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Cooking for an entire family on Christmas Eve is a dying tradition. And the explanation is in Mercadona

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The usual thing at this time of year is that most family gatherings become a single topic: What to have for dinner on Christmas Eve? And on New Year’s Eve? Is the menu repeated from other years? Is the entire purchase completed or are there still issues pending? That was the usual. At least until, in one country at a time less fond to cook and more to the already prepared foodanother question began to form: Why spend hours in the kitchen on the afternoons of December 24 (and 31) if we can order dinner to a restaurant, catering or the super trustworthy? It may seem like a simple anecdote, but it says a lot not only about Christmas but about how homes and our consumer habits are changing. An afternoon locked in the stove? That Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are special events, no one doubts it. Neither do they both basically revolve around the table. However, that is one thing and quite another that we are willing to spend hours locked in the kitchen to prepare appetizing dinners for a regiment of relatives, something not so strange just a few decades ago. In 2019 the German supermarket chain Aldi made a poll in which he asked the Spaniards the same thing: how much time we spend preparing Christmas lunches and dinners. Their conclusion was curious: although on average we dedicate 137 minutes to them, the vast majority of those interviewed (62%) aspire to cut that time between stoves, leaving it at 112 minutes at most. Who cooks then? Others. It’s that simple. It is not easy to measure the trend, but a Google search is enough to find articles from regional newspapers that talk about how more and more families order the main Christmas meals and dinners from restaurants, hotels or catering companies. It occurs in the Community of Madrid, Galicia, Aragon, Catalonia, Castile and León either Estremadurato cite a handful of examples of a trend that actually transcends communities. Not only that. In addition to families willing to pay to get rid of the burden of preparing dinners for 10, 12, 14… diners, we find companies willing to cover that growing market niche, some as relevant as Mercadona, the supermarket chain with higher quota of the country. Christmas Eve ‘made in Mercadona’? That’s how it is. Since the end of November, Juan Roig’s company has announced its ‘Ready to Eat’ oriented towards parties, a section that allows you to order canapés, stuffed chicken, suckling pig, lamb… in advance to be served during the nights of December 24 and 31. “Just heat and serve,” Mercadona boastswhich highlights how the service allows families to save time “without having to worry about the kitchen.” It makes complete sense if you take into account that the Valencian company has been betting for years precisely because of that line of business and Roig himself has publicly acknowledged who is convinced that in the middle of this century kitchens will disappear from Spanish homes. His prediction points in a clear direction: supermarkets will no longer be just the places where we shop, they will be the food references where we will buy dishes and even where we will consume them. Don’t we cook anymore? Not quite. We continue cooking, although it is true that we do it differently and less and less. He gave us a clue recently a study published in TIJGFS which leaves out a revealing piece of information: 59.1% of Spaniards We still cook practically every day, which means that most of us still use our ovens and vitro. The other side of that figure is that there is 40.9% who never cook or do it very rarely and that percentage has been growing in recent decades. The CIS has also confirmed that the majority of their respondents (46.5%) believe that home cooking is losing ground to fast food. If that were not interesting in itself, there are other indicators (from the food industry) that suggest changes in consumption: for example, we increasingly demand less fresh bread and fisha latter product that begins to associate to leisure outside the home. And what happens at Christmas? Beyond our general eating habits, Christmas has its own peculiarities. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve dinners are not ‘normal’ dinners. Firstly, because a higher degree of elaboration than normal is expected of them. Second, because it involves cooking for many more people than those who are part of the usual family nucleus: on December 24 and 31, cousins, in-laws, brothers-in-law, nephews sit at the table… Which ends up easily translating into groups of more than ten diners. Is that important? Yes, if we take into account that we increasingly live in smaller apartments and families are smallerwhich translates into a series of practical complications: How to cook for 12 people in a tiny kitchen with a two-burner vitro? Where to store so much food? Where the hell can you seat 12 or 14 people in a room where there is furniture for one couple, who is the one who really eats in that house the rest of the year? It was done until now, right? Yes. But times change. And that is something that is easily observed when going out into the street. looking at statistics. The fact that there are more and more single-person households or households made up of two people and fewer than three, four or more members means that there are fewer people accustomed to cooking for groups. We are also less willing to spend hours in the kitchen, as stated in 2019 Aldi and confirm the boom of ‘Tardebuena’ and ‘Tardevieja’. We enjoy the afternoon more the 24th and 31st because we spend less time between pots. There is another factor and it is economic. In restaurants and catering establishments there are different rates, but they usually guarantee two things: fixed prices and menus and guaranteed product. Nothing about being surprised that the kilo of lamb has … Read more

