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Chinese cars no longer compete against the West. Compete against the future itself

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For years, the West was the goal. The mirror where Chinese brands were looked at. The standard that had to be achieved. Today, that mirror is broken. Byd, Xiaomi, Zeekr, Nio or Jaecoo and omoda —The new heads of the Chery group in Europe – no longer mimic Tesla, Mercedes, BMW or Jeep. They play on another board. One that did not even exist five years ago. A land where The car is no longer just engine, or prestige, or inheritance: it is a digital platform, it is integrated emotion, It is services fluidity. While in Europe it is still discussed if the electric car can be profitable and in the United States automotive has become a political fight, In China the car has mutated something different: a living, sensitive, evolutionary object. A product in perpetual beta, as a software that learns, feels and redefines. Each new model launched by Chinese brands is less one car and more a manifesto, a declaration of intentions. Plus a commitment to the future than an answer to the present. He Xiaomi Su7 Ultra It is not an improved alternative to Model 3. It is a complete reinvention of the Premium car idea: 800 km of autonomy, ultra -grape load of 370 kilometers in 10 minutes, indoor level, native digital ecosystem, emotional assistants. The car not only drives: he lives, he feels, he talks. Byd, with all its brands, carries this transformation even further: models such as the Yangwang U8 or the denza Z do not offer luxury by themselves, but luxury as an emotional extension of technology, with an absolute domain of the software and an obsession with the user’s sensory experience. Each gesture, every texture, each lighting has an emotional purpose, not just functional. Yangwang U8L. Image: Xataka. Denza Z. Image: Xataka. Nio and Zeekr, meanwhile, explore the car as extension of the vital ecosystem: interchangeable batteries in minutes, voice assistants that learn from you, environmental screens that transform the cabin into an intimate space. They do not sell cars. They sell life experiences. And this phenomenon no longer remains in China. We are seeing it in Europe with omoda and jaecootwo brands that the Chery group has brought to Spain with a clear proposal: expressive design, advanced digital interfaces, full connectivity technology at a price that makes it difficult to ignore them. Omoda 3. Image: omoda. He Omoda 5 and the Jaecoo 7 They do not simply seek to replicate a German or Japanese SUV. They seek to build another car idea: more sensory, more digital, more emotional. He Omoda 3 He has consolidated that idea: it’s not just a car, it’s something else. And in their presentation they were insistent with the emotional aspect. In the interview we have published in XatakaCharlie Zhang, vice president of Chery, told us in Wuhu: “The stereotype has deflated at the speed of our sales.” A phrase that summarizes how China no longer needs to imitate anyone: now define its own rules. Because it is no longer just about electrification. Not even autonomy.It’s about redefining what it means to possess and live a car. China no longer seeks to live up to it, but directly design the next level. In Shanghai it was clear: the future of the car is no longer decided in Munich or Detroit. He is incubating in Beijing, in Shenzhen, in Wuhu. And the West, this time, no longer carries the lead. Outstanding image | Xataka In Xataka | I have driven the Jaecoo 5 EV in China: the electric SUV that no longer asks for permission

Intel’s future is linked to the success of a single chip manufacturing node: 18A technology

