A science fiction novel with mystery elements to the Agatha Christie, ‘Hermes file’ wins the XIX Minotaur

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The novel of Science fiction ‘Hermes file’ wins the Minotaur prize the year in which the dean publishing house dedicated to the fantastic turns 70 and her editorial group, planet, turns 75. The prize has been granted unanimously to a manuscript sent under pseudonym And with another title that has finally stayed aside, ‘Lovebot’, and that referred to an important element of the plot. The jury as always, brings together names from the press and the fandom of the fantastic, to which Asier Moreno Vizuete adds, winner of the XVIII Minotaur Award. Next to him have been part of the jury Isabel Clemente (member of Porticothe Spanish Fantasy, Science Fiction and Terror Association), Fernando Bonete (University Professor, Author and prescriber), Daniel Pérez Castrillón and Alberto Pluled (both booksellers and prescribers). In the contest, 274 manuscripts from different countries have participated this year, mainly Spain, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia, although they have also come from other European and even Asian countries. The winning novel has been praised by its Interesting use of classic elements of science fiction and authors such as Isaac Asimovwith issues on artificial intelligence heirs of those already raised by the author mixed with unusual ingredients in gender, such as agatha Christie -type criminals. In the book we moved to the twentieth century, when vacation cruises, Mars and Jupiter have been popularized. On board the SC Schettino, the head of security has to resolve the murder of Condesa Planck, multimillionaire and influencer. Its main witness is also the great suspect: the Lovebot of the deceased, an artificial humanoid created for pleasure. The trip will become an epic of discovery about what makes us human. Header | Minotaur In Xataka | In 1993, an author predicted devastating fires in Los Angeles of 2025 and the “Make America Great Again”

Valve has released its source code and the possibilities are huge

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Valve just Release the source code of ‘Team Fortress 2’. This game, considered one of the parents of the Hero Shootershas been spinning since 2007 (how hard it has been to write that) and is one of Steam’s best known and popular titles. Few online games that have been in the market for almost 20 years can say that they bring together more than 20,000 players daily. Today your code become free (With certain conditions) and that means one thing: that a huge range of possibilities opens. What happened. Valve, the company behind Steam, has published a huge update of the Source SDK that adds “the entire client and server code of ‘Team Fortress 2′”. Basically, from now on any person with the appropriate knowledge could make their own ‘TF 2’. This sdk, They explain from Valve“It offers mods creators the possibility of changing, expanding or rewriting ‘TF2’, making possible from small touch -ups to complete conversions.” But huh, no money. Valve has covered his back well with this. The SDK is licensed with a non -commercial base, that is, “any mod created using the SDK must be free”, as well as any content included in these mods. However, if someone uses the ‘Team Fortress 2’ code to create, for example, an action and adventure game in the first person, they can publish it in Steam and appear as a new game. Whenever it is free, there are no limitations. Se (can come) little things. The world of mods is spectacular. There are many games that we have today whose origin dates back to Mods of other games. For example, ‘Counter Strike‘It was, in the beginning, a mod of’Half life‘. The first ‘Team Fortress’ was a mod of’Quake‘ and ‘Deta Auto Chess‘It is, indeed, a mod of’ dota 2 ‘whose origin is, in turn, a mod of’Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos‘Call’ Defense of the Ancients’ (hence the acronym, Dota). As regards ‘Team Fortress 2’, if it was already a living game now has all the ballots to be even more. We are not talking about modders can Add maps or weapons modelsbut to make deep changes to the point that new games look like. Let’s think about making a racing game, a tactical shooter, an Moba, the options are practically infinite. Valve’s future. Everything points to what goes through ‘Deadlock‘. It is a secret project (which is very little secret) that consists in combining the genre Moba with the Hero Shooter. It is located in an early stage of development, but more than 10,000 people say it. It has no release date, requirements, nothing at all, but is in the oven. When will it come out? We will have to wait. Image | Valve In Xataka | If you like ‘Doom’, the mod called ‘Doom Zero’ that includes 32 new levels can already be enjoyed in consoles, mobiles and PC

Three years after the beginning of the war, Europe wants to enter. The problem is that there is only one prepared nation: Ukraine

