Mobile Tech & Gadgets

Goodbye to the official Windows 10 support is bad news for users. Hackers already rub their hands

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On October 14, millions of computers worldwide will be helpless. That day The official Windows 10 support period endswhich means that users of equipment based on this operating system will not receive security updates. Problem. That raises a gigantic problem for end users, but especially for companies you can see their operation committed to future vulnerabilities that are discovered in said operating system. It is something that has happened in the past with ancient Microsoft operating systems, but the difference here is in the windows 10 dimension. Four out of ten pcs, with Windows 10. According to Statcounter Globalstats data, Windows 10 has currently a global fee of 40.84%. Four out of ten teams that use Windows, use Windows 10. That involves hundreds of millions of PCs, laptops and other devices – point of sale, interactive kiosks, industrial control systems – are exposed to new vulnerability that are discovered from that moment. In Spain, by the way, it is quota is even more worrying. Remembering what happened with Windows 8. In January 2016 Microsoft also marked the end of the Windows 8 support, but the market share of said operating system was much lower, which made the risk, even existing, it was much lower. The problem of the Windows 10 quota is now added that Ransomware and other malware threats They have multiplied. Party for cybercriminals. The “hackers” – or rather, the crackers, the cybercriminals – have before them a golden opportunity to discover and exploit new vulnerabilities that will not be corrected by Microsoft or whose updates will not apply in most cases. It is true that Microsoft has offered methods to extend updates in some cases, but as has happened in the past, many users will not take advantage of them and therefore will be vulnerable to those future cyber attacks. Update options. With the end of Windows 10, there are options for users. One of them is to update Windows 11 “Skipping” the technical requirements Taxes by Microsoft. The other, take advantage of the free extension of the update period, which they can receive for one more year With a simple process. There is also the most profitable option for Microsoft and manufacturers: update to a new PC that arrives with pre -installed Windows 11. And of course, we can opt for other operating systems: these equipment can remain useful (and insurance) installing some linux distribution. The condemnation of “Legacy” systems. Microsoft has always had the philosophy of maintaining compatibility back. That has advantages – can continue executing software for years even in modern hardware – but also that serious disadvantage of security commitment. Apple does not suffer so much. Apple, for example, has a much more drastic attitude in terms of updates and constant update is prioritized. And although it is possible to continue using old equipment with old versions, new functions that usually encourage users to update are excluded. Because it has it much easier. But of course, Apple has in its catalog a few tens of Mac and Macbook since they do not license their operating system, which makes it much easier have these updates under control. In the Windows world, with tens (hundreds?) Of manufacturers and millions of hardware and software combinations, conflicts may appear everywhere and control security is much more complex. In Xataka | The unexpected return of Windows 7: it reaches almost 10% of the market when Microsoft prepares to retire Windows 10

How to do them and ideas to be

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Let’s tell you How to create more fun and dynamic profile photos with the artificial intelligence of Gemini. Thank you To the Nano Banana model Integrate for free, Google’s AI is able to add elements to a photo, apply filters, or use the person’s face to create a different photo. We are going to wear some easy and fast examples, so you know that this can be done, and also for you to know several of its possibilities. We will accompany you every example of the Prompt that we have used. In all of them, in addition to the prompt you will have to upload the photo you want to use. Add elements to the photo You can ask Gemini to add elements to photography. For example, you can make an animal or an object appear, asking Look like you are posing together Or you are posing with the object, always respecting the rest of the image. The prompt would be something like this: “Put an alien in this photo as if we were posing for a joint selfie. Respect the rest of the image.” Specific elements attaching your photo If you want more precision, you can ask that Add a person, animal or thing that attached with a second photo. Come on, you upload your photo, and then you upload the photo of what you want me to add to it. Then in the Prompt you will have to explain well what photo stay and what elements to carry and in what way. The prompt would be something like this: “I want you to edit the first photo for me to appear with the cat that comes out in the second. Do it to make it look like we are posing together. Respect the rest of the image.” Apply filters to your photos Do you remember those apps that allow you to apply filters to the photos to make avatars? Well Gemini has made them history, because You can apply any filter to the photos by just asking for it and specifying the type of filter you want. It doesn’t matter if it is for the photo to be in black and white, that it looks like a drawing or made of charcoal, Gemini will apply it. The prompt would be something like this: “I want you to make this photo look like a portrait made with charcoal.” Create an avatar from scratch using your face Another option is to upload a photo of yours and change clothing and composition Using your face. You can ask to change everything and use your face as a reference of the scene you want to create. Here, be thorough when describing what you want, the results can surprise you. The prompt would be something like this: Draw the portrait of a person dressed as an executive. You must have the same facial features as the photo. It must be a photo like that of a great CEO, with the dark background and with a confident look. Change your photo hairstyle Another of the changes you can make to the photos is Change the hairstyle, makeup or facial beautifulso that you can have a different appearance. As we have told you, you can also change the clothing, but always keeping the rest of the image. The prompt would be something like this: “I want to have the pelazo of a heavy guitarist” Become an animated character Yes, although Gemini is more specialized in photographic retouching and maintaining or using your real face, you also have the option of Create a Ghibli style character With your photo, or with other different styles. You just have to specify the type of cartoon you want to be a character. The prompt would be something like this: “Become a character from the Simpsons” Concrete instructions for complex images And finally, you should know that Gemini will also allow you Give long and complex descriptions. With them, you will be able to ask for all the details of the image you want to create, from style details, where the changes are applied, to what appears in the background we must modify the environment or other details. As explained to us In Xataka Androidthe more details the better. Prompt could be something like this: “I want the image to be transformed as if it were in a Japanese park in spring, with flower cherry trees. Do not change my face or my clothes, just modify the back Chihiro or my neighbor Totoro’s trip films. In Xataka Basics | Gemini Image Editor: 16 forms and tricks to squeeze Nano-Banana with Google’s artificial intelligence