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Intel is facing one of the most difficult stages Of all its history. And its story is not exactly brief. In fact, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce founded this company more than half a century ago, in 1968. As we have explained in other articles, The future of factories and Intel chips packaging and validation centers is uncertain. However, it is possible that these facilities are finally incorporated into a joint company Managed by Intel, TSMCand, perhaps, by some other company of the integrated circuit industry. Anyway, the short -term competitiveness of this company is closely linked to the success of a single semiconductor manufacturing technology: 18A photolithography. Ben Sell, Vice President of Intel Technology Development, confirmed At the end of last September that the 18A node already has the maturity necessary to enter large -scale production in 2025. and also assured that it will benefit from the resources that have been reallocated since the 20A node. In the current scenario the 18A node will be the true protagonist. That is not the slightest doubt. More transistors. More performance. And less consumption This statement by Joseph Bonetti, main manager of Intel engineering programs, expresses very well The important thing that is the 18A node for this company: “Intel leaders, Board of Directors of Intel and Donald Trump administration, please do not sell or give the control of Intel Foundry to TSMC just when Intel is taking the technological front and starting to take off. It would be a terrible and demoralizing error.” Bonetti also maintains that Intel is not lagging for its competitors, and that the advances that their engineers are achieving in the field of chips production are very important. Bonetti does not expressly mention the 18A integration technology, but his statement is supported by it because right now is the asset that Intel has to compete with TSMC and Samsung in the market for the production of integrated circuits in a year in which 2 Nm photolithographies They will take off yes or yes. In the last months Intel has been revealing some of the characteristics of this integration technology, but just a few hours ago and as a prelude to the semiconductor conference ‘2025 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circu has made public more interesting data. Powervia proposes to physically separate the feed lines and signal signal within each integrated circuit Lithography 18a is erected above all about two essential innovations: Ribbonfet Gate-Lall-Around (GAA) transistors and energy delivery technology Powervia. The purpose of this last improvement is to solve the limitations imposed by the introduction in the integrated circuit of smaller transistors, which are also together more. This scenario causes that within each chip the power lines and signal compete for the same resources, which triggers the appearance of bottlenecks that perceptibly limit the performance and energy efficiency of a CPU. The purpose of Powervia technology is precisely to solve this problem. And to achieve this, what proposes is to physically separate the power lines and signal signal. So far both lived in the same physical space, but From Intel 20A lithographythat It was commercially dismissed In September 2024, the distribution of transistors and food and signal will acquire the form of a sandwich. In this way the transistors will be housed in the center, while the feed lines will reside in a lower layer and those of signal in an upper layer. In any case, for us, the users, the most interesting thing is to know that Intel promises that their lithography 18a will deliver a 25% higher performance using the same voltage as the integration technology Intel 3, as well as a 36% lower energy consumption by using the same frequency and the same voltage. And by reducing this last parameter and moving from 1.1 volts to 0.75 volts, lithography 18a delivers a performance of 18% higher and a consumption of 38% lower. It sounds good, but we should not ignore that This information comes from Intel itself. Whether it is evident that we are interested in consumers that both Intel and TSMC or Samsung have the best state possible. Image | Intel More information | Intel In Xataka | Intel has confirmed that the 20A node will be skipped to reduce expenses. The 18A node will enter production in 2025

In 1953 the United States decided to put a naval base in Rota. Now the installation looks at your future with uncertainty

