cards

reviewing the best cars and raffle for five MediaMarkt gift cards

by

We don’t stop, in Xataka we don’t stop. If just a few hours ago we were with Xataka Live, today the Special Week begins Xataka NordVPN Awards 2025. And what does it consist of? Well, while we wait for the gala to arrive on November 20, we are going to warm up our engines meeting the finalists of the different categories. Today is the first program and we are going to focus on two of the most disputed: the best hybrid and electric cars. Today’s program, November 13, will start at 4:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time on our Twitch channel. It will be presented by Ana Boria (@ana_borbuj) and Angela Blanco (@angelablancof); but they will not be alone. During these programs we are always accompanied by an in-house editor specialized in the subject. Today we are talking about cars, so that person could not be other than Alberto de la Torre. And if this were not enough, we have a brutal and super timely giveaway. Because? Because Black Friday is just around the corner and we are going to raffle five gift cards of 50 euros each from MediaMarkt. We tell you everything. A review of the best cars of 2025 Before starting the program, it is important to remember how the finalists are chosen. In recent weeks, we have shared various forms where you, the xatakeros, have voted for your favorite devices. These votes have been responsible for defining the finalists. In addition, those same votes will be added to those of the jury, which is made up of editors from Xataka and colleagues from other media specialized in technology. Thus, together we will choose the winners who will be announced during the gala. That said, today it’s time to talk about cars. In the Xataka NordVPN 2025 awards we have two categories: the best technological electric cars and the best technological hybrid cars. You can see the candidates here and here You have the vehicles that the xatakeros have chosen as finalists. Today, with Alberto, we will get to know them better. You still have time to get your tickets for the gala Xataka NordVPN Awards 2025 on November 20 in Madrid! Join us and discover the best technological products of the year in a free event full of gadgets, humor and surprises. Advice offered by the brand How to get five 50 euro MediaMarkt gift cards In addition to learning about these two categories from Alberto, during today’s program (and all those to come) we will raffle five 50 euro gift cards from MediaMarkt. With Black Friday just around the corner, this prize is going to come as no surprise. How are they obtained? Participating in our giveaway. During today’s program we will ask a question. The first ten people to answer correctly in the Twitch chat will be assigned a number from one to ten and will advance to the second round. In this one, our presenters will draw five random numbers from a bag. The entries corresponding to that number will win the prize. Five winners and five substitutes will be selected. If any of the winners do not meet the requirements, they will be moved to the first alternate. If this one does not comply either, the second one will be resorted to, and so on. The winner will be chosen live and must contact Xataka through a whisper in the Twitch chat. In addition, the winner must be over 18 years old and resident in Spain. The legal bases can be found at this link. This content is a collaboration and sponsorship between Xataka and the brand, but there is no agreement on the script or the selection of the topics. The editorial content is created entirely by Xataka.

The absurd legal battle between Elon Musk and the game “Cards Against Humanity” has ended in a bittersweet ending

