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The Government of Spain has insisted that we do not exceed the speed limits. And it has a threat: jail

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At the moment it is a Bill presented in the Congress of Deputies but it is much more than that. It is confirmation that the Government will debate when a driver should go to jail in case of speeding. The PSOE’s proposal is to reduce this margin, which now requires driving through the city at more than the permitted speed of 60 km/h. 10km/h. It’s not much but it would be a substantial difference. Until now, a driver who exceeds the maximum speed allowed within the city by 60 km/h or more faces a prison sentence. Outside the city, the speed must exceed 80 km/h above the maximum permitted limit. With the change in regulations What the Government wants to carry outthe idea is that these limits are lowered by 10 km/h. That is, a driver has to face jail if he exceeds 50 km/h in the city and 70 km/h on roads outside of town. “Excessive permissiveness or laxity”. It’s like the Bill presented in the Congress of Deputies qualifies the current thresholds to determine what is a crime and what is not when we break the speed limits. Currently, the limits are as follows. City: Streets at 20 km/h: prison from 80 km/h Streets at 30 km/h: prison from 90 km/h Streets at 50 km/h: prison from 110 km/h Road outside the town: Road at 90 km/h: jail from 170 km/h Road at 100 km/h: jail from 180 km/h Road at 120 km/h: jail from 200 km/h The arguments. To promote this regulatory change, the Government indicates that the European Union is promoting changes to reduce road accidents. This is how it is understood more restrictive speed limits in much of Europe, although Germany continues to enjoy roads that lack them (up for debate today) and countries that They want to increase them to 150 km/h. But, in addition, the PSOE hides behind the fact that a 1% increase in speed has a 4% impact on its consequences. Therefore, the impact caused by an accident due to excess speed, which according to DGT accounts is present in 22% of accidents, is growing exponentially. Furthermore, the new wording emphasizes the consequences in the city, where excessive speed has more serious consequences on the health of vulnerable people such as pedestrians, cyclists, users of personal mobility vehicles and motorcyclists. Are there reasons? The truth is that excess speed is, behind distractions, the leading cause of accidents in our country. And its consequences are especially serious in the city. According to the DGT5% of pedestrians hit at 30 km/h die. At 50 km/h, the risk increases to 50% and at 80 km/h death is almost certain. And on the road, an impact at 120 km/h is considered to translate into a fall of a fourteenth floor. At 180 km/h the impact is equivalent to falling from a 36 story. What would happen to the drivers? At the moment, speeding Driving at more than 60 km/h in the city and more than 80 km/h outside of it are considered crimes, like those positive for alcohol and drugs. This means that the driver, in addition to the financial penalty, faces a prison sentence of three to six months that does not have to be served on the first occasion. Of course, although the sentence does not exceed two years, a judge has the power to decide whether to send the driver to prison. And also if it imposes a financial fine, which is calculated based on the damage caused or the risk to which it has subjected other drivers and traffic agents if no accident had occurred, from six to twelve months or work for the benefit of the community from thirty-one to 90 days. In addition, he would be deprived of his driving license for one to four years. Will it move forward? That is something that the Congress of Deputies now has to debate. Both the DGT and the Government have recently been promoting more restrictive measures against excessive driving. Under the direction of Pedro Sánchez, the penalties for mobile phone use have worsened and the obligation to have insurance and registration if you have a scooter. In the same way, there has been an attempt to promote a change in alcohol limits that would prevent a person from driving as soon as they had had a beer or a glass of wine. However, this reform is still up in the air. Photo | Max Angelo In Xataka | A town in France has managed to reduce the speed of its cars. Without radars or traffic lights or speed bumps

