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For me listening to music was always something private. Spotify’s social functions invaded that shelter but I already took action

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The announcement that Spotify users We can send us direct messages It was an immediate reminder for me: the time had come to thoroughly review the privacy in the application. I have always been clear that what I hear and when I hear it belongs exclusively to my personal sphere. With that idea in mind, I decided to take action on the matter. I opened the app and went to Configuration and privacy > Privacy and social. There is the panel that marks what is shared and what is not, so I took the time to go calmly. Private session. It is Spotify’s unknowns Annual Wrapped. It expires automatically at six hours. I did not activate it because I decided to adjust the rest of the options permanently. Reproduction activity. Spotify can transmit your reproduction activity to your followers (which feeds the feed of friends on the desk). If you are listening to a certain song, your followers that are in the desktop app can see it almost in real time. I deactivated it. I do not need my listening from the minute by minute to be exposed. Recently heard artists. As I mentioned, your profile can show a “artists heard recently”. If you don’t want others to see what your last artists or genres were, you can deactivate that option. I prefer that this information does not appear, so I chose to disable it. Public lists vs. private lists. Something that at the time made me a little noise is that when you create a new playlist in Spotify, by default it will be public. This means that any user could access it if he finds the link, and will appear listed in your profile (if the privacy settings allow it). If a playlist contains songs that you prefer not to be visible, you can mark it as “make private”, which totally hides it: no one else can access, not even with the direct link. The private playlists only see them. Even so, there is a useful nuance: in the desktop version you can manually choose which concrete playlists you want to show in your profile. It is a way of maintaining fine control: all private by default, and I only highlight what I decide. Profile visibility. I deactivated followers and following that no one can see who I follow or who follow me. Less noise, less exposure. Messages in Spotify. It should be said that they are not yet active in Europe and that Spotify has begun a progressive deployment in other regions. On a personal level, the idea does not attract me too much: as I said at the beginning, my relationship with the application is that of a musical refuge, not that of a social network. As the company has advanced, the function will have its own privacy controls and can be completely deactivated, something that you will surely receive it. In any case, there will also be complementary measures, such as blocking unwanted users or rejecting message requests. As a complement, out of that menu I checked two more sections: I deactivated personalized advertising and removed the option to share data with Facebook. Thus I limit the crossing of information with third parties and I prevent my account from relating to a social network that I do not need to listen to music. The final experience does not change in the essential: I still search, choose and reproduce as always. What does change is my sense of control. My playlists are not published alone, my activity does not appear in the feed of others, my profile does not show recent artists or monitoring relationships. And if one day I need an extra layer, I know that private session is waiting there. Images | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 Flash | Screen capture In Xataka | Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

