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Jony Ive, iPhone designer, explains why the Ferrari Luce rejects touch screens

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You either love him or hate him, but he Ferrari Luce It has not left almost anyone indifferent. The firm’s first 100% electric car is a statement of intent. A commitment to the future that, to do so, gets rid of a good part of its past. And in that setting there is a unique element: the prominence of physical controls and the reduction in the relevance of screens in cars. Why bad design can be lethal. Leo Abrams was publishing these days a video interview in which he asked Jony Ive because of something he had said in the past: “people are dying because of bad design.” What did that mean? In the case of the car, the answer for him was clear: “Multitouch technology is wonderful for a mobile phone, because when you’re using a phone, you’re looking at that phone. But multitouch technology shouldn’t be in a car, I think, because if you have to do basic things, it requires by definition that you don’t look at where you’re going in the car, and that you look at the screen.” Stop looking at the screen so much. For Ive the danger is obvious: if you don’t look at the road, you have a good chance of having an accident. It is a discourse already known in the automotive segment, and since touch screens they became fashionable the debate has always been there. Replacing traditional physical controls with controls that were more typical of a mobile phone or tablet seemed like a recipe for disaster. The Euro NCAP certification body took this into account for your tests: five stars can only be achieved if some functions (turn signals, hazard lights, horn, windshield wipers) ensure the use of physical controls. muscle memory. The problem is not the screen itself, which is tremendously useful for things like GPS navigation, but rather that “touch blindness” that these touch screens impose. Physical buttons allow you to use muscle memory: you can operate them without looking. Touch screens force you to look where you press, which we insist, introduces serious risks while driving. Multitouch technology is not for everyone or everything. Ive also reflected on how any tool has the potential to be used for good and evil “in unpredictable and unexpected ways”, and that is one of the reasons why for him the role of touch technology in the Ferrari Luce had to be almost anecdotal. “I was very fortunate to be involved in the development of multitouch technology. It’s a fantastic technology that makes some new user interfaces possible, but it has to be used appropriately, thoughtfully and carefully.” Result: fewer screens, more touch. The interior of the Ferrari Luce It was the first thing we were able to know about this carand it was already clear at that moment that this was going to be a Ferrari very different from the rest of the Ferraris but that retained that love of touch: the Luce uses physical controls, rotary dials, switches and buttons everywhere. The screens are also present, yes, but touch is clearly a priority over sight, at least when it comes to controlling the vehicle’s options. This is about being better. At the beginning of the interview, Ive made a point: “just because the power source is electrical, one seems to assume that the interface should be digital and that is a big leap and I think that thinking that is presumptuous.” It seems evident that from the beginning Ive and the Ferrari designers and engineers were clear that this car was going to be differentand Ive himself confirms it: “We are trying to solve problems in new ways. Not to be different or new, but to be better.” In Xataka | The new Ferrari Luce is much more than Ferrari’s first electric car. It is a desperate cry to find a new audience

