Aliexpress returns with a day day -full of technology offers and discount coupons of up to 65 euros

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We started the month of September and Aliexpress launches a new Choice Day. As usual, we will have at our disposal a lot of interesting offers in technology, including consoles, mobile phones, smart watches and much more. How is it difficult to find the best offers, we have made a selection of some of the most prominent: CMF Watch Pro 2 by 38.40 euros With the ESCD05 code, a very interesting quality-price option. Samsung Galaxy A56 by 242.60 euros With the ESCD30 code, the best telephone of the company’s range A to date. Honor Pad X8A by 75.90 euros With the ESCD10 code, an ideal tablet for the return to school. Little x7 pro by 227.99 eurosa very interesting phone with great autonomy. PlayStation 5 Slim by 420.99 euros With the ESCD55 code, the version with reader of the popular Sony console. If you are interested in any other device that is not on this list and want to take it home at the best price, you have a list of discount coupons to save more on your purchases: Discount Minimum purchase coupon 2 euros 2.02 euros CDES02 2 euros 19 euros ESCD02 5 euros 39 euros ESCD05 7 euros 59 euros ESCD07 10 euros 79 euros ESCD10 18 euros 139 euros ESCD18 30 euros 249 euros ESCD30 40 euros 349 euros ESCD40 55 euros 459 euros ESCD55 65 euros 569 euros Escd65 CMF Watch Pro 2 If we are looking for a smartwatch and we have A very tight budgetthis CMF Watch Pro 2 It can be great. Its price was already quite attractive to launch, but we can take it home for alone 38.40 euros With the ESCD05 code, which we will have to enter before the end of the purchase. What can we expect from him? It is a fairly light clock with 1.32 inches and maximum brightness of 620 nits. In addition to this, it also has A autonomy that can reach up to 11 daysIt has interchangeable bezels and 120 sports modes. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy A56 Although most foci are usually taken by Samsung’s prémonic phones, we cannot ignore that their A telephones line is the most popular among the general public. Among all the mobiles that compose it, the Galaxy A56 5g is unmarked as the best option. If we were behind him, he can now leave Aliexpress by 242.60 euros with the ESCD30 code. With him, we are going to have with us an off -road phone that stands out for a large 6.7 -inch screen with 120 Hz, a 5,000 mAh battery that is compatible with fast charge of 45 w and six years of updateswhich implies that we will always have it up to date for quite some time. * Some price may have changed from the last review Honor Pad X8A A tablet is a device that can come great both to work and study, as well as for our children now that school returns. If we are looking for a very economical, This honor Pad X8a is ideal: We can take home for 75.90 euros With the ESCD10 code, a great price if we take into account everything it offers. We are facing a device with An 11 -inch LCD screenone that also has 90 Hz. It is fed by a Snapdragon 680 chip and offers good autonomy thanks to its 8,300 mAh battery. For less than 80 euros, difficult to find a better tablet. Honor Pad X8A (4 + 64 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Little x7 pro We continue with the devices that stand out for their value for money with a phone, in this case a bit. We are referring to the model X7 proa mobile that does not carry too much in the market and we can find for much less than the price at which. If we take advantage of this aliexpress Choice, we can take it for 227.99 euros. This Xiaomi phone offers a 6.67 -inch screen with 1.5K resolution (2,712 x 1220 pixels). In addition, it has a good processor such as Dimensity 8400 of MediaTek And a huge 6,000 mah battery That, in addition, we can load in a sigh thanks to the fast charging of 90 W. * Some price may have changed from the last review PlayStation 5 Slim We close this selection of offers with a console, in this case of Sony. This is the Slim version of PlayStation 5, specifically the model that has a record reader. If we were waiting for a promotion to get it, this can be a great moment: it goes out for 420.99 euros with the ESCD55 code. Little to say about this console after taking so many years with us. Offers a hardware capable of moving 4K games and with up to 120 fps, as well as some Reduced load times thanks to your SSD. It is true that it is now available The pro modelbut this option is unmarked as a cheaper version that also gives us access to the entire console catalog. PlayStation 5 Slim (with reader) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Álvaro García M. in XatakaCMF, Samsung, Honor, Little, Sony In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best smartwatch: their analysis and videos are here

