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the new trend that promises to be safer and more elegant

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For decades, iron bars became popular as an effective solution against theft and intrusions, especially on ground floors or in houses with windows accessible from the street. Although there is nothing written for tastes, the truth is that today it is not usually the most attractive remedy for the eyes (nor the most elegant). Happens the same with the gotelé (despite its benefits). That image of bars on facades is beginning to be left behind and more and more homeowners are opting for systems that offer similar, or even greater, protection, without giving up light, aesthetics or comfort. And precisely one of the options that is growing the most is laminated safety glass. What is laminated safety glass Laminated glass is a set formed by two or more sheets of glass joined together by one or several layers of an intermediate plastic material, usually polyvinyl butyral (PVB). This film acts as a kind of resistant “glue” that holds glass fragments together If the glass breaks, as they explain from Guardian Sun. That is precisely the key to its operation. And it is not an unbreakable glass, but a glass that, even if it cracks, does not come off or leave an open gap. The inner sheet holds the pieces in place, so that the window continues to act as a barrier and anyone trying to sneak in will take much longer to get through the window, when they do manage to do so. Image: Aluminios Garcilaso How to protect against theft Unlike conventional glass, which a burglar can break and break through in a matter of seconds, laminated glass significantly delays any forced entry attempt. “Laminated glass stands out for its ability to resist impacts, since it consists of several layers that hold the pieces together in case of breakage,” they count from Cerrajero Valencia. That extra time can make a difference, as most home burglary attempts last only a few minutes. In this sense, laminated glass does not completely eliminate the risk, but acts as a fairly effective deterrentespecially when combined with other reinforcements, such as multi-point locks or alarm systems. A regulation that measures its real resistance It should be noted that not all laminated glass offers the same level of protection. In Europe there is a specific standard, EN 356which classifies security glass according to its ability to resist manual attacks, whether accidental knocks, acts of vandalism or attempted theft with tools. This classification ranges from the lowest levels, designed for accidental knocks, to the highest levels, designed to resist burglary attempts with tools such as hammers or crowbars. The greater the number of glass layers and PVB sheets, the greater the thickness of the assembly and, therefore, its resistance. Therefore, before installing glass of this type It is important to define what level of protection is neededsince a window in an inaccessible attic does not require the same resistance as one on a ground floor with easy access from the street. Light, silence and less maintenance The good thing is that, since it is transparent glass, the house retains all the light. It’s not that the bars completely block the passage of light, but they do limit it a little. Furthermore, laminated glass hardly requires maintenancecompared to the iron of the bars, which if we want to keep it in perfect condition we have to paint it and take care of it against corrosion. Another clear advantage is acoustic insulation.. And the combination of layers of glass and PVB reduces the noise from filtering through the window, a plus for those apartments in very central areas with a lot of traffic and outside noise. Besides, glass reduces the risk of cuts in case the glass breakssince the fragments remain adhered to the sheet instead of spreading on the ground. How to install One of the most common questions is whether switching to laminated glass requires replacing the entire window. This is not always the case, since in many cases it is possible to maintain the existing frame and replace only the glass, as long as the carpentry allows it and is in good condition. This can reduce the cost considerablysince you don’t need to change the entire window. But to know whether or not it is necessary to change the window, it is best for a professional to take a look and assess whether the current frame is compatible with the weight and thickness of safety glass, which is usually greater than that of conventional glass. Cover image | mdreza jalali and Cabanyero In Xataka | France is suffocating at 40°C and without blinds: its desperate solution is to cover the windows with aluminum foil

This is the new Motorola Edge 70 Max, a mobile phone with 7,100 mAh that promises up to 73 hours of autonomy per charge

