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Spotify has recently shown Your new messaging functionwhich will be directly integrated into the application and allow users to exchange music recommendations, podcasts and audiobooks without leaving it. The function, called ‘Messages’, has begun to deploy this week in selected markets for users that are over 16 years. In addition there will be no distinction between the plan chosen, so they can use it both users of the free plan and the premium. How it works. Users can now send messages by touching the sharing icon while listening to content in the “reproducing now” view and selecting a friend from their list. It is only possible to initiate conversations with people with whom it has already been previously interacted through functions such as Jams, Mergers, collaborative lists or that they share a family plan or Spotify duo. Once the application is sent, the recipient must approve it to begin the conversation. Image: Spotify Why is it relevant. For years, users have shared Spotify links through WhatsApp, Instagram, Tiktok and other platforms. Now the company seeks to centralize these interactions within its own application, creating a history of shared content that users can easily consult. As Explain The company, the function is “designed to complement these integrations, not replace them.” Characteristics and limitations. The conversations are one by one, admit text and reactions with emojis, and all the shared content is stored in an accessible input tray from the profile photo. The company ensures that messages are protected with a “standard industry encryption” and has proactive detection systems for harmful or illegal content. Users can block accounts, reject message requests or completely deactivate the function from privacy settings. Image: Spotify Another step to become a social app. This function is part of a broader Spotify strategy to add social elements to its platform. In recent months, the company has introduced comments in Podcasts and redesigned its feed with a more visual approach. Last month, Gustav Söderström, product director and technology at Spotify, already advancement that the mobile experience would be “much more interactive.” Over the last years we have seen the application become a kind of Frankenstein monster Between musical app, videos, podcasts and now this social approach that seeks to monopolize the time users spent in it. And now what. Messages will initially be launched in Latin America and will expand in the coming weeks to the United States, Canada, Brazil, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. We will have to wait to know what the reaction of this new function will be by users and how will it be complemented with the use we usually give to the application. Cover image | Spotify In Xataka | Unraveling the financial “miracle” of Spotify: how he has declared benefits after 18 years losing money

Send files among all my devices was a roll. Then I found this free application, Open Source and Multiplatform

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Airdrop and Quick Share (before Nearby Share) They are two sensational inventions, but they have a problem: they are not multiplatform. Airdrop only works in the Apple and Quick Share ecosystem alone in Android and Windows, so we have a problem if we mix devices. If you have an Android Mac and mobile, sending files from each other is a pain. If you have an iPhone and a Windows or Linux PC, the same. The solution? How could it be otherwise, an application Open Sourcefree, multiplatform and that works at one thousand wonders. My case. I have a Windows computer, an Android mobile and an iPad. I use the iPad to read and design, the mobile for all the things of day to day (but mainly take photos) and the PC for everything else. One can imagine how complex the file sharing is. To date, the simplest solution I had found were Telegram saved messagesbut it did not seem to me the most efficient way to send files, especially heavy, from one device to another, particularly from and from the iPad to others. LESS Airdrop. Whoever has an iPhone and a Mac will know the comfortable and above all, how fast is it sending any file through Airdrop: you share it, the devices are among themselves and wait a few seconds. Is there no alternative that works on any device, regardless of the brand? There are several, but the one that has managed to convince me for a matter of ease of use, for being free, multiplatform and Open Source His name is LocalSend. Localsend interface on Android | Image: Xataka LocalSend? It is an application that allows you to send files between devices through a local network without the need for Internet connection. To do this, use an API Rest and HTTPS encryption. It does not require external servers, but connects the devices with each other. The app has been developed by Tien do Nam and Your code is available in githubin case someone wants to take a look. And how does it work? Surprisingly well. The transfer is fast, stable and agnostic to the device. And if that were not enough, there is not a single ad, no data is not collected or data with third parties are not shared. A unicorn, go. Can be downloaded in Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and macOS From the official website. Patient potato (my mobile) sending files to Bright Melon (my PC) | Image: Xataka The only handicap is that both devices must be connected to the same Wi -Fi network, something that is not a problem if we are at home. Unfortunately, it is not compatible with Wi -Fi Directat least for now. If we had to use it away from home, it would be enough to create a local Wi -Fi network from the mobile and connect the devices to it. What can it serve. He has come to me to pass the brutes of the videos he recorded For Tiktok from the mobile to the PC (before I climbed them to Amazon Photos and downloaded them on the computer, like the beasts). It has also been good for me to spend some heavy designs from the PC or to send files to my mobile partner (Android) to yours (an iPhone). If you usually transfer heavy files between devices, localsend can be a great ally. Images | Xataka In Xataka | How to send large files: 9 free services with unlimited size

