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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

The domestic robot with which many dream is already real. F.02 Figure has just learned to load a dishwasher

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We have been imagining a future with robots that help us at home. From robotine of ‘The supersonic‘even Andrew from’The Bicentennial Man‘, Fantasy has always been there, but it had never seemed so real. The advances in recent years have taken us to a point where automatons begin to touch the field of everyday life. Figure AI, one of the most ambitious companies in humanoid robotics, has taken a step that brings that future. Your model Figure 02known as F.02, has shown that it can Fold clothes, reorganize packages and load a dishwasher: simple tasks for us, but greatly complex for a robot. A jump that redefines the potential of humanoids With 1.68 meters high and 70 kilos, F.02 is a fully electric robot with an autonomy of about five hours per load. You can walk 1.2 meters per second and transport objects of up to 20 kilos, which places it near the physical range of an average adult. What makes this robot special is that F.02 does not depend on human operators to execute their functions. Unlike Optimus, The Tesla robot we saw in the event ‘We, Robot’ with several assisted capabilitiesthis model works totally autonomously thanks to an artificial intelligence system called Vision Language Action (VLA), designed to interpret instructions and act on your own. The second key point is its ability to learn new skills from training data. F.02 could already fold clothes and move packages, but has incorporated the task of loading a dishwasher No need to redesign your hardware nor to create a new AI model. The company indicates that this task, which seems trivial, hides huge challenges: separating disorder of messy batteries, reorienting them and manipulating them with centimeter precision, coordinating both arms and handling fragile or slippery objects. Each dishwasher is different, each load is a puzzle, and the system must adapt in real time to unexpected errors or collisions. The most interesting thing is that everything has been achieved with the same robot and the same digital brain, only adding data. This draws a future in which domestic robots can receive updates for Expand their abilities without replacing them. They could even learn from their own experience at home, closer to a realistic vision of autonomous and useful robots on a day -to -day basis. Images | Figure ai In Xataka | Anthropic is worth 183,000 million even though he invoices 5,000 million a year. Or it is the business of the century, or it is the madness of the century

Working in Google, goal or Apple was the great dream of the newly graduated. Now they are afraid of them

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According to A study The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS), in 2015 Google was the company in which millennials wanted to work as soon as they finish studying. Ten years later the situation It has changed remarkably. A few years ago, getting a job in any of the Big Tech was a pride. Not so much today. What happened. A new study of the NSHSS of reveals how a notable number of graduates no longer have large technology as the first options to seek employment. Working on them is no longer a dream, and their last movements make them rather a threat. Source: NSHSS. Big Tech don’t interest so much. In that study of 2015 Google was first among the companies desired by the newly graduated, while Apple was the 4th, Microsoft the 7th and Amazon La 11ª. In 2024 Google has passed to the 7th position, Amazon to the 8th, Apple at the 9th and Microsoft to the 16th. The interest in signing for these companies has been significantly reduced, and in the first six positions four hospitals, the FBI and NASA are now listed. Not to mention Spotify. The company Directed by Daniel EKwhich in 2022 was the third preferred by the newly graduated, is now in position 26, but there are other great displaced. Spacex has gone from position 9 to 22, Tesla from 15 to 33 and Airbnb from 27 to 49, for example. The threat of AI. In the study they point to clear reasons. One of them is that of fear of growing automation: artificial intelligence raises a remarkable impact for those positions that were previously covered by graduate young people. The same industry that previously promised innovation and a career with constant learning is now wrapped in frequent cases of sudden mass layoffs. Companies releasing ballast. The advance of AI both in Big Tech and other companies has allowed to validate the idea of trying to do more. Microsoft is in records of benefits and also dismissalfor example, but other important technological ones Like Amazon They have frozen their hiring while Google has opened the door so that employees who are not happy with the company abandon it freely. Volatility in these large companies is huge. The objectives change. Salary and prestige matter between millennials and gene Z, but according to a Network Trends survey cited In The Times of India, 76 & students put as great priority work stability above those metrics or even location. In fact, there seems to be a turn with a clear social purpose, such as those related to medical institutions. Doubts about whether or not to go to university. Another study Made by Deloitte It reveals how another of the foci of these generations is to continue learning, but not necessarily in academic environments. 31% of the Z Z and 32% of the millennials who participated in the survey indicated that they had decided not to go to universityespecially for the high cost of these institutions and for skepticism about whether that investment ends up being profitable. Changes in labor scene. The technological sector is especially irregular. Mass layoffs contrast with that new phenomenon of the AI Super. What a goal is hiring for hundreds of millions of dollarsFor example. The talent migration in the AI segment – with the money in between – contrasts with the questions that many recent graduates are asked now: what is the ethical impact of my work? Will it continue to exist within five years? There is a redefinition of ambition and the purpose of work itself. Not only should it be profitable, but also have a clear purpose behind. Image | Alex doubt In Xataka | We believed that AI was going to take our jobs. At the moment it has begun to whisper your boss who should say goodbye

