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Xiaomi surprised the world with his own mobile chip. The next step is to replicate this success in your electric car

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Xiaomi creating its own chips by the hand of TSMC It is something that we did not see in 2025 in which China’s greatest obsession is to boost 100% national technology. The company, in a movement to reduce dependence with Qualcomm and MediaTek Without breaking the ties that still tied to the United States, he presented his Xring 01. A chip capable of competing with the best in the market, thanks to both TSMC technology and its innovative design. The company has confirmed to be locking in its own chip for its future electric cars. It is one of the last pieces that the company needs to close the circle and not depend on companies such as NVIDIA or Qualcomm. The beginning of an era. Xring 01 is a before and after for Xiaomi. It is the first time that it manages to design a processor at the height of the best in the market, improving proposals such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite. Most of this TSMC baby success, who has manufactured this hand processor with Xiaomi. But its architecture is peculiar: it is the only high -end processor with a design composed of ten nuclei, and a distribution of workloads much more efficient than most current processors. Three chips, at least. Xring is the mobile processor, the Xring T1 It is the chip for watches, and Xiaomi has confirmed being working on a third processor for electric cars. The recent launch of your SUV, the Yu7came from the hand of Nvidia and Qualcomm, something that could change completely in the next generation of vehicles. Why there is a Qualcomm chip in the SU7. If you wonder what paint a Nvidia chip and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 In Xiaomi cars the answer is easy: electric cars, today, They are computers with wheels. Yu7 is one of the cars with the largest infotainment system in the world: one in which the windshield is a giant screen. Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is responsible for moving HyperosXiaomi’s own software platform. Why there is a nvidia chip in Yu7. The central screen is just a small example of the computing capacity that an electric car needs. Assisted driving systems, Lidar data processing, radars and cameras, are in charge of the Autonomous Driving Platform Nvidia Drive Agx Thor. This software solution allows to manage high work loads with maximum energy efficiency, and is currently the most capable in terms of computing aboard a vehicle. A discreet approach. Xiaomi has not revealed data about whether you are preparing an adaptation of the Xring 01 to electric cars or if the goal is more ambitious and seeks to create its own complete hardware platform. The company has TSMC as an ally, but the design runs on its side. Competing to lead on platforms for new mobility is the next step for a Xiaomi that aspires to conquer almost all of the technological product categories. There Huawei has special advantage with Your Driveone platformone that gives life to Chinese vehicles like the Luxeed S7 or Aito’s latest proposals, such as the M5 and M7. The limitations. The United States Department of Commerce has tried to advise China, urging its national EDA software companies (electronic design automation software) to stop selling your products to your rivals. This software is key to the development of new lithographic processes, and one of the keys to lead the next generation of 2 Nm. Consequently, giants such as Xiaomi will have it complicated to continue improving the design of their chips. As much as TSMC is the one who manufactures them, falls into their hands to design their architecture. The current competitiveness of this chip resides largely in Your 3nm nodewhile China struggles to achieve ability to Manufacture 5 Nm national chips. There is a strong national movement in China to overcome this limitation and boost an EDA industry within the country. It is something that will end up happening, although not in the immediate future. Xiaomi’s great opportunity. Shanghai Xuanjie Technologies, the Xiaomi chips design subsidiary led by former Qualcomm and Ex Unisoc, is an important threat to the United States, with and without TSMC within the equation. The division has shown that, with the necessary tools, the design quality in Xiaomi semiconductors is up to the best. And there are the keys. How much will take advantage of that they can still collaborate with TSMC, and how much of a Xiaomi preparing its complete independence from the United States and seeking to be as competitive as Huawei on platforms for the car of the future. Image | Xiaomi In Xataka | An unexpected war has opened in China: Byd, Catl and Huawei fight for having the final electric car charger

Google wants to replicate in its glasses with Android’s success in mobiles. Unlike Glass in 2013, now it makes sense

