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Portugal had to choose where to take its AVE first. And between Madrid and Galicia, it is very clear

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It was October 2025 when the news broke. Then we learned that Madrid and Lisbon would be linked by a high-speed train in 2034. The objective set by Spain, Portugal and the European Commission is that both capitals are connected by a train that covers the journey in about three hours of travel. The first step to recover that connection is to have a line ready in 2030 with conventional trains that reopen traffic between both cities without having to change trains. The project rescues a line that It already existed in the 19th century but that time has erased. Furthermore, it follows the designs of a European Union that opts for the train over the plane and is that being able to cover this journey in 180 minutes would be a blow against air traffic, which is much more polluting. If the schedule is met, the AVE between both cities will be available almost three decades later than planned. The news, furthermore, seemed to indicate that Galicia was being relegated to the background. And the region has been fighting alongside Portugal for years to have a high-speed rail connection that structures the Atlantic axis. We now know that Portugal will prioritize Galicia over Madrid. First Galicia, then Madrid The confirmation came from the Portuguese Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, during the XXXVI Spanish-Portuguese Summit held in La Rábida (Huelva) who has indicated that he trusts that the Lisbon-Oporto-Vigo line will be completed in 2033 and, therefore, the deadlines prior to the agreement are met with Europe and Spain on Madrid-Lisbon. The words were collected in The Newspaper and it is confirmation that between Madrid and Galicia, The first place Portugal looks to is Galicia. The latest agreements to carry out trains between both cities seemed to put this connection between the Galician city and the two large Portuguese cities at risk. It must be taken into account that the first objective was for Madrid and Lisbon to already have a high-speed connection ready by 2030, the year in which Spain and Portugal (along with Morocco) will organize the Soccer World Cup. However, given the impossibility of meeting the deadlines, a delay until 2034 was agreed upon. This delay has not put at risk the Atlantic corridor in which The European Union has already invested 250 million euros (more than 750 million euros of European funds have already been spent on Madrid-Lisbon) and up to 3,000 million euros delivered by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in the form of soft loans. In Portugal they defend that the connection between their cities and the north of Spain is much more important than the link with Madrid. The high-speed project between Lisbon, Porto and Vigo had already consumed 11,000 million euros as of 2023 and, in the words of Carlos Fernandes, vice president of Infrastructure in Portugal, collected by The reason “develops our country and the centrality of our cities, and not the centrality of other Iberian cities (in relation to Madrid).” For the project to go ahead, it is necessary for Portugal to comply with the plans but also for Spain to have a high-speed exit between Vigo and Tui. From the Portuguese side, they have never denied that they prefer to prioritize the corridor towards Galicia. Pedro Nuno Santos, then Minister of Infrastructure, criticized Renfe in 2022 in an interview with The Countryensuring that they had maintained the night train between Vigo and Portugal but that on the Spanish side no one towed the trains. Right now, the trip between Vigo and Porto takes two hours and 20 minutes. That is, 140 minutes that would become only 50 minutes once the high-speed connection between both cities is consolidated. In fact, those 140 minutes are what is expected to take between Vigo and Lisbon, a huge leap by current standards. The big loser of the dispute is Extremadura. The region has been hearing for years about a Madrid-Lisbon connection that never seems to come. After years where trains have been a real headache, everything indicates that high speed should be completely ready in the region by 2030 but the delay to 2034 has been marked by the deadlines on the Portuguese side. The step forward in high speed is also key in Extremaduran mobility because, for example, it will allow connecting Madrid with Cáceres in one hour (right now it takes more than three hours) and Madrid with Mérida or Badajoz in just over an hour and a half when to reach the latter from Madrid you have to spend more than four and a half hours. Photo | Pedro Correia, Joaoalves0217 and Mstyslav Chernov In Xataka | Madrid and Lisbon will be linked by the AVE. It will only arrive (if it arrives) 24 years late

OpenAI had to choose between being the star app of the US army and its users. And the users have chosen for it

