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A Renfe train was left without air conditioning at 40ºC. 1,056 days later, an affected person has just collected her money

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How much would you fight for the refund of 31.90 euros? Macarena LE, a resident of a town in Teruel, is clear: three years, if necessary. And that is how long it has been behind Renfe for it to refund the price of a ticket between Zaragoza and Barcelona. The reason? The car’s air conditioning. Evident, due to the non-existent air conditioning of the car. What has happened? A Renfe user named Macarena LE, a member of Facua, has gotten the money back for a train ticket she took three years ago. The company had promised that it would do so with each and every one of the people who took that train, but the money never appeared in the user’s bank account. a little odyssey. Despite telling them that they would return the money to the passengers, the amount never arrived so after a few weeks, the affected person filed a claim, they explain in Facua. With no news about it after three months, he decided to put himself in the hands of the legal service of the consumer defense association. Once reaching this point, the association filed a new claim. To this complaint, Renfe responded that it gave the order to return the money but it still did not arrive. After another four months, Facua files a new complaint and Renfe assures him that it has tried to refund the money but that the procedure has been rejected on two occasions. At that moment, Renfe instructs Macarena LE to receive the money through a payment platform. This method also being impossible and the months accumulating, Facua sends a third claim to Renfe in which they simply ask it to deposit the money into the bank account of the affected person, attaching the document that proves its ownership. Three years after taking that train, the associate has ended up receiving her 31.90 euros. A trip… complicated. And, once seated, they assure in Facua that the conductor informed the passengers that the air conditioning was broken and that their travel money would be refunded in compensation for the inconvenience caused. But the journey between Zaragoza and Barcelona had an added problem: July 18 with departure at 3:52 p.m. and arrival at 5:20 p.m. That day maximum temperatures of 44 degrees were reported. Obviously, the heat must have been oppressive inside and the affected person claims that they had to drink water constantly to get through the trip in the best possible way. The expected quality. Due to the numerous claims filed by Facua, and beyond the fact that the money was not returned until three years later, Renfe never fought not to return the money. Instead they admitted that they would send the money back for “not having offered the service with the quality levels” expected. However, the fulfillment of the procedure itself does not seem to have had the expected quality either. And Facua pointed out to Renfe that they were failing to comply with article 21.3 of the Royal Legislative Decree 1/2007, of November 16according to which: “Employers must respond to the claims received in the shortest possible time and, in any case, within a maximum period of one month from the presentation of the claim.”. When Facua presented this second claim in which this regulatory text was recalled, Renfe had not given a response or paid the corresponding money for four months. What if it happens to me? That Renfe has returned the money to a passenger sets a precedent but does not automatically lead the company to return the money in the event of an air conditioning breakdown. In its rules, Renfe states that the traveler has the right to receive compensation for the cancellation of the trip, for its interruption, for a lack or deficiency in the service provided on board or for delay, but it makes it clear that such compensation will not be carried out if: The reason is an extraordinary circumstance unrelated to railway operation, such as extreme weather events (a storm that leaves a train without heating in winter, for example) or natural disasters. Nor if the breakdown or problem was caused by the behavior of the traveler. Nor if it is the damage caused by a third party outside the railway company that causes the incident (people on the track, copper theft, sabotage… etc.) That is to say, the mere absence of air conditioning does not automatically imply that the passenger’s money will be returned. What has happened will have to be taken into account to decide whether the company is obliged to act in this way. Photo | Nelson Silva In Xataka | The Madrid Cercanías have become a nest of problems and delays: their solution is new “megatrains”