Openai is demonstrating to be able to overcome the goal in virality. His mission was not supposed to be that

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Openai has launched Sora, its social application with which it invites users to create short videos generated by AI and then share them on that network. The product has turned out to be an immediate viral success, extremely simple to use and highly addictive. So much that he has totally left the company that theoretically dominated this segment perfectly. What happened. Traditional social networks are being filled with videos generated with Sora 2the new and striking video generation model by IA. The expectation seems even to have exceeded what I already generated I see 3Google’s model, but it is that Openai has not been confirmed to offer this model, but has accompanied it with a mobile application that is actually a new social network. One in which all the content is those videos and images generated with Sora. Vibes goal, ridiculous. The first surprise is not so much that the application has been successful, but has left Meta Vibs in an absolute background. The company led by Mark Zuckerberg announced a few days before of Sora 2 its new social network totally dedicated to the content generated by the only days before OpenAi, but the impact, at least in terms of the “noise” generated on social networks, is minimal. There are those who criticize that Vibes is “half cook” and it’s “obtuse” for the difficulty when using it in front of Openai. What Altman’s company has achieved is to win in this New career for the economy of attention. OpenAI strategic turn. But the really remarkable thing about this launch is that it seems to raise a strategic OpenAI turn. The company led by Sam Altman has been promising that We will have an AGI in a few thousand days. That diffuse promise contrasts with a reality: GPT-5 is a good modelbut does not represent a specially striking leap regarding the state of the current art. And given that slow evolution and progression, the solution seems to be to offer AI toys. They already did it with the Studio Ghibli Style Imagesbut Sora 2 and Sora’s app go further. They are AI toys … dangerous. Ai Slop. This model contributes even more to that future in which the “spleen generated by AI” (AI Slop) becomes the most widespread type of content in social networks and the Internet. But there are also (among others) a potential and gigantic privacy problem with Sora’s “cameos”, which can end up helping the generation of deepfakes to shoot. The future was a meme factory. That viral success of the app Sora makes the line be blurred between creators and content consumers and does more than ever who consume it end up creating it and realiment the phenomenon. And that makes AI a meme factory, and not a technology that helps us solve real problems. It is true that there are sectors that are taking advantage of it in professional fields, but the danger is that the focus of AI ends in entertainment and content that can also end up being toxic. The Killer-App of the AI ​​was to create videos. Chatgpt and AI continue without having a “Killer App” definitive practice: they help (more and more, true) to programmers, summary documents and rewrite emails, but for now the current models seem to fall short in their promise to revolutionize our world. Openai has managed to market technology better than anyone, but not because cancer heals or solves economic inequalities: he has caused anyone to create absurd and irresistible videos. The chatgpt of the video has arrived. The truth is that despite whom despite, this is a unique time in the frantic evolution of AI. If Dall-E and Chatgpt were those inflection points for AI that generated images and text respectively, I see 3 and Sora 2 have shown that the video generated by AI is prepared for the mainstreamfor mass consumption, although its long -term value may be questionable. Of course its use as the center of a new era of entertainment is. In Xataka | Differentiating the AI ​​content on the Internet is increasingly difficult. The solution goes through something similar to fillets

