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five offers in technology, today April 5

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Until tomorrow, April 6 at 9:00 a.m., MediaMarkt will have an offer campaign aimed at devices for the home, called in this case as Special home. Offers that focus above all on devices for cleaning the house, dehumidifiers and even refrigerators. Therefore, we are going to review some of the best deals that the store has right now. Xiaomi Vacuum Cleaner G20 Lite by 79.99 eurosa very economical cordless vacuum cleaner with good suction power. Cecotec Conga M50 by 99.90 eurosa robot vacuum cleaner with a double water and dust tank. Rowenta Extreme Dry Compact DH5260 by 199 eurosa dehumidifier with a capacity of 16 liters per day. Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute by 499 eurosa cordless vacuum cleaner with good power and autonomy of up to 60 minutes. Samsung Smart RB38C705CWW/EF by 730 eurosa combi refrigerator with a capacity of 390 liters. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Xiaomi Vacuum Cleaner G20 Lite If you’ve been looking for a while cordless upright vacuum cleanerhe Xiaomi Vacuum Cleaner G20 Lite It stands out above all for its quality-price ratio, especially now that it is on sale at MediaMarkt for 79.99 euros. It offers an autonomy of up to 45 minutes and a suction power of 18,000 Pa and has a multi-surface brush and a narrow nozzle for corners. Xiaomi Vacuum Cleaner G20 Lite The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Cecotec Conga M50 On the other hand, if what you are looking for is a robot vacuum cleaner and you don’t want to spend more than 100 euros, the Cecotec Conga M50 right now it’s on sale for 99.90 euros. It includes laser navigation to create a map of the house and make it more efficient (and not crash as much when encountering walls), offers a suction power of 5,000 Pa and comes with a water tank for the mop. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Rowenta Extreme Dry Compact DH5260 There are also some offers on dehumidifiers, and the one that stands out the most is the Rowenta Extreme Dry Compact DH5260whose price has dropped to 199 euros. It is a dehumidifier that is capable of removing 16 liters of humidity per day in a space of up to 100 square meters, the noise level is 42.5 dB in the lowest power mode, it includes a removable three-liter tank with a fill alert, it comes with a dust filter and also a handle to transport it to other rooms. Rowenta Extreme Dry Compact DH5260 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute If the previous Xiaomi vacuum cleaner falls short and you are looking for something more complete, MediaMarkt has the model on offer Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute by 499 euros. This vacuum cleaner offers a good power of 150 AW, its autonomy is approximately 60 minutes and includes a screen that shows the amount and type of dirt vacuumed. In addition, it comes with a good assortment of accessories, such as a motorbar brush for all types of floors or a low area adapter for the most difficult to reach places, among others. Dyson V12 Detect Slim Absolute The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung Smart RB38C705CWW/EF Finally, MediaMarkt also has some refrigerators on offer, and one of the most interesting is the Samsung Smart RB38C705CWW/EFwhich in this case with the discount remains at 730 euros. It is a combi refrigerator with a capacity of 390 liters that has All-Around Cooling technology so that all the food on each shelf is kept at the same temperature. It also includes a drawer to keep food fresh at a good temperature. Samsung Smart RB38C705CWW/EF The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Image | MediaMarkt and Compradicción (header), Xiaomi, Cecotec, Rowenta, Dyson, Samsung In Xataka | Best handheld vacuum cleaners: which one to buy and 6 + 1 recommended models from just over 30 euros In Xataka | One day you are young and the next you have copied your parents’ vacuum cleaner

