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Finding the cheapest gas station in your area is very simple thanks to this very powerful tool

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We have been very attentive to fuel prices for a few days. It is no wonder, since since the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran has exploded to the point of leaving the Strait of Hormuz in a compromised situation, oil has ended up skyrocketing and gas stations have already begun to notice the impact on their shelters. While the Government study what measures you can applyMany drivers go to those gas stations that have the cheapest fuel. And for this there are tools that the State itself offers. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge made it available to any citizen quite some time ago, the Geoportal from Gas Stations, a free tool that allows you to know the price of fuel at all service stations in the country, so you can filter by the cheapest one in your area. It also has another very useful function: knowing how much has the price changed at every gas station. We tell you all the details below. What is the Geoportal and why is it worth it? The Gas Station Geoportal is a web application of the Ministry that collects the prices of all service stations in Spainupdated every five minutes. What you see on the screen is practically the real price of the moment. The tool has been available for years, but in situations like the current one, or like the one that happened with the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, its use makes special sense. Currently there are gas stations in large cities and in the main corridors that They already exceed 1.70 euros/liter in gasoline or 1.80 in diesel, while others remain below average. With a 50 liter tank, choose carefully where to refuel can mean quite significant savings. How to find the cheapest gas station from the GeoPortal To enter the Geoportal, all you have to do is enter this link. There is also a free mobile application for Android and iOS. It is called Route-E, and it is developed by the Ministry itself. In addition to gas station prices, it includes information on charging points for electric vehicles. When you enter the website you will see a map of Spain with marked service stations. On the left are the filters. The process is simple: Select “Service Stations” as search type. Choose your province and town. The map will automatically center on that area. You can refine it even further with the zip code if you live in a large city. Choose the type of fuel. You will find everything from the usual ones (gasoline 95 E5, gasoline 98, diesel A) to alternative options such as natural gas, bioethanol or hydrogen. As soon as you select one, the map will show the price of each station along with its schedule and operator. Mark “Sale to the public”. This excludes gas stations belonging to agricultural cooperatives or closed groups that are not open to any driver. Check the list ordered by price. When you have clicked ‘Search’, just below the map the tool generates a list of stations. Filter by price and the cheapest ones in the area should appear first, and you can export the list in CSV or Excel format if you need it. As extra information: yes you hover over any station on the map, you will directly see its price, schedule, rating and operator without having to click. There is an additional filter: “Discount plans”. If you activate it, the search engine shows gas stations with current promotions, either because they belong to a specific chain or because they offer discounts to groups such as transporters, farmers or taxi drivers. Mobile Apps If you prefer not to use the Ministry’s website, there are several free applications for iOS and Android that offer a similar feature. At Xataka we already talked about them a while ago, among which are GasofApp, GasAll, Gasolineras or GasOnline, among others. They all draw on the same official data and allow you to locate the cheapest stations near your location in real time. In addition to all of them, there is also Ruta-E, which is the one we mentioned before, but the rest of the apps offer (in our opinion) much faster and easier navigation. How to see the price history of any gas station Knowing the current price is good, but if you are curious about how the price of a specific station has evolved over time, you can also do it from the Geoportal. For that, just enter this page and complete the form that appears on the screen. You have two options to check the evolution of prices: through the price history or through a timeline per gas station. To do this you must: Selectr the interval of time. You can choose between daily, weekly, monthly or yearly views, and set a start date and an end date for the period you want to analyze. Heegir data series. Below in the form will be where you can decide if you want to see the evolution of the average price of all of Spain, of an autonomous community, of a province, of a municipality or of a specific gas station. Select the fuel. The menu includes all available: 95 E5 gasoline, 98 gasoline, diesel A, diesel B, LPG, natural gas, hydrogen and many more. Choose the type of graph. You can view the data in a line or bar graph, depending on what is most comfortable for you. The result is a graph that shows the evolution of the price in the chosen period. With it you can see, for example, how much diesel cost at the gas station in your neighborhood before the situation with Iran became tense and how much it costs today. Cover image | Geoportal and engin akyurt In Xataka | Cuts are coming for the most used Cercanías line in Spain. The reason: more capacity and driverless trains

Apple made a splash with its cheapest iPhone. And the iPhone 17e is coming to repeat the play