South Korea’s KSTAR reactor has rewritten the limits of what is possible

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Three of the experimental reactors nuclear fusion most promising on the planet reside in Asia. He JT-60SAin which Europe participates, is hosted in Naka (Japan). Not too far from there, in Hefei (China), it is being built the CFETR reactor (Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor), a name that we can translate as Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor. However, the real protagonist of this article is the KSTAR fusion reactor (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research), a machine located in Daejeon (South Korea). This latest genius It is being operated by the KFE (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy or Korean Fusion Energy Institute) and aims to demonstrate that fusion energy on a commercial scale is viable. Neither more nor less. And it’s on the right track. In fact, it has just signed the most important milestone in the field of nuclear fusion so far this year: it has managed to sustain stable plasma at fusion temperatures for 102 seconds. It is a true feat if we keep in mind that stabilizing plasma under these conditions is not easy at all. However, it is worth taking a closer look at what the researchers operating the KSTAR reactor have achieved. What they have achieved is exactly this: they have sustained the plasma in high confinement mode (H-mode) for 102 seconds while simultaneously maintaining the plasma temperature at 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds. These are record numbers. Be that as it may, not only what they have achieved is important; It is also crucial to know how they have done it. A key piece in fusion energy Maintaining a plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius or more over time is essential in nuclear fusion. And it is because under these conditions the ionized nuclei of deuterium and tritium acquire the kinetic energy necessary to overcome their natural electrical repulsion and fuse. However, dealing with plasma at such a high temperature is very complex. In magnetic confinement reactors, such as KSTAR, a sophisticated system of high-power magnets is responsible for confining this ionized fuel at very high temperatures. The problem is that the plasma is subject to turbulence that originates naturally and is especially intense in the outermost layer of this gas. Understand how plasma behaves when nuclear fusion processes begin is essential on the path to a solution that allows us to control it precisely, and, therefore, stabilize it. The ‘divertor’ is responsible for purifying the plasma, allowing the extraction of ashes and impurities One of the determining factors in KSTAR’s recent success is the use of the new divertor tungsten. This component is made of stainless steel, although it incorporates tungsten shields that are responsible for withstanding the bombardment of high-energy neutrons from the plasma, transforming its kinetic energy into heat. To release this thermal energy and cool the divertor The water that circulates inside is in charge. Tungsten has been chosen to tune the shields exposed to plasma because this is the metal that has the highest melting point: no less than 3,422 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, the divertor is responsible for purifying the plasmaallowing the extraction of ash and impurities resulting from the nuclear fusion reaction and the interaction of the plasma with the most exposed layer of the mantle. According to the Korean Fusion Energy Institute, the divertor previously installed carbon had reached its limit as experiments intensified and temperatures increased. The next step he wants to take is ambitious: operate the reactor for 300 seconds at temperatures above 100 million degrees Celsius. This achievement invites us to be optimistic, but we must not overlook the fact that keeping the plasma stable for minutes, or even hours, and ensuring that the reactor generate more energy than you consume It is undoubtedly one of the greatest engineering challenges facing science. Image | Michael Maccagnan More information | KFE | The Times of India In Xataka | Spain’s milestone in nuclear fusion: the first plasma produced by the SMART reactor invites us to optimism

Apple has designed Siri AI so that we can use the iPhone without touching it. I’ve been doing the same thing on my Android phone for months.