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Last Saturday there were 295% more uninstallations of the ChatGPT mobile app in the United States. Many users felt terrible that OpenAI reached a theoretically unethical agreement with the US Department of Defense to replace Anthropic, and they have punished it with a “Cancel ChatGPT” movement on social networks which has also had an impact on those uninstallations. what has happened. The consulting firm Sensor Tower, which monitors the status of mobile application stores, has indicated that the ChatGPT uninstall rate has increased by 295% on Saturday, February 28 compared to the previous day. Normally, the uninstall rate is around 9% from one day to the next, but that day it was clear that many users decided to get rid of the app at the same time. The reason is obvious. The Pentagon vs. Anthropic. The pentagon it had been months working with Claude, Anthropic’s AI, which was already used on classified documents. Anthropic had made it a condition not to use its AI for mass espionage and the development of autonomous weapons, but the Department of Defense (DoD, which many now call the “War Department”) wanted Anthropic remove those limitations. Anthropic refusedand that’s where OpenAI comes in. and opportunistic. Sam Altman first praised Anthropic’s stance. A few hours later he announced that they had reached an agreement with the DoD to replace Claude with ChatGPT. This has been widely criticized for OpenAI’s lack of ethics and opportunistic attitude, and led to a “ChatGPT cancellation” movement which has had an immediate impact on the downloads and uninstallations of this chatbot. Altman wants to clear things up. He OpenAI announcement It was unclear whether OpenAI actually imposed the same limits that Anthropic had imposed, but Altman soon announced that had added amendments to the agreement to avoid any confusion. Apparently they have been added protections against mass surveillancebut nothing is mentioned about the development of lethal autonomous weapons. Punishment for OpenAI. Not only has it been noticeably uninstalled, but in the opinions of the ChatGPT app many users have given a single star out of five in a very high proportion: those bad opinions grew by 775% on Saturday and then by 100% on Sunday according to Sensor Tower. Five-star reviews fell by 50%. Claude has overtaken ChatGPT in downloads as a result of the latest events with the Pentagon. Source: Appfigures. And Claude already surpasses it in downloads. Another consultancy that monitors the download market, appfiguresindicated that on Saturday Claude’s downloads surpassed those of ChatGPT in the US for the first time. In fact, Claude has become the most downloaded app in at least six countries outside the US: Belgium, Canada, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway and Switzerland. Streisand Effect. We are facing another case of Streisand effect: trying to censor certain information or a certain company ends up being counterproductive. The Pentagon tried to make Anthropic the bad guy, but what has happened is that the company is now seen as the great defender of ethics and “AI alignment.” This has made people perceive it as a more morally respectable option than ChatGPT. But Anthropic has problems. According to Reuters Several US government departments and agencies have made the switch to OpenAI and have begun to stop using Anthropic models for their work. That is already a problem for Anthropicbut even more so is the fact that their recent investment round, in which they raised 60,000 million dollars, could be in danger. If the DoD decides to label Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” its contracts and agreements with dozens of companies would be at risk, and its own future as a company would be at risk. It would be an extraordinary measure and it seems unlikely that the US would go to that point, but nothing is certain today. Image | Village Global In Xataka | The war between Anthropic and the Pentagon points to something terrifying: a new “Oppenheimer Moment”

With the fashion of American kitchens, a refrigerator that makes noise can be torture when watching TV. How to choose well to avoid it

