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Openai has just opened the door to a new way of using apps with chatgpt

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The next time you ask for Chatgpt Help you mount the playlist for your birthday, the chatbot may go one step further. You may propose to do it directly with Spotify and, if you connect your account, offer you add the list to your profile with a single touch. And not only is limited to Spotify. Openai has just considered a new way of using applications. The company directed by Sam Altman has announced An update that allows you to use apps from the conversation window itself, in natural language and without the need to open eyelashes or leave the chat. Some functions also incorporate small visual interfaces adapted to the chatbot environment to offer a more fluid experience. A few apps to start. In order for applications to work within Chatgpt, developers must integrate OpenAi SDK and accept their conditions, designed to guarantee a safe experience. The project is still in an early stage. The SDK is in preliminary version and, for now, only seven companies participate in the pilot. Openai has selected them to show how this new applications integration within the chat will work: Booking.com Canva Coursera Figma Expedia Spotify Zillow How apps are used in chatgpt. There are two ways to use them. The first is to mention them directly if we know they are compatible. The second, more automated, occurs when Chatgpt himself suggests connecting an app to continue a task. It is an interesting function, although it can be somewhat invasive for some users. For example, if we have a linked Canva, it would be enough to write “Canva, can you turn this scheme into a presentation?” The application would generate different versions from the content. With Expedia, we could ask you to look for hotels in Chicago with King bed for less than $ 250 a night, and the integrated app in charge of the rest. The striking of this new generation of applications is how it combines family interactive elements, such as maps, lists or presentations, with the naturalness of a conversation. There are limitations. At the moment, the novelty has clear limits. Only a few apps are compatible, the support is available only in English and, at least for now, it cannot be used in the European Union. Openai has not explained the reasons, although everything points to the privacy regulations that usually slow the launch of new artificial intelligence functions in the region. The company states that it works to offer it “soon” also in the community block. Security and privacy. By using integrated applications, users are subject to both OpenAI terms and those of each connected service. The company has urged developers to “include clear privacy policies, collect only the necessary minimum data and be transparent with the requested permits.” It also promises “more granular” privacy controls so that each user can decide which specific categories or data can use each application to customize the results. The data business. The data is the new gold. Not literally, but in value. From the beginning of segmented advertising to the rise of artificial intelligence, companies have demonstrated a voracious appetite for user information. That is why it is convenient to review the privacy policies of the applications that we use: to understand how our data is collected and process, at this point, almost as important as using them. Images | OpenAI In Xataka | Openai and AMD have just signed more than an AI agreement: it is the bartering of despair

A new generation of robots promises precision and efficiency. It also opens the door to cyberspage risks

