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11 years after its end, this masterpiece of British suspense comes streaming and completely free

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The day it aired its last episode and thus definitively closed its exciting story, half of the British television audience that night was hooked by the end. Three years have passed since that (and eleven since the broadcast of the first episode), and now the extraordinary ‘Happy Valley‘has landed, without subscription or registration, in the catalog of TV Artcompletely free access. In this BBC series We will meet police sergeant Catherine Cawood in Halifax, West Yorkshire, who combines daily work in an area plagued by drugs and low-level crime with a personal life marked by the suicide of her teenage daughter. Catherine raises her grandson, lives with her sister, a former recovering addict, and carries a deep resentment towards the man she considers indirectly responsible for that tragedy. When he leaves prison and returns to the area, he is involved in a kidnapping that crosses his path again with that of Catherine. Each of the three seasons of the series develops a different criminal case, but maintains the pulse between both characters and the portrait of Catherine’s degraded family environment. And all this without leaving the Calderdale region, which It works almost like another character, with its closed climate and its battered economy. due to deindustrialization. The third and final season closed the story with 7.5 million viewers and an incredible share 41.6%, very rare figures to see today. ‘Happy Valley’ is one of the best pieces of that fascinating subgenre that is the British rural police drama, which series like ‘Broadchurch’ or ‘Line of Duty’ had previously cultivated. This plot is also close to ‘The Hunt’ or ‘Mare of Easttown’: an exhausted researcher who brings her personal life to the center of the plot. In any case, this multi-award-winning and highly praised three-part story has its own personality and is worth recovering. Especially now that you have it just a click away. In Xataka | It’s been 20 years since we saw its last episode but audiences have not fallen, and 5.9 million viewers continue to watch it every month

Netflix users love to watch the first season of a series. Then they love to stop seeing it completely

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What tremendous hype when Netflix has a new series and promotes it even in the soup: you swallow the trailer, the premiere promises infinite and then, you finally see the first episode and devour the entire season. And after? If I have seen you, I don’t remember: literal and figuratively, because Netflix series lose audience drastically from one season to the next, according to data from Netflix itself collected by Bloomberg. Millionaire investments, Hollywood marketing and a journey that deflates like a soda bottle. what’s happening. The network’s flagships deflate after the first season. One Piece lost more than 30% of its audience in the second season,’Row‘ fell more than 70%, ‘The Night Agent’ lost half of its audience in the second (and another 35% in the third) and ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender‘ plummeted more than 60% in its last installment, based on Netflix data for the first four weeks of the premiere of each series. And Netflix does not have a clear contingency plan on how to deal with the problem: some have been canceled (The Night Agent), others have been renewed (Running Point, The Four Seasons) despite the losses. The company would be analyzing its data to find out why, according to close sources. Why is it important. Historically, Netflix series have obtained their highest ratings in their debut season, a phenomenon that is exactly the opposite of what happened with traditional TV, where word of mouth used to cause series to improve their numbers over time. In a phrase: retention is lacking. Bloomberg echoes of the company’s concern regarding this reality, as well as that of investors regarding its ability to retain user loyalty. And the time that its clients have dedicated to watching said streaming platform this year has increased less than 2%. Because Netflix is ​​the absolute leader in streaming, but the advantage is blurring. Context. This last year Netflix shares are in decline since he presented an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery that did not come to fruition. At that time, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters they claimed his interest in the rival entertainment company because it was a unique opportunity to acquire a valuable asset. Although there is another potential reading: that Netflix is ​​running out of ideas. After years of betting on developing mainly with its own content, it is now looking forward to growing through acquisitions. In detail. Obviously, Netflix does not put all its eggs in a single basket, in this case, a single series: the company launches a large catalog of new releases every quarter with the expectation of achieving new successes with these premieres. However, in the first five months of 2026 it only had two great successes: ‘His and Hers’ and the fourth season of ‘The Bridgertons’, precisely one of the honorable exceptions to that rule. Yes, but. Despite these warning signs, Netflix remains the undisputed leader: it has half of the most watched programs in streaming and has plenty of experience to recover after bad streaks. In fact, the platform has already added new programming formats, such as the commitment to live sports. Furthermore, and although more modest, its viewing share is still in the green in a more mature, expensive and competitive market. In Xataka | Netflix has achieved what seemed crazy at first: that we pay in exchange for watching ads In Xataka | Of course you don’t remember anything that happened in the last season of your favorite series. It’s deliberate Cover | Gemini

