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Someone has stolen $ 1.5 billion in a cryptocurrency market. It is the greatest crypto hacking in history

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The cryptocurrency market had been encouraged again months ago. Everything seemed relatively quiet, but two serious events in this segment have brought us again those sensations of distrust and insecurity. And it will not be easy to get rid of them. A historical theft. Last Friday someone managed to hack the market for the sale of BYBIT cryptodivisas. The firm He quickly warned how they had detected “unauthorized activity” in their systems. It was the greatest cryptocurrency hacking in history: it is estimated that the attackers (s) managed to steal $ 1.5 billion in the form of ETH. The previous most important robberies had been the 470 million dollars stolen in the Mt Gox hacking In 2014, the 530 million coincheck In 2018 or 650 million from Exploit Ronin Bridge In 2022. Lazarus group as suspicious. At the moment the firm does not know how the hacking was performed, but apparently the company’s laptops were not compromised and the problem affected Safe, the “cold” purse of the platform. Cybersecurity consultant Arkham Intelligence indicates that Lazarus Group had been responsible, a statement based on The investigation of the expert in this area Zachxbt. Bybit says to be covered. Ben Zhou, CEO of Bybit, highlighted How his criptomoned sale market had enough reserves to cover hacking and cryptocurrency withdrawal – especially, especially, Stablecoins– Although for a few hours They blocked some functions of their purses to guarantee their safety. A few hours ago Zhou indicated how they had managed to cover virtually all funds. Panic in Bybit. The theft has caused many users to withdraw funds in Bybit for fear that these funds will also end up being stolen. As indicated In Coindeskin the hours following the HACKEO Bybit he saw how their clients withdrew 4,000 million dollars in funds. Of the 16.9 billion dollars managed in crypto assets in Bybit, the firm went to manage 11.2 billion dollars According to defillama data. Can Ctrl-Z do to the block chain? Some users asked if it would be feasible to make a kind of “roll-back” of the Ethereum block chain. That would allow us to undo the changes made by hackers and return the status of that great book of accounts to how it was before hacking, but it is not clear that this is possible. Experts indicate according to Coindesk that something like this would be possible, but the interactions between the Smart Contracts and their internal architecture make it not easy. It would be necessary to reach a consensus, and could even cause a division of the Ethereum block chain in two. Just when in the US the thing was encouraged. The robbery occurred just the day Coinbase had managed to reach an agreement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission leave the demand without also being issued. Donald Trump’s re -election had promoted the value of cryptocurrencies, but since his appointment we have lived several worrying events. Memecoins, Trump and Milei. The scandals have been especially primed with the Memecoins created or supported by Trump and especially by Javier MileiPresident of Argentina. Both grew in a brilliant value and then collapsed in a mysterious and disturbing way, which points to possible fraud in which a few privileged were winning while hundreds of thousands of people lost their investments in these cryptodivisas. Distrust and insecurity, the eternal condemnation of crypts. The scandals with these memecoins and the spectacular bykit hacking return us the constant feeling of insecurity and distrust that the cryptodivisas have always generated. The institutional interest and a certain tranquility in recent times seemed to have softened that environment, but these new events will probably make more people think twice before investing in this type of assets. It is a bad idea to leave your cryptocurrencies in an “Exchange”. The truth is that these robberies have confirmed that their security measures can end up being insufficient to protect their customers’ funds. The most recommended form of experts to save these cryptocurrencies is do it in physical pursesdo not leave them in the purchase market for sale of cryptocurrencies (“Exchange”). Image | KANCHANARA In Xataka | A British did not let his album search with Bitcoins in the trash for years: now he considers buying the landfill

Apple’s folding sounds more and more strength. It is a golden opportunity to change the smartphones market

