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They have put the 21 most popular AI chatbots to perform differential diagnosis. They fail more than a fair shotgun

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‘House‘It’s a series that I love. I don’t care about the intrastories in the slightest, but the process of differential diagnosis – despite all the movie stuff – drives me crazy. This ability to rule out diseases that could explain the same symptoms to arrive at the most probable diagnosis seems like witchcraft to me. Well: they have put the 21 Most Popular AI Chatbots to make that differential diagnosis and the result is clear. It fails more than a fairground shotgun. In short. He Mass General Brigham It is not an ‘anyone’. It is a non-profit network of American doctors and hospitals, including two of the most prestigious medical teaching institutions in the country. From January to December 2025, a group of researchers from the institution they put 21 AI chatbots such as Claude 4.5 Opus, DeepSeek, Gemini 3.0 Pro, GPT-5 or Grok 4 to evaluate dozens of clinical cases with the aim of establishing their level of success in an early diagnosis. The information is extremely basic, but it is also what professionals have when making this differential diagnosis and the ultimate intention is to evaluate the clinical reasoning capacity of the latest generation language models to see if they can be a clinical ally. The answer is no. While models optimized for reasoning achieved much higher scores than simpler ones like Gemini 1.5 Flash, the bottom line is that LLMs are still limited for this task. The exam. Each of the models was given 29 clinical cases that represent more than 16,200 responses in total. The result is that these newer versions of the most powerful chatbots they couldn’t produce an adequate differential diagnosis in about 80% of cases when they only had basic information about the patient. The problem is that age, sex and symptoms is very vague information, yes, but it is one that human professionals who have to make this differential diagnosis ‘play’ with for the first time. Little by little, as they do other tests and obtain more information, they refine the result, but it is that first ‘discard’ treatment that often makes the difference. “We want to help separate the hype from the reality of these tools as they are applied to healthcare” another movie. And, precisely, as the LLM They were given more data, the performance and results were more robust. When the chatbot has more and more information such as physical analysis data, laboratory results and diagnostic images, things change and AI reaches the final diagnosis in more than 90% of cases. But of course, to reach that stage they must have almost all the clinical data, which further shows the gap with impotence when performing an initial filtering. Don’t trust Google ChatGPT. The researchers are clear that “these models are very good at identifying a final diagnosis when the data is complete, but they have difficulties at the beginning of an open case,” which leads them to emphasize that they should not be trusted at home. The AI ​​industry is pushing your product in the medical circuit, but the study points out that “despite continuous improvements, commercial LLMs are not ready for clinical implementation without supervision.” They state that a human is needed in the operation and “very close supervision” to be able to scale the use of an LLM in the healthcare field. And there they are always talking about professional use, but more and more cases are seen of people who previously treated themselves by trusting Google and who Now they do it trusting what ChatGPT tells them. In the study they emphasize that “hallucinations remain” in these latest generation models, also showing concerns about the safety and integrity of patients. About El Salvador. In any case, it is evident that, in the end, Medical AI is another helper, a tooland here what has been tested is a “common” chatbot that knows everything, but is not specialized in anything. In medicine, as in other industries, the use of AI can help with tasks such as eliminating possibilities or organizing thousands of data, but a chatbot is not yet a good companion in this differential diagnosis because it simply cannot be trusted. Those who are going to have to trust AI for any type of treatment are Salvadorans. El Salvador has been a pioneer country when it comes to adopting new technologies, and the president, Nayib Bukele, has just embarked on another experiment: $500 million to leave healthcare in the hands of Gemini. The population will have access to the app Dr.SV who will work as a family doctor. As detailed in The Countrythis AI will know the symptoms and will assign calls with doctors who will make the diagnosis. The AI ​​will monitor for consultations and chronic diseases and the goal is for it to take care of cancer patients in the future. According to Bukele, they are creating the best health system in the world, something curious considering that they laid off more than 7,700 health system employees during 2025. For the sake of Salvadorans, let’s hope that This new experiment does not end like Bitcoin City. In Xataka | Privacy is dying since ChatGPT arrived. Now our obsession is for AI to know us as best as possible

The oceans are smoking and the bad news is that that phrase is starting to stop being a metaphor

