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How to create an image of yourself and a Pixar character with your face using artificial intelligence, with Gemini or ChatGPT

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We are going to explain how to create an image in which you appear holding a 3D character of yours miniature using artificial intelligencelooking like Pixar characters. We are going to use a prompt created for use with Geminialthough it will also work in ChatGPT without problems. It is a fairly simple composition, in which you only need to add a photo of yourself and write the prompt, which is quite long and complex. But the result is quite curious, although you may need several tries to get it completely to your liking. An image of you with a 3D cartoon What you have to do is open a new chat with Gemini, which is the AI ​​with which you will have the best results. Once you have it, upload a photo of yourself in which your face looks goodand then add the following text as a request or prompt: “Use the uploaded photo as the ONLY facial and identity reference. The main subject must look exactly like the person in the uploaded image, preserving identical facial structure, proportions, skin tone, hairstyle, eye shape, nose, lips, jawline and overall identity. Do not embellish, alter or replace facial features. Create a cinematic, ultra-detailed scene of your subject smiling naturally. The subject delicately holds a tiny, cartoon-style miniature version of the same person by the hair between his fingers, like a playful puppet suspended in the air. The miniature character is a Pixar/Disney-style 3D version of the same person, with cute, exaggerated proportions, big, expressive eyes, mouth open with joy, arms raised, and a lively, playful stance. The miniature must clearly resemble the same person and be wearing a matching outfit. The main subject looks at the little character with surprise, delight and affection, creating a whimsical and touching interaction. Lighting is warm professional studio lighting with soft rim light, shallow depth of field, and soft golden bokeh background. The real person’s skin texture is photorealistic, while the miniature character has clean Pixar-style materials, smooth shading, and polished 3D surfaces. Cinematic color grading, high contrast, sharp focus, premium portrait composition, 50mm lens look, f/1.8 aperture, ultra-realism mixed with stylized animation, 4:5 aspect ratio, 8K quality, cinematic finish. Anime, 2D illustration, comic style, flat shading, low poly, plastic skin, wax face, face swap, different identity, facial morphing, beauty filters, excessive smoothing, blur, low resolution, grain, noise, distortion, deformed face, incorrect facial proportions, extra fingers, missing fingers, duplicate hands, floating objects, bad anatomy, inconsistent lighting, harsh shadows, neon colors, cold blue tones, washed out colors, excessive saturation, watermark, text, logo, severed head, face out of frame.” Yes, it is a very long text, but each of the sentences that make it up help with the effect. When you send it, you will receive a composition that shows an image of you holding a Pixar character with your face in your fingers. You will also be able to do it with ChatGPTwhich occasionally releases good results. However, the faces are sometimes somewhat deformed, and for now Gemini seems to do better almost always. In Xataka Basics | How to create a character in ChatGPT and Gemini to use it in all the images you make with artificial intelligence

A YouTuber has gutted all the consoles to create the definitive machine: the Ningtendo PXBOX 5

