Mobile Tech & Gadgets

part of the Mac mini will be manufactured in the US

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It’s not every day that Apple can announce that one of its products will begin manufacturing in the United States. The company, whose supply chain has been supported for years in Asia, has confirmed what part of mac mini will be produced in Houston later this year. We are not talking about the iPhone or its best-selling laptop, but rather its most affordable desktop computer, a model that, according to estimates by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, represents less than 1% of total sales. Still, the movement is symbolic and comes at a time when domestic manufacturing is once again at the center of the industrial debate in Washington. The announcement is specific. Apple will begin producing the Mac mini at a facility in north Houston later this year. Manufacturing will take place at a plant operated by Foxconn, the same industrial partner that already assembles the company’s advanced AI servers there. “Apple is deeply committed to the future of American manufacturing and we are proud to significantly expand our presence in Houston with Mac mini production beginning later this year,” said Tim Cook in the official statement. The company presents the move as an expansion of its industrial presence in Texas and as part of its commitment to strengthen operations on US soil. What’s in Houston. The complex in the north of the city is not starting from scratch. Over there Foxconn It already assembles the advanced servers that Apple uses for its artificial intelligence services, including equipment that incorporates logic boards produced on site and shipped to data centers within the United States. The campus will have two buildings: one operational for servers and another, described as a large warehouse, which will be converted into about 220,000 square feet of space for the Mac mini. The pressure and the tariffs. The step is part of Apple’s commitment to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, a promise the company made following President Donald Trump’s threats to impose a 25% tariff on products manufactured abroad. As we can see, these types of spending commitments occurred in a context of pressure to increase domestic investment, in exchange for tariff exemptions. Limited movement. Sabih Khan, Apple’s chief operating officer, explained to The Wall Street Journal that production in the United States is designed to cover local demand as the line gains capacity, but that thousands of units will continue to be manufactured in Asia. Additionally, the Mac mini represents less than 5% of global Mac computer sales and less than 1% of total sales, according to estimates by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. And something very important: there is also, for now, no plan to move the manufacturing of the iPhone to the country, the product that really supports the bulk of the business. Texas was already part of the map. Before the Mac mini, the Mac Pro had been the flagship of Apple computer manufacturing in the United States. Since 2013 it has been assembled in Austin and in 2019 the company reiterated its commitment to that facility, relying on American suppliers and a tariff exclusion for certain components. More than a radical change, the decision represents a calculated adjustment. Apple expands its manufacturing presence in Texas with a product of moderate scope, in a context in which supply chains remain international. Images | Apple In Xataka | NVIDIA was founded by three engineers, but only Jensen Huang remains CEO: “I wish I had kept some shares”

Mars was the great space battleground between China and the US. Now it’s the Moon (and the stakes are too high)

