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Spain has to get serious about dental anesthesia

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Going to the dentist is a visit that may not be very pleasant and that can cause great fear in some patients due to the pain or discomfort that may arise from undergoing a treatment such as treating a cavity. This has made it popular in recent years to sedate patients who are more afraid or who are going to undergo long treatmentsbut this has left very bad news in the last week. The case. The focus on sedation procedures has been placed in the focus of public opinion after learning the death of a six-year-old girl after dental treatment with intravenous sedation in a clinic in Alzira (Valencia), and the admission to the ICU of another one who was treated at the same dental center. These two tragic events, which are currently being investigated, have raised many doubts about this procedure, how common it is and, above all, how it is regulated in our country. Because logically it is something really shocking to go get a tooth filled or have a root canal and not survive the procedure, when a priori it seems like something completely safe. Although there is one detail that sometimes we completely miss: anesthesia (even if it is sedation) is not nonsense and has very important risks that not everyone can control. Sedation in dentistry. To understand this situation, you must know that in dentistry there are different levels of anesthesia depending on the procedure to be used. The most common is undoubtedly the one in which an anesthetic medication is pricked into the gum itself (something that hurts quite a bit) to be able to do a filling or an extraction. A local anesthesia that disappears after two hours and does not last longer and that the dentist himself can apply after interviewing the patient and asking about his or her allergies. But beyond this ‘normality’ we have other treatments for patients who fear being in that situation or who are going to undergo annoying and long procedures. Here you bet on a ‘conscious sedation‘. In this case the patient maintains protective reflexes and the ability to respond to commands such as opening your mouthbut remains completely relaxed The problem is that the border between “conscious” sedation and deep sedation (where this type of reflex is lost) is quite blurred, especially when powerful intravenous drugs are used in the pediatric population. Precisely for this reason scientific societies They have been demanding for years that these techniques be regulated and are executed only with specifically trained personnel and in environments prepared to respond to an emergency in seconds. Because in part, the safety of anesthesia It is thanks to the professionals who administer it daily, controlling all the patient’s parameters and having a lot of experience behind them with these drugs. Because a drug of this style seems harmless, but the reality is that there are many emergencies that can arise from the use of anesthetics, such as the great feared malignant hyperthermia. The regulations. Procedures of this style They have regulation which right now is fragmented. That is, there is no state standard that applies to all clinics in the country, but rather it depends on each autonomous community through its authorization decrees. Even so, different common elements are repeated in the regulations that are: Specific authorization to administer intravenous sedation or advanced anesthesia techniques. In the case of Alzira, that authorization did not exist. Something that also raises questions about how he could access these drugs without authorization to do so. Existence of a doctor responsible for sedation who may be an anesthetist or a dentist specialized in these techniques. But the important thing is that it is a different person than the one doing the treatment so that they can monitor the patient. Specific training in sedation, airway management and also accreditation in cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques. Patient monitoring: the clinic box must have at least monitoring of constants such as blood pressure, heart rate or oxygen saturation. But you must also have the appropriate equipment to deal with an emergency in the middle of the intervention. ​ In Catalonia, for example, the Official Col·legi d’Odontòlegs i Stomatòlegs maintains a specific registry for clinics authorized to perform sedation, with personnel, equipment and audit requirements. Other communities, such as Madrid or the Valencian Community, include the demands in orders of technical-sanitary requirements for health centers and in their catalog of authorizable activities. ​What a mistake. The information that has emerged from Alzira’s case illustrates well the clash between real practice and what the regulations require. The Ministry’s reports now indicate that the dental clinic was authorized as a dental center, but not to perform sedation on patientsdespite the fact that he administered drugs this way to a six-year-old girl at the hands of an anesthetist who also is being investigated. Now it is something that is in the hands of justice that also contemplates the possibility of poor condition of the medication used to sedate patients. After the death of the minor, doubts have arisen from associations of anesthetists warning of the “serious risk” of perform sedation outside the hospital setting or without specifically trained personnel, and remembering that even “conscious” sedation can quickly evolve into life-threatening respiratory depression. The combination of younger age, intravenous route and an environment possibly not prepared to the level required by best practices constitutes a high-risk scenario that the regulatory framework precisely aims to avoid. A regulation with obstacles. Although many communities have been fine-tuning their regulations, several legal and technical reviews highlight that the regulation of sedation in dentistry in Spain remains scatteredunequal between territories and, in some cases, ambiguous regarding who can do what and under what conditions. In some autonomies, complex sedation and general anesthesia are regulated in detail, but “conscious” sedation in consultation, especially when they switch to intravenous medications and benzodiazepines, remains in an area where interpretation weighs more than a unified framework. What should we look at? With this unfortunate case, … Read more

