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There are a lot of people replacing the oil on ham toast with coffee and orange. And oddly enough, it makes sense.

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“You insist on putting olive oil on our Iberian ham toast and this is like putting sugar on top of a chocolate cake.” Víctor Sanchego did not know it, but with those words was about to make thousands of people prepare the strangest breakfast we’ve seen in a long time. How come you don’t have to add oil to the ham? Sanchego’s argument is that “the fat of Iberian ham contains more than 60% oleic acid, the same component of extra virgin olive oil.” Therefore, as happens in a perfumery when we have already worn several colognes, when we mix oil and ham at the same time our taste buds become saturated. “Instead of helping it enhance the flavor, it is subtracting it,” says the ham man. The reality, of course, is more complex. The general idea is true for Iberian ham: adding oil (especially if it is an intense and complex one) blurs the flavor profile and can actually oversaturate the bite. This, however, does not happen with the rest of the hams or with the rest of the oils. It is, so to speak, a borderline case. And a well-known one, at that. The normal thing when we talk about Iberian ham, in fact, is that it is recommended to enjoy it alone or with an accompaniment that cleanses the palate, such as a piece of neutral bread. Nobody usually proposes eating a plate of ham with a glass of EVOO on the side. The striking thing about all this is not that. The striking thing is the coffee with orange zest. Because Víctor Sanchego does not propose to eat ham with white bread, nothing like that. He suggests smearing the bread in a mixture of black coffee and orange peel, toasting it and, now, putting the Iberian ham on top. It’s a strange thing, yes; but we cannot define it as madness either. We said before that the ideal thing is to eat Iberian ham with something that ‘cleanses the palate’ and Sanchego’s idea goes directly there: coffee, due to its dry and intense qualities, allows us to enhance the organoleptic properties of our ham. Is it the most interesting decision? Well, the truth is that I couldn’t say. On a theoretical level, there could be dozens of similar combinations that fit better with our usual organoleptic repertoire; but without a doubt it is bold and many of those who try it (on social networks) They are delighted with the result. And that, without a doubt, is good news. Not because of the ham, not because of the coffee, not because of the orange zest. It’s good news because culinary Talibanism It is a practice that greatly impoverishes our understanding of food. And it limits us for no reason. Being open to ‘playing’ with products as iconic as Iberian ham is a symptom of a gastronomic maturity that, used well, can help us resolve problems in a much simpler way. big problems of the food security of the century. Image | Stephan Coudassot | Nathan Dumlao In Xataka | Why salads are the biggest source of food poisoning and what to do to avoid it

Bill Gates was obsessed with knowing how long his Microsoft employees worked. So I looked at the parking lot

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All the millionaires who have triumphed in the field of technology They tend to be people of remarkable intelligence, who over time have developed skills that, to the rest of humanity, They seem curious to us at the very least. Jeff Bezos developed an almost unhealthy obsession with optimize time in meetings and Elon Musk He can’t stand anyone opposing him when he has made a decision. Bill Gates, for his part, is known for being especially inquisitive with his employees, developing his own techniques that bordered on toxic to control whether his employees were in the office or already they had gone home. If the boss doesn’t leave, neither will the employees.. In 2016, the founder of Microsoft made some surprising statements on the BBC about how it controlled which employees worked the most hours. One of the things Gates valued most when he ran Microsoft was the commitment and dedication of his employees. “At that time I was quite extreme with work. I worked on weekends. I didn’t really believe in vacations,” he told the British network. The millionaire has an excellent memory for data, which is why he was able to memorize the license plates of his employees’ cars and relate them to their owners to know who was in the offices when he arrived and who had left before him. His partner Paul Allen corroborated Gates’ confession in an interview with Vanity Fair. “Microsoft was a high-stress environment because Bill drove others as hard as he drove himself. He was becoming the foreman who hung around the parking lot on weekends to see who had arrived.” In-person presence is not enough. In addition to being a somewhat toxic attitude towards their employeesGates soon realized that this was not the most effective system to monitor your staff. Verifying the unreliability of this system helped Gates to recognize that presence is not the best indicator for measure employee performance. An approach that, perhaps, the current managers of some companies should review when it comes to design return to office policies. “The Fireproof” Gates. Paul Allen tells in his interview with Vanity Fair a Gates anecdote with an employee who had worked 81 hours in four days to get a project done: “Toward the end of the work week, Gates asked Greenberg what he would be working on the next day. Greenberg notified Gates that he planned to take the next day off, to which Gates responded, ‘Why would you want to do that?’ Gates couldn’t understand it. “He never seemed to need to recharge his batteries.” However, as Gates himself acknowledged when analyzing his own behavior, Working long hours has nothing to do with being more productive. Burnout takes a toll on productivity and can end up being counterproductive to your company’s interests. Furthermore, the company grew so much that it was increasingly difficult to learn all the car license plates. ”In the end, I had to relax when the company reached a reasonable size.” Burned worker syndrome. Overloading employees in this way with eternal hours is one of the main causes of sick leave and resignation among employees. The World Health Organization (WHO) includes the Burnout worker syndrome in your International Classification of Diseases This syndrome affects 10% of workers and in its most severe forms can cause more serious disorders in between 2% and 5% of workers, leading to depression and anxiety. The 2022 Labor Market Guide prepared by Hays detected that more than 30% of the workers surveyed stated that, after the pandemic, the feeling of burnout among employees had increased, being one of the main reasons for many of them to join the company. silent resignation. Take care of employees to improve productivity. Work culture has evolved significantly since the days when Gates was at the helm of Microsoft. Companies increasingly value work-life balanceand they recognize that employees need time to rest and recharge. Even Gates himself has changed his stance on vacations, recognizing the importance of rest for mental and physical health, as he stated in a talk about Alzheimer’s in your YouTube channel. In Xataka | Bill Gates has been a famous “workaholic” but he knew who to hire to solve problems: the lazy ones In Xataka | Bill Gates liked to step on him: his Porsche 911 discovered him on a 2,000 kilometer trip and the police also discovered him Image | Commons