How to make a Christmas greeting by creating a family or group photo from separate photographs

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Let’s tell you how to create Christmas greetings by generating a group image from separate photos. For this we are going to use artificial intelligencespecifically Gemini with its Nano Banana, being possibly the best free alternative to do this. Here, the secret is again to use an appropriate prompt in which you describe exactly what you want. We are going to tell you everything you should take into account and the prompt you should use later to create the image. You will see that it is quite simple. Group Christmas greeting with Gemini Before you start, you first have to Carefully select the photos you want to use. Try to have similar lighting, or that the same part of everyone’s body can be seen. Gemini is going to try to cut and paste all the photos together making as little modifications as possible, so keep that in mind. They should be photos that look similar. Of course, you should also know that you will be able to change their clothes to the people in the photos. Therefore, and although the ideal is for everyone to be dressed similarly, it is not essential, because then you can have Gemini put the clothes you want on them. Once you have everything, start a conversation with Gemini. Inside, first upload the photos you are going to use. Afterwards, you can copy and paste the following prompt and send it along with the photos: I want you to create a Christmas card with a family photo. I’m going to give you separate photos of people, and I want you to create a family photo where they all appear together. Under the photo you have to say “Merry Christmas”. Make the background with Christmas motifs. In this prompt you can make changes or more details. You can describe the background to be used, and also the font and text. Don’t be afraid to try, experiment and try again if the first result doesn’t work out for you. After doing so, as we have told you before, you can ask Gemini to change their clothes. This way, if people’s clothes are different in the photos, you can unify the result a little. In fact, if you have a group photo you can also simply ask them to change their outfits. Another option is to upload the group photo and then an individual photo of another person who is not there and ask Gemini to add this person. And do you remember when we told you how to turn your photos into video game scenarios either in a character from Stranger Things? Well, you can also use these tricks here to make the greeting as original and personalized as possible. In Xataka Basics | Gemini Image Editor: 16 Ways and Tricks to Squeeze Nano-banana with Google’s AI

