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The Trump Mobile T1 wanted to be the quintessential American mobile. It has turned out to be an absolutely Chinese mobile

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Donald Trump was determined that Apple will build the iPhone in the United States and he managed to get them to take steps in that direction, but it soon became clear that the 100% American iPhone was a utopia. Things didn’t go as planned, so he did something very Trump: announce its own smartphone made in the USA. After almost a year since its announcement, the Trump Mobile T1 is already has reached the hands of several analysts and the conclusion is that nothing American. The mobile phone is an old acquaintance and It is mostly made in China. An HTC U24 Pro with a coat of paint It is the summary of what they have discovered after analyzing it in detail in iFixit. The mobile phone that promised to be 100% manufactured in the United States is an almost carbon copy of the HTC U24 Prowith the main difference that its back cover is gold and has the American flag engraved with the text ‘Trump Mobile’. The differences come down to color, the camera module and little else There are other cosmetic changes, such as the speaker grill having a different pattern and the camera module having a different design, with an oval piece encompassing the three lenses (which by the way is completely misaligned in the photos on the official website). At the specifications level, the only change is that the battery is a little larger than in the original HTC, but it loses the 60W fast charge and is left with only 30W. At the internal design level, iFixit says that matches point by point with the original HTC model: same component layout, same motherboard and same screen. In terms of specifications, the HTC U24 Pro was launched in summer 2024, so it does not have the most cutting-edge features. We are talking about a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip, 12GB of RAM, 512GB of capacity and a 6.78-inch screen (although the Trump Mobile website says it is 6.8 inches). Made in China, assembled in the USA (or almost) First of all, it should be noted that the mobile was announced as “designed and built in the United States”, but In January of this year they lowered the promise by others like “designed with American values ​​in mind” or “proudly assembled in the USA.” This already gave clues of what was to come and the iFixit breakdown confirms it: it is very little American. In 2017, HTC sold a large part of its smartphone division to Googleabandoning frontline manufacturing. Since then, HTC has turned to Chinese ODMs to be able to manufacture and assemble its phones. Although they have not confirmed it directly, according to The Verge investigation Everything indicates that the HTC U24 Pro is manufactured in Guangdong Yuanchang Electronics, located in (surprise) Guangdong, China. According to Trump Mobile, the device is assembled in Miami, Florida. Specifically, they say the phone is assembled from “about ten pieces,” which is just enough for the FTC to allow them to use the label. ‘assembled in the USA’. To achieve ‘made in USA’ status that Trump so desired, the FCT is much stricter and requires that “all significant processing” and “all or substantially all” components be manufactured in the United States. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | In its quest to manufacture the iPhone at home, the US has achieved something historic: that the majority of its smartphones come from India

We sensed that there were areas in Spain where longevity was greater. A map has just confirmed where the “Holy Land” is

