There is a battle to have the AI ​​model that programs best. And a good, pretty and very cheap rival has appeared in it: Cursor

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Cursor has introduced Composer 2.5a generative AI model specifically intended for one thing: programming well. How good? Well, according to this startup, it does it as well as the best models of the moment, Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT 5.5, but it also does it for a lower cost. The challenge is striking not only because of what it means for Cursor, but because of how they have created that model: it turns out that it is based on a Chinese AI model. AI models specialized in one thing. While OpenAI and Anthropic try to develop general-purpose models—they do a lot of things really well— Cursor you have decided to focus on a specific task. The AI ​​startup has created an AI model specialized in programming, and has done so by arguing that a billion parameters are not necessary to compete with the best. Devoting yourself to a single thing allows you to not only gain efficiency, but also costs. This is not a decathlete, but a specialist in the 200 m event, so to speak. As good as GPT-5.5 or Claude Opus 4.7? That’s what they say in Cursor, because according to their tests with several specific programming benchmarks, the performance is on par with those two models that today are the great references both in programming and in other areas. And much cheaper. These results are also especially interesting when we add the cost factor. The average cost per task in the CursorBench 3.1 benchmark showed that Composer 2.5 managed to solve almost 65% of all tests for a cost of just $0.3. Opus 4.7 max and GPT-5.5 xhigh managed to reach that 65%, but at much higher costs: just over 4 dollars in the case of GPT, and 11 dollars in the case of Opus. The difference is abysmal. He API access price demonstrates the differences: 0.5 dollars per million input tokens 2.5 dollars per million output tokens, when Claude Opus 4.7 is 5/25 and that of GPT-5.5 is 5/30 respectively. Textual feedback. Unlike models that only learn from the final result, Composer 2.5 has been trained with a reinforcement learning technique (Reinforcement Learning) that allows us to offer clues about what is happening if errors are being made. This allows the model to recalibrate and act as a transparent teacher. One that also corrects word by word as it solves the exercise, not just when seeing the final result. 85% of the training budget has been dedicated exclusively to reinforcement learning, calibrating the model not for chat, but to execute code refactorings or fix bugs in real time. A model “born” in China. Those responsible for Cursor themselves have explained that Composer 2.5—like its predecessor, Composer 2launched at the end of March—is a model derived from Kimi K2.5, the AI ​​model of the Chinese startup Moonshot. Although that is the basis, already in Composer 2 the training and post-training tasks manage to improve the behavior in a very notable way in programming benchmarks and also in others such as Terminal Bench that evaluate the agentic behavior of these models. Cursor gets older. This startup became famous for creating a programming AI agent that was a pioneer in that fever we live for vibecoding. The user experience is no longer that of programming, as in traditional IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), but rather that of directing the machine to program it for you. Composer 2.5 doesn’t just program: it understands the structure and relationships between files, and turns Cursor into a much more competitive AI company, because it no longer depends on being able to work with Anthropic or OpenAI models, for example. Having both the AI ​​agent and the model processing everything makes it a much more competitive solution. Elon Musk has Cursor in his sights. Cursor’s good performance has led to growing interest in buying this company even before it becomes too big. Elon Musk knows this well and Grok, xAI’s model, is not so popular in the programming field. In April we learned that SpaceX had reached an agreement that gives you the option to buy Cursor for 60,000 million dollars. It would be a promising deal for both, because Composer 2.5 has already used Colossus’ infrastructure to train, and xAI could thus try to gain market share in the juicy enterprise sector. In Xataka | Elon Musk knows that TSMC is overwhelmed: Terafab is his idea to completely change the global chip industry

Sony has been aiming for the best noise cancellation in headphones for years. Now he wants to aim for something else: luxury