Spain has been seeing how housing becomes apparently not affecting the demand. Now something is changing

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Accustomed to An overheated market in which demand far exceeds supply, Latest statistics real estate have left us a surprise. The Community of Madrid, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands or Cantabria said goodbye to the second quarter with less purchases of houses than last year. Not just that. The most curious (or not) is that this ‘puncture’ has not softened prices, which far from containing have continued upespecially in the capital. There is who appreciates and signs that the increase in housing begins to stop the most tension markets. What happened? That the Madrid real estate market is experiencing A curious phenomenon. Or not. While the country as a whole records more sale operations than a year ago, in the Community of Madrid the opposite occurs: less transactions are closed. It is not the only region of Spain that is unmarked from the general trend, but it is the one that does so in a more evident way. In case that trend was not interesting, it coincides with another equally clear: the increase in housing. In the capital you may sell less houses than a year ago, but those that change hands do it with higher prices. How much is the fall? There are different sources to answer that question. One of the most reliable is Official statistics of transactions that the government periodically publishes. His latest data is from the second quarter and reflect a clear setback in the Madrid market. From 23,267 operations in 2024 we have moved to 21,614, 7.1% less. The percentage is interesting for several reasons. The main is that this negative data contrasts with the growth experienced in the country as a whole, where transactions grew 3.1% during the same period. The Community of Madrid is not the only one that is declined from generalized growth, although it is the one that has suffered a clearer fall. In the second quarter, they also ‘pricked’ other tension markets such as the Balearic Islands (-2.7%), Canary Islands (-6.1%), Cantabria (-2.7%) and La Rioja (-4.6%). Is there more data? Yes. Those of the General Council of Notaries, which gives us Another perspectivemore updated. His latest report on the real estate market shows that in July the sale of homes grew in 11 autonomous communities, with increases especially pronounced in Navarra (21.5%), Aragon (14.1%) or Castilla y León (11.6%). In the opposite pole the Community of Madrid is located again, where the agency counted 8,235 purchases15.5% less. ‘Click’ again the Canary Islands (-11.7%) and Cantabria (-8.2%) and to a much lesser extent, with falls close to the percentage point, the Valencian Community, Catalonia and Andalusia. His setback explains that in the country as a whole, notaries have registered a 1% year -on -year fall in the sale flow. The Madrid market not only exceeds that setback. The country remember In addition, July is the fourth consecutive month in which it scores an interannual fall of transactions, although with more moderate declines. What about prices? That is the key. The decrease in sale does not seem to have thrown down prices. On the contrary. They go up. And bluntly. If the Madrid market highlighted by the fall of transactions, it also does so by the increase. According to Official data From the government, buy a residential square meter in the free market of the Community of Madrid cost in the second quarter of 2024 3,198 euros. In the same quarter of 2025 that value had already shot at 3,630, that is, 13.5% more. The percentage exceeds that of the national average, which stood at 10.4%, and left the value of the free residential square meter in 2,093. What do notaries say? Something similar. Your July report It reflects that prices continued to grow in the most overheated markets, even in those in which transactions fell: in the Canary Islands they rose 5.3%, in Cantabria 14.6%, in the Valencian Community 7.7%and in Catalonia 7.5%. If there is a community that stands out, however, it is the Madrid, which combines two ‘silver medals’ at the same time: it is the second in which prices rose the most in July, 16%, only behind Navarra; And it is both the second with the most expensive M2. Its value is at 3,529, a fact that only exceeds the Balearic Islands, with 4,100. Notaries have also detected an increase in the number of bank loans for the purchase of homes. In general, 6% grew with an average value of 179,450 euros, 9.4% more than a year ago. In general, more mortgages were granted in 13 autonomies, which is largely explained by its cheaperalthough its volume fell in Cantabria, the Canary Islands, Navarra and the Community of Madrid. Why is it important? The phenomenon recorded in Madrid, Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands or Cantabria, where there were less sale in the second quarter while housing continued to make it more expensive, is interesting for what suggests us from the market: fatigue signs and less joy in purchases in a market suffocated by the increase. José García Montalvo, Professor of Economics, I recently recognized to The country that a “slowdown” in the Madrid market is appreciated. “A growing pressure is being experienced that is now late for a little more to sell floors, that the number of days is lengthening,” he clarifies before adding that the last records show a 18% rise in sales times. The notaries They point However, their July data should not be interpreted yet as “a change in trend.” In fact, they appreciate a growth trend, although “with a lower intensity in recent months than in the period covered by the last quarter of 2024 to the first of 2025, which points towards a certain cooling in the market.” Are there more factors at stake? Yes. As García points out or notaries, the data invite you to think about a “slowdown” or “cooling” of the market that coincides with the price increase, but the increase in housing is not the only … Read more