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The year before the new millennium entered, the Belgian demographer Michel Poulain arrived in a small town in Sardinia looking for a statistical error: too many male centenarians to be credible. What he found there would end up giving rise to the concept of the “Blue Zones”the regions of the world where living for more than a hundred years is not a rarity, but almost a custom. Now, the same researcher claims to have found something similar much closer: in Spain. The map that confirms an old intuition. For years there was a suspicion almost intuitive in Spain: there were territories where people not only lived longer, but also aged better. Now a map has made it black on white. The demographer Michel Poulainwho, as we said, is one of the world’s great experts in longevity and creator of the modern concept of the Blue Zoneshas applied its extreme longevity index to the Spanish territory and the result draws a very clear pattern: The north and part of the interior have a probability of reaching 100 years that is up to three times higher than that of the south. It is not a cultural perception or a family anecdote. It’s demographic statistics. Where is the Spanish corridor. The map pinpoints a species privileged belt. Navarra, La Rioja, Soria, Guadalajara and Segovia top the classification, followed by other areas of Castilla y León, Catalonia, Álava and a good part of the northwest of the peninsula. In it opposite end appear Seville, Cádiz and Málaga, where the possibility of reaching a centenary falls very noticeably. The big surprise is not only the gap, but its magnitude: tripling the odds within the same country, with the same health system and political framework, forces us to look beyond genetics. We no longer talk about “blue zones.” The finding also changes the way we study aging. For years the dominant model was that of the Blue Zonesthose iconic places like Sardinia, Okinawa or Icaria where centenarians accumulate. But Poulain believes that model has fallen short. Now science speaks of “longevity corridors”: large areas where the combination of social, environmental, health and cultural factors generates a favorable ecosystem for living longer and better. Spain, and especially its northern halfone of those European corridors begins to emerge. It’s not magic, it’s lifestyle. The key, researchers insistit is not in a miracle recipe or a hidden superfood. Eating meaningfully, moving naturally, sleeping well, avoiding chronic stress, maintaining strong family ties, living connected to nature, and having purpose in life appear again and again as common patterns. They are simple habits, but sustained for decades. And therein lies the real lesson: longevity is not manufactured at 70, it is built from childhood. That is why experts insist so much on prevention and early education. The invisible factor. There is more, since one of the elements that is most repeated in these territories is something that rarely appears in an analysis: the social network. It talks about having support, not feeling alone, maintaining family and community ties, in short, continuing to be useful to others. That human tissue seems to act like silent protection against physical and mental deterioration. In many of these provinces, especially rural ones, there continues to be a denser social structure than in large cities. And that could be as important as diet or exercise. The great warning. Last but not least, there is a clear warning. The researchers they warn that these corridors are not eternal. Changes in diet, sedentary lifestyle, accelerated urbanization, loss of community and social isolation are eroding precisely the factors that made them possible. In other words, healthy longevity can be lost in a single generation if the environment changes. That is why the great objective now is not to admire centenarians as a rarity, but to study how they have gotten there to replicate those conditions. Because the map not only tells where you live most. It also points out perhaps something more important: where a way of living that the rest of the country is losing is still preserved. Image | Pexels,ELI, Adam Jones In Xataka | They don’t bring suitcases, they bring medical records: how Spain has become the new European mecca of longevity In Xataka | Putin has become obsessed with eternal life. And that’s why he has scientists experimenting with organs in pigs

