The Chuwi Unibook is the $450 Windows laptop that aims to take down the MacBook Neo. The problem is not the specifications

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The Chinese manufacturer Chuwi has given the surprise with the presentation of its Chuwi Unibook, a mid-range laptop that surprises with its price of $449 and that has undoubtedly been created to compete with the new rival to beat: the MacBook Neo from Apple. The truth is that on paper the proposal seems really attractive, but the problem is precisely that: that this computer, like all those that will soon appear based on Windows with similar specifications, will have to comply with what is important. The user experience will be everything. The MacBook Neo still has no response. The PC industry was used to not having too many concerns in the mid-range. The manufacturers had accommodated themselves and proposed proposals without much ambition, modest but functional. Then came the MacBook Neo from Apple and revolutionized the sector: For the first time it was possible to access the Cupertino laptop ecosystem and its experience for a much more affordable price. There are sacrifices to the MacBook Neo, of course, but the device’s appeal is evident to many users. Apple has the A18 Pro, Intel has Wildcat Lake. The striking thing about the MacBook Neo is that Apple demonstrated that the iPhone chip was more than enough for a mid-range laptop. To compete with it, Intel has launched a new family of low-cost processors called Wildcat Lake. These chips, made with Intel 18A photolithography, are promising, and according to some benchmarks one of their variants It is 21% more powerful than the Apple A18 Pro of the MacBook Neo. The spec sheet rocks. If we look at the pure specifications of the Chuwi Unibook, the difference is notable. The equipment is not only cheaper, but it surpasses the Apple model in almost everything. For example, it has a theoretically more powerful processor, keyboard backlighting, better connectivity and more battery. The sacrifices required by the MacBook Neo are fewer sacrifices in this equipment. On paper, the Chuwi Unibook is really promising. On paper. Source: VideoCardz Project Firefly. Intel’s Chinese division recently announced this initiative. With it, they hope to help manufacturers reduce manufacturing complexity by offering reference designs that reduce production costs. Intel has already done things like this in the past (I’m sure many of you will remember both the Centrino branding and its Ultrabook program), and the idea here is precisely to provide certain tools to manufacturers to develop more competitive models in a market. shaken by the Apple model. Manufacturers wait their turn. The launch of Intel processors from the Wildcat Lake family has caused several manufacturers to begin announcing laptops based on these chips. Lenovo is already preparing some models IdeaPad Slimand so much Asus as HP They also prepare their plays. The Chuwi Unibook seems to be just another variant of those proposals, and in all of them the specifications, although modest, seem to surpass those of the MacBook Neo. Lots of advertising, little real product. Almost all major manufacturers have shown their intention to develop mid-range laptops that compete with the MacBook Neo in that price range. The announcements have been varied, but none of them have communicated the price or availability date of these devices, probably because everyone is waiting to see how the memory crisis evolves. It is reasonable to think that the imminent Computex fair is the perfect occasion to definitively present all these proposals. But. The problem with the Chuwi Unibook, like that of other manufacturers waiting their turn, is not the specifications. The problem will be the benefits and above all the real experience that these teams offer. Windows PC manufacturers have not done well with cutting features in the past, and if that experience is not good we could witness a new phenomenon like netbooks: affordable equipment, but too limited and that ended up condemned to oblivion. In Xataka | “We arrived too soon, but we were right”: The MacBook Neo is everything Microsoft dreamed of with the disastrous Windows 8

Mexico has so many dogs abandoned in its streets that are part of the landscape that has made them a “representative breed”

