Elon Musk put an emoji in X and 7,000 million vanished

by

The Mexican millionaire Carlos Slim Helú is the main shareholder of the América Móvil communications company. The telecommunications operator was looking for Improve mobile coverage of his network in those areas of Latin America that did not reach his current infrastructure, so he thought about building a strategic alliance with Elon Musk Starlink for its satellite connection service. All negotiation between America Mobile and Starlink was on wheelsuntil Elon Musk hinted from his X account that Carlos Slim had links with organized crime and drug trafficking. The message about Slim cost 7,000 million to Musk. Friends are not insult. Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helú has decided to end his negotiation with Starlink, in which he planned to invest a whopping 7,000 million dollars. This decision was made after Elon Musk gave pábulo from his profile of X to publications that linked the Mexican millionaire with the drug trafficking and organized crime business. Elon Musk republishedgiving veracity to the content about Carlos Slim, the message of a user in which it was stated: “It is known that (Carlos Slim) has important links with drug cartels in Mexico. You cannot be a billionaire in Mexico without being part of the network that is controlled and protected.” After these links, Carlos Slim immediately broke the negotiations with Starlink. Musk loses 7,000 million, Slim invests 22,000 million. Instead of continuing depending on Starlink technology, America Mobile has chosen not to depend on US technology has chosen to invest in its own telecommunications infrastructure. With the change, the Slim operator has already announced that it will triple the initial figure planned for the alliance with Starlink, investing about 22,000 million dollars, in the next three years. “It is better to put our towers, plant and optical fiber that links them,” said Slim after breaking the negotiations with Musk. According to The published by ExpansionDaniel Hajj, CEO of America Mobile, confirmed in the presentation of results of the fourth quarter of 2024 that the company was not in negotiations with Starlink. “We are still reviewing if that service makes sense to us. But, for now, we have no ongoing negotiation with satellite companies,” said Hajj. Geopolitical strategy. He political change in the US and the constants tariff threats Trump to Mexico made the Mexican millionaire rethink the convenience of allying with an American company for a matter as delicate as the network infrastructure of its operator, no matter how much the president Claudia Sheinbaum promotes it. As they point from the Mexico Daily Postit is very likely that this investment will now go to companies from China and Europe. The rumors pointed to one of the candidates to improve that network infrastructure would be the division of Telefónica in Argentina, Although America Mobile has not confirmed negotiations between both companies. “We are always open (…) to the synergies that make sense to us, so we are open to review that, but we have not talked to them and we have nothing at this time,” clarifiedHajj. In Xataka | 36 hours a week, three days, 12 hours a day: Carlos Slim’s extravagant proposal to reduce the day Image | Dvids (Justin Pacheco), Flickr (Presidency of the Mexican Republic)

being the first to offer it privately

by

Everyone has something to say about AI. In this Mobile World Congress we have seen that technology brands have got to work and Oppo is one of them. In an event parallel to the Barcelona Telephony Congress, the OPPO AI Tech Summit, the Chinese manufacturer has explained how they intend to double their AI functions, to offer them to more than 100 million users at the end of 2025. Elbow with Google. In mobiles like Oppo Reno13 or the folding OPPO FIND N5artificial intelligence has been created in synchronization with Google and Gemini. During the next weeks Oppo promises that different novelties of AI will be arriving, integrated into their native notes, calendar and clock applications. At the moment they are based on Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flashbut confirm that they are working to take Gemini 2.0 soon to the brand’s mobiles. Stay with this concept: ‘Private Computing Cloud’. There are several types of artificial intelligence applied to smartphones. On the one hand those that need the Internet and the power of calculation of the servers to be able to do the functions and on the other hand the IAS that are private. In the case of OPPO, the manufacturer explains that they will be among the first to implement the Google Cloud confidential computingthis same year. Once the tests, it is difficult to do without them. The first functions of OPPO that will not need with connection will be Ai Recording Summary, Ai Search, Ai Studio and Ai Call Summary, focused on offering calls for calls and texts. In the Oppo event we have been able to try them and the truth is that their operation is as simple as effective. Through a floating bar on the right side, we can find these adjustments. We click, analyze the device screen and offer us a complete summary. Or also read all the news. In the case of AI Search, the function will arrive soon. Good chips are needed for it. If you do not have the power of the cloud and you want to offer the device itself, you need a good internal processor. And that mobile software knows how to take advantage. In the case of OPPO they are collaborating with Mediatek to optimize the chips, in relation to AI. “IA technologies such as LORA (Low-Rank Adaptation), Parallel Decoding Solution, and MOE (Mixture of Experts) are significantly promoting the performance of the AI ​​capacities on OPPO devices,” explains Will Chen, deputy general director of the wireless business group in Mediatak. An update per month. According to the company, the Oppo software will be updated on average once a month, with functions of AI. One of the first to arrive will be to Call Translator, which allows us to translate calls into several languages ​​and real time. In Xataka | The most difficult battle of Chinese premium mobiles in Europe is to convince your brain, not your pocket

