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The biggest sign that a foldable iPhone is coming went unnoticed at WWDC

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Yesterday Apple held the opening keynote of the WWDC 2026. The great protagonist was Siri AIthe long-awaited update that comes from Google’s AI, but they announced more news and there was one in particular that Apple did not mention, but which is the clearest clue of a highly anticipated device: the foldable iPhone. The function we are talking about is the ability to resize windows in iPhone Mirroring mode. Apple didn’t show it at the presentation, but rather it was discovered by developer Dylan McDonald, who showed it in action in X. You can also see in this post in X from a Macrumors analyst. Click on the image to go to the post in X How it works and why it is important iPhone Mirroring is a feature that allows us to view the iPhone screen directly on the Mac, as if it were a floating window. This window has the format of the iPhone screen, but in the betas of iOS 27 and MacOS 27, these developers have seen that the window can be resized, adopting a format like that of the iPad. Until now, if you mirrored the screen on the Mac, the format of this window was fixed. The fact that it allows it to be enlarged is one of the strongest evidence we have of the existence of a foldable iPhone, which you can change your screen format depending on whether we use the exterior screen or the interior screen. Of course, at the moment it can only be done with apps that have adopted iOS 27 By the way, iPhone mirroring is not available in the European Union, although There are ways to activate it. What do we know about the foldable iPhone Although Apple has not mentioned it directly and it is not yet official, the rumors are increasingly intense. Everything indicates that the iPhone Fold (as it is believed to be called) will have a book type design like that of the Galaxy Z Fold, with a 5.5-inch exterior screen and a 7.8-inch interior screen. The characteristics that have been leaked pose a aluminum design with titanium reinforced parts120Hz OLED screens and four cameras, two on the back and one on each screen. As for hardware, it is expected to feature a next-generation chip (probably an Apple A20 Pro), 12GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. What there are more doubts about is the release date. Most information indicates that will be announced in September of this year, but its arrival on the market would be later. We recently talked about how Apple had encountered unexpected problems in the engineering phase which could make it take longer than expected. In September we will clear up doubts, but the fact that they are already including this type of functions in the next version is an argument in favor of a presentation this year. Cover image | Xataka with Google Gemini In Xataka | All the news of iOS 27: the new Siri at the forefront of an update bigger than it seems

It is increasingly common to find jellyfish on Mediterranean beaches before summer. And it’s a bad sign