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A few years ago, a story went viral in Mexico City. She had a stray dog ​​nicknamed “Hachiko of La Raza” as the protagonist, and became famous because he spent day and night at a subway exit waiting for an owner who, according to neighbors and users, had died shortly before. Thousands of people began to leave him food and water when they saw him always in the same place. Hachiko was actually a symptom now turned into a race. A national symbol. Mexico has reached such a peculiar point with its stray dogs that one of them has ended up being officially recognized as a representative “race” of the country. The call Candy dogwith its yellowish fur, sharp snout and medium size, has been part of the Mexican urban landscape for so long that millions of people instantly identify it as something everyday and almost cultural. We are talking about an animal that sleeps in front of stores, follows invisible routes through the colonies and survives thanks to small scattered gestures from neighbors who leave it food or water. The phenomenon reveals something deeply latin american: abandoned animals that have ceased to be perceived as exceptions and have become partly natural of urban life. The problem is that this normalization is also a sign of the enormous structural failure surrounding animal abandonment. A “race” born of abandonment. Behind the myth of Caramel there is no real race, but entire generations of miscegenation produced by decades of neglect. A genetic study conducted in Brazil discovered that these dogs contain traces of hundreds of different lineagesfrom German Shepherds to Pekingese. However, the environment has been molding the same extremely recognizable physical pattern: resistant size, short hair, agile body and that yellowish color that helps it better withstand the heat. and certain diseases. The street has acted as a kind of urban natural selection where the animals most adapted to living among asphalt, traffic and extreme temperatures survive best. The result is paradoxical: Mexico has ended up developing its own “type of dog” not through planned breeding, but through mass abandonment. Everyone knows them, but no one adopts. Caramelo generates collective tenderness, memes, movies and millions of interactions on social networks, but that does not mean that it will easily find a home. Rescuers and associations they explain that these dogs tend to become the most invisible in shelters precisely because they are too common. While breeds like the Golden Retriever or the German Shepherd receive hundreds of adoption applications, yellow mixed breed dogs can spend years waiting without anyone asking about them. The contradiction is brutal: they are probably the most recognizable dogs in the country and at the same time the most ignored when the time comes to assume real responsibilities. The collective affection towards them often functions as a kind of abstract affection that rarely translates into adoptions, sterilizations or permanent care. Mexico and a gigantic crisis of animal abandonment. The background to the phenomenon is much harsher than the cute images of dogs resting in the sun suggest. Mexico has one of the largest populations of stray animals in Latin America. Official figures estimate that about 70% of the country’s dogs live homeless and that millions of them were once abandoned pets. And every day more than a thousand animals they are left to their fate. This pressure has generated extreme and deeply controversial situations, such as the case of Tecámac, where authorities recognized the sacrifice of thousands of dogs street during the last years. The discussion reveals the enormous institutional vacuum around the problem: neither shelters, nor public campaigns, nor administrations seem capable of managing an animal population that is already a structural part of the Mexican urban landscape. From everyone and at the same time from no one. If you also want, the figure of Caramel summarizes an uncomfortable idea: many of these dogs survive thanks to an informal network of small community care, but without no one really assumes full responsibility on them. A neighbor gives them food, another takes them to the vet sometimes and someone else lets them sleep in front of his business. However, this chain of solidarity is extremely fragile. Without an official owner, many animals are left out of vaccinations, sterilizations or stable medical care. They live in a kind of limbo where they receive occasional affection, but are still completely exposed to abuses, illnesses or violence. That Mexico has ended up turning these dogs into a recognizable symbol says a lot about the emotional bond that exists with them, but also about the extent to which abandonment has been integrated into everyday normality. Image | Doggo19292 In Xataka | More than a thousand years ago the Mayans exploited a business almost as profitable as gems: the sale of pedigree dogs In Xataka | The easiest way to receive a fine for the Animal Welfare Law: leaving your pet on the terrace

Stephen King unequivocally recommends Netflix’s new number 1: it is “an absolute pleasure”

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Sam Cooper, retired, widowed, moody, played by Alfred Molina. And yet, as the protagonist of ‘The Boroughs: Rebel Retirement‘has achieved something that few series in the catalog of Netflix can boast: that Stephen King recommends his series on the same day it premieres. It is the new thing from the creators of ‘Stranger Things’ and it is having excellent audiences on the platform. When the aforementioned series ended in 2025, the Duffers did not disappear from Netflix. In addition to the recent ‘Something Terrible is About to Happen’ and the animated spin-off ‘Stranger Things, Tales of ’85’, this new series is created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, who had previously signed ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ also on Netflix in 2019. And audiences have responded to that hook, at least partially: at its premiere The series recorded 5.6 million global views and 35.3 million hours watched, which left it in second place behind ‘Némesis’. They are not extraordinary figures, but it is number 1 of the most viewed on the platform. On the same day of the premiere, in addition, Stephen King published his verdict. “An absolute pleasure.” In addition, he added that there was a “bonus: I think that, since it’s Netflix, you can watch all the episodes. It’s really worth it.” Addiss himself publicly responded to the writer: “Wow. This is pretty mind-blowing. Thank you on behalf of the entire cast and crew. Your work was a huge influence on ‘The Boroughs.’” And to show that his gratitude was very sincere, He concluded his message with “We have remembered our father’s face.”a nod to ‘The Dark Tower’, since it is a formula that is used there to pay tribute to someone. In the series, the protagonist reluctantly settles into a senior housing complex in New Mexico. The place is idyllic in its very particular decadent style, and everything goes on normally until he and a group of neighbors discover the threat that hides beneath that seemingly banal surface: a species of giant alien spider. In the cast, along with Molina, Geena Davis and Bill Pullman stand out, first-class actors who make up a cast of veterans who stand out as the most enjoyable element of the series. In Xataka | One of the best science fiction series in history is animated, and today it returns to HBO Max with new episodes

six companies, hundreds of millions of dollars and 25 missions to conquer the South Pole