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For years, Mars has been the great horizon of space exploration: the inevitable destination to which, sooner rather than later, humanity had to head. Earlier this year, Elon Musk, one of the main drivers of that narrative, assured that The United States could land on the red planet within a period of between five and ten years. In parallel, in China, different voices from its aerospace sector They located the first manned mission Mars around 2033. The message was clear: the race for Mars was already underway. On paper, deadlines are as stimulating as they are challenging. Because sending humans to Mars is not a simple evolution of what has already been achieved, but rather a leap in scale. NASA itself has detailed the enormous technical complexity involved in a mission of this type: from entry, descent and landing systems capable of landing heavy loads in an extremely tenuous atmosphere, to infrastructure that guarantees energy, communications and life support during prolonged stays. Depositing a one-ton rover is not the same as lowering dozens of tons of habitable modules and critical equipment. The race no longer looks at Mars, it looks at the lunar south pole However, while Mars made headlines, the real strategy has been taking another direction. As the NASA Artemis Program and the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program have consolidated calendars, investments and technological milestones, the focus has shifted to a more immediate and pragmatic objective: the Moon. Everything seems to indicate that It’s not about giving up Marsbut to assume that the most sensible path goes through intermediate stages. In both cases, the satellite is emerging as a technological test bed, logistics platform and operational experience before facing a journey of months and millions of kilometers. The new space race, therefore, is not being fought, at least for the moment, at tens of millions of kilometers, but at a few 400,000 kilometers away. This proximity changes the equation: it reduces transit times, facilitates the shipment of supplies and allows us to react to unforeseen events with reasonable margins. But, above all, it opens the door to something that is beginning to take shape: the birth of a lunar economy. Permanent bases, scientific experiments, transportation contracts and infrastructure development could make the Moon not only a destination, but a key node of human expansion in space. The epicenter of this new phase is not just any place, but the environment of the Shackleton craterat the lunar south pole. A permanent darkness, as we can see in the photo that accompanies this article, has fueled the hypothesis that in its shadow areas it could keep water ice. This possibility explains why both the United States and China are targeting this region in their next landings, with the stated objective of studying and, eventually, taking advantage of these resources. In practical terms, we talk about water for consumption, generation of oxygen and production of hydrogen and oxygen as a propellant, whenever technology and economic viability allow it. Illuminated rim and shadowed interior of Shackleton Crater The question, then, is not just what is at the south pole, but what changes if those resources are confirmed as usable. In this scenario, the Moon would cease to be solely a scientific destination and would become a functional piece within space architecture. We are not yet talking about industrial exploitation, but about something more basic: reducing absolute dependence on the Earth in each mission. This nuance introduces a real economic dimension to the lunar race, because it alters the logic of costs, transportation and planning of future operations. This is where the notion of an Earth-Moon supply chain stops sounding futuristic and starts to fit into concrete timetables. Although the lunar economy, with its own supply chainmay seem like a distant concept, its foundations are beginning to be built. On the American side, that architecture is beginning to take shape with very specific missions. Firefly Aerospace launched its Blue Ghost 1 module on January 15integrated into the initiative NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services. This is a mission that aims to demonstrate what a cargo delivery system would look like for our satellite when it lands on the moon on March 2. In parallel to these cargo missions, Blue Origin is preparing its own movement towards the lunar south pole. The company founded by Jeff Bezos is working on the first demonstration flight of its cargo module Blue Moon Mark 1known as MK1, scheduled for early 2026. The eight-meter-high lander will take off aboard the rocket New Glenn and will need to validate key systems before any more ambitious operations. It should be noted that the mission does not involve resource extraction, but it is a necessary step to operate in the environment where expectations about the ice are concentrated. Render of a multidome base under construction on the Moon The good news is that the MK1 has been tested at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, including thermal vacuum chamber simulations to replicate the extreme conditions of space and the lunar surface. If it passes this phase and the final integration with the launcher, the ship could become a relevant asset for future missions to the south pole. Another important fact is that the US agency you have already selected this module for transport the VIPER rover in 2027whose task will be to search for volatiles such as water ice in permanently shadowed regions. On the Chinese side, the centerpiece is the mission Chang’e 7conceived as a more complex deployment than a simple lander. The mission is targeting August aboard a Long March 5 rocket and will include an orbiter, a lander, a rover and a small jump probe. The set aims to operate in the vicinity of the lunar south pole, where experiments aimed at studying the surface and searching for signs of ice in permanently shadowed regions will be concentrated. Render of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 lander and VIPER If the schedule holds, China could make these measurements before the American … Read more

“I wish I had kept some shares”

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In 1993, three young engineers sat around a table at a Denny’s from Silicon Valley with an ambitious idea: to create processors capable of generating realistic 3D graphics on a computer. Thirty years later, the result of that conversation is called NVIDIA and it is the company with largest market capitalization in history, with a market value that exceeds the 4.6 trillion dollars. Of those three founders, only one has remained at the helm: Jensen Huang. Paradoxically, Curtis Priem, the engineer who designed his first chips, lives almost disconnected from the world. He took a completely opposite path from Huang by selling all of his NVIDIA shares. Today he would be the second richest person in the world, only behind Elon Musk. Three engineers who only wanted quality graphics Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem were three young engineers who already saw the potential of GPUs long before they became popular. the AI ​​engine. In those years, their goal had a much more practical focus: to make video game graphics They will improve. As confirmed by Jensen Huang himself in an interview For the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the initiative came from its two partners. “Chris and Curtis said that one day they would like to leave Sun Microsystems, and that they would like me to figure out why they were leaving Sun Microsystems. They insisted that I figure out with them how to build a company.” Months later, NVIDIA was a reality. The company started with $40,000 in the bank. Huang ended up being the visible face of the company, while Priem focused on the more technical part and Malachowsky remained on a more discreet level as a senior executive. NVIDIA went public in January 1999 at a valuation of about $1.1 billion, and at that time, Priem already owned approximately 12.8% of the company. The Invisible Architect: Curtis Priem While Huang served as the company’s CEO, Priem worked in the shadows designing the architecture that would allow engineers to program NVIDIA chips. It was not the first time he had done this job since he had worked at companies such as Vermont Microsystems, GenRad, IBM and Sun Microsystems, where he was part of the design team for the IBM Professional Graphics Adapter, the first dedicated graphics processor for PCs. Priem accumulated nearly 200 patents in the US and internationally throughout his career, according to indicated in the profile of your foundation. Priem’s ​​role at NVIDIA was so technical and so far from the media spotlight that the founder himself counted to Forbes that his colleagues had created an unwritten rule for him: “never put Curtis in front of a camera, and never put Curtis in front of a client.” The 600 billion dollar man Priem was never much of a business person, so he didn’t feel comfortable at NVIDIA. Shortly after the company’s IPO, he founded the Priem Family Foundation and transferred more than three-quarters of his stake in NVIDIA to it. As and as you estimate Fortunewould have been the equivalent of about 100 million NVIDIA shares. By 2006, Priem had already sold all of his shares in the company. If Priem had retained his initial 12.8% stake, without taking into account potential share dilution, that stake would be worth more than $597 billion today. That figure would have made Priem the second richest person in the world, surpassed only by Elon Musk. Instead, Forbes esteem that Priem’s ​​current assets are around $30 million, which gives him enough to live without pressure, although he acknowledges that “I did something crazy. And I wish I had kept some more shares.” Philanthropy and a clock that reminds you of NVIDIA twice a day Currently, Priem lives in a large house in California, in an area with unreliable cell coverage. He has a private plane, but he uses it only four times a year to travel home. alma mater: he Rensselaer Polytechnic Instituteto which since 2001 it has been making regular donations that now total more than 275 million dollars. As he explained, philanthropy gives him “purpose and sanity.” His family foundation is dedicated to financing educational and innovation projects in areas such as art, science and technology, currently has about $160 million in assets and plans to cease operations in 2031. According to collected FortuneCurtis Priem thinks about NVIDIA at least twice a day: when he puts on and when he takes off his Omega Speedmaster X-33 Mars, a watch that NVIDIA itself gave him on the occasion of his fifth anniversary with the company. Meanwhile, the only one of the three founders who is still in the company, Jensen Huang, accumulates a net worth of about $157 billion with just a 3% stake. AND Chris Malachowskythe other co-founder, continues as senior vice president of NVIDIA, with a net worth that, although unknown exactly, places him in the category of billionaire… although not at the levels that Priem could be. In Xataka | Jensen Huang has done something highly paranormal in Silicon Valley: being in favor of more taxes Image | RPINVIDIA