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One of the companies that is most committed to sound is Sony. It makes all the sense in the world considering the company’s history and they have just presented their new model of over-ear headphones. These are the Sony 1000X The Collexion, headphones apart from the WH-1000XM6 For a few months now, they have been betting on sound quality, comfort and something as palpable as it is, at the same time, intangible: luxury. Are expensive headphones always better than cheap ones? Hand finished with noble materials It seems unbelievable, but ten years have passed since the Japanese company launched the MDR-1000X. They were the first generation of what would later be renamed the WH-1000 that have given the company so much success (especially the XM3 and XM4) and, to celebrate the event, Sony wanted to look back to create your 1000X The Collexion. In terms of design, they are very similar to the WH-1000XM6, but with finishes that are reminiscent of those MDR-1000X with synthetic leather wrapping the headphones (and not just the pads). Speaking of the pads, Sony assures that they have redesigned both the part that covers the ears and the headband with a highly padded material designed so that we can wear them for hours and hours without them bothering us. But where the Japanese want to show that luxury is in the finishes. To start, the materials. All we see is faux fur and metal. Plastic is far from the rest of the family to opt for this metal that has brushed parts and others polished with a mirror effect. Furthermore, it is not just any polish, since something that they wanted to make clear during the presentation is that they are all hand finished and with several layers so that the Sony logo and the connectors between the headband and the headphones themselves have a shiny finish. At a design level, it is evident that this attempt to call for luxury that the Japanese are looking for is fulfilled, with a telescopic system to adapt the headphones to more head sizes that does not reveal their moving parts or rails. Apart from this, there is also a redesign inside the capsules to eliminate dead spaces. With this, they have managed to pass from a width of 45.4 mm on the XM6 to 40.1 mm on these The Collexion. The main idea in the design of this model is that they “resonate” with you, that they are a functional accessory, but an almost fashionable accessory with that exterior of synthetic leather, metal and with a much more premium finish. Regarding the weight, it remains at 320 grams. Sound with old acquaintances and new technologies Headphones do not live on design alone and you need a sound to accompany them. During the presentation, Sony wanted to clarify something: the XM6 series continues to be the spearhead in terms of noise cancellation. The 1000X The Collexion has 12 earcups to capture ambient sound, and the Japanese company is aiming for active cancellation comparable to its main line of headphones. In the sound part, things change. The interior redesign has also been used for a new custom diaphragm unit with which they aim to achieve greater separation between instruments and voices, as well as richer high frequencies to, in general, offer a richer sound. It supports Hi-Res Audio Wireless LDAC, a 10-band equalizer and is the first headphones with DSEE Ultimate technology that uses AI to “decompress” digital music signals. It’s something they do in real time to, according to Sony, restore the lost details and dynamic range of the songs. To round out the software section, the 360 ​​Upmix function has three modes (game, music and cinema) to create spatial audio. And regarding autonomy, Sony says up to 24 hours on a charge. Launch and price of the Sony 1000X The Collexion Given the features, it’s time to talk about the price. As we say, Sony aims at a different segment than the one they already have covered with the WH-1000XM6 that move around 350 euros and these 1000X The Collexion will arrive for 630 euros. They will be available this May and, in addition to the redesign of the headphones, the box now looks like a bag with a magnetic closure that accompanies that premium “package”. In Xataka | The best quality-price Bluetooth headphones: which one to buy for your mobile in 2026

the new Sihoo Doro C300 Pro V2 has been released with a discount

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If you work (or study) at home like me, you probably spend much of the day sitting. The human body is not designed to spend long hours sitting in front of a computer, something that we can combat with short breaks where we move a little and with some stretches. But even with all this, you’re going to be sitting down a lot of time. And therefore, the ideal is to do it in a chair where you are as comfortable as possible. There are many chairs. The majority bets on an office chair because they combine comfort and an elegant design (ideal when you have an online meeting). There are options that you will most likely know, such as the Markus from Ikea either the Actiu Stay. Today we bring you an alternative that has just been released: it is called Sihoo Doro C300 Pro V2 and it costs 449.99 euros with the coupon ‘SihooXa6’. What does it stand out for? In that it is a chair that, without you having to touch anything, adjusts to you even if you move while sitting. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A chair that “follows you” so you always have your back supported We are going to see the most notable points of this new Sihoo chair, but what you mainly have to stay with is what we mentioned above: it is a chair designed to support your back or head even if you recline its backrest (which, in fact, reclines up to 135 degrees). Chairs like the Markus from Ikea are static. This means that if you lean back or move a little, your body is no longer supported correctly. That does not happen with this Doro chair, which has a system called DynaCore. And what does that mean? Which has a structure of four coordinated zones (head, back, lumbar and arms) that is always in contact with your body. To this we must add another system called SyncroFlex. The chairs are adjustable through a system of levers. In the Sihoo one there is also one to adjust the height or the inclination of the backrest, but that’s it. The support Automatically slides to match the shape of your back and adjust to it. This is also ideal if several people are going to use the chair at home, because it adjusts to different heights without having to touch levers. Another point that is also great about this Sihoo Doro C300 Pro V2 is its armrests. It is no longer rare to find what many brands call ‘4D armrests’, so called because they move back, forward and up-down. Those of the Sihoo chair go one step further with their 8D adjustment, since they can also be configured or moved depending on the position we have. This is great if, for example, you recline the backrest and want to read a book or tablet: Not only will you have support for your elbow, but also your forearm. More things to keep in mind about it. Its headrest is a good size, but the best thing is that it is flexible and also accompanies the movement of your neck. Besides, the seat can be adjusted in depthsomething that we cannot do in chairs like the Markus and that is ideal for people with very long or short legs. Finally, it is a chair that has breathable mesh as the main fabric. It is not that it is the only chair on the market to use this, but it is what ideal in hot environments and now that it’s starting to get hot everywhere. In addition, we cannot forget that Sihoo offers a 30-day free trial and a three-year warranty. This, added to all of the above, makes this Sihoo Doro C300 Pro V2 a very interesting option to make spending many hours at home sitting more bearable. Other Sihoo chairs that may interest you SIHOO Doro C300 Ergonomic Office Chair with 3D Ultra Soft Armrests, Dynamic Lumbar Support for Home Office Chair, Adjustable Backrest for Desk Chair (Black) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links SIHOO M57 Ergonomic Office Chair with 3D Armrests, Lumbar Support and Adjustable Headrest, Synchronized Tilt Function and High Backrest – Light Gray The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | sihoo In Xataka | How to set up your home office: buying guide for stands, monitors and other peripherals, cables, headphones and more In Xataka | Buying guide on how to make your home workplace ergonomic