1,050 HP, design by Jony Ive and a very different idea of ​​an electric car

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Ferrari could do many things with his first electricbut it could hardly be allowed to go unnoticed. The Luce arrives after years of waiting and with an obvious symbolic charge: we are not just talking about changing gasoline for a battery, but about checking how far Maranello is willing to move the limits of its own tradition. The brand has revealed it in Rome today, May 25, 2026, a date chosen for its link with Ferrari’s first victory in 1947, when the 125 S won the Grand Prix di Rome. Before getting into the details, it is worth remembering where this model comes from. Ferrari presented at the Capital Markets Day 2022 a multi-energy strategy based on technological neutrality, a way of saying that electrification will coexist with other architectures within the brand. The Luce is the first fully electric result of that roadmap, but it is not proposed as a replacement for combustion or hybrid Ferraris. An electric Ferrari designed to change more than just the engine The first thing that catches your attention when seeing the Luce is its format. Ferrari had already crossed the four-door line with the Purosangue, but here it takes another step: for the first time it offers five seats in a series production car. The explanation lies in its specific electrical architecture, which allows the battery to be integrated under the floor and the rear seats, freeing up the cabin and eliminating the central tunnel. Ferrari maintains that this configuration would not have been possible with its traditional transaxle schemes, with a front-mid engine and rear gearbox. The other big change is in who has shaped the car. Ferrari entrusted the design of the Luce to LoveFrom, the creative collective founded by Jony Ive with Marc Newson in 2019, and the first name does not need much introduction for anyone following the recent history of technological design. It is an unusual decision for a brand with its own design center directed by Flavio Manzoni. According to Ferrari, this external look allowed us to introduce a new language that is not limited to the bodywork, but also reaches the interior and the interface. This approach is especially noticeable in the silhouette. Ferrari defines one of the main features of the Luce as a “glass house” with a clean, almost shell-like shape, which extends below the belt line to the ends of the car. Around it appear front and rear aerodynamic wings that appear to float above the main volume, as well as transparent light panels integrated into the surfaces. And then there are the halo-type rear lights, which Ferrari links to the 360 ​​Modena and the 458 Italia: seeing them for the first time it is difficult not to feel a certain nostalgia in the midst of such a different design. One of the most recognizable decisions of the project appears in the cabin. Ferrari and LoveFrom have not followed the most obvious path in many current electric cars, where almost everything ends up inside a screen. The Luce combines physical aluminum controls, buttons, dials, switches and OLED screens developed by Samsung Display for this model, with the main information concentrated in front of the driver. The idea, according to Ferrari, is to unite the mechanical and the digital without one thing erasing the other. And that, in a car whose creative direction has gone through LoveFrom, is much more interesting than just another giant screen. The numbers, however, are inevitable. Ferrari declares a maximum power of 1,050 HP in Launch Control mode, four electric motors, one per wheel, and a 122 kWh battery with 800 V architecture. On paper, the Luce accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 seconds, reaches 0 to 200 km/h in 6.8 seconds and reaches a maximum speed of 310 km/h. The estimated range is around 530 kilometers, although here it is worth maintaining the nuance: Ferrari indicates that this figure is still under homologation. In an electric Ferrari, sound is not a minor detail. The brand says it has worked five years and 40,000 kilometers of specific tests to develop a system that, according to Ferrari, does not generate a synthetic sound, but rather amplifies the real mechanical vibrations of the electric axles. That signal is processed in real time and changes depending on the e-Manettino mode and the use of the cams. In parallel, the four motors, the active suspension and the rear axle steering ensure that the Luce is not only fast in a straight line, but also capable of managing with great precision what happens at each wheel. And now it’s time to talk about more numbers. Reuters places its price above 500,000 euros, while the Ferrari page in Spain already allows it to be configured, although it still does not show the price or allow it to be purchased directly: the next step is to send the information to a dealer. The reasonable doubt, as always in a car so loaded with promises, remains for when we can see it on the road and not only in the figures offered by the company. Images | Ferrari In Xataka | If the EU’s strategy was to suffocate Chinese cars with tariffs, the 2026 figures leave a very clear conclusion

After more than 20 years using Microsoft Office, I have switched to LibreOffice. Now I realize everything I’ve missed

