Your employees want a piece of the pie

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Samsung has been one of the main beneficiaries of the crisis that has triggered the shortage of memory chips due to the high demand for these components for AI. In fact, in recent weeks, the South Korean manufacturer has set records of capitalization due to the strategic situation of the company as one of the main manufacturers of memories. However, despite the tailwinds that push its stock market price, Samsung faces a serious problem that cannot be resolved by manufacturing more chips: thousands of its workers have said enough and are threatening to stop the factories for 18 days. A scenario that only adds fuel to the fire of RAM problem that shakes the entire technology world. The workers are serious and the conflict it’s starting to get tense really. The labor conflict is not new, the workers unrest It has been brewing for some time within the South Korean company and has reached a point where, as published Reuters Even Samsung’s senior managers have had to come out publicly to ask for calm. What are the workers asking for? Samsung’s majority union in South Korea, which represents some 90,000 Samsung workers, demands two fundamental things: that the company remove the maximum cap on performance bonusesset at 50% of the annual salary, as applied in your competition SK Hynix. A mid-level employee at Samsung “might earn 90 million won a year and receive 45 million more in bonuses, but at Hynix, he would receive a bonus of 250 or 300 million won,” declared to the Financial Times Park Jun-young, a former employee in Samsung’s semiconductor division who now writes about the industry. Furthermore, they ask that the 15% of operating profit from the semiconductor division directly to the workers. This percentage would be equivalent to about 45 trillion won (30 billion dollars) distributed in extra bonuses for the staff. As and as highlighted the local environment The Chosun Dailythis figure means distributing among workers a bonus four times higher than the dividend that Samsung distributed in 2025 among its shareholders (11 trillion won). The company has counteroffered with a reduction of up to 13% of the division’s profit. On the other hand, the union demands a 7% salary increasecompared to the 6.2% that Samsung initially proposed. 93.1% of members who participated in the union vote in early April supported going on strike, reflecting the accumulated discomfort level. The company argues that eliminating the maximum cap on productivity bonuses could harm employees in less profitable divisions, but the union does not accept that argument and maintains its position. If the machines stop your pocket will notice it As and how I collected Reuterssome 40,000 affiliated workers gathered at the Pyeongtaek industrial complex, south of Seoul as a measure of pressure on the company’s management. According to the union organization that organized the concentration, only during that protest, the manufacture of chips fell 58% during the next night shift, and memory chip production down 18%. Samsung declined to comment on the impact. In the current stressed supply chain scenario, even a one-time stoppage can disrupt delivery times on a global scale, something especially sensitive for Samsung when competes directly with SK Hynix for HBM memory orders for artificial intelligence projects. The chairman of the board of directors, Shin Je-yoon, broke his silence on May 5 with a message posted on the company’s internal bulletin board. According to collect Korean Heraldthe manager recognized that the situation had generated concern among shareholders, clients and public opinion, and warned that an escalation could leave workers and management “without options.” The vice president and the executive president also issued a joint statement in which they agreed to negotiate with an “open attitude.” According to economic analyst media, a strike could generate more than 10 trillion won (about $6.8 billion) in operating losses, not counting reputational damage. The union has set the May 21 as start date of the strike, which would extend until June 7 if Samsung does not agree to its conditions. There are 18 days that could directly affect the global memory supply DRAM and NAND Flash. In Xataka | The RAM crisis is so big that even companies that had nothing to do with it are considering manufacturing them. Like Tesla Image | Wikimedia Commons (Choi Kwang-mo), IntelUnsplash (Liam Briese)

Firefox found and fixed more security flaws in one month than in the previous 15 months

