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The United Kingdom has a laser capable of shooting down drones flying at 650 km/h. And each shot is the same as two beers.

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For some time now, armies have pursued an idea: weapons that fire energy instead of projectiles. Already in the Cold War was experienced with systems capable of concentrating heat at a distance, although technical limitations relegated them to tests and prototypes for years. Today, with advances in electrical generation and beam control, that ambition has begun to emerge from the laboratory, although it still entailed challenges that for a long time seemed impossible to solve. The UK seems to have solved the most important one. From the laboratory to real combat. He DragonFire program marks a turning point in the evolution of directed energy weapons, and it does so by going from technological demonstrator to embedded operating system. The United Kingdom has decided to accelerate its deployment until 2027integrating it into Type 45 destroyers and becoming the first European country from NATO in deploying a functional naval laser. There is no doubt, the movement is not only technological, but also doctrinal, because it implies changing the way in which air defense at sea is conceived, integrating new layers that do not depend on traditional ammunition. Two beers for the price of a shot. The key element of DragonFire is not only its accuracy, but rather its economy. Each shot costs just about 10 pounds (just over 11 euros) in electricity, just a couple of “pints” in a pub compared to the hundreds of thousands that a conventional interceptor missile can cost, which completely alters the balance between attack and defense. we had seen it in Ukraine and now in Iran. In a scenario where cheap drones are launched by the dozens or hundreds, responding with expensive missiles had become unsustainable, while a laser allows the pace to be maintained. without depleting critical resources. This difference makes the laser an especially attractive tool in modern conflicts where saturation is more important than sophistication. Extreme precision and new capabilities. The system has proven capable of hitting targets the size of a coin a kilometer away, maintaining the beam on moving targets until causing structural failure. More: its architecture combines multiple fiber lasers in a single high-quality beam, guided by electro-optical sensors and continuous tracking systems. Furthermore, its sustained firing capability eliminates one of the main limitations of conventional weapons: need to rechargeallowing you to take on multiple threats consecutively in a matter of seconds. The response to swarms. The rise of cheap drones and swarm attacks has put in check to traditional defense systems, designed to intercept more limited and higher value threats. DragonFire positions itself as the direct response to that change, offering an effective solution against small, fast and numerous targets without compromising missile arsenals intended for strategic threats. In this context, the laser does not replace existing systems, but rather complements themreinforcing short-range defense and freeing up resources for more complex scenarios. From sea to air and land. Beyond its naval deployment, the program aims for broader integration in ground and aerial platformswhich infers a structural change in modern weaponry. Let us think that the possibility of standardizing this type of technology in vehicles, ships or even combat fighters opens the door to a new generation of systems where energy progressively replaces to physical ammunition. Analysts recalled by Army Recognition that although there are still limitations (such as the need for line of sight, electrical power and thermal management), the advancement of DragonFire indicates that that concept before fantastic of “infinite ammunition” has ceased to be a theoretical idea and has become an operational reality in development. Image | UK Ministry of Defense In Xataka | Spain has built a laser that shields the backbone of its Navy: the A400M is now ready for combat In Xataka | China has achieved something hard to believe: reducing the production of laser weapons and parts for electric cars to one second

an interoceanic corridor capable of connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic in seven hours