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When Europe spoke weeks ago of rearme There were a series of news that attest to the situation. First it was Germany through the Almighty Rheinmetall and With Volkswagen In the “helping” equation, then even Spain with a component factory in the Basque Country. In France, a Cold War Plan to “diversify” your nuclear umbrella. And if none of these proposals went ahead, Europe would always have the Naval Rota base in Spain. Until now. Uncertainty at a key point. The story was told this morning The Financial Times. In the quiet coastal town of Rota, to the south of Spain, the imposing presence of American destroyers breaks the idyllic postcard. This old agricultural town houses today The naval base most important in the United States in Europe, the key piece of the antimile shield that protects the continent. It happens that something seems to have changed this part for a while. He had promised a sixth boat in 2022, but Donald Trump’s re -election has fired the alarms about an imminent American troops cutin line with its narrative that Europe must stop depending from Washington for your safety. In numbers, this “restlessness” reaches the close ones 84,000 deployed soldiers In at least 38 European bases, all inheritance of World War II, but whose continuity is now questioned. Broken, symbol and vulnerability. Rota’s base was the fruit of A signed pact In 1953 between Dwight Eisenhower and Franco. That agreement today is a complex of strategic dimensions that includes air track, three docks and the largest weapons and fuel installation of the pentagon in Europe. Its location, near the Strait of Gibraltar, makes it a fundamental node for Project military power towards the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East. In addition, its official status as a Spanish naval installation “Joint use” It forces the United States to coordinate certain movements with Madrid, which adds a layer of complexity to its operation. However, the FT said that for many US military, broken is considered little less than A dream destination Due to its high quality of life and a local economy deeply influenced by the base: two thirds of the city’s economic activity depend on it, and Spanish companies such as Navantia maintain millionaire contracts With the United States Navy. The aircraft carrier of the Spanish Navy Dedal The Trump factor. But as we said, the idyllic postcard seems to be living an era of uncertainty with Trump’s re -election. The contradictory signals from Washington have sown restlessness. While Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as “hysteria” Rumors about possible cuts, Defense Secretary Pete Heghseth warned that American protection It would not be eternal. Worry. The concern is that, before any disagreement (here the fan is broad, from commercial reprisals, European support to Ukraine or the rejection of geopolitical proposals such as the Acquisition of Greenland), Trump can decide to drastically reduce military deployment in Europe, even unilaterally. The tycoon now He has shown disdain for the historical commitments of NATO and has frequently folvado the Scarce spending in defense of its European partners, being Spain One of the most lagging. In addition, President Pedro Sánchez has confronted Trump on various fronts, since his recent Posture about China until His sentence to the Israeli offensive in Gaza, which raises the political risk for the base of rota. Europe without shield. If we stick to numbers, Rota base currently houses 2,800 American soldiersincluding units at sea, and its fleet of destroyers (endowed with these systems to intercept ballistic missiles) represents a mobile capacity without equivalent in Europe. Although fixed pitchers from Poland and Romania could assume part of the Antimisile shield, the European Navy lacks A real alternative to the power of US ships parked in Spain. Hence NATO, although nominally owner of the system, depends largely on Military infrastructure of the United States for collective defense. The European strategy, for now, has consisted of gaining military independence gradually, but is still far from being able to fill the void that would leave an abrupt American replication. Again, That rearme acquires more importance. Alternatives: Morocco. In the face of the possibility of a break, The FT had that some voices suggest that the United States could transfer part of its operations To Moroccocountry that reinforced its link with the Trump administration by normalizing relations with Israel in 2020. With less politically compromised facilities and greater diplomatic harmony, Morocco would be outlined as a possible logistical replacement for Rota. Moreover, apparently, from The Foreign Policy Research Institute They warn that, if the Spanish government overestimates its strategic value or underestimate the level of irritation which can generate in Trump, the consequences could be immediate and deep. Uncertain future. So things, and although for now the base It continues to expand and receiving investments, the rumors of cuts fly over the installation. The American media commented that American residents in rota try Keep calm And, meanwhile, Europe observes with restlessness a situation that transcends local geopolitics and raises an existential dilemma for the continental defense itself. The transition to a greater self -sufficiency European defensive, now, it seems more pronounced than ever, but while that mature or becomes effective transformation, the shadow of an unexpected turn under Trump’s second presidency looms over the Cadiz coast. At stake, the key piece of the antimile shield that protects the old continent. Image | Navy, Us Defenseimagery In Xataka | In the middle of the Cold War, France designed a nuclear rearme plan for Europe. Now sound strongly In Xataka | Europe before its time of truth: we have entered the era of “rearme” and the EU has a plan not to be behind

The Big Tech have played their whole future to AI. Tariffs are going to test that bet

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The world economy makes waters. The geopolitical and economic hurricane called tariffs It is affecting especially to large technology companiesthat fall remarkably in the stock market. There are many problems derived from that value of value of the Big Tech, but among them there is a remarkable one: the future of AI. Apple in low hours. The tariffs have just entered into force, but it is also that the US has officialized the 104% tariff to China. The global commercial war intensifies, and has already left a great loser: Apple has ceased to be the most valuable company in the world. This is the current situation of companies with the greatest market capitalization on the planet. Source: CompaniesMarketcap The great AI actors, in danger. But curiously Apple has not invested much less in AI and its rivals. Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Google and Meta have suffered significant losses in recent weeks. Tariffs have been the decisive factor so that in 2025 they accumulate a negative balance that goes from 14.6% of the 33% of Apple according to data according to data from CompaniesMarketcap. This is not about the debated “AI bubble”. It is true that all AI companies have wanted to sell us the message that this technology was going to change everything. At the moment that has not happened and some talked about a potential “AI bubble“, But what is happening with tariffs is something very different, and does not help at all the future of this discipline. This table, created on February 10 for Xataka, indicated the market capitalization percentage that Big Tech would dedicate to capital expenses (CAPEX). The photo has changed in terms of the percentages, and we will see if it also does it as to those amounts. Capex in danger. Two months ago we talked about how Apple was the company that Less capital expenses (CAPEX) would have in 2025. In front of it, colossal investments and a common discourse: almost all those thousands would be focused on creating data centers for AI. Now those investments are in danger, because all these Big Tech can end up disincurning to mitigate the effects of tariffs on their account books. The AI ​​was already expensive, and now it will be more expensive. Being able to take advantage of the functions of AI means using the enormous resources of the data centers of those Big Tech. If the tariffs cause the dreaded and expected price increases in these infrastructure, that will make it cause Use ia more expensive For users and companies, which can lead to a drop in its use and a slowdown of its development. If everything is more expensive and the expense is trimmed, so does innovation and work in new AI models. Fear of investing. Investment companies, such as risk capital, can also be very affected by this panorama and start Measure very much Your future investment in AI startups. That is another danger to the evolution of a market that until now had taken advantage of Optimism and unbridled expectations about AI. And without so much investment once again the appearance of new startups and the rhythm of innovation can be clearly braking. Risk of recession. The consultant JP Morgan I already esteem that the risk of the US to enter recession in 2025 is 60%. In these periods, companies prioritize financial stability over innovation, which can decelerate the pace of technological innovation. A study A year ago of Deutsche Bundesbank and the Bank of Finland showed how a 1% drop in GDP can reduce investment in innovation to 0.3%. Precisely JP Morgan revealed that US GDP could fall 1% in the third quarter of 2025 for this circumstance. Image | Jamie Street In Xataka | The Copilot+ PC promised a revolution. I have tried one and for now there are more promises than realities

