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The most expensive cities in the world to live in 2025, explained in a very illustrative graphics

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In 2025, the cost of living in some cities is a combination of high prices in goods, services and housing, which can only face who have income enough for it. For those who do not reach enough income to cover those basic needs that each city demands are dedicated to poverty or to move to other cities More affordable, something that is already beginning to happen in our country in large cities such as Madrid or Barcelona. The “Numbeo Index” Numouso is a database Collaborative that collects the prices of restaurants, services and goods in the main cities of the world and, based on this data, it produces listings in which you can analyze which cities are the highest cost of life, in which the price of housing has a greater impact or determining the economic effort of its inhabitants to live in them. For establishing a reference point in the comparison, Numbeo uses New York data as a reference value 100 in all its data. That implies that, if another city has an index of 112 in one of its parameters, it means that, in that parameter, that city is 12% more expensive than New York. If the value of the index is 88, it implies that it is a cheaper 12%. Based on these data, the portal Visualcapitalist.com has elaborated a graph in which it is clearly represented in what cities in the world is more expensive to live. The most expensive cities to live The graph prepared by VisualcapitalistNew York leads the global ranking as the most expensive city in the world. According to data collected by Numbeo, New York is positioned as the most expensive city, with a fork in the rent price ranging from $ 1,100 to $ 4,108 for an apartment in a room and up to $ 8,174 for a three bedroom apartment. The Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva are followed in the ranking, with an index of the Cost of life more rental of 93.2 and 90.6 respectively, indicating that living in them is around 7 and 10% cheaper than doing so In New York. In the fourth position there is San Francisco (85.3) that sneaks between the Swiss cities of Basel (83.9) and Lausana (83,4). If we focus on more expensive cities to live From Spain including the cost of life, we find Barcelona in position 137 with an index of cost of life including rental of 48.29, followed by Madrid (47.38) that occupies the 142nd position of the global ranking. Palma de Mallorca (43,79) and Malaga (39,24) follow them closely, occupying positions 180 and 203 of the world respectively. The weight of rent when living in a city The price of housing is a determining factor when establishing the cost of living in a city. For this reason, the list changes completely when the data is filtered to unlink the cost of the home of the equation. In that scenario, New York no longer leads the List of more expensive cities to livebut goes down to seventh place. Those who do maintain consistency are the Swiss cities, which remain the most expensive in the world to live, with Zurich (112.54) leading the list, followed by Geneva (111,41), Basel (110,71), Lausana (110.55) and Lugano (108,38). From the Spanish perspective, all cities fall several positions indicating the impact of the rental price at your cost of life. Barcelona (with a cost of life without rent of 57.03) goes on to position 183, while Madrid (55.79) falls less positions until 187. In the case of Palma de Mallorca (55,13) and Malaga (48,02) the fall is just ten positions, indicating that the housing price impact It is less than in Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but the cost of the rest of the index factors (food price, Public Transportation Pricerestaurants, services, etc.) It is higher in these cities. Living in some cities is more difficult A very important fact that can be extracted from this database on the cost of life in large cities, is the purchasing power index, which uses the salary average of that city and compares it to the base reference that is that of New York. The result leaves us a photo of which citizens do a minor economic effort to live In a certain city. In this scenario, the inhabitants of Mannheim in Germany are the ones who must make less effort to live in the city with an index of 198.64, which implies that these citizens can buy 98.64% more goods and services than a New York with their salary. The Swiss Basel (194,85), Bern (186.76) and Lausana (180,45) sneak into the top five, occupying positions two, four and five respectively. Only truncated Swiss hegemony the city of Erlangen (189,69) in Germany, which is placed in third position. Spanish cities draw a slightly different panorama, being Valencia (131,73) Alicante (113,27), Seville (102.62) and Madrid (101,39) the only ones in which its inhabitants They have greater purchasing power than a New Yorker in the field of his city. On the other hand, Barcelona (88,37), Málaga (86,34), Palma de Mallorca (86,34) are cities where the opposite happens, its inhabitants have a lower local purchasing power rate by having a lower average salary and a higher life cost. In Xataka | The cities with more billionaires as residents, gathered in this illustrative graphic Image | Visualcapitalist.com