Today Steve Ballmer is richer than Gates

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If one thing has become clear in Bill Gates’ 50-year professional career, it is that he has good nose for businessalthough sometimes he has failed in his decisions. This has led him to remain for almost four decades in the top 10 of the greatest fortunes. In his biographical book ‘Source code: My beginnings‘, the millionaire remembers what his biggest bet was: sign Steve Ballmer and offer you a good piece of the Microsoft pie. United through the halls of Harvard Bill Gates recalled in his book his years as a student at Harvard University in the fall of 1976, where the millionaire forged a close friendship with someone who, two decades He would later replace him at the helm of Microsoft. Gates met Ballmer through a mutual friend in a Harvard graduate economics class. “Steve looks a lot like you,” his friend told him. Unlike the rest of the mathematics students, Gates was impressed with the personality of his new friend. “Steve had incredible energy and a unique ability to motivate people,” Gates has written. I didn’t know it then, but that combination of skills made Ballmer the ideal candidate to help transform Microsoft from a small startup to a global corporation. In those years, Ballmer was already pointing out ways in the direction of sports. He was responsible for the university’s football team, oversaw advertising for its student newspaper, and was president of Harvard’s literary magazine. Gates describes in his book how he remembered attending a football game and seeing Ballmer “expend as much energy walking back and forth and jumping up and down the side of the field” as any of the players who were playing. Both companions they connected quickly and they became inseparable, chatting about the future, the power of business and how to revolutionize the world. Of course, among their big plans, they developed their particular strategy for success: skipping economics classes, and hurriedly studying at the last minute just before taking the exam…and passing it “triumphantly.” The millionaire says in his biography that the charismatic Ballmer was responsible for expanding Gates’ social circle during his time at Harvard, and introduces Bill Gates to the Fox Club. As the millionaire describes in his book, this club was known for its “black tie parties, secret handshakes, and other archaic rules and rituals,” which the Microsoft founder would have avoided if it weren’t for his effusive friend Ballmer. Steve, come to Microsoft In 1980, Bill Gates made a decision that would change the course of Microsoft and the technology industry. Gates needed a strategist, a partner who could handle the sales department to sell the product, while he focused on the technology. This is where Gates recalled Ballmer’s good social skills. In principle, the young founders of Microsoft were willing to offer up to 5% of the shares of their new company to recruit Steve Ballmer as a director. Finally, and thanks to Ballmer’s undeniable negotiating talent, Gates ended up agreeing to give him the 8.75% of Microsoft shares. Gates reflected on this decision years later: “Giving Steve those shares was one of the best decisions I ever made.” Microsoft’s success in the decades that followed demonstrated the wisdom of this choice, cementing the company’s position as a leader in the technology industry. The founder of Microsoft recognized the importance of having someone like Ballmer, who had a business vision complementary to his. “We needed someone who could help us grow as a business,” Gates explained in his memoirs. This decision demonstrated Gates’ long-term vision and willingness to sacrifice immediate gains for greater future benefit. The incorporation of Ballmer had a profound effect on the trajectory of Microsoft, beyond showing signs of the energy that conquered Gates. sweating his shirt on stageor doing for Gates to lose his shame in order to increase your sales. Ballmer’s years of leadership at the head of Microsoft cannot be considered the most brilliant of the company, which did not know how to rise to the top. mobile phone train. Ballmer returned to his passion After leave the world of technology and with 8.75% of the shares of a Microsoft catapulted to the financial success thanks to Satya NadellaSteve Ballmer has been able to dedicate himself body and soul to his passion: basketball. Bought the equipment of the NBA Los Angeles Clippers and that has led him to become the eleventh largest fortune in the world according to the Forbes millionaires list. Steve Ballmer has a net worth of 121.3 billion dollars, surpassing in wealth to his friend and mentor Bill Gates. In Xataka | Bill Gates earned $5.545 billion sleeping. This is what it means to have a fortune of 130,000 million Image | Flickr (Wired Photostream, World Bank Photo Collection)