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The movement of the robotic arm seems impeccable: each turn, each clamp, each displacement occurs with the accuracy of a metronome. However, while these actions convey confidence in a hospital or a factory, another story is drawn in the background. The commands, although encrypted, let rhythms and pauses In the traffic that travels through the network. These patterns, invisible to the naked eye, in many cases allow to deduce the task executed. The same accuracy that we applaud in the robot can become a trace for external observers. Over the last years the interest in collaborative robots has shot himself. Hospitals are used as surgical assistants for their ability to make fine movements without fatigue, and in factories they have become allies for repetitive or risk tasks. Not only do productivity improve, they also reduce accidents by replacing the operator in hostile environments. The connectivity that drives its expansion, however, is also the one that can expose them to new vulnerability scenarios, According to a study in the University of Waterlooin Canada. Precision that dazzles in hospitals, a trail that can be interpreted The investigation did not focus on real -time robots by means Preprogrammed scripts. These systems receive an orders sequence and execute them with minimal human intervention, which reduces direct supervision and expands automation possibilities. At the same time, the way in which these systems structure high -level commands generates regular traffic patterns, and that regularity opens opportunities for analysis. The work was designed with a very concrete scenario: a passive attacker, someone who only observes the network traffic between the robot and its controller without deciphering it. The experiment was carried out with an arm Kinova Gen3a light robot usually used in research environments. The controller executed preprogrammed commands and the communications were protected with TLS encryption. With this assembly, the researchers registered 200 network traces corresponding to four different actions, looking for a varied and representative set. The authors began by converting network catches into temporary signals: instead of looking at the content of the packages, they analyzed when each one was sent and with what separation. Those time series were treated as acoustic signs, which allowed to apply classic signal processing techniques, such as correlation and convolution, which seek similarities and patterns in pulses and rhythms. From this transformation they trained a classifier that, in the closed environment of the test, assigned an action to each trace. The experiment used 200 traces on four actions and showed that, even with activated TLS, temporary subpatrones were detectable. Kinova Gen3 The trials showed that the method worked with remarkable efficiency: in most tests the system was able to identify the robot action with a success level close to 97%. This means that, although the orders travel encrypted by TLS, the observation of the intervals and the cadence can allow to rebuild what task it is executed. In a hospital, that could give clues about the nature of an intervention; In a factory, on the production sequence. A complete deduction is not always achieved, but the finding shows that the encryption alone is not enough. Although orders travel encrypted by TLS, the observation of the intervals and cadence can allow to rebuild what task it is executed. The finding acquires relevance to extrapolating it to real environments. In health, an attacker could identify details of a surgical intervention without the need to access the medical history, only observing the robot communication flows. In the industry, the patterns themselves could reveal assembly steps or Characteristics of a patented process. It is not an isolated failure of a specific model, but an alert signal on how connectivity multiplies the exposure. Each connected robot becomes a possible observation point. The researchers did not limit themselves to pointing out the problem: they also explored possible defenses. One of them is to modify the timing of the robot programming interface, so that the commands do not follow such a regular and predictable pattern. Another is to apply package filling and timing manipulation to hide the real rhythms. These measures could reduce the inference capacity of an attacker, although with a cost: lower network efficiency and, in some cases, more latency in the execution of the robot. Technological innovation always advances in parallel to the need to protect it. Cobots exemplify that balance: they promise efficiency and new forms of work, but also force rethink defense measures. It is not about stopping its adoption, but about doing it with a conscious look of the risks. Security and development are not opposite paths; They must travel together if you want the future of robotics to be sustainable and reliable. Images | Kinova Robotics (1, 2) | Freepik In Xataka | Alibaba is becoming the Ai Open Source sponator. Your family of Qwen models is putting the market above

It is the door of his AI in Europe

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United Kingdom and the United States They have signed the “Tech Prosperity Deal”a technological agreement that has triggered investments worth 31,000 million pounds (about 35,460 million euros) of the main US technology companies. The pact, announced during the second state visit of Donald Trump to the country, aims to establish a strategic collaboration in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy. Among the firms that have opted for the United Kingdom are companies of the caliber of Microsoft, Google, Nvidia and Openaiamong others. A key strategic moment. The huge amount of investment right at this time has not been coincidence. The “Tech Prosperity Deal” is signed by coinciding with The ceremony at Windsor Castlechaired by King Carlos III, and seeks to boost economic growth, scientific research and energy security in both countries. For the Starmer government, which now has the pressure of recovering years of weak economic growth, the agreement can mean an oxygen ball to position the United Kingdom in an avant -garde country at the technological level. These types of investments in the country would have been inconceivable a few years ago, and the key to the new friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom is precisely in which the country It does not belong to the European Unionand therefore, there is a much less strict regulation in ia. Microsoft hit the table. Microsoft investment of 22,000 million pounds (25,334 million euros) includes The construction of the largest supercommer in the United Kingdom In Loughton, northeast of London, developed next to the British firm Nscale. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, declared that she wanted “to ensure that the United States remains a reliable technological partner for the United Kingdom.” Its president Brad Smith acknowledged the improvement of relations since “the dark days” prior to the approval of the purchase of Blizzard Activision. The rest is not far behind. Nvidia will deploy 120,000 graphic processing units in what will be its largest European deployment, including up to 60,000 grace blackwell ultra chips with Nscale. David Hogan de Nvidia assured That this “will really turn the United Kingdom into an AI manufacturer, not an AI receiver.” Google maintains its 5,000 million pounds (5,758 million euros) with a new data center in Waltham Cross and continuous support for Deepmind. The list expands With Coreweave (1.5 billion pounds), Salesforce, Scale AI, Blackrock, Oracle and Amazon Web Services, with commitments ranging from hundreds from millions to several billion. Light regulation. Starmer seeks to position the United Kingdom as an alternative to the regulation of the European Union, opting for the light regulation approach that the United States favors in areas such as AI. This strategy aims attract more American technological investmenttaking advantage of the fact that the United States is already the largest individual commercial partner in the United Kingdom. The Trump administration has criticized During all this time the European digital security laws, so he has found in the United Kingdom a strong partner to expand in Europe. What comes after. The “Tech Prosperity Deal” also includes joint efforts to develop AI models applied to healthexpand quantum computing capabilities and expedite civil nuclear projects. Starmer said the agreement “has the potential to mold the future of millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic.” The United Kingdom thus consolidates its position as European technological hub, while US companies obtain a strategic platform to expand their AI services in the European market without the EU regulatory restrictions. Cover image | Reinaldo Sture and Simon Ray In Xataka | Jensen Huang, Bill Gates and other CEO are clear: the AI ​​has opened the door to the three -day work week

