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Two ways to look for the same

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In any pharmacy, supermarket or Reel Instagram, supplements have become impossible to ignore. They are in capsules and powders with fruit flavor, but also in coffees, snacks and smoothies. Promise everything: more energy, Best dream, Less stress, most defined muscles either Even more luminous skin. But not everyone takes care of it. While some consumers of more than 50 years trust pills and anti -aging protocols, the youngest look for the same effect on a coffee or snack. The gap is not in whether or not they take supplements, but in how they are taken. Two formats, two generations. On the one hand, a more adult audience trusts that well-being has become a medical-aesthetic plan. In a report for Wall Street Journalmany patients come to consultation due to hair loss or wrinkles, and in addition to Plastic surgeries either “liquid surgeries”are supported by multivitamin capsules, Omega-3, collagen, probiotics or the increasingly popular NAD+. Specifically, in Spain, 75 % of the population has taken some supplementso the phenomenon is booming. On the other hand, As The Food Institute has detailedmillennials and gene generation reject the ritual of the pill bottle. They are looking more towards a practice that they consider more “natural”, that is, through food: enriched coffees, protein pancakes, fiber soft drinks either electrolytes. Its motivation is not so much to stop aging as optimizing daily energy, managing stress and fitting extra nutrition in your lifestyle. Improve health or fear of age? It is being observed with aesthetic changes, but supplements are a reflection of a cultural obsession. NAD+ is sold as the “antiaging” supplement par excellence: When restoring cell levels, it promises energy and youth. Saranya Wyles dermatologist has pointed out That their oral precursors could even protect high -risk patients against skin cancer, although it warns that visible changes are not always dramatic. In parallel, the gene z does not speak of wrinkles but of daily performance: feeling with energy in the university, managing stress or regulating the menstrual cycle. In the middle, critical voices. Rocío Périz, hormonal health expert, alert: “The danger of nutrichetic is not in its existence, but in the use we make of it. People take supplements without conscience.” He believes that the key is in education and personalization: not all supplements are worth everyone, and more doses does not mean more effect. In short, some fear aging, others seek to live the present better, but both groups pursue the same: control their body from within. Are the gene z correct? The short answer: it depends. Whenever you can, nutrients should arrive through food. Comprehensive foods They are not just a “bearer”for example, a salmon fillet provides Omega-3, but also protein, vitamin D, selenium and other compounds that act jointly and that it is impossible to reproduce in a pill. Now, According to the webmd medical portalthere are circumstances in which the diet is not enough and supplementation does make sense. The reasons are varied: folic acid in pregnant women, vitamin D in winter, vitamin B12 for vegans or elderly and even probiotics. In those cases, supplement is not a luxury but a medical tool. The key difference is the reason: in a healthy person with a varied diet, the multivitamin barely have proven effect. In fact, the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition Explain: “Much demand, little efficiency.” On the other hand, in someone with a documented deficit, a supplement can be decisive. Something that nobody tells you. The enthusiasm for supplements usually leave in the background a key aspect: security. Here the dose is everything and not exceed what is indicated on the label or what a professional advises. The problem is that many times the line between the useful and the harmful is thinner than we think. The examples abound. NAD+ himself It has generated reports Of palpitations when administered intravenously, another ingredient is the glutathion that in excess can damage the liver and kidneys. Even astaxantine, sold as natural antioxidant, can cause orange skin, digestive discomfort or low blood pressure if abused. In the case of fat -soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K) Nor are they exempt from risk: By accumulating in tissues they can cause from dizziness to organ calcification. The last risk is less visible but equally real: marketing without filter. In social networks, the claims of “detox”, “natural” or “strength of the immune system”, terms that have no clear scientific definition and that, that, as BBC warnsThey usually escape regulation. And the border is blurred: those same labels now appear in functional cafes, gomolas “glow” or beaten with Claims impossible. What counts. In the end, either in a bottle or in a coffee with protein, what we are looking for is the same: feeling better, seeing ourselves younger or having more energy. The difference is how we integrate it and in what expectations we put. Science insists on an order: eat well, move, sleep, handle stress. Only later, and with criteria, consider a supplement. The future does not seem to be a miraculous pill, but specific, personalized and, above all, justified formulas. Until then, the decision to open a boat should go through fashion and more for evidence. Image | Pexels Xataka | A study has reached a happy conclusion about a popular food supplement: it serves to get less angry

