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the most important differences in the new generation of Samsung

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Samsung has presented the new generation of its folding mobile phones through the new Unpacked, with new versions of the two already well-known models and a third brother that aims to be the competition for the folding iPhone. However, we are going to go point by point reviewing the differences between the two most traditional modelswhich are the most different. Technical data sheet of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Dimensions and weight Folding: 75.4 x 85.7 x 13.1mm Displayed: 75.4 x 166.9 x 6.1mm 180 grams Folding: 81.9 x 123.9 x 9.7mm Displayed: 161.4 x 123.9 x 4.5mm 201 grams folding screen 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X FullHD+ resolution (1,080 x 2,520 pixels) 400 pixels per inch 3,000 nits Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X QXGA+ resolution (2,448 x 1,848 pixels) 403 pixels per inch Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster secondary / main screen 4.1-inch Super AMOLED Refresh rate: 60/120 Hz Resolution 948 x 1,048 pixels 5.5-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X QXGA+ resolution (1,248 x 1,972 pixels) 428 pixels per inch Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster Up to 3,000 nits Low reflectance screen processor Exynos 2600 Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy Ram memory and storage 12/256GB 12/512GB 12/256GB 12/512GB 16GB/1TB main camera 50 MP wide angle, dual pixel AF, OIS, f/1.8, FOV 85º 12 MP wide angle, f/2.2, 123º FOV 50 MP wide angle, dual pixel AF, OIS, f/1.8, FOV 85º 50 MP wide angle, dual pixel AF, f/1.9, FOV 120º front camera 10 MP, f/2.2, FOV 85º Main screen: 10 MP, f/2.2, FOV 85º Folding screen: 10 MP, f/2.2, FOV 100º battery Dual 4,300 mAh (typical) 25W fast charging 15W wireless charging PowerShare Reverse Wireless Charging Dual 4,800 mAh (typical) 45W fast charging 20W wireless charging PowerShare Reverse Wireless Charging price From 1,299 euros From 1,999 euros At first glance you can take a look at the most notable differences between the two new phones. However, we are going to delve into the most differential characteristics. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8, 256GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, 256GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links What type of user are you? Two completely different formats He Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 They differ in many ways, but above all they do it in their formats. The first follows the line of previous generations, betting on a format with a horizontal fold and a clamshell design, while the second has a book format with a vertical fold. This… what does it mean? The Z Flip8 is more oriented for those people looking for a small mobilesince when folded horizontally it takes up very little space (85.7 mm high). The second is more oriented to multimedia content consumptionsince through the vertical fold we can use a much larger screen (7.6 inches) to watch videos, but above all to use certain applications such as social networks, some of which are very well optimized for this format. Processors: following the line of the Galaxy S26 We also found a big difference between the processors, something somewhat logical considering that the two phones will be launched with very different prices. In any case, the Z Flip8 is committed to Exynos 2600the same one we found in the Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26+. Instead, Samsung has decided to follow the same line as with the launch of its high-end mobile phones, betting on a Z Fold8 that incorporates the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 from Qualcomm, the same processor that we can find in the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. The battery and its fast charging At the moment it is too early to talk about autonomy, but what we do know is what batteries each of the new Samsung phones has. For the Z Flip8 we have a 4,300 mAh dual batterythe same one we saw in the previous generation with the Z Flip7. In the case of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, the brand has opted for a 4,800 mAh dual batterygiving in this case a small leap in terms of capacity with respect to the previous generation. We are talking about a difference of 400 mAh: it is not very large, but it is especially appreciated when using the folding screen, which is the largest and the one that consumes the most battery. Now, if we talk about the fast wired chargingthe Galaxy Z Flip8 maintains 25W, a very small figure for the range (and era) in which we find ourselves. On the other hand, the Galaxy Z Fold8 increases the charging power, raising it to 45W, a figure more in line with what we see both from Samsung and other brands. What prices do the new mobile phones have? Both the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 are two high-end phones. However, as we have seen so many times in previous generations, mobile phones have very different prices. He Galaxy Z Flip8 will go on sale for a price from 1,299 euroswhile the Galaxy Z Fold8 will be priced from 1,999 euros. However, even though these are the official prices, stores are beginning to launch introductory offers. At Samsung, for example, the Delivery and Release campaign is available while MediaMarkt offers a discount when registering (and logging in) in the store. Why buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 is a mobile phone that is clear about its audience, offering features that we do not see in other models of the brand. Its key points are: The format: Its folded size makes it a very compact mobile phone that is ideal for those people looking for a smartphone that takes up very little space in their bag or pocket. The use: The Galaxy Z Flip8 is aimed at general and non-specific use, whether for making calls, consuming multimedia content or … Read more

Your residential antenna is large and expensive. The new generation arrives to correct it

