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The “lost continents” of our planet are leaving their trail in an unthinkable place: the earth’s magnetic field

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Life as we know it depends largely on the stability of the Earth’s magnetic field. But this stability (or the absence of this) depends in turn on factors that we still do not understand. Some of these factors are in the outer space, others instead are thousands of kilometers hidden under our feet. From the bottom up. Huge geological structures located in the land mantle They could be contributing To destabilize the magnetic field that protects the land from radiation and particles from space. These are the “sunk continents”, the large provinces of low speed (LLVP). Sunk continents. This last name is due to the fact that these rock masses located in the deep layers of the land mantle stand out from the rest of its surroundings because the seismic waves move more slowly through them. Through this method we know the existence of two large LLVP, one located under the African tectonic plaque and the other located under the peaceful plaque. We do not know exactly what they are or what is the origin of these rock masses. A hypothesis indicates that could be remains of the impact between the primal earth and a second planet called Theia. The Moon would be one of the results of that impact, another would be that part of The remains of Theia would have been “embedded” on earth, specifically in the mantle, giving rise to these “lost continents.” However, other studies have pointed out that these masses would be formed, at least partially of ocean cortex buried through subductive geological processes, which would make them more close to “lost continents” of the surface of the earth. The new study can be linked to this last hypothesis. Fed by a “fire ring.” The team He modeled the movements Convectives of the land mantle, also creating a reconstruction of the possible movement of the tecton plates on the surface of the Earth in the last 1,000 million years. Thus they found indications that the African dough would contain older and more “mixed” than the peaceful mass, which would contain 50% more oceanic crust, a more “young” cortex and different from the surrounding mantle. This could be explained with the call “Pacific Fire Ring”, A vast network of failures, many of them subductive that little by little they engulf part of the earth’s crust. This “banquet” would have been producing for at least 300 million years and would be serving to feed the Pacific LLVP. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Scientific Reportsof Nature. In diversity is the key. Until now, intuition pointed out that these two underground “continents” had a similar composition. The reason is precisely that the two slow down the passage of seismic waves in a similar way, which leads us to the intuition of thinking that these are very similar in their characteristics. However, the team responsible for the new work indicates that this may not be the case. The reason is that the temperature is more than the material that makes these regions slow the waves that cross them. The balance is complicated. The formations are more or less opposite in the Terrestrial globe, which in principle is great news: since these masses influence the way in which the temperature of the earth’s core is spread in higher layers, which in turn affects the conductive movements inside the nucleus of the planet. Since these movements are those that allow the existence of a magnetic field On Earth, the way in which they occur has a lot of impact on this field. If the LLVPs are different, the way in which the field is generated ceases to be symmetrical as one would expect, which gives rise to the appearance of imbalances. Discussing the different hypotheses. As we pointed out at the beginning, the new study can be linked to the idea that the LLVPs are the result of the sinking of earth cortex pieces and not the remains of a planet of the original solar system. Although the study does not offer conclusive evidence confirming this first hypothesis, It can be seen as a new more test in this address. In Xataka | Julio Verne was right: there are three times more water in the depths of the earth than in all oceans together Image | Oxford University; Panton, Davies, et al. (2025) / NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Nintendo is an expert in squeezing the market. With switch is leaving a huge hole and people are looking for life

