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TSMC is going to upload the price of its chips wafers 10% in 2025. And users will not be able to dodge this blow

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Just a week ago we told you that Nvidia has decided Increase the price of your GPU for games between 5 and 10%. And that of his chips to artificial intelligence (AI) up to 15%. This decision is the result of The multiple crises to which the company led by Jensen Huang and a business strategy that seeks to protect its benefits in a moment of uncertainty. But first of all it has been promoted by the increase in TSMC prices. This Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer, The Major on the Planethas increased the price of its most advanced nodes and its customers will spread this increase throughout the entire production, distribution and sale chain. Nvidia is one of them, but it is important that we do not overlook that in the TSMC client portfolio they also break through Apple, AMD, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Broadcom or Intel, among many other companies. The TSMC leadership position protects its competitiveness from price increases It is a fact: TSMC is going to raise the price of your wafers by 10% for 2025. This information It has been circulating for several weeks by the Asian media specialized in the semiconductor industry, and at the situation of current uncertainty that has triggered the commercial warfth that Eeuu and China is perfectly credible. It is not yet clear what nodes will be affected by the climb, but it is reasonable to assume that little by little it will reach all TSMC avant -garde integration technologies. Presumably the US government will activate in July, after a 90 -day suspension, its tariffs on imported chips This context invites us to ask ourselves what has caused CC Wei and the directive dome of this company to make this decision, and in all likelihood there is no single reason. However, and from this we can be safe, TSMC, NVIDIA and most of the companies directly involved in the semiconductor industry foresee that The US government will activate in Julyafter a 90 -day suspension, Your tariffs on imported semiconductors. As we have just seen, many of the TSMC clients are US companies. This Taiwanese company is developing Your production infrastructure Within the US with the purpose of protecting their administration tariff business, but for the moment almost all its integrated avant -garde circuits leave their Taiwan plants. And future tariffs will increase them when entering the US. In addition, make chips in the country led by Donald Trump It’s more expensive than doing it in Taiwanso it would be unrealistic to assume that The price of wafers TSMC will moderate when its new Arizona plant begins to manufacture large circuits integrated in the N4 node (5 Nm) on a large scale. Image | TSMC More information | Phone Arena In Xataka | TSMC is willing to take control of Intel chips factories. What you don’t want is to do it alone

Apple had already lost the battle of alternative apps. Altstore just knew the last blow

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The war between Altstore and Apple is a story of victories for alternative stores. In April 2024 we tried ALTSTORE PALthe first alternative to App Store that reached iOS after the entry into force of the European DMA. Although the store had been available since 2019, being able to settle from a computer. The app developers have just tightened the forearm on this pulse against Apple. The application store now allows you to install something even more curious than a console emulator: an app store. The beginnings of Altstore. To understand Altstore’s victory, it is convenient to meet his recent past. In 2019 Altstore was publishedan alternative store for the iPhone. The objective was clear and completely outside what Apple considered in its terms of use: allowing users to download emulators. The installation method was simple, although it required a PC. We had to download a .dmg in the MAC that acted as an installation server for the apps store. Made the process, and notifying Apple that Altstore came from “a non -reliable developer”, the application could be installed. One of its main limitations had to do with the development environment of the emulators. In iOS, JIT is needed (a compiler that allows optimizing its drastic performance), a tool that Apple did not allow in this type of apps. Apple responded with forcefulness. Apple didn’t take too long in Block some of the emulators that Altstore brought to his operating system. The company, since its inception, has been against emulation, Eliminating even your application store Those who have been published. With the arrival of the new digital market regulations, Emulators were no longer prohibited in App Store. Because, downloading a copy of a non -lawful game is illegal, but playing your own copies in an emulator does not violate any law. It is a ball that remains on each user’s roof. The first great victory. In the middle of the storm, Altstore managed to get a font after the entry into force of the DMA. The app could be installed without major problem From the iPhone and its developers signed alliances with giants like Epic Games. The latter allowed Altstore to become completely free. The door opened not only to emulators, but also to clipboard apps, apps for download torrents, and even virtualization of classic operating systems such as Windows 95. A store … that is installed from the store. When euphoria seemed to be able to go anymore, Altstore has moved again. At the beginning of this piece we talked about JIT, the key compiler to execute the Altstore apps. The app developers have returned the classic Altstore to iOS. An alternative store that can be installed … from the alternative store itself. In other words: Altstore Classic can be installed from Altstore. Beyond tongue twisters, this is one of the biggest victories of an Apple apps store. The reason? The classic Altstore allows the same thing that allowed the original app in 2019: install the apps that Apple did not want. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Alternative stores in iOS have an overwhelming advantage over Android. One that changes everything

