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Alibaba has presented its largest AI model, with a billion parameters. The question is whether at this point that means something

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The Chinese giant Alibaba has announced a new language model, the largest they have announced to date. It is called Qwen-3-Max and presumes that it has more than 1 billion parameters. The biggest. It is the last model within the series Qwen3 which was launched in May of this year and, as its name ‘Max’ indicates, it is the largest to date. Its size is given by the parameters, 1 billion to be exact, while the previous models of its series reached a maximum of 235,000 million. According to South China Morning Post (Which owner Alibaba), his model stands out in understanding of language, reasoning and text generation. Benchmarks. The results of the benchmarks place QWen3-Max ahead of competitors such as Claude Opus 4, Deepseek v3.1 and Kimi K2. If Gemini 2.5 Pro or GPT-5 does not appear, it is because they are models of reasoning and have only compared rapid response models. As they point out in Dev.toboth Gemini 2.5 Pro and GPT-5 obtain higher scores in mathematics and code, so reasoning models continue to have advantage in those areas. Qwen3-max-preview can already be tested free of charge. Benchmarks shared by Alibaba. Parameters. The parameters are all the internal variables that a model learns during training. In other words, it is the knowledge that the model has obtained from the data with which it has trained and allows it to interpret our requests and generate their answers. In theory, the more parameters, the model will have more and better capabilities. It also implies that it needs more computational power both to train and to execute the model. More does not mean better. The speech of the parameters remembers that of the megapixels with the first cameras. A 100 megapixel sensor will take larger photos than a 10 sensor, but there are other crucial factors that affect image quality such as sensor size or lens luminosity. Quality data. More parameters can be translated into more learning capacity and more resolution of complex tasks, as long as quality training data has been used. It is obvious: a language model that has been trained with redundant, incorrect or biased data will learn and continue to reproduce those errors in their operation. There are more. In 2022, the laboratory Deepmind from Google, discovered that many models were oversized in parameters but underlined in data. To demonstrate it they created the Chinchilla model with “only” 70,000 million parameters, but four times more data. The result was that it beat Gopher, a model with four times more parameters. Architecture. The architecture of the model is another decisive factor in order to achieve an efficient model; A standard architecture is not the same that forces the model to use its entire neuronal network, than one like Mixture of experts which consists of many smaller networks. It would be something like having an expert committee each with a specialty. In this way, the model can choose your expert for each query and not have to use the entire network. For example, with this technique, Mistral manages to use only a fraction of his parameters And so it is faster and cheap to execute. Image | Markus Winkler, via Pexels In Xataka | The ASML-Mistral alliance reveals the European plan B: if we cannot manufacture chips, we will at least control how they are manufactured