$200 a month gives access to $14,000 in tokens

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Most of those who pay to use AI models do so with subscriptions. They take advantage of platforms like ChatGPT Plus either Claude Pro and with them they access an all-you-can-eat buffet that at first seems quite generous. Those who are in this modality surely have divided opinions: some will say that they immediately cross the limits and others that they almost never cross them. They are both right. Bargain subscriptions. The prestigious SemiAnalysis has carried out an investigation most curious. They signed up for Anthropic and OpenAI subscription plans and then tried to get the most out of them. The question they wanted to answer was simple: are they really profitable, or is it better to pay per use with the API? His conclusion is forceful: these subscriptions are an absolute bargain… if used well. You pay 200 dollars in tokens, they give you 14,000. SemiAnalysis research took advantage of these subscription plans to execute complex programming tasks that also extended over time to exhaust the weekly usage limits of each account. Popular belief is that these plans have a consumption limit of about $2,000 (costing $200). However, their tests showed that Anthropic’s plan allowed them to consume $8,000 per month in API tokens. In the case of OpenAI, things were even better: they managed to consume the equivalent of $14,000 worth of tokens per month. The savings are simply amazing and make one thing clear: if you make the most of your subscription, it is almost a free gift. The all-you-can-eat buffet trap. The figures make it clear that OpenAI and Anthropic are using the same model of business than that of gyms or free food buffets: users who do not go or eat little finance those who do not stop going and put on their boots. The technology companies are taking huge losses with the power users of AI that do not stop using these plans with autonomous agents that squeeze them. Risk. But that group is balanced by many subscribers who pay the flat rate but only ask a handful of fairly simple questions each day. According to analyst Ed Zitron, that’s dangerous: it is enough for 25% of users to decide to squeeze those usage rates for the profit margins of these companies to be negative. Price drop in sight. Coinciding with the study, in The Wall Street Journal they indicated this week how OpenAI is considering entering a price war by lowering the prices of its subscriptions. It could thus anticipate Anthropic—which could do the same—but for experts that could end badly. Gary Marcus explained that OpenAI is already surviving by creating hypeand a decision like that could go very badly for them. The Ghost of DeepSeek. This hypothetical price war could also be motivated by the costs of Chinese models such as DeepSeek, which offers much of the capacity of GPT or Claude, but at a much lower cost. Opposite that, of course, are the APIs that allow payment per use and that both Anthropic and OpenAI are increasingly forcing. These APIs impose a surcharge of between 40x and 70x the price of the subscription tokens according to some experts. Agents against subscription plans. What is threatening the future of these subscription plans are AI agents that are capable of completing complex tasks autonomously and in long sessions. These agents “burn” millions of tokens quickly, which is why both OpenAI and Anthropic limit (or ban) the use of their subscriptions to use them for example in OpenClaw. Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, believe that the subscription tap will soon be closed in the face of these costs triggered by agentic AI. “Intelligence” keeps getting cheaper. But in the face of all those realities that seem to threaten the end of AI subscriptions, there is a factor that can contribute to their survival. As they point out in SemiAnalysisthe market laws themselves are confirming that generating tokens is increasingly cheaper. Efficiency improves and the costs of producing tokens decrease, and they could do so at such a pace that in the end access to AI remains profitable for these free buffets. Companies are subsidizing AI for us. All this leads to think that in many cases AI companies are subsidizing the use of their models. They do it by taking advantage of that scheme that only a few really take advantage of the subscription plans. The question is, of course, whether this situation has an expiration date. In Xataka | Anthropic is at the most important moment in its history and has a warning: we must lift the AI ​​accelerator