The English Court throws a new save the VAT with technology discounts

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We have already started October and there is less for the end of the year. These last months of the year are always closely related to offers and promotions of all kinds, so it is a Very good time to renew devices or to give us some whim. The first major event of this type we have comes from El Corte Inglés and it is about A save the VAT. From today And only until next Sunday 5we have very good offers in technology of all kinds. There is much to choose from, but to make the task a little simpler, we leave you below an offer of the most prominent chollos. Digital Western portable hard drive by 106.61 eurosan option with 5 TB to safely save our files. V8 Advanced vertical vacuum cleaner by 298.33 eurosideal to keep our house clean and especially effective with pet hair. Laptop ASus vivobook Go 15 by 371.05 eurosan easy team to transport and perfect to work or study. SMART TV OLED PANASONIC by 799 eurosan integrated TV OLED and compatible with Dolby Vision. Krups estenteial superautomatic coffee maker by 279.32 euroscompact, with grinder and a 1.7 -liter water tank. Digital Western portable hard drive The first of the options stars An external hard drive of the Western Digital brand. It is one of those options that can come in handy in many scenarios, ideal to always have our safe files and hand. The PVP of the same is 135 euros, but this save the VAT leaves us cheaper. Specifically, by 106.61 euros. It is a model that stands out for offering 5 TB capacitya quite important figure to have a ton of files, images or videos. In addition, it has USB 3.2 and incorporates the possibility of protecting its data with password and encryption. Western digital portable hard disk 5TB 5TB USB 3.2 Black The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links V8 Advanced vertical vacuum cleaner We continue now with a vertical vacuum, one that is also one of the most recognized brands in this sector, As is Dyson. This is the V8 Advanced model, which is currently one of those who offers better value for money. His PVP was touching the 400 euros, but now we have it with a great discount: Cuesta 298.33 euros. Although it is perfect for all types of households, works especially well with pet hair. It has a suction power of 130 W in its Boost mode and has an autonomy of up to 40 minutes, a more than enough time for medium -sized home. It comes with several different accessories, so we can even make it a hand vacuum cleaner. Dyson V8 Advanced Rechargeable Blood Aspirator with Cyclones 2 Tier Radial ™ The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Laptop ASus vivobook Go 15 What if we are looking for a new laptop? This save the VAT of El Corte Inglés also has several reduced at very interesting prices. One of the most outstanding is this Ase Vivobook Go 15, A team designed to work or study that, in addition, it is very easy to transport. His PVP was touching the 450 euros, but this offer leaves us for 371.05 euros. This Asus laptop stands out, above all, to offer A 15.6 -inch screen with OLED technology. At the hardware level, it meets very good note thanks to a Ryzen 5, 16 GB processor of RAM and a 512 GB SSD. Its autonomy is not a problem, but it is also compatible with fast charge: it is able to load up to 60% of it in less than 50 minutes. Laptop ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15 E1504FA-BQ2448, RYZEN 5-7520U, 16GB, 512GB SSD, 15.6 “, without so The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links SMART TV OLED PANASONIC Now we continue with a TV, this time one of the Panasonic brand. This is the model TV-55Z80bez in its 48 inches version. It is a very interesting smart TV, more if we take into account this offer from El Corte Inglés. Your PVP touches 1,200 euros, but we have it available for 799 euros. It is an OLED model, which means that its image will show us very bright colors and fantastic blacks. In addition, it has HDMI 2.1 and a 120 Hz refreshment rate, which makes it perfect for consoles such as PlayStation 5 Pro either Xbox Series x. It also has integrated TV And it is compatible with both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. OLED TV 121 CM (48 “) PANASONIC TV-55Z80BEZ, UHD 4K, HDR10+, DOLBY ATMOS, SMART TV The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Krups estenteial superautomatic coffee maker We close this selection of offers with A KUPS SUPPEROMATIC CAFETERwhich is especially remarkable as far as quality-price relations is concerned. Its PVP is 399 euros, but this promotion of El Corte Inglés makes us much easier to get it with an offer that leaves it in alone 279.32 euros. This coffee maker, EA810 essential model, It has a pressure of 15 bars and has an integrated grinder with 3 different types of grinding degrees. It allows to adjust the volume of the drink very flexibly and has a 1.7 -liter water tank. Its design is quite compact, which makes it ideal for small kitchens. SUPPEROMATIC CAFETER KUUPS ESENTIAL EA810 Conic gloat cappuccino 15 bar 1.7 L The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Buying, Western Digital, Dyson, Asus, Panasonic, Krups In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K In Xataka | Better cable vertical vacuum cleaners. Which buy and seven broom vacuners recommended from 139 euros

