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We already have the missing ingredient to explain the origin of life

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What the mission OSIRIS-REx brought back to Earth in his capsule after being perched on the asteroid Bennu It could be very enriching, but the truth is that it has exceeded all our expectations. And in the past we have already been surprised to find water or carbon in space, but now NASA has confirmed than what has been seen on this asteroid: Bennu contains sugars essential for life as we know it. But not only that, among the grains of dust and rock, researchers have come across something they did not expect: a mysterious substance that they have already dubbed ‘space gum’. The discovery. After a long time analyzing the materials extracted by this probe, the results have finally been released to a published study in Nature Geoscience led by Yoshihiro Furukawa from Tohoku University (Japan) and which undoubtedly marks a milestone in astrobiology. From a sample of just 603 milligrams of Bennu dust, the team was able to detect a variety of sugars that are biologically significant, such as glucose. This marks something historic since it is the first time that this sugar that we know so well has been identified in a pristine extraterrestrial sample. But this has not only been the important thing, but also samples of ribose which is an essential component of RNA, which is responsible for transporting genetic information in human organisms and which undoubtedly It became popular during the COVID pandemic. Its importance. Until now we had seen signs of these samples in meteorites, but there was always the shadow of land pollution upon impact. Now this doubt disappears since the samples arrived sealed. What is undoubtedly important is that the joint presence of these sugars suggests that they were synthesized by abiotic processes (without life) inside the asteroid, probably through chemical reactions in the presence of water at the dawn of the solar system. Something that would be essential to be able to generate life. Space gum. If sugars are the “hard” science news, what has captured most of our attention is what Danny Glavin, a mission co-investigator at the Goddard Space Flight Center, describes as “space gum.” The analyzes revealed a unique polymeric material, a kind of complex, sticky substance that doesn’t fit the standard minerals we’re used to. That is why its composition is now under study and its presence indicates that Bennu is not only a pile of rubble, but a chemical laboratory that is capable of create organic macromolecules that we have living beings inside us. In addition to this “gum” and sugars, the samples contained star dust that is older than our own Sun, survivors of ancient supernovae that were trapped in the asteroid’s matrix. A ‘complete kit’. With this announcement, the Bennu puzzle seems to be complete since amino acids have been found that are essential for proteins, bases to form DNA, carboxylic acids and now sugars to give energy and structure to RNA. This strongly supports the hypothesis that carbon-rich asteroids, like Bennu, acted as “cosmic delivery boys” during the late intense bombardment, seeding the early Earth with all the ingredients necessary for the life we ​​are now enjoying to emerge. It is literally an asteroid that carries all the ingredients for life as we know it. A look at the past. The stability of compounds like glucose and xylose in these samples, along with the surprising presence of ribose (which is typically very unstable), tells us that Bennu’s parent body had very specific water activity and chemical conditions shortly after the solar system formed. As confirms NASA itselfwe are facing the strongest evidence that the building blocks of biology are not a miracle exclusive to Earth, but rather common products of the chemistry of the universe. Images | NASA Hubble Space Telescope In Xataka | We have left Moss out for nine months in space at the mercy of vacuum and radiation. He’s back alive and breaking records

Summer has been so hard that it has taken to the most summer ingredient in the salad: tomato

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The arrival of the rains this year seemed to bring a thread of hope to a battered agricultural sector for drought months. The news that comes to us could not be more different: grapes, citrus, bananas… For one reason or on the other, the crops are not fulfilling expectations, and the most recent example has been put by the tomato. 76 million. The tomato sector in Extremadura He has taken stock This year’s harvest and has not been precisely optimistic: a “ruin” is like the union of small farmers and ranchers from Extremadura (UPA-UCE) defined it in a Recent statement. The Extremadura Agrarian Organization figure at 76 million euros the annual losses of tomato producers after this year’s harvest. Double problem. The Sector Association points to A double problem: On the one hand, “ruinous prices (taxes by) the industrial sector”. Prices that, according to the association do not allow to cover the costs associated with production. The price problem is linked to the second of the problems of this campaign: that of production. According to association data, for this campaign the hiring for this campaign was based on an expected productivity of 93 tons per hectare on average. In Extremadura, real productivity has ended up being lower, about 82 tons per hectare. Lower productivity, lower production. This has been reflected in a bad harvest, with a production remarkably lower than that originally hired, 20% lower, according to UPA-UCE data. The main reason in this fall in production is for the sector, in meteorology. A climate not so propitious. Everything seemed to indicate that the meteorology would be favorable this year: months of elevated rainfall or, the less normal, they served not only to conclude the dry episode that affected our environment for several years; The hydrological bonanza also served for reservoirs to recover filling levels that had not been seen in years. However, the summer of 2025 was not consistent with what was seen in the previous months, but it brought us a Dry and very warm summera summer with two heat waves especially severe both in intensity and in duration. The result: weaker plants. And with more problems, they explain from UPA-UCE. Echoes from other fields. The story is repeated in several sectors. The arrival of the rains seemed to bring new hopes to the agricultural sector, however, the expected increase in harvest has also been translating into lower prices In origin, something that already supposed in itself a problem for many farmers. The problem has been even greater in sectors like grapeswhere expectations are not being met and now producers must face the low prices of a high offer, but with a lower production to the expected. In Xataka | During centuries Galicia was a thriving land of olive groves with unique varieties in the world. What changed it is still a mystery Image | Czapp ÁPád