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NASA has already launched phase 1 of construction of your moon base. They have not yet taken a new batch of humans to the Moon, but it is important to prepare the ground, which is why this Tuesday they announced the first steps they are taking to do so. And, as it could not be otherwise, it all starts with million-dollar hires. 6 companies in total. At the moment, NASA has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in hiring six companies that will be in charge of developing the technologies necessary to launch the first phase of the lunar base. The companies in question are Blue Origin, Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Firefly Aerospace. In general, in this first phase of construction of the lunar base it is expected to explore the south polar region, test various technologies and prepare surface operations. All of this will be carried out through 25 missions that will include 21 moon landings. Moon Base 1. To begin with, the first three missions are expected to launch this year. The first, Moon Base 1, will be carried out by Blue Origin. Jeff Bezos’ company will take its lander to the Moon Blue Moon Mark 1the “brother” of the Blue Moon Mark 2 that is preparing to become the human landing system for the Artemis missions. As payload will include the Stereoscopic Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies to study how thrusters interact with the lunar surface, and the Laser Retroreflective Array, which helps spacecraft in orbit determine a more precise location using reflected laser light. The mission will take place in autumn 2026 if all goes well. Since it will be the first to land in the Shackleton crater, where the base is to be built, it will also be in charge of checking the viability of lunar landings near the lunar base. Moon Base 2. The second mission, which will also travel to the Moon at the end of 2026, will be carried out by Astrobotic. It will send its Griffin lander to the Moon, loaded with 500 kg of instrumentation, including a rover to study the surface on which the base will be built and mature the mobility systems for future manned vehicles. Moon Base 3. The third mission to be sent in 2026 has been granted to Intuitive Machines. This company will take its Nova-C Trinity lunar module there, which will be in charge of studying lunar eddies and the behavior of materials under extreme conditions. Furthermore, this mission will not be 100% private, as it will include payloads from the European Space Agency and the Korean Institute of Astronomy and Space Sciences. Some of the models that NASA showed during the press conference Boogies to move around the Moon. So that future astronauts who travel to the lunar base can move around it, they want to take two manned lunar vehicles there. Said so that we can all understand each other, two boogie-type strollers, designed to move around the lunar surface, both with and without a crew. Its development has been entrusted to the companies Astrolab and Lunar Outpost, also as part of this first phase. Delimitation drones. The company Firefly Aerospace has been entrusted with taking the 4 Moonfall drones to the Moon, whose main mission will be to inspect the area in search of the best landing places for the astronauts. Although they will also have a much more peculiar mission. As explained At NASA’s press conference, its executive director of the lunar base program, Carlos García-Galan, these drones will also be stationed in the corners to delimit the perimeter of the lunar base. Next phases. This first phase will last until 2029. Then the next phase will begin, which will end in 2032. In this, the permanent infrastructure of the lunar base will begin to be built, including electrical installation. From then on, it will only be necessary to refine more and more details and little by little receive the astronauts of the Artemis missions of the future. Without a doubt, this is the beginning of a new era of space exploration. Image | POT In Xataka | We knew there was water on the Moon, but not why some craters were empty. Finally we have the answer