7,000 employees move to AI while 8,000 clear their desks

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Thousands of Meta employees will go to sleep tonight without knowing if tomorrow they will have work. Mark Zuckerberg’s company has set a date and time to put end to the long agony that their employees were suffering in one of the further staff cuts that Meta has done in its recent history. According to advanced Reuters, the company has asked its US employees to telework tomorrow while layoff notices are rolled out. A measure that, beyond logistics, reflects the enormous tension that the company knew would be generated that day. Layoffs at 4 in the morning and without relief. According to an internal document to which the news agency has had access, the layoffs will be carried out in three waves that will begin at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, local time, in each region. This was detailed by Janelle Gale, director of Human Resources at Meta, in an internal memo shared with employees. “Many leaders will announce organizational changes,” the directive wrote. According to that document, the set of layoffs will affect about 10% of the entire workforce of the 77,986 employees that Meta had at the end of March. Furthermore, the company has withdrawn 6,000 offers of work to fill vacancies that were open. More than 7,000 employees relocated to AI. The layoffs are just one part of the restructuring movement that Mark Zuckerberg is carrying out. Meta has already reassigned more than 7,000 employees to new positions in new projects linked to AIaccording to the same Gale memo. Some transfers have already become effective before May 20, but in other cases employees will be notified throughout the same Wednesday. In that internal communication, Gale explained the goal of the changes: “We are now at a stage where many organizations can operate with a more horizontal structure, with smaller teams of groups or cohorts that can move more quickly and with greater autonomy.” The company also will eliminate middle management to flatten your hierarchy and speed up decision making. Weeks of anguish before the cut. The last few weeks at Meta have been especially hard for workers after the news of the layoffs leaked, and the hasty confirmation by the company. Meta employees rated the experience as “a hell of 28 days.” During these days a group of employees protested against the use of mouse tracking technology to monitor productivity, in a tension scenario in which many workers questioned their permanence in the company. The price of betting everything on AI. These changes are part of a profound renewal at Meta this year, which many are already calling Meta’s “second Year of Efficiency”, in reference to the first major restructuring that Mark Zuckerberg applied between 2023 and 2024. According to pointed Business Insider, several company leaders did not rule out further cuts beyond this initial 10%which makes May 20 the beginning of a process of thinning the Mera structure that is more intense than anticipated in the initial figures. In Xataka | Technology companies have laid off 92,000 employees to invest in AI. The problem is that the layoffs are costing them a fortune. Image | Unsplash (Mariia Shalabaieva), Goal

There is a Chinese manufacturer eating the entire electric motorcycle pie. And his next goal is Europe