by

The creators of the irreverent card game Cards Against Humanity have reached an out-of-court settlement with SpaceX, ending a legal dispute financed by his own fans. Although they promised to distribute the 15 million dollars they would receive from the company if they won the trial, there will be no trial to hold No money to distribute. The origin of the dispute. The story begins in 2017. Cards Against Humanity raised $2.25 million from its fans to buy land in cameron countyTexas. The goal? Legally block the construction of the wall promoted by Donald Trump on the border with Mexico. The purchase of the plot was possible, in addition to the ingenious marketing campaign, thanks to 150,000 donations of $15 each. The problem arose when SpaceX, which has the Starbase launch complex right next door, began using the empty Cards Against Humanity plot to store material. Elon Musk against the card game. In 2024, Cards Against Humanity accused SpaceX of invade your property for at least six months. In addition to starting a new marketing campaign, this time against Elon Musk, the owners of the game sued the company for depositing construction materials, gravel and debris on their plot without permission. Amid insults against Musk, whom they called “a billionaire even richer and more racist than Trump,” Cards Against Humanity promised $100 for each of the 150,000 crowdfunding participants. As? Demanding $15 million from SpaceX as compensation for the crime. Bittersweet ending. Finally, Cards Against Humanity has informed its fans that there will be no trial. SpaceX and the card game have reached an out-of-court agreement whose figure has not been revealed, but which the creators of the game describe like “Musk did the legal equivalent of throwing dust in our eyes and kicking us in the balls.” So why have they accepted it? Cards Against Humanity explained that a trial “would have cost more than we probably would have earned from SpaceX.” “According to Texas law,” they add“we probably wouldn’t have been able to recover our legal costs. We had the truth on our side, but Musk and SpaceX could have easily outspent us.” How will they compensate the fans? This is where the story takes a Cards Against Humanity turn. The 150,000 donors who helped buy the land will not receive cash, but only “comedy.” The company will send all entrants “a new, exclusive mini-pack of cards about Elon Musk,” which they hope to ship in early 2026. In an email to fans, the company summed it up: “Since we can’t give you what you really wanted—cash from Elon Musk—we’re going to make it up to you…with comedy!” The land is empty again. Images | Ministry of Communications of Brazil, Mercado Libre In Xataka | A genius named Tom Mueller designed the engines for the Falcon 9. And now that genius wants to beat SpaceX on its own turf

Madrid has been filled with great fortunes and not by chance: it has known how to play its fiscal cards better than anyone

by

During the last decade, Madrid has become the epicenter of money in Spain. Not only does it concentrate the headquarters of large companies and banks, but it has also become a magnet for large international and national fortunes. According to a study published by Fernando Rodrigo Sauco from the University of Zaragoza, based on the latest data from the Tax Agency, 41.9% of taxpayers with assets exceeding three million euros live in the Community of Madrid, compared to 22% who resides in Catalonia. A tax shelter within Spain. The high-net-worth migration trend analyzed in the study is not new, but it has intensified over the years. Since 2011, thousands of large fortunes have moved their tax residence to Madrid. The main reason why millionaires have gathered in the capital It is due to a more permissive tax policy with large wealth groups and the network effect of living close to where the wealth is concentrated. business and financial activity. What began as a tax difference has become a true geography of money within Spain. In Xataka 64% of Spaniards believe that they pay more in taxes than they receive from the State. It’s actually the other way around The rich live in Madrid or Catalonia. The report data indicates that 58.3% of the 1% of the richest population in Spain reside in Madrid (32.51%) and Catalonia (25.8%). Further away we find the Valencian Community, with a census of 9.76% of the country’s great fortunes, and Andalusia with 6.71%. However, if the bar is raised to the highest decile of the ultra-rich population –rich among the richest— which corresponds to 0.1% of the population, then the concentration is even more pronounced, with 68.59% of these great fortunes residing in one of the two communities, but the differences are beginning to be appreciated. In Madrid the percentage of ultra-rich increases up to the aforementioned 41.9, while in Catalonia they only amount to 26.69%. The presence of these ultra-rich residents in other communities remains more or less in the same proportions as that of the rich, with 8.2% in the Valencian Community and 6.31% in Andalusia. In Xataka Tell me where you live and I will tell you how much money you have: this is how wealth is distributed in the neighborhoods and municipalities of Spain Rooting conditioning. The study analyzes the conditions that can be decisive for a great fortune decide to pack your bags and move to the capital. This is what the study calls “migration elasticity” and defines, for example, the number of millionaires who would move if a certain tax (such as wealth tax) increased by 1% more or was reduced by the same proportion. In summary, what weight would taxation have in the decision over other factors such as roots, family, language or public services. In this context, until fiscal 2023Madrid maintained a 100% bonus on the wealth tax, which in practice means that the great fortunes residing in that community They did not pay that tribute. In the rest of the country, the tax can reach up to 3.5% of net assets. Added to this is a somewhat lower personal income tax in the upper brackets and the absence of inheritance tax for direct inheritances. Therefore, taxation gained weight in the decision to change residence. {“videoId”:”x8k9arv”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”You could be LOSING MONEY with your 2022 INCOME RETURN”, “tag”:”Webedia-prod”, “duration”:”402″} A paradigm shift. The result of this tax policy that is friendly to large assets has been clear: between 2011 and 2015, more than 6,000 large fortunes moved to Madrid. According to the study, that flow remained constant over the next decade. However, in 2023 a differentiating factor came into play, the effects of which are not yet known: the entry into force of the temporary solidarity tax on large fortunes. This new tax applied a rule in which, with the excuse of avoiding double taxation, the State began to collect wealth tax that the communities that had it subsidized were not collecting. According to a report According to the Tax Agency, the 27.6% of large fortunes who paid the Wealth Tax in 2022 rose to 99% in 2023. Skyrocketing its collection in Madrid and Andalusia, where it was previously subsidized. That is to say, that tax advantage that previously conditioned the concentration of capital in Madrid has been diluted. In a few years we will see if this paradigm shift once again conditions the residence of the great fortunes. In Xataka | How much money do you need to be among the richest 1% in Spain Image | Unsplash (Manoa Angelo) (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 Madrid has been filled with great fortunes and not by chance: it has known how to play its fiscal cards better than anyone was originally published in Xataka by Ruben Andres .