The electric car has sold more than ever this February without Moves plan. It is an illusion that will end soon

by

We already have enrollments last February. In Spain, 90,327 cars were recorded, 11% of cars more than in the same period of 2024. Growth is striking but it is not as much as electric cars enrollments, which grow 60.4% and continue to chain good sales figures compared to what we had so far. According to data from the National Association of Vehicle Sellers and Repairing (Ganvam) and the Business Association for the Development and Impulse of Electric Mobility (Aedive)in last February they enrolled 6,260 electric cars. It is one 60.4% rise Regarding the same period of the year 2025. and in the accumulated of January and February, Spain adds 11,419 vehicles enrolled, which represents an increase of 54.9%. But, wasn’t it a market stopped without the aid to the electric car? Were not essential state subsidies to sell these vehicles? How can it be that we have not been helpful for weeks and at the same time more electric cars are sold than ever? Well, because the electric cars that are reflected in these data are not being sold. Or, at least, this is not exactly like that. Some data that arrive late To understand well what is happening, the difference between car sales and registration must be clear. It may seem the same but it is not exactly like that. The sale of cars is the transaction that makes a brand or concessionaire with an individual or a company. That sale You can go hand in hand with a registration That same month but you can also count the sale in January and not arrive registration until March. If the bought car is responsible for a factory or, simply, it has already been manufactured but is on its way to the concessionaire, it is very likely that the customer has to wait a few weeks or months for the car to be delivered. At that time the registration is recorded and it is when it is counted in the listings that are usually used to be clear about the “bought” vehicles in Spain even if it is not exactly like that. Another good example is what happens at the end of the year. Car sales and enrollments usually have similar numbers but it is possible that registration exceed sales. This is because in the months of November and December, companies often tighten the accelerator with automation. They serve to slightly make up the numbers or comply with the quotas assigned for each country within the company’s commercial strategy at the continental level (European Union) or world. You just have to see how Tesla substantially increases records of deliveries in the last month of each quarter and the end of the year. Those automatrications They have not been sold and then you have to give them exit. The manufacturer appears better in the photo and allows him to have an available stock of vehicles that can be delivered at any time to the customer who wishes. Of course, the car will drop in price and the profit margin achieved by the manufacturer will be lower. In addition, there is a risk of creating a stock too large, devaluing the product. This is what It happened to Stellantis in the United StatesFor example. Therefore, if the car is not delivered in the same month of the purchase, we have a delay in the data that we are collecting. The hangover in the electric car This is the same that is happening with the electric car. Last January 23, Electric car aid fell. Since then, those who have approached the dealers to be interested in the purchase of a new vehicle will have found a higher price to the one who could expect. Since the fall was formalized, the government has launched messages that will reactivate aidrumored that They will be delivered at the time of purchase And, shortly after, rumoring that the procedure will be the same as until now although it will be reduce waiting times To collect help. In summary, A lot of noise But no concrete measure approved. The lack of these aid has triggered the fear that electric car sales would stop dry but enrollment figures, as we see, do not reflect it. So what can be happening? There are several possibilities. In the first place, electric cars are arriving at the market that were commissioned a few months ago, when the MOVES III PLAN that he delivered to 7,000 euros of help to the purchase and a maximum of 3,000 euros with its relief in the income statement. What we have in hand are enrollments, therefore, from electric cars that were bought under the umbrella of the Moves III Plan. Another discharge possibility is that the manufacturer returned the purchase signal to whom he had commissioned an electric car and those cars have preferred to automatically. Until now, the aids were also contemplated for semi -new vehicles, so the manufacturer may have automatulated the conscious car that it will lose some money but that the future buyer can continue opting for the subsidy if a future Moves plan is renewed in the same terms. Finally, it remains to wait (if a new line of aid is not approved) to know the real impact of the situation. Experience in other European countries He tells us that, without aid, the electric car stops dry. The impact on the potential sales that could have been made from January 23, in which the fall of subsidies was confirmed, we will not know it if time goes by and we continue without a plan. From Ganvam have this same reading and the information that manufacturers have transferred to us when we have had contact with them is the same. They assure us that, taking temperature with the thermometer they have with His own dealersinterest in electrical models has stopped dry since it is known that there are no aid for them. Therefore, orders have slowed down and if a line … Read more

