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A company claims to have created the first transparent computer monitor: it has borrowed technology from aviation

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The idea of ​​“seeing through” the screen is not new. For decades, HUDs have projected data onto the windshields of airplanes. and today many cars offer own versions to show speed or navigation without taking your eyes off the road. That principle, project or reflect information on a transparent elementis the one that Visual Instruments ensures have brought to the desktop with Phantom, a monitor that seeks to mix the digital and the physical and that adjusts its transparency in real time. Phantom does not use a panel that becomes transparent on its own, but rather an optical assembly similar to that of a teleprompter or HUD. The image is reflected in a tilted glass and thus appears to “float” over what is behind, with an opacity control that allows it to go from transparent to opaque. The company presents it as “the first transparent computer monitor.” The key to the invention is in the optics, not in a futuristic panel According to the manufacturer, Phantom is presented as a 24-inch monitor in 16:9 format with 4K resolution. The company sets the brightness in a range from 5 to 5,000 nits and places the color coverage at 100% sRGB, figures that must be confirmed when the product reaches the hands of users and analysts. As for the connection, it is limited to the most common options: USB-C with DisplayPort and HDMIwithout the need for additional software to operate. {“videoId”:”x87bool”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”How to CALIBRATE your MONITOR for VIDEO GAMES and enjoy it to the fullest”, “tag”:”monitor”, “duration”:”230″} It is worth putting it in context. Transparent screens have been appearing in consumer markets for years. LG has been marketing a 77-inch transparent OLED TV since 2024. Lenovo, for its part, has also developed a concept laptop with a transparent panel. The difference here is key: those products use transparent base panels, while Phantom uses, as we say, HUD-type optics. They are different technological routes, with different commitments and limitations. Aspects such as contrast, color representation with different ambient lights, the presence of reflectionsuniformity or comfort in prolonged use remain unknown. It is also unclear to what extent alternating between the monitor and the background can translate into real relief from eye strain beyond the idea put forward by the manufacturer. Everything will depend on the first independent tests and the measurements that are published when demonstration units exist. In Xataka There is a cheap TV sweeping Amazon: after a week of use it became clear in which situations it can make sense Phantom arrives, therefore, as a suggestive idea that has yet to demonstrate whether it can be sustained in everyday use. The commercial status points to a very early and selective launch. The Founders Edition is limited to ten units intended for early adopters, with shipping expected in Q4 2025, 30-day returns, and a one-year warranty. The price is not final: each unit is custom configured, but the company itself compares it to an Apple Studio Display whose price in Spain starts at 1,779 euros. Images | Visual Instruments | Telstar Logistics In Xataka | Xiaomi TV S Pro MiniLED 2026, analysis: the juggling act of wanting to offer the quality of a high-end and the price of a mid-range (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news A company claims to have created the first transparent computer monitor: it has borrowed technology from aviation was originally published in Xataka by Javier Marquez .

If you have installed iOS 26 and you do not like the new transparent design, you just have to press this hidden button on the settings

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iOS 26 has not only brought an important change in the name, It also comes with the largest redesign of the iPhone for years. The interface Liquid Glass is characterized by being full of transparencies, Something that not to everyone will convince him. Liquid Glass cannot be deactivated, but there are ways for your iPhone to have a design almost like before. Goodbye to transparencies in iOS 26 As the saying says, for tastes: colors. There will be those who are delighted with Liquid Glass, but one thing is true: The readability of some elements is harmed With so much transparency. I no longer talk about Transparent icons do not find appsbut of menus and controls that overlap and do not finish seeing well. If you are in my team, this option is for you. The magic button to get rid of transparencies. The button we are talking about is’Reduce Transparency ‘ And it does just what his name says. To activate it you simply have to go into adjustments – Accessibility – screen and text size and disable it. The result will be that the translucent effect will be reduced, causing the elements to distinguish much better. Let’s look at a couple of examples: The APP photos controls look fatal when we see an image or full screen. The APP photos is a good example that transparency is not always better. Looking at this full -screen image, the buttons look much less clear with activated transparency. In addition, the effect is changing as we move the photo, causing the background to move and dizzy even more. The control center is much more readable. The control center also benefits from this option, but above all Where I have noticed is in the notification panel (in the cover photo). Here we have many small texts and we usually slide to see all notifications, making everything move and cost us more to read. If you want to improve the readability a little more about the option ‘Increase contrast’ It is just below. If you active, the effect is minimized Glow And everything looks flatter. And finally, if you don’t like Liquid Glass, there is plenty of saying that Do not activate transparent icons, Better to leave it in the ‘by omission’ mode. Two extras: Telephone and Safari The redesign also reaches system applications and, again, It is not for everyone. The good news is that they allow us Go back and have the design before. One of them is the safari browser. Safari has a new design, but we can return to the old if we want. By default, when IOS IOS 26 will activate the new compact design that the search bar and two buttons have on the sides. If you go to settings – Safari you can choose whether to keep the re -but without the compact design or on the contrary Return to classic design with the top bar and the buttons below. The telephone app also has a new design. In the case of the telephone app, when opening it asks if we want to try the new design. As in Safari, The interface is more compact And it offers us less tabs at the bottom, in addition to eliminating the “calls/losses” coach from the top. If you do not convince you, you can click on the top button to the right and return to the classic design. Images | Amparo Babyloni, Xataka In Xataka | iPhone Air: so absurdly fine that Apple has had to completely redesign

