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If the question is what differentiates Samsung from its competition, Charlie Bae, Samsung’s product director, is clear: ecosystem

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The television market is more contested than ever and traditional brands they no longer monopolize sales like they used to. As happens in other areas such as the automotive or smartphones, Chinese manufacturers They have stopped competing only on price and now they also do it in benefits. Hisense reached the second place worldwide in the premium segment with a share of 24% in the third quarter of 2024. TCL, for his partsurpassed Samsung in the television segment of 80 inches or more during that same period: it maintained a share of 23% compared to Samsung’s 19%. Both Chinese brands arrived at CES 2026 presenting their own technologies based on the evolution of its MiniLED panels:Hisense with your RGB MiniLED evo capable of exceeding 110% of the BT.2020 standard, and TCL with its SQD MiniLED as an alternative to OLED. The war is no longer about inches or prices. Now the dispute it’s in the quality. In this context of reconfiguration in the mid- and high-end market, we have had the opportunity to speak with Charlie Baeresponsible for Samsung’s television division in Europe. From volume to value: Samsung’s new scenario When asked about Samsung’s two decades of leadership in the global TV market, Bae doesn’t resort to triumphalism. Aware of the change that is occurring in the market, his reading is more nuanced, almost concerned about what is coming. “The market is transforming: it is going from being driven by volume to being driven by value,” he explains. “Due to the current economic situation, people are more conscious of what they spend. During COVID they spent a lot on changing their televisions, but now, when they consider renewing their TV, they are more cautious and think about the practical side.” That consumer caution is, in Bae’s opinion, both a challenge and an opportunity. A buyer who thinks twice is not necessarily a lost buyer; He is a buyer who can be convinced with solid arguments. And Samsung wants to be the brand that gives it to them. One of Bae’s most compelling arguments in his defense against Chinese rivals is not technological, but mathematical. According to the Samsung manager, a cheap television lasts on average between three and five years. A Samsung television, he tells us, lasts more than seven or eight years on average. “Think about it like this: if your TV lasts three or four years, you can only watch one World Cup. With Samsung, you can watch two.” Added to this is the commitment of seven years of system updates operational. “Even if you bought your TV last year, you’ll still be able to use the new AI features we launch. We want people to buy with the peace of mind that their TV is a long-term investment,” says Bae. Samsung’s response to competitive pressure with Chinese brands has a key piece: artificial intelligence. “15 years ago we introduced the Smart TV and no one imagined that it would become the standard. Today no one conceives of a television without applications, without being able to watch what they want when they want. That change led us to AI. Without a doubt the era of ‘AI TV’ will continue to develop over the next five years,” he concludes. However, Bae is careful to separate the hype widespread surrounding this technology of the actual content. “Previously, AI focused on optimizing the image and sound quality of the television,” he admits. “But now it’s visible and you can ask the TV questions about recommendations, travel plans, anything. The TV is something you can talk to, not just something you watch.” According to the manager, what differentiates Samsung products is that they apply this technology in a way that is useful to users, using as an example the Football Mode with AI included in their televisions, which allows something hitherto unthinkable: silencing the noise of the stands in a football match, without turning off the sound of the commentators. “If you’re watching the game at night and don’t want to turn up the volume, you can simply mute the stands and still hear the commentary clearly,” explains Bae. Beyond AI: OLED, MiniLED and MicroRGB In addition to the revolution in sales, television display technologies have stepped on the accelerator with the democratization of MiniLED panels for mid-range televisions, the gloss enhancement and color volume What QD-OLEDs offer or the new generation of MicroRGB screens. In this sense, Bae rejects the idea of ​​a screen technology that monopolizes the entire television market. “Technology continues to evolve, and I do not think that a single one is going to dominate the market. We do not focus on a single technology; we work on all of them in parallel, because each one responds to different user needs,” says Samsung’s product director. Samsung, its manager assures, works on all fronts: from the transparent Micro LED exhibited at CES to the 130 inch Micro RGBpassing through the high-brightness OLED. But also in formats that no one expected. In fact, Bae not only assures that Samsung will continue developing its catalog to offer different screen technologies, it is also committed to the flexibility of screen sizes and formats. All this in a context of televisions with increasingly larger diagonals, and living rooms with increasingly less square meters. “There are consumers who prefer small screens. We have The Movingstylea 27-inch touch screen that you can move around the house. In Europe, the number of single-person households is growing and homes are getting smaller, so you may be interested in a small, portable screen, not one with many inches,” insists the executive. In addition to the new panel technologies that are arriving in the brands’ catalogues, Samsung also highlights the arrival of other innovations that contribute to improving the visual experience, such as Glare Free technology, the anti-reflective system developed by Samsung that eliminates reflections and glare from windows and lights on the television screen. “Spain is a country with a lot of sun, so if you are … Read more

