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He will be able to continue selling his H20 GPU for AI in China, although he has cost him a 1 million dinner per diner

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The GPU for applications of artificial intelligence (AI) H20 is the salvation of Nvidia in China. Since the sanctions package officialized by the administration of Joe Biden entered into force November 16, 2023 This is THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR IA That Jensen Huang’s company can sell to its Chinese clients. And, in addition, during the last months it is being a real success. This chip on paper is much less capable than the most sophisticated GPUs that Nvidia currently sells. In fact, this is the reason why the US Department of Commerce has allowed its sale in China in recent months. Its limitations invited us to initially assume that their reception in this Asian country would be warm, but It has not been so at all. According to Business Intelligence semiconductorsince this chip reached the Chinese market in mid -2024 its sales have grown 50% quarter to quarter, which positions it as the most successful Nvidia product today. However, sales of The H100 GPUwhich is more powerful, “only” grows 25% quarter after quarter. In spite of everything since the end of 2024, the H20 Chip is undergoing the scrutiny of the US Department of Commerce. Jensen Huang has added one of his most unlikely successes Gina Raimondo, the Secretary of Commerce during the mandate of Joe Biden, He made this warning to Nvidia In December 2023: “If redesign a chip so that it can be used for AI, we will control it the next day.” The direct allusion to the Jensen Huang company is evident. The return to the US government of Donald Trump and his collaborators far from appeasing the panorama promised to end once and for all for the sale of the H20 GPU in China. The Nvidia business in China has resentful during the last two years as a result of the sanctions imposed by the US For Nvidia this restriction would be a very hard blow. His business in this Asian country has rented during the last two years as a result of the sanctions imposed by the US, and stop selling the GPU that during the last months He has sustained this company in China I would make a difficult wound to heal. These are the circumstances in which Jensen Huang has met with Donald Trumpand has done so with a firm purpose: to ensure that the government allows Nvidia to continue selling its H20 chip in China. The Trade Department, which under Trump’s mandate is being led by Howard Lutnick, intended According to several filters to prevent this week that this GPU continue to arrive in the country of Xi Jinping. However, against all forecast the US administration has suspended, at least temporarily, its export prohibition of this chip. This conclusion is surprising, but there are even more circumstances in which Jensen Huang has achieved his goal. And it is that the general director of Nvidia has approached this negotiation directly with Donald Trump during a dinner at the restaurant of the Mar-A-Lago tourist complex housed in Palm Beach (Florida), which is owned by the latter. It has transcended that Huang and the other diners They have paid a million dollars each for attending this dinner. But Huang has compensated. Nvidia can continue selling its H20 GPU in China. At least for the moment. Although, yes, he has pledged to invest more money in data centers for the US. Image | Nvidia More information | Npr In Xataka | The Nvidia pulse and US administration becomes more virulent. The B20 GPUs for danger

Silicon Valley millionaires want to lift their own Neom. They have an ace in the sleeve to convince Greenland