Bhutan and the 800,000 ID cards with Ethereum

by

Bhutan does not measure its quality of life by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is measured by an indicator called Brutal National Happiness (GNH). The small South Asian country is also peculiar for other things. For example: his spectacular commitment to cryptocurrencies. Not as a reserve of value, but attention, as a way of identifying its citizens. what has happened. Bhutan is migrating its national identification system with one based on the Ethereum blockchain, the second most important cryptocurrency in the world by capitalization. That ID system integration with Ethereum has already been completed, and the migration of all Bhutanese resident credentials will be completed in the first quarter of 2026. A very royal ceremony. Ayya ​​Miyaguchi, president of the Ethereum Foundation, explained in X how he traveled with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin to celebrate the launch ceremony of this new national identity card in Bhutan. They accompanied the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, and the young prince of the kingdom, Jigme Namgyel Wangchuk, who is 9 years old, at this event. Let us remember that Bhutan is actually the Kingdom of Bhutan and as a form of government it has a constitutional monarchy. A country dedicated to cryptocurrencies. Bhutan has been clearly favorable to this segment for years. The country has been silently mining bitcoin in the Himalayas for years, and has not gone beyond accumulating bitcoin. In fact, it is the fifth country in investment in bitcoin: it currently has 11,286 bitcoin, which is equivalent to 1,084 million euros. The only countries that have more bitcoin are the US, China, the United Kingdom and Ukraine, all of them with many more resources and populations (Bhutan has a population of 800,000 people). They had already tried other cryptos. This is not the first move Bhutan has made to move its identification system to a cryptocurrency-based one. In August 2024 Bhutan announced the migration successful of their identification system to the Polygon blockchain, another popular cryptocurrency, but they had previously used another lesser-known crypto platform called Hyperledger Indy. The ButhanNDI App, available in the App Store, it has a very low score (1.6 out of 5) in the 65 votes registered. Independence and decentralization. The Ethereum blockchain prevents Bhutan from being dependent on a single technology provider or centralized infrastructure, strengthening its digital sovereignty. The official announcement itself talks about how Bhutan will benefit from the improvement in “security, transparency and resilience” of the identity system. You control your identity. The Ethereum organization itself exposes the advantages of this alternative to provide a “decentralized identity” through decentralized identifiers. That means that citizens can expose some of their personal information without depending on a government database: control over the data is moved to the individual. But also risks. Among them, that of privacy. The Ethereum blockchain is public, and although only hashes and references to operations are noted, an identity system is especially delicate. Ethereum’s structure may impose certain fees when trading that data. There is also the fact that applying this technology can cause a digital divide to appear between citizens, in addition to raising technological dependence on third parties such as developers or security experts who know this blockchain. Spain and Europe are going another way. For years the European Union has dreamed of having its own pan-european identity card. Our “digital wallet“It will include our ID, our driving license, a payment wallet and a password wallet, all in the same application. This app, which theoretically will be voluntary, will actually be mandatory, and its implementation and characteristics have already been raised many doubts and criticism regarding the privacy and security it will provide. There is no intention in this project to propose the use of a decentralized blockchain: the eIDAS 2.0 regulation, which requires compliance with the GDPR, the right to rectification and the right to be forgotten, for example, make it incompatible with the immutability of Ethereum. Image | Taktsang Monastry | traxer In Xataka | Didit is the Spanish project that already offers what Europe wants to end up having: a digital identity for everything