a leap that is worth it in almost everything

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Movistar has taken longer than other operators to get on the bandwagon. Wi-Fi 7but he already did it. His new Smart WiFi 7 router It has been available for some time for customers with fiber and, as usually happens every time the operator releases equipment, the same debate of Is it worth changing to the new one?. Although this technology ends up being better in everything, it will depend on the devices you have at home that are going to connect to the network. In this article we review the real differences between one and the other, what the change costs and for whom it makes sense to do so. Similar concept in design At first glance, the two routers share a philosophy, being vertical devices that rest on a base and are placed in any corner of the room without too much concealment. But that’s where the aesthetic similarities end. He Smart WiFi 6 It maintains a white and gray casing, while the new Smart WiFi 7 opts for a combination of black and blue and is positioned edge-on. The reset buttons, WPS and the telephone jack remain almost identical. Perhaps the most visible change in this sense is that the power switch becomes a button. What changes inside: technology, antennas and ports The important difference is not in the casing, but in the guts of the device. The Smart WiFi 6 mounts nine internal antennas (5×5 on the 5 GHz band and 4×4 on the 2.4 GHz). The new Smart WiFi 7 incorporates ten antennas, nine with configuration MU-MIMO and an additional one for DFS support. Of course, there is one detail that should be clear: The Movistar router does not operate in the 6 GHz bandone of the great promises of the WiFi 7 standard. smart wifi 6 router smart wifi router 7 Nine antennas: 5×5 (5GHz). 4×4 (2.4 GHz). Nine antennas: 5×5 MU-MIMO (5 GHz) with DFS support. 4×4 MU-MIMO (2.4 GHz) with an additional antenna for DFS support. Four Ethernet ports. One SC/APC optical port compatible with GPON networks. Three Gigabit Ethernet ports. One port up to 10 Gbps. One SC/APC optical port compatible with GPON and XGS-PON networks. WiFi 6 (802.11ax, compatible with 802.11 ac/n) WiFi 7 (802.11be, compatible with 802.11ax/ac/n) 2.5 times faster speed. 50% less latency. 70% more capacity. 9% less energy consumption. WPA3 Security WPA3 Security In cable connectivity there is also an important leap. The previous model offered four ports Gigabit Ethernet. The new one retains three Gigabit ports, but adds one port up to 10 Gbps prepared to take advantage of the maximum speed symmetrical fiber. The SC/APC optical port also changes, as it is now compatible with networks XGS-PONin addition to the GPON. Regarding performance, Movistar says that the new router is up to 2.5 times faster, has 50% less latency, 70% more traffic capacity and 9% less electricity consumption. In addition, according to the company, it adds a 10% improvement in coverage compared to the previous model. The extra capacity is probably the information that may interest us most in an average home, since the house is increasingly full of cameras, televisions, speakers, robot vacuum cleaners and consoles competing for the same network. What WiFi 7 really provides To understand why Movistar talks about these improvements, it is important to be clear about what WiFi 7 is. It is the standard 802.11besuccessor of Wi-Fi 6 and of WiFi 6Eand the WiFi Alliance gave the green light to technology during CES 2024. Among its benefits we have channels up to 320 MHz, twice as wide as WiFi 6. It also offers 4K-QAM modulation, which allows more data to be packed into each transmission. In addition to this, WiFi 7 incorporates the technology MLO (Multi-Link Operation)which is perhaps the one that interests us most at home and that allows a device to send and receive data on several bands at the same time. In theory we could reach speeds of up to 46 Gbps compared to 9.6 Gbps for WiFi 6. The important nuance is that these advantages only materialize if the device that connects also supports WiFi 7. A laptop or mobile phone from a few years ago will connect to the new router without problem, but will continue to function under the previous standard. Therefore, you will not notice a substantial change in speed as long as you do not have equipment compatible with this technology. What doesn’t change There are functions that remain identical in both models. Both allow the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands to be unified under a single SSID, both are managed from the Movistar Smart WiFi mobile application (for iOS and Android), both are compatible with the Smart WiFi 6 amplifier to extend coverage and both work with the FTTR fiber from the operator (the Movistar service that uses an ultra-fine fiber thread to bring the connection to every corner of the house). Security does not change either, since both routers continue to use the protocol WPA3. How much does it cost and how to get it The most direct way to get the Smart WiFi 7 without paying anything extra is to contract Movistar’s 10 Gbps fiber. It doesn’t matter if it is a new registration, a portability or a client who is already in the company and decides to upgrade to that modality, because in all cases the router is included. Movistar markets this speed for five euros more a month above the usual rate. There is also good news for those who contract other rates from the company. As we recently mentioned, the equipment is included free of charge in new registrations. miMovistar rates since February 16, 2026, and the operator’s website already offers it along with the miMovistar Unlimited package with 1 Gbps fiber or 600 Mbps. But be careful: if the contract is for fiber without any other additional service, the equipment delivered is still the Smart WiFi 6. If you are a customer of … Read more