Anthropic says that Claude Sonnet 4.5 can clone a service like Slack in 30 hours. Reality is more complicated

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Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 4.5 ensuring that they put it to work 30 hours in a row to build a Slack replica. During that time, it generated 11,000 lines of code without supervision and only stopped when completing the task. In May, its Opus 4 model managed to operate for seven hours. The company presents it as “the best model in the world for agents, programming and use of computers.” Why is it important. Anthropic, Openai and Google free a battle to dominate Autonomous agents and programming tools. Those who convince will capture a lot of money in business licenses. Scott White, product manager, says that “at the level of a cabinet chief”: coordinates agendas, analyzes data, writes reports … Dianne Penn says he uses it to search for candidates on LinkedIn and generate spreadsheets. Yes, but. The developers tell another more nuanced story. Miguel Ángel Durán, known as @Midudevsummarizes it: “Claude Sonnet 4.5 Refactor my entire project in a Prompt. 20 minutes thinking. 14 new files. 1,500 modified lines. Applied clean architecture. Nothing worked. But how beautiful it was. “ Other developers They report the same: thousands of lines with an impeccable structure, but do not execute. Code that seems professional but collapses when compiling it. Between the lines. Anthropic has not shown the application of Slack working. He has only said that he built it. Nor has it shown that the code is operational. The difference between communicating something and demonstrating it, Underlined by Ed Zitron. The company is indirectly recognizing the problem: Claude Sonnet 4.5 arrives with extra infrastructure to build agents – virtual management, memory management, context management, multiagente support …–. Translation: Even with the most advanced model, developers need extra tools for agents to program reliably. In detail. Penn He explained to The Verge that the improvements surprised the internal team. The model is three times more skilled using computers than the October version. The team spent the last month working with feedback of github and cursor. Canva, Beta-fieldsHe says he helps with “complex long context tasks.” The contrast. There is a huge gap between marketing and technical reality. Anthropic promises an AI that operates 30 hours building complex software. Developers confirm that it generates very well structured but functionally broken code. This pattern is repeated throughout the industry. The models improve generating code that seems professional. They systematically fail generating code that really works without important human intervention. And now what. The question is still unanswered: when will we pass from Which generates beautiful but diffunctional code What generates functional code alone? Anthropic bets that his combination of powerful model and extra infrastructure closes that gap. At the moment we must continue waiting for concrete evidence to arrive, do not give without verifiable code. In Xataka | Openai signs with Samsung and SK Hynix for a potential chips demand of 900,000 wafers per month. It is an absurd figure Outstanding image | Anthropic

An AIM-9X missile cost a million dollars to tear down a Russian drone. Ukraine has found the solution for 2,000 dollars