The Wushang Dream was a mini -city

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There are shopping centers that are traveled. And there are others that are inhabited. In Wuhan, South of the Yangtsé Riverthere is one so big that it costs to locate it In a single idea. Not even the locals manage to agree: some compare it with a theme park, others with a vertical city. Those who already know him, simply call him by name: Wushang Dream was (武商梦时代). Actually, it is not just a matter of size, although the 800,000 square meters it occupies They do not go unnoticed. What makes it a difficult place to cover is its ambition. He doesn’t want you to pass, he wants you to stay. You don’t even need to plan what to do: you can ski, try traditional street food, ride a roller coaster that crosses several floors or take your children to a snow park without leaving the building. Between artificial snow and neon lights: this is how one day is lived in the Wushang Dream was It was not an improvised project. The Wushang Dream was is Fruit of six years of works and many concentrated ambitions. Behind is one of China’s most veteran commercial groups, which invested 12,000 million yuan (about 1.5 billion euros) with a clear idea: lift the largest “pure” shopping center of the worldaccording to its promoters, and turn it into a new cultural, gastronomic and entertainment axis. All that, in the center of Wuhan, just where two of its busiest streets cross. Since opening in 2022, the place has not stopped receiving visitors. According to the group’s own figuresit is one of the busiest spaces in the country and is part of the call “Gold triangle”Commercial of the city. The motto is clear: here it is not only bought. It comes to spend the day, or at least try. Because with its 13 levels, its 600 stores and its snowy park on a roof, it is not difficult to lose the notion of time. It is not necessary to go abroad to find strong emotions. Inside the complex, one can ski on snow slopes or slide by An ice cream. All this happens in differentiated, but well integrated areas: the WS Dreamland amusement park and the WS Snow Miracle space, which maintains a controlled temperature environment all year. The company ensures that the interior remains at about -5 ° C. More than an extravagance, the center seems to look for an alternative form of urban leisure. What are separate weekend plans in other places –ir to the park, pass through a store, dinner out – here it becomes a continuous experience. And if you do not see it, the building is responsible for reminding you: the mechanical stairs connect thematic areas, the posters indicate activities for children and adults, in each plant there are something else. One of the most unique areas of the complex is in the subsoil. It’s called “Chu Feng Han Wei” and it’s not just a food street. It is a complete recreation of Wuhan from the 80swith old posters, appliances from another era, shop windows with recorders, enameled thermos and tube televisions. Some visitors stop in front of their children and explain how things were “when they were little.” Others simply sit down to eat. Several of the premises that have a presence here are historical in the city: from the low -beef of Lao Wancheng to Sikimei vapor soups. Some have adapted their letter to the environment, with exclusive dishes that can only be tested in this commercial version of the past. Halfway between theme park and gastronomic fair, the area has become one of the busiest points in the center. Those who prefer the new to the nostalgic also find their land here. Among the more than 600 stores in the center, several have been presented as “First” in its category. Is, for example, The largest Sony store in the regiona space that not only exposes products, but allows you to try calmly. There is also a large space for Huawei, an urban design bookstore and even a Starbucks with personalized decoration for Wuhan. The result is a type of audience that not only enters by necessity, but out of curiosity. Young people looking for the latest releases, technology fans who compare prices and functionalities in situ, visitors who enter with the idea of “seeing what is” and end up doing sound, image or connectivity tests as if that were an electronics fair. Within the building there is also space for more visible innovations. Patrol do not make it vigilant on foot, but employees who move in equilibrium scooters. Visitor information centralizes interactive screens. And in some areas, logistics management incorporates Artificial Intelligence Models to anticipate needs depending on the time or volume of public. Everything looks for the same: that the center works as a miniature city, with its own rules, schedules and routines. At this point, it is difficult to pigeonhole the Wushang Dream was. Is it a shopping center? Yes, but it is also a theme park, an urban gallery, an architectural experiment and a place where many go without intention to buy anything. There may be its success there: in having turned a space designed for consumption into something more similar to an urban capsule where the day spends, see things or share time. Images | Hubei government | Wushang Group In Xataka | Someone wanted to build wakanda in real life financing it with cryptocurrencies: it ran out of city and without cryptocurrency

