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The Great Rental Review of 2026 is going to be dramatic for thousands of Spaniards for one reason: 1,700 euros more

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The usual thing around these times is that people start talking about New Year’s resolutionsprojects, trips… plans for 2026 that is already around the corner. That’s the usual. In Spain there are thousands of families who face the year with a very different feeling: restlessness. They are tenants, they have been residing in rented houses for years and now they see how their contracts are about to expire in a very different scenario to the one they had when they signed them, back in 2021. Things have changed so much that there are those who estimate that some tenants will have to pay up to 4,600 euros more per year if they don’t want to move. What has happened? For thousands of Spanish families, 2026 will not be the year of North America World Cup nor that of Eurovision without Spain. 2026 will be the year in which they will have to decide whether to move or agree to pay much more for their homes. The reason is a phenomenon that some have baptized as “the big rental review” and in practice it is nothing other than the expiration of the contracts signed between 2020 and 2021. After the five-year extension that marks the lawnow many tenants have to sit down and negotiate with their landlords. But that’s normal, right? Correct. Contracts signed from 2019 onwards last five years if the landlord is an individual or seven if it is a company. During this period they are renewed annually automatically and the normal thing is that the rents are updated in a controlled manner, based on the CPI or the IRAV index. That hasn’t changed. What is special about the rental contracts signed in 2020 and 2021 is that they were agreed in a very specific context, conditioned by the impact of the crisis of COVID-19. It comes with taking a look at the price chart of Madrid prepared by Idealista to understand it. After years of moderate rent increases (or stagnation), in mid-2020 rents began to become cheaper and did not recover until well into 2021, when they gained momentum that continues even today. What does that mean? That if you signed a rental contract in January, February, March… 2021, you did so at an advantageous time that has kept you ‘safe’ these last five years from the price increase that the market has accumulated. Now, once that agreement expiresif your landlord wants to renegotiate the contract, he will do so in a very different context, with rents in maximum values. Has rent become so expensive? Yes. Until now we could get an idea thanks to platforms like Idealista. Now we have a theoretically more precise tool: calculations from the Ministry of Social Rights and Consumption prepared from data from the INE, the Tax Agency and the IEF. The results has advanced them The Country and they show that contracts that must be renewed in 2026 will become more expensive by up to 383 euros per month compared to the time of the original signing, which translates into about 4,600 euros more per year. That would be the forecast for the most extreme cases (not the average), but it is eloquent. Is there more data? Yes. The estimates of advanced consumer The Country show an estimate of how much rents will rise per year for a household with a median income. For Spain as a whole, this calculation shows an increase of 1,735 euros. In the case of the Valencian Community it would reach 2,686, in the Canary Islands 2,267, in Madrid 2,042, in Cantabria 1,869 and in Andalusia 1,952. In the rest of the regions analyzed, the increase in median income ranges between 1,408 and 884-329 euros/year, the latter data corresponding to Ceuta and Melilla. And the calculation of 4,600 euros/year? It comes out of the heaviest estimate, the one that corresponds to the Balearic Islands. There the Consumption data show the increase in rent prices can exceed 4,615 euros per year. As a reference, Idealista indicates that in March 2021 the residential square meter was rented on the islands at 11.2 euros. Today it is above 19. If we take an 80 m2 apartment as a reference, that means that a tenant who five years ago paid 896 euros/month today would have to pay 1,528. That is, 632 more. When managing the advanced table by The Country It is worth keeping several keys in mind. To begin with, it does not include data from the Basque Country or Navarra due to their regional regimes. Nor from Catalonia, since one relevant part of the population resides in declared neighborhoods “stressed market areas”which influences their prices. The increase calculations also seem to have been carried out with respect to the values ​​at the signing of the contract (2021), which leaves the doubt as to whether they have taken into account the updates of recent years. Another fundamental factor is the context: the estimates are based on a portfolio managed by Sumar, which takes time pressuring its government partner to extend hundreds of thousands of rental contracts about to expire. Does it affect many people? The answer is once again positive. At least if we take Consumption as a reference. After examining the data from the Household Panel, Pablo Bustinduy’s department has come to the conclusion that in 2020, 568,500 contracts and in 2021 another 632,300. The first ones have been completing their five years of validity in recent months. The latter will begin to do so from January, affecting 1.6 million people. The communities that will (potentially) be most affected are Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia and the Valencian Community. The first saw 145,900 contracts signed in 2021, affecting some 404,100 people. In Catalonia, 112,700 and 301,000 were recorded respectively, although there the tenants have the declaration of stressed areas in their favor. In Andalusia there are some 85,500 contracts with 213,700 affected tenants and in the Valencian Community there were 65,500 agreements with 155,000 people involved. Anything else? Yes. … Read more