Spain had a completely saturated electrical grid. And then data centers arrived to blow it up even more

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Imagine a highway on which not a single vehicle can fit anymore. But the problem is not that there is a lack of asphalt, but that the cars do not know how to drive efficiently and keep kilometer-long safety distances. The Spanish electrical grid was exactly that. It had been operating for years at the limit of its administrative capacity, and suddenly, a convoy of trucks of industrial tonnage and voracious appetite has arrived at the access ramp: data centers. These megainfrastructures, pillars of artificial intelligence and the cloud, promise to water the economy of millions, but their brutal need for supply threatened to burst the seams of an already saturated electrical system. To avoid collapse and not let the reindustrialization train escape, the Government has had to react and radically change the technical rules of the game. Cascading capacity collapse. To understand the collapse we have to look at how our way of consuming energy has changed. The energy transition is profoundly reconfiguring the model throughout the national territory. Requests to connect to transportation and distribution networks have skyrocketed. In addition to the electrification of industry and renewable hydrogen, there is now massive consumption associated with data centers for artificial intelligence. The problem broke out when the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) established a “dynamic criterion” to calculate how much access capacity was available in the areas shared by several network nodes. As detailed by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) in his press releaseapplying this criterion means that a single access requested at a node can cause a “cascading effect that drains capacity in the rest of the nodes that share the area”, blocking requests from dozens of kilometers away. Basically, a large data center asks for passage and, automatically, the system administratively blocks neighboring nodes as a precaution, even if physically the cables have plenty of space. Investments in the air and the ghost of the blackout. The consequences of this traffic jam directly affect the real economy and national security. Real estate and industrial paralysis. The situation is so critical that, as we already mentioned in our previous coverage citing the Asprima employers’ associationlast year only 12% of connection requests for new urban developments were granted. There are 350,000 homes at risk simply due to lack of electrical power. The risk of an electrical “zero”. The Official State Gazette warns that the increase in installations that are not able to withstand “tension gaps” poses a very high risk. If there is a disturbance and these generators are massively disconnected, exchange flows are produced that are incompatible with Spain’s limited interconnections with Europe. As the diary recalls The Countrythe objective is to avoid at all costs a repeat of massive blackouts like the one suffered by the Iberian Peninsula on April 28, 2025. It is not enough to put more cables. In areas limited by this dynamic criterion, it is no longer possible to enable new capacity simply by investing money in reinforcing the network with “more copper.” The expert in the sector Joaquín Coronado sums it up perfectly: the demand must be 100% active; It must provide flexibility and commit to the stability of the system. The Government’s emergency surgery. To unclog this Gordian knot, the Government and regulators have launched a three-way shock plan: The new Royal Decree of MITECO. The Ministry has been brought to public hearing (until March 16) a standard that updates the technical requirements to connect to the network. The master key is that now it is required that the demands “withstand voltage gaps”, do not introduce adverse oscillations and maintain the quality of the wave. By forcing installations not to disconnect in the event of small disturbances, the number of nodes affected in shared areas is reduced. This simple technical measure could bring out 50% more capacity in about 900 knots of connection to the high-voltage network. The “flexible permits” of the CNMC. To put an end to the binary model (either I give you all the capacity or I deny it), the CNMC has proposed four new types of permits, as we already broke down in Xataka. These range from allowing consumption only in certain time slots, to “dynamic” permissions where the operator can remotely disconnect a data center if there is an emergency on the network. The “technical amnesty” for data giants. In parallel, the Ministry of Industry has been urgently removed the “off-peak” requirement. Previously, to receive aid, you had to consume at night, an absurdity for a data center (which operates 24/7) and for today’s Spain, where solar energy has brought down prices at midday. The citizen cost and the fine print. The Government’s maneuver not only responds to a national emergency, but also places Spain as a pioneer on the continent. The country is anticipating the update of the European network codes, deploying a battery of technical specifications simultaneously that is already considered a milestone worldwide, as detailed The Country. In this deployment, the new regulations also settle a historical debt with energy storage: batteries will finally have their own specific regulatory framework, no longer being administratively treated as simple “generation by analogy” facilities. However, this deep digitalization so that the network supports such a complex mode of operation will not come for free, and the bill for modernization will end up looming in the consumer’s pocket. Forecasts for 2026 They already estimate direct increases in citizen receipts, with a 4% increase in tolls and a not inconsiderable 10.5% in electricity system charges. And while citizens assume the technical cost, the data giants – recipients of this regulatory red carpet – prefer to remain cautious in the face of the eternal Spanish bureaucratic obstacle. The technology sector warns that a key piece of the puzzle is missing: If the Government does not expressly include the National Code of Economic Activity (CNAE) corresponding to “Data Processing” in the official list of sectors entitled to receive the million-dollar electro-intensive aid, all … Read more