Take 20 years registered there

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Located in the Merindad de Tudela, in Navarras lands, Valtierra It is a municipality of just 2,500 neighbors that does not usually monopolize large headlines. Not anymore. His name and that of his mayor, Manuel Resa (UPN) has been starring chronicles for several days in the National Press And even It has sneaked in it Prime Time television by the hand of ‘Public mirror’. The reason has little to do with the agroganader sector of the town or its heritage. What has placed it under the media focus is its political controversy in favor of birth and especially the differences between the ‘lifelong’ families of the people and those formed by immigrant workers. And that, with Torre Pacheco even in memoryhas raised Polvareda. Why’s that? To understand you have to go back a few months ago, to Octoberwhen the town hall of Valtierra published the foundations of a ‘call for the granting of birth aids’. The idea, as clarifies The documentdigitally signed by Manuel Resa, it was “to support and encourage” the birth of the people, contributing to the region being sustainable at a social and economic level. So far unusual. To achieve this, the Consistory offered aid of up to 3,000 euros to families that had children throughout 2025. Going down to detail. The controversy arises in The fifth point of the document, where the “requirements” that the beneficiaries must meet. In addition to giving birth to a baby between January and December 2025, being a neighbor of the town and being up to date with municipal taxes, the Consistory asks that people who request the aid meet a demand: at least one of the parents of the creature must have registered several decades in the municipality. And the document makes it clear that the newborn is expected to also maintain that same status. “At least one of the parents must be registered in Valtierra uninterrupted during the 20 years immediately prior to the date of registration of the request for birth help. In addition the neonates must be registered with the parent who requests the aid at the time of the registration immediately after birth, as well as remaining registered for 20 years uninterrupted in the locality of the locality of Valtierra “. And the controversy jumped. Beyond the effort to set the population in the town, that requirement has another much more controversial reading: it leaves out all those immigrant parents who carry in Valtierra less than two decades. This was understood by a group of women, who made it possible for the matter to reach the service against racism and xenophobia. The result? The past spring The regional government moved to sign and asked the Council of Navarra to value whether the clause was “compatibility with the legal system and principle of equality.” Before the government gave some advice to the town hall of Valtierra, but they allegedly fell into a broken bag. “The answer was to ignore any type of recommendation and stay in the literal of the approved bases, so we are obliged to raise this case to the Council to rule, from the conviction that there is an obvious discriminatory treatment in an important part of the population e Valtierra,” Explain The Minister of Migration Policies. Point and end? Not at all. Far from relaxing, the controversy has continued to fan. And he has basically done for two reasons. The first is that in mid -June the Council of Navarra published Your opinionan extensive report that is resolved with a conclusion as succinct as blunt, especially if we remember that the report has an advisory character and is not a sentence: its experts express “serious doubts” that Valtierra’s requirements conform to the legal system. “The Menas those”. The second reason that the controversy has fueled are the statements of the mayor himself, who have served to throw further firewood. During one interview With the SER RESA chain he insisted that he has no intention of changing the call and that the important thing is to support people with roots. “What we have to sponsor and where we have to put money is for people with roots of our land because we are receiving many immigrants who cost us a pasture,” he argues in statements collected by The country. “For example, those that cost 4,950 euros per month, more than 50,000 euros a year. Some young mans of those we have there.” The mayor has also censored that there are people with “all rights, but no obligation.” A key percentage: 60%. Your statements have unleashed The political debate Beyond Valtierra and have even taken the PNV to disallow the mayorof his own training, for Vox rejoicing, which has “congratulated him.” “We congratulate this speech”, He came to celebrate His regional spokesman Emilio Jiménez. The truth is that resa’s words have generated a stir for another reason: Valtierra, a town that did not reach last year 2,500 inhabitantshas a considerable demographic dependence on immigration, especially of African origin. It is recognized by the Government of Navarra, who recalls that in 2023 Valtierra registered only 23 births and in 14 of them the mother was of foreign origin. That is, they meant about 60% of the total birth. The avant -garde Precise In addition, near the fifth of its population (19%) come from abroad and are mostly emigrants from North Africa to work in the field. In other Navarre locations, such as miracle or tudela that percentage is even higher. In opinion De Begoña Alfaro, Minister of Migration Policies, measures such as Valtierra create “first and second citizens.” Images | AEK Korrika (Flickr) and Kyle Nieber (Unspash) In Xataka | In 2017, Liverpool signed a star footballer. Without knowing it, I had found the solution for racism in sport

