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They asked Bill Gates and Warren Buffett how they would define their success in one word. They did not hesitate: focus

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At 94, Warren Buffett Ha “Hang” your investment notebook After more than six decades as one of the brightest and most accurate investors of Wall Street in front of Berkshire Hathaway. For his part, Bill Gates spent four decades directing Microsoft. Both became Milmillonarios with it and agree that they would never have achieved it if it is not for a key factor: to focus on achieving their goals. Focus on something and be constant. In one Interview for CNBCBuffett said that on one occasion Bill Gates gathered a group of 20 people – among which Bill Gates was – and asked them to write a word that explained their success on paper. “Bill and I had only seen each other twice and we didn’t know what the other was writing. We both wrote the same word: ‘Focus‘” Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffett attribute much of their fortune and legacy to their ability to avoid dispersion and keep the course for decades. For them, the approach and the ability to focus on a single objective is not only a skill, but the basis on which their empires built. While others played, Gates scheduled. As detailed in his autobiographical book ‘Code Source: My beginnings’Adolescent Gates discovered that programming was a creative way of structuring ideas that tests their logical thinking, which made it become obsessed with creating different programs when access to a computer was a scarce resource only reserved for universities and large companies. Gates and his companions of the “Computer Fourth” of high school managed to get free shared access time to one of those expensive computers and learn to program when very few knew how to do it. This obsession with the software has provided a fortune valued at 112.7 billion dollars, according to Forbes Start is an advantage. In An interview For Charlie Rose’s program in 2016, Gates said that “what you do obsessively between 13 and 18 years is what is most likely to take you to global success. The only thing I did obsessively between my 13 and 18 was to write software.” According to Buffett, in the same way as Gates He focused on learningHe did it to learn to invest. “He focused on software. I concentrated on investments. Starting very young gave me a great advantage. There is no doubt about it,” said the investor nonagenarian. According to Times of Indiaat 11 years the “Oracle of Omaha” was already beginning to make his steps in the investments with $ 114.75 that he had saved. With them he bought three actions from the CNIES Service oil and gas company (now called Citgo). Bill Gates became a millionaire at age 20 thanks to the software company he had founded with his secondary school friend Paul Allen. Warren Buffett had to wait until 32 years for his heritage to exceed six figures. Prioritize and avoid distractions. Having clear priorities has been essential for Gates and Buffet not to waste energies in projects that did not bring them closer to their goals. Bill Gates told to CNBC that He had focused all his life In a single project: Microsoft. During his first 20 years leading Microsoft, his routine revolved exclusively around software development, sacrificing weekends and vacations to achieve its goal: that each home had a personal computer. In An interview for Vanity FairPaul Allen, co -founder of Microsoft and Gates’s partner in its beginnings in programming, said that “Microsoft was an environment of great stress because Bill directed others as hard as he did with himself.” Warren Buffett’s strategy: focus and long term. From a young age, Warren Buffett, chose to specialize in long -term investmentsavoiding the temptation to search Quick earnings. Your strategy During all this time it has been based on identifying solid companies, investing in them and maintaining the actions for years or even decades letting the Time and compound interest They would grow their money. Buffett calls this investment style the “snowball effect”. In the Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Board of 1999Buffett joked with his inverting precocity. “We started building this small snowball at the top of a very long hill. The key is to have a very long hill, either starting very young or living to very old.” The 94 -year -old veteran investor has met both conditions for Finish your career With the fifth greatest fortune in the world, with a “snowball” valued in 156.6 billion dollars. In Xataka | The two Warren Buffet lists: the millionaire investor technique to prioritize professional objectives Image | Flickr (Fortune Live Media), Wikimedia Commons (Jennifer Jacquemart)

We have been waiting for Apple Carplay Ultra for three years. Now we have even more doubts about your success