Huawei is about to deliver to China the ingredient he needs to dispute his leadership in AI

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China has a very serious problem in the field of hardware development for applications of artificial intelligence (AI). At the moment the Chinese chips manufacturers They are not producing solutions capable of competing with The most advanced memories that manufacture the South Korean companies Samsung and SK Hynix, or the American Micron Technology. GPUs for Ia work side by side with HBM memory chips (High Bandwidth Memory). In fact, its performance is largely conditioned by these memories. SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron are manufacturing on a large scale, although with different success12 -layer HBM3E memories. The two South Korean firms will produce large -scale HBM4 chips during the second semester of 2025, and Micron will do so in 2026. However, CXMT (Changxin Memory Technologies), one of the Chinese companies specialized in the production of memoirs, will launch Your first HBM3E chips in 2027. At the current competence with the US, China cannot afford to go two years behind the West in the production of HBM memories. And it seems that this lag is about to disappear. Last week the Chinese state media Securities Times revealed that Huawei was about to present A technological advance that pursued China dependence on HBM memory chips from abroad. And today Digitimes Asia He has collected very important news: this company is already testing the first HBM3 chips manufactured entirely in China. As we have just seen, this milestone is crucial to this Asian country because presumably allows you to access a technology that is not currently within your reach. Huawei does not rest Huawei invests more than $ 25,000 million annually in The development of your hardware for AIso presumably it will not take long to match the benefits of the GPUs produced by NVIDIA or AMD. So far he had two Achilles heels: his inability to manufacture his chips using the equipment extreme ultraviolet photolithography (UVE) produced by the Dutch company ASML and its difficulty accessing the Integrated HBM memory circuits manufactured abroad. The latter will cease to be a problem. Huawei invests more than 25,000 million dollars annually in the development of its hardware for AI And, as we explained last week, during the celebration in Shanghai (China) of the Applications Forum and Development of Reasoning of Financial 2025 Huawei released an algorithm called UCM (Unified Cache Manager) that, according to this company, it is capable of drastically accelerate inference In the great AI models. A relevant note: inference is broadly the computational process carried out by language models with the purpose of generating the responses that correspond to the requests they receive. To achieve its purpose, the UCM algorithm displays a very ingenious strategy: decide in what type of memory it is necessary to store each data taking as a fundamental indicator the latency requirements. In practice, this algorithm behaves as a gigantic cache that guarantees that each data will go to the right memory, including HBM3, with the purpose of minimizing latency during inference. If it is a very often used data, it will be stored in a very fast memory, such as HBM3. According to Huaweithis technology is able to reduce the latency of inference by 90%. Interestingly, this company plans to do the UCM Source Open Algorithm in September. More information | Digitimes Asia In Xataka | Nvidia has to deal with the absolute distrust of several US legislators. His plan in China is in danger In Xataka | The US wants to end the chips for the Chinese that are sold abroad. And China knows how to defend oneself

Salmon sperm is the new fashion ingredient in aesthetics. And no, it’s not as crazy as it sounds