The connected glasses look like a lot of fun. Until they force you to wear them at work

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amazon he doesn’t trust his workers. It has never done so, and this is demonstrated by the measures that have been filtered and that served the same purpose: to monitor them and prevent productivity from dropping. Some control is reasonable, without a doubt, but this company stopped being that a long time ago and became in a nonsense. We are talking about a company that patented a wristband to find out if employees relax and they start to work a little less. Which was discovered to have automated tracking systems to evaluate productivity rates of each worker. Which used AI cameras to monitor delivery vans and drivers during 100% of the journey. that ended receiving fines due to this strenuous monitoring and had to change the algorithm that penalized productivity data for going to the bathroom. A company in which some employees they had to urinate in bottles to avoid wasting time and others said that working at Amazon was like being in a prison. Augmented reality glasses to work better… Well, now Amazon is working on augmented reality glasses that will follow the line of the Meta Ray-Ban Display. They are likely working on a version for end users, but what the company has officially confirmed is that I was developing some glasses for your messengers. After delivery, the courier will take a photo by pressing a button… which apparently is not on the glasses themselves. With them, they indicate in the press release, couriers will be able to “identify dangers, reach the customer’s door without problems and improve deliveries.” The glasses make use of AI, artificial vision, cameras and sensors to offer all their options to couriers. Thus, when a courier arrives at a delivery location, the glasses are activated and the courier has information about the package to be delivered on the display (a monochrome HUD with information in green). This same HUD allows you to follow navigation instructions similar to those of GPS navigators – but with a much more schematic design – to find the client’s home. The courier will also take a photo to confirm the delivery and can share it as a demonstration of that delivery if there are problems. …and to monitor workers more than ever The company is testing a prototype with the help of hundreds of couriers in the US, and is collecting information and feedback from those “beta testers” in order to refine the product. On paper, these glasses may seem like a useful aid for drivers, but it is inevitable to think that they also They can be used for much more exhaustive monitoring and control of those drivers and messengers. Thanks to this device, Amazon will, for example, have absolute control over the location of the couriers and their productivity when delivering packages. Are they fast or slow? Do they make mistakes? Here the border between supporting technology and that which allows for labor control is blurred. It is true that it provides advantages in terms of efficiency and even security, but the amount and precision of the data collected by glasses like this raises questions about worker privacy and, once again, the degree to which Amazon can supervise its employees. And like her, of course, many other companies that may also end up making this type of device a mandatory element for employees. In the EU, however, it seems more complicated that this type of wearables can be used: there are legal precedents that years ago already posed a clear obstacle to this type of monitoring, but it remains to be seen if these measures are finally also adopted among EU workers. In Xataka | The temperature in an Amazon warehouse was too high to work. So the company faked the thermometers