no trailer or review pass

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Santiago Segura premieres the sixth part of his most popular saga, ‘Torrente President‘ without official trailer and without prior screening for specialized critics. A decision that is not improvisation but tactical: the director trusts in the popular pull of his most profitable franchise and avoids a press with which he has been in a cold war for decades. There is no trailer. That Santiago Segura is one of the smartest producers in the Spanish industry is something that no one is aware of. There is not only the success of Torrente’s five previous films, or his intelligent and very profitable turn towards family comedy with his ‘Father there is only one‘. It is also the way of selling an image that changes according to the audience of each film: increasingly frequent appearances on television, taking advantage of the opportunity to promote their films to a minimum… or the opposite, refusing to use the most common dissemination tools, such as the trailer or the press. With the lack of a trailer (and the only minimal promotional help from a stool song), Segura here has tried to find a kind of voluntary Streisand Effect: to talk about the film by suppressing all information about it. Not generating promotional material is the promotional material itself, and the proof is in this article, which says that there is nothing to talk about. The issue of the press pass already has other connotations. There is no press pass. Critics’ opinions about new releases no longer have the depth they had decades ago. The massification of tools for disseminating opinions such as social networks or rating aggregators such as Rotten Tomatoes have replaced the weight of professional criticismbut the ties between industry and the press remain active, often for publicity reasons. Traditionallythe absence of prior projection suggests a lack of confidence in the product, which is a message that no studio wants to convey. This is not the case of Santiago Segura, who knows that his films are rejected by critics and sweep the box office. The beginning of this confrontation can be traced back to 1998, when journalist Nuria Vidal published a negative review of ‘Torrente’ in ‘Fotogramas’, as the journalist recounted in your blog. Apparently, Segura personally called the editorial office to demand explanations, but with the box office he forgot the rudeness: his classification as a “commercial filmmaker” is something that would end up being proud. The box office success seems sufficient legitimization, and the fact that there is a preview prior to the premiere (“for the fans”) before the press sees it is almost a declaration of intent. The Spanish superfranchise. In March 1998, Santiago Segura hit Spanish theaters with the first ‘Torrente’, which despite accusations of bad taste, grossed 10.9 million euros and was the most watched Spanish film of the season. A return on investment of more than 540%, not counting home video or television. And from there, everything went further: ‘Torrente 2’ tripled the budget and doubled the collection. At the box office it was only surpassed by ‘The Others’, in English and with international financing. Budgets grew and collections fell, but it never stopped being profitable. After the fifth installment, in 2014, Segura put Torrente fallow. He aggregate balance of the five deliveries exceeds 80 million euros and 16 million tickets sold in Spain alone. Adjusted for inflation, the figures amount to 115 million euros and 18 million viewers. There is no other comparable case in modern Spanish cinema of an author franchise with such public support without awards, without going through festivals and without relevant international distribution. In Xataka | The most watched film in history on television is not a Hollywood success, but a classic from the most carpet-loving Spain

