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your next cell phone will be more expensive. It’s the AI’s fault

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“Prices are going to rise next year,” says Ma Zhiyu, Xiaomi’s marketing director. The reason is that there are components whose price is sky-high, and is expected to continue increasing. We talk about the NAND and DRAM memories, whose cost has skyrocketed due to the huge demand caused by AI data centers. Frightening. This is how Ma Zhiyu has described the storage prices expected for next year, as stated in IThome. The manager took to Weibo to comment on his impressions about the cost projections for next year. According to a recent report by Korea Economic DailySamsung and SK Hynix notified their customers that they would apply increases of up to 30% in NAND and DRAM memories in the fourth quarter of the year. Figures. According to the Taiwanese CTEE mediumthe price of DRAM memories has increased by 171% year-on-year, more than increases in the price of gold. Demand driven by AI boom, especially in DDR5 memory modules. To put it in context, a 16GB DDR5 module used to cost between $7 and $8, but since September it costs $13. As for NAND memories for SSDs and servers, the increase is estimated at 50%. Mobile phones too. The most affected products are those that require more memory, such as PCs and laptops, but Ma warns that it will affect any device that uses memory. This increase will also have an impact on mobile phones, especially those that have more storage such as the 512GB or 1TB versions. More memory, more expensive. In a post on Weibo, Sun Cun, product director at Redmiresponded to users who complained that they couldn’t afford the 12+512GB version. “We cannot change the trend of the global supply chain. Prices are going to rise next year,” he said. Furthermore, recently they announced a discount 300 yuan on the 512GB version of the Redmi K90 and warned that it could be the last chance to get such an offer. The bottomless pit of AI. The AI ​​race is about computing power, which means building many data centersand these data centers need many componentsincluding GPUs which, in turn, require enormous amounts of memory. The result: shortages, customers lining up to get memories and sky-high prices. It will get worse. The worst thing is that this has just begun, or so some experts predict. Tom’s Hardware publishes the statements of Chen Libai, CEO of ADATA, who believes that in 2026 the shortage will be even greater. It will still take a while to see the impact in stores and it will gradually spread, but it is a matter of time before the domino effect reaches us. If you are thinking of buying SSD, expanding the memory of your PC or changing your mobile phone, perhaps it is time to do so. Image | Samsung, Xataka In Xataka | Xiaomi 15 Ultra, analysis: a crazy night between a mobile phone and a compact camera

The European Union will impose a new CO2 tax in 2027. And that means one thing: more expensive gasoline