Google has a lot to worry about

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OpenAI does not stop launching new products. After the virality of the Sora 2 videosa few hours ago they announced Atlas, the new browser with integrated ChatGPT that wants to change the way we navigate and represents a great threat to Google’s monopoly. I have been testing Atlas with the free version from ChatGPT and these are my impressions. Goodbye Google, hello ChatGPT The AI ​​is changing the way we browse the internet and Atlas is the most forceful step in this direction. As soon as you open the browser there is no trace of Google or a search engine, ChatGPT only. We can Google it, but it’s a bit hidden. If, for example, we type “best movies”, we will see that a lot of suggestions appear to complete our search and At the bottom the option to search with Google. We can also type or paste a URL and the specific website will open, but the search takes center stage entirely from ChatGPT. OpenAI doesn’t want you to search like you did until now, you want each tab to be a prompt to open the corresponding conversation with ChatGPT. Let’s see what he’s capable of. Ask ChatGPT One of the star functions is that, while we browse other pages, ChatGPT is always available from the button in the upper right corner. Pressing it opens a sidebar where we can consult details of the page we are visiting, such as giving us a summary or helping us better understand a concept. Helping me know if the router will be compatible with the ones I already have. This button is especially useful, for example, if we are making purchases. We can ask for specific details of a product and ChatGPT will give us the answer, understanding the context. For example, I want to buy an additional router to add to my mesh system, but I am not sure if this model will be compatible. No problem, I ask ChatGPT without even having to leave the page. Sambas run small and ChatGPT knows it. We can also ask other types of questions, such as whether a pair of shoes fits small and much more. On the website I was consulting there were no shoes in the size that ChatGPT was recommending, so I asked him to find that size for me in other stores. He did, although the first time he suggested different models of Adidas Samba that were not that color. I had to specify that I wanted the “Black Green Leopard” model. He found them cheaper for me. It is a good support when organizing a trip. Another use case is preparing a trip. Although agent mode can help us book hotels and search for flights, it is only available in the Plus version. With the free version we can also take advantage of ChatGPT’s capabilities when searching for trips. In my case, I have been looking at accommodation in Andorra for the December long weekend, but in view of the prices and low availability, I asked him to find other destinations that were close to Valencia by car. You can also ask them things like what places to visit or restaurants near the accommodation. Memory and tab management The ‘Ask ChatGPT’ button is fine, but beyond the fact that we have it more at hand, it is not far from what ChatGPT already does by itself. The really interesting thing is that the browser has memory, so we can go back to previous tabs just using natural text. No more browsing through history looking for that website we visited and whose name we don’t remember. Very useful for revisiting pages. In the case of the sneakers, I didn’t even need to remember what the specific model was called, just by telling him that they were leopard he understood it. If you don’t give it enough information, it will ask you for more references such as the date you saw it or if you remember any images. I have tested it with more complicated examples, being less specific, and there have been a couple in which it has not been able to locate the page I asked for, but in general it works very well. I can finally close tabs without worrying about having to dig around to find them. Perhaps the most useful use I have found for this memory is that we can ask it to open the tabs that we visited when we were doing research on a specific topic. I had to tell him twice, but I managed to get him to open all the websites he was visiting to prepare an article. It can also be useful if, for example, you were looking for computers a couple of weeks ago and you want to review all the models you consulted again. Another practical use if you have digital Diogenes like me, is to ask it to “clean” the tabs you have open. I usually open a lot of tabs while I work and leave them there “just in case.” In the end I end up having dozens of tabs open, many of them unrelated to what I’m doing at that moment. Writing these lines, I have asked him to close all the tabs that were not being useful to me at the moment. The result is that I have gone from almost twenty eyelashes to only six. The RAM memory of my computer has thanked it. Of course, I have had some difficulties with this function and on several occasions it has gotten stuck or told me that it had closed the tabs when in reality they were still open. Yeah AI hallucinatesit is evident that browsers with AI are going to do it too. And my privacy? Default, ChatGPT sees everything we do in the browser. It’s great to summarize a page or clarify a concept, but perhaps we don’t want you to see sensitive content such as our password manager or our … Read more