The first great Atlantic submarine cable that connected us to the internet says goodbye for a simple reason: it was too expensive to repair it

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It has been at the bottom of the sea for more than two decades, forgotten. But now, finally, the TAT-8, the first fiber optic cable that crossed the Atlantic and connected us to the Internet, is being removed from its place. And to understand the importance of this, it is worth telling its story, since perhaps the Internet would not be as we know it without this cable. The cable that started it all. On December 14, 1988, AT&T, British Telecom and France Telecom developed TAT-8, the acronym for Trans-Atlantic Telephone 8. It was the eighth transoceanic cable system between Europe and the United States, but the first to use optical fiber. Before him, transatlantic cables ran on copper, with very limited capacity. With the TAT-8, voices and data traveled converted into pulses of light through glass threads thinner than a hair. Just like account Wired in its report, at the inaugural event, writer Isaac Asimov connected by video call from New York with audiences in Paris and London to celebrate, in his own words, “this inaugural voyage across the sea on a ray of light.” Why was it so important? When it came into operation, the Internet was still too technical a concept for the general public. But the TAT-8 literally built the highway on which everything later circulated. The curious thing is that in just 18 months it already reached its maximum capacity, so this forced new cables to be laid as soon as possible, especially after the outbreak of the world Wide Webelectronic commerce and in a context in which the Internet became increasingly relevant. By 2001 the TAT series had already reached 14. Disconnection. Just like account In the middle, in 2002, the TAT-8 suffered a breakdown, and repairing it was not worth it, it was that simple. With more modern and higher capacity cables already operational, it made no sense to invest in their recovery. It went offline and was abandoned at the bottom of the Atlantic, where it has remained for more than two decades. Now they are taking it out of the sea. According to collect Wired, a specialist company called Subsea Environmental Services is physically recovering the cable with its vessel MV Maasvliet. It is one of the few companies in the world whose entire business consists of recovering and recycling retired submarine cables. The operation involves dragging a flat hook across the seabed, waiting hours until tension is felt in the cable, and then hoisting it aboard meter by meter. The workers they explain As the ocean floor is an increasingly crowded space, and recovering old cables frees up routes for new ones. What is done with the remains. The TAT-8 is not thrown away. Fiber optic cables contain high purity copper, steel and polyethylene, all recyclable materials with market value. Copper, especially, is a valuable resource and may become scarce in a few years. And according to the International Energy Agency, in less than a decade could be scarce if the industry does not find new sources. On the other hand, the steel of the cable will end up being converted into fences, and the plastic, processed in the Netherlands, will be transformed into pellets to manufacture non-food packaging. In fact, just as they count At Wired, you may soon be using shampoo in a bottle made from remains of the first fiber optic cable to cross the Atlantic. Sharks. Curiously, the TAT-8 is at the epicenter of one of the legends that has lasted the longest in this sector: that sharks bite internet cables. Just like share In the middle, it all started with a test prior to the TAT-8, the Optican-1, which ended up failing due to problems in its insulation. A Bell Labs engineer appeared at a conference with shark teeth that had supposedly been removed from the damaged cable. The story spread instantly. As well as point At the time, AT&T even included four pages on protection against shark bites in its press kit for TAT-8. Actually, there has never been consensus about whether the sharks really caused that damage. Subsequent tests in aquariums, where they were starved to see if they would bite into wires with electric fields, did not yield any clear patterns. At least the outcome of all that testing and debate was positive, as engineers added a layer of steel between the insulation and the fibers, which improved the cable’s overall resistance to abrasions and damage of all kinds. Cover image | What’s Inside? In Xataka | In 1901, a Spanish man had one of the ideas of the century: invent the remote control before television

