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Claude Opus 4 launches and presents it as the best programming model in the world

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After Google will display all its artillery in artificial intelligenceAnthropic did not want to be left behind. The company founded by Dario Amodei has moved tab strongly: has presented Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4two new models with which he aspires to leave his mark on the race for AI. The announcement star is Claude Opus 4, the most advanced model Anthropic has developed so far. And they do not walk with Rodeos: they assure that it is “the best programming model in the world. An ambitious statement that, as always, will have to be tested. But the first data places it very well positioned in front of its main rivals. In the benchmark Swe-Bench Verified, which evaluates real software engineering tasks, Opus 4 gets 72.5 % in standard conditions and reaches 79.4 % if the Parallel processing. It is a performance that leaves it above models such as GPT-4.1 (54.6 %), O3 (69.1 %) or the recent Gemini 2.5 Pro of Google (63.2 %). However, in other more demanding evidence in multimodal reasoning, such as GPQA Diamond or MMMU, focused on university level questions and complex scenarios that combine text and image, Opus 4 fails to overcome O3, which continues to lead in that field. A model with resistance and autonomy But beyond the numbers, what Anthropic wants to highlight is the resistance and autonomy of this model. Claude Opus 4 is capable of maintaining long work sessions and executing thousands of steps continuously. From the company they explain that this makes it an ideal basis for AI agents More sophisticated: systems that make decisions, complete tasks on their own and do not need constant human supervision. In parallel arrives Claude Sonnet 4, an evolution of the model that Anthropic launched in February. It is not intended to compete with Power Opus, but it offers a very balanced proposal between performance and efficiency. In coding it also makes an important leap with respect to its previous version: it goes from 62.3 % to 72.7 % in Swe-Bench Verified, and improves in reasoning tasks, instructions monitoring and general precision. Both models arrive with interesting news. For example, they can now alternate between reasoning and use of tools Within the same process, which allows more complete answers. They have also improved in reliability. According to Anthropic, they are 65 % less likely to take shortcuts or make serious mistakes than Sonnet 3.7. Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 are already available in the API of Anthropic, at Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI. They are included in the Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans. Prices are kept in the line of the previous models: Opus 4 costs $ 15 per million input tokens and 75 per million departure tokens. Sonnet 4 is more affordable: 3 and 15 dollars respectively. The latter can also be used from free accounts. Images | Anthropic In Xataka | We have tried the new Google AI mode: it is a direct bullet to the blue links that worries and excites in equal parts

Mediumkt launches a new Apple Days with minimum historical prices of the store. iPhone, Macbook, iPad and much more on offer

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Mediumkt has renewed the Apple Daysa campaign centered on offers of devices from Cupertino. There is enough to choose from and many minimum historical prices of the store. In this article we will review its different categories focusing on the best prices. Of course, first of all it is worth mentioning that the campaign will end on May 21 at 09:00 hours. Mac Mini M4 by 629 eurosthe best price we have seen in the store to date in a team that already had a good value for money without being offer. iPhone 16 Pro by 1,049 eurosa much more tight price for one of the best mobiles of the Apple catalog. iPad Air (2025) by 649 eurosa good offer in the iPad Air that has been released this year. iPhone 15 by 709 eurosan ideal price if we are looking for an economic Apple mobile other than the 16E iPhone. MacBook Pro M4 Pro by 2,099 eurosa more tight price for one of Apple’s best laptops. Mac Mini M4 He Mac Mini M4 It is one of the devices with better value for money within the Apple catalog. In recent months we have seen it go down price, but not as much as in the Apple Days of Mediamarkt. Is on offer for 629 euros in its configuration of 256 GB of internal storage (SSD) and 16 GB of unified memory. Apple’s computer stands out in many aspects, but the most striking is its mini format – it is the computer I have and fits in the palm of my hand. Nor does any noise and their M4 chip It offers excellent performance. In addition, it is compatible with Apple Intelligence and includes a total of five ports Thunderbolt. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 16 Pro If we talk about Apple’s mobile catalog, the iPhone 16 Pro It is one of the best, especially if we can also find it at a good price. Although since its launch we have seen it for a fairly expensive price, in the Apple Days it can be found by 1,049 euros (before 1,219 euros) in its configuration of 128 GB. He iPhone 16 Pro It is a high -end mobile that It highlights, above all, for its camerathat weights not to evolve too much with respect to the previous generation continues to offer great experience. In addition, it includes the new camera control buttoncomes with him Chip A18 Pro Apple and is also compatible with Apple Intelligence. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPad Air (2025) In Apple Days we can also find some offers in the field of iPad. One of the best offers is in the iPad Air (2025) That was launched this year. If we choose the configuration of 128 GB, it stays for 649 euros instead of the official price of 699 euros. He iPad Air (2025) that we find offer in Mediamarkt is the one that has been launched this year. Includes a screen 11 -inch IPS Liquid Retina And it comes with him M3 chipso it is also compatible with Apple Intelligence. In addition, it is worth mentioning that thanks to this chip we are faced with a quite powerful iPad. iPad Air (2025, 128 GB, M3, 11 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 15 If the prices of the mobiles of the current Apple generation do not convince us – and neither the benefits of the iPhone 16E-, a good way to make the leap to the Apple catalog is with the iPhone 15. It is still being marketed in many stores and Mediamarkt, during its campaign, it has it for offer for 709 euros In its 128 GB configuration. He iPhone 15 It is a high -end mobile that, despite not being of the current generation, continues to offer good performance thanks to Chip A16 Bionic. Of course, it is not compatible with Apple Intelligence. It stands out, among many other things, for its compact screen Super Retina XDR OLED of 6.1 inches and for their cameras. * Some price may have changed from the last review MacBook Pro M4 Pro If we are looking for portability, and not so much a desktop computer such as the MAC Mini M4, Apple has a good assortment of laptops. If, in addition, we are looking for a lot of power, the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro chip Now it has dropped in price during Apple Days. It still has a high price, but also a good discount that leaves it for 2,099 euros. He MacBook Pro That we can find an offer in Mediamarkt is the one that has a configuration of 24 GB of unified memory, 512 GB of SSD and Liquid Reina XDR screen of 14.2 inches. It comes with the M4 Pro chip that offers great power in practically all times. In addition, it has a fairly light and elegant design and Its theoretical autonomy reaches 24 hours. MacBook Pro (2024, M4 Pro, 512 GB, 14.2 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Mediamarkt and Buyardation (header), Apple In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price In Xataka | What iPad Buy. Apple tablets catalog analysis with recommendations depending on the use and budget