There is a spontaneous competition to design the “Flag of Humanity.” And the best design is an engraving of Voyager

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It is more than seen and proven that borders and flags sometimes become the focus of conflicts and enmities. The fact of seeing our own planet from the outsidethrough the images taken by Artemis II, helps us understand that, deep down, we are all part of the same whole. A whole that still does not have its own flag. Therefore, for many years now and then someone has proposed a single flag for all of humanity. Now, with everything related to the trip to the Moon, the proposals are once again reaching social networks. The first proposal. In 1970, an Illinois farmer named James Cadle, inspired by the landing of humans on the Moon on Apollo 11, decided to create a flag that represented our entire planet. The result was a simple flag, easy to reproduce, in which the Earth is seen as a blue marble, accompanied by a smaller white one, representing the Moon. The background was yellow and black, in honor of the Sun and the blackness of space. The flag was first raised on a rural power pole that Cadle himself climbed, but has since been part of several space projects. More minimalist concepts. Continuing with the minimalist and, above all, unifying concepts, in 2000 the Danish designer Anne Kirstine Rønhede designed a new flag of Earth. This time there was also a light blue marble, surrounded by a white border representing its atmosphere and a darker blue background representing the cosmos. A symbol of unity. In 2015, Swedish designer Oskar Pernefeldt created another flag of Earth. Seven linked circles are represented, one for each continent. It is hoped that it can be used as a symbol of Earth on future missions to Mars. Science enters the scene. The arrival on the Moon of Artemis II has inspired more people to look for a flag that represents us as a planet. And since it was science that got us there, the most recent proposals focus precisely on it. The pioneers in this type of messages were Frank Drake and Carl Saganwho in the 70s decided to compose messages that combined the scientific knowledge of humanity to launch them into space in search of possible intelligent life. This is how the Pioneer Plaque emerged, a physical gold-anodized aluminum plate that was attached to the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes, in case an alien civilization intercepted the ship. To cover more space, they also designed a radio message, which was named the Arecibo message. It was a signal transmitted through the Arecibo radio telescope, hence its name. A flag based on the Pioneer Plaque. Recently, 2D and 3D designer braingrub has proposed in your X account an Earth flag based on one of the components of the Pioneer Plaque. This is the pulsar map, a diagram that indicates our exact location in the Milky Way. Pulsars are a type of star that is used to map space, because they emit radio rays at very regular and specific periods. Like a unique lighthouse. On the map there are 14 lines that indicate different pulsars located around the Earth. Each line also contains symbols that indicate, in binary, the exact pulse of each of these pulsars. Thus, through its unique pulse, you can find those headlights and, through the relative distance represented in the lines, find the Sun, which is the point at which all of them converge. From the Sun to the Earth, everything would be simpler for an intelligent civilization. An ideal moment. It is not surprising that this is one of the most interesting Earth flag proposals that we can find on the Internet. Without a doubt, the concept is very suggestive, especially in a time when we increasingly see how much we lack unity as humanity. Images | NASA | James Cadle | Anne Kirstine Rønhede | Oskar Pernefeldt |braingrub In Xataka | Artemis II has five different hot sauces on board: the reason is a radical change in what we consider “space food”

Does Apple’s computer have real competition?