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The increase of fuel prices caused by the iran war It is being the perfect excuse for one of the most relevant electric motorcycle manufacturers in China to focus away from its territory. Given the growing demand for economical and electric motorcycles outside Asia, the focus is clear: Europe. Yadea. Yadea is, by sales volume, the world’s largest manufacturer of scooters and electric two-wheeled vehicles. Its success is given by the very high demand for this type of motorbikes both in China and in Southeast Asia and South America. And now it’s time to conquer Europe. Since the conflict with Iran raised oil prices and created obstacles to its transit, international sales of Yadea They are growing at a rate of 70% year-on-year compared to 2025. The new. Yadea is not a new player in Europe. They have been present in Spain since 2022, distributing affordable mopeds and electric motorcycles. A discreet operation that wants to begin to consolidate and grow starting this year. Yadea is closing the opening of a factory in Hungary to produce within the European Union and protect itself from tariff tightening. It is not a new practice: China is starting to manufacture in Europe to make their products competitive, and the electric motorcycle is no exception. Why it is important. Of the almost 60 million electric scooters sold in China, 16 million correspond to Yadea. If there is a manufacturer with enough muscle and knowledge to flood Europe with two-wheeled vehicles at an affordable price, it is this one. Why now. Wang Jiazhong, vice president of Yadea, has made it clear in his statements that the current situation is the best possible opportunity to begin expanding into more markets. “The situation in the Middle East presents a good opportunity for us to enter the market and guide consumers towards the use of our electric vehicles, as they can clearly feel how much fuel prices have increased.” Not so fast. Europe is a peculiar and complicated market for electric two wheels. It represents around 9% of global volumes and is skewed towards premium models. It is not a volume market like Asia, at least today. Quite the opposite happens with the combustion motorcycle: China is sweeping and soon the top 3 best-selling motorcycles will be led by Chinese motorcycles. Therefore, the company is exploring joint ventures and collaborations with local companies to adapt their offer culturally and aesthetically. What giants like NIU, Super Soco or Silence have not achieved (example of the resounding failure of the electric motorcycle in Spain, with the SEAT MO), Yadea wants to achieve it. In Xataka | Spain loves one thing: cheap motorcycles. Europe doesn’t like something else: cheap motorcycles.

We have been going to the Moon the wrong way for decades if what we want is to save fuel

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When you travel to the same place many times, little by little you learn which are the best routes. You don’t just need to know the shortest path. It is also good to locate the one with the most gas stations, the best road or the most beautiful landscapes. It all depends on your tastes and needs. If the trip is made in space, it is important to find the shortest path; but, above all, the main need is to locate the one that represents a greater fuel savings. We hope that in the future humans will be able to travel regularly to the Moon, but it would be very expensive and unviable to wait until then to find the best path through trial and error. Therefore, an international team of scientists has developed the formula that calculates the ideal path. Spoiler: it is not any of the ones that have been seen so far. Biggest savings so far. The study, carried out by an international team of scientists and directed from the University of Coimbra, points to a saving in delta-v of 58.80 m/s. This measure refers to the amount of effort necessary to carry out an orbital maneuver. In other words, the total change in speed needed to carry out said maneuver. The lower the delta-v, the better, since a high gear change means more fuel consumption. In the case of the complete trip from Earth to the Moon, the delta-v is 3,342.96 m/s. It may seem that reducing that figure by less than 60 meters per second is not much, but we must keep in mind that A single meter per second already represents a great waste of fuel. Therefore, the results obtained in this study are very positive. Theory of functional connections. When you are going to calculate the trajectory between the Earth and the Moon you need to leave the Earth’s orbit, with a certain speed and position and reach that of the Moon, also with specific characteristics. All those specific parameters are restrictions. When we are in a place as wide as space, there can be many different paths. An infinite number of them. Therefore, to locate them, simulations must be carried out. The problem is that, no matter how powerful the simulators are, if the restrictions are not reduced a little, the possibilities remain endless. This is where the theory of functional connections comes into play. This, basically, consists in changing the approach of the formulas so that the conditions are already included. Said with a more earthly analogy, if we want to find the best route from Madrid to Barcelona, ​​we can analyze absolutely all the roads in Spain or look only for the best option among the roads that start in Madrid and end in Barcelona. With this theory of functional connections you achieve just that. The restrictions are not eliminated, but are included directly in the mathematical approach. With Artemis II there was a moment when connections were lost Much fewer simulations. By changing that approach, more simulations can be done. No time is wasted simulating paths that do not leave Madrid and end in Barcelona. For this reason, the authors of this study have managed to go from 280,000 simulations to more than 30 million. This makes it easier to find an optimal route. A stop along the way. The optimal route includes a stop along the way, right at the Lagrange point L1, a place between the Earth and the Moon in which the gravitational attraction of both objects is compensated, so that the effect is similar to the absence of gravity. The ships could remain there as long as necessary without losing communication with Earth. In the case of Artemis II, for example, there was a point where connections were lost. That wouldn’t happen here. Finally, once everything is ready and the orbits are aligned correctly, the second part of the trip could be carried out, heading to lunar orbit. Better near the Moon. Previous simulations that looked similar to this one included entering this trajectory on a near-Earth branch. However, with this research it has been seen that fuel savings are better if done on the opposite side, closer to the Moon. The cheapest way so far, but not the cheapest possible. The authors of the study acknowledge that this is the cheapest path that has been calculated so far between the Earth and the Moon, but not the cheapest possible. And, in their calculations, they have taken into account the gravitational attraction of the Moon and the Earth, but not that of the Sun. If this were added, savings could also be improved, but the launch window would be restricted. That is, there would be fewer possible days to carry out the launches. That would make logistics difficult, so for now, the cheapest option so far has been chosen, but not the cheapest possible. That alone is a great advance. Image |Rfassbind In Xataka | We have not yet colonized the Moon and we have already filled it with garbage: there are even abandoned golf balls