His bet is called KF-21, and is almost ready for real action

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The KF-21 has not been designed to impress Washington, or to compete with the F-35 in rankiness. It has been designed for something simpler and more ambitious at the same time: that South Korea does not depend on anyone when you need a combat plane. The country is called Boramae, Hugon Hunterand want it to be the axis of your Air defense until 2032. It is not just a new generation hunting: it is a symbol. And everything indicates that it will also be a notice for its neighbors. When South Korea wanted to access F-35 technologies to integrate them into their future hunt, he ran into a resounding negative. The United States rejected Transfer key systems such as Radar Aesa, the electrooptic aiming system (Eots), IRS and the radiofrequency disturbance of electronic warfare. That episode was decisive. Seoul assumed that, if I wanted to have control, I would have to build from scratch. Thus was born the KF-21. With him, Korea does not break with his western partners, but marks a clear line: there can be no real sovereignty if the most sensitive technology continues to depend on third parties. The South Korean jump towards autonomy in defense For Seoul, the KF-21 not only responds to a desire for industrial independence. It also responds to a strategic need. Tensions with North Korea are cyclical, but constant. China continues to rearm. And Japan already works with the United Kingdom and Italy at the GCAPthe future sixth generation hunting that should fly around 2035. South Korea does not want to be left behind. According to DAPA, the agency in charge of the projectthe KF-21 will first replace the F-4 and F-5, and then apart from the F-16. Having your own plane is defense, but also positioning. According to the governmentSouth Korea became the eighth country to get a supersonic hunt for its own development to carry out a test flight. The first prototype of the KF-21 was presented in April 2021. Three months later, On July 19, 2022, he first took off from the Sacheon base. Since then, the six planned prototypes are already flying and have exceeded milestones such as the first supersonic flight (January 2023) and the first real tests with meteor missiles (May 8, 2024) and Iris-T (May 17, 2024), according to Dapa and Diehl Defense. Deliveries to the Air Force will begin in 2026. One of the KF-21 keys is what it has inside. The aesa radar that equips is not imported: It has been developed in Korea by Hanwha Systems and the Defense Development Agency. The same goes for much of the plane, mission systems and sensors. The objective, According to Kaiis to reach a rate of 65% nationalization In serial production. The engine may not be yours yet, but what is seen in the cabin and radar is. Developing KF-21 has not been cheap. According to Dapa figuresthe initial development budget was set at 8.8 billion Wones, which is equivalent to about 5.4 billion euros. The cast was clear: 60% is contributed by the government, 20% KAI and local industrial partners, and the remaining 20% initially agreed with Indonesia. South Korea has opted for a gradual strategy, with blocking in blocks and a progressive nationalization of components. He does not seek to have everything from day one, but control each phase of the process. Indonesian participation has been one of the most unstable points of the program. Initially signed to finance 20% of development, But he stopped paying years later. After years of tension, In 2025 a new framework was agreed: Your contribution will be 600,000 million wones, about 415 million euros then. The agreement maintains some technological transfer and access to production for the Indonesian Air Force. South Korea will assume the rest. The project advances with or without them, but not without costs. The engine is today the main external dependence of the KF-21. Use General Electric F414, The same that propels F/A-18 Super HornetAssembled under license by Hanwha Aerospace in South Korea. Although that allows some logistics control, the supply is still tied to US authorizations. The South Korean industry already works in its own enginebut it is estimated that it will not be ready before the next decade. Meanwhile, any export plan of the KF-21 will continue to be subject to the ITAR regulations. It is the last piece that Korea still does not control. The KF-21 has been designed with export in mind. South Korea has already shown that you can sell light fighters such as FA-50. Now he wants to repeat the movement in a higher range. Philippines and Poland are among the possible KF-21 clients, And Egypt appears in the media radar, although without official confirmation. The only real limit is the American seal which still weighs on certain components, at least until there are motor and other components. Although the program advances according to the calendar, not everything is resolved. The first units that will be delivered from 2026 will only have Air-Aire capabilities. Air-Tierra weapons integration is scheduled for 2027, As confirmed by the Acquisition Programs Council. Nor are real operating costs, or their behavior in continued service. The South Korean Air Force will assume that risk in the first person. The KF-21 has demonstrated a lot in a short time, but the definitive test has not yet passed: that of daily use. It is not yet in service, but the KF-21 has already fulfilled part of its mission: to demonstrate that South Korea does not need to choose between being a client or staying out. It can be manufacturer. And it can be seriously. What comes later – exports, improvements, additional blocks – will depend on the operational result and the international context. But the key step has already occurred. Now it’s time to wait to know the results. Images | Korea Government/Ministry of Defense (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) | ANSHMAT | CC by 4.0 In Xataka | A group of countries is … Read more

Between franchises, action and superheroes Hollywood has found a surprising gold mine: horror movies

