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It costs almost the same as the 16 TB and can be connected to the Wifi router

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There are few computers that come with base configurations that have little storage – I am very 256 GB in my Mac Mini M4-. That is why on many occasions it is convenient to have some external unit that allows us to store all the photos, videos, music or, in general, files. The Western Digital Mybook It is perfect for this, since it has fallen in price to the 357 euros in its 22 TB configuration. If you prefer, in Amazon it is available in several configurations, although the one that has better value for money is the 22 TB: Western Digital Mybook (22TB) * Some price may have changed from the last review A unit that connects to the router per wifi The Western Digital Mybook is a desktop unit that, in any case, has a fairly good configuration to store many photos, videos, music and files. In this case, it has a fairly compact size, since its dimensions are 17 cm high, 13.9 cm long and 4.9 cm wide. Comes equipped with software WD Backupwhich allows backups, and is compatible with Time Machine. It can be configured to run at the time we want to make backup copies, thus creating fully customized hours. Includes 256 -bit AES Hardware encryption to offer extra protection, it is designed to resist even blows and It can be connected to the router through wifi connection so that the unit can be accessed from any room in the house. You may also interest you Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD portable external with USB4, 4 TB, 40 GB/s, up to 3800 MB/s reading speed and up to 3700 MB/s of writing speed * Some price may have changed from the last review Sandisk extreme SSD portable external for PlayStation 5 and 1TB computer, speeds up to 1000 MB/s, water resistance and IP65 dust and against falls up to 3 meters, 1 month of Nitro Discord * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Western Digital In Xataka | Better 1 TB or more SSD to not have storage problems In Xataka | The best 2 TB or more SSD to avoid storage problems

Its AI is connected to a clandestine gas plant

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Elon Musk’s last controversy has nothing to do with rockets, nor with his political comments on social networks, but with a potentially illegal installation who is playing with the public health of his neighbors in Memphis. Short. The XAI artificial intelligence startup, founded by Elon Musk, faces a possible federal demand for feeding Your gigantic Memphis Data Center With a gas power plant that, according to the complainants, has been operating without the necessary permits and contaminating the air of the region. The epicenter of the conflict is the Colossus Data Center, where Xai trains his AI models with hundreds of thousands of specialized nvidia chips. To quench the enormous energy demand from its graphics cards, the company installed dozens of natural gas turbines. Now the Southern Environmental Law Center (Selc) threatens to sue the company for “flagrant violations” of the United States Clean Air Law. Aerial photos and thermal cameras. According to the NECC notification, “during the last year, XAI has installed and operated at least 35 combustion turbines and other sources of air pollution in the Colossus facilities without ever having obtained the necessary permissions of preconstruction or operation.” Before “the lack of transparency of XAI and the ambiguous response of the local authorities”, which came to suggest that the turbines were “exempt from permits”, the SELC hired an air photographer to document the facilities. In March there were 35 turbines in operation. In April, at least 33 were full functioning, emitting large amounts of heat. A third recognition flight made on June 15 revealed that, far from being withdrawn, There were still 26 turbines next to Colossus. But there is something else: XAI has installed three larger new turbines. The total generation capacity is now approximately 407 megawatts, just 14 MW less than at its peak of March. The authorities are with XAI. In early May, the Great Memphis Chamber of Commerce He issued a statement trying to calm the waters. They claimed that the turbines were “temporary” and that they would be “paralyzed and removed” in the following two months, once the data center connected to the electricity grid. They also assured that approximately half would remain standing to feed phase II of the Colossus project, until a second substation was ready, at which time they would become just a system of support of the electricity grid. The capital of asthma. The matter acquires a more worrying channel if we take into account that Memphis already suffers one of the worst air qualities in the United States. In 2024 she was designated as the “capital of asthma” of the country for its high rates of visits to emergency and deaths linked to this disease. A 400 MW gas plant has the potential to emit more than 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOX) per year, chemical compounds precursors of the tuxedo. While companies like Xai, OpenAi and Google compete to develop the most powerful AI models, the infrastructure necessary to feed them this bringing to the limit to the electrical networks And, as this case demonstrates, it can push companies to take regulatory shortcuts with an environmental cost. Image | Steve Jones on a Southwings flight for SELC In Xataka | Elon Musk turned an abandoned US factory into the most powerful supercomputer in the world. Nobody thought of the neighbors