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Although the PC is the almost perfect cross-platform machineuntil not so long ago, if you wanted to enjoy all the video games you had to have a PS5a Switch 2 and one Xbox Series. The problem, apart from many others, is space: they take up an awful lot and They are not the most “aesthetic” machines.. A Chinese YouTuber has the solution: the Ningtendo PXBOX 5. It is the perfect fusion between the three, and the secret of how it works is in a 2013 Mac. As Jack the Ripper said. Let’s go in parts. We have seen many projects that change the functionality of a console or even turn a PC into a coffee makerbut what the YouTuber has proposed is much more ambitious. To address the space problem, it has united the three consoles into a single tower that, on top of that, is no more bulky than a small PC case. And the first thing is to gut the machines. Image | 小宁子 XNZ At this point, the YouTuber realized the most important thing: without the case, the key parts of the three machines are the fan, the power supply, the aluminum and copper heatsink… and the board, obviously. All components are soldered on the board, so you don’t have to worry about GPU, CPU or RAM memory. Switch 2 is on the sidelines for the moment. For PS5 and Xbox Series X, the essential thing is each one’s board and the rest can be shared. A single supply for both, a single heatsink and a single fan. But… how? The key? Apple. Well, precisely, one of Apple’s most famous computers has the answer. The Mac Pro ‘Trash’ is the 2013 model that has gone down in history for being a complete disaster. I still find its design beautiful, but Apple went overboard with a triple PCB and dual GPU configuration. Precisely, it is the idea he has in his head, so it comes in handy. Inspiration in the Apple heatsink Because? Because Apple designed a double PCB system on a central aluminum heatsink. This way, you can inject fresh air through the heatsink, expelling heat through the top and keeping the plates cool. The question now is how to make an aluminum heatsink that cannot be bought on the market and that would not be viable to print directly on metal (due to costs). Ancient 3D printing technique. Inspired by a wax casting technique from hundreds of years ago, the YouTuber created a heatsink model on a 3D printer. To do this, he used a material called PLA that vaporizes when it reaches a certain temperature. With the PLA “sink” in hand, he wrapped it in plaster and burned it in a 700-degree oven. The PLA mold. Image | 小宁子 XNZ Thus, the plaster remains while the PLA dissolves, allowing an internal structure to remain that can be filled with aluminum. It sounds simple, but he had to remove the air from the plaster with a vacuum machine, melt the aluminum and have an oven that carries out a complex process of dehydration, pyrolysis and combustion for 12 hours to achieve the result. The first attempt at a heatsink turned out okay. Image | 小宁子 XNZ The heatsink already polished. Image | 小宁子 XNZ Then, he “simply” added the aluminum and… the first try didn’t work. Unlike Chinese artisans centuries ago who if they lost a piece they had to re-carve the wax mold, here they simply 3D printed another one and repeated the process. After filing the aluminum, the heatsink was ready. Switch 2 not so much. Place the PS5 Pro and Xbox Series Wi-Fi and Bluetooth of each one (for Internet and connection with accessories) and you connect the only power supply that gives life to both consoles in the base. Switch 2 is a little more complicated. It doesn’t need as much food, so opt for a USB-Cbut also for printing a module that does not sacrifice the mobility of the console. The dock of the new Switch 2 dock. Image | 小宁子 XNZ Here the challenge is to provide connection HDMI for a TV (so the dock hardware is also included inside the console), but also allows you to easily grab the console in case you want to play away from the TV. To do this, he devised a module similar to the dock, but to be placed vertically. The button that ejects the Switch 2. Image | 小宁子 XNZ After trying several conventional springs, the YouTuber printed some in 3D to ensure that, by pressing a button, the console slides as if it were toast so that it appears from the side. It sounds dangerous, but seeing the result, the truth is that the movement is quite smooth. Arduino to the rescue. With all the machines connected to the power, the most important thing remained: program a brain to control the HDMI output and the power. To do this, he used a plate Arduino Conveniently programmed so that, by pressing a button on the top, the signal switches between platforms in less than five seconds. The aluminum heatsink and the copper ones that go directly to the APU of the two consoles with the thermal paste. Image | 小宁子 XNZ Mounting the plates on the heatsink. Image | 小宁子 XNZ It’s not the only thing it does: it also has a front LED connected that changes color (red, blue and green) depending on the console it is running (Switch 2, PS5 or Xbox Series X). Connecting the Arduino board and the Image LED strip. | 小宁子 XNZ THE console. And that’s it, let’s play. The speed at which it changes between the HDMIs is impressive and the creator herself is surprised by the heat it expels through the upper area. Obviously, there are two ‘large’ consoles dissipating the heat and having an aluminum heatsink that, no matter how apparent it may be, has somewhat thick tabs for what is usually … Read more

How to easily create a nice Christmas greeting with your photo using ChatGPT Images

