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There are several brands fighting in the same logo

September 26, 2025 by usatoday24

He Xiaomi 15t Pro In color Mocha Gold That it shines under the spotlights of Munich, where it has just been presented, tells a story that the company would surely prefer not to verbalize: Xiaomi is trying to escape itself. It is not just the golden finish, nor the collaboration with Leica, not even the 999 euros they ask for the 1 TB version – Bagatela watching how the patio is. It is the culmination of a transformation that began years ago and now reaches its critical point. Just a few months ago he warned from Shanghai that Xiaomi needed a new face. That the gap between its products – a Su7 ultra With 24 carat gold badge competing with Porsche – and its brand identity – that cheap and sympathone orange logo – was not very sustainable. Munich’s presentation, which has revealed the Gold Series With goldsmith in his watches, he confirms that Xiaomi has heard the diagnosis, but his response is more radical than expected: They don’t want to change their face, they want to change body. Metamorphosis goes beyond cosmetic. A Mijia washing machine presumes to save 25% more energy than the European class A standard. A refrigerator incorporates Ag+ technology for bacterial control. The offline communication system allows two 15t Pro to almost two kilometers without mobile network. In all these situations, Xiaomi is sending a resounding message: We are no longer the cheap alternative, we are the technologically superior proposal. The problem is that this message collides frontally with a decade of mental positioning in consumers. The 15T Base maintains a price of 649 euros that winks to the past, while the Pro scale up to 999 euros in its top of the range. And the upper models are missing. It is as if Xiaomi would like to climb the ladder without releasing the first step. This clash between aspiration and accessibility generates a dissonance that weakens both proposals: too expensive for the faithful of the beginning, too “xiaomi” for those who can afford a iPhone 17 Pro or a Galaxy S25 Ultra. There are details that speak for themselves. The 15T Pro bezels (1.5 mm) are 27% thinner than in the previous generation. His reason for being is not the simple technical improvement but an attempt to speak the visual language of technological luxury, that dialect perfected by Apple that everyone wants to imitate. The problem of these movements is that when you copied the vocabulary without understanding the grammar you end up talking to an artificial accent That betrays your origin. In addition, Xiaomi has reached that technical excellence just when that excellence has ceased to be differentiating. He Xiaomi 9 I was interested because it was a cannon for the price it brought. He Xiaomi 15 It is interested because it is a cannon, point. But we are already in 2025, and now any manufacturer can access the same components, cameras, processors. The real battle is in a more abstract area: brand narrative, symbolic capital, tribal belonging. Nothing has understood. Xiaomi drags the dead weight of his own success story. Collaboration with Leica is a perfect example of this paradox. Leica is tradition, Hessian crafts, is the weight of photographic history. It is all Xiaomi is not and can never be. And that marriage between Chinese disruption and German classicism produces a strange creature: technically it is competent, it is culturally orphan. Those who value Leica may never consider a Xiaomi. Those who love Xiaomi do not need Leica to validate their purchase. The 15T Pro processor is another good example. MEDATEK DIMENSITY 9400+. Great, built in 3 Nm, rivals any Snapdragon. But Mediatek charges with that stigma of being the economic alternative (like Xiaomi!). Although their prices are already equated and their qualities too, son two brands trying to escape together of their past. The need to list each certification (IP68 resistance, CORNING GORILLA GLASS 7I) Talk about that search for external legitimation because Xiaomi does not yet have the authority of those who can define standards. Apple can launch an owner light port and the world will adapt. Xiaomi needs to demonstrate that it complies with each regulation, each certification and each standard established by others. The mantra ‘Human X Car x Home‘That they promote so much is very ambitious on paper and it will work out well, but it has an asterisk: it aims to unify the user’s technological experience, but the Xiaomi brand means different things in each category: In smartphones it is aspirational excellence. In Wearable It is pure democratization. In appliances is pragmatic innovation. In cars it is experimental freedom. There is no coherent narrative that a these worlds, although the technical promise says they will speak with each other. The comparison with Apple is inevitable: Apple has its own problems, but it has never had to escape its identity because it consciously built it from the beginning. Each product, announcement, physical store and presentation has reinforced the same narrative: we think differently, we design better, we charge more because we are convinced that we are worth it. Xiaomi spent years trying that the premium price was not justified And now we must convince us otherwise without contradicting too much. Xiaomi’s current moment reminds the Samsung of 2010 a lotwhen he tried to transcend his image as a cheap photocopier to become a premium leader. He ended up getting it, but he took him many years and many thousands of millions in marketing. Xiaomi doesn’t have that time. The market moves faster, loyalties are now more fluid, and new actors such as Nothing or CMF already occupy the space that Xiaomi is abandoning, which in turn colonized when OnePlus changed the course, which in turn filled the hole that emptied the price increase of the Nexus. Tempus fugit. The uncomfortable truth is that Xiaomi built an empire on a value proposition that now wants to evolve. Democratizing technology was more than a business model, it … Read more

