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Finally, Toledo has its transportation app. It only took a decade of digital stumbles and analog queues

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Yurni is the new official application of urban transportation in Toledo. It has just been presented by the city council and goes hand in hand with the Ruiz Group with a concrete promise. If you search for them in the Google Play Store or the Apple store and you read “Yurni Linares” it is because, in fact, the application began offering service in the town of Jaén. Now it arrives at the mecca of Corpus Christi with the intention of resolving past problems, putting an end to COPI’s ordeal, allowing the card to be recharged from the mobile phone and offering reliable schedules in real time. Third time’s the charm. Yurni arrives with functions that should be obvious in 2026: consult real time and theoretical arrival time, plan routes according to transfers and duration, recharge entitlements, buy QR tickets and manage a virtual wallet without having to type the card number each time. In fact, the idea of ​​the service is to integrate recharging along with metrics such as calories burned or CO₂ saved on each trip. Before the launch, about 150 people tested it—including ONCE users—and the average rating rose from 4.5 out of ten for the previous app to 7.9, a sign that at least the interface and stability are no longer the recurring joke at the stop. Because there were days where not a single marquee met the estimate. It is estimated between 80,000 and 90,000 downloads. From ‘Toledo Bus’ to COPI. Yurni started in 2017, when GMV developed the Bus Toledo app for Unauto and the City Council, integrated into the Operation Assistance System. It was, de facto, the one used by any Toledoan who did not opt ​​for Google Maps or Apple Maps. Taking advantage of the onboard GPS and information panels at stops, the application worked at times. The City Council insists that this time the tool has been “validated by users.” So “I don’t know when the bus passes” should now be resolved with a glance which, in the process, corrects the trend of ghost schedules and poorly communicated incidents that led to constant complaints, whether you were waiting in Zocodover, in the Santa María de Benquerencia industrial estate, coming from Azucaica or waiting on the Paseo de la Rosa in Santa Bárbara. New urban offer. In 2024, the city launched COPI Toledo, developed by Vanwardia in collaboration with Unauto and Grupo Ruizpresented as a comprehensive urban mobility solution with real-time information and plans to integrate other modes of transportation on a single platform. And how does it work? Like almost all of them: as soon as you open the app it is linked to a phone number – although you can use it without login -, you receive an SMS and an associated account is created. You can ask it to launch alerts for route and schedule changes and the application will ask for geolocation permissions to recommend closer stops. The rest is as simple as entering the destination and receiving an estimated arrival time. Toledo grows; its roads, no. Toledo has been suffering from worrying traffic congestion for years. In addition to the constant works in the town, there have been blockages in the roundabouts attached to the new University Hospital, delaying the arrival of students to their homes by up to an hour every midday. But the numbers are clear: during 2025, Toledo set historic figures of more than 1.6 million overnight stays and almost 1 million travelers in the first eleven months, beating 2024 which was already a record year in itself. Toledo is, in addition to the fifth Spanish province where tourism is growing the most, a city on the rise: 86,070 inhabitants as of January 1, 2023 at almost 100,000 currentwith a certain concentration in usually more unpopulated areas—Valparaíso, La Legua and Los Cigarrales de Vistahermosa—. However, the diagnosis of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan indicated that only 7% of internal journeys in Toledo city are made by urban bus, which promotes congestion. The mismatch between supply and demand is estimated as the main cause. The most serious shortcomings occur in the industrial estate, Vía Tarpeya and peripheral urbanizations such as San Bernardo, where you have to walk several kilometers to reach an urban stop. Very irregular management. During the last two years, local media They have documented general dissatisfaction with the poor functioning of the app. The Unauto manager acknowledged that they had rushed the launch, forcing them to update the app just three months later to make the schedules more visible. In December 202025, a server outage left both the application and the card recharge website out of service, forcing us to return to the physical ticket or payment on board with a bank card. In that cycle of technological promises, the nominative cards experienced their own battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: at the beginning of 2026, the local government of PP and Vox decided to maintain the bonus of the 40% on the ticket only for registered votersforcing the creation of a special card for them, while the rest were left with the state’s 20%. The bus pass for those not registered rose from 0.38 to 0.51 euros per trip and the general monthly payment went from 20.40 to 27.20 euros, with the explicit message that aid should be concentrated on “the neighbors.” Unexpected consequences. For example, it is no longer possible to tick for someone else. Because in addition to requesting copies of the DNI and, in the case of minors, family books or other documents, photos have been requested that have never been inserted into the new cards. FACUA described the process as “illegal and abusive” due to the transfer of data to a private company. And, after the complaint, the City Council and the dealership rectified allowing the form and sending by email, but thousands of people still had to go through the small Unauto office, collapsing it right in the middle of the operation after Easter. In the … Read more