up to 115 inches and the most extreme color accuracy

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Sony has been quietly developing a technology for more than two decades that now, finally, has its own name and is ready to hit the living room. The Japanese firm has just presented its Sony Bravia 9 II, with which it claims to have made the most ambitious leap in its history in LCD televisions: an RGB backlight controlled LED by LED that promises color accuracy that until now only existed in reference monitors in post-production studios. Next to nothing. According to the brand itself, this new panel is not one more evolution of the MiniLED conventional blue LED, but integrates the three RGB subpixels in each LED diode, giving you greater control over the lighting and the resulting color volume. The Bravia 9 II arrives with the flagship label and new technology under its arm, but it doesn’t do it alone. Sony has also presented the Bravia 7 II with which it shares technology of True RGB display. More than 20 years cooking an idea: True RGB The history of new technology Sony’s True RGB begins in 2004, when the brand launched the Qualia 005, the first LCD TV on the market equipped with a Triluminos panel that used red, green and blue light sources to backlight the LCD panel. Twelve years later, in 2016, the brand took a new step in that evolution with the Backlight Master Drive system that I was riding the Sony ZD9which laid the foundations for the control over backlighting that later gave rise to dimming zones as we know them today. With the arrival of Bravia 9 II, the Japanese brand closes the circle of development after more than two decades, resulting in True RGB technology, which combines the RGB backlighting that the Qualia 005 brought to the table and the zone lighting control of the ZD9. Conventional MiniLED uses white or blue LED diodes grouped into dimming zones. True RGB replaces these diodes with others made up of smaller diodes that integrate a blue, green and red LED in a single capsule that are controlled independently, so that the light that reaches the LCD panel already does so with the color it should represent. This means that the light that reaches the panel is already, from the outset, purer and more accurate in terms of color, without the need for the panel’s filters to do so much correction work. In this way, the colors obtained are more intense and saturated even when very high brightness levels are reached, at which time the MiniLED technologies conventional ones suffer to maintain color fidelity. Sony Bravia 9 II, the benchmark of the range The reference model for Sony’s True RGB technology is the Bravia 9 II, which incorporates the most advanced of this RGB MiniLED technology with the lighting system RGB Backlight Master Drive Pro which incorporates new self-developed LED drivers that, according to Sony, improve the level of backlight control. This model also includes the technologies RGB Triluminos Max and Luminance Booster Pro to increase the volume of color and a softer gradation even in rooms with a lot of ambient light, something especially relevant for living rooms with windows or a lot of artificial lighting. Sony Bravia 9 II arrives with diagonals of 65, 75, 85 and up to 115 inches, making it one of the most ambitious proposals on the market in terms of size. The bet on these large format diagonals This is not a coincidence, but rather responds to one of the great advantages of RGB MiniLED technology: offering image quality and depth of blacks close to OLEDin a screen size unattainable for this type of television. On non-115-inch models, the screen includes Immersive Black Screen Pro screen treatment, a low-reflection, anti-glare coating developed with the participation of Sony Pictures Entertainment to ensure deep blacks and visible details even in dark scenes, in any lighting conditions. That is, less glare and reflections on the screen, without affecting color fidelity. A complete family with audio included The Bravia 9 II does not arrive alone. Sony presents it together with the Bravia 7 II, in which it applies the same True RGB technology, but in sizes of 50, 55, 65, 75, 85 and 98 inches, with X-Wide Angle technology to maintain color uniformity from wide viewing angles. Both the Bravia 9II and its little sister Bravia 7 II share features aimed at home theater, such as My Cinema mode, which adjusts the image and sound to your living room and image modes calibrated for platforms such as Netflix, Prime Video and Sony Pictures Core, as well as support for Dolby Vision, IMAX Enhanced and Dolby Atmos audioDTS:X. To complete the proposal, Sony presents the Bravia Theater Trioa three-speaker system (front left, right and center) developed in direct collaboration with the sound creators at Sony Pictures Entertainment. This sound system uses 360 Spatial Sound Mapping technology to generate up to 24 virtual speakers and create an immersive soundstage from all directions. Sony has not revealed the price of its new products, but all the products presented will be able to rbe kept from May 27. In Xataka | Sony BRAVIA OLED 8 II, analysis: with this image quality it goes straight to the podium of the best televisions of 2025 Image | sony

In Euskadi they believe they have the solution to the neighbors’ opposition to wind power. Let them take 7% of your profits