What is it, who affects and when it comes into force

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The Tax Agency has prepared a New Billing System for SMEs and Autonomousis called verifactu and is part of the Law 11/2021known as anti -arud law. Its objective is that all invoices issued in Spain meet some requirements and are verifiable by the Tax Agency. What is verifactu? Its official name is Veri*Factu, but we are going to omit the capital letters and asterisk in favor of readability. It is the name that the Tax Agency has put to the new billing regulations collected in the Royal Decree 1007/2003. It defines the requirements that must be adopted by the billing systems of companies and self -employed, so that All invoices follow a standard and are verifiable by the administration. Verifactu is not software to make invoices, but a technological system that will be integrated into the so -called SIF (Billing Computer Systems) to avoid possible fraud. Verifactu forces the SF to meet a series of technical requirements so that Each invoice issued is unalterable, safe and traceable. The verifactu system They will automatically send all invoices to the Tax Agency. This seeks to end the dual -use which allows a double accounting and hide the real sales of a company. All invoices issued with this system must carry the legend “verifiable invoice at the Electronic Headquarters of the AEAT” or “verifactu” and also will include a QR code. Who is obliged to use verifactu? Verifactu affects most companies and freelancers. Here are those who are obliged to meet this requirement: Companies: Companies Sociedad Anónima, Limitada Company, Cooperatives and any entity that is subject to the Corporation Tax. Autonomous: all, including those that pay them in the module regime. Revenue attribution regime entities: Includes communities of civil assets and societies. Foreign companies that have a branch in Spain: Although its headquarters are in another country, if the company operates in Spain lasting through an office, factory or branch, it will be obliged to use verifactu. Who is exempt from using verifactu? Although the vast majority of companies and professionals will be affected, there are some exemptions: Companies in the SII: he Immediate Information Supply It forces companies to communicate their turnover almost in real time, so the use of verifact would be redundant. Freelancers in modules or equivalence surcharge: The exemption only applies to cases where a complete invoice is not issued. If an invoice must be issued in an operation, they must use verifactu. Agrarian sector: Taxpayers who are accepted to the Special Regime of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries are exempt, but only in agrarian receipts (the buyer issues them). the Basque Country: It is a territory with their own tax regime and have their own system called Ticketbai. When does verifactu come into force? The verifactu system has been available since last April for those companies and freelancers that want to use it voluntarily. It will begin to be mandatory from next year Although companies will have to incorporate it much sooner than the self -employed, who have more margin. Companies: January 1, 2026. Autonomous: July 1, 2026. Companies that do not comply with the obligation to use certified software with verifactu face fines of up to 50,000 euros. For their part, software suppliers that do not meet the requirements could receive sanctions of up to 150,000 euros. How does verifactu work? Image: Tax Agency As we said above, verifactu is not a computer program as such that you can download and start using. To be able to issue invoices through this system, you have to get a SIF program that integrates it. At the moment it is not mandatory, but for developers the deadline to integrate it into their software has already defeated (it was July 1). This means that There are quite a few options that integrate it such as Quipu, Holded either Stel Order. These are the steps of the verifactu system: Invoice emission: The process does not change, the difference is that the program that is used must be certified for verifactu. Registration in the AEAT: Simultaneously, a file will be sent to the Tax Agency with the key data of the invoice. Recording records: In order to be unalterable, each new record is chained with the previous one. In this way a sequence is created that prevents modifying or erasing an invoice without breaking the complete chain. Impression and generation of QR: Also simultaneously, the invoice will be printed with a QR code and an alphanumeric identification code. What is the price of verifactu? Verifactu as such is free, but billing programs that usually have a Monthly cost. For example, Quipu has a basic plan for 14 euros per month, Holded for 14.50 euros and Stel Order offers a free plan. Cover image | Mihail Nilov, Pexels In Xataka | Digital Kit 2024: What is it, what can be used and bonus requirements up to 12,000 euros for freelancers and SMEs

one that also threatens to reconfigure your business

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If you ever imagined that Chrome would end up in the hands of another company, it will not happen. Ni OpenAi nor perplexitywith their ambition to compete in searches, they will have the opportunity to stay with him. According to Reutersa federal judge has ruled out the most drastic measure in one of the most relevant antitrust cases of the digital era. Google will keep control of its star and Android browser, but it is not empty: the failure forces you to give up land in another way. What decided today: Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that Google will not have to sell Chrome or Android, but must accept significant limits in their distribution contracts. The sentence prohibits exclusive agreements for Chrome, Search, the Assistant of Google and Gemini, accepting part of the company’s proposals. The ruling, issued on Tuesday by the Columbia district court, is a turning point in the case that has put the power of the search engine under the magnifying glass. Share data: Google will have to offer your rivals key information from your search engine. The magistrate established that only companies that meet specific criteria can access it, which limits the scope of the opening. The objective is to facilitate competition in a market where Google domain is nourished by exclusive use signals. The ruling rules out, however, the government’s request to deliver a greater volume of data. The ‘default’ under magnifying glass: The court also restricted the agreements that guarantee Google the predetermined position in browsers and mobile devices. These exclusivities had been key to maintaining their dominant presence, ensuring that millions of users use their services. Although all payments to partners are not prohibited, the judge seeks to limit the scope of these practices. The company had proposed to eliminate some contracts to reduce the pressure of the case. The Department of Justice had requested much more aggressive measures: Chrome’s forced sale, the end of all distribution contracts and much broader access to search engine data. The judge rejected that roadmap and leaned for an intermediate approach. “The courts must address the design of remedies with a good dose of humility,” he wrote in his ruling. The sentence avoids a radical restructuring of Google, but does not leave it without obligations. Data advantage effect: The sentence points to the heart of Google’s competitive advantage: its search signal monopoly. By forcing data with selected rivals, the judge alters one of the levers that have consolidated their position for decades. Although the company maintains control of its key products, the risk is that others can replicate or improve its results. It is a subtle but potentially deep blow for your business model. The case began in 2020, when the Department of Justice and a group of states sued Google for abusing their position in online searches. Three years later, a ten -week trial put his business model and contracts under the microscope. Among the tests they stood out the 26.3 billion dollars that the company paid in 2021 to ensure be the default engine in browsers and mobiles. The judge ruled last year that Google had acted as monopoly. The ia: While the case advanced, the technological panorama also changed. Search engines are no longer the only starting point: attendees based on AI have begun to assume tasks such as planning trips, summarizing documents and responding complex consultations. Google has reacted with own products such as Ai mode and Geminiintegrating generative directly into the results page. The ruling not only marks legal limits, it also arrives in full transition from the model that cemented its domain. Google plans to appeal, and the process aims to extend for a long time. The judge’s decision is not the end, but the beginning of a new legal stage that will test how digital monopolies are regulated. Meanwhile, the company must adapt to ordered restrictions. The case is emerging as a reference for other judgments that face technological giants. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 In Xataka | “I’m afraid we’re going to be more busy”: Jensen Huang Discrepa from Musk and sees at AF a deep labor transformation