The government has been at war against sugar for years. Now he wants to ban the sale of sugary drinks in schools

by

In recent years we have seen different administrations in many different geographical areas take measures to limit the consumption of sugary drinks and other similar products, such as industrial pastries and energy drinks. The last one has come from the hand of the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030. New regulations on the horizon. The Ministry of Consumer Ultimate vending and coffee shops in schools and institutes, As he has advanced The country. These products include industrial pastries, refreshing drinks, and energy drinks, products with more than five grams of sugar per packaged portion. The measure would also affect the advertising that can be shown in these machines; as well as the location of these, which would be out of access to students in early and primary education. More than sugar. The draft decree raises restrictions based on other criteria beyond the sugar content of the products. The measure contemplates, for example, limiting the kiloacalories by packaged portion up to a maximum of 200. This would be accompanied by an additional limit: no more than 35% They could proceed with fat. In addition, saturated fats may not provide more than 10% of the calories of the product. The salt content of the products would also be limited so that a 200 kcal portion could have a maximum of 0.5 grams of salt or the equivalent of 0.2 grams of sodium. Touring ahead. The future regulations still have to go through the State Council and the Council of Ministers before approval, which implies that the details may vary before entry into force. One more on the list. The last Biannual Aladino study, focused precisely on the Spanish child population was made in 2023. Although it observed a decrease in excess weight, overweight and obesity with respect to the 2019 report, the authors indicated that values ​​were maintained. Administrations have been serious in the fight against obesity, especially childhood obesity. Sugary drinks have been a usual target in this regard. A few years ago, for example, the United Kingdom introduced a “sugar tax” that affected this type of drinks. The resluent was a success according to a study published last year. In our closest environment the latest legislative changes in this direction have occurred at the regional level. In 2023, Galicia put on the table a proposal to limit the consumption of energy drinks among minors. These drinks, sometimes sugary represent an additional problem related to their high content in caffeine. In Xataka | We already know what energy drinks cost your rest. They are bad news for your dream Image | Kanishka Burnwal