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We knew Fairphone well for its smartphones, but little by little we are also getting to know it for its headphones. In 2023 they already launched the first generation of Fairbuds XLand now these supra-aural headphones have been renewed to win whole numbers in the sound section, which perhaps had been one step behind competitors in that price range. The arrive Fairbuds XL (2025). What does not change is that same differentiating element of everything this company does: repairability and modularity are incomparable and are once again the protagonists in headphones that promise to last us and accompany us for a long time. Especially because if something breaks, we can easily change it. Let’s listen to them closely. Fairbuds XL technical sheet (2025) Fairbuds XL (2025) diaphragm unit 40mm 20Hz – 20KHz 32 ohms Sensitivity: 99±2 dB at 1 KHZ Design and weight They can be folded 190 x 180 x 70mm 330 grams Connection Bluetooth 5.1 Use with USB-C cable noise cancellation Active Compatibility Any Bluetooth device CODECS SBC, AAC, aptX HD Microphones 6 (2 on the left, four on the right) Autonomy 26 hours with volume at 80% and ANC 30 hours at 80% volume without ANC Burden USB type C 50% charge in 15 minutes More than 500 charge cycles (they maintain 80% battery capacity after these cycles) replaceable battery extras IP54 certification Easy to repair Price 249 euros Fairphone Fairbuds XL (2025) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The design changes… The new Fairphone Fairbuds XL are misleading with their name, and the same thing happened with their predecessors because these are not ‘buds’, which aim for an in-ear (intra-aural) format, but we are talking about some supraaural headphones which, yes, are not especially large when it comes to enveloping the ear. The headphones are available in green and black. You could almost say that they are compact supra-aural headphones, and their ability to fold is notable, which means that they can take up less space when moving them from one place to another if we do not want to wear them or wear them around our neck. What they are is dense, perhaps due to that somewhat more compact design: the 330 grams are noticeableespecially when my personal wireless headphones, the Sony WH-1000XM4they weigh 254 grams. The Fairbuds XL adapt perfectly to the user, although it is true that they seem to want to be a little closer to the ear, perhaps due to their weight or the elasticity of the materials that makes them press slightly compared to the Sony, although it is an almost imperceptible sensation: once you put them on, the grip is comfortable and we have not had any problems when we have worn them for several hours. This design is very similar to the original model, but here the headband is covered with a fabric with a unique mesh texturethe same as the pads. In both cases the new material replaces the vegan leather of the 2023 Fairbuds XL. The headphones do not have any indicator of which is the right or the left. The right earpiece is the one that has the three major elements necessary to interact with them. The first, the USB-C charging port, which also allows us to use them connected with a cable even if the headphones do not have enough battery, a welcome idea from Fairphone. The second, the button with which we activate the pairing, but which also serves to select the active noise cancellation mode (active, ambient sound, inactive). The third is the small directional joystick which allows us to turn the headphones on or off with a press of about three seconds. From there we can make short and somewhat longer presses to pause/play or take calls or hang up, and we can move up and down to increase or decrease the volume and right or left to go to the beginning of the song or move to the previous one (two touches to the left) or the next one (two touches to the right). The interaction is comfortable and fast, and it is certainly a valid alternative to the touch controls that many headphones in this price range typically offer. In certain cases the tactile interaction is faster and more accessible (a quick touch to pause is, for example, faster by touch than with the joystick), but in general the interaction is very correct. …the sound too At Fairphone they have improved the design and features of the 40mm drivers which are the heart of these Fairbuds XL, and which are largely responsible for the sound quality offered by these headphones. These new drivers have been retuned to offer a more balanced sound that is especially appreciated with warmer and more tempered music and sounds. In my tests with some of the songs that I listen to the most, I was able to verify that the quality is notable, although the user profile is clearly different from that offered, for example, by the Sony model. Thus, with ‘So Far Away’ by Dire Straits the sound is somewhat less dense and flatter than with the WH-1000XM4, and the same thing happened when listening to ‘Hasta el final’ by Coque Malla, ‘Carolina’ by M-Clan or ‘I Don’t Want a Lover’ by Texas: that initial guitar solo sounds more electric with the Sony headphones. The bass is really enveloping with the Fairbuds XL, and the volume margin is enormous: turning them up to the maximum in some songs shows the power of those drivers. These headphones make use of the Bluetooth 5.1 standard and although this means that they do not have support for some modern codecs, they do offer support for aptX HD if we use audio platforms capable of offering 24-bit wireless streaming. Although the standard is not the newest, we do have an important option: that of being able connect them to two different devices via Bluetooth simultaneously. Thus, I have used them connected to … Read more

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When I was little I had a calculator that did not have batteries and was recharged with sunlight or artificial light. That seemed magical to me, and years later the sensation is almost the same when trying the Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980a keyboard with a name that is as long as it is descriptive (we will abbreviate it from now on) and that has many lights (wink, wink) and few shadows. This is a keyboard that comes with a fundamental novelty: instead of using batteries that we recharge with a USB adapter, this model is recharged with its solar cells. The result is surprisingly convincing, although it is not without some limitations. One of them, important. Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980 technical sheet Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980 Dimensions and weight 142.9 x 430.8 x 20.2mm 700g Backlight No Light indicators Battery status, Easy-Switch keys Total number of keys 108 Number of programmable keys 23 Special buttons and keys Key to start AI Action key Meeting control keys Settings app Logi Tune / Logi Options+ Battery Battery rechargeable with sunlight or ambient light (>200 lux) Battery life: 10 years autonomy Up to 4 months on a full charge Connectivity Logi Bolt USB-C (receiver not compatible with Unifying) Bluetooth Low Energy Price 119.99 euros Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980 for Business, Wireless Keyboard, Discreet Typing, Secure Receiver, Bluetooth, Windows, Mac – Graphite – QWERTY The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Blessed solar cells The first thing that surprises you about the Logitech K980 is not the keyboard, but its packaging. A simple cardboard box that when opened allows us to find three things. The first, the keyboard itself, wrapped in a small case of fine padded material. The second, the instructions for use printed on the inner cover of the box. And the third, the Logi Bolt USB-C receiver, “inserted” in the center of the bottom edge of the box. In my case I didn’t even use that receiver: the Logitech keyboard includes Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity, and I quickly saw how that standard was perfectly suitable to start using it with my Mac mini M4. The keyboard detection is immediate, and from then on I started using it without paying attention to something that precisely defines this keyboard. You forget that it needs energy. The keyboard does not connect to any charger to power or recharge it, nor does it use batteries. It uses an internal rechargeable battery that is recharged in a unique way: using solar energy or even ambient light. That ambient light should be above 200 lux, meaning the room you are in should be moderately lit. In an office or classroom, for example, lighting usually ranges between 300 and 500 lux. Logitech calls this charging technology LightCharge. In my case there was no problem in this regard either: a window to my left provides a lot of ambient light, and the artificial lighting, when I have to use it, also exceeds those levels, which basically means that the keyboard is always charged. If it is not, a warning appears through a small LED in the upper right part. We can also check the battery status in the Logi Options+ application. Thus, the most notable and unique thing about this keyboard is curiously something you don’t even pay attention tobecause it is an almost invisible technology. And that’s wonderful, because it means that with very rare exceptions you will never have to worry about the battery of this totally wireless keyboard again: there are no connection ports that we can use to connect it to a computer. The keyboard in action The Logitech K980 is a striking successor to the K760, the “solar” keyboard that Logitech launched more than a decade ago. We are looking at a product that uses low profile keys (hence the “Slim” in its name and that has 108 keys, of which 23 are programmable. Thus, we have key labels that allow us to quickly identify the special Windows and macOS keys (curious that they do use macOS iconography, but not Windows) and even It has a key that allows you to “start the AI” at the bottom left, if we want to use that shortcut. That key is assigned by default to launch CoPilot on Windows computers and Gemini on computers with ChromeOS, but we can configure it so that, for example, ChatGPT or any other model opens. The keys in the function row have traditional access to quick functions (raise and lower brightness and volume, control multimedia playback, enable and disable camera and microphone, etc.) but can be programmed with other types of tasks. There are special programmable keys such as the key with a large “O” above the numeric keypad that can also be programmed to launch a macro preconfigured by the user. Here the customization is notable, and it is possible to get a lot out of these physical accesses. The configuration of all these accesses and shortcuts can be done with the Logi Options+ application, and we also have three keys that are part of the Easy Sitch area in the upper right part (above the Insert-Home-Page Up keys) with which we can switch up to three different devices so that the keyboard can be used on all of them easily. We are, however, facing a membrane keyboard, and that keyboard design island-shaped and low-profile keys makes it very similar to the experience we have on laptop keyboards. The feel of each key is slightly rough, which prevents the fingers from “slipping” when pressing each key, and the travel and pressure required are very similar to that portable experience. If you like that type of keyboards, you will feel at home. If you prefer the experience of a mechanical keyboard, of course, the feel and travel of the keys—and the sound, almost nonexistent when using the K980—is totally different. The light dominates everything, but no backlighting It is ironic that the big … Read more

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The best vacuumators in the market have passed through the Xataka Testing floor, from the More ambitious robble to the Dyson vacuum robots going through the Competitive Xiaomi Models either DREame. But we have also tested Models with good value for money Of a few hundred euros. Just because, It is not necessary to spend more than one thousand euros to have the house clean. In fact, thanks to the maturity of the product and the democratization of technologies such as navigation or connectivity, you can find these characteristics in quite affordable models. Now, Aldi has broken the deck with a vacuum robot less than 100 euros. Without a doubt, the cheapest I’ve ever tried by far. This has been our experience. Aldi Robot Robot Technical Card Ambiano Robot Dimensions 29 x 29 x 8 centimeters Power 25 w Navigation Infrared and antique sensors Aspiration and scrubbing Double side brush Central bristle and rubber brush Scrubbing Control Manual Remote control With app (Wi-Fi to 2.4 GHz) Autonomy Up to 120 minutes Load time: 6 hours What’s in the box Base, Robot vacuum cleaner, cable, manuals, remote control, cleaning accessory, mopa replacement Price 99.99 euros My experience with Aldi’s vacuum robot The box caught my attention because of its contained dimensions in these times that run with huge highway bases, but It came quite completewith different control options such as a remote control (Spoiler: my favorite way to handle it) and even spare parts. The key is that the base is small and only load and that the vacuum cleaner is compact. A classic resulton design. Not only is it rather small, but also light. The form of shape is the classic swelled cylinder, with a bumper on the front, the removable compartment of the water tank in the rear and a fairly cleared upper area except by two buttons. The housing is completely a somewhat rough plastic and that these days of use has already been scratched simply by passing under the radiator, although they are superficial scratches. One aspect to improve is that the buttons are tactile and not physical, so you depend on their sensitivity to contact. Both buttons have an individual and exterior contour with an LED that changes color: yellow for synchronization, green if it is operational and red when loaded, Easy to understand. Your cleaning weapons. The technical tab of the vacuum cleaner speaks of a power of 25W, but that does not reveal