Everything to know, what each symbol means and how it affects you

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The day came. From today, Juniode 2025, all mobile phones and tablets will have to have the energy label. Yes, that same label that we are used to seeing In every small and large house appliance. This regulation entered into force on September 20, but it has not been until now that the validity has been full. From today, if a manufacturer wants to sell its mobiles and tablets in European territory, you will have to add the label in the box. It is an interesting change and that we will begin to notice sooner rather than later in the linear of electronics and websites. Thus, we are going to review everything that needs to know about this label, what each symbol means and what the regulation on ecological design that also comes into play. What devices affects. According to Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 of the commission of June 16, 2023this new regulation will apply to mobile phones (with a tactile screen between four and seven inches), wireless landlines and tablets (with touch screen between seven and 17.4 inches). Those devices will have to have their energy EPREL energy tag (acronym for European Product Registry for Energy Labelling). Energy label that we will see from now on mobiles and tablets | Image: European Union What is the label. Virtually identical to what you can find in any appliance and similar to the one you can see on these lines. There are several symbols and their meanings are as follows: A QR code with a link provided by the manufacturer to product -related information. The commercial brand of the device. If the mobile is Samsung, “Samsung”. The identifier of the specific model. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 256 GB is the SM-S938BZBDEUB. The Energy Efficiency Scale: “A” is the maximum possible score and “G” is the worst. The device efficiency level according to the anterior scale. The autonomy of the battery per cycle measured in hours and minutes per complete battery charge. That is, how much the battery lasts for the mobile. The reliability of the device in free fall: “A” is the maximum possible score and “e” is the worst. The repair of the device: “A” is the maximum possible score and “E” is the worst. Load cycles supported by the phone until the battery reaches 80% of its maximum capacity. In other words, the battery degradation rate. Classification of Water Resistance, Dust and Subsibility. For this indicator the IP certificate. The regulation number. In this case, “2023/1669“ Where will it be shown? The label must measure at least 68 x 136 millimeters, so we will probably find it in the back of the device box. However, the label must be visible in the linear and exposed products, so we will surely find it printed near the plate with the information and the price of the terminal. On the websites, the approach is the same as with the appliances: upload the label as a more product photo and adopt the reduced format for the preview. This is seen the energy labeling in appliances in Amazon (really in any ecommerce, it is something standard). From now on, when we look for a mobile we should see the same | Image: Xataka How all this is measured. The European Regulation establishes that measurements and calculations will be made using harmonized norms whose reference numbers have been published in the Official Gazette of the European Union or other reliable, precise and reproducible methods that take into account the most advanced methods generally accepted. ” While these standards arrive, other transitory test methods have been established. For example, the assigned capacity and autonomy of the battery in cycles is measured with respect to the standard IEC in 61960-3: 2017Rayado resistance based on the standard In 15771: 2010resistance to accidental falls depending on the IEC 60068-2-31, repeated free fall-Procedure 2etc. All this is detailed In Annex IV bis of the Regulation. It is not something “random” or that each brand can do as they want. Fallen tests made to a OnePlus 13 | Image: Xataka What if it is rounded? In fact, the regulation contemplates the possibility that a falsea brand the data. Annex IV establishes that manufacturers should not design their devices to change their behavior if they detect that they are being subjected to rehearsal, ergo that are being investigated. If detected, the device would not pass the certification and could not be sold at our borders. How to measure that? With common tolerances. Suppose a country decides to check if what the X brand says about autonomy per cycle is true. When doing the test, we already know that it is standard, the value obtained cannot be less than the value declared in +3%. If the brand ensures that the battery endures 60 minutes, but the test determines that it endures 50 minutes, the device does not meet the tolerances (in this case the maximum acceptable would be 58.2 minutes) and, therefore, does not comply with the regulation. All this, again, comes detailed in the document. Fairphone 5 | Image: Fairphone That the devices hold more. Another interesting aspect is that the regulation establishes a series of minimums in the call Ecological Design Regulation. This imposes on manufacturers some figures that play in favor of the consumer, who put on the table not a few challenges and that, surely, to speak in the coming months. The main points are the following: Fall resistance: Mobile will have to endure 45 falls from a meter high without a case or protector. In the case of folding, 35 closed and 15 open falls (always with the pre -installed sheet). Rayados resistance: mobile phones must have a minimum level of level four on the MOHS scale. This obviously does not apply to folding. Water and dust resistance: mobile phones, all, must be resistant to objects of more than one millimeter already thickness and water splashes. It would be the equivalent of an IP42 or … Read more

The atmosphere has been stuck in a “extreme heat generator” on Spain. That means something: a hard summer

