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Your experience at Xataka goes up a level with exclusive newsletters, raffles, El Consultorio and more

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Xataka was born in 2004 as a blog for technology fans, and boy has it rained since then. Cell phones were not from that time smartphonesMP3 players were the fashionable devices and I don’t think anyone, not even us, imagined everything that was going to come next. But there is something that has not changed since then: the support we have received all these years from all of you, our xatakeros and xatakeras. Today I want to tell you what the next step is for Xataka, something we have been working on for almost more than a year. Today we announce the arrival of Xataka Xtraa new subscription community with which we want to offer a much more direct relationship between the public and the editorial staff, in addition to including some advantages that we think may interest you. But before going on to detail what Xataka Xtra is, I’m going to skip all the style rules and explain to you what it is not: It’s not a paywall. I want to make this clear from the beginning. Xataka Xtra It is, as its name suggests, an “extra.” A way that we propose to support all of us who make this medium. But the usual Xataka experience does not change: everyone will be able to continue enjoying our open content as before. Xtra is an “plus” for those who want to support us and go a little further. And yes, under subscription. We are aware of “subscription fatigue”, ourselves we have talked about her. In an increasingly hostile environment for those of us who create content for the web, initiatives like this allow us to continue doing what we do and, in the process, thank you for your support through different advantages. Our priority has been to design a value experience while keeping the price as low as possible: at Xataka Xtra you can support us for what a coffee costs each month. We want to continue making content made by humans and for humans. Made by us for you. And we want to maintain a closer and more exclusive relationship with our xatakeros and xatakeras, something that on a large scale today is practically impossible but that we do believe we can achieve with the Xtra Community. And now, let’s explain what it includes Xataka Xtra. What advantages does Xataka Xtra include? Three exclusive newsletters: Chip War (weekly, every Monday): The semiconductor industry is the technological, economic and geopolitical battlefield of our time. Every week we analyze what is happening in the race for chips: from the tensions between the United States and China to the decisions of TSMC, Intel, SK Hynix or Samsung that will determine who leads the next decade. Next X (biweekly, every other Thursday): Biweekly analysis of the trends in technology and science that are changing the present and will define the future: AI, quantum computing, biotechnology, space exploration. Context and perspective on where we are going and why it matters. B-sides (weekly, every Saturday): Five curious and fascinating readings each week. Strange, counterintuitive or unexpected stories that we find on the Internet and that deserve your attention. From industrial accidents that changed the world to surprising scientific research or absurdities of late capitalism. Close and direct relationship with the Xataka team: Exclusive community on Discord: access to our Discord server, only for the Xtra Community. The office: We resolve your doubts with preferential treatment and you will have a direct line with the entire team. Available via email or on Discord. Write to us with your query and our team of editors will try to provide the best solution. Monthly video Q&A with the Xataka team: We provide the team that attends, you set the agenda and what you want to talk about. Giveaways and exclusive benefits Raffles and discounts. Just by being Xtra members you will participate in exclusive draws and have special discounts. And pay attention because very interesting products are coming up to be raffled off. Today we announced the first: a 75-inch LG TV. Advantages and offers with our partners. At launch we will have the following: Nextory: Extended free trial for 45 days. NordVPN: 3 months free for 1 and 2 year plans. NordPass: 10% discount for 1 and 2 year plans. Saily: 10% discount on new hires. Other benefits Xataka Xtra badge in the user profile. It will be seen when an Xtra user comments and on their profile. Ad-free option: For those who want to browse without advertising banners, there is also an option. And this is the beginning: we want to take advantage of the creation of this Xtra Community so that you can tell us what things you miss and would love for us to add. We will design the future of Xataka Xtra together. How much does it cost and available versions Xataka Xtra It is available in monthly subscription mode and annual mode. Signing up is easy, with a couple of clicks, and unsubscribing is equally simple: just by clicking the corresponding button in your Xtra area. The available plans are the following: Monthly plan: 4 euros per month (2 euros per month in introductory offer) Annual plan: 30 euros a year (15 euros per year in introductory offer) Annual plan without ads: 60 euros a year (30 euros per year in introductory offer) For all those who sign up with the introductory offer, the 50% discount remains as long as they do not cancel or change their subscription. As you can see, we have included the possibility of contracting a plan that eliminates all banners from the website and makes reading easier. This has been an addition that we have included based on your feedback, since it was one of the most requested features. Thank you, really and this is Xataka Xtraat least for now, since as I mentioned, the idea is that this fluid relationship with the Xtra Community helps us find other interesting ideas that you may like to … Read more

