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Tecno has finally seen a future for the old modular dream

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Being able to update the phone without having to change it for a new one is the dream of many of us who love telephony. Throughout history there were several brands that tried it, such as Motorola: Project Ara to the commercial materialization of that format, the Moto Z and its Moto Mods. Currently, one of the manufacturers that has most opted for modularity It’s Fairphone. Now, Tecno has decided to skip what is established and take that dream one step further. Although with a difference from the original Ara: Tecno proposes a magnetic, not structural, modularity. Techno It is not a manufacturer that we know in Europe for its smartphones. Even so, it is one of the brands that the more it grows in share and distribution at a global level. Despite having a clear orientation towards accessible mobile phones, Tecno is characterized by being one of the most innovative and risky. Apart from those two adjectives, there is a third that occurred to me while holding the modular mobile: surprising. But can you still add more things? There are LEGO boxes that have fewer pieces than this mobile When I approached the Tecno stand, and saw all the phone pieces scattered on the table, I thought about the LEGOs I had when I was little and how I was combining the parts to make new figures. What Tecno brought to MWC is more or less the same, at least in essence. The base is an extremely thin phone that features a small camera module in the upper area. Tecno has provided all the components with a good number of magnets, it surely used up the store’s stock. Because everything comes together through magnetism. You can add a telephoto camera module by simply “gluing” this piece to the base lens, for example. Everything fits into place with magnets, just like the external battery module, microphone, speaker… Or the SLR camera accessory. When asked how many modules you can put on the phone at most, Tecno said: “Yes.” I have not put the parallel with LEGO at random: the phone supports a good number of pieces on top. Furthermore, there is another important point: The modules can also be combined without having the base telephone. And they work independently You can put a clip on the microphone and use it as a tie microphone. The same for the speaker, for example. Or use the stand to support the pieces outside the mobile. Everything is anchored by magnetism and in its place. With the drawback that it has to be placed correctly the first time, the system does not offer a visual guide to know how to build the LEGO. An idea that seems extravagant and yet works Modular mobile phones were already invented. And Tecno has come to give the concept a twist to take it to the extreme. Because the mobile works, the parts make sense, the entire concept transcends experimentation to become a product that could be viable. Wow, I could totally buy it. The pieces are solid and well thought out, it shows that Tecno has designed each component with precision. And maturity. Now, it’s not perfect, because the pieces can come apart somewhat easily. The magnetic anchor is strong, but it is still that: magnetic. If the camera gets caught in your pocket, it gets left behind. And if the modular phone falls to the ground… Instead of a phone you have a puzzle. Still far from being able to be bought It is beautiful, it is impressive and it appears solid beyond doubt due to the magnetic union between the pieces. Even so, it probably won’t see the light of day in the near future. Tecno is characterized by experiments, by trying to make smartphones show a different face. Many of their concepts end up as a hook to attract the real catalog, the one that really works. I thought that modular mobile phones, as designed by Motorola with Project Ara, would have no future. Tecno has shown me the opposite: apart from being feasible, with a little imagination you can achieve use cases that no one imagined before. That something like this is so refreshing says more about the current stagnation of the smartphone than about modular phones themselves. Images | Ivan Linares In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2026), we have tested them and here are their analyzes

If you have 400,000 euros you can finally fulfill the dream of owning your own island. The problem is how to get to it.

