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a keyboard with integrated trackpad for the living room

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Those of you who have had or used an (old) Logitech K400 You probably have a discreet opinion of that product. Despite its good intentions, this manufacturer’s keyboard with integrated trackpad did not have a remarkable feel or function. There was some decent option like the Rii Mini i22Sbut the market seemed to have forgotten that more and more users have a living room PC at home but not an adequate peripheral to take advantage of it. That’s where Framework wants to solve the problem for us. These days have announced some newsand among them is the new Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard. They themselves say it clearly: “Finally a wireless keyboard with an integrated touchpad that you don’t hate.” A keyboard that smells of Open Source everywhere The keyboard is very thin and is aimed at use with HTPC (Home Theater PC) and also for another area in which this type of peripheral comes in handy: when using a Raspberry Pi type miniPC. The manufacturer has teamed up with an old acquaintance in the sector: Lite-On, which has been working with them for years on their keyboards for their Framework Laptops. The keyboard and touchpad design inherits the virtues of Framework laptops. The touchpad has dimensions of 68.8 x 85.6 mm and has multitouch support. For their part, the keys have a travel of 1.5 mm. It can be used wired, but also with a Bluetooth connection or with an independent wireless connection via a USB-A adapter. It is also possible to use with up to four wireless devices. The ultra-efficient Nordic nRF54L20 wireless SoC is integrated inside (the 28 I/O pins are exposed to be able to take advantage of them), while the “operating system” of the keyboard is the ZMK firmware, which is Open Source and that will allow us to change the behavior of each key with all kinds of parameters. This includes the integration of complex macros or operating layers that, for example, when editing video, make each key perform a certain specific command. Framework will also publish the CAD designs (custom cases as an option), and the electronic board that uses the keyboard will also be sold loose in that traditional Framework commitment to repairability. The manufacturer still No date or price has been specified. of availability. It is also not clear if it will appear in several languages, but this is a very curious and, above all, very welcome launch. In Xataka | The mechanical keyboards I had tried did not convince me. Until I found the ideal model for me

there is no room for their megayachts

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Jeff Bezos has the Koruan impressive sailboat 125 meters long and 70 meters high that cost 500 million dollars. It sounds huge, but it falls behind if we talk about the superb Dragonfly of Sergey Brin, a 142-meter-long megayacht for which the co-founder of Google paid 450 million dollars. Mark Zuckerberg faced his mid-life crisis not by buying one, but by two superyachts that cost him 330 million dollars: Launchpad and Wingman. The three have several things in common: plenty of money, at least one luxury boat and a mansion in Florida. and a little problem: they don’t fit in the dock. First world problem. We knew that Jeff Bezos’ sailboat is so big that it has already had space problems that almost led to having to dismantle a historic bridge to take it out to the open seabut in Florida it does not fit in any marina in the area, so the solution offered by the authorities after not being able to put it in Port Everglades has been park it next to the oil tankers after not being able to put it in Port Everglades. The big names from Silicon Valley and Wall Street are moving to Florida and bringing with them a nautical competition to see who has the biggest… yacht. Authentic floating mansions. However, the Sunshine State does not have enough docks to accommodate fleets of such caliber: moorings are a scarce commodity, prices are skyrocketing (we are talking about up to half a million dollars a year just to have access to the docking space. As if that were not enough, legal conflicts multiply. Why is it important. Beyond the obvious excesses of the rich, what lies behind it is a geographical redistribution of American economic power: the ultra-rich are abandoning California and New York to concentrate on a coastal corridor that goes from Miami to Palm Beach. And when such an amount of wealth reaches a territory, everything becomes tense (and if not, Let them tell Segovia): the real estate market, infrastructure, services. The ports are just the tip of the iceberg: the saturation of the docks shows that not all the money in the world can buy something that does not exist: more space to dock your ships. There is no room for one more rich person. Miami has several deep water moorings for larger vessels, such as Island Gardens Deep Harborwith capacity for boats up to 170 meters long and are also being renovating ports like Palm Beachin 2022. They are not enough. There are two drivers behind this migration of economic elites: Donald Trump’s presence at Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago has turned Palm Beach into the new epicenter of power in the United States. Being close to the president is always a strategic incentive for businessmen. Taxes. While Florida does not have a state income tax, California instead plans to vote in the fall on a wealth tax on the richest, which has caused celebrities like Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos move there. Well, I set up my own port. As collect FortuneKen Griffin, founder of the hedge fund Citadel and resident in Florida for three years, obtained permission in November to build a private port in Miami Beach with capacity for nine boats, an art gallery included and space for 300 guests. The reason? Your superyacht of almost 100 meters It doesn’t fit on the dock of your mansionso instead of looking for a place, he wants to build it. In Xataka | Yachts are now a product for the rich: a Chinese millionaire wants you to be able to buy them for $14,000 In Xataka | Technological millionaires boast of ecological awareness. Their superyachts and private jets tell another story Cover | Wikimedia Commons (Conmat13, Daniel Oberhaus), Goal