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Habemus new Motorola phone. This new device, called Motorola Edge 70 Maxcomes with a very good processor and a screen that looks great. However, What is most striking about this device is its battery.which thanks to silicon carbon It has enormous capacity. The device can currently be purchased in Spain for 699 euros and we explain its main characteristics below. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links A mobile phone that promises up to three days of autonomy This new Motorola phone comes with a 6.82-inch AMOLED panel with QHD+ resolution, a 144 Hz refresh rate (something we don’t usually see on too many phones yet) and a peak brightness of 7,000 nits. In addition, it is compatible with HDR10+, which already tells us that it will look very good with both multimedia content and text, even outdoors. At the hardware level, this 70 Edge Max comes with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 under the hood. This one is one step below its older brother (who bears the last name Elite), but it still has what it takes to deliver great performance. This processor is accompanied by 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage (no further memory configurations available). Now, it’s the battery’s turn. Motorola has put a 7,100 mAh battery inside this mobile, which promises to offer up to 73 hours of autonomy per load. This figure is not bad at all, to which we must add 90 W fast wired charging (the charger is included as a gift, along with Moto Buds Loop headphones), 25 W magnetic wireless charging type MagSafe and reverse charging. Finally, we must also talk about its camera system that, although it seems triple, in reality only has two sensors: a main 50-megapixel sensor and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle one. Arrives with Android 16 as standard and you will receive two system updates (three years of updates in terms of security patches). ⚡ IN SUMMARY: Motorola edge 70 max ✅ THE BEST Battery over 7,000 mAh: Thanks to carbon silicon, this Motorola promises an autonomy of three days. Powerful and with a good screen: The Qualcomm processor it has, without being the best, offers very good performance. Its screen with 144 Hz and a good level of brightness also looks very good. Comes with charger and free headphones: Today’s cell phones carry less and less things in the box, so it is good news that this one comes with a free charger (and headphones). ❌ THE WORST Few years of updates: Motorola only offers two years of operating system updates, far from the six or seven of brands like Samsung and Google. The ultra wide angle is not up to par with the other camera. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for an Android mobile with a lot of autonomy, notable performance and you like or have had a Motorola mobile before. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Do you prefer to wait for the price to drop after launch or do you want a mobile phone with more years of guaranteed updates. You may also be interested Google Pixel 10 – Free Android Smartphone with Gemini, Advanced Triple Rear Camera, 24+ Hour Battery and 6.3″ Current Screen – Obsidian, 128GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung Galaxy S26, 256GB, Mobile Phone with Galaxy AI, 50MP Camera, 12GB RAM, 4300mAh Battery, 3 Year Manufacturer’s Warranty + 1 Extra Year, Black Color (Spanish Version) 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 | Motorola In Xataka | Best mobile phones in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and ten recommended models In Xataka | Best mobile phones 2026. Which one to buy based on use and six recommended models

This is the variant of the N-320 that promises to change Cuatro Caminos

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Passing through Cuatro Caminos at rush hour is an experience that, if you can avoid it, the better. The problem is that the people who cross its road every day have been waiting for decades for a solution that does not come. The good news is that the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has approved provisionally the informative study of the Guadalajara bypass and the conditioning of the N-320 highway. An administrative step with which the Ministry hopes to soon relieve traffic in one of the most saturated accesses of the capital of Alcarreña. What has been approved. The document contemplates works for an estimated amount of 103.7 million euros, VAT included, as reported by the Ministry itself. Of course, it should be noted that the provisional approval is not the only thing that remains, as can be expected, since the next procedure will be the release of the project to public information in the Official State Gazette (BOE). What the project consists of. The works will be divided into three main actions: The first is the Guadalajara variant itself, 6,626.55 meters long, which will run from kilometer 269.480 of the N-320 to the Cabanillas del Campo junction with the A-2. Of the four alternatives that have been studied, the Ministry has finally opted for this route, somewhat shorter than the other options. The second action is the splitting of the N-320 between kilometers 290.02 and 295.68, a section that will become a highway. And the third is a new Eastern connection, by conventional road, between the Fuente la Niña junction, on the A-2, and the existing link between the N-320 and the N-320A. Added to all this are several new links and the remodeling of others, including the crossing of the variant with the N-320 itself and the semi-link with the CM-2004. relief for Four Paths. The Cuatro Caminos roundabout is, according to has recognized on several occasions the City Hall itself, one of the most critical points in terms of traffic in the entire city. In March 2023, when the study was presented for the first time by the then mayor, Alberto Rojo, together with the Secretary General of Infrastructure, Xavier Flores, it was explained that the set of actions linked to the N-320 (including the South and East roads) could reduce traffic pressure on that junction by up to 50%, according to Nueva Alcarria. The variant does not solve the problem of Cuatro Caminos by itself, but it would remove from that point a considerable part of the through traffic that today crosses it. ccriticism from the City Council. Not everyone in Guadalajara has received the news with the same enthusiasm. And the second deputy mayor, Alfonso Esteban, has asked to the Government to definitively expedite the processing and recalled that the Ministry submitted this same study to public information already in February 2023, then committing to approve it that same year. “Three years later, the only known news is the provisional approval of the aforementioned document, it has been three lost years,” declared Esteban. The mayor has insisted that this provisional approval does not imply the start of the works, since there are still procedures such as a new public information period, the Environmental Impact Declaration, the final approval of the study, the drafting of the construction project and the issue of its budgets. Four Paths, a separate debate. The Town Hall maintains that the variant and the solution for Cuatro Caminos are two related but different issues. As declared by the City Council in November 2024 to the State Highway Demarcation, the definitive solution for this junction involves the total or partial burying of traffic, while “any other action would be provisional,” the City Council itself states. Esteban explained that a system of elevated pedestrian walkways was discarded due to lack of consensus between the institutions involved, due to accessibility and safety problems, and that the General Directorate of Traffic proposed as a provisional alternative to place traffic lights on pedestrian crossings and accessibility improvements. Cover image | Ministry of Transport and Asqueladd (Wikimedia Commons) In Xataka | “We have six kilometers that have melted due to the heat”: in the face of extreme temperatures, France needs to Spanishize its roads