OpenAI is building the biggest house of cards in history. Its “circular financing” aggravates the threat of the AI ​​bubble

by

Yesterday OpenAI and Broadcom announced a collaboration agreement that will see both companies design and deploy 10 GW of custom AI chips over the course of four years. It’s a new episode of that unusual strategy that OpenAI has carried out and which is summarized in an increasingly disturbing concept: that of circular financing. Multimillion-dollar agreements. In recent weeks we have seen how OpenAI has reached new agreements worth billions of dollars with large companies in the semiconductor sector. Thus, we have: Circular financing. All these advertisements respond to a unique circular financing strategy in which chip companies (the suppliers) not only sell their products to an AI startup (customer), but also invest capital in that startup, which in turn uses that capital to buy more products from its investor. In reality, the supplier “does not invest” as such, because that money ends up going back into purchases of its products and services. It is in fact something similar to what OpenAI did with Microsoft when the latter invested $13 billion in it. Rather than investing them, it allowed him to use a kind of subscription for that amount to use his cloud, Azure, and its computing resources. It’s a win-win for some and for others. OpenAI wins. These agreements allow OpenAI to have guaranteed access to computing, something you need like eating. The startup spends billions a year and still not profitablebut thanks to this strategy he obtains a massive flow of capital. In the case of Broadcom, it also manages to collaborate in the design of customized chips for minimize future dependence on other partners (such as NVIDIA or AMD) and thus enjoy a lower total cost of ownership in the long term. And by signing with three different semiconductor suppliers, it encourages competition and improves its bargaining power. Bright. Suppliers win. The circular strategy also benefits NVIDIA, AMD and Broadcom. All of them gain a customer with almost unlimited demand, and can register immediate income from the sale of chips while the cost of the investment is amortized over time. NVIDIA also manages to maintain its dominant position, while AMD and Broadcom manage to expand in this market. If there are also actions involved, all of them are revalued and participating in each other is another element of interest in these financial operations. They reinforce and grow larger among themselves, and while they weaken all the others. A gigantic house of cards. But compared to that strategy, reality. And the reality is that this circular flow of capital is creating artificial demand in which the supplier pays itself. The systemic risk is enormous: if OpenAI fails or AI growth slows, the domino effect can significantly affect these vendors and their investors. We are facing a huge (and fragile) house of cards that, if it collapses, will have equally enormous consequences. The AI ​​bubbleif it really exists, continues to grow and grow. Total uncertainty. There is also absolute uncertainty about the promise of AI: will we really use it as much as these companies think we will? Will OpenAI be able to deliver on its promise and turn a profit in 2030? It is impossible to know. Finally, another problem: these circular agreements make these companies larger, but they make the entry of new competitors in both markets increasingly complicated. There are winners, but also losers. While all this is happening and the shares of these companies are skyrocketing, the reality is that there are also losers. The retail investor is blind to these events—and suspicions about cases of insider trading They are inevitable. And of course when talking about competition we are not talking about new competitors, but also current ones. Anthropic or Perplexity, with already established businesses, now finds it more difficult to compete. Google, Microsoft or Meta have plenty of infrastructure and economic resources, but they are still seeing how OpenAI is getting bigger and bigger without being able to prevent it. If successful, OpenAI may end up being above all of them, because it seeks the same thing that every company seeks even if it does not admit it: become a monopoly. Image | Xataka with Freepik – Gemini In Xataka | You thought you had an amazing connection on Tinder, but you were actually chatting with ChatGPT