Meta messaging application does not work correctly

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It is not your connection, neither does your computer. WhatsApp is experiencing problems This Wednesday night, and everything indicates that the failure is concentrated in its web version. When trying to access Web.whatsapp.comthe page loads partially, but the chats do not show themselves. Only the application logo accompanied by the message “Extreme to end” appears. For practical purposes, the service is blocked for those who depend on the desktop customer. The fall has been reflected in Downdectorthe platform that monitors the status of online services. The first user reports They began to register at 9:00 p.m.and after 23:00 they were already counted for hundreds. At this time, goal has not offered any official explanation about what happened. His profiles in X and Threads They do not contain messages that clarify the failure. The origin of the problem is not clear, and that leave several hypotheses open. In cases like this, the causes can range from failures on the finish lines to interruptions in one of their infrastructure suppliers, or even specific incidents in network operators that hinder the connection between the web client and the company’s servers. For now, the only thing confirmed is that the mobile app, both in Android and in iOS, continues to function normally. Everything indicates that it is an isolated interruption that affects only the WhatsApp web version. Images | Screen capture | Xataka with Gemini 2.5 In Xataka | What is cloudflare, how it works and why when “it falls” part of the internet falls apart

AI has just taught us the future of the most important application of our life: subscription browsers

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How much of what you do on the computer do it in the browser? Exact. A lot. We don’t think too much about it, but The browser is the application by antonomasia of our time. Not so much on the mobile, where native apps – which are often browsers disguised as something else – triumph, but of course in desktop and laptops. The Internet has been the indirect guilty of this transformation of the browser in one of the pillars of our life. The greats of technology know it well, and for more than three decades they have tried to conquer with their browsers to dominate the world. Of that mythical Netscape We become absolutely dominated by Microsoft Internet Explorerand after the occasional scarce with Firefox —Now in really low hours– We end up yielding to a Wonderful and disturbing Google Chrome. This company, by the way, was clear from the beginning how important the browser was. So much that they created an operating system absolutely focused on that idea: they called it Chrome Os. During all this time, yes, there was something inherent to all those browsers: They were free. Microsoft, Apple, Mozilla, Opera and of course Google gave them to us. They did not need to charge for them because they earned (and earned) a lot of money indirectly with their integration of search engines, especially Google’s. They tell Apple: Google pays about 20,000 million a year so that your search engine is the native in Safari. If you pay so much, imagine what you earn through the searches made by users of the iPhone, iPad or Mac. Thus, using the browser has always been something we have done without thinking that it could cost us money. That will change very soon. Hello, subscription browser And it will change because before us a new era opens in which browsers want to be much more than that. And to achieve this they have allied with AI models that allow interaction with websites to be much more powerful. The promise of browsers with AI It is exceptional. One of the first, Perplexity Cometit autocalifies as “the browser that thinks with you.” Like him, browsers with AI are able to summarize that article that you are reading or answer questions about it, integrate conversational engines and little by little they are beginning to integrate something especially promising: AI agents What do things for us. That click alone and fill for forms and that they even overcome captchas without help. But do that this time will not be free. Not at least if we want to use those options intensively. This is what The Browser Company is already raising, the company that first developed Arc and? He abandoned it To launch your own browser with the call day. Josh Miller, CEO of The Browser Companyhe confessed in An interview With The New York Times that in the coming weeks will launch subscription plans that will go from five dollars a month to hundreds of dollars a month, depending on how much users want to take advantage of the NA of the browser. There will still be a free version that will allow a limited use (probably very) of these options, but the future of this browser is not to be a browser, but to be a subscription browser. The decision made by this company is totally logical: Using AI is not cheap, and using it is still less cheapso if you want to do it, you will have to pay. It is the same as we are seeing with the different models: Chatgpt, Gemini or Claude can be used for free, but if you want to use them intensively and access their most advanced options, it is time to pay by pointing to their subscription plans, as is the case with Chatgpt Plus, Google Ai Pro or Claude Pro respectively. Browsers are already the most widespread way to interact with AI, so it is logical to think that all of them – Hello, Firefox? – will end up integrating these functions. He has done it day, he has done it, he just did it Edge with your co -pilot mode And it is expected that Integration between Gemini and Chrome So it is much more direct. All of them will remain free in their basic versions. We can normally navigate as we have always done, but if we want to go further, if we want to use all those attractive AI options, Touch to pay a subscription. One that will be increasingly expensive. We will have to go to the idea. In Xataka | Anthropic has seen that their users do not stop using the 200 euros plan a month of their AI. They had to stop their feet