I have tried iOS 26 for the first time and I have removed the transparent icons in minutes, but Liquid Glass is much more than that

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The day has come, iOS 26 It is already available and last night I left my cell phone updating while I slept. I did not installed the public beta, so when I woke up I have encountered A totally changed mobile. With the illusion of who opens new shoes, I have begun to navigate All news And these are my first impressions. Liquid Glass is more than icons (and less bad) Design is the great novelty of iOS 26. This is the most important change since iOS 7 in 2013, there is nothing. Apple has redesigned the entire interface, menus and native apps with the new design language to which Liquid Glass have baptized. My feeling in these first hours is that I had a wrong idea. Let’s see why. Icons by omission, dark, translucent and tired. The most striking thing is that we can now change the icons and, in addition to putting them with a light or dark background, it allows us to make them completely transparent. Transparent icons completely change the interface and is the first thing I have tried. I think it took three minutes to return to the “by omission” mode. Beyond tastes, transparent icons make everything be applauded and cost a lot to differentiate some apps from others. A design that costs us to read, is not a good design. If I had left them, I would have ended up getting used to where each app is, but it seems to me an unnecessary effort for something that I also do not find it especially groundbreaking. More than iOS, they remind me of any Personalized android theme. They called her Liquid Glass because “I can’t find my apps” it didn’t look good. The icons are optional, but transparencies affect the entire interface. My partner Ricardo was in charge of trying the beta when she was announced and had to suffer a much less polished interface. The contrast problem has been minimized And now notifications and other elements are more legible. Of course, if you choose a clear wallpaper, readability worsens. I recommend betting on a rather dark background. The Glow is subtle, but left over in normal icons What is still there is the effect Glow Around buttons and icons. With transparent icons it is necessary for us to see the edges well, but in normal icons with a clear background It gives the feeling that the edge is not well defined. Again, it is perceived more if we use clear wallpapers, even becoming annoying, as if there were a glare effect. Another striking novelty of the new design is the lock screen, especially the New elongated watch. This has seemed more interesting to me and I have left it configured. In addition, the depth effect is very achieved and is especially good if you use a portrait or a photo of your pet as a wallpaper. I had come countless times the starting screens with transparent icons and, without realizing it, I had formed the idea of ​​the interface was going to be illegiblebut beyond the icons, I think the design language is consistent and there are very interesting changes in some apps. Camera app and photos System applications have also been redesigned for the new visual language of Liquid Glass and I want to stop especially in the camera app and the APP photos. The camera app has changed a lot The first thing you think when opening the app is what has happened to the portrait or slow camera mode. Apple has reduced the options that are seen on screen to video and photo, which now look larger. Only when you slide on them the others appear. I don’t think it’s an especially intuitive solution, But it is not a drama either. The camera options has also changed and now a floating window with quite large round icons is deployed. Design is coarse, although a priori it seems quite a lot more comfortable than the previous one. However, I find it inconsistent that these buttons are so large and instead the direct access to the flash or the night mode (up to the right) are tiny. In fact, trying to open the emerging menu I have activated the flash unintentionally. The good news is that we can also open it sliding from the bottom. The APP photos makes more sense in iOS 26. On the other hand, the photos apptho has received a redesign that I loved and that It finally makes sense. I had become accustomed to using it in iOS 18, but it has been to install iOS 26 and realize that The previous version was a real disaster. With iOS 26 we have two eyelashes again, one with all the photos in chronological order and another with the collections, that is, albums, memories, prominent photos, etc. The interesting thing about this second tab is that it is customizable. If we go down to ‘reorder’ we can choose what we want to be shown above. If you let us eliminate some of these options, it would be ten, but at least we can leave them folded so that there is not so much noise. Most accessible menus Settings, notes and app store with the search at the bottom. Another novelty of the new interface is that the Search Bar in the system apps and menus is at the bottom. Here is a lot more comfortable access to it With one hand, especially if you have an iPhone of the biggest. Another change that I liked of the APP adjustments is that now Apps settings are grouped into a block. We no longer have that endless list on the main screen, but is nested in its own section. I think it makes much more sense. The new safari design can be customized. Safari is one of the apps that has been completely redesigned and also bets on the search bar and controls at the bottom, with a Very compact … Read more