You can pay for dinners, but not receive family donations

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The use of digital payments has skyrocketed in Spain thanks to the ease of payment from mobile phones and the success of platforms like Bizum. For this reason, the Government has decided to adapt the regulations to today’s world. As of January 1, 2026, it is redefined how banking entities must inform to the Tax Agency about the movements of its clients. The historical limit of 3,000 euros that until now acted as a reference for notifying the Treasury is eliminated and the criteria is changed: the amounts no longer matter but the patterns. The key question is how this affects individuals. End to the limit of 3,000 euros. Until now, banking entities had the obligation to inform the Tax Agency of any movement that exceeds 3,000 euros, regardless of whether it was a company or an individual. With the new Royal Decree 253/2025 which comes into effect on January 1, 2026, that limit disappears. Starting in January, the reporting obligation goes from being based on the amount of the payment to the type of operation and the total volume of the year and the obligation to report is also added when these payments are made through mobile payment applications or payments associated with mobile phone numbers (Bizum). This opens the door to operations that previously did not generate any type of notice (payments of 50, 200 or 500 euros made by card, transfer or Bizum), can now become part of the periodic reports that financial entities send to the Treasury. Bizum and mobile payments: what changes? The elimination of this limit does not mean that the Treasury will review these movements one by one, but the automatic barrier that prevented small transfers from flying under the Treasury’s radar is eliminated. Payment systems between individuals, such as Bizum, which were traditionally presented as an “informal” and quick way to send money, are thus integrated into the official information circuit. Payment and electronic money entities must report to the Treasury the credits and charges of all these accounts, including those associated with external apps or virtual cards. That is, the Treasury will also know what income or payments are made through these platforms and their frequency. Paying for dinner is not paying a mortgage. For the individual user, this means that sending a Bizum to a dinner with friendsa gift or a shared expense continues to work as usual. What changes is that the information circulates more systematically between the entity and the Treasury. If the movements are sporadic and consistent with personal use, it will have no consequences. However, if these payments are continuous, high, periodic or present their own patterns of economic activity, they could reveal some undeclared commercial activity or hidden donations between family members. Donating is not a crime.. One of the most frequently asked questions It has to do with the possibility of making small donations to family members: helping a child with their studies, supporting a family member with an unexpected expense or making specific contributions. The new regulations does not limit these operations on the platforms, since money transfers of 200, 500, 1,000 or 2,500 euros can continue to be made without any impediment. The change is in the Treasury’s ability to detect them if they occur through Bizum, transfer or digital payment on a recurring basis. …crime is not declaring it. Although the operation remains legal, the inheritance and donation regulations apply. That means that any donation, even a small one, must be declared. In the majority of autonomous communities, the rates for these donations they are very rewarded between immediate family members, to the point that in many cases nothing is paid. But declaring them is mandatory. If the movements are repeated or if the recipient cannot justify the origin, the Treasury could detect them and request explanations or impose sanctions. They want to detect undeclared activity. The focus of the new regulations is not to check whether you pay for your friend’s movie tickets or every daily movement, but to identify economic activities that are hidden behind dispersed digital payments: undeclared rents, private classes, recurring sales of products or habitual income that could be considered commercial activities camouflaged as personal transfers. That is why, more than sending a certain amount of money to a friend or family member, what increases is the Treasury’s control over frequent and repetitive income, regardless of the amount. In Xataka | Bizum en la Renta 2024: what income and payments you have to declare and how to do it in the 2025 declaration Image | Ivan Linares (Xataka Mobile)

A family wanted to live with only solar panels, well water and a garden. Until Italy took away her children