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A young Apple manager appears on the scene with a Profidén smile, very excited. “Siri is going to be much more conversational“he begins by saying. It refers, of course, to the new Siri AI that Apple has just presented. The hope—It has been difficult, we will see— is that finally Siri stop looking stupid. After talking about some of these options, the young man is encouraged to give a demonstration in real time. Press the side button and ask Siri about World Cup match planning for the first weekend. After a few seconds – the video is honest and reflects that Siri takes a few moments to respond, like any AI – the answer appears. The assistant suggests some dishes, but he thinks he remembers that someone mentioned a dessert from a friend. Siri, who has access to his messages and iPhone data, finds the answer and the young man asks him to plan the menu with that last dessert. You do so, and then ask Siri to set up a message to invite your chat group to the event. Soccer party set up. Everything seems to work, and it’s a relief, because this is just what one would have expected from Siri with AI. That’s the good news. The not so good thing is that this is actually latealthough as they say, better late than never: everything that the young man showed in that video we can do on Android phones thanks to Gemini for months and even years. I did the test on my mobile asking the same thing. It is true that it did not show me circular icons with the flags of the countries that face each other in each match (mini point for that Siri visual detail), but then I followed the same process. So, I asked him to recommend ideas for organizing a small party to watch one of the games with friends, and he suggested a menu similar to the one Siri proposed in the Apple demo. Then he suggested that I want to add the appointment to the calendar, and when I said yes, he told me to connect my calendar to Gemini, which I had not done yet, and the same thing if I wanted to invite friends to the event: he asked me for permission to access my contacts. Personally, I’m still not entirely comfortable with giving Gemini that access to those personal data on my phone, so the demo didn’t turn out as nice to me as it did to the Apple executive, but one thing is clear: the option is there if one wants to use it. The arrival of Siri AI, however, is great news, because it “normalizes” something that iPhone users inexplicably could not do when it had been available on Android phones for a long time. Copying Gemini is just what Siri needed Actually it doesn’t normalize it at all: European citizens will not have access to Siri AI on their iPhonesbecause Apple has indicated that the European DMA prevents it. Beyond the fact that this decision is motivated by much more delicate issues (such as the obsession with maintain full control of its platform), the reality for the moment will be that. But as we said, the arrival of Siri AI, although late, is very welcome because it confirms a paradigm shift that we are experiencing very little by little but that is infiltrating our lives: instead of touching our smartphone, we will talk to it. AI-powered conversational voice assistants, such as Gemini or Siri AI, will allow let’s do more and more things with our mobile without having to touch it. All you have to do is talk to it to ask for them, and AI models that are increasingly capable and have increasing access to the resources of our mobile phone—not only the data we store on it, but also its applications and services—execute those requests. Being able to customize Siri AI’s voice is a very strong point in this assistant. It is an evolution that is slowly and progressively creeping into our mobile usage routine. It also does so with continuous improvements both in the way of interacting with these AI-powered assistants and in the ability to personalize them. In fact, it was striking how Apple now offers a new voice for Siri AI, but above all it offers the possibility of modify that voice so that it has a different rhythm and expressiveness according to our preferences. The options shown by Apple are not at all new. We saw it when another Apple official asked, for example, that Siri AI search for information about an upcoming concert by a group in San Francisco or when it used the system’s “visual intelligence” to identify a place in a photo. All of this is basically a copy of what we already had on Android phones thanks to Gemini, and precisely that Google experience has been what Apple has taken advantage of to transfer all those capabilities to its devices. It’s good news. but maybe be more for Google than for Apple. In Xataka | Siri, help me commit suicide

The biggest sign that a foldable iPhone is coming went unnoticed at WWDC

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Yesterday Apple held the opening keynote of the WWDC 2026. The great protagonist was Siri AIthe long-awaited update that comes from Google’s AI, but they announced more news and there was one in particular that Apple did not mention, but which is the clearest clue of a highly anticipated device: the foldable iPhone. The function we are talking about is the ability to resize windows in iPhone Mirroring mode. Apple didn’t show it at the presentation, but rather it was discovered by developer Dylan McDonald, who showed it in action in X. You can also see in this post in X from a Macrumors analyst. Click on the image to go to the post in X How it works and why it is important iPhone Mirroring is a feature that allows us to view the iPhone screen directly on the Mac, as if it were a floating window. This window has the format of the iPhone screen, but in the betas of iOS 27 and MacOS 27, these developers have seen that the window can be resized, adopting a format like that of the iPad. Until now, if you mirrored the screen on the Mac, the format of this window was fixed. The fact that it allows it to be enlarged is one of the strongest evidence we have of the existence of a foldable iPhone, which you can change your screen format depending on whether we use the exterior screen or the interior screen. Of course, at the moment it can only be done with apps that have adopted iOS 27 By the way, iPhone mirroring is not available in the European Union, although There are ways to activate it. What do we know about the foldable iPhone Although Apple has not mentioned it directly and it is not yet official, the rumors are increasingly intense. Everything indicates that the iPhone Fold (as it is believed to be called) will have a book type design like that of the Galaxy Z Fold, with a 5.5-inch exterior screen and a 7.8-inch interior screen. The characteristics that have been leaked pose a aluminum design with titanium reinforced parts120Hz OLED screens and four cameras, two on the back and one on each screen. As for hardware, it is expected to feature a next-generation chip (probably an Apple A20 Pro), 12GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. What there are more doubts about is the release date. Most information indicates that will be announced in September of this year, but its arrival on the market would be later. We recently talked about how Apple had encountered unexpected problems in the engineering phase which could make it take longer than expected. In September we will clear up doubts, but the fact that they are already including this type of functions in the next version is an argument in favor of a presentation this year. Cover image | Xataka with Google Gemini In Xataka | All the news of iOS 27: the new Siri at the forefront of an update bigger than it seems