When the town next door is your landfill

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Some residents of Santa Oliva cross the town next night with their garbage bag, reports 3cat, Catalan Public Radio. They are not visiting, they are going to throw it into the Albinyana containers so as not to have to separate their waste. The panoramic. The Baix Penedès region has become the epicenter of a garbage war between municipalities. Each town has its own collection system: Traditional containers. Smart containers by card. Door -to -door collection. The result is chaos where some neighbors practice what the authorities have baptized as “garbage tourism”: bring your waste to the people next to dodge the recycling standards of the strictest municipalities. The situation has climbed to the Kafkian. In Cunit, The Local Police opens and inspects the bags deposited outside the container in search of receipts, letters or any document that delates to the offender. They have already put more than 200 fines that range between 300 and 3,000 euros. Why is it important. This conflict perfectly reflects the gap between the technological and environmental ambitions of administrations … and citizen resistance to change. Smart containers that require card to open or door -to -door systems with strict schedules guarantee to increase recycling rates. But they also generate a visceral rejection in part of the population, which does not want or cannot have five different containers at home. The result is a spiral of absurd behaviors: Neighbors who sabotage smart containers to leave them permanently open. Others that drive kilometers to throw garbage in the neighboring town. And police converted into waste detectives. Yes, but. Legally, “garbage tourism” inhabits a gray area. Using the container of the neighboring town is not always illegal if its local standards are respected, although it is an abuse of the service that others pay with their taxes. The clearly illegal thing is to throw bags out of containers or do it inside whether there are municipal norms that prohibit use to non -residents. The context. The problem is not exclusive to Baix Penedès. In Sanxenxo (Pontevedra)the cleaning company also analyzes abandoned bags seeking to identify offenders, with fines of up to 600 euros. In Villena (Alicante)the police have identified twelve people in seven months. The municipalities defend that these systems reduce costs and improve recycling. But in Cunit there are neighbors who have not pick up the card for two years to open smart containers. The mayor speaks of “neglect.” The neighbors see it different. Between the lines. Recycling digitalization is creating new marginalized: older who do not understand smart cards, neighbors without a car for the clean point, workers with time -to -door incompatible schedules. “Garbage tourism” is only the symptom of the imposition of technological solutions without social consensus or alternatives for those who are out of the system. In Xataka | The subsoil of historical cities hides a great garbage vacuum. The problem is that you have to punch Outstanding image | Barcelona’s Decrease