Gemini Intelligence promises to be Google’s AI revolution. The problem is that almost no one will be able to use it.

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Updates have always been Android’s Achilles heel, but for several years we have seen how manufacturers are pushing to offer up to seven years of updates on your mobiles. It is good news for users and regulators. The problem is that AI threatens to introduce a new form of fragmentation: having an updated mobile phone no longer guarantees access to the most important functions, even if it is high-end. What has happened? A few days ago, during the Android Show, Google announced the new star feature coming to Android: Gemini Intelligence. We are no longer talking about specific functions, but rather about a layer of AI that covers everything, making the mobile phone act autonomously within the system and the apps. It sounds great, what doesn’t sound so good is the list of requirements. Hardware requirements. Google has detailed the minimum requirements for a mobile phone to run Gemini Intelligence and it is quite not encouraging. We are talking about devices with 12 GB of RAM and that mount recent “flagship” processors. These requirements directly leave out the majority of the current vehicle fleet, but also at the current time with the memory crisis raising pricesthe high-end is going to become even more unattainable. The real problem. If the RAM and the processor already leave out many mobile phones, the software requirements are even worse. This is where Google makes the real difference since, to run Gemini Intelligence, compatibility with Gemini Nano V3, the local language model for mobile phones, is necessary. If we look at the current compatibility list, it is no longer that it affects cheap phones, it is that it also leaves out phones like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 which was launched in the summer of 2025 and cost 2,109 euros, or the Xiaomi 17 Ultra which has just been launched for almost 1,500 euros. It is not clear that the list is definitive, since it is possible that there are changes because they allow it to be updated later, but for now the outlook is bleak: The list of devices compatible with Gemini Nano v2 and Gemini Nano v3. Image: Xatakamovil There is still more. The software requirements don’t end here. Google has also put several additional conditions for a device to have Gemini Intelligence. The device must receive at least five years of operating system updates and six years of security patches, in addition to meeting a series of quality requirements regarding stability, failure rate and multimedia, among others. The privilege of AI. “The best of Gemini in our most advanced devices” is the phrase we find in the Gemini Intelligence official websiteso Google already warns us from the beginning. That updates or more advanced functions reach the most expensive phones is something we are used to, but with AI we are seeing the bar rise even higher. Furthermore, it is not a specific function as it was ARCorewe are talking about the central axis of the proposal, a new way of interacting with the mobile that only a small percentage of users will be able to test, including those who have a Google Pixel. Cover image | Google In Xataka | Android 17 news: list with a summary of everything that will arrive in this version of the operating system