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If you are in the Atlantic and want to reach the Pacific (or vice versa), the only viable option from the point of view of time and distance is pay the fee and cross the 80 kilometers of the Panama Canal. The options of surrounding the northern or southern part of the continent are directly unfeasible, whether due to distance, climate, geopolitics or danger. But Panama is not the only country that has a privileged location from a logistical point of view: there is Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua or Mexico. In fact, a few years ago Nicaragua already tried his own channel without success. Now it is Mexico that has put an ambitious project on the table: the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT). Of course, it is not an artificial waterway that unites the two oceans, but rather a combination of ports and railways to connect both coasts of the North American country. A “dry canal”. The Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is a multimodal infrastructure project that combines three railway lines, which exceed 1,200 kilometers of tracks (including branches) with two ports, the from Coatzacoalcos (Veracruz) and Salina Cruz (Oaxaca). The idea of ​​passage is the following: the containers disembark at a port, cross the territory by train and are re-embarked on the other side, all of this in less than seven hours. Your goal is transport 1.4 million containers a year. The three railway lines of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Why is it important. The Mexican government itself refers This project is considered to be of great importance for the economic development of the country for three reasons: the improvement of its railway and port infrastructure, promoting the transfer of goods and also becoming a competitor to the Panama Canal. It will be especially interesting for those boats that do not fit in the canal, such as post-Panamax and Ultra Large ships. The corridor is also a blessing for the nearshoring at a time when the American market (and its president) is inviting companies to leave China in favor of localizations closer ones like Mexico: being able to move goods from the Pacific to the Atlantic and vice versa is a real boost. Finally, this infrastructure will contribute to the development of the region: crosses 79 municipalities46 from Oaxaca and 33 from Veracruz. The infrastructure, in detail. The system is articulated in three axes: Line Z, from Coatzacoalcos to Salina Cruz, 214 km. The FA Line, from Coatzacoalcos to Palenque, 308 km. Line K, from Ixtepec to Ciudad Hidalgo, 476 km. As for ports, although Coatzacoalcos on the Atlantic and Salina Cruz on the Pacific are the main nodes, Dos Bocas and Puerto Chiapas are complementary. Furthermore, it carries the industrial impulse under its arm: the project includes the construction of 14 industrial parks along the corridor forming different clusters. The government provides logistics infrastructure and access to suppliesthus tax benefits to promote companies to establish themselves. The roadmap. The Government of Mexico formalized the CIIT roadmap for the period 2025–2030. Regarding the railway lines, the Z has been operating since December 2023, the FA line since September 2024 and the one that is still under construction is the K line. However, its completion is planned by June 2026. As for the ports, the project contemplates the modernization of all of them to reinforce their capacity and increase their depth, essential to allow the docking of larger and more ships. The objective of the Mexican government is that the Corridor operate at 100% by mid-2026. Bottom line: In theory, it’s just around the corner. Yes, but. The real success of the Corridor depends on the railways, ports, roads and industrial parks functioning as a single perfectly assembled and optimized system. At the moment, ports, trains and industrial estates are going at different paces. Currently, the Corridor is partially operational and the difference between installed capacity and real demand is abysmal: according to the 2024 Railway Statistical Yearbook of the Railway Transport Regulatory Agencythe railroad moved 111,000 tons of agricultural cargo and 1,000 tons of industrial cargo, well below what is expected for a competitor to the Panama Canal. In addition, it has handicaps compared to its neighbor’s structure: having to unload, load into a wagon and reload is a structural disadvantage compared to a direct transfer. The project brings with it challenges such as environmental threats not only derived from the seismic conditions of the Isthmus and high rainfall, but also the risk of deforestation, endangered species or water stress derived from industrial activity. Finally, insecurity and the lack of qualified labor can also cause a dent in its real impact in Mexico. In Xataka | Saudi Arabia’s impossible bridge to join Africa and Asia: a 32-kilometer megastructure over the Red Sea In Xataka | The Mayan Train has become a nightmare for Mexico: what seemed like a great plan has run into justice Cover | face islam and Alex Pagliuca