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How cool American kitchens are. You have, without walls, doors or partitions in between, the kitchen next to the living room and dining room. I love the concept itself, but there are two things that have always raised doubts in my mind. One is the smell, because imagine starting to do something that doesn’t smell good (like cooking cauliflower or making some fried fish, for example) and going to the couch to watch TV while you do it. And then there is the issue of noise. Of course, here you may think that it is the price to pay for having everything in the same space and you are right. If everything is together, you have to assume that, while you cook, you will have noise next to the TV. But the stove, the extractor or the oven are not the only things that make noise in a kitchen. What’s wrong with the refrigerator? This appliance makes noise and is not like the rest of the things in the kitchen: it is always working. For this reason, if you have an American kitchen, It is essential that you choose carefully which refrigerator you are going to place in it. Yes, it’s about looking at what decibels it emits, but there is something to it. I explain everything you need to know about the subject. Two or three dB more than necessary are enough to ruin your movie night A refrigerator is not as noisy as a washing machine when it starts spinning like crazy, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sound. In houses or apartments with traditional kitchens, this is not a problem. I have been living in my apartment for more than 20 years and, since the kitchen is at one end, I barely know the noise my refrigerator makes. Things change if the kitchen is American. I put you in situation. Imagine that you are on the couch watching a movie with a blanket and popcorn. During shootings and explosions you will not hear anything other than the TV, but things change when there is dialogue or even nothing at all. There, if your refrigerator sounds more than necessary, you are going to hear a hum that is anything but pleasant. Okay, but how do I know how loud a refrigerator sounds? If you take a look at the technical data sheet of any refrigerator, you will find the sound it emits measured in decibels (or dB). It is obvious that the higher the dB number, the greater the noise it emits. What is not so obvious is that A difference of just 3 dB will make us perceive twice as much noise.. To put it bluntly: a refrigerator that emits 40 dB or more in a kitchenette can be really annoying when watching TV. The ideal is to search for this type of spaces a refrigerator that emits 39 dB or less. But of course, since two or three dB less is noticeable, the less the refrigerator emits, the better. The noise comes from the compressor, but not all are the same We have talked about the noise, but not its origin. The sound that refrigerators emit comes from their compressor, which is responsible for keeping your food and drinks very cool. And what does that matter to me for my American kitchen? The answer is very simple: depending on the type of compressor or motor, the type of noise is not the same. Refrigerators that are a few years old have a traditional motor or compressor. This, in summary, only has two modes: either it’s off or it’s on. If the refrigerator detects that the temperature inside is too high, it starts the compressor at full speed to cool down. This means that, when this happens (which often happens if you open the door too much, for example), we will hear a loud noise when starting, followed by a humming noise that will last until the compressor stops. That changes with Inverter motors. These are basically always on and they regulate their speed depending on the temperature. If you open the door and it gets a little cold, speed up a little. However, if your refrigerator has been closed for a long time, it will run very slowly, so the noise will be less. This way, the noise made by the refrigerator will be quieter most of the time. And of course, you get rid of the “noise” of the traditional compressor when starting up. If you are looking to save as much as possible, refrigerators with traditional compressors are cheaper. In price, because traditional compressors consume significantly more energy than inverter motors. However, I would only place one of these in a conventional kitchen and away from the living room or bedrooms. For an American kitchen, in 100% of cases, I would always recommend a refrigerator with an inverter motor. Not only because they tend to emit, on average, less noise. It is due to the fact that we are not going to hear them start suddenly, something that does happen (and very often) with those that have a conventional engine and that can be annoying if we have the refrigerator next to the TV. Therefore, with that clear, it is time to take a good look at the dB. The good and the bad of both options, face to face 36 dB or less between 37 and 39 dB THE GOOD 🟢 You won’t hear it even when the protagonists of your movie look at each other without speaking. They are cheaper and, at the same price, you get a refrigerator to store more food or drinks THE BAD 🔴 It is a more expensive option that may cause you to have to cut back on capacity or features You will hear a slight hum while watching TV that can take you out of the movie Ideal for: Do not hear any type of hum or vibration when watching TV Families who … Read more

Sony WF-1000XM6 vs AirPods Pro 3. Which Bluetooth headphones to choose based on your tastes and needs