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Europe has decades without a direct armed conflict in its territory, with the exception of Yugoslavia wars in the 90sthe last great episode of violence in European soil. Since then, security in the continent has been marked by A strategy based on deterrence and diplomacymore than in military confrontation. And, suddenly, the conflict in Ukraine recalled that fireworks It is not the same as direct fire. Europe before Ukraine. As we said, the European armed forces have been reserve for a long time. In fact and how we will see, mostly they have been reduced and adapted to a context of stability, with investments limited in defense and a focus on Peace maintenance and humanitarian assistance operationssuch as missions in Balkans, Africa or the Middle East. Despite the growth of NATO and its presence in Eastern Europe, European armies have been more accustomed to acting in controlled scenarios that to prepare a direct confrontation against a weight opponent such as Russia. Fireworks. In fact, this approach has led to many military operations from European countries being Mainly exercises, joint maneuvers and drills in allied countries such as Slovakia, Poland or Latviabut without the real experience of a conventional combat against a military power. And it is not the same to deploy troops for an exercise in the Baltic countries to face in battle against a force like the Russian army. Enter the war. Under all this context we arrive at this week. A few days ago several European leaders have gathered in Paris to discuss the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine as part of A possible peace agreementalthough the viability of this measure depends largely on the support of the United States. In fact, the summit was promoted by the decision of the Trump administration of exclude Europe from negotiations They started in Saudi Arabia between Washington and Moscow, although Trump has suggested that Europeans could perform “a peace maintenance role.” Plans and divisions. And then Europe seems to have realized that the “defense” had it careless. According to The Washington Postsome European countries consider The deployment of up to 30,000 soldiersthat, yes, they would not be on the front line, but as a deterrence in case of a resumption of the conflict. Another option, or plan B, is the one that They have called “resettlement force” destined to protect Ukraine from future Russian attacks in case a peace agreement negotiated by the United States is reached. That said, France is the country with the most advanced plans estimating that could contribute almost 10,000 soldierswhile the United Kingdom, through its prime minister Keir Starmer, has opened The possibility of a British contribution. And so far, because the rest of the countries have shown a more ambiguous position. Sweden and the Netherlands, for example, They do not rule out the shipment of troopsbut they have not made a specific decision. Germany, Poland and Spain have rejected the idea, At least for now. Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz emphasized that Any solution should be based on a strong Ukrainian forcewhile Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, said that Warsaw “does not contemplate sending Poles soldiers to Ukraine.” For its part, the Spanish government was blunt when pointing out that Peace is still far and only depends on Putinmaking it clear that any military mission should define objective, participants, mandate and leadership. Strategic objectives. If the “plan B” is given, with a peace agreement underway, the main mission of this eventual “resettlement force” would be guarantee the safety of Ukrainian airspaceallowing the reopening of commercial flights, and protect maritime trade in the Black Sea, fundamental for grain exports and other essential goods for the Ukrainian economy. It would also be prioritized The protection of key infrastructure such as Public Plant and Public Servicesthat have been constant target of Russian bombing since the beginning of the war. Ukraine proposes a broader approach. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky stated that Ukraine’s security does not necessarily require foreign troops in his territory. Proposed The creation of “Armed Forces of Europe”capable of responding on land, sea, air and artificial intelligence before any Russian aggression. He also stressed that advanced air defense systems would be effective measures to strengthen security without requiring permanent foreign troops. The elephant in the room. No doubt, Europe’s plan faces important diplomatic obstacles, the first of all: United States support It is, at the moment, uncertain. Although the Trump administration has insisted that European troops must guarantee the security of a future peace agreement, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made it clear that They must be part of a mission not related to NATO and not be protected by article 5 of mutual defense. Not just that. Even in the uncertain scenario of a peace agreement, the mission and role of Europe would require an American “backstop”that is, a support from the United States in case of a military escalation. Although there are no specific details, this support is expected It focuses on aerial power with operations based on Poland and Romania. In this regard, Starmer and Macron will travel to Washington next week To press Trump and ensure that the United States provides this strategic support. “Old” defenses. In the background, what is showing is a great weakness in its defenses, possibly oxidized. In fact, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, warned this week at the Munich Security Conference that Ukraine is making weapons faster and less cost than any other country in Europe. It is not a trivial detail. It does so despite being at war, which shows the slowness of the continent in strengthening its military capacity. Frederiksen urged to reduce bureaucracy and increase arms production in collaboration with the United States emphasizing that Europe can no longer act as if it were in peacetime. The rise of the Ukrainian military industry. From the Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine has exponentially increased its armament productionmanufacturing missiles, obuses and large -scale drones. In 2024, 30% of the military equipment used … Read more