Nintendo Switch 2 will have “Key cards”. And the big question is what it is for the future of physical format

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On June 5 it will be launched Nintendo Switch 2. In a one -hour event, the Japanese company has Clear almost all doubts That there was on its new console, but beyond being a celebration and although the presentation has been an avalanche of games, the aftertaste that has left among users is bittersweet. Nintendo Switch 2 will be retrocompatible with Siwtch 1 game cards, but to enjoy improvements We will have to pay. The price of the console will start from 470 euros in Europe (but in Japan it will be much cheaper so that more people can buy it, saying by Nintendo). And physical games They already go to 90 euros. In social networks, the conversation revolves around something else: the ‘Key or’ Game Key Card ‘Nintendo Switch 2. And it is a concept … controversial, at least. The “Key Key Card ‘Game Cards” Nintendo Switch 2 During the presentation, there were elements that Nintendo did not detail. For example, to know the price we had to enter the Nintendo Store, the same for the price of the games. And when he talked about the formats, the company just said two things: That the game cards will be the same size as those of Switch, but will be red and will read data at a higher speed. That normal microSD cards will not be compatible, since it will be necessary to buy microSD Express cards that read data at a speed, again. It is logical, because more demanding games at the visual level need storage support with a higher reading speed to be able to do streaming of data without interruptions. What did not say anything is one of the ‘game key cards’. Again, it is after the presentation when we find out about this matter, and it is the one that is raising blisters among users on social networks. In the Nintendo Support Pagethey say the following about this third alternative format to the physicist and digital: Game key cards are different from normal game cards since they do not contain complete game data. Instead, the game key card is your “key” to download the full game to your console through the Internet. After completing the download, you can insert the game key on your console and play as you do with a normal physical game card. They also show an example of the notice that will be in the physical cover: The operation is simple: we buy a box with this cartridge-lave, we introduce it in the console and we are given the possibility of downloading the game associated with it. The cartridge has no informationso the game is saved in the MicroSD Express that we have bought separately and will be from where it is executed. When we want to play that game, we will have to put the corresponding cartridge-lave, be connected to the Internet the first time we start it (subsequent starts do not need the Internet, but the cartridge-llave is already playing. It is a mixture between physical card and digital game. What is the point? The only one that occurs to me is that it is for games that have a higher weight to the maximum of the game cards or for small editors who want to have physical pretence in stores (although more caught with tweezers this). But of course, it also gives rise to another interpretation: Nintendo kills the conventional physical format. . Too much fog, but with precedents on switch Nintendo says clearly: “The game key cards are different from normal game cards, since they do not contain the complete game data” and “This is a box of a game key.” There are no need to clarify it, but these phrases would imply that, on the one hand, the normal game cards will be and, on the other, the key cards. There will be games that come inside the card and others whose card is simply an ‘activator’ For the game that you download from the eShop. Nintendo has said that Siwtch 2 game cards have a higher reading speed. If they are just an activator, it wouldn’t make sense, right? Supporting this theory, we have ‘Cyberpunk 2077’. Your responsible They affirm The following: “Nintendo Switch 2 owners can buy the game on a 64 GB game card or by digital download in the Nintendo Eshop.” The other interpretation, however, is that the “game key cards” are those of Switch 2 and the “normal game cards” those of Switch 1, which would imply a death of the ‘pure’ physical format on the new machine. And that is why it is mandatory to use MicroSD Express cards in Switch 2, because everything will go on them. That is the reading that is being done in networks and the one that gives rise to the company itself due to the diffuse messages. Currently, Nintendo already offers boxes that do not wear the game. An example is the ‘code in a box’ like that of ‘It Takes Two‘ either ‘Final Fantasy VII‘, Boxes that are in physical format, but do not have a game card: only a code to download them from eShop. On the other hand, titles like ‘Noire‘They have a giant notice of “requires Internet download.” I had not done the test until now, since I always had my connected switch, but I have put the game on the console, I have removed the connection to the network and … I can’t play. Basically, at least that is what it seems, that new notice of the Nintendo Switch 2 boxes makes it more clear that, or you have the Internet, or do not play that specific game. With the case of ‘La Noire’ I thought it was a certain additional content or some chapter that did not enter the ‘cartridge’. And it may be so, but the truth is that it does not let me play without downloading the data before. Other cases, such as the ‘Heritage Pack’ … Read more