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In 2013, Google Glass He promised to revolutionize our day to day with smart glasses that would give us real -time information. However, the project ran into multiple obstacles that led him to commercial failure. Now, more than a decade later, Google bets again on a similar proposal, but this time The cards on the table are completely different For two reasons: Android XR and Gemini. “If you go back and look at the original video of Google Glass’s launch, I think the vision was great. This idea of ​​a product that you can take and that gives you the right information at the right time was incredible. An interview during the Google I/O In Googleplex offices in Mountain View, California. The equation that was missing in Glass Image | Antonio Zugaldia The Google I/O. has left us with great novelties Around the company’s products and ecosystem. Almost overnight, Google bombard us with A flood of functions and products oriented to its Android ecosystem that Gemini has hugged strongly. Among some of the most prominent aspects we could try THE NEW AI MODE which replaces Google’s traditional searches with Search Live, Flow with the new Image 4 models and I see 3and even the new mixed reality devices with Android XR as Project Moohan and His glasses with Gemini. Payne has given us more context about the plans that the company has for the New ecosystem they are developing with Android XRwhich already borrows all the work behind android for mobiles. The Executive identifies three key elements that were not present at the time of Google Glass and that now exist: artificial intelligence, an ecosystem of robust applications and truly usable hardware. Image | Xataka “One thing that did not exist was the AI. Make Those experiences They were reality required some fundamental advances in artificial intelligence that had simply not occurred yet. Gemini is here now, “Payne explains. The second factor is the application ecosystem. While for Glass the developers had to build specific applications in a special development environment, Android XR takes a radically different approach. “We are building a platform. We work with the ecosystem. We include all Android developers. Now, instead that developers have to create a new application, the app simply works,” says Payne. Image | Xataka This approach means that All Android applications will work on Android XRfrom mobile phones to virtual reality glasses and devices, eliminating the input barrier that existed previously. With this, Google wants to leave behind That fragmentation problem That has been ballasting Android for years, offering universal compatibility, unified development tools and the use of open standards such as Webxr, Openxr and Vulkan to expand their ecosystem. Gemini as an intermediary between the software and us Interface that Google raises for Android XR in Project Moohan | Image: Google “We think Gemini is for XR what the touch screen was for smartphones,” says Payne, establishing a parallelism with The 2007 iPhone which changed the mobile industry forever. According to Payne during the interview, Google’s vision for his smart glasses is to create “a natural conversational interface that understands what is important for you and gives you the right information at the right time.” Glasses, equipped with cameras and microphones, They can feed Gemini with real world informationwhile the connection with the phone gives access to the user’s digital world. Real -time translation test with Gemini at glasses | Image: Google Glasses that people really want to wear The third pillar is hardware. Google has made significant investments in screens technology, such as The acquisition of Raxumwhich manufactures “tiny and efficient energy” monolithic micro LED screens, according to the manager. The company also seems to be considered as important Collaboration with brands Fashionable like Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to create “really elegant glasses, glasses that people really want to wear.” “What we learned is that people really need to feel that they wear normal glasses to wear them all the time,” Payne acknowledges about the lessons learned from Glass. And to see, the proposal that Google offered in 2013 with Glass cool a lot, but to win the mass public, perhaps opting for One more approach mainstream In design be more appropriate. Proof of this is the irrefutable success of the Ray-Ban Meta Not as a product, which also, but as a format. Privacy of what we know in Android PROJECT MOOHAN | Image: Xataka Aware of privacy concerns generated by a continuous recording device, Payne also told us more about the approach that Google is adopting in privacy and security. On the one hand, the idea is that the device offer key switches and markers To know when the user is recording, activating their location or sending their information to their servers. “Privacy ends up being the basis of anything we develop around the ecosystem,” says Payne. In the current prototype we cannot talk that these measures have been applied because they are not for sale to the public yet and everything indicates that the company still has a long journey ahead before marketing its glasses. Of course, Payne has been able to advance that The idea is to apply the Android already familiar permissions framework related to privacy, together with that series of switches and mechanisms incorporated into the hardware to protect the user. It is clear that having constantly connected glasses and that they see everything your eyes see must land with a crucial and determining approach in this aspect. The explosion with AI can be the ideal time to boost this technology As we have seen, for Android XR to stop being a niche and become a mainstream product, Payne identifies The confluence of three factors: abundant and useful applications, diversity of devices for different needs, and a powerful interface fed by AI. “No one is saying: ‘Do you know what I want to do? I want to wear a helmet. I want to wear smart glasses. I don’t know what they do, but … Read more

The Inditex formula for Zara’s success is not new. The new thing is that they tell her

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Inditex has put numbers and letters to its operation. His CEO, Óscar García Maceiras, presented the group’s formula in an academic forum, according to Expansion: (m + c + s + p) · v Fashion, client, sustainability and people, all multiplied by values. The idea is simple: translate half a century of business evolution into an understandable structure. And give clues about what is coming. The context. Zara turns 50 with difficult figures to discuss: more than 38,000 million income and 6,000 million benefit. But the environment has changed to the point of rethinking priorities before The rise of online sale. It is no longer enough for the model to work; Now you also have to explain it. And do it well. The formula does not provide revelation, but a signal: large companies not only compete in products, also in a story. And in a sector under greater pressure than ever – by its environmental footprint, its consumption model, its public exhibition – that story has to be clear, assumed and, above all, credible. In detail: m: Fast but reactive fashion. c: Customer as a sensor and motor. s: Sustainability as a process, not as achievement. p: People as the basis of the system. v: Values ​​that cohesive culture and direction. It is a frame. And as such, more useful to align inwards than to convince out. Between the lines. The equation comes at a time where companies need to seem as transparent as efficient. Converting complexity into formula is a form of story control: decides what to tell before others count on you. The relevant thing is not that Inditex has a formula, but that it believes it is necessary to communicate it. In that is the key: fashion is no longer defended only in catwalks or balances, also in the frames that build their legitimacy. In Xataka | Inditex has been opening Zara Megatiendas for years throughout the world. The problem is that they are ceasing to be so profitable Outstanding image | Praswin Prakashan in Unspash