We are going to see a lot of strange things as platforms fight to survive

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The platform war is increasing, and given the atomization that we have been seeing for years (each production company with its own platforms), we started attending to some apparently unnatural pairings but that make all the commercial sense in the world. The latest: Netflix wants to promote content that it had not entered into until now: podcasts. To do this, it partners with another digital communication giant, Spotify. From the digital hand. Netflix and Spotify have signed an agreement which can mark a turning point in the world of streaming audio and video. The pact will allow Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts produced by Spotify Studios and The Ringer, the label founded by sports journalist Bill Simmons and acquired by Spotify in 2020. The official launch is scheduled for early 2026 in the United States, with international expansion plans throughout the same year.​ Everyone against YouTube. The alliance places both companies in a competitive position against YouTube, until now a benchmark in the long-form video format with conversational content. Unlike what happens on the Google portal, where the main financing model is advertising, Netflix will not include ads, while Spotify will maintain control of the podcast advertising inventory, which reinforces its business strategy based on creator monetization more than in dependence on the user and subscriptions. The programs. Due to the language barrier, not well known outside the United States, although that could change. The initial catalog will include 16 video podcasts. Some of them are: The Bill Simmons Podcast: sport and pop culture. The Rewatchables: analysis of iconic films The Dave Chang Show: conversations about food culture. Conspiracy Theories and Serial Killers: true crime. Dissect: in-depth analysis of historical records. Also abundant sports programs, a specialty of The Ringer: The Ringer NBA Show, The Ringer NFL Show and Fairway Rollin’. Spotify and podcasts. Since 2023, Spotify is increasing its presence in the podcast landscape after years of heavy investments. The company invested more than a billion dollars in famous exclusive contractslike those of The Joe Rogan Experience or Call Her Daddy. But high costs and the evolution of the podcast landscape led it to abandon the exclusivity policy. For some time now it has decided to reinforce its bet on videosince the video podcasts register a growth twenty times greater than audio-only programs, according to account TechCrunch. Netflix wants variety. As for Netflix, this fits perfectly into its diversification policy: Ted Sarandos, co-CEO, had already advanced in April 2025 the intention to incorporate conversational and experimental video content. It is normal for it to join forces with Spotify to fight Youtubewhich has grown noticeably since the public began to stream your content from television. Two super two. The alliance also allows Spotify to avoid the high infrastructure costs that would entail maintaining its own streaming service. streaming videowhile Netflix obtains a volume of new content that does not require large production investments. It is a beneficial collaboration for both content giants: while Spotify expands the spaces where it can be consumed, Netflix diversifies its catalog with a reasonable investment. Header | kit in Unsplash / Netflix In Xataka | Spain is one of the most important “sets” in Europe: the platforms already invest 2,000 million in filming here

Their brakes have a lot of posture and little effective

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No one doubts the effectiveness of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra. But more and more details that make us ask ourselves if the most special sportsman of the Chinese firm dresses with too much paraphernalia. The last thing we know Apuna to it, with disc brakes that, in reality, hide a minimum size pills. Gold seems. But stop, it does not seem that in front of everything I should. And it is that the disassembly of the brakes of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra has shown that what is hidden under its huge housing is, in fact, some little larger brake pills than those of a Seat Ateca. And, although its housing is huge and stands out behind the tires, the truth is that its brake pads seem to be infradimensive for the weight and power of the vehicle. “There is more decorative clamp that really brakes,” explain our partners from Motorpasion. Overheating. The clash of influencer tang zhu liao che behind the wheel From an Xiaomi Su7 Max, which mounts very similar brakes, already gave the alarm. Trying to look for his best time in the Shanghai Tianma circuit, the driver ran out of brakes due to an overheating problem, ending in the protections. The same has happened to an Xiaomi Yu7 Max in Tianjin V1 circuit, they report in Carnewschina. In this case, brakes came to support temperatures above 600 degrees which, again, caused overheating that left them unusable and even burned. Too small. Criticisms of Xiaomi do not come to lie about their brakes. What happens is that these do not seem to be prepared to endure cars of more than two tons launched at maximum speed in a circuit. This could be overcome but the truth is that the company has sold its xiaomi su7 ultra as a perfect car for circuit. To the point that he wanted to force his drivers to pass a test as if it were Gran Turismo. The point is that Xiaomi gives what it promises: Brembo brakes perforated with four pistons. However, its size is much smaller than its housing suggests. And that is a problem because at a lower disc size, It is more likely that overheating will be registered And, therefore, the brakes die along the way. And at a smaller pill size, smaller mordant. Too spectacular. It is not the first time that Xiaomi takes the colors because the elements of their electrical sports are more spectacular than effective. A few months ago, it was discovered that the competition hood that can be mounted on the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra It has no effect on driving And it is purely aesthetic. So, Some buyers demanded to the brand for deceptive advertising since they pointed out that it was one of the elements that allowed to achieve a better performance. However, the air intakes of the hood did not refrigerate any component directly and the company promised to withdraw the hood in those cases that, once the order has already been placed, they would not yet be delivered. Xiaomi defends himself. The most recent event with the Xiaomi Yu7 Max was recorded during a test in the vehicle circuit by various media. The driver, they count on Carnewschinadetected the problem in the brakes and decided to enter boxes to safeguard security. From Xiaomi, however, they defend themselves by ensuring that this happened because there was no warm -up return before the fast return and there was not a cooling turn before returning to boxes. This caused the combustion of small compounds next to the brake clamp but, according to its version, the performance remained optimal. They also explain that the return had not activated the Master Mode which activates a regenerative braking of up to 0.2 g that should help stop the vehicle making less use of the brakes. Is it so much? A little yes. And it should be borne in mind that the most powerful electric cars are, in their vast majority, huge cars because they need batteries that support their accelerations. And that forces to include brakes at the height. The companions of Motorpasion They compare Xiaomi’s Berlina with some rivals. They explain that the Chinese company does not offer concrete data of the size of its discs but it is estimated that they are around 320 mm in the Max and 430 mm versions in the ultra versions. A Tesla Model and Performancethat with its 530 hp they are far from the almost 700 of the Max and very far from the more than 1,500 hp of the ultra, it has a 355 mm discs, that is, larger than those of the Max version. A Porsche Taycan GTSwhich touches the 600 hp, mount 390 millimeters in front and 358 millimeters behind, with six and four pistons. But, above all, the difference is in the size of the pills. Not only that disc brakes are also smaller or are not so sized for power. The other big problem is that the size of the brake pill seems to approach that of a Seat Ateca instead of a supercar of more than two tons. And that, when you turn a circuit, it’s a problem. Photo | Xiaomi In Xataka | Xiaomi Yu7: Xiaomi’s second electric car is not only a technological product, it is a commitment to luxury