The US already has its first smartphone made in the US. Bad news for the dream of a “100% American iPhone”

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Purism has called it Liberty Phonebut in addition to that liberating name this phone stands out for something very special: it is assembly In the United States. The good news is that it shows that it is possible to manufacture an iPhone within the US borders. That may make the government of this country happy, but in reality practically everything is bad news. A mobile “made in USA” (more or less). As they explain In The Wall Street Journalthe Liberty Phone motherboard is manufactured in the Purism facilities, the main chip comes from Texas, and the assembly is carried out at the plant that the company has in Carlsbad, California. Other components come from China and other countries in Asia, but in essence we are facing a telephone that meets the demands of the Donald Trump government. Not for those. Todd Weaver, CEO of Purism, explained in WSJ how it has been working for 10 years and has done everything possible to have a 100% mobile component of US components, “but but There are some pieces which simply do not have supply chain. “their intention, however, is to continue working so that in the end they all come from US suppliers. Its scale is tiny. Even with these difficulties, Purism is able to face this manufacturing process because it produces about 10,000 units per month and have sold less than 100,000 in total. In 2024 Apple sold Something more than 230 million mobiles, about 19 million a month. Manufacturing all of them in the US makes clear the amount of resources that would need to transfer the country. Of course: the CEO of Purism clarifies that the production could upload up to 100,000 units per month in six months if you need it. And it is not even a latest generation mobile. The Liberty Phone chip is an I.MX 8m from the Dutch company NXP semiconductor that occurs in an Austin plant, in Texas, and that is not even thought for mobiles, but for cars. Other components such as the screen and battery come from China, while the rear camera comes from South Korea. The operating system is Pure OS, a variant of Debian Linux that is not compatible with Android or iOS and that has a very limited application catalog And it costs 2,000 dollars. Weaver states that manufacturing the Liberty Phone costs $ 650 – the estimated hardware cost on the iPhone 16 Pro is 550 dollars – but Purism sells it for a much higher price. According to him, the $ 1,999 that it costs – and that in its 4 GB version of RAM and 128 GB of storage – reflects its orientation: it is a mobile specially prepared to maintain user privacy. In fact, half of Purism’s clients are US government agencies. The iPhone and tariffs. Liberty Phone is a clear example of how Apple and its users could affect the demand of the Trump government to manufacture the iPhone in the United States. One of the big problems It is the fact that the components that this mobile needs are not manufactured in the US, or do not do it on a large scale. The efforts of companies such as TSMC to create production plants in the North American country It will mitigate the problembut it won’t eliminate it. Specialized labor. But there is another even greater problem: manufacturing millions of iPhone in the United States would force specialized labor. China has become the Great World Factory of technological devices, not only by cheap labor – which was originally – but for its qualification. Before a practically insurmountable situation, Apple has chosen to manufacture in India Most iPhone who end up selling in the US. That will expose some sensitive tariffsbut even so It will be cheaper than manufacturing them in the US or facing the huge tariffs applied to Chinese imports. Mission almost impossible. The example of the iPhone is clear, but there is a especially striking one: The T1 Phone which was announced a week ago told us about a completely assembled mobile in the US, and that would also have specifications Very notable (although it does not indicate which soc will rule it). The surprising thing is that the mobile will theoretically cost $ 499 and will be available in August, but it seems absolutely impossible to do so fulfilling all those promises. Everything points to an obvious solution: that in reality that mobile that presumes to be manufactured in the US is not manufactured in the US, but rather – like almost always – in China. In Xataka | The Ford Factory in Almussafes had been in a permanent strip and loosen for years. Now has another problem: tariffs