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In the list of projects that sought to create self -sufficient enclaves outside the State there are several examples. We have the Failed project north of San Francisco, Prosperous in Honduras or the Seasoning attempts In international waters. Also hyperbolic projects on the way, Like Neomall ideas that have shared a common vision: experiment with radical economic models and alternative governance, backed by millionaire capital and an almost ideological faith in without restrictions, although few have passed the prototype. Greenland looks like the next stop. Silicon Valley and “freedom.” We tell it A few months ago: the Trump administration has reactivated its ambition to acquire Greenland, but not only as a goal strategic and geopoliticalbut also as a scenario for an initiative promoted by technological billionaires. We talk about the creation of a high -tech libertarian city, known as “Freedom City”. Inspired by ideals of extreme and free market deregulation, this vision contemplates a self -sufficient enclave dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, space releases, nuclear microreactors and high -speed trains. According to Reuters revealedthe plan has already been discussed in private among investors such as Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Shervin Pishevar, all with a history of similar projects, and has the explicit interest of Ken Howery, former ambassador to Denmark and key figure in negotiations for the possible annexation or purchase of the island. Howery, close to Trump and Elon Musk, has expressed Enthusiasm for potential Of cultural and geographical synergies between Taiwan, the United States and Japan, and although he refused to comment on the plans, several medium sources say that their role would be crucial to advance the idea. All roads lead to Greenland. The choice of the island is not accidental. Three times bigger than Texas but with Just 57,000 inhabitantsthe island has vast strategic mineral reserves, including rare earths, and houses an American military base that gives it a huge geopolitical value in the Arctic. Trump has publicly insisted that “We must have Greenland” and has not ruled out take it by force If Denmark refuses to sell it. In fact, his vice president, JD Vance, recently visited the military base with his wife, which It generated protests of the local population and harsh criticism of the new Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who considered the visit as a disrespect to the sovereignty of the island. During the same, Vance accused Denmark of not properly protecting the territory of alleged Russian and Chinese incursions, although he did not contribute concrete details. Meanwhile, the Danish government declined to comment on the rumors of a technological city funded by American private capital. A new doctrine. The proposal to build a libertarian citizen in Greenland reflects a broader ideological movement among businessmen from Silicon Valley, which for years promotes the called “Startup Cities” or “Charter Cities”: urban enclaves with minimal state intervention, designed to promote innovation and self -sufficiency. We already count The Prospera caseand now, inspired by the philosophy of “manifest destination”From the nineteenth century, its defenders see in Greenland the opportunity to open a new border for the American Expansion and Domain experiment, this time in technological key. SHERVIN PISHAR He described the initiative as “the dawn of a new manifest destination”, while Dryden Brown, co -founder of the Praxis projectargues that Greenland is the ideal place to build a prototype city that serves as a general essay for future human colonies on Mars, in line with Elon Musk’s interplanetary dreams. Brown even traveled to Greenland and has assured that other companies have raised him collaborate at the Foundation of that city. In an X publication, wrote: “We must build a prototype of Terminus on Earth before leaving towards Mars. Greenland is that place.” Investors and power networks. The impulse behind this ambitious proposal comes from a consolidated group of technological investors, many of them linked to each other through previous projects. Thiel, Andreessen and Pishevar have invested in Pronomos capitala firm dedicated to financing experimental cities in countries willing to offer special regulatory conditions. One of his main advisors, Patri Friedman (grandson of economist Milton Friedman) has confirmed that several of their projects are in the negotiation phase with governments and that one, Prosperousalready operates in Honduras under a similar model (although with rather terrible results). In addition, Praxis, backed by figures such as Joe Lonsdale and Sam Altman’s background, has raised More than 500 million of dollars to develop a new city, and could channel part of that capital towards Greenland. While Thiel denied being involved in specific plans for the Island and Musk has not commented on this, the connections between these actors and their historical interest in technological secession projects reinforce the credibility of the initiative. What they offer to the locals. Unlike the Trump rhetoricthese billionaire investors have an ace in the sleeve to convince the people of the island, one where the exploitation would make the enclave A unique space. During a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, experts argued that the Costa de Greenland houses one of the highest critical mineral concentrations in the world, many of them previously inaccessible because it is under thick layers of ice, but that they could become exploitable due to the melting caused by climate change and the development of new mining techniques. There is more, of course. For project drivers, Greenland is not only a geopolitical opportunity, but also an ideal platform to experiment with advanced technologies and urban models of the future. Technological investors that promote the creation of a Freedom City offer the local population an accelerated economic development vision, based on the Job promisewealth and technological opportunities in an environment of minimal regulation. They also raise the territory into a Global Innovation Center With high -value industries such as AI, clean nuclear energy, advanced transport and space exploration, which would imply massive massive investment and modern infrastructure. In addition, some actors close to the Trump administration have suggested to replace … Read more

Goodbye to the ruinous business in Latin America … and Diana on Digi and Vodafone