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Apple has just renewed its entry-level iPhone, the successor to the e family. Last year we saw a iPhone 16e that landed with a clear purpose: to be that iPhone for those who want a completely new iPhone, but with the basic specifications. Thus the iPhone 16e was born, a phone that has just been renewed in true Apple style. We tell you all the specifications, technical characteristics and news about the new iPhone 17e. iPhone 17e technical sheet iPhone 16e Screen OLED 6.1″ Super Retina XDR 2,532 by 1,170px (460 dpi) Up to 1,200 nits True Tone, HDR Processor Apple A19 Bionic Storage 256/512GB RAM memory 8GB Dimensions and weight 147.67×71.5×7.8mm 170g Software iOS 26 Apple Intelligence rear cameras Main: 48 MP, 26 mm, f/1.6 front camera True Depth 12 MP, f/1.9 Battery nd Connectivity USB-C 2 Wi-Fi 6 NFC Others Face ID Dynamic Island IP68 resistance Emergency calls Accident detection Price From 709 euros (Much the same. but better The iPhone 17e is not a mobile phone in which technical specifications prevail. It is a mobile phone in which the basics prevail. The phone repeats with an OLED screen, with Retina XDR resolution (2,532 by 1,170px) and a sin that we already criticized last year: a brightness of 800 nits which goes up to 1,200 nits for HDR content. Taking into account that the iPhone 15 went on sale in September 2023 with a panel that reached 2,000 nits, and that low-mid-range models are already around 3,000 nits, it is a brightness that is not typical of a phone that starts at 709 euros. The main novelty is that, this year, the front part is protected with Ceramic Shield 2, being much more resistant to scratches. Specifically, Apple promises up to three times more. The processor also changes, the same Apple A19 Bionic that the iPhone 17 incorporates. Like its older brothers, this model starts with 256 GB, finally banishing the 128 GB from the map. Regarding wired charging, it is 20W and promises a 50% recharge in 30 minutes. Same autonomy, more charge Apple promises the same autonomy in this iPhone 17e, despite the fact that the processor is a priori more efficient. Yes, there are improvements in fast charging, now including MagSafe and going up to 15W wirelessly compared to 7.5W in the previous generation. The camera repeats with a 48 megapixel sensor onlywith 2x “lossless” zoom thanks to the cutout in the central area. It’s Apple’s way of offering “a telephoto lens” and a sort of dual-camera setup on a phone with a single sensor. For the rest, we are looking at the same phone, these being its main new features: faster CPU 9 more hours of video playback Double the internal storage 15W wireless charging with MagSafe Panel with Ceramic Shield 2 Versions and price of the iPhone 17e The iPhone 17e returns from 709 euros, although it must be taken into account that it now starts at 256 GB. 250 euros than a iPhone 17but with some specifications behind a iPhone 15such as the double camera or the panel with dynamic island and 2,000 nits. Shock more or less, the iPhone e formula works. The iPhone 16e had very good sales resultsand the new model with more power, more storage and some additional improvements points to the same path. Image | Apple In Xataka | iPhone 16e Vs iPhone 16. Which Apple mobile to choose according to your tastes and needs

Offering the cheapest gasoline in Spain has become an obsession. And 2026 is going to be the year of the great battle