In Asturias someone paid 37,000 euros for the most expensive cheese on the planet. Then he fell to the ground

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There are expensive cheeses, very expensive cheeses and then there are the cheeses that are sold by the whopping 14,800 euros per kiloas they just checked in Asturias. There, in the town of Arenas, they just proclaimed the most expensive cheese on the planet, a piece of 2.5 kilos with Denomination of Protected Origin of Cabrales that, after the Plant of the judges, has reached neither more nor less than 37,000 euros On a bid. Shortly after the auction was on the ground. Don’t say cheese, di cabrales. Asturias is known for many things. By Your cider, Your houndsits beaches, its mountainous places and also (and rightly) for its cheese. The Cabrales is one of the gastronomic icons of the Principality and to claim it Arenas de Cabrales has celebrated every summer, for decades, A contest which usually arouses interest both inside and outside the region. The appointment is not famous just by giving visibility to Dop Cabrales. The contest arrives accompanied by a bid for the best cheeses in which amounts of infarction are reached, assumable only by privileged pockets. Offer are so high in fact that they have managed to make a place several times in the pages of the Guinness book. It has happened Other editions. And it has happened again in this. A figure: 37,000 euros. The Arenas de Cabrales appointment is divided into several parts. First the jury decides which of the title aspiring cheeses is the best, it has a more attractive aspect and offers better flavor and aroma. Then that same piece goes to auction and businesses interested in taking her to her pantries pujo for her at the crossroads worthy of the Sotheby’s house. In this edition (the 53rd already) the starting price was € 3,000 and participated near a dozen hoteliers from different parts of Asturias (Gijón, Oviedo and Castrillón) and Madrid. The winner was Iván Suárez, owner of El Llagar de Colloto, in Oviedo. It didn’t have it easy. Last year Suarez had already taken home winning cheese by 36,000 eurosa figure that this year exceeded slaughtering. A Madrid cider house matched the figure, another Gijonesa rose the bid to 36,500 and the owner of El Llagar de Colloto ended up setting up the dispute when lifting his palette to offer the whopping of 37,000 for a piece of about 2.5 kg. Himself I calculated which came out at € 14,800/kg. Records at full speed. The truth is that Cabrales accumulates records at more speed than the Guinness organization is capable of digesting them. New Spain remember that this will be the fourth consecutive world plusmarca of Asturian cheese and if you consult The web From the Guinness World Records you will find the curious chance that just two months ago those responsible echoed that the most expensive cheese on the planet is a cabrales auctioned in Asturias for 36,000 euros. It is not a mistake. It is simply the brand that the DOP reached in 2024. It has already been outdated. Does Cabrales cheese have a roof? That is The question That some media have been made in recent days, especially if you take into account the speed with which the offers have grown by the winner of the Arenas contest. The Europa Press agency remember That the winner of this edition already disbursed 14,300 euros in 2018, 20,500 in 2019, 30,000 in 2023 and 36,000 last year, a figure that has been pulverized by the 37,000 of 2025. In the price, however it goes more than the value of the product. The bid is also a huge advertising showcase, both for the Dop Cabrales and for the winning hotelier. Of headlines and anecdotes. “The head of having the most expensive cheese in the world is what leads to this. In the end if the cheese had cost 20,000 euros instead of 37,000 because yes, it would have been the winning cheese of the contest, but we would not have worldwide news, we would not open the news, nor would we have international recognition, which is what we all look for, Suárez confesses to The voice of Asturias. Interestingly this year he has monopolized holders by Another reasonmore anecdotal … and juicy. After winning the bid the Ovetense hotelier rose to collect the piece proud and when he lifted his arms to show the tray the cheese drained and finished falling to the ground. An anecdote that the businessman was taken with humor. The cheese, he explained, will divide it into three parts: For his father, for him and his family and for his clients. In cave already 1,500 meters. Record prices and anecdotes apart, the main protagonist of the contest was the cheese that elaborated the winning piece: Ángel Díaz Herrero, by Tielve. Its representative, Encarna Bada, remembers that the cheese is made with cow’s milk and mature for several months at 1,500 meters of altitude in the Los Mazos cave. “It is the coldest cave, it has little cheese and matures more slowly. It is the caves that give the flavor to the cabrales, because factors such as moisture, temperature and height influence it,” Explain. The task is not simple. Bada acknowledges that going up and down with cheese pieces is arduous work because to the area “They don’t even get cars” To transport them in fact they have to resort to horses. What there is no doubt is that your technique and know how to do work: last year The same cheese managed to win the coveted first position of the contest and, incidentally, settle his name in the Guinness. Images | Wikipedia and Javier Lastras (Flickr) In Xataka | Russia is becoming a teacher in the elaboration of European cheeses. And it is due to the sanctions of the West