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Buying good Bluetooth headphones can be a daunting task. There are many models from different brands, so it is difficult to choose if we are not clear about what each one offers. Now that the Sony WF-1000XM6What better than to put them face to face with the AirPods Pro 3 from Apple. Let’s see what their most important differences. The differences between the Sony WF-1000XM6 and the AirPods Pro 3 A clearly differential design Do you like stick or earbud headphones better? Not all people are attracted to the same design, so here we find the first big difference: the Sony WF-1000XM6 have a button design, while the AirPods Pro 3 have a stick format. In this way, they maintain the design of their respective previous generations. In any case, beyond personal tastes, we find two models of comfortable headphoneswhich are designed to be used for hours without fatigue. Both come with their respective pads, which allows us to have a better fit in the ear. Of course, while Sony headphones come with four ear pads, in Apple headphones we find five. The sound section This point is one of the most important, especially due to the compatibility of some technologies. The Sony WF-1000XM6 supports LDACa codec that offers wireless streaming of music in high resolution and that we find in a wide variety of Android devices. The AirPods Pro 3 take another path, betting on technologies such as spatial audiobut here we must take into account that Can only be used with compatible devices. That is, if you have an iPhone you can enjoy the immersion that this technology gives. If you have an Android phone, it needs to be compatible with Dolby Atmos and used in apps like Apple Music. Extras If you were planning to use any of the headphones anywhere… be careful. AirPods Pro 3 offer resistance against dust and water immersion (IP57), but the Sony WF-1000XM6 only resist water jets (IPX4). Not that with normal use this is a big difference, but you have to take it into account if you want to use them on the beach or near a pool. We also find other differences between both headphones, such as the heart rate sensor that the AirPods Pro 3 incorporate. This is a sensor that we normally see in smartwatches, but that Apple has decided to introduce in these headphones and that works really well. Yeah you usually playing sports and you don’t have an Apple Watch, it can be very attractive. How much do headphones cost? Both TWS Bluetooth headphones are high-end, so they are not particularly cheap. However, Apple’s have been on the market for a while and can be found cheaper. Right now, the AirPods Pro 3 They have a price on Amazon of 229 euroswhile the Sony WF-1000XM6 They have an official price of 299 euros. There are 70 euros difference. In summary: which Bluetooth headphones to choose according to your tastes and needs. Why choose the Sony WF-1000XM6 The Sony WF-1000XM6 have improved compared to the previous generation, and where they stand out the most is in: LDAC support: If you have a device that supports high-quality audio, these headphones can be very attractive due to their LDAC codec. Device Compatibility. Unlike the AirPods Pro 3, where some functions are exclusive to its ecosystem, you can squeeze the technologies and functions of these headphones into almost any device. Very well resolved active noise cancellation. Sony has once again launched headphones with impressive adaptive noise cancellation on the market. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Why choose AirPods Pro 3 The AirPods Pro 3 are a very good purchase choice, especially now that they can be found somewhat cheaper. Where they stand out the most is in: Spatial Audio support. This technology allows you to listen to music as if it were coming from any direction, which offers great immersion. Your heart rate sensor. This addition that Apple has introduced can be very attractive for sports activities. Its price. The 70 euros difference in the price of both headphones is quite large. If you have an iPhone. AirPods Pro 3 are designed to be used with an iPhone or other Apple device, so you can enjoy features such as spatial audio and adaptive audio. Very good active noise cancellation. They offer better active noise cancellation than their previous generation, and it shows. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links In summary: 👉 Choose The Sony WF-1000XM6 yes: You are looking for headphones that support the LDAC codec or have a button design. 👉 Choose AirPods Pro 3 Yeah: You have an iPhone, you’re looking to make use of everything headphones offer, or you want a stick design. Technical sheet with the main differences between the Sony WF-1000XM6 and the AirPods Pro 3 Sony WF-1000XM6 AirPods Pro 3 SOUND LDAC support Hi-Res Audio DSEE Extreme DAC + ASP 32 bit Spatial audio Adaptive Audio Conversation detection Adaptive EQ pressure compensation AUTONOMY Up to 8 hours with ANC, 12 hours without ANC Up to 24 hours with charging case Up to 8 hours with active cancellation Up to 7.5 hours with spatial audio and dynamic tracking Up to 6.7 hours with heart rate measurement Up to 24 hours with charging case Autonomy Charging via USB-C cableQi Wireless Face Charging via USB-C cable Wireless charging: MagSafe and Apple Watch charger Extras Active noise cancellation IPX4 certification Position detection gesture control Active noise cancellation IP57 certification Heart rate sensor Price 299 euros 229 euros The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | Ruben Andres, Pedro Aznar in Applesfera, Sony, Apple In Xataka | AirPods Pro 3 vs AirPods Pro 2. Which Apple Bluetooth headphones to choose based on … Read more