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Global sea surface temperature is once again approaching 2024 records, Arctic ice marks its historic winter minimum and the average temperature is 1.43 degrees above pre-industrial levels. What’s more, the Earth’s energy imbalance has reached its highest level in 65 years. And all of this without El Niño being active. So I have to correct myself: what is happening is not that the sea is smoking. That’s a huge understatement. What happens is that the oceans have gone up a notch and we are completely caught out of the game. What is happening? According to Copernicus dataIn March, the global average temperature was 13.94 degrees. That is 0.53 above the 1991-2020 average and 1.48 above the pre-industrial temperature. It’s not the warmest March on record, but it’s close. In contrast, February 2026 was one of the three coldest in the last 14 years. And it’s curious because, anyway, we are in ENSO-Neutral conditions. The 2024 record was reached with El Niño pumping heat from the Pacific; Now we are in the most absolute normality. That does have experts from half the world worried. And the sea? In the sea things are more complicated because the surface temperature is very close to lrecord ace of 2024. Furthermore, it is not a question of a specific rebound: it is the result of a sustained rise throughout the entire month of March. There are specific areas (subtropical and northeastern North Atlantic, North and South Pacific) that are already at record values; The big question is what will happen at the end of the year and, above all, at the beginning of the year when El Niño is at its highest peak of intensity. Well, but this doesn’t affect us much, right? It depends on what we mean by ‘affect’, of course. What there is no doubt is that, despite the fact that temperatures are rising around the world, the Mediterranean has become the great laboratory for all detected and undetected climate risks. After all, Mare Nostrum heats up to 20% faster than the global average. And that has clear and direct consequences for water: from the mass extinction of vertebrates to the decline of grasslands to an enormous mortality of fish. Is a sea dying little by little; a sea that drags us with it: because the heat of the Mediterranean injects more water vapor and fuels extreme precipitation phenomena. The DANA of Valencia It’s a reminder of all this.. That is, the scenario is known. What remains is to see what we do to prepare for it. Images | BenBaso | Xataka In Xataka | Something strange has happened in the stratospheric polar vortex. And it is a hint of the winter that awaits Spain

We thought we were 8 billion people on the entire planet. Until some researchers started crunching the numbers

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In November 2022, the UN celebrated that we were now 8 billion humans on Earth. They are estimates, of course, but beyond the figure, the really interesting thing is that in 2023 we do not reach the replacement rate and that humanity will reach its peak at the end of the century to, inevitably, start to fall. But… to what extent can we trust these accounts? It is something that has been on the table for some time and, according to a study of 2025, we have made a mistake in counting. So much so that we have left several hundred million people behind. Can we trust the numbers? “Calculating the number of people on the planet is an inexact science.” That was demographer Jakub Bijak’s comment to BBC in mid-2024, just when the World Population Prospects study. Something scientific is something exact, but the researcher also commented that the only thing you can be sure of when predicting population figures is the lack of certainty. That, be careful, does not mean that demographers take figures out of thin air. “It is a difficult thing based on our experience, knowledge and every piece of information we have access to,” said Toshiko Kanera, an expert in demographic forecasts. Demographers draw on the data and trends of each country since 1950, but… what if it had not been counted correctly? We are missing millions. In a 2025 study published in Natureresearchers at Aalto University in Finland show how the data sets handled by demographers “profoundly and systematically” underestimate population figures around the world. The serious thing is that we would be talking about hundreds of millions more people living on Earth. Example of the tools that demographers use in their analysis. Each one corresponds to a different bias Rural areas. Josias Láng-Ritter is one of the researchers in charge of the study and points to the accounts carried out in a specific segment: that of rural population. “For the first time, our study provides evidence that a significant proportion of the rural population could be missing from global population data sets,” he notes. As we say, we are not talking about a few million, but billions. “Depending on the data set used, rural populations have been underestimated between 53% and 84% in the period studied. The results are notable, since these data sets have been used in thousands of studies and have widely supported decision making, but their accuracy has not been systematically evaluated,” comments the researcher. The map shows the location of the 307 rural areas analyzed in the study. The populations reported in the graph were found to be underestimated by between 53% and 84% | Aalto University Biases. Attempts to review this data are not new, but previous research has focused on specific countries or urban areas. Researchers from Aalto University wanted to give a more global picture by comparing the five most used population data sets worldwide. They have used maps that divide the planet into high-resolution grids and have taken something very specific as a reference: resettlement figures from more than 300 rural dam projects in 35 countries. Why this bias of the dams? Because when a dam is builtthe population that lives in the area that will be flooded is relocated and accurate resettlement data is usually available. Comparing that population data from 1975 to 2010, the researchers found that the 2010 maps were more accurate, but still left out between 32% and 77% of the rural population. Between 2015 and 2020 the data sets were updated, but demographers continue to believe that underestimation of the rural population continues to exist and is a problem that persists in all regions of the world. Consequences. And we are talking about a problem whose resolution is complex. According to the researchers, no matter how much the data is reviewed, it is a structural problem. Governments do not have the resources to collect accurate data in these rural regions, there is a huge discrepancy between the real population and that reported on the population maps used to carry out demographic studies and that influences decision making. Average percentage of rural population underestimated (red and orange) and overestimated (blue) | Aalto University And it’s important. Current estimates place 43% of the 8.2 billion inhabitants of the world in rural areas -about 3,526 million people- and if we take into account that it is a percentage that has been underestimated between 53% and 84%, we are not talking about a small population, precisely. And it is essential to know exactly how many we are for a simple reason: the redistribution of resources. No data. The lack of accurate demographic records can affect political decision-making. Ritter gives the example of social decisions. “In many countries, there may not be enough data available at the national level, so they rely on global population maps to support their decisions: Do we need a paved road or a hospital? How much medicine is needed in a specific area? How many people could be affected by natural disasters like earthquakes or floods?” he says. Doing quick math, in the best scenario – that of 53% deviation in the rural population – we would be talking about 1,869 million people who would not have been counted. In the worst case, in that of the 84% not registered, we would talk about 2,962 million people. In the Nature study, they give the example of Paraguay, which in the 2012 census may have left out a quarter of the population. Reviewing the methods. In the team’s analysis, there are countries that fare better than others. They point to Finland as an example of reliable data, even in rural regions, because they began keeping digital records of the population 30 years ago. However, in countries where this thorough digital registration has taken longer to be implemented due to crises of any kind, the differences between the real population and the estimated one can be significant. “To provide rural communities … Read more