Multiverse negotiates a round to exceed 1.5 billion euros

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In the midst of a global race to dominate artificial intelligence, where leadership is usually concentrated in the United States or China, a different story with a Spanish accent is beginning to emerge. Multiverse Computinga startup based in San Sebastianhas been gaining visibility among investors and large companies for some time, but a latest move clearly raises the scale of the conversation. The company would be negotiating a new round of financing that could place it among the unicorns, a category reserved for very few European firms in this sector. New Spanish unicorn. The information that places Multiverse in that possible leap comes, for now, from sources cited by Bloomberg that describe a negotiation in progress. According to those people familiar with the operation, the company would be in talks to raise around 500 million euros in new financing, a figure that would imply exceeding the 1.5 billion valuation. The calendar used by these sources points to the first half of 2026 and the entry of new investors, which leaves the operation in the realm of the probable, but not yet confirmed. What the company does. Multiverse Computing, created in 2019, focuses on developing software tools that allow organizations to use artificial intelligence with lower energy and computational costs. Its technology seeks to reduce the size of the models without sacrificing precisionan approach that responds to one of the major current problems in the sector, the high consumption of resources required to train and execute advanced systems. That promise of efficiency is what is attracting the attention of investors and industrial partners. Financial context. In March 2025, We portrayed how the company received an investment of 67 million euros through the Spanish Society for Technological Transformationthe public vehicle intended to promote strategic projects. Just a few months later, in June 2025, We wrote about it again in relation to a round of 189 million euros with the participation of several international and corporate funds. This succession of operations places the negotiation described by Bloomberg on another scale, no longer as an injection to grow, but as the step that could redefine its valuation within the European AI market. behind the scenes. Bloomberg puts Multiverse’s annual recurring revenue at €100 million in January 2026, a metric used by software startups to show future recurring revenue rather than current accounting results. At this point we must be very careful: this is a metric indicative of traction, not a synonym for profits. This difference is relevant in a sector where expansion is usually supported by sustained investment and high spending. Therefore, beyond commercial traction, it will remain to be verified what its real balance between income, costs and financial sustainability is in the next phase of development. Images | Multiverse In Xataka | Dreame started as a supplier to Xiaomi. Eight years later it wants to be the next Samsung and has paid 10 million to prove it

LA1 has achieved for the first time that all its programs exceed 10% audience. The question is at what price

