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Kaspersky brings back one of its best offers

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We spend much of the day on the Internet. It is possible that most of the time it will be at home and on pages that we know very well, but even there we take certain risks. Of all the tools we can use to gain an extra layer of security, the easiest and simplest to use is a VPN. That’s where Kasperksy comes in.: a year of yours costs 19.99 euros. You only have to make one payment and you forget about monthly payments. Kaspersky VPN Secure Connection (1 year) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links One of the cheapest VPNs out there A tool to be able to navigate the Internet in a way further secure and private. So we can define a VPN in a few words, which is one of those things that never hurts to have installed on your computer, mobile phone or tablet. Yes, we know that there are VPNs that are free. The problem is that most of them They are not as safe as they say they are.which makes them not recommended. With payment options, as is the case with Kaspersky, that does not happen. Your VPN, compatible with Windows, macOS, Android and iOSis great for keeping our Internet traffic safe. This will come in handy on any network, but especially on public networks such as a hotel or an airport. This way, no one will be able to see where we are browsing. Kaspersky and its VPN have more than 6,000 servers divided into more than 85 different locations, so we will always have somewhere to connect. Beyond this, it also includes functions to give us extra security, as is the case of a kill switch. With this, if the VPN is disconnected for any reason, our Internet traffic will stop dead. Let’s now talk about the offer. The price of this VPN for one device for one year is 39.99 euros. So what we have right now is a 50% discount. It also has the added bonus that we will only have to make one payment, so we will not have to add Kaspersky to the rest of the subscriptions we have every month. What if we want to use it on more devices at the same time? Then we can upgrade the plan and go directly to the one that includes VPN for five devices. This one has a price of 45.99 euros outside of the promo, but now we have it available for 26.99 euros. Same as above: just one payment and that’s it. Both offers will allow us to have a VPN for a year at a great price. Once this is finished, the price will return to what it was before. Now, as It does not have any type of permanencewe can unsubscribe at any time. All without forgetting that, in addition, we will have a 30-day free trial period in both options in which, if we are not convinced by the service, we can ask for a refund. 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 | Kaspersky In Xataka | Why it is dangerous to connect to public Wi-Fi and what you should do to protect yourself In Xataka | Free VPN and security: what’s the problem, why you should be careful