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He MacBook Neo It has burst in like an elephant in a china shop because many of us have been asking Apple to launch an affordable laptop for years. The question at this point is how it compares to Windows laptops that are around a similar price. We have selected three interesting models for this price and we are going to put them face to face to see how the new Apple equipment looks in front of them. You have the models in question right below. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links HP 15-fd0402ns – 15.6″ FHD laptop (Intel Core 5 120U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel Graphics, Windows 11) Blue – Spanish QWERTY keyboard The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Gen 8 – 15.6″ FHD Laptop (Intel Core i5-13420H, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics, Wi-Fi 6, Win 11 Home, Office Trial) Spanish QWERTY Keyboard – Arctic Gray The price could vary. We earn commission from these links acer Aspire Go 15 – 15.6″ Laptop (Intel Core i7 13620H, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, 1024 GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Intel UHD Graphics) Silver Color, Spanish QWERTY Keyboard with Numeric Keyboard The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Differences between the MacBook Neo and similarly priced Windows alternatives Fewer inches, but a higher quality screen The MacBook Neo has a 13 inch screensmaller than the rest of its rivals in this comparison, at 15.6 inches. It is a difference that is noticeable in practice, especially if you are a user who usually works with several windows open at the same time. Now, this smaller size will also be noticeable in the dimensions and weight of the equipment, something we will talk about a little later. If we remove the issue of size from the equation, the MacBook Neo’s screen will win over that of these laptops with Windows operating systems. Not only in color representation (Apple’s True Tone technology does a lot there), but also in the brightness levelwhere he has one higher than that of his opponents. What does this mean? If we work in a room or in a place where there is a lot of light, we will be able to see what we are doing more easily. The operating system is the most important difference A difference that must be addressed and that is not exclusive to this new Neo is the issue of the operating system. Choosing the Apple laptop will introduce us to MacOS, a lightweight and visually very clean operating system. It is true that it is much less customizable than Windows, but in it you will find all the most typical office tools or similar that you need to work or study. Also, if you have an iPhone, you can receive your notifications on your laptop. Or even use an iPad as a second screen. On the other hand, there is Windows. It is a more demanding operating system for the hardware, but in exchange it is also more customizable and usually works better with several windows at the same time. Besides, It is also easier to install applications and gamesalthough these teams are not designed to play. You can also connect your mobile phone to this operating system, although it does not reach Apple’s level of integration. The hardware differences, beyond the numbers Let’s move on to the hardware, which is where the meat of this comparison is. By numbers, if we look at the specifications of the three Windows laptops (you can find them below in a comparison table), they are superior. The MacBook Neo comes with a mobile processor (the A18 Pro that was mounted on the iPhone 16 Pro), but that doesn’t mean it should be underestimated: has more power than a MacBook Air M1. Putting the processors of Windows computers on the table, we have a quite different bouquet. The Acer laptop comes with a 13th generation Intel Core i7, which can offer Better performance in heavy tasks like 4K video editing than the rest. The Lenovo, with its Intel Core i5 of the same generation, is the intermediate option and the HP, with an Intel Core 5 120 U, is the least powerful of all, but with enough for office automation and simple tasks. Important point related to the processor: temperature management. A laptop, due to space issues, has very little room to cool its interior. With very intensive use, it is possible that Windows laptops tend to heat up more and emit noise from the fans. This is something that the MacBook Neo will not suffer at that level, since Apple laptops They are characterized by being very quiet. Processors aside, there is also the issue of memory. The MacBook Neo only has an 8GB RAM configuration, just half of what the three similarly priced Windows options offer. Here we have two things to keep in mind: MacOS is a less demanding operating system, so we will have a more fluid experience than in Windows. However, the 16 GB of RAM is better if you are one of those who has dozens of tabs open in the browser. And finally, there is the issue of storage. This is where the Apple team loses the most, since this configuration It only comes with 256 GB capacity (There is one with 512 GB, but it is more expensive). The HP and Acer laptops win by a landslide, both with 1 TB of storage. The Lenovo falls right in the middle with its 512 GB of storage. If we are going to move a lot with it, the Apple laptop is better The beauty of a laptop is, above all, that it is portable. They are devices designed to work there and there, no matter if it is in the office or on board a train. We may spend part of the day carrying them and, logically, the lighter … Read more