The hypothesis that the mystery can solve

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In the confines of the solar system, more than 1.4 billion kilometers away, Orbit Titanthe Saturn’s biggest moon. A satellite with a dense and orange atmosphere with temperatures that are around -180 ºC, but despite this, it stands out for having clouds, rain, rivers, lakes and seas. Now we have on the table the first theories of how life would be forming there. A first solid theory. For years, Scientists have wondered if in this exotic environment life could arise. Now, A new study Published in the International Journal of Astrobiology proposes a detailed and plausible mechanism on how the first precursor structures of life or Protocamples in its icy methane lakes. The first ingredient of life. For life to begin, you need a border. Something that separates a chemical ‘inside’ from a chaotic ‘outside’. In the case of humans, that border is the cell membrane, A lipid bilayer that delimits the formation of vesicles. Something that according to scientific consensus is a key step and price to the appearance of life. The big question is whether something similar could happen in a place without liquid water like Titan. The answer, according to the authors of the study, is a resounding yes. A key molecule. To affirm something so categorically the most important thing are some Amphiphilic molecules. They are compounds with a polar head and a non -polar tail, like the lipids of our membranes. In this way, this structure allows self -assembly forming the membranes that give rise to vesicles. In Titan’s atmosphere, solar radiation and energy particles constantly bombard nitrogen and methane, creating a complex organic molecules soup. Among them are organic nitriles that have precisely this amphipatic nature and could act as the bricks of these original membranes in a non -polar environment such as liquid methane. A simple mechanism. The study not only posture that these membranes can exist, but also proposes a surprisingly simple and elegant mechanism for their formation, driven by the Titan climate itself. This process begins when the amphipatic compounds created in the atmosphere fall and accumulate on the surface of the methane lakes, forming a thin one -layer film, as if it were oil on the water. When methane rain drops hit the surface of the lake, it causes splashes. They throw aerosols or small secondary drops of the lake itself that fall into the lake itself. Upon contact, its wrapping of a layer merges with the movie of a layer of the side that was already present and what we were looking for is formed: the double layer membrane. In this way, a perfectly formed gallbladder is created that is dispersed in liquid methane, already these hypothetical titan vesicles have been called ‘D endosomas‘. Of unstable bubbles to primitive evolution. Initially, these vesicles would be only ‘kinetically stable’, that is, temporary. But this is where the process becomes even more fascinating, since the study posture that once these vesicles would begin to interact with other organic molecules dissolved in the lake. Those vesicles that by chance capture and integrate other amphiphils in their membrane that make them more stable, will survive more time. This would lead to a kind of natural selection at the molecular level: the most stable vesicles of vesicles would last and accumulate, while the least stable would get rid of. This competition and selection process could lead to a primitive form of evolution, where vesicles develop a “compositional memory” based on molecules that make them more robust. It is a gigantic step that could lead to increasingly complex and functional structures, authentic protocamples. How we will find them. All this is a brilliant hypothesis, but you have to check if it is true. The answer is in future space missions. One of the hopes is put In NASA’s great dragonfly missiona drone of the size of a car that will fly through the atmosphere of Titan from the mid -2030s to analyze different places of its surface. With advanced technology. The authors propose an ideal instrument to conduct this research: a laser device. Ideally, it would be Raman spectroscopy, A technique that analyzes the chemical composition of the molecules. Using metal nanoparticles to amplify the signal in a massive way, it could identify the exact nature of the amphipatics that form vesicles, even in very low concentrations. I should also have Combined light dispersion. A technique that allows you to point a laser to the liquid and measure how the light is dispersed, detect the presence of suspended particles, determine its size and, observing how they settle over time, differentiate the vesicles of dust or ice particles. History in astrobiology. If a mission like Dragonfly found these vesicles, it would be one of the most important discoveries in the history of astrobiology. I would not confirm the existence of life, but would demonstrate that the first steps towards complexity and order, the previous conditions for life (abiogenesis), can occur in the universe in radically different conditions to those of the earth. Images | Alessandro Ferrari In Xataka | In 1995, NASA began to drug spiders with amphetamines, marijuana and the most devastating: caffeine