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The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 It has been a success. The console is a switch in steriors, one “If it works, don’t touch it“. And the market, which He has not always treated him wellis approving that vision: He made history forks The fastest console has been sold in Japan. But that does not mean that the new model has covered all the gaps left the previous one. The problem. The original Nintendo Switch was an ideal console for travel through its “portable” factor. The second edition continues that legacy, but also maintains one of his problems for those who want to go further. There are situations where we want to play on a TV while traveling or at the home of a friend or family. And Nintendo forces us to use a spectacular and not very comfortable dock. Unlike other portable consoles, which we can connect to monitors with a simple USB-C cable to HDMI, to remove image from the switch screen we need to connect the console to your dock, which also feeds the switch with current. The great absent. Nintendo has a great ELENCH OF ACCESSORIES FOR SWITCH 2: Pro control, loading supports, steering wheel, camera, case and protector, found everything in one, MicroSd Express cards … and yet it does not market a small size dock or adapter to use while we are traveling. What opens the doors to third brands to take over. The (sometimes unreliable) alternative market. Today there is a market that promises This of Antank and even more versatile, with interesting additions such as PowerBank. However, a Review by Reddit indicates that several are not sewing and singing, or Plug & Play. They have problems such as being bkeful with televisions, not supporting the HDR, partially blocking ventilation grilles, require firmware update for the new model, have PowerBank but do not load it while we use the console, limited availability according to markets, etc. In short, you have to look very well before buying. Makers to the rescue. Before the hole left by Nintendo and the problems or price of the third -party market, the makers do not disappoint, and there are already those He has designed bases For the Switch 2 printed on 3D that fit even in transport covers and include the cooling fan. The paste? In addition to requiring a 3D printer or knowing someone who prints the model, they involve disassembling Nintendo’s original dock to use its components in the printed piece. With some complication. Change from one structure to another is not difficult, apparently. But there are components such as flexible cables Ribbon that can suffer in the exchange, and the responsibility is of the user. Once everything is mounted, the operation is simple. From the Switch 2 a USB-C cable comes out that is connected to the printed base. From it, in turn, an HDMI comes out that goes to the screen we want to connect, and its side there is another USB-C port that feeds the console. There are also ideas for the original switch. Logic is similar: from 3D printed bases reuse the components of Nintendo’s original to others that They involve disassembling third -party docks To take advantage of space. It seeks comfort and ease of transport, and there is little that resists modern 3D impression. Image | Xataka and Makeworld In Xataka | This is what I would have liked to know before I started in the 3D printing world

Telefónica wants total exclusivity at the cost of leaving Dazn without him

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Telefónica wants Bet everything for football. And after having lost the rights of retransmission of the ACBthe NBA and the NFL, the company wants to radically change its sports strategy. The operator now intends to get all the rights of LaLiga and the Champions League, something that would break her Dazn dependence and also stop the bleeding of her premium subscribers. A change of course. According to account The Middle El Confidencial, Javier de Paz, president of Movistar, has already transferred to Javier Tebas his intention to bid alone for the next three seasons of LaLiga from the 2026-2027. The same strategy wants to apply with the Champions League, whose rights expire a year earlier. The movement involves a 180 degree turn with respect to the previous awards, where Telefónica and Dazn distributed the meetings. In fact, Telefónica considered as a success This cast, since the firm was saved about 420 million euros per year. Why is now urgent. Movistar numbers are in red numbers. According to affirms The medium, the platform has gone from four million subscribers to 3.6 million at the end of June. Worse: 600,000 of those clients belong to Low cost OTT Movistar Plus+ that launched in 2024 for just 9.90 euros per month, which drastically reduces the income per user. In this way, the operator would have lost its most profitable customers, those who paid more than 100 euros for having access to all matches or a good number of sports channels. Loss of rights. The company has also lost iconic competitions, which has ignited all alarms. The ACB, after ten years exclusively, has left Dazn and TVE after Movistar refused to pay the 20 million requested and offered only 12. The NBA has flown to prime videokeeping only some games and part of the playoffs. And the NFL, which included the exclusive of the Super Bowl, has also abandoned the platform. A Survival Strategy. Given this situation, Movistar has launched desperate measures to keep its users: Punctual offers of 4.99 euros for three months, All LaLiga Hypermotion and the acquisition of Latin American competitions such as the Argentine Professional League and the Brasileira Betano. However, these new additions hardly compensate for recent losses. Obstacles on the road. As Point out The medium, Javier Tebas has responded that LaLiga must guarantee maximum transparency and open the auction to the largest number of interested parties, in order to raise the sale price. This would also come as a ring to the finger after the pressure of Real Madrid, where Florentino Pérez already has filed several complaints against LaLiga’s award model. The tender will begin in September, and Dazn, backed by Len Blavatnik’s financial musclehe will not stay with crossed ones. Cover image | Movistar Plus+ and Dazn In Xataka | Where to see LaLiga EA Sports 25/26, the First Division in this next season

Chema Alonso has signed for Cloudflare and the RFEF after leaving Telefónica. This creates a strange situation for LaLiga

