed with the Beijing Sports University. This is a metric that in real time normally requires laboratory blood analysis. AI training and marathon mode The GT Runner 2 relies heavily on personalized training plans generated by AI, which dynamically adjust based on the results of each session, sleep status and stress. If one day you train more or less than planned, the app automatically reorganizes the entire planning. Image: Xataka. The so-called marathon mode (although the distance is configurable to any race) allows you to record a specific event, such as the Barcelona Marathon, and The app generates a week-by-week plan with days of running, strength and legs, synchronizable directly with the mobile calendar. During the race, the watch acts as a coach on the wrist with mileage pace guidance and refueling strategy. Good detail that we will try later. Something unique is the integration with Kotcha, the AI training app used by Eliud Kipchoge’s team. Also compatible with Intervals.icu, Strava, Komoot and import of GPX routes. Price and availability of the Huawei Watch GT Runner 2 Each box includes two straps, AirDry nylon and fluoroelastomer. All colors are unisex. The price in Spain is 399 euros, although there are some stores that are already selling it for 379 euros. HUAWEI Watch GT Runner 2 Black Featured image | Xataka In Xataka | Huawei Mate X7, analysis: a powerful camera for a foldable that doesn’t need Google for (almost) anything

If Spain does not repair its roads in a big way, it is because of a very simple account: €100,000 for each kilometer

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

Spain invested 1,910 million euros in road conservation. It is the highest figure in history, according to The Voice of Galiciaand is clearly insufficient for experts. Because the question is not so much how much money Spain is spending on repairing its roads as what can be done with that money. And the answer is clear: little. 1,910 million euros. It is the data that provides The Voice of Galicia. According to the media, it is the figure that the Government has allocated to repair roads in 2025. The figure is the highest in history and not only in absolute terms. 2009 was the year that came closest to it but it remained at 1,330.3 million euros. Even applying the corresponding inflation at this time, the investment was lower as it is equivalent to about 1,819 million updated to 2025. Except for the period from 2008 to 2010, Spain had not exceeded 1,000 million euros in highway maintenance until 2021. From that year on, the figure skyrocketed and grew to the aforementioned 1,910.6 million euros last year. Experts point out that it is insufficient. More money, less miles. The fact that more money has been invested does not have an impact on an improvement in conservation. And the Galician newspaper points out that the price of asphalt has skyrocketed by 25% since 2019. This has caused covering a kilometer of road with a single layer of asphalt to now cost 50,000 euros, when before the pandemic it cost 42,000 euros. Always talking about patches, superficial repairs. To make a structural repair, as the roads affected by this winter’s harsh storms may now need, the repair is doubled since two layers of asphalt must be applied. That is to say, a kilometer of new paving now costs 100,000 euros when before it was around 84,000 euros. The accounts are clear. For Juan José Potti, president of the Spanish Association of Asphalt Mixture Manufacturers (Asefma)the same budget yields less. As the same salary pays less when shopping in recent years. Deficit. According to Óscar Puente, Minister of Transport, Spain is carrying the deficit in investments that the country stopped making after the 2008 crisis. In January, before the rains that would worsen potholes and sinkholes, from the ministry they already pointed out that the new action plan was intended to alleviate the low investments of the previous decade. According to their accountsthe country has a deficit of 5.6 billion euros. The latest plan presented speaks of investing 1,629 million and an execution horizon of three years. A project that, yes, only affects 26,000 kilometers of state ownership. It is 16% of Spanish roads on which 53.5% of total traffic and 65.7% of heavy traffic accumulate. “If there is a road maintenance problem it depends 16% on the Government and 84% on the rest of the Administrations,” Puente defended himself in Congress a few days ago. Insufficient. For the associations that study the problem, the investment is clearly insufficient. The Spanish Road Association (AEC) I already pointed out last year that the roads of our country are “at the worst moment in their history” and they already pointed out then that 13,491 million euros are needed, of which 4,721 million euros would fall on the roof of the State and 8,770 million euros on the 75,300 km managed by the regional and regional governments. But the biggest headache that experts warn about is the inflation that has been experienced in recent years. The same money is used to repair fewer kilometers of road. Puente pointed out in his speech in Congress that “some experts estimate the necessary expenditure on road maintenance at 38,000 euros per kilometer.” However, Asefma assures that a single layer of asphalt requires the aforementioned 50,000 euros. Not just money. And this same association also ensures that asphalt production is also too low. According to their calculations, in 2025, 9.2% less of this material will be produced, about 18.6 million tons. But they believe that Spain should reach 32.5 million tons of this mixture annually if it wants to repair all the roads that need it. The productive deficit in recent years is, according to Asefma, 225 million tons since 2011. For its president, it is only possible to cover Spanish needs if it is compensated with 30 million more tons each year than what is currently produced. Photo | EMU and Google Maps In Xataka | The straightest road in Spain is located in a place whose name I don’t want to remember: between El Provencio and La Roda