Iceland has had a four-day work week since 2019. Seven years later, it delivers on all the promises of Gen Z

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Iceland was one of the first countries that dared to experiment with the four-day workday and new working day models maintaining the salary. Today, Iceland has not only managed to reduce the working hours of 86% of its population, but it is also among the most dynamic European economies. These data show that the four-day work week and the reduction of working hours are not incompatible with growth. Pioneers of the four-day work week. Between 2015 and 2019, the country implemented a pilot program in which 2,500 public employees reduced their working hours from 40 hours a week to between 35 and 36 hours. The Iceland test data indicated that productivity levels were maintained and the well-being of workers who reported lower levels of stress and well-being was considerably improved. improvements in work-life balance. The reactions were immediate and the Icelandic unions reached agreements with the companies to take this model to other sectors. According to the study monitoring of the experiment of reduction of working hours carried out by the Autonomy Institute of the United Kingdom and the Association for Sustainability and Democracy (ALDA) of Iceland, as a result of those negotiations, 86% of Icelanders already work under some form of reduced hours. “This shows that the public sector is prepared to be a pioneer in reducing the working week, and other governments can learn from this lesson,” said Will Stronge, research director at Autonomy Institute. Years of implementation are beginning to bear fruit. Monitoring of test data in Iceland has continued to see the long-term effects on the impact of the reduction in working hours both among employees and on the country’s economy. ALDA and the Autonomy Institutejust published a study in which it analyzes the impact after four years of reduced working hours available to the majority of its population. Between 2020 and 2022, for example, 51% of its workforce already had access to reduced working hours, including a four-day work week or a five-day work week with shorter days. In parallel, the study revealed that Iceland’s economy was growing faster than that of most of its European neighbors. According to the report World Economic Outlook April 2024 prepared by the International Monetary Fund, Iceland’s economy recorded growth of 5.2% for 2024 and 4.9% for 2025. Greater well-being for employment. The International Monetary Fund report points to the strength of employment in Iceland as one of the keys to its economic growth. According to the ALDA study By 2024, 78% of Icelandic workers are satisfied with their current job. 62% of those who have adopted reduced working hours claim to feel more satisfied with their working hours, while 97% have stated that shorter working hours have made their balance between work and family easier. Impact on the Icelandic economy. The authors of the study point out that Iceland had always worked more hours than its surrounding countries, obtaining lower productivity. However, they highlight that, after the change in working hours, the productivity in Iceland has increased 1.5% annually on average over the last five years. “This is a possible break with the past, when productivity was lower in Iceland than in neighboring countries.” The data provided by the study reflect a behavior very similar to that recorded in the test of the Valencia four-day week: Having more free time encourages the local economy and recreational activities. The study estimates the improvement in the internal economy at 10% after implementing reduced working hours. The key is not the reduction of working hours. The conclusions of the study reflect an idea that was also put on the table in the conclusions of the test of the four-day work week in Germany: “A probable cause of this change (in productivity) is the optimization of work and the reorganization of work shifts as strategies aimed at reducing effective work hours,” the study notes. This clarification reveals that the key to the successive successes in terms of productivity of the tests of the four-day work week would not be a consequence of the reduction of the working day itself, but of the prior optimization process that is carried out in these experiments. Happy future. Iceland’s experience is especially positive for generation Z, definitely the labor cohort that most enthusiastically embraces hybrid or reduced work formats. As we have seen in other countries, Sean Norway or Germany, and as various studies point outGeneration Z has a strong preference for the four-day week. Both socio-labor trends and cultural priorities point in that direction. And the case of Iceland is important because it underlines that the economy is not suffering. In Xataka | Germany is considering the most ambitious labor reform: it wants to eliminate the limit on eight-hour days a day Image | Einar H. Reynis

The super Niño of 1877 wiped out 4% of the world’s population. The one that is already beginning to form promises to be worse, but what does that mean in 2027?