Thus Imagine Samsung the future of the connected home

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Samsung has been one of the manufacturers who has decided Bet strong for artificial intelligence. We began to see it with Galaxy AI in its smartphones and tablets, but it was a matter of time that this technology was integrated at a deeper level in its appliances. And so it has been The idea of ​​”connected home” makes sense to the South Korean manufacturer if we imagine an ecosystem of devices and appliances that can communicate with each other. And with which we can interact through screens. Screens everywhere. Therefore, Samsung has decided to renew its high -end catalog and provide its most interesting functions for day to day. AI at home, how do we use it? The connected home is not a new concept. There are already devices that integrate with each other and with which we can interact through the voice or mobile, but Samsung seems to want to go one step further using artificial intelligence and screens as a catwalk Attend the World of Samsung 2025 In Frankfurt (Germany) it has helped me to verify that when they proclaimed their motto “Screens everywhere“They said it seriously. We started seeing Samsung’s first intelligent refrigerators years ago equipped with a big screenthe Bespoke French Door with AI Family Hub+, but now there are also screens in the washing machine and the dryer. Because? So that? Although it is a new version, redesigned, this new screen has been called Ai Home and that they have incorporated it into more appliances has a clear objective: Learn from our habits and routines so that we have nothing to worry about. Ai Home is smaller, we can find it in 7 or 9 inches (compared to 32 inches of the family hub), and is integrated into washing machines, dryers and refrigerators. It has the same functions that at first we saw in the Family Hub: Reproduce streaming content, consult information such as time, share images of the gallery, receive calls and provide all kinds of information related to the functions of the appliance in question and saw it for the first time in the Bespoke Ai Laundry Combo. This screen is the access door behind each appliance. It is the tool that users have to interact with the technology that is implemented in these appliances and that aspires to change the connected home paradigm. Or that is Samsung’s idea. How Samsung integrates AI in its appliances Since the celebration of CES 2025 we have seen that Samsung has announced several new appliances with artificial intelligence functions that promise some comfort to the user. The new washing machines of the manufacturer, for example, incorporate the technology AI Wash, which detects the type of garment tissue and the level of dirt through weight and load sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms. From there he decides What is the most appropriate washing cycle and the amount of detergent that is needed. The dryers, more of the same, with AI Dry the drying process is adjusted taking into account the weight of the clothing and the type of tissue. The processing of this information is generally made locally. These types of appliances have integrated microprocessors that are able to execute the necessary algorithms without doing it in the cloud. And, in addition, both appliances can be linked to Auto Cycle Link technology, so that we do not have to bother us to select any program. The dryer Receive the necessary information of the washing machine on the garments that has washed and adapts its cycle. The way in which artificial intelligence is manifested in refrigerators has a lot to do with how they are capable of Regulate the interior temperature In case of necessity. Either to adapt to the outside temperature or so that there is no problem if you need to be opening and closing the door for a while. Thus, temperature changes will not directly influence food. As in the washing machines and dryers, the user experience with this technology in the refrigerators is nourished mainly through the Ai Home. Thanks to the camera and the function Ai Vision Insidethe user can access a list of foods that have been registered when introduced and taken from the interior. Thus, for example, it is not necessary to be at home and look at what is needed in the fridge, it can be consulted directly from Smartthings. In the air conditioners and the vacurers we do not find the AI ​​Home, but they do not forget the artificial intelligence. These appliances include a function that, being linked to a galaxy watch, They detect when you have fallen asleep And then they activate their echo mode, which they call Windfree. Artificial intelligence provides a huge number of functions thanks to all the sensors that are integrated into these appliances with the intention of making the user more comfortable. In addition to promising more efficient consumption, so Savings in the Light Invoice It can be noticed quite a lot. And that consists of Energy Mode, a smartthings function that allows the user to access all the information related to the energy consumption we do with our appliances. In this way, it is much easier to have a global image of what our energy expense is, how we could do a more efficient consumption And what is the environmental impact we have. Is AI in homes something for everyone? It is clear that AI in homes goes far beyond being able to have colored bulbs and ask Alexa to turn on or off the light. Until now, if we stopped to think about a connected device ecosystem, the most logical thing is that a smartphone chain, smartwatch, computer and some Wearable further. Samsung’s proposal, in this case, expands this concept and expands it to a complete network of connected appliances where everyone offers functions based on artificial intelligence. None of this seems something “of the future.” But of course It is not available to everyone. At least, for now. Artificial … Read more