the best deals we have found today, March 31

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Holy Week has already started and with it days of vacation and rest for many. If you are thinking of renewing some of your devices and want to do it at the best price, amazon It has discounts on technology that may interest you. These are the best bargains that we found today, March 31. Apple iPad 11 Inch: A16 Chip The price could vary. We earn commission from these links smartphone Xiaomi POCO X8 Pro by 369 euros: 6.59 inches and 512 GB. Tablet Apple iPad 11-inch WiFi + Cellular by 764.20 euros: 11 inches and 512 GB. surveillance camera Reolink Solar Floodlight Cam by 85 euros: with lights and battery that is charged with a solar panel. V16 beacon Brosstall with accessories by 31.53 euros: with non-slip suction cup and power adapter. air fryer Cosori Dual Blaze by 109.99 euros: 6.4 liters and with an app with more than 90 recipes. Xiaomi POCO X8 Pro Smartphone If you are thinking of buying a cell phone this Easter and want one that has a good configuration at a reduced price, this Xiaomi POCO X8 Pro It’s a good option right now. In its maximum configuration (12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage) it is available with a 23% discount today, being able to buy it for 369 euros. This Xiaomi Poco has a screen 6.59 inch AMOLED and 1.5K resolution. Its battery is 6,500 mAh and supports 100 W HyperCharge charging. The brain of this smartphone is the Dimensity 8500-Ultra processor and the photographic system is signed by Sony, with a 50 MP main lens. XIAOMI POCO X8 Pro – 12+512GB Smartphone The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Apple iPad 11-inch WiFi + Cellular Tablet The iPad is, without a doubt, one of the undisputed queens in the tablet sector. On Amazon, this iPad with A16 chip It is the best seller and, now, it has a 18% discountbeing a good time to buy it. Specifically, it is available for 764.20 euros. This iPad has a 11-inch Liquid Retina display with Touch ID. The most interesting thing is that it is the WiFi version and 5G connectivity, so you will always have access to the Internet (as long as you use an eSIM). In addition, it comes with an internal storage of 512 GB, more than enough for you to store movies, photos and thousands of documents. Apple iPad 11 Inch: A16 Chip The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Reolink Solar Floodlight Cam Surveillance Camera These Easter holidays can be a good time to start equipping your home for summer. If you are worried about home security, this Reolink solar surveillance camera is a bargain now. It is reduced to 99.99 euros and, in addition, you have a 15% extra discount coupon (which you have to apply before adding the product to the basket). It remains available for 85 euros. It is a surveillance camera solar with spotlights. It offers 2K resolution and motion-activated lighting up to 1,000 lumens. Besides, solar poweredso you can forget about having it plugged in, making it an ideal option for patios and houses with gardens. Reolink Solar Floodlight Cam Solar Surveillance Camera The price could vary. We earn commission from these links V16 Brosstall beacon with accessories If you are going to travel during Easter and do not want your car trip to become a via crucis due to a fine for not carrying the V16 beacon, Amazon has a 55% discount This Brosstall model that comes with some very interesting accessories. Its price, at the moment, is 31.53 euros. In addition to one’s own V16 beacon (with built-in geolocation until 2038), this approved model stands out for its accessories. The most interesting is the power adapter with 1.5 meter cable that it comes with, as well as its silicone support with non-slip suction cup (ideal for cars with glass roofs). Brosstall V16 DGT Approved Beacon with Geolocation + accessories The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Cosori Dual Blaze Air Fryer If you stay home at Easter and want to cook healthy (and for many people), this Cosori air fryer It is one of the bargains that are worth it today on Amazon. It’s about the model Dual Blaze WiFiwhich is available now for 109.99 euros. This Cosori is an airfryer with 6.4 liter capacity and a minimalist design that fits perfectly in any kitchen. It comes with 11 programmed cooking functions and more than 90 recipes are available in the app. Its basket can be put in the dishwasher and as it has a WiFi connection, you can monitor all the cooking progress from your mobile phone. Cosori Dual Blaze Air Fryer WiFi The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Xiaomi, Apple, Cosori, Brosstall and Reolink In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Best mobile phones in quality price. Which one to buy based on use and seven recommended models