Clarifying which FP to choose is chaos and someone wanted to fix it with an app. And that someone is… the Government of Spain

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Oppose It is one of the Spanish dreams. For the rest who do not want to follow the path, the alternative is entrepreneurship or private business. And, within this last sector, The FP has been ceasing to be the ugly duckling for yearspractically half of engineers in Spain work in positions in which professional training is required. But choose FP It is not simple, there are partial accreditations of competence, certificates of competence, professional certificates, training cycles, specialization courses… In the face of chaos, solutions. And in this case the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has published an app to untangle the knot. Does it work well? It works very well. I wanted to try SoyFP, the new app with a Spanish seal to better understand the types of training and have a complete picture of the offer in our country. How to download it. I amFP It is available for both Android and iOS through the Play Store and App Store. It is a completely free application, without any advertising and with a moderate size. In the case of iOS, it requires version 15.6 or later and, in the case of Android, you will need version 9 or later. Nothing out of this world. The welcome. As soon as we open the app, its main objective is explained to us: to help find the entire offer of the officially recognized Vocational Training System. It is divided into several grades (A, B, C and D) and has different levels, each with a specific type of duration depending on whether we are doing basic, medium or higher. The operation. SoyFP has a fairly simple operation: it is an offer search engine. In its search bar we can enter keywords (categories, jobs, etc.) to find offers for each of the degrees. If we have no idea what we want to search for, the app allows us to segment by: Professional Family Degree Level And, within each of these categories, we find even more subcategories to filter by levels. Within each of the FP degree offers, we can find all the information related to them: academic or professional access requirements, tasks to be carried out, what you are going to study, competence accreditations, how you could continue said training… A very complete photograph of the itinerary and the steps to take during the process. The golden era of Spanish administration and its apps. During the last years, Spain is doing a good job with its national apps. My Citizen Folder, MyDNI, MyDGTand now with Soy FP. An era of lights and shadows, with outstanding applications and suspenseful security in a 2025 starring hacks that place us in second place worldwide. Image | Iván Linares for Xataka Móvil

There are dozens of influencers obsessed with helping us choose the perfect can of tuna. The problem is that what they say doesn’t make much sense.

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There is a fine line that connects volcanic eruptions, oil combustion, and waste incineration with our kitchens: mercury. A mercury that is produced in dozens of activities (mostly human), which ends up deposited in the waters, transformed into methylmercury by millions of microorganisms, stored in fish and, finally, in our stomach. It was only a matter of time before it became the huge food scandal it is today. Methylmercury also reaches social networks. The problem is so big that there is no shortage of experts and influencers that defend messages such as choosing cans of “tuna” over cans of “light tuna.” The music is that of institutions such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that recommends avoiding large fish; The lyrics hide many problems. At the end of the day, the viral message mixes correct intuitions, with more than debatable scientific evidence (it uses, to begin with, commercial classifications that do not have direct Spanish correspondence). This is not the first time that an idea that sounds good ends up giving us headaches. And why is that a problem? Because, like it or not, fish is a centerpiece of many diets. Not only for its protein contribution, but as a priority source of certain fats that are very difficult to replace by any other means (e.g. omega-3). The thing is, with all that, comes methylmercury. And exposure to methylmercury is a tricky thing: it can harm brain development and be toxic to the nervous system. In fact, it can cause symptoms such as tremors, memory loss, and cognitive dysfunctions. The most vulnerable groups are pregnant women, nursing mothers, babies and young children. Do all fish have the same amount of mercury? No, it doesn’t. According to the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutritionthere are four really dangerous species: the swordfish or emperor, the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), the shark (dogfish, mako shark, dogfish, dogfish and blue shark) and pike. These are problematic in women who are pregnant or planning to be pregnant, nursing mothers and children under 10 years of age. In fact, AESAN recommends directly avoid its consumption. The rest of the species are not problematic for the effects of mercury: they are safe and healthy. And the AESAN recommends between three and four servings a week even in the at-risk population. And aren’t there more differences according to levels? That is, are there only dangerous and non-dangerous species? No no. It is true that each species contains a different amount of mercury. In fact, each copy has different levels. That’s where the problem comes from: we need simple ‘rules’ to help us deal with uncertainty. On a practical level, according to the available studies, we can only define species with low mercury content as those on this list: Pollock, Anchovy, Herring, Cod, Bacaladilla, Cockle, Mackerel, Squid, Shrimp, Crab, Cane, Coquina, Carp, Squid, Clam, Choco/Cuttlefish, Lobster, Coquina, Sea bream, Sprat, Prawn, Horse mackerel, Lobster, Prawn, European sole, Dab, Sea bass, Mussel, Merlan, Hake, Razor clam, Oyster, Pomfret, Flounder, Squid, Octopus, Shrimp, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, Sardine, Sardinella, Sardinopa, Plaice, and Trout. Everything else has medium levels and making distinctions between them is impossible on a practical level. So it doesn’t make sense to follow these types of recommendations? In general, any attention we pay to food is good. The system is configured in such a way that, if we let ourselves goour diet gets worse. However, we know that Obsessing over diet is also full of problems.. Using heuristics that complicate the purchase without substantial improvements is not as good an idea as it seems. Image | Tobias Tullius In Xataka | The scientific reason why miracle diets don’t work is you