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Chema Alonso has converted His departure from Telefónica In March in the most controversial play of the year in Spanish football. In a few weeks he has formalized his total departure from Telefónica, He has signed as a technological advisor of the RFEF Arbitral Technical Committeeand now he has announced his arrival in Cloudflare as Vice President for International Development. Why is it important. It is a very peculiar role change. Alonso now works simultaneously for two organizations that maintain structural conflicts with LaLiga: The RFEF, historical rival for the control of Spanish football, with the battle intensified in recent years. And Cloudflare, a company that LaLiga accuses of “collaborating with criminal organizations” by protecting more than 50% of the websites that are illegally soccer. The context. For more than a decade in Telefónica, Alonso had privileged access to LaLiga antipiratry strategies. Telefónica is more than who issues LaLiga: it is their strategic partner, fundamental in the fight against illegal emissions and who technically executes judicial blockages. Audiovisual rights represent 40-50% of LaLiga’s income, and Movistar Plus+ is its largest buyer. The irony is that the man who helped to design antipiratía defenses now works for those who help to overcome them. The facts. Cloudflare maintains an open war with LaLiga. The company has implemented privacy protection technologies that also hinder illegal content tracking: dynamic IP changes, HTTP port blocking, anonymization systems … and above all, Ech. LaLiga got judicial orders in recent months to block Cloudflare IPS during the parties, which affected thousands of legitimate websites that were left without service. Cloudflare demanded from LaLiga for these blockages, but Justice rejected it And it was In the hands of the Constitutional. In parallel, LaLiga and the RFEF fight a constant battle for calendars, schedules, disciplinary jurisdiction and audiovisual rights. They are not partners that cooperate, rather they are institutional rivals who have starred several struggles for the control of schedules, that of the Super Cup or The institutional battle that starred Thebes and Rubiales. For his part, Telefónica spent months on the war between LaLiga and Cloudflare, but He ended up taking sides. Obviously, for the first. Between the lines. He Timing It does not seem accidental. Three strategic movements in a few months. Alonso is positioned as the only actor with direct influence on two fronts against LaLiga. And armed with privileged information about their strategies. Your appointment in the RFEF will give access to arbitral systems. And from Cloudflare, he knows how LaLiga operates after so many years in his partner: his possible technical weaknesses, internal processes, calendars of legal actions. In perspective. Cloudflare could well be executing a “regulatory capture” operation: place someone with technical credibility in the regulatory body, influence the technological policies of Spanish football from within, neutralize future antipirable regulations. For the company, hiring Alonso is recruiting someone with knowledge Insider As few have. And that makes him an extraordinarily valuable asset. Yes, but. The situation raises unanswered questions. Did Telefónica know Alonso’s plans when he said goodbye? Was your departure completely involuntary? Can LaLiga legally challenge your appointment in the RFEF for conflict of interest? What we do know is that the signing for cloudflare does not imply a conflict with Telefónica for possible agreements for exit, as we have been able to know by knowledgeable sources of the matter. From Xataka We have contacted LaLiga, who has declined to comment on this. The same has exposed Telefónica. We have also tried to contact Chema Alonso, without success: The ‘contact’ section of its website It only offers as contact methods a postal address and the possibility of sending previous messages using the platform Mypublicinboxa company of which it is a shareholder and promoter. In Xataka | What is cloudflare, how it works and why a fall or block makes half the Internet fail Outstanding image | Telefónica, Gregorio Cavana