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After more than two decades of unwavering loyalty to Microsoft Word, a couple of years ago I made the leap to LibreOffice. This change was not something I had planned, but rather a spontaneous decision born of frustration and fatigue. It happened one day after formatting my PC, at which point I decided to take the step and install LibreOffice. Below these lines I tell you what my experience has been like in case you are also considering something similar. 20 years of Word and Excel are exhausting For practically my entire life with computers, Microsoft Word has been my inseparable companion. I have installed it religiously on every new version of Windows, from XP times to current versions. I have witnessed its evolutionits interface changes, its sometimes controversial ribbon, and how little by little it was integrating with the cloud. I also spent some time using the web version of Office, one of the methods to have it for freewhich although I found it useful for simple tasks when I was away from home, always seemed like a decaffeinated version of its older brother. It’s fine to get by, but when you need all the features, there is no color. LibreOffice, download, install and that’s it Everything changed a few weeks ago. My PC was beginning to show symptoms of fatigue, slowness, and some random errors that made me suspect that it was time for a format. I started using it on Windows 10 before its end of support, since I had Windows 10 and 11 on different computers to stay up to date with everything that happens in Microsoft systems. So I proceeded with the formatting, installed Windows 10 again and quickly installed everything I had before and without bloatware. And that’s when I stopped to think: Do I really want to go back to Office, go through the hoops of having a Microsoft account linked, keeping track of the subscription and a thousand other moves just because I like Word? It is incredibly comforting to use free, comprehensive, open source software like LibreOffice I was honestly tired, so that It was my turning point. to opt for LibreOffice once and for all. And I know that I don’t discover anything new to those who have been using it for a long time, but this change tasted so good to me that I wanted to share it through this article. Other colleagues too They have taken this leap and explained it. LibreOffice was not unknown to me. I had tried it occasionally in the past and it had always seemed like a decent alternative, but inertia and the comfort of sticking with the familiar had kept me in the Microsoft ecosystem. This time, however, I decided to give it a serious chance.. I downloaded the latest version and installed it. The process was surprisingly easy compared to what I was used to before: download, install and go. No product keys, no linked accounts, no subscriptions. A refreshing sensation. My main work tool is the word processor, so LibreOffice Writer was my first stop. The interface, although different from Word, was quite intuitive to me. Yes, there are notable differences, but after a couple of days of continuous use, my workflow was almost as efficient as before. It should be noted that It is a very complete tool. All the functions that I usually use in my work were there: track changes, paragraph styles, spell check, page numbering, indexes… Even some options that in Word are hidden in submenus were more accessible here. It is true that the transition was not perfect. Some old DOCX documents opened with minor differences, but nothing I couldn’t fix in a few minutes. Writer saves by default in ODT format, but can export directly to PDF or save in DOC or DOCX format if you need to share documents to other users who use Office. I’m not a spreadsheet expert, but I need something reliable to organize information, create simple graphs, and occasionally apply a formula. Therefore, Calc has pleasantly surprised me. The transition from Excel was even easier than from Word. The basic formulas work practically the same, the creation of graphs is intuitive and, for my level of use, I have not missed anything at all. What I value most about LibreOffice is the feeling of freedom it gives me. It’s incredibly reassuring to use free, comprehensive, open source software like what you offer, which doesn’t rely on renewable subscriptions or constant connections to cloud services. During these years of intensive use I have not experienced any crashes or loss of information. Furthermore, another notable aspect is its lightness. LibreOffice starts noticeably faster than Office and consumes much less system resourceswhich is always appreciated. Regarding the interface, I must admit that At first I found it a bit cumbersome.. Unlike the Office ribbon, LibreOffice presents a jumble of features that can be overwhelming for a newcomer. However, as the days go by and you become familiar with its layout, you begin to appreciate having all those possibilities in view. Now that I’ve gotten used to it, I find it even more efficient to have direct access to so many features without having to navigate through multiple tabs like in Office. LibreOffice is not perfect. It has its quirks, and during this time I’ve dealt with things like opening DOC and DOCX documents almost always ending up in a bad modification of the document structure, although this is something that it has already been solved. However, for daily professional use it more than meets the requirements. The transition requires a bit of a learning curve and some patience, but the freedom you gain is worth every minute invested. After 20 years with Microsoft Office, I can say that LibreOffice is not only a viable alternative, but it will become my default tool from now on. In Xataka Basics | Microsoft 365 for free: how to get free Office on your PC … Read more

I’ve had the Apple Watch on my wrist for 10 years. The only thing I asked for was the Google bracelet