I have tried the world’s first rolled laptop. Just get back to him to realize that it makes a lot of sense

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Two years ago, Lenovo showed at the MWC a concept of roller laptop of the most curious: His screen expanded to convert a conventional laptop into one with vertical screen. We did not know if that device would see the light at some point, but as the folding laptops did, In the end he did. In the CES of this year, Lenovo confirmed that this rolled laptop was no longer a concept and became a commercial product. He was baptized as Lenovo Thinkbook plus gen 6 and today, finally, we have had the opportunity to try it first hand. Because? That is a question that is worth asking, why an enrolly laptop? The answer, luckily, is simple: having a laptop with a large screen is fine, but having a large screen with more vertical space is wonderful if we work with documents (text or spreadsheets), texts or code. The attempts to date had been shy, with laptops that left the 16: 9 format for Bet on the 3: 2. Lenovo has gone a step further. Rolled is a more or less conventional computer | Image: Xataka But unrolled is another story | Image: Xataka How is? At first glance it is a conventional portable device, only that the screen is somewhat more square than normal. When the panel is rolled, it is 14 inches and has a resolution 2,000 x 1,600 pixels, that is, 5: 4 format. By clicking a button (or gesture with the hand that does not finish going fine), the laptop is displayed up to 16.7 inches, the 2,000 x 2,350 resolution pixels and an 8: 9 format. Basically, a 50% larger screen. The third button starting on the right in the upper row is the one that goes down and uploads the screen | Image: Xataka The laptop takes about ten seconds to complete the up or down cycle. The screen, of course, is hidden under the keyboard and unwinds thanks to engines that, everything is said, are heard slightly. It is not an unpleasant sound or that will be distracted, much less, but it is there. However, I must say that the contact took place in a crowded room of people, so I had to approach a lot to notice the noise. Hypnotiza. The truth is that it is easy to get dumbfounded seeing how the screen goes up and down. I will not affirm or deny having been turned on by clicking the button every ten seconds like a child with a new toy. It is one of those technologies that attract attention and that suppose a breath of fresh air in a mature product category in which innovation usually goes inside. Even more in the AI ​​PCs era. Detail of the roller mechanism | Image: Xataka And how much does it endure? When the durability question, from Lenovo they explain that the roller mechanism endures 20,000 cycles. They are about 11 years at the rate of five daily cycles. In this case, however, it must also be taken into account that the screen is not only enroll and unwinds, but also folds when we close the laptop. Lenovo ensures that the panel will endure 30,000 opening and closing cycles. Anyway, in a contact as preliminary as this is not possible to confirm this. This is how the laptop is seen from behind when it is completely unrolled | Image: Xataka The wrinkle. One of the great evils of folding mobiles is the wrinkle of the fold. Although manufacturers make all kinds of juggling to avoid or reduce it, such as making a drop -shaped fold, the reality is that it remains visible and notable to touch. In the case of Lenovo laptop is exactly the same. The wrinkle shows and looks. Not only is it seen, but it causes flashes when looking at the screen from certain angles. In front, however, there seems to be no problem. In what angles, the wrinkle is more or less visible | Image: Xataka A system that feels robust. Although the device rises and that the part that rises is thinner the upper area, the device does not transmit a sensation of fragility. It does not give the feeling that we will leave if we put it vertically and incline it. Moreover, the thickness of the laptop, being superior to that of a conventional laptop, is not as high as one could imagine. Yes, it weighs more and is thicker, but neither as much if we take into account that inside hides an roller screen and a deployment mechanism. An interesting change. As someone who is writing and reads a lot, a lot, a lot throughout the day, this type of implementations are interesting. On a few occasions I am doing Zoom-Out to a PDF to read more content or juggling to be able to better read something than, on a vertical screen, I could read without problem. This device solves that problem of a stroke, although it does so at a price well above what any laptop costs. Image | Xataka This laptop supposes, or could assume, a paradigm shift, in the way we understand the laptops. Getting that extra space is a fantasy for those of us who use the computer for productivity (not so much to play, there does not make too much sense). However, accessing this device is not something available to everyone. The price issue. The Thinkbook Plus Gen 6 Cuesta 4,199 eurosa price that surely leaves it out of the reach of most mortals. Does it solve having to load or install a secondary monitor to have flexibility? It solves it, partially at least, but it does it at a very high cost. The technology is impressive and seeing it in operation makes it win. The device is undoubtedly unique in its kind. Now he has the challenge of convincing users, and that is a flour from another sack. Images | Xataka In Xataka | “The AI ​​is not a … Read more