Your future is no longer in communications

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Telefónica is about to complete a historical transformation that completely changes the nature of your business, as published by Expansion After the first public intervention of his new CEO, Emilio Gayo, in the great Catalunya Expansion meeting. The current situation. 43% of Telefónica’s business income in its four main markets (Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and Brazil) already comes from services that are not communications. Why is it important. This silent transformation shows how the one that was a simple telephone operator is leaving its traditional business behind to become a diversified technological company. Telefónica is close to that turning point where more than half of its business billing will come from technological services, not voice or data. Right where I wanted to be. In detail. The IT technology segment is growing “in double digit” according to Gayo, while the traditional telecommunications business has already exceeded its peak of investment in infrastructure such as fiber and 5g. The investment ratio on income (capex) will go from 12.9% in 2024 to no more than 12.5% ​​in 2025. This reduction does not mean less investment, but greater efficiency and adjustment to real needs. The general panoramic. Telefónica seeks to redefine itself as a “tractor company” at European level, betting on two parallel strategies: Consolidation in key markets (Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom) where “will study any option that is raised.” Accelerated growth in non -traditional technological businesses grouped in Telefónica Tech. The contrast. While in Europe the operator is committed to growing and consolidating, in Latin America (Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela) will continue releasing ballast ballast that does not stop causing losses and erode their margins. Only Brazil is a big business for Telefónica in the American continent. The transformation began in 2019 and the results are already visible. In Spain he has closed 2024 “with figures that we did not see since 2018” (precisely a merit of Gayo before his new promotion), growing in all parameters. In the United Kingdom, he has generated “the expected synergies 18 months before the committed.” And now what. The question is whether Telefónica will complete this metamorphosis without losing positioning in your traditional business. Gayo has pointed out that Movistar Plus remains “a key lever” for the residential segment, letting read between lines that will not completely abandon its roots while reinvesting. The success of this strategy could mark the way to other European operators trapped between American technological giants and Asian manufacturers. In Xataka | Telefónica’s new guard: Marc Murtra and Emilio Gayo, the pair that seeks to create a European champion Outstanding image | Telefónica