I wanted to know the closest place to go see the eclipse. So I programmed an AI app to look for it

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Next August 12 I will be in Madrid, and that is a problem. And it is because Madrid will not be the optimal place to see the astronomical event of the century: the solar eclipse that that day will have millions of people watching the sky around 8:30 p.m. My idea is to go see it with my family in a location where it can be seen in its entirety for as long as possible, but I would also like not to go too far. There is tools such as those of the National Geographic Institute They tell us what the eclipse will look like in each location, but I didn’t want to know that, but rather where to go to see it taking into account distance and travel time. There may be tools that do something like this that I haven’t found, but yesterday, when thinking about the idea, I realized that I could actually try to make my own tool. AI models and platforms such as Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, or OpenCode have already shown that almost anyone can turn an idea into an app, and as you know I was already amazed by the possibilities. Why not try it? That’s just what I did. Try it. I told it yesterday on my personal blogand I also wanted to share the experience here. The first thing was to find out if something like this was feasible. There are several ways to solve that, but I tend to go with the “Deep Investigation” modes offered by current models. I wanted to try ChatGPT in its free version, which offers this possibility, and I made my proposal to him to find out if it was possible. After eight minutes going through sources on the internet, he presented me with a really complete “executive summary” in which he confirmed, among other things, that there was a good set of data sources that I could use for the application: the IGN and the National Observatory, for example, have public resources with a CC-BY license, there are astronomical APIs such as OPALE (IMCCE) either USNO/APODwhile for routes to destination it suggested OSRMa fantastic and open platform for this type of function. GLM-5.2 program like angels With that information under my power, I began development with the AI ​​platforms and models that I have been using lately. This was also a perfect opportunity to test how it behaved the GLM-5.2 model from Z.ai. I have been subscribed to the platform for a few months—I took advantage of an offer at the end of last year—and now that they have launched this model I have been testing it with small experiments. The performance seemed fantastic and certainly close to what the Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT-5.5 offer, so This was a fantastic opportunity to see how GLM-5.2 solved the problem.. What I did was create a directory on my Mac mini M4 (original name, “eclipse”), go into it and launch Claude Code preselecting the model I intended to use (claude –model glm-5.2). Once the AI ​​agent was started for scheduling, I explained my conversation with ChatGPT, copied the executive summary, and gave him some more guidelines to start planning everything. The conversation about the development of the project was long and GLM-5.2 ended up compacting it, but I asked him to show me a summary of that original plan. This was the idea. GLM-5.2 is a model that “thinks” quite a bit, and I like that it does: it makes the responses much more precise and complete in my experience, so even that first plan took a few minutes to get ready. When he presented it I thought everything was fantastic. I reviewed it, but I’m not a developer, so I simply relied on GLM-5.2 when choosing technical options for the entire project and looked more at the requirements and objectives that the plan established. I didn’t capture that part of the conversation and since I ended up “conversing” quite a bit later, Claude Code and GLM-5.2 compacted the conversation to avoid excessive token consumption. Even so, I have now asked him to show me what he had saved in that compaction, and that screenshot above shows a little what the idea for the development was. Everything seemed perfect, I insist, so I told Claude Code / GLM-5.2 to get going. And boy did he do it: spent 42 minutes creating and editing files without me having to intervene at all. When he finished (again, I didn’t take a screenshot of the terminal) he showed me a summary of what he had done, and told me how I could test the project. A few small commands in a separate terminal window to launch the web application and voila: I could now see the project in my browser. The first look left me stunned: the thing was promising. This is what I saw when I first opened the project in my browser. Some mistakes, yes, but nothing bad. I found the interface spectacular, but after a few seconds I began to detect errors. The “Distance” shown in the “Journey” part was unrealistic, and the locations chosen from Madrid were much further away than I had assumed. For some reason I had made some incorrect decisions when choosing these locations, so I started “chatting” with GLM-5.2 in Claude Code to correct everything. That process was entertaining and trivial: I told him what was wrong (“you are showing very distant destinations, a good option for example from Madrid is Lerma and you don’t show it”), and from there GLM-5.2 thought and thought to make its modifications. He presented them to me, I reviewed them and started again. After three or four attempts and another half hour of tests, things were already very clear. The recommendations from Madrid were great, and I considered several options in which I prioritized time to arrive (highway/highway) over distance, and of course, time of totality of the eclipse: the closer you get … Read more