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Last weekend and the one before that I tried to swim at the beach. However, upon seeing a few jellyfish I ended up deciding to spend time reading in the sand. The worst of the afternoon was not that. I found more annoying a few teenagers playing soccer a few meters from my towel. Jellyfish, after all, are in their habitat. But it is true that I had never seen in my entire life jellyfish in the month of May. I did some research and discovered that in recent years their arrival in the Mediterranean at this point in spring has become more and more frequent. They are even starting to appear in other waters in which they are not normally so abundant. Logically, the first thought that came to mind was that is related to global warming. The temperature of the Mediterranean has risen at a dizzying rate in recent years. However, I had the feeling that there must be something more. After all, the water has been warming for many years, but this boom in jellyfish populations (known as bloom, by the way) seems more recent to me. To answer my questions, I have contacted Jose Carlos Báez, Chief Program Researcher at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, CSIC. As I feared, warming water plays a role, but there are even more factors that affect this uncontrolled proliferation that is becoming more and more noticeable. Three phases to give rise to adult jellyfish Although there are small variations between some species and others, in general the reproductive cycle of jellyfish consists of three phases. On the one hand there are the larvae, which float in the water until they find a place to cling to on the seabed. When they achieve this, they move on to the polyp phase, which can last up to a year. When conditions are favorable, the polyp fragments, releasing the ephyras, which are small immature jellyfish that, over time, become the adult jellyfish. The transition from polyp to jellyfish It is known as strobilation and depends on factors such as the temperature of the water, the oxygen dissolved in it or the availability of food. Jellyfish are only released into the water if they are going to be able to live in it. The surface temperature of the water is a determining factor. In fact, it has been observed that with an increase of 1.7°C The rate of asexual reproduction in the polyps of some species is accelerated by 20%. Therefore, strobilation normally occurs at the beginning of summer. It may vary between species. In some it occurs at the end of spring, but it is more common for it to take place from June onwards. According to José Carlos Báez, this is causing “a dilation of the reproductive period“, so we are seeing more generations of jellyfish in a single season. They arrive earlier and leave later. Not everything is going to be global warming The massive proliferations that we are seeing with increasing frequency on beaches are known as blooms. As we have seen, global warming is causing us to start seeing jellyfish earlier and stop seeing them later, but it does not seem to be the cause of the blooms. “It is difficult to affirm with complete certainty that the total biomass of jellyfish in the Mediterranean has increased due to climate change, mainly because we do not have sufficiently long and homogeneous historical series that allow us to compare the current situation with that of past decades,” says Báez. “However, there is evidence that jellyfish blooms, as well as the arrival of large swarms in coastal areas, appear to be increasingly frequent and prolonged.” The problem of overfishing “In a healthy ecosystem, teleost fish eat especially zooplankton, in which ephyras are found,” explains Báez. Among those fish that ephyras eat, sardines stand out, for example. On the other hand, adult jellyfish are typically preyed upon by turtles, but also by large fish such as tunas, to which tuna belongs. All of this, taken together, helps keep jellyfish populations more or less stable. Because of overfishingthere are fewer and fewer predators for jellyfish. There are, for example, fewer sardines being eaten in their ephyra phase and fewer tuna eating adult jellyfish. If we add to all this that more generations of jellyfish are born in a season due to warming water, we have the perfect cocktail for the appearance of blooms. The whiting that bites its tail (pun intended) In 2022, José Carlos Báez’s team published a study in which another less known relationship was described between the populations of jellyfish and sardines or anchovies. We have already seen that fish feed on the zooplankton in which ephyras are found, so they can help regulate jellyfish populations. However, what happens next is not so well known. Adult jellyfish can also feed on the eggs of sardines and anchovies. Therefore, if there are too many jellyfish, they can deplete the sardine population, so there will be fewer of these adult fish to continue feeding on the ephyras. As a result, there are even more jellyfish and we start again. The balance between one predator and another is broken and clearly leans towards the proliferation of jellyfish. Furthermore, in that study a relationship was also found between the proliferation of jellyfish and the decrease in weight of adult sardines. And, in turn, adult jellyfish also feed on zooplankton, which is why they compete with sardines and anchovies for food. If there are many, they do not allow them to feed properly. Not everything is jellyfish in the gelatinization of water With the proliferation of jellyfish, something known as water gelatinization is occurring. Logically, these animals, with their gelatinous appearance, have a great influence. But they are not the only ones who favor that aspect. Other gelatinous animals also proliferate, such as ctenophores. In addition, the water looks cloudier due to excess algae. This is because great eutrophication is occurring in the Mediterranean. … Read more