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14.4% of the American box office already belongs to horror movies. It is its historical maximum and a great leap from 9.8% of last year confirming what we already suspected: the damn genre has become an unexpected hero of Hollywood. ‘Weapons‘, the last success of director Zach Cregger, has debuted with $ 42.5 million collected and 100% critical approval in Rotten Tomatoes. The pattern is confirmed. Why is it important. The era of streaming has created the perfect conditions for this genre: Cheap productions, between 5 and 30 million compared to 200 of a Blockbuster. Viral by its very nature. Consumed in the intimacy of the home, where no one judges you for shouting (when they reach the platforms). Simple equation: Less investment, greater return. The contrast. In 2021, the best previous year for the genre, dominated the sequelae. ‘Halloween’, ‘A Quiet Place’. Now the original stories, new scares. Six horror films have exceeded 50 million worldwide this year. There are 29 horror launches scheduled for 2025. The average budget is a tenth of a Blockbuster traditional. Yes, but. The industry fears an early saturation. Variety I already talked in April of ‘Horror Glut’ (‘Terror Empacho’). The risk is to turn fear into routine and end up tireding the viewer too early. In perspective. Historically, terror is the Hollywood refuge genre in times of crisis. In the great depression it was when the classic monsters of Universal were born. In the seventies (Vietnam, Watergate), they arrived ‘The exorcist‘ and ‘The Matanza de Texas‘. There were also rebounds in Pandemia. Today, with the industry staggering between The strike hangoverthe change of model towards the streaming And the threat of AI, terror is the answer again. Cheap to produce, easy to sell, impossible to ignore. And now what. The generative AI can be the following revolution of the genre. Special effects at balance price, scripts generated by trained algorithms in our deepest fears. Terror, which has always been the most honest genre about the human condition, could be the first to hug the AI without complexes. Fear sells. He has always done it. But now, also saves balances. In Xataka | More ads for less money: the equation of success that Netflix has deciphered big Outstanding image | Warner Bros. Pictures

China already has its “invisible hunt” ready for action, and twice

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There is no official announcement. But China leaves clues again. This time they arrive from a Photography published in Weibo and replicated in x: two J-35 They fly in closed formation. What differentiates them from the prototypes seen so far are their construction numbers, “0011” and “0012”, clearly visible in the fuselage. It is a solid indication that the program has entered a limited series production phase, the typical LRIP prior to the operational deployment. LRIP registrations, emblems and a shark in the tail. The image seems to come from an official channel of the Chinese Navy. To the numbers are added other details that reinforce the hypothesis: national emblems in the vertical fins, a tactical gray free and a reason for a shark in drift. The specialist Andreas Ruprecht, Consulted by specialized means like War Zonehas repeatedly indicated these visual winks in Chinese naval aircraft. Click to see the publication in x The pilots also give clues: they carry bright blue helmets, exactly the type of helmet used by J-15 aviators in first-line units. All this suggests that these J-35 are already assigned to the Navy and in the validation phase prior to their entry into service. From FC-31 to J-35: the navalized variant that China needed. The J-35 derives from the FC-31, Shenyang’s furtive project for a more compact hunt than the J-20. The first navalized prototype flew in 2021; The second was seen in 2022 with a gray gray scheme of low visibility and, in 2023, blurred images of what could have been a third device emerged. Now, with the 0011 and 0012 specimens, we talk about units that already fit an initial serial configuration. The design is designed to operate from carckeners with catapults, such as Type 003 Fujianeven in tests. It is the logical step in an army that has been training in land facilities that simulates Catobar covers for years. Motors: WS-19 against WS-21, a puzzle still unsolved. The motor plant is still unknown. Some suggest that the land version, J-35a, already mounts the final WS-19, identifiable by darker nozzles. On the other hand, the naval specimens, with clear nozzles, could be driven by the WS-21, an evolution of the WS-13 used in the initial prototypes. There is no official confirmation and it is likely that Shenyang continues to adjust the engines in parallel to the progress of the program. Both airplanes carry a screwed Luneburg lens under their belly, a radar reflector that is installed when no total observability is required or when you want to mask the real firm of the device before third parties. Tests on aircraft carrier? For now there are no photos that demonstrate it. With airplanes apparently already in the hands of the Navy, the embarked essays are the next logical step if they have not already begun. There is also talk of a possible public presentation in September, during the acts by the 80th anniversary of the Japanese defeat in World War II. We will have to see if Beijing takes that occasion to exhibit it. One more piece in the puzzle of Chinese embarked air power. The J-35 adds to the KJ-600 early alert embarked the poaches that China has in development. Everything indicates that the country wants a more complex shipped air wing and comparable to that of the United States. It must know how long it will take to achieve real operational capabilities with this new generation of platforms. Images | Thomas Aseyroux | 沙丘里的回声 (Weibo) In Xataka | There is a city that maintains much of Russia’s economy in times of war. And it is on the Chinese border