real information about its suction capacity (having offered the data of air or pascal watts would help the user more, in addition to being able to compare). But between the price, that the manufacturer does not contribute this data and that it is not especially noisy or put in full, it can be expected that it is not especially powerful. When we turn around we find a double side brush, arranged on each side, a central sows roller and a small mop of a fabric similar to a cloth that is fixed and released with velcros. For navigation, neither laser visor nor cameras, much less recognition of objects: bumper, infrared and anticany sensors (today they are usually a complement to the above) are responsible for the vacuum cleaner to move through space with the help of the wheels traveling the entire area available in a “intelligent” way, in areas or in the perimeter. In this sense, it charges all the meaning Clear the terrain to avoid abuses and blockages. In my first test I put it as is at home (about 100 square meters) and I had to be attentive to its aid requests (yes, speak) and its traffic jams: in a corner without more, between two chairs, on a fat carpet, among others. After getting up several times to take a hand, I discovered The most efficient way to clean: Locking it room per room after removing cables on the ground, sneakers and thick carpets, because although it climbs the finest, it is dead halfway from the fattest and hairy. How about cleaning? The app offers a bar where I could adjust the power and I put it to the maximum of the first change (I did not notice much acoustic difference with respect to the minimum) and I have to say that quite well -man, taking into account that we are three adults without pets. It takes enough hair, miguits and some sand of my paddle shoes. With the use they end up forming hair balls in the brush and the most fat crumbs are resisting, but it comes to replace that sweep of convenience of an unpaid shape. APPEARS. The premise of clearing the area and confirming the vacuum cleaner is essential to pass through the area and therefore, aspire. But for difficult access sites or if it is very dirty or there are solids the size of a lentil, its performance lowers considerably. The scrubbing consists in filling the tank and that the water comes out through a little hole (initially I thought it lost water) that is the one that moistens the mopa, in contact with the ground. The ideal is to aspire first and then (having removed carpets where you can get on) scrub, but perhaps using the word “scrub” is a lot to say. Yes, you can remove some small spots, but forget if the stain is large or very dry, since there is hardly any friction. The technical file speaks of A 120 -minute autonomy of use In the best case, I have needed to aspire to aspire to the whole house because navigation does not shine because of its efficiency. Of course, going room per room until there has been plenty. In this sense, it seems to me that it is a better option to clean more open or smaller spaces (it is not so much the battery, they are the laps), for example a study or a place. Of course, arm yourself with patience to load it will take about … Read more

117,000 will review for autonomous driving failures

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Xiaomi has announced a campaign that will affect 116,887 units of your electric sedan Su7 due to failures in the driving assistance system. The measure arrives six months after A fatal accident Starring this model lit the alarms on the safety of its level 2 autonomous systems. The background problem. The State Administration for China Market Regulation has determined that the SLE7 motor autopist pilot system presents “insufficient recognition capacity” and may not detect or properly alert over certain risk scenarios. This affects all vehicles made between February 2024 and August 2025. The tragedy that triggered him. Last March, three university students lost their lives in China when their Xiaomi Su7 crashed into a cement post at 97 km/h on a highway. The vehicle circulated in autonomous driving mode and caught fire after the impact, which occurred seconds after the driver recovered control after receiving an obstacle system alert. The technical solution. Xiaomi will address the problem through A free software update that will be sent via Ota (over-the-Air) to the affected vehicles. The company will notify the owners in China through text messages and their mobile application. Regulation. This withdrawal coincides with the hardening of the norms Safety for vehicles with level 2 automation in China. On Wednesday, the authorities published a draft of new security standards that will enter into force in 2027. Under current regulations, level 2 systems require that the driver keep his hands in the steering wheel at all times and pay constant attention. Change of trend. The Xiaomi measure is part of a growing tendency towards greater transparency in the Chinese automobile sector. Recently, Xpeng too He notified his clients For its P7+ model for a failure in the direction, breaking with the previous practice of avoiding call calls in the Chinese market. In the case of Xiaomi, although the campaign consists of a software update that is installed wirelessly in the owner’s car, the Chinese authorities continue to classify it as a ‘call to review’ because it affects the safety of the vehicle, it requires regulatory approval and the manufacturer has to follow a series of notification protocols. In Xataka | China is manufacturing so many cars that concessionaires already send a message to the industry: they do not want to become their warehouses

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The market continues to offer a very substantial improvement in the sector of the affordable tabletsthose whose price does not usually exceed 200 euros. They are models that are not designed for excessively ambitious tasks but they offer the best at the multimedia experience level and lately also in tasks where the pencil becomes prominent. The newly released Lenovo Ideapad Tab With 11 -inch screen is a model that, in its basic version, is already coming with an included PEN. There we already have a starting point to go beyond the usual in multimedia or leisure tablets. Lenovo Ideapad Tab technical record Lenovo Ideapad Tab Dimensions and weight 254.59 x 166.15 x 6.99 mm 480 grams SCREEN 11 -inch IPS 2,5K resolution (2,560 x 1,600 pixels) 90 Hz Brillo: 500 nits Format 16:10 PROCESSOR Mediatek Dimensity 6300 RAM 4 and 8 GB according to version Internal storage 128/256 GB battery 7,400 mAh Fast charging 20W rear camera 8 MP F/2.0 Front camera 5 MP F/2.2 Operating system Android 15 with Lenovo Zui 17 connectivity WIFI 5 Bluetooth 