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Marc Murtra, just ratified As executive president of Telefónica with a support of 90% of shareholders, they have a forceful message: the priority is “Europe, Europe and Europe”, and the consolidation within each country is essential. He already anticipated it In an inaugural speech of the MWC full of intention. The “intramerous” mergers are, in their opinion, the only effective way to generate real synergies, reduce costs and improve profitability in a sector that has languished for years. While Abandon Latin America After a ruinous business attempt there, Murtra focuses on operators such as Vodafone Spain and Digi, according to Expansionwith sufficient scale to impact. Why is it important. Murtra’s message to the European Commission, the CNMC and national governments is clear: mergers within each country are priority over any paneurpea consolidation, and regulators must allow them. This approach is a change with respect to the previous position of the EC, which has hindered similar mergers in the last decade. Orange and MasMóvilwithout going any further, he lasted a lot and filled with asterisks. However, recent letta and draghi reports on European strategic autonomy give intellectual coverage to this position. Murtra relies on the new geopolitical climate, where European technological sovereignty is at staketo claim conditions that allow European telecos to gain financial muscle and compete globally. The contrast. While in Europe it seeks to grow absorbing competitors, in Latin America Telefónica is in full withdrawal, after years of negative results that have undermined their financial position. Peru is already in creditors. Argentina has been sold for 1,190 million euros to the Clarín group (although Milei’s government tries to block the operation). Colombia is about to go to Millicom. And Mexico is the following in the list for divestment. Only Brazil remains as a strategic market, contributing about a third of the group’s profitability and being even more priority than Spain in terms of investment. What’s happening. The European consolidation strategy proposed by Murtra reflects a reality of the sector: Europe has 34 main operators for 450 million people, while the United States has only three for 335 million. This fragmentation is a lifeline. The European Telecommunications Sector has lost 41% of its capitalization since 2015while American and Asian giants advance technologically much faster. Telefónica’s stock market value fell 57% under the Álvarez-Pallete mandate despite reducing debt by half. The European 5G coverage (81%) is delayed with respect to the American and China (more than 95%). The average income per mobile customer in Europe is 15 euros compared to $ 42 in the United States. Fiber customer yield is 13 euros in Europe against $ 58 in the United States. Between the lines. Vodafone Spain and Digi arise as the logical objectives for consolidation in Spain. Only these operators have enough scale to generate multimillionaire synergies. Vodafone, with almost three million broadband customers, or Digi, who already exceeds two million fiber users, represent acquisitions with the necessary volume to move the needle in the Spanish market and contain the competition that is eroding its margins. Other assets such as Avatel, FI Network or Adamo would also be intent, but have too small dimensions for their purchase to have the impact that Telefónica seeks. Yes, but. Telefónica’s transformation goes beyond traditional consolidation. 43% of their business income in key markets already come from services that are not communications. The operator is close to the inflection point where most of your billing comes from technological servicesnot voice or data. The IT segment is growing “in double digit” while reducing the investment ratio on income from 12.9% to 12.5%. This metamorphosis reflects the search for a post-terocommunications identity, where Telefónica wants to be defined as a diversified technological company. Now the crystallize narrative is missing. And now what. Murtra has announced that he will present his strategic plan before he finishes 2025, with three priorities: focus on Europe, “iron financial discipline” and technological excellence. What remains to be seen is whether the European Commission, with The new Teresa Ribera Commissionerwill respond favorably to its requests with greater consolidation. And if Murtra will execute both Latin American divestments and European acquisitions with the rapidity it promises. If it works, it could mark the way for other European telecos trapped among American technological giants and Asian manufacturers. If it fails, the decline of the sector in Europe could become irreversible. In Xataka | Telefónica’s new guard: Marc Murtra and Emilio Gayo, the pair that seeks to create a European champion Outstanding image | Telefónica

We have compared the effects of the Mediterranean diet with those of the so -called “planetary health diet”. There are surprises