Machu Picchu has become a world tourist destination. Now face the unwanted consequence: die of success

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Machu Picchu is one of the most popular icons in Peru, one of its greatest heritage treasures and a powerful magnet for tourists who only during the first two months of 2025 attracted more than 191,000 visitorsalmost 17% more than in 2024. For that reason, the Inca citadel of Cusco faces the same threat that looms over other large international destinations, such as Mount Fujithe monumental areas of Rome, Venice and Florence either The pyramids of Guiza, in Egypt, to cite only a handful of examples: tourist saturation. So They just warned The Peruvian authorities, who have launched a notice to navigators: the “tourist overload” of the Inca city threatens its conservation. What happened? That the Would control general Of the Republic, an autonomous body responsible for ensuring the assets and resources of Peru, has just made a warning to the country’s ministry of culture: Machu Picchu is suffering a “tourist overload.” The problem has been detected both in the old citadel and in the Inca road network (Qhapaq Ñan), he Road System of the Incas. After verifying the influx of visitors, the general control has come to the conclusion that there is an excess of tourists that puts “at risk” the conservation of both points and affects their “structure and ecosystem.” And if that message had not been clear enough, warns: To extend, that situation could lead to Machu Picchu ending in the World Heritage List in Danger of UNESCO, a risk that he already faced A few years ago. What is the problem? The Peruvian agency provides concrete data to support its complaints. Between April 17 and 30 of this year its operators detected “an overload” of 2,505 people on the upper terrace of the Inca city (Route 1-B). And it was not an isolated case. In May they estimate that this saturation will reach 1,546 users. What does that mean? That authorized maximum aguoros are repeatedly overcome in the protected space. “Although the sustainable access limit to said AES area of ​​450 people per day in regular or low season, the sale of tickets for daily income from 549 to 789 users was evidenced. And while in high season the limit is 490 people, access tickets of between 495 and 639 users were sold.” The key, They need From the control, although the state platform for the sale of tickets is respected the capacity of the upper terrace of the LlaqtaVisitors arrive on the road network. Is there more data? Yes. The agency has also detected a considerable “overload” of 836 visitors, on Route 5 of the Inca road network between April 17 and 30. In May the data will amount to 1,490. “Although the permitted capacity is 250 people per day, the sale of tickets for the entry of 300 users between tourists, guides and support personnel was evidence insist From the entity. In the case of the Route Route designedanother of the great tourist claims in the region, saturation reached 1,368 visitors during the last 13 days of April and set 1,248 people in May. The control even speaks of “errors in the sales platform” that “make it difficult to plan the number of visitors.” Why is it a worrying? Because that excess tourists can take its toll to the deposits. “These situations do not guarantee the conservation of the areas because the constant transit of visitors could cause the erosion of the soil in areas with pronounced slopes and nearby areas, as well as the compaction of the land due warns The entity. Something similar would happen on the route, where the technicians consider that the “overload” endangers the residential and ceremonial area for the wear of the stone. Is it something new? Yes. And no. The touch of attention of the control of the Ministry of Culture of Peru is new, but as it is responsible for remembering the body itself in Your official statement It is not the first time that the preservation of Machu Picchu generates debate. In 2017, UNESCO He examined the situation of the Inca citadel to decide whether or not to include it in the world heritage list. The problem, explained at that time from UNESCO, was not so much the state in which the sanctuary was, as the management of the “long -term” environment. “The difficulties are in the control of tourist flow in the area”, warned. E that occasion the Unesco chose not to register To Machu Picchu on his list, but he would control it, he remembers that this option could be on the table again. Is it a real risk? I would control it like this seems to believe it. In fact, he recalls that at the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in July last year in New Delhi, the state of the Inca deposit was approached. “Concern about the state of conservation of the historical sanctuary was expressed in relation to several aspects, including the high number of daily visitors that has generated pressure on the structures and the natural environment of the site.” The truth is that Peru It has moved token so that his great tourist claim does not die of success. At the beginning of this year the authorities of Cusco and the headquarters of the Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu They announced that would reinforce the safety and control in access to the citadel after a field guard be convicted of accepting bribes to pass to tourists skipping the rules. To avoid repeating episodes thus Cusco promised to reinforce inspections by the police and install cameras. Machu Picchu is one of Peru’s great claims: only during the first two months of 2025 attracted More than 191,000 peoplepromoting national tourism to record figures. Images | Eddie Kiszka (UNSPLASH) and Shashi Bellamkonda (Flickr) In Xataka | For decades the families adapted their vacations to travel with children. Today sends another priority: pets