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From that WWDC held in 2022Apple users have been waiting for that New carplay generation that Never arrived. After almost three years, the company has made the name of its new operating system for cars official. One in which integration with the screens of the same It is practically complete. Carplay Ultra. Carplay’s new generation is called Carplay Ultraand it is exactly as Apple showed it two years ago in Porsche and Aston Martin cars. A system fully integrated in car screens and systems, including speedometer, fuel indicators and elements such as air conditioning. Apple does not want Carplay Ultra to be a system apart from the car interface: he wants to be the system that controls it completely. With all that this implies for manufacturers, which will have to give in to offer. In Aston Martin alone. Apple is Apple, and there was no more exclusive brand than Aston Martin to release his new carplay generation. The owners of the DB12, Vantage, Vanquish or DBX 707 will be the first to enjoy this Carplay update, first in the United States and with a predictable global expansion within the next 12 months. It will be necessary to have a iPhone 12 or superior executing iOS 18.5 or more recent versions. There is no news, saving Porsche as a partner, what more companies will join to give him (literally) the controls to Apple. Afternoon and bad. Apple Carplay Ultra It arrives after months latewith a condition that makes it clear that this system will not be for everyone. This update requires that the manufacturer yield practically all control over the elements of the Apple interface. Speedometer, tachometer, maps and music information, air conditioning … Carplay Ultra wants to be like Android Automotivebut at all times depending on the iPhone being connected. There is also no trace on how Siri will help us and be integrated with the car … because there are no news. The Nueva Siri is still in the airwhile Google pushes showing How Gemini will work on Android Automotive. The iPhone as a center. This is precisely one of CarPlay Ultra’s biggest problems: depending on an external device. In cars with Android Built-in, Android Automotive is the operating system, and does not depend on any time we have the connected mobile. With the Apple approach, without iPhone there is no paradise: Carplay Ultra is not a pre -installed system in the car, and this is a problem for the type of vehicle to which it is oriented: the luxury. Use carplay or Android car wirelessly It is an important punishment for the phone’s battery, and can cause yield inconsistencies when it is low (savings mode). For how many. The big doubt that Carplay Ultra throws is … for whom he is. That Apple has Aston Martin as the main partner is relevant, but Google also chose Polestar to release Android Automotive and ended up arriving at more mainstream marks. The key with Carplay Ultra is the assignment of almost complete control in a system that is not pre -installed natively. It does not seem easy for manufacturers to be willing. Image | Apple In Xataka | The death of Apple Car is a great opportunity for Carplay. Everything is ready to overcome Android Auto

A family revelation that sheds light on your personality and professional success

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Bill Gates has been one of the most influential in the field of technology of the last four decades. However, a revelation of his youngest daughter, Phoebe Gates, has put on the table a topic rarely addressed around the founder of Microsoft: his Relationship with the autistic spectrum. Phoebe Gates, the youngest of their three childrenintervened a few days ago in the podcast ‘Call Her Daddy‘Where he told how the millionaire faced his partners, taking into account Bill Gates Asperger’s syndrome. “For the boy, terrifying. For me, it was very hilarious because my father is quite socially clumsy. As he said before, he has Asperger. So, for me, he is very funny,” explained the 22 -year -old. Phoebe’s confirmation This family anecdote Not only humanizes Bill Gates, but also publicly confirms, and precisely, what the millionaire so far He had only hinted about his condition within the autistic spectrum. “Wow, there are some patterns coincidences (between their behavior and those of the autistic spectrum)” confirmed Gates. Bill Gates I had never talked openly to have Asperger’s syndrome, although in his autobiographical book ‘Code Source: My beginnings‘, recognized that “if I grew today, they would probably be diagnosed within the autistic spectrum. Gates explained during An interview To The Wall Street Journal that, during his childhood, there was no generalized understanding about neurodiversity, and that his parents did not have resources to understand why he became obsessed with certain projects or did not capture the social signals. The founder of Microsoft explained that the term “neurodivergente” It didn’t even exist as a childand that formal tests to diagnose autistic spectrum disorders were not introduced until the 80s, when he was already an adult. The impact of Asperger’s syndrome on Gates’ career He Asperger syndrome it’s a autistic spectrum disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction, very intense interests in specific issues and behavior patterns with an obsessive tendency. Although the term of Asperger has currently been absorbed by the general classification of the autistic spectrum disorders. It is estimated That about 1% of the world’s population is in the autistic spectrum, and the Asperger represents a significant part of these cases. Like Bill Gates, other recognized personalities have talked openly about their diagnosis. Elon Musk, for example, revealed in 2021 during Your monologuein ‘Saturday Night Live ‘ That has Asperger’s syndrome. This type of testimonies help to make visible neurological diversity and reduce social stigma, showing that people with Asperger can reach extraordinary achievements in different areas and does not incapacitate them to become the richest people in the world. Position that So much Bill Gates as Elon Musk have held. Various episodes of Bill Gates’ life can be better understood in the light of its possible diagnosis of Asperger. In An interview for Vanity Fairthe co -founder of Microsoft, Paul Alllen, explained that during his stage as a Microsoft leader, it was known for its lack of empathy towards employees who requested free time or vacations, even arriving at Monitor cars enrollment of the parking lot to control which employees were working. This attitude, although criticized, may be related to the difficulties in understanding the emotional needs of others, a common feature in the autistic spectrum. In addition, Gates showed difficulties to socialize During his university era. Steve Ballmer, who would later be CEO from Microsoft, had to insist for Gates will be related to other students. In his book, Gates acknowledged that, if not Ballmer, he would never have attended for himself the Fox Club de Harvard parties, “Tag parties, tight hands of secret hands and other archaic rules and rituals.” On the other hand, its ease for obsess and with other activities Like Buscaminaswhich came to play compulsively, also fits with the intense and repetitive interests that characterize Asperger’s syndrome. These aspects, far from being obstacles, have been a fundamental part of their professional success as and as slides The Times. In Xataka | We have found a new genetic “inheritance” of Neanderthals: in autistic spectrum disorders Image | Flickr (Billionaires Success)