gases are the best sign to assess the microbiota

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Intestinal transit has almost always been a taboo topic, surrounded by myths, home remedies and, above all, uncomfortable silences even before a medical consultation. However, what happens in our intestine is a very important indicator of the overall health of the body, and that is why science imposes different figures on what is considered “going to the bathroom well”, and has also redeemed gas. Which is normal. For years, the range of what was considered a “normal” bowel rhythm was enormously wide, ranging from three times a week to three times a day. However, an exhaustive study published in 2024 limited this window to much more exact figures. To do this, 1,400 healthy adults were analyzed and they saw that the ideal area in which we should move It is to make 1 to 2 bowel movements a day. But he went even further by correlating the number of bowel movements with the presence of constipation or not: 1-2 bowel movements a week is considered constipation. 3-6 bowel movements a week is considered to have a normal-low transit. 1-3 bowel movements a day is considered to have a normal-high transit. With more than 20 bowel movements a week we are talking about diarrhea. What it indicates. What is truly revealing is not just the number, but what happens in our body when we move away from it, since researchers discovered that constipation causes intestinal bacteria, running out of fiber to ferment, to begin fermenting proteins. This process generates microbial toxins in the blood, such as p-cresol sulfate and indoxyl sulfate, metabolites that have been shown to be directly associated with damage to the kidneys and worse functioning of the body in general in the long term. The gases. It is undoubtedly a great stigma and we think that if we do not have gas throughout the day, we must be happy, but the reality is very different, since if we want to go to the bathroom at least once a day, we must consume a good amount of fiber. And this is where the collateral “damage” most feared by many comes in: flatulence. A study published in 2023 specifically pointed out that having gas is, in the vast majority of cases, the unequivocal sign that we have a healthy microbiota working at full capacity. Beneficial bacteria from genera such as Bacteroids, Ruminococcus either Roseburia They feed on fiber that we cannot digest and the byproduct of that microbial feast is gas. But curiously, 99% of these gases do not have any type of odorbeing hydrogen or carbon dioxide, causing the remaining 1% to have a bad smell because it is composed of sulfur gases. A good microbiota. knowing we need fiber To achieve ideal transit and prevent toxins from reaching the blood, the challenge is to introduce it into the diet while minimizing discomfort. Current scientific guidelines establish a clear roadmap, marking how aim the intake of 25 grams of fiber in the case of women and 38 grams in men. But it is a mistake to go from 10 to 40 grams of fiber overnight, since intestinal microbiology experts recommend a gradual introduction of fiber, starting with changing just half a slice of white bread to whole wheat to give bacterial populations time to adapt. It can be a problem. Although gas is normal, chronic pain or paralyzing bloating is not, and for those for whom the increase in fiber translates into symptoms of this nature, it is necessary to go to a doctor’s office to have a study done with the aim of targeting a very specific diet that favors intestinal transit. Images | Sasun Bughdaryan In Xataka | “Eating mixed nuts helps your brain health”: What science knows about how a hazelnut affects your memory

The science behind the “sixth vital sign”

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If we observe the traffic on a street, it is easy to see that each person has a speed when walking very different. This is something that may seem like a fact without much relevance, except that going slower can annoy someone who is behind or cause them to let’s lose less fat. But the reality is that science found a correlation between walking speed in middle age and the state of the brain. It has been investigated. Here is a great study published in JAMA in 2019 changed our perspective on how and when we begin to age neurologically. To look for this relationship, the researchers focused on New Zealand, where the development of 904 participants from his childhood until reaching the age of 45. Just when they reached middle age, the researchers measured the subjects’ walking speed at a normal pace, performing a simultaneous cognitive task and maximum speed. And from here all that was left was to cross-check the information. The results. Here it could be seen that the participants who walked slower at age 45 presented accelerated biological aging, evidencing deterioration in multiple organic systems. In addition, these slower walkers also showed worse brain integrity, causing them to have a smaller volume, as if they had aged much earlier. The link with childhood. Surprisingly, neurocognitive dysfunction detected when participants were just 3 years old already predicted slower walking speed in their midlife. In fact, a difference of between 12 and 16 points of IQ between the group of the slowest walkers and that of the fastest. A deterioration sensor. All of this strongly supports the idea of ​​the brain-body nexus, since the relationship between worse cognitive function in childhood and a slow gait at age 45 suggests that the brain acts as an early “sensor” organ for systemic decline driven by genetics, aging, and environmental factors. In this way, walking speed in middle age is no longer seen only as a symptom of old age frailty, but as a true “summary index” of cumulative aging and brain health over a lifetime. It has implications for the future. The preventive potential here is incredible, since an extraordinarily simple evaluation such as timing how long it takes a patient to walk 4 to 6 meters could become a standard tool in medical consultations to assess the patient’s cognitive status. Something that can also be standardized with the use of smartwatches, which today make very precise measurements of the movement we do daily. This would allow specialists to identify people at risk of experiencing accelerated aging and cognitive decline long before reaching old age or meeting the criteria for classic frailty. And having this information is essential to anticipate, for example, the onset of dementia. Images | Drazen Zigic in Magnific rawpixel.com on Magnific In Xataka | Dementia is devastating largely because it arrives without warning: some researchers already predict it seven years in the future

one where there are mines, bodyguards, an alliance with Iran… and no sign of the US