Europe is still a puzzle

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30 European technological journalists sit in a meeting room in Munich looking at Zaheed SaburSenior director of Engineering at Google Gemini, already Terrence XiaoSenior Director of Product Marketing of Xiaomi. We are in the question and answers session after the presentation of the Xiaomi 15tbut the interesting thing goes beyond the mobile or the fridge: here we have talked about all that friction inherent to the Western Expansion project of the Chinese brand. The first crack appears when someone asks for Ireland. He Xiaomi 15t Prothe star model with its periscopic teleobjective of five optical increases, will not reach the Irish market. The Executive of Xiaomi dodges with diplomacy: “There are complicated factors that include business decisions and local regulations.” Translation: The fragmented European market remains a logistics and regulatory puzzle That not even Xiaomi, with all its ambition, has finished solving. Zaheed Sabur. Image: Xataka. When a Slovak journalist asks about Bugs persistent in Hyperos “Some have been dragged for some time,” silence is revealing. “It is a great priority for us,” says Terrence, promising to take the topic to the PR team. But the underlying reality is more complex: building an Apple -type closed ecosystem requires perfection in the execution that Xiaomi has not yet achieved. They are and it is fair to recognize that the future perspective is good if we see the evolution that the brand has had in the last decade. The drama appears when someone mentions the ads in the operating system. The answer is an exercise of balancing: the ads allow to offer devices at competitive prices (true), but erode the premium experience that Xiaomi tries to project with higher products. Zaheed Sabur takes the floor when the conversation derives towards AI. “The priority is not to discover the monetization plan,” he says, “but to create value for the user.” It is a statement that sounds noble but hides a more raw reality: Google and Xiaomi are in a career against time to justify the huge investments in AI before investors lose patience. Although it is fair to recognize that companies such as Google or Xiaomi can better allow these investments, each to their extent, when obtaining income from other roads. And speaking of the subject, the integration of Gemini In the Xiaomi it actually goes from Google ensuring distribution beyond the Pixel ecosystem, and Xiaomi obtaining AI capabilities without the prohibitive cost of developing them internally. When Sabur mentions that AI processing costs have fallen significantly, it is subtly revealing why these functions are still free: it is cheaper to subsidize them than to lose the ecosystems war. “We have no definitive plans not to launch a new Flip In global markets, “says Terrence Xiao when asked about folding. Double denial usually betrays uncertainty. Samsung dominates the Premium folding segment in Europebut Xiaomi seems paralyzed between launching a product that could cannibalize its traditional sales or completely yield that market segment. And from there we talk about cameras. The association with Leica is no accident. In a world where Mediatek has reached almost parity with Qualcomm (the Dimensity 9400+ of the 15T Pro is a processor beast), and where the amoled screens of 3,200 nits are Commoditycomputational photography is one of the few fields where there is still margin to differentiate. Terrence to the left, Zaheed to the right. Image: Xataka. But even here there are limitations. When they ask why they cannot record 4K at 60 fps with full zoom, the answer is limited to saying that “the video recording experience is something very important for us,” says Xiao, without explaining real technical limitations: real -time image processing remains a bottleneck even for the most advanced chips. The most incisive question: why not include magnetic load Qi 2? “It’s something we are receiving a lot feedback“, admits the Executive of Xiaomi. The non-response is eloquent: adding magnets would interfere with the complex antennas system that Xiaomi promotes as a differentiator (the Xiaomi arises t1s Tuner and the Super Antenna Array), but admitting it would be to recognize that they are trapped between physics and market expectations. The Xiaomi Offline Communication, which allows direct communication between devices up to 1.9 kilometers without a mobile network, is technically fascinating and very interesting if we scratch a bit: it is a function designed for markets with poor infrastructure or for emergency situations, transplanted to European markets where the 5G coverage is ubiquitous. Is Xiaomi trying to be all for everyoneand ending with functions that impress in the presentations but that 99% of users will never use. In any case, Xiaomi’s best play is not at 15T. It is in that 502 -liter mijia fridge and that washing machine with AI That detects fabrics. Terrence lets you glimpse when talking about the ecosystem: each device reinforces others, increasing the psychological and economic cost of changing brands. Terrence Xiao. Image: Xataka. But here the final paradox arises: Xiaomi needs you to trust its brand enough to put an 85 kilos washer in your home, while simultaneously it cannot guarantee that the Bugs of software reported two years ago they will be solved soon. It is asking for an act of technological faith. The presentation in Munich was not on phones with Leica cameras or mediatek processors. It was about a Chinese company trying to conquer European households while overcoming regulatory, cultural and technical complexities of a continent that still see with suspicion the technology that comes from the east, although less and less. The 15t They are impressive, yes. But They are just the Trojan horse for something much more ambitious And, precisely because of that, much more uncertain. In Xataka | Xiaomi’s Troy horse is already here: a domestic ecosystem that you will not escape Outstanding image | Xataka