I am not sure for what, but I want one

by

If you are called Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design You have to grind a lot. That, at least. Under this striking Naming The land Huawei’s first triple foldinga higher range model with the peculiarity of having a total of three screen positions. Closed, it is a normal phone (almost). With its first deployment it is a normal folding. And deployed completely ceases to be normal, it is practically a tablet. I have been able to try this phone for a long time, and I tell you my impressions with this interesting concept. Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Desing Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design dimensions and weight Folding: 1565.7 x 73.5 x 12.8 mm Dual mode: 156.7 x 143 x 7.53/4.75 mm Triple mode: 156.7 x 219 x 3.6/3.6/4.75 mm Weight: 298 grams screen 10.2 -inch Ltpo Ltpo Format 16:11 Screen/front ratio: 92% PWM 1,440 Hz Tactile sample: 240 Hz DCI-P3 Folding: 2,232 x 1.008 pixels, 6.4 clicks Dual mode: 2,223 x 2.048 pixels, 7.9 inches Triple mode: 2,232 x 3,184 pixels, 10.2 inches processor Kirin 9010 5g RAM 16 GB Internal storage 1 TB rear camera 50 MP F/1.5-F/4.0, OIS, Optical Zoom X5.5 GREAT ANGULAR 12 MP F/2.2 Periscope 12 mp f/3.4, ois LED flash Front camera 8 MP F/2.2 battery 5,600 mAh Fast charging 66W 50W wireless load Inverse load 7.5W Operating system Harmonyos 4.2 connectivity Wifi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 le USB type c NFC GPS others Lateral footprint reader price 3,499 euros It folds here, and there too The Huawei Mate XT is the first triple folding that is marketed (although, for now, it only does it in China). To understand what it does, it is necessary to understand how their screens work. This phone has a fairly particular hinge system. Folded Deployed 2/3 parts. Bum with the deployed. The panel, with a total of 10.2 inches, It folds both in and out. Thus, it achieves a conventional opening when we pass from 6.4 inches to 7.4 inches, and an extra (we pass from the screen bent inward to take it out) that carries it at 10.2 inches, with a complete resolution of 3K. The unit we have been able to try was very, very mistreated, and the fold presented some visible wear. The big doubt is what will happen in usual use, as the months of use go by. The fold inward is the most visible. According to Huawei, this panel is 25% more resistant than previous models, the inner fold resists compression forces, and the exterior of voltage. A structure of UTG glassan ultrafine and flexible crystal. But we are going to what we are going to. Is this a bizarl or is the future of folding? In my opinion, it is neither one thing nor the other, but of course it is closer to being something surprisingly useful than of conceptual madness. This huawei mate xt has the best of Huawei Mate X6: When it is not folded, it looks like a normal phone (with a very comfortable appearance relationship). When we display it in the mode of 7.4 inches, it is like being using a “normal” folding, and when we literally display it a tablet. Of course, with the particularity that only 298 grams weighs. It may seem a lot of weight for a phone, but when distributed on an area of ​​16cm, nothing heavy is done. By the way, the displayed thickness is just over 3cm, an absolute madness. Adapted software and level hardware It is of little use to have so many formats on a single phone if the software does not accompany. The little we have been able to try from Harmonyos executing in this mate xt we liked. Huawei has worked so that, whatever the position of the screen (including using it vertically), the software adapts the best possible. Of course, it will depend on the developers themselves that the apps end up working well or not, but even services such as YouTube or Maps (executed on the web, this phone does not have Google services), they worked perfectly without application in different formats. Regarding hardware, this phone incorporates a Kirin 9010 new niche, taking advantage of the 100% national technology that China has achieved to feed beasts like this or her brother the Huawei Mate 70 Pro. It is, yes, a processor with 4G connectivity, and equivalent to a Qualcomm soc of a couple of years ago. The base memory is 256 + 16 GB, with maximum 16 GB configuration of RAM and 1 TB of storage. The battery that feeds this beast is 5,600mah, a figure perhaps something low considering that we talk about a phone with more than 10 inches. The fast charging is 66W, with a 50W wireless. They have also wanted to take care of the cameras, with a 50 MP main sensor with variable opening, 12 MP telephoto and ultra wide angle also 12. We have not been able to try the camera, but Huawei promises us an experience similar to that of the X6. The photographic section is something they have wanted to take care of and that, as they tell us, is quite careless in the territory of the folding. A brutal concept, for which I can pay it This phone has no release date in Europe, although it will arrive. What it does are price: nothing less than 3,499 euros For the 1 TB and 16 GB version of RAM. It is a niche product, the most exclusive within folding territory and, the first of its species. All this … is paid. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The dream of mass folding mobiles remains distant. They are still expensive and fragile