The White House app downloads itself on official phones and cannot be deleted

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Donald Trump’s Administration recently released a new official White House app for iPhone and Android. In principle, nothing too strange: many governments have public apps to disseminate statements, broadcasts, alerts or institutional information. But this one has not exactly arrived clean of noise. Questions first arose about its content. Later, due to the decision to take her to official federal employee cell phones. And now the controversy has escalated: several workers cited by WIRED They claim that the app appeared on their work phones and that, after deleting it, it was installed again. The testimonies point to several federal agencies. Employees of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of State and the Department of Labor claim that the application appeared on their devices, and they did so on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The most specific phrase comes from the USDA: “I deleted it as evidence and it came back immediately,” said one of its workers. Another employee, this time from the State Department, said that he deleted it from his phone, but that in less than 24 hours it had reappeared. A public app on official mobile phones There is a good part of the crash. The application, presented by the White House as A way to receive “real-time updates, live events and direct access to the Presidency” does not seem like an internal tool for public employees. WIRED points out that it is, apparently, the same version available to the public in Apple stores and Googlealthough from Spain, at least on iPhone, we have not been able to download it. Within the app there is a social section with publications from the White House, messages from Trump on Truth Social and videos from official accounts on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. It also includes a news section with statements, official documents and selected articles from different media. That content is what has led some employees to describe the situation in much harsher terms than a simple computer complaint. One of the workers cited summed it up like this: “They are injecting pure and simple propaganda directly into our veins.” The phrase points to the heart of the conflict: it is not only that an app has reached an official device, but that the content that appears in it is perceived, at least among those employees, as an extension of the Administration’s political message. The White House, for its part, defended the measure before the technology publication with an argument focused on utility and security. Its spokesperson, Olivia Wales, stated that the application “does not require anyone to create an account or enter data” and He maintained that any information within the app is “secure.”He also added that government devices often include pre-installed applications that add value to employees’ daily work. The case has echoes of other recent attempts to bring state applications to mobile phones, although the comparison requires caution. In India, the Government ended up withdrawing the mandatory pre-installation of Sanchar Saathia public anti-fraud and mobile security app, and officially explained that would no longer make it mandatory for manufacturers. In Russia, Reuters reported that MAXa messaging service supported by the State, had to come pre-installed on mobile phones and tablets sold in the country. The difference is important: those cases looked at the consumer market; The American one affects official work phones. The underlying question is not whether the White House can manage the official cell phones that it gives to its employees. The question is what does it mean to use that ability to place on those devices? a public political communication app. A federal employee may have his ideas, sympathies or preferences, but his role within the Administration should not involve coexisting with political messages in a tool designed for work. That is why the protest reported by WIRED has a broader reading than a complaint about an automatic download: some workers reject that an official cell phone ends up becoming another channel for the presidential message. Images | White House | Screenshot Play Store and App Store In Xataka | Inside the field, thousands of cameras record and monitor everything that happens in the World Cup. Off the field, too

Today at Lidl (and for less than 60 euros) this compact Philips air fryer with a recipe app