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High in a forest in Abruzzo, Italy, a stone house now stands silent. Until just a few weeks ago, that place was the self-sufficient refuge of Nathan Trevallion, Catherine Birmingham and their three children. But a few days ago, a judge decided to remove them of family custody for living disconnected from the grid, without schooling and in an environment that he considered unhealthy. The resolution started a fire political and social in Italy. What for the family was a self-sufficient life project—solar panels, well water, compostable toilet, garden—has become a court case with enormous international repercussions. The story, however, goes beyond an Italian court order. It is the symptom of something bigger: a growing movement in Europe—and also in Spain—of families and communities seeking to get out of the urban grind, disconnect from the electrical grid and live self-sufficiently. How far does the freedom to choose that lifestyle go? And where does the State’s intervention begin, especially when minors are involved? The case that divided Italy. The family, of Australian and British origin, had been living in a forest in Palmoli since 2021. The house was precarious but, according to themenough: electricity with solar panels, well water and an outdoor composting area as a toilet. In autumn 2024, all were hospitalized due to accidental mushroom poisoning. That episode set off alarm bells for social services. According to Corriere della Seraa technical report described the home as “ruin” and “without adequate conditions for minors.” That’s when social services intervened. The lack of schooling of the minors, the absence of pediatric follow-up and the almost total isolation in which the family lived set off all the alarms. Following these reports, a court in L’Aquila ordered in November the withdrawal of parental authority and the transfer of the children to a center, where the mother could stay next to them. The decision has caused a real political earthquakewhere political leaders and several judicial associations denounced pressure from the Government. At the same time, more than 150,000 people signed online petitions demanding that minors return to their parents. Off-grid: from bucolic dream to global phenomenon. To understand the background, just open Instagram. As Ethic magazine explainsit is enough for the algorithm to detect a certain interest in self-sufficiency to fill the feed of videos of families drying their own food, women showing their renovated campers or couples who live half a year off what they grow and collect. life off-grid or “self-sufficient” has become an aesthetic, philosophy and even aspiration for emotional disconnection. But it is also political. The same medium reminds that a small part of the movement arises from groups “sovereign citizen“who reject the authority of the State. They are a minority, but they exist. The majority, on the other hand, opts for the off-grid for reasons of sustainability, teleworking, search for autonomy or reaction to the climate crisis. Also out of fear: there are communities —like the ecovillage of Tamera, in Portugal— that are preparing for a possible collapse of the current model. In Sweden and Finland, the governments have released official guides to prepare for extreme scenarios. Spain is not far behind. The movement off-grid It has also taken root. It is no longer a thing of hippie ecovillages of the 90s: today it is embraced by engineers, teleworkers, urban families suffocated by the cost of living and foreigners from northern Europe who seek autonomy and nature. In the Karrantza valley (Bizkaia), for example, a family left town to produce their own energy and grow their food, a model that is repeated in the Basque Country, Cantabria or the interior of Spain, where many opt for hybrid solutions—solar panels, wood stoves and water recovery—combined with public school and community life. At the same time, ecovillages such as Matavenero, Lakabe or Arterra Bizimodu, according to elDiario.esconsolidate rural repopulation based on sustainability and self-management. And adding to this trend is the arrival of new off-griders foreigners. As Euroweekly points outmore and more British, German or Dutch families buy farmhouses in Catalonia, the Alpujarra or Castellón to disconnect from the grid. Some stories border on the epic: an English couple built their life from scratch with yurts, dry toilets and rain catchers. What they are looking for – a lower cost of living, teleworking, autonomy or simply another way of living – comes with a price: living with wild boars, storms and no less bureaucracy. But legally how is the matter? The contrast with Italy becomes evident when Spanish regulations are analyzed. In energy matters, the framework is clear: Royal Decree 244/2019 It allows self-consumption and does not require contracting electricity supply. Living with isolated solar panels, batteries or small generators is perfectly legal as long as the installation meets safety standards and is carried out by a licensed professional. Legalization is not strictly mandatory, but it is advisable to access public aid, obtain certificates or take out specific insurance. Something similar happens with water. The Water Law establishes that groundwater is public domainso any well—with few exceptions—must have authorization from the corresponding Hydrographic Confederation. Drilling without a permit or extracting water from a protected aquifer can lead to significant penalties. In other words, you can live with your own well, but the collection must be regularized. The point that makes the difference. When it comes to housing, living in a remote area is not illegal as long as the construction has the necessary documentation: license, occupancy certificate and minimum health and safety conditions. But if minors live in that environment and the house presents risks to their well-being, authorities can intervene. However, the determining point is in education as in Italy. Unlike other European countries, Spain required by law that all minors between 6 and 16 years old are educated in recognized centers. He homeschooling is not regulated and, in practice, it is considered illegal. A family that decided to educate their children exclusively at home would face truancy proceedings, visits from social services and even judicial measures in serious … Read more