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The cheapest gasoline in Spain today, January 7, is found at a Ballenoil service station in Coslada (Madrid) at a price of 1,239 euros/liter, according to dieselgasolina.coma portal that monitors the price of service stations throughout our country. The second position is also from a Ballenoil service station and is also in Coslada. And the third. And the fourth and the fifth. Oh. And also the seventh, the eighth and the tenth. And the company low cost has started a war to be the company that sells us fuel the cheapest in our country. It wants to continue expanding. And along the way it will face Plenergy, another of the queens of cheap gasoline. Both have undertaken strong expansion. The cheap gasoline war Ballenoil, which is part of Cepsa moeve since just over two yearsis the leg that its parent company has to continue attracting customers who prioritize the price of gasoline above any other incentive. The company goes through a transformation campaignmaking greater efforts for sustainable fuels and electricity. With Ballenoil, Moeve has some safety net. Its service stations require very little expense because, precisely, that is the secret of gasoline low cost. Minimum investments in the stations, forget about additives and any other additional service so that word of mouth is the true driver of service stations. Low prices but good performance at volume. The strategy is working. They point out in Five Days that Ballenoil sold 1.385 million liters of fuel in 2024 and that the target figure for 2026 is 1.8 billion liters. To do this, they seek to consolidate at the end of the year an offer of 500 gas stations spread throughout Spain. Last November they were the first low cost to reach 350 stations of service in Spain. The investment is by no means exceptional. Plenergy is another of the kings of low cost with a turnover of 1,550 million euros in sales in 2024. Right now, it has 352 gas stations on the Peninsula, of which 10 are in Portugal and the rest in Spain. The objective is the same as that of Ballenoil: 500 service stations by the end of 2026. He growth of this type of business It is so high that if the plans are fulfilled we will be seeing one opening of this type of company every four days. That is, every two weeks there should be three new service stations and another on the way. And to certify it, the objective of Plenergy, they point out in Five Days is to have a 10% market share in our country. That would place it as the third most used company, only behind Repsol and Moeve. To these two giants we must add the third in contention. Petroprix, which shares with Ballenoil the service stations with the cheapest fuel in Spain according to dieselgasolina.com, also plans an expansion. For now, talk about extend your influence abroad But it also does not turn its back on Spain and talks about having 400 service stations ready in our country by 2027. gasoline low cost proves to be a huge business in our country. As we counted on Xatakaits competitive advantage is zero investment in marketing or additives. The fuel arrives at these service stations as it is distributed by Exolum, former CHLin charge of distributing all gasoline throughout our country. In return, the business model proposes sales that are large enough to compensate for the narrow profit margin, without an alternative for additional services such as large gas stations such as Repsol or Moeve receive. Photo | Ballenoil and Plenergy In Xataka | Look at gasoline and diesel to improve the electric motor. This project is committed to an untested solution

Temu and AliExpress are selling the cheapest V-16 beacons on the market. And it’s very easy to know if it’s a scam.

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There are 44 days left until the connected V-16 beacon becomes mandatory in our country. There are, in fact, 43 days left if you are reading this on November 18, 2025. And I don’t want to burden anyone but there is obviously less room for maneuver with each passing day. We already know about the “evil of many…” but I will tell you a secret: if you are about to buy the beacon, you are by no means the only one in that position. Obviously, this has caused sales of the device to skyrocket. And with it have come the offers and, of course, the doubts about whether we are buying a valid product or not. Neither the DGT nor the consumer associations have helped with the doubts. And, on the market, there are V-16 beacons but not all of them are valid. Despite everything, you can find specific offers and bargains by finding this product, even below 10 euros. Therefore, we are going to explain how we can check whether or not we are facing a scam. Is it a scam? To understand why so much confusion must be taken into account that the approval of having to mount a V-16 beacon on the car It closed in 2021. Then the DGT decided that this device would replace the emergency lights and V-16 beacons began to arrive on the market. In 2022, however, it was confirmed that only V-16 beacons that could be used would be valid. contact DGT 3.0. They are called “V-16 connected beacons”, those that have a SIM card inside and that must guarantee connectivity for 12 years. That is, all V-16 beacons without connectivity (mainly sold before 2022) are not valid. This regulatory change is what has led consumer associations like the OCU to affirm that a connected V-16 beacon, the only valid one, “rarely goes below 40 euros.” But this is not entirely true. First, because it is very easy to find approved V-16 beacons for about 30 euros. Second, because there are real bargains that allow us to buy this device for less than even 10 euros. With that price it is logical to think that we could be facing a scam. Or, simply, that we are buying a V-16 beacon without realizing that they lack that connectivity that is essential for approval. The doubts multiply because Temu either AliExpress They offer beacons well below the 40 euros floor price recommended by the OCU. Pages specialized in discounts, such as Chollometer also offers aggressive discounts on some V-16 beacons. Do you want one for 9.99 euros? Yes. And it’s not a scam. Not, at least, in all cases. It’s all in the certificate number With a month and a half left before the new regulations come into force, there is not a day on pages like Aliexpress, Temu or Chollómetro in which a V-16 beacon is not offered at ridiculous prices. We give you some examples: V-16 beacon offered on Aliexpress V-16 beacon offered on Aliexpress The two previous beacons are sold on AliExpress at an almost absurd price. Of course, the fact that they can be purchased for just over two and four euros should make us suspicious. And indeed, none of the above options are valid. In fact, in the product rating of one of them, there is a comment specifying that they do not have connectivity. However, let’s look at another case. Beacon offer at 9.98 euros at Chollometro Redirection to Temu where it is shown that the beacon can be purchased for 9.99 euros The above case explains well how we can find a connected and completely valid V-16 beacon at a very low price. The connected V-16 beacon shown above is an offer that we have found on Chollometro, a website from which it is redirected to Temu where it is noted that the price of the beacon is 59.99 euros but that it is on sale for 29.98 euros. As if that were not enough, it is possible to buy it (red box) for 9.99 euros. The price should make us suspicious. But we go to the product description where it is mentioned that it has IP54 water resistance, it is promised that it is connected to DGT 3.0, which meets all the approvals… and its certificate is shown: IDIADA PC25060196. The latter is especially important because it is the data that certifies whether or not the connected V-16 beacon that we are purchasing is fake or meets the required requirements or not. To check it, let’s go to the DGT page. In this linkTraffic lists each and every one of the approved devices. We can filter the list by the date of approval, by the name of the manufacturer, the name of the product… and very importantly, the certificate number of all the products that we can even download is shown. In addition, it has a search engine, as we see in the following image. DGT list with all approved connected V-16 beacons It is enough to enter the certificate number, it is not even necessary to specify IDIADA or LCOE (the two laboratories that approve this product in Spain), to confirm that the V-16 beacon that we want to buy has all the technical requirements, including its manufacturer, the name of the exact model and when and where the approval was certified. In the case of the previous connected V-16 beacon, we are talking about a product certified, indeed, by IDIADA. It was homologated on June 30, 2025, the exact model name is V16 Beacon Light IoT CH-020L, sold under the Raykong brand and homologation requested by Limburg Technology Limited. Below we leave you the image in which this information is shown and the certificate that the DGT attaches with this data. Search for the beacon purchased in Temu Certificate of the connected V-16 beacon sold in Temu As we have seen, before purchasing the V-16 beacon it is easy to check whether we … Read more