We are attending at the beginning of an era dangerous in commercial aviation. One in which if you go to a funeral the ticket will cost you more

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In the United States they are already called “surveillance -based prices” (Surveillance Pricing), and they consist in a simple and scary principle: that companies that sell products and services do it in a personalized way with AI algorithms that will analyze all the information they have about you. Delta, what are you doing. In Delta Air Lines they raised to do that, but the idea He ended up knowing each other and being very criticized. So much that several American senators published an open letter demanding the CEO of the airline to explain those plans. In Delta they intended to eliminate static prices to replace them with dynamic prices that were adjusted to what each client theoretically was willing to pay. How are these personalized prices calculated? Companies such as Fetcher – who collaborates with Delta or Virgin Atlantic – have been working on these systems since 2019. They have deep learning experts (Deep Learning) and have one “Large Market Model“, an AI model that is capable of generating those custom prices based on the information of each user. Spying on to meet you better. In fact his CEO, Roy Cohen, explained That this model is trained “with all the data we can collect”, and on the company’s website they affirm that this type of systems could increase the benefits of airlines by 4.4 billion dollars annually. To collect this data, surveillance -based price systems use all types of third -party channels such as the purchasing history of a passenger, its navigation history, its geolocation, its activity in social networks, its biometric data or its financial statement. If you leave funeral, we upload the price. The former member of the FTC Lina Khan Council He already explained that this type of custom pricing systems could raise disturbing cases. A conceivable example would be that of an airline that uses artificial intelligence to collect a higher rate to a passenger “because the company knows that it has just suffered a death in the family and needs to fly to the other side of the country.” The intention was to abandon static prices. In July the president of Delta, Glen Hauenstein, declared which hoped that at the end of the year 20% of the price of its tickets will be determined individually by these AI systems. At that time that percentage was 3%, the triple that in autumn of 2024, but is that the objective was to completely abandon the current price setting systems to make the jump to these personalized and calculated prices based on what is known about each passenger. The pain threshold. The system would also put to the limit the so -called “pain threshold” of each client, establishing that maximum amount that the data suggests that these passengers want to pay. If you are in a hurry – as in the hypothetical situation of having to go to a funeral – the price would increase, while in a routine trip the price would be comparatively lower. Consumer surplus. There is a theoretical principle that explains very well the intentions of companies such as Delta Air Lines. Is called consumer surplusand it is the difference between what a client is willing to pay and what he really pays. Companies seek to capture that surplus, and AI allows you to do it almost perfectly. That, of course, entails a risk: if customers pay the maximum for what they buy, they will have less income for other expenses. Here it will be more difficult for them to do it. In Europe carrying out this type of plans seems difficult: the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD) prohibits automated decisions based on personal data and that have meaningful effects on the user unless it gives their explicit consent. Like dynamic, but supervitaminated prices. It really is of all known that there are many companies that make use of the so -called dynamic prices that try to adjust supply and demand. Airlines have always used them —The price varies according to the day and time of the week or the number of days before the flight – but they are also well known in VTC companies such as Uber or Cabify. Said systems, of coursethey have unleashed more than one controversyand there were suspicions that Uber even raised the price if you reserved a trip When you had little battery. However, these systems do not have that massive data collection section and user profiles that raise prices based on surveillance. Image | Simon Ray In Xataka | There are people getting free flights and money at the expense of airlines. Your superpower: be very patient