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In the era of the cult of perfect skin, the aesthetic industry seems to know limits. Masks with bee venom, sera with snail drool, injections that They promise to reprogram Aging … Any compound that promises youth, elasticity or luminosity is a good formula for even Celebrities Be behind it, even if we are talking about salmon sperm. A new anti -aging elixir? Although talking about salmon sperm captures attention (and lifts eyebrows), the truth is that it does not imply directly applying reproductive cells on the skin. In statements collected by the Spanish, Dr. Araceli González, specialist in aesthetic medicine, has clarified: “This product is popularly because it allows you to obtain polynucleotides, components with great qualities to restore the skin without leaving any residue.” In this way, it helps support reparation, regeneration and collagen production on the skin. For celebrities it is not new. Personalities such as Jennifer Aniston had already undergone this type of treatments in previous years, as reported in an interview to the Wall Street Journal, where he even joked asking his estheticist: “Really? How do you get the salmon sperm?” However, what was previously a luxury curiosity, today has become a booming aesthetic trend that adds more and more followers, from dermatological clinics to Influencers In social networks. The Telva medium It has included it Among the seven major skin care trends by 2025. And the big question. How do you get? Well, the answer is more technical than biological. The PDRN is obtained by processing and purifying the DNA of the gonads (sexual organs) of the salmon. Sperm is not used as such, but the genetic material is broken in polynucleotide fragments, which are then integrated into sera, masks, injections or combinations with techniques such as microaguja or laser, according to He explained Dermatologist Mansha Sethi Thacker A Vry Well Health. A curiosity is that in Asia they usually inject it directly, while in the US they are applied topically after treatments such as exosomes or laser. Does it really work? Treatment defenders ensure that it offers visible and progressive benefits. According to Dr. Adam Friedman, a dermatologist at the George Washington University, for the same medium, it has detailed that it stimulates collagen production, improves hydration, accelerates cell regeneration and healing, and decreases inflammation and better pigmentation. For its part, the aestheticist Adeela Crown, Interviewed by the Financial Timeshe has summarized it thus: “It is a slower process, but bioestimulants such as polynucleotides make skin cells work to produce and maintain the basic components of healthy skin.” Its use in medicine. Although the boom is recent, seeing the benefits gives notes that it was already used before. As He explained Dr. Araceli González to El Español, The use of polynucleotides were already used in medical contexts to treat burns, serious injuries or even ulcers. In addition, preliminary investigations, mentioned by Varywell Health, They have indicated that they can have anti -inflammatory effects and have begun to use to stop hair loss and strengthen the scalp, with repeated treatments every few weeks. Are there side effects? Like any aesthetic treatment, it is not exempt from precautions. Dr. Richard Westreich, plastic surgeon in New York, has pointed out in The Guardian that side effects are generally mild: bruises, swelling or redness may appear, especially if the product is injected. In addition, as in every medical process there may be a risk of allergic reaction. For its part, dermatologist Emma Craythorne has warned in FT that “no current study is of high quality”, and although the results are promising, more robust clinical research is still required. A new aesthetic revolution? For many specialists, polynucleotides treatment represents a paradigm shift. Not only does it seek to correct visible signs of aging, but preserve and stimulate the natural functions of the skin. “It is a bioestimulator that does not change the volume or the shape of the face,” He explained Araceli González. Therefore, it is suitable for both young skins that seek to prevent mature skin with marked sagging signs or elastosis. In addition, it is beginning to be used in areas where other treatments do not work well, such as the lower eyelid, where botulinum toxin has no good results. Dr. Elizabeth Hawkes, an Oculoplasty specialist in London, has affirmed at ft that “polynucleotides have transformed their practice” for the security they offer in sensitive areas such as eye contour. What are the forecasts? What began as an eccentricity worthy of headlines, salmon sperm on the face, has evolved towards a trend backed by clinics, dermatologists and public figures. But between the promises of cell regeneration and the media brightness, is the question: are we facing a real scientific revolution or before another cosmetic seasonal phenomenon, camouflaged under a disruptive name? For now, science advances slower than social networks, but if something teaches us the history of beauty is that, in the search for eternal youth, no ingredient – unlikely that seems – is out of play. Image | Angela George and Unspash Xataka | People are fed up with Skincare’s thousand steps so the last Beauty trend is just one thing: exosomes

In our obsession with having a more “nutritious” coffee, we are throwing an ingredient that knows Charco: Spirulina