Porsche had been the perfect luxury car that triumphs in China. Until the Xiaomi Su7 arrived

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The relationship between China, the European automobile industry and the evolution in its own manufacture of products is well observed in the future of historical brands such as Porsche and newcomers to the engine market, such as Xiaomi. The health of both companies cannot be more opposite to the same problem to solve: the electric car. Again, China seems to take the advantage. Porsche’s crisis. In just a few months, Porsche has gone from being the best asset of the Volkswagen Group to be in a specially delicate situation. His cars presented very high benefits, their Porsche Taycan (their first electric car) It had been a success In the early years and forecasts aimed to sell more and more cars at a more and more expensive price. Today, Porsche plans the dismissal of 1,900 employees. Their profit margins, which aspired to touch 20%, They will move between 10 and 12%. It is still a good figure but is behind the 14% that investors predicted. Its production will be closer to the 250,000 cars for next year than of the 310,000 produced in 2024. A perfect storm. Porsche’s financial weaknesses arrive at the worst moment. Donald Trump threatens to lift tariffs on European cars (which now pay 2.5%) and that is a serious problem for the company that has one of its main markets in the United States where, in addition, everything indicates that I could continue to cast its most profitable model for its combustion engines and its personalization possibilities: the Porsche 911. It would be another river in a river that lowers scrambled as a result of a very hard fall in sales in the Chinese market. The market has been threatening a storm for two years. In 2022 they sold 2% less cars there than the previous year. In 2023, the fall was already 15%. And in 2024 he went to 28%. A very hard setback in The first market in the world For the company. A paradigm shift. What has happened with Porsche is the faithful reflection of what has happened with the entire European automobile industry. Their cars are exquisite, they are well constructed, they have a story and a story. They are excellence and remain a demonstration of status. They are, in short, excellent machines. But none of this are worth them in China. The public, Thanks to huge subsidies To the purchase, he has made the leap to the electric car and now they expect something else. They aspire to a software defined product, with four wheels and a brain that drives thousands of intelligent and digital functions that provide an extra to daily paths. In just a couple of years, the German automobile industry, once a reference in Chinese luxury, has become an obsolete product. “It was only an electrified Porsche. That’s it,” said a Chinese client to Bloomberg to express its disappointment when you get on the Porsche Taycan and compare it with what your rivals are doing there. “I didn’t even think of a German”. The words are from Seaky He, known influencer in China, collected by The New York Times. “When choosing my new car, I didn’t even think about buying another German car,” he explained when pointing out why I had opted for a Xiaomi Su7 When his first car had been a Mercedes Clade in 2017. Then, German remained an example of a luxury vehicle. The remote parking or the control of the car temperature from the mobile phone were some of the digital incentives that helped Seaky to decide for the Xiaomi car. “It’s hard to see them like luxury cars now,” Ryan Xu said Bloomberg to justify why he had turned his back on Germany after having a Mercedes Cla and a Mercedes G Class. “They are indistinguishable in quality” All this we talked about now should know in Porsche. In fact, their own consultants claimed that Chinese cars have been “Indistinguishable in quality” of Europeans, an incentive when winning market in Europe and confirmation for the Chinese client that It is not being wrong. But, in addition, in the case of Xiaomi Su7, data on paper say that in a year they have lived up to Porsche and Tesla. Their engines are so powerful (or more) that those of these companies but have the advantage of offering systems Autonomous driving (supervised) more advanced and have offered surprising demonstrations of how their remote parking system behaves. One year of heart attack. Although Xiaomi has managed to read that the automobile market in China points in a very different direction than we knew in Europe, the truth is that its figures in just one year They have been especially good. When It was launched in April Of 2024, Xiaomi set the goal of reaching the 100,000 units produced from the Xiaomi SU7 for that year. In the last days of December exceeded 130,000 units That he had put the objective of recalculating his expectations, given the good reception among the public. The reason for success is evident: not only offers better benefits than a Porsche Taycan, also adds a layer of digitalization and automated functions that the German model is completely lacking. And all for a fraction of the price of German. While The Porsche Taycan cheaper It is sold for 918,000 yuan (more than 120,000 euros to direct change), the Xiaomi Su7 is in the market for 215,900 yuan in China (less than 28,000 euros to direct change). Photo | Xiaomi In Xataka | Xiaomi already has its record in Nürburgring: they have reduced Tesla’s time in 40 seconds and that is the least