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Something everyday as eating can have a huge impact on our health, but you can also put a small grain of sand in environmental protection. The problem in these cases is that it is not always easy to demonstrate reliably the impacts of our diet on our health and the environment. Some scientists have tried. As beneficial as the Mediterranean diet. A group of researchers He has been studyingface to face, the health and environmental effects of two diets: the traditional and well -known Mediterranean diet, and the least known planetary health diet. According to this analysis, adhesion to both diets presents similar benefits for both our health and our environment. Planetary health diet. The planetary health diet, or PHD for its acronym in English is a diet Proposal in 2019 By a group of experts from the Eat-Lancet commission, associated with the medical magazine The Lancet. It is a diet that prepares the consumption of plant foods and limits the consumption of meats and dairy products (although it does not eliminate them as in vegetarian and vegan diets). “In 2019, the planetary health diet (PHD) was developed to optimize global dietary quality at the same time that the impacts of food production within sustainable borders were maintained,” indicated in a press release Mercedes Sotos Prieto, researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid and co -author of the study. “However, evidence of how PHD is compared to the Mediterranean diet (…). We have evaluated the effects of both diets on mortality for any cause and the environmental impact on a large (sample) representative of the Spanish population.” 11,488 participants. The study was carried out from compiled data in the study of nutrition and cardiovascular risk in Spain (Enrica). The data of this cohort allowed to track 11,488 participants over 14.4 years. To analyze the adhesion to each of the diets two indexes were used, the PHD Index and Medas Score. These measured the consumption of certain foods associated with each of the diets, the planetary health diet and the Mediterranean diet, respectively. The environmental impact of these forms of food consumption was carried out through the Sharp-ID tool (Sharp-Indicors Database), which allows estimating greenhouse gas emissions based on land uses. Health impacts were measured through mortality, through the National Death Index. The analysis also included information about other variables to adjust the results. Less mortality. The study results They indicated a positive effect of both diets about health. In the case of the PHD, the study showed a decrease of approximately 22% in the risk of death during the period studied when comparing the group with greater adhesion to this diet with respect to the group with less adhesion. In the case of the Mediterranean diet, the comparison between the mortalities of the groups with the greatest and lesser adhesion was approximately 21%. A very similar positive effect, so much that the difference is statistically irrelevant. More than health. The second point of interest is that of the environmental impact of diets, calculated in this case based on emissions that are estimated to the different options. In the case of the PHD diet, the estimate calculates emissions equivalent to 4.15 kg of CO₂ a day, with a soil use estimated at 5.54 m² a day. The Mediterranean diet, on the other hand, is calculated emissions equivalent to 4.36 kg of CO₂ per day, with a land use estimated at 5.43 m² a day. Results, again, very similar. The details of the study have not yet been published in a scientific journal, but were presented at the beginning of the month at the Congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). An open debate. The PHD diet is a relatively recent formula, proposed less than a decade ago. In his presentation it was received with a certain degree of skepticismsomething logical if we take into account the difficulties facing science when analyzing something as complex as nutrition and the effects of food on our body and our health. That is why studies are required to test the Initial results. Experiments such as this incline the balance in favor of this type of diets but when addressing this type of issues all additional information can be useful. In Xataka | Coffee has no cholesterol but does raise its levels. And someone has discovered the perfect elaboration to limit it Image | Louis Hansel

What is Google Firebase Studio and how this tool works to create artificial intelligence applications

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Let’s explain what Google Firebase Studio is, the new tool for Create applications with artificial intelligence. You can do it without writing a line of code, just describing Google’s AI what you want, so that it generates the code for you. At the end of the process, you will have a functional web application that you can use and publish to see the light. Obviously, this is only prototyped, because you will also have the option to edit and review the code on your own to make sure everything is fine. What is Google Firebase Studio Google Firebase is the Webs and Applications Development Platform Created by Google. The idea is to cover most of the needs of developers, being able to store software, provide notification system for apps, necessary databases and authentication services or use analysis. And in 2025 Google has created Firebase Studio, which is a section within this platform that allows you Create webs and apps with artificial intelligence. You do not have to do anything, it’s something like Vibe Codingwhere AI generates the code and you just have to check it. The idea of ​​this service is that you simply have to Describe the type of application you want to create. For that, you must define what you want me to do in detail with a natural language. You have to describe what you want to do with the app, how it should be, its functions and anything else you can think of the same as if you will explain to a person. For this, Google Firebase Studio uses Geminithe artificial intelligence system of the company itself. Specifically use Gemini 2.0 Flashwhich will be the one that is responsible for interpreting your description, and to generate the application code in a few minutes. Of course, remember that what this tool will generate They are applications prototypes. Once you have it, you may have errors, and you will have to check the code, make the corrections you want and click on Post so that Google is in charge of hosting her. How to use Firebase Studio The first thing you have to do is enter the Firebase website, whose address is Firebase.google.com. Once inside, click on the button Begincontinue with the introductory steps that appear when you are going to use this program for the first time. This will take you to the Firebase Studio page, whose address to enter later is Studio.firebase.google.com. The tool interface is similar to that of an artificial intelligence chatbot, you have a writing field where you should Define what you want the application to do. Then click on Prototype with AI. This will take you to a Gemini page, where you are shown Suggested options and design For this application, as well as a name. On the right you have the icon of a pencil in case you want to make changes in the suggestion. When you have the app as you want, click on Prototype This App To create it. If you click on the edit button with the pencil iconyou will go to a page where you can manually change what you want within the description, including colors or functions. You also have a field to write the changes you want to make and that the AI ​​is in charge. When you finish click on Save. You will also have a button Prototype This App To start creating it from this window. And that’s it, then you’ll see in front of your eyes how the application code is createdand how after doing so, possible errors are sought and corrected. And that’s it. When you finish you will have a demonstration of the application to try it, and below you will have the button Edit of Code to review and make changes in the code. Up to the right you have a publishing button so that the web application is accessible. In Xataka Basics | Gemini Advance functions that become free in March 2025