that’s why it’s back to science fiction

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Steven Spielberg has been using science fiction for almost fifty years as a reflection of the concerns of American fears (that is, planetary, because pop culture works the way it does). In 1977 he captured the post-Vietnam spiritual void with aliens coming in peace. In 2005, he processed 9/11 with aggressive invaders. ‘The Day of Revelation’ has some ingredients similar to all of them, although perhaps for the first time in his career, reality has gotten ahead of him. The constant. Of the 37 films Steven Spielberg has directed, about a quarter are fantasy or, more specifically, science fiction. And of them, six include aliens in their plots. Let’s review some of the most relevant ones: Encounters in the third phase (1977): Two years after the end of the Vietnam War. The United States saw the moral authority of its institutions plummet. Spielberg gave the public some hope with a film in which contact with the unknown did not end in war but in amazement: the aliens came in peace and the protagonist followed them into space. Decades later, the Library of Congress included the film in its archives as being “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant.” ET the exterrestrial (1982): In the midst of the Reagan era, political discourse insisted on rebuilding the nuclear family as a central value of society. Spielberg put a broken family at the center of his film, with a mother raising her children alone after a divorce, and offered as reparation for domestic trauma the most unlikely friendship: a child and an alien. ‘ET’ claimed that solutions had to be found to heal a fractured society. As Spielberg himself has said, “My favorite science fiction is based on terrestrial problems”. ‘War of the worlds’ (2005): Spielberg once said of the 9/11 attacks that “the image that I can’t get out of my head It is that of all the people of Manhattan fleeing over the George Washington Bridge.” It is perfectly perceived in a film that is pure panic, nothing rooted in a specific policy, since as screenwriter David Koepp said in his day, it also functioned as an allegory of Iraqi fear of an American invasion. Koepp also signed ‘Jurassic Park’, the film that showed us the only good billionaire, and now he returns with ‘The Day of Revelation’. And even if it is outside the topic of invasions and dealing with social aspects that are not so clearly politicized, it is inevitable to remember science fiction films like ‘AI, Artificial Intelligence’where many first discovered the fashion acronym; ‘Minority Reportas a bridge between the paranoia of the fifties and the era of hypervigilance we live in now; and in a more (sadly) banal tone, ‘Ready Player One’about The Video Game and its implications. The secrets are over. In December 2017, The New York Times published a report about AATIP, the Pentagon’s secret program to investigate anomalous aerial phenomena with a budget of 22 million dollars. The report described objects that moved in ways that defied known engineering. That journalistic piece, according to Spielberg, restored his interest in the alien topic. In the summer of 2023 he spent two months writing a 50-60 page synopsis of what would happen the day that information became public. The project was officially announced in April 2024. The year when reality did not waitOn May 8, 2026, five weeks before the premiere of ‘Revelation Day’, the Trump administration ordered the publication of the first 162 declassified files on UAPsincluding diplomatic cables, FBI reports, NASA transcripts and graphic material, all accessible without prior authorization on the war.gov/UFO portal. On May 22, a second delivery arrived with six PDF files, seven audios and 51 videos. The portal intends to continue expanding. When NASA was worried. Spielberg himself has acknowledged that those congressional hearings “changed everything” for him and that “this stopped being sensationalism and became something that the mainstream media took very seriously.” In this way, ‘The Day of Revelation’ continues to be a social thermometer, although now it does so perhaps at the opposite pole to ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’, once the debate has been institutionalized. In fact, while preparing ‘Close Encounters…’ in the 1970s, Spielberg received a letter from NASA asking him not to make the film. “When I found out that the government was opposed to the film, I found my faith”declared in 1978: “If NASA took the time to write me a twenty-page letter, something was up.” It cannot be said that the Spielberg of today raises the same suspicions as the one from then, and perhaps his new film should be read under that code. In Xataka | When Spielberg heard one of the best soundtracks in history, he didn’t get it: “I thought it was a joke”

Facebook Marketplace ads are filling up with sexy AI-generated women and there’s a very specific reason behind it

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What of sell on trading platforms It is not always a simple task. It is quite common for ads to go by for weeks without anyone being interested in them, especially if what we want to sell is something expensive like a car or a motorcycle. Faced with this problem, there are Facebook Marketplace sellers who have found the formula to stand out from the crowd without having to pay to promote their ad. Women generated with AI. They tell it in Business Insider. On Facebook Marketplace in the United States, it is increasingly common to find ads for cars and other items in which one or more beautiful women appear; motorcycles, cars and even tractor parts surrounded by suspiciously perfect women, smiling at the camera as if they were posing for a magazine. In the ‘isThisAI’ subreddit many users discuss these imageswhich as we have already mentioned are generated with AI. The objective behind it is obvious: to capture the attention of potential buyers. The case of the Jeep Wrangler. The report tells the story of Rogelio Llamas, a Californian who is trying to sell his Jeep Wrangler. In the ad, next to the car, there is a woman in a bikini, shorts and cowboy boots, but it is not real, but was added later with AI. The striking thing about her case is that she was not a thin woman, but rather opted for a more voluminous one. He says he got the idea from a trading YouTuber who said that this would generate more curiosity. Lots of clicking, little purchase. The goal is to make your ad stand out from the rest, thus increasing the chances of a sale, or at least that’s the theory. According to this seller, the ad got a lot of views and he even received messages from people asking things like if the girl is included in the car. The reality is that 19 weeks later, the car is still for sale. The pretty girl’s claim. Advertising and sexism have gone hand in hand for decades, especially in certain traditionally masculine items such as carsboats and even We have seen it at technology fairs such as the Mobile World Congress. Fortunately we have been removing that burden, but these “AI stewardesses” serve the same purpose: to be the attraction to attract the attention of the male audience. Of course, not all ads that use AI to stand out are along those lines, there are others that simply seek to shock and exploit the surprise factor, like this one from a sumo wrestler inside a toolbox. We have looked around Facebook Marketplace in Spain and also other platforms such as Wallapop and Milanuncios and we have not found examples of this practice. It seems that, at the moment, it is a trend from the United States, but who knows if we will end up importing it. Image | reddit In Xataka | The protein product craze is taking over supermarkets. And that’s why now we have tuna for males

