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An algorithm has hacked their B-2s in Iran, and they have the audio

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In modern military history there are weapons so sophisticated that for decades they seemed practically impossible to follow or anticipate. However, as satellites, sensors and massive data analysis multiply, the battlefield begins to change. change nature: It is no longer always whoever wins the most advanced plane, but rather whoever is able to interpret before anyone else millions of seemingly unconnected signals. In this new scenario, algorithms begin to play a role that previously only radars had. The bomber that changed war. He B-2 Spirit It is one of the most exclusive and secret pieces of the American arsenal. There are only 20 operational units and each one cost more than 2 billion dollars, making it the most expensive airplane ever built. Its flying wing design eliminates vertical surfaces and reduces to a minimum the signal that bounces off enemy radars. Added to this are radar-absorbing materials, engines hidden within the fuselage and flight profiles designed to remain undetected. The result is a true “bug” capable of penetrating dense air defenses, penetrating deep into enemy territory and attacking strategic objectives. without being seen. For decades, that combination of stealth and range has made the B-2 the silent weapon par excellence from the United States, a platform designed precisely to operate without the adversary even knowing it is there. Epic Fury, the invisible attack on Iran. That capability was tested again when the US Air Force launched four B-2As (identified by the callsigns Petro 41, Petro 42, Petro 43 and Petro 44) to attack Iranian facilities hidden in mountainous complexes during Operation Epic Fury. The mission was part of the coordinated military campaign between Washington and Tel Aviv and was designed to hit high-value targets, including centers linked to the Iranian missile program. The B-2 is designed precisely for those types of operations: fly thousands of kilometers, penetrate advanced air defense systems and launch precision-guided munitions against strategic targets. Its greatest advantage is not speed or firepower, but the stealth. The enemy doesn’t have to intercept it if he doesn’t even know the attack is happening. The Chinese spy: an algorithm. But as we said at the beginning, modern warfare is beginning to introduce a new type of sensor: the software. A Chinese technology company, Jingan Technologyhas announced that its artificial intelligence-based military analysis system (one called Jingqi) detected linked signals to the American deployment weeks before the attack. The system reportedly combines satellite images, flight paths, ship movements, public records and other open sources to reconstruct patterns of military activity. According to the companythis analysis made it possible to identify since January an accumulation of US forces in the Middle East that even exceeded that registered before the Iraq war. The AI ​​would have followed transport aircraft routes, reconnaissance missions and movements of aircraft carrier groups until reconstructing the sequence that led to the military operation. A hole. The most striking statement came after the attack. Jingan assured that his system detected radio communications from the bombers during their return flight, despite the fact that operations of this type are usually carried out under strict silence on radio. The company maintains that it could rebuild the route of the bomber group and even published an audio fragment to support your claim. If this interception is correct, it would imply something much more significant: the weak point would not be in the enemy radar, but in the data ecosystem surrounding the operation. Put another way, the B-2 may be nearly invisible to traditional sensors, but the accumulation of indirect signals (communications, logistics, support movements) can allow trained algorithms to find patterns that previously went unnoticed. Algorithm war. If you like, the episode illustrates the extent to which artificial intelligence is transforming the way to wage war. Analysis systems like the Chinese Jingqi compete with American platforms that also use AI to plan military operations. In the campaign against Iran, Washington used tools like the model Claude by Anthropic and the Maven Smart System developed by Palantir to analyze large data streams and generate attack recommendations. This type of technology makes it possible to reduce in a lot the time needed to identify objectives: processes that could previously take three days are now completed in a matter of hours. The ultimate goal is to compress the entire attack chain (detect, evaluate, hit and re-evaluate) in just minutes. A new front. Plus: artificial intelligence is also altering another front of the conflict, the informative. The proliferation of AI generated videos is starting to make it difficult to distinguish between real and manipulated images on social media. Platforms like X have warned that they will penalize users who share AI-generated war content without warning, after numerous fake videos will begin to circulate during the crisis. Thus, in a scenario like the current one, where algorithms analyze military operationsgenerate propaganda and detect invisible patterns To the human eye, the battlefield is no longer limited to air, sea or land. It is also released in data centers. And in that terrain, even the quietest bomber on the planet can leave traces that no one knew before hear. 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the leaked audio of the Adamuz accident between the Iryo and Atocha driver