Your family tree is on every street

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Madrid, like most large modern metropolises, has been expanding by annexing population centers bordering. Each of these annexed towns has its own history and, some of them, leave curiosities such as that their streets are witnesses of the family tree of the family that owns the land on which an entire district would be built that in 2023 was home to some 143,000 inhabitants. The Usera district, located south of Madrid, is known today for its multicultural atmosphere, especially for the celebration of Chinese New Year organized by the Chinese community resident in the area. However, not many people have noticed a peculiarity in the names of their streets. A surname is repeated insistently in his street map: Usera. The reason is that, paraphrasing the writer and journalist Nieves ConcostrinaUsera, before being a neighborhood, was a gentleman. We can add that, in addition, he had a lot of family. The story of a family with a zip code In Usera’s street map we can find names like Nicolás Usera, Mariano Usera, Marina Usera, Luis Usera, Amparo Usera, Gabriel Usera and Isabelita Usera, all of them, as is more than evident, pointing out that the name Usera was not born by chance. It all dates back to the end of the 19th century, when José del Río, known as “Uncle Sordillo”, a landowner from the south of Madrid, left some land north of Villaverde to his daughter, Carmen del Río Fernández. This rich heiress married Marcelo Usera in 1904, the son of a fallen bourgeois family who had not long ago returned from ill-fated Cuba. Marcelo Usera had joined military service, like so many other young people of the time, where he continued in his military career until 1924 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the same time, the young Usera had already proven to be skilled in management, obtaining recognition with the livestock activities on the lands that his wife had inherited. As a curious note and examples of how much Marcelo Usera was prospering with the management of his wife’s assets, the Royal Academy of History collect that Alfonso A “Salamanca neighborhood” for the people However, despite this livestock success, the lands located south of Madrid were not profitable enough to be dedicated to cultivation. Inspired by the Marquis of Salamanca and its urban project that gave rise to the stately neighborhood of Salamanca, Usera decided to dedicate those lands little given to cultivation as a starting point for a settlement for a new working-class neighborhood with houses affordable for workers. Marcelo Usera Public School, built on land donated by Marcelo Usera Usera would take advantage of the facilities offered by the so-called “Cheap Houses Law” of 1911. Under this law, the landowner obtained tax exemptions and the transformation of rural land into developable land was facilitated, thus increasing the economic benefit due to the revaluation of the land. In this way, by promoting the construction of cheaper houses, he would not incur the economic problems that the Marquis of Salamanca’s project faced. As stated the portal of Telemadridthe first colony that the rich landowner planned was called “Colonia Salud y Ahorro”, although it finally ended up being called “Colonia Moscardó”. The urban development of this first colony followed the guidelines of the workers’ colonies of the time. A main street crossed by small perpendicular streets. A street map turned into a family tree As a soldier, Usera began naming his streets with the names of illustrious soldiers, mainly belonging to the Legion that he had founded years before. Millán-Astray. However, he soon ran out of military names, so he began to draw on his own family tree and those close to him. In this way, the Usera street map thus became a small family tribute: the main artery would be Marcelo Usera Street, which with its almost two kilometers serves as the backbone for the neighborhood, with which streets such as Mariano and Nicolás Usera, Marcelo’s brothers, intersect. Corner of Amparo Usera and Nicolás Usera streets Usera dedicated a square to his wife Carmen del Río. Deserved recognition for the heiress who owned the land on which it stood the new neighborhood. Amparo Usera, goddaughter of Carmen and Marcelo, has a street symbolically located parallel to that of her rich godfather and bordering her godmother’s square. As the content creator highlights selpide in the profile on TikTok from Madrid Secreto, Marcelo was not satisfied with honoring first-degree relatives. Numerous nephews of the landowner and urban planner such as Antonia, Gabriel, Luis, Marina or Isabelita Usera are also now street names. Even Marcelo’s maternal grandmother, Isidra Jiménez, and his sister-in-law, Marina Vega, appear in Usera’s street map. Once the names of the Usera clan had been exhausted, the honors began to be extended to friends of the family, such as Carmen Bruguera, José Anespere and Pablo Ortiz, and even to employees, such as Felipe Díaz who, according to what was published by Infouserawas the administrator who designed the layout of the streets and whose house is preserved there. His daughter, Perpetua Díaz, also has a street in the neighborhood. In addition to honoring his family and friends with street names as if they were little cards, Marcelo Usera also wanted to honor those who were directly involved in the success of the urban project. Among those names, Gumersinda Rosillo and Jesús Montoya stand out, two of the first inhabitants of the new neighborhood. In your videoSélpide also highlighted the name of Máximo Carazo, Usera’s first pharmacist, who provided clean water from his well to the inhabitants of the new neighborhood. Since its urbanization, this corner of the south of Madrid has been characterized by peculiarity of their street namess, who remember on every corner that being born into the right family can make a name continue to be remembered decades later, even if its only merit is having the right surname in the right neighborhood. In Xataka | The 25 richest families in the world, displayed in … Read more

Alibaba is becoming the Ai Open Source sponator. Your family of Qwen models is putting the market above