The one that China has undertaken after the viral success of Deepseek

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China is spreading from the Fever for AI. The trigger has been the launch of the Deepseek’s models that have managed to generate a massive expectation. So much so that Chinese technological companies are making colossal investments in the stock market. India investment exodus. As they explain In Bloombergthe national and foreign Variable Income Markets of China have added more than 1.3 billion dollars in value only in the last month. What is a fantastic news for China is very bad for India: there the market has been reduced by more than 720,000 million dollars. There is an investment exodus from India to China. Examples everywhere. The Ubtech Robotics Corp robotics company, the Black Sesame International Holding semiconductor manufacturer and the Xthalpi Holdings LTD pharmacological research firm have raised 546 million dollars in investment for R&D. Suddenly the money is flowing so that Chinese technology expand their businesses and develop their projects ambitious. If Deepseek can, others too. The investment climate in China has become much more conducive due to the overwhelming success of Deepseek, which has made it clear worldwide that the models of the AI ​​developed in China are competitive with those of the United States, which seemed clearly ahead. In just one month the actions of Chinese technology have grown about 25%. Source: Bloomberg. Until xi jinping changes posture. The restrictions and absolute control exercised by the Chinese government about its technological ones have been the norm in recent years, and that also affected the behavior of these companies in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. However, A recent XI Jinping meeting With several leaders of technology companies in China, it has shown that there is a unique opening of sights towards these private companies, which will now have more maneuvering margin to boost the economy and potential of the Asian giant. Unfortunate optimism. As they reveal Bloomberg dataChinese technology are taking advantage of that golden egg chicken in which Deepseek has become. The optimism unleashed for its success seems to have infected the rest of the Chinese Tech ecosystem, and the actions of the companies in that sector have grown more than 25% in just one month. Waiting for what happens with tariffs. The situation is of course singular in China, but we will have to wait for events in the coming months, because the New tariffs raised by Donald Trump They could have a direct impact on the Chinese technological market. Image | Yorgos Ntrahas | Alejandro Luengo In Xataka | Apple has been making the bulk of the iPhone in China for years. Now wants to leave … and China prevent it

How it works and how to prevent them from doing with yours

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We are going to explain a type of fraud that has been growing more than a year, and that is being used to steal your Google accountand with it both access to Gmail and your photos or other services. It is a hoax that mixes both artificial intelligence and classic phishing, and that should be known. We are going to start the article explaining how this deception works, so you know how to recognize the way you proceed and you can upload your guard if you recognize that behavior. And then we will end up with several tips to avoid it that you should always keep in mind. How this deception works To perform this deception, cybercounts use artificial intelligence systems to make phone calls. With the AI, it seems that on the other side a real person is talking, and in this call you are told that your Gmail account has been compromised. They also tell you that they will help you. So, in the next step you are sent An email that seems to come from Google. In this email there are seemingly reliable links that take you to fraudulent pages. The idea is that you press in these links thinking that you are going to configure the safety of your account or change the password. But what you really do is Give your Google data so that the cybercriminals are left, and can access your account. How to avoid this scam To avoid these types of scams, the first thing you should keep in mind is that Google won’t call you to let you know. Simply, this company will never tell you if your email has been compromised, nor will they send you a chat to tell you. As for the emails that can reach you, Look well in the direction of the sender. Even in cases where he comes from Google as the person’s name, look at the address of the mail from which he writes to detect if they are accounts that have nothing to do with Google. Always be careful with the web pages That they arrive by mail or by message to perform procedures that include writing your account. For that, the mouse passes over a link so that the real direction to which it goes, and detect when it is an address that has nothing to do with it. In both emails and addresses, it verifies that the URL ends at Google.com or Gmail.com. Be careful if only the company’s name appears in the middle From the address, or if after the first point of the URL another word appears before the .com. Finally, in the case of having doubts Manually enter the official pages of Google or Gmail without clicking on any link, and simply change the password of your account manually. In Xataka Basics | The best pages and online tools to detect leaks and prevent your accounts from hacking