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The European Union has a new tax to punish fuel consumption. And that implies, without any doubt, a increase in the price of gasoline and diesel that we use in our day to day. But also in which carriers need to work. And that has consequences. EMISSION RIGHTS. It is not really new, because it is part of a package of measures whose reform It was already approved in 2018. We talk about EU trade emission rights trade regimealso known as the ETS2 that will change in 2027 to impose a new tax on the consumption of fuels emitted CO2. This new tax applies to the fuel consumed in homes and, of course, to transport (both particular and merchandise) that until now had been left out. And that has a clear result: the price of gasoline will rise. How does it work? With the change that will arrive in 2027, it will be the fuel suppliers that have to buy emission rights for carbon dioxide of the products they sell. For each ton of CO2 generated by that fuel, a price will be paid to the European Union. The main problem is that we do not know what increase we face. EMISSION RIGHTS They will be bought by auction So the price fluctuates. At the moment, the most optimistic estimates indicate a price of about 48 euros per ton of CO2, according to The Energy Newspaperbut Bloomberg Nef Bet on a substantial increase in the coming years and aim at 122 euros per ton of CO2 in 2030. These increases can reach an increase in demand but also by speculation with their price, with companies buying emission rights to have them reserve when considering that they will be more expensive in the future. What can we expect? When we go to the gas station, a rise in the fuel price, of course. How much? That is the big doubt. Obviously, this new cost for the supplier should fall in cascade to the final consumer. The doubt is whether something of it will be absorbed along the way or, on the contrary, it will affect completely. According to the European Commission, the expected increase with those 48 euros/ton of CO2 is 0.11 euros/liter of gasoline and 0.13 euros/liter of diesel. That is, in a 50 -liter deposit we talk about an increase between five and six euros. Other sources point to a larger cost. As we have seen, everything will depend on how much the supplier costs the right of issuance and how much the client can affect without the competition. Distributor companies point to ABC that the price will be between 0.15 and 0.25 euros/liter. The hidden climb. But beyond the cost for The driver who fills his carthe new tax points to another problem: a general increase in the cost of life. In that same article of ABC, Transport associations point to wait for an increase of up to 45 cents/liter of CO2. It would be necessary to see if the increase reaches these levels but what is certain is that the cost of fuel It has a direct impact on inflation. Because if moving the product is a greater expense, the ultimate seller has to raise the price to continue maintaining the profits … In greater or lesser average depending on the product, what is certain is that both increases usually go hand in hand. Keep in mind that ETS2 also affects the price of gas, so it is an extra cost than adding to the equation. Worry. As is logical, the first accounts have already begun to look for solutions. From the Bank of Spain they point out that inflation can rebound in 2027 to 2.5% after a year 2026 more restrained. In Belgium they calculate That an average home will pay between 250 and 400 euros more a year. At the moment, the system will have a market stability reserve. The idea is that if the price shoots, the European Union can release emission bonds to control the price and cushion the increase. In addition, it has been designed has designed the Social Fund for Climate (SCF), a fund of at least 86.7 billion euros between 2026 and 2032 to surrender to the most vulnerable families and small businesses. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | Yes, the EU knows what our car consumes and the speed at which it circulates. And none of that has to do with an alleged espionage

There is a national symbol that Japan has been invariable for generations: a very expensive school backpack