Change some of them is in our hand

by

Do we carry longevity in the blood? Popular wisdom would surely answer yes, that a family history full of octogenarians and nonagenarians is a good indicator that our life will be long. Science, however, seems to point out in the opposite direction. 17%. A new study on aging and longevity has calculated The weight that various factors have about our future health and the risk of premature death. One of the most surprising results is in the effect, relatively scarce, of genetic predisposition against environmental factors. The latter explain 17% of the variation in the risk of death in the population studied, a significantly greater than that of the low 2% associated with the genetic predisposition. According to the study responsible for the study, among the environmental factors with the greatest impact on this risk were smoking, the socioeconomic situation, physical activity and living conditions. “Our research demonstrates the deep impact of exhibitions that can be changed, either by individuals or through policies for the improvement of socio -economic conditions, reduction of smoking, or the promotion of physical activity,” explained in a press release Cornelia Van Duijn, co -author of the study. Different diseases, different forms of impact. The team also observed differences in the degree in which some factors or others hit the risk associated with certain diseases. The study showed that while environmental factors had a greater impact on some diseases (such as those that affected the lungs, heart and liver), genetics had a greater weight in dementias and in some cancers such as breast. Almost half a million participants. The study was conducted thanks to the data compiled by UK Biobank, a database with which the team could study the influence of a total of 164 environmental and genetic factors, and its impact on aging and premature deaths in the sample. Evaluating people aging is a complicated task. The team studied some diseases related to this process, but also resorted to a “new clock of aging”, a biological clock Based on some proteins present in the blood. The details of the process were published In an article In the magazine Nature Medicine. Lessons for the future. The results of the study can guide us when finding the focus on public health interventions. “These results underline the potential benefits of focusing interventions on environments, socio -economic contexts, and behaviors in the rpevention of diseases related to premature age and death,” Austin Argentieri addedwho led the work responsible for the work. Part of the relevance of the work is widely of the analyzed sample and the significant amount of data studied within the framework of the study. Manuel Collado, CNB-CSIC researcher at the CIMUS of the University of Santiago de Compostela, who was not involved in work, He stood out for Science Media Center Spain The robustness of the study, “a fantastic collection of samples and data of thousands of people who are being used intensely by many researchers. But, in addition, to add robustness to the study, their conclusions have also been confirmed in groups of people from different geographical areas. ” In Xataka | Every eight days an old man in Japan is killed by a member of his family. They are the hidden face of their demographic crisis Image | Peggychaucair

Microsoft will invest another 2.9 billion euros in a new installation in Zaragoza

by

Microsoft sends more in Aragon. In October 2023 he announced that would build a megacampus with data centers In that region, and now this bet has been reaffirmed, because the Redmond company will increase the initial investment significantly. 2.9 billion more. As indicated In the worldthe president of the Government of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, advertisement Last Friday that Microsoft would expand its previous investment in 2.9 billion euros. The project consists in the creation of a new data center near Zaragoza. 59 hectares for the new campus.Este nuevo centro de datos ocupará 59 hectáreas en la zona de Puerto Venecia, en Zaragoza. It is expected to begin to develop in 2026 with an initial investment of 582 million euros for three years – the cost of building it, they point out In El Heraldo– And the rest of the phases for 2.3 billion more, to be executed in the next 10 years. 10,000 million in total. That makes the figure invested by Microsoft in Aragon already reach 10,000 million euros, a spectacular amount that yes, will benefit from a reduction in fiscal charges. The fourth data center in this region will be added to those already planned in the Recycling Technology Park (63 hectares), Industrial Polygon Centrovía de la Muela (147 hectares) or in Villamayor de Gállego (87.4 hectares). These three centers have a joint investment of 6,600 million euros in the next 10 years. More jobs. The construction phase will allow to create between 1,000 and 2,000 new jobs, and the project expects to be completed in ten years and creates 300 jobs. If the rest of the planned data centers are included for the region, there will be between 900 and 1,200 jobs in total. Economic impact. This last data center will make the impact for Aragon GDP estimated at 2,685 million euros between 2026 and 2030. Aragon is becoming a true nerve point for the technological industry, and in May 2024 already announced a technology park of 42 hectares next to the Ebro River Campus of the University of Zaragoza. Amazon is also installed in Aragon. Amazon was the first to want to create new data centers in Arat what. As indicated In the avant -gardelast year confirmed an investment of 15.7 billion for the construction of four centers (the Burgo de Ebro, Villanueva de Gállego, Huesca and Empresarium). Goal also seems have raised A data center in the region, although this project has not been confirmed at the moment. They will need a lot of energy. These great projects are also generating doubts about how the region will face the enormous energy consumption of these centers. Azcón indicated that the government should continue to invest in infrastructure and in the energy transport network to favor these Big Tech investments, but the truth is that these centers will consume more energy than the entire community. Aragon generates a lot of renewable energybut it is also that the demand imposed by these new centers probably put that supply in trouble: only AWS will duplicate The electrical consumption of Aragon, and Microsoft will further aggravate the problem. And a lot of water. Not only is the energy problem, but that of water. It is true that large technology companies are developing promising cooling systems For data centers, but the requirement is clear. Amazon already estimated that he would need 750,000 cubic meters of water a year, but most would return to the network after fulfilling his target as a refrigerant. We have no data on how Microsoft raises dealing with these needs in Aragon. The unique provision of Aragon to host these investments contrasts with that of Lleida, which vetoed these types of facilities in January 2025. Image | Microsoft In Xataka | 30,000 jobs and many doubts. What do we know (and what is not) of the “Data Valley” Valencian