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On May 18, the pre-booking period opened. In less than 24 hours, 51 residents of Rioja Alavesa had already put their money in the wind farm that no one wanted to have next door. Seven percent guaranteed annual profitability. Minimum investment, 1,000 euros. Project name: Gure Haizea. Our wind. Euskadi has not inaugurated a wind farm for twenty years. The last one came into operation in 2006. For two decades, projects have multiplied on paper and have gotten stuck in the courts, in the allegations commissions and in neighborhood assemblies. The result is that the autonomous community, which has a world-class wind industry, produces only 7.9% of its electricity with its own renewable sources. The Basque Government’s objective is to reach 15% in 2030. To achieve this, it needs the residents of the affected municipalities to say yes. And so far, the majority have said no. The park that no one wanted to have next to. The Labraza wind farm, in the Alava municipality of Oion, is under construction. Forty megawatts of power and an investment of 59 million euros. When it comes into operation, it will produce around 99,679 megawatt hours per year, enough to supply around 30,000 homes, and will avoid the emission of approximately 16,300 tons of CO₂. It will also increase the installed wind capacity throughout the Basque Country by 26%, according to data from Iberdrola and of Basque Energy Entity (EVE)the public agency of the Basque Government that co-manages the project through its joint venture with Iberdrola, called Aixeindar. What makes Labraza more than just another wind farm is what this joint venture has just announced: for the first time in Euskadi, citizens will be able to participate in the financing of the project and collect interest for it. The chosen formula is crowdlendinga type of crowdfunding in which individuals lend money to a project and receive a guaranteed annual interest in return. In this case, 7%. The platform that will manage the process is Fundeen, the first Spanish investment platform in renewable energies authorized by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). The maximum term is three years. The minimum contribution, 1,000 euros; the maximum, 100,000. The total objective of citizen financing: three million euros. As reported by the Basque Energy Entitythe pre-booking period opened on May 18. In just 24 hours, 51 small investors had already covered 60% of the objective, according to data published by ElDiario.es. The final financing will be formalized in June. The problem that profitability tries to solve. The rejection of wind farms in Spain—and in Euskadi in particular—does not arise out of nowhere. It has concrete and legitimate roots. The reasons for rejection They are diverse: the landscape impact of wind turbines in mountainous areas with strong natural and cultural value, criticism related to noise, the effect on birds and ecosystems, and above all the feeling that large electricity companies obtain benefits while municipalities receive little real compensation. In Álava, more than 100 renewable initiativeswith an especially high concentration that has triggered neighborhood alarms. The underlying issue is more structural. 84% of Spain’s renewable energy is produced in rural areas and in so-called emptied Spain, but without that money stay in the territory. The municipalities assume the visual, sound and landscape impact. Energy travels to cities. The benefits go to the company headquarters. That energy inequality is the core of a problem which has manifested itself in different ways in different territories: Aragon tried to keep its energy surplus, Galicia proposed half-price electricity for residents of municipalities with renewable installations, and now Euskadi is trying 7% profitability for its citizens. The proposal of crowdlending try to attack exactly that gap. If the neighbors also make money from the wind, the equation changes. The park stops being an infrastructure imposed by someone from outside and becomes, at least partially, an own investment. That is why the name in Basque matters: Gure Haizea It’s not just a brand, it’s an argument. More than money, also cheaper electricity. The mechanism is simple in its conception. Through the platform Fundeeninterested citizens can enter the Labraza project as lenders: they contribute between 1,000 and 100,000 euros for a maximum of three years and receive a guaranteed 7% annual interest regardless of what the park produces. They do not buy shares or become owners, but rather creditors of the project. It’s an important distinction: the risk is lower than in direct investing, but so is the control. The initiative is primarily aimed at the inhabitants of Labraza, Barriobusto, Oion and Rioja Alavesa, although it is also open to the entire historic territory of Álava. The objective, according to EVEis to always prioritize investors from the areas closest to the park. It is not limited to financial performance. The inhabitants of the Administrative Boards of Labraza and Barriobusto They will also be entitled to a special electricity rate once the park comes into operation, and throughout its useful life. The package also includes up to 90 local jobs during construction, an initial income of around 1.2 million euros for the municipal coffers when the works start and about 230,000 euros annually in taxes and fees. To explain the details, Iberdrola and EVE organized in-person information sessions in Labastida, Oion and Laguardia during the month of May. Spain already has precedents. What Euskadi presents as new is not exactly its own invention. The model of crowdlending for wind farms has already been tested in other Spanish communities, always with the same platform—Fundeen—and with a profitability also set at around 7%. In the Canary Islands, the company Ayagaures Medioambiente promoted the Renove II wind farm in Agüimes (Gran Canaria) with exactly this scheme. More than 45 investors, prioritizing the residents of the municipality, contributed 1,080,000 euros, 20% of the total budget of just over five million. The success was such that the company is already working on a second project with the same model. In Navarra, the Montes de Cierzo wind farm of the Norwegian Statkraft also … Read more

