Mobile Tech & Gadgets

Steve Jobs preferred to recover them and bury them in a landfill

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In 1983, Apple launched Lisa, a revolutionary computer for its graphical interface and its innovative use of the mouse, both features ahead of their time. However, several factors worked against it and made it a commercial failure: its exorbitant price of 10,000 dollars (equivalent to about 30,000 euros today), its hardware failures and the tough competition with IBM… and with Apple’s own Macintosh model, much more affordable. So only 30,000 units were sold before Apple canceled production in 1985, leaving the company with a surplus of 7,000 copies stored without a clear destination. The visionary reseller who didn’t see Apple coming That’s where Bob Cook, founder of Sun Remarketing, a company specialized in reselling technology products, especially those from Apple, comes into the picture. After having achieved success reselling the Apple III, Cook decided to bet even bigger and acquired the remaining 7,000 Lisa at a bargain price with the intention of updating and relaunching them to the market as ‘Lisa Professional’. Thus, Cook and his team invested $200,000 in improvements to solve the Lisa’s problems. The floppy drive, RAM and hard drive were optimized, in addition to installing a more modern version of the Macintosh operating system. Everything was ready for a relaunch that promised to give new life to a computer condemned to oblivion. Today, the Apple Lisa is considered a collector’s item and a milestone in the history of personal computing. A drastic decision However, what seemed like a great deal turned into a nightmare for Cook. Apple had a clause in the sales contract which allowed him to recover the computers at any time, and he decided to activate it in 1989, just before the renewed ‘Lisa Professional’ hit the market. Cook couldn’t do anything to prevent it: preferred not to legally confront the powerful Cupertino company and saw his investment disappear in a few days. It is speculated that the company did not want these computers to compete with its new products, in addition to the fact that the image of a failed model recycled by third parties did not fit with its strict brand control policy. Apple did not limit itself only to recovering the Lisa, but also took an even more radical decision: he destroyed them and buried them at a landfill in Logan, Utah: the company even benefited financially from the destruction of the computers thanks to tax deductions for inventory depreciation. A technological burial that has gone down in history The case is reminiscent of the famous burial of cartridges of the Atari’s ‘ET the Extra-Terrestrial’ video gameanother famous failure of the technology industry. But, unlike this one, Apple’s decision generated criticism for the waste of technology which, with a better approach, could have been recycled instead of buried (and we complain today about the planned obsolescence…). On the other hand, there are still doubts about the exact number of computers that were destroyed: while some sources speak of 7,000 units, others leave open the possibility that some updated Lisas “escaped” the fate that the company had prepared for them. Image | Photomontage by Marcos Merino In Xataka | You can now emulate an old Mac from the 80s in your browser In Xataka | This impressive collection of classic computers is made of paper – and there are templates for you to assemble them too This article was originally published in Genbeta in February 2025 and is part of Genbeta’s “greatest hits” that we will discover here in the coming weeks.

The CNMV has tested AI to invest in the stock market for ten months. The conclusions are very revealing