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If you like nature, spend hours listening to the birds singing and the rustling of the waves, in Welsh you have a unique opportunity. There, in the Dwyryd estuary, a private island with a charming Victorian mansion is for sale for about what it costs an apartment in the center of Madrid. For around £350,000 you can become the new owner of Ynys Gifftana seven-hectare tidal island with a history connecting it to the Stuart lineage. Of course, the offer has a trick. In a place in Wales… More specifically in the Dwyryd estuary, very close to Portmeirion (Gwynedd), hides a curious island that has just gone up for sale. What is ‘curious’ is not only because of its remote nature, its surroundings or the fact that on its entire surface, of 7.2 hectares, there is a single stone construction. What is really striking is its nature. Ynys Gifftan is a tidal islanda portion of land connected to the rest of North Wales by a spit of land that emerges at low tide and disappears at high tide. Hence, access is not easy and, depending on the time, it must be reached by boat or on foot. Landowner for €400,000. For a few weeks now, the island has added one more peculiarity. The real estate firm Carter Jonas inform that it is for sale for a “guide price” of 350,000 pounds, equivalent to 400,500 euros. The price attracts attention in Spain and even more so in the United Kingdom, where it is not far from what an average home costs. In fact, it is much less than what someone who wants to buy a house in the capital must spend. A few days ago the BBC I remembered that those 350,000 pounds exceed the average house price in the country by just 50,000. If we focus on London, the average price for the last year marks just over 600,000 pounds (£656,694), making getting the Welsh island considerably cheaper. A golden opportunity? More or less. Owning a quiet Welsh island for almost half the price of a house in London sounds good, but Ynys Gifftan has several handicaps that recognize the agency itself. To begin its construction, a country house built with stone is not going through its best moment. “It needs a comprehensive reform,” notes Carter Jonaswhich remembers that the house is divided into two floors and has several living rooms, bedrooms and pantry. Annex has a tool shed. Good landscape, bad services. The truth is that the island takes decades empty and those who embark on the adventure of repopulating it will have to face a series of challenges, beyond renovating the house: there is no electrical connection, the water network channeling dates back to the 80s and the current owners of the land do not guarantee that it is still active. In addition, the drainage system is private. As for the rest of the 17.7-acre (approximately 7.2 hectares) island, it is now partially covered by weeds, almost reaching the house itself. From Jonas they slip that part of the island could be dedicated to grazing. The great challenge. Ynys Gifftan has, however, another more important handicap that any buyer should be aware of. Its inhabitants cannot happily leave and enter the island. Not at least how they want and when they want. During high tide a boat is needed to access the island. When the tide goes out, the way in and out is different: with a short walk along the stretch of land that is exposed. With a walk you reach the continent and from there you can travel to Harlecha town of around 1,600 inhabitants where you will find basic services, such as shops, restaurants or pharmacies. Nature… and history. The future owner of Ynys Gifftan will be able to boast of having an unusual property. To start with its location, in the heart of Eryri National Park (Snowdonia). Second, for his story. Its name, “gift island” in Welsh, is said to be a nod to the island’s past, which was a gift from Queen Anne to Lord Harlech’s ancestors in the 19th century. XVIII. Images | Carter Jonas and Google Earth In Xataka | A century ago Denmark built an island to defend its capital. Now it is full of tourists and is sold for ten million

An Asturian is setting up a garage with dream supercars in Monaco: Fernando Alonso

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That a Formula 1 driver like Fernando Alonso buys a sports car is not something that should attract attention. However, when these purchases occur over time and refer to some of the most iconic classic cars or the most spectacular hypercars on the market, the result is one of the best collections of cars. Alonso has surprised everyone with his latest acquisition: a Lamborghini Sián FKP 37the Italian brand’s most extreme hybrid supercar, of which only 63 units have been manufactured in the world. This car, which costs more than 4 million euros in the current market, has the license plate number 14, a personal nod from the Asturian driver to the number he wears on his helmet. The Lamborghini supercar joins the two-time world champion’s spectacular car collection in Monaco, where he lives and can be seen behind the wheel of these jewels. Lamborghini Sian FKP 37: the newcomer Alonso has been seen on the streets of Monaco at the wheel of one of the most technological bulls that have come out of Sant’Agata Bolognese: the Lamborghini Sián FKP 37. Lamborghini’s limited edition hypercar combines a 6.5-liter, 785 HP naturally aspirated V12 engine with an electrical system based on supercapacitors that raises total power to 819 HP. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds and exceeds 355 km/h maximum speed. There are only 63 coupes of this model, a number that is not coincidental since it pays tribute to the year 1963, when Lamborghini began manufacturing sports cars. This model began production in 2019 and its selling price was 3.3 million euros. However, its exclusivity and appeal to collectors have caused its price to skyrocket to well over 4 million euros. Tap on the image to go to the original message The Instagram account @monaco_luxurystyle captured the moment in which the Asturian pilot he got off of the exclusive Lamborghini with the 14 on its license plate on the streets of Monaco. Classic vintage Ferraris In recent months, Alonso has expanded his garage with classic cars such as the Ferrari 512 TR as the one Michael Jordan drove in the 90s, which represents his taste for the Italian classics of the firm Il Cavallino. The 512 TR was the evolution of the Ferrari Testarrosa powered by a V12 engine that delivered 428 HP of pure fun. Shortly after, was seen driving another legend through the streets of Monaco: a Ferrari F40 with its license plate F014, a beast from the 80s known for the brutality of its V8 biturbo engine that delivered 478 HP with just over 1100 kg of weight, and for being the last one that had the approval of Enzo Ferrari. There are not only Ferraris: also exclusive Mercedes-Benz and Fords The two-time champion’s garage is not only nourished by the Italian automobile industry. Among its latest additions we also find a Mercedes-Benz CLK GTRone of the most extreme and exclusive cars of the German firm, of which only 26 units exist. Again, the spotters were witnesses of Alonso’s rides behind the wheel of his supercars through Monaco. Mercedes manufactured these units with the sole objective of complying with the regulations for the FIA ​​GT Championship, which is the natural habitat of this hypercar from the late 90s. That is, contrary to what usually happens, the competition unit was first designed to participate in Le Mans, and was later adapted to circulate. The CLK GTR has a 6.9-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine that delivers 600 HP with a six-speed sequential gearbox. In their day, these limited units cost between 1.5 and 2 million euros. Currently, this gem is valued at about 10 million euros. Ford GT Holman Moody Edition He Ford GT Holman Moody Edition It was another of the Asturian pilot’s whims. This limited edition is a tribute to the 1966 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 Mk II, a version that was developed from an exclusive prototype that was auctioned a few days ago. Aston Martin: playing at home In addition to the great racing classics and classic sports cars, Alonso does not neglect the interests of his team, and it is common to see him at the controls of an Aston Martin model. The most spectacular is the Valkyrie that sports the colors of Aston Martin Racing and its distinctive 014S license plate that identifies it as the property of the driver. The Valkyrie is a brutal hypercar for the track, but which is allowed to circulate on the road, not without drawbacks. Recently the brand gave him an imposing Aston Martin DBX S in black, a powerful SUV with more than 700 HP to get around in your daily life. However, the car with which Alonso feels more comfortable It is an Aston Martin Valiant, with a 745 HP biturbo V12 engine, manual transmission and configuration customized by Alonso among the 38 units that will be manufactured of this model. In Xataka | In Dubai they don’t know what to do with so many abandoned luxury supercars: the less shiny side of getting rich Image | Aston Martin, Ferrari