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“There’s no train coming.” It is the key phrase of the audio that elDiario.es has been published exclusively and in which the conversation between the driver of the Iryo train and the command post is heard. The audio is extracted from the black box of the Italian train that, according to what is knownwould have derailed and seconds later would have been hit by an Alvia that was traveling in the opposite direction, being thrown to the side of the track and to the bottom of a four-meter embankment. The conversation between the driver and the control center traffic has raised all kinds of speculation but, for now, it is part of an investigation that is expected to be very long and that can extend for months. Therefore, trying to conclude what happened or what elements caused the first and second derailments are mere speculation. In fact, the president of Renfe himself, Álvaro Fernández Heredia, pointed out in the first hours that could not be definitively stated that the Alvia train had collided with the Italian vehicle. Audio and its implications In the leaked audios, Iryo’s driver contacts the command center in Atocha to which he explains that he has had “a hitch” on the track. From there they ask him for a contact telephone number and to lower the pantographs, to which the driver responds that he has already carried out the operation. The pantographs are the elements that connect the train with the catenary and, therefore, with the electrical network. A hitch occurs when there is a problem with the pantograph or catenary. In that case, the train is stopped and may suffer a strong deceleration, like a kind of anchor that prevents it from continuing to move forward. In fact, the driver himself explains in the audio that the train is completely blocked. At that point, the communication is cut off and (if there is no skipped audio in between) the driver informs Atocha that has suffered a derailment and is occupying the adjacent track. At that moment, he requests that traffic be stopped immediately and from the command post they assure him that “there is no train arriving.” Next, the person in front of the Iryo train requests that they send emergency services, from ambulances to firefighters, because there is a car on fire and there are injured people on board. The driver then reports that he is leaving the cabin and the audio cuts out. From the audio it is striking that no reference is made to the Alvia (Renfe) train which, it is assumed, would have collided with the Iryo cars and subsequently derailed. Neither the driver nor the command center are aware that this has happened, which opens up two possibilities. With no official information still on the table, what we have remains mere speculation. One possibility is that the impact of the Alvia occurred almost immediately after the derailment with the Iryo and hit it slightly but enough so that the driver, in a stressful situation trying to emergency brake his vehicle, did not notice it. A blow, however slight, at more than 200 km/h could have caused the second derailment and explains why the trains were found 700 meters apart. If this is the case, it is also possible that the driver did not realize at first (in that period between communications in which he announces that he is going to verify the situation of his train) that there is a second accident vehicle because the distance and the fall to the embankment would have hidden the Alvia. Two competing theories This possibility is what the Minister of Transport himself, Óscar Puente, has pointed out. Initially, a time gap of about 20 seconds was targeted between the departure of the first Iryo and the impact of the Alvia. The proximity between both trains would not have allowed the security system warn of the obstacle on the track and stop the train. Now, Puente believes that barely nine seconds passed between the derailment of the Iryo and the impact of the Renfe train. The head of Transportation ensures This would explain why the driver is not aware that a second train has collided with his vehicle. The other possibility is that the Alvia had not yet reached the accident area when the engineer contacted the command post on the second occasion. However, Puente has indicated that the second communication occurs “between three and four minutes after the first”. This means that, if the Alvia train had not collided or had not passed next to the Iryo at the time of the accident, it would have to be more than 13 kilometers from the event, which is the distance a train travels at 200 km/h in four minutes. Tweet from Óscar Puente showing the map of the command post with the situation of the trains In Xataka We have contacted SEMAF (Spanish Union of Railway Machinists) who explain that the LZB system sends information with the position of the train to the command post. There, the train appears on a map like the one shown in this image uploaded by Minister Óscar Puente. On this map you can see how the trains move forward, with their position updated every so often. On each line, they explain, there is a section manager who must remain attentive to the position of each train. For this reason, they say, there are several possibilities but they make it clear that the reasons can be multiple. They explain that there are two possibilities that resonate more strongly. One of them is that the Alvia sent its position past Iryo’s vehicle almost immediately after the crash and from the command post they believed that no train was coming in the opposite direction, which is what was mentioned to the driver of the Italian train. The second is that the Alvia “disappeared” from the map due to Particularities of the LZB system or because damage had occurred on the … Read more