Charlie Zhang, vice president of Omoda and Jaecoo, about success in Spain

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Ten Spanish journalists enter the glazed room of The huge central headquarters of Omoda and Jaecoo in Wuhu, China. After a few minutes of informal talk in front of small masts with flags from China and Spain, Charlie Zhang, Vice President of Chery, the matrix appears. Zhang wears current glasses, almost military haircut, ironed navy suit, buttoned white shirt without twins. Naked dolls and fingers except a Apple Watch Series 10. Classic black shoes. Nothing in his outfit shouts ostentation. Everything in its bearing transmits control. “This man reminds us,” I think, “that it is the management of the kingdom and not the luxury of his scepter that does to the king.” Breaking stereotypes I start the group interview myself asking what the greatest change in the perception of Western consumers towards Chinese cars in the last year, thinking about persistent stereotypes around them. You don’t need to think about it: The stereotype has deflated at the speed of our sales. When we launched Omoda and Jaecoo in Spain, in February 2024, we feared some suspicion. Twelve months later we sell 2,000 units per month and receive floods of questions about our batteries and the semi -autonomous driving software. The manager assumes that certain reservations have not disappeared – “they still exist, although very attenuated” – but Underline a change of perception: quality is no longer questioned, but speed with which Chinese technology advances in batteries, lidar and pure electric. The room shalls timidly: it is difficult to contradict him after touring Chery’s stand in Shanghai. Why start with Spain and not by Germany or France, with more population and per capita income? Zhang himself alludes to our market as a “open entrance door” and confesses that the strategy has been deliberate: Curious and “open mind” consumers. Fragmented competition. And the possibility of release local production with the Ebro brand, the historic Spanish teaching Risen at the old Nissan plant in Barcelona. European factory and deployment The road map is ambitious: Phase 1 of the factory for 100,000 units per year and objective of 200,000 as soon as possible. And according to Zhang, they consider opening a second factory in Europe. The beginning of the production of the omoda 5 EV and the JAECOO 5 EV It is scheduled for November of this year. That capacity, emphasizes, will be key to avoiding tariffs and meet the European demand of 40 % of components produced in the old continent. The current and future catalog will be like this: Omoda: Present: Omoda 5. In 2025: omoda 7 and Omoda 9. Propulsions: gasoline, HEV hybrid, PHEV plug -in hybrid and 100% Electric Bev. Jaecoo: Present: Jaecoo 7. In 2025: Jaecoo 5 and Jaecoo 8. Propulsions: same four variants that omods. Ebro: Present: S700 and S800. In 2025: S400 and S900. Propulsions: Phev and Hev. Each of these new teachers will have independent general directions in Spain (as already happens with Ebro in front of the Omoda-Jaecoo duo), allowing internal competition that seeks to maximize market penetration. The manager stops in the three acronyms that are marked his recent releases: SHS, Super Hybrid System: Dedicated Atkinson Cycle Motor, 44.5% thermine efficiency (in development it is to reach 48%) and batteries of 18 to 34 kWh that would carry the real electrical autonomy of omoda 9 to 150 km. “The border between A PHEV AND A BEV It is blurred, “proclaims. It is not hyperbole: recharge times promise 400 kilometers in ten minutes thanks to the 800 V architecture, and semi -solid battery prototypes circulate at its table after 2027. Image: Xataka. It comes out in the conversation, of course, the tariff issue and research Antidumping Open in Brussels. Zhang is pragmatic: Plan a: negotiate a “minimum price” to avoid tariff increase. Plan b: produce in the EU (Barcelona first, another floor later) and reach 60% European content with suppliers such as Bosch or Faurecia. Plan c: Assess “strategic alliances” with hurry manufacturers. When listening to options like Ford or especially Stellantishe responds with a smile and an ambiguous “everything is on the table.” The bet, he insists, is “for Europe, in Europe.” And behind another idea beats: be perceived as industrial employers, not only as importers. The group has also confirmed the launch in Europe of new brands: ICAR It will be something that they will “try” to bring at the end of the year, with their pure electric and extended autonomy (REEV). Exlatixthe group’s premium brand will first reach Nordic countries in 2026 and subsequently to Spain. Although without a precise date, its launch seems safe, but we will have to wait. LEPAS It would arrive after Exlatix, with a totally electrified range through its 4, 6 and 8 models and Luxeedwhich would be the last, towards the end of 2026, would arrive with several electric and extended autonomy models: S7 and R7, direct competitors of Tesla with brutal interior finishes that we could try first hand. Almost in the end I ask another question: where they are paying better omoda and Jaecoo, both worldwide and European. In the world, the United Kingdom leads with 3,000 units per month just six months after its launch. Malaysia is also giving joys thanks to the 1,200 monthly sales of Jaecoo 7 Phev and its extended autonomy. Brazil, Chile and Peru also deserve their mention thanks to the “exceptional reaction” to their recent landing. In continental Europe, Spain – Spain – leads, and Poland and Italy follow our wake. Germany and France will arrive in the second half of this year through its own subsidiaries, because, according to Zhang, “to call us Europeans we need to sell where six out of ten cars are enrolled.” Zhang also specifies concrete objectives for Spain: moving from the current 2,000 monthly units of Omoda and Jaecoo between 4,000 and 5,000, while Ebro are expected between 2,000 and 3,000 per month. Image: Xataka. Zhang advances to the question about hydrogen: The fuel battery already rolls … in Chery heavy … Read more