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No one forces them to use them. There is no decree, nor regulationnor order of any other type that requires your purchase. And yet every year (especially In May or August) The families of Japan with children about to start school are subjected to the same ritual: they travel stores to choose with great care the backpack that must accompany the child during their six years of primary school. They do it paying attention to colors, shapes, fabrics … but not to the model. That is taken for granted: the backpack must be a ‘raondoseru’. ‘Rondoseru’? Exact. The word may not tell you much, but if you usually read comics or watch Japanese series and movies it is likely that the article itself is familiar. THE ‘RANDOSERU’ (A style, not a commercial brand) are the backpacks used by Japan children during their early years in school, the equivalent of our primary. Large, rigid, usually of leather, they usually always share the same design: rectangular shape, straps and a huge flap. Where do they come from? The ‘Randosseru’ connects with its origins, at the end of the 19th century. The word is a kind of adaptation of the Dutch “Ransel”, which can be translated as “backpack” or “backpack.” And it is no accident. It is said that the first to use the ‘randoseru’ were the Japanese soldiers at the end of the EDO period, who used them for their luggage. The design must like the prestigious Gakushūininstitution created to train the children of the aristocracy, because Towards 1885 He decided to incorporate a similar model as an official backpack. Other versions They say that in those years, at the end of the 1880s, the Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi He gave the prince Yoshihito (eight years old) A backpack for the school made with leather and remembered the backpacks that the soldiers loaded behind the back. Whether or not, the ‘ramoseru’ ended up triumphing and established a tradition that has managed to survive the nineteenth to the twentieth and twenty -first century, with their wars, political swings and fashions included. A symbol of distinction? Today they are a community symbol. With the passing of the decades, the ‘ramoseru’ have become so popular, have extended so much by the schools throughout Japan, which have become almost a timeless icon. They were used by parents and use them children. In fact they are usually The grandparents Those who give them to their grandchildren and families spend time, resources and attention to choose the best backpack for their offspring. Mainichi Shimbunone of the most relevant newspapers in the country, defines it as something similar to “a rite of initiation” for children who are about to start at school. “Getting a backpack ‘ramoseru’ before the first grade is an important mile In June Moe Yamamoto. Maybe it sounds exaggerated, but families often choose backpack with a surprising anticipation, a year before the child is going to step on the classrooms (they get to work in May in the face of the course that will start in April) and pay attention to all the details. In the department stores Isetan It is even celebrated A special event with hundreds of models to choose designs, colors or materials. How common are they? In 2024 the reporter of The New York Times In Tokyo Motoko Rich He dedicated them A report It starts with an interesting experiment. Rich recounts the first day of the school year at a Koto school, in Tokyo, and then looks at how many of the elementary children carry the famous backpacks. His conclusion is resounding: “almost all.” “It is not a rule imposed by anyone, but a rule that we all comply with together,” confirms Shoko FukushimaDeputy Educational Administration professor at the Chiba Institute of Technology. But … what are the ‘Randoseru’? Although tradition has remained over the last decades, backpacks have not been alien to fashions. Before The usual It was that the boys carry black backpacks and the red girls, but that has changed. And we know it for sure because there is an association of ‘randoseru’ that Monitoring trends: Colors (L Lavender and Rosa triumph among the girls, more than red), sizes, materials or even dates and places of purchase. Unlike what happened a few decades ago, today the offer is wide and includes models of different shades and with cartoon characters, embroidery or linings of various fabrics. The objective: that each one has their ideal ‘raondoseru’. Comfortable and cheap? There are reasons to doubt the first. And objective reasons to deny the second. The ‘raondoseru’ are heavy. Vacuum, the classic model Round the kilo and a halfand Motoko Rich acknowledges that when books, notebooks, cases or even tablets are added to more than four kilos. In Your report He speaks, for example, of a student of the first course that one morning left for school carrying a three kilos backpack. It may not seem much, but it supposed more or less a seventh pass of his body weight. As for prices, Rich Explain That the average leather models is around $ 380, although that is just a reference. There are much more expensive versions, which go to more than 500 or even exceed The 1,000 barrier. Of course it is not necessary to resort to such heavy or expensive bags. Mainichi remember That manufacturers have created alternatives to traditional leather wallets, such as Nylon editions that weigh between 650 and 1,200 grams (far from the 900-1,500 g of the oldest models) and can be bought for less than 70 dollars. Another alternative is to pay for backpack subscription services that in exchange for a monthly payment allow the portfolio to be changed every so often. Are they used in Spain and Europe? The undeniable thing is that the ‘ramoseru’ have aroused interest outside of Japan, something that is found to see the amount of articles that the western press has dedicated to him in recent years. One of the … Read more