2025 broke the dream of cheap electricity

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At the beginning of 2025, Spain’s energy story was one of absolute success, coming to work only with renewables. But the “Great Blackout” of April 28 threw a jug of cold water on the country’s climate ambitions: greenhouse gas emissions rose 0.6%breaking a years-long trend. How is it possible to emit more when we have more solar panels than ever? The answer lies in a technical paradox: the Spanish electrical system entered into “reinforced mode”prioritizing the stability of gas over the cleanliness of renewables. Gas as a “bodyguard.” After that incident, Red Eléctrica (REE) adopted a “reinforced operating mode”. This adjustment involves intervening in the market to ensure that there are always “firm” plants (gas, nuclear and hydraulic) operating to give inertia and stability to the network tension. The problem is that this decision has marginalized cheap energy. As detailed by the Sustainability Observatory (OS)gas consumption in combined cycles shot up 26% after the blackout. Spain has been burning gas preventively to prevent the system from collapsing, even at times when the sun was abundant. This has caused the curtailment (clean energy wasted because the grid cannot manage it) will triple, going from 1.8% to 7.2% between May and July. The third “rate” in history. This forced dependence on gas has directly hit the pocketbook. According to a study by Facuathe electricity bill for an average user with a regulated tariff (PVPC) became 15.5% more expensive in 2025. With an average annual bill of 975.88 euros, 2025 is the third most expensive year in history, only behind the years of the energy crisis due to the War in Ukraine. The maintenance of this “anti-blackout insurance” has cost 422 million euros in technical extra costs, which companies like Iberdrola they have already started to have an impact on the renewed contracts of its clients. So why is there more energy but the price goes up? Herein lies the great technical paradox of last year. Spain installed 8,852 MW of new renewable power last year, according to REE data. However, the network is saturated since 83.4% of the electrical nodes no more connections allowed. The root of the problem is unbalanced investment. While Europe invests 70 cents in networks for every euro in renewables, Spain only invest 30. In addition, the country ranks 13th in battery capacity in Europe. Without storage, the system is rigid: if the sun hits suddenly, only the gas can react in time. Even domestic self-consumption failed in the April blackout: only 33% of homes they have batterieswhich left millions of users in the dark despite having their panels at full capacity. It is not the only one responsible for the emissions. The OS report points out that the rebound in emissions It’s not just electric. Spain approached 100 million of visitors in 2025, skyrocketing the consumption of kerosene (+5%) and gasoline (+8%). Added to this is a year of climatic extremes: fires They burned 400,000 hectaresreleasing 19 million tons of CO2, four times more than the average. Horizon 2026. The immediate future is not simple. For this new year, an increase in tolls and charges from the Government of up to 12%. In addition, the system faces a new challenge: the massive installation of data centers. In Aragon, these complexes are expected to consume so much energy that will further strain the network. To avoid collapse, the Government has activated “capacity markets”. Basically, gas plants will be paid simply for “being there” and not closing, an expensive but necessary insurance until the planned 2,600 MW of batteries or the synchronous compensators that promise to provide stability without burning methane are deployed. Europe’s laboratory. At the international level, Spain has assumed the vice presidency of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to lead the global transition in the face of the departure of the US under Trump’s mandate. But political leadership contrasts with internal fragility. Spain has shown that it is possible to expel coal from the system, but also that the abundance of cheap energy is useless if there are no cables to transport it or batteries to store it. As a source in the sector succinctly summarizes:: “The mistake was not putting up panels, but forgetting about the networks.” Without this investment, gas will continue to be the owner of the Spanish night and responsible for the electricity bill continuing to break records that no one wants to boast about. Image | freepik and Anton Osolev Xataka | The “reinforced mode” that prevents a new blackout will cost us 422 million euros. Iberdrola has already begun to collect it