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In the late 1980s, during the Iran-Iraq War, the American frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts hit a mine in the Persian Gulf and nearly sank, forcing its crew to fight for hours to keep it afloat in one of the United States Navy’s most memorable emergency operations. The episode left a clear lesson that still applies today: in certain areas, an invisible threat can paralyze entire routes and change the balance of power without the need for a single shot. The European plan. He had exclusive the wall street journal that Europe has begun to design its own strategy to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most critical points in global energy trade, after weeks of war and blockade. The idea is not to intervene during the conflict, but prepare a subsequent operation that allows maritime traffic to be reactivated with safety guarantees. To this end, a broad coalition of countries willing to provide naval means and coordination is being put together, with the aim of restoring confidence to shipping companies and insurers. There is no doubt, the approach reflects a clear priority: stabilize the flow of trade without getting caught in a direct military escalation. Mission without Washington. The most striking element of the plan is the intention to exclude the United States of the operation, something unusual in this type of international deployments. The European proposal seeks to rely only on non-belligerent countries, which means leaving out the actors directly involved in the war and reducing the perception of confrontation. This decision is not only technical, but deeply politicalsince it responds to recent tensions between Washington and several European capitals. At the same time, generates internal doubts on whether a mission without American backing will have sufficient weight or deterrent capacity. Mines, escorts and a delicate balance with Iran. The core of the plan goes through three clear phases: first, unblock the exit of the trapped ships and then clear any possible mines deployed in the area. Finally, establish a military escort system that guarantees safe passage. In this scheme, Europe plays with a specific advantage, its capacity in demining operationswhere it has more resources than the United States. However, it all depends on a key factor: Iran’s acceptance, since any operation will require coordination with the coastal countries to avoid incidents. This turns the mission into a diplomatic balancing act as important as the military deployment. Skepticism. Although specific truces and temporary openings of the strait have been announced, the consensus among experts is that the situation far from stable. The presence of possible mines, episodes of shooting at ships and political uncertainty keep traffic paralyzed and insurance costs skyrocket. Hundreds of ships they are still blockedand companies in the sector are not willing to return without solid guarantees. In this context, European prudence responds to a complex reality: Opening the strait is not only a political decision, but a long and risky technical operation. Europe wants to act, but in its own way. The plan also reflects a desire for autonomy strategic, with France and the United Kingdom at the forefront, leading an initiative that seeks to demonstrate their own capacity in maritime security. The participation of countries like Germany or Italy It points to a larger scale operation, although conditioned by legal frameworks and parliamentary decisions. Still, they persist internal differences about the role the United States should play and about the right time to intervene. In other words, Europe thus tries to project unity while managing its own divisions. The background: uneasy alliance. In practice, the mission design involves a rather obvious paradox, because to guarantee the security of the strait, Europe will need to coordinate, directly or indirectly, with Iranthe same actor who has contributed to blocking it. In other words, the approach reveals to what extent the priority is to avoid a new escalation and rebuild a minimum of operational confidence in the area. At the same time, of course, it suggests a change in “nuclear” focus regarding Washingtonbetting on a more negotiated and less coercive route. A global balance. If you like, what is at stake is not only the expected reopening of the maritime route sooner or later, but rear stability of an artery through which an essential part of the world’s energy circulates. From that perspective, the way in which Europe manages this crisis will mark its role on the international stage, as well as its relationship with the United States and with regional powers. In an environment of tense alliances and divergent decisions, the european plan For Hormuz, it is emerging as a very risky bet that combines military capacity, diplomacy and political calculation in a balance already in itself. extremely fragile. Image | US NAVY In Xataka | From printing drones to looking at lasers, 300 reports have revealed that Iran’s battle manual has one name: Ukraine In Xataka | While everyone was looking at the Middle East, North Korea has had time to do what Iran has not been able to: go nuclear.