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For years, connecting to Internet via satellite has meant accepting a fairly clear trade-off: getting where fiber doesn’t, but doing so with larger, heavier, and more energy-demanding equipment. It is something that we have seen both in isolated homes and in temporary installations, where each kilo and each watt counts for more than it seems. starlink He has been fine-tuning that formula generation after generation. Now, his next step is not to promise dazzling speed, but to correct just those physical limitations. The new residential kit. Starlink V5 It is the next generation of equipment that SpaceX offers to connect homes to its satellite constellation. The package retains the configuration intended for fixed installations, with an outdoor antenna and an independent router included to distribute the connection within the home. The redesign also does not seek to increase the peak speed announced for the previous generation. The renovation focuses, above all, on transforming the size, weight and efficiency of a fundamental part of the system. A more manageable antenna. The change is first seen in the figures. The Starlink V5 weighs 1.1 kg, compared to 2.9 kg for the Standard 4, an approximate reduction of 62% that leaves it at the same nominal weight as the Starlink Mini. It also goes from dimensions of 594 × 383 × 39.7 mm to 384 × 306 × 34 mm, although it retains a field of view of 110 degrees. For those who are going to install it on their own, transporting it, placing it on a stand or changing its location should be easier. Almost half of consumption. According to specifications published by Starlinkthe V5 operates with an average of between 35 and 50 W, compared to the 75-100 W of the Standard 4. The reduction becomes especially important in installations powered by batteries, generators or portable stations, where each hour of autonomy depends on the accumulated expenditure. It can also allow a backup source to maintain connection for longer when the mains fails. Less speed, but just barely. Starlink puts the V5’s advertised peak download at 375+ Mbps, compared to 400+ Mbps for the Standard 4 and 300+ Mbps for the Mini. There is a 25 Mbps difference between the baseline figures of the two residential devices, not a guaranteed loss on all connections. Although actual performance will also depend on the contracted plan, time of day, available capacity and local congestion. Prepared for the outdoors. Despite being much lighter, the Starlink V5 increases the supported operating wind speed when mounted from the 96 km/h of the Standard 4 to 265 km/h. It also maintains the IP67 Type 4 environmental classification and can operate in temperatures between -30 and 50 degrees Celsius. Its deicing system reaches 40 millimeters of snow per hour, the same figure as the previous generation. Two teams for different uses: Although the V5 is close to the Starlink Mini in weight, SpaceX orients them to different needs. The new terminal is part of a residential kit for permanent installations and works with a separate router that is included. The Mini, on the other hand, integrates its own Wi-Fi connection and can work without that additional device, an advantage when the user needs to move the equipment between locations. The V5 does not directly replace the portable model, but rather renews the alternative designed to remain installed in a home. A still limited release. The new Starlink residential antenna is not officially available in Spain. Its marketing has begun among residential customers in the United States and the company has only announced that it will reach other markets as production increases, without publishing a specific calendar. What the V5 does make clear is the direction chosen by SpaceX: a more compact antenna and much lower consumption, although it is not faster. Images | starlink In Xataka | “The idea of ​​making a cell phone makes me want to die,” said Musk. Two years later, it is very deep with its prototype of a mobile phone with AI

Generation Z is breaking a rule Baby Boomers have always followed: don’t talk about money

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Nightly, in The Revoltdozens of guests face two of the most uncomfortable questions that can be asked of a person: about your sex life and about money. With the arrival of sex education to the classrooms, the taboo of talk about sex has been reduced, but when it comes to talking about salary, almost everyone hesitates. They change the subject, let out a nervous laugh, or dodge the answer as best they can. Money is still the true taboo of spanish after-dinner. Outside of Spain, something similar had been happening for decades. There was no talk about salary, neither with friends nor family. That unwritten rule, which boomers and generation X strictly followed, generation Z is definitively breaking. We don’t talk about money. The silence about money did not come out of nowhere. It has roots in social comparison: talking about what you earn puts you in a success or failure scaleand that is uncomfortable. The ethics of effort also weigh, the idea that having little money is synonymous with little ambition, something that in Spain is also mixed with a religious component that associates wealth with greed, as the economist Joan Tubau said. in an interview for The World. The sociologist Iván Parro matches in which money stopped being just a means of exchange and began to become a means of identifying social status. Having or not having money defines, in part, your place in the group. That’s why building a wall on your salary also protects your ego. Nobody wants to expose their position on that scale in front of others. Generation Z does not shut up. Mary Julia Koch, editor of the Wall Street Journal, explained it in one of his interventions in Fox Business. His generation has grown up publishing his entire life on social networks: romantic relationships, friendshipsuniversity life and work. Talking about salary was, according to her, the next logical step. And that step is already being taken on a massive scale. According to a Stepstone study74% of those under 30 years old already talk openly about their salary, compared to less than half of those over that age. Economic pressure helps to understand this opening: high rents, precarious jobs and a generation that needs to compare figures to know if they are being paid well. “Generation Z and Millennials are increasingly better informed about the salary they can expect, as they discuss it more openly than older generations,” the report notes. In Spain it is still difficult to talk about money. Here the change goes more slowly. According to data from a Younited analysis collected by The Newspaper51% of Spaniards prefer not to talk about money openly, and up to 60% of those under 40 believe that it should not be done in public. Culture is important, but so is the lack of training. The Bank of Spain itself makes it clear in its latest Financial Competencies Survey: almost half of the population considers that their knowledge is low or very low. When you don’t know how something works, it’s easier to avoid talking about it than to risk appearing ignorant. A new language to talk about money. This change in tone also has its own face in Spain. Streamers like Ibai Llanos have managed to talk about salariesrents or mortgages sound like a normal conversation and not a meeting with the bank, something that has helped the creators become the gateway to financial education for many young people. The secrecy of a lifetime is being dismantled little by little, between reels posted on social networks and a generation that already sees silence about money as more of a disadvantage than a taboo. In Xataka | If the question is how much money does it take to be happy in Spain, a study has the answer: double what you earn Image | Unsplash (Marionel Luciano, Emil Kalibradov)