Bill Gates had a tendency to procrastination until he found an infallible remedy: Japanese companies

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Bill Gates is not only famous for his work at the head of Microsoft, but for its enormous commitment and Requirement in the workplace. This demand reached such extremes that he was even able to Memorize cars registration that they had parked in front of the Microsoft headquarters to know which employees were still in the office and those who had gone home. However, the founding millionaire was not always so diligent with his tasks and, as confessed in his latest autobiographical book ‘Code Source: My beginnings’I had the bad habit of hurry the time to study just before the exam. However, over time, and some help from the Japanese, he learned that postponing the tasks was not viable if he wanted to take Microsoft to fruition. Gates’s youth in Harvard Bill Gates reported in his book how his university years in Harvard were marked by the habit of skipping classes and postponing any academic responsibility. His strategy was to study thoroughly only a few hours before exams, a dynamic that he shared with Steve Ballmer, his partner in Harvard and Microsoft command successor years later. “Steve and I paid very little to our classes, and then” we “furiously” Magnate in his book. Both felt comfortable challenging the limits and seeking to approve with the lowest possible effort investment. Gates came to recognize that they faced each exam as an experiment to check how far the good results could go with the minimum effort. This habit of delaying the tasks did not stay at the university, and soon moved to its professional beginnings after the Microsoft foundation. In his 1996 book, “Way to the future“Gates publicly admitted that That bad habit to postpone the tasks until the last moment became a real problem when the company grows. With his attitude, the millionaire not only slowed his work, but also had an impact on Productivity and motivation of the rest of your team. Delaying decisions began to directly affect the morals, mood and results of those who worked with him. “After Paúl Allen and I founded Microsoft, I discovered that developing the habit of delaying things had not been the best preparation to direct a company,” Gates said in his book. Gates himself estimated that he needed “a couple of years” to overcome what he called an “insane cycle”, in which he was lagging behind and generated an unavailable environment for his collaborators. The impact of Japanese customers Although in those days Gates was already beginning to be aware of his problem with procrastination in his tasks, he finished convincing when Microsoft began working with Japanese clients. In his book he pointed out that the relationship with Japanese companies played a crucial role in the process of changing habits. These companies, known for their discipline and iron control of the deadlines, did not tolerate delays. “Among the first Microsoft clients were Japanese companies so methodical that, as soon as we delayed a minute with respect to programming, they sent someone by plane to watch us, as if we were children. They knew perfectly that their man could not help us at all, but remained in our office 18 hours a day to show us how much the subject cared,” the millionaire wrote. “ Gates remembered that delaying with Japanese companies was “somewhat painful” so that external rigor and the pressure of having a vigilante all day attached like a shadow, was the revulsive that Gates needed to modify your time management. The millionaire assured that the process to leave the procrastination behind required a deep Review of your personal routines and professionals. Gates demonstrated that, although the transformation was not immediate, the Derived learning of those demands and rigor of its Japanese customers It was decisive to redefine both its personal development and Microsoft’s work culture. In Xataka | Bill Gates was so obsessed with driving a Porsche 959 that he managed to change the laws that prevented him Image | Flickr (Statsministerens Kontor)

