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We have been blaming mobile phones for myopia for years. Now we have a much more subtle suspect: lack of light

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It is quite a grandmother’s and mother’s phrase to hear that spending a long time in front of a screen or being very close to a book can cause us to develop a disease in the eyes like the myopia. However, science has long suspected that “close work” alone does not explain why myopia has become a global pandemic. The new. Now a revealing study has proposed a physiological mechanism that fits all the pieces of the puzzle together, placing the blame not only on what we look at, but on the amount of light that reaches the back of our eye while we do so. And the investigation is quite justified, since the data is scary. In Spain, 19% of children between 5 and 7 years old are already myopicand projections estimate that by 2050 half of the world’s population will need glasses. To stop this, we need to understand exactly the mechanism that produces myopia, and a team from New York has found the key. The famine of light. The work, recently published in the prestigious magazine Cell Reports by researchers, points to a fascinating concept in this case: the light deprivation hypothesis. Until now we knew that focusing on nearby objects is closely linked to the development of myopia. But what this study has measured with empirical precision is how the myopic eye reacts to the healthy eye during this process. What they have seen. The main finding is that myopes suffer from excessive accommodative pupillary constrictionthat is, when you look closely, the pupil becomes much smaller than normal. If we add to this that close-up work is usually done indoors where lighting rarely exceeds 500 lux, compared to 10,000 lux outdoors, the result is a lethal cocktail for the eye: the combination of dim light and a maximally contracted pupil causes the retina to “starve” due to lack of light. The short circuit. Here the question that logically must be asked is: Why does this lack of light cause the eye to grow abnormally, causing myopia? This is where the purest neuroscience comes in, since our retina processes the image through two main channels: the ON path that is activated with increases in light, and the OFF path, which reacts to shadows. In previous work from 2024, this same team had already shown that in myopic patients the ON pathways have serious deficits, since they are less sensitive and slower. Now the new hypothesis postulates a vicious circle in which, when reading or looking at a cell phone indoors, the pupil closes too much. And this is a problem, since chronic lack of light further weakens the retinal ON pathway, and this imbalance sends erroneous signals that ultimately promote elongation of the eyeball. The treatments. This proposal not only stands out for explaining the biological mechanism of myopia, but also unifies at once why the treatments that ophthalmologists They have been applying it empirically for years. One of the examples is spending time outdoors, but not because it cures, but because the sunlight is so intense that it more than compensates for having a small pupil, keeping the ON pathway stimulated and slowing the progression of myopia. Another example is the use of atropine drops in children to stop myopia thanks to the dilation of the pupil so that more light enters the retina. The same goes for multifocal lenses that are used to reduce accommodation effort, since the pupil does not need to constrict as excessively. It is not definitive. As is almost always the case in science, this work does not demonstrate a direct coincidence yet, but rather offers us an incredibly solid and plausible physiological mechanism supported by very robust data on the behavior of our pupil and neural pathways. But there is still a way to go with new long-term studies to confirm the hypothesis 100%. While we wait for those results, the practical conclusion seems clearer than ever: the problem is not just the tablet or the book. The problem is doing it in the dark, so if you are going to strain your eyes up close, make sure you turn on a good lamp and, above all, don’t forget to go out into the sun. Images | Akshit Dhasmana In Xataka | Denialism has reached one of the last corners of science still free of it: seeing glasses