today it is a luxury hotel

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Not all hotels start from scratch. Some are born on buildings that already had a history long before becoming a tourist destination, and few cases in Spain are as clear as that of Canfranc. This old international station stands in the Aragonese Pyrenees, a large-scale railway project that It ended up closing its doors in 1970. For decades, its imposing silhouette remained abandoned, converted into one of the most recognizable images of the forgotten railway legacy. Today, that same space has changed its function without completely losing what it was. To understand why Canfranc became what it was, you have to look beyond the building and focus on its function. The station was born as a piece key in the railway connection between Spain and France, at a time when this type of infrastructure set the pace of European transport. Its location was not accidental, it was designed to articulate the passage through the Pyrenees and facilitate the international exchange of travelers and goods. Everything about it responded to that logic, from its size to the complexity of its facilities, which placed it among the large railway complexes of its time. From monumental station to five-star hotel The history of Canfranc goes far beyond its function as railway infrastructure. Its position on the border made it an especially sensitive point in one of the most turbulent periods of the 20th century. During World War II, the station was the scene of constant movementssome visible and others much less, linked both to the transit of people seeking to leave Europe and to operations related to the conflict. This context left a mark that is difficult to separate from the building itself, which went from being a symbol of international connection to becoming a place crossed by tensions. That stage ended definitively in 1970, when the station closed its doors and left behind a large-scale infrastructure that was left without a clear function. From there began a long period of abandonment in which the building was exposed to deteriorationwithout activity and without a project that would guarantee its conservation. For decades, Canfranc went from being a transit point to becoming an immobile presence in the landscape, as imposing as it was disconnected from everyday life. Even so, its size, its architecture and everything it represented prevented it from falling into oblivion. Canfranc’s recovery was not immediate or easy. After decades without use, the building required a profound intervention to adapt it to a new purpose. without erasing what made it recognizable. The transformation project opted to convert the old station into a hotelbut with a clear premise, preserving its character and its distinctive elements. The challenge was even greater in the case of a property declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2002, which required respecting its architecture and its heritage value while incorporating the necessary infrastructure to give it a second life in the 21st century. That intention of preserving the identity of the building was transferred directly to the interior. The hotel’s design seeks to evoke the 1920s through materials, colors and decorative details, while maintaining constant references to the place’s railway past. Elements like woodbrass or the richest fabrics coexist with an atmosphere that looks back to that era, while old transit spaces have been converted into areas of the hotel, such as the reception. Everything is designed so that history is not just on the walls, but is part of the experience of whoever stays there. Beyond its historical value, the hotel operates today as a high-end accommodation with a fairly complete offering. It has 104 roomsincluding four suites, designed to offer a comfortable stay in a very particular environment, surrounded by the landscape of the Aragonese Pyrenees. Added to this is a wellness area with a heated pool and gym, as well as other services typical of its category. It is not a minor fact: Canfranc Estación is, according to Barceló, the only five-star Grand Luxury hotel in Aragon. An important part of the current proposal involves what happens beyond the rooms. The hotel articulates its offer around three restaurants, with a gastronomic commitment that combines Aragonese tradition and contemporary techniques, and which includes a Michelin star and a sun from the Repsol guide. All of this is framed in a very specific mountain environment, that of the Aragonese Pyrenees, with close access to ski resorts such as Candanchú and Astún, as well as different natural routes. This combination expands the experience and turns the stay into something more than just a night in a unique building. Today Canfranc is not only visited, it is also inhabited in a different way than it was originally conceived. What was once a rapid transit space has become a place to stop, spend time and experience the environment from within. This new function does not eliminate its past, but rather incorporates it as part of the experience, allowing the visitor to understand the place while they visit and use it. A good part of its uniqueness rests on that balance between what was and what is. Images | Barceló Group | SGH | Jon Worth In Xataka | A century ago Denmark built an island to defend its capital. Now it is full of tourists and is sold for ten million

The Navy mapped Cádiz by hand 230 years ago with sickening precision. Today it helps us to see how it has changed