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RTVE 1 has first achieved that all its daily programs exceed 10% screen share. An achievement that, however, puts a few questions on the table: is it a sustainable change or a timely surprise? And beyond: Have you done it by lowering its public television category, going down to mud to compete? Will these programs and approaches be maintained once there is a turn in the government? Many questions from a figure of Share Certainly notable and that marks a before and after for the corporation. The figures. That 10% share occurred Last Monday, September 22when an average of 12.5% ​​of Share. That is, only behind Antena 3 and its 13.9% on average. In the morning strip, the ‘morning news’ (20.2%) and ‘The time of 1’ (17.6%) stood out. ‘Mañaneros 360’ maintained a double emission with very solid results (15.5% and 11.1%) and the ‘1’ mediodia news highlighted with 14% of Share. In the afternoon, ‘straight to grain made 10.4% and surpassed its Telecinco and Four competitors. ‘Wild Valley’ (11.4%) and ‘The Promise’ (12.5%) They followed leaders and ‘bad languages’ made its own record with 10.6%. ‘Here the earth’, finally, made 11.7%. The night block, already with mainly non -daily programs, was composed of ‘News 2’ (12.1%), ‘La Revuelta’ (11.7%) and ‘Masterchef Celebrity’ (13.7%). How it has been done. The figures have been achieved with a thorough reorganization of the grill, with four magacins that cover current and politics, and a commitment determined by entertainment and direct formats, and covers from the ‘morning news’ at 6:00 to the end of ‘Masterchef Celebrity’ at dawn, all with two -digit quotas. It is the key to understanding the new strategy of the1: greater weight of informative magazines, competitive entertainment and programming for diverse audiences. Go to mud. Maybe the attempt to recycle the wicker of ‘Save Me’ They will not work in audience, but the intentions were clear: compete directly with private chains. But here we find the first dilemma of this success of the1: the borders between public television and entertainment of private chains are blurred. There are those who denounce a kind of “Telebasura covert“, that is manifested in Commercial formulas as sponsorships, promotions and Product Placementwhat has even gained some sanctions to the entity in programs such as’Great Prix‘or’ Masterchef ‘. Politicians in RTVE. This leads us to the political issue. The current composition of the Board of Directors of RTVE, with majority of counselors related to government blockis being perceived as excessively politicizedwith doubts about the informative plurality and the representativeness of the programming. Many critics see open pro -government affiliation in presenters such as Silvia Intxaurrondo (which has had to defend themselves from abilities to favor the government), Javier Ruiz or Jesús Cintora (the latter in the 2, and both investigated by RTVE itself After vulneration complaints of plurity and rigor) The issue on the table is: Does this new RTVE prioritize profiles and content aligned with the interests of the management, raising the risk of indirect censorship or systematic bias? Something may have to do with the renewed success of the1, but … Do you have continuity? Nothing is forever. This political affiliation is real or perceived (which has also been reflected in decisions as significant as the Eurovision abandonment), What is clear is that it could mean a risk for all these programs when there is a change in political orientation in government. Ruiz himself seems to reflect on it in This interview with El Paíswhere he assumes that he will end out of the entity once there is a turn in the government. There was already talk of it around Broncanowhich has the most media program, but it is understood that the entire grill is marked by a specific orientation, these programs (and audiences) would be in danger. In that case, La1 would have to put on the table if you are more interested in the audience or loyalty to whom the Moncloa occupies. Controversies of a lifetime. For decades, RTVE has been subject to constant political fluctuations that condition its management and programming, making its effective independence difficult. In 2006, the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero promoted an important reform with the Law 17/2006 of the radio and television of state ownershipwhose objective was to independent the corporation of political power to guarantee stability, plurality and autonomy similar to the BBC model. The law conceived RTVE as a corporation with public capital, regulated as a commercial company, with a council appointed by consensus in Parliament with qualified majority and long mandates to avoid political interference. However, this reform has been Historically undermining for political conflicts. Successive governments, especially that of the PP after Zapatero, altered the conditions to resume more direct control, as happened when the qualified majority to appoint the directors and returning the executive greater capacity to influence the direction of RTVE. These recent measures have Formal independence weakened which sought to get and put control again in partisan hands. Header | RTVE In Xataka | 739 million euros: an audit of the Treasury points to a possible budget hole in RTVE

His salaries already exceed 2 million dollars in Silicon Valley

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There is a whole fierce battle in the giants tech by take to the best talents to innovate in the field of artificial intelligence. And given the high competition that is being lived, the salary scale in the technological sector is more rising than ever. The salaries of scientists and engineers of AI They have reached stratospheric figureswith salary incentives ranging from 3 to 7 million dollars annually for senior profiles. An unprecedented escalation that is turning these professionals In authentic financial assets. What’s happening. Great technological ones such as Meta and OpenAi are starring a war of talent without barracks. The salaries of your Top researchers have risen 50% since 2022reaching 10 million annually in exceptional cases. To put it in perspective: a traditional software engineer in a large company charges between 180,000 and 220,000 base salary dollars in the United States, while an AI scientist can reach 2 million. According to the Specialized Salary Portal LevelsMeta is one of the companies that are paying the most to its AI engineers, climbing from 186,000 dollars to 3.2 million. Until recently, it was not usual in Tech companies for positions that were not managers or investors. The trigger. Mark Zuckerberg has been the great catalyst of this escalation. According to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Goal is offering bonds of up to 100 million dollars to the most prominent engineers in the sector. The strategy responds to The disappointing flame reception 4which has not finished meeting expectations in Benchmarks of reasoning and programming. Eleven of the fourteen researchers of the flame team They have abandoned goalseveral course to the French Mistral. Openai’s response. The company responsible for Chatgpt has not remained still. Its research director, Mark Chen, sent an internal memo Comparing personnel exits with “as if someone had broken into our home and had stolen something.” Openai gave his workforce to “rest and recharge energy”, while Chen and Altman work “24 hours” to retain talent and “recalibrate” salary packages. Beyond money. Paradoxically, the sector’s torses say that many researchers prioritize the reputation of the equipment and the quality of work above astronomical figures. “There is always a risk: if you finish in the finish line, you may not do the level of work you would do in Deepmind, OpenAi or Anthropic,” Explain Firas Sozan, CEO of the consultant Harrison Clarke. The domino effect. This salary inflation is pushing some companies to look for alternatives. Startups such as Hugging Face are moving their search for talent to Europe, where in our continent, “with a Silicon Valley software engineer you can hire three or four of the same level,” according to Thomas Wolf, co -founder of the company. Sectors such as insurance, entertainment and financial services are also uploading their offers to compete for this top -level talent. Why does it matter. IA researchers have become the new players of the technological world, with millionaire signings that reflect the strategic value that companies grant to artificial intelligence. One of the most recent cases is that of the young man Alexandr Wangthe new AI star who will be responsible for directing the Meta Labs SuperintenTintentintentintelligence Labs. The Zuckerberg company has paid $ 14.3 billion per Scale AI, a platform that serves as preparing language models and was founded by Wang and Lucy Guo. They are superstar, and are the minds that will shape the future of AI. Cover image | Reuters and UNCAPPED In Xataka | How to use Gemini to summarize YouTube videos or ask questions about its Android content