How to design your own visit cards with artificial intelligence and leave them ready to print

by

Let’s explain How to design your own business cards using artificial intelligenceand how to leave them all prepared to print. In this way, the AI is going to provide you with the maximum card design process, and you can concentrate on deciding what you want it to appear in them. Before starting, we will remind you of several things that should be taken into account before you put your visiting cards. Then we will tell you how to do conventional and capable of generating images from text, such as Chatgpt, COPILOT, Gemini or similar ones. And then, we will also propose other alternatives that you can also use. Before starting, some tips Before you start creating your visits card, you must first think what type of design you want use. You may want it to be casual, childish, you may want it more rocker for a festival, and so on. Think if you want to include an image, in the design composition, and even in colors. All this you can specify or use then to make your design. You should also think about The sector for which it is directed. If you write about technology, you may want to use some details or graphic elements related to it. It is also convenient Having your company or your personal brand on hand In the event that you want to put one on the card. In case of a generative AI, you can upload the image of the logo to tell you that the vintage, and in other tools you can put it by hand. You should also be clear and defined what elements you want them to appear on this visiting card. Obviously, you will have to put Your name and surname and a description of your position In the event that it is something professional, but you may also want to put your phone, email or even postal address. It is also convenient that you define Where do you want to place each element and the size of each of them. Even if you are going to do it with chatgpt, you will have greater control of the result if you define the position within the card that you want each of the elements to have. Finally, You should always check the result Before giving the design good. IA make mistakes, and you can meet poorly written words or letters, with drawings with defects or elements that make no sense. Do not be afraid of repeating the creation of design as many times as necessary until you give with the optimal result. Create your card with chatgpt and similar To create your visiting card using a generative AI with drawing functions such as chatgpt and similar, you can use a Prompt or simple request, carefully describing what you want That appears. We have left this one: “I want you to generate the image of a business card in which I put as a company name” (company name) “, with its logo located on the right. In the center to the left with large letters” (name) “, and underneath put with smaller print” (place in company). “You must include some information such as email (mail). With this, ChatGPT will generate the card design. Remember to put the data correctly and add elements you want. For example, you can attach to the prompt the company logo and tell you to include it on the visit card. In addition, you can write an answer to the result by instructions to improve specific elements. You can also Describe colors or typefacesas well as add any other element you want. Do not be afraid to correct the results and continue improving the elements until everything is as you want. Once you have created the card design, You have to turn it into something printable and cut -out. For that you can ask Chatgpt or the AI that you have used to generate a PDF, describing the folio A4 size or the one you are going to use, and that there are several cards on the page to be able to cut them. Use a prompt like this: I want to print this card. I want you to make an image in A4 size of a folio in which there are eight of these cards in two columns to be able to print and cut them. Do it in PDF. And with this, Chatgpt will make you a preview to print the way you have asked. Nor are you afraid to repeat the process if the result is not how you want. Ideogram is also another option When creating images by AI, IdeOGram It is another very good alternative that you can also use for your visiting cards. It is an AI dedicated exclusively to create imagesand you have several free credits to use from time to time. Here, simply describe what you want it to appear, giving all the details you can. This tool has some points against. You cannot raise a logo to use because attaching images is a payment option. In addition, not to look for logos online, and Nor can you turn PDF The resulting image. Therefore, in the designs you will not generate the logo correctly, something that at the business level can limit you. But it is also a complete tool with good results using the same prompt that we use in chatgpt. You also have many factors to choose a format that you really like. You can also Use another image created in ideogram as a reference or styleboth yours and those of other people. And you can even add several images at the same time as style. After adding some, you can create a new image by writing the prompt you want, but the style and colors of the images selected for it will be used as a reference. All this can be done on the web ideogram.ai. Make your card with Canva And finally, You can … Read more