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A year ago, Mozilla fixed 31 security flaws in its Firefox browser. In April 2026 has corrected 423. The growth is spectacular and has a single person responsible: Claude Mythos Preview, the AI ​​model that Anthropic decided not to release publicly for considering him too capable. The recent analysis by Mozilla experts has confirmed more than ever that Mythos it wasn’t just hype. AI sees everything. The integration of Mythos into the process analysis of Firefox vulnerabilities has caused a kind of technical “cleaning” explosion. It’s not that Firefox’s code is worse now, but that the eyes that analyze it are much sharper and seem to see everything. Mozilla’s graph is compelling: with the help of Claude Mythos, the Firefox team found more security flaws in April than in the past 15 months combined. Smell. The model is not only faster when it comes to detecting these failures, but it has a certain “smell” that surpasses anything seen so far in commercial tools. The AI ​​tool was able to identify 271 of the 423 bugs fixed, and that figure pales in comparison to other traditional methods such as fuzzing or manual inspection. Mythos has shown that he can evaluate his own work and filter out the noise, reasoning recursively and ruling out hallucinations. Archaeological errors. Among the most surprising discoveries they have discovered in this process is a bug in the XSLT engine (bug 2025977) that had been present in the browser for a whopping 20 years. Mythos also unearthed a problem from 15 years ago with the element “ ” of HTML that could only be exploited by a complex combination of edge cases to trigger. AI not only finds “typical” bugs, but it does just that: combine all kinds of actions to find bugs that would be almost impossible to detect in traditional ways. Human patches. Mozilla has, however, been clear about something important: they still do not use AI to write the final code that ends up being deployed in the version of the browser that users use. They do ask Mythos to suggest how to patch the problem, but the engineers have found that those proposals They are often conceptual models that are not ready for production environments. In each of the 423 patches made, there was at least one human engineer who wrote the patch and another who reviewed it. AI is the elite detector, but it is still no substitute for a senior developer in this case. A hopeful future (for Amodei). At a recent event, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei he was optimistic and highlighted that these new tools ultimately benefit cybersecurity defenders. “If we handle this right, we could be in a better position than we were, because we’ve fixed all these mistakes. There’s only a finite number of mistakes to find, so I think there’s a better world in sight.” In Mozilla they are not so clear. Brian Grinstead, a distinguished engineer at Mozilla, has a more pragmatic and cautious view. He agrees in that having these options available is slightly more advantageous for defenders. However, it warns that it is very likely that attackers are already using similar techniques with their own models. The race won’t be so much who finds the bug, but rather who gets it done first. AI as part of the process. Mozilla’s immediate plan is not only to analyze already published code, but to integrate this analysis into the software development process in real time. Or what is the same: every time a new line of code is “bitten”, analyze how that can introduce vulnerabilities. Firefox 150 is proposed as the most secure version of the browser to date, and all thanks to that work between human engineers and Anthropic’s computing power. The end of bounty hunters? The rise of Mythos as a great vulnerability detector can endanger one of the most traditionally specialized professions in the world: the bug bounty hunters. The famous ‘bug bounty‘ that encouraged human experts to detect new bugs and rewarded them with succulent financial prizes could no longer make sense when faced with the use of tools like Claude Mythos. In Xataka | For decades, Linux has earned a reputation as a “shielded” operating system. Until now