The long waits between seasons of series have doubled in five years. Some platforms have turned it into a strategy

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Some cases of recent successful series in which a more than proven trend is detected: ‘Stranger Things’ took more than three years to launch its fifth season. ‘Separation’, almost the same time for his second. ‘Wednesday’ was not the fastest series either. The pattern is so clear that they have even given it a name. And for once we can’t put all the blame on the pandemic or the writers’ strikes (although they played a role in getting us to this point). The figures. Ten years ago, the average wait between seasons of original series on the main streaming platforms was 10 months. In 2025, this figure reached 21 months, according to a Ampere Analysis report published in May 2026. This analysis covers 1,611 original series on very diverse platforms, such as Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu, Paramount+ and Peacock. The firm has dubbed the phenomenon “the Stranger Things effect.” It was seen coming. But although the pandemic is not the final cause of this phenomenon, its impact is indisputable in the paradigm shift. The gap between seasons was already growing slowly until the 2020 pandemic he shot her 12 to 16 months in a single year. After that, the data relatively stabilized until the strikes of writers and actors 2023 caused the second big jump: from 17 to 21 months between 2023 and 2024. In 2025 the trend stabilized, for now definitively. But you have to understand the context beyond “the industry was paralyzed by the pandemic.” For example, in 2022 we were at the height of the “streaming war”, and the large platforms published 599 seasons of original series, that is, more material than in the entire period 2015-2019. Granted, the pandemic had devastated more than one economy in the industry, but that volume of production also exhausted human resources, studies and calendars. When the forced shutdowns came, first due to the pandemic and then due to strikes, the bottleneck was inevitable. The counterpart: it works. The point is that contrary to what common sense might dictate, the report detects that the series that returned after more than thirty months of hiatus (that is, two and a half years) registered the highest search activity on the internet in the month of release. For example, ‘Stranger Things’ accumulated a 300% increase in views during the second half of 2025, before the premiere of its final season, with an especially strong rebound from the first season: it was new viewers discovering the series and fans reviewing previous episodes. ‘Wednesday’ and ‘Separación’ almost doubled the average engagement on their platforms. Movies on television. There is a possible reading of this data: the model of the blockbusters cinematographic films has migrated to television. If a highly anticipated movie in a franchise generates expectations months before its release, a highly anticipated season of a series does too, in a way that a routine annual release does not. Which is combined with another reason: sometimes highly complex series (effects, script, post-production, cast, as is the case with the three mentioned) require more time. The case of the second season of ‘Separation’ and its multiple rewrites It is significant. That is to say, just like blockbusters, there are series that require more filming time than average. Because of this, they take longer to see the light, but they also generate more expectation because the public expects the wait to be compensated with more spectacle. The risk. This practice can generate anticipation, yes, but there is a danger for the platforms that Ampere specifies: “Streamers need to balance production deadlines for big titles with a constant flow of content. Long gaps can generate anticipation around star titles, but they can also encourage audiences to cancel subscriptions and return only when their favorite series are back.” It is the phenomenon of churn and returnthat is, canceling a subscription and renewing it when the series returns, something that from the point of view of monthly income, is basically the same as not being subscribed. Generate excessive expectation or ensure a loyal and expectant audience, accustomed to an almost continuous supply of episodes, as is happening, for example, with ‘The Pitt’? Virtue lies in the middle ground, possibly: neither stretching the rope until it breaks nor suffocating the viewer with excess content. Late for that last one, on the other hand. In Xataka | 29 years later, Netflix has become the television it promised to replace. That’s why Wall Street has punished her Ampere analyst Christen Tamisin put it this way in the report: “Streamers need to balance the production timelines of big titles with a constant flow of content. Long gaps can generate anticipation around flagship titles, but they can also encourage audiences to cancel subscriptions and return only when their favorite series are back.” The paradox does not have a simple solution: reducing the wait can mean compromising the quality that, precisely, turns these series into events.