WhatsApp finally has a quick and light application in Windows. Joy will last little

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Meta launched WhatsApp for Windows and Macos In 2016. Since then, until 2022, the company had A slow and very little efficient customerfor a single reason: it was not a native application, but a web container based on WhatsApp Web, which implied slowness and enormous consumption of RAM. Better changes, changes worse. In 2022, WhatsApp on desktop made an praise leap forward, launching native messaging customers on both platforms and discarding the previous technology. According to Our own teststhe use of RAM in Windows went from 500 MB to 100 MB. The use of CPU making scroll, from 60 % to 20 %. Three years later, one step back, according to Windows Latest: WhatsApp beta (downloadable here) It is no longer native, it is a web container again that camouflages a browser. WhatsApp tricks and tips to hide you to the fullest and maintain your privacy Bad news. According to Windows Latest observations, made by analyzing the WhatsApp Beta processes in Windows Task Manager, Meta is using WebView2a technology that allows using the Microsoft engine within applications. Your own version of Framework Electrona standard in the industry. The bad news for the user in front of the application has nothing to do with using WebView2 in particular, but with abandoning the previous approach. This inefficient will be the new WhatsApp in Windows.Every time we open the new version, the application will have to load the web version internally, and in the background, an instance of the Microsoft Edge browser, on which Webview2 operates. Just as it happened with the version they developed from 2016 to 2022. It is very inefficient with respect to an application that uses Native Windows development platforms, such as UWP (Winui). In the absence of being able to prove it, Windows Delast tests demonstrate the step back, and are related to those made in Xataka in 2022. The new version of WhatsApp Web consumes 30% more of RAM than the version available until today in the Windows application store. It is a developing version that can be optimized more, but leaving the native approach has inevitable negative consequences. In Reddit Han accomplished that the new client consumes up to 1 GB of RAM. Goal explains why a native application is more efficient. When they launched the current client, goal created a website in which they explain the Benefits of a native application very clearly: “They provide greater performance and reliability, more ways of collaborating and functions that improve your productivity” “They are designed and optimized for your computer operating system” “They offer greater reliability and speed” Why use web apps instead of native. Being so clear the advantages of a native development, and even being defended by goal, why go back? The industry resorts to web -based applications for a very simple reason: unify developments and guarantee functions and compatibility parity between different operating systems. If a company builds a single website, you can easily adapt it to Windows, Macos, Windows, Linux and Android, as well as offer it in browsers. Optimization is sacrificed, but the deadlines are expedited and the size of the equipment required to move forward and maintain a project is reduced. Mark Zuckerberg himself said that IOS’s old Facebook app was bad because it was based on html. They went to native development and everything improved. The same In Android. Image | Antonio Sabán with Ia In Xataka | Every time someone tells me that his mobile is slow, I know where to look: the “paper” of WhatsApp