Buying US technology has always been more expensive in Europe. Fairphone 6 is a sweet revenge

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He Fairphone 6 It is the last of the members of a very special family. One that has always been characterized by its modularity and repability, but that now others leaves us a unique detail. This mobile designed in Europe is a sweet revenge for users of the old continent. We are normally used to paying more for our devices than users pay in the US, but in this case the opposite happens. How much does an iPhone cost here and there. Let’s put a simple example of the situation of electronic devices prices in the US and in Europe. An iPhone 16 Pro of 128 GB Cuesta $ 999 In the US. At that price we must add state taxes, which vary between each State and that can become 10%. Thus, the price can amount to about $ 1,100, taxes included. To the current change that would be equivalent to about 944 euros. The price of that same device in our country, taxes included, is currently 1,219 euros. It is 29.13% more expensive. A different mobile. And now let’s talk about Fairphone 6. We are facing a smartphone that is very different from its competitors. Not so much for its benefits – always more modest than its competitors in the same price range – but for an approach that bets to the maximum for modularity and repair. In Europe the price of Fairphone 6 with Android 15 (8/256 GB) is Available for 599 eurostaxes included. Long live the right to repair. Fairphone 6 are not going to win any career for the power or the best cameras, but the Right to repair. Simply remove conventional screws – still of strange or owner heads – to access the interior and be able to extract up to 12 parts of the terminal, from the screen to the battery through the speakers or the camera. The normal thing is that technology is more expensive in Europe than in the US. With Fairphone 6, the opposite is the opposite. Own elaboration with Apple and Fairphone data. The Fairphone 6 with E/OS. And here comes the interesting thing, because in addition to the Android version the Fairphone 6 is also sold by the Murena company. In this case he does Preinstalling E/OSa version of Android AOSP that “releases” us from Google’s services and applications although we can later urge them thanks to the Microg support. In Europe Murena sells its Fairphone 6 with E/OS for 649 euros, and that is precisely the model that is available in the US. This mobile is expensive in the US. Murena also offers Fairphone 6 with E/OS in the United States, but in that case the price of is $ 899. If we apply the same state rate, which can reach 10%, that price becomes about 989 dollars, which the change involves 849 euros. That is: in the US this mobile costs $ 200 more, 30.82% more than it costs us in Europe. Duty. There are several reasons for that difference between the price of Fairphone 6 in Europe and in the US, but One of them is that of tariffs. This mobile is manufactured in China but is barely affected by tariffs when marketing it in Europe. On the other hand, the commercial war with the US makes them apply Export tariffs from Chinawhich suppose an important extra cost for companies that want to offer these products in the North American country. Sweet revenge. And to that fact is added another: in Europe we usually pay more for electronics products than they do in the US even taking into account the Euro-Doming parity (which now favors us) or the different state taxes of that country. But it is also in Europe, we usually “earn less” than in the US and therefore “it costs us more than our money” to buy those products. In 2023 According to the World Bankthe GDP per capita in the US was $ 86,000, while for example in Spain it was $ 56,000. Image | Fairphone In Xataka | In the middle of the war against the right to repair, there are some brands giving you the instructions for you to fix your little pots yourself