Google is leaving an absurd million

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Alphabet has returned to Overcome Wall Street expectations In its last quarter, with revenues of 96.4 billion dollars (14% more that the previous year) and a benefit per share of 2.31 dollars. However, like income they have risen, investment in AI as well. The company raised its investment forecast In infrastructure for this year to 85,000 million dollars, 10,000 million more than expected. An infrastructure that will well be worth not to be left behind in the AI career. The impossible dilemma. Google is now before a paradox that can well define what happens in Big Tech: to maintain their future domain in artificial intelligence they must sacrifice much of their current profitability. It is a career in which to fall behind can mean the death of the company. A rhythm that only those that have plenty of financial muscle can participate, since it supposes burn mountains of money without guarantees of an immediate return. The numbers that import. Google Cloud was the great protagonist of the quarter, with a growth of 32% which far exceeds the forecasts of 26.5%. This impulse has led the company to increase its investments dramatically. Together with the rest of great technology, Alphabet is part of a group that will invest More than 320,000 million dollars in AI capabilities this year. To put it in perspective: the 85,000 million that Google will spend equal to the complete GDP of countries such as Croatia or Uruguay. The real threat. The pressure in this race is constant for companies that want to continue up, and Google has a problem that will cost you a lot to get rid of: OpenAi. And is that chatgpt already process between 15% and 20% of the daily consultation volume that Google Search handles. This makes Openai an unquestionably superior threat of what Bing was never. The search engine, which generates more than half of Alphabet’s income and three quarters of its benefits, is losing ground in the face of consultations by generative. A lot of investment in AI, without guarantees. Google’s response has been aggressive, and The last Google I/O It was key to understanding everything for which the company is betting on AI. In just two months, his Ai mode reached 100 million monthly active users, while Gemini It already exceeds 450 million. However, these figures, a priori fantastic for the company, are still a reflection of Google’s great commitment to AI, a bet that nothing guarantees them to the rest of sharks that pursue the same goal. And now what. The company has already advanced that infrastructure spending will continue to grow in 2026. Investors, for the moment, seem willing to tolerate this financial bleeding, but their patience is not eternal either. What is clear is that Google does not want to be left behind, and will do everything in your hand to continue dominating. Cover image | Adarsh Chauhan In Xataka | Google continues to redesign its search engine with AI. Your new function speaks by phone with business in your name

Chema Alonso already has a new job after leaving Telefónica. He has passed to football

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Chema Alonso has a new destination after his departure from Telefónica. The well -known hacker joins the Technical Referees Committee as an advisor to technological innovation and artificial intelligenceas announced by President Francisco Javier Soto on Monday and collects Ace. Why is it important. The arrival of Alonso to Spanish arbitration marks a radical turn in his career. After more than a decade in Telefónica trying digitally to Teleco, it will now apply its technological experience to a historically conservative sector that is in transformation: arbitration. The context. Soto seeks to completely modernize Spanish arbitration after years of controversies. Its strategy is to incorporate technological talent to improve arbitration decision making through AI. “We are going to start from scratch,” said the new president of the CTA. Alonso definitively abandons the world of telecommunications after his gradual abandonment, crystallized in The dismantling of your team a few days ago. His passage through the operator was marked by ambitious projects such as “Fourth platform“, the aura assistant or Movistar Homewhich did not reach expected commercial expectations. Organization chart of CTA for season 25/26. Image: RFEF. Between bambalins. The signing reflects the new Spanish arbitration strategy: betting on external technical profiles to solve structural problems. Alonso joins a renewed dome that includes Fernández Borbalán as technical director and Prieto Iglesias as head of the VAR, both old acquaintances of Spanish arbitration. The incorporation of Alonso raises some questions about his ability to apply AI to arbitration in a practical way. In Telefónica he gave grandiloque ads that rarely transformed into successful products, although some like Open Gateway They are good advances. Deepen. Spanish football will be its new fire test to demonstrate that it can transform traditional sectors with technology. Your choice transmits the need that Spanish arbitration has to legitimize technologically. His media profile fits with the need to communicate modernization in a collective, that of arbitration; and an institution, the RFEF; questioned by both clubs and fans. In Xataka | Wearing a retro shirt of Betis on the street is no longer a “fifes” thing: how football fashion has left the stadium Outstanding image | RFEF, Telefónica

By assuming 100% of the evening and leaving out Piqué, Ibai culminates its definitive transformation: from Streamer to entrepreneur