Poor metabolic health ages your brain in a completely independent way

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We have almost always assumed that the decline of our mental abilities is an almost inevitable toll of the passage of time, since turning years old ages the brain, and that is a fact. However, science has been warning us for years that our lifestyle has a lot to say in this process, and that is why we have the power to delay brain aging. It is studied. An ambitious study has managed to draw an unprecedented map of exactly how different factors such as age and poor metabolic health act that ‘attack’ our brain. The point here is that they do it through totally different ‘paths’, meaning that, regardless of the age you put on your ID, the state of your metabolism is sculpting the health of your brain. Two axles. The main novelty comes from the hand of a recent published research in the prestigious magazine PLOS Biology where it is proposed to unravel how exactly natural aging and metabolic syndrome interact in our own brain. To achieve this, the researchers thoroughly analyzed more than 3,000 brain scans and what they found was that the brain does not suffer from an all-encompassing “wear and tear”, but rather responds to two completely independent axes of deterioration. The two ways. On the one hand, the usual chronological aging pathway was seen and, on the other hand, there is a specific deterioration network linked to poor metabolic health. The study says that metabolic problems, such as insulin resistance, hypertension or excess abdominal fat, impact the brain through metabolic pathways separate from those of pure cellular aging. This “metabolic axis” directly alters the amount of blood that reaches the brain to nourish it and is closely associated with a loss of cognitive flexibility, that is, our ability to adapt our thinking to new or unexpected situations. A puzzle. In addition to this study, already in 2024, a great analysis among the population of the United Kingdom demonstrated the consequences of suffering from a metabolic disease such as diabetes. What they determined was that, by observing people no dementia But with poor metabolic health, the researchers detected a lower total brain and gray matter volume, as well as the appearance of small brain lesions. This is what ultimately produces worse memory and less mental processing speed. And no, this is not a problem exclusive to the elderly, since when analyzing young and middle-aged adults, it was seen that the combination of obesity and poor metabolic health already showed direct associations with signs of brain aging in MRIs and worse cognitive function long before reaching old age. It can be modified. Unlike our date of birth, which logically cannot be modified, we can shape metabolic health little by little through diet, exercise and regular medical control to be able to find any problem that arises in our body in time. Images | cottonbro studio In Xataka | We’ve been trying to figure out why we gain weight for decades. Science is becoming clearer

Spain has a plan to completely renew DTT. More than half of households cannot comply

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In Spain, DTT is on the verge of making the leap to DVB-T2. It is normal that these acronyms sound Chinese to you, so we are going to review the change that our televisions will face after the necessary retuning both to make room for a new channel that is to come, and for the migration to DVB-T2. The new channel. The BOE has published This weekend the resolution that awards a new television channel to Integrated Television Entertainment Services (SEVEN). The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service awarded last May the license for a new DTT channel for 15 years, renewable to the company managed by Andrés Varela and linked to shareholders of the Prisa group. The first phase. SEVEN has a maximum period of six months to start its broadcasts, forcing the Secretariat to publish in the coming weeks a resolution with the exact date on which everything will start: the arrival of SEVEN, the retuning and the beginning of the technological migration will occur at the same time. What is a multiple. Before getting into acronyms, it is worth understanding how DTT works. The channels do not each broadcast on their own, they travel grouped in packages that share the same radio frequency. And those packages are called multiples. In other words, it is as if several channels shared the same highway to reach their destination, your television antenna. Until now, these multiplexes used the DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial) standard. Its successor, as you may have guessed, is DVB-T2. This new multiple allows up to 68% more data to be transported and, secondly, replaces the H.264 codec with H.265 (HEVC). You may be familiar with these last acronyms, since almost all high-end phones record video by default in H.265: a more advanced codec that requires practically half the data to transmit the same image quality. What is going to happen and when. The calendar has been in the air since 2024 and, even today, it is not closed. What we know for the project is that this is a two-phase process: First phase: he state manifold RGE2shared between RTVE, Atresmedia and Mediaset2, will migrate to the DVB-T2 standard. In addition to the efficiency that we mentioned previously, the migration comes hand in hand with UHD emissions. Devices that do not support the standard will still be able to play HD content. Second phase: The definitive move to DVB-T2 marks that all televisions must be compatible with this standard to play content. It is something that, a priori, will take time to arrive. The complete change will not be made until two milestones are achieved: that at least 95% of DTT receivers are compatible with DVB-T2 and that at least 90% of televisions can receive UHD (4K) broadcasts. Go deeper. In short, Spanish DTT cannot be reorganized or begin the migration to the new standard until the new channel is up and running. This is why the arrival of SEVEN marks a before and after for the beginning of the plan. Nevertheless, according to the latest adoption figuresonly 36.6% of the television fleet is compatible with 4K broadcasts, very far from the 95% set by the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service. The first phase is at your doorstep and should begin in 2026 according to the established plan, the second will not begin until the general picture changes. Since last year, Spain cannot legally sell a TV that is not compatible with DVB-T2 and that is not UHD ready, although the complete renovation of the park is not expected until after 2030. In Xataka | How to configure your Smart TV to watch the 2026 World Cup in the best possible way