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The first fortnight of June has brought us more typical temperatures at the end of July or even August: there have been numerous days in which wide areas of the southern peninsular have seen the thermometers exceed the 40º line. The problem now is not that heat stays with us throughout the summer, the problem is that it may go more. Same trend. The heat seems determined to settle on the peninsula, or at least that is what can be detached from models such as those used by the European Center for Middle Term weather forecasts (ECMWF). To understand why, we have to look higher towards the atmosphere. About 1,500 meters high. According to Explain The physicist, disseminator and researcher at Aemet JJ German in his account Twitterwe have the track in the forecasts on the temperature at height at 850 hectopascales (HPA), which usually refer to an approximate height in the atmosphere of 1,500 meters, the low troposphere zone. The temperature at this level tends to be related to the temperature that we see at soil level, so it can serve as a reference for how temperatures will evolve in the coming days. According to data shared by German, we not only find a temperature above the climatological average (an anomaly above the 5th Celsius), but the situation will last, with the possibility that this anomaly approaches 10th towards the end of June. “This is barbarity: far from returning to balance as normal, atmospheric dynamics on the Iberian Peninsula seem to get stuck in an extreme heat generator,” explained in its publication. Looking at the map. If we focus on The map Prepared by ECMWF, we will also see that heat will remain foreseeably installed on our heads. The forecasts indicate that during the next ten days the almost entire peninsula will be under the influence of temperatures above 20º to 850 HPA, with large areas above the 24th and with some points, the 28th barrier temporarily exceeds. What’s happening. In a second TweetGerman explained what is happening. According to the expert, a Dana located west of the peninsula and a dorsal (an extension of high pressures associated with an anticyclone) would be responsible for the situation. A situation that would be seeing aggravated by the low atmospheric movement, thus achieving what German refers as a “static equilibrium point.” The result: heat and more heat. The result is the intuitive: this warm episode seems to be sentenced to extend over time, at least during the next week. The maximum in a large part of the Peninsular South They could stay above 36º and promptly above 40º. In Xataka | At the end of May we reached 40ºC: it is only the appetizer of the decimer summer a consecutive warmer than normal according to aemet Image | ECMWF

Dubai is building two buildings signed by Bugatti. That means being able to park your supercar in the 52 -floor hall

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Someone drive a supercar Through the streets of Dubai it is something as usual as a humble Dacia Sandero travels the streets of any city in Spain. The difference is that, park those cars valued at millions of euros In the living room of a luxury attic on floor 52, it may also become common, provided you have the 54.5 million that one of the floors cost one of the most exclusive residences in the world: the Bugatti residences by binghatti. He projectwhich will be delivered at the end of the year, is located in the coveted Business Bay area, a few minutes from Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall. With its design inspired by the curves of its supercar and an offer of unprecedented services, the Bugatti residents promise to become the New exclusivity symbol And sophistication in the city, something that has already caught the attention of well -known names worldwide. A luxury of 52 plants designed by Bugatti The Bugatti Residences are the result of the collaboration between the legendary French car brand and the Binghatti real estate developer. The complex is composed of two towers of 52 plants which will house a total of 182 luxury apartments. Those apartments are divided between 171 Riviera Mansions and 11 Sky Mansions Penthouse. In other words, 171 intermediate floors, and 11 luxury penthouses equipped with all kinds of exclusive luxuries and services. The exterior design draws attention to its curved lines and elegant finishes, reflecting the aesthetics used in the design of Bugatti cars. That differentiates Bugatti buildings from any other skyscraper in Dubai. Bugatti Residences offer apartments between two and four bedrooms, with surfaces that in many cases exceed 1,000 square meters. The prices start from about 4.75 million euros for two bedroom apartments, 9 million euros for three bedrooms, and up to 13 million euros for four bedrooms. Prices within reach very few pockets. Atticos or Sky Mansions, such as Neymar, start from a price of 32.5 million euros although its price can be increased depending on the required customization. Without a doubt, one of the largest attractions of the building is the possibility that residents arrive conducting their supercar and can park them directly In the living roomeven if it is in one of the penthouses with 51 floors under their wheels. This fruslería is possible thanks to a system of car elevators that directly communicates the parking lot of the building with the living room of some of the floors. In this way, owners can exhibit their vehicles as One more decoration pieceenjoying panoramic views to Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa. “The first Bugatti residence is designed with incomparable luxury comforts, which include a beach inspired by the Riviera, private pool, spa with jacuzzi, gym, chef table, private parking and private club service,” says Bugatti in Your official statement. Neymar Jr, the star tenant of the Bugatti Residences Among the most outstanding buyers of the Bugatti residences It is found Neymar Jr., that has acquired one of the Sky Mansionsthe most luxurious option of the building, for the negligible sum of 54.5 million dollars. The exclusive attic of Neymar Jr. in Dubai includes one of those private elevators for vehicles, in addition to a private pool with privileged views to the city. As explained The promoter“This acquisition consolidates not only Neymar’s position as one of the most outstanding figures of world sport, but also Dubai as the epicenter of high -end real estate.” Muhammad Binghatti, CEO of Binghatti, added that “our collaboration with Bugatti aims to offer a unique and exclusive life experience. We wanted to create a space that not only reflected luxury, but also a sense of pride and distinction for its owners.” Neymar is not the only millionaire soccer player interested in the Bugatti building. The Spanish Aymeric Laporte also It has been awarded one of the luxury penthouses, as well as the singer of Italian opera Andrea Bocellialready They have announced that will be neighbors of the Brazilian star. The rise of brand architecture Bugatti’s foray into the real estate sector is part of A growing trend Among the supercar manufacturers, which seek to transfer their design and exclusivity language to high -level residential buildings. Brands such as Pagani, Porsche, Bentley and Mercedes-Benz have developed similar projects in Miami and Dubai, such as the Porsche Design Tower, the Bentley Residences and the Mercedes-Benz Places that Binghatti herself is building in Dubai. All of them have in common characteristics inspired by engineering and luxury that each brand applies in the manufacture of its exclusive cars. These projects respond to the demand of a millionaire clientele who wants to live surrounded by same level of sophistication enjoy when they put themselves at the wheel of their cars. In Xataka | A youtuber has a car that is worth four million euros. To drive it you have to pay 7,000 every 60 kilometers In Xataka | The Magarigawa Club: the private luxury circuit in which the millionaires conduct their supercar Image | Binghatti