The most expensive sushi in the world that costs the same as the trip to Japan

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Japanese cuisine is one of the most extended in recent years thanks to a delicious ambassador: sushi. With Ramen’s permissionthe these rolling of seasoned rice accompanied with the most varied fish, meats or vegetables, has led to Japanese gastronomy to all corners of the planet. From fast food chains with home cast to the most exclusive restaurants. However, to eat the most expensive sushi in the world you will have to go to the Sushi Kirimon restaurant, in Osaka, and pay 17,500 yen (which are about 101 euros) for each piece of its Omakasewhich in Japanese cuisine represents the best culinary experience of each restaurant. A delicious bite … to your wallet The Guinness record Confirm that sushi kirimon holds the title to the most expensive sushi in the worldwith its individual Kiwami OMAKASE menu, composed of 20 unique and exclusive pieces that cost the a whopping of 350,000 yen, equivalent to about 2,025 euros according to the current contribution. Each piece in this menu has been elaborated following traditional techniques and with selected ingredients from both Japan and the rest of the world. Sushi Kirimon’s proposal is mainly based on fine cutting nigiri, Sashimi and two perfectly rolled maki, all presented with detailed gold details as a sample of opulence and sophistication. According to details the restaurantthis dish is designed as “tribute to Washoku“, the Japanese traditional cuisinefusing crafts and innovation to create an experience within the reach of very few pockets. The menu includes Matsutake mushrooms from China, black truffles brought from Italy and whale meat from the North Atlantic. All ingredients are prepared through traditional methods that reflect the Respect for gastronomy Japanese more ancestral. In the elaboration, the restaurant is committed to the “fusion of ancestral techniques and a contemporary presentation”, presenting delicate pieces decorated with 24 carat gold sheets, as well as Japanese rice of the highest quality and vinegar with aging of up to 12 years. This mixture of premium ingredients and classic procedures manages to further raise the exclusivity (and price) of the proposal. The legacy of Japanese haute cuisine and a record Before Sushi Kirimon achieved the Guinness record with his Kiwami Omakase, the most expensive sushi title was Filipino chef property Angelito Araneta Jr., who presented pieces wrapped in gold of 24 carats decorated with diamonds and pearls, reaching prices of up to 1,664 euros per complete ration. The most luxurious sushi competition has pushed chefs to explore unique products such as Norwegian wild salmon, French Foie and Palawan pearls as a complement to dress their rice preparations. The global recognition received by Sushi Kirimon and his Kiwami Omakase marks a milestone in the world of haute cuisine, establishing a new standard for excellence in Japanese gastronomy. He Menu is expensivebut at least you don’t have to fish your own dinner As you should do in other Osaka restaurants. In Xataka | The most expensive restaurant in the world is in Ibiza, dinner costs a salary and shares table with 12 people Image | Unspash (Mahmoud Fawzy)

This is all we think about the one who aims to be Samsung’s most expensive mobile

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Although they are not for all audiences (especially for their prices), Folding mobiles They have come to stay. Samsung has a lot to do with the consolidation of this category and has made the formats of their fold and Flip mark the way to follow. But there is a new format in which Samsung has not yet entered, the Triple folding. This is about to change. This is Everything that has leaked from Samsung’s triplegable. Possible Name of Samsung triplegable Although Samsung has confirmed its existencefor now they have not said what the new model will be called. At first, rumors suggested that Samsung Galaxy G fold would be calledwhich would distance it from the rest of folding that use the letter Z to differentiate from the rest of the ranges. During the summer, it was discovered that Samsung had patented another name that fits with a triple folding: Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold. We will have to wait to confirm it, but it makes more sense that Samsung wants to maintain the lyrics z in its range of folding. Thus samsung money earns: the secret is on the iPhone Samsung Galaxy Z Design Trifold This was the prototype they taught in 2021. Image: Samsung In recent years, Samsung has left us clues How they imagine a triple folding. In 2021 Samsung already showed several prototypes during the ‘Sid Display Week’, One of them was a triple folding. Later, in 2023, they showed Another triple folding prototype In the Mobile World Congress. Several weeks ago, This X user published three videos that contain several animations about some functions of the device, revealing that The design will be different from the expected. Thus I solve the folds in this prototype. Image: Tecno Unlike Huawei’s concept with the Mate XT Ultimate Designin which we only have a large screen and the mobile folds like forming a Z, Samsung’s triplegable It will have two screens: an external and a huge internal screen. When folding it, one sheet must be closed and then the other, like This concept presented by Tecno recently. The advantage is that so The interior screen is totally hiddenwhile in the case of Huawei is exposed on the edge. In This other filtered animation It looks how it will be deployed. Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold characteristics This summer the processor was leaked that will integrate the new folding, which will be none other than the Snapdragon 8 Elite for galaxy, the same one that carries the Galaxy Z fold7. In addition, it will be standard with Android 16 and Oneui 8, The most current versions of the operating system and the Samsung customization layer. On the screen, The rumors point that the internal panel will measure 10 inches diagonally and will be OLED type. In addition, it will have a Triple Chamber System which could be the same as we have at the Galaxy Z Fold7. It consists of a main sensor of 200 megapixels, an ultra angle of 12 megapixels and a 10 megapixel telephoto. Image: Qualcomm The filtration that we have mentioned in the previous block reveals some features, such as that it will have wireless load and also reverse load to load accessories such as headphones. Also Other functions have been leaked As you can reflect the home screen on the interior screen, with up to three pages of icons and widgets. Besides, Three apps can be used in Multiventana modea function that Samsung calls ‘Split Trio’. When will it be presented and what will be the price of Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold We expected that Samsung will announce its triple folding in the Unpacked That was celebrated this summer, but it was not so. Given the generalized disappointment, the company confirmed within a few days that the triple folding was in process and would arrive Before the end of the year. The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design. Image: Xataka In statements to the media during the IFA Fair of Berlinthe head of Samsung’s mobile division confirmed that development is in the “final phases” and reiterated the company’s intention to launch it before the end of the year. Today we have known that The device has received the certification in South Koreaso your arrival could be imminent. Samsung’s triple folding is expected to have A rather limited launchat least at the beginning. There are 50,000 units that will first reach South Korea and China. With respect to the price, there is nothing confirmed, but considering that the Galaxy Z FOLD7 costs 2,109 euros, Everything points What will be above 2,500 euros. In Xataka | 10 years ago, Samsung was the ugly duckling of Android software. Now is the example to follow