discounts of up to 850 euros on refrigerators, washing machines, ovens and more

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I don’t know about you, but I think about changing an appliance and I start to tremble. It is almost always because we have to replace something that is broken, although it can also be simply because we want something better. If we start looking for an appliance, it is always much better if, by the way, we can take advantage of some powerful offer. That’s where AEG comes in. This manufacturer is finishing off its Winter Saleswhich just end next Sunday, March 1. Until then, we can take home all types of appliances such as upright vacuum cleaners, refrigerators or ovens at a very good price. The discount is already applied to all of them, but if we use the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘, we will get an additional discount. There is a lot to choose from, but below we are going to leave you with a selection of several offers that we find very interesting: Clean 3000 Series Bag Vacuum Cleaner by 68.67 euros (instead of 109 euros). Series 6000 Animal Cordless Vacuum Cleaner by 152.81 euros (instead of 259 euros). Series 5000 integrated dishwasher by 560.19 euros (instead of 789 euros). ProSense 6000 Series Washing Machine by 517.68 euros (instead of 719 euros). Series 5000 multifunction oven by 398.43 euros (instead of 699 euros). 5000 Series Induction Hob by 267.33 euros (instead of 469 euros). American refrigerator Series 9000 by 998.46 euros (instead of 1,849 euros). Series 5000 induction hob with four zones by 279.44 euros (instead of 499 euros). espresso machine by 105.12 euros (instead of 219 euros). Clean 3000 Series Bag Vacuum Cleaner We start with a bagged vacuum cleaner, which is ideal if you prefer something that helps you clean without relying on a battery (since it has a five-meter cable). It is powerful and its bag has a large capacity, so we can vacuum a large part of our house without having to clean it every so often. It comes with several accessories and, although its RRP is 109 euros, with the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘, its price remains at 68.67 euros. Clean 3000 Series 750 W 78 dB(A) Bag Vacuum Cleaner The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Series 6000 Animal Cordless Vacuum Cleaner Do you prefer a cordless vacuum cleaner? Then you have this one from the 6000 Series, ideal if you have pets at home because it includes a brush designed to be used with animal hair on both carpets and sofas. In fact, you can convert this upright vacuum cleaner into a handheld vacuum cleaner and its autonomy is 50 minutes per charge, which is not bad at all. With the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘, comes out 152.81 euros (instead of 259 euros). Series 6000 Animal cordless vacuum cleaner with 50 min autonomy The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Series 5000 integrated dishwasher We now turn to this integrated dishwasher from the 5000 Series, an option that has an upper basket inside that we can adjust in height (so, you can place it higher if you need to place large utensils). In addition, it has a system that, at the end of the cycle, the door opens by itself to allow everything to dry with the outside air, which saves energy and makes drying better. Costs 560.19 euros (instead of 789 euros) if you use the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘. 60 cm Series 5000 AirDry integrated dishwasher for 14 place settings The price could vary. We earn commission from these links ProSense 6000 Series Washing Machine AEG also has washing machines like this 6000 Series. It has 10 kg capacitywhich will give you extra if you need to wash things like duvets. Besides, Its spin speed reaches 1,400 RPMwhich is ideal if you live in a humid area or if you want to use the dryer for less time. In addition, the washing machine automatically adjusts the water, time and consumption depending on the load we put inside it. With the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘, costs 517.68 euros (instead of 719 euros). ProSense® Series 6000 10.0kg Freestanding Washer The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Series 5000 multifunction oven What if you need an oven? You have this AEG from the 5000 series with 71 liters of capacity and a thermal probe, which will allow you to know what temperature the core of your dishes is (and which is ideal so that they do not remain dry or raw). It has a steam function, which can be great for making bread with a crispy crust, for example. With the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘ stays in 398.43 euros (instead of 699 euros). Multifunction oven Series 5000 SurroundCook with SteamBake with Explore LED Display The price could vary. We earn commission from these links 5000 Series Induction Hob Now we are going with two induction hobs, quite similar but with some important differences. This first one has three cooking zones: two medium-sized and one large. It would be the one we would choose if we plan to cook with large pans or pots, something common in large families where the same dish is cooked so that it provides a lot of servings. Costs 267.33 euros (instead of 469 euros) if we use the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘. 60 cm Series 5000 Induction induction hob The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Series 5000 induction hob with four zones We have the alternative with this other one, which is more traditional. Here we have four different cooking areas, although it is true that we have one more fire, we do not have one as large as the previous induction hob. If you don’t need a larger area than normal, you will have an extra fire that never hurts. With the code ‘AEGXATAKA0226‘ comes out 279.44 euros (instead of 499 euros). 60 cm Series 5000 Induction induction hob The price could vary. We earn commission from these links American refrigerator Series 9000 American refrigerators are very fashionable and with this Series 9000 we … Read more