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We have been with the cantinela for years that “next year, Apple will present its folding smartphone.” And no, there is not always water in the river When it sounds. However, this start of 2025 starts with increasingly solid tracks About this project. The last They are related to Chinese manufacturer Lens Technology, who will supposedly manufacture the ultrafine glass that will supply 70% of Apple’s orders. Some of the company’s plans are also detailed to improve existing products. The problem? We have been with folding phones on the table for years, and they still do not be mature. Apple’s plan. Rumors are increasingly lighter, and everything indicates that in the first half of 2026 the company will make its folding iPhone known to the world. Apple would like to lose the closest part of the hinge, to achieve a greater thickness in the ultra -laced glass sheet and improve the durability of the product. Lens Technology would be the main glass manufacturer, with Samsung Display as a screen supplier itself. Technology to create a product that aspires to be the maximum reference in its territory. A little mature market. Foldables still do not democratize today. The price might seem the main reason, but we are strict, a Galaxy Z Flip6 it costs practically the same as a Galaxy S25+ And less than a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. The problem of folding, despite the fact that manufacturers promise thousands of folds, is that they continue to throw durability doubts. A quick walk by Reddit shows Samsung mobile problems, Huawei either Xiaomi. In fact, in my own particular case I have suffered the wear and tear of the occasional folding … in just one week of use. A Chinese crown. If they ask you who is the king of folding phones, Samsung may come to mind, but it is not. Huawei It is, by far, the most folding company sells worldwide, well above Samsung, Honor and Motorola. The success of its folding range in China will not be easy to replicate for Apple, who may seek to settle in Europe as the main reference and popularize this telephone concept. Despite these figures, the folding market is still a minority. The question is whether Apple’s proposal will continue to be a niche product or if it will make the turns change. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The dream of mass folding mobiles remains distant. They are still expensive and fragile

the one they are pounding in the mature chip market

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Semiconductor manufacturers have a strategic role for the Taiwan government. And they have it because the chips are fundamental for the support of their economy. TSMC leads the industry of the manufacture of integrated circuits with an approximate quota of 60%. And, in addition, other Taiwanese companies, such as UMC (United Microelectronics Corporation) or PSMC (Powerchip semiconductor manufacturing corporation), they have a very prominent role in this industry. However, the business of the three companies I just mentioned is different. TSMC specializes in the production of High integration semiconductorsso it competes mainly in the avant -garde chip market. This is the reason why Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm or MediaTek, among other technology companies. TSMC is indisputably Taiwan’s jewelbut this does not mean that the business of the other Taiwanese chips manufacturers is not relevant. The strength of UMC, PSMC and other companies on the island reside in the competitiveness that they have sustained for years in the market of mature integrated circuits. These are the semiconductors that are mostly used in cars, appliances or electronic devices, among other products, and usually occur in nodes of 28 nm or less advanced. However, the future of these medium -term companies is uncertain. And it is because China has proposed to dominate The mature chip market. And he is getting it. Taiwan is already losing the market of mature integrated circuits The Taiwanese government does not want to lose its strength in this industry, but its future is not entirely promising. In fact, the IDC consultant He has predicted that your participation in the global sector of integrated circuits manufacturing will be reduced from 46% to 43% in 2027. However, this is not all. According to the TrendForce consultant China’s quota in the mature chip market has reached 34% in 2024, while Taiwan amounted to 43%. However, according to this same source in 2027, China’s participation will clearly exceed Taiwan. China’s quota in the mature chip market has reached 34% in 2024 The semi association (Semiconductor equipment and materials international), which represents the semiconductor industry and their supply chains, provides that Of the 97 new integrated circuit factories that have started or will start large -scale production between 2023 and 2025, 57 They will be housed in China. And most of the latter will be dedicated mainly to the manufacture of mature chips with the purpose of consolidating the domain of the country led by Xi Jinping in a market in which it has more and more weight. China’s interest in the mature chip industry is the response of this country to US sanctions and its allies that prevent their manufacturers from accessing the most advanced lithography equipment than produces the Dutch company ASML. At this situation, Taiwanese chips manufacturers only have one option, As Frank Huang explainsPresident of PSMC: “The factories of mature nodes like ours must be transformed. Otherwise Chinese price cuts will affect us even more.” This transformation in practice will gradually abandon the production of mature semiconductors to turn to the manufacture of high integration chips. Image | TSMC More information | Reuters In Xataka | TSMC acknowledges that it has been considered taking its factories out of Taiwan. It is impossible for a good reason