2025 is being a relief for the sale of electric cars in Europe. For everyone, except for Tesla

September 26, 2025 by usatoday24

Although the electric vehicle park in Europe is still very much from what the European Union He plans For the next few years, the truth is that the European market for electric vehicles lives its best stage to date. And is that its growth It has been 26% In the first eight months of the year. In contrast to this, it is also worth focusing on Tesla, a brand that leads the electric vehicle segment on the continent with its Model and and that, however, Its sales have decreased significantly. Tesla still does not lift heads. Tesla keeps Model and as the electric most selling from Europebut their figures tell a different story. Between January and August, sales have been 83,314 units for Model Y. If we compare the figures with the same period of the previous year, we see that it is a brutal decrease of 34%. He Model 3which occupies third place in sales, does not escape the trend with a drop of 29% and 50,237 units sold. The company now faces a radically different context than that of only a few years ago, since there is greater diversity of electric vehicles and competition. If we look at concrete markets, the firm fell significantly in August in France, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy, as points Reuters In France they fell 47.3% in August, and in Sweden 84%. However, it should be noted that in Spain (1,435 cars sold in August) and Norway (rebound of 21.3%) their sales have grown, although the percentage is much lower than the performance of ByD in these regions. In Germany, which is where the brand has greater competition, between January and August They sold 11,441 cars. The American manufacturer is located in Germany in thirteenth position, behind Opel, with 13,000 electric cars sold in the same period. There was a year in which Tesla maintained the first position in this country, back in 2022, when the firm sold almost 70,000 cars Only that year. Now, with much more competition and expansion of the rest of the manufacturers, the context is very different. Volkswagen takes control. While Tesla goes back, traditional European manufacturers take advantage of the wave. Volkswagen has been crowned as The largest electric seller in August With 16,105 units, a spectacular jump of 45% year -on -year thanks to its ID.3, ID.4 and ID.7 models. Tesla was second with 14,245 cars sold during that same month, but with a general fall of 23%. BMW completed the podium with 12,546 electric vehicles, growing 7%. More adoption, but it still remains. Between 2024 and 2025, Europe has lived constant growth in the adoption of electric vehicles, the result of the largest variety of vehicles that are available for purchase, and the growing evolution in infrastructure and incentives. The 154,582 electric vehicles sold In August they represented 20% of the total new cars sold that month. Several manufacturers They point That a 20-25% quota is sufficient to meet EU emission objectives by 2025-2027, although there is still a cloth to cut, especially for The objectives that the agency is scheduled for 2030 and 2035. The conquest of China. Chinese manufacturers, especially bydthey have broken into European territory. According to data From Jato Dynamics, Byd came to overcome Tesla in April in some regions, tripling his enrollments in certain periods. Chinese competition combines competitive prices with a diverse range that includes plug -in hybrids, gaining ground despite EU tariffs. Then it is that Byd is the one that resonates the most, but there is everything A flood of Chinese brands settling in Europe, as is the case of MG, Xpeng or Nio, among many others. In Xataka | Hyundai has tired of the autonomy of its electric cars. Your solution: copy China and stuff them a combustion engine

There are more robots working in Chinese factories than in the rest of the world together. Beijing’s strategy is already a blow of global authority