It is capable of compressing space and time

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15 meters deep, in a basement of Zhejiang University, China has installed a machine the size of a building capable of doing something hitherto impossible for a laboratory: reproducing in hours what nature takes centuries to build. Or destroy. Its name is CHIEF1900 and it can rotate at extreme speeds or generate a gravitational force a thousand times greater than that of the Earth, which for example serves to simulate an earthquake and its effects. Context. For a geology professional, analyzing a portion of land means deciphering the history of the planet in layers: each stratum is a record of millions of years. The problem is that nature writes it slowly. Reproducing this phenomenon in a laboratory has been one of the great challenges of experimental physics for decades. Hypergravity centrifuges are the tool that comes closest to that goal. These machines are capable of rotating at extreme speeds, generating forces hundreds or thousands of times greater than Earth’s gravity. When rotating, the arms generate outward pressure on everything inside the machine. The faster it is, the greater the force. The result is a controlled hypergravity field that compresses time and distance. What China has achieved. Zhejiang University (Hangzhou) has completed the construction of the most powerful hypergravity centrifuge in the world: it will have a total capacity of 1,900g·ton, that is, it can apply 1,900G to a one-tonne sample. The CHIEF1900 will surpass the record that China had established a few months before (September 2025), with the CHIEF1300. This power makes it possible to replicate land deformations on a kilometer scale, simulate the transport of pollutants over millennia, evaluate the resistance of a dam to an earthquake or generate thousands of new material samples. As a reference, with the CHIEF1300 they have already been able to reproduce the pressure of the seabed at a depth of 2,000 meters to evaluate the extraction of methane hydrates, or simulate how a 20-meter tsunami affects the seabed. Why is it important. To natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis we have to add other consequences of human activity such as the breaking of dams, contamination of aquifers or deformation of the soil under high-speed infrastructure or the melting of glaciers. Predicting how these phenomena will behave requires information that is not available since obtaining them in real conditions is either impossible or would take decades. Dan Wilson, deputy director of the Center for Geotechnical Modeling at the University of California, explains for Popular Mechanics that this will be one of the four largest dynamic centrifuges in the world, that is, it can simulate active earthquakes using hypergravity. Chen Yunmin, chief scientist of the project, sums it up accurately: It aims to create experimental environments spanning from milliseconds to tens of thousands of years, and from the atomic to the kilometer scale. How they have done it. To build a machine with such performance, Zhejiang University brought together a multidisciplinary team that brings together personnel specialized in civil engineering, thermodynamics or automation. Among the technical challenges they faced was heat: at high rotation speeds, the centrifuge reaches such temperatures that the stability of the system is compromised. The solution was a cooling system that combines vacuum, forced ventilation and glacial coolant. The fact that the installation is buried has an explanation: it minimizes external vibrations, which could contaminate the experiments to be carried out. Pending subjects. Although the installation dates back to the end of 2025 and Popular Mechanics mentions which is already operational, no scientific results from CHIEF1900 are yet available. At an operational level, these scale models reproduce the loads well but not always all the size effects: certain material behaviors do not scale linearly under hypergravity, which requires caution in the interpretation of results. To minimize this risk, it is common for the data obtained to be compared with that of other similar facilities around the world. In Xataka | China has taken a silent step in the new space race: the world’s first system to measure time on the Moon In Xataka | It’s not a telescope, it’s a time machine: what James Webb reveals to us about “deep space” Cover | Peter Herrmann and Arthur Wang Xinhua

The US is launching a missile capable of burying the Tomahawk on Iran. And the big question is where are you doing it from?