has the potential to annihilate European competition

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Jim Farley is the CEO of Ford and he already said a few months ago that he didn’t want to get off his Xiaomi SU7. And that was the normal model, the first one launched by the Chinese company and preceded by others like the YU7 and the protagonist of this story: the imposing Xiaomi SU7 Ultra. A unit has fallen into the hands of EV Clinican independent European workshop that has not hesitated for a minute to test it thoroughly… and to gut it. And its conclusion is resounding: it borders on perfection to annihilate the German automobile industry. Gutting the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra. The first thing the workshop has done is mention the speed record achieved by the SU7 Ultra at the Nürburgring in June of last year. He pulverized both the Rimac Refrigerator like that of Porsche Taycan Turbo GT. The second thing has been to throw a ‘stick’ at other analysts. EV Clinic boasts of not being a workshop, but rather of reverse engineering cars to discover their secrets. In their words“while mainstream media focuses on panel adjustments, gear shift leather or cupholders, we dig a little deeper.” And I can tell you that they have reached the depths of the car. Sounds like Tesla 3 to me. They have dismantled the internal plastics to see what they hide and the conclusion is that the chassis is very similar to the new generation of both the Tesla Model 3 as of Model S. They point out that the architecture is very similar in key systems such as the front damping, rear seat clips, support for the air conditioning system, reinforcements, wiring path and battery compartment. Democratizing power. This battery system features an 800V architecture with 214 cells forming a 93.7 kWh pack. The autonomy is 630 kilometers and, according to its tests, the 638 kilo battery is capable of charging from 10% to 80% in 11 minutes with fast charging. The team maintains that 1,550 HP for less than 100,000 euros democratizes sports performance and that there are people spending more than 250,000 euros to get a car with features similar to Xiaomi’s. From the factory, the car arrives configured for the circuit with the huge tires and ceramic discs, and they launch a dig at the Tesla pointing out that, unlike the Plaid SXiaomi’s can withstand intensive circuit use for seven hours straight. “Awesome“The key is in the motor, but also in the batteries. The SU7 Ultra system is signed by CATL, as seen in the Xpeng and NIO, but with some modifications made by Xiaomi. And the general conclusion of the specialists is that it is impressive that Xiaomi has achieved this in such a short time, also highlighting the general comfort of the interior and the finishes. In fact, they point out that “not only does it represent a challenge for the German automobile industry, but it also enters the sports segment to practically annihilate it.” “Every major component has been developed and manufactured in-house in China and pushed to the limit of perfection,” they comment. They have dismantled it, wow | Photo: EV Clinic A serious drawback. Now, although they claim that it is close to perfection, it has its things. EV Clinic points out that they cannot guarantee the extent to which it will be repairable and functional in the long term, a question that only mileage and time can answer. And the fault they have found is that accessing the OBD diagnostics is very difficult. The port is blocked behind a security known as SGW (‘Secure Gateway’) and they found another way by ‘messing around’ between the set of powertrain cables to analyze the data packets. The drawback? Which can make it difficult to repair, at least until the workshops have the necessary tools, in non-Xiaomi points. The Ford CEO thing. EV Clinic concludes by stating that the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra has emerged as the favorite, above Tesla and BMW models. And it’s really not a surprise considering that Ford’s CEO was already delighted. After a trip to China to analyze the competition, He and his team imported several electric carsXiaomi being one of them. The executive has not only been publicly delighted with the power of the car, but also with the performance of the batteries and, above all, with the ecosystem. The Xiaomi SU7 mounts a version of HyperOS (the same software that their cell phones carry), which gives it an advantage in interconnection with both the telephone and home appliances. Now it remains to be seen when they will disembark in Europe. Supposedly, Xiaomi revealed that it would arrive sometime in 2027so we just have to wait. Photos | Xataka, EV Clinic In Xataka | “It’s the most humiliating thing I’ve ever seen”: the conclusion of Jim Farley, CEO of Ford, after months studying Chinese cars

He also never had so much competition breathing down his neck

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If there is a company that has capitalized on the artificial intelligence boomthat was NVIDIA. Your chips have become a fundamental piece to train and run many of the models that underpin the current rise of generative AI. At the GTC conference held in San Joséits CEO, Jensen Huang, went so far as to project at least $1 trillion in backlogged orders for its chips. Meanwhile, a new map of competitors begins to form around the company. The message. Huang put figures on what the company is going through. The executive explained that the expected demand for Blackwell chips, like the B300and Rubin architecture could reach at least one trillion dollars in accumulated orders by 2027. Just a year ago that estimate was around 500,000 million, as he recalled during his speech. The transformation. For decades it was known primarily for its gaming GPUs, but its architecture ended up fitting the needs of machine learning perfectly. This turn has transformed the company: according to data cited by the Associated Pressits annual revenue went from $27 billion in 2022 to $216 billion last year, driven largely by demand for infrastructure for artificial intelligence. Changes are coming. Much of the growth of artificial intelligence in recent years has been based on model training, a process that requires enormous amounts of calculation and where NVIDIA GPUs have clearly dominated. However, the sector is increasingly beginning to look towards inference, the stage in which already trained systems produce answers for users. According to analysts cited by Reutersthat change could expand the number of competitors capable of executing those loads. Big tech companies move. Companies that for years have purchased large quantities of NVIDIA GPUs are simultaneously investing in their own artificial intelligence accelerators. Amazon has developed its Trainium family of chips to train and run models in your cloud, Google continues to expand its line of TPUs and Goal works on several generations of its MTIA accelerator to sustain your AI loads. The Chinese front. The pressure on NVIDIA is not limited to the United States or Europe either. Trade restrictions imposed by Washington have reduced Chinese companies’ access to some of their most advanced chips, accelerating the search for local alternatives. Huawei, for example, prepares mass shipment of its 910C chip for artificial intelligence customerswhile several companies in the country promote alliances to reinforce a domestic ecosystem that encompasses chips, models and infrastructure. The general photography. There is no doubt that NVIDIA remains a fundamental piece of the infrastructure that fuels the rise of artificial intelligence, and its demand forecasts reflect that dominant position. But at the same time, the market is beginning to move in several directions: large technology companies, new companies and national ecosystems are working to build alternatives that reduce their dependence. Images | NVIDIA In Xataka | China already has two chip manufacturers with 7nm technology. This is very bad news for the US and its allies.