So you can get 25 free double tickets for this event full of action

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After the success in the editions of Pamplona and San Sebastián, X-Gravity Freestyle Motocross Go back to Madrid. It is a show full of adrenaline, acrobatics and action that brings together great pilots of the world and of which Xataka is half partner. As we want you, our xatakers, to live it first hand, today we bring you a draw for 25 double entries so you can attend with a companion on June 27. We tell you how to participate. How to win 25 double tickets for X-Gravity Freestyle Madrid X-Gravity Freestyle Madrid will bring together some of the best pilots in the world to dazzle us with their acrobatics. Among them are the Australian Clinton Moore (Winner of the last Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour), the Italian David Rinaldo (MX Freestyle World Champion) and the Spaniards MAKEL MELERO (five times world champion of freestyle motocross), Dany Torres (Second pilot with more victories in the Red Bull XFighters), Jose “MANC” (one of the new great promises of this sport) and Edgar Torronteras (Creator of Freestyle Motocross). The event will take place next June 27 in it Madrid Vistalegre Palace And there will not only be motorcycles and action, but there will also be music by the hand of Nano dj. Sounds good? Well, 25 lucky with their respective companions you can go totally free. To do this, you just have to participate in the draw. Mechanics is as follows: Image | X-Gravity Freestyle In the event that the winner did not answer the organization with its acceptance of the award within 48 hours, a new raffle will be held. In the event that the second one does not get in touch, a third will be made and in case it does not respond, the prize will declare desert. You can consult here the legal bases. We remind you that X-Gravity Freestyle Madrid will take place on June 27 at the Vistalegre Palace in Madrid. You have the schedules, the map and much more information in the event website. Good luck and see you there! Images | X-Gravity Freestyle

How to turn your photo into an action doll with accessories using chatgpt

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Let’s tell you How to turn your photo into an action dollwhich will appear inside a box with the accessories that you choose. Beyond Convert your studio style photo Ghiblithis is another of the ideas or alternatives offered by the photographic edition of Chatgpt. You can do this by uploading a photograph of someone, and then describing how you want this action doll. You can decide complement, and Chatgpt will base your face, your clothing or your position will be based on the photograph you have uploaded. Turn your photo into an action doll The first thing you have to do is Load the photo you want in the chat of chatgpt. For that, click on the Load files With the sign of the +, and Choose the photo you want of your gallery or a folder of your device. Now what you have to do is Write the prompt describing what you want. You have to do it before sending the photo, when you are loaded and see it, then write the prompt. This is the most complex part. We for the image that accompanies the article have used this: Create an image. A toy of the person in the photo. It must be an action figure. Next to the figure there must be accessories for the toy like a MacBook, a cup of coffee, an iPhone, and some headphones. In the upper part of the box writes “Tech Blogger Survival Kit”, and below “Xataka Edition”. Visualize it in realistic style. Here, you must take into account several things. First, that the first part you must leave it as is saying that you want an action figure. However, then You will be able to write and define the accessories You want to add to the box of your action figure. In addition to that, whatever puts at the top of the box you can also change it for what you want. In Xataka Basics | Free alternatives to chatgpt to create Ghibli style images from your photos