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In recent years a Curious practice: You have to add supplements to everything. Yogurt? With proteins. Cheese? With proteins. Frozen? With proteins too. In many cases, that ‘proteinization’ It makes no sense because they are added to products that They already contain a certain amount of proteinbut within the trend, there is a sub -totence: convert coffee into a superfood. And one of the last practices is to add spirulina to coffee. Spirulina. A few days ago we counted that Adding coffee proteins was not a bad idea. Creating a protein, banana and coffee milkshake (for example) gives us a lot of protein nutrients and fruitbut also the effects beneficial of coffee. It is something you can easily do at home to increase protein consumption, but it is also something that companies like Starbucks have seen potential. The Protein supplements They are integrated into our diet, but … What is that of spirulina? It is a spiral -shaped greenish microalgae that, converted into dust, has become the new ‘miraculous food’. There are many recipes that we can prepare with spirulina and per 100 grams (an unrealistic daily amount) provides 57 grams of protein, 23.9 of carbohydrates, 3.6 fiber and is rich in vitamins of the B complex. In addition, it has calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, iodine, chromium, vitamin A, k and folates. Another Superreceta. Whenever no Replace other foods in the dietSpirulina is a good complement that we can easily introduce in the form of dust into a multitude of food, preparations and sauces. And, as with protein, it is also a good addition to coffee. As? Well in the form of Latte And not looking for a huge protein contribution, but that supplementation of vitamins and minerals. Because also It has an effect antioxidant and anti -inflammatory, can contribute to glucose control and the improvement of vascular function, as well as a good intestinal flora. Come on, it seems that it only has positive effects. Eye. But there is a problem. Well, two. The first is that spirulina must be acquired through sources that ensure its complete security because, although there are studies that show benefits with both a gram a day up to five grams a day, it is a food that comes from the sea and the risk Heavy metal contamination is there. And if you have hyper or hyperthyroidism, It is not an adequate supplement. The second is, as in the case of Starbucks protein coffee, which brands have another miraculous food to label. Pret a manger It is a British fast food chain that has specialized in organic food. Above all, it makes sandwiches and sandwiches, but it has focused on that advertising that they use natural and organic ingredients. Sugar for a tube. There the spirulina fits like a glove, and, as we read in TelegraphIt is an opportunity that the chain has not let. The British media has contacted the dietitian Aisling Piggotspokesman for the British dietary association and, although it has confirmed that spirulina is a good supplement (whenever we do not enter in any of the risk groups that should not drink this), the Coffee with Spirulina de Pret is not. And the key is not in that microalga, but in that it is 19.4 grams of sugar per cup. It is more than there is in a can of a conventional soda and that is why you have to take into account what ingredients the coffee is prepared. Because if you have spirulina, very well, but to mask the taste that amount of sugar is added, the final product It is healthy. Trend vs reality. In the end, it is important not to get carried away by those benefits that some foods promise, but to read the label because, for many properties that spirulina or proteins, already prepared commercial drinks can contain huge doses of sugar that eclipse everything else. And, although coffee with spirulina, or the Chai Latte With this microalga, they have a very ‘instagrameable’ blue tone, the truth is that you have to like the earthly and strong texture, since the rest of the flavors are eaten. Image | Sunbliss, Blenz Coffee In Xataka | We thought it was a waste, but we just discovered that the residue of rice fermentation is a “superfood”

The key ingredient of the Torrijas has shot in price. That does not mean that they will be more expensive