An iPhone that is the entrance door of the AI ​​for billions of people

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You unlock the iPhone and look for something on the Internet. And who serves you, of course, is Google. It looks something harmless, almost “normal”, but behind there is much more than it seems, because that alliance has allowed two things. The first, that Apple becomes (still) richer. And the second, that Google maintains its dominant position in the field of search engines. The reason is simple: there is More than 1.4 billion iPhone In assets everyone, to which iPad and Macs must be added. All those devices They are the door to the Internet For hundreds of millions of people, that Google is the default search engine in all of them has been key for the company to be where it is. The iPhone, for better or worse, has helped decide who won the battle of the Internet. And it will also help decide who wins the AI. And the chatbot became mobile Because now we use the AI ​​in our browser or in mobile apps, but little by little we will do it directly, interacting with the voice and using the assistant of the pre -installed AI on our device. In the case of Android mobiles it is evident that Gemini will be absolute protagonist. It is the same as Google already pre -installed its search engine on these devices as an integral part of the experience. That, by the way, can end up being very expensive to the company, which He has lost the antitrust judgment in the United States. A sentence is expected in an imminent way, and among the possible consequences it could be Google’s “fragmentation”that could even be seen Sell ​​Chrome. But what will happen to the iPhone? What will the mobiles and Apple devices boost? Here the answer has more crumb, because the situation of the company in the field of artificial intelligence is complex … Not to say worrying. The company’s artificial intelligence platform, Apple Intelligencehe is light years from his rivals. Its benefits are very limited and these heights were expected to have arrived the supervitaminated version of Siri. Instead what we have are More and more delays of a company that despite having more resources that almost none still does not find its way in this segment. It would be normal to think that the iPhone took advantage of their own AI. They are likely to do so and that both Apple Intelligence and Siri They improve (very) notable, but what is also likely that the iPhone does not depend exclusively on Apple Intelligence. In fact everything points to a scenario in which we will have not an AI for everything, but three different: Local Apple Intelligence: A small AI model that will be executed locally and privately for simple consultations and for very specific functions, such as summarizing texts or helping to write emails. It is something that Apple Intelligence already offers. Apple Intelligence in the Cloud: For more complex consultations, Apple will also offer its own infrastructure such as Google or Microsoft, but with a difference: a clear approach to privacy. The call “Private Cloud Compute“It is a technological solution that theoretically guarantees that our conversations with Apple’s chatbot will be absolutely private. External suppliers: But if users want other options, they can also have them. Apple already announced in 2024 that users could access chatgpt proactively To enjoy AI functions, but that supplier will not probably be the only one. In fact, since February it is also possible GEMINI use As an alternative, and Apple has reached different agreements in China chewing that There you can use models like qwenfrom Alibaba. Precisely that third point, that of external suppliers, is the one that reminds us of what has happened with Internet search engines. The potential Apple agreements with one or the other supplier can define their success or failure – and that of its competitors. If Apple reaches an agreement with Openai so that ChatgPT is “the iphone default”, this chatbot will gain even more relevance, but the same could happen with Gemini or any other model. Precisely this situation has been the one that has detonated The new demand that Elon Musk He has made against Apple. The tycoon accuses the company to conspire illegally to eliminate competitiveness in the AI ​​market, something that according to him is being a clear obstacle to the success of Xai and Grok. That demand reminds what Epic Games already made Years ago against Apple’s App Store. That case It ended up causing that Apple opened the door –in its particular way– at third -party stores already methods of alternative payments and that Fortnite will star in a triumphal return To that store. It remains to be seen if Musk’s demand achieves a similar effect, but a priori seems difficult because Everything is yet to decide In the AI ​​and There are no clear winners. But if there is any, surely the iPhone has ended up helping to create it directly or indirectly. In Xataka | Google will fall below 50% advertising fee in 2025. From the monopoly to survival in the Tiktok era

The agreement with the US seemed to pave the way to Nvidia in China. Now is the Asian giant who begins to close the door