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In recent months there has been a recurring discourse that we see on social networks and that sell us again that “get rich quick” message. That message is “use AI to invest in the stock market.” The interesting thing comes when we see how the CNMV has published a study in which it has precisely attempted to analyze that premise. Although this organization warns of the risks of investing with AI, there is another important message in the conclusions: LLMs are not bad investors per se. They are bad at following vague instructions, which is just how most people use them. The CNMV study. Two researchers from the CNMV, Ricardo Crisóstomo and Diana Mykhalyuk, have published a study methodologically serious (but imperfect) and very interesting: they used four AI models for ten months live, from April 2025 to January 2026. They chose ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek and Perplexity as models. The process was simple but demanding: each month they asked each model to identify the five stocks in the Ibex35 index with the best expected performance (to buy) and the five with the worst expected performance (to sell short). Then the real result was measured at the end of the month, and here there was no historical data selected just because: the real market was the only arbiter of all the functioning of the models. The models evolved. One of the most significant aspects of the study is that its creators recognized a methodological problem that was difficult to avoid: during those ten months, the versions of the four models were updated several times. The Gemini of April 2025 was not the same than that of January 2026for example, and that could influence the results. The researchers commented that it was impossible to know with certainty whether an improvement or deterioration in performance was due to the prompt strategy, market conditions in that period, or simply because the model changed. The prompt is everything. Three were also tested prompt types very different, and that gave rise to conclusions that were neither alarmist nor did they create false expectations: they were “it depends.” Thus, their results showed that everything depended on the type of supervision that these models had: If the LLMs were asked generic questions such as “What stocks should I buy?”, they failed repeatedly. There were computational errors, incorrect interpretations and also the famous hallucinations of chatbots. Curiously, the only one that made a profit was ChatGPT. The problem is that people who use AI to invest probably use this mode of action. But if prompts prepared with iterative reviews and human supervision at each step were used, Perplexity achieved a monthly return of 3.5% on the IBEX35. Gemini and ChatGPT also improved their behavior if given more precise instructions, and DeepSeek was the worst ranked overall. There is another finding: when models receive official regulatory documentation or business results reports, their predictive accuracy improves significantly. The LLMs they reason better on concrete and verified facts than generating analysis from scratch on information that they themselves search for on the web. financial hallucinations. The CNMV study points out that financial markets are especially demanding for AI models because they require complex processes. They have to retrieve and collect information dynamically, they have to reason in multiple steps, they have to be numerically precise, and they have to know this market, and all in real time. Chatbots are trained to generate “convincing” textsso the incentive here is that the investment recommendation “sounds good” even though it is completely wrong. The confidence with which AI models present incorrect financial analysis is proportional to the risk they pose to those who use them without checking whether what they say makes sense. In short: do not trust AI to invest right off the bat. The Reddit user’s experiment was equally striking, but hardly conclusive. Source: Reddit. The Reddit experiment. A Reddit user named Blotter-fyi rode in November from 2024 a platform called Rallies.ai which gave several AI agents access to real-time financial data and money to make stock market operations. Four months later, with the S&P index down 7% since the start, five of the models are outperforming that index, although only two have positive returns in absolute terms. The author himself was the first to warn that four months are insufficient to reach a conclusion: it could be luck, the market or simply the prompt. Nof1’s experiment was fascinating, but it made it clear that AI models don’t typically make money investing in crypto. Source: Nof1. Nof1 and crypto fascination. Another particularly striking experiment was the one that the company nof1.ai made with its Alpha Arena. He put six AI models to compete, gave them 10,000 real dollars each and gave them two weeks to trade cryptocurrency derivatives without human intervention. The most striking result was not who won, but who lost: GPT-5 ended with more than 25% losses and Gemini with close to a negative 40%. Meanwhile, the Chinese models Qwen and DeepSeek dominated in terms of good performance. They iterated with other models, 32 in total, and of all of them only six achieved a positive return: the rest lost money. Grok-4.20 was the big winner ahead of GPT-5.1 and DeepSeek v3.1. Maybe you shouldn’t just let AI invest for you. The conclusions after these experiments are clear. Four months of a model outperforming the S&P index in a bear market does not prove that AI is a good investor. Only in that specific period, with that specific marketthat model made decisions that turned out to be less bad than those in the index. To see if this makes sense takes years, multiple market conditions, and many instances of the same experiment running in parallel. The same happens with Nof1 – especially short – and with a more serious and methodical process like that of the CNMV, which was also surrounded by events whose impact on the final result was uncertain. Faced with so many unknowns, the conclusion seems clear: … Read more

126,000 hectares of almond trees are about to flood a market that does not need them

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Tick ​​tock If you go to any Spanish countryside and stay very still, very silent; Immediately, you will start listening to it. Tick ​​tock, tick tock. It’s subtle, I admit. Almost imperceptible if you don’t pay attention. But it is there and no one can deny it: a ticking time bomb within the country’s agribusiness in the form of the 126,000 hectares of almond plantations that are about to come into production. It is the chronicle of an announced crisis. The almond, the fashionable fruit. In 2016, Javier López-Bellidoprofessor at the School of Agricultural Engineers of the University of Castilla – La Mancha, He told me he was worried because “lately, there is no conversation with farmers that does not include the word ‘almond tree’.” And there were good reasons for it; although they can all be summarized in the same way: a hectare of almond trees is twice as profitable as one of oranges. According to experts, it also had a wonderful future: “The demand market for almonds is on the rise throughout the world, so all experts agree that, at least within the next decade, this nut will have a great market outlet, especially abroad,” said Doménec Nàcher by Asaja in El Mundo. However, López Bellido I wasn’t so clear. This trend was going to translate into many farmers going into debt with an eye on the high prices of almond grains and they were going to find a saturated market that was going to suffocate them little by little. And that, word for word, is what is happening. And it’s been 10 years. Today, Spain is the second largest producer in the world almond In fact, the almond tree is already the most extensive woody crop in Spain and only in the last decade has grown 34%. Furthermore, as I said, right now there are 126,000 hectares of almond trees that have not yet matured enough. But they will. The thing is that we have already seen this movie. It is literally the same mechanism that has caused the lemon crisis: first a price-pull effect, then uncontrolled expansion and, later, calm while those trees reach production age. A calm that lasts until the almonds reach a saturated market and everything collapses. We know what is going to happen, but no one is very clear how to stop it. And that is the great drama of the Spanish countryside. One of many, it is true; but an especially bloody one: one that takes advantage of the desperation of farmers and ends up leaving them bankrupt. And of those dusts, these sludge. Image | Mercedes White In Xataka | How the “hen with the golden lemons” has become a trap for the Spanish countryside