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God squeezes, but does not drown. Not at least if we talk about Torrijas. Although the ovoflation threatened to shoot record levels The cost of one of the typical Sweet cheaper That just a year ago. About 20%. And the reason is simple: perhaps the dozen eggs has more expensive in recent months, but other ingredients, such as Olive oil And sugar, have softened their price. After all, Torrijas are more than a sweet tasty: they are also a curious (and interesting) indicator of how the purchase basket evolves. Don’t say torrijas, say economics. It occurs sometimes that a dish ends up becoming an economic and social thermometer. An example is The “pizzometro”an informal indicator that according to some experts is activated just before global crises. Another clear case is THE BIC MAC INDEXa way of measuring inflation with hamburgers. And a third example is the Waffle House indexwhich allows US authorities to calculate the scope of storms with gofres. In Spain we have The Torrijas. Its combination of bread, milk, sugar, oil and eggs makes them a curious indicator of how IPC evolves. So He claims Sara Herrero, director of Business & Talent by EAE Business School, for whom the sweet is a “good thermometer of the basic basket basket of the basic products of Spanish families.” The problem is that in full ovoflationthis Holy Week that indicator has looked at each other with a special concern. Why’s that? Because Torrijas recipe includes eggs. And these have been expensive exponentially over the last months. In March the OCU calculated that in alone A few weeks The price of the dozen medium eggs had increased about 25%. And the Updated data Facua show that since then they have not been cheaper in most linear. Moreover, the tables prepared by the Toledo Lonja either Bellpuig They reflect that in some cases the price of the eggs has increased, which is in tune with the data collected by the INE itself. His last IPC confirms that in the last month the eggs took care 7.2%well above the general index. Prohibitive Torrijas? That is what some have feared in recent weeks: that in view of the escalation in the price of eggs, with the effect of avian flu and the ovoflation From the United States as a backdrop, tortals fired their price this Holy Week. There are even those who until recently warned that we would meet the “most expensive” sweets. It does not seem to be like that. And not because the eggs are going to be reduced in the short term. The key is other ingredients of the toast that today come out much cheaper than a year ago, which has damping the ovoflation. This concludes A study From EAE Business School, which after analyzing the latest segregated IPC data calculates that preparing Torrijas will come out 19% cheaper that in 2024. IPC Annual variation (March) Ipc variation so far this year (March) Bread 1.8 0.2 Whole milk 3.2 23 Eggs 11.4 8.6 Olive oil -37.9 -19.9 Sugar -15.6 -1,9 Electricity 12.8 5.7 Natural Gas and Gas City 8.4 4 Sugar and oil, rescue. According to EAEthe key to the cheaper is in olive oil and sugar, ingredients that are also used in Easter sweet. The first has seen how its price was reduced by 32%. The second, 15%. Taking into account that today these resources are cheaper, the agency estimates that, in general, the recipe will cost almost 20% less than in 2024. Some calculations go further and suggest the dessert will come out this year 27% cheaper. EAE calculations were made with the Segregated data of the IPC of the month of February. If analyzed those of Marchthe percentage can vary. The reason: the year-on-year IPC last month was more favorable if we talk about olive oil (-37.9%) and sugar (-15.6%), but much worse when we examine the cost of eggs. His interannual rise was that month of the 11.4% compared to 3.8% in February. And the rest of the ingredients? Torrijas are not made solely with eggs, olive oil and sugar. But we analyze The rest of the ingredients We see that its variation with respect to 2024 is not so marked. The PAN recorded in March an interannual CPI of 1.8%, below the general index of 2.3%. The milk did exceed that value slightly, scoring 3.2%, but the increase is minimal compared to that of eggs. What became more expensive is energy. The EAE study concludes that in 2025 the Torrijas will break in any case the tendency to become more expensive that they had been dragging over the last years, which does not mean that in general today they leave much more expensive than four years ago. The agency calculates in particular that the increase was about 53%. Images | Moritz Barcelona (Flickr) and TNARIK INNAEL (Flickr) In Xataka | The price of eggs has shot and having an own chicken coop seems attractive. But there are fines of up to 3,000 euros

China wants to revolutionize the hypersonic flight of airplanes and missiles with an explosive ingredient: magnesium