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The image of an American precision strike has been linked to silhouettes taking off from the sea or from the air. However, in recent years the Army has invested billions in recovering a capability that seemed secondary: hitting very, very far… from the mainland. In that bet may lie one of the greatest transformations of modern military power. A debut that changes theater. USA has premiered in combat the so-called Precision Strike Missileits new tactical ballistic missile, within the operation against Iran. It is not a minor evolution of the former ATACMSit is rather a leap in scope and concept. With more than 500 kilometers radius (and room to grow towards 650 and even 1,000) practically doubles the depth of ground fire available until now. As in many other “premieres”, it is not symbolic, it is doctrinal. A missile to bury the Tomahawk. The PrSM flies at speeds greater than Mach 3 in the terminal phase, allowing it to arrive earlier and better penetrate hardened targets. Forehead to Tomahawkslower and subsonic, the new system greatly reduces the enemy’s reaction time and complicates interception. Additionally, two missiles fit in a single HIMARS launcher pod, meaning that double the punch per vehicle. Of course, it does not replace the Tomahawk in strategic range, but in regional scenarios it can be left in the background due to speed, survivability and response capacity against time-sensitive targets. A PrSM capsule seen in front of a US Army M142 during an exercise in Australia. The M142 carries a 227 mm rocket with six projectiles. The Persian Gulf as a platform. At this point, geography explains a good part of the movement. The Gulf has a medium width of just 250 kilometerswith American allies aligned on the western bank and Iran occupying the eastern one. With a range of 500 kilometers, a land battery located anywhere on the Arab side can cover wide swathes from Iranian territory without the need to penetrate its airspace. That makes the missile a perfect tool to support an air campaign without exposing fighters or depending exclusively on ships. A test launch of a PrSM The key question: from where? The most decisive fact remains unknown. No has been confirmed Which Gulf country has authorized the use of its soil to launch these missiles. This mystery is not technical, it is rather political. The reason? Allowing a US land battery to fire on Iran automatically makes that territory in possible objective of retaliation. Many States in the region have historically preferred discreetly support to Washington while avoiding public exposure. Put another way, the exact location of the launch determines what capital takes on the direct risk. Hunting sensitive targets. Short-range ballistic missiles are especially effective against radars, mobile launchers and air defense nodes. Plus: they can be maintained on permanent alert and strike within minutes when a target arises. In a conflict where neutralizing anti-aircraft systems is key to sustaining air superiority, the PrSM provides a ground suppression capability which until now relied heavily on aviation and naval missiles. Beyond Iran. If you also want the premiere of the PrSM send a signal to other scenarios, especially the Pacific. Its planned evolution includes anti-ship versions capable of attacking moving targets and variants with greater range that will touch the threshold of medium-range missiles. It we have counted before. The US Army wants regain prominence in long-range warfare, traditionally dominated by the Air Force and Navy. Iran, in that sense, has been the first real test bed. Cost, volume and future. It is the “but” of any ballistic missile. Each projectile can exceed a million and a half dollars, although the price has been dropping as production increases. The goal is to reach up to 400 units annuallywhich will expand the available inventory and facilitate its sustained use. With future versions that could exceed the 1,000 kilometers rangethe PrSM does not seem just a substitute for the ATACMS. It is the first stone of a terrestrial architecture that seeks to project deep power from solid ground. What is really at stake. In short, the real twist is not that the United States has launched a new missile in a war, but that it has from the ground and against Iran. If he Tomahawk has symbolized precision warfare from the sea, the PrSM aims to represent the return of the tactical ballistic missile as a flexible instrument of regional pressure. And while it is not known with certainty from what ground ally is taking off, the political dimension of that launch will continue to be as relevant as the technical one. Image | CENTCOM, Australian Army, US Army In Xataka | If the question is how much of Europe is within range of Iran’s missiles, the answer is simple: a fairly large In Xataka | The arrival of the B-2s to Iran can only mean one thing: the search for the greatest threat to the United States has begun

RAM memory already represents 35% of the cost of a PC. The only solution that HP finds: capable equipment

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The PC industry – like many others – is facing a perfect storm that is completely altering manufacturing costs. As revealed by Karen Parkhill, CFO of HP, RAM memory has increased its prices so much that its specific weight in the cost of a PC is now almost unsustainable. Bad business. 35% of what your PC costs you is RAM. According to the directive, RAM memory has gone from representing an acceptable 15–18% of the bill of materials for your PCs and laptops to representing a suffocating 35%. The change is drastic, and has occurred in just one fiscal quarter. Things will get worse. This increase is due to the fact that according to HP, memory costs have doubled sequentially and have grown by 100% in a few months. Not only that: the company’s forecast is pessimistic, and they expect prices to rise as 2026 progresses. From more expensive PCs… The direct consequence for users is inevitable: the prices of PCs and laptops are going to rise. Analysts are already warning of increases of between 15% and 20% in the RRP of these devices, and in fact HP has already begun to make changes to its price tags precisely to protect its profit margins in the face of the massive increase in the price of critical components such as DRAM memory and NAND chips in SSD units. …to capable PCs. But the price is not the only thing that will change. To keep the equipment “affordable”, HP is adopting another strategy that we had already seen in mobile phones: that of “cut specifications.” This means that we will see more low- and mid-range configurations with less RAM than one would expect in 2026. The measure is clearly intended to save costs at the sacrifice of performance. At the moment they are saving the ballot. At HP they are diversifying their suppliers and cutting back on specifications and extras to compensate for the extra cost of chips. The company is even using AI systems to optimize its planning processes and has halved the time it takes to qualify new materials for agile component changes. The demand for HP PCs is still there: its personal systems division grew 11% in revenue. The company warns, however, that this trend could fall: high prices could cause sales to slow down. Damn data centers. The big culprit of everything is AI, of course, which is causing most of the production of DRAM memory chips and NAND chips to be destined for the AI ​​accelerators of NVIDIA and other manufacturers and, of course, for the gigantic data centers that are being planned everywhere. In addition, the industry is focusing on HBM memories, which are much more powerful for AI applications but which cause the production of “traditional” memories to suffer. Hello, 8 GB of RAM in 2026. For many years it seemed that 8 GB of RAM had become the de facto standard in our laptops and many PCs, but a couple of years ago we clearly made the leap to 16 GB. This crisis threatens to take us back to the past and see many “affordable” computers with 8 GB of RAM. Can we survive with this memory? Most likely yes… if our use of the equipment is relatively modest. The 16 GB really helps a lot now that we have become accustomed to opening a lot of browser tabs and applications in an era where these consume more and more memory. 8 GB seemed like a thing of the past, but we fear that we will have to learn to live with that type of configuration again. In Xataka | If you were thinking about setting up a NAS to create your own cloud, we have bad news: AI has other plans