The digital kit promises to digitize SMEs and freelancers and “give them” a Macbook Air. There is a lot of small print

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On paper the Digital kit It doesn’t seem a bad idea. The government’s proposal, managed by Red.esgrants a series of subsidies to facilitate the “digital transformation” of SMEs and freelancers. Or what is the same: that small businesses and people “in self -employment” can for example have their website, their online store and even access the subsidy of a macbook air m4 that seems to leave “free”. Except that it does not go free. Not much less. Subsidies for digital transformation The program, promoted by Red.es and the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function, aims to “digitize” SMEs and adapt them to new times. Source: Red.es Financing comes from the Next Generation EU program of the European Union, and to start it up they were established different segments of beneficiaries that depended on the size of the SMEs or whether you were autonomous. The calls for almost all segments have been ending over the last months, but there is one that remains active: that of segment III, dedicated to SMEs from zero to three employees and also autonomous. The maximum amount of the subsidy for this segment is 3,000 euros, and is divided into two items. The first, with a subsidy of up to 2,000 euros can be used to commission the development of a web page (“basic internet presence”) or an online store (“Marketplace”). The second, which is becoming a claim on social networks, is a subsidy of up to 1,000 euros for the acquisition of a “safe job”which normally translates into a PC or portable. An important detail here: you can not ask for only the computer for the computer, and this can only be requested as a complement to the subsidy for the website or online store mentioned above. To access the program and get those “digital bonds” of up to 3,000 euros the process, explained in a PDFIt is theoretically simple. Just access the web accelerapyme.escomplete a “self -diagnosis test” and request help Digital kit through the form of the Red.es electronic headquarters. From there we will have to get in touch with a “digitizer agent”which will be the intermediary through which this “digital transformation” of our business is carried out. It is they who provide us with services (or manage that a third party provide them) and that they also take care of the acquisition of the famous portable of 1,000 euros. It is possible to become one of these digitalizing agents through the aforementioned Electronic Headquarters of Red.es, and In another guide in PDF It explains how to log in. A digitizer agent tells us the reality of the digital kit program As we say, on paper everything seems correct, but in practice the digital kit program has become a source of controversy that affects both parties, both those who have asked for those subsidies and to those who have managed them. To know from within what is happening we have talked to Pablo F. Iglesiasfounder of the consultant Cyberbainers that among other things achieved homologation for the digital kit. He has suffered the “small print” of this project as well as a service provider as a couple of a person who requested them. After this time offering their services, he tells us how his feeling is that there were “too many used who have seen in the program a quick business opportunity.” It is a message that others have shared such as Jaime Gómez-Obregón, which explained in x How a microenterprise “sold” hundreds of digital kit projects by subcontracting websites to freelancers in South America, which ended up promoting “Business models of using and throwing”. Iglesias also indicated how there have been large companies that They have taken advantage of the program to capture new customers as part of your service offer. In both cases the impact has been mostly negative. There are many the Complaints in social networks that They speak of Scams Related and how it has been seen that frequently the quality of the web pages or online stores created was very low, they were often “clones” of other web pages with minimal modifications that did not justify the 2,000 euros of the subsidy. For churches there is another additional problem: “Although they grant, for example, 6,000 euros to your company, the categories are limited to maximum expenses. Insufficient expenses to provide a service of twelve months, which encourages, by the structure of the subsidy itself, that the quality of the service is very but very low … or an economic agreement is reached outside the digital kit contract.” Iglesias himself explained that with 2,000 euros it is practically impossible for someone to “make you a professional website, give you basic services of backups, maintenance and monthly SEO work for 12 months.” Even so, he emphasizes, this program has caused the foam “alleged marketing agencies that They are dedicated to riding clonic WordPress With free templates in an afternoon, financing with the digital kit. “Although these pages do not position well in front of the competition, in the eyes of the program they have fulfilled the work,” and as the type client to which they van do not understand anything in the digital world, because it cooks. “ Free laptop myth In recent days we have started to see frequently on social networks like Tiktok Publications of accounts that They talked of The easy What was it get a macbook air m4 “free” subsidized by digital kit. But all these messages are misleading advertising, since although the digital kit program subsidizes these teams, who want to take advantage of this option will have to be very attentive to the small print. To start, because That subsidy does not cover VATand here Iglesias points to how “the state always wins.” To get the laptop we have to ask both the subsidy of 1,000 euros for the “safe job” and the 2,000 euros for the creation of a website or, as many of those ads sell, the start -up of … Read more