Marc Murtra launches an ultimatum to the EU in his debut as president of Telefónica

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Marc Murtra has been clear and direct in his first major public appearance as executive president of Telefónica. Just a month after Take the reins of the Spanish operator And a few days since its first presentation of financial results, the Catalan engineer has taken advantage of the opening session of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to launch a resounding message to the European authorities: it is time for the old continent to change its rules to allow the consolidation of the telecommunications sector. This inaugural speech is not any intervention. All the eyes of the telecommunications sector are put in Murtra, an executive who arrives in Telefónica with the explicit mandate of transforming it into a critical moment for the industry and for herself. Your choice of message in this first MWC As president is A strategic statement of intentions marked by the company’s new road map and shows their priorities for European regulators. We are facing the first public movement of a new chess game. The idea comes from very far. Telefónica stand at the MWC 2025. Image: Xataka. “It is time for the large European telecommunications companies to consolidate and grow to create technological capacity,” Murtra said in a speech that marks a clearly different tone from his predecessor, José María Álvarez-Pallete. Where the previous president cultivated a media profile focused on digital transformation and collaboration, Murtra has opted for structural forcefulness: Europe needs giants in telecommunications capable of competing with American and Asian giants. The message is not accidental. Murtra arrives at the presidency with the support of the three major shareholders of Telefónica (SEPI, Criteriacaixa and STC) and with the mission of repositioning the teleco after Years of stock market stagnation. Its diagnosis is devastating: “We must be aware that the excessive fragmentation of European TMT, excess regulation and insufficient profitability of the sector have weighed to Europe, which has been technologically lagging behind.” This position reflects a strategic reading of the global scenario. Murtra draws a technological power map dominated by “titanic technology companies” that work “as dominant actors in almost monopolistic markets” and that “have their headquarters in the United States and China.” Its conclusion is clear: Europe is being left out for its own regulatory restrictions. Murtra’s speech connects with the current context of the sector. European operators carry years claiming a regulatory change that allows national mergers to gain efficiency and investment capacity. His argument is that Each European country has too many operators competingwhich erodes margins and limits the ability to invest in advanced networks. Meanwhile, giants like AT&T O Verizon in the US, or the big Chinese operators, enjoy much more advantageous positions in their domestic markets. Mutra during his speech. Image: Xataka. “Europe’s position in the world will continue to diminish and will not have the capacity to decide its future autonomously,” Murtra warned, raising the debate From the merely business to the geopolitical. The tone seeks to connect with the concerns that Brussels now have about European technological sovereignty. Murtra’s presence in the MWC goes far beyond this message. Telefónica has deployed an imposing 960 square meters where it shows its advances in Quantum computingdigital security and drones connected by 5g. Under the motto “Leading Change, Inspiring Progress“, The operator is intending to exhibit a vision that combines toe technology with a humanistic approach, focused on social impact. However, It is the message about consolidation that marks the pattern of the new course of Telefónica. He discreet engineer He has shown that his strategy does not go through shyness, but by forcefulness. Murtra will not only administer the inherited, but it seems willing to push a structural transformation of the sector. Another issue is how far it is capable of arriving. Time will say if this commitment to concentration finds an answer in Brussels, where The European Commission has accustomed us to suspicion compared to mergers that reduce the number of operators in national markets. But Murtra has made it clear that the battle for the future of European telecommunications has just begun. And in that game, Telefónica wants to play a leading role. In Xataka | Pallete’s impossible equation: he reduced Telefónica’s debt in half … while its stock value collapsed Outstanding image | Xataka

Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet, a “hybrid” model that is better than ever. Not only that: also “reason”

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Anthropic has announced The launch and availability of Claude 3.7 Sonnet, its new model of founding. The jump is promising, but stands out especially for one thing: they point to reasoning models. It is not Claude 4.0, it is Claude 3.7. The number of the new version confirms once again that the jump of benefits does not justify a more “round” number. Many expected Claude 4.0, but in Anthropic they make it clear that this is a much more evolutionary version than revolutionary. A hybrid model. In Anthropic they presume from having a hybrid model that does not differentiate between whether to talk and answer questions quickly, reason or any other application, because everything is based on the Claude 3.7 founding model, which does everything and behaves in that way Multidisciplinary. And as it does everything, it is somewhat more expensive than the competition: its API costs $ 3 per million input tokens and $ 15 per million departure tokens Claude can already “reason”. In a separate announcement Anthropic told us about his new mode of reasoning, called “Extended Thinking Mode”, which now becomes a more option among which we can display when using its model. If we activate it, the model “will think more deeply about complex questions.” As those responsible explain, this mode uses the same AI model, but does so by giving it more time and investing more effort to reach an answer. How Claude thinks. This mode of reasoning offers the possibility of seeing what the model is thinking when processing those answers. Here they warn that this information can be surprising, because we can see how AI can “think” incorrect things, but also show that process does not mean that the answer is only based on it. “Our results suggest that models often make decisions based on factors that are not explicitly discussed in their reasoning process.” Things are saved. That is: the model seems to keep things for yourself while thinking, but it is not clear which or why. There is another reason not to show everything: that raises security problems, since having all that information potentially gives resources to bad actors to take advantage of the model of inappropriate forms. Source: Anthropic You can play Pokémon alone. The new Anthropic model is also more “agéntico” than ever. It responds better to changes in the environment and continues to act until an open task has been completed. That makes The “Computer Use” function which allows AI to control our computer to be increasingly promising. They demonstrated it with Pokémon: Claude 3.7 came much further than previous models. Claude Code arrives. The Anthropic model has always highlighted in the scope of programming, and now they wanted to promote that capacity with Claude Code, a BASDA tool in Claude 3.7 Sonnet but specifically focused on helping programmers to develop their projects. A programming agent. This could also be considered as Anthropic’s first agent, because Claude Code is able to complete programming projects autonomously without needing user interaction. Thus, Claude can search between basis with code on which to base, read and edit files, write and execute tests, publish the code in Github repositories and execute commands on a console while informing developers of the entire process. He Anthropic demonstrative video It allows you to check some of those functions. Similar to Grok3 in performance. The new Grok 3 presented these days by XAI showed one more step in its performance in the most demanding benchmarks today, and Claude 3.7 is also in that line, which means that It is something superior In those tests to models such as O1 and O3-mini (from OpenAI) and Deepseek R1. In Xataka | I have tried Deepseek on the web and in my Mac. Chatgpt, Claude and Gemini have a problem

Elon Musk launches an unexpected offer to acquire OpenAI for almost 100,000 million dollars