Thanks to Starlink, Papua New Guinea was able to access the Internet in its most remote areas. That dream is over

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Thousands of people in Papua New Guinea They have been left without an internet connection following the government’s order to suspend operations of starlink in the country. The decision has come amid a legal blockade that has lasted more than a year, and is affecting businesses, health centers and rural communities that depended on Elon Musk’s satellite service to stay connected. What exactly happened. In mid-December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (Nicta) ordered Starlink to cease all operations in Papua New Guinea because the company does not have a license to operate in the country. “Starlink is currently not licensed to operate in Papua New Guinea, and until the legal process is completed, services cannot be permitted,” account Lume Polume, CEO of Nicta, told The Guardian. The company has already completely withdrawn its services from the territory. Why was there so much hooking? Although there are no official figures on how many users Starlink had in the country, telecommunications analysts estimate that its terminals served thousands of people before the closure, including entire towns and districts in remote areas, according to the media. For many rural communities it was the only viable option since mobile networks are unreliable or non-existent, and other satellite services are much more expensive. Starlink offered fast, relatively inexpensive internet in places where connectivity had historically been a chronic problem. The real impact of going offline. The blackout has generated a series of important problems in daily life. Teachers like Simon Jack, who works at a remote secondary school in the Southern Highlands province, have explained to the British media that students need the internet to check their academic results and see where they have been admitted to study this year. “For many of them, Starlink was the only option that worked,” he says. In the health field, health worker Theresa Juni, from East Sepik province, counted that his clinic used Starlink to communicate with doctors in the city and send reports quickly. “Now we have to wait days or travel just to send information. For patients who need urgent care, these delays can be dangerous,” he warns. On the other hand, the medium assures that some farmers and merchants must now travel long distances to cities to access banking services and other transactions that they previously did online. The legal mess behind the blackout. The problem comes from afar. Starlink has been trying to get a license in Papua New Guinea since December 2023, but in March 2024 the Ombudsman Commission blocked its approval citing concerns about service reliability and regulatory compliance, according to inform RNZ. Nicta took the case to court months later seeking to overturn this directive, but the court decision is still pending. Meanwhile, the regulatory authority is “legally prevented” from issuing a license until the court rules. The Pacific is from Starlink. The irony is that Starlink has become a lauded service in other Pacific nations, especially after its deployment in Tonga after the 2022 volcanic eruption destroyed underwater internet cables. There the service was described as “transformational.” However, Papua New Guinea has been left out of this story for now. Just like account According to RNZ, last November, SpaceX’s director of global market access, Rebecca Slick Hunter, said at a conference in Port Moresby that the company was ready to activate services as soon as it received authorization, and that Starlink had already established a local entity in the country. Citizen reaction. About 200 people have signed an online petition asking that Starlink be allowed to operate legally, as confirmed by Nicta. Businessman and former MP John Simon has criticized harshly the situation: “This is really bad for this country. Internet and online services have been very expensive and slow for years, yet we cannot listen to ordinary people on the street and solve this,” he told The Guardian. “The Papua New Guinea government must do something for struggling small businesses. Ordinary people and small businesses depend on the cheapest and fastest option, and right now that is Starlink. This problem must be fixed.” Cover image | starlink In Xataka | Without making a noise, someone has eclipsed Elon Musk among the most influential millionaires in the US: Larry Ellison