The most expensive set of Lego to date does not be happy for all fans

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October will be the month in which Lego fans will have before them The most expensive set in the company’s history: The Death Star Wars star. A thousand dollars have allowed the company to beat its own record of crazy prices with a piece that has more than a meter high. An authentic Mostreco whose extra contents included in the set will salivate more than one fan of the construction games and devotees of the galactic franchise. Some figures. That said: more than 9,000 pieces make up the set, where no less than 38 minifigures based on the characters in the movies can be placed. We will have all the expected guests: Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, the Droids, all kinds of imperial forces including Darth Vader and the Emperor, and several versions of Luke Skywalker (with the black suit of ‘The Return of the Jedi’, dress of Stormtrooper next to Han Solo …). Curiosity: some unexpected detail such as the inclusion of a Beach Tropperthe Stormtropers in a swimsuit that made their debut in the 2006 ‘Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy’ video game. Everything expected in the death star. How could it be otherwise, this death star includes stays taken from the original trilogy, from the garbage crusher to the throne room of ‘The return of the Jedi’, to recreate a final duel with all details. Some fan will put the nerves when you see places from two different films in the same star, but the set must be interpreted as a tribute outside the Continuum space-time. Or something like that. If you want it. If you have a thousand dollars, which is not little conditional, and you are willing to spend them on a Lego set, possibly be a member of the Lego Insider Club, and you will have anticipated access to the set, from October 1, three days before the rest of the mortals. Both one and the other, who buy the set before October 8 will receive as a gift a tie Fighter, the appropriate size to place it in their place in this death star (although there are protests from the community because the ship appears in the promotional images, and from October 8 that piece will not be included in the purchase). Some protests. There are already some lucky disappointment to whom they are more satisfied. Among the complaints that have been in the community in recent weeks, especially, the quality of the figures, lower than expected: most are recycled from previous sets, something unusual in the most expensive sets. In addition, they are not even the best quality figures, as with C3PO, which has been represented before in more detailed figures and better valued by the community. There have also been protests because, unlike previous death stars, the set It is not a sphere, but a section of the structure. Question of taste, but It is one of the complaints They circulate online. Varied opinions. This type of sets, getting bigger and linked to franchises such as Marvel, Star Wars or Harry Potter, among many others, receive All kinds of opinions. There are those who think that franchises have creatively ruined Lego, but the truth is that Your economic recovery After a huge stage of crisis, everything owes these large, expensive and very clearly oriented to the adult public. And if it depends on a certain generation between X and Millennialit is clear that nostalgia is the trigger to be thrown. If this set works commercially, it will be difficult for it to be the last. Header | Lego In Xataka | LEGO is an empire of the toy and has already made its incursions into the cinema. Now the next level is raised: video games

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

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