September 26, 2025 by usatoday24

Close your eyes for a moment and imagine The country with more robots in its factories. The logical thing would be to think of Japan, and not a few would also include the United States in the quiniela. However, the most recent figures point out another destination and do it clearly: China, where robotics has ceased to be an experiment to become the daily pulse of production. It should be specified from the start: we do not talk about showcase humanoids, but of industrial welding robots, manipulation and assembly, which are transforming how it is already manufactured what speed. The last report From the International Robotics Federation offers the clearest photograph of this phenomenon. In 2024 alone, Chinese factories installed about 300,000 industrial robots, a figure higher than the rest of the combined world. In parallel, the total park exceeded two million active units, well above any competitor. In contrast, the United States added 34,000 new robots in its production and Japan lines around 44,000, confirming the magnitude of the Chinese jump. China not only competes, already dominates China’s hegemony in industrial robotics has not appeared out of nowhere. Since 2017, its factories have installed Between 145,000 and 295,000 annual robotswith a especially strong jump from 2021. Pandemia barely slowed that progression, and in 2024 the figure was again located around 300,000 units. In contrast, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Germany not only started from much more modest volumes, but also registered declines in the last statistics. The next step in the Chinese strategy was not only to install robots, but to manufacture them on a large scale. For the first time, Chinese suppliers sold more than foreigners in their own market: 57% of the 2024 facilities were of local origin. On a global scale, Japan remains the main manufacturing country (around 38% of the world supply, according to IFR). This turn reduces dependence, although it does not equals full technological autonomy Chinese industrial policy has been decisive to accelerate the transition to automation. The initiative Made in China 2025 marked the first great milestone in 2015, with the aim of REducate dependence of imports in key sectors. Six years later, in 2021, the country adopted a specific plan to multiply the deployment of industrial robots. This planning added loans at low interest from state banks and support for technological purchases abroad. The result has been a fertile terrain for the expansion of Chinese robotics. When talking about robotics, the most common image is that of humanoids as Optimus either Figure. However, the figures that place China in the lead correspond only to industrial robots: mechanical arms that weld, assemble or move materials in the production line. The report leaves humanoids out, still in an experimental phase and with very small sales. Even so, the state impulse has generated an ecosystem of humanoid -centered startups, such as UNITREEalthough its weight in the industry remains marginal. The figures that place China in the lead correspond only to industrial robots. The integration of artificial intelligence into the factory is not exclusive to China: Japan, South Korea, Germany or the United States also apply with vision systemsautomated failures and quality control algorithms. What distinguishes Beijing is the scale with which this practice has spread, until it becomes a usual component of its industrial strategy. In many plants, the AI monitors real -time machines, anticipates breakdowns and adjusts processes. This broader and more coordinated deployment has multiplied the impact of automation. The technological jump also depends on the people who make it possible. China has a large number of specialized technicians, from programmers to industrial electricians, capable of installing and maintaining robots in complex environments. Even so, the demand exceeds the supply and salaries of the installers have shot, already around $ 60,000. This talent gap reflects a global bottleneck: automation does not advance with capital and machines, it needs professionals who integrate it into the factory. Chinese leadership in industrial robotics still has clear borders. Although the country already manufactures a third of world robots, it continues to depend on foreign supplies for some key components. High precision sensors and advanced semiconductorsfor example, they are still domain from Japan and Germany, with decades of technological advantage. This deficit limits China’s ability to assemble higher range robots, especially humanoids. Even with a thriving ecosystem, technological autonomy is not yet complete and marks one of Beijing’s pending challenges. Although China continues to depend on foreign suppliers, the weight of its market already conditions global dynamics. By producing and installing more robots than anyone, it achieves economies of scale that reduce automation projects and pressing international prices. Its volume also gives it the capacity to influence technical standards and equipment interoperability. In the supply chain, the center of gravity moves to Asia, forcing other countries to adapt to an ecosystem in which China marks the rhythm, even without still controlling all technology. The map of industrial robotics is no longer understood without China in the center. In the next two years, the attention will be to verify whether to reduce its dependence on key components and if it maintains the rhythm of 300,000 new annual facilities. Beijing does not hide that he wants to extend this model to emerging sectors such as humanoids and reinforce their weight in global chains. For the rest of the world, the question is not whether China will continue to lead in volumebut how to respond to a strategy that combines scale, industrial policy and technological ambition. Images | Simon Kadula | Arthur Wang In Xataka | Qualcomm believes that the 6G will be the final network for AI and has already set it: the reality is that 5G is still in diapers

Openai has just changed the chatgpt rules with Pulse. Stop waiting questions and start anticipating your daily life