want a sauna at home and don’t have room

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Most of us mortals do not have a sauna at home, we have probably never even considered it. To begin with, it is not something necessary like a shower or bathtub, but they are also very expensive and also take up a lot of space. If you are one of the chosen ones who has considered it and can afford it, but the problem is space, this German company has the solution for you: a retractable sauna. The hidden sauna. It is an invention by Klafs, a sauna manufacturer based in Germany, and will be available in summer at a price not yet confirmed. The innovation of the Klafs S1 is that it is the world’s first retractable sauna. When folded, it has a depth of 60 centimeters which, for context, is the same depth as a PAX wardrobe from IKEA. When we want to use it, we just press a button on its touch panel and magic happens: it extends up to 160 centimeters. In total it takes 45 seconds to deploy. Three sizes. Klafs will market the Sauna S1 in three different widths, depending on how many people will use the sauna. The compact one measures 142cm wide and is suitable for one or two people, the intermediate one goes up to 172cm and can accommodate two or three people, and the large one measures 202cm wide and is for three people. All models have the same depth folded and unfolded (60-160cm). Design and equipment. When folded, the sauna can pass as one more piece of furniture. It is made of walnut wood and the exterior finish can be dark walnut or matte black, which moves away from the classic design of saunas with lighter wooden doors. Inside it has a bench, adjustable lighting and integrated Bluetooth speakers. Heat and steam. The S1 has the same heat and humidity technology as other saunas from the firm. It allows you to choose between four modalities: classic sauna, tropical steam, soft steam and aromatic bath. In steam modes it reaches up to 55% humidity, so it is not considered a Turkish bath, but it is halfway there. Regarding dry heat, the maximum temperature it reaches is 80ºC, which is typical in larger saunas. Of course everything can be controlled from an app. The domestic sauna market. As we said at the beginning, a sauna is not something we usually find in a home, but there is a whole luxury market for those who want to install one at home. Klafs itself offers several models designed for the home environmentbut there are also other brands such as Whipsawwhich has a model that imitates the design of a normal wardrobe. In large areas such as Leroy Merlin Or you can also find home saunas at varying prices, although generally quite high. The most economical are the folding and portable cabins with textile walls such as the Sauna Pod which costs “only” 750 euros. Image | Klafs In Xataka | Louis Vuiton has found the formula for extreme luxury: a mansion on a private island where one night costs more than a car