5.2 GPS others 4x speakers Dolby Atmos price From 179 euros Lenovo Idea Tab-Tablet 11 “2.5k (MediaTak Dimensity 6300, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB UFS, 90 Hz, 4 speakers, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.2, Android 15) color gray-Includes tab pen pen * Some price may have changed from the last review Design, screen and sound: comfortable and with many multimedia possibilities Lenovo already has extensive experience in the tablets sector. In fact, its catalog is one of the broadest we can find. The Ideapad Tab family forms its starting point at the level of specifications and price and a perfect example is the 11 -inch model, somewhat more ambitious than basic models with somewhat lower diagonal. He Lenovo Ideapad Tab It offers the consumer a very careful design, with metallic finish and where we highlight its low weight (less than 500 grams) and thickness (less than 7 mm). Thanks to this, the Lenovo tablet is comfortable to handle and use with one hand, but we will need a case both to protect it and to serve as a stand. In the metal rear we have a band of different tone that visually indicates the area of ​​the camera module. As soon as he stands out of design and is well integrated. Inside we have a 8 MP secondary chamber of basic but sufficient results for such a tablet. To be an entrance range model, the Lenovo Ideapad Tab highlights especially for its little thickness and weight, which manages to make it very manageable and comfortable to use While the general finish and design of that ideapad Tab is much higher than we would expect in a range and entrance team, there are details that squeak us. The most obvious, which are actually for purely aesthetic issues, have to do with the situation of the USB-C port of load, which is not centered, or the placement of the 3.5 mm Jack port just in a corner. The consequences of a fairly reduced thickness in this range of equipment. The good level of the new Lenovo tablet remains on the screen. The panel of this Lenovo Ideapad Tab is an 11 -inch IPS with a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels, format 16:10 and brightness of 500 nits. Logically, the brightness is far from the reference models of the mid -range and the screen looks very well for the day to day. The contrast, 1,500: 1 or color coverage, 72% NTSC, are less prominent points. The tablet version we have analyzed does not include anti -reflex treatment on the panel. But there is a version that does integrate it and it would be advisable to opt for it. In both cases the frequency of screen soda is 90 Hz And the protection protection of the protective glass of the screen is very effective. The Lenovo Ideapad Tab screen is balanced, with size and resolution that helps us enjoy multimedia content as well as creating content with the help of the include tab pen Another difference with more price screens is in the frames. This Lenovo model presents some quite visible but symmetrical frames (Body-Papalla ratio of 85%). In the upper one there is a place for a 5 MP webcam that supports the Face identificationsomething key since we do not have a footprint reader. It is also an essential element for video calls, which are complemented by the microphone, in this unique case. While that mono microphone seems just for a multimedia tablet, no paste we can put the Sound system based on four speakers with Dolby Atmos. The sound is powerful enough to have it in front of us and enjoy without problems, balanced and with sufficient sensation of surround sound. You just have to take care not to cover excess the speakers of the speakers located in the side frames so as not to lose quality and sound power. Regarding connectivity, in addition to the USB-C 2.0 port, we have a microSD slot to expand the internal memory of the device, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS and Wi-Fi 5. In addition there is a pogo connector compatible with accessories created for this model, such as a keyboard, and magnetic surface within the upper frame for the placement of the Lenovo Conte and Pen Plus. In the version we have analyzed in Xataka, The simple tab pen came standard. Performance, software and autonomy: all in balance Lenovo bets on this ideapad Tab for the Dimensity 6300 processor of MediaTak, and an old acquaintance here. Its 8 cores are paired with a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 8 GB. The internal memory can be 128 GB for both versions or 256 GB, only available for the model with 8 GB of RAM. In our test we have worked with the 8 GB model. Experience has resulted in general but we have noticed some other pull by moving through the interface, but only in a timely manner. Despite … Read more

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I travel to 120 km/h on a highway but between the noise, the slight headache and how stuck I go to the ground, I feel faster. I don’t need to go faster, we are fine as we are. There is little left. Just a few kilometers to take the detour to the right and take away a moment in the first town of the Madrid Sierra that is presented to us. It is summer. Still. The sun has not fallen at all but those days of summer decline have already made their appearance. Of somewhat lazy afternoons. Days when the sunset seems to have eaten a quarter of an hour a day before. Of pleasant fresh after a truly infernal August. That is why I stop to the side and leave the central console button tight. I pierce how this Mazda MX-5 is cleared when it separates its retractable roof. He does it in seconds but without hurry. There is no hurry. None. A present that knows past It is exactly what Mazda had in mind when At the edge of the 90s he presented his Mazda MX-5. His Miata. The 80s were characterized by a wild evolution among sports. The turbo put the market above With irrational options at that time. Small missiles like Peugeot 205 or the Renault 5 in turn. At the end of the 80s, the hegemony of Japanese sports. In the early 90s, the Japanese had in hand Authentic supercar. At the same time, a small company did what has been best: go to his air. In full race for power and total traction, Mazda put on the table A small convertible that will resume the philosophy of those of Roadster English with Japanese reliability. It was not, much less, the fastest. Nor did I want to be. His philosophy was the same as today. And although the proven unit does have a clear more aggressive approach, in essence it remains a car sustained by basic and solid pillars: lightness and low price. More than 35 years after their first presentation, the pillars are sustained. Is a 35,000,000 euros car a expensive car? Unfortunately, if you want an alternative to Mazda MX-5 it does not exist. It is the last of