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Of all the projects that currently stands the streamer and Ibai Llanos businessman, no doubt the evening is the one that attracts the most public and media attention. A boxing fight between Influencers which this year will celebrate on July 14 its fifth edition. It comes with novelty: for the first time, Ibai faces this ambitious solo project, separated from its usual partner, Gerard Piqué. Boxing for the masses. The evening Keep growing Without apparent ceiling at the moment. The stuffing day facing Influencers Spanish and Latin American and that This year The clash between Thegrefg and Westcol has as the main course (although others such as the confrontation between Abby and Roro are monopolizing even more media attention) reached In his fourth edition Last year 80,000 live spectators in the Santiago Bernabéu and three million on Twitch. This year the evening moves to the Cartuja of Seville, with a capacity comparable to that of the Madrid stadium. Unexpected split. The great novelty this year comes at the organization level: Kosmos, Gerard Piqué’s company that had collaborated with IBAI in the organization of the event, retires from it. In February 2024, Ibai created Velaris-Kena Productions SL, in which it consists as a single partner. It will be the latter in charge of organization of all aspects of evening 5. According to Cincodíasthere will be the punctual collaboration of other companies, such as Kosmos, but Velaris-Kena takes care of the bulk of production. History of collaborations. The collaborations between Ibai and Piqué started in 2021, when they broadcast the Copa América de Fútbol in Port Aventura or the World Balloons. Your first approach to competitions between Streamers It was in 2022, when they organized the Twitch Grand Prix of karts. The failed E-Sports team of Ibai, Koialso had the participation of Kosmos and today is owned by a Canadian group. All this set in a 50%company, Global Goatchthat despite its high billing (around 8 million euros in 2022 and 2023), now it has barely activity. The other great brand they have cultivated together, the Kings Leagueit is actually a Piqué project: Ibai is president of one of the most prominent teams, porcinos FC, but the management and organization of the league falls to the business structure created by Gerard Piqué and his partners. The brand is what you want. The final step that distance to the two entrepreneurs is the registration of the brand La Velada of the year alone by the IBAI company (although, in principle, in February 2024 the registry had been requested by Goatch Global). Later, in October, the company gave ownership to Ibai Llanos, while the US (Intellectual Property Office of the European Union) decided whether to award the brand or not: until March this year, the entity was not clear that a term that seemed generic. Later, he certified, thanks to his turnover, presence in media and unequivocal association of the term “evening” to Ibai, which could be formalized by the registration. More businesses. It is an important advance by IBAI, in an unequivocal step of its transformation as a content creator to entrepreneur who, yes, exposes his image more than usual (although what is Your thinning challenge but a sophisticated image operation with the most important aspect of his brand, himself). The evening brand record will allow you to face a diversification of your business with aspects such as merchandising and licenses (with the first aspect It has already begunlaunching products linked to its events in association with Prime Hydration, drink brand founded by Logan Paul and Ksi). A lot of heat. And for that reason, because Ibai is already a businessman than a content creator, He takes care of promoting the evening in x so that tickets are exhausted again. Some critics with the event claim that mid -July in Seville, it may not have been the most commercial idea in the world, but with an adverse or without it, it is clear that the evening, now brand registered by one of the younger businessmen in the country, continues to raise expectation. Header | The evening / wikipedia In Xataka | Ibai is going to launch its own football team to start from the lowest. There is actually a very thoughtful strategy