Science is on the verge of achieving something that would end our human experience as we knew it: suffering

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The Holy Grail of modern pain medicine has always been the same: achieving the analgesic power of morphine without its side effects such as respiratory depression, addiction or tolerance. And although until now it seemed impossible, one study has suggested that the key is not to ‘numb’ the body, but to ‘attack’ the way the brain processes suffering. The study. A team led by Gregory Corder of the University of Pennsylvania has developed a gene therapy that acts as a “switch” for chronic pain. What is revolutionary is not just that it works, but how it does it: it eliminates the emotional distress of pain without erasing the protective physical sensation, keeping the patient safe but free from suffering. The problem is not feeling, it is suffering. Pain has two very clear components: one that is sensory, which is necessary to human survival (as it is to withdraw the hand when we get burned), and the other is the affective or the emotional. This second is what generates the feeling of constant suffering that can destroy the quality of life of a patient who lives with chronic pain or neuropathic pain that affects the nervous system, such as the hated ‘sciatica’. According to the study, titled, the researchers identified a specific group of neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). These neurons are sensitive to opioids and are responsible for encoding the “unpleasantness” of pain, and this is where they have tried to attack, but surgically and without pills. The tool used. The scientists used a tool known as DREADD (Designer Receptors Activated Exclusively by Designer Drugs). To do this, through a viral vector, they inserted synthetic receptors specifically into the cingulate cortex neurons of mice with neuropathic pain. From there, they administered a drug that has no effect called DCZ. This compound, despite not doing anything to the body in mice, acts as a key that “turns off” the neurons that have been modified in their brain in a very specific way. The result. The chronic pain behavior disappeared and they began to act like completely healthy animals. However, when exposed to an acute thermal stimulus, they were able to withdraw their paw. In this way, his survival system was working, but his anxiety system was completely turned off. The AI ​​that reads pain. One of the biggest challenges in pain research is that mice can’t tell us “it hurts a 7 out of 10,” which is why scientists classically relied on biased tests. But this is over thanks to an AI called LUPEwhich is a Deep Learning platform and has the ability to analyze hundreds of hours of video of mice moving freely. But what is relevant here is that it has the ability to detect spontaneous micro-behaviors associated with pain that the human eye would miss. Thanks to LUPE, the team was able to objectively confirm that the pain relief was real and not an error of human interpretation. The opioid crisis. The most promising thing about the study published a few days ago is the security profile. Unlike morphine, which generates tolerance, that is, more and more doses of medication are needed to have an effect, and addiction, this gene therapy is completely the opposite. In this way, it does not generate addiction, meaning that the mouse does not have to seek a higher dose to maintain that sensation and the effect remained stable. The arrival of humans. Although the success in mice is resounding, the jump to humans is complex, since we are really different and requires many more safety studies. However, the path is set. The team is already planning the next steps towards clinical trials, although it is something that may take many years to become a reality in our daily lives. Images | Sasun Bughdaryan In Xataka | We have accepted that sport is “medicine” for the body. Now science is discovering its side effects

Being over 55 years old does not only mean having work experience. Now it is also synonymous with being unemployed