We obsess over giving up meat completely, but the science of longevity asks us for something much more pragmatic

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The debate about whether we should consume more or less meat is often plagued by ideology, but when we stick strictly to science, the reality is that it is sensed that a reinforcement of vegetable protein It can give us a few more years of life. And it is not about completely eliminating foods of animal origin, but about doing nutritional mathematics to replace a small fraction of animal protein with vegetable protein. Great studies there is behind it to be able to reach this conclusion, one of the most compelling being the published in The BMJ in 2020which brought together 31 prospective studies and more than 715,000 participants. Here it was clearly seen that a increased intake of plant protein It was associated with lower mortality from all causes and, specifically, cardiovascular disease. Translated into percentages, every 3% increase in daily energy from plant protein was associated with a 5% lower risk of death from any cause. On the contrary, animal protein did not show a clear association (neither for nor against) with cardiovascular or cancer mortality at a global level. There is more. That same year, the magazine JAMA public data from the NIH-AARP prospective cohort, which followed more than 416,000 people. Their findings further refined the shot, as they pointed out that replacing only 3% of the energy of animal protein with plant protein was associated with 10% less total mortality. The protective effect was especially marked when this vegetable protein entered the diet to replace eggs and, above all, red meat. The only problem is that, although the claim has a solid scientific basis, the relationship has only been demonstrated through observational studies. That is, we are not facing unequivocal proof of causality. The reason Whether vegetable protein from soy or lentils extends life is something that is still quite debated. The most solid biological hypothesis does not defend that plant protein is a magical elixir, but rather that, by displacing animal sourcesseveral risk factors for stroke tend to decrease. This is what is known in nutrition as the “package” effect. By swapping a steak for a plate of legumes, not only are you changing the amino acids that are introduced into the body, but you are drastically reducing your intake of saturated fat, iron, sodium, and, if we’re talking about processed meat, pro-inflammatory compounds. In exchange, fiber, polyphenols and other bioactive compounds present in whole grains, seeds and legumes are introduced into the body and can reduce the overall carbiometabolic risk. The small print. One cannot generalize here, and these results do not suggest that all animal protein is a poison or that any plant product is automatically a ticket to immortality. The expected result depends largely on the specific food that we are substituting on our plate, since it does not have the same metabolic impact to replace a processed sausage as a natural yogurt, nor is it equally beneficial to change chicken for legumes than for an ultra-processed vegetable substitute full of refined flours. Age matters. The age It is a very relevant factor which science has shown through a study published in Nature that analyzed national protein supplies in 101 countries over 60 years. Here it has been seen that, although the greater availability of vegetable protein is associated with a longer life expectancy, in children under five years of age the relationship seems to be reversed, suggesting that animal protein may be essential for their development. Images | Anna Pelzer Eiliev Aceron In Xataka | Chinese researchers believe they have discovered a simple “trick” to lose weight: eat raw vegetables

The age verification thing is nothing. Greece wants to completely eliminate anonymity on the internet