The most frequent gross salary in 2023 did not exceed 16,000 euros a year

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Salaries have been in the center of the political news before a consumer market With upward prices and a Mermous purchasing power for inflation in recent years. The National Statistics Institute (INE) has published the consolidated data of the ‘Salary Structure Survey’of 2023 and leaves a worrying fact: the most frequent gross salary in Spain does not exceed 16,000 euros a year. Downward wages. According to the data obtained by the INE on a base of 220,000 workers surveyed, the most frequent salary in Spain In 2023 it was 15,574.9 euros gross per year, a figure that received 4.6% of the total employees. This data is especially striking because it is a considerable decrease compared to 2021, but an increase with respect to 2022 that was 14,586.44 euros. Between 2018 and 2020, the INE data placed the most frequent salary at 18,468.9 euros per year, which shows a clear setback in the most common retribution. The second most frequent remuneration is already at 19,500.29 euros gross per year, salary that recognizes 4% of workers. In addition, the statistic indicates that one in four employees (25.6%) charged between 14,000 and 20,000 euros per year in 2023. In contrast, only 10% of employees earned more than 49,836 euros gross that year, while three out of four had a gross salary of less than 34,992 euros per year. The INE emphasizes that “many more workers appear in low values ​​than in the highest salaries.” The SMI effect. The main reason that explains the downward difference in the most frequent salary from 2021 is the Progressive Increase of SMI. This increase has caused salaries to be drastically reduced by the SMI, which In 2023 he set in 15,120 euros per year, which meant an 8% increase compared to 2022. This climb has made many workers who previously charged that amount They have seen their salary increased Until that level, making salaries in the strip of less than 16,000 euros more frequent. The average salary improves a bit. The concentration in low salaries in the strip between 14,000 and 16,000 euros has also promoted the average annual salary per worker. In 2023 it increased by 4.1% compared to the previous year, standing at 28,049.9 euros. This increase is the tenth consecutive year of growth, although the average salary is still well above the most frequent salary and medium salary (which divides the number of workers into two equal parts) that reached 23,349 euros per year. Gender differences. The salary difference by gender remains evident in the labor market of Spain. The average annual gross salary of men was 30,372.49 euros, while that of women stood at 25,591.31 euros per year. Although the salary of women grew 5.1% compared to 3.4% of men, women continue to charge only 84.3% of the average male salary. However, this difference is not attributable to discrimination because of gender since “it is reduced if similar jobs are considered.” Actually, the difference is derived from the greatest incidence of Part -time work among women (21.1%) against men (6.6%), resulting in a lower annual salary. The salary goes by sectors. The data of 2023 have revealed that the sector with the greatest annual remuneration was that of supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, with an average salary of 54,447.9 euros. This leaves this labor sector between The best paid with almost double the national average. They are followed by financial and insurance activities, with 48,922.8 euros per year. At the opposite end, hospitality workers, who received 16,985.78 euros and those of other services with 19,751.59 euros, figures well below the averagealthough both sectors experienced increases compared to 2022. Rich community, poor community. In the breakdown for autonomous communities, the Basque Country leads the ranking with an average salary of 33,504.9 euros, followed by Madrid (32,219.6 euros) and Navarra (31,199.6 euros). This average denotes a labor market with a predominance of employment in banking, industrial, technological and added value services, which offers higher salaries and, therefore, raises the salary average of these communities. On the opposite side, Extremadura (23,684.2 euros), the Canary Islands (24,033.5 euros) and Castilla-La Mancha (24,885.6 euros) registered the lowest wages, regions in which the low wages of the hospitality and agricultural sector have reduced the average salary. However, all regions increased their average salaries in 2023, highlighting Extremadura (8%), Navarra (6.9%) and Murcia (6.2%). In Xataka | The average salary in Spain has grown up to 1,987 euros. Inflation leaves us with 578 euros more a year in the pocket Image | Unspash (Tecnic Biopross Solutions)