The first processor without a single silicon atom is ready. It is a prototype and still its benefits are a dream

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Integrated circuits of 2 nm They will disembark in the market in style for 2025. Users know that nanometers have lost a good part of their usefulness, and that, in reality, They represent a category of semiconductors. In fact, they no longer faithfully reflect the length of logical doors or other physical parameter, such as the distance between transistors. However, the very quick development of the chips reminds us that every step we take place a little closer of the physical limit of silicon technologyalthough, in reality, this challenge is not new. The main manufacturers of integrated circuits and numerous research groups linked to some of the most important universities on the planet have been working on a solution to this challenge. Decades, even. There are currently several open research lines, and possibly the solution will require betting on one of them, but it is even more likely that the way to follow invites us to allow several of the proposals to be working on. The first 2D computer in the world is here A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) has published in Nature An interesting article in which he explains the procedure that has followed to manufacture the first functional CMOS processor using two -dimensional materials (2D) of a single thick atom. The really revolutionary thing is that they have used molybdenum disulfide and tungsten dyslelenex with the purpose of producing more than 2,000 transistors capable of executing logical operations. They have not used a single silicon atom. “We have first demonstrated a CMOS processor built completely with 2D materials” However, it is also important that we do not overlook that the materials they have used, which, as I have mentioned, have only one thick atom, maintain their properties at that scaleunlike silicon. The leader of this project, Professor Saptarshi Das, has pointed out that “silicon has promoted notable advances in electronics for decades by allowing continuous miniaturization of field effect transistors (FET or Field-Effect Transistors) “. “However, as silicon devices miniaturize their performance begins to degrade. 2D materials, however, maintain exceptional electronic properties at the atomic level, placing a promising path before us,” Explain das. “We have demonstrated for the first time a CMOS processor built completely with 2D materials combining molybdenum disulfide transistors and tungsten tungsten dysleeniuro cultivated in large areas.” All this sounds very good, but there is no doubt that for users the most relevant is to know what impact this technology will have in our experience if it becomes popular. “Our 2D CMOS processor operates with low power voltages, Minimum energy consumption and can execute simple logical operations at frequencies up to 25 kHz “, He has specified Ghoshone of those responsible for the project. This is the heart of the matter. We are only at the dawn of the technology known beyond silicon, but presumably the chips with molybdenum disulfide transistors and tungsten dislendiuro will allow the manufacture of much faster and more compact computers than the current ones, as well as perceptibly more efficient from an energy point of view. More information | Nature In Xataka | Intel and TSMC lead the revolution of photonic chips. His problem is that China has just done fully in this war

Something is stealing our dream and they are not just the screens. A neurologist helps us understand what is really happening

