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It is the new battlefield in the price war against Ouigo and Iryo

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Just a few days ago, Trainline confirmed what we began to suspect for a long time: trains are rising in price. According to their data, Renfe, Ouigo and Iryo have increased their rates up to 40% in some cases and are forgetting their price war. Or they seemed to be forgetting. Because Renfe has pressed the accelerator in Andalusia. The offer. From Madrid to Seville or Malaga for seven euros. It is Renfe’s temporary offer which will be active between November 14 and 18. Every day a limited number of places will leave with ridiculous prices to move through the Andalusian corridor, with stops available in Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Villanueva de Córdoba, Córdoba, Puente Genil or Antequera, in addition to the cities already mentioned. The trains, of course, are part of the AVLO offer, the service low cost of Renfe that fights with Ouigo and Iryo to attract passengers at lower prices. The difference with the AVE lies, above all, in a greater number of stops and therefore a travel time that is usually longer. Price war? In recent months we have seen how high speed prices have risen. And they have risen a lot, in some cases. The most recent data is brought and collected by Trainline, the train ticket price comparator Expansion. Trains have become more expensive by up to 40% in one year on the Madrid-Barcelona corridor. The data reflect something that Álvaro Fernández Heredia, president of Renfe, already warned. “If they raise the price, we will follow them”announced a few weeks ago in an interview with Chain Being in which he also attacked his rivals, warning that they would have to explain why they come to Spain to lose money. The data of the CNMCwhich always arrive with some delay (the latest refer to the first half of the year) also point to an increase in the price of tickets but it is Madrid-Barcelona that has concentrated this growth. In the Andalusian and Valencian corridor, prices have fallen year-on-year. The Andalusian runner. The departure of the AVLO on the Madrid-Barcelona route, which does not have a confirmed return date, confirms that this route is the most expensive in Spain because its travelers are less susceptible to price variations. In fact, it is the corridor with the highest average price for all operators and in their sum, with a cost of 63.14 euros on average for the traveler and an increase of more than 15% compared to the first half of last year. In Andalusia, however, things are very different. Madrid-Málaga has maintained its year-on-year prices despite the fact that high speed has increased in general terms (-1.2% compared to the first half of 2024). And Madrid-Sevilla has dropped by more than 8%. In the absence of new data from the CNMC, we do know that Renfe increased the prices of its AVLO compared to the previous year by 3.4% but reduced those of the AVE by 3.8%. Taking into account that the average ticket price of the latter is 55.92 euros compared to 42.44 euros for the AVLO, the reduction is more noticeable than the increase in its range low cost. Ouigo in Andalusia. It must be taken into account that Ouigo arrived in Andalusia at the beginning of 2025, which is why last year two companies (Renfe and Iryo) were competing. The French company saw clearly that it had a gap to gain in the Andalusian corridor and that it was more sensitive to price variations than Madrid-Barcelona, ​​which is why It partially removed its trains from the latter and focused them on the southern corridor. Consequently, prices fell and in the absence of the CNMC making public the report that includes the data for July, August and September, already in June we saw a substantial reduction in the price of tickets compared to 2024, with falls of more than 28% in Iryo, greater than 22% in the AVE and 26% in AVLO. On average, prices that month fell 25.4%. In recent months, the battle in the southern corridor has continued. To the Renfe offer we must add the one that promoted Ouigo just a few weeks agoconnecting Barcelona with Seville for just over 20 euros. A way to continue competing in Madrid-Barcelona while maximizing resources. direct marking. The launch of new offers shows how Ouigo and Renfe mark each other closely. The Andalusian corridor in the first half of the year has been the place where Ouigo has put the most effort and where it has differentiated its prices the most from its competitors. In Madrid-Barcelona, ​​the difference in the average price between Ouigo and Renfe remained below two euros. In Madrid-Valencia and Madrid-Alicante it was even less, just a few cents. In the Andalusian corridor, however, Ouigo tickets were sold almost five euros cheaper than AVLO tickets in Madrid-Seville and the same situation was repeated in Madrid-Málaga. Photo | Smiley.toerist on Wikimedia In Xataka | If the summer has taught us anything, it is that Spain does not need more trains. You just need them to work.