China has almost closed the AI ​​gap with the United States. And he has done it with all the sticks in the wheels

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It is difficult to go into detail about the number of dances in which the United States and China are immersed at the moment. The technological war is the umbrella under which the trade warthe attempt of military conflict in the South China Seathe robot racethat of the energy and that of artificial intelligence. Everything is related to each other and, although the United States has exercised an aggressive technological blockadeStanford University is clear that it has not been of much use. And they are clear that the AI ​​gap between the powers is “practically closed.” The report. When a new model or version of AI is presented, those responsible show graphs and tables in which they comment on how good their product is. It is something that always has to be taken with a grain of salt because the idea is to make your product look good – it would be necessary to do more – and, for this reason, an external analysis is needed to show us the complete photo. In this sense, the annual report from Stanford University (in its ninth edition) is one of the best thermometers for taking temperature in the state of AI. One of the conclusions of study is that the Chinese models are very close to the American ones. If at the beginning of the AI ​​boom those from the US set the tone with an abysmal difference, at the beginning of 2025 the distance was greatly reduced to the point that DeepSeek-R1 equaled the best American models on several occasions. Since then, the absolute top model is that of Anthropic, but currently only with a 2.7% advantage over the best Chinese model. Different approaches. In fact, in the graph with this specific analysis you can see how the distance between the two is closed as the performance of the Chinese models increases exponentially in a very short time. And something that the study highlights is that, although the United States continues to lead the battle because it is the one that produces the most top-level AI models and with the most important patents, China leads in volume of both models and production of those patents. Also in other sectors, such as AI in robotics, for example. sticks in the wheels. And the most notable thing is that China has achieved this evolution without having the best tools. As a result of the technological and trade war, it is known that the United States has done everything in its power to prevent cutting-edge technology will reach the hands of the Chinese industry. For years they prohibited American companies (which are the ones that control the AI leader like NVIDIA or AMD) sold their higher-end platforms to Chinese companies, but also They shorted the European ASML and the South Korean Samsung and SK Hynix. Because the US has the aforementioned NVIDIA and Intel, but ASML is the one that manufactures the most advanced machines for making chips, Samsung is one of the world’s leading foundries and leader in high bandwidth memory along with SK Hynix and then there is the Taiwanese TSMC as the largest foundry on the market. Although the US has more recently shaken hands with China in this regard, there are still restrictions on Chinese companies accessing the latest technology. Counterproductive. However, through innovation, government support and a little bit of smuggling, gray market and reverse engineering, companies like SMIC -the Chinese foundry- or Huawei They have managed to develop their advanced equipment and chips. The US has tried to put all the pieces in the wheels of the Chinese industry, but as some reputable voices in the chip sector have pointed out, this has only served for China to directly and advances its technological sovereignty program. That is to say, the vetoes that had such a hard impact at the beginning have served to light the flame of technological development. Huawei is the best example of this, since was ostracized five years ago and recently showed that not only has he recovered, but he has returned in better shape than ever, even becoming one of the main drivers of AI for Chinese industry. Approach. Something that the Stanford AI study also highlights is how the two countries are approaching this segment of AI. And we talk about money, of course. While private investment in AI in the United States reached almost $286 billion, in Europe The investment was almost 21,000 million and in China it was only 12,400 million. This is tricky, since it involves private financing (and this year among just a handful of American companies 650,000 million dollars will be melted) and the state support from the Chinese government should not be underestimated, but beyond investment, American companies have focused on creating the most powerful models regardless of the price while the Chinese approach is to make a Cheap AI to be almost transparent to the user. The goal in both cases is mass adoption, but here the cheaper the product and better integrated into everyday platformsbetter. Taiwan. There are other adjacent topics. For example, China has the energy for the AI ​​erabut The US has the data centers. According to the report, there are more than 5,400 data centers in the American country, which is more than ten times the amount that any other country has, but all this with a curious counterpoint: it is a Taiwanese company that manufactures almost all of its artificial intelligence chips: TSMC. The company is expanding with foundries in the US, but although a conflict that will break those relationships is not in sight, it is evident that depending on a foreign country is not the best strategy for technological independence. That is why they are injecting a lot of money so that Intel be the great foundry, but the reality is that it is still very far from TSMC and, although the US is making attempts with native companies such as Applied Materials, the main partners continue to … Read more