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We sleep, we dream, we forget. But do we really know what happens while we sleep? Sleep paralysis, déjà vusawakening in the early morning or that exhaustion that appears even after Sleep eight hours. In this new section of Xataka we enter all those questions that we have ever asked ourselves and that until now were still without clear response. Or worse: full of myths. We release ‘Science and Apart’, a new section in Our YouTube channelalso Available as Podcast on Spotify and Ivoox. A space where we propose to talk about science with experts in the field. In this first episode, our partner Ángela Blanco talks with the doctor Daniel Blanes Jacquartspecialist in neurology and member of the Spanish Sleep Society. “Dream is a vital function,” explains Blanes. “It helps us to prepare our internal environment and respond to demands From the external environment. ”Sleeping is not simply to rest: it is a biological need that occupies much of our life. Although we perceive it as a kind of blackout, during the dream there are fundamental processes for our body, such as internal reparation. And it is not necessary to be a scientist to intuit it. Just look at the data of a smart watch like the Apple Watch Series 10 or the Huawei Watch 5. Those graphs that divide the night into phases such as REM, deep, essential or vigil are not only decorative: they respond to real processes that fulfill very different functions with each other. In our dialogue with Blanes, concepts such as declarative memory, emotional memory appear, what they are and in which part of the dream are fixed. The talk also addresses ideas such as the relationship between what we remember and the quality of rest. “We all dream a lot, but most dreams are not fixed in memory.” Our guest explains why this happens and what does it mean if We dream very often And we can tell what we have experienced (or we think we have experienced). Angela asks how it is possible to wake up paralyzed, unable to move. “Sleep paralysis is an incomplete awakening,” says Blanes, and adds: “I am awake, I wake up, but I continue with the activation of the visual, auditory cortex, that is, you can see things or you can hear things that are not because in the background is still that part of the REM active and, in addition, the paralysis is complete.” Issues that are very present in everyday life are also addressed. Do we sleep worse than before? Are the guilty screens? Does blue light affect us more than we believe? Throughout the episode we talk about the impact of sleep hormones, why we hate Mondays, narcolepsia and even the collagen we produce at night. “We have a tool to make collagen that is the dream.” We invite you to discover all this and much more in ‘Science and apart’, which starts with a very interesting episode and that makes some key concepts about sleep clear. It will help us better understand this fundamental part of our life. Now we just have to choose the platform you prefer to enjoy this first episode. Images | Xataka In Xataka | The close (and far) that we are not sleeping at all: for the first time in history, we have a small way to try In Xataka | More and more people are going on vacation simply to sleep

More and more millennial couples embrace the “Divorce of Dream” taboo

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Sleeping together has been an unquestionable symbol of conjugal love for decades. Today it begins to seem rather a convention that is not entirely comfortable for everyone. The idea that a couple must share bed every night no longer seems as obvious or assumed as in the past: rest gains ground to the ritual. What is happening. The call Sleep divorce (or ‘Divorce of sleep’) grows in popularity. It consists of sleeping in beds or even in separate rooms. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine43% of Millennials in USA You already practice it occasionally or regularly. In Spain, 40% have considered it, although stigma still weighs. The main motivation? Sleep better. Between the lines. The shared dream is no longer interpreted univocally. For many people, Bad sleep because of the couple —Ronquidos, insomnia, different rhythms – it affects more to the link than sleep separately. The decision usually arises after adaptation attempts or after prolonged episodes of poor rest. It is not so much a breakdown of habits as a readjustment. In perspective. The use of the bed as a symbol of conjugal unit is relatively recent. Historically, the upper classes slept separately, and the shared beds were more a functional resource of the popular classes. Over time, the marriage bed acquired a strong symbolic load … that today is at the beginning of a review. The break begins despite more than the symbol. Misunderstand It is linked A greater irritability, less empathy and more couple conflicts. Interruptions in one tend to drag the other. Faced with this, sleeping separately can offer a practical solution, without necessarily implying link loss or decrease in desire. Yes, but. Not all couples live it the same. In some cases, one of the members accepts reluctantly, for fear that the night distance will also generate an emotional distance. Others fear losing spaces of intimacy or sexual spontaneity. In The countrya woman explains how her partner was the one who proposed to sleep in separate rooms: “At first, I felt fatal. He no longer loves me! I thought.” Only later he lived it as a relief. His testimony reflects a common pattern: when the proposal is not mutual, it can arouse emotional insecurity. BBC World He quotes the psychiatrist Stephanie Collier, who warns that, for many couples who barely coincide during the day, the moment of bedtime is her only intimate space. Separating into that section requires “reconfiguring the moments of connection”, or the night separation could lead to resentment if it is not spoken and agreed. The decision is not always symmetrical or simple. The phenomenon begins to echo out of the domestic sphere. According to the AASM37% of couples prefer separate beds during their stays in hotels. Rest prioritization can change the idea of ​​intimacy in relationships. Image | Clay Banks In Xataka | The close (and far) that we are not sleeping at all: for the first time in history, we have a small way to try