Ryanair is known for being one of the cheapest airlines. It is not so much if we look at its RASK

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Iberia reaches third place in AirAdvisor ranking over the best airlines on the continent, even surpassing Ryanair in a key indicator to evaluate cost-efficiency. The study analyzed more than 7.6 million flights and 831,000 passenger opinions to determine which airlines best combine price, service and reliability. Low cost vs. traditional. Iberia is positioned as cheaper than Ryanair when we measure the real cost per seat kilometer, as revealed the latest report AirAdvisor Annual. The Spanish airline ties with Vueling in seventh place if we stick to the price (with a RASK of 0.0824 euros), while Ryanair falls to the last position of this specific indicator, tied with Air France. Why is RASK important?. The RASK indicator (the formula being total revenue between available seats per kilometers flown) measures how much a passenger actually pays for each kilometer traveled, including all additional charges. With this parameter, we can see that low-cost airlines They are not so low-cost when we add extrassuch as checked baggage, seat selection or priority boarding. In this sense, if we stick to the RASK indicator, Iberia demonstrates that a traditional airline can also compete on prices without sacrificing basic services. The complete ranking. According to the report From AirAdvisor, Aegean Airlines repeats as the best European airline for the second consecutive year with 93 points, followed by Finnair (89 points) and Iberia (88 points). The Spanish airline recovers positions after falling to sixth place in 2024, rising three places in one year. Lufthansa and KLM complete the top 5, tied with Scandinavian Airlines. At the opposite extreme, Air Europa once again occupies the last place in the ranking with 48 points. Where Iberia stands out. The Spanish company obtains the highest scores in three key categories, according to the AirAdvisor report: travel with pets, family travel and safety. Its VIP lounges are ranked third in Europe, only behind Aegean and Finnair. In addition, Iberia was ranked 15th in the ranking of the 100 best airlines in the world in 2024. Its main weakness according to the report: reputation among customers, where it is the third worst valued. The Ryanair case. The Irish airline leads with 88% punctuality in both 2023 and 2024, but loses ground in almost all other categories. Ryanair is ranked 12th in the AirAdvisor overall ranking with 58 points, surpassing only Wizz Air, LOT Polish Airlines and Air Europa. In addition, the company obtains the second worst reputation score among customers and, according to the ranking, it is the worst option for traveling with pets and in comfort. The cheapest in Europe. For the third consecutive year, Wizz Air maintains the title of the continent’s cheapest airline, with a RASK of just 0.0417 euros per seat kilometer. They are followed by TAP Air Portugal (0.0713 euros) and Scandinavian Airlines (0.075 euros). However, it’s not all about the price, and Wizz Air occupies 13th place in the general classification, being the worst rated by passengers and registering the lowest scores for travel with pets and comfort. The methodology behind the numbers. According to they claim From AirAdvisor, its team spent weeks analyzing nine different categories to create this ranking. The data includes 7.6 million flights operated between 2023 and 2024, more than 831,000 customer reviews from nine different sources, 75,000 lounge reviews, 46 industry awards and pet, family and comfort policies of 13 airlines. Each category receives a specific score that then adds points for an overall ranking. What does this mean for the travelers. “Low-cost” and “traditional” airlines are becoming diluted and are no longer defined entirely by their quality/price ratio. There are other important indicators, such as the RASK, and airlines such as Iberia, KLM or TAP Air Portugal have adjusted to compete on price with low cost airlines, while ending up offering more complete services without surprise charges. Therefore, for the passenger this means that comparing only the base fare of the ticket can end up being misleading. Hence, a recommended practice is to see the final price of the ticket on each airline that we weigh once all the extras have been added and basic services have been taken into account. Cover image | Wolfgang Weiser In Xataka | In the midst of the battle between Ryanair and Aena, there is a Spanish airport that is suffering more than any other: Valladolid