Steam gift cards have become an unequivocal symptom of something increasingly worrying: love scams

by

“I work in a store where we have Steam gift cards. Today an older lady came twice and bought cards worth $ 500. It turns out that $ 1,600 has been spent in recent days. How is it possible for someone to need so much money for Steam? “ The message published it A Reddit user that he showed his concern for the lady, and suspected that he was perhaps being scammed. Most like that it was happening just that. It is a case of book of Scam of love. One that over the years, of course, has adopted several forms and has ended becoming an epidemic. These types of scams usually have the same modus operandi: The scammer creates a false identity to gain the trust and affection of a victim. Many of those victims are older people who feel alone and find a company (and hope of something more) in those conversations. They usually use attractive profiles and create intense emotional relationships. The scammers dodge a personal meeting at all costs. They always live outside, on an oil platform, or work in the armed forces in some country in conflict. Once they earn that trust, they request money under various excuses. For example, medical emergencies, trips or investments. Precisely the way in which these payments require is what varies. One of the methods used by some scammers It is cryptocurrency paymentbut that is usually a complex way for older people and without computer knowledge. In recent years a method has especially imposed on others: Gift cards. These gift cards – for example, of Steam, but also from Google Play or Netflix, among others – are a perfect way to request money because, in the first place, they are irreversible transactions, and secondly, because they allow scammers to hide their footprint since they are anonymous and very difficult to track. A dangerously ideal means for scams These cards are simply codes that are once held by the scammer can be converted into money in different ways: They can resell them in gray resale markets online or in forums such as Telegram. They also usually resell them to attract buyers They can redeem them in false or third -party Steam accounts, and then they can sell those games as gifts to other people. They can even recharge false accounts and then resell them to gamers interested in them. They may also convert the balance of these cards into cryptocurrencies. Not directly, but through intermediaries They do accept gift cards as payment method for cryptoactive. Or use those cards legitimately and buy games or digital content that they then give. That serves to appear that they are generous in later scams in those that use those gifts as bait. In those scams of love, this type of Steam cards therefore become an ideal way to “facilitate” the victim to send money and do so in a very difficult way to monitor. Older people are the favorite victims of scammers –They have seen cases by everywhere, some that go from Notable Simply extraordinary– And that’s why it is important to try to alert them. Here the stores and shopping centers that sell these types of cards should have some type of policy to detect too frequent purchases of these cards and for Notify potential victims of this type of scams. For the rest of the users, a petition: do not buy gift cards through unofficial roads: otherwise, we are likely to contribute to the problem not mitigating. In Xataka | A “fine” on the windshield, a QR and a false website: thus begins the scam that tries to steal money from your card

The US pressure forces China to independent its chip industry. These two projects are their best cards