that talent has to pay to work

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Japan needs foreign workers. The really need and urgently. But its hiring system for foreigners experiences a curious paradox: the country needs these foreigners, but charges them a fortune and places innumerable obstacles for them to go to work. Well, to be exact, it’s not actually the government that charges them to work, but a network of intermediary agencies in recruitment who take a good commission before the worker even sets foot on Japanese soil. According to the second edition of the survey on foreign workers in Japan85% of foreign workers who arrive in Japan do so through some type of intermediary. The majority pays a bill for this service that can exceed 6,000 euros. Import workers due to low birth rate. According to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfarethe number of foreign workers in the country reached 2.57 million at the end of 2025, 11.7% more than the previous year, and the thirteenth all-time record consecutive. That is, in 2025, that figure was almost three times higher than that recorded a decade earlier. The manufacturing industry accounts for 24.7% of the total foreign employees, followed by the services sector with 15.2% and wholesale and retail trade with 13.3%. By city, Tokyo, Aichi and Osaka host more than 43% of all these workers. These data show that there are entire sectors that cannot fill the majority of their vacancies with local workers and need this foreign workforce to fill them. They pay to go to work in Japan. According to the data collected According to the Japanese Ministry of Labor, the vast majority of these workers arrive through a recruitment agency at origin that charges them a fee of between 200,000 and 400,000 yen (the equivalent of between 1,200 and 2,400 euros), while 13.2% of foreigners paid up to 6,000 euros just to have the opportunity to go to work in Japan. Of the 10.9% of workers who reported having had labor disputes in Japan, 18.6% indicated that the cost of agencies was excessive, and 14.9% admitted not having known who to turn to when difficulties arose. Meanwhile, 69% of companies cited labor shortages as the main reason for hiring foreign staff, up from 64.8% a year earlier. The end of the system that allowed it. Much of this friction has its origin in how the Japanese immigration system itself was designed. For more than thirty years, the Technical Internship Program (TITP), launched in 1993 with the stated objective of training workers from developing countries. In practicethis program functioned as a way to obtain cheap labor that, once in the country, had very little capacity for maneuver, denouncing marathon days, salary failures and the impossibility of freely changing sectors or jobs. In June 2024, the Japanese Parliament approved its replacement by the system Ikusei Shuro Seidowith entry into force scheduled for June 2027. For the first time, the Japanese government officially recognizes that the goal of the new program It is to train and retain foreign labor to cover the talent shortage, something that the previous regulations did not allow. Unlike the TITP, the new model does allow changing companies within the same sector under certain conditions, and sets a limit on commissions from recruitment agencies equivalent to two months of the worker’s salary. More visas, more sectors, more talent. The Japanese government has opened new entry ways to foreign labor. In March 2024, the Specific Skilled Worker (SSW) visa program incorporated new sectors in which foreigners can work, raising to 17 the total number of sectors covered. Those who arrive with a university degree can benefit from the J-Find visaaimed at graduates from the top 100 universities in the world. This visa allows you to reside up to two years in Japan to look for work or prepare a business project without having to have an employer to guarantee your arrival. Unlike the SSW or the TITP, the J-Find is a commitment that goes beyond filling vacant positions, and what it seeks is to compete for highly qualified talent at a global level and encourage the creation of startups and innovation projects in Japan. Companies also have their share of the problem. In addition to demographic pressurethe companies themselves have spent years unable to fill vacancies with local workers. According to the MHLW survey30% of the establishments declared having difficulties and “linguistic and cultural barriers” with their employees, and “complexity of the procedures to manage their residency status.” That is to say, not only is it a complex bureaucracy for workers, but Japanese companies are also having problems with this hiring system. The reforms underway aim to correct the most problematic points of the system, from agency abuses to the rigidity that tied workers to a single employer. The reforms will not be completed until 2027, so until that time comes, the paradox that Japan is experiencing still the same: a country that urgently needs foreign workers, in which those same workers have to pay a high sum to be able to work. In Xataka | Japan is being the canary in the mine of the labor market in Spain: reversible retirement is the proof Image | Unsplash (Il Vagabiondo)