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China and the United States are immersed in a race that is not fought on the mainland, but in the air with a common goal: to achieve speeds of more than 7,000 km/h. Both have several hypersonic airplanes projects With potential both military and civil And, although the US seems more reserved, China from time to time goes out to the arena to talk about Your technological achievements. The latest is an engine capable of going to Mach 6 thanks to a fuel formula with a special ingredient: magnesium. Mach 6. When we talk about hypersonic speeds, what we use to measure it is the Mach 1. is the one that represents the speed of sound, established in 1,235 km/h. Thus, a Mach 2 speed would be twice the speed of sound. Well, what are testing At Beihang University in Beijing it is a technique that allows to double the thrust of current hypersonic engines to reach Mach 6 and higher speeds. It is difficult to get an idea of ​​the amounts we talk about, since we are talking about speeds of more than 2,000 meters per second or around 7,000 kilometers per hour. It would be like going from Madrid to New Delhi in an hour. That journey, currently, has between eight and ten hours. EITHER cross the Atlantic in three. Scramjets. The objective of the researchers is to redefine hypersonic aviation thanks to a combustion technique that, as we read in South China Morning Postpractically doubles the thrust of a scramjet engine. It is the abbreviation of “Supersonic Combustion Ramjets”, these Ramjets being reaction engines created to reach Mach 3 speeds. To function, the air enters the engine at high speed. They are motors without turbines that compress that air at supersonic speed (do not slowly subsuite like Ramjets) and then the fuel is injected. It can be hydrogen, but also kerosene, which is mixed with compressed air and, as a result, a supersonic jet of hot gases that propels the vehicle is generated. When it occurs for the first time, it is when the sound barrier is broken and something similar to an explosion is heard. “Secret” ingredient. The problem of Scramjet engines is that, at extreme speeds, the energy generated by fuel is stabilized, but adding magnesium to the fuel formula, the thing changes. The Chinese team chose magnesium being a metal with a violent reactivity. When the kerosene burns it generates residual, but when they inject magnesium dust, that CO₂ acts as an oxidant lighting the magnesium particles. Yang Qingchun is the project director and comments that “magnesium does not need atmospheric oxygen”, so those magnesium dust particles react in explosive shapes with the residual gases that were previously wasted, now releasing an additional energy. China hypersonic test vehicle Evidence. And they have tested. Under conditions that simulate a Mach 6 to 30 kilometers altitude flight and using commercial aircraft fuel, magnesium injection increased the thrust by 86.6% with a combustion efficiency of 65.1%. This allows to increase the 613 Newtons-second motor thrust per kilogram at 1,126 Newtons-Second per kilogram. At that speed, the kerosene burns practically completely, the magnesium dust turns to the contact and releases the heat between two and three times faster than only the kerosene. But speed is not the only advantage. Something crucial is not to overheat the turboreactor, so researchers have studied how to optimize the process to increase performance without a temperature increase. Thus, it is the kerosene that acts as a refrigerant of the motor walls through regenerative cooling. The magnesium, which is added later, burns in a “storm of supersonic fire”, according to the researchers, which is stabilized thanks to an optimized flow route that, in turn, helps to achieve that more powerful thrust. Challenges. But of course, the higher the speed, the greater the challenges. We have already commented that the temperature is something that plays against supersonic ships Because they must resist friction that makes the temperature rise above 1,500 degrees Celsius. In addition, at more speed, more turbulence. The team states that this supersonic turbulence entails the risk of an unequal dispersion of magnesium dust inside the postquemor. If there is a bad penetration of the particles, or an irregular injection, the thrust gain falls to almost 20%. It is something that causes the engine to be very unstable. In addition, those magnesium particles that “exploit” are a double -edged sword. On the one hand, the explosion generates that violent reaction that increases the thrust, but at the same time the particles become microcuchillas that can damage the engine. Therefore, you have to investigate engines with the capacity to resist impacts inside. On the other hand, you have to stabilize magnesium injection because it is postulated as something ideal to quickly reach hypersonic speeds and maintain them, but a ship fluctuates in speed, it is an unstable fuel. They have added nitrogen gas to stabilize the entrance of the particles, but the team confesses that it is “as difficult as threading a needle in the middle of a hurricane.” Projects. It is something that China will continue working because it is the team itself that states that it is not something only for airplanes: Yang comments that its design can reduce the launch weight or extend the range of missiles. They will try to inject magnesium on a nanometric scale to see if it is more efficient, but it is clear that it is a project that interests the country. And, yes, China has already tested higher speedsbut what they are looking for is more stability and the way to change between speeds at pleasure, not in such a linear way. And he does it because the United States is also working on it. Not only in aircraft like Blackbirdbut also in systems such as Dark Eagle, a missile with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers and capable of reaching speeds greater than Mach 17 (about 20,000 km/h) with systems to … Read more