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Server has had an Apple Watch in his drawer for months. And just take advantage of the introductory offer of the Fitbit Air for 99 euros plus 45 euros of balance in the Google Store (just what the straps are worth). Because? Because I’ve been waiting for exactly that product for years. No screen. In my particular case (and like a good part of Spain), practical crossfit daily. and the crossfit It is not a sport compatible with smart watches. Many of the movements require the barbell or kettlebell to hit the wrist, and you wouldn’t want to have a Apple Watch Ultra receiving a little kiss 32 kilos. Being able to have a smart device without a screen is a dream come true for me, since I can meet my health tracking needs without worrying about anything else. Why not the Whoop. Yes, Google has not discovered the fire. Whoop has his own bracelet and Polar launched theirs free of subscription. Whoop’s problem was precisely that, being literally tied to a membership of at least 199 euros per year (and that in the cheapest version). Amazfit has your Helio Strap for the same price than the Google bracelet, although it is a fairly bulky device and very similar to a smartwatch. However, Google has managed to launch a hybrid between a simple strap and a MiBand for 99 euros. A device from which, knowing Fitbit’s history, I expect measurement sensors with higher quality than those I have tried in similarly priced alternatives. I don’t want notifications. It is a completely personal decision, but one of my goals in the last two years is to respect digital disconnection. I’m not the first to buy a smartwatch to not depend so much on the phone… and end up turning my wrist every now and then to see what notification it has. Removing the screen completely eliminates this barrier. No calls, no notifications, no temptations of any kind. Just a device that works in the background measuring my vitals. No subscriptions. Google has done well with the two systems that its Fitbit allows: the paid one and the base one. It is not a device that requires a subscription to enjoy the basics required and, only in case we want to expand its functions, we can choose to checkout. PREMIUM BASE follow-up Steps, calories, distance traveled, cardiovascular load and recovery. Personalized physical activity plans. Steps, calories, distance traveled, cardiovascular load and recovery Measurements Heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, blood oxygen (SpO2) and more Heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, blood oxygen (SpO2) and more sport Adaptive physical activity plans Personalized weekly workouts and physical activity plans, adapted to your goals and that you can adapt to your lifestyle – dream Sleep score, schedule, duration and phases. Personalized sleep summaries. Sleep score, schedule, duration and phases. records Notes on weight, nutrition, water consumption, mood and menstrual cycle. Proactive information and statistics about your records. Notes on weight, nutrition, water consumption, mood and menstrual cycle. additional Library with mindfulness sessions, such as meditation, guided breathing, relaxation and more. Library of dynamic workouts led by expert trainers and instructors. Personalized Gemini-based coach – The subscription model for 8.99 euros per month adds Gemini as an ally, but it is not essential or mandatory. The bracelet, without any type of subscription, does everything you would ask of a product of this type. With an app with a lot of potential. The Fitbit app has been renamed Google Health, an important declaration of intent after purchasing Fitbit for 2.1 billion dollars. Google will collect all the data related to health here, finally giving the love it deserves to an app that was far behind its direct rival (Health on iOS). In short, an economical product, which allows me to forget that I am wearing a smart watch or bracelet, and whose information I will only consult at the end of the day as a summary. In Xataka | Best activity bracelets. Which one to buy and most recommended models from 25 euros

Boeing has surpassed Airbus after years behind. That doesn’t mean I’ve regained control.

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The rivalry between Boeing and Airbus has been marking the pulse of commercial aviation for decades, but it cannot always be summarized in a simple classification. Sometimes, a piece of information seems to announce a change of era and, when we look closer, what appears is something much less resounding. That’s just what happens with the first quarter of 2026: Boeing has managed to overcome to Airbus in deliveries, yes, but it is worth looking at what is behind that advantage before reading it as proof that the American manufacturer has left its problems behind. The photography. The start of 2026 is based on a clear difference in deliveries: Boeing placed 143 commercial aircraft in the hands of its customers between January and March, compared to 114 for Airbus. The data has weight in itself because it puts an end to a long period in which Airbus had remained ahead of Boeing in deliveries. In practice, the American giant supported this result especially in the 737, with 114 units delivered, while Airbus once again concentrated the bulk of its activity in the A320 family, with 81 aircraft. The Airbus bottleneck. If we want to understand why Airbus has been left behind at the start of 2026, the focus is not so much on a drop in demand as on a supply problem. According to Reutersthe European manufacturer has a traffic jam linked to Pratt & Whitney, one of its engine suppliers, immersed in the correction of around 1,200 units affected by a manufacturing defect. While that process is still underway, the production of new engines slows down and Airbus can advance the manufacturing of those planes, but not always complete delivery at the expected pace until those systems arrive. Reality, in context.. That Boeing has closed this quarter ahead, in any case, does not mean that it has resolved the core of its problems. Let us remember that the manufacturer comes from years marked by the 737 MAX crisis, triggered by the accidents of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302in which 346 people died, and for the subsequent stoppage of that program. Added to this are more recent difficulties: Boeing already warned last month that 737 production will slow while it addresses certain wiring issues. Before this long cycle change, Boeing’s position on deliveries was very different. In January 2018, Boeing reported that it had closed 2017 with 763 commercial aircraft delivered, a record for the industry at the time and its sixth consecutive year leading this field. That year also left 912 net orders valued at $134.8 billion at list prices and a portfolio of 5,864 aircraft. Seen from today, that starting point helps to better measure to what extent the balance between both manufacturers changed in very few years. The context is not so far away: It is worth remembering that this rivalry left another very significant milestone in October 2025, when the Airbus A320 became the most delivered aircraft in history by surpassing the Boeing 737. That was not just a symbolic matter: it reflected the extent to which the problems of the 737 MAX had altered Boeing’s trajectory and the extent to which Airbus had managed to keep up with the A320neo family. The next industrial duel: If we project our gaze a little, the board also begins to move at another very specific point: the future entry on the scene of the 777X. Boeing plans to deliver it in 2027 as a late competitor to the A350, after accumulating delays that are already part of the program’s recent history. For Boeing, this arrival could be important because it would open a new opportunity to rebalance forces in the long haul. But Airbus also continues to move forward. Images | Tienko Dima | Jan Rosolino In Xataka | Commercial aviation is based on very old aircraft. The Iran war is going to make it even worse

