Leroy Merlin sells the V16 beacon for 30 euros that connects to its own app to notify emergencies and insurance

On January 1, the new DGT regulations that forces us to carry a V16 beacon in the vehicle to use in case of emergency or breakdown. There are many models that exist on the market, although there are two manufactured in Spain that stand out from the rest. One is the Help Flash IoT+ and the other is this one that Leroy Merlin sells. It is about the V16 Ledone beaconwhich if there is something that stands out for it is the number of candles and also for having its own app. Its price, at the moment, is 29.99 euros. V16 approved DGT geolocated beacon LEDONE Connected The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Made in Spain and with characteristics different from the rest If you have not yet purchased a V16 beacon for your vehicle, this model has some features that make it stand out from the rest. One of them is its design, since it has a base that elevates itso it can be very useful to place in different types of vehicles. Another of its assets is that it has 120 candleswhich is triple the mandatory 40 candelas that this emergency light must have according to the DGT. In addition, it is manufactured in Spain, which gives it extra reliability. Although if there is something for which this stands out emergency light (and that only has one other model on the market) is because it has your own app. From this app, you can communicate directly with your insurance and emergency services, something that will be very useful if you have to leave your car on the shoulder. Other V16 beacons that may interest you If this V16 beacon does not convince you, on the market you can also find other models at a good price. These are some of them: V16 beacon Raykong by 35.99 euros on MediaMarkt: it is also one of the most popular models. V16 beacon iWottolight by 29.99 euros at Carrefour. V16 beacon Nk DP-EL2024-C1 by 29.99 euros in PcComponentes. V16 beacon help flash IoT+ by 36.81 euros on Amazon: a best-selling model with its own app to notify emergencies or insurance. Other accessories that may interest you for your vehicle 10.26″ Wireless Carplay Screen 360 Rotation 4K Dash Cam with Auto Stereo Audio Receiver The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi Portable Air Compressor 2 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | Webedia and Ledone In Xataka | Don’t wait until January 1: if you have to buy your V16 beacon, Leroy Merlin has them for less than 40 euros In Xataka | Safety, organization and entertainment gadgets and accessories for cars on long trips

Alcampo has a V16 beacon with its own app and offers coverage through Orange

Many stores and supermarkets have their own catalog of V16 beacons. We have seen it in many cases such as consumption either aldi. Even Alcampo has some connected beacons with which to comply with DGT regulations, as is the case with the SOS Roadwhose price is 29.95 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links This V16 beacon, which is also available at PcComponentes for a price of 29.99 eurosoffers coverage until 2038 with the DGT 3.0 platform through Orange. It can be associated with the SOS app and works with three AAA batteries that are included with the beacon. If you are looking for an alternative… As an alternative to the SOS Road, stores like Amazon have the Help Flash IoT+which has become quite popular with, according to the store itself, more than 100,000 sales in December. Its official price is 54.95 euros, but right now it costs 39.97 euros and it stands out for quite a few reasons. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The most interesting is that it is a beacon that offers approximately 290 candlesa fairly high figure that can be interesting to have good luminosity. It also stands out because it has the possibility of associating with the app myIncidencein order to contact the insurance company and emergency services. You may also be interested One v16 eco dgt 3.0 geolocated led emergency light The price could vary. We earn commission from these links FlashLED SOS Emergency Light V16 Connected Approved, Authorized by the DGT, SIM Card and DATA SERVICE UNTIL 2038, Magnetic Base, IP54 Water and Dust Resistance, INCLUDES CASE The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | SOS Road, Netun Solutions In Xataka | Safety, organization and entertainment gadgets and accessories for cars on long trips In Xataka | Clarifying all the mess that the DGT has on its hands: the V-16 light, the V-27 signal and the emergency triangles

The V16 beacon sold by Carrefour drops even further in price. It is made in Spain and comes with its own app