sea ​​level rises

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The Child it’s already here and official data points to a potentially very strong event. NOAA, which a month ago saw no reason to worry, now gives a 63% probability to what meteorologists call SuperNiño. Meanwhile, NASA has already detected that Peru’s sea level is 15 cm above average. It’s just the beginning: more than 25 degrees are expected in the coming months. And what does all this mean? Nobody knows very well. On the one hand, NOAA itself explains that “even very strong El Niño events do not produce the expected impact everywhere; stronger events only tip the odds further.” As Severine Fournier saysdeputy scientific director of Sentinel-6, “each El Niño is different, but they almost always bring a warm year and large changes in rainfall in parts of the planet.” And it is logical: “El Niño” only means that the absence of strong trade winds that cool the surface of the equatorial Pacific causes the temperature of that area of ​​the ocean to skyrocket. And it is this, through different atmospheric teleconnectionswhich disrupts all the weather systems in the world. But, for that to happen, the effects of the heat of the equatorial Pacific have to interact with a lot of systems and the result is unpredictable. On the other hand, at least on paper, we are on the verge of what may be the largest event ever recorded. Nobody knows if from a certain moment onwards the rules we knew are broken. So… Can we say that we are heading towards a SuperChild? As is evident, the climatic situation that is causing climate change increases the degree of uncertainty of everything. However, the data are very clear: in the last 76 years we have only seen eight cases like the current one (which, starting from a winter in a cold phase – La Niña – have reached summer in a warm phase). None of those cases ended with a decaffeinated El Niño. In each and every one of them, rapid warming was followed by climate ‘curves’. The ground was the 1951 event that remained ‘moderate’ (although there is debate as to whether it was stronger, but we were unable to measure it well for technical reasons). It is true that eight cases is not too many. But, for now, we know that the probability of him being a SuperChild is very high and that the probability of him becoming weak is almost negligible. Image | BenBaso In Xataka | One of the worst news of the year comes from this red box: the projections have just put on the table the worst El Niño in 140 years