How to deduct home insurance on your 2025 income, and in what cases you can do it on your 2026 tax return

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We are going to tell you in which cases you can deduct home insurance from the 2025 Income Tax return, 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. One of them is related to home insurance when the home is linked to a mortgage. We will tell you in which cases you can deduct this insurance and how to do it. Conditions to deduct home insurance In the Income Tax return that we are doing this year, you can only deduct insurance linked to homes that you have acquired before January 1, 2013. Therefore, the date you purchased your home is very important. The maximum annual deductible base for investment in housing amounts to 9,040 euros. You will be able to deduct 15% on this amount, so The maximum deduction is 1,356 euros in your statement. Home insurance is included in the deductions related to the mortgage, but it is not possible to deduct it entirely. In addition to this, another condition is that The insurance must be linked to a mortgage on a mandatory basis. Come on, at the time the bank should have forced you to take out this insurance as a requirement to grant you this mortgage, a practice that we can sometimes encounter. Specifically, the Tax Agency says the following: The premiums for life and fire insurance contracts, provided that they are included in the conditions of the mortgage loans obtained for the acquisition (or, where applicable, for the construction), rehabilitation or extension of the habitual residence. This means that you will also be able to deduct the insurance that you were forced to take out when the mortgage was to acquire the home, to rehabilitate it or to expand it. Besides, It must be your habitual residencenot a secondary or vacation one. How to deduct your home insurance If your home insurance meets the conditions to be able to deduct it, all you have to do is write the insurance amount in boxes 547 and 548 of the Income Tax return, which are those destined for investments in your habitual residence. The deduction amounts to 7.5% in the state section and another 7.5% in the regional. Self-employed workers will also be able to deduct workspace insurance, whether in-person or teleworking. In this case you will have to do it in box 200, the one Insurance premiums for this type of professional expenses. Here, as usual, You must have documentation proving payment of this insurance, and that the document details the risks covered. This should be kept in case the Treasury decides to do a check to verify that everything is true. In Xataka Basics | Income Guide 2025: calendar, previous steps and how to prepare for the 2026 declaration

We sensed that Iran bombed US military bases with help. Some coordinates have revealed its name, and it is Made in China