If you are looking for a Ferrari the cheapest way to get it is bidding for a requisitioned to a drug boss: it costs 150 euros

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Not every day One can bid For a Ferrari FF or a Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG Second hand. But much less common is that these luxury cars can be achieved by a departure price of just 150 euros. However, there is a reason for weight behind: these high -end cars are goods confiscated to drug trafficking or seized to those responsible for those crimes after firm judicial sentences. A Ferrari FF and a Mercedes G 63 at a symbolic price As surreal that seems, the departure price for both cars is only 150 euros. We do not lack any zero in the amount. The main inconvenience is that both cars have been affected by floods in the judicial deposits in which they were kept. He Ferrari FF in Madridwhile the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG was affected by the Dana of Valencia that flooded the facilities of the judicial deposit in Cheste. The auction is based on a symbolic figure, far from the real value in the Spanish second -hand market, in which a similar FF FF, with 660 hp V12 engine and registration around 2012, can be found in concessionaires or platforms specialized by about 145,000 euros. This Support is a real red bullet capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds and reaching 335 km/h that in its original sale price did not fall from 280,000 euros. For its part, the Mercedes-Benz G. 63 AMG with 5.5 -liter v8 biturbo engine, it is a luxury SUV whose 2014 to 2016 version is around a price of between 75,000 and 95,000 euros In the occasion market, also part of those 150 euros in the public auction. Both models are considered objects of desire both by collectors and by conductors that seek exclusivity and power. Auctioned to reverse the damage caused Once requisitioned, the seized assets, such as the Ferrari FF and the Mercedes-Benz G 63 to which we referred to, become managed by the Ministry of Health through the Government Delegation to finance the National Drug Plan. The “low cost” sale of these jewels on wheels responds to an auction policy that seeks to convert the money and resources of illegal activities into prevention and social help projects. According to Memory of the National Drug Plan, in 2024 1,881 seizures were registered from which some were obtained income of 28.35 million euros from Background of goods seized for illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes. Only in this electronic auction format, the seized goods fund obtained 3.22 million euros for several lots of machinery, vehicles, jewelry, boats, etc. As indicated in the report, 70% of the income obtained by the auction of goods seized to drug trafficking is used to reduce demand (prevention and attention to drug dependence), while the remaining 30% finances police and judicial projects for Fight drug trafficking and related crimes. The auction process is already open in the Escrapalia portal and will end on September 25. To be able to participate, those interested should register, present their documentation and pay a refundable bond that supports you in the bids. In addition, vehicles can be visited face -to -face on September 24 in Coslada (Madrid). In Xataka | Social security has entered the housing market. He is auctioning seized houses and floors from 10,000 euros Image | Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz

Chatgpt now has a “router” that chooses for us what GPT-5 model use. And is choosing the cheapest