a transparent television of 50,000 euros that breaks the rules because it can

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As every year, LG has presented its New range of televisions. We saw the Oled G5 and C5 (The latter we have already analyzed in Xataka) and also some novelties in software, such as an integrated chatbot in Webos and the five -year promise of new versions of the system. But what struck me most was none of that. Near the end of the event, the LG team asked us to look towards the room side. There, covered by a black cloth, waited for his most striking proposal: the LG Signature Oled T. They present it as “the only transparent and wireless OLED in the world.” And yes, it has 77 inches, even if it seems. When they raised the fabric and lit the panel, the scene was, at least, surprising. At that time, the TV began to show a marine scene: Fish, corals, movement … and all floating on the real background of the room. A decorative furniture behind was still completely visible. A TV that is hard for me to call him “TV” And this is where the most personal part comes in: it is hard for me to call it “TV.” Because yes, he reproduces images. But its physical presence and approach are so different that one begins to question whether this object really belongs to the category that gives it name. For me, it is something else. Something that is placed in the middle of the room without covering it, which can live in front of a window without blocking the light. Something that, instead of imposing itself, seems to integrate. And yet it is still a screen. The design accompanies that idea: metallic frame, modular structure, possibility of adding shelves. An object that has both decoration and technology. Now, LG’s proposal is not alone in this world where design and integration with the environment prevails: we also find proposals, such as Samsung the Framealthough these have no transparent screen, but televisions that look like paintings hanging on the wall. An interesting point is that OLED T also includes a retractable black curtain that can be activated with a button. When unfolding, the screen ceases to be transparent and Get in to behave like a more traditional. During the demo I saw how it worked, although not enough time to draw conclusions about the real quality of that visualization. I would not dare to judge it in that aspect. Luis Navarrete Martín, product specialist at Home Entertainment of LG Spain, explained that there are content designed specifically for transparent mode, such as fishbowl or plants. And that when it comes to watching a movie or a game, it is usual to activate the black curtain to take advantage of the screen as a conventional OLED. The most curious thing is that, despite its size, it does not feel so much space. On the contrary. Transparency plays in his favor. And that is where other ways that I could see briefly, such as t-object, show images, videos or illustrations enter Without overshadowing the background; or t-bar, a lower line that launches useful information while everything else remains clear. Let’s put on the table some technical details: wireless video and audio transmission from an external box (the Zero Connect Box), compatibility with G-Sync and FreeSync, refreshment variable to 120 Hz and the α11 processor of LG, which is responsible for managing image and sound. All that is, yes, but what I had left was not a feeling that more than a piece of technology was a work of art. Because what I took was a first impression difficult to define. Fascination, no doubt. But also questions. Where does this fit? Who needs something like that? Does it make sense to pay 50,000 euros for this type device? It will be the time (and the public) who decides whether proposals as they find their place. Of course, it is not a product for all, nor does it intend to be. But beyond its price or exclusivity, which makes clear the OLED T is that technology is exploring new languages. Languages ​​where screens are not hidden, but they don’t send. Images | Xataka | LG In Xataka | Gemini’s conquest began in Android mobiles. Now you will flood your TV, your watch or even your car

end of anonymity on social networks and transparent algorithms

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The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has just proposed in Davos to end anonymity on social networks, and that their owners be criminally responsible for the content published on them, according to the live coverage he is doing. The Country of the Forum. Why is it important. The proposal, which at the moment is nothing more than that, seeks to stop the toxic effect of networks on democracy, according to Sánchez. The context. Sánchez has accused the platform owners of wanting to “have political power by undermining our democratic institutions.” His plan includes three main measures: End anonymity on social networks. Force transparency of algorithms. Criminal liability for owners. Between the lines. The proposal is striking but not entirely new. A few months ago, the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office proposed ending anonymity to investigate hate crimesin a reissue of the Gag Law who has been with us for years. To a similar extent, Italy approved a law a few days ago which requires identification in order to publish restaurant reviews, with the intention of tackling the problem of fake reviews. The obstacles. The technical implementation, as has been discussed with each proposal similar to this one, represents a significant challenge. public networks, VPNs or the Tor browser These are the most common ways to bypass this type of identity checks. We have a similar precedent with the ‘pajaporte‘in Spain: its scope, very limitedis another example of the complexity of regulating identity on the Internet. In perspective. Although the political will seems clear, we do not know to what extent this measure is planned to be implemented as such, and to what extent it is little more than a probe balloon… although it is not the first time we have heard such an idea. “Just as the owner of a restaurant is responsible if his customers are poisoned, the owners must be responsible if their networks poison the public debate,” Sánchez argued in Davos. Go deeper. The proposal will reach the European Council, where Sánchez will seek for states to “regain control” so that social networks help democracy instead of endangering it. The initiative poses a dilemma between network regulation, privacy and freedom of expression. And what emerges from here will be what shapes the Internet of tomorrow. In Xataka | Being asked for a copy of the DNI is now common. This is how the Police recommend modifying it before sharing it Featured image | Moncloa

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