In Alicante, the Animal Welfare Law is causing demonstrations for a very specific thing: feline colonies

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Despite the rain and the cold and the fact that the call was made Sunday at noona few weeks ago around 200 people They went out on the street in Alicante, with banners and a megaphoneto demand, among other things, the resignation of the city’s mayor. They did not mobilize the housing, the increase in price from the shopping cart, unemployment, immigrationcorruption or any of the other issues that according to the CIS It keeps the Spaniards awake at night. What led them to complain are the feline colonies from Alicante. Or rather, how the City Council is managing them despite the fact that since 2023 the Animal Welfare Law (and the autonomous) clearly states what your responsibilities are. What has happened? April 12 around 200 people They met on the Explanada de España, on the seafront of Alicante, to demand that the City Council change its management policy for feline colonies. Between messages such as “cats are unprotected” or “not looking is abandoning,” the protesters denounced what they consider a passive attitude on the part of the City Council, responsible for the street colonies. “He has done absolutely nothing,” regretted in statements to the newspaper Information Antonio Ripoll, president of the Felinos Lo Morant association. The group assures that, despite their insistence on the situation of the colonies, from the Consistory they have only received “excuses” and answers that they interpret as “a way of delaying things.” One of the triggers for the April 12 demonstration came to early marchwhen the Colonias Felinas Alicante (Acofal) association denounced that the municipal cleaning services had removed the cat houses installed in the Parque de la Ereta, which left their colony without shelter or food. “Scattered and disoriented”. What happened in Ereta even led PACMA to launch a statement in which it denounces “the repeated withdrawal” of food, water and shelters in the area, which affects “more than one hundred cats registered”, and warns the City Council of “a possible violation of regional and state animal protection legislation.” “It is impossible to move the cats from the Ereta Park, which occupies the entire slope of the mountain that surrounds the Santa Bárbara Castle,” underlines the collective: “The withdrawal of food, water and shelter leaves the animals unprotected, dispersed and disoriented, especially in episodes of rain.” What does the LBA have to do with it? Both in the messages of the animal associations and in that of PACMA it is repeated a fundamental idea: If the focus is on the City Council it is because for a few years the Animal Welfare Law (LBA) clearly states that local administration plays a key role in the management and care of feline colonies. In fact, PACMA warns that what happened in Ereta could “constitute a violation” of state regulations, the Law 7/2023but also the autonomous range, the 2/2023. “They oblige public administrations to guarantee the correct management and protection of feline colonies,” argues the animalist party. The message is very similar to the one sent from the associative world. Ripoll, for example, matches in which the City Council “is systematically failing to comply with the animal welfare law.” Even they point out that colonies often depend on caregivers who manage them by investing their own resources and time, something they attribute to the lack of “budget and adequate technical personnel” in the animal protection office. Chapter VI. Article 39. The truth is that the legislation is very clear on this matter. The state law 7/2023 of protection of the rights and well-being of animals details in its chapter IV, article 38, the role of city councils: “In the absence of other provisions in regional legislation and respecting the scope of competence established by current legislation, it is up to local entities to manage community cats, for which purposes they must develop Feline Colony Management Programs.” Even precise What minimum requirements should these management plans cover: encourage citizen collaboration, launch training and information campaigns, and establish population control plans. Also the care of animals. In fact, the rule makes it clear that it must be the local entity that assumes “responsibility for health care”, using registered veterinarians to do so, and also establishes protocols for treating cat colonies. Does the law say more? Yes. It puts a few homework extra to city councils (for example, including sterilizations in population control plans), specifies the roles of regional administrations and citizens and finally highlights certain actions that are categorically “prohibited” in the colonies. These include sacrificing cats with very specific exceptions, taking specimens from colonies (and therefore not used to being among humans and confined) to “animal protection centers” and exchanging animals from one colony to another. The law too precise that cats can only be removed from their communities in certain cases. In case there were any doubts Valencian law It also emphasizes that the town councils, hand in hand with animal associations and veterinarians, “will carry out comprehensive management” of the colonies in their municipalities. And that includes CER (Capture, Sterilization and Recovery) programs, feeding, shelter, supervision and health treatment for the felines. “Community cats will be identified with a microchip under the ownership of the local administration.” Beyond Alicante. Alicante is not the only municipality in which the application of the LBA and its obligations has generated friction with the town councils. In Torres Torres (Valencian Community) the volunteers who take care of the feline colonies recently threatened also with going to the Ombudsman in the face of what they consider the “inaction of the city council” and at the end of 2025 PACMA denounced that the Donostia City Council was violating Law 7/2023 in a neighborhood of the city. Similar situations have been experienced in Sangunt (Valencian Community) or Saint Joseph (Ibiza). “Volunteer veterinarians”. Two years ago, shortly after the approval of the LBA, the Alicante College of Veterinarians even released a statement to remember two key ideas about caring for cat colonies. The first is that “population and health control” depends on … Read more