Intel has a plan to stand up to TSMC in 2027. First it has to survive 2026

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During his almost four years at the helm of Intel, Pat Gelsinger stated on several occasions how important the semiconductor manufacturing business was for this company. In fact, many of the decisions he made pursued strengthen your competitiveness in a sector strongly dominated by Taiwanese integrated circuit manufacturer TSMC. However, the continuous delays in the manufacturing processes, the million-dollar losses and the drop in the stock market value of this company they ended up hastening his departure. Lip-Bu Tan, the current CEO of Intel, assumed leadership of the company in March 2025. At that time, a very uncertain future loomed over this company, and it was not at all clear what role Intel’s chip factories would play in the company’s global strategy. In fact, the leaks that predicted the possible segregation of semiconductor production plants into an independent company suggested that Lip-Bu Tan was willing to do without its chip factories. Fourteen months after his arrival to the general management, the panorama is very different. Integrated circuit manufacturing plants once again occupy a central position in Intel’s strategy. has confirmed it recently Lip-Bu Tan without the slightest ambiguity on CNBC’s Mad Money. From his statements it is clear that he aspires to consolidate Intel as the Western alternative to TSMC. And its cutting-edge nodes and Apple play a fundamental role in this ambitious plan. Node 18A is Intel’s best hope The most advanced integration technology Intel currently has in large-scale production is 18A lithography. In theory it is comparable or slightly superior to 2nm nodes from TSMC and Samsung. When Tan took the reins of the company, the performance of the 18A node it was not good. In fact, the outlook looked so bad that was forced to ask for help to some of its partners in the integrated circuit manufacturing ecosystem to analyze the data it had and find a way to optimize production and increase its competitiveness. “Performance” evaluates what percentage of the chips produced are working correctly. A low one triggers million-dollar losses An important note: in this context “performance” evaluates what percentage of the chips produced work correctly. Low performance triggers million-dollar losses. Tan has explained that the industry standard requires improving that performance by 7 to 8% each month, and has confirmed that now Intel is reaching that figure. There is no doubt that it is an unmistakable sign that the situation is changing. So much, in fact, that customers are starting to knock on the door. Intel has already closed agreements chip manufacturing with Tesla and Google. AND, as we told you at the beginning of this monthApple is exploring the possibility of Intel and Samsung manufacturing the advanced chips for their devices in the US. In all likelihood, the loss of influence and priority in the TSMC production chain that it has maintained for more than a decade has led to this decision. Now Nvidia has these privileges. There are several compelling reasons why Apple may be interested in Intel manufacturing its integrated circuits in the US. Or Samsung in its state-of-the-art plant in Texas. Or you could even work with both companies simultaneously and not completely break its business relationship with TSMC. Either way, this diversification strategy would allow Apple to effectively protect itself from supply chain disruptions triggered by geopolitical instability. And also the shortage of some components caused by the massive construction of data centers to artificial intelligence (AI). The next step will be node 14Athe integration technology with which Intel hopes to be able to compete head-to-head with TSMC in 2027 and 2028. Tesla has already confirmed which will order chips with this photolithography from Intel for its electric vehicles and robotics projects. Image | Intel More information | DigiTimes Asia In Xataka | Bill Gates has X-rayed Intel. And his diagnosis is overwhelmingly accurate.