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We are going to explain to you step by step how to create a Christmas greeting with your photo wearing ChatGPT Imagesthe section to create images from photographs of ChatGPT. This tool will allow you to do the editing with artificial intelligence without having to write a prompt certain. Right now, this section has a default style that allows you to create a pretty Christmas photo in just two or three clicks. So, to this we are going to add an additional request and voila, you will have the complete congratulations. You’ll see that it’s simple. Your Christmas greeting with ChatGPT The first thing you have to do is enter the ChatGPT website or application on your device. Once you are inside, open the side menu Click on the section Images that will appear just below the search options. This will take you to the main screen of the section Images. In it, look in the section Test a style on an imageand here inside click on the option Festive portrait what you are going to find. This will open a window where you have to choose the photo you want to use as a basis for congratulations. It has to be a portrait-type photo in which one or more people appear. For this, you can use one of the recent ones that you have used in this section, or manually choose another one that you want to use. Just by doing this, ChatGPT will turn your photo into a festive portrait Full of Christmas decorations and motifs. If you don’t like the result the first time, you can try again, and even copy and paste the prompt using another photo, or repeating the entire process. Once you have the image created to your liking, it’s time to give it the final brushstroke. In the same chat where it was generated and shown to you, you have to write that you want me to add a text using a Christmas font. For example, you can put something like “Happy Holidays.” For that, I have used this prompt: I want to turn this photo into a Christmas card. For that, I want you to put the text “Happy Holidays!” at the bottom. using a Christmas font. And only with this you will have your greeting created. Now all you have left is decide if you want to make additional adjustmentssuch as changing the size of the word, its position, or even making the image horizontal. You can even upload someone else’s photo and ask ChatGPT to add it to the composition by doing the same treatment to the photo so that it looks the same. In Xataka Basics | How to create a character in ChatGPT and Gemini to use it in all the images you make with artificial intelligence

How to create a Christmas sugar cookie image with your pet’s photo in a couple of clicks with ChatGPT

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We are going to explain to you step by step how to create a Christmas sugar cookie image with your pet’s photo wearing ChatGPT Imagesthe section to create images from photographs of ChatGPT. This tool will allow you to do the editing with artificial intelligence without having to write a prompt certain. Therefore, the best thing about all this is that these images are very easy to makeand you only need a couple of clicks to get them. Furthermore, since when the photo is generated you will also be shown the prompt generated by ChatGPT itself, you can copy and paste it into another AI or make any modifications you want. Make sugar cookies from your pets The first thing you have to do is enter the ChatGPT website or application on your device. Here in the side menu Click on the section Images that will appear just below the search options. Once you enter the section Imagesnow you have to look in the row where it says Test a style on an image. Here, search and click on the option sugar cookie that appears with the drawing of a dog biscuit. This will open a window where you have to choose the photo of your pet that you want to use as a reference. For this, you can use one of the recent ones that you have used in this section, or manually choose another one that you want to use. And that’s it. Just by doing this, ChatGPT will create the sugar cookie image with the photo of the pet that you have uploaded. If you are not satisfied, you can try again or copy and paste the prompt with another photo. You can also edit and modify the prompt so that the result is different. In Xataka Basics | How to create a character in ChatGPT and Gemini to use it in all the images you make with artificial intelligence

what it is and how to use it to create artificial intelligence images from your photos

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Let’s explain to you what it is and how you can use it ChatGPT Imagesthe new section of the artificial intelligence Designed to help you create and edit photos and images. This is a forceful response to Free Nano Banana of Geminiso amazing that it already represents a new evolutionary leap in images created by AI. Since the launch of Nano Banana on Gemini, Google had managed to compete head to head with ChatGPT in creating images from photographs. Gemini was able to use your face and be recognized, something that OpenAI’s AI could not do… until now. We’re going to start by explaining what this new feature is and what features it has to differentiate it from the rest, because there are some very interesting and innovative things. Then, at the end we will summarize how you can use it to create images with different styles from your photos. What is ChatGPT Images ChatGPT Images a new section dedicated to image creation within ChatGPT. This artificial intelligence chat has updated and improved its image creator from photos so much that it has decided to give it an exclusive section. Just as ChatGPT’s normal chat allows you to create images from scratch or from your photographs, This section is exclusive for creating images from photos. Come on, the idea is that when you want to do this, instead of getting complicated by asking ChatGPT, you can enter the section and speed up the process. This is so because In the Images section you will have several ideas for designs and tools to edit your photos. Thus, it will be as easy as clicking on one of your designs, choosing the photo and that’s it, ChatGPT will do the rest. With this, eliminates the need to know how to write a good promptand the process is simpler and more visual for inexperienced people. When you choose the design and upload the photo, it will automatically be sent to ChatGPT with a pre-generated prompt that you can see. Showing you the prompt changes everything This is important, because being able to see the prompt that ChatGPT uses in its presetyou will also be able to copy and paste it to modify it, or even use it in Gemini or some other competing tool. Thus, ChatGPT Images is also not only a good testing ground, but by offering you several prompts it gives you the basis to later generate a much more personalized image from them. You will also know how the image editing prompt works in a more transparent way, and you will be able to use things from both prompts to create a completely unique one. Until now, when you were faced with creating an image from a photo you had to do it from scratch, composing the prompt on your own or searching the Internet to find them. That’s why showing it to you changes everything, because it makes anyone without knowledge can create images very elegant with AI. To all this we must add an interface that also simplifies everything, and in which ideas are shown to you with an image of the resultso that if you see something you like, you just have to click and choose the photo. How to use ChatGPT Images The first thing you have to do is enter the ChatGPT website or application on your device. Here in the side menu Click on the section Images that will appear just below the search options. This will take you to the main screen of the section Images. In it, at the top you have a search field to write a prompt manually, and below you have pre-generated styles of images and ideas of styles or other things you can do. When you choose one of the designs or ideas, you will go to a screen where you simply have to choose the photo you want to use. You can choose any of the last ones that you have used, or click on Choose a new photo to manually upload another photo. And that’s it. When you do so, a chat with ChatGPT will open that includes the photo and the prompt created to generate the type of image you have chosen. In a few minutes you will have the result. You will be able to copy this prompt to reuse it with other images in the chat itself and even modify it to your liking. In Xataka Basics | How to create a character in ChatGPT and Gemini to use it in all the images you make with artificial intelligence