The blackout in Spain has demonstrated which is the ideal means to inform in a crisis: the radio

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In the minutes that followed the Broady in Spain and Portugal At 12:32 yesterday, millions of people They wondered The same: “What happened.” In other crises, television, newspapers and of course the Internet are the clear alternatives to find out what is happening, but yesterday that was not possible. Almost everything failed, but there was a means of communication that allowed us to keep us informed: the radio. Where is the FM radio of the mobiles. The fragility of our communications caused the radio to erect as a unique solution to keep us informed. The mobiles had support for FM radio years, but this feature has disappeared in all current models. In fact It went from being an extra desired to an exclusive function of cheaper models. Something older mobiles do have that function by connecting headphones (which bend as antenna), and that allowed those who still have any of those mobiles could be informed thanks to that functionat least while the mobile battery lasted. Some brands keep them in some models. Xiaomi is one of the manufacturers that still includes support for FM radio in some of its Redmi family models, but of course not all. He Xiaomi Redmi Note 14s or the Redmi 14c They are good examples. The normal thing is that in recent terminals we will not find that option, which we can enable in older mobiles (such as Little m5he Motorola G73 5g or the Samsung Galaxy M23 5g) and also in input range terminals and in less extended brands such as Doogee or Ulefone. Radio as informative lifeguards. Without light there was no television or wifi in houses and offices, and connect to the Internet It was an odyssey all day: Mobile lines, the only ones that could give a way out, worked irregularly … If they worked. And yet, the radio worked without apparent problems. Transistor to batteries. Meanwhile, those still kept a battery transistor at home could be informed thanks to the radio stations continued to broadcast during the blackout. These transistors became the salvation of many citizens, who either had radios in their homes or gathered in the streets around vehicles with analog radios or that could listen to the radio What other people had in the streets or on the terraces. They were also one of the products that They sold out more quickly in shops that remained active during the blackout. Why the stations continued to work. Augusto Molina and Héctor Zafra are respectively the technical director and the technical manager of the SER, and explained In a piece in this medium The way of proceeding in these emergency cases. The first thing they did was turn off monitors and all the teams that could be turned off to save to the fullest. That allowed maximizing the autonomy of emergency equipment that is used in these cases, and that were the key both in the SER chain and other stations. Electrogen equipment. These structure (motorogener) groups are machines that generate electricity through an internal combustion engine. They make use of fossil fuels (gasoline, diesel) and allow generating electricity while the fuel lasts. Are the teams that They are used in hospitals to maintain a good part of the essential services during this type of energy crisis. Several stations survived the blackout. National Radio of Spain kept for example emissions, such as They also did wave zero, the Cope chainthe aforementioned chain and other stations – although not all – and broadcasters who could continue to inform thanks to those emergency teams that were activated during the blackout. Radio as lifeguard in emergency situations. What happened yesterday has revealed the relevance of the radio as an ideal means of communication to emergencies. There have been numerous cases in the story in which that has become evident. In our country they stand out for example The coup d’etat of 23-F In Spain, in 11m or more recent attacks The Dana that ravaged the Valencian Community and that caused the majority of the electric laying. Transistors, both in one and another, allowed to remain informed. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Five annual pounds and a telephone line: how the electrophone, the “spotify” of the nineteenth century worked