Cryptocurrencies were supposed to “become” independent “from the power of states. The US has just killed him

by

Donald Trump has just given the green light of cryptocurrencies that will be part of the Strategic cryptocurrency reserve in the US. His arrival involves the failure of the foundations on which Bitcoin and the rest of cryptocurrencies were created: a free “decentralized” economy of the power of governments. The strategic cryptocurrency reserve. In July 2024, Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis presented A bill for the creation of a “Bitcoins Strategic Reserve”. This reserve would be generated from the differentials between the Federal Reserve and the Treasury of the United States, investing that surplus in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to maintain stable value. Lummis’s first proposal was to take control of 1 million bitcoins, 5% of the existing total. The objective of obtaining a large volume of cryptocurrencies is that, a state state or entity (in this case USA, although it can be extrapolated to any other country) Acquire and keep A significant volume of cryptocurrencies. This volume will serve as alternative financial support in situations of economic crisis, geopolitical tensions or steep fluctuations in the value of traditional goods and assets. The contradiction. The creation of this reserve makes the states a safeguard of stability in the price of cryptocurrencies due to the predictability of their public investment plans, or executioners of your investors When they decide to get rid of their enormous positions. Trump already showed his intention to take control of Bitcoin using this formula, As reported Reuters. In short, as gigantic market whalesstates would take control of the value of crypts as they do with gold, or with the Intervention in the Fiat currency. They only have to change their behavior with respect to that currency and its value will grow or devalue. When Trump has given him his support, the price of cryptocurrencies has grownwhen the Biden administration retired it, They collapsed. The problem: cryptocurrencies do not exist. The opposite voices To the measure approved by Donald Trump to create a national cryptocurrency reserve, they point out that, unlike other reserves, cryptocurrencies are a purely speculative instrument in which its value depends on what the buyer is willing to pay for him. States use their national strategic reserves (oil, gas, gold, grain or vaccines) for shock the impact of increasing of those assets before their Supply shortagegeopolitical crisis, etc. That is, they have an impact on the supplies and services of their citizens. Instead, a cryptocurrency reserve would only benefit those who have investments in chiptomyned, regardless of whether they live in the US, China or Mozambique, such and as they point out from Financial Times. “The background would give Bitcoin speculators the security that when the crisis arrives, the State will use this fund to rescue them,” said Ramaa Vasudevan, professor of Economics at the State University of Colorado to Inventopedia. The US decides the winners. With the creation of this US strategic reserve, the supposed freedom of cryptocurrencies has been conditioned by the choice of certain currencies, which ensure their stability and future growth, compared to others that do not have that support, As you remember in CNBC. Adam Blumberg, co -founder and Vice President of Advice Services of Enclave Group pointed out the enormous contradiction that exists in a government (especially that of a superpower such as the US) Control an asset Decentralized “In the next elections a new administration could arrive that needs to find money to pay debts or social security, and could sell the reservation (cryptocurrencies) were not created for that and puts too much power in the hands of the federal government, which is always in a cycle of four or even two years,” said the expert. End of the dream of freedom. As Bloomberg pointed out In one of its publishersthe origin of cryptocurrencies was to allow people to make economic transactions without centralized intermediaries such as banks or governments. With the creation of this or other state reserves, what we are are are active and controlled by the governments and agencies of those who tried to flee that invest in them the money of all citizens (they want or not invest it). In Xataka | Bitcoin has broken records in 2024 and has fired the fortunes: there are 95% more cryptocurrency In Xataka | There are 22 milmonaries for cryptocurrencies in the world. Only six of them are to invest in Bitcoin Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore), Unspash (Art Rachen)