How to request the digital certificate on the mobile and PC to prepare for the 2025 draft

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Let’s tell you How to request your digital certificate On the mobile and on the PC, something that will be necessary for you to have the next campaign of the Income Declaration. He RENTAL CALENDAR 2024 Go ahead, that corresponding to the last year that we will have to do in 2025, and this is a previous step that should not forget to have everything prepared. What we are going to do in this article is to summarize the Two methods to request your digital certificateand thus be able to have it installed on your mobile or your computer. Then this Digital certificate You can use it for the management you want. Ask for the digital certificate from the mobile To request the digital certificate from the comfort of your mobile, the fastest is to use the application of FNMT digital certificateavailable In the App Store For your iPhone and In Google Play For your Android mobile. When you download it and enter it, starting session, click on the option Request digital certificate of the main screen that will appear above all in blue. This will take you to a screen where you have to choose between the three available options to request your certificate. One is to request an appointment to do it in person, but you can also Identify with your face or use the DNIE To obtain your FNMT digital certificate. The fastest option is that of get your digital certificate reading the IDsince you just have to write your DNIE, use an email and verify it, and proceed with the identification. When you proceed to the identification, you will have to use the CAN code of your ID and the pin of your ID, and you will complete the process scanning the DNIE with the NFC of your mobile. But if the first method does not work for you, you can also use the option of Request the certificate with video callalthough it has a cost of 2.99 euros plus VAT. You use the method you use, at the end you will have the certificate on your mobile and you can easily use it when you have to request the draft of the rent or make other efforts. Once you have the certificate on the mobile, since It is the simplest methodthen you can send it to the computer. For that, in the mobile app enters My installed certificateschoose yours, and click on Share back copy. It will ask you to generate a password, and then you can send the certificate to other devices. Ask for the digital certificate from the computer You can also request your certificate from the PC through the webentering This FNMT page. In it you can choose between several options to obtain the certificate. The simplest thing is to do it by video identification, although you can also do it from the mobile as we have told you before, in a face -to -face office, or using your DNIe if you have a device on the PC to read your chip. The fastest thing is to do it by identifying you by video. To do this, you must first install the key generation program From this website, which is available for Windows, Macos and GNU/Linux. When you have it installed, Enter this website To request the process of obtaining the certificate writing your ID, your first surname and your email. They will send you an application code, and with it you will have to enter On this website To fill your data. In doing so, you can start the video call you will have to teach the DNIand that they can see it next to your face and verify that it is really you. After doing so, they will send you the digital certificate. This process has a cost of 2.99 euros. In Xataka Basics | FNMT digital certificate on the mobile: 8 uses that you can give on your device for different procedures

Two videos show how 80 people from a plane have saved life in the last plane crash. There is triple explanation