is running out of room to store oil

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At this point, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz due to the war in Iran is a reality that the world assumes with resignation. But while the West looks askance at the geopolitical tables, in Iraq the situation has gone from concern to financial panic. The phenomenon. As you point out oil priceUnlike neighbors such as Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates, Iraq does not have alternative routes to avoid Hormuz, nor does it have a sovereign wealth fund to serve as a cushion. Its dependence on oil revenues is absolute. Today, cornered and with water up to its neck, Baghdad has had to swallow pride and look north to resurrect a problematic and rusty infrastructure as the only way to survive. A country without space to store its own crude oil. As detailed Reutersproduction in the main fields in southern Iraq – the country’s true economic engine – has plummeted by 70%. They have fallen to just 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) simply because oil tankers cannot leave the Gulf and storage tanks are overflowing. As pointed out by an analysis in Argus MediaIraq has had to turn off the tap of about 3 million bpd, completely stopping giant fields such as West Qurna, Majnoon or Halfaya. Faced with this scenario, the emergency solution has been to dust off the old oil pipeline Kirkuk-Ceyhanwhich connects the north of the country with Türkiye. This is a route that had been inactive due to damage since 2014 and that has been a constant target of sabotage since the 2003 invasion. From propaganda to damage control. Facing the gallery, the official speech is triumphalist. According to a statement collected by state agency Iraqi News Agency (INA)the reopening of the Sarlo pumping station has been celebrated by the North Oil Company as a resounding “technical and administrative success”. For the Iraqi authorities, recovering this export route represents a “strong return to the forefront” that demonstrates, they say, the country’s iron will and the ability of its engineers to resurrect a strategic infrastructure paralyzed for years. However, the reality behind the government window is much more precarious. Does this mean that Iraq has solved its problem? At all. Faced with institutional optimism, geopolitical analyst Bachar el Halabi offers a harsh reality check: “This is not a recovery of exports, it is damage control.” El Halabi explains that this pipeline will initially provide about 200,000 or 250,000 bpd of federal flow from Kirkuk. A figure that is useful for the heads of the state agency, but that is a tiny fraction if we compare it with the 3.4 million barrels that Iraq usually exports from the south in peacetime. The global market has barely blinked. According to oil pricethe news of the reopening caused Brent crude to drop slightly from $103 to $101 per barrel, but warns that this volume will not make any real difference to global supply. The final diagnosis of El Halabi is blunt: “Iraq’s oil system has been totally exposed. This agreement is for stabilization, it is not a resolution.” The historic pact (and the call from Washington). To ensure that crude oil flows again to Türkiye, Baghdad has had to sit down to urgent negotiations with its historical internal rivals: the Kurdistan Regional Government (Erbil). In this unprecedented pact, federal production from Kirkuk will travel alongside that from Kurdistan through the same tube, the revenue will go directly to federal coffers in Baghdad, and a joint committee has been created to oversee it. But this agreement has not emerged from nowhere. The United States has pulled the strings in the shadows. So much Reuters as analyst Bachar el Halabi confirm that there was a direct intervention from the White House: a phone call between President Trump’s envoy, Tom Barrack, and the Kurdish Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, was the key that managed to break the historic blockade between Baghdad and Erbil. The shadows of the agreement. Despite the handshake, the pipeline is surrounded by threats. The first major obstacle is physical security: pro-Iran militias have been attacking energy infrastructure in Kurdistan for some time. Can Baghdad really guarantee international oil companies that their facilities will be safe from “mistakes” or deliberate attacks? Furthermore, the political wounds remain open. lTensions had recently escalated because Baghdad attempted to impose a new electronic customs system, something Erbil saw as a frontal attack on its autonomy. For its part, Kurdistan had been accusing the federal government of imposing a “suffocating economic blockade” on them. And hanging over all of this is a diplomatic humiliation that no one wants to mention out loud. Baghdad, being the Arab capital politically closest to Tehran, had to wait until the 18th day of the war to dare to ask Iran for permission to move some of its own oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Hostage to its own geography. Iraq has managed to save a match point critical short-term financial. Thanks to emergency diplomacy and strong pressure from Washington, the country will be able to enter the minimum dollars necessary to pay public salaries and avoid an imminent social collapse. However, this crisis has exposed its greatest weakness. Lacking alternative infrastructure and economic diversification, Iraq is confirmed as the great hostage of the war in the Middle East; an oil giant that, to survive, has had to entrust its destiny to an old patched pipe. Image | Photo by SELİM ARDA ERYILMAZ on Unsplash Xataka | By bombing Ras Laffan, Iran has done something else by retaliating: it has unlocked the ultimate energy crisis

The canonical “living room furniture” in Spain in the 80s and 90s is dead. That says more about us than it seems.