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In the last week, El Niño has become suddenly real. Media like Washington Post, BBC or countless media in Spanish have begun to compare what is coming to us with El superNiño of 1877, the event that “wiped out 4% of the world’s population.” And, stated this way, it is no wonder; The story is simple: “a Child Godzilla is coming and no one knows if we are ready.” That is why it is important to know what exactly we are talking about and if, in short, “we are all going to die.” How serious is the matter? As we said a few days ago, between March and May the reliability of ENSO forecasts is usually worse than normal (because the equatorial Pacific anomalies go through their transition phase). That makes everyone go with “lead feet”; but the data is worrying. Ben Noll of the Washington Post broadcast on May 8 that the North American Multi-Model Ensemble projected “the strongest El Niño on record” between October 2026 and January 2027, with a peak of +3.1 °C in November. They are big words. Above all, because the ECMWF is along the same lines. In the words of Diego Restrepo, “El Niño is rapidly intensifying, and now 8 out of 10 models point to a super event and four project the strongest one on record.” And this looks like 1877? That is Noll’s thesis and it has been repeated a lot in recent days. However, the comparison is misleading. First, because, although the models are pointing to a historical ENSO, they are still models. That is, we still have no idea what is going to happen. And, to be strict, until the models recover their full potential in June, we will not know well. Second because, as argued by Kimberley Reid, from the University of Melbournethe intensity measured in the central Pacific does not translate linearly into impacts. Taking into account everything that has changed in this century and a half at a climate level, the impacts may be completely different. And thirdly because El Niño of 1877 was not the cause of that catastrophe. Yes, it is true that he set the conditions for it to occur but, as noted Mike Davis in “Late Victorian Holocausts”what killed throughout that quarter of a century were colonial policies. And what happened in 1877? A strange combination between a superNiño, the Indian Dipole and a tremendously warm North Atlantic between the years 1876–78 caused a global drought. The problem is that, in a world governed by imperialism, grain exports did not stop and, as local resilience mechanisms had been dismantled, a famine occurred that killed some 50 million people. But the consensus is clear: no matter how intense El Niño was, it caused the problem of its management. And that, although it may not seem like it, is good news. A few years ago the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published a report with a clear warning: “climate-related disasters” have increased since the 1970s. Specifically, they have multiplied by five over the last five decades. According to their calculations, in the 1980s, 1,400 incidents were recorded – their tables include extreme weather, climate and water phenomena – and in the 1990s, just over 2,200. In the first decade of the 21st century, 3,500 were reached and during the last decade, which spans from 2010 to 2019, it was close to 3,200. Curiously, this increase in the number of disasters has coincided with a decrease in the number of victims. The WMO data is clearalso: from more than 50,000 deaths in the 1970s (incidents basically related to climate and water are taken into account) it went to less than 20,000 in 2010. From an average of 170 a day in the 70s and 80s, it dropped in the 90s to less than a hundred a day and to 40 at the beginning of the 21st century. What will happen? As Restrepo also points out“despite having more information and knowledge, today we have warmer oceans, much more vulnerable ecosystems and collapsing biodiversity. This could generate impacts on health and risks for food, water and energy security.” However, we are more prepared and more importantly we have time to prepare. The ball is in our court. Image | Ben Noll In Xataka | There are more and more extreme weather events. In return, they are leaving fewer victims than ever

Metajets, the luminous ‘Wingardium Leviosa’ that promises to take ships into space without the need for fuel