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We tend to think of geography as a static canvas, unchanged by the passage of our short lives; however, when cartographic science It allows us to look into a window several centuries old, the reality is very different. And it is very different because the coast moves and changes, having in Spain a great example in the Bay of Cadizwhich has undergone a fascinating metamorphosis in recent centuries, and the secret to understanding it lies in a technical and scientific prodigy dated 1789. How it looks. We do not have (at the moment) a time machine to go back in our history, but we do have historical documents that do almost the same effect. One of the last analyzed has been the map of the port of Cádiz, a nautical chart which documents in obsessive detail what this region was like more than 230 years ago. A ‘Google Maps’. To understand the value of this document, you must travel to the period between 1783 and 1788. In the midst of the Enlightenment, the need to control the vital Atlantic routes required leaving behind approximate maps and embracing scientific rigor to be much more exact. Here was the brigadier of the Royal Navy Vicente Tofiño de San Miguel, then director of the Marine Guard Academies, who orchestrated the spectacular Maritime Atlas of Spain. The map of Cádiz, which is one of the 47 plates that make up this atlas, is a masterpiece of hydrographic engineering of the time. Outlined by the cartographer Felipe Bauzá and engraved by Fernando Selma, this 56.5 x 87 cm map mounted on canvas shows the cartography of the coast from Rota to the Sancti Petri river with a scale of 1:30,000. What makes it special. It is not only its aesthetics, but the data it contains by integrating precise toponyms, the exact location of the historic salt mines, military arsenals and even detailed bathymetric data mediated in “Castilian fathoms”. And with this basis, and after comparing it with the reality of the present, we can know how a piece of land has changed over time. The threat of sedimentation. Since 1726, the accumulation of sediments was a headache for maritime traffic in Cádiz as it is today. The cartographic comparison shows how the currents and the mouths of the rivers have been filling in parts of the bay, altering the natural draft and forcing the reconfiguration of port areas throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The historic salt flats. In 1789, the map shows a vast and intricate network of salt mines that dominated the landscape, a crucial economic driver at the time since the value of salt was very high. But this has remained in the past, since the urban expansion of municipalities like Puerto Real and industrialization has devoured these salt flats. The coastal profile. In this case, comparisons between the past and present show us how the coastline has advanced and receded. In this way, areas that were previously estuaries or marshes are now dry land or port infrastructure that we have reclaimed from the sea, demonstrating the intense mark that man leaves on the environment. Anyone can see it. Fortunately, this piece of technological history is no longer confined to inaccessible display cases, since the National Geographic Institute It is available for download in its map library with the aim that any researcher can access it and draw conclusions like the ones we see today. Images | Nerea Garcia IGN In Xataka | One of the most impressive bridges in Europe is in Cádiz, it has a removable section and the largest span in Spain

the best offers from MediaMarkt and El Corte Inglés in technology, today March 21

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After a very busy Spring Sale Festival in terms of the number of bargains, both MediaMarkt and El Corte Inglés have started two very powerful campaigns: The Great Renewal and Super Technopricesrespectively. Are there any good offers? Well, yes there are, so in this article we are going to review five of the best ones we have found. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links nintendo switch 2 by 459 eurosthe console with a gift video game. Google Pixel 10a by 466.65 euros when registering in the store, the latest Google mobile with a more reasonable price. MacBook Air M4 by 899 eurosApple’s laptop with one of its best discounts to date. Sony WH-1000XM5 by 212.93 eurosheadphones with very good active noise cancellation. Hisense 98E7Q by 999 eurosa huge 98-inch television. nintendo switch 2 If you still don’t have the nintendo switch 2 and you are waiting for a good offer, MediaMarkt right now has it reduced by 459 euros with a discount of 10 euros. Nevertheless, gives you a video game to choose from between: Kirby Air Riders. Hades 2. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Banishment. Metroid Prime 4 Beyond. It is worth mentioning that this promotion can be used with the console itself (459 euros) or with the pack that includes Mario Kart World (499 euros). Nintendo Switch 2 + game of your choice The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Google Pixel 10a Just a few weeks ago the Google Pixel 10a and it can finally be purchased at a discount after the introductory offer. If you register with MediaMarktits price goes from 549 euros to 466.65 euros. It is a good phone if you value compact size, but you also get a good photography section and a very good screen. Google Pixel 10a (128GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links MacBook Air M4 There are not a few offers that the MacBook Air M4 since its launch, and now we are facing one of the best. By 899 euroswe can have at home a lightweight laptop (1.24 kg) which incorporates Apple’s M4 processor. Its screen is 13 inches and it comes with a configuration of 16 GB of unified memory and 256 GB of internal storage. MacBook Air M4 (16GB, 256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sony WH-1000XM5 They will not have the best price we have seen to date, but for 212.93 euros at El Corte Inglés the Sony WH-1000XM5 They are left with a very attractive discount (33% specifically). Have one of the best active cancellations we’ve tried So far, their battery lasts for many hours of use and they are quite comfortable. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Hisense 98E7Q We see more and more large televisions with more reasonable prices. But the Hisense 98E7Q model is “something else.” By 999 euroswe are talking about a smart TV that incorporates a 98 inch screenso it’s huge. Furthermore, although its size is the highlight, the good thing does not end there: it is compatible with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, its panel has QLED technology and it comes with the integrated Alexa voice assistant. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | MediaMarkt, El Corte Inglés and Compradicción (header), Nintendo, Google, Apple, Sony, Hisense In Xataka | The best mobile phones, we have tested them and here are their analyzes In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which one to buy and seven recommended 4K smart TVs