There are people capable of testing positive in a breathalyzer test without having drunk a drop of alcohol. And we already know why

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Although it may seem crazy, failing a breathalyzer test after drinking only water and a plate of pasta is possible. And while explaining it that way to a police officer may raise questions about a poor excuse, The truth is that it is a medical reality for those who suffer from the known self-fermentation syndrome. The investigation. Until now we attributed this problem to yeast, but a team of researchers from UC San Diego and Massachusetts General Hospital has identified specific strains of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae as those responsible for generate intoxicating levels of ethanol in the intestineopening the door to treatments as surprising as fecal transplantation. That is, there are bacteria that can literally make us drunk without drinking a drop of alcohol. The metabolic storm. To reach this conclusion, the study analyzed to 22 patients diagnosed with this metabolic problem, comparing them with 21 healthy relatives. In this case, the results were quite compelling, because fecal samples from patients in the midst of the outbreak were capable of endogenously producing ethanol at alarming levels. In order to know much more, These samples were cultured and an ethanol concentration of up to 136 mg/dl was observed.. To put it in context, in many countries the legal limit for driving around 50 mg/dl in bloodso these patients without drinking would be doubling the level of alcohol permitted while driving. An alcohol factory. The novelty of this study is that it shifts the focus from yeast to bacteria, since genomic analyzes showed a massive enrichment of genes related to mixed acid fermentation. But we must not fall for the statement that these bacteria are ‘bad’, but rather that the ecosystem is broken to give rise to this problem. And what is the trigger? The antibiotics. And the use of these drugs can sweep away the balanced flora, allowing opportunistic pathogens to take control of the intestine and begin to metabolize sugars into alcohol. The treatment. Logically, this is a serious problem, not because of the fact of testing positive in the alcohol test, but because of the toxicity that the body faces. That is why the objective right now is on the treatment that now has the focus on a fecal microbiota transplant. For this study, the donor of his fecal microbiota was a personal trainer with enviable intestinal health. And the result was incredible, since the patient with this problem saw these problems disappear permanently, and his ability to “self-produce” alcohol disappeared after repopulating his intestine with the healthy bacteria of another person. Beyond getting drunk. As we have said before, it may seem ideal to have a feeling of intoxication without having to spend a single euro on a drink, but the reality is that this problem also leads to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. And constantly producing alcohol can cause very serious liver damage. But on the social issue, this endogenous overproduction of ethanol has led people to lose their driving license or face labor problems unfairly. All for a problem that may seem like the perfect excuse, but is actually a major medical problem. Images | Lawrence Krowdeed In Xataka | There is an age at which we should stop drinking alcohol forever. Neuroscience is clear why