how to request it from your PC or your mobile and prepare for the 2026 draft

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He Income calendar 2025 Keep going, that declaration that we have to make this year to regularize and account for the last fiscal year. In order to prepare you, today we are going to tell you how to request your digital certificate from your mobile or PC. Therefore, what we are going to do today is summarize in a simple way the two methods to request your digital certificate that you have available, and thus be able to have it installed on your mobile or your computer. Then this digital certificate You can use it for the management you want, from requesting your tax information to requesting the draft income tax. Request the digital certificate from your mobile If you want to request the certificate from your mobile, the quickest thing will be use the app FNMT Digital Certificatewhich is available on Google Play for Android and in the App Store for iPhone. When you download it and enter it by logging in, click on the option Request Digital Certificate of the main screen that will appear at the top in blue. You will enter a screen where you must choose between the three options available to you to request the certificate. The fastest option is reading your IDwhich is the third option. You can also do it with an identification video, which is quick but costs 2.99 euros, and the third option is to request an appointment to do it in person. But the best option is obtain your digital certificate by reading the DNI. With it, you will simply have to write your DNI number, use an email and verify it, and proceed with the identification. When you proceed to identification, you will have to use the CAN code and the PIN of your IDand you will complete the process by scanning the DNIe with the NFC of your mobile phone. The second best option is the identification videowith which you can request the certificate with video callalthough it costs 2.99 euros plus VAT. In this method, you will have to write and verify an email, and then you will receive a video call to show your face with your ID next to it so that you can be verified. Whatever method you use, when you finish you will have the certificate on your mobile. Now you can send it to the computer from the app itself by entering My installed certificateschoosing yours, and clicking on Share backup. It will ask you to generate a password, and then you can send the certificate to other devices. Request the digital certificate from your computer You can also request your certificate from any browser on any computer. To do this you simply have to enter this FNMT pagedisplay the question How can I obtain the certificate?and choose the method that best suits you. The easiest thing is to do it by video identificationalthough you can also do it from your mobile phone with the app, which is what we explained above, make an appointment at an in-person office, or using your DNIe if you have a device on your PC to read its chip. To request your certificate identifying yourself by videoyou must first install the key generation program from this web page, which is available for Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. When you have it installed, enter this website to request the process of obtaining the certificate by writing your ID, your first surname and your email. They will send you a request code, and with it you will have to enter on this web page to fill in your details. By doing so, you can start the video call in which you will have to show your IDand so they can see it next to your face and verify that it is really you. After doing so, they will send you the digital certificate. This process costs 2.99 euros. In Xataka Basics | FNMT digital certificate on your mobile: 8 uses that you can give it on your device for different procedures

Video games have grown a lot this year. But the money goes to China, Roblox and the owners of mobile platforms

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The global video game industry had a turnover of around $185 billion in 2024 and continues to grow. But there is a catch: this growth does not reach the studios or the area that traditional players look at, those of the console wars and the old PC Master Race. Matthew Ball’s usual annual report leaves a less complacent diagnosis: revenue is concentrated in China, on platforms like Roblox and on the owners of mobile operating systems. The rest survive as best they can. The Old Times (2021): There is still talk about how great the year 2021 was for video games. It seems like it was yesterday when the pandemic (insert meme of Grandpa Simpson telling stories to the kids here) confined hundreds of millions of people to their homes, and games (mobile, console, PC, free, subscription) absorbed the benefits of that confinement. As Ball, CEO of Epyllion, analyzes in The State of Video Gaming in 2025the factors that drove that peak were an extraordinary sum of factors: mobile platforms, free-to-play models, games as a service, the cross play and new genres like battle royale and social play. Downhill. The flip side of that was a much bigger recession than expected: global spending on video games fell 3.5% in 2022 and barely recovered a few percentage points towards the end of 2024. According to the consulting firm MIDiA Research, the sector had enjoyed growth of 26.3% in 2020 and 9.8% in 2021, and the rebound was inevitable. According to Ball, the engines that had driven the industry between 2011 and 2021 stopped all at once: the smartphones They were no longer surprising with each interaction, social networks were paralyzed, the free-to-play was normalized. 6.5% of total gaming time in 2023 corresponded to new video games, says Ball, and only four titles shared half of that percentage. Layoffs in full force. He report also speaks how the sector’s layoffs since 2022 illustrate this adjustment: more than 44,000 jobs, 61% of them concentrated in North America. This does not mean that it is the end of the industry or that the same pattern is being repeated. crash 1983, as has been said (the industry is too diversified and globalized to repeat a systemic collapse of that magnitude). What we are paying is the cost of having built a structure designed for an industry in continuous growth during the pandemic. The Chinese monster. Ball puts on the table that global spending on video games grew by approximately $10 billion between 2021 and 2025. But… where did that money go? The report assures that to Beijing: about 4,000 million of that growth is from the Chinese market, and another 1,500 million are from titles developed in China sold in international markets. In total, Chinese publishers have racked up about half of global growth since 2019. And there are more data: Gamer spending in China reached $49.2 billion in 2024, with a base of 722 million active gamers, more than double the total population of the United States. China is already the first market in the world by income. Not foreigners. Very significantlythat market remains almost closed to foreign games. 84% of Chinese gamers’ spending goes on titles produced in China, and that percentage has increased, as unusual as it may seem: 20% of Chinese domestic spending goes on imported titles (a figure that also registered a decrease of 5% between 2023 and 2024). It is comparable to what happens with cinemawith local films devouring foreign ones at the box office. A situation favored by a combination of factors: First, the Chinese regulatory framework favors national titles through a licensing system; second, development costs are substantially lower than in the West; Finally, the work culture of the country’s studios allows for more intensive production cycles. You don’t have to dig far to find examples of great Chinese international successes: ‘Genshin Impact‘, from miHoYo, raised more than $3.5 billion in its first year70% outside China with a character design rooted in anime. ‘Honor of Kings‘, from Tencent, dominated the Chinese mobile market for years before making the international leap with adaptations of character names. AND ‘Black Myth: Wukong‘, developed with support from Tencent, sold ten million copies in its first three days launching in August 2024, betting on the opposite of assimilation: an unequivocally Chinese mythology without thematic concessions to Western taste. Roblox sweeps. The numbers sing: 70% of the growth of the video game market outside of China in 2025 was absorbed by ‘Roblox‘. Which is an infrastructure on which millions of creators build interactive experiences using the platform’s own tools. Players access it for free and spend real money on cosmetic items and access within these worlds, transactions that are carried out in Robux, the ecosystem’s virtual currency. Of every dollar spent,’Roblox’ historically retained around 70% leaving the creator with approximately 25 or 30 cents. In September 2024, ‘Roblox’ announced a new delivery model for paid games that increases the creator’s commission up to 70% on titles that sell for $49.99. What does this translate into? In 2024, ‘Roblox’ paid around $923 million to its creators (an increase of 25% compared to 2023), while its total revenue grew by 29% until reaching 3.6 billion dollars. Its intentions are colossal: CEO David Baszucki stated that the company’s goal is to capture 10% of the global video game content market. Some more questions. Just to finish outlining the portrait: ‘Roblox’ registers sustained net losses (a accumulated deficit of 3.5 billion) with the logic of the platform in the expansion phase, sacrificing immediate profitability. Some observers they point because ‘Roblox’ has become the video game equivalent of YouTube, a platform that extracts value from the work of its creators in the form of data, advertising and infrastructure. And one last thing: two titles on the platform (‘Blox Fruits’ and ‘Brookhaven RP’) each accumulate 60% of the monthly gaming hours of all of Electronic Arts. 30%. If the global video game market reached an all-time high in … Read more