Cheap with ads is more profitable than expensive without ads

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Just a few days ago, Netflix announced that it completely eliminated The cheapest plan with ads, and is putting an uncomfortable but very profitable truth on the table: it compensates to lose the cheapest plans and without advertising and that the gentle moves to less friendly but more beneficial options for the platform. This change represents a fundamental transformation in streaming consumption, witnessing the triumphal return of a model that many believed obsolete: paying to see ads. There is no plan. Without issuing any media, the platform eliminated On July 30 the basic plan without ads. The subscription of 9.99 euros was so far the cheapest option to see content without advertising, but disappears: Users who paid for him will have to move to another. He did not admit several simultaneous devices, either extra subscribers, or downloads, or broadcast to Chromecast and the resolution was HD (720p). Netflix remains, therefore, with only three plans: Standard with ads (6.99 euros, ads, FullHD and limited catalog) Standard (13.99 euros, without advertisements, FullHD and the entire catalog) Premium (19.99 euros, without ads, 4K and the entire catalog). Netflix is doing well. This step of Return to the exit box And make us pay again to see ads may seem counterintuitive, but it is renting: the platform announced in May that had reached 94 million users of plans with advertisements, a remarkable increase with respect to the 70 million in November 2023. In this way, the initial aspiration of the digital ecosystem disappears, which bet on an aspirational model where the premium price was justified by the absence of ads, thus distancing itself from traditional television. The times change and the spectators demand, given the excess offer (and the general recession), cheap offers. Even with ads. It has trap. Because what is clear is that it is not about people wanting to see ads because they like them: they have no choice. The difference between the cheap and the next in the price staircase, already without ads, is almost double. Not all spectators can afford that leap. Therefore, what began as an alternative option for price -sensitive users has become an important growth engine for the industry. Compensate ups. Users of streaming They have been seeing how prices go up without stopping. Between 2020 and 2024, users saw how their monthly subscriptions increased between 30% and 50% on most platforms. Netflix passed From € 7.99 to € 12.99 in its standard plan and Disney+ its price rose up to 17%. It was unsustainable to continue with the increases, so now they arrive otherwise, camouflating “descents” with advertising, which are also economically more beneficial for platforms: advertising income exceeds the income lost due to price reduction. Ultra-Economy with advertising. Ads plans are no longer a secondary option or a “minor evil”, but a business pillar: now we accept advertising cuts as part of the price of accessibility. We contemplate a segmentation of the pill, which is divided into those that are willing to pay between 15 and 20 euros per month for an experience without interruptions and on the other, 70-80% of users They see the platforms with ads paying between 6 and 8 euros per month. This division does not catch us from new ones: it is a replica that we already saw in the nineties between those who paid on Canal+ and the first satellite teles and those who continued watching television in traditional open. Header | Xataka In Xataka | That Yurena is going to give a massive concert is the definitive proof of authentic power that Netflix has