The arrival of NVIDIA processors is imminent and brings 8 laptops under its arm

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When the river sounds, it carries water. And rumors of NVIDIA launching its own processors for home computers have been around since at least a couple of years ago. Well, the arrival of Jensen Huang’s company in this segment is imminent and represents a total challenge to the hegemony of Intel and AMD and the x86 architecture. What’s more, it points to a paradigm shift in how we will understand Windows personal computers in the coming years. Bottom line: think Apple Silicon. The context. To date, Intel and AMD have divided the Windows laptop pie and ARM architecture It was intended either for more or less affordable and basic computers with Chromebook and MediaTek or for an expensive MacBook. It is true that already is there a powerful laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon under the hood that runs Windows, but the arrival of NVIDIA chips this first quarter of 2026 wants to be the definitive push. Thus, these ambitious and powerful teams will not equip an NVIDIA GPU with an Intel CPU as we have been seeing for years, but rather they will have an NVIDIA SoC (actually, there are two models: N1 and N1X). Simply put, NVIDIA takes care of two essential pieces of hardware. Why is it important. NVIDIA wants to do with Windows what Apple has achieved with its M chips, an ecosystem where the processor and graphics are integrated and understood wonderfully, which is noticeable in issues such as battery consumption, efficiency or performance itself. The blessed convergence. For years, if you wanted a powerful computer for gaming or work, you had to choose between Intel or AMD and the x86 architecture, but NVIDIA enters a china shop like an elephant with the ARM architecture and its advantages: more efficiency, less heating and longer battery life. Until now, finding a reliable gaming device to play with was a pipe dream, but the N1X chip with the Blackwell architecture of the RTX 50 wants to change it. And furthermore, you could do it on more stylized equipment. On the other hand, these chips use unified memory (up to 128 GB LPDDR5X), which means fewer bottlenecks in demanding tasks such as gaming, local AI or video editing. What has escaped. A leak from Lenovo has revealed that the company has manufactured six laptops with the N1 and N1X processors, including a 15-inch gaming device. An X/Twitter user has published the list of the teams. The user’s profile is completely anonymous, not that it does not inspire much confidence, but there is more: this page updates The Legion control software already shows the existence of a “Legion 7 15N1X11” laptop where the “N1X” is precisely the NVIDIA SoC. Besides, The Verge has discovered already indexed and protected Lenovo content that refers to products with these processors. And not just Lenovo: Dell has also missed a premium device with NVIDIA N1X on its website, such as another X/Twitter user swiped. just a couple of days ago Digitimes gave to date: It will be this spring, although more devices will arrive this summer. After suffer a delayit seems that they will finally become a reality and will not stop here: the company already has the N2 and N2X on its roadmap for the end of 2027. Product descriptions with NVIDIA SoCs already appear on the Lenovo website The processors. There is little information about these components beyond a Geekbench leak that must be taken with tweezers. We know that the most powerful and aimed at models with more muscle is the N1X and rumors suggest that it has a 20-core CPU and an integrated GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores (with Blackwell architecture). However, the CEO of NVIDIA already confirmed than the N1 and the superchip GB10 They are practically the same. The N1 is simply a more modest chip focused on thermal efficiency and battery life and aimed at ultrabooks and mid-range. The first laptops with NVIDIA chips. The leaked devices that will debut with SoC from the company led by Huang will be eight: a Lenovo Legion 7 (15N1X11) gaming laptop with the N1X chip, the Lenovo Yoga 9 and Yoga Pro 7 convertibles with two versions to choose between N1X and N1, the IdeaPad Slim 5 in 14 and 16-inch versions with the N1 chip and the Dell “Premium 16”, probably XPS or Alienware, with an OLED screen and chip N1X. NVIDIA is not new to this. Lenovo is the largest PC manufacturer in the world (as collects Statista) and that it launches several models of its most important families means that it has strong reasons to trust that the performance of NVIDIA chips is up to par. However, NVIDIA’s ARM PC chips have been a long time coming, but that does not mean that it is a newbie in the sector, it is worth remembering that the switch It has a Tegra SoC and that this line has previously been the brain of tablets and even the Microsoft Surface or the Shield for TV. It is the beginning of a new cold war. And if confirmed, Microsoft’s desire would be fulfilled: the Windows on arm as a real alternative to Apple’s Macbook. The first quarter is not only the launch date, it can become a before and after between NVIDIA, Apple, AMD and Qualcomm for control of the computers of the future. In Xataka | The new thing from NVIDIA is called DLSS 4.5 and it seems like witchcraft: it can multiply the performance of the GeForce RTX 50 by six In Xataka | The US plan to stop China’s AI is failing. Huawei is becoming the “Chinese NVIDIA” Cover | Hillel Steinberg

While farmers fear the pact with Mercosur, one sector brings out the champagne: the automobile industry