In which communities it can be done and how to do it in the 2026 declaration

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We are going to explain how and where you can deduct your gym fee in your 2025 Income, which is what we do in 2026 to account for the last fiscal year. You can now request and submit your draft online and from the mobilebut before doing so pay attention to this. We have already explained to you the most important boxes to which you have to pay attention in your declaration, but there are also others that should be looked at in case you can scratch any deductions. And the deductions for what you pay when you go to the gym are an example. Being able to deduct your gym fee in your income tax return It depends on the autonomous community in which you live.. But before we start listing them all, we are going to tell you other general requirements that you need to know. Requirements in addition to the community where you live In order to correctly deduct your gym fee without you ending up receiving a request from the Treasury for having done wrong, you must meet the following requirements: Invoices with complete data: A ticket from the gym reception is not enough, to be able to deduct the gym you need a complete invoice with all your information, such as your ID, full name, and the tax information of the sports center. The quotas must also appear correctly. Traceable payments: It is not advisable to make installment payments in cash. In fact, in some communities they are left out of the deduction. It is best to make payments traceable by the Treasury, using methods such as debit or credit cards, bank transfers, Bizum or direct debit receipts. Purpose of the expense: The deductions usually cover gym fees, but sometimes also directed activities and classes that you can teach within a gym, although this depends on each community. What is not included is the purchase of sports equipment. Deductions for each autonomous community Community Deduction Annual limit Key requirements Valencian Community 30% (up to 100% depending on age/disability) €150 Income less than €32,000 (individual) or €48,000 (joint). Up to 100% deduction for people over 75 years of age. Rioja 30% (up to 100% depending on age/disability) €300 The expense must be made in entities registered in the La Rioja Sports Registry. Andalusia 15% €100 No income limit. Includes gym, club and federation fees. Murcia Region 30% (100% over 65) €150 Income less than €31,000 (individual) or €43,000 (joint). We start with this table where we summarize the autonomous communities where you will be able to deduct gym fees, as well as the deduction and the annual limit that you can deduct. This way, you will have everything clear at a glance. Gym deduction in the Valencian Community In the Valencian Community it is established a deduction of 30% of your fees related to expenses associated with practicing sports and healthy activities. The gym fee comes into this term. This deduction has a maximum limit of 150 euros per year in all cases. The deduction can be 50% if you are over 65 years old or have a disability greater than 33%, or 100% if you are over 75 years old or have a disability greater than 65%. It is also necessary that the sum of boxes 0500 and 0510 does not exceed 32,000 euros in individual taxation, or 48,000 euros in joint taxation. For the deduction, you must write the amount in box 1960 of your income tax return. You will have to indicate the gym’s NIF, a piece of information that will appear on the invoice, and the total amount you have paid throughout 2025. Gym deduction in La Rioja In La Rioja it is established a deduction of 30% of your fees related to the heading “to promote physical exercise and sports practice.” The gym fee comes into this term. The deduction can be 100% of the contribution if you are over 65 years old or have a disability greater than 33%. This deduction has a maximum limit of 300 euros per year In all cases, double that in the Valencia Community. Nor are economic requirements establishedso the deduction is for everyone. Gym deduction in Andalusia In Andalusia it is established a deduction of 15% of your fees membership or membership in gyms, sports centers, clubs and federations. It is the lowest percentage of the four communities, it allows you Also include the expenses of your spouse or common-law partner and those of your children or ascendants that give the right to the family minimum, as long as you have been the one who has paid those fees. This deduction has a maximum limit of 100 euros per year per taxpayer and does not require any minimum or maximum income requirement, so it is available to all tax residents in Andalusia regardless of their income. As in the rest of the communities, it is essential keep invoices of payments to the gym. Gym deduction in Murcia In the Region of Murcia it is established a deduction of 30% of your fees in expenses related to physical exercise and sports practice. In addition to the gym fee, it covers qualified personal trainers, yoga or Pilates classes, and sports federation fees. The deduction increases to 100% if you are over 65 years old. This deduction has a maximum limit of 150 euros per year. It has an income limit, since the sum of your general tax base and savings cannot exceed the 25,000 euros in individual taxation or the 40,000 euros in joint taxation. It is also essential to keep invoices for payments to the gym. 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New round of April savings at MediaMarkt with offers on the Google Pixel 10, the Nintendo Switch 2 and much more