Intel’s future is linked to the success of a single chip manufacturing node: 18A technology

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Intel is facing one of the most difficult stages Of all its history. And its story is not exactly brief. In fact, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce founded this company more than half a century ago, in 1968. As we have explained in other articles, The future of factories and Intel chips packaging and validation centers is uncertain. However, it is possible that these facilities are finally incorporated into a joint company Managed by Intel, TSMCand, perhaps, by some other company of the integrated circuit industry. Anyway, the short -term competitiveness of this company is closely linked to the success of a single semiconductor manufacturing technology: 18A photolithography. Ben Sell, Vice President of Intel Technology Development, confirmed At the end of last September that the 18A node already has the maturity necessary to enter large -scale production in 2025. and also assured that it will benefit from the resources that have been reallocated since the 20A node. In the current scenario the 18A node will be the true protagonist. That is not the slightest doubt. More transistors. More performance. And less consumption This statement by Joseph Bonetti, main manager of Intel engineering programs, expresses very well The important thing that is the 18A node for this company: “Intel leaders, Board of Directors of Intel and Donald Trump administration, please do not sell or give the control of Intel Foundry to TSMC just when Intel is taking the technological front and starting to take off. It would be a terrible and demoralizing error.” Bonetti also maintains that Intel is not lagging for its competitors, and that the advances that their engineers are achieving in the field of chips production are very important. Bonetti does not expressly mention the 18A integration technology, but his statement is supported by it because right now is the asset that Intel has to compete with TSMC and Samsung in the market for the production of integrated circuits in a year in which 2 Nm photolithographies They will take off yes or yes. In the last months Intel has been revealing some of the characteristics of this integration technology, but just a few hours ago and as a prelude to the semiconductor conference ‘2025 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circu has made public more interesting data. Powervia proposes to physically separate the feed lines and signal signal within each integrated circuit Lithography 18a is erected above all about two essential innovations: Ribbonfet Gate-Lall-Around (GAA) transistors and energy delivery technology Powervia. The purpose of this last improvement is to solve the limitations imposed by the introduction in the integrated circuit of smaller transistors, which are also together more. This scenario causes that within each chip the power lines and signal compete for the same resources, which triggers the appearance of bottlenecks that perceptibly limit the performance and energy efficiency of a CPU. The purpose of Powervia technology is precisely to solve this problem. And to achieve this, what proposes is to physically separate the power lines and signal signal. So far both lived in the same physical space, but From Intel 20A lithographythat It was commercially dismissed In September 2024, the distribution of transistors and food and signal will acquire the form of a sandwich. In this way the transistors will be housed in the center, while the feed lines will reside in a lower layer and those of signal in an upper layer. In any case, for us, the users, the most interesting thing is to know that Intel promises that their lithography 18a will deliver a 25% higher performance using the same voltage as the integration technology Intel 3, as well as a 36% lower energy consumption by using the same frequency and the same voltage. And by reducing this last parameter and moving from 1.1 volts to 0.75 volts, lithography 18a delivers a performance of 18% higher and a consumption of 38% lower. It sounds good, but we should not ignore that This information comes from Intel itself. Whether it is evident that we are interested in consumers that both Intel and TSMC or Samsung have the best state possible. Image | Intel More information | Intel In Xataka | Intel has confirmed that the 20A node will be skipped to reduce expenses. The 18A node will enter production in 2025