The candidate for the middle range repeats formula and adds a new ingredient

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Samsung has a new secret weapon to conquer the mid -range of 2025. The Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is a dish made with the same usual recipe, but with a very typical ingredient of Samsung: The integration of artificial intelligence. This mid -range galaxy does not give up one of the fashion characteristics, as well as small improvements in hardware to remain a firm aspiring for the best middle range of the year. I have had some first impressions with this phone, and I tell you what I found in this first contact. Samsung Galaxy A56 5g, technical file Samsung Galaxy A56 5g Dimensions and weight 162.2 x 77.5 x 7.4 mm 198 grams screen Super AMOLED of 6.7 inches FullHD resolution Refresco rate: 120 Hz Vision Booster HBM: 1,200 nits CORNING GORILLA GLASS VICTUS+ processor Samsung Exynos 1580 GPU AMD XClipse 540 RAM 8 GB Internal storage 128/256 GB rear camera Angular: 50 MP, F/1.8, AF, OIS Great angle: 12 MP, F/2.2 Macro: 5 MP F/2.4 Front camera 12 MP F/2.2 battery 5,000 mAh Fast charge 45W Operating system Android 15 with One UI 7 connectivity WIFI 6E 5G SA/NSA GPS NFC USB type c others IP67 resistance Galaxy AI Circle to Search price 12/128 GB: 479 euros 8/256 GB: 529 euros A winning design and improved hardware The first thing that attracts attention in the new Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is its design. His predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy A55had the classic rear clean with independent cameras, without any module or strip. In this generation, the new model is committed to A differential design within the Galaxy familywith a strip that unifies the triple camera. In my opinion this is a success, it gives a completely differential touch in front of the rest of his brothers, making it clear that the family A has its own identity. This phone still has one of the best ergonomies on its sides, since on its right it has a cleft so that the thumb fits perfectly. It is also Something lighter and thinin addition to being finished in glass and aluminum, such as the most premium mobiles. About performance, he will touch on the review. The new exynos 1580 is an unknown and, although it comes to compete with the 7th series of MediaTek and Qualcomm, it will see how it behaves in Benchmarks. The first impressions with basic apps and menus are positivebut in the analysis we will deepen how this model behaves in more demanding scenarios. Its panel, 6.7 -inch Superamoled with a maximum brightness of 1,200 nits has seemed correct for its price although, one more year, I think that Working with frontal bezels is improvable. They are, perhaps, too high for a device with a starting price of almost 500 euros. One of the great novelties for this generation is the integration of artificial intelligence. It is something different and a more limited tad than the Galaxy AI of the Galaxy S25, but it has enough functions. Object eliminator Best Face: Edits by the photos in which the subjects come out with their eyes closed or “rare” expressions at the facial level Editing suggestions by AI Personalized filters Automatic video cutting by selecting the best moments for AI Selection by the contents on the screen to perform functions adapted to the content Reading articles and voice web pages This is one of the few mid -range phones in which there is a deep integration of AI, one that we will have to try in depth in the analysis. However, if this integration adds Android 15, One UI 7 a cycle of six -year updates (well above what manufacturers even offers in the high range), the combination is completely winning. A phone that will step loudly in the mid -range No, the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G is not the mid-range phone with better quality-precio, but that is not its goal. This is a phone for which he wants a phone below 500 euros, with reliable and lasting software, a design that is familiar and comfortable, and under the support of one of the largest weight companies in the industry. These first impressions leave us a good taste with their design, screen and potential at the software level. Now he has to conquer performance and chamber. Image | Xataka In Xataka | What a Samsung mobile buy in 2025: a recommendation for each price range

Estrella Galicia has decided that the star ingredient of his new beer is Valencia. And that is a risky bet