Generation Z was told that job success was having a good salary. Having more life has become your new luxury

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Generation Z is creating a new work scenario and we have several examples of this: they have a different concept of labor relations than previous generations had and their definition of commitment is now governed by rules that they demand reciprocity to companies. It’s not strange. This generation has seen how their parents have worked non-stop and end up just as drowning at the end of the month. Therefore, when young people talk about job success, they no longer think only about the payroll, they also think about power. leave on time and to be able to dedicate time to your personal life. The strike that marks the step. To understand this shift we must first look at the reality of this generation. According to data According to the INE, youth unemployment in Spain stood at 24.5% in the first quarter of 2026. It is almost double the average Eurostat for the European Union as a whole, slightly above 15%, but half of the 42.91% we had a decade ago. As pointed out by the ‘I Barometer Challenges and Learning. Youth positions on training and professional challenges’ prepared by the Reina Sofía Center of Fad Juventud and Banco Santander, this pressure is conditioning even decisions as important as choosing what to study. The urgency of the salary, even if it is precarious. According to data from this report, 64.7% of young people admit that they decide their future thinking about making money as soon as possible, not in the future. job you would like to do really. “I want to have a kind of stability. So I feel pressured by that, because I don’t want to live constantly as if on the edge, I want to have that stability,” said one of the young participants in the study. Six out of ten also believe that there are factors beyond their control that hinder progress in their career: precariousness, lack of opportunities and economic pressure They are among the most mentioned. And yet, 67% do not contemplate throwing in the towel despite the difficulties to prosper in their career, moving away from the stereotype of unmotivated youth. Success changes its definition. With that starting point, the young people of generation Z have changed the definition of what is considered succeed at work. Before, success consisted of moving up in rank and salary every few years. Now free time, mental health and a work environment come into the equation don’t burn. Conciliation stops being an extra and becomes be entry condition. The report Workmonitor Randstad marks a turning point: the balance between life and work already weigh more than salary when evaluating a job. More than half of those surveyed would leave their position if it prevented them from living outside the office. What they ask for: financial guidance and education. According to data from the Reina Sofía Center Barometer, generation Z does not ask for a miracle either, just a guide to develop your capabilities professionals. 75.7% want to better understand what interests them before deciding their career, while 74% demand more information about job opportunities of each training option. That is, not waste time studying a career that leaves them on a siding. And more than 73% lack basic financial training to manage their daily lives. The result of all this is that in the future we will have fewer young people willing to sacrifice time in their personal lives for a little more salaryand more companies that are going to have to offer both as an incentive if they want retain talent. In Xataka | The wealth of Spaniards under 35 years of age has plummeted by 75% in recent years. And we know the culprit Image | Unsplash (Vitaly Gariev)