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The Chinese giant Alibaba has launched Officially QWEN3-OMNI, an open source artificial intelligence model that can process text, images, audio and video simultaneously. In fact, it is the first model that unifies these four modalities natively and does it completely free, something that none of its US competitors offers. Bet on the Free Code. While Openai and Google charge for using their most advanced multimodal models, Alibaba gives theirs under Apache 2.0 license. This means that any company can download it, modify it and use it commercially without any cost. This open source approach It is the trend that multiple Asian giants are adopting to cause global interest in their language models and that multiple developers around the world want to contribute to their evolution. It is part of China’s strategy to remain relevant in the AI ​​career. Image: Alibaba What can you do exactly. As points The company, QWEN3-OMNI simultaneously processes text in 119 languages, recognizes voice in 19 languages ​​and can speak in 10 different languages. Its “thinker-speaker” architecture separates the reasoning of the audio generation, promising real-time responses with latencies of just 234 milliseconds for audio and 547 milliseconds for video. Benchmarks. In 36 reference tests, QWEN3-OMNI exceeds open source models in 32 of them and establishes new general records in 22. In advanced mathematics (Aime25) obtains 65 points compared to 26.7 of GPT-4O. In writing tasks (Writingbench) 82.6 points, exceeding 75.5 GPT-4O points. While it is true that it is not being compared to Openai’s most avant-garde model to date (GPT-5), it is a real achievement what giants like Alibaba are doing with their free and open source models. Strategy. Alibaba is running a risky but intelligent play: democratize the multimodal AI to gain market share. “This could bring some changes to the panorama of the OMNI open source models,” explained The Qwen team. The announcement occurs just when Nvidia announces Investments of 100,000 million dollars in data centers for OpenAI, while Alibaba and the rest of Asian giants prefer to dispute technological leadership in AI from another angle. What does it mean. Great American technology have opted for proprietary models that generate direct income. Alibaba wants to change the rules by giving instant access to its technology to millions of developers. Even if they offer it for free, they are building an ecosystem that gives them competitive advantage In the long term. And now what. China is not the only one that launches free code models. OpenAi has GPT-Oss And Google has Gemma. Two options that developers have on hand to deploy their ideas, modify them, contribute to their evolution and others, although they are not the main approach of both companies. In the case of Alibaba models, Deepseek either Tencentthe idea does revolve around the open source, and the pulse does not tremble when offering their most powerful models for free (despite the fact that some more complete and specific options are reserved for special agreements). QWEN models A great reputation have been carved Throughout these last years, and this new evolution in his family marks a new ribbon for the rest of the companies, not only in efficiency, but in the deployment of this business model. Cover image | Alibaba and Growika In Xataka | Eight people. An hour of work. A budget dollar. 5,000 new podcasts thanks to AI

The arrival of the iPhone Air has changed everything. Guide to choose perfect iPhone in Apple’s new family