It’s from Kaspersky and now it’s almost half the price

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It’s not pleasant, but cyber attacks are the order of the day. We all like to protect the security of our phones or files on a personal level, but if it is important there, things go to another dimension if we are talking about a company. There, not only the security of your own documents matters, but also that of your employees and also that of your clients. If you have a small or medium-sized company, the most interesting thing in your case may be to look for a solution that, beyond offering a high level of security (which also), you can install without the need for a team of experts. That’s where Kaspersky and its new Small Office Security Premium solution fits in, which is also on sale: part of the 96.90 eurosbut if we use the code ‘KSOSP’ we will receive an additional 15% discount. Kaspersky Small Office Security Premium – 1 year The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A very secure business solution that is super easy to install We have already talked to you on some occasions about Small Office Security. Explained very briefly, it is a solution available for computers, mobile phones and servers that is installed in a very simple and offers protection against malicious files (for example, those that arrive by email) and vulnerability analysis. In addition to all of the above, also includes a password manager, antivirus and VPN. The latter is quite interesting because it allows your workers to use your company’s platform and tools even if they are working abroad or using a public WiFi network such as an airport or a cafeteria. Kaspersky’s new solution, Small Office Security Premium, goes a little further. It includes everything above that we explained a few lines above, but it also has remote installation support from Kaspersky in case we have any questions. It has a team of experts that will help us in case of any threat that tries to attack our company and, in addition, also includes training for our employees. In addition, both the standard version and its Premium mode are very configurable services. Kaspersky allows us to configure the service based on the number of users who are going to use it, which allows us not to have to pay for licenses that we are not going to use. We can also choose which modality we want: whether annual, whether for two years or three years. Finally, it is worth mentioning that Kaspersky offers 30 days free trialso you can test if the solution fits your company. If you don’t like it or prefer some other alternative, you can request a full refund. 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 | Kaspersky In Xataka | Best antivirus for computer: the best paid alternatives to protect your PC In Xataka | Password managers: which ones are the best to protect and remember all the ones you have

What science knows about how a hazelnut affects your memory

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A nutritional recommendation that we have been told for a long time is that every day we should eat a handful of nuts to be able to maintain good health in the long term. Here, experts specifically point out that it is not enough to eat walnuts or almonds separately, but the key is to consume mixed nuts to prevent cognitive decline. More and more voices. This is what genetic epidemiologist and microbiome expert Tim Spector has shown, who has pointed categorically that “the best way to help your brain health is to eat mixed nuts.” The problem is that, from a scientific point of view, although there is evidence that reinforces this idea, there are also others who do not think the same and do not see that nuts are an infallible prevention against neurodegeneration. It is studied. To understand how a pistachio or hazelnut can affect our memory, we must first look at the intestine. Here, a comprehensive systematic review published in 2024 in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy details how the intestinal microbiota It not only digests food, but regulates the functions of glial cells in the brain, becoming a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases. And it is no wonder, because glial cells act as the defense system that our brain has. How it works. The mechanism proposed here mainly focuses on the theory that consuming the fiber and polyphenols present in nuts causes our intestinal bacteria to ferment them and produce short-chain fatty acids. These metabolites are capable of passing directly to our brain, reducing neuroinflammation and promoting neuronal plasticity. In fact, recent analyzes of more than 500 studies confirm that a healthy microbiota is directly associated with better connectivity in areas of the brain dedicated to memory, attention and emotions, such as the amygdala and frontal cortex. In the long term. The clearest evidence we have to date connecting nut consumption, microbiota, and cognition comes from Spain. Here is a prospective study published in the journal Age and Aging by researchers from the University of Rovira and Virgili, where it was analyzed to 747 overweight patients with metabolic syndrome for six years. Based on this sample, they began to give different portions of 30 grams of nuts to the patients and waited to see what would happen. The results suggested that with 3-7 servings of nuts a week, a significantly slower cognitive decline can be maintained. Beyond. The most interesting thing was the “how” since when analyzing the participants’ feces, they saw that the consumption of nuts increased the Shannon index, which is a marker of how rich our microbial life is in the intestine. In this way, it was seen that the consumption of nuts caused a increase in bacteria that are very beneficial for us, such as Lachnospiraceae UCG-004whose abundance was directly linked to better mental performance. Why ‘mixed’. The insistence on a variety of nuts has a microbiological basis, since systematic reviews show that each type of nut feeds slightly different bacterial families. In this way, while almonds can favor certain strains of bacteria after four weeks of consumption, walnuts, hazelnuts or pistachios enhance different ones. That is why, if we feed all the strains, diversity will be maximized, which is what interests us to generate a greater variety of neuroprotective metabolites. It’s not magic. At the moment, all the studies we have on the table are observational, so they demonstrate a strong association between eating nuts and cognitive improvement, but it is not absolute causality. Here, a meta-analysis of 2024 published in Frontiers in Nutritionwhich reviewed 5 clinical trials with 928 adults, did not find a significant overall effect of nut consumption on cognition in the short or medium term. But more recent individual trials also show some doubtssince, while a dose of 50 grams per day of almonds failed to improve long-term memory in prediabetic adults according to a study in Nutrition Journal, another similar test in the Asian Indian population did report improvements in executive function after 24 weeks. Images | Pratik Bachhav In Xataka | The pistachio has worked an unexpected wonder: generating thousands of jobs in the fields of Castilla-La Mancha

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