This is Kaspersky’s Black Friday

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If the security of our information, passwords and Internet traffic is important on a personal level, it is undeniable that it is even more relevant on a business level. That’s where not only ours come into play, but also that of all our staff and clients. The best thing we can do is invest in a good tool that helps us with all this and Black Friday is the perfect time for it. Among all the options we have available, one of the most interesting is offered by Kaspersky with its Small Office Security package. Right now, their full-year plan is available with a 15% direct discount: it costs 193.35 euros, although we can get it for 174.02 euros with code AFBIZ. And be careful: because it comes with several very interesting additions, such as a 50 euro card to spend on Amazon. Kaspersky Small Office Security – 1 year The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Password manager, antivirus, VPN and much more Before talking in more depth about the offer that Kaspersky has for this plan on Black Friday, let’s see a little about what this Small Office Security solution consists of. As we have said above, it is a package of several tools that, together, They will help us protect our company. There is no need to be unambiguous, since here it is more than just an antivirus. With Kaspersky Small Office Security (or KSOS), we will be able to protect all of our company’s devices. That not only includes computers (regardless of whether they use Windows or MacOS), but also Android or iOS mobilesas well as file servers. In addition, it includes a password manager, something very useful if we take into account the importance they have. Along with the above, it should be noted that it also includes software to protect us against malware and ransomware, one that is in fact very easy to install and makes it unnecessary to go to experts. Also includes a fast and very secure VPNwhich will help us protect our Internet traffic and the security of the transactions we make. And be careful, because we can have these tools in several computers at the same time (the price above corresponds to the package for 5 of them). Now, let’s talk about this Black Friday offer. The entire KSOS package costs right now 174.02 euros with the code AFBIZ in its modality for one year. On this occasion, in addition to the discount, we will also take a 50 euro gift card to spend on Amazon and buy what we want. Not only that, but the package also includes the WebSite X5 EVO website builder, ideal for creating a professional site in less than an hour very easily (and with 100 GB of hosting). A very complete and perfect package for our company, although we only have a few days to get it at these prices and get the two additions that we mentioned a little above. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | Kaspersky In Xataka | Best antivirus for computer: the best paid alternatives to protect your PC In Xataka | Best VPNs: guide with the 17 best services to protect your online privacy

Germany has spent three nights copying Taiwan. If Russia decides to invade it, it has had an idea: surprise them underground