We choose our vacations in the series. That is why 44% of our tourists have discovered us on the screen

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Spain has a significant history as a movie settingsometimes with more glamorous glitz than our own national cinematography. The natural landscapes and the diversity of ecosystems create a western desert in Almería that, in the north, approaches the Nordic air landscapes (but without bad weather) of a sword and sorcery production. But with the arrival of streaming (and the international reach of the Spanish series), Spain is beginning to shape itself as a perfect destination for travelers with audiovisual culture. Booming phenomenon. 44% of foreign visitors discover and choose destinations in the country after seeing them in audiovisual productions. It is data provided by The Screen Tourism Observatorywhich speaks of this type of travel as one of the tourism segments with the greatest projection in 2025. This type of tourism moves 40 million international travelers each year worldwide, and Spain is benefiting from it. How it works. According to comments Carlos Rosado, president of the Spain Film Commission, where the public filming offices in Spain are grouped, a film or series acts on the viewer like a virtual brochure, with different advantages over traditional tourist advertising: it is longer in time, reaches more people and creates emotional ties. Spectators become potential tourists thanks to the places in the north of the peninsula that, for example, are seen in ‘Game of Thrones’. Perfect scenario. Spain became a relevant Hollywood set in the 1950s, when the major studios discovered its advantages for filming: diverse landscapes and costs up to 50% cheaper than in the United States. From that time come films such as ‘El Cid’, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and, without leaving Europe, the more than 300 films that the Eurowestern factotums filmed in the desert of Tabernasin Almeria. The difference with the present is that those super-productions did not generate tourist flows. But now yes: for example, from the fifth season of ‘Game of Thrones‘, when HBO filmed in the Alcázar of Seville, Girona and other Spanish locationstourism in Seville increased by 25% and in Osuna by 75%. And San Juan de Gaztelugatxe became the second tourist focus in the Basque Country after the Guggenheim. By countries. In the aforementioned study by the Screen Tourism Observatory, carried out with thousands of surveys and an exhaustive compilation of online opinions, we discovered that Germans lead this type of tourism, with 53% having visited Spain after seeing it in audiovisual productions. Italy follows with 46% and the United States with 45%. Among them, half opt for self-guided routes and not organized trips. He is “an autonomous, curious and digitally informed screen tourist, who prefers to design his own experience rather than contracting closed products.” Go to more. Along these lines, the Spain Film Commission itself has launched the Experiences programa project financed by the Secretary of State for Tourism, which wants to transform Spanish audiovisual heritage into sustainable tourist experiences. The proposal will have pilot experiences in Formentera, Seville, Galicia and Burgos that will serve as a model to develop a methodology that will be repeated in other areas of Spain. On the horizon, phenomena such as New Zealand, a benchmark after ‘The Lord of the Rings‘, and who experienced a 40% increase in tourism between 2000 and 2004. Very attractive figures that we will try to replicate with all these proposals. Header | Clementp.fr In Xataka | The reduction of the working day to 37.5 hours was going to sink the hospitality industry: a hotel chain in the Balearic Islands has proven the opposite