Five offers in technology and video games with discounts of up to 58%

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The English Court will have a wide variety of offers in its campaign throughout the weekend Tecnoprecios. That is why in this article we have gathered some of the best offers of this campaign and those offers that, although they do not belong to it, are quite interesting for their value for money. Samsung TQ55S85FAUXXC by 999 eurosan OLED TV with a 55 -inch screen. LG Gram (15Z80T) by 999 eurosa laptop with theoretical autonomy of up to 27 hours of use. ‘Lego Horizon Adventures‘ by 29.90 eurosthe last adventure starring Aloy that has been launched in its version for Nintendo Switch. ZTE NUBIA FLIP 2 by 539.90 eurosa folding mobile with a very tight price. IROBOT ROOM PLUS 405 COMBO by 399 eurosan Autowash Base Robot. Samsung TQ55S85FAUXXC As usual, El Corte Inglés has launched a huge number of offers on televisions, but one of the most interesting for their value for money is the Samsung TQ55S85FAUXXCwhich has dropped to the 999 euros (41%discount). It is a smart TV that stands out mainly for its 55 -inch OLED panel, but also for its compatibility with HDR10+its native 100 Hz soda rate or the compatibility with the voice assistant Alexa. Samsung TQ55S85FAUXXC (OLED, 55 inches) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links LG Gram (15Z80T) If we talk about laptops, one of the most interesting options within the offers of El Corte Inglés is the model LG Gram (15Z80T)whose price has fallen to 999 euros (33%discount). It is a laptop that weighs 1.3 kg, which comes with artificial intelligence functions Gram Ai – even without internet connection – and that mounts a 15 -inch screen. In addition, its battery offers a theoretical autonomy of up to 27 hours and comes with Windows 11 Home. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links ‘Lego Horizon Adventures’ In addition to the two trunk deliveries, Aloy recently made the leap to a new adventure through ‘Lego Horizon Adventures‘, a video game that combines the worlds of the two brands to offer a completely different experience. It’s a Fun title for the whole family that includes cooperative component. Its price has now dropped to 29.90 euros (58%discount) in its version for Nintendo Switch, although it is also available for PS5 for others 29.90 euros. Lego Horizon Adventures (Nintendo Switch) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links ZTE NUBIA FLIP 2 Not all folding mobiles have exorbitant prices, some have been launched by offering a cheaper proposal. Although his first generation failed to attract so much for his rear screen in circular format, the Nubia Flip 2 of ZTE incorporates this time a rectangular screen from which applications can be accessedlike YouTube. It is a Flip mobile with 6.9 -inch folding screen which has 256 GB of internal storage, a mediatek 7300x processor and 4,300 mAh battery. Its price in El Corte Inglés is from 539.90 euros (22%discount), although right now it is cheaper in PCComponentes, by 490.90 euros (29%discount). ZTE NUBIA FLIP 2 (256 GB) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links IROBOT ROOM PLUS 405 COMBO Cleaning daily can sometimes give a lot of laziness, so sometimes it is good to have a good vacuum robot on hand. He IROBOT ROOM PLUS 405 Combo has come down in El Corte Inglés to the 399 euros (43%discount) and comes with a Excellent technical file. In the first place, the aspiring robot offers a suction power of 7,000 PA, it works on hard soil and in carpet, platform and wood, it includes Lidar navigation and its autonomy is up to 180 minutes. In addition, it comes with a Autowash basewhich allows to aspire and scrub and then empty dirt automatically. IROMBA ROOM PLUS 405 COMBO BASE BASE 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 | The English Court and Buying (header), Samsung, LG, LEGO, ZTE, IROBOT In Xataka | Best vacuum robots in quality price. Which to buy depending on the use and five recommended models In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K

EA is about to be bought for 50,000 million dollars. Its buyer is the new great cover of the industry