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From 35% tariffs to their non-existence through a progressive de-escalation that will advance over time. That is the new scenario that the European Union and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay have, those countries that make up Mercosur with which the European Union has signed an agreement that will create the largest free trade area in the world. The agreement. After 26 years of negotiations, on January 9, 2026, the news broke: Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and the European Union they reached an agreement to create the largest tariff-free trade zone in the world. The pact was already almost confirmed but ended up being approved by the European Union with the approval of 21 countries (including Spain) and the votes against of France, Poland, Austria, Ireland and Hungary, as well as the abstention of Belgium. After European approval, The signing will arrive next January 17 in Paraguay. Then a project will be launched that in the next 15 years will end up eliminating the tariffs that exist between both commercial zones. A pact that will make things complicated for the primary sector but which has the European industry as the great winner. And in that industry, the automobile is one of the most benefited sectors. Why the car industry? Until now, exports from the European Union to Mercosur had tariffs of 35% on their shoulders. The pact will eliminate any type of trade barrier over 15 years. It will be gradual but after three decades, vehicle exports to South America will be completely tariff-free. That, according to data collected by The Automotive Tribuneis expected to triple the volume of exports from the European Union to this region. It remains to be seen what steps will be taken year after year but in Infobae They already anticipate that exports are expected to Brazil and Argentina with a maximum quota limit that will expand at the same rate as tariffs are reduced. Spain. One of the countries that can emerge the most strengthened from the agreement in the automobile sector is Spain. Although the figures point to a drop in production and export of automobiles this year, our country is the second European power in vehicle production (behind Germany) and more than 90% of the cars manufactured leave our borders. But, furthermore, our country is a large producer of vehicle components that will also discount tariffs on their exports. The news is especially interesting for a sector that has suffered from the tariffs imposed by the United States Government. And it is that Spain does not send cars to the American country but automobile components. Holy water for Europe. The agreement feels like holy water for European manufacturers. Currently, the cars sold in Mercosur countries are cheaper and have very poor security measures if we compare them with Europeans. Acting without tariffs will allow them to sell more cars and amortize investments than with the European emissions policies their days may be numbered. It is a good outlet for lower priced vehicles and an opportunity to compete with higher quality cars. It allows them follow that Toyota maxim to sell in each market what each market demands. But it also opens the door to compete with China, which was eating up the market by exporting cars in large volumes. They collect in Infobae that the measures that have tried to benefit the entry of hybrids and electric vehicles to Argentina and Brazil have ended up filling these markets with Chinese cars, which represent 80% of imports. USA. It must be taken into account that, in addition, dark clouds had settled on the future of the European automobile industry. Tariffs on exports to the United States they had done enormous damage despite the fact that mostly high-cost vehicles were being sold there. The problem is that the most affordable ones of European origin They are mostly manufactured in Mexico so they have also been bleeding with trade barriers. It is expected that exports to the Mercosur countries, due to purchasing power, will not generate as much money per car sold but they are expected to be much more voluminous. Eliminating tariffs will allow, as we say, to amortize investments in vehicles with lower prices and lower profit margins. They lose. The one that, predictably, will lose will be the local industry. Right now Mercosur has an industry sustained in the production of very specific vehicles for its market and with very high trade barriers that causes a very low volume of imports. Furthermore, they provide feedback to each other since 75% of car imports in Argentina They come from Brazil. Now the industry has the challenge of opening up and being more competitive. The problem for Mercosur is that, due to the cars manufactured, it seems that this sector only has one way and that is one way from Europe to South America. The return, with combustion vehicles and safety standards much less demanding than the European ones, everything indicates that it will be deserted. Photo | Jeanne Menjoulet and Mercedes In Xataka | China has a weapon to circumvent tariffs and protect the secrets of its electric cars: removable kits

This is the mobile phone that brings them back with a BlackBerry scent

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From time to time, technology allows itself to doubt itself. In 2026 it does so by recovering elements that many considered amortized, such as the physical keyboard or the headphone jack. It is not a gratuitous gesture nor a simple nostalgic provocation. There are those who believe that we have made too many compromises in the name of screen and simplicity. To understand why this discussion is so striking today, we must go back to 2007, when the original iPhone marked a before and after in the way we understand the smartphone. In that scenario, Steve Jobs was very explicit when marking distances with devices like BlackBerry: “They all have keyboards that are there, regardless of whether you need them or not. And they all have fixed plastic control buttons, the same for any application.” The touch screen was not just a technical novelty, but a way to free up space and adapt the interface to each use. The screen won. Beyond the design, the triumph of the on-screen keyboard has to do with the daily experience. It does not require you to reserve a fixed space, it adapts to the language, the context and the type of text, and it has proven to be surprisingly effective. Even intensive users have ended up writing quickly on a touch surface, supported by automatic corrections and increasingly refined suggestions. The keyboard returns to the center of the design. In the case of Clicks Communicatorthe keyboard is not an addition or an accessory, but rather the starting point of the device. The company has opted for an Android phone with an integrated physical keyboard, accompanied by a 4.03-inch AMOLED screen designed to complement, not replace, writing. The terminal executes Android 16 and is supported by a functional technical sheet, with a 4,000 mAh battery, 50 MP main camera with optical stabilization, expandable storage via microSD and increasingly less common details such as the 3.5 mm jack. Clicks Communicator Beyond the hardware, Clicks tries to differentiate the Communicator by the way it is interacted with on a daily basis. The physical keyboard incorporates touch sensitivity to scroll through messages or pages without lifting your fingers, while a side button allows you to convert speech to text, start recordings or transcribe meetings. Added to this is a visual notification system using a configurable LED and a “message hub” that groups conversations from different applications on the same screen. The company itself frames it with a clear idea: “Designed to do things, not to surf the Internet.” Clicks Communicator The reversible option. Before launching its own phone, Clicks became known for its Clicks Keyboard Casea case that adds a physical QWERTY keyboard to the bottom of the phone, BlackBerry style. The idea is simple: keep your usual smartphone and add a keyboard when you need it, without making it a final decision. This case connects via USB-C, or Lightning in older models, and is available for several iPhones, including the iPhone 17 Pro, as well as some Androids such as the Google Pixel and the Motorola Razr. Clicks Keyboard Case (left), Clicks Power Keyboard (right) The third piece in the catalog aims at an intermediate point between both proposals. Clicks Power Keyboard It is a magnetic accessory presented at CES 2026 that adheres to the back of the phone and deploys only when you need to write. Unlike the traditional case, it does not replace the case nor is it permanently fixed. In addition, it works as a 2,150 mAh external battery and is compatible with MagSafe and Qi2, which extends its reach to a wide variety of iPhones and Android phones. Pros and cons. In the end, Clicks’ approach puts a very clear exchange on the table. Bringing back the physical keyboard means accepting smaller screens. Magnetic cases and keyboards allow you to explore that idea without definitive commitments, while the Communicator requires a more conscious commitment to another way of using your mobile. Price and availability. The Clicks Communicator can now be reserved with a promotional price of $399, compared to the usual $499, as long as the reservation is formalized before February 27. The company plans to begin shipments later this year, without a specific date for now. Spain is among the countries included in the European deployment, although the definitive deadlines will be specified when production enters its final phase. Images | Clicks In Xataka | Expensive and premium mobile phones are not a fad: they are the new standard, and Motorola knows it