You can save up to 435 euros if you hand in your old mobile

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Google repeats once again movement with its Pixel. The Pixel 10 They arrived last summer, but the family was waiting for a new member who is about to land in stores. Yes, we are referring to the Google Pixel 10a, the cheapest of all, which comes to fight to be one of the best mid-range phones of the year. If you were waiting for it, this promo from the official store interests you: By handing over your old cell phone you can save up to 435 euros. Your old phone can save you a lot when you buy the Pixel 10a The new Google phone is part of the 549 euros (in its configuration with 128 GB of storage). Now, the Google Store once again has a promotion active as it already had with the Pixel 9a thanks to which we can save a good amount when handing over our old mobile phone. This, which is active from today until next March 18, can get us a refund of up to 435 euros. The final figure we will obtain It will depend on the mobile phone that we deliver. If we decide to opt for this promo, we will have a period of 30 days from when we receive our new Pixel 10a at home to send it. Once this is done, Google experts will analyze and review the device and, based on its condition, give us the appropriate refund. As we say, the valuation will depend on the model we deliver and its condition. Now, during this promo, Google Store will give us a bonus of 100 euros in the event that our device does not reach those 435 euros of maximum reimbursement that we can receive. We will not be able to obtain a figure greater than this, but it is interesting in case our mobile phone is old. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A durable Pixel with a very good quality-price ratio This new Pixel 10a has what it takes to be a top option if you are looking for the best Android experience and have a tight budget. At the performance level we can expect great performancesince it mounts the Tensor G4 chip. This, the same one that brought all the Pixel 9 familyproved to be efficient and have more than enough for the most everyday apps and tasks. As a screen, we will have a 6.3-inch pOLED panel with a refresh rate of 120 Hz and a maximum brightness of 3,000 nits. The Pixel 10a will not only be great for watching movies or series, but its diagonal makes it ideal for those people who prefer to have a compact mobile phone. At the photography level, this Pixel relies on a dual camera system where a 48-megapixel main sensor and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera are combined. It comes with a 5,100 mAh battery just like its predecessor, although in this case fast wired charging goes up to 30 W. Finally, as usual with Google phones, it is a Pixel that will have seven years of guaranteed updateswhich means that we have a durable mobile phone with us. All added to the fact that it brings the best of Gemini very integrated, making it a very complete phone that, if we hand over our old mobile, we can get it at a great price. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Google In Xataka | The best mobile phones (2025), we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles (2025). Their analyzes and videos are here