This has free facial recognition, night vision and two-way audio

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have a surveillance camera At home it can give us a very important extra security. Not only to monitor the home if we are not at home, but also to be able to take a quick look and see what our children and pets are doing. Although there are many options, Going for one with 4K resolution can give us extra detail that really matters. If we look for one of these, one that stands out the most is undoubtedly the Tapo C260: camera that we have available from 69.99 euros. Tapo C260 – Indoor WiFi Surveillance Camera, Home Security, 4K 8MP 360°, AI Detection, Local/Cloud Recording, Physical Privacy, 18x Zoom, Tracking, Two-Way Audio, microSD The price could vary. We earn commission from these links 4K resolution, night vision and even facial recognition As we say, we have many options on the market if we are looking for a new surveillance camera. Most usually offer 1080p or 2K resolution, which may be enough for tighter budgets. Now, the ideal is to bet on one that reaches up to 4K, since thanks to this we will have a series of advantages that, in practice, are noticeable. The first and most obvious is that, by having more resolution, they will offer us a greater detail when recording image. This will allow us to identify faces or small objects more easily. In addition, a higher resolution also allows us to zoom without the sharpness of the image disappearing. In that sense, the Tapo C260 is ideal if we are looking for a new indoor surveillance camera. In addition to this resolution, it is capable of reaching up to 18x digital zoom and has 360 degree panoramic viewso we will not have blind spots with it. Even at night and in very low light, since it has color night vision. It also has facial recognition and artificial intelligencetwo free functions that will allow the camera to automatically detect people, pets or even baby cries. It also has intelligent automatic tracking, ideal for the camera to follow the movements of our pet, for example. To all of the above, we must add that the camera also has flexible storage, since it supports microSD up to 512 GB or we can use the cloud to store your data. All without forgetting that it also uses two-way audioideal for real-time communication. As we said above, this Tapo C620 is designed for interiors. But, What if we look for an option for outdoors? So maybe it suits us more the Tapo C660 Kitan alternative that also has 4K resolution, 360-degree panoramic vision, smart functions, night vision and in this case has IP65 protection against dust and rain. Not only that, but it also has a solar panel and battery, so it has autonomous operation that does not require a plug. It is available for 159.99 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 | TP-Link In Xataka | Best surveillance cameras: which one to buy and 11 recommended models for indoors, outdoors, babies and pets In Xataka | Best tablets. Which one to buy and 8 recommended models for all pockets and needs

I just sent a WhatsApp audio from the Apple Watch. I only had to wait a decade

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That the Apple Watch did not have a native WhatsApp app was something incomprehensible, only comparable to the fact that The iPad didn’t have it either for fifteen years. We talk about smartwatch and the messaging app most popular in the world but, for some reason, it had not occurred to them until now. The wait is over and now I have tried WhatsApp on my Apple Watch SE. This is what it seemed to me. Testing WhatsApp on the Apple Watch First of all, the app works from Apple Watch Series 4 and with WatchOS version 10 or higher versions. If you meet the requirements, you can try it. You may not find WhatsApp on your watch, which is what happened to me, but don’t despair. All you have to do is go to the App Store from your iPhone and update WhatsApp. You will see the icon appear in the list of apps on the watch. You can see your most recent chats from your wrist By entering the app, you can see the most recent chats, although only the last twenty conversations are shown. Within the chats you can’t see the entire history either, but rather the most recent messages. The good thing is that you can see images, stickers and also allows you to react to messages. It is a very simple interface with basic functionsbut it gives us many more options when chatting. Before we could read and respond to messages only from notifications. At the moment we discarded a notice, the message disappeared and we could no longer do anything with it. Audios from the clock Until now I could read WhatsApp messages on my wrist (except for the ones that were very long), but what there was no way to do was listen to audios. The notification arrived, but it could not be reproduced and we had to go look for the cell phone. This has just changed and now, if you receive a voice message, you can play it directly on the watch. They can also be sent, although There is a “but”. Audios can be recorded, but there is a maximum The first thing I wanted to know was if it was possible to send audios and I was relieved to see that it was, but my joy was short-lived because It only lets you record ten seconds; If you are like me and usually send podcasts to your loved ones, you are going to have to continue using your mobile. Cannot speed up audio messages Ten seconds seems short to me, but it should be enough to send quick messages at specific moments. Furthermore, what is going to be more practical is the fact of being able to listen to the audios on the watch and here there seems to be no limit (I have been able to listen to audios of almost 3 minutes). However, it does not allow speed up message speedthe only thing it allows us to do is move forward or backward in 5-second jumps. The arrival of WhatsApp to the Apple Watch has been highly anticipated. So much so that even there were alternatives to be able to have more functionalities on the watch. The problem is that we have been late more than a decade in having too basic functions. I guess that’s good news. Images | Amparo Babiloni, Xataka In Xataka | Huawei Watch GT 6, analysis: without being perfect, it is the smartwatch that I am going to recommend the most this year