How to create original Christmas 2025 greetings to send via WhatsApp

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Let’s tell you how to create christmas greetings for WhatsAppso you can surprise family and friends with something original. This way, you will be able to send more original and personalized images, something that shows that there is a little more to it than forwarding that trite thing that you find in hundreds of groups. In this article we are going to focus on two ways to do it. First, we are going to tell you how to create your own congratulations with different tools to do it. Then, we will go on to tell you a list of specific congratulations that you can find online, whether formal, fun, or aimed at specific types of people. Once you have the greeting created, you will be able to download it to your mobile and all you have to do is send it to whoever you think is appropriate. In addition, they are congratulations that you can use to send in any other application. How to create Christmas greetings We are going to start by telling you several methods to create a Christmas greeting on your own, and thus ensure that you can make it as personalized as possible. Here, we will use tools ranging from artificial intelligence even other classics like canva or Microsoft Designer. With Canva If you want to use Canva, you have several options available. First you have to enter canva.comand in its index you can use several methods. You can use your designs, use Canva’s many templates, or use Canva AI to describe what you want and have it generated for you. You can also do it from scratch, but this will take more time. In our tests, Canva’s AI was not able to generate a Christmas card. Therefore the best is use templates. Here, you will see that there are designs with text and images and others with photos. You will be able to personalize both the texts and the photos to add your own terms and expressions, or a photograph that gives it extra personalization. With artificial intelligence There are two ways to make congratulations with artificial intelligence. You can make it with an AI-generated image and text, or you can also make a greeting with a photo. This is the best method to do something unique and different beyond templates and images from the Internet. If you want to make a greeting with an image and text, even if the image is based on a photo, you can use ChatGPT, Gemini either Copilotanyone works for you. But if you want to use a real photo and modify it then the best option is Gemini, since at the moment it is the most reliable when it comes to handling them. Here, what you have to do is tell you that you want a Christmas greeting and include the text and description of the image that you want to use. For example, you can say the following: I want you to draw a Christmas card. Santa Claus must appear on his sleigh with gifts. The text “Merry Christmas” should appear above If you are going to use a photograph, you have to describe what you want specifying that I use the photo or the person in the photo that you have attached. If you use the person’s face, you can change their expressions to adapt them to the image you want to generate. You can make a prompt like this: Create a Christmas greeting using the photo I uploaded. You have to dress this person as Santa Claus, and below him include the text “Merry Christmas.” But here, the best thing is that experiment and test with the descriptions. Giving a good congratulation is not choosing the first one that comes out, the best thing is specify as much as possible what elements you want to appear and how you want them to do so. With Designer If you want to use Microsoft Designer, you also have several options. You will be able create from scratch by hand or with artificial intelligence the congratulations you want, but also edit templates or images with AI. There are no longer pre-generated templates, instead Designer invites you to create greetings with an AI. When you create a design with AI, you will be able to edit it. Here the best is create the image first and then edit it to add textsince if you add it with text you will not be able to change it. With free apps Lastly, you can also resort to some free applications to make congratulations on your mobile phone. Most likely, you don’t need these apps today, because with AI you can do everything, but we are still going to mention some: canva: Canva also has a mobile app adapted to your device, and you will be able to do everything we mentioned above. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. Fotor: Another important and well-known application for editing photos, in which you will also find Christmas templates, effects and various design tools. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. PicCollage: A fairly veteran app with which to create Christmas cards using photo collages. You have several templates, backgrounds, stickers and fonts to be able to customize them to the maximum. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. Greetings Island: A simple application with a wide variety of Christmas card templates, and you will be able to customize them with photos, texts and stickers. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. ElfYourself: A small application, in which you simply take a photo and with it an animated video is made showing you an elf video. This on Google Play for Android and the App Store of the iPhone. Christmas greetings to send on Whatsapp Although using templates to congratulate Christmas is a bit out of fashion in the … Read more