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Labor market and demographics are two closely linked factors in which changes in one affect the other. Demographic aging is not only affecting the generational changebut is also generating an unprecedented change: for the first time in historical series, unemployment among those over 55 years of age exceeds that of the population between 25 and 54 years of age. Furthermore, the main difference is that reintegration into labor market for those over 55 years of age It does not occur in the same terms as in the younger segment of the population. This reversal of the historical pattern comes at the height of demographic aging, just when people are asking to work longer to support the pension system. A historic “sorpasso” in the senior unemployment. Historically, people aged 55 years or older registered less unemployment than the rest of younger workers, to the point that in 1994 their unemployment rate for this segment of the population was 9.2 points (11.7%) below that of the group of 25 to 54 years old (20.9%). This favorable gap has been progressively reduced until it disappears in 2023, at which point the differential became negative for senior workers. As stated in the study prepared by the BBVA and IVIE Foundation, in 2025, the “sorpasso” no longer leaves room for doubt and the average unemployment rate for those over 55 years of age reaches 9.8%, compared to the 9.4% unemployment rate registered for people between 25 and 54 years of age. This change occurs in a context of general improvement in employment in Spainwhich indicates a very notable relative worsening of the position of seniors within the labor market. That is, more is hired, but People over 55 years of age are not hired.. More time unemployed. As the BBVA Foundation report reveals, the problem is not only how many people over 55 years of age are unemployed, but also their duration of unemployment. it has been lengthening to the same extent that the gap with those under 55 years of age was reduced. “Their labor insertion is complicated, with longer periods of unemployment, fewer job opportunities and lower quality jobs,” the report points out. The data indicates that 57.9% of unemployed people aged 55 or over are long-term unemployed, having been unemployed for more than a year. looking for a job without finding it. This percentage contrasts with 36.1% among unemployed people aged 25 to 54 and 17.8% among young people aged 16 to 24. When they return they do so with worse conditions.. When these employees manage to re-engage in the labor market, they do so in much more fragile conditions than those they had. Among employees aged 55 or over with less than a year of seniority, that is, they have just joined a company, 52.6% have a temporary contract, 10% are in precarious employment with contracts of up to three months and 4.5% are permanently discontinued. On the other hand, among those employees over 55 years of age who have been in the same company for more than 25 years, temporary employment falls to 2%, there is hardly any precarious employment and discontinuous permanent employment is reduced to 2.4%. They return, but to worse jobs. According to the authors of the report, the differences are also noticeable in the type of occupations they enter after the period of unemployment. Among senior workers with more than 25 years of seniority who maintain their jobs, management, management or highly qualified occupations represent 45.6% of the total, while basic jobs only represent 7%. However, among older people who have just gotten a new job, only 15.6% occupy highly qualified positions and 29.4% end up in elementary occupations. This pattern is even worse than that of younger workers in the same situation: among those aged 25 to 54 who have just started a job, high-skilled occupations reach 29.1%, while basic occupations account for 20%. For the 16 to 24 year old group, these percentages are 27% and 15.5%, respectively. More dissatisfaction. Changing to a job with worse conditions also leads to an increase in job satisfaction for this segment of the active population, which, according to encrypts the studyrecords that 21.5% of newly employed seniors want to change their schedule and 16.4% continue looking for another job despite having found one, compared to 0.8% of their peers who have kept their job. In terms of salaries, the data paint a similar reality. The study by the BBVA and IVIE Foundation shows that the average annual salary of those over 55 years of age is 30,038 euros, above the 26,855 euros of the group between 25 and 54 years of age. But when the focus is placed on newly hired people over 55 years of age, their salary drops to 19,558 euros, slightly below the 19,837 euros earned by those aged 25 to 54 in the same situation and far from the 40,520 euros of senior workers who have not had their careers interrupted. In Xataka | 47% of the unemployed in Spain are over 50 years old. The problem is that many will not return to work until they retire. Image | Unsplash (guven karakoc)

last hours to get your free ticket and experience the gala live and direct

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The moment is approaching! The next November 20 the gala of the Xataka NordVPN Awards 2025an event in which we will discover the best technological products of the year. It’s going to be an event full of surprises, humor and lots and lots of technology, and if you want to experience it first-hand you still have time. There are still some tickets left, so we invite you, if you have not done so yet, fill out this form and order yours. It is completely free and you can include a companion. Little tip: don’t leave it! There are few tickets left and they are delivered in strict order of arrival. Agenda When: November 20, 2025. Where: Capitol Cinemas (Madrid). Schedule: Start of the gala at 8:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time), although we will tell you more about door opening and access by mail, when you receive your confirmation. Request your entry in this form If you want to join us in person at the Xataka NordVPN 2025 Awards gala, you just have to register in this form. The tickets, as we said, They are totally free and they will be delivered in order of arrival until capacity is reached. There are still a few left, so hurry up and register to reserve yours (and that of a companion if you wish). Once you have completed the form, you will receive a confirmation email with all the details about the event and the party (that’s all, see you there!). Check your email carefully and pay attention to your inbox. Note: If the form does not work for you, you can sign up here. And if you can’t join us physically, remember that we will broadcast the gala live from our website, so be sure to visit us that day. See you on November 20!