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Apple has presented new iPhone, four to be exact: iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. Unlike other years, alignment has changed. The novelty is that The Plus model tells us goodbye and the new iPhone Air arrives instead. Let’s see how the iPhone family looks after launch. iPhone 17: The always base model iPhone 17 The dry iPhone. Is the successor of iPhone 16 and maintains the usual spirit: a more content size and double camera. It is the iPhone for those who do not need the triple camera or the most powerful processor. This year the iPhone 17 wins points because its screen finally adds to the 120hz, something that so far away further away from its older brothers. It is made of aluminum and, to protect the screen, it has the new Ceramic Shield 2 which is up to three times more scratch resistant. It arrives in five colors; Black and white for the most traditional and three more casual tones (lavender, green and blue). Its price starts from 959 euros For the 256GB version. iPhone Air: The new class comes wearing Tipazo iPhone Air Is The great novelty This year. After The failure of the ‘mini’ modelsApple tested the opposite: an iPhone ‘plus’ that bet on a much larger screen. The formula has not set and the iPhone Air is the new Apple attempt to sell us a fourth iPhone. As with the macbook air, The iPhone Air claim is thinness. Specifically, it measures 5.6 millimeters thick (with the exception of the camera module, where by the way Apple has managed to put practically the entire hardware) and weighs 165 grams. The iPhone Air is for those who want the most exclusive design, even at the expense of making certain sacrifices. It only has one camera and, although the figures of autonomy are not as disastrous as it was rumored (27 hours of video playback), the fact that Apple announced an external battery specially designed for this model leaves us with enough doubts. Another important factor is that It has no physical sim, So if you decide to go for the new ultradelgated iPhone, It is time to hire an ESIM. The iPhone Air arrives blank, gold, sky blue and black and its price starts from 1,219 euros For the 256GB version. This is 260 euros more expensive than the iPhone 17, but 100 euros cheaper than the iPhone 17 Pro. iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max: For the most demanding iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro If you are looking for the best experience, especially at the photographic level, you have to go for a Pro. They have a triple camera that, in addition to the wide angle, also include a teleobjective that reaches 8 increases. They also have the Apple A19 Pro processor with steam camera to avoid and carry Ceramic Shield 2 both in the front and rear. What model choose? It will depend on the size you prefer (6.3 or 6.9 inches) and also the budget. The iPhone 17 Pro Max Cuesta 1,319 euros and the iPhone 17 pro max 1,469 euros In the 256GB versions, that is 150 euros apart. A point to keep in mind is that, in addition to the screen size, the Pro Max also has more battery. iPhone 16 and 16 Plus: last year’s models still have a lot to say iPhone 16 Plus and iPhone 16 As usual, Apple keeps the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus on sale one more year. Although they are models with a year old, they are still two very interesting options For those who want to pay less, whenever he does not mind giving up some novelties. The main and most important is the soda rate. In the new models it is already 120Hz, but on the iPhone 16 it was still 60Hz. They also have the chip last year (Apple A18) and the ultra -angular chamber was still 12 megapixels. The output prices are 859 euros for the iPhone 16 and 959 euros for the iPhone 16 Plus, 100 euros reduction. iPhone 16E: The “Cheap” iPhone iPhone 16E Although he was not part of the presentation of September 9, the iPhone 16E It is still selling on the Apple website so it is part of the family. Is the successor of iPhone se And the first of its kind that bets on a Front without button where the screen is the protagonist. Of course, there is no dynamic island but the Notch Classic of previous models. It makes some concessions such as that it only carries a camera or a smaller screen. Is The iPhone for those looking for the most affordable model. However, with a price of 709 euros For the 128GB, it is not exactly cheap, especially if we compare it with the previous ones, whose price was around 530 euros. Specifications of the entire iPhone family iPhone 17 iPhone Air iPhone 17 Pro IPhone 17 pro max iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Plus iPhone 16E screen 6.3 inches 2,622 x 1,260, 460ppp Brightness up to 3,000 nits Promotion 120Hz True Tone, HDR Dynamic island 6.5 inches 2,736 x 1,260, 460ppp Brightness up to 3,000 nits Promotion 120Hz True Tone, HDR Dynamic island 6.3 inches 2,622 x 1,260, 460ppp Brightness up to 3,000 nits Promotion 120Hz True Tone, HDR Dynamic island 6.9 inches 2,868 x 1,320, 460ppp Brightness up to 3,000 nits Promotion 120Hz True Tone, HDR Dynamic island 6.1 inches 2,556 x 1,179, 460ppp Brillo up to 2,000 nits True Tone, HDR Dynamic island 6.7 inches 2,796 x 1,290, 460ppp Brillo up to 2,000 nits True Tone, HDR Dynamic island 6.1 inches 2,532 x 1,170, 460ppp Brillo up to 1,200 nits True Tone Notch processor Apple A19 Apple A19 Pro Apple A19 Pro Apple A19 Pro Apple A18 Apple A18 Apple A18 storage 256GB 512GB 256GB 512GB 1TB 256GB 512GB 1TB 256GB 512GB 1TB 2 TB 128GB 128GB 256GB … Read more

Takata mounted millions of potentially mortal airbag. And the family of the first deceased in Spain will go to court