the discovery that forces us to rewrite the history of engineering

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The old one city ​​of petrasculpted in the majestic reddish rocks of modern-day Jordan, has always captivated the world for its architectural monumentality. But the truth is that there was still much to discover here, and a recent team of archaeologists has focused on the bowels of its urban engineering and the ssystem they used to transport water in a desert environment. The discovery. Archaeologists have unearthed astonishing evidence pointing to a water system of unprecedented sophistication in this region, and which has transformed the understanding of how the Nabataean civilization managed to thrive, and not just survive, in a very arid desert environment. Where was it seen? This discovery has been published in the magazine Raise by the team led by archaeologist Niklas Jungmann where he has documented the findings in the ‘Ain Braq aqueduct after surveys that began in 2023. Now the researchers have been able to reveal a complex network of aquifer infrastructures that challenge previous conceptions about the hydraulic technology of antiquity in the Near East. What has been seen? The epicenter of this astonishing discovery is the identification of a secondary conduit made up of lead pipes that extends approximately 116 meters. The point is that the presence of these lead pipes It is an extraordinarily rare phenomenon, especially outside the context of complex buildings or large Roman baths. In Petra, this conduit was not a mere fortuitous pipe, but a highly precise piece of technology integrated into a system that combined open channels carved directly into the natural rock with these advanced metal conduits. Its function. The function of this hydraulic system was to exhaustively regulate the pressure and flow of water. The researchers here point out that the lead section functioned mechanically as an inverted siphon, which is a great technical feat that allowed the water to overcome the pronounced unevenness in the terrain. And with these levels it could be very easy for the pipes to collapse, but with the mechanism that they devised at the time, it made it possible to give pressure to the water and maintain the momentum wherever it passed. More complex. Although this type of inverted siphon has attracted a lot of attention, nine conduits, a large reservoir, two cisterns and seven smaller tanks must also be added to the system. All this aimed at capturing scarce water, minimizing its evaporation and supplying the desert city. Its evolution. The study goes further by pointing out that the aqueduct system experienced at least two major phases of development. The first was characterized by the use of lead, an expensive and demanding material. Here experts link this majestic work with the era of the Nabataean king Aretas IVindicating that this system would have been vital in supporting key monuments of the city, such as the Great Temple. The second phase focused on the installation of a terracotta conduit next to the original. This transition to a much cheaper and easier to replace material demonstrates the flexibility and long-term technical efficiency of Nabataean engineering. Its importance. Having found this evidence of a complex hydrological system forces historians and archaeologists to rethink the level of technological development in Petra. Beyond their famous rock-cut architecture, the Nabataeans were true masters of water. And it is no wonder, because it was necessary to have a good infrastructure capable of challenge an unforgiving desert that could condemn those cities that did not know how to evolve and adapt to the conditions where they were developing. Images | Brian Kairuz In Xataka | Archaeologists have been searching for Hannibal’s war elephants for centuries. They only had to dig in Córdoba

An economic science fiction text has sunk Visa and Mastercard in the stock market. The reason is more disturbing than the story itself

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Citrini Research, a hedge fund American published this week a text written as if it were a macroeconomic memorandum from June 2028. It is not a prediction, its authors warn. It is a speculative exercise. A feasible scenario. It has achieved 24 million impressions, and counting. It is not an anecdotal tweet. The markets they have responded by sinking. Visa has fallen 4.4%. Mastercard, 6.3%. American Express, almost 8%. And Capital One, 8%. This deserves an explanation. And it’s not what it seems. Between the lines. The market reaction is not explained by the specific content of the Citrini Research report, which includes arguments as debatable as that AI agents will abandon cards to pay with stablecoins in Solana. Antonio Ortiz, technology analysts, has pointed it out precisely: part of the argument “it is from the first of Twitter AI-hype“. The idea that an agent will compare twenty food delivery apps vibecodeadas to find the cheapest one smells like a caricature of the future. But the panic is not irrational. It is precisely the panic of not knowing where the limit is. Why is it importantand. What has moved the market has not been so much the thesis about payments but the thesis about the destruction of value. And that is solid: many billions of dollars of market capitalization have been built on a single foundation: that humans are slow, impatient, forgetful and loyal out of inertia. That we do not compare prices. That we renew subscriptions that we do not use. And that we pay commissions that we do not negotiate. An AI agent has none of those weaknesses. And that changes everything. The backdrop. Citrini’s report comes at a time when the so-called “saaspocalypse“is no longer a metaphor. WSJ states that investors are terrified by the possibility that AI ends up doing the work that large software companies bill for today. ServiceNow, Salesforce, business management platforms… all built on the premise that companies need software for their employees to do their jobs. But… what happens when employees disappear? What if the software itself can be replicated in weeks with agentic coding tools? Citrini’s fiction begins exactly there, in early 2026, when a competent developer can reproduce the core functionality of a mid-market SaaS in a few weeks, and constructs a scenario of systemic collapse. The big question. The report’s most disturbing argument is that in every previous technological cycle, job destruction created new jobs that only humans could do. This time, AI is already occupying those new positions as well. If that’s true—if AI improves faster than workers can reorient themselves—the self-correcting mechanism that has always kept creative destruction from turning into outright destruction wouldn’t work. That is the scenario that the markets have discounted this week, even if only partially and speculatively thanks to a creepypasta financial. Yes, but. The scenario requires assuming a speed of adoption that is not guaranteed, a completely absent political response and a total absence of new economic sectors. None of the three conditions are set in stone. Furthermore, as Antonio points out, there is some collective hysteria in the reaction: each announcement or “scary story catches attention and moves investors.” Markets are trading in panic over the unknown. But there’s an important difference between saying “this scenario won’t happen” and saying “this scenario is impossible.” And that difference is exactly what has the market nervous. The alarm signal. The most striking thing this week is that a speculative text, written in economic science fiction format, has been enough to move billions in market capitalization. That says a lot about the state of certainty in the markets regarding AI: it is practically non-existent. Nobody really knows how much a company whose moat It is human friction in a world where that friction is disappearing. The canary is still alive. But investors have stopped trusting the canary. In Xataka | AI promised to revolutionize all sectors. It has only revolutionized programming while the rest is still waiting Featured image | Avery Evans