Jensen Huang Discrepa from Musk and sees in AI a deep labor transformation

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We are seeing in real time how advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) begin to mold the world in which we live. Models like him Figure 02 are already being tested in factorieswhile others such as Neo Beta have begun to reach the first homes. If some of the current projections are fulfilled, within a few years we could live in cities where Automats are everywhere. The big question is inevitable: what will happen if this scenario comes true? What will we live when I assume most of the work? For a long time, Elon Musk defends A “sustainable abundance” model, in which humans would receive a high universal income and access better health, food, housing and transport services. A future with robots everywhere According to your vision, jobs will become optional because “Probably none of us will have a job.” Not all the big names of the sector share this opinion. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, coincides with Musk that there will be a massive robots deployment, But he doesn’t believe that implies the end of work. Your bet, As he revealed in an interview with Fox Businesspasses through a smaller workday. “I have to admit that I fear that in the future we will be more busy than now. The reason is that many different things that have been done faster for a long time. I am always waiting for the work to end because I have more ideas; most companies have more ideas to pursue.” The manager argues that artificial intelligence will increase our productivity, but will also allow to have more time for leisure and personal development. That does not mean, he insists, that we will be unemployed receiving an income: “We can spend more time on weekends traveling. We come from a world with work weeks of 7 days, and now we have one of 5, and each industrial revolution leads to some change in social behavior. But I hope that the economy does very well thanks to the AI. And some works will disappear, but all the works will change as a result of the AI.” As a point, the world expense at AI reached 235,000 million dollars in 2024 and, if the current rhythm is maintained, it will exceed 630,000 million in 2028, According to IDC. In an intermediate adoption scenario, up to 30% of the hours worked It could automate from here to 2030, driven by the generative AI, The McKinsey Global Institute points out. The unknown remains which of the two magnates will succeed with its prognosis. What is clear is that both have weight interests in this new scenario: Musk plans to popularize his humanoid robot Tesla Optimus, while Huang seeks to consolidate Nvidia leadership in AI and robotic systems for companies and homes. Images | Nvidia | 1x In Xataka | Zuckerberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars in signing talents in AI. Now they are escaping through the back door

Citizens were not supposed to pay the closure of the nuclear, but there is already a hole of 11,600 euros on the bill

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Closing nuclear is not just a political decision, but also an economic problem. The dismantling bill and radioactive waste already exceeds 20.3 billion euros, and the debate between electric and government has only started. An invoice that does not stop growing. According to Enresa’s memorythe public company in charge of dismantling, the total expected cost already reaches 20,367 million euros. The majority corresponds to the dismantling of the reactors, with 17,520.5 million, while waste management and spent fuel, the so -called “electric rate”, adds 2,846.8 million. The rest of the activities, such as the management of the enusa fuel factory in Salamanca, complete the invoice. The fund that finances these operations, nourished with contributions from the electricity, accumulated 8,677 million at the end of 2024, after the 30% rise in the valuation rate since July of last year. This means that it only covers 43% of the planned cost, leaving in the air a gap of 11,690 million euros still to finance. The plan that changed everything. The 7th General Radioactive Waste Plan (PGRR), Approved at the end of 2023was a change of stage by definitely abandoning the centralized temporary warehouse project (ATC) in Villar de Cañas. Instead, waste has been chosen in independent temporary stores (ATI) located in each central, waiting for deep geological storage (AGP) that should be ready in 2072. The PGRR extends the forecasts up to 2100 and delays the total closure of the nuclear park until 2035with Trillo and Vandellós II as the latest plants in going out. To this is added the legal obligation to annually review the forecasts, which adjusts the costs to inflation and the new technical conditions. Electric against rates. The companies, headed by Iberdrola and Endesa, say that operating under this cost scheme is unfeasible. Both have presented resources in the courts against the increase of 30% of the Enresa rate and have claimed millionaire compensation. Besides, They have requested that the closing calendar be reopenedarguing that prolonging the useful life of the reactors would relieve pressure on the electrical system. According to a report by the consultant EY cited by Nuclear ForumSpain supports the highest nuclear fiscal burden in Europe, with 27.3 euros per megavatio hour in specific encumbrances, which in the opinion of companies places them at a clear disadvantage against other countries. The red line of the government. The Executive maintains its position: the costs of dismantling and management of waste will not fall on consumers. The minister for ecological transition, Sara Aagesen, has responded to electricity with three conditions for any extension of the nuclear park: that does not involve additional costs for citizens, that supply security is guaranteed and that plants strictly comply With the standards of the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN). The Government insists that there are no formal negotiations to extend the lives of the centrals and accuses companies to try to transfer their invoice to the whole citizenship. The Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard, summarized the position In statements collected by eldiario.es: “They want part of the dismantling costs to be paid among all, and we will not transfer it to the whole citizenship.” Forecasts and uncertainties. Costs can continue to grow. The French case is a notice as they have advanced at eldiario.es: The Andra agency reviewed in 2025 the cost of the AGP Cigéo between 26,100 and 37,500 million, an increase of up to 60% compared to 2016. In Spain they have prepared The 9th R&D Plan (2024-2028) of Enresa It includes 31 million in research to develop containers, confinement materials and recover fuel. A modest figure compared to billions at stake, but key to preparing the future AGP of 2072 and reducing long -term risks. In addition, Spain faces this solo calendar within Europe. While France, Sweden or Switzerland choose to expand the life of their reactors or even promote new projects, the Spanish PGRR maintains a plan of Progressive closure without planned extensions. A debate that goes beyond closing. The balance of the electrical system is also present. This summer a paradox has been evidenced: historical record of solar production in Europe, but invoices fired by the lack of storage and the need to resort to gas in night hours. In that hole is where the nuclear has played so far a stable backup role, but does not solve that background problem: it only postpones the closure, it makes the costs more expensive and aggravates the inheritance of waste. The dilemma is clear: can you do without it before the network is prepared to guarantee the same stability without firing the price of light? For the Government, the response is to accelerate renewables, storage and interconnections. For electricity, to keep the nuclear live longer. Image | Unspash Xataka | The largest nuclear fusion project on the planet has survived the setbacks. This is the date on which Iter should be ready