Theker achieves 74 million to beat China at its own game

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74 million euros they just got up those responsible for the Barcelona startup Theker. The amount is far from the multimillion-dollar rounds of Silicon Valley AI companies, but it is a vote of confidence for a particularly ambitious project: compete with the Chinese robotics giants from a different perspective. What Theker does. The company was founded in 2022 by Carla Gómez Cano and Jia Qiang Ye Zhu. Unlike traditional industrial robotics, which performs mechanical and repetitive tasks, Theker automates processes where objects constantly change. One of its latest achievements is to automate the process of folding textile garments, an extremely complex task for a robot due to the different textures, thicknesses and materials. A milestone. The financing round obtained by Theker becomes one of the largest venture capital operations in the Spanish technology sector so far this year. The startup, born with the ambition to recover part of the microelectronics production in the West, will use these new resources to expand its production plants in Catalonia, hire talent and accelerate the distribution of its high-precision robotic arms in Europe and the US. This round is added to the one the company obtained in July 2025, which was 18 million euros. Fashion bets on technology. The round is led by the American fund CRV, but Spanish funds such as K Fund, Itnig, Mission and Kibo Ventures also participate. There are striking surprises in the shareholding, which now includes two giants of the fashion world: on the one hand, LVHM. On the other hand, attention, Inditex, which already supported the company in its beginnings. Robots made in Spain. The great contradiction of Theker’s business model is trying to surpass China in terms of price using labor and engineering developed in our country. The European industry has focused on super-specialized and very expensive software or robotics. How to compete with China. Meanwhile, Theker has designed a super-efficient automation architecture that theoretically drastically reduces assembly costs. Their idea is simple: logistical proximity and optimization of algorithms can neutralize the competitive advantage that China has with cheaper labor in its factories. Of humanoid robots, nothing. In an interview they conducted with Itnig, the two co-founders they explained that humanoid robots like the Tesla Optimus are not mechanically prepared to be used industrially: by seeking to be light to walk and use batteries, they use less durable materials and weaker reducers. For industrial applications, where the floors are flat, it is much more efficient to use a robust industrial arm with wheels, capable of operating connected to the power supply uninterruptedly. Humanoid robots, of course, will end up finding their market in household tasks. Artificial vision to adapt to any situation. The real jewel in Theker’s crown is its intelligent automated soldering system for printed circuit boards (PCBs). This company’s robots integrate artificial vision systems (they develop their own Vision-Language Model) and combine them with deep learning algorithms. With these two components, the robots are capable of adapting their movements to the millimeter in real time. Errors under control. This technology, they say, allows imperfections in assembly lines to be corrected without having to stop production. It is an advance that provides operational flexibility to companies that use these robots, since it reduces the rate of defective components to minimum levels. Ideal moment. This financial takeoff of Theker comes at a very significant moment: both Europe, the US and China are seeking their technological sovereignty. Past trade tensions and logistics bottlenecks have demonstrated the risk of outsourcing all hardware. The Barcelona startup proposes a very interesting alternative for Western industries, and benefits from this ambitious trend. Image | UOC In Xataka | Humanoid robotics are striking, but China is clear about which robots make money

a star with a black hole inside

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From 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope has detected hundreds of red dotspossibly formed about 600 million years after the Big Bang. Its origin has been an enigma for all this time. However, little by little the same telescope is managing to delve into some of them until making such interesting findings. like the black hole that formed before its galaxy. Now, furthermore, has done the most in-depth and detailed inspection so far one of these red dots, discovering in the process an object that until now was only considered theoretical: the black hole star. More precision than ever. Some of these red dots have the advantage of being close to a large galactic cluster that can function as a magnifying glass. Having a great mass, its gravitational attraction deforms space time, which curves, generating a kind of lens that magnifies what is behind. This has allowed the James Webb to delve much better into the GLIMPSE-17775 red dot, obtaining the equivalent of 80 hours of observation with 30 hours of observation. Its spectrograph has revealed 40 spectral lines, the most detailed analysis of one of these red dots, and with them a pretty good idea of ​​its composition. black hole star. When a very massive star no longer has fuel to remain “on” it can reach a point where it collapses and becomes a black hole. Usually a complete conversion. The entire star is “replaced” by the black hole. However, there is a hypothesis that in some cases a part of the star does not disappear, so that the black hole remains embedded inside it. This theoretical phenomenon is known as quasi star or black hole star and it would basically be a stellar-sized black hole, surrounded by a dense cocoon of partially ionized gas. It could happen, but until now none had been detected. The 40 spectral lines. As explained by the authors of the studythe 40 spectral lines found by James Webb were like puzzle pieces lying on the ground. As they were taken and placed in their place, the black hole star appeared. For example, there were lines associated with hydrogen, oxygen and helium that do not fit the simple model of a rotating gas cloud, such as that found around a black hole. On the other hand, there were oxygen lines that could only be formed with a large amount of energy, such as that coming from a black hole. There were also lines of iron that would correspond to those that form in a star that is already fusing its last fuel reserves. Finally, there were lines that would correspond to a scattering of electrons like the one that would take place in that cocoon of dense gas. Everything fits. The spectrum also revealed the existence of fluorescence and helium absorption, both characteristics that fit with a dense medium that surrounds a powerful energy source. Everything fits with the black hole star. In fact, it is possible that other red dots are also red, since that would explain why they emit so few X-rays. The cocoons of star debris would be absorbing the black hole’s emissions, preventing them from being detected by telescopes. Other red dots will have to continue to be analyzed, but it seems that they are becoming less enigmatic than when they were discovered. All thanks to James Webb. Image | NASA, ESA, CSA, Vasily Kokorev (UT Austin); Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) In Xataka | We have been studying the planets of TRAPPIST-1 for years with great hope. James Webb just knocked it down