14 audio servers to host your music collection and listen to it wherever you want

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We bring you a small collection of 14 applications to set up a music server on your computer. With them, you can configure a server on your main computer, and then you can listen to the music you have on it from other devices through official websites or applications. With this, what you are going to get is create your own Spotify with the music files you have on your computer. This way, you can choose to buy digital music directly from the artists so that they get more benefits than with Spotify and then manage it without fees and with more privacy, although you can also use your own files after ripping a CD. And as we always say at Xataka Basics, these are the proposals that we have chosen, but perhaps you know others that also deserve to be on the list. If so, we invite you to Leave us your proposals in the comments sectionand so that all readers can benefit from the knowledge of our xatakeros. Plex We can only start with this application, because you can also set up your own Spotify with Plex. You have the server application for your computer, and then clients to watch movies, music and more on any other device. Plex It is very versatile, and very well known. It has some specific functions like an exclusive player for music and others that are paid, although you can make a single payment of just 120 euros and have it for life. Swing Music An open source self-hosted streaming service, which stands out for having a magnificent design maximum care. It has functions such as separating different versions of a disc, showing related artists or albums, or being able to navigate between your music files. The client works through the browserso you can use it anywhere. You also have a search engine, handle duplicate files, and more options that keep coming. You can install the server on Windows, macOS or GNU/Linux. koel This alternative is open source, has a modern design, and is feature-rich. It’s free, although you also have a paid version that allows you to store your files in the cloud or share music with friends. Its modern and colorful design makes it catch the eye, very clean and simplified, but it also stands out for its optimization and speed. All of this being a great player with all the options, including metadata editing or genre categorization. In addition, it integrates with Last.fm, Spotify or YouTube among others. Jellyfin Jellyfin is one of the main Plex alternatives, and in fact also has a specific music app in developmentalthough it may not work as well yet. However, you can also use its general app to find the music section. The main characteristics of this tool compared to Plex is that It is totally freeand at the moment it does not have a paid version. In short, it’s like setting up your own Spotify and Netflix all together. Emby Emby is another of the great alternatives to Plex, and although It does not have a specific application to listen to musicin the complete app of the tool you have a section to access the songs from the folders on your computer that you have chosen. Like Plex, this tool also offers most of its free options, although it also has several others that are with the paid version. Navidrome Free and open source, it allows you to stream from your computer. virtually any audio format. It has good support for multi-artist compilations, and makes use of all the metadata you’ve been editing in the files. Uses very few resourcesand can be used on both macOS, Linux and WIndows, even for Raspberry Pi. The client is web, for use in any browser, although it is also compatible with service clients such as Subsonic, Madsonic or Airsonic. mStream A fairly simple, self-hosted music streaming service that can work on any operating system with server applications for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and Raspberry Pi. You also have clients to listen to your music for Android and iOS, as well as for the browser. Playback is almost perfect with a good sound viewer and playlist sharing features. You can also easily drag files to upload to the server, all with an open source project. funkwhale This is a community-led projectin which there are different pods or servers created by other users where music is hosted and you can upload yours. You also have the opportunity to create your own pod, although it is somewhat more complex. In the end, the idea is to be able to enjoy your music or podcasts wherever you want. Ampache A veteran project but constantly updated, focused on being able to create your own music streaming service. All this with an open source tool that has been developing since 2001, and with which you will be able to install third-party clients for mobile, tablet or television. It has a web interface with which you will be able to configure the local and remote file synchronizationall in a single consistent collection. And then, you can access your music from any device, whether with an app or an HTML5 player. Gonic A recent and lightweight alternative, compatible with Subsonic client appswith simple management of your folders and support for podcasts. Gonic is especially recommended for those looking for a minimalist, modular and easy-to-install alternative. It stands out for its scanning speed, and for also being compatible with scrobbling applications such as listenbrainz or last.fm, to have your listening statistics. Perhaps its only drawback is a simpler and more schematic interface, but in exchange it is very easy to use. Subsonic This is a powerful streaming service where your computer also becomes a server. It is used to stream video and music. It is also a base for many third party clientsso if you don’t like their applications you can always turn to others. The price of this server is $1 per month, … Read more