Astronomers have seen live the awakening of a giant black hole. They had never detected something so violent

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Good morning, Ansky. SDSS1335+0728 was a black hole so boring that it didn’t even have a nickname. Located 300 million light years, in the constellation of Virgo, he had been asleep from our point of view. But go aroused. The supermassive black hole has aroused in such a violent way that it has left fascinated and somewhat baffled astronomers. Now it is an active galactic nucleus (AGN) dodged affectionately “Ansky”. Years of study. The galaxy where Ansky is began to shine unexpectedly in visible light at the end of 2019. Chilean astronomer Paula Sánchez Sáez, of the Southern European Observatory (ESO), leads the first team that detected activation. “When we saw Ansky illuminate in optical images, we activate monitoring observations with the NASA X -ray space telescope and review archived data of the erosite German telescope,” Paula says in a statement. “But at that time we did not see evidence of X -ray emissions.” The surprise arrived in February 2024. A second team led by Lorena Hernández-García, from the University of Valparaíso (in Chile), saw how Ansky began to emit gusts of incredibly energy and regular X-ray. “It is the first time we observed such an event in a black hole that seems to be waking up,” Lorena explains. Out of the ordinary. He XMM-Newton telescope From the European Space Agency it has allowed to measure the faint x -ray light that comes to us from the explosions, which has been key to measuring how much energy releases Ansky in each “flash”. Known as “quasiperiódicas eruptions” (QPES), X -ray emissions turned out to be ten times longer and ten times luminous than other supermassive black holes. Each eruption of Ansky releases a hundred times more energy than the Qpes observed so far. In addition, it had never seen a time between eruptions so wide, with a cadence of four and a half days. Ansky takes astronomical models to the limit and challenges our current ideas on how these flashes are generated. What causes these explosions? The most accepted theory about the QPES is that they are caused by the interaction of an object (such as a smaller star or hole) with the accretion disc (the hot and bright material that revolves around the black hole before being engulf). They usually occur when the Black hole is eaten a starbut it does not seem to be the case of Ansky. This has led the international astronomer team to consider other possibilities. Perhaps the accretion disk will be formed from gas captured from the galactic environment, and the flares are the result of highly energetic shock waves caused by a smaller object that orbit and disturbed repeatedly the disc. Gravitational waves. Notice Real Time Awakening It is an unprecedented opportunity to check if their energy eruptions could be related to gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein’s relativity and detected for the first time a few years ago. The smooth mission of ESA and NASA will try to observe these disturbances in the space-time fabric from point L1 of Lagrange after its launch in an Ariane 6 rocket planned for 2035. Image | THAT In Xataka | We knew that the supermassive black holes were huge. Thanks to James Webb, now we know we were short

A Samsung monitor with Smart TV functions at a scandal price, the ‘Mario Kart World’ is already offer and more. Hunting bargains