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For Moscow, the Shahed drones They have been a cheap and scalable resource to wear out the Ukrainian defenses, first thrown into small batches and later in waves at greater heightoutside the reach of machine guns and cannons. For kyiv, the challenge has been not only to neutralize those swarms, but do it Without ruined: Each Shahed forced to shoot missile prices missiles, a long -term ruinous equation. This cost asymmetry forced Ukraine to accelerate innovation giving rise to a new air defense paradigm. The birth of something new. In the heavens of Ukraine an unexpected weapon has emerged against the incessant waves of Russian drones: the low cost interceptors Designed in Kyiv. Among them stand out The stinga projectile quadcopter capable of exceeding 315 km/hyred to destroy shaheds and gerberas in flight. Its tiny silhouette and acute sound contrast with the great traditional anti -aircraft systems, and their initial success (with hundreds of enemy drones demolished in a few months) demonstrates that it is possible to neutralize mass threats with fast and cheap solutions. Companies Like Wild Hornetsin collaboration with the Brave1 government platformThey have turned accelerated innovation into the country’s aerial survival axis. The cost war. The great challenge is not just technician, but economic. A Shahed drone costs $ 35,000, while The AIM-9Xused by systems Like Nasams To tear them down, it exceeds million per unit. This imbalance placed Ukraine already its allies in a clear financial disadvantage: each interception was tens of times more expensive than the Russian attack itself. The stinghowever, costs just $ 2,100 and acts as a suicide drone when impacting directly against the objective. The difference is abysmal: by the price of a single AIM-9x they can be manufactured Almost five hundred stinga proportion that explains why Kyiv considers its massive deployment vital to resist bombings of up to 800 drones in a single night. Accelerated innovation. The Ukrainian advantage does not only reside in the unit cost, but in the Radaptation apidity. Each new model responds to the last Russian tactic, either Shaheds to greater altitude, more numerous swarms or reaction versions. Engineers have gone from cannons and machine guns on land interceptors capable of operating partially autonomouslyand even experiences with totally automatic systems that detect, pursue and destroy without direct human intervention. This daily iteration capacity, fueled by the Front feedback, has turned Ukraine into a War laboratory unprecedented aerial. Europe and the lesson. The recent incursion of 21 Russian drones in Poland forced F-35 to deploy that used missiles of very high value to demolish just four devices. The episode has triggered European interest in Ukrainian solutions, which offer A “Drones Wall” much cheaper and scalable than any traditional system. German companies and other countries already Test interceptors Inspired by kyiv, aware that their current defenses are not prepared for cheap and massive waves. For Europe, the lesson is clear: the aerial defense of the future cannot be based on shooting millions from millions against objectives of a few thousand. New paradigm. The irruption of interceptors Like Sting It reflects a paradigm shift. What was previously resolved with very expensive static and arsenal systems now requires flexible, economical and serial solutions. Ukraine, pressured by the urgency of surviving, has made its way Towards a model in which the cost, speed and constant innovation weigh as much as pure technology. If you get displayed Thousands of daily interceptorsnot only will it reinforce its immediate defense, but it will have seated the foundations of a new military approach that will force NATO to rethink their strategy and to abandon the logic of the “Millonada” worn in each missile in front of an enemy that bets on the saturation and wear. Image | Wild Hornets/Telegram In Xataka | In a crucial Ukraine agreement he has given the US his best weapon. In return he has received something unpublished: a map to knock Russia In Xataka | Something has gone out wrong in Ukraine. So much, that the drone war has reached the most unexpected place: Türkiye

While Europe was razed by black plague, an unexpected state applied epidemiological pioneer measures: Aragon

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The whole history of humanity changed one day of 1346 in front of the doors of the city of Caffa in the Crimean Peninsula. Between that day and the end of 1351, 70 million people died worldwide. That is, between 30% and half of the population disappeared from the surface of the earth. It is very difficult to ponder what the black plague meant. But not everywhere was the same. In the vicinity of Lake Issyk-Kul in the current Kyrguistan, Almost everyone died. In the crown of Aragon, The thing was different. Do not be misunderstood, we talk about a complex and diverse territory, the impact of black plague on the different kingdoms and counties was as terrible as anywhere; But, according to A recent study by Albert Reixach Salahe has just demonstrated that “urban governments began to try pioneer techniques that anticipated” what would later be applied in the rest of Europe. The laboratory of the continent. At first, like all, Aragonese communities resorted to religion. East of the Peninsula processions, public sentences and offerings to the saints were filled. It seems, 1384, the Municipal Council of Manresa tried to placate the “divine anger” prohibiting gambling. From whatever, it did not work. AND, According to Reixach Salathroughout the fifteenth century, the authorities began to add more concrete measures and, to put it in some way, more modern. For example, death registration systems were created (in Barcelona it was active since 1420). At the same time, Terrasa and Cervera began to apply mobility restrictions prohibiting entry to travelers who had been in locations with active cases. A lot of good ideas. Obviously, these answers were partial, clumsy, uncoordinated and reactive. A good example is that in 1458, the city ejected all the Mallorcans from its municipality. No matter that the island was one of the most controlled places in the Mediterranean. In Sóller, without going any further, there were permanent terrestrial controls for decades. However, numerous ideas were clairvoyant. We usually overcome the origin of the ‘quarantine’ to Venice or France, but (always According to Reixach Sala) We know that before that Cervera had already built preventive confinement barracks for anyone who returned to the city. In Valencia it also began to do a few years later. In the same vein, Mallorca had a kind of “Board of Health” since 1476 that introduced prevention measures, administrative regulations and generalized health measures. The grain and the straw. In 2015 Karolinska Institute of Stockholm when granted your youyou The Nobel Prize in Medicine. Many interpreted him as a prize for traditional Chinese medicine, but What they were rewarding It was a huge effort to carefully analyze each and every one of the remedies that the millenary Chinese civilization. Because, between superstition and care, there were good things: bright things. The same as in Aragon. Image | Pierart Dou Tielt, c. 1353. In Xataka | The black plague was a traumatic episode for the human being. But our immune system also improved