September 26, 2025 by usatoday24

You get a notification to the mobile. It is not the calendar or mail: it is from Chatgpt. It’s called Pulse and, According to OpenAi“investigate proactively“To give you a personalized summary of the day with thematic cards that you can get quickly or open for more detail. The grace is that you stop waiting for your question and advance with ideas and next steps, learning from your chats and your feedback And, if you decide to connect them, of apps such as the calendar. The result is a Briefing Matinal that tries to fit with your routine before it starts. Pulse arrives as a view and, for now, is only available in the ChatgPT mobile application for payment users in THE PRO PLAN. It does not replace the usual model, but is presented as an addition: the assistant maintains the option to answer on demand questions, but adds a new functionality. With this movement, Openai takes the first step towards an assistant who aspires to be present before even the user invoices it. Of the chatbot that responds to the assistant who advances Every night, the system analyzes recent conversations and interactions history to prepare a set of cards with information selected These cards are presented the next day in the application as a daily summary that can be browsing in seconds or expanding to obtain more context. The content expires at the end of the day unless it is saved in the history of chats. In addition, each card can be opened to request clarifications or following steps, so that the experience is not limited to reading, but connects with the usual conversation. Personalization is built on simple signals. The user can give a thumb up or down, ask that the next summary include a specific topic or modify what is not useful. Pulse collects that information and applies it in the next night cycle. Openai points out that all adjustment history is accessible and reversible: it can be consulted or erased when desired. To reduce risks, each set of cards undergoes safety checks that block problematic recommendations or contents that violate the platform standards. One of the characteristics is in the possibility of COnectar Gmail and Google Calendar. In doing so, press can suggest an agenda scheme for a meeting, remember the purchase of a birthday gift or recommend restaurants based on a scheduled trip. These integrations are deactivated by default and are managed from the configuration. Openai insists that they improve the relevance of suggestions, although they also expand the surface of personal information that the assistant handles. The examples are varied and very everyday. Openai mentions from tips to prepare a quick dinner to reminders linked to a trip or training suggestions for a triathlon. In the Chatgpt Lab, several students commented that the utility of Pulse became evident when they began to guide it with concrete requests. One of them reported that, after talking about how to organize his calendar in Taiwan, the system offered him practical steps to optimize train journeys that would not have looked for himself. Openai has been working on the security of his chatbot for some time. Even so, cybersecurity experts warn that the risk never disappears completely. Radware documented a case in which an altered mail managed to The in -depth research function of chatgpt will filter sensitive data. Vulnerability was already corrected, but the example reminds that integrating personal information into such an assistant increases exposure and demands to keep caution. For now, Pulse is in a view phase and only those who have the Pro subscription in the mobile app. OpenAI warns that not always right: Reminders of already closed projects or little relevant suggestions may appear. The idea is to collect that early use to correct failures and refine the model. If everything progresses as planned, the function will open first to Plus clients and then to the rest, in a progressive deployment. It is a launch that fits a broader strategy: to make Chatgpt become a daily assistant and not only a specific tool. OpenAi seeks to increase the time of use and take a step towards the more personal relationship With the application. The movement also marks distance in front of competitors such as COPILOT of Microsoft or Claude of Anthropic, which until now have prioritized professional or productivity uses. According to Reutersthe company also works on a browser with AI that would reinforce this commitment to accompany the user in more facets of their digital life. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | Microsoft has never been so valuable throughout its history. And he has never been so close to the abyss

Russia sent 75 mice to space in a Soviet design capsule. All have returned except 10

September 26, 2025 by usatoday24

A few days ago landed in the Russian steppe A capsule falls from the sky reminiscent of the dawn of the space race. It was the descent module of the Bion-M mission No. 2, launched a month before the space from the Baikonur cosmodrome. Its crew: cell cultures, seeds, 1,500 fruit flies and 75 male mice, of which 65 have survived. 30 days of polar orbit. The ship orbit the Earth from Pole to Polo to expose its passengers to the levels of cosmic radiation that the crew of the future Russian Space Station will receive. That is, 33% higher than those experienced by the International Space Station. The mice They were divided into groups: Some genetically modified, other treaties with a special medicine and a control group. The objective was to quantify the damage of radiation in its body and test countermeasures such as drugs or shields that could have direct applications both in the Earth’s orbit and in future trips to the Moon and Mars. The new Russian cosmonauts. They will not go down in history like the Laika dog, but the mice have played their role. The mission has been a success and the 10 specimens that died did so for reasons that the director of the Russian biomedical problems, Oleg Orlov, attributes that they were male miceaggressive and with “complex intragrupal conflicts.” Is it a success that 10 mice died? If we compare it with the previous mission, it is. In the first Bion-M, which took place in 2013, a failure in the life support systems caused the death of 29 of the 45 mice on board. That now 87% of animals have survived, and that deaths occur due to natural or behavioral causes, it is a great improvement. A capsule like Yuri Gagarin. Of course, the return of the mice has not been precisely quiet. As explained in detail Daniel Marín’s disseminator In its blog, the Bion-M spacecraft is a spherical capsule derived from the Vostok, the same that led Yuri Gagarin to space. This design does not allow maneuvers to soften the reentry, so landing is somewhat aggressive. For sample, the capsule caused a small fire in the ombourg steppe after impacting the ground. But the cause was not the impact, but the solid fuel retrocohetes located in the parachute lines. The fire was quickly controlled. And the flies? As we said, the biosatellite also transported a complete biological laboratory with fungi, lichens, seeds and about 1,500 fruit flies, part of a multigenerational experiment. According to the Russian Academy of Sciencesthe flies that traveled in the Bion-M No. 2 are the seventh generation of a line that originated in the International Space Station. During the 30 -day mission, the ninth and tenth generation were born. The plan is that, after a few more generations on Earth, their descendants are sent again to the International Space Station, continuing an insect lineage that has never known normal terrestrial gravity. Now, scientists have months of work analyzing recovered biological data and samples. The 65 surviving mice and their interplanetary travel companions are a valuable source of information that will help make the next space trips safer. Image | ROSCOSMOS In Xataka | The ruins of the Soviet space program in Kazakhstan: a hangar surrounded by death and fascination

Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, Xiaomi 17 Pro max, characteristics, price and technical file