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During the Gulf War, a group of Iraqi soldiers were located in the middle of the desert not by ground patrols, but by images taken from satellites that detected recent vehicle tracks in the sand. That episode marked one of the first moments in which looking from space began to be so decisive how to shoot from the ground. A satellite as an invisible weapon. A series of leaked documents held by the Financial Times have revealed that Iran not only had missiles and drones to attack US bases, but also a much quieter and decisive tool: an observation satellite capable of provide precise coordinates before and after each blow. The system, known like TEE-01Bwas acquired by the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in late 2024, after its launch from China, and allowed Iranian commanders to monitor key installations throughout the region, identify targets with a level of detail unprecedented for the country and evaluate the impact of their attacks in almost real time. In other words, what seemed like a direct fire war actually hid a previous layer of orbital intelligence which multiplied the effectiveness of each operation. A secret agreement. The middle counted in its exclusive that behind this capacity is a little visible but strategic agreement with Chinese actors, one that not only facilitated access to the satellite already in orbit, but also to the infrastructure necessary to operate it from any point in the world. This model, based on the “in orbit” transfer and in networks of globally distributed ground stations (a little-known export model by which spacecraft launched in China are transferred to customers abroad once they reach orbit), allowed Iran to overcome one of its main weaknesses: the vulnerability of its own facilities to attack. By outsourcing control and data flow, Tehran turned a commercial asset on a military tool difficult to neutralize. Satellite image of the Prince Sultan Air Base From limited precision to a qualitative leap. The technical impact of this jump is key to understanding its importance. Compared to its previous systems, incapable of clearly identifying complex targets, the new satellite offered high resolution images (the TEE-01B is capable of capturing images with a resolution of approximately half a meter) that allowed aircraft, vehicles and changes in military infrastructure to be distinguished. This transformed Iranian attack planning from general estimates to data-driven decisions, and consolidated a combination of human intelligence, satellite imagery, and external support that significantly elevated Iran’s operational capabilities. Attack on the bases. Among the records they obtained showed that the satellite captured images from Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on March 13, 14 and 15. On March 14, Donald Trump confirmed that American planes at the base had been hit. Five US Air Force refueling aircraft were damaged. The satellite also carried out surveillance of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan and from locations near the naval base of the Fifth Fleet of the United States in Manama, Bahrain, and the airport in Erbil, Iraq, around the date of the attacks claimed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard against facilities in those areas. Launch of TEE-01B And more bases. Other areas monitored by the satellite included Camp Buehring and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, the US military base Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti and Duqm International Airport in Oman. Also included in the Persian Gulf civil infrastructure monitored was the Khor Fakkan container port and the Qidfa desalination and power plant in the United Arab Emirates, as well as the Alba plant in Bahrain, one of the largest aluminum smelters in the world. Decades of relationship that explain the present. In parallel to FT reportthe New York Times published this morning one piece where he explains that these types of advances are not an isolated event, but rather the result of a relationship built over decades between Iran and China in the military and technological field. Since the 1980s, when Beijing supplied weapons directly, to recent decades, when it has opted for more discreet support based on components, dual technology and knowledge transfer, cooperation has evolved. to adapt to sanctions and regional balances. In that process, China has gone from selling weapons to facilitating capabilities that allow Iran to develop and improve its own without openly exposing itself. Strategic ambiguity as a tool. One of the most relevant elements of this relationship has been its ambiguous characterwhere the border between civil and military is constantly blurred. Commercial companies, seemingly neutral technologies and systems designed for civilian uses end up being integrated into military structures, offering China a way to influence without assuming directly the political cost of explicit support. This approach allows for simultaneous relations with Iran’s regional rivals while strengthening its strategic capabilities. A new type of war. In short, the end result is a scenario in which the battlefield no longer begins on land, but miles away from herin orbit, where information has become the most decisive factor and actor. The combination of satellites, global networks and discreet agreements It redefines that way of waging war, allowing actors with fewer resources to compensate for their limitations through access to advanced technology. In that context, the history of the TEE-01B It is not just that of a satellite, but how a network of cooperation and decades of technological evolution can completely transform the way an attack is planned and executed. Image | US Navy, Planet Labs In Xataka | The US already has the first response to its blockade of Hormuz: a boomerang of unpredictable consequences called China In Xataka | The US has closed all exits from the Strait of Hormuz. And now Iran can put into practice what it has been preparing for 25 years