ASML, Airbus and Mistral are planted before Brussels. They ask that the application of the law of AI and notify the risks delay

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Europe already has its great artificial intelligence law. What is missing, according to several companies, are the concrete rules to apply it. Only one month after the first standards for the most advanced models, more than 45 large companies – among them ASML, Airbus or Mistral – enter into force – They have signed an open letter asking Brussels to “stop the clock” and postpone their entry into force two years. They point to an unrealistic calendar and the difficulty of competing with the United States or China. What exactly is EU’s artificial intelligence law? The European Union Artificial Intelligence Law entered into force on August 1, 2024after having been politically approved by the European Parliament and the Council in December 2023. It is the first comprehensive regulation of the world focused on this technology, and regulates from how the models are trained to what contexts can be used. The key is in its approach to risk levels: the greater the potential impact, more legal obligations. And what exactly Asml, Airbus, Mistral and the rest ask? They demand a pause two years before the most demanding parts of the law enter into force, especially those that affect high -risk systems and the general purpose models, whose first section is scheduled for August 2025. The reason: The standard is too complex, overlaps with other regulations and still lacks key guides for its application. ASML headquarters in Veldhoven Among those guides is the code of good practices, that had to have been published in spring and still does not be ready. Companies argue that without that document, and with this level of uncertainty, the law can become a brake for European innovation. “This situation puts at risk not only the development of European leaders, but the ability of all industries to deploy the scale required by global competition,” They warn. They also ask that regulatory quality prioritize against speed, and warn that continuing without changes would send a wrong message to the seriousness of Europe in its commitment to technological competitiveness. The names behind this initiative. The request does not arise from an isolated startup or from an informal group of companies. Behind is the EU AI Champions Initiative, a group that groups more than 60 European companies that claim to be committed to the development of a competitive AI and aligned with the EU values. Among its members are names such as ASML, Airbus, Mistral AI, Mercedes-Benz, BNP Paribas, Siemens Energy, Lufthansa, Philips or Publicis. Of course, not all members of the US Ai Champions Initiative signed the letter published this week. Images | Sigmund | Rawpixel | ASML In Xataka | After strictly regulating AI, the European Union has identified a problem: it has been too European Union

Strava has bought Runna. The Sports Social Network now has a fantastic application with training plans

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Strava, the social network of athletes par excellence with more than 150 million users, has announced the acquisition of Runnaa popular British application of training plans for runners launched in 2021. Why is it important. This purchase resolves one of Strava’s great ‘ This was a weak point for both beginners and veterans, who had to resort to other platforms. This movement is not only a strategic purchase, but a direct response to the world boom of the Running. In 2024 almost one billion races were registered in Strava, and according to Your datathe race on foot is the sport that grows the fastest global, with the Z generation leading this trend. What does Runna do. The Runna app, which I tried for months, asks for concrete objectives (finish a 10K, finish a marathon, run average marathon in less than 1:40 h, etc.) I already change both specific and adapted training plans, as a live guide of each plan. That is, if we start a training with Runna (present at Apple Watch or Garmin), we will guide us on our clock and also in our headphones on each part of the training, it will notify us if we are going too slow or too fast, of each change of rhythm that we have to do, etc. And now what. In the short term, both applications will continue to function independently, according to They have confirmed the CEO and co -founder of Strava and Runna respectively. Presumably, the first changes and integrations will arrive in the coming months. As a backdrop, two clear elements: The growing importance of Strava’s premium subscription (8 euros per month) with which to access a series of somewhat secondary functions. Limiting training plans to this subscription will make it much more attractive. Runna’s are 20 euros per month. Other recent purchases from Strava: Recover Athleticsan injury prevention application; and Fatmapa 3D maps platform. The expansion strategy in different areas of the digital fitness is evident. The big question. How are subscriptions going to now manage? If we look at the annual plans, Strava Premium costs $ 80 a year for the 120 that Runna costs. At the moment, users will need to maintain both subscriptions if they want to have access to “everything.” Runna uses Strava’s third parties to synchronize activities. It is expected that a better integration arrives. Michael Martin, CEO of Strava, has compared this purchase with that of Recover Athletics, which works separately but is free for Strava subscribers. Deepen. These types of purchases usually generate reactions found. In 2023, Strava had a confusing and controversial change in its subscription price And a few weeks ago that Garmin announced his subscription plan With a rather warm answer. Clearly Strava wants to be more than “the social network of sport” to offer more value directly to the athlete, and not just a social meeting point around training. In Xataka | After almost a decade with the Apple Watch I have spent a Garmin. And I have understood what I was losing me Outstanding image | Strava