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As it usually does on certain occasions, MediaMarkt has once again renewed one of its campaigns to change the offers and to extend the date on which they will be available. April and save has arrived again with a new round of discounts that will end on April 23 at 9:00 a.m. Do you want to know which are the best deals? In this article we are going to review the five best deals on technology. Google Pixel 10 by 599 eurosan ideal mobile if you are looking for a good balance between price, quality and compact design. nintendo switch 2 by 479 eurosthe store’s new promotion that includes a video game and a keychain. LG OLED C5 by 999 eurosthe television that we currently recommend for its quality-price ratio. Samsung HW-Q990F/ZF by 749 eurosa fairly complete sound bar that includes wireless subwoofer and rear speakers. TP-Link Tapo P110 Mini by 10.99 eurosa practical smart plug that is ideal for turning devices on and off whether we are at home or not. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World (physical format) + keychain The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 He Google Pixel 10 It has dropped in price through countless offers and can now be purchased for much more affordable prices. MediaMarkt, for example, has it right now for 599 euros, almost its historical minimum price (594.21 euros). Without a doubt, it is a very interesting mobile phone both for its size and performance, but also for its construction and its photographic section. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links nintendo switch 2 MediaMarkt is one of the stores that has launched the most offers and promotions in the nintendo switch 2and now it has arrived with a very interesting new one: it costs 469 euros (recommended price), but if you go down a little in the store you can buy a pack for 479 euros which includes the ‘Mario Kart World’ in physical format along with a keychain. This pack is especially interesting because it is very similar to the one officially launched by Nintendo, except that The video game in this case is in physical format, includes a keychain and is much cheaper. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World (physical format) + keychain The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LG OLED C5 What is the television with the best quality-price ratio? We are quite clear: right now it is the LG OLED C5. Its price on MediaMarkt is 999 eurosalthough you can find it cheaper on Amazon (959 euros). It is a television 55 inch OLED which supports both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. It also comes with several HDMI 2.1 ports, its refresh rate reaches 144 Hz and includes some technologies gaming like G-Sync or FreeSync. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung HW-Q990F/ZF On the other hand, if you already have a good television and are looking for a very good audio experience, MediaMarkt has the Samsung HW-Q990F/ZF by 749 euros (previously 1,399 euros), a sound bar that includes wireless subwoofer and two rear speakers. Offers a 756W power at 11.1.4 channelsis compatible with Dolby Atmos and works with both Alexa and Google Assistant. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links TP-Link Tapo P110 Mini He TP-Link Tapo P110 Mini It is a very practical smart plug, especially because of the 10.90 euros What does it cost at MediaMarkt. It allows you to turn lamps or devices on and off and even create routines to turn them on. Personally, I use several every day to power power strips with many outlets (to turn them off at night via voice commands) and turn lamps on or off when it’s getting dark. In addition, the app allows us to use the plugs even if we are not at home, something quite useful in case we have left it on. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links 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 | Laura LopezCompradicción and MediaMarkt (header), Google, Nintendo, LG, Samsung, TP-Link In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs

There are drone factories in Europe, and Spain is on the list

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Possibly, the case of the oil tankers is one of the clearest examples of how wars work. In 2019, several were attacked in the Gulf of Oman hundreds of kilometers from any declared front, in an area where, on paper, there was no open war. That episode made it clear that modern conflicts no visible lines needed To expand: simply point to a point on the map to make it part of the board. A war that changes the map. Russia ends to take a step more in the Ukrainian war by moving the conflict from the front to a much broader map that includes directly European territory. It has done so through the Ministry of Defense, publishing detailed lists with names and addresses of companies linked to the production of drones for kyiv. Where? Cities appear on that map like London, Munich or Madridwhich transforms industrial infrastructures into possible military objectives in official Russian discourse. This movement is not only symbolic, but redefines the space of the war: it is no longer limited to Ukraine, but draws a network of nodes in Europe that Moscow presents as an active part of the conflict. Europe enters the military equation. Moscow’s message is clear: increase production and supply of drones to Ukraine is equivalent to getting directly involved in the war. From that perspective, countries like Germany, Belgium or Spain appear in this industrial ecosystem that combines local companies with Ukrainian technology, which reinforces the idea of ​​increasingly closer cooperation. This industrial network not only seeks to sustain the Ukrainian war effort, but also shows how Europe is going from being logistical support to becoming in structural piece of the conflict, something that Russia appears to be using as an argument to justify its rhetorical escalation. First six factories on Russia’s threat list From factories to potential objects. Plus: publishing specific brand addresses a turning point in the war conflict, because it turns civil spaces in the heart of Europe into potential targets within the Russian narrative. In fact, figures like Dmitry Medvedev have reinforced this idea by openly qualifying these lists as possible targets for the Russian armed forces, although without announcing imminent actions. If you like, this type of message, halfway between a warning and a threat, seems to point to generate pressure both on European governments and on their own societies, introducing the idea of ​​direct vulnerability within their borders. Spain inside the board. As we said, among the locations indicated by Moscow Madrid appearswhich places Spain within that expanded map of the conflict that Russia has decided to make public. This is not necessarily an immediate target, of course, but a significant inclusion in a list that redefines who is part of the war effort from the Russian perspective. This also reflects the extent to which war has evolved into a industrial and technological dimension in which the countries that participate in the supply chain, even indirectly, become considered relevant actors. More rhetorical than operational (for now). Be that as it may, and despite the threatening tonethese types of movements fit into a strategy that Russia has used on a recurring basis: public warnings or threats designed to deter without yet crossing the threshold of a direct attack against NATO territory. However, the context has changed, and the combination of greater European involvement, multi-billion dollar defense agreements and technological cooperation means that these warnings have a different weight. The key is that the conflict is no longer only fought with missiles and troops, but also with maps, lists and narratives that expand its borders without having to fire a single shot. Image | Sasha Maksymenko In Xataka | Russia is no longer surrendering to Ukrainian soldiers, but to machines: the rules of war are being redefined In Xataka | Europe has its particular “strait of Hormuz” and the war in Ukraine has put it at the center: the Gulf of Finland

features, price and technical sheet

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Realme has just announced the launch of its new mid-range, the Realme 16 5G. It is a device that seeks to gain a foothold in the most popular (and competitive) segment of telephony with two great weapons: design and battery. And it doesn’t seem to be any secret: Realme has been inspired quite clearly by the Apple iPhone Air and in the Google Pixel most recent. The company has opted for a higher plateau where it has housed the cameras and, curiously, a small mirror so that our subject can “look”, in quotes, and position himself better. A terminal that will not go unnoticed and that we will get to know better right away. Realme 16 5G technical sheet realme 16 5g dimensions and weight 158.3 x 75.1 x 8.1mm 183 grams screen 6.57 inch FOLED FullHD+ resolution (2,372 x 1,080 pixels) 397 dpi Refresh rate: 120 Hz PWM: 2,160Hz Normal brightness: 1,000 nits Maximum brightness: 1,400 nits Peak brightness: 4,200 nits 100% DCI-P3 processor MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Turbo Mali-G57 MC2 ram memory 8GB LPDDR4x internal storage 256GB UFS 2.2 rear camera Wide angle: 50 MP f/1.8, FOV 75º Monochrome: 2 MP, f/2.4, FOV 88º FHD Video@30 FPS front camera 50 MP, f/2.4, FOV 86º FHD Video@60 FPS battery 6,500 mAh 45W fast charging operating system Android 16 with Realme UI 7.0 connectivity Wi-Fi 5 Bluetooth 5.3 Dual nanoSIM NFC USB type C GPS others IP69 resistance On-screen fingerprint reader Vapor chamber cooling Stereo speaker rear mirror price From 369 euros (introductory offer) That design sounds familiar to me Realme 16 5G | Image: Realme That the Realme 16 5G draws on the iPhone Air and the Google Pixel is evident. The company has opted for a simple design, with a smooth back and an upper horizontal camera module where there are two cameras (not three as it might seem). Realme has named this finish Air Design and the upper module, Camera Bar. The firm assures that it is “a design inspired by flagship smartphones.” The terminal has a thickness of 8.1 millimeters and weighs only 181 grams. These are figures that are not bad at all and even less so if we take into account that, inside, there is a 6,500 mAh battery. Then we’ll talk about her. It also highlights the IP69 resistance and that, in such a thin body, we find a 6,050 mm² vapor chamber that, on paper, should keep the temperature at bay. Realme 16 5G | Image: Realme Regarding the exterior, the absolute protagonist is a 6.57-inch AMOLED screen, FullHD+ resolution, up to 120 Hz refresh rate and a maximum brightness of 1,400 nits. Realme has highlighted the “ultra-thin edges” and rounded corners, again, resembling it to a high-end terminal. Engine signed by MediaTek We take out the scalpel to see inside. Under the hood we find a processor MediaTek Dimensity 6400 Turbo eight-core 2.5 GHz configuration, as well as a unique eight-core configuration gigabytes of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage. The RAM is LPDDR4x and the storage is UFS 2.2, so not only are they relatively modest amounts, but they are not the fastest versions either. Realme 16 5G | Image: Realme The operating system is Android 16 with Realme UI 7.0, which implements an interface with transparency and a new engine, Flux Engine, to improve animations and system response. What the company has not mentioned in the information shared with the media is the number of years it will keep the software updated. Finally, and regarding the battery, the terminal has a capacity of 6,500 mAh courtesy of the silicon-carbon technology. It is worth mentioning that this is the version that arrives in Spain, but the version from other markets, such as Vietnam, has even more capacity and reaches 7,000 mAh. In any case, autonomy should not be a problem. The fast side, for its part, stays at 45W. Is that a mirror? Realme 16 5G | Image: Realme We ended up talking about the camera. Although the rear appears to have three cameras, the reality is that it only has two: a wide angle and a monochrome which, historically, has been used to improve portrait taking. The protagonist is the angle, since it mounts a sensor Sony IMX852 50 megapixel. That, combined with the LumaColor engine, promises better results, always on paper. The most striking thing is, without a doubt, the rear mirror. Next to the lenses there is a small mirror designed to take selfies with the rear camera (something that, it must be said, would make more sense if it had a wide angle). The idea is not bad, but we will have to see if, in practice and in movement situations, that little mirror makes a difference or not. Realme 16 5G | Image: Realme And speaking of selfies, the Realme 16 5G is one of the few, if not the only mid-range terminal that incorporates a 50-megapixel front camera. That is, without a doubt, very good news in terms of sharpness, although we already know that processing plays an important role in taking photographs. We will clear up doubts when we put the glove on for the analysis. Versions and price of the Realme 16 5G Realme 16 5G | Image: Realme He Realme 16 5G It can be purchased from today both on its website and at the usual retailers. It will be available in black and white (with glowing effects depending on the light) and in a single 8/256 GB version. During the launch and until April 30, its price will be 349 euros. Images | realme In Xataka | Realme 16 Pro+, analysis: it doesn’t risk a bit, but it’s not necessary to be a candidate for best mid-range of 2026