His trick is to follow the philosophy of Jony Ive

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If you work in a more or less large company, you will surely have already suffered one of its endemic evils: meetings. Or rather, have many meetings. Steve Jobs I was clear that they were a huge problem and Larry Page had a hard time solving it because yes, excessive meetings are not something new by any means, although with teleworking they will skyrocket for obvious reasons. And for Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, they are the symptom of a much worse problem within the company. The key to having fewer meetings: manage tasks, not people In fact, the co-founder of Airbnb is clear that this abundance of meetings is not an evil but a sign of aspects to improve within the corporation. To begin with, its size: “It is not because there are no Wednesday meetings. It is because there are too many people“, counted in a talk for Khosla Ventures. The manager’s proposal involves employing a small, high-level workforce: “We want a small, agile, elite and highly qualified team, not a team of mid-range people. And the reason is that each person implies a communication tax.” And he points out another problem that points directly to human resources: mediocre hiring. Basically, in Chesky’s ideology, when someone is not capable of doing a job, they hire people who do not know how to do it either and they also hire more people to carry it out in a kind of empire of incompetence. Each person pulls in a direction, so of course they have to meet to share their progress. And more bureaucracy. Also, lead by example: account which completely removed the layers of management so that only people truly specialized in a given task lead it: “You can only manage the function if you are an expert. You don’t manage people. You manage people through the work.” In a nutshell: you manage tasks, not people. His inspiration: the legendary Jony Ive, now working closely with Sam Altman in building a device with AI. Ive’s philosophy It involves focusing on work and forming a team that designs together. In Xataka | Bill Gates has been a famous “workaholic” but he knew who to hire to solve problems: the lazy ones In Xataka | The quality that Warren Buffet advises to always look for in job candidates Cover | Airbnb and Marcus Dawes via Wikimedia

Sam Altman spent 6,500 million to create a Gadget from AI next to Jony Ive. Now they face a problem

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In September 2023, Sam Altman, CEO of Openai and Jony Ive, former chief chief in Apple, gathered to devise a revolutionary device they called “the iPhone of the AI”. They were serious because this year Openai bought the Startup of IVE for a whopping 6,500 million dollars. A halo of smoke Mystery has surrounded this collaboration since it was announced and now that new news arrives is because the project has problems, some more serious than others. The “problems.” They tell it in Financial Times. Openai wants to launch its mysterious Gadget Superventas next year. However, sources close to the company ensure that the project has encountered critical problems that could delay its arrival. The team is having difficulties when deciding the personality that the wizard will have, something crucial for a device designed to always be on. There are also doubts about whether to do it as the classic assistants that are only activated when we invoke them or allow it to act by yourself when you consider it useful. The big problem. Assuming that Altman is right and his gadget becomes a global success, the most serious problem they face is that OpenAi does not have the necessary computing power to operate its models on a massive use device, and that costs money (something that OpenAi is not left over precisely). In the case of Alexa or the Google, Amazon and Google assistant they have plenty of computing to make them work without depending on anyone else. OpenAi has chatgpt, The most popular chatbot in the worldand need to work with external investments. First it was his Alliance with Microsoftafter SoftBank’s investment, according to Nvidia And the newly announced according to AMD. If the gadget they want to launch ends up being massive as Altman wants, the numbers do not come out. The device. We do not know what you will call or what design will you have. The details that Altman and Ive gave in their day were quite lazyIn fact, they focused more on saying what it will not be than what will be. It will be similar to the mobile, but it will not be a mobile. Nor will it have a screen, but we will communicate with him through cameras, microphones and speakers. And they will not be glasses either. Nothing concrete, but for the moment it reminds a lot of Ai pin of Humane, that He failed loudly. OpenAi goes for hardware. OpenAI enters $ 1,000 million per monthbut the speed to which money burns is much higher than the one that enters it and would need to enter ten times more to be profitable. Even so, the company is already valued in half a billion dollars. Entry into the hardware business makes sense as a way of justifying its value. Beyond the doubts that arise around this mysterious device (They are many), Openai is very serious about creating a hardware division. When buying the IVE startup, they added 20 employees and later They hired several Apple experts and also of the finish team in charge of the target Quest and smart glasses. We will have to keep waiting to see if it ends up materializing in In Xataka | Data centers for AI are an energy hole. Jeff Bezos’s solution: Build them in space