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The agreement with Washington had allowed Nvidia sell again Your H20 chip In China. It was a door that opened after months of restrictions. Now, the Chinese authorities have begun to close it slowly: According to Financial Timesand Reutersthey have summoned Alibaba, Bytedance, Tencent and other companies to explain why they buy H20 instead of using local processors. The gesture is not symbolic, several of them are rethinking their orders, and the new scrutiny comes while Beijing encourages a prioritize domestic alternatives. Nvidia developed the H20 in direct response to the export limitations that the United States imposed at the end of 2023. For a time it was its star product for Chinese clients, until this year it was again blocked by a new Washington decision. In July 2025, the veto rose after an agreement with the Trump administration for Nvidia would transfer 15% of the income of some advanced chip sales in Chinaaccording to Reuters. That turn reopened the door, but also unleashed criticism in the United States for its supposed impact on China’s capabilities. A historical agreement that now faces resistance Authorities such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Mits, people aware of the situation, and the administration of the cyberspace of China, CAC, according to Reuters, have held meetings with companies such as Alibaba, Bytedance, Tencent and Baidu. They have asked them Why don’t they turn to national alternatives and have expressed their disapproval for the use of H20 in government or security areas. They have also raised doubts about the information that Nvidia asks to send to Washington for review. As a result, several companies have begun to reconsider their orders, according to Financial Times, although Reuters points out that it was not ordered to stop shopping. Concerns are not limited to preference for local chips. The Internet regulator asked NVIDIA to clarify whether H20 could involve risks for Chinese user data, including the possibility of “backdoors.” In this sense, Beijing has expressed concern for functions such as remote shutdown or location tracking. Nvidia, as we have seen before, He denies these capacities and argues that H20 is not a military product or for government infrastructure. According to Financial Times, Huawei, Cambricon and other Chinese manufacturers have increased their presence in the market since the H20 was subject to restrictions. Beijing has reinforced the message of technological self -sufficiency and encourage large platforms to opt for local suppliers. Now, it is no secret that the lack of access to advanced manufacturing equipment, Like the latest generation lithography, it is still an obstacle. Despite this, the demand for national chips grows thanks to political support and the need to reduce external dependence. But not everything plays in favor of the local giant Huawei. Great Chinese technology, such as Tencent, Alibaba or Bytedance, continue to prefer Nvidia GPUs For its greatest performance and, above all, by CUDA, the parallel programming platform of NVIDIA that allows the most of its GPU for artificial intelligence and other complex calculations. Replacing it with alternatives such as Cann implies overcoming technical and compatibility barriers. Li Guojie, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, warns that China needs its own tools that exceed Cuda to achieve self -sufficiency. The great Chinese technology, such as Tencent, Alibaba or Bytedance, continue to prefer Nvidia GPUs. Bernstein, collect ftestimates that the market share of Nvidia in China will go from 66% in 2024 to 55% this year. In parallel, Trump has suggested that he could authorize a Limited version of Blackwell -based processorsthe most advanced of the company. In any case, Nvidia generated 17,000 million dollars in sales in China in its last year13% of its total income. In this environment, each regulatory decision weighs as much as the technological road map itself. What in July was presented as an advance for Nvidia has become an uncertain scenario. Beijing’s pressure, added to the impulse to national manufacturers, redefines the company’s possibilities in a market that was strategic for years. According to the aforementioned means, the outcome will mark not only the future of Nvidia in China, but also the way in which both powers manage artificial intelligence when politics, security and trade intersect. Images | Nvidia In Xataka | China’s first avant -garde lithography machine is not the biggest US problem. They will be the other two that are on their way In Xataka | China is an essential market for Nvidia. Little by little it is becoming something else: a nightmare