What few have when two audio giants face

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In a corner, the metallic brightness and the promise of total integration. In the other, the very discreet portability and obsession with cancellation and autonomy. Airpods Max and Sony Wh1000XM6 They go up to the quadrilateral with very different arguments To conquer the user. The question is direct: do you prefer the path of Design and Apple’s ecosystem or the customization and control that Sony offers? Among the versus everything works by rounds: they face face to face and each section adds or subtracts until only one winner remains. In this ring andA have passed the iPhone 17, Garmin, Huawei and Amazfit clocks, And even Amazon’s best selling fryers. Today, the baton is in the hands of Samuel Oliverthat distributes the points until you reach the final verdict. The rounds that decide this versus The first thing that makes our partner clear is that the design does not count on the scoreboard: “Design is very subjective Some are going to like that of the Airpods and other Sony. ”That said, Oliver enters the materials and portability.“ Inevitably the Airpods Max take this section ” Samuel Oliver does not go with Rodeos when talking about the sound and highlights the high sound quality that the Apple device offers from the first moment. But not everything is said. From there, the comparison focuses on how the experience changes in the face of Sony’s warmer and customizable proposal, a contrast that deserves to be heard in the video. The Noise cancellation It is one of the key sections in this comparison. Sony has been polishing generation after generation its algorithm and microphone management, while Apple bets on huge earmuffs that help achieve remarkable isolation. In the midst of that technical and design battle, a track falls into the video: “But here the balance bows when we test the global suppression and adaptation it has to all kinds of noise.” In functionality, Apple and Sony move in very different worlds. The Max Airpods stand out for their immediate integration into the brand’s ecosystem, with automatic pairing and very careful physical controls. Sony, on the other hand, is committed to maximum customization through its application, with equalizer, cancellation modes and multipoint connection. The autonomy test is what ends up tilting the balance in this comparison. Our partner tells in the video how each proposal translates on a day -to -day basis, with fast charges and surprises in prolonged use. What does not change is his warning: “There is nothing worse, but nothing worse than getting out of home, also in a hurry, put on the helmets, whatever they are and have no battery.” After measuring sound, cancellation or autonomy, there is a land that is usually decisive: the price. It is not the same to bet on a premium design than to look for the most versatile and easy to find option. Samuel Oliver talks about the winner and explains that “it is a very difficult proposal to ignore, especially if we compare its price.” If you want to know how each round is resolved and what is the outcome of this fight, The answer is in the full video. There are the differences with practical tests, real -use examples and nuances that are only seen seeing the helmets in action. We invite you to visit the Xataka YouTube channelwhere you can also leave your opinion and join the debate about who really deserves victory. Images | Xataka In Xataka | Echo Dot Max, Echo Studio, Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11: The key to the new Amazon speakers and screens is in the design

A VHS tape, an AI and eight seconds of audio. That is all a woman needed to recover her lost voice