It is Samsung’s plan to conquer AI in mobile phones

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

Samsung has just unveiled its new high-end: the new Galaxy S26 family is here and arrives with a conservative proposal but at two speeds where the Ultra model is the one that comes out the best. And it also brings more artificial intelligence than ever. Leaving aside the long list of functions that were already in Galaxy AIthose that have improved and new features such as ‘Now Nudge’ or Agentic AI, the big surprise It’s a confirmation: Perplexity lands as a full-fledged assistant alongside what already existed, Bixby from home and Gemini of Android. Full integration. Perplexity comes to compete head-to-head with the home assistant and Google assistant as long as it is integrated at the operating system level. What does this mean? That you can invoke it to use it in system apps such as Notes or Reminder, but also with some third-party applications. It is not a downloaded app: it operates on the device’s framework layer. And as such, you can invoke it via ‘Hey, Plex’ (without Aitana’s boyfriend appearing) or from the side button. This point is more than a simple detail: it is using the hardware as a distribution lever: whoever controls the hardware controls how the user accesses it. A reminder: Google paid a million to Apple to be the search engine on iOS. Context: Samsung’s pending issue. Few mobile manufacturers bet as much and as well on AI as the Korean firm. Samsung It is the brand that sells the most mobile phones within the Android ecosystem, but the assistant battle has been lost with Bixby. On the other hand, he has to integrate Gemini by contract. In short, Samsung cannot control its entire artificial intelligence layer sovereignly and that is a dangerous strategic dependency if you want to be the best. Samsung’s trump card: being a Swiss army knife. According to an internal Samsung investigationabout 80% of users already use two types of AI agents in their daily lives, so they have turned flexibility into a plus. Since Samsung knows that it cannot go to war with the best language model alone and win, it has opted to become a neutral hub, which allows it to attract advanced users who want to use the best of each house without friction. As declared Won-Joon Choi, President, COO and Head of R&D Office of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics: “We are committed to building an integrated, open and inclusive AI ecosystem that offers users more choice, flexibility and control to perform complex tasks quickly and easily. Galaxy AI acts as an orchestrator, integrating different forms of AI into a single, natural and cohesive experience.” Why is it important. Because with this movement Samsung has changed the rules: it declares itself platformnot an assistant. It is a layer that coordinates several agents, leaving behind the “one assistant to rule them all” thing. The Korean firm thus differentiates itself from Apple’s vertical control and closed integration or Google’s tactic of prioritizing Gemini above all and even putting it in the soup. The movement is most intelligent: it thus neutralizes his weakness (Bixby) to transform it into a virtue. They deliberately decide to open up and let the user choose with whom and for what. Why Perplexity and not another. Here is an elephant in the room that should be remembered first of all: because the most mainstream AI, ChatGPT, She is already married to Apple. From here, it must be clear that Samsung has chosen the best possible strategic partner for its corporate interests at this time. And there are a few reasons: Because it offers a differentiated and complementary value proposition: it is a quality conversational chatbot that cites sources, without advertising and verifiable answers. Its presence is not a redundancy of Gemini, which can be used for productivity and the Google or Bixby ecosystem, for the device. A starting point in the most favorable negotiation: Perplexity is a startup that needs alliances for massive distribution against the power of Google and OpenAI, whose valuation exceeds half a billion dollars. This puts Samsung in a position to get better conditions. He already had a relationship with the startup, whose AI It is already present on the Korean brand’s TVswhich implies that they are not starting from scratch: their teams already know the respective APIs. Its anti-ad positioning. Samsung, which is betting heavily on privacy, has a strong argument here to offer a differential experience compared to Google. Reduce the Googledependency. With Perplexity, Samsung diversifies its partners without fanfare with Google in a move of corporate geopolitics. The Korean firm has a multi-million dollar deal of distribution with Google and with this twist, their position is more advantageous when negotiating or putting pressure on the Mountain View company: they have Perplexity in the bedroom as a third agent. In Xataka | Mobile AI promises, but I only see repeated tricks. The real ace up your sleeve is called “agent” and he is on the way Cover | Eva R. de Luis