The V16 wanted to replace the triangle and reduce risks. They have ended up proving that they can also create them

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On January 1, 2026, it will be mandatory to carry in the car an approved V16 beacon. The introduction of this device is surrounded by a great controversy regarding its implementation, its real usefulness or the emergence of illegal devices. What has just been discovered is that more than 250,000 beacons are affected by serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities. It is the umpteenth disaster that affects these devices. what has happened. Luis Miranda Acebedo, cybersecurity expert, has published a complete and in-depth analysis of the digital security (or rather, lack thereof) of one of these V16 beacons. Specifically, the Help Flash IoT model, which is especially striking because the person who distributed it is Vodafone and the operator confirmed months ago that it had sold more than 250,000 units in Spain. The document and its conclusions are worrying. Vulnerabilities everywhere. In his analysis Miranda explains that although the analysis only focuses on this device, “the security problems found in the communications part seem to be common to all devices.” Specifically, the errors found by this expert for that part were the following: Sending data in plain text– The beacon transmits exact GPS coordinates, IMEI and network parameters without any encryption. Anyone who intercepts the signal can read them. Lack of authentication and integrity: There are no mechanisms to verify that the server is legitimate or to ensure that the message has not been modified along the way. Susceptibility to false stations– It is possible to spoof a cell tower to intercept traffic, block alerts from being sent, or inject false data. Private APN Exposure– Although this beacons a private Vodafone network, the connection commands and keys are exposed on the debug port, making the network accessible to an attacker. The V16 Help Flash IoT beacon is a real trick. Image: Luis Miranda Acebedo. OTA updates, another disaster. The problems are not only limited to that part of the V16 beacon’s communication with the APN and the servers of each provider, but are also present in the OTA (Over-The-Air) update system: Insecure update: Simply press the power button for 8 seconds to activate a maintenance Wi-Fi network. The name (SSID) of the Wi-Fi and its password are identical (HF-UpdateAP-5JvqFV), they are “harcoded” in the firmware. Not only that: Miranda tested two different units and those credentials coincided, which leads him to think that they are the same in the 250,000 devices sold by Vodafone. unsecure HTTP: To download the new firmware, the HTTP protocol is used without further ado, not the secure version (HTTPS), allowing an attacker to intercept and modify the file in transit. No digital signature: The device does not verify the authenticity of the firmware, and accepts any file sent to it, allowing the installation of malicious software. DNS Spoofing– By not using DNSSEC it is trivial to trick the device into connecting to a fake server controlled by a cybercriminal. Open debug port: The port is also physically accessible without a password, allowing you to view all the logs and extract sensitive information from the hardware. Hacking a beacon is easy and cheap. The researcher explained that it is possible to buy a device that simulates a telephone antenna (500-1,000 euros). Using a Rasperry Pi 4 or a laptop, free software can be used to “intercept and manipulate the “secure” communications of these beacons.” After running a proof of concept, he managed to hack a beacon in 60 seconds and install malicious firmware that allowed him to have full control of the beacon. With this firmware it could send false locations, access the operator’s private APN, generate massive false alarms or turn the beacon into a brick. What Netun says. The company that manufactures these beacons, Netun Solutions, has sent out a press release to try to clarify these risks. Exposed data: The signature indicates that the beacon transmits geolocation, a device identifier and some technical parameters. They admit that this data can be exposed, but they emphasize that there is no transmission of personal data such as license plates or user IDs. Logical: they are not associated with the beacons. Plain text: Netun officials explain that the decision to send plain text was made to “guarantee long-term interoperability and robustness.” Private APN: It is also noted that the beacons connect through a private APN and a VPN from the operator, but Miranda explained how the connection parameters are exposed on the serial port. Physical access and removing the eSIM are enough for an attacker to connect to that private network. Netum in turn points out that physical access means that “the impact is limited to that specific unit.” OTA problems: Regarding the OTA functionality that also shows a vulnerability, Netun states that this function has been disabled through firmware updates. Improbable mass attacksFinally, those responsible point out that massive attacks could only be carried out by compromising a large number of beacons. They also explain that the Netun platform “limits the number of frames that each SIM can send” and the frequency of sending. What Vodafone says. At Xataka we have contacted Vodafone, and one of their spokespersons tells us the following: “The V16 beacons approved and marketed by Vodafone Spain constitute an adequate system that complies with current regulations for road emergency signaling. In particular, Help Flash IoT is certified in accordance with the regulations required by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) for connected V16 beacons, meeting the necessary technical requirements in terms of visibility (sufficient light intensity), resistance, flash reliability, signal duration, etc. These requirements also include the data communication protocols of the beacon with the servers. The V16 beacons have internal security mechanisms and the Vodafone network provides an additional layer of security with controls that ensure that communication is made from the beacon authorized by the network. On the other hand, the beacons integrate NB-IoT connectivity, which guarantees that the beacon is only used for location in an emergency by authorized entities with the user’s knowledge. The communication that passes through Vodafone … Read more