Australia has a problem: extremely boring and monotonous roads. And it also has a solution: sign trivia

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If you drive on Australian roads you may come across unusual signs and we are not talking about the kangaroos warning (that also), but the one that warns you that you are about to cross the “90 Mile Straight“, a stretch of almost 150 kilometers in a straight line that means spending just under two hours without turning the steering wheel. Or a sign that directly throws you a random question typical of Trivial. The objective is that your brain does not disconnect because on such a monotonous route, boredom can be lethal. In fact, Australia has some of the most dangerous roads in the world and it is not because of their poor condition or their dizzying curves, quite the opposite: they are too long, too straight and too empty. So the country is exploring different solutions to avoid this potentially deadly drowsiness. Boring Australian roads. All of these roads have decent pavement, a predictable layout, a landscape with little variation and little traffic, a recipe for disaster: The Eyre Highway takes the cake: it connects Western Australia with South Australia across the plain Nullarbor Plain (which takes its name from the Latin: treeless) between Balladonia and Caiguna: 200,000 square kilometers of limestone land with hardly any vegetation or hills. A 146.6 km straight line without a single curve that you have to travel at 110 km/h (the legal limit in most of the country). After the Saudi Arabia Highway 10is the second longest straight road in the world. The Stuart Highway It crosses the center of the continent from north to south, from Darwin to Port Augusta, traveling more than 2,700 kilometers inland on a fairly simple route that also crosses the Northern Territory. There it has large stretches through northern areas with distances up to 252 kilometers Between gas stations, temperatures of up to 45 °C are reached and a landscape monotony that has little to envy of the Nullarbor. In fact, one of the roads with the highest rate of fatigue accidents in the country, according to the Australian government. The Barkly Highway It connects Queensland to the Northern Territory via the Barkly Tableland, a flat, arid plateau where the road stretches almost straight for hundreds of kilometres. The extreme heat, the total absence of shade and the sections without signage or rest areas make it a minefield for those who travel through it. The Flinders Highway Also in Queensland it runs through the interior of the state for more than 800 kilometers. It connects Townsville with the interior through a repetitive landscape, with little traffic and long distances between towns, the ideal breeding ground for boredom. At night it is even worse. The danger of road hypnosis. The highway hypnosis or white line fever is more than just being bored and drowsy: it is an altered mental state that allows you to continue driving, responding to basic stimuli and maintaining speed, but without being aware of what you are doing. Simply put: put your brain on automatic mode. science has an explanation: Flat, straight roads with little landscape variation produce a chronic deficiency of sensory stimulation, reducing alertness to dangerously low levels, causing drowsiness and inattention. This study on the phenomenon explains that cognitive fatigue reaches its peak just 20 minutes after entering that monotonous environment, much sooner than it might seem, even for those who are driving. When the brain warns, it has already been on autopilot for a while. The consequences can be tragic: unconscious speed increases or a minimal reaction capacity that already causes havoc. In Australia, fatigue while driving is four times more likely as a cause of this road hypnosis than drugs or alcohol. In Queensland, it accounts for 20 to 30% of road deaths. A15, Queensland. Via Google Maps Trivia on signs. The solution that Australian authorities have been implementing for years is so simple that it is shocking: posters with a question and answer game. As you enter one of those boringly dangerous areas, you come across a yellow sign that warns: “Fatigue Zone. Trivia Games Help You Stay Alert” (Fatigue zone. Trivia games to help you stay alert). From that moment on, you will find signs scattered along the route several kilometers away with a question and his corresponding response. Example: Question: Who was the first Premier of Queensland? Answer: Robert Herbert. And so on. The cognitive mechanism is exactly what science describes: introducing an unexpected and irrelevant stimulus for driving that forces the brain to come off autopilot. So the driver has to read, process the question, remember and, if there is a co-driver, even debate the answer. And then wait to see the solution a little later. A simple but effective way to activate the mind. Each question and answer is glued to the panel and secured with a padlock, allowing them to be renewed. And does it work? Well, probably yes, but no one has rigorously measured it. However, in theory the mechanism is supported by neuroscience. Professor Narelle Haworth, Director of the Center for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland, endorses his presence: “Always doing the same thing, without much stimulation, causes a decrease in alertness (…) The idea of ​​trivia games on the road is to keep drivers more attentive… perhaps a passenger who knows the answer will start a conversation.” But Haworth herself acknowledges that although the objective is in line with road safety research, there is no study that has specifically analyzed the impact of the signs. In addition, it has its limitations: the signs lose effectiveness with those who travel the same route frequently and already know all the questions. And obviously they have a quite common risk in these times: Someone might think to look at their cell phone to look for the answer. And in any case, it does not replace rest. Triple animal sign. Bahnfrend, Wikimedia Trivia by dropper. This measure started in 2012 by the Queensland Transport Administration with the aim of “helping drivers … Read more