The new HUAWEI WATCH GT Runner 2 is now on sale and it does so with a launch promo: it comes with a discount and gifts

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

HUAWEI continues to strengthen (a lot) its line of watches. We already loved his last WATCH GT 6but now it brings something different. This is the HUAWEI WATCH GT Runner 2, a lightweight device that is ideal for those who like running, although all without giving up being a complete smartwatch. And be careful, because brings a launch promo that is very worthwhile. Designed for running, but also for everyday life This new HUAWEI watch is, as we said above, very light. It has a titanium case and, with the strap, it weighs less than 45 grams. This will allow you to feel like you don’t have a thing on your wrist all day long, and that’s not to mention that you won’t suffer from annoying bounces when running. But, despite being compact and light, it has plenty of battery: offers up to 7 days of normal use which we can stretch to 14 days in its low consumption mode. Its use is very oriented to all those people who like to go running. Whether you are looking to improve or are already thinking about doing a marathon, with the WATCH GT Runner 2 you will have metrics that are not usually present in most watchessuch as ground contact time or the running ability index (RAI), a parameter that will help you evaluate each race and is based on pace and heart rate. More things to highlight. It has a new 3D floating antenna with a signal that is 3.5 times more powerful than the previous generation. What does that mean? That the watch will track each of your races much more accurately, without interruptions in areas with poor signal that can ruin the measurement of your times. All added to a ‘Smart Marathon Mode’, which allows you to both prepare for one of these events and manage your effort and recovery during it. But we must be clear about one thing: is a very complete smartwatch. Beyond the fact that it is compatible with both iOS and Android, it should be noted that it has an integrated ECG (so you can monitor your heart), microphone and is compatible with sensors from other manufacturers such as chest straps or pedometers. You have it cheaper, with two extra straps and more We always say that when it comes to a new device, it is better to wait. However, there are launch promos like the one for this HUAWEI WATCH GT Runner 2 that make it worth jumping into it at the start. The price of the device is 399 euros, but if we use the code ‘ARN2XA‘, we can take advantage of a direct discount of 50 euros. Therefore, It remains at 349 euros in the HUAWEI Store. But that’s not the only thing that makes it worth it. In addition to the discount, We will also take two extra straps. This is ideal for two things: it allows you to change the design of your watch so you don’t get bored and it allows you to have spare parts. Along with these, we will also get what HUAWEI calls MultiPass, a package valued at 116 euros and that includes several benefits such as 90 days of HUAWEI Health+ or Komoot, among other things. {“videoId”:”x9zwr94″,”autoplay”:true,”title”:”The pendrive is not dead: 7 ways to give it a second life”, “tag”:”Webedia-prod”, “duration”:”856″} What if you also want headphones? Then one of the two packs that are available may suit you better. The first of them, called ‘Sports Pack‘, includes, in addition to this new watch, the two extra straps and the MultiPass, some HUAWEI FreeArc. This pack would have a value of 587 euros, although it is now reduced to 449 euros. With the code ‘ARN2XA’, its price remains at 449 euros. In Xataka Smart Home New at Lidl (starting next February 23): a power strip for the garden or terrace for less than 10 euros 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 | HUAWEI In Xataka | The best smartwatches: their analyzes and videos are here In Xataka | Best smartwatch in quality price. Which one to buy and 10 recommended smart watches (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news The new HUAWEI WATCH GT Runner 2 is now on sale and it does so with a launch promo: it comes with a discount and gifts was originally published in Xataka by Juan Lorente .