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Electronic Arts is about to change hands in exchange for 50,000 million dollars (approximately 42,731 million euros to change). If the agreement is confirmed, the company behind exits such as FIFA or the Sims would star One of the greatest acquisitions in history of the sector, with a blow of effect that would transcend beyond video games. On the other side of the table and with the open portfolio, an investment group led by the Capital Manager Silver Lake Partners, which by the way too You have interest in buying the Tiktok part which operates in the United States, and the sovereign background of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia already has a part of the industry. Now he wants to lead her Of the rumor, which sounds strongly in the last hours, The Street Journal is echoed. With a market capitalization figure of EA is 48,000 million dollars, so the purchase offer is slightly above. After the publication of the rumor, the consequences have not been expected: EA shares have risen 15% and they already mark historical maximums. The operation would be quite advanced according to the medium and became official through an announcement in early October. So everything It seems imminent. The size of the movement is not so much the impressive figure itself, but The specific electronic arts weight within the industry of the video game. Thus Botepronto, EA is an institution in the sports genre. Thus, it has franchises such as EA Sports FC, Madden either NHL And he does not stay there, since he also has such iconic titles as THE SIMS, Battlefield either Need for Speed. This megaadquisition remembers, saving distances, to the purchase of Blizzard Activision by Xbox for 68.7 billion dollars. Of course, in that case there was a long process of procedures and look at a possible Microsoft monopoly. In this case and to materialize the agreement, Saudi Arabia would become one of the protagonists of the industry. Battlefield 6 In this sense, The country of East half would control brands and sagas of reference that report to the company millions of income each year and that are also played by millions of people. On the other hand, it would be necessary to see how the studies associated with the different projects, their competitors and also how the cultural influence of the Arab country would react. The one of Saudi Arabia with the video game industry is not a surprise: After years investing in signatures such as Nintendo either Capcom with the aim of diversifying its economy. Of course, one thing is not to put the eggs in the same basket and another to lead a market that moves more money than cinema and music together. We are waiting for upcoming movements and/ or the official announcement. In Xataka | Thus the switch 2 behaves after a month of use: the Nintendo console surprises more for what it maintains that for what it changes In Xataka | I’ve been without touching a football video game for 20 years. I have tried the ‘EA Sports FC 25’ and this has been my experience Cover | Photo of Maxim Abramov in Unspash and EA Sports

The true size of the microplastics that populate our life, exposed in this disturbing graphic

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We have a gigantic problem with microplastics. These elements seem to permeate everything that surrounds us: From tap water, lettuce either Even in the testicles and in Archaeological elements with centuries behind them. The difficulty in fighting them is that we would have to Put our consumption habits up to deal with this almost invisible enemy. And this graph prepared by Visual Capitalist It allows us to put the size of microplastics in context when comparing them with more everyday elements. In short: small. Talking about microplastics, it really encompasses very diverse particles. The larger ones measure about 5,000 microns, which are five millimeters. They are small, but perfectly identifiable to the naked eye. At the extreme are those who measure a micra, and there the identification is complicated because we are talking about 0.001 millimeters. In the graph (which takes data From agencies such as the EPA, the United States Environmental Protection Agency) we can see an expanded comparison that allows us to put a microplastic of a microphone with a particle of dust, the diameter of a human hair (about 80 microns) or a grain of sand (90 microns). If a hair seems ‘fine’ and is 80 times thicker than one of the smallest microplastics, imagine the size of that particle. The nanoplastic. There is another category: nanoplastic. Here we are talking about those particles that measure less than one micra and that enter a totally different scale. Nanopathic They are the result of the breakage of larger plastics such as food containers, Plastic utensils or any element produced with this material that we use in our day to day. As they break, they become more and smaller pieces that enter the Nanoscale when they measure less than one micra. There they cannot be purchased with more family elements such as a grain of salt, but directly with particles such as the Coronaviruswhich measures between 0.1 and 0.2 microns. Problem. Its dimensions make microplastics be omnipresentbeing the most tiny particles those that are even together with other suspended particles, Like the dust we aspire. The estimate is that an adult can ingest between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles per year only for the diet, but other sources such as that air exposure should be taken into account. And there are more and more studies that alert other sources of microplastics. For example, packages we all use like tuppers. Also those who detach when cutting food into a plastic table are “easy” to identify and even correct with a change in our habits, but there are other microplastics that already They are finding in bottled water. Spain is one of the European countries that More bottled water consumesso throwing accounts seems bleak. Health. For now, more than damage there are worrying indications. Blood microplastics, lungs, placenta, heart, brain and in the aforementioned testicles have been found. There are already associations between these particles and conditions such as conical inflammation, oxidative stress or immunological alterations. It is investigated whether the presence of microplastics in the capillary vessels can increase the risk of heart attack or cardiovascular problems, but something that adds more spicy to the equation is that these nanoplastic could penetrate The biological barriers. As? Crossing cell membranes as a virus would do. And ecosystems. And, obviously, they are particles that are present in virtually any corner. There are agricultural soils, lakes and The oceans. Apart from the conditions similar to the human that could have other organisms, we are what we eat and Animals feed on elements containing microplasticsso those particles then end within us. As we say, there is increasingly a greater concern about the state of microplastics around us, but the big problem is that eliminating them seems especially complicated when, we look where we look, there are microplastics. The positive note? How to change large -scale habits seems complex, there are already those who are investigating Filters to reduce the amount of microplastics That come to us. In addition to much more invasive practices, as filtered with human blood… if you have a money. In Xataka | Japan has found a formula to overcome one of the biggest environmental problems: plastic that falls apart