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A team of scientists from Texas A&M University has managed to lift and direct tiny objects without touching them. And no, he didn’t do it with a spell. Wingardium leviosabut with laser technology that could power the spaceships of the future. Metajets to fly without fuel. The new propulsion tool designed by these scientists uses something known as metajetswhich is based on the combination of laser beams and metasurfaces. The latter are surfaces that contain small nanoscale irregularities that direct light in many possible directions. When light hits the smooth surface of a mirror, it just bounces back. On metasurfaces, when encountering all those little mountains invisible to the human eye, it can deviate in multiple ways. On the other hand, when light hits a surface, the photons push it slightly. The authors of this study they compare it with tennis balls bouncing on a wall. When using a lot of balls, that push can be tangible. Therefore, by shining a laser on a surface, a movement can be produced that is also directed in the desired direction thanks to those tiny pillars. The more light the better. Something interesting about metajets is that to obtain greater thrust you do not necessarily need a larger device. It would be enough to increase the power of the light. Therefore, although at the moment the experiments have been carried out with devices the size of a human hair, these researchers consider that in the future they could be scaled enough to send ships into space without the need for fuel. Climb and turn. With these experiments it has been possible to both raise the device and make it rotate in the desired direction. It is a good start for that dreamed space future. Much shorter trips. With current technologies, If we wanted to travel to the Alpha Centauri star systemthe closest to our solar system, it would take hundreds of thousands of years. Instead, these scientists calculate that, using metajets, the figure would be reduced to only a couple of decades. In astronomical terms, that’s pretty little. Beyond space. In reality, the ability to move objects without contact or fuel could have many applications here on Earth as well. For example, metajets would be useful in precision manufacturing, microrobotics and advanced detection systems. There is still much to do. Logically, having demonstrated the effectiveness of metajets in a tiny device is only a first step. There is a lot of science and a lot of time left before we can scale enough to reach space. However, as Machado said, the path is made by walking, and this has already begun to be drawn. The next step will be to test the metajets in a laboratory under microgravity conditions. Thus, we would see how they will work in space. If this goes well, little by little we would try to scale it to a larger size. Other technologies that are also being investigated may possibly arrive sooner, such as the use of engines based on nuclear energy. However, metajets are also a very interesting option for future space travel. I’m sure we’ll hear about them again in the future. Image | Harry Potter, skateboarder (Wikimedia Commons) In Xataka | How many times have we gone to the Moon and why have only 11 military aviators and one geologist set foot on it in all of history?

An app promises to free men from their “addiction” to porn. Behind it is something darker: the NoFap movement

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“Embrace this pause. Reflect before you relapse.” It doesn’t refer to alcohol or drugs, but to porn. With this claim, Quittr is presented, an app for people looking for overcome your porn addiction. Although you can register as a woman, the app is clearly focused on the male audience, So I pretended to be Manuel 28 and made an account. It didn’t take me long to realize that giving up porn is the excuse to sell something else. As soon as you start, the app asks you a questionnaire about your consumption habits, such as how often you watch porn and what negative symptoms you have noticed in your life (it caught my attention that one of them was “Feeling distant from God”, this already gives clues as to where we are headed). As soon as I finished the questionnaire they already had a personalized plan for Manuel and they also promised me that by June 7 he would have stopped porn. The bad part is that it was going to cost me 31.99 euros per year, 20.99 euros if I accepted the offer. Giving up porn has a price. I haven’t paid, but I have been researching the features that Quittr offers. The app tracks your progress, which is represented by “the tree of life,” and the longer you go without porn, the more it grows. It also offers motivational exercises, has a “panic button” in case you are about to relapse, and also allows you to chat with other members of the community. Based on science, but little Both on the website and in the app itself they say several times that Quittr’s method is based on science, but let’s see if this is the case. As soon as you finish the questionnaire, a message appears that claims that pornography is a drug and that “releases a chemical in the brain called dopamine.” According to the WHO definitiona drug is “a natural or synthetic compound that acts on the central nervous system and produces alterations in the processes that regulate thoughts, emotions, perception and behavior.” Watching porn can generate pleasure, but nothing is being introduced into the body, it is a natural response. In this sense, if pornography is a drug because it “releases dopamine”, we should also consider anything that gives us pleasure a drug, from food to keeping the house tidy. What it can do is cause compulsive consumption, which we could describe as addiction, which is very different. The ICD-11 clinical guide includes “compulsive sexual behavior disorder”, but of course, that sells less. In the app’s description they also state that their method is “based on extensive research into the science of addictions,” but there is no link to any study. The NoFap movement Browsing the web, I have found that there are several influencers who promote the app. Well, they are all Christian fitness content creators such as Jeremiah Jones either Caleb Hammett. When I entered the news blog section it was already clear to me what this was about. Some of the news from Quittr’s blog. He NoFap movement It was born as a kind of support group for people who want to stop masturbation, either because they perceive it as an addiction or also for religious reasons. This idea began to become popular a few years ago and its scientific basis is a study conducted in 2003 which linked increased testosterone levels to abstinence from masturbation. The study was refuted, but continues to be cited in these circles. In the beginning, NoFap followers They were looking to increase their testosterone and improve your health, but Nowadays it has become a lifestyle with a strong religious component. In Spain we have the reference of René ZZ, whose content gave a radical turn from tattoos to religion, personal improvement and the abandonment of masturbation. Applications like Quittr or Relay They are sold as the solution to porn addiction, which is something that many people will see as positive, but they do not highlight the religious part that advocates these rigid and moralistic abstinence models. In slate They tell the story of one of these men who entered NoFap looking to quit porn and ended up trapped in a cycle of relapse and extreme shame that ended up seriously affecting his mental health. Quittr’s other secret In addition to the moralistic component that Quittr hides, there is another fact that has recently become known and it is a security problem in its app. They count in 404media that several hackers notified the creators of the app of a serious vulnerability that exposed the data of its users, among whom there are minors. The failure was no small thing. This was a bug in Google Firebase configuration that allowed anyone to authenticate as an administrator and read the database. User data includes age, how often they watch porn, and even messages about their masturbation habits. The problem is no longer that vulnerability exists, it is that Those responsible for Quittr did nothing for at least six months. The first researcher who notified the company even spoke with the founder of the app Alex Slater, who responded that he would solve it in a matter of hours, but months later it was still not solved. Finally, they reacted when 404media insisted for the third time. Image | Franco Alva in Unsplash In Xataka | There is already a European country that requires you to be 18 years old to watch porn on the Internet. And there are already a thousand ways to skip it