after buying EA it is the turn of a mobile giant

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The Saudi Sovereign Fund, through Savvy Games Group, continues to expand its gaming empire. After announce the purchase of Electronic Arts for $50 billionis now negotiating to acquire Moonton Technology for a price that could reach 7 billion, consolidating its dominance in the lucrative mobile gaming market. The purchase. Just four months after announcing the purchase of EA, Saudi Arabia returns to the negotiating table. This time the target is Moonton Technology, the developer of ‘Mobile Legends: Bang Bang‘, one of the most successful mobile MOBAs on the planet. Savvy Games Group, subsidiary of the Saudi Sovereign Fund, is finalizing an operation valued between 6,000 and 7,000 million dollars to acquire the studio, currently owned by ByteDancethe parent company of TikTok. The strategy. The figure may seem modest compared to EA’s mega purchase, but it accurately reflects the strategic value of the Asian mobile market. Mobile Legends has accumulated more than a billion global downloads and dominates Southeast Asia, where it has managed to capitalize on a massive player base despite having faced multiple Riot Games legal lawsuits for violation of the intellectual property of ‘League of Legends’. The sentences forced Moonton to pay million-dollar compensation, but did not stop its growth in territories where access to consoles and PCs is limited. Why the mobile? Observers who believe that the mobile market is not what it was in the days of ‘Angry Birds’ are wrong: The sector generated more revenue in 2025 than PC and consoles combinedwith the model free-to-play demonstrating enormous profitability. ‘Monopoly GO‘, developed by Scopely (also Saudi owned since 2023), has generated approximately 6 billion dollars since its launch. A single application whose billing alone covers the price of Moonton. This equation explains why the kingdom looks with such interest towards mobile gaming: the relationship between initial investment and potential return far exceeds that of traditional AAA blockbusters. Controlling cell phones. With Moonton under its control, Saudi Arabia would manage three of the most lucrative mobile developers in the world (along with Scopely and the division gaming of Niantic), positioning itself as a dominant player in a segment where until now the Chinese Tencent exercised almost absolute hegemony. The operation could be closed during this first quarter of 2026, consolidating a movement that began as economic diversification and evolves towards something much more ambitious: the vertical control of entire segments of the video game industry. And more than mobile phones. The Saudi Sovereign Fund’s investment catalog in the video game industry draws a control map that encompasses SNK (‘The King of Fighters’, ‘Metal Slug’), Scopely (‘Monopoly GO’, ‘Star Trek Fleet Command’), Niantic’s gaming division (‘Peridot’, ‘Monster Hunter Now’) and ESL FaceIt Group (the largest organizer of esports competitions in the world). Five companies that alone generate billions annually and, above all, cover completely different markets. The power of actions. But the true dimension of Saudi power is revealed when its shareholding is analyzed. The fund maintains between 5% and 10% of shares at Nintendo, Koei Tecmo, Embracer Group, Nexon, Capcom, Take-Two Interactive, NCSoft, Square Enix and Bandai Namco. They are not testimonial investments: in several cases it is the second or third largest shareholder after the founders or traditional Japanese funds. This gives it influence on boards of directors, veto power over strategic decisions and privileged access to sensitive corporate information. At Ubisoft and Microsoft. The links with Ubisoft and Microsoft are more opaque. There is a 2022 agreement after which Savvy acquired minority stakes in Ubi as the Guillemot family fought hostile takeover attempts by activist investors, but the exact terms of the pact were never made public. With Microsoft, the relationship transcends the purely financial: Saudi Arabia has maintained investments in the technology matrix since 2016 and collaborates with Xbox on server infrastructure for the Middle East. Leaving Tencent behind. At the time, Tencent’s strategy generated regulatory alarms in the West due to concentration of power, but the Saudi approach is more aggressive in a key aspect: while the Chinese company sought majority stakes that would give it operational control but respected brands and structures, the kingdom has absolute ownership of medium-sized studios and also strategic stakes in consolidated giants. This hybridization allows for vertical influence without triggering antitrust alerts. The European Commission investigated for 18 months Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but authorities have not publicly questioned that a single actor controls significant stakes in nine of the twenty publishers largest in the world while directly owning three mobile developers that bill more than $10 billion annually combined. With the imminent incorporation of EA and Moonton, Saudi Arabia will have spent more than 70 billion dollars on gaming from 2021. To put it in perspective: that figure exceeds the current market value of Ubisoft, Capcom and Square Enix combined. A future of acquisitions. It is an entire recreational empire that could increase in the future: it is less supervised by regulatory authorities than other sectors and, for the moment, it has a very wide margin for growth. Few acquisitions comparable in magnitude remain in the pipeline, but the project Saudi Vision 2030which wants to diversify the country’s economy so as not to depend so much on oil, makes the nation look to the future. And this is a very financially attractive future. In Xataka | How Saudi Arabia and China are dividing up the video game industry with a checkbook