The Winter Olympics leave Italy with a debt of 7.8 million dollars. Not to organize them, to win them

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Italy can be satisfied with the Winter Olympic Games, held in its own home. It has gone well. Very good, in fact. Thirty medals in total: 10 gold, six silver and 14 bronze. If we talk about metals in general only there are three nations with a better balance, the powerful Norway (41) and the United States (33). The most curious thing is that this balance is so damn good that now Italy will have to assume a debt of almost eight million of dollars. Success also pays. What has happened? That Italy will have to face a debt of 7.8 million dollars for the Winter Olympics that it just hosted. So far nothing extraordinary if we take into account the large investment carried out by the country to host the Olympics and that a large part of these funds were financed by the Executive itself. The curious thing is that those almost eight million have nothing to do with its status as host or the infrastructure necessary for the tests. The debt has another reason: the sporting successes achieved by Italy. Country Golds Silver Bronze Total Norway 18 12 11 41 USA 12 12 9 33 Italy 10 6 14 30 Germany 8 10 8 26 Japan 5 7 12 24 Debts to earn? Yes. The news (and the calculations that support it) has revealed them Forbeswhich on Sunday echoed the peculiar scenario that Italy faces. In his day the Italian National Olympic Committee He decided to encourage his athletes by promising them huge bonuses if they made it onto the podium. To be more precise, he offered 213,000 dollars in exchange for gold, 106,000 for silver and 71,000 for bronze. What has happened? That incentive seems to have worked and has now generated a million-dollar commitment. Its status as host nation opened the doors to automatic qualification for Italy, but its sports teams have demonstrated a more than notable performance: they achieved 30 medals (10 gold, six silver and 14 bronze), ten more than those achieved in 1994which had been his best winter Olympics until now. In fact, in the global ranking it is only surpassed by Norway, with 41 medals, and the USA, with 33. It is also one of the best positioned in gold medals. It occupies third place in the ranking, shared with the Netherlands. Does it only happen to Italy? No. Although it is true that your case is peculiar. For your report Forbes He contacted 37 delegations who confirm having offered incentives to those athletes who reached the podium. Among those groups, Italy was one of the most generous. Only Singapore, Hong Kong, Poland and Kazakhstan surpassed it, which motivated their sports teams with bigger prizes. For reference, Singapore ‘tempted’ its athletes with $787,000 in exchange for gold in individual sports. Hong Kong paid it at $768,000. What happened in Italy? That the claim worked as well for none of those delegations as it did for Italy. According to the calculations of Forbesthe host country is the one that will have to pay the most now: 7.8 million dollars, well above the second on the list, the United States, with just over three million. Third on the list is Switzerland (1.5 million) and fourth is Poland, whose incentives total 1.24 million. In general, the incentive system varies greatly from one country to another. Not only for its rewards. There may also be differences in how these bonuses are financed (with public funds or with sponsors), in the maximum number of bonuses or if the prizes extend beyond the podium, also rewarding athletes who return home with Olympic diplomas. Italy has also decided to offer bonuses to its para-athletes, so the amount it owes to its most successful athletes could increase not much. In this case, the bonus amounts to $118,000 for those who win the gold, 65,000 for those who win the silver and 41,000 for the bronze. Is it the only relevant figure? At all. The bonus debt is curious, but it is by no means the only relevant figure associated with the Winter Olympic Games that Italy has just organized, with distributed headquarters through Milan, Cortina d´Ampezzo, Verona, Valtellina and Val di Fiemme. Another key data is the investment mobilized by the competition. S&P estimates that the total cost of the Winter Games comfortably exceeded 5,000 million euros. A good part of this spending (about 63%) was public and was dedicated mainly to investments in infrastructure. The other fundamental data is the economic return for the country: some estimates speak of the generation of some 5.3 billion eurosa good part of them thanks to tourism boost. Images | Eric Salard (Flickr) and Simone Ferraro/CONI Via | Forbes In Xataka | The Winter Olympics are facing the most unexpected technological doping: penis punctures

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