The list of space launches is collapsed. Meanwhile, SpaceX has done two in a single day

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More and more public and private space companies are launching into space. Most are commercial, often satellite-related. There are so many events of this type that launch platforms are beginning to become saturated and many companies are beginning to look for alternatives, such as launches from the sea. Despite this situation, SpaceX has just launched two Starlink satellites on the same day. 19 hours difference. Last Tuesday, April 14, Elon Musk’s space company carried out two launches of rockets loaded with Starlink satellites: one at 5:23 am EDT and another at 00:29 EDT. With the first launch, 29 Starlink satellites were put into orbit and with the second 25. Favor treatment? In 2025, the Donald Trump Government announced its intention to relax space regulationsthus streamlining licenses for releases. A year earlier, when Elon Musk showed himself as one of the main supporters of the now president during his electoral campaign, this topic was already mentioned on several occasions. The CEO of SpaceX had expressed interest in which the Federal Aviation Administration accelerated the processing of licenses for its launches. Therefore, despite the fact that Musk and Trump’s relations are not the best currently, it could be thought that he has had this possibility due to favored treatment. Although it doesn’t seem like the case. The strategy. In reality, the easing of space regulations does not fall solely on SpaceX. Many licenses can be obtained more quickly. But this requires a good strategy. To begin with, when a launch is made it is necessary to stop maritime and air traffic for a time to avoid accidents. This should be done for an optimal amount of time.without putting anyone in danger, but in a way that does not slow down transport too much. Therefore, it is not viable to make two launches in a row in the same place, even if they are licensed. To avoid this problem, Elon Musk made his two launches on Tuesday from two different points: Florida and California. Thus, problems are avoided. The more the better (at least for Musk). Repeat, repeat and repeat. That is Elon Musk’s maxim. With Starshipfor example, has carried out many test launches until its operation is optimized. There have been explosions, but also achievements. The key is to rehearse over and over again. With Starlink, SpaceX aims to send tens of thousands of satellites into space. Therefore, launches cannot be spaced out over time, especially now that they have other companies on their heels. Elon Musk needs these strategies, which for him are plausible, but which give a lot to think about about the possible lack of ethics and the inequality that exists between some space companies and others. Image | US Space Force photo, Gwendolyn Kurze In Xataka | Ukraine’s military has a problem almost as important as Russia: Starlink belongs to Elon Musk

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