They have found a bacteria capable of increasing your risk

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We often think of the health of our mouth as something completely isolated that has no more significance than the odious cavities that we get. forced to go to the dentist or the bad breath. However, science has been warning for years that the mouth is the gateway to much more complex systems, such as the possibility that a bacteria from our gums travel to the breast tissue and may accelerate tumor growth. An unwanted traveler. The protagonist of this new discovery is the bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum, an old acquaintance of dentists. We are talking about an opportunistic bacteria that thrives in dental plaque and is one of the main culprits of periodontitis, which is undoubtedly one of the most recognized gum diseases. What the team led by Dipalo Sharma has recently demonstrated is that this bacteria does not stay still on the gumsbut it has the ability to travel through the body to the breast tissue or even also is already linked to colon cancer. Its effect. The study In this case, he used mice to simulate two different scenarios in order to see how this very common bacteria behaved. The first of them was to inject the bacteria into the breasts of healthy mice, where precancerous inflammatory lesions began to be seen. In the case of injecting into existing tumors is where the alarms go off, since in these mice the presence of the bacteria tripled the size of the cancer and caused lung metastases in 100% of the cases observed. How he does it. It’s the million-dollar question: how does a bacteria from the mouth know that it has to go to the chest and how does it manage to do so much damage? Science has found an explanation at a molecular level that begins with inflammation of the gums in periodontal disease, since this causes the bacteria to enter the bloodstream. Once in the stream, the bacteria begins to travel and takes advantage of a very specific protein, called Fap2, which acts like a key that searches for a specific lock: a sugar called Gal-GalNAc, which turns out to be very abundant on the surface of breast cancer cells. Creating a shield. Once the bacteria adheres to the tissue thanks to this specificity, it begins to colonize, but it also has the ability to suppress the cells in charge of our defense. And specifically those that defend us from cancer cells that bypass the body’s checkpoints. Furthermore, it induces direct DNA damage and preferentially colonizes cells that have mutations in the BRCA1 gene, exacerbating the risk in genetically predisposed people. Dental hygiene. The result of this research leads us to a very clear question: does not brushing your teeth cause cancer? Logically not. In the field of health, causality is not as simple as ‘do this and that happens’, but rather it works as an accumulation of risks that increase the chances of generating a problem such as cancer. A risk factor. In this case, science suggests that having periodontitis, due to poor hygiene sustained over time, is associated with an increase of around 22% in the risk of suffering from breast cancer. And it is not the first time that dental disease is a risk factor of this type. A well documented case is in the relationship between deep dental caries and bacterial endocarditisan infection of the inner lining of the heart. That is why the recommendation here is always to maintain good oral hygiene and always treat cavities as soon as possible when they appear. Images | Caroline L.M. In Xataka | AI is no longer a promise in breast cancer: the largest clinical trial confirms that it detects more and reduces the burden on the radiologist

Agentic AI was the new race for Big Tech and Meta was far behind. It has bought the company most capable of recovering