the rain of generics that promises to sink prices in some countries

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The drug that revolutionized the pharmaceutical industry and forever changed the paradigm of the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes, as is Ozempicfaces its biggest challenge: the end of its marketing patent. Specifically, the patent of the semaglutidewhich is the active ingredient behind Ozempic and wegovyexpires in March 2026 in several international markets, opening the door to production of the famous generic drugs which are more affordable. The success of Ozempic. Developed by fDanish firm Novo Nordiskhas been meteoric and originally approved in 2017 for type 2 diabetes, what has really surprised is that its use outside the technical indication is what has exploded: weight loss. And many do not know that it is actually a treatment for diabetes. And it is logical, because the figures that have remained in our conscience are that there are losses of up to 15-20% of body weightwith proven cardiovascular benefits and a multimillion-dollar business behind it. The problem is that the price of this treatment is not at all accessible, even with a medical prescription, and that is why the possibility of developing generics will make it possible to democratize this medication for the most serious cases of obesity. The patents. Developing a drug is not cheap for pharmaceutical companies and that is why, when it is marketed, large companies want to make as much money as possible with the exclusivity that no other laboratory can produce and sell it. But these pharmaceutical patents have a standard life of 20 years, and when they are met, other laboratories can take the ‘recipe’ and create their medications with this active ingredient, but at a lower price as if it were the white label. The map of expiration. In this way, since Novo Nordisk applied for the base patent around 2006, the clock stops in March 2026 for demographic giants like India, China and Brazil. And here there are no extensions that extend commercial exclusivity, so the season automatically begins to open so that any laboratory can begin to produce its own brand. And the impact is immediate in places like India, which are already preparing to immediately market genetics like Obeda or GLIPIQ. The result will be a drop in costs between 80 and 90% to have a price of just 15 to 30 dollars per month for the treatment. Although they are not the first countries to integrate it because in Canada the monopoly fell prematurely in January 2026 due to an administrative error: non-payment of the corresponding fees. What happens in Spain? The ‘cheap Ozempic’ will take longer to reach us, since in the European Union and the United States there are legal mechanisms to compensate for the long clinical trial and regulatory approval times that are imposed. In the particular European case, which is the one that affects us, it is known as Complementary Protection Certificate. Thanks to this exception, Novo Nordisk’s monopoly in Spain and the rest of Europe extends until March 2031, and in the United States it can even be extended until 2033. And it is bad news, because right now in Spain there are 19% of adults with obesity (and it is increasing), so the tension on the public system to finance this treatment does not stop growing. Novo Nordisk’s counterattack. The Danish company is not going to sit idly by watching its goose that lays golden eggs lose market share to Indian and Chinese generics. To maintain part of the economic pie, the company is developing more effective oral versions as they have a higher concentration of semaglutide. On the other hand, their big bet is called CagriSema, which is a combination of GLP-1 and amylin to further enhance weight reduction. All this in order to survive the end of its patent, which now begins in 2026 in large markets and which must be compensated with other alternatives beyond another presentation. In Xataka | Ozempic’s “great rebound”, in figures: science reveals that the weight returns four times faster than with a diet

Elon Musk often promises impossible things like Terafab. The problem is that sometimes he manages to turn them into reality.