With AI, Microsoft has once again insisted that we talk to our computer: experience says that we don’t feel like it

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You get up in the morning, go to work and sit in front of the computer, but the first thing you do is not pick up the mouse and keyboard, but say “Hey, Copilot”. Can you imagine it? Me neither, completely, but that is Microsoft’s clear obsession: to get us to talk to our PC instead of using the usual peripherals. That futuristic vision is striking, but it faces several enormous challenges. what memories. The thing about Microsoft and other technology companies with their intention for us to talk to machines goes back a long way. The first generation of voice assistants precisely pursued that goal. There we saw how Alexa, Google Assistant and of course Cortana tried to make us talk much more with our devices. We were not prepared to talk to machines. Its success was rather limited, and even Nadella himself admitted in 2023 that, for example, those “smart” speakers They were “dumber than a stone”. In Xataka Voice assistants and the fight to gain our trust Cortana tried. The Redmond company certainly tried to make Cortana successful. It offered it on both Windows 10 and on Android and iOS…and even the sadly defunct Windows Phone. Over time the company realized that that assistant was not a good fit, and was killing him little by little. The launch of ChatGPT was used by Microsoft to raise your new assistant powered by AI and definitely kill to his first assistant: Copilot wants to be what Cortana could never be. Who asked for this? With that “Hey, Copilot” the same thing is happening as with Cortana: did someone ask Microsoft to integrate a voice assistant into Windows? The voice assistants of that first generation were relegated to residual use, and Amazon suffered this problem firsthand. He bet billions of dollars that Echos would become devices we wouldn’t stop talking about, but most people I just used them to set timers and music. AI promises to go much further. But in spring 2024 we live in a hopeful moment for this type of technology. OpenAI launched GPT-4o and demonstrated that natural conversations with a mobile phone were not only possible, but also They were very powerful. AI could be ours confidant and companion -with controversy included— or our private teacherand as others later wanted to demonstrate, it could also do things for us just by talking to her. Let them tell you to the vibe coders. But we still have a hard time talking to the PC. Since then it certainly seems that we have become a little more accustomed to talking with our smartphone, but things seem to be different on the PC. The statistics reflect that 77% of young people use their voice on their smartphone, while only 38% of them do so on the PC. “But everyone on the PC listens to me”. There is also a sociological component in this use of voice on the PC. The mobile phone is more intimate and personal, while the PC is often used in a static setting in which there are people around who can capture what we say. Furthermore, in the physical context, the unspoken rules of coexistence—do not disturb, do not invade others’ acoustic space—outweigh the promise of comfort. And then there is distrust. Microsoft is not helped by its recent history, especially with Recall, that option that seemed really striking and ingenious but ended up being delayed to generate a great controversy regarding privacy. The launch of the new Windows 11 options, with “Hey, Copilot” as the main protagonist, does not seem to have been received with too much enthusiasm, and the tone, for example, of the comments from this long thread It is skepticism. Rivals focus on mobile phones and speakers, not the PC. The truth is that the adoption of voice as a way to interact with our devices does not seem to be particularly viral. The erratic launch of Alexa+ does not seem to be providing great advantages, Apple continues to make itself wait with its renewed version of Siri, and only Google has taken a step forward with Geminialthough not clearly on the desktop. Talking to machines works, but not as much on the PC as on the mobile. {“videoId”:”x9jvzns”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”Project Astra Exploring the Capabilities of a Universal AI Assistant”, “tag”:”Project Astra”, “duration”:”116″} A triumph for accessibility. Where there is a clear use scenario for this technology is in the area of ​​accessibility. For users with reduced mobility, the ability to dictate or control the device with their voice can be transformative. This need is concrete and well defined, however: it does not justify a general redesign of the interaction or a marketing campaign that tries to get us all to talk to the computer. The voice should solve things, not be a fair trick. Microsoft’s real challenge is not technical — the technology is there — but human. The company must convince people that talking to the PC makes sense. To do this, it must address three fronts: privacy, the social context—that you don’t mind talking to your PC—and of course, that said interaction has practical use and works. For example, they come in there Copilot Actionswho will have to demonstrate – like everything else – that Microft is on the right path here. Otherwise, “Hey, Copilot” could become the new Cortana. In Xataka | Sundar Pichai (CEO of Google) believes that ‘Her’ is inevitable: “there will be people who fall in love with an AI and we should prepare ourselves” (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); } })(); – The news With AI, Microsoft has once again insisted that we talk to our computer: experience says that we don’t feel like it was originally published in Xataka by Javier Pastor .