He is also leaving them without driving examiners

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In Balearic Islands get the card of driving requires more than mastering the circulation standards and having some expertise at the wheel. Patience is needed. A lot. For some time the self -schools in Mallorca They warn to the candidates for drivers who can take several months In presenting the practical exam, a bottleneck that the collective Explain largely due to the shortage of traffic examiners. Personal lack. And the prices of the archipelago do not make it easy for officials who are already there. Housing has increased so much in the islands that is unasumable and takes not a few examiners to Request the transfer to the peninsula as soon as they can. In summer and without examiners. The news I advanced it Sunday Diario de Mallorca: Although many students take advantage of the holidays to get the driving card, the Balearic archipelago has encountered the threat of a summer with hardly any traffic examiners. The reason is double. First, on the islands there are only 16 examiners. Second, a good part of them (ten) will stop working over the coming months for one reason or another. The president of the Balearico Autoescuelas association, Joana Ribasensures that of the 16 officials who are in charge of examining in the archipelago, eight plan to leave after requesting the transfer, another has approved oppositions to change position and there is one about to retire. “I had calculated that they could ask for four or five, but I did not expect me to tell me that we will lose ten.” A major problem. After warning of the situation in which the archipelago would stay without those professionals, the DGT would have committed to delay the transfer of the examiners several months, which will allow at least the summer months covered. According to Diario de Mallorcatraffic will also send relays to cover vacancies. That does not prevent the self -school from looking at the horizon: the collective It takes time warning of the shortage of traffic personnel and among those who have requested the transfer there are examiners that cover Ibiza and Menorca. A year ago the number of students pending to be examined already It was around 8,000 already early 2025 the waiting list It remained at 7,000. It is not strange that to present themselves to the practical exam, a requirement to get the driving card, the applicants must wait several months. “The problem is the continuous patches of the Ministry, which does not contemplate the expansion of examiners. About seven or eight in the Balearic Islands,” Ribas points out in the being. Something more than drivers. The problems of the archipelago to meet the demand are not explained only because of the greater or lesser availability of places for examiners. One of their challenges is that officials who arrive from outside to occupy those positions are not easy to settle in a region marked by the escalation of the cost of the house. Only over the last year its price has shot something more than 17%according to the data of the idealist portal. The result? The officials of other points in Spain for the archipelago end up resorting to the transfer contests to find positions in other regions, places where the M2 does not cost 6,625 eurosas in Ibiza. The problem is so entrenched that Ribas acknowledges that, although signings are now arriving to cover vacancies, the situation will be repeated in a few years. Is it a new problem? No. A year ago The confidential He warned Already from the complex scenario facing the students of the Balearic Schools and the difficulties for the archipelago to be “attractive” for the examiners from the Peninsula. The newspaper needed That the plus of insularity they charged was just 80 euros, far from the 400 of the Canary Islands, Ceuta or Melilla. The problem is not unknown to traffic, which Recognize That “one of the factors that most influences” the scarcity of examiners is “the high cost of life and housing, reaching the extreme if we refer to Ibiza.” The employers They claim more technical and suggest some solutions. Ribas raises For example, the creation of internal “bags” that facilitate examining vacancies in those areas with more problems to capture them are occupied by native personnel. The objective: avoid scenarios such as the one that has been found this year at the doors of summer or that students choose to get their card in other parts of Spain, where you are waiting much shorter. Something more than examiners. In Balearic Islands, not only are they difficult to have traffic examiners. The newspaper revealed A few days ago That the centers are also capturing teachers in the Peninsula or even in other countries in Europe to move to Mallorca to teach, offers that include accommodation. The archipelago is not the only one who has seen how his high cost of life, especially housing, complicates the signing of basic services. It occurs in Galicia with another profile especially demanded in summer: The lifeguards. Images | Circulates safe (Flickr) and Mike Swigenski (Unsplash) In Xataka | There are so many Germans in Mallorca that the island is already preparing for its great ‘sorpasso’: housing more expensive than in Germany

I am an amateur photographer, and these are the mobiles that I recommend to take almost professional photos without leaving you a fortune