New generation nuclear energy is still extremely expensive

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The future of fission energy is unquestionably linked to Modular and compact nuclear reactorsknown as SMR for its English denomination (Small Modular Reactor). They carry out more than two decades, and some of them are being designed according to The principles and requirements established for equipment Fourth Generation Nuclear Fission. In fact, they are being devised for the purpose of not being weighed down by the deficiencies introduced in the previous generations. One of the characteristics that, in theory, allows them to outdo conventional nuclear reactors is that their commissioning and maintenance costs have to be comparable to the expenses required by other energy sources. However, for the moment they are not. Csiro, the National Scientific Agency of Australia, has prepared a report in which it analyzes the cost of the energy sources currently used, and the renewables are the cheapest. This conclusion was predictable, but the surprising thing is that next -generation nuclear reactors are the most expensive energy generation technology. To reach this conclusion CSIRO has analyzed the costs of the Darlington (Canada) SMR Nuclear Nuclear Plan SMR plan, which in principle will ascend to 23.200 million dollars. China and Russia already have SMR reactors In operation, but Darlington’s will be the first built in a western country. The shocking thing is that, According to Csirothis project will be much more expensive than any other option, including a conventional nuclear power plant. Cheaper energy generation technologies are photovoltaic and wind solar. Secondly, the gas resides, and then the nuclear on a large scale, the coal, and, finally, the SMR reactors. Despite all SMR reactors are the future of nuclear energy Before moving forward it is important that we keep in mind that the costs derived from the Darlington nuclear project will probably be reduced in other posterior SMR reactor facilities. This plan is a pioneer in the West, and, therefore, everything is new and presumably expensive. Even so, for the moment it is not clear if this technology will really equate its costs with those of other generation sources. It is currently difficult to anticipate that in the future an SMR reactor plant will have costs similar to those of a photovoltaic or wind solar installation. 4th generation designs can be very different from those of previous generations In any case, the SMR reactors that respect the established principles for fourth -generation nuclear fission equipment have other advantages that are worth not overlooked. On the one hand they have to reach the maximum possible sustainabilityso that the fuel is maximized to produce energy, the amount of radioactive waste resulting from the process is minimized and its management is as efficient as possible. In addition, modular and compact reactors can be installed in locations where it would be unfeasible to build a conventional nuclear power plant, such as, for example, On a floating platform. And finally, something also very important: their safety and reliability must be high enough to minimize the probability that the reactor core suffers damage. In addition, if an accident occurs, it should not be necessary to take emergency measures beyond the facilities of the nuclear power plant. Image | Nuclear forum More information | Indaily In Xataka | European historical milestone in nuclear fusion: the JET reactor has broken a crucial record on the road to commercial fusion energy

Listening to music without ads is, from now on, a little more expensive

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As I was plannedSpotify has risen in Spain. The Swedish company has raised The price of the individual plan, which is now a more expensive euro. The climb will affect the new customers. Here are all the details. The climb. Last April it was leaked that the company intended to raise the price in several countries in Europe and Latin America. Now the climb has become effective. The increase affects the individual plan, which goes from 10.99 euros per month to 11.99 euros per month, or what is the same, one more euro. According to the statement, this increase will be effective as of September and will affect the markets of South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. 27 Spotify tricks – Control your whole music like nobody! This is how Spotify prices remain after the rise in August | Image: Xataka And the rest of the plans? They do not change, at least for the moment. The family plan continues at 20.99 euros per month; Duo retains the 16.99 euros per month and the subscription for students stays at 6.49 euros per month. It is the individual plan that goes up in price without, everything is said, incorporate any additional novelty or advantage. Ten and two. Ten years was Spotify without increasing the price of the individual plan, which cost 9.99 euros until 2023. It was then that we attended At the first climbwhich left the price at 10.99 euros. Two years later, the price has increased again to 11.99 euros per month. In a nutshell and speaking in silver, in a matter of two years the price has risen two euros. What has motivated this climb? According to Spotify, this increase aims to “continue innovating in our supply of products and functions and offer users the best experience.” However, this increase does not entail any new product or function offer. What yes It arrives is at a good time for the companythat In 2024 he signed his first year being profitable. In maintaining that profitability and In the search for “1 billion paid users” There are several strategies. The price increase is one, but the most expensive plans with high definition sound (of which nothing is known), artificial intelligence and, above all, the foreseeable arrival of audiobooks in Spain and Latin America are bets to take into account. Perhaps the price increase justifies, at some point, to have audiobooks, but we will see. Spotify’s situation. Currently, the company has 678 million users of which 268 million are paying. Only in Europe has more than 100 million subscribers, thus tripling Apple Music or Amazon. The problem is that, unlike Apple and Amazon, which have other (very generous) sources of income, Spotify depends alone and exclusively on profitable to their subscribers. To this we have to add the constant complaints of the artists, which They claim to charge little for their music in Spotify. Cover image | Cottonbro Studio In Xataka | Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

In 2011 a group of investors bought 80,000 bitcoins. They have been sold by 17,000,000% more expensive