My real experience with the Aura Triple Aero 15.6 “Pro Max

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I have spent recent weeks using the Aura Triple Aero 15.6 ”Pro Maxrimbonbante name for this device consisting of three external monitors that fold in one piece. Your promise is that you can turn any space into a workstation with 43 inches of screen. After using it both at home and in a hotel, I have a clear perspective for who makes this product of 520 euros. The first time I deployed the three screens at home I felt that immediate satisfaction of having plenty of visual space. The deployment is not entirely intuitive, but once you understand it, it is fast: about thirty seconds have passed since you put it on the table until you have everything working. A single USB-C cable from my laptop-which transmits both image and energy, as it should be-in addition to the power supply, and the three screens come alive. It is elegant in its simplicity. Image: Xataka. But here comes the first nuance: This weighs 3.2 kilos. It is not very much, but it is not a trivial weight when you already load with more luggage. In addition, the dimensions tell: in my usual backpack it is not possible, one of the greats is needed. The 15.6 inches come in pleasure, the problem is the metal structure that surrounds them. I had to reorganize my cabin suitcase, where it enters very tightly. A centimeter more thickness and would have to use another suitcase, of those that do not enter the cabin and have to be billed. If it becomes a few centimeters larger, I would not have entered the cabin suitcase. But he entered. Image: Xataka. Then we arrive at another nuance: the reality of the full HD in the middle of 2025. I come from working with a 4K monitor at home (Something else, in fact), either to use the 14 -inch laptop screen. The difference in sharpness is palpable. MacBook Pro 14 “: 3,024 × 1,964 pixels. Density.254 ppp. Huawei Mateview 28,2 “: 3840 x 2560 pixels. Density: 163 ppi. Aura Triple Aero 15.6 “Pro Max: 1920 x 1080 pixels (each panel). Density: 141. And not only sharpness, the quality of the panel also falls behind. IPS / WLED panel, maximum brightness of 350 nits and contrast 1,200: 1. The three 1080p screens of the aura are functional, but when you are accustomed to the density of pixels and the quality of a modern panel, the text is no longer fully clear. Image: Xataka. Using these panels I got an email from a Baltic person, and I could simply distinguish if what was about a vowel of his name was a point or a tilde. It turned out to be a point. It is the type of concession you can accept on a travel devicebut that completely discards the aura as a permanent replacement for my desktop configuration. I do not think that is his intention, but it is good to take it into account in case that temptation arises. Admitted resolutions. Image: Xataka. Possibilities of disposition or duplication of screens. Image: Xataka. During my stay at the hotel, the test came with the real use. I had to prepare a couple of interviews documented and preparing the questions, and analyze the balance of a company related to the above. There, the aura shone. Be able to review spreadsheets and maintain Notion Open, adding the browser in sight, and Apple Music in a third panel … I felt it was worth it. The fact is that the work had already begun at home, there I just had to give him the final auctions. Less than two hours of use. The process of riding, configuring, disassembling and especially loading the system in the suitcase during the entire trip made me question if it had been worth it The space sacrificed in the suitcase and the three extra kilos. Something characteristic that did not expect to assess is the ability to use screens in different provisions. You can put them straight, lean the sides to you as if it were a Cockpit… or something surprising: put them in the form of a triangle. The panels are de facto have the magnetized edge to get well if you want to use them like that. You can make the experience more immersive guiding the side screens towards you … Image: Xataka. … or you can put them in a triangle shape so that those who are around can see what you show on the screen without the need to get together in front of the main panel. Image: Xataka. Cenital view of the triangular disposition. Image: Xataka. It makes sense to A case of specific use: Allow several people to see the screen on the screen simultaneously and without having to pile up, simply being around a table. It is true that it is very useful in that case, but it is also true that it is a tremendously specific case. This device brings integrated speaker, oriented towards the back of the central panel. It works, but don’t wait miracles. They sound better and with better orientation the integrated in my laptop. The support is robust and offers three heights, although the lowest position is unstable with the weight of the set. It is a frame that must be treated with some care. By the way, the product box came both with temperate crystals for the three panels and with the case. Image: Xataka. All that is sold separately, but I would say it is almost imperative for those who buy the aura. Swork everything, the case. Without it, the external screen exposed when the device is folded is an invitation to the disaster. This product is not exactly plug and play: It is necessary to download your drivers From the manufacturer’s website, but once installed, the use is immediate. The central issue with the aura is who makes sense for. It is a unusual pinton product, of which we stop to examine when … Read more