will no longer pause dangerous models if the competition releases them first

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Anthropic is in the middle of an important issue with the Pentagon in the United States that may end up shaping the future of the company. Founded with security as its reason for being, it has just rewritten the rules that defined it. And his “Responsible Scaling Policy“, the document that established when to stop the development of a model that is too dangerous, has evolved into a mere roadmap with flexible objectives. And this change is much more important than it seems. Not only for Anthropic, but for the rest of the industry. Let’s get to it. What exactly has changed. Until now, Anthropic policy stated that the company would pause training or delay the launch of a model if its capabilities exceeded the speed at which sufficient safeguards could be developed. That is to say: if the model was too powerful to be controlled safely, it was stopped. This is over. And it is that the new policy removes that automatic braking mechanism and replaces it with a series of public commitments, along with regular third-party audited risk reports. The change was confirmed by the company itself in an official statement. Why have they done it? The company gives two main reasons. The first is the competitive environment: OpenAI, Google and xAI advance without those types of restrictions. “We didn’t feel it made sense to make unilateral commitments if competitors are moving full speed ahead,” counted Jared Kaplan, chief scientific officer at Anthropic, told Time. The second, as it could not be otherwise, is political: Washington has turned its back on AI regulationand Anthropic acknowledges on its blog that the current anti-regulatory climate makes its own safeguards asymmetrical with respect to the rest of the sector. Paradox. From Anthropic’s point of view, it is not a renunciation of security, but a decision made based on it. Their reasoning: if the actors who are more responsible (they fall into this bag, logically) stop while the less careful ones move forward, the net result is “a less safe world.” The logic has a certain coherence, but it also means accepting that security depends on what the competition does. And that is a very dangerous game. Context. Anthropic was founded by former OpenAI executives, including Dario Amodei, who left that company precisely because they believed that it did not pay enough attention to the risks of AI. The new policy comes at a time when several security researchers have left the company. Just like shared Wall Street Journal, one of them, Mrinank Sharma, wrote a letter to his colleagues this month saying that “the world is in danger” because of AI, before announcing his departure. In fact, according to sources close to the media, his departure would be partly related to this decision. What’s happening with the Pentagon?. The announcement comes in full tension with the Pentagon. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum the same Tuesday that the policy change was made public: modifying its red lines on the use of Claude or risk losing a $200 million contract with the Department of Defense. Anthropic has made it clear that both issues are independent, but the temporal coincidence has not gone unnoticed. What remains of the security policy. It is not a total abandonment. Anthropic remains committed to delaying the development or deployment of “highly capable” models in specific circumstances, and is committed to publishing detailed, externally verified risk reports every three to six months. The company also now separates its own internal guidelines from its recommendations for the rest of the sector, implicitly acknowledging that the commitment to a “race to the top”, which other companies are adopting, has not worked as expected. Cover image | Wikimedia Commons and Anthropic In Xataka | The US has a message for AI companies: if necessary, that AI belongs to the State

The Government applauded Repsol’s discounts in the midst of the gasoline crisis. Competition the fine now with 20.5 million for them