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Last year, Manu Garcia (Visnuh)Coordinator of territory S, recommended a series of ideal mobile phones without leaving a grassland along the way. In this year we have seen very good mobile What current mobiles are interesting for a photography fan. Always with the aim of finding something balanced between quality and price. iPhone 16 Pro by 1,098.99 eurosa mobile that offers very good results in all types of contexts. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra by 999 eurosa mobile for those looking for many possibilities of manual adjustments. Samsung Galaxy A56 by 479 eurosa mobile with also many possibilities, but with a much lower price. Google Pixel 9 Pro XL by 969 eurosa good mobile with G cam that now has a much more tight price. Realme 12 pro+ by 299.99 eurosa fairly complete mobile if what we are looking for is a model that costs very little. iPhone 16 Pro The iPhone They are excellent mobiles if what we are looking for is a good photographic result in different land. As Manu comments, “Not to worry much, an iPhone 16 Pro, which offers good results in all kinds of contexts and effortless“. Although, in this sense, there are not too many differences in respect to the previous generation, the iPhone 16 Pro It is still an interesting option. The configuration of iPhone 16 Pro What best price is 128 GB, which can be found for 1,096 euros. But if we are going to take many photographs, and record the occasional video, you may be interested in 256 GB configuration what costs 1,259 euros. We can also find other alternatives within the Apple brand: * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Samsung is doing a good job with high -end mobiles that stand out in not a few aspects. Manu is clear, among the “mobiles for those who want many possibilities of manual adjustments, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra“. This specific model, and not so much that of the current generation, It is interesting for the price you have now. We can find it for 999 euros in Amazon in its 512 GB configuration. In addition, it also recommends other mobiles that have a good photographic section: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (256 GB) by 1,459 euros. Xiaomi 15 Ultra (512 GB) by 1,499 euros. At this time, when using the Xiaomi200 coupon you can take 200 euros discount. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra (512 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy A56 If what we are looking for is another mobile that offers many possibilities and we want a model of the Samsung brand, another interesting option is the Samsung Galaxy A56. As Manu says, for a “Mobile with good possibilities without spending much, an A55 or an A56“. At the moment The Samsung Galaxy A56 of 256 GB is at the same price as the same 128 GB modelso by 479 euros We have twice as much capacity. You may also be interested in these other mobiles: Samsung Galaxy A56 (256GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Google mobiles usually stand out in several sectionsbeing the photographic one of them. Manu has also told us that “I would recommend a high -end pixel for having the G cam that is most wanted for those who take android photos“. There are several rather interesting Google models, being the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL one of them for the price you have 969 euros in Amazon in its 256 GB configuration. You may also be interested in these other alternatives: Google Pixel 9 Pro XL (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Realme 12 pro+ There are also low -budget mobiles that are very competent and that offer a remarkable result within the price range where they are. Manu mentions that “he Realme 12 pro+ can fit as a cheap, but very complete option“. In fact, we can find it today 299.99 eurosalthough we do want the most current model, the Realme 13 pro+we have it for 339 euros. Both in their 256 GB configuration. Realme 12 pro+ 5g (256gb) * 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 | Ricardo AguilarApple, Samsung, Google, Realme In Xataka | Mobile with better cameras that we have analyzed in recent months In Xataka | The best mobiles, we have tried them and here are their analysis

The chip war between the US and China is already leaving collateral damage. Although in South Korea

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For the South Korean government Your semiconductor industry has a strategic role, like those of OLED panel production either Battery manufacturing. These three sectors have A very deep impact on its economyso it is understandable that the administration does everything in its hand to reinforce its position in the global market and increase its competitiveness. In mid -December 2023 Yoon Suk Yeol, the former president of this Asian country, traveled to the Netherlands with the purpose of consolidating an alliance with ASML in matters of integrated circuits, among other priority objectives. During the last months South Korea He has “faced” the US To protect the business of its main semiconductor manufacturers in China, among which are Samsung and SK Hynix. But his short -term perspective is discouraging. Sales of semiconductors to China have fallen in February 31.8% The Chinese market is essential for South Korea. It is at least if we stick to the integrated circuit industry. At the end of 2024 the country led by Xi Jinping represented approximately two fifths of all southern Korea technology exports, but the chips flow is plummeting. According to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy of this last nation in January 2025 the sale of chips It contracted 22.5% compared to the same month of the previous year. 2025 is going to be a bad year for the semiconductor industry due to the cooling of global demand and the impact of tariffs And in February the fall has been even more steep: 31.8% compared to February 2024. This trend supports the omens that predict for months that 2025 will be a bad year for the semiconductor industry due to the cooling of global demand and to the impact that tariffs presumably they are already having in the integrated circuit industry. In any case, to South Korea this incipient crisis seems to be affecting more than other countries that also live largely from chips, such as Taiwan. Samsung and SK Hynix lead the memory chips market, and much of their income comes from precisely these semiconductors. The US sanctions prevent them from selling their most advanced chips to their Chinese clients, which, precisely, are those that usually live with the GPUs for artificial intelligence (AI). China has responded by dedicating more resources to the development of Your own memory technologieswhat is causing A prices decrease which is clearly affecting the Samsung and SK Hynix business. Despite all the consultant Gartner has predicted that The AI ​​will pull the semiconductor industry For 2025, leaving the door ajar to the possibility that finally this year is not as bad for chips manufacturers as the first figures point. Image | Samsung More information | SCMP In Xataka | The virtuous circle: China has become the greatest added value of the planet thanks to feedback

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