released the energy of 10 atomic bombs

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On December 18, 2018, American satellites saw a “small” flare over the Bering Sea, in the Pacific Ocean. From space the flare may have seemed small, however it was the second largest asteroid explosion recorded in the last 30 years. Off the coast of the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, energy equivalent to 173 kilotons had just been released. The asteroid was initially detected by US Air Force satellites, as well as by infrasonic stations installed to detect possible nuclear detonations. However, the CNEOSwhich tracks dangerous objects near Earth, took months to record it. Many times it is necessary to analyze to know exactly what it is about. On the other hand, It occurred in an area of ​​the planet far from the populationso there were no witnesses who could see it and report it. According to indicated on the BBC At that time, the asteroid was actually only several meters in diameter. At a speed of 32 km/s that size is more than enough to explode with the force of several atomic bombs. More than enough also for the explosion to be seen from space. There is a photograph (at maximum resolution) in which we can see an orange flame in the vast ocean with its white clouds. We are increasingly able to detect and track the orbits of more asteroids and in general potentially dangerous near-earth objects. In recent years we have even learned to divert them from their orbit. However, there are still many to be recorded and to be able to predict when they will impact the Earth, if there is a possibility that they will do so. So big that it only occurs two or three times every 100 years Asteroids reported by the US government from April 15, 1988 to March 15, 2019. Via CNEOS. This explosion in the Bering Sea is the second largest on record. The largest of all is still that of the Chelyabinsk asteroid in Russia, in 2013. On that occasion andThe asteroid unleashed an energy of 440 kilotonsfell near the city of Chelyabinsk and caused various accidents and injuries. The shock wave and flash of the Chelyabinsk meteorite caused harm to people, including temporary blindness from the flash and injuries from broken glass or debris. There were no confirmed deaths. Some people managed to record it: If it’s for records neither the Bering Sea nor the Chelyabinsk asteroid are the largest ever recorded. In 1908 an asteroid caused a 12 megaton explosion in Tunguskaa remote region of Siberia (again). But there are still louder explosions, or at least that have been heard louder, like the one that caused the Krakatoa volcano eruption. Luckily, most asteroids that hit Earth they disintegrate in the atmosphere and They only produce small amounts of “debris” on the earth’s surface. On the other hand, due to the fact that most of the surface is ocean, it can be said that it acts in a way as a shield and also prevents human damage. Image | CNEOS In Xataka | We have been trying to answer the question “where do meteorites come from” for years. And it’s harder than it seems A version of this topic was published in 2019. We have updated it.