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After the tragic accident last month Between an American Airlines plane and an United States army helicopter that left 67 dead, on Monday there was a similar scene when it occurred A forced landing of Delta Air Lines’s flight 4819 In Toronto. Two videos showed rawly the scene that the 80 people who went on board and who ended the plane turned. And yet, it did not end in tragedy. How could they be saved? The “miracle.” Delta Air Lines’s flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, made a seemingly normal landing at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto until, Suddenly, everything went wrong. As soon as the wheels began to touch the wheel, the plane slipped, hit its right wing, turned on its axis and ended upside down, leaving an absolute chaos scene. But as we said, and despite the violence of the accident, The 80 passengers and crew managed to survivealthough 18 were injured, including an adult and a child in critical condition, although already out of danger. The impact and the fight to escape. They counted at the Washington Post in a report report that the passengers described the impact as “collide with a wall” before the plane turned. When they were face down, many remained suspended by their seat belts, seeing how the fuel slid through the windows and the fire consumed part of the aircraft. Pete Carlson, a paramedic on board, managed to unbutch and drop to the roof of the planenow turned into the ground, before helping others free from their seats. Meanwhile, passengers, in shock, collaborated with each other to get out as quickly as possible. A video recorded by Pete Koukovanother passenger, showed the crew organizing the evacuation with firm and urgent instructions, guiding people through emergency doors in an inverted plane, a rare scenario in aerial accidents. Outside, firefighters sprayed fushes with foam, while black smoke and flames hindered visibility in full snowstorm. How tragedy was avoided. In front of many Other aerial catastrophes More or less recent, experts have been detailing these days how the “miracle” was possible. Actually and as we will see, there is not a single factor, but several that helped that finally there was not a single death. Three were the main factors that we describe. Plane design and safety measures. He Bombardier CRJ900like all modern commercial planes, it is built with standards called “Crashworthiness”which means that its structure, safety belts and seats are designed to maximize survival in case of impact. In this regard, the cabin absorbed much of the strength of the crash without disintegrating, allowing passengers to go alive. According to Graham Braithwaiteexpert in aeronautics at the University of Cranfield, these elements were fundamental for passengers to resist the impact of the overturn without fatal injuries. Professor Michael J. McCormickfrom the Embry-Riddle University, stood out in the post That engineering and aeronautical regulations have advanced so much that accidents that in the past would have been lethal can now result in total survival. Assessment of the crew. Equally important that the design of the aircraft was crew trainingdecisive to organize a rapid and effective evacuation. Despite confusion and chaos, they managed to maintain order and get everyone out of the plane in a matter of minutes, even with the aircraft dump. Here it is important to remember that the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) require that Any plane with more than 44 passengers can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. However, in this case, the evacuation was more complex because the plane was overturned, hindering the orientation and exit of the passengers. Immediate response of emergency equipment. The third of the key legs. Toronto airport authorities acted rapidlyensuring the area and preventing the fire from extending to fuel deposits. The first air control reports confirmed the severity of the situation: “The plane is face down and in flames”, which led to a rapid mobilization of rescue equipment. According to the norms of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), rescue teams They must respond in less than two minutes. In this case, firefighters and paramedics arrived at the place in a matter of minutes, stifled the fire and helped evacuate passengers. Causes of the accident. Although the exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined, it is known that landing occurred under wind conditions up to 70 km/hyve accumulated On the track after two recent storms. Thus, the airport firefighters ruled out problems with the track, which suggests that other factors, such as mechanical failure or human error, could have influenced. Be that as it may, in a context where Recent air accidents They have resulted in fatal tragediesthe total survival of flight passengers 4819 is a real testimony of the advance in aeronautical engineering, security protocols and emergency response. Although The images of the airplane burned and overturned They suggest an inevitable disaster, the combination of these factors allowed to avoid the worst. As Carlson underlined In his interview, after leaving the plane I only thought about one thing: “I didn’t care about the cold, I didn’t care how much I had to walk, all we wanted to be out of the plane.” Image | Yyzbrennan In Xataka | The main suspect of the plane crash in South Korea is common in aviation. The problem is that it does not usually end like this In Xataka | We have always thought that the rear seats of the plane are the deadliest in case of accident. We were wrong

The iPhone had no rival on Android. The iPhone 16e only plants a phone

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A mobile with just a camera and the front of the iPhone 13 for 709 euros, this is the iPhone 16E. A priori, they don’t seem the best sales arguments. Apple competes against itself in a market in which the iPhone 16 It can be purchased for new for 750 euros. But what happens if we are looking for alternatives on Android? The answer is simple: it is practically impossible to find a similar device. And it will not be because there are no good proposals in hardware, it is because 6.1 inches are a very rare exception. The clear rival. The 16E iPhone has its negative points but, even with them, it is still a 6.1 -inch phone. If we look for Android phones with high -end processor and this size … everything is a lot. The most similar would be a Google Pixel 8aa 6.1 -inch telephone with a panel with much more brightness (2,000 nits peak) and a 90 Hz soda rate. His G4 tensioner It is quite far in gross performance with respect to the A18 of the iPhone, but after having thoroughly tasted this device I can assure you that its performance is spectacular. It also has an ultra wide angle of relative quality, WiFi 6E and updates for five years. Clearly, the “Android iPhone” at a groundbreaking price: 399 euros. It is not small mobile time. High -end Android mobiles are tens, but beyond pixel 8a, not one meets the size requirement. High -end proposals in the second line, such as Samsung Galaxy S24 Fe either Xiaomi 14t They move away a lot from the 16E concept, with 6.7 -inch panels and much larger sizes. Nor is there color in regard to processor: Apple has done something very good with this phone, and is to provide it with the same chip of the iPhone 16. This means that it is, by far, the most powerful mobile in the range of the 700 euros. Apple keeps competing alone. Apple is, next to Google, the only company that continues to compete in high range with 6.1 inches phones. In fact, the Pixel 9 Pro He was one of the pleasant surprises of the year, since he finally put the last name “Pro” to a compact phone. Taking into account that The iPhone 15 is the best -selling mobile in the worldabove the pro max models, it may not be a bad idea to rethink if this concept of the compact mobile (not tiny, Like the extinct iPhone 13 mini) makes more sense than ever. What can I buy for 700 euros. Even so, if the budget is 700 euros and does not convince you the 16E iPhone (and you are willing to sacrifice size in exchange for better specs in fast charging, screen, more cameras, etc.), there are a few options that, in the moment in which we write this article, they are much cheaper. Image | Apple In Xataka | I want a small mobile: the best recommendations of compact mobiles from Xataka editors