Alcohol has found an old ally among Generation Z, social pressure

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Do the young people of 2026 drink? Yes. But in a different way than those of two, three or four decades ago. falls usual consumption and the majority (57.9%) of people between 15 and 29 years old claim that they only try alcohol very sporadically or have directly banished it from their lives. However, that does not take away the other side of the coin: a considerable percentage of young people maintains the more or less frequent habit of raising a glass to their lips and, above all, remains social pressure that continues to associate partying and drunkenness. That’s at least what the latest studies reveal. Of young people and bottles. Generation Z is changing the way they relate to alcohol. The trend is not new (in Xataka we have talked other times of her), but that does not mean that it is easy to keep track of it: the change is so multifaceted, has so many chiaroscuros and above all has given rise to so many statistics, that it is difficult to summarize it with clear concepts. What is indisputable is that, beyond its socio-health dimension, the phenomenon is already influencing the way to relate of Generation Z and the alcohol industry, which faces what is likely to be your biggest challenge: how the hell to attract an audience that is increasingly less interested in the bottle. A percentage: 57.9%. The first touch that helps to understand the trend was provided a few days ago by FAD Juventud in a report about the matter. Among the many data in the document, there is one eloquent one: the majority of its interviewees were between 15 and 29 years old (57.9%) claim that they do not consume alcohol on a regular basis. In fact, the percentage is the sum of those who drink only a few times a year (22.7%), those who almost never do so (12.7%), those who have given up drinking (8.1%) and those who have never touched it (14.4%). When asking their respondents how often they try beer, wine, cocktails or any other alcoholic product, FAD researchers have also found that only 13.2% admit to doing so with a “high frequency”, which is equivalent to drinking every or almost every day. less and less present. It’s not just that most young people drink very occasionally, it’s that their relationship with the bottle is cooling. That’s what at least one other recent study on the subject suggests: the ‘Spanish Health Survey’released by Health and which, although it includes indicators for 2023, has just been published now. When analyzing the adolescent population cohort, its authors have had a surprise: a collapse in alcohol intake. If in 2006 the prevalence of habitual consumption among people aged 15 to 24 was 43.8%, in 2023 this figure had dropped to 17.9%. That is, the indicator decreased by 60% in less than 20 years. “It is the largest drop observed among all age groups,” confirm the Ministry of Health, which recalls that, in general, the prevalence during that period went from 48.8% to 31.1%. The other data: 35.6%. Fad provides a third interesting indicator. According to your latest surveyfocused on young people between 15 and 29 years old residing in Spain, 35.6% say they have reduced their alcohol consumption and 17.3% have directly decided to give up drinking permanently. It is not at all surprising if we take into account that 51.9% considers that alcohol is harmful to health and most adolescents know well what getting drunk entails. When Fad asked the young people what made them give up alcohol, 33.5% explained that “under its influence you do things that you shouldn’t” and 30.4% acknowledged that when drunk “you are more exposed to something happening to you.” Not only that. The majority of those interviewed (67.6%) boast a “fairly or very healthy” lifestyle, which among other things includes going to the gym (23.1%) or playing sports (21.6%). These are interesting percentages because, as Fad recalls, they exceed those associated with alcohol-based activities. Everything perfect, right? No. And here the nuances begin. Over the last few decades, Spain has been “significantly” changing its way of consuming alcohol. And that transformation is being especially clear among young people. That’s something that recognize even the Ministry of Health. However, it is one thing to drink less or differently and another to turn your back on drinks. In the same report in which he confirms the collapse in consumption, Fad issues a warning to sailors: “Despite this trend, alcohol is still very present in the lives of youth: six out of ten young people between 15 and 29 years old consume frequently or occasionally.” The agency has also detected another worrying trend: 20% of those who use alcohol and energy drinks acknowledge that they mix them frequently, and they know their effects on the body. Social pressure, untouchable. Curiously, despite all the changes registered in recent decades, there is something that persists: social pressure around alcohol. More than half of young people have internalized that drinking is harmful to their body, but that does not mean that the consumption of beer, wine and other spirits continues to be normalized at night. What’s more, Fad has detected “a general pressure to drink,” especially at parties. “It exists in leisure and party contexts and is related to the need to ‘be normal’, fit in, integrate into the peer group and belong to something, and has intensified at an early age,” warns the organization, which adds: “Those who do not drink say that they often have to explain themselves, justify their position. Furthermore, in some contexts it is assumed that those who do not drink ‘cut the bulls’.” “So that they leave you alone”. The Fad Juventud report is not based only on polls or statistics. Its authors have relied on discussion groups with 32 young people between 18 and 28 years old residing in Madrid. And their conclusion is clear: as paradoxical as it may sound, they drink less … Read more

Sony won the most important generation by humiliating Xbox with physical games. 13 years later he killed them