the new labor moralism of the ultra-rich

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David Solomon is one of the most influential managers on Wall Street. Nobody gave him supposedjust as Solomon himself told in the graduation speech from students at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. The Goldman Sachs executive gained his position through hard work, washing dishes at McDonald’s and serving ice cream at an ice cream parlor while he studied. His story is that of rewarded effort, that of a young man who learned to squeeze every hour of the day and knew how to take advantage of it in the workplace. The problem is that, when that message is sent to the young people of Generation Z today, something doesn’t add up: the world in which Solomon built his career and the one in which Gen Z has had to live They look less and less alike. A lesson in time management. On the stand and before an audience of recent graduates, Solomon explained that as a teenager he played three sports, participated in his school’s student council and still found time to work serving ice cream at a local ice cream shop. Perhaps hoping for some financial help, Solomon told his father that, despite his dedicationhe never had enough money to cover his expenses. Instead of a loan, the millionaire manager got some advice from his father: “write down everything you do each day on a calendar.” In doing so, he realized that he was wasting a lot of his time. Three weeks later, with more order in his schedule, he had already found space for a second job preparing hamburgers at a McDonald’s. Solomon made that lesson the focus of his speech at Wharton, where he talked about embracing criticism and taking advantage of available opportunities. “Throughout my 42-year career, I have discovered that there are certain fundamental values ​​that transcend technological and cultural changes,” said the Goldman Sachs executive. Effort yes, but where are the opportunities? What Solomon did not mention in his speech is that the ladder that Solomon climbed during his youth, today has many more candidates and many fewer steps. According to a recent report of the recruitment platform Greenhousethe average number of applications per offer grew by 111% between 2022 and 2025, going from 116 to 244 applications per position. That is, for every job opportunity there are twice as many candidates. The writer, podcaster and professor at New York University Suzy Welch told in the podcast ‘Masters of Scale‘ conducted by Jeff Berman, that younger workers face the same intensive schedules and tough work demands as previous generations, but lack the assurance that hard work and the effort will reward them with progress in their careers. “We believed that if you worked hard, you would be rewarded. And therein lies the disconnection,” said the work motivation expert. The problem is not that young people do not want to work. According to the report ‘Turning the Tide on Economic Inactivity‘ prepared by the consulting firm PwC, 42% of young people aged 18 to 24 who left the labor market did so due to mental health problems, and the analysis ‘Keep Britain Working‘ from the British Government reveals that young people in the United Kingdom are almost five times more likely to be out of work. According to a report according to the Gallup consultancy in 2025, those under 35 years of age are now less committed than their older colleagues, something that has not happened since 2007. 78% of adults under 30 years of age also fear that artificial intelligence will destroy employment opportunities, compared to 45% of those over 65 years of age who fear for their jobs. A system that does not always reward effort. A Pew Research Center survey in 36 countries reveals that 57% of those surveyed believe that today’s children will grow up in worse conditions than their parents. In Spain the perception is even more concrete: 58% of citizens believe that young people are going to live worse than their parents, according to CIS data from 2024 collected by The Pluraland 84.4% consider that they have more difficulties than previous generations to become independent. 68.7% of young people between 18 and 34 years old lived with their parents or depended on their income in 2025, according to Eurostat data collected by The Confidential. A survey carried out by The Conversation collect the feeling of the young people of the generation that Solomon was addressing, who leaves statements from young people that put the current employment situation on the table: “We had a belief about what our life would be (…), which today is totally incorrect. At the cost of experiencing a great effort to train, the promise of work and economic stability is not fulfilled.” Those who already accumulate work experience are the most skeptical: “the social elevator has broken,” they conclude. In Xataka | Billionaire Mark Cuban has advice for Gen Z: “If you have time, use it to learn more about AI” Image | Unsplash (Marilia Castelli), Flickr (World Economic Forum)