the bracelet that measures your body without distracting you

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Google has presented the Fitbit Aira $99.99 fitness tracker with no screen, no notifications, and no watch. It collects data 24 hours a day, dumps it into an app, and disappears from your wrist. This is where the product announcement ends. The interesting thing is that the Fitbit Air is the fourth, perhaps the fifth, on a list that is getting longer and longer. What has happened. Whoop created the category ten years ago. Polar launched its Loop in September for $199. Amazfit released the Helio Strap for 99.99. Garmin has a bracelet called Cirqa in development, according to leaks. And now Google is joining in with a product that costs one hundred euros and shows absolutely nothing. Everyone’s approach is practically identical: A plastic capsule with optical sensors placed in a textile strap. No screen, no buttons and no notifications. A mobile application where, if you feel like it, you can look at the data. Why is it important. We have been convincing ourselves for eleven years that more screen equals better device. The Apple Watch won as a format for its applications, its notifications, its ability to respond to messages… that is, its approach as a wrist-worn mobile phone with a certain focus on health, but also on quick procedures and notifications. And it turns out that we now have products whose success is measured the other way around: by how little you remember that you are wearing them. Whoop got more than 2 million subscribers paying between $199 and $359 a year for a bracelet that doesn’t even tell you the time. Let Google enter this format already having its own PixelWatch It says a lot about the size of the public for whom the smartwatch does not serve. The context. The easy narrative is that people are tired of the screen on their wrist. But the reality is more diverse. We could say that there are four different profiles buying these products for different reasons, and only one fits the idea of ​​being fed up. The athlete or biohacker who already has a sports watch for training but doesn’t want to sleep with it. The screenless bracelet is your second device, light and almost invisible. Anyone who has never wanted a watch with a screen. Because it has a mechanical one. You have never contemplated an Apple Watch or you had one and abandoned it. Now you can measure your body without giving up the jewelry. The smart ring userespecially women, which combines aesthetics with cycle, sleep and temperature monitoring. The underlying logic is the same: clockless data. The normal person who does not play sports and does not want to carry anything every night or anything that overwhelms or distracts him. A 100 euro bracelet with seven days of battery life opens the door. Between the lines. The bracelet is an answer to the problem that smart watches have brought us: turning the wrist into another window of interruptions. Its great commercial virtue is precisely that renunciation of the screen. By not competing visually with anything, it stops competing with any other accessory you are already wearing. mechanical watch, AirPods Pro 2ring, whatever. Zero conflict. Go deeper. Then comes the question of the reader who is not an athlete or biohacker: What exactly is this for? Dream. It’s not about knowing that you’ve slept six hours and twenty-three minutes, but about detecting trends. Many people believe that they sleep seven hours and discover, when measuring, that the actual time is much less. This pushes us to correct specific things: go to bed earlier, don’t have a late dinner, avoid the drink that breaks the deep phase… Resting heart rate. An isolated value is not useful, but the trend over months is. If your heart beats faster than it did half a year ago, something is happening: stress, worse fitness, a brewing infection, etc. Heart rate variability (HRV or HRV). This metric helps explain how well your nervous system responds to effort and rest. It tells you when to train hard and when to stop. Cumulative effort. Especially in order to see the pattern. The bracelet doesn’t tell you what to do. It gives you context about your body and you decide. And now what. The Fitbit Air will not be the last. Garmin will presumably bring out the Cirqa this year. Apple could end up making a move in some similar format if demand for these devices continues to grow. AND Whoop will continue to defend its subscription model against four rivals that make it difficult for it. For ten years, the success of a wearables was measured by engagement: The more you looked at the screen, the better. If the next wave decides to learn to disappear altogether, the smartwatch as we know it has a bigger problem than you think. Featured image | Google In Xataka | After almost a decade with the Apple Watch, I have switched to a Garmin. And I understood what I was missing

The ‘vibe coding’ promised to democratize software. Your first gift is 5,000 apps with open sensitive data

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An investigation by the firm RedAccess has found more than 5,000 applications created with tools vibe coding which practically lack authentication. Anyone who stumbles upon its URL can enter. Of those 5,000, 2,000 appeared to contain private data upon inspection. The finding covers apps generated with Lovable, Replit, Base44 and Netlify, four of the platforms that have most popularized describing a program with words and letting a LLM write it. Why is it important. The promise of vibe coding is that anyone, without knowing how to program, can build software. The catch is that this same “anyone” also doesn’t know what questions to ask an application before releasing it on the Internet. The result is a new category of breaches caused not by careless employees or advanced attackers, but by people who have thrown together an internal tool in an afternoon without going through anyone on the security team. In detail. Researchers have located these applications by doing normal searches on Google and Bing, combining the domains of each platform with generic terms. Nothing of hacking: It’s more like reverse engineering a search engine. What appeared behind those URLs included hospital quadrants with doctor data, company strategy presentations, complete records of chatbot conversations with customers (with names and telephone numbers), and freight books from transport companies. In some cases, access even allowed them to gain administrator privileges and expel others. Between the lines. The platforms involved have responded with the predictable argument: it is the user’s fault. Replit remembers that its apps can be marked as private with one click. Base44 maintains that its access controls are robust and that disabling them is a conscious decision. Lovable points out that its role is to provide tools, not configure them for anyone. It is a valid argument and, above all, comfortable. It is also the same one that Amazon used with the buckets Misconfigured S3 leaking Verizon data or from WWE: the setting was there, but the user didn’t find it. The context. He vibe coding takes an old problem to a new level. Every time a layer of abstraction has democratized a craft (like spreadsheets, the wrappers of AI or web templates), the newly arrived group has arrived without the baggage of good practices that the previous one had. What changes now is the speed. Someone from a non-technical department can create a tool in two minutes and upload it to production without it going through IT. Yes, but. The AI ​​models that generate the code are not neutral agents. They do what is asked of them, no more, no less. If no one tells them “protect this in X way and implement Y,” they won’t do it. Security by default is still not a learned behavior in most of these tools, and that is a design decision of the platforms, not the end user. The consequence is foreseeable. There are going to be many more leaks like the ones RedAccess has caught before the industry internalizes that a “publish” button should not coexist with a privacy setting hidden three menus below. In Xataka | I have lived the “miracle” of vibe coding: this is how I programmed an Android TV app without having any idea about programming Featured image | Xataka