The US suspects that Nvidia chips are arriving in China through Malaysia: it has decided to take action on the matter

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The United States and China fight an increasingly aggressive commercial war. In this pulse, both have imposed export controls to protect strategic sectors. Washington focuses on the most advanced chips, While Beijin responds with critical minerals restrictions. They seem firm measures, but everything indicates that they are not being fulfilled to the letter. Chinese is avoiding restrictions. At the beginning of last year we learned that the popular liberation army He had managed to do with the most powerful NVIDIA GPUs, among which were the GPU A100 and H100. This was particularly relevant because the export of these products is prohibited by the US Department of Commerce. {“Videid”: “X8WLH9Q”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “United States vs. China: The chips war”, “Tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “1611”} And they were not only the Chinese armed forces: also universities and research centers controlled by the government were using prohibited products. Washington believes that this has been possible by different ways, but concluded that the main channel were intermediary countries that collaborate with the Asian giant. First Singapore, now Malaysia. As The Economist points out, Singapore was one Of the countries that raised suspicions, simply because the figures did not square. In the last quarter of 2023, Nvidia multiplied by five shipments to customers in Singapore compared to the same period of the previous year, which suggested a possible detour to Chinese users. HGX H200, one of Nvidia’s most advanced products Now the focus is in Malaysia. According to Financial TimesThe United States suspects that many of the Nvidia chips enter the country end up in Chinese hands, avoiding current commercial restrictions. Given this scenario, Washington has begun to press the Malaysian government to control the trail of these latest generation chips. Tracking shipments is not so easy. The Minister of Commerce, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, has taken note of the requirement of the US and, he explains, has formed an interministerial working group to collaborate. However, he warns, that tracing chips shipments along the supply chain is not as simple as it seems and that it is a broad effort. Malaysia has become One of the great world epicenters of data centers, which explains the massive arrival of chips for the facilities that support companies such as Microsoft or Bytedance, the Tiktok matrix. According to Aziz, Washington is also promoting internal measures to reinforce control over the supply chain. In Xataka The general director of AMD is in China with one purpose: to snatch the AI ​​market to NVIDIA Waiting for results. For now, it remains to be seen if the pressure of the North American country will take effect. Malaysia has reasons to cooperate: a commercial retaliation could put its flourishing data centers at risk. Fulfill could simply be a way to protect your strategic position on the global technological map. The US does not want to give the arm to twist. The United States is doing everything possible to limit China’s access to avant -garde chips, mainly because of the Dual use risk: civil technologies that can also be applied in the military field. The concern is that these advances end up reinforcing the defensive and offensive abilities of the Chinese army. Images | Nvidia + Photoshop In Xataka | China and Russia are squeezing better than anyone the Nvidia GPUs thanks to a material need: they are vetoed (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news The US suspects that Nvidia chips are arriving in China through Malaysia: it has decided to take action on the matter It was originally posted in Xataka by Javier Marquez .

This master and explosive mixture of drama, action and thriller, signed by the director of ‘The Raid’, is already in streaming

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Gareth Evans is one of those little prolific creators but to those who should follow the track very, very closely. He drew the attention of the less complexed action cinema fans with the two incredible deliveries of ‘The Raid’, those epic of Thai brutality that revolutionized the martial arts cinema. After an interesting landing in Netflix with the unclassifiable ‘the apostle’, he focused his efforts on billing, ‘Gangs of London‘, a British gangster thriller who does not respond to the viewer. The series will premiere its third season on April 14 in Skyshowtime, so it is time to recover its first two vibrant In Skyshowtime (That at the moment it only has the first year available, although it is assumed that it will not take long to arrive the second) as In Movistar Plus+that does have the two initial seasons. An explosion of absolute violence, portraits without compassion, drama between characters to the limit and a visualization of completely revolutionary action. The series starts with the death of an important London mafia who has governed in the city’s underworld for two decades. His son takes the throne, which triggers a wave of violence, with even international repercussions. In this context, an undercover policeman begins to gain the trust of the organization, while the question of who has killed the king of organized crime floats in the environment. A starting point that we have already enjoyed on many other occasions, but exposed in a more vibrant way than ever: the intensity of the action (sometimes with unusual technical virguerías in a series of average budget such as this), the overwhelming of interpretations and scarce concessions that are made to the topics of the genre They give fruit a first thriller. Now you have the opportunity to discover why everyone speaks wonders of ‘Gangs of London’. In Xataka | The secret to succeed in organized crime is simple: the University, Factory of Successful Mafiosos