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He already did it in April 2022 When he offered to buy 100% Twittermovement that ended up specifying In October of that same year after several ideas and coming. Elon Musk gets back in the center of the scene, this time with an unexpected Acquisition offer directed towards OpenAIone of the most important artificial intelligence (AI) companies. As the Wall Street Journal collectsthe businessman leads an investor consortium to buy the organization behind Chatgpt for 97.4 billion dollars. The proposal, which has a hostile nature because it comes without prior negotiation between both parties, has been presented this Monday before the Board of Directors of the company led by Sam Altman. “It’s time for Openai to force the open source And focused on the security that once was, ”said Musk in a statement released by his lawyer Marc Uberooff. The Tesla CEO, which was co -founder of OpenAi, retired from the startup in 2018 and Last year he sued her By, according to him, to have betrayed its foundational principles by moving away from its open approach. In development. Images: Ted Conference In Xataka | OpenAi wants to make the leap to the general public. That is why 14 million dollars have been spent to advertise in the Super Bowl

launches pay payments for credit customers in Spain

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In its mission of consolidating itself as an increasingly solid alternative to traditional banking, Revolution Continue to incorporate new features. Began ensuring deposit protection, He continued to eliminate the Lithuanian And he took another step by integrating Bizum. Now, the British Neobanco has decided to offer the Payment to your clients in Spain. It is an initiative that will allow to acquire products and pay them in installments. The service will be available for purchases of 50 euros or more for customer credit card customers. Payments can be divided into 3, 6, 9 or 12 months, with a nominal interest rate (TIN) of 14.93%, lower than the ‘revolving’ model of the revolution itself, which is 21.94%. How does Revolution’s installments work? To understand how Revolution’s payment operates, we must first clarify what it is not. It is not ‘revolving’Nor ‘Buy now, pay later.’ In the first case, the user decides at the end of the month if he wants to fraction the purchases made with his credit card in small periodic installments, which makes it a practical option for some scenarios. In the second case, with ‘Buy now, pay later’, the decision is made at the time of purchase: a first disbursement is made and the rest is paid in several equal installments during the following weeks or months. For example, if we make a 100 purchase and decided to segment it in four payments, at the time of the operation we will pay the first 25 euros. And Revolution’s payment payment? Here is different: it can be decided Before closing the monthly cycle of the card if the payment of one or more products that we have acquired is divided. This means that Revolution’s customers now have three card payment options: pay all expenses at the end of the month, use ‘revolving’ or the new payment payment. Neobancos are a reality in Spain. They have been trying to conquer traditional banking customers with a modern design, variety of cards, interesting proposals and greater agility. Revolution is one of the best known neobans, but it is not the only one. We also find options such as N26, Nickel or Trade Republic. Images | Revolution In Xataka | Revolution does not have enough to become a bank. It also wants to be a social network to sell advertising

After setting upside down the AI ​​industry, Depseek launches its first model that understands and creates images: Janus Pro

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In full hangover for its model R1Deepseek has just launched Janus Pro 7ban AI model to generate images from text and understand other images that are introduced. And yes, it is also open source, although with An asterisk similar to the flame. Why is it important. Until now, multimodal models have had to juggle between understanding and generation of images, sacrificing efficiency or performance. Janus Pro 7B resolves this dilemma with a new proposal: unifies the understanding and generation of images in a single architecture. Innovation. The model introduces a “double track” system for visual processing: Separate the coding paths to understand and generate images. It maintains a single transformer to process all the information. Use Siglip-l as visual encoder for 384×384 pixels. Janus Pro comparative in the face of your predecessor for several applications. Image: Deepseek. This resolution is its main inconvenience, it seems much more oriented to already experience uses of little ambition than to the applications that we can assume other proposals such as Midjourney either Freepikwhich usually start from 1024×1024 pixels. However, Janus Pro is not a generator of images to use, but a multimodal model with several capacities. Of course, this resolution allows an optimal balance between quality and processing speed … for uses that are conducted with it. Between the lines. Janus Pro 7B’s architecture is especially relevant for its efficiency: Compact size of 7,000 million (“7b”) of parameters. Higher performance to larger specific models. Open source under MIT license for the repository, although the model itself requires accepting the Deepseek license. The MIT license It allows anyone to use, modify and distribute the code freely, even for commercial purposes, provided that the original copyright notice is maintained. It is one of the most permissive licenses that exist. The Deepseek licenseon the other hand, it is free and allows commercial uses, but includes specific ethical restrictions, such as the prohibition of military use or the generation of misinformation. In perspective. Janus Pro 7B is not only another multimodal model, but a new paradigm in the architecture of IAS that can see and create. Its unified but decentralized approach may well end up influencing future developments. The model is built on Deepseek-Llm-7b-Basethe base language model of the Chinese startup, announced in August 2024. of it inherits its language processing capabilities while adding advanced visual abilities. Its 16X subsample system for the generation of images allows you to maintain efficiency without compromising quality. Outstanding image | Deepseek, Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio In Xataka | We knew that US Big Tech had a problem with the costs of their AI. Deepseek has just shown to what extent

Perplexity launches an assistant for Android. An all in one that marks a before and after