Europe had a plan to jump into the electric car and 2025 was its first fire test. The manufacturers have ended it

by

It had been rumored for a long time and has ended up confirming. The European Commission will make the maximum pollutant emissions that manufacturers will be fostered if they do not want to be fined with sanctions that promised to be one thousand millionaires. The pact that has been reached is a small three -year moratorium that postpon the problem to 2027. These are the key points. What we had. What was on the table was a road map designed to jump into the electric car gradually. By 2035 it is planned prohibit cars that are not “carbon neutrals.” That is, it is expected that combustion engines can be still used with hydrogen either synthetic fuels that during their production they absorb CO2 and, therefore, equal their small pollutant emissions expelled with the use But the truth is that these They should be more than mere exceptions. In 2030, an emission limit is so high that it should not allow the sale of cars that, at least, are not plug -in hybrid. And in 2025 very high fines were expected for those who exceeded 93.6 gr/km of CO2 on average in the car fleet sold. The regulations said that for each gram of CO2 exceeded in the fleet of cars sold it would be punished with a fine of 95 euros per car sold. That is, if the fleet average is 98.6 gr/km of CO2, the fine would be multiplied by five. Each car sold would face a sanction of 475 euros. A manufacturer that sells a million cars in the EU would face a penalty of 475 million euros. What changes. Little and a lot. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has presented The conclusions of the second meeting of the table known as Strategic Dialogue for the future of the European Automobile Industry. In his second point he points out that there is “a clear demand to make the CO2 emission standards more flexible.” This flexibility is a kind of moratorium for manufacturers. Yes, they will have to comply with that emission limit of 93.6 gr/km of CO2 but will do so in 2027. Then they will present their results that will result from an average of sales of 2025, 2026 and 2027. Millionaire fines There are, therefore, in suspense. Trying to content everyone. According to Von der Leyen, the current emission limits are maintained in 2027 so as not to punish those who have done the job before anyone else but believes that the industry needs “more margin of maneuver and greater clarity, without changing the agreed objectives.” The changes, of course, need to be approved. The president of the European Commission It is optimistic In this sense, pointing out that an amendment as specific as this should be approved in very short space of time. On March 5 we will know more details with the presentation of an action plan that also contemplates the production of battery for electric cars within the European Union, among other measures. The big beneficiaries. Among the big beneficiaries are, of course, those who were not going to comply with emission regulations and aimed to overcome it widely. The biggest beneficiary is, with much difference, the Volkswagen Group, according to calculations collected by The automotive tribune. The German conglomerate pointed to a penalty of 6,914 million euros with the sales and emission data of 2024. Mercedes, who had received a fine of more than 1,000 million euros with the figures last year, is the other great beneficiary although there was already talk that he could have reached an agreement with Volvo or Polestar, among others, to form a pool of emissions before the European Union that will free them from the sanction. Now both manufacturers have time to launch mass electric cars (Volkswagen awaits you to 2026/2027) or, like Mercedes, which sell large volumes within the figures they usually handle. He Mercedes Cla It is the great hope for this year and the coming. Losers? If we take a look at the figures of 2024, Stellantis and the Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi alliance could also breathe calm since the fines could exceed 2,000 million euros if the data last year is taken as a reference. However, both groups have made important efforts to reach 2025 with electric cars that aspire to sell good quantities and, thus, reduce the middle emissions of the fleet. Stellantis has made an investment of 30,000 million euros on Stla platforms of greater and smaller size and software development, with the aim of accommodating electrical and hybrid mechanics in the same space. He Peugeot E-3008for example, it is a good attempt to sell large volumes of electric. Renault, meanwhile, has also made a giant leap in the electric car market in the last two years (winner of two Car of the Year consecutive along the way). His Renault Scenic and his new Renault 5 They are cars to move large sales figures which should significantly reduce the average emission. Those who surely lose. Those who have lost with the play are, of course, the manufacturers of electric cars exclusively. And, more specifically, those who aspired to get a good sum negotiating with their emission bonds to get the companies out of the possible sanctions. It could be a good impulse for Volvo, which has a very high part of its widely electrified range and, above all, to contain that It does not go through its best moment economic. But the one who loses the most is Tesla. The company had a complicated 2024 and is about to see if it reverses the situation in 2025. The sale of your emission bonds They were highly coveted because their sales volume in Europe is relatively high, it had to grow with the arrival of the Tesla Model and updated And it has no combustion engines that criminalize it in the least. Photo | Volkswagen In Xataka | Spain will manufacture the electric car that … Read more