a helicopter without a cabin that launches combat drones

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In February 2022, a Black Hawk helicopter took off, sailed and landed all alone for half an hour without anyone on board. What then seemed like a futuristic demonstration is now quickly becoming a new category of military aircraft. The end of one era and the beginning of another. Europe has been pursuing the dream of a large sixth-generation fighter capable of competing with the American and Chinese programs for years, but the FCAS lockout has once again highlighted the enormous political, industrial and budgetary difficulties that accompany this type of project. While the future of the European fighter jet is blurred between disputes over intellectual property, the distribution of work and rising costs, Airbus has taken advantage of the Berlin air show to submit a proposal much more aligned with the real trends that are transforming current battlefields: a autonomous aircraft, without cabin and designed to operate alongside drones. The contrast is striking because while the great symbol of European air power seems stagnant, the company is betting on technologies that are already demonstrating their value in conflicts such as the one in Ukraine. A helicopter without pilots or cabin. The new U145 is based on the successful H145 helicoptera platform with more than 1,800 examples in service and more than 8.5 million flight hours accumulated worldwide. However, Airbus has completely removed the cabinso that the aircraft cannot be piloted by humans under any circumstances. Instead, it incorporates autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and a set of sensors that will manage the flight independently. The company plans to carry out a first flight with a safety pilot before the end of 2026 and begin entering service at the beginning of the next decade. The philosophy is simple: take advantage of an already proven platform, with a consolidated logistics chain and known maintenance costs, to accelerate the leap towards autonomous operations without having to develop a completely new aircraft from scratch. From transport helicopter to autonomous aerial truck. The U145 has been conceived primarily as a logistics platform capable of operating in dangerous environments where sending human crews poses an increasing risk. With a maximum takeoff weight of 3,800 kilograms and a load capacity close to 1,200 kilogramsincorporates a large folding front door, a folding loading platform and a reinforced floor to facilitate the transport of supplies. Airbus imagines it supplying advanced units, carrying out emergency missions, supporting operations in remote areas or acting in scenarios where the threat of drones, missiles or electronic warfare makes the use of conventional helicopters increasingly difficult. It is a vision that fits with the conclusions that many armed forces are extracting from Ukraine: Logistics has become one of the priority objectives of the modern battlefield. The real bet: mothership. However, the most revealing feature of the project is not its autonomy or its cargo capacity, but the role that Airbus reserves for it in the future. The U145 is being developed to perform as mother platform capable of transporting and launching drones for reconnaissance, surveillance, attack or loitering munitions. Airbus is already working on this concept together with MBDA, one of the main European missile manufacturers, within the ecosystem of the called “launched effects”. The idea is to use relatively cheap and expendable aircraft to deploy swarms of autonomous systems on the battlefield. In other words, while Europe discusses how to build a sophisticated sixth-generation fighter, Airbus is betting on an architecture where an increasing part of the combat will be carried out. by drones launched from autonomous platforms that do not even need pilots. Ukraine as a laboratory. The appearance of U145 cannot be understood without observing what is happening in Ukraine. There the drones have completely transformed the way to fight, from reconnaissance missions to the destruction of armored vehicles, anti-aircraft systems and logistics centers. The conflict has shown that relatively inexpensive platforms can generate disproportionate strategic effects and that pilot survival in highly contested environments is increasingly complicated. Airbus, in fact, is not the only company that has reached this conclusion. Similar projects appear in the United States like the MQ-72C derived from Lakota, the U-Hawk based on the Black Hawk or Boeing’s plans to evolve the Chinook into autonomous configurations. The difference is that Europe seemed focused on chasing the next big fighter plane while the rest of the world explored new ways to automate warfare. European strategic autonomy takes another path. There is no doubt, although Airbus insist In that the U145 does not respond to any specific national program, its appearance coincides with a moment in which Europe seeks to reduce its technological and military dependence on the United States. The autonomous helicopter fits perfectly into this strategy because it takes advantage of a European platform, is integrated into a European industrial ecosystem and allows develop own capabilities in one of the most promising sectors of current defense. The implicit message is difficult to ignore: the great European fighter may be increasingly further away to materialize, but the continental industry continues to look for ways to maintain its military relevance. And while sixth-generation projects are consumed by endless negotiations, Airbus appears to have identified an alternative path much closer to the reality of future conflicts: autonomous aircraft, without a cabin, connected in a network and capable of deploying combat drones where sending a pilot no longer makes sense. Image | Airbus In Xataka | The future European fighter in which Spain participates has received the worst news. And it comes directly from France In Xataka | Airbus has just made the most autonomous commercial aircraft in the world fly. Your goal: 22 hours straight without a stopover

iOS 27 doesn’t leave any iPhone behind, but WatchOS 27 can’t say the same with Apple Watches