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Last July, the Taiwan subway experienced an unusual day: Instead of passengers loaded with purses and suitcases, soldiers, soldiers and more soldiers armed with anti-tank missiles began to arrive at Taipei stations. The reason was twofold: to send a message inside and outside (China) of the country. That idea seduced Germany, and now that it has begun its rearmament it has launched in Berlin. A disturbing return. The exercise Bollwerk Bärlin III Last week, he returned to the German capital a scene that seemed banished to the memories of the 20th century: soldiers descending U-Bahn stairsjumping onto the tracks and advancing through smoke, simulated gunshots and cars taken over by “saboteurs.” For three nights, between 1 and 4 in the morning, about 250 members of the Wachbataillon (a unit known for its ceremonial role but with infantry functions) transformed stations like Jungfernheide into a real underground battlefield to practice assaults, close combat, evacuation of civilians and protection of critical infrastructure in a realistic environment in which nothing is altered or mocked up: the narrowness of the tunnels, limited visibility and changes in light are the same as they would find in a real war scenario. In the background: Russia. They remembered the TWZ analysts that this return to urban warfare in tunnels and stations, without embellishments or theatrical simulations, symbolizes a profound change in Germany’s strategic priorities and revealed the extent to which the shadow of a possible conflict with Russia has penetrated into the very heart of Germany. his military planning. The metamorphosis. The battalion in charge of displaying honors on state visits had been conceived for decades as a symbol of institutional stability, not as a combat force. However, its real operational mission (protecting the federal government and its facilities in the event of a crisis) today takes on an urgency that has not been seen for a long time. Hence the direct tone of his commanderlieutenant colonel Maik Teichgräber: Berlin is your area of ​​operations and they must prepare for “the worst case scenario,” which means training where you would really fight. The use of stations closed to the public allows practice quick entriesassaults on trains, neutralization of enemies and immediate removal of wounded, integrating snipers, perimeter security and coordination between units in a densely urbanized environment. The presence of additional scenarios (such as the former Rüdersdorf chemical plant or the Ruhleben police complex) underlines the desire to turn the capital’s defense into a multidimensional exercisecapable of absorbing everything from internal sabotage to coordinated incursions that seek to paralyze the political center of Germany. Global dimension of the trend. Which happens in Berlin It is also reflected in other regions of the world. How we countTaiwan uses its subway as a defensive artery during the Han Kuang exercises, aware that, in the event of a Chinese invasion, underground infrastructure they would be vital to move troops and supplies while the surface becomes a continuous target. In parallel, the United States has raised the underground war a priority for its special forces, responding to the proliferation of fortified tunnels, dense urban areas and the expansion of drone swarms that force troops to seek refuge underground. The growing autonomy of unmanned systems, already present in Ukraine, accelerates this trend: in a future where aerial surveillance will be almost constant, defending in depth will mean dominating not only streets and buildings, but subways, tunnels, pipelines and interconnected bunkers. The war of the future, according to these emerging doctrines, will be fought both upwards (against drones, sensors and loitering munitions) and downwards, in an underground network that takes on strategic value. Echoes of the Cold War. He training on the U-Bahn inevitably refers to a divided Berlinwhen the city was a western enclave surrounded by Warsaw Pact forces. At that time, the United States, the United Kingdom and France were rehearsing urban operations aimed at slowing down an invasion to gain political time, aware that holding the city indefinitely was unrealistic. Units like the (secret) Detachment A They practiced sabotage and unconventional warfare techniques from the shadows. Even stations, such as Pankstraße or Siemensdamm, were designed like nuclear shelters for more than 3,000 people for weeks, with armored doors and air filtering. The reunified Germany had left behind that architecture of fear, and today, faced with a panorama of uncertainty, it returns to study how to reactivate these civil protection capabilities. The contrast is evident: what in 1994 seemed unnecessary is once again considered a strategic necessity. Historical rearmament. we have been counting. The exercise is also part of a context transformation unprecedented german military apparatus. By 2029, Berlin plans spend 153,000 million euros per year in defense (around 3.5% of GDP), an enormous jump from the levels that for decades were a source of friction with Washington. It is a rearmament designed not only for modernize capabilitiesbut to adapt the country to threats that They are no longer theoretical: What happens 900 kilometers away, in Ukraine, conditions the entire strategy. This budget increase has led NATO to consider a symbolic turn that would have been unthinkable during the Cold War: that Germany would command the allied forces in Europe. Although that moment has not arrivedthe expectation underscores the pressure on Berlin to demonstrate that it can take on top responsibilities and is willing to prepare its military for complex scenariosfrom urban sabotage to large-scale conventional warfare. Strategic warning. Teichgräber put it clearly: Nobody can guarantee that the war that is currently devastating Ukraine will not one day reach German territory. That phrase sums up the background of Bollwerk Bärlin III. The Bundeswehr trains in the subway tunnels because it understands that contemporary conflicts do not respect borders or capitals. The hybrid warcoordinated attacks on critical infrastructure and the massive use of drones They make the interior of cities as vulnerable as their borders. If you like, what is at stake is not only the defense of Berlin, but Germany’s capacity to react facing a moment in which the strategic … Read more