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Meta has closed the purchase of manusa Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup, for more than $2 billion. Throughout this year, Meta has reinforced its AI operations by acquiring several companies focused on different specialties. In July bought Play AIfocused on voice with AI. In August acquired WaveFormsan audio-focused startup. And in September was done with Rivosa company specialized in the design of semiconductors and RISC-V chips. Manus’s is already the fourth major purchase this year, and it is his hope not to be diluted in the race to dominate AI when all this time he has focused his efforts on Llama and his open weights approach. Why it is important. The Agentic AI (agents capable of performing complex tasks with minimal human supervision) has long become the new battlefield for big technology companies. Although companies like Microsoft or OpenAI had sufficient resources to develop in this field, Meta needed to strengthen its position in this segment if it did not want to be left behind. Manus came to reach 100 million dollars in annual recurring revenue just eight months after its launch, which offers Meta a product that generates money right away, something not very common in this sector. What does Manus do? The startup rose to fame in March with a video demo that went viral, showing how its AI agent was able to produce detailed research reports, build custom web pages, filter job candidates, plan vacations, and analyze investment portfolios. All using AI models developed by companies such as Anthropic and Alibaba. At the time, Manus even claimed to surpass OpenAI’s Deep Research. Currently, the company has around 100 employees, mainly in Singapore, offers subscriptions of $20 to $200 per month and already has a user base of millions. Initial success. Manus emerged a few months after the debut of DeepSeekthe Chinese model that shook the foundations of the industry due to its capabilities supposedly developed with less computing power than its American rivals. Just like account WSJ, the startup secured a $75 million funding round led by Benchmark in April, which valued the company at $500 million. Among its investors are firms such as Tencent, ZhenFund or HSG. Untying ties in China. The parent company behind Manus, Butterfly Effect, was founded in 2022 in Beijing by two Chinese entrepreneurs, including its CEO Xiao Hong, known as ‘Red’. Although most of its researchers and engineers were located in China, Manus launched outside the country because it used American AI models that are not available there. Shortly after securing its investment with Benchmark, the company officially moved its headquarters to Singapore. According to account WSJ, Manus has ruled out developing a version for the Chinese market. Goal declared to Nikkei Asia that, following the acquisition, Manus will have no ties to Chinese investors and will no longer operate in China. All existing investors have been excluded from the operation, according to they count from Bloomberg. What’s coming now? Meta plans to keep Manus running independently while integrating its agents into Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, platforms where Meta AI is available. According to WSJManus CEO Xiao Hong will report directly to Javier Olivan, Meta’s chief operating officer. “Joining Meta allows us to build on a stronger, more sustainable foundation without changing how Manus works or how decisions are made,” Xiao stated in the official announcement. No return guarantees. Mark Zuckerberg continues his mission to prove that AI can deliver tangible returns. Goal plans to spend $600 billion in American infrastructure over the next three years, much of it related to AI. Just like assures Bloomberg, it is an amount that causes some skepticism in some investors, since there are no guarantees that this expense will generate significant income soon. Cover image | TechCrunch In Xataka | NVIDIA has paid $20 billion to “license” Groq’s technology. He actually bought it

Gemini is capable of a lot from your mobile. And at no cost

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The Android operating system (and any of its ROMs) has always given its users countless options for everything, always with the same goal: to make their experience as comfortable as possible. For more than a year now, that includes artificial intelligence with an absolute protagonist: Gemini. Google’s AI, a natural substitute for its Assistant, is a very versatile tool that can help us in our daily lives. Everything happens by holding down the side button of the device and we will have it working on the screen, all without forgetting that it is a function at no cost. Let’s review some of the things we can expect from this artificial intelligence. With Gemini you can do everything (and effortlessly) As we say, Gemini is capable of many and quite diverse things, although its key point is that He does it in a very natural way. The easiest way to see this is if you need to do a quick search on the Internet: you activate Gemini, ask it a question in normal language and in a few seconds you will have an answer. But there is more. Google’s AI is also great for activating reminders or alarms without having to go to any application or having to waste a little of our time writing anything. Besides, It also handles complex tasks very well. In one go you can, for example, create a reminder for a reservation at a restaurant and send a message to someone to tell them that you will meet there. With the ‘Connected Applications’ function, in fact, we can also ask Gemini questions about an app that we have on the screen without having to open and close it (since for that we can invoke this AI by holding down the side button). turn of Gemini Live. This Gemini function allows us have conversations with the AI ​​to get ideasall without having to write or press any button, always promoting that idea of ​​naturalness that we mentioned above. This function also allows us to activate the mobile camera and ask it about a set of clothes or a set of tools, for example. We can also do the same, but sharing the screen with Gemini Live. Finally, we also have Nano Banana available, an image generation tool which is not only fast and works very precisely, but is there at no cost (like the rest of Gemini’s tools). All these Android phones are discounted and give direct access to Gemini If you have an Android phone, you can download the Gemini app and use it from there without any problem. Now, below we offer you some alternatives with this operating system that may interest you to enjoy everything that this AI offers by just pressing the side button and what we have at a good price in MediaMarkt. Galaxy S25 Ultra As one of the most outstanding options we have the Galaxy S25 Ultrawinner of the Xataka award for best super high-end mobile this 2025. A round device in every sense: brutal 6.9-inch screen (with QHD+ resolution), plenty of power thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Elite and a very complete camera system. All without forgetting that it has seven years of guaranteed updates and very good autonomy. comes out for 1,199 euros in its 512 GB version. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (512GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Vivo V50 Lite If we are looking for a cheaper alternative and prioritize autonomy, we have this Vivo V50 Lite. Despite having a quite attractive price (it costs 209 euros with 256 GB of storage), has a huge 6,500 mAh battery. Despite its size, its thickness is quite contained, since it is 7.79 millimeters. It also stands out for its 6.77-inch P-OLED screen with 120 Hz and powerful speakers ideal for enjoying movies and series. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 Pro The purest Android experience is going to be offered to us by this Google Pixel 10 Pro. This is not the only thing that stands out about it, obviously, since it is a very complete device with a very good 6.3-inch screen, great performance and a very balanced triple camera system. It’s loaded with AI, it also has seven years of guaranteed updates and right now we have it available for 899 euros. Google Pixel 10 Pro (128GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi 14T Xiaomi also has several very interesting proposals like this one Xiaomi 14T. It is a device that is currently in a very interesting price range (we can get it for 349 euros) and stands out for an AMOLED screen with 1.5K resolution, MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra chip and 5,000 mAh battery. In addition, its camera system performs at a good level and is compatible with both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Honor 400 Lite We close this selection of phones with the Honor 400 Lite. It stands out for its 6.7-inch screen and for having a dual camera system where its 108 megapixel main sensor stands out. Its battery is 5,230 mAh, capable of offering good autonomy. If our budget is tight, this is 229 euros It’s very interesting. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links These are just a few examples of phones with Gemini available from the side button. If you are looking for something else, you can take a look. to the complete MediaMarkt catalog. 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 | Amanz on UnsplashSamsung, Google, Vivo, Honor, Xiaomi In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here