There is a sport that is colonizing thousands of tennis courts in the US and expands strongly in Spain: Pickleball

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Francisco Javier Ronda the 50 and has no qualms about recognizing that the first time he played Pickleballafter a friend insisted, it seemed “a children’s game.” Simple. Affordable. Without more. Over time, however, that racket sport that seems to combine tennis ingredients, paddle and bádminton liked it so much that now, Recognize to The countryhe is preparing to exercise as a judge. It is not a unique case. The Pickleball has been gaining adherents in the United States (often colonizing spaces until not so much reserved to tennis) and now it is starring in an international expansion that has taken it To China… and Spain. What is Pickleball? At this point it is quite likely that you have already heard of him, that a relative/friend/co -worker told you how well the last time he threw a game or may even have participated in one. If not, nothing happens. He Pickleball It is summarized easily. Basically it is the new fashion sport, a discipline that It seems to mix Tennis elements, Ádel, Bádminton and table tennis so effectively that in the US It is colonizing Thousands and thousands of tennis courts. And how do you play? The Pickleball is a racket sport, but a little after a game is seen, it is proven that it is very different from tennis or paddle. To begin with, it is played with a rigid smooth surface shovel that must be adjusted to certain measures and a perforated plastic ball. The track is relatively small, of 13,41×6.10 metersalthough it is something different from those used in Bádminton: the line that delimits the “non -volley” area is 2.13 m from the network, which reaches some 86 cm high in the center. The matches are played individual or in pairs. How are the rules? Relatively simple. Players must get the ball to pass over the network and fall inside the track respecting the “Do not volley” area when they hit the blows. Another important guideline is that the serves should be made without lifting the arm from the bottom line and falling out of the non -volley zone. If it is the first blow of a team, the ball has to bounce once on the track before the opponent returns it. Two other keys that you should keep in mind if you are going to set a game is that if the ball bounces twice on the same track the game ends and that only the team you take can score points. To complete a successful game you need 11 points and have two advantage over opponents. The huge (and growing) popularity of the Pickleball led in 2024 to the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET) to dedicate A section on your website, in which the rules can be read in detail. Sports brands like Nike too They have launched to explain its dynamics. So successful? Yes. Pickleball is not new. Its origins can go back to The 1960salthough its popular boom is much more recent. Ethan Singer recently published A wide report in The New York Times in which it shows how in the US there are courts and more tennis courts that are being reconvirting on pickleball tracks taking advantage of two great advantages: its smallest size and that this last sport awakens more and more enthusiasm. According to Singer’s calculations, the result of the analysis of tens of thousands of aerial photographs, only in the last seven years more than 26,000 outdoor pickleball courts have been prepared in the country, many based on old spaces dedicated to tennis. Use Pickleball raises the total number of tracks to more than 68,000. Are there figures? As for the number of people who practice pickletball in the US, the data can vary depending on the source that is consulted but reflects a base of notable followers … and growing. Some talk about millions of fans and a bag of practitioners that have been growing for years double digit. “It is said that next year it will be the most practiced sport there, surpassing basketball, and in Spain a fairly significant growth is expected, although I do not know if as in the US because it is difficult,” assures to The country Miguel Díaz, president of the Reft. Is it something exclusive to the USA? Not at all. Pickleball is entering strong In China, Australia And of course Spain, to cite only a handful of examples. In 2023 the Higher Sports Council He recognized her (together with the touchnnis) as a new sports specialty, last year the Reft reserved an own section on its website and not long ago the Federation and Dupr reached A pact To create a national ranking. This institutional recognition is only the reflection of the growing interest that awakens among racket sports fans. In recent years we have seen how they practiced it world stars of tennis, he sneaked into the programming of celebrations such as Almeria Fair And they opened new spaces To practice it. Does A few months In fact, the Lafuente Pickleball Hub opened in the district of Villaverde, which It is claimed as “the largest Indoor Pickleball Center in Europe.” “In the US already played almost 50 million people and it is estimated that in Spain the number in 2023 was 20,000,” assures The RFET. Why this success? For the federation it is more than clear: the picklet has managed to find the key. “His success lies in being an easy -to -learn sport and very entertaining, which adapts to the level of each player and that is why he can be played by people of different ages and conditions,” The organization reflects: “It is very entertaining and motivating, since during the game there are long and fast balls in which the level of the judges marks the intensity and rhythm.” “At first it seemed like a children’s game, until you get on and realize that there is much more technique behind,” coincides in The country Francisco Javier Garrido, … Read more