The step of a Levantine town hall

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Surely once traveling through some point in Spain you’ve seen a Plate hanging on the facade of a historic buildingCity Council or train station indicating the altitude of that place with respect to the sea ​​level In the city of Alicante. Because Compare the altitude of a city like Pamplona or Soria with respect to the Levantine city is a question that has a scientific answer and that we are going to inevit today in Xataka. The first thing to keep in mind is that sea level is not the same or constant by the different tides, Nor is it much less the same throughout the earth. That is why each country takes as Reference level a specific point of its territory. It is what is known as zero level. And any altitude that you want to calculate in that country will be made compared to that data. Nor can we forget that The technology we have now compared to what existed two centuries ago it is not even for the same. Then there were no altimeters, which we now see anywhere: the car, the mobile, gas stations … that made calculating the altitudes of any place was a very laborious work that required an infinite patience. The task of choosing that reference point also occurred in Spain. Specifically, he fell to the National Geographic Instituteinaugurated in 1856, which was entirely dedicated at that time to elaborate precise topographic maps of the country. In a publication of the institution in the 10th Hispanic-Portuguese Assembly of Geodesia and GeophysicsThey explain that Alicante’s choice was not a coincidence. This article mentions that for the measurement to be as stable as possible, a low point had to be chosen so that negative heights were not produced, hence the sea level was chosen. So a site was sought on the Spanish coast in which The variations between low and pleamar were the minors possible. That is, I had to have Little maritime oscillation. That already completely ruled out some cities of the Cantabrian, because in places like Santander or San Sebastián the sea level can vary up to four meters during the day. Four years of manual measurements With that in mind, the scientists thought of the coast and the waters of the Mediterranean. Precisely Alicante, is inside a baywhere the daily variation of sea level is just a few centimeters. It was also found that this city was the best in terms of weather criteria, atmospheric pressure or seasonal variability. But the most curious thing about the IGN’s decision was not the choice of the city, but the specific place where they decided to establish the zero level. To know exactly where to locate it, They made daily measurements from 1870 to 1874 by handhelping only a strip on the queen stairs located in front of the port of Alicante. After almost four years of work, it was decided to establish that right point on the first step of the interior stairs of the City of Alicante. Specifically it was determined that this exact step It was 3.41 meters above sea. There a plaque was installed that says: “NP 1”. That is, precision level 1. since then, all the altimetry in Spain was measured according to the difference with this point, adding 3.41 meters. “From there, the altitudes were transferred to the rest of Spain through leveling lines and branches that would form the first high precision leveling network (Rednap),” Explain the institute In the report. Obviously, over time and the continuous expansion of the port network in Spain, the Mareographers have changed site, other new ones being built to achieve a continuity of the data series. In fact, today there are 10 operational stations throughout the country: Alicante 1, Alicante 2, Cartagena, Almería, La Coruña, Alborán (Isla de Alborán), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Island of Tenerife), Puerto de la Cruz (Isla de Tenerife), Los Cristianos (Isla de Tenerife), Puerto del Rosario (Isla de Fuerteventura). Image | Dean Milenkovic In Xataka | Two provinces, four municipalities, three regions: the most complex town in Spain is also that of Feijóo In Xataka | The Júcar Hydrographic Conference has been sacrificing thousands and thousands of fish from its reservoirs for months. And the worst thing is that it makes sense

Spotify is dealing with an avalanche of songs made with AI. So you have decided to react to mark the limits