How to prevent AI from always being right by default and thus make Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT have fewer hallucinations

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Let’s tell you how to prevent AI from agreeing with you by defaultmodifying your attitude to be less accommodating. In this way, by not making an effort to please you, you will get the artificial intelligence make fewer mistakes and hallucinations. To do this, let’s compose a prompt that you must add in the configuration of the artificial intelligence you use, and which serves both Claude as for ChatGPT , Gemini or any other. It will be a prompt which we will add in the AI ​​behavior configuration so that it always takes it into account. However, remember that this will not completely eliminate the hallucinationsbecause making things up is relatively normal in AI. However, since the response will not always be directed towards agreeing with you or pleasing you, you will make them reduce it a little. Of course, another thing to keep in mind is that by doing this the user experience will change. AI can get a little “edge”because you will no longer laugh thank you. Sometimes it will tell you that an idea is bad or that you are wrong, and that will not be a failure, but will show the success of the prompt. A prompt for a less complacent AI To make your AI less complacent and verify information moreyou will have to go to the settings of the one you use and go to the custom instructions section to change its behavior. There you will have to write this entire prompt, which is quite long: Always be honest, direct and rigorous. Your goal is not to please me, but to be accurate. ACCURACY AND VERIFICATION Before answering, do an internal check: is it a verified fact or an inference? If you don’t know, say so. Do not invent data, dates, names or sources. If you’re inferring or not 100% sure, use phrases like “It’s likely that…” or “My information suggests…” instead of outright statements. ANTICOMPLACENCY (Zero Bias) Don’t give me reason by default. If my premise is false or my question is misdirected, correct me before executing the task. Eliminate unnecessary polite phrases (“Sure!”, “I understand,” “Excellent question”). Get straight to the point. If my proposal has logical or technical flaws, criticize it constructively but crudely. NEUTRALITY AND DEBATE On topics with multiple points of view, present the mainstream in a balanced way, even if my question seems to seek a biased answer. AUTO CORRECTION If you spot an error in your text generation, stop and correct it immediately. PREVIOUS THOUGHT For complex queries or questions with verifiable data, briefly reason out loud before answering. For simple queries, go direct. These instructions apply to all types of queries: creative, technical, factual or personal. How to add the prompt to ChatGPT On ChatGPTyou have to enter the settings of your website or application. Once inside, go to the section Personalization. You have to put the prompt within the option of Custom instructions. You will see that the writing field is small, but you will be able to copy and paste the prompt there without problems. How to add the prompt to Gemini In Geminiyou have to click on the button Settings and helpand in the drop-down menu click on Personal context. Once inside the customization screen Gemini, press the button Add of Your instructions for Geminiand a window will open where you can paste the prompt. How to add the prompt to Claude In Claude you have to go into the settings. Once inside, click on the section Generaland you will have to write the prompt in the field Instructions for Claude. Here you can paste everything without problem so that it is always taken into account. In Xataka Basics | The best prompts to save hours of work and do your tasks with ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