Although there are many V16 beacons that allow us to comply with DGT regulations, personally there are only two that I would buy for what they offer: the Help Flash IoT+ and the LEDOne. In both cases because of their number in candles and because they connect to their respective apps. Of course, the latter is now more attractive to me than the first, since Carrefour has lowered its price to 29.99 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A beacon with a good number of candles This LEDOne brand beacon We have been able to find it on sale in recent months in stores like Amazon, Carrefour or PcComponentes. We saw one of its highest prices before the end of 2025 and it reached 49.95 euros, so if you still do not have one of these beacons or are looking for an additional one, it may be interesting. The LEDOne is a connected V16 beacon that visually stands out for its format, very different from what we usually see in other brands. Includes a base that raises the beacon itselfa point that may be interesting when placing it in different vehicles. Regarding its technical sheet, the LEDOne offers, according to the brand itself, 120 effective candleswhich is interesting in order to have better visibility than with the minimum required by the DGT itself. Besides, has its own app to call emergency services and insurance, something that not all beacons offer. You may also be interested Xiaomi Portable Electric Air Compressor 2 – Portable air compressor (0.2 10.3 bar/3-150 psi, 6 modes, 2000mAh battery, 14.4Wh, USB-C charging, LED display), black (ES Version) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links OTTOCAST Mini Pot 2026, 2 in 1 wireless adapter for CarPlay and Android Auto, Compatible iOS 10+/Android 11+ and Cars with Carplay Since 2016, Plug & Play, USB-A/Type C, OTA Update, Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | LEDOne In Xataka | Safety, organization and entertainment gadgets and accessories for cars on long trips In Xataka | Clarifying all the mess that the DGT has on its hands: the V-16 light, the V-27 signal and the emergency triangles

Clarifying which FP to choose is chaos and someone wanted to fix it with an app. And that someone is… the Government of Spain

Oppose It is one of the Spanish dreams. For the rest who do not want to follow the path, the alternative is entrepreneurship or private business. And, within this last sector, The FP has been ceasing to be the ugly duckling for yearspractically half of engineers in Spain work in positions in which professional training is required. But choose FP It is not simple, there are partial accreditations of competence, certificates of competence, professional certificates, training cycles, specialization courses… In the face of chaos, solutions. And in this case the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has published an app to untangle the knot. Does it work well? It works very well. I wanted to try SoyFP, the new app with a Spanish seal to better understand the types of training and have a complete picture of the offer in our country. How to download it. I amFP It is available for both Android and iOS through the Play Store and App Store. It is a completely free application, without any advertising and with a moderate size. In the case of iOS, it requires version 15.6 or later and, in the case of Android, you will need version 9 or later. Nothing out of this world. The welcome. As soon as we open the app, its main objective is explained to us: to help find the entire offer of the officially recognized Vocational Training System. It is divided into several grades (A, B, C and D) and has different levels, each with a specific type of duration depending on whether we are doing basic, medium or higher. The operation. SoyFP has a fairly simple operation: it is an offer search engine. In its search bar we can enter keywords (categories, jobs, etc.) to find offers for each of the degrees. If we have no idea what we want to search for, the app allows us to segment by: Professional Family Degree Level And, within each of these categories, we find even more subcategories to filter by levels. Within each of the FP degree offers, we can find all the information related to them: academic or professional access requirements, tasks to be carried out, what you are going to study, competence accreditations, how you could continue said training… A very complete photograph of the itinerary and the steps to take during the process. The golden era of Spanish administration and its apps. During the last years, Spain is doing a good job with its national apps. My Citizen Folder, MyDNI, MyDGTand now with Soy FP. An era of lights and shadows, with outstanding applications and suspenseful security in a 2025 starring hacks that place us in second place worldwide. Image | Iván Linares for Xataka Móvil

People are so, so fed up with AI in Windows 11 that a developer has created an app to eliminate it