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Greece will hold elections in early 2027 and its rulers have had a unique idea to avoid (or mitigate) deepfakesthe disinformation and the toxic speechesespecially in relation to that electoral process, but also in other scenarios. What they want is nothing less than eradicate anonymity of the internet and that you have to reveal your identity on platforms to be able to use them. Remembering democracy. Dimirtis Papastergiou, minister of digital governance in Greece, remembered in Euractiv how democracy was born in his country with a clear objective. “In ancient Greece, everyone could express their opinion openly and by name. They raised their hands and shared their perspective. This should inspire us as we seek to shape a new digital democracy.” Goodbye to anonymity on networks. That reflection is the argument behind a controversial measure: Greece has a plan to try to prohibit anonymity on social networks. This will make it possible to minimize the growing toxicity in these networks, says the minister, who is promoting an idea that is already being debated in the presidential office of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek prime minister. Pseudonyms yes, but always associated with your real identity. The measure does not seek to prohibit the avatars and pseudonyms that users use in their profiles. Instead what you want is to guarantee that the system knows exactly which citizen is behind that label. As the ministry states, any opinion is valid as long as the person expressing it can be traced by the authorities in the event of a legal infraction. Against harassment and defamation. Papastergiou highlights how anonymity has become the perfect shield to attack reputations or harass in a coordinated way. These situations have attempted to be investigated by the Greek police without success due to the opacity of the platforms. If age verification is required link an account with a personthe government may apply measures so that the social cost of defamation is the same in real life as on the screen. The 2027 elections as a catalyst for the decision. Greece’s political calendar has caused this regulatory urgency, because the Greek country will hold general elections early next year. According to the prime minister’s cabinet, the national political debate has become a chaos of fake news and threats orchestrated by both anonymous users and coordinated bot attacks. The electoral campaign has already begun unofficially, and this ban on anonymity is presented as a “hygienic” measure to avoid or at least mitigate disinformation and hate speech that, according to the government, contaminate the coexistence of Greek society. Bad business for Facebook, X or TikTok. Prohibiting anonymity would have a clear impact on the platforms, which since their inception have built their user base assuming that a large portion of them used an anonymous profile. This has favored an extraordinary growth in the number of users, although it is clear that some of them are duplicates or are bots. Papastergiou accuses companies of maintaining this business model for pure economic benefit, prioritizing that over toxicity problems, for example. The confrontation is served: on the one hand, the state demands the ability to identify its citizens, and on the other, companies protect anonymity because that favors the advertising business model. Also in digital press. Pavlos Marinakis, vice president of the government, has gone further and points out that this measure may not be limited to social networks. Their idea is to demand that all articles and comments in digital press are signed by real people, thus eliminating pseudonyms and spaces for collective opinion. This has set off even more alarms, this time among those who defend digital rights, who see here a potential tool to silence criticism and complaints that are made with anonymity as the only shield against retaliation. A European precedent. Greece is the most vocal country in proposing this measure and activating it unilaterally if the European Union does not move. Greece already has been added to this trend of imposing age verification to prohibit the use of social networks by those under 15 years of age. A piecemeal approach poses problems and is even questionable under the DSA framework. In fact, it is to be expected that the EU will rule on the matter, and the approval of such a measure at a pan-European level faces extraordinary obstacles. In Spain has also been considered that possibility, but It’s much easier said than done.. Very dangerous. Dismantling anonymity on the internet undoubtedly has its advantages when it comes to mitigating all the toxic, hateful and misinformation speeches that abound on the internet, but the disadvantages are even greater. The Greek plan assumes that the State will always be a benevolent actor and that this user identification will only be used to prosecute real crimes. However, we are in an era of extreme polarization and such a measure would allow, among other things, to create a gigantic database in which each real DNI would be associated—among other things—with a political opinion. It is the seed of a massive surveillance system that could be more toxic than what it precisely wants to combat. Image | Chaozzy Lin | dole777 In Xataka | You’ve been ‘user84721’ for years. A study just showed that AI can know who you are in minutes