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Juanjo was a neighbor of Benazacón (Seville). He was 44 years old when on August 5, 2023 he suffered an accident on the A-4 road at the height of Dos Hermanas (Seville). The driver died after hitting his Mercedes Vito with a Peugeot 308 who was stopped by a breakdown. But what should be an accident without mortal consequences thanks to the airbag became the opposite. In fact, it was precisely The airbag that ended his lifesince its explosion was uncontrolled, causing “a penetrating wound in the right hemithorax with internal hemorrhage” caused by the expulsion of metal parts that acted as shrapnel when the airbag inflated. That is the conclusion reached by the Forensic Report. Juanjo’s name is fictional but the rest of the story is completely true, as reflected ABC. The newspaper explains that this Sevillian driver circulated exceeding the maximum permitted blood alcohol limits when the clash occurred but that it was a Takata airbag that really ended his life. This person was, in fact, the first deadly victim registered in our country as a direct consequence of these airbags. The airbags of this company should serve to protect the lives of drivers but for years it is known that they are, in fact, a weapon against the passenger itself in case of accident. Now, the driver’s family ensures that a complaint Against Mercedes-Benz, who claims economic compensation for death, after keeping a negotiation route that has not fruitful. Although after this fact Another deceased has also been counted In our country with these Takata airbags involved, that of this Sevillian driver was the first case and the future of the possible complaint can be the case of a new fatal accident. The Takata case In Xataka We have contacted Mercedes to learn about the company’s position before this case but, when writing these lines, we have not obtained an answer. What we do know is that in 2020 The world He collected a review call of up to nine models of Mercedes (each of them with different generations). In the list detailed by the company was not the Mercedes Vito But in the newspaper it was detailed that the company had called for review to the predecessors of class V and this van. The company also has a Web page in which the VIN number can be introduced to check if a concrete unit is affected by a revision call by the defective Airbags of Takata. And it is that the damage that the company did is difficult to calculate. In Spain, tens of thousands of affected cars have been called to review but it is believed that there are more than 12,000 of them who have ignored the passage through the workshop. In France it is estimated that there are 1.7 million cars affected and In the United States It was said that since 2008 almost 30 million of these airbags have been withdrawn in constant call calls. The big problem is that the Takata scandal inluó a good part of the automotive industry. Mercedes is not the only one affected, to mention some there are Japanese companies (Honda, Mazda or Toyota), American (Fod, Chrysler or General Motors) and European (Audi, BMW, Citroën or Volkswagen). To give an example, In 2023 Seat called 300,000 cars to review on the occasion of these defective airbags. These security systems had the problem that, with the passage of time, the gases inside were degraded causing violent explosions that generate shrapnel when exploiting and can seriously damage the driver to the point that he can cause death as in the Sevillian case. This ruling is present in millions of cars that mounted the airbags of this company Between 2008 and 2019 Therefore, it is still common for manufacturers to make review calls with airbag substitutions if necessary. The company, in fact, ended up hosting bankruptcy in the United States in 2017 as a result of the fines and compensation imposed. Photo | Rahul Pugazhendi and Mercedes In Xataka | The DGT wants to generalize the airbag on motorcycles. Your shortcut: make it mandatory to get the card to

How to share location with your whole family permanently with the mobile

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Let’s explain How to share your location with your whole family Permanently, both in Android and in iOS. In this way, your relatives will be able to know at any time where you are, in case you go on a trip or simply to be prevented in front of an emergency. We will concentrate on permanently share the location, something for which You need to configure a family on your mobile. Thus, at all times you can know where all family members are. Share your location with your family using the Google account Google makes it quite easy to share the location, and You can do it with any contact or your family configured through Family Link. For the second, you must first configure the family in Families.google/familylinkor with apps For Android and For iOS. Now you have to enter Google Maps and press the button with your profile image to open the options of your account. In them, click on Share location That will appear inside. Here, you will have to click on Share location. When you do, Google Maps will ask you for a series of permits to access this location, and you will have to accept them all. By accepting to share location, You will share it with your family and with the members you have configured. But on this screen You can also choose individual contacts To share your location with them. You can choose to do it for a few hours predetermined or permanently. The contacts will receive a notification and you can know where you are. Share your location with your family using Apple’s account To share your location with your family using Apple’s account, what you have to do is Configure your family group wearing Apple’s family. Once configured, enter your iPhone or iPad settings and click on the section Family. Here inside, click on Share locationthe option that appears below at all. You will go to an option where you will be able to configure your account for Share your location with the familyso that these only have to enter the application Look for To see you in it. Click on the button Share location. You will go to a screen where you can Choose with which family members you share your location. You can choose only some concrete or all. Then, you can choose the option to share your location automatically so that new family members also see you. And that’s it, now you just have to use the app of Look for. Messaging apps also allow doing it Finally, you must remember that you can also Share your location by WhatsAppand that almost any messaging application will allow you to do so. Here, you can choose to share your location in real time for a certain time, although it will not be permanently as in the previous configurations. However, if you just want to share the location for a concrete trip or afternoon, this option is faster and more simple, especially when you have no family account configured. In Xataka Basics | 47 Android Applications Free and open source alternatives that respect your privacy to the fullest

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