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You open Spotify, you run with a song that you cannot stop listening and, nevertheless, the name of the “artist” sounds at all. You wonder if there is a band behind or if it is a Track generated by AIand the doubt is not trivial: the trained ear may detect it, but for millions of listeners the border has become blurred. With generators like Suno either You raising their creation quality, catalogs are filled and the context matters. This week, Spotify announced New policies to stop three fronts: “Slop”, impersonations and transparency on the use of AI. The company states that it wants to protect artists and prevent the public from feeling deceived, without prohibiting responsible use of these tools. In just a few months, music generators have become accessible tools capable of producing thousands of subjects ready to be uploaded to streaming platforms. We do not talk about master compositions, but about songs that meet the minimum to sneak into mass catalogs. The result is an avalanche that makes it difficult to distinguish between genuine proposals and simple algorithmic exercises. For stamps and artists, this saturation not only generates confusion among listeners, it also threatens to dilute income in a system where each reproduction counts to distribute royalties. Spotify’s plan against music made with AI Spotify frames its new rules in a simple idea: music has always been crossed by technology, from the multipist tapes to auto-tune. The current difference is that artificial intelligence evolves at a speed that generates uncertainty. In this scenario, the platform states that it wants to reinforce transparency and shield the confidence of listeners, while respecting the freedom of artists to decide how to incorporate these tools into their creative process. One of the most sensitive spotlights for Spotify is the impersonation of identity. The company has hardened its rules and clarifies that it will not allow songs that reproduce the voice of an artist without its explicit authorization. This includes voice clones generated with artificial intelligence, “Deepfakes” and any unauthorized vocal replica. In addition, new measures are tested with distributors to prevent music from foreign profiles, an increasingly common attack. The objective is that musicians can denounce quickly and maintain control over their own artistic identity. Another front that the platform wants to stop is spam. Spotify explains that some users try to manipulate the system by uploading songs of just 30 seconds to accumulate reproductions with Right to paymentor repeating the same theme with minimal changes in metadata. To combat it, in the coming months will deploy a filter that will identify this type of practices and stop recommending them. The company ensures that the measure is necessary to protect the distribution of royalties and remember that in the last 12 months it eliminated 75 million fraudulent tracks. The third leg of the plan is transparency. Spotify collaborates with DDEX, the agency responsible for setting standards in the music industry, to create a metadata system that reflects the role of AI in each song. The objective is that the credits indicate if artificial intelligence has been used in the voice, in the instruments or in the production, so that the listener knows clearly. As reported by the company, 15 seals and distributors have already promised to adopt this standard, although for now there is no release date. The real impact of the new rules will be measured over time. For artists, reinforcement against impersonation and spam can translate into a fairer environment to compete for attention and royalties. For listeners, promise is a clearer experiencewith credits that allow distinguishing which part of a song has been generated by Ia. Even so, there is uncertainty about its scope: from the possibility of errors in automatic detection to the difficulty that stamps and distributors adapt their processes quickly and homogeneously. Spotify will probably continue working after this announcement. The effectiveness of the filters and the adoption of the new credits will depend on the industry as a whole move in the same direction. AI will continue to evolve and new methods are likely to make control systems. In that scenario, the company will have to demonstrate that its measures not only slow the abuses, but also help maintain the confidence of the listeners and the value of artists’ work. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 | @felirbe In Xataka | OpenAi wants to bill as much as Microsoft in five years. For this

One of the most downloaded apps for iPhone pays for recording calls to train AI models. It is a security disaster