There was a lot of money at stake

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A few years ago we talked about the “Fasters“, that group of people who did not conceive of their favorite series to less than 1.5x. The same with the podcasts or the audiobooks. At that time, they were the exception, and when asked about social networks, people would be surprised and horrified at the possibility of enjoying the culture in that way. Today things have changed, and being “faster” becomes quite common: according to a survey of The Economist and Yougov31% of Americans between 18 and 29 years listen to audios for more than 1x. The greats of the Internet have made it very easy to accelerate everything. YouTube, Spotify or Netflix are Internet giants that They only do not compete against their direct competitorscompete against everything And all looking for one thing: Our sustained attention. They want us to spend more and more time on the platform, not only to prevent us from going to the competition, but because they loyalty more and generate more advertising income per user. In the case of Spotify, for example, earn more money when we reproduce podcasts (and it is common to accelerate them) that when we listen to music, because they save rights to pay the recordings. On YouTube the logic is similar: if we accelerate reproduction, we can consume more content at the same time. Thus the part is understood the success of rapid consumption of content: these companies and others not only implemented the speed of accelerating reproduction where before it was not so common (outside the audio), but they put the function almost at the level of relevance of pausar or advance reproduction. Thus, YouTube offers to tricks such as leaving the video clustered on mobile or on the web so that reproduction goes from 1x to 2x automatically. Life at 1x becomes slow. WhatsApp and Telegram know it, and in 2021 they implemented the possibility of Accelerate audios Of our contacts, something that a server values greatly. The feeling with the audios, as one of Your hateorsthere is “there is a lot of detour, pauses, unnecessary repetitions”, and accelerate them to 1.5x offers, in many cases, a more normal cadence of conversation. As in person, with fewer distractions. Personally, all audios are already reproducing them at that speed, and I feel that I do not lose attention, context or data of what my friends and family explain to me. The audios of some slow -speaking people are compatible with climbing 2x, but it is usually not comfortable. Accelerating everything so much has consequences: when listening again at normal speed, there is some feeling that people are “drunk.” This effect is extreme if instead of accelerating we slowly slow down. Fomo as a factor of a huge “savings” of time. To understand the effects of accelerating reproduction in different services it is very useful to remember its official figures. According to YouTube in 2022, its users They saved 900 years of video per day Seeing them faster of their original speed. For Linda Stone, researcher at the Digital Revolution, accelerate everything has to do with the phomothe fear of losing things, not to get to everything. TV, redoubt of respect for creative intention. Of the big platforms (Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Apple TV+), Netflix is the only one that allows us to accelerate its contents from the official mobile application. The rest, neither in mobiles nor on other platforms, perhaps following The reasons that Netflix alleged Not to offer the function on larger screens: “We have been sensitive to the concerns of the creators and we have avoided including larger screens, especially televisions.” Five years after releasing the mobile adjustment, Netflix still does not allow reproduction on the smart TV. YouTube does not take it that way, and among its adjustments the possibility of Vary the reproduction of 0.25x to 2x for 15 years. Do not destroy my work. The rhythm and assembly are key elements of series and films. That they are slow or fast is not a failure, they are a decision with which they reflect an intention. So the filmmakers consider that accelerating reproduction is something devastating for work. In the face of the joy of the “fasters” for being able to accelerate Netflix and “unnecessarily stretched” series, Peyton Reed (Ant-man) and Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Ambverse) were clearly against implementing functionality, to which Aaron Paul joined, despite having worked with them in ‘The way‘. The effects. The Economist includes the position of different experts and studies regarding the phenomenon. The conclusion of researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada was that consuming content up to 1.5x does not add cognitive differences with respect to doing so at the original speed. Yes, but. However, when we approach or overcome the 2x speed, the thing changes: the responses to the evaluation of students who had seen evidence at this speed were of much worse quality. Taking this into account, the striking thing is that YouTube is already offering the option to reproduce its videos to 4x speed to premium subscription users. The experience of a fan. My partner and editor of Xataka José García acknowledged in a talk among colleagues to have seen ‘One Piece‘At 1.5x speed, “in those scenes that I knew they were important, but in which they also did not contribute to me 10 seconds of intense looks”, while “what I knew was mythical (coffee for coffee growers: episodes 483, chapter 1,000 and 1,076, for example) left it to 1x”. And he did not have the feeling of missing anything with this concrete anime, because “the dialogues are relatively slow and total, I do not understand much Japanese, so with being able to read the subtitles it is worth.” He also points out that something like this was possible at 1.5x, while “A 2x was already another story.” Unlike what can happen to WhatsApp the audios, returning to 1x was satisfactory: “It was weird. He was accustomed to … Read more