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The AI ​​Assistant Perplexity comes to Android with an enormous promise: to become the first truly useful assistant on your mobile. Or at least that it is capable of going far beyond what we knew. Why is it important. This is not just another AI app. Perplexity integrates real-time web search, multitasking control and advanced automation in an interface that seeks to understand the context of your needs. The context. Current mobile assistants are limited and frustrating when compared to the capabilities of an AI chatbot. Perplexity breaks these barriers by being able to maintain coherent conversations while doing tasks in different apps. That is, it combines the capabilities of an AI chatbot with the classic assistant. It integrates with apps like Uber, Spotify and YouTube, as well as messaging and watch apps. More will come. It is multimodal, so it supports voice, text and camera… …so it can even “see” what you have on the screen. It is available in fifteen languages. Maintains context between different actions. Access information in real time thanks to reading websites. Between the lines. The most important thing about Perplexity Assistant for Android is its ability to maintain context. For example, if you ask it about Italian restaurants near you, it will be able to automatically reserve the place that best suits your previous preferences and your usual dining time. Context. More case studies: You can identify a product, even if it is newly launched, using the camera. The Verge mentions his success in spotting a promotional toy released just two days ago. You can compose and send emails maintaining our usual writing style. You can manage our calendar by creating contextualized events. For example, “remind me to take my heart pill two hours before the Valencia game.” Something more concrete: you can ask him ‘play the song that plays at the end of the movie’Interstellar‘”. The big question. Is Perplexity going to be able to unseat the Google Assistant, or at least be more capable of competing with ChatGPT by having your own scope of action? Although it is not easy at all, it is in a good position: it is already valued at 9 billion dollars, so it has the financial and technological muscle to try. Go deeper. The power of this assistant lies, above all, in its proprietary search engine. It is what allows you to give updated and accurate answers. And what makes it overcome the limitations of chatbots that are based on pre-trained systems. The assistant for Android can be activated from the Perplexity appreplacing the native Google one. As for whether it will come to iOS, it seems complicated: the company remains open to this possibility as long as Apple “grants them the appropriate permissions.” Featured image | Perplexity In Xataka | If you have Movistar, you have Perplexity Pro for free: so you can use it and get the most out of it

McDonald’s launches a new Pokémon Happy Meal

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McDonald’s made new announcements before ending the first month of the year with the launch of new Pokémon Happy Meal starting January 21 and for a limited time in all restaurants in the country. The popular happy meal, which will be available until the end of February, comes in four designs inspired by fan-favorite Pokémon: Rayquaza, Charizard, Pikachu with Dragonite, and Roaring Moon. The new Pokémon Happy Meal arrives in stores nationwide for a limited time.Credit: McDonald’s | Courtesy It is about the McDonald’s third collaboration with Pokémonlet us remember that in 1999 was the first when the first Pokémon movie was released and Pokémania occurred. And the most recent was in 2021 to celebrate Pokémon’s 25th anniversary, according to Today. What does the Pokémon Happy Meal bring? The new Happy Meal includes a Pokémon TCG booster pack featuring four of the 15 collectible Pokémon TCG cards from this edition of the Pokémon Happy Meal. Plus, it comes with a sticker sheet that you can use to decorate whatever you want, including the included Pokémon poster. The Happy Meal has traditional options such as: 4-piece McNuggets, 6-piece McNuggets or hamburger, a drink, fries and apple slices. This edition of the happy meal comes with digital surprises, Since with every purchase customers make from McDonald’s app suits, they will get a free in-game bonus in the Pokémon TCG Pocket app. This is a one-time redeemable code that allows players to unlock 24 Hourglasses and 12 Wonder Hourglasses. Pokémon Go players will also be able to visit PokéStops or sponsored Gyms at all McDonald’s restaurants in the US, according to a release. The excitement of the Happy Meal The box has the fans’ favorite characters.Credit: McDonald’s | Courtesy McDonald’s senior marketing director Guillaume Huin, ““There is nothing more exciting than being able to offer campaigns to our fans with partners we are fans of.” This campaign seeks to offer a product that has a special appreciation from fans. “Just like McDonald’s, our fans have a deep nostalgia and love for the Pokémon brand. “We are thrilled to take advantage of those great memories and create a new moment of fun and happiness with the new Pokémon Happy Meal.” Keep reading:

Javier Romo launches the Movistar Team record in 2025: "I couldn’t imagine a day like this"

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The cyclist from La Mancha achieves the first Spanish victory of the year and becomes leader of the Tour Down Under. More information: Benidorm and its cyclocross, the x-ray of a unique event in Spain: “It is already above the names”

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