almost exceed Netflix in the US

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If we are witnessing something in recent months, it is how the stampede of launch, audience peaks, capital premieres and other blows of effect of the platforms of streaming They calm down. The dust sits, frantic ads and blockbusters are increasingly scarce. But the low intensity combat continues. Netflix Queen, but … and then? We have declared how more or less informal winner of the war of streaming to Netflix: its number of spectators and the rhythm and scope of its premieres goes far beyond those of its competitors, to the point that the company itself is going to Stop communicating your number of subscribers. It is no longer in that war. But those who leave the rear have much to fight. For example, Prime Video has experienced a growth in the last quarter of 2024 that has put him very close to the queen. Prime video takes the front. This growth in the US market, According to data from the Parrot Analytics consultancyit has made it the second platform in the country, adding 16.7% of the total content requests of consumers. Before that quarter it was at 13.3% and in fourth place, behind Hulu (which in the United States is more powerful than Disney+, although in Europe Hulu and Disney+ are grouped) and Max. Netflix is ​​still in the lead, but by little, With 18.1% (Image of Parrot Analytics). What is this change? The power of cinema. The Catalog of Prime Video films is very extensive: with more than 25,000 films and more than 2,700 series in the United States, it is the most content platform. The figures in other countries have not been made public, but in many cases (such as the Metro catalog, Amazon property) Rights are shared, and it is true that you just have to wander for a while for prime video to check that the platform fund such as Disney+ or Max exceeds in no problems. In addition, it is the only platform, Next to Filminthat pays systematic attention to both classic and cult and series B cinema, what you taste apart, allows you to multiply your number of titles. This consistent commitment to cinema was strengthened in 2024, when the platform increased its catalog by spectacular 71.7%. For limited time. This explosive increase in catalog will not always be there (in the United States hundreds of universal films have arrived to Prime Video that will spend next year to Netflix; in Spain, a good part of that catalog background are distributed between Filmin, Prime video and skyshowtime). But for now, it has served to give this push: Parrot estimates that, in the first three quarters of 2024, 36.3% of Prime Video’s revenues were driven by the films. The movies also matter. In a panorama absolutely dominated by the series, it is comforting to verify that films can also boost the finance of the platforms. It is the reason why, without a doubt, Prime Video is one of the most budget they invest in the production of new feature films, such as’Road House‘,’ Jackpot! ‘ Or, in Spain, ‘Apocalypse z‘: They know that it is a good way to step on the heels of the gigantic Netflix. Header | Prime video In Xataka | Mrbeast showed that he was the biggest youtuber of all time. Now he devastates Prime Video audiences with his contest

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