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Sony has just taken a stab at video games in physical format. Those discs that allowed PlayStation to build its empire with CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray on consoles like PS1, PS2 and PS3now they have a death date. Starting January 2028, there will be no more physical games for PlayStation consoles. The reactions have not been long in coming, with all industry players pointing out the impact of this decision. We will not own games because they are licenses, worry from small publishers, death to second hand and abandoning games and all because of a decision that makes industrial sense: absolute control by Sony in the distribution of games, their price and the margin they leave in their store. But since the newspaper archive is very bloody, it didn’t take long for those who, like myself yesterday, to remember a certain moment from E3 2013 to appear: the same moment in which PlayStation 4 won the competition Xbox One with three very simple decisions, but they disrupted Microsoft’s plans. Because it was at that same moment that PlayStation won the generation. And as the Xbox boss confessed some time later, they lost the worst generation that could be lost in the field of consoles. The battlefield? Physical games, the same ones that today have an expiration date. When you lose the worst generation you can lose June 2013, E3 plenary session. The great video game fair was preparing for a generational event. Both Sono and Microsoft had teased some features of the PS4 and Xbox One respectively in advance, but on June 10, the Xbox One would show off games and pricing, and on the same day but a few hours later, Sony would do the same for the PS4. What no one expected was what was about to happen. Xbox One already had controversies behind it due to the fact that the machine had been presented more as an entertainment system (with an emphasis on watching television on it) than as a console. Besides, in a gross communication failureit was also noted that the discs needed online verification every few hours for Microsoft to verify that the game was yours. This meant that if you didn’t have Internet, you might not be able to play your games, and the division’s boss himself sent out the message. “If you don’t have Internet access, we have a product for you. It’s called Xbox 360”. When you present your new machine, it is not elegant to say that if someone doesn’t want it, they have the old one because the easiest thing that can happen is that they end up looking at the competition. And the competition… tightened. After the mess with the verification of physical copies on Xbox One, Sony attacked. During his conference, starting at the hour and 57 minute mark, Jack Tretton, who was COO of Sony Computer Entertainment, spent a few minutes stating that they believed in the physical format, in sharing and reselling your games on disc and in doing whatever you wanted with them. Of course, there would be no ‘online check’ to verify the discs either. He won a lot of applause with the speech that you can see here: That moment, added to the fact that PS4 was going to cost 100 euros less than the confusing Xbox One, marked the generation, but there was more blood. On the same day of the presentation, PlayStation recorded a video in which two of its heavyweights did a complete tutorial of what the process of leaving games between PS4 users was going to be like. It is one of the most iconic moments of these fairs and one of the last moments I remember in which one company went so hard against another in this console thing: The previous generation, the PS3 and Xbox 360, ended with the two machines selling a very similar number of units, but the PS4 and Xbox One began with the Sony machine sweeping sales. Xbox retracted its policiesbut it was late and when Phil Spencer took the reins of the division and started making moves (lower the price, remove mandatory Kinect, etc.), it was… well, that’s it: late. Xbox One sold so little that Microsoft made the decision to stop providing data on consoles sold. When that happens, things go wrong because everyone likes to stick out their chests when the wind is in their favor, and a few years later, Spencer himself commented that they lost the generation they shouldn’t lose. “We lost the worst generation you could lose, the one where everyone built their digital games library” – Phil Spencer Among their arguments, one made all the sense in the world: the PS4 and Xbox One was the generation of change, of the change from physical to digital, of the change from a model of consoles that were a blank canvas to one in which people wanted to continue playing their games from past generations. And, above all, the generation in which it was more important than ever to provide continuity to that digital ecosystem. Spencer summarized with the phrase “we lost the worst generation that could be lost, the one in which everyone built their library of digital games.” As I say, it makes perfect sense because if you went from an Xbox 360 to a new console, it didn’t matter to you because there was no backward compatibility (it was added later in the case of Xbox). You had to start from scratch, and the same if you went from PS3 to PS4. Therefore, Xbox 360 users who were not happy with the new policies were able to switch to PS4 without fear of losing anything because there was nothing to lose. However, as On PS4 and Xbox One the digital ecosystem began to developusers began to buy more and more games in that format. If you had a PS4 with an account in which you had invested money in dozens of games, it was … Read more

Honor’s new 16-inch laptop weighs only 1.64 kg and debuts the latest generation of Intel chips

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The market of laptops focused on productivity just received an important announcement. If you are looking for a generous screen to work comfortably but you are horrified by the idea of ​​carrying a heavy device, the Honor company has a new proposal. The launch of the Honor MagicBook 16 2026a device specifically designed to balance mobility, autonomy and cutting-edge performance. Its price is 1,199 euros (with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A very light laptop with an 80 Wh battery The main attraction of this model lies in having advanced technical specifications in an aluminum chassis with a sandblasted finish that measures just 15.9 mm thick and weighs only 1.64 kg. Integrate the new processor Intel Core Ultra 5 325manufactured using the Intel 18A process. This chip distributes its tasks across four high-performance cores and four efficiency cores. Furthermore, for avoid performance drops in multitasking or 4K video editingincorporates a cooling system with a large fan, a heat pipe D12 and enlarged dissipation fins. His 16 inch panel It has WQXGA resolution, a screen-to-body ratio of 92.5% and a fluid refresh rate of 120 Hz. In addition, it adds AI Defocus Display technology to reduce visual fatigue through optical simulation. It has an 80 Wh battery optimized with Honor Turbo autonomy greater than 14 hours in office tasks. The included charger is type GaN with 65W of power and offers support for PPS reverse charging up to 60W. This laptop has the SGS resistance certification Exceptional Reliability. Also, your keyboard has IPX2 certification against splashes thanks to an internal drainage system that diverts liquids away from critical components. Lastly, it can be mentioned that uses the Honor WorkStation platformwhich facilitates file synchronization and multi-screen collaboration with smartphones and tablets of the brand itself. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: honor magicbook 16 2016 laptop ✅ THE BEST Lightness in large format– Achieving a weight of 1.64 kg in a 16-inch size greatly facilitates daily transport in any backpack or briefcase. Peace of mind in case of accidents: The IPX2 keyboard drainage system reduces the risk of breakage due to accidental drops of coffee or water. ❌ THE WORST Unique color range… Initially it has been put on sale only in a single color (gray Starry Gray). Exclusive focus on productivity… By not equipping dedicated gaming graphics cards, its performance is aimed at professional work, content creation and office automation. 💡 BUY IT IF… You work remotely, create content, or require ample screen display space but require a lightweight, durable chassis to move around frequently. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Are you looking for a computer for purely entertainment purposes to run cutting-edge video games with high graphical load? Other 16-inch laptops that might interest you acer Aspire 16 AI Copilot+ PC A16-52M The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Lenovo Thinkbook 16 – 16” WUXGA Laptop The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Honor In Xataka | Best ultrabooks. Which one to buy and 11 recommended light laptops from 500 to 2,000 euros In Xataka | Best gaming laptops. Which one to buy and eight recommended computers from 770 to 3,000 euros