September 26, 2025 by usatoday24

Xiaomi has taken the first step at home with the launch of the 17, 17 pro and 17 pro max. Three models that, apart from its power and specifications, reveal a difficult intention to hide: Competerate frontal with Apple. Parallelism with iPhone 17 and 17 pro Not only is it in the name, but also in the way the brand has structured the range. The common denominator is a shared technical platform, but the differences arrive with concrete decisions in design, battery and photography. In the PRO, the great novelty is a back screen that seeks to recover the “Wow effect” on the Android scene. Technical sheet of the Xiaomi 17, 17 Pro and 17 pro max Xiaomi 17 Xiaomi 17 Pro Xiaomi 17 pro max dimensions and weight Long: 151.1 mm Width: 71.8 mm Thickness: 8.06 mm (the chamber protuberance is not taken into account) Weight: 191 g Long: 151.1 mm Width: 71.8 mm Thickness: 8.0 mm Weight: 192 g Long: 162.9 mm Width: 77.6 mm Thickness: 8.0 mm Weight: 219 g screen OLED 6.3 inches 2656 x 1220 Up to 120 Hz 3500 nits DCI-P3 HDR10+, HDR VIVID | Dolby Vision OLED 6.3 inches 2656 x 1220 Up to 120 Hz 3500 nits DCI-P3 HDR10+, HDR VIVID | Dolby Vision OLED 6.9 inches 2608 x 1200 Up to 120 Hz 3500 nits DCI-P3 HDR10+, HDR VIVID | Dolby Vision rear screen No Super Sunlight of 2.7 “low consumption AMOLED 904 x 572 Up to 120 Hz F 1 nit at 3500 nits Super Sunlight of 2.9 “low consumption AMOLED 967 x 596 Up to 120 Hz F 1 nit at 3500 nits processor Snapdragon 8 “Extreme Edition” Gen 5 Manufactured in process of 3 Nm Eight -core Oryon CPU with a maximum frequency of up to 4.6 GHz Snapdragon 8 “Extreme Edition” Gen 5 Manufactured in process of 3 Nm Eight -core Oryon CPU with a maximum frequency of up to 4.6 GHz Snapdragon 8 “Extreme Edition” Gen 5 Manufactured in process of 3 Nm Eight -core Oryon CPU with a maximum frequency of up to 4.6 GHz graph Adreno GPU Adreno GPU Adreno GPU Memory and storage 12 GB/16 GB LPDDR5X 256 GB / 512 GB UFS 4.1 12 GB/16 GB LPDDR5X 256 GB / 512 GB UFS 4.1 12 GB/16 GB LPDDR5X 512 GB/1 TB UFS 4.1E load and battery 7000 mAh Silicon-carbon with high energy density QC3+ / QC3.0 / QC2.0 / PD3.0 / PD2.0 Xiaomi cable load arises from 100 w Xiaomi wireless load arises from 50 w 22.5 w wireless inverse charging 6300 mAh Silicon-carbon with high energy density QC3+ / QC3.0 / QC2.0 / PD3.0 / PD2.0 Xiaomi cable load arises from 100 w Xiaomi wireless load arises from 50 w 22.5 w wireless inverse charging 7500m MAH Silicon-carbon with high energy density QC3+ / QC3.0 / QC2.0 / PD3.0 / PD2.0 Xiaomi cable load arises from 100 w Xiaomi wireless load arises from 50 w 22.5 w wireless inverse charging rear cameras Leica optics Main Chamber: 50 MP (ƒ/1.67, 23 mm) Floating Teleobjective: 50 MP (ƒ/2.0, 60 mm, 10 cm approach to infinity, zoom eis Ultra wide angle: 50 MP (ƒ/2.4, 102 °, 6p lens) Leica optics Main Chamber: 50 MP (ƒ/1.67, 23 mm) Floating Teleobjective: 50 MP (ƒ/3.0, 60 mm, 10 cm approach to infinity, zoom eis | 5x optical zoom | 20 cm macro teleobjective Ultra wide angle: 50 MP (ƒ/2.4, 102 °, 6p lens) Leica optics Main Chamber: 50 MP (ƒ/1.67, 23 mm) High light collection teleobjective: 50 MP (ƒ/2.6, 60 mm, 10 cm approach to infinity, zoom eis | 5x optical zoom | 20 cm macro teleobjective Ultra wide angle: 50 MP (ƒ/2.4, 102 °, 6p lens) front camera 50 MP (ƒ/2.2, 90 °) 50 MP (ƒ/2.2, 90 °) 50 MP (ƒ/2.2, 90 °) GRID 5g SUPPORT FOR 2 NANO-SIM 5g SUPPORT FOR 2 NANO-SIM 5g SUPPORT FOR 2 NANO-SIM ports USB 3.2 GEN1 (5 GBPS) USB 3.2 GEN1 (5 GBPS) USB 3.2 GEN1 (5 GBPS) Wireless connectivity Wifi 7, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4 and 802.11a/B/G Wi-Fi 2.4g | 5G wifi Mlo, 2×2 mime, 8×8 sound for Mu-Mimo, Wifi Direct, Miracast, 2.4g and 5g of double channel Bluetooth 5.4, dual bluetooth SBC/AAC/APTX/APTX HD/APTX Adaptive/LDAC/LHDC 5.0/LC3/MIHC NFC Wifi 7, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4 and 802.11a/B/G Wi-Fi 2.4g | 5G wifi Mlo, 2×2 mime, 8×8 sound for Mu-Mimo, Wifi Direct, Miracast, 2.4g and 5g of double channel Bluetooth 5.4, dual bluetooth SBC/AAC/APTX/APTX HD/APTX Adaptive/LDAC/LHDC 5.0/LC3/MIHC NFC Wifi 7, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4 and 802.11a/B/G Wi-Fi 2.4g | 5G wifi Mlo, 2×2 mime, 8×8 sound for Mu-Mimo, Wifi Direct, Miracast, 2.4g and 5g of double channel Bluetooth 5.4, dual bluetooth SBC/AAC/APTX/APTX HD/APTX Adaptive/LDAC/LHDC 5.0/LC3/MIHC NFC Positioning B1I + B1C + B2A ｜ GPS: L1 + L5 ｜ Galileo: E1 + E5A GLONASS: G1 ｜ QZSS: L1 + L5 ｜ Navic L5 B1I + B1C + B2A ｜ GPS: L1 + L5 ｜ Galileo: E1 + E5A GLONASS: G1 ｜ QZSS: L1 + L5 ｜ Navic L5 B1I + B1C + B2A ｜ GPS: L1 + L5 ｜ Galileo: E1 + E5A GLONASS: G1 ｜ QZSS: L1 + L5 ｜ Navic L5 Operating system Xiaomi Hyperos 3 Xiaomi Hyperos 3 Xiaomi Hyperos 3 OTHERS Unlock with fingerprint Unlock with fingerprint Unlock with fingerprint box content Mobile, current adapter, USB type C cable, cover, screen protector (factory installed), SIM card pin, user manual Mobile, current adapter, USB type C cable, cover, screen protector (factory installed), SIM card pin, user manual Mobile, current adapter, USB type C cable, cover, screen protector (factory installed), SIM card pin, user manual price From 4,499 yuan From 4,999 yuan From 5,999 yuan The starting point is the same, the outcome not so much The three Xiaomi 17 share a platform that places the series at the top of Android. The new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5officially presented by Qualcomm the day before the launch, appears here with the label “Extreme … Read more