How to create your own Christmas carol with artificial intelligence

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Let’s explain to you how to create your own carol with artificial intelligenceso that you can have one completely personalized. Here, it is not so much about creating covers, but rather one with original music to which you can add the lyrics you want. For make a song with artificial intelligence you have many tools to generate music. We will start by telling you several of them, and then we will tell you the step by step that you should follow with Sunofor being the most popular among all. However, the steps will be almost the same with the others. Some tips before starting Before you start, you should consider the type of song you want to create. In this case it is evident that we want to create a carolso it is something we should mention in our prompt so that the AI ​​can relate it and generate a type of music according to this. In this case, the key will be in decide the letter you want to put. The beauty of making your own carol is being able to add to the lyrics references to things that those who are going to hear it will recognize, and here you will have two ways to proceed. On the one hand, you can write the lyrics by hand, try to compose some kind of poem that you think would look good in the song. But you can also use normal AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Copilot, DeepSeek either Gemini inter alia. Even Apps like Suno have their own AI for lyrics. In this case, then what you have to do is tell it the concept or even mention things you want added in the lyrics, and let the artificial intelligence do it all for you. Once you have everything clear, then you will have to proceed with choose an AI tool to create musicsomething for which we are going to help you a little later. You will see that in general they are quite easy to use. Don’t settle for the first resultbecause it may not be good the first time. Repeat the process or you promptmake changes to refine what you want, and little by little you will get something better or closer to what you have in mind. Lastly, you should know that the music you create does not belong to you. You are not a musician creating a song with your skills, but you have generated music by algorithms, and therefore in many cases you cannot register it as yours, nor claim its exclusive ownership. You won’t be able to monetize either. music in most cases, since many platforms will detect it as made by AI. Tools to create music by AI Now, we continue with a small list of AI tools to create music from your text requests. They all work in a similar way: you will have to give it a short description of what you want to achieve, include the lyrics and musical style, and the application will do the rest. Suno: Suno It is the best-known AI music creation service, and one of the first that began to surprise users. It has a simple way to describe what you want and give it creative freedom, and another to specify genres, lyrics, and have greater control. Link: suno.com. Riffusion: Very similar to Suno, although it is a lesser known AI tool. It also has two modes: you can use a prompt in which you explain what you want or by using its advanced panel where you can add genres by hand or the lyrics you want. Link: riffusion.com. udio: This program divides the song creation process into three steps. First you define the style, then the lyrics, and then you specify the vibe, the sensation or feeling it conveys. Link: audio.com. Boomy: Another alternative that allows you to create songs by AI, and even has a function to publish them on streaming services. Link: boomy.com. soundraw: Look for a different mechanic to help you create the song, with a genre selector and the ability to choose the duration and tempos to use. Link: soundraw.io. Create your Christmas carol with Suno Create music with Suno It’s simple. First enter suno.com and log in or create an account. Once you do, on the main screen click on the section Create. You will go to a page where you must choose between simple and custom modeswhich appear with the names Simple and custom. If you choose the option Simpleyou just have to describe the type of song you want using natural language. Mention that you want a Christmas caroland if you don’t write the lyrics, you can at least give it a hint by writing the theme you want it about. You can also choose to make it instrumental only, and in Inspiration you can choose a musical influence. When you have it, press the button Create to start the creation. If you choose the option customwhich will take you to if you decide to add letters in the simple one, you will go to a screen with many more options. Here, you will find the following options: Lyrics: It is the field where you have to write the lyrics of the song for the AI ​​to sing them. you have a button Make Random Lyrics to automatically generate letters randomly. Instrumental: This button is used to skip the lyrics and make an instrumental song. Styles: This is another of the most important fields, in which you have to choose the style of music you want to use for your song. Here you can write “carol”. Advanced options: Includes the option to exclude musical styles. Song Title: The title of the song. Workspace: You can create different workspaces to organize your songs, and choose which one goes to. Create: This is the button you must press next to create your song. Now what you have to do is fill in all the fields as you wantpaying … Read more