What is it, how does it work and how safe is this application to install OpenClaw on your mobile with just a couple of clicks

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Let’s explain to you What is QuickClaw and how does it work?an application created by developer Max Blade to install OpenClaw easily on your mobile. Thus, you can have this popular AI agent without having to deal with APIs, servers and long configuration processes. The application does all this in a completely private way, and creating the agent within a virtual machine for your greater security. You just have to go to their website quickclaw.appclick on the download that is currently exclusive for iOS, and install everything with a single touch. What is QuickClaw QuickClaw is a mobile application that allows you to use OpenClaw easily on your mobile. Install OpenClaw It is a fairly complex process that can put many people off, and what this does is allow you to install it with a single click and without the need for complications or technical knowledge. Thus, you can have your own agent artificial intelligence on your mobile. This means that you will have an AI that does not limit itself to responding to what you ask or perform simple tasks, but can take control of your applications and perform tasks in multiple steps. All of this is done relatively safely. I say relatively because it will use an isolated workspace within your mobile, although the application will also needs access to a lot of your data to function, which may compromise your privacy. In exchange for this, you will have an application that will be able perform various types of tasks for yousuch as creating or editing files, browsing the Internet and taking actions there, managing your calendars, managing your reminders and more. How QuickClaw works The first thing you have to do is install the QuickClaw application, which at the moment It is only available for iOS in the App Store from Apple. When you install the app, you just have to launch it and An OpenClaw instance will be created and launched on a virtual machine “safe”, so as not to touch your device or its operating system. All this in just one minute. The process will then create a Gateway or user service that remains running, in addition to other components that allow OpenClaw to control applications, send messages and execute actions. All this will be done automatically with the recommended OpenClaw installer. This application is configured so that OpenClaw connect to Claude’s AIwho will be in charge of understanding your requests and carrying out the tasks you ask of her. All of this will be designed to be able to control the agent from your mobile using the app itself. What you can do with this app These are some of the tasks you will be able to perform from your mobile just by asking OpenClaw through QuickClaw: Write documents, essays and code, which are delivered as real files. Browse the web and research topics on your behalf. Set reminders and wake-up calls with personalized summaries. Read and manage your calendar and emails. Create, edit and organize files in your private workspace. Execute multi-step tasks autonomously. Remember the context of the conversations. How secure and private is the app One of the features of QuickClaw is to isolate OpenClaw in a virtual machine. This is an important security measureso that nothing the AI ​​agent does can damage the operating system of your mobile device. OpenClaw is an open source agent, which makes it transparent and secure, people can check that it doesn’t do more than what it says it does. However, QuickClaw is not open sourceso you have to trust the word of its creator. Lastly, you should know that everything you make is sent to Anthropicthe company behind Claude. Currently this company is known for its commitment to offering ethical AI, although this can always change in the future. Your data within QuickClaw will be encrypted and anonymous. In addition, your conversations stay within your mobile, since everything runs locally. In Xataka Basics | Dangers of OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot or Clawdbot) and how to protect yourself from them before deciding to use it

MediaMarkt starts its Valentine’s Day with high-end mobile phones at top prices and discounts on technology