The network did not collapse due to lack of energy, but for lack of control. Renewable continues to be connected as if they were passive

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Almost two months after the blackout that disconnected Spain and Portugal, the government has made public a technical report that focuses on a very specific problem: the lack of tension control at critical moments, especially in renewable parks. Is it possible? As the engineer and energy expert Xavier Cugat has pointed out in networks, the debate on voltage control in renewable facilities is not only a technician: There are technologies that already allow it. One of them is SMA’s ‘Q at Night’ system, which allows solar plants to provide reactive energy even during the night. The idea is clear: if a solar plant can continue to support the network even without sun, part of the stability problem can be mitigated. This does not directly solve the lack of inertia, but complements the voltage support and improves the resilience of the system. Reactive energy The principle is simple but effective. SMA photovoltaic investors, equipped with the Q at night function, They remain connected to the network even when they are not generating active energy (that is, when there is no sun). This allows them to inject or absorb reactive energy as needed, contributing to maintain tension within acceptable margins. In case of high penetration. This type of energy is key to avoiding tension instabilities. In this particular case, it is for a network with low presence of conventional plants. Although it does not contribute inertia, it allows plants to support tension balance and remain connected to critical events instead of disconnecting preventively. So the issue of inertia? This is where it is necessary to clarify. The Government report has made it clear that collapse was not a consequence of a frequency fall, but of a cascado of over -overdations. Even in a scenario of greater inertia, over -overdrafts would have also produced, according to the report. Therefore, the lack of inertia was not the direct cause of collapse; The collapse was the one that caused the fall in frequency. During the blackout, different plants were disconnected preventively when detecting overtheions. The problem is that, according to the report, several of these disconnections occurred before even the maximum limits allowed by the regulations were reached. In other words: they did not respond properly to the network conditions. A system not adapted to its own transition The problem seems structural: the electricity grid has not evolved at the same rate as the massive renewable deployment. With 82% clean generation and the least amount of operational synchronous plants throughout the year, the system faced an explosive cocktail: a lot of distributed generation, little centralized control and little response capacity against critical events. In just 12 seconds, the entire Iberian system of the rest of Europe was disconnected. A transition without security network. The blackout was a symptom, not an anomaly. Spain leads the renewable transition, but without a prepared network, each advance becomes vulnerability. The voltage control, the response to incidents and the ability to maintain stability without large machines spinning are the great challenge of the new energy paradigm. Image | Pexels Xataka | 49 days after the blackout, the government has published the official report. Against all prognosis, he points to a culprit