Those who are closing the door to the US F-35

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Last week he met A news of great size for what it meant in Europe: Spain had slammed the 50 f-35 fighter fleet that had applauded with the United States. The reasons: the commitment to a “European defense” and distrust of a military technology in which Washington has great influence, even After purchased The lot. It turns out that many more nations have joined the “initiative.” The advance: Spain. It We count A few days ago. Spain has chosen not to acquire the American hunt F-35 Lightning II from Lockheed Martin and will focus its future purchases on European manufacturing aircraft, specifically on the Eurofighter Typhoon And in the future system FCAS (Future Combat Air System) that develops with France and Germany. The measure, confirmed By the Ministry of Defense, it implies the indefinite suspension of previous contacts with the United States and aligns with a strategy of reinforce sovereignty European industrial and military. According to analysts like Richard Abouulafiathis decision fits with the widest goal of Europe to reduce its technological and productive dependence from abroad. A hunt in the center of another “war.” Now, the furtive F-35, a symbol of that military cooperation between the United States and its allies, has also become political objective For countries that seek to respond to Trump’s tariff and security policies. The last reaction occurred after the entry into force of a 39% tariff against Switzerland, which has led Swiss parliamentarians to ask for the cancellation of its $ 9.1 billion contract for 36 F-35signed in 2022 to replace its F/A-18 and F-5. This agreement, initially valued in 6,250 millionalready dragged tensions for inflation before the tariff shock. The controversy comes, in addition and as we said, after Spain will announce that discarded his “50” F-35, and in a context where other allies Like Portugal and Canada They have expressed doubts about the strategic reliability of the United States. NGF model and a remote operator in the 2019 Paris Aeronautics Hall Domino effect. Denmark He said recently that has regretted the purchase. Portugal, through its defense minister Nuno Melo, He has stressed That the predictability of the allies is a key factor when deciding on future fighters, while Canada, despite having compromised funds for the first 16 devices of an order of 88, studies European alternatives before the political climate. However, recent reports indicate that the Canadian military dome Keep doubting If complete the total acquisition. The discomfort has also reached Switzerland, where voices from the entire political spectrum ask to review or directly cancel His purchase, in line with the growing tendency to use the F-35 as a political lever against Washington. Hunting as a business. Although Switzerland represents an acceptable request, the global impact on Lockheed Martin’s business is, for now, limited: hundreds of F-35 are in service with the United States and allies, and the Pentagon plans to acquire about 2,400 to replace non -poacher fighters in the three branches of their armed forces. In 2024, JPMorgan estimated that the F-35 will mean the 25% of sales of Lockheed, with the aeronautics area contributing 41% of quarterly income. At the same time, other clients have expanded orders: United Kingdom (+12), Belgium (+11) and Denmark (+10), and the recent commercial agreement Usa-Eue contemplates massive American weapons purchases. F35 Cost and projection. The program, awarded to Lockheed in 2001, has suffered constant criticism For cost overruns, delays and an estimated total cost of 1.8 billion dollars throughout its useful life, including development, production, operation and maintenance. Despite this, the F-35 is still the combat option more advanced Available for United States allies and it is expected to form the backbone of the US fleet for decades, even while Boeing and the Pentagon develop The new generation F-47 with integration of autonomous drones. In real combat he has demonstrated his abilities, as in recent Israeli operations against objectives in Iran. “European” comparative. He Eurofighter Typhoon With which some countries project part of the substitution is a fourth generation versatile hunting, the result of a European consortium. For its part, the FCAS It aspires to be a sixth generation system with an entry into service planned by 2040. Although some experts consider the Eurofighter equal to or greater than the F-35 in pure air performance, they recognize that the F-35 has A clear advantage by plane and mission pack. In addition, Eurofighter production is much more limited and FCAS is still in the development phase, which raises challenges to meet demand if American platforms are dispensed with. Limitations and adjustments. In a hypothetical scenario, the exclusive dependence on European fighters would imply changes in the Structure of forces. The Spanish Navy currently operates Harrier AV-8b In its Aaeronaves, which will be withdrawn soon, the F-35B was the logical option to replace them with their short take-off capacity and vertical landing, something that neither the Eurofightter nor other European models offer. Without that option, Spain and those who follow them would have to redefine the paper of its aircraft carrier or adapt other solutions. At the interoperability level, giving up F-35 limits the ability to operate homogeneously with allies that use it as standard. Strategic value against alternatives. JPMorgan analysts point out that, despite criticism, the F-35 offers a significant capacity At a relatively competitive cost in the international market, which is why it continues to be imposed in competitions. Unmanned capabilities deserve investment, but they are still far from replacing a hunt such as F-35. This combination of operational power, interoperability with numerous allies and technological projection reinforces its position, although commercial tensions and diplomatic promoted by American foreign policy aim to continue undermining cohesion around its acquisition and, perhaps, to that Sorpasso “European” that in no case can occur in the short term. Image | Robert Sullivan, Christopher Ebdon, TIRADEN In Xataka | The F-35 not only costs a fortune, it has a button that Spain does not like. 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Google has opened the door to its employees so that whoever is not motivated to go voluntarily: Zuckerberg rubs his hands

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Google used to be the place where all software engineers They dreamed of working. However, in recent years that dream It has vanished. The company, known for its conciliatory culture, now surprises with a strategy that invites some workers to leave the company voluntarily To save costs in dismissal, according to an internal email published by The Verge. New voluntary output strategy. As you can read in the memorandum to which you have had access The VergeGoogle is offering a voluntary exit to the employees of its “Knowledge and Information” department (K & I, for its acronym in English), the area that includes those responsible for the search tool, engineering, marketing, research and communications. This document signed by Nick Fox, current responsible of the department, raises the possibility that, those who want to leave the company voluntarilythey can do it with economic incentives, in what is known as the “Voluntary Exit Program” (VEP), a pilot program of voluntary exits that Google put to the test in some departments after the dismissal of 12,000 employees in 2023. In Xataka Of engineers to keyboard operators: AI is converting software programming into a mounting chain Google is only for motivated. In Your statement, Nick Fox, it has been very clear: “If you are excited about your work, full of energy because of the opportunity that you present to you and you yield well, I really hope (really!) That you do not accept this. We have ambitious plans and much to do.” At the same time, Google offers “an exit path with support for those who do not feel aligned with our strategy, do not feel vitalized for their work, or are having difficulty fulfilling the expectations of their role within the company.” Said otherwise, The door has taught them. Welcome to the offices. Since 2022, Google has carried out different rounds of layoffs massive, and has progressively hardening the flexibility to telework through pressures in employee assessments. The filtered document does not let the occasion escape and also remember that employees living less than 80 kilometers from a work center must go to the office three days a week to the office, and encouraging to move closer to them to Those who live further. {“Videid”: “X919SE0”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “The AI ​​and the future of our work Silvia Rivela | 100 years, 100 visions Ep.3”, “Tag”: “”, “Duration”: “2630”} Template reaction. The reaction of the workforce to the new “non-descent” policy It has not been waiting. When associated with a hardening of teleworking policy for that department, many see in it an undercover dismissal that seeks to save dismissal costs. The discomfort has been fed because, while the dismissals and founders were happening demanded 12 -hour daysPichai sundar The salary climbed And the company announced Milmillonarios benefits. Risk leakage risk. Google is running a very high risk that, when opening the door to their employees, the best qualified decide to take the floor and lose their best talent in this operation of Costs. The announcement, in addition, occurs in a delicate moment. Companies as a goal are willing to Offer millionaire figures To capture that talent, especially in areas such as artificial intelligence, so this movement could have unexpected consequences for the competitiveness of the company. In Xataka | A figure shows that the problem is not to find qualified talent, but knowing how to retain it: 24.1% labor rotation Image | Unspash (Adarsh ​​Chauhan) (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news Google has opened the door to its employees so that whoever is not motivated to go voluntarily: Zuckerberg rubs his hands It was originally posted in Xataka by Rubén Andrés .