The iconic style of Cameron Diaz, who returns to the cinema with ‘Back in Action’

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The actress Cameron Diaz She is one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, and no wonder, as she has played characters like Natalie Cook in the film Charlie’s Angels: on the edge or Amanda Woods on The Holiday. Now, after 11 years without being in front of the camerasreturns to acting this January 17 with the premiere of the film Back to action, which stars alongside actor Jamie Foxx. This is why we remember you 15 looks of the actress to show you her style, always impeccable. 115 © Getty Images movie premiere Back to action The actress was seen on January 15 at the premiere of her new film, Back in Action, in Berlin. The look was a total black that combines different fabrics. She opted for a semi-transparent blouse with a bow at the neck and, for the bottom part, she chose wide-leg jeans and accompanied them with loafers. To finish, he added a touch to the styling with a XXL jacket that reached to the ground 215 © Getty Images Its reappearance in 2024 After being away from the media spotlight, the actress posed in front of the cameras again in 2024. She did so with a long-sleeved top from sequins and one skirt midiaccompanying it with some court shoes. 315 © Getty Images BottleRock Napa Valley 2024 Also in 2024, the actress went to the music festival BottleRock, located in Napa, California. He did it with a set in denim and some white sneakers. Further proof that simplicity is one of its hallmarks. 415 © Getty Images 2002 Cannes Film Festival The transparencies They are more common now, but, in 2002, they were still somewhat unusual on the red carpet. The signature Versace She was in charge of designing the dress that Cameron Diaz wore at the Cannes Festival that year and the actress looked perfect. On the other hand, we see that jewelry and makeup adopt a subtle and unshowy character. The reason: the star of the look was her. 515 © Getty Images 2007 Oscars From blonde to brunette, the actress has gone through multiple look changes and one of them was this one. Accustomed to seeing her blonde, it seems that a part of Cameron’s essence is lost when her hair color is brunette, but the truth is that it looks great on her. For the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards, the actress chose a Valentino which enhanced her silhouette and ended with a ruffled train. On this occasion, jewelry took a leading role and her emerald earrings, along with the bracelets, were decisive for the look. 615 © Getty Images MET Gala 2012 In 2012, to participate in the popular MET Gala, the actress chose a mermaid-style dress with a deep neckline at the back, which was completely uncovered. Stella McCartney was the company that dressed the actress for this party, whose theme accompanied the exhibition Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations. If there is something that usually characterizes her looks, it is simplicity, and therein lies the key to her elegancealways present in her outfits. 715 © Getty Images Golden Globes 2010 Whoever said that red favors brunettes more should make an exception for Cameron Díaz. For this ceremony, the actress wore a gorgeous dress Alexander McQueenwhich contrasted with black shoes. As for the jewelry, we can see that the only one she wears is a bracelet golden. 815 © Getty Images 2010 Oscars In true Hollywood style, the actress attended the Oscars in 2010 dressed in Oscar de la Renta. The design falls within their range of options for these events, since it is a long dress with a strapless neckline and rhinestones around. 915 © Getty Images Partying after the Oscars in 2000 If one thing is clear, it is that Cameron Diaz always looks spectacular at the party held after the Oscars. In 2000, the actress wore a design by Versace that included all the characteristics of the romantic style: lace, transparencies and a lingerie touch. 1015 © Getty Images movie premiere The Holiday in UK For the movie premiere The Holiday In 2005, we could also see the actress as a brunette. The dress chosen for the occasion was a monochromatic black model, with a strapless neckline and tied around the neck in the center. As we can see, the actress was faithful to her predilection for updos and simplicity in terms of jewelry. 1115 © Getty Images movie premiere Gambit In 2012, we could see the actress wearing Stella McCartney for the movie premiere Gambit in London. The look combined black and white and highlighted her waist. As usual in her looks, the jewelry went unnoticed and she also opted for an updo in her hair, a fairly common option as well. 1215 © Getty Images Partying in 2012 One of the most remembered appearances of the actress was in the post-party of the Oscars in 2012. For the occasion, she chose an orange dress from Victoria Beckham and she couldn’t have been more right. The design highlighted both his figure and his features and became one of the evening favorites. 1315 © Getty Images 2002 Oscars At the 2002 Oscars, the actress opted for a different option, choosing a Ungaro printed dress with a part of the pleated skirt. The actress also opted for a ‘disheveled’ updo and very striking bracelets. On the other hand, the dress was accompanied by a scarf tied around the waist and a rhinestone belt. 1415 © Getty Images movie premiere Night and day in 2010 For the movie premiere Night and day in the United Kingdom in 2010, Cameron chose this minidress from Stella McCartney which she decided to accompany with classic black heels. The look falls within her style, since it is a simple dress and elegant and, of course, she enhances it with an updo in her hair. 1515 © Getty Images Golden Globes 2007 Finally, we finish with this look, which … Read more