has just invested them in the second largest purchase in its history

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Pontegadea was born as an investment instrument for Amancio Ortega to channel the billionaire dividends that the millionaire obtained for your Inditex shares. These successful investments have turned Pontegadea into the second empire billionaire fashion mogul (and now also from brick). In this dynamic, Ortega has just received the second distribution of Inditex dividends in 2025, for a total amount of 1,552 million euros. This payment has served to cover the second largest purchase in the history of Pontegadea: “The Post” in Vancouver (Canada). Again, homemade from Amazon. Amancio Ortega’s last big purchase has been an enclave in the center of Vancouver. According to published Bloomberg, it is a complete block of offices in which the city’s old post office is joined with two imposing glass and steel buildings of 22 and 19 floors respectively. The name of the complex arises precisely from this historical origin of the Canada Post post office: The Post. The complex is made up of two office towers occupied by Amazon. In this way, once again, Amancio Ortega becomes Jeff Bezos’ landlord by purchasing another office building from which the ecommerce giant operates. In addition to Amazon, Ortega will be the homemade from other multinationals such as Starbucks, Oakberry or Loblaws City Market. 680 million dollars. The purchase of The Post is one of the greater investments of Pontegadea in its history, only surpassed by the purchase of the Royal Bank Plaza office complex (in Toronto), in which the Ortega real estate investor was left about 800 million euros in 2022. According to advanced Green Street Newsthe purchase of The Post has been closed for 1.1 billion Canadian dollars, which in exchange is equivalent to about 680 million euros. Its previous owner had remodeled the property into about 102,193 square meters of offices and about 17,200 square meters of commercial space. 2,000 million invested in one year. So far this year, Pontegadea and its subsidiaries They have completed 13 purchase operations and investmentwith just over a month left until the end of the year. According what was published by The Newspaperin the 13 operations that Pontegadea has closed in 2025, the real estate company has invested a total of 2,119 million euros. This amount makes 2025 the third year with the highest investment in the company’s history, only behind 2022 (with an investment of 2,783 million euros) and 2019, with 2,320 million euros. There are plenty of dividends. Amancio Ortega, as majority shareholder, controls 1,848 million Inditex shares or, which is the same, 59.294% of the company, through his companies Pontegadea Inversiones and Partler 2006. For this participation, Ortega has received around 3,104 million euros in two payments in 2025. The last of them, of around 1,552 million euros, was received just before this latest purchase became official. That means that although 2025 could be considered one of the busiest years Pontegadea investorwould still have a surplus of 985 million in its cash. He still has a month left and Black Friday in between. In Xataka | How much money Amancio Ortega has: how the fortune of the richest man in Spain is distributed Image | The Post, GTRES

5,300 layoffs in its four subsidiaries

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Although there was already announced his plans Last week, Telefónica waited until today to put on the table an Employment Regulation File that could affect some 5,300 employees of the Telefónica de España workforce and its three subsidiaries (Telefónica España, Móviles y Soluciones), as well as the Movistar+ platform. The announcement was no surprise since the ERE, of which more details are now known, is part of the strategic plan Transform & Grow 2030which seeks to reorganize the company and a reduction of 1,510 million in operating costs A blow to the Telefónica workforce Telefónica has presented its plan to the unions with the greatest representation in its workforce (UGT, CCOO and Sumados-Fetico) to carry out a collective dismissal justified by “organizational, technical and production causes”, which will affect a total of 5,319 jobs distributed among Telefónica de España, Telefónica Móviles, Telefónica Soluciones and Movistar+. In the case of Telefónica de España, the proposed cut affects 3,649 people out of a total of 8,892 employees that currently make up its workforce. This means that 41.04% of the operator’s workers would be affected by the ERE. In its subsidiary Telefónica Móviles, the adjustment would affect 1,124 workers out of a workforce of 3,587 employees (31.34% of employees), while in Telefónica Soluciones 267 people would be dispensed with out of a total of 1,118 employees (23.89%). Similarly, the negotiation table has been established for the ERE of Movistar+, the operator’s pay television platform, which would dispense with 279 employees of the 860 workers that make up its workforce (32.45% of the total). Despite several thousand employees already affected by this ERE, Telefónica has not yet completed the total estimate of layoffs since until tomorrow the impact that the employment regulation file will have on its three remaining divisions will not be known: Telefónica’s parent company, Telefónica Global Solutions, Telefónica Digital Innovation, etc. as I pointed out The Country. Altogether, the ERE is expected to affect between 6,000 and 7,000 employees of the different subsidiaries. Unions opt for voluntary departures The company and the unions have set up specific negotiating tables for each affected company, with a period of approximately one month to close the agreements, which places the signing of the possible agreements around the end of the year or the beginning of the next. The layoff figures that have been put on the table are an estimate and the final figure will be known after negotiation with union representatives. In the previous ERE presented by the company, the initial estimate It was about 5,124 layoffs, of which 3,421 were finally carried out after the negotiation. The company’s intention is that the cost of the ERE can be recorded in the accounts for the year 2025 and that the conditions adjust to the new strategic plansomething that union organizations want to link to an extension of collective agreements and guarantees of job stability until 2030. The unions with the greatest representation in Telefónica have demanded that any departure be articulated voluntarily and that the bulk of the adjustment be based on early retirements and voluntary departures, following the model of the previous ERE of the company. According what was published by The Worldamong the conditions that union representatives are considering is staggering the impact of the different ERE on workers born between 1969 and 1971, who will turn 55 in 2026, thus consolidating their path towards early retirement. This measure continues the policy agreed upon in the previous negotiation, which set its final limit on employees born before 1968. In Xataka | Telefónica proposes the end of its era as a “cash cow”: it considers sacrificing the historic dividend to create a European champion Image | Telephone