A super -governor who will be connected to telescopes and laboratories

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Supercomputing has never been just a matter of science. Since its origins, these colossal systems have represented national power, reflecting the technological, scientific and even military capacities of the countries that develop them. Now, The United States has presented His next big bet in this field: Doudna, a superorous who should see the light in 2026 and who promises to be more than ten times more powerful than Perlmutterthe current flagship of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A tribute to science that changed biology. The new system has been baptized in honor of Jennifer DoudnaBerkeley’s biochemistry professor and one of the scientists who promoted CRISPR technology, Recognized with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020. It is not a minor gesture: the choice of the name symbolizes the fusion between biomedical research, artificial intelligence (AI) and computational power. Three axes that, together, aim to define the scientific advances of the next decades. What is exactly Doudna and what will you do. Doudna will be the next super -tider of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (Nersc), a center of the United States Department of Energy located in Berkeley. Its design is in charge of Dell Technologies and will use the new platform Vera Rubin de Nvidiawhich will integrate ARM processors of general purpose. At a technical level, it is designed to execute large -scale hybrid work loads: high fidelity scientific simulations, training models of artificial intelligence, real -time data analysis and quantum algorithms. The machine will not be limited to executing tasks faster: it is designed to integrate into scientific workflows where the data comes from telescopes and laboratories. The objective is clear: to transform the way in which science is done, allowing to adjust experiments almost instantly and accelerate processes that took weeks or months. A project that wants to make a difference. Those responsible for the project are explicit: Doudna is presented as a key piece in the American strategy to lead the development of AI. Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy, It came to compare it with the Manhattan projectensuring that this supercomputer will be fundamental to win the Global AI race. Beyond the headline, the fields of application that are being prepared are ambitious. Nersc has already identified more than twenty scientific teams that are adapting their workflows for this system. The key tools are already on the table: from Frameworks such as Pytorch, Tensorflow and Cuda-Q to the Holoscan development kit, all optimized for the coherent architecture of Rubin and the NVLink interconnection. Why is it important at the national (and world) level. In a context of growing technological competition, especially with China, these types of systems represent more than a scientific resource. They are strategic infrastructure. Japan, with his escape; China, with its most recent Sunway Oceanlite; And now the United States, I already had Frontieramong others, it is reinforcing its muscle in this area with Doudna. The election of Dell against HPE also breaks with the usual dynamics of the great contracts of the Department of Energy, which until now had favored the latter in their three most recent exaescala systems. A jump in energy efficiency. In addition to gross power, one of Doudna’s great achievements will be its efficiency. According to NvidiaThe system will offer between three and five times more perlmutter performance. This is possible thanks to improvements in chips design, dynamic load balancing and new optimizations at the system level. When will it come and what is known about deployment. Douda’s launch is scheduled for 2026. We know that it will be built with servers Poweredge and advanced liquid cooling technologies of Dell, in addition to high -speed connectivity through the network Nvidia Quantum-X800 Infiniband. It will be located at the Berkeley Lab facilities and connected directly to the rest of the Energy Department centers through the scientific network ESNET. What has not been revealed, for now, is the official budget. Unlike the super -terrorist The Captain, which cost 600 million dollarsthe Department of Energy has not advanced any figure on the total investment in Doudna. Nor has it specified how many nodes or how much exact memory the system will have in its final configuration. But it has been made clear that it is designed to climb and adapt over time. Images | Nvidia (1, 2) | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory In Xataka | The EU wants to shorten distances in the race for the AI ​​with 750 million euros. And they are good news for Barcelona

Glasses connected with Android XR

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Google wants we all wear glasses. Not to correct a defect of our view, but to turn this accessory into the definitive complement of our smartphone. The advance of Android XR shown during its Google I/O 2025 event, and a future is emerging in which the connected glasses will go far beyond what the headphones or smart watches have gone. Two better than one. The launch of Vision Pro Apple in February last year caused an inevitable “Wow” effect. Months later we discovered that Google and Samsung had Together forces for launch Project Moohanaugmented reality glasses with an approach similar to Apple’s. Now that bet has been unfoldedbecause we will also have Google connected glasses that follow the line of the Meta Ray-Ban and go even further by integrating a small screen into one of the glasses. Android XR to power. The new Google operating system for this family of devices is Android XRa Android variant specifically designed to run in augmented reality glasses and connected glasses such as those mentioned. The interface is based on gestures and especially in the voice, and there seems to be any type of viewing system for the moment, as it happens in the pro vision. Gemini as a differential element. Gemini’s advance, Google’s generative model, is patent. It has been possible for months to talk with Gemini naturally and with each new version those conversations become not only more natural, but more useful. The yesterday demos with Project Astra They demonstrated it, and convert the voice and natural language into a crucial component for the success of the glasses. Here Google seems to go one step ahead of its competitors, both Apple and Meta, at least with the functions of AI included at this time. Experience is a degree. What we are seeing now is the result of more than a decade of Google work. The firm already tried to convince us to wear glasses years ago with The singular Google Glassbut that did not curdle. The ideas were good, but the implementation not so much. They caused as much fascination as disgustperhaps due to a format and design that failed in the essential: for better and for worse it was noticed that you were a user of such glasses. With Android XR the design wants to be totally traditional, as it is in the Ray-Ban Meta. Glasses are more versatile. There is another element that favors glasses as a product: they promise more varied use cases. They replace the headphones thanks to the integrated speakers, and provide more things than smart watches, which focus much more on physical activity and health for years. The glasses are in fact a form of get the motive less out of the pocket When you go down the street, and probably the evolution of technology will make us more and more. Going to a site, sending messages, receiving calls, asking questions about something we are seeing: all that we can do in one way or another with the mobile we can do it more directly, naturally and better with the glasses. Or that is the promise, at least. Goal is in the fight. Google connected glasses will still take time to arrive, but those mentioned Meta Ray-Ban They are currently the great reference in this segment. Mark Zuckerberg firmly believes in this product, and in fact provides that In 2030 we will almost not get the mobile out of the pocket Because we will do everything from the glasses and with the voice. Other great Chinese technology companies as Xiaomi or Baidu They seem to be as clear. And Apple, what? The technological jump proposed by the Apple Vision Pro is remarkable, but the cases of practical use are limited and the price is an obstacle too important for many users. That has made its success limited, but In Apple they seem to have a plan B. It would be to develop an affordable alternative of the pro vision that perhaps adopts the format of the finish line: more modest in benefits, but also much more suitable for using as the almighty complement iPhone. More competition. Google and Google have the front here, but it is clear that other manufacturers, such as the aforementioned Xiaomi and Baidu, will join this market to try to take a piece of that cake. Yesterday we learned that one of the first to offer these glasses connected to Android XR It will be Xrealwhich has long been offering remarkable products in this area. The advantage of the ecosystem. Here the hardware imports, without a doubt, but also the operating system used and of course the functions of AI that allow to interact with this wearable through the voice. Here Google has an advantage again thanks to its ecosystem (Android XR + Gemini), but we will certainly see proposals from other manufacturers. If everything goes as it seems, it is likely that in a few years More people wear glasses down the street. And not because they have vision problems. In Xataka | Musk, Gates, Zuckerberg and Altman believe that our mobiles have the days counted. Tim cook doesn’t have it so clear