OpenAI takes a step back in the AI ​​race to completely recalibrate

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OpenAI Sora has closed. His generative video AI that he has proudly shown on numerous occasions and which earned him a juicy $1 billion deal with Disney it no longer exists. The news fell like a bomb a few hours ago followed by the withdrawal of that billion-dollar Disney investment. Although there are those who point out that OpenAI is in trouble, those problems are not so much economic as lack of direction, and closing Sora seems only a step backwards in the long-distance race of OpenAI and AI. Go public this year and start harvesting after everything planted. In short. It’s the news of the day. Less than a year and a half after launching it, OpenAI says goodbye to Sora. In his day (February 2024, how time flies) we were amazed at what this generative AI could do. It was just 60 seconds of video and had some huge flaws, but it was one more step in the artificial intelligence race that positioned OpenAI at the forefront of the industry. Then other competing models arrived, culminating with a Seedance 2.0 that has consumed the entire Internet to plagiarize absolutely anything. Like all the others, wow. Issues. But although striking, Sora was a tool that didn’t seem to add up. While other services have integrated their generative AI models within an ecosystem or applications (the aforementioned Seedance 2.0 in suites AI or in the video editor CapCutfor example), Sora was there, away. The aforementioned contract with Disney was worth it, but it did not seem to be part of something larger, of a “creative suite” (if generative AI can be classified as such). He simply existed, and the worst thing was that others were passing him on the right. Eggs in many baskets. It was, in short, another product of an OpenAI that had eggs in many baskets. It was reaching dizzying numbers in different rounds of financing, setting up data centers, buying a lot from NVIDIA (depending a lot on NVIDIA, too) and launching products like crazy. OpenAI wanted to touch all the keys: And there are some other products, as well as a super app to integrate all that that was not being integrated into other sites. The philosophy was simple: if we are in everything, something will work, but the result has been the opposite and, as my colleague Javier Pastor said a few days ago, wanting to be the bride at the wedding and the dead man at the funeral It is having consequences. The competition tightens. While OpenAI diversified and allocated resources to touch all suits, Anthropic (which is not just a rival, it is a public enemy) was dedicated to two things. It’s not that Anthropic doesn’t have a browser or a video generator: it’s that they don’t even have an image generator. In exchange, what they do have They are functional, precise models and that they do things very well, especially in the field of amateur development with the vibe coding. Focusing on one thing and doing it very well is something that the market is seeing valueto the point that Anthropic is raising a lot of money in different recent financing rounds. In a short time, it has gone from being valued at 183,000 million to arrive up to 380,000 million, and that has had all the fuss with the United States government and the loss of contract with the Department of Defense. Money, too. And money moves everything, and while ChatGPT sweeps the consumer segment with more than 2.5 billion daily queries, you have to wonder how many paying users there are. Where the money really is, which is in business use, Anthropic controls the market with 32% compared to OpenAI’s 25%. And in programming, the distance is astronomical: 42% compared to 21%. In fact, OpenAI has seen how your business share has fallen from 50% in 2023 to just 25% today. As we say, this is where the greatest potential for growth and commercial performance is, and OpenAI is realizing that being focused on so many fields has caused them to be distracted. Or what is the same: they have covered more than they could bite off. Public company. The closure of Sora responds to a multitude of factors, but in the background there is something more important. NVIDIA has already said that the millionaire mega-rounds are overand it has done so just before the expected IPO of both OpenAI and Anthropic. When both go on the stock market, they will have to face another financing model. They will need products that generate profits to attract investors to buy shares, and right now, the one that is best positioned is Anthropic. OpenAI has a lot, but nothing makes it complete. Anthropic has less, but it is very efficient, and getting rid of Sora seems like a move to release ballast before becoming a “public” company (in the American concept). They have to focus their shooting, focus their teams (something they themselves have recognized) and stop wanting to be too much at once without having a clear strategy. Because they are becoming another example of being a pioneer It doesn’t always mean you’re the best. and that, if you don’t get your act together, competitors who have a clearer roadmap will eat your toast. Only time will tell if the strategy works, but at the rate things are going, it won’t take too long to find out. In Xataka | The worrying thing is not that AI is going to take your job in the future: it’s that it is preventing you from finding one now

With the RAM market completely destroyed, Valve has a message to create the Steam Machine: “help”