The True Crime are such success that the creators of the least scrupulous have been thrown over the genre, opening a moral debate

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He True Crime It is a genre that, Despite its immense popularityis ethically more in question than ever: controversial like The recent book by José Breton They make the public propose the scope and consequences of the documentaries on real events. That now look at a new border, with the creation of content by the based on real events. Or even beyond: completely inventing crimes. The tremendist. “The husband’s secret gay romance with his stepson ends up in a spooky murder” or “the secret romance of a wife with a neighbor’s teenage daughter ends up in a spooky murder” are some of the titles of True Crime Case Files’ videos. It was a channel missing today in which they were related, normally before static images and generated by artificial intelligence, crimes that could go through real. But intentionally, the author concealed the artificial origin not only of the images, but also of the stories, which he generated through Chatgpt. A subgenre. They soon caught the attention, How has 404 averageof journalists from the real locations mentioned in the videos, who were surprised not to have heard of such striking cases. When it was made public that the content was generated by AI, but this was not mentioned anywhere, YouTube canceled this and other channels of its person responsible for breaking the conditions of the platform (among others, “Children’s Security policies, which prohibit the sexualization of minors”). It is still possible to access the content in audio format, however, Through platforms like Spotify. The cartoon is not enough. The head of True Crime Case Files was an AI programmer who had already dedicated himself to generating small parodies of romantic comedies Hallmark type on YouTube o Fill content on social networks such as Facebook. According to 404 Media, he disproportionately exaggerated the details of the cases so that it was evident that it was invented cases but, as with Facebook and Instagram videos obviously generated by thethere are dozens of people who believe them. Other True Crime with Ia. Of course, the case of True Crime Case Files is not isolated, although perhaps it is the only one who has tried to go through real crimes his stories: Cen Stories It has the same visual style, in the images and in the holders, and a disclaimer which warns of the content generated by AI, although the notice appears only in the description, buried between summaries and hashtags, and not within the video itself. In Tiktok they also abound, always specifying its artificial origins, and in innumerable variants. In Detective Challenge The cases are invented, and in Thruecrimeaimedia real facts are mixed with invented. There are channels in Spanish, such as Based cases And others who not only tell crimes, such as my history, but also introduce morbid cases of historical cases, such as Nero’s castrated lover or make popular cases of cinema and television, such as Freddy Krueger’s cases. A catalog of channels, some closer to moral limits than others, but all taking advantage of AI to generate three or four videos a week that accumulate thousands of visits. More garbage. Although all these cases are covered from a legal point of view, they undoubtedly have traits in common with what is known as’Slop‘, Low quality content generated by AI and that floods social networks. The least thing is that it can be distinguished whether it is artificial material or not but how the platforms themselves favor these contents with the algorithm, since The amount interests more than the quality. What is the use of True Crime. To this are added their own limits of True Crimethat since their origin in novels such as ‘in cold blood’ played with the confusion between reality and fantasy. Crime and suspense films have always been inspiring their stories in real cases, which manipulate according to dramatic interests but without accrediting their origins in reality, which perhaps also has moral gray areas that should explore. Often Documentaries are criticized True Crime for exploiting the trauma of the victims and their families and transform your suffering into a showbut the use of AI adds a new layer. Artificial intelligence feeds on documentation of real and fictitious cases, and proposes an indistinguishable amalgam of reality that can become more harmful: sensationalism twists the facts, and the AI ​​does, but in an even more perverse way. Crime ethics. The ethics that are supposed to a media traditional is blurred in these cases, submerged in a misty area where reality and fantasy are confused, but without attending ethical limits, what is worse? A story manufactured but whose characteristics are identical to a real case, or a True Crime that proves its similarities with reality, but that the hurry and lack of means lead to videos that feed the morbidity of the spectators without the need to respond to legal limits? He True Crime It continues to evolve, and not necessarily towards more reassuring areas. Header | Cen Stories In Xataka | The ‘True Crime’ pending black Spain: the cases that television fiction have not yet dared to play

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

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