How to customize ChatGPT to choose its default personality, what it knows about you and even what it calls you

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Let’s tell you how to customize ChatGPT to adapt it to the way you want to use this artificial intelligence. You will be able to customize the way he responds, or even the way he communicates with you. All with things that you can customize within the settings. We are going to explain to you all the things you can customize about the behavior and memory of ChatGPT. And remember that all of this is optional, because you actually have a button to activate or deactivate the option. Enable personalizationand by disabling it you can make nothing you change take effect. Customize how ChatGPT responds to you Within the ChatGPT settings you have a section called Personalize. In it, you will be able to detail many aspects of your user experience with ChatGPT, so that everything is more personalized. One of the most important things is to configure how you want their responses to be. ChatGPT Personality The first thing you can do is adjust AI personalityso that you can choose the way in which the answers that the AI ​​gives you are written. By default, their personality is happy and adaptable, but you will be able to choose up to four different ones. They are the following: Cynical: ChatGPT responses are made with a critical and sarcastic tone. Robot: ChatGPT responses are made in an effective and direct tone. Attentive: ChatGPT responses are made with a thoughtful and understanding tone. Geek: ChatGPT responses are made with an exploratory and enthusiastic tone. Custom instructions If none of these personalities convince you, you will also be able to customize it manually giving you instructions on what your tone should be. This way, you can make ChatGPT become a much more personal assistant adapted to what you expect from its responses. For that, you have to go to the section Custom instructions. Below, you’ll have a writing field, where you can hand-write the type of tone you want the AI ​​to use. Below you will also have several examples, and you can simply click on it. Configure what ChatGPT knows about you Below the personality-related options, you have several options to define your data personal. For example, in Your Nickname You can choose a name or nickname so that ChatGPT always refers to you when answering your questions. After the nickname, you also have a section to specify Your profession. Thus, the answers he gives you can be adapted when appropriate using terms that you may know a little more about. It will also be able to guide you with answers and solutions to your work, and even ask you explicitly without having to specify what you work or study. Lastly, you also have a section More about you with which you can give more information about your interestsyour values ​​or your way of thinking. This way, you can make sure that your answers can address or give you examples of things that interest you, or simply leave out some things that might offend your values. Here, you are free to explain everything you want about yourself, you can explore and add things to adapt ChatGPT as much as possible taking into account the things you want it to take into account about you and your context. Manage what ChatGPT remembers and then you have the memory section. When you talk to ChatGPT, at any time you can say something the AI ​​thinks is important about you. It can be anything from a plant that you have because you have asked him about it to your personal tastes, and he will remember this to use when he thinks it is necessary. For example, your plant can appear in the background when you ask it to create images. If you click on the option Manage memoriesyou will see a list of all the things that ChatGPT has been saving about you on its own. Here, delete all memories or others individually, and it even has a search engine for cases where there are many about you. But if you don’t like this, you can disable memory usage. Disabling the option Reference saved memoriesChatGPT will no longer store them and refer to them when responding to you. And then, you also have one last option to Reference chat historywhich you can activate or deactivate. This will allow ChatGPT to take into account other conversations to mention things you have talked about in them, without having to save them in memories. With all these things, you should know that you can change everything according to your needs. You can activate or deactivate options depending on what you need, or directly deactivate all these customizations in case you don’t need anything. In Xataka Basics | The best prompts to save hours of work and do your tasks with ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