What changes and what adds the application for Android and iOS

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Let’s tell you what are the News announced by WhatsApp in April 2025. It is a series of new functions that will gradually reach all users of the application. Some of these characteristics have already arrived, others are starting to do so and others will do so later. Let’s tell you all these news in list formatwith the name of each characteristic and a small description. Thus, you can see everything you expect and everything that is already coming. WhatsApp news Here are the list of the next WhatsApp functions They have arrived, they are arriving or will arrive shortly. Most of them are for all users, although there is a couple that are exclusive to iPhone. Chats eyelashes: The section Chats It reinvents itself, and now it offers you different tabs. You can organize your conversations by unreasonable messages, favorites, groups, or create your own personalized tab. Indicator Online In group chats: In the groups now an indicator appears where he tells you how many members there are online at this time. Prominent notifications in groups: In the notification settings of the groups you have the option Outstandingwhere you will only receive those that belong to mentions, answers and messages of saved contacts. Event updates: The function of adding events now allows you to also create them in individual chats in addition to groups. In addition, when confirming the assistance the option is added Maybeor to attend with a guest. You can also set the events and add end date and time. Touch reactions: When you click on the reactions of a message in a group, you will see the ones that have been sent and you can click on one of them to send it without having to look for it. Tab of Calls: In this specific tab you can make new calls, share calls to calls or manage your history. Add someone to the call from a chat: When you are making an individual call, you can add another person from the chat you have with her. Click on the call button of that chat and choose the option of Add to call. Improvements in video calls: Vecher technology has been improved to improve quality and take better advantage of your connection. Updates: A start tab in States and channels separated from your personal chats. CHANNEL VIDEO NOTES: In addition to individual chats, you can now add video notes also on the channels so that your followers can see them and have another method of sharing content. Transcripts of voice messages in channels: When a voice message is sent on the channels, you can now have a transcription of what is said. Share channel with QR: If you manage a channel, you can create a unique QR code that directs it directly to it, being able to share it more easily with other people. Document scan on iPhone: IOS users will be able to scan and send documents directly from WhatsApp with the new option for the attachment file tray. Predetermined application for iPhone: In iOS, you can establish WhatsApp as the default messaging or call application. You need the last update of iOS and go to Configuration> default applications To do so. Gesture for expanding picture in video calls on iPhone: When you are in a video call in iOS, you can make the gesture of separating your fingers to expand the image during the video call. In Xataka Basics | Goal AI in WhatsApp: 17 functions and tricks of the blue circle with the artificial intelligence chat