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Today is a Friday of hunting the most interesting bargains. Throughout the week we have been able to find enough offers, but we have gathered The five that are most worth having in mind. We are going to review which (and how) are these offers on television devices, virtual reality glasses, video games of the Nintendo Switch 2 And more. Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd gen) by 69.99 eurosthe new generation of the Xiaomi Box TV has arrived with a discount. Samsung Smart Monitor M5 by 158.53 eurosan interesting monitor that has functions that we see on the smart TVs. Mario Kart World by 74.90 eurosthe new video game for Nintendo Switch 2 can already be reserved with a good discount. Quest 3s goal by 299 eurosa very tight price for VR glasses that, in addition, come with a game. EUFY E20 by 549 eurosan aspirator robot that includes accessories to turn it into a vertical and hand vacuum cleaner. Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd gen) The new Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd gen) It can already be purchased in very few stores, and a lot of eye because right now it is on the offer in PowerPlanet, since it has dropped to the 69.99 euros. This small device is interesting for many reasons: it offers 4K resolution, it is compatible with both Dolby Vision and HDR10+ as with Dolby Atmos And DTS: X, its operating system is Google TV and comes with Chromecast. Xiaomi TV Box S (3rd gen) * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Smart Monitor M5 In Amazon we can find a very good price the Samsung Smart Monitor M5a monitor with smart TV functions that has dropped to the 158.53 euros. Mount a good one panel goes 27 inches With Full HD resolution, its operating system is Tizen, it is compatible with AirPlay and allows access to streaming apps without using a computer. Samsung Smart Monitor M5 (27 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review Mario Kart World The price of some Nintendo Switch 2 video games has made the players jump. He ‘Mario Kart World‘It is, for the moment, the most expensive video game of those announced by Nintendo and has an official physical price of 89.99 euros. Nevertheless, Some stores have already dropped it in priceat least to reserve. In Amazon, for example, we have it for 74.90 eurosa more affordable price. There are also Other exclusive video games of Nintendo Switch 2 that have dropped price. Mario Kart World (Nintendo Switch 2) * Some price may have changed from the last review Quest 3s goal If you have always wanted to make the leap to virtual reality, much eye with this device. The Quest 3s goal In their 128 GB configuration they have dropped to the 299 eurosthe minimum historical price of Amazon. In addition, VR glasses are not alone, since it includes the video game ‘Batman: Arkham Shadow‘, an ideal title for our first steps with this device, and a subscription of three months to goal Quest+. * Some price may have changed from the last review EUFY E20 As always, I like to leave in the last place a device that serves as discovery. This week I wanted to mention the EUFY E20an aspirator robot that, with the accessories it includes, can also be used as a vertical and hand vacuum cleaner. The base (of the device, not that of emptying) is what charges all importance, since it can be introduced into the aspirator robot or connect the brush to use the device as a vertical or hand vacuum cleaner. In Robot Aspirator mode offers a power of 8,000 PA, but if we use it as a vertical or hand vacuum cleaner that figure rises to 30,000 PA. Includes a highway base with capacity of up to approximately 70 days and comes with a navigation system with triple laser precision. It is, ultimately, a perfect device if we want to buy the two devices. The price of EuFy E20 is from 549 eurosalthough right now Amazon has a discount coupon (0uhelvah) of 15% that we can enter before processing the purchase. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | LG In Xataka | Best smart tv box. Which to buy and 11 set top box recommended from 27 to 214 euros In Xataka | Best vacuum robots in quality price. Which to buy depending on the use and five recommended models

The commercial war between the United States and China is having an unexpected victim: Christmas trees