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The launch of GPT-5 It has not been up to the expected. Instead of being surprised with the generational jump, too many people have missed GPT-4o warmth. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, anticipated the launch of the New model with the death starbut the Hype It has stayed very far from the moments wow like the Chatgpt images generationthat reached “melter” servers. One of the culprits has a name: “router” or router. What happened. Behind him Model nomenclatures mess of OpenAI (already Remember Xiaom’s mobile messi) and the fact of making the user have to choose which one more, the company chose to launch all (sub) GPT-5 models in a unified way. Now the system would choose the model that estimated the most to resolve the indication. The person in charge of this task is a “router”. This, “quickly decides which model to use based on the type of conversation, complexity, or the need for tools.” The problem is that in these first days, the router usually opts too many times by the basic GPT-5 model, in front of the “Thinking” model or reasoner. What has made the new generation seen as much more silly than Sam Altman came to affirm (he defended it was like have a team of doctors at your disposal). The necessary jump It seemed impossibleand indeed, many users have not felt it. The problem. Openai decides which model is more efficient for the user, but also which model is more efficient for their servers. At the launch of GPT-5, they have not been transparent about what leads them to use one model or another, and users who accuse them of choosing the cheapest model for Save costs. Aidan McLaughlin, employee of Openai, defended in x that prefers GPT-5 without reasoning the majority (65%) of times for how interacts with the user. He assured that they do not use the routing to save costs, but use the one they think is the best model for each consultation, for efficiency. It seemed a successbut it has arrived without complying with what users expect. Altman recognized launch failures. During a question session (AMA) on Reddit held on Friday, Sam Altman read and observed that for many users, GPT-5 did not work as well as 4th. To it He replied That the new model seemed “more silly”, because the router did not work well when they threw it on Thursday. Who warns is not a traitor. On July 19, after announcing great performance in Mathematics OlympiadAltman announced that GPT-5 was just around the corner, in front of images like that of the death star, he was cautious, claiming to want to establish realistic expectations: “This is an experimental model that incorporates new research techniques that we will use in future models” “We believe you will love GPT-5, but we do not plan to launch a model with the gold capacity level of the mathematical Olympiad for many months.” The case remembers Sora’s, who was shown Very green After the Initial announcement promisesor that of O3, which was launched with a performance in benchmarks inferior to the initially promised (Unleashing everything A debate about whether we were already in the AGI). Openai has had to make changes. Before the complaints, from OpenAi they took a great measure: return to the users of the subscription Plus the possibility that the subscribers of the plan (of 20 euros per month) will use 4th again. But, in addition, they have touched the router to better choose the appropriate model to each consultation. Of course, without explaining what leads to use one or the other. The trick (if you pay). When users perceived that the problem of the new chatgpt with GPT-5 was not the model itself, but that the router did not turn to the reasoning model, they launched to look for ways to make GPT-5 Thinking use. The way to do it has been to integrate phrases such as “think about your in -depth response” in the indications, as suggested and demonstrated DOTCSV. In this way, it is achieved that, for Plus users, chatgpt use the Thinking model Without spending the quota of 200 weekly messages Manual mode. This trick does not apply to the free model, which could only activate it without asking for GPT-5 Thinking automatically once a day. Use free reasoning. Another change confirmed by Altman has been to integrate a reasoning button again (hidden) to use the reasoning model in the free version. Trying it, Chatgpt acknowledges using the GPT-5 Thinking Mini model, and we have been able to use it in 10 messages. From there, he used the model without reasoning. Is the successor of O4-miniwhich in April also received for free Reasoning functions With a “Think” button. Result: More use of reasoning. After announcing an increase in reasoning limits, Sam Altman has offered Specific data of the number of users who use reasoning now before the launch, and what indicates is the little that was used before, even among payment users. Free users have gone from less than 1% to 7%, but what the most collides is that those who paid the plus only used 7% reasoning, compared to 24% of now. It surprises in the sense that the reasoning of O1 and O3 supposed one of the great advantages over the free plan, thus the capacities of Deep Research. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Chip restrictions are over to China: now technological war