Cyber ​​Monday brings the end of the NordVPN sales: their discounts are about to end

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Black Friday has already come to an end, but with almost no time to relax, Cyber ​​Monday is here. Many offers have already gone away, but there are companies that take advantage of this first December event to launch new promotions or even extend the ones they already had a little longer. That’s just what NordVPN has donewhich continues to maintain its VPN for alone 2.99 euros per month. Of course: there are only a few days left to take advantage of what is one of their best offers of the year. Don’t miss NordVPN’s Cyber ​​Monday if you’re looking for a VPN As we have already told you on more than one occasion, a VPN is one of those tools that can be great for protecting ourselves on the Internet. There are users who prefer to use the free options that are available, although it’s not the best idea in the world. It’s not just that they offer worse service and are usually full of advertising: It’s just that they are not as safe as they say they are.. Among all the payment options available, NordVPN stands out for offering one of the best services. With a VPN like this, we will be able to be safer browsing the Internet, whether through a PC, a mobile phone or even an Apple device. In fact, we will not have any problem taking it everywhere with us, since it supports 10 devices simultaneously. What can we use it for? The truth is that it is almost a Swiss army knife if we take into account everything we can do with it. Thanks to a VPN, we can, for example, keep our IP address safewhich if it falls into the wrong hands can cause someone to locate us or even impersonate us. In addition, it can also protect our Internet traffic if we use a public or hotel WiFi network because we do not have enough coverage. Any VPN really offers that, so it’s worth stopping to see what NordVPN offers. This has military grade encryptionwhich makes it very difficult to suffer any type of attack. In addition, it has more than 8,400 servers spread across 165 different locations, so we will never have connection or speed problems. Simply put: with it, we will navigate safely and always with a very good connection speed. This Cyber ​​Monday, as we have said above, we continue to have all your plans with up to 75% discount. This discount is applied directly, so you don’t have to apply any coupon or do anything strange to enjoy it. It is enough to choose the plan that interests us the most and little else. As we have explained above, their cheapest plan is available right now for only 2.99 euros per month if we choose its two-year modality. In this way, what we will be paying is a total of 80.73 euros. Now, here we must add an additional detail, since all plans come with three extra months. In short, it will be 27 months that we will have the NordVPN service. {“videoId”:”x85k87i”,”autoplay”:true,”title”:”BLACK FRIDAY: HOW TO KNOW IF AN ONLINE STORE IS RELIABLE ️ BUY SAFELY ONLINE”, “tag”:””, “duration”:”562″} Of course, we also have the option of getting one of the other NordVPN plans. They all include the VPN, although they have added functions. For example, the Plus Plan comes with an ad blocker and a leaked data scanner. The Complete plan ups the ante with all of the above and cloud storage. As a last option we have the Complete plan, which adds a tool to the package to delete our information from databases. This is the summary of what all plans cost, both monthly and in total: Basic Plan: 27 months for 80.73 euros in total (2.99 euros per month). Plus Plan: 27 months for 105.03 euros in total (3.89 euros per month). Complete Plan: 27 months for 132.03 euros in total (4.89 euros per month). Ultra Plan: 27 months for 175.23 euros in total (6.49 euros per month). Cyber ​​Monday extends these discounts only until December 10so we don’t have much time left to take advantage of them. We cannot forget that NordVPN also has a 30-day trial period in which we can try the service and, if it does not convince us, request a refund. In Xataka Alcampo has a lowered V16 beacon that complies with DGT regulations starting next January 1 NordPass also has its active promo for Cyber ​​Monday NordVPN’s Cyber ​​Monday promo also extends to NordPass, its password manager. It is a tool that also has military grade security and it is ideal to have our passwords with us everywhere and well protected. In addition, it also has auto-complete and auto-save functions. The offer, which will also be available until next December 10, leaves it at a real bargain price: it costs only 0.99 euros per month in its two-year modality. As, furthermore, It also comes with three extra monthswe will have the service with us for 27 months for a total of 34.83 euros. We also have its Family mode available, which allows you to have 6 user accounts, for a little more: 2.79 euros per month. 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 | NordVPN In Xataka |This is how you can protect yourself from those who want to steal your WiFi In Xataka |The best solutions to protect your data and your company’s IT equipment (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news Cyber ​​Monday brings the end of the NordVPN sales: their discounts are about to end was originally published in Xataka by Juan Lorente .