the projects that still keep the free and free web alive just as we dream of it

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The Internet has never had so many users or so much content, and yet it increasingly looks like a handful of repeated screens. Much of what we read, watch or search for goes through the algorithms of a few large platformswho compete for our attention and they convert many of our clicks into measurable data. In the midst of this standardized landscape, projects survive that operate with a different logic, such as Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap or the Internet Archivewhich are not financed by ads, do not sell detailed profiles of their users and continue to support a simple and demanding idea at the same time: that information and knowledge should be a shared good. The web did not begin as a showcase for large platforms, but rather a dispersed and almost artisanal laboratory. In the early nineties, those who published on the web They did it from university serversinstitutional or domestic, using open standards such as HTML, HTTP and URIs. They were fundamental pieces of a network designed so that information could circulate without depending on technological owners or closed systems. This technical architecture fueled the idea that the Internet could be an open and accessible space. The Internet was not born to sell data: the market found how to do it That enthusiasm, however, lived with obvious limits. As we say, participation was concentrated in universities, research centers and a minority of enthusiasts with technical knowledge and resources. The figures of the time show that just one minimum fraction of the world’s population had access to the Internet, which means that this supposed openness was real in technological terms, but not socially widespread. Starting in the mid-nineties, and especially at the end of that decade, the Internet began to receive more attention. Companies saw economic potential in a network that connected millions of people and allowed information and services to be distributed on a global scale. Commercial providers, popular browsers and the first portals emerged, and with them came the logic of the market: there was traffic, there were users and, therefore, there were business opportunities. Access to the web stopped being an experiment and began to become a massive, measurable and profitable activity. This change promoted a model that would quickly consolidate: segmented advertising. It was not just about showing ads, but about analyzing user behavior and obtain data about your interestshabits and preferences. It was the moment when human attention began to acquire a concrete economic value. Clicks, dwell time and browsing patterns ceased to be technical traces and became raw material for a new digital market. In this increasingly commercialized context, some projects maintained another way of understanding the Internet. They were not born to attract traffic or to compete for attention, but to build public information infrastructures. Wikipedia was launched in 2001 with a goal that seemed unrealistic at the time: to create a free, collectively written encyclopedia available to anyone with an Internet connection. OpenStreetMap began its journey in 2004 with a similar idea, but applied to the territory, collaboratively documenting the streets, roads and places of the world. Since 1996, the Internet Archive had been preserving pages, documents, audio and video so that they would not disappear over time. Two decades later, these projects are not only still active, but are central pieces of the current web. Millions of people consult Wikipedia every day to check a fact, understand a context or learn something new. OpenStreetMap maps power everything from mobile applications to public services and humanitarian projects. And the Internet Archive has become a long-term digital memory, a place where the web is not deleted, but preserved. They are initiatives collectively built that have achieved global impact without adopting the dominant business model. Wikipedia is supported by millions of small donors, most of them are readers who contribute small amounts, usually around ten euros a year. The Wikimedia Foundation manages these resources and maintains the technical infrastructure, including servers, software development and security systems. He also manages the Wikimedia Endowmentan independent fund created in 2016 to ensure that the project can continue operating even if revenue drops one year. Since 2021, there is also Wikimedia Enterprisea way for organizations that intensively reuse content, such as search engines or artificial intelligence companies, to access structured and stable versions of the data. Financed on the backs of the people OpenStreetMap has a different and much more decentralized structure. The OpenStreetMap Foundation is responsible for servers and general coordination, but much of the work comes from local communities organizing events, training and collaborative mapping tasks. The financing comes in the form of voluntary duestechnical sponsorships and support from organizations that use the data in logistical, humanitarian or educational projects. In the case of Internet Archive, the costs fall on an infrastructure that stores millions of pages, documents and files, financed through individual donations, grants from foundations and public organizations, and archiving and digitization services for institutions. When we talk about open projects, we can confuse openness with absence of organization. However, its operation is based on explicit rules and distributed structures. Wikipedia exemplifies this better than anyone. Editorial decisions are not made by a small group, but by thousands of people who apply public standards such as neutral point of view or verifiable content. The profile of the person contributing does not matter, but rather whether their contribution meets those criteria. Administrators can intervene to protect pages or resolve disputes, but their role is primarily technical and maintenance, with no hierarchical editorial authority over content. OpenStreetMap works with a similar logic, but on geographic data: the information is built from the local and is review collectively to ensure consistency. There are regional communities They coordinate tasks, organize meetings and define practices, but the base remains open. In the case of Internet Archive, the process is not so much editing as cataloging and preservation, and external collaboration focuses on improving the quality of records and avoiding the loss of digital documents. Living with the technological giants … Read more