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“Hodl“It is the preferred word of cryptocyerents. It is not an acronym, but a kind of meme or internal joke that is simply a variation of the English verb” hold “(maintain, endure). That term contains a good part of the philosophy of these users, which believe that cryptocurrencies They are a long -term bet that it is necessary to maintain for years to obtain the maximum benefit. There are people who are demonstrating that the thing works. 17,000,000% benefit. Last week, A “whale” (Whatle) Bitcoin sold 80,000 bitcoin for 9,500 million dollars. A user in X (formerly Twitter) detected that mass transaction and the Implicit traceability of the block chain De Bitcoin allowed to know that these bitcoins were acquired (or probably undermined) in 2011 and at that time they had a value of $ 54,000. That means that in these 14 years the benefit of those who sold them has been simply amazing: 17,000,000%. But it is not the only one. Another early cryptocrevent Roger see– It also recently sold another 80,000 BTC. Acquired them in 2014 for $ 210,000, and at the beginning of the month the transaction was detected according to which he had sold them for 8,600 million dollars. Your benefit: 4,000,000%. Multimillionaire whales. There have been additional movements that are also very striking although comparatively are in the shadow of the previous two. At the beginning of July two bitcoin portfolios that had been inactive for 14 years transferred 10,000 BTC each to other different wallets. In 2011, those 10,000 BT had cost $ 16,000, and now their joint value would be around 1,000 million dollars. Bitcoin at maximum. These transactions have occurred Just with Bitcoin achieving historical values. On July 14 the cryptocurrency reached $ 123,000, although since then there has been a small correction and the current value is around $ 118,000. Hodl and strong will. Some users joked by saying that this seller will end up regretting when (or rather “yes”) Bitcoin reaches a value of one million dollars, but the truth is that those who have sold are a spectacular example of that Hodl philosophy. Keep your bitcoins all these years has had to be an exercise of extraordinary patience, especially when at this time There have been numerous increases (and descents) important that surely caused great temptations to sell then. They resisted, and now they have seen the reward. Exceptional demand. As they point out In CointegraphBitcoin’s demand is so spectacular that for example the sale of the 80,000 BTC (0.4% of the amount current today) was “completely absorbed by the market” almost immediately. Movements of this magnitude were supposed to affect the price of Bitcoin, but they did not barely. The immediately posterior impact was sensitive (3.5% value drop) but then the side effects of that sale They have been apparently nil. There are analysts who They point that what has happened suggests that BTC will continue to rise soon. Image | KANCHANARA | Erling Løken Andersen In Xataka | Bitcoin reaches a historical maximum exceeding $ 118,000. A bullish rally driven by the hug of institutions

The TSMC factory in Arizona is going well, although its chips are more expensive than those of Taiwan