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February 2022. Spain is still suffering the economic consequences of the coronavirus crisis. After two years with workers suffering ERTES, Russia invades Ukraine and a war breaks out that we continue to suffer four years later. Immediately, the economy of the entire continent is reeling. Basic products skyrocket in price and, among them, fuel enters a runaway inflationary race. One that, in turn, once again raises the prices of basic products. February 3, 2022 we counted on Xataka that gasoline was more expensive than ever. We paid 1,538 euros per liter. 24% more than the previous year. In summer we were close to two euros per liter. By then the Government had launched its action plan. After a transport strike and with France applying state aid to the purchase of gasoline, the State began to subsidize with 20 cents/liter the purchase of fuel for all drivers. The measure only proved to be a plug through which water leaked. In summer the most pessimistic voices already pointed to a price of up to three euros per liter in gasoline. The pump price, fortunately, did not reach that point. In fact, that same summer another war began. This time at the service stations. And although the price of gasoline continued to rise to the point that at the till We were paying 1.80 euros for each liter again, The big oil companies brought out all their weapons: points cards, temporary discounts, loyalty plans… Movements that hid something that the CNMC already warned about that same summer: the big oil companies were getting rich. Now, it is the same CNMC that has made a decision: to fine Repsol 20.5 million euros. Abuse of power against competitors The CNMC has confirmed a sanction of 20.5 million euros to several Repsol Group companies and punishes them with disqualification from participating in public contracts for six months on the understanding that they abused their position of power to narrow profit margins with the intention of driving competitors out of the market. Competition defends that the discounts applied during the year 2022, which at the time were applauded by the Governmentthey narrowed the profit margins in the sale of fuel to the point of preventing companies selling low-cost fuel from competing on equal terms. The CNMC alleges that “competition law requires that companies in dominance position are especially responsible for not restricting competition. They assure that after various complaints they went to the Repsol Group service stations at the end of 2022 and that at the end of 2023 They initiated the disciplinary proceedings with the information collected. In the investigation. The behavior of Moeve, then Cepsa, and BP was also analyzed. However, only Repsol has been sanctioned. From the company, they point out in Five Daysassure that they will appeal the fine while arguing that “it is the first time in the history of national and community competition law that the CNMC sanctions a company for applying discounts.” Those days of 2022 were marked by the role of the oil companies. In April, when the State began to apply the discount of 20 cents per liter of fuel, low-cost operators They threatened to strike because they understood that the money they had to put out of their own pocket (of the 20 cents/liter, five were borne by the operator) destroyed their profit margins. Later, the CNMC confirmed that the companies in charge of supplying fuel were obtaining a juicy profit with the increase in fuel prices, to the point that their profit margins had widened despite having to put money in to subsidize fuel, with record gross margins. Now, the entity in charge of ensuring competition points out that Repsol also took the opportunity to try to sweep away the competition. It will have to be Repsol that manages to demonstrate that it did not act in this way and as the CNMC defends. Photo | Repsol In Xataka | For the first time, electrified cars are outselling gasoline cars. It is the beginning of the inevitable

There is brutal competition to guard the fortunes of the planet’s millionaires. The same guy as always is winning: Switzerland