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MediaMarkt is one of the stores that is doing the strongest this month of February with offers. Without going any further, today it starts your own valentine where can we find top offers in technology. The only requirement to be able to access all of them? Register us at myMediaMarktsomething completely free and that will only take you a very short time. The offers of this promo are available from this morning and only until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday the 15th (or while supplies last, of course). There is a lot to choose from as we say, but we have made a selection of five offers that we find very interesting: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra by 1,246.14 eurosone of the best Android phones of last year. Sony WH-1000XM5SA Headphones by 214.14 eurosa top option if your priority is active noise cancellation. Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 by 687.14 eurosa top option to work or study for years. Google Pixel 10 Pro by 764.54 eurosa mobile phone with a great camera system and the purest Android experience. Samsung HW-Q99F/ZF Sound Bar by 644.14 eurosone of the best sound bars that the Korean brand has. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The first of the offers is carried out by Galaxy S25 Ultra, the best super high-end mobile of 2025. It is true that his successor it’s just around the cornerbut this is still a top phone (and even more, now that we can get it for 1,246.14 euros). It is a powerful mobile phone, with a great 6.9-inch screen and a very complete camera system. In addition, it has seven years of updates and very good AI thanks to the Gemini + Galaxy AI tandem. Mobile – Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Titanium Black, 512 GB, 12 GB RAM, 6.9″ WQHD+, Snapdragon 8, 5000 mAh, Android 15 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sony WH-1000XM5SA Headphones If we are looking for over-ear headphones and we want one of the best, these Sony WH-1000XM5SA They are ideal for us. Their sound is great, they have one of the best active noise cancellations there is and their autonomy reaches up to 30 hours per charge (with a fast charge that gives up to 5 additional hours if we plug them in for 10 minutes). They are also very good for making calls, even in those situations where it is very windy. They are available for 214.14 euros. Wireless headphones – Sony WH-1000XM5SA, Soft case, Noise cancellation, 30h, Hi-Res, Fast charging, Bluetooth, Headband, iOS/Android, Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 This Lenovo IdeaPad Slim is a fairly balanced device if you are looking to work or study and want it to last several years to make your investment profitable. Its Intel Core i7 processor is complemented very well by its 16 GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1 TB SSD. Its screen is 15.3 inches and it comes with Windows 11 installed as standard, which is always appreciated. It is reduced to 687.14 euros. Laptop – Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15IRH10, 15.3″ WUXGA, Intel® Core™ i7-13620H, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, UHD Graphics, Windows 11 Home, Blue The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10 Pro If we are looking for a top Android mobile, but we prefer a more compact experience, then this one may fit us very well. Google Pixel 10 Pro. With it we will have the purest Android experience in a phone with a 6.3-inch screen, 16 GB of RAM and a great camera system that will allow us to take good photos day and night. For everything it offers, it has a great price: it costs 764.54 euros. Mobile – Google Pixel 10 Pro, Moonstone, 256 GB, 16 GB RAM, 6.3″ Super Actua OLED, Google Tensor G5, 4870 mAh, Android 16 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung HW-Q99F/ZF Sound Bar We close this selection of offers with a sound bar, one that is in fact one of the best available. This is the HW-Q99F/ZF from Samsung, a model with 23 speakers distributed in 11.1.4 channels that manage to offer a combined power of 756 W (ideal for turning your living room into a cinema). We can get it for 644.14 euros. Soundbar – Samsung HW-Q990F/ZF, Bluetooth, 756 W, Subwoofer and wireless Dolby Atmos, 11.1.4 channels, WiFi, Titanium Black The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | MediaMarkt, Compradicción, Samsung, Lenovo, Sony, Google In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here