Netflix and AI enthusiasm bring Wall Street to the verge of an all-time high

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NEW YORK — Netflix, Oracle and other big tech companies boosted the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as profits at those companies rose and enthusiasm grew about the revenue prospects that artificial intelligence can generate. The S&P 500 rose 37.13 points, or 0.6%, to 6,086.37, approaching its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 130.92 points, or 0.3%, to 44,156.73, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 252.56, or 1.3%, to 20,009.34. The gains came even as most U.S. stocks fell under the weight of another rise in Treasury yields. For example, smaller company stocks in the Russell 2000 index lost 0.6%, and about two out of every three stocks in the S&P 500 sank. However, the gains from large influential stocks were more than enough to make up for it. Netflix helped lead the rise after it announced that live events such as American football games and a fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul helped it add nearly 19 million subscribers during the latest quarter. It also reported higher profits than analysts expected, and indicated that it is increasing subscription prices in the United States and other countries. Netflix titles rose 9.7%. The Netflix logo on a remote control. (Jenny Kane/Associated Press) On the other hand, Travelers advanced 3.2% after also beating analyst expectations for its earnings in the last quarter. The insurer said gains on its investments and growth in net written premiums helped it overcome losses created by Hurricane Milton, which hit the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico in October, and other catastrophes. Some of the market’s strongest boosts came from companies related to artificial intelligence. Oracle rose 6.8% after advancing 7.2% the previous day, ahead of the planned announcement — which ultimately came late on Tuesday — about Stargate, a joint venture that the White House says will begin building data centers. and the generation of electricity necessary for the further development of artificial intelligence in Texas. The partnership formed by Oracle, OpenAI and SoftBank will invest up to $500 billion. Shares of SoftBank Group Corp. in Tokyo rose 10.6%. Other AI-related stocks also gained ground, continuing their already fantastic run. Nvidia, the company whose chips are driving much of the movement toward AI, rose 4.4%. Its shares are above $147 after just two years ago they were below $18. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond rose from 4.57% to 4.60%. It had been largely retreating since an encouraging update on inflation last week, but is still well above its position in September, when it was below 3.65%. In the cryptocurrency market, where prices have risen on hopes that President Donald Trump will make Washington more cryptocurrency-friendly, bitcoin was just above $104,000. On Monday it was above $109,000, a record.

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