The fight between Ouigo and Renfe goes far beyond the price war. The last battlefield: the workshops

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Beyond the corridors and the prices proposed by the different companies, the battle between Ouigo and Renfe seems to have no limits. Competitors in Spanish high speed are intensifying their crashes. The last: the use of workshops. But the last crash is by no means the only one. The workshops. The information is brought Chain Being. The media outlet claims to have had access to internal documents in which Renfe accuses Ouigo of carrying out maintenance operations that exceed the marked limits. From Chain Being They point out that Renfe understands that Ouigo is carrying out work that is not permitted in space. The Spanish company understands that the type of repairs carried out there are contrary to the signed agreements and current regulations. It must be taken into account that, for its maintenance operations, Ouigo uses Renfe workshops under a rental contract. However, the contract does not allow any type of activity to be carried out there. Heavy or light. That is, according to the media, the key. Renfe understands that Ouigo is carrying out heavy maintenance work at its facilities, which is not supposed to be allowed. According to the Railway Sector Law, Renfe is obliged to allow access to its facilities (even if it charges for it) so that other companies can carry out light maintenance such as cleaning the vehicles or minor repairs. Renfe assures that the Alstom-Ateinsa workers, whom Ouigo hires to carry out this maintenance, are carrying out heavy maintenance tasks such as replacing parts, fixing breakdowns or changing wiring, always depending on the medium. This contravenes the signed agreements since Renfe would not be obliged to provide said service in its facilities. But, yes, the problem is that the regulations do not clearly specify what is or is not “heavy maintenance.” The problem is that everything is a gray area. The Directive 2012/34/EU on the single railway space, all non-routine activities are classified as heavy maintenance. However the standard EN 15380-4:2021 understands that heavy maintenance will only be understood if parts of the train have to be dismantled. Viability. In Xataka We have contacted both companies but, so far, we have not received a response. What they point out in the radio is that Ouigo assures that denying them access to the workshops would imply that they would not be able to provide the service adequately and, therefore, their two-year viability plan would be at risk. Ouigo points out that they are only doing work on “greasing and controlling levels, leaks and temperatures in the pit”, in words that would be included in the documents. For Renfe this exceeds light maintenance but Ouigo defends that they are within the regulations. The alternative presented by Renfe, according to the documentation, is that Ouigo carries out these actions in its workshops but pays for them accordingly, hiring auxiliary services to be able to carry them out. Beyond the tracks. What is at stake between Ouigo and Renfe goes beyond the typical price war that we see on the roads and corridors. Both companies have clashed over the prices offered by each other but also over the access that Renfe has to the most central stationslike that of Atocha. And not only in Spain. Renfe has tried to return the move in France but has been complaining for some time that there land they are putting all possible suits on the wheels to prevent them from competing on French soil. On this occasion, the problem would lie in Renfe’s technical compliance to be able to operate on French roads. Photo | Ouigo and Renfe In Xataka | In the 19th century, Spain made the strange decision to build its roads in Iberian gauge. Now they are going to be a gift for Renfe in Galicia