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Although it may seem that everyone already has an air fryer at home, if you are one of those who have not yet succumbed to this small appliance or want to renew the one you already have at home, you are in luck because in next week’s Lidl brochure we have found this Philips air fryer 4.2 liters per 59.99 euros. Although you won’t have to wait until next Friday, June 19 (which is when it goes on sale in physical stores), since it is already available in its online store at the same price. Philips Series 2000 Air Fryer NA229/00, with 4.2 l capacity The price could vary. We earn commission from these links And if the 4.2 liters of this Philips air fryer are not enough for you, on Amazon you have other larger capacity fryers at a good price. An example of this is also this one from the same brand and range (Philips Airfryer 2000 Series), with a 6.2 liter capacity and window that you can buy now reduced by 89 euros. Philips Airfryer 2000 Series – 6.2L Classic Fryer with Window The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A brand-name air fryer at an outlet price This model of air fryer from Philips stands out for offering a perfect balance between exterior size and cooking space. It has a 4.2 liter capacity bucket, which is an ideal size for prepare portions for two or three people (for example, up to 500 grams of French fries in one go) without taking up half of the kitchen counter. The key to this device is technology RapidAir patented by Philips. Thanks to its internal design in the shape of a sea star at the base, hot air circulates at high speed throughout the basket. This means that the food is cooked completely evenly. That is, they are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside using up to 90% less fat compared to a conventional fryer. Furthermore, with its 1,500 W of powerit does not need preheating, which will allow you to save time and up to 70% energy compared to a traditional electric oven. On the front we find a digital touch panel very intuitive. From there you can regulate the temperature and time manually, or select one of its preset programs with a single touch. Another point to highlight is how easy it is to clean it. Both the basket and the inner rack have a high quality non-stick coating and they are completely dishwasher safe. Plus, if you’re lacking inspiration in the kitchen, the Philips HomeID mobile app gives you access to hundreds of recipes designed specifically for this model. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: offer for Philips series 2000 air fryer at lidl ✅ THE BEST Philips warranty and technology: the brand practically invented this segment. Its air circulation system is light years ahead of cheap generic models. Efficient consumption: As it does not require preheating and cooks quickly, the impact on the electricity bill is minimal. ❌ THE WORST Fair capacity for large families… With 4.2 liters it falls short if there are 4 or more people at home; In that case it is better to jump to 5.5 or 6 liter models. Without double basket… By having a single cooking area, if you want to make meat and garnish at the same time you will have to mix them or calculate the times to add them in stages. 💡 BUY IT IF… If you are a couple, a single person or a family of three, it is the ideal size to optimize daily portions without wasting energy or space. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… You have to cook for many, you will have to make several batches, so you will lose the advantage of saving time. You may also be interested in these accessories for your new air fryer Cecotec Pack 3 Circular Silicone Molds for 2.4-5L Airfryer Cecofry Bucket Pack Accessories S The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xyvor 2 Pezzi Silicone Mold Air Fryer The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Webedia and Philips In Xataka | In my family we have retired the toaster for the air fryer: why we no longer use another method for breakfast bread In Xataka | This is how we make bread (with and without gluten) in my family: since we tried the air fryer, we have not turned on the oven again

OpenAI wants to turn ChatGPT into a super app. Users fear the worst

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Internal statements cited in The Financial Times reveal how OpenAI is preparing what could be the biggest change for ChatGPT since its launch in November 2022. The company It already has 1,000 million users of the free version of its models, but wants to increase the number of those who pay, and the key is the change of approach. chat is dead. The summary of the approach is in the phrase “Chat is dead”, uttered by a senior company official under anonymity. Keeping 1 billion users using the chatbot for free requires enormous computing power and therefore money. That does not seem to have a clear return at the moment, so the company no longer sees ChatGPT as the final product, but as a gateway to hook the user and gradually convince them to use the company’s paid services, such as ChatGPT Plus. A super app on the horizon. The objective, say sources close to the company, is to launch a super app that combines both programming tools and AI agents, which will make it possible to add paying subscribers to a platform that needs to eat income. Especially considering that its IPO is imminentjust sent documentation to the SEC to prepare for that move. Codex as the center of everything. The idea here is to turn Codex into that revenue engine that ChatGPT has not been. Following the launch of the desktop application in February 2026, Codex has already multiplied its weekly active user base by six, and now exceeds 5 million. While ChatGPT has a small proportion of paying users, the vast majority of Codex users pay a subscription. Third-party apps and services. The ChatGPT interface redesign is expected to begin rolling out in the coming weeks on both the web and mobile apps. In a first phase ChatGPT will “direct” users to third-party services such as Canva or Booking, they say in the FT. The idea is that over time OpenAI will get rid of prompts so that its models understand the intention of their users when they use the website or the app. Agents in power. The new approach considers that the real value of the market is not in writing poems or summarizing texts, but in using agents that help us both personally and professionally. According to those responsible cited in the newspaper, the classic distinction between a web search engine, a chatbot and an AI agent for programming will disappear so that the future ChatGPT will be crazy without us realizing it. Thibault Sottiaux, who did speak officially, confirmed that they were preparing “a personal agent who is capable of helping you in any facet of your life, whether personal or professional.” Reasonable criticism. Photo users like Reddit They have reacted with clear criticism to this news. Existing ChatGPT Plus subscribers enjoy nearly unlimited conversational access and, separately, “credits” via the Codex programming API. If everything is merged into a new super app, these users fear that this theoretical unified agent will end up consuming an account’s tokens much faster and the pay-per-use model will harm them all. If the evolution of these models has taught us anything, it is that In fact, agents have made using AI (quite a bit) more expensive for intensive users. Mass adoption is no longer enough. When the AI ​​race began, OpenAI seemed to be happy to attract the largest possible volume of users even at the cost of putting revenue at risk. They believed that they would end up capturing that part sooner or later, but Anthropic appeared on the scene. Amodei’s company has managed to attract paying users – business users – and now OpenAI sees how its initial strategy does not seem to work. In Xataka | Anthropic’s IPO is very similar to the one Netscape carried out in 1995. That is worrying