Bill Gates does not believe that doctors and teachers have a future

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Bill Gates has led the technological scene for enough time to know see a disruptive change When you have it in front: AI is one of those changes. In an interview on the occasion of the launch of his new book ‘Sources Code: My beginnings‘, the millionaire has assured that the AI ​​of the future will no longer need human intervention in certain tasks such as the Disease diagnosis or education. It will not be in the short term, but it will be Bill Gates has repeatedly shared his vision of artificial intelligence in different interviews, the last in a recent interview during the program The Tonight Show presented by Jimmy Fallon. During the interview, in addition to remembering the anecdote in which Steve Jobs incredp LSD to improve your productsGates said that AI will have such a significant impact on people’s lives, that humans “will not be necessary for most things.” Although this statement could sound somewhat dystopian and alarming, Gates emphasized that the key is how we use AI to improve our lives instead of fearing it, something that He had already explainedin one of the entries in his personal blog. The millionaire recognized that, at present, the use of AI is still “rare and very expensive”, pointing to those fields, such as medicine or teaching, where assistance It is still closely linked to human specialists In those fields. “With AI, during the next decade, that will become free and usual. It is a very deep change because it solves all those specific problems, such as we do not have enough doctors, mental health professionals. But it brings many changes,” said the founder of Microsoft. Something that already advanced in 2023 in an interview with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, For your podcast ‘Unconfuse Me ‘. Gates clarified that there will be certain activities that humans are going to want to continue doing, such as playing (and seeing) football or humans matches, but there will be other activities in which AI will end up being more efficient than humans and, therefore, they will be abandoned, explained to Jimmy Fallon. The general will be the great transformative leap In the interview that Bill Gates keptWith Arthur Brooks at Harvard University, the millionaire stressed How AI can expand human capacities in areas such as education, health and work. According to Gates, those best human capabilities assisted by AIthey will contribute to accelerate technological advances causing their development curve to be faster and, therefore, reach the majority of users at a very low price. “It is something very deep and even a little scary, because it is happening very fast and there is no upper limit,” Gates explained to Brooks during his interview. Gates believes thatin the first instance, it will be the agents of AI who will change the way in which we interact with AI, becoming specialists in very specific tasks. This was told to Aria Finger and Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn in An interview for your podcast ‘Possible ‘. For example, a duly trained AI agent could help students and workers to develop skills more quickly through personalized learning tools to each student. However, Gates considers that AI, as we know it today, has the days counted. The next great jump is the General Artificial Intelligencethat is closer to Concept of human intelligence. Mustafa Suleyman, Executive Director of Artificial Intelligence of Microsoft and, according to Bill Gates, One of the most vision voices On the future of AI, it aligns with the prediction of Gates in that the current AI and the AI ​​agents are only one Intermediate step towards the great revolution which will mean the arrival of the general AI. “These tools will only temporarily increase human intelligence. They will make us smarter and more efficient for a while, and will generate enormous economic growth, but they are mainly replacing labor,” said Suleyman in his book ‘The coming wave: technology, power and the great dilemma of the 21st century. Gates assured in his interview with Fallon that “there will be some things that we reserve (to make humans). But in terms of producing, transporting and Cultivate foodover time those problems will be practically solved, “Gates said. In Xataka | Bill Gates believes that the future goes through the three -day work week. The problem is that we don’t have so much money Image | Flickr (Government Tom Wolf)

Xiaomi has lost 800 million dollars in its first year selling electric cars. It is excellent news for your future

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Nine months in the market have been enough to show that Lei Jun was not wrong when he decided to bet on electric cars. The company announced the Xiaomi Su7 in December 2023. In April 2024 the first deliveries arrived. In December I already touched with the fingers Strain its only electric car as one of the 10 new energy models (plug and electrical hybrids) in China. Now, the company has submitted results and has updated its upward forecasts. 2025 will be the first full year in which, at least, one of its electric cars is on the street. In 2023 they did not sell a single electric car. In 2025 they aspire to place in the market 350,000 units. With the data collected by Clean Technicait is very likely that the Xiaomi Su7 will be placed among the 10 best -selling cars of new energy in the Chinese market, despite competing with settled brands that offer much cheaper vehicles such as the Byd Seagull or the Wuling Hongguang Mini. The 2024 results have been a definitive support for the strategy. Results that take away the hypo Until now, Xiaomi had announced that I hoped to deliver 300,000 electric cars in 2025. However, the presentation of 2024 results has served to update those figures in another 50,000 additional units. In addition, of the Xiaomi Su7, the company is expected to launch the market Xiaomi Yu7an electric SUV that points directly to Tesla Model and as the great rival. It is no accident that Elon Musk’s are valuing the launch of a cut version of your SUV best -selling electric in the Asian country. But what has really been a support for the company has been Xiaomi Su7 Ultra. The most capable electric car sells dream benefits at a ridiculous price. On paper, it improves the performance of a Porsche Taycan but is sold to a third of its price. The announcement, as expected, has ended up unleashing madness. Lei Jun confirmed That in three days they have sold all the production they had scheduled for 2025, confirming more than 10,000 sales. In those three days there were a total of 19,000 reservations, so the demand of the car almost doubled the annual production in 72 hours. Xiaomi first year data selling electric cars All this has had a brutal impact on your accounts: Xiaomi has already delivered more than 200,000 cars. The net profit of the company has increased by 41% (3,760 million dollars) compared to 2023. Total sales of the company have grown by 35%. Their cars already suppose 10% of the company’s income. Between 2021 and 2025 it has spent 3.3 billion dollars on the development of the electric vehicle and its entire ecosystem. He plans to continue spending another 4.2 billion dollars in investigation in 2025. They lost around 800 million dollars in their car division. That loss of 800 million of dollars should not be a big problem for the company. Keep in mind that only in 2025 will almost double the cars that it has put in the market so far. In addition, the performance of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra and the arrival of the Xiaomi Yu7 should help them make the investments already made. And not just that. From Fortune They emphasize that the company values ​​its performance in the automobile market because the company helps to comply with its brand image and raise it. Competing from you to you with Porsche and Tesla gives the company a value that until now did not. In addition, from Xiaomi they already assure that In 2027 They hope to export their first cars outside their borders, which should give a new push to its portfolio and continue to press so that the electric car becomes a fundamental pillar in the company’s strategy. If it is not anymore. Photo | Lei Jun in X In Xataka | The Xiaomi Su7 also expires in autonomy: the first tests under real conditions place him above Tesla or Byd