its kind. Find a convertible, manual and rear -wheel drive. I have time and I know the answer. The closest thing is a Mini Cabrio But it weighs 300 kg more and has automatic change. Ah, and it’s front traction. He Miata He comes directly from the past and threatens to stay there. Its 142 gr/km of CO2 seem an environmental attack if we take into account that the objective of Europe is to be below 93.6 gr/km of CO2 in the average emission for 2027. If Mazda does not want to receive fines, many electric ones have to sell (The count with plug -in hybrids is no longer so favorable). That or join those who point to zero emissions. With a horizon to choose between electric or millmillionary fines, Mazda MX-5 is a car in danger in extinction. Because its formula is a thing of the past. We have reached a point where the car small, light and enjoyable It seems not to exist. The electric sweeps with the light format. Let’s not say with the pleasure of stepping clutch, move the gear lever and lift your left foot to the rhythm that the right progresses. Know in the past. We will see if it is not there. There is no hurry The MX-5 is particular. Of course, it is not fast. The unity we have between hands comes with a 1.5 Gasoline Motor of 132 hp and manual change. In a market that has been filled with engines driven by excessive power jets (not to mention electrical versions), those 132 hp might seem ridiculous. And they will be for those who seek to cross the car or go with the knife between the teeth. But this is not the approach of Miata. The MX-5 was born to be enjoyed calmly. It is food in a good restaurant where everything comes in due time. Far from the hamburger binge and fried potatoes devoured in 15 minutes. Eye, the second can give us a higher happiness peak, the first is sustained over time. You enjoy seeing how the curve approaches, you reduce one or two marches and step on the accelerator at the exit to stretch an atmospheric engine of those that no longer remain. Without the push of the turbo, enjoying how the needle exceeds the position of the 6,000 rpm with a pleasant linearity. But the best quality of the small Mazda toy is deceive you. Free, play with change and direct the car where you want to feel you are fast. Nothing is further from reality. The noise of being converted, driving from the ground and a minimum asylum are his pious lies. No, don’t circulate fast, it just seems. You do not need good hands to enjoy with the Japanese Roadster and that is a delight for those looking for a car for enjoyable the weekend and, if their circumstances or family allow it, keep it as a daily car. Because that approach away from radicalisms makes the MX-5 be sold as a car for day to day. Especially to enjoy without objection in the most bland journeys, while one weekend you allow yourself to leave without the remorse of being missing a machine that would take much more split in a circuit. It is something that can happen to you with any of the most sporty compact at this time. Practical in day to day but missiles difficult to govern the weekend. I think about this while the car supports and changes the cast of pesos smoothly, while curves link. Brake a little and let a car that comes in the opposite direction. A SUV as another one of those that are sold in our country. Now I … Read more

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I have been with the Oakley Metas almost two weeks and the experience has been … complex. It is not that they are bad smart glasses – in fact, they are technically superior to the Ray-Ban Meta In several aspects – but There is something in your proposal that does not finish curdling. It is as if they had wanted to cover too much and, in the process, they lost their identity. I started with illusion. I used some Oakley to run for a couple of years, so when they announced these smart glasses I thought they would be perfect for me. The reality is more nuanced. Technical tab of the Oakley Meta Oakley Meta HSTN dimensions and weight 145 x 51 x 22 mm 53 grams (mount) / 133 grams (case) Image capture 3024 x 4032 pixels 12 MP, Ultra wide angle, 100 ° of FOV Video capture 1440 × 1920 pixels or 2203 × 2938 pixels at 30 fps audio system 2x microaltavoces 5x Microphones Voice assistant Goal AI Controls Tactile By voice memory 32 GB Flash (+1,000 or +100 photos of 30 seconds) battery Up to eight hours with an intermittent load and use Up to 48 hours accumulating loads with the completely loaded case connectivity WIFI 6E Bluetooth 5.3 USB-C of load (case) compatibility iOS 15.2 or Android 10 onwards price 549 euros The full name, by the way, is ‘Oakley Meta HSTN’. They are not the wayfarer The Meta Ray-Ban had the enormous success of incorporating electronics into iconic design glasses. Wayfarer are wayfarer, carry or not camera. AND They convinced me from the first minute with them. The Oakley Meta, on the other hand, seem to have stayed in no one’s land: They are not sports enough to run comfortably. But they also have the necessary elegance for urban day to day. The design is peculiar. Neither masculine nor specifically feminine, with those pronounced angles near the nasal bridge and that white frame that shouts “look at me”. It is curious how a product that should go unnoticed exactly the opposite. I have taken them down the street, running, on the beach, and They always attract the occasional look. Not of the type “What chulat glasses”, but rather of “What are you wearing in the face?” People suspect something happens. Which takes me to the next point. The problem of white and the obvious camera The white color (although they are officially “warm gray”) is not a great success. It makes the camera much more obvious (a black gap next to each lens) and not only when the LED lights to indicate that you are recording. With a white mount is too much evidence of the camera, and can intimidate who we have in front. Image: Xataka. The black-target ray-ban camouflage this element better; They only betray their technological nature when that white point turns on. With the Oakley Meta, People already suspect before you do anything. This takes me to an anecdote that marked me. He was on a Valencian beach, sitting with the glasses on, when just in front of a mother began to change – disnain – to her little daughter, who would not be more than six years old. I felt very uncomfortable and took off my glasses immediately, but during those seconds I thought about how delicate the situation could be. If someone had seen that he wore those glasses with camera in front of the girl, even if he was not recording anything, a very serious problem could have been mounted. This has nothing to do with Oakley, but with smart glasses. As a society we will have to reach certain