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At some point from the 90s to a young Sarah Ezekiel they recorded her with a video camera and kept that recording In a VHS tape. In that little Sarah appearance he only spoke eight seconds, but almost three decades later those eight seconds have ended up being an incredible gift. One that He has returned his voice. Sara Ezekiel lost her voice in 2000, before smartphones became massive and allowed us, among many other things, to capture video easily. A motoneurone disease caused that both capacity and mobility in his hands lost just when he was going to have his second child, a child called Eric. As indicated in a BBC interview“I thought it would be fine, but after Eric was born, I quickly deteriorated.” In a few months he lost control of his hands, and shortly after he was incapable of any type of intelligible conversation. His marriage ended shortly after, and Sarah, in the care of his two children, found himself in a terrible situation. Eric, now 25 years old, just remembers his mother being paralyzed. Aviva, her 28 -year -old daughter, remembers when she realized that her mother was different. “I have that memory of asking him to prepare some strawberries and see that he was not able to cut them. He had to ask someone.” Five years after diagnosis, Sarah found A break Thanks to the Ocular monitoring technology. He could build words and phrases with the movement of the eyes, so that a voice synthesizer offered a synthetic voice similar to what for example I used Stephen Hawking. That was the beginning of a new life that adapted with joy. He became a volunteer of the association to affected by his illness, and painted again thanks to that same technology. And a few years later a small milestone began to take shape. The AI ​​and the “miracle” of the cloning of the voice A company called Smartbox He had announced what was going to provide cloned voices Free for a million people at risk of losing their voice or those who had already lost it for diseases such as cancer or motorcycle. They asked Sarah a voice recording to rebuild her, but the only thing Sarah had was an old VHS tape in which they had recorded her daughter Aviva and in which she spoke just eight seconds. That recording was a disaster. Image quality was bad, but In addition the sound was distortedwith people mixing when speaking and a television sound at full volume. Simon Poole, one of those responsible for Smartbox, thought it would not be possible. However, Poole managed to isolate Sarah’s voice thanks to the Voice Isolator application of Elevenlabs, Specialized company in This type of solutions. The problem is that the result lacked intonation and personality, and also had a strange American accent. To try to solve it, he used another application trained with thousands of voices to fill holes of this type of recordings and that could help recover a voice like Sarah’s. After achieving a result that he believed appropriate, he sent several phrases to Sarah with his cloned voice. He called and heard her how Sarah, hearing those phrases, almost broke out to cry. One of Sarah’s old friends, who met her before losing his voice, was “impressed by how realistic he sounded.” His daughter Aviva said he was also impressed although he admitted that he had to get used to her. “Hearing her now daily still surprises me.” For Eric “it has made an incredible difference”, because that voice can also include an intonation that shows that your mother is cheerful or angry. Sarah misses her authentic voice, but as she said, “I’m happy to be back. It’s better than being a robot“ Image | Gabriel Petry | Ursula Castillo In Xataka | The AI ​​was already able to clone voices and faces. Now also clon our way of writing

Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

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After 18 years palmando money, Spotify premiered its age this year with its first profitable exercise in its history. That milestone has been followed by good news as its latest quarterly resultsthat tell their own story. A story that goes far beyond its 696 million users – 276 million of them, Premium. It is that of a silent but beastial metamorphosis. Spotify has ceased to be a music player to become something different. It is a time to capture time. When Daniel EK says that “people arrive at Spotify and stay in Spotify” is subtly describing its strategy: Colonize more and more sound moments of our day to day. A few years ago, Spotify’s natural competitor was Apple Music. And YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal. Today their rivals are rather Tiktok, YouTube, Netflix, Instagram, and even your own concentration. Compete for your sustained attention. It is not worth being the one who puts background music. The growth in active users – 11% – is, more than more people listening to music, more people delivering fragments of their day to the same platform: Music to go to work. A podcast while you work. Another music while playing sports. An AUDS AUDIOLIBRO. Videoclips with which to kill dead times. Spotify has been weaving A network that catches routines, not a long time. That is the strategy: assault every moment in which we consume audio. And towards that the company goes, towards being much more than a modern Gramola. It wants to be the entity to whom we delegate the decision to hear in each context of our day. The audiobooks looked like a sweetbeard, something tertiary, but The decision to compete with Audible It seems more and more important. The reason: Spotify needs content that works at dead moments that music cannot fill out at all. Long journeys by car. Hours of cleaning at home. Night walks. The audiobooks, such as podcasts, turn Spotify into a company for all occasions, into the audio netflix they promised to be. Spotify detected that there was a silent war for the moments of “partial attention”. While we drive, we cook, clean, we close. Moments when music works, but where an interesting conversation can hook you more. That is why hundreds of millions were spent in Joe Rogan and company. To occupy temporary territories that escaped their control. With the audiobooks gaining weight, Spotify has completed its transformation. It is no longer a music app. Not a music app that has podcasts. Is A total audio platform that coincidentally also reproduces songs, homogenizing everything in that damn word called “content.” They have resigned to be perfect in something to be indispensable in everything. And it is working: almost 700 million people have decided to be in a space that serves as a unique sound universe and does not dispatch towards several specialized applications. Outstanding image | @felipepelaquim In Xataka | The problem is no longer that Spotify has been filled with artists AI: is that AI is “reviving” dead musicians

The next milestone for the IAS that generates video was to make them with audio. Google has achieved it with I see 3