A dating app has started giving it away so its users can meet in person

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Dating apps are on the decline. After the pandemic boomapps like Tinder they have been losing users. It doesn’t help that the apps are plagued by bots and? we are increasingly lazy to flirtbut now there is a new problem: everything is so expensive that dating has become a luxury, especially for the youngest. In this context, an app has had a rather risky idea. The promotion. They tell it in Wired. There is a dating app that is raffling off cards worth $500 in gas for those who download the app and tag three friends. Their slogan is: “Dating shouldn’t have to compete with the price of filling up with gas.” The app in question is BLK, a dating app for black people that was launched in the US, although it has expanded to other countries such as the United Kingdom. BLK belongs to Match Group, where we also find other apps like Tinder or Hinge, and was born as a response to the racism and prejudice that black people suffer when using these types of apps. The price of gasoline. The price of gasoline in the US, where they launched this campaign, reached a peak last Memorial Day, according to AAA data. A gallon reached $4.56, an increase of $1.30 compared to the same period last year. If we convert it to liters it is around 1.22 dollars, which may not seem like much. looking at the prices we manage on this side of the Atlanticbut it is the highest price in the US in the last four years. The reason is what we already know: the blockade of Hormuz due to the Iran war. And gasoline has not been the only thing that has risen, food and other prices are also rising. essential goods. Looking for a partner is expensive. According to a Montreal bank studythe cost of going on a date in the US and Canada has increased by 12.5% ​​in 2026. The average expense, including prior personal care and gasoline, is $189. This has caused the frequency of dating to decrease and almost half of singles (47%) consider that flirting is not worth it. Furthermore, 50% of Generation Z and 40% of millennials consider that the cost of dating significantly affects their finances and prevents them from achieving their financial goals. Quotes low-cost. The most traditional dating culture in the US is what is known as “wining and dining”, that is, going out to dinner and drinking in elegant places, with the aim of impressing the other person; This is why the cost of appointments is so high. Given this scenario, there are more and more people who are choosing to stop dating directly, but others opt for other types of cheapest plans like going on a picnic or going for a walk. Soft-socializing. That preference for cheaper plans fits into the fphenomenon of soft-socializing, which we could translate as “soft socialization” and which generation Z has made fashionable. It consists of meeting other people, but without the pressure of organizing something very intense or very expensive: for example, meeting at home to do a puzzle, participating in a book club or watching a movie together. For many young people, it is a way to continue socializing without assuming the costs of traditional leisure. Image | Xataka with Magnific In Xataka | Goodbye Tinder, hello Strava: running clubs have become the favorite dating app of Generation Z