Spain has never been a land of skyscrapers. Now someone wants to build one for luxury tourists in Malaga

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Malaga is known for the Alcazaba, Gibralfaro or its Cathedral. If Hesperia and the Qatari fund Al Alfia manage to move forward with their plans, in not too long it will also be for another building, one that will also mark their skyline: the Port Tower. The project is not new (it has years on the table) and has generated considerable controversy in the city, but its promoters have just made it clear that they are not giving up: after receiving green light of the Port, the companies that are trying to move it forward have organized an event to share dates, data and investments. Their objective is to demonstrate that they are still committed to building a 144-meter tower in a country, Spain, that stands out for its little hobby by the skyscrapers. What is the Port Tower? A megaproject which has been in the offices of administrations for almost a decade and (above all) generating debate in Malaga. And the “mega” thing is more than justified in this case. At least if we pay attention to the latest data broken down by their promoters. The idea is to build a skyscraper 144 meters high, 59 meters wide and 19 meters wide at the end of the Levante dock, in the middle of the port, near the maritime station where the cruise ships dock. The tower will act as a huge hotel 382 roomsbut its promoters they insist in which it will arrive accompanied by a much more ambitious and useful infrastructure for the city that will cover, in total, 54,000 square meters. “The hotel will be located in a currently depressed area, where there is nothing, and we are going to recover that environment for the city and the citizens,” slide from Hesperia, a fundamental piece in its promotion together with the Qatari fund Al Alfia. Is more information known? Yes. Both about the hotel itself and the urban development that will accompany it. The icing on the cake will be the skyscraper: 144 meters high whose centerpiece will be accommodation focused on the high-net-worth clientele that comes to Malaga. The objective, in fact, is for it to operate as a five-star Grand Luxury hotel and be managed by an international chain (there are already interested parties). Beyond the hotel, the complex will include a 2,500 m2 auditorium, underground parking, a restaurant, a plaza and a 1.3 km boulevard with viewpoints, a bike path, green areas… The development companies in fact calculate that the complex will cover around 54,000 m2. “It is not a speculative project, it will have a return for the developer, but above all for the city because it creates many public spaces,” investors claim in The Opinion of Malaga. How much will it cost? There is talk of an investment of about 200 million eurosalthough initially the figure was quite inferior. This high amount (along with the special status of the land) explains why the promoters insist on the “transformative” and social dimension of the project and the return it will have for Malaga. The reason? To begin with because the promoters they do not rule out qualify for European funds and have support from the administrations. Before even thinking about financing, the project must nevertheless get its future cleared by the Council of Ministers, for which it is key that its public utility be demonstrated. Why is it news? The initiative is by no means new. A quick search in the newspaper archive arrives to verify that he has been chaining procedures for years, a complex path during which he even changed his star architect: the Valencian José Seguí He moved not long ago to the Londoner David Chipperfielwinner of the Pritzker Prize (the Nobel Prize for architects) in 2023. In recent weeks, however, the tower has been in the news again for two reasons. The first came in October, when the Port Authority gave the green light to the complex and allowed him to move on to the next stop in his processing: the State Ports table. There they must study it in depth before it reaches the Council of Ministers, which must rule on whether the hotel complex fits into the Levante dike. That is, whether or not it authorizes the hotel use of that space. The second reason why the tower is being talked about these days is because its promoters, Hesperia and Al Alfia, have organized an act to emphasize that they are not giving up. In fact, the quote served to explain details of the Chipperfield project and outline the schedule managed by the companies: their objective is to resolve the pending issues “in the medium term” to start the works as early as 2026. According to their estimates, the work will last about three years. Will that be possible? First, the project must overcome certain obstacles. And not all of them have to do with financing. The project needs the green light from the Council of Ministers and Óscar Puente, Minister of Transportation, since has warned that the Executive will not move until it knows the judicial resolution to the appeals presented by the Defendamos Nuestro Horizonte platform and the Academy of Fine Arts of San Telmo, critical of some aspects of the project. They are not the only ones. ICOMOS, linked to UNESCO, has warned also the landscape impact of the tower. Spain, country of skyscrapers? Although in Spain there are skyscrapers like the Crystal Towerin Madrid, of 249 m, and in Andalusia itself we find the Seville Tower (180.5 m), the truth is that our country does not exactly stand out for its large buildings. Some time ago Skyscrapercenter made a ranking with the nations with the highest number of towers that exceed 150 meters and Spain occupies 32nd place, behind other European countries, such as Germany, France or the United Kingdom. The Malaga tower is a reminder of one of the controversies generated by this type of structures: its impact on the landscape … Read more