the best deals on Amazon today, April 15

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We are halfway through the month of April and, like every week, we want to offer you a selection of the best discounted devices on Amazon. These are some of the best deals in technology that we have found in the e-commerce giant today, April 15. XIAOMI 15T Pro – 12+1024GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links smartphone Xiaomi 15T Pro by 699 euros: 6.83 inches and with 1 TB of storage. Electric generator AFERIY by 1,459 euros: with 3,600W output power and fast charging. Cabin Travel Backpack KLOSTAIN by 20.87 euros: allowed as cabin baggage and with several compartments. sound bar Ultimea Poseidon M20 Pro by 68.58 euros: 2.1 channels and 132W of power. Pack of two locator cards ATUVOS by 17.43 euros: compatible with iPhone and waterproof. Xiaomi 15T Pro Smartphone He Xiaomi 15T Pro It is one of those phones that have high-end features but a more moderate price. Now, on Amazon, you have it available with a 15% discount, and you can buy it for 699 euros in his version of 1 TB of storage and 12 GB of RAM. Your great 6.83 inch screen and 1.5K resolution make it perfect for watching series and movies. In addition, with its 144 Hz refresh rate you will be able to play video games with complete fluidity. It does not lack power, thanks to the MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ processor and its photographic system is signed by Leica. XIAOMI 15T Pro – 12+1024GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links AFERIY electric generator It has just been one year since historic blackout which made us understand that we would have to have some solutions at home for when there is a failure in the electrical network. Now, on Amazon, you can buy with more than 500 euros discount This AFERIY electric generator, which is available for 1,459 euros. Now that the good weather is approaching, it is a perfect device to take with you camping, for example. It has an output of 3,600W and a capacity of 3,840 Wh, which will allow you to power several devices simultaneously. It is a model with expandable modules and that it loads quickly; in 1.5 hours via power outlet or solar panels. It has numerous ports and its battery has a useful life of 10 years and also stands out for offering control via app. AFERIY Portable Electric Generator 3600W 3840Wh The price could vary. We earn commission from these links KLOSTAIN Cabin Travel Backpack Now that the weather is starting to get nice, we feel like traveling more. If when you go to buy a plane ticket, you don’t want to have to pay extra for carrying a carry-on suitcase, this KLOSTAIN travel backpack It will be your salvation. It is the best seller on Amazon and now you can take it for 20.87 euros. This travel backpack It measures 40x20x25 cm, so it is accepted as carry-on luggage by low-cost airlines, since fits perfectly under the seat. It has numerous compartments and its back is reinforced, making it very comfortable to carry. KLOSTAIN Airplane Cabin Travel Backpack 40x20x25 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ultimea Poseidon M20 Pro Soundbar Do you want to improve the sound of your TV but without spending a fortune? On Amazon you now have this Ultimea sound bar at an unbeatable price, for 68.58 euroswhich means a 43% discount compared to its usual RRP (119.99 euros). This sound bar compact comes with an integrated subwoofer, since it is 2.1 channels, it offers 132W power and supports app control. Thanks to BassMX technology, it intensifies the bass and offers surround sound. ULTIMEA Poseidon M20 Pro 2.1ch Sound Bar for TV The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Pack of two ATUVOS locator cards If you are tired of never knowing where your wallet, purse or backpack is, this pack of two ATUVOS locator cards It’s for you. Now, on Amazon, you can get it for 17.43 euros with the extra discount coupon available. These Bluetooth locators in card form are only compatible with the iPhone Find My network. Are waterproof (since they have IP67 certification) and allow you to share the location of the object on which you place it with up to five users. ATUVOS Air Tag Card Tracker 1.6mm 2 Pack Black 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 | ATUVOS, Xiaomi, Ultimea, KLOSTAIN and AFERIY In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which one to buy and 21 models from 15 euros to 470 euros

The Boeing 747 that the Emir of Dubai uses as a private plane is so luxurious that even the pilot’s controls are made of gold

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When we talk about private jetsluxury is already inferred in that same concept, but even within something as exclusive as that, there are airplanes and then there is he Boeing 747 of the emir of dubaia separate category that makes a normal Gulfstream look like a regular bus. Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, emir of dubaidid not limit itself to converting one of the largest airplanes in the world into a flying mansion, it also extended the luxury to the pilot cabin, with the engine control knobs, flaps and brakes covered in gold. Aviation youtuber Sam Chui had access to the interior and documented in detail everything he found aboard this flying palace that has all the luxury and comforts of a five star hotel designed both to satisfy the government needs of its owner, as well as those of the entire entourage that accompanies him. A jumbo jet with a double identity The base of this mobile mansion is a Boeing 747-400 Combi, a variant of the commercial jumbo jet that combines a large passenger area in the front, with cargo capacity in the rear. This duality allows it to transport the head of state, his team and the cargo (luggage, vehicles, etc.) they need on the same flight, something that clearly differentiates it from other private jets. more “modest.” The most striking element of the interior is the majlis, the traditional Arab reception room, adapted in the form of a huge open space in the central part of the plane in which there are a series of very comfortable seats for the president and his governing council. At the front, just below the cockpit, is the master bedroom, which looks more like a the luxury hotel suite than to a cabin at 10,000 meters above sea level. The lighting is warm, the bathroom and faucets are goldand it has a shower that you don’t expect to find on a plane. In the rear, a large dining room serves as a meeting room with capacity for 26 people, turning the plane into a valid space for negotiations or state dinners. On the upper deck there are eight minisuites with large reclining seats for VIP passengers, and a section with business class seats for the staff who accompany the emir on each trip. When luxury reaches the cockpit Most private jets reserve luxury for the passenger and limiting the cockpit to a more practical and austere function. That doesn’t happen on the emir of Dubai’s plane. Just like published LuxuryLaunchesin this private jet right down to the throttle levers, aerodynamic brake controls and flaps They have a gold finishturning each maneuver into a symbolic gesture and reminding pilots what type of aircraft they are flying. The Combi configuration of the aircraft allows cargo to be carried in the rear, including specific containers for the emir’s horsessomething consistent with the sheikh’s well-known love of horse riding. The plane has a range of about 13,500 kilometers, enough to connect Dubai with any part of the world without stops. The sheikh has at least two Boeing 747s like this one. According to Mallorca DiaryIn March 2026, one of them landed in Palma de Mallorca, generating all kinds of speculation about its destination. In Xataka | The Emir of Dubai bought a 500 million superyacht but discovered that it had a serious problem: there was no mobile coverage inside Image | Wikimedia Commons (Ukrainian Government), Sam Chui