what changes (and what doesn’t) in the new generation of large capsule coffee machines

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The ecosystem of Nespresso capsule coffee machines changed with the arrival of the Vertuo system. His centrifugation technology (Centrifusion) and barcode reading allowed us to finally distance ourselves from the classic short espresso coffee to embrace long, creamy, American-style cups. Now, with the arrival of the new Nespresso Vertuo UP in the catalogue, the brand is once again shaking up its entry-level range. This model arrives with the promise of polishing the small design errors of its predecessors (the popular Vertuo Next and Vertuo Pop) and offering a more compact and stylish experience. If you are thinking about making the jump to this capsule format or want to renew your old coffee maker, we analyze how they change and which one best suits your kitchen. KRUPS Nespresso Vertuo Up The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Nespresso Krups Vertuo Pop coffee machine The price could vary. We earn commission from these links De’Longhi – Nespresso De’Longhi Vertuo Next capsule coffee machine for Nespresso Vertuo capsules. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Technical sheet of both models of Nespresso Vertuo coffee machines characteristics Nespresso Vertuo UP Nespresso Vertuo Pop / Next Extraction technology Centrifusion (bar code reading) Centrifusion (bar code reading) Supported cup sizes Six sizes Up to five-six sizes (depending on model, includes format Carafe in Next) Water tank capacity 1.4 Liters (removable and modular) 0.6 Liters (Pop) / 1.1 Liters (Next) Warm-up time ~3 seconds ~30 seconds Connectivity Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (updates and alerts) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth design Slimmer and narrower (vertical design) More elongated towards the bottom (Next) / Lower and wider (Pop) Construction materials High resistance recycled plastics with matte finishes Recycled plastics (glossy finishes/Pop colors) The differences between the previous and the new generation of Nespresso Vertuo To understand which one to choose, you have to scratch beyond the surface, since both coffee makers share the same motor and the same coffee frothing system, but differ in some features. Dimensions and countertop space management The Vertuo Next suffered from being excessively deep towards the back. For its part, the Vertuo Pop solved this by becoming lower, but at the cost of a ridiculously small water tank (0.6 liters), which required constant refilling. Now, the Vertuo UP finds the perfect balance: It is noticeably narrower and more stylized from the frontgaining height to house a better optimized 1.4 liter tank that does not protrude as much from behind, making it ideal for kitchens with narrow countertops. Head design and closure system It is, without a doubt, the most important evolution. Users of the Vertuo Next and Pop often complained that the manual lever system for closing the coffee maker and piercing the capsule was too hard. In the new Vertuo UP The opening and closing mechanism has been noticeably smoothed. It is still manual, but the path is much more ergonomic and requires less physical force to ensure the seal before pressing the extraction button. Cup height and size versatility The Vertuo Next is the only coffee machine that supports the capsule format Carafe (for 535 ml), although the UP can accommodate cups of up to 550 ml. The Vertuo Pop, on the other hand, being so short, made it necessary to remove the drip tray completely even to fit a standard type cup. As a summary, these are the sizes supported each of the Nespresso Vertuo coffee machines. Vertuo UP: 25ml (Ristretto), 40ml (Espresso), 80ml (Double Espresso), 150ml (Great Lungo), 230ml (Cup) and 550 ml. Vertuo Next: 25ml (Ristretto), 40ml (Espresso), 80ml (Double Espresso), 150ml (Great Lungo), 230ml (Cup) and 535 ml (Carafe). Vertuo Pop: 25ml (Ristretto), 40ml (Espresso), 80ml (Double Espresso), 150ml (Great Lungo), 230ml (Cup). Noise and vibration level Although centrifugal technology makes all Vertuo reach thousands of revolutions per minute (generating a sound similar to that of a small motor), the Vertuo UP has a better interior acoustic insulation. The vibrations on the table are slightly less than on the Vertuo Pop, whose lightweight plastic chassis tended to resonate more than necessary during the first seconds of cream extraction. So… which model to choose The price difference It is the main differentiating factor between the three models. The new Vertuo UP costs 179.90 euros in the official store, while the Next is available for 149.90 euros (in the official Nespresso store) and the Vertuo Pop you can buy it now for 99.90 euros in the same Nespresso store. If after reading this comparison, you still have doubts about whether to choose the new Vertuo or a model from the previous generation, here are the keys to choosing. Choose the new Vertuo UP if: Your budget is higher and you prioritize comfort. It is worth paying that little extra if you have just enough space on the counter, you usually use large bowls for breakfast and you are looking for a model with a more refined design and a soft closure that does not require force. It is the smart long-term purchase. Buy the Nespresso Vertuo Next / Pop if: Your priority is immediate savings. The Vertuo Pop has become the queen of bargains and is often on sale. If you don’t mind that the water tank is smaller or that the lever is a little harder, its quality-price ratio for tight budgets is unbeatable. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Nespresso In Xataka | Smart coffee makers: what you can do (and what you can’t) with connected coffee makers In Xataka | Five ideal accessories to get the most out of your super-automatic coffee machine