China has just launched another blow to the United States in full tariff war and this time points directly to Hollywood

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“China wants to reach an agreement. The problem is that they are not clear how to do it,” Trump declared Wednesday to the press. He did it shortly after announcing the temporary suspension of “reciprocal” tariffs to dozens of countriesalthough not before hardening its pulse with Beijing: the White House raised the levies to Chinese imports up to 145%. At first, there was 125%, Although Washington clarified that this figure joined 20% already in force. But with the commercial tension on the rise, China does not give signs of giving in, as the American president is probably waiting. Beijing has raised the tone and made its position clear. “If the United States insists on following its own path, China will fight until the end,” A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said this week. And as if they wanted to underline it with facts, this Thursday they have announced a reprisal measure that points against the American film industry. Less Hollywood, more local cinema. As Global Times collectsthe China National Cinema Administration has announced that it will reduce the number of imports from American films. The agency ensures that the measure responds to the “market law” and the election of the public, although it shows a political background by ensuring that tariffs imposed by Washington will end up deteriorating the perception of the Chinese public on US films. From now on, the number of premieres from the United States will be limited in the country’s rooms. A trend that comes from afar. The decision occurs in a context where Hollywood had already begun to lose presence. According to April box office dataonly two of the ten American films released so far from 2025, ‘Captain America: A New World‘ and ‘A Minecraft movie‘, have exceeded 100 million yuan (about 13.6 million dollars). The rest has barely generated impact. Far from being an isolated reaction, the measure fits with a broader transformation. For years, Hollywood productions enjoyed great acceptance in China, but that panorama has changed. According to data collected by the Xinhua agencyin 2012, seven of the ten higher films in the country were Americans. Today, however, Hollywood titles barely manage to sneak among the most seen. China has followed a usual strategy: learn from global referents and replicate them with their own seal. In the last decade he has developed an industry capable of producing local blockbusters with great reception. Recent examples such as’Wolf Warrior‘,’Hi, mom‘,’NE ZHA II‘ either ‘The Wandering Earth II‘They demonstrate that turn. These last two, in fact, currently lead the national box office. The commercial war continues. After the rise in tariffs to 145% to Chinese imports announced by the United States, it remains to be seen what the next Beijing reaction will be. For now, the answer has been a moderate adjustment in the cultural field, but nothing prevents them from opting for more forceful measures. Currently, Chinese tariffs on American products are at 84%. Images | Freepik | ZHE ZHANG In Xataka | Apple and Trump’s dance is taking shape: threat, panic … and an imminent exemption