With the discount of the MediaMarkt app we have several bargains

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New week, new MediaMarkt promo. Last week we had A very juicy Day without VATbut today is a bit different. On this occasion, in addition to offers for many devices, what we have is an additional 15% discount if we make the purchase through the MediaMarkt app, available in both Android as in iOS. Galaxy S25 Ultra (256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links We have bargains on practically anything we can think of: phones, laptops, TVs, appliances and much more. We have made a selection of five specific offers that we find very interesting: Galaxy S25 Ultra by 1,138.15 eurosa device that is still highly recommended in 2026. ‘Pokémon Pokopia‘ by 57.79 eurosone of the best games of this year and exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2. Xiaomi TV Max 85 by 849.15 eurosan 85-inch QLED TV from the Chinese manufacturer. Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute by 424.15 eurosa great option if you are looking for a new upright vacuum cleaner. LG F4X1009NWK washing machine by 339.15 euroswith 9 kg capacity and 1,400 RPM. Galaxy S25 Ultra He Galaxy S25 Ultra It is still a very interesting phone in 2026, even though the Galaxy S26 Ultra. It has a 6.9-inch screen with QHD+ resolution, a Snapdragon 8 Elite that gives it top performance and a very versatile camera system that performs well in practically any scenario. We can get it for 1,138.15 euros if we make the purchase from the MediaMarkt app. Galaxy S25 Ultra (256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Pokémon Pokopia One of the names in the world of video games this 2026 is ‘Pokémon Pokopia’, an exclusive title for Nintendo Switch 2. It is a title that moves away from other titles in this franchise and offers a different experience, more oriented towards adventure and puzzles. If you have this console, it cannot be missing from your collection (especially for 57.79 euros). The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi TV Max 85 Large televisions are becoming more and more fashionable and this one from Xiaomi currently presents a very good quality-price ratio. This is the Xiaomi TV Max in its 85-inch version, a QLED TV that, by using this technology, shows more vivid colors than conventional LED televisions. Plus, it supports Dolby Vision, HDR 10+, and has 144Hz, which is perfect for gaming. comes out for 849.15 euros. QLED TV 85″ – Xiaomi TV Max 85, QLED 4K, Smart TV with Google, 120-240Hz, Dolby Vision – Atmos, Dark Gray The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute One of Dyson’s best-selling vacuum cleaners, the V12 Detect Slim Absolute, is also included in this MediaMarkt promo. It has a suction power of up to 150 AW in its Boost mode and comes with a lot of different accessories, including a head with laser technology so that we can see the dirt on the floor well. comes out for 424.15 euros. Stick vacuum cleaner – Dyson V12 Detect™ Slim Absolute, 150 AW suction power, Smart and Lightweight, 60 min, LCD screen, Laser Technology The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LG F4X1009NWK washing machine We also have a very good option with this LG washing machine, model F4X1009NWK. It has a 9 kg capacity and is capable of spinning at 1,400 RPM, an option that is great to have so that our clothes come out drier from the washing machine. In addition, it has A energy efficiency, something that we will be grateful for on our electricity bill all year round. Costs 339.15 euros. Front loading washing machine – LG F4X1009NWK, 9 kg, 1400 rpm, 10 programs, AI Direct Drive™, ThinQ™, Ivory White The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Other offers from this MediaMarkt promo In addition to all the offers that we have left you above, we are going to do a very quick review of others that are also worth it: Western Digital 5TB External Hard Drive: 118.15 euros. SanDisk Extreme 1TB External SSD: 140.24 euros. JBL Tune 777 NC Wireless Headphones: 67.15 euros. JBL Bar 800 Sound Bar: 594.99 euros. Sony Bravia Theater Bar 8 Sound Bar: 645.15 euros. Haier 3D 60 Series 5 Refrigerator: 594.15 euros. Balay 3EB865ERS induction hob: 251.60 euros. Canon EOS R5 Camera: 2,787.15 euros. Nikon Z f camera: 1,869.15 euros. HP OmniBook 3 Laptop: 449.65 euros. Asus Vivobook 15 laptop: 492.15 euros. Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 laptop: 509.15 euros. smartGyro K1 electric scooter: 390.15 euros. Segway ZT3 Pro E electric scooter: 551.65 euros. De’Longhi Rivelia super-automatic coffee machine: 602.65 euros. Cosori Iconic Single Chef Edition Air Fryer: 254.15 euros. Galaxy Watch7: 152.15 euros. Garmin vívoactive 6: 254.15 euros. Google Pixel 9a: 339.15 euros. Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro: 254.15 euros. 100-inch Neo QLED QN8F: 2,379.15 euros. QNED LG 100 inch: 2,124.15 euros. ‘Super Mario Bros. Wonder’ for Nintendo Switch 2: 62.89 euros. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | MediaMarkt, Samsung, Nintendo, Xiaomi, Dyson, LG In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes