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There is an object that disappeared from Spanish homes within a generation or two, without almost anyone noticing: the living room furniture. I’m not talking about a base for the TV but about that solid wood architecture that occupied an entire wall, with its display cases, shelves, drawers, space for the TV and, in the most ambitious models, even an integrated minibar, the only thing in my childhood home that seemed like a luxury to me. For decades that piece of furniture was the nerve center of the home. It housed books, television, mini chain (another vestige of another era), family memories and the boy’s judo medals. Today it is a relic that no one millennial buys and that Generation Z doesn’t even recognize. The obvious explanation is practical: televisions grew much faster than the space that these pieces of furniture reserved for them. It became impossible to fit a 42 or 55 inch screen where barely 21 could fit.. Apartments shrank while prices skyrocketed, and dedicating four square meters to a cherry monolith no longer made sense. Furthermore, moves have multiplied because job insecurity forces people to change cities more than in the past, and no one wants to carry a piece of furniture that requires a truck and three rocks. But That doesn’t explain why no one misses them.. What died with the living room furniture was something deeper: the idea that the home should display who we were. These displays were, in addition to functional display cases, a showcase: the good dishes that were only used at Christmas, the collection of porcelain figurines, the religious motifs if the family was a believer, the bound volumes of encyclopedias that no one read but that let visitors know that culture is valued in this house. The shelf with the VHS carefully arranged, the crystal glasses, the framed photos. It was all there to be seen by those who came to see us, to say, “This is our family, this is our status, this is what we value, this is who we are.” That today is, at best, a piece of melanin furniture with some funkos and the Switch. Image provided by an acquaintance. In this case, a 55″ TV covers more than what the furniture manufacturer had planned and there is no room for more. In this case, the tradition of furniture and tea sets coexist with the modernity of consoles, the yoga mat or souvenirs definitely different from those of yesteryear, such as the Japanese torii or the Mexican mask. Where was the ceramic with ‘Memory of Torrelavega’. Today we exhibit on Instagram, or in our profile photo and WhatsApp statuses, but not in the living room. Identity is no longer constructed through physical objects arranged in a display case, but through selected images on a screen. It is no longer necessary to demonstrate to visitors that you have good taste (visits, in fact, are increasingly rare) because your followers They have already seen it in the stories. The other thing is a matter of our parents and in-laws. The living room furniture was a gesture of permanence and stability: We bought one that we knew would last a lifetime, we even inherited it. Now we live in forced flexibility, in rental apartments with annual contracts, in Ikea as religion and in the imperative to travel light. It’s not just that it doesn’t fit. It is that its very logic (the solid, the definitive, the expository) belongs to a time that no longer exists. The space where the furniture used to be is now occupied by a giant television mounted on the wall, a minimalist shelf from Amazon or, directly, nothing. And that absence is not coincidental. It is the symptom of a culture that stopped believing in the idea of ​​the home as a personal museum. and he began to conceive it as a provisional set for a life that happens, above all, elsewhere. On the screens. In Xataka | The 17 photos that explain the 90s as if you had lived them Featured image | Xataka

The only thing that can save the Guadalquivir from widespread flooding are the swamps and the room for maneuver is becoming less and less

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Right now, Andalusia has six rivers at red level and many more than 3,000 people evacuated in Cádiz, Jaén, Granada and Málaga. But that’s not the bad news, the bad news is that there are hours and hours of rain ahead. A rain that, according to the data that is beginning to arrive, not even the models have captured well and is exceeding expectations. That’s what Google saw when it activated the flood risk. What I didn’t see is that the reservoirs can contain the problem. They are, in fact, the last hope of the lower Guadalquivir valley if the situation gets out of hand. The question is whether they have room to maneuver. What is lamination? Flood lamination is a hydraulic engineering technique used to reduce the peak flow of a river flood. What is done is to temporarily store water in reservoirs and retention areas in such a way that the amount of water that reaches downstream is controlled. Although all reservoirs have the capacity to laminate floods (that is, the maximum flow that can leave the reservoir is always less than the maximum flow that can enter), not all have the same capacity to do so. In this case, the truth is that the Guadalquivir basin has many reservoirs and is hyperregulated. And what does that mean? Well, the SAIH of the Guadalquivir Hydrographic Confederation has been working for days to prepare the basin so that the impacts are minor. For example, the reservoirs in the upper part of the Genial basin (where the largest water discharges are expected this afternoon-night) They have been releasing reserves for days downstream. In the same way, the swamps at the head of the Guadalquivir (especially The Tranco and, to a lesser extent, Siles) are ready to receive water. The problems are further down, of course: in Seville there is only one reservoir is below 90% and although Iznájar has capacity to laminate the Genil, the situation can quickly get complicated. How quickly and how complicated? The CHG I said yesterday that “for it to overflow (in Seville) the flow must reach 3000 cubic meters, now it is at 740.” That does not mean that other places, such as Palmar de Troya, do not end up suffering from the flooding of the river; but it does give us a psychological limit of how strong the flood has been and how effective the lamination has been. The situation, however, is much more complicated. in the Guadalete-Barbate basin. Right now, the accumulation in Grazalema is destroying the forecasts, the reservoirs are full, reaction times are much shorter (because the distance to travel is shorter) and cities like Jerez are currently living in terrible uncertainty. This week’s lesson. There is something important that we don’t seem to learn well in the terrible DANA from Valencia: that the danger is not always where it rains, that a red warning does not only affect the place where it is declared and that we must be prepared for the weather to surprise us. Let’s hope that these days we have time for the waters to return to normal. Image | Manuel In Xataka | Andalusia anticipates the storm and has already canceled in-person classes and activated the UME. The doubt is placed on the workers