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At the doors of Holy Week and with half a pending country, in Spain almost no one (Neither Abel Caballero) Think of Christmas. In China The thing is different. There the factories that are dedicated to manufacturing the ornaments and trees that decorate the US households every December should be receiving orders that do not just arrive. And in the industry there are little doubt what the reason is: the Commercial War raised 145% (If you take into account 20% applied by the export of fentanyl precursors) the rates to Chinese imports. What is less clear is … What will happen at Christmas? Where are the orders? That is the question that Chinese companies are being asked that are dedicated to manufacturing Christmas ornaments and trees. Yes, we are still in early April; but under normal conditions they should be receiving orders from their US clients. And it is not so. The news The Reuters agency advanced yesterday, which has spoken with the administrator of a Jinhua Christmas tree factory that has even seen how one of its partners on the other side of the Pacific suspended an order worth $ 400,000. And that the Chinese company has already invested $ 54,000 in materials. His great fear is now that the commission is annulled. “No request”. Jinhua is not an isolated case. Nor unique. Reuters He has spoken with other Chinese Christmas manufacturers that point in a similar direction. “We are concerned that US orders decrease,” explains the owner of another factory dedicated to Shaoxing Christmas decoration. The person responsible for a third company admits that at least the situation breaks with the experience of past years. “In mid -April all orders are usually finished, but now … it is difficult to know if any will come,” The manager tells from Jinhua. So far they have not registered “any request” from the US. And what is the cause? For China manufacturers there are few doubts. Or none. If 2025 is being an anomalous exercise for them is basically The commercial war unleashed on the other side of the ocean and that has been climbing. “Of course it is the tariffs,” assumes one of the entrepreneurs in the sector. After all, the tariff war may have intensified over the last days, after The act starring Trump in the Rosaleda de la Casa White with his already famous tariff table by countries and regions; But the word tariff (the favorite of the Republican) has been grabbing headlines for months. And one of the countries that He has always been In the focus is China, as was already happening in His first mandate. A figure: 145%. The result is that in the middle of April the Trump policy and the resurgence of the commercial war between Beijing and Washington (which has resulted in a mutual exchange of attacks and counterattacks tariffs) threatens to have an unexpected victim: Christmas. For now, Chinese merchandise to the US faces a tariff rise in the 125%percentage to which another 20% applied by the commercialization of fentanyl precursors. If we talk about Christmas ornament, USA and China maintain a more than prominent relationship. According to Reuters calculations 87% of the supply of American retailers dedicated to Christmas decoration comes from the factories of the Asian giant, which in turn half of their production to the US. “My colleagues and I depend on American orders to survive,” assumes Jessica Guo, administrator of a Christmas tree factory. Christmas decoration (and something else). At stake there is more than the Christmas ornament or that the US halls have more or less garlands, foams and artificial trees this year. That the sector goes well or badly translates into employment. And in millions of dollars. Two data arrives to get an idea. The merchandise acquired by American retailers in China reaches a value of 4,000 million of dollars. As for employment, only in Jinhua there is a factory of artificial trees of almost 11,000 m2 that normally uses 140 people, a template that can be elevated to 200 employees during the months of greater activity. Except for surprise, everything indicates that in 2025 it will not be necessary. Is there alternative? That is the other big question. And twice. Does China have an alternative market with which to compensate in a puncture of the American demand? And do the US companies have to the Asian giant to stock up on figurines and trees with lights? None will have it easy. In China, domestic demand for Christmas decoration is low and there are already businesses thinking about strengthening their efforts in Russia, Europe or Southeast Asia, which are an important part of the sales cake. Yet, days ago A local businessman shared with Reuters his “concern.” The situation in the US. The US can also look at other suppliers, but without getting rid of the elongated shadow of tariffs. Another country with some weight in the production of Christmas ornaments is Cambod 49% to imports from that country. From the sector they also question that manufacturing ends up moving to the US, as the Republican leader aspires. “There is no technology or labor market,” They recognize To the agency. Result: Ten months seen worries since those who want to decorate their houses face a price increase. Images | Frames for Your Heart (UNSPLASH), Gage Skidmore (Flickr) and Trong Khiem Nguyen (Flickr) In Xataka | In the middle of the largest commercial chaos, olive oil seems immune thanks to a factor: consumption in Spain

Spain is the second largest almond producer in the world. There are tariffs or farmers, farmers are already in trouble

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The world has entered an impasses. Except for the particular battle between the US and Chinathe rest of the planet is entering a period of calm and uncertainty that will last approximately three months in response to the sui generis Peace flag that Trump raised a few hours ago. Today von der Leyen has announced that the EU also pause the tariffs for 90 days to give “a chance to negotiations.” The problem is that this truce is far from being a return to “normality” and dozens of sectors They are preparing For what can happen. With the enormous problems that can generate: we talk about almond How did the European response work to Trump’s challenge? But, before that, let’s do some memory. On Tuesday, April 8, the European Commission presented its plan to impose tariffs on more than 1,500 US products. Once approved by the 27 Member States, the plan consists of three phases. In the first two (between April 15 and May 16), almost all of those tariffs would come into force. But there were certain products (such as soybeans and almonds) that They would not be affected until September 1. That is why almond is a key product to understand what happens. Or, being more specific, to see the distortions than the simple possibility that tariffs end up entering into force. Because as soon as the Plan’s phases the Coordinator of Agricultural and Livestock Organizations Coordinator He came up denouncing The “the great distortion that the national almond market will experience by postponing tariffs.” Do not forget that Spain is The second world producer of almond. The first, with much difference, is the United States. In the case at hand, the delay of the tariffs “will encourage importers to advance their purchases of Californian almond, causing a sense of excess supply in the domestic market, which will serve as a crop broth for speculation and to press down the prices that our producers perceive.” It will be necessary to see how the campaign of this rainy year evolves, but the problems of almond producers have been the same as those of the olive. That means that if the price collapses, many drying farms will have a really bad time. The tariff delay is, as the COAG defined it“a perfect trap.” 90 days to prepare for the worst. And that means what happens with the almond can happen with many other products. In recent weeks we have seen, for example, the Wine Importers Alliance in the United States (USWTA) recommended “Sorted to US companies that suspend all the shipments of wine, liquors and beer from the EU. “That has happened with many other products: the ‘cancellations’ They have been constant. And this 90 -day truce is the perfect excuse to collect generating distortions in the normal functioning of raw material markets that, without a doubt, will give us some scares. Image | TIM MOSSHOLDER | Michael In Xataka | Right now there are thousands and thousands of tons of olive oil embarking on the United States