I spent 8 hours a day watching porn to train the AI. Today he leads the workers union that fights against that

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Spend a workday tagging porn there’s nothing fun about it. Content moderators They have been denouncing terrible working conditions for years and now The same thing is happening with data labeling to train AI. In 404media They tell the story of Michael Geoffrey, a Kenyan who spent months working for two AI companies, until they completely destroyed his mental health. The jobs. Michael stayed in front of his computer for eight hours watching porn, describing what was happening in the images in great detail. It was no affiliation, but rather he worked for a data labeling company that then used all those descriptions to train AI models. When the day was over, his second job awaited him at a sexual AI chatbot company. In this job, Michael had to maintain sexual conversations with users, adopting whatever role was necessary each time; I had to pretend to be a man, a woman, straight, homosexual… and of course adapt to the context in each conversation. Behind the AI. Although they have the last name IA, in reality These sexbots have a lot of human work behind them. That is, when someone talks to their girlfriend or boyfriend AIyou may be talking to a real person. Michael wrote his testimony and said that he had to fake intimate connections with anonymous users. Their interactions were then used to train the AI. In the case of data labeling, workers are exposed to all types of content, some extremely violent. For example, for AI to be able to detect content of sexual abuse and violence, these workers must see thousands of images of abuse and extreme violence, and all for ridiculous salaries. In a Time reportthey said that one of these companies paid between 1.3 and 2 dollars net per hour. The consequences. After several months on the job, Michael suffered from insomnia, stress and began to have problems having sexual relations. He tells 404media that “there came a point where my body no longer responded. When I saw someone naked, I didn’t even feel anything.” Endless hours, exposure to very unpleasant content and very low salaries. Some claim that it is like a form of modern slavery. The companies behind. One of them is Sama, a San Francisco-based company that defines itself as “the perfect example of ethical AI.” It’s the company that paid 2 dollars an hour. Another company that has also been at the center of the controversy is Remotasks, a Scale AI subsidiaryone of the largest labeling companies. It was founded by Alexandr Wang, current head of AI at Meta. By Remotasks it is said that he pays late and often not the amount that was originally promised. These and other similar companies They are outsourced by OpenAIGoogle, Meta and more to train your AI models. The workers organize. Currently, Michael is the secretary of the Data Labelers Association of Kenyaan organization that wants to give voice and make visible the work of these underpaid and invisible workers. Other organizations have also been created such as African Content Moderators and Tech Workers who demand better working conditions and resources to care for the mental health of workers. In Xataka | People Blaming ChatGPT for Causing Delusions and Suicides: What’s Really Happening with AI and Mental Health Image | Data Labelers Association

More than 40 years ago we discovered a mysterious hexagon on Saturn. Today there is only one possible explanation