There are TVs for 90 euros, consoles, mobile phones and much more

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AliExpress returns with more offers on technology. Now we have a new promo active (called Valentine’s Day) and, as usual, discounts abound on phones, consoles and other devices. Yes indeed, the key is again in the discount couponssince thanks to them we can save much more on our purchases. These are the ones we have available right now: Discount minimum purchase coupon 1 2 euros 15 euros ESPP02 4 euros 29 euros ESPP04 6 euros 49 euros ESPP06 10 euros 79 euros ESPP10 20 euros 159 euros ESPP20 30 euros 249 euros ESPP30 45 euros 369 euros ESPP45 This AliExpress promo will be available until next Saturday February 14although it is quite likely that the coupons will not last until then (nor will the stock of the best offers). There is a lot to choose from, but we have made a list of five that we found very interesting: nintendo switch 2 by 385.31 euros with the coupon ESPP45, a great price for this pack that includes ‘Mario Kart World’. Apple iPhone 17 by 866.80 euros with the coupon ESPP45, a very good price for the best base iPhone in years. PlayStation 5 by 395.86 euros with the coupon ESPP45, less than 400 euros for the version with reader of the Sony console. Realme GT 7 Pro by 478.65 euros with the coupon ESPP45, a mobile phone with autonomy for three days. Xiaomi TV A by 90.74 euros with the coupon ESPP10, a very interesting option for the kitchen or bedroom. nintendo switch 2 If you usually pay attention to AliExpress promos, you will have noticed that nintendo switch 2 It is usually one of the most demanded and recurring devices. On this occasion, we find this one with one of the best prices we have seen in recent times: it costs 385.31 euros with the coupon ESPP45 and comes with the great game that is ‘Mario Kart World‘. Nintendo Switch 2 + ‘Mario Kart World’ The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Apple iPhone 17 It is not so common to find Apple devices at a good price on AliExpress, but we have an exception with this one iPhone 17. It is the best base phone the company has made in years, one that stands out for offering a good 6.3-inch screen as usual (this time, with 120 Hz), notable performance and a good dual camera system. Taking into account that we have barely seen it on sale in recent weeks, watch out for its discount in this Valentine’s Day promo: it comes out for 866.80 euros with coupon ESPP45. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links PlayStation 5 If before we talked about Nintendo Switch 2, now it’s time to do it PlayStation 5. As a general rule, we almost always see the Digital model (that is, without a reader) with the greatest discount, but AliExpress goes all out: we can get its version with a reader for 395.86 euros with coupon ESPP45. A great price for a console that still has power for a while. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Realme GT 7 Pro Now that silicon-carbon batteries are increasingly common, we are seeing mobile phones with an autonomy that was unthinkable years ago. That’s where he comes in Realme GT 7 Proa truly high-end device whose autonomy lasts three days. Obviously, it is not the only good thing that this mobile has: it has a great processor, a good 6.78-inch screen and a triple rear camera system that, although it is not the best there is, performs at a high level. The phone costs 478.65 euros with coupon ESPP45. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi TV A Not everyone wants a huge or very expensive TV. There are times when we look for something small and very economical, ideal for rooms like a bedroom or a kitchen. This Xiaomi TV is ideal for these scenarios for several reasons: it has 32 inches, a Google operating system and an integrated Chromecast, so we can send content from our mobile phone. Its price is also very attractive: it costs 90.74 euros with the coupon ESPP10. It is true that it has Full HD resolution, but it is a factor that does not influence as much as it is a few-inch TV. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Ricardo AguilarNintendo, Apple, Sony, Realme, Xiaomi In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | The best quality-price mobiles. Their analyzes and videos are here