A GitHub user named zoicware ended up so fed up with the presence of AI tools in Windows 11 that he ended up making a decision: eradicate them from the operating system. And since doing it by hand was hell, he came up with something that made his life easier and that can also make it easier for those who are in that situation: create an app called RemoveWindowsAI to remove all those functions. Enough with AI, Microsoft. The Redmond company wants Windows 11 to be full of AI, and for some time it has been adding more and more functions that allow you to take advantage of this technology natively both in the operating system and in some applications. We begin to see it with the controversial Windows Recallbut later that obsession was transferred to the native Copilot app, to Copilot integrated into Edge or to the Creator option of the legendary Paint application. Nobody asked for this. Pavan Davuluri, current president of the Windows division, published in X a message in which he explained that “Windows is evolving towards an agentic operating system.” Microsoft’s intention is clear, but the reception of the message was just the opposite of what the company would have expected: people simply You don’t want those AI options because you didn’t ask for them.. An app to leave Windows 11 without AI. A few months ago a GitHub user named zoicware published a unique project there called RemoveWindowsAI. In the tooltip this developer explains how “The current 25H2 build of Windows 11 and future builds will include more and more AI features and components. This script is aimed at removing ALL of those features to improve the user experience, as well as privacy and security.” What RemoveWindowsAI does. The script, which can be downloaded and then run as administrator from a PowerShell console, is responsible for removing the following components and functions: Disable Copilot Disable Recall Disable Input Insights and typed data collection Disable Copilot in Edge Disable Image Creator in Paint Remove AI Fabric Service Disable AI Actions Disable AI in Paint Disable Voice Access Disable AI Voice Effects Disable AI in Settings Search But there is still more. In addition to those actions, the script disables the reinstallation of packages related to AI features so that they are not offered again, hides those components in Windows 11 Settings, and also disables other features such as the new AI rewrite option in notepad. There are some AI features that cannot be removed with the script, but its creator also indicates how to get rid of them manually. Even a video of use. This developer also wanted to facilitate access to this tool adding documentation written and posting an 11 minute video in which he reviews the objective of the project and explains how to use it. bad signal. The criticism of Microsoft’s intention to turn Windows 11 into an operating system full of AI is clear, and this script is the latest demonstration of this. It does not seem that the company is going to reverse this trend. Mustafa Suleyman, head of the AI ​​division at Microsoft, explained in X I was amazed that people weren’t impressed by being able to talk to their PC calmly thanks to AI. “I grew up playing Snake on a Nokia phone!” he explained. Curiously, Elon Musk replied indicating that his argument seemed good to him. In Xataka | There’s a reason AI PCs aren’t hurting Apple: Nobody asked for AI PCs

Europe was happy with the changes in the App Store, but not with those in Google Play. There is a historic fine at stake

Google is in the crosshairs of the European Commission. A few days ago they announced a new investigation into monopolistic practices with AI summaries, but it is not the only front they have open. The company has already paid historical fines and you face a new one if you don’t make changes to Google Play, your app store. what has happened. They tell it in Reuters. The European Commission is not satisfied with the changes that Google has made to its app store to comply with the Digital Markets Act or DMA. Regulators consider that there are two points that do not comply with the standards: There are technical restrictions that make it difficult for developers to direct users to external channels with better prices. Google continues to charge a commission to the developer even if the user buys the app from its website, with the excuse that they have “facilitated” the purchase. Why is it important. If Google does not make the necessary changes to comply with the DMA, it faces a fine that could amount to 10% of its total revenue. In 2024 they will invoice 350,000 million dollarsso the maximum fine would amount to 35,000 million, the highest to date. Google can still offer to apply changes to avoid paying the fine. The Apple case. The one the Commission is satisfied with is Apple. In fact, they are using your case as an example of what needs to be done. It was not a bed of roses and Apple was fined 500 million euros for not complying with the DMA. Apple had to remove restrictions that prevented redirection to alternative offers. The Epic trial. The European Commission is not the only one that has Google Play in its sights. In the United States, the judge of the Epic vs Google case made a historic decision: Google would have to allow rival stores within the Play Store. Recently Google and Epic reached an agreement through which Google undertakes not to charge commissions of more than 20% on purchases’in-game’ and 9% for the rest. In addition, developers will be able to showcase other payment systems through Play Billing. The agreement must still be approved by the judge, but it seems that Google will have no options but to comply with what both the judge and the EU ask of it. What Google says. The company announced changes in Google Play last August to avoid the fine, is what the Commission now considers insufficient. Google competition lawyer Clare Kelly said the company was “concerned that these could expose Android users to harmful content.” This is the usual position of American companies that are under the scrutiny of the European Commission. Mark Zuckerberg called the DMA “censorship” and there has also been harsh criticism and tariff threats since the Trump administration. Recently, a national security strategy document He claimed that European laws could mean an “erasure of American civilization.” The fruits of the DMA. He overregulation of the European Union is subject to criticism, but It also has a good side. Thanks to the DMA has made USB-C mandatory for all manufacturers, forcing Apple to abandon its proprietary connector. It has also brought us the Universal AirDrop and the changes in the app stores so that we have more freedom when it comes to where to download our apps. Image | Xataka, Pexels In Xataka | Europe wants to protect itself against Huawei, but the energy sector knows something uncomfortable: it cannot move forward without it