At the age of 16 he created a picosatellite from his room in Madrid. Today your company is at the global forefront in IoT communications

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While the majority of 16-year-olds were thinking and doing other things, it occurred to Julián Fernández (La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz, 22 years old) create a 250 gram picosatellite from scratch. That project and that ambition changed his life and ended up causing him to found Fossa Systems in 2018. Today, six years later, we are faced with a leading company in this market that has things very clear and a spectacular projection. From Gran Vía to space. Fernández commented in a recent interview on RTVE how Fossa is the Spanish company that has launched the most satellites into space: currently there are 24 satellites. The project of his company – based on Madrid’s Gran Vía street – is to create a constellation of 80 small satellites. They have that many licensed, and all of them are specifically designed for communications with IoT devices. This is not a Starlink. Comparisons are odious, but often useful, and it is inevitable to look at Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite network. The latest versions of its satellites weigh between 800 and 1,250 kg, while Fossa’s nanosatellites do not exceed 6 kg. Starlink’s need huge solar panels because processing their broadband communications consumes a lot of energy, while Fossa’s use batteries that can last up to ten years. Nanosatellites for IoT. The focus is also very different, because Fossa’s nanosatellites have the mission of moving small packets of data in an ultra-efficient way. They are designed so that a sensor on an oil barrel, cow collar, or cargo container sends short, informative messages such as “pressure level OK” or “location: X.” They are totally designed for those short and critical communications in the Internet of Things. Spain is beginning to truly emerge. Fossa has already raised more than 12 million euros between private and public financing, has more than 50 employees and headquarters in Madrid and Portugal—and soon in Asia. They have become an absolute benchmark in their segment. and although at the moment they are launching with SpaceX, they hope to do so soon with PLD Spacethe other jewel in the Spanish aerospace crown: “Spanish satellites on Spanish rockets.” Satellite sovereignty. Fossa’s technology is being especially used in the defense sector: more than 80% of its turnover comes from this segment. As Fernández explained in that interview, “we cannot depend on the US for a technology as critical as satellite communication and sovereign and independent systems are needed.” A notable bet. The fact that Spain is, for the first time, the fourth European country that invests the most in space. Along with Poland it is the one that has increased its contribution the mostwhich now reaches 22,000 million euros. Hello, “New Space” model. Fossa has taken advantage of a new paradigm known as “New Space” in which from large space megaprojects we move to agile developments in which miniaturization and cost reduction is enormous. Fossa Systems is capable of creating a new satellite and putting it in space in six months, but that satellite also costs hundreds of thousands of euros, not tens of millions of dollars. There is another fundamental advantage: Fossa Systems does everything except the design and manufacturing of the semiconductors and the launch of the satellites. That verticalization, that “not depending on almost anyone” is another of its strengths. The future: satellites (somewhat larger)… and licensing. From that initial picosatellite of 250 g we have moved on to the current FOSSASat FEROX of about 6 kg, but the future involves manufacturing somewhat larger satellites of about 20 kg. They hope to complete their constellation of 80 satellites before 2030, and while they do so, Fernández has another objective that he will surely have no problem completing: obtaining his degree in telecommunications engineering at the Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid, where he is currently pursuing that degree. In Xataka | PLD Space has a detailed plan to become Europe’s rocket factory. And the pieces have started to fit