After decades of success, the restaurant day menu faces its great crisis and a dilemma: reinvent or die

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A few weeks ago the veteran articulist David Sharrock published in The Times A wide report about Madrid gastronomy. So far not surprising. That in Spain we enjoy a good kitchen, with large dishes, chefs, restaurants and ingredients is no surprise. The funny thing is that in his analysis Sharrock does not talk about that. The focus focused on another symbol of homeland cuisine, one that passes through low hours and faces the complex challenge of adapting to the 21st century: THE DAY MENU. Sharrock warns that the lifelong menu is “threatened by modern life.” And he is not the only one who thinks like that. A figure: four million. The menu of the day is an institution in the bars of Spain. And for several reasons. The first, its long tradition, which can be traced at least 60 years agowhen in the time of Fraga Iribarne as Minister of Information the Francoist Government established that a good part of the food stores offered a menu at a fixed price. The goal: to enhance tourism. The second key that demonstrates to what extent the formula of the daily menu has penetrated in Spanish gastronomy is its level of implementation. The Spain hospitality association estimates that some are dispatched every day four million throughout the country, which leads to its general secretary, Emilio Gallego, to claim your acceptance. “The menu of the day remains a spectacular success formula,” he says. A price: € 14. Hospitality in Spain has not only calculated how many menus are served daily in the country’s restaurants. At the end of last year he published A report in which goes beyond and analyzes its prices, profitability and the differences between regions. Your main conclusion? That at least in 2024 the average cost of the menu of the day in Spain was around 14 euros, although there are cities in which this figure is quite higher. In Bilbao, for example, the average was 15.5 and Barcelona in 15.1, although there are those who clarify that it results today “Almost impossible” Find a menu in the center of Barcelona for less than 16 euros. Are all strengths? No. The menu perhaps enjoy a long tradition and is rooted in the hospitality of Spain, but on its horizon they appear clouds. And one of them (and the most important) is found in its price. Although its rates increased by 19.5% between 2016 and 2024 (which in practice translates into 11.7 to 14 euros), hospitality in Spain remember that this accumulated increase remains below the general CPI (23.4%) and is much lower than that of food and beverages or the one that In your day They reached certain key products in kitchens, such as olive oil. Between 2023 and 2024 the menus did rise above the general price index, but despite that rebound, of 80 cents on average, the collective recalls that there are many hoteliers to which it is difficult for their businesses to give benefits. To be more precise, They cite a study which reveals that 42.3% of entrepreneurs claim to have experienced a “loss of profitability” during the last year, especially due to the increase in salary costs, food and supplies. At the end of 2024 almost a third of the restaurants (32.5%) admitted that their menus had not increased that year. “Totally in danger”. The hospitality data of Spain give a track of the first great challenge facing the menus for their survival: profitability. To succeed, a menu of the day must offer a range of attractive dishes and a certain variety, but it must also convince in another crucial aspect: the price. The key is how to fit that list (high quality, variety and low price) and at the same time the business gets more than cover costs. A few months ago a hotelman from Vigo I recognized to The country That, despite the fact that his bar was small and that he takes care of almost everything, so that his offer is “viable” needs to sell at least 40 daily menus at a price of 15 euros. “Below that figure, it will only serve to cover costs.” “It is totally in danger, and fortunately, because it is not a sustainable model for the hotelier,” Point to the same newspaper Paco Cruz, The Food Manager, speaking precisely about the state of health of the menus. In his opinion, the formula is profitable basically in certain businesses, with a good flow of clients and experience. The AI, to the rescue. “The customer of the menu of the day wants first five, five seconds and variety every day. But what do you do with what is left over? If everyone asks for the same, what about the dishes that are not requested? The losses are brutal and that is unsustainable from any point of view: economic, ethical and environmental,” Add Cruz. The challenge is so complex that there are those who have already sought help in AI, as Fusion was checked in Madridwhere chef Eneko Atxa and physicist Eneko Axpe presented a tool designed to design attractive menus … and above all profitable. Objective: efficiency. “Inflation is almost 40%. The diner says they are charging me more, 19.5, but the hotelier has a hard time doing 39.2 more,” recalled During the ATXA presentation before adding to that price increase the increase in rentals and energy. The objective of the delight tool is precisely to look for “an orderly efficiency” in the menu, maximize the benefit and seek maximum efficiency in the number of chefs, customers and purchase. “The menu is an immaterial good in our culture and one of the challenges and problems facing hoteliers and diners,” Axpe points out. Cost of costs (and something else). Although inflation and imbalance between the rise in prices and salaries is one of the great challenges of the menu of the day, it is not the only one. As Sharrock points out in Your chronicle of The Times The format … Read more