how to organize the giveaway step by step in the app

It’s almost Christmas, so we’re going to tell you how to make a invisible friend giveaway on WhatsApp in case you haven’t done so yet. Today, WhatsApp has enough tools to allow you to do everything, from organizing it to executing it. For this, we are going to start by telling you the previous organizational steps to have everything prepared. And then, to do the draw itself we will resort to Meta AIthe artificial intelligence integrated into WhatsApp itself. Thus, you will not need to use any external tool at any time. The only thing you should keep in mind if you do this is that Whoever organizes the draw will know all the resultsmeaning it will have to be an innocent hand that is not going to reveal them ahead of time. Step 1: Create a group and set the rules The first step is to create a group for participants on WhatsApp, although you can also do it in any other app. In this group you will not do the draw, but it will simply be to start organizing everything, and establish rules among everyone to set up the giveaway. One option is take surveys in the WhatsApp group to define the following characteristics: Budget: This is the most important part. For it to be a balanced invisible friend and everyone spends the same, a minimum and maximum spending margin must be agreed upon so that no one goes too far or falls too short. The normal amount is fifteen to twenty euros, but it depends on each group or family, so the optimal thing is to decide it with a survey. Deadlines: Another of the most important part, deciding the deadline to make the gifts. This way, everyone will be able to take the date into account, although it won’t hurt to remember it from time to time. Exceptions: If couples are going to participate in the invisible friend, it is important to decide if they can give each other gifts, and also establish any other type of exception that you see necessary. Other standards: Any other rules that you want to apply to the game are important to establish before carrying out the draw. Once you have them all, you can write a message with a summary of everything and pin it in the group, so that it always appears at the top and is easy to locate. Step 2: Create a chat with you for details Since we are telling you how to organize the entire giveaway through WhatsApp, then the next step is to use the app to take notes. For that, you can send a message to yourselfand so in these messages you can write down everything, such as the people who participate, who has already bought the gifts or to whom you sent the result of the draw. You can also write down the copy of the draw and the pairings, or the people who have not yet sent the gift and then edit and delete it as they do so. In short, write all the details related to the invisible friendto have it in a visible place within WhatsApp. Step 3: Run the draw Now, go to the main screen of WhatsApp and open Meta AI by clicking on its icon with the blue circle. It will appear in the same list of conversations you have. If you want, you can also do it with other artificial intelligences such as ChatGPT, Copilot either Gemini. The important thing here is to write a prompt specifying that you are going to do an invisible friend giveawayso that the AI ​​already knows what the procedure is. Once inside, you have to write the names of the participantsas well as any possible exceptions. You can use a prompt like this: I want to organize an invisible friend giveaway. These are the people who participate: Loki, Freya, Herminio, Faustina, Clemencio, Cayetana. Loki cannot touch Freya and Freya cannot touch Loki. Furthermore, Faustina and Clemencio cannot touch each other either. Taking these exceptions into account, organize the invisible friend raffle. As you have seen, in the prompt we have first put the names and then the exceptions, indicating who cannot give gifts to each other. This you have to personalize it with the data of your invisible friend and with everything you have organized and agreed upon together. You also have the option of using one of the pages and apps to do the invisible friend raffle like the ones we told you in this article. Here, in each of them there may be different systems, but you will always have to write the names and possible exceptions. Step 4: Send the results Once you have this, write to each person to tell who it is your turn to give. Don’t say this in the group To keep it a secret, simply write individual messages telling everyone who to give the gift to. Here, it is also recommended mention important details of the draw to remind the person. You can use the message to remember both the gift budget and the deadline. It is also important that you ask each person to reply to your message when they have the gift purchased. This way, you can write down who bought it in that message with yourself that we told you before, and you can insist on those who are taking too long to confirm the purchase. In Xataka Basics | The best prompts to save hours of work and do your tasks with ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