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Apple held its WWDC 2026 conference yesterday and one thing must be said: it was less attractive than expected. Knowing that this is a software conference in which they were going to focus on the new features of iOS 27, macOS 27 and the rest of the systems for their devices, perhaps we expected something more. Clues about the folding iPhone, which will go a little deeper into each of the systems and some hardware updates for equipment like the Mac mini. However, Apple tiptoed around the software because it was dedicated to detailing two things: privacy and security controls for minors and lots and lots of AI. This is logical because Siri AI (which is how it has been renamed) had a lot to prove, but in the end The interesting thing is to know who will be able to use the new functions. And here is good news for iPhone users and quite bad for those who have an old Apple Watch. If you consider an Apple Watch Series 8 old, of course. Obsolescence at two speeds: iOS 27 vs WatchOS 27 During the presentation of iOS 27, those from Cupertino confirmed that no iPhone that had iOS 26 was going to be left behind. This was a surprise because Apple provides long-standing software support for its devices (traditionally, at least), but iOS 27 was expected to leave out the generation of mobile phones launched in 2020. However, it will not be like that and both iPhone 11 like him iPhone SE 2020 are listed as compatible with iOS 27. It is a surprise, without a doubt, and we are eager to see how the speed improvements that the new system will have thanks to better CPU optimization will affect these veteran devices. Now, one thing is that they are compatible with iOS 27 and another is that they all have the same iOS 27. Here there will be two speeds: From iPhone 11 to iPhone 15 Plus – Compatible with iOS 27, but not Apple Intelligence. From iPhone 15 Pro to iPhone 17e – Compatible with iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence. In the end, it makes sense, since Apple Intelligence has certain hardware requirements and older devices were not intended for this. The crucial difference in this is the RAM, with 6 GB for the iPhone 15 and 8 GB for the iPhone 15 Pro onwards. Another story is WatchOS 27. Apple tiptoed around the software of one of the best-selling wearables in the world, but right after the presentation we were able to find out the list of Apple Watches compatible with WatchOS 27. And the list is… short: Apple Watch SE 3 Apple Watch Series 9 Apple Watch Series 10 Apple Watch Series 11 Apple Watch Ultra 2 Apple Watch Ultra 3 At first, the Series 9 It seemed that it was left out of the equation, but it has subsequently been confirmed that it will be included because it did not make sense that, with the same SoC as the ultra 2you did not receive the update. Even so, This is a very short list That contrasts with what we have seen in the iPhone, especially for devices that do not add a multitude of functions each generation of software. But hey, it’s an Apple with two speeds in the software and if it now turns out that a three-year-old watch is old… well, that’s the way it will have to be. Images | Xataka In Xataka | AI has meant that so many apps have never been launched in such a short time. The problem is that almost no one is using them.

The World Cup starts at PcComponentes with OLED or QLED TVs with up to 60% discount

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In a couple of days it starts (finally) the world. There will be 104 games in total and, although many will be at dawn, we want to see as many as possible. We still have time to get a new TV for this.whether for the living room or the bedroom, precisely for those late games. If you are looking for one, then be careful to the offers that PcComponentes has right now. LG OLED TV OLED55C5 55″ 4K UltraHD 120Hz Smart TV WebOS HDR10 Dolby Vision Atmos The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This Spanish store has a ton of discounts on televisions right now. Besides, with free shipping from 50 euros and with exchange or replacement within 24 hours under warranty. There is a lot to choose from, but we have made a selection of five that we find very interesting: LG OLED55C5 by 899 eurosone of the best quality-price OLED televisions there is. Samsung Q7F by 489 eurosQLED television from the Korean firm with 65 inches diagonal. Hisense QLED 65E7S by 399 eurosa very interesting option now that it is at an all-time low. Philips QLED 43PUS8450 by 269 ​​euroscompact television with Ambilight. Nilait Prisma 40FD7004SVIOS by 169 eurosVery economical 40-inch Smart TV. LG OLED55C5 The first of these televisions is the LG OLED C5one of the OLED TVs with the best quality-price ratio there is. Its image quality is outstanding, since this panel technology achieves pure black and very good contrast. In addition, it has native 120 Hz and Dolby Vision compatibility. It’s coming out right now 899 euros in its 55-inch version. LG OLED TV OLED55C5 55″ 4K UltraHD 120Hz Smart TV WebOS HDR10 Dolby Vision Atmos The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung Q7F Another very popular option is this 65-inch Samsung Q7F television, which is on sale at PcComponentes right now until 489 euros. QLED technology offers better colors than normal LED televisions and this particular one is also compatible with HDR10+ and has a Tizen OS operating system. Samsung AI QLED TV 65″ TQ65Q7FAAUXXC UltraHD 4K Quantum HDR Tizen The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Hisense QLED 65E7S Another QLED option, although in this case cheaper and from Hisense: it costs 399 eurosits historical minimum price until today. It is an ideal option if you want a 65-inch television and want to spend as little as possible. In addition, it has VIDAA U9.5 operating system, VRR and 60 Hz, as well as compatibility with HDR 10+. TV Hisense QLED 65E7S 65″ 4K UltraHD 60Hz VRR Smart TV VIDAA HDR10+ Dolby Atmos The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Philips QLED 43PUS8450 Now let’s go with two more recommended options if you are looking for something more compact and economical than the ones above. This Philips QLED is a very good option, especially now that it costs 269 ​​euros. These televisions have Ambilight, a back lighting technology that is great for watching football or playing games. In addition, it has a Titan OS operating system. TV Philips QLED 43PUS8450 43″ 4K Ambilight Smart TV Dolby Atmos The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Nilait Prisma 40FD7004SVIOS Finally, let’s go with a TV designed for small rooms. It is from the Nilait brand, which is PcComponentes’ own. It has 40 inches, Full HD resolution (more than enough for this screen size) and costs only 169 euros. It is an option that could be great for a bedroom or even for a second residence. Nilait Prisma 40FD7004SVIOS 40″ LED FHD Smart TV VIDAA The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Other televisions that may also interest you These above are just some examples of TVs that are available right now at a very good price at PcComponentes. Below, we leave you some more as a summary: Nilait Prisma 43UD7004SWOS by 219 euros (instead of 359 euros). Philips LED Ambilight 50PUS8010 by 299 euros (instead of 599 euros). Nilait Prisma 55UD7004ST by 299 euros (instead of 499 euros). Philips QLED 55PUS7810 by 319 euros (instead 699 euros). Philips LED Ambilight 55PUS8010 by 333 euros (instead of 599 euros). Samsung UE55U8072FUXXH by 339 euros (instead of 599 euros). Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Xataka, LG, Samsung, Philips, Hisense, PcComponentes In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs In Xataka | The best TVs to play and get the most out of your PS5 or Xbox Series