It has become the cheapest entertainment platform in Spain

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Mercadona’s last viral is A bath gel that “Smells to gods”. Before it was A car corrector for the car made with hair lacquer. Last week, some margarita pizza flavor potatoes They “know the burning part.” Each product is a microhistory of discovery, a small corridor treasure that someone reveals in Tiktok like who finds gold in the river. The Valencian chain has transcended its original function: It is no longer just a supermarket, it is the cheapest entertainment platform in Spain. Contrary to what many believe (“Another undercover publication!”), The media publish all these news without Mercadona pay for a euro. Reality is more prosaic: Any article about a novelty in Mercadona generates a brutal traffic. And that’s why we see headlines like “Is razing for only 4 euros: madness in Mercadona for this popular product“Because many people arouse interest, therefore clicks, therefore gives pasta. It is the service journalism converted into dopamine machine, where the discovery of a product of 1.50 euros generates the same emotion that we reserved for real events. The editors know it, readers consume it, and Mercadona benefits without spending a euro on traditional advertising. The interesting thing is not that Carlos Ríos Analyz or that a car influencer use Deliplus lacquer to fix scratches. The thing is These contents work as small treasure search missions for a middle class which has normalized the hunting of gangs as a form of leisure. Going to Mercadona to look for “What I have seen on Tiktok” is the new hobby national, an Iberian version and Low-Cost of The culture of Unboxing. Each visit to the super promises the possibility of a viral finding, of being the first in your WhatsApp group to share the last rarity. It is the gamification of basic consumption: you have unlocked the Pizza, congratulations potatoes. Mercadona has created, surely without pretending, a perfect unpaid influencersystem. Current people who obsessively documented every novelty, every trick, every product “that nobody had seen so far.” They are a curious phenomenon of late capitalism, generating free content for a large company while they think they are doing a public service. In a way they are right. The nutritionist who classifies bread, the mechanic who finds alternative uses to lacquer, the Tiktoker who smells gels. Channels dedicated exclusively to Mercadona either that reserve a fixed section. Everyone works for free for Juan Roig while they are convinced that they are helping their followers. That this occurs in Spain in 2025, with Royal flat salaries for three decadesIt is no accident. We live in an era where real experiences are increasingly expensive and inaccessible, So we have democratized the emotion of discovery by reducing it to its minimum expression. We cannot afford Michelin star restaurants, but we can feel the emotion of discovering a strawberry ice cream “that is sweeping.” We do not travel as much as we would like, but we can experience the novelty by buying a gel that smells like expensive perfume. It is the distilled luxury experience in white marking products (Another phenomenon that defines us), Consumer Stockholm Syndrome that has learned to find joy in crumbs. Mercadona not only sells products: it also sells small doses of emotion at the balance price, and we have learned to need them as the one that needs your daily dose of Scroll infinite. Outstanding image | Mr. Ricochet In Xataka | Mercadona is more profitable than ever and is also closing stores for the first time in years. It is a calculated strategy

The platform eliminates its cheapest plan without ads

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Winds of change in Netflix blow. Again. In silence and without issuing any type of statement to media, the platform has eliminated of a stroke the basic plan without ads. From today, that subscription, which until now was the cheapest option to see content without advertising, disappears. Not only for the new highs, but the users who paid for it will have to move to another. The options are two: start paying much more or pay less in exchange for seeing ads. The basic plan. If we look back, we will remember that Netflix offered a Basic plan without ads for 7.99 euros per month. This plan included the fair and necessary in terms of access, since it did not admit several simultaneous devices, or extra subscribers, or downloads, or broadcast to Chromecast and the resolution was HD (720p). However, I had no publicity. 7 tricks to make Netflix the most Image | Cottonbro Studio Cheap netflix = netflix with ads. With recent changes, that plan will cease to exist on September 1. Netflix remains, therefore, with only three plans: standard with ads (6.99 euros, ads, fullhd and limited catalog), standard (13.99 euros, without ads, Fullhd and the entire catalog) and Premium (19.99 euros, without ads, 4K and the entire catalog). What is the problem? That the plan will disappear, so the user will have to make a decision: pay one euro less per month and see ads or pay six more euros and not see them. Yes, it is true that the standard plan with ads is cheaper, admits FullHD resolution and two simultaneous devices, but the catalog is limited and well, it has advertising. In the event that the user does not make a decision, he will automatically pass to this plan. From now on, the cheapest plan to see Netflix without ads costs 13.99 euros per month Netflix without ads rises in price. It is another way of seeing it. After this change, the cheapest way to see the Netflix content without advertising happens to cost six euros more, which is what the standard plan is worth. The Premium Plan, which is the most powerful thing the company offers, does not rise in price and remains at 19.99 euros per month. And it works. Netflix’s great triumph has been to return to the exit boxto want to pay to see ads. Time has proved the platforms, who have found in their plans with advertisements one of the main drivers of new subscribers. In the case of Netflix, the platform announced in May that had reached 94 million users of plans with advertisements, a sensitive increase with respect to the 70 million it had in November 2023. These plans have reached almost all platforms and, incidentally, The volume of subscriptions triggered. It seems that the average user weighs more the potential savings in the monthlyness than to see some ads to which, on the other hand, it is already accustomed to linear television or social networks. Cover image | Anastasia Shuraeva In Xataka | The streaming economy is completely broken and things will only get worse within the coming years