If anyone believed that AMD was going to put sanity in the financial binge of AI, AMD brings you bad news

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AMD has presented some growth forecasts that have surprised the market: 35% on average annually over the next three to five years, with the AI ​​chip business in data centers growing at an average of 80% in the same period. The company estimates that the total AI chip market will reach $1 trillion by 2030. While AMD has lagged the competition in terms of AI so far, its historic agreement with OpenAIthe specific hardware that is in development and the recent statements by Lisa Suseem to be turning their strategy around. In Xataka Spain wants its own public Hugging Face. The problem is that he is late to a battle that already has winners. An unusual message. AMD has historically been a conservative company in its financial projections. Its CEO, Lisa Su, has been characterized during the years she has been at the helm by a generally prudent and realistic discourse. that now embrace these figures Such optimism represents a notable shift in their communication strategy and signals the extent to which the technology industry is assuming that demand for AI infrastructure will continue to skyrocket. The context of the promises. amd affirms that the largest data center operators are accelerating their investment plans, when just a year ago they predicted a slowdown. According to Su, cited per Bloomberg, these companies see “real value in their businesses” with AI and the pace of infrastructure construction “is not going to stabilize.” The company also claims that its agreements with OpenAI and Oracle could generate tens of billions of dollars in annual sales by 2027. {“videoId”:”x8jpy2b”,”autoplay”:true,”title”:”What’s BEHIND AIs like CHATGPT, DALL-E or MIDJOURNEY? | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE”, “tag”:”Webedia-prod”, “duration”:”1173″} Why it can be dangerous. AMD is buying into the same hyper-optimistic narrative that have sold NVIDIA and OpenAI about the future of AI. The problem is that the entire technology chain is simultaneously betting on a scenario where the demand for AI chips grows exponentially without brakes. If expectations are not met, because AI models do not generate the expected returns or because OpenAI and other startups do not obtain sufficient funding, the correction could be brutal. Bubble symptoms. Investors like Michael Burry They have already started betting against companies in the sector, even accusing the technology giants of inflating their figures by artificially extending the useful life of their chips to reduce depreciation. Softbank, for its part, sold a few days ago a $6 billion stake in NVIDIA, although assures which was not due to concerns about valuation. The indications that the market may be overheated they multiply. In Xataka OpenAI has released GPT-5.1 with two personalities because 800 million users do not want the same AI Between the lines. AMD needed this coup. Although it has doubled its price this year, it is still second to NVIDIA in the AI ​​accelerator market, the most lucrative segment of the sector. Intel, its traditional rival, doesn’t even have a viable product in this market. To achieve its objectives, AMD is committed to its MI400 chips and the Helios systemwhich will arrive in 2026. Several analysts consider these goals “somewhat aggressive” and “aspirational,” according to collects Reuters. What’s coming now. The company promise reach a double-digit share in the data center AI chips market in the coming years. It remains to be seen if her ability to execute, proven during the Lisa Su era, is enough to transform these projections into reality or if, on the contrary, we are facing another symptom of an industry that has lost touch with caution. Cover image | AMD and İsmail Enes Ayhan In Xataka |Companies are turning their workers who know how to use AI into “stars”: the new labor gap (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news If anyone believed that AMD was going to put sanity in the financial binge of AI, AMD brings you bad news was originally published in Xataka by Antonio Vallejo .