The most viral success of AI is at the same time a symptom of its problems as a daily product

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The AI ​​had ceased to surprise us. And then the “ghiblation” of images and the Internet arrived He went crazy. In recent days we have lived a fever for converting all kinds of images –And even videos– To imitate the style of Miyazaki teacher and the mythical creations of his Studio Ghibli. The phenomenon has served to make AI at least for a few days again. And that is precisely the problem. Saturated from AI. The appearance of Chatgpt in November 2022 has unleashed an explosion of AI, but after the initial earthquake things have relaxed. Although there have been notable advances, we have “accustomed” to AI, and technology seems relegated to the background for most users. As my partner Javier Lacort said in his reflection of a few days ago, we have seen ourselves immersed in “an universe of impenetrable jargon that was moving the conversation about AI from the initial astonishment to arid technicism.” AI lives from “magical” moments. We saw it with Deepseek A few months ago, and we see it again with the Studio Ghibli style images. Until those “magical” moments occur, the AI ​​does not just set among the general public. There is certainly a moderate use among the population and there are also niches that use it intensively –The program of programmersfor example – but people lack something crucial: an App. What do you use AI? The current options are undoubtedly striking in the creative field and also as assistance for professional tasks, but for now the chatbots have not infiltrated our lives as they did for example internet search engines. They solved a more pressing problem – finding what one was looking for on the Internet – but for the moment AI does not have just replaced them and is not used massively. Looking for an AI that is a google for daily use. The search engine revolution is probably one of the inevitable conquests of the future for AI. We are seeing it with perplexity And the search engines that OpenAi so much Like Google itself They are offering users. These platforms will not totally move to the traditional search engine, but one thing is evident: every time we look more with Chatgpt ” – or any other chatbot – and the growth of that trend seems unstoppable. At the moment Gartner’s cycle of expectations is very well reflected the AI ​​phenomenon. It seems that we have reached the peak of oversized expectations, and we now fall into disappointment avism. Source: Wikimedia. Beware of disappointment abyss. The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) published these days these days A study conducted by 24 researchers from AI. It included a section entitled “Perception of the AI ​​VS reality”, and in it there was talk of the well -known cycle of expectations of Gartner. The consultant itself estimated that expectations and Hype For the generative AI had already exceeded its highest peak. AI is not so much (for the moment). 79% of the experts surveyed in that study indicated that the current public perception of AI capacities do not correspond to the Reality of research and development in this field. In fact, 90% claimed that this is conditioning the investigation, and of that figure 74% revealed that the areas in which they are being investigated are areas where there are still many expectations. So we are not going to get to the AGI. The most important companies in this area have a common goal: to achieve a AGIthe Holy Grail of Artificial Intelligence. However, these same experts do not have too much hope that we will develop it. 76% of the 475 respondents indicated how to climb (more data, more GPUS to train models) will not be enough to reach an AGI. We need a different approach, and those experts advocate prioritizing issues such as security, ethical governance and a gradual and more responsible innovation instead of this apparent frantic career that does not think about the consequences. Waiting for the next Bombazo of the AI. The fever for “ghibliization” seems to have relaxed significantly and surely in a few days or weeks it is blurred as a striking option more than one AI that excites us to pull – before the Grok 3 censorship imagesfor example – but do not conquer permanently. At the moment it seems that this will continue to be the norm, and now we are waiting for that next pull and perhaps that Killer App that can mark a turning point in the adoption of AI. OpenAI and his rivals need Hype. Meanwhile one thing is evident: what companies sell us (“we are close to the AGI” or “with AI you can do everything Better and faster“) is away from reality. They sell expectations and Hype. TOI remove the best example is OpenAi, which needs that message to continue raising Gigantic investment rounds that allow you to continue burning money As if there were no tomorrow. In Xataka | “In a year or two code editors will not exist”: four programmers explain the Vibe Coding revolution