Since I know that combustion cars will survive 2035, there is one that I dream about. And it’s not a Porsche or a Ferrari

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If you are one of those who like the world of automobiles, it is almost impossible that you have not heard about it. The European Commission has proposed maintaining cars with combustion engines. Indeed, we have not been wrong. Europe has not approved anything yet, the European Commission has made its proposal and now it has to be approved by the European Parliament and the Member States (the Council of the EU). Seeing how positions within the European Union have evolved in the last three years, everything indicates that if this proposal is not approved we will see something very similar to what has already been published. This proposal, as we tell in this article, anticipates a future where, indeed, we will have combustion cars. But they will be restricted to a few exceptions. With the obligation to maintain the average emissions below 11.6 gr/km of CO2 in its fleet To avoid possible fines, brands will have to continue selling enormous volumes of electric cars. The measure has been called by some analysts such as Mathias Schmidtt of “Porsche amendment”. And it is these types of vehicles that will continue to have combustion engines at exorbitant prices. Luckily, if everything goes the same, we can continue to see a Porsche 911 with a combustion engine or a Ferrari with its good V12. But it seems almost impossible for us to see affordable cars with this type of technology. Does that mean that every sports car will be electric? Most probably will be. But if this new regulation is approved, at least the door will be open to seeing a type of vehicle that we have little studied in Europe. One with which Mazda wants to keep alive a sports option in its range. The new wording opens the door for our dream of seeing the Mazda Iconic SP becoming a reality to be closer. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than advertised? Let’s dream about him It was November 2023 when Mazda dropped a bomb at the Tokyo Motor Show. It was at that time when he presented the Mazda Iconic SP, a beautiful prototype with retractable headlights and proportions halfway between the Mazda MX-5 and the Mazda RX-7two of his legendary cars. Very few details were given about the car but enough to understand that its return may be viable even with the expected emissions reduction. It was said that it was an extended range electric car. That is, a kind of plug-in hybrid where a rotary engine supports the vehicle to generate electricity and send it to the battery. The electric motors are what drive the wheels by taking electricity from the battery. A battery just enough for daily trips in electric mode but supported by a rotary motor allowed the car to have 370 HP but, above all, a weight of 1,430 kg. A low figure for an electric car, in line with Mazda’s philosophy of always trying to keep weight at bay. And the company has made it very clear on repeated occasions that they do not believe in electric cars with long ranges, among other things because of the excess weight it causes in their cars. He Mazda MX-30 electric and its 1,720 kg weight is a good example of how batteries affect this aspect. But its extended range version is also a good example of how they are already using this technology. The passage of time, however, seemed to be making things complicated for the company. In a recent interview with Coachhis Masahi Nakayama, head of the sports car’s design, said that it was the car of his dreams and that “technically it is viable” but the problem was in the costs. It has logic. For a brand as small as Mazda, putting a vehicle that will presumably be niche on the road is a huge risk. The eccentricities, the different cars, are reserved for huge companies like Toyota or vehicles that can remain on the market. If the company could not emit CO2 emissions in Europe in 2035 it would be another market that would be closed. The European market is, in fact, the most interesting market for this car. In China, customers They have looked at another type of vehicle more technological inside. In the United States the electric car is not taking off and There doesn’t seem to be any intention for it.. Only Europe and Japan seem to be areas where sales can be made, but the first market still has a ban on selling cars with combustion engines approved, which prevents a commercial life long enough to guarantee its viability. However, approving the European Commission’s proposal leaves the door open to seeing this sports car on the street. First because it would be complying with the regulations and second because, given that it is a niche car with few sales expected, it would be easy to offset the emissions with other vehicles from the firm or with the purchase of emissions credits. It remains to be seen, however, the future of Mazda in Europe. The restrictions are so tough over the next 10 years that they threaten to thin the firm’s product portfolio. Right now, its only competitive electric comes from China and the second model It will also be a purely Chinese car. The rest of its range is made up of cars with large combustion engines with emissions that go well above the 93.6 gr/km of CO2 with which they have to comply in 2027. What is certain is that a change of this type in the regulations paves the way for a different car. One of those cars that are worth dreaming about to break the monotony of an increasingly standardized market. Photo | Mazda In Xataka | Mazda wants to reinvent the electric car with an electric car that is not entirely electric. In China they have improved the idea