languages, experience and higher studies the keys to double it

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The debate on whether wages have increased enough for workers Do not lose purchasing power He has been on the table for more than five years. A ELABORATED STUDY by Infojobs He has revealed that during the first semester of 2025, the average salary offered in Spain – that is, the figure in employment offers – has reached 27,552 euros gross per year, which represents a 2% increase compared to the closing of the previous year. An analysis that coincides With the data of CaixaBank Researchwhich figure the interannual increase in wages in August 2025 at 1.9%. An insufficient increase. The Employment Platform has analyzed the offers published during the first half of 2025 and has detected an advance in the salary average that companies offer in their job offers. This increase occurs in an economic context marked by year -on -year inflation of 2.7% in August, according to INE dataand a GDP growth forecast Around 2.5%. The Infojobs report clearly indicates that the 2% increase in the salaries offered is insufficient against prices rise, so the purchasing power of households suffers. The progression of the salary offered evidence that the salary improvement fails to compensate The increase in life: the salary increase observed during the first half of 2025 has been lower than 3% that the same platform registered at the end of 2024 and barely greater than 1.6% of 2023. Thus, the general salary evolution must be considered in parallel to the Accumulated loss of purchasing power suffered in recent years. Again, academic titles make a difference. The arrival of AI has caused some Technological gurus consider that having higher studies already They are not so important. However, the Infojobs and unemployment data They point out that higher degrees do have a great impact on the quality of employment to which it is accessed. The report emphasizes that having a higher education degree is one of the main factors for Improve remuneration offered, especially in technical profiles and positions of responsibility. Thus, a technical electronics engineer goes from an average salary offered from 25,568 euros to 31,831 euros when the offer requires higher degree, which represents an annual gross difference of 6,263 euros. In management positions as logistics director, the report indicates that the salary offer increases by more than 6,000 euros with respect to the base when such educational level is required. In this way, the higher degree translates into a greater capacity to access already salary improvements. Experience is a degree … and you pay. Professional experience becomes another fundamental element To improve retribution Base on the offers published by companies. According to the data collected, accredit between two and four years of experience allows access to offers with higher wages, especially in health and technological fields. For example, in the Nurse post Responsible for general care, the average salary can reach 52,802 euros when experience is required, which is more than 15,000 euros compared to the base salary. In other technical positions, such as ICT network administrator, the difference is close to 7,000 euros; Specialization and work experience are crucial to access more competitive salaries in the Spanish labor market. Know languages ​​opens doors. Talking languages ​​is Another skills that allow access to jobs with better salary, especially in technical sectors and positions related to internationalization. According to the study, offers to cover the vacancy of an industrial electrician can move from an average remuneration of 27,891 euros annual gross to 43,747 euros when it indicates that it is indicated that Languages ​​are requiredwhich means an increase of more than 15,800 euros. For an electromechanical engineer, the difference can exceed 13,000 euros gross per year. Paradoxically, in the hospitality sector, where Language domain It is almost essential, the salary increase is less valued than in technical positions, assuming an annual salary improvement of 3,300 euros for the position of restaurant director. Studies, experience and languages: The Blessed Trinity of Employment. The data suggests that, although it is true that by separate any of these skills it achieves Improve job remunerationthe combination of the three allows to achieve the greatest salary progression. When the three powers are added in an offer, the average remuneration can exceed more than 20% the reference salary for that position. In the case of IT analysts, the combined progression places the average salary at 43,980 euros, almost 6,800 euros more than the base remuneration indicated when the offer does not indicate any of those requirements. Also in industrial and administrative areas the effect is considerable: for example, the average salary of accountants goes from 25,583 euros to 31,144 euros, which represents 5,561 euros apart. Thus, the sum of titration, experience and mastery of languages ​​constitutes the decisive formula to access the highest wages. In Xataka | If the question is which countries have more workers with higher studies, the answer is not Spain Image | Unspash (Yitzhak Rodriguez)