Two years ago, an asteroid exploded over France with unusual violence. What saved the French was their size

September 26, 2025 by usatoday24

February 13, 2023. It was 4:59 in the morning when a violent explosion illuminated the skies of Normandynorth of France. It was not a ray, nor a missile. It was the end of a travel of millions of kilometers for a small asteroid called 2023 Cx1. Seven hours of notice. The 650 -kilogram rock had just a meter in diameter, so it had been detected only seven hours before impact. But the most disturbing thing was not his surprise arrival, but his behavior when entering the earth’s atmosphere. An exhaustive analysis published two and a half years later in Nature Astronomy He has revealed that, if the asteroid had been larger, the consequences of his extraordinary explosion could have been devastating. A high -risk meteor. Most meteorites are fragmenting as they descend through the atmosphere, but 2023 CX1 endured intact until it reached a distance to the ground of only 28 kilometers. At that point, the pressure made it explode like a pump. After traveling through space for about 30 million years, the asteroid released 98% of all its kinetic energy in a second fraction. And in a very concentrated region of the atmosphere, when it reached a dynamic pressure of 4 megapascal. It does not compare with Cheliábinsk. The 2023 CX1 behavior was radically different from that of the car whose explosion of 500 kilotons He broke windows and caused hundreds of injured in Russia in 2013. The one in France generated a spherical shock wave instead of cylindrical, concentrating much more energy and greatly increasing the area of soil affected by overpressure. According to researchers, this type of abrupt fragmentation could cause much more damage than the progressive fragmentations of similar size bodies. The French were lucky that it was so small. More firewood for planetary defense. The analysis was based on an unprecedented number of observations after mobilizing the scientific and citizen community in those seven hours of margin. The prediction of the fall by ESA and NASA had a margin of error of less than 20 meters between the planned and observed trajectory, which in turn facilitated the recovery of more than one hundred fragments of the meteorite in the commune of Saint-Pierre-Le Viger. According to the CSICwhich participated in the investigation, this event confirms the existence of a new population of asteroids, type L chondrites, capable of these violent explosions. “These asteroids must be taken into account in the Planetary Defense Strategiessince they represent a higher risk for populated areas, “says Auriane Egal, first author of the study. With what we know today, perhaps the authorities activate evacuation plans the next time an asteroid of this type threatens us. Provided that detection systems do not fail, and detect the threat in time. Image | THAT In Xataka | Tunguska: the explosion of 12 megatones that reminds us that space is full of wonders, but also of horrors