The cheapest way to maintain a Mazda RX-7 is to stuff a diesel engine. And yes, there are those who have dared with it

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Rotary engine, scamotable headlights and a silhouette, simply, perfect. The third generation of Mazda RX-7 is not only a sculptural carit is a fundamental pillar of the Japanese automobile culture that came to us in the 90s. For those who grew up those years with Gran Tourism under the armJapan became an absolute reference when building our most precious memories. They were years of matagigants such as Honda NSX or the Nissan Skyline GT-Rdomain in the World Cup in Rallies of Subaru and Mitsubishiand the tunning with greater taste that has been seen with the Toyota supra, Mitsubishi Eclipse or the Mazda RX-7 (among many others that I leave) by flag. As if that were not enough, later the iconic would arrive Mazda RX-7 by Dominic Toretto In the first to all gas, I would return with Han in Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift And, meanwhile, we could drive it in the aforementioned Gran Turismo or in the Need For Speed, if we want to follow that tuning aspect. It is not surprising that the public has love to a car that was not only beautiful. He was also spectacular for his peculiar engine and his delicious sound. All that has been lost with this peculiar restoration. A DIESEL MAZDA? “I bought it two years ago and it was nothing more than a chassis (…) had no engine, or gearbox, or interior …” With these words, the Arnold declaration begins, a Polish that Account on the Nightride YouTube channel (Almost a million subscribers), the story of his Mazda RX-7. The words of the owner of this mythical sporting have the halo that seems to be exculpating their sins in the confessional. “I started with the aesthetic part”he recounts when he says that only after modifying his exterior and resembling him to aesthetics Touge (The Japanese seventies fashion to skid on the mountain roads that is collected in films such as Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift or in the famous initial manga d) It was when he thought what he would do with the engine. The third generation of Mazda RX-7 is famous for set up a rotary engine biturbo that reached 280 hp. In addition to a very light chassis, the car quickly became saint and sign of Drift lovers. It was a car that had everything, a brutal aesthetic, a rare engine and a sound that remembered the mythical Mazda 787b That was done with the victory in Le Mans. “I wanted the car to be controversial”. And what if it has been. Not precisely because of the aesthetic carbon fiber package based on the needd Speed Underground. Arnold decided that nothing would cause more impact than forgetting the rotating engine and seating a six diesel cylinders. Yes, you have read well. I know you need time to digest it. Can you keep reading? The six -cylinder diesel came from a BMW 5 E39 series. With the smile of who knows that has committed a crime He has achieved his goal, he says on the camera: “I wanted to have a car with a shocking engine under the hood. And it was shocking, because it works in a Mazda RX-7”. And then, with a smile, he explains that he valued many types of engines but that was finally decided by the six BMW diesel cylinders. A reliable and cheap engine. No other engine that I could use was so cheap and gave it so much performance. But he also confesses, “I liked to anger people.” Looking at the good side of things, Arnold says that the project was born with the idea of being “a cheap drift car” that could complement with the other RX-7 that, this yes, has a rotating engine in its garage. But the project became more expensive. He raised the power from 184 to 270 hp and installed a rear differential, also from BMW that he customized. He assures that he continues to use it as a car for Drift but, finally, so much attention for the detail has made it a vehicle to use on a day -to -day basis. With his beautiful image his diesel engine will not attract attention … until someone misses the particular howl of the newspaper. “Some love him and others hate him”says at the end of the video. Well, Arnold, we imagine that on that balance there are many more on one side than in the other. But at least we stayed that the chassis of a Mazda RX-7 was returned to life and now dazzles those who find it down the street. Photo | Jacob s and BMW In Xataka | Mazda 6e, first impressions: to give up what seemed inalienable to become a missile against Tesla Model 3

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