India wanted to impose an indelible state app on all mobile phones. In a matter of days he had to take an unexpected turn

The Government of India movement to force a security app to be installed On all mobile phones sold in the country it has lasted less than a week. On November 28, the Ministry of Telecommunications sent a private communication to the manufacturers in which it gave them 90 days to comply with the measure. However, the general rejection of public opinion, doubts about its impact on cybersecurity and the apparent opposition of some manufacturers have forced a change in plans. The order began to gain public relevance when its internal details became known. Reuters noted that The Government not only requested the mandatory presence of Sanchar Saathi in new mobile phones, but also its incorporation in those already in the supply chain through software updates. The agency also reported that the initial instruction specified that the application could not be disabled. What is Sanchar Saathi. The program’s own website define the tool as a public service aimed at empowering users against fraud and device theft. It is available as a mobile application and also as a web portal, from where it is possible to temporarily lock a lost phone, track subsequent use attempts and, if recovered, reactivate it. The Government frames these functions within a broader digital education effort, with end-user security materials and advisories. From security discourse to doubts about surveillance. The debate intensified when opposition figures and privacy specialists They questioned the initiative. In his opinion, an application managed by the State, coupled with such a broad mandate, required additional guarantees to rule out intrusive uses. Organizations such as the Internet Freedom Foundation They asked for transparency and access to the full legal text. Under pressure, Scindia publicly defended that “spying is not possible” with Sanchar Saathi and denied that the app can be used for surveillance. Opposition from manufacturers added pressure to the process. Reuters indicated that Apple had no intention to comply with the order as it was proposed and that it would convey its objections to the Government, while Samsung and other actors expressed similar reservations. According to sources cited by international media, the companies questioned whether the instruction had been issued without prior consultation and warned of its impact on the privacy policies of their ecosystems. The context was not minor: India has become one of the fastest growing markets for smartphones, especially for companies like Apple and other large manufacturers. An express reverse gear with success figures in hand. The rectification came on December 3, when the Ministry of Communications published a note announcing that mandatory pre-installation was no longer necessary. The decision was justified by the “growing acceptance” by Sanchar Saathi, which according to the Government now has 14 million users and allows around 2,000 frauds to be reported daily. Only the previous day, 600,000 new registrations had driven tenfold growth. Scindia then insisted that “spying is not possible”, despite the skepticism of specialized groups. In recent years, as reported by BloombergIndia has driven decisions that have forced big tech companies to readjust, such as demands for access to encrypted information or recent attempts to have manufacturers distribute the GOV.in public app suite. All of this occurs in a market that is strategic for Apple and Google, both in sales and production. The withdrawal of the mandate makes it clear that these dynamics continue to evolve and that balances will likely continue to be redefined. Images | Ministry of Communications of India | Piyanshu Sharma In Xataka | There are 500 million users who could perfectly upgrade to Windows 11. The problem is that they don’t want to

India will require pre-installing an indelible app on all mobile phones. And that poses a serious challenge for Apple