Philips was the second largest chips manufacturer on the planet. Now it is out of a market led by its creation: ASML

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What we have promised you in the head of this article is strictly true. As Marc Hijink explains in his highly recommended and fresh out of the oven ‘Focus: The Asml Way’during the decade of the 70s of the last century Philips was the second largest manufacturer of semiconductors of the world. The leader in this market at that time was the American company Texas Instrumentsbut the Dutch firm had a long career in the field of innovation and technological development. In the early 70th Philips had more than 400,000 employees, and approximately 90,000 worked in the Netherlands. At that time his business was mainly held on The design and manufacture of televisionsradios, medical equipment, appliances and lighting solutions. His Porfolio was not but that nothing wrong, although his true strength was that absolutely everything was designed and manufactured within Philips. Today this strategy would be impracticable. Anyway, if we stick to the production of integrated circuits, the interesting thing is that the lithography equipment used at that time had also been devised and manufactured by engineers of the company itself. In fact, its first flirting with the semiconductors dates back to the late 50s of the last century. At that time the Philips Board of Directors realized of the enormous potential the chips had And he decided to create several research centers, as well as collaborate with technological universities and laboratories. ASML is the result of an inspired alliance During the decades of the 60s and 70th Philips was already a great technological emporium. In the early 80s he had acquired a lot of experience in the field of semiconductor manufacturing, but the industry sued smaller and capable chips. These requirements represented a technical challenge for company engineers who were responsible for the design of photolithography equipment, so in 1984 the Philips directive dome made a very important decision: he decided to associate with the Dutch company ASM International (Advanced material semiconductor). Currently all companies that produce advanced semiconductors have in their plants the UVP or ASML UVE machines The purpose of this alliance was to take advantage of Philips’s extensive experience in the set -up Design and manufacture avant -garde photolithographic equipment. The result of this collaboration was the birth of ASML (Advanced Materials Semiconductor), the Dutch company that leads the production industry of these machines thanks to the enormous success that their teams have had extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE). Currently all companies that produce advanced semiconductors have in their plants the machines of deep ultraviolet lithography (UVP) or extreme ultraviolet asml. Some of them are TSMC, Samsung, Intel, SK Hynix, Micron Technology, SMIC or UMC. However, once we have reached this moment it is reasonable that we ask ourselves why Philips is no longer a relevant actor in the integrated circuit manufacturing industry. In ‘Focus: The Asml Way’Marc Hijink tells us that after the creation of Asml Philips he settled. Its chips factories lost competitiveness and little by little they ceased to be able to develop the semiconductors required by the market. Jon Yu, the person in charge of the Newsletter The Asianometrysuggests essentially the same During the conversation who has maintained with Ben Thompson, the author of the interesting publication Stratechery. “As they count on ASML, Philips failed. It was a company with Too much bureaucracy and too much clinging to their customs. It is something similar to what happened with the Japanese in the 90s. Philips had already fulfilled his cycle and deserved to conclude, although he apparently sold his participations too soon. “It is a pity. And it is because there is no doubt that in the Current situation to Europe would have two leading companies in semiconductors. * Some price may have changed from the last review Image | ASML BIBLIOGRAPHY | ‘Focus: The Asml Way’by Marc Hijink More information | The Asianometry In Xataka | 2024 has been a year full of uncertainty for chip designers. So much that the market has changed leader

After tariffs to the electric car, China has a “Troy horse” to win the European market: combustion