Today it has become the dream of many young people

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The data suggests that salaries have increased in 2025 compared to 2024, largely driven by staff shortages and the imposition of a minimum wage that has raised salaries lower. However, these global figures hide important differences depending on age and type of contract, with young people being the ones who suffer the most. economic difficulties. Despite this general improvement, almost two million workers earn less than 1,070 euros per month, a figure that shows that the salary insecurity continues to be present in a considerable sector of the population. Salaries are rising, but not all the same. Data from the 2024 Labor Force Survey (EPA) that have just been publishedreveal that in Spain the average salary has experienced some changes in recent years, reaching an average of 2,385.6 euros gross per month in 2024, which represents an increase of 113 euros compared to 2,273 euros in 2023. According to INE data, the average salary rose by 5%, increasing to 110 euros more per month, while the median salary stood at 2,001.4 euros, which represents an increase of 65.9 euros per month (3.4%). This increase in salaries even exceeds the inflation rate, which was 3%, and reflects the highest increase recorded since 2006, when these data began to be collected. Young people: hopefully mileurista. However, this increase is not transferred to the same extent to the salaries of young people who have just entered the labor market. For the first time since 2016, the average salary of young people between 16 and 24 years old has been reduced by 14.6 euros per month compared to the average salary in 2023. This leaves young people with an average annual salary of 16,700 euros gross, which is equivalent to the Minimum Interprofessional Wage. According to the INE, those under 24 years of age earn an average of 1,372 euros gross per month, which represents a decrease compared to 2023 and a real loss in purchasing power. This situation is worrying because it accentuates the historical gap with respect to the generation of more experienced workers, whose average salary exceeds 2,680 euros. This difference generates a intergenerational wage gap of more than 40%, a figure that confirms the difficulties for young people to achieve economic stability comparable to that of their elders. Stable and precarious work. The data show that the wage gap among different age groups has been expanding in recent years. In 2024, the amount of average salaries will almost double among young people who have just entered the labor market, with the aforementioned 1,372 euros gross per month, and those who face the final stretch of their professional career with an average salary of 2,680.7 euros gross per month. The INE explains this difference by highlighting that many young people are in a situation of multiple employment or with temporary contracts, seeking to combine several jobs to be able to make ends meet. For their part, workers with more experience “have a greater relative weight in the highest salaries, since they have a greater proportion of indefinite contracts, greater seniority and more work experience.” 30% collect the SMI. The rise in the SMI has pushed up the lowest salaries creating a greater mass of active population concentrated in the range of 16,600 euros. Specifically, some 5.5 million workers (30% of the total) earn salaries below 1,582.2 gross euros per month. Among them, 1.84 million receive 1,068 euros gross per month for having part-time contracts in their main job. It is not all bad news, 40% of employees (about 7,375,900 people) earn between 1,582 and 2,659 euros. The remaining 30%, some 5,531,900 employees, are in the three highest deciles, with gross monthly salaries of 2,659.8 or more euros. In Xataka | Finding a job had always been a good way to escape poverty: in Spain it is no longer true Image | Unsplash (ThisisEngineering)

This app helps you fake your dream vacation

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There are times when entering Instagram it means getting depressed; people living dream lives and us at home with our pajamas on. Don’t worry because there is a new app with which you can also join the wave of posturing, one that uses AI to generate fake images of a vacation that never existed. Who needs vacations when you can invent them? Endless summer. The app in question is called Endless Summer and was created by Laurent del Rey, one of the members of the Meta superintelligence teamjust as they say in TechCrunch. Its creator defines the app as “a simple photo booth application to generate fake snapshots of your vacation, for when you feel exhausted and need to manifest the quiet life you deserve.” Because of course, if you are exhausted from working, the best thing is to invent a life in which you don’t work and are happy, no one ever said. The price of posturing. The app is available free for iPhone and the first two photos are free, but creating a larger album of your fake vacation is going to cost you money. Specifically 3.99 euros for 30 images, 19.99 euros for 150 images and 39.99 euros for 300 images. The result is quite good and, except for the clothes, I recognize myself in the photos that Endless Summer has taken for me, but you can’t choose where you want the AI ​​to take you on vacation. In my case it has been to a fast food restaurant in Los Angeles and a cafeteria in Paris. I’ve been to Los Angeles and I haven’t left this burger joint. Nano Banana. It is the model that the app uses to generate images. He spices it up with his own prompts to achieve that analog look and different variations of the subject. Nano Banana can be used within Gemini, so you don’t need to spend anything to create your fake vacation photos, just give it a nice prompt. Superintelligence. As we said at the beginning, the creator of Endless Summer is part of the superintelligence team that Zuckerberg has been forming all summer at the stroke of a checkbook. The best AI talents gather at the Meta offices to obtain the AGI (or That’s what Zuckerberg wanted). The reality is that we do not know much about its progress, only that They recently launched Vibes, an app to explore AI videos that was eclipsed days later by Sora 2 by OpenAIand that one of its members has just released a very frivolous app without much sense… Images | Endless Summer In Xataka | Meta does not have the most advanced AI of all, but it does have something much more important: a business plan