It took them two minutes to hack the EU app for minors. It’s not as serious as it seems

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In the middle of the week, the EU announced that he already had his tool ready to verify age on the internet. It put on the table a solution to prove identity when accessing online services, and finally unify a control method for minors. In just 48 hours someone has already hacked the application, but there is a trick. what has happened. Paul Moorecybersecurity consultant, shows in X the vulnerabilities of the app that the European Union promised to have ready. Specifically, the app asks us to create a PIN of four to six digits to protect our identity. A pin in theory encrypted and saved in a file. Moore has discovered that, at least in the version of the app that he has been able to test, the encryption PIN can be deleted from the file and the previously configured profile can be entered. In other words, you just need to delete a line of code to access the data. What is the error. The app, despite the fact that the EU indicates that it was already ready, currently does not encrypt this PIN. Nor are the credentials linked to a specific PIN so that, if someone tries to change or delete it, our data cannot be accessed. He also points out that, at least right now, the app trusts too much data to an editable file. If an attacker accesses it, it is quite easy for them to bypass the app’s layers of protection and use someone else’s identity. It ends by showing how the obligation to use biometrics is a boolean variable (true or false), modifiable by changing “false” and “true” in the editable file. Why is there a trick. There is a distance from saying to doing, and the European Union has launched a triple by ensuring that its app “is now ready.” The version to which the consultant has had access is not the final one, it is a demo version in which the security layers have not yet been added. Beyond being minor bugs, they are structural errors that should not even be present in an initial version. The controversy arises when Ursula von der Leyen assures that the app is “technically ready”, presents it at a press conference, and hours later it is learned that it is still in the testing phase. Why is it important. Despite being a pre-production version, the hack helps us get an idea of ​​the app’s operation and interface, as well as the possible limitations it may have at the security level. In fact, it would not be the first time that an app from the EU or the Spanish administration has had serious security incidents. On January 30 of this year, the European Commission detected signs that its mobile device management platform (in which it stores data on its employees) had been compromisedand Radar COVID was born in Spain without complying with the RGPD. What has tipped us off. The initial version of the age verification app shows us a simple interface in which, after entering the PIN, we have three verification methods. Through our ID By passport Using a QR code The app has four sections: welcome, consent, security (PIN) and verification. The app developers will be responsible for integrating this European solution into their apps and, despite Von der Leyen’s fervor, there is still no date for its arrival. In Xataka | Is it time to end anonymity? The arguments for and against the pillar on which the internet has been built

An app promises to free men from their “addiction” to porn. Behind it is something darker: the NoFap movement