The great technology built their empires in a connected world. Now that world is falling apart

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The Trump tariffs They are not only an economic measure, but the visible manifestation of a phenomenon that goes much further: the potential fragmentation of the technological world in isolated and incompatible islands with each other. The technological map we knew so far is changing. The stock exchange that has evaporated almost 2 billion the value of technology – and climbing – in a few days hides points to Something more than short -term fears: The interconnected system in which the great technological ones built their empires are disintegrating. As Ben Evans says in your analysis of Stratechery“It is more difficult to overestimate the degree to which every aspect of modern life rests in global supply chains, so long and complex that no one can truly understand the effects of altering them.” The American Big Tech, whose success has been built on the premise of a world without digital bordersThey now have the nightmare of a planet that is, technologically, bursting. The American superisla dominated by Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta is surrounding increasingly turbulent waters. He will no longer be able to have cheap factories from China or Vietnam. The Chinese island, while, has a five years building its own ecosystems and standards. Huawei is a paradigmatic case. The European island, still in formation, focuses on regulation (GDPR, Dma, DSA) and tries to position themselves as “third way” with emphasis on values ​​about privacy and ethics, while maintaining critical strategic positions with manufacturers like ASML. We count it a few days ago: Huawei has not thrown five years building bridges, but cavando trenches. His Harmonyospresent in more than 1,000 million devices, does not seek to complement the global ecosystem, but replace it. Do not compete, build a parallel reality. West still thinks of market fees while Huawei builds an entire digital continent. The symptoms of this fragmentation are increasingly evident, and if nothing changes, they will go more: Nintendo delaying The early orders of the Switch 2. Vietnam negotiating the desperate to reduce tariffs. Companies drawing alternative supply chains in a hurry. They are only the superficial waves of the tsamot that is happening at the bottom of the digital ocean. We are facing The fracture of a technological model that we assumed universal. Where there were now integration there are digital walls. The economies of scale that allowed affordable smartphones and global services will give way to smaller, less efficient and possibly more expensive ecosystems. The end user will not only pay more for its devices but will have to choose which technology island belongs to. The European Union, aware of what is coming, no longer speaks only of response tariffs, but use his Anti-coercion instrument to “limit intellectual property rights” or “restrict the access of financial services to EU markets.” We talk about hardware, yes, but the war also extends to software, services and digital infrastructure. Europe could find its opportunity as a bridge between islands, taking advantage of its experience creating global standards (GSM, GDPR) that can be adopted beyond its borders. Our unique position, with relations with both the United States and China, could become integrators in a technologically fragmented world. And in this digital archipelago where Pangea was before Companies will have to decide which islands inhabiting and which ones to abandon. The divergent standards (with China we are already seeing it, They throw to their own HDMI), redundant supply chains and incompatible ecosystems will be the new normality. Innovation will no longer flow between continents, but will be confined in these technological islands, with its own rules, limitations and opportunities. Not that technological globalization is threatened, is that is being actively disassembled. The dream of a digital world without borders is coming to an end. Welcome to the technological archipelago. Outstanding image | Xataka, Wikimedia Commons In Xataka | “A zero tariff”: Before Tesla’s collapse, Elon Musk already presses for an agreement between Europe and the United States