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Valve is not having any luck in the hardware world. If with software it is the undisputed queen of the PC ecosystem thanks to Steamwhen they try to launch a console things don’t go so smoothly. More than a decade ago they already tried it with some first Steam Machines that they had no identity. Now they have returned to the fray with a Steam Machine that it looks very goodbut it comes at the worst time. And in the middle of the RAM memory crisisValve only has one thing to say. Aid. The crisis. At Xataka we have been covering the RAM memory news because, although it seems that it is a crisis of a specific component, it is really something that It is affecting the entire industry of semiconductors… and consumption. If in 2020 it was a perfect storm What caused the semiconductor crisis is now the enormous demand for RAM by AI companies. They are all building gigantic data centers and there is a problem: there is only three big RAM manufacturers (plus a fourth that is emerging in China) and all of them have focused on creating RAM for data center equipment. The consequence is that there is no RAM for anyone else. And this not only affects RAM as such: it affects the price of cell phones, computers, cars and even to the router. And, of course, to the Steam Machine. Hey kid, do you have RAM? Valve announced its new machine at the end of last year and they targeted early 2026 to give a release date and price. The problem is that the days were passing, the price of RAM was rising and the question arose: What about Steam Machine? Well what happens is that Valve is desperate. They have already said that it will be released this year (in principle it was going to be spring), it seems that it will be expensive and, in addition, they have pointed directly to the crisis in the supply problems they are having with his other console, the Steam Deck. With this panorama, Valve has appeared at the GDC fair to explain its vision of the console/PC and, in an environment full of manufacturers and professionals, launched a request to the public: If you have access to a large amount of RAM, we are in the market and we would like to buy it.” Complicated. It is a humorous comment, but also somewhat symptomatic. Valve has the money as punishment, but it is not even close to being a premium customer of those few foundries capable of creating RAM. If even Apple can have a bad time, being the second client of the giant TSMCValve does not even enter the annex in the memory request sheet. There are analyzes of all kinds about the consequences of this crisis. In it mobile market will feel a strong bloweven targeting manufacturers that will have to stop launching devices due to market conditions. But on PC, things are more or less the same, with global shipments forecast to be 11% less than the previous year. Captain after the fact. It’s no longer that the Steam Machine may or may not come out, it’s that if it does come out, it would be very expensive. It is something similar to what would happen with the rumored PlayStation 6 that could have seen the light this year and about which we already know that we will not have news in the short term. And here the big question may arise: why didn’t Valve release the Steam Machine when they announced it? Obviously, there were units prepared because they were shown to the press and, furthermore, it is not cutting-edge hardware, so it would have been easy to have it on the market in November 2025. But of course, the situation escalated at a dizzying pace and launching a console at X price and two months later raising it by 200 euros due to the price of RAM or, even worse, stopping selling it because you don’t have units available would have been a tremendous blow. Not so much to the coffers, which in the end with Steam they get a good pinch, but to the reputation. And it is clear that a second disastrous launch of a Steam Machine is something that Valve cannot afford. Now we just have to wait to see when they will be able to launch the machine and, above all, if the price corresponds to components that have already been available for five months. they seemed somewhat fair to us for the most demanding games. Images | DOTA2 The International In Xataka | The price of RAM has skyrocketed and the best example to see the debacle is a 100 euro PC: the Raspberry Pi

MásOrange has begun to completely dismantle its 3G network. Not good news for elevators

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If you are one of those who usually browse even on a 3G connection, we have a curious fact: you are from the club of 1.82% of global traffic. The operators carry years saying goodbye to this networkand MásOrange has been the last to take the step. The operator is going to say goodbye to its 3G network for good reason. Hello to 5G. MasOrange has been the last of the large operators to start with the shutdown of 3G. Vodafone finished turning off its networks two years ago, and Telefónica is about to finish the process. With the release of the spectrum used by 2G and 3G connectivity, operators have additional bands to reinforce 5G technology. Specifically, the 900 and 2,100 MHz bands allow expanding coverage in areas with lower population density without the need to build new towers. A progressive plan. Although 2G and 3G connections sound completely obsolete, they are still necessary to connect a good number of day-to-day technologies. Elevators Cars with eCall system with 2G modules Telecare services security cameras Home alarms Old dataphones For this reason, the plan to dismantle the Spanish 3G network is being carried out progressively, giving time for a good part of these devices to update their connection modules. Although 3G was scheduled to say goodbye forever between 2025 and 2026, current plans keep it alive until 2030. A great challenge ahead. The 3G network continues to be a great ally, both for older devices and for times when 5G coverage does not have range. The challenge now is, precisely, that the deployment of 5G is even greater. For three decades, 3G invaded every corner of Spain, and some of the networks it uses (900 MHz) are especially good at passing through walls and operating in rural areas. Therefore, in complicated areas your mobile still connects to 3G. The end. Maintaining 2G and 3G networks is unsustainable. The radio space they occupy is especially valuable and, although there are devices that still use old technology, their dismantling is necessary. Cover image | Baatcheet Films In Xataka | How to request an eSIM from each operator in Spain: in which cases it is free and application methods