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If there is a planet within the Solar system as enigmatic as it is striking, it is Saturn. And not just because of their rings, probably caused by a collision of their moons. But it’s not the only thing that baffles the scientific community: if you look at Saturn’s north pole from space, you will discover a perfect geometric shape: a hexagon. 30,000 kilometers in diameter. To get the idea, two planets could fit inside it. Of that mysterious hexagon We know that it is there at least since 1981, when the Voyager 2 probe flew over the planet, leaving testimony of its existence. It is not that nature is not capable of making geometric shapes, but the hexagon is not exactly the most common. The latest and most solid hypothesis that attempts to elucidate what Saturn’s hexagon is to date was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offering a possible explanation: the internal dynamics of the planet’s atmosphere. The hypothesis. What the research team from Harvard’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences suggests is that the hexagon is not a surface structure, but rather is generated by rotating deep convection inside Saturn. The turbulence of the deep layers of its atmosphere generates vortices that push and bend a high-speed air current that surrounds the north pole, deforming it so much that it acquires its hexagonal shape. The hexagon is not the storm, it is the trace of what happens underneath. Qor why it’s important. Because we have been carrying around the mystery of the hexagon since 1981 and none of the previous theories fit as well as this one, capable of generating the hexagon from basic physics without artifice. Also, it answers a question: how far do Saturn’s winds reach? According to this model, to the bottom. On the other hand, if this explanation is correct, it changes the perception of how we understand the dynamics of giant planets, not just Saturn. Saturn hexagon with images from the Cassini probe. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute context. Before this 2020 theory, there were two clear sides: The forced Rossby wave proposed that the hexagon was an atmospheric wave held in place by an anticyclone, visible south of the pole in Voyager 2 data. When the Cassini probe arrived at Saturn in 2004, there was no trace of that anticyclone. That of the surface jet suggested that the hexagon was a surface wind that, when it becomes unstable, undulates and adopts a polygon shape. The problem was that it needed a starting current. Furthermore, it places the phenomenon in superficial layers, which contradicts the gravitational data of Cassini’s Grand Finale whose gravitational data suggest that Saturn’s winds maintain their intensity up to 100,000 bars of pressure. In both cases, they all reproduced the hexagon if you already gave them a base wind, but none of them generated it from scratch. How have they done it. The methodology is quite abstract, but roughly what they did was simulate a slice of Saturn, spinning it and heating it from below and letting physics act. No winds or hexes in the initial setup. So much the code used in the simulation like the data They are openly available, so anyone can reproduce and verify the results. Yes, but. The hypothesis developed by the Harvard team may be the best so far, but the paper itself recognizes Some objections to take into account. Thus, the simulation polygon is faster than what happens in reality, something that could be solved with a more powerful simulation. The simulation polygon moves faster than what happens in reality, something the authors attribute to the computational power available. Furthermore, the simulation only tests specific conditions and for a relatively short time: no one has yet verified whether the result holds under different parameters or on longer time scales. In Xataka | We have just discovered a true cosmic anomaly: an “invisible” galaxy made up almost 100% of dark matter In Xataka | A new “solar system” has just been discovered. There’s just one problem: it shouldn’t exist. Cover | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

In 1987 he had a problem displaying images on his Mac, so he created an app. Today it is the most used image editor in history