LineageOS 23 brings Android 16 to a wave of abandoned mobile phones, with more difficulties than ever. Google put a wall in the way

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There is a feeling of betrayal that runs through the most veteran Android community. The reason is Google’s strategy, which has been closing a system that was born completely free: the development of AOSP (the source code of Android) now it’s more privateand the publication of the source code suffer delays that didn’t happen before. While many feel that “the soul of Android has disappeared”the community responds. And the biggest banner of that Open Source resistance has just been updated. In the image, Murena’s /e/ OS alternative ROM, which is based on the popular LineageOS Lifesaver for an abandoned mobile. The life cycle of an Android smartphone is usually not as long as the competition, although that is changing in recent times. From this premise, alternatives emerged such as LineageOS, which is actually the spiritual heir to the mythical CyanogenMod. For many users, it is the only way to have the latest version of Google’s OS and extend the useful life of their devices. LineageOS 23 expands. The LineageOS team has announced a new batch of devices that receive official support for LineageOS 23, its version based on Android 16. This update not only brings the news of Android 16, but also self-developed improvements. For example, “Catapult” and “Aperture 2.0”. The first is a new launcher for Android TV with a clear objective: replace the Google TV interface with a clean, fast and ad-free one. Instead, Aperture is the ROM’s camera app that has now been rewritten from the ground up with support for Ultra HDR and RAW capture. Google has changed the rules. The LineageOS team has confirmed on their official blog that this has been a complicated launch. As we have been saying, the more closed development of AOSP and the fact that Google no longer publishes the Pixel code with total transparency, has caused Google phones to no longer be as easy to support compared to those of any other manufacturer. Despite the difference with respect to the extinct Nexus, the Pixels have been the reference for Open Source development. That’s over too. Consequences. The change in strategy has materialized in delays to the Android 16 code: Google released Android 16 QPR1 for the Pixel (first quarterly update) but never published the source code on AOSP. For this reason, LineageOS has been forced to launch its version 23.0 based on the initial version of Android 16. In practice, ROM users do not currently receive news as notable as the Material 3 Expressive redesign. There are also uncertainty regarding security. Google has changed the way it releases system security patches. They are no longer monthly and complete; most corrections are now quarterly. For its part, the team behind LineageOS warns that this means that its ROM security patch levels could inevitably be delayed. The basis of Android “resistance” without Google. Despite all these difficulties, LineageOS continues to be one of the pillars of the “degoogleized” community. Not only is it an alternative view for the end user, but its AOSP code serves as the basis for privacy projects like the popular GrapheneOS either the European /e/ OS. Keeping LineageOS alive is keeping alive the possibility of an Android without Google in an increasingly controlled ecosystem. New devices. The latest batch of devices that join the official support of LineageOS 23 focuses, curiously, on the Google family and flagships from OnePlus and Xiaomi. Some of them are the Pixel 6, 7, 8 and 9 series, the OnePlus 13 or the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G. They add to the long list of those that debuted when LineageOS 23 was released a few weeks ago. Cover image | Composition with LineageOS images and generated by Nano Banana In Xataka | Google believes it has the key to compete with Windows, Linux and macOS in laptops. That key is called Android

Anthropic is spending much more money than it brings in. The question is how long can it continue like this?