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At the end of October last year, the European Union applied the Chinese electric car tariffs. From that moment, the cars that entered the European ports had to face rates that depended on the company that exported the vehicle. We must wait to see how the industry faces this change at a time when China was betting hard on Europe. But what is clear is that, beyond the electric car, China has a plan B to follow flooding the European Cars Union: The combustion engine. Tariff mess. They are not really “tariffs”, but “compensatory rights”, according to The European Commission. As much as they are, they are levies that apply to importation with one objective: protect their own market. Each manufacturer has an additional tariff and 35.3% is not the same to SAIC cars, 18.8% to Geely or 7.8% to Tesla. Before applying tariffs, China marked the goal of following Invading Europe with their carsbut regardless of increasing exports, the Asian giant took other measures. For example, one Research against European Porka very consumed product in the country that matters from Europe and that would affect several countries, especially Spain. It could also rareproduct that dominates and is vital for the development of practically all industries. Neighborhood discussion. These pressures have paid off, and an example is Spanish. Spain, initially, was in favor of the European measure, but after China’s threats, The Spanish position was relaxing. Germany too I was on that ship Because your trade with China It is key in this segment. On the contrary that France, fearful that Byd or Mg take away market share of their Peugeot, Citroën or Renault, which have little presence in China. The Troy Phev. However, something key in this whole issue is that tariffs have the Chinese electric car as a goal. That is, the 100%electric, leaving aside other electrification variants that remain important in a European market with countries where the loaders are not so developed. And, there, it is where China has a weapon to continue filling the territory of own production cars. Plug -in hybrids, or Phev, are an alternative strategy of the country. Not being taxed with the same tariffs, manufacturers can expand in the European market showing its technology, design and competitive prices. An example is cars that are plug -in hybrids in practice, but electric in theory. Jaecoo 7, for example, has gasoline and plug -in hybrid versions The limits of hybridization. He Mazda MX-30for example, it is a car that always prioritizes electric mode. It does not pull the combustion engine until it lacks enough energy in the battery to move the car, but the combustion engine is not dedicated to moving the wheels when it has to act, but to produce electricity that is stored in the battery, this being this the one used to move the wheels. Catl, Eminence in battery technologya few months ago a Battery with an autonomy of 400 kilometers and fast charge. But not for a 100%electric, but for a hybrid. It is like a 2.0 plug that, in practice, has a combustion engine, even if it is not used for the conventional purpose. Pure and hard combustion. In addition to technology, the point in favor of Chinese manufacturers is the price. Brands like byd and Mg have entrance hybrids to significantly lower prices than those of the competition. But there is life beyond electrification and, although China is Pushing Strong by the passage to these “new energies” inside and outside their borders, if you have to adapt to avoid tariffs, they can do it with several models of pure and hard combustion. He MG ZS Combustion It is an example. It was one of the gasoline cars best selling in Spain During last year. There are more players in this market, and omoda is an example. He arrived in Spain last year And it has expanded rapidly with dealers in which there are electric, hybrid and combustion cars. Jaecoo also has cars exclusively with combustion, such as Jaecoo 7and that is where the potential of Chinese companies is to gain market share by alternative roads to that of the Full Electric. Don money. Apart from the strategy for hybrids, when tariffs were already on the horizon, it was speculated with strategies by China to manufacture in Europe and dodge these tariffs. The idea was to assemble the critical pieces of cars in Chinese factories, disassemble it and take it to European factories, where they would reassemble to shape the final car. A kind of Lego that was not official and that, from Europe, it was said that it would not serve to dodge tariffs. But it is clear that what is working so that some countries have relaxed their position are economic pressures. Apart from the threats already commented, Chinese companies have been getting important plants to make cars. For example, Chery was done with the Nissan factory in Barcelona (What he gave A second life to Ebro). But during the last votes, They delayed their plans. And not only in Spain, Also in Italywhere they were going to make important investments. Meanwhile, Chinese companies continue to erre with their strategy to fill Europe with their cars. Despite tariffs, we see that giants like Byd continue to get ships huge that allow to continue maintaining the rhythm of exports. It is a very juicy market with Germany betting on electrification, Norway being the King of Cotarro and territories as the Netherlands in which China has land to conquer. Image | Engin Akyurt In Xataka | The EU has insisted on making the jump to the electric car: ten advantages of staying in a plug -in hybrid