The glaciers are the great forgotten fresh water reserve of the planet. And we are running out of it

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According to estimates From the United States Geological Service (USGS), glaciers, along with the permanent ice layer and snow, house more than 24 million cubic kilometers of water. This represents 1.74% of the total water on the planet, but also 68.7% of fresh water. The risk of losing these reservations is growing. 273,000 million tons. A new study in which the European Space Agency (That) has revealed the rhythm at which the glaciers of our planet have been losing water since 2000. The figures are not hopeful: our glaciers have lost 273,000 million tons of water per year on average. “To put this in perspective, the 273,000 million tons lost annually represent what the world’s population consumes in 30 years, assuming (a consumption of) three liters per person and day,” Indicate in a press release Michael Zemp. Another way of seeing it in perspective is to take into account that the glaciers of this planet, according to the agency itself, contained approximately 121.73 billion tons of ice. During the last decades the glaciers have seen a 5% drop in their volume. In crescendo. The team has also warned that the rhythm at which we lose ice has been growing throughout the study period. The study covered the period between 2000 and 2023 and was divided into two subperiods: 2000–2011 and 2012–2023. Comparing both periods the team found an acceleration in the rhythm at which glaciers lose water: in the second period the loss of ice was 36% greater than in the first. The geographical context also matters. If we previously indicated that, globally, the glaciers had lost 5% of their volume, regional losses are among 2% observed in the Antarctic and Subantarctic Islands, and 39% loss of volume observed in Central Europe. The image shows diversity in the portion of lost glaciers in different regions. ESA/Planetary Visions GLAMBIE. The investigation has been carried out within the framework of the Glambie project (Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise), An initiative of the WGMS (World Glacier Monitoring Service) of the University of Zurich in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and the Earthwave company dedicated to estimate the global ice mass lost by the glaciers. The initiative generated a temporary series for the study period (2000-2023) combining data from different sources. Among them they used satellite observations of the Aster instrument aboard the American Mission Terra and ICESAT-2also from NASA; in combination with data obtained from European and Euro -Eastern Missions Grace, Tandem-X and Cryosat. The details of the study have been published In an article In the magazine Nature. It is not just sea level. This loss of ice has a well -known plenty of involvement: the nearly 6.55 billion tons of disappeared water from the glaciers have ended melted in the sea, which, according to equipment estimates, has contributed to the increase in the level of the waters in about 18 millimeters, about 0.75 mm per year. However, although the increase in sea level is often the “visible face” of climate change, the problem goes further. And it is that glaciers are an important water reserve. Its thaw contributes significantly to the flow of many rivers. This is the case of the Ebro, which feeds on the glaciers of the Pyrenees in addition to the thaw of mountains in the Cantabrian mountain range and the Iberian system. “Glaciers are a vital source of fresh water, especially in local communities in Central Asia and the central Andes, where glaciers dominate runoff during warm and dry stations,” also explains in the press release Inés Dussaillant, co -author of the study. In Xataka | The fresh water from the planet disappears, something that can also be perceived from space Image | The glaciers of the Chugach mountains, in Alaska. Copernicus Sentinel-2

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