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Maybe with Nano Banana There are people who have banished Photoshop, but the image editor is the tool that has accompanied photography professionals for decades, almost on par with their camera. In fact, it achieved something only within the reach of very few technological products: becoming a verb and even enter the dictionary. We Photoshop an image and Google it on the internet. Like many other milestones, Photoshop was born by chance: It was the result of a screen that did not know how to show grays. In figures. In these almost 40 years of Photoshop’s life, the editor has been accumulating astronomical data of its progress. Its launch price in 1990 was $895. No joke, it would be equivalent to $2,100 today. It has never been a home software but a professional one. Adobe closed last year with record turnover of 23.77 billion dollars. In 2024 billing was of 21,510 million dollars, of which subscriptions represented 20,521 million dollars. In 2013 Adobe played all its cards on the subscription. Time has proven him right: in twelve years it went from 4,000 million annual billing to almost 24 billion in 2025. How it all started. It’s 1987 and Thomas Knoll was pursuing a doctorate at the University of Michigan in computer vision. Then he had a problem: his Mac Plus had a monochrome screen unable to display grayscale images, only pure black and white. So he wrote a few lines of code to fix it. He called it Display. His little program did the trick, but that was it: he had no intention of commercializing it. The one who did have a nose for the business was his brother John, who at that time worked at Industrial Light & Magic (George Lucas’ company in charge of making Star Wars special effects): convinced him to develop the entire program. Brothers and partners, they sold the license to Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1988. From layers to AI. Photoshop 1.0 would see the light of day in February 1990 as an editor that required only 2MB of RAM and an 8 MHz processor to run, the minimum specifications for a Mac. To put it in context: today Photoshop recommends 16GB of RAM, 8,000 times more. It included tools as iconic to its users as the lasso or the magic wand. But if there was a technical leap that made the difference, those were the very useful capes: they arrived in 1994 with Photoshop 3.0. Before layers, the editor was destructive: each change overwrote the original image. Almost 20 years later, another functional milestone would arrive: the arrival of AI with Generative Fillthat is, being able to add or delete objects with a prompt. Despite the controversy over authorship and the future of retouchingits numbers were incontestable: in April of last year it had already generated more than 22,000 million images since its launch, according to Adobe. The risky move to the subscription model. Before the tricky decision to include AI in its suite, Adobe made another risky move: in 2013 and when we had still succumbed in subscriptionocracyannounced that it would stop selling its Photoshop on a license forever and start renting it. At that time almost 50,000 customers signed a petition against of this decision and its shares fell 12%. Once again, time and pocketbooks seem to have proven them right: they have multiplied their income by six. In Xataka | 16 years ago a student from Barcelona was looking for an easy way to edit PDFs. The website he created is one of the most viewed on the internet In Xataka | 30 years ago he created a player for the university: today his app has more than 6 billion downloads and is still free and without ads Cover | University of Michigan

“It is unlikely that a five-year-old child today will ever need to work”

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The impact of AI on the labor market will be so important that some already predict that humanity will not be obliged to work in the immediate future. According to Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and one of the main investors in OpenAi, shared an important prediction about the future of human work with AI: “It is highly unlikely that a child who is five years old today will ever have to look for a job,” said the veteran investor. in an interview for Fortune. It is not the plot of a science fiction novel: it is the concrete prediction of one of the most influential investors in Silicon Valley. 80% of jobs, in the hands of AI. In one podcast interview Titans and Disruptors of Industry of Fortune. The veteran technology entrepreneur and Silicon investor predicted that, around 2030, artificial intelligence will be able to autonomously perform 80% of all jobs. He is not only talking about routine or manual jobs, Khosla includes doctors, radiologists, accountants, chip designers and salespeople on that list. Professions that until recently were considered safe havens from automation. “There will be an interim period where each professional will have four AI agents that they will train to improve themselves, and I think that initial model of AI implementation will consist of AI assistants who will work for someone who is either a senior accountant or a doctor, or a chip designer,” Khosla predicted. Work at zero cost. According to the OpenAI investor, this automation and the greater role in the labor market of the AI will lead to an economy of abundance of goods and services, carrying the price of labor to practically zero. The investor put a piece of information on the table that illustrates the magnitude of the change: “15 trillion dollars of US GDP currently comes from work. These are 15 trillion dollars that, in practice, will disappear.” However, Khosla does not present this devaluation as a disaster, but as an economic reconfiguration unprecedented in modern history that would lead to a increase in purchasing power. “With $10,000 you can buy much more than you can if you have $100,000,” stressed the OpenAi investor. ​A world without obligation to work. The most striking consequence of this scenario is that the new generations will not have to work out of economic necessity since, according to Khosla’s prediction, “line workers, commercial employees or accountants, all these services will be free and, in a competitive economy, that means lowering prices.” This economic change also changes the formation equation as we know it today thanks to AI. Khosla maintains that university degrees they will lose their usefulness as a key to access the labor market, except in very specialized fields. It is something in which the investor’s vision matches that of other millionaires from Silicon Valley. “You won’t even need an engineering degree unless your passion is learning,” he noted during his interview. If no one works, where will the money to live come from? This is an important debate that many believe they have the answer to: a universal income that covers the cost of those services for which you still have to pay. Relevant figures in the development of AI such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk or Bill Gates assure that the allocation of a universal income would cover these subsistence needs. However, none of them has clearly specified where the money that will finance this universal income will come from or who should pay it. Khosla also warns that this entire scenario depends on governments managing the transition well and designing appropriate public policies to prevent the promised abundance from being concentrated only in the hands of a few. What they do seem to be clear about Silicon Valley millionaires the thing is It won’t be your taxes. An easier transition for the youngest. You can’t miss what you’ve never had. Therefore, Khosla recognizes that this change it will not be the same for everyone. For older generations, who have built their lives around work as the central axis of identity and livelihood, the transition to this new model dominated by AI automation may be more difficult. On the other hand, for the youngest, the panorama It’s different from the beginning. They will grow up in a world where work will not be an obligation but a choiceand where their life horizons will not be defined by what the labor market demands of them. In Xataka | “They are much more daring”: Gen Z is overturning all labor consensus in its massive entry into work Image | Flickr (TechCrunch), Unsplash (Ludovic Toinel)