The competition in the AVE has killed its bus line

September 25, 2025 by usatoday24

Something is moving on the Spanish bus map. That something is the government’s intentions to reform the concessions that make up current photography. On the way there has been talk of reforming the entire system but also how many concessions already where they should be delivered. And that directly attacks very specific lines. In coma. Among all the concessions that Spain has awarded for bus service, The Madrid-Valencia line is one of those that agonizes. In fact, nobody wants to get that concession because with the high -speed line next to him does not come out profitable. After the concession, Alsa (the company that was exploiting this line) resigned to continue with it given its null profitability. Then a contest was convened to exploit a line that crosses all the Spanish width, from Badajoz to Valencia, passing through Madrid. That contest was completely deserted. Concessions? Yes, concessions. Bus lines In Spain they compete for concessions that are then exploited exclusively. These concessions last for years and, obviously, the company has to face the possible changes in the flows of movements that can occur between its passengers. In the system, therefore, it is competed before putting the buses on the road. A line is taken to competition and awarded the best bidder. In high railway speed, companies that demonstrate that they can technically operate on the road come to compete directly. On buses, that does not happen because the chosen company has exclusivity for a certain time. A deep change. What the government raises is that Spain needs a deep change in the concession system. In recent years, the market has been completely opened and that it is the companies that rival on the road at a price. However, the final intention is to take out a great contest maintaining the current concession system. Of course, given the large number of lines whose competitions are empty or companies that do not want to maintain their concessions, from the government advocate drastically reducing the number of runners. The intention is to pass Of the current 77 concessions to a total of 22. From the government they point out that this decision goes through the difficulty of placing these concessions but also because the way of moving of the Spaniards has changed in recent years. The cities have atomized (even more) the exits and arrivals but, in addition, the high -speed train and the competition have completely transformed the panorama. It is not competitive. What happens? When high speed has affordable prices, the bus is not competitive. In the Galician corridor The train has managed to eliminate travelerseven to the plane that is faster. In the case of the bus, the situation is even more complicated because, in addition, it is slower and uncomfortable. That leaves lines like that Badajoz-Madrid-Valencia without interested companies. With such a low volume of customers and a faster and more cheap alternative, prices have to be much more expensive to compensate. It is obviously the worst option. Whenever you travel to Badajoz, Madrid, Valencia or any of the stops where the train stops. What about us? All this directly impacts the paths of those who do not live in those cities or larger populations where there is a high -speed rail stop. The bus is in charge of generating a capillary network of paths among small populations where the only alternative is private transport. This is what they defend from Travel more by busan association that defends a competitive alternative so that this means of transport can survive. They bet on a complete liberalization in these lines that have to fight with high -speed lines. They point out that with the rates raised, The bus trip between Madrid and Valencia would entail an expense of between 40 and 50 euros for the client and a duration of more than four hours. With Renfe, Iryo and Ouigo fighting on the train, it is possible to make that same trip in the middle of time in half of the money. According to the CNMCthe average price of traveling with these companies in a Madrid-Valencia is 27.46 euros. What solution is there? According to this platform in defense of these less profitable bus lines, open them to direct competition. They point out that with the current layout, it is contemplated that the rates for operating will be recalculated with inflation and that, therefore, in 2035 the average price of the ticket will return to around 50 euros despite the fact that at the time of the new award a price of about 40 euros is established. In the other side of the currency we find associations like Confebus They point out that these concessions allow companies to better study the market and their profitability but, they defend, the traveler is protected because once the service has been awarded, the company has not to leave the line overnight. Photo | Artem Makarov and Xataka In Xataka | This Barcelona bus has been working with a fuel that we all produce: our excrements

If the question is how much salary you would be willing to give up for keeping teleworking, Europeans are clear: zero