Amazon’s nuclear dream for AI continues to advance. This will be one of its first plants with modular reactors

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artificial intelligence electricity demand is multiplying of data centers, and with it, the interest of large technology companies in energy sources capable of keeping them running 24 hours a day. Amazon has gone one step further with Cascade, a new generation nuclear plant that aims to change the way the company powers its digital infrastructure. It is not a simple energy installation: it is the symbol of an ambition that combines autonomy and energy security in the midst of the AI ​​revolution. This industry is not only transforming the labor marketis also testing the global energy infrastructure. Large data centers that process millions of operations per second need a constant supply, and renewable sources, although clean, do not always guarantee that stability. Hence, nuclear energy is once again gaining prominence as a strong and carbon-free option. For companies like Amazon, the challenge is no longer just to innovate in algorithms, but to guarantee the energy that keeps them running without interruptions. What we know about the plant. Named Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, Amazon’s new nuclear plant will be built near Richland, Washington state. Over there, the company will work with Energy Northwest and X-energyresponsible for the design of the reactors. Cascade will be located near the current Columbia Generating Station. Amazon defines it as a key step to reduce emissions and provide constant electricity to the network that supports its global digital infrastructure. Cascade will rely on X-energy’s Xe-100 design, a next-generation modular reactor designed to be more efficient and safer than conventional models. The first phase adds 320 MW with four SMRs, and the plant can be expanded by up to 12 units to reach 960 MW. The scheme includes three 320 MW sections that will occupy only a few blocks. This modularity is one of the keys to the project: it allows production to be scaled according to demand and takes up much less space than a classic nuclear power plant, which can extend over more than 2.5 km². A different ‘campus’. Unlike traditional power plants, the Cascade plant will be organized as a small energy campus. Its modules will include reactor buildings, service areas, turbines, condensers and a space for temporary fuel storage. The complex, according to X-energy projections, will occupy a compact area that is more similar to an industrial estate than a classic nuclear facility. This modular approach allows you to build in phases and maintain operation without major interruptions in future expansions. Amazon’s schedule for Cascade moves forward in stages. The company plans to begin construction before the end of this decade and reach the operational phase in the 2030s. These are tentative goals, which depend on both the licensing process and the industrial development of the Xe-100 reactors. A project that needs labor. According to Amazon, Cascade will create more than 1,000 construction jobs and at least 100 permanent positions in areas such as engineering and operations. In parallel, Columbia Basin College will open the Energy Learning Center, funded by the Department of Energy, with a simulator that reproduces the control of the Xe-100 reactor. This program will allow young people in the region to access qualified jobs and reinforce Washington’s role in the transition to clean energy. More initiatives. Amazon is not the only technology company that sees nuclear energy as an ally for artificial intelligence. Microsoft has signed an agreement to reopen a plant and, in parallel, is studying long-term contracts with nuclear fusion projects, still in the experimental phase. Google, for its part, collaborates with companies in the sector to integrate small modular reactors (SMR) into its supply network. Although the paths differ, they all share the same challenge: powering a digital infrastructure that consumes more electricity every year. Although Amazon has shared many of the details of Cascade, the project is still in an early phase. There are no definitive dates for the start of construction or for the commissioning of the reactors. It has also not been specified what volume of energy will be allocated to its data centers and what part will be integrated into the local network. Everything indicates that the coming years will be decisive in testing whether modular nuclear energy can respond to the pace demanded by artificial intelligence. In Xataka | An open secret: far from being in decline, oil companies are doing business thanks to AI

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