The Oscar gala has been completely unrelated to the conflicts in Iran and Palestine except for one person: Javier Bardem

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Javier Bardem took the stage at the Oscars with a red badge with large letters hanging on his lapel. “No to war.” The same one he wore 23 years ago at the now legendary Goya gala that opposed another war, that one in Iraq. Before announcing the Oscar for Best International Film, he waited for the accompanying music to end and said: “No to war. Free Palestine.” The public applauded the actor’s bravery, unconsciously making clear the cultural abyss between Hollywood and Spain. An apolitical gala, except for a few things. The Academy had already warned that this gala would be exempt from political proclamations, but there were a couple of exceptions. One was a devastating Conan O’Brien, who He congratulated the British because they do stop their pedophilespointing to the Epstein files and the recent arrest of Prince Andrew. Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a little dig at ‘Melania’not nominated for Best Documentary. Javier Bardem, however, had no problems naming wars, countries and leaders. Why the pin. On the red carpet, Bardem explained to the press that the “No to War” pin was the same one he wore in the Goya of 2003 while protesting against what he described as what he has later described as the “illegal war in Iraq”. This time he wore the badge to protest against the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. “We are here 23 years later, again with another illegal war created by Trump and Netanyahu, causing a lot of damage and killing many innocent people,” declared. In addition to that badge, he wore the Handala, a figure of a child with his back turned that the cartoonist Naji al-Ali created in 1969 and which has become a symbol of Palestinian resistance. Legal ironies. A detail completed the portrait of wars and conflicts against which Bardem protested: the Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees, one of the protagonists of ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’, nominated for Best International Film, could not attend the ceremony because the new regulations of the Trump administration prevented him from traveling to the United States with his Palestinian Authority passport. The film chronicles the attempts to rescue a five-year-old Gazan girl killed by an Israeli bombing. No to war: Origins. We recommend the podcast still in progress ‘Delusions of Spain‘ dedicated to the 2003 Goya gala, to understand all the implications of the protests of that year. The invasion of Iraq was imminent and Aznar had publicly shown his support for Bush. Willy Toledo, Alberto San Juan and the Animalario theater group took over TVE to protest against the government itself: there was no official plan but the vast majority of guests and candidates put on the stickers. Bardem himself was the first to start the protests that night with a “Never again” against the Prestige disaster, which was taking place in those same days. Different industries. The gap that separates the political culture of Spanish cinema from that of American cinema is neither new nor accidental. In Spain, the sector has a documented tradition of public positioning: the white hands of the president of the Academy José Luis Borau against ETA in 1998, the violet tide of recent years, the speeches on historical memory, Bardem himself in 2003. The industry understands that the gala is a loudspeaker and that using it makes sense, even if it has costs. Susan Sarandon, upon receiving the international Goya during her visit to Spain, declared that she was “very surprised” by the atmosphere of political protest that was breathed there, in contrast to what he described as “censorship” in the United States. Because Hollywood works differently. Explicit political activism from the stage is usually the exception, not the norm. Bardem has verbalized it with little contemplation: at the 2025 Emmyswearing a Palestinian kufiya, said he “would not work” with any company that supported Israel, joining protests from other Hollywood actors. He added that not getting jobs was “absolutely irrelevant” compared to what is happening in Gaza. National protest. It is curious that this has happened in a year like this, the triumph of a highly politicized film like ‘One Battle After Another’. However, although there were different proclamations in favor of peace and well-intentioned desires to improve the world (starting with those of the film’s own director, Paul Thomas Anderson), no one expressed the demands as forcefully as Bardem. That thus demonstrated that “I am Spanish, Spanish, Spanish” goes beyond winning at tennis from time to time. In Xataka | Two Oscars with the same serial number: how the biggest and most confusing silent fraud of the Academy was created

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