The future will be full of robots, says Nvidia. And just launch a tools to win that race

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The event GTC 2025 Nvidia began yesterday with an inaugural talk in which Jensen Huang machine -gunned us with a real Building burst. Among them, especially those focused on an area in which the company is especially optimistic: robotics. Foundational model. In March 2024 NVIDIA He already told us about his Project Grootand now said project has crystallized in the call Isaac Gr00t N1which qualify as the first open foundational model for humanoid robots. That is to say: the model is pretended, but it can be customized for all types of scenarios, both “domestic” and industrial. “The era of generalist robotics is here”. Huang declared how this new era began with this launch, and pointed out that thanks to Isaac Gr00t N1 and new data generation systems and learning for robots, developers can create much more capable robots. Robotic labor. The CEO of Nvidia highlighted how “it is very likely that this is the largest industry of all. At the end of this decade, at least 50 million workers will miss in the world. We would be more delighted to pay $ 50,000 to each one to come to work; we will probably have to pay the robots 50,000 dollars a year (instead).” Humanoid robots in sight. In The last part of your presentation Two and a half hours, the Nvidia CEO focused precisely on robotics, and for example showed videos of humanoid robots Neo gamma of the company 1x, which are based on Isaac Gr00t N1 and that already show their Potential as domestic robots. Other companies like Boston Dynamics –Creators of Atlas-, Quesoe Robotics and Neura Robotics are also developing this type of robots and have enjoyed preliminary access to the Nvidia robotic platform. Think quickly, think slowly. This foundational model uses a double architecture inspired by human cognition. Thus, system 1 is “a fast thinking action model” similar to what humans have with reflexes and intuition. System 2, enhanced by a vision model, is “a model of slow thought” that reasons about its environment and the instructions he receives and then raised his actions. Learning to move. This model therefore raises a pillar to develop robots (humanoids or not) that can operate in the real world. Thus, GR00T N1 can generalize and adapt to common tasks such as taking objects, moving them with one or two arms or carrying them from one place to another. Basic and limited operations are at the moment, but they are an important first step for the robots of the future. Basically these robots are learning to walk. A customizable model. Nvidia offers large information so that developers can start working with this model. Thus, we have both the Technical information Like project files available in Github. And data to train robots. Robots need huge amounts of data to be trained and learn to interact in the physical world. Nvidia ACBA to offer A huge and available data set in Hugging Face for this area. They are 15 TB of data that represent “more than 320,000 trajectories for robotic training”, in addition to 1,000 “scenarios” Scene Description (Openusd) to contribute to that training. Collaboration with Disney and Deepmind. Another of the robotic projects is the alliance with these companies to develop Newtonan Open Source physics engine that allows robots to learn how to manage tasks of all kinds with greater precision. Disney will be one of the first to use these robots, and in fact Huang finished the demo with a unique co -presenter: a robot that he called Blue and that was inspired by the BDX droids of Star Wars. It is something that Disney already pointed out years agoand it is likely that this type of entertainment robots will end in their attraction parks. Image | Nvidia In Xataka | We believed that Atlas was the pinnacle of modern robotics. Boston Dynamics has just killed the famous hydraulic robot

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