Fleeing from China means raising prices

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The United States has granted a small truce to the incessant tariff war temporarily paralyzing the levies for electronic devices. Scarce hours after communicating that The global tariff would be set at 10%completely putting the focus on 125% imposed on China, Trump throws an oxygen ball for large technological ones. Whatever happens with tariffs, there is an inevitable consequence: the global supply chain has been broken as we know it, and companies must start moving quickly with the consequences that this entails. Apple as best example. Among all the technology is one that stands out as the greatest beneficiary and, at the same time, such as the one that has to lose the most if it does not act agility. Apple depends deeply on its supply chain in China. The Asian country assembles almost all of its products, a situation that will criticize the entry into force of A 125% tariff to China. In the last five years, Apple has tried diversify its production chain With factories in countries like India or Vietnambut the bulk of its production, accumulated knowledge and economies of scale are still anchored in China. Getting out of China is not so easy. Apple is not the only giant that manufactures in China. Samsung continues to manufacture there, although to a very small extent and focused on smaller devices and components. Giants such as Microsoft, HP or Dell (USA), which have been moving production to Mexico and Thailand for years, have Much of the production chain In China. Its hyperspecialized industrial infrastructure, perfected for more than four decades hand in hand with large technological ones, is impossible to replicate in the short term. Big Tech have been externalizing their own talent for years: they have invested millions in installing equipment, training engineers and moving their knowledge to the Asian country. Vietnam, India, Thailand. Manufacturers need two pillars to cement their production chain: economic labor and specialized labor. Countries like Vietnam, thanks in great part to collaboration with giants such as Samsung, have been offering an alternative to Chinese manufacturing for more than two decades. Manufacturers like Samsung They have been moving much of their production to Vietnam for years to reduce their dependence on China. Except for Apple, which is still behind in this great escape, most of the sector has followed that path. But not even that diversification guarantees total immunity: the threat of new tariffs, such as those of 46% that Trump has already imposed just a week ago to Vietnamese products, could return the commercial tension to the foreground. An inevitable turn. There is no possible scenario that prevents deep changes in the global supply chain. Manufacturers have been avoiding production on local soil for the very high costs that this would entail, and betting on hyperspecialized countries in which they have invested millions, talent, and i+d. The tariff threat will change the turns, whatever happens. The 90 -day extension in the exemptions will allow to avoid a sudden rise in prices, but will not prevent large manufacturers from beginning to rethink deep changes in their manufacturing strategy. Move file and move it fast. The inevitable consequence is diversification, one that has been making progressively and slowly and must accelerate if companies want to continue respecting their profit margins. This diversification will go hand in hand, practically inevitably, of price increases. Fleeing China completely has a cost, and thinking that manufacturers will assume the impact without moving it to final consumers is little more than utopian. Image | ASML In Xataka | Spain acts where Europe doubts: the strategy that is paying fruits in China