agreements on this type of product. It is different to carrying a mobile: With the phone, the act of recording is evident: you raise it, you point it, it is deliberate. With these glasses, just looking, you are already “pointing”, even if you have no intention of capturing anything. Social challenges that we are going to have to solve in some way with this technology. We have already seen some thorny case Even in Spain. The sports experience that was not I have run with them on several occasions: from 6 kilometers short exits to a long 21 -kilometer training through a series on an abandoned athletics. The idea of having a two in one – sun gaps and bone driving headphones – is brilliant on paper. It is the combo that I use separately. The idea of combining them in a single product sounded great. This is what I usually use to run: Oakley analog + bone driving headphones. The Oakley Meta integrate both, but they have not convinced me. Image: Xataka. In practice, they did not convince me. The additional weight is noted. It is not dramatic, but after a few kilometers you start feeling small shakes with each stride that you do not experience with normal Oakley. The audio is good enough And I have no complaints about him. It is better in static than in motion, but it is somewhat lower. Running slowly there are no problems, but when the speed uploads, the Oakley Meta tends to slide forward and give small shakes on the nasal septum. Or at least that has been my experience. GIF: Xataka. Besides, Sweat, rain and splashes resist with its IPX4 certification. They cannot immerse themselves and invite you to take care, but at least we can sweat with them. In any case, it is as if they had tried to make sports glasses without fully committed to that audience. Therefore, once again, the land of anyone and the loss of identity: they want to be several things at the same time so they stop being really good in something more concrete. Of course, you have to recognize something: Gold polarized prizm lenses are spectacular. Everything is seen with a gold-yellowish tone reminiscent of the films set in New Mexico, as if it were permanently in the … Read more

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Do you have 100,000 euros to spend in a car? I don’t, of course. But I have something very clear. It all depends on the buyer profile that you were but if you were looking for a car to travel long, comfortable and with a lot of trunk, it would have undoubtedly recommended a German Berlina in its format Touring. With its convenient engine of good size. But those engines high cubic or six -cylinder EMISSION REGULATION that has made this type of proposals They have a hand fingers Or, simply, they are limited to the most provisions and this time we are not talking about the same audience. Little by little, it has been cornering the great Berlinas Premiumwhich we could already classify as authentic luxury for price, in a very high electrification with pure plug or electric hybrids. And I will say what I did not think I would say at this point: the best thing is that you opt for the electric car. The Audi A6 Avant e-tron is the perfect test. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Audi A6 Avant e-tron technical record Audi A6 Avant e-tron Body type. Family Berlina of Five Squares Measures and weight. 4,928 meters long, 1,923 meters wide, 1,493 meters high and 2,950 meters of wheelbase. 2,260 kg of weight. TRUNK. 502 liters in the rear trunk. 27 liters in the front trunk Maximum power. 381 hp WLTP consumption. 14.9 kWh/100 km according to WLTP cycle. 719 km according to WLTP cycle. Environmental Distinctive. Zero emissions Driving aids (ADAS). Automatic emergency braking, intelligent speed limits information, vehicle detection at the dead angle, smart cruise control, 360º parking chamber, rear parking sensors, maintenance assistance and lane change, rear cross traffic alert, rear traffic alert, cameras in mirrors. OTHERS. Own software compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay. 11.9 “screen for the instrument box, 14.5” for the central and 10.9 inches for the co -pilot. HUD with augmented reality. Integration with chatgpt as voice assistant. Matrix LED headlights Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. electric Yeah. Tested version with an engine on the rear axle (rear traction) of 381 hp. Brutose 100 kWh battery and 94.6 KWH useful. price and launch Already available from 83,380 euros. Proven unit: 95,680 euros. Better in everything We agree that when one goes up to a German Berlina, he sought to devour kilometers at a good pace with the maximum possible comfort. With the proposal of this Audi A6 Avant e-tron you will not only be able to do it, you will also do it better than with any combustion engine. And I will not get into the debate of whether you like to “feel” a good six online cylinders. Or if you like to listen to the engine or even play with change. Because that is purely sentimental and, therefore, irrational. And I am the first who likes a manual gear change or focus purely on driving. But an electric car of the quality of this Audi A6 Avant e-tron Improve the purely rational part. To start because no noise is heard. The car slides with enormous softness and, especially on highway, is extremely comfortable. Without applying retention, it is nice to take the car to small throttle taps because the car remains only at a good pace without hardly losing speed. Much of the merit has its rear engine that in this Performance version acts with 381 hp. Its rear traction allows you to have a light front axle and be more dynamic when we linked curves. But much of the secret that this occurs is on its PPE platform, an evolution down to land of the specific Volkswagen group for its two electrical supercar, the Porsche Taycan and the Audi E-Tron GT. In transition to the future SSP that will be more modular and will shelter a greater number of vehicles, the PPE has been developed by Audi and Porsche hand to hand. And the result, Although we had to waitit has been magnificent. Yes, with him Porsche Macanwith him Audi Q6 e-tron And now with the Audi A6 Avant e-tron we have had the same conclusion: they are better cars than those of combustion. At least, as we say, in the purely rational. Traveling, as we say, is a delight with this car. Not only for feeling absolutely approved on the road, but also because its adaptive cruise control is really good. It quickly detects the lines to the sides, moves with great softness when it comes to accelerating, it takes the most closed curves with precision and solvency and does not suffer from ghost braking or abrupt reductions when a car crosses its path. The great paste (and illogical if we take into account what