The AI ​​and technology of today drive the dream that Glass promised

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The augmented reality is not new for Google. In fact, it is a segment in which they have wanted to play their foot for more than a decade. Glass It was the project that made us dream of glasses with which we could obtain all the information we would like directly from our retina. The problem is that Technology was simply not ready At that time. With the arrival of the generative AI, the balance has ended up balancing a lot. During The Google I/O.the company showed a prototype of glasses that reminded us of Google Glass, now driven with Gemini. Us We have been able to test this same prototype During our visit to the event and under these lines we tell you what we have found. Notice for navigators: they are still a prototype, so Google’s mission has been to collect feedback through closed -door tests. Glass lacked two keys: an AI like Gemini and the technology we have today Google’s return to the field of smart glasses seems to be more alive than ever, especially after knowing the development of the platform Android XR and his collaboration with Samsung and Qualcomm for the creation of Project Moohanthe augmented reality glasses that have the objective of standing in the Apple’s proposal with Vision Pro. Real -time translation can become one of the functions most demanded by these types of devices | Image: Google The company seems to come back with A renewed approachimportant strategic alliances and a much more mature technology. Android XR wants to spread through glasses of multiple formats And during the event we have been able to get back a bit with their glasses designed to wear them throughout the day. Google and Samsung They have not hidden with design Project Moohan and have not done so with these glasses either. This discreet approach seems inspired by the recent collaboration of Goal with Ray-Banand it is a clear recognition that smart glasses need to be, above all, glasses that people want to wear. The test (with failures) during the Keynote of the Google I/O | Image: Google During the test with this prototype I could check How Google has integrated its artificial intelligence assistant Gemini in a format that takes advantage of the first person vision. Unlike the original Glass proposal, where technology was the protagonist, here the experience flows more naturally. We would have loved to show you the interface during the test or a closest close -up of the glasses themselves, but unfortunately were some of the restrictions we had to meet. Sergey Brin himself, Google co -founder, recognized during the event the mistakes made with Google Glass, admitting that then They did not understand the complexity of supply chains in consumer electronics or how difficult it would be to make smart glasses at a reasonable price. The I see what you see Gemini It develops really well While we interact with the assistant through the glasses. The wizard uses the camera incorporated in the glasses to ‘see what we see’. In one of the demos, I stopped in front of a painting and directly asked who his author was and what he represented. Without having to specify to which table I referred to, the assistant responded precisely by providing data on the work and other related details of interest. Prototype glasses in the test with Gemini | Image: Xataka In another of the tests, I could also taste slightly Its potential capacity to help us with any type of taskasking him about the operation of a coffee machine in front of me. The wizard not only identified the model, but detailed the step -by -step procedure to prepare coffee. Although all the tests were in a safe environment where Google workers had control in case something strange happened, these tests implied me Everyone of possibilities that Google counted thanks to Gemini and a technology that is now ‘. Gemini drives device capabilities | Image: Google This ability to “see” and understand the context makes a substantial difference with respect to attendees who only depend on voice or text commands. It’s like having a partner who observes the world from your perspective and helps you when you need it. A ‘todologist’ that helps you in whatever. And that concept of direct aid has also been extended in other projects that Google has underway and that we could also see on Google I/O, as is the case of Search Live. In the current state in which this prototype was, the glasses had A touch button on one of the pins that allows you to activate or pause Geminiso that the assistant is not constantly listening and observing. In addition, when the camera is active, an LED lights so that people around you know that you are recording. This is the prototype on the demos | Image: Xataka The information was projected from one of the crystals, and everything we heard from Gemini could also see it in text. In the current state, the text is something uncomfortable to read, and that I have no view problems. However, we must remember that It is a very premature prototypeso it is a characteristic that surely changes a lot during the development cycle. And it should be remembered that Android XR is beginning to develop this year for this new concept of glasses, as the company has revealed during its Keynote. A strategy of alliances and price will be everything to determine its success What also makes this project of previous attempts distinguish is The collaboration strategy What Google is deploying. The company announced during the I/O associations with glasses manufacturers As Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, in addition to deepening their technological alliance with Samsung and Qualcomm. Google is investing up to 150 million dollars In his association with Warby Parker. Despite the enthusiasm, you have to be realistic: What I could try was a very early prototype with limited functionalities and in a controlled … Read more

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