Midni promises to be another success with Midgt and my citizen folder

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The digital ID is Officer from today. The Government has approved by Royal Decree the use of the MIDNI app as an official accrediting document. The alternative to the physical document follows the wake of Midgt and confirms a promising tendency: that of a successful digitalization by Spanish public bodies. First, Midgt. In 2020 the General Directorate of Traffic launched In open test phase The application Midgt. Carrying the physical driving license was no longer strictly necessary -go on having situations in which to carry it is advisable-, and the app demonstrated to fulfill its objective perfectly, in addition to allowing various types of operations related to the DGT. Even helps us avoid scams When looking for second -hand cars. Then my citizen folder. In September 2022 A surprise would come even more striking. My citizen folder was the APP of the Government of Spain that allowed Bring us the bureaucracy to the mobile screen and make A lot of efforts especially comfortable. In fact, it was not only good when it was launched, but TOcaught. And now, Midni. The last to arrive in this series of official applications It is midniwhich is developed by the National Police and will allow to prove the identity of citizens in various efforts. Initially its validity will be limited, but little by little that accreditation will extend to many more areas. Midni does not replace DNI for the moment. As Explain The Interior Minister, this application will be available tomorrow prior registration with our electronic ID and digital certificate in force. It has the same legal validity and security guarantees as the physical ID, but this digital ID is a complement to the physical and does not replace it. Good for public administration. It will still be necessary to evaluate this new app of the public administration, but the design and development of the application follows the same line as the MIDGT, using temporary QR codes to verify the intention of performing an operation and the validity of the document. It is therefore logical to think that its operation is correct, and Show that good trajectory In this type of public administration projects. But there are many pending subjects. These are three fantastic examples that things can be done well. At least, for now there have been hardly any problems and many good reviews. However, public administration in Spain has a long disaster history and criticism When digitizing procedures: what should be simple is sometimes In a nightmare Or something simply impossible. The Digital Certificate Managementfor example, many problems usually pose despite being A development Already very mature and offering Important advantages If it works. Unequal reception. The MIDGT ​​app already has more than five million downloads on Google Play Store and an average score of 1.8/5, while my citizen folder has been downloaded more than one million times from that store and its average score is 3.7/5. Theoretically the midni tool will be even more popular given the relevance of this document. As in the case of Midgt, the proposal is especially striking For those who have always wanted to do without the physical portfolio: Now they have one more excuse to do it, no doubt. In Xataka | A damage without threats: these are the strengths and weaknesses of Spain for the long -awaited digital transformation according to the government In Xataka Android | My citizen folder is updated and rises in level: now the companies will also use it

Prime video wants ‘Operation Triunfo’ to be a success again. And that’s why castings by Tiktok again