Thus Imagine Samsung the future of the connected home

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Samsung has been one of the manufacturers who has decided Bet strong for artificial intelligence. We began to see it with Galaxy AI in its smartphones and tablets, but it was a matter of time that this technology was integrated at a deeper level in its appliances. And so it has been The idea of ​​”connected home” makes sense to the South Korean manufacturer if we imagine an ecosystem of devices and appliances that can communicate with each other. And with which we can interact through screens. Screens everywhere. Therefore, Samsung has decided to renew its high -end catalog and provide its most interesting functions for day to day. AI at home, how do we use it? The connected home is not a new concept. There are already devices that integrate with each other and with which we can interact through the voice or mobile, but Samsung seems to want to go one step further using artificial intelligence and screens as a catwalk Attend the World of Samsung 2025 In Frankfurt (Germany) it has helped me to verify that when they proclaimed their motto “Screens everywhere“They said it seriously. We started seeing Samsung’s first intelligent refrigerators years ago equipped with a big screenthe Bespoke French Door with AI Family Hub+, but now there are also screens in the washing machine and the dryer. Because? So that? Although it is a new version, redesigned, this new screen has been called Ai Home and that they have incorporated it into more appliances has a clear objective: Learn from our habits and routines so that we have nothing to worry about. Ai Home is smaller, we can find it in 7 or 9 inches (compared to 32 inches of the family hub), and is integrated into washing machines, dryers and refrigerators. It has the same functions that at first we saw in the Family Hub: Reproduce streaming content, consult information such as time, share images of the gallery, receive calls and provide all kinds of information related to the functions of the appliance in question and saw it for the first time in the Bespoke Ai Laundry Combo. This screen is the access door behind each appliance. It is the tool that users have to interact with the technology that is implemented in these appliances and that aspires to change the connected home paradigm. Or that is Samsung’s idea. How Samsung integrates AI in its appliances Since the celebration of CES 2025 we have seen that Samsung has announced several new appliances with artificial intelligence functions that promise some comfort to the user. The new washing machines of the manufacturer, for example, incorporate the technology AI Wash, which detects the type of garment tissue and the level of dirt through weight and load sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms. From there he decides What is the most appropriate washing cycle and the amount of detergent that is needed. The dryers, more of the same, with AI Dry the drying process is adjusted taking into account the weight of the clothing and the type of tissue. The processing of this information is generally made locally. These types of appliances have integrated microprocessors that are able to execute the necessary algorithms without doing it in the cloud. And, in addition, both appliances can be linked to Auto Cycle Link technology, so that we do not have to bother us to select any program. The dryer Receive the necessary information of the washing machine on the garments that has washed and adapts its cycle. The way in which artificial intelligence is manifested in refrigerators has a lot to do with how they are capable of Regulate the interior temperature In case of necessity. Either to adapt to the outside temperature or so that there is no problem if you need to be opening and closing the door for a while. Thus, temperature changes will not directly influence food. As in the washing machines and dryers, the user experience with this technology in the refrigerators is nourished mainly through the Ai Home. Thanks to the camera and the function Ai Vision Insidethe user can access a list of foods that have been registered when introduced and taken from the interior. Thus, for example, it is not necessary to be at home and look at what is needed in the fridge, it can be consulted directly from Smartthings. In the air conditioners and the vacurers we do not find the AI ​​Home, but they do not forget the artificial intelligence. These appliances include a function that, being linked to a galaxy watch, They detect when you have fallen asleep And then they activate their echo mode, which they call Windfree. Artificial intelligence provides a huge number of functions thanks to all the sensors that are integrated into these appliances with the intention of making the user more comfortable. In addition to promising more efficient consumption, so Savings in the Light Invoice It can be noticed quite a lot. And that consists of Energy Mode, a smartthings function that allows the user to access all the information related to the energy consumption we do with our appliances. In this way, it is much easier to have a global image of what our energy expense is, how we could do a more efficient consumption And what is the environmental impact we have. Is AI in homes something for everyone? It is clear that AI in homes goes far beyond being able to have colored bulbs and ask Alexa to turn on or off the light. Until now, if we stopped to think about a connected device ecosystem, the most logical thing is that a smartphone chain, smartwatch, computer and some Wearable further. Samsung’s proposal, in this case, expands this concept and expands it to a complete network of connected appliances where everyone offers functions based on artificial intelligence. None of this seems something “of the future.” But of course It is not available to everyone. At least, for now. Artificial … Read more