raise the rent of your NVIDIA

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GPU prices are through the roof. I’m not talking about AMD’s RX 9000 or NVIDIA’s RTX 5000, since those are for gamers. I am referring to the GPUs that, suddenly, They are the only ones that matter: GPUs for AI hyperscalers. The Big Tech of AI They have paralyzed the entire consumer market coppressing production of the few component manufacturers that exist in the segment and causing a brutal shortage. Good luck if you want to buy an SSD or RAM, but it is also impacting companies. Valve can’t release the Steam Machine and Apple just remove option from Mac Mini and Mac Studio with the largest amount of RAM. Simply put, either there isn’t one… or what there is is tremendously expensive. And the irony is that this situation is starting to impact the AI ​​business itself where some now have to pay to rent NVIDIA GPUs at almost double the price. It is the GPU as a service model. Sky-high prices for cloud GPUs Here we must differentiate between hyperscalers and AI companies that do not have their own facilities. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Tesla or Google, among others, are hyperscalers. They build gigantic data centers which they fill with tens of thousands of GPUs (which are usually from NVIDIA, since it is the one that dominates this market) to meet their needs. In them they carry out the training and inference tasks of their models, but some have turned to become service providers. Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure They maintain a parallel business, that of huge NVIDIA GPU lessors. They buy huge lots of H100, H200 and A100 that they integrate into their infrastructure and simply rent their computing capacity to whoever is willing to pay the price. It’s like cloud gaming itself NVIDIA with GeForce Now: A company that has an interest in AI, but cannot build a data center, has the possibility of pay to rent that computing capacity to large tenants. So far so good because it is a win-win for all parties, but the problem comes when scarcity hits. On this playing field There are not only Google, Microsoft and Amazon. There are other companies more focused on the cloud GPU business, such as CoreWeavewhich a few months ago already increased rental prices by 20%. It coincided with the early stages of the RAM and SSD crisis. And the price increase was not the only change. From the previous year of permanence contract, the requirement increased to three years. In an article by business insider we can see more clearly the price of this demand exceeding supply. Carmen Li He is CEO of Silicon Data, an analysis firm, and has commented that NVIDIA’s veteran H100s have risen 20% in the last three months, from $2.20 per hour to $2.64. The B200 are along the same lines: from $4.40 per hour to $5.35. He problem comes with the H200, since rental price increases of 48% are being experienced here. From $2.75/hour a couple of months ago, they have gone to $4.08/hour. It’s almost double for the same product. because those who need it most want even more power for their latest models since so much money is being injected into this sector that more and more companies without data centers need more computing power for their products. The component manufacturers for these GPUs they can’t meet the excessive demand, which is causing Waiting times for new chips of between 36 and 52 weeks and, therefore, since there is not a GPU for everyone, cloud computing rental prices… increase. Between the big three and Meta more than 650,000 million will be spent in AI infrastructure this year and Carmen Li point that, since this demand for AI exceeds any expectation, not only is there not enough for everyone, but the old GPUs sold by hyperscalers When they renew equipment they depreciate very, very little.. In the second year of use of an H100, it can be sold for 85 cents. In the third year, for 84 cents. According to several voices in the sector, it is a tsunami that has already taken the consumer market by storm, but that with the rise of Agentic AI it will get worse. Because it is no longer just training and basic inference, but agents that execute several steps autonomously, consuming more computing capacity per request than traditional queries to a chatbot. Translation: that a market that some they point that should be stable is becoming something like electricity or energy, a roller coaster of prices that plays with the rules of the savage capitalism. In Xataka | Using Netflix in 2018 was much better than now: we have normalized degrading experiences