You can renew your discount pc and take you Battlefield 6 free

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September, in addition to being the month of the return to school, it also begins the final stretch of the year. That, for those who play video games, usually translates into Let’s start receiving a game after gamewith several very prominent proper names. If we want to be prepared in the best way for them, we may have Intel Game Days. This new promo comes with a huge variety of equipment with Intel processor at a very good price, with options for all pockets. We have until September 14 to get one of them and eye: vtoRIOS MODELS COME WITH BATTLEFIELD 6 GIFT. Next, we leave you a selection of some of the most prominent, all With this gift game: PCCom Ready With Intel Core i5 and RTX 5060 TI of 8 GB by 949 euros. PCCom Ready V2 With Intel Core i7 and RTX 5060 TI of 16 GB by 1,529 euros. ASUS TUF laptop with Intel Core i7 and RTX 5070 by 1,659 euros. Imperial PCcom With Intel Core i7 and RTX 5070 TI by 2,199 euros. MSI Rdaider portable with Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5080 by 3,199 euros. PCCom Ready We start this selection of teams to play with one designed to move any type of game at 1080p. This PCCom Ready has a very balanced configuration with an Intel Core i5 processor and an 8 GB RTX 5060 TItwo components that are accompanied by 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD. A team that we will have pc gaming for a while for 949 euros. PCCom Ready Intel Core I5-14400F / 32 GB / 1TB SSD / RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Inte. * Some price may have changed from the last review PCCom Ready V2 We give a jump in almost all aspects that we commented above with this PCCom Ready V2. They repeat here the 32 GB of RAM, although in this case we have an Intel Core i7 processor and an RTX 5060 TI, This time with 16 GB of VraM. In addition, we will also have twice as storage thanks to a 2 TB SSD. And Eye: Because this equipment also comes with Windows 11 installed as standard. It comes out by 1,529 euros. PCCom Ready V2 Intel Core i7-14700kf / 32GB / 2TB SSD / RTX 5060 TI 16GB + Windows 11 * Some price may have changed from the last review ASUS TUF laptop What do we prefer a gaming laptop? There is no problem, we also have several interesting options within this PCComponent event. East of Asus, designed to play 1440p, is a great option, A 16 -inch team with Intel Core i7 and RTX 5070as well as the characteristic brand design. It also has 32 GB of RAM, as well as a 1 TB SSD and Cuesta 1,659 euros. Portable ASUS TUF GAMING F16 FX608JPR-QT002 INTEL CORE I7-14650HX/32GB/1TB SSD/RTX 5070/16 “ * Some price may have changed from the last review Imperial PCcom Shift of another desktop, another that is also designed to play 1440p and even 4K thanks to how good it works The DLSS 4. On this occasion we have an imperial PCcom that comes With Intel Core i7 and RTX 5070 Tias well as with 32 GB of RAM, a SSD of 2 TB and Windows 11 installed as standard, so we will only have to connect it and start playing practically. This is reduced to 2,199 euros. IMPERIAL INTEL CORE I7-14700KF / 32GB / 2TB SSD / RTX 5070 TI + Windows Imperial Comp. * Some price may have changed from the last review MSI Rdaider portable We close with another laptop, this time a high -end. It is a MSI Raider, a whole beast that has Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 5080, as well as 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD. One of the best points of this equipment is on your screen, which is 18 incheshas UHD+ resolution and uses Minned technology (as well as 120 Hz of refreshment rate). It comes out by 3,199 eurosconsiderable discount if we take into account that its PVP is 3,999 euros. MSI RAIDER 18 HX AI A2xwig-252es Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX 32GB 1TB SSD RTX 5080 18 “ * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Buying, PCComponents In Xataka | Best gaming laptops: which to buy and eight recommended computers from 770 to 3,000 euros In Xataka | This is the gaming tower that I would buy. Computers with better value for money recommended by Xataka

The most unexpected object has become the last battlefield of Catalan independence for a detail: the letter e