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The ultra-rich around the world move their millions of dollars in search of the place safer for your fortunes. In recent years, countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia they have stepped on the accelerator as a destination for the greatest fortunes in the world. However, amid the latest geopolitical tensions, a report from the consulting firm Boston Consulting Group reveals a disturbing fact: Asian millionaires are turning their gaze to the old and reliable Switzerland to protect your wealth. According what was published for him Financial Timesmany Asian millionaires are diversifying the refuge for their assets and, instead of keeping them in their place of residence in Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore, they prefer to deposit part of their fortune in Swiss banks. Switzerland remains the world’s safe deposit box. According to the report Global Wealth Report 2025 Prepared by Boston Consulting Group, Switzerland managed $2.74 trillion in assets in 2024, which maintains it as the main offshore wealth center in the world. Very close to Switzerland’s management figures are important economic enclaves in Asia such as Hong Kong (which managed 2.65 trillion dollars) and Singapore (with 1.92 trillion dollars in the same year). The study estimates that, by 2029, these three destinations will concentrate almost two thirds of the new cross-border wealth. Boom of the rich in Asia. The study recognizes the enormous growth of Asian and Middle Eastern wealth centers, which have recorded a growth 50% since 2014. However, many of these funds end up in Switzerland, registering a increase in wealth cross-border savings held in the coffers of Swiss banks of 8.7% in 2024, up from 6.3% annually recorded in 2023. That is, although Asia has become a fertile ground for generating wealth, millionaires continue to see Switzerland as a safer place to store it. Geopolitical concerns. One of the main reasons for this behavior of the great fortunes settled in Asia are the political and geopolitical decisions that increase economic uncertainty. An example cited in the report points out that events such as the implementation of the national security law in Hong Kong in 2019 or the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, raised questions about the security of assets in Asia. “Private banking focuses on diversifying geopolitical risk: clients are always looking for safe havens,” declared to Financial Times Giorgio Pradelli, CEO of the Swiss private bank EFG. “Clients increasingly began to feel that, geopolitically, the situation was less predictable and therefore it was important to have assets in different jurisdictions,” says Christian Cappelli, head of Julius Baer’s Asia office in Zurich. Financial Times. That is, they were betting on sending part of their fortune to Switzerland to protect themselves against economic blockades, political changes or war conflicts. London is no longer a refuge. On the other hand, the tax changes that the United Kingdom has implemented have caused London to lose much of your interest for millionaires Asians, putting Zurich back on the map. According to Christian Frie, head of the Asia-Pacific business in Switzerland for LGT Private Banking, the majority of Asian clients managed by his banking entity allocate between 10% and 15% of their assets outside their countries, mainly to Switzerlandaccording to the report The Global Entrepreneurial Wealth Report 2025 prepared by UBS. In Xataka | The rich neighborhoods of Madrid and Barcelona have changed their accent: millionaires from the US and Mexico invest their fortunes in Spain Image | Pexels (Peter Steiner), Unsplash (Chi Lok TSANG)

“The challenge has been not to be a ‘copy paste’ of the competition”

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When you think of Motorola, what comes to mind? It is easy for pieces to appear that marked an era, from the StarTAC until the Razr V3or even that attempt to recover the premium experience with the 2019 foldable Razr. That legacy lives on, although it has not always been accompanied by a perception aligned with the brands that dominate the highest range. In recent years, Motorola has worked to translate that heritage into a contemporary premium identity, supported by design, materials and its own style. This duality between what Motorola represents today and what it aspires to be opens a natural question: how does the company interpret this moment? To answer it we spoke with Fabio Capocchivice president and general manager of Motorola for Europe, the Middle East and Africa within the Mobile Business Group, the unit that concentrates the brand’s smartphone strategy in the region. He assumed office in 2022 with the aim of accelerating its growth in an increasingly competitive market. He lives in Spain and has an extensive career in the technology sector, with stints at EPSON, ASUS and the Lenovo group. The Motorola Razr V3, the icon that defined the brand’s most premium era Before entering into its vision, it is worth stopping for a moment at the point where Motorola is beyond what we have expressed in the first lines of this text. The company reaches this stage with real growth, a more defined identity and a catalog that expresses better than ever who it wants to be. It is not the gigantic Motorola of the 2000s, but nor is it a brand that has lost focus. In 2024, the company’s shipments grew 24% year-on-year, according to Counterpoint Researchreaching its highest historical figure in smartphones. Even so, remains far from the global podiumdominated by Apple, Samsung and Xiaomi, and moves in single digit installments. The contrast with his past is evident. In the mid-2000s, in the era of the Razr, Motorola became the second largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world., with shares greater than 20% and only behind Nokia. Since 2014 it has been part of Lenovo, who bought it from Google for 2.91 billion dollars. Today it is no longer that giant, but a firm in the reinvention phase: smaller in share, but with sustained growth, a strong commitment to narrative lifestyle tech. Motorola is transforming, and the Edge 70 plays a key role in that process At the beginning of the interview, Fabio reviews the moment in which Motorola redefined its approach for Europe and for other territories where the brand wanted to advance. He explains that they detected that “something was missing” in the market: a proposal with its own identity, with recognizable values ​​and a defined DNA. From there, the intention was not to add to the usual dynamics of the sector, but to strengthen a clearer brand personality. That idea is condensed in a phrase that stands out in the conversation: “The challenge has been not to be a ‘copy paste’ of the competitionnot making a race on the technical specification.” From there, he explains that the priority has been “to try to talk about the end user, with a unique, very striking DNA”, with devices that are not defined only by numbers, but by the feeling of using something with its own character. The new Motorola Edge 70 | Photo: Xataka For Fabio, design is not an accessory element, but rather an aspect that has guided Motorola’s recent evolution. It speaks of a commitment to materials that generate different sensations, such as vegan leather, and of a chromatic work that they develop together with Pantone to identify colors that connect better with users. This effort seeks to express a more defined and coherent identity with what the brand wants to project today. “We have created a premium product and to be premium you have to have a premium aesthetic, it has to be in some way a little disruptive. In this sense we have created an incredibly light, thin product without any compromise. So with this product we want to put within a single product, and we want to see that every time we create a product, all our experience and all our DNA that we developed over the years, which is why it can be clearly identified as a Motorola DNA product, with an absolutely incredible technical sheet.” Fabio gives us to understand that the Motorola Edge 70 It should function as the meeting point between design and functionality. He explains that the brand was looking for a very light and very thin device that, even so, offered more battery than other reference models. The Edge 70, that we have been able to analyze in Xatakaintegrates a 4,800 mAh battery, one of the highlights of this ultra-thin mobile. That balance, he assures, is what allows the product to faithfully represent the direction that Motorola wants to consolidate at the top of its catalog. Fabio Capocchi, general director of Motorola for EMEA, with the new Edge 70 | Photo: Motorola Throughout the interview, Fabio insists that this launch is not born from an isolated decision, but from an accumulated process of design, engineering and brand vision. Describes the Edge 70 as the synthesis of those years of work and the involvement of the team. And when we ask him for a definition in a few words, he answers: “I believe that the Edge 70 for us represents our maximum effort to summarize within a product the last three years of development, which range from the design part, the technological part, but also the part of people’s passion (…) for such a fine design, but with a product that is cool to see (…) we have done miracles to change the design of the motherboard and, finally, which for me is the most important thing, is the passion that people are putting.” The Edge 70 represents Motorola’s most premium bet to date | Photo: Motorola Spain appears … Read more