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The sale of personal data is not a hypothesis, it is an expanding reality. Just look at Spotify: Recently a service appeared that paid those who delivered their profile and their listening summaries to resell them to technology companies. The approach was as simple as disturbing, because it became something as innocent as our musical habits. Neon Repeat the scheme, but transfers it to a much more sensitive land, telephone calls, where intimacy becomes the product. We are talking about an app that decided to convert phone calls into the new digital gold. His proposal is direct: “Speak, record and charge.” It promises users to win “hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year” simply allowing their conversations to transform into training material for artificial intelligence systems. The hook worked. In a matter of days he went from irrelevance to place Within the top three positions In the Social Networks category in the United States App Store. How neon works. The neon mechanism is designed for each call to translate into money. It promises to pay 30 cents per minute when two users of the app talked to each other, 15 cents if the call is with someone external and establishes a stop of 30 dollars daily. To this adds a referral system that offers 30 dollars for each new user. The recording, According to your policyalways affect the sender and, when both used neon, to both parties. Conditions of use. Beyond payments, the true neon reach is in its Terms of service. There the users give the company a “world, exclusive, irrevocable and transferable” license on their recordings. This permit includes rights to sell, modify, create derived works and distribute the audio in any format, present or future. To this is added a section of functions in beta, without guarantees or responsibility in case of failures. The amplitude of that assignment makes it difficult to foresee how far the use of the recordings can go. Where is available and how popular it is. Neon’s initial success was as fast as unexpected. At the time of writing this article, it is number 2 of the most downloaded social applications in the United States App Store. The application, however, seems restricted to that market: in tests carried out from Spain is not among those available or allows its download. The security failure. The story took an unexpected turn when a technical analysis revealed that Neon did not protect the information of its own users. As Techcrunch discoveredjust create an account and review network traffic with a tool like Burp Suite to access others. Shortly after the notice, the founder closed the servers and sent an email announcing a pause ‘for security’, not to mention the filtration. What was exposed was especially delicate: Telephone numbers associated with accounts Public links to audio recordings Complete call transcripts Metadata with duration, date and payments obtained Telephone numbers, recordings and transcripts are not accessible is not a minor failure. With this data, private conversations could be rebuilt and associated with specific people. The risks range from attempts to impersonate identity to the creation of synthetic voices. What Neon says in front of what we know, Neon defends that their processes protect users: anonymity of conversations, elimination of personal information and sale only to reviewed companies. However, the ruling showed that these systems are not infallible. The official communication after temporary closure spoke of “adding extra security layers”, but omits to recognize the filtration. Neon’s fall does not erase the background question: what price does our intimacy have when artificial intelligence demands more and more data? The model to pay for calls can reappear in other forms and other markets, because the need to train systems will continue to grow. What happened in the United States is an early warning that we are not talking about science fiction, but about real proposals that already touch the user’s door. The decision, ultimately, is personal. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 | Screen capture | Neon In Xataka | A new generation of robots promises precision and efficiency. It also opens the door to cyberspage risks

Summer has been so hard that it has taken to the most summer ingredient in the salad: tomato

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The arrival of the rains this year seemed to bring a thread of hope to a battered agricultural sector for drought months. The news that comes to us could not be more different: grapes, citrus, bananas… For one reason or on the other, the crops are not fulfilling expectations, and the most recent example has been put by the tomato. 76 million. The tomato sector in Extremadura He has taken stock This year’s harvest and has not been precisely optimistic: a “ruin” is like the union of small farmers and ranchers from Extremadura (UPA-UCE) defined it in a Recent statement. The Extremadura Agrarian Organization figure at 76 million euros the annual losses of tomato producers after this year’s harvest. Double problem. The Sector Association points to A double problem: On the one hand, “ruinous prices (taxes by) the industrial sector”. Prices that, according to the association do not allow to cover the costs associated with production. The price problem is linked to the second of the problems of this campaign: that of production. According to association data, for this campaign the hiring for this campaign was based on an expected productivity of 93 tons per hectare on average. In Extremadura, real productivity has ended up being lower, about 82 tons per hectare. Lower productivity, lower production. This has been reflected in a bad harvest, with a production remarkably lower than that originally hired, 20% lower, according to UPA-UCE data. The main reason in this fall in production is for the sector, in meteorology. A climate not so propitious. Everything seemed to indicate that the meteorology would be favorable this year: months of elevated rainfall or, the less normal, they served not only to conclude the dry episode that affected our environment for several years; The hydrological bonanza also served for reservoirs to recover filling levels that had not been seen in years. However, the summer of 2025 was not consistent with what was seen in the previous months, but it brought us a Dry and very warm summera summer with two heat waves especially severe both in intensity and in duration. The result: weaker plants. And with more problems, they explain from UPA-UCE. Echoes from other fields. The story is repeated in several sectors. The arrival of the rains seemed to bring new hopes to the agricultural sector, however, the expected increase in harvest has also been translating into lower prices In origin, something that already supposed in itself a problem for many farmers. The problem has been even greater in sectors like grapeswhere expectations are not being met and now producers must face the low prices of a high offer, but with a lower production to the expected. In Xataka | During centuries Galicia was a thriving land of olive groves with unique varieties in the world. What changed it is still a mystery Image | Czapp ÁPád

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