we are saying goodbye to the black monolith

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If anyone wants to know what the future of our SmartTVs is, they would do well to look into the Xataka NordVPN Awards 2025. Our big annual technology party named its winner this year in the super high-end television category, the LG OLED Signature AI T4, and with it and its podium companions it became clear where the shots can go in a market that is constantly evolving. The super high range as a crazy testing laboratory. Super high-end TVs are certainly a niche market, but one that has become a fantastic way for manufacturers to experiment without fear of commercial failure. It’s a bit like Formula 1 with respect to street cars, a crazy testing laboratory where cost doesn’t matter, what matters is innovation. Fighting the black rectangle. Both LG and its competitors seek to solve the biggest television design problem of the 21st century: what do we do with the screen when it is off? The award that this manufacturer won is not only for a beautiful or innovative TV, but also validation that the future of the television may be to stop looking like a television. Or at least, pretend that it is. When your TV doesn’t look like a TV. Samsung knows a lot about trying to make your TV not look like a TV. Frame Art Galleries They already surprised us in 2017and shortly after They introduced their Ambient Mode for camouflage even more that black rectangle. This and other manufacturers have turned these devices into ways of representing family photos and artworkbut it is no longer enough to use special frames or image modes: they now want to transform the design of the televisions themselves, and LG has experimented a lot in this regard, very crazy. Rollable? Transparent? Ask for that little mouth. The evolution proposed by LG is much more physical than digital. He demonstrated it with his LG Signature Ra roll-up television that allowed the screen to be physically hidden, although the solution was mechanically complex and very expensive. The present is transparency. The TV becomes a kind of fish tank or glass that integrates with the wallpaper with that shelf in the back of your house. This transparency is a contrast filter that adjusts to our taste and according to the content, and represents one more way to propose the end of that black monolith that is usually our TV. Look mom, a wireless TV. We are used to the back of our televisions contributing to the tangle of cables to which consoles, sound equipment, connectivity and more are added. Manufacturers want to avoid this problem or mitigate it, and have begun to propose external connection boxes. LG’s Zero Connect Box is a good example: it is not streaming that compresses, it is lossless wireless transmission of audio and video with proprietary wireless technology. Samsung does the same in its 8K ranges (like the QN900D with the Slim One Connect). These boxes do not avoid cables, but they allow them to be moved to another area of ​​the living room or room where we have the TV. Again the objective is the same: to make the TV look a little less like a TV with so much cable. LG’s Zero Connect Box allows you to move connections elsewhere and stream lossless content wirelessly. (Almost) wireless TV is possible. The image laboratory. And of course we have innovation in imaging technology and a constant search to have the image and the “perfect light.” Samsung democratized color with QLED and that converged with OLED to create QD-OLED, the best of both worlds. The current leap of Tandem OLED It allows two layers of OLED to be stacked to maintain a very high brightness delivery while consuming less energy. There are other equally interesting alternatives such as RGB MiniLED or the promising MicroLED invisible audio. Given a possible future with transparent TVs, where do you put the speakers? That’s where both LG and Sony are managing to use the screen itself as a speaker (Cinematic Sound OLED, Acoustic Surface). Actuators behind the panel vibrate the glass/plastic to generate sound, and again contribute to that idea of ​​minimalism, also eliminating the physical sound bar or combining it in different and striking ways. Samsung has its Q-Symphony and LG also enhances that facet with WOW Orchestra. Processors with AI. Televisions like the award-winning LG T4 have that last name “AI” in the name for a reason: for the transparent TV to look good, the processor must separate by layers what is “background” from what is “main object” in real time to apply depth effects. Not only that: we are getting closer and closer to that moment in which controlling the TV with the remote may no longer make much sense if AI assistants – like Gemini, which Google is already beginning to “infiltrate” in this segment—allow us to “chat” with our television. Everything is very expensive now, but it won’t always be. All these new technologies are reserved for exclusive models that have exorbitant prices, but it is normal. Not all of those crazy ideas end up reaching the mass market, but those that do precisely allow us to access all those functions in an increasingly accessible way. Innovation ends up becoming democratized, and that will also happen with the television segment. In Xataka | I have thoroughly tested Samsung’s most advanced QD-OLED TV and one thing is clear: it has the best OLED panel out there