Airbus’s hydrogen plane was going to reach the market in 2035. It has now been delayed in the midst of “great” challenges

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Airbus wanted to take the me. First commercial plane of the world propelled by hydrogen In 2035. The ambitious initiative continues to exist, only that it is not clear when it will end up materializing. The European aerospace giant has recognized that the project is progressing at a slower pace than expected. As Reuters collects He said that “the development of a hydrogen ecosystem, which includes infrastructure, production, distribution and regulatory frameworks, is a great challenge that requires global collaboration and investment.” One of the most important obstacles has to do with obtaining renewable hydrogen. An ambitious project, multiple challenges The main objective of the hydrogen plane is to reduce air transport emissions, and at this point the Hydrogen production: Obtaining large quantities using renewable energy is still complicated. Green hydrogen needs a lot of investment And a long way to go to be widely profitable. Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus, has said in the past that there is a doubt that there is sufficient green hydrogen in the future to boost a large number of commercial airplanes, but the company has continued to boost its plans to reduce emissions, which also include the use of Sustainable aviation fuel (SFA). Airbus has not yet given a new calendar for the project, but the signs are not optimistic. According to the Force Ouvrière union, workers were informed this week that technology has a delay between five and ten years with respect to the necessary rhythm. With this panorama, the objective of 2035 seems increasingly complicated. The aforementioned organization has indicated that the European firm is also evaluating the completion of “Certain subprojects” It is not clear if in addition to the aforementioned challenges related to the alternative fuel supply there are other disadvantages in the development of proposed aircraft. Airbus presented three concepts in 2020. The first, a turbofán with capacity for about 200 passengers and a range of 3,704 kilometers. The second, a more content turbohyl, designed for about 100 passengers and with 1,852 kilometers of reach. And the third, a mixed wing model, also turbophah, with the same figures as the first. The company also contemplated two propulsion systems. On the one hand, the Hydrogen combustionwith gas turbines with modified fuel injectors. On the other hand, a completely electrical propulsion system with hydrogen fuel batteries, which feed electric motors that turn the propellers or plane turbines. Images | Airbus In Xataka | A report has revealed that US air traffic control technology is obsolete. There are pieces that are no longer achieved

2024 has been a year full of uncertainty for chip designers. So much that the market has changed leader

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2023 was a bad year for companies that are dedicated to the design of integrated circuits. The report published by the consultant Gartner in early 2024 collected that the joint revenues of companies that are dedicated to direct or indirect sales of chips They fell for 2023 11% compared to 2022. The panorama did not paint well by 2024, but there is no doubt about one thing: the year we just left behind has been better for the chips industry as a whole than 2023. According to Gartner During 2024 the income of the semiconductor designers grew 18%. Not bad if we are in mind where they come from. However, this is not at all the only interesting fact that the detailed report that this consultant has prepared. And it foresees that 2025 will also be a very good year thanks to the push of the artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, global revenues will grow, again according to Gartner, of the 626 billion dollars from 2024 to 705,000 million in 2025. Samsung has traced and has been placed again in front of Intel Samsung re -leads the world classification that includes all companies that are dedicated to direct or indirect sale of integrated circuits. Presumably Gartner has not included TSMC in his report, and yes to Intel and Samsung, because the Taiwanese company only manufactures semiconductors for third parties. It does not design or market them directly or indirectly, something that both Intel and Samsung do. In any case, this last company has entered for 2024 66,524 million dollars compared to 40,942 million of 2023. These figures entail a growth of 62.5%. 2024 has been a hard year for Intel greatly due to its difficulties in competing in the hardware market for AI Intel, meanwhile, entered during the year we had just left behind 49,189 million dollars, while in 2023 their income amounted to 49,117 million. It is evident that 2024 has been a hard year For this American company greatly due to its difficulties in compete in the hardware market for AI. The figures that we have just reviewed describe a growth of only 0.1% for 2024 compared to 2023. In fact, this bad economic result led to The company’s departure from the company. If we stick to the gross income Nvidia already steps on Intel’s heels, which has placed it in the third position of the classification. The company led by Jensen Huang entered for 2024 45,988 million dollars, which represents an increase of no less than 83.6% compared to 2023. Behind it has positioned SK Hynix, Qualcomm, Micron Technology, Broadcom, AMD, Apple and Infineon Technologies. Anyway, the most obvious conclusion we can get is that for 2024 the semiconductor market has been promoted above all by the GPUs for AI, and surely this trend is not going to be altered in 2025. Image | TSMC More information | Gartner In Xataka | The virtuous circle: China has become the greatest added value of the planet thanks to feedback