Russian Tu-95MS bombers have just flown over the Arctic Circle with cruise missiles. And they were not alone

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At the beginning of the sixties, various military radars installed in the extreme north of Alaska frequently detected enormous echoes approaching from the polar horizon. For a few minutes, the operators did not know if they were seeing simple patrol flights or the beginning of something much more serious. These constant alerts ended up transforming the Arctic into one of the most monitored places on the planet. Because in the coldest and emptiest regions of the world, any air movement can have enormous meaning. The return of strategic bombers to the Arctic. It announced the same social networks of the Russian Armed Forces along with a video so that it was clear. Russian strategic bombers Tu-95MS They had just flown over the Polar Circle armed with Kh-101 cruise missile while they were escorted by fighters and supported by tankers near NATO airspace. There is no doubt, the image recovers a scene very typical of the Cold War: large nuclear deterrence platforms patrolling for hours on Arctic routes while Western forces monitor them from a distance. As we said, Moscow also wanted the deployment to be visible, disseminating images of the missile under the wings of the bomber and indirectly reminding that these devices can carry up to eight Kh-101 thanks to your AKU-5M systems. Although several analysts believe that the missile shown was an inert version training, the message remains evident: Russia wants to normalize the presence of armed strategic bombers near the borders of northern Europe. A patrol designed to send a message. The mission lasted more than seven hours over the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea and included two Tu-95MS, at least one escort Su-30SM2 and a Il-78M tanker aircraft to practice in-flight refueling. The Russian Ministry of Defense published detailed images of takeoff, aerial maneuvers and the return of the bombers still armed, something unusual even for this type of operations. Moscow insisted that everything was done over neutral waters and in accordance with international standards, although he added an important detail: during part of the route the planes were accompanied by fighters from other countries, probably NATO aircraft who followed the patrol closely. The Arctic thus once again shows signs of constant aerial surveillance between both blocks. The Kh-101 completely changes the meaning of flight. The presence of the Kh-101 missile turns these patrols into something much more serious than a simple routine exercise. This cruise missile, widely used for Russia in Ukrainecan reach targets located at approximately 2,800 kilometers and continues to evolve with new variants equipped with penetration systems, decoys or different types of guidance. Even if the version carried during the flight was only for testing, displaying it over the Arctic serves as a strategic demonstration towards the West. Russia makes it clear that it maintains active its ability to launch long-range attacks from polar corridors that are once again gaining enormous military importance. An increasingly constant air pressure. Plus: These flights fit into much broader Russian military activity around Europe and the Pacific. In recent months too Tu-22M3 have been seen armed with Kh-22 or Kh-32 missiles, MiG-31 carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and Su-24 conducting raids near the Baltic airspace. Precisely one of those episodes recently forced the Rafale fighter deployment French from Lithuania within the NATO air policing mission, together with Romanian F-16s. At the same time, the Tu-95MS themselves have continued to carry out flights of more than ten hours near Alaska and the Sea of ​​Japan, forcing both NORAD and allied European and Asian forces to react. The north once again resembles the Cold War. For years, the Arctic was seen above all as a strategic region for its resources and sea routes, but for some time now it seems to be becoming a priority military corridor. The Russian decision to show armed strategic bombers flying over the Polar Circle with fighter escort and resupply support conveys precisely that idea. If you like, the Kremlin seems to assume that the military rivalry with the West will be long-lasting and that the northern routes will have a central role in any future scenario. The final image that remains is difficult to ignore: nuclear bombers, cruise missiles, Western interceptors and long-distance patrols once again cross paths over the frozen skies of the Arctic. Image | Telegram In Xataka | As we look to the Middle East, the Arctic has become the hiding place for Russia’s biggest challenge to NATO: Borei and Yasen In Xataka | A nuclear giant designed to make way in the Arctic: this is the most modern icebreaker in the Russian fleet

If the question is how long do we have to use AI to become lazy, the answer is: a sigh