I have already tried the ‘mouse’ mode of Nintendo Switch 2. Open a door so far closed on consoles

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In 2017, the First Nintendo Switch He arrived to revolutionize the way of playing. He did it with his concept of hybrid console, but also thanks to some controls that have established themselves as more versatile controls. It was something they had to maintain with Nintendo Switch 2and with the first trailer of the console, we saw that they could have given a twist to the controls. As? Turning the joy-with a mouse. Like those of a lifelong computer. This is not a tremendously new. In fact, Lenovo Legion Goa Consolidated PC That he drinks a lot of Nintendo Switch, he already had a way to turn his right command into a mouse thanks to an optical sensor. With Windows as an operating system, compatibility was total, but the doubt was to what extent the Nintendo Switch 2 mouse mode would be useful. After playing a few hours with the joy-with mouse, I have to tell you that they work really well and makes sense for certain gamesbut for Shooters, which are perhaps ideals for a mouse, it doesn’t convince me so much. And it will also depend a lot on the endurance of your hands. Turning the Joy-Con Nintendo Switch 2 is not a machine to do experiments. The 152 million switch soldand going up, they are a reflection that the company has achieved a product that people liked. They don’t need something groundbreaking As switch or Wii in your day, but a continuous console. But within that line, it is interesting to see that they have tried to take a step further apart from with power improvement. In the First Nintendo Switch 2 impressions After a day trying it I have already told that I like that the joy-with are larger, because it is easier to control games like ‘Doom‘ either ‘Wolfenstein‘With the sticks and fit better in the palm of the hand. And apart from size, a change comes with optical technology. In the area that joins the Joy-Con with the console, Nintendo has added an optical sensor that basically converts each command into a mouse. There are games that will be controlled with the two Joy-Con in this way, but I think the best uses will be those that convert Switch 2 into a kind of desktop PC. Image | Xataka And you don’t have to make strange configurations or anything to go from the wireless joy-with the joy-with mouse: the screen decouplas, you put it in a “vertical” position, supporting that sensor on a surface, and if you have previously configured it when configuring the console, a pointer appears automatically on the screen. Image | Xataka And ready, it’s like a mouse, with triggers serving as choice buttons. In the console box comes an addition that is an coupling for that area. The joy-with works as a mouse without it, but in this way you have a somewhat more slippery base, you protect the song of the joy-with of any element that is on the table and it may be suggestion, but I think it slides better. Good Gimmick technological or something useful? Let’s see it And the sensations playing with the Switch 2 mouse Launching, there are several games who take advantage of this mouse function. One is ‘Welcomo Tour’ that “minigame” (of 10 euros) that serves to know the entrails and characteristics of the console. There are some mini -games that allow us to explore that control mode and it is curious, but it does not happen. ‘Civilization VII‘It is also compatible With this way, but I could not try it. The one I have played (in any of its modes) is’Cyberpunk 2077‘. When we first executed it, the game tells us that it allows us to play in several ways. It is one of the most generous in this regard because it takes advantage of the accelerometer of the Joy-Con, in the mouse mode and the touch screen (well by CD Projakt there), and it really is the one that allows me to imagine what it will be like to play ‘Metroid Prime 4‘In this way. By default, the game control is through the ‘normal’ command, but in the configuration section, we can select that mouse mode. There are several configurations that we can do to play more comfortable in this regard and I have to say one thing: the sensor that Nintendo has placed in the Joy-with seems very good to me. Image | Xataka On a completely, flat surface, the answer is great, but on the couch, it works very well when sliding on the furniture fabric. With fine cloth shorts it is not going so well because the fabric wrinkles, but in jeans they are also quite precise. That is, if you play in the living room, you don’t have to look for a table or a flat surface: the control is necessary in another type of surface. The left joy-with (because I am right-handed, but having a sensor in both, left-handed ones can also play perfectly) serves to move the character and point, while the right controls the trigger of the weapon, ABXY buttons still have their predetermined actions And the right stick is a scroll bar. And, as I say, you play well: something straight at the beginning because the triggers are very sensitive and you can throw a grenade easily, it happened to me, but you get used to easy. Now, there is an ergonomics problem. In a conventional mouse (in a good one), the manufacturer has bothered to study anatomy to launch a device that can adapt to many arches differently. My partner John Tones already commented After trying switch a few weeks ago. Image | Xataka That does not happen in this case and the 20 minutes was already fatigued. In addition, as they continue to ask you to press buttons of that command for actions such as jumping, selecting or speaking, You always have the arched thumb of moreforcing a position that, … Read more