A user bought a state -of -the -art connected dishwasher. There began his nightmare

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“I will not connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud.” That has been The declaration of intentions From Jeff Geerling, a well -known YouTuber, after buying a new household appliance. It is something that we are living for years: the condemnation of the products that force us to spy on everything they do because if they do not work as they should theoretically. Premieving dishwasher. This week Geerling explained in his blog and also In a video on YouTube How he bought a new dishwasher from the Bosch brand. Specifically, one of the 500 series, because I had seen it recommended in Consumer Reports, a well -known organization of consumers and users in the US. After the installation the surprise came: I could not turn it on and put it to work without more. Wi-Fi and Mandatory Online Account. When trying to start it and start a clarified cycle, Geerling realized that he could not activate that option. After reading the manual he knew why. I needed to do two things first. The first, connect your dishwasher to your domestic wi-fi network. The second, create an account in the Bosch Home Connect service, which would allow you to access the option of clarified and some additional options, such as ecological or medium load mode. I could not even use the basic options via Bluetooth for example: it had to connect it to the Wi-Fi network and create the account yes or yes. If you want screen, it’s time to pay more. The dishwasher that bought this youtuber is a model that costs around $ 1,000. In spite of this – or precisely because of that – it did not have physical buttons, and the controls are tactile and are at the dishwasher door when opening it. There is also no screen that allows you to know how much time it remains for the washing cycle to end, for example. The upper series, the Bosch 800, do have that screen, but there is to pay $ 400. Why do I need a dishwasher app? As Geerling indicated, a local application with some type of direct wireless connection – but without connection to the outside or the rest of the local network devices – could make sense, but this did not have it. That you have to control virtually all the options and information of your washing machine mandatory through an app and a Wi-Fi connection was absurd according to your opinion. “I don’t need internet in my dishwasher,” he said. Few and bad options. This YouTuber is a technology expert and is accustomed to finding solutions to these types of problems. He talked about how maybe I could not use those advanced options, but if you spend $ 1,000 in a dishwasher it seems like not strange not to be able to use them. He also thought of using a VLAN network for IoT devices (a separate and isolated network). Nor hack it compensates too much. There is even an even more technical option, because someone has made reverse engineering of the Bosch protocol and has created a HCPY protocol To control these dishwashers without the manufacturer being able to do anything. However, that would force him to devote several more hours to putting everything in motion and all he wanted was to be able to use his dishwasher in a simple way. And he could return the appliance, but he had also invested time and effort to install it at home. A dishwasher should not connect to the Internet. For Geerling Bosch’s strategy is an absolute mistake. Among other things because if you depend on an application and a cloud service to use your dishwasher, Bosch will have to manage and maintain that service, which means two things: either they are selling the data of your use of the appliance, or will end up closing the service or migrating it to be a subscription service, something that has passed in similar scenarios. And a potential security hole. But it is also that a dishwasher is part of your domestic network opens another potential attack vector. If someone manages to find vulnerability in Bosch dishwasher, they will have access to the rest of your local area network. That It has also happened. Not onebut several times. Not everything needs to be connected. Geerling’s conclusion – with which we agree – is that IoT appliances and products should be designed with a maximum: first that they work at home, and then, if perhaps, they work in the cloud as something optional. This dishwasher is an example of a trend that can make sense in some areas, but not of course in this concrete. Image | Jeff Geerling In Xataka | We are running out of “dumb” appliances. The latest LG is a microwave with screen and speakers

Now any US smartphone can be connected for free to Starlink satellites. From July it will have a price