27 free online courses to start the office application

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We bring you a list with 27 Microsoft Excel coursesso you can learn to form to master the office application of spreadsheets. It remains one of the most popular tools in administration, with a lot of tricks and functionsand these courses will allow you to deepen its use. All list courses usually have a similar format, They are free and onlinealthough sometimes you have to pay a small fee if you want the title to have finished them. Most are free, which means you can start doing them whenever you want. Something you should know is that a majority of these courses They are in Englishalthough several of them are translated, and we have also put a few in Spanish. Excel courses Here is our list with the best free online courses in Excel. In each of them we will add a small description so you know what it offers, and also A link to go to the course on the platform in which it is being offered. Work more intelligent with Microsoft Excel: We start with a course of Microsoft itself, in which you are taught to perform the basic Excel functions in a more efficient, professional and clean way. It lasts 20 hours. It is in Coursera. Data preparation for analysis with Microsoft Excel: Another Microsoft course, in this case to learn to prepare your data in Excel, leaving them organized for analysis, including doing so with a generative AI. It lasts 19 hours. It is in Coursera. Data for business analysts with Microsoft Excel: A Microsoft course to prepare the data for its analysis in Excel, to learn how this tool is applied in business scenarios for data analysis, and to use its best formulas. It lasts 23 hours. It is in Coursera. Data for Analysis With Microsoft Excel: Another data analysis course in Microsoft Excel, now more basic, creating the data and using the functions of Power BI. It lasts 19 hours. It is in Coursera. Excel and co -ilot fundamentals: A Microsoft course to learn how to use the Excel co -ilot version, and thus perform basic tasks with artificial intelligence integrated into the tool. It lasts 22 hours. It is in Coursera. Advanced Data Analysis & Visualization With Copilot In Excel: A more advanced course to improve your Excel Co -nursing skills, in this case to take advantage of AI for data analysis. It lasts 24 hours. It is in Coursera. Basic Excel aspects for data analysis: An IBM course to start using Excel as a tool for data analysis, reviewing, importing and cleaning data on spreadsheets, and performing basic tasks in them. It lasts 11 hours. It is in Coursera. Upvalenciax: Excel: fundamentals and tools: A course of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. A start course where you will learn to use the most common Excel tools, from the most basic to graphics, functions and data tables. It lasts 8 weeks, 3 – 4 hours per week. It is in edx. Digital Office of Office: Microsoft Excel: A course of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​where to learn to use Excel and master its basic functions. It lasts 6 hours. It is in Coursera. Urosariox: Basic Excel for Entrepreneurs: A basic course of the University of Rosario so that entrepreneurs can learn to use Excel to inform their information or the management of their business. It lasts 3 weeks, 4 – 6 hours per week. It is in edx. Urosariox: Excel financial pro: dominates finance with Excel: A course created by the University of Rosario, in which you learn to use Excel as an advanced and effective tool for financial analysis and decision making. It lasts 2 weeks, 4 – 5 hours per week. It is in edx. Excel skills for business: essential concepts: An Excel course in which to learn the basic concepts about the use of this tool in a way focused on business. It lasts 26 hours. It is in Coursera. Upvalenciax: Excel: Creation of a Business Control Graphic Panel: A course of the Polytechnic University of Valencia for advanced users, in which they will learn to create graphics from a data panel to carry out business control. It lasts 3 weeks, 3 – 4 hours per week. It is in edx. Excel course: A start course in which you learn to efficiently handle the application functions and tools, from to create spreadsheets to use your automation. It lasts about 5 weeks, 1 – 2 hours per week. Is in Eduin Academy. Unam free Excel course: A course of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where you are taught to use the essential Excel tools, to format them and use the main functions of the spreadsheet. It lasts about 30 hours. Is in free courses UNAM. Excel Fundamentals for Business: Another course to learn to use Excel in a business field to improve your businesses. It lasts 20 hours. It is in Coursera. FREE MAIN COURSE Excel functions: Another start course to start using Excel, with a virtual classroom format with personalized accompaniment. It lasts 8 hours. Is in Carpediem formation. Davidsonx: Excel for Beginners: A course of Davidson Collegue in which Excel is taught from scratch, and without the need for you have previous knowledge. It will help you to know its basic functions. It lasts 4 weeks, 3 – 5 hours per week. It is in edx. IBM: Analyzing Data With Excel: A course created by IBM in which what is necessary to use the spreadsheets is taught to perform basic data analysis. It lasts 5 weeks, 2 – 3 hours per week. It is in edx. IBM: Data Visualization and Building Dashboards with Excel and Cognos: Another IBM course, in this case to learn to make a data visualization using Excel and the IBM Cognos Analytics tool. It lasts 4 weeks, 2 – 3 hours per week. It is in edx. Excel foundations for data analysis: A course of the Macquarie University where to learn … Read more

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