I just told) is that its lane maintenanceactivated by default every time we turn on the car, it is torture. When he believes that we are going to get out of our space, it hardens the steering wheel very much and paste the car on the line as if it were a Scalextric car that circulates on rails. In fact, you have to do strong pressure to get out of that “tied” to the line, which leaves us sold to an abrupt movement that is felt in the cabin. And sometimes it is repeated to advance a car and return to the right when, contrary to what the vehicle itself says with a green light, it understands that we are not leaving enough security distance with the car we just passed. Solution: Turn it off every time we got into the car. It is the great paste that can be put in the car because, dynamically, the Audi A6 Avant e-tron moves with ease even on a secondary road, although its 4.92 meters long and 2,260 kg of weight. Here, the kilos are felt but the control of the body and balancing is very good. At least with proven pneumatic … Read more

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Robert Ader, CEO of Porsche, said that the Porsche Taycan is “The best electric car in the world”. Rereading the Héctor Ares test back in 2020we are not surprised by those words. He talked about the car as “a before and after in the history of Porsche” but extended the appellation to all “electric mobility.” That taycan that has monopolized looks, which was An immediate supervents But what has had Problems to sell over timehas a twin brother with four hoops on the front. His name is Audi e-Tron GT. And as a good brother, by the hand of the renewal of the Porsche electric supercar, it has also been updated. That renewal has come with more power, more battery and better consumption. More and better. To create an authentic beast of enormous versatility. A thousand -faced car that has to be a real bullet in circuit, which the only limit he knows on the road is the road itself. But, curiously, it is incredibly comfortable in city as a daily car. A thousand -faced car that we have already tried. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Audi RS E-Tron GT Performance Technical Card Audi RS E-Tron GT Performance Body type. Five -seater electric supercard. Measures and weight. 4,997 meters long, 1,964 meters wide, 1,369 meters high and 2,900 meters of wheelbase. 2,395 kg of weight. TRUNK. 350 liters in the rear trunk. 77 liters in the front trunk Maximum power. 925 hp WLTP consumption. 18.7 kWh/100 km according to WLTP cycle. 592 km according to WLTP cycle. Environmental Distinctive. Zero emissions Driving aids (ADAS). Automatic emergency braking, intelligent speed limits information, vehicle detection at the dead angle, smart cruise control, 360º parking chamber, rear parking sensors, maintenance assistance and lane change, rear cross traffic alert. OTHERS. Own software compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay. Matrix lights with laser technology. Electric hybrid. No. Plug -in hybrid. No. electric Yeah. Tested version with two engines (one per axis) that generate a maximum of 925 hp with 105 kWh gross battery (97 kWh (net) price and launch Already available from 166,900 euros. Proven version: 220.005 euros. Barbarity I know that tastes are very personal but I like the Audi e-tron GT a lot. I really like the Porsche. Perhaps because it still makes me uncommon to see a berlina signed by Stuttgart’s with five doors. The e-tron GT seems more sculptural, more organic and elegant. I have not been fortunate to get on the Porsche Taycan but, because of what was read to colleagues, I have the feeling that in motion you must feel something similar. More gross the Porsche, most noble the audi. Two faces of a currency that make one ask one where the limits of the electric car are. Because if something surprises in the first contact with the Audi RS E-Tron GT Performance is its ability to move between traffic, to make easy what in a supercar seemed difficult or is taken for granted that is uncomfortable. Surprisingly, it is not to wander it, maneuvering with a shaken facility for a five -meter car that in practice feels smaller. Slipping between traffic, steering wheel and right pedal is resembled to a video game. You always arrive before the rest of the drivers. You always have space to advance in an exit. You always find a hole. Because under the foot You have 925 hp and 1,000 nm torque always available that are managed with a sweet softness or with the unbroken kick that launches you above any legal (and rational) limit that occurs. At the moment one, two, three seconds fall, the image is rampant, the tunnel effect begins and the car does not ask you if (the best for your driving card) you are or not on an autobahn. If you are not because, for whatever, Germany is far away, it is almost mandatory to put the speed limiter. The proven unit comes with the most advanced pneumatic suspension. The same one that slips up 77 millimeters when entering and getting out of the car to facilitate the blessed fattening of sitting almost up to the ground. The same that makes the car a carpet that slides down the street and overcomes obstacles (it doesn’t matter highlights as deep potholes) without immutating the body. And the same that keeps the body of the immovable car every time you take the following curve of a mountain port. That which It seems to pounce on you Every time you put your foot on the accelerator pedal, always willing to force you to step hard those ceramic brakes that nail you on the site and could stop an uncontrolled trailer. It seems that the car does not care to weigh the almost 2,400 kg that are distributed between the front and the rear axle. One slides, again, trumpets, aware that the road is (very) small. We have not put it to the circuit and return the car we feel that perhaps it is the only logical means to put it to the test. In any other scenario, the Audi RS E-Tron GT Performance is a perfect supercar. Against all prognosis, it is a really comfortable car for day to day. I would not mind having it in the garage and using it daily but I can think of many other supercar to which it would cost me to go to my office in one of those towers that break the sky of Madrid. I imagine that who is spent each and every one of the 222,005.00 euros that this unit costs (part of 166,900 euros before accompanying it from the referenced active suspension, the matrix lights with laser technology or the carbon endings for the ceiling and the mirrors) works in one of those towers a tens of meters high. There will be those who can tell me that this person’s own electrical technology will put your feet on the floor. But in … Read more

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