If the universe is closed, there is no room for an external observer

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In the world of theoretical physics, the different articles that are published can be dry texts, full of equations with endless integrals. However, a recent article has broken this rule. Although its content is rigorously technical, it is a small footnote that has captured the public’s imagination: a direct reference to the theological implications of his mathematical discovery. A universe without ‘outside’. To understand the reference that has been made to God, we must first understand the conclusion of the document. Harlow and his team address the quantum gravity problem in a closed universe. This, unlike the usual theoretical models that have “borders”, a closed universe It doesn’t have edges or an ‘exterior’ or anything.. In this way, the study indicates that the universe does not have an immense variety of possible states. It is a single, static and trivial state, so whatever has happened or what will happen will be contained in a single dimension. The appearance of God. This is where the phrase that has shaken the networks comes in, since they affirm that if we are in a closed system with only one possible state, there is no place for an external observer. That is, a God. This is something that clashes quite a bit with traditional physics and many theological and religious conceptions that suggest that there is someone or something that is observing the system with all its changes. Although for researchers, these implications are an exercise for the reader. They just give their own conclusion. The meaning. As reported by media such as IFLScience and Knewzthis comment is a humorous but profound “wink”. It is not that the article attempts to prove or disprove the existence of a deity, but rather it points out a structural paradox. What they point out is that if the universe contains everything and its state is unique, you cannot be “outside” it. Something that quite clashes with the classic theistic idea of ​​a God who exists separately from his creation, but who observes it from the outside. The problem is that for these scientists there is no outside. Your opinions. The physicist and popularizer Brian Cox qualified the document and its bold footnote as “exhilarating”, highlighting how a purely mathematical question about Hilbert spaces ends up bordering on questions that used to be the exclusive domain of metaphysics. The paradox. The article in this case raises a fascinating dichotomy that some philosophers of physics are already analyzing. What they propose is that if the “eye of God” sees the universe, they will only see a static point without any type of change. But from within we see a rich, chaotic and complex universe as we experience all its properties. The authors solve this mathematically using quantum code theory and holography, suggesting that complexity is an illusion of internal perspective. But the theological joke remains: if God is the fundamental reality, then reality is incredibly simple. It is we who complicate it by observing it from within. Images | Davide Cantelli In Xataka | The Hand of God trying to reach a galaxy: an impressive image in which not everything is what it seems

They charged him for “leg room” and “priority seating”

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Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, went to dinner at a restaurant in Ireland and ended up receiving a karma master lesson. The restaurant owners had added a surcharge to their bill. things so common like sitting in a chair or having leg room under the table. Checkmate. A quiet dinner…until the bill arrived. As and how I collected the british The Independentthe CEO of Ryanair went out to dinner on a random Friday at a restaurant in Navan, a city in County Meath, Ireland. Dinner at the Luvida restaurant went smoothly while the millionaire executive I tasted some breaded prawns, mushroom toast and sea bass, everything washed down with a good wine. Once the tasting of the dishes was finished and he was satisfied with the course of the dinner, the manager asked for the bill without knowing what they had in store for him from the other side of the counter. The bill: 104.45 euros with many “extras”. When he received the bill, O’Leary found some concepts that caught his attention. The dishes and drinks they had consumed amounted to a subtotal of 104.45 euros. However, to this amount were added some additional charges which added 37.85 euros more to the amount of the account. The restaurant shared the bill for O’Leary’s drinks that night in your profile from Facebook. As can be read on the ticket, the breakdown of those 37.85 euros was made up of 7.95 euros for a supposed “extra leg room” at your table, or 9.95 euros for a “priority seat.” In addition, there was an additional charge of 19.95 euros for a “quiet area reservation.” To make things even more interesting, in the corner of the note you can read the indication “Terminal 1”, reinforcing the parallelism with an airport experience like the one that Ryanair provides to its users. The total bill: 142.30 euros that the manager had to pay after dinner. An Irish “trolling” with a British backlash. Obviously, these are not common concepts in a restaurant since it is assumed that sitting in a moderately comfortable chair while dining is part of the service. However, and displaying sharp British irony, the restaurant staff put O’Leary in the mirror for the way his company treats its customers. In fact, the airline has already been sanctioned on several occasions for its policy of charging an additional fee for hand luggageto which is added the collection of other charges and penalties such as the selection of seats and even make the boarding at the last minute. O’Leary took it with humor. According to what they say local mediathe manager took the joke from the restaurant service with great humor. Which has not transcended It is whether O’Leary finally paid the surcharges or they remained in the final bill as happens with the surcharges of the users of the airline he runs. What the millionaire did do is pose with a friendly attitude with the restaurant staff, who appreciated the visit and the executive’s good nature. “Thank you to Michael O’Leary for choosing to dine with us tonight. It was a pleasure having you. I hope you don’t mind if we add some additional charges to your bill for extra legroom, priority cabin seating and quiet area reservation,” the restaurant published on its profile on social networks. In Xataka | Now we know why Ryanair charges its passengers for everything: it is the key to having a profit of 2,540 million euros Image | Wikimedia Commons (Polish presidency of the Council of the EU 2025), Luvida