The DGT assumes that something has failed in the arrival of the V-16 beacons

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The DGT’s V-16 beacons will replace the emergency triangles in 2026. The DGT confirmed just a few days ago that there will be no extensions or delays of any kind. It is something that was already approved in 2021 and that we should all have in our cars. Or, at least, that was the idea. Because the DGT itself assumes that the communication has not been correct. The V-16 beacons. They will be mandatory starting January 1, 2026. As we have been telling you in Xatakathis device will be in charge of signaling our breakdowns or accidents on the road starting next year. In fact, it will be prohibited to use triangles as it is understood that they pose a risk of being run over when installing them. Despite the criticism, Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, confirmed that there will be no valid extensions. The only future from January 1, 2026 is that we all carry a connected V-16 beacon in our car (because not all of them are valid). Their defense is that it is something that has been approved for almost five years so it should not take us by surprise. However, there are voices within Traffic that sing the mea culpa. “Nor we have done the job well”. The words are from Montserrat Estaca, head of the Telematics Area of ​​the DGT, in an interview with 20Minutes. Estaca thus responded to a question that focused on how the imposition of the connected V-16 beacon has caught many drivers by surprise: “Well, look, we have been around since 2021-2022, but it is true that there are many, many citizens who are unaware that the V16 beacon is going to be mandatory from 01/01/2026. You ask people, your acquaintances, and it is true that there are many people who do not, therefore, “We should sing a little mea culpa that we have not done the job well or we have not sufficiently informed citizens of this new measure” By the media. Until now, the only way in which the DGT has contacted drivers has been through the media. And it is only with the publication of the news or the interviews that those responsible have been giving that those affected have been able to find out about the obligation to carry a connected V-16 beacon from the first day of 2026. And the DGT has not issued any direct communication to drivers. It is one of the criticisms that has taken the most force. Traffic has not sent a letter explaining the new obligation as it did, for example, when environmental labeling was activated. The head of the Telematics Area of ​​the DGT also recognizes 20Minutes who has no knowledge that this is going to occur. “Three or four euros”. It is another point where Estaca has placed emphasis. The V-16 connected light, which is sold mostly between 40 and 50 eurosthey are not expensive. For the DGT, it must be taken into account that it is a device that has guaranteed connectivity for at least 12 years. If the money from a first payment is amortized over more than a decade, the annual expense is very low, according to the DGT. “If it is divided by 12 years (the purchase expense), it comes out to 3-4 euros per year and if you look at the expense of maintaining a car (insurance, gasoline, ITV…) it is not that much. Since, the DGT guarantees the connectivity of the V16 for 12 years, in addition, if you change vehicles, you can take the beacon from one vehicle to another as you could do with the triangles” 80 euros if you don’t want. Estaca has also not confirmed whether there will be a grace period before Traffic officers begin to fine for the absence of this V-16 beacon connected to our cars. And anyone who lacks it faces a fine of 80 euros, the same one that is currently imposed if a driver does not have the triangles. Furthermore, it must be remembered that the use of triangles will be prohibited and that a driver who installs them may be fined for it. The DGT insists that the risk of being run over is very high and has already changed the traffic protocols. what should we do in case we have to report a fault. Sometimes, It is now mandatory to stay inside the car to wait for the requested help. “When they work at their worst”. Estaca also accepts that daylight is not something that suits the V-16 beacons that will be mandatory next year. “In natural light, at least it reaches the same as a triangle, that is, 50 meters. It’s like the turn signals, you see them from a certain distance, therefore, that is the minimum that the V16 has, the turn signal light and from there on up. (…) Yes, the V16, in more critical conditions, are more visible, when they work the worst they are in daylight” This, precisely, was one of the criticisms that experts in road safety have been carrying out on these connected V-16 lights. The visibility generated with such a light when weather conditions are good is nothing short of questionable. Also in changes in grade or sharp curves, but from Traffic they cling to the connectivity of the beacon and the idea that this product expands the visibility of a breakdown to the digital spectrum through the car’s navigator. Photo | Shen Liu and DGT In Xataka | The “made in China” business of the DGT’s V-16 beacons: homologating the same product 24 times and selling it under different brands