Steven Hale had access to blockbusters before its premiere. What he did with them ended the FBI knocking on his door

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Steven Hale did not appear in the credits of any blockbusters, but for more than a year, his name was linked to Some of the most anticipated films of the industry. Not as an actor, director or screenwriter, but as the employee who, According to the United States Department of Justicehe stole early copies of great premieres before they reached the public. Hale, 37 years old and resident in Memphis (Tennessee), worked for a multinational company dedicated to manufacturing and distributing DVDs and Blu-rays for the main Hollywood studies. Between February 2021 and March 2022, it would have stolen more than a thousand records in the pre-launch phase, that is, ready for commercial distribution but not yet available for sale. According to the registration order cited by Torrentfreak1,160 albums were seized during the investigation. Among the seized titles are ‘Fast & Furious 9‘,’Black Widow‘,’Sing 2‘,’Venom: There will be a killing‘,’Matrix: Resurrections‘,’Godzilla vs. Kong‘,’ ‘Jungle Cruise‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City‘, among others. A case that has not gone unnoticed The case surprises, among other things, because it shows that the physical format still has a considerable weight. Although we are in the middle of 2025 and the consumption of content revolves around the platforms on demand such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Disney+, and, of course, to the movie theaters, The DVD and the Blu-ray They have not disappeared. It is not just a matter of collecting: there are still those who prefer to have their films in physical support. According to the accusationHale sold the discs through electronic commerce platforms. One of those albums, an early copy of Spider-Man: no Way Home, was allegedly “ripe”, that is, digitally extracted by skipping anticopia protections, and distributed on the Internet before its official departure date. The FBI argues that this version was discharged tens of millions of times, with an alleged equally millionaire economic damage for responsible study. The investigation began in March 2022, when the authorities registered their domicile. Although all the details of how the filtration or why the arrest was not produced until later, the case has evolved significantly this May, this May has identified all the details. May 27, Hale reached an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office: He declared himself guilty of one of the charges of criminal infraction of copyright, and the Department of Justice withdrew the rest of the accusations, including those related to the interstate transport of stolen merchandise. In that same agreement, the US government reviewed its estimation of damage. Although initially there were tens of millions of dollars, it is now recognized that the total value of the infraction would not exceed $ 40,000. In return, the Prosecutor’s Office has recommended a maximum penalty reduction in recognition since Hale has assumed the responsibility of their actions. The sentence is not yet defined. A hearing will be held in the west district of Tennessee next August. If the court accepts the conditions of the agreement, Hale could face a conviction of Up to five years in prisona fine of up to $ 250,000, three years of supervised freedom after the fulfillment of the penalty, and the obligation to pay restitution to the rights holders who prove to have suffered losses. Images | Freepik | Alec Favale | Kent Madsen In Xataka | Netflix’s great triumph has been to return to the exit box: we want to pay to see ads

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