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Ten minutes. It is the time it takes for AI to have a negative effect on our ability to reason and solve problems, or at least that is what they have concluded in a new study in which they have measured how the use of AI assistants not only improves immediate performance, but also reduces persistence and worsens performance when we do not have access to AI. The study. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, UCLA, and Oxford have published a randomized, controlled experiment that measures the impact of using AI on the ability to solve problems independently. In total, more than 1,200 people participated in three different experiments. The researchers’ conclusion goes in the direction of what we have seen in other previous studies: using AI enhances our productivity, but It has a cognitive cost. The experiment. A first experiment was carried out with 354 participants in which they had to solve twelve simple fractions. Some of the participants had a side panel with an AI assistant (GPT 5) that they could use to solve the operations. The curious thing came when their access to the chatbot was removed and they had to answer three more questions without the help of the AI. The result was that people who had used AI made more mistakes in their answers than the control group. The gray part of the graph was when the AI ​​assistant was retired. Fountain: AI Project Confirming results. The researchers did a second experiment in which they duplicated the participants (667) and did a pretest to measure the level. In addition, they added a “placebo” side panel (without AI) to the control group participants, so that there were no interface differences. The results again showed that people who used AI failed more than the control group. There was a third experiment in which reading comprehension problems were asked with 201 participants and the same thing happened again: when AI was removed, that group performed the worst. The key nuance. There is an important detail of the study and that is that they measured how the participants used AI. 61% used it to give them answers directly, while others used it to give them clues or clarifications. The results of this second group were more similar to those of the control group. On the other hand, those who asked for AI solutions as they were failed much more when it was withdrawn. This suggests what we have said above: the negative effect of AI on our cognition. It depends largely on how we use it. Copying answers without questioning is not the same as using them as support in the cognitive process. The new silly box. The fear that technology makes us stupid is not something that has arisen with AI, it happened with the calculator, it has happened with television, with video games and it is happening with cell phones. Although there are studies that point in that direction, there is no clear evidence that technology damages our cognition. However, it is also true that until now we had not had access to technology to which we could delegate all our thinking. Cover image | Xataka In Xataka | Young programmers no longer know how to program: AI is now causing the same thing that the calculator did half a century ago

Greece wants to prevent its beaches from being suffocated by mass tourism. So you’ve declared war on sun loungers