just announced its most capable robot. Now the only thing missing is that there is demand

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The Chinese company Unitree Robotics just presented the H2its most advanced humanoid robot to date. At 180 centimeters tall and weighing 70 kilograms, this model is getting closer and closer to that preconceived idea we have about robots that we have seen so much in fiction. Perhaps the most striking thing about his announcement is his presentation video, where we see him dancing, dressed and even with a humanized face. A robot that dances and does kung-fu. Demo images show the H2 performing complex dance and martial arts sequences with surprising fluidity. The robot maintains balance naturally, makes smooth transitions between movements and demonstrates remarkably organic limb articulation. Although Unitree has not revealed all the technical specifications, previous leaks They pointed out that the H2 would have 31 degrees of freedom, compared to the 23 of its predecessor. The legacy of the H1. Unitree’s previous model, the H1, achieved widespread fame after appearing at the 2024 Spring Festival Gala in China, where its Yangko dancing performance went viral both inside and outside the country. With that robot, China had achieved its first full-size model capable of running, setting a world record reaching 3.3 meters per second, even with peaks with the potential to exceed 5 m/s. Equipped with 3D LiDAR and depth cameras that provided 360° spatial perception, the H1 weighed just 47 kilograms and was powered by a swappable 864 Wh battery. From the workshop to the living room. The H2 represents a new level with respect to industrial robotics that China already dominates. The Asian country installed nearly 300,000 industrial robots in 2024more than the rest of the world combined, according to the International Federation of Robotics. However, humanoid robots like the H2 remain a bet for the future with sales still marginal. The Chinese startup ecosystem focused on humanoid robotsdriven largely by state policy, seeks to continue evolving in this field so that the country also scores the same in this sector. A two-speed strategy. Unitree is committed to covering the entire spectrum of the market. While the H2 represents its high-end offering aimed at advanced industrial and commercial applications, the company also recently launched the R1, a 1.2-meter robot designed for developers and researchers at a somewhat more accessible price. In fact, the R1 was recognized by Time magazine as one of the best inventions of 2025. They are two models that reflect Unitree’s efforts to become known in the world of robotics, at the level of large American manufacturers such as Boston Dynamics. And now what. The real challenge is not only technical, but commercial. China has demonstrated its ability to develop increasingly sophisticated humanoid robots, but the real test will come when practical large-scale applications have to be found that justify the investment. Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing confirmed at the beginning of the year at the Hangzhou World Digital Commerce Exhibition that this model was planned for the second half of 2025. The schedule has been met. Now it’s time to see how the market reacts. Cover image | Unitree In Xataka | With AI, Microsoft has once again insisted that we talk to our computer: experience says that we don’t feel like it

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