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It was up to Elon Musk to revolutionize the automotive industry with Tesla and the electric car. Probably no one believed he could do it. Then he did the same with the aerospace industry with SpaceX, and that was more of the same: it seemed impossible. It may be many things, but the truth is that although Elon Musk promises many things and does not always fulfill them when he says (hello autonomous car), has achieved unimaginable things. That’s why when you talk about Terafab, maybe we should give it a chance. Because this seems almost as impossible as his other feats. Terafab and Musk’s master plan. On Saturday night, from a power plant that has not been used for a long time, Elon Musk advertisement the last of the components of its master plan: Terafab. The objective is to create a chip factory in which Tesla, SpaceX and xAI will collaborate. According to Musk, this plant will be capable of manufacturing between 100 and 200 GW of computing capacity per year on earth, but it will reach 1 TW in space. The problem, as always with Musk, is distinguishing what part of the plan is engineering and what part is theater and fireworks. He doesn’t do it just because. At that event, the magnate explained that semiconductor manufacturers do not produce enough chips for their AI and robotics needs. And since TSMC and the rest of the manufacturers cannot meet Musk’s demand, he has proposed manufacturing them directly. You need them for your robotaxis and your humanoid robots, Optimuswhich he hopes will end up multiplying by 10 or 100 the production rate of his cars. But it also needs chips so that xAI can compete in the field of AI, and SpaceX needs them for its satellites. That is, it actually needs a lot of chips. Many. Chips from space. At Terafab they intend to create two types of chips. On the one hand, there will be those intended for autonomous vehicles or Optimus robots. On the other, the chips that already have their own name, D3, and that will be designed specifically for space, with products that use them that work in low Earth orbit and are powered by solar energy. For Musk, the idea “becomes an obvious decision”: there will come a point where putting payload into orbit is so cheap that host data centers in space It is cheaper than doing it on land because solar energy is practically unlimited there. Too many unknowns. Everything was very nice and promising, but once the speech and promises were over, the questions began. Building a state-of-the-art semiconductor factory is a colossal challenge. It’s not just a matter of money: it’s that advanced chip manufacturing is in the hands of three companies around the world (TSMC, Samsung and Intel), and requires photolithography with UVE technology which is only manufactured by the well-known Dutch company ASML. And here’s the thing, that Musk: Did not announce any agreement with ASML It has not shown orders that demonstrate that it will have these equipment He has not named a technological partner for the project No estimated dates or calendar have been given. And he hasn’t talked about the budget either. It’s all a gigantic unknown. The most ambitious vertical integration in tech history. On several occasions Musk repeated how at Terafab they intend to cover the entire development, manufacturing, packagingtesting and improvement in the same facilities. If we fulfill that promise, we would be facing another unprecedented achievement, because the semiconductor industry has been doing just the opposite for decades: hyperspecialization by different suppliers: some design, others manufacture, others package… Musk wants to do it all, and if he succeeds he will become a direct rival for Samsung or TSMC, which a priori he would no longer need. Promises and realities. This project seems especially diffuse, but with Musk anything is possible, as we have said. In recent years, yes, we have seen how several of his ideas or they have failedor they have been delayed, or they have been left in no man’s land. The robotaxis still haven’t arrived, the Cybertruck arrived late and it’s not settingand companies like The Boring Company or products like Solar Roof have had less reach than they promised, at least for now. Terafab seems like another impossible project from Musk. We’ll see if it ends up not being so. Image | tesla In Xataka | 8 years ago Elon Musk launched a Tesla Roadster into space: it continues to orbit and was mistaken for an asteroid

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