Trump’s blow to the wind and steel

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On his first day as president, Donald Trump signed an executive act in which he canceled wind projects and announced new oil perforations. Now, Spain has been harmed. Short. The United States International Trade Court (CIT) has imposed a 28.55% tariff for exports from Spanish companies Siemens Gamesa and Windar renewable. The court has ruled that these companies were selling wind towers manufactured in Spain at lower prices of the market value, which constitutes a practice of dumping. The decision was made on January 28, but has been published on February 11 in the Federal Registry. This new rate represents an update with respect to the tariff Antidumping Provisional of 73% established in 2021. The sentence. Four years ago, the Cit discovered that some Spanish companies sold wind towers at prices below the right value in the US. Siemens Gamesa challenged the initial decision that imposed a tariff of 73%, claiming that it was illegal. In a new review, the Commerce Department reduced the margin of Dumping to 28.55%. Finally, the judge confirmed this decision, rejecting the allegations that Siemens Gamesa should not be investigated or that there was an illegal fusion with Windar. He also dismissed the claim that the export price was determined incorrectly. The real impact of the tariff. Although the anti -dumping tariff has alerted more than one, it is expected that it has no impact for the sector, since the export strategy to the US was already influenced by the administration’s protectionist policies. In the case of Siemens Gamesa, the imposition of this rate would not affect him, since He stopped exporting Torres manufactured in Spain to the United States two years ago, after a provisional tariff of 73% in 2021 that made competitiveness unfeasible. In this way, Spanish companies of wind towers have been reoriented towards closer and more stable markets, mainly in Europe. The answer from Spain. The affected companies have not issued an official statement, but they have done so from the political sphere. In the Congress of Deputies, President Pedro Sánchez has expressed Its rejection of the imposition of tariffs by Trump in important sectors such as steel, aluminum and wind towers. In addition, Sánchez has declared that, in case others initiate a commercial war, the country will support the European Union in the defense of its economic interests. More tariffs. In addition to wind towers, Donald Trump’s administration has imposed more rates On steel and aluminum imports, a measure that had already been implemented during its first mandate. As stated by the US president himself, This 25% tax Its objective is to protect national producers, but has generated tensions with allies and increased costs for US manufacturers who depend on these metals. Statements from Europe. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has issued a statement in which she rejects the Trump policies related to the imposition of tariffs on European exports of steel and aluminum. The president has stressed that these measures are harmful to both companies and consumers. In addition, he has warned that the European Union will take countermeasures to safeguard the economic interests of the block. Image | Unspash and Daniel Torok Xataka | The future of Temu and Shein in the United States has two problems: tariffs and doctrine “of Minimis”

It is not necessary to blow so that the DGT knows if you have drunk. And nothing has to do with new devices, fines or breathalyzer rates

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Alcohol behind the wheel has become one of the great conversation issues of recent times in mobility in Spain. Since the DGT announced that it wants to change the maximum permitted rates at the wheel, the Internet and social networks have been filled with articles with supposed changes in this regard. The reality: everything remains the same. An intention. At the moment, that’s the only thing we have. The maximum alcohol rate allowed at the wheel remains the same as always despite the DGT and the Interior Ministry They have been favorable to a reduction of these rates until the consumption of a beer is impracticable if we are going to put ourselves behind the wheel. With the changes, the DGT wants to punish alcohol consumption if it is conducted. In his own words, You can’t do it with a 0.0 rate because it can generate some judicial conflicts in very rare cases but in practice you cannot drink. What is applied right now? What is currently applied is, in general, a Maximum alcohol rate of 0.5 gr/L of alcohol in exhaled air or 0.25 mg/l of blood alcohol. Overcoming these margins can mean a fine of up to 1,000 euros If we are repeat offenders and will subtract six points in the driving card. What do you want to approve? The intention is lower the maximum limit allowed to 0.20 gr/L of blood alcohol. According to the data provided by DGT itself, a driver could barely take a cane before putting behind the wheel. On average, a woman would have impossible to combine the steering wheel and the drink of alcohol, however small. Is there any change? No, none. AND Nor is there a clear date When this measure will be approved or, even, if approved. At the moment we talk about intentions that need to pass the approval of the Congress of Deputies as it forces to change the GENERAL CIRCULATION REGULATION and the Traffic LawMotor vehicles and road safety. Source: DGT Nor in ethylometers? No, either. In recent days, information that speaks of new devices capable of detecting a positive without blowing have been popularized. These devices have been called proximity alcoholic and, as reflected in some publications, do not need the driver to blow. These supposed new ethylometers are used by the Civil Guard to expedite traffic in the controls. They ensure that just by bringing it to the mouth you can check whether a driver driver or not. In case of positive, the driver has to submit to blood tests to confirm the sanction. It’s true? As almost always, yes and no. Indeed, This way of proceeding exists But from the DGT they make it clear that Nothing has changed. It is working as it had been doing so far with the same as always. That is, we will have to blow if we reach an breathalyzer control. As they assure us from traffic, these alcoholic have a proximity function that is applied in very specific cases, such as a respiratory disease. Only in an assumption of this type is activated and, subsequently, is certified with the blood analysis if a positive occurs. In Xataka we have also contacted the Civil Guard to confirm if something has changed in its way of acting but at the time of writing these lines we have not obtained an answer. Photo | DGT In Xataka | Why it is absurd to play sports to try to “save you” from breathalyzer control and why other tricks are even worse

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