First the AI ​​wanted us to pay for its quality. Now we want us to pay for the right to use it without limits

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Everything is invented, they say. The Freemium model It is a good proof of this: it is common for a long time that we can play video games or use free software applications. But of course, they are not the complete versions, but basic and capadas editions. So you can keep taking advantage of them if you don’t need anymore, but the opposite The problem beginsbecause it has to go through the box. That is just what we are living With the world of AI. Almost all models allowed us to use them for free. It was what happened with Chatgpt, Gemini, Copilot or Claude. Over time the companies responsible for developing these models were launching more powerful and higher quality versions, but if you wanted to use them, I had to pay. Chatgpt plus, Claude Pro either COPILOT PRO They marked the guideline with subscriptions of $ 20 per month that gave access to more intensive uses and also to those most advanced models and characteristics. But that was not enough, and Openai announced the Chatgpt Pro launch In December 2024. It was an even more advanced and perfect alternative for intensive users, but its price also raised an important barrier, because not everyone is willing to pay $ a month for using AI models. That plan may seem expensive if you do not take advantage of it, but what happens if you take out all the juice? It may then become an aid that allows you to do more in less time, and if so, those 200 dollars may seem to a bargain: it depends on each situation, and OpenAi knows it. So much so that he states that in the future there will be hyperspecialized chatbots that 20,000 euros will cost per month. It looks like an absurd figure, but what if you use them generate 40,000, 50,000 or 100,000 euros per month? There is the key: if you take advantage of those models intensively and if they really compensate. And that’s where companies have realized that they can charge Not only for quality, but for the quantity. This is what Anthropic also proposes, which these days announced his new Claude Max plans with two variants. The first, 90 euros per month, which allows limits of use five times higher than those of Claude Pro (the anthropic chatgpt plus, which costs 15 euros month). The second, 180 euros per month, which goes further and allows you to use this chatbot with more broad limits. What does that mean? Basically, even being an intensive user it will be very difficult for the feared message to appear “you have exhausted the request of requests, wait a few hours to use it again.” It is not that the model is better or faster – at least, for now. You can simply use it much more. And if you want more, nothing happens: there is the API Anthropic’s strategy, such as Openai before, is logical and reasonable: if you want to “abuse” the advantages of AI and make intensive use of its capacity, you will have to pay an extra. There is one more alternative in these areas, and that is that of Pay for the use of the API: Here we can consume as much as we want, and the payment for use is measured at cost per million input or output tokens. If the model is more modern and capable, you pay more. If it is older and modest, less. In Anthropic, for example, Claude 3.7 Sonnet (its best model currently) costs three dollars per million entry tokens and $ 15 per million output tokens. The previous version, Claude 3.5 Haiku, costs $ 0.8 per million input tokens and $ 4 per million departure tokens. With the payment model for use raised by the APIs, very directed to developers and companies – and especially useful for programmers – there are also great differences between some suppliers and others. The O1-PRO model of Chatgpt Pro is for example 140 times more expensive at its cost of API that the O3-mini that is available in Chatgpt. What is clear is that companies have already profiled how we are going to pay to use artificial intelligence. We will not only pay for the one that is more advanced; If we want to use it a lot, it will touch more. Here there is a danger that companies play with those limits and “Redoublacionen”but we will cross that bridge when we get to it. At the moment one thing is clear: using the AI ​​can leave for free, but if you want to use it a lot and well, go preparing the wallet. Image | Solen Feyissa In Xataka | The Ghibli paradox: the most viral success of AI is at the same time a symptom of its problems as a daily product

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