Samsung is mired in the deepest crisis in its history. You no longer have room to make more mistakes

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2025 is being a crucial year for Samsung. A year in which his future is being played. This reflection of Han Jong-Hee, co-director general of the company, Express clearly At what time is The largest company in South Korea: “First of all, I sincerely apologize for the fact that the performance of our actions You have not fulfilled your expectations. In the last year our company has not correctly responded to the semiconductor market for artificial intelligence (AI), which quickly evolves. “ A very important idea follows from Jong-Hee’s words: The competitiveness of its subsidiary Specialized in the manufacture of integrated circuits is essential for Samsung. Even so, the problems are being presented from several fronts. “Our technological advantage has been compromised in all our businesses. It is difficult status quo instead of generating disruptive changes “, Pray an internal statement Written by Jay Y. Lee, the president of the company. In this Samsung scenario you need your best chip manufacturing technology, 2 Nm lithographyBe a success. At the moment we know that at least two companies, the Japanese chip designer for the preferred networks (PFN) and a South Korean company specialized in the design of neuronal processing units (NPU), are very interested in their 2 Nm integration technology. And, as we tell you earlier this week, has reached an agreement with Tesla to make chips for a value of 16,500 million dollars in its Texas plant (USA). There is no doubt that the confidence of these companies is an oxygen ball for Samsung, but in all likelihood it will not be enough to relieve the stress to which it is currently subjected. The loss of leadership in the memories market has further injured Samsung Samsung has led for more than three decades the dram memory chips industry, but the AI boom has triggered something that just two or three years ago would have seemed unthinkable: now it is SK Hynix the manufacturer of integrated memory circuits that LEADS THE HBM Chips Market so much (High Bandwidth Memory) like that of the DRAM memories. The latter are those used by most of the devices with which we are familiar, such as computers or mobile phones. SK Hynix controls 70% of the Integrated HBM MEMORY Circuits market However, HBM memories are those that are integrated into those hardware solutions in which it is necessary to prioritize maximum performance, such as GPUs for Ia. In recent months Samsung has led the manufacturing market for integrated dram memory circuits with An approximate 40% quotawhile SK Hynix defended A very worthy 29%. Behind both was Micron Technology, with 26% approximately. During the first quarter of 2025 these figures have varied in a very important way. In fact, Now the leader is SK Hynix. This last company controls no less than 70% of the market of integrated HBM memory circuits, so its leadership in this sector is overwhelming. In fact, SK Hynix is the Nvidia supplier if we stick to its GPU for ia. On the other hand, this last company was erected during the first quarter of 2025 as the leading manufacturer of DRAM memories with A 36% quota. Samsung now occupies the second position With 34%. And Micron Technology follows them closely with 30%. Behind them, Chinese manufacturers of Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) and Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) During the next years SK Hynix will maintain its leadership in HBM memories, although it will lose a part of its quota due to the saturation of the hardware market for AI and the growth of competition. Samsung, meanwhile, about 25% will be stabilized market share. And finally, Micron will be the only one of these three companies that will grow up to 20% market share. These figures are just a forecast elaborated by analysts from SCMPbut they allow us to get a quite accurate idea about how this market of the semiconductor industry will evolve. Image | Xataka In Xataka | This is the chips war: a former SK Hynix employee is suspected to deliver stolen technology to Huawei In Xataka | Samsung tries

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