A photographer endured temperatures of -28º and 4,000 m altitude in the Alps to capture an almost impossible image

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“There are experiences that you plan for months and yet they arrive without you being prepared.” The phrase is from Angel Fuxa photographer specializing in astrophotography and night landscape portraits, and although it may sound a bit transcendental in your mouth it has a special meaning. A few weeks ago Fux ascended to a summit of 4,200 meters above sea level and, in the middle of hellish conditions which included temperatures of -28ºC, strong gusts of wind and icy ledges where a wrong step could be fatal, obtained one of the most impressive images of the year. Even has attracted attention from NASA. Photographing the darkness. Angel Fux (Paris, 1998) is not just a talented photographer. Over time he has specialized in a fascinating branch: astrophotography and portraits of night mountain landscapes. That obsession has taken her to the Alps, Andes, Pyrenees or the Dolomites, among other regions. “My search for dark skies has intensified over the years in a way that I did not understand until recently,” recognize on his blog. Some time ago Fux was fascinated by the darkness in the Peruvian Andes and in 2025 she ascended to Gornergrat (Pennine Alps) to enjoy a similar experience with your camera at 3,000 meters above sea level. From each expedition he returned to his studio with hypnotic photographs that fueled his ambition, so a few months ago he asked himself a question: Why not go further and observe the night sky from almost 4,200 m above sea level? Dent d´Hérensa summit located just behind the Matterhorn, between Italy and Switzerland? Double arch captured in 2025 in Gornergrat. Image: Angel Fux A very precise objective. His idea was not only to ascend the Dent d’Hérens and aim his objective at the night sky. Fux wanted to capture a unique and ephemeral spectacle: the moment in which, with the help of a prepared camera, an astrophotographer can capture the double arc of the Milky Way. “Once a year, in the northern hemisphere, something simply extraordinary happens in the night sky. For a few days each March it is possible to see both arms of the Milky Way above the horizon on the same night, not at the same time, but along the same Earth’s rotation.” “The winter arc, a quieter, less dense band of stars, rises during the first half of the night. Then, as the Earth rotates, the summer arc rises from the other direction, bringing with it the galactic core, that unmistakable, dense river of light. Together, they form what is known as the double arc of the Milky Way.” It is not an unexplored phenomenon. Other photographers have captured it in awesome images and Fux herself portrayed the double arch in 2025 from the Gornergrat, at 3,100 m. Photographers with ice axes. The challenge that Fux set for himself this year raised the bar for several reasons. To begin with, the area in which I wanted to work. It was proposed to ascend 1,000 meters more than in 2025, until the Dent d’Hérensto achieve a unique result. The reason? “Photographers don’t go there, especially in winter and even less at night. The equipment necessary for astrophotography and that required for mountaineering are simply incompatible in most cases,” relates. For his expedition he needed the help of a professional mountain guide, Richard Lehner, who participated in the project with his son, Arnaud. Squaring the circle. Another complication is that, although the natural spectacle that Fux was looking for is repeated every year, it is not always photographable. For the cameras to capture it properly, they must be other extra conditions: the right phase of the moon, a correct location for the angle of the arcs, a 360-degree clear horizon and as low a level of light pollution as possible. Even if the photographer takes care of all these factors in detail and looks for the most suitable location, there is a risk that the weather will not be good. If so, the job is in danger because, as Fux remembersthe “optimal period” to take the image is very limited: it lasts just five days, so there are years in which the spectacle simply “disappears.” Months of preparation. In your blog Fux explains in detail what the preparation process was like, but comes with knowing two pieces of information. Although the photo was taken in March, he contacted his guide half a year in advance, in September. During those six months Fux dedicated himself to planning logistics, preparing the equipment and studying how to approach the work. However, it is one thing to have a plan drawn up and quite another to have it fulfilled. Throughout the process, the Frenchwoman faced several setbacks that did not prevent her from heading to Dent d’Hérens in March with Richard and Arnaud. The three knew that there was a risk that their stay at the summit would be complicated, so they had to be well equipped. Biggest fear: frostbite. “My sleeping bag is designed to withstand temperatures down to -30ºC, with a survival threshold that extends to -50 or -60ºC. My boots are three-layer mountaineering boots, with attachable crampons. My clothing consisted of several layers, both to maintain passive heat and allow active movement,” clarify. “We also had a system of ropes and harnesses prepared, since once at the top, I had to be tied at all times when leaving the tent. The ledges that surrounded the area made any movement without a rope very dangerous.” And the technical part? fux usa a special team which includes, among other pieces, a Nikon Z6 II camera adapted for astrophotography, a Nikon NIKKOR Z 20mm f/1.8 lens and a Benro Polaris star tracker. Despite this material and his experience in the mountains, Fux had to deal with some unforeseen events that threatened to ruin the project. For example, the nights spent acclimatizing to the altitude practiced with the camera to make sure, among other things, that you could handle it with gloves. “During one … Read more