I’ve been using Google Maps for years and I didn’t know this button. It is wonderful to follow routes on foot

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Although There are more and more optionsGoogle Maps is still The queen of navigation apps. But even the most used app, there are functions that not everyone knowsI the first. Today we talk about an option that makes Google Maps is much more intuitive on foot routes. Google Maps on foot is not the same as by car It is obvious, but the simple fact that the car moves faster makes it very easier to know what direction we have to go. When we use the routes on foot, sometimes the pointer does not move until we walk a considerable distance and, If we have confused ourselves, we will have to return to where we have come. I confess that it has happened to me many times. In addition, although generally the compass indicates the direction without having to move, but that lifts our hand who has not had problems with this. Many times the compass does not work well and It is necessary to calibrate it. With this function the headaches are over. The augmented reality to rescue 13 tricks to get the most out of Google Maps If you are going to follow a route on foot, Live View is your best ally. It is a function that uses augmented reality and indicates why we must continue in a much more visual and intuitive way. To activate it you just have to click on The camera button which appears on the icons on the right side of the screen. When you activate Live View for the first time, a notice like the one you can see on these lines appears and you will also have to accept the camera permits. Then he will ask you to notice with the camera to your surroundings to be able to “scan” the buildings and, once completed, you will see an arrow superimposed on the image which tells you where you should keep walking. Live View is a veteran function on Google Maps (arrived in 2019) and is available in all areas where we have the option to use Google Street View. However, it is not a super known option and, at least, it has turned out Very useful especially being traveling In new cities. In Xataka | A small town in Holland has the solution to mass tourism: to fool Google Maps

I’ve been using Yi security cameras for years. It was delighted until the app became an advertising hell

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More than five years ago I bought my first Security Chamber To monitor my cat when he got sick. It was YI brand and it worked great; He looked good, had movement alerts and could speak through the mic. With the passage of time I had more cats and I bought two more cameras of the same brand to cover the rest of the house. The problem is that The APP Yi Home has added advertising in its app. How much? All. It is not an exaggeration I was traveling recently and I entered Yi Home’s app to look through the cameras. I don’t lie if I say that More than once I have made me want to launch the mobile. On the main screen there are already a few ads spread there, but that is not the worst. Some of the ads that appear when I open the app or when I try to see one of the cameras. The worst are the Full screen ads. They cannot be skipped until they pass a few seconds, the button to close them is tiny and sometimes it does not work, causing it to end in the App Store, or wherever the announcement in question link. So every time I open the app. But the thing is not there, when entering each camera, advertisements also leave full screen. When you finally manage to see a camera, a banner comes out that covers the controls to be able to move it *Chef’s Kiss*. Few apps I remember that they have bombarded me both with advertising and Yi Home, although it is not the only one. A current example is Capcut, the Tiktok videos editing app. Every time I open the app, I get a full screen advertisement, but it is also that if you leave a moment and enter again, another appears. Not to mention that The entire app is a mines field with ‘Pro’ functions And they don’t stop insisting to join. Pay or suffer Yi Home has never been a super clean app. I already had some Banner type ads and has always shown me pop-ups to join the payment plan. The thing now has no name. In addition to full-screen advertising, those pop-ups continue to come out and remind me that, If I pay, advertising will disappear. On top with picn. The summum of despair. (The controls can be relocated, but was there no other place?) The cheapest payment plan if you have several cameras costs 79.99 euros a year. It seems expensive, but I think that although it would cost a tenth, I wouldn’t pay either. The thing about this app is A manual of how to lose customers. At least I know I am not the only user discontent, In Tustpilot is full of negative reviews on the same subject and in This Reddit thread There are also several angry users. In the same thread they also comment on several ways to eliminate ads such as installing previous versions of the app or configure a DNS with Ad-Block. In my case I take another way to eliminate ads. I change my chambers I had been wanting to buy a while Another 360 camera And obviously I was not going to buy another of the same brand with the problems I was having with advertising in the app. One of those days when I almost crashed my mobile, gave me to get into Amazon to see other cameras and make the decision. TP Link Tapo C210 After reading a few reviews and making sure that his app did not seem like an online casino, I opted for the Top-Link tapo. I found a Offer pack with two cameras 360 And I bought it. When I set them up, some notifications came out within the app to go to the Premium version, but I have been using it for a week and they have not reappeared. Come on, what was Yi Home’s app a long ago and that It should be normal in an app of a security camera. Images | Amparo Babyloni, Xataka In Xataka | It is not you, YouTube is filling with more and more ads. Especially if you see it on a smart TV