The problem is not that middle managers are retiring en masse. Generation Z doesn’t want their job.

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The inverted population pyramid that we have in Spain means that hundreds of thousands of professionals with decades of experience behind them retire every year. Area directors, zone managers, team leaders and other intermediate and management positions that have sustained the structures for decades. The problem is not their exit, which should be a normal and expected process, the real challenge for companies is that now no one wants to take your place. The situation even has a technical name “succession crisis” and the data confirm it. According to data collected in the report ‘Human value: global trends on the future of work‘ Prepared by Manpower Group, 57% of companies globally recognize that their aging workforce is already affecting their human resources strategy. Key management positions are retiring and Generation Z does not seem willing to fill them. Reasons are not lacking. Retirements skyrocket. The first to reach retirement age have been the generation of baby boomersbut the first members of generation Only in Spain, in 2024 they registered 368,065 new retirements, 12.6% more than the previous year, while the 345,000 retirements registered in 2025 show a sustained rhythm for the following years. As pointed out to ExpansionAccording to Óscar Berumen, CEO of Grupo Viraal, what is lost with these departures is not just a vacant position: “When a company lets these profiles go, it loses technical knowledge, strategic memory and a deep way of understanding the business.” It is a type of knowledge that is not contracted with a typical job offer. Generation Z is very clear that they do not want to ascend. The phenomenon even has a name: conscious unbossingor the total disengagement from decision-making positions that generation Z is putting into practice. According to a survey From recruiting firm Robert Walters, 52% of Gen Z professionals actively avoid middle management positions throughout their career. 69% describe them as roles in which a high level of stress is required, in exchange for low financial reward. In other words, the salary improvement that companies offer does not compensate for the additional mental load that promotion entails, which is why young people from Generation Z are not willing to give up mental health or reconciling their personal life. According to the latest data for 2024 from the INEthe average salary of those under 25 years of age in Spain was 1,372.8 euros. Take on more responsibilities without real compensationGraphic is not the most attractive proposal, which is why many young people prefer to fulfill their current positions and maintain conditions compatible with their personal life. AI accelerates the problem from another side. As if the refusal to promote was not enough, the emergence of AI in the workplace has added another reason to stay away from promotions. According the data collected by Revelio Labs for Business Insiderjob offers for middle managers in the US were 42% lower than the maximum recorded in April 2022. The consulting firm Gartner calculated that by 2026 one in five companies will use AI to eliminate more than half of their middle management positions. The last ones layoffs in big technology such as Amazon, Google or Meta have not occurred in a context of financial crisis, but have been carried out with the intention of flattening internal structures. This flattening has especially affected to middle management who were dedicated to transferring the objectives to the rest of the staff and managing their execution. Now that job AI is going to automate itwhich is why young people do not want to play those roles and put a target on their back in the next round of layoffs. A perfect storm. According to estimates of the report According to ManPower Group, by 2030, more than one in four workers in advanced economies will be over 55 years old. Generation Among millennials, that figure rises somewhat more, to 56%, but it is still a minority. Companies that operate with structures designed for linear upward trajectories face the major problem that that model no longer fits the way young people understand work today. The gap left by boomers and generation X will not disappear just because of the passage of time. Organizations will have to decide whether to redesign the role of middle managers to make it attractive again, or they learn to function without them. In Xataka | Finding a job had always been a good way to escape poverty: in Spain it is no longer true Image | Unsplash (tommao wang)