of hobby for otakus to sensation parra all audiences in comic-con

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He Cosplay It has been the clear visible face of the recent Comic-with Malaga: Media and curious They focused their attention, of course, in the dozens of assistants characterized as his favorite comic, anime, cinema and video game characters, among other corners of popular culture. We already had the opportunity to chat with some attendees when we related Our first 24 hours in Malagabut we wanted to go a little further. For this we have spoken with two relevant personalities within the world of cosplay. On the one hand, Sergio and Anabeldirective dome of Wondercosthe Almería Cosplay Association. On the other, with Furanoveteran Spanish cosplayer based in London, who has been Spanish representative at the Polymanga Global Easter Competition in Switzerland, or representative of the United Kingdom with his Vinnie partner in the World Cupy, the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, with more than 40 participating countries. We have perceived a regrowth of the popularity of the cosplay in Spain, and we start there. Has it been our feeling? “Before the pandemic the cosplayers were a minority, few people disguised. But from 2021 A boom has been noticedespecially in events such as Comic-Con, “they tell us in Wondercos. But why is that date?” Simply, when they were locked up, people found there a hobby that they did not know. Also post-pandemic there has been a certain rise of geek or otakus events: before there were at most six or seven large events in Spain and already, and now it is spreading and each city tries to have its own version of the event, so that the fans are more visible. “ And of course, this leads to the business: “There are companies that have realized this and get more and more outfits. As a consequence, the price of the materials has also been democratized. Before making a suit cost a lot of money, now it can cost you between 200 and 400 euros, depending on your economic and clear possibilities, it also depends a little on how professional you want the layer or the helmet to be.” Because of course, in cosplay there are levels of dedication and professionalization. Furano tells us that “people think it is simply to dress as Spider-Man, but Do not see all the work behind: paint, sewing, embroidery, 3D modeling… Because the seam has been done for centuries, but the level of sewing in the world of cosplay of 10 years ago was totally different. “And he continues:” Now people are done to their own shoes. I saw some girls from Germany last year in the World Cup who were dressed in ‘Monster Hunter’ who had cultivated their own cotton and with it they made their fabric to make some little braids that carried in the suit … “ Photo: Zippy Cosplay In a few years, the techniques have lived a tremendous evolution: “When I started, things were done with the eva rubber of the corner bazaar (the yoga sterilla material) stuck with Superglue in a Zara shirt with three stickers and we were very happy.” But the thing was changing: Furano affirms that “the first revolutionary change of cosplay was the Worbla, a thermoplastic material that when heating is malleable, and when it cools it is hard. It serves to create armor, props, all that kind of thing” As for the future of the fans in technical terms, the people of Wondercos are clear: “3D impression has made The cost is the most accessible in history: It is easy to look for the STL file of your character, climb and print it. That is helping that many people who do not want to get cumbersome with Eva rubber or silicone gun to have the opportunity to get into the world. ” Furano agrees, but with a nuance: “If you simply want to make your cosplay and take it to the comic-with, you download a file from wherever, you print it, you sand it, you paint it and that’s it. But if you want to participate in a cosplay contest, that 3D model you will have to do it yourself, and you have to know 3D modeling. Is it simpler? Yes.” What seems to both coincide is that “there are a lot of more information now.” Photo: Furano People Know agent What is detected under this whole work is a certain sense of community and collective hobbies, which is precisely for what is created an association like Wondercos: “The goal was to help people create their zero costumes, teach techniquesmake talks, classes, a little of everything, from making a fabric suit like working materials. We consider ourselves a training association. “And they add:” We believe that if a person learns to get a suit, then things like going to events, to photo sessions, etc., fall alone. “ However, within the Cosplayers themselves are divided into diverse groups. For example, Wondercos tells us that “there are those that we usually call within the community Cosmakersthat it would be the people who buy a normally manufactured suit and put it during an event. They are more dedicated to the issue of makeup, wigs, and so on. And then we have the PROPMAKERSthat they would be the ones who make the zero suit. “ Furano also sees a division, but of another type: “Cosplay comes from Costume and Playand there are people who enjoy the Costume and people who enjoy the Play. I believe that the new generations prefer to buy a suit, put it on, have fun. And there are others who enjoy is spending six or seven months, or two years, making a suit, and then they put it five minutes to go to the event, get on stage and get off. That is my case: The side that I like is to sew, the construction and others. And now we are a minority. “ However, the message sent by these prominent members of the Cosplayer community is not the division or conflict, rather … Read more