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“Embrace this pause. Reflect before you relapse.” It doesn’t refer to alcohol or drugs, but to porn. With this claim, Quittr is presented, an app for people looking for overcome your porn addiction. Although you can register as a woman, the app is clearly focused on the male audience, So I pretended to be Manuel 28 and made an account. It didn’t take me long to realize that giving up porn is the excuse to sell something else. As soon as you start, the app asks you a questionnaire about your consumption habits, such as how often you watch porn and what negative symptoms you have noticed in your life (it caught my attention that one of them was “Feeling distant from God”, this already gives clues as to where we are headed). As soon as I finished the questionnaire they already had a personalized plan for Manuel and they also promised me that by June 7 he would have stopped porn. The bad part is that it was going to cost me 31.99 euros per year, 20.99 euros if I accepted the offer. Giving up porn has a price. I haven’t paid, but I have been researching the features that Quittr offers. The app tracks your progress, which is represented by “the tree of life,” and the longer you go without porn, the more it grows. It also offers motivational exercises, has a “panic button” in case you are about to relapse, and also allows you to chat with other members of the community. Based on science, but little Both on the website and in the app itself they say several times that Quittr’s method is based on science, but let’s see if this is the case. As soon as you finish the questionnaire, a message appears that claims that pornography is a drug and that “releases a chemical in the brain called dopamine.” According to the WHO definitiona drug is “a natural or synthetic compound that acts on the central nervous system and produces alterations in the processes that regulate thoughts, emotions, perception and behavior.” Watching porn can generate pleasure, but nothing is being introduced into the body, it is a natural response. In this sense, if pornography is a drug because it “releases dopamine”, we should also consider anything that gives us pleasure a drug, from food to keeping the house tidy. What it can do is cause compulsive consumption, which we could describe as addiction, which is very different. The ICD-11 clinical guide includes “compulsive sexual behavior disorder”, but of course, that sells less. In the app’s description they also state that their method is “based on extensive research into the science of addictions,” but there is no link to any study. The NoFap movement Browsing the web, I have found that there are several influencers who promote the app. Well, they are all Christian fitness content creators such as Jeremiah Jones either Caleb Hammett. When I entered the news blog section it was already clear to me what this was about. Some of the news from Quittr’s blog. He NoFap movement It was born as a kind of support group for people who want to stop masturbation, either because they perceive it as an addiction or also for religious reasons. This idea began to become popular a few years ago and its scientific basis is a study conducted in 2003 which linked increased testosterone levels to abstinence from masturbation. The study was refuted, but continues to be cited in these circles. In the beginning, NoFap followers They were looking to increase their testosterone and improve your health, but Nowadays it has become a lifestyle with a strong religious component. In Spain we have the reference of René ZZ, whose content gave a radical turn from tattoos to religion, personal improvement and the abandonment of masturbation. Applications like Quittr or Relay They are sold as the solution to porn addiction, which is something that many people will see as positive, but they do not highlight the religious part that advocates these rigid and moralistic abstinence models. In slate They tell the story of one of these men who entered NoFap looking to quit porn and ended up trapped in a cycle of relapse and extreme shame that ended up seriously affecting his mental health. Quittr’s other secret In addition to the moralistic component that Quittr hides, there is another fact that has recently become known and it is a security problem in its app. They count in 404media that several hackers notified the creators of the app of a serious vulnerability that exposed the data of its users, among whom there are minors. The failure was no small thing. This was a bug in Google Firebase configuration that allowed anyone to authenticate as an administrator and read the database. User data includes age, how often they watch porn, and even messages about their masturbation habits. The problem is no longer that vulnerability exists, it is that Those responsible for Quittr did nothing for at least six months. The first researcher who notified the company even spoke with the founder of the app Alex Slater, who responded that he would solve it in a matter of hours, but months later it was still not solved. Finally, they reacted when 404media insisted for the third time. Image | Franco Alva in Unsplash In Xataka | There is already a European country that requires you to be 18 years old to watch porn on the Internet. And there are already a thousand ways to skip it

how to use the NASA website and app to know where you are like on Google Maps

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Let’s explain to you how to know where the capsule is Orion of the Artemis II mission, something that you will be able to do with a special website launched by NASA, or through its official website. This portal will allow you to see the exact point where the Artemis II capsule is in real time, as if it were Google Maps. The mission Artemis II has been the first to reach the Moon from orbiting around the Moon since the Apollo missions, and has even managed to reach further which is orbiting our satellite and being able to see its hidden side. The astronauts on this mission will not set foot on the Moon, that should happen with Artemis IV, but it is a vital mission to check the operation of our current technology so far from Earth. See where Artemis II is in real time To enter the website created by NASA to find out where Artemis II is in real time, you have to enter the website nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow. In it, at the bottom you will have the main data of the mission such as the time the astronauts have been away from our planet, the speed of Artemis II, and how far it is from the Earth and the Moon. On the left side you will have the Zoom controls, and you will also have three small icons to position yourself on the map. One button will be to put you on the Moon, another for Earth, and another for the mission’s Orion capsule. At all times you will be able to see the trajectory they are going to take. Besides, If you click on the icon Mission View You will access a visualization where the capsule and the views around it are represented. This way, you can rotate to find where the Moon is in relation to them. You can also access this visualization from the NASA appavailable for free both for Android as for iOS. In it, on the main page you will find the AROW tool to access these visualizations. The mobile app has an augmented reality viewer that does not have the website. When you activate it, you can point your phone towards the sky (or the ground) to know the exact point in relation to you where the Orion capsule of the Artemis II mission is located. The NASA app also has streaming in real time in case the views are not enough and you want to see what is happening through one of the agency’s official broadcasts. In Xataka | Artemis II is not just a victory for NASA: without the support of Europe it would have been impossible, literally

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