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How much does AI cost? That question can be answered by AWS, which has billed Anthropic a whopping $2.66 billion so far this year. The problem is twofold, because in that same period it is estimated that Anthropic has earned 2.55 billion dollars, so with that alone it has spent more than it earns. But Anthropic has many more expenses and the accounts, once again, do not work out in the AI ​​segment. Why is it important. The data revealed by Ed Zitron confirms the problem they face all AI startups: They spend (much) more than they earn, and that trend does not seem to be reversing. In fact, although these companies are growing in revenue, they are also growing proportionally in expenses. And the question, of course, is whether this pace is sustainable. The Anthropic case. According to Zitron data, in 2024 Anthropic earned between $400 and $600 million, but spent $1.35 billion on AWS, that is, 226% of its income. The trend appears to continue in 2025, because the share of spending on AWS is 104% of its revenue. It seems that things have improved, but that expense does not include what it costs Anthropic use Google Cloud infrastructureanother of its partners in all its operations. The expenditure on it is also likely to be enormous, which complicates the situation. The mystery of unexplained costs. The unaccounted cost gap is also enormous. In 2024 Anthropic’s total spending was estimated at 6.2 billion dollars. If we know that he spent $1.35 billion on AWS, there is $4.85 billion left that is not explained. That suggests that spending on Google Cloud and other operational costs is absolutely astronomical. In fact, computing costs may be much higher than we thought. Another startup desperate for investment. Meanwhile, Anthropic continues to raise capital. Zitron analysis reveals that between 2023 and 2025 achievement raise investment rounds for a total of 37.5 billion dollars (20,000 of them in 2025 alone). A good part of that money came precisely from the companies that provide infrastructure: Amazon and Google. Despite that funding, Anthropic appears as desperate as OpenAI to raise new rounds of investment. The company run by Dario Amodei recently resorted to money from Middle Eastern countries, for example. Spending continues to skyrocket. The study figures further reveal that Anthropic spends more the more time passes. In January 2024, it spent $52.9 million on AWS, but in December 2024 that amount rose to $176.1 million. In September 2025, it is estimated that spending on AWS was no less than $518.9 million: the escalation in costs is very notable. And he tightens the screws on Cursor. One of Anthropic’s most important clients is the startup vibe coding Cursor. This company has clearly been affected by that situation, and Cursor’s costs on AWS doubled from $6.19 million in May 2025 to $12.67 million in June. Just in those Anthropic months implement the so-called “Service Levels” with which it forced business customers to spend a minimum amount and pay higher rates for prompt caching, a special component designed for startups that use generative AI models for programming. What did Cursor do? Increase prices (and apologize for it) of your customer subscriptions. This can’t go on like this forever. For Zitron, always very critical of this reality of AI companies, the conclusion is clear: Anthropic’s costs are out of control. In fact, he argues that they increase practically linearly with respect to revenue, which makes their business model unsustainable. The only solution is to increase prices drastically (possibly 100%) to become profitable. The problem is that the market accepts paying twice as much at once for AI as it currently pays for. Image | Anthropic | Taylor Vick In Xataka | Anthropic says Claude Sonnet 4.5 can clone a service like Slack in 30 hours. The reality is more complicated

‘Universalis V’ Europe is the most ambitious strategy game in history. And brings surprise: he was born in Spain

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‘Universalis V’ Europe, the last installment of the legendary Strategy saga of Interactive Paradox, is an ambitious jump in depth, realism and complexity for the Fans of the genre. The series, venerated for two decades and competing face to face with giants as civilization It reinvents itself to offer unprecedented historical simulation. But the most interesting of all is that, after four deliveries developed in Swedenthis fifth part is being developed entirely in Spain by the Paradox red study, based in Barcelona. It goes more. We attended the presentation that Paradox red carried out in the Comic-with Malagajust a few weeks after its launch on November 4, and between Sonia Linares (Director of Operations), Álvaro Sanz (Head of Content Design) and Matías Tiscornia (2D Art Coordinator) made it clear that the title was, above all, “” Ambitious. We have people with 7000 hours played at our games, people who live the saga. ” And it is from a superficial first glance: “The fourth install 500 years of simulation. And so with everything: in ‘EU4’ there were 900, and here, 2,000. In the previous delivery, 16 combinations of land (climate, topography and vegetation), and now we will have 672. in ‘EU4’ there were 367 cultures, and in ‘EU5’, 2,000. And if there were only 27 religions there, we will now have 300. 16,000 kilometers of map and more than 500 years of history, from 1337 (the beginning of the War of the Hundred Years) until 1837 (the dawn of the Victorian era). That is, the players will live the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the absolutism, the revolutions and other key periods structured in six ages (traditions, rebirth, discovery, information, absolutism and revolution). Exhausting but infinitely stimulating. Three pillars. To stand this ambition, the game has been based on “three organic pillars: first, A credible world based on systems, mechanical, etc. simulations; Second, an almost infinite rejugability, that thousands of hours occur for the family’s freedom of action; And third, that the game is really from the community: we have spent the last year and a half of development going to the forum every week to be part of the creation of the game, talk to the community directly, ask what they want, to make fixes and changes instantly, all thanks to the community. “ Maximum detail. All this sets in an obsession with absolutely demential detail: for example, the team presented us with a panoramic view of how the game in 1337 was contract according to variables controlled by the player. ” There are mechanics for exploration and colonization of territories, “with the possibility of sending populations to colonize, create commercial companies and exploit resources.” And of course, possibilities of diplomacy and war. Even music. In total, “more than 100,000 lines of content, more than 60 countries with unique content made by hand, more than 8,000 events, 2,000 decisions, hundreds of forms of government, laws, privileges and situations. More than 1,300 historical characters have also been investigated. And that only in 1337 dynamic that changes according to the player’s actions. And much more. And with this we are only scratching the surface of what the game contributes, since decisions have been made of enormous complexity. For example, “if there is an empire that includes different ethnicities within it, it is tried to reflect the genetic and cultural burden throughout the country.” And all this embodied, as the art coordinator told us, in “Illustrations of events, disasters and dynamic organizations, showing the cultural diversity of the game and how the same event can manifest itself differently in different cultures.” That is, a huge and even effort to the ambition of the project, for an entirely developed game in Spain but has an absolutely international scope. So much, which covers five centuries. In Xataka | This war strategy video game has a very special player: the pentagon