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Greece faces a dilemma. One well known in other countries that, like Italy, France, Holland, Japan either Spainhave become dream destinations for travelers from all over the world: their tourist attraction threatens to make them die of successsuffocated by overcrowding. To avoid this, the Greek Government has decided to shield around 250 beaches to maintain them as “virgin” sandbanks. In practice, this means that things as basic as renting umbrellas or sun loungers cannot be done there. “Virgin beaches”. If Greece is one of the most visited countries in the world and becomes the summer resort of millions of tourists It is basically because of four things: its Mediterranean climate, its historical heritage, its gastronomy and (above all) its landscapes and beaches. The Government knows this and that is why some time ago it prepared a list of “Virgin Beaches” either “unauthorized”coastal areas in which the authorities apply more restrictive control. Goodbye umbrellas, sun loungers and motorcycles. Among other thingsin these protected spaces it is not permitted to rent umbrellas and sun loungers, set up new bars or install music equipment and speakers. Nor organize events in which they participate more than ten people or use jet skis. In short: they are beaches open to the public and where you can lie down and sunbathe, but unlike the busiest areas you will hardly find commercial services or of course large tourist infrastructures. The idea is to preserve them in their natural state. The key figure: 251. Nothing new so far. What is striking is that the Greek Ministries of Economy and Environment have decided to expand the list of beaches to which this level of protection applies. Specifically, they have added 13 new sandy beaches, according to the local presswith which the ‘armored’ coves and beaches go from 238 to 251. The data is interesting in itself, but above all because the trend that draws: In recent years Athens has been expanding its protected coastal strip. From the 198 beaches in 2024 it went to 238 in 2025 and to 251 that will be monitored this summer. What is the objective? Don’t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Greece is full of idyllic beaches, but the mix of overtourism and uncontrolled commercial exploitation, with sandy areas covered by beach bars, umbrellas, sun loungers and rental jet skis, can make it less attractive. The Government also appeals to the need to protect the formations and ecosystems of the Greek coast. “The amendment seeks to effectively protect beaches that have a particular aesthetic, geomorphological or ecological value, as well as preserve the types of habitats and species of flora and fauna found there,” they argue. Earrings from the Natura Network. “Specifically, the coastal zones and beaches located in areas included in the National Catalog of Areas of the European Ecological Network Natura 2000 are expanded, in which use concessions are already prohibited, as well as any other action that could endanger their morphology and integrate with regard to their ecological functions,” duck the Government. To clear up doubts, the Greek authorities have published a list in which you can consult the beaches where businesses dedicated to renting umbrellas, sun loungers or motorcycles have been banished. These include sandy areas of Koufonisia, Chania or Lefkada. Some of the beaches added to the list have been in the center of controversy in recent years precisely because of tourism development plans that included new structures. The other data: 38 million. It is no coincidence that Greece decides to reinforce the care of its beaches right now. With the international tourism boom As a backdrop, in 2025 the country received about 37.98 million of foreign visitors (not including cruises), 5.6% more than the previous year. That rebound came accompanied by something else: an intense flow of billions of euros. Specifically, it is estimated that last year the income generated by the sector skyrocketed by 9.4% to reach 22.6 billion of euros, a figure that increases noticeably if you add the cruise passengers. These are important data due to their weight… and to understand the zeal with which Greece wants to take care of its sandy beaches, preventing part of its coastline from becoming overcrowded. If the tourism sector has learned anything in recent years, it is how easy it is to die of success. Without going any further, there are already travel guides that advise against visiting Mallorca, Barcelona or the Canary Islands because they consider them points hyper-crowded. Images | Nikos Zacharoulis (Unsplash) and Jorn Idzerda (Unsplash) In Xataka | The Balearic Islands are so desperate with tourism that they are already considering a measure that until now was taboo: a limit on flights

The MacBook Neo comes with free AirPods, the best value Samsung TV is on sale, and more. Hunting Bargains

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Today is Friday and that means that at Xataka we return with a new Hunting Gangas. This week Apple starred with some of the best offers we’ve seen recently (and that’s saying a lot), but we can’t forget about other brands that have followed closely with discounts on their own devices. MacBook Neo by 699 eurosthe cheapest laptop of Apple’s current generation along with free AirPods. Samsung TQ55S93FAEXXC by 949 eurosthe OLED television with the best quality-price ratio of the brand. Mac mini M4 by 679 eurosthe computer in mini format in the configuration that Apple has discontinued. Soundcore Space Q45 by 79.99 eurosheadphones with very good noise cancellation. LG OLED55B56LA by 769 eurosa surprising price for an OLED television. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links MacBook Neo He MacBook Neo It is one of Apple’s most attractive laptops because it has been launched at a quite tempting price, especially if the use we want to give it is to browse the Internet, view multimedia content, use office applications or even edit images. Its official price is 699 euros and if you buy it right now at PcComponentes you will get some AirPods 4 totally free. In addition, the store also provides free professional assistance that, among other things, includes initial configuration of the operating system, restoring backups from Windows or another Mac. MacBook Neo (256GB) + AirPods 4 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung TQ55S93FAEXXC What is the television with the best quality-price ratio? We consider it to be from LG, but the Samsung TQ55S93FAEXXC is very close, especially now that it is on sale at MediaMarkt for 949 euros. And it’s close because for this price we find a 55-inch TV that has anti-reflective treatment, its audio system is compatible with Dolby Atmos and the screen looks especially good. Samsung TQ55S93FAEXXC (55 inches) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Mac mini M4 Apple has decided to discontinue the most basic configuration of the Mac mini M4the one with 256 GB of internal storage. Fortunately, after many months in which we saw higher prices, some stores like MediaMarkt have it on sale. By 679 euroswe are talking about a very small computer that It doesn’t make any noise (not even in summer) and its M4 chip is quite powerful for studying or working. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Soundcore Space Q45 When asked “what Bluetooth headphones should I buy?” I am clear that right now I would bet on the Soundcore Space Q45. Its price has dropped again to 79.99 euros and they are very comfortable. The noise cancellation is very well resolved with a very involving passive and an active that has several levels. The audio quality is also quite good and its battery will last you almost a week. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LG OLED55B56LA If you want to renew the television in your living room ahead of the World Cup and are looking for a model with OLED panel technology, be careful because the LG OLED55B56LA is right now on MediaMarkt for 769 euros. Its 55-inch screen offers a 120 Hz refresh rate, is compatible with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and comes with HDMI 2.1. LG OLED55B56LA (55 inches) 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. Image | Apple, Samsung, Anker, LG In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which one to buy and 21 models from 15 euros to 470 euros In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2026), we have tested them and here are their analyzes