participate in our tournament and choose your favorite retro product

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The Xataka NordVPN Awards 2025 They approach slowly, but without pause. In these awards we choose (and you choose) the best technology products, the best innovations of the present that underpin the future, the crème de la crème, Oh. But in this edition there will also be space to look to the past and fondly remember those products that marked our childhoods. From Xataka we launch the Xataka Retro Award and we do it with a twist. It is not a new category in the Awards, but a tribute to the technology of yesteryear. Instead of the usual voting (xatakeros and jury vote for their favorite candidates through forms, here you have them all), this prize will be decided with a tournament through Instagram and Instagram Stories. So grab your PDAs, dust off your Walkman and look for your memory cards, there’s a real shot of nostalgia coming. when and where Duel of nostalgic titans Over the next few days it will take place in the stories of the official profile of Xataka on Instagram the Xataka Retro Prize Tournament. Through the stories we will show the intersections of the products and you, our xatakeros, will have to choose your favorite products by voting in the polls. NordVPN offers you a fast and stable connection thanks to your more than 6,300 servers in more than 110 countries. Enjoy advanced cybersecurity tools with Threat Protection Pro™, securely access your streaming platforms favorites wherever you are and enjoy the best offers on flights and hotels. Advice offered by the brand We have arranged the products into four categories, each corresponding to a junction. In the video game console category, the Game Boy will compete against the PlayStation 1. In the music category, the Walkman against the iPod. In computers, the legendary ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. Finally, in telephony, the Nokia 3310 against the Motorola V8. Here we leave you the crossings and the days on which they will take place. Quarter finals crossing vote results Game Boy vs PlayStation 1 Monday, October 27 Tuesday, October 28 Walkman vs iPod Wednesday, October 29 Thursday, October 30 ZX Spectrum vs Commodore 64 Monday, November 3 Tuesday, November 4 Nokia 3310 vs Motorola V8 Wednesday, November 5 Thursday, November 6 Semifinals crossing vote results Semifinal 1 Friday, November 7 Monday, November 10 Semifinal 2 Monday, November 10 Tuesday, November 11 grand finale crossing vote results Semifinal 1 Tuesday, November 11 Wednesday, November 12, and at the Xataka NordVPN 2025 Awards gala 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 The winners will be revealed on November 12 and they will also have a space in the Xataka NordVPN Awards 2025. The first crossing has already begun, so take a look at the stories from Xataka on Instagram and choose your favorite product. I wish I could have done it on MySpace or Tuenti, but it is what it is. Thank you very much for participating!

We can already choose and reproduce any song

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Spotify has a gigantic user base that uses the application completely free. Now, the platform It has just improved this plan With something that took years: the possibility of searching and reproducing any specific song, thus ending with one of the most frustrating limitations of its free service. The platform has introduced the functions “Pick & Play”, “Search & Play” and “Share & Play”, which allow to select and directly reproduce any topic. Choose yes, but the ads continue. Until now, Spotify free users could only listen to music in random mode with a maximum of six jumps per hour, which forced to wait until the desired song sounded. This restriction pushed many users towards other alternatives, such as YouTube, or make the leap to the premium subscription. With this change, Spotify seeks to retain their free base while exposing these users to more ads. In detail. The new functions eliminate the most annoying barrier of the free service. Users can now play any song in the mobile application and reproduce it instantly, look for specific songs or play songs shared by friends on social networks. However, limitations do not disappear completely: as the company has confirmed to specialized media, There is a daily limit From “time on demand” that, once exhausted, is restricted again to six jumps per hour. A lucrative source of income. This decision comes at a crucial moment for Spotify. Your advertising business is going through difficulties, with CEO Daniel Ek recognizing that the company has “moved too slow” on this front. The platform wants advertising income to represent 20% of its total income, but It has only reached 11% until June. With 433 million free users compared to 276 million premium subscribers, improving free experience can translate into greater engagement and, therefore, more advertising exposure. And now what. Spotify maintains exclusive premium functions such as lossless audiothe Reproduction lists with AI and other advanced characteristics, beyond, logically, of reproduction without ads. With this change, the company has positioned itself towards maintaining sufficient incentives to not make its users opt for other platforms, some of them consider climbing the premium and thus continue to grow in advertising income. It is of course good news for users who were conf formed with the free plan, although everything will depend on that limitation of ‘time on demand’. Cover image | @felipepelaquim In Xataka | What is Rokk, the new alternative to Spotify for rock and metal lovers that focuses on paying more and better artists

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