The best offers from MediaMarkt and El Corte Inglés in technology, today March 7

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Both MediaMarkt and El Corte Inglés have started the month of March very well, launching numerous offers on practically all types of devices. There are many discounts available during the weekend, so in this article we are going to review the five best deals we have found. nintendo switch 2 by 459 eurosthe hybrid console in a pack with one of the best discounts in recent months. Marshall Major IV by 59 eurosretro headphones with a big battery. Asus Rog Xbox Ally by 499 eurosthe consolidated PC now cheaper. Sony HT-SF150 by 129 eurosa sound bar that offers good audio power. Sony LinkBuds Open by 73.90 eurosopen-type Bluetooth headphones. nintendo switch 2 The nintendo switch 2 It has not stopped receiving offers since practically its launch, and now we have a very interesting one in MediaMarkt. By 459 eurosthis is the pack that includes the video game ‘Mario Kart World‘ in digital format, an especially interesting addition to start playing as soon as we have the console in our hands. Right now, the pack is priced slightly lower than what the console normally costs without the game. Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Marshall Major IV If you are looking for good headphones, El Corte Inglés and other stores have them. Marshall Major IV for only 59 euros. The price is especially interesting considering what they offer: good audio quality, theoretical autonomy of up to 80 hours and the possibility of two people listening to the same music by connecting other headphones via a 3.5 mm jack. In addition, visually they are very attractive headphones. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Asus Rog Xbox Ally At a time when RAM and many devices are increasing in price, many others are doing the opposite through the offers that stores are launching. The consolidated PC Asus Rog Xbox Ally has dropped right now to 499 euros on MediaMarkt and is ideal if you are looking to play your favorite video games anywhere. Asus Rog Xbox Ally (16GB, 512GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sony HT-SF150 It won’t have a huge discount, but the Sony HT-SF150 It is a sound bar that is currently at a good price. 129 euros. It is a perfect model to give extra quality and audio power to the television, since it offers a power of 120W and has Bass Reflex, which guarantees deep and clear bass. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sony LinkBuds Open If what you want are TWS headphones, the Sony LinkBuds Open They are also on sale at MediaMarkt for 73.90 euros instead of 199 euros. Of course, only in purple. They are open type headphones, especially useful if we want be aware of what is happening around us while we listen to music. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | MediaMarkt and Compradicción (header), Nintendo, Marshall, Asus, Sony In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which one to buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros In Xataka | Analysis of the best headphones for less than 100 euros: sound quality, active cancellation, battery, design and microphone tested

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