sell more phones than Samsung in Europe

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

Yesterday was Samsung’s big day. One in which he presented his new Samsung Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 Ultra. The company focused the event on news and collaborations with large AI companies, as well as high-end hardware. Although the big conversation was on its mobile phones, Samsung had already won since the beginning of the week. There is no way that anyone sells more phones than the Korean company in Europe. Unstoppable. The iPhone is one of the best-selling mobile phones in the world, but even that is not enough for Apple to smile in global photography. Samsung once again put its Galaxy A in first place on the podium, specifically the A56 5G. A mobile that has sold more units than all recent iPhones. The cast. Samsung ranked number one in European sales according to Omdia data, with 46.6 million units sold. The manufacturer’s market share rises from 34 to 35%, helped by the aggressive pricing strategy with the Samsung Galaxy A16 and the demand for the Galaxy A56. Apple grows. Apple, which shipped 36.9 million iPhones in Europe, is growing 6% year-on-year, with a record market share in Europe of 27%. The family iPhone 16 had a sustained demand, and the iPhone 17 Pro Max It has had an enviable reception from premium mobile buyers. The rest. Xiaomi maintained third place with 21.8 million shipments, slightly decreasing its annual sales volume. For its part, Motorola decreased its share by 5%, followed by Honor, which maintains fifth European position. But globally… The Samsung – Apple pulse has been getting worse quarter by quarter. Q4 2025 closed with Apple leading a 25% global share, compared to Samsung’s 18%. However, in the first quarters of the year, Samsung usually accelerates and takes first place at the start of the year. 2026. This will be a year of complete shakeup in the tech industry. The changes in strategy carried out by Samsung and Apple will be decisive for the chair dance to continue. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Trump’s pressure achieves a first move from Apple: part of the Mac mini will be manufactured in the US

also material for the Eurofighter

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

In Spain there are more than one hundreds of aircraft military and support that depend daily on a highly specialized supply chain, one where each part, each support and each auxiliary structure must meet millimetric technical standards. In this context, public contracts not only they move millions of eurosbut rather they support an industrial architecture designed to leave no room for error. Against all logic. They told the story this week in Moncloa. In essence, someone is going to have to explain themselves at the Ministry of Defense after reviewing the contracting records. The reason? A motorcycle shop in Spain was supplying material for the Eurofighter and the CL-215T and CL-415after winning a case at the Albacete Air Base against an industrial manufacturer specialized in aeronautical structures by just 1,405 euros difference, 3.8% less. Apparently, the contract was neither minor nor trivial, it involved mobile ladders with a platform designed to adjust millimeters to the fuselage of fighters and firefighting aircraft, manufactured with high resistance alloys and floors prepared to withstand corrosive hydraulic liquids. We are talking about equipment that is part of the critical technical ecosystem of an air base and that hardly fits with the known capacity of a micro-enterprise dedicated until recently to the sale of motorcycle accessories. The file under suspicion. They said in the media that the award managed by the Head of the Economic-Administrative Section 23 It is not only surprising due to the profile of the successful bidder, but also due to the context in which it occurred, with other bidders excluded due to “severe technical failures” while the documentation presented by the store was impeccable. Precisely, this combination has raised suspicions about “possible reckless casualties”, privileged information or even a document that was formally fulfilled but not necessarily in the structural quality required in a military environment, opening all kinds of questions and doubts about how a company with no known manufacturing capacity could compete on price. with an industrial plant specialized in composite materials and fiber. La Maestranza in the focus. Furthermore, the irregularities indicated are not limited to a specific contract. The complaints indicate that the Albacete Air Training it would have been used for work allegedly linked to private interestsincluding the development of firefighting aircraft for a foreign firm with public resources, civilian personnel working during business hours for third parties, and the use of state workshops and tools for purposes unrelated to the service. Added to this are reports on the transfer of parts manufactured in official facilities to private tents in private vehicles, which, if this is the case, paints a scenario of possible internal lack of control and diversion of public assets. A pattern that compromises security. Finally, the media added that the second file under scrutiny, the one relating to the supply of plane supports for the CL215T and CL415, reinforces the feeling of pattern having also been awarded to the same company for 26,922 euros in an open procedure that was attended only by… one offer. Once again, we are talking about very sensitive ground support material whose reliability directly affects flight safety, and whose total absence of competition in such a specific sector raises at least questions about the transparency and fairness of the process. Beyond the anecdote, the case questions control mechanisms in Defense contracting and leaves a clearly inevitable conclusion: when the critical supply for military aircraft ends up in the hands of a motorcycle shop, it seems that not only the logic of the market is at stake, but the very credibility and security of the system in Spain. Image | Air and Space Army Ministry of Defense Spain In Xataka | The US threatened to take the Rota base to Morocco. Spain has buried it with an unbeatable offer: more territory In Xataka | Spain’s main problem is not weapons, fighters or drones: it is the number of hands it lacks to use them