Experience leaves difficult answers to ignore

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He Free Freestyle 2 It is designed for those who need to control their glucose daily. But what if someone proves it In medical terms you do not need it? On this new 24/7 of the Xataka YouTube channel We have used it for more than a week to understand what it contains to live with that level of continuous control … even when there is no diagnosis behind. Mario Arroyo He has used it for more than seven days in a row, in all kinds of situations: from a copious meal to a paddle game or a night with unexpected dances. “O oysters! Eh, nothing hurts, nothing hurts.” The reaction was spontaneous and marked the tone of a test that did not intend to issue medical trials, but observe how such a device behaves outside the usual context. Freestyle Libre 2, Live with a 24 -hour glucose sensor The first thing that impresses with free freestyle 2 is its appearance. When opening the package and seeing the applicator, our partner’s reaction was clear: “God, what a piece of needle”But that feeling vanished to put it on. The process is fast, without pain. For a full week, it has even unnoticed when sleeping, exercising or showering. What seemed invasive, turned out to be comfortable. The sport also left its mark. After playing the paddle for two hours, the glucose level collapsed: from a normal value to only 57 mg/dl. Something similar happened at night, where several declines were detected without apparent cause. Three hypotheses were afloat: the soft diet for being sick, possible imprecise readings of the sensor or, ultimately, a body notice. At that point, the tool ceases to be just a curiosity. To what extent can we trust your alerts? Synchronizing the sensor with the mobile is as simple as approaching it for a few seconds. The app is updated every minute, showing the current value and its evolution with arrows. In addition, keep the record and allows you to consult the maximum and minimum daily. It is a tool designed for those who need to monitor their glucose, but its clarity makes any user interpret it. Does that constant information provide if you don’t depend on it. After eating a “normal” dish of about 70 grams of turkey rice, the glucose reached its highest peak of the day: 168 mg/dl. The fact, although within the expected, caught the attention for how fast it went up and how much it varied against the previous value. Measure before, just after and after two hours it allowed to visualize how the body responds. With the sensor, what was previously invisible is now drawn in real time. The sensor has an error margin of approximately 9.2%, according to the company that manufactures it. A reasonable fact for a system that does not require medical intervention. But the cost is another story. There are cheaper optionsand its price can be a real barrier. The question, then, is not only if it works, but for who works. Is it a useful tool for anyone or only for very specific profiles? After more than seven days with the sensor, the experience has been positive, although nuanced. He adds: “It seems to me a very comfortable device” and acknowledges: “I think that if you do not have a real problem of diabetes, its usefulness is somewhat limited.” Technology works, and works well. The complete analysis, with all the details, is in the last video of our YouTube channel. Images | Xataka In Xataka | I have used Ultrahuman glucometer for two weeks without being diabetic. I learned something about my body, but it’s not for anyone

Gemini’s arrival to Wear OS 6 is great news. The question is whether an experience at the height

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Samsung just present his smartwatches Galaxy Watch8 and Watch8 Classic. A priori we might think that these watches simply embody the annual update of their hardware to which it and many other companies have accustomed us. However, The Galaxy Watch8 propose a differential benefit that, therefore, it is worth not overlooking: they are the first smart watches in the market that They incorporate Wear OS 6 with Gemini. As we anticipate from the head of this article, in our opinion the arrival to these smartwatches of the artificial intelligence (AI) of Google is good news. And it is because presumably will have a deep and positive impact on our experience. The integration of this technology into a device that users usually always carry on, and that, in addition, resides in a very accessible area, greatly facilitates its use. In fact, what Samsung proposes to us on paper paints very well. And if we turn to Gemini we can interact with these smart watches using natural voice commands to, thus control apps such as Samsung Health, the calendar or the clock. We can also use Gemini to find a nearby location, such as a pharmacy, or to send text messages. Interestingly, the SOC proposed by these watches is the same that incorporates the Galaxy Watch Ultraso we suspect that it will be possible to update the operating system of this last device to Wear OS 6 with Gemini. Our experience with Gemini is in the hands of the SOC exynos w1000 This chip is very special. And it is because it is one of the first integrated circuits manufactured by Samsung using Gaa photolithography (Gate-alall-around) 3 nm. The purpose of this innovation is to outdo Finget technology in a crucial parameter: watt performance. The semiconductors with Finfet transistors began to be manufactured on a large scale in the early last decade, so it is a mature technology that TSMC, Intel and Samsung know very well and will not easily abandon. Even so, in the future GAA transistors will reign. The Exynos W1000 SOC will be largely responsible for the experience that Gemini will offer us at the Galaxy Watch8 and Watch8 Classic Anyway, there is no doubt: the soc Exynos W1000 It will be largely responsible for the experience that Gemini will offer us in the smartwatches Galaxy Watch8 and Watch8 Classic. And probably Also at the Galaxy Watch Ultraas I mentioned a few lines above. We can anticipate that we will soon put these smart watches to the test and confirm if Gemini really offers us an experience at the height of what we can expect. The latency in this scenario of use is crucial. In any case, on paper we can be reasonably optimistic. And it is that the specifications of this SOC, beyond the lithography that Samsung has used to manufacture it, are quite ambitious. In fact, it incorporates a Cortex-A78 nucleus to 1.6 GHz and four Cortex-A55 nuclei to 1.5 GHz that work side by side with a main memory map of 2 GB of type LPDDR5. The graphic logic, which also has a crucial role in the field that interests us, is a Mali-G68 MP2. Paint well. Samsung says that this soc is Up to 3.7 times more powerful That the previous one, the chip Exynos W930in a multihilo use scenario. We will see it. We hope to tell you much more about the experience proposed by Gemini in these smartwatches coming soon. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Intel is already manufacturing chips on the Intel 3 node. The competition with TSMC and Samsung starts here