In atomized times, the Spanish generation Z is finding a strange refuge in ‘Los Serrano’ and ‘No one here lives’

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“I’m looking forward to the long weekend and finishing the season. The Serranos“A 15-year-old student I recently taught recognized me. Yes, 15 years. Possibly the combination of that phrase and that idea gives us a short circuit: we are talking about a series that ended in 2008; when she hadn’t even started kindergarten. I couldn’t contain myself and as someone who did grow up with Diego Serrano, the brush and the boom for Fran Perea, I had to ask him where that passion had come from. It came through clips on TikTok. That content of a few minutes and loose decontextualized fragments were not enough, and they turned something that began as a simple curiosity into a true marathon to know in detail what happened to Eva and Marcos, the most famous stepbrothers on TV in the 2000s. A fiction as iconic as that, but for generation millennialhad found its new primary audience in Generation Z. I was surprised, of course, but the idea stayed in the back of my head, like a specific issue to which I should not give more importance. Like when your friend tells you that she is pregnant and suddenly you start noticing people on the street and you discover something that we could almost classify as a baby epidemic; Shortly after, another teenage student, whom we will call Victoria, shows me her pending homework on her tablet. Between irregular verbs and vocabulary to learn, I look at the wallpaper: nothing less than ‘Santa Justa Klan‘, the fictional (and not so fictional) group that was formed in ‘Los Serrano’. At this point, I was already ‘mode’Queen’s Gambit‘, projecting theories on the ceiling about something so strange to understand and that he was also seeing everywhere. Just a few weeks ago, at the next table in a restaurant, a group of university girls revealed in their talk that this is not just about ‘The Serranos‘. To a certain extent, declaring yourself a fan of ‘There is no one who lives here‘It is understandable with the common thread that it has with an already veteran series, but still in broadcast, like ‘The one that is coming‘. The thing is that they start quoting ‘The boarding school’, ‘Physics or Chemistry‘, ‘The ship’ or ‘Paco’s men‘, debating passionately about how the revival Prime Video of the first one does not have one bit of the quality of the original. Once again, I could not contain myself, and I assailed them with my doubts about how they had arrived at these fictions so typical of my generation and not so much of theirs. The same pattern: discovery on social networks, the possibility of watching all seasons on platforms or even through those fragments, and the echo chamber that is created in classes and groups of friends. That week-by-week phenomenon effect that we’ve barely seen since ‘Game of Thrones‘, is being achieved organically in the middle classes of Spain. Some actors are still relevant today, and although it is difficult to think that all the youth have come to ‘El Barco’ by looking at the IMDb of Mario Casas or ‘El Internado’ doing the same with Ana de Armascould make sense in certain cases. None of that: it is the series itself is what hooks you so many years later. This is how Catalina, one of these girls, recognizes it: “I’m finishing The Boarding School; When I do it I plan to tell my little sister to start it.” The generational contrast is more than evident, and the lapidary phrase that unsettles an entire generation millennial who, like me, has grown up with ‘Three meters above the sky‘ and ‘SMS without fear of dreaming‘ is pronounced by Sara, to whom her friends were highly recommending ‘El Barco’: “Ah, but Mario Casas went out there? I had no idea.” From meme to marathon The furor over the story of Lucas and Sara from ‘Paco’s Men’ or the crazy theories that ‘El Internado’ sparked now do not begin on television, waiting week after week for a new chapter. Rather the opposite occurs; Like almost everything in recent years, it all starts with the mobile. If before you watched a series and then it was when the meme festival began on the networks, now the journey is the other way around, from the meme it goes to television. And whoever says meme says fancams or fragments of interviews that awaken interest in those fictions dosmileras. “I started watching the story of Teté and Guille in parts on TikTok and I couldn’t stop,” one of my students reminded me. So, the clip opens the door and the series does the rest, becoming almost an involuntary trailer. And, really, this fragmented and instant format is very much in line with the current consumption model. Everything has to be quick, that captures your attention in the first seconds and encourages you to consume something, of whatever nature. So it is no coincidence that the algorithm works as a perfect cultural programmer for generation Z, a tool that prioritizes the high emotional or humorous charge it has in the love drama of Lucas and Sara or in the phrases from Bethlehem to his greatest ally. This resurgence poses a very curious paradox: in the era of rapid consumption, these young people return to long, choral series designed to be watched without any rush. We are also talking about fictions that achieved audience figures that were unthinkable on current television (‘There is no one who lives here‘ either’ The Serranos‘ reached 7,000,000 spectators), so all the merit of their revival It cannot fall on social networks or on the virality of certain clips. In a sea of ​​platforms and on-demand content, available at any time, something unique and special must have that 2000s television imagery. One of the keys is probably the ID with the characters. Even today, many university students from Generation Z find in Belén or Emilio from ‘No one lives here’ that reflection of work … Read more

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