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Yesterday, by surprise and before The suspicion of not a few, Estrella Galicia presented The one that would probably have been the most extravagant (and risky) product of its extensive catalog, which by the way are already including beers With perclabes either peppers: A BRIK of Special broth For Valencian Paella. It sounded crazy. And it was. There is no such broth. Nor will exist. What the Galician company is planned to launch is a “special Valencian edition” of its beer, something that announces almost on the eve of the Valencia failures. Beyond what the Galician company does the movement says a lot about where the beer sector walks. Paella Estrella Galicia broth? Sounds weird. And it is logical because it is. Yesterday Galicia surprised his own and strangers announcing a “broth for Valencian paella” (sic) Through its official profiles of Instagram, X and LinkedInin which I include even photos of the product, in whose container it could be read in great ‘Estrella Galicia’. The announcement was replicated in networks and there was a good handful of media that echoed the launch, clarifying In some cases that they had tried unsuccessfully to confirm the news with the company itself. They did not get it. And there was a reason. Click on the image to go to Tweet. NO BREATMENT, SPECIAL EDITION. It sounded like a marketing campaign. And there have been no surprises. It was. Estrella Galicia has confirmed it today through the same channels, with A video Shared in networks in which the cake uncovered: “Yesterday we launched our broth for Paella Valenciana and you put us to broth. Quiet, it was a joke.” The stitch goes with thread and in the same piece they take the opportunity to announce the product that they intend to launch: a beer ‘special edition Valencia’. Wrapping in tradition. What did the broth for Paellas come? Why yesterday’s message? Was it only a hook to gain visibility? Yes. And no. The campaign has served Estrella Galicia for something else: in addition to effectively multiplying the repercussion of the launch (that of the new beer, not the broth Fake) has allowed him to emphasize the leitmotiv of its commercial strategy, the basic idea of ​​its product: tradition. The Galician firm wants to reinforce in the Valencian Community. And curiously he wants to do so associating himself with the image of local culture. “This broth (that of Paella Estrella Galicia) has never existed. We would never do anything like that because, as you, we understand the value of our recipes. And here is our only secret ingredient is to respect the ingredients,” ensures the brewer in the video with which he announced his new Valencia 2025 edition. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Valencian, why? In summary: Estrella Galicia associates its image to the defense of tradition in a market, the Valencian, in which the bottles of the Rivera Children’s Corporation have already been worked on an important hole. In 2023 The provinces It echoed A study which revealed that, although in the territories close to the region, consumers opt for Mahou, star of Levante, Amber or Estrella Dam, the favorite beer of the Valencians was the one made by a company from the other end of the country. The question that leaves its launch is … What is special and Valenciana the special Valencian edition? The company does not clarify it. Is limited to ensuring That the drink will be “a tribute” to the passion of the community through the paella, but without going into details or deepening how it will elaborate or get it to differ from the rest of its catalog, beyond the labeling. Barrels … and maps. The star campaign also talks about something else: to what extent the brewer is a market played and distributed in Spain. A few months ago Datacentric elaborated A map of favorite beer brands by autonomous communities that demonstrate the clear (and pronounced) differences at the territorial level. In the Peninsular Center, Mahou reigns, Cruzcampo does it in Andalusia, in Aragon it is amber, in Catalonia Estrella Dam, in Murcia stands out Estrella de Levante and in much of the rest of the country Galicia makes it star. Beyond the preferences for reasons of historical and cultural roots, the weight of the Galician company at the state level does not surprise. If Star Galicia has highlighted for something over the last years it is his aggressive marketing strategy. His bottles have ended up to Cristina Pedroche and Chicote during New Year’s Campanadas. Even of the influencer Chiara Ferragniwho a few days ago posed with a bottle For the 28.7 million followers on Instagram. Click on the image to go to Tweet. The importance of figures. Campaigns such as Valencia also tell us about something else: an industry, the brewer, in full expansion and has been looking for new margins towards which its market widen. Although alcohol consumption is experiencing deep changes In Spain and distancing Of young people and frequent drinking intake, the beer sector has excelled in recent years due to the efficacy of its strategy. How has consumption evolved? The Statista tables They reflect that the total volume of beer consumed in Spain grew in a practically sustained way (with the impasse of the pandemic) between 2012 and 2023, following a opposite trend to that of the per capita intake. Statista sample Also that in 2023 in Spain each person drank on average about 56 liters of beer. There are two less than the previous year, but still far exceeding the average marks of (at least) the last decade and a half. Employers’ data Cervecera are also interesting: in 2023 it found an increase in consumption of 2.84%, although that growth was sustained by foreign tourism. Without it, he estimates that he would have fallen 3.53%. That percentage basically explains by the closing of bars after the pandemic and changes in the habits of the Spaniards, which at least in … Read more

The first trailer of ‘The fantastic 4: first steps’ reveals the most important ingredient for Marvel’s future: its villain

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Surrounded by considerable paraphernalia (a countdown of more than an hour, the appearance of the four protagonists, a scenario that imitated the launch of a rocket), Marvel has launched the first trailer of ‘The Fantastic 4 first steps‘, advance of what we can expect from the anticipated arrival of the first family to the MCU And it’s not for less: Marvel He knows that he plays a lot with this new production, more than with any other film planned by 2025, such as the closest ‘Captain America: a new world’ or ‘Thunderbolts’. After stumbling in 2024 as ‘The Marvels’ and a parenthesis as notorious as the one that has been 2025 and only ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ in theaters, ‘the fantastic 4 first steps’ is Marvel’s opportunity to recover the pulse of the pulse of the cinema mainstream which controlled with a iron pulse during the early phases of the MCU. On July 25 we will have to wait to see this movie, which The truth is that it is unusually faithful to the original comicsespecially thanks to the retrofuturist atmosphere in an alternative reality: the costumes, the fantasticar, herbie, the Baxter building … everything is both modern and classic, and the effect is very intriguing. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are perfect in papers traced to the originals. There are many elements that do not appear in the trailer and that are about to be revealed: from Reed Richards using their powers to the rumored silver wake. What is seen, although only on his back, is to Galactus, the most colossal enemy of the fantastic four, and one of the nemesis par excellence of the Marvel universe. The presentation in this return to the classic Marvel is not accidental: frustrated plans with Kang … Is Disney presenting the villain that will vertebrate the next movies of the house, as Thanos did? Are the company decidedly cosmic? We will have to keep waiting to know. Header | Disney In Xataka | The loose box office of ‘Venom 3’ forces Hollywood to reconsider superheroes: they are no longer a golden egg chicken

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