this is what is known

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If you’ve opened a social network in the last 72 hours, chances are the rumor that Donald Trump is about to confirm the existence of biological life outside of Earth has blown up in your face. The truth behind this news could be very cinematic, in the most earthly sense possible. The seed of the rumor. This news cycle is not born from a leak from the Pentagon, nor from a casual chat at Mar-a-Lago. The exact origin is an interview published by Entertainment Weekly on November 21, 2025. The protagonist of the article is Dan Farah, director of the documentary ‘The Age of Disclosure’, which brings together dozens of former senior US military, intelligence and political officials stating that there is “non-human intelligence”, and that the government has been hiding it for about eight decades. Coincidentally, it was released in theaters and Prime Video this very weekend. What exactly did he say? “I think it’s only a matter of time before the release of this film is followed by a sitting president taking the lectern to tell the world, ‘We are not alone in the universe.’” Farah said Trump had been briefed on the “basic facts” and that, according to his sources, the documentary was “100% on his radar.” However, he only expressed one belief that his film would catalyze an announcement, not a confirmation that the White House had a press conference scheduled. The broken phone. The nuance was lost in the subsequent media coverage. YouTube channels and TikTok and Instagram accounts changed the narrative from “Trump is aware of the documentary” to “Trump knows the truth,” “Trump will break the silence,” and “Trump will make the files public.” The documentary. The film that gave rise to all this, ‘The Age of Disclosure’ interviews 34 US government and intelligence officials. The most prominent names are Senator Marco Rubio, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Together they allege a cover-up of 80 years of history of non-human intelligence, uncovering a secret reverse engineering race to understand alleged alien ships. Just the trailer It had more than 20 million viewswhich demonstrates the public’s hunger for this issue and explains the media coverage of Farah’s statements. Trump doesn’t believe in aliens. There are reasons for skepticism, beyond the promotion of the documentary. In one interview with Logan PaulDonald Trump defined himself as a “non-believer” in ufology. However, he admitted to speaking to “serious” pilots who have seen strange things (“round, flying four times faster than our fighters”) and promised “radical transparency” and declassifying related documents. What would be for another debate: there is a big difference between investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and announcing extraterrestrial life. Image | rawpixel In Xataka | Perseverance has possible proof of extraterrestrial life stored in a tube. We need to find a way to go for it.

A technical adjustment was enough to sink eDreams by 40% in one day

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Last week, eDreams shares plummeted more than 40% on the stock market in a single day. The cause was not a tourism crisis or another pandemic, but a technical change: Ryanair has raised a digital wall that prevents eDreams robots from accessing its tickets, sinking the airline’s reservations by 80% since September. Why is it important. It is the most violent chapter in the battle for control of the client, a war that comes from far away. Ryanair wants to eliminate intermediaries that charge extra commissions (“pirate OTAs”, according to them). Thus forcing users to buy on its official website. eDreams is the last great fortress that refuses to give up. The “cat and mouse game”. Dana Dunne, CEO of eDreams, has used this metaphor to describe your historical relationship with the airline: The mouse (eDreams): use a technique called screen scraping (robots that read the Ryanair website) to read the prices and sell them on their platform. The cat (Ryanair)– Implement technological blocks to prevent this. The current result: the cat has set a new trap and the mouse cannot escape. The lockdowns have intensified so much that eDreams has had to cut its profit forecasts by 2026. The map. Ryanair has managed to divide its enemies. While eDreams resists, other giants have already capitulated and signed “peace”: The allies (verified): Booking, Kiwi, Expedia and El Corte Inglés have signed agreements. They agree not to inflate ticket prices and share actual customer data with Ryanair. In exchange, they have direct access to the system, without blockages. The rebel: eDreams refuses to sign. They argue that they stand for “shareholder value” and customer experience. Although They won a court battle for unfair competition in Barcelona This summer, they are now losing the trade war. The offline front. Neighborhood agencies. Because the pressure is not just digital. Ryanair has eliminated paper boarding passesforcing everyone to use your app. The problem is that traditional agencies (represented by AVIBA) feared they would be left out of the game if they could not give the printed ticket to their clients (many of them older). There is a truce: Ryanair allows agents to continue managing boarding, but forces them to do it digitally (capturing QRs and sending them to the customer’s mobile phone). It’s more manual work, but it allows them to survive. What the sides say: Ryanair: “eDreams should recognize that it is now the only major OTA that does not follow price transparency standards (…) and continues to overcharge customers.” eDreams: “They try to prevent us from accessing the content and we overcome the obstacles they put in front of us. (…) There is a possibility that we will be able to overcome those obstacles, as we have done before.” In summary. Ryanair is winning by suffocation. By improving your technology anti-scraping and signing individual agreements with the competition (Booking, Expedia and company), has left eDreams isolated and vulnerable, demonstrating that in the low-costwhoever has the planes has the power. In Xataka | Now we know why Ryanair charges its passengers for everything: it is the key to having a profit of 2,540 million euros Featured image | Nejc SokličMockuuups Studio, eDreams

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