Not only goes from magic

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For a few years, ‘Magic: The Gathering‘, the collectible card game that since 1993 has managed to bring together more than fifty million players around the worldlive a curious acceleration stage. The increasingly nourished card games market, the adaptation to the new times becoming a more open game to new players than ever, the influence of collecting … and franchises. ‘Magic’ seems to have learned from Hollywood cinema where the future of the business is and has applied it. Strictly. ‘Magic’: an introduction in a paragraph. Essentially, ‘Magic’ is a card game where Players face With a deck of letters whose content allows them to attack, defend or start spells, all with a large number of variables at stake. Already the fact of starting from mallets that the player brings constructed or mallets that are created from random cards at the game table based two different types of games, and from there innumerable variables are launched. Now: whoever thinks that the unbarchable fan of ‘Magic’ rules, subdivided into all types of variants, have become simpler over time, is wrong. ‘Magic’, in fact, is now more complex than a few years ago when it was a more niche game. A few years ago the only complicated letters were the rare, but the current trend is that the letters have more and more text and rules, partly so that the game variables remain infinite, in part to maintain the stimulus of the discovery and the impossibility of dominating all the cards (there are currently around 29,000 different letters). Where to look. So how has ‘Magic’ get to become a closer game, which is no longer closed in a niche of players where it is difficult to enter? Let us remember, above all, that ‘Magic’ is owned by Wizards of the Coastwhich in recent years has given a few master lessons on how to rejuvenate and make attractiveness for new players an entertainment that until recently was perhaps the paradigm of the leisure closed to newcomers: ‘Dungoons & Dragons’. And he has applied many of the lessons of his last growth. The importance of the Internet. ‘Magic’ has grown remarkably, and is curious considering that we talk about an analog nature game, first thanks to its Digital variantslike ‘Magic The Gathering Arena’. But in recent times, especially, thanks to content creators who have covered very diverse variants of the game. For example, in Spain, the channel of infrequent youtube Where Wismichu is a usual guest and that is not dedicated exclusively to ‘Magic’ but very often, and where games that have enormous follow -up are recorded. Another example, this in English: The Command Zonewhere between filmed and tutorial games of the game variant of the game they are allowed to take relatively known guests. But in recent times, the channels have found a new reef: that of fans who dedicate themselves exclusively to Open envelopesallowing spectators to live the excitation of the discovery … without spending a pasture. The franchises arrive. We also have an incentive that opens ‘Magic’ to countless audiences: franchises. In theory, the world of the game is a multiverse so there is space for all types of additional series with known characters outside this cosmos of magic D&D Dragons’, ‘Stranger Things’,’ Fortnite ‘,’ Street Fighter ‘, Junji Ito, Monty Python, Post Malone, Marvel,’ SpongeBob ‘and’ Sonic ‘. Beyond the promotional material, crosses with other franchises have begun to be created in the series of the Universes Beyond seal, which has already included letters inspired by ‘Warhammer 40,000’, ‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Final Fantasy’, ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Fallout’ or ‘Assassin’s Creed’ among many others. Unlike The Secret Lair, these series are perfectly playable and incorporable to decks with dozens of cards each, which adds an indisputable aesthetic and collectible incentive. The success of these franchises has led ‘Magic’ to announce that in the near future, Half of the releases will be cards of this type. A variant for everyone. We said that the rules of the game have not been simplified, but we have a very popular format, specially designed for casual players: Commander, initially created by the community at the beginning of the century and formalized in 2011. This format is characterized by large decks (100 cards) that include a central card called “commander”, which is a legendary creature or a Planewalker With special conditions, and where you can play with letters of all kinds, promoting creativity in the creation of mallets. The rules are designed so that ‘Magic’ becomes a more social game, of up to six players, and in everyone’s format. Also the sale of special pre -constructed mallets for this format facilitates the entry of new players, and that is why channels such as those mentioned above focus especially on this variant, far from the sometimes some arid classic rules of the game. Magic’s future. They open a multitude of possibilities in the future of ‘Magic’, neither more nor less than as in a good game of the game itself. From the temptation of the franchises (which, they know well, could open the doors to a back mainstream definitive) to the great reception that have had more affordable rules such as Commander. At the moment, ‘Magic’ is still a niche, but a niche that millions of people play worldwide. The question is now: is it possible to grow more? And above all … What to sacrifice on the way? Thanks to Pablo Fluiters for the help provided for the elaboration of this article. Header | Kaylar Photo in Unspash In Xataka | Black Lotus recovers the most expensive Magic Carta throne: one for 3 million dollars has been sold

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