The British skipped fuel tax by switching to an electric car. The Government’s solution: create another tax

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The British Government recently announced a new tax for electric vehicles in which drivers would pay per distance traveled (miles), with the intention of it coming into force in April 2028. The measure, which is included in this documenthas drawn criticism from many citizens and experts, and comes at a key moment, as the United Kingdom plans to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars in 2030. Its public coffers are losing revenue from fuel taxes while the adoption of electric vehicles grows. How the system is planned so far. Electric car drivers will pay 3p per mile traveled (about 3.4 euro cents), while plug-in hybrids will pay 1.5 pence. The calculation will be made through an annual mileage estimate that drivers will declare when renewing their road tax, and will subsequently be verified during the technical inspection of the vehicle. According to the Government, an average electric car driver who travels 13,680 kilometers a year you will pay about 255 pounds additional (approximately 295 euros). Why this change matters. Just like share According to The Telegraph, Finance Minister Rachel Reeves justifies the measure as necessary to compensate for the drop in fuel tax revenue. According to Dan Tomlinson, MP and Secretary of the Treasury, if no action is taken, by 2030 one in five drivers will not pay fuel tax while others will continue to contribute an average of £480 annually. According to the media, the Office of Budget Responsibility predicts that this new tax could reduce sales of electric vehicles by 440,000 units in the next five years. Industry reactions. Manufacturers such as Ford and the British manufacturers’ association SMMT have harshly criticized the measure. Ian Plummer, Commercial Director at Autotrader, declared that “we need more carrot and less stick if we are serious about the electric transition.” From Ford they pointed out that the budget sends “a mixed message” about the government’s goal of driving the shift to electric vehicles. Implementation problems. The system presents several practical challenges. Drivers will have to estimate their annual mileage without it necessarily coinciding with the date of their MOT (the equivalent of the MOT in the UK), which complicates the calculation. New cars, which do not require inspection for the first three years, will need additional checks. Furthermore, the Government recognize which could increase odometer fraud, a practice which, according to The Telegraph, already affects 2.3% of British vehicles. A controversial issue. As the current regulations are stated, drivers who use their vehicles outside the United Kingdom They would also pay for those milesdespite not using British roads. The Government justifies this decision by arguing that the percentage of drivers traveling abroad is small, although it recognizes that it will especially affect residents of Northern Ireland, as they frequently cross into the Republic of Ireland. The impact on the pocket. Although the Government insist With the rate equal to half of what gasoline and diesel drivers pay, many electric vehicle owners are already starting to worry. Stephen Walton, a driver who bought an electric car in 2023, counted to the BBC that “it will be my first and last electric vehicle because there are no tax advantages for electric car drivers.” A unexpected advantage for China. Analysts such as Sam Goodman, from the China Strategic Risks Institute, warn that the new tax could encourage British consumers to opt for cheaper Chinese models such as the BYD Dolphin Surfwhich sells for 18,650 pounds compared to the more than 26,000 that some eligible European alternatives cost. During the third quarter of 2025, Chinese models They already represented 11.8% of the British new passenger car market, according to Schmidt Automotive Research. What’s coming now? The Government has opened a consultation period to define the final details of the system before 2028. It also announced an additional investment of 1.3 billion pounds in aid for the purchase of electric vehicles, although only four models currently qualify for the maximum subsidy of 3,750 pounds, the cheapest being the Ford Puma Gen-E (£26,245 applying subsidies). The Office of Budget Responsibility esteem The new tax will raise £1.1bn in its first year and £1.9bn by 2030-31, although the actual figure will depend on how many Britons decide to buy electric cars in the coming years. In Xataka | Your car windshield has hundreds of small black dots. It is not decoration, it is technology to save our lives