Kojima’s ‘Od’ trailer not only reveals the most scary video game in years. It also brings back to its competitors

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As an elephant in a potter has broken into the conversation the trailer of the new video game of Hideo Kojima. Visually overwhelming, it also promises a considerable ration. And yet, that is not the most striking of the trailer, but also functions as a conglomerate of messages between lines directly directed for competitors and former partners. This kojima never gives stitch. What is seen. Some unknown knocks on a door (the ‘Knock’ of the full title of the game: ‘OD: Knock’) and slide inside a house a card in which the fires are requested “(or the candles). Then, in the first person, inside a seemingly empty house, some trembling female hands light with matches the candles of an altar with some sinister candles (a baby head that melts expelling a liquid that looks like blood, while a large number of worms leave a jar close to the altar). Behind the person who is before the altar, someone or something insistently calls for the door of the room. The hands belong to a terrified Sophia Lillis, who feels behind her a threatening presence, who ends up opening the door, entering the room and surrounding her with giant hands. Impressive realism. Animations are, as always happens with Kojima’s kinematics, spectacular. To the point that in a first viewing, until our hands do not appear it is not clear that we are in a digital environment. All thanks to the Metahuman technology that uses Unreal Engine 5. A demonstration of technical muscle that, however, retroaches us a decade ago in time. Vietnam flashbacks. Specifically, from ‘The PT‘, an enigmatic Kojima game for Konami that was born as a new’ Silent Hill ‘and that remained in a mere technical demo, today impossible to find by legal roads, and that many consider that it is one of the most scary video games of all time. In this new ‘OD: Knock’ there are obvious winks to that ‘The PT’ from the same title with acronym, the temporary reference to a decade ago, some of the setting (the house as a framework for fear, without open spaces) and even the participation of a filmmaker in the project (there Guillermo del Toro, here Jordan Pele). It could be said that the output of ‘OD’ now, when ten years are turned out that Kojima left pears with Konami, is a perverse anniversary celebration. Especially now that the Japanese company … takes out the new ‘Silent Hill F’ this week. It seems almost a late revenge, with Kojima monopolizing some of the attention that Konami’s game was going to have this week. For you, screaming. But there is more. This game will be exclusive to Xbox, at least temporarily and there some sneer is detected with the farewell of the video, “For All Players and Screamers”. Winking to the popular PlayStation slogan “for the players” (“For you, players” in Spanish translation)? Of course, if it becomes an absolute exclusive Xbox, it will be a good Microsoft zambombazo, although seeing its recent policy of Turn everything into multiplatformit does not seem likely. But there is the recoven. Ten years of Kojima Productions. The producer of Kohima is celebrating in style her tenth anniversary with a ristra of advertisements and news in the event ‘Beyond the Strand’. It has been seen live hereand in addition to the shocking trailer of OD, we have seen Details about the A24 adaptation of ‘Death Stranding’the animated film ‘Death Stranding Mosquito‘, from which we have seen a teaser, the new stealth game’ Physint ‘, and the announcement of a collaboration with Niantic Spatial also linked to Death Stranding. In Xataka | Kojima locks himself again in his bubble with ‘Death Stranding 2’. The result is a work as strange as necessary

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