China is devouring the televisions market. So much that Panasonic considers abandoning it

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Samsung is the manufacturer who has been selling the most televisions for 18 years. His imperturbable leadership in such a competitive market is unusual, but This domain is being threatened. And not for its compatriot LG, the company with the one that has dealt with more intensity during most of his reign. TV manufacturers that are growing most in the world market They arrive from China. And they seem willing to snatch Samsung his throne. According to the consultant Counterpoint Research During the third quarter of 2024, Samsung’s fee in the global televisions market was 15%, while Chinese and TCL companies reached 12%. However, it is interesting that we also observe the trend. The Samsung quota was slightly reduced to the second quarter of 2024, while that of Hisense increased by 19% compared to the same quarter of 2023. Panasonic is making a very difficult decision in uncertain times Hisense seems unstoppable. His growth has allowed him to place second only behind Samsung during the third quarter of 2024. In fact, he has surpassed TCL. And these two Chinese brands have beaten by 2% the LG market share during that same quarter. This “photography” helps us identify in what state is the television market today, but we can do something else. We can investigate the always interesting segment of prémonic televisions. If we stick to the high range the Samsung market share fell from 43% of the third quarter of 2023 to 30% during the third quarter of 2024 Again according to Counterpointif we stick to the high range the Samsung market share fell from 43% of the third quarter of 2023 to 30% during the third quarter of 2024. The interesting thing is that in this same period the fees of Hins and TCl experienced A very different evolution than Samsung’s. Hisense went from 14 to 24%, and TCL from 11 to 17%. It is important that we take this into account because it reflects that Chinese brands do not sell only low -price televisions; They also do well with high -end models. At this juncture and without deviating from the Prémona segment, LG has gone from second position in this category with a 20% market share to fourth position, with a fee of 16%. He has Samsung not only; Also to Hisense and TCl. In recent years I have had the opportunity to Analyze several televisions Of these two Chinese brands, and objectively their technology is very competitive. In fact, they are not only intimidating South Korean companies; Japanese brands are also suffering. And a lot. Yuki Kusumi, the president of Panasonic, declared Yesterday that the company that leads is willing to part with its televisions manufacturing division. “We are prepared to sell it if necessary, but we have not yet decided,” Kusumi said. Panasonic has embarked In a deep business restructuring which seeks to increase its medium -term competitiveness and enhance its agility when making decisions to adapt to the market. A last interesting note: for 2024 the Chinese televisions manufacturers with TCL and Hisense at the head managed to get More than 50% of the Japanese market. More information | Forbes | Nikkei Asia In Xataka | Panasonic has ready its two 2025 flagship televisions. And one of them is committed to a spectacular OLED panel

take off in the stock market while Nvidia and Microsoft still do not lift their heads