An 86-year-old farmer was offered $15 million to build a data center. He said no

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

Get in the situation. You are an 86-year-old farmer who enjoys doing what he does, but from time to time you get the idea that maybe it’s time to retire. One fine day they knock on your door and offer you 15 million dollars which, hey, gives you to plug holes and pay for your hospital in the United States in case of misfortunebut you decide to reject it because accepting would imply the destruction of those lands to which you have dedicated 60 years of your life. Well, that’s what has happened to Mervin Raudabaugh: a farmer who has become a symbol of resistance to AI and data centers. An offer you can refuse. Raudabaugh is a farmer who owns land in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He has spent his entire life cultivating the 100 hectares of his property, land that his family has been exploiting for generations, and has recently come to the fore after rejecting a proposal which, some, considered irrefutable. 60,000 dollars for every 4,000 m2 of their land, around 15 million dollars in total. The offer came from some developers interested in building a data center for artificial intelligence computing on the farm, but Mervin simply refused. Not on my farm. Mervin doesn’t seem like a guy who is against AI specifically or what it means for the planet. He simply has a much more romantic motive: he doesn’t want to see his land turned into a layer of concrete with huge ships on top. In some interviews, he assured that money does not matter to him and that what he wants is precisely that: for agricultural land to remain agricultural. He has expressed his worry for the future of family farming in a country where, if the soil is not protected, “every square centimeter runs the risk of being urbanized”, with what this implies for the land, the fauna and the rural communities themselves. But it has sold. However, Mervin is not going to retire with empty pockets because he did not accept the 15 million from the builders of data centersbut yes some million of Lancaster Farmland Trust. There is talk of a operation of around two million euros to sell the right to develop their lands to this entity that is dedicated to the conversation of agricultural lands. What Marvin has done is secure the land that he loves so much, since the operation implies that his land will be permanently protected for agricultural use, legally preventing the change of land use. And it doesn’t matter if his heirs wanted to sell or not in the future: now the lands are protected. a symbol. As is normal, Marvin’s rejection has been covered in many national media as a case of rebellion regarding data centers, the resounding “no” to Big Tech already something that is consuming all the conversation in technological news. It is an example by guaranteeing the protection of the soil against the specific compensation in the form of money that these Big Tech companies offer to ensure long-term deterioration of the agricultural fabric and the landscape. And although Marvin’s case is striking both for the amount and for the subsequent movement protecting his farm, is not the only one. In other parts of the world the debate has been ignited about Whether it is worth hosting data centersbut in the United States specifically, a country that is betting enormous amounts of money on the development of AI, we are seeing more and more examples of that resistance against data centers. And in an increasingly warlike environment, curiously it is something that is putting according to both Democrats and Republicans. Images | BlueChipFarmsGoal In Xatka | It’s not that AI makes us stupid: it’s that we are surrendering to it

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