Hubble is slowly falling, but NASA doesn’t know if it’s worth rescuing

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At the end of this month, the launch of Link, the ship developed by the Katalyst Space company, is scheduled to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Telescopewhose orbit has been declining in recent years due to atmospheric resistance. Although the development of this mission has been expensive, NASA considers that it has been a minimal investment compared to all the return that can be generated by keeping the telescope in operation for a few more years. Therefore, given that Hubble is also deorbiting, the question arises whether it would be interesting to do the same. It is clear that this telescope can still provide a lot of science. However, it is an old instrument, so its maintenance and operation are quite expensive. That is why NASA is doing calculations to discern whether it would be interesting to develop a ship similar to Link for its rescue or if, ultimately, it is more profitable to let it deorbit. Almost 100 million dollars in one year. During 2025, NASA invested 98.8 million dollars on the Hubble Space Telescope. Only the much newer James Webb required more investment. We must not forget that Hubble was launched in 1990. It is very old, so today it is more expensive to maintain and even operate with it. But it’s in good shape. Despite needing so much investment, Hubble is in great shape. Many saw the launch of James Webb as an opportunity for Hubble to retire. The networks were filled with photographs in which images of the same point taken by one telescope or another were compared, always much more clearly in the James Webb. However, they are not exclusive telescopes, but complementary. Hubble focuses on detecting emissions in visible and ultraviolet light, while James Webb specializes in near and mid-infrared. It is true that James Webb can see through dust and gasgo further and take images with higher resolution. However, there are objects that can only be observed at the wavelengths at which Hubble works. Today he continues to make great discoveries and if he were to deorbit and retire he would leave a very big void in space research. The ideal would be to last 15 more years. The Habitable Worlds Observatory is scheduled to launch in the 2040sa large telescope, much more advanced than Hubble, which will also work in visible and ultraviolet light. This could, in a way, retire Hubble. Until then, it remains a necessary telescope. You have to do calculations. With the Swift, the profitability of launching a ship to their rescue was very clear. For Hubble, more calculations will have to be made, since a ship larger than Link would also be needed. Still, given how useful this telescope has been and continues to be, it would not be strange if it is still profitable to recover it. If this is not done, re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere could occur. in 2029, with a median set in 2033. There would be no time to get his replacement ready. It is a very important detail to take into account. Image| NASA Hubble Space Telescope In Xataka | The James Webb has broken another historical record: a supermassive black hole older than expected

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