join the new tunnel with the old

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The works of A-5 tunnel They have been conditioning Madrid’s traffic and the lives of its residents for a long time. The good news is that They are almost finishedat least as far as excavation is concerned. And just as has counted Borja Carabante, delegate of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility of the Madrid City Council, the excavation will end in a few weeks, while the entire work is scheduled to end in December. What exactly is left?. In one interview with TelemadridCarabante confirmed that the excavation of the tunnel out of Madrid will be completed on May 25. On the other hand, the works in the entrance direction have already been completed. Thus, the work enters its interior conditioning phase, and the objective is for vehicles to circulate through the new tunnel in December of this year. A truce for its residents. According to Carabante, these are “the most important works that have been carried out in Madrid since Madrid Río.” And they are not only because of their size, but also because of the difficulty of executing them without closing the road to traffic at any time: nearly 100,000 vehicles pass through the A-5 a day, while underneath there lives a dense network of pipes, telephone wiring and other facilities. The residents of the southwest corridor, including those of Móstoles and other municipalities on the outskirts, They have been adapting for months to the traffic cuts and the problems that the works have caused. In detail. Just like account Telemadrid, around 600 workers and around 400 machines are currently working on the works. “We already have the Paseo de Extremadura tunnel, the connection with the old tunnel. Now we are executing the lower slab of the tunnel and then we will lay the pavement where the vehicles will circulate,” said the general director of Planning and Infrastructure of the City Council, Dolores Ortiz, in the ‘Buenos Días Madrid’ program. Starting in June, the beams of the Batán and Boadilla structures will be placed, and after the summer the development of the new green corridor on the surface will begin. The section of the new tunnel begins on Padre Piquer Street. However, there is still a delicate point to be reached. And the connection between the new tunnel and the old one will involve cut the 30th Street tunnel completely to demolish the wall, excavate and integrate all the systems. According to the media, the tunnel will have three lanes in each direction (two for private traffic and one for buses and high-occupancy vehicles), with artificial intelligence systems and cameras to verify that these conditions are met at all times. Material reuse. In terms of sustainability, there are also actions worth commenting on. And according to they count From the City Council, all the material extracted during the excavation is being reused: part will be used for the meter of earth that will go on the roof of the tunnel and the rest is shaping new hills that will be covered with vegetation in Aluche. The old pavement of the A-5 has been used in the temporary detours. Besides, geothermal energy will be used to air condition the Ángel González Library and photovoltaic panels to power the future green promenade. And now what. The tunnel opens in December, but that doesn’t mean everything is finished. And when it opens, it will be at that moment when the works on the surface will begin, urbanizing the land of the corridor so that the new accesses become an integrated part of the avenue. On the other hand, the City Council has on its radar the extension of the burial to the M-40although Carabante recognizes that it is a “very complicated” project and of an even greater economic magnitude than the current phase. Its execution is planned for the next legislature and would depend on co-financing with the Ministry of Development, linked to the development of Operation Camp. In Xataka | Many of us do it wrong: Madrid firefighters explain how to charge your cell phone at home to avoid accidents

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