by

China has no choice. Or develops its own manufacturing technology of avant -garde semiconductors or will lose its struggle for world supremacy With the US. No 100% Chinese advanced chips their military capacity, the development of their models of artificial intelligence (AI) and the competitiveness of their technology companies will resent in the medium term. Huawei and SMIC are manufacturing advanced integrated circuits, but use machines from the Dutch company ASML and a technology known as Multiple patterning that compromises its competitiveness. This scenario has caused the Chinese government support with very juicy subsidies to companies that have the ability to develop avant -garde photolithography equipment, such as SicarrierShanghai YuliangSheng, Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (Smee), Huawei or SMIC. Time plays against this Asian country. How much later in having their own machines of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE), which are those used to make very high integration chips, more delayed will be in front of the US and its allies. 2026 will be a crucial year for China in the field of chips The Chinese Academy of Sciences is finishing what is undoubtedly The most ambitious project How many are developing the Chinese semiconductor industry. Thanks to this plan the nation led by Xi Jinping is about to reach a “Deepseek” in the field of integrated circuit industry. This simply means that it is preparing to reach a disruption that has the potential to place this Asian country at the same height as the US, Taiwan or South Korea. However, China’s strategy to produce avant -garde chips is very different from what their rivals have used until now. Each of ASML UVE machines incorporates its own ultraviolet light source, but the Chinese Academy of Sciences seeks to generate this important radiation to produce advanced chips using a syncrotronwhich is nothing other than a circular particle accelerator that is used to analyze atomic level the properties of matter, such as various types of materials, or even proteins. It’s called heps (High Energy Photon Source or high -energy photons source), it is in Beijing and we can see it in the cover photography of this article. Heps syncrotron has the ability to produce high power UVE light An important note before moving forward: the ultraviolet light (UV) is responsible for transferring the geometric pattern that contains the design of the chips to the Silicon wafer. This means, in broad strokes, that the UVE light has the ability to make possible the manufacture of integrated circuits with a greater resolution than the deep ultraviolet light (UVP) that use the previous generation lithography machines that China has in their hands. And a greater resolution in practice implies that it is possible to produce semiconductors with more transistors, and, therefore, more sophisticated and powerful. A priori we can think that a particle accelerator has nothing to do with the manufacture of integrated circuits, but we would be overlooking something very important: the Heps syncrotron has the ability to produce high power UVE light. In fact, it is a source designed to generate a large amount of radiation. China’s plan is to place around the particle accelerator Several semiconductor manufacturing plants to which the syncotron will deliver the UVE light in the same way that a power plant delivers electricity to its customers. That simple. The date on which China plans to start this megaphabrum of avant -garde semiconductors has not yet leaked, but it is already very advanced. However, China’s plans do not end here. In the middle of last March several Asian media collected a photograph taken at the Huawei Research Center in Dongguan, in the province of Canton, in which it appeared The prototype of a UVE lithography team Designed and manufactured entirely in China. Presumably this machine is similar to those produced by ASML, which invites us to anticipate that for 2026 the country led by Xi Jinping will have the ability to produce advanced chips on a large scale. This Chinese lithography equipment uses an LDP type ultraviolet source and not LPP class The leaks They assure That unlike the UVE machines produced by the Dutch company ASML, this Chinese lithography equipment uses an LDP ultraviolet light source (laser induced discharge), and not LPP class (plasma generated by laser). Presumably The development of this ultraviolet radiation emission source It is the milestone that has allowed Chinese engineers to develop a machine that Many experts did not see possible before five years in the best case. At the moment the most prudent is that we take this information with caution, but it seems solid enough to echo it. An interesting note is that on paper the LDP source is able to generate UVE light with a wavelength of 13.5 nm, so this Chinese prototype should be able to compete from you to you with ASML UVE photolithography machines. In addition, the leaks argue that China will begin the production of more test machines during the third quarter of this year with the purpose of launching the large -scale manufacture of these equipment during 2026. Image | Dr. Kim More information | Dr. Kim In Xataka | TSMC acknowledges that it has been considered taking its factories out of Taiwan. It is impossible for a good reason

If you already have the Nintendo Switch 2, these are some of the best MicroSD Express cards you can buy

by

The New Nintendo Switch 2 He has been hoarding headlines since he was put up for sale (and even before) and is one of the most anticipated releases of the year. If you already have it, one of those essential accessories to expand the storage space is a MicroSD Express card. This New Nintendo console It does not accept memory cards but only microSD Express. If you wonder why, the reason is simple and they offer much faster reading and writing speeds. So the cards you had for your old Nintendo Switch will not serve you. These are the two alternatives we have found in the market right now. Sandisk Microsd Express 256 GB By 68.90 euros At Amazon you have this MicroSD Express card available with 256 GB capacity of the Sandisk firm, leader in this type of cards. Offers Reading speeds up to 8.8 times faster than a standard card. Thanks to these speeds, it will save you time, since it allows saving up to 4.5 minutes when transferring 60 minutes of video 4K UHD. In addition, when you buy it, you get the file recovery software Rescuepro Deluxe. Sandisk Microsd Express, 256 GB * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Micro Sd Express Card For Nintendo Switch 2 This Samsung card has Official Nintendo license and its design is in red and with the m of ‘Mario Bross’ on the front. Its official price, at the moment, is 59.90 euros In Amazon. Like the previous model, it has a storage capacity of 256 GB. Samsung Micro Sd Express Card For Nintendo Switch 2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Other accessories that may interest you for your Nintendo Switch 2 HEYSTOP FOR NINENDO SWITCH 2 ACCESSORIES * Some price may have changed from the last review Jsaux 3-Pack Protector screen for nintendo switch 2 2025 * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Álex Alcolea (Xataka) and Nintendo In Xataka | In which stores is available to buy the Nintendo Switch 2: Amazon, Mediamarkt, Fnac and more In Xataka | Nintendo Switch 2 vs Nintendo Switch. What hybrid console buy and how are they differentiated