The best apps to download free music on your mobile

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Let’s tell you the best free applications to download music on your mobile phone, so you can listen to it whenever you want and wherever you want. These are apps at no cost, which use their own sources for music or download it from videos uploaded to the Internet. It is something similar to our list of apps and websites to listen to free music on any device, although many apps work like programs for listen to music from YouTube as if it were Spotifybut downloading the audio files of the videos. Here we will not include the websites to download free music which we have already told you about. NewPipe It is a YouTube client for Android, an open source application which allows you to view content without giving access to questionable permissions or enduring excessive advertising. This makes the experience faster and uses much less battery. The app also allows download the videos or audios of videos, such as music, on your device. In addition to YouTube, it also supports PeerTube, SoundCloud or Bandcamp. Of course, you have to download its APK from the web, since it is not on Google Play. Audiomack This is an application designed to listen to music of various musical styles, focusing on independent artists or less known. It is a free application, but you need to pay to have access to all the functions. The free version allows you to download songs individual, but if you want to download everything including albums you will have to pay. It is available for Android and iPhone. YMusic Another Android application that follows in the footsteps of NewPipe. It is a browser that allows you to access YouTube by reducing data consumption, unlocking functions such as background listening. Its peculiarity is that focuses on the musical section above the rest of the content on the platform. Basically what you do is unlock YouTube Music, being able to create playlists and with a mode to discover music. Then, you can download the videos in full or only in audio with different sound qualities. Fildo Fildo is a music and podcast player. It does not host its own content, but rather allows you choose from several fonts to find it there. It is not based on YouTube, but on other lesser-known third-party services, and can also add other search engines. You also have the option to download the music to your mobile to listen whenever you want. My Mixtapez This is an application for Android and iOS that is specialized in mixtapes or rap and hip-hop mixes. It is a very elaborate application, with information on all the artists in it and social functions. In addition, it will also allow you download music to your device to listen to it whenever you want. It’s a premium feature, but can be activated for an individual song by viewing an ad. Jamendo This is a platform focused on independent and royalty-free musicwith which you can download thousands of free songs. You won’t find the latest from your favorite international artists, but you might find a semi-unknown artist that will blow your mind. The app allows you to explore communities for all musical genres, from pop or rock to classical, electronic or simply ambient or emotional music. There are also playlists and many other options. It has applications for Android and iOS. AR Download Music An application with which to search, listen and download music, with an advanced player with equalizer. The music is for non-commercial use, with a wide variety of tracks at your disposal. It is exclusive for Androidand you can even choose the folder where to download it. TREBEL A free application that allows you to download songs to listen to them offline on your device, even with its free plan. It has a pretty decent catalog, although you can find applications and sometimes waiting times. Additionally, the availability of many songs may depend on where you live. evermusic And we end with a different application, which is used to download music that you have in sources such as cloud storage. Come on, you connect to the sites where you have uploaded the music and you can download it directly to your iPhone. Because yes, it is exclusive for iPhone. In Xataka Basics | 14 apps and services to discover new music on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services

Samsung and Apple brought ultra-thin mobile phones to the market with little battery life. China’s response: hold my tank

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Samsung was the first, and Apple followed a few months later. The introduction of increasingly thinner mobile phones on the market did not meet any specific need, beyond reducing weight and thickness. Betting on this format, at least with the proposals of Western manufacturers, brought with it sacrifices both in camera and autonomy. In China they are clear that There is no need to sacrifice one thing or the other.. The Honor Magic8 Pro Air. Recently, Honor presented the Magic 8 Pro Air in China. The surname already tells us where the shots are going. It is a mobile phone of only 6.1mm It has the best MediaTek processor It has a 5,500mAh battery It has a triple camera system (wide angle, wide angle and telephoto). It turns out that it was possible. There are a few millimeters of difference between the Honor Magic8 Pro Air and its direct rivals, the iPhone Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. But the numbers speak for themselves. Honor magic8 Pro air iphone air samsung galaxy s25 edge dimensions 150.5 x 71.9 156.2×74.7x 158.2 x 75.6 thickness 6.1mm 5.6mm 5.8mm battery 5,500mAh Si/C 3.149mah Li-Ion 3,900mAh Li-ion camera system 50MP, 1/1.3″, OIS 64 MP, /1.2″, OIS 50MP 48 MP 1/1.56″ OIS shift sensor 200 MP, 1/1.3″, OIS 12MP,1/2.55″ The Honor device is 0.3mm thicker than an S25 edge and 0.5mm thicker than the iPhone Air. To give you context, there is a guitar pick difference and a 75% higher energy density in the case of the Chinese mobile. An outrage. Furthermore, China has shown that it is not necessary to give up a single camera to opt for this format. And when we talk about flagships, this point is key. The 10K club. Beyond demonstrating that in ultra-thin mobile phones, silicon-carbon technologies allow energy densities that were impossible until a few years ago, the “10K club” is adding more and more participants. Chinese phones with normal thickness or even less than usual with 10,000mAh batteries. The last one to join the club was Realme P4 Powerthe first mobile phone in the world with a 10,001mAh battery. These are figures that double the usual standard in the rest of the ranges. The answer? There is neither nor is it expected in the short term. China has been ahead in the race to deploy silicon-carbon batteries, one that is not so easy to get into. Such high density batteries require: Greater regulations at the transport level, especially in the European Union. Much higher prices, as Xiaomi advanced. A durability risk not yet proven. Moving towards silicon entails important changes that traditional manufacturers, accustomed to a conservative and slow strategy, are not yet willing to take on. Image | Honor In Xataka | The 80/20 rule seemed like the holy grail for cell phone batteries. It’s not as infallible as it seems.

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