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The last edition of ‘Operation Triunfo’, despite how opaque Amazon was when communicating his audience figures, was a success at all levels. Not only did it achieve considerable scope in terms of public (although Not so massive would have fit Given the audiences of previous editions), but razed on social networks. Therefore, it has all the meaning that this new edition settled settled, one more year, exclusively in Tiktok. Official data. He only audience data That Amazon gave at the end of the first edition on its platform was that the weekly galas were seen, on average, for more than 3.5 million viewers, a considerable decrease from 20 million on average in 2017. But Amazon works for Amazon, because what interests him is to attract more people better to his platform, and in that sense the program worked, since it allowed him to implement, for example, for example, for example, for example, for example. generous sponsorships. But there is another more relevant fact: success in networks. 11 tricks to dominate Tik tok In sight. Here, Obviously Amazon has not been able to hide the data: thanks to the Tiktok consumption and to keep the YouTube figures (between both platforms they came to add more than 700 million views at the end of the first season, According to Amazon), ‘Operation Triunfo’ folded its digital impact with respect to the previous edition. 538’5 million users consumed ‘OT’ content in Tik Tok, with peaks of more than 40 million views in one day. To this are added the accounts of the artists themselves: Naiarathe most popular on Instagram, for example, already has almost 500,000 followers (he has folded them since the edition ended). We are interested in Tiktok. And that is where one of the strategic points of ‘OT’ is revealed for prime video: not so much that many people see it but to make a brand image and that the spectators associate the program with Amazon, which results in benefit for the Authentic company businessthe store. And for that purpose, social networks are essential. Therefore, this year ‘OT’ has turned from the beginning on social networks, specifically in Tiktok. Auditions in Tiktok. Amazon has opened the call for pre -selection for castings, as already done in 2017, consolidating the platform as a dissemination core of the program. The process to enter is that the applicants, from April 1 to 7, upload a 45 -second video (15 seconds of presentation and 30 of musical interpretation) with the Hashtag #OTCOVER2025. Those who pass this initial phase will receive a prime pass, which will allow them to directly access the face -to -face casting. @operaciTriunfo 💥 Finally the time came! From April 1 to 7 (both included) you can go up to Tiktok your #OTCOVER2025 and get a prime pass that allows you to skip your tail in face -to -face castings. The director of the Academy explains all the details, @Noegalera. OTCOVER2025, can happen to you. 💙🎤🎶 📄 Consult the legal basis in the biography link or here 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/otcover2025 ♬ Original sound – Operation Triunfo 🎤 An appropriate platform. Do not forget that the impact of ‘OT’ on social networks is historical: the first auditions of Bisbal already They had meme wood before the memesand in fact they were recovered in social networks. Then, the fame in Tiktok of ‘OT’ is proportionally greater than the one on the Amazon platform itself, it is because the Tiktok short videos format is perfect for the consumption of the program’s performances. Although the galas conform to the inevitable toll (with which Amazon also shows that it has sufficient financial muscle to produce traditional television programs), Tiktok’s thrust is essential. And ‘OT’ appreciates it, this year too, that the program takes off exclusively from there. Header | Prime video In Xataka | Prime video is becoming an “aggregator” of other platforms. And the arrival of Apple TV+ is the last example

The sugary drinks tax has been a resounding success. And there are those who want to extend it now to salt

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At the beginning of the week, Chris Hilson, a professor at Reading University, brought together the press and presented The most ambitious report which had been done to analyze the United Kingdom sugar tax. His data were begged: since the tax was introduced, the sugar content in the drinks 44% has been reduced. However, Hilson doesn’t want to stay there. Why not use this approach to improve food, address the obesity epidemic and promote a healthy and sustainable diet? Why not launch, for example, a salt tax? The salt? Indeed. Salt has been in the spotlight of doctors, nutritionists and health researchers for many years. And rightly: Reducing salt intake is one of the simpler and more profitable ways to reduce the incidence of diseases such as arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease or strokes. The problem is that we don’t even know how much salt we consume. And we don’t know because it is very difficult to know: According to the surveys availableapproximately 70% of the salt consumed by Western populations comes from processed foods. The “approximately” is key. It is not easy to measure at the individual level and not even biometric analyzes (such as urine) are very precise when determining consumption. But we know that, if we discount the effect of other critical factors, add salt to meals on the table It is related With a reduction of more than two years life expectancy in men and about a year and a half for women. It is not, seen what is seen, something lower. But what can we do? There it enters Hilson’s idea: “It is vital to extend sugar tax to all processed foods. The current tax has reduced sugar in soft drinks, but we need to see the same success in products such as milkshakes, cookies, yogurts and cereals for breakfast to improve public health,” said. In the background, according to your team’s data, well -designed regulations in the food sector in general could translate into “a healthier environment, as well as a healthier population.” A tax that always ends up. It is curious because salt taxes have historically been one of the most unpopular taxes. From French gabela to the Indian nationalist movementsSalt has played a very important role in the formation of contemporary political societies. It is true that the current tax that is being considered in places like the United Kingdom It is very different to those who disappeared throughout the twentieth century. The importance and scarcity of this resource changed radically with our technical capacity. However, it is still curious that this compound is in the pillory. As epidemics like obesity grow, more and more experts They believe that states They should take action on the matter. Above all, in well -being systems such as Europeans. The evidence shows that These types of interventions are effective. However, we are still taking the first steps in this field. Image | Timo Volz / Victoriano Izquierdo In Xataka | We have a problem with our salt consumption. And there are several alternative ingredients to remedy it

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