Ten years ago, we were happy with microSD cards on mobile phones. The manufacturers have killed them for a good reason

by

Far was that time when buying a MicroSD card It was practically an essential for our mobile phone. The mobiles from ten years ago They came with a scarce internal memory (8, 16 GB), insufficient for devices that, despite their limitations at the hardware level, recorded Full HD video and had an ecosystem rich in applications. Today, it is increasingly difficult to find devices compatible with this memory expansion. And, yes, this is good news. The golden age of the microSD. There was a time in using an SD was the best possible option on an Android mobile. In fact, the operating system itself allowed to move some of the apps to external memories, releasing the local memory of this load. In 2010, Android 2.2 Froyo He had this option as a native from the adjustments, something that remained immovable until years later. The key was that Android was a much more insecure system than is now. In fact, with Android 6.0 It was possible to expand system storage using microSD cards. The party is over. There are two milestones that mark the progressive disappearance of MicroSD cards on Android. The first is the Popularization of Unibody mobiles: The end of the removable housings. The extra groove to incorporate the SD next to the SIM (or double SIM) hinders stagnant designs, somewhat incompatible with the Current IP protocols They protect the water and dust device. The second reason is imposed by Google with Android, and that is that the operating system was progressively restricting the permissions until they prevent them from moving apps to the SD, limiting it only to the passage of files. Reading speed. As internal memory modules have been improving progressively, reading and writing speed has shot in recent years. A UHS-1 micro SD around 200 MB/s reading speed (speeds that are never reached). EMMC’s most modern standards (slower technology in internal memories, only used in low range) can double this figure. If we talk about UFS memories, standards such as UFS 2.2 around real writing speeds close to GB, something that doubles with UFS 3.1 and almost quadruplica with UFS 4.0. Next to nothing. The size of the apps has increased considerably in recent years, as well as their requirements, and moving them from an SD is not too realistic. The focus on security. By default, the memory of any commercialized Android mobile comes encrypted, something that protects the local data of the device. SD memories do not come with this protection layer, nor do they meet the requirements to do so. Android is an increasingly sure system And, according to the latest data, it is exposed to 90% less malware than in 2016 thanks to the Play Protect scanguaranteed windows of security patches, Automatic reset and constant purge of fraudulent applications in Play Storeamong others. The microSD today. Although relegated in general terms to low -cost mobiles, The MicroSD continues to give a dummy In 2025. If your mobile has support for them, you can continue moving simple apps such as Telegram or Instagram (giants such as WhatsApp do not allow it), and even some games allow you to send part of your reading data to the SD. The same goes for multimedia: nothing prevents us from saving and reproducing content from a microSD card externally. The limitation of speed and stability (if you use a low quality microSD) will be present, but the function has not died at all. A necessary evil. Smartphones manufacturers and Google itself have been closing the door to microSD cards. It is a evil necessary to improve the stability of the system, to make Android a safer platform and continue allowing the apps to grow (in size and requirements) to the frantic rhythm to which hardware evolves. Image | Samsung In Xataka | It is 2024 and I still use an SD card on my mobile: what can I do and what is different about the storage of my phone

Log In

Forgot password?

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

Add to Collection

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.