Playing video games in the middle of summer and with this heat is a horrible experience. I have found the solution in the cloud

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Play on PC is very good Until summer arrives. To a hot room as is my office, the hot air is added that, desperate to compete against Cordoba heat, manage the six fans located in my tower. The feeling is … regular. If I leave the tower on the floor they end up warming my legs. If I upload it to the table, the noise of the fans becomes even more evident and the temperature increases equally. The same happens with the Rog Ally, console that I love But that if it already has quite high temperatures, in summer suffers even more. I have found the solution in a technology that generates opinions of the most varied and that personally, it seems to me the future: the cloud. The heat. Córdoba is currently in orange alert. The asphalt has reached 57.3ºCthe grass in the shade to the almost 27ºC and the maxims exceed 40ºC. I write these lines at 10:40 on Wednesday and we are already at 30ºC. At night it does not cool and opening the windows is like look at the doors of Mordor. Thus, the solution passes through air conditioning, fans and infinite patience. Image: Olivier Collet The components. Electronic components and heat They do not get along. Let’s say they are obliged to understand each other, but excess heat is not good for a computer or for any device. The cooling systems By air, which are those that usually assemble the vast majority of computers and consoles, will refrigerate depending on the ambient temperature. If in a room is hot, the cooling will be less effective than if the room is cold. Fresquibiris. In addition to cleaning the fans and the interior of the PC, which must be done as long as a quick solution could be to put the air-conditioning For a while to cool the room. The problem is that, on the one hand, it is possible that not all people have an air conditioning device in the room or that, on the other hand, the air conditioning is centralized and we have to put it throughout the house when we only want to cool a single stay. My case. I have a temperature sensor in the office. In the morning, at 8:30, the ambient temperature is 31ºC. If I put the air conditioning to work to reduce the temperature to 26ºC. If I remove the room, it ends up reaching 34ºC. Taking into account that the ideal ambient temperature is between 18ºC and 25ºC, you can imagine how pleasant it is to complete the expansions of ‘Guild Wars 2‘or shoot in’Delta Force‘On a PC that at 18:00 is already asking for clemency and mercy. I cannot compete against environmental heat, but I can stop the heat generated by the PC. As? Roughlymaking it work much more slowly. That, a priori, is incompatible with playing in a decent quality, and it is. Unless you do it in the cloud. GeForce Now | Image: Xataka Looking for the fresco. Playing in the cloud has a series of disadvantages that are evident: you depend on having Internet connection, you are tied to a subscription and Not all games are available. The advantages, however, are that the cloud is agnostic to the hardware (I can play in my tower, but also from the mobile, From the laptop used at the university or from the ROG Ally) and does not require the computer to be fully. Just an Internet connection. The game is executed on a server and we receive the image and send the inputs in real time. A matter of temperatures. To give a quick example, playing ‘Guild Wars 2’ in a room at 27ºC The temperature of the CPU goes from 55.4ºC to exceed 70ºC. The GPU, meanwhile, goes from 35ºC to about 55ºC. If I launch the same game, but in the cloud (Geforce Now in my case), the temperature goes from about 55ºC to 57ºC, while the GPU passes from 35ºC to 37.9ºC degrees. ‘Delta Force’ is not in Geforce Now, so I can’t play it in the cloud, but it comes to the hair to show how temperatures change. The processor goes from 55ºC to 68ºC, while the GPU goes from 35ºC to be around 60ºC. That is also noticeable in the noise of the fans, which turn at a speed far higher than when they are in Standby. Asus Rog Ally | Image: Xataka The Rog Ally case. Asus’s portable console is my header device to play titles like ‘Devil IV‘And even’ Guild Wars 2 ‘connecting it to a USB and HDMI hub. If you use it in performance mode (25W), the console reaches 80-85ºC with relative ease, not to mention the battery to make a breath. Playing at the same game in Geforce Now I can do it not only in better graphic quality and with more fps, but putting the console in Eco mode, with a temperature that does not pass from 55ºC, more silent fans and greater autonomy. That, in hand and long, it shows. In short accounts. If the temperature is a problem and we have good access to the Internet, the cloud can be an option if we want to continue playing without making more firewood. In addition, the subscription does not have to be eternal. It can be used during the hottest months and then play again when temperatures fall. Cover image | Unspash In Xataka | I’ve been playing video games for years and now the first thing I do before buying them is simple: look what they are in the cloud

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