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Lisa her, the general director of AMD, He has just confirmed what we suspect since the beginning of this year: semiconductors that It is already manufacturing The new TSMC plant in Phoenix (Arizona) are Between 5 and 20% more expensive that the comparable integrated circuits produced in Taiwan. AMD will receive its first chips manufactured in this plant at the end of 2025, and given the increase in costs with all likelihood its market price It will be taller than that of semiconductors from Taiwan. Even so, Smooth his He maintains that the existence of this factory in the US is good news for all, for companies and users, because it contributes to the diversification of the supply of the chips and the strengthening of the distribution chain. According to histhanks to this plant and those that will arrive in the future will be more difficult for it to occur again A semiconductor crisis As serious as the one that triggered the Covid-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2023. Despite all the performance of the TSMC factory in Arizona it is high According to financial journalist Walter BloombergTSMC will increase the price of integrated circuits produced by 30% in the US to compensate for the costs triggered by tariffs on the production equipment of imported chips from Europe and Japan. Of course, the Government led by Donald Trump has not yet revealed how the import tariffs of photolithography machines used by TSMC, Intel or Samsung plants in the US will affect the importation tariffs. N4 and N4P lithographs are part of the TSMC Finfet Integration Technologies Family In mid -April 2024 CC Wei, the executive who at that time held the reins of TSMC, advance that the increase in costs derived from the manufacture of integrated avant -garde circuits in the plants that the company has outside of Taiwan It would be assumed by both TSMC and its customers: “If my client wants to manufacture in a specific area (out of Taiwan) then TSMC and the client himself will have to share the increase in costs (…) We are already discussing it with our customers.” Whatever it is beyond the costs linked to the production of chips in the US, The TSMC factory in Arizona is fine. This plant is manufacturing semiconductors in the N4 node (5 Nm). Lithographs N4 and N4P are part of the TSMC Finfet integration technologies family, although on paper the N4P process is a bit more refined. In any case, the plant we are talking about will not be the only one that this company will have in Arizona. The second factory will be operational in 2028 and will produce integrated circuits in N3 (3 Nm) and N2 (2 Nm) nodes. And finally, the third factory will not be listed at all until the end of this decade and It will produce chips in the node N2 (2 nm). TSMC can manufacture integrated 2 nm circuits In its US plants, although the Taiwanese administration will cauture the use of this technology in the country led by Donald Trump. “Private companies must make their own commercial decisions covered in their own technological progress (…) TSMC is building factories in the US with the purpose of serving their US clients because 60% of the world’s chip designer companies are based precisely in the US.” These words of Jw KuoMinister of Economic Affairs of Taiwan, are a declaration of intentions. It will be interesting to verify how the relationship of the US and Taiwan governments in the future prosper. Image | TSMC More information | SCMP In Xataka | The US confesses its worst nightmare: if China invades taiwan and controls TSMC the US economy will go to pique

You don’t have to buy a expensive mobile to have 512 GB. This mid -range xiaomi costs just over 260 euros

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Although most mobile offers are concentrated in the most basic configurations – many times in those of 128 GB – from time to time we find very striking discounts on the highest configurations. He Xiaomi little x7 It is a good example of this, since it is in Amazon right now 269.99 eurosthus touching its minimum historical price that so far is 261.99 euros. Xiaomi little x7 (12 GB, 512 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review A cheap mobile with a lot of storage He Little x7 It is a mobile of the mid -range of Xiaomi that, although right now it stands out both for its storage and its price, has some fairly interesting features, especially in relation to its screen that offers a 1.5K resolution. The 6.67 -inch panel is AMOLED and also offers both a 120 Hz soda rate and a 3,000 nits peak shine. And internally comes with a good mid -range processor to which it belongs: the media sizek 7300 ultra, along with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. Although its battery does not reach the figure that the Little x7 prowe can talk about a good number for the price it has: 5,110 mAh with 45W fast charge support. In addition, it has IP68 certification With protection against dust and water and its photographic section, it stands out for its rear module composed of a 50 MP main sensor, an 8 mp wide angle and a 2 MP macro. You may also interest these accessories for Xiaomi’s mobile Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Pro – Wireless headphones, noise cancellation, light, up to 36 hours of autonomy, Bluetooth 5.3, black (ES version) * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi SmartBand 10, 1.72 ”amoled screen, fast charge, 150+ Sports modes. Health and sleep monitoring. Hyperos 2.0. Waterproof 5atm, compass, white pearl. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | The best Xiaomi mobile price: purchase and comparative guide