Donald Trump prepares to apply tariffs of more than 25% for chips and that means one thing: much more expensive laptops

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Donald Trump does not hesitate. At a press conference on Tuesday, the president of the United States Indian than your administration It could apply tariffs of about 25% to the car industry. But this is not the worst: the worst thing is that the pharmaceutical industry and The semiconductor They could be even more affected. In both cases, tariffs could be even greater than 25%. What are tariffs. Tariffs are taxes that apply to foreign products. They are paid by the importer of the product, which in this case are the US companies and consumers, but not for the exporter, which may be anywhere in the world. An example. Let’s give an example: Acer, Taiwanese company, wants to sell its laptops in the United States. Acer the factory in Taiwan, and sends them to the US. When those laptops reach the US Customs, a US -based company (the importer, which may be the Acer division in the US, or a wholesaler, for example) takes possession of them. The US customs applies tariffs. Let’s say it is 10%. The importer (which is not Acer Taiwan) pays those tariffs to the US government. If the order is one million, the importer would have to pay $ 100,000. It is then that the importer decides how to manage that extra cost. It can absorb the cost and reduce your profit margin, you can pass it to stores, which could increase the price for consumers, or you can negotiate with Acer Taiwan to make the original order come out something cheaper. More details on April 2. In the case of cars tariffs, the pharmacological industry and Trump chips Indian that “I will probably tell you on April 2, but there will be around 25%” when asked about tariffs on the car industry. For Farma and Chips, Trump said “it will be 25% or more, and will grow substantially in the course of a year.” The US president claimed to want to give companies “time to come (to the US)” before announcing new import tariffs. Manufacture here, or pay tariffs. All these measures are aimed at the same thing: avoid dependence on other countries to the maximum possible, boost companies to manufacture their products in the US (and make large investments in the country) and impose huge tariffs for those who do not. The impact will be colossal. The measures raised by Trump will have huge consequences. Among other things, will aggravate the historical crisis that the European car is experiencing. Last year about eight million cars and light trucks in the US were imported, half of all sales in that country. Manufacturers like Volkswagen They would be especially affectedbut also great Asian manufacturers (not only China) like Hyundai. We will pay more for (almost) everything. Experts are clear that these tariffs will have very important collateral effects, including the price increase for consumers and costs for these industries. Portable 10% more expensive. In the case of chips, among the many affected are laptops prices. Jason Chen, CEO of Acer, Indian that these tariffs will cause that “we have to adjust the final price to reflect these tariffs. We believe that 10% will probably be the default increase for the price for import rates. It is very simple.” Acer already considers manufacturing outside China. About 80% of the laptops that are imported in the US come from China. Trump imposed 10% tariffs in China this month, although they do not apply to products that abandoned China before February. Chen declared that they had already migrated part of the assembly of their computers outside China during Trump’s first mandate, when he imposed 25%tariffs. They are now looking for “different distribution chains beyond China”, and stressed that manufacturing in the US was “one of the options.” Much ado about nothing? The truth is that Trump has already announced important tariffs For Canada and Mexico. They had to go into force on February 1but They have not done soand also the tax and aluminum taxes have been modified –No exceptions– And that theoretically will be applied as of March 12. A series of “were also announcedreciprocal tariffs“Last week, but they will not take effect until April. There is a lot of ads of tariffs, but for the moment little start -up (or none) of such measures. Image | The White House | Laura Ockel In Xataka | All Big Tech wrapped Trump in his investiture. In return, 192,000 million dollars will be saved in taxes

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