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Great day for Google. We are in full I/O 2025, the most important software event for the American company. Interestingly, Android is being one of the least sounded names: this year the only thing that matters is AI. And, related to AI, Google has been working on a model that allows you to generate video through text. That model is I seeand in its new update it is able to generate these videos … with audio. I see 3. Google has three levels for its generative artificial intelligence of video. I see 1, I see 2 And the new I see 3. Yes, they are much easier names regarding what We are accustomed to us. I see 3 is the most powerful model, capable of generating 4K video with advanced film compression. In this Google I/or gains a key capacity: the generation of video with audio. Of environmental sounds to dialogues. Google goes with everything with I see 3. This model not only has a higher quality with respect to I see 2: it is the only one of Google capable of generating videos with audio. For example, if in the prompt we detail that we want an urban scene, it will be able to recreate some of the sounds corresponding to it (people walking, traffic, bustle, etc.). Google goes further, and promises to be able to create even dialogues between characters. This is one of the definitive barriers for text to text to become practically a science fiction function. With I see 3 it will be possible to do everything. IMPROVEMENTS IN SEE 2. Although I see 3 is the absolute protagonist, I see 2 is updated with new functions. Among them, it premieres new camera controls much more precise for Traveling and Zoom movements, outpainting options to expand the framing (to pass the vertical to horizontal or vice versa video), as well as the possibility of adding or deleting elements of the video. Flow arrives. Related to VI, Image and Gemini arrives Flow, the new Google tool to create cinematographic videos through AI. It is a new work environment to be able to give free rein to our creations with I see: a video editor with whom we can create both with image and I see. In addition to functioning as editor, it will have some social function. Through Flow we can access Flow TV, a feed in which we will see content, channels and creators who are generating videos with I see. Ahead of Open AI. Chatgpt creators surprised the world with Soraits artificial intelligence to generate video from a prompt. The problem? At least, at the time we write these lines, it is not able to generate video. In December 2024 Google already advanced Sora on the right Showing the capabilities of VER 2, which quadrupled the video output resolution with respect to the Open AI model. It also allowed to create more durable videos, and a “understanding” of spectacular physics, something that makes the difference when creating a natural video. Your rivals. Rival video generators such as Runway, Luma ai either Pika Labs They allow to add external audio, but in no case generate sound at the time of delivering the final video. Google has just been punched on the table with I see 3, maintaining the first career position and further complicating things to giants like Open AI. At the moment, these functions will be available for GEMINI Ultra subscribers in the United States through the Gemini and Flow app, as well as for companies through VERTEX AI. Image | Google In Xataka | 14 tools to create free images

Spotify prepares a new subscription option, according to Bloomberg. Music Pro will come true the ancient Hifi audio promise

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It seems that this time is serious. Spotify could be closer to comply His former promise to offer higher quality audio to its users. Bloomberg points out that the Swedish firm is preparing a subscription option called Music Pro that will include this and other improvements for those who seek an experience a step beyond Premium. The sources consulted by the aforementioned medium say that Spotify is still working on the price and in the schedule, but they hope to launch the new level at the end of this year for additional $ 5.99 in the United States. At this time it is not clear if the supposed novelties will expand to other markets, including the European Union. Good news for audiophiles In the best case, paying a subscription and listening through the application, Spotify offers sound in AAC format with a quality equivalent to 320 kbps. Taking into account that the loss -less audio bits rate begins around 1,411 kbps, this shows how compressed are Spotify files. And while the service created by Daniel EK has the largest number of planet users, several less popular alternatives offer higher quality audio. There are Apple Music, Amazon Music HD or Tidal, who have been betting on this ideal possibility for audiophiles for a long time. Spotify will seek to make a difference with its new proposal. In addition to offering better quality audio, streaming service will allow subscribers to mix songs by different artists. For this characteristic it will use artificial intelligence, but it will not be the only thing. The additional payment of $ 5.99 The door will open to buy tickets for pre -sale concerts or access better seats. In any case, there is no official confirmation, so we will have to wait to know if this will end up materializing. Even having an official confirmation the ideal would be to wait. In its 2021 Stream On event, Spotify announced with bombs and dishes that would offer “Music with CDs without losses” at the end of that year. Four years have passed since that announcement, and not only the promise is still not fulfilled, but the video in which Billie Eilish participated, which was originally on YouTube, It has disappeared (Now it is private). In addition, la page with more details also It has been eliminated. Over time we will know what will really happen. Images | @felipepelaquim | Sound Tools In Xataka | Huawei Freebuds Pro 4, Analysis: The best way to summarize these headphones is with a word and that is “Chapó”

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