Holidays as expensive in Mallorca as in Bali

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Spanish tourism lives a paradox. The sector closed last year with record of foreign travelers, hopes to reach a New historical brand In 2025 and fantasize already to advance France and the US on their way to the top 10 of the most busy destinations in the world, a possibility not crazy according to A report of Google and Deloitte. However, as Spanish tourism is strengthened, less and less Spanish … and more foreign. More travelers from other countries come to hotels, but not local customers, whose flow It has stagnated. It is not surprising if we take into account a striking fact: in which many already consider “the most expensive holidays in history”, a Spaniard comes out almost so expensive Spend a week of relaxation in Mallorca how to do it in the distant bali. Travel to Mallorca or Bali? Mallorca is an iconic holiday in Spain. Bali, an exotic destination located 13,000 kilometers from the peninsula. However, and no matter how anti intuitive, this summer a Spanish (especially a little foresee) is almost the same to spend his vacation in any of those two points. We know it thanks to A study recent prepared by Mabrian and released by The country in which two key data are shown: the average price of the plane ticket and the 2025 hotel stay in different places on the planet. And what does it show? That in the case of Balearic Islands the average cost of the ticket amounts to 142.77 euros and that of the accommodation at 285.72. In total, 428.5 euros. In the case of Bali, the displacement amounts to 238.97 and the hotel to 99.26, which adds 338.23 euros. Mabrian’s study must be taken as that, a simple study, with his biases and weaknesses, but provides a track that coincides with what they have already noticed Other experts: A vacation in the main destinations of the Balearic Islands leave almost, so or even more expensive than in iconic destinations located thousands of kilometers. Is there more data? Yeah. The data From Mabrian they show that if the average price of the plane ticket is added and that of the stay, most of the destinations analyzed are almost equally expensive (or even cheaper) than the Balearic ‘pack’: in the cycled islands it stays at 489.7, in Sicily 287.6, in the Algarve 375.1 and in Atalya 304.6. In most cases, flights are more expensive than those of the Balearic Islands, but that difference is compensated if the accommodation is fought. In that case Balearic Islands has the second highest price, only behind the cycles, in Greece. The only destination of the analyzed that is triggered is Punta Cana, with 561.6 euros. Mallorca or Cabo Verde? Mabrian is not the only one who has made accounts. At the beginning of summer Last minute public Some estimates prepared by Pedro Fiol, president of the Aviba Travel Association, which are equally eloquent. According to your calculationsstaying the week from August 12 to 19 in a five -star hotel all included in Playa de Muro (Mallorca), added flights from Madrid and the transfer from the airport to the hotel, leaves approximately 3,780 euros. If Playa de Palma opts for the invoice low to 2,070 per person. Fiol looked for prices for the same days in other international destinations and discovered something surprising: they leave cheaper. A flight for the same days of Madrid to Punta Cana, more transfers and stay in a hotel of conditions similar to that of Mallorca, costs 2,100 per people. The comparison is even more advantageous if the Cape Verde data is analyzed. In that case, the invoice, applying conditions similar to the previous ones, stays in 1,560. In Thailand, with a four -day trip in Bangkok and many others in Krabi, the cost is 2,400. But they are just studies, right? Correct. The above are studies and estimates, but a quick search comes to verify that they are not disenchanted. For example, let’s say our boss has just approved a vacation for the week from September 8 to 14, so we open Skyscanner and look for Madrid-Ibiza flights for those days and a person. What are we found? The cheapest without scales is in 184 euros. If then we are going to Booking and we mark the “hotel” option for a person in Ibiza we find that the most adjusted is a hostel (quarter and shared bath) in which the stay goes to 324 euros. Total: 508. And that for the most economical option. If we return to Skyscanner and look for cheap destinations to travel on the same dates (September 8-14) we find Madrid-Santorini tickets by 393 euros. In Booking for those same dates the most adjusted accommodation, again in a shared bedroom, costs 120 euros. In total: 513 euros. Both results are very similar. Again it is just an example, punctual and with very specific data, but it helps to understand how the most requested destinations in Spain can cost the same as others located thousands of kilometers. Does it happen alone in the Balearic Islands? At all. Mabrian’s data show that the sum of the average price of tickets and the hotel on the Costa del Sol exceeds Antalya (Turkey). The same happens if we talk about the Canary Islands, Costa Brava or Costa Blanca. Recently We told you How there are other traditional destinations of Spanish geography, especially island or the Mediterranean, which are almost, so or even more expensive than other popular alternatives abroad. To check it, destinia compared Recently the fees of the hotels of Gran Canaria, Mallorca, Menorca, Mojácar, Tenerife, Punta Cana, the Riviera Maya and Anatolia applying in all cases the same criteria: stays comparable in August and the same conditions and score. What was found? That there are Spanish destinations in which to travel already comes out as expensive as in Riviera Maya or Punta Cana. In Menorca for example the rate amounted to 2,726 euros For two people, almost … Read more

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