It’s a sign of where Google wants to go.

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Alphabet has just tied Sundar Pichai as CEO of the company with one of the more generous salary bonuses of the technology sector. No less than 692 million dollars in the next three years. The figure, without a doubt, draws attention, but what is truly revealing is not the amount of the bonus itself, but rather what variables its collection is conditioned on. Two of the most generous economic blocks depend directly on the value reached by Waymo, the autonomous taxisand Wing, its subsidiary delivery with drones. With this move, Alphabet has made clear in writing what its priorities are for the next three years. A bonus that reveals a strategy. He official document presented before the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), details how Alphabet will incentivize Pichai to develop the company’s strategy through 2029. In this document, Alphabet’s board of directors assures that “further incentivizing Mr. Pichai is in the best interest of Alphabet and its shareholders, and is designed to maximize long-term value for shareholders.” As usually happens in this type of bonuses for senior managers, Pichai’s compensation plan will materialize in the form of a series of share packages that are unlocked as the set objectives are achieved. The base salary of the CEO of Alphabet remains at two million dollars annually, a figure that has remained unchanged since 2020. In reality, he does not care too much since if it increases it will also your tax bill would increase. The important thing about the bonus is the bonus action packages, which are divided into three blocks. The first tranche, valued at $84 million in Alphabet shares, are the easiest to obtain since they are released month by month for three years and all Pichai has to do is remain in his position as CEO. The second block, worth $126 million (with two tranches of $63 million each), is linked to Alphabet’s stock market performance compared to the rest of the S&P 100 companies. This tranche can double if Google’s stock market value exceeds the board of directors’ estimates. Finally, the third block is that of the so-called Bet Performance Units: shares directly linked to the growth of Waymo and Wing, with a joint value of 175 million, but with the possibility of doubling their value to 350 million dollars if estimates are exceeded. Waymo and Wing: what they are and why they matter. Waymo is the company Alphabet autonomous vehicleswhich was born as an internal Google project in 2009. Today it operates robotaxi services without a human driver in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. In February 2026, it completed a financing round that valued it at $126 billion. In the package of shares that Alphabet has offered to Pichai, the party linked to Waymo has been assigned a block worth $130 million, which can reach up to $260 million if the company reaches double the proposed stock market target for the next three years. Wing, for its part, is not as well-known as Waymo, and focuses its activity on delivering orders with drones. Its operation consists of delivering light packages directly to the customer’s home in a matter of minutes, covering what is called “last mile deliveries“. In January 2026 he announced the extension of your agreement with the Walmart supermarket chain to reach more than 270 stores by 2027, with a potential audience of more than 40 million Americans. In Pichai’s package, Wing is assigned a block worth 45 million dollars, expandable up to 90 million.​ Some go for robots, others for robotaxis. Linking a good part of that salary bonus of the company’s CEO to the success of two projects that until now had been considered minor, suggests that Google is already willing to take its AI one step further and that the next step is to give the definitive support to the models of Autonomous driving AI and air navigation. With this movement, the Mountain View firm seeks to fully immerse itself in the race for robotaxis and autonomous delivery networks to stand up to Tesla, Uber or Amazonand place itself in a dominant position in a sector that promises to move billions of dollars in investments over the next decade. A figure in perspective. If Pichai meets all the objectives by 2029, his salary bonus will be well above those of other large technology CEOs (with the exception of Elon Musk mega bonus at Tesla). Satya Nadella, head of Microsoft, collected 96.5 million dollars in fiscal year 2025, of which about 84 million came from shares; Tim Cook, at Apple, earned 74.3 million in the same period. Pichai’s previous package, approved in December 2022, was $218 million and had a similar target-based structure to this one. Since Pichai took over as CEO in August 2015, Alphabet’s market capitalization has gone from $535 billion to $3.6 trillion, briefly touching $4 trillion in January 2026. Forbes esteem that the head of Google’s parent company has a personal wealth of about $1.5 billion. a figure very far away of the 255.2 billion dollars that Larry Page has or the 235,500 of Sergei Brin. In Xataka | We knew that the CEOs of large companies were very well paid. What we didn’t know was how much their salary had been raised. Image | European UnionWaymo, Wing