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A letter. The E. thus, in capital letters. And a fine. Capital for some if we consider that it is about paying 200 euros for covering a letter. Because that is the sanction that those who cover in Catalonia are receiving the letter E of the registration of their cars. The same that identifies the plaque with Spain. A lyric. And what lyric is it? The E. of “Spain”, “State” and “confrontation”, to give only some examples. At least for those who consider that this letter in their enrollment is an act of submission to the Spanish State and, therefore, is a cause for political confrontation. That letter that some Catalan independence disappears from their tuition to replace it with the CAT letters, next to a SENYERAas a political claim or small subversive act before what they consider the submission of Spain in the region. It is not new. The confidential collects the return of this way of acting by some Catalan independence. But this act of protest is not much less new. At the end of 2024a Catalan was fined for this reason, when considering the Mossos d’Esquadra that had manipulated the registration, which is considered a serious infraction that entails a sanction of 200 euros. But these attempts to replace the license plates either since then. Already in the last decade You can find some publications that point out this way of acting by some drivers. In some yes the European Union flag was maintained. However, it has been in the last two and three years in which the most noise has been generated. The Galician case. But it has been in the last three years when the phenomenon has taken special relevance. In 2024 a driver complained in social networks of having received the aforementioned fine. In the answers there were those who assured that carrying the CAT on the registration was not illegal. The origin must be found in Galicia. There, Bieito Lobeira, Secretary of Organization of the Galician Independence Party BNG, was fined for covering the E of Spain by a GZ in reference to “Galiza”. After various resources, Lobeira won the procedure because it was pointed out that the small modification did not prevent the correct reading of the registration. To this are grabbed those who act in this way, such as David Miñana (ANC leader) either Jordi Cabré (writer). The matter is slippery because in article 49.4 of the General Vehicle Regulations the following is specified: “It is prohibited that the registration plates be placed, registered or painted ornaments, signs or other characters other than those indicated in Annex XVIII, including advertising inside them (…) It is prohibited that in the anterior and posterior parts of the vehicles they will be placed unauthorized complementary plates or fix or paint marks or distinctive marks or distinctive Difficult readability or may induce confusion with the regulatory characters of the registration plates “ However, in the Traffic Law, where the serious sanctions (200 euros) are reflected, it is specified that the following compliance is sanctioned: “Failure to comply with the obligation of any driver to verify that vehicle registration plates do not present obstacles that prevent or hinder their reading and identification” Lobeira won when the judge understood that he took part in his appeal that the GZ letters did not prevent or hindered the reading and identification of the registration. 25 years. In the newspaper AraThey point out that this fight for the letters of the registration has been living for a quarter of a century. In 2000, the Spanish registration plates changed. They adapted to the obligation to carry the letter E and the flag of the European Union for the identification of a vehicle outside the country of origin. However, the government of José María Aznar also eliminated the references that existed to the regions. Before the year 2000, Spanish registrations were made up of one or two letters that referred to the province, four numbers and two additional letters. Already then The nationalist parties and the United Left complained about the absence of the autonomic badges. Already at that time some media and independence groups they encouraged this little protest actiondistributing stickers to incorporate into registrations. And in Europe? The truth is that in Europe there is a good handful of countries that have maintained regional badges despite having to change the registration plates to adapt to European regulations. In France, in Germany or in Italy Shields, letters or any other badge that specifies the region of origin of a vehicle are maintained. Photo | Wikinight2 Logan Armstrong and Oriol20 In Xataka | How to know the last registration that has been issued in Spain

The radios of the battlefield are a trap for which it transmits. In China they think they found a solution

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Use radio systems for communications in a hostile environment has always involved A technical risk: Issue energy means leaving a trace. Therefore, for decades, the challenge has been to find a system that allows you to transmit information without being detected. In China they could have achieved it According to SCMPresearchers have developed a solution that breaks with the traditional model: allows you to send data without issuing active signals. There are no radio pulses, nor do you make microwave. Everything is based on reflecting what is already in the air. The system takes advantage of the presence of radar satellites – like the Gaofen-3 and Ludi Tance 1– To use their own echoes as a means of transporting information. It is not what is issued, but what is reflected The key is on an intelligent surface formed by hundreds of programmable metamaterial tiles. When a synthetic opening radar (SAR) illuminates the goal – be it a tank, a ship or an airplane – these tiles manipulate the reflected signal by changing its phase: 0 ° when it is “burning”, 180 ° when it is “turned off”. That simple alternation allows you to encode messages directly in the radar echo. It is a system that modulates what comes to it. And it does it without preventing the radar from fulfilling its function: researchers say they have managed to maintain image loyalty with a loss of less than 10 %. The platforms that use it should be able to exchange information safely, avoiding revealing its position. Smart surface formed by programmable metamaterial tiles Making this type of communication work far beyond playing with reflexes. The main challenge was to survive in saturated cities of signals, where electromagnetic noise floods everything, and in agitated seas, where constant balancing distorts the reflected signals. The team led by Liu Kaiyu says that It has designed algorithms capable of raising the signal/noise ratio up to 300 % and inertial sensors that correct the movement of the platforms in real time. Metasuperficie of information combined with a passive wireless communication system For now, everything has been tested in controlled environment: laboratory, simulations and data analysis obtained by satellite. There is no evidence that this technology is deployed on the battlefield. But Liu’s team has clear plans: try the system with real platforms and validate its resistance to signal blocking. Its road map includes combining this technology with radars of multiple ways and creating an integrated network between space, air and floor. The ultimate goal is ambitious: build a safe communications system capable of working even in Scenarios with intense electronic warfare. The details of the investigation are available In an article published in Journal of Radars. Images | Liu Kaiyu and Team | Xataka with Grok | ABODI VESAKARAN In Xataka | Iceland has a key Atlantic corridor for Russia. So the US has sent its first nuclear submarine

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