The candidate for the middle range repeats formula and adds a new ingredient

by

Samsung has a new secret weapon to conquer the mid -range of 2025. The Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is a dish made with the same usual recipe, but with a very typical ingredient of Samsung: The integration of artificial intelligence. This mid -range galaxy does not give up one of the fashion characteristics, as well as small improvements in hardware to remain a firm aspiring for the best middle range of the year. I have had some first impressions with this phone, and I tell you what I found in this first contact. Samsung Galaxy A56 5g, technical file Samsung Galaxy A56 5g Dimensions and weight 162.2 x 77.5 x 7.4 mm 198 grams screen Super AMOLED of 6.7 inches FullHD resolution Refresco rate: 120 Hz Vision Booster HBM: 1,200 nits CORNING GORILLA GLASS VICTUS+ processor Samsung Exynos 1580 GPU AMD XClipse 540 RAM 8 GB Internal storage 128/256 GB rear camera Angular: 50 MP, F/1.8, AF, OIS Great angle: 12 MP, F/2.2 Macro: 5 MP F/2.4 Front camera 12 MP F/2.2 battery 5,000 mAh Fast charge 45W Operating system Android 15 with One UI 7 connectivity WIFI 6E 5G SA/NSA GPS NFC USB type c others IP67 resistance Galaxy AI Circle to Search price 12/128 GB: 479 euros 8/256 GB: 529 euros A winning design and improved hardware The first thing that attracts attention in the new Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is its design. His predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy A55had the classic rear clean with independent cameras, without any module or strip. In this generation, the new model is committed to A differential design within the Galaxy familywith a strip that unifies the triple camera. In my opinion this is a success, it gives a completely differential touch in front of the rest of his brothers, making it clear that the family A has its own identity. This phone still has one of the best ergonomies on its sides, since on its right it has a cleft so that the thumb fits perfectly. It is also Something lighter and thinin addition to being finished in glass and aluminum, such as the most premium mobiles. About performance, he will touch on the review. The new exynos 1580 is an unknown and, although it comes to compete with the 7th series of MediaTek and Qualcomm, it will see how it behaves in Benchmarks. The first impressions with basic apps and menus are positivebut in the analysis we will deepen how this model behaves in more demanding scenarios. Its panel, 6.7 -inch Superamoled with a maximum brightness of 1,200 nits has seemed correct for its price although, one more year, I think that Working with frontal bezels is improvable. They are, perhaps, too high for a device with a starting price of almost 500 euros. One of the great novelties for this generation is the integration of artificial intelligence. It is something different and a more limited tad than the Galaxy AI of the Galaxy S25, but it has enough functions. Object eliminator Best Face: Edits by the photos in which the subjects come out with their eyes closed or “rare” expressions at the facial level Editing suggestions by AI Personalized filters Automatic video cutting by selecting the best moments for AI Selection by the contents on the screen to perform functions adapted to the content Reading articles and voice web pages This is one of the few mid -range phones in which there is a deep integration of AI, one that we will have to try in depth in the analysis. However, if this integration adds Android 15, One UI 7 a cycle of six -year updates (well above what manufacturers even offers in the high range), the combination is completely winning. A phone that will step loudly in the mid -range No, the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is not the mid-range phone with better quality-precio, but that is not its goal. This is a phone for which he wants a phone below 500 euros, with reliable and lasting software, a design that is familiar and comfortable, and under the support of one of the largest weight companies in the industry. These first impressions leave us a good taste with their design, screen and potential at the software level. Now he has to conquer performance and chamber. Image | Xataka In Xataka | What a Samsung mobile buy in 2025: a recommendation for each price range

Log In

Forgot password?

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

Add to Collection

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.