An end of February with 20 ºC, haze and full reservoirs is not "good time": it is the sign of a completely misplaced meteorology

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If we take a brief look at how February 2026 is ending (the sun, the 20 degrees, the haze, the candy-like reservoirs), it is difficult not to say to ourselves: “Finally some good weather!” Above all, if we take into account that after these days of calm, a front will enter from the northwest, inaugurating meteorological spring in style. And yet, it is inevitable to raise an eyebrow. But let’s start at the beginning…. The arrival of a front from the northwest is not only synonymous with rain, but with a progressive drop in temperature and the return of the frosts after disappearing for a few days. Of course, the southern half is not going to notice it too much. Otherwise, the haze has been there for days causing problems (and locust rains in the Canary Islands) and, in the background, a DANA starts to give signs about what will approach Andalusia on Monday or Tuesday. In Xataka After the rains, Spain faces the same problem as a year ago: a devastating fire season Where is spring? If that’s the question, the answer is that it’s already here. Not just because this weekend ‘astronomic spring’ beginsbut because the meteorological dynamics have made everything accelerate in a strange way. Neither the processions deceiveneither allergies disappear. And that means the trap is already here. Because, although the reservoirs are full, they are not filled homogeneously. While Spain is at 83%, there are many basins with many problems (the Segura is at 47.2% and that of Júcar at 63.7%). And, starting in March, both evaporative demandas consumption (agricultural irrigation, urban peaks, tourism) skyrocket. Therefore, with the history of poor management that we have in the country and this feeling of “false security” that is spreading, having the reservoirs full unfortunately means nothing. Absolutely nothing. {“videoId”:”x7zoac4″,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”Climate change and the influence of humans”, “tag”:”Earth”, “duration”:”304″} More problems, many problems. To all this we must add that we do not know what is going to happen from now on. We will never know, it is true: but this precipitation scenario is so new and unusual that all scenarios are open. The only thing that is clear is that, if we do not start managing the forest, forest fires are going to mark the country as soon as the heat arrives. The new normal? That is the second big question because the pan-European studies agree that we are going towards an earlier start of spring compared to previous decades. But no one is very clear if this is an anomaly or a first step. What is clear is that, no matter what happens, this is especially noticeable here in the south. And that is the first big question: Are we prepared? Are we willing to do what we have to do? Image |AEMET In Xataka |In China they are deploying metal firefighters. Maybe they are more useful than robo-waiters (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news An end of February with 20 ºC, haze and full reservoirs is not “good weather”: it is the sign of a completely misplaced meteorology was originally published in Xataka by Javier Jimenez .

That Oracle speaks out on the soap opera between NVIDIA and OpenAI is a bad sign. That it will not have benefits until 2029, too