That the US authorizes Nvidia’s H200 to reach China is not a concession, but a plan. They prefer money to competition

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The chip war between China and the US has mutated from a blockade to a commercial transaction. Donald Trump has announced that he will allow Nvidia export its high-performance H200 chips to China. The authorization carries an unprecedented condition: the US government will receive a 25% commission about these sales. This “reverse tariff” transforms China containment into a source of income, breaking with the strategy of total suffocation and offering a lifeline to Nvidia in its most critical market. End of free blocking. The decision is a direct result of a meeting last week between Trump and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia. The White House’s logic has changed: it argues that this measure is carried out under strict national security conditions, extending the model to competitors such as Intel and AMD. It is a movement that formalizes what was already intuited a few months ago, when Nvidia managed, after a first meeting with Trump, lift veto on bottom H20 chip. At that time, a precedent was already established of transferring 15% of income to the country, a figure that now scales to 25% for the most powerful hardware. Tap on the image to go to the original post A dose for China. That they chose this chip is no coincidence: the H200 is significantly more powerful than the H20—the trimmed model that China had started to boycott— but it is still behind the cutting-edge Blackwell architecturewhich is still banned. According to advisors such as David Sacks, the North American country seeks to keep China addicted to its technology: if they are denied all access, they are forced to look for alternatives of their own. In fact, Huawei has already admitted that it will take two years to match the performance of the H200, making this chip the perfect tool to slow down Chinese development while monetizing its need. Cracks and black market. The reality is that the total blockade was failing. Recent investigations showed how Chinese companies used shortcuts through Indonesia to access the power of banned chips. Furthermore, the second-hand market had become the main avenue for China get H100 and A100 GPUs off the radar. By allowing the sale of the H200, the US is trying to regain control over a flow that already existed, but in the shadows. At the same time, the Department of Justice announced “Operation Gatekeeper” to dismantle smuggling networks in countries like Hong Kong. China’s response. The great unknown is precisely this, the reception of the news in Beijing. Although Trump claims that Xi responded “positively,” the reality on the ground seems different. China has been for months banning your local businesses buy Nvidia chips to promote its domestic industry. The CAC (Cyberspace Administration of China) came to investigate the H20 looking for rear doorssomething that generated a climate of mistrust that not even the previous July agreement managed to completely dissipate. Jensen Huang, who warned about the danger of an “AI silk road” If the US continued to block sales, with this pact it gets a golden opportunity to not lose a market that represents 13% of its income, although its Chinese clients must now pay the price of American geopolitics. Cover image | Composition with images from Nvidia and RawPixel In Xataka | China has just redrawn the map of strategic minerals: its new rules on rare earths target the United States

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