In Spain, eating has become a procedure that must be quick and easy. And that is making gold for the supermarkets that prepare dishes

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When it comes to eating, we Spaniards no longer want only tasty dishes. We want time. We want flexibility. We want an assortment that allows us to choose. And if possible, we want all of the above at a good price. Whoever can square the circle will have the keys to a billion-dollar business. For now, the data from Worldpanel by Numerator reveal that more and more people are finding this offer in the prepared foods section of the supermarket, which in just four years has seen its sales increased by 55%. The curious thing is that this percentage reveals much more about us as consumers than about the business itself. The figure: 55%. The food sector has been around for a long time emitting signals about what the business of prepared food is growing in Spain, but few (or none) have been as clear as the one just shared by Worldpanel by Numerator. In your report ‘Convenience, the super power that changes everything’, the platform specialized in data and market analysis, has revealed that sales of ready-to-eat dishes have skyrocketed 55% from 2022. A name: Mercadona. Worldpanel has not provided more detailed data on demand, net consumption or per capita intake, but the percentage is still revealing. Above all because it helps us better understand how the demand for this type of product works, how the market behaves and who its protagonists are. As a reference, Worldpanel calculates that Mercadona monopolizes “one third” of the growth recorded in the category since 2020. It is not at all surprising if you take into account the commitment that the Valencian chain has made for its ‘Ready to eat’ section. Since its launch in 2018, it has been expanding it through its network of stores in Spain and Portugal until closing in 2025. almost 1,500 points selling and conquering much of it of the demand. If both prepared food and pre-cooked foods (creams, packaged chicken or refrigerated pizza, for example) are taken into account, last year Mercadona entered 3 billion of euros between both countries. Habit changes. That the prepared food business is growing so quickly is just a reflection of our own changes as consumers. We buy differently than our parents did because our priorities are also different. In the same study Worldpanel reveals two data that prove it. First, the time we spend cooking has been reducing until it remains at 24.5 minutes a day. Second, that 41% of consumers (5% more than in 2020) admits that he usually eats in a hurry, without time to relax. They are dynamics that fit well with what the prepared food sections of Mercadona or other chains offer, such as Alcampo, Carrefour or Lidland they give them a clear competitive advantage compared to traditional restaurants. As if that were not enough, our way of eating seems to be simplifying little by little: the occasions in which we have lunch with a single dish have increased about 5.5% since 2020. If we talk about dinners, that percentage is 3.3%. Is it that important? Yes a lot. So much so, in fact, that what is catapulting the sale of prepared dishes is not their greater or lesser attractiveness, the variety of the offering or their healthy appearance. When Worldpanel technicians asked customers what was the deciding factor that led them to buy convenience food instead of going to a bar or restaurant, about a third (28.4%) responded that the price. That is the factor that most often tips the balance on the side of Mercadona and other similar supermarket chains. The second is convenience. 13.4% stated that what they value most is speed, 10.4% the possibility of taking advantage of visits to the supermarket to make other purchases and 10.1% the flexibility of being able to consume food when and where it suits them best. That last piece of information is key. Although in recent years several chains of supermarkets have begun to enable spaces in their premises so that people can eat there, most of the customers take the dishes home. It occurs in 78% of cases. If we talk about large consumption in general (not just food) the percentage of intra-domestic spending is around 71%. Image | Carrefour In Xataka | Madrid is encountering a growing problem in its metro stations: the illegal sale of street food

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