create a reserve capital

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Tokyo is the capital of Japan. That’s been the case since quite a while. Yeah the debate which two of the country’s main parties have embarked on comes to fruition, the Japanese institutional reality could nevertheless undergo a radical change: Tokyo would be joined by a ‘backup capital’a city that would take over if necessary. The goal: decentralize the nation… and ensure that Japan won’t be knocked out if a natural disaster or emergency hits Tokyo. What has happened? That Japan has opened a debate that affects its economy, population, politics and above all the territorial and power balance of the country. Your goal: decide if you should have a “backup capital”a secondary capital that helps decentralize administrations and encourage economic development beyond Tokyo. It may sound strange, but one of its purposes is to assume government functions in case Tokyo suffers a disaster. Where does the debate come from? The local press began to talk about the matter even before the Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin (JIP) reached a coalition agreement. In fact, in September The Japan Times counted as it was among the “key” issues that the opposition wanted to discuss with the leader of the LDP, Sanae Takaichi. Since then it has remained on the table, with an agreement between both formations to advance their development next year and a open debate about what the creation of a backup capital would mean. Why a ‘substitute’ capital? For several reasons. One of the main ones is to prevent the Government from being paralyzed in the event that a natural disaster (or any other emergency) hits Tokyo, although that is only one of its purposes. In the background is the desire to correct the excessive political, economic and demographic concentration that Japan suffers from. “We must aspire to a country that avoids excessive concentration in Tokyo and is not too dependent on it, a place that is an economic zone that can counteract Tokyo and serve as a backup capital in times of crisis,” claims Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of the JIP. Is it that important? Over the last few months, both ideas have been emphasized: the advantages that a secondary capital would have economically, politically and to decentralize the country and also to prevent Japan from being paralyzed in the event of a disaster. “The main importance of the concept of reserve capital lies in the dispersion of disaster risk and is a fundamental issue for national crisis management,” highlights Seitaro Hattori, governor of Fukuoka. In fact, Hattori focuses so much attention on that aspect (that the secondary capital can take a step forward in case of emergency) that he advocates locating it in a place where the risk of a large earthquake in the Pacific that affects Tokyo also punishes the secondary capital is minimized. “Fukuoka is a major city with a low disaster risk, as is Kitakyushu.” And what city do we choose? That’s the big question. There are those who fear that the true purpose of JIP is to merge the districts of the city of Osaka to give them a format similar to that of Tokyo, a change that would pave the way for it to become the secondary capital of the country. Reserve capital status would bring relevant advantages, such as tax exemptions. Right now in Osaka the metropolitan government assumes the provision of certain services, such as water supply, firefighters or urban planning. More local tasks, such as garbage collection, social services or education, depend on the districts. The JIP has been wanting to adapt Osaka to a model more similar to that of Tokyo for some time, claiming its benefits. Without success. Are there more names? Yes. Other names have also been mentioned in the national press, such as Sapporo or Fukuoka. “If we were to imagine an earthquake in the Nankai Trench, the city of Fukuoka, on the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan, would be the least at risk of simultaneous damage. In terms of response capacity, Fukuoka is a suitable location,” claims Takashima. Images | Louie Martinez (Unsplash) In Xataka | Japan keeps setting tourism records, so it has an idea: charge three times as much to leave the country

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