The “bubble” of the eclipse parties reaches Spain and Iceland

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Next August 12 a long-awaited phenomenon will take place: the first of the three eclipses that make up what many have already dubbed the Iberian trio. In three consecutive years, a solar eclipse will be seen from Spain. Those of 2026 and 2027 will be total eclipses, while that of 2028 will be annular. Be that as it may, it is a statistically improbable event, which excites both astronomy lovers and the general population. That’s why many people have chosen to see it at such imaginative events as music and art festivals designed around the eclipse. The eclipses will not be seen equally in all parts of Spain. For example, in 2026 totality will only be reached in a strip that goes from the north of Galicia to almost all of the Balearic Islands, passing through Asturias, Cantabria, La Rioja, the north of Castilla y León and the Valencian Community, La Rioja, and a part of the Basque Country, Navarra, Madrid, Aragon, Catalonia and Castilla la Mancha. In the rest of Spain it will be seen only partially. Therefore, since the famous sunset of solar eclipses will only be experienced in places where totality is reached, Many of the lucky localities are already preparing events to welcome the eclipse. These are events for the local population, but also for tourists. The emptied Spain will be less empty than ever and tourists will forget about the most typical destinations for a few days to travel to places to which they perhaps would not have traveled under other circumstances. Many hotels have been there for months due to the influx of people who will travel to observe the eclipse outdoors, without many more pretensions. However, there are also those who plan to attend what is possibly the most special festival of their lives. The most unexpected festivals around the eclipse The 2026 eclipse won’t be too long. In Spain, the places where totality lasts the longest They will barely enjoy more than a minute of darkness. Still, multi-day festivals have been planned, with musical performances, scientific talks, workshops and, of course, viewing the eclipse at the appropriate time. These are some of the most striking. Eclipse Festival, in Prades. In this town of Tarragona you will only enjoy 51 seconds of totality. Even so, between August 10 and 13 its Astronomical Park will celebrate a festival with music, workshops, conferences, observations, shows, telescopes and a planetarium. It will also be an ideal time to observe the Perseids. EclipsaFest, in Aldea Santillana. This small village in the also small town of Manjirón, in Madrid, will have 1 minute and 15 seconds of totality. In your case it will be a simpler observation, without the rest of the incentives of a festival, but it will very big. It will only be held on August 12 and admission will cost 147 euros for adults and 117 for children, with a welcome pack that includes glasses and the possibility of guided observation. Playabout Radio Festivalin Ibiza. In Ibiza they will have 1 minute and 6 seconds of eclipse and They will celebrate it as they know best. Accompanied by house and techno music, which will last from August 10 to 14. Umbra Festival, in Agolada. This town in Pontevedra will take advantage of the Brocos Reservoir, which is actually a reservoir, to celebrate a 3 day festival in which visitors will enjoy techno and minimalist music. Of course, also the eclipse, although in this case totality will be fleeting, lasting only 34 seconds. Admission costs 62 euros. Iberia Eclipse Festival, in Vinuesa. In Soria, next to the Duero River, this festival will be celebrated which will consist of four scenarios spread across the hillside and the forest, as well as a camping area and pre-installed tents. For 5 days, attendees, who will have paid an entrance fee of 240 euros, will enjoy music, workshops and a wellness area, which will include yoga, meditation, massages, swimming experiences in nature and art exhibitions. Astral Plane, at the La Pinilla Mountain Station. In this Segovian station you will enjoy the minute and a half of totality in the middle of a set by Detroit techno artist Kevin Saunderson. Admission costs 175 euros. Sizigia Eclipse Meeting, in Alcalá de Gurrea. This town in Huesca has also chosen a reservoir to observe the eclipse in its vicinity, whose totality will last only 40 seconds. Even so, attendees will enjoy 5 days of underground music, among other activities. Admission costs 262 euros, and with an extra fee you can add accommodation in a tipi camp. Also in Iceland Iceland will have its own eclipse viewing events. There, in fact, there will be points where totality can be seen for more than 2 minutes. But perhaps because the weather is less favorable or because Icelanders have a less festive spirit, there will not be as many options to choose from. Some of the most interesting will be the hellissander festivalwhich will include live music and TED talks, and the Grindavíkurbær Blue Lagoonwhich will be held in a spa. Attendees will be able to see the eclipse in an idyllic setting, but they will have to pay 750 euros. The price includes a two-course meal, two drinks, a robe, towel and glasses to view the eclipse. Seeing this, Spanish festivals even seem cheap. Image | NASA and Alfonso Scarpa In Xataka | The trio of eclipses that await Spain on the horizon: an unprecedented and historic chain between 2026 and 2028