The skeptics of the AI warned that we were exciting a lot and we did not believe them: the AI is tontal

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GPT-5 is something better that GPT-4. The problem of that phrase is in the word “something.” Openai’s new “unified” model does not seem to represent the qualitative leap that many expected, and that The alarms have sounded again. One might ask what if the AI no longer becomes much better than it is now? But maybe that is already happening and the question is another: what do we do then? The climb works, but less. In 2020 a team of Openai researchers published A study entitled “Laws of climbing for neuronal language models”. They raised a kind of Moore law of the AI: the more data and computation dedicated to training models, the better they would be. That observation was clearly demonstrated when they launched GPT-3, which was 10 times larger than GPT-2 but it was a lot, much better than that model. Deceleration. Gary Marcus, professor of psychology and neuronal sciences at the University of New York, explained in 2022 That this study did not make much sense: “The so -called lawyer laws are not universal laws such as gravity, but simply mere observations that could not be maintained forever.” Even Satya Nadella agreed With this statement a few months ago in the Ignite 2024 event. And as we are seeing, their doubts have come true. The climb works and the models are somewhat better than their predecessors, but The deceleration seems to be there. But GPT-5 is not so bad. The truth is that GPT-5 has improved in relevant metrics. Those responsible for Epoch AI They evaluated His behavior in FrontiermathFor example. The results were a bit better than their O4-mini predecessor, but there were no big yield jumps. Even so, they highlighted how GPT-5 has been the first model to solve a specific problem as if “had fully understood the problem.” In the field of mathematics, GPT-5 behaves something better than its predecessors, but the difference is not radical. The most difficult problems (Tier 4) are still almost impossible for AI models. Source: Epoch AI. And think better. Another independent analysis of the ZVI Mowshowitz analyst He pointed out that although the GPT-5 base model It was correct without further adoits advanced variants (GPT-5 PRO and GPT-5 Thinking) were a substantial improvement with respect to O3-PRO and O3 respectively, especially when mitigating hallucinations. According to your data, “GPT-5 Auto” (the base version) seems like a poor product unless you use the free chatgpt plan “. The same what we need is a symbolic AI. The symbolic (“classic”) represents knowledge using symbols and rules, and is based on logic and formal reasoning to solve problems and make decisions. This type of AI He dominated the panorama From AI until 90, but the lack of notable advances made that discipline stagnate and live a winter of AI. “We leave” with the connectionist, the neural networks that represent knowledge through connections and weights of the nodes of a network of artificial neurons. This discipline was the one that gave rise to the ia generative and the overwhelming success of Chatgpt and its rivals. His surprising good behavior unleashed the current AI fever, But performance advances are slowing down. The skeptics of the AI redouble their speech. Analysts like Ed Zitron – more extreme – or Gary Marcus – defense of the symbolic AI— They have always warned of the exaggerated expectations generated by the generative AI. Even those who were instrumental in the creation of Chatgpt, such as engineer Ilya Sutskever, They warned of the scaling limitations. Reasoning models have softened criticism and are a great alternative for that apparent stagnation of standard models, but even with them the feeling is that AI will not go much further. Thus we will never get to an AGI. Thomas Wolf, co -founder and Chief Science officer of Hugging Face, reflected on the problem A few months ago and concluded that the IAS have become “a country of men who say yes to all servers.” For him things began to be disturbing: “To create an Einstein in a data center we do not need a system that has all the answers, but rather one that is able to wonder things that nobody had thought or nobody had dared to ask.” As this expert pointed out, the current AI does not generate (usually) new knowledge, and “simply fills the holes of what humans already knew.” The current AI is like a fantastic and very applied student, but that student does not challenge what has been taught. He does not question it and does not propose ideas that go against the data with which he has been trained. Yann Lecun, one of the pioneers of the AI, has already concluded on the current generative AI: It’s silly. Lowering expectations. The panorama is worrying for those who are investing billions of dollars in data centers or in training new foundational models, especially because that impact may not be as gigantic as they had forecast and promised. Ed Zitron indicated In The New Yorker that “this is a 50,000 million dollar market, not one of one billion dollars.” Marcus agreed. “50,000 million, yes. Maybe 100,000.” What happens if AI has stagnated. If it is effectively, what we can expect is that AI becomes a useful tool to save time and improve the result of certain tasks – it is doing it – but not to provoke That seismic impact In society and employment What personalities such as Altman, Musk, Amodei or Zuckerberg defend with their investments. If that happens we will undoubtedly have a powerful tool to do things better and faster. That was just what allowed us other fantastic disruptions such as the PC or the Internet. But many probably expected more. A lot more. And there is the problem. In expectations. Image | Levart Photography In Xataka | There are too many AI models. That raises a true death sentence for Anthropic and Claude

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