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Spacex and T-Mobile took advantage of the Super Bowl to announce that the service of Direct cell connection with Starlink satellites It is already available in the test phase in the United States. The surprise is that it will be free until July, even for customers from other operators. Then it will become a payment service, accessible from any modern smartphone with ESIM. How T-Mobile Starlink works. Spacex has launched more than 7,000 Starlink satellites; 450 of them are Direct to Cell. In addition to offering Broadband Internetthese satellites function as telephone towers in space. When a T-Mobile Starlink user stays without coverage, his mobile will connect directly to the satellites that are passing over, and they will talk to each other to forward the messages to an earth station. Although at the moment the service is limited to sending text messages, in the future it will also allow voice calls and data services. Spacex has shown that Even video calls are feasible With Starlink Direct to Cell, but more satellites will be needed in orbit so that the company can offer a generalized use of this type of complex services. What devices are compatible. The connection with the satellites is direct and does not require parabolic antennas, as is the case with Starlink broadband. Any modern smartphone compatible with the LTE 25 band should be able to connect to Starlink Direct to Cell, although T-Mobile only mentions some examples: iPhone 14 or higher, recent Google, Motorola and Samsung devices, and the Revvl line of T-Mobile. In addition to T-Mobile customers, Verizon, AT&T and other operators can also register in the service with an unlocked terminal that ESIM admits. In the future, coverage will be international through alliances with operators from other countries. How much does the service cost. The great claim of the Super Bowl announcement is that T-Mobile Starlink will be free until July, be the operator you are. Those interested have only to Complete a form With your name, your email and your mobile phone number, accepting in return to receive T-Mobile marketing offers. The highs are carried out in order of arrival, which is generating demand peaks. But the thing will change from July, when the beta phase of the service ends. From that moment on, T-Mobile customers will have to pay $ 15 per month so as not to run out of signal without coverage ($ 10 per month if they take advantage of the starting offer). Customers of other operators will pay much more: $ 20 per month without discounts. It will soon reach other countries. Starting with New Zealand through the ONENZ operator. And following Australia, Ukraine, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Peru and Japan. Entel is Spacex’s partner in the only two Latin American countries on the list. Starlink It is already a profitable businessbut Direct to Cell can only expand Spacex’s advantage over its competitors. No other company has the competitive advantage of reusing up to 25 times its own rockets. And when some get it, Spacex will have already started throwing satellites with Starship. Images | Spacex, T-Mobile In Xataka | China and Europe are investing a fortune in their own Starlink: the US advantage is too big to ignore it

It is no longer independent, it is already connected with Facebook and Instagram

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If the user can be happy about new updates that allow you to create better statuses with your favorite songswhat WhatsApp has just announced breaks one of the biggest rules of the chat app since it It was purchased in 2014: your independence. Meta has announced that they will be able share WhatsApp statuses directly on Instagram and Facebook. And a line has been crossed that in some way has drawn its own, unique and independent territory, since until now Meta had left WhatsApp outside the ecosystem of its social networks. Everything was in the messaging app private. On Instagram and Facebook the game has been different, since when you create a story you can publish it directly on both (although there is always the option of not doing so). Which saves time between two apps or platforms that are still social networks, but WhatsApp has been characterized by being a private and simple messaging app so that now that feeling is completely diluted security. Instagram and Facebook are two more public social networks and WhatsApp has always remained in the area of ​​privacy and that space that is more personal to the person. Building a bridge with social networks puts uncertainty in what has always been its most important experience: being a private messaging app. Today’s announcement changes everything, as the account center is going to start supporting WhatsApp so that status updates can be forwarded or posted on all platforms where the user has an account. That border has been completely crossed, and in fact Meta has warned that those users who may fear for their privacy should not worry about anything, since none of these changes will affect the privacy and security of their messages. WhatsApp announcement with status updates WhatsApp The Free Android It has also single sign-on support announced in the WhatsApp account, which makes it easier to switch between different platforms. The American company has said that the changes in the account center to support WhatsApp will take time to apply. Goal, according to Engadgethas also confirmed that it will add more features that can be shared across multiple platforms like stickers, avatars and AI selfies; functionalities that it has been deploying last year in several regions. Manuel Ramirez The Free Android Of course, this type of content is currently being stopped by the Digital Services Law in Europe and no type of function related to generative artificial intelligence has arrived in Spain; one of the largest investments that Meta has been making in its app as well as in its social networks over the past year.

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