In today’s technological debate, few issues generate as much attention as privacy. India has implemented a significant change: incorporate a state applicationthat will remain on iOS and Android phones without the possibility of deleting it. The measure coincides with a stage in which Apple emphasizes its security model more than ever. That crossroads, between the Indian regulatory commitment and the Cupertino company’s approach, may have a key point in this story. The movement began to take shape with an instruction from the Indian Department of Telecommunications sent privately to the main manufacturers. The document, dated November 28, establishes a period of 90 days for the application Sanchar Saathi appears on all new mobile phones and comes accompanied by another obligation: distribute it through updates to devices that are already in circulation. Telecommunications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia He announced in an interview with CNBC-TV18 that the public order will be issued “in the coming days.” A tool against theft and fraud. According to information from the Indian Governmentthe application allows you to block and track lost or stolen mobile phones on all networks in the country, generate traceability if someone tries to activate them and verify the authenticity of the terminal using the IMEI number. It also offers a channel to report international calls that present themselves as national, a practice linked to fraud, among other functions. The Executive defends that these functions facilitate the response to theft and fraud in telecommunications. From utility to potential control. The rollout of Sanchar Saathi does not come alone. India is also pushing other guidelines that expand the ability to identify users, such as requiring that encrypted services like WhatsApp be associated with the SIM card’s IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity). Combined with a pre-installed and non-uninstallable application, this environment transforms the mobile phone into a device with much greater traceability and represents a significant change in the relationship between citizens and telecommunications networks. For its part, the iPhone incorporates its own mechanisms designed to make access to data difficult and limit the value of a stolen device. The default encryption, together with the isolation of the Secure Enclavekeeps critical information safe, and the combination of Find My with v aims to prevent the reactivation of the terminal without the owner’s account. Apple complements this model with measures such as Advanced Data Protection, Face IDamong others. Between the Indian regulatory framework and its global strategy: India’s growing importance to Apple, both as a manufacturing hub and an expanding market, comes with a more interventionist regulatory environment. The China precedent shows that the company has had to adapt services and functions when local regulations required it, including the iCloud data transfer to infrastructures controlled by a state partner and the removal of VPN apps. The scenario presented by India confronts two different models of understanding digital security: one based on a mandatory integrated state application and another based on internal functions of the device that depend on the user’s control. Apple has not yet expressed how it will respond to this demand, but its growing industrial presence in India, a country where it manufactures more and more iPhones, it will possibly make any decision not go unnoticed. Images | Apple In Xataka | Apple had its ecosystem under lock and key. Chinese brands are blowing it up

an app to pay for parking

Scams impersonating companies are the order of the day. Those that impersonate the Post Office or another courier company are the most common, but also the best known to the general public. Cybercriminals are still searching new ways to make us fall into their trap and now they have focused on a well-known parking management app: Telpark. what has happened. They tell it in The Newspaper. A new scam is circulating in which they use the image of the Telpark app. According to the Cybersecurity Agency of Cataloniathe scam is spreading email and pretends that our Telpark account is temporarily suspended due to a problem with a non-payment. Through a link to a website that imitates Telpark’s, it takes us to a payment gateway that is actually the scammers’ way of stealing our banking information. Once they have our data, they could charge us more on the card or sell it on the black market. Why is it important. We have been suffering from scams of this style for years and we are more aware, but scammers use new methods to continue adding victims. According to CIS data in 2024almost half of the Spanish population has been a victim of a scam or an attempt and at least 80% have received suspicious messages or emails requesting personal or financial information. According to the Feedzai and GASA reportin 2023 the sum of money stolen in Spain through scams amounted to 7,750 million euros. It may seem difficult for us to fall for a scam like this, but the reality is that it works for them. The micropayment trick. It is one of the most used in this type of scams. When the amount they ask for is small, they make us less suspicious and increase the chances that we will end up making the payment. . It is the case of the famous scam of the package detained at customs in which they ask us for an amount to be able to receive the product. There are other cases where they ask us for a higher amount, such as the scam of the alleged DGT fine. How to avoid falling for a scam. In the case of scams like Telpark, it is advisable to carefully check the email address from which we receive the message, that the message is well written and there are no inconsistencies, but above all never click on any link and much less give our personal or banking information. The most effective scams are the ones that are most personalized to the victim, which is why the son in trouble It has caused havoc in our country. With the arrival of AI tools that can clone voice These types of scams become much more dangerous and it is necessary to adopt new methods, such as have a “family password” that we can use to verify that we are really talking to our family member. Image | Telpark In Xataka | We should not trust any QR code we see out there. The Qrishing scam is growing at a dangerous rate

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