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Oracle counted in a tweet that the agreement between NVIDIA and OpenAI has “zero impact” on your financial relationships with the company that owns ChatGPT. This is more complicated than it seems, because the AI ​​business could end up collapsing if a large company like NVIDIA or Oracle shows even a hint of doubt towards OpenAI. The latest statements by Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, have made the market nervous, although Oracle’s path is not very encouraging either. Why is it relevant? Oracle just announced that will raise between 45,000 and 50,000 million of dollars this year through debt and equity issuance to build cloud infrastructure for its large AI clients. Among them, OpenAI stands out with a contract of 300,000 million of dollars for five years that starts in 2028. The problem is that OpenAI is not profitable right now, and Oracle needs OpenAI to raise capital so that it can pay it. It is a circular financing circuit where everyone depends on everyone Keep signing checks. The numbers don’t add up yet. The contract with OpenAI involves about $60 billion annually starting in 2028. To fulfill it, Oracle must buy approximately 400,000 chips NVIDIA’s GB200, with an estimated cost of $40 billion just for its flagship data center in Abilene, Texas. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s total revenue in 2025 was around $13 billion, according to Bloomberg. Oracle is betting its bottom line that a company that currently burns more cash than it generates can pay bills equal to five times its current annual revenue. The alarm signals. In January, investors accused Oracle of hiding the need for more debt to finance its AI infrastructure, according to Reuters. Oracle’s debt-to-equity ratio is at 6x, and credit default swaps reached levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis in December, according to point Bloomberg. In addition to all this obstacle, Oracle’s action has fallen 50% from its September peak, when it announced precisely the agreement with OpenAIerasing some $460 billion in market capitalization. ANDnegative n until 2029. Developing data centers for AI has pushed Oracle’s free cash flow into negative territory, where it is expected to remain until 2030, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Jefferies esteem that the company will need to raise more funds in 2027 and subsequent years, since cash flow will not return to positive until 2029. Oracle plans to raise 50 billion: half through equity, with convertible preferred securities and a share sale program of up to 20 billion, and the other half through a single bond issue in early 2026. Between the lines. What really worries the market is the structure of mutual dependence. NVIDIA funds OpenAI. OpenAI pays Oracle. Oracle buys chips from NVIDIA. Everyone’s income growth depends on everyone else continuing to write checks. When Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, declared to journalists that the 100 billion agreement with OpenAI “was never a commitment” and that they would invest “step by step”, Oracle had to come out with that tweet to calm the waters. And that tweet is precisely the type of communication that worries investors. Cover image | IEEE Awards, Hartmann Studios, Wikimedia Commons In Xataka | The CEO of Airbnb is clear that there are companies with too many meetings: his trick is to follow Jony Ive’s philosophy

For centuries price has been a sign of quality. Generative AI is breaking that rule in dozens of sectors

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For centuries, price has served as a cognitive shortcut. If something costs a lot it is because, for one reason or another, it must be worth a lot. An Armani suit, Bang & Olufsen headphonesa McKinsey report. The number has always served to convey certain information to us before seeing the product. It was compressed reputation. With the arrival of generative AI, that is ending in many sectors. Today a logo can cost 15 euros or 15,000. And be the same logo. A market analysis can come from a consulting firm with offices on three continents or from a guy in pajamas who knows how to wear Deep Research. The report may be indistinguishable. In fact sometimes the second one will be betterbecause the guy in pajamas understands the sector and the consultant assigned the junior who was free. AI is breaking the link between production cost and final result. Something very similar to what Antonio Ortiz, AI popularizer and former final boss of this house, in “Artificial Intelligence and unlinking effort and result“. If anyone can generate in minutes what previously required teams, weeks, and invoices with many zeros, price no longer communicates much about quality. It’s starting to be noise. and this will force a signal migration. From ‘how much’ to ‘who’, to ‘how’ or ‘why’. The questions that will matter are going to be “who signed this?”, “what process followed?”, “what human decisions were behind it?” That is, the process will become the product. It is already beginning to be seen with design studios that They obsessively document any iterationor consultancies that not only sell you the deliverable but also also access to the reasoning of their partners. More and more we are digital artisans who charge for showing how we work and not only for what we deliver. AI has made production almost free, so we are being flooded with digital content of all kinds, so scarcity shifts to criteria. Knowing what to ask for, what to discard, what makes sense and what doesn’t. to good taste. AI can do almost anything, and what it can’t, it will learn next year. Deciding well what to do and what not to do is still expensive. There, for the moment and luckily, there is no shortcut. Featured image | Xataka In Xataka | The AI ​​of 2026 brings an uncomfortable truth: the most useful will be the one that watches us the most

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