A laptop that follows me, revolves, goes up, down and dances is the last thing I expected to see in Ifa. Not only have I seen it, I’ve tried it

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If something has each and every one of the portable of this world is that they do not move. It would be strange, I say paranormal research, that a laptop moved. We can tip the screen up or down, but if we move the screen it does not follow us. If we get up, the screen does not get up. If we sat, the screen does not turn down alone. But what if he did? What if our laptop could follow us, so that we moved where we move, the screen always looks towards us? That is the question that has been asked from Lenovo. The answer? A multidirectional intelligent support of the most curious. Inside the dock there is an engine that rotates the base and elevates and inclines the portable | Image: Xataka Lenovo Smart Motion Concept. This device, Iteration of the views last yearIt is not a laptop, but a support. One motorized and with the ability to put the laptop in virtually any position, follow us in real time and place the device always in the perfect position. It does, of course, integrating with the components of the computer so that everything works as a single device. What is this about? This support is connected to the laptop and integrates with the camera, microphones and speakers to, according to Lenovo, offer automatic facial tracking, voice control and Ergonomic health. This detects our face and follows us in real time rotating to the sides, climbing, going down and bowing up or down depending on our movement. In addition, the support detects gestures, such as a click of fingers or the movement of the hands, to do actions. Image | Xataka So that? The idea is simple. There are times that we need to have visibility of the computer being in motion. Let’s think about making a presentation to customers, for example, or being constantly framed. With this support, Lenovo gets precisely that. In addition, it is a device that fulfills a double function: not only moves the laptop, but can help us have the screen in the correct position and height at all times, which will obviously have an additional keyboard and mouse connected to the laptop. And in that sense … The Chinese firm has not neglected anything. The rotating support is, at the same time, a Dock of USB-A ports (two), Ethernet, HDMI, Displayport (two) and USB-C. The ports better than to miss. The support zone is also a dissipator to prevent the laptop from hot, something that can happen since the support increases the tdp of the laptop between five and ten watts. Below has a dissipator to avoid temperature increases | Image: Xataka At the base it has a good handful of connections to replace those that the laptop may not have | Image: Xataka Although this accessory has a character, say, professional, the truth is that it could make sense for those users who telework. I use a desktop with a monitor hung by an arm, which allows the monitor to always height and position. However, when I work with a laptop I always miss having the screen above. These types of accessories solve that problem that, in another context, would solve putting the laptop on a pile of books or an Ikea support. And how does it work? Quite well. At first I tried it with many people around, which made the camera go crazy and change the face that continued constantly. Later I had the opportunity to put the glove more calmly and the thing was very different. The support followed me without any problem if I moved to the sides, if it bent to me and even if I put on tiptoe. Image | Xataka The internal support of the support is really fast on the Y axis, but something slow on the X axis. If we get out of the camera’s field of vision, the system stops. It does not seem to be able to anticipate the trajectory that we will follow, something that would be useful. This engine is also heard. It has that classic “ñiiii” mechanical when turning, which even more evidenced its conceptual nature. And what to dance? As if it were a stress test, the software has a dance mode that makes the support move in all directions. He will not win any award, but serves to check the robustness of the device. It is, speaking in silver, quite large and apparently heavy, it is not intended for us to take it there. The counterpart, of course, is that it shows resistant and capable of moving portable portables. It would be necessary to see how it behaves with a heavier devices. Image | Xataka On its launch. Lenovo has stressed that the Lenovo Smart Motion Concept is that, a concept. It is not expected to be launched in the short or medium term. Moreover, we may never see it or, if we see it, we see it as part of another product. However, the idea seems to me the most interesting not only for the professional world, but for teleworkors who use a laptop and, rather than wanting a support that follows their heads in meetings, helps them maintain a good cervical posture. Images | Xataka In Xataka | 45 minutes with the Lenovo CEO. The Chinese giant has the obsession with leading the era of AI

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