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Several days have passed since Nvidia lost more than 400,000 million dollars in market value After the emergence of the new Artificial Intelligence Models (AI) of Deepseekwhich stand out for their power and efficiency. Despite a slight recovery in the price of its shares, the company led Jensen Huang faces another day in red. Its titles fall more than 5% compared to the previous day. The bearish trend extends to other American giants Microsoft, Apple and Google. But not everything is bad news. ASMLone of the most important technological firms in Europe, is living a very encouraging moment. Their shares quoted at $ 683.35 yesterday Tuesday at the close of the market. This Wednesday, at the time of writing this article, They are negotiated at $ 713.98which translates into a growth of 4.48%. We are facing interesting fact if we take into account that the titles of the lithography chipos manufacturer also collapsed at the end of last week. Hopeful future for the European company There is still an hour for the closure of the Nasdaq stock market, but everything seems to indicate that ASML will close on Wednesday in positive. Is that the company based in the Netherlands has presented Its financial results for the fourth quarter which ended last December 31 and exceeded analysts’ estimates. Its turnover was 9,260 million euros (9,070 million euros were expected) and the net profit reached the 2,690 million euros (2,640 million euros were expected). ASML’s actions in front of American companies this Wednesday, January 29 | Image: Yahoo Finance The manufacturer of machines such as Twinscan Exe: 5000 or exe: 5200high -tech piece necessary to make avant -garde chips, has maintained its sales expectations for the current year. He is confident that he will get income from 30,000 and 35,000 million euros For 2025. It is an increase compared to 28,262 million euros invoiced in the last four quarters. The popular Chinese Deepseek does not seem to be a threat to ASML growth plans. Christophe Fouquet, CEO of Asml Current AI models have been created with computing power. Huge data centers running at full speed to train algorithms. Deepseek’s arrival has raised a scenario where the development of this industry It does not depend as much as the avant -garde hardware. Since Nvidia is the main supplier of specialized graphics for Data Centers, the company has paid the price with the collapse of its shares and, consequently, its market value. The CEO of ASML, Christophe Fouquet, was optimistic at the arrival of low -cost models such as Deepseek. In statements to CNBC He said he hopes that the emergence of this company will generate more demand for semiconductors, instead of reducing it. “A lower cost of AI could mean More applications. More applications mean more demand over time. We see it as an opportunity for a greater demand for chips, “said the executive. We will see if we are right. Images | ASML In Xataka | We already know the secret of the extreme efficiency of Deepseek: it has dodged the Cuda de Nvidia standard

Pebble returns in 2025. The simplest smart watch on the market will return to its roots

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The founder of Pebble, Eric Migicovsky, has announced The return of one of the most influential smart watches in history. A decade after cementing the market, it returns with a similar vision – but not the same – to the original: do the right thing, but do it well … and sustainably as a company. Why is it important. In a market dominated by the Apple Watch and other increasingly complex and complete watches, focused on health and sports, Pebble proposes to return to its roots: A screen e-paper Always active, a week of autonomy and physical buttons instead of touch screen. Without much more. Between bambalins. Google, current owner of the brand after the purchase of Fitbit, who in turn was the one who bought what was left of Pebble in 2016, has decided to release the source code of Pebbleos. That allows Migicovsky to create a “spiritual clone” of the original clock under another brand. Original Pebble. Image: Pebble. The new device will maintain the essence of Pebble: notifications, music control, alarms, time, calendar and basic monitoring of activity. No electrocardiograms or blood oxygen measurement. Against the complexity of the watches of the present. The device still has no name. Migicovsky has only announced one domain: Repebble.com. Yes, but. The big difference is in the business model. Migicovsky will finance the project personally, without external investors or Kickstarter campaigns, thanks to the businesses he has done since he left Pebble. “The keyword is’ sustainable,” he said about it. One of Pebble’s mistakes ten years ago was growing in excess. When the skinny cows arrived, the cost structure was unassumable. Deepen. The market of Wearable It has changed a lot since 2012, but there is an active community of Pebble users that keep the original devices alive: Rebble. The question is whether this minimalist approach can find its hole in 2025, when the industry is committed to complexity and advanced functions. The new Pebble points to a specific user niche, not to a massive presence. In fact there are the shots of the sustainability that Migicovsky poses. Outstanding image | REPEBBLE In Xataka | Thus Pebble failed: “The biggest mistake was not to react when we knew that the Apple Watch was going to arrive”

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