The best deals we have found today on Amazon, Tuesday, May 19

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Do you want to renew some of your technological devices while saving money? Like every week, at Xataka we make a selection with the best deals in technology that we found on Amazon. These are some of the offers that are worth it today, May 19. Xiaomi 17 – 12+512GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Projector TCL C1 by 193.34 euros: with certified Google TV system. Fire TV Stick HD by 25.99 euros: with Alexa shortcut button. smartphone Xiaomi 17 by 899.99 euros: 6.3 inches and 50 MP f/2.0 telephoto lens. Smart TV TCL 65Q7C by 899 euros: 65-inch QD MiniLED and with Google TV. Bluetooth locator Ugreen FineTrack by 13.99 euros: with CR2 battery that offers autonomy of up to 18 months. TCL C1 Projector We start our selection with a perfect device now that the 2026 World Cup is approaching to watch games in style. It’s about this TCL C1 portable projector which is reduced to 193.34 euros in this flash offer. This projector comes with the certified Google TV system pre-installed and allows you to watch streaming apps without having to resort to a Fire TV Stick or to an Android TV Box. It is also equipped with an 8 W speaker with Dolby Audio and is compatible with 4K video and HDR10 formats. TCL C1 Compatible 4K Portable Projector The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Fire TV Stick HD If you have an old TV at home, in a bedroom or in the kitchen, this Fire TV Stick HD is the most basic and economical, but it will help you make it smart or give it greater fluidity. Now you have a 42% discount and you can take it for 25.99 euros. This Amazon device offers HD streaming playback and it is perfect to get started in the world of Fire TV. Your remote comes with a shortcut button to Alexa. In addition, it easily connects to the HDMI port of your TV and its compact size makes it possible to take it comfortably even on vacation or a second home. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi 17 Smartphone If you want to change your phone and you had already had your eye on Xiaomi’s latest flagship, this one is now on sale Xiaomi 17 on Amazon. Specifically, you can take it with you 899.99 euros. The photographic system is the most notable thing about this Xiaomi 17. It has a 50 MP f/2.0 telephoto lensideal for taking photos in spaces with poor lighting. Its screen is 6.3 inches and this model on offer comes with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB internal storage. Xiaomi 17 – 12+512GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Smart TV TCL 65Q7C As we have said before, one of the sporting events of the year is approaching and if you are looking for a TV to watch the 2026 World Cupthis TCL It’s on sale now on Amazon. It has gone from costing 1,099 euros to 899 euros in these moments. This television mounts a panel 65 inch QD MiniLED and has a sound system signed by Bang & Olufsen. Works under the operating system Google TV and it is also perfect for gaming, thanks to its 144 Hz refresh rate. TCL 65Q7C Television 65 Inch QD-Mini LED 4K Smart TV The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Ugreen FineTrack Bluetooth Tracker Have you been thinking about buying a AirTag to have your keys, wallet or even your suitcase located during your vacation, but do you think it’s expensive? This Ugreen locator It is the economical alternative and is now available for only 13.99 euros. It has the same design and size as the Apple AirTag and is compatible with the network “Search” from the bitten apple company. Powered by a replaceable CR2 battery, which provides autonomy of up to 18 months. UGREEN FineTrack Mini Tag The price could vary. We earn commission from these links

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