OpenAI, Broadcom and TSMC want to end their XPUS

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Openai wants to hit the table in the race to dominate artificial intelligence. At the beginning of September we knew that “a mysterious client” made an investment in Broadcom of 10,000 million dollars for the design of AI chips. Through sources close to the company, we learned that it was OpenAI, with the intention of form a strategic alliance with both Broadcom and TSMC for the manufacture of own chips. Called ‘Xpus’, they have a clear objective: stop depending on Nvidia, something that Many great technology want. Have independence in AI is paid expensive. For Openai, depending completely on Nvidia to feed chatgpt and its future models is a capital risk, especially for having to deal with astronomical costs, and being limited to the technological evolution and stock of a company like NVIDIA. Creating your own chips allows OpenAI to optimize hardware specifically for your language models, reduce operating expenses and free yourself from the bonds of a single supplier. A strategy on the Apple line when He said goodbye to Intel to start making their own chips in their Mac. Although stop depending on Nvidia today is complicated. The golden trio behind the XPUS. Broadcom Lead the design Of these specialized processors, contributing their experience in custom chips for technological giants. The company controls approximately 70% of the Custom IA processors market and has already collaborated with Google in His tpus For years. TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, will be responsible for producing chips using their advanced 3 nanometers technology. Mass production would predictably start in 2026with the first shipments arriving that same year. What are exactly the Xpus. These chips are not adapted gpus for AI, which is what is broadly marketing nvidia, but architectures designed from scratch With a single purpose: accelerate language models. While the NVIDIA GPUSs were born to rendering graphics and then adapted to artificial intelligence, OpenAi XPUS are specifically conceived for training and inference tasks of AI. They incorporate systemic matrices, high bandwidth (HBM) and integrated network capabilities, similar to the most advanced NVIDIA processors but optimized for the specific needs of OpenAI. The rebellion against Nvidia has several fronts. Openai is not alone in his efforts to break the hegemony of Nvidia. Google has been developing its TPUS (Tensioner Processing Units), which already go for its seventh generation. Amazon created its chips Trainium and Inferentia For AWS. Microsoft designed Maia For Azure. Goal collaborates with AMD In alternative solutions. Even from China, Huawei threatens face face In the next three years. It is clear that all large technological ones want to have greater control of their products, and for that they must go down to the chip supply chain to start rethinking the scheme. Nvidia’s real pit. Despite how the panorama is, Nvidia preserves An ace in the manga That will not be easy to overcome: CUDA. This development platform has become the industry standard for more than a decade. Virtually all the researchers and developers of the CUDA program, which generates a very powerful network effect. Changing to a different architecture not only implies acquiring new chips, but rewriting software, removing equipment and, in many cases, starting from scratch. This technology is the one that keeps Nvidia in a privileged position even before the avalanche of competitors. A dual strategy. The paradoxical of the case is that Openai is not abandoning Nvidia. Parallel to this own chips project, the company maintains An agreement of 100,000 million dollars With the Santa Clara giant for its Stargate project, which plans to build huge data centers until 2028. On the one hand, the calculation power supply with NVIDIA is ensured, while on the other they develop their long -term alternative. The idea is that XPUS are initially used internally, especially for inference (apply already trained models), while NVIDIA GPUS will continue to be necessary for training the most demanding models. The board is removed. Broadcom is clearly reinforced from this movement. The announcement of your agreement with Openai He shot his actions In the stock market and consolidate its position as a preferential partner for companies that seek custom chips. TSMC also wins: each new wave of specialized chips reinforces its indispensable role as a world reference manufacturer. Nvidia, on the other hand, saw his price slightly fall after knowing the news, although he continues to maintain A dominant position Very difficult to collapse. In addition, AMD could benefit if smaller companies, unable to develop their own chips, look for more accessible alternatives than NVIDIA. Cover image | NVIDIA, VECTEEZY, Village Global In Xataka | The companies of AI tell us that they want to achieve an AGI. What they are really conquering is the economy of attention

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