Inditex made Amancio Ortega a billionaire. Now he is also the richest real estate tycoon in the world

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Amancio Ortega built the largest fashion group on the planet from scratch, became the largest fortune in Spain and the twelfth in the world. Now, he has just added a new record to his career: it is the largest real estate owner in the world thanks to Pontegadea’s investments. According to the calculations of Forbes, After analyzing corporate documents, property records and data from the Regrid and Real Capital Analytics platforms in nine countries, the real estate assets of Amancio Ortega It would be valued at 25 billion dollars, about 21.2 billion euros at the current exchange rate, spread across more than 200 properties in 13 countries. This figure exceeds that of the Australian promoter Harry Triguboff, with 23.2 billion dollars in assets and that of the American Donald Bren, with 19.2 billion, until now the great references in the sector. From hanger to brick. However, what is most surprising about this second empire that has been created is that Inditex and Pontegadea could not be more different, although both have a key point in common: the Inditex dividends. The original wine of Pontegadea emerged in 2001, when Inditex debuted on the stock market. Ortega then sold a 13.5% stake in the textile company for $1.1 billion and with that capital founded Pontegadea, his investment vehicle. From that moment, Amancio Ortega stopped being the beneficiary of the dividends generated by the textile giant and placed Pontegadea and Partler as his representatives and beneficiaries of its millionaire dividends. In 2026, the family office de Ortega will collect 3,234 million euros in dividends for Inditex’s results in 2025, a personal record figure. A portfolio of Premium buildings around the world. Pontegadea’s strategy is simple to explain, but almost impossible to replicate: buy the best buildings of the market, in strategic and irreplaceable locations in the main cities of the world, and find solvent tenants to sign long-term rentals with them, obtaining income from day one. His properties include iconic buildings such as the 43-story Picasso Tower in Madrid (which he bought for $540 million in 2011), the Devonshire House across from Green Park in London for which he paid $671 million in 2013, Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, and in Canadaor the Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto, which is undoubtedly its crown jewel. In 2025 alone, Ortega closed 13 purchase operations in 10 cities in eight different countries, spending more than 3 billion dollars. Among its tenants we find names like Inditex itself, which rent the premises from its best stores, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nike, Spotify, FedEx, Home Depot and Walmart, and even its biggest rival in textiles: Primark. Pontegadea has also diversified into logisticsluxury housing for rent and port infrastructure either energy networks. No debt, no rush and very few sellers. What differentiates Pontegadea from the rest of the large real estate investors is that Ortega’s investor seems to have unlimited funds, thanks to the billion-dollar dividends it receives each year from Inditex, and that it annually invests entirely in brick without incurring debt with its operations. A real estate agent who has worked with the firm told Forbes: “They buy collectible assets that are the best on the market. They are more like a art collector that looks for the most exclusive works of art.” Of their entire portfolio, according to the Real Capital Analytics database consulted by the American magazine, they have only sold 10 buildings in more than two decades. This also differentiates them from the rest of the real estate companies, which tend to get rid of their buildings after four or five years. More investment, less taxes. Behind the expansion of Pontegadea and its recent European structuring based in Luxembourg, There is also a very fine-tuned fiscal logic. In Spain, the wealth tax, to which the solidarity tax aimed at large fortunes was added in 2022, penalizes uninvested cash. Therefore, Ortega’s strategy is to keep 100% of the dividends he receives from Inditex invested in productive assets to increase their value and reduce the tax bill. According to Forbes, Ortega has saved about $800 million in wealth taxes since 2001 thanks to this constant reinvestment in real estate, infrastructure and energy with Pontegadea. Furthermore, by channeling the collection of Inditex dividends through Pontegadea and Partler, Ortega benefits from a tax exemption designed for business holdings. paying taxes at 1.25% instead of doing it for the 28% that applies to personal income tax. On the whole, Forbes It estimates that this mechanism has allowed it to save about $7 billion in taxes on these dividends in the last 25 years. In Xataka | Spain has more and more “billionaires” and a big shot who leaves their fortunes as anecdotes: Amancio Ortega Image | GTRES, Unsplash (Sergio Kian)

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