September 25, 2025 by usatoday24

Teleworking has been one of the Great changes in the organization of the labor market in Europe, although its objective has changed as normality was restored and companies returned to its offices. It was no longer an obligation imposed by COVID-19, but a benefit that It contributed time flexibility For conciliation and, above all, an effective weapon to attract and retain talent. In this context of “labor benefit”, the question of whether workers would be willing to sacrifice part of their salary to maintain the option of working from home has gained relevance between companies. The European Central Bank (ECB) has asked European employees to what percentage of salary would be willing to give up in exchange for maintaining teleworking. Their answers leave no doubt. Nor for all the money in the world. According to data extracted from the Consumer expectations survey (CES) From the European Central Bank, 70% of European workers are not willing to give up any part of their salary in exchange for Teleworking. On the other hand, 13% of the respondents would accept a reduction that would range between 1% and 5%, while only 8% would consent to a more significant salary reduction between 6% and 10%. This data is especially precious to companies since it allows quantifying the value that employees give to the possibility of teleworking, especially when this flexibility is offered as part of an emotional salary for the worker. Percentage of workers who would accept a salary cut and cutting percentage More and more teleworking … but hybrid. So much The data of Eurostat, like those of the Active Population Survey From the first quarter of 2025, they point out that teleworking levels They are maintainedboth European and nationally, well above the prepazed levels recorded in 2019. That means that there is more and more active population working from home. The greatest change that has occurred is that, while before 2019 the most common option was 100% remote work, now the most imposed modality is hybrid work in which work days and teleworking days are combined. That condition of hybrid day too Condition the salary percentage to which employees are willing to give up to keep teleworking. More teleworking, greater sacrifice. The data of the European Central Bank indicate that the most widespread option is to work two or three days a week from home and the rest from the office. For this formula, European workers would be willing to reduce their salary by an average of 2.6% to maintain that regime. The more teleworking days are offered, the greater the salary proportion than some would be willing to sacrifice. An employee who works his entire work week would accept a reduction of 4.6% of his salary, while those who only telework one day a week would barely contemplate 1.6% of cuts. The return to the office increases its pressure. In Europe, companies are not pressing their employees so much To return to your offices as the US companies are doing. This lower pressure is also reflected in the salary cuts that employees are willing to accept. In it Teleworking Study Study That researchers from Stanford and Chicago University have been doing for more than five years, it is noted that the average salary reduction accepted by remote work in the US is around 7%. This difference suggests that in Europe teleworking is no longer considered An exceptional privilegebut part of the basic working conditions in numerous sectors. The problem of eliminating teleworking. Given these data, some companies could be tempted to eliminate teleworking, or take advantage of the attachment of employees for this day model to reduce salaries. However, that plan that seems attractive in the short term, becomes a bad idea in the medium and long term. Telework has become a tool of the Human Resources Department for attract and retain a qualified personnel increasingly scarce. Just observe the waves of resignations and internal conflicts that have generated return policies to the office of Amazon Or, at a closer level, the Holaluz energy. However, offering some teleworking modality makes vacancies take less to cover themselves Because there are more candidates calling companies that maintain these models, and employees who already work on them have better levels of satisfaction. In Xataka | Australia reveals something that had not been taken into account: teleworking is only productive if you wish, not if they impose it Image | Unspash (Coworking macherzentrum toggenburg)

Byd promised that his Yangwang U8 ‘floated’ and complies. The problem is when used in a street in the middle of a super -for

September 25, 2025 by usatoday24

A byd vehicle has starred in a controversial incident during the floods of the Supertifón Ragasa in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. The driver of a luxurious Yangwang U8known for being the car ‘float’, repeatedly crossed a completely flooded street. So far, if it was not because the action ended up causing a good swell in the street, which caused several windows and damage to local shops to break. What happened. During the night of September 24, while the Supertifón Ragasa whipped Zhuhai with heavy rains that flooded several roads in the Doumen District, a Yangwang U8 byd several times on Jinwan Middle Road in Jing’an street. The images captured by the neighbors and shared by the medium CarnewschinaThey show how the SUV generated great waves when passing through the stagnant water, impacting the facades of nearby stores. Severe damage. The videos that circulated through social networks They showed Broken crystals and metal blinds deformed by the force of water. An affected merchant explained to the local media that “after passing the vehicle, the entire electrical circuit collapsed”, adding that the surveillance and other systems were unused. The owner thanked the residents who recorded the incident, since the images will serve as proof to claim the damage. The official answer. According to Share The media, Zhuhai police later confirmed that he had summoned the driver to interrogate him. The authorities asked the affected merchants to document all the damages and provide video surveillance material by submitting the corresponding complaints. The case is still under investigation. A vehicle designed for water. The case is ironic at least, since Yangwang U8, launched in China in 2023 for about 153,000 euros to the change, has amphibious capabilities specifically designed for emergency situations. Its intelligent individual traction system (IWD), with four independent engines, allows the SUV to float up to 30 minutes in emergency flotation mode and wade up to 1.4 meters deep in its off-road Master Edition version. What nobody expected is that the vehicle will end up sweeping everything in its path to propel the water and form a wave, causing multiple damage to nearby shops. A devastating typhoon. The Super Typhoon Ragasa, also known as Nando in the Philippines, has already broken the record of being the most intense of this 2025. It is causing winds of up to 270 km/Hy a minimum atmospheric pressure of 905 MB. It began on September 22 in Cagayan, the Philippines, and ended up extending through Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and South China. In his path, the typhoon Several lives have been charged25 registered so far, and more than a hundred injured, in addition to multiple damage to infrastructure. Cover image | Weibo In Xataka | The Spanish rail giant had planned to build a lightwail between Jerusalem and the West Bank. Now has a problem

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